5 of History's Weirdest Military Vehicles

[@physetermacrocephalus2209]

I desperatley, desperatley want an alternate timeline where the Simms land torpedo was put into use against massive lumbering armored trains.

[@S.W.01]

Swap the trains for landship style tanks and I'm in.

[@danielcurtis1434]

@@S.W.01like the Maus?

[@S.W.01]

@@danielcurtis1434, I was thinking K-Wagen or larger like P1000 ratte.

[@notyouraveragegoldenpotato]

​@@S.W.01land battleship cruisers with 16" main guns😂

[@SteamWolf320]

Imagine if the Russians or Germans had whole waves of them at Kursk.

[@justindavis1546]

Having owned one of the old M38-A (jeeps) every time I see the picture of them being airborne I can only imagine how rough the landing would be.

[@hurrdurrmurrgurr]

Your liquefied spine is not service related.

[@knaeckenrot3307]

Your spine, plowing through your skull is also not service related...the fact, that your hips are on level with your nipples, jep, not service related. ​@@hurrdurrmurrgurr

[@MindBodySoulOk]

Fascinating egg skull wouldn't you agree?

[@thejudgmentalcat]

Love the half-track bikes

[@steeljawX]

I feel like they should be brought back as a more recreational sport vehicle. You got dirt bikes, quads, side by sides, and kettenkrads. I don't see anything wrong with it.

[@brittakriep2938]

​@@steeljawX: Plural of Kettenkrad is Kettenkräder. :-))

[@rickh9396]

I love Simon leaning into the legend of "a Brit tinkering in his shed." Ian McCollum would be proud.

[@r.awilliams9815]

Nowadays, a Brit tinkering around in his shed with anything that might even vaguely considered a weapon will get locked up as a dangerous threat to society.

[@balinthehater8205]

​@@r.awilliams9815 Well yes, Britain isn't at war right now.

[@OllieFn-j7d]

​@@r.awilliams9815 usually jimmy saville type behaviour these days 😂😂

[@peterofenback9263]

Let me add that the Kettenkrad's engine was supplied by Opel, a then subsidiary of Gemeral Motors.

[@lancerevell5979]

The Kettenktaftrad did good postwar service as a French farm vehicle.

[@Robochuck]

For something that looked so ludicrous in concept at first, that little halftrack bike convinced me of its utility. The more you described it, the more I was sold. I'm not surprised it got produced in these numbers. the little Sideproject that could

[@douglaspealing5608]

I had the same reaction. I'm wanting to know why they're not used on farms etc now, or at least a descendant of them. They'd get stuck less than quads and, with a more modern motor, be able to tow that much more as well. Real missed opportunity by the world there

[@lancerevell5979]

Many were used on postwar European farms.

[@GustaveChaplin]

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

[@poil8351]

the soviet army in the 1930s suggesting something is utter ridiculous and too big is kind of insane considering some of the crazy tanks they built.

[@highlandoutsider]

There is the possibility for an amazing open world fps set in and alternate history post invasion Britain, the rag tag, shed bodging, slap a gun on and ice cream van, nature of that conflict would make for such interesting and crazy gameplay

[@Hirosjimma]

Combine it with the crazy shove-random-crap-in-a-shotgun-shell ideas coming from taufledermaus and you're set

[@UmmerFarooq-wx4yo]

Mods for fallout London?

[@scottmeredith3359]

To think they went to all that trouble to save Britain from German tyranny, only to allow themselves to be invaded and conquered by Islam a mere 70 years later. Sad stuff

[@SmartassX1]

Actually, it has been calculated that the P1000 would have weighed no less than 2500 tons. The "1000" in the name is just a name.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:25 - Chapter 1 - Simm's land torpedo 3:30 - Chapter 2 - 40RBL78 MA field gun 6:50 - Chapter 3 - P1000 landkreuzer 10:20 - Chapter 4 - Hafner rotabuggy 13:45 - Chapter 5 - The kettenkrad

[@BillAnt]

The sound on this video is too low and fluctuating to understand properly even on highest volume.

[@stuartgmk]

​@@BillAnt👍

[@Silverhornet81]

Bucyrus - byoo-sye-rus. That is all.

[@richreed9927]

Rusty-Bucketus

[@chrisreadwells]

Yeah, beat me to it. I grew up in Lincoln, where where RB was based in the 60's/70's at least (well it may have been elsewhere as well).

[@BardovBacchus]

One of my favorite things about his many channels is when Simon doesn't bother to find out how to pronounce things. I had the exact same thought, byoo-sigh-russ {they used to make them in South Milwaukee}. Not that bad compared to when he says Native American names like Arapahoe or Cheyenne

[@ithydoodles]

Bue

[@tamlandipper29]

Simon's writers try to help him, but after listening for years I think Simon has some kind of dyslexia.

