My Grandfather is 95 years old from eastern Tennessee. He was part of a B-17 crew until the end of the war. He returned home to Athens Tennessee and got a job as a radio broadcaster. He was at work there in downtown Athens on August 1, 1946 when he heard shouts down the street at the city Jail. Outside the jail was a mob, demanding the sheriff and mayor come out, or be dragged out. Shots were fired and the Battle of Athens Tennessee began; History that deserves to be remembered. It would be awesome if you could cover it. It's fascinating.
@samschellhase8831
5 жыл бұрын
As soon as he showed New Zealand I got really excited for him to talk about the Bob Semple tank, even if everyone else knows that’s a MBT
@RANDALLOLOGY
4 жыл бұрын
I'm at a ripe old age of 67, I realize I love history now because of these videos. He presents them in a way that you want to learn more. Thank you history guy for all your research, time you invest, pictures to backup your findings, hours of video editing, and this KZitem channel. 👍
@82abn34
4 жыл бұрын
In Desert Shield /Storm we lined the floorboards of our HUMVEEs with sand bags and used the canvas from the cargo area to fashion dust covers for our towed vulcans. These covers were pretty neet because by pulling one cord the covers would fall away and we could put rounds down range very quickly. Alas, a 72 hour shamal penetrated the covers and we had to spend several hours cleaning the guns before the barrels would turn.
@jasonarcher7268
4 жыл бұрын
In 2003 iraq, our trucks looked like they were straight out of Mad Max. We had crudely fabricated mild steel plate, welded to our humvees. It was pretty spectacular.
@blackcountryme
5 жыл бұрын
The British home guard built there own armoured vehicles, my grandad drove one, he was a Bevan boy (a conscripted coal miner). He couldn't drive and crashed it into a school near where I live today, and was found drunk hiding under the bar at the Cricketers arms pub, on Glover street, West Bromwich.. that is still there also. At the end of my street.
@americanmade6996
5 жыл бұрын
lol Your very own history that deserves to be remembered!
@TheHistoryGuyChannel
5 жыл бұрын
Beaverettes (and, I imagine, most extemporized Home Guard vehicles) had poor visibility and were difficult to steer, and were notoriously dangerous on the roads.
@Welshman2008
5 жыл бұрын
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel You should watch and episode of the popular UK TV Sitcom called Dads Army especially the episode The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones which looks at the use of a butchers delivery van as an armoured vehicle.
@Welshman2008
5 жыл бұрын
My grand father was a 'real' coal miner during the war and he was wary of the Bevan Boys, as he said that some of them didn't understand the danger or the hard toil in the collieries and were therefore dangerous to themselves and others.
@blackcountryme
5 жыл бұрын
@@Welshman2008 my grandad was a miner for 25 years.
@ScoutSniper3124
5 жыл бұрын
When our unit got to Camp Buehring, Kuwait on our way to Iraq in 2004 my Company Commander ordered me to armor up the 5ton trucks of which we had four. I scrounged around and was lucky enough to find some plate steel, unfortunately it was only 1/4" diamond back mild steel, the kind used for flooring applications which would not stop a rifle round, let alone an RPG or IED. I got to work designing, cutting and fabricating the "Armor", it came out looking pretty good, reminiscent of Eliot Ness' truck in the old Untouchables TV series. Soon after we made the movement up to Baghdad and onto Taji Iraq just north of the capital. I was assigned as a gunner on one of the trucks for the trip. As it turns out, all the excess ordnance for the battalion was loaded on our truck, cases of AT-4 rockets, Claymore mines, C-4 explosives, and at least a ton of small arms ammunition. In typical Infantryman gallows humor I shrugged off our cargo as being a blessing in disguise, the logic being if we did take an RPG, IED or even lucky rifle round, I wouldn't be alive long enough to worry about it. As it turns out we made it up to Taji without a scratch, guess the "Intimidation Factor" of the 1/4" mild steel "armor" and remaining alert and in an aggressive posture on the .50 cal. Browning mounted on a roof turret did the trick. Sadly, our HMMWV's were also Up-Armored while in Kuwait, and that add on armor was not up to the task. During that year long tour, out of the 300 Infantryman in our understrength battalion (1/69th Infantry, 256th IBCT), we lost 19 KIA and over 80 wounded, primarily due to IED's and the inherent weaknesses of add on armor for the HMMWV's, though we did lose a Bradley IFV one night to multiple artillery shells clustered into a single IED, killing 7 of our men. Such are the realities of war, when your time is up, it's up. SSG. U.S. Army (Medically Retired), Infantryman / Sniper, multiple tours
@TheHistoryGuyChannel
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service! What you are describing is improvised armor, and it was used quite a lot in the Second World War. We might well do an episode on those sandbagged and concrete covered Shermans.
