Syrian Hell Cannon Mortar with Explosive Rounds, Part 1

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  • Our friends at Weapon Genetics made a replica of the "Hell Cannon" improvised mortars out of the Syrian conflict and we fabricated explosive ammunition for it. Much to our surprise, the rounds became dual purpose explosive and incendiary and lit the range on fire.
    Obviously don't do this at home, as it will most likely result in your riding out the Coronavirus pandemic in a federal jail cell.
    If watching this video somehow leads to you thinking that we're pandering to your political, racial, religious, or other ideology; you've spectacularly missed the point. This video is nothing more than a bunch of eccentrics down in Texas (what, you think people in Iowa do stuff like this?), amusing themselves with an unusual hobby of building explosive ordnance for entertainment purposes.
    Also if for some reason you think this is at all illegal and want to call the cops on us, please ask for Special Agent Naughtius Maximus or Special Agent Incontinentia Buttocks.
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  • @pkxpanz3r241
    @pkxpanz3r241 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3725

    wish i knew what i clicked on before i had. Hello ATF, FBI, Homeland Watchlist! Nice to meet you! i was just curious i promise!!!! lmao

    • @ajhubbell3754
      @ajhubbell3754 3 ปีที่แล้ว +380

      If you’re a white Christian, veteran or just patriot then you are already on the watchlist. Welcome.

    • @floridafarmer1344
      @floridafarmer1344 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      Blame the “autoplay”

    • @chesterpanda
      @chesterpanda 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@ajhubbell3754 Truth

    • @jpeg.600x2
      @jpeg.600x2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@ajhubbell3754 This. Has never been more relevant as it is rn.

    • @bobohunter1776
      @bobohunter1776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      You weren't already?

  • @hughculliton3174
    @hughculliton3174 2 ปีที่แล้ว +704

    "There's no threat we can't replicate!" Absolutely terrifying motto - well done!

    • @houseofpain3580
      @houseofpain3580 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The music gets me goin.

    • @TheSubpremeState
      @TheSubpremeState 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I thought of nukes instantly.

    • @tom4208
      @tom4208 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheSubpremeState literally the only thing preventing him from doing that is lack of knowledge and mostly resources like uranium, but nothing stops you from getting the proper security clearances and liscenses to access stuff like that.

    • @barahng
      @barahng 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@tom4208 In theory lets say you could get your hands on a few kilos of weapons grade plutonium or some HER. The engineering and machining that goes into even the simplest of "gun type" nuclear devices is still pretty extensive. Getting the fissile materials was the easy part for the Manhattan Project, turning them into a functional bomb took the combined brains, resources, and infrastructure of the US government in the 40s. And even then they still had pretty terrible yields for the amount of fissile material used, a good percentage of it never reacted.

    • @ryans3074
      @ryans3074 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's all about the hollow core with the Li deuteride and reflectors

  • @USMCArchAngel03
    @USMCArchAngel03 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    I was mortar section leader in the USMC infantry. You should really think about making a round baseplate for that thing with a little socket joint in the middle to seat the end of pipe and then it won't fall over and you'll be able to control the round. That mortar could have fallen over right before the round fired. Even with a baseplate an incorrectly set mortar will fall over. I've seen it with my own eyes. Be safe please.

    • @ID-8491
      @ID-8491 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Great comment.

    • @furmanmackey5479
      @furmanmackey5479 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      As a Tanker (Army version) way back in the early 1980s and assigned to the only "Combat Armored Cavalry Troop" assigned to and attached to the 194th Armored Brigade (Separate) then stationed at Ft. Knox, KY somebody (wisely I think) decided that regardless of MOS we had to cross train on other weapon systems. I was picked to CT with our "Mortar Maggot" section. Over time I discovered that everything you mentioned in your comment is/was on point. After a bit of training, I became very comfortable with the 4.2 mortar....Right up until we blew the hell out of a chicken house on a farm bordering Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Our Section Sergeant had been ordered, by the Butter Bar in charge, to use half a cheese charge too many which resulted in a bunch of dead chickens and a pissed off farmer.

  • @siggyretburns7523
    @siggyretburns7523 2 ปีที่แล้ว +283

    One of my friends was into buying antique nautical stuff. He had a few cannons. One of which he took out to Glamis. Coors beer cans fit perfectly in this cannon. So he melted a few other cans and poured them into the coors can and topped it with an eye bolt. He then tied about a 100' nylon rope to the eye bolt and achored it to a motorcycle trailer away from everything. He put about an ounce of black powder in the cannon and lit the fuze.
    The next thing we knew there was just a piece of rope tied to the trailer. The projectile was gone. There was some campers about 3 or 4 miles away in the direction he aimed it. A few minutes later some smoke started coming up from them.
    He was all worried he hit one. But it turned out they were just as stupid and set one of their own campers on fire. He never found the projectile.

    • @heirofaniu
      @heirofaniu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      "He was all worried he hit one. But it turned out they were just as stupid and set one of their own campers on fire. He never found the projectile."
      Is the absolute perfect ending to that story.

    • @siggyretburns7523
      @siggyretburns7523 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@heirofaniu
      Wasnt it though? Lol
      I coulda told him that skinny little piece of rope wasnt gonna have any say in the matter. But I think he just wanted a big "Go Boom" so much, I couldnt spoil it for him.

    • @heirofaniu
      @heirofaniu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@siggyretburns7523 That right there is the difference between just being a friend and being a good friend, just let the man have his fun.

    • @antonelebouf4384
      @antonelebouf4384 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I would've been shitting solid gold bricks 😬😂

    • @Est-lj4tq
      @Est-lj4tq ปีที่แล้ว +4

      hahaha mooi werk

  • @robertgrant8883
    @robertgrant8883 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1618

    I love the automatic camo-effect of the launcher.. folds down right after launch to make it invisible... great concept!!

    • @GundamReviver
      @GundamReviver 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      Hadn't even concidered that, I thought it was crappy construction but as an ambush weapon that does have its merits.

    • @MaxwellAerialPhotography
      @MaxwellAerialPhotography 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Reminds me of the disappearing guns of the late 19th century.

