Caiman MRAP Show-and-Tell with Army Vet JB
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2021
- TRUCKS CAN BE THICC TOO! JB returns to give us a tour of the Caiman MRAP and share his experience with it in his service.
Filmed at the National Armor and Cav Collection at Ft. Benning in GA.
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I could listen to JB talk about his experiences all day long.
Same here, a lot of knowledge in that gentleman 😎👍👍
JB certainly seems like a fantastic dude with lots of stories to tell about his time in the military. I loved listening to my great grandfather tell me stories of his time in WW2 and at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. Same with my cousin who is in the Marines and my friend who is a retired Army veteran.
Thanks
"hey, its JB, back by no particular demand." I laughed a lot at this, thanks!
Sofi looks like when I got taken to the military surplus store as a kid for hunting clothes.
"You'll grow into them son".
And I did, about 20yrs later.
I listen and observe a lot before posting a comment - I like Sofelein's content as she does the same, not interrupting the vet, letting them tell their story. Please keep it up Sofelein, first hand stories are so important.
Mark of a great interviewer!
You’re awesome
Yeah thats good of her that, the've got a lot more knowledge so listen to what they've got to say 👍👍👍
"No low-balls, I know what I got" as he tilts the steering wheel. This man is gold.
"No lowballs. I know what I got." I died.
"Back by no particular demand", that was cool!
He is my kind of NCO. I'd sail with him.
@@robertf3479 10-4 on that! What's your 20, and I'm 10-19.
@@janstan8407 Retired from the Navy in '93, Hampton Roads area near Norfolk, VA. Could have retired on Social Security a couple of years ago, but I need a reason to wake up in the morning and the wife doesn't like having me underfoot all the time.
@@robertf3479 Ha, yeah I get it. I miss the south and the attitude.I never felt more at home with people than in Texas. Great land, good people.
Thanks lad's (MEN lol) for your service, 💯%RESPECT
JB needs his own channel. (Inside the JB's Hatch, or something).
Inside my hatch huh, I think the chieftain would come fight me
Stepson was a EOD Tech in Afghanistan and the gunner in a MRAP. While out looking for IED's one exploded under the vehicle and everyone survived but the MRAP was destroyed.
That's what was intended. Equipment can be repaired or, in this case replaced. But it's this ability to protect their irreplaceable crews that cause the crews to love their machines. I trust your son is doing okay.
Thats awesome that nice one 👍👍 yeah they done the job they were built for
Man these veteran walkthroughs are awesome... keep them coming!
OMG JB is a national treasure; every other line was comic gold. 😂😂😂
The description of the alarm going off reminded me of when I saw fire alarms in the barrack block. I asked 'why do they have a sock (or other clothing) wrapped around it?' the answer came back 'wait until it goes off'. Trust me you never sleep through those things, it's a classic red 'bell' fire alarm and every room had one. Also, like a few other commenters out there, it is great to see Sofi give JB the time to talk. Personally I prefer these kinds of interviewers, it leaves the expert to say what they want and to tell the stories that we want to hear.
In these videos, you get not only the technical information about the vehicle and its capabilities, but also experience-based soldier information and tactics. This is rare in videos such as this. It is made even better by Sofilein’s practice of letting the interviewee talk - she obviously realizes it is not about her, it’s about what the interviewee (who is, after all, the subject matter expert) has to say. Outstanding!
JB, thanks for serving our country !!!
I spent 2 years in Iraq back to back deployments from 06-08. I was in M1114s and M1115 up armored HUMMVs. They sucked especially when getting hit by an IED, bye bye especially by an EFP ( Explosive Form Penetrator). My company lost one guy the driver outside of Basra in early 07. I got hit 6 times during my time there. Four were minor, I got rocked from smaller IMEDs (Improvised Munition Explosive Devices), propane tanks. Scratched up the paint and shattered my fiber glass hood and took out my Rhino and GPS box. The fifth was bigger from a double stack 82mm mortar rounds, did the same but shattered my windshield from the outside. The last one was 2 months on my last year which was a buried 155mm artillery shell. This one nearly destroyed me and my vehicle. We nearly flipped over because the blast was on my side on the commander's side. My hood went flying along with the right tire, everything gone up front. I saw a nano second orange fireball and propelled upwards but I was strapped in my seat harness. I could feel being compressed from the bottom up which sucked. My vehicle spun 180 degrees and rolled backwards to the front. That moment I thought I was gone. We got rocked big time. Lucky we strapped in everything before we rolled out, otherwise the .50 Cal ammo boxes inside would have injured or killed us flying around inside. We got lucky that day to live. We got checked out at the FOB's CASH with no scratches, got X-Rayed, and on 72 hour watch. We were good but the last blast still haunts me.
