World War I and World War II Relics Found in Iraq

[@HiHiCrosS]

So basicly if you lost your tank..its probably in IRAQ

[@yuurichito1439]

These people must be hopeless if they use over a century old relics that should be in a museum (sorry i am not english)

[@alisholst255]

LordTachanka - it just cheaper since after the war military sell their equipment pretty cheap because they don’t have a used for it anymore.

[@yuurichito1439]

@@alisholst255 yeah

[@yuurichito1439]

But still

[@ahalfsesameseedbun7472]

@@yuurichito1439 not to mention that some countries still operate tanks like the t-34, also I doubt Iraq would willingly give them up

[@infinitecanadian]

A poignant reminder. Men served on those machines and trusted their lives to them, men long gone.

[@antonarset]

It is sad, somehow it looks like not only machines but also their members are gone - which is in fact, but machines remind for this. Time is just passing and generations with their lives, desires, etc. are gone forever... even people who remember them, as everything in the past was a tale. But it was not and when one feels that it is a bit strange as the wind of the time is going through...

[@tennesseebb-4368]

And think that people were in these vehicles and used these weapons 70 years ago. And they've all been dead for decades, it's sad.

[@mig1739]

infinitecanadian well in the case of the PPSH it looks as though they still do lol

[@HYPNOTICVIDEO]

Yeah, war is sad.

[@bloodswettears234]

infinitecanadian herehere

[@stripemcr5722]

9:31 he was so excited about PPSH that he immediately installed a red dot scope on it

[@idsfxtm5759]

only legend using iron sight

[@idsfxtm5759]

@@CravenDrip Lol true,amateurs maybe

[@seanfernandolopez9139]

@@CravenDrip sure. tell that to the special forces in the western world.

[@ucupulala3570]

Holo not rds :v

[@ucupulala3570]

Vertical foregrip and laser sight too

[@TheHonestPeanut]

For just $22 a month, the price of a cup of coffee a day, you could help save these poor, abandoned machines of death...

[@AinKrab]

Oo how

[@matttwomey8554]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 do we get a free t-shirt too!! Haha!

[@just-incase3483]

those stg-44 rifles, if they are original ww2 weapons they be worth a small fortune back home!!!

[@robertf3613]

Then now how heck stg-44 in Syria battlefield in few years ago. That's very odd. But very interesting reason I think Russian capture whole weapon keep it until final sell out. I know America won't sell old weapons cuz out of dates. Plus follow by UN laws. Maybe I'm wrong.

[@Eric-vs2he]

@@robertf3613 the stg was sent by east european nation to syria in either 1950s or 1960s, after years the ammunition for stg became scarce so they store all of them in warehouses then in 2012 the FSA ( Free Syrian Army ) captured 4000 stg 44s alongside it's ammunition and that is how a ww2 assault rifle ended up being used in the syrian civil war

[@brownwrench]

I wonder if they really had 8mm Kurz ammo for them.

[@dge4560]

Russia still has stockpiles of crates full with german warloot from ww2. Maybe a crate or 2 gets sold when the regiment commanders is shy of money.

[@no-nonseplayer6612]

@@brownwrench syrians made their own 8mm kurtz ammo and stg as well in their early years independent

[@TehKola2]

This is really sad. These tanks should be in a museum not a warzone.

[@LanternLooney]

My thoughts exactly

[@RexWort]

Kola2 War machine are use for war. They fight until they are no longer needed.

[@GTAVALE]

They dont use them anymore, so they are not needed, so they can sell them to museoms

[@ruairibrennan4163]

Well, they were made for warzones

[@benguthrie3286]

@@RexWort they are no longer needed

[@mr.nceguy4744]

You can find everything you can imagine in Iraq...... But you can't find peace 🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶

[@mr.nceguy4744]

@Ali Kareem Neamah sad reality

[@unknownu4978]

@Ali Kareem Neamah damn british

[@Alejo-vl7ob]

Saad

[@markpaul8178]

@Ali Kareem Neamah yes indeed,all the way back 2 the old testament with king nebukenezzer 1st and 2st.

[@markpaul8178]

@@ahmadsaadi5404 ah,no mr Saudi,I am not.But I do like tanks though!

[@randymi9334]

Hats off to the dude crewing the Italian tankettes that were already obsolete when they were designed in the 20s

[@arisaka233]

Randy Mi armored coffin

[@flavioric]

They were not obsolete, they were just used in a totally wrong way. They were excellent if used in antipartisan role or, in general, used as antiinfantry veichles. But the high command decuded to use them as antitanks and light tanks, so they were useless

[@parodyclip36]

@@flavioric Just like the germans used tankettes in the right way, italians used them anywhere they could...even a ww1 anti tank rifle could deal with them

[@newhope33]

@@parodyclip36 Didn't even need Anti-tank weaponry, they where even useless against Infantry as the armor was so thin even infantry weapons where a threat to it.

