“…They still had to compete their mission.” Accidentally invading another country is no excuse for not executing your orders.

@hanrockabrand95

10 ай бұрын

In Russia, you execute orders before the orders execute YOU.

@gnarthdarkanen7464

10 ай бұрын

I can only imagine some of those conversations... Col : Well, it's about time you and the funky-bunch showed up. What happened? Lt. : Nobody sent us a chopper, so we had to walk. Col : 20 miles?! Lt. : Yes, sir. Col : Why the hell did you force march 20 miles through the d*mn desert for a battle? Lt. : Honestly, sir, at this point, I have no excuse for that... ;o)

@pegcity4eva

10 ай бұрын

But it might be an excuse for being executed.

@AAAAAA-tj1nq

5 ай бұрын

imagine not able to spell complete instead of compete

@LordVader1094

5 ай бұрын

Good soldiers follow orders.

Imagine being a security guard for an asphalt factory and all of a sudden you see a whole army land in front

@mikeschlau4501

10 ай бұрын

Security guard: "What a boring job, some action would be nice.... oh!" 😱

@SabreWolferos

9 ай бұрын

current objective: survive

@baginatora

7 ай бұрын

@@mikeschlau4501 Security guard 1 to security guard 2: *sigh* "Another boring day at the job.." Soviet army: *Knock knock*

@goldenfiberwheat238

5 ай бұрын

When an army is attacking your job site but your shift is over

@AAAAAA-tj1nq

5 ай бұрын

imagine being a shepherd and all of a sudden american carpet bombs your sheeps

You know when Paper Skies says "a chain of unforeseen events" it is going to be a good day

@pittypatterputzzler5311

10 ай бұрын

RuZZans are always good for a laughing.

@tommykaung5882

10 ай бұрын

More like a casual misunderstanding.

@Vivisectus

10 ай бұрын

Yes. Yes you do.

@Ugly_German_Truths

10 ай бұрын

"a chain of unforseen events" is the one line history of the Red Air Force...

@marlontorres2752

10 ай бұрын

​@@pittypatterputzzler5311❤2

The most amazing part about this is the Captain not getting scapegoated by his higher ups

@PaperSkiesAviation

10 ай бұрын

I know, it caught my attention too.

@legoeasycompany

10 ай бұрын

@@PaperSkiesAviation welp you know how it goes ,the Soviet Union wouldn't be the Soviet Union if normal wasn't abnormal

@j.griffin

10 ай бұрын

@@PaperSkiesAviation The Soviet Union wouldn’t be the Soviet Union if it wasn’t in your videos! Thank you for keeping history funny,relevant and interesting, especially to those who otherwise might not care about history…

@dclark142002

10 ай бұрын

I mean, even though it was a failed operation...the fallout wasn't actually 'that bad'. Just two dead and a minimal expense had to be paid out. Compared to some other failures by the Great Powers during the Cold War...(airliner shoot downs, nuclear weapon drops over Spain, etc.) this wasn't that bad. Maybe it wasn't worth seriously punishing the Captain.

@memph1ston

10 ай бұрын

@@PaperSkiesAviation In an era without cockpit flight recorders, he most certainly would have fallen on that sword.

Captain: “Sir I think you are making a great mistake” Colonel: “Lieutenant, this comrade has lost his composure”

@EzekielDeLaCroix

10 ай бұрын

"I saw it. I saw Farsi Iranian on the road signs. There's Farsi on the roads. We're in Iran." "He's delusional. Send him to the penal battalion."

@thelvadam2884

10 ай бұрын

@@EzekielDeLaCroix Solitarty ! NOW !!!

@hailexiao2770

10 ай бұрын

@@EzekielDeLaCroix Alternatively: "Are you sure it wasn't Dari or Tajiki?"

@MrShs812

10 ай бұрын

@@caseyb1346 LMAO

@johnrickard8512

10 ай бұрын

​@@hailexiao2770Why did I read this in Zap Brannigan's voice?

"Invaded a country by accident" Indeed a true Soviet moment

@wogelson

10 ай бұрын

Still better than invading 5 countries and killing millions of people 💀

@alexisruhl2916

10 ай бұрын

Liechtenstein and Switzerland "wars" in a nutshell

@robertbruce7686

10 ай бұрын

Looking at you Pootin 😎

@hanrockabrand95

10 ай бұрын

I seem to remember this wasn't the only time a Russian military aircraft invaded Iran by mistake... 🤔

@hanrockabrand95

10 ай бұрын

@@carkawalakhatulistiwa A Flock of Seagulls song 🤷‍♂️

Imagine going to work and there are Soviet helicopters and troops blowing your building up

@ZGryphon

10 ай бұрын

"Welp, I guess I'm not clocking in today."

