This is America's C-RAM Weapon System

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มี.ค. 2021
  • Counter rocket, artillery, and mortar, abbreviated C-RAM, is a set of systems used to detect and/or destroy incoming rockets, artillery, and mortar rounds in the air before they hit their ground targets, or simply provide early warning.
    The intercept capability of C-RAM is effectively a land version of weapons such as the Phalanx CIWS radar-controlled rapid-fire gun for close-in protection of vessels from missiles; either weapon system also uses a forward-looking infrared camera to allow a defender to visually identify these target threats before engaging the targets.
    One major difference between the land- and sea-based variants is the choice of ammunition. Whereas naval Phalanx systems fire tungsten armor-piercing rounds, the C-RAM uses the 20mm ammunition, originally developed for the M163 Vulcan air defense system. These rounds explode on impact with the target, or on tracer burnout, thereby greatly reducing the risk of collateral damage from rounds that fail to hit their target.
    C-RAM: An Advanced Automated Point-Defense Gatling Gun
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  • @anthonyc5039
    @anthonyc5039 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6980

    Did you know??? - The only machine on Earth with a faster rate of fire is the money printer at the Federal Reserve.

  • @chevyvega6622
    @chevyvega6622 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2893

    what is really impressive is its ability to operate jam free at such a tremendous cycle rate

    • @shootmovecommunicate3322
      @shootmovecommunicate3322 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      its insane to see inperson

    • @jfmax2000
      @jfmax2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +153

      Oh Yeah... Gotta Give The Engineering Team Their Props 💯💯

    • @Kay0Bot
      @Kay0Bot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      they force military people to clean everything very frequently

    • @ATSaale
      @ATSaale 3 ปีที่แล้ว +249

      Gatling guns are extremely durable. The action is run by electric motor so misfires are automatically ejected without stopping the weapon.

    • @jfmax2000
      @jfmax2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ATSaale Exactly 💯💯

  • @DMDMDM01
    @DMDMDM01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +839

    My dad was very thankful for this base defense while in Iraq, often the base would intercept sporadic mortar fire, and the sound of the gun was both a sound of relief and extreme anxiety

    • @ElonHusky
      @ElonHusky ปีที่แล้ว

      He should stay in USA, Going for war in another country is invasion and he's not a hero just a war criminal killing inncocent civilians in Middle east

    • @playboicartilover336
      @playboicartilover336 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Tell your dad. That I thank him for his service🫡🫡

    • @NjoyMoney
      @NjoyMoney ปีที่แล้ว

      Your dad killed a bunch of innocent people

    • @ivanho1
      @ivanho1 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Your dad might also did some nasty stuffs in Iraq. Like getting into a civilian's home at midnight, forced women into rooms & do nasty things. It happened, so don't point your fingers into me. Peoples like even your neighbors know it, but they won't say it in front of you but they all know it.

    • @limitbreak2966
      @limitbreak2966 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ivanho1 no dude, stop accusing random people of raping women like it’s no big deal. That’s fucking disgusting and while it did happen, not every fucking veteran is a rapist. Disgusting that you even bring this up.

  • @MrTym2partee
    @MrTym2partee ปีที่แล้ว +542

    I still get goosebumps hearing the C RAM go off in this video. This system saved me and my squad life when we were deployed in 2014-2015 to Afghanistan.

    • @markjordan8116
      @markjordan8116 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      it saved a lot of us. Those things are great.

    • @J_Eusebio
      @J_Eusebio ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I was there on and off from 08’ to 11’ dont think these were there yet, got mortared all the time

    • @TurnFromWickedness
      @TurnFromWickedness ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Who you telling. I still remember this thing going off in Iraq.

    • @tueclfpofks
      @tueclfpofks ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why not use the one from Israel . Iron dome

    • @spectrofreak9988
      @spectrofreak9988 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      ​@@tueclfpofks Rockets are extremely expensive and less transportable

  • @vondahe
    @vondahe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2622

    No one had imagined how evil R2-D2 would become after being taunted, kicked around and laughed at by movie audiences.

    • @bidenisacommunistpuppet.3831
      @bidenisacommunistpuppet.3831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      It's always the quiet ones.

    • @Mwwwwwwwwe
      @Mwwwwwwwwe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@bidenisacommunistpuppet.3831 underrated comment 🤣

    • @bidenisacommunistpuppet.3831
      @bidenisacommunistpuppet.3831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@Mwwwwwwwwe Thank you Iv waited so long to hear that.

    • @Cola64
      @Cola64 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Robo Cop 2021 ! “That things a killa!’

    • @peterkhew7414
      @peterkhew7414 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      R2D2: "Time to nut up or shut up."

  • @J__007
    @J__007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2909

    This is what I wish the ATM would sound like when I go withdrawn money! 😏

  • @fangwu7576
    @fangwu7576 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    Unlike the C-RAMs’ naval counterpart, I believe they have self destructing rounds to limit collateral damage.

    • @kur1tan
      @kur1tan ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I was wondering about that. "What goes up..." and all.

    • @jeffhall517
      @jeffhall517 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      If you watch the rounds disappear into the dark you can see them explode like thousands of fire works. It’s scarry as hell seeing it for the first time at night. My bunker was right next to one in Iraq, when the siren goes off and your running across open ground, out of no where this big ass laser of tracers lights up the night and blows your ears out at the same time 🤣 makes you forget all about the missiles coming in

    • @fangwu7576
      @fangwu7576 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@jeffhall517 hopefully you’re alright. I can’t imagine living in a war zone.

    • @casualgamer3689
      @casualgamer3689 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was just going to ask this, what happens when the rounds come down... 😅 But i guess they explode then...

    • @bekeneel
      @bekeneel 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A system like this seems perfect to add with an expensive sam system like Patriot or Thaad.. For any treats that still get through whatever it might be, like a suicide drone.. Hope Ukraine gets some like this too, perhaps they have it in Kiev..

  • @predictorbibulous3327
    @predictorbibulous3327 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    I was on a ship that had a C-WiS and they demonstrated it to us by dragging some barrels behind a plane and flying by the ship like half a mile away and few thousand feet, the C-WIS decimated the barrels into nothing in no time at all. At that moment I realized that I went into the Navy for the wrong job.

