Spetsnaz (Soviet Afghanistan war)

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    Often, the Spetsnaz are thought of as Army commando units.
    In reality, however, Spetsnaz are not a specific tactical unit but a more general clandestine force which were deployed at the behest of the Soviet intelligence security services for special missions.
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  • @dctmatt
    @dctmatt Před 4 lety +4587

    “Why are you idiots still using wallets from the 90s”
    AK-74m: what’d you just say?

  • @silent0089
    @silent0089 Před 4 lety +2493

    Afghan soldier: Hey Ahmed, do you hear music in the desert?
    Desert: **distant & muffled Hardbass noises**

    • @imtiredtiredtired
      @imtiredtiredtired Před 4 lety +183

      **Cue Mi-24s flying overhead blasting Tri Poloski**

    • @TurtleStranger
      @TurtleStranger Před 4 lety +22

      @@imtiredtiredtired god i love this

    • @scipion34
      @scipion34 Před 4 lety +87

      *CUE T-72s DRIVING ACROSS VILLAGE BLASTING CHEEKI BREEKI HARDBASS ANTHEM*

    • @qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm3937
      @qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm3937 Před 4 lety +23

      scipion34 maybe a Russian soldier gopnik squatting on the back too🤷‍♂️

    • @satriaramadhan4089
      @satriaramadhan4089 Před 4 lety +62

      *Meanwhile in Nam
      Vietnamese Farmer: “Did the sky just sing?”
      Sky: *distant & muffled fortunate son playing*

  • @haraldisdead
    @haraldisdead Před 3 lety +3425

    "The Spetznas were armed with the new, elite rifle: an AK-47. However, since it was an experimental rifle, they also carried the other AK-47. Additionally, they were trained in standard Soviet weapons, such as the AK-47, the machine-AK-47, the sniper AK-47, and the AK-47 with a rocket attached."

    • @starpotter8
      @starpotter8 Před 3 lety +115

      Yeah

    • @wenku8471
      @wenku8471 Před 3 lety +502

      When you come up with a great idea, you run with it. Even now they are still updating the AK platform. Need a pistol caliber carbine? Vityaz, which looks exactly like an AK.
      AK-47, AKM, AK74, AKS--74u, AK 100 series, now AK 12, 15, and 19.... It never ends! Davai!

    • @ushelushel1
      @ushelushel1 Před 3 lety +164

      Don't you forget about the civilian AK-based guns: the Saiga, the Vepr and the TG carbine.

    • @curtisthomas2670
      @curtisthomas2670 Před 3 lety +50

      And the full auto or semi 22 gauge shotguns Saiga and others

    • @curtisthomas2670
      @curtisthomas2670 Před 3 lety +112

      The Russians have realized that the AK platform can provide almost all their military small arms requirements so they have upgraded to the "AK 100" system, which provides submachine guns, carbines, assault rifles in a variety of configurations, light machine guns, designate marksman/sniper rifles, semi or full auto shotguns, also semi auto hunting rifles to supply their military, police, security, civilian and export needs, with the added benefit of vastly decreased production costs, less tooling setups, increased interchangeability of parts, and the ability to suddenly increase production of any configuration to suit a particular need.

  • @jkzeje
    @jkzeje Před 3 lety +734

    Impossible drinking game: drink a shot everytime he says spetsnaz

    • @michaelashtonjr.ashohara1414
      @michaelashtonjr.ashohara1414 Před 3 lety +12

      I'd be dead

    • @BearAnkles
      @BearAnkles Před 3 lety +7

      Yeah its actually ridiculous

    • @michaelzoelisch6738
      @michaelzoelisch6738 Před 3 lety +8

      Drink when he´s repeating himself

    • @Aditya-wg3lp
      @Aditya-wg3lp Před 3 lety +10

      More impossible drinking game: take a shot to your head with a Barrett 50cal every time you see this stupid overused joke, i feel like doing it right now

    • @zh2266
      @zh2266 Před 3 lety +2

      I actually gave that a try. I'm 11 minutes in and my stomach hurts

  • @settekwan2708
    @settekwan2708 Před 4 lety +4272

    US veteran : Vietnam flashback
    USSR veteran : Afghanistan flashback

    • @Leg8
      @Leg8 Před 3 lety +249

      they're nothing compared to my meat, my meat gets beaten every single day

    • @lukerodgers1980
      @lukerodgers1980 Před 3 lety +192

      Umm I’m pretty sure there’s more US veterans with flashbacks from Afghanistan.

    • @flopus7
      @flopus7 Před 3 lety +354

      America: Why not both?

    • @D00000T
      @D00000T Před 3 lety +39

      @@flopus7 sure, gulf war flashbacks

    • @van__933
      @van__933 Před 3 lety +9

      @@lukerodgers1980 No

  • @harryluns
    @harryluns Před 4 lety +772

    Spetsnaz: makes a joke
    Other spetsnaz: Hahaha
    Rock: Hahaha

    • @yeetosyeeterofyeet1825
      @yeetosyeeterofyeet1825 Před 4 lety +24

      IF YOU SMEEEELLLL. WHAT THE ROCK. IS COOKING
      surry i had to do it

    • @zizouace4890
      @zizouace4890 Před 4 lety +31

      soviet union: "i'm gonna conquer Afghanistan"
      Afghan jihadists: "I'm about to end this empire's whole career"
      soviet union: *collapses*

    • @Liam-ly7up
      @Liam-ly7up Před 4 lety +10

      *ivan why is the sand speaking arabic*

    • @GlitchedBlox
      @GlitchedBlox Před 4 lety

      hmmm you hear sum'?

    • @sovietred7371
      @sovietred7371 Před 4 lety +1

      @@zizouace4890 not the reason for the collapse, but sure

  • @GaelicCelt1990
    @GaelicCelt1990 Před 3 lety +1900

    Everybody gangsta until they see Adidas footprints in the sand

    • @savythegamer4781
      @savythegamer4781 Před 3 lety +18

      Wait didnt the mujahideen won the war? Meaning that this comment is just another overused meme

    • @CamiloMercado04
      @CamiloMercado04 Před 3 lety +47

      And toyota tire tracks

    • @andreyspetznaz9219
      @andreyspetznaz9219 Před 2 lety +81

      @@savythegamer4781 doesn’t matter who won or lost. His point is that Spetsnaz are the real gangsters. The Mujaheden feared them a lot.

    • @joryjennings7527
      @joryjennings7527 Před 2 lety +7

      @@CamiloMercado04 the mujahideen mostly relied on horses to get around as well as a case and American stinger missiles but I get your point totally outgunned totally outmanned but somehow once Hind helicopters started dropping out of the sky the Soviet started to reconsider their presence in Afghanistan

    • @zikry4787
      @zikry4787 Před 2 lety +1

      Keep your unfunny jokes to yourself and gky

  • @MrVibe-tx4rn
    @MrVibe-tx4rn Před 3 lety +781

    Russian: Tells Joke
    Sand: Laughs
    Russian: *wait a diddly darn second*

  • @aidanlavin8211
    @aidanlavin8211 Před 4 lety +10774

    The Soviet-Afghanistan, Russia’s Vietnam war. Very fitting

    • @oe3567
      @oe3567 Před 4 lety +433

      Deifan when the tumble weeds start speaking Arabic

    • @DreadPirateRoberts121
      @DreadPirateRoberts121 Před 4 lety +149

      They said the same for Chechnya

    • @wendigo017
      @wendigo017 Před 4 lety +502

      Afghanistan=USSR's Vietnam
      Chechnya=Russia's Vietnam

    • @bromothymol
      @bromothymol Před 4 lety +135

      "Why is the sand speaking Arabic?"

