Weird Russian Weapons in History

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  • @Quetzal-ob8vn
    @Quetzal-ob8vn Před 2 lety +1744

    "You see dimitri when you have flying tank, enemy doesn't know whether to use anti tank or anti air"

    • @itsalmostfun8567
      @itsalmostfun8567 Před 2 lety +108

      USE FLAK 8.8cm it will break the wing and kill the tank or just destroy the transmission but most of all it destroys

    • @rmynet3824
      @rmynet3824 Před 2 lety +76

      @@itsalmostfun8567 war thunder theory

    • @yesyes13123
      @yesyes13123 Před 2 lety +15

      But they use anti material

    • @wildbaguette6767
      @wildbaguette6767 Před 2 lety +10

      @卐 far right azov battalion 🇺🇦 卐 nice nick bro

    • @johnnimmo7348
      @johnnimmo7348 Před 2 lety +17

      Lots of anti aircraft weapons can take out a tank and the tank would haft to be a light tank so it could fly so it would not have been very thick

  • @CollegeBallYouknow
    @CollegeBallYouknow Před 2 lety +1480

    With how weird and over the top Russian history is in general, especially during the 20th century, I’m surprised that they haven’t gotten a HBO show yet.

    • @tylerv6341
      @tylerv6341 Před 2 lety +49

      chernobyl?

    • @retropotatoe
      @retropotatoe Před 2 lety +43

      red scare is still in full force

    • @Poffean
      @Poffean Před 2 lety +5

      @@retropotatoe more like a white scare nowadays

    • @APersonOnYouTubeX
      @APersonOnYouTubeX Před 2 lety +27

      Besides the current situations
      Main problem being that communist vs capitalist mindset still exists
      Chances are it could get boycotted

    • @peteramirez2158
      @peteramirez2158 Před 2 lety +7

      It’s called game of thrones….. Vladimir Putin is the night king

  • @z-man1237
    @z-man1237 Před 2 lety +394

    The Tsar tank will forever be the most bizarre Russian weapon/vehicle ever to me.

    • @thunderbird1921
      @thunderbird1921 Před 2 lety +23

      It makes sense, just a bit too ambitious and had too many flaws. It was probably meant as a terror weapon, in addition to combat support. Think what World War I German or Austro-Hungarian troops would have thought seeing those huge wheels smashing down forests or slicing through houses, with multiple guns blasting away at them. You'd be lying if you weren't scared spitless by something like that.

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    • @MonkeyJedi99
      @MonkeyJedi99 Před 2 lety +13

      I would even say it was bizz-tsar!

  • @kingyeet6070
    @kingyeet6070 Před 2 lety +645

    Imagine how silent it would be if someone made a different version of the Welrod that can use the SP4 ammo

    • @CMDRFandragon
      @CMDRFandragon Před 2 lety +10

      Or what happens if you put a suppressor onto the SP4 gun.

    • @logan9957
      @logan9957 Před 2 lety +40

      @@CMDRFandragon nothing. It's already containing it's gasses

    • @falloutfart9917
      @falloutfart9917 Před 2 lety +8

      I wonder if you could make an smg in that caliber

    • @BadBomb555
      @BadBomb555 Před 2 lety +5

      Wonder if you could make SP4 like ammo for bigger calibers.

    • @bandog6391
      @bandog6391 Před 2 lety +2

      I am just a random person that just found out

  • @MrWaifuTaker
    @MrWaifuTaker Před 2 lety +419

    I know the APS best from Call Of Duty: Ghosts where it was used in missions that involved underwater environments, and Black Lagoon where Revy uses it while looting a painting from a sunken German submarine.

    • @wayneigoe6722
      @wayneigoe6722 Před 2 lety +17

      Hey! A fellow fan of Black Lagoon! Such an underappericated anime... It doesn't get nearly enough recognition.

    • @u.nforcesalx9892
      @u.nforcesalx9892 Před 2 lety +4

      @@wayneigoe6722 still can't get enough of That gal holding the thumper,I kinda forgot her name tbh

    • @andershargrave7246
      @andershargrave7246 Před 2 lety +6

      Recently i visited russian submarine museum in Crimea. I saw a few APS rifles and KGB frogmen manequins. It was fascinating

    • @chris30555
      @chris30555 Před 2 lety +2

      @Lao Ball Music🎵& Minecraft Beta Clips I have. Not that hard tbh.

    • @zherean42069
      @zherean42069 Před 2 lety

      @Lao Ball Music🎵& Minecraft Beta Clips I didn't but cool

  • @cocacola4blood365
    @cocacola4blood365 Před 2 lety +102

    The APS had a pistol counterpart, SPP-1 underwater pistol which had four barrels. It was a break open, breach loader that used a four round magazine. Not as impressive as the rifle, but I thought it worth some mention.

  • @HappyAspid
    @HappyAspid Před rokem +4

    About tzar tank. Its early development started before first tanks were used in real combat. So nobody knew how to build them.