    • @galilbill2539
      @galilbill2539 ปีที่แล้ว

      Woo pig

    • @michaelswagson4457
      @michaelswagson4457 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Another time it shot down the plane instead

    • @dwrobotics2180
      @dwrobotics2180 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      R/thathappened.

    • @flare242
      @flare242 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      So, a pilot brought a few empty barrels. Tied them to a rope. Then tied the other end of the rope to a navy plane. Then launched. Dragged the barrels behind him. On the deck, then IN FLIGHT. Then did a fly-by around a navy vessel.
      And a LIVE CWIS started firing at it. At a friendly navy plane. That was dragging barrels. MIDAIR.
      Well now when you unpack it like this, it sounds like a complete fucking nonsense, doesn't it?

    • @lgd1974
      @lgd1974 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Correction: CIWS (Close-In Weapon System)

  • @anthonychiodi9173
    @anthonychiodi9173 3 ปีที่แล้ว +787

    Now that's a badass Minion right there lol.

    • @BabbyCat3008
      @BabbyCat3008 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      LEMAO

    • @hover3465
      @hover3465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      XD

    • @user-xl1tf1nm8k
      @user-xl1tf1nm8k 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ألم المسيح يسوع رسول الله دين اللة الإسلامي مافي شعي مسحي دين اللة واحد الاسلامي

    • @RaptorTroll360
      @RaptorTroll360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      If that's a minion then the gun is his dong?
      Daaayyyuumm ya boi is hung like a friccin horse

    • @arliesam948
      @arliesam948 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was kinda thinking the same thing

  • @Brooklyza
    @Brooklyza 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2246

    This system probably saved my life a few times in Afghanistan. Thank you to the inventor!

    • @McBobtheruggaman
      @McBobtheruggaman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +261

      You're welcome.
      -Inventor

    • @errolbruintjes9855
      @errolbruintjes9855 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@carl8568 one army had no fckn heart the other … had heart and Russian backup 🤦‍♂️

    • @carl8568
      @carl8568 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@errolbruintjes9855
      Russia or no Russia, rejection of US imperialism looks like this.

    • @muhammedmorsi43
      @muhammedmorsi43 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@carl8568 Because they are the land owners.. they fight for a reason :)

    • @carl8568
      @carl8568 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@muhammedmorsi43
      True.

  • @CraftAero
    @CraftAero 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I worked on a mech sub-assembly for the Phalanx system in the early 80s.
    So glad to see it still rocks.

  • @matthewsmiley3630
    @matthewsmiley3630 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    It’s also really smart how they made the rounds explode after a certain amount of time/distance so the rounds don’t just keep flying for miles if it misses

    • @jcruz5050
      @jcruz5050 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Especially since it looks like about 98% of them are misses

  • @BPoweredLove
    @BPoweredLove 3 ปีที่แล้ว +286

    2:57 This is nothing short of awesome.

    • @nointernet3322
      @nointernet3322 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      pp

    • @not_noah69
      @not_noah69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rockpalace9919 what

    • @tzoied
      @tzoied 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's a whole bunch of wasted money

    • @EI_Greko
      @EI_Greko 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rockpalace9919 what??

    • @user-py5xc8zd6i
      @user-py5xc8zd6i 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@tzoied shut

  • @pillowdude1484
    @pillowdude1484 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1861

    General: "Private"
    Private: "yes, sir?"
    General: "See that plane?"
    Private: "Yes, sir"
    General: "I don't want to."
    Private: "Yes,sir."

    • @firstlast9731
      @firstlast9731 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      lol

    • @Aaron-zu3xn
      @Aaron-zu3xn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      lol u thought the same thing i did would be great to integrate this with AAA(anti-aircrafts not duracell) batteries

    • @brian9801
      @brian9801 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      A general is addressed as "General", not Sir. Sir's are for O-6 and below.
      The more you know

    • @Neon-ws8er
      @Neon-ws8er 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@brian9801 Thanks, Brian

    • @cxdxr
      @cxdxr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      woosh

  • @Nenad-ICXC-Shuput-GFAMMA
    @Nenad-ICXC-Shuput-GFAMMA 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Angry R2D2, spitfire.

  • @ForGlory1
    @ForGlory1 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Thank you to the engineers that made this. I remember feeling the ground shake underneath us when this masterpiece was engaged.

    • @LanguagePolice-us6vw
      @LanguagePolice-us6vw ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It is very nice to say " Thank you "

    • @pierreo33
      @pierreo33 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@LanguagePolice-us6vw Get a job

  • @rodleyeriffe9149
    @rodleyeriffe9149 3 ปีที่แล้ว +242

    When the gun goes off, does the tech yell, "git some, git some" LOL

    • @markdiesel6432
      @markdiesel6432 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂😂😂

    • @haydenhutton8661
      @haydenhutton8661 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      No its so goddam loud all you can think about is how bad your teeth hurt. This beauty would religiously go off at two in the morning next to our COB in Iraq. As cool as it is ole R2D2 screams like a banshee

    • @christiansmith7458
      @christiansmith7458 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I worked on the CIWS for 13 years... GIT SOME!

    • @renecastro6110
      @renecastro6110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@haydenhutton8661 What do u mean teeth? U mean ears? And yeah I bet its loud asf. Just a single 20mm round is loud. That baby fires 1000's per minute.

    • @beadlebamford9999
      @beadlebamford9999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Git Some BABAAY

  • @KanesTrades
    @KanesTrades 3 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    I came here for the BRRRRRRRRRT and you delivered, thankyou.

    • @chiefyovany572
      @chiefyovany572 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Man stfu. Go back to call of duty 🤌🏽

    • @jyoshi1491
      @jyoshi1491 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@chiefyovany572 what went up you ass? XD

    • @Tetris_Effect
      @Tetris_Effect 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@chiefyovany572 What if he's playing cod while watching? Noob.

    • @jyoshi1491
      @jyoshi1491 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Tetris_Effect lol

    • @PoconoGamerWorld
      @PoconoGamerWorld 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chiefyovany572 go play with the native americans in red dead redemption Chief Jackass

  • @cryogenics6681
    @cryogenics6681 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brings back memories from over 50 years. The AC-119 had 2 M-61 cannons and 4 mini-guns. The best analogy to the sound was like the jolly green giant farting in a washtub.

