The Kyiv car mechanics converting captured Russian weapons for Ukraine’s troops • FRANCE 24

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  • čas přidán 14. 03. 2022
  • At an auto repair shop in Kyiv, mechanics used to working on car engines are instead applying their skills to heavy weaponry captured from Russian armoured vehicles. They are converting them into handheld weapons that can be used by Ukrainian troops.
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  • @iwantyourcookiesnow
    @iwantyourcookiesnow Před 2 lety +101

    Imagine sending your car to the mechanic and it comes back with a mounted machine gun welded onto it.

    • @leifvejby8023
      @leifvejby8023 Před 2 lety +5

      Been known to happen

    • @jasonchiu272
      @jasonchiu272 Před 2 lety +2

      Video games be like:

    • @suroot
      @suroot Před 2 lety +2

      There really is a Ukrainian BMW rolling around with a mounted Heavy Machine Gun.

    • @SteelHex
      @SteelHex Před 2 lety +1

      I’m sorry Mr. Mechanic, but I just need a new radiator, not a machine gun…
      Mechanic: it’s free.

    • @leifvejby8023
      @leifvejby8023 Před 2 lety +1

      @@suroot Yes, I saw a video with it!

  • @Eero_V
    @Eero_V Před 2 lety +914

    This is brilliant, exactly what the Finns did with soviet weapons during WW2!

    • @Evan490BC
      @Evan490BC Před 2 lety +20

      The M/28-30, that Simo Häyhä used, was a variant of the Soviet Mosin-Nagant rifle, right?

    • @dervorenger2331
      @dervorenger2331 Před 2 lety +26

      @@Evan490BC It was a Finnish variant of the Imperial Russian Mosin Nagant and not a Soviet Mosin Nagant

    • @vksasdgaming9472
      @vksasdgaming9472 Před 2 lety +23

      @@Evan490BC Yes, but it was not captured Soviet rifle. FDF used Mosin-Nagant because they were readily available once independence was achieved.

    • @Eero_V
      @Eero_V Před 2 lety +19

      @@Evan490BC Yes, it was a finnish variant of the M/28-30 with some local improvements, but developed in the early 30's before the war... During the Winter war lots of soviet equipment was captured and put in good use against their former owners.

    • @edrober1330
      @edrober1330 Před 2 lety +1

      I was just about to say the same thing. SAKO

  • @joewindsor1119
    @joewindsor1119 Před 2 lety +167

    25 years wrenching as a mechanic I’d like to think I’d be doing this very same thing if put in the same predicament. More power to them!!

    • @lukequigley121
      @lukequigley121 Před 2 lety +2

      Hey Joe, 27YRS ,AMC / JEEP, FORD, SUBARU, LINCOLN/ MERC, Independent import, still do refurbish,repair everything around home..Hats off to you man..

    • @lucashinch
      @lucashinch Před 2 lety

      as would I...i am thankful for my father teaching me about mechanics..

  • @momofschnauzers
    @momofschnauzers Před 2 lety +90

    Boy these are some tough people. Despite all that has transpired and continues to do so, the people of Ukraine are standing their ground with everything they have. In my heart of hearts, I hope that their country is restored and that they can live in peace.

    • @asifitmatters1
      @asifitmatters1 Před 2 lety

      Restored to the beauty of a $86 average pension you mean?

    • @Jetwinner02
      @Jetwinner02 Před rokem

      ​@@asifitmatters1 cope harder troll

    • @asifitmatters1
      @asifitmatters1 Před rokem

      @@Jetwinner02 your mom is a troll!

  • @micahhurst8986
    @micahhurst8986 Před 2 lety +470

    As a Machinist I can appreciate what these guys are engineering in a Automotive shop.
    Godspeed to you all!

    • @deusvult6920
      @deusvult6920 Před 2 lety +11

      I'm a welder. I can always appreciate something like this. Doesn't matter who's doing it (whether I am on their side or they're an enemy) it's the craft itself that is beautiful.

    • @micahhurst8986
      @micahhurst8986 Před 2 lety +4

      You got it my brother from another Mother. I love me some beautiful welding beads. Have you ever watched a Mud Dauber wasp create a nest?
      Those Wasp are very smart and can make a perfect mud bead nest. Definitely worth the time if you have the opportunity. Those wasps are non aggressive. What a treat it is to see right before your eyes.
      Live long and Prosper!🖖

    • @pythor9674
      @pythor9674 Před 2 lety

      This is all Ukraine's fault. They're cutting off water access to the Tuzla Island, and also preventing gas transport to Europe, causing a massive electricity shortage for millions.

    • @dyoung5999
      @dyoung5999 Před 2 lety

      As a machinist I hope this doesn’t come down to the engineers to decide who wins this.
      It may take many alternate designs and take a while to rework. 👀

    • @Onemanstrash1
      @Onemanstrash1 Před 2 lety +3

      never underestimate an auto body guy

  • @elizabethdjokovic2691
    @elizabethdjokovic2691 Před 2 lety +954

    The ingenuity of the Ukrainians in dealing with every detail of defence and attack during this invasion of their country is indeed remarkable. Great leadership shows what is possible.

    • @xGoodOldSmurfehx
      @xGoodOldSmurfehx Před 2 lety +30

      When your home is under attack and going away is not an option, you will find impossible ways to defend it

    • @calidude1114
      @calidude1114 Před 2 lety +15

      MacGyver was Ukrainian.

