Why Javelin Has No Tube?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- Why this Javelin is missing it's launch tube, is #NotWhatYouThink #NWYT #shorts
Music:
No Stone Unturned - Brendon Moeller
Footage:
US Department of Defense
Note: "The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement."
Officer: "Where is you CLU soldier!?"
Private "I have no CLUe."
That's a good one
For some reason I was thinking the soldier had a Clu mini figure from tron legacy
_"Its at the bottom of the channel. The bitch tried to drown me"_
Double meaning here
the javelin had no clue...
Imagine blowing through 78 grand in one trigger pull
It encourages accuracy
My guess is it happens a lot.
The weapon has way more value than just on the surface though. A single tank is worth several million dollars, and this launcher pretty much can single handedly Stop any and all tank advances by itself. So the fact that we have these things, means that the enemy can't just recklessly use their tanks. The US themselves have not had to test this, but this has proven to be very true in ukraine. Russia has had to change their entire tank strategy, once we started giving these to the Ukrainian forces
Welcome to modern militaries. Just about everything is obscenely expensive. This is why Russia and china don't do precision guided munitions in huge numbers and also why European armies are small. The Americans are the only ones that spend that much money on their military. It was great training with them.
@@AnotherWorthlessMoron I think the reasoning the US uses is multifaceted, just like the reasoning for the Javelin - guided munitions save lives, both for the home country, and in less civilian/unintended side-casualties. Guided Munitions are also scarier to fight against, because they tend to have something like 3 to 10 times more range than dumbfire munitions, which means that literally everything from tanks to planes to helicopters are outgunned if you don't have guided munitions. If the US can show to other countries that going to war with them will cause a total loss even without nukes, then they won't think to try it. I'm sure there are other reasons too but, just for these two reasons alone, it's worth developing guided Munitions if you have the money to spare.
“Don’t use the javelin on infantry”
“But he said a yo mama joke”
“Fire away”
Yo mama sooo fat tha-
Yo mama.
*-3 seconds later-*
*AAAAAAAAA*
SHIT! That is a VERY expensive retribution!
yo mama so fat she climbed a glass wall, to see the SUPER B
We definitely use them on just people. Can confirm.
They took the barrel off and made it pistol length, this is so it can be registered as a pistol and everyone can have one😂
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Just don't put a brace on it.
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America: bans Automatic Rifles
Someone with 100iq:
Hahahaha lol
I was a 27E when I served in the Army 20 years ago. I repaired the TOW, Javelin, ITAS and Dragon missile systems. Basically I made them shoot straight. The Javelin is a super easy system to work on and it's sights allow you to see through some walls - well, the wall has to be thin and the person on the otherside of it has to be leaning on said wall for a few minutes. It also has a "game" in the sights for the gunners to practice with without actually firing any ordnance.
Ex javelin user here, you can't see through walls lmao
@@Tzhz you didn't read everything. It had to be a thin wall and the person on the other side had to be leaning on said wall for a few minutes - it's their body heat that would transfer through, allowing you to "see through" walls. You would see a body splotch
@@entarr2604 although, why one would use an AT missile against discounts behind drywall is a bit of a mystery to me.
That's what Hellfires are for. ;)
I'll just get my coat...
@@spvillano you don't, you tell your buddies that their is a guy behind that wall
@@Steph.98114 when we had someone behind a wall, they had already been shooting at us. Then, it was mk-19 or 120mm mortar time.
* fires the missile *
>3 seconds later
*I forgor* 💀
no...he had no clu
@@uwuowo4856 😂
I wonder whether the missile *rembers*
@@candle_eatist missile rembers, camera forgor 💀
The missile knows where it is at all times
"The cheaper AT4 at a cost of only $1,400 dollars."
*Looks at my bank account.*
Alexa, is it legal to buy a rocket launcher in Florida?
only for Armourd trucks
i guess there is a cheaper version vs your angry neibour
you live in Florida, what they gon do 💀
Idk about Florida but Texas is perfectly legal and able to have it on your back walking down the street!
@@deterrencedispensed4780self defence anti Tank weapon?
I mean yeah. You just gotta pay a tax stamp.
So, the gun sight is so good they just use it like binoculars
It's another observation tool. If you're already carrying the thing you may as well use it.