  • @Wrensspeedshop
    @Wrensspeedshop ปีที่แล้ว +7

    These systems were in Iraq on JBB/Joint Base Balad in 08/09 when I was there. They’re beasts

    • @Sstantial
      @Sstantial 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was at Balad middle of '03 to early '04. These first arrived very late in 2003 and made a hell of a difference compared to not having them.

  • @timmo971
    @timmo971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +433

    “You could mount it on a trailer” - awesome, you could take it camping!

    • @DragonMoth34
      @DragonMoth34 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Best Anti-Bear defense ever!

    • @jasonterrell847
      @jasonterrell847 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Take camping? How about a picnic table top miniature version that eliminates mosquitoes.

    • @ENG-CT4982
      @ENG-CT4982 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@jasonterrell847 WE NEED IT

    • @spankthemonkey3437
      @spankthemonkey3437 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jasonterrell847 they actually make a little mini 9mm Gatlin gun that uses glock mags

    • @tac4800
      @tac4800 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      fuck bugspray, use this beast to obliterate every bug in like a 5 mile radius

  • @Rickenbacker954
    @Rickenbacker954 3 ปีที่แล้ว +390

    I worked as an assembler for the phalanx in 1974-1976 at GE Naval Sea Systems Ordinance Department in Pittsfield Massachusetts. It was a monster weapon.

    • @papabear90
      @papabear90 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Half a century old tech

    • @ktownkanak808
      @ktownkanak808 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@papabear90 That still works.

    • @reluctant4611
      @reluctant4611 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@papabear90 it's been updated with newer tech tho

    • @jillpaige3719
      @jillpaige3719 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I worked at GE Armament Systems from 1983-93. It was always fun to go to the Ethan Allen firing range to see them operating up close - from 50 cal to 30 mm.

    • @nsudatta-roy8154
      @nsudatta-roy8154 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@papabear90 Silly Rabbit!

  • @kmafdlmagotg8328
    @kmafdlmagotg8328 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    First appraised as a ground based variant in 2004, but in the mid 1980s, I got a brochure from a GD tech rep installing ORDALTS on our system, showing the future of a land based CIWS.

  • @robertharris8148
    @robertharris8148 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This rings back memories of serving aboard the USS Kansas City🎖💯 We had two of the Navy theses. We called them R2D2's and they are impressive with the naked eye.

    • @lgd1974
      @lgd1974 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      YEP. Leave it to the U.S. Navy Fire Controlmen (FC) / Fire Control Technicians (FT) to impress everyone. It takes big brains to maintain, operate, and repair these systems.😊

  • @simplywonderful449
    @simplywonderful449 2 ปีที่แล้ว +331

    Seeing this thing move without an operator actually "firing" it (in the sense of other soldier-borne weapons) reminds me so much of the "RoboCop" movie. Great stuff!

    • @leebtheloser
      @leebtheloser 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah but RoboCop is a satire tho

    • @wetpizzaslices5917
      @wetpizzaslices5917 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good stuff

    • @thecopperiris
      @thecopperiris 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ED-209

    • @smileygladhands
      @smileygladhands ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thecopperiris that thing was scary! Especially when it growled while counting down the disarm

    • @Erin-Thor
      @Erin-Thor ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It’s all amazing, fun and games until SKYNET takes over when it becomes sentient.

  • @jduds100
    @jduds100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +387

    Imagine being a friendly flying past and seeing that thing tracking you.

    • @CyberClown360
      @CyberClown360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Me : oh helle there .
      C-ram : so , you has choose death

    • @BLAZINGINGPHOENIX
      @BLAZINGINGPHOENIX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Friendly fire happens all the time to UK forces often getting targeted as not part of us etc

    • @sbdr.1241
      @sbdr.1241 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Ide load my diaper real quick if that was facing me😳

    • @blablabla6975
      @blablabla6975 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They shot multiple friendly units

    • @MerkleAkrunphleuphle
      @MerkleAkrunphleuphle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      shit we wouldn't know is something like that has happened either way.

  • @kiogoramartinie
    @kiogoramartinie 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The sound it gives out can even threaten the incoming rockets... have experience it's work 👌👌👌

  • @360.Tapestry
    @360.Tapestry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +290

    the rapid firing has a percussive effect. you don't only hear it, you feel it rippling the air

    • @MrJoshcc600
      @MrJoshcc600 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Nah it's like a fart. I've sold right next to it more times then I can count

    • @silver2zilver
      @silver2zilver 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      whats wack is where are the bullets guna land>?

    • @kylegilmore3810
      @kylegilmore3810 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@silver2zilver They self destruct.

    • @danenelson9274
      @danenelson9274 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@kylegilmore3810 do they really? That's insane. This is insane. Jesus..

    • @carlmarxx
      @carlmarxx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@danenelson9274 they do, you can seem do that in the video, the small bursts of light after the shots. you can see it in the night shots starting at @2:34

  • @JorgeRodriguez-po7kx
    @JorgeRodriguez-po7kx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +305

    It fires so Fast that the Cannon looks like a Blow Torch Just Amazing

    • @KillaCaff1
      @KillaCaff1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      2000 rounds of freedom per minute

    • @forcesightknight
      @forcesightknight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Incendiary rounds? They do tend to trace.

    • @robertpillowjr.1672
      @robertpillowjr.1672 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I know right? So fast it sounds like fabric tearing! Just awesome!

    • @PriceTheCourier
      @PriceTheCourier 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@KillaCaff1 Correction, 4,500 rounds per minute unless that is only on the Naval ship.

    • @STHFGDBY
      @STHFGDBY 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Problem with these weapons is that they cannot afford to miss because they empty so fast, and from watching similar weaponary the reloading is quiet slow.

  • @Metallislayer1
    @Metallislayer1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    C RAM is an amazing machine

  • @commanderfoxtrot
    @commanderfoxtrot ปีที่แล้ว

    The HEMTT version is one of my favourite equipment loads for the truck.

  • @tylersamuel5021
    @tylersamuel5021 3 ปีที่แล้ว +213

    US Military: "we want a-10 on land"
    Raytheon "Say less"

    • @killerbern666
      @killerbern666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      not the same gun tho

    • @andreialbescu1590
      @andreialbescu1590 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      or on navy ?
      from Romania
      18.03.2021

    • @yosephnanco3522
      @yosephnanco3522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@killerbern666 As mantap

    • @chasetoyama8184
      @chasetoyama8184 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@killerbern666 hey, it’s basically the same thing.

