Lotta people complaining about this being too slow or simplified, comparing it to systems that have big auto loaders and such on planes... But the reason the Apache is designed like this? You can land a helicopter on any flat piece of dirt, use normal people with no equipment to reload it, and send it on it's way again. It makes the apache more versatile, not requiring all the crazy amount of infrastructure like most modern weapon systems require. And if it takes a while to load one gunship, that's fine because there's more support capable of filling the gap while one is in service. Its the same principle right down to squad level infantry tactics, and no matter how sophisticated we are sometimes the simplest solutions just work better.
well I mean they are talking in the bird's internal the whole time but yeah. when you do something a lot and you're good at it, troubleshooting comes naturally. Coming from an Army Aviator.
This is why I love youtube ! Today I watched a tutorial on how to weave a basket, cook a perfect steak, and load 30mm ammo into an Apache combat helicopter. Thank you so much !
From what I understand, this wasn't just reloading the gun but dealing with a jammed weapon. They don't usually have to break open the gun itself nor plug in to override the safety like that. I'm also pretty sure they don't take out fed ex boxes during a live mission nor just load in 44 rounds when the weapon holds 300+
I also looks as if they had an issue with the loading mechanism since they had to resort to manually 1 by 1 hold and align those auto fed like stripper clips that came out the ammo box. That was pure skill and problem solving at it's best from highly trained and skilled soldiers from the guys on the ground tot he pilots in the seats. Love it!!!
except these squires cant really become knights, if I remember correctly but otherwise, yeah, and instead of an armorer they have an entire engineering crew
ShadowsClaw 24 the fuck you talking about? Yes they can. Anyone in the military can become a pilot as long as they have a high enough gt score and meet the physical requirements and pass woc and flight school.
Great video. Good to see how the grunt work that keeps these machines working happens. The pilots & gunners get the most airtime on TH-cam, but as any airman knows, there is a lot of work done to make a mission happen. The refueles, re-armers, and maintenance people work long hours in often appalling conditions to keep the aircraft serviceable. Great job to all. Greatest respect.
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Just like any other vehical in the military its second hand job is postal carry. My dad's sub carried packages all the way to Korea when they were patrolling off of a certain country during Iraqi freedom. They went in for repairs after stopping at port in yet another certain country before heading to Japan for repairs were they made a detour to a Korean/Japanese international harbor where they passed it onto some airmen.
"Thou shalt not be exposed within 100 yards of a single Marine. Because they'll mistake it for crayons, and we'll have no cool shit left to shoot the enemy with."
How can you joke on that ? I mean didn't you see the video of the 10 unarmed innocent journalists being shredded from an Apache with precisely this kind of rounds ? And then the father and his children coming with his car to pick up the wounded and bring them to a hospital while on his way to put his kids to school, receiving a bunch of "freedom" until nothing is left but the bloody body of his kid in the arms of the guy trying to save him ? Freedom pill ? Its like a German in WWII saying "them are some good race purity pills", I mean wtf ? Its disgusting. And then you pussies are all like "don't hate us, hate our government" well you are what you do. You're all nazi's. Here nazis we cut their balls and put them in their mouth before we shoot them. That's the only cure for nazism. A bullet through the head. Hitler gave the example, why don't you people follow it ?
Adrien Perié Satire. It's satire. Don't get all worked up about it. I don't support war either. Take a joke... you know, like some other group took a joke.
Bombalurina05 Yeah but you have to admit, saying freedom pill is funny when you don't think about it too much, but what it reveals about the person saying it worries me. It means people have accepted the fact their government wages horrible illegitimate illegal wars under the fake pretext that its done for democracy or freedom, while its as usual for the profit of a few dominant men at the very top. The only other explanation is that you believe these wars really are waged for freedom and democracy, in which case you aren't a cynic, just naive about the current world situation (which isn't an insult).
Kyubii Meos the kind you gotta unscrew the door on and feed the beers in one by one so they get launched out at you when you want one, what kind of fridge do you have!?
You what really surprised me here, that instead of walking towards the Apache he just stood there and the Apache was the one who slowly flew over where he was and landed as carefully as a butterfly.
I'm a former Air Force weapons loader (462X0) I'm so jealous of you Army guys, there is no way we could have gotten away with putting extra rounds in our pockets, not torque wrenching or safety wiring everything. I love how you guys place more emphasis on turning that aircraft and getting it back into the fight! Go Army.
The PMCS protocol is all there still. Of course a lot of those rules are situational. Are you really going to take 30 minutes to pmcs by the book when someone could be dying?
Lucas Maselli You would be surprised how insanely hidebound the Air Force is when it comes to placing safety over reality. One of the principle reasons I got out. Their slavish devotion of procedure over efficiency is Kafka-esque in its hideousness.
Joel Z. Williams same with the marines, man. Even in the infantry. But shit is a little different on deployment. I do understand why it's so stupid when you're in the rear though. It's so we can learn the proper way to do things. Then when you're out operating, you can place reality and safety on the same level. That's the theory at least. Doesn't always workout like that though.
Alex510 In the Air Force I once got a scolding for not checking the fullness of a fire-extinguisher near an aircraft I had just checked 15 minutes earlier. The same kind of safety absurdity as practiced by the sunglasses wearing observers of early atomic bomb testing era. "Here, don't worry about the exposure to the radioactive fallout, but you better be sure to wear these darkened goggles."
This was a great vid, the trust the pilots have in you guys, the teamwork, the insight into just one tiny process of thousands to keep a machine like this operable is so cool! Thanks for the upload :)
Fascinating video. We rarely get a look into all the efforts required to prepare these amazing machines to work right. Hopefully the owner of the property hit by those little bullets will have some insurance; they'll probably scratch it up a bit.
