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An offier oversees an effort to start controlled, preventative avalanches - using a 105-millimeter Howitzer cannon.
Preventative Avalanche | National Geographic
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“I didn’t see where that one landed”.
“Dispatch to state troopers, we’re receiving multiple calls from a neighborhood about 7 miles away from your position about an artillery barrage.”
LOL their reply would probably be: 10-4 show us enroute and we'll be investigating.....(few minutes later) squad 1 to dispatch were did the caller report that the shells were coming from... Oh never mind it was us doing it you can cancel all incoming on this call. 🤣🤣😁
LMFAOOO
Lmao
Yeah lets hope theres nothing on the other side of that mountain...
2-3 shots went over the mountain xD
Plot twist: the first 2 shots were warning shots for the mountain to surrender, but it didn’t leave the area so they shot the third one.
Underrated comment
Bro. 😂
Now this is comedy
2nd Plot twist:
The Mountain did not leave because it is cold and frozen by snow. And now, its family members wishes to file a protest.
Lol
Some poor squirrel was just minding his own buisiness snackin on nuts, when he suddenly exploded into 1000000 pieces
RikkiTikkiTavi allahu akbar!
RikkiTikkiTavi they're hibernating
He deserves it
Liquify*
Ala snack bar
“What do you do for a living?”
“I shoot artillery”
“Oh so you’re in the military?”
“Hahahahaha nah”
“You couldn’t even hit a mountain with your accuracy”
"You miss that is like big mountain and you miss"
Reminds me of my favorite insult about someone’s accuracy.
“You couldn’t hit the side of a barn... from inside (the barn)”
@@pws3rd170 “You couldn’t hit a barn with your gun if you were standing in it!”
@@captainjackpugh6050 same concept but mine is a more direct play on the expression "you couldn't hit the side of a barn" and is much smoother when said out loudand in the tone of the original expression
XCOM soldiers.
XCOM soldiers.
They shelled the first two over the mountain and they landed in a neighborhood on the other side and acted like nothing happened lol
that's exactly what I thought..
Mitchell Jules “they can shoot Russia from their house” in a Sarah Palin voice
I bet they blow some snow behind that mountain xD
Mitchell Jules two words: "Allahu Akbar"
Spent all that time with safety precautions, only to lob the first two into the neighboring valley x'D good job Yankees x'D ROFL lmao
These guys couldn't hit the broad side of a mountain. 😂
Alexander Rosales oh my god..😂
lmfao
First time I’ve heard this phrase used literally haha
They wood b fkd if it were a Barn .
Well they needed to be very precise with the shot. You saw where the one that did hit was only about 100 ft from the crest. I would imagine it's tricky to do that.
Lmao y'all are going to ignore the fact that two howitzer shells went over the mountain and hit God knows what? Not to mention the fact that THEY MISSED A MOUNTAIN! 😂😂
GaudetteProductions1 the raised the jack. That means it lowered the end of Barrel and where it was shooting. Know what ur talking about.
@@GaudetteProductions1 looks like you didn't use your brain this time.
@@izaakredmon9806 1:27 read, and STFU.
@@GaudetteProductions1 talk about using yr brain , when they jack it up from the tail end it lowered the trajectory of the ordinance , boom ,
George Bush with cornrows omg😅💀
"We've checked there's no one on the mountain we can hit"
*Proceeds to fire clean over the mountain* 🤣🤣
😁
Hilarious hahaha 😂
Twice!!!!
"I didn't see that one land..." awkward silence
Well yeah when shooting you definitely want to hit someone or it's a waste of ammo
I would love to do this as a job
WHAT??? I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING SINCE THE THIRD ROUND....!!!
LOL
@@carollockhart7756 my mum said my ears are painted on.
11C us army
I looked into it a little when I got out of the marines but... It's quite the relocation lol
They're hiring in the army.
They shot over the mountain!
