19FortyFive: Five Reasons Why The US Army Can't Be Defeated

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The American edition 19FortyFive has compiled a list of domestic weapons that are the most dangerous for the opponents of the United States. According to editor Brent Eastwood, it is precisely because of these systems that the American army cannot be defeated on the ground.


In the first place in terms of lethality and destructiveness is the mobile multiple launch rocket system GMLRS. It can destroy enemy positions with surface-to-surface missiles at a distance of over 70 km. The accuracy of MLRS missiles is about 98%. Each launcher holds six ammunition. The GMLRS missiles have a 90 kg warhead, including a cluster type.




The second place is taken by the Apache attack helicopter, armed to the teeth. The latest modification of the Apache AH-64D / E is equipped with a 30 mm M230 cannon, Hydra 70 and Hellfire missiles. The combat vehicle pilots have excellent situational awareness thanks to the night vision system and infrared sensors. The 30-mm aircraft cannon is integrated with the helmet-mounted target designation system and is controlled by turning the pilot's head.


In third place is the M1A2 Abrams main battle tank. Its 120-mm cannon can use five different types of ammunition - a cumulative projectile, two high-explosive anti-tank shells, a high-explosive concrete ammunition to destroy buildings, bunkers and pillboxes, as well as the M1028 anti-personnel tank projectile, which releases 1100 tungsten balls, creating a "shotgun effect. ".


The fourth place is taken by the high-precision air-to-ground missile Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM). When soldiers on the ground need support, they summon AGM-179 JAGM missiles to strike. This ammunition can be carried by both a combat helicopter and a drone. The JAGM has a precision aiming system that implements the "fire and forget" principle. The missile effectively strikes tanks, fortified objects and enemy personnel. JAGM has a mass of about 50 kg and a range of 8 km.


In fifth place is the Excalibur high-precision projectile for the 155-mm M109A7 Paladin howitzer. The 45-kilogram ammunition is guided by an anti-jamming GPS. Its accuracy reduces collateral damage, which is often a downside to using artillery. Most artillery strikes require a spotter to “guide” the projectile to the target. Excalibur can hit targets the first time.
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  1. +2
    7 October 2021 10: 47
    The main advantage of the US Army is the printing press. A donkey laden with gold has not yet been canceled since ancient times.
  2. 0
    7 October 2021 11: 00
    Right. Some kind of garbage. 19FortyFive is a website or a real magazine?
  3. -2
    7 October 2021 11: 03
    Yes, we will soak them out of Kalash!
  4. +2
    7 October 2021 12: 34
    And whom did they defeat with this splendor?
    Iraqi army with 30-year-old weapons at least and bought by the generals? Taliban squads with small arms?
    1. -4
      8 October 2021 12: 43
      The USSR also left Afghanistan with a victory? (by the way, it is still necessary to see how it will turn out for the United States, leaving Afghanistan, who in the end will lose - they or the Afghan neighbors. The Yankees do not care at all, they are overseas, but those (and we) do not, the Taliban are close by)

      The Iraqi army was one of the strongest in the region. And the victory of the United States and Co. was ensured precisely by technical superiority and new tactics of warfare. Network-centric war - have you heard? It can be seen ... The Iraqi war was the first such war.
      1. +2
        10 November 2021 13: 55
        The Americans took the network-centric war after the absorption of the GDR army, all Soviet developments are from there if you have not heard
  5. +2
    7 October 2021 15: 42
    Taliban Vietnamese won
  6. +1
    7 October 2021 18: 35
    Oh well. So why did they run away from Afghanistan, tail between their legs like a beaten dog? They also "left" Vietnam, failing to break the will of the little people. And shout that you are invincible.
    1. -2
      8 October 2021 12: 38
      Quote: sadikov.israil
      They also "left" Vietnam, failing to break the will of the little people.

      and, so the Vietnamese defeated the Americans, threw them with sticks, stones and cow cakes? Or all the same, the USSR and China helped a lot, without which it is not known who else would have celebrated the victory?
      1. 0
        15 October 2021 18: 26
        Left Vietnam. But today Vietnam is the world's # 2 exporter to the United States - $ 77 billion in 2020. 10 times more than with us. This is where friends come to know
        1. 0
          9 January 2022 15: 59
          Outsourcing and nothing personal. There are extra profits, and it doesn't matter who won over whom.
    2. -1
      9 October 2021 04: 45
      Quote: sadikov.israil
      Oh well. So why did they run away from Afghanistan, tail between their legs like a beaten dog? They also "left" Vietnam, failing to break the will of the little people. And shout that you are invincible.

      Well, if the Americans acted like the Russian Aerospace Forces - "carpet bombing", they would have defeated both the Iraqis and the Taliban long ago ...
  7. -1
    7 October 2021 18: 51
    All these weapons are bullshit old
    1. -5
      8 October 2021 12: 35
      Why does Russia then make modern weapons, since everyone in the whole world has old bullshit? Whom are we going to be friends against? Against the Papuans ICBMs, hypersound and stealth are not needed.
      1. 0
        8 October 2021 13: 09
        Go do your homework.
        1. -4
          8 October 2021 13: 12
          An excellent answer, and most importantly - on the topic. So it is clear that the interlocutor has something to argue reasonably - a minus and a miserable phrase)) So who is the schoolboy, you or me?
          1. 0
            8 October 2021 13: 22
            You have miserable questions, they don't deserve an answer, I don't even want to joke at you.
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  8. 0
    8 October 2021 15: 14
    It's good that the Taliban did not know that the American army could not be defeated
  9. 0
    9 October 2021 11: 27
    Funny)) let the Koreans, Vietnamese, Iraqis and Afghans tell all this))
  10. +2
    9 October 2021 13: 14
    If you want a good weapon, buy an American one. If you want cheap weapons, buy Chinese ones. And if you are going to fight, buy Russian weapons ...
  11. -1
    12 October 2021 06: 50
    Oh God!!!! belay We all will die? am If only the Taliban did not find out that they had defeated the unconquerable. laughing
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    31 January 2022 09: 49
    the author better name one reason why there will be no winners in the future war between the United States and Russia ...