M45 Quadmount .50 Caliber "Meat Chopper" 

The lead acid batteries used in Vietnam on the Gun mount were Bakelite case asphalt top batteries. No where near as powerful or durable as the present iterations for storing electricity. Often the generator would have to be hand started.

Of course. Us soldiers need a few comforts

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next to 4x .50Cal` s xD

😂😂😂the irony is strong with this one 😂😂😂

My safe space is gunna need one as well! ;)

I need to supplement my medicinal M1 Abrams with a healthy dose of Quad 50

@Dave Cockayne I might need a loan, but so long as it has a 6 year term I should be fine.

@@mordinvan Just get the loan, get the quad 50, go back to the loaners with it and “persuade” them to change the loan to a generous donation.

@@openthinker6562 I think that could have legal complications, but I will look into it.

My pop was in Korea also. He wanted to be a pilot but ended up as a radio operator talking to the pilots. He passed 2018 at 89.

@@hookeaires6637 My dad passes in 2008 at almost 81

I went through BCT at Ft Ord in Fall 1961 before ending up in 2-28th Inf (mech) in Germany. All peacetime but lots of war stories passed on by Korean War vets.

That is really gnarly. Imagine beeing a 18 year young chinese conscript storming with hundreds of your comrades in a mass wave assault forward and suddenly everyone one around you get's ripped apart from 50 cal hits. War is horrible.

He was- was a safety job for him

That’s a frightening thing to imagine.

@Robert Dill One of my many uncles by marriage, was Scots, whom served in a Scottish Regiment in Korea. He never spoke a single word about his experiences, although his his drinking and smoking habits meant he must have seen enough shit that he tried to blot them from memory. As for this ... I don't know which would be worse ... shooting this into a mass charge against your position, and see, at all too close range, the utter carnage being wrought; or be flung against this meatgrinder, at the pain of being shot by your superior officers, in an, essentially, suicidal attack ...

@The Xenomorphian I had an assignment in High School, for English Literature, where the idea was to write a number of letters to, and from, the Home Front. You could pick any war you liked. Most chose WWII. A few adventurous ones picked Vietnam. But I must have been the only kid to pick WWI. Before I even started, I realised the only way to it justice was to do a lot of background reading. The names of Ypres, Verdun, and the Somme are still etched into my memory, not least Ypres, where almost as many men drowned in the mud, as were killed by enemy action, especially as so many trees were simply reduced to stumps by artillery. And then there was the 1st July 1916. Granted, technology way out paced tactics, and its easy to critique in hindsight ... ... but bloody hell (literally ...) ... no wonder the old adage of 'Lions led by Donkeys' came into being, not just for Senior Enlisted, but equally Officers including Captains, weren't spared. So, yeah ... it doesn't take much, after reading even more since, to imagine a hillside in Korea turning into something out of the Battle of Verdun, with equipment like this around ...

@@nigelft I think this is one situation in which it is truly better to give than to receive.

@@derfunkhaus my friend said after one battle one 50 cal gun pit was so full of spent brass they had to dig the guy out.

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing Donald.

A friend of mine who just recently passed was a gunner on the gun truck "BIRTH CONTROL" in Vietnam. Have a couple of pics of him and his his crew on the truck and doing convoy duty. Totally awesome weapons system. REST IN PEACE ALEX.

Yeah thanks for sharing! And thank you for your service!

Glad you came home sir. Always like hearing stories from past conflicts from living eyewitnesses as they are firsthand accounts of history that you may not hear anywhere else. Thank you.

I thank you for your sevice...All you lads were hero's.....

My grand father was a quad 50 AA gunner in WWII and I remember a similar story as well. Also, he had one confitmed downed plane. He said it was hard to confirm because most of the time multiple half tracks were firing at the same time. Pattons 3rd army, 4th armored division.. PS my grandfather is still alive, 98

What how can a plane be a NAZI?

Your grandpa saved europe from speaking German.

@@Edfiki86 Yes, instead we get to speak Arabic. Thanks a lot, gramps.

German planes

Wow. Great story. Thanks for sharing Andrew.

@@Gunscom The next morning we had to go out and try to figure out how many dead there were. Nothing but meat and boots.