@colingibson8018
5 жыл бұрын
Hi guys hope that you enjoyed Bovington . Also hoped that you managed to take in some of the other military musems . This is as you say history that deserves to be remembered. I have been a armchair historian for more years than I care to brag about, and yet you still managed to find stuff which I have either never heard of, or only new very little about. So to you and Mrs History Guy thank you again for your time and effort into putting these videos together, thank you.
@Daniel-san-86
5 жыл бұрын
As a former US Army armor crewman this video is awesome
@AR-jx6wr
5 жыл бұрын
AJ Kelly what the hell is wrong with you? Sick son of a bitch.
@wrightflyer7855
5 жыл бұрын
@AJ Kelly Breitbart is looking for idiots like you. Especially uneducated anti-Semitic ones that no speakee English too good.
@Daniel-san-86
5 жыл бұрын
@AJ Kelly 1. I have no clue what you're talking about. 2. What part of my comment gives you the idea that i am or am not a zionist. 3. I have never in my life killed a child.
@Daniel-san-86
5 жыл бұрын
@AJ Kelly or how many people we saw beheaded because they dont believe the way you do. Or the thousands of little girls sold as slaves to become child wives to pedophiles who have sex with farm animals.
@Daniel-san-86
5 жыл бұрын
@AJ Kelly or when you people hide behind civilians in hospitals and mosques instead of fighting like men
@jpvigotty
5 жыл бұрын
The Rhodesians got creative with their armor during the Bush War of the 1970s. There story of improvisation would make a good episode.
@anorthernsoul5600
5 жыл бұрын
We certainly did. Most vehicles travelling into Salisbury had V-shaped hulls and steel plating attached. Unimogs adapted as TFV's - Troop Fighting Vehicles, carried out the Eland raid. Also known as Pigs. Have mixed memories of Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, of what it is, and what it could have been. Quite sad really.
@DaveLaderoute
5 жыл бұрын
I saw a bunch of these things in Bosnia, that had been used during the fighting in the 90s. The Croatians, in particular, were stuck for AFVs because of restrictions on providing arms to those involved in the conflict. All sides, though, built these things, especially using farm tractors. Their ingenuity and determination was amazing.
@richardwestwell4902
5 жыл бұрын
Corporal Jones's converted butchers van in an episode of "Dad's Army" was a classic. Not armoured but it had small portholes in the sides to poke rifles through.
@binaway
5 жыл бұрын
Didn't they use the marble sheet counter tops from his butcher shop as armor.
@lazyrrr2411
5 жыл бұрын
📺 Dad's Army 👌 i'm not alone !
@loddude5706
5 жыл бұрын
"'BANG'-two-three, down-two-three . . ."
@roscoewhite3793
4 жыл бұрын
@@binaway They were on the floor, as protection from mines, according to Corporal Jones.
@darthcat6337
5 жыл бұрын
Another well produced episode for History Lovers by THG who singlehandedly fought his way to England to discover more interesting History for us to absorb! If You Love History, This is The Channel For You. I was welded to the screen till the end learning so much of our History. Thank You!
@mulematt6225
5 жыл бұрын
U...(Mr. & Mrs. History Guy) are probably the best historians to ever live. U make history fun,exciting and very watchable. U have re ignited my love for history. And i thank u from the bottom of my heart.
@edschermer
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for episodes on trends, not just events! This opens up a format for so many other topics! Well done!
@exharkhun5605
5 жыл бұрын
A lot of ground covered in a mere 13 minutes and even a few surprises for an armor nut like me. I did miss a mention of the Toyota war and technicals although both of those are more Armed then Armored fighting vehicles. And any mention of Oddball around AFV history is always appreciated. Thanks for the great content.
@TheHistoryGuyChannel
5 жыл бұрын
Technicals are certainly interesting. There just wasn't room to include them in this episode, and they are, most often, not armored. We might work them into another episode.
@colbeausabre8842
2 жыл бұрын
Sorry but Oddball was fictional, not historical
@exharkhun5605
2 жыл бұрын
@@colbeausabre8842 You're confusing Oddball with Jesus again. Oddball is the one about which a big documentary was made in 1970. Note also that I said "mention of Oddball AROUND afv history", not "mention of Odball's place IN afv history". If you really want to be this pedantic about things, you can at least learn the first rule of Pedant Club: Words Matter.