    • @killerbern666
      @killerbern666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@chasetoyama8184 the a-10 gun (gau-8 avenger) shoot 30mm and is design to shred tanks while the vulcan shoot 20mm and is not at all designed for tanks

  • @Jam_MG
    @Jam_MG 2 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    I'll be honest I love how this thing fights projectiles with even more projectiles

    • @Eye5x5
      @Eye5x5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

    • @poppacross79
      @poppacross79 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s called continuous correction to aim. Third round always hits.

    • @linkinmylog
      @linkinmylog 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I like the old TF2 quote "Use the gun, and if that don't work...Use more gun.".

    • @DJ_Dopamine
      @DJ_Dopamine 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sometimes the only way to fight fire is with fire.

    • @Tamarikankuro
      @Tamarikankuro 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah I like how you think lol

  • @bubbakushingtonIII
    @bubbakushingtonIII ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That's a thing of beauty at night. So cool sounding.

    • @ammo8713
      @ammo8713 ปีที่แล้ว

      A THING OF BEAUTY
      IS A JOY FOREVER ! 👍🇺🇸😁

  • @DonutVIP
    @DonutVIP 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That incoming incoming follow by that alarm will drive a person insane but overall this is a sick machine

  • @GIJose-mw9zy
    @GIJose-mw9zy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    Almost everything in this video is correct. I was an operator in the Local Control Station (LCS) of several CRAM’s in 2007 & 2008 in Iraq. Not 2010. As a Navy Individual Augmentee. My Naval Unit, along with several Army personnel formed Task Force Hurricane. We successfully intercepted approximately 97% of all incoming rocket, artillery and mortar attacks in our AOR’s. We began turning over control of the system to the Army in mid 2008. 🙂

    • @tsfbaf303
      @tsfbaf303 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sure, don’t try to tell somebody what supposedly IS wrong and just jerk yourself off because you claim to have been in the military so everyone shall bow down or whatever. Absolutely waste of a comment

    • @davedurosier
      @davedurosier 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tsfbaf303 🤣🤣

    • @9ine6ix4ourtwenty6
      @9ine6ix4ourtwenty6 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tsfbaf303 rip.

    • @patriciomejia4100
      @patriciomejia4100 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      97% what a joke

    • @howdthtfeelbro762
      @howdthtfeelbro762 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@patriciomejia4100 what?

  • @brad6724
    @brad6724 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    from making spears out of stone and sticks to this fkn amazing

    • @Vertignasse82
      @Vertignasse82 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Imagine spraying dense ranks of Middle Age foot soldiers or Roman formations with that.

    • @VinnyUnion
      @VinnyUnion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Vertignasse82 like in the anime "GATE" where the JSDF (Japan self defense force) totally annihilates the a roman-like army

    • @Vertignasse82
      @Vertignasse82 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@VinnyUnion Oh I didn't see that. I'll look it up!

    • @VinnyUnion
      @VinnyUnion 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Vertignasse82 if you're into fantasy animes, then you'll most likely enjoy it. Especially rory the goth lolita heheh

    • @NeoDarkness
      @NeoDarkness 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@VinnyUnion I watched a little bit of that anime 3 years ago. Kinda wanna get back into it

  • @JohnSims3
    @JohnSims3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was on the USS Bigelow destroyer when they tested this system. It's bad ass even in 1975-79

  • @thegovernment0usa
    @thegovernment0usa 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I can't get enough of that sound it makes. Terrifying.

  • @AirSupportIncomimg
    @AirSupportIncomimg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +310

    That BBRRRTTTTTTTT.... It’s beautiful

    • @MarineScoutSniper
      @MarineScoutSniper 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oorah!

    • @GiratinaTech
      @GiratinaTech 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      A-10 approved

    • @AndrewVelonis
      @AndrewVelonis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And expensive.

    • @bev8200
      @bev8200 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Until it's aiming for you

    • @forcesightknight
      @forcesightknight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sure, until the empty shells, fired from a chopper melt the sht out of your poncho, which was your only shade in a OP on near top of the mountain. God I wish we had a pocket camera, gps, com device, and super computer in our pocket at all times, like the brotherhood has today. Our grunts may have been fighting for a few decades now, but at least they have the best of the best, experience and equipment.
      Semper Fidelis earthlings

  • @mmancino1982
    @mmancino1982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    One of these things woke me up in the middle of the night when I was transiting through Al Assad airbase. It was like 2am and I didn't even know it was nearby. Scared the shit out of me!

    • @119jle
      @119jle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Neither did they. Aye aye allah akbar

  • @Nyemaster
    @Nyemaster ปีที่แล้ว

    Your all welcome. C-ram is one of my projects for many years. Very proud.

  • @TheFlyWahine
    @TheFlyWahine 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Its cinda beutiful with the exploding of the ammo, sounds like fireworks and new year lol.

  • @aaronstewart4040
    @aaronstewart4040 2 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    If I'm not mistaken, the visible rounds are 1/4th of the actual rounds being fired. Amazing

    • @Carcories
      @Carcories 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      1/5...

    • @zathegame9870
      @zathegame9870 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Carcories ur mom

    • @randomuserame
      @randomuserame ปีที่แล้ว +9

      1:5.... 1 tracer every 6th round.

    • @atomicfusion8027
      @atomicfusion8027 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lmao we all got different numbers, I heard every third round is a tracer.

    • @Solstare
      @Solstare ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Every round in the CRAM is a tracer. The tracer acts like a fuse to self destruct the bullet if it doesn’t impact anything

  • @badgerbait8351
    @badgerbait8351 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Well, now we know why there's an ammo shortage!!!

    • @MiniMotoAlliance
      @MiniMotoAlliance 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah, all my pistols and rifles use that exact same bullet

    • @badgerbait8351
      @badgerbait8351 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@MiniMotoAlliance You too, eh? Recoil is a bitch, but a little barrel porting helped.

    • @2aminitials
      @2aminitials 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They need a version that uses .22 rimfire, in case we get invaded by squirrels or shaken up cans of pop.

