"I got it all on tape. Lucky." I lost it when that happened.

@kael13

19 күн бұрын

Dont worry, i'll help you find it again.

@grahamspragg7494

17 күн бұрын

I reckon it’s at target 3 😉

I have to say, the CGI held up really surprisingly well for a movie that's nearly 30 years old.

@TheNitroG1

19 күн бұрын

For context, this is a movie that came out the same year as twister and independence day, 3 years after Jurassic park...So, I'm going to have to disagree. They look passible for 1996 comedy film budget special effects. But even if we go by that standard with mars attacks, it's not as good and mars attacks effect wise and that movie had a bunch more effects shots to eat up the budget.

@Rohv

19 күн бұрын

Nah man, the CGI looks terrible compared to today. But thats how it looked like for movies at that time.

@BlazingOwnager

19 күн бұрын

@@Rohv Have you SEEN a modern Marvel thing? lol

@WillHal1000

19 күн бұрын

@@Rohv nah bro, we said THE CGI HOLDS UP. Got it?

@DavidLLambertmobile

18 күн бұрын

This 🦃 was in theaters around the time of McCales Navy ⚓️ & the sub comedy Up Periscope. None were big hits.

Sgt. Bilko, the true patron saint of the E4 mafia

@keithstark1

21 күн бұрын

Only if the e4 mafia exists, which it doesn’t. (If you know what’s good for you)

@JordoValentino

20 күн бұрын

@@keithstark1 hey now. E4 mafia talk is not appreciated around here. We only talk about things that exist. Like SOP. & CID. & CYA.

@yendub

20 күн бұрын

Such a thing doesn't exist.

@Charlezard.

20 күн бұрын

It may have "existed" in the past, but I have never seen evidence of the E4 Mafia in the past 12 years.

@alanhelton

20 күн бұрын

Sham shields out!!!

This is a great documentary about how acquisitions in the Department of Defense are conducted.

@knerduno5942

19 күн бұрын

I understand the Navy was doing something similar with a Star Wars laser test against a missile hull sitting still on a platform

@RazorsharpLT

19 күн бұрын

Eh, still better than Russia Or any other country for that matter. Humans will be humans, it's just to the point that at least Americans have the self criticism to make fun of their errors and learn from them that way.

@RazorsharpLT

19 күн бұрын

@@knerduno5942 Lasers will be FAR more accurate than any bullet in the world. The question is powering them

@knerduno5942

19 күн бұрын

@@RazorsharpLT It was not the accuracy in question, it was the damage done to the missile hull. Fabricated just like in this movie.

@jschanzenbach

19 күн бұрын

😂

To ACTUALLY convince someone that A TANK can HOVER is like COPPERFIELD MAGIC.

@rogeryoung9934

23 күн бұрын

it's surely possible, just not at our current level of technology

@woiace

22 күн бұрын

It’s still decades away

@IMAN7THRYLOS

21 күн бұрын

In theory you could do it. It would just have to be made of aluminium and Kevlar. No steel, no composite materials. As far as the gun, it would need to be a tube that would be firing recoil less rounds, or an autocannon. Regardless, it would have poor survivability, limited firepower and it would have very limited usefulness in a battlefield, like traversing over minefields.

@davidoliver7510

21 күн бұрын

Hovercraft with a gun is technically a hover tank. Would actually work over minefields as it would be above the mines. And not actually touching them. But wouldn't be a real tank. As it would need to be made from lightweight materials that offers hardly any protection. But if they can go really fast. Then the only protection would be. Hard to hit

@Rapscallion2009

20 күн бұрын

I suppose it would be possible with a hovercraft-type arrangement, but why would you want to? It would be truly interesting when you fired the big gun. The bloody thing would take off backward!

This movie is so under-rated. Ridiculously funny

@WolfeSaber9933

19 күн бұрын

Better than Pentagon Wars?

@booshmcfadden7638

19 күн бұрын

@@WolfeSaber9933 Not even a close. Pentagon Wars is epic.

@WolfeSaber9933

19 күн бұрын

@@booshmcfadden7638 But inaccurate, but Sgt. Bilko is just fake, not based on something.

sad part is.. this is more true to life than the military would ever admit.