Man that automatic loading system is sweet, here our ordnance guys are loading cobras with a damn speed handle into our shitty linkless 20mm feed systems.
+MR.Chickennuget 360 I don't know how it compares but it's a solid gun. We had some issues with the linkless feed system when they came out for the AH1W but they are fine on the new AH1Z. I've only seen a few jams in the last year since we converted so for the most part they shoot just fine.
Our gunships in Nam had problems with jamming using belt feed. The XM18 pods where you cranked the rounds in would be de-link as the rounds went into a drum. Very reliable. You had to really be on the lookout for long or short rounds in the belt ammo when reloading. Damn wish we had had 30 mike mike cannons! Good bye Charlie
I was in the USAF for 25 years, our career field was Aircraft Armament Systems Specialist. We loaded/unloaded all the munitions on fighter/bomber aircraft and did all the maintenance on the Bomb Racks, Rocket/missile launchers, gun systems, etc, we were called Weapons Troops back then, 462's now 2W1's (career field number/MOS for you soldiers). I worked on F-111E's, F-4's of all series, Reccy F-4's, OV-10'S A-10'S, F-15C/D/E STRIKE EAGLES, F-16'S, and B-1's.Loaded several millions of pounds of munitions over those years. Even after making rank and being a shop chief I still got myself qualified to load the training munitions, flares, rockets, AIM-9 missiles, 20mm/30mm ammo. We even loaded/maintained the M-60 machine guns on the OV-10 Bronco aircraft. I hated the office and wanted to be on the flightline with my troops, helping them we were short handed, not answering phones and stupid questions from 2nd Lt's fresh out of the Academy (you know who you are)!!! Even worked on some Navy aircraft when the diverted to our base in the sand box. When I was stationed in the Republic of Korea (South Korea) we worked on South Korean F-4's, OA-37's, F-5's and F-16's, Worked on the A-10 up at Eielson AFB Alaska and we pumped thousands of rounds of 30mm in them puppies. Even though this is an army video it brings back lot's of great memories. Thanks for the video and your service.
Thank you for your Service! My dad was born in 43' so not sure if you are anywhere near his age or not. He served in the USAF on Okinawa and loaded munitions on aircraft. If i remember correctly he said they had B-1's constantly in circulation but not sure the reason. He was there during Vietnam but didn't go mainland. Have a great day and thanks again.
Frank, can you explain the color code of these rounds? I know black is armor piercing and yellow is usually high explosive, but I've never seen an AP-HE round....I've seen AP-I or HE-I in 30 mm.
Interesting video there. I assume that was a gunship coming in for a hot reload of ammo and then back out to do more close ground support. As a 0311 grunt myself it gave me a greater respect for our own air wingers and the Army etc..Aviation Ordinance...you know what I mean. You could see the care these guys take in maintaining that gun...that gun that will be a great help to some grunt. Those 30 cal shells are devastating. The views from those gun cams above don't do them justice. From the ground it looks like a small cal mortar going off but coming in at super sonic speed. I was always glad these were on our side...they can see what is just ahead and all around you and be your eyes and big brother. A 10 Pilots are my personal favorite. Those guys fly so low you feel the heat from the engines. Always liked all those Pilots ..but you have to like the guys who maintain the weapons etc too....feel the love POGs' ..hehe
Allen Cowan Caliber is just the internal diameter of the barrel and can be used in different measurement systems. 30 cal is still correct as long as he means 30 mm cal and not 30 inch cal or whatever.
7410n0 exactly....and the purpose of communication is to get the idea across...and you knew exactly what I was talking about it. Allen is correct regardless....the Caliber of that weapon is 30 millimeter.
Seriously, who in the US (other than perhaps mathematicians or engineers) sticks "caliber" after a metric round, regardless of how 'correct' it is? Regardless, omitting "millimeter" from his post leaves an uniformed reader no idea the actual caliber of the Apache's gun. But hey, he's a Jarhead, so I suppose that's understandable. ;) And Spiked, "rounds" are not necessarily "metric determined". The US has long used the English 'Imperial System' for a variety of things, some weapon calibers being one of them. Also, the second number in "30x113" is not the diameter of the casing, it's the height (or length, I suppose). You didn't specify, just wanted to clear that up.
The clips are supposed to work in theory if you look closely at the auto loading rotater thing, though it seems they couldn't get the helicopter to strip them so they had to hand strip the clips themselves
imagine landing and say : "aight here your delivery" another man : "ok here your payment" * gives 30mms * delivery man : "aight have a good day" * flies out *
+Evil Pumpkinman I've seen the result of being hit by a few of these little bad boys. the only thing they were capable of doing was bleeding out in the fetal position.
I was a Marine Grunt, I sure came to love these Army pukes. God knows I hate to admit it, but these Apache guys, the ground crews, aircraft, pilots, you're good to go!
Sean Monaghan I was thinking the same thing--it's a very cumbersome process for something that is so routine (and might need to be done in a big hurry, in the dark, etc). The fact that you have to manually remove each round from the clip is ridiculous.
Tim Iafolla its not always done like that, those black trays can be fed into the bird too with the rounds still on it. the bird will strip the rounds from the tray and spit the tray out on the other side of the loader. sometimes the rounds don't sit right in the tray though, and it jams the system. so occasionally, they'll just take rounds off the tray and do it like you saw in the vid.
Very cool. Sometimes learning stuff behind the scenes like rations, supplies living conditions are just as interesting as learning about the tactics, weapons and formations.
