There are two bands with the name Javelins:

1. An indie pop band fro… Read Full Bio ↴There are two bands with the name Javelins:

1. An indie pop band from Gothenburg, Sweden that later changed their name to The Faintest Ideas.
They have released only four EPs under this name: Seven shirts of Steve McQueen (2003), Pale Average Crooks (2004), The Intro Vertical EP (2004) and a We Paid A Lot For Our Style (2005). All of them were later re-released as a compilation along with unreleased and live material on Terrific Times And Unrehearsed Crimes in 2006.

The official statement of the band, May 2006:
“ OK, as you might have noticed we have changed the name of the band, we are no longer Javelins but The Faintest Ideas. This is because there are a bunch of bands called Javelins already, and we were sick and tired of the name anyway. so get used to this following fact: javelins are fucking dead! ”

2. A band from Detroit, MI which was signed to Suburban Sprawl Music. It was formed in 2002 with five members: Julian Wettlin, Matt Rickle, Matt Howard, Ryan Williams, and Johnny Lewis.
They recorded an Demo EP in 2003 and soon two members, Ryan and Johnny, left the band.

In 2004 the first official EP, What Is A Life Without Weapons?, was released.
In March of 2005 they released their first LP No Plants, Just Animals and went touring afterwards.
In December of the same year they have released 12" split Entropy with Anathallo.

They spent 2006 writing new music and recording in 2007.
The second LP Heavy Meadows was released on July 29th, 2008.
After a five-year hiatus they have released a 7" Admiral Airwave.

On 20th 2020 they have released a single Space & Time and hinted that there will be a new EP.

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Lil Durk 808 Mafia Ayy, we gon' switch it up a lil' bit Ayy,…
Masked Wolf Stars shine, you will never see, yeah, my dark side Keep…
SVRCINA The endless of darkness is hovering The sound of the silence…

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@RealEngineering

2y↑1.4K

Here’s the latest episode of the Battle of Britain. It’s fucking good. Trust me https://nebula.app/videos/realengineering-battle-of-britain-ep-3-the-dowding-system

@danielkjm

2y↑65

I wonder how you feel aboth Palestine

@user-og6ws6cy5l

2y↑49

All these engineering channels repeating the same script.

@johnbuchman4854

2y↑40

Why did your prelude about the fall of Poland at the start of WWII fail to mention that Poland was invaded by not just the Germans but also in the east by the Soviets?
Kinda a HUGE oversight for what tries to pass itself off as a serious history channel!

@aaaaaaaawwwwwwww

2y↑6

@John Buchman yes

@brane2379

2y↑1

I don't expect from engineers to be useful idiots in charge of Rotschild's interests.
WRT the "tyrant that has invaded peaceful, democratic nation", what was he supposed to do about this ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfaAyiP8Wuc

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@austinkylereid

2y↑14.8K

best weapon for home defense 11/10 would buy again

@mrguy10

2y↑746

Buy the home again?

@alwynwatson6119

2y↑439

Why don't you earthlings just use an electromagnetic rail machine gun.

@axes48

2y↑157

Ca state lawmakers stay hating

@r1a150

2y↑148

Nahh , 9/11 is still at its best

@austinkylereid

2y↑69

@Cat Servants 😳

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@blahanger4304

2y↑2.3K

one of my former math teachers used to work on guided missle systems in the airforce, if we didn't feel like having a "normal" class some would just ask a question about it and he just couldn't help himself but the joke was on us cause he somehow would cram math into the story anways :)

@xxxuselesspricksxxx1481

2y↑161

As a fellow physics/math nerd I'd be more than happy to listen to it

@gabrielpetersen8528

2y↑235

Best kinds of math teachers. And when he hits you with the “I’m not supposed to tell you this but…” W teacher.

@andrewb.9815

2y↑58

serious up, matching abstract Math with BLOWING TANKS APART is pretty rad.

@davecain5613

2y↑3

Was he an engineer?

@royalal

2y↑23

My 5th grade teacher taught us so many stories about the local Indian tribes, brought in venison, rabbit, him and his son had killed for the class to try. He was one of my best teachers ever, and I hold a doctorate so I’ve seen a lot of school

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@ramal5708

1y↑414

The fact that Texas Instruments who came up with the Javelin ATGM, the same company who makes calculator, measuring devices and others, shows how a company is capable of creating something outside their fields.

@pascalthecurator3368

51w↑126

a company who's most notable thing is creating advanced graphing and measuring systems being able to use those to make an advanced tracking system is almost logical until you notice that it's a fucking anti-tank missile.

@zeroxblossom5670

49w↑49

Whats even funnier is that the A10 gatling gun was made by GENERAL ELECTRONIC A FUCKING COMPANY THAT MAKES WASHING MACHINES so yea I love American companies

@Pedantic2025

49w↑15

Actually, I believe TI made the first cpu, and they still make electronic components.

(For those who say it’s Intel, Intel made the first commercially available one, but they were beat a few years earlier by a U.S. military contract)

@rasm0225

49w↑6

I recommend the new book Chip Wars which shows how huge TI was in development of semiconductors at the earliest stages. Though their Wikipedia page probably covers this too. But I had no idea TI’s history until a couple years ago.

