US Navy Obliterates Attacking Fast-Boat - Mk 38 MOD 2 25mm Gun System Live-Fire Exercise

Watch ammunitions rain down on an approaching unmanned small fast-boat as Sailors and Marines aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) conduct a live-fire exercise to test the equipped Mk 38 MOD 2 25mm Machine Gun System's capabilities against attack.
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[@skuzlebut82]

I love how it gently poops out the spent shells.

[@user-fl3cn6vb7d]

Какой,, дебил,, нападает,, на,, вооружёный,, корабль,,, моторка,, мощная,, бандюгов,,

[@Mrbiggs45]

So true

[@Whitebeard1111]

I was on the boat and yes it was fun we're just having fun taking these assholes out it's not a fake boat it's real it was a good time.

[@joellindholm3727]

Gun poop

[@BruceSeesall]

Yeah lol I think a guy is inside carefully throwing them out.loll

[@haydencasteel635]

The first 5million rounds was just warning shots

[@johnkurtz7705]

I'm just a bit concerned about that

[@MRMIKE276]

To be fair it was pretty far away and they aren't on a still platform... moving up and down shooting at a target that is doing the same at a different rate means hard to hit. Edit: Also I just noticed it looks like they aim low on purpose and pull up as their make their burst to guarantee at least 1 hit.

[@alexadventures1670]

Im giving 5 million in round as a warning shot,,, and on the 5 million and one youre a dead meat

[@DavidKAdams-or7dh]

@@johnkurtz7705 because you're a snowflake.. man up!

[@kyo_1up575]

So ummm how much each round costs Idk just a question I bet thats like idk 5k for each round

[@fredorman2429]

I’m glad to see that we are actually eliminating pirates instead of catching them, feeding them and sending them home to do it again.

[@akitas8165]

Though the ammunition costs exceed the food costs, so there's that.

[@BenState]

its target practice you psycho

[@rickcrammond2617]

It's the American way.

[@raoulvolfoni1800]

They’ve just sunk a RC target ...

[@I_HATE_THE_TOS]

Unfortunately oftentimes they aren’t even sent home. EU countries let them stay after their sentences because their home countries are “too dangerous.”

[@ThatBeardedGuy69]

For those who don't know, this a remote controlled boat. Practice makes perfect.

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

TY ! The live fire mention made me think people on that boat were expendable !!

[@philsey6913]

Came here to mention that too. Thanks. Painting your "attack" boat a bright dayglow color usually isn't the best strategy.

[@marlonlombard6006]

So there not using terrorist or prisoners to drive the boats!! Whaaaat

[@englanduk6131]

That it was a practise was obvious the way the small boat just kept on coming whilst large munitions were whizzing all around it! 😁

[@user-ey1sp9tn8l]

Our tax dollars @ work, a 16yo withi a deer rifle could take it out

[@MK-rr7cg]

"We got them boys, after 18 million rounds of ammo, we got them."

[@julius855]

The us military never missed their target they just love suppressive fire

[@cliffbrown7964]

lol,,

[@lescobrandon3047]

The USN needs to hire video game expert warriors. 🤪

[@kumikoshiba9408]

Im pretty sure they were warning shots, maybe not I dunno

[@Mandingo_]

Im pretty sure you guys can do better. You can easily sink that boat with your lazur keyboard excalibur couch potato destroyer.

[@jakobmiller8020]

No fish were harmed in the making of this video

[@brandonfoley7519]

Fact

[@Its_Mango]

@Donkey CaCa Yes, but they were not harmed, just... Put out of their missery.

[@tanioraaura1274]

Fish are deaf..i don't think they heard a shell streak through their flesh.

[@tanioraaura1274]

Can't get a loan from the China Bank , They don't want people from other countries as collateral. The countries Morgaged to china . I think Americas in the south china sea to keep the Repo man Away.

[@jkdm7653]

Looks like our gunners need a lot more practice! Sure hope our Phalanx CIWS is more accurate than these 2!

[@ballsackfart]

Some people wildly underestimated how hard it is to shoot a moving target while you’re both floating on water. it’s extremely hard, but those electric system were supposed to miss they didn’t want to sink it in the first shot how do they show it off that way?

