Royal Marine Reacts To Deadly AC-130 Gunship in Action Firing All Its Cannons!
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- HERE WE GO! Deadly AC-130 Gunship in Action Firing All Its Cannons! This thing is a beast!!!
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US military: Let's put a tank in the sky
Not really, more like let's put a tank convoy in the sky. One of the original design ideas from the Vietnam war was mounting 3x105mm Howitzers, 2x50cal mini's and 4x20mm gats, add to that night optics and rocket packs mounted on each side of the ramp to assist in take off due to it being fully loaded. Dad talked about when they fired all three 105's it'd shift the plane sideways 30ft instantly. They could put a round in every square inch of a football field.
@AIDAN GRAY that's more accurate lol
And just like a tank, it's an easy target, since it's big and it's slow. The AC-130 can easily be shot down by enemy jets and anti air units on the ground.
@@user-um8vh2uc1y they are fighting people with little to none air superiority
@AIDAN GRAY thats the A10 thunderbolt # BRRRRRRT
"hey you guys see that compound?"
"yes sir"
"good, we don't want to."
"understood sir."
loads 105mm with malicious intent.
Very accurate, Ac-130 Gunner "You won't be seeing that building in a minute." Loads 105 MM shell
Tanks: Loads 105mm rounds
Also Tanks: No aircraft can match a gun this size
AC-130: YOU DARE CHALLENGE ME!!!
AC-130: what compound
To be fair, anytime a 105mm is loaded, it is with malicious intent. 😁
😂😂😂😂😂
As a current ac-130j ghostrider crew, the weapon platform has been extensively modified over the years to its most current form with a 30mm auto cannon, the 105 howitzer, and now with the addition on guided bombs and missiles. The propeller drive allows for much more efficient operation in the slow pylon turns that allow the guns to stay trained on a target for hours.
Cool, I'm planning to enlist soon and I really want to try and get Special Missions Aviator, and be a gunner on am AC130, but I heard it's pretty rare to actually get the job
@@carrion-fairy it is but bing a loadmaster is a great second choice. Being a gunship we are limited on where we go for diplomatic and support issues so we don’t travel as much as the standard “slick” c-130. So if you really want to see the world it’s one of the best options in the Air Force, not to mention flight pay and per deim you make in overnight locations.
@@michaeldunn3065 yeah I just want to work with aircraft so I think I'm just going to list every air crew job at MEPS and hope for best lol
And now I'm hearing about a laser system being put on it.
@@joeslouie489 The laser system I believe is just an anti-missile system so it can't easily be shot down and doesn't rely on chaff (which doesn't work on all missile types). It's not a giant sci-fi death laser or anything, just an aim-bot anti-missile laser. Still with the new Ghostrider loadout, the 30m is upgraded to a full autocannon instead of the 4-round manual magazine (that the Spooky had), and it can carry like 20(?) smart missiles on it like Hellfires, with the ability for many missile simultaneous launch (so you could pick like 20 targets before you get in range and show up with like 20 missile hits before the guns even start firing). Plus I think there's something about making the 105 easier to load?
Gotta watch a video on the A-10. My favorite saying is "if you heard the Brrrtttt you weren't the target".
The motto of the planes here is, You can run but you'll just die tired.
Ironically, that applies to the AC-130 as well... The difference, you can find the AC-130 after it has attacked... The A-10, just disappears, and is also very deadly to arial adversaries that may try to stop it's attacks...
*if you heard the brrrtttt you weren't the perp
If you hear the Brrrrrt! You are alive!
It's the truth
As they said it has a turboprop but the other reason for the props and strait wings is the ability to 'loiter' over the battlefield. They move slow and can stay for some time to 1: allow for more accurate shooting and 2: allow for longer support missions
They’re also a lot cheaper to operate
Plus, they don't need the speed of the jets, except sometimes with short runways. Some aircraft use jet/rocket boosters to assist take off.