@luckerooni1153

46w↑8

Texas Instruments is also the place where the guy who founded TSMC also took his first steps to understanding semiconductors.

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@unknown_-ed2rs

50w↑35

one of the highest quality channels on youtube, every video is well edited and researched with great footage and animations backing it up. keep up the good work.

@kristopherbrown824

1y↑71

I was a 27e in the army. Missile guidance tech. We worked on and verified three different systems, this being one. The others were TOW and Dragon. The school was one of the longest in the army 18 months. Awesome group of people!

@fruckles

48w

How well does the Dragon work?

I know how well the TOW and Javelin work, but I've only seen the Dragon used in one example video and the "Wargame" games.

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@theallmightyfish3027

1y↑353

I think the javelin falls is an an incredible piece of equipment, any piece of equipment that can destroy an expensive target consistently by using less money is incredible

@EhmedCousCous

1y↑10

a pebble

@HyperactiveNeuron

1y↑1

Umm what?

@HyperactiveNeuron

1y↑1

Clear, complete sentences please

@mrcroob8563

1y↑38

@JJ_ Crank I mean it's still very clear what he's saying. Any weapon that can reliably destroy another weapon magnitudes more expensive is amazing.

@DunceCapSyndrome

1y↑7

@JJ_ Crank Use, common, sense, please. Just, read,.!

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@japhethreel9954

2y↑3.4K

As someone who has carried one up a few mountains, i would refrain from calling the jav “lightweight”

@DavidRJones82

2y↑207

Truer words were never spoken.

@rami-succar7356

2y↑322

i mean it still is not as heavy as a vehicle meant to counter tanks, and can be carried by a human

@4thelolz

2y↑362

"Weighs just 22 kilograms"

@rami-succar7356

2y↑190

@Dale Graham yes, and your average AT cannon would weigh 100+, average tank 500+.

@Tommy-jn9ps

2y↑241

lightweight is a relative term used here

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@joedo8052

1y↑652

It's a shame Youtube is pushing brilliant content like this off its site, just because it happens to be about weapon systems.

@LaurentLaborde

1y↑8

it's not really put off, just demonetized (which is bad, of course, considering doing theses videos cost money)

@theflanman420420

Better off being a purple haired trans teacher bragging about gr00ming kids….

@ponponpatapon9670

1y↑58

@Laurent Laborde which, in turn, pushes it off of the site because demonetized content is deprioritized by the algorithm

@GeneralJackRipper

1y↑15

4.5 million views
Yeah it's really being "pushed" off the site.

@adrianovianawerneck472

1y↑7

Almost 5 million views and I got this video in my recommendations. Quit with the drama.

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@stebo231

2y↑126

i'm extremely impressed with the production value that's gone into your newer videos, I hope your channel keeps growing.

@billclancy4913

44w↑10

I was happy to see the familiar topography of Fort Hunter Liggett, where the Javelin was tested by CDEC in the 90s. I was employed there from 1984-1997, where we tested tactics and weapons systems.

@Enchantaire

2y↑425

It reminds me of the end of the city walls, when canons became too powerful and could go through any width of stone or concrete.

@mazeradeville2911

2y↑60

Walls didn't go away, they just got smaller. Same happened to tanks and is likely to continue happening to tanks. While not impregnable, it still affords enough protection to be worth having.

@Michael-rg7mx

2y↑15

You defeat the antitank weapons with infantry. Close air support is also very important

@evankurniawan1311

2y↑69

City walls didn't go obsolete because of cannon, but because of artillery. Why bother building walls when enemy can just lob munitions pass the wall?

@Michael-rg7mx

Man-made forts are a monument to man's arrogance. Mountains, oceans, and even space can be overcome. So can anything built by man.

@CrashB111

2y↑7

@Mazera DeVille Active Protection is the next step for tanks to defend against infantry ATGMs.

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@braverbird60

38w↑8

The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn't.
In the event that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has acquired a variation, the variation being the difference between where the missile is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too may be corrected by the GEA. However, the missile must also know where it was.
The missile guidance computer scenario works as follows. Because a variation has modified some of the information the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is. However, it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subtracts where it should be from where it wasn't, or vice-versa, and by differentiating this from the algebraic sum of where it shouldn't be, and where it was, it is able to obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error.

@adud6764

2y↑3.3K

I would be interested in a similar video about the stinger.

@Tom-s.

2y↑79

Or starstreak

@calholli

2y↑181

The NLAW is what is getting used over there... Almost no one has the Javelin, it's too expensive. The NLAW is only like $40k each, and they are giving them out to anyone who can learn how to push a button.

@USSAnimeNCC-

Someone already made a video on it along with other anti-tank weapon form the javelin https://youtu.be/qdN06oi-XjI

@puudub

2y↑74

@calholli From videos Stugna-P seems to be the most popular by a mile.

@anuvisraa5786

2y↑17

@calholli But the nlaw is Swedish-British, not American

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@josephsmith3908

2y↑82

Considering u can buy 10 javalins to 1 t90 it's a bargain the "shoot and scoot" tactics are deadly effective

@nneddenn6207

2y↑18

Also count cost of training 3-4 crew members, including officer, + munitions cost. Tanks are really expensive stuff)

@elta6241

2y↑1

Dude, there are countless Russian tanks running around with three or four Javelin hits. They are utter shit.

