Insane Weapons Banned From Modern Warfare

[@brianflores6207]

This “having issues years later” is very real. My uncle fell very sick randomly and when we had a doctor look at him he showed us X-Rays of grenade fragments that were left behind from 1992-2021. He has had no issues until recently. The time in between he’s had a good life with a wife and kids. You could imagine the surprise he had when he learned he still had fragments in his body 30y later

[@torinpena288]

Regarding landmines, I'm glad the Hero Rats program exists. It's a handy, cheap, and more effective way of detecting landmines than metal detectors--they sniff out for the explosives and ignore scrap metal, and they're not heavy enough to set off the mines.

[@JasonWilliams-rb8ck]

Do you know how many sunflower seeds it takes to detect one land mine? Quite a few I'll just leave it at that.

[@MM-wf4nn]

How do you know that?🤔

[@christopherdewet2836]

@@JasonWilliams-rb8ck That's true....and a very acute observation. But it's also only the first step...now that we know how effective it is, we can synthesis the actual proteins we need from the seeds and mass manufacture it that way

[@JasonWilliams-rb8ck]

@@christopherdewet2836 we'll need to use squirrel protein it will be an endless cycle

[@JasonWilliams-rb8ck]

@@MM-wf4nn the tests have run!

[@patrickokeefe4603]

It is legal to use flamethrowers as weapons against enemy combatants so long as you do so either away from any civilian concentrations or when the enemy you are targeting is clearly separated from any civilians and you are taking reasonable precautions to protect civilians. Flamethrowers are no more restricted than any other type of incendiary weapon but most militaries choose not to use them as weapons because thermobaric weapons are normally more practical and effective.

[@esteemedmortal5917]

That, and I think the person operating the flamethrower had the shortest lifespan of any combatant on the battlefield.

[@DRAGONFLAIR2008]

I thought that they were banned for excessive pain to the enemy

[@patrickokeefe4603]

@@DRAGONFLAIR2008 They were never explicitly banned and whether or not the general ban on weapons that cause unnecessary suffering applies depends heavily on the situation as suffering that is unnecessary in one set of circumstances may be necessary in other circumstances. This means flamethrowers and other indicatory weapons would not ordinarily be covered by the ban on weapons that cause unnecessary suffering if they were used to attack enemies in fortified positions but they might be covered by that ban if they were used to attack enemies out in the open (although it might not be covered by the ban if there was a reason why using indicatory weapons was necessary).

[@DRAGONFLAIR2008]

@@patrickokeefe4603 also completely off topic but why can civilians buy flamethrowers???

[@patrickokeefe4603]

@@DRAGONFLAIR2008 Civilians can only lawfully buy flamethrowers in countries with lax weapons laws. It is unlawful for civilians to possess flamethrowers in the UK because of the UK’s strict firearms laws (flamethrowers do fall under the UK’s legal definition of a firearm) but in most of the USA it is possible for civilians to lawfully possess flamethrowers. The USA does have laxer weapons laws than the UK but it is possible that the people who write laws in the USA simply did not think to ban flamethrowers as there use by criminals is virtually unheard of.

[@mybunnyfuzz]

Our senior drill Seargent in basic training didn't wear a mask in the gas chamber, and was completely unaffected. He was a very scary dude.

[@rogercroft3218]

He was undead?

[@Cetok01]

My DI had us gather around, and then popped a CN grenade in the middle. I was in the back row, and got trampled in their mad rush to get away. So much fun.

[@ConBush1998]

There are people who can be unalergic to cs gas, he probably was.

[@peterkwolek2265]

@@ConBush1998 Indeed, in my platoon we had some that were tortured by the affects (could barely function), a couple seemed not bothered. I'd say I had an "average" reaction, extremely unpleasant but I could still see, take orders, and follow commands.

[@hsbg116]

@@ConBush1998 Or built a tolerance after repeated exposures

[@MR2car]

Small correction : The main reason Tear Gas is technically banned from Warfare is not because it's "unfair to incapacitate soldiers", it's because there is no way to separate it from another combat gas and risk escalation. If armies are allowed to use combat gas, then they are inevitably going to create stronger and stronger gas, which itself will inevitably end up in full blown chemical warfare, like we saw in the horrors of WW1. At least that's how it was explained to me, I'm not an expert.

[@Firenbrimstone]

That makes a lot of sense thanks for the explanation. Hope we never see that kind of warfare again.

[@knoahbody69]

I remember being told if you encounter nerve gas, inject the atropine in your kit. I asked what happens after that. "Wait for recovery". He didn't really explain what was going to happen. Nerve gas is basically a insecticide for people. I later learned about workers making insecticide and what happened when there was an accident. They were told to inject atropine and go down a chute to some kind of vehicle. They woke up in the hospital days later. The only thing I can think of is that the atropine paralyzes you and puts you in a coma so that poison can be removed somehow. The Russians have used nerve gas in Syria. Russians are war criminals. That was in 2010. In 2014 they invaded Crimea, and now we know what they are up to now. If you don't stand up to war criminals and terrorists, they won't stop.

[@theonlineanimal6009]

@@knoahbody69 Russians are warlords for a reason

[@reganator5000]

a combination of escalation and the reason all chemical weapons are banned- they aren't actually very good as weapons. High explosives effect similar areas with a similar payload, and by WW2 chemical weapon defense was so cheap that it was cost effective to just buy everyone in the country a set even without any evidence of enemy intent to use gas. I mean, gas masks are cheap enough that many major protests of recent years, there've been photos of civilians wearing gas masks to get round tear gas, and individual people don't have near the budget of an industrialised military. Politicians like to big up their cruelty so they can look good for conceding that they just don't work, but they started disposing of them even before there was any multi-lateral agreement. Which is not exactly how they reacted to nukes, which they see as waaay worse.

[@paleoboy]

And yet that makes much more sense from a practical standpoint than the “it’s unfair” argument.

