URBEX | Machine gun, explosives and bullets in a secret underground factory
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In this episode we are in Albania and we explore a secret communist underground ammunition factory/bunker. We find a grenade launcher, explosives and ammunition. The location probably closed after the fall of the regime in 1992.
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just did man and commented. good job man
Do you take recommendations for abandoned places?
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you need to explore with shiey
@@edgarbleikur1929 Always :)
it's not a granade launcher tho, it's a barrel to a DShK machine gun.
I thought it was the training version which has a gun barrel installed. There kind of rare to find.
Milton: Thank you for pointing that out. I was going to leave a comment t about how it's a barrel due to the front sight and muzzle brake
DShK barrel for sure . Probably used for inspection purposes to make sure the rounds are at proper length - neck diameter and head spacing is correct .
Quantum Mechanic: Still wrapped in wax paper and cosmoline, maybe a spare barrel for their test rig
actually it looks like a recoiless rifle but i could be wrong
Iâm sure if you asked the kids in the village to show you around they would proudly show you all the hidden spots.
Ahahah yeah true
Of course the kids would know lol
Idk what is it with kids in different countries but theyâre like rats they just explore places better than I did in my childhood
People get very suspicious if you talk to kids as a man, but would be cool to see what they know.
@@bsherman8236 right, those rascals are smart
@@tony_5156 yes indeed
I think it would be really cool if one day you could somehow visit one of these abandoned places with a person that actually worked/lived there to get a real insight of how everything was
Exactly part II. .
Such a person would be hard to find. They would be in their 50s or 60s now and probably not too keen on the idea of sneaky around at night to go back there.
It would be nice if the United States turned out the same way this s*** is lame
I suspect you don't fully appreciate how dangerous old, decayed explosives can be.
Yeah i don't think they realize how volatile those are
Yep. Sketchy asf.
The longer they sit the longer they have a chance to bond. It's the reason that even black powder gets stronger with age. If you mill black powder for about 13 hours it will be good enough to explode instead of ignite add about 35 years and it will ignite like flash powder
Smokeless powder degrades quickly once exposed to air. So you're wrong.
What's really amazing about alot of old bases and especially old factories, those machines that are so well intact probably still work if u just did a bit of minor maintenance. Machines from the 1900s usually the earlier half will basically last forever. I've worked on cncs from the 40s and they will still work another 100 years from now.
iron metal
there are no CNCs from 1940s... closest you might find would be old punch card machines. And those were more likely 50s and 60s.
Das waren fabriken fĂŒr Waffen und Munition und diese fabriken waren als Reserve da wen etwas mehr Waffen oder municion gebraucht wird dann waren diese fabriken da
Well, I been working with Albanian people and they explained to me when communism ended all the weapons arsenal were opened for everyone and everyone gets guns and ammo for free
I wouldâve loved to been there when that happened I wonder if you can buy one of those bunkers today that would be cool by a bunker full of old equipment
Like finding a golden ticket to Willy Wanka's chocolate factory. I want one of everything now!!
No really, in 1997 the government ponzi scheme failed and took down the economy, As a result the citizens raided all government assets, including armouries.
@@trevormurphy7041 Many have tried, but the sea of corruption washes those dreams away.
Trevor Murphy no you wouldnât brothers were killing brothers. You could get killed just for looking at the wrong person. It was all out anarchy
Man I would love to have just one of those metal lathe machines
You can get pretty cheap used chucker lathes online. Just gotta shop around. Peace âźïž
Curtis Mcquiston you and me both
@@carrythetorch33 buying one might be easy but moving it around is a different thing
Curtis and Zack, you sand me three.