I put my reasons in the chat so Kirkley got everything he said right but there's more to the plane
Along the lines of short runways, they can take off from less unprepared runways and not worry about debris in a multi million dollar jet engine
@@hunteremmerson7149 correct, there is tons more to the AC-130 from the tight radius it can fly within to stay on target, to the amount of damage it can absorb. the list of of its capabilities is outstanding.
Sometimes the phrase “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” applies. It’s been effective for a long time.
sorry in advance
effective*
I hate that the air force tried to get rid of the A-10 damn
@@jotarokujo4830 at least they are not getting rid of B52s, C5 Galaxy, and the U-2 just yet.
@@GRiiZZ yeah thats a gud thing
With the military it's more "If it ain't broke we don't want to replace a bunch of planes at hundreds of millions of dollars a piece."
2:57 "Newer isn't always Better"
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They are so deadly that a lot of enemy starts to retreat when they hear Turboprop aircraft approach!! (Same with the A-10 which sounds differently from other jets!)
very true. i watched a released video from the taliban not long ago made me laugh and here is why. The person recording it was also shooting and watching his buddies shoot at U.S Forced then you hear it, that turbo prop, camera pans to the sky and you see the plane come into view and LITERALLY he drops his weapon and i think it was about 8 or so others around him they all drop their weapons, they wanted nothing to do with it at all. In the comments after that believe 37 enemy force elements surrendered to only a squad who had no idea how many enemy were in the vicinity. They were absolutely terrified of the terror of the sky.
@@mikemuppet3807 Pretty common for those in the mid east to drop their weapons mid battle and try to walk off pretending to be civilian. Fighting out there has really re-defined combat in a lot of ways because of their tactics. And with the US rules of engagement, even though this man was just shooting at you... the second he put his weapon down you technically have to stop engaging. It's not uncommon for NATO soldiers to be out walking a town, even sitting down and having tea with their enemies at times. The modern battlefield is a strange place.
And, when the cannon lights off, heads go down. And so does every vehicle in the strike zone.
I am a ex army infantry and I can vouch for the power of this plane. It feels like the Wrath of God raining down on you it is quite awe inspiring
My husband was infantry also. Cleared the area instantly.
during the raid on mohmand valley we had a gunship matching our tracers and almost completely destroyed an entire mountainside. Shit was crazy.
Thank you for your service. My husband had two instances where that old girl saved a lot of lives, while ending others. He was 25th infantry, mech. After his time was up he stayed to be a door gunner through Tet. I should have been jealous of his love affair with Spooky watching after the boys, and then his Huey and the "fitty" ( 50 cal ) he wore out. God love you guys. Again, thank you.
From one to another thank you for your service to our country.
I was 15tango crew chief on a uh60 black hawk and the C130 is definitely the shit and second only to the A10 in terms of kicking ass.
Mw2 12 kills.. AC130 ABOVE!!!!
The 105 is basically an artillery cannon , in the sky
Except instead of launching rounds into the air this one is throwing rounds right at your face.
That's exactly what it is lol
With tanks and artillery and RPG and auto 50 cal and laser rounds (US army says will happen by 2027 I think)
direct fire is still artillery.
Quite small for an artillery cannon, more like a Cold War tank cannon.
When you're doing ground cover, you need low and slow. Jets can't hang around. Check out the A-10 if you haven't already done so.
The air force has had the c-130 online since, I believe 1955. It's basically a tractor-trailer for the sky. The main change has been from a 4 blade propeller to a 6 blade for more power with fairly good fuel effiency
Snipers "Don't run. You'll only die tired"
AC-130 crew "Just pray. God is your only hope"
And you will be meeting him soon
"...And don't run. You'll only die tired, scared and dirty". (It is from the memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant. It is what he often told his unit commanders before a battle to keep them "fighting forward. Not backwards.")
"Ha! Verdammt Yankee, welcome to my beach... I haff you in my sights!" - German sniper, Omaha Beach, 6/6/1944
"Ha! Sniper, I have a fourteen-inch present for you! Guns! Bearing... mark! Range... mark! Fire!" - Captain, USS Texas... Omaha Beach, 6/6/1944
"Where am I? How did I get here?" - Sniper, looking confused, to Saint Peter.