Range finding binoculars with NV and FLIR
The launch tube is disposable after launching the missile. They keep the CLU because it is reusable by attaching it to fresh launch tube.
I mean the CLU unit can and is applied to other uses then just firing the Javelin. Most equipment can be or is used in a capacity that it wasn't designed primarily for so... and it works.
@@FogHorn1911 just purely flir
The fact that it's so expensive and has uncoated foam on the outside is hilarious to me
The foam is actually pretty durable, plus gluing replacement foam is a lot cheaper than replacing a housing.
I get what you're saying. You wouldn't think they could have at least spec'd it out with some closed cell foam vs straight styrofoam. @thisoldgrunt401 had a solid point regardless
Its a polycoated foam its pretty hard stuff and its kind of a rip and dip tool
@@bwameit is in fact not styrofoam. It just looks like it.
@@bwameIt's pretty rock solid and surprisingly durable.
Meanwhile, in CoD, a camper in the back of the map fires one on a single player
I mean, CoD multiplayer is like milsim's dream setting and what airsoft aspires to be. Or at least a virtual version of it. There's enough moving parts that you can have a pretty believable gamemode like the more accurate milsim things (ARMA, Rainbow Six, etc) while also having enough arcadey feel they you don't need to sweat every detail like half-loaded mags from retain reloads, or the fact that using anti-materiel rifles on infantry from 5m is a massive waste
78k damn I would be happy to make that in a whole year
In reality it costs about 150k for American budget, according to documents about their travel to Ukraine.
@@maksmaksov9231God bless America!
Yes, I have vision and the rest of the world is wearing bi-foculs. 😂😂😂
@@cheez5748 propaganda bless America and Co.
@@maksmaksov9231 It is called sarcasm and satire 😂
There’s a 3rd piece to a javelin. The BCU: a cartridge you slap on the side of the missile tube. It powers the missiles guidance system before launch and uses a compressed gas coolant to quickly cool the seeker head to operating temperature.
Isn’t it argon gas?
@@worlore1651 no clue.
@@worlore1651Yes it is, argon gas inside the missile when in flight.
Not sure about the external cooling system when the missile is still in the tube.
I read an article in June where a reporter ran into a soldier on leave and that was the first time I'd heard mention of the fact that one of the biggest benefits of the Javelin was that it meant many units had a night vision option available
damn I now feel the need for a Javelin CLU…
If you have a spare £120,000, not to mention the batteries.
The clu is basically like a scaled down LRAS3, when I was a dismount in the light cav we’d often used the clu during short recons, it works great and you don’t have to worry about bringing the tripod and all that extra shit when you can just grab the clu and go
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@@christianjamesagunos2324 ?
@@sassythesasquatch8036 looks like someone bitching about technology
Fun Fact: Early in the war, the Ukrainians made it operational procedure to use javelins against every vehicle they spotted, regardless of priority. That's why there are videos of supply trucks being hit with Javelins. The reason for this was the complete degradation of enemy logistics and supply vehicles. This is why they have been using Scooby-Doo vans and civilian trucks.
I would hope they used NLAWs for some of those; it's more appropriate for softer targets.
Yes. That's why ukropians using pickup trucks
it's called a javelin soldier, we don't need the tube to fire it.
_cut away to some marine chucking the missile at some poor bastard in a T-72_
welcome to the USMC
"it's not what you think"
It's literally what I thought
"It's not what you think."
*Proceeds to explain how it's exactly what I think*
That's like firing a value of Chevy Corvette each round.
Well, TOW 2 costs a wee bit more. The 2B Aero runs around 93k per missile.
@@spvillanobut it's much better. You took the most costly missile for tow. And private for each javelin much more, than 78k.
I remember using this in the og mw2
Seeing in on action even in video games Javelin is really deadly
It was a nice piece of equipment and your right we did take them without the tubes because they were also good night vision with the zoom. I still have my binder from the course
Exactly....The CLU can by itself save lives by detecting threats.
I always found it an unneeded 15lbs when the crow has a better thermal camera anyways
@DaddtShamurai we never a crow, lol I’ve never heard of it but ya the CLU definitely has its flaws, not only is it 15lbs but it’s big and bulky and sucks when your walking up the mountains in Afghanistan
@@rottinsoldier9215 10/10 can confirm mtn climbing with it sucks fat dicks, what years were you there? crow is basically standard equipment these days, half our trucks in 2010 had them. Its the remote operated turrets on the trucks.