WARNING: WHILE LOADING, DO NOT DROP POINTY END DOWN. I love how the whole operation hinges on them not losing the crescent wrench with which to crank the shells in. Crescent wrenches were made to lose..
you can tell one guy is newer and the other has been doing this for a while. I love the amount of care, work and dedication it takes to do this. It really shows you love your craft.
+RingSight91 a tunguska style system loads bullets as a tokyo wagon does people in rush hour, this should be the same. I think at first part of the vid it tries to make an autoloader work and it does not and so starts th 1 , 1 loading procedure.
I love how I see this video at least twice a time every year for the past 4 years in my recommendations. Always gotta stop what I’m doing and rewatch it simply because how badass this is.
I was infantry so my job had nothing to do with this. Everything I know is 3rd hand knowledge. Having said that: 1. Aircraft stays on because its faster to get it back out on mission, or they're just topping off so they are ready the next time they go out and they go park it from here. 2. There probably is a faster way but sometimes the mechanics don't work properly, you can see in the video he tried to load the whole clip first and was unsuccessful. 3. Cuz fucking freedom that,s why. 4. He probably just used a GoPro. Not sure if this is sensitive material but its been up for a while so I'm guessing it's fine. I had some Bradley vids back in the day but I lost em all, would love to have put em up.
i'll try to answer your questions the best I can. 1. It is a Hot Pit. This means that the bird stays running to help keep time down. 2. There are a ton of procedures that you have to go through to do anything related with not only ordnance but just about anything hazardous in the military. 3. Because 30mm + Apache = Freedom Boner
Finally, a freakin' video worth watching on TH-cam lol. Great job guys. I had the same job in the Navy as an Ordnanceman with F/A 18 Super Hornets and then at Delta Airlines on wide body aircraft (fueling and GPU Cords, ect...). Thanks for your service. 🤘🏻🇺🇲🤘🏻
I am almost 100% sure this is FOB Pasab in Afghanistan. I was there in 2013 to 2014 doing the same thing. Watching this video brings great memories of when I deployed with 1 ID. Reading the comments is awesome and brings a different perspective to what we do and how people see it. If only they knew that this is the fun part of our job as ARMT. 🤙🏼
Great video of the unsung heros of our military. The folks behind the machinery that instills fear in the hearts of our enemies. I thank the personnel shown doing their important jobs in this educational video. Much respect.
Alternate title; "Man feeds his pet Apache while it makes happy noises. VERY CUTE! MUST WATCH!"
indeed.
I thought it was purring in the beginning
Yep
Its funny because the Apache brings him his mail at 2:05
And after nearly 10 minutes, I now understand that the word “slinging” is not synonymous with “shooting”.
Only thing i learnt from this video
And not one 30mm was hurt in the making of this video
Yea i thought they meant shooting some 30mm aswel
I waited 2 before searching the comments. Thanks for saving me the rest of the video.
Dr D the ones before were 😅
Lotta people complaining about this being too slow or simplified, comparing it to systems that have big auto loaders and such on planes... But the reason the Apache is designed like this? You can land a helicopter on any flat piece of dirt, use normal people with no equipment to reload it, and send it on it's way again. It makes the apache more versatile, not requiring all the crazy amount of infrastructure like most modern weapon systems require. And if it takes a while to load one gunship, that's fine because there's more support capable of filling the gap while one is in service. Its the same principle right down to squad level infantry tactics, and no matter how sophisticated we are sometimes the simplest solutions just work better.
@daAnder71 Yeah I don't know why I do that so much, most people have the opposite problem >.>
Yea it’s usually a lot faster he kept fucking up his trays 44 rounds takes about 3 mins in all to do
The Russian way.
Well said derpy !
Nice name and rant.....good job
Apache but when it runs out of rounds you hear a massive M1 Garand Ping
instead of ping its just *P O N G*
vernstein P O N G lmao
100% more terrifying
25 ft clip falls to the ground
Heheh pong
It is absolutely fascinating watching people who know how to do something work and troubleshoot with minimal communication.
yep , its what used to be called expertice , but people devaluated that word to someone knowing how to do their job
well I mean they are talking in the bird's internal the whole time but yeah. when you do something a lot and you're good at it, troubleshooting comes naturally. Coming from an Army Aviator.
the only thing going through my mind is that someone had to think of and build this thing
kelvin fennell\ I thank and curse god every day for the men who are smarter than I.
Shit man, now thats all i can think of when i look at literally everything
@@cashewghost so many parts and all of them are important enough to ruin your day If one of them is messed up
i thought the 30 mil go through your mind
@@weatherwithaphone1042 not even, that 30 mil will literally make your head disappear quicker than the flash when he realizes he left his oven on
at 2:05 thats a hell of a way to get your mail delivered
😂
yea. just a attack heli coming to your house and your neighbors are like "wtf".
*THANK YOUUUUUU FORRRRR THEEEEE PACKAGGGGGEEEEEE*
*WHATTTTTT?*
bruh 😂
You should see how we get it to ships
90 years ago 30mm were some of the biggest rounds fired from Tanks. Now they're spit out the noses of Helicopters like sunflower seeds.
*spitting noise*
@Misanthropic Trilobite Such bullshit
@Misanthropic Trilobite shut the fuck up
@Misanthropic Trilobite nah but if they do I'm not going to be mad
@@nishacnair1240 Almost every tank in pre-ww2 uses 30-40 caliber guns
This is why I love youtube ! Today I watched a tutorial on how to weave a basket, cook a perfect steak, and load 30mm ammo into an Apache combat helicopter. Thank you so much !
