Nike Herc fire control, computer operator! Dexheim Germany ‘77-79. I slept many nights on the floor of the van. And I can’t say it was the best, or worst three years of my life.
I'm 72 years old and lived 50 miles from Cincinnati, Ohio. There used to be a Nike Zeus AA battery just south of us on Bear Branch Road near Friendship, Indiana. I think someone turned it into a home.
They were everywhere around the country. People lived close to them and didn’t even know it. Most of the properties have turned to private use housing due to the prime location on hills overlooking major cities.
Is this the work of my grandpa It was never talked about He died when I was a kid In 91 I have just a vague image he was in since world war II as a ball Gunner served to the late 80s As a electrical engineer This is so cool Even though it's probably the reason why we went to Vietnam was to test all this stuff
Butzweiler Germany was a Nike sight until hawk replaced them. I was a 16E10 Radar Operator. From 1984-86 , then a Stinger Gunner for 5 yrs. " If it flies , it dies "
@@mikeburch2998 Leg day workouts and a good, mix of cardio and endurance excrices throughout the week for a few months should get you back to punching in no time.
Chet Huntley before he met Brinkley…. Incidentally, most of these missiles were developed by or from the German engineers we got in Operation Paperclip. The Redstone was basically an upgraded V-2.
Yes the Germans were genius at rocketry, but after a certain point it was us, the American people that developed modern solid/liquid fuel missiles and on into the future with folks like Elon Musk.
And Germany was basically just an 'upgraded' country, thru means & methods that people tend to see as being just a tad outside the norm. So thankfully we came to humble all ambition & misconceptions. That they, or their ideas, were little more than our new resources. Harsh, but undoubtedly the healthiest choice available;). With no love for CIA, and a clear grasp of the civilian space-race, I'll never understand the reasons for wanting to diminish "good" for no reason. In this case you're not really adding anything relevant, nor does it bring any genuinely better understanding of history. There are infinite proximate causes to each & every moment of our lives. I would love to understand what made this remote connection one of unique value?
Whilst I am happy that the German rocket scientists didn’t end up in Russian hands I am also angry that they got away without facing punishment for war crimes, they new very well what happened to the forced Labour when they became of no further use to the Nazis, the likes of Von Braun and his colleagues might not have been directly involved in the mass murder of forced Labour human beings but they were complicit in their deaths. America basically gave them a free pass, with or without the knowledge or agreement of the rest of the allied leadership, and I Von Brauns case he wasn’t just given a free pass he was rewarded for the work he did both during and after WWII, if the USA hadn’t been so intent on using them and their knowledge they would probably have ended up swinging by the neck. It wasn’t the USA that was on the receiving end of the “V” weapons, it was Europe, and of course my country, Great Britain, it wasn’t the USA whose citizens that were killed indiscriminately, but the USA wasn’t concerned about that, they could only see the advantage that THEY got from operation paperclip 📎, and that’s what makes me angry.
Glad you like them! Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference.
The Army seemed to start the ball rolling only to have the USAF and USN get all the "Really Cool" nukes. I guess DOD wanted to remove the notion of 'limited nuclear' warfare with Army short-range and battlefield warheads.
Germans were fed info that the Hawk could carry a small nuke , but we had no one with that MOS.. A friend of mine worked Nuclear weapons in southern Germany in the 60's . In the 80's the Russians had over 50 K tanks with the Warsaw Pact to our 14 K with Nato . We needed an equalizer thus the tactical nuke . First the Claymore to stop the Hordes of infantry then the tactical nuke to stop the Russian tank horde , god bless American know how. Linda McCartney never faced a North Korean charge of hundreds !