    • @badgerbait8351
      @badgerbait8351 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@2aminitials Dang right! I'd buy one!

    • @stevenkeirstead6305
      @stevenkeirstead6305 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@2aminitials Given the cost of 22rimfire these days (if we could find any) we still couldn't afford to shoot it 😟

  • @GenAfterNextTactics
    @GenAfterNextTactics ปีที่แล้ว +3

    0:59 Badass few seconds of video.

  • @drewcanton235
    @drewcanton235 ปีที่แล้ว

    Reminds me of the gun on the A 10 Warthog... It's a sound dreaded & feared by the enemy!!! Scatter like "rice at a wedding"... 😁

  • @Lama-hq6sz
    @Lama-hq6sz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +522

    Gun go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrt

    • @zodsinclair8500
      @zodsinclair8500 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lol....
      the CARDI "B B" GUN!!!!

    • @EcoupeNmt
      @EcoupeNmt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wen da ting go quack quack quack, you men were duck ing

    • @zodsinclair8500
      @zodsinclair8500 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Zahrina Duke looooooooooooooooooooool

    • @GreatFreedom
      @GreatFreedom 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      no it dont go brrt, if it aint shooting 50cal it only goes peeeeeew

    • @CulturedThugPoster
      @CulturedThugPoster 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wonder how much of a hazard is all that expended ordenance falling back to earth ? Just saying you wouldn't want to be living down range from one of these.

  • @mikesalvaggio20
    @mikesalvaggio20 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    If Skynet grabs control of this stuff, we’re F’d

    • @ralphshoop8822
      @ralphshoop8822 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The first 5 of us. Needs humans to reload it.

    • @jorgeencarnacion6291
      @jorgeencarnacion6291 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ralphshoop8822 till they don’t

    • @TheElvenKeys
      @TheElvenKeys 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ralphshoop8822 they're working on robots that can perform human tasks.
      the apocalypse might look like self aware weapons systems with little robots maintaining them

    • @ralphshoop8822
      @ralphshoop8822 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheElvenKeys eventually, yes. But right now autonomous machines have trouble navigating a flight of stairs let alone being able to have the practical knowledge of knowing how to reload one of these let alone to figure out how to troubleshoot and fix one.
      I doubt that you could take a random person, even one mechanically inclined, and give them the manual and expect them to get one of these complex machines reloaded without extensive hands on training. The sad thing is if a skynet or robopocalypse style takeover happens it will be because we trained them to do this work first because we didn't want to pay a person to do it.

  • @paulmanzella3906
    @paulmanzella3906 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    At 3:12 the music Kroft uses to talk about Alien movies is playing. Lol

  • @AugmentedGravity
    @AugmentedGravity ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Its so cool when you can actually see and hear a target get hit with one of these

  • @frogdan
    @frogdan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    "The system has some other perceived weakness too, for example it takes about 5 seconds to acquire"
    But I want it now :(

  • @MusicLife-pb2es
    @MusicLife-pb2es 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    At night this is a better spectacle than fireworks 😂

  • @K3Flyguy
    @K3Flyguy ปีที่แล้ว

    Just in time for 2022 Wisconsin deer gun season! Awesome! Soon coming to a Walmart near you!!!!!

  • @hishonoursirdrinksalot1916
    @hishonoursirdrinksalot1916 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Got to get rail gun technology to do this or DEW asap, and when that happens, the navy should demand the system comes with the best sound system to play the noise of the original!

  • @maxaters
    @maxaters 3 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    Shit works!!! One time I woke up a to a screeching sound during my deployment.
    The whole platoon was celebrating...the screeching sound was the C-RAM taking out incoming mortars, so I could go back to sleep 😂

    • @ThePiemasteification
      @ThePiemasteification 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you have a platoon of people stationed in the desert, and there are no threats, no "insurgents" for week after week, morale starts to drop fast. It might be worth it to fire off the CRAM at "enemy mortars", get spirits up.

    • @thedesolateone8260
      @thedesolateone8260 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for serving sir 🙏

    • @Enlightened_SpursFan
      @Enlightened_SpursFan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Michael Hampton
      Wow, people who disrespect military are clueless to how the world works, if they werent out there fighting, then terrorists would be ripping nations apart unchecked, and who says they will ignore us if we ignore them? 9/11 doesnt. Any military serviceman has done more than you ever will and you will never be important to the greatest nation on earth, while every one of them are. you are INSIGNIFICANT. Military members give their lives to protect you and yet you criticize them while enjoying the comforts they provide for your lazy ass.

    • @Enlightened_SpursFan
      @Enlightened_SpursFan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michaelhampton2257 no one 'created the terrorists', sectional conflict is what created the need for our country to help out a lesser power, which is a burden that the most powerful nations must carry on their backs, looking out for weaker nations. Anyways, yea we went and helped out, which pissed off the original aggressors, making them commit terrorism on our country in the first place. You are trying to blame that all on the people who signed up to serve the country, who are ultimately following orders from government figures. you're ignorance of who is really at fault is creating an unfair bias against people that exist almost entirely to serve your sorry ass back home. Show some respect

    • @Enlightened_SpursFan
      @Enlightened_SpursFan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michaelhampton2257 I appreciate the respect, but you have zero arguments so im not sure that you are even convinced of what you say.

  • @ZuluBlackout
    @ZuluBlackout 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    60k a threat sounds pretty damn cheap considering the alternative... besides that, this is my favorite weapon system sound! Glorious

    • @Jry088
      @Jry088 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Right? And only 10 to 15 mil a pop. Sounds like a bargain

    • @bane4743
      @bane4743 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's cheaper to shoot a mortar or a rocket than having a defensive system. So theoretically one could overload it.

    • @michaelmondt3055
      @michaelmondt3055 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't understand where they get this $30, 40, 60K to down a missile or mortar rocket. I call BS on that. If I remember correctly, doing CIWS live fire exercises in the Navy, the ammo drum held maybe 1000 rounds. That is 10 boxes of 20mm ammunition. for a TDU shoot, we would upload...I'll say 4 or 5 boxes at most... 2000 rounds / minute, that is 33 rounds per second, and based on this video... and life experience, an engagement lasts 10 seconds at best... we are talking 300 rounds fired...that is $100 / round based on $30K per engagement. IDK, that better be a very charming 20mm round.

