Wiesel 1: Firepower for the Fallschirmjäger

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

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[@reichersack7462]

It is funny that the sorce you used at 16:14 is wrong. :D The KAI is a different vehicle. The real operator vehicle is a TPz A8A12.

[@primusvsunicron1]

Please do a history of Generalfeldmarschall

[@ilmephax]

Druck wird nicht in N/cm^3 sondern hoch 2 angegeben

[@undefined7141]

Any man with a collection like this is a man who's never set foot on a battlefield. To him a mini? ball from Shiloh is just an artifact. But to a combat vet, it's a hunk of metal that caused some poor bastard a world of pain.

[@EEDIR-DK]

Maybe a rather irrelevant question, but it has to do with the AP and HE markings. Could this be because of it being a paratrooper / highly deployable kit with a unit that would rely on re-supply from other units after deployment? As Germany is part of NATO it may be a way of having ease of communication across nationalities?

[@larryjenkinson5525]

Would like one for my daily commute - preferably with the 20mm.

[@rastabg23]

covid has a 98% survival rate. pass it on. greatest scam in human history.

[@theonlymadmac4771]

@@rastabg23 stupidity also has a high survival rate, as you demonstrate

[@agentx250]

@@theonlymadmac4771 If he isn't wrong, what makes him stupid? I think you're projecting.

[@robertlackey7212]

Unless you live in a area where logging and dump trucks are the norm , then the TOW version is clearly Superior .

[@rastabg23]

​@@theonlymadmac4771 ​ The reality is even higher, more like 99.7 % survival for those under 70 years old. You slaves have fallen victim to the deception. You have all lost more freedoms and liberties in 1 year of covid, than in all 250 years of american history combined, very sad indeed. 90% of those who died from COVID had pre existing underlying health conditions and were all over 70 years old. They were going to die anyway. .3% lethality, yet your government has exceeded world war 2 expenditures (3 trillion) in what was the deadliest conflict in all of biology, on this weak cold flu? Preposterous and criminal. the lockdowns were ten times worse and did twenty times more damage than the virus itself. all experts not connected to big tech or media have acknowledged. not even hollywood can depict the scale and scope of the deception. We are witnessing the greatest scam in the history of mankind, absolute fraudulence on a cosmic scale. That criminal Fauci should be tried, murdered and hung to the likes of Mussolini for the permanent damage he has caused and the high crimes against humanity he has committed.

[@lorgaraurelian3392]

I'm a Paratrooper and I would love to see these in our inventory. Say what you will about how great Paratroopers are but a tiny tank running around with an autocannon or ATGM would be a much welcome addition.

[@EK-gr9gd]

Well, if they would completely modularize the system, it could carry everything up to 40 mm oder even 76 mm + mortars and missiles. These vehicles were built for fighting in Lower Saxony, Hesse and Eastern Bavaria to slow down the pact thrust as much as possible.

[@scottmcmaster4927]

The British during WWII used to use gliders to deliver lightweight tanks such as the Tetrarch or M22 Locust light tank to reinforce their paratroopers.

[@gamingrex2930]

@@EK-gr9gd ackshually the mortar system exists already kzbin.info/www/bejne/h53RZJuMpMprp6M

[@EpicThe112]

I agree with you however the only country to use light tanks with paratroopers as of right now is the Russians they call it the BMD. You should be able to see that in action somewhere in Ukraine.

[@RodrigoFernandez-td9uk]

Am I the only one who finds tankettes cute? There must be an explanation in evolutionary psychology.

[@deltoroperdedor3166]

Baby cats 😂

[@Benamon9]

lindybeige help us

[@mopar_dude9227]

You might not want to travel down that road, you might not like where it leads. 😂

[@deltoroperdedor3166]

@@mopar_dude9227 pls no lewds, pls

[@mvl9591]

The song “Baby’s Tank” just popped in to my head.

[@motorrebell]

FschJg ( FSCH PZ ABW BTL 272 ) MK & TOW Wiesel driver here ( during the 90s) , This brings back lots of Funny memories , During a Training - exercise we suprised a Elite Special forces unit during Their breakfast in the morning with our 20 mm cannon because the 5 cylinder AUDI - Turbo motor was very quiet allowing us to sneak up towards them in the Woods . It also allowed us to hide in a Garage or go thru a Mc Drive too Loi ! Thnx for the Upload ! :-D

[@jyotirmayamohanty5723]

Even the Spähpanzer Luchs had a quite engine.

[@cgi2002]

It's an ideal motorised infantry hunter. It sounds like a civilian car, has a profile smaller than most vans, can drive in places you'd think impossible, and brings an auto-cannon to eat APC's and IFV's for breakfast. A modernised one with computer assisted targetting and better optics is still an exceptionally viable vehicle. Frankly I would honestly say this is more viable on a modern battlefield than most MBT's if it wasn't for the fact that its armour can be defeated by most light vehicle mounted weaponry. It is the perfect definition of a glass cannon.