@@tafdiz the shells are modern, it's the gun that's from WW2.
I Wonder How tf you miss THAT
tfw you literally couldn't hit the broadside of a mountain w/ your gun
@@canisdirus6045 yep freaking tragic
@@canisdirus6045 bro the is a mountain that is thousands of feet like a wall and the still manage to miss😂🤦🏻
Everybody gangster till the construction company be shooting artillery
Minecraft logic amirite?
English translation: Everyone pretends to be gangster until a construction company starts firing artillery .
Old time fancy translation: All are members of a gang behest ye stonemasonary corps beginith discharging explosive projectiles.
To those wondering, the parking lot that the cannon is fired from is just north of Bird Point on the Seward Highway (at lat/long: 60.93191861444148, -149.36040009324583 on the map). There's nothing on the other side of the mountain except another mountain.
Yeah but that’s not the point. That gun is very accurate they shouldn’t be lobbing shells all over the place.
"I'm going to lower the jack" *jacks it higher*
Heavy Vibrations JACKING INTENSIFIES
Well he did "lower it" not the jack but the canon he jacked it up from the back and it lowered the front end of the cannon so they wouldn't shoot over the mountain again.
He did not Jack it from the back it was clearly the Front and I was going to say the same thing
@@williamalmendarez9157 nothing forward of axle to jack.
@@williamalmendarez9157 it's behind the wheel, it's the back. but this whole vid is bad editing. nothing prepares u for the shots, it's like.....
Lmao they shot two rounds clear over the mountain.
Or duds. Neither alternative is tempting.
The people on the other side of the mountain: 👁👄👁
It’s about sound not hitting the mountain
@@DooberD33 is that why it took till the 3rd one with an explosion on the hill start the avalance?
🧐🧐🤨🤨🤣🤣🤣 bruh lmao. I love comment section.
That one dude isn't wearing any hearing protection. He's gonna hate himself in about 20 years.
A Franca
5 years*
0.002 seconds after firing*
He has ear plugs you can see them later in the vid
A Franca he is I saw
WHAT? WHAT DID YOU SAY?..... 😆🦻🦻👂
The people in the next town over at Chuckie Cheese weren't real pleased with the first two shots. May they rest in pieces.
F
"is the police in the US being militarized?"
"Nah people exaggerate"
*State troopers playing with their own artillery not knowing how to operate it and miss a mountain two times*
It's not police that do avalanche prevention. It's the Department of Transportation. Russia does the same thing
Dumba**
It’s not the police with the cannon they are just there so no one goes on highway and everything is done lawfully
@@chaosXP3RT DOT needs some retired artillery crews then. How do you overshoot a target 500yd away with a shell where "close enough" gets the job done?
@@amak1131 Artillery isn't that easy to aim, especially WWII Artillery batteries. Today you have modern GPS that can aim the battery for you, but with that you have to do it manually. Even for properly traind crews it still wasn't easy and you more then likely were going to miss the first 3-4 shots
It is not a 20 foot long cannon, the barrel is less than 8 feet long....guy narrator always exaggerating the length of his gun.
Sugarsail1 he was talking about the cannon from toe to tip
Sugarsail1 he probably exaggerates something else
Im guessing he was referring to the legs as well.
Sugarsail1 he called it recoilles rifle too of i heard correctly
ComocosonoEWL lmao
- You are shooting to high, there is a village on the other side of the mountain.
- Ooooops....
Was. ...
@@tawmathews4813 _wheeze_
True story in the 1980s, a house just down the street from where I lived in North Ogden, Utah was hit by an errant shell that missed the mountain. It caused a small fire but the house survived.
Is this National Geographic or Comedy Central? This is hilarious!
Let’s shoot high first, destroy the town in the other side then we’ll dial it in slowly
@@rockdude2366 they were aiming for the top with old technology, just aiming for the top makes it difficult to not overshoot but paired with old technology makes it even harder, when these guns were used for war they had to do ranging shots so its not that surprising that they missed
Reno 911 😂
*after 8 shots*
"Yeah still dunno where they're landing. Bring more."