@jackpleier5534
5 жыл бұрын
Great video.As of 1979, the USAF purchased the peacekeeper. It was a Dodge 1500 ram frame and, drive train, and engine with 5 tons of Cadillac 1/4 inch armor plates. If you ever traveled in the Dakota's, Wyoming, Colorado, Montana or Nebraska you probably saw them broke down on the side of the road. The engines were too small, they overheated, the run flat tires would deflate, and the winch was mounted on a aluminium bumper to cut down on the weight. They stayed in service till 2000.
@ThePac7278
5 жыл бұрын
David Fletcher loves the Rolls armoured car. I ordered a Chilton repair manual from the Tank Museum shop online. Very cool car.
@TheHistoryGuyChannel
5 жыл бұрын
It is, and the Tank Museum has a very fine example.
@yakson5544
5 жыл бұрын
It's funny how the Bob Semple was a national embarrassment at the time... Nowadays us New Zealanders love and defend that majestic creation.
@drdiabeetus4419
5 жыл бұрын
Yakson not gonna lie, remaking one of those majestic killer tractors is on my list of “stupid things I would do if I ever won the Lottery”
@657449
5 жыл бұрын
You make do with what you have available. They were defensive in design to make the enemy pay for every foot of ground.
@johndowe7003
5 жыл бұрын
well when youre the only one with a tank in the battle field its good enough against guys with rifles lol
@expfcwintergreenv2.02
5 жыл бұрын
Those clean sleek lines are surely the most graceful curves since God invented the naked female form
@voiceofraisin3778
5 жыл бұрын
Its an idea that keeps coming back, look at the Misrata bull or Marvin Heemeyers killdozer which were both steel and concrete boxes over standard bulldozers.
@saladdaze7375
5 жыл бұрын
This episode is really fantastic. The photo edits are always top notch like your presentation.
@davidgifford8112
5 жыл бұрын
Another gem, thanks for a tour through “forgotten armour” providing insights into some desperate times and solutions.
@jameshartsfield8585
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, History Guy! Improvising a "hedgerow buster" onto tanks at Normandy helped the allies to bust through and escape the beach area. Look into it! It's a good story. jrh
@the_original_Bilb_Ono
5 жыл бұрын
Jay Leno would love this episode in particular, as do I. This is easily my favorite episode so far. Any of the ones about cars, planes or machinery in general are my favorites.
@MolonFrikenLabe
5 жыл бұрын
I expected to hear the A-TEAM theme at some point in there. Thank you professor!
@t.j.payeur5331
5 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see a video on the armored gun trucks built in the field in Vietnam.
@brenryan1
5 жыл бұрын
kzitem.info/news/bejne/2KGZxW2AsJWrlII There you go
@darrylb.roberts7181
5 жыл бұрын
I'm also surprised that H.G. didn't mention the Vietnam Gun Trucks created by Transportation Units.
@daletaylor5589
5 жыл бұрын
I saw a story about them on the Smithsonian channel. Surprisingly my unit went into Iraq in 2003 in canvass Humvees, 2 1/2 ton trucks and 5 ton dump trucks. We had to reinvent gun trucks ourselves as we had only one vehicle with a .50 cal mount. A mark 19 on a tripod strapped to a 5 ton dump truck is an example.
@t.j.payeur5331
5 жыл бұрын
@@brenryan1Thanks, good video, but I wanna see HGs take on 'em too.
@406bandaid
5 жыл бұрын
I was just thinking the same thing about the gun trucks. Those guys came up with some wild creations, and sometimes acquired arms and materials through questionable means lol
@robotslug
5 жыл бұрын
The best part of my morning is your videos. Thanks.
@enozzi1
5 жыл бұрын
First I want to say we enjoy your stories very much. I wanted to tell you about a tank designer who worked for Chrysler during WWII. She was my mother Mary Morse. Born in MI she grew up in Dearborn, MI among many other places. When she was a child she knew Henry Ford. Though the Fords were old they were very nice to the children that lived in the area of Ford Farm. Often the children were allowed to play on a trapeze in the Ford barn. Mrs. Ford baked cookies for the children. The house with that very same kitchen is part of Greenfield Village (The Ford) museum. Ford was a great fan of baseball. He would play baseball with the children. At the time he was too old to run so he would hit the ball and his chauffer would run the bases. My mother excelled at math, drafting and design. Until she was almost age 80 she could do Calculus in her head. During WWII many young people were utilized in the war effort. My mother then a senior in high school skipped her senior year to design tanks for Chrysler's tank program. Chrysler divided all the work. No one in any department ever knew what they were deigning as a whole. The draftsmen were never allowed to talk to anyone about any part of what they were developing. Something so many forget today was the absolute necessity of national security. My mom will not be remembered as one of the designers. She like many of her counterparts did however break ground. I was thought of strangely by my friend's parents. My mom was one of the very few women who I knew that worked in the Mechanical design and Drafting fields or even Mathematics when I grew up as a child of the 60's. It is also very sad to me that so few children excel at math now. I read just a few weeks ago that there was a high school that not one senior met the very basic math graduation results. Thanks again for your show. Looking forward to seeing more of your shows.
