The Unlikely Origins Of The Rocket Launcher - Loadout

[@darienb1127]

I still think that the fact that someone invented gunpowder while trying to make a potion of immorality is the most human thing imaginable.

[@visassess8607]

That has to be one of the most ironic milestones in history.

[@drrocketman7794]

And the Nobel peace prize is named after Alfred Nobel. He invented Dynamite.

[@TabooRetka701]

He literally invented the mortality potion

[@AR15andGOD]

Goes to show the utter insanity of pagan cultures. Tries to become immortal which intuition would tell you isn't possible based on the fact that you're becoming crusty and decrepit with age, not to mention the magic potion explodes in your gut. There's only 1 way and 1 path to eternal life, and it isn't an eternal fleshly life either. It's better.

[@darienb1127]

@@drrocketman7794 I will say that does make a tad more sense since dynamite was made for stuff like mining. The irony is still funny though

[@sulac4gaming171]

Rocket-Jumping WAS NOT PUT IN QUAKE ON PURPOSE by id. It was a quirk in Quake's rudimentary physics system, which was discovered by players and deemed to be useful :) Therefore id Software included it in later games as an official feature because of its lasting popularity.

[@gaurd3]

like bunny hopping

[@sulac4gaming171]

@@gaurd3 exactly :)

[@Roxor128]

TV Tropes calls it an Ascended Glitch.

[@chrisball3778]

Grenade and rocket jumping were included as deliberate features in Bungie's Apple Macintosh FPS Marathon in 1994, 2 years before Quake. They were required techniques for accessing some areas of certain single-player maps, and people soon started using them in multiplayer too. Although it never had anything like the cultural impact of Quake, Marathon was one of the first games to build on the success of Doom, and added a number of features that became staples of the FPS genre, so I'd be very surprised if nobody at id ever played it. I've read somewhere that there was even a secret area in Doom that you could reach by shooting a wall point-blank so that the explosion threw you across a gap. I'd be pretty sure they would have foreseen that people would be able to have fun with it when they were writing the physics engine for Quake.

[@Roxor128]

@@chrisball3778 Rise Of The Triad (1994) has a form of proto-rocket-jumping. If you're wearing asbestos armour and look down and fire the Firebomb or Excalibat, you can throw yourself backwards and into the air (other weapons will have a much smaller effect that isn't useful). I don't think it qualifies outright as the game lacks a jump button.

[@FromRussia_With_Love]

Here's something for you, one of the most iconic and recognizable rocket launchers in popular culture is of course the Soviet RPG-7. Despite widespread misconception, the acronym does not stand for "rocket propelled grenade." It's a Russian weapon; why would it be given an English designation. The letters actually stand for the words "ruchnoy protivotankoviy granatomyot" which means something like "antitank grenade launcher that you can carry."

[@vikkimcdonough6153]

Of course, "rocket-propelled grenade" _is_ a fairly-accurate description of the weapon system, which is probably why the backronym's stuck around so well.

[@FromRussia_With_Love]

@@vikkimcdonough6153 True, it's a reasonably accurate way of calling the weapon in English.

[@essex3777]

As a wise man once said 'The Gods may have given us fire, but blowing stuff up? That's our idea.'

[@Crushenator500]

Half-Life's laser guided rocket launcher is easily the best in gaming.

[@aunusuallylargecat1779]

ahh yes, a man of culture!

[@johanninferus4845]

Every manually guided rocket launcher is beautiful, but Half-Life's one nailed it.

[@MoBaK]

Bruh When i wanna fast peek someone with a rocket launcher in half life I CAN'T THE ROCKET JUST COMES BACK AND FUCKING KILLS ME That made half life hard for me

[@someoneorother2758]

_ MoBaK _ yeah, but halflife has so much health and armour everywhere that staying in the open to get a direct hit isn't too detrimental.

[@stevenc8717]

@@MoBaK switch guns 👀

[@paradoxacres1063]

"Loadout" is such a cool series 🙂 Keep up the good work, Dave!

[@IrregularDave]

Thank you!

