I think the battle sled is a great idea for WW2. APCs would have replaced em like you said but they would have been cheap, low profile, easy to get in and out of, and can be dropped off.
The Bouncing Bomb is very interesting to me, the dam you showed at 10:03 is actually very close to where I live and I've heard many stories from old people that are remembering the outcome of Operation Chastise as their homes have been flooded away. The dam got repaired and is still a tourist attraction! They even have a 1:1 replica of the bomb that was used and it's impressive how big that thing actually is.
The wheel of death is literally what pepople would do in Kerbal Space Program or other game of that type We got somethin round attach rockets IGNITE the shit be spinning cool wheel XDD
The "Bouncing Bomb" had a backspin so when it hit the damn wall, it would roll down the wall to explode at depth and destroy the damn. The spinning bomb would gain traction against the damn wall and speed downwards. This was the genius of the idea. So many RU-vid videos get this fact wrong. The "Bouncing Bomb" sounded crazy but it turned out to be very effective. It was by no means a failure. It was only used so sparingly because aircrew had to fly at low altitude towards the antiaircraft guns on the damn. They were easy targets. That's why losses were so great.
@@logancowie the problem here is just how heavy the bombs were. They had to be huge to shatter dams. A drone carrying one would still be slow and easy to shoot down.
Could you please do a video on combat engineers (sappers)? They do some pretty interesting stuff such as: building and destroying fortifications, making roads, clearing mines with mine flails, (like the one you showed in the very last clip,) building pontoon bridges, etc. They don't get as much recognition as they should, I feel. Though I imagine how they do these things is... Not What You Think.
Agreed. I'd be super interested. In the Worms series of video games, they have something called a "Tasty worm lick", which I thought was a stupid thing with bombs spaced out on a rope. Turns out, sappers actually use something like this to clear paths through minefields
The tank in the outro seems to be equipped with a mine clearing device. Something quite similar is actually in active use with the German army - called "Keiler" (German for male boar)
@@HK47_115 Nope. At least the German version has rather massive chunks of steel on the end of those rotating chains. They are supposed to either explode or otherwise destroy mines.
These devices ar called mine flails. They either detonate the mines or crack them in pieces, rendering them inoperable. They are not 100% effective, they may occasionally fling an operational mine to the side. They are mostly used to build a save way through a mine field.
The flying recon platform already got reinvented for today, that's what drones are for. The problem with the vertical takeoff plane's landing could be probably fixed with modern autopilots and backwards facing cameras, like we already have for cars.
@@NotWhatYouThink true, but imho taking off in a horizontal position vs in a vertical position is different enough that I'd not consider one to be the philosophical successor to the other. They are more two distinctly different approaches to solve the same problem. Just like I wouldn't call ICBMs a spiritual successor to nuclear bombers, just more practical, efficient and effictive different solutions to do the same job. While with the drones, that's really just the exact same thing as the recon platform back then, only that the soldier can do the same job without exposing himself in the process.
There is definitely many ways to solve a problem. What I meant was that taking off and landing in a horizontal position seems a lot simpler than doing it vertically.
@@NotWhatYouThink oh yeah 100%, it seems to come with all sorts of practical drawbacks, my comment wasn't meant to imply that the concept is or could be superior to the horizontal layout, just that it could probably be done today without the pilot needing to pull an exorcist every time he needs to land :p.
It works-ish. It worked when it worked and didn't work when it didn't work. It is that "didn't work" part people get hung up on. But given the perfect conditions for it, it would be great. Just as long as your enemy provides perfect conditions for you.
I think the bad part is that the infantry, which should have better situational awareness of the immediate surroundings unlike the tank, just end up being as blind as the tank is, essentially making the exercise pointless. The benefit of combined arms is lost.
@@niklasmolen4753 That's what iteration is for. Modifications could be made to adjust to terrain. The question though is are the gains worth the costs.
Seems like unless you were in line with the tank tread, like in the first part of the video, you would be susceptible to land mines being triggered by such a large flat surface. No thanks!
The bouncing bomb stands out as the one thing on this list that performed as desired (the casualty rate on Operation Chastise planes was from heavy anti-air fire and enemy planes, if anyone was wondering). IIRC the idea behind the VF-1 was especially to scout a battlefield that had been cratered by one or more nukes (this was after all the same era that gave us the insane "Davy Crocket" weapons system - how come that thing wasn't on the list?)
@@jessicacolegrove4152 да это лучше вариант чем бмп и в любом случае лучше чем пешем двигаться за техникой - силуэт ниже и сами сани могут иметь сталь защищающую от пуль и осколков, можно реально быстро двигаться в таких санях даже по сильным ухабам
Well the flail tank featured in the end of the video has been revived for mine clearing in modern post-conflict zones. Didn't see a lot of action when it was invented but today it's saving lives and restoring livelihoods.
A bouncing bomb is a bomb designed to bounce to a target across water in a calculated manner to avoid obstacles such as torpedo nets, and to allow both the bomb's speed on arrival at the target and the timing of its detonation to be pre-determined, in a similar fashion to a regular naval depth charge.[Fn 1] The inventor of the first such bomb was the British engineer Barnes Wallis, whose "Upkeep" bouncing bomb was used in the RAF's Operation Chastise of May 1943 to bounce into German dams and explode under water, with effect similar to the underground detonation of the Grand Slam and Tallboy earthquake bombs, both of which he also invented.
@@NotWhatYouThink Thanks man. My favorite clip from your channel is when you asked the tour guide for the submarine in New York to get inside the torpedo tube. I couldn't stop laughing from that. Great content.
