Weird Russian Weapons in History

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[@Quetzal-ob8vn]

"You see dimitri when you have flying tank, enemy doesn't know whether to use anti tank or anti air"

[@itsalmostfun8567]

USE FLAK 8.8cm it will break the wing and kill the tank or just destroy the transmission but most of all it destroys

[@rmynet3824]

@@itsalmostfun8567 war thunder theory

[@yesyes13123]

But they use anti material

[@wildbaguette6767]

@卐 far right azov battalion 🇺🇦 卐 nice nick bro

[@johnnimmo7348]

Lots of anti aircraft weapons can take out a tank and the tank would haft to be a light tank so it could fly so it would not have been very thick

[@CollegeBallYouknow]

With how weird and over the top Russian history is in general, especially during the 20th century, I’m surprised that they haven’t gotten a HBO show yet.

[@tylerv6341]

chernobyl?

[@retropotatoe]

red scare is still in full force

[@Poffean]

@@retropotatoe more like a white scare nowadays

[@APersonOnYouTubeX]

Besides the current situations Main problem being that communist vs capitalist mindset still exists Chances are it could get boycotted

[@peteramirez2158]

It’s called game of thrones….. Vladimir Putin is the night king

[@z-man1237]

The Tsar tank will forever be the most bizarre Russian weapon/vehicle ever to me.

[@thunderbird1921]

It makes sense, just a bit too ambitious and had too many flaws. It was probably meant as a terror weapon, in addition to combat support. Think what World War I German or Austro-Hungarian troops would have thought seeing those huge wheels smashing down forests or slicing through houses, with multiple guns blasting away at them. You'd be lying if you weren't scared spitless by something like that.

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[@MonkeyJedi99]

I would even say it was bizz-tsar!

[@MrWaifuTaker]

I know the APS best from Call Of Duty: Ghosts where it was used in missions that involved underwater environments, and Black Lagoon where Revy uses it while looting a painting from a sunken German submarine.

[@wayneigoe6722]

Hey! A fellow fan of Black Lagoon! Such an underappericated anime... It doesn't get nearly enough recognition.

[@u.nforcesalx9892]

@@wayneigoe6722 still can't get enough of That gal holding the thumper,I kinda forgot her name tbh

[@andershargrave7246]

Recently i visited russian submarine museum in Crimea. I saw a few APS rifles and KGB frogmen manequins. It was fascinating

[@chris30555]

@Lao Ball Music🎵& Minecraft Beta Clips I have. Not that hard tbh.

[@zherean42069]

@Lao Ball Music🎵& Minecraft Beta Clips I didn't but cool

[@kingyeet6070]

Imagine how silent it would be if someone made a different version of the Welrod that can use the SP4 ammo

[@CMDRFandragon]

Or what happens if you put a suppressor onto the SP4 gun.

[@logan9957]

@@CMDRFandragon nothing. It's already containing it's gasses

[@falloutfart9917]

I wonder if you could make an smg in that caliber

[@BadBomb555]

Wonder if you could make SP4 like ammo for bigger calibers.

[@bandog6391]

I am just a random person that just found out

[@tardarsauce1842]

Yuri: You see Ivan, when you create a flying tank, enemies will be confused, whether they use anti-tank gun or anti-aircraft gun Hans: **Laughs in 8.8cm flak cannon**

[@APersonOnYouTubeX]

Klaus: HANS DONT WASTE AMMO, JUST WAIT FOR IT TO LAND AND GET PANZERSHRECK

[@pjbvrttbv78-23]

@@APersonOnKZbinX too late **proceeds to spend the entire ammo**

[@apasserbyontheinternet2725]

Ah yes, the 8.8cm General-Purpose Cannon

[@joelalarcon3738]

@@APersonOnKZbinX step 1 shoot the wings step 2 when it land shoot it panzer shreck

[@fiery_gamerz]

The anti-*EVERYTHING* gun

[@cocacola4blood365]

The APS had a pistol counterpart, SPP-1 underwater pistol which had four barrels. It was a break open, breach loader that used a four round magazine. Not as impressive as the rifle, but I thought it worth some mention.

[@cains7573]

Yea I agree

[@Top2BottomGaming]

They did a video on it before.