@Tank50us

20 күн бұрын

Depending on the project, yes. Though, surprisingly, more China and Russia than the US 🤔

@VicAusTaxiTruckie

20 күн бұрын

Funny... the movie credits thanked the US Army for their total lack of cooperation in the making of this movie

@juanmacias418

19 күн бұрын

EXCEPT for the vegas bit.... i've heard of ocifers doing stuff like this but never on the enlisted side.

@ai4px

19 күн бұрын

In vietnam era they demo'ed a heat seeking missile and actually preheated the drone so the missile would work better.

@Tank50us

19 күн бұрын

@@ai4px well yeah, because the target in question was sitting on the ground at the time completely cold. An aircraft that the Stinger would be engaging would have been in the air for a good 20min, during which time it's thermal signature would be much greater. Remember, one key point of these tests is to make dang sure things work as they're supposed to. How much data will you get if the target matches the background thermals?

Assuming a real hover tank weighed about as much as a Bradley and used the Abrams 120 MM main gun, the hover tank would jerk backwards when firing at the surprisingly manageable speed of 3.3 MPH. So almost as fast as a T-72 in full reverse. 🤣

@Theduckwebcomics

17 күн бұрын

Imagine how much power it'd take to keep a actual tank hovering 😅

RIP Phil, you are missed

@scw77

19 күн бұрын

His wife didn’t miss.

@helbent4

19 күн бұрын

We miss his screen presence, his humour, his charisma and intelligence. We miss seeing what he could have done.

Haven't seen this since the 90's, and that CG holds up pretty well for the time

@TheNitroG1

19 күн бұрын

having never seen it...I disagree. that looks pretty bad. Remember this is the same year that dragonheart and twister came out. both of which have effects that hold up MUCH better than this...though I recognize this was a comedy and not a big budget blockbuster.

@WillHal1000

19 күн бұрын

@@TheNitroG1 wrong bro, the cgi holds up. its amazing.

@MasonBryant

19 күн бұрын

​@@TheNitroG1 Dragon heart?! 😂

@TrueFork

19 күн бұрын

what CGI? that wasn't a real hovertank?

@ReviveHF

19 күн бұрын

And practical effects as well.

But you remembered Einsteins Theory Sir space is curved 😂

That Fire Control and Super Elevator board appears to have an ISA connector… nice pocket sized prop!

I randomly rented this movie on pay per view wayyyyy back in the day. Have never seen it again since, somehow, but have had fond memories of it.

@DavidLLambertmobile

18 күн бұрын

Steve Martin has a few, 3-4 funny Army NCO clips. I left, ETSed active duty in 1993 so this movie made me 😖. The US Army, DoD dumped the M81 woodland camo pattern around FY2004. 😔

Rip Phil, he could play whatever character, good,bad. Hilarious,whatever, I forgot about this movie for a bit

This makes me miss the old BDUs. Even Hollywood could wear them and not look ate up.

Well if you remember Einstein's theory space is curved, and these are smart weapons 👈👉 haha love this movie

When you get promoted but remember your E-4 roots...

Seriously.....If a Major EVER put their hands on a Full Bird Colonel like that......he would be instantly arrested......

@paulofelipebbraga9634

20 күн бұрын

Assaulting a superior officer, "fakely" acusing him of conspiracy to commit fraud plus sabotage of prototype equipment. Good luck for him I guess!

@pofuno

20 күн бұрын

Yeah, smooth brain, it's called a comedy movie. You see, when you have friends, you watch these kinds of movies and with laugh with them, but you seem to not have any 😂😂😂

@TheREALSIXTY6

19 күн бұрын

@@pofunosays the dude tryna be a tough guy over the internet trying to 1 up someone. Get over yourself princess

@MrDeadsr

19 күн бұрын

@@paulofelipebbraga9634 Ya see general, this was all the colonels plan to find our saboteur, thats why we had to fake this test.

@MrChickennugget360

19 күн бұрын

@@pofuno chill out.

One of my favorite childhood comedies

Well the tank doesn't fire, ok. But it's a truly hovertank. I mean, it really floating... That's actually the most important achievement.

@willtor

18 күн бұрын

Right. I feel like if we're focused on the turret, we're missing the forest for the trees, here. The turret is literally the conventional technology.

