The insane machine that conquered Antarctica for the USSR - the Kharkovchanka

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  • @CalumRaasay
    @CalumRaasay Před 6 měsíci +2452

    Amazing work as usual, those 3D models of the Kharkovchanka really brought it to life 😍 beautiful!

    • @FoundAndExplained
      @FoundAndExplained  Před 6 měsíci +75

      Thank you very much Callum, your video was instrumental to the making of mine. Everyone please go check out his channel link in the description.

    • @FoundAndExplained
      @FoundAndExplained  Před 6 měsíci +40

      Thank you very much Callum, your video was instrumental to the making of mine. Everyone please go check out his channel link in the description.

    • @blacknass1943
      @blacknass1943 Před 6 měsíci +3

      jes ! looks impressiv real ! onley the snow wo disaperes shows its not real .

    • @Bikepacking
      @Bikepacking Před 6 měsíci +2

      Link to the part they meet

    • @M.Godfrey
      @M.Godfrey Před 6 měsíci +2

      Was just going to say! Your video on this subject was brilliant Callum

  • @andrewbenoit5208
    @andrewbenoit5208 Před 6 měsíci +1866

    An apocalyptic exploratory game where you have one of these as a mobile, cozy, base would be cool.

    • @derelor1337
      @derelor1337 Před 5 měsíci +40

      Great idea!

    • @fibonacciCache
      @fibonacciCache Před 5 měsíci +24

      ooooo. great basis concept indeed. класно!!

    • @tvsonicserbia5140
      @tvsonicserbia5140 Před 5 měsíci +44

      Would be cool to have something like this in Death Stranding 2, a vehicle that has a room.

    • @same6943
      @same6943 Před 5 měsíci +30

      And oil refinery nearby.

    • @scott_itall8638
      @scott_itall8638 Před 5 měsíci +10

      Starfield > Landfield

  • @vondertann8218
    @vondertann8218 Před 6 měsíci +2959

    i really appreciate when technologies are used on thing that make humanity moving forward instead of make people dead.

    • @duquepp2078
      @duquepp2078 Před 6 měsíci +236

      A concept that the U.S don't get

    • @vondertann8218
      @vondertann8218 Před 6 měsíci

      @@duquepp2078 Yeah, I heard that the US spent 2 trillion dollar and 20 years in Afghanistan to replace Taliban with Taliban, while JWST only cost only 10 billion. If these 2 trillion dollar was put into space exploration, we might be watching news about successful human landing on mars instead of human bombed to death.

    • @mtb416
      @mtb416 Před 6 měsíci +170

      @@duquepp2078The US invented warfare? Who are you people and are you able to even tie your own shoes?!

    • @DinDooIt
      @DinDooIt Před 6 měsíci

      @@mtb416 Ikr, idiots.

    • @Awesomeguy7435YT
      @Awesomeguy7435YT Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@duquepp2078ye

  • @Immortal_BP
    @Immortal_BP Před 5 měsíci +158

    if they used this today you already know someone in the crew would start a vlog channel: *Antarctica Van Life*

    • @oatlord
      @oatlord Před měsícem +12

      I would watch the hell out of that.

    • @Katzenfutterr
      @Katzenfutterr Před 29 dny +2

      Sadly there is only one small part of Antarctica that is public for people. About 95% of Antarctica is a restricted military area, so the Antarctica Van Life guys could not do much there :(

    • @akimamin7670
      @akimamin7670 Před 17 dny

      Living the van life 😂 cringe youtuber

  • @momanmirul
    @momanmirul Před 5 měsíci +227

    With the amenities included in the Kharkovchanka, it looks like it is the final boss of RV/Camper vans

    • @BlairdBlaird
      @BlairdBlaird Před 4 měsíci +4

      If you have *a lot* of money, high-end "expedition vehicles" class RVs can get quite far, though not quite *that* far. Check out monsters like Unicat's EX74HDC or EX70HDQ.

  • @0bserver146
    @0bserver146 Před 6 měsíci +3516

    Admit it, you used to dream of having a monstrous yet cozy and comfortable home-vehicle similar to this to explore the world when you were kid...
    Update: Wow! over 2k likes?!
    Look mom, I'm famous!
    I'm glad that you've recalled one of your childhood dreams.

    • @steven401ytx
      @steven401ytx Před 6 měsíci +213

      I still do

    • @jimbrent8151
      @jimbrent8151 Před 6 měsíci +51

      How did you know?

    • @0bserver146
      @0bserver146 Před 6 měsíci +47

      @@jimbrent8151
      Because we were all kids at some point...

    • @0bserver146
      @0bserver146 Před 6 měsíci +11

      @@steven401ytx
      Good!

    • @weldonwin
      @weldonwin Před 6 měsíci +55

      Yeah, but the one I imagined had multiple cars like a train and had gun-turrets, because of course it did. It also had to be amphibious and would cross oceans by driving over the seabed... I was a very small kid when I thought of and drew these kinds of things, so I didn't understand how water pressure worked or just how deep the ocean was.

  • @jagannathansundararajan5419
    @jagannathansundararajan5419 Před 6 měsíci +876

    Way back in 1989 we were wintering in the then newly built India's Antarctic Research Station Maitri (70°46" S 11°46"E). I hitched a ride in Kharkovchanka of neighbouring Novolazarevskaya station. It was really warm very powerful machine which could haul with ease 20000 litres of fuel from the shelf.

    • @shahin5153
      @shahin5153 Před 6 měsíci

      Russia > India

    • @safi6749
      @safi6749 Před 6 měsíci +13

      Wow

    • @samueldavis5895
      @samueldavis5895 Před 5 měsíci +9

      Nice!

    • @user-ir6fn6mq9l
      @user-ir6fn6mq9l Před 5 měsíci +6

      Как это понять вытащить с полки?