[@user-sv4hb3md8y]

I held it in my hands. Very light, just like a toy 😂

[@BirdsOfGlass]

Think about seeing the tsar tank coming at you on a battlefield in 1924.... it's size & "uniqueness" would probably strike fear for a moment or two.

[@greenpointfirephotography]

wdym 1924....it wouldve got to the battle fielkd by 1939

[@leprawnchannel9405]

-_-

[@charlesmcgill2974]

they might have to pull it out of storage soon they need every tank they can get

[@imtiredtiredtired]

@@charlesmcgill2974 time to unleash the horde of ancient T-34-85s from their cosmoline tombs in the middle of Siberian backwater nowhere

[@BirdsOfGlass]

@@charlesmcgill2974 they won't have the gas to run them. 😂😂😂

[@comradepatchdoggo8745]

The Soviets had Crazy Technology like the pistol at the very first beggining shows that you won't need a silencer anymore

[@tonypeppermint5329]

I think it had some bumps.

[@thegeneraldog8236]

True

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[@mystical6367]

Imagine how amazing the flying tank could of been as like a flying “rolling thunder” strategy. Imagine a fleet of bombers deploying those tank gliders before coming up on a base and bombarding the base.. Then by the time the enemies come out from the air raid shelters on the base the tanks that were deployed show up to sweep up.

[@Raitzen97]

*laughs in Luftwaffe air superiority*

[@Andrey-vs2zk]

@@Raitzen97 Its almost like the Luftwaffe was mostly weak after the Battle of Britain

[@MarcABrown-tt1fp]

As if the air frame lugging the tank around would be capable of the speed evasive maneuvers needed to avoid fighters let alone AA, God this concept was and always will be immensely impractical. More stupid reformers talk...

[@CASA-dy4vs]

@@MarcABrown-tt1fp use the magic of imagination combined with Borgir you create a tank with a 100000000 mm penetration that is very small and the gun is an auto cannon with 5.6 million rounds in 1 seconds yes it will probably make the earth go wonky but effective

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Idk If he meant to say "mild steel" instead of milled steel. Maybe idk what mild steel is lol

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[@CcOLaGeN]

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[@heckinmemes6430]

"Hey Alexi, we need to flex on the Germans, show them our supply lines and factories are strong!" "Shoot all the bullets." "All of them?" "Da. All of them."

[@gotterdammerung5527]

I'm honestly so disappointed that the tsar tank never saw combat lol. Though in all honesty it would have probably gotten disabled by German grenades If not completely disabled by one artillery strike. Edit: Y'all are mad dumb if you think grenades and anti-tank grenades cant damage armored fighting vehicles. Fr not every tank is a super heavy with armor 7 inches thick.

[@benn454]

Or a big stick.

[@GAMER123GAMING]

do you know how grenades work

[@leprawnchannel9405]

Bruh

[@whythefuckdidyoutubewantustodo]

@@GAMER123GAMING Ehhh he's probably right about the grenades, back in WW2 a well placed grenade could disable a tank and considering the Tsar tank was a ww1 "tank" I'm going ahead and guessing it would falter if you hit one of the big wheels, or the wheel in the back.

[@GAMER123GAMING]

@@whythefuckdidyoutubewantustodo Where are you hearing this? tanks have way too much armor for a fragmentation grenade to do much

[@MrGhozt]

"Its a tank!" "Its a plane!" "No, you're both correct"

[@ChicagoPianist]

Wow, was just looking at a Russian soldier with a mosin nagant in Ukraine, then immediately see this as a notification. Edit: didn’t know they weren’t regular soldiers wasn’t really paying attention lol

[@Wolf-wc1js]

@Based Madara literally about to ask the same thing

[@alvarohernani6645]

@@Wolf-wc1js same here

[@nathan_4199]

Battlefield 1 flashbacks

[@moneygettaextraordinar722]

@Based Madara does this brandon guy like aks?

[@hgill257]

@@moneygettaextraordinar722 closeted AK hater

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Now I have the urge to see if Ian at Forgotten Weapons has covered this pistol! The ammunition must be quite expensive.

[@benn454]

If he hasn't, he soon will if the Stinger video is anything to go by.

