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How do you manage to pick the most interesting topics to make a video on so often? I had heard about these types of IR night vision devices as a potential upgrade for U-boats at the time. Yet nobody had talked about how they worked in such detail! Imagine if Germany had had these in the early war period. They would have been able to ambush allied units again and again and it would have taken time to come up with detection equipment to counter it. It would have been devastating against the night raids the RAF were famous for as even with detection equipment it would have been very difficult to aim at a night fighter because any kind of detection equipment would just show a bright image coming from the general direction. Not enough to guess range. Of course thankfully this never happened and these were developed too late to have any kind of impact.

@keck4022

5 ай бұрын

Imagine if hitlers plan worked, and WW2 started in 1945 instead of 1939

I don't care how long i gotta wait, these vids are epic!

You know sometimes i wish that this channel was named "Military History in an Hour"

Interesting tech, though ultimately of limited use at the time.

@kennykentus2919

Жыл бұрын

I think first infantery night vision used in combat was 20 years later in Vietnam. And it only worked by amplifying moonlight, becouse they still didn't manage the power issues (in WW2 experimental night-vision (Gen. 0) existed, but it was bulky, you essencialy looked like a flamethrower operator with M1, huge spotlight underneath it and battery on your back. I think they didn't used it in combat).

@Krzysztof_z_Bagien

Жыл бұрын

@@kennykentus2919 actually, Germans developed a night vision scope for Stg44 and machine guns, but they only managed to supply a few hundred to frontline troops before war ended. It worked exactly like tank version, only it was smaller obviously, but still quite heavy - more than 2kg for the scope and illuminator itself, then there was battery strapped to soldiers belt for image cobverter, and something like a 13,5kg battery in the backpack for illuminator. It could of course use external illumination, eg. from a tank or Uhu (so wouldn't need that backpack battery and and illuminator). It was called "Zielgerät 1229".

@kennykentus2919

Жыл бұрын

@@Krzysztof_z_Bagien Yeah you're right. I knew about it, but I thought that it was also only a prtototype outside of a combat. According to wikipedia the efective range would still be only about 100m, so still kind of trash.

@ViperGTS737

Жыл бұрын

if they had more time it would have been as revolutionary as the jet engine

@kennykentus2919

Жыл бұрын

@@ViperGTS737 well how much more time? The Americans worked on it 20 years to get from backpack driven NV to moonlight amplifier and I doubt it wasn't important project. And they were on par with germans during WW2 so I don't belive that germans were ahead, they were just desperate to try it in combat. The story of jet engine is the same. British jet fighter Meteor flew anti-V1 sorties few months after Me 262 saw a combat. They just didn't want to risk them above Europe, to be fair, they didn't need to becouse of Mustangs.

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Undoubtedly the very short form history of military technology channel on KZread!

Ahhh...wake up... breakfast.... and a new top rate video production by H1MIN. As ever I'm informed of something I never knew about before... not the tank turret mounted version which I've seen many times over the years, but the higher powered half track mounted variety. Bloody EXCELLENT work as ever. As I always ask.... Are you working as a professional graphic artist or is this just a personal hobby taken to world class heights? Stunning as ever, and thank you for the time you take crafting your work.

@H1MIN

Жыл бұрын

Both. Thank you for the continued support & patience. More coming soon!

Fascinating as always! You are one of the few channels I have set to always notify me as I don't want to miss a single upload!

Always an instant watch when your videos come up. Keep up the awesome work!

The Night Panther itself is cool enough, but the fact that it had a spotter vehicle is much more awsome!

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Excellent work, as always! Also, could you please do a video on the YO-3A "Quiet Star" during the Vietnam war? It was designed to be as quiet as possible at low altitudes, being barely audible

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Every damn vid feels so polished and like top tier quality

These animations are beautiful!!! And the topic are fascinating too!

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Stellar Video again. Recently had a discussion in the comments about this device.