    • @tetsuonabiki
      @tetsuonabiki Před 2 lety +4

      Do you support the Ukrainian Azov regiment?

    • @Roller_Ghoster
      @Roller_Ghoster Před 2 lety +18

      @@tetsuonabiki do you support Russia's bid to bring in mercenaries including Syrians?

    • @unlink1649
      @unlink1649 Před 2 lety +3

      it's inspiring them to do great things

  • @Timespartan111
    @Timespartan111 Před 2 lety +70

    For this interested, this is a PKT to PKM conversion, and was actually quite common in the states among hobbyists. The trickiest part is converting the electrically fired solenoid trigger, into a physical trigger that you can press with your finger.

    • @prestonvenable1763
      @prestonvenable1763 Před 2 lety +6

      it’s honestly crazy how they need to make complete fire control mechanisms for it like that’s not an easy thing to do, these guys are legends

    • @georgestokes5116
      @georgestokes5116 Před 2 lety

      so i guess it can be done.

    • @Blido
      @Blido Před 6 měsíci

      I heard that Ukrainian programmers made automatic guard towers with PKT, that can be either controlled remotely, or confifured to fire to everything that moves.

  • @justdoingitjim7095
    @justdoingitjim7095 Před 2 lety +205

    In my Marine Corps "Improvised Weapons" class we were taught how to use things discarded by the enemy to make weapons to kill them. Some were used as booby traps, some were electrically activated mines and others sent projectiles at the enemy. We learned a lot from the Filipinos of WWII and the Viet Cong in Viet Nam. They were experts at guerilla fighting!

    • @eatass7273
      @eatass7273 Před 2 lety +4

      Pretty sure booby traps are against the Geneva convention. Makes no sense you would be taught to fight like that.

    • @raybin6873
      @raybin6873 Před 2 lety +8

      The Finns (my parents country) invented the moltav cocktail...which we all know was very effective in WW2.

    • @MrSGL21
      @MrSGL21 Před 2 lety +2

      one of your Marines, Tony Stein, rebuilt a colt am/n aircraft .30 similarly to what these guys are doing, and won the MOH for his actions with it.

    • @asifitmatters1
      @asifitmatters1 Před 2 lety

      And that’s why you won in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan… wait…

  • @rtqii
    @rtqii Před 2 lety +2411

    This is very real. The first thing Ukrainians are doing with knocked out armor is dismounting the machine guns. I have seen videos of them removing the mount hardware on the side of the road. Ukrainians are mounting guns on the back of street vehicles to enable them to partake in hit and run attacks. The destroyed or knocked out armor is also extremely valuable, especially if the main gun works. They use military recovery vehicles and cranes to move and stack armor into their infantry defense fortifications. If the main gun works the vehicle is filled with sandbags and packed with sandbags on the outside, leaving access for the gun to be operated,

    • @DRSHANKER
      @DRSHANKER Před 2 lety +294

      Can you imagine the look on their faces when that bombed out tank sitting on the corner starts using its main gun against the next convoy haha. Then they get opened up on from small arms sounding identical to their own, Russians are going home in body bags

    • @shawnstarr6005
      @shawnstarr6005 Před 2 lety +265

      Not only are the Ukrainians great fighters, but creative as well!! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

    • @zajastt
      @zajastt Před 2 lety +157

      @Sayin wat yes this is true, however not to the scale seen here. This is a new level of mad max type warfare

    • @mbak7801
      @mbak7801 Před 2 lety +235

      @@godfredsumabe9151 Yes. You can be an innocent civilian and defend yourself from being murdered. You are still a civilian and innocent of anything apart from being a nationality one evil man in Moscow hates and want to have all killed.

    • @zajastt
      @zajastt Před 2 lety +152

      @@godfredsumabe9151 that makes them patriots defending their homeland against an (embarrassingly bad) invading force using whatever means they have available

  • @ginogina4589
    @ginogina4589 Před 2 lety +202

    Smart, trained, skillfull, motivated. Outstanding.

    • @user-rx8cw3pd2t
      @user-rx8cw3pd2t Před 2 lety

      Too bad their Skill Will go to history when they see Airstrike about to Destroy their autoshop

  • @jstone247
    @jstone247 Před 2 lety +10

    You have to admire the ingenuity and determination of the Ukraine people.
    They are fighting the good fight.
    Bless them all.

    • @alexbrands11
      @alexbrands11 Před 2 lety +1

      Да не ведут они "хороший бой".. Уже некому вести- разбегаются в Молдову и Польшу...🤣🌺🤣

  • @warwickben
    @warwickben Před 2 lety +18

    For those that don’t know . The belt fed shown is a pkt. It’s a coaxial mounted version of the pkm. It doesn’t have sights or a normal trigger. In the tank it’s fired by a electronic solenoid , but they have a back up tab that can be used to fire if the tank loses power etc.
    they are adding a pkm stock/grip that is tripping the the pkt sear. Normally the grip / trigger is under the gun not behind.
    Similar mods have been done to the pkt parts kits in America since they are more common then a pkm parts kit . There’s really only 4 main different parts . Barrel , top feed cover trigger group and rear trunion/stock
    Since ww1 people have been adapting tank mounted machine guns from captured tanks for soliders to use.
    Some models the machine guns are design to be taken out of the tank so the crew can use them if they need to ditch the tank.

