5 Reasons You Can’t Beat The US Army In A War (Pictures)

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5 Reasons You Can’t Beat The US Army In A War (+ 12 Pictures)
By: Brent M. Eastwood - 1945 News - 05-22-22
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A competitor in the United States Army Special Operations Command International Sniper Competition uses a digital range finder on his weapon while engaging long-distance targets at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, March 19, 2019. Twenty-one teams competed in the USASOC International Sniper Competition where instructors from the United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School designed a series of events that challenged the two-person teams’ ability to work together, firing range, speed and accuracy in varied types of environments. (U.S. Army photo by K. Kassens)

The US Army is the best-equiped fighting machine on the planet – may be in all of human history. The picture below proves it: When it comes to land-attack weapons for ground warfare, the U.S. Army has one of the deadliest arsenals in the world. Some are mobile, some are stationary, and some are airborne. So look out, these things are all extremely dangerous. Whether it is the Apache attack helicopter, the multiple launch rocket system, high-explosive anti-tank rounds from an Abrams tank, the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile, or the Excalibur guided 155mm howitzer shell, the Army gets creative in the devastation that it embarks upon.

The Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS)

The GMLRS is the first place to look when it comes to death and destruction. This is a truck-mounted surface-to-surface rocket system that can engage area or point targets. It can destroy the enemy from over 44 miles away. GMLRS rockets are more accurate than short-range ballistic missiles. They have a high probability of entering the kill zone with a reliability rating of 98 percent. Each launch pod holds six rockets. The GMLRS rockets have a 200-pound warhead. Lockheed Martin is somehow improving the lethality of an already deadly system. The defense contractor is building smart munitions for the GMLRS. This would be an airburst fragmentation that explodes 30-feet over a target and spreads metal-penetrating projectiles. “Doom on you,” indeed.

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NATO M270 MLRS. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
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M270 MLRS. Image: ROK Military handout.

The Apache Attack Helicopter:

The Apache is a helicopter pilot’s dream come true. It’s armed to the teeth. The Apache AH-64D/E has a M230 30-mm cannon, 76 Hydra-70 2.75-inch rockets, and 16 Hellfire missiles. The Hellfires can be laser or radio-guided. It acquires targets with an infrared laser. Night vision and infrared enhanced imagery are combined for optimum situational awareness. The E version allows the crew to see drone video in the Apache cockpit and direct the flight path of a drone. The latest Apache can go 166 miles per hour. It can fly in combat mode for over two hours. The 30mm cannon is uber-deadly. The pilot and co-pilot/gunner have helmet-mounted display and targeting systems, so the 30-mm cannon is integrated into the helmet movements. Just point your head and shoot.

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The second AH-64 Apache rolls onto the taxiway and to the takeoff pad.
The Idaho Army National Guard’s Orchard Combat Training Center was host to elements of the Republic of Singapore Air Force during July. Based in Arizona, The Singapore contingent operates eight AH-64 Apache Helicopters as part of the Peace Vanguard Task Force.

The Apache is an attack helicopter with a tandem cockpit for a crew of two. It features a nose-mounted sensor for target acquisition and night vision systems. It is armed with a 30 mm M230 chain gun. It also features four hardpoints mounted on stub-wing pylons for carrying armament, typically a mixture of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and Hydra 70 rocket pods. The Apache’s first flight took place in 1975 and was formally introduced into the U.S. Army in 1986.

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The Abrams Main Battle Tank:

About the Abrams Main Battle Tank:

The M1A2 Abrams tank was just featured in 1945. So now check out what it fires. There are five different cartridges in its 120mm rounds. Kinetic energy rounds send a separate emergent projectile at high velocity to destroy enemy tanks. They are able to bust through the toughest armor in the world. There are two kinds of high-explosive anti-tank rounds, and one high-explosive round is designed to take out buildings, bunkers, and other obstacles. The nasty 120mm M1028 anti-personnel canister round expels 1,100 tungsten balls for a “shotgun effect” against troops in the open.

