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@lemonstrekarma79

13 күн бұрын

armchair the sahara is moroccon stop dividing morocco pls

@jamsya493

13 күн бұрын

Chinese spyware

@mateimarian1937

12 күн бұрын

No I don't want my data stolen by Chinese companies

@Potato........................

8 күн бұрын

Alright am going to whislist the Game since It would be cool to play like You're animations

@JackSeries44

8 күн бұрын

9:40 your joke was so funny that i just wanted to let you know : be careful when you go outside, little "accidents" happen daily. Hope your greedy soul was worth your pun.

The fact that the Chadians figured out that driving over 100 km/h over mines didn’t make them detonate just showed how chad the Chadians are

@ethanton7074

13 күн бұрын

Truest Chad moment of all time.

@simulify8726

13 күн бұрын

I swear I have read this similar sounding comment in other guy's video

@balabanasireti

13 күн бұрын

No one says that word anymore

@balabanasireti

13 күн бұрын

​@@ethanton7074 Just stop 😭

@hilmust6278

13 күн бұрын

@@balabanasireti and? Idgaf

Toyota stocks whenever a war in the middle east or Africa breaks out:📈📈📈📈📈

@nathyboi21

13 күн бұрын

lol

@cheeyiluay9315

13 күн бұрын

Who knows the Toyota executive might be behind the war

@ReySchultz121

13 күн бұрын

​@@cheeyiluay9315 The Japanese, really?

@cgt3704

13 күн бұрын

Stonks

@ishaandivgi7635

13 күн бұрын

No wonder those mfs are dirty rich

Gaddafi probably had nightmares where a Toyota Hilux would chase him around Tripoli.

@AriannaBredin

13 күн бұрын

Part 2: kzread.info/dash/bejne/rIR7xdSbZcLAiMY.html

@paleoph6168

13 күн бұрын

A Tripoli moment.

@KaiBooth-iz1hi

13 күн бұрын

I feel like it would be like that plankton meme where he just Screams No! No! No! In his sleep.

@Emigdiosback

13 күн бұрын

His last moments had him tied to the hood of one

@dudebro91-fn7rz

13 күн бұрын

​@Emigdiosback and how's libya doing these days?

Toyota pick ups are the Nokia 3310s of cars

@CrossOfBayonne

13 күн бұрын

True, Toyota is one of the important manufacturers for pick up and also SUVs

@FettermanGPT

13 күн бұрын

Nokia 3310s are the Toyota pickups of cell phones

@eatassonthefirstdate

12 күн бұрын

is that the OG Nokia brick that has the game Snake? aka the phone that holds a charge for 5 days? 😅 aka the Nokia u can accidentally drop out the car window going 70 mph and it still survived? 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 I betcha there's a warehouse somewhere full of them things that could be used to power an entire country for like 3 days 😅😅😅😅

@donteh58

12 күн бұрын

​@eatassonthefirstdate yes the Nokia that can set off ieds and still call afterwards

@Crazyslavicman

12 күн бұрын

And ladas, they’re indistructable

Suiting how a nation named "Chad" used convertible Toyota trucks against a more militarily advanced/modern nation, and still won.

@SteveInLava

13 күн бұрын

🗿🇹🇩

@lwinkoko6367

13 күн бұрын

Chadians are chads beacause they are from Chad.

@johnf.kennedy9346

12 күн бұрын

the french won it for them

@Sof_alm

12 күн бұрын

With French air support and weapons yes

@Who_Knows-kp1yq

12 күн бұрын

@@johnf.kennedy9346 It's undeniable that French air dominance was essential to the Chadians success in the early part of the war. I just wanted to make a joke about how a bunch of guys on converted Toyota's were able to push back the Libyans from the Aouzou strip.

The truck that changed HISTORY forever.