Target designation overkill. Love it
It’s a deadly Yankee with no brim
The missle is probably 1 radio call away
if they spot a tank they’ll let the artillery or whoever’s closest deal with it. that said, you’re not entirely wrong.
Jokes on you! It was exactly what I thought! Checkmate
So basically they use Javelin's great targeting system to spot targets they can shoot at with weapons that have less cost-per-shot
Yeah, basically thermal for observation
You can just report enemy movements on radio no need to engage everything.
This would definitely stop my neighbor from parking in front of my driveway.
It's sooo effective for scouting mission and target identification.
Bruh I wish I could code with that kind machine learning. That was insanely quick.
I think it's easier to train when you're just concerned with ir. Not a lot of things are big heavy metal chunks that give off crazy heat
As a former 19D, I did in fact know why the CLU was being used without the missile
The Javelins missile alone actually costs 150,000 coming from a source within Raytheon who works on the financing
Not with Joe's senior discount
@@petergriffin383 Joe doesn't get a discount, he got kickbacks, well 10% for the big guy, as always.
Before watching the whole clip_ The answer is that its a 2 piece unit and the actual Launch tube separates so you can replace it with a fresh loaded tube. It also can be used for its FLIR camera as a search system for spotting People and vehicles. Very useful bit of kit and multipurpose....great for spotting ambushes from Snipers...Ghillie suits are great until Thermal Imaging comes to play lol
Thanks. I din't really get the answer from the video.
The LTA (missile) doesn't get left behind. You can mount the CLU on the tripod and just use it for recconisance.
Can just hold it also without the tripod it's pretty lightweight
As a veteran who has been trained on the use and operation of the javelin, this weapon is a must in the infantry. Love shooting this!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
УКРАЇНЦІ ВДЯЧНІ ЗА ДЖЕВЕЛІНИ! НАРОДНА ЗБРОЯ!)))
Keep using them well :)
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They are also working on an interface to use the CLU with stinger missiles. Providing much better targeting range and allowing use at night or in-climate weather.
The Ukrainians have demonstrated that it is not overkill to use the Javelin on a truck.... how many tanks are taken out of action and abandoned when they run out of fuel after they take out the fuel truck with a Javelin....
If they are certain to hit with a more basic unit, like the AT-4, they are certainly going to use it instead.
Yes, they will also use the javelin in that case, but only if they don't have the option.
Basically a $78k middle finger to your opponent's tank
It was, again, exactly what I thought.
The CLU was an indispensable piece of equipment during our tour back in 2003.
"Each round coats around 78'000$"
Mfw I've been launching these things at infantry in a game that requires you to buy the ammo again
They had one of these on a table at the DC mall when the army was there showing off all their gear- the guy who was supposed to be watching crapped himself when I shouldered it and so did I when he told me how expensive it was. Got a cool photo tho.
I hear it makes Russian tanks fly. At least the turrets :p.
“But it’s not what you think”
Me, a veteran of a decade in usasoc “it’s exactly what I thought”.
So.... it was exactly what I thought...
"It's not what you think"
Yes it is.
Battlefield 4 hearing 'fire and forget' : Gonna pretend I didn't hear that
Dad said he HATED carrying these
Don't trap yourself into dislikes by stating stuff like "It's not what you think"
It's their channel's name 💀
Would it be an idea to integrate a ballistic calculator for the AT4 into the CLU and make it be able to attach to it?
Anyone have a raging CLU right now? Cause your CLU is giving me a rock hard CLU
From what research tells me as well is that the infrared function or tracking function of the javelin is extremely effective. Even without the weapon. So yeah if it was that much money I would be keeping the search function or infrared function of the javelin after I used it. Just because of the sheer fact of how effective it is at finding heat signatures.
Ah yes, the swedish AT4. Good piece of engineering
Bout to put a switch on this thing
My recruiter back when I went in was a javelin specialist. Pretty hardcore dude, damn good at flying hobby planes😂. Totally unrelated, but we joke that it's how he still gets his kicks.
I want a 10 pack of these for my next birthday!!👍
It always amazes me how expensive military equipment truly is like a few million for a tank or tens of thousands for a rocket
"... It's not what you think."
Watched the video and yes, it was exactly what I thought.