[@trenerluka6726]

Banned until the war starts, just that then no one admits using them. There is no war In which some of theese weapons haven t been used

[@TomasBradvica]

When ever the war breaks out it rly shows the real face of certain nations and humans in general...we just throw out our old, friendly, system of values and just become horrible beeings who hate eachother and do nothing to prevent our minds from feeding with information that is making us even more poluted with hate...What makes it even more horrible is the fact that nothing is changed even in 2022...

[@peterlongprong7521]

chemical weapons are supposed to be banned in 1925 - yet: In 1997, the National Research Council revealed that the US also used chemicals to test the potential of biological weapons in the 1950s. Zinc cadmium sulphide was dispersed by plane and sprayed over a number of cities, including St Louis in Missouri and Minneapolis in Minnesota. and they are still doing it today. FYI: The United States Gov has 336 bio-labs located across the globe, and even though Co-Vid was an accidental leak, Humanity should aware this was an engineered virus by both the USA+China for the purposes of bio-warfare, information that was heavily censored by major news networks. Governments lie and the people suffer, in the end, it was about power & control, nothing less.

[@ayuballena8217]

what about the wars that haven’t started?

[@jp8430]

Agreed it’s only a crime if the side that deems it so comes out on top…

[@seasaw1405]

Wars are necessary It's the ultimate solution whose results is universally accepted. No matter how perfect a deplomatic solution or other solution method ,there will be some disagreement. Some will even think its unfair. So the last solution is war. War is fair, if you win you win , if you lose you lose . No argument can change that. Note: i don't promote war. You can win a war but you lose many other things like people, economics families,etc.

[@Domiplaysontheiphone]

Kastov 74u is banned in cdl but i understand it with insane ttk and high mobility its a beast still trying to find a tune that fits me.

[@maxmayermustermann4775]

Looool

[@mattmarzula]

My buddies' dad has two mason jars. One is full and the other gets added to every year. He was hit by a landmine in Vietnam that had glass fragments. It festers up in boils to this day. Sometimes he pops them himself. Sometimes he goes to the VA. Depends on the weather.

[@Sea-Keith]

Crazy!

[@ThataMiata]

@@CalebBermanhes not real

[@MrNecryptic]

@@CalebBerman Yeah a lot of people have, whether I asked them or not.

[@wetjeans2450]

@@CalebBerman dinosaurs existed

[@renakunisaki]

@@CalebBerman Renamon isn't a real thing I can marry, and you expect me to believe there's a god?

[@RJFPme]

My grandfather lost a lung to mustard gas in WWI . He fought until his dying day to get his proper disability payment from the Army. They claimed lost records to deny him his full compensation until he died at 94 years old.

[@KingBluetooth66]

What country are you from?

[@ibnyahud]

sounds like a great man the least we can do is remember these strong people every time we feel weak

[@FukcAUsername]

They did same to my dad. He had effects from Agent Orange in Vietnam

[@johnfairchild3421]

They Doing the Same to me have been for decades after Radiation Exposure and ptsd

[@bibitsang]

There no gevna convention in trollge universe

[@michaelmcdowell7096]

Not all mines got a delay. The step can set them off immediately but it makes tactical sense to have it go off in a unit or vehicle rather than the front.

[@KarldorisLambley]

no mines have a delay. it is a complete and utter myth.

[@michaelmcdowell7096]

@@KarldorisLambley to say none seems a bit far but id say the majority almost definitely don't. To think some don't have a bit more engineering to have a delay seems very plausible but its deffintly a Hollywood trope. Ill try to get back here if I can actually prove that lol. Edit: its just a cursory wiki check but the m16 mine has a delay. It actually may be more prevalent that I used to think. It makes since to have a delay if ur aiming for a vehicle's more vulnerable spots or in the formation of infantry and I figured if I could think of that somebody's probably made it, successful or not lol.

[@KarldorisLambley]

@@michaelmcdowell7096 I meant there is no mine with the hollywood click, then goes off when pressure is relieved. yes some mines have a slight delay. when i said no mines have a delay i meant the mythical Hollywood trope. it blows my mind that the writers for this page are dumb enough to believe stuff they watch in movies.

[@RockOrso2]

Invisible fragments seems to be the reason why Ceaseless Edge is a Dark-type move since it damages over time after the initial hit.

[@izoko594]

Did you just somehow connect this video with Pokemon?

[@vegetasayianmcanon6199]

Lel

[@binarytolkien6946]

@@izoko594 I think he did.... Impressive

[@izoko594]

@@binarytolkien6946 A true legend

[@Snapper314]

The notion or idea of "civilized warfare" or "allowed weapons" requires 2 things: 1) Agreements among ALL parties involved 2) Idiocy and Naivety

[@jacobdoyle8951]

It worked for the 400 years leading up to ww1

[@joserijalkasyasyaf9723]

Facts

[@niclon8699]

So you think trying to limit the harm and pain of war is idiotic?

[@johnstoddard4692]

@@niclon8699 no, we think that the attempt at pretending to be " more humane" when at war is idiotic. It's easy for the victors to dictate the rules of engagement. Why don't you ask the people of Nagasaki or Hiroshima if they believe in what the superpowers claim to uphold as far as not using inhumane weapons in war. Yeah right!

[@autistinquisitor9441]

These days it's usually based on the idea that if you do it to someone else, you open the chance for them to do it to you, and that is more effective at deterring WMDs than any laws

[@Sir-Cletus]

I like how it is fine to going on a killing spree but certain weapons are banned. Should they not focus on ending the actual war itself? If a country decides to start war with you, are you not going to use everything it takes to stop them?

[@Sir-Cletus]

@FlowThaEmperor But civilians die in all wars by all countries. It is only a war crime when a country loses such as Germany in WW2 and Russia after WW2. The winners get away with war crimes. I do not mean nuclear stuff but the other stuff that they banned which would be useful to stop invasions. If someone kicks in your door, are you going to throw cuddly toys at them or are you going to do everything you can to stop them breathing and hurting your family? The UN bans stuff but never actually stops war from happening. Why is that? Money.