[@dbyers3897]

We aren't stupid. Hitting a moving target is difficult under any circumstances. However, this is obviously a training exercise which only demonstrates they will have next to no chance of neutralizing a real threat by a determined or skilled foe. If the boat was camouflaged, zig-zagging & came directly in at max speed under poor visibility conditions, there would be little hope of destroying the threat. Remember USS Cole in 2000? A small boat manned by Al-Qaeda suicide bombers severely damaged a USN Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, a $780 million warship. They killed 17 sailors & injured several dozen more. Cole was left with a huge hole in her port side & required extensive repairs stateside at a cost of $240 million.

[@LtRiot]

​@@dbyers3897 Cole was in port and everyone was asleep. It was much different times. We did not sit around on machine guns back then waiting for fckn attackers

[@TheLimpingpimp]

But both boats are floating and trying to hit a Target is extremely hard there's no reason why that many rounds should have been shot I'm kind of worried

[@protipskiptoendofvideoandr286]

@@dbyers3897 conditions mean nothing with radar fool. Learn how this shit works then come back and comment.

[@dbyers3897]

@@protipskiptoendofvideoandr286 Incorrect. Try again.

[@aliennotion2876]

Good news, Captain. The pirate fell asleep while smoking and set his boat on fire.

[@bigmaxmer4902]

Yea they didnt even try to really hit them

[@rmsmith2396]

good one

[@ClintoncideIsRealAskSeth]

🤣🤣🤣

[@leemananderson]

Too much weed.

[@nafvol5053]

title says it is an exercise

[@Embrabrummie]

The volume of fire put out by this ship is seriously impressive! It would be even more so should the standard of gunnery improve to the degree that, say, 1% of the ammunition expended actually hit the target.

[@raypitts4880]

they stopped at the end RUN OUT OF AMMO.

[@rowmagnvs]

But they’re training. They could be newbies being trained to use the weapons.

[@kennethfuller8347]

They were trying to deter the pirates, to send a warning, but they didn't heed. They could have killed that boat with a few rounds if they wanted to.

[@Jedi2155]

@@kennethfuller8347 These are training targets not pirates.

[@larrymartin6544]

Don't want to destroy the practice target too soon fun would be over, also they're practicing warning not killing

[@kens32052]

This is a training video that I've seen several times over the years.

[@dat2ra]

And thus, after 10,000 rounds they succeeded in sinking the FedEx delivery boat that was bringing emergency insulin for the captain.

[@Huckleberry68]

Lmao

[@fungus322]

oof

[@348frank348]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@prestongonzalez3836]

The captain: bloody hell I'ma Die now!

[@sorellman]

Most likely this was a training exercise and the red boat was remote operated.

[@brettess52]

The strategy appears to be to lay down sufficient shots so that the approaching boat runs aground.

[@Hacking-NASSA-with-HTML]

the best comment of the month ✅ 😁 👍

[@cantthinkofabetteruser]

Seems legit

[@Inpreesme]

Runs a ground or runs out of gas

[@PrintProfessor]

😂

[@gj8683]

Yes, why stop at merely warning them when you can give them a place to stop?

[@Eduardo00077]

Perfect!!

[@kenbrohere]

The military industrial complex in action.

[@troyprice531]

Keep up the Necessary work, thank you

[@15DurangoRT]

"One shot one kill" certainly went out the window on THAT one.

[@jackjohnson7480]

All warning shots must be fired at the boat and the pirates that are on them..... Now that's a message they might understand,,well maybe not but at least those pirates won't be hijacking any more ships!!!!!!!

[@devincloud84]

@@jackjohnson7480 its a machine gun, not a sniper rifle! Moving ship shooting at a moving boat is a lot harder than it looks

[@triparadox.c]

@@devincloud84 Don't blame him. He's been grinding COD lately

[@chipper9178]

devincloud84 those where warning shots they start far and few and as you get closer they shoot closer and more aggressively and then if you keep coming they destroy it they could hit in a second if needed especially with that computer aimed 25mm

[@robertedwards5139]

It's a training boat guys,! Dam .

[@Bunzai]

Good Thing there wasn't two boats, they might not had enough ammo.

[@GuitarguyRichard56]

yeah!

[@fungus322]

yup

[@tomatrix7525]

Lmao. They had too much patience. One warning shot should be enough. Not 24,653

[@Bunzai]

@@roybaty4785 Racist much

[@jackfanning7952]

Good thing taxpayers have an unlimited supply of money. The Department of Offensive, Profligate Spending needs more ammo and some band aids for blisters on trigger fingers. .

[@tomchristian9932]

They did what was needed.. great job!

