I love these tiny tankettes. I wonder why nobody other than Germany makes a tiny one like that.

@Scoti17

Жыл бұрын

Our Bridges are in Bad shape. It ist cheaper to built smaller and lighter tanks. :D

@shaolindonnie

Жыл бұрын

Actually, the Russian do ..

@Briselance

Жыл бұрын

@@Scoti17 Yet you guys still have proper main battle tanks, like the Leopard.

@steffenrosmus9177

Жыл бұрын

​@@shaolindonniedo what? Presenting an prototype which never been built?

@ddthebreadslayer793

Жыл бұрын

German engineering is a beauty

I love the Wiesel doing a stoppie!😂😎

As tank engineers, we always had to watch out for the holes we jumped into. Every now and then the hole was occupied by a weasel 😂

@1701Larry

Жыл бұрын

LOL

@dirkscheidemann3127

Жыл бұрын

I remember that ! PzPiKp 20

@stefanhernold345

Жыл бұрын

@ Gustav Ganz Panzer-Pi-hi-hi Kom-pa-niiee ! 😀 Hannoversch Münden ?

That hard braking at the beginning… oof! Btw the Wiesel is amazing, it can honestly be used for much longer with minor modifications

@militarypowertube

Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching

@zhufortheimpaler4041

Жыл бұрын

well it will be used into the 2030´s. currently the Wiesel 1 MK and Wiesel 1 TOW are getting upgraded. The TOW is going to be replaced with MELLS (SPIKE LR) and the MK might get an MK30-2ABM upgrade similar to Puma. Both will recive 3rd gen thermal imagers etc.

@sybrandwoudstra9236

Жыл бұрын

I hope it is, there is quite a chance that the wiesel's service life will be extended to account for the expansion of the German military. It could also be mothballed instead of scrapped afterwards due to the same reason. Also, nice protogen.

@zhufortheimpaler4041

Жыл бұрын

@@sybrandwoudstra9236 unlikely. The size of the german army is limited by 2+4 and CFE Treaty

@hansolo7896

Жыл бұрын

Fun thing the video shows my company building I'm sitting right now

Many people here seems to don't understand how deadly these tiny tanks like Wiesels are.

@flybywire5866

4 ай бұрын

The importance of speed is underestimated.

@BGRatz77

28 күн бұрын

@@flybywire5866 And even more the ability to come from the backside of a enemy

Der Wiesel mit der tow zerstört jeden aktuellen kampfpanzer. Zudem ist er sehr mobil und leicht mit dem Helikopter zu transportieren:))) beste Gerät der Fallschirmspringer

A lot of work has been put into the LuWa vehicle but all things considered the original short Wiesel-1 remains the best vehicle for air-mobile forces and for light reconnaissance in my view and should be far cheaper to acquire and operate so can be purchased in large numbers. The original Wiesel-1 design just needs modernising with modern communications, sensors, light weight composite armour and a more modern and stabilised turret fitted with a suitable 20 to 30mm cannon. The cannon variant could also be fitted with a co-axial 7.62mm gun to improve the usefulness of the vehicle. For improved stability when firing the gun and to provide a little more internal space, perhaps another road wheel could be added to the Wiesel-1 configuration which now has only 3 small road wheels plus the large return roller which also is a road wheel which would then have 4 small road wheels plus the return roller. The Wiesel-2 has 5 small road wheels plus the return roller but this vehicle may be a little too long for the cannon variant which requires good agility. A similarly modernised Wiesel-2 would better suit the role of ATGM carrier (Spike/MELLS), ambulance, SAM launcher and mortar carrier for example. Perhaps improved mine and IED protection can be designed in but only if this can be done without increasing weight significantly. Please don't go down the wrong path by choosing the LuWa vehicle. www.military-today.com/missiles/wiesel_1_tow.htm

@irvan36mm

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Save some money & modernize/upgrade what you have with the Wiesel. Start over from the ground up, if necessary.

