How Hans Ulrich Rudel Sank the Soviet Battleship Marat

[@matthewcaughey8898]

Hans Ulrich Rudel was actually very important in the design stage of the A-10 Thunderbolt 2 ( from this point on known as the Warthog). When Fairchild was designing their entry into the A-X project they consulted heavily with Rudel ( who in addition to his kill total had been shot down quite a few times too). Rudel had basically told Fairchild what was needed he thought for a superior tank buster. He was the one who advocated for the central mounted gun and the titanium bathtub to protect the pilot. Todays A-10 survivability is a direct result of consulting with Rudel. Sure he might have been an unrepentant Nazi but he knew more about ground attack in actual battle then any designer could have ever imagined.

[@showtime112]

A man with such an experience was certainly a valuable advisor. Thanks for the comment!

[@MDsteeler1]

That’s awesome! I had no idea Rudel was involved in the A-10’s design. No wonder the A-10 kicks butt!

[@Parocha]

A small addition. Rudel’s autobiography Stuka Pilot was required reading for most, if not all, of the engineering and design team of the A-10. The powers that be really wanted to give those responsible for the design and manufacture of the Warthog the greatest possible idea of what was needed in a CAS aircraft… and who else to teach them than the greatest there ever was? If you are going to design an airplane intended to destroy Soviet armor, what better than to consult with the one who did it the most? 😊

[@shaider1982]

I think the only source of that was Rudel and Pierre Spery, a Fighter Mafia/reformers guy. This probably is fake news as no sane USAF persobnel will give access to sensitive info to an Ex-Nazi with friends possibly in argentina.

[@Denkmaldrubernacht]

Cool but he was definitely behind the times a bit. The gun on the A10 has been proved to be effectively pretty useless

[@jerrymail]

Some people flew thousand of missions without being killed, and a lot of others perished during their first fight. Things are really strange.

[@showtime112]

They are indeed. Although, once you are pass those early missions, your chances of dying are much lower.

[@trooper1198]

Napoleon had 8 horses killed under him. Some are not meant to die in battle.

[@ratagris21]

Kizmet

[@jeffyoung60]

One of Hans Rudel's fellow Stuka pilots was also a highly skilled, experienced, and capable Stuka pilot who excelled at destroying Red Army T-34 tanks with standard bombs, just as Rudel started out doing. This captain flew hundreds of successful missions and was also a tank-destroyer ace. Then the Luftwaffe introduced the Stuka G model, armed with two, 37mm Rheinmetall cannons. Hans Rudel grew his tank tally enormously with the Stuka G cannons. As for the captain, the Luftwaffe switched out his standard Stuka D model for one of the new cannon-armed G models. The captain and his rear gunner took off in mid-April 1944 for their first mission using the cannon-armed Stuka G. Both men were never seen or heard from again. That is an example of the sudden twists and turns of fate interwoven with luck, good and bad.

[@HarupertBeagleton-dz5gw]

Did people really reach 2k flying missions? According to Google the most combat flights was Erich Alfred Hartmann (19 April 1922 - 20 September 1993) was a German fighter pilot during World War II and the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. He flew 1,404 combat missions and participated in aerial combat on 825 separate occasions.

[@leovolont]

I'm a Boomer and when I was a kid I wanted to be a pilot, and I did solo when I was 16 and got my Private Pilot's license when 18. I read every book I could find written by Pilots, and so of course I read "Skuka Pilot " by Rudel. He wasn't a fighter pilot, but I got the sense that this is how a Real Man goes into Combat Flying duty. .

[@showtime112]

Thank you for commenting!

[@FELIPEFODAOBR12]

You are right, he wasnt a pilot, he was just a subhuman nazi pice of crap

[@Altruist-ambitions]

Stuka*

[@leovolont]

@@Altruist-ambitions Yes, "Stuka". You see the JU-87 Gal Wing Nazi German Dive Bomber had been Name Designated as being called a "Stuka". When I was a Boomer Child growing up, well, the TV Stations, to fill the time, would come up with strange Programming Ideas, and one of them was to show Combat Camera footage from WWII. They would do complete collections of JU-87 Stuka, doing bombing runs and getting shot down. It was all quite compelling, and so it was that I remembered that JU-87s were called Stukas. Also, the plastic model airplane boxes all spelled out STUKA on the front their boxes big and bold. Then there was the book "Stuka Pilot" by Hans Rudel, the most famous JU-87 to survive the War.

[@imcustomized]

A 'thumbs up' for this because, finally, someone on KZbin knows the difference between 'sank' and 'sunk'.

[@showtime112]

I don't believe I have ever received a thumbs up for grammar alone but I'll take it, thank you! :)

[@rainbowseeker5930]

Present tense : to sink....Past: He SANK the ship...Past Participle: The ship was SUNK by a Stuka.

