German Armored Cars in WW1 I THE GREAT WAR On The Road

[@92gunnerjoe]

This guy is great, clearly very passionate about his museum.

[@baron_von_brunk]

Ralf looks like he's either a hitman from the Russian mob -- or a bass player from a lounge jazz band.

[@dgh6g33gf]

Yes.

[@nettles89]

Obviously, the latter is the cover story for the former.

[@armybaka7804]

John Wayne?

[@edwil111]

Wasn't he in the movie "Eastern Promises"?

[@knedoshane]

I think he was shot by Bruce Willis in Die Hard...

[@otakunthevegan4206]

"This killing machine of yours is sure turning some heads" -John Marston To me there is nothing more poetic and terrifying then early motorized warfare and machines like this. Something as simple as taking a 1910 Chevy truck and mounting a maxim gun on the back just makes my mind race with ideas and imagery that is almost H.G. Wells like.

[@troilusmaximus7547]

Otakun The vegan Wow, wasn't expecting an rdr reference today

[@marydominguez6033]

Troilus Maximus That mission would ve been more realistic if he wore Brewster Armor 40 lb wieght!

[@Jack_Klash]

One of my favorite missions in gaming history.. I always thought that time period from the 1910s was so interesting.. modern technology taking over warfare.. Punitive Expedition aka the Pancho Villa Expedition.. is something like that missions.. Bandits vs the US Army with armored cars, motorcycles with machine guns.. so wild..

[@terryhollands2794]

The story behind the top half of the armored car used as a WW2 shelter was cool.

[@jamestang1227]

I mean, if I was a rioter and saw an armoured car with machine guns ready to mow people down like in the Somme, I'd probably leave, rethink my life choices and why I live in this country.

[@ferbthe2gadgetguy]

James Tang I think it's doing its job correctly then.

[@tomgjgj]

James Tang. Thing is, in those days, rioters were often ex-soldiers. They dug into entrentched positions. With machine-guns. www.history.com/topics/weimar-republic Those aren't soldiers in the barricade. They're civillian Spartacists, left-wing revolutionaries. They also improvised armoured trucks with machine-guns. c7.alamy.com/comp/ERGE6F/german-november-revolution-in-berlin-germany-1918-car-with-machine-ERGE6F.jpg They marched in formation and used military tactics. Definetly not the kind of riot you're probably thinking of. Their Right-wing equivalents were the Freikorps. They fought for the government with the same methods, alongside the downsized army.

[@ferbthe2gadgetguy]

Tom J wait so you're telling everyone that riots aren't back then weren't by amateurs but ex-soldiers that are scary and has guns? Then why did they want water cannons?!

[@tomgjgj]

OFFICIALLY they wanted water cannons. But, like the dude said, they often just kept the machine-guns. Seriously, Google ''Spartacus Uprising''. They had to use artillery to take these ''rioters'' out.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

Even Hitler, who lead his failed beer revolt against the Republic was also an ex-soldier. Not that surprising.

[@dorkmax7073]

The enemy has deployed an armoured train

[@christopherconard2831]

Aerodynamics of a brick. Made of overly thick steel. Not too fast. So, basically a Volvo.

[@ypop417]

And that is what we called my brothers green Volvo

[@enpakeksi765]

The angular shape of the older Volvos is oddly charming. Also, they have excellent visibility. In fact, most older cars do. They were from a time when the A-pillars weren't as thick as an elephant leg, for one.

[@phildavy913]

Little known fact; radios in Volvos only play Abba.

[@KonradvonHotzendorf]

😂🎉

[@bazzatheblue]

The Germans again already,this dude looks like a villain from an early nineties action movie.

[@panzerabwerkanone]

Yeah I'm pretty sure Bruce Willis killed this guy once before.

[@Lokster]

Hey guys when your ww2 series starts can we still ask ww1 questions during that series too? Awesome work as always! You guys are my inspiration and you make me want to make my own history KZbin channel.

[@saminyead1233]

"It's the shoots police eyes on Nova." "It shoots police a what?" - Auto-generated English subtitles

[@bongobrandy6297]

No Dacia Sandero were declared harmed in the making of this video!

