A Look Inside The Most Powerful Artillery Of All Time | Weapons That Changed The World | War Stories
Explore the evolution of artillery, from ancient cannons to America's formidable M777 Howitzer. Join Wil Willis as he uncovers the secrets behind the lethal accuracy, versatility and firepower of these fearsome weapons.
00:00 Intro
01:35 M777 Howitzer
10:20 History Of Artillery
11:35 Swedish Leather Cannon
17:18 Napoleon’s Artillery
18:20 American Civil War
23:30 Driggs 1 pounder
28:20 WW1
30:20 WW2
31:30 Pack Howitzer
34:00 M119 Howitzer
36:00 Self-Propelled Howitzer
36:45 M109 howitzer
42:20 Nuclear Artillery
43:00 M101 Howitzer
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I was in SSG Rivera's first unit. We both re-enlisted to stay in First Infantry. Alpha Battery was a Brotherhood. 1-7 FA was a Fraternity we had to know our unit history and military protocol. Serving in that unit was the square foundation of my military career. I'm so proud of Rivera for making the Artillery his career.
Great show! As a retired Gunner I served on M105 and M109. Ubique!
Decent documentary. Artillery deserves it's "atta-boys"!
Flak 88 is what immediately comes to mind. Surprising to me that they didn't even mention it.
wehraboo cringe
Because it is not artillery. It was designated as Anti-Aircraft or Anti-Tank. These are direct fire weapons. Artillery is indirect.
Like the name suggests the Flak88 is a "Flugabwehrkanone"- an Anti-aircraft gun. Also like JeepWrangler1957 correctly stated the Flak was used for direct fire unlike an atillery gun.
@@JeepWrangler1957the flak 88 can be used and was used for indirect fire though.
Flak 88 was a much a waaaaaaaaay more advanced machine. 8^)
I first served in the Florida Army National Guard in 1979. I was in B battery 1-116 FA out of Avon Park. We were 105 MM towed (M101A1). Most of our section chiefs were Vietnam veterans. I was assigned as a FIST team chief. We were a very good unit with a great reputation then. As good as a weapon system may be they are useless without good men and crews to operate them. I feel very proud to have served with those men in that unit!
I used to watch this show when I was a kid. It used to air on Discovery Science channel. Love this show. This show made me a gun nut lmao
Nice introduction about long ranges of artilleries characteristics...video focused on Hawtizer guns...as( battle king ) dealing with nearby enemies...
You missed the M-110 8" self propelled howitzer.
Gotta love artillery. The bigger the better!
@34:27, that throw......... He will clean house in carnival games
The Ukrainians have them and even them are impressed by the power of this artillery gun
Incredible
Forward observers are a highly prized target for snipers.
Retired gunner 🇬🇧 worked lance missile,light gun, FH70 & AS90 and also air defence systems javelin & rapier
I had a friend that was with the British Lance crews. As you knew, the Americans controlled the nuclear warheads. He said the officers mess was an experience foreign to our O Clubs, but the troops were great. Did you ever fire a Lance? If so where? We in West Germany flew down to Crete and fired into the Mediterranean.
@@doughudgens9275 yes fired lance in the outer Hebrides. We were based with the Americans in Menden near Dortmund
as a german: now where is the big artillery the title promises? puny little toy guns. XDXDXD
😂 That's just super funny bc i know exactly what you're thinking about, the German's big,big, bad WW2 Guns. Thor, Big Bertha, & the biggest one of all, that i totally forgot the name but the shells we're like over a ton in weight. I need's to look up the names of those big Germán monsters but can you correct me if i'am wrong. Thank you and God bless you & your family always 🙏👍. PS; Can you tell me the one's you where thinking about that they did'nt mentioned on here, Thank you. 👍
@@raymondtorres-gy8uj I was thinking about "schwerer Gustav" and his sister "Dora". Biggest landbased artillery ever build. :) have a good one, my friend.
@@billy5179I don't care if they ended up not being practical because of their immobility and time to set up, they were awesome pieces of destructive firepower and just go to show how advanced German manufacturing was at the time!
Drag Queen Story Hour is a CRUCIAL requirement for gun crew certification!
Is your makeup provided or do you buy your own?
ha dont let out the secretes
This looks like fun. Proper team work needed.👍
The ENIAC (development began in 1942, introduced in 1946) was not the first computer, it was the German Zuse Z3 (development began in 1938, introduced in 1941). The German army phased out such field guns decades ago. We have the Panzerhaubitze 2000 and Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) mobile weapon system, which only requires five respectively three operators instead of ten. It's also strange to see that artillerymen don't wear hearing protection.
South African G6-Rhino 155mm anybody ?
Looks pretty spesh..
This is a video for the americans, if they dont see american weapon as the best they will throw a fit, note that they never mentioned that m777 is a british howitzer
And the G5??? Yrs ahead of it's time. But naturally nothing beats the big mouth yanks!!😂😂😂
King of Battle!!
How do they get the numbers that the forward observer gives them after he/they see the target?? Is it like GPS longitud, latitude cordinates?? Can someone please explain to me, always wanted to know...Thank you & God bless
Surprised that the M110, 8 in. Howitzer not mentioned. I served as a crew member on that one.
It's friggin will Willis!
Where is the German PZH2000, currently the best piece of artillery
I ship out to Fort Sill in September for basic and ait to become a 13B (cannon crew member) as seen in this video. Hella excited
Awesome! Hope you like Oklahoma while you’re here!
anyone else up late playin wit they worm?
omg me
It's daytime though
Yep..with a bag on my head.