[@petrameyer1121]

@@jyotirmayamohanty5723 The Luchs was build to have an eerily silent engine.

[@Prometheus19853]

@@cgi2002 - Any modernization could simply utilize new triple-hardness steels or nanocomposite alloys, much like the Japanese Type 10. I wouldn't be surprised if you could manage to up-armor a Wiesel, without going overweight, enough to make it immune to all the 30mm SLAP with modern lightweight alloys.

[@joenight9693]

Yeah, nobody would've ever done that... especialy in Baumholder... I mean, we were all a bunch of highly trained professionals... and this would've been a serious misdemeanor... which would've made your Company Captain go absolutely raving mad and your Spieß pad you on the back later when nobody could see it... but it was just oh soooo tempting. XD

[@yc__]

the Wiesel is also used in the german mountain units

[@positroll7870]

And normal Jäger units, kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJ25dGiCm8ejlc0 but there it will be replaced by Boxer with 30mm guns soonish.

[@robertbennett9949]

And who are the mountain enemies?

[@almirmulaosmanovic3401]

Hold on, IS used??

[@nahuelleandroarroyo]

It's tracked weapon platform, it will be useful as long as it can mount the equipment or tracks go out of fashion

[@timmteller871]

@@almirmulaosmanovic3401 It can be used extremly effective in highly mobile combat tactics. Its small, fast and can effectivly be used against lightly armored units and infantery with its 20 mm gun or against armored targest with the HOT or TOW. I think their are some storys about those things beeing pretty effective in Nato training manouvers.

[@mcramen4488]

Love from Japan, I believe Weasel would fit into some roles in Japanese defence since Weasel would be perfect for our mountain based geography. Also cute, well we like cute things but not for only that, trust me

[@alexcitovsky7389]

The wiesel 2 would be the ideal tankette to drift up and down japanese mountain roads. When the mechs are stuck in the motorpool for maintenance again

[@sam8742]

I mean the JSDF from what I know relies a lot of helicopter as a QRF given it's proximity to a "certain nation"

[@ScienceDiscoverer]

KAWAII TANK!

[@daveybernard1056]

It had to be said.

[@AremStefaniaK]

you guys would just attach cat ears and a tail and paint it pink

[@RaeSyngKane]

"Germany's way of dealing with 2-front war trauma" gave me a serious chuckle. You're killing it on the captions.

[@juppjames9635]

When Herbie gets drafted...

[@positroll7870]

Nope. That was the Kübelwagen ...

[@michaelpielorz9283]

And the Wiesel`s biggest advantage is,when it rans out of ammunition you can throw it on your enemy.

[@positroll7870]

U R confusing the Wiesel with the P1 ...

[@steffenrosmus9177]

Exsp with the 20 mm as handle

[@wezab]

Bit dodgy, they might pull the pin out and throw it back.

[@scratchy996]

Fill it with explosives and send them towards the enemy. The enemy will stop and laugh when they see such a small tank coming towards them. They they die.

[@larrynivren8139]

A Wiesel is designed to support ground troops and to survive in ANY condition: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gX_OlHt3r6aVm7s

[@joenight9693]

As an Ex-Fallschirmjaeger, I've got to admit, that it was always reasuring, to have these little rascals around. Nothing makes people rethink their lives choices faster than the distinct "PAPAPAPAPAPOW" of a MK20. :D

[@01Ezio]

Really a small and capable fighting machine. You could read the "AP" as "Anti Panzer(ung)". Some friends of mine from the Fallshirmjäger love to tell me the story, when a few years ago two Wiesel 1 TOW stopped a french tank attack during an exercise. The Wiesel stayed behind a building and only one of them drove out of cover, "fired" it´s rocket and retreatet back into cover, so the next could fire. Thy wiped out some tanks before the referee "killed" one of the Wiesel, so the exercise wouldn´t be pointless.

[@Prometheus19853]

Crying Wojak: "YOU CAN'T JUST STOP MY ATTACK WITH UNORTHODOX TACTICS! REFEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Chad Wiesel: "ATGM go fwoosh, hehe"

[@EK-gr9gd]

The Red Army knew they pay heavily advancing through Lower Saxony and Hesse, if NATO had been able to employ its delay tactics.

[@liammac303]

You cannot skew the results by interfering with the outcome. As the Brits would say, "It's just not Cricket , ole' boy !! " 🤣🤣🤣 . I'm Irish !!! 🇮🇪

[@Cruiserczcz]

Cool, now we need Chieftan to fold himself into this thing.