[@Akren905]

So this scrapyard crawler saved history.. cant find these now but check the yards and backwoods, never know what's there. I found a 1920s tractors gears in a canal way. Turned out it was a pulling tractor/loght rail gauge engine used to replace horses which the pizza and bar spot down the street was the coach house for these horses. We also found a tugs engine and shaft in the same canal. Both were taken by museums in Niagara Ontario.

[@mikep3180]

"not Munster but Munster"

[@michaellejeune7715]

Mike P Not Münster.

[@mikep3180]

Michaël Lejeune sounds the same

[@michaellejeune7715]

Mike P Lol There's a reason there are occasionally two dots on top of the u in German..

[@mikep3180]

Michaël Lejeune well for someone who doesn't speak German it's gonna be hard to tell the difference

[@hanskc3302]

Just look at this line like that: Не Мюнстер, а Мунстер. See the difference now? :D

[@Otokichi786]

Hans Gruber: Here comes a Police windup toy for our Antitank rocket. Hit them Gunther!

[@IR0b0tChicken]

I don't know if this has been talked about before but I think it might be quite interesting to discuss the France-Serbia relationship before and during the war

[@blxtothis]

It is largely not stated that Germany had a civil war at the tail end and after the First World War, a struggle of ideology inspired by the Russian Revolution with Communism versus Capitalism as a simple explanation. Those armoured cars would have been very handy, Britain used light tanks in Ireland as well as Armoured Cars during ‘The Troubles’. The early British Armoured Cars has day wooden spoked wheels which were soon found to be useless in action if damaged, soon unrated to cast metal!

[@raylast3873]

0:22 and that‘s where the Munster Family is initially from.

[@Bluehawk2008]

The most stereotypically (modern) German you could have found.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

IKR? Pony tail, beard, wearing all black. 😂

[@AndreasMadsen]

Wooohooo! German heavy metal!😎

[@corentinrobin3513]

Rammstein on wheels

[@MoveAhead101]

Munster is 40 km south of Hamburg, the bigger city Münster in Westf. is about 240 km south of Hamburg. It is close to the netherlands. Münster (with „ü“) is called „Munster“ on dutch to make it even more confusing.

[@amerigo88]

Synopsis of the video: The Germans had 20 to 40 armored cars, mostly on the Eastern Front. They frequently provided security behind the German lines. During a battle with the Romanians, the Germans assembled a combined arms task force that encircled the enemy. The task force may have included one or more German armored cars. In other words, a German commander rediscovered Napoleon's combined arms army corps blending infantry, cavalry, and artillery. Let me recommend David Chandler's masterpiece book - "The Campaigns of Napoleon."

[@Heihachiro504]

Samuel Thompson I read that as "The Champagnes of Napoleon" XD

[@amerigo88]

Pinot Marengo of 1800 was excellent. The Austerlitz Blush of 1805 was superb. The Hundred Days Special Champagne unfortunately ended in tears, but what else was to be expected in so little time?

[@Sajidun]

just wanted to say,i love your channel its the best on KZbin. Fun Fact: On the first ever day when you uploaded your first video,i watched it and i was the first 100 to subscribe. i Remember the day. Anyway keep it up.

[@ekmalsukarno2302]

A video on French colonial Africa, please. I promise you, your viewers and subscribers will be very interested in this topic.

[@books-qz7wo]

Reported as spam.

[@proxel96]

Id be interested, but they have undoubtedly seen this multiple times now (as have many of us). Spamming wont speed up the process of them making the episode.

[@taigen2348]

Shut up

[@oOkenzoOo]

Now THAT is call perseverance XD

[@GuzzyBear]

Ekmal Sukarno speak for yourself. No we most certainly are not all interested in seeing that.

[@acediadekay3793]

Did Romania (The soldiers at The Iron Gate in particular) have Armored Cars on their own ?? If so, is it possible for an Armored Cars Battle to have taken place, or would something like that be impossible to go unnoticed by the press??

[@AlinBaraitaru]

Acedia DeKay I don’t believe we owned armoured cars

[@acediadekay3793]

I believe Great Britain gave quite a few armored cars to Russia and their Middle Easteren allies, so the possibility is there. Then again, Romania probably wasn't as strategic important. But I do love the idea of a small country like Romania being the only ones in The Great War to challenge the Cars of The German War Machine with their own. :-D Greetings from Denmark and love from one small nation to another ;-D

[@AlinBaraitaru]

Acedia DeKay Love back at you!