    • @ZuluBlackout
      @ZuluBlackout 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michaelmondt3055 well, the alternative I was considering was a mortar falling inside the perimeter and killing Americans. But yes, due to the absurdly high fire rate, and the (in)accuracy per round, you’re going to spend some lead (or he rather) to down a mortar or missile in this type of spray and pray system.
      Still a sight to behold when one spins up.

  • @User20758
    @User20758 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love these, got one in my back yard. Kids love playing with it

  • @catlee8064
    @catlee8064 ปีที่แล้ว

    Saw this as i was waiting to leave Kandahar...quite impressive.

  • @txcrix9236
    @txcrix9236 ปีที่แล้ว

    A stunning weapon. Richard Gatling would be proud!

  • @davidwolf226
    @davidwolf226 3 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    Well, all I know is that whatever variant this weapon is utilized in, it's still just an incredibly awesome weapon!

    • @frankcrawford416
      @frankcrawford416 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      China copied these almost to the exact design.

    • @mrmelty53
      @mrmelty53 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Bet they work great..... for about two seconds

    • @michaeltowery2693
      @michaeltowery2693 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Land based lol where do the bullets go if they missed...
      Smh

    • @tomatosoupwoo
      @tomatosoupwoo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@michaeltowery2693 they explode

    • @tomatosoupwoo
      @tomatosoupwoo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@michaeltowery2693 so they don’t hit ground

  • @constantine7382
    @constantine7382 2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    That's just frightening. Incredible firepower.

    • @maartent9697
      @maartent9697 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Checkout the Goalkeeper which is used by the Dutch, bigger caliber and uses the American avenger cannon same as the a10 perfect fusion of tech

    • @zoltanmatei424
      @zoltanmatei424 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      metalstorm weapon systems are more versatile but those are more of a burst firing type
      they can fire million rounds per minute speed

    • @tygonmaster
      @tygonmaster 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is a purely defensive weapon. If anything, it should be the opposite of terrifying.

    • @EyFmS
      @EyFmS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tygonmaster we are lucky there's the Geneva convention...cause you could easily turn this into a anti infantry weapon.

    • @Knight_Kin
      @Knight_Kin ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EyFmS The sheer devastation this thing would cause as an anti personnel weapon is crazy to think. I wouldn't want to be in the firing line that's for sure.

  • @jacobmajorana3307
    @jacobmajorana3307 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do that near a military base and watch in awe as a C-RAM Blows that thing to holy hell

  • @shinestar2912
    @shinestar2912 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "Those ammo counters go. Man it's a shooting gallery down there."- CPL Hicks

  • @tpforyeshuapain3685
    @tpforyeshuapain3685 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    It used to be called the CIWS (close in weapon system) used in the Navy and designed by General Dynamics in the 60's. I maintained one on the USS Enterprise and another on the USS Stump. They shoot 3400 rpm. Pretty cool!

    • @noka7776
      @noka7776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      CIWS on ships, C-Ram on land. and yes, U,S. Navy ships still have CIWS.

    • @plumeater1
      @plumeater1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Ricky Robyn You don't reinvent the wheel, you just realign it. Meaning if it works don't create another one.

    • @nonyabisness6306
      @nonyabisness6306 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Ricky Robyn There's two limits on what it can shoot: It needs to detect it and it needs to react quickly enough to fire. So hypersonic missles are probably out. Drones would absolutly get shredded as would most guided missles, that's what they're originally designed for after all. (Phalanx CIWS)

    • @BlackEpyon
      @BlackEpyon 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nonyabisness6306 I imagine it's only a matter of time until they figure out something designed specifically for hypersonic targets. The US, whom is normally the top of the game, kinda got a rude wakeup call on when Russia and China tested theirs.

    • @nhlpa17
      @nhlpa17 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Ricky Robyn Current models fire missiles instead of bullets. In fact Lasers are the true current version.

  • @ajgill206rr
    @ajgill206rr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Also known as "Get-Off-My-Lawn-6000" 😆

  • @waynew7710
    @waynew7710 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That thing burns money! almost as fast as a politician.

  • @brandoncooper1962
    @brandoncooper1962 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I could only imagine what this sounds like in person up close.

  • @valuedhumanoid6574
    @valuedhumanoid6574 2 ปีที่แล้ว +271

    I have a funny story about these. My favorite spot to watch sunsets at sea was a small weather deck under the port/aft CWS mount. I would go there on my dinner break and have a smoke while watching the sunset. The hatch that goes out to the deck had a flashing red light that indicated the gun was hot and not to go out. Well, they never turned it on. I am standing there, 15 feet away from that monster when it opened up and let out a 1000 round burst. No hearing protection. I thought it was the End of Days. The noise that thing makes is stunning. My adrenaline glands pumped a quart into my system and I felt like I was high. I cannot explain using words what it was like. But I have a CWS story I can tell my grandkids.

    • @ThePiemasteification
      @ThePiemasteification 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Was there actually a threat or was it a false positive?

    • @huyked
      @huyked 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Did you have permanent hearing loss?

    • @valuedhumanoid6574
      @valuedhumanoid6574 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@huyked No, not really. Permanent hearing loss comes from constant high volume noise you're subjected to every day, like a jet engine or playing guitar in front of a loud amp. It was more of one time event, but I remember being deafened for a few days

    • @huyked
      @huyked 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@valuedhumanoid6574
      Thank you. Gah. I couldn't even imagine how loud and startling that was. Yikes!

    • @cuttlefishrampant5241
      @cuttlefishrampant5241 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ThePiemasteification They fire the CWS every once and a while to inspect functionality and light off expiring ordnance, as well as train crew and have some fun.

  • @MrOiram46
    @MrOiram46 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Imagine dozens of these on each side on today’s aircraft carrriers like how WW2 carriers were bristling with AA guns

    • @nathaneddowes3501
      @nathaneddowes3501 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Each navy ship is equipped with 2 on the front and back or each side of the ships

    • @MrOiram46
      @MrOiram46 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Nathan Eddowes I know that, that’s why I’m saying what if today’s ships had at least 8 times the amount of these guns, they would have an insane blanket of fire

    • @machin9267
      @machin9267 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why to steal another country's?

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@machin9267
      The US does not steal other countries.