    • @malleusbugum
      @malleusbugum Před 5 měsíci

      shelf переводится не только, как "полка", но и как "шельф" ))@@user-ir6fn6mq9l

  • @nuguns3766
    @nuguns3766 Před 4 měsíci +438

    i skipped the hell out of your ad

  • @Davest420
    @Davest420 Před 5 měsíci +17

    Your videos are my new discovery channel. Thank you for all your time and effort. You guys are crushing it.

  • @WellWisdom.
    @WellWisdom. Před 6 měsíci +909

    Soviet engineering is awe inspiring. Simple, utilitarian and dirt cheap.

    • @blakerackley8874
      @blakerackley8874 Před 6 měsíci +81

      Like Chernobyl, right?

    • @brysonkuervers2570
      @brysonkuervers2570 Před 6 měsíci +55

      It’s inspiring, but sometimes not always the best solution, depending.

    • @iakkubczechino2825
      @iakkubczechino2825 Před 6 měsíci

      @@blakerackley8874 the meltdown was a result of an experiment gone wrong

    • @annpyingshek4693
      @annpyingshek4693 Před 6 měsíci +307

      ​​@@blakerackley8874Chernobyl happened because of human error, not due to reactor being faulty.

    • @artemylebedev9707
      @artemylebedev9707 Před 6 měsíci +233

      ​@@blakerackley8874Three Mile Island, Fukushima - so what?

  • @nikivvsm
    @nikivvsm Před 4 měsíci +71

    Crazy, how you did more job on bringing this up to the people than any russian youtuber I've found. Mad respect

    • @KasumiRINA
      @KasumiRINA Před 4 měsíci

      Why would any russian explain a Ukrainian machine made by Ukrainians in Ukraine and named after Kharkiv, a Ukrainian city that russians currently bomb?

    • @user-ul7rl9hu3n
      @user-ul7rl9hu3n Před 4 měsíci

      Ты очень нуждался в этой информации, дружок??😂😂😂😂

    • @kindlingking
      @kindlingking Před 3 měsíci +9

      ​@@user-ul7rl9hu3nпочему нет? Почему бы не послушать об очередном советском/российском достижении? Тем более во времена, когда негативные стереотипы об обоих льются из каждого угла.

    • @edpoe1108
      @edpoe1108 Před měsícem

      @@user-ul7rl9hu3n I know I needed it. I live for it.

  • @Lewis94YouTube
    @Lewis94YouTube Před 5 měsíci +3

    Well, looks like i just found a new channel to binge watch!! Great vids thanks bro you earned a sub!!

  • @user-yi6td6fu2g
    @user-yi6td6fu2g Před 6 měsíci +315

    people dont really understand how much it takes for a trip like this you have to have everyone with multiple designations and jobs, you have to be part mechanic part doctor part scientist you cant just send anyone out on one of these missions the less people the more one has to learn.

    • @vitormascarenhas4884
      @vitormascarenhas4884 Před 5 měsíci +50

      Almost space exploration but in earth.

    • @DK-ei4ed
      @DK-ei4ed Před 4 měsíci +14

      That's obvious. Those people had to figure out everything for themselves in the most harsh environment on earth. Wouldn't send a foot soldier to do an engineer's job. These people got paid well for working on the south pole :)

    • @mishaka_kokain
      @mishaka_kokain Před 4 měsíci +6

      ​@@DK-ei4edВ Советском союзе система образования со школьной скамьи делала людей универсальными специалистами !

    • @digitalunderverse2315
      @digitalunderverse2315 Před 3 měsíci

      No. You'd only have yo get a couple idiots to follow instructions.

    • @DIEGhostfish
      @DIEGhostfish Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@digitalunderverse2315 And if the one intended to instruct them is incapacitated?

  • @jimsvideos7201
    @jimsvideos7201 Před 6 měsíci +2424

    If you cross a tank with Antarctica, you get... Antanktica.

    • @kazefw3834
      @kazefw3834 Před 6 měsíci +21

      Nice one 😂

    • @danielschultz11
      @danielschultz11 Před 6 měsíci +95

      Great joke, “tanks a lot.”

    • @Fuseflight09
      @Fuseflight09 Před 6 měsíci +23

      If it is a WW-1 tank, then it’s Antantctica
      P.S. that’s in Russian, in English it would be Ententerctica

    • @BluntEversmoke
      @BluntEversmoke Před 6 měsíci +7

      @@Fuseflight09 Well, the Mk whatever WWI British tanks DO provide ample internal space, soooooo.... :D

    • @Fuseflight09
      @Fuseflight09 Před 6 měsíci +3

      @@BluntEversmoke ahah my joke was misunderstood, cause I misspelled Entente (Antanta in Russian, the Union of the British Empire, France and Russian Empire)

  • @EdsterIII
    @EdsterIII Před 5 měsíci +11

    In all seriousness however, this was a really cool video! Very informative, and I really enjoyed seeing this massive machine. The fact it sleeps people inside, shows that this thing was set to trek into some really wicked places. This would be wild to spend a day inside of.

  • @NeilfaeAsda
    @NeilfaeAsda Před 5 měsíci +12

    3:32 man really just wacked pingoo into the ocean huh

  • @nekomasteryoutube3232
    @nekomasteryoutube3232 Před 6 měsíci +868

    Really liked this one, its sometimes really nice to see stuff on odd land vehicles (especially ones that continue to see use because nothing has replaced it yet)

    • @readhistory2023
      @readhistory2023 Před 6 měsíci +9

      They're probably still at the base.

    • @charliehilbrant
      @charliehilbrant Před 6 měsíci +14

      I agree…it really speaks to the faithful engineering involved.

    • @ajaxjs
      @ajaxjs Před 6 měsíci +5

      It was INSANE.

