I hope you all enjoy this one! Btw, we now have official merchandizing: goo.gl/e2PMXu !!! For sources, check the description. In the video, the visuals display correct numbers even if the audio cites a different one.

@empiricalpanzervii1556

6 жыл бұрын

Bismarck - Military Aviation History. Combine t-95 with a b47. Bo

@Project-Air

6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic graphics and sounds btw. Makes it very engaging

@REX-kb5cg

6 жыл бұрын

Bismarck - Military Aviation History Hey, is there any reason why you put that fleur de lis in the titles?

@rurushu8094

6 жыл бұрын

Bismarck - Military Aviation History These were the bombs that blew up the RN Roma right?

@EternalModerate

6 жыл бұрын

You said quad 15 inch turret, I think you meant triple

It's amazing how much research went into this. You put some of the high budget TV documentaries to shame! Great work Bismark!

@MilitaryAviationHistory

6 жыл бұрын

HistoryMarche Cheers

@20chocsaday

Жыл бұрын

Missiles landing with such confidence without TV in the nose.

As always, an extremely well researched video. Highly informative, very interesting, and a great use of both videogame visuals and historical pictures, which really does a lot to show just how it worked, and what its effect was. Really well done Bismarck, great video!

@MilitaryAviationHistory

6 жыл бұрын

Tim Ulbrich Thanks, glad you and others are enjoying it !

@timulbrich954

6 жыл бұрын

Sure thing, praise where praise is due! I am very glad that you keep making these outstanding videos. I am quite interested in military history, especially world war two, and like to read about it, yet many of these topics i had hardly ever heard of, or simply not gotten that much information. I visited peenemünde myself, looked at the pictures and models of german anti-air rockets, glide-bombs and background information; yet still, you manage to find things i had not known about, or even heard of! I appreciate the research that goes into it, and the attention to detail most videos and even articles about this topic do not come close to. You also manage to present the data you have in an interesting way, which is extremely important. I have been subscribed to this channel for quite some time, and while i already enjoyed your first videos very much, there has been, in my opinion, a significant increase in quality and presentation over the last few years, to which i can only congratulate you! Using sim-games for visuals is a very good idea, in my opinion, especially given the lack of clear and good footage we have of many of the weapons and their use.

@ 8:10 The Japanese destroyer captain refused to get his ship underway while being bombed because he was hanging off the Bridge screaming" *WITNESS ME* " at the damn bomber as it dove in! And when the bomb hit his ship point blank, he went to the bottom with a smile on his face, thinking " _I destroyed that bomb completely with my ship, it stood no chance!_ " lol.

@NathanDudani

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

My grandfather served in the Bundeswehr under one of the guys who got an iron cross for sinking a cruiser with one of these

@NicerDicerSmart

6 жыл бұрын

So the Bundeswehr already existed in WW2? Strange, they didnt tell me that when i was there. What side did they fight on? 😂😂😂😂😂

@wwanimator

6 жыл бұрын

Michael Gäfgen the guy who sunk the cruiser could have served both in ww2 and post-war Bundeswehr...

@comstedt7443

6 жыл бұрын

The Bundeswehr had WW2 personel in it. So possibly what he means is, his grandfather served in the Bundeswehr under an officer in the Bundeswehr who also served in the Wehrmacht I suppose.

@NicerDicerSmart

6 жыл бұрын

Pion Sion yeah i pverlooked that his pa served *under* a guy who did that so i got the wrong idea... (i will practise reading now)

@wuugaa6776

6 жыл бұрын

Michael Gäfgen Yes, this guy was a former WW2 Luftwaffe-Pilot, I think he was a flight instructor in the Bundeswehr And no problem, everybody misreads sometimes :D

Just to note: HMS Warspite was never fully repaired after the Fritz X attack. Very interesting and informative video otherwise though!

@matthewtighe6500

3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Warspite also has the longest battleship to battleship hit ever recorded

@NashmanNash

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewtighe6500 She shares that one with Scharnhorst actually

@christophermcguire7888

Жыл бұрын

I'm not bloody surprised help ma Goad

@richardhoare9963

2 ай бұрын

@THypher1 the caption at 15:00 says that.

