I wish there's a modern version of the kettenkrad, would be a blessing where I live in.

@lukaskaelin6249

2 жыл бұрын

nah, a small car with wheels is more efficient and cheaper..... also the tracks are very dangerous.

@bigdapramirez6157

2 жыл бұрын

@@lukaskaelin6249 true. I heard the top speed of this thing is 40 mph but good luck getting it to go that fast because it's really dangerous to go top speed in it

@Citricpie

Жыл бұрын

@@lukaskaelin6249 haha mud go shhh

@edi9892

Жыл бұрын

How about modifying a snow mobile?

@miles_da-tractor_man

Жыл бұрын

Yes

This seems like something fun to ride around if you had a little plot of land, to zip around in.

@ricolek4166

2 жыл бұрын

that would really be great to have…

@davidbradley3227

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah for sure! The primary reason for nazi expansionism. Lebensraum (living space) was really just a place to do burnouts and drifting these wierd nazi creations around icy Russian roads for shits and giggles

@dragonfell5078

2 жыл бұрын

I wanna just take one to a field and drive around for hours

@logpheniox8606

2 жыл бұрын

Believe me, it is. I know a guy in Nebraska with a working one in his private collection. I went to a ranch he owns there a few years ago. I asked if I could drive and he said Sure on the basis that he ride too so I don’t break it. Sadly, I don’t live in Nebraska, rather the Carolinas, so I only visited him once.

@yuurichito1439

2 жыл бұрын

Hehehe or a ruined city... (oh god this sounds wrong)

* Johnny Johnson recommends "Girls Last Tour" * Should be included with a warning depression, hopelessness, and 'wonders why living in such condition' included throughout the show.

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

A fair warning indeed!

@KBJade39

2 жыл бұрын

Just never read the manga. Makes the anime look downright uplifting

@loofus9133

2 жыл бұрын

@@KBJade39 jesus

@thatoneguyinthemiddle1910

2 жыл бұрын

@@KBJade39 true, the ending just makes me more hopeless. it literally makes me cry inside, cuz literally, there's nothing left in that world except the empty mega-structures, which is fucked up. I just wanna forget anything about their story, cuz it's fucking sad

@KBJade39

Жыл бұрын

@@thatoneguyinthemiddle1910 if it makes makes you feel better I think the author's newest project features Chi and Yuu in the background happily running a shop

the Kettenkrad has more show time than the Bren Carrier/Universal Carrier since I haven't really seen it in some movies/shows

@mahmoudelsabbal416

2 жыл бұрын

Anything mechanical, give it a good bash!

@eamonnclabby7067

2 жыл бұрын

@@mahmoudelsabbal416 the Spike Milligan' school of mechanical engineering....mind you there was a scene in the Longest Day ,where a Beach master gave a stalled vehicle' an almighty whack which did the trick and got the engine running again...best wishes from the wirral...E

@michaelneuwirth3414

Жыл бұрын

....even though more than 100,000 units of the Bren Carrier/Universal Carrier were produced!

@arya31ful

Жыл бұрын

The last time i saw one in a movie iirc is in A Bridge Too Far. Even then, the Carrier itself doesn't move at all.

@jimjolly4560

11 ай бұрын

Some really good footage of Universal Carrier use in Powell and Pressburger's A Canterbury Tale.

Ah, the Kettenkrad, the _cutest_ thing to come out of WW2...

@michaelandreipalon359

Жыл бұрын

*coughs in Goliath mini-bombtank*

@GundamReviver

Жыл бұрын

I see your kettenrad and your goliath, and raise you the luchs tank.

@michaelandreipalon359

Жыл бұрын

Cute, Thahat, but the Italians have beat it easily with the Carro Veloce tankette.

@GundamReviver

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelandreipalon359 - looks it up- ah the shitty Italian tankettes😂 no those are small, but not cute

@michaelandreipalon359

Жыл бұрын

Cruddy in real life, but memetically awesome in fiction like GuP.

I love the Kettenkrad, Johnny. You know why I love it? Girls Last Tour. I love seeing the vehicle in action and was represented very well in that anime. I watched many episodes of it, if not all of them.