  • @BirdsOfGlass
    @BirdsOfGlass Před 2 lety +278

    Think about seeing the tsar tank coming at you on a battlefield in 1924.... it's size & "uniqueness" would probably strike fear for a moment or two.

    • @greenpointfirephotography
      @greenpointfirephotography Před 2 lety +4

      wdym 1924....it wouldve got to the battle fielkd by 1939

    • @leprawnchannel9405
      @leprawnchannel9405 Před 2 lety +3

      -_-

    • @charlesmcgill2974
      @charlesmcgill2974 Před 2 lety +9

      they might have to pull it out of storage soon they need every tank they can get

    • @imtiredtiredtired
      @imtiredtiredtired Před 2 lety +22

      @@charlesmcgill2974 time to unleash the horde of ancient T-34-85s from their cosmoline tombs in the middle of Siberian backwater nowhere

    • @BirdsOfGlass
      @BirdsOfGlass Před 2 lety +3

      @@charlesmcgill2974 they won't have the gas to run them. 😂😂😂

  • @MrGhozt
    @MrGhozt Před 2 lety +24

    "Its a tank!"
    "Its a plane!"
    "No, you're both correct"

  • @gotterdammerung5527
    @gotterdammerung5527 Před 2 lety +279

    I'm honestly so disappointed that the tsar tank never saw combat lol. Though in all honesty it would have probably gotten disabled by German grenades If not completely disabled by one artillery strike.
    Edit: Y'all are mad dumb if you think grenades and anti-tank grenades cant damage armored fighting vehicles. Fr not every tank is a super heavy with armor 7 inches thick.

    • @benn454
      @benn454 Před 2 lety +7

      Or a big stick.

    • @GAMER123GAMING
      @GAMER123GAMING Před 2 lety +3

      do you know how grenades work

    • @leprawnchannel9405
      @leprawnchannel9405 Před 2 lety

      Bruh

    • @Sirhc2003
      @Sirhc2003 Před 2 lety +7

      @@GAMER123GAMING Ehhh he's probably right about the grenades, back in WW2 a well placed grenade could disable a tank and considering the Tsar tank was a ww1 "tank" I'm going ahead and guessing it would falter if you hit one of the big wheels, or the wheel in the back.

    • @GAMER123GAMING
      @GAMER123GAMING Před 2 lety +1

      @@Sirhc2003 Where are you hearing this? tanks have way too much armor for a fragmentation grenade to do much

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      @Dec-yr4pp Před 2 lety +6

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  • @comradepatchdoggo8745
    @comradepatchdoggo8745 Před 2 lety +179

    The Soviets had Crazy Technology like the pistol at the very first beggining shows that you won't need a silencer anymore

    • @tonypeppermint5329
      @tonypeppermint5329 Před 2 lety +3

      I think it had some bumps.

    • @thegeneraldog8236
      @thegeneraldog8236 Před 2 lety

      True

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  • @mystical6367
    @mystical6367 Před 2 lety +212

    Imagine how amazing the flying tank could of been as like a flying “rolling thunder” strategy. Imagine a fleet of bombers deploying those tank gliders before coming up on a base and bombarding the base.. Then by the time the enemies come out from the air raid shelters on the base the tanks that were deployed show up to sweep up.

    • @Raitzen97
      @Raitzen97 Před 2 lety +3

      *laughs in Luftwaffe air superiority*

    • @Andrey-vs2zk
      @Andrey-vs2zk Před 2 lety +8

      @@Raitzen97 Its almost like the Luftwaffe was mostly weak after the Battle of Britain

    • @MarcABrown-tt1fp
      @MarcABrown-tt1fp Před 2 lety

      As if the air frame lugging the tank around would be capable of the speed evasive maneuvers needed to avoid fighters let alone AA, God this concept was and always will be immensely impractical. More stupid reformers talk...

    • @CASA-dy4vs
      @CASA-dy4vs Před rokem +1

      @@MarcABrown-tt1fp use the magic of imagination combined with Borgir you create a tank with a 100000000 mm penetration that is very small and the gun is an auto cannon with 5.6 million rounds in 1 seconds yes it will probably make the earth go wonky but effective

  • @blizzardfog9501
    @blizzardfog9501 Před 2 lety +26

    Random solider: sir we got a enemy tank in the position
    Commander: ready the anti-tank round!
    Random solider: one problem....it's in the air....
    Commander: what?!

  • @youngmasterzhi
    @youngmasterzhi Před 2 lety +73

    The Tu-2Sh Fiery Hedgehog is the Soviet version of the modern Metal Storm multi-barrelled aerial ground-pounder

    • @yangguzheng3544
      @yangguzheng3544 Před 2 lety +6

      the soviet AC-130 was born too early to have the right gun😮‍💨

    • @user-wk7xo9vc6j
      @user-wk7xo9vc6j Před 10 měsíci

      Rather: Soviets had designed a gunship plane before it was turned mainstream

  • @ChicagoPianist
    @ChicagoPianist Před 2 lety +624

    Wow, was just looking at a Russian soldier with a mosin nagant in Ukraine, then immediately see this as a notification.
    Edit: didn’t know they weren’t regular soldiers wasn’t really paying attention lol

  • @SuperUniverse
    @SuperUniverse Před 2 lety +10

    This is why Red Alert existed .
    People just like making awesome weapons like this.