[@piersp38]

To all the experts commenting here the serial L Italian tankette was absolutely ok for its role and aligned to all the equivalent light tanks or tankettes models of the British , American, Russian , Polish , French , Swedish , Hungarian , German and Checoslovakian armies . Do We have to run a comparison " Apple to Apple " test to demostrate the thesis ? I personally would pay to have that model in my personal collection at home .

[@Exilninja]

2:35 that's a truly rare find, it's an M4(105) with the short-barrelled howitzer instead of the 75mm.

[@KiegKillsReality]

Exactly what I was thinking. I had originally dismissed it as an average 75 until I noticed the thickness of the barrel. Those M4A3 105's were awesome! Whish there were more still around.

[@alikareem3393]

Man you should see what we got you saw no thing 😂

[@trainman5371]

The Big Griffon what makes this even rarer is that it’s an M4A3(105) HVSS. As in Horizontal Volute Spring System (HVSS), you can tell by the Sherman’s bogies. This is the same suspension system used on the Easy 8 Sherman’s (M4A3E8).

[@vtbmwbiker]

@@trainman5371 I noticed that too. it also has the smaller turret but with the vision cupola rather than the split hatch. There were quite a few produced in late '44, early '45 without the T-23 turret. Either the Iraqi's got these surplus or did some switching around like the Israeli's did with the M-50, M-51 versions.

[@justyouraveragehuman4069]

It was actually brought back to the US and now resides at fort Benning. It is briefly talked about and shown in a Sofilein video. Has a pretty interesting history!

[@CancerGaming56]

Imagine being discharged at the end of WW2 or 1, wondering what would happen to the gun or armoured fighting vehicle you served, only for your grand children or great grandchildren to fight against them.

[@orchfvce524]

umm why would you think that your grand children fight against *your tank*

[@CancerGaming56]

7osam 4500 I never said that you would think that, just that it could happen as shown here.

[@husseinoskovjino9398]

@@orchfvce524 these were not used against the US

[@Vule34]

Many of the 60mm mortars fired at us were copied WW2 US mortars licensed in Iraq or given to them.

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

When looking at ww2 tanks and a lot of heavy combat tanks having the barrels bent, shot through, or mangled it shows just how intense some struggles were. How men even lived through such destruction without being in small pieces is miraculous.

[@joehill4094]

I bet that garand felt good being in an american soldier's hands again

[@lukedontknow9283]

America should of gave them away

[@dandesso8926]

Yeah it’s definitely seen some shit

[@dge4560]

It must be anoying for americans to fight others with shit they Build and sold themselves.

[@JustAGooseman]

@Yankee Be quiet you Assadian agent

[@flight2k5]

Yankee stand with Israel

[@paulschauer6273]

Ifs a damn shame these machines have been left to rot and decay instead of being preserved for all to see hopefully these machines get the attention and love they deserve

[@su-100isbetterthanjagdpant4]

+Paul Schauer many of them look like to be in good condition.

[@kalathos0042]

+Paul Schauer a lot of them are not salvageable, but some of them looked like the could be. being abandon in a desert could have been the best place for them to be abandon, hot, dry and as long as parts are not moving sand doesn't do much damage. if it was within my power i would love to restore a piece of history like that.

[@schkarfunselfreklaffel6242]

+Paul Schauer Well, basically tank wrecks in Iraq should be considered contaminated with uranium dust until proven otherwise.

[@paulschauer6273]

Still these tanks are pieces of history and works of art in there own way they should be preserved

[@CrazyJ187]

it's a shame people don't feel the same way about the planet and it's inhabitants

[@oldgysgt]

It is apparent that most of these vehicles and weapons were being used by the Iraqi Army when we invaded. I pity the poor guy who was sent into combat in one of those "tanketts". Even in 1940 it was practically suicide to go to war in one of those "death traps". It was said that Husein had one of the largest armies in the world before we invaded; no wonder. He was using every thing he could get his hands on. I wonder where the horse drawn chariots were being kept?

[@petergray7576]

oldgysgt Saddam had plenty of modern AFVs. The vehicles you see here are mostly range targets.

[@CRAZYHORSE187]

Still a funny comment though lmmfao. Tankette. The name alone suggests half is missing

[@oldgysgt]

Peter Gray; that could be, but it is a shame to put so many rare antiques on a range to be turned into heaps of scrap iron.

[@kaaosaf]

Remember they lost shitloads of some of their better equipment in the first Gulf War... Highway of Death for example. A year previously they lost their Soviet allies. As you say, getting everything they could get their hands on, even from war memorials.

[@mottthehoople693]

yep that is a fact

[@Palora01]

I just hope someone in high command was smart enough to have these things stored somewhere safe so they can be restored for museums.

[@82ndaa31]

+Palora Or destroyed so they can't be used against us again.

[@ChrisCollier]

Museums are full of this stuff already.

[@CRAZYHORSE187]

Chris Collier Not really. Go to Duxford. Not much of any of this stuff shown here.

[@ChrisCollier]

I was thinking Munster and others....