Yep.... next up how to make soap and stop a major bleed.
hahaha true
That escalated quickly
you can also find sexy and semi porn videos to ***
yes sir lol
The other guy looked so excited to fill this baby with fuel and then so dissapointed when you told him not to :(
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From what I understand, this wasn't just reloading the gun but dealing with a jammed weapon. They don't usually have to break open the gun itself nor plug in to override the safety like that. I'm also pretty sure they don't take out fed ex boxes during a live mission nor just load in 44 rounds when the weapon holds 300+
I also looks as if they had an issue with the loading mechanism since they had to resort to manually 1 by 1 hold and align those auto fed like stripper clips that came out the ammo box. That was pure skill and problem solving at it's best from highly trained and skilled soldiers from the guys on the ground tot he pilots in the seats. Love it!!!
The system can carry about 1200 rounds
The loading mechanism was fine, but the clips weren’t holding all the rounds tightly. A loosely held round just won’t feed into the sideloader.
@@tonylockhart1963 Doesn't the internal fuel tank they use cut this back to 300 rounds?
@@teggy689 aah yes. The two main fuel tanks are internal, but there is the option of the ‘IAFS’ magazine/fuel tank. 👍
*Video starts
Me: Wait is this the video with the helicopter i've seen 3 years ago?
*30 seconds in
Me: Yes, guess I'll watch it again
7:30 +1 in the chamber...atta boy.
when you reload after firing 1 shot
next step? 2 words! mechanic + tape = profit
Tf the magazine system doesn't work in the 20th century, boy you gotta love it.
anyone know why he did this? doesnt it load automatically?
sabbel babbel extra round
All those times shooting for no reason on all those battlefield games and I had no Idea how much work they put in to it
Man I feel bad
You don't feel bad about the virtual soldiers you shoot, why would you care about wasting the virtual loaders' effort?
I bet you're one of them bastards that instead of landing it when you done you just jump out of it at altitude:P
And now imagine one of that round is like 40 dollars :D
woosh
XD
Look at the hellfires sitting there. As if they didn't cost what they cost.
Only cost like couple hundred thousand buck's, like what? 0,00001% of the DoD entire budget
How mich are they
@@hauptfachhauptfach6202 Roughly $100000 a piece.
@@hauptfachhauptfach6202 ....depends on the model number.
@@yukito8148 which is 0.000000000000001% of your annual income
So are these guys like the squires of the modern age? And the pilots are the knights and their stead.
except these squires cant really become knights, if I remember correctly
but otherwise, yeah, and instead of an armorer they have an entire engineering crew
ShadowsClaw 24 the fuck you talking about? Yes they can. Anyone in the military can become a pilot as long as they have a high enough gt score and meet the physical requirements and pass woc and flight school.
@@Nightmare43009 exactly
I would say these guys are knights cause without them who would repair the helicopters and jets ,rearm the helis and planes
@@Type_shi
Squires typically aided the knights and prep their armor and swords for combat.
As seen above in video the crew handling pre-flight.
Great video. Good to see how the grunt work that keeps these machines working happens. The pilots & gunners get the most airtime on TH-cam, but as any airman knows, there is a lot of work done to make a mission happen. The refueles, re-armers, and maintenance people work long hours in often appalling conditions to keep the aircraft serviceable. Great job to all. Greatest respect.
Logistics is everything
@@DepressedCrow something Ivan is re-learning in the Ukraine
American: APACHE!!! ITS FEEDING TIME
Apache: OwO
Cursed comment
Why do i find this comment adorable?
Yk they're feeding the ammo belt wrong
Yo White Boi Gregg yeah the whole air force is waiting for you to teach them
Fuck a bitch when you could have a Apache. 🤤
My appreciation to all the mechanics and engineering guys and girls you are the real mvp of planes and helicopters
honestly I'm the most impressed at how he turns that wrench on the bottom of the gun, that's extremely skillful and efficient
done 1000x
It’s spinning a wrench
I thought the same thing. How did he do that without it falling off?
6:59 no homo bro
XD
I won’t lie, I thought it was a woman judging by the size of the hands.
Huh? they're both just feeding it in.
@@ingurlund9657 dude thats not gay at all... 😁
you should *not* have said bro
That's what a deployment looks like. Gravel fucking everywhere. FUCK ROCKS.
+Master_grey the rocks would be better
Rage mode engaged
Way better than the usual footage of take off, landing, and air to air refuelling. Thanks - very interesting to watch
Girls at 3:00 AM: OMG let’s watch some scary videos!
Me and the boys at 3:00 AM:
Edit: wtf, I made this 2 yrs ago, y’all deadass liked my shit comment💀 11/13/21
Nice comment
Preparing for the war in the locker rooms the next morning.
God damnit, it’s bang on 0300hrs where I am!
@@smoketinytom same here
@@smoketinytom nooooooo I'm 2 minutes away
"Remember, switching to your pistol is always faster than reloading."
Missles
We call that chalk 2. You're up.
Pilot does gangsta style drive-by shooting from the apache.
When the chopper has no ammo so you resort to slicing people with the blades
@@IncendiaryOCE nice one
You mean you don't just press the R button?
guy should have just pressed SQUARE on the PS3 controller :)
***** ....cause everyone knows there is a lot of rape going on....douchebag.
No, you just have to wait. And it reloads itself when you are still in air.
War thunder arcade battles
Babushka jr. You press Z in warthunder
Never knew apaches delivered USPS packages
Just like any other vehical in the military its second hand job is postal carry. My dad's sub carried packages all the way to Korea when they were patrolling off of a certain country during Iraqi freedom. They went in for repairs after stopping at port in yet another certain country before heading to Japan for repairs were they made a detour to a Korean/Japanese international harbor where they passed it onto some airmen.