[@listenhere1623]

If every country only had defensive weapons then there would be no war but people could still feel secure. I think it could be done by reversing current armament restraints and requiring all ships to be so big and bulky that using them away from your own coastline would be futile and make tanks so big they can't fit onto ships and so on.

[@g.williams2047]

The only country that gets prosecuted for war crimes is the loser.

[@mesmartgnome]

You don’t really understand warfare, do you?

[@bajingo1006]

@@mesmartgnome maybe instead of making a snarky comment you could explain to this person why their way of thinking is wrong.

[@stinkytoy]

"Geneva Convention? Forget about it!" *Russia taking notes*

[@mattvalin1958]

Exactly what I came to post. Or preparing to blame their use on Ukrainians/Syrians/Georgians

[@Khuugiz.system]

Also did you know that there is a forest filled with land mines. Its the Hürtgen forest and actually the Germans thought this will be the victory against the western allies but they even suffered from it and till this day some people still dying because of the unfinished clear

[@chrisferatu1793]

“The Convention on Conventional Weapons” sounds like something from Monty Python lol

[@TravisBerthelot]

Russian generals reviewing this video for ideas that they may have forgotten since the end of the cold war.

[@JoaoSoares-rs6ec]

Incendiary weapons weren't banned, some countries sign treaties, but not all signed it. Cluster munitions weren't banned, some countries signed treaties banning them, but not all, the US is an example they still use Cluster munitions. 11 and 10 are about the only ones that were actually banned,

[@Sea-Keith]

So they were still banned,just not throughout the whole planet,still happens today,certain things are banned in certain places,but not everywhere..

[@JoaoSoares-rs6ec]

@@Sea-Keith a banned weapon is a weapon banned to everyone by the rules of war, a weapon that a country signs a treaty not to use isn't banned.

[@jackwalker9492]

Exactly. They get alot of stuff wrong here lately, particullarly about the military. I was in a Recon Platoon (later called Scouts) in an Infantry BN. As a Team Leader I carried one smoke grenade and one White Phosphorus Grenade to use when breaking contact during an "Australian Peel." Sad thing is people are buying this BS. Thanks for clarifying it.

[@Sea-Keith]

@@JoaoSoares-rs6ec Like Nuclear Bombs,or Chemical Warfare..

[@JoaoSoares-rs6ec]

@@Sea-Keith chemical and biological weapons are banned for everyone, that doesn't mean one can't research or possess them, it's use is banned, yes they have been used before mostly by dictators, but still a war crime. Nukes on the other hand aren't banned, but their use is controversial, which is why no one has used them in eighty years.

[@vx1775]

I'll remember all this while I plan for WW4. Thank you infographics show!

[@cap1130]

What about WW3?

[@freedomgundam3305]

WW3 is ongoing.

[@Jius86]

@@cap1130 WW 3 has already started...

[@RADC.]

Ww4 will be fought with sticks and stones.

[@devmalhotra9841]

Easy said then done

[@0xEmmy]

13:17 I think the reduction in use of poison gas is less about the fact that it's a war crime, and more that it's just not very tactically useful to make the air itself hostile, since you can't exactly aim the random diffusion of gas away from your own troops, the way you can a gun or bomb.

[@theman946]

Used tactically, sure. But WMD usage has always been more about strategy and deterrence.

[@jackhemsworth7515]

@@theman946 agreed. It's the threat of the weapon not the weapons themselves keeping the world in check

[@Drakezius]

Morally, it is about the immense cruelty in the deployment of weapons designed to alter the survivability of natural forces towards humans that have absolutely no way of coping with the changes to their immediate environment. Chemical weapons are designed to drown humans in their own fluids.

[@theangledsaxon6765]

Well yeah it’s a war crime because it’s an indiscriminate weapon. Your own troops, the enemies, civilians… anyone

[@mondaysinsanity8193]

That actually goes for just about every warcrime tbh. Its more about higher ups reigning in troops than anything. Basically everything declared a warcrime isnt really a good idea strategically anyways

[@bobbyb9482]

I had a social studies teacher in Middle School who used to fly carpet bombing missions when he was in the Air Force. The stories he tells were terrifying. Miles and miles of clear jungle. Everything alive gone.

[@renybass1]

When in combat, soldiers try to gain any advantage over their adversaries. Although gas might be illegal to using during combat, I don’t think many soldiers would be too worries about the “it wouldn’t be sporting to gun them down while incapacitated” part, not many soldier do it for the fun or “sporting” of it. I mean if the enemy surrenders while incapacitated, then take them as POW, but if they continue to try to engagement even while incapacitated, then they are still combatants.

[@jackwalker9492]

When you assault across the objective, you shoot everything in your path, laying down, not moving or not and that is allowed under the GC. After you secure it and send out POW Search Teams, then its a war crime to do so.

[@dayontapout]

One of the reasons police departments and civilians in the U.S. are allowed to use hollow point bullets is bc the bullet has less of a chance passing through the intended target and cuts down on collateral injuries.

[@vape42]

Also non of those none of those entities signed the Hague convention. States and individuals are not the federal govenment.

[@BuddyX74]

No studies have ever been done to determine the effects on civilians and others concerning the use of hardball ammunition in warfare. Hardball ammo is effectively another type of shrapnel for everyone in the area. A ban on using non-expanding ammunition has simply led to increasingly powerful weapons to increase lethality, while increasing danger to everyone in the vicinity. It’s an outdated concept that needs to be abandoned.

[@ctakitimu]

A better way to avoid bystander injuries would be to use bullets as a last resort, unlike the USA

[@LightWeightHercules]

Lol and what about the innocent ppl cops shoot with those killing them?

[@jumanuman7311]

Yea and hollow-point transfers all energy to a person, whereas full metal jackets only transfer a portion since the bullet leaves the body

[@stevofinj]

I'm pretty sure "cluster bombs" aren't landmines dropped from the air as you're describing. They are bombs that open mid flight and release multiple little bombs that cover an area. Maybe I'm mistaken, but I believe you are incorrect sir. That said; I love your content, thank you

[@gritoitknight2662]

The issue I had heard is that no cluster bombs have 100% explosion rate. The left behind small bomblets can end up acting like landmines.

