USMC M198-Bagdad

[gulogulo]

M198 Regiment sending tons of 155 mm shells on Bagdad..:

http://www.youtube.com/v/eYR-H4Hgoz8

[BadKarma26]

I saw DPICM once. thats a damn impressive firepower display. wouldnt want to be on the recieving end

[gulogulo]

I saw DPICM once. thats a damn impressive firepower display. wouldnt want to be on the recieving end

No, but i would like too see it though.... Could someone please record it some day....:lol:

[Manu]

that looks awesome

[grabie_bis]

For a second i would have said that were gatling rounds... amazing!

[PanzerMaster]

Please explain to me somethings, as I am not a miiltary:

They are firing "tracer" artillery round? I never heard of that. Those rounds seem to travel very slow, and there isn't the danger of revealing the firing position?

Thanks

[Djuice]

Now if Iraq had any working counter-battery arties, with night-vision at that time, it would of been a massacre..

[gulogulo]

I have also been wondering about why you can see the rounds so clearly (IR lenses??), i have never heard about 155 mm tracers...

It takes about 30 seconds from the round goes off till it desipires in the horizon..
If they fire at a distance of 15 km it's an average speed of 3000 kph..

[JJJ]

Any idea how far those are shooting? I know those shells are just flying insanely fast, but they do appear to be floating because that distance is so great.

[gulogulo]

Any idea how far those are shooting? I know those shells are just flying insanely fast, but they do appear to be floating because that distance is so great.

Maks. 22000 metres...

[wicked_hind]

Please explain to me somethings, as I am not a miiltary:

They are firing "tracer" artillery round? I never heard of that. Those rounds seem to travel very slow, and there isn't the danger of revealing the firing position?

Thanks

They're not tracer shells. The only reason they can be seen through NVGs is because they're hot as they leave the barrels, for obvious reasons.

On another note, I sure wish we still used the M-110A2 203mm SP howitzer-now that was a fine piece of artillery.

[tomcat1974]

They're not tracer shells. The only reason they can be seen through NVGs is because they're hot as they leave the barrels, for obvious reasons.

As far as I know NVG is using Image intensifier tech, not IR . Maybe I am wrong.

[MG 3]

M-109 shells do the same thing at night if fired at a higher angle and then viewed through NV.

[MG 3]

On another note, I sure wish we still used the M-110A2 203mm SP howitzer-now that was a fine piece of artillery.

I allways used to like the 109 more but when I saw what happenes at the business end of the 110's shells it was pure devastation.

BTW we just bought more of the american 110's.

[grabie_bis]

Id say the rounds have a "base bleed" design (see link) to increase the range, so the gases burning produce the light intensified by NVG.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_bleed

[Heinzi]

As far as I know NVG is using Image intensifier tech, not IR . Maybe I am wrong.

CCD chips detect a bit infrared, maybe thats the reason. Or the shells have some kind of tracer in the back, like tank rounds.

[John_J]

[quote=gulogulo;2338529]M198 Regiment sending tons of 155 mm shells on Bagdad..:


shelling Baghdad, a city with millions of people in it, I bet that doesnt go hand in hand with the Geneva Convention

[Thorgen]

What I've learned about Geneva Convention, is that only places off-limit are hospitals, religious grounds and neutral zones (both parties of the conflict have agreed that there will be no military presence in a particular area). I don't think anyone would waste time and resources to shell an area where they aren't sure enemy combat units would exist. Trust me, in the heat of war you will be asked for fire support from many directions and you will not waste your resources on something you're not certain of. If someone is acting against the convention, it's the persons being targeted by being there in the first place. No target where the enemy troops are is off-limits, it's simple as that.