Nuclear Vault | Artillery Maintenance (1969) @nuclearvault | Uploaded October 2020 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). Silent. Summary: Approx. 400': Soldiers of the 35th Artillery perform preventive maintenance on M-109 SP 155 howitzer. CU, soldiers turn muzzle and remove it from barrel. Crew cleans and scrubs muzzle and barrel. CU, faces of crew as they work. Crew chief checks oil and transmission fluid sticks on M-109. He follows up with lubrication and battery inspection. WEAPONS CACHE AND EQUIPMENT.: A Shau Valley, South Vietnam: 04/22/1969: Approx. 400': Troops of the 502nd, 101st Airborne uncovered a cache of weapons and equipment hidden by the enemy. CU, soldiers put wheels and tires on stripped Soviet truck. CU, officers check captured medical supplies. Soldiers assemble supplies to be taken out. Pan on captured supplies. CU, radio sets, camouflaged dugout and truck. MS, CU, weapons piled up. CU, buried truck engine. LS, soldiers guard captured equipment. Pan over area where equipment was found.
Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). Silent. Summary: Approx. 400': Soldiers of the 35th Artillery perform preventive maintenance on M-109 SP 155 howitzer. CU, soldiers turn muzzle and remove it from barrel. Crew cleans and scrubs muzzle and barrel. CU, faces of crew as they work. Crew chief checks oil and transmission fluid sticks on M-109. He follows up with lubrication and battery inspection. WEAPONS CACHE AND EQUIPMENT.: A Shau Valley, South Vietnam: 04/22/1969: Approx. 400': Troops of the 502nd, 101st Airborne uncovered a cache of weapons and equipment hidden by the enemy. CU, soldiers put wheels and tires on stripped Soviet truck. CU, officers check captured medical supplies. Soldiers assemble supplies to be taken out. Pan on captured supplies. CU, radio sets, camouflaged dugout and truck. MS, CU, weapons piled up. CU, buried truck engine. LS, soldiers guard captured equipment. Pan over area where equipment was found.