[@drrocketman7794]

Psychological effects of explosives are not to be underestimated. There are two things that all land vertebrates are born afraid of. These two are falling, and loud noises.

[@Shinzon23]

There's also burning alive and drowning

[@drrocketman7794]

@@Shinzon23 You learn fear of fire. And most infants can swim.

[@tyedye3d]

@@Shinzon23 men do

[@guerra_dos_bichos]

@@drrocketman7794 most infants can't swim, that's a common urban legend, newborns can hold their breath , but they'll drown without help, they can't keep their head above water...

[@drrocketman7794]

@@guerra_dos_bichos True.

[@stewardappiagyei6982]

Humans: discover gunpowder. Also humans: consume it.

[@Nemoticon]

Gunpowder wasn't discovered, it was invented.

[@dexter1981]

the most common rocket launcher in games is probably the RPG-7

[@cirrus070]

My favorite weapon in videogames cuz i have terrible aim.

[@BHuang92]

Because accuracy doesnt matter if everything around the area turns into soup..........

[@henryfleischer404]

Better than trying to get headshots with a shotgun!

[@GaryHamad]

ah so you like AA-12 and USAS-12 as well

[@norbertoszi6812]

I'm pretty sure Terminator 2 ain't have any rocket launchers.That is a rotary grenade launcher.

[@cartoonraccoon2078]

Did you snort and adjust your band-aid wrapped glasses as you typed that?

[@KurisChan]

@@cartoonraccoon2078 lol

[@WhompingWalrus]

RPG = a rocket launcher, and it literally stands for rocket propelled grenade. Rockets & grenade launchers are not mutually exclusive categories.

[@thewingedporpoise]

@@WhompingWalrus I'm pretty sure RPG stands for something else, and also it really isn't the same thing

[@thewingedporpoise]

also given that predator was in that list I think it was describing lists of movies with big explosions being popular in the box office

[@MetalGamer666]

10:28 - The text says Battlefield V, but I'm pretty sure that's NOT Battlefield V. More like BF4.

[@walterbigsby6380]

4:30 "Improving its design" is a bit of a stretch, special protective equipment needed to be warned to utilize the Panzershrek and it saw far less use than the Bazooka as it was generally inferior, other than its potentially greater power but it was so much more difficult to use that its effect on the battlefield was lesser as a result.

[@visassess8607]

I think all it really improved on was it's power since it used a larger shell

[@aravindpallippara1577]

That's why later version had that humongous blast shield in front of the weapon - it was then useable without protective equipment. Of course each shot expended the glass in the viewport of the shield (it was a quick swap glass, with multiple spares)

[@Kitkat-986]

Fun fact: The M202 flash quad barreled rocket launcher is considered to be a flamethrower under US army designations. This is because it is designed to fire anti-infantry incendiary rockets instead of a high explosive anti-armor round. Like a flamethrower, they were incendiary weapons designed explicitly to be used against entrenched enemy soldiers.

[@Heidegaff]

"IF GOD WANTED YOU TO LIVE HE WOULDN'T HAVE CREATED ME!"

[@Atzy]

Nobody: Metal Slug: ROCKET LAWN-CHAIR!

[@SephirothRyu]

Warhammer 40K: We got bored of guns and rocket launchers being different things, so we just made bolters (guns whose bullets also have rockets to continue accelerating them after they leave the gun).

[@jdiamond1952]

This channel and video series should receive so much more respect and notoriety. The production value is absolutely incredible and contains actual substance and makes history more captivating than it already is. I hope they keep this series going I love it.

[@PikkaBird]

*Rocket Lounger

[@xwrecker]

Love that game

[@Zynet_Eseled]

Personally I want to see the history of designated marksman rifles, and get an explanantion on why they typically arent 1 shot headshot guns

[@meki___6881]

It's pretty easy after ww2 and more so in the Vietnam war they realised that normal foot solders disliked battle rifles like the m14 becouse to big and small Magazin so they intruced the m16 which was still to heavy and big so the m4 was born Problem was the effective firing range went down considerably so wen they charge behind a corner and the enemy is 500-700 meters out they are stuck So they reintroduced the battle rifle with a scope and now only 1 per squad end of story

[@TJZ2345]

What RTS is being shown with the Korean multi-rocket launchers?