[@grampsinsl5232]

A whole lot of misses, a very few hits in this test. It's kind of shocking that the boat's speed and maneuvering, combined with the choppy water, seems to confuse the radar's ability to predict where the next fired shell should be aimed. The .50 cal guy does at least as well as the automated gun system here.

[@francisdoan]

Obviously Somalian pirates are messing with the wrong ships

[@LondonSteveLee]

The guys spraying machine gun fire at it kicking up water probably protected the target - if you're gonna allow the MOD 2 to engage a target - leave it to it rather than confusing the RADAR!

[@j.c.duncan5478]

'Sir, shall we aim at it?' 'No, continue to aim slightly in front of it until we eat the sea away and its stops.'

[@GlorPup]

Theres a reason on why to that, get informed

[@ozaru90]

It's called "Leading your shots" James. The farther away something is, the farther ahead of its trajectory you have to aim in order to hit it, based on its speed, and the speed of your weapon fire. Guns, no matter how powerful, do not fire projectiles in a straight line - they lose momentum and alter their course, which is why they can miss like this. If the enemy changes speed or direction, it can be difficult to actually hit them. Weapons aren't just "Aim and blast", a shit-ton of compensation comes into play. Video games are horseshit when it comes to this aspect.

[@j.c.duncan5478]

​ @Caedus Decivus I do love it when people who dont really understand a thing lecture those who do. I've been shooting for 25 years. consistently missing in front of something is not 'leading the target to hit it'. it's just missing it. Their point of aim on the 25mm here, for whatever reason, was just a bit off/short. don't know the guidance system they are using. but whatever, Its a joke comment, take things less seriously, having someone explain in such dumb terms how bullets work was a hoot. thanks.

[@ozaru90]

@@j.c.duncan5478 Shooting what, exactly? Stationary targets are hardly comparable to aiming at moving targets, on the ocean, with stronger wind speeds, and dozens of variables. You are the one speaking in ignorance, in this case. Notice I say "ignorance" and not stupidity. Unlike you, I don't feel the need to attack a person's intelligence. I won't take anything you say seriously unless you learn some basic conversational manners.

[@GlorPup]

@@ozaru90 u r right, but I just meant that the reason is that theyre ppl without nowdays Stuff and fighted with the army of that place, after the warning shots they do shoot at them

[@FullWrath1000]

0:50 sounds like a good instrumental😂

[@mikebruce6037]

Fittingly it sounds like the Kiss song Love Gun

[@gone547]

Play that again Sam.

[@Mcncon1923]

was thinking the same thing lol

[@CAUSELESSREBEL]

Love the sound of a Ma Duece in the morning!

[@JAT922]

They just wanted to let the nice sailors know that they could save 15% on their boat insurance

[@midnight8598]

0:48 When the drummer finnaly doing his solo

[@mitchzurbrigg2403]

It sounded like a part from a Metallica song lmao

[@gumjuicee6746]

Haha best comment

[@christopherjon1245]

Welcome aboard Mr. Stevie Wonder....here take a few shots

[@mykeybarbee2587]

🤣🤣🤣🙃😏

[@henryhsu7314]

Target shooting?

[@LucifersTear]

😂😂

[@virgiliopallaria1955]

im cryin

[@SaltyMike396]

😎😂😂😂😂

[@Mike-oe8hh]

Great stuff. Keep it up guys!

[@daem3n]

That was awesome!

[@the_bee_is_me]

I love those autos that eject out the front from that upper stubby tube. Makes me laugh every time I see it

[@albonner4311]

Good thing they're practicing, they need it.

[@BigRob9898]

Yeah too bad neither I nor the Navy is able to perfectly hit a moving speed boat from another moving ship on the open ocean with a machine gun, but you in your unending knowledge can flawlessly pull this feat off Mr. Bonner😔

[@First-NameLastName]

They're required warning shots so they have the chance to deviate course. Which is why they miss the first few shots for a while. After they don't, they light them up which is why there is a hail of fire that knocks them out at a certain point. But go off I guess

[@albonner4311]

@@BigRob9898 My apology.

[@BigRob9898]

@@albonner4311 Lol I’m just kidding friend! I have absolutely zero idea what goes into this scenario at all I just wanted to poke some fun at a fellow viewer. Have a wonderful day! Stay safe!