Shoot I'm working in the wrong job.
Putin in 2022: "America must explain their blatant nuclear attack on territorial Siberia"
America: "Sorry we were just trying to melt the snow off the road but overshot"
And hit the residence over the mountains instead!
Imagine your shot is so bad instead of people telling you "can't hit the broadside of a barn" they tell you can't hit a fvckin mountain.
Everyone: You can't fight mother nature.
Americans:......
Russians use bigger guns, so they deserve credit for it
@@Frisher1 No.
@@gustygoose7024 Yes they do
@@Frisher1 - No
@@justin79811 Yes
Plot twist: those two rounds landed somewhere in Canada and started a war
With Canada, 😂😂😂 they probably would say “sorry we didn't mean to get in the way”
WHERE DID THE FIRST 2 GO LMAO
+Sharp Crease my house i was sitting on the shitter taking a huge dump from that burrito i ate and all of a sudden one came though my roof... my nuts got doody splashed on them grandma is dead and grandpa just laughed
WAS THINKING THE SAME!! Haha!
Russia or Canada 😂
Reaper Kezia ok... I realize I’m 2 months late... but just came across this vid. And the comments, and all the replies.
And I’m just gonna day, that yes, yes it did cross into Canada but our 44th Canada goose squadron was airborne at the time and laid down their lives to protect our great nation by intercepting the round midair.
God bless their feathered souls.. the bodies of those who were still whole in one piece were donated to families in need of a great goose dinner. 🤤😝😋😉
The first 2 went to chiraq
Chris Sotelo allahu akbar brother
Good. I say we bomb the place and re build. That city is a lost cause.
Gang gang gang😈
@@残酷な天使 what do you think? 🙄
@@残酷な天使 they are talking about chicago its called chiraq because its like a warzone out there
That’s pretty scary that they missed the first 2 and basically sent live artillery rounds out of a howitzer into the aether 😬😬 hopefully nobody has a cabin a few peaks over
I wanna know what happened to the first two rounds. These guys taking the "couldn't hit the broad side of a barn" joke to the next level.
Also, hey, mustache guy. The 90's called.
I've been on that highway in Alaska a few times in the summer. Its right outside of Anchorage, Alaska and during the summertime its honestly one of the most beautiful and scenic roads I've ever driven on and I'm a professional drummer whos toured the world and have been to 92 countries.
I'm a professional skin flute player and I've been to 93 countries and I don't think it's that great.
It'd be cool to hike the mountains for landscape photographying. But I don't wanna get blown up since they don't seem to be checking if anyone is up there. And no "scoping it out" isn't an acceptable precaution.
I love the ear protection.
The guy with the actual ear protection is holding it tight to his head.
The other guy simply yeets the Haubitze (that's what we call it in Germany) and doesn't even have ear protection
Meanwhile, Gordon Ramsey: "YOU MISSED THE WHOLE MOUNTAIN YOU DONUT!" 😂😂😂😂😂
Imagine some war vet living somewhere on the other side and two shells come raining down...
*WW2 PTSD intensifies*
I was originally going to make a joke about a
“Preventive Avalanche” but then I saw them let construction workers play with an artillery peice. Aaaand I’m too late for that joke to.
When the MOS video for 13b said I had no civilian application with my job lol
_Conveniently and calmingly is prepping artillery gun_
“How’s it going Larry?”
“Hey Mike, how are you doing?”
Imagine being on a hike, and all of a sudden a volley of howitzer shells start blowing up all around you as you *slowly drift in the ptsd void of ww2*
Everybody gangsta till they accidently hit a orphanage.
Accidently?
Not accidentally
Serves them right
R/cursedcomments
Imagine living a couple miles behind that mountain they missed multiple times.