    • @wolven777
      @wolven777 Před 2 lety

      How does it compare to the normal pkm? I feel it will lack accuracy, but I don"t know for sure.

  • @geporras99
    @geporras99 Před 2 lety +191

    Brilliant way of using their skills.

    • @socrates5647
      @socrates5647 Před 2 lety

      lol it's so dumb to think Russians would fight face to face on the street, after close-loop blockading for a month, those machine guns would be using for looting food from civilians.

    • @GhullieUser
      @GhullieUser Před 2 lety

      @@socrates5647 ok Boris

  • @mikethespike7579
    @mikethespike7579 Před 2 lety +382

    I know from my late Ukrainian dad just how skilled Ukrainians are at making useful stuff out of things others have thrown away. So this doesn't surprise me in the least.

    • @shedrackjenkins1941
      @shedrackjenkins1941 Před 2 lety +1

      Yeah,sure mike

    • @freddy4603
      @freddy4603 Před 2 lety +13

      @@shedrackjenkins1941 you got something to say, buddy?

    • @tetsuonabiki
      @tetsuonabiki Před 2 lety

      @@shedrackjenkins1941 His dad was a Azov regiment.

    • @josephhalyckyj3828
      @josephhalyckyj3828 Před 2 lety +10

      Totally agree we Ukrainians know how to make things work! My father show me many ways of fixing things that didn’t work!!

    • @joshschneider9766
      @joshschneider9766 Před 2 lety +4

      Bro in the middle of a war they retrofit dji drones to drop molotov cocktails they're absolutely genius engineers.

  • @steviep7706
    @steviep7706 Před 2 lety +55

    Absolutely brilliant, though now nearly a pensioner, as a veteran Army tank mechanic this is the sort of thing I would be proud to contribute to if I was in their situation. All our prayers are with you for your success defeating these Russian war criminals.

    • @Autechltd
      @Autechltd Před 2 lety

      @Dan Cooper calm down there Mr Obvious

    • @user-bn8rr6fp9q
      @user-bn8rr6fp9q Před 2 lety

      Дякую вам

    • @willg0opl
      @willg0opl Před 2 lety

      Ex REME here also. Totally agree.

    • @alexbrands11
      @alexbrands11 Před 2 lety +1

      Молись,молись!! Скоро новая зима и "русские военные преступники" придут уже за тобой!!🤣🌺🤣

  • @marvwatkins7029
    @marvwatkins7029 Před 2 lety +10

    Very smart, skilled, capable, and quickly innovative, these Ukrainians.

  • @sb_0190
    @sb_0190 Před 2 lety +1580

    Engineers doing what they are especially good at, solving problems and developing from what they have. Godspeed to the Ukrainians!

    • @joeklasen2845
      @joeklasen2845 Před 2 lety +24

      Mechanics and some engineering hands on

    • @timboslyce1290
      @timboslyce1290 Před 2 lety +6

      U evidently didnt see the amount US and EUROPEAN weapons captured/destroyed!!! literally wasting tax payers dollars to cover up the BIO LABS LEADING covid back to the west!!!

    • @bvladut20
      @bvladut20 Před 2 lety +25

      @@timboslyce1290 lol

    • @lemilone
      @lemilone Před 2 lety +12

      You can see this in many mid- Eastern back water countries . Common sense and know how go a long way .

    • @petrus666love
      @petrus666love Před 2 lety +15

      Dam these guys rock, it’s not Ukraine 🇺🇦 that needs NATO it is NATO that could use Ukraine 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine from Great Britain 🇬🇧

  • @thesteveandianproject2532
    @thesteveandianproject2532 Před 2 lety +415

    The fact that they can makes me proud. The fact that they have to breaks my heart. Freedom for the Ukraine.

    • @user-rx8cw3pd2t
      @user-rx8cw3pd2t Před 2 lety +1

      Haha, Funny that autoshop won't last long

    • @ralfie8801
      @ralfie8801 Před 2 lety +7

      When a UN nation illegally invades another nation, THEY are the terrorists and should no longer be permitted to remain a UN member.

    • @kullaqinasmujatinnik
      @kullaqinasmujatinnik Před 2 lety

      The replies said 2 and it's not even doing anything?

    • @chriszenier826
      @chriszenier826 Před 2 lety +1

      Well said

  • @j-cfalcon5092
    @j-cfalcon5092 Před 2 lety +4

    Brilliant ! 👏 Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦 you will be Victorious!
    You are an inspiration to the world.🇨🇦 We love you.🙏

  • @robertjohnson3297
    @robertjohnson3297 Před 2 lety +52

    I love how amazing the Ukrainian people are , it makes my soul sad for everyone that has to fight this monster!!! For the elderly , women and men and children you are all heroes in my eyes .

    • @mrcoiganable2988
      @mrcoiganable2988 Před 2 lety +1

      Boring

    • @michaelmccall8067
      @michaelmccall8067 Před 2 lety +1

      Baa

    • @michaelmccall8067
      @michaelmccall8067 Před 2 lety +1

      @@mrcoiganable2988 agree

    • @Bruno-dv3ym
      @Bruno-dv3ym Před 2 lety +4

      man, some of these people have no sympathy for the situation( the comments above, not the guy saying they're heroes)

    • @robertjohnson3297
      @robertjohnson3297 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Bruno-dv3ym Thanks Bro , You're right !! I just didn't want to respond to heartless trolls. Thank you , I was thinking the same about those two

  • @kuhen25
    @kuhen25 Před 2 lety +2128

    This doesn't surprise me one bit, I know how handy the Ukrainians are. I had a problem with my washing machine. My wife is Ukrainian. She opened up the entire washing machine and found the faulty part. Ordered it from online and got it fixed. I didn't even know she did it. Ukrainians are the best!