@jamestheotherone742
5 жыл бұрын
The History Guy goes on vacation to Bovington Tank Fest. Comes home with YT content.
@dirus3142
5 жыл бұрын
So close to a collaboration with The Chieftain.
@theshocker4626
5 жыл бұрын
I love the OG Killdozer
@elaineandjohn9599
5 жыл бұрын
And excellent content it is!
@killerkraut9179
5 жыл бұрын
@AJ Kelly Here are The Nem IAV kzitem.info/news/bejne/pZmP0398sHODrJg
@TheHistoryGuyChannel
2 жыл бұрын
I was not there for Tankfest, but to film an episode of Top Five Tanks.
@JohnDoe-pv2iu
5 жыл бұрын
It's pretty funny that you were closing mentioning the middle east. By around 2005-2008, soldiers guarding Presidential palaces were trading a bottle of booze for some thick steel, a couple of bottles for an oxy-acetylean torch set and even broken off parts of a gold sink fixture for a welder and rods. You welded anything and everything you could get on your hummer to make it survive mines and IEDs. My oh my at all the progress!!! Great Video, John
@PelenTan
5 жыл бұрын
Yet another great video. I hope everyone is sharing these around...
@peterlawler2201
5 жыл бұрын
looks like you had fun. Is always good to see history being enjoyed.
@killerkraut9179
5 жыл бұрын
look this is Funny the Modern IAV kzitem.info/news/bejne/pZmP0398sHODrJg
@c.coleman2979
4 жыл бұрын
I liked this episode very much, but I'm biased since it covers a topic I am particularly fond of. The RNAS Armoured Car Division deserves an episode all their own; not only did they invent the British tank, but, after transfer to the Army, in the Mid East their units pioneered mechanized desert warfare tactics and strategy. One unit in particular developed all arms mechanized columns penetrating deep into the desert: first to rescue British POW's, and later to destroy the Senussi army who, with Turkish and German help, managed to tie down 60,000 allied troops in western Egypt and Libya between 1915 and 1917. Another RNAS unit was converted into an Army L.A.M.B. and sent to the Hejaz, where they aided T E Lawrence and the Arab National Revolt against the Turks. Unfortunately, the British forget the lessons learned in WWI and had to reinvent mechanized desert warfare in WWII. The story of His Grace, the Duke of Westminster's Armoured Car Brigade (originally RNAS AC Division, Squadron 2) in itself is a history that also deserves to be remembered--unfortunately I couldn't get an American publisher interested in it.
@russwoodward8251
5 жыл бұрын
A great review and summary. The History Guy is very good at this and the research behind these presentations is greatly appreciated.
@sophiepaterson7444
5 жыл бұрын
"the importance of heavy metal." Can't argue with that. Rock on history dude...I mean, guy. :)
@bdbailey9225
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent photos you've found for this one, HG.
@SteelyPaw
5 жыл бұрын
I knew of the Auto-Car company, my best friend's dad worked there. In my day they built trucks, some for very heavy usage, but unfortunately went out of business when I was just around 25 years old as I'm 66 years old now. I live about 40 minutes from where the old Auto-car company was located at that time. I'm not sure, but I think "White" trucking purchased them out, and probably force them to eventually close, you'll have to google why for accurate information. Naturally I found this segment very interesting..... Thumbs up
@jackburton5483
5 жыл бұрын
There are still some of those old work horses pulling their fair share in the oilfields of Oklahoma, still a great tough old truck.
@SteelyPaw
5 жыл бұрын
@@jackburton5483 I didn't know there were still trucks running, however they were made tough and all metal, no fiberglass in those babies. They were kind of a simple truck, built to work hard, with almost no fancy frills on them. I did not google why they closed, but I think keeping up with modern trucks with fiberglass hoods and sleepers and lots of electronics did them in, but like I said you'd have to google to see what really happened to the company. I used to run route 29 to route 30 and pass by the Auto Carr plant once in awhile. They seemed to love red trucks LOL...
@metalican6798
5 жыл бұрын
This is a great channel....keep up the good work,sir, at educating the masses with a more accurate account of history...
@smilesgoodsense468
5 жыл бұрын
Hey, History Guy. KZitem can be a relatively negative place in the comments. Just wanted to say that I appreciate your videos and I hope you keep them up
@damilla1958
5 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't usually make a program suggestion, but a topic which interests me is the participation of the YMCA in WWI. My grandfather, David Holmes, was what was referred to as a YMCA Ambassador, serving in France and Italy. Even the YMCA seems to have sketchy amounts of information regarding this program, I would like to know more. And I believe The History Guy is the right man for the job!