[@scottsharp3356]

It’s about children picking up the unexploded ones.

[@kishore16966]

Yes u r correct...i have heard about the same, they used for distracting heat seeking missiles locked on an aircraft, in defence these fighter planes eject such bombs like iron dome , these heat seeking missiles collides with these sharpnels or cluster bombs components

[@tsarbombawithinternetconne875]

So, it’s like a shotgun?

[@blackalgorithmist000]

@@kishore16966 the munitions from a cluster bomb in no way can be a form of defense against a heat seeking missile the aircraft enemy aircraft and even the ground fired missile is moving way to fast.......who told you that

[@joaquinestrada8019]

It’s crazy how creative people got with weapons

[@PylesOfPepe]

We actually have no clue how advanced they really are too....

[@nemanjabekric8690]

Banning weapons that are going to cause massive civilian casualties in 21st century sounds like something logical and somethings that only authoritarian goverments or evil alliances would use. But what does it means Weapon is banned? What mechanism do people of the earth have to enforce that rule, and does this rule apply to everyone or does it just applies to countries that are not strong enough to ignore rules? For example, Cluster Weapons mentioned in 1:50 was used in the bombing of Yugoslavia by NATO. A number of domestic animals and civilians were killed by unactivated cluster bombs. To this day there is no evidence of any NATO member being punished for using a "Banned weapon".

[@LeanGodzilla]

gotta love how some countries are still producing these(or have it ready) even though they are banned

[@maxiona714]

Usually it's either the USA, Russia or China, so the ones who set this up in the first place.

[@vice.nor.virtue]

It would have been nice to have seen some more specific facts about poison gas appear on screen, like "sarin gas" "cyanide" or "VX". I could also imagine there's a great long list of other extra specfic weapons that could have gone with some of these genres.

[@ives3572]

"War's tragedy is that it uses man's best to do man's worst." - Harry Emerson Fosdick

[@vice.nor.virtue]

Ohhh I love a good war quote.

[@Truest-Repairman]

The video does a great job explaining why these weapons are banned, but like, how are you to keep powerful world powers from using whatever they want? Beyond that, it seems impossible to stop terrorist cells, militia groups, and the like from using any and all tactics to get their way.

[@MrNecryptic]

Yes.

[@tucoramirez9557]

Nah, many aren't "banned" (as you pointed out you can't force a country do anything). Just some countries promised not to use them. But some didn't even promise that, notable example - USA and cluster munitions.

[@diablonachocheese6551]

like he said they aren't banned but the world powers will stray from them also it's just a bad decision to lose all your allies because you used something that's "banned". Thats why the powers stray from using them

[@Alloy682]

@@tucoramirez9557 I think U.S uses cluster bombs that explode in air, and release bombs that fall and explode on impact, rather than leave behind stuff that explodes way later

[@Alloy682]

Well tbh, if you ban something, an someone uses it, they get a harsher punishment lol

[@MrBakedDaily]

You can't seek cover when you see aircraft overhead in modern warfare.If you see the aircraft it's to late.

[@toddp9286]

Just dodge the rocket br0

[@JonBrown-po7he]

As a Navy corpsman, I've seen horrible injuries from conventional weapons, yet these challenge my ability to conceive of the carnage they'd wrought.

[@leelearnsya8619]

1. Hollow Point ammunition is banned for hunting with in most states in the US. 2. That's not how a bullet looks after it leaves a rifle barrel. It's just the tip, not the whole cartridge. (Edit: all police officers in the US have hollowpoint ammunition in their service pistol and have for some time. )

[@Grooove_e]

On the hollow points topic, everyone who conceals a fire arm uses them as well (or at least they should be). It is much more likely to have collateral hits and ricochets when using FMJ/Ball ammunition. Hollow points should be the only thing you use in a concealed firearm, and should be the only thing police use.

[@leelearnsya8619]

@Grooove e agreed. That stopping power can't be beat! Hollow points probably save lives in that respect. If I have to shoot a perp 6 times with fmj just to get him to stop he's gonna be bleeding from 12 holes in his body vs if I shot him with 1 hollow Point and it stops him then we're likely only looking at one bullet hole.

[@fishsticks6668]

Hollow points are legal to use in my place (Germany). It just makes sense for hunting, as you want the animal to die asap. I also never heard of a boar that took as many 9mm bullets as some people in the US from police force (side arms for hunters are only needed in case of a boar charging at you, as a bolt action rifle in .30-06 has stopping power, but is hard to aim quickly and accuratly close range). I guess as our self defense law only allows us to use deadly force in case of a potentially deadly attack (water proof cases), in a place where you are allowed to carry (for example home invasion, the person attacks you with a knife), that isn't really for discussion here.

[@paparooster9569]

Agreed and as rifle rounds, cavitation is the expected design with speed. So what is worse, cavitation in the body or expansion. Horse shoes and hand grenades.

[@JS-hg4vj]

Hollow points are also illegal to use in military but legal for police to use due to fast response timing of the bullet. Hollow points are more dangerous to the American people and should be outlaw just like how they are for the military.

[@ryvisthemad3357]

If you can negotiate what you can and can’t do in war, why not keep going and negotiating further and further and just not have a war?

[@pieterrossouw8596]

Wars are inevitable, but not all wars need to be filled with war crimes.

[@montyskeetch4082]

As he said, “sporting.”

[@anonymouslee2083]

Because we’re a violent species, and we always have been. Most of our technological advances have some connection to some war or another.

[@asliceofcheese9989]

@@anonymouslee2083 true, we wouldnt even live like this today w/o the cold war

[@pyro5263]

Because their is always a group of people who do not want to abide by peace treaties and they wish to do harm to others if you want peace, prepare for war

[@tafrog5552]

i find it funny how weapons banned in war are in fact used by police against their own people

[@Tyborg425]

They explained why. On the tear gas.