    • @undi5507
      @undi5507 Před 2 lety +80

      Must be God given Ukrainian skill🙏🙏

    • @BelloBudo007
      @BelloBudo007 Před 2 lety +139

      She sounds like she's the boss. 'I had a problem with MY washing machine'. Not 'her' washing machine?

    • @SimonWallwork
      @SimonWallwork Před 2 lety +43

      And Ukrainian girls- lovely!

    • @rr-zb3rh
      @rr-zb3rh Před 2 lety +51

      @@BelloBudo007 She's the boss because she fixed a washing machine?

    • @wharris7594
      @wharris7594 Před 2 lety +40

      My grandma was ukrainian, thats why im so good at being a mechanic

  • @damyr
    @damyr Před 2 lety +621

    This brings back memories... 30 years ago, in another war (Croatia), we did the same. At first, we were fighting with cocktails, pistols and hunting rifles against fully equipped army. We managed to make armored transporters out of buses, used old agriculture biplanes, armed with home made boiler bombs, even made some weapons from the scratch and did many modifications on captured weapons. This war is so familiar to me.

    • @pythor9674
      @pythor9674 Před 2 lety +9

      War is never a good thing. Murder is murder.

    • @theitems4242
      @theitems4242 Před 2 lety +51

      In 2020 I sat and had a meal with an old guy in Serbia who retold stories how him and his unit essentially went into towns and killed Croatians on the spot, for simply being Croatian. This guy is like 70 now. And he told the story so calmly. (Ex-girlfriends grandad). War is crazy.

    • @herauthon
      @herauthon Před 2 lety +3

      o the memories of the dismembered.. i must have ansichtkarte !

    • @elchicano187
      @elchicano187 Před 2 lety +16

      @@theitems4242 that sounds horrible killing other people just for their ethnicity…. Hope such events seize to exist from happening

    • @theronin365
      @theronin365 Před 2 lety +26

      @@elchicano187 It's happening right now.

  • @ABCDEFGHIJKELA...
    @ABCDEFGHIJKELA... Před 2 lety +3

    THIS is a country that wants to win! Not just survive. Respect 101%

  • @Wyonative08
    @Wyonative08 Před 2 lety +1

    WOW, that is absolutely amazing! "Necessity is the mother of invention!!" As my mama always used to say!!

  • @chuiwyjustin
    @chuiwyjustin Před 2 lety +42

    And that boys and girls, was how the AK2022 was born.

  • @alexmcaruthur6966
    @alexmcaruthur6966 Před 2 lety +434

    This is actually smart of them to utilize resources available at hand and convert them. I also think they should take their rations too

    • @ggmanatee
      @ggmanatee Před 2 lety +128

      You've probably missed the reports of the Russians being sent in with rations that expired 7+ years ago.

    • @briannewton3535
      @briannewton3535 Před 2 lety +21

      As ggManatee said the Russians are not well prepared, also many Russian conscripts are asking for food, or stealing food as they have none. Ukraine have been targeting logistics, which seriously impedes the pace armed forces can advance.

    • @chungusbooper
      @chungusbooper Před 2 lety +11

      TBH, from reports (of course, this is just stuff seen on social media and therefore taken with a grain of salt), the Ukrainians probably have better and more modern rations than the Russians - or, at least, the Russian conscripts.

    • @nogen2
      @nogen2 Před 2 lety +33

      Bro, have you seen the expiration date on those Russian "MRE's"? Some of it is literally a DECADE overdue!🤮 (No wonder the Russian army morale is so low.🤣)

    • @jeroenjanssen6870
      @jeroenjanssen6870 Před 2 lety

      @@ggmanatee good wine

  • @martinusmahendra7492
    @martinusmahendra7492 Před 2 lety +4

    Godspeed Ukrainian. Move forward never surrender. Brave Ukraine, Long Live.

  • @sempafi899
    @sempafi899 Před 2 lety +1

    Great work lads, very impressive. Keep up fighting any and every way you can

  • @SuperAngelic5
    @SuperAngelic5 Před 2 lety +102

    Nice work. These mechanics are talented. Serious fire power.

    • @johnauner671
      @johnauner671 Před 2 lety

      Russians can likely target this building now.

  • @Elementalism.
    @Elementalism. Před 2 lety +346

    it's interesting how this attempt to "unite russians" has united everyone but the russians.

    • @porschetech72901
      @porschetech72901 Před 2 lety +49

      Elementalism.. agreed except from what ive seen it has united some russians.... to rebel against the tyrant

    • @ralucaema3007
      @ralucaema3007 Před 2 lety +5

      @@porschetech72901 true 😄

    • @deadeyecpt.7765
      @deadeyecpt.7765 Před 2 lety +7

      @@porschetech72901 not enough though

    • @jordanwolff5243
      @jordanwolff5243 Před 2 lety +2

      👏 Brilliant

    • @donm2067
      @donm2067 Před 2 lety +2

      And it's killing the USD as reserve currency, so I'm loving it

  • @67smilerify
    @67smilerify Před 2 lety +5

    I love this resourcefulness absolutely brilliant . When defending your land your people against nothing short of terrorists you need to do whatever you can at whatever cost to destroy the enemy and its dictator pukin. Well done Ukraine 🇺🇦

  • @McPoshSquatch
    @McPoshSquatch Před 2 lety +1

    LOVE the strength of the Ukrainian people. Keep winning the good fight!