@constipatedinsincity4424
5 жыл бұрын
:57 Looks like the Clampetts truck. From the Beverly Hillbillies
@bigblue6917
5 жыл бұрын
Obviously one to avoid. Who'd want to clash with Granny?😊
@constipatedinsincity4424
5 жыл бұрын
@Gary Daniel Damn varmints!
@constipatedinsincity4424
5 жыл бұрын
@@bigblue6917 Damn varmints!
@larrycaine6673
5 жыл бұрын
Yep... total junk
@constipatedinsincity4424
5 жыл бұрын
@88Gibson LesPaul I thought so myself. Ellie Mae was a doll.
@K1W1fly
5 жыл бұрын
Its important to put the Semple into context - It was never intended as a Tank killer, it would have a useful role as a mobile Pillbox defending pinch points. In the 1940s NZs roads were very poor and almost very road leading from a potential invasion beach would at some point wind through a narrow, wooded gully or hillside. The home guard had prepared tank traps in these points which would easily have dealt to Ha-Go tanks, leaving any advance up to the infantry. Hidden away at strategic locations on the tortuous roads inland, a Semple could bring a lot of anti-infantry firepower to bear and would have been reasonably effective at holding a position until what heavier firepower the NZ army or RNZAF had could be brought into play.
@TimPearcy
5 жыл бұрын
Great little piece of history sir!
@michaelpfister1283
5 жыл бұрын
Some great examples of this occur on the TV show "The A-Team" from the 80's... :-) Thanks for the run down on these! Necessity is the mother of Invention!
@richardross3815
5 жыл бұрын
You are definitely on a roll here. I have read up on weapons of war all my life ( morbid curiosity with mans fascination with efficient killing machines) But many of these early prototypes escaped my .....ahhh...studies?.......Great job. Hope you have more. And I am very happy to see those subscribe numbers climbing. Do I see a gold plaque in your future?....one can hope.
@TheCokoll
5 жыл бұрын
Great video as usual. A small note on soviet armored tractors - NI ment "Na Ispug", if translated literally, it can be translated "to inflict fear", but meaningfully, it just means "bluff")
@kevinwebster7868
5 жыл бұрын
I must say I appreciate what you do. I’m no expert on history but have always been fascinated by it and it was always my best subject in school. I share all your videos on Facebook and encourage all my friends to check out your channel. With KZitem being full of nonsense rubbish I cherish channels like your own. Thank you sir and continue your great work.
@johnkelley9877
5 жыл бұрын
I always thought that the extemporized armored vehicles were unique. Their biggest drawback was the armor was added to commercial chassis that were really not designed for it. But that doesn't matter, they were just neat looking! The post war version of them is the Israeli "Sandwich Armored Vehicles" that used a combination of materials to protect the vehicle. This has been a fantastic series. Thanks for sharing this.
@vincentcenni8649
5 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy your tightly written bites of history. For the record I also have a degree in History and enjoy how sometimes small data points are the precursor to larger events. Along that line I came across a tory about a Union Civil War officer Colonel Benjamin Henry Grierson, who led a successful raid into Mississippi in 1863 and later fought as a commander of black enlisted men in the West against Native Americans. Interestingly he was known for his sympathetic treatment of blacks and Native Americans at time when many only paid lip service while actively engaging in the worse possible treatment.
@skiptrace1888
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for another thoughtful presentation with a polished delivery! You should consider doing a video on America's oldest family owned business, the Zildjian cymbal company. Almost 400 continuous years & still very much in the forefront of the music business today. I am a drummer & a long time user & fan of their excellent product. Thanx again!
@deanstuart8012
5 жыл бұрын
I know that people occasionally comment on your pronunciation, but I'd hazard a guess that the Semple tank would probably be pronounced as "what the bloody hell is that?" Actually, although Semple said that no one else had produced a design, I don't think that it would be completely useless. The Japanese didn't really "do" tanks. In a fight with a Ha-Go the Semple wouldn't stand a chance. But the Japanese were mainly infantry, and against a mainly infantry force that little bit of armour, and that firepower, could have made the difference in numerous firefights.
@jamesaustralian9829
5 жыл бұрын
The kiwis say sex instead of six so I'm guessing it would be pronounced as Sii-mmpew.
@BeingFireRetardant
5 жыл бұрын
If nothing else, good for morale and fire support on defense, initially... Then it's all about that driver grabbing them gears and praying he steers in between the raindrops of fear... Bob Semple gave them an option, at least.
