I was off-roading years back near Florence, AZ and got stuck in fresh 4ft mud. There happened to be x2 M1 abrams and x3 APC's. They were just coming from the range and were being sent to Yuma, AZ. What was awesome, is that one of the M1's pulled me out, without trying. The chained messed up my bumper, but that shit is hanging on my shop wall, with the signatures of the crew FOREVER. Our military is kick ass! The leaders not so much, but the soldiers are irreplaceable! God bless America and all the serve her!

@markfryer9880

2 жыл бұрын

I hope that you got photos to help tell the story.

A discussion of wheeled armoured vehicles is incomplete without mention of the Battle of the Lomba River, where South African Ratel wheeled armoured vehicles of 61 Mechanised Battalion successfully engaged and destroyed a numerically far superior force of Russian tanks and apc's of FAPLA's 47 Brigade, and executed a resounding victory. Wheeled armoured vehicles in a setpiece battle against Main Battle Tanks, and winning convincingly. I feel that this excellent documentary is the poorer for ommitting this most important episode in the history of wheeled armoured vehicles.

Man this is a blast from the past I had firepower on dvd

@Jaxymann

10 ай бұрын

Same! I watched them all the time as a kid

Everyone seems To be an expert. I'm a veteran too, however, I just enjoy the video. Seeing military equipment brings back fond memories.

@Civvie_63

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service!

@rc59191

Жыл бұрын

Dude there is nothing more annoying than people acting like they're know-it-alls in the comment section. One kid kept arguing about how we could win the war in Afghanistan if we'd issue the troops M1 Garands. It's amazing how people will argue about anything just to feel a sense of validation on the internet or KZread.

Pov: you're a war thunder player

@baileesmith2007

3 жыл бұрын

Man we are everywhere 😂

@qawihossain9861

3 жыл бұрын

I stan ✋🥴

@gamingrex2930

2 жыл бұрын

I mean ofc if you put ww2 tanks vs fucking APFSD and if your air support is in the form of brain dead revenge cas players, you’re gonna easily overperform as an IFV.

"The United States has always been one of the largest producers of wheeled armoured vehicles" *Shows LAVs and Strykers that were made in Canada*

@FlyboyHelosim

3 жыл бұрын

LOL

@marceldurand2058

3 жыл бұрын

Pronto Chile también gringito🇨🇱🇺🇸

@veronicaflorencegrayson8048

3 жыл бұрын

Where is all this government money coming for large United States wheeled vehicled amoured .America is in badly need of new schools getting our neighborhoods out of poverty.I hope Health Human Services is being allotted equal amounts of tax payer money when it comes to struggling families and orphaned children.We are not at war.It looks like you soldiers(if you are soldeirs)are playing war with our taxpayer money. games for the kicks of it.How much is the United States Defense Budjet ?I do not see affordable housing.free tuition to colleges and university What happened to Obama's promise of free tuition? US Defense Budjet should be audited Thank you for you time (619)650-9919

@KirkHermary

2 жыл бұрын

@@veronicaflorencegrayson8048 were you having a seizure as you typed that? Cramming words and periods together, barely using the spaces, and a random collection of word salad makes it hard to follow. What is your point? To me it looks like emotional ranting and raving. I've seen more concise and better written comments from flat earth idiots.

@KirkHermary

2 жыл бұрын

@Unknown User yep they can take their crazy elsewhere.

I am very impressed. Thank you for showing this.

@FlyboyHelosim

3 жыл бұрын

No problem, glad you liked it.

Congratulations Flyboy, very interesting documentary. Useful Channel. Nice.

In Singapore, the military is equipped with Leapord2 SG MBT with 120m Cannon. The local made Bronco ATTC (British Version, Warthog) to replace the BV 206 capable of various spectrum of operations, armed with 7.62mm GPMG or a Mortar. The local made Bionix Infantry Fighting Vehicle with a few variants, armed with 25mm BushMaster, 0.5 Machine Gun ( Singapore Version of the 50 Caliber). The Terrex Infantry Fighting Vehicle, 8x8 with a couple of variants, armed with 7.62mm GPMG, Grenade Launcher, 0.5 Machine Gun and Spike Anti Tank Missile. The Beltrex, Armed with 7.62mm GPMG to support motorised infantry and armoured forces. The last armored vehicles to released by Singapore to replace the aging M113 is the Hunter Fighting Vehicle. Armed with a Bushmaster Cannon, 7.62mm GPMG and 2 Spike Anti Tank Missile.