    • @artem_tot
      @artem_tot Před 2 lety

      Ну, всё. В голове уже играет музыка из ред Алерт.

  • @tardarsauce1842
    @tardarsauce1842 Před 2 lety +155

    Yuri: You see Ivan, when you create a flying tank, enemies will be confused, whether they use anti-tank gun or anti-aircraft gun
    Hans: **Laughs in 8.8cm flak cannon**

    • @APersonOnYouTubeX
      @APersonOnYouTubeX Před 2 lety +23

      Klaus:
      HANS DONT WASTE AMMO, JUST WAIT FOR IT TO LAND AND GET PANZERSHRECK

    • @pjbvrttbv78-23
      @pjbvrttbv78-23 Před 2 lety +12

      @@APersonOnCZcamsX too late
      **proceeds to spend the entire ammo**

    • @apasserbyontheinternet2725
      @apasserbyontheinternet2725 Před 2 lety +9

      Ah yes, the 8.8cm General-Purpose Cannon

    • @joelalarcon3738
      @joelalarcon3738 Před 2 lety

      @@APersonOnCZcamsX step 1 shoot the wings step 2 when it land shoot it panzer shreck

    • @fiery_gamerz
      @fiery_gamerz Před rokem

      The anti-*EVERYTHING* gun

  • @thunderbird1921
    @thunderbird1921 Před 2 lety +494

    The flying tank, if improved and modified, might honestly still be useful in today's warfare. You can't really drop them in with parachutes to my knowledge.

    • @aceapache4914
      @aceapache4914 Před 2 lety +132

      You can, certain tanks can be airdropped, such as the XM-8 or others, but you can't really parachute a MBT

    • @MIMthegreat
      @MIMthegreat Před 2 lety +42

      You can, for example: the M551 Sheridan can be dropped with a parachute, however it's no longer in use with the US Army.

    • @thunderbird1921
      @thunderbird1921 Před 2 lety +79

      @@aceapache4914 Imagine if an enemy looked up and saw an M1 Abrams gliding down to the rear of the battlefield! THAT would be demoralizing.

    • @profesionalshitposter675
      @profesionalshitposter675 Před 2 lety +7

      usa can drop humvees from airplanes using special parachutes

    • @aceapache4914
      @aceapache4914 Před 2 lety +16

      @@profesionalshitposter675 Yes, but they aren't quite tanks, and against other armor vehicles, are more a joke rather than a threat

  • @thegameninja4890
    @thegameninja4890 Před 2 lety +36

    The tsar tank kinda looks like the wheel droid from Star Wars

  • @BNVodkaFPS
    @BNVodkaFPS Před 2 lety +11

    Tanks are heavy, they can't fly
    Antonov A-40: Are you sure about that ?

  • @MonkeyJedi99
    @MonkeyJedi99 Před 2 lety +71

    Now I have the urge to see if Ian at Forgotten Weapons has covered this pistol! The ammunition must be quite expensive.

    • @benn454
      @benn454 Před 2 lety +4

      If he hasn't, he soon will if the Stinger video is anything to go by.

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  • @heckinmemes6430
    @heckinmemes6430 Před 2 lety +20

    "Hey Alexi, we need to flex on the Germans, show them our supply lines and factories are strong!"
    "Shoot all the bullets."
    "All of them?"
    "Da. All of them."