[@offshorequest]

I had read about Rudel's expertise with the Stuka before but did not know about him sinking the Marat. Thanks !

[@showtime112]

That's what really distinguished him. Thanks for the comment!

[@tekis0]

Rudel was "the ace's ace"! I read "Stuka Pilot." I enjoyed it immensely. Rudel was consulted by the builders of the A-10 "Warthog" ground attack aircraft. That's how much he was respected.

[@pierre5473]

he has never been a consultant for USA constructors

[@Thorr-kl6jl]

I first read Rudel's book "Stuka Pilot" in about 1968. Dang! I was impressed. When I was a little kid, my Dad took me to the Chicago "Museum of Science and Industry", where they had an actual Junkers Ju-87 "Stuka" on display. A few other interesting books: "Stuka Pilot-Hans Ulrich Rudel", by Gunther Just "Suka - Ju87", by Alex Vanags-Baginskis "Junkers Ju-87 Stukageschwader of the Russian Front", by John Weal "Memoirs of a Stuka Pilot", by Helmut Mahlke

[@FELIPEFODAOBR12]

He was also a nazi war criminal

[@Kaiserzeit1871]

Incidentally, the A-10 Thunderbolt is based on the design plans of the Junkers "Schlachtflugzeug". The similarity of the aircraft is unmistakable.

[@blaumupi]

Rudel was a dirty Nazi! During and after the war! There is nothing to amire!

[@biffphuddle6581]

He was awarded the Knights Cross in Gold with oakleaves, swords and diamonds, the only German Officer to ever recieve that award.

[@showtime112]

It looks like they invented that decoration especially for him.

[@timonsolus]

​@@showtime112: The Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Goldenem Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten) was instituted on 29 December 1944. This medal was the highest level, originally intended for the 12 most distinguished servicemen in the entire German armed forces after the war ended. Six sets of Golden Oak Leaves were manufactured, each consisting of an A-piece, made of 18-carat gold with 58 real diamonds, and a B-piece, made of 14-carat gold with 68 real sapphires. One of these sets was presented to Hans-Ulrich Rudel on 1 January 1945; the remaining five sets were taken to the palace of Schloss Klessheim in Austria, where they were captured by US forces at the end of the war.

[@KurtZorch]

And he was a 1st Class Nazi swine.

[@taylorc2542]

@@timonsolus Do they know Rudel's is?

[@timonsolus]

Who’s “they”? And do they Rudel’s is what?

[@nickhaynie5980]

Rudel's rear gunner and radioman, Erwin Hentshel,drowned in the Dneiper River while they attempted to swim across to avoid captivity after they were shot down. He was the most decorated enlisted man in the luftwaffe as he was with Rudel for over 1400 missions over a span of 2 years

[@jah886]

he did not drown in the river; he and another crew were captured by Soviet troops. from their words it became known that when they reached the river, the rudel abandoned them and swam across the river. they couldn't do it because they didn't have that kind of physical training. in Rudel's book it is written that they met Soviet soldiers and were forced to flee, but in fact they did not meet anyone on the road to the river. They stayed on the left bank of the Dniester for a day from 03/20/1944 to 03/21/1944.and this liar also describes how he met Soviet soldiers (mistaking them for Romanians) and one of the soldiers was armed with a PPSh and Rudel managed to escape, considering that they were in close contact (one of the soldiers took a revolver from Rudel and a holster) how much time do you think Do you need to throw a PPSh and make a long line? this will take 1-3 seconds. How far could a rudel run in such a time?

[@FaithnGod1558]

@@jah886jealous much little one? 😂🤣😂🤣

[@glennhansel9411]

Correct, Hentshel died during his attempt to swim across the river.

[@AndrewGivens]

@@FaithnGod1558 I don't think jealousy is the correct counter-'accusation' to level. Be reasonable in your retort, sir. But, we must accept, that this inidividual is far from the only one to harbour some degree of doubt about the veracity of Rudel's accounts, be it in part or in whole and to what degree. It's hardly our place to act butthurt on behalf of a dead Nazi now, is it?

[@Jamespwickstromw]

@@glennhansel9411 german top aces would never surrender willingly to the soviets, most had a bounty on their heads placed by Stalin too so they probably knew what fate awaited them. The Dnepr is one of the widest rivers in the world at certain places, it must be very very tough to swim across.

[@bjornsmith9431]

Han Ulrich Rudel was advisor on the AT 10 Warthog Aircraft, a staunch Anti USSR Communist Nazi till the end of his life, He was also an Aces with 9 air to air victories, not bad for Ju 87 Stuka anti tank aces.

[@swenhtet2861]

He mostly got those air to air kills while flying a 190.