[@youngmasterzhi]

The Tu-2Sh Fiery Hedgehog is the Soviet version of the modern Metal Storm multi-barrelled aerial ground-pounder

[@yangguzheng3544]

the soviet AC-130 was born too early to have the right gun😮‍💨

[@user-wk7xo9vc6j]

Rather: Soviets had designed a gunship plane before it was turned mainstream

[@blizzardfog9501]

Random solider: sir we got a enemy tank in the position Commander: ready the anti-tank round! Random solider: one problem....it's in the air.... Commander: what?!

[@thunderbird1921]

The flying tank, if improved and modified, might honestly still be useful in today's warfare. You can't really drop them in with parachutes to my knowledge.

[@aceapache4914]

You can, certain tanks can be airdropped, such as the XM-8 or others, but you can't really parachute a MBT

[@MIMthegreat]

You can, for example: the M551 Sheridan can be dropped with a parachute, however it's no longer in use with the US Army.

[@thunderbird1921]

@@aceapache4914 Imagine if an enemy looked up and saw an M1 Abrams gliding down to the rear of the battlefield! THAT would be demoralizing.

[@profesionalshitposter675]

usa can drop humvees from airplanes using special parachutes

[@aceapache4914]

@@profesionalshitposter675 Yes, but they aren't quite tanks, and against other armor vehicles, are more a joke rather than a threat

[@thegameninja4890]

The tsar tank kinda looks like the wheel droid from Star Wars

[@logicaltips4107]

Glad to see I'm not the only one who thought of that similarity

[@annasolovyeva1013]

George Lucas has been to Russia.

[@pauld.b7129]

The last one is actually a good idea, or at least it was at the time. Nowadays that kind of direct flyover would get you shot down. The real downfall seems to be that they used ppsh gun in it, which probably could have been replaced with something suited to the purpose. They probably had to use them because of the low budget though...

[@MandalorV7]

I would think a belt fed machine gun would be better suited for this roll. But maybe it was a weight thing or supply issue.

[@leprawnchannel9405]

@@MandalorV7 agreed

[@mikefischer8576]

Could use a box mag with a bag on the side for collecting shells sure it means less guns but higher caliber. I honestly think the main issue thought was the low alt needed to be effective

[@RonJeremy514]

This idea wasn't totally dropped out as some ground attack planes were tested with what is called the SSPU-22-1 gun pods. Basically you could fit up to four of those on a Su-25 (basically four times its actual canon) and angle those downwards so the pilot could shoot while the plane was flying straight and at low altitude to avoid either detection or being targetted directly. Basically an even more deadly GAU-8.

[@yourvault1612]

Most of these was actually a good idea

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[@HappyAspid]

About tzar tank. Its early development started before first tanks were used in real combat. So nobody knew how to build them.

[@wertyuiwestia]

The fact the the flying tank in the thumbnail has the addidas logo in it. Absolutely hilarious detail.

[@SuperUniverse]

This is why Red Alert existed . People just like making awesome weapons like this.

[@artem_tot]

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[@captain_commenter8796]

I am convinced the designers of these weapons definitely had something to drink before they drew these things up

[@spycrab3723]

They DO drink vodka everyday

[@kxmalahov]

dont think so, some of them are genius art examples.....not vodka , just brains.

[@VarangianGuard13]

It was probably cocaine

[@glebb..3416]

Or they wanted to do art instead of effective weapons.

[@kxmalahov]

@@glebb..3416 some of them are top science examples and used even in our century...

[@lazarussolomon3541]

I was just listening to the trooper when I saw this. Couldn't get "The mighty roar of the Russian guns!" Out of my head

[@BNVodkaFPS]

Tanks are heavy, they can't fly Antonov A-40: Are you sure about that ?

[@nexpro6118]

"Hold my Beer" lol

[@zefflin1451]

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[@Olafmikli]

Interesting how the fiery hedgehog and the flying tank idea would eventually be developed and deployed by the Americans in Vietnam, albeit with a minigun and a giant plane instead of a towing cable.