  • @insovietrussiavodka
    @insovietrussiavodka Před 2 lety +18

    With so many things to choice from it's no wonder they couldn't include all of them in one video so here are some honerable mentions
    -Fedorov avtomat, AVS-36, AS44
    Fully automatic rifles dated from 1915, 1936 and 1944 with varying succes.
    -T-35
    multi-turret tank with nothing less than 5 turrets for a total of 3 guns and up to 7 MGs pending the model.
    An unsuccesfull tank, but a very succesfull propaganda machine.
    -SMK and T-100
    A developmental step into the modern (by 1940s standard) heavy tank with 2 turrets.
    -KV-2
    This one speaks for itself...
    -KV-7 and KV-7-2
    "The answer - use a gun, and if that don't work, use more gun" - engineer
    -PTRD and PTRS
    Anti-tanks rifles which are still in service and the first users (that I know of) of 14.5mm ammo. What makes them interesting is the PTRD would have a shorter development time than the Sten despite being a much heavier weapon.
    -T-34
    Not the tank itself which on it's own is somewhat unremarkable. But the developmental steps from the BT-7. A-20, A-32, A-34 and so onwards is rather interesting. There's like 7 or so steps between in the development
    -TT tanks
    Remote controled tanks based on tanks like the T-26, often used for demolishion, engineering tasks or flamethrowers.
    -ISU-152 and SU-152
    "Big cat hunter" to quote the chieftain "If you find a building offending you, you can do little worse than throwing a SU-152 at it"
    -Katyusha
    I'm pretty sure I don't have to explain this one. *Screams in BM-13*
    -BT-Tsyganov
    Sonic has been outclassed.
    -T-26...
    Yes... I mentioned the T-26... as a tank it is completely outdated and should never go near a combat zone, but it has about 50 variants of which 26 of them would see production. Not only is it the most wide spread prewar tank, but as long as the enemy doesn't have any effective AT measures... OR a pair of skies... it'll do fine and pack more punch than it's rivals.
    -Object 279 & IS-7
    Gotta love the creativity of the Cold war.
    -MBV-2
    This is the most heavily armed train I know of... why have 1 turret when you can have 3?
    -Zveno 2 to 7
    A TB-3 able to carry several smaller aircraft detatch and retatch midt air.
    -Bereznyak-Isayev BI-1 to 7
    Turbo jets and motor-jets are for noobs... try out rockets
    Fun fact:
    The A-40 concept was born out of the failed idea of yeeting a tankette from a low flying TB-3 bomber
    Japan would either copy or make their own idea referred to as "Special type 3"

    • @ArtyomCCCP
      @ArtyomCCCP Před 2 lety +3

      Also before T-26 remote controlled tank,soviets studied on the ft17 french tank they had under name T-18 which they worked on remote control variant,but off course T-26 was the first remote controlled tank of the world

  • @RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE

    "You see Ivan, if we create very weird stuff, the enemy will be so confused they won't be able to attack and we can blitz through them!"

    • @RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE
      @RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE Před 2 lety

      @LabRat Knatz
      Well, indeed, the west did have it's fair share of weird projects (specially using the Sherman as the basis), but imo they don't compare to the Russian/Soviet projects.
      Seriously, some of their post-war projects are just as crazy as some of shown here.

  • @pauld.b7129
    @pauld.b7129 Před 2 lety +123

    The last one is actually a good idea, or at least it was at the time. Nowadays that kind of direct flyover would get you shot down. The real downfall seems to be that they used ppsh gun in it, which probably could have been replaced with something suited to the purpose. They probably had to use them because of the low budget though...

    • @MandalorV7
      @MandalorV7 Před 2 lety +8

      I would think a belt fed machine gun would be better suited for this roll. But maybe it was a weight thing or supply issue.

    • @leprawnchannel9405
      @leprawnchannel9405 Před 2 lety +2

      @@MandalorV7 agreed

    • @mikefischer8576
      @mikefischer8576 Před 2 lety +1

      Could use a box mag with a bag on the side for collecting shells sure it means less guns but higher caliber. I honestly think the main issue thought was the low alt needed to be effective

    • @RonJeremy514
      @RonJeremy514 Před 2 lety +2

      This idea wasn't totally dropped out as some ground attack planes were tested with what is called the SSPU-22-1 gun pods. Basically you could fit up to four of those on a Su-25 (basically four times its actual canon) and angle those downwards so the pilot could shoot while the plane was flying straight and at low altitude to avoid either detection or being targetted directly. Basically an even more deadly GAU-8.

    • @yourvault1612
      @yourvault1612 Před 2 lety

      Most of these was actually a good idea

  • @wertyuiwestia
    @wertyuiwestia Před 2 lety +5

    The fact the the flying tank in the thumbnail has the addidas logo in it. Absolutely hilarious detail.

  • @lazarussolomon3541
    @lazarussolomon3541 Před 2 lety +12

    I was just listening to the trooper when I saw this. Couldn't get "The mighty roar of the Russian guns!" Out of my head

  • @patrickt4
    @patrickt4 Před rokem +4

    The Soviet Union in 1942:
    *"What you're seeing is Advanced Warfare."*

  • @Eric4Lego
    @Eric4Lego Před 2 lety +2

    Nice to see the shout-out to Tiger 131!

  • @DarkFlameWolf93
    @DarkFlameWolf93 Před 2 lety +8

    10:52 The Tu-2 was a twin engine bomber, one on each wing root. But while diving in the video, the propeller is in the nose. Slight mistake on the animator

  • @Olafmikli
    @Olafmikli Před 2 lety +19

    Interesting how the fiery hedgehog and the flying tank idea would eventually be developed and deployed by the Americans in Vietnam, albeit with a minigun and a giant plane instead of a towing cable.

    • @deathsquadron3311
      @deathsquadron3311 Před 2 lety +1

      Are you talking about the gunship with its 105 mm howitzer or are you talking about airborne tanks....airborne tanks were born with the creation of the m22 locust

    • @Olafmikli
      @Olafmikli Před 2 lety

      ​@@deathsquadron3311 Just talking about how tanks were lifted and dropped off from planes in Vietnam, and yes the gunship. The idea of having CAS with a high rate of fire machine gun instead of dropping just bombs.
      Didn't know about the locust

    • @MEGALODONGERS
      @MEGALODONGERS Před 2 lety +1

      The Americans actually tried attaching a bunch of SMGs to a plane first. The JL-12 contained 28 M1921 Thompsons on the underside (12 pointed forward, 16 rearward) along with an additional two in the cockpit.