Adam Richards Faster than a car.
Alex Ramos loaded with freedom
Commander November freedom?? What country you live in??
Nah that’s not a Apache that’s the postal company
The postal company had a few problems with people trying to rob postal vans
Ground crew: how many *FREEDOM FRIES* do you require?
Pilot: *YES*
"*FREEDOM FRIES*"
Ded
@@JM64 those are freedom crayons
Anarchocapitalist at his finest
@@sirnikkel6746 Needs more recreational McNukes
FUCKING *FREEDOM FRIES* AAAAAAAAAAA
Most badass crayons I've ever seen.
Wow, never expect to see this many likes on my comment, greatly appreciate it all of you!
Hannibal Lecter I wonder what the warning on the box would say 😂😂
"Thou shalt not be exposed within 100 yards of a single Marine. Because they'll mistake it for crayons, and we'll have no cool shit left to shoot the enemy with."
Hannibal Lecter it would be a pretty badass choking hazard
@@ilillllliillil2473beware of explosive material...may cause potential freedom.
"Yo what'd you got?"
"Peanut again. What about you?"
"30 mike mike."
"What?"
Them are some big Freedom Pills.
American democratic freedom, of course.
How can you joke on that ? I mean didn't you see the video of the 10 unarmed innocent journalists being shredded from an Apache with precisely this kind of rounds ? And then the father and his children coming with his car to pick up the wounded and bring them to a hospital while on his way to put his kids to school, receiving a bunch of "freedom" until nothing is left but the bloody body of his kid in the arms of the guy trying to save him ?
Freedom pill ? Its like a German in WWII saying "them are some good race purity pills", I mean wtf ? Its disgusting. And then you pussies are all like "don't hate us, hate our government" well you are what you do. You're all nazi's. Here nazis we cut their balls and put them in their mouth before we shoot them. That's the only cure for nazism. A bullet through the head. Hitler gave the example, why don't you people follow it ?
Adrien Perié
Satire. It's satire. Don't get all worked up about it. I don't support war either. Take a joke... you know, like some other group took a joke.
Bombalurina05 Yeah but you have to admit, saying freedom pill is funny when you don't think about it too much, but what it reveals about the person saying it worries me. It means people have accepted the fact their government wages horrible illegitimate illegal wars under the fake pretext that its done for democracy or freedom, while its as usual for the profit of a few dominant men at the very top.
The only other explanation is that you believe these wars really are waged for freedom and democracy, in which case you aren't a cynic, just naive about the current world situation (which isn't an insult).
Adrien Perié Your illegal
The trailer for battlefield 6 is looking pretty hot
This is what it felt like reloading those fat crayons back in kinder-garden after a killer class of coloring💀
😂😂👹🎅🏿
You just know they're gonna spend it all in one place.
All will be fired in under 1 min too, even in seconds.
@@bodhidavis1691 like your country.
@@bodhidavis1691 those 'terrorist' are civilians
@@willhe652 no muslims are innocent.
willhe civilians with firearms
Just like packing the fridge full of beer!
+Quagmire88 The hell kinda fridge do you have?
+Kyubii Meos The freedom kind.
Quagmire88 must be some GREAT beer!
instead this fridge flies and is full of democracy
Kyubii Meos the kind you gotta unscrew the door on and feed the beers in one by one so they get launched out at you when you want one, what kind of fridge do you have!?
If this were in California he wouldn’t be allowed to load more than 15.
Ramond Ferreal um sir that would be 10 rounds
Right Alex, if Raymond lived here in Cal he would know how deadly the 11th round is and why we're not trusted with the " DEADLY 11TH ROUND"
Tim Bowles I leave one in the chamber then put the mag in lol
Tim Bowles breaking the law
In the UK my Remington semi auto is limited to 2 plus one in the chamber !!
You what really surprised me here, that instead of walking towards the Apache he just stood there and the Apache was the one who slowly flew over where he was and landed as carefully as a butterfly.
Can’t take all of the equipment to it.....
I'm a former Air Force weapons loader (462X0) I'm so jealous of you Army guys, there is no way we could have gotten away with putting extra rounds in our pockets, not torque wrenching or safety wiring everything. I love how you guys place more emphasis on turning that aircraft and getting it back into the fight! Go Army.
The PMCS protocol is all there still. Of course a lot of those rules are situational. Are you really going to take 30 minutes to pmcs by the book when someone could be dying?
Lucas Maselli You would be surprised how insanely hidebound the Air Force is when it comes to placing safety over reality. One of the principle reasons I got out. Their slavish devotion of procedure over efficiency is Kafka-esque in its hideousness.
Joel Z. Williams same with the marines, man. Even in the infantry. But shit is a little different on deployment. I do understand why it's so stupid when you're in the rear though. It's so we can learn the proper way to do things. Then when you're out operating, you can place reality and safety on the same level. That's the theory at least. Doesn't always workout like that though.
Alex510 In the Air Force I once got a scolding for not checking the fullness of a fire-extinguisher near an aircraft I had just checked 15 minutes earlier. The same kind of safety absurdity as practiced by the sunglasses wearing observers of early atomic bomb testing era. "Here, don't worry about the exposure to the radioactive fallout, but you better be sure to wear these darkened goggles."
Joel Z. Williams Yes, because safety standards shouldn't be enforced, someone else can check that fire extinguisher once the fire starts!