Well, they're not living here anymore, I guess...
mihan2d LOL
"two went over the mountain" COME ON ...do people really think they would shoot a canon up a mountain if there were people living on the other side...its freakin Alaska whats there to hit with only 700,000+ people in a state thats 586400 square miles of wilderness ..this might be more cost effective and safer than dropping charges from a chopper ..we do something similar here in Colorado... its awesome to think there using something designed to destroy, now its for saving lives!!!!
SpeedDemonS7 Yeah ive seen them do it over by loveland pass. Crazy echo through there.
But it is fun
SpeedDemonS7 now they are only killing squirrels
I think people are expecting them to be able to HIT A FREAKING MOUNTAIN.
The only reason there's 700k living there is because they all got killed by stray mortars, I suspect.
After serving faithfully in the Second World War, Howie the Howitzer retired to a simpler life, of clearing various mountainsides of avalanche-prone areas. Howie got to visit several mountains and exploring the United States. Was a good retirement.
What the... they fired a second one without checking where the first one landed?
And then those people call Russians firing for avalanches stupid...
That must be fun, instead of any normal job you shoot Artillery Shells at a mountain
And miss. Twice.
America
Any continent with snow*
You wouldn't know anything about cold weather though would you Mr. Chihuahua?
Why is chihuahua spelled chiuaua ? Lol
@@ReaperKezia loool
Shell: (Passing Mountain) Hi!
Mountain: Hello!
Neighborhood: Where's my house???!!
"Jim can you tell me how you managed to hit a school instead of the massive mountain?"
Now that’s my kind of “public works department” job position
“What do you do for a living?”
“I shoot artillery rounds at mountains.”
I want to say this one day.
NYPD: We have MP5s!
Alaska Trooper: We have a howitzer.
Bro what lmao, the first two just went absolutely AWOL 😂😂😂😂
Lol imagine being one of the some one asks you what job do you. Well mam I'm a professional mountain shooter I shoot snowy mountains to get rid of built up snow
I love how the Russian version is titled so differently as to make foreign nations seem barbaric for doing the EXACT SAME THINGS WE DO
This is literally my job in a nut shell. The seniority, the helpers and the one who doesn't gaf.
Lmfaooooo
"I can't even see where that hit. Let's do it again"!
And to think being a 13B in the army can’t get me a civilian job
Sure can't! There are no jobs in the civilian world. That's what the retention NCO would've said.
Don’t worry guys those weren’t misses they were just zeroing the canon
Thank you!!
San Juan and Ouray county in Colorado have been doing this for probably 75 years. I watched them shoot the Brooklyn chutes in '73.
Alta ski area in Utah was doing this from fixed positions in 1963...
True America fashion... “let’s just shoot it.”
That's very american
Russia does the same thing
chaosXpert if Russia jumped off a bridge does that mean its ok for America to fo the same?
@@rideontime8591 Canada does the same thing. Clearly its a tried and true method of clearing avalanche build-up
@@rideontime8591 If the USA bombs a wedding, why do Russians in TH-cam comments tell me it's okay for Russia to bomb hospitals?
Me: Y are they shooting at mountains?
Them: because America
That was actually hilarious 😂
The town over the mountain
"Heyyyyy Dave, you hear that whistling too right?
*rangers miss first two shots *
Rangers: Gee wonder where they went? Why do I hear Russian music?
Screaming of katyusha heading to toward!
You see Russian tanks with Russian soldiers squatting with heels on ground (NO WESTERN SPIES HERE) screaming CYKA BLYAT!!!
Omg no no no !! guys the avalanche is supposed to be on this side but hey what are a few stray shells gonna hurt.!! nothing to worry about . lmao.
Wayne Barnett its Alaska...
Cool job
This had to happen where I went skiing!
As there was a level 5 avalanche risk we just heard a massive bang
The question is where did the first two shells landed?