    • @dismalgravesite7763
      @dismalgravesite7763 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      good save!

    • @djaydeved
      @djaydeved 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@MaxwellAerialPhotography
      reminds me of cast trunion i.o's
      gonna be dissapearing and takin ye hands with it!

    • @b40pll
      @b40pll 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      lSIS: We will watch his career with great interest!

  • @getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917
    @getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1909

    I guarantee you there are some Syrian fighters watching this like:
    "Yes".

    • @Token_Black_Guy
      @Token_Black_Guy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      *rubs hands and starts plotting*

    • @BartzabelAlgol
      @BartzabelAlgol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      Yup!, only now they all live here in the U.S., probably in Minnesota. Thanks Obama........

    • @boosted_spirit
      @boosted_spirit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      @@BartzabelAlgol you idiots are never going to stop blaming him for stuff huh?

    • @gamingtime2104
      @gamingtime2104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@boosted_spirit nope

    • @michaeljohnsonbaugh7962
      @michaeljohnsonbaugh7962 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      @@boosted_spirit Imagine commuting 1,927 federal prisoners, more than any US President in the history of our nation. 330 of them as he is literally walking out the office.
      Imagine spending 8 years in office and the only achievement you have to show for is gay "marriage" and a failed health plan.
      Imagine being the first black President and doing absolutely nothing for your communities, which are in crisis.
      But yes, he was a great President, smh

  • @thelovertunisia
    @thelovertunisia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    hhh greeetings from Tunisia. This hell canon shows the human power of improvisation when all high tech breaks down. Do you folks realise that what happened in Syria and down here in Lybia was the closest we came to a Mad Max style world!

    • @yoshi0k262
      @yoshi0k262 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      it originates from ireland

    • @thenoblepoptart
      @thenoblepoptart 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yep, that’s what happens when you refuse to join the USA’s protection racket or don’t back your currency in USD, or buy/sell oil using anything other than USD. Every oil owning country that has tried this has been destroyed by US intervention, look it up.

    • @wasser5686
      @wasser5686 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@thenoblepoptart yep . also iraq and syria have the best terrain for air superiority. many flat deserts where bombs can easily hit. unlike afghanistan which is build like a fortress. ( also one of the may reasons why US failed there)

    • @thenoblepoptart
      @thenoblepoptart 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@JitBlick it’s not an issue for me cuz I live in Texas, but if I was Libyan or Iraqi I would be on some suicide bomber shit lol

    • @charlesnorthwest459
      @charlesnorthwest459 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@thenoblepoptart I think it has less to do with oil and more to do with Israel

  • @Bergendal_2003
    @Bergendal_2003 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    I'm Syrian, and I appreciate you covering a little bit of my country's modern history ^w^

    • @Vikto7.
      @Vikto7. ปีที่แล้ว +1

      what a wonderful history :)

    • @sepitbeats
      @sepitbeats ปีที่แล้ว +1

      u in turkey?

    • @Bergendal_2003
      @Bergendal_2003 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sepitbeats No

    • @ulubatlhasan3532
      @ulubatlhasan3532 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@sepitbeatsgarip. Türkiyede yaşamayan bir Suriyeli 🤔

    • @sepitbeats
      @sepitbeats ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ulubatlhasan3532 bayram için gitmiştir ondan şu an yok

  • @mrace1180
    @mrace1180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2204

    Well.
    If you weren't on the CIA watchlist before.
    Welcome.

    • @Seapears
      @Seapears 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I'm lucky not american

    • @mrace1180
      @mrace1180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @ZoG Rot You think they care? #Snowden

    • @mrace1180
      @mrace1180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Seapears You think they care? #Snowden

    • @mrace1180
      @mrace1180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @ZoG Rot Do you mean assassinated?

    • @southernwulf3335
      @southernwulf3335 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Seapears why? Yall get to have no fun

  • @atlastobin7837
    @atlastobin7837 3 ปีที่แล้ว +574

    Roses are red, violets are blue, I’m on a watchlist.
    And so are you.

  • @AnArChRiStxseditio
    @AnArChRiStxseditio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Dad used to use ANFO and gelignite to get rid of boulders and stumps when doing farm fencing. Filled the base of a tree stump, because it was not hollow it took off like a rocket and demolished an old shed when it landed

  • @tiberiu_nicolae
    @tiberiu_nicolae 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    So I was planning on leading a revolution in a middle eastern country but this looks too hard to make so I'll just concentrate on my grades

  • @CowboybubPercussion
    @CowboybubPercussion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1294

    “This is legally a black powder cannon by itself” *me with a shit eating grin on my face*

    • @BoredAmerican
      @BoredAmerican 3 ปีที่แล้ว +155

      For legal reasons I’m not doing anything illegal

    • @johnhansen6009
      @johnhansen6009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Shit eating grin on my face lmao

    • @nativemanateeroughskins774
      @nativemanateeroughskins774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😄

    • @biggreenangryman1904
      @biggreenangryman1904 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I loved the part where you said “were not here to talk about politics...” it made me smile because i think i know why you did

    • @calebethridge2404
      @calebethridge2404 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      *fbi, Cia and atf kick on your door* 🤣🤣

  • @rdsmith334
    @rdsmith334 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2382

    Your ATF agent probably catches a lot of crap from the other agents.

    • @rre9121
      @rre9121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      Also probably one of the busier ones.

    • @unfortunately_fortunate2000
      @unfortunately_fortunate2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      definitely, in-between going outside the bounds of their job & secretly writing up the laws that they then later enforce, while claiming "hey buddy, we don't make the law(s) we just enforce it!" to the poor unlucky bastards that they end up raiding/molesting their privacy to look at their entire cache...
      or, if you're unlucky enough to have posted a beginners guide to prepping, you're more than certainly going to want to begin anticipating as-well as planning for a "surprise check up" from your local gestapo branch!

    • @turdbglr
      @turdbglr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      ATF can suck it!