@AriannaBredin

13 күн бұрын

Part 2: kzread.info/dash/bejne/rIR7xdSbZcLAiMY.html

@Cactusgamer303

13 күн бұрын

Yes bro and there better than trucks today they can carry more and hold more a lot of people still use them

@LegoVaderFan2011

13 күн бұрын

@@AriannaBredinbot

@diablohernandez6040

13 күн бұрын

So personal story i once fought on one of them yes on one of those pick up trucks for a warlord in africa (not gonna say cuz he’s still alive). That mf thing was fast as hell when nothings on it and the dessert kinda slowed it but not by a lot. I remembered losing a truck on one day and being replaced the next.

@seb_1504

13 күн бұрын

Wouldn't that be the Opel Blitz

The biggest flex/marketing scheme ever devised. Japanese civilian vehicles quite literally driving circles around Soviet armor I can only imagine that has news of this came out, and Chad won more victories, that Toyata dealerships the world over were swamped with buyers.

@ferrjuan

13 күн бұрын

A capitalist consumer product beat a Commie weapon of war if that doesn’t tell you how inept Communism is I don’t know what will.

@dexterwestin3747

13 күн бұрын

Agreed and Top Gear took the Toyota Hilux even higher.

@lightningstrike5024

12 күн бұрын

libya occupied the entire north of chad so "more victories" is debatable

@thanakonpraepanich4284

12 күн бұрын

@@lightningstrike5024 With the way conflicts are progressing, Chadians can afford to wait until Libya stop existing then pull up to mop up survivors. This time they can afford some used Nissan Safari sold by Dubai car dealers.

@lightningstrike5024

12 күн бұрын

@@thanakonpraepanich4284 huh?

Chad is a country that stays true to its name.

@ironheart5830

13 күн бұрын

Chad republic Vs Virgin Jamahiriya :D

@captainkrajick

10 күн бұрын

The chad meme gets the guy's face from the country Chad!

@yuiyui9575

9 күн бұрын

Gedaffi was a true Chad the country fall Soo much after him

@lw1xwyd761

8 күн бұрын

@@yuiyui9575yes 😢

@coltyt9529

8 күн бұрын

🗿🗿🗿

The best Toyotathon commercial in history

@rdf4315

13 күн бұрын

I'll give it to Toyota they definitely had some good commercials especially the one with the sea monster, it try to destroy the Toyota truck and kill everybody inside but couldn't because that's just how good and tough Toyota makes their trucks, but my favorite vehicle commercial still has to be Chevrolet, the world had ended, and the apocalypse had begun, but these few friends survived only because they had a Chevrolet trucks, they all met up in the middle of town glad to see one another, but also confused because they didn't see John, one of the friends had to break the bad news to the rest, John didn't make it, he had a Ford truck, lmao 🤣 Ford sued Chevrolet the next morning, apparently they didn't like the commercial.

You just know there’s at least one ad exec at Toyota that wants to use this as an ad campaign

@213kilacali

12 күн бұрын

I was just thinking that lol but Liberals would try to cancel them 😂

@nursestoyland

12 күн бұрын

what about that dodge challenger ad?

@ethanolol9164

12 күн бұрын

😅9😅 6:44 ​@@213kilacali

@theawesomeman9821

12 күн бұрын

"Brought to you and sponsored by-"

@prestonjones1653

7 күн бұрын

​@@213kilacali That would just encourage the Japanese.

Face off and defeat Russian made tanks with pick up trucks with guns attached. What a bunch of Chads.

@kingace6186

13 күн бұрын

Not just Russian made. Soviet made. Back then, the Soviets used to make the second best military technology in the world. Russian Federation wishes.

@cykablyat123br9

13 күн бұрын

Ironic... Chadians used soviet weapons against soviet tanks in those pick up trucks.

@GetRidOfCivilAssetForfeiture

12 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😅😅😅

@dr.floridaman4805

12 күн бұрын

Ukraine sucks globalist ballsacks

@commenter648

12 күн бұрын

​@@cykablyat123br9only bias can beat bias

Sir… the Toyatas have breached our defenses…

@AndrewDeathzomde

13 күн бұрын

How!? we send tanks regiments in the region... HOW THE HELL OUR TANKS GOT DEFEATED BY TOYATAS!?