[@micuu1]

Don't forget the track tensioning!

[@williammagoffin9324]

The Chieftain fits in to a Polish TKS so I'm thinking he can fit in this thing too.

[@Y.M...]

@@williammagoffin9324 exactly!

[@positroll7870]

Nah. Given the cuteness factor, it has to be Sofilein ....

[@fauxhound5061]

@@positroll7870 what about the thiccness factor?

[@archerbascha8757]

Wiesel: "Wenn Ich groß bin werde Ich zum Marder."

[@justusbrinkmann5206]

;-) Der ist echt gut. :-)

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

Ha! Ha! Ha! I actually didn't need to use Google Translate to understand that! .

[@Merlinhh07]

Das Wiesel will kein Marder werden, denn das Wiesel ist tödlicher 😎 Die MK hat 2 Zuführungen - also ggf. panzerbrechende Munition und Spreng-Brand Munition abwechselnd mit 3000 Schuss die Minute Kadenz. Das Ding fährt, wenn man die Sperren rausnimmt, 120 Km/h - das Ding ist der Wahnsinn. Fährt in eine gedeckte Stellung - haut 100 Schuss raus - fährt wieder weg und stellt sich dann wieder hin. Sollte man sich unbedingt mal im Einsatz anschauen, der Wahnsinn. Sieht niedlich aus und teilt aus, wie ein Großer. Nicht zu vergessen, die komplette Antriebseinheit - also der Motor usw. - kann innerhalb von 15-30 Minuten getauscht werden, beste Wartung die ich je gesehen habe.

[@soul0360]

@@Merlinhh07 Informative post. But you do realize that the OP was making a joke, right? Personally I wouldn't drive 120 km/h in this thing. Probably more deadly then any enemy, even on paved road.

[@Merlinhh07]

@@soul0360 Of course i know is was Joking - trust me 120 Km/h are so funny with this deadly little thing.

[@Brandx1982]

That's one fancy Panzer ll 😆

[@Brandon-io9yj]

Thats basically what it is lol

[@looinrims]

Air deployable Panzer II with rockets Because blitzkrieg didn’t die with the Reich

[@stamfordly6463]

Or a Bren carrier with a roof.

[@thef2pgamer500]

That is sp1c

[@shaider1982]

More like TKS

[@platinmetallic3797]

This was one of my dads first engineering projects at Porsche back in the day. They improved the rear wheel and the driving movement while firing. They landed with a CH-53 on the skid pad in Weissach to bring the Wiesel to the tank development department.

[@LocalDeepstateAgent]

One thing about the Wiesel here was wrong though, whilst manufacturer and the german defense ministry dont state this, the wiesel can withstand 12.7x99 rounds to the front. We tested it ourselves ;)

[@Joshua_N-A]

Regular round or armour piercing round?

[@walterscientist]

The upper front of the hull has enough angle to make 12.7mm rounds mostly ricochet off.

[@corvanphoenix]

That's a damn handy thing to know! For the crews who use it anyway XD

[@witoldschwenke9492]

nice

[@joenight9693]

Well, please don't get me wrong, but I still wouldn't bet my life on it.

[@DOSRetroGamer]

When I saw the title of the video, I actually believed they planned to throw this thing out of an airplane

[@deise4208]

Actually, on the German Bundeswehr website it is stated that it is capable of doing that.

[@JainZar1]

@@deise4208 Yeah, you can use a normal Cargo Airdrop pallet for that. Though usually they plan to bring them in on a semi secured Landingstrip after the first paratrooper wave. It reduces the time to action and increases the force concentration.

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

The Americans did it with the larger Sheridan.

[@blacktemplar2323]

There is also the potential of dealing serious damage during airdrop.

[@air8orne734]

@@whoopi4014 Korrekt. It was tested. Some footage in here kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpCaqKaXidB5ndk

[@Bj5m17h]

As a former recon guy, I am always fascinated by the smaller and more specialized combat vehicles that are out there. Fantastic video, very well shot.

[@soul0360]

As a former Forward observer, I agree. The gear on the Recon variant would be well suited for directing artillery or air. But due to the compact nature, it's probably not a vehicle I would have liked living out of in Afghanistan, or a traditional war in Europe for that matter. And I would have missed my 50.cal on our Danish M113. Self defense is key, especially when operating alone, or in a small unit.

[@larrynivren8139]

A Wiesel is designed to support ground troops and to survive in ANY condition: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gX_OlHt3r6aVm7s

[@holgergotz2152]

Legendary...the noise of the Wiesel and the sound of the 2MK fireing.. remember my military service at 2. FSCHJGBTL 262...