    • @jqmachgunner2577
      @jqmachgunner2577 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      As long as you have the correct licenses, correct license category and comply with all bureaucratic record keeping, the ATF cannot do anything but smile that you have jumped through all of their hoops. As long as these guys demonstrate their intent to do business, the ATF can't really harass them because they don't want to lose their jobs. Of course, if the ATF, just like the FBI fabricated fake criminal crap on Flynn, wants to make a criminal conspiracy on some no-bodies (not related to Trump), they can at the risk of ending up as somebody's girlfriend in a Federal prison.

    • @shanerathburn9734
      @shanerathburn9734 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@No1Son-7 lol

  • @vamsterr
    @vamsterr ปีที่แล้ว +6

    what a terrifyingly simply weapon.. That's crazy how far it chucked that shell for just a little bit of black powder in the bottom of a thick wall pipe
    well done on this build, very interesting seeing such a crude yet effective weapon

  • @Jagdtyger2A
    @Jagdtyger2A 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    You can get a pretty good estimate of the mortar range by extrapolating the Civil war data for the 12 pdr,20 pdr and 30 pdr Parrott rifles. Wind resistance from the higher angle of attack will reduce the range but not by much and test firing will allow adjusting the firing tables

  • @PolumbiusTheThird
    @PolumbiusTheThird 3 ปีที่แล้ว +836

    Ur almost filling the void that was left in my heart by fps russia. keep it up.

    • @sebby324
      @sebby324 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He got arrested

    • @ForeignSpazm
      @ForeignSpazm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Sebby 324 framed by liquid richard

    • @worlore1651
      @worlore1651 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @Azazel he had a podcast and has been doing it for a few years

    • @skrimper
      @skrimper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@worlore1651 no, that's FPS Kyle, FPS Russia was a character for videos. Its not even close to being the same sort of content/vibe

    • @worlore1651
      @worlore1651 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@skrimper who?

  • @cannoneer155mm
    @cannoneer155mm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +688

    For future reference you can also use expended dry chemical fire extinguishers for your projoes. That will give you a thicker shell, You might also want to use some friction tape around the base of the "warhead" ti act as a gas seal, just be sure it still slides smoothly down the "cannon tube" and be sure to use some lubricant on the tape, like vaseline or axle grease. The round will go further and higher. Just a suggestion from an Old Ordnance Warrant Officer.

    • @44R0Ndin
      @44R0Ndin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Pretty sure the idea here wasn't to replicate the ballistic characteristics of the improvised mortar rounds, instead the focus is more on the terminal effects of the warhead.
      If they were looking to simulate the ballistics it might be possible to do it much easier (and much more consistently than the real thing) with a pneumatic cannon.

    • @humbleguardsman5578
      @humbleguardsman5578 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Sir do you come from a certain syrian province?

    • @eageraurora879
      @eageraurora879 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Name checks out

    • @MattH-wg7ou
      @MattH-wg7ou 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      For anyone curious, that gas seal he refers to is called an "obturator" or "obturation". Word of the day.

    • @talesdemidioful
      @talesdemidioful 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@humbleguardsman5578 this guy has a favorite brand of grease to spread on mortars, just let that sink

  • @usertttt7483
    @usertttt7483 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    man if I wasn’t on a watch list I sure am now. Damnit I couldn’t resist watching this I’m so fascinated haha 😂

    • @krushnaji4940
      @krushnaji4940 ปีที่แล้ว

      So I am on watch least for year 😅😅

  • @megan00b8
    @megan00b8 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love how in the US you'll get in trouble for having too many rounds in your pistol mag, but can own a cannon or a mortar with no regulation...

  • @immikeurnot
    @immikeurnot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +336

    The sight on the front of the original shows a LOT of optimism.

    • @kwhp1507
      @kwhp1507 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Way too much optimism. I like to think it was some auto mechanic with zero experience built it lmao

    • @unfortunately_fortunate2000
      @unfortunately_fortunate2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      yes and no, at this point they're so good at making them that they've got their machining processes and tolerances down to a T, and are finally capable of making accurate homemade weapon systems.
      though if you're gonna use sights, take some off of battlefield pickups of mortars from the army, but at that point you may as well just take the entire mortar/artillery piece and make the rounds for said cannons yourself, rather than the entire cannon plus the rounds. to each their own I suppose.

    • @davynhainstock7503
      @davynhainstock7503 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Probably put iiton there for fun as a joke

    • @Springfield530
      @Springfield530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kwhp1507 000

    • @tonyennis1787
      @tonyennis1787 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@unfortunately_fortunate2000 You realize that the sight points up to the sky? What up there are you aiming at?

  • @ChucksSEADnDEAD
    @ChucksSEADnDEAD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +787

    "You have just been Assaded."

    • @jlambuth
      @jlambuth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      LOL That's pretty good

    • @Goldenchazz
      @Goldenchazz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Now I want some street tacos

    • @03_luutanbao11
      @03_luutanbao11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Straight banging music tho

    • @adamchurvis1
      @adamchurvis1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Or :You got Bashar-rolled: "Never going to give you up, Never gonna let you down, Never gonna run around and desert you..."

    • @AKAtheA
      @AKAtheA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      except it was mostly the rebels using these...

  • @jimf1964
    @jimf1964 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When we were kids, we would take a piece of pipe, cap or crimped at one end, drop a firecracker down it, and put a well fitting stone on top to cover the hole. It was our firecracker mortar, and we’d try to hit things on the lake with it. Hours of fun that would be frowned upon nowadays.

  • @Deathmittens1
    @Deathmittens1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well I guess now that I clicked on one of these I might as well watch more... Since I'm on the damn watchlist now.

  • @Roach_Dogg_JR
    @Roach_Dogg_JR 3 ปีที่แล้ว +430

    I cant believe the crazy Texans also use meters, I'm so proud.

    • @yankeespanky6570
      @yankeespanky6570 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Military and Science in U.S. uses Metric. We have metric and imperial for a lot of our measurements in rulers, canisters etc. It's just that imperial is still standard in our hardware stores and in construction. Considering they were doing a military style type of test, with his military background, explains why he used meters in measuring the explosion radius.

    • @yankeespanky6570
      @yankeespanky6570 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      as well as using Kilograms in measuring the weight of the explosive

    •  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's a military thing. He's probably a veteran.