A great an informative video. the only correction I would make is that in terms of most militaries today the Hs293 would be considered a missile even if during ww2 it was referred to as a glide bomb. I'm basing this argument on the fact that during my service in the Finnish military, Finland procured the AGM-154 JSOW glide bomb and the controversy this cause. Basically Due to WW2 treaties Finland is not allowed to own missiles past defensive devices such as surface to air missile or anti tank missiles and with the AGM-154 it is considered to be a missile in basically every military in the world excluding the Finnish and US militaries. In function the AGM-154 is similar to the Hs293 altough it lacks the rocket booster and has a more advanced guidance system. So despite the lack of a rocket booster the AGM-154 is cosidered a missile and therefore logic would dictate that the Hs293 in modern terms would be referred to as a missile.

Excellent video. Who said the Germans have no sense of humour, love those little cartoon captions 🤗

I did read that there was a theory that the Hs 293 could be jammed by the use of an electric razor. Apparently an electric razor was supposed to gave off a signal which was able to jam the radio signal for the Hs 293. This dos not seem to be true. But you can imagine a captains dilemma. Do I get the crews to man the AA guns or do I get them all to go and have a shave.

@a7xgh442

5 жыл бұрын

Big Blue wow I never knew that haha

@stylesrj

4 жыл бұрын

Why not both? Tell them to grab their razors and scramble to the guns.

@20chocsaday

Жыл бұрын

The theory was the razor motor was sparking. The sparking system was used in the early days of radio transmitters. But it blocked everything else and made illegal.

Fritz X looks like a modern weapon, very impressive

@danielcombs3207

3 жыл бұрын

Everyone is lucky that Hitler jump started WW2 before they created all the weapons that they had in their arsenal. If he had waited five more years there is a good chance countries would be flying flags with Swastika’s on them. Thank goodness that didn’t happen. He or his henchmen would have kept killing Innocent victims and his atrocities wouldn’t have stopped until he reached his goal, world domination!

@scratchy996

2 жыл бұрын

@@danielcombs3207 Hitler could not wait due to several reason, one of them being that he already was severely ill (that's why he was taking drugs all the time), at the later stages of the war he could barely walk straight. He wanted to see victory while he was still alive, it was now or never for him.

@danielcombs3207

2 жыл бұрын

@@scratchy996 Sorry you’re totally wrong. His stomach issues were making him miserable . It got worse later as the war turned against him and the Reich. He had digestive issues and was in terrible pain . His favorite Doctor Theodore Morell was injecting him with drugs to relieve his pain and also speed and then a combination of meth and morphine to keep him going. It also caused him to make irrational decisions , then he wouldn’t listen to his Generals and made all decisions in military campaigns on his own. Even though he was losing it mentally and he’d become a drug addict . At some point in 43 or 44 Parkinson’s disease was rapidly diminishing his health even more. And by 1945 he was a shell of himself. It couldn’t have happened to a more dispicable human being. I wish the Russians had captured him first but he didn’t let that happen . I’m not sure how his mental health was in 1941 but invading Russia and declaring was on the 🇺🇸 makes me think the drugs and mental decline caused him to be irrational even that early in the war. Best wishes and keep studying the war it’s history that must not be forgotten.

@uffa00001

2 жыл бұрын

@@danielcombs3207 After the Treaty of Munich in 1938, France and Britain begun a vigorous rearmament and if they had not defended Poland, they would not have been attacked in any case, first because they were not the main "target", and second because in a few years they would have been much stronger. Hitler's main target war Russia. Russia had an army without competent officers, who had been mostly (90% or so) eliminated during the purges of the previous years. Hitler took the occasion to attack Russia because Russia had basically no officers and also because the Germans had grossly underestimated (by 50% apparently) the dimension of Soviet army and armoured force. If Hitler had waited another five years, he would not have attacked Russia because the new and incompetent officers would have learned the trade in the meanwhile. Also, the Germans might have realized their gross underestimation of the Soviet power. One might say that Hitler had the benefit of making war in exactly the best historical moment for his chances of success.

@Lucas12v

Жыл бұрын

@@uffa00001 You saved me a bunch of typing. Well said.

I'm well aware Bismarck himself is German but i always smile when he pronounces German words and names so perfectly.

Hey, World of Warships footage! I appreciate all of the editing with the water and prop noise ambiance.

@MilitaryAviationHistory

6 жыл бұрын

Hazmat0 cheers !

'Trevor, are you alright?' 'What kind of a question is that? I am most certainly not alright! I am quite possibly the first Englishman to be followed by a German missile!'

