HLC takes a closer look at the military strengths and weaknesses of The United States and Iran. Who would win in this conflict? Stay tuned to find out more! Get your Arrowhead Tactical gear here: bit.ly/4cWrfFy
Coming from former military aircraft mechanic, we had a few foreign allies train at our technical facilities. I got the feeling aircraft maintenance moved alot slower than we do. Poor supply chains, no funding for parts or research, etc. I doubt they could field over a handful of sorties before they would be overwhelmed. Their mechanics looked like deer in the headlights at our workflow.
@@dylanchristensen3072 😂 it’s a surgeon smoking and drinking beer while doing an operation. I thought it’ll go good with the username “Born to Lose” which is a George Carlin reference to a surgeon with born to lose tattooed on his hands 😂
Once, I stood Machine Gunner in the sail on the SSN I served on. Looking down, I observed the Coastie boat going with us. I knew my job but I didn't really know their job. So I asked the stupid question and the Officer of the Deck, our Weapons Officer, looked up and said, "If a suicide boat comes at us, they get in the way. Then you shoot it." I won't hear negative word about the Coast Guard in my physical presence. They always have your back.
The more I learn about the coast guard the more I am convinced they're all completely insane. And the only reason we don't throw them at our enemies like the Marines is because it would be completely unfair. Edit just in case it wasn't clear. This is a compliment.
Honestly my mother's father was in the Coast Guard during WW2, and he helped with hunting German subs in the Atlantic. He used to tell me stories whenever my grandparents visited from Texas. Dude was a badass.
@habitual_linecrosser yo, what are the thoughts on french rafelae beating the snot out of the block 70/72 in war games or is the US f16 really that far behind in dogfigting 😢
Completely unrelated to this specific video, but.....I just want to say how much I love you for how you always finish off your vids with "do not give in to the 22 a day...." I mean this literally...repeating that in my head, fully in your voice (cuz I'd never listen to my own), has gotten me through a few nights to see the next morning again. Thank you.
Yeah. Really appreciate that line he had in one of his latest videos. Not a vet but have been pretty Fucking depressed for a while. But it's worth it to stick around for one more day.
@@randomcenturion7264 It's become my "codeword" to my GF, ex-wife, and best friend when I'm not only feeling depressed but DANGEROUSLY so is to go "The 22 are very loud today"
To answer your question, Air National Guard IS Air Force. The high schoolers you're thinking of are the Civil Air Patrol, the civilian auxiliary to the United States Air Force. Formed in WWII December 1st, 1941.
If there was only an enemy Air Force that had enough aircraft I have little doubt our beloved crack powered wolverine of a fighter would do just that, take the Eagles thundering record. Sorry my fellow gen X Eagle drivers/keepers but, the kid is crazy awesome. I think that’s how the kids are saying it these days.
HLC you did a fantastic job! The amount of work and fact checking that you put into every video you make is astonishing! I tell as many people as possible about your channel and when I show them one of your videos they get hooked. Keep doing what you’re doing! All the best to you, Mrs HLC and your furry kids.
This just in: The Iranian President Tweeted 24 hours before his death about the fact that he is preparing to release a statement about 'Safety Issues Concerning the Boeing 747'. Coincidence? I think not!
It doesn't work for them, they create it. look at some of their contracts from Vietnam from the government, they were paid to look into how to make it rain to destroy trails, how to make large areas of fog for cover of troop movement. Among many other companies and contracts.
My Coast Guard unit deployed with the Navy. We operated gun boats in the North Arabian Gulf. I was in Kuwait and members of my unit were in Iraq. Additionally, the Coast Guard has Cutters patrolling all over the gulf.
Iran officials claim they are in contact with survivors, they just can't get to them quickly due to difficult terrain and bad weather. Who survived and in what condition was not disclosed.
"We don't call them jarheads anymore. Because that's considered offensive. A jar would imply you could put something IN there." "They havea habit of FARMING enemy armies for XP." "I never see any tanks, where are they?" Fort Hood. Been on that base, and it's like a tank parking lot.
Ft Knox in the late 80s and early 90s was used for Marine D.A.T. training. I don't know if they are still there, but I discovered that t.v. doesn't really convey just how big and dangerous the Abrams is. I was there as a Cav Scout and didn't interact with the Marines much, but we always knew where the Tanks were.
Was stationed on Hood, there's a freakish amount of armor there. Apparently the rest of the III Corps posts (Carson, Bliss, and Riley) are all chock-full of tanks too.
Did contractor work at fort hood a few years ago. A lot of big booms, I thought it was mortar training. Cav guys by where I was working told me it was actually just a fuck ton of tanks.