    • @fuckheinschitt239
      @fuckheinschitt239 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@yankeespanky6570 we use Imperial and metric here in the Philippines.

    • @yankeespanky6570
      @yankeespanky6570 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @Unsesquipedalian For us sure. For foreigners it isn't.

  • @mattienorml349
    @mattienorml349 3 ปีที่แล้ว +253

    I grew up watching MacGyver, I know how to make a weapon out of a paperclip, some gum and an ak47..

    • @scooterdogg7580
      @scooterdogg7580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      and an AK47 lmfao good one

    • @IGD-974
      @IGD-974 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Paperclip makes a good makeshift replacement for your trigger retainer pin

    • @mattienorml349
      @mattienorml349 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@IGD-974 Ahh, I see you must have caught a few episodes of MacGyver too!

    • @georgiobenelli4854
      @georgiobenelli4854 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Forgot the bakers twine and a penny..

    • @stefanmolnapor910
      @stefanmolnapor910 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      MacGyver/ hollywood was Anti Gun, he always thru the guns away after destroying them :(

  • @afrodrift2
    @afrodrift2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The last explosion was so powerful it pulled debis towards it before pushing everything away!!!! Loved it you guys are so awesome

  • @jeremyalexander1613
    @jeremyalexander1613 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So happy I found this channel!

  • @1MahaDas
    @1MahaDas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    When we were kids, about 10 or 11 years of age, my brother and I made a mortar out of three tin coke cans placed one on top of the other and held together with electrical tape. The top and ends of the first two cans we cut out. The third can we only cut out the top leaving the bottom of the shaft with its rear intact. We then bored a small hole at the end of the mortar to insert propellant which in this case was simple alcohol! As simple as it was, the mortar held together for several discharges using alcohol. The force of the blast was enough to send a tennis ball about 200 feet at about 80 mph!
    Not long after that, we attended a fourth of July party at which our Uncle provided live M-80's (Quarter sticks of dynamite). We took the M-80's home and decided to try them out in our home made mortar! Our first attempt using an M-80 was successful and in fact the tennis ball was propelled so high that we could not see it. When it landed on our street the tennis ball bounced an incredible 20 or 30 feet into the air. Our neighbor was observing our "blasting" and at his insistence we mounted the mortar onto the truck bed of his old truck to reduce the chance of injury in the event of an "accident!" We then reloaded the mortar with a 2nd M-80 and lit the alcohol fuse. And then "whamo", the mortar flew into a thousand pieces and the tennis ball only went 20 feet into the air. When we checked further, we found that the explosion blew a hole five inches wide into our neighbor's truck bed! In fact, my brother and I were very lucky that we didn't seriously hurt ourselves. Our uncle would have been arrested today if anything serious occured!

    • @ferrischemistry7879
      @ferrischemistry7879 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Because 3 coke cans can hold that big of a combustion.

    • @1MahaDas
      @1MahaDas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ferrischemistry7879 We should have used a solid pipe, but somehow we decided to use coke cans which at that time were still made of tin. But the change of propellant, alcohol to M-80, was what doomed our home made mortar! Coke cans aren't strong enough to survive the blast of dynamite!

    • @ferrischemistry7879
      @ferrischemistry7879 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      M-80s are not made from dynamite (you mean TNT, yes?)

    • @1MahaDas
      @1MahaDas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ferrischemistry7879 No I was not aware of that!

    • @ferrischemistry7879
      @ferrischemistry7879 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@1MahaDas I was not aware that Coca-Cola cans were made from tin. TNT is Trinitrotoluene, by the way. You make it with Nitroglycerin and some other things.

  • @viggenguy4411
    @viggenguy4411 4 ปีที่แล้ว +737

    I've got a lotta hype for the potential to see some improvised rocket artillery

    • @jlambuth
      @jlambuth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      We are working on that as well

    • @wanderingcalamity360
      @wanderingcalamity360 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Fuck yes.

    • @melcknis
      @melcknis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      You mean katyusha

    • @RoarDaemon
      @RoarDaemon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hobby rocket, tanner warhead with bullet as impact fuze

    • @Mr.Ut21
      @Mr.Ut21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@RoarDaemon a bullet wont set off an anfo bomb. It's very stable.

  • @jBigjohndoe1971
    @jBigjohndoe1971 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great effort guys thanks, and great angles on the second launch.

  • @the_allamerican7057
    @the_allamerican7057 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If there were ever a zombie apocalypse these guys are covered 😂

  • @themashedavenger5461
    @themashedavenger5461 3 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    bought a tear to my eye hearing an amurican use metric. good channel ive just discovered you.

    • @MaxwellAerialPhotography
      @MaxwellAerialPhotography 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Most of these dudes are former military, and the US military has been using metric for decades.

    • @Irish381
      @Irish381 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MaxwellAerialPhotography the United States Military went metric in 1957, by an act of Congress and the Department of Defense.

    • @MaxwellAerialPhotography
      @MaxwellAerialPhotography 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Irish Luvr7745 interesting, I was under the assumption that they went metric in the 70’s or 80’s.

    • @user-jc2in3cp3g
      @user-jc2in3cp3g 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Irish381 the whole country should go metric as-well

    • @Gunbudder
      @Gunbudder 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Irish381 yes and no. you still see imperial units all over the place with navigation stuff in the air force and navy. you will even find the unit Rankine, which hurts my brain. they are all metric with extra steps anyway so its not much difference

  • @Mongo63a
    @Mongo63a 4 ปีที่แล้ว +504

    If I remember correctly, using a PVC pipe to load black powder is extremely dangerous. The PVC will build up a static charge very easily and set off the black powder in your face. Being in a dry environment makes it even more likely.

    • @skm9420
      @skm9420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Yeah static and black powder are no good together.

    • @st2udent_650
      @st2udent_650 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Whats a good alternative ?

    • @aguslucero6699
      @aguslucero6699 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@st2udent_650 a jar made of glass?

    • @wanderingcalamity360
      @wanderingcalamity360 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      @@aguslucero6699
      Time to put granny's collection of mason jars to use.

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@st2udent_650 a metal tube.