@mobiuscoreindustries

2y↑19

@El Ta There are also countless turrets scattered arout Ukraine remarkably missing their hull... and barrel... and crew.

By the nature of HEAT jets, penetration of the armor is not the only metric that will result in a kill, if the jet from an NLAW or javelin hits too much to the sides or rear, it may simply cause superficial or non fatal damage. Especially for the NLAW which does not carry as powerful a warhead, if your crew is lucky it can survive a rocket.

yet all it takes is a single good hit. You hit the fuel tanks, and you are looking at a nasty fire in the crew compartment, either resulting in a crew BBQ or a bail. And if you hit the drum auto-loader? Well, then your tank becomes a new candidate in the turret-jumping olymics whenever you want it or not.

@blood_angels5096

2y↑2

@El Ta source plz

@davidgriggs3967

@Nned Denn Reluctant crew members

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@ignaciopazgarcia5370

2y↑20

Is incredible how high-tech are those missiles just to get instantly destroyed when launched for the first and only time... damn.

@creedolala6918

1y↑15

I was honestly surprised that a missile is 'only' 78,000. You get so used to insane numbers when discussing military stuff. And it's killing a 4 million dollar tank.

@moogle68

34w↑1

I don't know this for sure, but the tubs are still perfectly in tact after firing, so I would be very surprised if they aren't kept and sent back to the seller for "reloading", or possibly to be melted down and firmed into new units since they are obviously already made of the right material. Wouldn't be surprised if there was some discount for the number of tubes returned to the seller out of the amount initially purchased.

@grimgoreironhide9985

19w

I went to an RAF museum in London. Saw a bunch of missiles used for jet fighters. So much advanced electronic equipment and chips get used to create such an advanced piece of equipment. Only for it to used to fly in the air and self destruct itself 😂.

@justandy333

2y↑13

Thats some seriously clever engineering gone into this system! Hence why it cost so much. But still better than the cost of a tank!

@Jakeurb8ty82

2y↑55

first we saw it in Modern Warfare. It was so different with its basic green crt style display from any game rpg, it had to be real. As someone who had read all of Clancy's mainline Jack Ryan novels and his non-fic books I was surprised I'd never heard of it. Then it was shown off on the discovery networks military industrial complex infomercial show Future Weapons. Cool to see a detailed breakdown of how clever its design is.

@AsukaLangleyS02

Woah, talking about the MIC, are we still using 60s buzzwords?

@visassess8607

1y↑5

@EVA-01 He was talking about its existence which isn't just a buzzword. The military industrial complex is a real thing.

@johnweak6788

1y↑1

In cod 4 modern warfare it was not accurate,it’s just goes up and down

@Inzanecookie

1y↑3

Officer: "Where is ur CLU soldier!?"
Private: "I have no CLUe."

@KnowingBetter

2y↑4.6K

This video has so much information about the operation of the Javelin that I almost feel like I need a security clearance to keep watching.

@europeancoalandsteelcommunity

2y↑123

I believe everything is publicly available in promo materials for the weapon.

@leonhill8447

2y↑288

The fact that this is what's publicly available really makes me wonder what's still locked behind closed doors!

@hene193

2y↑122

@Leon Hill It's the boring stuff. How much it can penetrate. What weakneses it has.

@leonhill8447

2y↑161

@Hene193 Yeah you're right. However, I'm sure the guidance software is classified too, and certainly not boring.

@hjelsethak

2y↑4

HI KB!

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@SirNobleIZH

2y↑3

11:08
Tank: i have reactive armor
Javelin: i don't see the part where that's my problem

@agentham

2y↑23

Shaped chargers are super cool. It's always fascinated me how something so simple could be so effective.

@agentham

2y↑1

@qopoy dnon Ikr?? Welcome to the government watch list club. ;p

@reaganharder1480

2y↑1

@Agent Ham Wikipedia has a pretty good article about shaped charges. Even have some lists of which metals (for that interior sheet bit) are the most effective against which materials.

@TheSaintOMS

1y↑1

Man, this is an EXCELLENT Javelin introductory course

@blankmoment2

2y↑30

you guys gotta do one for the starstreak missile, it's seem like an pretty complicated weapon and maybe even more so that the Javelin, hope you guys work on the starstreak.

@Attaxalotl

52w

That is one of the most British weapons to ever British.

@tobiasursmartimuller1657

34w↑2

Thank you so much for these such great videos. You and your team are experts at combing scientific topic with an interesting background story. I love your video! ♥

@rokushou

2y↑1.4K

The first time I heard about the Javelin was in Battlefield 3, where I thought its functions were made up or at least exaggerated for the sake of gameplay. It was hard to believe that a man-portable weapon could have such advanced tracking capabilities.

@geoplane3799

2y↑208

Often times, reality is stranger than fiction.

@fidjeenjanrjsnsfh

2y↑58

It's practically the same with all IR trackers since the 50s. Point the seeker at an IR source, cool it, then fire.

@francinii

2y↑4

especially from 1996!

