World of Warships - Naval Fortress: Vladivostok 

"This curious device called a net." Is a net.

"The enemy thought that they were at a disadvantage and would not dare to attack it." Because the USSR didn't declare war on the only enemy that could attack that position until three weeks before the WWII's end.

You guys really need to buff forts in game. Its kinda hard to sink land.

How do I buy this? Is it in the premium shop?

Would be interested on Norwegian fortress that successfully sunk a ship with torpedo.

This was a really good documentary....but I do find it amusing that EVERY time Russians talk about their stuff it is always the best in the world. The fort was the strongest in the world...the battleship guns were superior to other nations guns...etc. Why do Russians have such a inferiority complex? I also like the bridge in the video that is one of the most beautiful bridges I have ever seen.

Documentary 101. Walk into frame, say a lot of things, immediately walk out of frame like you have something else to do.

hey wargaming !! know about the concrete battleship .. the fort drum in the philippines during world war 2 .. its amazing kind of fortification and history you should feature it guys !!

13:50 “And he used this curious device called a net.....”

Just wondering where do they store vodka?

He looks like a fairly young guy, early to mid twenties maybe. Props to him for being such a devoted historian at such a young age! Takes a lot of work.

New game "World of Seaforts" maybe?

Surprised they keep that battery operational for that long, you think something that archaic would have been decommission back in the late 1960's.

I could watch these documentaries all day! Good stuff!

Please do the Halifax Citadel (Fort George) and Fort Drum en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadel_Hill_(Fort_George) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Drum_(El_Fraile_Island)

nice fort you got there it would be a shame if I were to go around it

will we have a new game siege mod?

The old guns that you'll see made with computer at 8:00, you can also see live in Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland. They were mounted there during Imperial Russian era, just getting them to the island and on the hills of the island without any kind of motorized vehicles was quite a feat, considering their weight. However, most of their parts have been stripped away and only the barrels and mounts remain. Interesting fact: The guns had two aiming sights, one at the left side and one at the right side. These were identical and only reason for this arrangement was that you'd aim at ship going left with the right sight and ship going right with the left sight. So it was easier to take lead on target.

You guys should do Fort Scratchley in New South Wales, Australia. The fort helped defend the city of Newcastle from a Japanese submarine attack in 1942.

Next, you need to make naval fortress about isosaari, Finland.

good job on the line that follows this product. I personally believe that the metal tracks of music accompanying videos WOW fit perfectly with the scenario.

Otro poquito de historia que aprendo. La cantidad de fortalezas que se han perdido por el abandono posterior a la guerra, una pena la verdad. Almenos esta está salvada en parte, aunque algo lejos para contemplarla. Gracias por el video.

Well, we all know how the russian-japanese war ended. Despite the greatest naval fortress of Vladivostok. :D

Very interesting video. Liked it.

Clever placement of those main batteries.

cant wait for IRN Vladivostok to release in game

Battleship "Poltava" was the second unit of "Gangut"-class launched in 1911, all named after Russian victories (Poltava was Peter the Great's victory over Swedish forces in 1709 on the battlefield of Poltava which is in central Ukraina). The "Poltava" was gutted by fire in 1919 and never repaired. The ship was cannibalised for spare parts to keep other three ships of the class in service. "Poltava" had "revolution name" "Frunze" after Mikhail Frunze. "Poltava" was finally scrapped after the Second War War. There is also similar (or very near similar) ex. battleship gun tower coastal battery in Sevastopol area. These were also ex. "Poltava" gun towers. This was built to replace one of two coastal artillery gun towers using same barrels (Obukhov 305 mm /52) which were destroyed during the WWII. These coastal towers had twin barrels and their technical solution was some what different than in battleship towers.

03:50 Luke Skywalker's house on Tatooine.

Would love to tour them. Glad to see efforts are being made to restore them.

That curious device was to damn funny.

awesome. hopefully they can do one on fort macarthur in san pedro california. i went as a kid and it was quite a complex fort. had massive disappearing guns.

Fascinating, would love to visit some day.

I love the history lesson attached.

Somebody tell that dude he has got something on his lip.

This should be a UNESCO World Heritage site! Oh, wait, I can guess why they might not want to send celebrate what it represents... Still a really cool place! I hope to be able to visit it one day.

We want a Dardanelles episode. It can not be neglected in Naval and World History.

calais or other parts of the german built atlantik wall would be awesome :) really well made videos ... educative yet eciting :)

That big canons would be great against kaijus :P

I often wonder where we would be technologically as a species if we were not so obsessed with war, killing everyone and spending absurd amounts of money on war machines?