[@randelldarky3920]

I love the Helli-Jeep.

[@seanmccann8368]

Simon as Captain Mainwaring in Dad,s Army: "Now men pay attention! Remember, the full might of the Wehrmacht is poised just thirty miles away across the channel!"

[@kdrapertrucker]

And he would badly mispronounce "Wehrmacht"

[@astronomenov99]

"Austrian Armband Enthusiast" genuine LOL!

[@lulzywizard7576]

Ahhh the original jeep wobble. Love that it started in the air

[@kirdot2011]

Never seen that remote controled one. Now we have grass mowers who look exactly like that

[@wardmizell4749]

Compared to your other channels, the audio here is too low. We need to hear you Brother.

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

I recently got into a tabletop wargame called Quar that embraces silly designs like this. I am now convinced one of their tanks (called "tractors" in the setting) was based on the MA Field Gun! It has the full swivel and everything! Here, just last week, I was talking about how funny it looked but now I'm gonna be looking out for other real world inspirations.

[@LvanChileist]

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.

[@ShanenWay]

A land torpedo would be great remote control project..without the explosive part of course

[@tik2243]

of course

[@chrissinclair4442]

So, battle bot?

[@ShanenWay]

@@chrissinclair4442 umm no

[@ShanenWay]

A battle bot design would be more like an upscaled Biohazard

[@davida.elliott1454]

I still say you should do the three wheeled czar tank that is the weirdest!!!!

[@djcjr1x1]

Holr crap that kettengrad handled mud like a champ. With the amount of times I buried my dirtbikes as a kid and had to walk home I'm in love.😍

[@johninnh4880]

The Bren-gun Carrier was a pretty cool small tracked "car".

[@DSAK55]

Perfecting ways of making sealing wax

[@brucelee3388]

This video really should have had a 'Runner up' list - The Great Panjandrum, Preying Mantis, Tsar 'tank'........

[@CashLll-t2r]

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.

[@Vok250]

The kandrad is still popular with offroaders.

[@ChrisMadd96]

your audio mix is a bit off. the "S" sounds are super sharp!

[@ElectroPercs]

Land Shark baby!

[@Jaysin412]

Always loved the kitenkrad.

[@YeeSoest]

It's KETTENKRAD, A KRAD THAT'S ON KETTEN. But thanks for the support 😊

[@pattepato4592]

@@YeeSoest It is Kettenrad, a Rad on Ketten. Yes it is wrong in the Video.

[@ak74udieby]

@@pattepato4592Sd.Kfz.2 ,better known as the Kleines Kettenkraftrad HK 101, shortened to Kettenkrad

[@lancerevell5979]

Full proper name is Kettenkraftrad.

[@vonries]

I've wanted one of those motorcycle/half-track for years. They just look so handy.

[@yamatokurusaki5790]

You can still get them or restore them

[@kdrapertrucker]

The motorcycle front fork seems to be utterly frivolous.

[@Axel_Andersen]

@@kdrapertrucker Right, what is the point of that?

[@lunsmann]

@@Axel_Andersen - Simon literally just explained it in the video.

[@Axel_Andersen]

@@lunsmann Yeah, well, I found that video TLDR so I missed that.

[@Iowa599]

Land Torpedo: No battery = not a hybrid! Just an eTransmission, like modern diesel trains.

[@waynesworldofsci-tech]

They keep finding Kandrads in French barns. A lot of agricultural equipment was destroyed in the war and thrifty French farmers, err, rescued abandoned units and gave them room and board for farm work! Farmers tend to hang onto things that could still be useful, so when they were able to replace the lost equipment the Kandrads were stored away, often forgotten under hay bales, only coming to life when the barn is cleaned out decades later.

[@brittakriep2938]

Remaining Kettenkräder had been also in Germany used as agricultural vehicles. After war the Unimog was created as agricultural vehicle, is today used for all purposes possible.

[@bannankev]

No way in hell would I get in the heli jeep going 70 mph in the air. Helll nahhhhhh 😂😂😂

[@kdrapertrucker]

The rotobuggy was not a helicopter, it was an autogyro. Helicopters have powered rotors, auto gyros have unpowered rotors that are spun by airflow. It's like a rotor version of a glider.

[@RuniceGosse]

The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.

[@marvwatkins7029]

Simon Whistler never had enough channels.

[@steeljawX]

. . . . . Forget about the Kettenkrad. Tell me more about this special hug, Facts Boi.

[@marvwatkins7029]

The last was the best as it's the most practical.

[@Baltimoreed]

The half track cycle is pretty cool. The US Mule would carry more though with its flat bed. .

[@chrisspley99]

Austrian armband enthusiast 😂

[@erichloehr5992]

I read this comment just as Simon spoke it

[@mitchelljudson9237]

My favorite is "angry little mustache man" 😂

[@qienna6677]

I know it's a bomb...but the goliath tracked mine is SO CUTE!