"Just a minute... we don't have that answer yet..." pauses... "Oh, the USS Texas shot you... with a 14-inch naval rifle." - St. Peter at the Gates.
"What is a fourteen 'inch'...?"
"Call it 355mm... or a little over four times the size of one of your 88mm's."
"That... is as big as I am!"
"Yes... that's about the size of it." St. Peter pauses. "Of course, that was *before*..."
@@m.vondrake5534 wow I didn’t know people now and days are into like history and stuff
A-10 pilot: “Don’t even dare to listen. You will not hear your death anyways.”
The slower the AC-130 - The more precise it is, that's the story.
Yes that's true but it also dated back before most aircraft without propellers were made
@@DaToastyGoose completely true, although I'm more interested in the new info that the pentagon is gonna drop in july cause that's gonna be a game changer
@@DaToastyGoose Don't forget that the C-130 and its variants are turbo-prop powered.
@@DaToastyGoose we were pretty modernized with jets when the ac-130 entered service (1966). The choice to use the c-130 was due to it being readily available and the original craft (ac-130) being a test platform. Most jets of that time were either fighter or bomber, both not up to the task. Adding to the stable slow speed of the platform piston engines required less maintenance and were less susceptible to small arms fire from loitering around a target area. As it worked as well as it did there was not much reason to switch to a jet powered aircraft. They did however try the same setup in the c-119 a ww2 era design that was still around but it was not as effective.
Props have a lot longer loiter time. For some aircraft the loiter time is hours compared to 15 minutes for jets.
I worked on the guns on the gunship for the last 10 years. If you want to know anything more than what you asked in the video let me know. 25mm was originally a navy gun, same with the 40mm cannon, previous models of the gunship had 2x 40mm cannons side by side like they would be on the navy ships. But in this model there is only one and it is the left 40mm cannon. The 105mm is an army one and by far my favorite to work on, because it was the easiest. This model of the gunship has just recently been retired and now have a new model that has a little more fire capability than this one.
Could you put a 155mm howitzer on it??? There's a next level of hurt right off the bat...
To answer your question about why a prop instead of a jet, there's a couple reasons for this. One is that they can operate at lower speeds, which make them better suited for air support. Another reason is prop engines consume less fuel, allowing the plane to remain on station longer.
Source: Assigned 3 years to US Navy squadron
ENEMY AC-130 ABOVE
I heard this in the Spetsnaz announcer's voice.
ENEMY UAV ABOVE
TACTICAL NUKE INCOMING
@@DarthVaderTheSithLord yo,still hating sand
@@DarthVaderTheSithLord Is there any other way?
Military: let’s put a tank in the sky
People: no
Military: what about a battle ship
People: no
Military: what about we combine them
People: Y E S
That is the A-10.
@@budwilliams6590 and the AC-130
Leave it to the USA to find a way to put both a tank and artillery equipment in a plain and it actually work. Reminds me of the iron man 2 movie when stark says it is decades away from having the tech he has. So I’ll sum it up in one word, “Merica”!
@@bryandanish9514 give the engineers a concept and they sure will deliver!
@@angeryzach5450 And that doesn't even begin to be the limit. Look up the term Skunkworks.
"Oh you got an ak-47 and such?"
"The government has sky guns!"
And in case we want to really get our point across to an enemy, we have more than 1 of them. A lot more.
When you hear The Spectres' engines above, be very afraid. When you see The Spectres tilt to their left and circle, make your peace with God.
or your deity of choice as it were.
Or in their case alla
@@jamessveinsson6006 Allah is just the Arabic word for God. Same god shared by all of the Abrahamic religions (Islam, Judaism, and Christianity).
By that time it’s to late
AMEN!!!
They use props because they can operate at low speed which is good for CAS
He might not know props means propellers he said he didn't know anything about planes lol
Also better fuel economy. Means that it can stay over target for a longer amount of time. Same thought process as with the A-10, just a bigger gun.
I was also curious tho thank you for answering
There's another very good reason for the props. They're built on the regular C-130 airframe (obviously) and the props have an easier time landing on rough, dirty landing strips. Turbines really don't like dirt particles and landing on a dirt strip at a forward base would be hell on turbines, but not for props.
found it funny he called jet engines traditional.