My gunner definitely took out an antenna during a table 12.
Every platoon had that one stubby antenna truck
What a well spoken guy! Thank you JB and Sofi.
Love having real life perspectives from soldiers!
The pole that stuck out in the from with a box and a glow plug was the Rhino.
Yup, sure was. I remembered that about 20 minutes after we were done filming
Very cool, especially from someone who was actually there!
Thanks Sofie!
Very interesting video, Thanks to all the brave men and women who served in harms way. My son lost five buddies in a Humvee which hit an IED in Iraq. He served in the 1AD and 1ID. He was set to go out on patrol in the lead Humvee, his Sgt pulled him at the last minute for another detail, that Humvee hit an IED and all his buddies were KIA. The soldier who took his place was 19 and just got married and had a new born baby.
WOW F##K, im really glad your son was ok, but WOW yeah them poor soldiers & all that have lost their lives, but DAMN 19 just married & with a baby MAN 😢😢😢💔
Aww BTW 💯%RESPECT to your son & all ppl in the service and that have served ALL THE BEST FROM 🇬🇧🇬🇧
I demand more content with JB and some more cool military vehicles
Next video with JB is on Thursday!
"Nobody likes you rolling through their neighborhood lobbing grenades everywhere"...
My son hunted IEDs in Iraq and Afghanistan from the back end of a King Air. None of the roads he swept before a convoy were hit by a hidden IED, he was able to identify them to the convoy so they could be destroyed or avoided.
"No lowballs. I know what I got" 😂😂😂
JB is awesome, so good at explaining things and really enjoy his dry humor. Keep having him on please
Thank you
Makes me think about the "coffin" shape of the german wheeled Panzerspähwagen and half-track Schützenpanzerwagen...
The Germans were way ahead on a lot of tech stuff.
Not really.
Oh my god "no lowballs I know what I got" these are amazing
Yeah I remember those vehicles when i was a kid out hero in iraq and everything this man say is actually right ♥️ love your channel
Wow !!! ...Sofilein, I'm blown away by your video series : in this self-centered world it is very refreshing to watch you doing the right thing and let your guest's take the spotlight & do the talking .
As others mentioned already, I could listen to JB and you all day long !!! Awesome content, awesomely presented .... looking forward to more .... hopefully a lot more 😉
Thanks, I appreciate it
All this inside info really breath's life in to the cold steel of these machines, thanks.
What makes this video great are all the little details and things like that.
Cheers
Sofi love your channel! Thank you for another great post.
J.B. thanks for your no-nonsense experience-based walk around,
“Back by no particular demand.” Nice
What a hell of a position those men have been in. He mentioned they couldn’t use the grenade launchers because of the collateral damage; I understand that but I’m sure they wished they could’ve in a perfect world. It must’ve been really frustrating to have their buddies getting hurt and not being able to respond in full force because of the politics of the whole situation. Infinite amount of respect to them and their service to America.
We still had enough boom boom to get the job done, but yeah showing restraint sucks
JB is the kind of NCO I preferred to serve with and I thank God all of our services have them. I tried to emulate their best points when I was placed in leadership positions at sea and ashore.
I was a little surprised to see the inclinometer on the dash (the 'Ohshit meter.') This is standard equipment on every ship, a much larger version of course but mounted in various parts of the ship for the same reasons. The Navy trained me to drive trucks when I was a military courier, give me a little training and I could probably drive this thing.
"All of the responsibility and none of the fun" describes many leadership positions, it doesn't matter which service. It means if one of your guys screws up YOU are the one who the XO or your department head 'talks to' about it before the Skipper 'talks' to HIM.
Leadership ain't a popularity contest. You're supposed to carrying the weight. Same goes to anyone in any superior positions in any workplace. Both civilian and serviceman should learn about responsibility of leadership in order to create something better.
@@Joshua_N-A I totally agree. I currently have a manager who has trouble putting his foot down when not doing it does more harm than good.
Lol omg hi it’s me by no particular demand. Don’t be so modest we enjoy you so much
Thanks, appreciate it
Please keep up the good work. JB is great.