    • @thiccthighssavelives5866
      @thiccthighssavelives5866 Před 2 lety

      @@Olafmikli so basically. A very smol Sherman that's fast as hecc

  • @zefflin1451
    @zefflin1451 Před 2 lety +11

    This was probably one of your most beautiful animations yet, keep up the great work!

  • @Marinealver
    @Marinealver Před 2 lety +2

    Got to love those N64 Golden Eye sound bits.

  • @MIMthegreat
    @MIMthegreat Před 2 lety +2

    I'm the only one who noticed the three white stripes of Adidas on the A-40 tank in the thumbnail? Nice easter egg!!

  • @martian102
    @martian102 Před rokem +4

    Now imagine silenced bullets in a silenced gun

  • @gotterdammerung5527
    @gotterdammerung5527 Před 2 lety +33

    Honestly I'm surprised the Germans never tried to parachute their light tanks into combat via zeppelins.

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    @MOEKIO Před 2 lety +20

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  • @Mr.Janitor
    @Mr.Janitor Před 2 lety +7

    the fiery hedge hogg is a funny concept. It also gives a literal interpretation to raining fire.

  • @jacobb17
    @jacobb17 Před 2 lety +10

    It seems weird that frog men exist and that guns have been designed specifically to be used by them but yet you don't really ever hear about them in war, at least not modern wars.

    • @TheAKgunner
      @TheAKgunner Před 2 lety

      Look up Super Cavitating Ammo. This allows conventional rifles to be used underwater.

  • @yanniquillopo2370
    @yanniquillopo2370 Před 2 lety +9

    Imagine how modern military doctrine and operations would've been so different if some of these designs like the TU 2 actually became a success.

  • @basicyapper697
    @basicyapper697 Před rokem +3

    The fire hedgehog is actually a brilliant idea that could’ve been fledged out given some more time

  • @isaacgonzo
    @isaacgonzo Před 2 lety +11

    Ok, hear me out, you take the Tsar Tank, move the big wheels back so there even with the turrets, replace the turrets with a spinning blade almost the size of the tires, and remove the back wheel. That Huge thing would be a big deal

  • @FromKribToGrave
    @FromKribToGrave Před 2 lety +7

    Wow, just strap a bunch of guns on the belly of an airplane. That’s some Battlefield 1942 tactics right there.
    Next up: soldiers standing on the hoods of driving Jeeps firing straight from the hip!

  • @user-uw3cg5yf9f
    @user-uw3cg5yf9f Před rokem +4

    В конечном счёте из летающего танка получилось БМД, так что идея не ушла в истории, а получила дальнейшее продвижение.

  • @AS256
    @AS256 Před 2 lety +2

    Simple History, for 2 video ideas you can make about
    1) 36th ulster division and irish rifles during the first world war and how ireland was during ww1
    2) The Troubles

  • @jackashmore
    @jackashmore Před 2 lety +4

    Russian scientist: Stalin, what shall we make to get edge over world?
    Stalin: E V E R Y T H I N G

    • @joelalarcon3738
      @joelalarcon3738 Před 2 lety

      engineer: what tank?
      stalin: see that tank i want it to F L Y

  • @rustyknight2918
    @rustyknight2918 Před 2 lety +6

    i love the aps underwater rifle which ive seen it first on deltaforce games. brilliant idea.

  • @jenclydelemosnero2529
    @jenclydelemosnero2529 Před 2 lety +3

    thank you @simplehistory as making this as my bday present,im immersed on the th achievments you have done on the movements,good luck

  • @VAMobMember
    @VAMobMember Před 2 lety +7

    The TU-2SH was actually a great idea. Today we call it the AC-130

    • @BDru
      @BDru Před rokem

      Забавно, что проблема с уязвимостью для ПВО так и осталась

  • @captain_commenter8796
    @captain_commenter8796 Před 2 lety +41

    I am convinced the designers of these weapons definitely had something to drink before they drew these things up

    • @spycrab3723
      @spycrab3723 Před 2 lety +3

      They DO drink vodka everyday

    • @kxmalahov
      @kxmalahov Před 2 lety +2

      dont think so, some of them are genius art examples.....not vodka , just brains.

    • @VarangianGuard13
      @VarangianGuard13 Před 2 lety +3

      It was probably cocaine

    • @glebb..3416
      @glebb..3416 Před 2 lety +4

      Or they wanted to do art instead of effective weapons.

    • @kxmalahov
      @kxmalahov Před 2 lety +4

      @@glebb..3416 some of them are top science examples and used even in our century...