[@jmantime]

Romania received 5 French Peugeot mle 1914 armored cars in 1915. The also produced their own car called the Autoblindat m1917.

[@indianajones4321]

Armored cars are cool

[@MsCharlesbets]

Mr.Nidel. I'm a huge fan of your videos. But I've always wondered: In your opening, what is the spear the man is carrying while he is wearing a gas mask on horseback? What is the whole story behind that?

[@Bruh-hq1hx]

I think that is a cavalry lancer and he is holding a lance

[@sununconquered]

"Mr. Takagi won't be joining us for the rest of his life."

[@YaBoiFetz]

I recommend everyone visiting the Museum. It's really really awesome

[@VladTevez]

Time since Tuesday seemed like ages...

[@VladTevez]

+wood1155 Because you are cynic...

[@talltree6271]

One word for The Great War series: EXCELLENT

[@gcircle]

"Not Munster. Munster"

[@ankureros6272]

"normal police, special car" seems ironically fitting...hmm....oops

[@glorytotheaprdeathtotheufl7917]

Ankur Nandi that translation is incorrect tough

[@comsubpac]

No, not really.

[@varana]

Yep, it's not translated word for word but it explains better what the term means - "Schutzpolizei" (protective police, from earlier terms like Schutzmannschaft (protective force) before _police_ became an international term) was the name for the "normal" police force, as opposed to police dealing with criminal investigations (Kriminalpolizei), paramilitary organisations (Sicherheitspolizei), and others.

[@jdgomez775]

And they say Germans have no sense of humor.

[@c.coleman2979]

It was special because it was stocked with frosted donuts instead of powdered ones.

[@flyeaglesfly1994]

“Leftist control, explicitly.” I like it

[@Bruh-hq1hx]

Or otherwise armed right wing militias vs left wing militias mostly made up of former soldiers while the official army doesnt do much

[@shitmagnet5136]

Great guys. Sincere thanks.

[@mitchhwatt]

Once again another awesome episode; however... ...in the last weekly episode (at 7:50), Indy said the German vehicles had steel wheels as they didn't have access to rubber And yet throughout this episode I couldn't take my eyes off the rubber wheels and the spares on the side of this car (and in all the photos). So I guess my question is "How did the Germans get their rubber after the war and in the early days of the Weimar Republic?" Loving your work and starting to feel sad that we only have 7 months to go :-(

[@baron_von_brunk]

The Germans got their rubbers from the same place as everyone else. . . CVS.

[@mflax4331]

Well 20 to 40 vehicles is not a big number. I guess they had enough rubber for that.

[@eoinkeane9289]

Hey Indy and team, I really like the channel because it gives great insight into WWI, I have one question, in one of your videos you mentioned an Austro Hungarian unit being sent to the western front to help out with the German spring offensive, could you touch on what happened to that unit, its objectives etc?

[@eoinkeane9289]

Steve Kaczynski I'm not surprised, but thx anyway

[@brokenbridge6316]

I liked how informative this video was. Great job.

[@CRAZYUNCLE117]

A question for out of the trenches. During the second world war my grandfather, and everyone in the county, were restricted from joining any military service because they needed people to mine the coal that powered the ships. I am wondering if there were any instances of this during world war one? Love the show, you guy are awesome!

[@mflax4331]

It happened in both wars. If there was some important job (for the war effort) the males were not send to the front. My grandfather, his dad and brother were working as lumberjacks in WW1 to build a bridge over the Rhine. My father was working for the railway in WW2. None of them joined the fighting forces.

[@ARIXANDRE]

Indy! Great video! Does the Munster museum also include WW2 vehicles? Are war museums respected or revered in Germany, considering they were on the losing end of two great wars?

[@CCfiftyeight]

ARIXANDRE yes, there are tanks from WW2 and later.

[@CCfiftyeight]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWioaq2nmd2Sg9E

[@petrameyer1121]

The also organize "Stahl auf der Heide". Steel on the Heather, basically their Tiger day. Card selling starts in April.