@americanmade4791
5 жыл бұрын
"Raindrops of fear" Bravo! I can think of a few uses for that.
@aaronleverton4221
5 жыл бұрын
There was one other emergency Kiwi tank and its final version would have done a lot better than the Semple Tank, having a revolving turret mounting a 2pdr (40mm) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schofield_tank
@kefkaZZZ
5 жыл бұрын
Loved the video as always! Very interesting topic. One suggestion, when displaying a poster on the screen please pan slow enough for us to read the message. Had to go back to the Enemy Uniform Poster several times.
@robertmorris2388
5 жыл бұрын
Much can be said for the psychological effects of just the effort of doing something in the face of the coming enemy. My parents were In London, during the Blitz. Courage and fear, hope and determination. Sometimes just moment by moment innovation. The approach to London was rife with desperate measures, like you discussed, and others measures that gave hope and perhaps direction in a frustrating time when no one knew what to do.
@americanmade4791
5 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Do whatever you can, or you're just prey. "Why wait we here to die?"
@jon-paulfilkins7820
5 жыл бұрын
See the title "Oddball Tanks" and half expects an overview of Kelly's Hero's. However not disappointed.
@teebosaurusyou
4 жыл бұрын
Oddball - Donald Sutherland - "Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves" or "Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change??" Unbelievable classic motion picture quotes. "Woof Woof Woof - I'm a Dog!"
@andrewwoodhead3141
4 жыл бұрын
yep. Me too. Click bait !
@janbadinski7126
3 жыл бұрын
hahahahhahahahaha! I didn't make that connection. Then it registered, lol, I love that movie.
@redmist1122
5 жыл бұрын
Another great video! I look at armored cars as the mother of necessity on what was available. Very creative with gravel and concrete...that's amazing in itself the lorries were able to drive around. Thanks again.
@SpiffingNZ
5 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you brought up the Bob Semple tank. Throwing corrugated iron on a tractor frame and saying "she'll be 'right" is such a classic kiwi thing.
@exJacktar
5 жыл бұрын
I was deployed to Kandahar Airfield in 2007 to up-armour our LAVlll with new ceramic armour to combat the cat and mouse IED game. In adjacent garages the Americans were doing similar work to their HUMVEE. It was always a deadly game of measure/countermeasure. I remember seeing the Polish SF trying to put on what we called "Hillbilly Armour" on their hand me down HUMVEE. The result was a sort of Mad Max/Rat Patrol affair what with 12.7mm machine guns on pedestal mounts, and Dragon anti-tank rockets. That and these guys looked like bikers wished they looked. Glad they were friendly.
@TheHistoryGuyChannel
5 жыл бұрын
That is a good example of improvised armor, which was also used extensively in the Second World War.
@macsdaddy3383
5 жыл бұрын
This was very good. If you wanted to ever revise this and then extend it, you could go on to tell how these improvisations led to modern day (Vietnam era 1960's) US Army and Marine units building in-country improvised homemade "Gun Trucks" during the Vietnam war. And furthermore once again during the Iraq actions from 2004 - 2009 with individual units first up-armoring on their own their units HUMVEE'S with "Hill-Billy Armour", (until more mass-produced Up-Armour kits could be manufactured and shipped to our troops), and then once again with the US Army bringing back the heavy Vietnam'esque (though updated and modernized) "Gun Trucks" as conditions in Iraq continued to turn for the worse and spiral downward.
@andrewschneemann6717
5 жыл бұрын
The Peshmerga in Irag have also made some modern improvised armored vehicles
@oceanhome2023
5 жыл бұрын
The term “ Technicals” comes to mind like a full size pickup with an anti aircraft gun in the back
@bob_the_bomb4508
5 жыл бұрын
And also in the civil war in Libya we saw the ‘Mad Max’ adapted armoured trucks. Similar indeed to the SVBIED used by ISIS
@williamchamberlain2263
5 жыл бұрын
The technicals I've seen haven't been armoured; if you can recommend a video on armoured versions that'd be awesome
@williamchamberlain2263
5 жыл бұрын
Found this from Syria: kzitem.info/news/bejne/sZ-D1Hiuj2qlmHo
@bob_the_bomb4508
5 жыл бұрын
William Chamberlain try this www.mei.edu/publications/car-bombs-weapons-war-isiss-development-svbieds-2014-19 I have a few pictures of improvised armoured vehicles and ‘mad max’ technicals from Libya in 2011, but I’m not savvy enough to put them on KZitem :(
@tjmooremusic
5 жыл бұрын
I truly enjoy your channel! Just want to thank you. Timothy.
@Nipplator99999999999
5 жыл бұрын
I live in the less modernized area of NC, and years ago helped to "reinforce" an old land-yacht for distribution and delivery of homemade goods.