    • @andrifa5408
      @andrifa5408 Před 4 lety +298

      Afghanistan was supported by usa, vietnam was supported by Soviet Russia

  • @jaredsowers8630
    @jaredsowers8630 Před 4 lety +3587

    Americans in 'Nam: "Why are trees speaking Vietnamese?"
    Soviets in Afghanistan: "Why are the rocks speaking Afghan?"

  • @paulgambro4264
    @paulgambro4264 Před 3 lety +273

    I've heard some of these soldiers got kidnapped by some floating balloon device... Probably just a rumour

    • @butbutbutbutbutbutbut
      @butbutbutbutbutbutbut Před 3 lety +19

      Metal gear solid was pretty good

    • @OZTutoh
      @OZTutoh Před 3 lety +18

      Pretty dangerous job, being a soldier. It heard it's safer to work at the life-size inflatable Mujahideen doll factory.

    • @rosaria8384
      @rosaria8384 Před 2 lety +2

      And when they heard soldiers being put to sleep often because of darts on their heads, they started issuing helmets. Then later they'd carry rocket launchers while on patrol, and abandon their AK-74s for an AK-47 and modernize their Mosin Nagant rifles with a custom chassis.

  • @lazarus1867
    @lazarus1867 Před 3 lety +268

    Damn those poor door guards at 3:07 didnt have a chance even if they played dead...lol

    • @Bardock7500x
      @Bardock7500x Před 3 lety +26

      They ain't taking any chances 😂😂😂

    • @whitezombie10
      @whitezombie10 Před 2 lety +1

      @C.I.A. Of course

    • @info.901
      @info.901 Před 2 lety +2

      They were the special guards of Afghan president..

  • @mrevanoc
    @mrevanoc Před 4 lety +1145

    "Dragovich... Kravchenko... Steiner ... All must die."
    - Tricky Vic

    • @SadFloridaMan
      @SadFloridaMan Před 4 lety +45

      Muhammad Revano Chandika THE NUMBERS MASON

    • @fanyuqi1641
      @fanyuqi1641 Před 4 lety +30

      Reznov is Legend

    • @comradekenobi6908
      @comradekenobi6908 Před 4 lety +27

      @@fanyuqi1641 sad he died..
      Or did he?
      _Vsauce music plays_

    • @SadFloridaMan
      @SadFloridaMan Před 4 lety +3

      Zia Yaqoobi I believe we were joking about cod

    • @frencebrand9905
      @frencebrand9905 Před 4 lety +5

      MASON , MASON.. You don't know what they did to you..

  • @hellothere5797
    @hellothere5797 Před 4 lety +852

    The graveyard of empires. Has been causing PTSD since the ancient times

    • @micker7666
      @micker7666 Před 4 lety +122

      except for Mongolia where the only tactic used is by killing everyone

    • @rsshinduoryahudikimoatpunj9716
      @rsshinduoryahudikimoatpunj9716 Před 4 lety +45

      EXCEPT TURK MONGOLS AND NORTH PEOPLES OF SOUTH ASIA
      MACADONIAN AND GREEKS AND PERSIAN AS WELL UZBEK AND TAJIK

    • @TheTard12
      @TheTard12 Před 4 lety +25

      The only person to ever conquer it was Alexander the great

    • @rsshinduoryahudikimoatpunj9716
      @rsshinduoryahudikimoatpunj9716 Před 4 lety +11

      THEY R GRAVEYARD FOR 2 NATIONS
      1.SOVIET DUE TO ARMY CHIEF OF PAKISTAN HE STARTED PROXY WAR IN 1979 AND USA JOINED IN 1981 AFTER SUCCESS OF THESE PROXIES...
      2. USA DUE TO PAKISTAN DONT WANT FRIEND OF ISRAEL OR INDIA ON ITS BACK.....
      BRITISH WON AGAINST THEM BALOCHISTAN AND KP IS SYMBOL OF THIER VICTORY BUT THEY DID NOT WANT TO BE IN WAR DUE TO WW1. THATS WHY THEY STOPED THERE AND MADE DEVREND LINE...
      RESULT...AFGHANISTAN IS GRAVEYARD FOR 2 NATIONS DUE TO PAKISTAN..WHILE OUR AFGHANI BROTHERS LOVE TO LIVE WITH OTHER COUNTRIES PEACEFULLY
      MAT ALLAH GIVE AFGHAN PEACE AND ALOT OF SUCCESS

    • @dontjudgeme041
      @dontjudgeme041 Před 4 lety +4

      @@TheTard12 nah he invaded but never conquered

  • @maycontainnuts3127
    @maycontainnuts3127 Před 3 lety +163

    my grandfather told me of the time he saw a man with an eyepatch wearing a chicken hat in afghanistan

  • @bedocungo
    @bedocungo Před 3 lety +325

    "THE NUMBERS MASON, WHAT DO THEY MEAN?"

  • @Kriegter
    @Kriegter Před 4 lety +1875

    Russians: BLYAT WHY IS MOUNTAIN SPEAK AFGAN
    U.S: I understand your suffering

    • @fivesageger6651
      @fivesageger6651 Před 4 lety +20

      AFGHAN IS NOT A LANGUAGE!!!!

    • @OrDuneStudios
      @OrDuneStudios Před 4 lety +95

      @@fivesageger6651 the northern dialect is often called Afgan persian. (You know where the soviets first invaded)
      Stop being buthurt

    • @paulsheldon8838
      @paulsheldon8838 Před 4 lety +62

      Russians knows this suffering from the time snow speaked finnish.

    • @harryluns
      @harryluns Před 4 lety +3

      Blyat Cyka

    • @ioquandopraticamente
      @ioquandopraticamente Před 4 lety +1

      That was not funny

  • @eltorosanchez4158
    @eltorosanchez4158 Před 4 lety +2371

    So you’re not gonna mention how the Afghan forces acquired the Stinger missiles?

    • @maxim6088
      @maxim6088 Před 4 lety +352

      I'm guessing some neighboring American pupper state or America, sent them?

    • @tfwthelsdkicksin6083
      @tfwthelsdkicksin6083 Před 4 lety +371

      @@maxim6088 I'd say they were handed over by Pakistan (obviously with America supporting them)

    • @darkartsofficial9865
      @darkartsofficial9865 Před 4 lety +134

      @@maxim6088 anti American NPC

    • @SunGawdRa
      @SunGawdRa Před 4 lety +134

      Maybe one of their allies at the time (coughReagancough)....