[@qaszim2012]

Honestly bud this comment just makes you look daft. Hollow points (dumdum) expanding munitions, are used to put down an attacker quickly. People keep coming it's not like the movies. Peppersprey is only "technically" outrulled. Same as in the UK, a civilian using peppersprey is charged with use of a firearm. Due to how the law is written.

[@Tyborg425]

@@qaszim2012 hollow points are ALSO and more importantly because of gun control and self defense laws. Don’t want the bullet to zip throw as easily and hit someone else and then get thrown in jail/prision. Hollow points slow down significant compared to fmj.

[@tafrog5552]

@@Tyborg425 and tazer

[@Illadelphia]

I find it funny how they explained it and yet you still needed to virtue signal…

[@sethnaugle984]

Ted: I'm gonna do it Tom! Tom: Alright, go ahead. Ted: I'm really gonna kick it! Tom: We're waiting. Ted: I'll behave... 2:05

[@mikedehn8654]

I got to go to an Iraqi signal site during desert storm in 1991. There were unexploded bomblets all over the site. I assumed they were malfunctioned bomblets. I guess we did it on purpose according to the video.

[@cdub5033]

It's surprising American troops are not widely using poison in "enemy" drinking water & food croplands.

[@jackwalker9492]

Yep, cluster munitions are not illegal. 30% of this video is BS

[@caseyh1934]

General rules of war: don't be a dick. Germany: we're gonna be dicks

[@wsims257]

Ironic. We can use cs gas on ourselves in training but not on the enemy in battle.

[@Sniperboy5551]

For good reason

[@jacobdoyle8951]

You use it on yourselves in safety to see why you shouldn't use it on others while they're fighting for their life

[@pyro5263]

No, they use chlorine bombs because they know it go's though our gas masks

[@jasonmajere2165]

Use a tennis racket to hit a tear gas canister back you will be charged with a felony.

[@snorefest1621]

modern military: good suggestion, what a shame if I ignore that!

[@jakeg3126]

Now blinding weapons is a weird one, it’s not okay to blind somebody so you would have to shoot them instead?

[@ignaciopizarro2291]

The problem with blinding weapons is that they are easy to use at long distances on multiple targets, and blind thousands of people permanently in a very short time, with a relatively low tech and compact weapon. So it is not the magnitude of the individual effect but the very easy way it leads to mass casualties, both military and civilian, that makes it a technology to avoid. A lethal equivalent of the number of casualties a blinding laser can cause would be considered a weapon of mass destruction, which are also banned.

[@jakeg3126]

@Laseranon you have the right name for blinding weapons

[@hackman669]

But shooting your enemy is the Amerucan way!😄

[@hackman669]

Great let's mass produce them give to Ukraine. That and long range missiles, mustard gass, drones. Others.😁😉🙃🙃

[@jakeg3126]

@@hackman669 I can't argue with that. Go big or stay in the kitchen

[@KevinTelley]

here,s something interesting from a long retired firearms and explosives dealer.Sometime in the mid 1800's a number of European countries agreed to ban the use of Air rifles in warfare as they were so silent ,they were deemed a silent killer

[@faithreturns333]

Banned? By whom? Bad guys use every trick. Demons are ruthless and evil

[@PedroIgnacioGutierrezCuadra]

Usa still use some

[@abhyudaysarkar5012]

@@PedroIgnacioGutierrezCuadra so does Russia.

[@concernedshrimp]

4:48 So it's illegal to blind enemy soldiers, but you could totally obliterate them with .50 cal machinegun or even shattered their limbs permanently using grenade launcher?

[@plozar]

Yes. War was, is, and always be evil and uncivilized.

[@danielhebard1865]

Yes, because lasers travel at the speed of light, are largely invisible, make no noise, and can remain effective miles away. Without detection or requiring much effort, scores could be permanently blinded. It's far scarier to go against a weapon that offers no chance of recovery once hit, requires comparatively little skill to use, and deploys in an instant, allowing little to no chance for those targeted to retaliate.

[@mondaysinsanity8193]

​@@danielhebard1865 something being a warcrime has nothing to do with effectiveness

[@jameskeyes4988]

I was about to repeat what l learned in the Army that, No. You can't actually use a .50 cal on soldiers. But I looked it up just now to see if it was the Geneva Convention or the Hague which banned the use. Come to find out...that is a myth. You can indeed use a .50 cal on troops! The idea that you can't has a story going back to Vietnam: Back in the Vietnam era, remote U.S Army posts in the jungle were consistently running out of 50-caliber ammo. The problem was that guards were smoking it off at anything (enemy troops, snakes, etc.) that twitched in the jungle in the middle of the night. This was a real problem, because they really needed that ammo in the event the enemy attacked in any sort of vehicle (engaging vehicles is the main purpose of 50-cal). So, the NCOs and company grade officers started ordering the troops to not use the 50-cal for anything other than vehicles. The purpose was to conserve that type of ammunition, but the story was that it violated the Geneva Convention. And for the next 50 years, the lawyers of the JAG Corps have been trying to stamp out that little military myth. It's perfectly legal to use 50-cal on enemy personnel. But if you are low on that type of ammo, it may be wise to save it for bigger targets.

[@concernedshrimp]

@@danielhebard1865 It's not scarier or even more effective than Gunship or a Drone/UAV. As far as I know, weapons become ilegal if it makes unecessary pain, or wound that's very hard to treat.

[@TheBryanyingst]

A question to the host... if the nations at war can "agree" to not use certain weapons against each other...wouldn't it be logical that these same nations are friendly and in bed with one another? We find ourselves in a globalized era where none of this will make sense thinking polarized.

[@renakunisaki]

Yeah, I don't get why, if we can agree to not use certain weapons because they cause suffering... why can we not agree to not wage war?

[@TheBryanyingst]

@@renakunisaki there is no money in peace

[@gurratheman949]

Agree, the war should be fought with economics instead of blood and death. invade a country by doing business with it instead of killing it.

[@TheBryanyingst]

@adirge_hayu typically both sides' "superior" is a shadow government funding both sides of the war. This is why both sides can agree. And the war machine keeps profiting...