  • @AussieStandsWithRussia
    @AussieStandsWithRussia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gday lads.
    The most reliable and safe ignition is a Diesel engine glow plug mounted in the bottom. Using a standard car battery to heat it up. By placing a piece of painters tape over the bottom of the round and dropping the round down the tube the glow plug burns through the tape instantly and ignites the loose black powder. You can hang rounds all day
    Also if you want to get really fancy you can mount and outer sheath and weld it up water tight with a nut welded on the top. Fill her up full of water as a water jacket to prevent over heating and will handle any pre mature detonations.
    So I’ve heard

  • @macoppy6571
    @macoppy6571 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I am privileged to be served this video by the algorithm. I pray for the people of Syria that peace may come soon. The capability of these tools is impressive. Are there open source plans for defending against these sorts of munitions?

    • @RosinDaddy5280
      @RosinDaddy5280 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Peace will come with ASSad dead
      He has killed 1 million of his own people
      And leveled the whole country with every weapon in his arsenal
      He has killed many of my family & the whole world continues to let him do whatever he wants

  • @HeavyBirdPilot
    @HeavyBirdPilot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    The only time I've experienced mortar fire as I was a flyer, we were establishing a forward operating base later to become leather neck. I was a pilot in the C130-J adaptive super herc and on that flight were jato in forklifts and water purification systems.
    Mortars are terrifying. The birds were sitting ducks on landing, so we had to land empty and haul ass out of there as the insurgents put holes in the airframe within seconds of being in range.
    It was land, brake like hell, spin around dump the cargo seal up, spin up the props ignite the jatos and pray like hell as your guts get mangled while climbing to 20k within a minute and half.

    • @arkthefennecfox2366
      @arkthefennecfox2366 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      sounds like a right nightmare

    • @MattH-wg7ou
      @MattH-wg7ou 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Daaamn dude. I didnt know JATOs were still used operationally.

    • @HeavyBirdPilot
      @HeavyBirdPilot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@MattH-wg7ou this was about 9 years ago maybe even 10ish if that makes any difference. I'm out now but haven't heard about them being disused.

    • @scowler7200
      @scowler7200 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Now THAT is terrifying...

    • @augustsmith9553
      @augustsmith9553 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tyfys

  • @dtkuang5137
    @dtkuang5137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I love how the cat is watching you funnel an ungodly amount of black powder into a tank

  • @other-terrestriallifeform1851
    @other-terrestriallifeform1851 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Honest officer,we was just making mashed potatoes,I swear to God..."

  • @gwalker607
    @gwalker607 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The slow motion of the big projectile (5-kilo) you can see the dirt and debris be sucked into the vacuum that the explosion created. Super cool!!

  • @joekeil954
    @joekeil954 4 ปีที่แล้ว +529

    That projectile to bore fit is absolutely atrocious. You could have at least gave the round a thick band of duct tape to act as a gas seal. Awesome channel though. I love this shit.

    • @spazmonkey2131
      @spazmonkey2131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I'd use nylon tape to reduce friction

    • @joekeil954
      @joekeil954 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@spazmonkey2131 A single use projectile like that would not really benefit from reduced friction. It might have 1 to 100 ft more range but it's not worth it really.

    • @spazmonkey2131
      @spazmonkey2131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@joekeil954 I just feel the duct tape would bind up too much, and nylon tape isn't too expensive

    • @joekeil954
      @joekeil954 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@spazmonkey2131 Duct tape doesn't bind up at all. I use it as a gas seal on projectiles for an Oxy-Acetylene cannon. I have a strong feeling nylon tape would fail due to a lack of adhesion strength. Plus you could always wax the gas seal for extra lubrication.

    • @spazmonkey2131
      @spazmonkey2131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@joekeil954 I guess I didn't give it enough credit, how many windings do you use per round?

  • @skuzlebut82
    @skuzlebut82 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    If I ever had him as an NCO, I'd be cracking Dumb and Dumber jokes at every formation.

  • @timcasey1428
    @timcasey1428 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    1st rule of combat... Never think like a Syrian.
    Fantastic channel!

  • @memberberries9813
    @memberberries9813 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    As a european, I am still very delighted to hear you using the metric system instead of bananas for weight and elephants for distance :)

    • @worlore1651
      @worlore1651 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Its called freedom units

    • @user-sn4fc7bc5j
      @user-sn4fc7bc5j 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wait...we stopped doing that? 🤣

    • @JimmyEatDirt
      @JimmyEatDirt 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If your pirates hadn't attacked Jefferson on the Atlantic we might use Kilos and Meters.
      Oh well

    • @dangler3472
      @dangler3472 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pretty sure everything the u.s. uses originally came from England.... In... Europe.... So excuse us for not following your latest fad. That being said. The metric system is way better.

  • @pistilcp003
    @pistilcp003 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    To the ATF and whom ever else it may concern,
    I was looking up civil war mortars and this popped up.
    Thanks.

  • @AntiT42
    @AntiT42 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I can respect that he did a little bit of research about what is going on in my country
    Thx man keep it up
    Respect ✊🏻

    • @tarek1195
      @tarek1195 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And I'm here thinking that I'm the only Syrian here. Hope we can return eventually and have our lifes back 💙

    • @ameens.s
      @ameens.s 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Let's make it a Gathering...brothers 👍🏻

    • @gm8507
      @gm8507 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@tarek1195 can't mossad the assad

  • @vincentmueller3717
    @vincentmueller3717 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was an 81mm mortarman in the Marines(0341). Several years ago I purchased a Coehorn mortar from Hern iron works, 2.25" bore. I shoot the little tomato paste cans full of cement (2.125" dia), weight about 1/2lb. 70gr. of 1f sends a shell 100yds, end-over-end the whole way.

  • @green_growz1997
    @green_growz1997 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lmao bruh this title moved you up on that watchlist

  • @adamdeforest495
    @adamdeforest495 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Hey Ordnance Lab, I love what you guys do. I'm a mortarman and I really enjoy blowing things up. Keep doing what you do.

  • @geronimo6615
    @geronimo6615 4 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    Looks like y’all need to invest in some wildland firefighting gear. It would definitely save y’all some time out there. Maybe a couple Indian packs and Fire swaters.