    • @jan_phd
      @jan_phd Před 6 měsíci +1

      VTOL Aircraft has replaced them.

    • @masterp401
      @masterp401 Před 6 měsíci +4

      remember the American purpose built wheeled vehicle for Antarctic? it moved few feet and got lost under the ice😂

  • @majordakka5743
    @majordakka5743 Před 6 měsíci +189

    Calum also has a deep dive video on this series of vehicle if anyone wants more details.

    • @FoundAndExplained
      @FoundAndExplained  Před 6 měsíci +57

      Yes we have linked it! Calum really helped with this video

    • @majordakka5743
      @majordakka5743 Před 6 měsíci +13

      ​​@@FoundAndExplainedAny possible future collabs?
      Also looking forward to the video on that 3rd generation vehicle

    • @imnotahippie22
      @imnotahippie22 Před 6 měsíci +18

      Calum. I love that dude's deep dives. I tend to rewatch them when pain wakes me up at night and unable to fall back to sleep 😴

  • @volvo245
    @volvo245 Před 3 měsíci +7

    DT-30, DT-10, DT-8 and DT-5 are the ones i remember them making these days. All have the same basic design of quad track, twin chassis, hydraulically articulated in two axis. Amazing vehicles, perfect for Siberia.

    • @Mrlwindows
      @Mrlwindows Před 2 měsíci

      czcams.com/video/pf3XQxDL5c0/video.htmlsi=JFSqXokLp66gH4uv&t=585

  • @user-dx3dr3kj9e
    @user-dx3dr3kj9e Před 5 měsíci +2

    Really interesting, thank you. Something oddly cozy about the vehicle!

  • @goshoamd
    @goshoamd Před 6 měsíci +380

    Nick, I think in both Russian/Ukraine Kharkiv has no “Sh” sound in the beginning. It’s a pronounced with H. Try with Google translate and you will hear it.

    • @-Zevin-
      @-Zevin- Před 6 měsíci +149

      Yeah I have no idea how he got the Sh pronunciation there. Unless this is some weird current day revisionism that the Ukrainian government is doing. I am Ukrainian American myself, and my family is from the eastern part of the country. Allot of names have been changed in Ukraine in recent years since 2014 that were never used by Ukrainian people because of Ukrainian nationalists trying to distance themselves from Russia. This is around the same time even the Russian language was banned in schools.

    • @SidorovichGaming
      @SidorovichGaming Před 6 měsíci

      @@-Zevin- you're a clown, not Ukrainian.

    • @filipbitala2624
      @filipbitala2624 Před 6 měsíci +11

      @@-Zevin-nah man, he just got inspiration from the Shaqule Onale guy

    • @alexneigh7089
      @alexneigh7089 Před 6 měsíci +17

      "Shark-off" lol. Проводница ругается: "Хто нахарькыв? Немедленно убрать харчки!"

    • @andreitopala8502
      @andreitopala8502 Před 6 měsíci +44

      @@-Zevin-no, there’s nothing like this. I think he mispronounced the “ch” which is equal to “kh” in this case. The rest of your comment about “nationalists” and “banning of Russian language in schools” will be ignored by me, as it’s a bunch of nonsense.

  • @ShiftyMoravian
    @ShiftyMoravian Před 6 měsíci +608

    I am always slightly amused by anglosphere mispronounceing anything Eastern European, even though it's already spelled properly in English 😁
    It's no Sharkovshanka, but Kharkovchanka, KH being the letter CH (X in Cyrillic), pronounced roughly the same way as Jose in Spanish.

    • @Argentvs
      @Argentvs Před 6 měsíci +82

      Yep, Jarkovchanka would be in Spanish. In English I don't get why they use the phoneme /j/ as KH when it sounds exactly as they pronounce the english H. Cyrillic X is just like H.
      It would be Harkovchanka like Hammer HA HAR ha, ha.

    • @ShiftyMoravian
      @ShiftyMoravian Před 6 měsíci +38

      ​ @Argentvs That's not entirely true. Cyrillic X is not read as H, Russians don't know how to properly pronounce it, that's why they say Khotel (you get me right? :D ) instead of Hotel with hard H as it is in English. For instance in Ukrainian, they do know the letter H and can pronounce it pretty well, their currency is hryvnia, written with cyrillic G instead. I am a Czech so I am pretty versatile in terms of pronouncing these words and letters, for us it would just be Charkovčanka. But yeah, KH is read as in KHaki or KHanate with K and some subtle background sound :D

    • @Argentvs
      @Argentvs Před 6 měsíci +73

      @@ShiftyMoravianI didn't understand anything.
      When I hear the russian name pronounced it is exactly as our J in Spanish. Our J is H in english, Jajajaja, is laughing, hahahaha. Sounds same. In Russian XAXAXAXA.
      Same with CYXOИ. They write Sukhoi, but it is Sujoi for us in Spanish. In english it sounds SOO HOY. Su like in Susan and Hoy like in Hoyts Su-hoy.

    • @afrolitious7930
      @afrolitious7930 Před 6 měsíci +11

      ​@@ArgentvsKh and j are similar but not the same. I speak both languages

    • @ShiftyMoravian
      @ShiftyMoravian Před 6 měsíci +5

      @@Argentvs I yet again misunderstood :D Sorry, you're right, now I understood, because reading HaHa in my head sounds as if it was the H hotel :D

  • @richf8972
    @richf8972 Před 4 měsíci +2

    I find these vehicles interesting, good job with the visuals with the schematics of the inside of the vehicles.

  • @markstevens7709
    @markstevens7709 Před 3 měsíci +8

    The things this world could accomplish by putting differences aside

  • @jeremyortiz2927
    @jeremyortiz2927 Před 6 měsíci +145

    Looking forward to the continuation of this story. There's some really cool land and sea vehicles out there that few know about. Keep up the good work. 👍

  • @TheoneStanband
    @TheoneStanband Před 6 měsíci +98

    I've always been fascinated with the kharkovchanka every since I found out about it, I absolutely love that monster of a vehicle!