He answered himself 😂
History of Mortar, please ❤
The 105 is very effective for avalanche control too. Helluva lot of fun to fire.
No damn way those water buckets were 200yds. They were maybe 75 if that lol.
I just came here to type that exact thing in. That's at most 75 but looked closer, 50.
I don’t think a shell hit that car. I don’t think any shells were fired at that car. Just saying.
Not enough recoil, no FDC computing fire commands, no map for the FO to determine coordinates, explosions vertical when viewed from the side, way to close to neighboring houses, yes it’s Hollywood.
Woah
I feel like a cave man for saying this, but that car boom at the end was awesome!
Awesome to see Fort Sill as an Oklahoman!
Pound for pound it's still the German Flak 88 because of its versatility and power
That was an anti-aircraft weapon that was pressed into direct fire use, totally outclassed in every possible way by an M777 and many others, so don't even waste your time.
Panzerhaubitze 2000 🎉🎉🎉
Entertaining and certainly worth watching, but hardly approaching the legend of "The Most Powerful Artillery Of All Time". I can think of at least 5 guns that didnt make it here and dwarf those on show (most of which wee made in Germany). :)
We need that in the EDCA sight, Philippines 🇵🇭🇺🇸 vs 🇨🇳...
What if this artillery system bring back into 1861-1865?History will be changed
Red Legs!
Did Wil Willis uncover that M777 is a british howizer?
HIMAR has changed all that. As it can double back on it's self. To hit even the opening on the other side of the hill..
Rocket artillery are useful but way too expensive, heavy and slow to be as ubiquitous as guns
@@anon-iraq2655The cost to man an Artillery is the cost. As it takes 7-9 people to operate. As you have to train them. Pay them. Then support them after they leave. The actual hardware is not the cost. And the reason HIMAR exist. It takes less personnel. Has a longer range. No barrel erosion to deal with. So no replacing the barrel every 900 rds. And the Vehicle cost less. And there is nothing slow about a HIMAR..
@@WizzRacing 1. Even if you consider the cost of labour, gun artillery is still cheaper. 2. There is a reason(two) for existence of rocket artillery: range and firepower. 3. Rocket artillery is slow to reload.
@@rajashashankgutta4334 You can reload a HIMAR in 10 mins. And the cost is not cheap when you have 40,000 people to man an artillery brigade. As the cost to pay their Pension Fund and Medical Benefits once they leave is not cheap. It's 70% of the Military Budget. It's $551 Billion for them alone..
Looks like I picked the wrong field to park my car in.
And yes this is 6.3
Whisky whiskey your drunk
They forgot the French 75MM.
God of battle!
g5 g6 all the way
Ferdinand got left out?
whiskey whiskey...
Animating the m982 round flattening out and flying and turning then going straight down is a little disingenuous guys, cmon
Gustavus adulfus. Libera et impera!
Never knew you could see the rounds heading down range. Sadly this is outdated. While the M777 is great at fighting technologically inferior foes the Russia/Ukraine conflict is re-writing everything we know. Drones may well have replaced artillery. The FOO is replaced by a drone with camera and your shells replaced with kamikaze drones. M777, Abrams, Leopards, Bradleys and Challenger 2s all burning, and at sea water based drones taking out Russian ships. Best to train for the NEXT war, not the past ones. We are at a technologically pivotal game changing time.
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The only thing they have is lots of bodies
777 to grat na wojnie na Ukrainie! Ruskie rozwalają to po pierwszym strzale! Radar artylerji znajdzie stanowisko lub dron i jest po stanowisku! Amen! Może w Afganistanie. Nic poza tym!
Crew of 10? Titanium? 9000 pounds? Sorry, outdated, overpriced and a waste of titanium.
early comment
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Police are the standing army the founders warned about
you mean like the local police dept? And their "plan" is what? Or am I misunderstanding your comment? I hope its the latter
@@Swellington_I think hes just is mad at the police for warrants he got oh him 😂. Don’t know where the police topic comes in this vid myself😆🤪
YOUR m1a1 Mission was BS the gun wasnt in action ... shame on your armorer ... also m1a1 are in use today in the Ukraine 2024
Now all the US has to do is grow a spine and send some to Ukraine. Australia sent all theirs.
The US has good weapons and can fight Iraq, the Houthis and so on. But dare not go to war with Russia and China, the best examples are the Korean War and the Ukraine war.
US weaponry would devastate both adversaries at the same time.
Lol American air superiority would just decimate both without a single ground troop stepping into territory
The US has gone to war with both, in Korea and in Vietnam... In Korea it especially got the measure of the Chinese in the mountains during winter... And the US armed forces air arms fought the first dog-fights of the jet-age with the Russians... Read it up on some history, ignorance is a stinky suit 😤
Air and sea domination they wouldn’t be able to get troops around if we don’t allow it we can fully incircle North America if need when you count ships and jet jets can fly a long way away from a carrier and can take fuel in the air and a B-52 B-2 B-1 can all fly 24 hour missions nonstop if needed we could honestly probably cover north and South America if needed honestly once you own the air you got it but once you own the air and sea it’s no chance
Lol
Wait a minute… within the whole entire US military machine, there isn’t 1 black person who can lead an artillery fire team? Weather historical or contemporary? Not ONE!?😲… that’s not a good look Will… with all due respect. 🫡
Great show! As a retired Gunner I served on M105 and M109. Ubique!
Royal artillery ? Ubique = everywhere ?
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