[@showtime112]

I might cover some of those aerial victories in the future. Thanks for another comment!

[@brianwilliams3345]

He was not a Nazi. He was German.

[@showtime112]

@@brianwilliams3345 Those two things are not mutually exclusive 😁 And yes, he was a Nazi, unfortunately.

[@GregorSass-Ranitz]

​@@showtime112If anything, then a National-Socialist.

[@Gerd93.5]

He lost a leg and still flew.

[@Parocha]

You might want to read about Douglas Bader 😁

[@donnerwetter4753]

@@Parocha yes and he got a new plastic leg near Baden-Baden, where he was shut down,

[@gustavozuviria4452]

He instructed my father how to fly air to ground misiones in the Argentinian Air Force

[@showtime112]

Thanks for sharing!

[@MrSGL21]

that might explain the Argentine AFs successes in low level Bombing of British ships during the Falklands war.

[@rgscherbak]

@@MrSGL21 Probably not the same generation because Rudel lived in Argentina in the late 40s, most probably falkland-era argentinian pilots were trained by israel (Giora Epstein and some others)

[@rainbowseeker5930]

Rudel, Galland, Baumbach were some of the most decorated Luftwaffe pilots who emigrated to Argentina in the late'40s and early '50s. When West Germany grew stronger around 1960, most of these war aces returned to their fatherland.

[@i.setyawan]

Great video! This features two of my favourite WW2 aircraft: First, the Stuka... which, despite its weaknesses, is for me the most sinister-looking, gnarly aircraft. Second, the I-16... which I find to be one of the cutest WW2 aircraft for its stubby body (along with the Brewster Buffalo). Also, this video gives me more information of the exploit of Rudel, one of the most famous German WW2 pilots of which I admitedly know very little. Keep up the good work!

[@showtime112]

Not many people consider I-16 their favorite 😁 But it is certainly iconic. I should do a video which focuses on this plane someday. Maybe something from the Spanish Civil War.

[@Parocha]

@@showtime112That would be interesting… air combat in that period is certainly a topic that would benefit from deeper coverage

[@Pushing_Pixels]

I also have a soft spot for the I-16. It just looks like the most unlikely fighter, as if it almost shouldn't fly, but in its day it was advanced. Too bad that day was several years before Barbarossa.

[@redblack8414]

@iwansetyawan8678 Rudel was the most decorated German soldier of WW2.

[@thedevilneveraskstwice7027]

In military history I-16 case is actually a textbook example of "rest on one's laurels" action driven by politics. Sad story ngl.

[@MDsteeler1]

I’ve always wanted someone to do a video on Rudel & the Marat. Showtime delivers once again!

[@ghostb9339]

Incredible story! Big thanks to you for this reenactment.

[@showtime112]

Agreed! Thank you for watching!

[@PaulFurber]

Hans Rudel was a legend. Stuka Pilot is a classic of wartime aviation literature.

[@bc2578]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKXZoHt8mdCif5Y

[@FELIPEFODAOBR12]

Nazi literature

[@PaulFurber]

@@FELIPEFODAOBR12 Naah. Just a tale of a man in combat.

[@FELIPEFODAOBR12]

@@PaulFurber a man who never rejected the sick nazi ideology and who openly was butthurt for his military defeat to the point not only he was openly defending german warcrimes well into the 1970's but he also called JFK a "manlet" and a "coward" for not been willing to "kill the sub-human slavs" during the cuban missile crysis... yea... quite a nice guy...

[@anatoleondulet4881]

PropagandaStaffeln.

[@juancarlosperezcortes9259]

Outstandig. Not all aerial warfare stories are dogfight related. Great chapter

[@showtime112]

Thanks! I certainly agree about non-dogfight stories. You know that saying about which pilots make movies and which make history 😁

[@donparker1823]

Great story. I couldn't help comparing the JU-87 with the SBD. Both super effective. The SBD was smaller but had nearly 3X the range and a bit heavier armament. The siren on the JU-87 had to be terrifying to people on the ground. Heard somewhere that the Stuka crews got tired of the screeching however. Very different dive brakes on the two aircraft. Both worked fine apparently.