@WECR

3 жыл бұрын

La industria militar de Singapur es excelente y los vehículos que usted menciona son ejemplares , me gusta mucho el Bronco es espectacularmente útil y eficaz.

south africa was one of the pioneers but neglected in doc

@Gametime-ii9lw

3 жыл бұрын

Correct Bru These guys think they know something we did this 30 to 40 years ago

@peterhamlinhamlin8908

3 жыл бұрын

Please bring us up to 21st century.

@bertm8621

3 жыл бұрын

11.15 rooikat, ratel, aml90. So....nie klage

Awesome presentation!!

Awsome commentary! Reminiscent of Discovery Wings! Very informative! Thanks

@YaMomsOyster

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s about the same vintage

I don't know why this got recommended to so many people, but I cant complain at how good the vid is

@FlyboyHelosim

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah for some reason a handful of the documentaries that I've ripped and uploaded go viral every so often.

Just discovered your channel. Love it!!!

@FlyboyHelosim

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@overture2264

3 жыл бұрын

@@FlyboyHelosim me too!

As a note, the newer South African G6 has an increased range in excess of 70 kilometers, a three-man crew, and an auto-loading system.

*Amazing video!!!*

I love watching these series on TV.

I was a vehicle commander during the LAV test programming 29 Palms. The V600 was trash. It never got out of the maintenance bay.

@emileblanche5868

3 жыл бұрын

What broke or refused to work properly?

The Abrams hasn't used the 105mm gun for a long time.

@domperignon1829

3 жыл бұрын

this video mas made in the 90s so I'm guessing that the US Army was fielding both the base M1 and A1 variants

the G6 rhino has an effective range of more than 35 miles not 18 miles!

Im suprised they didnt mention the Centauro

subbed , very well made - no BS, just the facts !

I know the Abrams did have a 105mm to start out with but it switched to 120mm

@marceldurand2058

3 жыл бұрын

Hoy por hoy Abrams es viejo

@Max-ye9xg

Жыл бұрын

Yes you are right they switch to 120 from 105 the C-130 gunship loves the 105

AMX 10RC is not a recon tank, it is the tank of the light armored regiment, with the EBRC90 Sagaie.

Very good video sir

You didn’t mentioned the Centauro, probably one of the firstly combat vehicles

@walterF205

3 жыл бұрын

Probably because they would still have mentioned the Centaur I, but they have known that the successor, the Centauro Two, is on the road now. Domination continues.

Yes, Canada make s many wheeled vehicles. As a smaller military it is far more likely that they will have to out flank or practice hit & run on a larger enemy until they whittle them down to size. In the USA with large populated countries growing in military strength: we are going to have to move to this type of military also. (India, China, Indonesia, etc.) I really think that both Canada & the USA are going to arm themselves with more wheeled vehicles and less tracked; although, in the past few years tracked vehicles are becoming more mobile and they have better ability to navigate rougher terrain.

Muy bueno el documental 👍👍👏👏

a STRYKER 8X8 + 5.0 in. Lift 9.2 TDI I6 3-Dr Armoured Fighting Vehicle (LHD) armed with a 30 MM GAU-8/U Avenger rotary cannon & 7.62 X 51 MM heavy machine gun in addition to a man portable Stinger SAM would make it a formidable asset on the battlefield!!!

@redherring9497

3 жыл бұрын

sounds good. That’s a lot of fire power but the armour is shit. and the wheels always fall off

Make more of this

@FlyboyHelosim

3 жыл бұрын

Every documentary I've got is uploaded on my channel.

The Stryker is based on MOWAG Piranha, General Dynamics bought that company!

@jonmce1

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, the Striker is a lightened version of the Canadian LAV 3. The LAV 3 has a long history going back to MOWAK but its immediate predecessors were designed in Canada. As far back as the late 90s design work was collaborative not directly derivative. The company that originally produced the vehicles was General Motors in London Ont. General Dynamics bought The General Motors land force division not MOWAG. The current Canadian unit is the LAV 6.

Entertaining, but wheeled hasn't replaced tracked, as the narrator suggested. M1s are still being upgraded over replacement.