@Sir_Dobermann

6 жыл бұрын

It is from the PS2 game Secret Weapons over Normandy

I didn’t see anyone mention HMT Rohma maritime disaster. Years ago I met a gentleman who was on the Rohma when it was sunk in the Mediterranean. There is a book about the story of the sinking very well written. It was a Navy secret for decades after the war. I found the book in the Temple Terrace Fl. Library . The gentleman I met purchased it autographed it and then donated it to the library. Look the story up its remarkable.

3:56 - We know there was a bit of rivalry between the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine, but surely you could use a different target-sketch besides the Bismarck.

I wanted to learn more about these, but Wikipedia didn’t have enough info. Thanks! Another awesome video

Excellent and well researched video, keep up the good work.

Incredible video thanks so much!

The electronic countermeasures (EDIT:later ones, early attempts were generally futile) that Allies deployed were actually highly effective. Put into the service in April 1944, the Type 650 transmitter could automatically jam the control system, turning the weapon into a normal bomb. That's why wire guided versions were developed, but they didn't see service.

@TremereTT

6 жыл бұрын

+Blacktiger974 As far as I know, the Americans never deployed electronic countermeasures that fit the Fritz X frequency, yet they equipped every ship with electronic countermeasures ....just not with the right ones. Thats why there was never a German pilot of the Wiking Geschwader complaining about counter measures, while the US navy adverted every miss as result of their great scramblers....

@blacktiger974

6 жыл бұрын

Yup you are right, I should have specified that the British were those who developed the Type 650. American devices were not very successful. I imagine you are referring to Anzio Landings in February 1944, where early jammers used by US and British navy didn't work, as they used incorrect frequencies. However, according to "Warriors and Wizards: Development and Defeat of Radio-Controlled Glide Bombs of the Third Reich" by Martin J. Bollinger, after April 1944 (it was at this time when Type 650 was widely introduced), "significant degradation was observed in the probability that a Hs 293 missile could achieve a hit or damage-causing near miss."

@TremereTT

6 жыл бұрын

+blacktiger974 No. "Über eine Funkfernsteuerung mit 18 Kanälen im Frequenzbereich um 50 MHz, bestehend aus dem Sender FuG 203 (Deckname „Kehl“; an Bord des Flugzeugs) und dem Empfänger FuG 230 „Straßburg“ (im Flugkörper), wurde der Flugkörper vom Trägerflugzeug aus ins Ziel gelenkt. Dabei sendete man zur Täuschung der gegnerischen Seite auch auf nicht benutzten Frequenzen. Als Alternative zur Funksteuerung wurde eine Drahtlenkung (je zwei 8-km-Drahtspulen in Flugzeug und Lenkbombe) entwickelt, um bei gegnerischer Funkstörung einsatzbereit zu sein. Wirksame Funkstörung wurde jedoch nicht beobachtet." de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_X tl;dr: The planes transmitted signals on unused frequencies to deceive the enemy side. A wire operated Fritz X alternative was developed to be ready against radio countermeasures. But no effective radio countermeasures were observed. The system of the Fritz X was never affected by electronic countermeasures. It's the same system as the Henschel 293 glidebomb used. The allies were just pretty loud about their "successes" in electronic countermeasures. Ships in the meditaeranean were basically floating coffins. You don't tell that your crew men, It would hit the morale pretty badly.

@blacktiger974

6 жыл бұрын

And English Wiki says: "The FuG 230 receiver's IF section operated at a 3 MHz frequency and the Type 650 appears to have been quite successful in interfering with Fritz X ordnance deployments, especially because the operator did not have to attempt to find which of the eighteen selected Kehl-Straßburg command frequencies were in use and then manually tune the jamming transmitter to one of them. The Type 650 automatically defeated the receiver, regardless which radio frequency had been selected for a missile." Pretty much a direct contradiction - wikipedia is not a primary source you know. Note that German wiki doesn't provide direct sources for claims such as "no effective radio countermeasures being observed". It's also entirely out of context. No effective radio countermeasures? When? During Anzio? For the entire war? About the English wiki's claims - "Warriors and Wizards: Development and Defeat of Radio-Controlled Glide Bombs of the Third Reich" covers this topic really nicely and I suggest you reading this book - you can even find it on Google books, for free. It contains whole development process and assesment of effectiveness of Allied shipborne radar jammers. The author's research points to an obvious conclusion - there is a clear, visible reduction of German guided weapons' effectiveness which directly coincides with the widespread introduction of jammers. In the book there are also jamming tactics, technical characteristics of jammers (same as in English wiki) and crew reports describing successful usage of jammers in combat. You are right about "ships in the meditaeranean being basically floating coffins". Because by the time Allies first encountered German guided bombs at Anzio (Mediterranean), succesful jamming devices (such as Type 650/651 or Type MAS) didn't exist yet and the German guided weapons were highly effective.