@OneMouseGaming
5 жыл бұрын
did you get the ambulance motor like i told you. You get an extra 100 horses with those puppies, the cops will never be able to keep up. (true fact moonshiners liked the hearse/ambulance motors at the time because they were more powerful due to their intended homes huge weight)
@davidhowery5303
5 жыл бұрын
Distribution of illegal alcohol!
@Nipplator99999999999
5 жыл бұрын
@@OneMouseGaming 440-HP-interceptor
@oldschoolgreentube
5 жыл бұрын
I deployed to Iraq in 2003. We were given unarmored HUMMV's to patrol in. After a few bad experiences we started armoring them ourselves. Scrap metal, sandbags, and old flak vests, made up the bulk of our add on's. Later we had access to actual armor plate. There was a unit established at Camp Victory, made up of actual sheet metal workers, and welders. People that knew how to work steel. You would come to them with a design idea and they would make it happen, usually in just a couple of hours. I had to build 4 gun trucks from scratch. The CO liked the first one so much he claimed it for his own use. The next one was destroyed in a mortar attack. The next one's engine failed catastrophically. The last one is probably still running around in the desert. I hope so anyways. Different times.
@douglaschamberlain9773
5 жыл бұрын
oldschoolgreentube Am happy to see you guys recognized. Such innovation and initiative is a strength of the U.S. Far before command and war planners, you identified a problem and devised a solution that kept you effective-and alive.
@nehukybis
4 жыл бұрын
The Soviet Union fielded purpose-built armored tractors as well, in much larger numbers than the improvised models. Over 4000 Komsomolets tractors were made in the late 30s and early 40s. Each one was armed with a machinegun. They were sometimes used as scout vehicles but mostly they were used for towing artillery.
@EPFForsyth
5 жыл бұрын
Simply Awesome...Thank you.
@americanmade6996
5 жыл бұрын
I usually find the subject of armor prototypes and improvisations to be dead boring-then History Guy manages to produce a fascinating video on the subject. Huh.
@1johnmthompson
5 жыл бұрын
Might I suggest the times that the U.S. chain of command forgot the use of armored cars and stopped production. This lead to units making on the site armored units or Convoy support in Vietnam and Iraq.
@chrissummers2689
5 жыл бұрын
Another use of armor occurred during the Vietnam conflict. Fire fighters welded steel plates to the crash trucks to protect them from enemy fire when fighting fires on crashed planes.
@ArturoEspinosaAldama
5 жыл бұрын
The cuban revolutionaries also produced a couple of improvized armored vehicles. They are in exhibit in La Habanna. Pictures of Camilo Cienfuegos on top of one of those are easy to find.
@avengerkdr
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome video as always sir. 😁 @TheHistoryGuy
@beno774
5 жыл бұрын
Another good show, Keep em coming
@jmeyer3rn
5 жыл бұрын
Love you History Guy.
@mindwhacker
5 жыл бұрын
Love this episode! Thank you!
@paulevans3261
5 жыл бұрын
LOVE THIS... Thank You, Good Sir
@fredherfst8148
3 жыл бұрын
Really good..love all the old pics..
@billyhooks99
5 жыл бұрын
Great video,loved it. I also like the green bowtie you wore for this video.
@shadowraith1
5 жыл бұрын
After seeing your "Top 5" from the Tank Museum. I'm not surprised by this interesting follow-up. On a lot of those early designs. The one thing that surprised me was what apparently were unprotected tires.
@jonathangriffiths2499
5 жыл бұрын
Suspect they were solid rubber not pneumatic
@lordgarion514
5 жыл бұрын
I suspect the lack of horsepower at the time had something to do with that. The engines were already struggling, so adding 150-300 pounds of steel to each wheel would have probably been a bad idea.
@metalican6798
5 жыл бұрын
Props to the history guy...
@timsgotissues3581
5 жыл бұрын
Love your channel! I have two suggestions for episodes. The first is the Austin Dam disaster from Austin, Pa. The second is the Albert Johnson manhunt in Canada. Thanks for posting great content!
@Luddite-vd2ts
2 жыл бұрын
Hi THG. Great appreciation of your work. Excellent. I'd like to level one criticism (which I have also levelled at some other KZitem presenters): speed of delivery. At times, your pace becomes very rapid. With your North American accent, (which is also slightly higher pitched) and my aged hearing (for which I wear hearing aids due to age related hearing loss i.e. I can't hear higher pitched sounds) I'm losing some of your wording. A slower, more regulated, delivery would allow my sclerotic synapses and defective hearing to better follow your story. Thanks for considering.❤️
@JR9979
5 жыл бұрын
The 'Beaverette' has one combat kill to its name. A german fighter landed on a British airfield by mistake and one of the tiny Beaverette's blocked the runway and hosed the plane down with.303 fired from a Bren gun as the aircraft tried to take off. The German pilot was killed.