[@matthewcaughey8898]

The “ trumpets of Jericho “ on the JU-87 ate something like 15 to 30 mph off the aircraft’s top speed. When they started running into fighters like the spitfire and needed better fuel economy they started pulling the wind driving sirens off the plane. On early models you’ll see the attachment point right on the top of the landing gear leg. Later model JU-87s have it completely removed. JU-87s worked best as aerial artillery, operating at airfields close to a front they could get up, get altitude and hit tanks or stubborn points before landing to quickly rearm, refuel and do it again. The SBD Dauntless was a late prewar design for a dive bomber specifically with a navy requirement in mind ( the USAAF did operate a few but quickly stopped when they went to fighter bombers vs dive bombing ). Being built to a navy spec it was assumed the SBD would need to be rugged, simple and have long legs. The radial engine was fuel efficient and simple. The retractable undercarriage helped to clean up the plane and designers added big fuel tanks wherever possible. The SBD was meant for long range over water flying where you might be flying 400 to 800 miles to find your target. The JU-87 was built for short range tactical use on land ( though they did build a Navalized version for operation on the unbuilt German Aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin which ended up reconverted for land operation when the carrier was abandoned after being 3/4 completed)

[@showtime112]

Thanks! SBD (and Pacific Theater generally) which will probably get some attention from me in the future. The siren sure had a powerful effect early in the war but I guess, it wore off after a while. And I can understand how it annoyed the pilots too 😁

[@thejohnbeck]

Below: "Oh God!" In plane: "oh Goooood (eyeroll)"

[@bobsyoruncle4583]

I've heard from former Stuka pilots that many of them removed the jericho sirens from their planes because the screeching noise was too loud and obnoxious for the crew.

[@worldtraveler930]

All the later model Jericho Sirens could actually be turned On or Off as the pilots deemed necessary!!! 🤠👍

[@julianlau5579]

Another masterpiece! Congratulations Showtime 112. Very excellent quality upload. Expecting more in the coming months.

[@showtime112]

Thanks Julian! More content is certainly coming.

[@marioacevedo5077]

Great video. I've read his memoir, "Stuka Pilot."

[@showtime112]

Thanks! It is a very interesting read for fans of military aviation.

[@Einherjar_17]

Excellent recreation using the Il2, excellent video, at minute 10:26 in the background you can also see Adolf Joseph Ferdinand Galland​, another excellent pilot and AS from the second war, what a beautiful photo, great video, greetings from Argentina.

[@showtime112]

Thank you for the positive feedback! Yes, that is Galland on the photo.

[@jeffyoung60]

The Luftwaffe shipped out a special load of very heavy bombs, 2,000-lbs, to be precise. That is how the Germans managed to sink the Soviet battleship, Marat. The Luftwaffe used a ginormous bomb and employed a Stuka pilot of exceptional talent, skill, and nerves of steel, Hans Rudel.

[@showtime112]

Yes, that bomb was about as big as a Stuka could carry.

[@redblack8414]

@jeffyoung60 The bomb was a 1000 kilograms bomb. That's exactly 2200 pounds, to be precise.

[@olegevstigneev5367]

Открою тайну ,там где стоял Марат нельзя утонуть.Там нет больших глубин.Он встал на дно и стрелял по немцам из оставшихся орудий.

[@AndrewGivens]

This is the same weapon they issued to X Fliegerkorps to destroy the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious in the Mediterranean. The carrier survived this weapon, although badly mauled of course. The battleship? Didn't quite. Except, it did. It survived this bomb and a main magazine explosion? Remarkable. Very remarkable.

[@johannesfeigl5309]

Speaking of gonormous bombs.it was a 1200lbtallboy which capsizedthe german battleship tirpitz

[@silentsam44]

Awesome video , Thank you !

[@showtime112]

I appreciate the positive feedback!

[@joeperson4792]

Storyboarding on this really brings the event to life. Rudel is legendary. Though an enemy still he's respected.

[@showtime112]

Thank you for your comment!

[@herrinigo2034]

Great pilot, brave soldier and a loyal german.

[@guaporeturns9472]

Also devout Nazi

[@showtime112]

Thank you for commenting!

[@kaik.3428]

Rudel was a convinced diehard Nazi, even and especially after the war. I wish people would stop gloryfying him. He was a loyal Nazi maybe, but not a loyal German.

[@pierre5473]

and fanatic nazi even after ww2

[@slawomirwalkowski]

and nazi.

[@alwaysbvb2937]

Bester und erfolgreichster Soldat aller Zeiten. R.I.P.

[@fortusvictus8297]

I guess as a veteran I hear something else in the story of Rudel here: Rudel is an example of how talent is good, but training under good officers (who identified his weaknesses and did not approve him for frontline duty) and instructors is better. By this story, Rudel had several times more training time and flight experience than most 'new' highly talented CAS pilots, which seems to have paid off.

[@showtime112]

That is a very good observation. Talent can only get you so far and Rudel was obviously driven enough to become really good.

[@anatoleondulet4881]

A good mythomaniac also.

[@ivocapella4541]

Rudel é uma lenda na aviação de combate. Por toda dedicação a seu país foi o militar mais condecorado da Alemanha. Muito interessante seria um video sobre a versão de stuka que pilotou que possuia 2 canhões pesadíssimos para o avião destinados a destruir tanques. Parece que era bem difícil pilotar esses aviões.