So, youre telling me that the USPS can get a package to wherever this is, but loses a local package?
Ha epic
You have to pay your mail carrier in 30mm rounds...at least it worked for this guy.
303MkVII haha, ok so now i need some 30mm rounds. Hmm i guess ill break into my local armory. Lol
emachine310 it wasn't lost. The driver knows right where it is. at his house.
Bronco Surveillance that SoB!
This was a great vid, the trust the pilots have in you guys, the teamwork, the insight into just one tiny process of thousands to keep a machine like this operable is so cool! Thanks for the upload :)
Soldier: Casually rearms an Apache with 30mm shells
11 million people: *interesting...*
well... you never know
maybe soon we will fight china for banksters money
And 6200 people downvoted the video because this was not the type of slinging they were expecting. I found it pretty damn neat, though.
I love how he manually put the last round in the gun chamber
Fascinating video. We rarely get a look into all the efforts required to prepare these amazing machines to work right.
Hopefully the owner of the property hit by those little bullets will have some insurance; they'll probably scratch it up a bit.
Just paint it up and call it modern art.
Man that automatic loading system is sweet, here our ordnance guys are loading cobras with a damn speed handle into our shitty linkless 20mm feed systems.
You work on the M197? i was wondering how that thing holds up compared to the M230 on the Apache.
+MR.Chickennuget 360 I don't know how it compares but it's a solid gun. We had some issues with the linkless feed system when they came out for the AH1W but they are fine on the new AH1Z. I've only seen a few jams in the last year since we converted so for the most part they shoot just fine.
+MR.Chickennuget 360 15y for life
@@jakerussell9084 yes sir!
So this is how you feed a partner that Identifies as an Attack Helicopter.
Our gunships in Nam had problems with jamming using belt feed. The XM18 pods where you cranked the rounds in would be de-link as the rounds went into a drum. Very reliable. You had to really be on the lookout for long or short rounds in the belt ammo when reloading. Damn wish we had had 30 mike mike cannons! Good bye Charlie
This never gets old
She's beautiful man. Such a pretty cannon... It's always good to keep the babies fed
I was in the USAF for 25 years, our career field was Aircraft Armament Systems Specialist. We loaded/unloaded all the munitions on fighter/bomber aircraft and did all the maintenance on the Bomb Racks, Rocket/missile launchers, gun systems, etc, we were called Weapons Troops back then, 462's now 2W1's (career field number/MOS for you soldiers). I worked on F-111E's, F-4's of all series, Reccy F-4's, OV-10'S A-10'S, F-15C/D/E STRIKE EAGLES, F-16'S, and B-1's.Loaded several millions of pounds of munitions over those years. Even after making rank and being a shop chief I still got myself qualified to load the training munitions, flares, rockets, AIM-9 missiles, 20mm/30mm ammo. We even loaded/maintained the M-60 machine guns on the OV-10 Bronco aircraft. I hated the office and wanted to be on the flightline with my troops, helping them we were short handed, not answering phones and stupid questions from 2nd Lt's fresh out of the Academy (you know who you are)!!! Even worked on some Navy aircraft when the diverted to our base in the sand box. When I was stationed in the Republic of Korea (South Korea) we worked on South Korean F-4's, OA-37's, F-5's and F-16's, Worked on the A-10 up at Eielson AFB Alaska and we pumped thousands of rounds of 30mm in them puppies. Even though this is an army video it brings back lot's of great memories. Thanks for the video and your service.
Thank you for your Service! My dad was born in 43' so not sure if you are anywhere near his age or not. He served in the USAF on Okinawa and loaded munitions on aircraft. If i remember correctly he said they had B-1's constantly in circulation but not sure the reason. He was there during Vietnam but didn't go mainland. Have a great day and thanks again.
Thank you for your service, indeed.
Frank, can you explain the color code of these rounds? I know black is armor piercing and yellow is usually high explosive, but I've never seen an AP-HE round....I've seen AP-I or HE-I in 30 mm.
Thank you for your service, brotha!!! What an amazing "job" to have!!! I've always regretted not enlisting. Much Respect to all you Soldiers!!!
Thank you for your service.
Man i miss the times when TH-cam is a platform to upload literally anything and you don't need to think about demonetization and strikes😥
You still can if you don't use music
Interesting video there. I assume that was a gunship coming in for a hot reload of ammo and then back out to do more close ground support. As a 0311 grunt myself it gave me a greater respect for our own air wingers and the Army etc..Aviation Ordinance...you know what I mean. You could see the care these guys take in maintaining that gun...that gun that will be a great help to some grunt. Those 30 cal shells are devastating. The views from those gun cams above don't do them justice. From the ground it looks like a small cal mortar going off but coming in at super sonic speed. I was always glad these were on our side...they can see what is just ahead and all around you and be your eyes and big brother. A 10 Pilots are my personal favorite. Those guys fly so low you feel the heat from the engines. Always liked all those Pilots ..but you have to like the guys who maintain the weapons etc too....feel the love POGs' ..hehe
That'd be 30 MILLIMETER, not " 30 cal". Geez, you make grunts look bad.
Allen Cowan Caliber is just the internal diameter of the barrel and can be used in different measurement systems. 30 cal is still correct as long as he means 30 mm cal and not 30 inch cal or whatever.
7410n0 exactly....and the purpose of communication is to get the idea across...and you knew exactly what I was talking about it. Allen is correct regardless....the Caliber of that weapon is 30 millimeter.