Definitely an Upgrade from the Bozooka of WWII
If they use a tactical insersion and respawn they should have ammo again
You forgot to mention another aspect
Since the missiles themselves are extremely fragile they are usually not taken out of their carriers till after a target is located
I have fired the AT-4 before, but not the Javalin. So I didn't even know they could come apart like that. If they are separate components, then couldn't they be rigged to have the tube be fired separately from the guidance system? That way you could have someone aiming from a concealed location, while someone else held the tube and fired from atop a roof or something. It's at least a cool idea. Lol.
And even better, they are working on adapting the Javlins CLU to work with the FIM-92 stinger as well.
It's been moths since, the media talked about the javelin.
In the 70s, we used tow sights for boarder patrol
The AT4 was $9k a pop when I was in. Lol. Backblast area all clear.
Fun fact, the AT4 is not $1,400 per round, it’s a one time fire that costs $15,000 per
Legend for putting the metric weight
"It costs $400,000 to fire this weapon for 12 seconds."
- Heavy
the CLU can also be fitted to an anti-air missile tube.
I used to work in UK Defence and almost had a chance to go and fire it. How cool it would have been to blow 2-3 years of a salary in a second...
The only thing I regret when joining the army back in the day was not picking the Red Eye as my secondary MOS , I got trained on them but as a primary MOS it would have helped after I got out of the service more the the primary I chose !!!
It's a great night device even without the rocket and a lot lighter
I want the fire control system so bad. The cameras are insane.
Wonder if they've thought of a way to separate the CLU and a series of launch tubes so the smoke from the launch won't point out the operator and they can hit multiple targets.
I saw a Delta company in Iraq use one on a bongo truck full of fighters. It hit the truck dead center from a high arch and annihilated those guys.
I though they were using a CLU, tethered to a launcher over the ridge or something. It would be cool to combine the CLU and those fancy smart mortar rounds.
These military should really start thinking about investing in cheap ass hobbyist giant scale RC planes and upgrading the receiver and transmitter, then loading it with some sort of ordinance to take out anything from Dug in soldiers to tanks! It would be way cheaper than some of the expensive hobby drones and probably a little bit quieter as well. The only drawback would be you may have to practice a little bit more since hobby drones do all the work for you as far as keeping the vehicle steady even when affected by when and air pockets
Something really ominous about a soulless target acquisition system making that reticle smaller and smaller
Gotta love good ole American weaponry
It's so weird hearing someone say everything in imperial units when no one, literally no one, in the world refers to it that way in the real world. Yes, not even the US military refers to range in yards or feet nor do they refer to the weight of the object in pounds.
RPG 7 rounds only cost about $200 to $400 apiece which is insane when compared to some of the others.
In my head they have google maps and can pin a target and from a ship they can launch big missiles or launch from land. They can cycle through a list of artillery and the computer software will determine blast radius of what you want to hit. In my head they even have rockets that can punch through structures like homes and the blast is enough to only effect those in a structure. Those on the ground would think it was suicide bomber or a mishap making ied
Best fire and forget weapon is the best thing to call it
Here in Philippines it will take you 4million in one shot, so don't you ever miss soldier 👍
Back in my day, we had to haul the clunky POS, UAS-11 out to our OP. The batteries would work for about 15 minutes each...if you were lucky. If you had TOW gunners organic to your Troop, they could run their UAS-11's from their HMMWV. That was a WAY better setup.
Andy Stumpf used almost a million dollars worth of ammo in one deployment with a javelin
ME: "Ammo is so expensive I have to pay $50 for a box of 50".
That's actually cheaper than I expected.
Imagine the way the realized that other functions for clu was that they forgot the rocket so they made an attempt to fix it
Probably one of the most unused weapons in our arsenal.
Bro that boot ass shooting the AT-4 in the first clip DUMPED that rocket. You know that shit hit the dirt in front of him😂
That was exactly what I thought of
So it was exactly what I thought basically high tech binoculars
It's exactly what I think, every time
Fuckin shoulder fired SOFLAM for conventional units. Hard AF
We used gen1 thermals on Eryx back in the day to do the same. However it had a temperature knob you could set to basically zero so that the only thing you would see was very hot places and it only had one color. If you are out in the middle of no mans land, aka wilderness, and you see red squares boxes in your thermals. That is a tent with humans in it...
Americas innovation is crazy