@m3ntal_c0re

Жыл бұрын

the black vehicle in this video is a modernized wiesel I think no idea why he put it in here... I think it can also be used as a drone

@JS-mb7yo

Жыл бұрын

The is a modernisation program for the Wiesel for, for exampel the TOW is replaced by MELLS / Spike. But due to payload and space of the Wiesel a lot of the points you mentioned can not be upgraded and replaced by new features. So it is more to clear the obsolescence. For the LuWa, it is not that big you might think. It still can be transported inside the Ch53 and has nearly the same weights and dimensions like the Wiesel2. And it is still only a technology demonstrator. The final vehicle will be a worthy successsor of the Wiesel, even when it will look different. Have in mind, that it also is a vehicle developed dedicated for the airborne infantry.

@andreasbimba6519

Жыл бұрын

@@JS-mb7yo"But due to payload and space of the Wiesel a lot of the points you mentioned can not be upgraded and replaced by new features. So it is more to clear the obsolescence." I don't agree that the Wiesel-1 and Wiesel-2 configuration cannot be adapted to suit modern systems. I am suggesting redesign and optimisation with new systems based on the existing mechanical design which is simple and cost effective.

@1701Larry

Жыл бұрын

Yes the Wiesel-1 is the best for Airborne but Ukraine is not in an airborne War... The 2 troops or extra ammo or ability to evacuate the wounded of the Wiesel-2 with a 25 or 30mm gun would be a bonus to Ukraine's war... and as I said they could produce Thousands... Though maybe Poland would lend a hand in the endeavor as they could use them as well.. Thanks!

that thing with some decent camo would be an utter nightmare to deal with, a tiny 27mm cannon sniper.

The vehicles seen driving through the mud/water is actually an UGV version of the Wiesel and not the LuWa Demonstrator.

They are adorable! Now, every kid is going to want one for Christmas 🎄

@raymondclark1785

Жыл бұрын

Kids? I want one 😫

Ich freue mich für unsere Bundeswehr🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

@wppz7691

Жыл бұрын

Klar warum nicht noch mehr Panzer ich mein Munition oder generelle Verbesserungen unserer Bundeswehr sind doch überflüssig.

@patta8388

Жыл бұрын

@@wppz7691 Das Gerät hier wird als Ersatz für die alten Wiesel 1 entwickelt, was genau so Notwendig ist.

@AbuHajarAlBugatti

Жыл бұрын

​​​@@patta8388as einzig nötige wäre eine etwas dickere und modernere Hülle, modernere Sensoren und Richtsysteme gewesen. Kein möchtegern minipanzer der für vorherige Rollen kaum zu gebrauchen ist. Der sinn des Wiesel ist infanterieunterstützung und eine hochmobile Waffenplattform und Aufklärung. Leicht absetzbar in grossen zahlen per Flugzeuge oder Helikopter. Ja so viel dazu

@patta8388

Жыл бұрын

@@AbuHajarAlBugatti Interessant, wie du besser weißt, ob der LuWa was taugt oder nicht, noch bevor die Erprobung abgeschlossen ist....

@AbuHajarAlBugatti

Жыл бұрын

@@patta8388 Bei der Clownwehr taugt gar nix

It is not armed with the MLG 27. The MLG 27 is a naval weapons system consisting of the BK27 in a mount and a electro optical sensor system. The LuWa is armed with the BK 27.

Keep the Weasel I and II. Add a 30mm auto cannon.

After my Opinion the advantages of the Wiesel 1 is getting less and less to size and weight of the new versions. 3,x t are not 6.x t and the size of the new ones are making spotting again easier.

Man sollte trotzdem am Wiesel festhalten, für z.B. Spezialeinsätze von Fallschirmjägern oder Spezialeinheiten.

Just have hundreds of these as drones supporting infantry. That's a serious force to contend with. They don't cost nearly as much as an mbt

@Superior1995Rex

Жыл бұрын

And they can knock out MBTs with their tow

Der gefährliche kleine Maus👊

Germany: "Look at all these fancy new weapon systems that we're developing and that our own military will never have enough to even use effectively!"

Yeah real great lookin bit of kit! But as any military will tell you, GET IT IN THEATRE!! That’s where it will prove it’s self!👍👍🙏🙏🇬🇧🇬🇧

Little better

Mit der Kanone kann man jeden schützen panzer ausschalten

the point is no one will notice this tankette ... and when the little green box appears from the undergrowth you are dead

🇩🇪 is the best for military number one ☝️

So viele Ausschnitte zeigen den ACW Wiesel und nicht LuWa

Hmm,ich würde beim Wiesel bleiben...die Teile sind der Hammer!

so by this video, the new System can drive zigzag on a normal road, every other part of the video shows other vehicles, mostly the Wiesel, wich are in service at the moment. The Luwa is just a concept study and far from any confirmation of actual service.