Seriously, who in the US (other than perhaps mathematicians or engineers) sticks "caliber" after a metric round, regardless of how 'correct' it is? Regardless, omitting "millimeter" from his post leaves an uniformed reader no idea the actual caliber of the Apache's gun. But hey, he's a Jarhead, so I suppose that's understandable. ;)
And Spiked, "rounds" are not necessarily "metric determined". The US has long used the English 'Imperial System' for a variety of things, some weapon calibers being one of them. Also, the second number in "30x113" is not the diameter of the casing, it's the height (or length, I suppose). You didn't specify, just wanted to clear that up.
Murica!! (that's who) ;-)
8:26 IHe slips his wrench into a pocket made for it on his uniform.
Love how the military designed the “stripper clips” for these rounds but then it has to be hand fed anyways. Thats just what i expected
Videos like this are satisfying :)
@@haylus_5242 the guys loading it know what they are doing why would they try to use the clips in the first place if they know it does not work?
The clips are supposed to work in theory if you look closely at the auto loading rotater thing, though it seems they couldn't get the helicopter to strip them so they had to hand strip the clips themselves
@@barnyhitman they tried to get it to work but either mechanical error or user error stopped them.
Probably used to transport this rounds much easier as seen in the video, without carrying a huge ass metal box full of munitions.
imagine landing and say : "aight here your delivery"
another man : "ok here your payment" * gives 30mms *
delivery man : "aight have a good day" * flies out *
LOL..He walked under the propeller shadows spinning. I ducked my head watching this video.
Keep in mind it's height is wayyyyy taller than you. Won't be hitting you anytime soon.
it takes men to serve our Country...
Rotor...Planes have Propellers...
can i get a timestamp?
2013:Nope
2014:Nope
2015:Nope
2016:Nope
2017:Nope
2018:Nope
2019:Hey wanna watch guy loading some 30mm shells?
Yes
Thanks Tomoko!
Basically.
That's a badass mail courier.
USPS same day delivery!
The longest reload animation.
492 dislikes? Must have been on the receiving end of those 30mm's.
If they were receiving these badboys, I don't think they'd be any shape to dislike them. :P
+Evil Pumpkinman I've seen the result of being hit by a few of these little bad boys. the only thing they were capable of doing was bleeding out in the fetal position.
+nathan lambert Well, with the number of phones around the world these days, they probably went onto mobile youtube to complain before passing out.
+vetal215
Russians are our friends if these dumb libtards were not ruining it for us.
vetal215 Where is that statistic from?
I was a Marine Grunt, I sure came to love these Army pukes. God knows I hate to admit it, but these Apache guys, the ground crews, aircraft, pilots, you're good to go!
Like I always said to my Marine and Army buddies, just remember who provides you CAS! Airpower!
But hey, if you serve, I don't care what branch, you're good in my book an iGY6 brother!
I thought it was cool watching them be fired at things. It's even better watching them get loaded up.
just watching things being loaded up is cool, i understand why you like this
Larry Johnson its amazing how difficult it is to reload, you would think they could make it easier for the crew to reload faster
Sean Monaghan I was thinking the same thing--it's a very cumbersome process for something that is so routine (and might need to be done in a big hurry, in the dark, etc). The fact that you have to manually remove each round from the clip is ridiculous.
Larry Johnson I know right? I study mechanical design and production technology and found this extremely interesting.
Tim Iafolla its not always done like that, those black trays can be fed into the bird too with the rounds still on it. the bird will strip the rounds from the tray and spit the tray out on the other side of the loader. sometimes the rounds don't sit right in the tray though, and it jams the system. so occasionally, they'll just take rounds off the tray and do it like you saw in the vid.
They designed the cannon like so. If the gunship was stolen the thieves could never figure out how to reload it.
Well..all they gotta do is watch this video
If they watch this video they will know how to reload it
"Amir?"
"Yes Mohammed?"
"How do I reload this thing?"
"Uhhh hold on"
*googles video*
"Oh look a tutorial!"
Fascinating!! Thanks for your service, damn fine job!!!
Very cool. Sometimes learning stuff behind the scenes like rations, supplies living conditions are just as interesting as learning about the tactics, weapons and formations.
"Loading up a couple hot ones with the boys"
the smile of a man who loves what he does
dosen't get much more genuine than that
WARNING: WHILE LOADING, DO NOT DROP POINTY END DOWN. I love how the whole operation hinges on them not losing the crescent wrench with which to crank the shells in. Crescent wrenches were made to lose..
So there's actually a process?
They don't just randomly appear out of nowhere?
Ikmalreza 1998 my questions exactly!!
Yes
its not wt arcade
So you dont hover over the ammo crates to refuel on ammo?
@@matthewp2123 just press the x button duhhhhhhhh well its still an awsome video
6:58 dont ask, dont tell
SchergeSatans romantic hand touching under the whir of an attack helicopter.
:SchergeSatans Look At 7:18 PERCISE
SchergeSatans HAHAHAHAHAHA
SchergeSatans LOL
SchergeSatans I've been discovered
Well done crew. When an Apache delivers the heat, it is definitely a big team effort.
you can tell one guy is newer and the other has been doing this for a while.
I love the amount of care, work and dedication it takes to do this. It really shows you love your craft.
I just land at the spawn and barely five seconds later it's all good and ready to go, I don't know what all the fuss is about in this video.
Because in vidya gaens your ammo comes from the Reload Void and magickal goblins put themselves in the ammo counter
@@coliimusic did your spelling come from magical goblins too?
that reloading procedure needs to be improved.
For such a complex mechanism,that's not easy!...How about volunteering to give it a go?..Or perhaps you would be out of your depth?...
+SKYLANDBAK that procedure needs re-engineering. don´t got that ballistic.
