When Cockroaches Hunted Panzers

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  • čas přidán 23. 02. 2023
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    It’s September 18th, 1939, in the Polish countryside near the village of Pociecha. Section Commander Edmund Roman Orlik leads three TKS tankettes as they scour the land for the enemy. Then, before his eyes a beast rolls into view. The biggest tank in the Polish battlefield, the Panzer 4 B. The tankettes are tiny 2-man vehicles, built in the interwar period around the idea of a mobile machinegun. Orlik’s model isn’t like most. His TKS has replaced the 7.92mm machine gun with a 20mm autocannon capable of firing 5 round clips in less than a second, creating a small and sneaky, albeit fragile, tank hunter. Who would win in this David and Goliath scenario?
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  • @Yarnhub
    @Yarnhub  Před rokem +594

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  • @unitedfront9717
    @unitedfront9717 Před rokem +9092

    200 mm auto cannon ??? Thats some polinium engineering right there

    • @zagaa1891
      @zagaa1891 Před rokem +1223

      I think it meant 20mm?

    • @MrAlphaBrick
      @MrAlphaBrick Před rokem +327

      No it’s a type of gun it’s an auto cannon I think………

    • @BrianLTU
      @BrianLTU Před rokem +71

      Ikr i commented too

    • @tonygheloster316
      @tonygheloster316 Před rokem +196

      Literally Auto-CANNON

    • @PR0monke
      @PR0monke Před rokem +315

      200mm of pen, from a 20mm is what they are saying

  • @JustJusties
    @JustJusties Před rokem +6980

    200 mm autocannon firing 5 rounds in under a second?
    SUPERIOR POLISH ENGINEERING!

    • @daabruuuh2797
      @daabruuuh2797 Před rokem +7

      Kurwacannon)

    • @dumpsterfire42
      @dumpsterfire42 Před rokem +605

      SUPERIOR P O L I S H ENGENEERING

    • @Leantenant
      @Leantenant Před rokem +655

      Yea, famous secret "Kurwa 3000"

    • @Truenofan86
      @Truenofan86 Před rokem +318

      @@Leantenantfired by a "napierdalacz" mechanism

    • @ConkerVonZap
      @ConkerVonZap Před rokem +103

      Never will i doubt that they can get to space after this one.

  • @pixel8161
    @pixel8161 Před měsícem +194

    Panzer IV: “What the hell are you?”
    Polish TKS: “Attack the D point! “

  • @nicomeier8098
    @nicomeier8098 Před 8 měsíci +153

    2:24 Replaced his machinegun with a 200mm auto canon". That'll teach the Jerry's a lesson.

  • @yveaux500
    @yveaux500 Před rokem +4436

    Tiger tank: “I have a 88mm gun.”
    Polish TKS: “Hold my beer. “

  • @jujuu1339
    @jujuu1339 Před rokem +3000

    amazing that they could fit a 200mm autocannon

    • @legocon2004
      @legocon2004 Před rokem +54

      Was just gonna comment that..

    • @lokiasgard7247
      @lokiasgard7247 Před rokem +139

      And the Germans could only fit a 380mm rocket mortar on a tiger chassis:>

    • @Nathator97
      @Nathator97 Před rokem +80

      the Polish were the real engineers of WWII

    • @lokiasgard7247
      @lokiasgard7247 Před rokem +1

      @@Nathator97 ye

    • @RAF71chingachgook
      @RAF71chingachgook Před rokem +91

      It was a typo - they correctly identified it as a 20mm. Everyone makes mistakes. It was a good video

  • @Melanesian-dude
    @Melanesian-dude Před 4 měsíci +372

    He said "we tried to recreate it as best we could". Proceeds to show a animation that is worthy of cinema

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 Před rokem +443

    "We would've beat you if you weren't in those damn cockroaches"
    That's basically the equivalent of saying "I only lost because you had a better gaming chair" 😂

    • @goldengamer7467
      @goldengamer7467 Před 10 měsíci +17

      well its more like a worse gaming chair the germans were superior after all it was an well cordinated ambush and a perfect use of worse resources

    • @oliversherman2414
      @oliversherman2414 Před 10 měsíci +18

      @@goldengamer7467 Germany's resource situation was a logistical nightmare. Their conquest of western Europe devoured a lot of their resources which, other than hatred of communism and Jews, is a big reason for the invasion of the USSR (Germany needed the oil fields in the Caucasus)

    • @thebandofbastards4934
      @thebandofbastards4934 Před 10 měsíci

      @@oliversherman2414 And during their early conquests they also recieved resources from the USSR in exchange for some of their heavy industry.