They might not be anymore good, they look too rusty
Fantastic explore! What an amazing site. That's not a Grenade launcher though, it is in fact - as others have suggested - the Barrel for a DSHK Heavy Machine Gun. Basically, the Soviet equivalent of the Browning M2 Fifty Cal, but with a slightly longer cartridge. The Bullet that you pulled out the little blue rack is what it would have fired (after being filled with lead and shaped a bit, of course). The cases in the Barrel are 7.62x54r, used by that time primarily in the SVD (and variants such as the Romanian PSL) and PK series machine guns such as the PKM and the Vehicle mounted PKT. 7.62x54r is one of, if not THE longest serving military cartridge, being designed by the Russians in the late 1800s (1894 maybe?) and is still being used to this day in just about every corner of the globe. There's some trivia/context, if anyone gave a hoot đ
Thanks for the explanation Nick ! I'll have to adjust the title.
Next time you have to join when we go to an ammunition factory ;)
There also supposed to be finished bullets, but we were pretty exhausted and didn't see them on first sight.
I would certainly love to see something like that, for sure. Actually, having just watched your Belarus Exclusion zone video, you've fired one (DSHK)! Even without the live rounds, still an incredible explore. Thanks for taking us along âș Keep up the great work my dudes âïž
@@ANGRYP1R4TE Haha by coincidence the first thing I did after your comment was to look at that gun I fired in Belarus :)
Yes, I own a sweet M44 Mosin Nagant in 7.62x54r built in Tula in 1948. Pristne except for the arsenal testing rounds a real safe queen, but that round is total manstopper. I took my friend and his gamer son shooting, and he knew it from call of duty or some shyte, but the first time he pulled the trigger and felt all that recoil, then the lights came on and he finally understood the reality of shooting a rifle in the real world. He had a pretty good sized bruise the next day after shooting that beast. Love those guns from that era and region. I had a Mitchell's Yugo mauser 8mm that I really regret selling.
Same with a Mosin Nagant, there's been a bunch of Guns chambered in 7.62x54r, tried and true
It's a barrel for an heavy machine gun ( dshk or so ) , not a grenade launcher ;)
Definitely DSHK, confirmed by the muzzle brake đ still a serious cool find though!
DSHK barrel CONFIRMED
@@clepperdcs1298 Thanks mate !
DShk for sure . Probably used for inspecting loaded rounds to make sure the OAL / over all length is correct and check the neck diameter of the rounds .
That would have made a good wall hanger. đ
In one of the cities on the south Albania, in front of our high school was one of the main entrance of the main underground hospital. In timeâs of war the bunkers capacity was 2-3k patients . And that was in the middle of the city, one of the many bunkers that you can still find in the mountains around the town.
Ku ishte kjo?
@@Winterwalker442 esht ne Vlore,
@@johnpali5894 ku fiks
Damn, this has to be the coolest abandoned bunker I've ever seen so far, Would love to vist this one. Also great video as always man! đ
That was cool as hell!when I was a kid in the 70s/80s, you could explore the wwii bunkers on sandy hook New Jersey like this. Now they have them all secured off. I wish we had cameras back then
The characters at 9:22 is "çĄćæŁæ çèŻ", which means "Nitrocellulose" Smokeless powder
it says in the label.
If you go up in North Albania, specifically Kukes . You will find the "underground" city of the city itself. Kukes.
Can I buy any old TT there?
@@vetvendosje-kosov-gjenev9986 yes
@@monkiboi4434 sa bojn?
The metal "grating" found in many places here is the scrap produced by the punch presses used to begin the process of case or bullet forming. This scrap re-use is indicative of ammo plants around the world, especially those producing steel cases/jackets.
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"OMG we have found a Grenade Launcher"
Grenade Launcher : đČ in 12.7MM đ€Ł
Ahahhahaah
Well that wowed reaction where they found the hole after setting the camera seemed genuine
My wifes coworker is from Albania. Hes told me many stories about growing up there. Incredible video. Glad you never got caught. Keep up the great work.
Insane explore guys! Had me on edge the whole time!
the spooky background sounds are not needed at all. makes it super commercial. the place speaks for its self.
Not at all. The sounds are excellently chosen and set the scene perfectly.
Agreed
Such a rich history and a brilliant explore.