[@jakartagamer6188]

@@82ndaa31 whhhhyy they're old relics just realized that I'm the only commentator for 2 years

[@zachearwood7370]

0:05 that poor poor Churchill 3 I will find you and restore you someday... *Cry's* my heart is actually broken

[@SonsOfLorgar]

I'd help you if I may when/if that time comes.

[@CRAZYHORSE187]

zach earwood It is actually a Churchill VII mark 3. So both right. On KZbin there is a video about the Centurian. There were over 15 marks of that 1 tank lol.

[@Yeet_RG]

Italy: dolphins are coming back Iraq: WW1 AND WW2 RELIXS ARE FOUND

[@flavioric]

I still dont unserstand how 2 italian L3/40 managed to arrive in Irak, since we dont have them Neither in our museums

[@Apa6-May3ep]

@@flavioric its comes when iraq joind the axis in 1943 a nd after that anglo war happend so thats why there is a britsh tank's evrey where and also a german tank(panzer III , IV) and german plans🌚👍🏻

[@cjohanson8427]

The M4 Sherman with “R/C” and “Keep off” spray painted on it, was in the bone yard at Camp Udari/Buehring. Unless someone drug it to Iraq with them, it was in Kuwait.

[@Seanothannn]

Corprin Johanson Sooo does that mean that Iraq took it and just used it in battle and left it there? That’s messed up

[@clockdva20]

Tons of equipment was abandoned during the battles in North Africa during WW2 . Lucky that nothing really rusts very fast in the dry heat there . I think tons of war surplus equipment was sold to many of the Arab nations after WW2 . In am guessing that is how STG 44 ended up there and proberly other items like MP40 's from Germany war surplus stockpiles. Most of the major post war powers sold their out of date tanks planes and Guns to the middle East many most still be standing around to this day . My Grandfather served in the British 8 th Army in the Desert campaigns first against the Italians and later against the Africa Corps . He survived the whole war from Belgium 1939 through to Italy 1945 , been wounded in action twice , and was then gifted with a good family and a long life until his passing at 99 years in 2018 . I was the first Grand Child and he spent many hrs tell me stories about the war , some good and some very unpleasant stories . Those horrors gave him nightmare for the rest of his life . But he was always happy always wanted to just have a laugh and a joke . Tough for sure but a great guide in my life . Who I dearly miss , year these items could tell many stories most are better left untold though . RIP all those lost souls who never got to live a full live or see their children or wife's again.

[@taliats]

It's weird to think that every one of these tanks had a crew with a story.

[@hashimshareefe5781]

Im from iraq these old tanks and weapones note used in wars of saddam hussein we have several goverments befor sadam like the leader qassim and the iraqi kingdom and others We have a rich history saddam governed iraq 35 years

[@anonymoushunter9808]

hashim shareefe okay genuine question are the tanks being maintained?

[@pilotmuller7496]

The weapons and tanks should be in museum

[@nazigermany3554]

@Otishtic Nooobra. And that's becouse of ur fucking shit government

[@kshatriya1414]

Anonymous Hunter Back in the day when the country wasn’t in total ruins they probably were very well taken care off but now, Just like the Brits disassembling all their Battleships after WW2 they can’t really focus on maintaining old tanks which is a big money dump.

[@kshatriya1414]

Otishtic Nooobra. The iraqis where had many good engineers and have been quite nifty when it comes to upgrading what they have, It’s just that when you don’t have any resources you can’t upgrade your equipment.

[@steviesteve5198]

Holy wow, I hope those guys got to keep those firearms they found. A Lugar found in Iraq!? What a trophy! I ran across quite a few old T34 hulks in Afghanistan, but other than some sweet selfies, nothing to take home.

[@Prometheus19853]

Please dear lord tell me at least SOME of these priceless relics were recovered, and sent to a museum for proper care and restoration. PLEASE. These beautiful machines have done their service... They deserve to be put to rest where they'll be cared for, and where people can see and learn about them for a long time to come.

[@darthcraft1575]

One of the shermans was taken back and now it's in a fort somewhere

[@dosvidanyagaming4123]

I believe one of the Vickers lights went to the UK

[@Rjm883]

These words are beautiful. They truly deserve that...

[@tmanoutdoors8277]

Darth Craft almost all recovered historical tanks discovered by the us are sent to benning for restoration, when they open their museum they will be compare able with bovington

[@alltypesofillstuff990]

imagine what type of action these machine seen if only they could talk

[@kylekavanagh1007]

Will Flinn "I once fought for your freedom, Britain, Germany, and the fucking commies, but now with this future technology bullshit my time has come to an end, I still remember the glorious days when I was in service, please don't forget us mate, we may be old and broken, but before planes and rockets existed we were powerful and great, don't forget us - MAUS VIII 1941 - 2017

[@ant8504]

Will Flinn the vampire jet be like “oi mate, got me left wing shot off and ended up in this shitter”

[@hipwave]

there is a russian movie about a soldier who could talk to tanks and prayed the "tank god" , its name is "white tiger", check it out

[@christinefury7839]

Kyle Kavanagh More like:"Now I fight for another freedom. For new masters. The Iraqi people. Who want their country to remain under their control. Seems legit since they're invaded and attacked." No freedom. In wars there is just those who survive to tell the tale. And those who were suckered into it by their governments and masters who profiteered on it.