There was the sdkf234 called Puma of the german Wehrmacht, insane dominant with his 75 mm or 50 mm canon.

There's a video interrupting all your commercials. Very distracting.

@FlyboyHelosim

3 жыл бұрын

Not my fault about the ads, they were automatically placed because the video was detected as copyrighted material.

The LAV 25 is the Canadian vehicle not a variant of a MOWAG

@juicyj3819

3 жыл бұрын

Ya eh? Fukin hoser

@coleman598

3 жыл бұрын

@@juicyj3819 kid shut up and go play with you toys🤣

@juicyj3819

3 жыл бұрын

@@coleman598 😂😂

@juicyj3819

3 жыл бұрын

@@coleman598 😐

@Booyaka9000

3 жыл бұрын

Can confirm. I worked for GDLS making LAV-25s and ASLAVs for years. It has no relation to the Piranha. Mowag is a Swiss company.

it should be stated that the LAV 25 is from Canada also known here as the Coyote and also sold to Australia. The Stryker variants are based off the LAV3 chassis and should be also stated that that is from Canada

ধন্যবাদ... thanks

The Stryker was based on the LAV III which was in turn based on the Marine Corp LAV25 but has nothing in common with the latter. From what I understand the LAV25 is completely amphibious and will fit comfortably in a C130 Hercules and the Stryker can do neither. What is infinitely worse is that the Stryker also has diminished capability from the LAV 25 in both range and speed not to mentioned diminished firepower with an M2 50 caliber rather than the 25mm Chain gun. Why the US army didn't just buy the same machine as the Marine Corps is a sick joke that the grunts that have to use it will pay dearly for.

@quizels0695

2 жыл бұрын

you forgot to mention that the LAV-25 was based on the swiss piranha

@jamisonmaguire4398

2 жыл бұрын

@@quizels0695 I thought everyone knew that.!!! LOL

@quizels0695

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamisonmaguire4398 nope

@jamisonmaguire4398

2 жыл бұрын

@A Perpetual Guardsman with a flashlight You should provide a link with an article and how many were equipped. Also from what I have seen that was just for testing.

@jamisonmaguire4398

2 жыл бұрын

@A Perpetual Guardsman with a flashlight You think?? Back up your statements with proof.

Pronounced " ee landt". For Eland armoured car.

Nice. Good for my country. Liteweight, good for our bridges. Canada should sell us some of these.😉

@02Benji

3 жыл бұрын

Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Colombia and the US all have purchased Canada’s LAVs

This documentary is saying " Dont Fuck with America"

Interestingly the second largest operator of Lav vehicle is saudi Arabian national guard , with some 1100 in 7 deferent version in service .

Aren't LaV"s made in Canada?

no mention of BRDM2, BTR 89,90,

The Russian car that can deflate and inflate its tyres is not unique, the 'duck' swimming lorry from ww2 had that ability (American built) so it could come up a soft beach and then go along a hard road

The first point is that I enjoyed your beautiful work and got useful information. My criticism of you is about removing the name of a bay that has been known as the Persian Gulf for thousands of years all over the world. Today, the name of the Persian Gulf is mentioned in all official maps of the United Nations. Deleting this historical name will damage the audience's trust in your honesty. Please compensate in the next videos.

@Davidb451

3 жыл бұрын

Time stamp?

@peterhamlinhamlin8908

3 жыл бұрын

Need year of production. South Africa last fought Angola 1990's..... 30 years ago. Please Inform viewers of current South African arms and enemies. Same enemies?

@BillHalliwell

3 жыл бұрын

G'day Ivan, I used to work in Dubai for an English language newspaper. I don't know about UN maps but I can tell you for sure the name 'Persian Gulf' is deeply disliked in all countries of that region and is not used at all. If one of my journalists ever made the mistake of writing 'Persian Gulf' in their copy they would get a right carpeting from the Editor. I think you go too far to suggest not using this name damages trust and honesty. It's not dishonest to use the alternatives of Arabian Gulf or Arab Gulf, which are widely used in that part of the world by local governments, the media and in general conversation. Persian Gulf is a name, not used by all and after all is just a name. I can't see it 'damaging' anything. It does have something to do with history; it's highly considered to be an old fashioned term. It's like Istanbul or Constantinople, one is the modern name, one is the old name. Place names around the world change over time, it's really not such a big deal. Expecting the video makers to 'compensate' [sic] in future videos is a little 'high handed' of you. Cheers, BH