  • @warpig6459
    @warpig6459 Před 2 lety +45

    So the soviets had a bomber with a bunch of high fire rate smgs in it's bomb bay, damn, I can only imagine if the Germans back then could've designed something similar, maybe something like a Ju 188 or something similar with a few mg42s on the bottom

    • @falloutfart9917
      @falloutfart9917 Před 2 lety +4

      Have them all fire incendiary rounds

    • @Kez115
      @Kez115 Před 2 lety +7

      The new Ju 188: For when you absolutely want no trace of the target you fired at

    • @paulsmith5752
      @paulsmith5752 Před rokem

      Just get any night fighter equipped with Schräge Musik - Bf 110, Ju 88, Ju 188, Ta 154 etc... and fly upside down.

  • @wiictvchannel1112
    @wiictvchannel1112 Před 2 lety +19

    I just wanna know how much underwater combat between men happened that caused them to develop a rifle for it!

    • @heckinmemes6430
      @heckinmemes6430 Před 2 lety +13

      They developed a rifle that can shoot in space. Makes ya think.

    • @streletz3426
      @streletz3426 Před 2 lety +11

      @@heckinmemes6430 chemical laser pistol actually. It uses ammo for each shot to convert explosive energy into laser beam. Expected to see that gun here honestly

    • @wiictvchannel1112
      @wiictvchannel1112 Před 2 lety

      @@heckinmemes6430 \Aliens/

    • @DMlTREl
      @DMlTREl Před rokem

      ​@@heckinmemes6430 Every weapon can shoot in space, TP82 was created to help astronauts survive on earth until rescuers will find them

  • @logicaltips4107
    @logicaltips4107 Před 2 lety +3

    The Tsar tank reminds me of the Hail fire droid from the clone wars

  • @andregabrieltimcang8182
    @andregabrieltimcang8182 Před 2 lety +149

    Russia has always had the reputation of having a weird history

    • @fucker1
      @fucker1 Před 2 lety +4

      PUTIN IS THE BEST!!!!!
      I AM THE BEST CZcamsR EVER!!!!!!!!

    • @h4per_txt565
      @h4per_txt565 Před 2 lety +2

      @@fucker1 SIESKA IS THE BEST!!!!!
      I AM THE BEST CZcamsR EVER!!!!!!

    • @andregabrieltimcang8182
      @andregabrieltimcang8182 Před 2 lety +5

      No one of you two is the best, no one cares who you support as long as you dont partially cause a murder

    • @halalnoob5766
      @halalnoob5766 Před 2 lety +5

      bruh i swear its the reason why an average russian person is built different fr

    • @Cybersharky_
      @Cybersharky_ Před 2 lety +2

      @@andregabrieltimcang8182 as opposed to fully causing murder

  • @prezmrmthegreatiinnovative3235

    id like to see episodes on different guns firearms and weapons from history like:
    m16 and all variants
    ak47
    akm
    ak74
    ak74m
    m4 and m4a1
    m14

  • @3DPT
    @3DPT Před 2 lety +5

    Flaming Hedghog is new to me... Maby would have worked better if they could stagger the rate of fire or build a bigger drum for the rifles... or just have 12 guns + belt fed...

  • @sqwidlord8344
    @sqwidlord8344 Před 2 lety +9

    The fiery hedgehog is by far the funniest thing I’ve ever heard of it’s just a plane with 88 posh-41s strapped to a bomb rack and pointed downwards 😂 just imagine this thing as a killstreak in call of duty or a vehicle in battlefield that would be amazing

    • @ArtyomCCCP
      @ArtyomCCCP Před 2 lety

      Well germans had Shräge Musik on their Dornier-217 which you shoot others planes higher than you without aiming them on head on

  • @San_cap
    @San_cap Před rokem +4

    2:56 - афтомат подводний шпециальный))

  • @wyattpeterson6286
    @wyattpeterson6286 Před 2 lety +14

    I expected to see the soviet dog mine in this video. Think about doing a video on that, it's an important and sadly often overlooked part of ww2 history.

  • @blitzzkrieg1400
    @blitzzkrieg1400 Před 2 lety +14

    In Russia, they have flying tanks. In Ukraine, they have tractors towing tanks!

    • @joelalarcon3738
      @joelalarcon3738 Před 2 lety

      yes SLAVA

    • @netyimeni169
      @netyimeni169 Před 2 lety +3

      except that was a bs propaganda and that tractor was actually evacuating a broken tank

  • @helljester8097
    @helljester8097 Před 2 lety +2

    The fiery hedgehog sounds like the solution to a problem when someone put one too many zeros when ordering SMG’s from the factory.

  • @elcactus4058
    @elcactus4058 Před 2 lety +24

    You guys should do the French interventions in Mexico

  • @joshuabessire9169
    @joshuabessire9169 Před 2 lety +6

    The APS was designed about the same time as Jaws. Think maybe the KGB was worried America might weaponize the mechanical shark?