[@wuugaa6776]

ARIXANDRE I'd say war museums are respected here, as Germany puts great importance on the education about the war (especially on the "Never again!"), but with this in mind they feel somewhat different. They are in my experience (although I haven't been to all that many non-German museums) more focused on the gritty reality of war and on disspelling the glorification than on the somewhat abstract display of the tools of war.

[@ARIXANDRE]

Wuugaa Thanks for the insight. Are swastikas banned from these museums, even if for history's sake?

[@reblokha]

Babylon Berlin, the show set in the Weimar Republic, had one of those (2:19).

[@Gruntilda-Winkybunion]

i love the old german machines, i dont know why. i just love it

[@alekwojcik9030]

I would love to see these weekly episodes about wwii, when these about wwi are finished. Oh man. That would be awesome!

[@hetzertankdestroyer]

Imagine seeing one of these things coming at you with 3 machine guns sticking out of it. Must have been terrifying

[@MrPurkk]

Man... Indy looks rough

[@MrChuckdingo]

He looks like he's spent all night drinking Monster, eating Pringles, and playing Super Mario Bros. 3. I know, because that's how I spend my weekends.

[@hewefun4501]

Ich war auch schon in dem Museum, ich kann es euch sehr empfehlen. Es ist super!

[@PS-nf3xw]

does anyone recall ichabod crane (latest serial) by looking at the curator?

[@oddobojamujo]

My question for 'Out of the tranches': what happend to 'Out of the ether'?

[@schutzemiguel]

LOVED IT! MOAR PLEASE

[@hoangkimviet8545]

They are very big :0

[@xavien9854]

yeah like ur mum

[@MrChuckdingo]

It sure would be fun to carpool in one of those, huh, kids?! I'd be a real hot rod mama, wouldn't I?!! HUH!?

[@AFT_05G]

Germans were mostly efforted to production of huge amounts of artillery,rifles and machine guns instead motorization unlike Allies.

[@pnutz_2]

well I'm glad these armoured cars are On The Road and not bogged in a field somewhere

[@gaslightstudiosrebooted3432]

Forerunners to the Panzertruppen

[@Onebadterran]

What was fast food like in WWI? It existed as far back at the 19th Century in the UK with Fish and Chips, did it see any expansion or utilization during the War for civilians or soldiers?

[@Marc83Aus]

Fast food was when they put supplies in tanks to feed the troops whilst assault and battle was still ongoing. Outstanding stroke of genius not letting your troops starve for a few days waiting for the lines to be ties back to supply and logistics further back.

[@dumbasslazyman2248]

Steve Kaczynski They were invented in Devon

[@sk8terguy99TV]

Flo, Indy, there's a bunch of us in Romania that would love to share our stories about Romania's involvement in The Great War!

[@timflatus]

I'd love to see more about the development of tech between the wars.

[@omnissiah7859]

I am pretty impressed with his english. I am german myself btw

[@Remo_Nemo]

Best ww1 channel

[@superhavi]

Ja, ja, mach schnell with the tank things. Ralf must get back to Dancecentrum in Stuttgart in time to see Kraftwerk.

[@nicholasnewlin1138]

Indy's vest is so boss.

[@iBloodxHunter]

"for, so to speak leftist reasons..." XD

[@jamestang1227]

Hey guys... you try this new ideology called... C O M M U N I S M

[@Frexican54]

I guess they didn't have Helicopters for that back then

[@MisterUnknownSmith]

Munster, Münster or Munster? Were did I have to go?

[@stupidturntable]

Munster, not Münster. So due south of Hamburg, take the A7.

[@utkarshyadav8133]

hey guys I love your work ....its great , absolutely fantastic , i watch every episode of yours. I am myself a History student(and a world war enthusiast). Could you guys please make a video about the role of Indian soldiers on the western front who were currently fighting under the banner of the British Army.(the colonial indian army).

[@Owen_5505]

“Leftist control” lol

[@schizoidboy]

Immediately after the war there were Soviet style revolutionaries forming their own Red Armies and they were heavily armed including some sailors from the German Navy, so they weren't just running around with signs they were fighting small wars.