@blacktiger974

6 жыл бұрын

Sorry for responding so late, KZread didn't give me notification.

Impressive presentation. Thank you for all of your hard work!

I don't know drinking every time I hear my last name in this video could be fun but I already count 5 and I'm barely into the video yet

@a7xgh442

5 жыл бұрын

kurtis henschel haha lol

@klobiforpresident2254

3 жыл бұрын

It's not "drinking" it's "high intensity liver workout".

My grandfather Frank Cormeir was a gunners mate in the #2 turret on the Fast Heavy Cruiser USS Tuscaloosa, and the jammed Fritz X when they were in the Mediterranean.

Well explained and excellent use of humour...

Excellent and very informative video. I had no idea such weapons even existed in WW2 - I only heard of wire-guided air to air missiles used at the very end of the war in miniscule numbers. Keep em going!

@aakashjain4569

6 жыл бұрын

I will though those were just theoretical and not actually used

@DaviLu

6 жыл бұрын

they actually built 1300 of those air to air missiles but none were used in combat lol

This is very informative and very enjoyable to watch, specially with graphics and explanatory facts.

That moment, when your Tinder performance is outclassed by a 70 year old technology called Fritz X.

Wonderful video, the internet was in need of this. Thanks man! Keep up the good work.

Very impressive, 10/10, many thanks. Your content and production are excellent, perfectly organized crystal clear explanations aided by light touch of humor, and the tactical/strategic context is especially fascinating. Am looking into the effect of over-water propagation on guidance signals for both weapons. Most interesting.

Great video Bismarck, thanks for educating us more on these weapons systems :D.

Thank you for a really interesting video. I had never heard of these weapons before.

Excellent researching. Compliments. Problems very similar to those of dispersion in artillery except that the vertical factor has a greater importance and also the fact that the the launcher-observer is never on a fixed position. Many thanks for a good job.

Excellent video! Well researched and well presented!

This is one of your best yet. Bravo!

12:20 Italians never fired a single shot to Germans because by the time there were a lot of confusion in the army and navy .it is clearly noticeable from the photos taken by the German operators themselves in the bombers, and confirmed by the few Italians who survived. The Italians realized late that bombs had been thrown at them, and tried to make evasive maneuvers but it was too late ,was a cheap shot by the Germans. you can find the documentary in Italian on youtube where the survivors tell the story

@coco_killua3057

2 жыл бұрын

AA cant reach 7km xd

Bismarck, have you considered making a video on how WWII aircrafts (particularly between the Russians and Germans) utilised radio communications/navigations from the start of the war to the end of the war?

Precision is also relative; consider the accuracy of the other weapons of the time, being able to get even 2% of bombs on-target is a large improvement.

@egoalter1276

2 жыл бұрын

Incorrect. US strategic bombing was horribly inaccurate, because the norden bombsight didnt work.

Fantastic story, well presented - Thanks!

Nice work....very informative and enjoyable to watch..

Love this video! Great job.

Very informative. Thank you for the education.

Super interesting stuff and well researched.

The video was nicely done and plus good content !

Wish you a Happy 2020 Bismark !!! Your videos are my pleasure best activity ;)

This is an excellent video, thank you.

Very good video!!! Thank you.

Great stuff!

These radar guided weapons are some of the genuinely useful inventions of Germany. Forget that V1/2 and the Me262, these things were actually effective.

@stefanb5189

6 жыл бұрын

Kerwin C *luckily

@kirotheavenger60

6 жыл бұрын

Hakan Karaağaç Meteor - there's your jet fighter. The British began developing the jet fighter first. There's didn't see service first because they didn't need a wonder weapon, and in WW2 jet fighters weren't even that good. Especially the Me262, because Germany lacked the materials to make effective jet engines. Rockets... Maybe. But, that's actually irrelevant to the point I made. The V-2 was not an effective weapon. It was first in a long list of rocketry achievements, but it itself was not an effective weapon. Firearms existed for hundreds of years before they reached the point of relevancy to the battlefield.