    • @aegidiuss4730
      @aegidiuss4730 Před 4 lety +53

      Probably from Saudi Arabia, then trained to use it by the CIA

  • @thRegimentofFootThethRifles
    @thRegimentofFootThethRifles Před 3 lety +112

    The Spetsnaz will always be legendary not only for their tactics and bravery but also because they got a group called GRU

  • @jintarokensei3308
    @jintarokensei3308 Před 3 lety +180

    Cuz I use a man's wallet. Made of leather, with space for 1 stack of cash in several denominations.
    Unlike a tin can with a welded bobby pin to hold 3 pieces of toilet paper sold by Ridge.

    • @jintarokensei3308
      @jintarokensei3308 Před 3 lety +1

      @ because when the internet goes down, you go down.

    • @jintarokensei3308
      @jintarokensei3308 Před 3 lety +7

      @ where I live internet access is spotty. I also don't like third parties keeping track of every little thing I purchase.
      Lastly, cash is much more liquid than an insolvent bank.
      I use plastic for online purchases. That's it.

    •  Před 3 lety

      @@jintarokensei3308
      Banks don't explode unless you live in Argentinia or Zimbabwe or something. Plus cash can fold even easier through hyper-inflation.
      There is nobody tracking you. Unless it's the US or North Korea, in which case, make better laws against it.

    • @jintarokensei3308
      @jintarokensei3308 Před 3 lety +3

      @ explode is a bit dramatic. I never said cash is safe. Cash is just better than debt. Pretty cut and dry really.

    • @jintarokensei3308
      @jintarokensei3308 Před 3 lety +4

      @ I kill the robbers.
      Also I'll hardly get invaded and robbed for a few hundred bux.
      I keep my assets in shares and goods. But I use cash for daily transactions.
      And on the off chance that I was at gunpoint, I'd just give them the cash.300-400 ain't worth dying for.
      And my concern over safety isn't crime related.

  • @PrideOfAmsterdam1980
    @PrideOfAmsterdam1980 Před 4 lety +1759

    The Mujahideen had a special weapon that the Spetsnaz never had seen before and it's name was John Rambo.

    • @nah...3264
      @nah...3264 Před 3 lety +59

      And a blue light

    • @agentepolaris4914
      @agentepolaris4914 Před 3 lety +125

      "This movie is dedicated to the brave Mujahedeen fighters"

    • @adityaawasthi7221
      @adityaawasthi7221 Před 3 lety +71

      @@agentepolaris4914 o wow which were actually the peaceful guys ....they caused 9/11 attacks ...... actually the Soviets supposed to be the heroic in the film

    • @KaiTenSatsuma
      @KaiTenSatsuma Před 3 lety +67

      @Eli Pen Which explains why the US can't beat ISIS/ISIL/Al-Queda, doesn't it?
      Never get involved in a land war in Asia.
      Never Invade Russia before the winter.
      Never go into the Middle East expecting someone to not back forces you're fighting against.

    • @sarfarazkhan-ip9xf
      @sarfarazkhan-ip9xf Před 3 lety +10

      hahahaa what a joke ,,, this war against ussr was actually fought by mujahideen and pakistan's isi and commando force ssg covertly ,,usa saudi chinese supplied money and weapons to pakistan to help this fight against soviet,, there was no single usa soldier or intelligences personnel directly involved in this war directly , they just helped pakistan ,, pakistan did all the training ,equipment supply and planning of this war on ground along with mujahideens,, zia ul haq was the real hero of this war

  • @sankyu3950
    @sankyu3950 Před 4 lety +441

    *Spetsnaz entering afghanistan chat*
    Big boss:"Aight so which 1 of you is an S++?"

    • @tlshortyshorty5810
      @tlshortyshorty5810 Před 4 lety +35

      _”Ivan, there’s an Amerikanski cyka with a beard and a horn-_
      _Oh, blyat- don’t hurt me. How’d you do that? Judo?”_
      (You’re pretty good!)

    • @Sheridan2LT
      @Sheridan2LT Před 4 lety +6

      Aha. XOF bro. We're way past that....

    • @piotrpelc5214
      @piotrpelc5214 Před 4 lety +4

      Now go,let the legend comes back to life.

    • @TheEsdaniel
      @TheEsdaniel Před 4 lety +2

      @@tlshortyshorty5810 consecutive C Q C !

    • @SkyChaser-
      @SkyChaser- Před 4 lety

      *laughs in boaster "skill"*

  • @bulletkingaming2808
    @bulletkingaming2808 Před 3 lety +205

    The soviet tactics during the Soviet Afghanistan war we mostly stationary. That's why the guerillas can easily out flank the soviet troops because they are not moving from one place to another.
    Heard about this few years ago, forget who told about it. They just said, better be a moving target, than a fish in a barrel.

    • @KandiKlover
      @KandiKlover Před 3 lety +15

      or fortify yourself better like the USA troops do.

    • @noxli8454
      @noxli8454 Před 3 lety +8

      @@KandiKlover if the cia helped taliban against us forces...

    • @MrAlepedroza
      @MrAlepedroza Před 2 lety +34

      The soviets still managed a kill ratio of 9 to 1 and pushed the Mujahideen past the Pakistani border several times. They didn't lose because of that, they lost because they did not have enough men to guard the frontier nor the money to stay.

    • @Anonymous-qj3sf
      @Anonymous-qj3sf Před 2 lety +14

      Dude... In the Afghan war, 15,000 Soviet soldiers and 100,000 Mujahideen were killed. The Soviets drove the Mujahideen into a corner, the USSR not only lost the war, but also did not win it. That is, no political successes and benefits have been achieved.

    • @Anonymous-qj3sf
      @Anonymous-qj3sf Před 2 lety

      @@MrAlepedroza You mean 9 mujheads killed for 1 Soviet killed?

  • @bb33nnii
    @bb33nnii Před 3 lety +181

    You guys probably don’t get this a lot, but I love how much detail you guys put into the weapons.

    • @vuzkoth
      @vuzkoth Před rokem +2

      Russsin bakelite magazines 👏

  • @ConFall
    @ConFall Před 4 lety +1251

    The Soviets gangsta till the mountains starts speaking *_stinger missile lock on_*

    • @raptorbrotherhood766
      @raptorbrotherhood766 Před 4 lety +76

      When the afghan rebels start speaking rambo

    • @yenjaal5375
      @yenjaal5375 Před 4 lety +2

      When the planes start whistling

    • @toka5088
      @toka5088 Před 4 lety +7

      Everyone who replied and commented actually offended me because Afghanistan has the most mountains and I really don’t like how people have to say this about my country, my country won this war against the soviets, won the war against India in the 1700’s, if i see someone says something like what what you said I will literally go all out Afghan style.

    • @waterbase7086
      @waterbase7086 Před 4 lety +4

      Baseball Stuff I’m sorry about that we just like the meme

    • @ConFall
      @ConFall Před 4 lety +11

      @@toka5088 i'm just making fun of Soviets tho

  • @johnqevil3613
    @johnqevil3613 Před 3 lety +2242

    "That wallet looks nice, i might get one."
    $100+? WTF?