[@joshuaohara9881]

All machines can talk and tell their stories. Not by voice but by their battle scars, every nick in the metal chip in the paint holds the key to an epic story. You just have to open your eyes then look Beyond that of which is the Mechanical Beast.

[@genecarnell1782]

Think of the history of those Lorraines - captured in France - modified & shipped to Africa w/the Afrika Korps - served with Rommel - wow !

[@nerminerminerminermi]

some of them have also seen the eastern front for sure

[@FireflyActual]

Wow, brilliant finds! Btw, the tank in 6:00 is a welded hull Sherman with VVSS suspension and a (improvised) Jackson turret, not an actual M36.

[@82ndaa31]

+Firefly I was going to make the same comment. Glad I decided to read these first. Good catch.

[@FireflyActual]

Makes sense, as the M36B1 is nothing more than an M36 turret sitting atop an M4A3 chassis. Not sure what you're trying to say with the latter M36, it looks just like any other M36 out there (it was based on the M10s hull anyway). Thanks for pointing these out.

[@FireflyActual]

Oh, right, thanks for clearing that up.

[@MacCoalieCoalson]

Firefly yeah, I thought it looked odd.

[@monsoon745]

I thought it was a Sherman with a panther turret

[@wingman4259]

The tank at 5:56-6:01 is an M36B1. It was basically just a M4A3 hull with a Jackson turret. Only 187 were made.

[@Ahmedkhaled-ev1jw]

That's not very rare in terms of tank numbers

[@gunghosgt]

fuck it. fuel em up, load em if you can, and send em back out. at the very least as armored personel carriers. that stg better have found a home in a collection. originals go for thousands of dollars.

[@RexWort]

gunghosgt Bringing back old relics that are likely broken down in a hostile environment? You can't pay anyone enough to do that.

[@wetlettuce4768]

Why would you bother when you could buy a BMP or M113 for less then it would to reactivate these relics

[@HitmaNBAST]

thats not only a t34 thats a t34-85

[@edgardeloera2874]

I just wish they made tanks look this bad ass, the modern one look Starla and boring , but advance

[@chrisnelmes7180]

Most of the T-34 in the world are the 85 mm variant. I know the North Koreans actually have/had at least one seventy six in a training unit .A 42 production unit l believe .

[@trainman5371]

Chris Nelmes Yeah the T-34-76 is less common than the 85mm variant. Of the 70 thousand or so T-34s produced, only like 30 thousand were armed with the 76mm gun. With this, discovering one is quite a find!

[@jakartagamer6188]

@@trainman5371 and that turret ring is kinda big isn't?

[@gyg1910]

What you think in this one yemen civil war 2016 images.app.goo.gl/KwrXcQxiKz9U1pHy7

[@The67wheelman]

looked like that guy took the ppsh on operations

[@johnshultz3058]

I would lol

[@rayman8591]

@DOUG HEINS i would say the us army has its days to get ammo for that thing tho But i like the eotech and the foregrip made it tacticool lmao :D

[@UgandanAirForce]

@DOUG HEINS it's actually pretty common since the soviets made a ton of it including the other soviet republics (like Poland, East Germany, Yugoslavia for example). You just don't see as much of the surplus since there's some import restrictions on Russia and China.

[@UgandanAirForce]

@DOUG HEINS i'm sure they would've found plenty in captured Iraqi stocks since the ammo is plentiful in surplus

[@normalguy5208]

@DOUG HEINS ah ok so you below up captured ammo and what about captured vehicles and tanks planes shipment in harbor ?

[@push3kpro]

Polish kb ppanc wz. 35 is really rare rifle.

[@c.j.cleveland7475]

I wonder how much of this stuff made it's way back to the States. Some of the smaller stuff you could probable conceal but to get a Garand or a PPSH-41 or STG-44 would take some careful planning. Some of those tanks / equipment looked like they were back at one of our bases. Perhaps some higher-ups had some plans to bring some stuff back, too!

[@borntoeatass2510]

Jim Sanborn the M4A3 (105mm) Sherman was brought back and is at Fort benning actually

[@sergeantmarcusstackerM1903]

A Garand is easier to get home since it’s not a machine gun

[@harryb8945]

Chances our they were brought to either the USA or UK. Militarys and governments keep large collections of historical military kit, if not a private company probably got them out.

[@masculist1019]

Are we looking at the weapons of mass destruction that Bush was talking about?

[@scottkrafft6830]

I guess so. We all know how many people are killed by 10.5 cm Nazi German howitzers each year.

[@jessieblanton9875]

Yea we are

[@norwegianboyee]

@David Tood Oh look, someone that believes a country filled with museum artifacts had the ability to make nukes.

[@AbdulRasyidPangrango-qr9dt]

@@norwegianboyee Biological weapon... even country like North Korea still cant afford the rocket after longggg time...