@joshuabanner3675

6 жыл бұрын

It's not that sad.

@mandernachluca3774

6 жыл бұрын

Hakan Karaağaç At the same time the british had build turbine with a radial compressor wheel. Also, the turbine design wasn't german they just adapted it very badly (for the most part because of the lack of precious metals). There would have been airplanes with axial compressor wheels even without the Me262.

@KursarTV

6 жыл бұрын

Germans and Brits developed the jet engine independantly from each other in the same year, 1936 if I am not mistaken though the germans built the first production series jet fighter with the 262.

Thanks for another great video.

Fantastic work buddy! 👍

@MilitaryAviationHistory

6 жыл бұрын

Duececoupe Thank you :)

Primitive and limited as they may be, this represented a massive improvement in accuracy.

I first found out about it in War Thunder when selecting bombs a long time ago, took me a few drops to figure out its function, then tanks and ships started blowing up more frequently.

Superb analysis

As allways Bis, I love your more in-depth videos on all the technical minutiae of thingamabobs that go bump in the solarcycleofchoise. But might I suggest a small corps of dedicated viewers to proof-watch your videos before you make them public, as I can spot a fair few missing "0" in your meters/feet converson graphics.. but that's about it. Other than that, carry on. :D

@MilitaryAviationHistory

6 жыл бұрын

Gudmundur Wagnsson Hah, yes usually the proof-watching is done but for this one the time didn't allow it. Sadly, it is hard to notice these mistakes when you work on it yourself. Next one should be back to normal :)

Loved the video and the WoWS imagery!

Also during late 1944 the British put the Stabilized Automatic Bomb Sight (SABS) into service, which decreased the circular error probable to average 125 yd (114 m) when dropped from 16,000 ft (4,900 m), a typical bombing altitude. It was the highest level of accuracy for non guided bombs during WWII, and SABS was extremely effective device for the type of operations that RAF used this bombsight (bombing factories, oil plants, railway stations).

@blacktiger974

6 жыл бұрын

The targets I specified required higher level of accuracy, that's why SABS was used against them. However, non-military targets did not, so the older, simpler Mk XIV bombsight was used for these operations.

@MilitaryAviationHistory

6 жыл бұрын

Rick Ansell Hey, can you give me a source for this information? I'd like to look into it, perhaps it is video material :)

@rickansell661

6 жыл бұрын

Any of the better, more recent, histories of 617 (online and in book form) will cover it. Even Paul Brickhills ancient book ('The Dam Busters') mentions SABS, target marking, the counter V-Weapons attacks, U-Boat pens etc. IIRC he also mentions the Berchtesgaden attack. Basically Tallboy and Grand Slam would have been a waste of effort without SABS. 9 Sqn became, when raids required more aircraft, a sort of 'Understudy' for 617. Like the US Norden it was a Tachometric Bomb Sight - at one time a competition between 617 and one of the better US units was suggested. The Wikipedia page is actually quite good. A sourced example gives a CEP of 86m on the 1943 raid on the Abbeville V-Weapon site - sadly the markers were off by 320m. The sight was also used with conventional bombs, for example it was used against the Gnome et Rhône factory in Limoges on the night of 8/9 February 1944. SABS allowed the attack to take place with almost no French (the factory was surrounded by dense residential areas) casualties - IIRC 617 (I think the Mosquito marking aircraft) flew a few warning passes over the factory prior to the attack so the workers were able to take cover (obviously, check this, my memory is poor).

@blacktiger974

6 жыл бұрын

For some more technical and statistical stuff I can recommend "The Science of Bombing: Operational Research in RAF Bomber Command" by Randall Thomas Wakelam.

@MilitaryAviationHistory

6 жыл бұрын

blacktiger974 Thank you both of you!

I was sure that one of those was guided via a television emitter in the bomb, thanks for clearing that up.

Smart weapons had been in development since WW1. *"The Development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Germany (1914 - 1918)"* Both the FritzX and Hs293 could have been in service in 1940 but nobody in a position of power anywhere in the world understood how important smart munitions were.