  • @RipFast01
    @RipFast01 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Tanks for the vidja ❤😂

  • @maxboya
    @maxboya Před 4 měsíci

    I immediately was impressed by the humor in this video given by the narrator. Well done!

  • @Isnane
    @Isnane Před 6 měsíci +55

    I love the aviation videos, but i'm glad to see this one too. great content, keep it up!

  • @cyberpunkprussian
    @cyberpunkprussian Před 6 měsíci +94

    Yes. Do videos about land vehicles and ships. Curious planes are a bit overloaded

    • @xinguan2681
      @xinguan2681 Před 6 měsíci +2

      Yeah, you seem to be right.

    • @adastra7939
      @adastra7939 Před 6 měsíci +2

      Like Project Habakkuk?

    • @adastra7939
      @adastra7939 Před 6 měsíci +2

      Though you have to admit, those paper project aircraft are pretty wacky and innovative, if I do say so myself!

    • @adastra7939
      @adastra7939 Před 6 měsíci +1

      What about car concepts?

    • @cyberpunkprussian
      @cyberpunkprussian Před 6 měsíci

      @@adastra7939 I believe "land vehicles" covers that mate

  • @beyondfossil
    @beyondfossil Před 5 měsíci +8

    11:32 - As a kid in school, I would daydream about machines like these and the adventures they would open up!

  • @JeffreyWillis800
    @JeffreyWillis800 Před 4 měsíci

    That is really cool. Thank you for this video, wow.

  • @DimakSerpg
    @DimakSerpg Před 6 měsíci +93

    Guys, that's actually a great idea for the game. Just think. You're exploring Antarctica alone, in a vehicle like this. Fixing things up as you go, doing "science" missions.

    • @__-vb3ht
      @__-vb3ht Před 6 měsíci +13

      Would be even better with a small crew, different characters have different talents, you have to be careful not to let stress separate the team, maybe some crew members will start relationships or turn out to be spies

    • @redwood_shores
      @redwood_shores Před 5 měsíci +6

      Too boring. White space, no roads, no sights, nothing. Apart from the dashboard.

    • @tomiczdarko
      @tomiczdarko Před 4 měsíci +3

      I am building a game like this.

    • @__-vb3ht
      @__-vb3ht Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@tomiczdarko Do you work alone?

    • @tomiczdarko
      @tomiczdarko Před 4 měsíci

      I do@@__-vb3ht

  • @tonyshaw7420
    @tonyshaw7420 Před 5 měsíci +20

    The courage to go to such an extreme environment in unproven PROTOTYPES.
    Real courage 👍

  • @dusi125
    @dusi125 Před 5 měsíci

    I love these videos! Also, models are beautiful!

  • @user-kq5wq2vw2y
    @user-kq5wq2vw2y Před 5 měsíci +20

    That is one hell of a masterpiece that had so much to do with alot of tanks and snowcats swat vehicles that came after it world wide! I hope the creator got a Noble prize! 😊❤

    • @79keydet
      @79keydet Před 5 měsíci +1

      Designed and built by Ukrainians in Ukraine, Kharkiv

    • @MasterSystem-rk4we
      @MasterSystem-rk4we Před 4 měsíci

      @@79keydet В украине 70 процентов русских живет по мнению фашингтон пост Украинство это секта

    • @ApophisMN-ob8ub
      @ApophisMN-ob8ub Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@79keydet Ой, да всем нас рать😄

    • @BigSkySix
      @BigSkySix Před 2 měsíci

      It had nothing to do with tanks that came later. Tanks already existed before it. SWAT vehicles are usually wheeled. There's no connection.

  • @liddz434
    @liddz434 Před 6 měsíci +71

    Would love to see this vehicle re-imagined today...would be great to extend a cabin/engine room off the back with sound insulation so it didn't take up real estate/make too much noise.

    • @molybdaen11
      @molybdaen11 Před 5 měsíci +3

      I think a modern version would use a hydrogen powered fuel cell to face the cold and noise problem.

    • @ralkia
      @ralkia Před 5 měsíci +13

      hydrogen requires massive fuel cells and constant refueling due to low energy density

  • @Three60Mafia
    @Three60Mafia Před 6 měsíci +102

    Kharkhovchanka is more of a "Hark" than "Char" sound

    • @ExarchGaming
      @ExarchGaming Před 6 měsíci +6

      yeah he butchered the hell out of it lol. Kaar-Kuhv (or Kaar-keev today)

    • @Nikowalker007
      @Nikowalker007 Před 6 měsíci

      Yep . It’s pronounced Hark-Ov-Chan-Ka actually

    • @Northerner-NotADoctor
      @Northerner-NotADoctor Před 6 měsíci +4

      And he had it written in the English orthography... imagine if he had it written in Polish ortography, "Charkowczanka" :D

    • @cw8537
      @cw8537 Před 6 měsíci +5

      @@ExarchGamingit was excrushiating to hear it pronounshed

    • @complex_strike
      @complex_strike Před 6 měsíci +3

      I'm from Kharkov and i'm offended

  • @steveoh9285
    @steveoh9285 Před 4 měsíci

    Fascinating look at remarkable vehicles, thank you!

  • @Fb0496
    @Fb0496 Před 3 měsíci +5

    Still people like to question the USSR capabilities for engineering and scientific development. Once again we run into a great video showing us a story in the book of forgotten history; stories they don't teach you in school.

  • @evanpodwalny3531
    @evanpodwalny3531 Před 6 měsíci +163

    You know, I saw a show a while back, I think it was about the Diatlov Pass, but the whole thing was in Siberia, so the first part of the journey was undertaken in old soviet military vehicles, and I distinctly remember how insane they had to be to survive the Siberian winters. Somehow this is even crazier...