    • @oliversherman2414
      @oliversherman2414 Před 10 měsíci +10

      @@thebandofbastards4934 That peace was only temporary though. Both Hitler and Stalin were planning on attacking each other and didn't trust each other whatsoever

    • @HorrorTactico
      @HorrorTactico Před 4 měsíci +14

      They say those panzer crew members later complained to the CEO of WW2 in the forums asking the cockroaches to be nerfed because, and I quote "It's unrealistic and bullshit, tanks cannot move that fast"

  • @kr0n0sthetitan23
    @kr0n0sthetitan23 Před rokem +1177

    2:24 tiny mistake here, it was meant to be 20 mm autocannon, not 200 mm

    • @RifleRaptorYT
      @RifleRaptorYT Před rokem +308

      no, polish people would fit 200mm rounds onto 20mm guns so ur wrong here

    • @fivenine5905
      @fivenine5905 Před rokem +15

      ​@@RifleRaptorYT hahaha

    • @MIMALECKIPL
      @MIMALECKIPL Před rokem +63

      @@RifleRaptorYT We fit nukes inside 9mm bullets ;)

    • @B1smarck523
      @B1smarck523 Před rokem +47

      @@MIMALECKIPL ah yes famous polish 9mm that’s rips off someone lung with 1 hit

    • @Erickderec
      @Erickderec Před rokem +14

      6:00 he says its a 20mm

  • @_synix_2620
    @_synix_2620 Před rokem +1119

    “200mm auto cannon”
    Holy crap that would be OP in WWII

    • @kunstdeskrieges3308
      @kunstdeskrieges3308 Před rokem +4

      👍👍👍

    • @kozlav
      @kozlav Před rokem +122

      That would be OP today lol

    • @tianxiu
      @tianxiu Před rokem +53

      @@kozlav Mag fed 200mm auto cannon with 5 round burst, ikr?

    • @ImpeachObamaASAP2010
      @ImpeachObamaASAP2010 Před rokem +27

      that would be OP now lmao

    • @shadow4evr
      @shadow4evr Před rokem +38

      Yup, 8 inch / 20 cm diameter. Thats a naval cannon mounted on a battleship. This was a typo. It's a 20mm cannon, the same size modern fighter aircraft use.

  • @jacobzehner2004
    @jacobzehner2004 Před rokem +237

    The actual gun on the TKS was a 7.92MM machine gun and the one that Edmund Roman orlik had was a 20MM Nkm wz.38 FK Anti tank heavy machine gun/Autocannon.

    • @RedXlV
      @RedXlV Před 4 měsíci +19

      The 20mm cannon armed version was quite scarce, with only 24 of them in total.

    • @paulthurston6306
      @paulthurston6306 Před 3 měsíci

      Thank you for clearing that up. I thought someone had gone to great lengths to bulls**t and disgrace some amazing and heroic truly amazing Pole-s**t.

    • @krissiehunt319
      @krissiehunt319 Před 2 měsíci +1

      That's what I thought he said, but I looked back at the video, and it said it was a "200mm auto cannon" 😅

    • @scottbrown7073
      @scottbrown7073 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Red is correct out of the 500 so built only 20/30 roughly where fitted with the 20mm the rest indead where only fitted with a light 7.62 machinegun
      I believe it was the ckm wz.25 Hotchkiss machine gun
      With around 2000 rounds
      At 600 rounds a minute giving them roughly 5 minutes of fire time each
      In my personal option out of all the lighter tanks/armoured cars with machine guns as its main
      The TKS tanketee was by far the best
      Followed closely by the American m2 armoured car

  • @RedViking2020
    @RedViking2020 Před rokem +72

    I believe the German commander was in a Panzer 4 with a 75mm short barrel while the other two were Czech built Panzer 35(t) Orlik went on to make 13 tank kills in this tiny vehicle in its short lifespan due to a lack of parts and retreating river crossings

    • @michal1984olka1985
      @michal1984olka1985 Před 10 měsíci +4

      if only he have better tank like 7TP his kills would be much bigger

    • @RedViking2020
      @RedViking2020 Před 10 měsíci +7

      @@michal1984olka1985 Yes to achieve what he did in such an undergunned vehicle shows how strategic he was

    • @Sacrifice117
      @Sacrifice117 Před 4 měsíci +4

      he also took prisoners in a totally separate battle, not this forest skirmish. not sure how someone makes so many mistakes with so many views.

    • @otherflery3846
      @otherflery3846 Před 3 hodinami

      @@Sacrifice117 he didnt say he was caltured in this fight he sad he would later be captured idk where but it was clear in the video that not here. Other than that the only notable mistake was the size of the TKS cannon idk what you mean with so many mistakes

    • @Sacrifice117
      @Sacrifice117 Před 2 hodinami

      @@otherflery3846 copy paste from wikipedia usually means you dont read context or click on those special blue letters which would lead you to not cause any mistakes at all. allowing even one mistake when you're doing some boring "commentator" content about a historical event makes you look dumb.

  • @chrischu3974
    @chrischu3974 Před rokem +411

    200mm machine gun…I’m pretty sure even a Leopard2A7 can’t withstand this kind of firepower, Poland Stonk!

    • @Yarnhub
      @Yarnhub  Před rokem +147

      Practically a fire extinguisher... sorry

    • @V4N9U15H.
      @V4N9U15H. Před rokem +6

      Even a swoosh of a 200mm at the side of the burning wreck will make the fire go out.