@adude8424

2y↑109

Knew it from CODMW. 14 year old me can't believe that a rocket can go upwards and straight downwards to Al-Assad's T72s unlike RPG.

@ASLUHLUHCE

2y↑16

I was introduced by MW2's campaign

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@BulletMagnetMan

2y↑20

I never got to fire a Javelin but I did fire various other RPGs and AT missiles, guided and otherwise. The Milan was probably the best of those but it was a right pain in the back to transport around - literally. But not as horrible as the TOW2 - bolting one to the back of a pickup/ute was a good solution as you could sit in the back to fire it. Thankfully it's way more portable now. I'd have loved to be able to use something as lightweight, and extremely effective, as a Javelin.

@10thmountainvet

2y↑1

I wish I had this video before my first range. Great job!

@dmitrydmitry8774

1y↑58

Big thankful from Zaporizhzhya city (Ukraine) to American engineers and citizens for Javelin devices. Also becouse of this we still defending our land against russian inviders.

@Oberon4278

Been hearing about Nebula for a while, but this video finally sold me on it.

@3vxn.5unt

41w↑2

you're a true engineer man, thank you for your service

@Adrianbudiman

These 3d animations you are churning are amazing.... kudos to the animator...

@dominicalvin

48w↑2

watching t-72 and t-90's turrets fly brings joy

@DiesOnAToilet

1y↑7

Maybe the only Javelin missile video with an actual human reading the script. A breath of fresh air.

@ingenium5831

1y↑1

Very informative video! Keep up the good work.

@moogle68

34w↑1

One thing I would've added to this video just for the shock/comedy factor would be that the company that makes the Javelin is Texas Instruments... As in, the same company that makes the TI-83 & TI-84 Calculators that are mandated by most middle/high school advanced math classes in the US. It's just funny to think that a company sells both essential educational tools to children/young adults, as well as ridiculously advanced and effective military weaponry to countries all over the world 😆😂

@PANCERNY87

2y↑1.3K

Slight correction. Anti-tank rifle wz. 35 was most often equipped with cartridges that were not to penetrate the armor, but by kinetic energy to tear off its pieces on the inside, creating shrapnel that would injure or kill the crew. The whole thing was kept strictly secret, which is why the soldiers of the Polish army were usually not aware of how such a shell can be used. They fired at the enemy vehicle even five times, and this vehicle continued to move, although after the second shot, the crew was probably dead or seriously injured.

@michaorowski5745

2y↑55

I am glad someone knows this

@Shaker626

2y↑159

The name for the process of the metal violently shedding parts of itself into nearby crew and machine is called spalling.

@grdprojekt7265

2y↑37

Why is it kept secret from the infantry themselves? To make them doubt they're in fact success and keep firing at the enemy?

@organicleaf

2y↑92

@GRD PROJEKT my idea is, so the soldiers themselfes wouldnt be able to tell anyone whats actually going on so it stays a secret

@Joskemom

2y↑5

@GRD PROJEKT Exactly what I was wondering.

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@dmpyron2

2y↑6

I worked at TI and provided computer (VAX) support for AAWS-M, and got to the first "launch" which went about 20 ft. Proud of having worked there.

@TheSamohtnj

42w↑3

What an amazingly beautiful peace of equipment

@chadwedul1787

42w

Piece. Peace has an entirely different meaning.

@vladimirgluten5269

42w↑1

Awesome work as always keep it up thank you for keeping us informed on different things God bless you♥🙏

@musicbruv

2y↑4

Anti tank rifles did not necessarily need to penetrate armour, the bullets impact would send shards of metal from the inside of the armour flying around killing or wounding the crew.

@BionicRusty

Great video. 👍
The company I worked for (retired), manufacture the dome for Javelin.

@fastfolky

2y↑735

From what I understand the Javelin can also take down a chopper in direct-mode. It's doesn't work in top-down mode because the blades of the chopper confuse the tracker.

@djprojectus

2y↑86

So why Russia doesn't put some rotating blades over the tanks instead of cages that apparently don't work? It doesn't need to be big and heavy and complicated like helicopter blades.

@jeshkam

@DjProjectus Because they're dumb?

@kitemanmusic

2y↑131

It does not need to do top down on a chopper, because all areas are weak. Armour is too heavy.

@maybehuman2148

2y↑47

I imagine the software could be easily updated with a Bottom->Up setting specifically designed for helicopters. Just a matter of reversing some variables. But that would be redundant since helicopters are so lightly armored, the missile just needs to reach it, doesn't matter where it hits.

@andrewweisel438

2y↑24

My man is correct 👍 all you are, actually lol. So the chopper is not well armored, as a rule. Direct attack is the preferred mode because of the blade, but it’s because the ai in the javelin needs to maintain a good lock on the thermal profile. Top is always best on armor, because that’s thinner then the front. However, no one is making anything thick enough on land that the javelin’s payload can’t defeat 🇺🇸

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@buda3d2007

2y↑6

Perfect example of cost effective weapon to take down weapons with much greater cost both monetary, resource and man powered ratios in favour of the javelin.

@definitelyfrank9341

46w

St. Lancet is superior to be definitively frank with you.