Andrew, WELCOME BACK & THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THE CALL.

You can still hear. What was that? I didn’t hear you. LOL

Yes great story. Love to hear more. Gotta learn for the waves of chinese.🙂

Only if you don't like your neighbours. Anybody within a thousand feet, regardless of walls, vehicles or trees, is going to die. If the intruder started to drive away though, unless he's driving a tank, he's toast.

I got a hunch some overzealous DA would try to call this "overkill"

Before I got one, I had a Kaiju problem.... Not anymore.

@@hadrianbuiltawall9531 or you can take it on the street. perhaps of a major metropolitan city?

@@rinoz47 Depends on the city. Maybe somewhere dark with a lot of walmart ninja.

I don't think the quad 50s are still in service. My dad used them back in the 60s though - that and the Bofors gun.

The 40mm cannon we had was Bofors. And as I wrote, I served back in 1994 at Andøya Flystasjon. They were still in use back then. Don't know if they use them still today. 😊 Still, it was awesome seeing them in action. 🤗

Initially ROC's were trained by marines and with far less rules and compunction, they came to do it. I concur with you assessment.

Yes, used extensively for convoy protection. I witnessed the ambush of a convoy that was between the Rockpile and FB Stud (Vandergriff). The quad 50 was on the bed of a 6x truck, like you said. The convoy stopped and the quad just mowed the vegetation along the side of the road down. The attack broke off immediately. No other fire support was needed. Quads seemed to accompany most convoys that I saw.

@@albarry4333 You described an event that was similar to one he described.

I was there in ‘69 - based at Dong Ha - as a SeaBee we surfaced the road from there up to the Rockpile turned left past Firebase Elliot towards Vandergriff - the convoy’s would come barreling past - they only had one speed - go like hell - they had a Duster & a quad .50 front & rear - saw them in action a couple of times - they definitely get your attention- a sight & sound you never forget- was glad to have them around.

In the event of an ambush, there won't be many bushes around for long

...MBTs?

@@TheBuster0926 Somewhat effective against MBTs, that amount of .50 bmg rounds going down range would annihilate equipment such as the commander's, gunner's and aux gunner's sights.

Anything that the gunner can't see, apparently

Leaving survivors

My ex-wife

$ $ $

LOL If I can make $4,000 per day IDC how stressfull it is.... 50 cal ammo $5.00 per round X 800 rds = $4,000.

@@mrschwifty5564 more like $3.75

@@mrschwifty5564 just depends on we're your at down we're I'm at there a shop that sells it for $3.75

And so goes the paycheck too ,Cha ching$$$$$

Coincidentally both are communist.

how about blm, antifa, etc? effective those terrorists?

How about murderous cops and proud boys?

@@luisllanito1865 found the libtard.

Better dead than red 😝

“Mama Deuce” :-)

Ma double deuce maybe

Twice o.o

🤣. Good one!

When she's behind the sight and finger on the trigger, you'd damned sure better call her "Ma'am!" If you know what is good for you that is. LOL

Can you expand on why the USA decided to mutilate the genitals of South Korean men?

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Yeah well. ..

Pulls out flak 88. Say what?

@@joshlower1 the good Flak

Especially if it comes in quadruple :-)

My father's oldest brother, C. P., was Gen. Ridgeway's aide in Korea. In one Chinese attack they were coming down a Mt pass about 60 yard wide and over a mile long. Us had quad 50s from WW2 ships mounted on old Sherman tanks with gun turrets removed sitting about 15 ft apart across valley. They fired until gun barrels were glowing red. When battle was over dead Chinese were 5 to 6 feet deep from one end to the other in that valley. The Chinese " death registrations" crew was 2 big bulldozers. They dug big trench shoved dead and wounded into them, covered them up and ran dozens over spots a few times and left. The General said the Chinese were just getting rid of excess population doing this as only every tenth man had a weapon.

@@johnchandler1687 this is just like stalingrad again!

Not even in the Korean War, way back during WWII. Americans forced many Germans to surrender by rolling up with the Meat Grinder and shooting into German barracks.