+RingSight91 a tunguska style system loads bullets as a tokyo wagon does people in rush hour, this should be the same. I think at first part of the vid it tries to make an autoloader work and it does not and so starts th 1 , 1 loading procedure.
+RingSight91 Check the loading procedure of a A10 cannon. Pretty much performs like an SPAAG reload. This is the way it should be in Apache.
+RingSight91 in war there may not be time for paved work areas.
I love how I see this video at least twice a time every year for the past 4 years in my recommendations. Always gotta stop what I’m doing and rewatch it simply because how badass this is.
i was like there's no way he's going to hand load of them...nope i stand corrected
From the title and thumbnail, I expected someone firing off rounds of 30mm out of a humvee turret
What I got was in no way disappointing
Good luck fitting a 30 mm Cannon on a humvee.
MC Siggy Z I expected a belt fed loader just eating shells like there rice grains but this is just as cool.
Clickbait title but still a sick video non the less
@@FUNKER420 is that a challenge?
30mm? 😂
Good job,guys.Hello from Russia.
Good to have a big fan at work when working in hot climates.
Yeah, but don't get your fingers caught in the fan blade. :)
I never knew helicopters were powered by giant golden crayons
3 questions.
1. Why did the pilot leave the helicopter on?
2. Why is there not a faster way?
3. Why is this so sexy?
Almost forgot, how do they record and upload this? Do they need permission to record? And did they bring their own camera?
I was infantry so my job had nothing to do with this. Everything I know is 3rd hand knowledge. Having said that: 1. Aircraft stays on because its faster to get it back out on mission, or they're just topping off so they are ready the next time they go out and they go park it from here. 2. There probably is a faster way but sometimes the mechanics don't work properly, you can see in the video he tried to load the whole clip first and was unsuccessful. 3. Cuz fucking freedom that,s why. 4. He probably just used a GoPro. Not sure if this is sensitive material but its been up for a while so I'm guessing it's fine. I had some Bradley vids back in the day but I lost em all, would love to have put em up.
*****
Thank you very much.
+Norbert Geisler Yeah...its not like it matters if isis is watching, not like they could fly the damn thing to begin with.
i'll try to answer your questions the best I can. 1. It is a Hot Pit. This means that the bird stays running to help keep time down. 2. There are a ton of procedures that you have to go through to do anything related with not only ordnance but just about anything hazardous in the military. 3. Because 30mm + Apache = Freedom Boner
the title should be " A free tutorial how to reload an apache with 30mm" :P
Exactly lol clickbaity
Switching to your pistol is faster than reloading
I just watched all 9 1/2 minutes... and am now wanting to do what his dude does.
That's the point
Reloading in battlefield 4 is so easy
Only the waiting time is soooo irritating
try Arma 3
It looks like you guys are professionals and know exactly what you’re doing while also making it up as you go.
Finally, a freakin' video worth watching on TH-cam lol. Great job guys. I had the same job in the Navy as an Ordnanceman with F/A 18 Super Hornets and then at Delta Airlines on wide body aircraft (fueling and GPU Cords, ect...). Thanks for your service. 🤘🏻🇺🇲🤘🏻
Veyr very big yellow tipped crayons :D
Reloading the Freedom Cannon.
lol
hehe
no the freedom cannon is te 30mm gatling
MrLehi99-Right on and the Christian Bullets of 20 mm NOT 30 mm,,,We can cut up children with these C Bullets and not be sining!TY73s
No the gau 8 is
anywhere else: gets mail delivered by a mailman.
America: *gets mail by a apache helicopter*
I am almost 100% sure this is FOB Pasab in Afghanistan. I was there in 2013 to 2014 doing the same thing. Watching this video brings great memories of when I deployed with 1 ID. Reading the comments is awesome and brings a different perspective to what we do and how people see it. If only they knew that this is the fun part of our job as ARMT. 🤙🏼
I love the methodology and the smooth efficiency of the guy loading this.
1: i love how casul everything is...just throwing some shells up on top of the heli and 2 : This guy knows what hes doing :D
Does it take Glock mags?(lmfao)
yes glock puts 2 extra ones in the box.
Does it have kolibri mags?
Flocks take 9mm at most since that generic pistol bullets while that is a 30mm Canon bullet and I know u r jk
@@ZERO_REVIEWS_ everyone over 5 years old knows that
Glock mags? You wouldn't want it to blow up on firing like a Glock does would you? LoL... Those are some big-a$$ strippers clips...
Hand loading that last 30mm must be so satisfying. Knowing that the first round down range has the loving personal touch.
Looks like they could use a better feed ramp design so they don't need four hands to reload. Cool nonetheless.
The ULTIMATE lock & load.
30mm HEDP just gives me that warm fuzzy feeling.
Good of’ M789s........
Great video of the unsung heros of our military. The folks behind the machinery that instills fear in the hearts of our enemies. I thank the personnel shown doing their important jobs in this
educational video. Much respect.
HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!
At 2.08... Is that a USPS box? You're using AH-64 to DELIVER MAIL?!?
Why not?
@Jurack Raine beer is mission critical!
How the hell do you get yours delivered?
God bless America
Muellyou asshole
Reload time ... from attaching the ground wire to 44 new rounds loaded a little over 7 min. The Apache can fire that in 4 seconds !
An A10 drum has a couple more but the whirly birds have a bit more time
Brandon Meeker it was a user error
4:50 Laurel fumbles around with the crayons still in the plastic first, and then Hardy joins in.
you know I dont understand why all the cool military videos are from 8 or more years ago but this was still cool to see a Apache being reloaded