Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik: The Flying Tank

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[@megaprojects9649]

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[@DimBeam1]

AG1 Absolute Garbage 1

[@marcbeebee6969]

Hey pilot fact boy. Do you know Lucas and his daily Dose of aviation?

[@johnwolf2829]

Sounds like we are running out of "Mega" projects, time to get back to Space? Or maybe Iceland's Geo-Thermal heating, its currently a thing. Or maybe the factory in the Amazon that had to travel across two oceans to get there? If you want to stick to thngs that fly, how about the US Navy Blimps of WW2 and especially the Hangers they had to build to house them in. That was a BIG one.

[@danstenger1]

The things people will do to not eat kale...

[@mikearmstrong8483]

Simon, it's a very good video (at least in my personal opinion). Since even you (in all your glory 😉) cannot be an expert at everything, please allow me to enlighten you on one minor little detail; the concept of a dedicated ground attack all metal monoplane actually arose over a decade earlier than stated. The German Junkers company had begin testing all metal monoplane combat aircraft as early as 1916, with an all metal biplane for ground attack entering service that same year, and an all metal monoplane for ground attack was introduced at the start of 1918. The US began investigating the possibility of acquiring all metal monoplanes for ground attack by looking at the Junkers-Larsen JL-12 in 1921, which was armed with 28 downward firing guns, but it proved to be unsuccessful and was not adopted for service use.

[@mattsiede443]

I would love to see a mega project done on a plane that came just a little too late in WWII... That plane was the p-61 Black Widow! My grandfather flew one towards the end of WWII.... it was an incredible night fighter.

[@brianmichaelseymour6913]

Yes. And since I can't find much, I'd love to see Simon cover the Black Widow compared to the P-38 Lightning. Both uniquely designed aircraft, iconic and lethal. Outsider view would be the difference is the 61 being designed for "night fighting". Would love more insight.

[@megaprojects9649]

Cool. I'll check this out!

[@tbone007princess]

@@megaprojects9649 Please!!! It was I believe the most expensive fighter of WW2 but came in right at the end. Really cool technology in it

[@stanhogenelst2555]

@@megaprojects9649 Also would love to see a video on the eurofighter Typhoon. It's the European approach to air supperiority fighters and is in many ways as revolutionaire as alot of modern stealth fighters.

[@glennpeterson1357]

Matt, same as my grandfather too! He flew P-61s and P-38s night fighters in the Pacific. Was your grandfather in the Pacific or European theatre? Fun fact, the 3-seat P-61 was the biggest prop aircraft to get the “P” (pursuit or fighter) designation.

[@Egg.335]

I wish one day simon makes a video about the douglas dc-3 . It changed aviation into what we know today.It is still flying commercially from 1935 and it would never be retired...

[@37nezy]

Turbo prop conversions are done near my house. See them out testing often enough. Amazing airplane

[@megaprojects9649]

I will.

[@jeebus6263]

It would be sweet to re-start production of some classic plans (or other classic vehicles)

[@melangellatc1718]

Truism....

[@grahvis]

When I was a kid I had a framed photo of a DC1 on my bedroom wall. It was titled as the latest Douglas luxury airliner.

[@anydaynow01]

A mega project of the evacuation of the Soviet war industry and the workers to the Urals would be pretty awesome

[@Laura-S196]

I second that.

[@causewaykayak]

Me too !

[@nikolairubinskii6450]

7:15 different variants carried VYa-23, ShVAK or NS-37 cannons and rear machine gun could be 12.7mm UBT or 7.62mm ShKAS. My grandad was a gunner on IL-2.

[@larryowsowitz2274]

My buddies who flew A-10s used a tactic call “Circle the Hogs” similar to the “Circle of Death “ tactic described in the video.

[@FusionAero]

They Circled the Wagons in frontier days too. The circular tactic of closing with, and taking your best shot at the enemy, then peeling off to guard the retreat of your cohort ahead of you, dates at least back Saladin and the Arabian Horsemen he commanded against the Crusaders. Done right, the sustained level of attack and low casualty rate makes it hard to beat. Another nom de guerre it has is the "Pain Train."