Dikke locatie gasten! Ik volg jullie vanaf nu! đ
Definetely it's a location that I would like to see from up close! Great work guys! đ
Yes boys one of the best yet !!! Love your channel been following fornsome time now â
Thanks for watching! Will try to upload more of these epic exploresđđ
@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath I had fun watching even caught a case of the creeps... Soon as the hairs on my neck go back down I'm gonna hit the sack dream of killing communists.
Great Video!
In Albania you can find more places like this, but these places are very well hidden
thermal take some of these places are gangster controlled rape, snuff and secret prisons.
Very Original! Exploring some strange and wonderful places! Thanks guys!
13:28. Those stacked metal rods are barrels. I was hoping they would draw one out to have a look. Some of them still aren't rusted.
uday bhaskar Reddy collectors in the US would love them.
@@guy6054 Yes, they are in good condition and even the equipment.
Back in a day they used some kind of grease to protect from rusting.
@@yymmyyyymmyy2630wow
@@yymmyyyymmyy2630 cosmoline
That was a fascinating place...Another great video...thanks
Thanks for watching :)
Fun fact about those first few bunkers you guys filmed. Those were used to film a series on Netflix. (the rain)
Thatâs pretty cool
Wow! This place is MASSIVE! Awesome video dudes.
Wow scary thought at the end there finding the security waiting for you a few nights later. Must have sent chills up your spine x_x. Incredible find though for sure. Thanks for sharing your experience :)
alright i saw the notification and i thought you were kidding, that is an incredible find, and id really have to fight myself to not take it home and restore it.
if it isn't covered in dust, get ready for a bust.
New subscriber here! This channel scratches an itch I didn't know I had! Well done! High quality content and cinematography!
Amazing ! I don't think I've ever seen an urbex of a factory with so much equipment.
Thanks for checking out mate :) For a military place it's invredible how much equipment is left !
This is freaking amazing guys i am a huge historian geek especially of stuff like this. Its disturbingly wonderous đ thank you very much for the content guys keep at it
Thanks for watching ! Saw some of the other military objects?
I could use a few lathes... Man i wish i could loot some of those tools and get them working again. Those 12.7 barrels are pure gold here in America
Awesome explore Guys . Tks for sharing . Peace .
Watching you go through this place reminds me of old Brixmis teams.
12 security guards disliked this
Hahaha !
Yes, the Albanian army doesnât like it either!
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Now 601 security guards disliked this.
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The machines Iâm seeing lead me to believe this wasnât just an ammunition factory, it looks like in the metal storage area they have barrel stock that can be machined into rifle and other small arm barrels. Iâd love to have some of these lathes in there.
Excellent and informative video guys. The light you use is awesome!
One of my favorite videos you guys have made!
That's definitely a DShK heavy mg barrel
Now I know where they still find that stuff for ebay.
Ow Iâm sure people make a living out of thatđ
Probably one of the coolest videos I have seen. Good work men !
Thanks! Have you seen some other episodes of us? We went to abandoned space shuttles, submarines, etc.
@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath
I have seen them but they were not as cool as seeing where they made the ammo and guns underground. Think how many people worked there making bullets .
You should check the japan stuff too
Watched it over 3 times
This is perfect adventure and amazing and dangerous .ı wish ı could see this like abandoned places ,bunker etc.we discovery with you , thank you .
Most of those machines has red numbers marked. Those numbers written looked quite new. Like if they had taken inventory
Geez man! awesome
I'm chill'in near Green Bay, Wisc in the USA and I didn't want this vid to end. Just mind-blowing they had ANOTHER factory below. Wonder if the underground one was just a spare and never really got used since WWIII never happened...or hasn't happened YET...
Thanks for watching ! There are a lot of interesting places in the USA aswell !
You guys are so privileged to be able to do such things!!
3:46 âThe gate is openâ
The walls are only 1.5 metres high. Lol
That means there are people on the grounds ;)
die ouwe sovjet rommel is toch echt geweldig.
So old as you're mom.
You are great! Best of luck to you!
Thank you guys for the awesome video.
Amazing location guys, must be the best bunker so far!
It is ! Some other cool ones coming up :)
That is, your videos are amazing!!! I am surprised that you have only 177.000 members...