Most of the tanks are spread among the heavy unit posts with a few Guard tanks- yes us part-timers have tanks too- spread around Guard training posts like Camp Shelby and McCrady Training Center. We’re not everywhere, but we’re in places that might surprise you.
6:52 - You could include cargo planes in it now that the U.S has Rapid Dragon, all cargo planes can be loaded up with pallets (Yes, PALLETS) of cruise missiles. Fat Electrician has a video on it and there's a test footage of it successfully deploying floating around on RU-vid if anyone's interested. Depending on the size of the cargo plane, they can hold even MORE cruise missiles and these cruise missiles can even be nuclear armed as well if desired, its such a cool technology.
USMC: "We don't need a 3:1 advantage against you. You need a 3:1 advantage against us." Enemy: "We do have a 3:1 advantage against you." USMC: "But it won't be enough. We're looking to level up and you look like a good amount of XP to farm." *[Cracks knuckles.]*
Marines are the butt of a lot of jokes, but no one who has to fight them are making any. The Japanese in WW2 were terrified of the marines, for good reason, and they've only gotten tougher since then.
Yeah that 3:1 is nearly doctrine, combat experienced Marines that were even decently equipped would be dangerous even facing 10:1 odds. They may eat crayons but they turn crayons calories into dead enemies fairly effectively.
There is an infographics channel that actually did this. Not going to lie, it is scary... for the rest of the world. The entire thing came down to everyone ganging up on the USA with a surprise attack while Canada and Mexico still exist in order to even have a chance.
That is indeed the concern right now, they have really played their cards well by duplicating our cards. Our only hope on this earth is the American spirit raising an army like D-day x10.
Man, I love your long form videos and I want more. The way you present the data is absorbable, entertaining and extremely interesting. I honestly have no critiquing, just keep doing it just like this. Thank you and please stay awesome!
Those hangar doors couldn't last forever and he has probably been working on weakening them for a while....if he isn't back by now we may want to check somewhere much further north.
It isn’t that tanks aren’t what they used to be, it is that you need at least air superiority to use them effectively. They are what they have always been. You just need those same conditions. There is a reason why Desert Storm started with gaining air supremacy. There is a reason why Khasham turned into the bloodbath it was AFTER the air supremacy of America came into full force
Tanks need infantry support in urban areas also which a good portion of modern battlefields have been in ( or up in the mountains where tanks really can’t go anyways). It doesn’t help ( or it does depending on which side you are on) that infantry level anti-tank munitions have come a long ways. But we have not faced an adversary that has had even near peer armor of their own, the last great tank battle was way back in the 90’’s.
@@richardbossman9875 Yes. Obviously. But that isn’t the issue in Ukraine, well at least for the Ukrainians. This is a comment about what’s missing in the context of what’s said in the video
It is almost as if the stories from the past keep repeating themselves.... Tanks when used it WW1 were barely worth the effort. Their speed made them an easy target for artillery. They were prone to breakdowns. They were prone to being overrun by infantry. They were taken out by anti-armor rifles (originally used to shoot bunkers and emplacements). However, they were a morale booster. They also had a way to break a stalemate in an area even if it did take a lot of resources. Go to WW2 and this was still the case. However, the US military for example, played against these weaknesses. High cost? Make them cheap. Low reliability? Put some of the best manufacturing engineers in charge of the design and testing. Low speed? Make them fast and make them quickly. Prone to being overrun? Make so many of them that the infantry can all have a tank friend. Give the infantry vehicles as well so no one is waiting. The USA basically hit the perfect stride with tanks in WW2.
Great video. Your ability to be partisan and stick with the facts while also being highly patriotic is quite the feat. Thumbs up from America's warcrime hat lol
It's great. After a full well thought out long form video like this, I sometimes forget this's HLC's comment section. Then I read "Thumbs up from America's warcrime hat" ... love it.
Fun fact about the Coasties. For the past several years a team from the US Coast Guard has placed significantly higher in the overall standings at the International Sniper Competition than the USMC.
Everyone talks shit about the coasties until they remember their snipers are helicopter trained and their grunts willingly hop onto narco subs to stop them.