[@zyoninkiro]

Ah, the Warthog's Russian granddaddy. The Sturmovik is a cool plane. It may not be elegant but it did its job in a very Russian fashion.

[@Z-V-Odessa]

Well said

[@bigtuna5030]

Hi Simon, should definitely do a megaprojects on either the battle of Kursk, or the Kursk submarine itself both great history, one can be filled with melancholy, the other filled with sorrow for the men in the soviet navy fleet who lost their lives

[@waikatowizard1267]

his warographics? Channel would be a good one to do the battle of Kursk. just to be a grammar pain, the Kursk sub sank in 2000, well beyond the Soviet union, so was a Russian navy sub.

[@megaprojects9649]

Good suggestions :)

[@chickenking111]

I would love to hear about the battle of kursk. Surprised I don't know much about it.

[@mikecimerian6913]

@@chickenking111 Try this. More than 20 episodes. Soviet Storm. WW2 in the East - The Battle Of Kursk. Episode 9. StarMedia. Babich-Design kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5DFm6iIesuImLc

[@bigtuna5030]

I'm currently deployed, and seeing I had comments and good idea comments..truly made my day definitely why I love being subscribed to this channel!

[@bigemugamer]

IL2 Sturmovik for PC, such a great game back in the day. =D

[@benherring4959]

What timing! I have been playing a lot of IL2 in VR lately and jumped on to KZbin during my lunch hour to see if there were any interviews with old IL2 pilots on here. What did I discover? A fantastic new video from my favorite British conveyor of knowledge on the very subject of this cool aircraft. Thanks Simon!

[@acid3129]

I had the amazing good fortune to be a passenger in a decommissioned il-2 3m a 2 seater version it was slow very sluggish but with those 37mm cannons it would have carried I bet it made a hell of a mess when it hit a panzer or a trench full of Germans

[@matydrum]

Did you know there was some suite successfull female il-2 pilots? Anyway enjoying il-2 in VR too! But I can't seem to do more than one hour of it, after that the head set feels heavy, I start to sweat from the fore head and just can't go on, so I'm keeping the track IR handy... I have a reverb G2. You?

[@matydrum]

@@acid3129 lucky you!:)

[@andrewrymell1]

Yeah, me too! Though, normally in the 109 on a quick mission, but do like the IL-2 missions, even if I'm hopeless at hitting tanks.

[@matydrum]

@@andrewrymell1 watch tutorials on "the air combat tutorial library" brilliant channel! I have a note book with a page of check list for every plane I make from his videos. His has some about hitting tanks with Soviet sights. Basically having a straight long we'll prepared approche is essential, if you rush it you'll screw it, and then if your gun are set at the right convergence, when the tank from the side is at a certain bracket on th sight you're pretty inclined to hit! So what's your head set?

[@mlgraccoon2311]

What a game IL -2 was

[@mlgraccoon2311]

@MusicMaster1987 it had no right being this good 😂😂

[@augustvonmackensen9785]

This is my final warning. Motivational speech does not come better than that when delivered by Joseph Vissarionovich

[@rickgrendel1]

I would like to see a video on the RC-135 series spy planes. They are pretty unknown but still to this day in use and important.

[@yeetyeet5079]

Is it the successor to the sr71 black bird

[@ryandoyle4357]

@@yeetyeet5079 successor to the SR-71 was probably a drone

[@shaunvduke]

@@ryandoyle4357 satellites

[@megaprojects9649]

Will check it out! Thanks :)

[@yeetyeet5079]

@@shaunvduke ok

[@Paul_Sergeyev]

"Encountering meager resistance"? Have you ever heard of the Brest fortress? There is a nice movie about that! A small garrison of the fortress took the initial attack of the german army and held out for a month whilst being deep in the enemy's rear. There were several accounts of soviet people just walking out in the streets with grenades. Several partisan squads were formed immediately after the invasion and didn't stop their activity until the land was liberated! One small fortress on the border held out almost as long as the entirety of France and much longer than most countries of Europe and you call that meager resistance?