[@YouTubeSucks666]

that dude is a german nazie

[@rc59191]

We could use some of that nowadays lol.

[@thurin84]

re: wooden spokes. iif ist stupid but it works, it aint stupid. my grandpa (a patternmaker) worked on wooden tire patterns during ww2.

[@Nexfero]

I had no idea they had Lorries back in 1915

[@otakunthevegan4206]

Nexfero Lorries have been around since the early 1900s, Chevy started making trucks in 1901

[@WildBillCox13]

PIZZA! Pepperoni and mushrooms!

[@stephen9869]

I like this guys accent

[@MikaelKKarlsson]

Looks like it would be hötz and cozy in there on a sunny day.

[@varovaro1967]

No really, you guys just can not leave our lives after this show!

[@BigThree4Ever]

I know its a more post-war topic, but any chance a video could be done on the Tachanka?

[@acediadekay3793]

So... did any new information about the cars in Romania pop up ?

[@icecoffee1361]

Just wondering are you going to do a special episode on the RAF as it’s 💯 years to the day it was created ty all keep up the great work 👍🏼

[@Emtbtoday]

Nothing like the roller or the lanchester that even the Austin's nicer lol I love the mk1 Romfell that was built on a Mercedes Benz chassis it was a sport car so it was low and sleek with a back like a boat! It was redeemed to fit for use as it scared there poor horsys! Whoppy do lol couldn't believe what I was reading but then they built a mk2 Romfell based on a fiat chassis omg why!old but the Germans used them alot! My favourite being from Belgium the Armoured Minerva is my favourite and with being an armour modeller theres a high end company called copper state models who are bringing these high detailed kits out and all the history to go with them! That's the icing on the cake for me! Learning all the history as I build each of my models! Its amazing what I have learnt!

[@fritzschumacher6047]

I was there in 1988. That's a riot wagen behind them.

[@YamacKocovali7]

"Hold X to enter vehicle"

[@rmod42]

They were beat cops from a tough downtown precinct. It was armoured and packing 4 maxim guns. Normal police, special car. This summer on HBO.

[@morbid1.]

Machine gun for riot control :D well definitely no riot after using it.

[@TheChuckwagonLite]

Were there hurricanes during the war? If so, did they affect Atlantic shipping

[@stupidturntable]

"Munster, not Münster." Two different towns, ca 3 hours apart by car. Munster is due south of Hamburg, so take the A7 from there. :-)

[@eisenkrieg553]

That man, is the most West German man I've ever seen. Period.

[@secretbaguette]

Amazing German humor there. Normalpolice-specialcar

[@KonradvonHotzendorf]

That's mistranslation Federalpolice Special car

[@panzerabwerkanone]

Which armor museum grooming is more epic? Ralf Raths's pony tail or David Fletcher's mustache?

[@TaoQiBao]

The Great War on The Road sounds like a Mad Max movie

[@T-H-E-H-A]

OOOOO YEEEEEEE, THE TURTLE NECT GUY

[@Jedi1MK]

Romanians salut you ! :)

[@lukegrech9714]

Hey you should make a video about the Medditeranean Nurse(Malta).

[@andrewclayton4181]

Wooden spokes were not uncommon at that time. I've seen British steam lorries from that era fitted with them.

[@JohnnyReb]

The German guy looks like he belongs in a "Die Hard" movie.

[@bloodravenist]

it just works

[@Emtbtoday]

Theres actually footage of the British using lee Enfields to ram through the spokes on the wooden spokes on these to see if they can immobiliser them! And yeh it worked! The videos on KZbin!

[@williamprince1114]

Amazing those two halves survived being scrapped and recycled in WW2.

[@darknice10]

Reminds me of Babylon Berlin

[@fritzschumacher6047]

When I was there, it was an older man, probably WWII vet.

[@choysakanto6792]

Rise of Nations, anyone?

[@ks4431]

What's up everyone

[@GRBoi1993]

1:41 based

[@mrperson0140]

Not really a fan of armored cars in BF1. It's cause they are so easy to destroy.

[@oneman900]

In 1914, the first ones to build armoured cars and trains were the Belgians..

[@anibalortizmorales117]

excellentc armored cars