Demonstrator often means many years of additional testing but only if it's ordered.

We gemans have the best weapons for sure ,but we always forget order them ....

A civilian model would be excellent! It's what THE OLD BLAZERS AND BRONCOS WANTED TO BE!

I drove British army sarasan would have loved a drive in this tank.

Будущее за многочисленной легкой бронетехникой и десантом)

@aleksandrkerenski4229

Жыл бұрын

действительно

❤

I love the Weasel, this not so much. 4 sets of tracks is NOT a good idea...

1:43 for a quick second I thought they painted Hitler on a jet🤣🤣

Please tell me the advantages and disadvantages of having separate tracks in the front and back.

@lordlemmy5108

4 ай бұрын

If it loose a track, can going on

The spiking music background is truly annoying and spoil the quality of the presentation. Great vehicle with a true potential on modern war field.

Perfect to go to work!

That thing almost flipped over and hit the people in the start of the video. SMH 🤦‍♀

Awe so Cute these Widdy Biddy AAVs 🤭

So if it's about the LuWa, why do you keep showing clips of the wiesel?

The USARMY wants a tank for the airborne. So they make a tank that can't be air dropped or carried by a helicopter. The Germans want a tankette for the airborne. They make a tankette that can be put inside of a helicopter. Mmm come on man

@1701Larry

Жыл бұрын

OK---. Nick; the US airborne already has mini tanks of sorts in the Striker and Bradley. They have found out in Iraq and Afghanistan that the 25mm and the Strikers new 30mm turret is just not up to the job of neutralizing really HARD points. The 105mm neutralizes just about anything and from 4 and 5 times the range of the 30mm and 25mm respectively...

@nickc7320

Жыл бұрын

@@1701Larry I've been around for a few years, but I have yet to see a Bradley get airdropped, and neither can a stryker. Before the striker with the 105 was selected to support the airborne, it competed against a tank that could be dropped with a 105mm main gun. The AGS/MGS/M8 system was air-droppable, unlike the stryker MGS. The stryker MGS was only in service for around 15 years before the army decided to drop it. It was officially out of service at the end of 2022. The MPF, the new army light tank, is still not airdroppable. It has other things going for it, but still not airdroppable. But if the idea is that the airborne will capture an airfield we can land on for the new tank to offload from the c-17, then it will work. But what do I know? I only gave my whole adult life to the army.

@Matt-mt2vi

Жыл бұрын

That was the rumor, and that request has been around a long time, but it keeps getting ignored, The MPF was never intended for airborne operation, which is what people assumed it was for, but the reality of the program parameters were always for a heavy weapon platform to support normal infantry operation. Just like the Stryker MGS. This was mentioned in the Chieftains initial review of the MPF

@raymondclark1785

Жыл бұрын

This would be better for the Marines

@AbuHajarAlBugatti

Жыл бұрын

​@@nickc7320you are talking to MAGA armchair generals who have 10 years of military experience from call of duty and battlefield 2, 3 "1" and 4. Real Experts you know

loving these vehicles ! Wonder why the quadruple tracks ??

@gmaildinozz

Жыл бұрын

Maintenance, each track is lighter, requiring less personel (maybe even repairable, at some point, with only the crew of 2).

@85daniel

8 ай бұрын

Maybe you can still drive with a lost or damaged track?

Wow I hope the Mexican Cartels never have a German Weapons advisor. 27mm Drive By"s.What kind of maniac does this stuff?

oh yay ! the "Ripper" with a gun

Wow I 😍 it. ‼️

Can't really see how two separate sets tracks will be all that beneficial, given that it only increases it's engineering complexity and reduces it's off-road performance by placing more weight onto a small area (aka, more susceptible to sinking in mud) while not really reducing weight.

@matthiasklopke161

Жыл бұрын

It can still somewhat drive/retreat if one track is damaged.

