Marut Files - Crazy story of how India made this in 1950s & forgot it 

First of all, happy Independence day to all Indians. Today is a good day to say that in geopolitics one’s Independence is guaranteed by having weapons like Marut. If you do not have them, you will lose your liberty to those who have them. This is why it is important for all democracies to be self-sufficient in defense. Secondly, yes the plane actually looked shiny metallic like shown in the rendering. You can also notice this mirror-like reflectivity in the black and white pics and videos. Beautiful, isn’t it? Unfortunately, you can see it with shiny skin only at a museum in Germany. They have preserved it for Kurt Tank’s legacy. There are also a few in India including one in HAL museum in Bangalore, but they painted over it. *BACKSTORY* Now a bit about myself. I am a quality focused youtuber from India who makes on average just two videos per year. Overall it took me 2 years from start to end of this project! Not continuous 2 years, but on and off. Check the date on the RTI application shown at 00:20 if you don’t believe. This is the most high effort content I have made till now and funnily, while starting this project, I thought it will be done in a month! This video is a make or break project for me. If it is successful I can make more consistently by hiring a team, otherwise, I will have to stop these types of high effort videos as it’s too expensive and time consuming to make. I had thought I would write the script in 2 days because I knew the story from what I read years ago, but It took me over 1.5 months to research and write the script. This is because all the articles about Marut on the internet were superficial. They hardly had any details. They simply mention that the UK asked for more money which we refused and thus Marut failed. No detail on why they asked for more, how much money was asked, why we refused and what alternative action we took etc. I had to send Right to Information filings to the government of India to get some information that was not available anywhere. I have shown one of the RTI filings at 00:20 in this video. Still many questions remain unanswered like why was that French Engine refused while it had much more power than Marut needed. But I can guarantee you that you will not find any other video or article with more information than my video as of today. Then there was the problem of lack of any content about this plane. There were no videos of this plane in existence except for that 30 seconds black and white low quality video I showed at 6:54. So, I had to start from creating the 3D model to show how it looked. As far as I know, this is the first time someone has made a realistic 3D model of this plane. So, this is the first time people are getting a chance to see what it looked like! The photos of this plane that were available were also not only black and white but so blurred/distorted that they were unusable and thus I had to enhance over 200 photos one by one painstakingly such that not even the photographer who took that photo would not have seen it in this much clarity. I know most of the pics still look a bit cartoonish, but trust me, they were way worse before enhancement and coloring. And all black and white pics you saw are not original, but enhanced black and white ones. The main reason why this took this long to produce was 3D. I had never done a project with 3D animation before, thus it took waaay longer than expected to complete it. Thrice during the production, I gave up on this project for months because of it. At this stage there was no way to even go back and do it without 3D because I had used up all the videos and pics available of this plane to fill the rest of the timeline. Thus there were literal blanks at those sections of the video. The production of this video was pretty much similar to the production of Marut. I had chewed bigger than I could bite by choosing to do 3D, similar to how Marut wanted Mach 2, and trying to achieve that proved expensive and time consuming. So, this is why I am really excited to share this documentary with you all. I want to make more such videos, but the biggest problem is the RU-vid algorithm’s unpredictability. I have burned my hands several times making what I consider as good videos, but then the algorithm did not pick it up. This danger is what prevents me and many other creators from investing so much effort in making videos. *WANT TO WORK TOGETHER??* I am also thinking of creating a team so that we can make content regularly in high quality. But, that costs a lot of money. So, it has not been finalized yet. But if you are a super passionate to create the type of content I create, or if you have the skills to edit or animate videos like this, then mail me to - _Humtogcom at gmail dot com._ You will be the first ones in my mind to connect to when I need those particular skills. The opportunities are in 2D Animation, 3D animation, Video editing, Research, Script writing, Sound design, Voiceover, Translation and also for another project that involves Web/App development(Laravel, PHP, VueJs, Flutter). It can be online, part-time, full time or temporary. *VOLUNTEER OPPORTUITIES* If you're incredibly passionate about this cause and want to contribute your skills pro bono, your support is very welcome. Many of these projects may not generate enough revenue to recoup the cost of production, thus such support is what makes it feasible. But your involvement can be rewarding in other ways. *WANT TO BECOME A PROUDCER?* I have some captivating stories, but they may not be financially viable. I am open to partnering with passionate individuals who wish to fund these projects and become producers or co-producers, with ad-revenue sharing as an option. *I AM SELLING SCRIPTS FOR MOVIES* I have written four mind blowing movie scripts that I am willing to sell to production houses who are interested in producing them. All of them are extremely unique, one of a kind movie concept that is so engaging that it will keep the attention of the viewer high throughout the movie. First and second script are suitable for audiences of any country/language and can be made on a low budget. They are perfect for Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Spanish or English movies. Third script is only suitable for intelligent-sci-fi niche in English, For example, the type of audience who watch movies like "The Man From Earth". It can also be made in low budget. I am currently in the process of writing this story into a book as I have not come across a similar story. Fourth script is that of a war movie based on a true story, and can only be made in Indian languages, ideally Hindi. It can only work as a high budget movie, but I am so confident it will be the biggest grossing movie of that year that I will refund the fee if it’s not. *HIRE ME?* Yes, If you are Netflix or Amazon Prime or National Geographic or Discovery channel, and want someone to make documentaries, feel free to mail me! 😀 *SUBSCRIBE SO I CAN MAKE MORE* You can help by subscribing with all notifications on. I don’t post much content, so you are very rarely likely to see posts from me. My channel name HUMTOG means *“Humans Together”* afterall. twitter.com/humtog instagram.com/humtog