@darthdogeyt3260

12 күн бұрын

You see what they’ve done to our colleagues!

@nursestoyland

12 күн бұрын

theres nothing we can do

@sovietunion9916

12 күн бұрын

"Sir, they stole our helicopters."

@xahmadx6442

11 күн бұрын

"There's nothing we can do"

Light cavalry never dies!

@Damndyingkid

12 күн бұрын

Well except in that one poem

@omskc_gb4728

9 күн бұрын

@@Damndyingkid The Charge of the 1983 Toyota Hilux Brigade

@Damndyingkid

9 күн бұрын

@@omskc_gb4728 ours is not to reason why but to do or die

war fought on trucks is somehow the least crazy thing I've seen in ages

@BeyondDaX

13 күн бұрын

Especially in games such as Command and Conquer Generals

@wackyotter1235

13 күн бұрын

Imo its a modern day kind of calvary, Ukraine is using Humvee’s to similar effect. Horses are useless compared to the eternal and unthinking V6. And horse’s probably wouldn’t like a recoilless rifle strapped to them.

And you release this on 4/20. Genius.

@thekillshootable

13 күн бұрын

I don't get it

@VoiceOfTheEmperor

13 күн бұрын

@@thekillshootable Weed.

@loyalpiper

13 күн бұрын

​@@thekillshootable you'd only get it if you're american since they're the only ones who do month/day/year

@AriannaBredin

13 күн бұрын

Full video kzread.info/dash/bejne/rIR7xdSbZcLAiMY.html

@larryalvares1369

13 күн бұрын

@@thekillshootablecolumbine

That machine gun on top of the tank is a 12.7mm with a traverse fast enough to deal with fast moving helicopters. The fact that they couldnt deal with unarmored trucks shows how poorly trained and prepared the libyans were.

@dark_sammie

12 күн бұрын

Yeah, although even if they were properly trained, how many trucks would they shoot before they became overwhelmed by the numbers. They most likely just underestimated the Chadians

@aaronpaul9188

12 күн бұрын

@@dark_sammie they for sure underestimated the chadians. But they also panicked and lost any and all order and cohesion. They remain calm and in formation and return fire in an organized manner and the results are very different.

@TemenosL

11 күн бұрын

If they're low-flying helicopters, yes.. bear in mind too, this doesn't work so well when moving. This animation depicts one thing, but I sincerely doubt there was very much accurate fire when travelling at speed; obviously, those guns are not stabilized, and I highly doubt that traversing the desert as they were, it was nice and flat terrain. I am thinking either they stopped or slowed to actually fire, or, they drove ridiculously close to let loose RPGs and heavy MG fire. (Meaning like.. 50-100 feet).

@ProudTurkroach

11 күн бұрын

​​@@aaronpaul9188 Dictators choose generals based on their loyalty to them rather than military competence Thus their troops are rarely combat ready

@derbyblade9572

9 күн бұрын

That said truck is attached with Anti-Tank/Anti-Aircraft/Bunker Bustar/Whatever they can attach and can outmanuver tank.

Chad really said "Screw it, we ball"

@idk-xp7kj

13 күн бұрын

And boy did they ball.

Toyota Yes but equipped with MILAN guided ATM , the french knew what they were doing with the technicals

@briantarigan7685

12 күн бұрын

Most are not equipped with Milan, but Dshk, RPG and Recoilles anti tank rifle, it is also 100% Chadian tactics that make them able to utilize the trucks to it's full capacity. Even after the French Withdraw their support, that's where the Chadian get their largest victory in the war

@floor_tile

12 күн бұрын

Do you know why France was even involved?