@panzerkamf1237

2 жыл бұрын

Only question is how the fuck did it only break down only like once the whole series

@GhostycrewJaeger

2 жыл бұрын

Nah in the manga it broke 2 times one from the Ishii and near the last chapter Spoliers It broke down and Chiito can't repair it

@somethingtoputonpizza6667

2 жыл бұрын

@@GhostycrewJaeger the sadness is back

@sirboomsalot4902

Жыл бұрын

@@panzerkamf1237 Boy do I have news for you…

@michaelandreipalon359

Жыл бұрын

​@@sirboomsalot4902 What do you mean?

My friend Bob has one of these & I've been driven about on it, they're noisy, a bit uncomfortable but absolutely fantastic, real head turner. He does say that the engine isn't easy to maintain.

My Grandfather was killed just after the German surrender in Italy, he was killed by Partisans mistaking him for one of Tito's Partisans, he was wearing an assortment of uniforms an American Bomber Jacket, his own trousers and boots, a red bandana around his head, also he was armed with a Luger along with his own Thompson, he was said to be driving a German halftrack, that he planned to take back home to New Zealand for the farm, a Kettenkrad would actually have been a more likely and practical piece of war prize to take home from Europe...

@PALACIO254

Жыл бұрын

Your grandpa sounded cool

@myway7367

Жыл бұрын

“Ride of the Valkyries” gets louder

@Heyhoooooify

Жыл бұрын

Tito in Italy?

@donaldcampbell3043

Жыл бұрын

@@Heyhoooooify that's how the story goes...

@KennyNGA

Жыл бұрын

That sounds stupid as fck

This Kettenkrad was a cool vehicle, I saw a lot at the Militracks event in Overloon in 2019! And Johnny , +10 points for having Hardy Kruger in your video! kudos to your top channel!

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

He killed that scene so it had to go in.

@eamonnclabby7067

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq the modern Quad bikes pale by comparison....

@rolfagten857

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Sadly, Hardy Kruger just passed away on January 19, 2022! R.I.P Herr Kruger!

So glad Girls Last Tour got included, it's my favourite anime

@Sidestrafe-bk9rp

2 жыл бұрын

I do wish it’d stayed with us longer, though.

@theturdflinger

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sidestrafe-bk9rp its definitely worth it to read through it to see the end too.

1:44 2:48 The scenes are from the West German film "Waldwinter"(1956, Director Wolfgang Liebeneiner). It is more than amazing that you are familiar with this film, as it is completely forgotten in Germany. Thank you for your meticulous work

What a timely video. I just got myself a model kit for the Kettenkrad just the other day lol. Another great vid Johnny!

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

Happy building

@trappenweisseguy27

2 жыл бұрын

Italieri made an excellent huge kit in 1/9 scale. Very impressive built up.

The kettengrad is definitely a nice trike to have. Great Vid!

I absolutely love this little tracked motorcycle

In 2017 Bonhams sold a restored 1944 NSU Rad for £51k at Goodwood’s annual race event known as the ‘Festival of Speed’.

Simply the best, Johnny!

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks GonzoBanana. Also thank you for having a great name.

I want one of these just because there cool and could be used for about anything

@polar199

2 жыл бұрын

anything? Can’t make a sandwich with it.

@future_guardian5_gaming

2 жыл бұрын

@@polar199 yes with time

@Kelly-cd3gb

2 жыл бұрын

@@polar199 technically possible

Kettenkrad, the little tracked vehicle that could.. Great video!

Oh man, all the new great content! Nice!

I hope a video on the M3/A1 Grease Gun is coming soon, I'm loving these. Great job JJ!

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

I was just starting to work on a Winchester but yes, okay, Grease gun next! :)

@activatekruger446

2 жыл бұрын

I shot a full auto grease gun with a suppressor at a local machine gun shoot. It was amazing.

What doesn't come across on screen is just how loud the tracks rattle when being driven. Definitely not a quiet recon type of vehicle

I'd heard years ago, that a number of them were brought to the U.S. after the War and used by the Department of Interior for the Parks Service to traverse and maintain the trail systems.