    • @felixdzerzhinsky9926
      @felixdzerzhinsky9926 Před 3 lety +138

      i think i still my "old" wallet for a long time!!! 100 in a wallet??? totally insane!!

    • @Moonlight.Deadite
      @Moonlight.Deadite Před 3 lety +54

      JohnQEvil I would buy an SSH-40 with that money,

    • @humanchannel7825
      @humanchannel7825 Před 3 lety +31

      I’ll get the cheaper one of wish

    • @demon6937
      @demon6937 Před 3 lety +154

      you can buy that but you won't have cash to put in anymore

    • @innocento.1552
      @innocento.1552 Před 3 lety +31

      I had the same reaction. Kind of prefer to replace cheaper wallets every few years

  • @Bulbman123
    @Bulbman123 Před 3 lety +80

    10:35 Woulda been hilarious if they found a note like "Enjoy these stinger missiles, love CIA" XD

    • @yeoldeguard
      @yeoldeguard Před 3 lety +16

      US supplied so many stingers, they got to enjoy them too just 15 years later :)

    • @Debottro
      @Debottro Před 2 lety

      @@yeoldeguard true

  • @fratercontenduntocculta8161

    I sincerely appreciate the level of detail in the weapons in these videos

  • @kimmywu8216
    @kimmywu8216 Před 4 lety +760

    Next up on Simple History : The ancient wallet designed in the 90’s

    • @satanspawn4749
      @satanspawn4749 Před 4 lety +2

      The Tendie Man well done you’re the first one to comment

    • @spacebuilder4d
      @spacebuilder4d Před 4 lety +7

      I'd love to see that

    • @ineedmoreflavour1955
      @ineedmoreflavour1955 Před 4 lety +25

      I honestly think that the wallet they were advertising is garbage.
      It looks ridiculous and very unsafe from theft.

    • @_tertle3892
      @_tertle3892 Před 4 lety +3

      Lynchy The Classical Liberal it’s probably is garbage because they still have to advertise their “reveloutionary” wallet on CZcams

    • @GreatSageSunWukong
      @GreatSageSunWukong Před 4 lety +7

      Lynchy The Classical Liberal what's the point in something that holds notes but can't hold change anyway.

  • @astral9138
    @astral9138 Před 4 lety +318

    USSR: hah! You lost to some Rice Farmers!
    USA: hah! You lost to some Shepherds!
    and so the power of Frenemys commenced.

    • @vaclavkolar6750
      @vaclavkolar6750 Před 4 lety +26

      Loosing to shepherds is basically what happens now to USA. Same scenario just 30 years after

    • @randomchanneltokeepthingss5321
      @randomchanneltokeepthingss5321 Před 4 lety +6

      Irony is one of those goat farmers would come back and strike the USA and kill thousands of people.

    • @kingcp0878
      @kingcp0878 Před 4 lety

      Random Channel to keep things secret right...

    • @sasori9624
      @sasori9624 Před 4 lety +28

      agreed, I mean look at the soviet union today. Oh yeah, they dont exist anymore. Oops.

    • @randomchanneltokeepthingss5321
      @randomchanneltokeepthingss5321 Před 4 lety

      @@kingcp0878 I'm not sure what you're implying here. I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not.

  • @LichsuhoathinhDrabattle
    @LichsuhoathinhDrabattle Před rokem +5

    Informative, nuanced and amazing narration. Keep up the amazing work! 💗🤞✨

  • @BeerHombre
    @BeerHombre Před 3 lety +52

    Interesting to see the Spetsnaz having near identical role as the Green Berets. A good knowledge of local language, customs and terrain. Infiltrate in small units deep behind enemy lines. Act as a force multiplier for the conventional army.

  • @adolfhitler8354
    @adolfhitler8354 Před 4 lety +543

    Americans in nam: why do the trees speak Vietnamese
    Soviets in Afghanistan: why do the streets speak IED

  • @robertcapostagno2082
    @robertcapostagno2082 Před 4 lety +1607

    Ridge: "Why are you idiots using wallets designed in the 90's?"
    Also Ridge: "Our wallet will last you your entire life."
    I feel like theres some hypocrisy here, if only I could find it.

    • @Soviet_Maro
      @Soviet_Maro Před 4 lety +152

      ain't nobody spendin 70+ bucks on a wallet tho, that's for sure.

    • @basedblackbeard4456
      @basedblackbeard4456 Před 4 lety +181

      @@Soviet_Maro If I blow 70 bucks on a wallet I won't have any money to put in it.

    • @evila9076
      @evila9076 Před 4 lety +122

      75$ for a peice of aluminium lmao talk about being overpriced

    • @s0nnyburnett
      @s0nnyburnett Před 4 lety +50

      The elastic bands on it will hardly last 10 years.

    • @shaha5158
      @shaha5158 Před 4 lety +43

      They told me the same thing in the commercial for my last wallet I bought in '97

  • @wehdawi
    @wehdawi Před 3 lety +33

    "Why would you keep using old stuff? That's silly!"
    10 seconds later: "You will use this wallet forever"

  • @TheHDReleaser
    @TheHDReleaser Před 3 lety +255

    "Everyone is gangsta untill they invade Afghanistan"- Alexander the great, Persian empire, British Empire, Indian empire, Mongols, Soviets empire, American empire

    • @putulgoswami7065
      @putulgoswami7065 Před 3 lety +43

      Alexander actually did succeed in conquering Afghanistan.He was defeated by purus, a small king from modern day Punjab .India Kings like Ashok and Raja Ranjit Singh conquered Afghanistan.

    • @rizzo9748
      @rizzo9748 Před 3 lety +19

      Tamerlan conquered Afghanistan twice

    • @eshaanjain9379
      @eshaanjain9379 Před 3 lety +16

      Indian empires never tried to invade Afghanistan

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 Před 3 lety +17

      Except Alexander, some Indian leaders, and Americans all won there. The British won eventually but it was more a political victory by getting the leaders on their side then it was a military victory. Persia also won there for awhile but gave it up after awhile

    • @tttable1270
      @tttable1270 Před 3 lety +2

      @S.K 123 What does that even mean? Do you consider Ghurids and Ghaznavis Afghans?

  • @ghostcreeper243
    @ghostcreeper243 Před 4 lety +2724

    Fun fact: Osama Bin Laden took part in the Soviet-Afghan War and was wounded in one battle

    • @Nick-bu2kp
      @Nick-bu2kp Před 4 lety +565

      Hitler was almost killed by a British soldier in ww1 but he didn’t fire

    • @Byzantium_
      @Byzantium_ Před 4 lety +640

      Yeah and America funded the mujahideen to combat the soviets. Another example of a proxy war backfiring on us.

    • @indieschutzstaffel1945
      @indieschutzstaffel1945 Před 4 lety +57

      @@Nick-bu2kp Are you brave against my grandchildren?