  • @farnthboy
    @farnthboy Před 2 lety +455

    As they say "necessity is the mother of invention" - well done Ukraine.

    • @chadratboi2849
      @chadratboi2849 Před 2 lety +7

      @@maigepresents5840 And giving them back to another UN countries army. So whats the problem?

    • @danielwhyatt3278
      @danielwhyatt3278 Před 2 lety +1

      Here here

    • @danielwhyatt3278
      @danielwhyatt3278 Před 2 lety +3

      @@maigepresents5840 bloooody hell.😓. Get Looost.

    • @maigepresents5840
      @maigepresents5840 Před 2 lety

      @Daniel Whyatt I'd rather see these terrorists that are attacking a NATO countries troops be brought to justice

    • @kullaqinasmujatinnik
      @kullaqinasmujatinnik Před 2 lety +1

      Comments also disappeared for policy violation, just keep replying.

  • @StamenDendrobium
    @StamenDendrobium Před 2 lety +185

    That's great idea, making full use of those readily available seized weaponry & turn them around into strengthening the defense. Converting those vehicle-mount into hand-carry suits the Ukrainians' guerilla tactics perfectly, what a show of engineering ingenuity & resourcefulness.

    • @socrates5647
      @socrates5647 Před 2 lety +1

      lol it's so dumb to think Russians would fight face to face on the street, after close-loop blockading for a month, those machine guns would be using for looting food from civilians.

    • @blise518B
      @blise518B Před 2 lety +5

      @@socrates5647 not if they run out of supplies first because all the convoys got blown up.

    • @berniecom728
      @berniecom728 Před 2 lety +8

      This is better than a vehicle having them, a vehicle is a big target with this you can hide in the bush, surprise attack and this would cut them in half no bullet proof vest will protect them. Great thinking.

    • @wharris7594
      @wharris7594 Před 2 lety

      Nobody remembers what the vietnamese general said at the beginning of the film
      (we were soldiers) with mel gibson? He said "kill all that they send and they will stop coming" just use all of the enemy equipment and they will supply you indefinitely

    • @rcl8793
      @rcl8793 Před 2 lety

      These machine guns are 75 pounds plus whatever the stock adds. Not the best thing to be hauling for hit and run attack.

  • @AvaT42
    @AvaT42 Před 2 lety +1

    Very interesting. Such ingenuity is amazing. Good job for all those involved❣️👍👍

  • @babarindewilliams6890
    @babarindewilliams6890 Před 2 lety +2

    This video just made my day ! God bless the Ukrainian people 🇺🇦

  • @mrwalle4u
    @mrwalle4u Před 2 lety +65

    This is so amazing…… Everyone is doing their part in this war…. stay strong Ukraine 🇺🇦….

    • @pythor9674
      @pythor9674 Před 2 lety

      This is all Ukraine's fault. They're cutting off water access to the Tuzla Island and now its people need to import water to survive, and also preventing gas transport to Europe, causing a massive electricity shortage for millions.

  • @dalestark3343
    @dalestark3343 Před 2 lety +112

    Love the dedication and devotion to country and the innovative engineering going on there.

  • @chriszenier826
    @chriszenier826 Před 2 lety +1

    Stay safe gentlemen! Amazing work you are doing! God bless you!

  • @maryvalentine9090
    @maryvalentine9090 Před 2 lety +1

    This guy! Man oh man, what a gunsmith! I am in awe of the Ukrainian people.

  • @ivansmith654
    @ivansmith654 Před 2 lety +68

    This is why the right to repair bills are so important!

  • @dull_boy_274
    @dull_boy_274 Před 2 lety +162

    It's so refreshing to see a country come together and travel in the same direction towards one common goal. There is so much power in the masses. I have real doubts my country will ever get here again.

    • @titanman33
      @titanman33 Před 2 lety +21

      Not sure if you're USA, but we will get it together my friend. Let's not let the media divide us and be sure to talk to everyone in our community face to face. I bet a lot of these Ukrainians don't share the same politics and now look at them...

    • @saggyflapjax
      @saggyflapjax Před 2 lety +4

      @@titanman33 they also probably dont have politicians or media hosts that say stuff like “us vs them”

    • @ricraftz76
      @ricraftz76 Před 2 lety +8

      @@titanman33 a divided nation is the worst thing can happen to a country,and worst,the right and the left always blaming each other for their country's failures but they don't see that they both are the problem

    • @sideshow4417
      @sideshow4417 Před 2 lety +4

      They've been shelling their own people in the East since 2014...

    • @dull_boy_274
      @dull_boy_274 Před 2 lety

      @@titanman33 yep, USA here. I hope that's true but I really have my doubts

  • @assassin7283
    @assassin7283 Před 2 lety +2

    Respect from Poland!

  • @elisenispee7450
    @elisenispee7450 Před 2 lety +1

    Good job! Very creative of Ukrainians to redo the weapons that can be used for defense. Each of those tanks costs more than a million.

