Thanks, I remember when the Apache first came out. I had a simulator on my Atari 520ASTMI..I remember now that the graphics were laughable, but the feeling of invinciblity was intoxicating. A 30mm chin mounted, HUD aimed cannon. 27mm FFAR and Hellfire missiles in the u
During the Gulf War I was in D co. 2/502nd INF, 101st ABN as an 11H (Tank Destroyer-Infantryman) and while we’re we’re on the Iraqi border getting ready for the ground phase to kick off, we had an Apache unit about 800 meters away from our positions and each night they’d fly over our heads with their missile racks full of Hellfire missiles and 45 minutes later they’d return empty, we’d watch them with our PVS-7 NVG’s so we could clearly see what they were carrying.
Thank you for your service! Huge respect for what you've done and went through 💪 I've always wanted to see Apache in real life since childhood days. United States Air Force is astonishing overall, there is a countless aircrafts I would love to see, perhaps one day I get that chance. I hope you have a blessed day, and thank you for sharing this 🙏
@@EasyFromFinland thank you for your kind regards. At the time we were bored as hell waiting for things to kick off and we had to scan our sectors 24 hours a day so there was always one man in the gun turret. We did get hit with some Iraqi artillery but it was just flare rounds that they put up so their forward observers could better identify the target area and adjust for follow on HE rounds but, our anti-artillery radar picked up where the Iraqi guns were on the ground and immediately responded with MLRS fire so after 15 minutes of missiles hitting the Iraqis it was dead quiet after that. The other scary time was when we were told that two Iraqi divisions were on their way to hit us which was near Quaysumah, we had our vehicles dug in near the civilian airport and we had one fall back position at that was our last position to fight from, nothing further. We knew the Iraqis would likely hit our sector of the defense line since we’re a light Infantry division but the Air Force AWAC was tracking the movement of the Iraqi divisions in the wadi Al Batin and sent B-52’s and everything else that could carry bombs and wiped them out entirely, it was pure hell for the poor bastards, almost felt sorry for them. So we never heard or saw the Iraqi units, I could feel the ground gently vibrating through the night from the bombs going off miles away, sort of like a hotel vibrating bed, lol. Besides that it was boring and miserable but not too bad overall. Each Apache could carry 16 Hellfire missiles and they’d use every one of them on Iraqi tanks each night, must’ve been incredible to watch the engagements. I was sent back to Iraq in 2003-04 and nothing had changed in the quality of the Iraqi military, it’s a complete joke, they all ran away and stripped off their uniforms and put on civilian clothes and just watched us roll by them as they waved at us. There’s a lot of reasons why Arab militaries are so bad and it stems from the country having an extremely low IQ of around 70 and while I was there for 15 months it was annoying to deal with so many morons and it’s mainly from first cousin and incestual marriages for the past 1400 years. But I did meet and work with some great Iraqi’s while there and I learned the truth about their culture and religion, the average American likely wouldn’t believe the truth about them. If you’re still young enough, you should consider joining our ranks in any branch you choose, I chose the Army Infantry for my own reasons and no, the Infantry isn’t populated with morons, lol. The average IQ of a Grunt is around 120 mainly because Grunts prefer a fluid and challenging environment compared to doing the same boring task day in, day out.
@@echohunter4199 It is an honor to hear these from someone whose experienced that side of life. You are the kind of man I look up to, I salute you. I wish I had the opportunity to join US Army, or any other branch also, but as someone whose from Finland, I don't think it is possible to do so, but perhaps our countries will work more closely now since Finland is a NATO country. I will accomplish/fulfill my obligatory conscript in 2025 summer in Finnish Defense Forces. I was already doing it last summer 2023 but I managed to injure my leg while in training, so I had to post-pone it to 2025. I will most likely apply to sapper/pioneer and work with EOD and IEDD's as bomb defuser (Not entirely sure about the term what is used in english, my apologies.) And from there, after I've completed my conscription, I would love to enlist to be a peacekeeper, and perhaps help to defuse some bombs in foreign country, maybe Iraq or Somalia. My grandfather's father fought in the Continuation War back in 1941-1944, and I wish to walk in his footsteps and make a career in Finnish Defense Forces. Thank you for sharing this with me, I will remember this comment when I will be completing my conscription, it really made my day better. 🙏
Thank you for the feedback, I will make it louder in the future projects/edits! When I edited this video, it sounded completely different for me for some reason, but I will fix it, no worries 💪 Have a blessed day!