@yuridavila6095

11 күн бұрын

Hover ability would be extremely important in Ukraine right now to cross muddy terrain, swamps, rivers and minefields. It doesn't need to hover 100% of the time, only to transport itself into the position, then it can stay on the ground and fire like a regular tank. This alone would make the tank 100x more valuable.

@danielefabbro822

11 күн бұрын

@@yuridavila6095 well unfortunately we are talking about a thank. And that's the main problem. A real tank weights around 60-70 tons. Hovercrafts can float because of a complex ratio between the power produced, the area under the tank to cover, the fact it have to be covered in order to produce the lifting push... In short, a complex thing. Lifting a tank of 70 tons without even covering the area under it (so it have to produce an even greater power) means that the engines on that thing should be extremely powerful, stuff able to make the tank run 200 km/h or more. And to push 70 tons at that speed, you really needs lots of horsepower. So many that probably you should put multiple engines on it in order to match the power needed. At that point however, you don't have anymore space on the tank to place a gun, sensors, rounds depot, the crew and so on. So you should make it bigger for that purpose... But that will just require more power to make it fly. In short I don't think it's impossible but I think that such work will definitely require an hell of attention in the design and equal time on test trials to become something acceptable. After that, if they succeed, the hovertank will be so complex and costly that... well... Ukrainians unfortunately would not be able to manner it. 😑

Hold up the general is Admiral Paris from Star Trek Voyager 😂

@nielsmichiels1939

20 күн бұрын

Probably his forefather

@tristanchristiansen9054

20 күн бұрын

ST nerds unite

@metropod

20 күн бұрын

Yep, the late Richard Herd.

@SansoHumar

19 күн бұрын

United

@Stefi-P

19 күн бұрын

I think you'll find that it's John, the supreme leader of the Visitors...

Almost 30 years later and we still don't have a hover tank. This is some bull.

@DavidLLambertmobile

18 күн бұрын

RIP Phil Hartman. I think he was murdered shortly after this 🦃 came out. Dan Aykroyd looks good, fit for mid 1990s.

Thorn proved that he tried to sabotage the tank thus putting himself into deep crap with the brass.

@woiace

22 күн бұрын

Yeah…a real bozo whose attempt to implicate Bilko backfired spectacularly

@andrewroberts7428

20 күн бұрын

WE KNOW, WE JUST WATCHED THE VIDEO

I've seen a lot of youtubers do some good analysis of a lot of military vehicles, both real and fictional. Sadly, I haven't found a good analysis of the bilko hover tank yet, either as portrayed, or the actual shell firing tank they wanted people to think it was. I think either of those would be pretty entertaining.

@DavidLLambertmobile

18 күн бұрын

Maybe that Ryan guy the retired Army NCO 🤓 or the younger veteran Task & Purpose. Angry Cops would just yap about the M81 woodland camo BDUs.

I never noticed Ms. Forman in the movie before...

@scarygary-qq1pj

19 күн бұрын

Yes you have.

@ASB1401

19 күн бұрын

@@scarygary-qq1pj NA AH..

first time I noticed the General played a admiral in Star Trek Voyager.

@morbius109

19 күн бұрын

Admiral Paris, aye. Tom’s father.

@scarygary-qq1pj

19 күн бұрын

AN

the sad thing is...Thorn DID prove it was a con. But noone cared becasue all the right people THOUGHT it worked. So funding was approved. Sgt Thorn should have watched the Pentagon Shuffle. (LOVELY movie. one of those films thats waaaaay closer to the truth than anyone wants to believe.)

@daleshelden8394

23 күн бұрын

No one

@daniellawson8702

23 күн бұрын

Searched out the pentagon shuffle and no movie came up at all

@alexsolomon8127

23 күн бұрын

@@daniellawson8702 apologies. they renamed it the Pentagon Wars. it's actually on youtube

@HALLish-jl5mo

21 күн бұрын

That movie was based on a book by a guy who failed to do his job and bitched to congress about not being allowed to do a test that would destroy a prototype and not tell anyone anything. You don't conduct tests that you know the vehicle will fail. That's NOT A TEST. You are supposed to fill fuel tanks with water because otherwise all your testing results will catch fire, etc

@matthewriley7826

21 күн бұрын

Or conversely they had a spare fire control board that they stuck in the tank after Thorn swiped the first one, just to cover their tracks and implicate Thorn further.