[@avay8726]

Iraq have a weapon of mass destruction is just an excuse made by westerner to invade iraq

[@thief1779]

Imagine bringing those to life with restoriation... So much history in one place

[@nicomeier8098]

Those STG44's should be preserved!

[@oldgysgt]

Nico Meier; if they were using that old German assault rifle, I wonder where in the hell they were getting the ammo. It doesn't take the standard 8mm Mauser round.

[@nicomeier8098]

If I had the necessary dies I could make them myself. Take standard German 8mm shell, shorten, heat up and use special dies to reform (probably several stages). The use reloading dies to reload, fresh powder, approprite bullet and there you go.

[@Argentvs]

STG-44 is still produced in Germany and was massivelly produced by Yugoslavia in the Cold War.

[@sebastianodiraviolo499]

it's no longer produced by Germany it's Out of production since maybe the 1950's

[@Argentvs]

Robert Schmid At least google before stating facts you don't know. The STG-44 is still produced in several private armeries on demand and there is a german company that comercially produces them: ssd-weapon.com/bd-44.html www.hmgunworks.com/product/hmg-sturmgewehr-standard-length-223/

[@TheMinman808]

Ngl it would be cool to export those tanks and jet to a warehouse to restore the condition of them and get them back to their former glory

[@kimmyjohnny31]

Those are dozens of working L3/33s that can be put in museums for tankfest along with other relics

[@Hobgoblin1975]

Man, if someone could form an expedition and get them back over to the U.S. they could make a Mint. Lot of red tape though I imagine.

[@oajh2252]

They should send them back to the contries they came from I.e churchills to uk and Shermans to the usa

[@armyofone5904]

British Modeller or we can let the people who paid for these weapons use them

[@lilanaalsaadi3427]

UMMMM NO IRAQ HATED THE USA SCINCE WW1 DO YOU KNOW HISTORY AT ALL >:( (IM A PROUD IRAQI)

[@harryb8945]

Chances our a lot of these were sent to either the USA or the UK. Militarys often have large collections of historical military kit.

[@saxonsoldier496]

Lilana Alsaadi most Americans don’t he’ll even some Americans don’t know history or where Iraq is I support you and most Americans don’t know history either

[@belowaverage4575]

its so sad to see these great amazing ww2 relics that where made by good men to rot in a forgotten land that has no reason of owning them

[@codelinker6318]

I've most of them in Iraq but I never seen an STG 44 and M1 Grand in my hole life

[@dalehighfill3807]

"It belongs in a museum." - Indiana Jones

[@Ahmedkhaled-ev1jw]

No these pieces of shit will rot and rust away in the desert and you can't do nothing about it. eat your heart out.

[@deutschlanddieschone8449]

I have an idea. How cool would it be to use the CV33s to do chariot races?

[@vukpsodorov5446]

that would definitely be cool. although, i think we might need to look into building new CV33s for that...

[@dinostormguy2624]

At 6:00 DAMN! This Tank In the Middle of the Road, And The middle of a War, Dang, This Tank Learned how Modern War is Today.. I hope this Steel Armor Tank Gets to a Museum!

[@angeloc1340]

Dinostorm guy2 and that is a tank that was modified it has a better turret on it from a different tank

[@Ahmedkhaled-ev1jw]

It's actually on the sidewalk

The one video that caught my attention was the one where these insurgents had an entire shipping container full of German STG 44’s

[@imperialfragments]

An amazing variety lost to the sands of time. Thanks for sharing

[@Rjey45ForteFev]

PSSH-41 still in service?!

[@normalguy5208]

It look like it

[@lilrobi45xxx42]

It is with militias however, it fell out of service in the late 1940s when the Ak took its place

[@jacobcollins8647]

Rip to all of those tanks and their crews.. They have seen many crews, many battlefields, many wins and losses, probably protected their crews like a mother does her children. Job well done boys, both tanks and crews. May you rest in peace.

[@hannibalkills1214]

That Luger would be a perfect birthday present for a D-Day Veteran.

[@dr.alangrant8969]

That's fucked up

[@TheSlayer.]

+Dr. Alan Grant It's not.

[@slopcrusher3482]

Why? It's ethier a gun that served then well or a gun they were fighting against, it's like an honour to get your enemies weapon, many soldiers took home stuff from ww2

[@MrZeusyMoosey]

Lugers are loved and were common war trophies...

[@rbfilms4752]

Lugers weren't really all that rare, and were still being produced in German factories until 1942. They had a certain prestige being a half-century old design, but tens of thousands were brought back to the US. Taking war trophies was discouraged by most of the Allied command (and downright prohibited in many units), and pistols happened to be very easy to sneak out as opposed to rifles or submachine-guns.

[@messerschmittnr1]

The most expensive weapon show in this video is the polish antitank gun WZ.35 UR. Extremelly rare.

[@d.austinvaughan773]

"That belongs in a museum!"

[@Ahmedkhaled-ev1jw]

No it belongs in iraq

[@mattwiser8406]

Hope some of those vehicles found their way into museums. A shame and a disgrace if they were scrapped.