As an Indian, I thank you for this beautiful piece of history. God Bless.

Singlehandedly producing an entire documentary is itself a challenge. And then you go and do it in such high quality. Being willing to go so far to build an entire 3D model of the entire aircraft. This is the kind effort which deserves recognition. India needs more high effort documentaries like this❤.

Just cannot believe that as an Indian, I have read lot of Indian history from ancient Indian to modern India, read about WW2 in so much detail that I feel like I have lived those painful years but still this great information was missing. I highly appreciate bringing it in the public. Thank you.

I'm an aviation enthusiast but I've never even _heard_ of the HAL HF-24 Marut until today! The Marut is one of the most strikingly beautiful airplanes I have ever seen! My favorite jets are The B-58, F-104, BEC Lightning, Avro Vulcan, F-35B (because I work on it) and now the HAL HF-24 Marut! What a beauty!

Thank you for making this video, I had assumed that MIG's were used in the battle at longewala, interesting to know it was Maruts.

Tank deserves a posthumous Bharat Ratna, how many agree?

The story of Marut should be made into a movie as it needs to be told across India

Kurt Tank not only designed the Marut but he and many members of his design team taught fluid dynamics at IISc during their stay in Bangalore helping out Prof Satish Dhawan who had pioneered this field of study in India.

As an Indian my national pride is eclipsed by the admiration for the sheer precision and acumen of German engineering. This is incredible. German engineers were like incense, spreading their aroma of brilliance wherever they fled after the war.

Another stark example of how, due to lack of long term vision and perseverance, a great opportunity was lost. This would have been a huge economic accelerator for India. Let's learn the lesson, at the least. Excellent compilation of facts, and very effectively articulated. Great work, the Humtog team. Congratulations. More power to you. Jai Hind.

Thanks for creating such a wonderful content! Didn't really know that we as Indians were really ahead in terms of manufacturing and undertaking such projects of immense importance in the field of Defense (especially Aircraft design). This video has given so many inputs that I wonder if we had pursued the Project Marut to its rightful closure with the right Jet engine being mounted in it, we could also have been leaders in Fighter Jet manufacturing!! Alas, it did not pick up....however, expect this project to be revived now atleast as we set ambitious goals ! Once again thanks a ton @Humtog for creating such an awesome content! Keep it up and continue sharing such authentic videos! You will have no dearth of support! Cheers Danty

My father used to work for HAL and he used to tell us about this Marut fighter and he was not happy when HAL started LCA in 1983. HAL & India lost many talented work force after 1980 & we are still struggling to develop engines. Marut is beautiful design compared to Tejas.

Kudos to the Humtog team for a glimpse into India's aviation history... if only India had pursued the development of a jet engine... we would have had an entire industry....

I live next to one of the surviving models on display in a park. It is a machine that has fascinated me for years. Beautiful in every way.