    • @uf9309
      @uf9309 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or on the tail of a bomber

  • @DogDoodoo
    @DogDoodoo ปีที่แล้ว

    I want one of these on the roof of my house, capable of taking out selected ground based targets as well!

  • @staynielherbayn657
    @staynielherbayn657 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    We are honestly so lucky that this exists.

  • @signalsoldier
    @signalsoldier 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Slept about 40yards from one in Iraq. The loudest thing I've ever heard in my life. Shook the entire CHU. But every time it went off you knew you were likely getting more time on this Earth.

    • @williamgibb5557
      @williamgibb5557 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Thank for serving and part of an impossible war! Stay safe and healthy, my friend.

    • @punkstermom1984
      @punkstermom1984 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you for your service❤️🤍💙

    • @goredohkackz1599
      @goredohkackz1599 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He didn’t serv he’s lying

    • @Ihacksthisll
      @Ihacksthisll 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Seriously i havnt even been in the military and this sound is so relieving its the trumpets of heaven saving you i get so satisfied when i hear it in call of duty warzone💀

  • @nelsonta00
    @nelsonta00 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It looks and sounds kinda like a pressure washer. Would like to see them do a target demonstration with this.

  • @VanquishMediaDE
    @VanquishMediaDE ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I repair the C-RAM automated detection system as well as the firing control module of the Patriot Missile Defense System.

  • @prism2451
    @prism2451 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    1:47 damn like how it looks and responds to that plane, recognises it and makes a decision to stop following it.
    You have to remind yourself that this thing is entirely autonomous.

    • @TheFlyingZulu
      @TheFlyingZulu ปีที่แล้ว

      Not entirely. A person still has to press a button to fire rounds. At 6:13 that guy is pressing the button I'm talking about. It also stopped tracking the plane because part of the ship was in the gun's firing path.

  • @CGFIELDS
    @CGFIELDS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    A great friend of anyone deployed to a Forward Operating Base.

    • @frankmueller6522
      @frankmueller6522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Go forward, America! Long live the Nato! Long live freedom! Down with all dictatorships and terrorists all around the world! Best wishes from Germany!

    • @iamf6641
      @iamf6641 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@frankmueller6522 long live our elite master

    • @viktorisaksson7573
      @viktorisaksson7573 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@frankmueller6522 calm down. The dictators are American products

    • @user-xl1tf1nm8k
      @user-xl1tf1nm8k 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      المسيح يسوع رسول الله دين اللة الإسلامي مافي شعي مسحي دين اللة ددددددددد

  • @babyyodasizzurp3042
    @babyyodasizzurp3042 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    what an incredible machine!!!

  • @seanenzoblasco2468
    @seanenzoblasco2468 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Also when the gun is fired at the sky (in night ofc) every 5th round is a tracer but the only thing you SEE is tracers EVERYWHERE

  • @vccrushcov6816
    @vccrushcov6816 2 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    I never knew R2D2 came with a 20 millimeter vulcan gatling gun with six optimized barrels augmented with forward-looking infared sensors. Must have been helpful for defending of Afghanistan from TIE Fighters!

    • @rick7884
      @rick7884 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hahaha That's what we used to call them on the Saratoga. R2s

    • @jillsommerville7828
      @jillsommerville7828 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also reminds me of a minion😁

    • @elshem122
      @elshem122 ปีที่แล้ว

      Works best with FLIR

    • @pawpawstew
      @pawpawstew ปีที่แล้ว

      30mm

    • @singlespeedpunk7744
      @singlespeedpunk7744 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He now wants to be called R2-FU 😂

  • @______1043
    @______1043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Friendly fire activated
    C-RAM: And i took that personally

  • @ToxicMothBoi
    @ToxicMothBoi ปีที่แล้ว

    C-Ram and its brothers and sisters are imo the nr.1 military inventions ever made.
    Literaly just used to protect.

  • @fiurenteas
    @fiurenteas 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    0:11 sounds like there is a construction site next to my house

  • @Hidoidragon
    @Hidoidragon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    "It cost 400 thousand dollars to fire this weapon for 12 seconds"
    - Heavy Weapons Guy

    • @tanyaortega5291
      @tanyaortega5291 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      probably saved tens of millions of dollars worth of infrastructure from missiles

    • @Engi662
      @Engi662 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh my god who touch my gun
      -heavy weopns guy

    • @Wetworks_Arclight
      @Wetworks_Arclight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "Some people think they can outsmart me. Maybe, [sniff] maybe. I have yet to meet one that can outsmart bullet."
      -- Heavy Weapons Guy

    • @operatorjeffdeathstar7759
      @operatorjeffdeathstar7759 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The man said $40 000...not 400 thousand...listen again...

    • @HobkinBoi
      @HobkinBoi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@operatorjeffdeathstar7759 Go watch a video called Meet the Heavy.

  • @jerkypat8296
    @jerkypat8296 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Worked on CIWS in the late 80’s. Good times. Great system back then can only imagine how the upgrades have improved performance. Never thought the sound as a BRRRT more of a GAAAAAAA!

    • @liquidleopard4495
      @liquidleopard4495 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The difference is that "BRRRT" is from the A-10, whose gun shoots "only" 70 rounds per second. :D
      Doesn't a CIWS shoot 100 per second?

    • @jerkypat8296
      @jerkypat8296 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@liquidleopard4495 pretty much 100rd/sec. also there is a difference in sound between 20mm (CWIS) and 30mm (A10)

    • @codemiesterbeats
      @codemiesterbeats 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jerkypat8296 not to mention the weirdness of sound travelling through the air while emitting supersonic projectiles.

  • @mrrogers2376
    @mrrogers2376 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've got to get one of those.
    Mount that in the back of my toyota . That's badass

  • @danielklem8727
    @danielklem8727 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If youve never seen or heard the phalynx live fire you would be amazed. It is crazy loud.

  • @richpaydirt
    @richpaydirt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    We had one of the phalynx model CIWS on the aft of the frigate I served on in the 90’s. It was pretty bad-ass to say the least. We use to practice hitting an air target at sea. A plane would tow a big, red aluminum balloon on a 1,000 foot cable, we called it the killer tomato. We rarely fired more than 6-8 seconds at a time but at 60 rounds a second of 20mm thats a lot of hurt. Real wicked to see it fire at night.