[@thydan3579]

back in my days the 2/262 was in charge for AGA ... probs out to Bienemann, best ever to do so ^^ I later served in 4/262 ... we got the Wiesel :)

[@thorkellnorden2163]

Nice, i did my service in the 4. FschPzAbwBtl 262. I seem to be a bit older 😁

[@mariokuppers5686]

@@thorkellnorden2163 2/262 and later LLVersKp 260 ;)

[@MrNormanR]

Da war ich auch :)

[@landserkorps796]

2.313 und später LLFmKp AMF (L ) 9. Glück ab, Brüder

[@bificommander]

Looking at the Wiesel, I can hear Lieutenant Gruver talking affectionately about his little tank in my mind.

[@raskolnikov9067]

Rene! Are you open?

[@rastabg23]

covid has a 98% survival rate. pass it on. greatest scam in human history.

[@stamfordly6463]

@@rastabg23 Of course that implies it has a 2% fatality rate... Which two people out of every hundred are YOU going to sacrifice?

[@bificommander]

So if we let it run rampant among all 7 billion humans, it will only kill 140 million of them. Yeah, that's definitely so insignificant that it requires derailing completely unrelated comment threats on completely unrelated videos with your whining.

[@rastabg23]

​ @Obergruppenführer John Smith Exactly, the reality is even higher, these slaves have fallen victim to the deception. sad indeed. You have all lost more freedoms and liberties in 1 year of covid, than in all 250 years of american history combined. 90% of those who died from COVID had pre existing underlying health conditions and were all over 70 years old. They were going to die anyway. .3% lethality, yet your government has exceeded world war 2 expenditures (3 trillion) in what was the deadliest conflict in all of biology, on this weak cold flu? the lockdowns were ten times worse and did twenty times more damage than the virus itself. all experts not connected to big tech or media have acknowledged. not even hollywood can depict the scale and scope of the deception. We are witnessing the greatest scam in the history of mankind, absolute fraudulence on a cosmic scale. That criminal Fauci should be tried, murdered and hung to the likes of Mussolini for the permanent damage he has caused and the high crimes against humanity he has committed.

[@zaikolebolsh5724]

6:13 rare footage of young German tank coming home to his family after school

[@GMK31337]

The Wiesels were fancy little ones. The brigade 26 i served in 1990 had a battallion in Merzig with these crazy little buggers (they were introduced in 1991 i remind). I was member of an a Milan Kraka AT platoon based in Lebach. Riding is better than walking in peace time in most of the cases. Glück Ab, great video!

[@air8orne734]

Brigade 27 here. Some Battalions had them in "Certain Shield 91" too. Fast and sneaky little Buggers. Glück ab!

[@steveyoutub76]

1995 or?

[@nor0845]

I’m sure this would fit in my garage, just don’t tell my wife.

[@SSN515]

Hide it under some empty cardboard boxes

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

You'll have to lock it to stop the kids playing with it and breaking it.

[@ericferguson9989]

Is Mat from Demolition Ranch watching? This would definitely be a "Don't tell Mere" purchase.

[@Joshua_N-A]

@@SSN515 when the wife finds out... Husband: Wiesel? Wiesel! WIESEEEEEEEEEELLLL!!!!!!

[@crimsonred7517]

Just breed cockroach in the garage, they will defend your tank.

[@imjashingyou3461]

Its crazy to me how it took 22 years from requirement to use. It entered service after the cold war was over.

[@geist41334]

That's typical for the german military and a well known, often criticized disadvantage of our military political bureaucracy. Development, testing and aproval by the defense ministry litterally take ages and it is common that equipment is allready heavily outdated by the time it is finally introduced into the armed forces.

[@stopi2379]

Ich war Falli 1997-2001 und bin als Kraftfahrer und Kommandant ausgebildet worden. Auf dem Wiesel MK 20mm und TOW. Es gibt nichts vergleichbares auf dem Markt. Jede Kampfeinheit leckt sich die Finger. Weitermachen.

[@waldmeister0815]

They were called "driving stop-block" by the maintenance soldiers. You could see why, when it stood next to a Leopard 2. Bei der Inst hieß der immer "fahrbarer Unterlegkeil". Wenn der neben nem Leo 2 stand passte der Vergleich recht gut ;)

[@attilarischt2851]

I never realised how tiny that thing is

[@peewee-nv8yc]

and fast , very fast

[@dr.s6114]

THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID! Sorry, could not resist 🤭😏

[@beruman]

@@peewee-nv8yc tiny tank is harder to hit!

[@JamesBTurner93]

"Brief version of Development Hell" killed me!

[@Tyrs_Finox]

If you could ever call an armored vehicle "cute" this would be it. It also packs quite a punch in that little package, neat vehicle, good vid!