RIP Phil Hartman!

"Iam Dirt Bag Private, and I'm gonna show you how to sham... Today."

@BIGBOSS-bu1jt

20 күн бұрын

sham on

@TheNappalorian

20 күн бұрын

@@BIGBOSS-bu1jt shayam on.

Look at this futuristic hoover tank! "Puts an M60 on it"

They must have gotten every goofball available for this movie!

@micheljavert5923

19 күн бұрын

They kinda did! I think they all had fond memories of Phil Silvers and the original Sgt Bilko show. Plus who would pass up a chance to work with Steve?

@DavidLLambertmobile

18 күн бұрын

This 🦃 flop was put out in a wierd armed forces 🫡 comedy phase. Sgt Bilko, McCales Navy, Up Periscope. None of these movies were hits or popular.

@stryletz

11 күн бұрын

@@DavidLLambertmobileone studio heard another was working on a sure fire hit! A comedy filled with big names and a certain theme. So, they scrambled through their reject pile of scripts looking for something similar or something that could be worked into the same theme and filled it with whatever recognizable actors they could get a hold of. Then the first movie comes out and flops (or is a mediocre success) but it’s too late to stop production without losing money or paying out contracts. Everyone complains how everyone is doing Super Hero movies now, but this is how it has always been.

I like how they had to fake a gun firing because firing an actual tank round from a hover tank would send it flying back.

@TheNitroG1

19 күн бұрын

is that actually a plot point? because it was the first thing that occurred to me is that it would probably flip over if fired at the wrong angle. I would assume though if they can produce the kind of force required to levitate a 40 ton tank, they probably can redirect some of those forces during a shot to counter the recoil.

@starsiegeplayer

19 күн бұрын

​@@TheNitroG1yeah it was actually a plot point.

@reamrkj1125

19 күн бұрын

They have an earlier scene where they test the tank, and they cannot not stop it after it fires.

@CB-lw7ty

19 күн бұрын

@@TheNitroG1 Yeah, they do a first test early in the movie where it fires and the turret starts swinging wildly while the tank goes full force backwards into the seat rigging while the guy at 0:33 closing his eyes basically just shrugs laughing saying "of course" lol it's a great scene.

Great movie! Thanks for the stroll down memory lane!

This whole scene is the most proper eloquent explanation of the whole preset condition of the entire american army.

So many comedic geniuses...

Man, Kitty looks a lot younger ever since she divorced Red once the 70's were over. And the general lived long enough to be Tom Paris' dad!

"The fire control and super elevator board, I took it out last night." "We noticed the sabotage early this morning during field testing, and started an investigation before replacing the board and pretending nothing was ever wrong."

Kitty Forman !!!

I love this movie, it's so underrated.

Such a great movie!

Recoiless gun. Give it an optic fiber coat for adaptive camouflage. Powerplants a bit tricky cause most power solutions are heavy or loud or have huge thermal blooms.(id love a hybrid engine rig but it might not have the necessary power to weight ratio) Multi layer frame of graphene, titanium, other light alloys. 4-6 vectored thrust capable nozzles plus retractable landing plates(or an underside able to be landed on) Forget the normal tank theory. This a high mobility gun platform suited to ambushes and harassing vehicles.

Is still one of my favourite movies..

I still love the fact they invented an actual hovering armoured vehicle and it's a disaster because the turrent doesn't work. As if there's no other possible military application for it.

@jamesricker3997

20 күн бұрын

Hover APC

@vsgfilmgroup

19 күн бұрын

Troop carrier. Light infantry weapons platform. You could mount rocket launchers and use it for anti-armor, if you wanted. No END to the applications for a hover-capable armored platform.

@user-vu8he9kc5v

19 күн бұрын

It comes down to what the downsides and limitations of the hover system are in practice. Look at naval lasers, on paper they are absolutely game changing, in practice they haven't been due to the basic fact that lasers don't play well with humid air or smoke (things you might encounter at sea in a war).