For far, I like everything you post besides the game stuff. I’m just not a gamer. But I like the production and hooks you use and your fast pace talking. Like, yeah, I wanna hear your story, but I don’t wanna listen to a 5 minute convo for 30 mins. Whereas with you, I watch 5 minutes, then watch it again to get the other 5 mins you put in there by talking fast and making intelligent jumps. It’s entertaining and informative and can all be researched and verified. 💯
Correction for Iran having the AIM 54 Phoenix at 8:45: A quick Wikipedia search states that Iran does indeed have the missile and is the only remaining country to use them today. Your statement about how many of them are actually functional is probably the bigger question though, the answer to which I'm willing to bet is "few" if their history of military capabilities is anything to go off of. Also, as a Submariner I feel compelled to say something about our guided missile subs: We have 4 SSGN submarines each of which carry _154_ Tomahawk cruise missiles. That's _616_ missiles that could be launched just a few hundred miles off their own shores without them knowing the sub was even there to begin with. Thanks for the awesome content man, always looking forward to the next vid dunking on other country's capabilities.
Aux is volunteer (old guy in a boat trope). Not to mention, the USCG has been in every single conflict since 1790 or so. Wiki does a good job at listing what was sent over each one
Good luck to you. Just remember that boot camp is designed to instill very basic skills. And they have a limited time to do it. Don’t take anything personal and keep a clear head.
While the F-14 was designed around the AIM-54 and the AWG-9 radar, it wasn't the first or only fighter to do so. The F-111B was originally going to fill the USN requirement for a fleet air defense fighter, and it was designed with the same TF30 engines, AWG-9, and AIM-54 as used with the F-14. The F-14 literally carried over the engines, radar, missiles, and the idea of the swing wing from the F-111B when the -B was cancelled (because it was frickin' huge for the flight deck and not a great dogfighter. So they only built 7 of the -B model.
And the best part is that Canada and Mexico aren’t stupid enough to start shit with the country that basically pays the defense budget of North America and Europe.
Yeah, and it doesn’t get any easier if you try to make an amphibious landing in California. Even if the citizens don’t resist, plenty of time will be bought for the military. First line of defense: the coast. It’s all cliffs, marshes, or urban jungles. Don’t even try the SF bay, because then you’re surrounded on all sides by land. Second line of defense: 20-30 miles inland: forests or mountains or both. Some large towns. Third line of defense: Central Valley: trenches, foxholes, and a dense network of canals, roads, and small towns. Fourth line of defense: Sierra Nevada Mountains. God help you. Fifth line of defense: the hundreds of miles of desert that stretch all the way to the border line. Really, the whole western half is like this. Hundreds of miles of Great Basin. Literally just Hell, not much water or food, and constant aerial attacks/harassment. Then you have the Rockies. Civilians will be a huge problem here. And now the Heartland. Trenches, foxholes, and armed civilians. Cross the Mississippi (how?), and maybe, just maybe, you can make it to D.C. Ain’t no way anybody gonna win from the Pacific. Atlantic is the best chance anybody’s got, and you know we’ll just pack up and keep moving west until the enemy is exhausted.
Really just Canada, but even then they have their own problems since most of their population lives within 20 miles of the US border... Mexico would have to contend with the several million gun owners down south, especially Texas. Mexico would be counter invaded before the US military even got there lol
america is also the only one capable of moving armies across the ocean because of that, which is basically what we went and learned and perfected in world wars. and then we also have air mobile units that can be boots on the ground anywhere in set amount of time
Listen! Did you know that it doesn't matter what content you provide, it's a must watch...now you do. The work you put into the work you do is obvious. The knowledge you already have is only dwarfed by the amount of research that you evidently do for some of these videos. The humor is always a hit. Much love and respect. Keep it up.
I really like this series, would love you continuing it! Some other countries I'd love a comparison to: China China + Russia The rest of NATO or for a special: EVERY OTHER NATION IN THE WORLD
I'm glad you made this military comparison HLC, I'd spoken to a E-8 Sgt and he was a pilot for 7 years in service and never been deployed to any combat missions, but instead training others aviators in flight and skills for future operations. We called him G.Man, and he said few of the aircraft the U.S. retired was still in uses for training or simulation like the F-5 Tiger and even the F-14 Tomcat that was useful for training exercises, which I shouldn't be surprised sence it was a dangerous aircraft and still is to this day. He was a good teacher even after he retired, but it was a hell of an honor to talk to someone who actually been experiences and was dedicated in his job to defend his country!
I really enjoy this content, and so far, the only place I have seen anything similar is the Infographics channel, I think. I appreciate your content and am checking every day for something new. So from everyone's favorite enemy, a retired MP, thank you.
Tell that to 190th here at Forbes Air base in Topeka. They are NOT Air guard. Our Restaurant Brewery has a table just for the pilots. They gifted us a cracked windshield from a refueler. It hangs on the wall by their table. It took a lot of work on their part to get it for us. Can be seen at the BLIND TIGER in Topeka Kansas. If your lucky you may see the pilots as well.