[@canisxv9869]

The first Wiesel had one of our engines (Audi 2.1 L 5-cylinder in-line turbo-diesel 64 kilowatts (86 hp)) 😁 The Wiesel 2 has a VW Engine ( Volkswagen 1.9 L Straight-4 turbo-diesel 81 kilowatts (109 hp)) Greetings from an Audi Employee 😄

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

;)

[@cissuperdroid]

Thank you for bringing more attention to this awesome tankette! The Wiesel line is super interesting to me and I just love their silhouettes! :)

[@n.a.4292]

People usually laugh at the Italian L3/33, but the doctrine behind (air transportation aside) has been proven solid by the Wiesel

[@railfan_3371]

Germany thought the smart car was so good they genuinely put a 20mm on it

[@DSlyde]

I really enjoyed this video and the mixed video/infographic style. Not particularly detailed feedback I know but hey, its also a comment for the algorithm too.

[@neritansevdari8977]

"Good crew comfort regarding ventilation" That had me dead laughing🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheSonicfrog]

Unleash the Kraka!

[@oddballsok]

release the KraKa...kakakakakakakaaaaa.

[@MrCosinuus]

1:02 The Kraka: "Great for crew comfort regarding ventilation." Always think positive!

[@aslamnurfikri7640]

Reminds me of this conversation Jeremy Clarkson: "Man with van. Classic Ford Transit, well ventilated" Richard Hammond: "It had no door on it!"

[@IntyMichael]

An it don't need much space in the garage, because you can fold it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6vcioqvqa2hobc

[@EK-gr9gd]

It was just designed to fight in wooden or urban areas, in which terrain provides sufficient cover. Hit and run attack style.

[@Indicta1]

How can you put a thumbs down for such a good video? Great work

[@Razzy1312]

I'm a fan of the Wiesel. To me it feels like a spiritual successor to the halftracks and armored cars of WW2 that had special weapons/roles and mainly did recon and light infantry support.

[@larrynivren8139]

A Wiesel is designed to support ground troops and to survive in ANY condition: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gX_OlHt3r6aVm7s

[@AKlover]

Slap a computer and camera on it and throw it back into service as A drone, build in A spot to plug in A "Shackled" AI later.

[@MoonBeamLaser]

Do you want Skynet to take over because that is how Judgement Day begins!

[@AKlover]

@@MoonBeamLaser By "Shackled" I meant embed and EMP device right next to the main processor. I think it was Asimov who first floated that idea in one of his books.

[@positroll7870]

Its called digital Wiesel and the US army tried it ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZa1mIeVhKt7bas

[@AKlover]

@AKUJIRULE You don't tie an EMP directly into the AI's system, that the AI can't access it should be obvious. You would need A secondary means of receiving the signal.

[@beruman]

that is just a tachikoma

[@ChimpOnComputer]

This is the cutest thing since the Luchs.

[@Firemann93112]

The masterquestion ist: WHERE CAN I GET ONE!?😅

[@W0DAN88]

Go to the next porsche shop you see

[@Hebbecker]

@@W0DAN88 Porsche just designed it 😉 But it would be funny to see the face of a Porsche employee if you ask him for one 🤣

[@scratchy996]

Confused Porsche dealer at the phone : " you need what ? and ...why ?" Customer : "Because the MK20's recoil messed up the roof on my Cayenne !"

[@hoppeltrottel7484]

@@scratchy996 Underrated comment. 😆

[@steffenrosmus9177]

Go to Inglostadt, the is a scrap yard for military vehicles.Not cheap, they must be demilitarized and freight to USA will cost a bit too.

[@Shinzon23]

these things are so hilarious; I love using these in ARMA, as you can ignore small arms, but are speedy as hell, and can threaten pretty much everything with the right loadout.

[@cosmoflanker]

Their secret power: They're too cute to kill.

[@iain075]

Really enjoy your work sir, so well researched and balanced. I find your narration very engaging. Thanks.

No mention of the track tentioning devicr was made. Rookie mistake ;)

[@johnknapp952]

A certain Chieftain is very sad. Also no "tank on fire" drill.

[@dazedandconfusedstacker9923]

It's not chieftain

[@nunyabidniz2868]

"Weasel" is a good name! I imagine a lot of viewers have no idea how small weasels really are, but if they search here on YT they can find a video of a weasel taking down a hare bigger than itself. Speed, mobility & tenacity will get the job done!

[@positroll7870]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5q3o4Gsqryqp5o

[@carmatic]

wouldnt it be cool if this tankette can be written into a post apocalyptic zombie surivival script looking for zombies through the vision ports would be an awesome survival horror concept, especially since the vehicle is so small... but also, the plausibility of keeping it running on limited resources adds to the gritty realism aspect

[@jasoncarswell7458]

Old dude in the back of the Wiesel looks like he's there mostly for ballast.