  • @maggie7843
    @maggie7843 Před 2 lety +255

    So impressive. These are trained craftsmen who believe in their country. 🇺🇦

    • @user-rx8cw3pd2t
      @user-rx8cw3pd2t Před 2 lety +1

      Wasting hour on gun, Only to get blasted by Airstrike

    • @Retronyx
      @Retronyx Před 2 lety +2

      trained craftsman?
      look at how close the scope to the buttstock wtf???

    • @envynemo4170
      @envynemo4170 Před 2 lety +2

      it’s for show. as in propaganda

    • @destroyerarmor2846
      @destroyerarmor2846 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Retronyx clearly you are not familiar with comblock systems

    • @chadratboi2849
      @chadratboi2849 Před 2 lety

      ​@@Retronyx scopes require your eye to be close to the scope. Only problem is 2:33, if you dont mount the part exactly as before the scope needs to be adjusted.

  • @clivestainlesssteelwomble7665

    These guys really took their aysmetric warfare tactic lessons to heart .... Hobart and his funnies would have been in there with them 😎🇬🇧👍🏼🇺🇦

    • @darkocvijan1684
      @darkocvijan1684 Před 2 lety +1

      🇷🇺🇷🇸🇷🇺🇷🇸🇷🇺🇷🇸🇷🇺🇷🇸

  • @theot.e2499
    @theot.e2499 Před 2 lety +1

    It appears they're converting PKT machineguns, taken from tanks, into the handheld PKM equivalent used by infantry. The PKT has an electric trigger because it's designed to be fired from a joystick, so they're replacing that with stocks and trigger groups.

  • @KarriemPerry
    @KarriemPerry Před 2 lety +1

    Shoulder fired, modified PKMs, Ingenious!! Godspeed Ukraine!!

  • @awakenotwoke8580
    @awakenotwoke8580 Před 2 lety +25

    The fact that they converted the kord machine gun into a handheld system is freaking amazing!

    • @marks.6480
      @marks.6480 Před 2 lety +2

      free weapons, free ammo! the Russians will curse the day that they decided to invade.

    • @y0h0p38
      @y0h0p38 Před 2 lety +3

      Thats a PKT, not a Kord. A PKT is pretty much a PKM that is controled electronicly for use on vehicles. A Kord fires a 12.7x108, the PKx machineguns fire a 7.62x54r

    • @bafattvahetere
      @bafattvahetere Před 2 lety +2

      @@y0h0p38 Both hurts though.

    • @commanderfreakkz5688
      @commanderfreakkz5688 Před 2 lety +1

      Imagine they convert a gun into a tank destroyer weapon

  • @alexalia2737
    @alexalia2737 Před 2 lety +60

    These people deserve 10x the life that the average person can have. True fighters. I really hope for the best for them. My heart goes out to those brave soldiers who defend their people and their land with such stoicism.

    • @wadestanton
      @wadestanton Před 2 lety +2

      Those afghans been building guns from scrap for 50 yrs, at least. maybe afghanistan can send advisors.

    • @Gattobuono
      @Gattobuono Před 2 lety +1

      Funny how no one said these great things about the people of Iraq when the West illegally invaded their sovereign territory.
      On the contrary, when they created ied's to fight against a vastly superior enemy they were labelled as vile cowardly terrorists. 🤔

    • @wadestanton
      @wadestanton Před 2 lety

      @@Gattobuono The Iraqis said it, but the country that has slavers and genocidal maniacs on their currency controlled the narrative, for most of the world.

  • @VGI4NI
    @VGI4NI Před 2 lety

    Brilliant . I love the resourcefulness

  • @jonathanbrooks6118
    @jonathanbrooks6118 Před 2 lety +1

    Awesome - excellent engineering prowess! Brilliant work, well done! All the Very Best to you All.

  • @fpark101
    @fpark101 Před 2 lety +149

    Glory to brave Ukrainians defending their homeland and future of their children. Best wishes for strong independent and Prosperous peaceful Ukraine.

  • @advertisercommerce6990
    @advertisercommerce6990 Před 2 lety +10

    You just got to love the Ukrainian's ingenuity!
    Keep up the great work!

  • @Martinlegend
    @Martinlegend Před 2 lety

    just excelend! kepp up the good work guys!
    i specially like the rail mount!

  • @angusross6609
    @angusross6609 Před 2 lety +3

    God bless and keep you all. Well done Ukraine, I am ashamed of how little help you are getting from the rest of Europe.

  • @TheFlyrodder68
    @TheFlyrodder68 Před 2 lety +96

    Resourcefulness. More power to the Ukrainians!

    • @pythor9674
      @pythor9674 Před 2 lety

      This is all Ukraine's fault. They're cutting off water access to the Tuzla Island and now its people need to import water to survive, and also preventing gas transport to Europe, causing a massive electricity shortage for millions.

  • @Bogie3855
    @Bogie3855 Před 2 lety +29

    When defending your homeland you do what it takes. Good for you. There is a certain justice of using your enemies weapons against them. I like that.

  • @illiniwood
    @illiniwood Před 2 lety +1

    There's nothing like these weapons found anywhere but there. One day they will be in a museum.

  • @bobohunter1776
    @bobohunter1776 Před 2 lety

    The sight over bore on those Dshkas is intense.

  • @robbiePlanetaSano
    @robbiePlanetaSano Před 2 lety +8

    Guts, genius, perseverance and collaboration .
    I am blown away by the way Ukrainians have responded to Russia . From the president to every day folks, everyone is on board .
    And the Russian journalist that protested on live state television?
    I have seen more courage in the last few days than I have ever seen in my life. I congratulate the brave men and women who are such stellar examples of courage and teamwork.