    • @evanpodwalny3531
      @evanpodwalny3531 Před 6 měsíci +8

      And I know that I probably spelled *Diatlov* wrong, so please feel free to correct me.

    • @SimpleThingsOnly
      @SimpleThingsOnly Před 6 měsíci +10

      @@evanpodwalny3531 D´yatlov. Basically, you are not far off. The only difference is that they pronounced an "er" after "D" which is here silent.

    • @kabashin_paul
      @kabashin_paul Před 6 měsíci +15

      It was in the Ural mountains, not in Siberia

    • @superdave8248
      @superdave8248 Před 6 měsíci +8

      The crazy thing is that the Russians had the perfect environment to test a prototype, but did do it. They just sent them off to be deployed in service.

    • @user-ny2dx7lz3s
      @user-ny2dx7lz3s Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@superdave8248У американцев есть Аляска да и Канада рядом но испытать свою технику так и не смогли.

  • @Neb_Raska
    @Neb_Raska Před 6 měsíci +37

    Never heard of Calum till today, very much appreciate you bringing it to light.

  • @constantinosschinas4503
    @constantinosschinas4503 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Surprised they did not go with a second engine for heating, attached on a well mounted and suspended trailer. The first engine would also serve as backup heating. Or a split design connected with creased hood to provide direct access.
    edit: ah, they thought about it in the second version.

  • @kylemartin5764
    @kylemartin5764 Před měsícem

    Amazingly done, great work. What software did you use to render the model?

  • @northislandguy
    @northislandguy Před 6 měsíci +25

    Kremlin: We need to cross Antartica in winter by vehicle what materials do you need?
    Soviet Engineer: Yes

    • @redyurt5367
      @redyurt5367 Před 6 měsíci

      Such decisions were not made in Kremlin.

    • @79keydet
      @79keydet Před 5 měsíci +4

      Ukrainian engineer in this case.

    • @zahrans
      @zahrans Před 4 měsíci +3

      @@79keydet For all intent and purposes he was a SOVIET engineer. That is until 91-92.

    • @Insolitus11
      @Insolitus11 Před 4 měsíci

      Ukraine, UNR, was occupied by Soviet Russia in 1921, and yes they used a puppet Ukrainian SSSR with capital in occupied Kharkiv to do that. So cope with the history @@zahrans

    • @kindlingking
      @kindlingking Před 3 měsíci +1

      ​@@79keydetnope. You either embrace the soviet legacy, both good and bad, and respect your history, or reject everything from that period as "evil occupiers doing evil occupiers things to evilly occupy us", which includes old soviet built factories, hospitals, universities, railroads, metro, etc. Guess what Ukraine chose.

  • @dand2332
    @dand2332 Před 6 měsíci +72

    I think you did a great job with the video but I have one small critique. After you start showing the 3D model I would recommend only doing the outer skin peel/reveal thing once. I kept trying to get a good look at the layout and every time the camera stopped panning you would reskin and start over.

    • @Laconic-ws4bz
      @Laconic-ws4bz Před 6 měsíci +2

      🤣

    • @nobytes2
      @nobytes2 Před 5 měsíci +2

      I was thinking the same thing, like bro stop covering it again I'm trying to look inside. Smh.

    • @gladspooky9455
      @gladspooky9455 Před 4 měsíci

      @@nobytes2 It's not remotely accurate, so it doesn't matter.

    • @DK-ei4ed
      @DK-ei4ed Před 4 měsíci

      You DO realize this was not his work right? He is just showing you a Russian video...they did the 3D work...this dude does not work with 3D. Man, you guys are kinda dumb not to realize this...

  • @ugottabekiddin_
    @ugottabekiddin_ Před 4 měsíci

    Cool video! Loved watching it

  • @jodo7814
    @jodo7814 Před 5 měsíci +22

    This is what the Jawas tank in Star Wars seems to be based off of.
    Also, AT-T is very close to AT-AT. Georgie Lucas likes Russian made things I see.

    • @Tapirrr
      @Tapirrr Před 5 měsíci +4

      Not to mention the numerous of ww2 rifles, sten, stg44, mg42, pistols such as the luger, c96 and also modern rifles as the ar15 has been used to make props for the star wars movies. And the empire is based on germany during ww2, their officer uniforms etc. George Lucas took inspiration from alot of things

    • @Neznaika_6977
      @Neznaika_6977 Před 4 měsíci

      Советского производства, путинская РФ - это страна паразит на теле СССР.

    • @chewbacca3269
      @chewbacca3269 Před měsícem

      ​@@TapirrrEven to the sound and speeds of certain ships which is based on WW2 planes.

  • @trevorchase3804
    @trevorchase3804 Před 6 měsíci +21

    This was very fun to watch. What a pleasure it would have been to design and drive this thing!

  • @CausticLemons7
    @CausticLemons7 Před 6 měsíci +57

    "Kharkov shanker" sounds like a serial killer haha

    • @qwe5qwe566
      @qwe5qwe566 Před 3 měsíci +2

      especially with so butchered pronunciation

    • @Lomni
      @Lomni Před 3 měsíci +2

      spending a week video editing, no problem. spending an hour on discord with a native speaker practicing names of locations, impossible

    • @vyacheslavpetrov4713
      @vyacheslavpetrov4713 Před 3 měsíci +1

      You’d think that due to the SMO and worldwide news about Ukraine, having Kharkov region being on of the popular locations, you’d by now know how to pronounce it, without the use of any translators or native speakers. Nope

  • @davidcariens9475
    @davidcariens9475 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Can I buy one? I'm serious.

    • @CJ-222
      @CJ-222 Před 16 dny +1

      Hi serious, I'm dad

  • @RichardTLDR
    @RichardTLDR Před měsícem +1

    That is bloody amazing!