[@veeaa]

I want one so bad! I've seen em standing perfectly fitting in a normal parking lot. I'd love to see my neighbours face when they open the common garage door in the morning and there is my cute lil weasel in my spot.

[@JrgPt96]

I see the unit for ground pressure is written as N/cm3, but I guess it should be N/cm2? If it is, that would be a ground pressure of 36 kPa, which is a very impressive number, with a normal car having around 200 kPa, the M1 Abrams having 103 kPa, and a normal adult man having about 50 kPa of pressure. Very interesting video!

[@timb3637]

@Military History Visualized Above the horizontal control is not an indicator to see how much ammunition is left. With this you can set the distance you either lasered or manually figured out. Since AP and HE have different ballistic features there needs to be these two so you can adjust the distance individually. No current Modell of the Wiesel has an indicator for how much ammo you have left. Usually you have to count yourself or quick-check by looking at the "flexible Gurtkanäle"

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

Danke, hab einen pinned comment hinzugefügt.

[@gunner678]

I was on the staff of the NATO Multi National Division Centre which was the air mobile division of the ARRC (Allied command europe, Rapid Reaction Corps). Our very first field exercise was in Denmark early 90s and the 31st Luftlande Brigade was equipped with these excellent armoured vehicle. However they were deployed by helicopter. Most impressive.

[@masatsune3493]

German Army: Starts planning in the year of my birth. Delivery of first units as I turned 18.

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

But then you'll be too old for it.

[@hoppeltrottel7484]

That's how we roll. We design wunderwaffen, but deploy them so close to the end of the conflict they were intended for that they're hardly anything good. 🤪

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

@@hoppeltrottel7484 Wunderwaffen? they shoud've been called Woodwaffen as y'know.... they were mostly made out of wood at the end. 😂

[@hoppeltrottel7484]

@@SirAntoniousBlock 😜

[@EK-gr9gd]

@@SirAntoniousBlock As was the "Moose"!

[@darthcalanil5333]

Waffenträger Waffenträger what're you gonna do, what're you gonna do when it sneaks for you

[@looinrims]

More inside the visualized hatch, please! Also more Cold War, this is good stuff!

[@imagremlin875]

Thank you. A well made documentary. I look forward to seeing you each week.

[@dgerdi]

A Paratrooper Platoon is frightening. Hey let’s give them a 20mm Machine Cannon on a very fast vehicle. Place it on the Top, so that the Operators don’t have to present a lot of their quite vulnerable front and can quickly escape the backfire. A very good idea. At least for the Paratroopers.

[@TotallyNotAFox]

"They just send paratroopers, our APCs are more than enou... HOLY SHIT IS THAT A TOW?!"

[@bbgcars]

WINNER OF THE 2022 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD FOR CUTEST TANK EVER!

[@Psiberzerker]

An interesting thing about the Kraka compared with other mechanical mules is that it folds up, and is capable of carrying another Kraka on it's cargo platform. With a driver in the driver's position, no problem really. I always thought that was awesome.

[@crazy031089]

That sounds nice. But how are you supposed to get it of in the field? build a earth ramp with your shovel?

[@JohnF0X]

Wiesel is basicly the German take on the Insurgent Technical, and i fucking love it!

[@ABrit-bt6ce]

I would love a Wiesel and being from the UK there would be no problem with me daily driving it. :) edit: Right hand drive. Superb.

[@z0ck3r]

can we appreciate the german languge for a sec here. 8:54 a warning sign and two words that will take you a while to decipher

[@scumbaggaming9418]

My first thought upon seeing this was "That's a fuckin tankette!"

[@obugger]

Mark 6B innit.

[@HereticalKitsune]

Wieselflink! Hach, so viele Erinnerungen daran. Als Kind auf nem Tag der offenen Tür in einer Erprobungsstelle mitgefahren, dann gegenüber meiner Lagerhalle standen sie auch rum bei der Instandsetzung. In einem BIWAK in der AGA hatten wir 2 MK Wiesel, die bei Nacht geschossen haben, war ziemlich beeindruckend.

[@JerryEricsson]

This was a cool video. For me, the Wiesel name caught my eye, back in the mid 1960's I rode a school bus from our small village out to a rural schoolhouse in North Dakota. One of the last stops was at a small farm a few miles from the school. The owner of the farm had a snow plane and a Wiesel tracked vehicle. Since the snow in the Dakota's can be treacherous from time to time, that farmer was a God Send to the local population when it became necessary to transport an injured person or pregnant lady to hospital, and his units often became the rescuer for those who were not wise enough to stay home when the snow began to blow across the prairie of the Dakota's. He saved dozens of lives with his units, in fact there is a memorial in place at a local museum for his rigs and the owner. I knew his children very well, sadly they have all passed on now, this does make me a bit sad, but I am an old man now and many of my closest friends and family have passed on.