[@TheBryanyingst]

@@Pasta_watcher nope. But then again you didn't have another "buddy" tear you down, fill your head with nonsense and hate for the other...or get paid for it with a get out of jail for killing for said money.

[@mikesuch9021]

Back in the late '80s Winchester had Black talon and PMC had a hollow bullet not a hollow point a hollow bullet it would literally take a core sample out of you go right through you. When they ban those for sale I bought them from the store. For you know information and conversational purposes. 🤔 Those PMC Copper core sample bullets are crazy fast. The 38 special went clean through 12 in of ballistic gel. And left it permanent wound sample that looked like a twizzler when pulled out. I wonder if I should start doing videos again on phxxr650r. I've been collecting unusual factory bullets and firearms since the late 1960s when I shot my first gun.

[@KPx-ke8bg]

Wow, i never knew land mines were used on the US-Canada border! The war of 1812 must have been more intense then i thought

[@peterwhittington1054]

Apparently they used them in Australia too 😏 conflict unknown

[@4sh3nlulz]

top 3 things too OP for WW3: Cluster nuke full auto cluster bomb launcher *_Dual wield chaingun with shotgun rounds_*

[@flamethrower82]

better yet, full on battlemechs with 6 machine guns.

[@Cheers.Official]

NAHHH 💀

[@shadowmystery5613]

Cluster Nukes already exist, they're called MIRVs xD

[@4sh3nlulz]

actual most OP: *_full on battle mech with 8 metal storm turrets attached

[@hensen5309]

I love that the world pretends to care for human rights. The day that a country uses ALL these weapons is the day the world sees a new regime

[@crocop6873]

It not about caring for human rights. It’s about minimizing losses in war by coming to an agreement with adversaries by restricting certain weapons.

[@Boobear08279]

Maybe not the same day, papers to file voices to silence.

[@nickdarr7328]

I always thought pepper spray would be the best weapon to use when I go pro as a criminal. Put on a nice shirt and tie, grab a clipboard, knock on a door, give a big smile and mace grandma and help yourself to a home invasion. Ask a cashier for change for a hundred, wait till he opens the register, then spray away. And don't forget to check under the cash drawer kids, they lift up and the busy or lazy cashier will stash the big bills there

[@vonSchwartzwolfe]

There is a long list of big countries that have not banned cluster bombs. The US, and Russia big on the list.

[@carlawhite6455]

Nation states/military are not allowed to use hollowpoint ammunition against invading countries but US law enforcement/police officers can use the most dangerous ammo/bullets that they can find and use it on the civilian populace. Think about it.

[@Clo_Dub]

Guess we’re just forgetting that Russia is currently deploying cluster bombs huh 🤔

[@ADPax10]

The Hague awaits certain world leaders at the end of this.

[@rikubrown8109]

Lol its a war. Nothing is off limits

[@bmgmist273]

@@rikubrown8109 man just watched a whole video about laws of war and says this smh

[@rikubrown8109]

@@bmgmist273 yeah its a war, and not a damm boxing match. So I stand by my statement

[@bpomowe224]

@@rikubrown8109 Dead wrong, there is a reason the major powers agreed to sign those conventions to begin with.

[@knolsey]

it's funny because on my bugout kit i have a 14" mossberg 590A1 for breaching, however i keep 6 dragons breath shells in bullet loops on the gun and 6 on my plate carrier, with 6 bucks also on the gun in loops. guess i'm gonna commit a war crime if society ever collapses.

[@EugeneSSmith]

GOOD FOR YOU! All I have in my "bugout" pack is a flamethrower! 🤪

[@knolsey]

@@EugeneSSmith a can of hairspray and a lighter isn't a flamethrower lol.

[@sunnysonne2957]

The nice part is, "War Crimes" only apply to sworn soldiers of a government, regular civilians can do what we like. Plus if society collapses, all of those worries are already no longer relevant 😊

[@mondaysinsanity8193]

Shotguns are not a warcrime lol. And tbh dragonsbreath isnt really effective for actually killing someone. Atleast in comparison to other shells.

[@knolsey]

@@mondaysinsanity8193 dragonsbreath is extremely effective against armored targets and is in fact a war crime. But okay.

[@WAyZuFaSt]

fact: war is meaningless, even if you win..you lose.

[@PrisonEscapeV2Bandit]

So if you win you lose if you lose you win? That makes no sense.

[@WAyZuFaSt]

@@PrisonEscapeV2Bandit if you win, you lose. in baby tongue: think of nuclear war. you drop a bomb on someone, they drop one on you. mutual destruction

[@caristico-mistico3651]

Easier said than done

[@WAyZuFaSt]

@@caristico-mistico3651 true

[@coziii.1829]

We have a right to bare arms Shall not be infringed

[@toddbowman3035]

I did not see anything about banning killer robots. I thought I recently heard something about banning them.

[@nogoodatbeam]

you tellin me CoD can't have these weapons? 😭

[@imatreeguy1143]

The reason hollow points are carried by leos and many concealed carries is due to the fact that if you are forced to use it the chances of the bullet zooming thru your target a hitting someone not intended is slim as opposed to a fmj that will zoom thru and potentially lodge themselves in someone else.

[@Irish381]

Yep. Fired from your gun, hit another and you’re hung!

[@-BRICKZ]

14:32 is FACTS too. when I was deployed in eastern afghanistan the taliban would get the rockets&chain them together with command wire then bury them under ground,so when the MRAPS,MATS,buffalo/mine rollers go over them they explode they use to use some big jawns sometimes too called "cave busters" 1/503rd batallion got lit up in 2010 I was with 173rd ABCT [1-91 CAV batallion](outta germany,schweinfurt to be exact not italy)

[@iainhart3823]

You don't hear a click with mines, they just blow!

[@dabbingraccoons6416]

Mines are pressure plates and don’t blow until it weight is released so unless the object is really heavy or gains stress it won’t blow up, this is to prevent soldiers blowing themselves up with their own landmines

[@renakunisaki]

I assume there are many different kinds. Some that click, and don't explode until you step off. Some that explode immediately. Some that are silent but start a timer and explode a few seconds later once your platoon has had time to get into the blast zone.