It’s my understanding that the battlefield nukes were designed to be area denial weapons and that the damage to military forces was a bonus, however, in my opinion, it really didn’t matter who had control of nuclear ☢️ weapons during the Cold War, if the balloon 🎈 ever went up the use of nuclear weapons would happen sooner rather than later, I served two tours in Germany and was under no illusion that if the Red Army ever crossed into west Germany my life expectancy was measured in days, but more likely hours, but as with all forces stationed in mainland Europe you didn’t think about the unthinkable, you just got on with buying new cars and German/Dutch furniture (it was/is far nicer than that you could buy in the United Kingdom during the 80s and 90s), if you sat down and thought 💭 about the consequences of WWIII starting you wouldn’t have been able to function and do your duty, I know from my time in Germany that it was never far from my thoughts but far away enough to enable me and my family to enjoy 8 fantastic years in mainland Europe. Thanks for your service, I salute you, your fellow service personnel and your dependents, for helping to protect Europe and the wider world. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴
If you want an example of this, look up the Davy Crocket. Mounted on the back of an M38A1 Jeep, it had a range of 1 mile and (nuclear) blast radius of 3. All posted up along the West German border ready to strike all the key targets, valleys, and other chokepoints.
They aren't actors, they are soldiers and amateur actors. Sorry they didn't enlist any top notch actors. They believed that generally they should have actual soldiers portray soldiers, because the rest would take them not seriously.
Kind of amusing that every time he says "the free world's first X" he is actually saying "the Soviets beat us on this one". Because "the world's second man made satellite" doesn't sound so good.
Nike Herc fire control, computer operator! Dexheim Germany ‘77-79. I slept many nights on the floor of the van. And I can’t say it was the best, or worst three years of my life.
I'm 72 years old and lived 50 miles from Cincinnati, Ohio. There used to be a Nike Zeus AA battery just south of us on Bear Branch Road near Friendship, Indiana. I think someone turned it into a home.
They were everywhere around the country. People lived close to them and didn’t even know it.
Most of the properties have turned to private use housing due to the prime location on hills overlooking major cities.
Is this the work of my grandpa
It was never talked about
He died when I was a kid
In 91
I have just a vague image
he was in since world war II as a ball Gunner served to the late 80s
As a electrical engineer
This is so cool
Even though it's probably the reason why we went to Vietnam was to test all this stuff
I was a radar operator on a Nike Herc site, with nuc capabilities. All in the 70's, in Alaska near Wasilla.
I guarded your missiles in West Germany for a year. Ditchelbach (or something similar).
I was Signal Corps, but was around the Nike Hercules sites all over southern Europe.
Butzweiler Germany was a Nike sight until hawk replaced them. I was a 16E10 Radar Operator. From 1984-86 , then a Stinger Gunner for 5 yrs. " If it flies , it dies "
I was 10 years old just waiting to get nuked. :-)
There were several NIKE sites in and around Los Angeles.
I grew up close to 'LA96' in Van Nuys.
I love how the old us accent sounds
There were several NIKE sites in and around Los Angeles.
I grew up close to 'LA96' in Van Nuys.
One in San Pedro too. I remember it and once closed used to hike all through it and the ww11 bunkers.
I put as much thrust as possible into delivering my payloads, too.
Me too! But as I've gotten older punchy payloads are tougher to pull off. :-)
@@mikeburch2998 Leg day workouts and a good, mix of cardio and endurance excrices throughout the week for a few months should get you back to punching in no time.
@@Rasheed9957 Or he could try punching a different target, that should help just fine as well
Can you also go far deeper into the enemy rear? 06:57
deep into the enemy's, ahem, "rear areas"
Chet Huntley before he met Brinkley….
Incidentally, most of these missiles were developed by or from the German engineers we got in Operation Paperclip. The Redstone was basically an upgraded V-2.
18 years newer must be one hell of an upgraded V-2? I guess it's better than nothing
Yes the Germans were genius at rocketry, but after a certain point it was us, the American people that developed modern solid/liquid fuel missiles and on into the future with folks like Elon Musk.
And Germany was basically just an 'upgraded' country, thru means & methods that people tend to see as being just a tad outside the norm.
So thankfully we came to humble all ambition & misconceptions. That they, or their ideas, were little more than our new resources. Harsh, but undoubtedly the healthiest choice available;).
With no love for CIA, and a clear grasp of the civilian space-race, I'll never understand the reasons for wanting to diminish "good" for no reason.
In this case you're not really adding anything relevant, nor does it bring any genuinely better understanding of history. There are infinite proximate causes to each & every moment of our lives. I would love to understand what made this remote connection one of unique value?