[@horatio8213]

Brest Fortress defence is another Soviet myth created after war. Germans took most of Brest and fortress very fast. Only few days took to capture Brest. There were some isolated post defending itself, but not any significant to stoping Germans. After 27June there was no loses on German side. And movie is tottaly bullshit.

[@52202005]

This is an entertainment channel, not a historic one, don't be startled by the ignorance

[@52202005]

@@horatio8213 Absolutely. Another great myth was the failure of Operation Barbarossa to capture Moscow and to force the Soviet Union to capitulate. How would the Germans not succeed with such meager resistance?

[@tnix80]

If you asked most people what is the most produced plane in history they'd have no idea this was it or even existed. Good megaproject.

[@marvwatkins7029]

Yes, Stalin may have been the greatest motivational speaker in history.

[@Larken42]

He makes extremely persuasive remarks.

[@warisintricate]

Other than my favorite Austrian painter

[@jackryan4313]

@@warisintricate yea, I was gonna say. That one Austrian dude sure knew how to get a mass of people rallied behind the craziest things. I forget his name tho...

[@MyFaithfulSword]

Hitler wins that one. Stalin just killed a bunch of people that didn’t listen.

[@trevdagg]

Yes it is curious how threats of incomprehensible suffering can light a fire under one's ass

[@WildBillCox13]

The Il 2 (Eel Dva) was improved in the Il 10. In this form it lasted in Soviet service until after the Korean War.

[@OtterTreySSArmy]

Amazing isn't it that things like the Corsairs and IL-2/10s managed to find a role to play even firmly in the age of Jets?

[@ShadeAKAhayate]

@@OtterTreySSArmy A-10 is the modern IL-2...

[@SephirothRyu]

Man, the story about the guy who stole the plane of the guy who shot him down is just hilarious.

[@TheArklyte]

Many people for some reason don't realize that main edge of IL-2 was production quantity. No matter how much armor you get, you won't become invincible. But when there's tens of thousands of CAS planes available they can actually do their job even if you can't get a reliable air superiority or hope for someone to destroy AAA for you first. And as bad as losing IL-2 may be and as bad as it sounds, it's just 2 men. And if they did their job, they could have potentially saved hundreds if not thousands of infantrymen below them who had a tank headed for them or were bombarded by artillery or would be assaulted by fresh enemy forces unless you destroy this truck column or so many more things that could have gone wrong for them. So as bad as some people believe(usually erroneously) things like T-34, IL-2 or ZiS-3 to be, you'd be extremely happy to have them around.

[@MickeyKraut419]

All true... but... thank fuck I was born a yank and fought in the 21st Century... proud disciple of the greatest religion of all Grunts the world over, the Gospel of BRRRRRRRT. A-10... Best. CAS. Aircraft. Ever.

[@ShadeAKAhayate]

@@MickeyKraut419 Well, since A-10 is the modern outlook on the same idea as IL-2, you can understand then how important were these aircraft to men on the ground.

[@Dank-gb6jn]

Stepanyan deserves a biographics episode if what you’ve mentioned is true

[@saulekaravirs6585]

Having studied the IL-2 quite a bit in my time as a WWII keyboard historian, I was quite interested to see if you came up with similar information to what I have found over the years. I am glad to say, that after watching the video, what I already knew matched quite well with what you found, even most of the stories matched. Well, done. We're either both correct, or both equally wrong. I love flying the IL-2 in the simulator sharing its name and as such have done what I can to learn about it. Accounts of how it was used and how effective those uses were seem to match in the simulator. Although having the ability to learn from my own "deaths" does somewhat improve my effectiveness, it also helps the enemy, so that should balance out.

[@Hackwild217]

The Douglas A-20 Havoc would be a good one, Pilots loved them and they where adapted to almost every role.