Spread the word :)
Good job. Really great find.
That was amazing great watching thanks
We have 24 Big Bunkers like that in Albania đ
Send me the address only to explore. I love this thinks
Si pak thua 24 đ€Łđ€Ł
wow, thats quite a munitions factory..
Thank you. Great find.
Fantastic find. Well done!
You guys should really consider using respirators in locations containing old munitions. In the event of dust kicked up for whatever reason, be it wind gusts, falling debris, you donât want any of that entering your lungs.
Yeah, we have some ! In some future locations we have to use them !
Exploring the Unbeaten Path wear gloves as well and have de-leading wipes. Lead exposure is a massive risk when dealing with ammo, Iâm a gunsmith, I know firsthand.
@@TokioHotelFan943, in this case it also appears to be primer manufacturing as well, so chalk mercury onto that list.
these sites should be evaluated and renovated for use by the local communities. they are well constructed and in some cases would make excellent locations for environmentally responsible light manufacturing centers. underground and out of sight the noise and pollution of normal manufacturing could more easily be controlled to the benefit of local communities.
@@darrenmarchant1720 Seems like a great idea, except that remediating all of the toxic residues so that the place is safe to work in would probably be prohibitively expensive. No OSHA in the Warsaw Pact -- if your work environment killed you, nobody cared, you were easily replaced...
Sick!
Thanks ! Heb nog wel meer militaire dingen op de lijst staan :)
Wow! What a crazy place. A whise decision you did not take the first entrance. Great vid đ
Gaaf man. Top locatie!
Those "empty shells" you were playing with were primed.
Impressive !
You gentlemen do some of the best explorations I view. But dam man it straight up trespassing when you see multiple cars parked at the facility and come back at night. You guys have a set of balls the size of a dump truck. I commend your efforts.
i'm enjoying your exploring..thanks mates! Regards fm Malaysia.
Guys, the grenade launcher was a actually the barrel of 12.7mm heavy machine gun. The yellow powder was Sulphur which is a component of explosives manufacturing, a lot of the powders/solidifying liquids you were walking through are the individual ingredients to make the russian equivalent of PETN, which is an extremely powerful contact explosive used in the manufacturing of amouered piercing incendiary/explosive rounds, you were actually stood in the room with the finished product that was ready for pouring into the back of the projectile you picked up off the machine, the ones that had a hollow base that you looked in before placing back on the tray. Its very sensitive you guys were very lucky not to initiate it. If you'd dropped anything on it of any weight (a torch, debris etc) with all the other decaying explosive components laying about, you'd likely have leveled the place and turned your selves into mist. You were very fortunate. They have guards for a reason, im sure a like on CZcams is not worth causing not only your own deaths, but that of whoever was there that night, and no doubt that of firefighters that would probably died fighting the blaze, plus the destruction of any near by dwellings and there occupants. Avoid these types of factory, if not for your own sake, but for that of the many people who are around them.
I'm guessing the owners/security of these yards let them in for cash and give a tour
If they entered a place like this illegally their faces would be covered, if they had any brains anyway
@@iwaswrongabouteveryhthing I'm guessing they wouldn't have had to break in and avoid security if that was the case. There two very lucky guys walking out of there.
@@bazzmcfury9550 they are filming a video with added drama and entertainment, not letting the truth get in the way for more views
Nothing wrong with that l guess but it does get cheesy sometimes
No security around. They were drunk from rakija. I would take a thing or 2. ..
The yellow stuff could also have been picric acid. Kinda outdated, but iron curtain never throws anything away.
STRAIGHT OUT OF FALLOUT 3. NEW SUB. THIS IS EXACTLY THE THINGS I LIKE TO SEE!!
ITS SOO BIG!! SOO MANY ROOMS!
IM A MACHINIST AND MOST OF THOSE MACHINES LOOK FAMILIAR BUT SOME OF THEM ARE LIKE "WHAT IS THAT?!?"