@ivandasty277

3 жыл бұрын

@@BillHalliwell @Bill Halliwell My friend, if the Arabs in the south of the Persian Gulf prefer another name, entire north borders of Persian Gulf belongs to the country which her people don't want to change the everlasting name . In such cases, we must obey international laws and regulations, not what this or that country likes. There's a sea in that region called Arab sea . Is this good to change the name to Persian sea by Iranian people ? Of course this sort of things are not allowed today. The truth is that the oil dollars of the small Arab countries south of the Persian Gulf are more lovable and important to some Western media than obeying the truth , International principles and laws. Thanks for your comment. God bless you .

The LAV platform needs to go away. I’m bout tired of them thangs breaking man ☠️

Nora B-52: *Am I a joke to you?*

the narrator keeps saying this vehicle has the same 105 mm cannon as the Abram 1 tank not true the Abram 1 tank has a 120 mm gun

@FlyboyHelosim

2 жыл бұрын

The original Abrams had a 105mm main gun, only later versions upgraded to the 120mm.

@Andres.Music.Channel

2 жыл бұрын

@@FlyboyHelosim not true the Abrams always had the 120 mm cannon the USA developed them to replace the M60 tanks

@FlyboyHelosim

2 жыл бұрын

@@Andres.Music.Channel Again you're wrong. A simple Google search will show all the info you need. The M1 Abrams had a 105mm M68A1 rifled main gun. It was only equipped with the 120mm M256A1 smoothbore gun on the M1A1 variant and later M1A2.

@TheCerebralDude

2 жыл бұрын

@@Andres.Music.Channel The first M-1 had a 105mm gun M1-A1 and M1-A2 SEP have the 120mm

@dirckthedork-knight1201

2 жыл бұрын

This documentary is from the 90s

The US has been very late to recognise the benefits of wheeled AFVs, unlike the French and South African armies.

And British built GKN SANKEY SIMBA APC but used in Philippine army not in British soil

All very interesting. Well done. However the recent war using drones has almost made these obsolete, unless they can tap into some kind of system to detect and defeat "killer" drones.

@Jaxymann

10 ай бұрын

Not at all. Infantry will always need a means of armoured transport in any battlefield. Are IFVs and APCs susceptible to being spotted and attacked by UAVs? Yes, but that goes for any ground vehicle. Indeed, one could argue UAVs are equally susceptible to vehicles like the Gepard and Tunguska that use high-power AA guns and SAMs.

The Alvis Stormer was in that competition for the L A V , they lost cas the tracks were seen as a disad vantage !,B ut i reckon they shouldve got stormer cas it had N B C built in the lav25had nuttin .i thank you .

@gerryhall8210

3 жыл бұрын

Stormer lost because it was hard to maintain and had constant maintenance issues, it was super uncomfortable for the troops and it just did not perform as well as the Piranha.

@timsweet3224

3 жыл бұрын

@@gerryhall8210 well thats good to knowvi was just commentin on wat the book said yarp. i wondered about the v600,it shows on the full vid i got as being a good vehicle just shows what they dont tell yer..

Why doesn't the Marines use the striker

@emileblanche5868

3 жыл бұрын

Can’t swim.

@DOI_ARTS

3 жыл бұрын

Code word: Amphibious, Strykers aren't frogs

@classifiedad1

3 жыл бұрын

They have the Stryker before it became the Stryker: The LAV-25.

Most of these wheeled AFVs can be readily destroyed by early WWII anti-tank weapons.

@FlyboyHelosim

3 жыл бұрын

As can most military vehicles. Things haven't progressed that much overall. But obviously it's a combination of improved situational awareness, support, and tactics that mitigate the risk of the vehicle being attacked to begin with.

@mardiffv.8775

3 жыл бұрын

True, but wheeled AFVs are designed for low intensity conflict, so the common weapon the WAFVs will face is the RPG7. In response Strykers have been fitted with stacks of metal bars around the vehicle, to counter the RPG7. Even in Vietnam, US armoured crews erected chicken wire fence around their M113s for the same purpose. But WW2 weapons are not in use any more, sure T55 are used in third world countries, but the 105 mm cannon of the Stryker can deal with them. And there is airpower: Apaches, A-10,F16 or F18 aircraft to deal with enemy armour.