  • @AuroraCypher
    @AuroraCypher Před 6 měsíci +60

    Love this channel, I hope one day we can all work together as one, and build these machines on other planets to serve humanity and beyond.

    • @marcd6897
      @marcd6897 Před 6 měsíci +4

      💯

    • @marcd6897
      @marcd6897 Před 6 měsíci +8

      imagine what humanity could achieve by working together.

    • @eaturmeatornopuddin
      @eaturmeatornopuddin Před 6 měsíci

      Like I said before we got the tech to visit and go to other worlds but no rather use it to destroy ourselves & conquer other countries for their shit..😢😢😢

    • @FoundAndExplained
      @FoundAndExplained  Před 6 měsíci +4

      That would be cool!

    • @adam.677
      @adam.677 Před 5 měsíci +2

      What the hell are you dribbling on about

  • @theseageek
    @theseageek Před 6 měsíci +6

    Love those 3D models, very nicely done and the explanation was very well conducted 👍👍👍

  • @neutrongarbage
    @neutrongarbage Před 4 měsíci +2

    What CGI program do you use to make the renderings of the vehicle in this video?

  • @manpochver
    @manpochver Před 3 měsíci

    Beautiful documentary!!!!

  • @jasonlauritsen5587
    @jasonlauritsen5587 Před 6 měsíci +94

    Diesel engines actually put you to sleep pretty easily due to the frequency of their vibrations. Not sure about Russian, but i can't imagine them being that different than everyone elses. I've slept at work hundreds of hours with the aid of diesel engines of all sorts, from Cat to Detroit to Cummins and Isuzu. Never fails... unless maybe the engine is revving at max rpm but that isn't typically how a diesel is run.

    • @RIlianP
      @RIlianP Před 6 měsíci +8

      Nah, I do not think it was the engine noise primarily (although the engine noise/vibrations in enclosed metal box couldn't have been very pleasant), he mentioned the exhaust soots going inside, which means fumes too, which created the problem of the possibility of CO poisoning, and that was the biggest problem as they had to sleep on smaller intervals and stay on alert in case something happened.

    • @jasonlauritsen5587
      @jasonlauritsen5587 Před 6 měsíci +7

      @@RIlianP ya those are all terrible, but after staing those he did say that the noise would be bad, and i just know from experience that a diesel is great for putting you out, whereas gas engines are just an annoyance

    • @brownjatt21
      @brownjatt21 Před 5 měsíci +3

      ​@@jasonlauritsen5587 as a long haul trucker you ain't lying. Get some damn good sleep in that sucker.

    • @gustymaat7011
      @gustymaat7011 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I'm sure by now they've added a solar generator... some possible chance of a wind generator... to try to maximize options with charging batteries (mostly for heat)

    • @moetocafe
      @moetocafe Před 4 měsíci +1

      have you been in a big boat or ship's engine compartment ? Hard to get asleep there. These are not usual diesel engines.

  • @user-un5oo4ql1e
    @user-un5oo4ql1e Před 6 měsíci +8

    Another astonishing material, thank you so much! Please let me know if you need any help with Russian names/pronunciations so the upcoming videos would pe even more exciting and accurate. I'd be more than glad to assist.

  • @kai_plays_khomus
    @kai_plays_khomus Před 3 měsíci

    Well, there are populations in Siberia for whom below -70°C/-94°F temperatures are a normal winter, and it lasts the better part of the year.
    Truckers are using the many frozen strams as highways, the engines are running constantly because you couldn't restart them if they got cold, and it occasionally happened and still happens that people freeze to death on an otherwise normal trip from one city to the next.

  • @lew-e
    @lew-e Před 4 měsíci

    This reminds me of a book by Peter F Hamilton. The Great North Road. Such a good book and the machines they use remind me of these!

  • @gehteuchnixan69
    @gehteuchnixan69 Před 6 měsíci +8

    9:55 I love how the untouched snow in front of the vehicle is spontaneously bubbling up 😁

  • @chesspiece81
    @chesspiece81 Před 6 měsíci +36

    Calum and his uploads are really, really good. This type of environment would be ideal for nuclear propulsion, you would think.

    • @b1laxson
      @b1laxson Před 6 měsíci

      U S A ... U S A
      They freedom'd up one actually
      czcams.com/video/KpWv68xECrY/video.html

    • @DeathBYDesign666
      @DeathBYDesign666 Před 3 měsíci

      Nuclear powered propulsion you mean to say right? And yes it would be ideal but even portable reactors are quite large and the vehicle would be like a land ship. It would be big enough that it would be probably all you would need though, getting it there would be a problem, it would have to be constructed there basically.

  • @golet001
    @golet001 Před 4 měsíci +1

    @Found and Explained: The sound in the beginning of Charkovčanka is not the "ch" as in "check". It is the slavic "ch" as in "chasm", I believe.

  • @user-oe8jz2sc2d
    @user-oe8jz2sc2d Před 2 měsíci +1

    Hi Found and Explained! Great video. How do you model these machines? Would you let me help the causing by working on 3d models for your videos free of charge? I will enjoy it and would love to be part of your channel as an artist. I have worked at various small animation and modelling firms giving me a total of 6.5 years of experience. i have an animation and design undergraduate degree from the university of minnesota. once again great work!!

  • @Chimpunk729
    @Chimpunk729 Před 6 měsíci +28

    Soviet characteristic : how to made as simple as you can even when doing troubleshooting, use firewood to warming up the engine. Simple but in harsh condition withimited sources its effective.

    • @perseusarkouda
      @perseusarkouda Před 6 měsíci +9

      The same way they are doing it in the space station. I've watched once an American astronaut saying that America had all the tech but once a system was failing, everything went down with it. Also American equipment is a lot more expensive. Not saying American tech is inferior, on the contrary, but simple mechanical engineering should be implemented to reduce points of failure, in my opinion.