[@showtime112]

Thank you for the comment!

[@donparker1823]

Thanks!

[@showtime112]

I appreciate another donation!

[@chrisanderson5317]

Rudel was a nazi till his death. However, he was fearless and bad to the bone. He was probably equal to an armored regiment in destructive ability.

[@thewatcher5271]

Worth Mentioning That He Was The Most Decorated German Pilot Of The War. Thank You.

[@showtime112]

Thank you for contributing info!

[@andrewmorke]

I liked your Prokoviev "Firebird" music selection.

[@showtime112]

That piece was just waiting for a proper video :) Thanks for the feedback!

[@timgosling6189]

Marat, a pre-WWI battleship, was only temporarily sunk and served on in the Soviet navy until 1953. Not a bad innings really.

[@showtime112]

WT recently introduced it and I knew I had to do this story. Thanks for commenting!

[@timonsolus]

To be precise, the forward 1/3rd of Marat, from the bow to the forward funnel, was destroyed in the 'A' turret magazine explosion, and the rest of the ship flooded and sank to the bottom of the very shallow harbour. The rear 2/3rds of the sunken battleship was refloated and used as a floating gun battery during WW2, and as a stationary floating training ship after WW2. Marat was renamed Petropavlovsk on 31 May 1943, and again to Volkhov on 28 November 1950. Plans to repair her in 1945-46 using the bow of her decommissioned sister Frunze were rejected. She never left Kronstadt Harbour again after Rudel's dive bombing attack, so his credit for sinking her is well deserved. However, Marat certainly fared better after her forward magazine explosion than her American counterpart, USS Arizona.

[@GregorSass-Ranitz]

Interesting post, thanks.

[@EdMcF1]

A ship named for a Swiss-born French Revolutionary, who was stabbed to death in his bath.

[@showtime112]

Yes, and the ship was originally called Petropavlovsk.

[@osvaldoruiz3826]

Renamed you mean ,

[@pablopeter3564]

GREAT - GREAT - GREAT- Just on target...100 % aviation history. I strongly recomend the book "Stuka Pilot" by Hans Ulrich Rudel. Thanks for the video.

[@showtime112]

Thank you for your constant support!

[@nudaveritas6322]

Well done Work!!! Brilliant Details and explanation...............

[@showtime112]

Thank you very much for your positive comment!

[@majfbr4742]

Excelente vídeo!!! Parabéns 👏👏👏👍🇧🇷

[@showtime112]

Muito obrigado!

[@branka1980]

Nice video 👍!

[@showtime112]

Thanks once again!

[@inthelionsden6335]

His autobiography, Stuka Pilot, is great. I've read it several times.

[@showtime112]

Yes, it is a must read for any aviation enthusiast.

[@bc2578]

Bound For Glory did a song about him called "Stuka Pilot," the video is surprisingly still here on YT, despite all the censorship these days........ kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKXZoHt8mdCif5Y

[@moss8448]

Nice recreation, well done. That's got to be one helluva feeling watching the earth rush to ya.

[@showtime112]

Thank you very much! I'm sure it was a huge adrenalin rush too.

[@jeffadams9807]

The Stuka Was The BEST Dive Bomber Of WW-2...

[@showtime112]

Certainly the most famous one

[@John.Flower.Productions]

_Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Goldenem Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten_ *The Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds* They were not handing them out to little boys sitting in their parent's house, playing on the computer.

[@750suzuki]

U R SOOOO Wrong!!!! I pulled one out of my Weakies breakfast cereal just this morning!!!! Mine is made out of genuine imitation plastic and has glass diamonds and rubies with gold painted swords. I wear it proudly while playing F-19 Stealth Fighter. 😁😜

[@archimedesfromteamfortress2]

9:23 looks like the average war thunder stuka player quantum leaped into Hauptmann Steen

[@rafaelaldana1503]

Awesome video!

[@showtime112]

I'm glad you like it!

[@infolover_68]

To think that Rudel always flew the slow Stukas (the dive bomber and the tank buster) and survived the war, it's beyond comprehension!!

[@showtime112]

Exactly. It must be a combination of skill and luck.

[@leehale5828]

For a really good read, check out Rudel's "Stuka Pilot." It's one of the best WW2 memoirs written.

[@williamzk9083]

I loved it. The mans determination affects you. It changes you and gives incredible determination.

[@markushuber214]

I have never heard about that battle before. Thank you

[@showtime112]

Thank you for watching!

[@rainbowseeker5930]

The Russkies have done their best for 80 years to keep hush-hush this story, not only for the sinking of their battleship but because it was another feat of that hated and feared enemy Rudel, for whose head they had put a bounty to be awarded to whoever got him down and out ! Just imagine: this guy alone busted 530 Soviet tanks during that 4 year war !