@Grynya

33w↑1

and again YouTube decided to offer me something really worthwhile. Good presentation of information even for a person who does not speak English well

@jamiebarnes1923

19w

Absolutely mental how these things work! Nothing but perfect engineering

@lebaillidessavoies3889

2y↑5

Would be interesting to have a video like that about the "bonus" anti tank shell.

@asktoseducemiss434

2y↑1

Range is not "miles" . Max range is 2000 meters, or 1.2 miles, if you can sight the target in that far away

@GavinKohAquascaping

2y↑3

Wonderfully done documentary! The cuts, information and ease of following the subject matter is exemplary! Wonderful job!

@formhubfar

2y↑1.1K

I was privileged to have fired the prototype of the javelin, its predecessor the blowpipe seemed prehistoric in comparison.., the javelins aiming system is so simplistic in that all you had to do was place the oval circle over the target and press fire and the tracking system done the rest.

@capnobvious2718

2y↑6

Nice. You spent 150 grand for.... what purpose?

@formhubfar

2y↑258

@Cap'n Obvious I am guessing you dont get invited to many parties?

@iqbalindaryono8984

2y↑66

@Andy wait a minute, that's his job

@raymondweaver8526

2y↑3

Is there a scope?

@formhubfar

2y↑55

@raymond weaver There is an eye piece that has a computerised image of surroundings and vehicles, just move the cursor via the thumb toggle which moves an oval target, once over it press lock and its locked onto it, press fire and kaboom.

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@horchatadiver

1y↑2

Still remember the scene from 1 of my all time faves war of the worlds. The sound of the javelin wire missile just sounds so sick.

@Yggdrasil42

1y↑2

But the Javelins aren't wire guided?

@horchatadiver

@@Yggdrasil42 Huh. The more you know.

@reaganharder1480

2y↑1

the arms race of anti-tank weapons and then countermeasures on the tanks is absolutely fascinating. You start with purely kinetic weapons, so you get thicker armor. Then HEAT weapons show up, and you get cages first and eventually reactive armor. Then you get 2 charged weapons, and then you get radar anti-projectile things to shoot the missile before it gets to you. So what's the next step? Low Radar Observable missiles?

@quantranhong1092

we have some metamaterial that invisible in microwave vision, it's not hard for someone clever enough to make it for radar. So the counter measure is IR vision for anti-missile I guess, and next step is being faster, and tank become something like landbased battleship. Like a naval warfare, 1 hit you die, we need to have something like CIWS, missiles on tanks,...

@j.ackermann7029

41w↑1

Very good video , and understandably explained thank you :)

@RedcoatViking_Official

Definitely earned my sub, really well done!

@tosanesoko726

I first saw this weapon in COD and ever since I saw this weapon I've been amazed and blown away.

@Hardbass-yl6be

2y↑661

With the Javelin now being discussed here, hope that the NLAW is the next one to be shown.

@SuperCatacata

2y↑26

Why does every NLAW fan or Javelin fan have to make these annoying comments like they are 12 years old? It's not a competition.

This video probably took him over a month to make, there are plenty of other places to learn about the NLAW.

Go take that entitlement elsewhere. Or how about you make a video about the NLAW for all of us instead of selfishly demanding more when he JUST dropped a vid?

@francisluglio6611

2y↑123

@SuperCatacata you can cry about an innocent wish if you want I guess. Sorry that not everyone is as knowledgeable as you about what resources are already available. He didn’t say that the video had to be made and certainly didn’t say that it had to come out tomorrow. If his comment was annoying to you, you’re doing really well

@maniacaudiophile

2y↑34

@SuperCatacata perhaps in anticipation of you making annoying comments?

@oskarvikstrom229

2y↑6

Yes!

@klusonwan

2y↑58

@SuperCatacata What kind of person gets that upset over such an innocent comment. It's not that serious, not even 12 year olds act like you.

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@mushtaqrasool9169

2y↑1

That was by far the best name I have heard given to a hand-held rocket launcher.

@duncanalawson

Stunning doccie mate. Top work!!!!

@poppashots994

44w

The insane engineering of any weapon used for war at any time era amazes me...

@ocpofficialrep7026

2y↑2

I usually use the nikita over the javelin. The projectile is slower and you have much more control over the projectile.

@Osamabintardin

2y↑424

I’ve had the javelin as my daily carry for a few years now 10/10 never felt so secure

@capnobvious2718

2y↑32

I have two Abrams in my front yard and 3 Apaches in the back. I built 7 flak towers on the roof of my tool shed. I don't think I need to worry about anything, either!

@uticatechclub923

2y↑3

I have the same feeling since the day the Lord Jesus found me.

@LprogressivesANDliberals

Thank you men for the service, nothing more honorable than our masculine duty. 🇺🇸🇺🇸

@Cheka__

2y↑1

I think you're mistaking the javelin for a personal firearm. This is an antitank weapon. It's not an EDC piece of equipment.

@Osamabintardin

@iBot no shit🤦‍♂️🤣

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@Veptis

2y↑1

It's not just a "night vision unit" 'lens'. But it's a cryocooled MWIR camera with two fov lens. Such system would cost between 19k and 56k if it were sold to civilians.