"a little bit top heavy..." understatement of the year in TH-cam. I absolutely hated those things or any of the MRAP vehicles. I spent most of my multiple deployments on foot or in HMMWVs, but had to ride on those things to get to different FOBs or COPs. They were just school buses to get us to places where we would then go by bird or HMMWV to conduct our missions. I hated being in the back. You couldn't see shit and you couldn't fight from inside. Yes, there were a few ways in and out, but if I had to get out of the gunner's hatch or through the cab doors, that must mean those guys were already dead. In a HMMWV I could always get out of the non-contact side which I did on several occasions. These were one way in, one way out. Not cool in a firefight. You couldn't take those things offroad because they'd tip over if you ran over a chicken. They couldn't maneuver for shit. It took a six-lane highway to make a U-turn. You couldn't take them down many alleyways in the villages we operated in. They were HUGE targets for RPGs. You had to go to the Grand Canyon to take them hull down and would get tangled in powerlines in the cities and villages. Gunners loved that.
Yes, they were more survivalable than HMMWVs in a blast, but my HMMWVs took many blasts and we are all still here. In 2005 I went through 4 HMMWVs. Started out on a M1114 with full armor package, and ended up on a M1025 with hillbilly armor after we used up all other available HMMWVs. My M1025 even took a VBIED and got its engine removed. We all walked away. Everybody on my crews survived all the blasts (some with a few scars, but they went home alive). We could fight from them and maneuver on the enemy on initial contact. We could get in and out quickly and we used them for mobile cover while walking alongside returning fire. So many advantages to the HMMWV if used properly.
For some people the MRAPs fit their missions perfectly and that's great. Convoy escort. Fine. Personnel transport. Yay. But for patrols and assault missions, give me a HMMWV or I'll go by foot any day. Keep the little bit top heavy school buses in the motorpool.
THANKS for your insight bro, but mainly for your service THANKYOU 💯%RESPECT
@Ford I spent as little time in Bradleys as possible. They are great Infantry assets for fire support and anti-tank operations, and for getting us from point A to B quickly, but once again, I did not like being in the back of those things either. Just get me there and let me out.
Firing ports? Is that what those things were for? We used to blow cigarette smoke out of them. In all my years in the Army, I never saw anyone use them for actually firing. Infantry are trained to move, run, jump, dive, roll whatever it takes to maneuver on the enemy. You can't do any of that in the back of any armored vehicle. You're trapped in a steel can with little to no observation of the terrain or enemy. We are so packed in the back, it's almost impossible to move around anyway, much less put your weapon out of a little hole while looking out of a periscope. Most Bradleys didn't even have them anyway. It's simply not conducive to effective fighting and a waste of Infantry assets.
As far as fighting out of a HMMWV is concerned, there were times where only my gunner was engaging the enemy with his M240B or M2 .50cal MGs while we were moving. Once we stopped my dismount and I would open our doors and use them as cover to help out the gunner. I was able to maintain contact on the radio or toss the handmike to my driver and let him send reports since he stayed in the vehicle and in his driver's position. Using the doors as cover offers you enough cover until we could get a better assessment of the situation and make adjustments. (I know, lower legs are exposed). There was even times my driver would exit and return fire if necessary. Many times if I left the vehicle to another fighting position, my driver would follow in the truck, if possible and maintain visual contact with me and the dismount gunner (M249).
I cannot cover every scenario we ran across here, but my point is this: The HMMWV is an awesome fighting vehicle if used appropriately and can withstand an incredible amount of damage. It may not look pretty afterwards, but it will get you home. More than once we limped back to the COP of FOB with black burn marks on one side of the truck, blown tires and shattered glass - got her fixed and went back out the next night. It took 7.62 with no issues and grenade fragments just chipped the paint. Was it indestructible? Absolutely not, and we knew that. Nothing is guaranteed but if you know a vehicles capabilities and limitations, and use it accordingly, AND you get lucky, it will run circles around the flailing, little bit top heavy MRAP both literally and figuratively.
@Ford Firing ports on MRAP vehicles were actually included in the original South African ones in the 1970's and 1980's. look up the Casspir. It has firing ports.
Brilliant talk, well worth listening to - thank you.
JB jokes, but the glow tape on the door handles and on the roof is important because if the vehicle is rolled over into a canal or otherwise blacked out (night most obviously), then that might be the only way to find and open the door. And that door might be facing "wrong way down", which is why many were fitted with electric assist.