[@looinrims]

In the ‘60s a guy owned a vehicle that didn’t exist?

[@dominicwroblewski5832]

Great video and tour. But you forgot the "Oh bugger, the tank is on fire" segment.

[@Riceball01]

Very cool. If I had the money and if Germany actually sold surplus Wiesels, I'd love to get one. They look like a of fun to drive and ride in. They probably wouldn't be too bad in a zombie apocalypse if it was just you and a buddy. You forgot to go over one very important thing in this video. How does the track tensioning system on this vehicle work? That's a very important thing you know. You also should have done the Chieftain's ever popular, "Oh, bugger, the tank's on fire" test as well.

[@madrooky1398]

track tensioning becomes very important when you have to roll over large amount of zombies... :D

[@larrynivren8139]

A Wiesel is designed to support ground troops and to survive in ANY condition: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gX_OlHt3r6aVm7s

[@wudruffwildcard252]

Now that Germany has transitioned to the Spike missile, Wiesel and Puma are now equipped with the Spike missile.

[@GaldirEonai]

I just realized that this is basically the tank from the old '94 XCom game...

[@cuong1910]

imagine it standing next to the MBTs. it's cute, like pets but if you pat it's head it will blow your head off with a wag of tail

[@tehw000000t]

The germans actually had a vehicle called the cracka. Im having trouble with this

[@doobiejones9388]

I'm ex 🇺🇸 Army. 82nd Airborne. 80s and 90s. I've seen this cute little murderer machines in action. We all agreed having a platoon of these at the company level would've been a good thing. Great video brother!😊😎

[@sharkquark6252]

why wasn’t it introduced in the US then? And would you like to tell me more about how well they did? I love this vehicle and it would be cool to get to know some testing results and it’s effectivity.

[@Scitch87]

Me: "Mom can we have Leopard II?" Mom: "No, we have Leopard II at home." Leopard II at home:

[@maxiona714]

If it's armed with heavy ATGMs, it is even better than any tank.

[@EK-gr9gd]

@@maxiona714 Not really! The missions of the systems are quite different!

[@chestercallahan8856]

I truly enjoy your videos!

[@andersw14]

Where's the "Crap the tank is on fire!" segment. Love the videos!

[@positroll7870]

Preferably done by Sofilein, for maximum cuteness ...

[@looinrims]

“Schiese! Ze Panzer iz on Fire!”

[@mirvessen]

You make really great content. I like it very much. Thank you.

[@DOSRetroGamer]

This looks like a lot of fun to drive. And shoot stuff

[@thomasmusso1147]

👍. Except when 'stuff' starts shooting back at you. 23mm .. quite common Ivan Fare, will shred that Dinkey Toy like a Swiss Cheese.

[@ericrachut4207]

Thank you for these superb presentations! These days in the Middle East Improvised Explosive Devices are commonly used by the enemy and these unfortunately would no doubt do great damage to the Wiesel.

[@tomppeli.]

The Wiesel 1 is my top dream tank I'd love to own

[@falanglao01]

Great content as usual! I sincerely hope you will make a video on the Kürassier one day

[@lordseelenfresserdemonking1168]

Awwww its so cute I'll take your whole stock

[@singlespeedman]

I was in 3/73rd in the 82nd when these were tried in the U.S. There were Hagglunds being tested also.

[@ClockWork-zj7zy]

Imagine this vehicle being introduced in War Thunder as the german R3 T20

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

it would be worse, as its smaller and would have APFSDS, on the flip side its turret isn't as good and it only has 2 crew (not that the later maters as it would be hull break anyway)

[@ClockWork-zj7zy]

@@matthiuskoenig3378 they’ve gotta add it at some point. Also 20 mm apfsds would look adorable.

[@L963-h9r]

@@matthiuskoenig3378 20mm DM63, the newest AP shell for the RH202 is APDS, not APFSDS

[@buckstarchaser2376]

This little dude is so cool. I generally prefer wheels over tracks, but this is possibly one of the few cases where tracks are useful for their compactness and no need for elaborate steering and suspension parts. The fuel efficiency and firepower/mobility per transportation effort are also really great. Basically, this is like an M2 Bradly, but instead of being a lumbering coffin for the infantry inside, the tankette itself is pretty much an infantry team. Ton for ton, and man for man, these little guys have much more firepower than the Bradley, which is already very formidable.

[@johnnypopper-pc3ss]

It's a Wiesel with a Diesel !!

[@RCAFpolarexpress]

Good evening 😊 Very well made video Sir 👍😊 Great little machine Sir Cheers !!!