    • @Meth4
      @Meth4 Před rokem +5

      @@V4N9U15H. not all 200mm guns are equal

    • @edgarviernes2532
      @edgarviernes2532 Před rokem +5

      3:50 * 20mm *

    • @buckfizzard291
      @buckfizzard291 Před rokem +2

      @@edgarviernes2532 he made mistake

  • @michaelwittmann5754
    @michaelwittmann5754 Před rokem +613

    Imagine being in a tiger and seeing a 100 cockroaches riding towards you

  • @bubbles8871
    @bubbles8871 Před měsícem +5

    A tank operator facing and winning against overwhelming odds meeting a defender of Osewiec fortress facing and winning against overwhelming odds is an absolutely legendary occurance. Did not expect that piece of information to come to light before watching this video.

  • @Legoplanelover
    @Legoplanelover Před 5 měsíci +7

    im so dumb i thought you meant actual Cockroaches💀💀

  • @Reg_The_Galah
    @Reg_The_Galah Před rokem +1631

    I was relieved that Orlik survived and live a good life after the war. A national hero truly

    • @felix25ize
      @felix25ize Před rokem +6

      Olrik ? Will we never get rid of that one ? ^^

    • @polishscribe674
      @polishscribe674 Před rokem +67

      Remember that after the war Poland was sold out to the Soviets.

    • @Reg_The_Galah
      @Reg_The_Galah Před rokem +45

      @@polishscribe674 Poland got shafted when that happened, it didn’t deserve that after all that it went through.

    • @polishscribe674
      @polishscribe674 Před rokem +52

      @@Reg_The_Galah yeah, we were more useful than France, and despite that we were thrown into a dumpster once we stopped being needed.
      That's returning thing in the Polish history.

    • @Reg_The_Galah
      @Reg_The_Galah Před rokem +16

      @@polishscribe674 I’ve always liked Poland out of all the other European countries, I need to visit it someday

  • @AlreadyTakenTag
    @AlreadyTakenTag Před rokem +918

    Video idea: The Finnish flying ace Eino Ilmari Juutilainen. Mostly known for being possibly the highest scoring non-German flying ace of ww2. As we all know the list of greatest flying aces is mostly dominated by Germans but he is one of the few exceptions.

    • @Yarnhub
      @Yarnhub  Před rokem +267

      Working on it

    • @veke_k2170
      @veke_k2170 Před rokem +24

      Yes more finns

    • @karly592
      @karly592 Před rokem +17

      ​@@Yarnhub Hi Yarnhub hope you will do a video on maximmelmann and bloodyapril 1917 and the V2 rocket

    • @karly592
      @karly592 Před rokem +6

      @@Yarnhub Hi Yarnhub hope you will do a bloody april 1917 video and max immelmann for ww1

    • @Heike--
      @Heike-- Před rokem +7

      How about Finland's concentration camps? Did you know they had their own, completely separate from the Germans?

  • @benslegostopmotionfun8074

    5:11 “ two shells scream at the cockroach”
    My mind: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

    • @Villena444
      @Villena444 Před 3 měsíci

      Underrated

    • @veeyoooh
      @veeyoooh Před 12 dny

      Just imagine driving a random Sherman on the battlefield and you just hear distant creaming that gets louder and louder the longer you hear it. And then your tank blows up

  • @markjarrett5170
    @markjarrett5170 Před 7 měsíci +8

    You gotta love them poles. Men of Valor, ingenuity and courage

  • @ionidhunedoara1491
    @ionidhunedoara1491 Před rokem +532

    Tragic irony was that Von Ratibor himself was of Polish nobility ancestry being an indirect descendent of the house of Griffin Somborides formerly named Racziborzki.

    • @mltsr
      @mltsr Před 5 měsíci +55

      Piotr Griffin?

    • @def6420
      @def6420 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Raciborski?

    • @fredwashington7001
      @fredwashington7001 Před 5 měsíci +48

      @@mltsr I guess we now know what Peter Griffin was doing between 1939-1945

    • @mikemyshka1472
      @mikemyshka1472 Před 3 měsíci +8

      Well a lot of Polish nobles have German relative in noble houses. Just Polish branches are the older lines.

    • @brockcourse6362
      @brockcourse6362 Před měsícem

      Nerd

  • @garkosq
    @garkosq Před rokem +488

    As Pole I just love hearing you (or other non-polish people) breaking your tongue with our surnames or city/country names :D

    • @Geliott
      @Geliott Před rokem +33

      Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz ?

    • @l77mikks
      @l77mikks Před rokem +4

      Yeah, we all know it's hard to use polish 😅😂

    • @Aqueox
      @Aqueox Před rokem +3

      I see, Garkosyzyci Wydmzycki. You make a good point, and it is funny.

    • @mehmeh1999
      @mehmeh1999 Před rokem +4

      @@Geliott That's a great name for graduation!

    • @garkosq
      @garkosq Před rokem +7

      @@Geliott There is a county named Szczebrzeszyn. And it od a part of one of polish tongue breakers (łamaniec językowy - don't know english equivalent) "Chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie w Szczebrzeszynie" have fun with that one 😅 or there is one even better, that just came up to my mind: "Król Karol kupił królowej Karolinie korale koloru koralowego" (overuse of mixed 'l' and 'r' sounds).
      But i think that in Polish understandable pronounciation is quite easy with some practice - but writing and correctly following all the ortographic rules is extremaly hard even for many Poles 😆
      Aaand typical Pole is extremaly proud to hear our language being spoken somewhere around the world.