This is same level quality as a history channel documentary. Thank you. You have amazing talent.

This is without a doubt one of the best documentaries made on Indian aviation history. The detail in post production and story telling us as good as some of the best you tubers.

I'm not even Indian but i think this is one of the most futuristic looking Fighter jet I've ever seen!

Excellent production guys! I couldn’t have imagined such quality from a completely desi team. Keep it up!

What a wonderful film. I have researched this aircraft for over a decade now, and I pass its static display everyday on my way to work - and yet, the video has managed to cover more than I thought I knew. Fantastic research, effort and attention to detail. Marut is certainly a feather in India and HAL's cap, and a painful reminder of corruption within India's governance and bureaucracy.

So sad to see , that even after All these years HAL & India still do not have Proper Testing Facilities for our Jets & Jet Engines 😢😢

The biggest problem of India's technology is, the leaders responsible to fund 'RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT'. Germany is an Excellent example of how technology makes a country more developed. We have scientists and creativity but NO FUNDS.

I think this is best short documentary that I’ve seen. As a child and teenager, I often mistook this plane ✈️ as foreign made but I never knew it’s history. Poor government decisions and procrastination has led to a sad demise of this sleek fighter jet ✈️ I want you to make a similar video about Tejas fighter. Btw after a delay of 40 years it’s finally paved it’s way to the IAF as it’s replacing the ageing MIG-21s . It’s like karma, what goes comes back! Long live Tejas and legacy of HAL Marut.❤

Even we Bangladeshis 🇧🇩 didn't know about the Marut Aircraft took out Pakistani Airfields in 1971. We thought it was the Migs that destroyed those military Airports. Thank you for explaining the full story. Love from 🇧🇩

Another fact: During one of it's trial by HAL, a Marut plane had crashed in a small village near Bangalore. Later, people started calling that place 'Maruthalli'. That place is known as one of Bangalore's most prominent locations today - 'Marathahalli'.😊

Kurt Tank deserves posthumous award and fame and many many thanks for bringing Marut project to light, so many years later

Marut played a stellar role in the Battle of Longewala in the 1971 War

Thanks for putting so much effort into making this. I only saw this in the HAL museum and didn't know about the history of it. Also, finally I know who is Suranjan Das is. There's a road near old airport road in Bangalore which is named after him.

It's a very attractive design. Weldone India.

Amazing video, modeling, script, and narration of "Marut" !! Great job, well-done team!! Also, I loved the Marut's design and wished we could bring it back with modifications for the current defense requirements!

Damn shame we dumped this program over the engine. India could've been working on its own 6th gen CA program if we had continued with it

I consider myself as a defense enthusiast but even I didn't know many of the facts surrounding the aircraft that belongnged to my own country. Such a brilliant representation. Kudos! Would love to see a similar documentary on Tejas.

Thank you for this wonderful video, i've never known this much of history about my country without your video! THANK YOU

As a Pakistani I want to thank you for this informative video about our neighbors. Love from Pakistan.

As an Indian am blown away by the facts in this video . ❤❤❤ Good job

"for want of an engine an industry was lost", I'm pained to hear the untold story of HAL Marut. Thanks to you humtog for bringing this up. I'll appreciate the content quality of the video and the visible hardwork behind this! You deserve more subs humtog.

My uncle was in 220 Sqn IAF (Desert Tigers) and flew HF-24 Maruts in the 1970s and during the Bangladesh War in 1971 from the Hashimara & Bagdogra Airbases. He later flew Mig 23/27s and ended up commanding the Sqn in the late 80s and 90s at Jodhpur. He remembers it as a good but underpowered aircraft, sub-sonic in straight flight but achieving MACH 1+ in dives (a la the de Havilland Vampire, India's first jet and which he had flown in the 1960s) for the reasons reported in this documentary. There are some unconfirmed reports that the DRDO wants to work on a Marut II and develop a new fighter based on this 1960s design.

Fantastic documentary! Appreciate your dedication and hard work to produce this. Every Indian must know this story of missed opportunities, poor decisions, etc.