[@BigRob9898]

@Chris Thoennes lol you should calm down there friend

[@bings3922]

So THIS explains the ammo shortage in a nutshell 😂🤣

[@shawnardowilliams8989]

You know it's bad when one of america guns is not going brrrrt

[@bings3922]

@@jg8464 I know, it was just a joke lol

[@R1_Lazz.]

@@bings3922 looks like the americans suck at aiming

[@JB-yb4wn]

Mighty fine piece of ocean shooting there, sonny.

[@teop7887]

Legendary accuracy...

[@Eri.262]

The USA never misses a shot, they just like to give a lot of warning shots

[@kaloyantodorov9063]

Yes sure they don't 🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵❤

[@BobaJae.05]

Kaloyan Todorov What’s with the North Korean flags? You like communism?

[@slayerr4365]

Don't think the applies to your police force. They love to shoot your people dead on sight

[@Eri.262]

slayerr4365 They can’t break the law while they’re dead

[@slayerr4365]

@@Eri.262 Yea I hate when people break the law like reaching for their driving license after the cop tells them to and then the cop shoots them for it :)

[@johnhtexas]

"Yo, mates, stop video recording while I dash out there and set the little dingy on fire."

[@berniebernstein]

Good grief! Just use explosive grenades with 50 meter kill radius. We are wasting too much ammo.

[@raymondo162]

yup. the end had zilch credibility

[@BigJake32]

God bless our military, thank you for your service 🙏💪⚔️🇺🇲

[@flamepillarx]

American guards : “Let’s give em’ a few warning shots” Russian guards : “If itz threat, kEel it”

[@flamepillarx]

@chak lee Don't judge an entire race by what you see on the internet

[@hawker4014]

@chak lee apache gunning down a child and a journalist go brrrrr

[@dabigcheezprod]

@@flamepillarx It’s just their government, not race or anything.

[@arnoldarnold1034]

Gun mechanics/loaders. Thank you for your service!

[@phillipbrown8346]

I LOVE A HAPPY ENDING!

[@user-ip5dq9wp3w]

Target boat. Super accurate modern targeting weapon of destruction. With a GO PRO on top to help aim.

[@gybx4094]

Well, I prefer the Russian method of "it's a threat, sink it now".

[@VisibilityFoggy]

The problem is that it's usually their own boats that are sinking.

[@MK-rr7cg]

"A lonely pleasure craft sailing by" *SINK IT NOW*

[@nutmaster7242]

@yeh ehhh calm your tits. He made a mistake. No need to get triggered.

[@nutmaster7242]

@@VisibilityFoggy and I'm sorry what? Where did you get that from bud?

[@jacobsetser6572]

Lmao has 1 aircraft carrier that can’t dock🤣🤣 Russians need to step there game up

[@lifescansdarkly]

On the one hand, these guns are likely designed to work against much bigger threats. On the other hand, this video just showed everyone that a small threat is apparently the biggest threat of all.

[@simontheeldergeek523]

This is it, small high speed targets are incredibly hard to hit. Too many computer gamers on here. If it was that easy, why do the military spend millions on training solutions?

[@unkowvnzay3692]

@@simontheeldergeek523yea your right they also talk shit about navy and costguards 2 much.

[@TheEvertw]

One solitary skiff isn't that bad. But 10 in a coordinated attack... But they also have the CIWS, those can pulverize such a target in one second.

[@Butter_Warrior99]

Shipping gets us everything we need. And the pirates are a threat to it. Simple as that.

[@trumanhw]

@@TheEvertw The Mk 38 has the same RADAR fire control on it the CIWS has. I mean, these people SUCK, yes. But that Mk 38 missed by the same amount 15x in a ROW. lol (but as a marine, I know these guys are but taxi drivers to the main event).

[@carlospm2632]

Desde ARGENTINA 🇦🇷 🇦🇷 !!!.. nunca se debe desestimar el poder del enemigo, más allá del poder de fuego y tecnológica qué se pueda tener...

[@omarquiroz4154]

Por eso es que parte de la tripulacion se dio de baja al llegar a puerto,cuando les paso un sukoi,dejando completamente inutilizado todo armamento.

[@starsailor49]

It would have been far more effective to save all that ammo and simply drop it over the side onto the intruder.

[@jacknife10000]

Thats sorta how training exercises work...