@TheTrueAdept

Жыл бұрын

Funnily enough, I had the kettenkrad appear earlier in an alternate timeline, and various interior ministries would trial the thing and would love them to death... after some safety issues were fixed.

Liking this purely for the use of Indy clips haha. Great work as always Johnny.

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. Love classic Indy.

One of my favorite 1/35 scale model builds! Would be fun to have an R/C version. 🤔

You been pumping out a lot of good videos/content! New subscriber

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

Right on. Welcome to the channel!

3:24 aw man, I miss Heroes & Generals :( nice vid btw, freaking love the box bike

A great new video, for a brand new year. There are many films about the HMMWV, I am sure you could make a video about the iconic Humvee, only if you have the time, that is. Take care, and all the best.

Another vehicle that needs to be put back into production!. BTW, NSU is the company that produced them, NSU is still in business today in Germany!. Highly collectable today!, One in good shape and running order will cost about 80-100.000 USD!. But there so cool!!!.

I guess Johnny Johnson is an anime fan. 🙂 Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou is amazing and scene where the two girls are hidding from the rain a droplets pouring trough the roof, hiting all sorts of things and make noise which in the end, if you listen carefully, create a song is one of the best scenes i´ve ever seen.

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

Жыл бұрын

I do like my anime 🤓

@jakubkopecky9878

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Anime and war machines. What a combination of hobbies! Actually it's the same for me. 😀

@code066funkinbird3

3 ай бұрын

Nice ​@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

Hmm interesting vehicle. Thank you for the information. I had always wondered what that funny silly little vehicle was in "Saving Private Ryan" LOL.

thank you for sharing the history of the absolute mad lad that is the Kettenkrad

2 potatoes in a kettenkrad is a legendary combination

Have a nice day, Mr. Johnson! Thanks for Superior video. As always films list the Great. Sincerely Yours, Sir!

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much 🙏

Fun Fact: The kettenkrad was used as a basis for the Mittlerer Ladungsträger Springer or Sd.Kfz. 304. It was a remote controlled armored demolition vehicle with 330 kg (728 lbs) of explosives. It was not entirely remote as the driver needed to drive it up until dismounting it near a target. It shared similar problems with its smaller cousin, the Leichter Ladungsträger Goliath, that it was expensive to produce and suffered some reliability issues.

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome additional information thanks so much for sharing

@eamonnclabby7067

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq thank goodness they were unreliable, on the other hand The Troubles in Northern Ireland were a good testing ground for motorised bomb disposal...and of course later in Iraq..

You made me watch and read "girl's last tour" and now I want my soul back

This is by far one of my best ww2 vehicle ever! 👏

Always enjoy these videos, would like to see one about the spitfire

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

That's a big project so saving it for awhile yet :)

👋👋🔥🔥👍👍💪💪 strong work sir. Keep it up. Intriguing and interesting

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly!

I talked to an owner of one at a museum a few years ago. Like anything German they are over engineered. Each track has like a grease port and some type of elaborate system for each track link. He explained it better than I and I was like why? This seems over the top

@TheTrueAdept

Жыл бұрын

Lack of rubber, oddly enough.

@treysmith8917

Жыл бұрын

@@TheTrueAdept he was a machinist and fabricator, so obtaining (making) parts wasn’t an issue

@TheTrueAdept

Жыл бұрын

@@treysmith8917 No, the overdesigned design was because of a lack of rubber.

@treysmith8917

Жыл бұрын

@@TheTrueAdept but the over design required rubber seals for the pins in the connecting rods

Johnny Johnson please do dp 27 and bazooka and piat in the movies

There was a company producing replica Kettenkrads for about $25K. They look virtually identical and had a diesel as an option. A video of a mud hill climb, pitted a jeep, Kubelwagen & Kettenrad. The Kettenrad zipped right up the hill, as the other two struggled for control & traction. (The last original WW2 I saw went for $135K USD).

This was really interesting....shows up how modern Quad bikes have their limitations..well done again for sharing this with us all, cheers / slainte.....E

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks as always E

"You can't put tracks on everything!" - Germany:

Finally, the beloved ketten from COH shows up!