The slower speed allows for more effective targeting and a longer sustained attack.
That's why it has propellers
“Why do they not have jet engines?”
I’d be impressed if you could hit the same spot on the ground more than twice when you’re travelling at mach 1.1
Don't need to hit it twice, when once will do it!
it more so for the fact that they arnt going in, firing quick, and getting out. the ac 130 will sit there circling the target area while its needed so props work alot better for this job than jet engines would as props perform better at slow speeds than jets do
@@musicheadt Why only hit once when you can hit the same spot 10 times in a minute and put the fear of god into the enemy. Its psychological warfare at its finest.
@@musicheadt Ah, but overkill is under-rated.
Enemy sees AC-130: "get inside"
AC-130 loads 105: "you can't hide from death"
Hides in a stash of nuclear bombs: "nor can you"
You cannot hide from my 105
@@KT4VT nice
as a former AC-130 Spectre Engineer 3 in a HALO overloard, our honor to support you
I salute you sir
*lord
Thank you for your service sir!
Eff yeah! Kudos, brother!
God bless you. Thank you
My best friend is a spooky gunner, and he says it's the best job he's ever had.
The latest model is the AC-130J Ghostrider. They kept the 105mm, but replaced the 20mm Gatling and 40mm bofors with a 30mm autocannon. However, it now has the ability to drop bombs and fire missiles. Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I think it even has the ability to conduct limited electronic warfare as well.
I got to guard this aircraft in the Air Force and I loved every minute of it
Where were you guarding them at? Their home base or when they were TDY?
@@bobmartin7070 It was TDY
Defensor Fortis my brother. I guarded these a Duke field!
@@blakewestwood8096 Defensor Fortis I guarded them in Okinawa
I was a crew chief on one in the late 70's, early 80's at Hurlburt.
There is a reason it's called "Spooky" . It's spookily effective. Gatling is for soft targets, 40 is for normal vehicles and lightly armored vehicles, the 105 is basically when the thing we aim at we don't want to see anymore
By the time this video was put on youtube this model AC-130U had already flown its final mission. The new AC-130J has already flown sorties in Afghanistan by 2019. It no longer carries the 40mm. Too old to maintain and they were already using reman brass from ww2. It's called 'Ghost Rider' it replaced the AC-130U Spooky, which replaced the AC-130H Spectre. The new J model does not carry the gatling gun nor the 40mm. Instead it carries a 30mm auto cannon to replace the gatling and now carries standoff weapons like the Hellfire, and Griffin missiles and GBU 44b and GVU 69
"We don't want to see it anymore, it is disturbingly arousing"
*fires 105*
“Hey Bob there’s an armored truck moving towards the tanks, we got anything for that?”
Bob: *loads life eraser*
The purpose of the props is so the craft can move slowly enough to target ground forces for a long period of time
Props let you maneuver quickly and keeps you tight into the target and flying using less fuel. The new one flies 3000 miles using 30% less fuel and has 6 props instead of 4
That's close. The new ones still have only four propellers. But each prop has six blades instead of four.
"Rivalry", we are like brothers and sisters. It's OK for us to fight each other. Do not mess with our siblings, we will mess up up.
Inter-service rivalry exists but when you get down to the individual level, we all know that there is a scenario where we’re could be lying wounded and depend on being patched up, protected and extracted by a member of any other branch, and speciality within that branch.
Must be a marine with that typo lol
@@mattiOTX Well, every family has that one "special" kid.😁
Aircraft engineer: "How much firepower do you ne-"
US Military: "YES!"
Also please check out the story of the B-17 bomber "Old 666".
Weapons are older, but the targeting systems are state of the art ...
Same with the ammo. Top quality boom.
A long time ago there was a show that swapped an Army Ranger and an F15 pilot. On the end they both walked away with massive respect for each other.
Cross training should be required duty. It can be invaluable.