@TheEDFLegacy
5 жыл бұрын
Another classic example of improvised armour that you overlooked, was the infamous Killdozer incident. It was remarkable that no one was killed by the madman, but the madman did succeed in his mission of destroying key structures in the town, and building a vehicle that was actually immune to all attempts by the police to stop it.
@colbeausabre8842
2 жыл бұрын
Please don't glorify a murderous madman
@adamburkholder831
5 жыл бұрын
Great video very interesting, loved the photos.
@haroldgeorgeibelljr
5 жыл бұрын
STRANGE BUT TRUE ODD ONES THANK YOU HISTORY GUY
@obfuscated3090
5 жыл бұрын
Gun trucks, the most ubiquitous and successful expedient fighting vehicles, are history which deserves to be remembered not least because forgetting it after Viet Nam cost many G.I. lives in Iraq. Expedient "hillbilly armor" should not have been necessary but the US forgot not only Viet Nam but Russian convoys destroyed in Chechnya and unarmored HMMWV trucks getting shot up in Mogadishu. No one was ever called to account. Many dead and wounded later the US produced armored truck cabs which are now standard.
@leonardhaddrill8842
5 жыл бұрын
A really great post this one.. Did you note the RNAS Sopwith Triplanes?? They were the inspiration for Fokker and his Dr.1.. Well done THG!!
@dustyak79
5 жыл бұрын
Should of mentioned John Deere’s submission of their farm tractor to Aberdeen proving ground. It s an interesting looking machine.
@seththomas9105
4 жыл бұрын
Yes! The John Deere armored tractors need some mention.
@Home-ed6zg
5 жыл бұрын
Love your channel,, your the most interesting guy lol.. Thanks for what you do : )
@stevescheffler4219
5 жыл бұрын
one of your best TY
@shawngilliland243
5 жыл бұрын
Splendid episode! Beaverettes and Bisons - what great names! As you alluded, US troops upgraded the armor on their Humvees ("hillbilly armor") in recent history.
@msgtpauldfreed
2 жыл бұрын
The Vietnam war saw various modified "Deuce and a Half" trucks that had slapped together armor augmented by machine guns. I believe you did a video on them at one point.
@TannerCarpenter
4 жыл бұрын
Do another episode of this it was awesome!
@joealbert7773
5 жыл бұрын
I remember reading of a "tank" built on a Lincoln chassis used by either the Sheltons, or Charlie Burger's gang in the bootleg wars in Southern Illinois.
@TheHistoryGuyChannel
5 жыл бұрын
Both had "armored cars." I have a couple of photos from the museum in Benton.
@markfryer9880
5 жыл бұрын
The recent fighting in Syria created a vast array of improvised armored vehicles both for defensive operations and suicide missions. There were reports of small workshops being set up to create the vehicles from whatever materials were at hand. I remember seeing a news story showing some of the product one of which was fitted with several cameras and monitors so that the vehicle could be driven while buttoned up so to speak.
@kevincocking8561
2 жыл бұрын
super excellent love this channel and host totally awesome
@asd36f
5 жыл бұрын
Excellent episode - maybe you could do an episode on armoured trains, which also have a fascinating history.
@spaceshot5289
5 жыл бұрын
Very interesting show. Thank you
@jasonluck7269
5 жыл бұрын
Your voice is calming, thank you.
@noragibson5293
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sending this great video. I really enjoy your show. Like you I am a history nut. I have learned a lot about history from you. Keep up the good work.
@MouseTai1
5 жыл бұрын
Soviet NI series "tanks" you mentioned at the end actually stands for "Na Ispug" or "TO SCARE", many of them did not even have guns, but tree trunks of comparable size were "installed" and painted to resemble real guns. Same thing later happened with IL-2 ground attack aircraft -- before the model was upgraded to feature actual rear gunner, pilots often used mop sticks protruding from the cockpit at the rear to give the impression of protection.
@parrot849
4 жыл бұрын
...And of course there is the saga of the poor crazy fella who got fed up with getting the runaround from the Granby, Colorado “city hall;” took his personally armored-up Cat D-7 Bulldozer 🚜 and spent the afternoon flattening said city hall and much of the rest of his small agricultural town while the sheriff and everyone else stood by helplessly and watched. I think the story of this example of improvised armored fighting vehicle can be found on KZitem.
@kennethherzer7737
3 жыл бұрын
Even as a kid I was mesmerized by the M3 halftrack variants with the gun mounts.
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