[@peterstadlmaier3107]

I wonder, why it never appeared in "Girls und Panzer".

[@echodelta9]

About the audio. The peaks are 5 dB weak to 0dB max. That would help, always normalize level. Then a lot of words are at another minus level of several dB, sensible compression will help this. If you have too much head motion whilst talking with one mic there will be wide variations in pickup. Use 2 or more mics in mono.

[@Sarge-at-Large]

8:46 He made a ground-based warship!! Lol 😂

[@chrisshorten4406]

"I-I just don't wanna say that again." Simon, I feel ya.

[@KarldorisLambley]

2.27 - simms using a dynamo and petrol motor is no more a hybrid, in the modern sense, than a diesel electric loco is.

[@ManfredDudesonVonGuy]

0:51 You can't fool me Simon, I know a time traveling John Cleese when I see one, even if he put on both a mustache and bowler hat for his land torpedo sketch

[@johnlloyd8109]

When I was 18 (which was, ahem, at least ten years ago now) me and a couple of mates bought a knackered Honda C90 and a pile of random crap off the scrappy with the intention of building our own version of that motorbike halftrack thing. We never actually got any further with it than that, but I bloody wish we had.

[@geodkyt]

I really thought this was going to be a 100% "two blokes in a shed" episode, given the whacky designs Britian has come out with over the 20th Century. 😂

[@ethanaleman]

Hello from Bakersfield California

[@charleskennedy1150]

12:41 the discovery of death wobble 😂

[@Karagianis]

I wouldn't exactly say the Goliath mine vindicated the land torpedo, given it didn't work very well and the allies would occasionally just find huge piles of the things left abandoned when the German army withdrew because they didn't want them!

[@welshpete12]

I remember reading years ago in a RAF flying mag . To find out if the jeep was strong enough to fly . They filled one with concrete and dropped it from a height with the use of a crane . They found it would take 11 G .

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

A replica of the Rotabuggy is displayed at the Museum of Army Flying in Middle Wallop. Hafner also come up with the idea of a similarly outfitted "Rotatank" using a Valentine tank, but that was never built.

[@wilomica]

So no TOG 2? Sad!

[@ElsaAlding]

To be thoughtful and kind only takes a few seconds compared to the timeless hurt caused by one rude gesture.

[@michaelbatterbee448]

I want a land torpedo ❤

[@mrmcmoustache9615]

The ratte would have use the 38cm battleship guns left over from a recent refitting, the aft turrets used the 12.8cm not 15.2cm as they neither used the gun nor created ammo for it

[@robinderoos1166]

Yaaay! The kettenkrad! I need one of those!

[@lancerevell5979]

Bucyrus Company..... Properly "boo-CYE-rus".

[@bazra19]

Thank you for keeping the horrible music as low as possible; much appreciated.

[@grugbug4313]

Solid! Top KEK! Peace be with you.

[@Gaspode-uj8jt]

The tank exiting the glider was an American M22 Locust light tank.

[@AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw]

You are wearing me out with all these fkn shows bro. Sure there are more than one of you. Maybe that disguise kit someone said that you used all of it. ❤

[@808bigisland]

Enjoyed my M38A. Want a Gyrokit now :-)

[@KevinRudd-w8s]

The land torpedo was ahead of its time, after all it was nothing more than an early ROV which are used everywhere these days of coarse.

[@kylecarmichael5890]

So the P.1000 is the great great grandfather of the Bolo.

[@CaptainSensibleJr]

I want to imagine a battle involving the Ruston Bucyron mobile cannons, supported by New Zealand's heavy machine gun Semple tanks, ambling to the attack.

[@francisboyle1739]

No Hobart's Funnies. I want my money back! (I mean a tank that's also a bridge is as good as a jeep that's also a helicopter.)

[@Reccis]

always interesting content, thank you!

[@jenniferstewarts4851]

6 min in the tracked field gun. I'm willing to bet given the barrel length, they were looking at using either the QF 3.7-inch mountain howitzer or the QF- 4.7-inch Howitzer. LIKELY the 3.7 Both were ww1 guns, meaning they had lots left over, obsolete at the time so easy to repurpose. Easy to load and fire by a single person allowing for small crew requirements. Their ranges were betwen 5 and 6 km, requiring them to be close to the lines... hence the idea.

[@jamesbeeching6138]

What no Praying Mantis???😮😮😮😮

[@MindBodySoulOk]

Fascinating egg skull

[@Schyzofrenic87]

"no vechile was as versatile as the willie's MB" ... SDKFZ 251 Looks up surprised

[@Crioten]

Starfishes love you all

[@d455ave]

I wonder if there is a connection between Ruston Bucyrus, and Bucyrus Erie?