[@richarddoig1865]

My next door neighbor when I was a kid was a retired Air Force pilot that flew A20s during WW2. As a 12 or 13 year old kid who studied history all the time, he was a treasure. Thank you, Col. McKeever, for the impact you had on that young man, and your service to the world. What awesome stories he had , from almost sinking an American sub by accident, to providing air support during D-day, I will never forget. Thank you , Chancellor, for bringing back fond memories of a wonderful man!!

[@nikolaiboogaloo4592]

This makes me wanna play IL-2 again so bad

[@funfactor4528]

So go play it then

[@nikolaiboogaloo4592]

@@funfactor4528 wish I could friend but due to lack of backwards comparability on Xbox and my lack of VR and a pc sadly for me it’s just old memories much beloved memories but old none the less.

[@DeathMonkeys]

I mean War Thunder exists (same developer and many of IL-2’s flight models incase you didn’t know) and the IL-2 isn’t too far into it. It is on Xbox.

[@ShadeAKAhayate]

@@DeathMonkeys War Thunder is from different developers, and its flight modelling is, albeit using a more complex physical model, is undermodelled in each specific aircraft. The newer Battle of Stalingrad has both the even more complex physics engine and much finer tuned specific models, but AI is severely lacking and scalability isn't there.

[@StarScapesOG]

Simon, could you please consider doing a video (or videos) on either Bagger 288/293 and or Bingham Canyon Copper mine? They are both the largest in their respective categories.

[@scotstanger1927]

I would also recommend the bingham canyon copper mine.

[@greyphantom1000]

There is one of these at the Pima Air Mesuem, gonna see it this weekend!

[@snjert8406]

What a cool plane. Awesome video, thanks, Simon and crew!

[@michaelpipkin9942]

Can you do the history of The Thunderbirds? Not the TV show, the AIRSHOW! The aircraft are always evolving, the history is decades long, tragic, and they've entertained millions. Thank you from Nellis AFB, home of The Thunderbirds!!

[@Joze1090]

The thunder-cougar-falcon-bird you say?

[@oilczar]

Wow. N. Korea ought to love these!

[@IANF126]

sideprojects idea: the largest guns ever fitted/fired from planes. there's at the very least some prototypes with guns as big as like 100mm or so, might be 103, but idk what was ever built/fired.

[@massmike11]

There is a 105 on the hurc, and aversion of the b-25 had a 75

[@nikolairubinskii6450]

AC-130 105mm howitzer

[@amrastheluckywoof5524]

Somehow, the story of this plane reminds me of the story of the all-female night bomber regiment 588, also known as the Night Witches or Nachthexen by the Germans. Might be worth to look into this story.

[@louisavondart9178]

The Night Witches flew Polikarpov U-2 biplanes, originally designed for crop dusting. But yes, their story is worth telling.

[@beardlesshobo]

nice vid - thanks for all the effort you folks put into them :) I still the the forth rail bridge would be a good one. first large scale steel bridge, first use of underwater casons - an when we discovered the bends were a thing.

[@helpmereach45ksubswithoutvideo]

These videos is the thing we need

[@ignitionfrn2223]

3:00 - Chapter 1 - The flying tank 3:50 - Chapter 2 - Origins 6:30 - Chapter 3 - Specs 8:05 - Chapter 4 - Production 9:30 - Chapter 5 - Sturmovik in combat 10:30 - Chapter 6 - Changing tactics 13:20 - Chapter 7 - Rear gunners 15:20 - Chapter 8 - Air to air combat 16:15 - Chapter 9 - Notable Il2 pilots

[@RussianThunderrr]

Great overview! Thank you!

[@fateunleashed9680]

It's really ironic that War Thunder is where I was made familiar with this craft. I'd love to see you guys cover an episode on any of the sea of Simon shows you guys make on tank destroyers from start to modern day! Been saving up in War Thunder on my Russian tank crews for an ISU 152 and I'm ready to see how much destruction over 150mm of thicc tnt shell can rip through other tanks! Cheers!

[@b1646717]

Rumor has it the pilot that swiped a German plane never had to buy his own beer again.

[@catalintimofti1117]

angelic yield

[@RARDingo]

What's a "gallon"? If you are going to use outdated units of measure without the metric equivalent being displayed, why not use the "peck" or "cord-foot"?