[@patrickcloutier6801]

Jman, A few days after viewing this, I was watching some episodes of the TV series "LOST", from 2006. In season 1, Disc 3 there is an episode in which the Iraqi character Sayeed is having flashbacks to his Iraqi Army service days. One setting is at an Iraqi army installation, and I noticed that there is a tank being used as a prop. It appears to be the Porsche "Elephant" Tank Destroyer, built on that company's version of the Tiger Tank. Which World War 2 tanks are NOT found in Iraq?

[@jmantime]

it was probably just a pro - the Porsche "Elephant" Tank Destroyer wasn't used in iraq - the only german tank destroyer used in iraq in ww2 was the bison

[@patrickcloutier6801]

It looked quite real, so I assume it is real - rust and all. A lot of ex-German surplus equipment made its way to the Arab World after WW2, as you have made us aware. The Panzer IV was found in the Syrian inventory during the Arab-Israeli wars, as late as 1973. Perhaps someone with a good amount of cash bought the Elephant TD, for a personal collection, and through the fortunes of war, it ended up as a TV prop.

[@patrickcloutier6801]

I took a screen shot of the vehicles, but am not able to attach to the comment section. In any case, the LOST episode was "Solitary" and the tanks appear in the first minutes of the opening credits.

[@Celeon999A]

I just took a look at the said episode of LOST and i think i may have found the answer to that mystery. ;-) First of all, i think the tank was edited into that scene. The strange unsharpness of the image once the camera starts panning and the even more questionable totally black shadow underneath it makes me pretty convinced it wasn't there when the scene was filmed. Yes it is an Elephant tank destroyer and it is definitely the one on display at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen, Maryland. The LOST prop department propably took a photo of it and used a video editing software to put it into the scene. That was cheaper and easier to do than to get themselves a real tank or to build a propfor a scene thats just a few seconds long. ;-) de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefant_(Jagdpanzer)#/media/File:Elefant_USAOM-01.jpg

[@patrickcloutier6801]

Celeon999A I think that the second, more distant Elefant definitely looks like it was inserted digitally. The one in the foreground looks more convincing, and since German surplus showed up all over the Middle East after WW2, it certainly seemed possible. But AFAIK, only 80 or so Elefants were produced, is that correct? So the chance of one showing up in Iraq is probably remote. And computer graphics are probably advanced enough to make the nearest tank look very real.

[@gort7562]

What beautiful machines. I wish that they could have been preserved and taken care of.

[@jmantime]

I need to finish rare Yugoslavian weapons first +WORLDxWAR_xMILITARIA

[@mihajlogligorijevic2943]

i m from serbia-ex yugoslavia...

[@jmantime]

Mihajlo Gligorijevic nice

[@mihajlogligorijevic2943]

jmantime what u search?

[@aceriley4740]

on camp speicher in 204 there was a long barreled sherman- maybe the 90mm model and a tiny italian[fiat] tracked scout vehicle- neither looked operational.

[@hitmanharvey]

Why leave them to rot their wonderful piece of machinery 🥺😣

[@ranuelzisarbadaran7226]

Are they still in iraq now?

[@lolita19711]

how did they get there?black market?

[@jmantime]

purchased during the cold war , the Italian tanks are from ww2 battles like the anglo-iraq wae of 1941

[@lolita19711]

who sold them? and how they got delivered>?

[@Kingofturves]

Some are war memorials by looks of things. Others look like they are abandoned wrecks from WWII and so forth. Some look like they are from Saddams military depots?

[@Gumardee_coins_and_banknotes]

Most of the veheicles were maintained, and probably part of the Iraqi military.

[@Argentvs]

Most of the infantry weapons are looted from iraqui musems. Very clear in the part of the anti tank rifle with the back full of preserved guns on display.

[@mikeluke409]

awesome video dude. keep them coming.

[@MrDeathhead76]

I hope they all made it back home to be fixed up those are sweet all of them save them for history not to rot in the sand box

[@gerriegetverderrie7791]

It gives ansad vibe the music the pictures. The tought of the men who were once using it. Thatbar proparly all long dead.

[@crawler6019]

To me, some of these equipment seem to be in "decent" shape to be restored and such. Also, I don't know why, but seeing US troops running around the the PPSH got a few chuckles out of me.

[@PlayerHater88]

Is that Sherman with a Jackson turret at 5:58

[@ZhengA700]

The M24chafee is my favorite light tank in world wor2

[@etienneracine-hebert9870]

Same.

[@idsfxtm5759]

my favorite one was Crusader

[@Vule34]

2:01 is or was located NW of Baghdad. I remember seeing this in person and I have a photo somewhere. This would've been in 2003-04. I couldn't believe it when I actually saw this WW2 relic.

[@Jockesse]

Song? Artist?

[@jed_the_capital2086]

I am a man who will fight for your honour by Chris Zabriskie

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Now in the infantry weapons section on the PPSh, some of the pictures indicate that US soldiers actually used them instead of their issued m4's in urban combat. I assume that's because of it's high cap. drum magazine?