  • @Xx_Nezumi_xX
    @Xx_Nezumi_xX Před 2 lety +6

    United States: we have the best inventions for war
    Meanwhile in the Soviet Union:

    • @nexpro6118
      @nexpro6118 Před rokem

      The first 2 guns will NEVER work. The first one, the pistol. In order for a gun shot to be quiet. Even if they found a way to not need a silencer, you still need to use sub sonic ammo. Bullets break the sound barrier, that's the Crack sound you hear. Even with a silencer on a gun, you still also need to use sub sonic rounds.

  • @TheAnchorArmsChad
    @TheAnchorArmsChad Před rokem +2

    The Fiery Hedgehog is GENIUS!

  • @Randomfella33
    @Randomfella33 Před 2 lety

    Amazing video! I love this series of weird weapons

  • @diligentone-six2688
    @diligentone-six2688 Před 2 lety +3

    The PSS Silenced Pistol is featured in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

  • @wattsnottaken1
    @wattsnottaken1 Před 2 lety +3

    The real ultimate Russian weapon is saying they’re not invading when really they are

    • @garageofscrap
      @garageofscrap Před 2 lety +1

      To be fair, they said they’d move the troops away from the border, they never said which direction

  • @brandonchappell8545
    @brandonchappell8545 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for not having the 2 minute long AD at the beginning

  • @projectember728
    @projectember728 Před 2 lety +2

    Imagine a movie with a some inspiration from these inventions

  • @J.i.M.9604
    @J.i.M.9604 Před 2 lety +3

    For anyone wondering where to find the first soundtrack
    czcams.com/video/2z5rMNH_yTI/video.html

  • @irinpervin4871
    @irinpervin4871 Před 2 lety +4

    He should do a western version of this video,LIke how there was a gun that worked underwater.

  • @bmac7643
    @bmac7643 Před 2 lety +2

    Could you guys maybe think of working on a weird NATO/American weapons series? That would be neat

  • @user-om2li8ff9c
    @user-om2li8ff9c Před rokem +1

    “Machinegun Plane Go Brrrrtt” - Dani If He Was Here

  • @TheyFrNamedMeBen
    @TheyFrNamedMeBen Před 2 lety +21

    Imagine how different warfare and the outcomes of different wars would have been had certain experimental war projects had succeeded and were commonly used

    • @simonaspalovis1204
      @simonaspalovis1204 Před 2 lety

      What do you mean by “succeeded”? The reason why most of these experimental weapons were abandoned was because they were too ineffective and/or too expensive to produce. There would have been no logical reason (apart from sheer stupidity) to use such impractical weapons in mass.
      For example, to make the Tsar tank effective, it would have to have been completely redesigned to something that would ressemble your typical tank design.
      Most of these weapon concepts were doomed to fail from the beginning.

    • @TheyFrNamedMeBen
      @TheyFrNamedMeBen Před 2 lety

      @@simonaspalovis1204 I’m gonna pretend I’m smart enough to comprehend the first half of that

  • @byenye6386
    @byenye6386 Před 2 lety +3

    I Love this channel Simple History you guys do a good job at making good content

  • @ednamujar4537
    @ednamujar4537 Před 2 lety +2

    wait the flying tank is actually real?

  • @stevenbaer5999
    @stevenbaer5999 Před 2 lety +2

    Soviet Union came up with dogs as anti tank bombers. Explosive pack having a wooden stick when the dog thinks he is actually going for a doggie treat. They actually went towards German tanks for the treat when the stick tilted at the German tank then it exploded. Sometimes the Germans would actually shoot down those dogs and sometimes the dogs went back to the Russian tanks.

  • @mrchiefbs
    @mrchiefbs Před 2 lety +5

    Russia has the most reliable rifle and handgun in the world. The AK47 platform and the Makarov.

    • @AlGhulkazim
      @AlGhulkazim Před 2 lety +3

      And don’t forget about PPSH41 it’s still used by Rebels Terrorist Militia around the world
      (Even North Korean Military Police stationed close to the China border still use it )

    • @gort8687
      @gort8687 Před 2 lety

      this is the funniest thing ive read all day

    • @mrchiefbs
      @mrchiefbs Před 2 lety

      @@gort8687 The AR15 is expensive and less reliable. The thing jams like crazy at the sight of dirt. Let me guess you're a 1911 guy? Expensive to make and has 52 individual parts to worry about. The makarov has a total of 27 parts and an extra round. It has a smaller caliber but you're still getting hurt.

    • @gort8687
      @gort8687 Před 2 lety +1

      @@mrchiefbs cry

    • @WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq
      @WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq Před rokem

      @@gort8687 Rifles that improve and become true mil and police spec without the budget bull refine through simplication as it's trialed by fire.
      The ultimate goal is to use less and less parts for the same thing, reducing maintenance demands and possibilities for failure while you get the weight down. We can make a vastly and overwhelmingly superior AK, but won't ever do it because the Libs would obess about a practical development and tacticcools would flow like hotcakes choking the market for the superior production

  • @kingofcrimson4177
    @kingofcrimson4177 Před 2 lety +12

    Can you cover how America’s police got more militarised in the 80’s? Great Job btw!