[@MichaelEricMenk]

A guide to imperial units. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGjbXoV9m8ljj80

[@michaelathens953]

Just remember a hogshead is roughly half a barrel and one rod is 40 feet and you're good to go!

[@owenshebbeare2999]

@@MichaelEricMenk Just remember that US cave-man units are outliers: your gallons and pints differed from everyone elses: UK pints/gallons are about 20% larger...though we decided to join the rest of the world and use metric. Well except for beer.

[@Mrgunsngear]

Thanks

[@MrTexasDan]

I have concluded that one cannot say Focke-Wulf without a Uranus-like chuckle.

[@HeadPack]

Please do a video covering the Midi Canal. That was a true mega project in its time.

[@leatherindian]

This why I watch. When you say “or did they do it propaganda…” you’ve given us the answer. Yet we keep watching because you make finding out so interesting. Thanks!

[@specialingu]

nearly all pilots over claimed of all nations if you look at stats... its like 2-3 times more typically

[@Fortunes.Fool.]

There was a video game IIRC about this plane but I knew nothing about it, thank you!

[@Doc_OLDGUY_Savage]

It's amazing that one aircraft managed to inspire so many science fiction starfighter tropes. Salute. {After reverse thrusters.} "That was an unexpected move." Cylon

[@Jabba.Da.Hutt_]

I think everyone would love to see a mega projects video on the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, there is a lot about that amazing Aircraft, about the trials and tribulations and the success it had throughout its 30+ years of service.

[@everydayhero5076]

Here, here!

[@clarencehopkins7832]

Excellent stuff bro

[@jayare2830]

Future Megaprojects, Navajo code talker.

[@ben.turner]

You should do one of these on the Mosquito! Possibly the most underappreciated aircraft of WW2?

[@Solnoric]

It's been praised for decades as one of the best aircraft ever built. It's far from underappreciated.

[@jordanlewis3790]

One of the least underappreciated ww2 aircraft

[@IrishMike22]

Worst fkn insect to ever live! Fkn malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, itchy bumps, etc....

[@louisavondart9178]

Claims by IL 2 pilots of tanks and other vehicles, including ships, destroyed were fanciful at best. Even experienced Typhoon pilots had a success rate of less than 10%. German pilots had little difficulty in shooting these planes down, despite their amour protection. Erich "Bubi " Hartmann described how he would silence the rear gunner and then shoot out the oil coolers mounted under each wing. The IL2's engine would sieze shortly thereafter and the aircraft would crash when the pilot bailed out. He was very scornful of the quality of the Russian pilots who would sometimes fly themselves into the ground after having been briefly shot at. He once returned from a mission, having downed two IL2's, and the ground crew found that he had only fired 10 cannon rounds and so didn't bother to rearm the guns.Still, the success the IL2's did have was due to the numbers produced and not to any particular usefullness. Nice video.

[@petesheppard1709]

A very nice overview! And to see that there's at least one example still flying!! For a deeper dive, 'Greg's Automobiles & Airplanes' KZbin channel has launched (8/23) what may well turn out to be a multi-part series on this aircraft.

[@veljkosimic2793]

One video about the Night Witches would be awesome 👍

[@TheMrLollled]

Hey, it would be nice to see Sukhoi SU-47 with its back-flipped wings!

[@derkaiser9881]

I don't even think they've done a video on the X-29. I'd love to see the pair.

[@marvwatkins7029]

If Athletic Greens is good enough for Jesse Dallomore, it's certainly good enough for the ever busy Simon Whistler, the King of You Tube. (Such a busy lad, indeed!)

[@rayzielonka7856]

A hunk of warm Velveeta sounds good right now!

[@johnqpublic5154]

one thing you got wrong ; the wooden outer wing panels are actually heavier than the metal ones. the soviet union at the time did not have as advanced an infrastructure to make more of these outer wing panels. Aluminum sheets were imported from the USA and Canada for use in the Shturmovik. the rest was well done (and some good movie footage , too) Have a nice day !