I am slowly view this channel as a history channel

excelente fortificación militar .arquitectura e ingeniería sobresaliente .cumplió su cometido defender y disuadir al enemigo .patrimonio historico

At the start it shows the Japanese fleet unable to enter because of ice . Is this bay ice blocked in the winter . ? Notice the spotting gun mounted on top of the huge cannon barrel!

Vladivostok, baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more.

It seems to me the video shows mortars at 15:27 and at other earlier times. The mortars shown are firing in a straight line, nearly horizontal. However I do not know Russian guns. If those are mortars, they should fire when at a high elevation angle, nearly vertical.

Excellent video!

Looked the way is does now. So it was covered in weed plants?

Is the Stelling of Amsterdam an idea for an episode of Naval Fortress??

Nice video, very interesting, thanks !

Wait a minute, did you guys just said that those battleship mount batteries can be rotated by hand? Wow.

Please do a video about Corregidor Island and nearby "Concrete Battleship Island"

New series!! Yay!!

They need to do Fort Drum, also known as "The Concrete Battleship".

fantasticly informative.

Would be an interesting fight. IJN BB's were the best in the world at that time.

I love the history thank you

Perfectly done....👍☺

Awsome

Interesting fort!

So,are these forts actually ever used?

I love these videos

Sehr Genial

Hard to admit for an American, but there are signs of superior engineering. The concrete sloping glacis in front of the gun emplacements to deflect shells. The arch-shaped tunnels are much stronger than the the rectangular cross section found in the forts of other nations for a given concrete thickness.

You should add Sea Forts to WoWS. You have lots of guns and armor but you can't move. Sounds pretty good to me.

Impressive

Is Scooby doing the voiceover for the older guy?

@wargaming europe how about the fort drum in the Philippines its the unsinkable fortress during ww2

Any chance you could ever do anything with Site One Holy Loch Scotland U.S. Submarine base.... 1961-1992 Sub-Ron 14..... Or anything with USS Proteus AS 19 Submarine tender

Can normal people come to this ?

What type of camera do you guys use?

let's see the Dardanelles

Ah superior Ruski pattern paving

Wargaming could you make something about the swiss forteress

So they took a battleship and placed its guns on a fort?

✓ 'Those who control EURASIA control the World' - *John* Halford* Mackinder* This is the base of everything So what ? So Its imperative that no Eurasian challenger emerges capable of dominating Eurasia and thus of also challenging America - Zbignew Brzezinski

Actually built to stop the Japanese raids to take lovely Russian women back to Japan and force them to go through life dressed as colourful and chirpy cartoon characters. Happens all the time now this fortress is no more.

Poltava's turrets might of been fast firing...doubt they could hit a thing though, triple cannon turrets were generally inaccurate anyway especially back in like 1910

You have to make a video on Gallipolli Fortress

Netter is like the english shammer.

Can you do the corregidor island in the phillippines?

Why didnt they called Voroshilov battery as KV battery

Urgh the whole video i was hopping they would say what that gun was for ontop of the barrel of the first gun in that triple turret. it seems like there was room for another 2 of those guns too so really curious.

Is there a plane named after Voroshilov because there is a tank and a ship turret

I'm surprised it's still standing.

The Russians were really smart on defending there homeland and coast.

Do Sebastopol during the '41-'42 siege!

You should do Oscarsborg in Norway,

Do the philippines It's called "Concrete battleship"

I'd love to see a video about Suomenlinna from wargaming

Now look at this net, that I have just found.

I wonder if you can (legally) fly from Alaska to Vladivostok?

Largest caliber stationary gun? It's only 12". We have 16" in the US. Germans had a bigger one. Did they mean the largest at the site? Also it was a relatively useless fort. The problem with forts is they cannot move. It didn't prevent the Japanese from achieving a tactical victory of preventing the Russians from mounting a counter attack while they seized their continental objectives. Sure they ignored the city, but the city was never on their list. In WW2 it would have been mostly useless against the Japanese if they invaded since it didn't have the AA yet. The Japanese widespread usage of aircraft during WW2 would have made short work of the fortress if their objective was not Korea and China. Still an impressive fortress.

At minute 10:41 is that an anti-aircraft gun mounted on the barrel of the large battleship guns?

How about fort drum the concrete battleship of america at philipines

What's the name of the guy?

it would be neat to see ft drum

i sence the russian bb line is comming

Netter = (Net off) 'go getters' :P

When is this being added to the russian tech tree?

Very cool Emanon2 NA Dave

5:42 easteregg???