Whilst I am happy that the German rocket scientists didn’t end up in Russian hands I am also angry that they got away without facing punishment for war crimes, they new very well what happened to the forced Labour when they became of no further use to the Nazis, the likes of Von Braun and his colleagues might not have been directly involved in the mass murder of forced Labour human beings but they were complicit in their deaths. America basically gave them a free pass, with or without the knowledge or agreement of the rest of the allied leadership, and I Von Brauns case he wasn’t just given a free pass he was rewarded for the work he did both during and after WWII, if the USA hadn’t been so intent on using them and their knowledge they would probably have ended up swinging by the neck. It wasn’t the USA that was on the receiving end of the “V” weapons, it was Europe, and of course my country, Great Britain, it wasn’t the USA whose citizens that were killed indiscriminately, but the USA wasn’t concerned about that, they could only see the advantage that THEY got from operation paperclip 📎, and that’s what makes me angry.
Any company in Huntington Beach would not be caught dead producing such a video these days. That's too bad.
ur videos r great!!!
Glad you like them! Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference.
:0-е годы ХХ века. Романтические были времена.
@yeti zero Мой косяк - 60-е годы ХХ века...
Doesn't get better than Howard Cosell narrating. Special appreance by Scott Baio @5:41
Its Chet Huntley.
@@littleshopofelectrons4014 ….I believe he’s referring to the officer
The Army seemed to start the ball rolling only to have the USAF and USN get all the "Really Cool" nukes. I guess DOD wanted to remove the notion of 'limited nuclear' warfare with Army short-range and battlefield warheads.
Germans were fed info that the Hawk could carry a small nuke , but we had no one with that MOS.. A friend of mine worked Nuclear weapons in southern Germany in the 60's .
In the 80's the Russians had over 50 K tanks with the Warsaw Pact to our 14 K with Nato . We needed an equalizer thus the tactical nuke . First the Claymore to stop the Hordes of infantry then the tactical nuke to stop the Russian tank horde , god bless American know how. Linda McCartney never faced a North Korean charge of hundreds !
It’s my understanding that the battlefield nukes were designed to be area denial weapons and that the damage to military forces was a bonus, however, in my opinion, it really didn’t matter who had control of nuclear ☢️ weapons during the Cold War, if the balloon 🎈 ever went up the use of nuclear weapons would happen sooner rather than later, I served two tours in Germany and was under no illusion that if the Red Army ever crossed into west Germany my life expectancy was measured in days, but more likely hours, but as with all forces stationed in mainland Europe you didn’t think about the unthinkable, you just got on with buying new cars and German/Dutch furniture (it was/is far nicer than that you could buy in the United Kingdom during the 80s and 90s), if you sat down and thought 💭 about the consequences of WWIII starting you wouldn’t have been able to function and do your duty, I know from my time in Germany that it was never far from my thoughts but far away enough to enable me and my family to enjoy 8 fantastic years in mainland Europe. Thanks for your service, I salute you, your fellow service personnel and your dependents, for helping to protect Europe and the wider world. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴
If you want an example of this, look up the Davy Crocket. Mounted on the back of an M38A1 Jeep, it had a range of 1 mile and (nuclear) blast radius of 3. All posted up along the West German border ready to strike all the key targets, valleys, and other chokepoints.
The way the infantry assaults the objective is humorous
Worked on Hawk for 11yrs. MOS 24kilo01
Somehow, I cannot see any Oscar nominations having been awarded for acting in this film.
Glad I am not the only one to think that, I’m glad that they were better soldiers than actors. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴
yep, wouldn't meet the new DIE requirements (despite the best efforts of the missiles)
First thing I saw was that they weren't wearing undershirts...out of uniform.
They aren't actors, they are soldiers and amateur actors. Sorry they didn't enlist any top notch actors. They believed that generally they should have actual soldiers portray soldiers, because the rest would take them not seriously.
Kind of amusing that every time he says "the free world's first X" he is actually saying "the Soviets beat us on this one". Because "the world's second man made satellite" doesn't sound so good.
All the ways we invent to kill each other.
Yep, including non-military ways. :/
I know, fantastic, isn’t it!
Wow what an original thought.
👍🏿👍🏿
03:30 its not pointy enough..
Notice we didn't use any of them in Vietnam. Why? The smaller rockets would have been useful and would have accelerated end of war by many years.
First.