[@mpk6664]

SonsOfLorgar You're not allowed too leave your rifle, if you loose it you're in trouble.

[@FuryIraq-fh8fq]

This video make me so sad 😔 yes this is my country and you destroyed everything there 😔I don't know why this happened to us ? Maybe this is our feat? Maybe we came in wrong time and place! Since I opened my eyes and the war still on ! Maybe one day this bad dream will end 🙏

[@apex_killzone3257]

These weapons were made for war true heroes and icons for the war I salute these vehicles and troops who used these fine machines for there purpose until they where inoperable ✊

[@lovepeace9727]

9:30 *that's hell of a tactical shotgun*

[@pilotmuller7496]

That's a ppsh

[@jorgenajar33]

A smg used by the Soviets in ww2 and part of the cold war

[@thekringe4387]

I’m surprised by the Churchill, crusader and tanket. Didn’t expect those

[@GOF-pk9mg]

"Are you sure this is our tank?" -Some soldier, somewhere.

[@warpey5632]

"Yes. Now get in your L3/33 CC."

[@ProWalter2]

it looked like in the later pictures, that they repaired the tankette, did they?

[@lorenzbeernaert6410]

in some way it is sad to see this. Nothing good comes out of weapons but these machines served their duties with their crews (british german american russians doesnt matter) in a different time, they should be placed in museums and allowed to rest so we can remember and learn from the mistakes of that time that still haunt us today, even in those regions instead of still being used for what little gain they now can give. They were used in battles far more terrible that we have seen till today and I bet if these machines could talk they would tell us haunting stories about the futility of war... I imagine the! like a very very old horse having to work in world sounded by tractors or my grandfather in his last years before he passed away being pressed back into service... it wouldn't feel right. Maybe one day some will find themselves restored in some museum.

[@Soulessdeeds]

I was deployed to Iraq 3 times. It really was a treasure trove of old WW1 and WW2 tanks and stuff from the later wars like the Iran Iraq war. I wish I had cared more back then and took pictures of all the tanks and trucks just rusting over there. Allot of Cold War Russian tanks and trucks of course just laying around. The Iraqi's just parked all this stuff in clusters and parts of their bases they weren't using. There was also some old US and British tanks and such over there as well. But they were all old A1 versions of stuff we still use today like the M113 and the Paladin field artillery tracks. Old British tanks as well from probably the 80's and early 90's. Yeah Iraq had ALLOT more than just WW1 and WW2 stuff laying around. But there was allot of those wars military stuff laying around. The old US tracks and artillery tracks were most likely from the Iran/Iraq war. And Iraq just captured it and brought it back as trophies. And yeah the more RARE tanks from the great wars were taken back to the US by the Army and Marines to be put on display at museums and military bases. So some of it was saved from completely rusting away. Yeah it was a weird thing to see, all those old tanks and such just sitting there when we rolled in lol.

[@asadpuppy1259]

9:33 why doesnt cod waw do that

[@drderp1242]

Because Activision sucks, go play some BF1 Hitler.

[@VancouverCanucksRock]

Because COD WAW was based in WWII? So, how would they get their hands on an EOTech sight back then?

[@drderp1242]

Wow man it was a joke jeez.

[@VancouverCanucksRock]

dR dERp124 Beg my pard, I thought jokes were supposed to be funny. We are living in very strange times, however....

[@GSR_handler]

I'll cover all of this relics.. in my heart. Especially, the A15 crusader. My lovely tank.

[@Hitr-yq6el]

OMG! Polish Urugwaj UR in Iraq!? HOOOW!?

[@kaaosaf]

I've seen footage of YPG/J forces using tanks converted from tractors and pickups that look a lot like German A7V tanks from WWI with great effect. If you're fighting lightly armed infantry, like they often are, these sorts of tanks can still be used efficiently. It looks like some of these are actually war memorials. I saw recently that in Novorossiya, separatist rebels have been using a JS-II that they'd simply pulled off a memorial and repaired, actually using it on the frontline. The T-34s and PPShs were probably Soviet hand me downs, when the USSR and Iraq were allies- likely saw service in WWII. The USSR often sold outmoded equipment to allies, not unlike the USA selling F-35s to its Japanese and Australian allies at absurb prices.

[@GTFORDMAN]

whats the U.S army policy of "spoils of war?" could that soldier legally bring back that Luger or STG 44?

[@ajs715666]

not anymore, not since Vietnam.

[@lautaross13]

why since vietnam? Im interested in learning.

[@ajs715666]

I don't know.

[@MrZeusyMoosey]

Definitely not the STG because of our unconstitutional NFA

[@ajs715666]

War trophies were exempt from the NFA, I believe.

[@djfitzgerald111]

Simply because it was found there, doesn't mean that it was used in recent times. Most of these things are rusted out hulks in which all of the easily removable components have been taken.

[@moremoneyfordreadnoughts1100]

Displayed relics, same as with every military around the world.