@@johnchandler1687 I knew a British veteran who had a similar experience and career, he said more than half of the Chinese only had flags and trumpets. They would have to wait till they were close to the wire before opening fire, but they relieved the tension by shouting things like F--- off you stupid bastards" and worse soldiers language at the Chinese. He also said they used to literally fight to be Bren gunners because the Chinese knew the guns were on either flank and headed for the men with bolt action rifles in the middle. I knew he wasn't BS'ing because he had a wound in his leg that could only have been caused by a bullet or a bayonet.

@@johnchandler1687 holy shit........

Nope, a quadruple Mg 42 is. Could you imagine the sound?BŔRRRRRRRRTRTRTTTTRRRRRRTTRTTTRTT

@@steffenrosmus9177 no lol m2 or nothing

@@norcal9168 have you ever heard such a quadruple Mg 42?

@@steffenrosmus9177 yeah but its not cool compared to 50s

@@norcal9168 ok typical American size matters😉😂

@Chris Oly What are you going to do to a Tiger with 50 cals? Let it know you're there?

@Chris Oly to be fair, so did the shermans.

@Chris Oly unfair comparison. The Tiger was like Mike Tyson vs the rest of us.

Task Force Faith's Dusters ammo resupply was not air dropped to the embattled Force. Instead it was staged at a depot miles away down the road. Consequently the Chinese forces were able to close and disable the halftrack quad mounts, there being no covering fire from the 40mm Bofors of the Dusters to keep the Chinese crew served weapons at distance. The then stationary Quads exhausted their ammo in place, not on the road covering the column's movement. Luckily the Marines were under a different command structure. Not only is the destruction of Task Force Faith heartrending so was the destruction of reputation and valor of the men. they kept fighting despite loss of unit cohesion, most of them becoming casualties, most of their officers and nco's killed, the wounded and frostbitten survivors who made it to Marine lines were accused of abandoning their comrades, of bugging out. This smear campaign continued for decades when in fact they fought beyond what anyone could expect of a military force against overwhelming force. They kept reforming and fighting after their units were overwhelmed and destroyed. Credit is slowly being restored but their fight was almost 70 years ago.

@Chris Oly You know, It is a weapon, a tool to be used, part of a system, not an end all be all

Not a 100 years yet

@@joshlower1 but damn near!

@@losronin3875 Close enough...Probably be using it for another 100...

@@Jreb1865 Cant fix what's not broken right?

@@Jreb1865 The only other option is to put more m2s on top of each other!

When you positively, absolutely want to make Swiss cheese out of anything that moves with light armor than a tank

Joshua, the Weapon is the Legend, not the man!

Worth it 💥

One big ass paycheck

Reminded of the Heavy from TF2: It costs $400,000 to fire this weapon... for twelve seconds!

Well a 50 cal round cheapest I could see online was $2.60 us per round. Can go all the way up to $10 per round depending on what kind of shell how many grains Etc

You definitely don't need to lead them at all with this thing.

Nice. Thanks for sharing.

Evilreddog The Bofurs 40 mm is not as effective on a Flock of Seagulls as the Quad .50 . Your Dad knew that and his service to your Country is appreciated . Too many Seagulls Today !

Rich but not on intelligence

​@@olafblaskura1951 Your grammar nightmare of a 'sentence' displays such irony, you monumental dunce.

@@231mac His grammar is alright, what´s wrong with it? Btw, you ever consider the fact that he might not be english speaking person? If you are american and you didn´t considered that fact, then it just proves his point tho.

It should be written there aswell ´´we got money, weapons, sci fi army but no health insurance policy and future for your childrens´´.

@@urdnotwrex6969 Yeah,that's why millions of people want to come here and some literally risk death to try and get to the U.S..

Yeah I remember the look on the face of the guy running it!

Charles... or Chuck.... he really enjoyed that. 😂

@@charliebuckley6572 I think he was called Chuck 😁

@@charliebuckley6572 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0zJpr-bB1sg.html

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I can imagine RWS version of it.

Fuuuuuck lol I imagined the exact same scene before I saw this comment. One of my all time favorite movies.

fkn beat me to it kek

I could be wrong' but I think civilians are limited to .50 caliber(for a rile, but I don't think any regulation on how much is sending it off.My point is say .458 SOCOM vs .458 Lott. .500 AE vs .500 BMG.. Caliber is only one factor of two very important details.