[@nanosuit100]

FschJg TOW Wiesel driver here 👍🏻 great video. Nothing to add. One question - when does your book about the Stg 44 Sturmzug release and will be shipped ? I ordered it already and haven’t gotten a email when it will be delivered

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

There should have been an update a few weeks ago, make sure it doesn't get lost in "promotions" tab (if you use gmail). We ordered the version 1.0 a few days ago for us and if everything is fine, we will order the paperbacks. Hardcover will be delayed, since we need to sign them together and currently that is not possible due to lockdowns etc.

[@motorrebell]

FschJg ( FSCH PZ ABW BTL 272 ) MK & TOW Wiesel driver here too ! " GLÜCK AB ! " :-)

[@landserkorps796]

Wieso durftet ihr arschgeigen alle Wiesel fahren und ich musste latschen?😢 ist ja ätzend. 😂2.313 Glück ab.

[@motorrebell]

@@landserkorps796 Haha - musste damals in Fort Polk - Louisiana für 313 immer ( mit bis zu 8 Mann auf d Wiesel ) d TAXI spielen ! :-D

[@landserkorps796]

@@motorrebell boah immer aufs schlimme. So heilt man aber keinen pathologischen wieselneid. 😂 hatte keine Ahnung daß unsere Jungs auch in Louisiana rumstiefeln. Ich war n paar Wochen in fort benning georgia, rangerschool. Das waren ein paar spaßige Wochen. MKG

[@darthvodder7426]

KRAKA forever!😀 FschJgBtl 252 Nagold Glück ab Kameraden With these three guys on board it’s already overloaded!

[@readhistory2023]

I never thought I'd call a tank cute. It needs a 7.62 mini gun as upgrade/option.

[@andreasvogler1875]

Exactly. A couple of years after I was a loader on a TOW Wiesel these things were deployed to Afghanistan, a scenario they were not designed for. When you are fighting insurgents 4mm of armor and an anti tank missile are not ideal. A 40mm machine grenade launcher and an M4 Carl Gustav plus some additional armor would make more sense.

[@minhducnguyen674]

It already has a 20mm autocannon. Getting it a minigun would be a downgrade

[@andreasvogler1875]

@@minhducnguyen674 For the MK20 version it would be a downgrade, but for some of the other versions it would be an upgrade.

[@minhducnguyen674]

@@andreasvogler1875 Then they should upgrade with better 20mm. Using smaller caliber would be a downgrade. You have greater range, more destructive capabilities and more choices of ammunition.

[@andreasvogler1875]

@@minhducnguyen674 As I said, there are different versions for different roles. Putting a 20mm MK on top of all of them would make no sense.

[@Lord-Snowflake]

Great video, please continue with more.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Everybody here asking why the Wiesel... But nobody asking how is the Wiesel.

[@brnamed42]

Woohoo, Military History Visualized _und_ DasPanzermuseum CrossOver :D

[@lovdhirondelle5995]

Isn't the ground pressure measured in Newtons per square centimetres rather than per cubic centimetres?

[@Rubashow]

Yes. It's pressure per area.

[@bassett_green]

Einstein, Newton and Pascal decide to play hide and seek. Einstein is "it", closes his eyes, counts to 10 then opens them. Pascal is no where to be seen. Newton is sitting right in front of Einstein, with a piece of chalk in his hand. He’s sitting in a box drawn on the ground, a meter to a side. Einstein says “Newton, you’re terrible, I’ve found you!” Newton says “No no, Einy. You’ve found one Newton per square meter. You’ve found Pascal!”

[@palomino73]

Of course it is.

[@jyotirmayamohanty5723]

It was fast, Lethal(20mm-Anti Air and Anti-Tank ToW, Anti-Helicopter Gunship), Stealthy and most important Portable by Chopper and Transport Aircraft. Due to its 20mm , it could be used as an Mechanized Mounted Sniper remaining protecting German crews from Soviet snipers. It could travel through European forests without felling any trees.

[@AS-pv8yt]

one of my favorite "tankette"!

[@larrynivren8139]

A Wiesel is designed to support ground troops and to survive in ANY condition: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gX_OlHt3r6aVm7s

[@Eruthian]

I´ll never forget seeing one of those casually standing on a parking place of an Autobahn`s Mc Donald`s, when our batallion moved to a maneuver a few decades ago xD. Looked really fun and out of place^^

[@JazzJaRa]

When i was in driving school for Marder IFV we were driving in front of a bakery and just bought some food.

[@goldenpun5592]

Known fact that small things are cute. even tanks

[@Luciano-fp9jk]

Hey Bernhard, good video, I think the quote has a typo on the ground pressure at 6:50, iirc pressure is defined as force per square meter, so it should be square cm. Keep it up with the good videos, cheers!