    • @djbroadhurst6477
      @djbroadhurst6477 Před 4 lety +11

      That is false read history books idiot

    • @bestplane4488
      @bestplane4488 Před 4 lety +8

      Live stream dude quit being shy

  • @justanotherbrit2030
    @justanotherbrit2030 Před 4 lety +1243

    Why do we still use wallets form the 90s
    Soviet ak-47 : Am I a joke to u...
    Edit: I sad Ak-47 because the people that no nothing about guns would understand it .Everybody knows what an ak-47 is.

    • @gen-zboomer
      @gen-zboomer Před 4 lety +67

      Ak-47 is a prototype, most common form of "AK" is the AKM. You can tell by bakelite pistol grip, slant muzzle break, etc.

    • @BuzzsawMG42
      @BuzzsawMG42 Před 4 lety +4

      Ya Hun

    • @Zackislivid
      @Zackislivid Před 4 lety +4

      Your profile pucture is manky come on celtic

    • @Dirtysouth210210
      @Dirtysouth210210 Před 4 lety +62

      @@gen-zboomer 47 isn't a prototype and the akm is the "modernized" version of the 47

    • @lazerbeamspewpew4728
      @lazerbeamspewpew4728 Před 4 lety

      Lego Star Wars Obi-Wan sure.

  • @tonymaverickzane6899
    @tonymaverickzane6899 Před 3 lety +26

    “Afghan, Afghan Afghan
    Afghan, Afghanistan
    Kruzhit Chernyy tyul’pan
    Nad beregom reki”
    -Swallowing Dust, The Soviet-Afghan’s version of “Fortunate Sons”

    • @user-ph1ru9kh9b
      @user-ph1ru9kh9b Před 3 lety +2

      czcams.com/video/81rB9s6y-k8/video.html

    • @minhtran7431
      @minhtran7431 Před 2 lety

      Fortunate son is nothing comparable with Swallowing Dust tbh.

  • @heastoida8993
    @heastoida8993 Před 3 lety +1

    Awesome Video! That assassination attempt was really sick.. and the music also was perfect for this topic! Keep it up!

  • @winchesterchua3390
    @winchesterchua3390 Před 4 lety +281

    Price: *Who's your best man?*
    Nikolai: *Yuri, Ex-Spetsnaz. Only man I know who hates Makarov more than you.*

  • @danielmcfarland-lawson6477
    @danielmcfarland-lawson6477 Před 4 lety +2303

    “Spetsnaz” literally just means “special forces” in Russian. Seriously put it into google translate.

    • @ajramirez77
      @ajramirez77 Před 4 lety +161

      I was just about to say this lol. I remember when I started to learn to speak Russian I was severely disappointed that "Спецназ" only means special forces.

    • @acido4309
      @acido4309 Před 4 lety +56

      Specnaz are 2 words combinated together to form short word

    • @pinakidutta2885
      @pinakidutta2885 Před 4 lety +23

      Most elite spetnaz group is the - ALPHA GROUP

    • @fnmag3693
      @fnmag3693 Před 4 lety +41

      It even means a simpler “special purpose”, which sounds almost non military when not shortened

    • @mentalitydesignvideo
      @mentalitydesignvideo Před 4 lety +29

      @@fnmag3693 correct, "special purpose"

  • @Xlr8er2
    @Xlr8er2 Před 3 lety +13

    This is the stuff I'm looking for! Ugh, there's SO MUCH World War 2 content on CZcams coming out every week, and all I want is to get a taste of the battles that actually have some relevance to my life.

    • @getupstairstobed
      @getupstairstobed Před 2 lety +3

      WW2 has relevance to your life. It's why you've just said and have the freedom to say "I want is to get a taste of the battles that actually have some relevance to my life." as opposed to "Ich möchte einen Vorgeschmack auf die Schlachten bekommen, die tatsächlich eine gewisse Relevanz für mein Leben haben." Remember that when thinking WW2 was a war fought long ago and the time that has since past doesn't means little to you now. It was such a large battle it is still is very relevant today....

    • @xxxxxx5868
      @xxxxxx5868 Před 2 lety +2

      "Ww2 has no relevance to my life" 🤡🤡
      Just say you like the aesthetic more lmfao, you don't need to disrespect veterans of WW2 like that

  • @Khornecussion
    @Khornecussion Před 2 lety +13

    " You say civilian casualties, I say padded stats. " - Spetsnaz

  • @simonnachreiner8380
    @simonnachreiner8380 Před 4 lety +2276

    There is a reason Afghanistan has earned the nickname “Graveyard of empires,”

    • @apokos8871
      @apokos8871 Před 4 lety +76

      the Seleucids did just fine there

    • @hiragieriol2312
      @hiragieriol2312 Před 4 lety +33

      @Dmon Blu how??

    • @NoNo-bw5cq
      @NoNo-bw5cq Před 4 lety +104

      @@apokos8871 they never controlled the places where ppl actually live they got money from some trade routes, but thats about it, in fact USofA does much and i mean it much better. The one who came closest by far is Alexander the Great

    • @apokos8871
      @apokos8871 Před 4 lety +36

      @@NoNo-bw5cq but the Seleucids *were* Alexander's empire, that how the diadochoi worked. and also Alexander coudnt deal with the local tribes in a practical manner since they used guerilla warfare so he used terror tactics for a bit then moved on to India and stationed Iranian (Persian) troops to control the Afganistan region. the US has been there for two decades (and according to them its not an occupation), if they manage to stay as long as the Seleucid empire, we can discuss this again.

    • @whitestaralliance7190
      @whitestaralliance7190 Před 4 lety +25

      The soviet union was gonna collapse anyway

  • @LucefieD
    @LucefieD Před 4 lety +274

    In the 1987 James Bond film, The living Daylights, Bond receives aid from some Muhajdeen fighters against the Soviets. When you watch that film now with modern context it's basically James Bond working with the Taliban.

    • @Marinealver
      @Marinealver Před 4 lety +83

      Don't forget Rambo 3.
      Dedicated to the brave fighters of Afghanistan.

    • @amartyaroy3754
      @amartyaroy3754 Před 4 lety +61

      COD black ops 2, you are literally fighting alongside the taliban 😂

    • @dans7497
      @dans7497 Před 4 lety +19

      @@Marinealver yes, very "Brave fighters" (sarcastic)

    • @demanischaffer
      @demanischaffer Před 4 lety +18

      Kinda but not really
      Since the Mujahedeen weren't really one organization but really hundreds under one banner

    • @blindoutlaw
      @blindoutlaw Před 4 lety +23

      History and politics are funny.
      Friends one day. Bitter enemies the next

  • @donalgramae
    @donalgramae Před 2 lety +3

    Gotta' love the way you always show the last man in each fireteam turn around, in order to establish rear security. 👍🏾

  • @pixelatedzeus7630
    @pixelatedzeus7630 Před 3 lety +2

    Amazing content

  • @criticalalfredo707
    @criticalalfredo707 Před 4 lety +552

    others: mountain speaking afghani
    me: MGSV reference

  • @user-eq9xs5fz9u
    @user-eq9xs5fz9u Před 4 lety +555

    _"You know me, I don't like anyone."_
    -Sgt. Frank Woods

  • @danielhogg5594
    @danielhogg5594 Před 3 lety

    What a great video on something not a lot of people talk about. I've searched and can't find much on the subject matter.