The steering was not operated hydraulically, exclusively mechanically. At a rotation of more than five degrees of the handlebar some levers were actuated that braked the track on the inside of the turn, the differential sending the power to the other track.

germany - ok gentlemen we have limited resources we can only produce important things! also germany - half bike half tank, a goddamn bike on tracks.... backs.. no,no.. TRIKE! i NEED it!

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

You half track you didn't know you needed

@eamonnclabby7067

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq as mentioned earlier we on the wirral can only produce half half Biscuit....

@eamonnclabby7067

2 жыл бұрын

Apologies for the typo ...half man half Biscuit

When you want a motorcycle and a tank but you can only get one

man, girls last tour is soooo good

Fascinating! I always found it to be an ingenious design despite looking a bit silly.

At 3:14, I couldn't find the movie by the name of "You know this one". Perhaps I'm missing something?

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

The "Kettenkrad" can be seen in action in the Ar-234 episode of "WINGS" and "Great Planes" pulling Eric Sommers Blitz thru the snow...

Interesting. I wasn't sure if these were real or something Steven Spielberg dreamed up cuz it's cool looking. I have watched a lot of WW II war movies and can't recall ever seeing one before Saving Private Ryan.

Hey man love ur vids

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

@eamonnclabby7067

2 жыл бұрын

Seconded..

I'd love to see the me-262

I tried watching "Girls last Tour", but the first episode made me so depressed. I couldn´t watch it complete. I want to stress, its not BAD but really atmospheric.

@veterayt6800

2 жыл бұрын

I read the manga, yes it's depression incarnate But suffering is what builds us so I went and read the damn thing

I'd like to have one yes , also the Kubelwagen is nice

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

Take the misses out for a drive in style

@eamonnclabby7067

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Mrs C has suggested APC ,s she reckoned they were easier to handle than our cars ,interesting the British army are struggling to replace the Warrior....

Love your vids johhny! Could ypu analize the movie "che" i just find its setting really interesting.

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

I think that's an excellent movie. It's a big complicated movie but I'll get around to it one day for sure.

Cool, where can i buy one

the scene at 0:24 with the german cemetry - is that a scene of private james ryan?

This would be useful for modern day farm usage For real this time

Hi, The Kettenkrad didnt have an hydraulic steeringsupport. All goes mechanicaly from the fork to the steeringbrakes. Greetings

Seen it townig the Me 262s before pretty powerful wee thing!

Anyway things go, it's one of the few arguably adorable vehicles the otherwise warlike and loathsome Nahtzees ever made, alongside the Goliath remote controlled mini-bombtank. Still a darn shame the Girls' Last Tour anime adaptation never got towards the fifth and sixth manga volumes. What we got is great, but reaching the true ending would have made things all the more worthwhile... oh, well, let's just hope some animation studio wises up and creates an OVA follow-up for it. Besides, the likes of Mushi-Shi and Inuyasha have already succeeded in finishing up their full anime runs even after some years have passed since original release.

It's a neat vehicle to see in person. When you see it in person your like how is this thing gonna work but it works. I've talked to quite a few wwii american vets that's love to use them when captured. Tbh if you had land with rough patches, it's a perfect little vehicle.

Thanks for the informative video. I've been interested in this vehicle, but didn't know what to call it.

I would love to have one!

@SonsOfLorgar

2 жыл бұрын

The few I've seen for sale online has been around €120k asking price

Hi Johnny, very nice one on this cute vehicle. There is a German frase which goes, "besser schlecht gefahren als gut gelaufen". In English it is something like this, better a bad drive than a good walk. This sums up the whole thing about this vehicle very well. Thanks for your work mate, really appreciate the love and work you put into WWII.

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

Well thanks for always adding some German insight for me 🙏

Love your videos Johnny. One nit-pick: you never seem to use the word "unique" correctly. You're better than that. Happy New Year.