[@3N1StaticGaming]

1# rule of war is that there are no rules.

[@clarkr1065]

My favorite is the tri-dagger. Stab, twist and pull out all the guts and muscle tissue of your victim. Surgeons trying to save the lives of soldiers wounded by the tri-dagger were rarely successful.

[@vice.nor.virtue]

Had to google that. Wow! I've seen a lot games and videos and movies featuring quite a colourful variety of historic weaponry but never this guy!

[@lazyryan3766]

There's a weakness to the tri-dagger--distripution of pressure leads to less piercing force

[@insanelybruh285]

Bruh these weapons were so op they had to remove them

[@iliadnetfear2586]

The reason Hollow points are used is specifically because they don't fully penatrate or are less likely to. It reduces the risk of hitting a target and the round hitting something beyond the target, even if with less force.

[@ozymandiasnullifidian5590]

Hollow points are used because the bullet that has such a hollow point, and additional little cuts around that point, is spreading when it hits the target and is causing much bigger damage, the entry wound may be relatively small but if there is an exit wound..well that would be enormous. Those are really vicious rounds, they evolved from dum-dum bullets.

[@iliadnetfear2586]

@@ozymandiasnullifidian5590 That's what they can do, but they make more powerful pistol cartridges that can leave bigger holes. The reasoning behind police adopting them was not "Make killing more gruesome with big hole", as you're suggesting, but rather "cut down risk of collateral damage by using rounds that hit one target."

[@ozymandiasnullifidian5590]

@@iliadnetfear2586 Well, it is their story, and it is true, such bullets tend to spread and in such case that tends to stay in the body, but because of that effect professionals use slower bullets, and with such hollow tips, in the series "Breaking Bad" there were two scary guys that were buying such munition, scary stuff...

[@iliadnetfear2586]

@@ozymandiasnullifidian5590 in "Breaking Bad", a story about a chemistry teacher becoming a drug kingpin. There is a reason why that show is "Fictional" and a "Drama". Movies and shows get guns and ballistics wrong all the time. Wanted is a fun movie, but manipulating the bullet to curve in flight isn't possible. Ant Man was a good movie, but ants stopping a hammer from stricing a firing pin on a glock is impossible....because glocks don't have an exposed hammer. I love the scene in John Wick when he and the bodyguard are walking casually through a terminal having a silenced weapon shootout with nobody noticing, even though it's entirely fictionalized to suppress a guns "BANG" in such an environment, at least to the degree not a single person heard it. Movies and Shows aren't a good bases for firearm knowledge.

[@ozymandiasnullifidian5590]

@@iliadnetfear2586 You wrote so much about one scene where they showed a typical hollow point dum-dum bullet. That is how those are called here. Those are real bullets and are used all the time. And, sorry, but I have been in war and I have seen bullets and guns. You should not presume that other people simply know nothing. My grandfathers were fighting against nazis and fascists and they were telling me how they were making dum-dum bullets by themself, it is not exactly complicated.

[@leondillon8723]

1139, Pope Innocent II called the 2nd Latern Council and banned bows, slings and crossbows. 11:34)Are they leaving the minefield, or is the sign backwards? 13:13)The bomb has both a fuse and a timer. 14:59)Punji sticks.

[@jest3167]

Number 1 is banned but we're currently living through one

[@gwendolynns]

Glad somebody said it.

[@jest3167]

@@gwendolynns Everyone else thinks it came from someone eating bat stew or something 😂

[@flamethrower82]

1. plant landmines near entrance to deter enemies 2. surprise inspection from Pentagon 3. General steps on land mine and dies along with bodyguards 4. Court martial 5. 100,000 years in Ft Leavenworth

[@JohnVKaravitis]

Thanks for the list!

[@tomohalloran5217]

I'm always disappointed that no one is developing a sewage/rotten fish grenade for clearing trenches

[@geekchameleon]

No single force in nature is as powerful as fire...water might want to challenge that. Whether it'll prove more powerful is yet to be seen, it can't be summarily ignored.

[@proz71ful19]

1 drop of water won’t multiply like a spark and fire can

[@renakunisaki]

Water may be powerful but it doesn't spread. A tsunami might cause more destruction than a forest fire, but it's very difficult (likely impossible with current tech) to cause a tsunami, whereas you can cause a forest fire just by parking your car in a bad spot (oops, hot exhaust pipe ignited dry brush)

[@Sick_Of_You]

Ice-nine enters the chat.

[@Woopor]

@@proz71ful19 no but water type is super effective against fire

[@blu12gaming44]

8:30 Expanding bullets are used to increase the chances of killing a deer on impact, rather than letting it run off and slowly bleed to death. Most people who hunt do so for food, not sport. Which is why we want the animal to die as quickly as possible and endure the least amount of suffering.

[@yarykkucher809]

Cluster bombs dropped in Ukraine almost every day since rusins attack. I known it. I saw it. Saw the leftovers from that bomb, the big like rocket looking "shell" and all of those actual bombs inside it. Some of those cluster bombs have a timer and detonate same day but much later. Last weeks as of 10/April/2022 2 man died after collecting those mimi bombs from cluster, those didn't detonate so man clean the place, collected leftovers and brought those to home as souvenir I guess and same day in the evening clusters blow. My Television in Ukraine stressed many times to run away from cluster bombs ammo found on the ground as those often on a timer. You can find videos on KZbin from Ukraine how those explode on our streets from ccv cameras

[@apoymc]

You have to be crazy to get such a thing in your home like a souvenir.

[@fillhall4774]

As a surgical laser technician, I can assure you that blinding lasers are not that rare. Any KTP or greenlight laser set higher than a few watts will blind you.

[@broclangren2519]

It’s funny cuz when war comes about, many “rules” are ignored

[@broncobubba3169]

Also hunters don't use hollow points. They do use expanding rounds but they are usually soft points, where the tip and core are a softer material but not hollow.

[@madisonlink7141]

Depends on the hunting weapon. Some people hunt with pistols and pistol / magnum caliber carbines.