  • @StreetDrilla
    @StreetDrilla Před 2 lety +16

    USA in Vietnam
    Soviet Union in Afghanistan
    British Empire in Afghanistan
    Russia in Chechnya
    France in Algeria
    Egypt in Yemen
    Israel in Lebanon

  • @lex1945
    @lex1945 Před 4 lety +63

    A friend of mine was in Spetznaz in Afghanistan. He was from Belorussia. He told me some stories....He just looks like a regular guy, not even big or something, but he did things i have very big respect for! He now lives quietly in Belgium, with wife and kids. He is now also godfather of my 2 kids. He participated in a raid to capture a high ranking mujahedeen. They succeeded btw. He also told me about how they monitored communications between mujahedeen from a very long distance, I was baffled about the technology they already had back then. He's very well spoken, very intelligent and polite person. If you would see him on the street, you would never think he's a spetznaz/GRU veteran, and he also doesn't like to brag about it. He did his job, lost some friends back then, and made it back home. That's the most important.

  • @yoboikamil525
    @yoboikamil525 Před 4 lety +2515

    Rules of war :
    1. You can not hold Afghanistan
    2. Do not fight against Russia and Finland in winter.
    3. Do not engage with the British in naval warfare

    • @yoboikamil525
      @yoboikamil525 Před 4 lety +222

      @@richlopez5896 these days.
      In the past enemy ships evaporate as soon as they declare war on the British

    • @dionwoollaston5717
      @dionwoollaston5717 Před 4 lety +316

      Kamil525 rule number four added in the late 40s: don't give the Americans a tough fight otherwise they will drop the sun on you

    • @TantonJS
      @TantonJS Před 4 lety +24

      @@dionwoollaston5717 ffs lol

    • @SoldierOfFate
      @SoldierOfFate Před 4 lety +36

      Unless you're the Japanese and you have land-based aircraft.

    • @scooter_4070
      @scooter_4070 Před 4 lety +81

      4. Never get into a land war with China

  • @gma729
    @gma729 Před 3 lety

    GREAT VID !!!! THANK YOU SIMPLE HISTORY !!!🙂🙂👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @void-creature
    @void-creature Před 3 lety +37

    10:33 ....Until Big Boss stole the Weapons back

  • @OkamiAmaterasu.
    @OkamiAmaterasu. Před 4 lety +582

    Drinking game: Take a shot everytime the narrator says "Spetsnaz"

    • @gozolino
      @gozolino Před 4 lety +30

      *Dies of alcohol poisoning

    • @rubii90
      @rubii90 Před 4 lety +8

      I dif tgsr 🍻

    • @jeffgrey663
      @jeffgrey663 Před 4 lety +3

      U tryn to kill me or what

    • @jinglejangle3287
      @jinglejangle3287 Před 4 lety +6

      A shot of vodka, obviously.

    • @chrispepper121
      @chrispepper121 Před 4 lety +3

      How about this, take one bong hit each time the narrator says “Spetnaz”

  • @Lebschig
    @Lebschig Před 4 lety +478

    I pay for a modern wallet - yes, its true, everything fits in there, i mean after spending 100 dollar i just need space for my last 4 bucks or so...

    • @Average-Friday-Enjoyer
      @Average-Friday-Enjoyer Před 2 lety

      @freneticness _ same not when they are really happy just looking at ur wallet with the knowledge that that alone 100$+

    • @StreetDrilla
      @StreetDrilla Před 2 lety

      @freneticness _ tough. In my country people use knives instead of guns for robbing.

  • @snaH20
    @snaH20 Před rokem +2

    I love how the most replayed part is after the sponsor for the video

  • @elveheim
    @elveheim Před 3 lety

    Great video

  • @xeneth531
    @xeneth531 Před 4 lety +341

    Yeah this is why they shouldn’t have gone in, the USSR’s Vietnam also *insert generic Glaz/Fuze meme*

    • @chromaticturtle8657
      @chromaticturtle8657 Před 4 lety +17

      Lol then america went in and got there vietnam 2.0

    • @anon-iraq2655
      @anon-iraq2655 Před 4 lety +2

      Its america's nightmare too

    • @Matias-dr3ys
      @Matias-dr3ys Před 4 lety

      @Caitlyn Jenner and many other countries before them too!

    • @Ypog_UA
      @Ypog_UA Před 4 lety +5

      @Caitlyn Jenner you say that yet you call USSR "Russia"

    • @dimasarya8815
      @dimasarya8815 Před 4 lety

      @@Ypog_UA Oof

  • @greatestofalltime854
    @greatestofalltime854 Před 4 lety +503

    If I had a dollar for every time he said Spetsnaz, I’d be ricch

  • @johnrodriguez3870
    @johnrodriguez3870 Před 3 lety +20

    SPETSNAZ ( Spetsial Naznacheniya: Special Purpose Forces), not so much a Special Operations Force, but , a General Purpose Force trained and equipped for Special Missions.

    • @devinhathorne3137
      @devinhathorne3137 Před 10 měsíci

      Can you elaborate more on the topic? I’m very interested

  • @faisalbanajah7752
    @faisalbanajah7752 Před 2 lety +3

    Danke!

  • @diligentone-six2688
    @diligentone-six2688 Před 4 lety +92

    Venom Snake: *Exists*
    SPETSNAZ: *HEAVY SWEATING*

    • @TyRizs
      @TyRizs Před 4 lety +3

      @Joshua N. Ajang
      Body double

    • @diligentone-six2688
      @diligentone-six2688 Před 4 lety +2

      @Joshua N. Ajang Big Boss is Naked Snake.

    • @iduntyra7566
      @iduntyra7566 Před 4 lety +1

      I have no idea what this is about bruh

    • @bengamerlsyolo6788
      @bengamerlsyolo6788 Před 4 lety +1

      @@iduntyra7566 In Metal Gear Solid 5 most of the game takes place during the Afghanistan War, where at the beginning of the game you have to extract some spetzans and you occetinaly encounter Russian Forces.

    • @diligentone-six2688
      @diligentone-six2688 Před 4 lety +1

      @@bengamerlsyolo6788 SPETSNAZ* Occasionally*
      SPETSNAZ operatives and Soviet Soldiers are Extracted and making them join Diamond Dogs based on their Skills.

  • @ThunderBuddy29
    @ThunderBuddy29 Před 4 lety +555

    Mason: “What do you see woods”
    Woods; “Sand, sand and more f**king sand”
    From Black Ops 2 mission Old Wounds

    • @richardgrimes914
      @richardgrimes914 Před 4 lety +15

      Replaying the mission after bending down Judgement Day 98 times on veteran...
      with the DEATH MACHINE

    • @russellsamples1489
      @russellsamples1489 Před 3 lety +12

      THE NUMBERS MASON WHAT DO THEY MEAN

    • @dripsnake44
      @dripsnake44 Před 3 lety +10

      I don’t like sand.
      It’s coarse
      and rough
      and irritating,
      and it gets everywhere.