Just a note: At 13:15 you mention that Roma's QUAD 15-inch turret was blown out. Roma had triple 15-inch turrets. I do enjoy your videos, though :)

I interviewed an old gentleman for a school project who had seen Warspite in the Gibraltar dry docks - she was reportedly a complete mess.

For any student of WW2 these videos are essential viewing.

Another great video, thanks. And once again I'm glad I've never had to learn German!

Thanks Bis, I had no idea the weapons were actually used operationally; I thought the R&D/testing phase for the weapons was quite extended and the weapons basically unused.

@HighlanderNorth1

3 жыл бұрын

👉Nope. One of my favorite of all US warship classes were the Brooklyn/St Loius class light cruisers. One of them was hit by a Fritz X. Unlike most light cruisers armed with just six to nine 6 inch guns, the Brooklyns had 15 of them in 5 triple turrets, with an additional 4 twin 5" gun turrets! Better yet, they fired a special "super-heavy" 6" shell of 130lbs, and the Brooklyn's gun design allowed for a much faster rate of fire, of 10 rounds per minute for each gun! That equals 150 rounds every 60 secs! Well, in September of 1943, the Brooklyn class cruiser USS Savannah was hit by a Fritz X bomb, which went through the top of one of the main turrets, deep into the ship, and blew out the bottom of the hull! But she was prevented from sinking, due to the skill & bravery of her damage control teams. She cruised back to the US for her hull repairs, and had a bulged hull added.

Germany: **invents radio-guided anti ship missiles** Japan: "Takeshi, get in plane. You get honor to die for the Emperor"

Tolles Video!

Excellent vid, danke!

The axis would have hated the electrical redeployment of the Gattling gun if it had happened sooner. nice vid btw.

He’s Baaaaaaaaaaaack....with Bombs!

Wait. Uganda was hit by a Fritz X? I take it the bomb knew da wey. I'll see myself out.

@ashstirs2219

5 жыл бұрын

9 months later and you probably regret posting this. I regret reading it.

@Jixijenga

5 жыл бұрын

@@ashstirs2219 I liked it. I laughed.

@zuccx99

4 жыл бұрын

@@ashstirs2219 one year and 4 monts yeah a bit late buddy

@spysareamyth5806

4 жыл бұрын

*Trying to figure out how to delete someone else's comment*

@legopachycephalosaurus6825

3 жыл бұрын

Lol nice one 😂

Nicely done

Don't choose the cruiser I wonder why

You are my favorite ww2 history channel.

A small side note..my grandfather god rest him was a marine on H.M.S Valiant

Nice how transmitter and receiver were called "Kehl" and "Strasbourg" which are only separated by a bridge (nowadays, the bridge crosses the border between Germany and France).

Another most informative video on German Wonder Weapons. An Iron Cross for you.

@MilitaryAviationHistory

6 жыл бұрын

Cannonfodder43 Danke :)

Your up there with the best Bismark!

Very interesting video

Excellent!

Have you done a video on the early television guidance systems used in WWII? Or one about the US experiments with pigeon guided bombs?

@Rick2010100

6 жыл бұрын

The television guidance systems were used in the ME262 for rockets, but not on a large scale. The ME262 was a single seater and the pilot was just busy with stearing the plane. It would have needed a WSO, but there was no space for a WSO in a ME262.

@dschoas

2 жыл бұрын

There was a version of HS293 with a tv camera and guidance system. in the Ww2 museum in Oslo (I think) such a HS293 is/was on display.

Thank you for this well researched video. I have a question could you take a look at the X7 Rötkappchen ATGM?

2:27 The USAAF discovered that the jet stream was the cause of such inaccuracy while bombing over Japan.

Better luck next time, Tommie! We are on to you, Fritz! ROFL

@Battleship009

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe.

Can you make one video about the allied guided weapons, they are virtually unknown.

@MilitaryAviationHistory

6 жыл бұрын

ARcanRMX Will see. Not in the near future, since I dont want to oversaturate the topic for now :)

@SeraphimARcanus

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

@ItsRawdraft2

6 жыл бұрын

We need a video on project Kingfisher!

@bcubed72

5 жыл бұрын

Ah, the "Kennedy-killer."

@jakobc.2558

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I would realy like to see a video about the RAZON and especialy the ASM-N-2 guided bombs. The ASM-N-2 is especialy interesting since it is probably the worlds first self guided missle of the glidebomb type. Probably my favorit world war 2 wonder weapon.