    • @libhranan
      @libhranan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Definitely need some flappers and rakes.

    • @jlambuth
      @jlambuth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      We def did. We are actually thinking of making a video where we actually set the range on fire with incendiary weapons then test our firefighting gear.

    • @TheCoffeehound
      @TheCoffeehound 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@jlambuth Old farmer method: If you can find actual burlap grain sacks, they work really well when soaked in a bucket of water to beat the fire out on the leading edge of the burn.

    • @Gladiamdammit
      @Gladiamdammit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jlambuth What an incredibly stupid idea. You'd best be prepared to fork out a pile of cash for the fine for starting a wild fire AND the cost of the fire services response to your inexcusable lack of preparedness for the consequences of your own irresponsibility. You guys are the most rank amateurs I've seen in a good while. You're not ten anymore and that isn't the old field down the lane. Keep up your antics if you want but for god's sake start making a range safety plan and sticking to it.

    • @dmacpher
      @dmacpher 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Polaskis and piss cans

  • @jonnyjohn2321
    @jonnyjohn2321 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Kind of late to the party but here’s an idea for sourcing tanks: talk to a place that supplies medical gases like oxygen, those tanks expire after a few years and usually get scraped, an added bonus is the necks have a removable valve that uses a UNC thread pattern

  • @barnowl1116
    @barnowl1116 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dear fbi: I looked this up out of curiosity. I am not going to build this. Have a nice day.

  • @LetsPrepTogether
    @LetsPrepTogether 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Great content without political bs and solid information. Loved how you guys went as far as registering bottles for the Molotov video. Cheers

    • @anonymousandy2789
      @anonymousandy2789 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You register them by getting them off the side of the road

  • @haydenemms6300
    @haydenemms6300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Yo if my FBI agent is seeing this, I was bored on a rainy day. Have no interest in joining this hahahahah

  • @bullboo1
    @bullboo1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Back in Panama my Infantry unit hosted and taught field expedient explosives, bobby traps and weapons plus combat tactics to visiting units from 18 of the central & south American countries ‎SOUTHCOM covered. We had fun doing and I did 6 yrs 91 -97 there.

  • @lopikosmusic9354
    @lopikosmusic9354 ปีที่แล้ว

    The cat is absolutely terrified at the amount of explosives you're stuffing in that round.

  • @bigdogbob845
    @bigdogbob845 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was hoping to see a large crater where the mortar round went off. Many, many, years ago a chemist buddy of mine made a good amount of high grade nitro-glycerin. We filled a 32 oz mayonnaise jar with the stuff and took it out to a very remote location. With an M-80 and a time delay fuse (a cigarette) we set it inside an old stack of large truck tires we found. We were over 200 yrds away when it went off and I swear it knocked all four of us on our Asses. It left a smoking crater in the ground about 12 ft across and 3 ft deep, Sooooooooooooo Awesome. I still don't hear so well out of my left ear. Worth It ! ! !

    • @Bananwaffles
      @Bananwaffles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I laughed way too hard at the time delay fuse. That’s amazing haha

    • @bigdogbob845
      @bigdogbob845 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Bananwaffles , I'm so glad you liked our Improvisation. It works pretty well most of the time, just don't get impatient and step in for a closer look too soon.

  • @JasonHurricane
    @JasonHurricane 4 ปีที่แล้ว +232

    no one on the internet has tried the improvised shotgun mortars that che guevara used it would be interesting to see, i think your channel would be the best one to do it.

    • @OrdnanceLab
      @OrdnanceLab  4 ปีที่แล้ว +158

      That’s a great idea. We found some info on it and will test it out. Thanks for the lead.

    • @Horseshoecrabwarrior
      @Horseshoecrabwarrior 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@OrdnanceLab I've always had an interest in this, and it has non-military applications as naval line-throwing equipment, too.

    • @Leviathis_Krade
      @Leviathis_Krade 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      oh dear

    • @alfonzmuller294
      @alfonzmuller294 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i had the same idea apparently they seem way better dunno about the range tho

    • @floridafarmer1344
      @floridafarmer1344 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ordnance Lab have you done it yet? (I just came across this video because of auto play. It’s the first one of yours I’ve seen, but I just hit subscribe!)

  • @albertashford7245
    @albertashford7245 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As an interesting side note- we used to take fence post drivers, build a really hot fire, set them driver side down in the fire and then chuck a can of beans down the tube- heat turns the liquid in the beans to steam that has nowhere to go. Called it a "cowboy cannon".

  • @cuddlepaws4423
    @cuddlepaws4423 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That was really good. Very effective. Seemed very simplistic at first, but worked VERY well. Just goes to show you don't need 'POSH' munitions to get the job done.👍👍

  • @freshmeatpopsicle
    @freshmeatpopsicle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    15:22 i imagine every frenchman in history hearing "coop dee grah" and visibly cringing.

    • @PatTheRiot
      @PatTheRiot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So does every single special forces or anybody out there not a wannabe special forces everytime they say "insha allah". Massive cringe. These wannas need to stop playing.

    • @tehonionpotato6364
      @tehonionpotato6364 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@PatTheRiot what? How is "InshaAllah" a special forces thing?

    • @observeoutofthebox7806
      @observeoutofthebox7806 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tehonionpotato6364 he belongs to the latter it seems

  • @loucypher1060
    @loucypher1060 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Obligatory "Last time I was this early, my gf was really disappointed" comment.

    • @Tunkkis
      @Tunkkis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This has been one of the least terrible iterations of this meme I've seen.

  • @thelovertunisia
    @thelovertunisia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In Syria they are using Butane bottles that have a much thicker sidewall. What you have are camping bottles for Jetboil etc.

  • @gunnyd9282
    @gunnyd9282 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Try using an inverted metal funnel in the nose, bell to the front. Turns it into a shaped charge armor penetrator.
    A bunch of the earlier ordnance manuals jhave been declassified.
    Stay frosty!

  • @mace8873
    @mace8873 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Oh, so this is where Wile E. Coyote got his training, good to know.:-)

  • @wolfbrave4866
    @wolfbrave4866 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    9:13 Cat: What your doing human.

