Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
U.S. Navy sailors reload 20mm tungsten ammunition(offloading the dummy rounds at left and loading the tungsten ones(red sabots) at right) into the magazine drum of a Phalanx Closed-in Weapons System (Phalanx CIWS) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78).
Phalanx CIWS is a close-in weapon system for defense against incoming threats such as small boats, surface torpedoes, anti-ship missiles and helicopters.
Phalanx CIWS mounts fire at a rate of 3,000 rounds per minute and have the magazine drum capacity of 1,550 rounds. The velocity of the rounds fired is about 3,600 feet per second or 1,100 m/s.
Credits: U.S. Navy videos by Senior Chief Petty Officer RJ Stratchko, Seaman Apprentice Zack Guth
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U.S. Navy sailors reload 20mm tungsten ammunition(offloading the dummy rounds at left and loading the tungsten ones(red sabots) at right) into the magazine drum of a Phalanx Closed-in Weapons System (Phalanx CIWS) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78).
Phalanx CIWS is a close-in weapon system for defense against incoming threats such as small boats, surface torpedoes, anti-ship missiles and helicopters.
Phalanx CIWS mounts fire at a rate of 3,000 rounds per minute and have the magazine drum capacity of 1,550 rounds. The velocity of the rounds fired is about 3,600 feet per second or 1,100 m/s.
Credits: U.S. Navy videos by Senior Chief Petty Officer RJ Stratchko, Seaman Apprentice Zack Guth
The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.
Derivative works: Military Archive
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![Light & Fast 105mm Artillery in Action • Intense Live Fire Exercises [Compilation]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hAc1CnKqSyo/mqdefault.jpg "Light & Fast 105mm Artillery in Action • Intense Live Fire Exercises [Compilation]
Video compilation of artillerymen during conducting live fire training exercises with the GIAT LG1, M102 and M119A3 105mm howitzers.
With a well-trained crew, a 105 mm-Howitzer can launch around ten shells per minute, in a distance of up to 15 kilometers.
Lightweight artillery can be easily airlifted by helicopter, or dropped by parachute, it is easier to change azimuth of fire and does not need a recoil pit.
Credits: Video by OR-8 Florian Fregen, OR-7 Michael OBrien, Verboven Stijn; U.S. Marine Corps video by Staff Sgt. Donald Holbert, Lance Cpl. Tanner D. Lambert; U.S Army National Guard video by Spc. Stephen M. Wright; U.S. Army video by Gertrud Zach | United States Department of Defense
Thumbnail Credit: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Donald Holbert
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![Sinking Exercise during RIMPAC • Hits by Missiles and Torpedoes [Compilation]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/imwLc2T3oks/mqdefault.jpg "Sinking Exercise during RIMPAC • Hits by Missiles and Torpedoes [Compilation]
PACIFIC OCEAN. Aerial view of the sinking exercise (SINKEX) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 26 to August 1. The worlds largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
★00:00★ - The ex-USS Ogden (LPD 5) is fired upon by a harpoon missile from the Republic of Korea (ROKS) submarine LeeSunSin (SS 068) and then by a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) from the Royal Norwegian Navy frigate HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen during a SINKEX as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014.
Pacific Ocean Footage from the SINKEX of ex-USS Tuscaloosa (LST 1187) during Rim of the Pacific Exercise 2014.
★01:23★ - Pacific Ocean Footage from the SINKEX of ex-USS Tuscaloosa (LST 1187) during Rim of the Pacific Exercise 2014.
★01:40★ - Aerial video of the sinking exercise (SINKEX) of the decommissioned guided-missile frigate USS Crommelin (FFG 37) during Rim of the Pacific 2016.
★02:33★ - Aerial view of the sinking exercise (SINKEX) of the decommissioned USS Thach (FFG 43) during Rim of the Pacific 2016. Participants in the exercise include U.S., Canada, Australia, and the Republic of Korea.
★06:26★ - GUAM forward looking infrared radiometer (FLIR) imagery from a U.S. Navy Patrol Squadron 46 P-3 Orion documenting live fire from ships and aircraft participating in Exercise Valiant Shield 2016. The decommissioned USS Rentz (FFG 46) sank in waters 30,000 feet deep, 220 nautical miles northeast on Guam.
★07:30★ - USS Ronald Reagan Sinkex, RIMPAC 2010. Aircraft firing weapons at decommissioned warships with the purpose of sinking them.
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Thumbnail Credit: Australian Defence Force
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