Informative detail I didn't know and had trouble finding (found plenty of mis-information), good job. They could have really used these at Remagen along with the Arado bomber to stay ahead of the fighters, instead standard gravity bombs were used unsuccessfully as we all know, or am I wrong about this also?

Hey Bismarck do you have the b.a.t. mod installed for il 2 1946? It adds a lot of content with interesting planes, vehicles, and time periods that can be used in future videos.

@marrioman13

6 жыл бұрын

Sparksender I'd assume he does unless he needs an aircraft not included in BAT

>Only burned for 10 seconds So? Modern missiles rarely burn any longer than that, even for long-ranged SAMs.

Not sure if this counts, but the USA used a sort of glide bomb on long ranged anti oil bombing raids, I don't have any more details as my great granddad mentioned them in his letters to nan, what he said was a bomb with wings, he didn't say if it had any control after being dropped, but he did say it extended the range out side of flack, and was more accurate. Thanks was very intresting, and considering the USA smart bombs in the gulf wars the hit rate was very good. leona

Excellent, please doa video on the Ju88 flying BOMB ! (with fighter on top)

The last picture of a he111 shows the last mod to the wing tips you can see 2 fly by wire bobbins as the British were jamming the radio signals

Will we see any more videos with Bo on il2 BOS?

I had never heard of people with even rudimentary understanding of WW2 tech refer to either of these bombs as missiles but I guess everything is possible. Considering that guided free falling bombs and glide bombs are still very much in use to this day, I don't think that this was such a big problem. Just imagine this technology being used in a scenario where the germans had air superiority or at least significant air power. These bombs could have possibly made Operation Seelöwe possible and wrecked strategic high value targets such as bridges.

@egoalter1276

2 жыл бұрын

These were standoff precision weapons. Primitive ones, but still an entirely new modality of combat, not seen in numbers until the gulf war. Were they to be employed with air superiority, and in great numbers, they could have easily decimated allied command infrastructure and valuable support elements basically unopposed.

I confess that I've never learned to use bombsights in IL-2, and I'm even pretty bad at dive-bombing. air-to-air is so much more fun and rockets are so easy and intuitive to use

@MilitaryAviationHistory

6 жыл бұрын

Karlson It takes some getting used to, it's true. Some people do it naturally better than others. For this video I guided the FritzX myself. Took me about 8 tries for a bulls eye, so it is possible to learn relatively quickly.

The sinking of ships by air raids hurts so much, so many people dying by a single action, and with little, they could do in return :d

"Hans, we get an Iron Cross now, ja!" *Bombs German battleship*

The bridge at Arnhem comes to mind as an ideal target for this weapon. The Germans repeatedly tried to destroy it, without real success. Seems strange considering they had this weapon and the bridge is a stationary target which should have guaranteed a high percentage of success.

WHAT! BISMARCK UPLOADED! I GOTTA SEE THIS!

I wish the USAF would have had this tecnology in WW2 and would have used it against factories etc..

@marrvynswillames4975

3 жыл бұрын

the USAF had guided weapons like the Azon, but they had limited results in Germany, their main victory being a short but efficient anti bridge campain in Burma

While the weapons worked, the fact the operator had to visually guide the weapon made the launch plane a bit vulnerable to the Allies. Not to mention the fact by 1944, the Allies figured out how to jam the transceiving frequencies used by these radio-controlled weapons.

@23GreyFox

5 жыл бұрын

Not really. Different sources with different anwsers. Americans claim that the jamming was working and german sources claim that there was no effect on the bombs.

@Sacto1654

5 жыл бұрын

The big problem for the Germans with the Hs 293 and Fritz X was the face the launch planes were highly vulnerable Allied fighters during the attack phase. As such, many launch planes were lost.

@23GreyFox

5 жыл бұрын

That is always the problem with bombers. Back then and today. Doesn't matter, 20% of all bombs are hits. A weapon that worked.

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3:20 ich glaube du hast da eine Null zu viel gelesen, aber es stand ja richtig beschrieben, also nicht sooo schlimm ;D

Some thought that the way to stop these weapons was to use an electric razor as it was thought that it interfered with the radio signal. How true this was I do not know but I have never come across and incident where, in the middle of an attack, crew members were ordered to start shaving.