The defensive armaments of the Dams were such that no matter what was tried casualties were going to be suicidally high. But sometimes you have little choice in options. The option of doing nothing would result in far higher casualties in other aspects of the war. The Dambusters operation was an unbelievable jump in out of the box thinking, and was successful in it's ultimate goal. A one of a kind operation carried out by young men with balls of steel who had no illusions as to wether they would see another day. Barnes Wallis. The engineering genius responsible for this and other innovations including the Lancaster bomber and upgrades to carry out the attack is held in such high regard that he was immortalized in the movie adaptation of these attack's The Dambusters. Highly recommended for those interested in historically accurate accounts of warfare and the people involved.
The sled is not such a bad idea for the time shure it needed some fine tuning but its more of a feild sulution . Exellent in snow and perhaps crossing swampy areas, in a Urban area totally usless.
A fellow ghost: “Wow something bad must have happened to you. Did you fall into a meat grinder?” Dead VZ1 Pawnee test pilot: “Well, it's not what you think...”
The backspin did two important jobs, it stabilized it but that could work spinning forward so the main reason was propelling itself down the dam to greater depth for a greater concussion.
An audio device can be added to the bouncing bomb, to scream "Ya-ba-da-ba-doooo" during the bouncing. This will add to the terrifying effect of the bomb, further frightening the enemies, who will believe the mighty Fred Flinstone himself is chasing them and will run away from the battlefield, screaming in terror !
Competing against the Convair XFY Pogo was the somewhat more conventional looking Lockheed XFV Salmon. Both had serious teething problems, only one of each was built.
The battle sled was really simple and impressive. Transporting soldiers while protecting them from small arm fire and anti-personnel mines as well as taking them to an ambush site without being noticed...this is brilliant.
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Missed any??? From incendiary Bat Bombs and Pigeons Guiding "smart bombs" and "missiles" to the hilarity of "Kryliatanka" and "Project Big Buzz" there's quite a LOT of interesting weapon designs that are... erm... questionable at best. Of course, there's always the chance some earlier works of yours have mentioned them... I'm only speaking to THIS video... Not everything "invented" in the ripple-effects of world conflict or cold war was necessarily "a good idea"... even if it could be "feasibly done". ;o)
See the ""dam busters" movie !!! Btw, the "flail tank" was successfully used to detonate mines in front of vechicle columns...!!! we know today that verticle takeoff aircraft are practicle ... just designed differently!! Those sleds needed padding>>
Not being racist in anyway or feel better than anyone for it...not like i myself invented anything but if it wasn’t for European people both here in the US and all of Europe (especially US, Germany and Britain) than this world would be 200 years behind in technology right now. Automobiles, Airplanes, helicopters, trains, electricity, television, telephone, cell phones, computers, internet, split an atom and went to the moon plus so much more can be here all day naming stuff. In the US we came over using horse n buggy, within 100 years we had automobiles. Euro pride.
The bouncing bomb was a sucessful weapon developed by Barnes Wallis. The home not only avoided anti submarine nets, but also arranged for the bomb to cling to the side of the target dam, and explode deep under the water, where the hydrostatic pressure confined the explosion to produce maximum damage. Barnes Wallis, went on to develope several versions of the earthquake bomb. Which were aircraft delivered, very large, long narrow bodied bombs with hardened cases, designed for deep ground penetration. Designed to destroy fortified underground structures, using shock waves. The bombs were successfully used in WWII to destroy German V1 and V2 manufacturing sites, submarine pens, and the tirpitz battleship. The idea was later refined by the US, to develope rocket assisted, bunker busting bombs, which brought an end to the second gulf war, When supposedly invulnerable Iraqi deep underground command and control bunkers were destroyed.
Самолёты с вертикальной посадкой не нужны из-за развития вертолётов. А если на авианосец нужны взлет-посадка без разбега, то лучше использовать идею советских самолётов ЯК-38 ( ЯК-40) с вертикальным взлётом. Идея "прыгающих бомб" умерли с развитием ракетных технологий.
It took a marine to volunteer since all others aren’t trained to be nuts. As a marine I can tell you- we are the most brainwashed species of humans and I love my marine Corps. The USMC recruiting commercial says it all “the change is forever “. Semper Fi marine 17 years old 1982.
I have flown in a commercial version of the hovercraft mentioned here. Something to note is that this sucker was LOUD! Overwhelmingly obnoxiously, eardrum piercingly loud. And even with muffs, it still overwhelmed any attempt to talk oir communicate. I can't imagine how far away the enemy could hear the thing? 3 miles? 5 miles maybe? I jest but barely exaggerate. If you have ever been around a snowmobile that has been racing modified, it sounds about twice as loud as that but has the same basic sound.
Why didn't they just add some thin armor around the VZ-1 platform? Maybe it would be too heavy then? They could have had flying turrets! If I saw that shit on the battlefield I'd shit myself.
Well yeah, they got replaced with more useful technology that could accomplish the same task. We got apc vehicles, vtol aircraft, drones for spotting, guided missiles for killing major targets.
Bouncing bombs worked pretty well the few times they didn't hit their own aircraft, they got replaced by JDAM and other guided munitions that don't require flying dangerously low and close to the target. Vertically launching aircraft (Harrier jumpjet, F35-B) have existed for many years already. The rest were mostly bad ideas for unique situations.
@@someguy4915 they managed to destroy two dams in the operation they were developed for, so fully successful. No planes were knocked down by their own bombs.