Thanks for the incredible amount of hard work that is done in this video🙏

An Indian channel with huge info and deep insight with a fancy narrator. So glad to have found this channel.❤

I had a feel of F-35's video of real engineering. Such a quality should be appreciated. The research behind this video and quality at which the video is created is amazing. Good Job brother 🙂

As someone who had been offered a job designing engines for GE in the mid 60s, I truly appreciate the effort put into this video, and the historical details and research required have surely paid off in an infomative and interesting work. Kudos. No. I did not accept the offer, and elected a different career path outside of aerospace, despite having cross-trained through engines, airframe, hydraulics, instrumentation, electric, and fuel systems, in the USAF. No regrets, other than those sponsored by the unanswerable what if, of it all.

Dude..Thanks for this video. And more than just a video, I hope it shows the next young generation of India where India has got it wrong and must improve. The problems that existed long ago still exist and I hope this video lights the fire to be more organized and meticulous as you, in creating this video. Best of luck Man.!

Extraordinary story so well researched. You didnt take any tone of accusation or conspiracy, but told the story of our own hidden successes so well. Hats off!

This is the first time I am hearing the full story about Marut. I was there when India announced that it has produced the first supersonic aircraft. But Indian media hid the fact that the plane was designed by a German.

Really appreciate the deep dive in this video, learnt a lot. Thank you!

One of the best and highest quality content I’ve ever seen. This is simply amazing, right from the research, animations, editing to narration. I hope this reaches the people higher up in the government so that steps can be taken to further strengthen the indigenous aviation industry. And now since India itself has a very successful space program, with the right funding and the right minds aviation shouldn’t be difficult. My heartfelt gratitude to you and your team. Keep producing such high quality videos, all the best!!!

During a 2week business trip to Bangalore in 2019, I made a special trip to the HAL open air aircraft museum. Upon entering the exhibition, I stumbled upon this remarkable aircraft. The sign next to the plane mentioned Kurt Tank. I even explained his name to Indian visitors standing next to me. It was a pity, though, that the Marut on show was painted in a low quality silver paint. Nevertheless, it was a great experience and certainly worth the visit.

This is such amazing piece of history! Heartwrenching to see such a humongous achievement going in vain because of a couple of poor and short sighted decisions. Kudos to the Humtog team. Would love to see more content from you guys. Jai Hind❤

Truly a masterpiece. Thank you for such a wonderful video.❤

These are the kinds of videos which we as RU-vidrs both deserve and need... Wonderful work ...

This is what a top Quality documentry looks like. Thank you Humtog. Love from INDIA🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

To be honest, this piece of history is unknown to so many of us Indians as well that its enlightening how the geopolitics of that era worked. Wonderful video and earned you guys a sub!

Thank you so much for unfolding such a great yet unsung chapter of Indian history. Amazing efforts on the edit as well!

Amazing content delivered with facts, hardly we see these kind of videos . Your hard work is appreciable man! Loved it

What an incredible piece of research you have done with this episode. I really enjoyed it & well done. 👍

@16:09. The HF-73 looks alot like the typical 1970's fighters like MiG-29 or F-14. Shows you how Kurt Tank was ahead of his time.

Absolutely well researched and presented with fantastic story line. This will be used as reference by future Aviation Enthusiasts and historians. Truly appreciate your time and attention to create this insightful story.

I am just amazed !! Hats off to the amount of research and the efforts you have put into this video. I am a history enthusiast and have read a lot about history but still I have never heard about this project forget about these insane details. I also read the pinned comment about the efforts you have put and the way you are trying to create similar type of content. I would definitely like to join you in creating these amazing videos but right now I am just occupied with a bit of job hunting and skills learning so I can't join right now but will soon contact you (It will be like a dream work for me) Keep it up bro ! You are nailing it

Wow! What a wonderful video. Really appreciate the time and effort your team and put in to come up with this amazing video. Thank you for sharing such wonderful insights into Indias first indigenous fighter aircarft.

We all know about hal tejas fighter jet. But this legendary marut was not very well known to our Indian also. Thank you so much to make the video! Love from India...❤️❤️❤️

Thank was an amazing documentary. Thanks for making this! Good job! 👏

this video deserves more views... great work whoever made this

Excellent documentary! It pains me so much to see repeated and repeated short sightedness by the indian government

Thank You so much!! Humtog.. for doing this detailed research about Marut. Otherwise, we would not have known about hard work and challenge behind making this aircraft.