  • @julialuo69
    @julialuo69 Před rokem +15

    2:24 200MM autocannon, the strongest polish weapon

  • @MrMetanoja
    @MrMetanoja Před 4 měsíci +22

    My grandfather Ignacy was taken POW by Germans on September 18, 1939, about 20 km from the place shown on that video. There was great ingathering of Polish soldiers on the bank of the river Bzura, near of the big forest Puszcza Kampinoska. They were trying to make it to the forest, and then to Warsaw, but were attacked from land and the air. My grandfather was wounded and didn't make it to the forest. But on October 16 he escaped the POW camp and was partisan till the end of WW2.

  • @natesturm448
    @natesturm448 Před rokem +507

    This channel needs more love. Every time there's a video there is a 90% chance it's about a battle I never knew existed and sometimes with equipment I never knew existed.

    • @jantschierschky3461
      @jantschierschky3461 Před rokem +6

      And legends, myths and fiction

    • @bugbuster8598
      @bugbuster8598 Před rokem

      @@jantschierschky3461 weird, looks like you're the only person thinking that... I wonder if you believe in Goebbels propaganda about polish cavalry charging on german tanks.

    • @jantschierschky3461
      @jantschierschky3461 Před rokem

      @@bugbuster8598 well there were actual witnesses to it, however it was a desperate move to protect a transport column.
      Well there are number of bs in this story. Those little tanks can't move inside the forest. In a forest situation a German formation will not just drive tanks into it. They use a recon in than halftracks with infantry, those will scan for ambush than a pz4 or 3will give cover. In case of Engagement the lead tank will not drive past point of Engagement.
      So that is bs.
      There were ambush along roads, those things hiding in shoulder of growth, yes. Those things hart to hit yes, but only in the open. However every tank company also has recon, and flak and they're armed with a 20mm.

    • @speedy_comet
      @speedy_comet Před rokem +1

      I always give a new vid at least $1 b/c I know it takes effort and he is entertaining us.

  • @JohnSapato
    @JohnSapato Před rokem +316

    7:35 That shot of Orlik jumping out of of the small tank and running after the Germans is cool yet hilarious.

    • @julioalbertoherrera1339
      @julioalbertoherrera1339 Před rokem +21

      Orlik got the Super Serum Formula and became Captain Poland!!! 🇲🇨

    • @georgkilianbraunig5877
      @georgkilianbraunig5877 Před rokem +13

      i would like to see the recoil on that thing ...

    • @FarmerDrew
      @FarmerDrew Před 10 měsíci +6

      ​@@julioalbertoherrera1339 I picture him called something like Svobodaman

  • @semafor5640
    @semafor5640 Před rokem +35

    2:20 Orlik's cannon was 20mm caliber.

    • @TospikKing
      @TospikKing Před 2 měsíci +2

      Nah he said 200

    • @mattiadellaporta5389
      @mattiadellaporta5389 Před 22 dny

      ​@@TospikKingmás aquilo é muito curto pra ser 200mm até um canhão de 125 mm é maior

  • @A_Goat
    @A_Goat Před 3 měsíci +2

    Man, that was a great video!
    Kept me hooked the entire time.
    Way to go on the animation, absolutely thrilling!

  • @somenorwegiankid7587
    @somenorwegiankid7587 Před rokem +367

    Damn, that final battle was animated beautifully and changing the perspective every time they shot was really cool.

    • @somenorwegiankid7587
      @somenorwegiankid7587 Před rokem +4

      And good music

    • @KoRbA2310
      @KoRbA2310 Před rokem +1

      Fun fact plenty of those TK/TKS were captured and later used in occupied Norway.

    • @Phenixtri
      @Phenixtri Před rokem +1

      @@KoRbA2310 and its thanks to that that the Polish army museum has and original TKS that was recovered and restored to its wartime configuration with its 7.92mm machinegun .... tho i dont know if any of the rare TKS FKA 20mm auto cannon variants survived the war.

    • @somenorwegiankid7587
      @somenorwegiankid7587 Před rokem +1

      @@KoRbA2310 Neat

  • @PhantomLover007
    @PhantomLover007 Před rokem +455

    Awesome story despite a few blunders. It’s crazy to think how well the Poles and the British used their tankettes, but the Italians and Japanese weren’t as successful

    • @kunstdeskrieges3308
      @kunstdeskrieges3308 Před rokem +4

      👍👍👍

    • @scooter06rb
      @scooter06rb Před rokem +43

      Japanese tankettes lead an army to stunning victory on the road to Singapore. Also in China they had great success

    • @JohnDavies-cn3ro
      @JohnDavies-cn3ro Před rokem +55

      @@scooter06rb True, but don't forget they weren't up against British armour. In the book "Who Dies Fighting" the narrator (forget his name, sadly) says the local soldiers had probably never even seen a tank before, and their reaction was similar to that of the Germans in 1916. Really tankettes were scouting vehicles - to take on 'proper' tanks and defeat them says a great deal about the quality of the crews.