[@deathsquadron3311]

Are you talking about the gunship with its 105 mm howitzer or are you talking about airborne tanks....airborne tanks were born with the creation of the m22 locust

[@Olafmikli]

​@@deathsquadron3311 Just talking about how tanks were lifted and dropped off from planes in Vietnam, and yes the gunship. The idea of having CAS with a high rate of fire machine gun instead of dropping just bombs. Didn't know about the locust

[@MEGALODONGERS]

The Americans actually tried attaching a bunch of SMGs to a plane first. The JL-12 contained 28 M1921 Thompsons on the underside (12 pointed forward, 16 rearward) along with an additional two in the cockpit.

[@thiccthighssavelives5866]

@@Olafmikli so basically. A very smol Sherman that's fast as hecc

[@Eric4Lego]

Nice to see the shout-out to Tiger 131!

[@RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE]

"You see Ivan, if we create very weird stuff, the enemy will be so confused they won't be able to attack and we can blitz through them!"

[@RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE]

@LabRat Knatz Well, indeed, the west did have it's fair share of weird projects (specially using the Sherman as the basis), but imo they don't compare to the Russian/Soviet projects. Seriously, some of their post-war projects are just as crazy as some of shown here.

[@insovietrussiavodka]

With so many things to choice from it's no wonder they couldn't include all of them in one video so here are some honerable mentions -Fedorov avtomat, AVS-36, AS44 Fully automatic rifles dated from 1915, 1936 and 1944 with varying succes. -T-35 multi-turret tank with nothing less than 5 turrets for a total of 3 guns and up to 7 MGs pending the model. An unsuccesfull tank, but a very succesfull propaganda machine. -SMK and T-100 A developmental step into the modern (by 1940s standard) heavy tank with 2 turrets. -KV-2 This one speaks for itself... -KV-7 and KV-7-2 "The answer - use a gun, and if that don't work, use more gun" - engineer -PTRD and PTRS Anti-tanks rifles which are still in service and the first users (that I know of) of 14.5mm ammo. What makes them interesting is the PTRD would have a shorter development time than the Sten despite being a much heavier weapon. -T-34 Not the tank itself which on it's own is somewhat unremarkable. But the developmental steps from the BT-7. A-20, A-32, A-34 and so onwards is rather interesting. There's like 7 or so steps between in the development -TT tanks Remote controled tanks based on tanks like the T-26, often used for demolishion, engineering tasks or flamethrowers. -ISU-152 and SU-152 "Big cat hunter" to quote the chieftain "If you find a building offending you, you can do little worse than throwing a SU-152 at it" -Katyusha I'm pretty sure I don't have to explain this one. *Screams in BM-13* -BT-Tsyganov Sonic has been outclassed. -T-26... Yes... I mentioned the T-26... as a tank it is completely outdated and should never go near a combat zone, but it has about 50 variants of which 26 of them would see production. Not only is it the most wide spread prewar tank, but as long as the enemy doesn't have any effective AT measures... OR a pair of skies... it'll do fine and pack more punch than it's rivals. -Object 279 & IS-7 Gotta love the creativity of the Cold war. -MBV-2 This is the most heavily armed train I know of... why have 1 turret when you can have 3? -Zveno 2 to 7 A TB-3 able to carry several smaller aircraft detatch and retatch midt air. -Bereznyak-Isayev BI-1 to 7 Turbo jets and motor-jets are for noobs... try out rockets Fun fact: The A-40 concept was born out of the failed idea of yeeting a tankette from a low flying TB-3 bomber Japan would either copy or make their own idea referred to as "Special type 3"

[@ArtyomCCCP]

Also before T-26 remote controlled tank,soviets studied on the ft17 french tank they had under name T-18 which they worked on remote control variant,but off course T-26 was the first remote controlled tank of the world

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[@Mr.Janitor]

the fiery hedge hogg is a funny concept. It also gives a literal interpretation to raining fire.

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Stupid Tankies

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[@rustyknight2918]

i love the aps underwater rifle which ive seen it first on deltaforce games. brilliant idea.

[@MIMthegreat]

I'm the only one who noticed the three white stripes of Adidas on the A-40 tank in the thumbnail? Nice easter egg!!

[@Marinealver]

Got to love those N64 Golden Eye sound bits.

[@isaacgonzo]

Ok, hear me out, you take the Tsar Tank, move the big wheels back so there even with the turrets, replace the turrets with a spinning blade almost the size of the tires, and remove the back wheel. That Huge thing would be a big deal

[@basicyapper697]

The fire hedgehog is actually a brilliant idea that could’ve been fledged out given some more time

[@jacobb17]

It seems weird that frog men exist and that guns have been designed specifically to be used by them but yet you don't really ever hear about them in war, at least not modern wars.