@galliman123

10 ай бұрын

HECU and Black Mesa

@Mohseniranparast

10 ай бұрын

And your army destroys soviet choppers and they even ask for apology

@Ballin4Vengeance

4 ай бұрын

DAY OFF! YAY!

@peterpanini96

Ай бұрын

Imagine america high precision weapons doing that... in Africa for 30 years... 😂

My grandpa was a Yak-13, Mig-15, Mig-17 and Mig-21 pilot. Once he managed to land at Szolnok instead of Kecskemét. There was a funny conversation between him and the tower. He was in prison for 3 days.

@Ballin4Vengeance

4 ай бұрын

US Navy had a couple cases where a pilot landed on the wrong carrier. There’d be some teasing, he’d get refueled, carrier crew would spraypaint his plane with “dumbass” or “who gave a blind guy a pilot license” and so and he’d be on his way.

@totalNERD-eo7wx

27 күн бұрын

@@Ballin4Vengeance My favorite: "Must be Air Force"

@chieftainmk_11

4 күн бұрын

@@Ballin4VengeanceAdding onto this, I believe that cases of this did happen during WW2 and the crews just refueled and rearmed them like any other plane!

Man Iran first got mistakenly crossed by Tu-22, then they get mistakenly invaded 😂

@PaperSkiesAviation

10 ай бұрын

the fate of living next to Russia :)

@alastairward2774

10 ай бұрын

I thought for a second this was a re-upload, you mean they did it again?

@tetraxis3011

10 ай бұрын

At least it’s on accident.

@someonee3186

10 ай бұрын

@@alastairward2774 a Soviet Tu-22 mistakenly flew to Iran in 1980, in the middle of the Iran-Iraq war, Iraq used the Tu-22 to bomb Iranian targets,

@ZGryphon

10 ай бұрын

"Yuri... you've lost _another_ -submarine- Tu-22?"

As an Iranian , I am highly surprised by the description and thumbnail of the video! I never heard of such event before. I feel sorry for those 2 guards. Iranian youtubers are totally sleep, only covering stereotypical topics. While this untold events uncover true history. Thanks to the Channel for making such amazing and 1st time video!

@Yarkanlaki

8 ай бұрын

😂 do u have KZreadrs too

@hazzardalsohazzard2624

8 ай бұрын

Iranian KZreadrs might get arrested if they make a video in a way that upsets their Government

@hamidomrani3960

8 ай бұрын

Persian trend on KZread

@alifallah867

7 ай бұрын

​@@hazzardalsohazzard2624 dont spread lies

@abdou.the.heretic

6 ай бұрын

​@@alifallah867hail khomeni

Impressed by the reaction time and the courage of the Iranian army. They thought they were being invaded by the USSR and engaged the numerous enemy with whatever they had at hand.

@Parsa_m

10 ай бұрын

They surely had a lot of questions why USSR army is attacking a random asphalt factory

@hansnichirin11

10 ай бұрын

during the same time iranians were at war with iraq trying to execute the operation of reoccupation of khoramshahr. they had to be pretty confused when that happened at the east when they were busy at the west. "they also reoccupied khoramshahr successfully"

@Ugly_German_Truths

10 ай бұрын

unlikely... that reaction sounds much more liek a warning shot across the bow to use a naval metaphor.

@souvikrc4499

10 ай бұрын

@@hansnichirin11and Iraq was being supported by both the USSR and the US at the time, while Iran was being covertly backed by Israel and the US. The Iran-Iraq war was truly wild.

@souvikrc4499

10 ай бұрын

And considering past wars between Russia and Iran, they had every right.

Similar things happen quite a lot in wartime. Several Dutch cities were bombed by lost US and British bomber units during WW2, with heavy loss of civilian life and a lot of destruction, bomber units that mistakenly thought they were over Germany and misidentified for example Enschede as Muenster.

@kirgan1000

10 ай бұрын

A more "funny" story, is about a allied bomber that tried to make an emergency landing in neutral Sweden. It did have a full bombload, and did not wanted to try to land with it, but did not want to bomb sombady in Sweden. So the bombardier aimed at a "lake" in the night, and hit some greenhouse in Sweden.

@Muaddibize

10 ай бұрын

It's not the same. It's one thing for a bomber to mistake his target. But as an infantryman, to not realize you are attacking a factory and not a military base is hilarious.

@robertkalinic335

10 ай бұрын

​@@MuaddibizeDude just think again about what you said, those infantrymen were paradropped right on target... It wasnt their job to find it on the map.

@leaveme3559

10 ай бұрын

​@@Muaddibizemuj didn't have proper military bases they would always have such establishments to hide from the soviets

@065Tim

10 ай бұрын

​@@Muaddibize Maybe you should read up on guerilla warfare.

Soviets hiding the markings on their Mi-6 helicopters is like America using B-52 bombers with markings removed and doing a covert operations on a rival country to hide its involvement. That's Baldrick level of ingenuity!

