How Aiming Artillery without Seeing Target Works

Go to to stay fully informed, compare coverage and avoid biased media narratives. Subscribe through my link to save 40% off unlimited access. 0:00 What is Direct Fire for howitzers? 1:13 Why are different types of artillery? 1:27 What is a mortar system made of? 1:47 What is “riding the lightning“? 2:04 What is low angle fire and high angle fire? 3:48 Why do you need to dig a pit for a howitzer? 4:29 Ground News Sponsor 5:33 Why soldiers look into the barrel of a howitzer? 5:50 How come the howitzer rammer (ramrod) is cured, not straight? 6:14 What are different types of fuses for howitzer rounds? 6:45 How many charges are needed to fire a howitzer? 7:11 How are howitzers aimed at the target? 8:52 How are howitzers aimed manually? 9:50 How is sniper fire similar to artillery fire? 10:17 What is bracketing? 10:48 How howitzer batteries ensure they don’t hit friendly forces? 11:38 What are different types of artillery rounds? (smoke and illuminations rounds) 12:17 How are large artillery pieces transported? 13:10 What is the advantage of self-propelled artillery guns? 13:51 How did drones impact artillery operations? #NotWhatYouThink #NWYT #longs Music: Tiger Beat - Tigerblood Jewel Behind the Line - Tigerblood Jewel Sweet Talk (Instrumental Version) - Tyra Chantey Linda Low - Lucention Primary Code - Max Anson Montage of a Map - Eden Avery Cut the Mustard - Tigerblood Jewel Upon Entering Another Realm - Brendon Moeller Some Kinda Medication - Pip Mondy Reaching beyond the Clouds - Tellsonic Footage: Select images/videos from Getty Images Shutterstock US Department of Defense Note: “The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.“