@TheNitroG1

19 күн бұрын

Well one thing that occurred to me is with no counter forces from contact with the ground, firing the main weapon would push the tank backwards in an unpredictable manner, potentially even flip it over at certain firing angles. So it's probably mostly useless as a weapons platform and would be way more susceptible to forces like wind.

@user-vu8he9kc5v

19 күн бұрын

@@TheNitroG1 That's a shocking good and obvious point

One of the best part for me in this movie is the boxing match.

Funny joke but this is every Tesla demo today lmfao

Funny thing is that the gun is the easy part of a hover tank. Guns are something the tech for is very well known.

@DavidLLambertmobile

18 күн бұрын

Odd how the DARPA R&D tank sports a 7.62mm M60. Most US Army armored weapons use the larger M2 .50BMG .

@nctpti2073

18 күн бұрын

@@DavidLLambertmobile Well, that too, lol. Budget cuts? :P (Although this is from back in 1996. When did that change happen?)

This scene is hilarious on how Bilko and his men fool Thorn into thinking the Hover tank was working fine.

@matthewriley7826

21 күн бұрын

And then get him to dig his own grave when he angrily confronts him.

@Skyfighter64

20 күн бұрын

well, I mean the hover function did work. That should have been enough to get anyone on board with the concept.

@robgilmour3147

19 күн бұрын

fixing the cannon recoil isn't hard ether, a hovertank can just set down to fire the gun, might be a little tricky over water if it sinks, but on land! not an issue.

@CB-lw7ty

19 күн бұрын

The hover tank I thought that thing was busted? The kid Wally fixed it, said it was the...errr... the...err? the fire control and super elevator board huh imagine that! Yeah...the fire control and super elevator board Lol

Lol at the jazz hands salute

I believe this scene, may have been inspired by the actual "Sargent York" anti-aircraft tank prototype trials.

@DavidLLambertmobile

18 күн бұрын

In the early 1990s DA, Army spent $28mil on R&D 📂 of new M16 rifles, M4s. Surprise! No new guns or calibers were approved! 0.

Correction, tried to sabotage it.

when you realize the bad guy in this scene tried to stop a rigged demonstration and prevent a critically flawed piece of equipment from being rushed into production while trying to expose a incompetent commander and a corrupt sergeant, the military industrial complex people

Spec-4 places his beer down* “IT IS MY TIME!”

@0:51 This dude really had Major rank on his collar and Lt. Colonel on his cap LMFAO

Yes my colonel Oh!

What a fun movie... that conned the US government into giving Skunk Works a $30 billion contract.

:52 the astonished look of a Lt Col Major. Haha. :)

Phil Hartman had a very recognizable voice that stood out in any show he was in, we lost a great guy

Ngl that tank looks great! Sweet design!🤪

@Amiko-do4dj

20 күн бұрын

Sad thing is a Hover tank would never work....

@mikehorrocks2909

20 күн бұрын

@@Amiko-do4dj give the technology time or a mad scientist. 🤪

@Amiko-do4dj

20 күн бұрын

@@mikehorrocks2909 Well the reason it will never work is a Hover tank would no traction or stability, so when you fired the main gun the whole tank would wobble and slide backwards at high speed.....

@mikehorrocks2909

20 күн бұрын

@@Amiko-do4dj the recoil is the problem for firing a kinetic projectile on a hover platform. Without a countering force then yes, platform goes haywire. As evidenced earlier in the film.

Admiral Paris looks impressed.

Super film!! Thanks!! hello from USSR!!!!

There is a shovel on the side of the tank. In case they can stuck and have to shovel air?

It's a solvable engineering problem; incorporate a recoilless rifle as the main armament. The Hover-Tank itself... not so much.

0:18 Michael Dukakis.

4:23 - It was at this moment Major Thorn knew he f**ked up!

M247 "Sgt York" ???😂

I miss Phil.

Isn't the General Admiral Paris from Voyager?

"This is just one of his scams!" Thats rich coming from Lionel Hutz, the king of scams.

Ok you have a hover tank. Now we must ask ourselves why.

@rcslyman8929

20 күн бұрын

Necessity is the mother of freedom... or something.