@Phantom-kz9bv

These videos are amazing thank you so much 😊

@Ivanna_Jerkov

Javelin missile: Another one of the "game changers" that no one is talking about any more.

@joeshabado1431

2y↑1

It's amazing where things have gotten since a pigeon pecking at a picture to guide a missile

@andrewszigeti2174

1y↑1

Javelin's been around for 20 years now. You can bet someone's working on something even better now, and it might well be near deployment as we speak.

@Chris_at_Home

2y↑691

Shaped charges are used extensively in the fields for perforating well casings and rock formations. We used to used them in 20 foot long pipes with 4 per foot connected with primer cord.

@jay1st1st

2y↑7

yeah, HEGS are a PITA and Enerjet are too ;)

@robertmaybeth3434

2y↑13

Isn't that almost the same thing as a bangalore torpedo?

@Chuck68ify

2y↑2

@Robert Maybeth Just what I was thinking.

@Chris_at_Home

2y↑4

@Robert Maybeth No, they are lowered in an oil well to a zone that they want tp produce and they shoot through the casing and fracture the formation for more surface area

@jamesharding3459

2y↑4

@Robert Maybeth No, bangalores are more or less just tubes full of plastique to blow out barbed wire.

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@andriusm.7659

editing of this video is just perfect

@WinghavenET

2y↑13

Great video.
It would however be nice to differentiate reactive armor types. Blocks you talk about are ERA - Explosive Reactive Armor, while for example Challenger 2 TES kits hang up NERA blocks on the side of the tank - the Non-Explosive Reactive Armor.
Composite armor that you can find at the front of, for example, Abrams is a type of NERA too, just integrated with the armor body.

@JesbaamSanchez

What's more crazy I find is that Texas Instruments, the company I known for making calculators, is one of the inventors of the FGM 148 Javelin

@NakedSageAstrology

2y↑3

Good video, but the cages on top of the tanks are not for the Javelins, but the NLAW because they are designed to detonate them before they can get too close to the armor & disperses the blast.

@shelbylester8503

Great job on this video. Seriously.

@TobyAnderson

2y↑389

Thank you. I didn't realise how advanced these weapons were.

@samsonsoturian6013

2y↑47

The price tag matches.

@TobyAnderson

2y↑6

@Samson Soturian I had assumed as much.

@Waryan1

2y↑31

@Samson Soturian I think the tech is still worth more. Russia couldn’t mass produce the javelin even if the knew all the secrets

@fahimrind9714

2y↑37

@Samson Soturian doesn't matter as long as what it destroys is far more expensive.

@douglascampbell9809

2y↑9

Just remember this is the Javelin we know.
The Javelin has been improved 5 times over the years.
The US is currently working on the FGM-148 G model.
It has significant improvements from the original model.
I could see it's development split into a man portable version and a heavier vehicle mounted unit with even greater range with a different form of target acquisition.

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@piev4166

its crazy how i never appreciated or stopped to think about the insane engineering and working of the javelin when using it to troll noobs in call of duty

@SwordofAlabastor

2y↑9

I know reactive armor is made to be difficult to accidently set off, but can we appreciate that someone clearly walked on that reactive armor brick shown at 10:24 ?

@definitelyfrank9341

46w

You realize that the Russians walk on ERA everytime they enter their tanks, right?

@definitelyfrank9341

46w

You realize that the Russians walk on ERA everytime they enter their tanks, right?

@definitelyfrank9341

46w

You realize that the Russians walk on ERA everytime they enter their tanks, right?

@The_Raydinator_2008

31w↑3

Hard to believe the same dudes who make my school’s calculators make a F*ckin’ missle system

@ChrisMartinez-ve8vn

31w

Honestly insane knowing how companies that make a lot of the products produce insane weapons of war. Like General Electric for example who built the GAU-8 on the A10. You know the people who build refrigerators.

@KrusherMike

2y↑1

Really, thrust vectoring vanes? Given my ongoing love affair with thrust vectoring nozzles on aircraft, I do believe I may have found my favorite explosive delivery system. Beautiful.

@KrusherMike

@phantom raptor I think I will. 'Preciate ya, mate. 😎

@divBy0

23w

I'm late to the game but this one very well produced video. Thumbs up!

@pumpkinpie2512

2y↑630

Good video, there is a fair bit of NLAW mixed in with the Javelin library footage so you shoud you do an NLAW video as well esp as its made in Belfast!

@davidty2006

2y↑22

NLAW is Javelin but cheaper.
And does the same job.

@samuelzackrisson8865

2y↑57

@Davidty 2006 nlaw has shorter range and is one shot only.

@davidty2006

2y↑7

@Samuel Zackrisson That is why it's cheaper...

@russell5414

2y↑22

@David O'Shea It was a joint UK Swedish venture.

@DH-fk2pr

2y↑4

@David O'Shea When i watch us Swedes work, when we really get down to it, i don't think there is a people who ever punch far above it's weight than us.

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@Domyras

3:30 and i had to remind myself this is not an in depth hour long episode featured on the National Geographic Channel from my youth.
This isn't tv's best content.
It's freaking YOUTUBE'S.

well done sir.
Well done indeed.