[@vasilerogojan4520]

The best idea for Megaprojects: the russian network of trolls.

[@alyssinwilliams4570]

My fave soviet aircraft, love flying it in War Thunder

[@derkaiser9881]

Typical weeb.

[@owenshebbeare2999]

So you have no experience with them at all?

[@alyssinwilliams4570]

@@owenshebbeare2999 Well, lets see... I was born in the mid-70s, not in the 20s or 30s, so... no I dont have experience flying a *real* Il-2. I dont have experience flying *any* aircraft for that matter. what a stupid question

[@flexyco]

Have you tried the IL-2 sim series? Much more realistic than an arcade game like War Thunder. I mean ... the original sim is twenty years old now and was instantly legendary. Check out the newest version ... modern graphics, even more to do, very accurate damage modeling etc. If you want a real challenge (almost like DCS), you'll thank me.

[@alyssinwilliams4570]

@@flexyco Sounds pretty great; I suck at actual simulations, but I might look into it regardless

[@daanvanboven2428]

I would love to see a video on the F-15 with it's many variants. The Strike eagle version of this plane has one A-A kill and is was made with a 2,000 pound bomb.

[@NickysVibe]

Simon, you've found a new gear here. Your videos are always informative and engrossing, but your delivery here is adding a level of drama and intrigue that propels this piece to a dizzying height, far beyond that of a docu-short.

[@anumeon]

One has to wonder if the person delivering Stalin's telegraph to the factory managers said "The emperor is not as forgiving as i am"

[@benalberts1171]

Please choose one system of measurement and stick with it. (Go with metric)

[@gordonwallin2368]

Fun video. Cheers from The Pacific West Coast of Canada.

[@reggiep75]

03:59 - That dude is just chill AF.. 'Ohh I appear to have crashed! I'll just hold on, things will be fine!' 🤣

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

3:16 that alone is extraordinary, imagine literal Tens of thousands of these planes on Berlin, Kursk, and invasion of Manchuria.

[@KelticTim]

I just recently rewatched Band of Brothers, and ever since I’ve been just soaking up tons of WW2 docs on Curiosity Stream and The Tube, and of course right on cue the man that looks like a knob with a beard hooks me up

[@the23rdradiotower41]

The PA-48 would be quite the interesting topic

[@aakashpawar6195]

I always crack up at moments like 9:05 and Simon's subsequent reactions.

[@thefastestfastalive8315]

Simon please do Katyushas. I believe we'd love to know about them

[@librium68]

the 88s that "could punch through it's armor like a hunk of warm Velveeta"

[@jaysonchilvers8271]

Should do a video on the best ground attack planes, sturmovik,typhoon,thunderbolt,stuka and a japanese one

[@scaleworksRC]

I have the sim based on this plane waiting for me on Steam. Nice to have some history on it now.. I don't remember hearing much if anything about them in the past.

[@specialingu]

i spent years playing il2 :) its very good, and very very beautiful sunsets

[@scaleworksRC]

@paul menard I need to load it up and shoot those guns! Lots of dlc for it too.

[@cg9952]

some of those ads make me think about frogs emerging from my face

[@daveg5857]

I can say why the best combat flight sim is named after this beast.

[@iagosevatar4865]

'was waiting for this one ...

[@arminulrich2319]

Danke für das (bis auf das grüne Zeug am Anfang) informative Video.

[@theroberto4846]

Could you do a MegaProjects on the Eurofighter

[@timurryssuly305]

It would be interesting to see a vid about the machine that embodies the blitzkrieg: the Stuka divebomber

[@thefrecklepuny]

Re the Il-2 ''circle of death", apparently F-111F's used similar tactics in Desert Storm, where they used LGB's to destroy Iraqi amour from medium altitude.

[@johnforsyth7987]

Excellent video about this Soviet aircraft. Have you ever considered a video about the Beechcraft Model 18. It was in production from 1937 to 1970. How many planes are in production for 33 years? It was used for multiple uses over it's operation lifetime. Including training over 90% of the USAAF navigators and bombardiers during WWII. It was used by over 40 countries during and after WWII. It was also widely used as a civilian transport after WWII. Over 9,000 were produced. Please consider this aircraft for a video on your You Tube channel.