    • @iceberg2466
      @iceberg2466 Před 3 lety +1

      @@dripsnake44 and it keeps laughing at me

    • @gigachad_gaming
      @gigachad_gaming Před 3 lety

      THIS IS THE MUJAHIDEEN BABY

  • @Josh-db8rf
    @Josh-db8rf Před 3 lety +23

    My dad worked with one of the russian soldiers that deployed into Afghanistan. Hes now here in alberta, canada as a paramedic. Dad said he wanted to go shooting with us but dad said hes a drunk and wouldn't trust him with a gun😂

    • @royjaber571
      @royjaber571 Před 3 lety +2

      I mean after what he saw I'd be drinking too

    • @EnclaveRemnantFanboy-118
      @EnclaveRemnantFanboy-118 Před 2 lety +5

      My father used to drink after he retired from the US Army, he also served in Afghanistan and Iraq. So in a way I can see how some veterans, regardless of what country they come from, would feel about having difficulty trying to cope with what they've seen and done on the battlefield.

    • @joryjennings7527
      @joryjennings7527 Před 2 lety +4

      I mean Russians do have a propensity for alcoholism I mean like the Irish I mean it's kind of a stereotype

    • @nelsfreeman7465
      @nelsfreeman7465 Před 2 lety

      Russian and drunk are synonymous

  • @Red_Mauser
    @Red_Mauser Před 3 lety +8

    Good and informative video.
    Thanks to the author for the adequate presentation of the material, and for the work done.
    Greetings from Russia.

  • @randomname5083
    @randomname5083 Před 4 lety +242

    When you and the bois are in Afghanistan and hear the mountains speak Pashto

  • @DR-JOHN-DEJAVU-1984
    @DR-JOHN-DEJAVU-1984 Před 4 lety +2772

    Soviets: *stays 10 years in Afghanistan* Okay guys, let's leave.
    The US: *stays 18+ years in Afghanistan* Let's *stay* ! :)
    The U.S. now: "F#€k, we lost."
    Russia: "I warned you."

    • @jellyfish6693
      @jellyfish6693 Před 4 lety +174

      Actually the US can't wait to get out.

    • @agentc7020
      @agentc7020 Před 4 lety +63

      JellyFish they’ve waited 18 years, pretty sure they’ll wait more at this point

    • @rixille
      @rixille Před 4 lety +197

      If the Soviet Union knew that Lithium would eventually become an important natural resource in battery making for Smart Phones and Electric vehicles, I am sure they would've stayed a lot longer. Afghanistan was more of a geopolitical asset than a resource one.

    • @regulusvizsla2951
      @regulusvizsla2951 Před 4 lety +47

      One does not simply use the phrase 18+

    • @DR-JOHN-DEJAVU-1984
      @DR-JOHN-DEJAVU-1984 Před 4 lety +49

      @@regulusvizsla2951 you're right, I should've use *over 19 years*

  • @curtisthomas2670
    @curtisthomas2670 Před 3 lety +5

    A Spetsnaz op was the one that ended the 2004 Beslan School Siege, where militants held approx 1000 people including children host-age for three days. They went in killed the majority of hostiles and exfiled. But the follow up operation, the removal of the host_ages by regular troops, police and medical personnel was severely bungled, resulting in the deaths of several hundred of the hostages.

  • @__safeguard2154
    @__safeguard2154 Před 2 lety +1

    The last track used in this video made the spetsnaz look so so so badass

  • @mlook6348
    @mlook6348 Před 4 lety +201

    My dad actually have friend who was in Spetnaz and he was sent there. But soon as our country Estonia achieved independence he quited and came back to Estonia.

    • @littlejimmy8744
      @littlejimmy8744 Před 4 lety +3

      i like your profile pick and name

    • @Marinealver
      @Marinealver Před 4 lety +3

      My Grandfather was from there, my namsake was unable to make it out after WW2.

    • @sergeibelozorov4428
      @sergeibelozorov4428 Před 4 lety +1

      Right on, HANS RUDEL

    • @baseddepartment4982
      @baseddepartment4982 Před 4 lety +13

      Hey hans meet me in argentina we are going to overthrow the argentinian goverment

    • @mlook6348
      @mlook6348 Před 4 lety +1

      @@littlejimmy8744 i see you are a man of culture aswel

  • @grayingrayout846
    @grayingrayout846 Před 4 lety +325

    “Then I saw him”
    “He saved me”
    , who saved you mason, who was is
    “It was Victor Resnov!”

  • @what1308
    @what1308 Před rokem +6

    People in Afghanistan when they fought Soviet named them mgahdeen
    When they fought USA named them terrorists 😂

  • @smolphoenix8942
    @smolphoenix8942 Před 3 lety +1

    Neat. I was just playing mgs5. A lot of missions take place in north Afghanistan, in 1984.

  • @___axg96___63
    @___axg96___63 Před 4 lety +331

    "Why are we still using old wallets?" Because that thing isn't worth $105 USD as advertised...
    Also it's Antonov. An-ton-ov

    • @Arnechk
      @Arnechk Před 4 lety +14

      Fucking had to stop and go see the comments if somebody else is pissed off about this.

    • @mg86_
      @mg86_ Před 4 lety +25

      also that thing literally holds the cash in with a clip that doesn't sound safe at all

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM Před 4 lety +2

      An ton ov? No thanks I'll keep using An-to-nov

    • @Psychol-Snooper
      @Psychol-Snooper Před 4 lety +4

      It's like the Velcro wallets have returned.

    • @Psychol-Snooper
      @Psychol-Snooper Před 3 lety

      @ You'll be "and old man?" Maybe you should proofread your replies before you call people foolish. XD

  • @samuraiplayzzz5957
    @samuraiplayzzz5957 Před 4 lety +130

    How you win a war:
    You make the enemy press Alt+f4

    • @smiles2242
      @smiles2242 Před 4 lety +5

      If it's a cyber war

    • @benceklock4831
      @benceklock4831 Před 4 lety +4

      Technically you're right. The point of any battle is to scare the other side enough that they quit an call it a day

  • @walnzell9328
    @walnzell9328 Před 2 lety +60

    Spetsnaz then: Mysterious. Highly trained. Feared.
    Spetsnaz now: Get a whole squad trapped inside of an elevator in Ukraine.

    • @Bolshevik.remover
      @Bolshevik.remover Před 2 lety +7

      The spetsnaz is still feared, the Ukrainian one, they destroyed 2/3 of VDV forces day one then few days later ambushed and destroyed part of kadyrow's mercenaries and fought of successfully their russian counterpart. And that's only Alfa squad of Ukrainian spetsnaz forces and only official information.

    • @walnzell9328
      @walnzell9328 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Bolshevik.remover I didn't know Ukraine had spetsnaz.

    • @cirodimarzio6238
      @cirodimarzio6238 Před 2 lety +5

      Spetsnaz is still feared, but on them fit the quote (like on whole Russian army)
      An army of sheep, led by lion, is better than an army of lions, led be sheep

    • @danonen7316
      @danonen7316 Před 2 lety

      Is the VDV part of Spetsnaz?