@unknownbeing7750

10 күн бұрын

​@@floor_tilemoney

@floor_tile

10 күн бұрын

@@unknownbeing7750 I see

@jeanfonssedeporte3158

3 күн бұрын

@@floor_tile Most of our electricity is made by nuclear power, and a lot of our uranium came from Chad. Stability in the region meant stability in our country. Also, Chad is one of our former colony, and at the time it was still considered a bit like our duty to pacify the region we left Now things have changed a bit, with the instability in Chad we buy our Uranium elsewhere. And Russian influence and propaganda is pushing the French away from the former colonies. Now, no French soldiers are officially deployed on African soil (except for sea base), the Wagner militia is replacing us

You know, in some ways the Chadian tactics were the exact same that nomad horse archers have been using for centuries. Extreme mobility is always a massive advantage.

When I was younger, I was a bit confused why the GLA had pickup trucks in command and conquer generals... now I understand.

fighters with Toyota pickups are the modern nomadic horse archers of the modern era.

"This war over a critical resource deposit involving a bunch of tanks was sponsored by the TOYOTA Corporation."

@JosephBelfort

12 күн бұрын

why did i read it with callmeezikil voice ?

Really pulled a mad max moment

@thanakonpraepanich4284

12 күн бұрын

And did it all with putt-putt 2.0 diesel under the hood, not 351 V8 with Phase 4 head.

“You should be ashamed of your military honor!” Theodore Roosevelt Das Lumpenpack: Mit dem Toyota Corona Von Opa und Oma.

@faithlesspancake4800

13 күн бұрын

XD

That truck revolutionized warfare forever

@fitzachella

13 күн бұрын

Real

@CrossOfBayonne

13 күн бұрын

The Ford Model T back in WW1 would say hold my beer

@fallout560

13 күн бұрын

DJI drones are the sequel to this

@kenm5896

13 күн бұрын

​@@fallout560Not really. DJI drones have to be extensively modified to be tactical. Toyota trucks are already tactical out of the box.

@stc2828

8 күн бұрын

@@kenm5896Lol no, Toyota truck need to mount guns and missiles just like DJI need to be modded to drop grenades

Japan: “we are a nation of peace!” Toyota: “I am not a nation!”

Hylux / Tacoma Built for peace, proven in war. Built Toyota tough! * Proud Taco owner

@seb_1504

13 күн бұрын

The Tacoma is an overweight oversized Hilux that's more like a minivan than an actual truck

@sanc9808

10 күн бұрын

pretty sure the Hilux is closer to the 4runner and the Taco is its own chassis nowadays

@yacinealg152

2 минут бұрын

Nah, the tacoma is bad compared to the Hilux, it's bigger and heavier just for the US market The rest of the world uses the superior Hilux, the real toyota pick-up truck

Muammar Ghadaffi: How could I lose to an army of Toyota Heluxes when I have tanks? Jeremy Clarkson: You shouldn't have chosen the weaker vehicle.

Chad making a CHAD move

Oh, if Toyota and Nokia would come together to design a tank. I'm not sure what conventional weapon would destroy it.

@humanperson9443

10 күн бұрын

Floor lego

imagine those Chadians driving over those mines while GAS! GAS! GAS! was blasting on the radio.

@VMohdude-

12 күн бұрын

You mean Chads

@nursestoyland

12 күн бұрын

while driving over landmines

I like how, even with just Toyota pick up trucks, they still somehow managed to gain air superiority

@Boundraries

10 күн бұрын

The french air force

Literal Numidian Light Cavalry.

Ford’s been pretty quiet after this dropped

@thanakonpraepanich4284

12 күн бұрын

Technicals made from Ford F-150 deployed by ISIS in Iraq were dogs with flea. Of course they want to keep it quiet.

A 6 figure tank that requires a squad of high paid specialists to maintain or a durable pickup that any layperson with a manual, wrench and a screwdriver?

Libya getting beaten by a relatively inferior nation called Chad with pickup trucks is just great, even cinematic.