[@TheAKgunner]

Look up Super Cavitating Ammo. This allows conventional rifles to be used underwater.

[@DarkFlameWolf93]

10:52 The Tu-2 was a twin engine bomber, one on each wing root. But while diving in the video, the propeller is in the nose. Slight mistake on the animator

[@patrickt716]

The Soviet Union in 1942: *"What you're seeing is Advanced Warfare."*

[@warpig6459]

So the soviets had a bomber with a bunch of high fire rate smgs in it's bomb bay, damn, I can only imagine if the Germans back then could've designed something similar, maybe something like a Ju 188 or something similar with a few mg42s on the bottom

[@falloutfart9917]

Have them all fire incendiary rounds

[@Kez115]

The new Ju 188: For when you absolutely want no trace of the target you fired at

[@paulsmith5752]

Just get any night fighter equipped with Schräge Musik - Bf 110, Ju 88, Ju 188, Ta 154 etc... and fly upside down.

[@gotterdammerung5527]

Honestly I'm surprised the Germans never tried to parachute their light tanks into combat via zeppelins.

[@shayaldwarka7907]

Zeppelins are slow.

[@luanasari5161]

@@shayaldwarka7907 and also have a tendency to go boom boom

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@@luanasari5161 yeah and one country won’t give the helium

[@yanniquillopo2370]

Imagine how modern military doctrine and operations would've been so different if some of these designs like the TU 2 actually became a success.

[@FromKribToGrave]

Wow, just strap a bunch of guns on the belly of an airplane. That’s some Battlefield 1942 tactics right there. Next up: soldiers standing on the hoods of driving Jeeps firing straight from the hip!

[@jackashmore]

Russian scientist: Stalin, what shall we make to get edge over world? Stalin: E V E R Y T H I N G

[@joelalarcon3738]

engineer: what tank? stalin: see that tank i want it to F L Y

[@wyattpeterson6286]

I expected to see the soviet dog mine in this video. Think about doing a video on that, it's an important and sadly often overlooked part of ww2 history.

[@VAMobMember]

The TU-2SH was actually a great idea. Today we call it the AC-130

[@BDru]

Забавно, что проблема с уязвимостью для ПВО так и осталась

[@sqwidlord8344]

The fiery hedgehog is by far the funniest thing I’ve ever heard of it’s just a plane with 88 posh-41s strapped to a bomb rack and pointed downwards 😂 just imagine this thing as a killstreak in call of duty or a vehicle in battlefield that would be amazing

[@ArtyomCCCP]

Well germans had Shräge Musik on their Dornier-217 which you shoot others planes higher than you without aiming them on head on

[@wiictvchannel1112]

I just wanna know how much underwater combat between men happened that caused them to develop a rifle for it!

[@heckinmemes6430]

They developed a rifle that can shoot in space. Makes ya think.

[@streletz3426]

@@heckinmemes6430 chemical laser pistol actually. It uses ammo for each shot to convert explosive energy into laser beam. Expected to see that gun here honestly

[@wiictvchannel1112]

@@heckinmemes6430 \Aliens/

[@DMlTREl]

​@@heckinmemes6430 Every weapon can shoot in space, TP82 was created to help astronauts survive on earth until rescuers will find them

[@srcottonmouth7824]

Thank you these videos are awsom I had never heard of the silenced pistol with out can interesting 🤔👍👍👍♥️

[@Psgamer102]

Amazing video! I love this series of weird weapons

[@San_cap]

2:56 - афтомат подводний шпециальный))

[@user-uw3cg5yf9f]

В конечном счёте из летающего танка получилось БМД, так что идея не ушла в истории, а получила дальнейшее продвижение.

[@helljester8097]

The fiery hedgehog sounds like the solution to a problem when someone put one too many zeros when ordering SMG’s from the factory.

