The Watertown Rifles

Below is our growing collection of digital video clips of
Delta Company in Action. There are also many videos from when we were
Co. E, 2/127th Infantry.

These are candid videos so some blue language will be overheard in
a couple of them.

Mk-19 Qual. on 3 April 2004 at
Fort McCoy – Delta
Co., 2/128th Infantry

1. SPC Peterson fires 4 rounds to zero
his
Mk-19 on the 600m target on an extremely windy day. Large: (1.9 MB);
small (560 K).
2. PFC Smith, with guidance from SGT
Long, fires 6 rounds with his Mk-19 on an extremely windy day. Large: (2.1 MB);
small (636 K).

M-2 and M-249 Live Fire on 19 June
2003 at Fort McCoy – Delta Co., 2/128th Infantry

1. SGT Swart aggressively fires
his M-249, with guidance from SGT Fahney. (866 K)
2. SPC White fires
a couple of short
bursts from his M-2, with guidance
from SGT Fahney. (279 K)
3. A Delta squad engages targets with
M-2 and M-249. I’m not sure which squad this is,
but they were firing at the same time as SGT Fahney, SGT Swart and SPC
White (who can be heard in the background). (1.4 MB)

Mk-19 Qual. on 26 October 2002 at
Fort McCoy – Delta
Co., 2/128th Infantry

1. SPC Schroeder fires 2 rounds with
his Mk-19, there is also some insightful humor from SSG Gerrits. Large:
(4 MB);
medium: (720 K);
small: (391 K).
2. SPC Schuett fires 4 rounds with his
Mk-19. Large: (4.6 MB);
small: (349 K).
3. SPC Gadtke fires a nice 3-round
burst with his
Mk-19. Large: (2.2 MB);
small: (290 K).
4. A Delta soldier fires 4
rounds with his Mk-19. Large: (2 MB);
small: (380 K).

MOUT Training on 24 August 2002 at
Volk Field – Delta
Co., 2/128th Infantry

1. SFC Lemke’s platoon gains entry to
the
building to secure a foothold, 2 OPFOR soldiers come up behind them and
one of them (SPC McPhillips) shoots
SFC Lemke in the back. Large: (9 MB);
medium: (1.6 MB);
small: (685 K).
2.
Delta soldiers attempt to clear rooms while an
OPFOR soldier in the rafters picks some of them off and another OPFOR
soldier (SPC
McPhillips) sneaks in behind them and shoots some more. Identifiable soldiers are SPC Wolff, PVT
Lasco, SPC Smithson, SPC White, CPL Swart, SPC Schmidtkunz and SPC
McPhillips.
Large: (15 MB);
small: (2.7 MB).

TOW
Live Fire on 19-20 August 2001 at Fort McCoy
– Echo Co., 2/127th and Echo Co., 1/128th
Infantry

1. FLIR video, close-up of TOW hitting
frontal target. Large: (2.4 MB);
small: (667 K).
2. FLIR video, TOW hitting flank
target. Large: (2.3 MB);
small: (609 K).
3. FLIR video, 2 TOWs engaging flank
target, 1st missile is launch excursion, 2nd missile hits target.
Large: (4.6 MB);
small: (1.2 MB).
4. Side
view of SGT Buckley, SPC Thomas and SPC
White firing a TOW. (558 K)
5. A squad engaging a frontal target. (636 K)
6. A squad engaging a frontal target. (589 K)
7. Two
squads engaging frontal targets
simultaneously, one missed and one hit. (655 K)
8. A squad engaging a frontal target. (685 K)
9. A squad engaging a flank target at
long range. (832 K)
10. Side view of SGT
Buckley, SPC Thomas and SPC
White firing a TOW. (560 K)
11. Side view of a squad firing a TOW
(I believe this squad is from 1/128). (630 K)
12. Side view of a squad firing a TOW
(I believe this squad is from 1/128). (593 K)
13. SPC
Hatcher, SPC Ellingson and SPC
Thomas have a launch excursion. (939 K)
14. SPC
Hatcher, SPC Ellingson and SPC
Thomas engage a frontal target and the squad on the adjacent firing
position engages another frontal target. (1.8 MB)
15. One squad tries to engage a
target, but has a launch excursion because the wires broke, so the
squad on
the adjacent firing position engages the target. These are the same to
missiles as those shown in FLIR video clip #3 above. (1.3 MB)
16. A squad engaging a frontal target.
(771 K)