[@martinhietl8967]

Finde es sehr heftig das wir in deutschland davon nichts erfahren und erst auf englisch sprachige seiten müssen

[@henryshockem9242]

Does anybody know where a museum might be located , that has a Stuka? I would like to see one up close.

[@showtime112]

I believe there are only two complete Stukas in museums. One is in the RAF museum in London, the other is in Chicago in the Museum of Science.

[@henryshockem9242]

Hey thanks. My daughter lives in Chicago so I go up there three or four times a year. It's on my list now. Thanks again.@@showtime112

[@wiktorberski9272]

Really interesting movie (both plane and the pilot itself). Stuka - a terryfing weapon of Blitzkrieg. Deadly accurate. And probably the best known dive bomber ( I know, I am European)

[@showtime112]

Thanks for the positive feedback! Well, it was by far the most famous dive bomber in the European Theater. Probably of the entire war.

[@knightwolf3748]

Excellent work!

[@showtime112]

I'm glad you think so, thank you!

[@macleunin]

Imagine the balls those pilots had to dive vertically towards the ground and pull out at the last minute, the amount of Gs and ground fire.

[@showtime112]

Yes, and that poor guy in the back, imagine what he must have felt. You have no idea if you are going to pull out of a dive and you can't see anything.

[@stingingeyes]

The Stuka did have an auto-pullout, since most pilots would black out momentarily at close to 90 degrees. Not a bad tech for the 1930s design. I think the closest diver to the Stuka was the Dauntless, which was a ~70 degree diver and so didn't require an auto-pullout.

[@jeanhourdebaigt7782]

Thanks to your historical vidéos! Great job! Immersive and realist. A book of Rudel also exists: Pilot of Stukas ;)

[@showtime112]

Thank you for the positive feedback!

[@infantryattacks]

The Marat was severely damaged, but three of the ship's four main gun batteries remained operable. Soviet naval gunfire, including Marat's three surviving batteries, played a key role in the successful Soviet defense of Leningrad.

[@showtime112]

True, thank you for contributing!

[@georgefox4982]

The Marat was sunk but refloated and used again similar to some of the ships sunk at Pearl Harbor

[@infantryattacks]

The Marat never got underway again. The ship remained active as a stationary gun battery during the siege of Leningrad. The depth of the water was too shallow for the ship to sink.

[@sixtosilxtra4842]

What a crazy and extreme experience to be part of....

[@showtime112]

It was a pretty intense combat, that's for sure.

[@alexejf3826]

Ihr Untergang wird gemeinhin dem Stuka-Piloten Oberleutnant Hans-Ulrich Rudel von III./StG 2 zugeschrieben, aber Rudel warf nur eine der beiden Bomben ab de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marat_(Schiff)

[@showtime112]

Yes, but have you checked the book that Wikipedia quotes as the source? I did and there absolutely no mention in it of another bomb that hit Marat or any other pilot names. Which doesn't mean that it's not true, other bombs might have hit as well. But I didn't mention it as there don't seem to be any details about it.

[@istoppedcaring6209]

he also refused to allow american soldiers to grab his medals as he had landed on their base out of his own volition and refused to speak to anyone under a certain rank, which was smart though potentially suicidal

[@showtime112]

You can say what you want about him but he certainly wasn't fearful.

[@antonkobler7880]

Bravo sehr gute Verfilmung 👍🤗👏

[@showtime112]

Thank you very much for the positive comment!

[@tapio4142]

Thank You again.

[@showtime112]

Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@fredericoeusebio9770]

these guys are a product of their time... even the bad ideologies can produce some fine man to fight for it.

[@showtime112]

Yes, we sometimes judge people from our point of view but who knows how we would have turned out under such circumstances.

[@eduardodeandres3864]

Qué bueno, el vídeo,la música,la ambientación,la documentación. ¡ gracias!

[@showtime112]

Thank you very much for the positive feedback!

[@Tiagomottadmello]

Nice vídeo ! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@showtime112]

Thank you very much!

[@kaycey7361]

Hans Ulrich Rudel... He drinks only spruddel. ..

[@showtime112]

😁

[@0Turbox]

And after it, he eats strudel ;)

[@hc1653]

A great pilot who helped nazi criminals. Why did he settle in Argentina after the war instead of helping rebuild Germany?

[@UberDurable]

What a legend.

[@anatoleondulet4881]

What a mythomaniac !

[@raulduke6105]

His medals were sold 10-15 years ago I’d Love to know what they sold for

[@derin111]

He was probably very lucky that he missed out on the early war in the West and particularly the Battle of Britain because the RAF fighters took a huge toll on Stukas.