    • @HWDragonborn
      @HWDragonborn Před rokem +12

      ​@@scooter06rbeasy to do so when you are fighting against an army that had no tanks

    • @Pprokop87
      @Pprokop87 Před 10 měsíci +12

      just imagine that the TKS was planned to have the BOFORS 40mm autoimatic cannon before spring of 1940. one of the plans was to put up armored platoons with 1x 40mm AC, 2x 20mm AC's and 2 Vickers HMG's. it was delayed becouse of money and politics up to spring of 1940 and was proposed in spring of 1939....

  • @SodiumSyndicate
    @SodiumSyndicate Před 10 měsíci +5

    For some reason, I love tankettes. They could be the perfect urban warfare tanks, as long as the armor is good enough against AK-47 & 9mm pistol rounds as well as molotov cocktails - they'd clear up cities & buildings & narrow passage ways in no time.

  • @Mjr1752
    @Mjr1752 Před měsícem +1

    I found your videos today and your story telling is captivating as well as the animations. And I love these stories that could be deemed strange but seem so important in your videos. Good on you sir!

  • @meshuggahshirt
    @meshuggahshirt Před rokem +163

    "The Tigers fire back, but their measly 88mm cannons are no match for the Polish tankette's firepower, and they know it. The commander gives the order, and the big cats fall back in disarray."

    • @123452315
      @123452315 Před rokem +13

      You would, a 88 is no match for a 200mm round. 💕💕💕

  • @dobaivaler9428
    @dobaivaler9428 Před rokem +146

    Yes, the Poles have indeed developped the 200mm autocannon. However, too few of them were produced to make a difference in the war.

  • @jerryrichards8172
    @jerryrichards8172 Před 11 měsíci +2

    This is one of your best !
    Gotta love the early small tanks. They where all closely equal even though there armor and wepons where so small.
    I find them just as interesting as the late war beast.
    Thanks for sharing!

  • @csbanki
    @csbanki Před rokem +6

    I love these forgotten stories about Poland.
    They deserve much more recognition!

  • @Artur_M.
    @Artur_M. Před rokem +583

    I love to see Polish history getting more attention, as well as animation being used for historical storytelling and education.
    It's a shame that at one point, you accidentally said 200 instead of 20 mm, and half of the comments seem to focus on that. 😉
    About Orlik's post-war career as an architect, the most notable building he designed is probably the Library of the University of Łódź.

    • @isengard1500
      @isengard1500 Před rokem +19

      Shame we British couldn’t liberate Poland from communism after Germany had surrendered

    • @scarletobergh4157
      @scarletobergh4157 Před rokem +3

      125 likes and 1 comment? *allow me to change that.*

    • @socialistpastries.stooby
      @socialistpastries.stooby Před rokem +9

      The 200mm is a meme that I'm guessing he said intentionally

    • @manofhisCOUNTRY
      @manofhisCOUNTRY Před 11 měsíci +1

      *222 likes* and 3 comments? Let me make it even and turn it to 4👌✅✅✅

    • @davecopp9356
      @davecopp9356 Před 10 měsíci

      No such thing as polish victory. It only took six weeks because the germans did not want to harm and bomb the cities the polish soldiers were hiding. In three weeks Poland was defeated and the russians just came to collect their part of the polish territory. Blutsonntag. Polish attrocities. Facts.

  • @kujaw1221
    @kujaw1221 Před rokem +82

    200mm autocanon shooting 5 times a second? that is some marvelous engineering 🙃

  • @NotKameron
    @NotKameron Před rokem +6

    The fact he made a video on the “200mm gun” mistake bravo yarnhub lmao

  • @stoptfg295
    @stoptfg295 Před 7 měsíci +3

    The almost-diagetic music at the end (just before the epilogue) was a very cool touch.

  • @iainballas
    @iainballas Před rokem +42

    I think it was 20mm, not 200mm. A 200mm gun on a tank that size? Either the engine is nuclear, or the gun is made of paper.

  • @FrogSniffer9000
    @FrogSniffer9000 Před rokem +14

    9:03 "we took the liberty of making a badass fight scene"

  • @piotrdrabarek2607
    @piotrdrabarek2607 Před rokem +21

    I'm proud of Polish soldiers in 39'!I live near HQ Army Łódź from 1939.Greetings from Łódź!

  • @n1k1george
    @n1k1george Před 9 měsíci +1

    Loving this channel! So many great stories beautifully told and animated back to life.

  • @morribcanlon7140
    @morribcanlon7140 Před rokem +21

    "200 mm auto cannon" 2:22

    • @kunstdeskrieges3308
      @kunstdeskrieges3308 Před rokem +2

      Also familiar with this battle, the 20mm did not destroy the panzer if as portrayed in the video, but it damaged the inside enough to render it ‘unworthy’

  • @Migdecim
    @Migdecim Před rokem +41

    Cockroaches are hard to kill

    • @Mathewluapo
      @Mathewluapo Před rokem +4

      Yes

    • @theplanesguy6162
      @theplanesguy6162 Před rokem +4

      I just thought of a new epic battle…
      L3/33 cc vs cockroach tank!
      And who ever wins, go up a level in a final epic battle, winner tank here vs M22 tank!