LOOKS LIKE ALOT OF THOSE MACHINES ARE FULLY FUNCTIONAL. NOT ALL OF THEM BUT MOST.
Those machines were hardly useful even 35 years ago. My dad was working there in that factory dealing with this machines,struggling to keep them going . They were obsolete even by 1980s standards. I was 6 when this tunnel was completed
Man you guys are Krazy you are risking everything, love the video bro
Thanks, you should check out some other videoâs in the playlist âmost dangerous adventuresâ đ
Yea definitely it's so interesting to watch about some rare things like this
I am watching this quite stoned and I noticed the lighting was real good man good job bros lol
Local digno de ser transformado em um centro de visitação, muita histĂłria neste local. IncrĂvel
Amazing exploration and story of history!! So glad you guys filmed it and shared it with us! Ga zo door =D
Bedankt voor het kijken ! :)
I love the subtle spooky noises
You got some media attention mates! Found this vid at AD/HLN News. Thumbs up!
That's where you want to be during a zombie apocalypse so you can make your own ammo lol.
Wouldn't take much to get those Machines working again .
Feels like something straight outta Half-Life 2.
Wow, I'd love to explore something like this. It's massive inside.
Great explore !
Awesome location, you nailed it.
I wonder if we have anything in Australia you could explore?
Cheers
Ben Murphy yeah. Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Pine Gap lol
Lithgow small arms factory. Still in operation, but i wouldn't be surprised they have the same set up.
When I was stationed in Germany in the eighties we heard about an underground Nazi arms factory that some US military officers were allowed to visit by invitation. It was said that these were still powered up with working bathrooms etc. and all of the machinery was sitting there in perfect condition and was kept clean by a team of caretakers. Why? Well, that was back before the Soviet Union fell and the story was that the Germans wanted to keep the capacity to manufacture weapons available to them in the event a new war with Russia kicked off. Don't know if it's true. I did meet an innkeeper in Bavaria though, who, impressed with my German, invited me to see a secret arms collection he had in a huge hidden room beneath his inn. He had about 1,000 square feet of basement space full of German, Russian, British, and US war paraphernalia. He had every type of weapon used by soldiers during the twentieth century right up to an anti-aircraft machine gun that was huge. He even had a perfectly preserved Willys jeep hidden in a room beneath the barn. He was powering it with a Mercedes engine because he didn't want to wear out the original Jeep motor.
Great story/info sir!
Real exploring Keep it up
Thanks Jan, enjoy Japan ;)
Very cool & interesting ... Thanks guys
A great explore guys, lot of stuff in that place, loved watching it.
Perfect zombie film location ..... really interesting .
1st time viewer...Love your channel...very interesting! đđŒđđŒâ€ïž
just found this video , instant subscribe , pretty cool stuff
That opening shot of Albanian mountains with the sprawling city below ... Just wow!
What a stunningly beautiful country.
If anyone knows what specific region this is, that would be awesome?
Weâre landing at Tirana airport :)
@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath
Hey! Greetings from America.
Thank you for taking the time to respond.
I've been following you for awhile now, and I must say that you do some of the best exploration vids out there.
Your experience and subject knowledge is bar none.
Your video quality is excellent.
You're videos aren't bogged down with ads.
You don't sensationalize your videos with click bait titles, or supernatural mumbo jumbo, and your attitude is super endearing.
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This is probably in Polican, Skrapar region.
This is Poliçan , Scrapar County,
i do
Smart to keep your voice down cause even sound waves can and would mess with an unstable blasting cap and level the whole complex
Gaaf man! Welke camera gebruiken jullie? Top kwaliteit mannen!
I'm digging the Erie music great video!
Thanks! You should check out our latest video.. we found another time capsule workshop/bunker/ powerstation
If theres one there's others to be found...
Hoxha really loved bunkers.
He was bunkers
As Albanian i can't Say many things but, this Is Just a small part of military secret Activity in our country
Epic adventure! The risk you guys take.đâ€
Yeah, often we get in trouble... there's a video on my channel where you can see how I got charged for espionage in an old Italian bunker and risked 5 years in jail.