  • @G1llmanBlacklg00n
    @G1llmanBlacklg00n Před 2 lety +172

    This is a true Special Forces way of warfare that we trained for back in the days of the Cold War. These local civilian auto mechanics converting coax machineguns from infantry fighting vehicles and tanks for infantry use is brilliant. We call the civilians that assist the guerilla band the Auxiliary...
    Improvise, adapt, and overcome.

  • @DG-sf9ei
    @DG-sf9ei Před 2 lety

    Something very satisfying about this. About time YT recommends a vid worth watching.

  • @golybunne4306
    @golybunne4306 Před 2 lety +1

    Very ingenious and innovative the Ukrainians are. More power to you and May God be with your people and the country and the whole world.

  • @AA-hy6nb
    @AA-hy6nb Před 2 lety +200

    As everyone has long known, Ukrainians are a very thrifty, industrious, resourceful and hard-working people in peacetime. Now they have proven that these useful qualities help them in wartime too.

    • @baronharkonnen1217
      @baronharkonnen1217 Před 2 lety +6

      I didn't know that. Thanks for telling me. I also didn't realize that only Ukrainians are very thrifty, industrious, resourceful and hard-working people in peacetime.

    • @Gattobuono
      @Gattobuono Před 2 lety

      Funny how no one said these great things about the people of Iraq when the West illegally invaded their sovereign territory.
      On the contrary, when they created ied's to fight against a vastly superior enemy they were labelled as vile cowardly terrorists. 🤔

    • @PetrasVykintas
      @PetrasVykintas Před 2 lety +1

      @@Gattobuono whataboutism

    • @Vernas_R
      @Vernas_R Před 2 lety

      @@Gattobuono First, what weapons do you see here? IED or guns? Second, sure Iraq happened. We protested and it happened. Now we're going to protest again, but this time the government is on the right side. Boohoo!

    • @Gattobuono
      @Gattobuono Před 2 lety

      @@Vernas_R perhaps you haven't understood my comment.
      The nature of the weapons is irrelevant. People who fight to defend their family and country will use any means available, whether it be captured machine guns or improvised explosive devices.
      The point of my comment is the hypocrisy of hero worshipping the Ukrainians for using their skills and ingenuity to defend themselves whilst reviling as murderous terrorist those who resisted Western coalition forces in the middle east.
      Is that a bit clearer for you?

  • @lookronjon
    @lookronjon Před 2 lety +10

    Very proud of my brother mechanics in Ukraine. I feel you for real. Thank you for helping to protect your country and the free world. You are heroes.

  • @anthonygebala1198
    @anthonygebala1198 Před 2 lety

    Well done it just shows that you will always need people who are skilled in any type of engineering

  • @Bart-Did-it
    @Bart-Did-it Před 2 lety

    Looks like fun in that shop with a real good reason to play with it all

  • @anonimuse6553
    @anonimuse6553 Před 2 lety +24

    These are my kind of guys!
    I wish I could be there to help.
    Slava Ukraine.

    • @pythor9674
      @pythor9674 Před 2 lety

      This is all Ukraine's fault. They're cutting off water access to the Tuzla Island and now its people need to import water to survive, and also preventing gas transport to Europe, causing a massive electricity shortage for millions.

    • @anonimuse6553
      @anonimuse6553 Před 2 lety +4

      @@pythor9674 Your lies are only for yourself. We all know the truth.

  • @kevinhooper9853
    @kevinhooper9853 Před 2 lety +166

    My thoughts and prayers go to the family's fighting in Kyiv, God bless everyone who has the soul to fight for Ukrainian

    • @pythor9674
      @pythor9674 Před 2 lety

      This is all Ukraine's fault. They're cutting off water access to the Tuzla Island, and also preventing gas transport to Europe, causing a massive electricity shortage for millions.

    • @rogerdildeau7507
      @rogerdildeau7507 Před 2 lety

      KIEV!

    • @user-dj8kt1xy8w
      @user-dj8kt1xy8w Před 2 lety +1

      @@rogerdildeau7507 Kiev is not correct, Kyiv will be right

    • @user-dj8kt1xy8w
      @user-dj8kt1xy8w Před 2 lety +1

      @@pythor9674 And why should they contain the occupied territories? This is the task of those who occupied, learn the laws!

    • @gonzaloancina3070
      @gonzaloancina3070 Před 2 lety

      🇷🇺Z🇷🇺

  • @PutItAway101
    @PutItAway101 Před 2 lety

    Imagine the job satisfaction you get, coming into work and doing this!

  • @TheUnvarnishedTruth-
    @TheUnvarnishedTruth- Před 2 lety +1

    *Necessity is indeed the mother of invention! And people who are fighting for their very survival have an absolutely astronomical advantage over people who are fighting just to hurt others!*

  • @clarencewarsavithana4470
    @clarencewarsavithana4470 Před 2 lety +29

    Hope those work properly! Bravo!

    • @msbhicks8358
      @msbhicks8358 Před 2 lety

      They probably do. It seems they have added SVD stocks and bipods, no actual work to the guts of the firearm

  • @yp3424
    @yp3424 Před 2 lety +62

    Really remarkable people working for their country, are doing their best. The ancient greek poet Archilohus (635 B.C), wrote:"The fox uses many tricks, though, the hedgehog uses only one, the best."