"Oh bugger, the tank is on fire" still very much applies today.
I find it funny he mentioned trying to roll around in a toyota pick up trying to blend in. Toyotas have a huge military presences.
That was good, l like this guy👊
This was really cool! Thanks, Sofi!
33:13, "oh shit meter" is hilarious. the troops always have a nice sense of humor for otherwise terrifying nad horrible situations.
Thanks Sofilein for another great video and to JB for sharing his experience!
So glad to get more content from you Sofi. Looking forward to more.
Thank you for your service. Nice video Sofie
Enjoyed, would be great to see more like this.
Awesome!!!! As Always.
Thank you! Cheers!
Thanks Sofi and great info from JB!!!! Please keep them coming!!
i want to say the device mounted on front of the vehicle he is talking about is called a rhino. its an adjustable metal rod with a box on the end. a cable ran from the engine to a spark plug which heated up.
Yup that's the one
Isn’t it like an extended Glow rod
Awesome show..Thanks Sofilein
This was awesome! Thank you
Awesome documentary about this kind of vehicle! Never get so much information about it! 👍🏻😎👍🏻
Great videos as usual...I really enjoy your videos JB is the man keep[ em coming
Quality insight of the vehicle , love these videos , be nice to hear it running and do a roadtest on it ! Stay safe see you all next video .
i really enjoyed that video!
Nice tour and info from a guy who was there!
Very interesting video!
Fascinating lesson!
Great video!
Hey, JB I made some of the torsion arms with wheels that went on the front of the humv's to trigger pressure mines. I welded the spindle shafts and the square members in....unless they fell off, then it was the night shifts :D
I only ever saw rollers on HMMWVs a couple of times, but I bet they did the job, heavy looking mofos though
@@bradm3a3 They had to be welded at 500 degrees (whole assembled unwelded part temperature), in the summer, wearing full leathers....fack that was hot.
@@lorka42 that sounds like the least fun thing to do during the summer, but thanks for doing it
Great and informative.
thank you!
Great knowledge, very interesting
Good job!! JB is great!
👍👍👍👊😎
Thanks
Uhh...it reminds of the Casspir and the Buffel...SADF mine resistant vehicle....
12:08 lovely smile , while hearing technical explanation of how effing dangerous was riding on one of those ...
"back by no particular demand" JB is great why dosnt he have a tank channel!!!
I'm thinking about doing a channel, pretty daunting but I appreciate the support
Thanks !
The chronicles of JD
Modifications like that glow in the dark tape is so interesting to me. If you think about it, someone in that unit probably died which brought about that modification. It’s sad that modifications like that are typically not recorded and learned from.
Yep. OIF 07-09, B Co 1-502, we used slightly larger V-hulled MRAP's designated RG-33L(long). The internal equipment is essentially the same, except our rear seats faced front & back as opposed to facing inward. Got blown up by four simultaneous EFP's, explosively formed penetrators, (we called them a 4-pack) on 04MAR2008. The MRAP's design saved us from the worst of it, but the truck was obliterated. We all have brain damage and moderate injuries, but had we been in a Humvee, we'd have all died for sure. Takes me back. . .
We did a video on the RG33 too, check it out, you should get a kick out of it
@@bradm3a3 Not seeing any MRAP reviews on your channel. . .
@@bigsarge2085 it's another one with sofi on her channel
@@bradm3a3 Roger. Great job in the videos, by the way.
@@bigsarge2085 thank ya much
Hey if anyone is wondering this is on sand hill over by 198th infantry brigade. Screw sand hill and osut but this is an Awsome collection. I went and saw it when “turning green”. They have 3/5 panthers in America just as one example. As far as I can tell it’s open to who ever is able to get on base. Maybe they just saw my bald head and top pity on me. I’m actually planning on swinging by this week before I leave benning.
We also have a fairly robust volunteer program for people to help keep these things from rusting away to nothing
THKS
Great! 👏😀
I had no idea there were over a dozen different models of MRAP, I thought MRAP was the model. Looking forward to seeing more!
They had alot of outside contractors submiting MRAPs and theres 2 models that are like big like this that were used commonly and the new HUMVEE replacement was birthed from the program
J.B. doesn't mess about. If only he took as much care with his tow truck business in L.S.
Do I have a tow truck business?
@@bradm3a3 Tonia says so, over in Los Santos, she keeps getting Franklin to do your work you bad boy!!!
Nice walkaround, all eyes on the road please.