    • @jlambuth
      @jlambuth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I have a confession: the cat is orchestrating everything. His blood lust knows no end.

    • @ericferguson9989
      @ericferguson9989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@jlambuth The people are just useful idiots.

    • @isaac-vb1ng
      @isaac-vb1ng 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      *cat calls the ATF*

    • @Biden_is_demented
      @Biden_is_demented 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I bet the cat knows that it is spelled *you´re* , and not *your* . Yes, i´m a grammar nazi.

    • @kruppcorp2359
      @kruppcorp2359 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Biden_is_demented It's "You're", you substitute human.

  • @JustMe-gw3eo
    @JustMe-gw3eo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You forgot to say "Don't try this at home kids"

  • @addisonraeisfat2973
    @addisonraeisfat2973 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i’m definitely on a watchlist now that i really think about the stuff i watch and look up lmfao

  • @anonymousbosch9265
    @anonymousbosch9265 4 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    The IRA used fire extinguishers and a multi tube setup in a truck bed but I’d use paintball gas cylinders for sarcophagus strength

    • @adamosullivan5839
      @adamosullivan5839 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      They did the same to both small and large propane/nitrogen style tanks, "Barrack Busters" they used to call them.

    • @hamueramikiarea6796
      @hamueramikiarea6796 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Come out ya black n tans come out and fight me like a man!

    • @tonyquigley8274
      @tonyquigley8274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      With a lot of success

    • @joestrummer4106
      @joestrummer4106 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Tell em how the Ira made you run like hell away from the green and lovely lanes of killishandra

    • @anonymousbosch9265
      @anonymousbosch9265 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      John Hinkley Ireland is a very funny place, a strange and troubled land

  • @dustinthewind357
    @dustinthewind357 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Them: 'So for this video we made a homemade mortar which is actually not regulated here'
    Me: heck yeah brother. Gob bless America! Ha ha

  • @fredford7642
    @fredford7642 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really great photography. My most sincere compliments!

  • @captaincritter1898
    @captaincritter1898 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks bro, super useful video. Love from Syria.

  • @TheRoland1014
    @TheRoland1014 4 ปีที่แล้ว +357

    I always had my suspicions that TXMGO was just /k/ turbo-austists.
    Now I know.

    • @loucypher1060
      @loucypher1060 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      REEEEEEEEEEE!

    • @tiocybot
      @tiocybot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      sorry for necropost but i have to ask... is that a FAMAS?

    • @ihadalife1177
      @ihadalife1177 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@tiocybot does that famas take Glock mags?

    • @unfortunately_fortunate2000
      @unfortunately_fortunate2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      autists*
      what in the sam hell is a austists??

    • @clankplusm
      @clankplusm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Where mom serves kangaroo tendies

  • @derekirelandsirsmokepotalo1152
    @derekirelandsirsmokepotalo1152 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    On a more serious note it's amazing and scary how easy it is to make a mortar and if you're not right in the head could cause alot of damage to innocent people and their belongings i.e home car and so on great work guys love the contents of your videos

  • @benjones4365
    @benjones4365 ปีที่แล้ว

    9:13 I like the look on the cat's face. He's thinking "this is Not going to end well".

  • @anthonymoody3112
    @anthonymoody3112 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sand Bags. or bury the front "bipods" or tack weld perforated strapping on the bipods and use some tent stakes to keep the mortar from moving so much. Drill pilot holes on the upper end of the "Bipod" stand/rods and use cotter pins to secure it to the tube. I'm only an 11b, so I think an 11C Mortarman could offer some better advise. All in all, This looked awesome. I made a 5 foot catapult for my kid 18 years ago and had some mixed results before I got it to work : ) This is true Dad stuff right here. Nice work.

  • @69JuggaloMan69
    @69JuggaloMan69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    9:12 You're teaching your cat how to mix explosives?! You madman, you'll doom us all!

    • @OrdnanceLab
      @OrdnanceLab  3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Buddy is a trained professional.

    • @PotheadCowpoke
      @PotheadCowpoke 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@OrdnanceLab Demo-kitty!

    • @yourejustintim
      @yourejustintim 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not just any cat, Grumpy cat....

  • @gumshoemw
    @gumshoemw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    ESSAYONS!!!! Guys I've got to tell you how much fun it was for me to watch you guys "home brew" some field expedient explosives and weapons. I was a 12B in the US Army and had multiple tours in Iraq. I was part of the invasion force of 2003, and participated in a lot of the locate and destroy efforts during '03 after the "war time mission" was over. My Battalion (54th EN BN) were all over the Al Anbar province during that time. Now this was my first video I've watched from this channel BUT I guarantee, it will not be the last until I"ve caught up with the whole collection. Thanks for the visit down memory lane. Yeah I know what you showcased was very different from what I saw but its not too far off. Anyways as long as your count is always 20 at the end of the day keep the videos coming. Didnt mean to sound like a fan boy, but I really loved my time working around explosives and miss it very much. Nothing like the smell of cooking time fuse and real C4 (sorta like juicy fruit).

  • @danielhertz7266
    @danielhertz7266 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The music choice is hilariously accurate.

  • @MrTruker1
    @MrTruker1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My friend had some Mexican m-80s type firecrackers. It had a powder fuse on a stick. Like a bottle rockets. Some didn’t blow up. He drove a pipe in the ground. Broke a toed flair. Let the flair dropped a dude them a marble. Made a nice cannon.

  • @Shizbox
    @Shizbox 4 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    Could yall try making some improvised shaped charges strapped to a sugar rocket?

    • @isaac-vb1ng
      @isaac-vb1ng 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      So an rpg?

    • @Shizbox
      @Shizbox 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@isaac-vb1ng schhh, dont let the ATF hear

    • @isaac-vb1ng
      @isaac-vb1ng 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@Shizbox *FBI wants to know your location*

    • @m1a2abrams52
      @m1a2abrams52 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      *FBI OPEN UP!*

    • @Reth_Hard
      @Reth_Hard 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      "Sugar rocket filled with explosives starts spinning randomly in our direction... Got lucky, I only lost one eye! XD"
      Could be the title of their next video.

