How does the ammunition of a towed artillery work?

As an Artillery veteran, I feel like this video had more information than what was taught to us in Artillery School back in the day. Great video, subscribed!

Man I absolutely love this video. Super simple, neat, no technical jargon, no nonsense talk, no extra human noises. Mundane, straightforward, insightful. I want more of these on every topic possible in military hardware. Please keep making such high quality videos. Thankyou so much.

Man I agree w the comments below. I watch mil tech vids and NEVER seen one on any subject this well done. Concise and well illustrated. Im now a fan!

As an ex gunner, this was brilliant. I'd add a description of the variable size charges used. The reason the propellant is kept in bags is because they can be used to help with range. Fewer bags means lesser range. Determining the range needed also requires more or less charge/propellant, to reach the required range. Anyway, thanks for this

Ok, as a gunner this was a fantastic video!! Very very well done

It seems that I've hit the gold mine of military technical animations. Straight and thorough explanation combined with detailed animation? No reason not to sub. Great content, keep up the good work!

I served as a 89B (Ammunition Specialist) in Iraq… we operated a large ASP(Ammunition Supply Point) and we stored and issued large amounts of these weapons and many others. This video was outstanding! Refreshed my memory on many things I haven’t thought about in nearly two decades… and showed me things I never learned as an 89B. Thank you!

I was 13Bravo for 12 years until I got hurt. I was the ammo team chief for three years; I became a chief of a section after six years. Your short little video taught me more about the internal workings of fuzes and rounds we used than correspondence courses or training. Even as the Ammo Team Chief, my training didn't cover this stuff. Thank you for posting this. I got a few friends that are still serving, with whom I've shared your video. Good training :-)

The type of ammunition and whether the gun is self propelled (SP) or towed are independent. There are three types of large caliber ammunition: fixed, semi-fixed and separate loading. SP or towed guns can be designed to shoot any of these types.

Outstanding! I wish I saw this video 50 yes ago when I was in Artillery AIT at Ft. Sill, OK. I was ultimately assigned to a M110 Self Propelled Howitzer unit in Germany. Our guns projectile was 8 inches in diameter, weighed 200 hundred lbs and came up to my waist when stood up. It took 2 guys to lay the projectile down on a metal tray which was then lifted by 2 men and hooked up to a hydraulic ram which placed it into the breech of gun. One day during live fire the other guy that helped me load the projectile slipped and the tray dropped and the fused projectile tip hit the corner of the gun. The other screamed and I let out a holler myself. We thought we were going to be dead. They stopped the live firing to explain the shear pin that was in the fuse so that the thing wouldn't explode until it went through the barrel and spun thus snapping 5he shear pin and arming the projectile to explode. My Army experience was so intense that I still vividly remember my days on active duty 50 years ago!. Done some further research. Range was 15 to 20 milles. During that time. Czechoslovakia was communist So we were there to protect Europe. We had nuclear rounds on base. I remember we had a unit on base that took turns being active 24/7. If I remember correctly there were 5 guys in a group. Each had a sequence to do to arm the nuclear round. They had great duty Didn't do shit. They were there for one thing only. They never associated with us. They were secret ghosts. East Germany existed then. Berlin was right in the middle. If you had to go to Berlin, you could only fly in or take a train. If you took the train, you were advised to bring cigarettes. The train would be stopped on the way, boarded by armed guards, and they liked American cigarettes. They would question you less if you gave them cigarettes. Anyone make that train trip during early 70's?

So I always wondered how those shells weren't constantly exploding, that interrupter device is genious!

A week long AIT class in 10 minutes well done!

I commanded a 105mm towed howitzer battery back in 1967. I truly enjoyed your excellent video. It was accurate and easy to understand. I'm sending the link to my great-grandson.

Amazing. I wouldn't know how to make this any more succinct or illustrative. Kudos to the animators!

01:15 I love the grumpy gunners, totally not exited that they go to work LOL

One of the clearest explanations of anything I've ever seen.

As a former Navy guy, this was very informative. We loaded all types of ordinance on our aircraft but the days of artillery type guns were long gone by the time I was in.

This was the best vid on topic ive ever seen. Thanks for giving someone whom isnt in the military a brilliant explanation

I’m going to say what many have already have said since it is clearly the absolute truth. This is by far the most underrated channel on YouTube! Well done !

Sliding block breeches are cooler than screw breeches. Hearing the clanging of the shell casing is satisfying.