[@norbertoszi6812]

Stronghold:Warlords

[@savage.sadistic.sensationa1184]

How can you forgot resident evil series also included many types of the rocket launcher unlockables secret weapon with infinity ammo lol....

[@FlyingHangman]

Little surprised that there was no mention of goldeneye, particularly their rockets only mode... especially after the sound effect is utilised in the intro

[@coucoul38]

no one talks about the fact the rockets are way faster irl

[@poldpoldecki7171]

You made it sound like the americans were first to use shoulder fired AT rockets and germans copied them...

[@Dung30n]

Hold up. "pro pipe"? never have i ever heard that. noob stick, yes. pro-pipe, never.

[@yahyamusseb]

Fun fact the m202 flash is actually a flamethrower

[@DiggyDougSauce94]

I need this channel and Ahoy to do a collab. Dude's videos are amazing.

[@RR-dx8tv]

Ahoy don't upload anymore.

[@DiggyDougSauce94]

@@RR-dx8tv yeah sadly his last vid was 3 months ago. Hopefully we get one soon.

[@RevOwOlutionary]

@@RR-dx8tv He just has long production times. A few months between videos is perfectly normal for him.

[@ghansu]

Good video. I would like those more realistic shooters to have real sound of rpg or other that kind of weapons. Its a huge bang when that rocket leaves the tube and you just cant be sneaky with that because of backblast.

[@bruschetta7711]

I don't care what you think, a 1 ammo per shot Launcher with slow reload speed takes more skill than spraying with a 60 ammo full auto gun that reload twice as fast

[@Zynet_Eseled]

I do agree.

[@ravick007]

I thought you were going to talk about how rocket launchers in games are reloadable, but they are usually one-use in real life. =/

[@thsuperelite]

Instead of watching this go and watch Ahoy's marvelous creation of a video of rocket launcher from iconic arms... You will be much pleased...

[@derpthewisewolf]

This is the first thing I thought when I saw this

[@tien65]

Wish Ahoy make more vids on iconic arms

[@vikkimcdonough6153]

Let's just face it: rockets are FRICKIN' AWESOME.

[@douglasparkinson4123]

this dave chap has really got the number with his 2 series, the firearms expert and loadout are just great.

[@Iskelderon]

Who doesn't love a good game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, Rocket Launcher?

[@xwrecker]

Cuz rockets always win

[@captain-chair]

10:30 Umm, are you sure that is Battlefield 5?

[@av0-cad03]

Lmao. of course it is, it's not like BFV is a World War II game or anything...

[@captain-chair]

Dark Angel Dreadnought My sarcasm detecter must be faulty at the moment, is this sarcasm?

[@av0-cad03]

@@captain-chair lmao, yeah, I'm being sarcastic. It can be hard to tell some times on the internet, sadly.

[@downloadmusic7323]

I prefer to use them to launch my character across the map to inevitably hit someone with a shovel

[@LennartBloeming]

Underrated comment

[@fireflyworlds]

That Hwacha looks familiar ;)

[@TheWarmotor]

Did he say 'pro pipe'? I thought it was n00b t00b?!

[@lucdude457]

"didnt say if he took of or exploded" ngl they probably couldnt tell XD

[@Akideoni]

8:09 its funny that in real life these weapon are actually "recoil-less", and we now use the front end to jump higher...

[@lionheart10801]

Really diggin’ this new series!

[@kienhwengtai8113]

Gunpowder, created in an attempt for immortality but ended up speeding up mortality.

[@xwrecker]

Thermo rocket launcher/cannon from transformers war/fall of cybertron anyone? My biggest issue with the cannon is that it only holds one shot

[@Tommy-5684]

rocket launchers and large crew served gun more generaly almost always seem to model there arounds as HE only when often they use a shaped chage or other system to focus as much of the blast energy in to the target

[@kaushiksings]

3:30 you've got the portrait of the wrong William Congreve - that's the playwright, not the inventor.