    • @lo2740
      @lo2740 Před 5 měsíci

      except, it usually did not work, and did not last either.

  • @admiraldraconis
    @admiraldraconis Před 6 měsíci +28

    Always love your vids. And you don't care about the politics, you're a true connoisseur of human ingenuity!

    • @user-ec2im5ev9w
      @user-ec2im5ev9w Před 6 měsíci +3

      The video started with politics. As always dismissive of Russia

    • @blo0m1985
      @blo0m1985 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Sure he not, so why he said and put on video pic "russian" but not soviet. And Kharkov(chanka) is Ukraine. He didnt even told who Vernadskiy is.

  • @ApertureAce
    @ApertureAce Před 5 měsíci

    Man that's so cool. Seems so cozy for being in Arctic conditions

  • @stepanivanov2573
    @stepanivanov2573 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Waiting for DT30 now

  • @tieroneoperator635
    @tieroneoperator635 Před 6 měsíci +4

    Fine video, as always! Great work! If you want a pronunciation sample for russian words - google has decent voice reader for it. Yes, emphasis might be a bit wrong, but it will still be very understandable since more and more people use 'read text' addons for browsers which use same voices as google.
    Since you're going to make a video on Vityaz [Veetyaz'] I can help you with translation if needed. And if you'll manage to finish it, it will be excellent choice to complete collection with swedish small tracked vehicle which DT-30 has a lof in common, in terms of engineering approach.

  • @ajm9240
    @ajm9240 Před 6 měsíci +143

    Russian engineers understand winter conditions very well just like the Norwegians and Swedes. Siberia isn’t a joke when it comes to subzero temperatures. If you’re stuck out there with no one to help you fix the situation you’re now on a ticking timer for your life.

    • @derricksave1358
      @derricksave1358 Před 6 měsíci +32

      Ukrainian👹 Kharkiv that a city in Ukraine where it’s been engineered

    • @alystero8838
      @alystero8838 Před 6 měsíci +58

      ​​@@derricksave1358most residents in kharkiv are ethnic russians since russian empire and soviet times. But you still can't say scientists were russians or ukrainians because in USSR, scientists came from all over the union including koreans too

    • @mandarin408
      @mandarin408 Před 6 měsíci

      Why are Ukrainians like that? Is that because you so much lower IQ compared to Russians? Is this some kind of inferiority complex that posses you to make stupid comments? @@derricksave1358

    • @mishanyaovcharenko
      @mishanyaovcharenko Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@alystero8838but if ethnic Ukrainian does something in Russia it becomes russian 🤡

    • @Coman486
      @Coman486 Před 6 měsíci +12

      @@alystero8838 I believe they would disagree with you right now, at least most of them. They might speak russian language, but I doubt there are a lot of people who consider themselves russian

  • @clintonlindsey4391
    @clintonlindsey4391 Před měsícem

    Great video 👍

  • @Holcroft1969
    @Holcroft1969 Před 5 měsíci

    Excellent stuff.

  • @larsrons7937
    @larsrons7937 Před 6 měsíci +8

    Very interesting and informative. A few years ago I watched another video on this subject, but I feel yours gave more info and better context. Thanks for uploading, now I'll check Calum's video.

  • @alanrogers7090
    @alanrogers7090 Před 6 měsíci +54

    Sorry, Nick, but it was 1958, not 1948. I was in school at that time and it was a ig deal. We had contests to name the expedition and drawings of what our ideas ofthe bases would be if we were going. This prompted us to actually studyaboutthe Geophysical Year and all about Antarctica and its animals, (no polar bears down there), but different penguins and leopard seals and birds.

  • @john.dough.
    @john.dough. Před 4 měsíci

    great video!

  • @RobR4455
    @RobR4455 Před 10 dny

    Thanks!

  • @gobihoukou1
    @gobihoukou1 Před 6 měsíci +10

    It still baffles me how could anybody think that those smooth tires on snow cruiser could possibly work in Antarctica. Seriously, what was the thought process here?

    • @peoplez129
      @peoplez129 Před 5 měsíci +3

      When you compress snow, especially with a big vehicle, it would just fill any treads solid anyways. This is also bad for other reasons, since if you stopped for the night, snow in treads can turn to ice and lock the wheels in place. The wheels were big enough and the vehicle heavy enough that you wouldn't really need a lot of traction from treads anyways, and it's not that they're going up steep terrain. The idea is basically that as you roll forward, you're flattening out the snow and pushing it aside, rather than digging into it, which essentially creates a solid roadway out of snow. If you start adding treads, you'd have surface features left in the snow. If a crew needed to turn back for some serious reason, they would definitely want to follow the same path they took as best as possible, as it would be quicker and save on fuel, so leaving a smooth flat imprint would be more beneficial. That also helps if you're towing anything, since if you left tread patterns in the snow, whatever you're pulling would constantly be impeded slightly by it, creating drag. That could add up to quite a bit of extra fuel usage over time, and in a place where you might end up dangerously low on fuel, every potential savings of it could be a life or death situation. Even temperature can play a role, because the material could be much weaker at those temps, meaning treads could either wear quicker, or potentially crack and separate.

    • @gobihoukou1
      @gobihoukou1 Před 5 měsíci +3

      @@peoplez129 Thanks for very comprehensive explanation. However, its main reasoning about treads filling anyway still seems a bit "greenhorn-ish" to me, like it was thought up by someone who never actually worked in snowy conditions. Or muddy conditions. Or maybe in practice anywhere. I mean, after some time, mud will fill the treads of your boots just as snow would, but nobody says screw traction and wears smooth soles into any kind of rougher terrain, because everybody knows that's sure way to faceplant (which is basically what happened to snow cruiser immediately after disembarking, if I remember correctly).
      When something is impeding the crucial function of your machinery, you need to find ways to restore said function, not hope it would somehow work out without it.