[@Briselance]

They should pack up those WW1/WW2 gears and send it to the US. It will be properly taken care of.

[@devinraad858]

yeah you're right , cause that's what the US is for . taking care of everything ! lmao

[@anon-iraq2655]

the us looted enough from iraq as is, they don't need to loot scrap metal it's not worth the transport

[@mpk6664]

anon-iraq "Scrap metal," metal that's worth more than you and I.

[@anon-iraq2655]

they've been under use for 50 years they are NOT in a good condition Britain already have restored full working order Churchills in several war museums and memorials same for the Sturmgewehr, they are not mint rifles that you see go for 7000 they are dented, rusted and barrel is exhausted by 20 years of use, and you're not even allowed to own it as it's full automatic

[@anon-iraq2655]

and those aren't likely the original German stg-44 they're Yugoslavian made post ww2

[@BastuGubbar]

i have heard a story about someone finding a sherman in a river with bones of its crew still inside somewhat close to where i live

[@clevermcgenericname891]

Marines using PPSh, called into command and ordered to explain: ZOG OFF IZ MORE DAKKA INNIT?!? Captain: CARRY ON YA GIT Sergeant: WAAAAAAGHHHH!!! LT: WAAAAAAAGHHHHH!!!

[@dragonsigma8611]

How can i buy one???

[@libertyprime5137]

Once we liberate Iraq, then these beauties are up for the taking! SUPPORT THE TROOPS!

[@chrisfalk9762]

+Liberty Prime DEMOCRACY IS NON NEGOTIABLE

[@libertyprime5137]

Chris Falk You got that right, my democratic friend, Democracy is truth, ISIS is death!

[@jacadi123]

+Liberty Prime you didn't liberate iraq, you ruined this country

[@libertyprime5137]

C SIMON Gtfo, idiot. I AM AMERICA.

[@jacadi123]

+DOUG HEINS yeah he was a dictator, kurds and chiits were kept away from the government... but at least the country was stabilized. the american intervention caused an estimated number of 500,000- 1,500,000 deaths, and death is not freedom.

[@Razgriz85]

should put most of those tanks and spgs in a museum. The PPSH uses the same ammo as my Romanian copy of the TT33 and is a reliable sub gun so I'm not surprised that it's still in use.

[@NovoGold]

Because the Americans sold it to them..!!!

[@grimhunter42]

some of these weapons aren't even american

[@dakotaswanson5488]

thumpin1 some have been there for years

[@oldgysgt]

GrimHunter42; one of the SP guns was a German conversion of a French tracked hull. Only a few were made, and only 7 or so were shipped to the Africa Corps in North Africa. It was thought they all were destroyed by the British 8th Army. I wonder how it ended up in Iraq?

[@hrcn7593]

Maybe, i know americans capture tons of german guns in ww2 but they cant use enemy weapons that would look bad, so americans must be sell those things to make some money.

[@jadall77]

Soldier from 1991 Gulf war brought souvenirs to class including US Army WW2 helmet, Berets, uniforms all sold to iraq at some point

[@kristinarain9098]

Where is 'Found'? They just had whole town with relics??? were they at all effective in use?? im curious to know if the churchill was effective?

[@alexsmith5606]

These were from storage or museums. They weren't actually used in a millitary. You guys are silly. Most countries have some old equipment stored somewhere just in case. This video makes it seem like Iraquess were actually fighting in these old tanks.

[@kevincasey5996]

Were was these found again? I mean they could tell you that each & every tank shown.

[@benfennell6842]

That DH Vampire, i really want to know the story on that one. how does one of those end up in pieces in Iraq?

[@64mickh]

The Iraq Air Force used Vampires

[@benfennell6842]

@@64mickh really? Didnt know that

[@Lord_Shadowz]

Amazing that some of this stuff is in the condition it is in. I mean from WWI. I do hope someone got some of these pieces out so they can be put in museums. We should never forget.

[@padilla8671]

What finally happens to these guns and tanks? I cant find anything about it

[@speckledjim5402]

I found a Greyhound, Mk VI light tank and PIAT launcher during my time there.

[@armchairgeneralissimo]

Nice finds all I found were plenty of Lee Enfield rifles and a handful of Mosin Nagants,

[@ghostblack9225]

جزائري مر من هنا تحيا العراق الذي جعلكم تبكون

[@wraith5846]

It makes sense both wars had some involvement in that part of the world. And when they went they left behind stuff they took them a part found out how it works and started making more of them.

[@TheMadVulpen]

Wondering what would do a bob semple tank on there

[@trappenweisseguy27]

That M36 @ 5:56 is a pretty rare beast. Not many were made.

[@Jarjarum]

Tanks should either have the honor to die in battle or immortalized on museums not being left to rot

[@GhostHawk76]

Iraqi army were initially formed in the early 1920 and the Iraqi air force in 1931, however Iraq received weapons from multiple nations U.S, UK, Nazi Germany, Ottoman Empire..etc And all these weapons and tanks belong to the Iraqi army history.