  • @flamecxbra6151
    @flamecxbra6151 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    9:14 That Cat is very worried about being blown to bits.

    • @jlambuth
      @jlambuth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The cat is a major conspirator to this whole operation honestly. Buddy is wanted in several nations for war crimes.

    • @veterayt6800
      @veterayt6800 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah man 10:35 is the good stuff

  • @jonyboy3338
    @jonyboy3338 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi, I am late here, but you must stabilize the base of the mortar to keep the round straight. When you detonate the black powder, the cannon moves and change the trajectory of the round, hitting it with the upper part of the cannon itself. Good try, was very informative.

  • @Sinkorswim317
    @Sinkorswim317 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bro this guy reminds me of Jim Carey so much 😂😂😂😂

  • @tinkeringclaws5559
    @tinkeringclaws5559 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Need a base plate for the mortar tube. Also prig launcher might a good thing to test, plus depending on how you build it it could be considered a blackpowder cannon.

    • @GoodVibes-xq4yi
      @GoodVibes-xq4yi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Clearly a baseplate is not needed for this

    • @MrMrBiggles
      @MrMrBiggles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In no way would a PRIG be considered a blackpowder cannon by the BATFE.

    • @tinkeringclaws5559
      @tinkeringclaws5559 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MrMrBiggles what do you mean? Im talking about the launching tube, not the projectile. Whats so different between a prig launcher and a cannon? Both use blackpowder and neither use a fixed ammunition.

    • @MrMrBiggles
      @MrMrBiggles 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tinkeringclaws5559 my apologies for the delayed response. The reason a PRIG would not be classified as a black powder cannon is that the bore diameter is greater than 1/2 inch, and that the means of ignition being a battery would place it into the destructive device category. Notice the means of ignition on black powder cannons is a fuse, because a mechanical ignition would require registering them as destructive devices. Now, I'm not a laywer, and this is my very limited understanding of the rules about this. Your mileage my vary. There is an outstanding young gentleman that has done a Panzerfaust, with the appropriate t's crossed and i's dotted, and wrote a book about it.

    • @tinkeringclaws5559
      @tinkeringclaws5559 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MrMrBiggles the prig launcher can use literally any ignition system. Use cannon fuse or hell you could even put the lock from a flintlock or cap and ball on it. Also most cannons have a bore over 1/2. I know the guy that wrote that book, he also has a youtube channel and is making a fliegerfaust.

  • @thepensmith1
    @thepensmith1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    “We’re gonna try to find it inshallah”👀

    • @thepensmith1
      @thepensmith1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Politically Correct well it explains why he loves explosives so much

  • @houliemon1315
    @houliemon1315 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ounces ,Pounds .Tons Inches , Feet Yards and Miles ! Thank you !

  • @Roman.Leave.Me.2.My.Circles
    @Roman.Leave.Me.2.My.Circles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "This video is nothing more than a bunch of eccentrics down in Texas (what, you think people in Iowa do stuff like this?), amusing themselves with an unusual hobby of building explosive ordnance for entertainment purposes." the good people of Iowa acknowledge and respect Texas but from a safe distance as we take notes. God bless Texas

  • @prestonvandivier1379
    @prestonvandivier1379 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    i'm so glad you do this stuff so the rest of us wont get arrested trying it.

    • @kenny9512
      @kenny9512 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Pavel Manzhetov yep i want to figure out 90% of this shit

    • @PotheadCowpoke
      @PotheadCowpoke 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I feel a big war brewing with the direction we're going so videos like these might be super helpful in the future.

  • @nightmarethunderfist
    @nightmarethunderfist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    When I saw your hand tip away while you were holding the live, impact fuse equipped round, my heart jumped. It was most likely a larger weight than could've slipped easily from your hand in hindsight. As a word of love and concern for you and your work: I'm far from any professional, but I've seen a lot of complacent people get hurt in a split second.

  • @ivanatomicbomb8557
    @ivanatomicbomb8557 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    According to my calculations, that explosive mortar flew to about 600 ft in altitude.

  • @montgomerybojangles8644
    @montgomerybojangles8644 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    great... im on another a watchlist now

  • @TheMonkeytrumpetz
    @TheMonkeytrumpetz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    When are we gonna get 80% mortar rounds?

  • @redcell9636
    @redcell9636 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This video is incredibly education in the fact of what a crude simple explosive can do when a group is dedicated to doing something. It may not have had an incredible blast yield but that spell and shrapnel will cause a bad day for someone on the receiving end.

    • @yoshi0k262
      @yoshi0k262 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      i think the IRA hit a helicopter with one in the 90's

  • @chrisbilling
    @chrisbilling ปีที่แล้ว

    Man how could you expect to hit anything with that. Very cool video

  • @smoky5833
    @smoky5833 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, u guys have the best job ever!

  • @Johnny6586
    @Johnny6586 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    "we're gonna try to find it, inshallah!" LMAO 🤣🤣

    • @justinsloan2752
      @justinsloan2752 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      what is inshallah mean in Arabic? lol

    • @TK-117
      @TK-117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@justinsloan2752 god willingly basically 'please god' let me win the raffle

    • @franklingomez5311
      @franklingomez5311 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      "If God wills it"

    • @IMP-vi6je
      @IMP-vi6je 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can I laugh now?

  • @sethmorton8539
    @sethmorton8539 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Would you recommend this for deer hunting 😉

    • @luketanker6074
      @luketanker6074 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yeah! It will be pre-cooked too!

    • @scrappydoo7887
      @scrappydoo7887 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That would Depend on how many you are hunting with a single shot lol

    • @myrealname2022
      @myrealname2022 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Absolutely, will kill, skin, and turn into ground venison all in one shot.

  • @cheytoman6517
    @cheytoman6517 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve watched two of this guys videos in a row now, I’m most definitely on some kind of watch list😭

  • @mbp1652
    @mbp1652 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You guys are my new heroes! That's the coolest thing I've seen made in the backyard in a long time. I don't know about a weapon of war. But I can do some wild hog hunting.