[@imranhazim5434]

Watching rocket launcher video when suddenly an astronaut in Masterclass ads telling about rocket ship.

[@thatsnodildo1974]

No mention of Panzerfaust or the katyusha or Panzerwerfer?

[@TheSkipjack95]

at 4:16 it's actually a Panzerschreck (the shield is a dead giveaway)

[@PXCharon]

It werfs panzers

[@TruthNerds]

The Panzerfaust was, technically, not a rocket launcher but a recoilless gun (meaning the warhead had no propulsion after the initial propellant explosion). One is shown at 7:19 (I believe this is Call of Duty but I never played it).

[@AbiShoukathAliA]

GameSpot??? I thought this vid is from vox

[@SkylerLinux]

I have never heard of Pro-Pipe, NoobTube however I have heard much about.

[@calebherbert3232]

what was the game called when showing the arrow launcher thing

[@DeCimateBrown]

I also want to know that game.

[@nuclearjanitors]

The RPG is not a recoilless rifle. Recoilless rifles use rifled barrels, hence the term "rifle". RPGs are loaded and fire directly from the muzzle.

[@jordanwiser9011]

Do you know how a recoilless rifle actually works

[@nuclearjanitors]

@@jordanwiser9011 lmao there’s two charges in the weapon; one that “launches” the warhead and another that is fired in the opposite direction, into the other blast to negate it hence “recoiless” but they have recoil.

[@levidavis1093]

So let me get this straight, they were just trying to make fireworks..?.. lol

[@jinjrbred]

How bout squad with HE rockets for armor and fragmentation for anti-infantry variants of ammo.

[@GrimmSpector]

How can you ignore TEAM FORTRESS CLASSIC?! Where 1v1 Soldier matches where Rocket Jumping was a KEY was widespread competition online?!

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Alchemists: tried to make medicine Also alchemists: accidentally make pew pew death powder instead

[@xwrecker]

Profit

[@ObservationofLimits]

Nice. Showing footage from Hexen and Rise of the Triad.

[@whitedragon1204]

Always nice to see mythbusters hwatcha

[@arielscorpion68]

So now gamespot is discovery channel ??? WTF

[@kellerweskier7214]

ill tell you what. there is NOTHING more satisfying than getting a hit with the Big Bazooka in Fallout 1 and 2

[@odanewilson]

I need 900 boxes of those to buy ok

[@ڈیرہ.اعجازی.خان]

AK-47

[@cocktail3018]

Where did you get your shirt?

[@ڈیرہ.اعجازی.خان]

RPG-7

[@thecorpclan1285]

I never made a manual

[@neohongkong]

the mutual destruction by rocket launcher in MOHAA multiplayer

[@efbay]

Love these videos, so well done guys

[@Nverinder716]

Watcing all these episode out of order, this was the first time I saw Unreal Tournament mentioned! I'd really like to see Dave and Jonathan do an Expert Reacts to the UT franchise, just to get Jonathan's hot take on the Flak Cannon!

[@seatspud]

ROCKIT LAWNCHAIR!

[@chrislecce3993]

this loadout series is really good content

[@tonypang83]

I speak fluent Chinese, but never did I "notice" the link between the Chinese name for gunpowder and medicine... 🤣 It wasn't really anything I focused on before!

[@Mrcoops85]

Nice work Dave - OP

[@Evans7274]

"If gun don't work, use more gun"

[@YakrifZee]

You forgot to mention Tipu Sultan's rockets which were later used by the British.

[@craigjoe8691]

Ahoy did it better

[@bfont3484]

The temporary cardigan incidentally place because input lilly tease under a spiky badge. useless, political banjo

[@demislonzie8784]

i can hear soldier yelling stuff now.

[@AR15andGOD]

Fireworks were for... warding off evil spirits? paganism, everyone.

