Videos tagged with Anti-Tank

This video demonstrates the operational procedure for the M20 75mm Recoilless Rifle, including loading, live fire, and unloading. The demonstration highlights the weapon's significant backblast and projectile impact on a steel target. The expert instruction emphasizes safe range procedures and proper weapon handling.

This video provides an expert-level demonstration of the AT4 84mm M136 recoilless weapon, often mistaken for a rocket launcher. It covers essential preparation steps including safety pin removal, cocking the mechanism, deploying and adjusting sights, and proper shouldering technique. A live fire segment highlights the weapon's operation and significant backblast. The instruction is methodical and authoritative, suitable for those familiar with advanced weapon systems.

This video showcases an inert M31 practice rifle grenade and its M7 spigot launcher, detailing their historical use against tanks. It highlights the specific .30 caliber M3 cartridges used as blanks for launching and presents vintage combat footage demonstrating their effectiveness. The ASMR-style presentation focuses on the mechanical aspects and historical significance of this vintage ordnance.

The Lahti L-39 20mm anti-tank rifle, nicknamed 'Miss Lottie,' is a historical firearm chambered in 20x138mmB, boasting immense power with over 35,000 ft-lbs of muzzle energy, nearly triple that of a .50 BMG. This semi-automatic rifle features a unique top-loading 10-round magazine, a robust charging crank system, and a massive muzzle brake. Its design includes sleds for snow transport that double as a bipod, significantly improving stability and reducing recoil during firing.

This video details the professional restoration and assembly of the M40 106mm recoilless rifle. It highlights the critical steps of mount assembly, barrel installation using heavy machinery, and mechanism testing. The integration of the M8C .50 caliber spotting rifle for target ranging is also demonstrated, showcasing the breech block operation.

This video features a cutaway of a 75mm M66 High-Explosive Anti-Tank round, specifically designed for the M1 Pack Howitzer. The content highlights historical military ordnance and its intricate internal mechanisms. The tags focus on the specific artillery piece, the ammunition type, its historical context (WWII), and broader military and army themes.

This video details rare WWII German and British squeeze-bore artillery ammunition based on the Gerlich principle. It explains how a tapered barrel forces a sub-caliber projectile with soft flanges to reduce its caliber, significantly increasing velocity for enhanced anti-tank effectiveness. Production ceased due to tungsten shortages and manufacturing complexity.

This video unboxes and compares a 140mm APFSDS 'Thumper' round with a standard 120mm M865 training round. It highlights the significant size difference between the two calibers and shows them in the context of the M1A1 Abrams and experimental M1 Thumper tanks. The presenter demonstrates expertise in handling and identifying military ordnance.

This video provides a detailed visual inspection and partial disassembly of a WW2 Soviet 45mm Arrowhead Armor Piercing Anti-Tank round. It highlights the projectile's construction, including its arrowhead tip and hollow carrier body, and shows the brass casing with its factory markings. The demonstration emphasizes proper handling of historical ordnance and identification of key components and markings.

This video provides a detailed, silent demonstration of the disassembly of an inert M136 AT4 84mm High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) round. It showcases the deployment of the fin-stabilized projectile and the internal components, including the tail section, nozzle, and main body, highlighting the 'INERT' marking and internal serial numbers.

This video unboxes an inert M823 training version of the 155mm Copperhead laser-guided anti-tank projectile. It details the preparation and opening of the military transport case, revealing the projectile. Archival footage explains the Copperhead's operational concept: fired from over 10 miles away, it uses laser guidance for precision strikes against armored targets.

This YouTube video focuses on the RPG-43, a Soviet anti-tank hand grenade. The title and description highlight its nature as ordnance and its military application. While no specific firearm models are mentioned, the topic falls under military surplus and historical weaponry.