1. An M-1IP pulls up to the AAR
site on the east side of Badger Drop Zone. (7 MB)
2. A pair of M-1IPs moving across the
south end of Badger Drop Zone. (1.6 MB)
3. An M-1IP moving across the north
end of Badger Drop Zone. (1.8 MB)

Civil
Disturbance Training on 9-10 December 2000 at Watertown – Echo Co.,
2/127th Infantry

1. Night vision video showing a local
law enforcement team going forward of our line to snatch a
protest instigator and bring him behind our line so they can detain
him. Large: (3.6 MB);
small: (1 MB).

Chilean and
2/127th Infantry Platoon Exchange in November 2000

1. Chilean soldiers firing M-2
at Ft. McCoy
during platoon exchange program. Large: (4.7 MB);
small: (417 K).
2. Chilean soldiers firing
M-249 at Ft.
McCoy
during platoon exchange program. Large: (5.4 MB);
small: (441 K).

TOW &
Dragon Live Fire and M-203 Qual. on 9 September 2000 at Fort McCoy –
Echo, 2/127th Infantry

1. M-901A1 ITV moving. (1.3 MB)
2. M-901A1 ITV firing a TOW missile.
Large: (3.7 MB);
small: (267 K).
3. PVT Wolff
firing
HEDP with his M-203. Large: (35.7 MB);
medium: (3.4 MB);
small: (768 K).
4. Co. C, 2/127 firing a Dragon.
Large: (6.5 MB);
small: (588 K).

Bayonet and
Pugel Stick Training on 9 October 1999 at Fort McCoy – Echo Co.,
2/127th Infantry

1. Echo soldiers acting like highly
motivated maniacs on the bayonet training court. Large: (10 MB);
small: (1 MB).
2. PVT Schuett takes PVT Corn to
school on the pugel stick court. Some of the voices in the background
are SPC Giese, SGT Boehlke and SGT Bushong. Large: (19 MB);
small: (2.8 MB).

Gas
Chamber, M-16 & M-9 Qual., and Live Fire Ambush on 25-26 September
1999 at Fort McCoy – Echo Co., 2/127th Infantry

1. Echo soldiers testing their new
M-42 pro-masks in the gas chamber. Identifiable
soldiers are CPT Anderson, SPC
Swart, SPC Boese, SGT Lindemann, SPC Johnson
and PVT Buchanan. Large: (12 MB);
small: (2 MB).
2. Echo soldiers conducting M-16
qualification. Large: (28.5 MB);
small: (3.7 MB).
3. Echo soldiers conducting M-9
qualification. Large: (25.6 MB);
small: (3.3 MB).
4. Night vision video clip showing a
pair of live
claymores
initiating a live fire ambush. (786 K)
5. Night vision video clip of 3rd
Platoon’s live fire ambush. (103 MB)
6. Night vision video clip of 1st
Platoon’s live fire ambush. (76 MB)

TOW Live
Fire During AT 1997 at Fort McCoy – Echo Co., 2/127th Infantry

1. Thermal video of an ITV engaging a
moving target. Voice on the radio belongs to SFC Hansen. Large: (7.3 MB);
small: (1.8 MB).
2. Thermal video of an ITV engaging a
stationary target. Voice on the radio belongs to SFC Hansen. Large: (7.7 MB);
small: (2 MB).
3. Thermal video of an ITV engaging a
moving target, but the missile impact short of the target. Voice on the
radio belongs to SFC Hansen. Large: (7.8 MB);
small: (2.3 MB).

West German
Weapons from REFORGER in January 1986

1. German Marder ICV firing its 20mm
cannon. Large: (328 K);
small: (124 K).
2. German Marder ICV firing its 20mm
cannon. Large: (623 K);
small: (209 K).
3. German soldier firing MG-3. Large: (874 K);
small: (151 K).
4. German soldier firing
submachinegun. Large: (538 K);
small: (151 K).