  • @robertschumacher2707
    @robertschumacher2707 Před 2 lety

    On footage of captured/destroyed armor, I've been seeing a lot more MT-LB APC's over BMP's. Only reason I can think of for this would be if the ground in that area is very swampy or marshy. The MT-LB was more intended for use towing artillery than carrying troops into battle.

  • @companymen42
    @companymen42 Před 2 lety

    The ultimate, “yoink, this is mine now”

  • @Ray-ml6iy
    @Ray-ml6iy Před 2 lety +25

    Genius! Much respect to the Ukrainians for never giving up the fight! God be with you..

  • @bramesque
    @bramesque Před 2 lety +11

    A passionate mechanic becomes a Gunsmith / inventor when the need is high.
    These are Tony Stark Times.

  • @adamfauhl8411
    @adamfauhl8411 Před 2 lety +1

    God bless Ukraine. Good luck and God speed. We're praying for your Country everyday.

  • @michaeladams7406
    @michaeladams7406 Před 2 lety +1

    This goes to show what tool makers and people with talent can do.

  • @hopeemch
    @hopeemch Před 2 lety +19

    The difference between Ukraine and Russia is that Ukraine is inviting millions of its people to brainstorm ideas while Russia has one man making all the decisions and listening to no one.

    • @alphaenterprise2232
      @alphaenterprise2232 Před 2 lety +1

      You greatly summed it up

    • @lamdao1242
      @lamdao1242 Před 2 lety +1

      When you have a great team, you stand a far better chance of winning. The key to a great team is trust, everyone working towards the same goals using their different but complementary skills.
      I think in the army they call it Mission Command.

  • @willblackett4709
    @willblackett4709 Před 2 lety +47

    As an engineer from New Zealand I salute you for helping to defend freedom from oppression LONG LIVE UKRAINE !!!!!!!

  • @ganthrithor
    @ganthrithor Před 2 lety

    Nothing like a little belter ingenuity!

  • @fruitytea
    @fruitytea Před 2 lety

    Ingenious!

  • @MG-xm3yv
    @MG-xm3yv Před 2 lety +13

    this is why the world needs guys like us, we can adapt anything for specific purpose, but we get looked down on by people who they think their above us just saying
    well done fellow mechanics keep up the fight

    • @monotech20.14
      @monotech20.14 Před 2 lety

      No.

    • @CheapCheerful
      @CheapCheerful Před 2 lety +1

      The only person who would look down upon you is someone who feels threatened by you, because your contribution to society is so much greater. So they hide their fear by pretending to be better.

  • @White_devil1980
    @White_devil1980 Před 2 lety +12

    Nice I’m glad the military is adapting and overcoming the invaders and using the weapons against them 😎 never give up never surrender 😊

  • @readchp
    @readchp Před 2 lety

    This is exactly the kind of action that will ultimately win this war. Keep up the great work. Wish I was there to help.

  • @DevilbyMoonlight
    @DevilbyMoonlight Před 2 lety

    Hats off to these guys.. necessity is the mother of invention, and this is not an easy thing to do

  • @FinalLugiaGuardian
    @FinalLugiaGuardian Před 2 lety +32

    What these mechanics are doing for their country is amazing.
    Even Mikhail Kalashnikov said that he wanted to use his engineering skills to build tractors rather than guns. Thankfully alot of these Ukrainian's mechanic skills are transferable to weapons design too.

  • @fraservalleycataractlaser9178

    The heart and resourcefulness of an entire nation, will defeat the sheer force of conscripted Russian forces.

  • @johnbellamy6449
    @johnbellamy6449 Před 2 lety

    very skilled men,well done.

  • @stevenwhite3.1415
    @stevenwhite3.1415 Před 2 lety

    Thats amazing!

  • @ronaldmcdonald3965
    @ronaldmcdonald3965 Před 2 lety +13

    Glory to Ukrainian Auto Mechanics! I love the sound of heavy machine guns in the in the morning, it sounds like victory!

  • @thomasgraham5842
    @thomasgraham5842 Před 2 lety +48

    well done guys , godbless you and prayers for youre safety and for a sweet victory over Putin .

    • @pauls466
      @pauls466 Před 2 lety

      They must have learned that from the Taliban.

    • @socrates5647
      @socrates5647 Před 2 lety +1

      lol it's so dumb to think Russians would fight face to face on the street, after close-loop blockading for a month, those machine guns would be using for looting food from civilians.

  • @cloudyaperture4910
    @cloudyaperture4910 Před 2 lety

    Pretty awesome conversion of a coaxial PKT machine gun for use by soldiers.

  • @RiDankulous
    @RiDankulous Před 2 lety +1

    My uncle was army in Vietnam in some of the heavy action. I'll never forget, he says 'Machine guns are an excellent defensive weapon'. They are perfect for this campaign against Kiev. He also said if I join the army then 'keep your head down'.

  • @suedavis3525
    @suedavis3525 Před 2 lety +10

    amazing how they are all pulling together

  • @deem6058
    @deem6058 Před 2 lety +23

    I have great respect for these men, they deserve to win this war and I pray continually that God will give them the victory. My heart aches for Ukraine.

  • @USS-SNAKE-ISLAND
    @USS-SNAKE-ISLAND Před 2 lety

    OUTSTANDING!

  • @lucystrider728
    @lucystrider728 Před 2 lety

    So ingenious!