  • @c-money9623
    @c-money9623 Před 2 lety +1

    Weird machine guns would be neat. That WW2 Japanese one with the hopper is cool

  • @srcottonmouth7824
    @srcottonmouth7824 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you these videos are awsom I had never heard of the silenced pistol with out can interesting 🤔👍👍👍♥️

  • @arober9758
    @arober9758 Před 2 lety +17

    Great job fellows!! With how weird and over the top Russian history is in general, especially during the 20th century, I’m surprised that they haven’t gotten a HBO show yet.

  • @mirandalockey7334
    @mirandalockey7334 Před 2 lety +3

    If done properly, the tu 2sh could’ve been genius, the guns being detachable could help if a crash happens.

  • @auugh5978
    @auugh5978 Před 2 lety +1

    animation is getting better keep up the good work

  • @minnmaxxing6432
    @minnmaxxing6432 Před 2 lety +2

    Simple history: we'd like to thank our sponsor mage-
    Me: *beats the skip 5 seconds button to death*

  • @VirusXAX
    @VirusXAX Před 2 lety +4

    The Topolev could have been the first Ac-130-like Invention in the 2. World war from the Russians. From the weird invention. Why is no one came with the Idea of a slow flying bigger version and Put some Anti tank guns into that and some 14.5 mm Heavy Maschine guns into that.
    I mean that could have been that thing!

  • @king_fisherXX
    @king_fisherXX Před 2 lety +16

    Russia has some surprisingly unique ideas when it comes to making weapons. I can't say the flying tank or the Tzar Tank was brilliant, but the hedgehog, silent pistol, and water gun are so fascinating. If only Russia wasn't ruled by war-hungry tyrants and used these weapons for good (if they still existed and I believe some do).
    Great vid by the way

    • @alaas1041
      @alaas1041 Před 2 lety

      Now tell me why do you think that Russia is ruled by "war-angry tyrants". Has it ever attacked first?

    • @user-td7ny6se5b
      @user-td7ny6se5b Před 2 lety +2

      @@alaas1041 Turkey in 1853, Japan in 1904, Finland in 1939. That's just 3 most known examples of Russian empire and ussr attacking first. There are a lot more of 'em. Read some history books

    • @JS-in3mi
      @JS-in3mi Před 2 lety +2

      @@alaas1041 a more recent example would be the invasion of ukraine

    • @czechpatriot2230
      @czechpatriot2230 Před 2 lety +16

      @@user-td7ny6se5b Japan was the one attacking first in 1904. Where did you get that Russia was aggresor in that? That's like USA was aggresor when Japan attacked Pearl Harbour.

    • @artem_tot
      @artem_tot Před 2 lety

      Это вам говорят, что Россия хочет войны: она вероломно разместила свои границы рядом с базами НАТО. Это она разместила био лаборатории на территории Украины, и заставила украинских в тайне делать атомную бомбу. Всё верно дружок? czcams.com/video/EAtL37g0iWA/video.html

  • @Cuccos19
    @Cuccos19 Před 2 lety +1

    There were plenty experimental which have never seen action. But there was an interesting Yakovlev Yak-9 variant (among the many) what had an internal bomb bay behind the pilot: the Yak-9B. It could carry four 100kg bombs vertically mounted behind the pilot (I guess they removed the radio set to make some room for the bombs).

  • @gibusspy5544
    @gibusspy5544 Před 2 lety +1

    The Fiery Hedgehog is basically Schrage Musik but pointed downward.

  • @nmfailkid3
    @nmfailkid3 Před 2 lety +5

    Let’s be real- every weapon in Russian history is a little weird lol

  • @alienzgamer6612
    @alienzgamer6612 Před 2 lety +5

    Awesome video buddy keep it up 😄

  • @sylviamontaez3889
    @sylviamontaez3889 Před 2 lety

    12:15 this reminds me of the a-10 warthog. both planes have the same purpose and similar armament.

  • @11wertyy45
    @11wertyy45 Před 2 lety

    the flying tank reminds me of the iconic A-team movie really great

  • @thesovietunion7907
    @thesovietunion7907 Před 2 lety +3

    Perfection

  • @albert9784
    @albert9784 Před 2 lety +6

    Whoever created the Tu-2Sh Fiery Hedgehog must have an IQ of 160, it's the best air force weapon I've ever seen, and I think it may explain why the Soviets defeated the Germans so quickly

  • @PrekiFromPoland
    @PrekiFromPoland Před rokem

    6:12
    I want a RTS game with weird vehicles and units only like this Tsar Tank here.

  • @horrorfan1455
    @horrorfan1455 Před 2 lety +1

    Hey simple history thanks again for another amazing videos I have a suggestion for a video can you please do a video on ww1 trench whistle what different whistles blows meant