No armor is the best armor

@PlatinumNath

12 күн бұрын

Speeeeeeed and powerrrrrr

Best commercial to advertise the Hilux. The famed 'indestructible' truck was indeed indestructible in this war. I can see why AM General started making conversions for the Hilux alongside their Humvees. But Humvees are also good as well

Gonna play again Commnad and Conquer and picking GLA faction again to overwhelm enemies with Technicals

@thertsfan

9 күн бұрын

Pick off the weaker vehicles for the good salvage

@jadeorbigoso5212

9 күн бұрын

@@thertsfan yep

Ah, I see. Running peak Dodge Build actually works in real life. This must've broke the Tank Build meta.

@TheClownNextHouse

12 күн бұрын

no armor best armor

>have bad day >griffin uploads >day now good Love this channel

@dotdarkness

13 күн бұрын

Fr

@richardrobinson7645

13 күн бұрын

>need to poo >lay a big smelly steamer >day better

@AriannaBredin

13 күн бұрын

Part 2: kzread.info/dash/bejne/rIR7xdSbZcLAiMY.html

@rosnajulia

13 күн бұрын

Better if it looks like a prank video

@mrspaceman9307

13 күн бұрын

What happened bro.

Imagine being a Libyan soldier and seeing an army of Chadians driving pickup trucks towards your airfield

Just ask Top Gear about how tough the Helix is!

Toyota (used to) shows that quality > quantity. Quantity prolongs wars. Quality wins wars.

@SaifAlikhan-wy1zs

13 күн бұрын

Quantity has its own quality

@themenacingpenguin.7152

12 күн бұрын

@@SaifAlikhan-wy1zs Quantity is overwhelming. It's important to know when to use quantity.

@shaunstakiw2722

9 күн бұрын

Ripping on Russia.

@707EvoX

2 күн бұрын

Well Germany favored quality over quantity and they lost cuz of attrition. Quality can win wars quickly which is why they had early success. But once u get bogged down and locked into a war of attrition, it all becomes about who can tank and replace their losses quicker

A new day, a new video about history

During this conflict, General Haftar was captured by Chad and abandoned by Gaddafi. Haftar would return to Lybia in the 2010s to overthrow Gaddafi and form his own government in Tobruk.

@GigaChadlovesandcares

11 күн бұрын

Didn’t know that fact from our old pal out of Libya, that’s intriguing to say the least!

If the French gave the Chadians fords theyd've lost the war in 6 hours.

"I sure do love driving my 2020 Chevy Silverado"

@seb_1504

13 күн бұрын

*Transmission breaks down at 5000miles*

@Miningboi2

13 күн бұрын

“hi Squidward”

@thanakonpraepanich4284

12 күн бұрын

@@seb_1504 Nobody told ISIS that when they nicked them from American and civilian motor pool, thinking they are just as durable as Toyota.

The art has gotten so much better

Gigachads in Toyotas are unstoppable

Literally like modern day Mongols/Scythians circling and peppering slow moving knights with arrows

Literally, all I think of with the Toyota War is the GLA from Command and Conquer: Generals! maybe I'm the only one but that game ruled!

In war affected areas the most common thing is a toyota

who would win? gaddafi and his modern army vs some whacky boyz riding a japanese vehichles called toyota

@gewerh9872

13 күн бұрын

Chad for a reason 🗿🗿

@jet_bean

13 күн бұрын

@@gewerh9872 now its a terrible place to live in

Did not know much about that conflict. Perfectly presented here, thank you.

Perfect, down to the last minute detail.

Toyota, let's go places!

Great video as always, keep up the good work👍

Now this...THIS was a game changer

🇱🇾: NO, YOU CANNOT JUST DEFEAT OUR TANKS WITH TOYOTAS 😭 🇹🇩: 🧏 🤫🗿

Nothing like the French supporting a brutal dictator

Literally modern numidian cavalry

Toyota are never the prettiest nor the fastest but they're unmatched in terms of reliability. I drove my Highlander until almost 300,000 miles before selling it (it drove fine even then; just really really wanted a Cadillac)

Chad being an actual chad win against a much larger nation

You see, Gaddafi used Ford or found on road dead. While the Chads used Toyota or Taking out your obsolete tank armor.