[@Thorr-kl6jl]

You would be interested to read a book by a Luftwaffe "Stuka" Pilot, who flew in the "Battle of Britain". "Memoirs of a Stuka Pilot", by Helmut Mahlke

[@Alonenotlonely000]

@@Thorr-kl6jl I was surprised how good Mahlke's book was.

[@Фердинанд-ш5у]

Ас ест ас! Рудель был профессионалом!

[@mjlotus]

I read his book Stuka Pilot, and the sinking of the Soviet battleship was one of the most thrilling things I have ever read.

[@showtime112]

Yes, that's probably the book's highlight.

[@steveclapper5424]

Me too!!

[@СемёнСемечкин-е1ю]

Не затопление, а повреждение.

[@ericfetz506]

My mom met him in A post office in Roseville, CA while he was working on the A10

[@showtime112]

How did she know who he was?

[@pierre5473]

He never went in USA! 🤣Did she saw hitler with him ?

[@ericfetz506]

I don't think the US govt would have included him in operation Paperclip.

[@luigi3574]

Muy interesante, no conocia esta historia de la destrucción del Marat y de Ulrich Rudel. 👏👏👏👏👍

[@showtime112]

Thank you very much for the feedback!

[@johnking6252]

Great story thx. I appreciate the knowledge. 👍

[@showtime112]

Thank you for the positive comment!

[@lilibethdoherty295]

Das ist sehr interessant.

[@showtime112]

Thank you for commenting!

[@joshuamitcham1519]

My german shepherd see's thumbnail- *blank stare as stukalied plays with flashbacks of Jericho sirens blaring 😂

[@jdsaldivar5606]

82ND AIRBORNE 5 hours ago I was waiting for this...

[@showtime112]

As the old Chinese proverb says, he who waits sometimes spends hours waiting 😁😁😁

[@jdsaldivar5606]

@@showtime112 82ND AIRBORNE Thanks for the Promotion!!

[@gordonaverageguy9556]

Men in his unit disagreed - he was only one of the airmen that hit the ancient dreadnaught. Even artwork of the attack often shows multiple bomb hits, from other Stukas.

[@showtime112]

This might as well be true and it is vaguely mentioned in some sources. For example, Wikipedia. But the article quotes a book to support that claim in which there's no mention of it. I checked it. No other bomb, just Rudel's.

[@AndrewGivens]

Indeed. Standard Stuka doctrine when carrying out anti-shipping strikes - whether against moored targets or those underway - was for a stream of bombers to come in close behind each other and hit with as many bombs in as short a time. Partly this was based on the Mitchell demonstration of the water hammer effect, partly this was to limit the flak exposure for each aircraft and mostly to ensure the target was as badly hit as possible. The attack on HMS Foylebank in 1940 is a classic example of this; sixteen aircraft bombed the primary target, by flights or sections four or five at a time, in less than five minutes.

[@gordonaverageguy9556]

That's why it bugged his squadronmates - they all knew whose bomb hit first (of three), and for Rudel to stand there and claim he alone did the deed says everything we need to know about him. @@showtime112 BTW, I work at SDASM and we have (a) Showtime 112 on display.

[@rodsling]

The most destructive pilot ever seen on any war

[@colboysigmax]

Rudel's book is excellent and well worth reading. Sad that it'll never be made into a movie.

[@hajoos.8360]

Rudel is the most successful, greatest & most decorated soldier in human history.

[@anatoleondulet4881]

And greatest mythomaniac

[@hajoos.8360]

@@anatoleondulet4881 He was flying with one leg & that's no myth....

[@hidalgohouse3815]

I've tried looking..is he using iL2 sturmovik or war thunder for the video? I've never seen battleships in iL2.

[@showtime112]

It's War Thunder. Marat was introduced a couple of months ago so it was a chance to cover the topic. IL-2 has nothing larger than a destroyer I think.

[@grossadmiral1]

Der Tapferste der Tapferen! 🤚🏻

[@Combat_Jack]

Another well done historical video by Showtime112. Can someone tell me WHAT FLIGHT SIM was used in making this video? Thanx. J

[@showtime112]

Thanks for the feedback! This video was done in War Thunder.

[@MGB-learning]

Great video

[@showtime112]

Thank you for your positive feedback!

[@cartersmith8560]

apparently he flew a fw-190 D-9 occasionally

[@JK-zd1pk]

Rudel goat ♥

[@dharmendrasharma1458]

Great content as usual, but i wonder what was the kd ratio for the stuka in air combat.

[@showtime112]

Thanks for the comment! You mean how many enemy fighters were downed by their gunners? I can't remember seeing that statistics anywhere.

[@aaroncourchene4384]

I read somewhere that the rear gunner was mostly for"moral" 😅!