God bless the crews of that beast. Saved our asses in mohmand valley several times over
When I showed a video of this plate to my dad he thought that the plane was in trouble because of the fire from the 20mm Vulcan and I answered : everything is in trouble except of plane.
25mm Gau-12 Equalizer. The vulcan was on older models and has since been replaced.
@@I_DE1FY_I ok cool i just went to the wiki and wrote the first multi barrel gun that I saw
you. i like you.
That would be so cool if it was true…
I remember this plane mostly from the first transformers movie. The weapons the ground troops were using to attack the metal decepticon did not do anything so they called in a AC-130 to put it down. It's silly fiction but it was still a cool movie scene with a real plane.
Thank for doing this video lad, I waited to see this too
(Lol, I had to retype words cause I misspelled it)
the AC-130 is the thing you hear when shit hits the fan. It is the bringer of death from above. The lethality of it is fucking insane
Us old boys used to call Puff the Magic Dragon
Puff was this plane's father.
Affirmative that's what I was referencing
Yes, yes. Puff the magic dragon in the sky over south Vietnam. A welcome site to the boots on the ground. God Bless Vietnam Vets, RIP
That was actually the AC47, the AC130's predecessor.
@@blakewestwood8096 Puff came 1st; then Spooky on the C47. There was also an attempt to use a Chinook, but it didn’t work as well.
The A-10 and AC-130 angel of death are the scariest sounding jet and plane on earth.
The C 130 has 4 turbo prop engines. It was designed to use shorter airfields and hauled a lot cargo and troups during Vietnam (back in my day). The original gun ship was the AC 47. Next was the AC 130, bigger and better. I was in the USAF from 1966 until 1986. Thanks for the video.
My husband loved "Spooky" when he was in Vietnam. It was a terror for the enemy and a lifesaver for our boys.
Thank him for his service for us o7
Thank you. He's been gone 5 years but I believe he hears those words. Thank you for your service and support.
Your husband is a true hero and legend. I thank you and him!
Stoner, we were blessed to have him. Thank you, thank you so very much.
@@Stepperg1 ahh, I’m very sorry for your loss
I'm getting some Death From Above vibes by seeing the AC-130 😂
You'd be suprised to know this is a real aircraft, Cod fan
@@zgSH4DOW just cause he mentioned cod doesn't mean he thinks it's not real
Wrong mission but same game the mission is death from above
@@phantomkitsune010 thanks for that 😂
@Domino 7258 thanks 😂
I was at a military display at our local Air National Guard base a few years back and got to see inside an AC130 - freaking awesome to-say the least! The crew was there answering questions and when the crowd thinned out a little, one of the guys tells a story about getting the pilot mad... Apparently they came across a weapons transfer and they had several targets to smoke. They worked on the first couple, cleaned their clocks and then went after the truck that was involved with this transfer. For grins and giggles, they were purposely lining up the 105 so it would shoot just to the back of this truck or off to the side of it, the whole time the driver was driving like a mad man to get away from this evil sky monster. After a few minutes of this and a half a dozen rounds or so, the pilot gets on the intercom and tells the gunners to quit playing with that truck, smoke it and then we can get out of here! Imagine the accuracy of that big 105 and the computer controlled targeting system that you can "play" let's scare the shit out of the target before we take it out?!?!? Gotta love the USA baby!
Props are also more efficient at hauling cargo as well as being safer to use at slower speeds because it can accelerate faster due to its higher static thrust
They have jet engines, they're just a different kind of jet engine. They're called turboprops, instead of using a piston engine to spin the propellers, they use a turbine engine. And yes the C130 aircraft is pretty old, its been in service since the late 1950s and is primarily used as a cargo plane that can take off and land on short, unprepared runways, and it can be in and out very fast, a capability unmatched by any modern aircraft, which is why its still in service. The AC130A Specter entered service in 1968 and since then it has gone through several different models, the current model in service is the AC130J Ghostrider.
I'll just simply say that if you don't have much threat, then there is no difference between both propellers because as long as your plane flies, you will be wrecking the enemies.
@Josh Kirk it first flew in 1966, but it didn't enter service until 1968. In 1968 it replaced the AC47 Spooky.