[@peterolsson1470]

The P1000 was a German project, not Russian.

[@MartinMundorf]

I wonder why no one else mentions this obvious wrong story 😮

[@peterolsson1470]

@MartinMundorf Yeah, me too. It's sad that it slipped through.

[@ajolillen]

Very confused as well. How did this mixup happen? The name is even in German. Hitler liked the idea, but Speer cancelled it.

[@AllanMogensen]

12:00 Wow, a Diamond. We had some in the army still at 1978

[@Schwerpunkt991]

Miskellaneous. Ha!

[@am53n8]

The only thing I learned from this video is that your mic is history, cause I couldn't hear the rest

[@baital86]

You gotta do Philip lutey lol

[@yoyoodc]

the Jeep was invented by a fellow named Probst at the Overland Car Company. They would eventually file and win a suit against Willys. I know Probst's grandson, Rich Probst. Contact me if you want more details.

[@mattsiede443]

Very true!

[@kdrapertrucker]

Actually the Jeep was developed by Ford, but the army liked some of the features from the Willy's design and combined what they liked from both, then gave the contract to Willy's thinking Ford would be too busy building other projects,but Willy's were too small and Ford ended up building 80% of the jeeps used in WWII, and all the Jeep type vehicles the military used up till the Hummvee replaced all jeep types in the 1980s.

[@ultrajd]

The crane gun might have been useful. Also no Kettering Bug?

[@jenniferstewarts4851]

15:20 How dare you suggest the Kettenkräder was a weird vehicle, it was the ATV quad runner of its time and more. It did its job great, could easly tow the little 20mm AA guns, 37mm aa, the smaller 75mm at guns, and make good speed doing it.

[@Axel_Andersen]

IIRC something like the land torpedo was deployed in WW2

[@brucelee3388]

'The Great Panjandrum'. One of its 'pilots' was Lt. Neville Shute Norway, better known as author Neville Shute. Film of it being tested survives - definite brown shorts material if it was coming towards you. Never entered production. It was supposed to be launched from an LVT over the Normandy beaches and explode in contact with the concrete defences.

[@Axel_Andersen]

@@brucelee3388 You are probably right. But I also seem to recall that Yanks recovered a German land torpedo and that there is some footage of it. Or maybe I remember incorrectly.

[@georgeosborn3223]

Tom Swift and his LandKreutzer

[@Kaltagstar96]

Quick question about the field gun: Simon mentioned that there'd be no vehicles to defend Britain if the Nazis made it to British soil...couldn't we have just used vehicles from the Americans because there were US troops stationed in the UK at the time.

[@brucelee3388]

No US forces in Britain until well after Pearl Harbor, 1941-42, the Germans were at the Chanel in 1940.

[@code_ayyee430]

They also made a jeep with a nuke launcher on it

[@SeverityOne]

Am I the only one who initially read 'Simon's land torpedo'?

[@generoush3823]

Ancient mad max

[@chrismills2439]

if you cant stand the smoke get out of the fire or if you cant take the heat get off social media

[@DragonKingGaav]

Stupid problems call for stupid solutions!

[@lancerevell5979]

If it's stupid but it works, it's maybe not so stupid afterall. 😎👍

[@Spiegelradtransformation]

Hey, what about a rocket tank.

[@voornaam3191]

The size of tanks is an interesting thing. It's like designing a boat, the smallest size that fits your real needs is best. Cheaper, easier to handle and steer, really, small is often better. You need a larger tank, if you want a larger cannon, you simply need more space to carry the ammunition, you need ammo. And all large vehicles have the classic fuel problem, you have a larger engine and you need more fuel. Tanks sometimes had a trailer, carrying fuel. I guess there is some optimum size, small enough for good moneouvring, large enough to have an impact. It all depends on how tanks are used, including how tanks are dealt with by the enemy. These 1000 ton fantasy tanks are great as a recreational vehicle, off road on frozen ground. Try getting it out of the mud. Sir, we are stuck! And now?

[@yourbuddyunit]

I wonder if the rx78 was a pun on the field gun

[@-nicht.der.dulli-]

You showed the wrong P1000 by the way

[@daniel_f4050]

Not a Wespe. That’s a JagdPanzer I.

[@yamatokurusaki5790]

14:08 Sdkfz was meant for mountains not paratroopers tho they took liking to it just like most of the german and even those who captured it

[@Xaiff]

I came here after watching OddBawZ playing RBT-5. Land Torpedo, eh? 😂😂

[@IanSinclair77]

@11:30 - Did Simon ol boy pronounce miscellaneous "mis-kill-anious"? I say my good chap - time to move back home to learn how to speak!

[@BullScrapPracEff]

Problem is, his home doesn't say many words correctly. Skeleton, Osage, vitamin...

[@JayRodway-u7t]

Mf did too. That can't be unheard 😅