  • @whyjnot420
    @whyjnot420 Před 6 měsíci +4

    First thought when starting this video was of Callum's video on the American stuff.
    That man really does make some nice videos.

  • @moetocafe
    @moetocafe Před 4 měsíci +2

    Soviet engineering was amazing. I love to watch such videos.

  • @cheeseslice6264
    @cheeseslice6264 Před měsícem +1

    I always loved the idea of bulky compact mobile machinery shielding you from a hostile environment

  • @krivickas
    @krivickas Před 6 měsíci +4

    Great video. Great research done! Those vehicles were always a big interest for me. Just one thing: it is not SHARKovchanka. K at the start of the name is silent. Thank you for this amazing video!

    • @KWOKGB
      @KWOKGB Před 6 měsíci

      This got me too😂😂😂😂

  • @goofyrulez7914
    @goofyrulez7914 Před 6 měsíci +8

    That looks so cool!

  • @antonhystrix
    @antonhystrix Před 5 měsíci +1

    Very good info. Only one note: the city is pronounced "harkiv". And the name of the vehicle is "harkovchanka" 🙂

  • @eno6712
    @eno6712 Před 5 měsíci

    Its basically the Ultimate Camper RV for you and the Homies .
    Would honestly be a pretty cool job compared to most .

  • @TheGrindcorps
    @TheGrindcorps Před 6 měsíci +7

    I’m so glad you did this. These are one of the coolest vehicles I had ever heard of: it’s like a ducking g land boat!

  • @Of_Your_Volition
    @Of_Your_Volition Před 6 měsíci +8

    Antarctica is like a different world no wonder it looks like a Sci fi rover for space

  • @snapperl
    @snapperl Před 5 měsíci +3

    crossing the Antarctic at 6 miles an hour? OUCH

  • @MrJoha1
    @MrJoha1 Před měsícem

    Subtle…, well done presentation of obscure elements of our exploration, South Pole is often overlooked in the significance of it’s exploration

  • @ahtheh
    @ahtheh Před 6 měsíci +20

    Little did we know, this was just a test bed to make a vehicle capable of going to Ivan's in-laws house in Siberia

  • @shitbag_soldier
    @shitbag_soldier Před 6 měsíci +3

    I feel like sleeping in this thing would be the most relaxing thing. Long day in the cold to finally climb into this thing.

    • @lo2740
      @lo2740 Před 5 měsíci

      in antartica you dont make "long days in the cold" because if you stay outside more than 15 minutes you die. They were living all day and night in this vehicle,, it was filled with motor fumes, cold, humidity, feces and urine odours, promiscuous, so lovely.

  • @oo0Spyder0oo
    @oo0Spyder0oo Před 5 měsíci +1

    I always thought the chariot from lost in space was ahead of its time and it kind of has become reality in the vehicles we see now.

  • @neilgromov6473
    @neilgromov6473 Před 5 měsíci +23

    Спасибо СССР, он показал, что простые люди могут управлять государством сами и добиваться высоких результатов!

    • @rustykrusty3689
      @rustykrusty3689 Před 5 měsíci +3

      что означает "сами"?

    • @neilgromov6473
      @neilgromov6473 Před 5 měsíci +8

      @@rustykrusty3689 сами, это значит без господ и эксплуататоров

    • @adrianciobanu5856
      @adrianciobanu5856 Před měsícem

      ​@@neilgromov6473😂😂😂😂😂 vse at lenin stalin do gobaciov e.vre.i

    • @markokomar2888
      @markokomar2888 Před měsícem

      Потому что в Украине сделали, вот и без господ. московити так не умеют

    • @JGD444
      @JGD444 Před 26 dny

      😂

  • @TheWinjin
    @TheWinjin Před 5 měsíci +3

    Anyways it's an awesome video and I wonder what would the modern Kharkovchanka look like, if we could put all modern stuff in there. Modern diesel, modern materials, etc.

  • @mcwfenna
    @mcwfenna Před 6 měsíci +3

    3:34 That guy yeeted a penguin as if it insulted his mother.

  • @robbubba8020
    @robbubba8020 Před 2 měsíci

    Reminds me of a vehicle that traverses the Dune Sea only smaller with taller occupants lol good video

  • @WideWorldofTrains
    @WideWorldofTrains Před 5 měsíci +1

    Those are some cool vehicles

  • @BlazeitJim
    @BlazeitJim Před 6 měsíci +5

    More ground vehicle documentaries please 🙌

  • @Haktarrr
    @Haktarrr Před 6 měsíci +25

    The mighty Kharkovchanka, made on T-54 tank chassis. The ultimate Antarctic vehicle since 1958.

    • @sanproekt
      @sanproekt Před 5 měsíci +1

      Not tank but heavy artillery tractor AT-T

    • @Haktarrr
      @Haktarrr Před 5 měsíci

      @@sanproekt AT-T was made on T-54 chassis, so it's just the same.

    • @sanproekt
      @sanproekt Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@Haktarrr Not the same! Only same components was used

    • @Haktarrr
      @Haktarrr Před 5 měsíci

      @@sanproekt Don't get so excited lol

  • @13lueBomber
    @13lueBomber Před 4 měsíci

    *Found* *and* *Explained* ❄️
    Once you get stuck in fresh deep snow, that’s it, or if the backup that was sent to tow/pull you out gets stuck as well. Even if one of the treads break or slips off the track, you’re in one hell of an ordeal. I can only imagine the difficulty of repairing treads in deep snow. 😅

  • @nighthawkj30A4
    @nighthawkj30A4 Před 5 měsíci +1

    0:15 reminds me of early late 90’s very early 2000’s Lego Arctic set