    • @ThePiemasteification
      @ThePiemasteification 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was there ever a threat that it took down? Just curious what that $700 Billion this year is going towards.

    • @kentneumann5209
      @kentneumann5209 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AaronRMG - High jacking your comment... The speedy production that you bring up from WW2... The fact that we were able to kick out that level of production in that small window of time decades ago ...
      And the fact that we couldn't produce enough masks made of plastic, paper, and a fucking rubber band to provide every citizen with 10 masks each during early covid scare, ought to tell us the whole damn deal was a planned event executed by our own government and the traitors that control it.

    • @scudger99
      @scudger99 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kentneumann5209 Never mind the masks, can I interest you in a nice tinfoil hat ?

  • @ThatCarGuy
    @ThatCarGuy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Crazy how long our the Phalanx has been around and how it can keep being improved. Great design, most would have been pushing their limits, but this frame can just keep being improved.

    • @ThatCarGuy
      @ThatCarGuy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nicolaasjonkhart4660 The C-ram is the land based version, the 20mm version is better on ships, more velocity for incoming missiles, where the C-ram is better for slower artillery.

    • @ThatCarGuy
      @ThatCarGuy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nicolaasjonkhart4660 "They needed a place to dump the weapons the army is the only one still interested and a couple of third world countries. "
      Any source for what you are saying? The army does not use the Phalanx, the Navy does...
      "Most armies are on to smart 35 mm or bigger for close air defense."
      Most nations use a 30mm. Just like most nations like 7.62. But why does 5.56 pierce armor better? Why is level 3 armor rated to take all 7.62 rounds, but a green tip 5.56, which is a smaller round will pierce right through it... Velocity. This is why the Navy uses the Phalanx. Im not denying when we get reactors on ships powerful enough to power actual MW class laser the Phalanx will be replaced, but right now the C-Ram is the land based version and the Phalanx is the sea based version. I see nothing that stats the C-ram is replacing it.

    • @morganperry5829
      @morganperry5829 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @joshuadominguez20
      @joshuadominguez20 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I believe it'll be replaced by laser weapon systems soon though

    • @ThatCarGuy
      @ThatCarGuy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joshuadominguez20 only on carriers. Ships do not have enough power to supply a laser. They would need a reactor as even the Nimitz class doesn't produce enough MW

  • @janig3068
    @janig3068 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's such a grazy weapon. King of the miniguns.

  • @tesla3695
    @tesla3695 ปีที่แล้ว

    the sound is terrifying

  • @benjamin5028
    @benjamin5028 3 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    This is only what they want to tell us. I am sure there are classified weapons that we no nothing about.

    • @desertwolf3893
      @desertwolf3893 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      And if we knew of their existence we’d freak out lol

    • @desertwolf3893
      @desertwolf3893 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Rods from God kinetic weapon, weather control machine, heat weapons, lasers, overpowered acoustic weapons

    • @benjamin5028
      @benjamin5028 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@desertwolf3893 More than likely to prevent a world war. More than any other reason

    • @joeymurdazalotmore6355
      @joeymurdazalotmore6355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      About 10 years of technology ahead the military is usually humpin humvees long before were buying humners for a few days like it was needed or relevant

    • @6ez2bme9
      @6ez2bme9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Amen to that Ben!!!!

  • @andrewhte9304
    @andrewhte9304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    2:44
    Imagine the various militaries of the last thousand years seeing these weapons in action

    • @rabidlenny7221
      @rabidlenny7221 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They’d think it was Clarketech

    • @ensignd.crexote5350
      @ensignd.crexote5350 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A flaming whip! That intercepts flying object is

    • @thomasshelbyasmrconnoiseur7046
      @thomasshelbyasmrconnoiseur7046 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ensignd.crexote5350 God's tape worms!

    • @ensignd.crexote5350
      @ensignd.crexote5350 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thomasshelbyasmrconnoiseur7046 right lol

    • @sicriti
      @sicriti 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Imagine them seeing plane, f16, helicopters. They would think Aliens invading them

  • @dangalanga6941
    @dangalanga6941 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well damn lol this is the first video I’ve watched on this channel but I know that voice very well 😂😂 well subbed if it’s not just a one off thing

  • @leedex
    @leedex ปีที่แล้ว

    Better than new year fireworks 💥

  • @BicycleFunk
    @BicycleFunk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Estimated Initial cost: $10-15 million
    Estimated cost to eliminate incoming round: $30-60 thousand
    Estimated maximum number of incoming rounds eliminated before reloading: 5

    • @codemiesterbeats
      @codemiesterbeats 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I love it so the enemy could just send decoy rounds... Saving them money saving the real deal for the reload.
      The thought of 30k going down the 🚽 at a overpriced oxygen tank...

    • @DrakyHRT
      @DrakyHRT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@codemiesterbeats Overpriced oxygen tank ?, these things saved the lives of countless soldiers and civilians, it does cost a lot of money, but there is no price to life, and you have to aggre these are marvelous pieces of engineering.

    • @ariff_abdullah
      @ariff_abdullah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cheaper than Israel iron dome

    • @edwardschmitt5710
      @edwardschmitt5710 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@ariff_abdullah What do you mean? The Iron Dome is free for Israeli citizens, we pay for that AND these for our own guys.

    • @jblyon2
      @jblyon2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@DrakyHRT Depending on what's being targeted these things could easily pay for themselves by just taking out a single missile, and that's before the priceless human lives saved!

  • @d00dmin48
    @d00dmin48 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Walking past the Raytheon plant down the street: don't look over. You just reopened your own NSA file by being in the area. Don't even think about what they make in there.

  • @dans9463
    @dans9463 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We needed this in 1943.

  • @TruckingWithShomoney
    @TruckingWithShomoney ปีที่แล้ว

    Just activated one of those a few weeks ago while I was deployed in Al Mazrah

  • @justing1810
    @justing1810 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    We had this on aircraft carriers when I was in the navy.

    • @orekra1803
      @orekra1803 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      all ships have it

    • @796andy2
      @796andy2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      installed em on the indy

    • @hamzaahmed1578
      @hamzaahmed1578 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      In Vietnam?

    • @justing1810
      @justing1810 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hamzaahmed1578 no I'm not that old

    • @waterzap99
      @waterzap99 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do they work?