    • @thatcrusader3922
      @thatcrusader3922 Před rokem

      @@Siberian_Snake they are funny

    • @thatcrusader3922
      @thatcrusader3922 Před rokem

      @@Siberian_Snake i agree with that
      i enjoy bringing the M22 to 11.3 tho

    • @sturmmorser_on_blitz
      @sturmmorser_on_blitz Před 6 měsíci

      ⁠@@thatcrusader3922do you have a real m22? What is 11.3

  • @completelybraindead
    @completelybraindead Před 8 měsíci +3

    Damn your cinematography is just insane. Really makes the story come to life.

  • @sparkynation2899
    @sparkynation2899 Před 10 měsíci +18

    Took the liberty of trying to recreate it….
    *takes deep breath*
    *proceeds with epic montage of Poland defending their homeland*

  • @wartime-bu6cq
    @wartime-bu6cq Před rokem +87

    they are the cutest tank you can see on the battlefield, I haven't finished the video yet but I know it will good, the animation also has been improved, I wonder what else will you improved, stay healthy Yarnhub! ♥️

  • @noobsworld4217
    @noobsworld4217 Před rokem +90

    200mm man. Poland didn’t even need the 7TPs at that rate. Germany wouldn’t even have made it to Warsaw. Jokes aside great video. Loved the TKS models looked very sick

  • @Manu10900
    @Manu10900 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I remember watching this channel years ago... The way the quality of videos improved, expecially grafics, its impressive!

  • @blainelytle341
    @blainelytle341 Před rokem +12

    Thank you for bringing history to life. We Yanks rarely here of the war on the Eastern Front ! This helps fill in large gaps in understanding what our fathers and grand fathers generation went through !

    • @blainelytle341
      @blainelytle341 Před rokem +3

      I should have said our Parents and Grandparents... The Women went through it too , both in the combat zones and at home...I apologize for my slip up...

  • @That1Moai2743
    @That1Moai2743 Před rokem +50

    9:08 I love how the gunshots and everything else times perfectly with the music

    • @343guardian5
      @343guardian5 Před rokem +3

      I think that was the intention lol

    • @lost524
      @lost524 Před 10 měsíci

      yeah idk how tf they did that I presume most of this was shot in war thunder

    • @Miggyddc24
      @Miggyddc24 Před 4 měsíci

      @@lost524theres no cockroaches in war thunder

    • @Unknowndude-dg8tr
      @Unknowndude-dg8tr Před 2 měsíci

      @@lost524this isnt WT, WT is way different and they explicitly say "This video was made using *Unreal Engine* in the description

  • @SavagePrime
    @SavagePrime Před rokem +1

    I love the way you captured the speed of the little tanks they way they maneuvered is so cool.

  • @joejunior4700
    @joejunior4700 Před 6 měsíci +12

    I haven't played in a long while but Orlik's medal in world of tanks is awarded to players if they finish off all medium tanks in a match with a light tank.
    Great to hear the story of the man that inspired the medal in the game.

  • @OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOF
    @OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOF Před rokem +10

    Alternate title: "1 armored autocannon strapped on tracks and 2 armored machineguns strapped on tracks take on legendary tanks" lol

  • @zamn__
    @zamn__ Před rokem +51

    200 mm autocannon💀

    • @Groza_Dallocort
      @Groza_Dallocort Před rokem +1

      Minmatar do fit that on thier frigates and destroyers

    • @littlebritain64
      @littlebritain64 Před rokem +2

      A "0" added by mistake, look at the tiny cannon. Probably a 20mm heavy anti tank machine gun...🤔

    • @zamn__
      @zamn__ Před rokem +1

      @@littlebritain64 Yup

  • @SelectCircle
    @SelectCircle Před 8 měsíci +1

    Everyone needs a tankette - especially these days.

  • @lord_flashheart
    @lord_flashheart Před 4 měsíci +2

    Imagine 5 guys sneaking up to that cute tank and just flipping it.

  • @itzcrazymay1906
    @itzcrazymay1906 Před rokem +6

    Dang bro, 200mm autocannon? The Polish sure had some freaky weapons

    • @julianozaur444
      @julianozaur444 Před rokem +1

      Yeah. Tbh Polish campagain was 100% a 40:1 quality vs 200mm autocannon quantity with allies not caring at all

  • @msredfox
    @msredfox Před rokem +121

    Truly a "David meets Goliath" story! And yet another fantastic video from Yarnhub, you continue to outdo yourselves with each and every video, bravo Yarnhub!

    • @jantschierschky3461
      @jantschierschky3461 Před rokem +1

      Because those are yarns, eg phantasy

    • @INSANESUICIDE
      @INSANESUICIDE Před rokem

      200mm cannon.. Find your history elsewhere as these guys do not get their facts right and clearly do not double check before releasing.

    • @msredfox
      @msredfox Před rokem +2

      @@INSANESUICIDE people are allowed to make genuine mistakes, nobody is perfect, typing an extra couple of zeros by mistake is nothing to bitch about, i'm sticking to yarnhub.