@Josh Kirk its easy to get first flight confused with when an aircraft enters service. First flight means just that, an aircrafts first fligh during its development, basically a test flight.
@@jasonchiu272 turboprop engines are more efficient and much more reliable than piston engines, one of the huge advantages the C130 has the 54H60 variable pitch propeller system as well, meaning it has the the ability to taxi backwards, which is why its able to operate from short unprepared runways.
@Josh Kirk the C130 aircraft itself first flew in 1954 and entered service in 1956.
This bad boy right here can pin down an entire company of soldiers with ease.
Imagine 20 of them circling any major city in the world.
Had to give this video a like. My dad was a flight engineer on the A model gunships and the talon cargo AC-130s.
3:46
105MM Round: **Exists**
Luke: *LoOK aT tHe SiZe Of tHeM RoUNdS!!*
"An AC-130 huh? Haven't worked with one of those in a while." -Gaz
Our so called leaders prostitutted us to the west
@@The_Ghost_Of_Holliday destroyed our cultures, our economies... our honor
"if it ain't broke, don't fix/replace it." - US Military
A-10: Am I a joke to you?
Except when politics are involved, ie the Berreta 9mm for the Colt 1911.
Actually the us military is more. We have something that works great and we have lots of so we need to replace it with something that doesn't work as well and that cost 10 times more.
That’s the Russian military you thinking about…
Politicians... "hold my beer"..
see also the Warthog.
"We call it the crowd-pleaser." Awesome.
Seeing it in use was amazing. It looked like lasers shooting onto the target, there are so many rounds put down range, so quickly.
Fr how lucky , more impressive than a jet flying by??
First flight for the AC130 is 1966. If it's still this powerful today, imagine how powerful it was back then.
Exactly. Firepower is the same but now we have operating systems that can aim the guns onto a quarter.
C-130 Introduced December 1956
@@eTraxx the C130 cargo/troop carrier airplane, yes, but the AC130 gunship first saw service in 1966.
@@chscott9525 He was asking about the airplane .. that it looked "old". Since the AC-130 was based on the C-130 I thought it appropriate. On a side note .. saw the AC-47 in action in Vietnam. :)
The airframe has been in the inventory since the 50's ( not as a gunship but still the 130 first one was commissioned in either '54 or '57 ....if I am recalling correctly)
And now you’re know why the Spetznas guy sounds so terrified we he yells “ENEMY AC130 ABOVE”
AC130 uses props instead of jet engines to stay on station at slower speed to be effective for ground support missions. AC130 is a converted C130 cargo transport plane
C-130 first flight 1954, still in production. It does it's job very well.
Prop driven aircraft can loiter and remain on station longer. The AC-130 is based on the C-130 Hercules which has been in service sine 1955 or so.
And also less affected by things like sand. Which can degrade the turbine blades.
@@joelpieters6788 Except that the C-130 (and all its variants, including the AC) have jet engines. The props do not protect the turbine blades from FOD.
The reason they have props is because they can land at dirt strip forward operating bases if needed
They can also linger in the area much longer.
@@dreamscape8045 Let us not forget the famous frog in a blender video, we have to remember our roots.
They can also land on an aircraft carrier!
@@dadthoughts3362 unfortunately no. They need too long of a runway, and the airframe can't take the strain of a catapult or arrestor wire
They can also loiter on point longer
It has "turboprops" which are very fuel-efficient and very powerful and when combined with broad fat straight wings so they can fly real slow so they are more deadly and accurate killing machines, any slower they would need to be extremely large helicopters to be able to carry the weight of all of the weaponry and armament that it carries to the battlefield scene.
These gunships can put fear in any confrontational force just by appearing without fire a single round. Awesome platform.
It’s not that old...but the best philosophy is “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”.
Laughs in M2 Browning
It's been upgraded with newer electronics, like any other plane in the service, but it's still an old airframe(think back to when tailfins on cars were the rage).
The engines have 1940s design elements. But Lockheed designed it extremely well, it still serves its original purposes, and the operational costs are far cheaper than starting a new, unnecessary development program. It gets upgrades from time to time when they are appropriate (avionics, instrumentation, propellers, etc.)