This is quite the job and could be dangerous if they didn't know what they were doing and even sometimes the best experienced may have to run.
I remember when I was living in British Columbia up in Revelstoke it seemed like between Revelstoke and the next town Sicamous they had to do this periodically because it was a bad area for avalanches and it would hold up the traffic for maybe half an hour to an hour it all depended on the situation sometimes even 3 hours
Awesome video
Did it go high? Did it go low? Where the heck did that one go? And those caissons go rolling along!
the other 2 rounds went into some old ladys garden over the other side
Madness they didn’t go over the mountain
GaudetteProductions1 over
GaudetteProductions1 the deffinitly went over. Use your brain it's common sense
GaudetteProductions1 clearly did?
Madness yes
Herp derp trooper watchin the big scary boom boom stick.
I love this kind of job.
The USA were even the police are armed with a howitzer USA USA USA!
Italian Army troops shelling Austrian positions in the Dolomites, 1918 colorized
AWSOME!
You guys would make Uncle Rico proud. He was always trying to throw a football over them mountains.
I just want to live in Alaska and be left alone. But apparently I have a “family”.
How very american to use a howitzer to cause avalanches
Steven thomas I believe this is in Canada. Either way this is necessary
Its from the show Alaskan State Troopers, Alaska is a US state.
I love how the township have heavy arty.
What a gig that would be!
Ok, I'll admit, I'm here because TH-cam recommended this after I watched a video of Russians doing this
So where did all those "only in Russia" comments suddenly go?..
same
They were shooting random shells over the mountain.
Offensive Studios the shells landed lower on the mountain not over
GaudetteProductions1 over
GaudetteProductions1 the deffinitly wen over the mountain there young Padawan
@@izaakredmon9806 there nothing over there, it’s like 35 miles of ranges before anything
@@izaakredmon9806 oh this was 2 years ago
*That one bounced!*
1:28 “ok I’m to lower the jack.”
Proceeds to raise it
*Job description:* Maintain safety of citizens by preventing avalanches from occurring. P.S. You’re gonna fire a WW2 cannon into the mountain. LOL! 😂
Harambe Jr. Yeah, and? That's how you safely trigger an avalanche and keep everyone involved safe.
PimpShady TM Idk if you’re being serious or sarcastic. Lol I’m just gonna go with sarcasm...😂
Harambe Jr. How is it sarcasm that triggering an avalanche safely, and cheaply, is a smart option?
PimpShady TM
He’s just joking around dude. It was clearly a joke.
Nivajoe maybe he should actually word it like one then dude. Because from what I can see, it looked like another ignorant comment about the US, like some others in this comment section have done.
I guess remote explosives don't exist
so cool
Best job ever
"Ok do how do we prevent ava-"
Americans: "Canons!"
this is the most american thing i have ever seen
Psh....Professional athletes kneeling in protest during the American national anthem is the most American thing anyone has ever done/ seen. 🇺🇲
@@scottyweimuller6152 i think shooting giant bullets at a mountain and missing is more American
Now this is a job I would wake up smiling for.
Oh my that looks like fun.
Goodness I wish.
Probably the most fun they have all year
We can do controlled avalanches with artillery but can’t do controlled fire to prevent wildfires in California. Dumb
um... where did the first two shots go???
Misfit nope. When they corrected the cannon they lowered the jack which means the shots went to low
GaudetteProductions1 no I think they said in the video that the first two went over the mountain
GaudetteProductions1 no that means the shots went to high. The jack getting rised means it lowered the tip or the barrel.
MaxC17 orphanage near by, no big problam o
MaxC17 we don't talk about it
"hey maggot"
"YES SIR"
"See that guy littering on our park?"
"UNDERSTOOD SIR!"
The guy living on top of that hill is like "stop bombing my hill!"
What the ... You guys have civilians using a military cannon in such operations? No wondering why the first 2 hits didn't hit the objective...
In my country only military personeel can use this.