@thomaslinton5765

3 жыл бұрын

@@mardiffv.8775 We are used to dealing with the Third World. But even they have SAM's, which will take care of aircraft at an unsatisfactory exchange rate, human and financial. And not all future combat may be "low intensity." And you really want a Stryker or the like going up against a tank with a gun that laughs at meal bars, much less "chicken wire"? And the primary Stryker armament is still the Mark 2 .50 MG. You control which target the enemy selects, or the enemy, only in your dreams.

@mardiffv.8775

3 жыл бұрын

@@thomaslinton5765 It is true that a lot third world countries have SAM's. Thank God the US Air Force has Stealth aircraft and anti radar missiles (AARGM), to deal with SAM's. And Strykers variants with TOW missiles and the 105 mm cannon can deal with the old tanks. Turkey has armed drones with anti tank missiles, which were very effective against T72's, during the last Armenian-Azerbaijan war.

@thomaslinton5765

3 жыл бұрын

@@mardiffv.8775 Dream on. The vast majority of Strykers have neither TOWs or 105MMs. Will the enemy wait until it's "fair"? Hardfy, as all those Leopards lost by Turkey fighting the Kurds and Abrams tanks lost in Yemen demonstrate. Dense infantry screens will be needed, with the personnel loses those produce.

And the British army got Saxon ha ha. No fancy kit for that just a attachment for a gun. Oh and wings for riot situations. 😆

The successor of Israel's Merkava would also be wheeled.

wheeled armored vehicles are bad compared to tanks which have metal unbreakable tracks because the armored vehicles can lose wheels get punchered and be out of action immediately

@remistiegler5302

3 жыл бұрын

You're very wrong my friend, tracks can break : because of a mine, an enemy tank's fire, a rocket and even a rough terrain with lots of stones like in Afghanistan. And if its tracks break, a tank can't move and repairing it on a battlefield would last hours and it would require the help of a support vehicle. On the other hand, wheeled vehicles are able to withstand an explosion and continue to drive even with disabled wheels. It happened to a french VBCI in Afghanistan. An IED exploded under one of them, disabling two wheels. But the VBCI managed to come back to its base with the 6 remaining wheels

Well we saw how good the LAV25 really was in Iraq unfortunately. Maybe great for scouting, but now for patrolling a City infested with Guerrilla’s planting IED’s, it was shite.

Ixwa strike moments

7 wheel vehicle give me Mizoram

What aftrr 1 billion years of army imagine what an amry will bee with this development

4:31 this isn't true my family members who fought in the gulf war explained how easy it was destroying these vehicles with tanks at one shot the tires would burn, many of them were destroyed to the point where the saudis would just get out of the vehicle and retreat. that's how Iraq captured khafgi twice until the american air bombardment became too heavy for the iraqi forces there. And ofc the Abrams with air support is what made them win not those vehicles tho

blindajes hechos grafeno y blindajes llantas grafeno

I am here for some Russian vehicles :3

' keep up american company make many more better power smart arms weapons

What a joke, wheeled vehicles are too heavy which is why they get raped by Ied's on the roads.

@mardiffv.8775

3 жыл бұрын

Even tanks are vulnerable against ied's, only MRAPs offer sufficient protection. Wheeled vehicles offer the vollowing advantages in comparising to similar tracked vehicles: half the fuel consumption, half the maintenace (double the mileage for the routine maintenance), lighter vehicle, easier to airtransport (so it takes less time to transport wheeled vehicles to the another country), higher speed = getting out trouble real fast.

@classifiedad1

3 жыл бұрын

@@mardiffv.8775 Wheeled armor is surprisingly better than tracked vehicles as MRAPs, since an IED is likely to be able to sever a track, immobilizing the vehicle. By contrast, wheeled vehicles like an MRAP or even vehicles with mine resistance built-in or retrofitted such as the later double-V bottom Strykers and the Ratel have the ability to get out of the area with the surviving wheels, assuming the blast wasn't big enough to wipe out the transmission.

@jansix4287

3 жыл бұрын

A V-shaped wheeled vehicle has excellent survivability against IEDs.

@peterjr.mcgilvery4524

7 ай бұрын

Gtfoh tracked vehicle's get fucked to a $300 wooden drone these days. Even merkava isnt safe 😂