[@Darek225Army]

it is for training, and the ships carry so much ammo so it isn't even that wasteful of their supply

[@ronskancke8166]

Or wait until the little boat is about 200 yards away & spend 45 cents on one well placed 223 round. Oh, duh, what do we do with this little boat now that we captured it boss man

[@jaybrown4526]

Nope. Dont let them get any closer than necessary. Many of these pirates carry AK's. Let them get close enough and perhaps they might get lucky and take out one of our soldiers.

[@TommyMondayz]

Good use for the empty shell casings

[@leehowson440]

"captain, we need a much bigger target, I just can't hit this one with my MASSIVE gun and only 300,000 rounds"

[@yeltsin6817]

Sort of reminds me of a hunting story my buddy told me. He and 5 other guys were getting geared up when a huge moose warned near them like 20 feet away. They all grabbed their guns shooting wildly and missed the moose. He said it was like that scene in Predator after Blane got killed and the rest destroyed the forest. Didn’t hit a thing.

[@chickentava]

sure they did

[@christophermcclanahan1353]

That's the lesson for today boys👍👍👍

[@marcosmedia7463]

Somalia: Uses dingies to attack America: Haha, gun go brrrr

[@robertthomas5906]

They used their little dinghy?

[@ryanbrucker8809]

@@robertthomas5906 there pirates

[@robertthomas5906]

@@ryanbrucker8809 I see my humor flew right over your head. LOL.

[@stevehay964]

And the US was roundly defeated by a few guys with box cutters 😆

[@chadwickborawski1718]

Every once in awhile all those guns lay down an incredible beat!

[@yakacm]

Seriously impressive that they could fire so many rounds without hitting the thing.

[@stevenkovler5133]

They are firing on a practice Drone Boat.

[@Odo-so8pj]

Airwolf

[@pietkonijn5522]

Such a waste ! Go help poor people instead of poluting the sea !

[@wrswrftp]

@@pietkonijn5522 tungsten ammunition doesn't polute the sea that much

[@mikehalahan104]

It Cerainly Belies the headline " US Navy obliterates fast attacking boat" , which turns out to be an unarmed boat used for Dummy Target Practice--- very uncoordinated video sequence. did not see any direct hits on Boat. I'd be ashamed to show this Video if i were in Navy Pub Relations dept.

[@dervideogucker1604]

Beautiful

[@onsenguy]

That was awesome, after 800 rounds they finally stopped him.

[@joeymaterese8095]

Started firing before he was enraged just to Gauge

[@zuutlmna]

At about $500.00 per round.

[@onsenguy]

@@zuutlmna good to know our tax dollars are being spent wisely.

[@lumpywumps5239]

its ok there just storm troopers

[@Paddy_Nithuigim]

Jeff - I got the same impression. He'll of a big #of rounds to take out one boat. Wasn't the 40mm (I think that's what it was) supposed to be computer-directed? ( I hope not.)

[@arcraider937]

So you'll know what every other machine gunner knows. "Accuracy though volume !"

[@stevencurtis3693]

AWESOME TOTALLY AWESOME!!!

[@heartofoak45]

I just love the 'Dalek' gun.

[@lemmy6782]

For two years I sailed them seas worked for a private company .letting rounds off was the last option and I never aimed directly at them . Paid for my house great days and the food unreal A1 group of lads to work with .

[@stephenwilson8961]

Well done, lads/lasses! Makes an old carrier sailor get teary-eyed watching you young'uns havin' all the fun!! That Mk 38 is a fine weapon!!

[@arnoldarnold1034]

Bofors 40 fired controlled like that MK. Awesome, now how to load? Lol

[@michaelgaley9532]

Small boat operator here live fire exercise is key to honing your skills. That drone should have been going hell bent for leather to really get a feel of leading and deflection.

[@gg12345ification]

Modest pelican here

[@loydevan1311]

Yes Sir! Me too. Make them pay for their piracy with the ultimate price. They will never threaten another ship and maybe their disappearance will convince others not to try. Semper Fidelis shipmate.

[@Crowbar44]

People not understand that hitting targets on the ocean is pretty difficult even with the most advanced systems. Not to mention, you don't see every round that goes into the targets. Lots and lots of smaller rounds go through but we usually only ever see the clear misses that hit the water.

[@johnmartlew]

The misses were nowhere near the boat. I guess a few got astray and hit it.

[@Rick-mi4yt]

I agree but you must admit that the replies are hilarious. 😂

[@sydneysmith1521]

FANTASTIC !! I enjoy watching pirates get what they have coming.