[@andregabrieltimcang8182]

Russia has always had the reputation of having a weird history

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bruh i swear its the reason why an average russian person is built different fr

[@Cybersharky_]

@@andregabrieltimcang8182 as opposed to fully causing murder

[@prezmrmthegreatiinnovative3235]

id like to see episodes on different guns firearms and weapons from history like: m16 and all variants ak47 akm ak74 ak74m m4 and m4a1 m14

[@martian102]

Now imagine silenced bullets in a silenced gun

[@maxtaylor5164]

🤯

[@horrorfan1455]

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[@Cuccos19]

There were plenty experimental which have never seen action. But there was an interesting Yakovlev Yak-9 variant (among the many) what had an internal bomb bay behind the pilot: the Yak-9B. It could carry four 100kg bombs vertically mounted behind the pilot (I guess they removed the radio set to make some room for the bombs).

[@logicaltips4107]

The Tsar tank reminds me of the Hail fire droid from the clone wars

[@3DPT]

Flaming Hedghog is new to me... Maby would have worked better if they could stagger the rate of fire or build a bigger drum for the rifles... or just have 12 guns + belt fed...

[@netyimeni169]

probably had no time and resources

[@auugh5978]

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[@TheAnchorArmsChad]

The Fiery Hedgehog is GENIUS!

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Mexican Revolution too

[@mattotundrie244]

Reckon the fiery hedgehog has one advantage, it would be very good at transporting large quantities of PPSH’s around. (if it’s better than other forms of transport like transport planes or air drops is up for debate) Just a fun thought

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[@TheyFrNamedMeBen]

Imagine how different warfare and the outcomes of different wars would have been had certain experimental war projects had succeeded and were commonly used

[@simonaspalovis1204]

What do you mean by “succeeded”? The reason why most of these experimental weapons were abandoned was because they were too ineffective and/or too expensive to produce. There would have been no logical reason (apart from sheer stupidity) to use such impractical weapons in mass. For example, to make the Tsar tank effective, it would have to have been completely redesigned to something that would ressemble your typical tank design. Most of these weapon concepts were doomed to fail from the beginning.

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@@simonaspalovis1204 I’m gonna pretend I’m smart enough to comprehend the first half of that

[@arober9758]

Great job fellows!! With how weird and over the top Russian history is in general, especially during the 20th century, I’m surprised that they haven’t gotten a HBO show yet.

[@notion777]

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[@alihanmangalov1263]

6:06 "Mom can we buy a bike?" "No, we have bike at home." Bike at home:

[@ChernyKazak]

You forgot the "Armored Tarch". It was a round metal shield (like the type of the feudal russia) but with a handglove included in the middel of the shield. Its use was destinated to hold doors during sieges and to form shieldwalls that could stop asaulting a wall. They were used in the Livonian War and the Siege Of Pskov (1582). But its unpracticall use made it fall in desuse.

[@Xx_Nezumi_xX]

United States: we have the best inventions for war Meanwhile in the Soviet Union:

[@nexpro6118]

The first 2 guns will NEVER work. The first one, the pistol. In order for a gun shot to be quiet. Even if they found a way to not need a silencer, you still need to use sub sonic ammo. Bullets break the sound barrier, that's the Crack sound you hear. Even with a silencer on a gun, you still also need to use sub sonic rounds.

[@diligentone-six2688]

The PSS Silenced Pistol is featured in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

[@Marinealver]

that explains the N64 goldeneye SFX.

[@maxtaylor5164]

Wow

[@BrownFoxWarrior]

10:52 Is that the internal shot of the Tu-2...with a propeller on the nose?

[@c-money9623]

Weird machine guns would be neat. That WW2 Japanese one with the hopper is cool

[@J.i.M.9604]

For anyone wondering where to find the first soundtrack kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKuYo4CEfcSsiqs

[@joshuabessire9169]

The APS was designed about the same time as Jaws. Think maybe the KGB was worried America might weaponize the mechanical shark?

[@maxtaylor5164]

Lol

[@shawdcummings2160]

i can imagine the fiery hedgehog being some scorestreak for a WW2 game but yea alot of these ideas are good on paper but cool enough to be put in a museum

[@sylviamontaez3889]

12:15 this reminds me of the a-10 warthog. both planes have the same purpose and similar armament.