    • @INSANESUICIDE
      @INSANESUICIDE Před rokem

      @@msredfox Then have fun learning wrong information.

    • @thefreemonk6938
      @thefreemonk6938 Před rokem +1

      Here Goliath is cockroach with 200mm tank

  • @taprackbang5239
    @taprackbang5239 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Outstanding video! I love the pristine story telling and visualizations!

  • @jmuhairwa2566
    @jmuhairwa2566 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Imagine a cockroach chasing a big cat

  • @stonedtowel
    @stonedtowel Před rokem +212

    It’s pretty incredible how the Yarnhub team can consistently improve on every video as they get produced. Idk if anyone has ever thrown the idea out there but an antiquity video would be badass. I understand you’d be reliant on chronicles and sometimes old myths but an interesting suggestion I believe considering the channels strengths.

    • @amistrophy
      @amistrophy Před rokem +2

      Kid named 200mm autocannon

    • @sjonnieplayfull5859
      @sjonnieplayfull5859 Před 8 měsíci

      Maybe they could do one on the meteorite that hit a battlefield and the armies decided to go home

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 Před rokem +7

    Yarnhub should've taken the liberty of giving the tankettes hussar wings.

  • @LuizGuilherme-ps3tw
    @LuizGuilherme-ps3tw Před rokem +3

    Congratulations for the work! Another excelent animation!

  • @briandstephmoore4910
    @briandstephmoore4910 Před 3 měsíci

    I’ve been searching for this Legend again. Idk why but whenever re watching war docs my mind always goes to these polish legends in these cockroach tanks. Absolute Legends

  • @Otokichi786
    @Otokichi786 Před rokem +6

    1:50 Polish Tankette tale resumes. 2:24 "200mm Auto Cannon"!? The Imperial Japanese Army is Very interested.;)

  • @abarthcorsa3493
    @abarthcorsa3493 Před rokem +46

    9:00 the shots synchronised with the music is perfection, these videos just keep getting better!

  • @DJFOX1291
    @DJFOX1291 Před 15 dny +1

    Now I see why folks say cockroaches are hard to kill. They're like tanks. They can survive practically anything.

  • @jamesozechoski8254
    @jamesozechoski8254 Před rokem +9

    Makes me proud to be polish and a soldier ❤️

  • @mateogrill2191
    @mateogrill2191 Před rokem +4

    Holy high calibers Batman!! 200mm autocannon on a tankette?
    No wonder Jerry lost the war.

  • @olafkwiatkowski3785
    @olafkwiatkowski3785 Před rokem +8

    200 mm autocannon...
    POLSKA GUROM

  • @galacticalliance4801
    @galacticalliance4801 Před rokem +1

    incredible story and amazing battle scene in this one, loved it

  • @TheSpritz0
    @TheSpritz0 Před 10 měsíci +2

    I would LOVE one of those Tankettes for my farm!!!

  • @imdabiggestbird_
    @imdabiggestbird_ Před rokem +32

    These tiny, yet small tanks managed to take out several tanks. These truly are mini but mighty tanks.

  • @Chapko_
    @Chapko_ Před rokem +15

    ExCuSe Me ?! These animations and models are BEAUTIFUL ! Seriously tho, thé animation or the 2nd battle, fully created, IS incredible.

  • @tnwhiskey68
    @tnwhiskey68 Před rokem +1

    I could see something like that being useful today. A really small and fast armored vehicle with a lot of slopes in the armor. Slap a huge, remote fired cannon on top and put it to work!

  • @theboi5411
    @theboi5411 Před rokem +2

    If I were to tell someone, that cockroaches used to hunt panzers, without giving context or a photo.
    The reaction would be beautiful.

  • @tomek5513.
    @tomek5513. Před rokem +153

    As a Polish American Canadian, I can only thank you for producing this fine video. It brings to life the stories of what both sides of my family endured during this period. Sto Lot!

    • @kunstdeskrieges3308
      @kunstdeskrieges3308 Před rokem +1

      👍👍👍

    • @luichinplaystation610
      @luichinplaystation610 Před rokem +3

      You don't stop going countries

    • @watching-you-
      @watching-you- Před rokem +8

      As indian paraguai european african portugese i must agree.

    • @ionidhunedoara1491
      @ionidhunedoara1491 Před rokem +7

      Sad irony that Von Ratibor was originally from Polish nobility in the Piast dynasty. and their name was Racziborzki.

    • @Alvarezpl
      @Alvarezpl Před rokem +3

      @ Tom Kokernak - "Sto lat" if, you wanted to wish someone "100 years of life" in Polish.
      "Lot" means flight. E.g. "Czy miałeś przyjemny lot?" (Did you have a pleasant flight?)
      Greetings.

  • @fabriglas
    @fabriglas Před rokem +1

    Thank you for your story and keeping the history recorded so future generations may learn of men valour and the mistakes made that resulted in the large loss of life in needless wars

  • @BlueSkyCountry
    @BlueSkyCountry Před 4 měsíci +1

    This light and fast tankette would make an awesome comeback as an unmanned ground combat drone, same armament, but loaded with hi tech AI enhanced aiming and tracking software, controlled by somebody miles away wearing a VR helmet and a game controller.