@@heavymetalmadness666 Thank you. I thought I was making a parody-joke regarding the 45-ACP fan-base. However, now I realize that I am not funny in any way, and in all likelihood, the ATF will be at my house to shoot my dog due to my flagrant disregard for their maximum caliber restrictions without entering "Destructive Device" territory. _They'll probably even use a caliber greater than .5 inches to belabor the point._

@@TROOPERfarcry I said what I did because of so much anti-gun propaganda.A huge Biden lie... "an AR-15 what do you need with 100 rounds"... That was to mislead people that know nothing about guns. any gun can hold unlimited rounds if you think outside the box

Unless you buy Russian

@@heavymetalmadness666 You still buy calibers larger than .50 in the US, you might need to get an NFA tax stamp for them.

I'm sure as global powers are forcibly shutting down our businesses and demanding we stay at home with a muzzle on our face, repealing the NFA is a top priority.

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That would shut down an AntiFa rally in 5 seconds.

@@randelldarky3920 .05 seconds

I bet if someone said this about the republicunts who were blocking the roads earlier this year because they didn't want to wear their mask you'd be crying a river.

@@mpk6664 no comparison. Fact cannot be misconstrued as fiction. Go watch videos that you can relate to. This is not one of them.there’s no video of republicans blocking traffic because of a mask.Dummy.

I never knew where that saying originated. Thanks.

According to Forgotten Weapons, that saying came from WW1 machine guns (the Lewis gun IIRC), not in the 50's.

So now I have looked this up in Wiki, which says the origin is unknown. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_whole_nine_yards

It's an expression used by Spitfire pilots. References the length of a.303 belt to every gun in the Mk1's

Didn't go 20

Wow. Thanks for sharing.

70 knph... with a gunboat? blazing quad 50s? ashtoneshing. hard to beat a rush like that!

and yet the drug business is bigger than ever and continues to grow.

@@MrChiangching depends on a lot of factors, interdiction being just one. There are many other avenues that allows the drug business to flourish.

@@jussayinmipeece1069 and i'm saying interdiction has totally failed.

Good old thatch weave...

😆 😆

I'd be grinning so wide the top of my head might fall off.

Meant to shred targets hidden behind soft cover. Bricks, concrete, or sandbags might stop or slow .50 ... but wood, drywall, unarmoured vehicles, jungle, and forest won't.

@Bruh Fu Perfect for fire base security Spray and pray with the guns and pop out 40 Mike Mike's as needed all from one platform

@Bruh Fu *Some of the early huey gunships had a 40mm mounted to the nose.

@Colin Gregson Actually they needed the Soviets to win. Their invasion forced the japanese to surrender not the nukes themselves. It make sense. Most of the japanese cities were bombed to dust by the time the US decided to use the nuke anyway.

Yeah, don't know many vets that talk about combat very much.

CnC generals.

Yes, yes I do. C&C generals Zero Hour whenever I need AA to cover my base.

C&C Generals, my favorite RTS.

"Four on the floor"

😆 😆

u call that sport?

@@pegasus514 nope I call it fun

@@mtower235 haha

I have been on dove fields that sounded just like that. Not 1 bird dropped from the sky. Hahaha

Exactly what I thought when I saw it. Am too young to have seen it in war but I sure did see it in Waterworld.

The cousin operate it,Chuck or Charles is his name.

That would look pretty epic.

@@mordinvan It truly would....And then you think about that this was a favorite weapon in Korea, for use against Chinese night time "human wave" attacks....Imagine it...Good fricking golly, man!

@@rickb1973 Also field artillery at close to horizontal elevation possible, gun tubes packed with glass, metal bits, nuts and bolts, small arms shell casings, as per my father's account, bugles and whistles screaming all night. Such was the carnage the adjacent bluffs/ridges had to be blasted into rubble to create aggregate to use to seal the battle site into a mass grave. He never really came to terms with that. Prayers for all.

Tracers are difficult to handle and store and EXPENSIVE !!

Yes! ^^

Yeah, I watched it😊👍

Not the only one in the USA.