@frooogle99

That's really INSANE engineering!!!!!!

@OpaGramps

2y↑2

I don't need sleep, i need to learn about Javelins!

@immersiveengineering

2y↑1

ak47 working 👉https://youtu.be/mJJUy3xNBKA

@peetsnort

2y↑3

Right from the opening sentence all laden with side taking makes me sceptical about the validity of the rest of the video

@alfredomariasammartino7728

1y↑3

2:00 "equipped with modern tanks with modern reactive armor"
Russia: are you sure about that? (For any1 that doesn't know, there have been found Russian tanks with egg cardboard where the 'modern reactive armor' should be)

@bbowling4979

2y↑411

A huge improvement on the Dragon anti-tank missile system we used when I was in the service. It was guided by the operator and took close to 10 seconds to cover a kilometer. Nothing like a back blast of the launch to give away your position, then have to sit there and guide the missile for 8 to 10 seconds while the tank's machine gunners really worked hard to make you flinch!

@Danish_raven

2y↑1

wouldnt the NLAW be the modern version of the Dragon?

@larsandersson5974

2y↑1

@Alex Ravn it's very similar to the javelin

@bbowling4979

2y↑20

@Alex Ravn It's similar, but the NLAW appears to be a 'fire and forget' weapon, whereas the dragon missile had to be actively guided by the gunner all the way to the target.

@ai1v1mewarzone44

2y↑2

@Alex Ravnm47 dragon is like the stinger on cod where u gotta manually guide till impact

@Dorde111

2y↑4

Steered by explosives too, just in case one explosion wasn’t enough to give away the operator lol

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@VictorECaplon

2y↑11

We absolutely need a video on the Caesar cannon now. It is told to be really good but I would actually like to know why it is so praised by the Ukrainians.

@ukasztokarski3715

Not really good for Ukrainian battlefield. It is good for foreign missions and fighting enemy without counterbattery fire capabilities. It has no armor so it is very easily damaged by shrapnel and provides no cover for the crew. In Ukraine, spgs were proven to be much more safe and effective. Modern spgs like m109, Polish Krab and german Pzh2000

@avc9414

@Łukasz Tokarski to be honest you are wrong about that. Howitzers are not frontline vehicles like tanks, they are designed to work from large ranges, they rely on protection by range and mobility, not by armor. If they has armor - it is more like soldier's personal armor plate: it is good if you have it, maybe it will stop a bullet and give you a chance but your main strategy is to not get under fire at all. This means they are good both for offensive and defensive as providing significant long range firepower at low cost comparing to missiles and risk comparing to aviation, but whether you offensive or defensive and there is armor on SPH or nor - you are going to use their long range fire capability and hide them at backline anyway, especially during foreign missions as you will advance to less known to you enemy territory while it is familiar to your enemy great. This makes Caesar (and HIMARS btw too) to be extremely effective at locations with lots of roads as they are light, they come in, shoot and run quickly before enemy strikes back (the enemy will try to strike back, because there's almost no countries in the world who has no artillery at all, and artillery isn't the only way to destroy PZH, so it's wise to expect them to strike back, especially if your SPHs are bullying them like that).

@avc9414

Caesar is light (comparing to heavy howitzers like Krab or Pzh2000, that doesn't make them bad, they are just used in different localities and situations) mobile, precise and has great firing rate and range. Caesar is capable to shoot up to 6-8 shells per minute, or 3 shells at 15 seconds as rapid fire mode, light wheel base makes it really fast to come in and go out through roads and its design makes it to setup, shoot, to pack it back and go out really quick. This lets Ukrainian army to use "hit and run" strategy at full power: Caesar battery comes on the firing position away from anyone from a place out of enemy artillery range, shoots pack of shells and moves out even before first Caesar's shell arrive to it's target, making to enemy almost impossible to react in time and strike back because all their shells will just hit the empty field as Caesar battery has leave that place already at least minutes ago.

P.S. I want a video about Caesar and other SPHs too:)

@ukasztokarski3715

@avc94 you obviously have little knowledge on this matter. Have you heard about this new concept called counterbattery fire? I believe it was developed during Napoleons times. It is proven once again in Ukraine, that spgs are better, as they can shield interior and crew from couterbattery fire and shrapnels, also now, they are much better shielded from loitering ammunition. Statistics don't lie, much bigger number of towed howitzers had to be repaired than spgs from shrapnel damages... Besides, spgs usually can change position quicker

@avc9414

@Łukasz Tokarski if we talking generally or about "Caesar vs NATO-level things" case - you are right, if we talking about exactly Russian-Ukrainian war - you're partially not. Loitering munitions are dangerous for light vehicles like Caesar, it is true, but Russians haven't such a munition (at least in enough quantities to cover 1000km frontline good enough to make Caesars getting destroyed as they come to shoot), as well as Russians haven't enough quantity and good enough counterbattery radars capable to make it possible to strike back in time (it takes time to your shell to arrive, enemy to react, get your position and strike back, and Russian radar system is not NATO radar system, it has much less precision, operating range, and takes much more time to aim and make corrections as they are not integrated into their artillery aiming systems, at least well). If they have such radars at one place - they haven't them on other tens of places. This leads to that Caesar usage - it is capable to fast come in range, strike their weak places, and run out before Russians strike back. So in theory you are absolutely right, but in reality of Russian-Ukrainian war this works. Of course if SPH happened to get under fire - having armor is better than to have not, but war is not about armor only, sometimes to implement some strategy and perform some tasks you need mobility even more than armor. And also I'd like to notice that if it comes to loitering munitions - lots of them designed to destroy even tanks, SPH's armor won't stand it.