[@rlm98253]

It's an unmanned, remote-controlled target boat, folks.

[@shiftgood]

And your tax dollars

[@Wmoore1]

@@shiftgood congratulations. Your working friends paid their taxes, and now you're safe and free to talk as much shit as you want with zero repercussions. Lucky you.

[@Bubba22able]

@@shiftgood If you ever get a decent job, they can spend some of yours like that too.

[@shiftgood]

@@Bubba22able I pay 6 figures in taxes... it sucks.

[@justvibin6639]

@@shiftgood 😂stop the cap buddy

[@NoobieDoobieDo]

You on a boat moving & rocking up and down Target is also moving & rocking up and down KZbin : "HAHA THEY MISSED"

[@Ira88881]

RTX You’re only rocking up and down, not left and right. Those misses were ridiculous.

[@kermitsewerslide3316]

@@Ira88881 Imagine being dumb enough to think they were trying. M

[@Ira88881]

KermitSewerslide They were missing on purpose and not really trying? Wasting ammo? And they know they’re being recorded? Yeah, right.

[@kermitsewerslide3316]

@@Ira88881 You actually have no fucking brain. First off. The boat is moving fast AF. Their Boat is raising and falling because of those choppy waters. The guns have high recoil. The AI systems aren't 100%. It's also a small target from human eyesight. It's also being turned by someone controlling the craft. If you watch closely some of the crew are grinning. It's a Excercise. So it's probably newbies. It's not a show of power. The first few shots are warning shots and even some of the more erratic firing was warning shots which they are trained to if you haven't seen videos of them chasing Somali pirates.

[@Alvah707]

@Mark D generally missiles would be use.

[@roverplug6002]

Pirate captain; Don't worry guys, if we stay still and don't make eye contact they won't hit us. Crewman: Oh my god, those marines are handsome. Pirate Captain: What did you just do?

[@Atomic568]

The noise of these weapons sound like the lambeg drum 🥁 which are played in Northern Ireland during the twelfth of July celebration.

[@time.528]

Wow, I'm impressed, one of those hundred shot hit the small vessel.

[@_figzii_]

Warning shots

[@spaceman827]

It's called a warning shot homie. They dont just resort to killing.

[@shitcoinslove]

@@spaceman827 wow, really? I didn't know you have to shoot hundreds of warning shots? 😂 F*cking idiots replying as usual.

[@MrRenomax]

Hey those guys don’t get to have fun that often lol

[@spaceman827]

@@MrRenomax exactly. United states has a history of toying with the enemy. Most recently is multiple cases of F22 pilots embarrassing Iranian MiG pilots before blowing them out the sky

[@kenp7814]

"But Fearless Leader ... You want us to attack a warship with a speed boat?" "Why aren't you coming again?"

[@williamlott7612]

The boat looks to be a Navy “drone” used for live fire practice. The orange color is a dead giveaway and if there was a closeup we would see a sign on the structure in English and Spanish saying “Danger Radio Controlled Target Boat.” The Navy also uses (or did during my 21 years) radio controlled drone aircraft for the same purpose.

[@eamonnpotts5063]

Mr Magoo still in work I see!! 🤓

[@adillpickle6762]

I'm glad to see that the weaponry has improved. Only 50,000 shells before they killed the boat. Not bad LOL

[@alf6259]

In the words of JED CLAMPETT if that's what's running our navy we are in for a heap of trouble.

[@dethray1000]

i thought it was 100,000 --then he figure out how to aim it

[@thatjeff7550]

I thought "Accuracy Through Volume" was a Marine motto.

[@jackiefelker8263]

No. That's the Army motto. Marines are accuracy over volume.

[@halonhakkaaja10]

Very good job

[@Itdontmatter69]

That would be an awesome job

[@robertwebb2234]

What’s for dinner mate’s? Chopped up fishes..😂

[@robscott8296]

0:48 music 🎶 to my ears

[@jesse9882]

Thought no one else noticed haha

[@cathompson58]

Agreed .. that gunner did the job

[@johndarcy1294]

I love how accurate the 25mm was. So much so, they had to stop it with the .50 cal...

[@JMA4206]

U S navy's sheathouse shooting. Bloody embarrassing .

[@atravers349]

Exactly what I thought.

[@exoticoruga]

I'm pretty sure its deter before kill..

[@LondonSteveLee]

@@exoticoruga It's a target drone.

[@paulbryan6716]

Made me smile.