  • @dong7474
    @dong7474 Před rokem +58

    The ending was almost like watching a battlefield trailer. I absolutely adore this channel and the work that goes into it!

  • @DeadBaron
    @DeadBaron Před rokem +4

    2:25 uh guys that's a 20mm, 200mm would be larger than any modern battle tank. The Abrams for example uses a 120mm smoothbore. 200mm is entering battleship territory lol

    • @pouletbidule9831
      @pouletbidule9831 Před rokem

      Uh dude it was a mistake lol

    • @type-10
      @type-10 Před rokem

      As far as I know, the largest gun mounted in any tank was 6 inches or 152,4mm in caliber (not including tank destroyers such as the FV4005 stage II). Today, the largest tank gun in active service is the Russian 2A46 smoothbore gun with a caliber of 125mm.

  • @gnarpy686
    @gnarpy686 Před 11 měsíci +1

    for anybody who thinks its actually 200mm, read this. The TK (TK-3) and TKS were Polish tankettes developed during the 1930s and used in the Second World War.
    Design and development
    The TK (also known as the TK-3) tankette was a Polish design produced from 1931 based on the chassis of the British Carden Loyd tankette, with an improved hull and more powerful engine, and armour up to 8 mm (0.31 in) thick (10 mm or 0.39 in on the TKS). In 1939, up-arming of the tankettes with Nkm wz.38 FK 20 mm (0.79 in) machine guns began, but only 24 of these were completed before the outbreak of World War II.
    On 6 November 1934 Estonia purchased 6 vehicles from Poland, with the contract deal worth over 180,000 krones. The deal also included one additional tracked-lorry, and a motorcycle was given free as a bonus.[1] After the Soviet Union occupied Estonia, these vehicles were put into service with the Red Army.[citation needed]

    • @johnheigis83
      @johnheigis83 Před 11 měsíci

      Watch.... PBS.... "Half the Sky": "FET"... ( In Part II). And, "Meet John Doe" (Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwick...).. A system that mixes those possibilities, as our secondary manual backup system.

  • @SelectCircle
    @SelectCircle Před 8 měsíci +1

    Quite possibly the best channel on CZcams.

  • @ajax5622
    @ajax5622 Před rokem +72

    I’d like to see these guys get funded for a movie, their churning out some fine material on a consistent level

    • @ajax5622
      @ajax5622 Před rokem

      Did not expect that yarn

    • @lukekalisz1817
      @lukekalisz1817 Před rokem +1

      I believe there is a movie being made in conjunction with Sabaton.

  • @HermitagePrepper
    @HermitagePrepper Před 7 měsíci

    Im thoroughly of impressed by Poland's efforts and by their tech...the poles were not slouches....the PZL 11 was also a very well made war machine

  • @ozymandias1758
    @ozymandias1758 Před 2 měsíci

    Nice detail to include the Roach scuttling across the windowsillat 10:02😂great work Yarnhub! History with Humor🎉

  • @13XDyt
    @13XDyt Před rokem +10

    0:27
    "It sounds like tanks, it is tanks"
    gotta be the best line ever

  • @thetrends5670
    @thetrends5670 Před rokem +124

    The hard work behind the animation is really appreciated. Lighting, texture, model everything is beyond what a team can deliver on CZcams, as I know yt revenue is not that much for a channel with less than million subs. Keep up the good work, your hard work will pay off very soon.

  • @matyaskopriva5533
    @matyaskopriva5533 Před 2 měsíci

    I really like the animations, it must have taken a lot of work keep it up

  • @Steven-dt5nu
    @Steven-dt5nu Před rokem +2

    I love the evolution of your graphics.

  • @xdeepxfreezex2621
    @xdeepxfreezex2621 Před rokem +31

    This is exactly how I envisioned the tankettes fighting panzer 3s and 4s. Nothing but un-killable cockroaches. That charging tankette scene is the definition of the Polish spirit when they were invaded. Fight until the bitter end. Alone if needed. Better to go out guns blazing in a fiery fury. Fantastic work as always Yarnhub. You should try to do more of those simulated battles. They are truly entertaining

  • @vasstofficial
    @vasstofficial Před rokem +3

    DAMN THAT HUGE 200mm AUTOCANNON ON THAT TINY THING

  • @eazy2195
    @eazy2195 Před 7 měsíci

    2:26 Amazing to see the little tank packing a 200 mm autocannon that can fire 5 rounds in less than a second, damn, i heard it also had 2000 mm armor and a 11 200 hp engine

  • @jasse803
    @jasse803 Před 9 měsíci

    Another absolutely AWESOME video! And I thank you for that. If I could wish one little wish, it would be for you to make a vid about Witold Pilecki. A true hero. Again, big thanx!

  • @MissAeraki
    @MissAeraki Před rokem +4

    Gaijin when

  • @fankeek
    @fankeek Před rokem +76

    Amazing video, as always, guys. I appreciate you more than you know. Keep em coming! If I find someone interested in history, I always recommend you.