    • @cirodimarzio6238
      @cirodimarzio6238 Před 2 lety +3

      @@danonen7316 no , VDV are paratroopers and spetsnaz are special operation forces (alfa, vympel,sobr,omon)

  • @teroygaming447
    @teroygaming447 Před 2 lety +9

    S stands for:
    Smile!
    Sweet!
    Sadistic!
    Surprise!
    Spetsnaz! *russian accent*

  • @YellowSquidsBootyAttack
    @YellowSquidsBootyAttack Před 4 lety +649

    Afghanistan is just the USSR’s version of the Vietnam war

  • @pattinthegreat6271
    @pattinthegreat6271 Před 4 lety +187

    I'm curious about the afghan war so thx 4 posting this

    • @user-zi3xw8bg7b
      @user-zi3xw8bg7b Před 4 lety +1

      +

    • @lucasrauda4057
      @lucasrauda4057 Před 4 lety +4

      You should look up this documentary called “Afghanistan: Voices from the Hills 1986” very interesting.

  • @user-tn3kk3fm9s
    @user-tn3kk3fm9s Před 3 lety +11

    6:30 АК-74 на момент ввода ОКСВА уже давно стал основным автоматом в советской армии, а СпН использовал вместо него АКМС не потому, что 5.45 автомат был ненадёжным или недоведённым - он сразу получился хорошим, а, в основном потому, что 7.62 можно было использовать с глушителем, и у духов основная часть вооружения была такими-же, только китайскими АК, АКМ, и СКС, и можно было через трофеи пополнять боекомплект в долгих рейдах

    • @AuroraPresident
      @AuroraPresident Před rokem

      Вроде как в основном духи использовали египетские АКМ, разве нет?

    • @user-tn3kk3fm9s
      @user-tn3kk3fm9s Před rokem

      @@AuroraPresident может и такие там были. Но в основном - Китайские "Типы" и пакистанские самоделки

  • @mr.braindead8151
    @mr.braindead8151 Před 3 lety +12

    "I hear big boss has been operating in the area." *Gets fucking choke slammed 5 times over*

  • @Morrigan070671
    @Morrigan070671 Před 4 lety +781

    Spetsnaz is a contraction of their name in Russian, “chasti spetsial naznacheniya nogo”, or “troops of special designation”. The spetsnaz were organized to be like the American Green Berets, but with more focus on direct action and sabotage. The GRU Spetnaz is the best of the best, although KGB spets gruppe Al’fa (Alpha) would argue that designation. The GRU is military intelligence, while the KGB is ostensibly civilian, like the CIA. GRU Desant are spetsnaz divers, the equivalent of Navy SEALs. KGB Vympel is a murder team...government trained and financed assassins. KGB OMON are oriented towards keeping the peace in prisons.

    • @Apple.Tetanus
      @Apple.Tetanus Před 4 lety +34

      This was very informative. Thanks

    • @lIlIIIIIlll
      @lIlIIIIIlll Před 4 lety +6

      ага

    • @AlyoshkaNecro
      @AlyoshkaNecro Před 4 lety +54

      Umm... KGB OMON? OMON is ministry of internal affairs unit. And they are oriented to solve wide diapason of tasks e.g. riot control, counter terroristic operations, regular police support, etc. There are ministry of justice special forces take part in solving any riot-like problems in penitentiary facilities. And vympel is only counter-terroristic unit. Are you kidding? You know nothing about russian special forces.

    • @AlyoshkaNecro
      @AlyoshkaNecro Před 4 lety +4

      @MrZapparin 🤖

    • @frisos8850
      @frisos8850 Před 4 lety +2

      Vympel are also anti air missiles, sick

  • @broskiiiiiiiiiiiiigt5
    @broskiiiiiiiiiiiiigt5 Před 4 lety +149

    Me : Has a exam online in 10 mins and has not studied anything yet.
    Simple history : Video uploaded
    Me : *screw it*

  • @rejvaik00
    @rejvaik00 Před 3 lety +1

    A great place to start in learning more about the Soviet-Afghan war is:
    Afghan Breakdown (Afganskiy Izlom), the first in-depth movie about the war, produced jointly by Italy and the Soviet Union, in full cooperation with the Red Army, in 1991.

  • @bebopthe22nd17
    @bebopthe22nd17 Před 2 lety +3

    1:30 I absolutely love the Black Ops references. (BO2 Afghanistan music)

  • @IntrepidMilo
    @IntrepidMilo Před 4 lety +224

    I love these snippets of history.

  • @raptorbrotherhood766
    @raptorbrotherhood766 Před 4 lety +165

    When you’re scrolling the comments and find no Rambo 3 references

  • @haydenboardman1944
    @haydenboardman1944 Před 3 lety +34

    If your interested in the Soviet Afghan War I would recommend watching a movie called “The Beast”

    • @blaineerp6818
      @blaineerp6818 Před 3 lety +2

      Thats a good film

    • @alamaniac
      @alamaniac Před 3 lety +15

      That's a stupid propaganda movie made by rich american jews. If you want to watch a war movie go check 9th company.

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 Před 3 lety +3

      @@alamaniac I'm in agreement the beast isn't that good. What's much better is:
      Afghan Breakdown (Afganskiy Izlom), the first in-depth movie about the war, produced jointly by Italy and the Soviet Union, in full cooperation with the Red Army, in 1991.

    • @noface4176
      @noface4176 Před 3 lety +1

      Dogshit CIA propaganda

    • @elena_amata
      @elena_amata Před 3 lety +2

      Experience in the Afghan War 1989 is better than the beast

  • @starwarsinfo5378
    @starwarsinfo5378 Před 3 lety +9

    Spetsnaz counter: 52
    Rate of Spetsnaz: .069 Spetsnazes per second or S/s

  • @imdum5549
    @imdum5549 Před 4 lety +160

    I swear every week Simple History has something so interesting and fun

  • @unconfusedconfusion2971
    @unconfusedconfusion2971 Před 4 lety +200

    Normal people: “Spetznaz”
    CZcams captions: *SPED NAZZ*

  • @defiant2145
    @defiant2145 Před 3 lety +6

    8:16
    “EDD Mounted, stay clear of the door.”

  • @KoreanRobloxer
    @KoreanRobloxer Před 2 lety

    good vidio,goodionos clov!

  • @negletnem9753
    @negletnem9753 Před 4 lety +112

    Soviets: Existing in Afghanistan
    Big Boss: Pathetic

  • @ethangadbois7103
    @ethangadbois7103 Před 4 lety +45

    3:13 good job shooting that door comrade, you really helped the Soviet Union with that one

  • @christozeboss4711
    @christozeboss4711 Před 3 lety

    The sponsor guy’s voice is the best sponsor voice ever

  • @norbertzacharczuk1064
    @norbertzacharczuk1064 Před 2 lety +1

    I trained in the martial arts that the spetz knots are trained in. The main thing is if they are trained to fight multiple opponents at once and also to fight with knives, to fight with sharpened shovels, and also to fight while exhausted. One of the most unique and interesting martial arts in the world.