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@MVHiltunen

2y↑2

It sort of undermines the viewer's trust in the video that many scenes show NLAW instead of Javelin, and it seems the author did not recognize the difference.

@SKF358

22w

Cannot be overstated, not understated.

@jason8077

The most hilarious military equipment review i have ever seen

@dopeheathen

be nice to have a few of these in the stockpile

@SeanHodgins

2y↑1.5K

Now I'm wondering how the CV on the javelin is able to correlate the target image seen on the ground with the one its taking looking down on the target during a "Top Attack". I would think they would be significantly different. I guess it would be constantly taking new images and comparing them to the past images as it climbs into the air, but its still seriously impressive.

@Xezlec

2y↑193

I think you're exactly right. Usually that's how the concept of "locking on" works. You have to keep looking at it continuously for that exact reason.

@trevor2995

2y↑79

The seeker would also have to be gimbled to still sight the target in the climb out phase for a top down attack.

@Eyclonus

2y↑214

Thats exactly how it works, it keeps taking images and comparing them to prior images. Also uses IR heat signature to "remember" the target. Javelin missiles are expensive because of this optical recognition + IR recognition AI, they are effectively approaching the point of being a kamikaze drone, the Switchblade is basically what the next generation Javelin is, one that can be fired and "parked" until its target is ready.

@MrMontanaG

2y↑52

In addition to what others have said about the image being constantly updated (which is a really big deal), it also mentioned how the missile used infra red. So when we saw in the video that the tank is a black tank-shaped blob on a white background, it's likely that from the top the tank is also a black blob on a white background. This will make the target detection significantly easier for the computer vision algorithms used. This is just my opinion coming from an engineer who has spent a bit of time studying computer vision back in college

@duncan7494

2y↑13

@Montana Gau I think that’s exactly it, especially since it would take longer to process higher quality images (color images) on the fly like that, so IR would be more effective on both fronts with target identification and accuracy. Also, the video covers this at 8:38

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@irishtino1595

2y↑1

I had friends who worked on the software on this weapon in the 1980s, which is probably completely different now.
That's it, no more story.

@Walruswaffle

2y↑8

Great video, but "night vision" usually refers to light amplification. The javelin uses thermal imaging, which, while it allows you to see at night and is technically a type of "night vision", describes the functionality far better.

@lithobreak3812

While we "enthusiasts" call it thermal imaging or just "thermals" the official military designation is night vision still, sometimes called "daytime nightvision" yes pretty dumb but not an innacuracy in the video

@operationhighjump4656

51w

Awsomly explained Thank you

@oogalook

MechWarriors will recognize here the LRM1.
Great video buddy 👍

@EagleFighterJet

24w

It’s hard to believe that a portable weapon could have such advanced tracking capabilities.

@tubaeseries5705

2y↑96

1:36 it's projectile was never meant to penetrate armor, it was made to be soft and release its kinetic energy into armor as quickly as possible, it caused a lot of shrapnel to break off the inside of the armor killing crew, it was very effective, but polish soldiers were not properly trained to use it because government wanted to keep it as secred.

@Boomchacle

source?

@tubaeseries5705

2y↑25

@boomchacle my source is that i made it the fuck up

jk, the only english source i could find is wikipedia, and it states the same thing as I did
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wz._35_anti-tank_rifle

@Boomchacle

2y↑2

@Tubae Series So it sort of hole punched out a 20 mm slug of the armor which then does damage? Interesting.

@tubaeseries5705

2y↑17

@boomchacle yes, it was very effective against early german designs (mainly panzer I and panzer II) but polish soldiers weren't properly trained (it was secret project before war), they were shooting multiple times at tanks with dead crew, because they thought it didn't penetrate, especially because tanks would often keep driving with dead driver

@elkskiutah8204

2y↑15

its called spalling.. the shock wave goes thought the metal and fractures a chunks off the inside open surface. modern tank armor uses multiple layers separated by air gaps and different steel as well as 1" thick Teflon sheets. but a hot plasma jet goes through 30 inches of that like butter... as shown test samples that were displayed in non secret clearance locations in the late 80.s Russia knew this weapon was coming so they experimented with 2 layers of reactive armor but at 10,000 # a layer that really hurts range and speed. Some say the Javelin helped end the cold war..

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@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat

I just realized this is literally the computer equivalent of those pigeons that were used to guide missiles back in the old days

@Anirossa

The new Javelin tutorial video that will be delivered with the Javelin on a microsd card

@buak809

Engineers are either true heroes or villains, to be honest.

But in the end I respect all of them, for the brains they have that led us from hiding in the cave and running with spears after the animals to living in a world where we can communicate with anyone around the world without the need to meet them personally after walking for several months