I'm still waiting for the Toyota Tech Tree to be added to War Thunder.

One if my favorite channels keep up making great videos

New animated history? AND it's the Libyan Chadian war? BASED

the virgin T-55 vs the CHAD Toyota Hilux

Great video. Watched it with my dad who was around back then but never really heard much about it at the time, aside from the fact it happened. Both of us were commenting on the great visuals you made.

Thanks for covering this guys, another fantastic, high quality video!

Just a few corrections on the Toyota's themselves: 1. Hilux is pronounced high-lux not he-lux as it comes from the Japanese pronunciation (Hairakkusu). 2. The Hilux shown at 6:04 is way to modern for 1986/1987. The one shown looks to be a sixth generation Hilux (1997-2005), as its body is smooth. The Chadians would have been using fourth generation Hilux's and earlier. 3. The Hilux's shown at 7:33 look to be more correct.

@TheRealEtaoinShrdlu

7 күн бұрын

Hilux is short for High Luxury.

Awesome topic to cover, more of these less popular conflicts would be great! Great work

Chad moves by Chad

Adapt, improvise, and overcome.

Man your vids are so good bro. I wish I could get your game, idk if it will work on my pc.

It said that Libyan pilot was so scared of French airforce that made them refuse to flew

This video was sponsored by Toyota

Of course you “forgot” to mention that NATO airplanes were conducting strikes on Gaddafi’s troops during this war

@David-eh9le

13 күн бұрын

Damn, i wonder what france is part of

Thanks for providing us with this fascinating piece of history Armchair Historian. The Toyota War changed desert warfare forever and Toyota executives must have been shocked by how successful their products were in war and the country of Chad lived up to its name. Here's a fun fact: when he died Gaddafi's dead body was taken away in one of the Toyota pickup trucks to twist the knife further, how ironic.

@omshah8529

13 күн бұрын

Gaddafi's body on his main enemies truck is just 😂

I love your videos so much keep on doing what you're doing. Your amazing 🤩🤩🤩🤩

This completely convinced me to keep my toyota 😅

Who will win the libyan army which is stronger and has tanks or some bois form chad in toyotas

Jeremy Clarkson was right. Speed and power does solves everything

Truly a David versus Goliath story

Taco truck go boom

Excellent video! Best in a while

I only had a passing knowledge of this conflict. Fantastic video, thanks, Griff!

This was a reupload, remembered watching this a year ago, og viewers baby

Top gear did two segments on the toyota hilux's legendary durability and ease of field repairs because of this war. Must watch if you really want to know WHY toyotas were used.

7:24 Hey, hey people

I like it when u dont put that much memes in the videos it just makes them nicer to watch

Oh there is so much more to this story, let me tell you about my unit going to Chad for a mission called Mount Hope III. The Libyan's happened to leave behind a HIP 8 and a HIND 24 that our government wanted and we went to Chad entered into the strip of no-mans land and took them. Chaos in the 80s, Death Waits in the Dark. Purple Haze.

Toyota "High-Lux" not " Helux"

So.. were any other vehicles ever tried? mazda? nisan? subaru?🤔

@foxy126pl6

13 күн бұрын

Not in this war, but in others ive seen nissans and fords aswell

@AudreyBelrose-kz5lw

13 күн бұрын

@@foxy126pl6 there is a joke here, but ill be mature about it.. only just. anyhow, why they where made a drone in Ukraine surprise me. maybe it not as possible as i think

I like how this a modern version of light cavalry(toyoto) vs heavy cavalry(tanks)

1985 toyota tacoma trucks vs Military complex vehicles....🤔 Edit: Thank you for the information and keep it up!😎👍

“Let’s go places”

Egyptian-Libyan War was in 1977 and for 3 days ended up in the same humiliation for Muammar Gaddafi 😅