[@justarandomanimegirlpassin5341]

its bit confusing how does banning weapons from war works cant you just use them anyways and just crush everyone then once you defeat everyone nobody can do a thing to you

[@vbyte.]

well for 1 its a war crime 2 you agree to it, 3 if you violate the agreement the others might attack u and it cant be a 1vs5

[@justarandomanimegirlpassin5341]

@@vbyte. so you can use them but you have to make sure you can win that say 1 vs 5 i see

[@Sir-Cletus]

@@vbyte. WaR cRiMe. Should it not be a crime to invade a country in the first place? It is like punishing someone for udsing too much force on an intruder instead of punishing the one kicking in your door. Geneva convention means as much as a baseball bat in a tank battle.

[@Bleepbleepblorbus]

@@Sir-Cletus well shouldn't neglecting human beings of their basic necessities be a crime? That's one of the reasons war is still a thing.

[@vbyte.]

@@Sir-Cletus if that was true then anybody with bad intentions could do anything to their people

[@rayfridley6649]

0:58: By the time that bombing by aircraft started, dynamite had been invented and, no doubt, was used in lieu of gun powder. Dynamite is stronger in detonation on a target than gun powder.

[@Iamlurking504]

Ah yes, the thumbnail is the feared Basskannone-3000

[@renakunisaki]

...is it a fish launcher?

[@Iamlurking504]

@@renakunisaki disco panzer reference

[@XXAnthonyCarmineXx]

They also put snakes in the spike pits like in cobra kai

[@andreww2098]

cluster bombs were first used in the second world war not Vietnam, the German Butterfly bomb being one

[@owenbock5883]

Everything about his cluster bomb section was flat out wrong.

[@mickeypros]

So, in other words, if a soldier goes against the rule, there blocked automatically from the server (WAR_XF) because one of the soldiers reported the other soldiers using a banned weapon. Thus, the soldier using the banned weapon can not play anymore and now have to see the battle instead from a far view

[@SilverShadow02]

To ban suffering but not death is hypocrisy of the highest order.

[@asharpminorhk]

If you create life you create death. Ban procreation in order to ban death.

[@TheScubaSteve8693]

Hollow points disperse their energy quicker through expanding. There is less risk of penetrating the target and injuring a bystander or damaging property behind them. They're a safety precaution, that's why most police and conceal carry use them. Greatest chance to take out the threat with minimal chance of collateral damage. They serve a purpose.

[@nicholasogburn7746]

No such thing, really, as a “banned” weapon. It’s a taboo. But if someone uses one, the only “enforcement” options are to use “banned” weapons in response. Because what are you gonna do, shoot me more angrily? Also, cluster bombs/mines banned. Ask Ukraine how well that’s holding up.

[@shoazdon7000]

America backs Saudi who are using cluster bombs in Yemen

[@raymondfarinas3169]

This speaks to the absurdity of the legal fiction called international law The users should be arrested and charged, but as a practical matter, arresting a monster seldom happens. The idea of enforcing the ban is laughable, since the parties using them are governments and their enemies. Mostly, they don't recognize any UBERGOVERNMENT as legitimate

[@koootoshidayo]

How 'bout "Lego's Mines"? Basically regular landmines but instead filled with scrapnel, it filled with Lego's blocks. And when it explodes, not only it would harm the body, it also harm the feet.

[@L2EAG]

DUDE THATS INHUMANE!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF YOU STEP ON LEGO NOT EVEN THE GRIM REAPER ITSELF WILL COME FOR YOU IN FEAR OF STEPPING ON THE LEGO

[@equilibrium1950]

Soooo, COVID didn't qualify?

[@itsjustagameysomad9920]

Nope cause it killed almost no one

[@pieterrossouw8596]

Pooh used virus, it's not very effective... Pooh used lockdown, it's super effective.

[@epireve]

For one second, I thought you were talking about Call Of Duty

[@trygveblacktiger597]

Poision bullers was very common during the American civil war with both sides having grooves in their bullets just to carry bacteria to cause infection.

[@EarmuffHugger]

Garlic

[@EnormousPurpleGarden]

It's a bit strange to talk about poison gas and not mention the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention.

[@spaceted3977]

Somebody ought to tell Putin about this !!!! It's a list of all the Russian weapons that are being used in Ukraine !!!!

[@andytyler6252]

why don't we just make soldiers wear bras and tinfoil hats, hug each other and make balloon animals together? sarcastawar I.

[@churlish7851]

You got the most recognized voice on KZbin.

[@quadraticf]

tied with 'welcome to watch mojo'

[@africa1st737]

Movie Recaps voice 🍿 🎥 🎬 💫

[@pinkpuppy3415]

@Max this guy is way more recognizable

[@f4rrjulio606]

@@africa1st737 swear this voice is all I hear while I sleep

[@the_izB]

Incendiary weapons... Big difference from missiles and such....lol

[@travisfamilyfirst7675]

Aww great "banned" means nothing in government terms

[@slingv2.082]

It crazy how this channel is posting videos *EVERY SINGLE DAY* 😳

[@chrisferguson9562]

Imagine thinking arbitrary "rules" would actually exist in a huge conflict

[@ronald8062]

You might want to look up the Nuremberg trials and what happened to the Germans who ignored the rules of war. Yea, you can guffaw and pretend that the rules and conventions of war don't exist... Just make sure you aren't on the losing side after doing so, or have a very strong neck...

[@akaginizana4924]

on the landmines, i know a paintball field in a state i use to live in was near a battle field, and had plans to expand where some were located, but at one point before they started the expansion, someone apparently shot and missed, nailing one making it go off, having people come to make sure it was demined, no idea if its true, but it does make me happy that they are banned, for the most part

[@TeddyBear-um5ll]

Why does the bat in the thumbnail looks eerily familiar? It looks like April's dad that got mutated after drinking a green substance from the old TNMT series.

[@Leopar525]

If you ever feel bad about yourself, remember the dude who accidentally let COVID-19 escape his lab