@sid2112

20 күн бұрын

@@rcslyman8929 Freedom is the necessity of Mother. Yeah that's the one.

@nielsmichiels1939

20 күн бұрын

Anti tank Minefields. Imagine you could glide right over them. Imagine you don't have to worry about the muddy claylike soil blocking you tracks. A body of water blocking your way? Glide over it with ease. If it worked, Ukraine would be the first ones to buy them.

@notcrazy6288

20 күн бұрын

If this were possible it would be amazing. An armored formation that can glide past a river would be a nightmare in a conventional war.

@Tuck-Shop

20 күн бұрын

*digs a standard anti tank ditch. With the loss of ground effect, the hovertank will lose lift and nosedive into the ditch.

this clip hurt my brain

The hover tank is part Harrier because the thrust is pointing down to the ground and can move in all directions.

It looks like that space marine hover tank.

Pentagon Wars comes to mind.

@aussiemozzie8123

20 күн бұрын

ah yes the myth invented by some glory seeking desk jockey

@matthewjones39

18 күн бұрын

The problem is that pentagon wars was based on lies

@scottpageusmc

18 күн бұрын

@@matthewjones39, it's exactly like the lies used in this clip. So, I'm not sure if your comment is just redundant or you have some other point to be made that I didn't already make in my OP.

Was that the guy from the other show in the school system from a while back?

Not sure if anyone noticed but this isn’t the only film that makes fun of a branch of military. All branches of the military are made fun of in films like Hot Shots, Down Periscope, McHales Navy, Major Payne and I’m sure the list goes on so if you’re ever in the mood for a good laugh check them out.

Question is, how did they managed to get the hover tank itself to work other than the main gun without sluggish as previously shown before😆

Getting stong phantom menace droid tank vibes

Tow missiles or Hellfire would do great on a hover tank

It still hovered !

@scarygary-qq1pj

19 күн бұрын

No it didn't.

The ghost of David Drake haunts this vehicle☺

@scarygary-qq1pj

19 күн бұрын

No it doesn't.

Thata pretty much how real weapons demonstrations go though... 😅

Sad

What’s the name of the movie

@wolfshanze5980

20 күн бұрын

Sgt Bilko (1996)

@scarygary-qq1pj

19 күн бұрын

It's called "I'm too ®️€t@®D€d to know how to use question marks."🦧

Why does that hover tank have tracks????

I miss these light hearted escapist flicks. Hollywood really has stopped entertaining and become a soulless, creatively bankrupt social club for pretentious high minded idiots

Fake or no, the hover worked 😂

Other than it would fly backwards...

Newtonian mechanics need not apply.

0:23 yeah there were no female armor officers in 1996.

@paulofelipebbraga9634

20 күн бұрын

I had to look back to check it, and you got that right!

@0megacron

20 күн бұрын

She wasn't in the Armored division, her badge says "Research and Development", so she was probably ACE. They still wouldn't have had many female officers in the 90s, but they did exist.

@uwillnevahno6837

19 күн бұрын

@@0megacron siiiiigh 1st of all I didn't write "armored division" I wrote "armor officer". Second, and unrelated, there were female officers and enlisted in armored units in the 90s; however, they were not combat arms MOS. Which brings me to my 3rd point on her collar she is wearing the Armor Branch insignia...... this signifies she is an armored officer, meaning she attended armor school and is a 19A. comprende?

@0megacron

18 күн бұрын

@@uwillnevahno6837 ... okay.

Prototype late mark BOLO...

Hey! Wasn't that Troy McClure? You May Remember him From Such Medical Films As Alice Doesn't Live Anymore And Mommy, What's Wrong With That Man's Face?”

No one on the Army says "Whoo ahhh!" 🤦🏽‍♂

I think the movie would have been better if it had been set during Desert Storm

Yeah major you are hear by under arrest and demoted.

same is abrams to much bla bla but burns like paper

Lol. The CGI is so Cringe. But awesome at the same time 😂😂😂

why was Kitty Foreman at a military event?

@MikeHughes-lt4ev

19 күн бұрын

In case anyone needed medical assistance

I'm having a hard time not seeing Angry Cops

Just that fact that that thing hovered would be worth it

another clip from the who cares file