The original concept was a smaller plane during Vietnam. The service members called it "puff the magic dragon" because it made everything disappear in a puff of smoke.
I believe it was 3 20mm gatling cannons on a dc3/ c-47 platform then. Also used the c119 mounted with cannons before settling on c130 still in use today.
The VC started calling these "Dragon Ships" because of tracer rounds making it look like it was spewing fire. Thus Puff the Magic Dragon.
I remember when I was in tech school for the airforce, my dorm neighbor was a c130 crewchief and when he got his marching orders, he found out he was going to train on an ac130, I was instantly jealous
I live in North Louisiana right beside Barksdale Air Force Base which is home to the remaining B-52’s left in service. They are all that’s left of B-52’s (76 planes out of thousands originally) all built before 1955. My son in law works inside the bomb bays on these planes and says they will be in service another 50 years. Something about these old planes made them so mighty that they just refit them with new technology while keeping the body and frame unchanged. It’s quite an amazing site to watch them do maneuvers every afternoon. The old planes are serious sky beasts!
Grandpa always said, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"
The original was a AC-47 with the gatling gun "Spooky". Slow and steady.
When you started speaking about the physical and mental affects on the crew that reminded me of something I heard once, it basically went like this: "The AC-130 loaders get poisoned from so much they fire"
I trained on 105s, it's nuts they have that in a plane.
Man I love these videos and I can't wait for the original adventures to start when you guys are on the road and travel in America
Hey buddy so my childhood friend ran the gun on one of these for the last 7 years. He told me the engines use less fuel cost less to maintain and so they can stay up on overwatch for hours and hours to help. If they used jet engine they would not be able to stay on site for 12 hours and still make it home.
To answer your opening question, the AC-130 gunship is designed for close air support. That is why it doesn't use jet engines. It flies relatively slower and a lot lower than a jet so the crew can protect the friendly's but detect and kill the enemy. The turboprop A-10 was built with the same ideas, although it was primarily built to be a tank killer. A job it did very well!
LOL. The A10 does _not_ have turboprops. They have turbojets--no props on the Warthog! The C-130 most definitely has jet engines. When you hang props on a jet engine (like the C-130) it is called a turboprop.
The 105mm howitzer are still used by units. We used the 105mm in Alaska. They're light enough that a Humvee could tow them and they use smaller crews. Prop planes are still in service because sometimes you need something that goes a tad slower without the risk of falling out of the sky, you can be more precise with these planes
I love your accent and the way you explain it is very soothing . God bless ALL soldiers and their families too!
"Why do they have props instead of turbines."
I believe it's so they can go as slow as they can.
Yep -- both for accuracy and time on station -- I hope he sees this comment!
The 130 has been around since the '60's if I recall. While we used to call the 130 "four fans and a trash can", the AF used this airframe first because they are robust enough to handle the weapon systems, but the aircraft has excellent loiter and maneuverability characteristics. The jets sucked much more fuel, so they couldnt loiter as long. We rode the 130 everywhere. Knowing this is is in orbit around your position when things went hot always gave us a warm and fuzzy feeling
My grandfather on my dad's side was on a C-130 in Vietnam. I was thinking he was a jump master on it.
"Sir, we designed highly destructive weapons that can obliverate tanks and armed personnel."
"Nice, now make them fly."
There is this video called "guy in vr talks about their worst day as a soldier" and its about a guy that operated AC130. It's quite powerful story and you could check it out
i just watched that a few days ago that whole series is cool
I saw that. Learned a lot about the plane and my god the story is heart breaking
This plane has been first introduced and used during the Vietnam War
Hope you guys enjoy your travels here in America! And thank YOU for your service! We can't do it without our allies.
Bro, new to your channel but I love it already
C 130 it’s been around for like 1950s and also for a simple question the reason why to use propeller because it is easier to hover the air and jet engines burn a lot of fuel. So that’s why these propellers because they will need to stay longer.
The C-130, which has been around since the Vietnam era, was designed with props. The loiter time on these gunships is insane because of the props.