[@ncktbs]

i love a ridiculously similar the il2 and the warthog are

[@dugwolfe]

Simon. You mentioned the Gold. Star. Can you find out is any non Russian ever earned one. I believe that'd make a good topic to chase. Could be a subject that covers a lot of WW1 and WW2 historic anomalies. Who got the "enemy's" recognition perhaps. Good Biographics subject too. Did they swap allegiance maybe or just their mind? Just a thought. Bit of work for Danny or one of your other "cella Dwellas"!!!!! Loved this one. Always loved the Stormy. Got taken for a blast in one out of Greenham Common (Yes That Place) in 1983 at an airshow. Not to be outdone I also rode in a C5A Galaxy. HUGE! Never forget that day. Both planes were impossibly loud and it took me a while to get my proper hearing back. Thank you for this jaunt back to my younger days,,, not that I was ever a WW@ pilot, you understand!!!!!!

[@Kyanzes]

Anna Alexandrovna Timofeyeva-Yegorova (Анна Александровна Тимофеева-Егорова; 23 September 1916 - 29 October 2009) that's something. News of death was definitely too early.

[@crazywarriorscatfan9061]

Amazing aircraft

[@BestWorstGeneral]

At 12:52, talking about German tank losses, that’s s British Cruiser tank (not sure which mark - maybe 3?) 😂

[@thomasoberg1238]

Can you make a video about the Swedish fighter jet jas 39 gripen or the Swedish submarines the Gotland class and the Södermanland class?

[@Zakster90]

Do the SEVEN MILE BRIDGE in the Florida Keys!

[@timothyhouse1622]

The German Army met meager resistance. Yeah, that is debatable.

[@System0Error0Message]

while watching i got some youtube ads over your ad rather than at the start of the video. They added ads to your ad.

[@explorer1968]

Sturmoviks were difficult to be shot down due to their inner armor and were a success in psychological warfare. At least they were faster than the Stukas, carried a more varied sorts of payloads to drop off against the Germans and were more heavyly armed.

[@PortmanRd]

Wow! It literally was a flying tank.

[@hutt716]

The shapes charged cluster bomblets were not designed for shrapnel. They were designed because the rockets weren’t accurate so they could saturate an area with the shaped charged bomblets to penetrate the top armor of tanks and increase the likelihood of a direct hit vs the rockets.

[@melangellatc1718]

Should do a Megaprojects on Jerry Wilson (tankgod), the most awesome air traffic controller in US history.

[@therickson100]

Having done the second most produced aircraft in history (and, notably, the most produced military aircraft), Simon, you should now cover the most produced aircraft in history (by more than double)--the Cessna 172.

[@zachjones6944]

The 172 flys like a UPS truck. It's a good trainer though.

[@ralphallen5779]

Please pick either the metric or the imperial system of measurement - everyone can access an online converter- rarely an issue

[@ahmedhussein-ri7lx]

Simon can you make one about the laith and mill they basically started the dustrial revolution

[@Proxtor]

Video Suggestion for Megaprojects : Ripple Rock explosion in Canada.

[@samsantucci2222]

He seems very enthusiastic about athletic greens😉

[@mcdappert]

So i have an idea of a mega project. The twin creek flood control system. It is a series of 5 large dams that were built in the 1920's to prevent another large flood in Dayton Ohio that happened in 1913. Thats mostly all i know about it but i would love to know more. I have been to 4 of the 5 dams and you'll just be going along and there will be a massive earthen dam on a little creek and it makes you just say wow each time

[@mcdappert]

The one that i know the most about is the Germantown dam.

[@philscott7949]

Fresh music 👍 Lower volume 👍👍

[@kenhelmers2603]

Luv those war birds :) Thanks Simon!

[@fxhockeyrocks2]

In the flight sim IL-2 you can fly that beast and even with the elevators shot off has enough surface area to stay airborne