All hail commander Sofilein 😍😍😍
great vids on mraps so thanks sofi ! and a great many thanks to jb !! such a tremendous man to listen too, i would buy him beer all day long, would it be possible to get him back to tell us how squadies lived and ate in these vehicles ? plus how did the gunner cope if he was in his sling seat and the vehicle ran over a mine ? thanks chaz x
@Charlie Ramsay You sure can get me back to answer questions. As far as living in these goes: we had FOBs (forward operating bases) that we lived on, or some level of base or camp so we didn't have to spend more than a day or two on these. The caiman here is very roomy and wouldn't be too bad to live off of though if the need arises. As for if the Gunner was in the gun when we hit a mine: let's just say everyone would know we got hit, the Gunner had a sling seat so that would be fairly flexible in a blast, the big threat would be an ejection from the vehicle. Gunners had a harness that actually attached them to the vehicle and kept them from being thrown from the hatch. Hope this helps clear up your questions.
Nice one JB. Dude, you're the dogs bollocks. Sophie, you're not too bad either. Cheers. Jock.
Thanks, never been call dogs bollocks before
Interesting video. I would like to learn more about the engine and drive train of this beast.
That THING...the one I had in Afghanistan, hated it. It was a beat-up POS and a last to be used veh. We have M_ATV's and MAX-PROS. Our Caiman was venting exhaust into the cabin...as supposedly part of the heating system? At least that's what I was told...given I was smelling exhaust...I'm glad it was a SHORT trip. The doors were heavy and manual and with high hull there was NO getting out quickly. The hull came up like 1/4 or 1/3 of the whole door area.
But I'm told when they first came out, they were a huge improvement.
Love it 😘
Fascinating. What a nightmare to live through.
the alarm would come on when the back door was open as well
i put cotton under the tape it works better
Damn I miss my BDUs .
I literally just discovered your channel today..I kinda have not done anything but watch your videos for hours all kinds lol it also kinda gives me that home feeling I miss being in the military. I was a combat medic not the real name but most people do not know what a 8404 Line Corpsman is.. your channel should have been introduced to me the day it started to TH-cam so always keeps the good ones hidden. Can I just say I love your positivity, good vibe, and you seem like a very sincere person. I hate the videos that seem like acting for views and you can tell ebb everything is staged or faked to perfection. I could keep going on that kind of stuff since I studied profiling and I read too much into every detail SMH but I am messaging too much already just wanted to encourage you and say this kind of content creation deserves 50 million subs not this hide and seek from grown people or dumb pranks lol I am like a grumpy grandpa over that at 32 bahaha I hope you have not done that hahaha I have only seen good content being here. Also this guy jb I think it was has been in two videos I saw and he is great. Also even if you served you did not really see anything about the equipment except it gave me rides. I saw more helicopter as a ride than vehicle anyway. Thanks for the videos and keep up the good work
Sofi, you are gorgeous. Total eye candy.
This guys cool
That heat source on a stick is called a "rhino" nothing fancier than a glow plug in a black box. Iraq 2005 - 2010 TF Troy "CEXC"
I think i could sit next to Sofilein for several hours and be Very ! happy, maybe a little stiff.. but very happy !
I’m hoping for an MATV video soon 😁
Awesome video! Could you review the Cougar 6x6?
Great video! It is nice to have video's on tanks; but today a supply truck is much more than it was. Lets say the old fashioned supply trucks just don't cut it. Off course it depends on the theater of operations, but to imagine that a supply run is just having an idiot kick the tyres, crank the ignition? Well, they won't last a week.
This one of my complaints against conscription: If you don't think it is a job that requires practice.... then you are dead wrong.
One should remember that in the Gulf-war II the main casualties were truck drivers - mainly because they were not given rest.
One of my units missions in 04-05 in iraq was route security, and I'll tell ya what, there was never a quiet day, it was like a marathon of cops on tv, just more bombs and slightly less domestic abuse
Aye yeah IED's were a wake up call for us 🇬🇧 and 🇺🇸 force's with our Armoured vehicles, DAMN we took a lot of losses, then we came up with the V armour on the bottom of our vehicles to direct the explosion outwards
Good video! He is a great guy. Informative. Sofi where are your hands? Did they freeze and fall off?👍🤣👍
Yes they did lolol
This is my zombie apocalypse grocery getter.
The counter IED heat producing equipment JB is talking about was called the Rhino.
Yep