[@mr.nobody68]

Music to my ears

[@dangerousmecanicsautomotiv8130]

Navy’s like: “lets go out to get target practice, see if there is a little fishing boat that will go up against this fully armed ready for war ship.”

[@nancyj.ellington6407]

Perhaps it was served from chopper to be armed

[@nancyj.ellington6407]

Oops...observed

[@dangerousmecanicsautomotiv8130]

Maybe???

[@xXxJustCallMeM]

Somali pirates seemed used to the idea.

[@reddal23]

Play stupid games win stupid prizes !!!

[@monkeytoall]

“We were trying to reach you about your cars exten...” braaap braaaaaap

[@XeriphaMae]

Love it!!!

[@RichardARich]

Cool de voir ça !

[@traps3428]

Imagine just trying to go fishing on a large yacht and a warship just starts firing at you.

[@samuelgontz2091]

why?

[@scottmurray2961]

I like how they had their safety gear attached to their chest and not tied off to something substantial

[@doubleuponbob3397]

Tied up to their cock.

[@mjg123mg]

Ahhh good work Kiff,the gentle seafarers of pacifist 7 never knew what hit them.

[@user-gn5uy6lx7z]

Nice shooting guys. We'll done

[@popsfereal3192]

Let 'em have fun, we're paying for it!

[@robertdavis3809]

Well done guys .Protecting the seas .

[@tonyhogan2000]

I love how it's a live fire drill. And it's headlined as attacking boat

[@unyieldingrage1389]

It’s called immersion

[@fredblogs]

And that is how you deal with dangerous boats of all kinds. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@ALxdCr4ftPlays]

Navy warship: "we have heaps of bullets to waste on warning shots". Pirates: "show offs"...

[@robertwebb2234]

Ever since the pirates started taking hostages the heats been turned up a bit to protect our shipments of aftershave and hair conditioner, they got smart and finally started shooting them.

[@Thursdaym2]

Wow, that was a tough engagement.

[@stevehay964]

Americans award medals for the hints like falling out of your bunk so the whole ship got the Congressional Medal of Honor for this turkey shoot instead of giving them to the ridiculously brave kamikazes.

[@OpRaven-62]

Can we talk about that sick beat that they made with the explosions?

[@YankeeLake]

Crazy amount of ordinance for a small craft.

[@gavinhutchinson7569]

Those holes will buff out! We'll be back on the high seas tomorrow

[@luakabsalam1816]

Modern warships lack defensive guns systems, unlike WW2 naval combatants because they rely more on guided missile systems. At least 100 rounds of 25mm and 200 rounds of .50 in HMG were expended to neutralise a single threat. Imagine a multiple threats scenario, like 5 explosive-laden small craft heading towards a destroyer at full speed. Reloading seems slow too.

[@laughtoohard9655]

The number of calculations run through the computer for the big gun are incredible. A human couldn't do it!

[@GrymsArchive]

And neither could that sad targeting computer.

[@laughtoohard9655]

@@GrymsArchive Yeah, you're right.

[@terryburns1805]

Must be using a surplus Radio Shack Tandy computer from around 1985 then. A 12 year old boy with a slingshot is a better shot than that great big computer gun.

[@hamiddesesayap6900]

amazing

[@michaeldillery9232]

This is a training exercise shooting a target vessel . There at least 1500 yards out which is normal for a Gunnery Exercise on Blue Water. It was filmed in 2006.

[@laughtoohard9655]

After the USS Cole I can understand why nobody is allowed to approach a Navy Ship.

[@columkenn]

What happened with USS Cole

[@AnonymousAnonymous-mu1bo]

LaughTooHard that’s a training boat btw

[@deepee918]

There are things that snuck up on my ship in the Bermuda Triangle within three miles on active radar. CIC did even see it

[@None-zc5vg]

I boarded the nearly-new destroyer the U.S.S. "Patterson" during its courtesy-visit to a distant port in 1971 (the ship was retired and broken-up long ago): does the U.S.N. still let civilians go aboard any of its vessels today ?

[@bernieweber4663]

It's amazing how fast those squids work.

[@retiredcolonel6492]

Looked like a M2 next to the high tech gun. The M2 “Ma Deuce” has been part of the arsenal for 75 years. Still a killer!

[@MarsFKA]

Hand-operated .5s on a pitching, rolling ship are probably a bit optimistic at those ranges. Wait until the target is closer.