[@showtime112]

@@aaroncourchene4384 If you try playing the rear gunner in War Thunder, it becomes painfully obvious how limited coverage the rear gun actually provides.

[@feindkontakt5956]

Read his book, he and his unit won against several fighters several times in Stukas - they can fly very tight circles and the later version had cannons.

[@Wideoval73]

Very good historical video.

[@showtime112]

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!

[@jarikinnunen1718]

One hardly knowed battle in Gulf of Finland was Finnish and Germans attack to escaped Russian fleet, were sunken nearly 60 vessels. Naval mines, artillery and stuka`s was weapons.

[@showtime112]

Thank you for sharing! I might investigate that and perhaps cover it someday.

[@feindkontakt5956]

Evacuation of Tallinn

[@Northman1963]

The Stuka divebomber is the most iconic and beautiful plane of the war, in my opinion.

[@showtime112]

It is certainly iconic. Beautiful is perhaps debatable but weapon systems beauty often comes from just looking mean and dangerous :)

[@anatoleondulet4881]

Outdated

[@thomaswayneward]

A great pilot and a great man.

[@alex987alex987]

Might be worth mentioning that the "sunk" battleship didn't quite sink. Marat became a floating battery and continued lobbing 305mm shells at the enemy until summer of '44. When looking at Rudel's unbelievable score, you may ask "how did they count?" and "how does it stack up against Soviet combat logs?". The answers are "rather loosely" and "when an attacked unit can be identified and its Journal of Combat Actions can be checked, Rudel's claims are spectacularly inflated". Dr. Goebels needed his superhuman heroes.

[@showtime112]

Some sources say it did sink but as the water was very shallow, it was made floating again.

[@alex987alex987]

@@showtime112 Yup. Put another way, she lost enough floatation to touch bottom. Damage control managed to keep her on even keel with a number of compartments not flooded, making the subsequent refloating relatively easy.

[@MichaelMcKinnon-jf1yy]

He divebombed it, similar to how SBD Dauntlesses sunk the Japanese Carriers at Midway

[@showtime112]

Yes, that's the same basic idea.

[@vic19100]

After ww2 he was advisor with A Galand of the Argentine Air Forcr e during several years he lived in Argentine

[@sixtosilxtra4842]

Yes. And he use to ski in Bariloche, and took part in races of the Club Andino Bariloche.

[@showtime112]

Thank you for adding info!

[@Сергій-л9ф1э]

Вічна слава та безмежна повага велекому льотчику та бомбардиру!

[@genuinsanity]

Another great episode ! You never produced a bad one ! Good Russian pronunciation too ! .....I know , these Russian acrobats from nearby theme park would drop by once a week and get me drunk. You wouldn't know it by looking at them , super fit , but god they LOVE to PARTY.... Ukrainian guy too ..we are all friends and oppose the war.

[@showtime112]

Thank you for the positive comment and personal feedback!

[@CyborgHunter-T800]

What game is the video on Ju-87 from ?

[@showtime112]

You mean 'Five Things About Ju-87'? That one was done in IL-2 Great Battles. If you mean this one, it's War Thunder.

[@CyborgHunter-T800]

@@showtime112 in this video where the Ju-87 drops a bomb on a ship

[@sohrabroozbahani4700]

Before there was JDAM, and before there was CCIP... you just had to take the bomb's hand and walk it up to the target... face first... was there any pilot job guttsier than dive bombing during ww2?

[@showtime112]

Seems simple :) The only thing that might compare was possibly the German U-boats. Those guys suffered awful casualties.

[@KasumiKobayashi-d4y]

What ussr song did you use in the beginning of the video

[@showtime112]

That's Prokofiev's Dance of the Knights from Romeo and Juliet. You can find this version in the YT audio library as 'From Russia With Love'.

[@EdMcF1]

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It's Stukaman!

[@showtime112]

I'm not sure if there were comics about him during the war but had he been an American, there would have been comics with a similar title 😁

[@BR-kv5kj]

Merci beaucoup. 👏👍

[@showtime112]

Thank you for watching!

[@dominiqueroudier9401]

Dear friend, i knew only the biography of Rudel, but the attack story over Marat...no. I dont know hé was involved in A10 design.✌️ Sûre hé was an "experten" about tank attack and survivability over battlefield. Rudel's advices were certainly well listened.....now we knew all the fate of A10 although Pentagon watts to👎this warthog😢

[@showtime112]

That's where he first distinguished himself. The A-10 story of his involvement is really interesting. It seems that battle experience doesn't get old even after several decades.

[@dominiqueroudier9401]

@@showtime112 this is to say : ground battle with tanks never change since décades. Just tactics and new weapons improved by lessons of former battles