[@ViVaLaRan]

Q U A K E

[@pogwog5309]

Man doesn't call it a Spanker, what is this

[@GaryHamad]

Search for Elixir of Life Leads to Advancement of Destruction

[@oerlikon20mm29]

MoH Airborne was the first shooter I ever played, nice to see in a video like this

[@visassess8607]

It makes me feel old to read that lmao

[@j7ndominica051]

The Medal of Honor clip looks so bad as if it was made in 1996.

[@gerrijayakantono2614]

Me : I have a bazooka TSA Agent : What?.. . . . Me : it's a musical instrument TSA Agent : Ouu OK go ahead you're fine

[@jonathanbarker1016]

Yeah and there is eighties tune about having Rocket Launcher .Which should been put into this game ,Since it a cool song from the eighties.,But a Rocket Lanuncher is great in video ,Most especially in GTA 5 were it need against MerryWaether .And helps whole in the game ,Even when came find early in the game ,Cause thiere is a spot where you can get ,Before you actually can buy it In the game .That sort of a tip for anybody stilling GTA 5 as single player game ,Like back to early start of the game ,And with all three characters in the game , I sure you find at the same place online GTA 5 ,But you find Attack chopper outside of Los Santos ,And before a road stop gas station with a gun shop close by .

[@AlphalanceVO]

The NATO classifications is intriguing. I hope y’all can expand on that more in the future

[@Chaoticchips]

Then there borderlands rocket launchers….

[@vikkimcdonough6153]

I'm a bit surprised we don't see more Katyushas and other rocket-artillery systems in video games.

[@gillnosowitz2795]

"fire arrows" let me stop you real quick... I know you're not an expert but there are so many reasons that the chinesse fire arrows are a myth. The fuse is a big part of it. They didn't have wind-proof fuses, so no arrow could have a fuse, or be on fire, because the speed would just put them out. Even if you had a smouldering coal lodged into the middle of the arrow all it would do is.. be hot.. not catch anything that it didn't already catch pre-shooting the arrow. All the stuff you have about chinese "rockets" is mostly exaggerated myth with 0 historical evidence.

[@gillnosowitz2795]

edit: all of the asia stuff... "densely packed samurai formations" I mean... I guess you could call it that? Samurai were less densely packed than other asian peasant army forces at the time, so I wouldn't call them that.

[@RaimundBlidemann]

I didn´t expect to see a stronghold game on here

[@AbenZin1]

Pff. Marathon was rocket (and grenade) jumping 2 years before Quake!

[@PurposefullyIneloquent]

Needed the clip of Leon killing Saddler. Or the RE1 Tyrant's death.

[@kaybevang536]

Cod : some newb kills himself along with me with Panzershrek in WaW and RPG and AT4 in modern warfare 2

[@therougechipmunk8058]

Fun fact the weapon in the thumbnail Is my main MOS weapon as an 0351 infantry Assaultman. Its call the MK153 SMAW, also this pic is kinda incorrect as the rocket on a SMAW doesnt stick out of the launcher. The entire rocket is encased inside the end tube peice which gets attached on to fire.

[@therougechipmunk8058]

@@ohthreefiftyone they might have by now but I served from 2011 to 2014.

[@samisavage891]

@@ohthreefiftyone what kind of recoilless rifle do they get now?

[@stanislavczebinski994]

4:14 Panzerschreck, not Bazooka.

[@tedilkov8953]

what game is the one in the video?

[@bluelaser3415]

WHAT is that in the thumbnail

[@thehypotheticalquasistar3450]

i like how KZbin says it’s a game COD

[@xyhurt2027]

you need to rocket jump in rise of the triad to finish the game

[@malo9792]

im sorry, "pro pipe" ?????

[@TrueInvisible]

you do realize that "war propaganda" means "false bullshit we made up to look good and to make the enemy look bad and to make other cheer for us even when we never deserved it" right?

[@dannydivito7858]

Yes. And it worked. But nobody would ever think the axis was good anyways.

[@travelbyfire8474]

That goldeneye rocket sound is on point.

[@adityade1968]

Tipu Sultan used rockets against the British