@lasagnakob9908

Жыл бұрын

@@matthiasklopke161 That's _fair_ But, I'm pretty sure it's not at all a stretch to give a pair of roadwheels the ability to steer. That was a thing on Christie style suspensions for a lot of tanks from the 20's to 40's. But, hey, if they're confident it's not a big deal, who am I to say what should or shouldn't be done tbh, looking back on it.

@AbuHajarAlBugatti

Жыл бұрын

It has better offroad capability and can maintain higher speeds offroad. Its main use. Also maintenance is easier as a damaged track (usually 1) is way faster faster removed if its way smaller on only stuck on 2 wheels

I want to see if being smaller and faster will help their survivability in drone/MANPAD type of war.

@sparsh415

Жыл бұрын

All vehicles are vulnerable to modern missile systems though so you`d be "neutralised" regardless of how thick the armour was as the Ukraine War has proved.These little beauties can be dropped in via Helicopter so have many benefits if used correctly.Look how useful the Jeeps were in WW2 and they had no armour what-so-ever.

I think these are great and could defo see their usefulness on the Battle Field. I don`t think the fact that they only have light Armour would be an issue either as the Ukraine War has proved heavy armour will not protect you from modern missile systems etc.

@panzerpoodle

4 ай бұрын

Drohnen Nicht zu vergessen, die zerstörten in der Ukraine den größten Teil der Fahrzeuge

A computer-generated narrator who states "Germany is the only county to use" instead of country. Nice job, guys...

0:02 Was ist wohl hinter der hohen Mauer?" Sag ich dir gleich ich schau mal kurz drüber. Das geht nicht, die Mauer ist zu hoch! Hold my beer

I don't think that Germany would use this version with external hoses

Top 😉👍👍

Never underastemate a Wiesel.

So long as nobody pulls out the 20mm anti personnel gun their ok?? … what a savings……😂😂

I still like the Weasel better. But this is good .can you mix the anti air and anti tank . Say two tank and two aircraft missiles

Perfect armes

Germany revealed? It's an armour company, nothing more

Using a voice simulator only works if your writer is competent. Having someone to check your work might also help.

Where is the county of Germany?

Das geht gar nicht ,mit den Schläuchen außenliegend der ist schnell verwundbar !

.. im sad to say that thing is a death trap, no V shaped hull= big boom.. though this leason was learnt by now.

Tanks....its in our DNA! :D

Thumbs Down for the lousy computer narration, it ruins the whole video… for me, anyway

Wiesel 3 ?

You keep showing two vehicles, which one is it? Hell confusing, don't know whether the vehicle is produced, at design stage, or something else.

Does that mean i can buy a demiled one as daily driver soon???^^

@supersonic4901

Жыл бұрын

Nope. Sorry. The "old ones" are still in duty, my friend. Those babys are extreme populare in german and few other european armys.

Why nobody builds for peace with the same dedication that they do for war?

@gamenigeria

Жыл бұрын

And what have u been building for peace ?

Seems needlessly complex and expensive. Don't foresee anyone other than the Germans buying this.

Wtf first clip 😂

This... but with Brimstone

Hauptmann Bertram wurde mit so ein coolen ding (Wiesel) verabschiedet

Looks over engineered to me. I love the KISS principle: Keep It Stupid Simple.

It look like a tracked Trabant

Question, if it can fit into the ch53, can it also fit in the chinook?

@GOD_O_WAR

Жыл бұрын

No what

@1701Larry

Жыл бұрын

Probably.

@thesmallthings1961

Жыл бұрын

Of course!

🇩🇪👍

Wo ist die MAUS......

don't you think that this material could help the Ukrainians to postpone the inevitable date of their defeat more than MBTs

0:01 maybe do that a bit further away from the kids ?

Didn't show any of them knocking down trees, an essential quality of a tracked armored vehicle, or at least it used to be.

@mweskamppp

Жыл бұрын

They weasel between the trees. Very stealthy.

@robertpella2389

Жыл бұрын

They're funny for sure. When you drill save the last beer for them !Savage's!

@1701Larry

Жыл бұрын

Even and Abrams will come to a SUDDEN Stop if the TREE is big enough!!!

Is it so hard to have someone do a proper voiceover?