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Where are you from? Maybe it's just a weird Canadian way of saying it for me lol. I don't mind a few mistakes here and there I suppose it gives youtube a little personality over polished documentaries 🙂

@eamonnclabby7067

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Mrs C is always correcting my grammar and punctuation, I guess I,m from the James Joyce / Seumas Heaney flow of consciousness , school of ungrammatical language....with the merest hint of Oscar Wilde....and a nod to the FAB 4...Frankie goes to Hollywood and Declan McManus aka Elvis Costello, a fellow Birkonian..

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

Also do forgive any captions those are auto-generated and I don't always have a chance to write my own 🙏

@eamonnclabby7067

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Mrs C has asked me to pass on her best wishes on the auto gen stuff, and on the grounds we both had a Fab break in Toronto and Niagara Falls back in 2012, and like me think a lot of the well deserved reputation of the Canadian people for being well....nice..an overworked word but thoroughly deserved...cheers / slainte...E

It would be so fun to ride around in that thing out in the country.

I thought that they started out as civilian vehicles and ended as such. AFAIK, they were speciality vehicles similar to the snow mobile, but a bit broader application, especially for the alpine region. It should be pretty obvious that they excell at driving through unpaved, steep, narrow, paths in forests and mountains and were often besides mules the only way to supply remote cabins... They were used by forrestry workers, some peasants and hunters, people visiting remote stations (radio, weather...) and they were used to lay cables for power and communication.

There were a number of odd purpose built vehicles from WW2 that deserve to be remembered , some on track or wheels wings or on the water or it under . For some there are only a few or a single example , sadly some only exist in books or photos or movies .

I know this doesn't have much to do with price of toast and Bovril, but a Kettenkrad { albeit heavily modified } was the basis for the chainsaw-tank vehichle that was used in one particularly memorable boss fight in the video game, Resident Evil : Village.

I love see it in Saving Private Ryan. An interesting piece of Machinery.

4:51 the small open truck in front of the Kettenkrad is a postwar Unimog 401. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unimog_401

Came back from watching the cartoon. Very interesting story telling and somehow peaceful.

Bit like the Bren Carrier

Is it a tank? Is it a bike? Nein, it's more mobile tracktor.

Girls last tour is a really nice anime, that also features other historical vehicles.

A tank mixed with a motorcycle. My two favourite things in one vehicle. I so want one.

Eyy ze baby halftrack

If i offered 1 Billion dollar and Big Mansion, i preferred kettenkrad

I love how it only says you know this one 3:14

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

;)

Obvious, but you should do the M1 Garand. There’s even a couple in the Muppets Most Wanted believe it or not!

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

Frick okay I'll look that scene up now

My favorite WW2 vehicle

Oh they actually brought up girls last tour!

The most funnest of all German vehicles.

Wow earliest I’ve made it to a Video

Sir, You have sold me..... I'll take one in a blue/gray

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

I'll ship one out to you tomorrow

My Norwegian relatives used one of these, left by the Germans, to haul lumber in the forest. Apparently worked pretty well, but very thirsty.

Johnny's last tour

"You know this one"

I don't need any luck, Sarge! I was born lucky!

The Mercedes logo at 4:57 is upside down.

IN OUR OWN LANGUAGE, KETTENKRAD IS CALLED 半履帶摩托車 OR 半履帶電單車 半履帶=HALF-TRACK 摩托車/電單車=MOTOR CYCLE 摩托車 IS THE NAME OF MOTOR CYCLE IN MANDARIN 電單車 IS THE NAME OF MOTOR CYCLE IN CANTONESE

I watched Girls Last Tour and kno wthe little guy from this show. I fell in love imediately! I want one~

Is "Girls Last Tour" related to "Girls und Panzer"? Is it any good, like good enough for a bing watch this weekend?

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

Жыл бұрын

Completely different vibe I'd say but give an episode a try.

Man... _Girls Last Tour_ brings back all the feelz... Just not quite as much as _Made in Abyss'_ S1E13 did... That was brutal on my tear ducts 😑

Hi

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

We have a winner!

3:24 what game is this?

@Hans-pt7qf

8 ай бұрын

*was, Heroes & Generals, it was shutdown earlier this year sadly :(

@terjeaasheim3651

8 ай бұрын

@@Hans-pt7qf now thats a shame :(

I see GLT, I click