Excellent as always

Gen 0 night vision. Totes interesting, nicely done video, thank, see u guys in three moths from now

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leaving a comment just so the algorithm pushes this, thanks for great content ! would watch a 30min videos as well.

I was wondering where the basis for the IR halftrack in COH2 came from. Nice to see the concept behind it!

Good quality content, thank you. Keep up the good work.

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"So with this new technology, we can see our enemy in the dark?" "Eh..."

For reference we're in late Generation 3 early generation 4 of light amplifiers

i love your video

Last night i dreamt about seeing an m1 abrams with that gen 0 ir sight because of this video (my cousin was also in that dream and i explained to him how it works)

Honestly I couldn't find Amy inside plans for this night vision or I just didn't loom hard enough but still its a technology that was revolutionary at the time but still in its early stages

Interesting

This looks like something that would look super cool if alternate historians did something with it.

thanks

There is smaller version called Zielgerät 1229. it used for STG44 Assault rifle. when those combine they really look like modern time assault rifle

assault rifles, guided missiles, tanks with infrared sights, and jet powered aircraft Germany was on the cutting edge of cutting edge jesus... and during ww2 as well.

At least he didn't put a Panther 2 which is kinda unrealistic.

Also, the sounds of the machine guns in the dark are very impressive...

The IR searchlight is a beacon for enemies to aim at you. It assumes the enemy cannot detect IR. Nowadays emitting just anything is suicide.

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That's so fucking cool

But how did the gunner fire/aim if only the commander had the night vision equipment? My guess would be the commander would relay to the gunner the distance and direction verbally.

@H1MIN

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, that's a good question. The commander's scope had a metal strip connected from the base of the scope that went inside the turret to control the gun's elevation. The commander's aiming would either control the elevation of the gun or provide the information to the gunner. Have not seen any documentation of the interior's setup. I believe there is an example in Bovington's Tank Museum that shows the small opening on the turret roof. However, I read that it was problematic with the gun's recoil frequently putting it out of alignment.

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Please make a video on USS Diablo SS-479

I wonder what vision colour this german shown. Is that same as greenish colour as we had now but with more blurry, reddish blue, or black and white?

@H1MIN

7 ай бұрын

Good question. There is a technical group that got one working, the colour is green.

@telurkucing5006

7 ай бұрын

@@H1MIN thank you 👍

Can we see more stuff on Allied weapons? I'm tired of all the axis stuff.

Always misunderstood this thing as a heat searcher thats simply forsnt care about darkness, not knowing that its actually rather a kind of a radar-like mechanism

I didn't know that . USA had some short range backpack kinda thing they used with the M1 carbine mostly to spoil enemy night advances on positions I read . A couple different decisions by the Germans and Europe would look very different today .

@H1MIN

Жыл бұрын

Very true. The German's developed the Vampir, while the U.S. had their version that was used in the very late stages of the Pacific Campaign and in Korea.

No wonder Soviet T54/55 tech came from it

I live on a dirt budget must buy gen 0 NODS

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Ally's version is "gen 0". Huh, do we have gen 0 in today's populace?

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Proper night vision goggles would have been worth their weight in gold in WW2, along with suppressed assault rifles this could have caused havoc at night

I think you make fantastic videos. I think your thumbnails hide the subject of your videos much too much. The large yellow "H1" makes the subject of the video hard to see. I think you would be much better off if you shrunk the "H1" and placed in a corner. The graphic showing the item discussed in the video, should be saturated so it easier to see what the video is about. I really think your thumbnails are extremely boring looking when they should be exciting.

@H1MIN

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate your advice and agree with you. I've updated them.

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@warcrimeswilly631

Жыл бұрын

Wrong

amazing production quality

@H1MIN

Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

German technology and inventions are always ground breaking. Goooood stuff

@oco8783

Жыл бұрын

Lots of countries had similar tech at the time, different applications though