After showing up in my youtube feed for 3 days i am really glad that i watch the video.thank you.

Awesome video ! Keep making these kinds of videos , loved it ❤️

This is a great video on HF24 Marut aircraft . I can relate to several of these points covered as my father was part of HF24 Design team at HAL, at that time. Very touching facts , brings back memories of things that my dad had talked about ! Thanks for producing such a wonderful video. 🙏

Wow, this video is an absolute treasure trove of information! Thank you so much to the creators for their efforts. It's evident that a tremendous amount of dedication went into making this video.

I guess i accidentally landed on script for future blockbuster of India.

Spirit of the Wind is a fantastic name for an airplane.

Wonderful video. I researched it a lot but you have beautifully compiled the available research into a great video.

The documentary is truly brilliant, and the research conducted for it is of exceptional quality.

Thanks for such an amazing video!

Well Done .. Your efforts for Research and making of this videos is much appreciated

My grandfather was the Project Engineer from HAL, who worked with Kurt Tank on HF-24.

Thank you for this story. India is able to send a rover to the moon today, launch multiple satellites but still imports war planes! It's high time that India focuses on this long term vision instead of relying on technology transfers!

This is what I was looking for. Very informative. Thank you

Hatsoff to your work man. I myself desdigned 3d models and know what this work is. You did it great

Waited for this for over an year :) Finally!!!

The biggest cost to many advanced fighter programs is the engine. Not funding that even if it cost more than the development of the rest of the plane was the biggest short-sighted move. Buying out the Egyptian engine team being the next (which would have had the added benefit of also having a proper home-grown engine instead of an imported one). And now they're stuck still trying to develop an indigenous jet engine sufficient enough to power their Tejas, because jet engine tech is almost as guarded as stealth tech.

Amazing content , waiting for more!

The level of research is too good. your hard work will bloom

I am surprised to watch this. I was an airframe inspector during its manufacturing at HAL, Bangalore during 1966.

An absolute gem of channel, you guys earned my sub. The research was on point and very precise. Kuddos and best wishes

Amazing video. So much of learning for other industries, who are involved in complex projects like this.

What a fascinating video documenting this historical story! 👍thank you 😊🙏

Thanks. Hoping to see more from you like this. Never stop.

It's a pity that the *over ambitious goals* of our armed forces are still there to this day. Other projects like MBT Arjun (even after having beaten T-90s in its MK2 version) also met the same fate as Marut. The import lobby in our country is really very strong, and has deep pockets. Good that present govt is finally giving them a tough time. That aside, I'd like to congratulate you on an incredible & deeply researched video that you guys have created. Not only the contents but the graphics used in this, are top notch. Great work 👏👏

Thank you for all your hard work and you made all indians proud !! i was happy to see the development of indian own fighter jets !! Now we have produced our own Kaveri engine and built own fighter jet called Tejas !! One day indian engineers will create world best aircraft for which good demand will be their in international markets !! We all will be proud !! Made in india !! this is what we want to see !!

Absolutely loved it! Excellent work! Working in the field of defence studies I must say this is a very informative and interesting creation. Will definitely share it with my students!

Wow, 1000 times better than most TV documentaries, excellent choice of topics, plz continue to make more. Also plz carry on the 2 part of the Air India Story.Thank you.

It's nice to see such well reasearched videos...at least better than Bollywood movies nowadays 😅. Also, recently we got news that DRDO will be working on a next gen. of the Marut. Hopefully, this time we'll come around much better. Thanks for the unbiased take on the Marut project

Thank you for making this video.

Great research. Thank you rebuilding this info.

As an Indian i couldn't even imagine we were the first country in asia to make a fighter jet other than Russia😲. Because india is struggling to develop fighter jets right now.That shows our extraordinary brains are outside india 😑. We can't blame them because they deservs a better career

Wao what a video , impressed by your explanation and using video clips and animations great work .

Fascinating documentary...Cheers for all your work!

This is superb work! You've dug out so many interesting facts, which might have never come out if you hadn't brought it up. Thanks a lot! Subscribed 😀

No doubt it takes time and effort to make such masterpiece content, it deserves more than just like. Thank you.