[@king_fisherXX]

Russia has some surprisingly unique ideas when it comes to making weapons. I can't say the flying tank or the Tzar Tank was brilliant, but the hedgehog, silent pistol, and water gun are so fascinating. If only Russia wasn't ruled by war-hungry tyrants and used these weapons for good (if they still existed and I believe some do). Great vid by the way

[@alaas1041]

Now tell me why do you think that Russia is ruled by "war-angry tyrants". Has it ever attacked first?

[@user-td7ny6se5b]

@@alaas1041 Turkey in 1853, Japan in 1904, Finland in 1939. That's just 3 most known examples of Russian empire and ussr attacking first. There are a lot more of 'em. Read some history books

[@JS-in3mi]

@@alaas1041 a more recent example would be the invasion of ukraine

[@czechpatriot2230]

@@user-td7ny6se5b Japan was the one attacking first in 1904. Where did you get that Russia was aggresor in that? That's like USA was aggresor when Japan attacked Pearl Harbour.

[@artem_tot]

Это вам говорят, что Россия хочет войны: она вероломно разместила свои границы рядом с базами НАТО. Это она разместила био лаборатории на территории Украины, и заставила украинских в тайне делать атомную бомбу. Всё верно дружок? kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3LXfWZtnJWcjaM

[@blitzzkrieg1400]

In Russia, they have flying tanks. In Ukraine, they have tractors towing tanks!

[@joelalarcon3738]

yes SLAVA

[@netyimeni169]

except that was a bs propaganda and that tractor was actually evacuating a broken tank

[@11wertyy45]

the flying tank reminds me of the iconic A-team movie really great

[@princeofpokemon2934]

11:11 Interesting. That is certainly an unorthodox method to deliver air support.

[@mrchiefbs]

Russia has the most reliable rifle and handgun in the world. The AK47 platform and the Makarov.

[@HelxAlKatuz]

And don’t forget about PPSH41 it’s still used by Rebels Terrorist Militia around the world (Even North Korean Military Police stationed close to the China border still use it )

[@gort8687]

this is the funniest thing ive read all day

[@mrchiefbs]

@@gort8687 The AR15 is expensive and less reliable. The thing jams like crazy at the sight of dirt. Let me guess you're a 1911 guy? Expensive to make and has 52 individual parts to worry about. The makarov has a total of 27 parts and an extra round. It has a smaller caliber but you're still getting hurt.

[@gort8687]

@@mrchiefbs cry

[@WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq]

@@gort8687 Rifles that improve and become true mil and police spec without the budget bull refine through simplication as it's trialed by fire. The ultimate goal is to use less and less parts for the same thing, reducing maintenance demands and possibilities for failure while you get the weight down. We can make a vastly and overwhelmingly superior AK, but won't ever do it because the Libs would obess about a practical development and tacticcools would flow like hotcakes choking the market for the superior production

[@kingofcrimson4177]

Can you cover how America’s police got more militarised in the 80’s? Great Job btw!

[@PrekiFromPoland]

6:12 I want a RTS game with weird vehicles and units only like this Tsar Tank here.

[@dude97x]

Thank you for using metric units!

[@alienzgamer6612]

Awesome video buddy keep it up 😄

[@thanosmaster-abel559]

Bro you haven’t watched it all the way through

[@tinytank7815]

Bruh you ain’t even 6 seconds in

[@lazu_]

lmao

[@irinpervin4871]

He should do a western version of this video,LIke how there was a gun that worked underwater.

[@midknight9327]

Keep up the work! Awesome vid

[@itsalmostfun8567]

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[@midknight9327]

@@itsalmostfun8567 no homie

[@Captain23rdGaming]

6:13 Getting Some Toy Soldiers Flashback trying to fight that thing

[@wattsnottaken1]

The real ultimate Russian weapon is saying they’re not invading when really they are

[@garageofscrap]

To be fair, they said they’d move the troops away from the border, they never said which direction

[@VirusXAX]

The Topolev could have been the first Ac-130-like Invention in the 2. World war from the Russians. From the weird invention. Why is no one came with the Idea of a slow flying bigger version and Put some Anti tank guns into that and some 14.5 mm Heavy Maschine guns into that. I mean that could have been that thing!

[@gibusspy5544]

The Fiery Hedgehog is basically Schrage Musik but pointed downward.

[@brandonchappell8545]

Thank you for not having the 2 minute long AD at the beginning