Fun fact, there's two different procedures to move a plane out of a parking spot. The push-back procedure and the power-back procedure. The push-back procedure is what is most commonly seen at airports with passenger planes and requires the use of a tug to push the plane backwards (as the name implies). The power-back procedure is most commonly used in military aviation with planes that have turboprop engines. This procedure uses the reverse thrust of the plane to push itself back under its own power. While turbofan engines can also do power-back, they are more likely to suck debris into the engines which would damage them. This is another reason the C-130 and AC-130 use turboprop engines.
Good for you bro. I’m an American Combat Air Force Veteran. Also, AC130 gunship isn’t current anymore, It’s the AC130J, now. She has amazing guns.
I first remember this from Vietnam war,and remember seeing Puff the magic dragon in a movie called The Green Berets with John Wayne.
I love the respect and comradery for the US troops from this British soldier, does me ol colonial heart good :,)
Goes both ways Sir. I'll say that one of my favorite days in Iraq was when: Iraq Police "We're keeping your people" British: "Where are they?" "The Police station Sir." "Good. Drive a tank through it and bring them home." "YES SIR!" - That was a good day. Made this old Navy Chief smile from ear to ear.
**Conversation a tad longer, I paraphrased the quotes. Didn't want you to have to read pages. :)
@@texaschief8389 thats awesome haha. Thank you for your service sir
Vietnam- Air Force search and rescue- specter sometimes made it possible for us to rescue downed pilots deep in enemy territory when we were taking too much ground fire to go in for a recovery. Little or no fire after that. They were Awesome!!! Props to the sandy pilots too. You saved our butts many times and lost yours doing too! “that others may live”
the plane has to stay in the area for ground support, that's why it doesn't need to fly at high speeds.
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The song from Sabaton?
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But...
TURMOIL AT THE FRONT!
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@ the WW2 gun
The 50 cal M2HB Browning was invented in WW1 and it's still the default weapon for US ground vehicles
You're half-right. The M2's mechanism is based on the Browning M1917/M1919. The .50 cal M2 was designed in 1918, but the cartrage wasn't ready until 1921. And although the HB variant was around from the beginning it wasn't adopted by the army until 1933.
@@pyronuke4768 just an updated design
@@_wanted_outlaw3007 yup, pretty much
Another reason for the turboprops, is the ability to land and take off in smaller and rougher makeshift airstrips.
Ive seen gunships in action at night watching them over the range cool stuff
105s looked like lightning at night!=8)
I've heard it was intended to operated from forward air strips and a prop is less susceptible to debris getting sucked into the engine.
You sir are correct. I was a jet engine mech usaf. Not in this aircraft but a10 and b52 kc135. This plane can take off from any ground and not worry about fod damage.
Yup. Its a modified C-130 which has been around since the 50's. Its ability to do steep angle of attack descents and the short distance needed to land and takeoff again is unmatched. In vietnam they would just daisycut a section of forest, use the dozers to move the stumps and bam, instant hercules landing strip. Its a hell of a plane.
No. You are thinking about reciprocating engines. THOSE are less susceptible. But the C-130 has four T-56 Allison engines. These are jet engines, which is why it is called a turboprop. They are quite susceptible to foreign object damage (FOD). But Lockheed mounted them way the hell up off the ground. That is why they are good for forward (i.e. unpaved) strips.
Ac130s use turboprops instead of jet engines because they offer a more reliable stable speed and they also need to be able to hold a speed consistently so they're targeting systems work
The reason for props instead of jets are, they can slowly loiter over combat zones for hours, instead of a fast fly by, causing much less friendly fire & more enemy casualties.
Introduction AC-130A (1968), the AC-130U Spooky (1995) and AC-130W Stinger II (2012). In the 2020's we use the turbofan powered, A-10 Warthog for close support of troops.
The AC-130 was designed from the Lockheed, turboprop military transport aircraft, C-130 Hercules 1954-present.
They do actually have jet engines. They use turbo props, which means the prop is driven by a turbine engine. I don’t know why beyond that.