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3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division sends the first round downrange with the U.S. Army’s new M1A2 SEPV3 Abrams Main Battle Tank, Fort Hood, Texas, August 18, 2020. After the GREYWOLF brigade conducts a test fire on every tank they will dial in their sites by “zeroing” the tanks main gun, ensuring they are fully prepared to conduct future gunnery live fire exercises.

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An M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank with 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires its 120 mm smoothbore cannon during a live-fire event as part of Exercise Eager Lion 2015 in Jordan, May 9, 2015. Eager Lion is a recurring multinational exercise designed to strengthen military-to-military relationships, increase interoperability between partner nations, and enhance regional security and stability. Note: (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols/Released)

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An M1A1 Abrams Tank fires off a round as a demonstration during 1st Tank Battalion’s Jane Wayne Spouse Appreciation Day aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 3, 2018. The purpose of the event is to build resiliency in spiritual well being, the will to fight and a strong home life for the 1st Tanks Marines and their families. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rachel K. Porter)

The Joint Air-to-Ground Missile

The Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) System helps out soldiers on the ground when weather is bad and visibility is uncertain. Troops call in a JAGM strike when things are getting hairy and they need quick firepower from the sky. The missile can be mounted on an Apache or drone and can fire over the horizon. The JAGM is precision-guided with the ability to “fire and forget,” so it is not wire guided. It can easily destroy tanks and other armored vehicles. JAGM can also go after people who are hiding in buildings or in bunkers. This missile uses a modified version of the Hellfire Romeo warhead. It weighs 115 pounds with a range of up to five miles.

Excalibur 155-mm Howitzer Projectile

The M109A7 Paladin was also just featured in 1945 and it shoots the Excalibur precision-guided munition. You can find out all about Paladin here. The regular unguided round weighs around 100-pounds so you can figure out what kind of explosion it can make. But what makes the Excalibur special? It is guided by jam-resistant GPS. Even though it’s associated with artillery’s “indirect” fires, this round is highly accurate. This Excalibur is deadly, but its accuracy reduces collateral damage that is often a downside of using artillery. Most artillery fires need a forward observer to “walk” the round to its target by calling for fires to be adjusted. Excalibur can fire once and that is that. The GPS precision munition can take out a target with just one shot. The high-explosive round can also have a delay that penetrates buildings or bunkers.

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A M109A6 Paladin howitzer assigned to the Hartwell-based Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 214th Field Artillery Regiment, 648th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Georgia Army National Guard moves to a loading dock May 10, 2021, in Jacksonville, Florida. The self-propelled howitzer was one of over 200 Georgia Army National Guard vehicles that deployed to Morocco for participation in exercise African Lion 21. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Bryant Wine)

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Excalibur Round. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

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One really big gun: The earth shakes as an M109A6 Paladin fires a gas propelled 155mm Howitzer round through the enormous canon, the biggest of Battle Kings arsenal as 1-9 Field Artillery, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, conducts their gun calibration at Destiny Range in Mosul, Iraq, Apr. 23.

All in all, my money is on the Apache loaded with a JAGM. But the GMLRS can probably do more damage by area. The Abrams tank firing an anti-personnel canister is scary. And if a 155mm howitzer is indeed that accurate, it’s game over for the bad guys. All five of these weapons are certainly deadly and they are constantly being upgraded and improved.

[1945’s new Defense and National Security Editor, Brent M. Eastwood, PhD, is the author of Humans, Machines, and Data: Future Trends in Warfare. He is an Emerging Threats expert and former U.S. Army Infantry officer.]

[WRITTEN BY: Brent M. Eastwood
Now serving as 1945s New Defense and National Security Editor, Brent M. Eastwood, PhD, is the author of Humans, Machines, and Data: Future Trends in Warfare. He is an Emerging Threats expert and former U.S. Army Infantry officer.]

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