OK---------. The AWC Wiesel is Just So Cute.. But they look like something that Ukraine Would love to have all 500 of the Wiesel 1 and 2's... With external fuel Cells off the back of the little tank like M-113s giving it a decent range they would give Ukraine a Huge Boost to their Campaign to take back All of Ukraine as they could go places the Humvee style Armored Gun Trucks they are using now in great numbers... Germany could also start sending the Wiesel's replacement straight to Ukraine from the Factory Floor... LOL!!! Ya, sure... But the old Wiesels will do just fine if they get enough of them...

@AbuHajarAlBugatti

Жыл бұрын

You gonna pay for them? We paid from our taxmoney. Send your own things and stop trying to pull us into your proxywar. Economic institute of our country predicts a 650 Billion economic loss for this year thanks to your warmongering

@1701Larry

Жыл бұрын

@@AbuHajarAlBugatti OK----ABU; I love people like you that twist facts around to justify Turning your Back on Friends and Neighbors that need your Help. I just hope that someday Thugs do not decide to break into you home and Rob you blind, Rape your family kill your kids if they act up, turning you into their SLAVE as they live in your home at gun point... After all you are so UN-Selfish that you would never want your Nieboers to pay for the Police to come save you and your family and kick the Thugs out of your home... That would be Way to WARMONGERING...!!!

@MRNDESO-ps7bz

Жыл бұрын

👍

@Veldtian1

Жыл бұрын

Yeah but no they're not doing anything like that.

Оно определяет себя как бтр или бмп ?)))

@Vatnik_tschistilka

Жыл бұрын

BMD

It looks better than the weasel, lol!

а 8 гусениц слабо?

The Polish had one during the begining of WW2 that the Germans called Cockroach . It carried a 20mm cannon and had success against early model German Panzers...Maybe the Germans could give their Wiesels to Ukraine to use as recon and or as Hunter killer teams against Russian armor..

Too much glass.

Germany have no more enough money because this we build way smaller Tanks.

Hier alter ich gehöre der Regulere Staat USA US ARMY - Pegasus Galaktica 7 Cyborg Darcho J. / Gorilla Cyborg sagte ich Jahr 1988 ich mache sowas nicht mit.

Уже принят на вооружение ?

@militarypowertube

Жыл бұрын

it soon

German having nightmare from polan tankket for generations. 😂

tonk~?!

I M TRYING TO SEEK FOR THIS ONE FROM tamiya army 555

Viele zu kompliziert gebaut , völlig untauglich . Wer soll denn das reparieren. 😊

Did the Jerries get the idea for this thing from the Astra Militarum/Imperial Guard Taurox of the Warhammer 40K universe?

@HedgehogZone

Жыл бұрын

Otherway around most of 40 k is inspiered by germany!

@fredhercmaricaubang1883

Жыл бұрын

@@HedgehogZone But this vehicle came out later than the Taurox, which was introduced by Games Workshop much earlier.

this video feels AI made...

Can Germany make anything not complicated

@gerhardma4687

Жыл бұрын

if it is too complicated for you, you may simply not be smart enough for it

@augusto8821

Жыл бұрын

As a german engineer... No..a Lada is not complecated, a Mercedes or Porsche or Audi is. I prefer Mercedes. Not a simple Lada. Modern warfare need modern complex System.

@Pointi69

Жыл бұрын

No simple is way better than complicated. In a fight you have to act. But if needed most functions should be started by an AI.

ukraine nees an armored (light) vehicle with dual chain guns to stop the zombies. actually many zombie movies will have clever ways to end them. look there for tactics and equipment.

Давайте в Украину на тесты

👀😂Wiesel👍🏻

Germany learned its lesson from the Polish cockraoches in ww2 they were tiny little tanks with speed and a 30mm cannon they destroy big mighty German panzers, and the the tanks had a hard time with them, they were to quick to catch and shoot and were to maneuverable to be a ke to get a shot on them by the time the tanks turret has got around the cockroach is already blasting its sides and rear end in and fked off 😂

@reinercelsus8299

Жыл бұрын

Most of the german tanks back then were cockroaches too, like the very big and mighty Pz. I and II. Only a few hundreds were bigger than that.