@CativaBR

10 ай бұрын

A bunch of unmarked F-22s, no one will suspect a thing!

@naamadossantossilva4736

10 ай бұрын

​@@CativaBR"Oh,our airforce just exploded!Must've been the russians with their Su-57s".

@hailexiao2770

10 ай бұрын

@@naamadossantossilva4736 Paint them in Russian Air Force blue camo and use radar reflectors. No one will notice the difference

@hwuilee

10 ай бұрын

It was a cunning plan.

@leonidyevseyev888

10 ай бұрын

russians occupying the Crimea peninsula with no markings - an army of "green men" - asswipes of the first kind!

The automatic subtitles keep saying "error strike" instead of "air strike" and it is remarkably fitting

@sinisterthoughts2896

11 күн бұрын

It might not be a mistaken subtitle, in this context!

Imagine sitting on a bus turning your head to the right and saw dozens of Mi helicopters holy

@Andy_Novosad

10 ай бұрын

Well you can easily witness this type of thing. Just watch the video of russian helicopters over the Sea of Kyiv on February 24 of 2022.

@LynxSnowCat

10 ай бұрын

"They're racing ahead of us... think that means we should try to arrive 'late' today; If nobody minds?"

@dmitryziryanov7396

10 ай бұрын

​@@Andy_Novosad200 and 24? There are a huge difference

@loljk1991

10 ай бұрын

Soviet army was so dumb per International standards, but great per Soviet standards 😂

@loljk1991

10 ай бұрын

​@@Andy_Novosadand then they were all kicked out of Kyiv.

as an Iranian, I'm surprised I've never even heard of this

@KING-bt1tm

10 ай бұрын

We were at war with Iraq at the time so the news of an accidental Soviet attack on Iranian soil was not seen as important by the Iranian gov and media.

@nikoladedic6623

10 ай бұрын

​@@KING-bt1tmPlus, Soviets apologized. Do you know how rare that is?

@alirezamohsenpour4648

10 ай бұрын

منم :))

@souvikrc4499

10 ай бұрын

@@nikoladedic6623not to mention that Russia and the IRI are currently “allies” right now, so this likely got swept under the rug

@themortz

10 ай бұрын

same here

Imagine being one of the unlucky security guards. You're sitting on boring guard duty, on the middle of nowhere. Suddenly getting attacked by Soviet Paratroopers Battalion.

I'm rather surprised that the Iranian Phantoms didn't end up causing more damage to all those parked and clustered up choppers. Either it was that difficult to use the Phantoms' weapons to attack the ground (with one of two sidewinders fired even failing to explode) or they were specifically ordered to blow up only the choppers and not the soldiers standing around them. The fact that this incident was caused by the "weird coincidence" of the winds moving the objective markers over the border was juat utterly hilarious. More so was the fact that everyone despite their instincts just blindly followed the lead chopper across the border and alongside the supposedly "Afghan" road, with an "Afghan" bus driving on it. Thank you for yet another story showcasing more Soviet shenanigans. As always, can't wait for the next one!

@tedparkinson2033

10 ай бұрын

Might have had orders to just harass them and not prevent their escape entirely. Cause enough damage to make the event undeniable but not enough that there are a ton of dead soldiers.

@jlvfr

10 ай бұрын

High speed aircraft doing gun runs... it's more dangerous and dificult than it looks, one mistake and you slam into the ground. And each F-4 had _one_ gun. An F-5, with 2 guns, would have had better luck.

@hailexiao2770

10 ай бұрын

@@jlvfr The F-5's 2 revolver cannons fired slower than the F-4's gatling gun, plus US revolver cannons often had reliability problems, so it would have done a worse job.

@jlvfr

10 ай бұрын

@@hailexiao2770 I know, but two guns would have achieved a greater _spread_ of fire on a single pass, rather than one single neat line of rounds.

@jwenting

10 ай бұрын

@@hailexiao2770 The F-5 has pretty good cannon, and the lower speed of the aircraft helps offset the lower rate of fire (more time on target).

I wonder how the dialog between the Colonel and Captain proceeded? "Comrade Colonel, perhaps we are in different country?" "Captain, perhaps you would like an assignment in Siberia? Attack!" "You're the boss Comrade Colonel"

The pilots not seeing any destruction by the air strike not confusing the colonel is funny to me. To me, it sounds like they’re unsurprised by the ineptitude of the jet pilots, which is probably the incorrect assumption, but it’s a funny one

@Athaeus

Ай бұрын

More likely it was a case of confirmation bias. The colonel was so sure it was the right place, that he ignored the dozens of signs they were lost.

Love this channel and to see cold war stories from the other side. Even if everybody knew they were the only operators of these choppers; it still would give the regime political plausible deniability in the diplomatic world. Of which Im sure was turned up side down. R.I.P for those two very unfortuanate Iranian security guards.

@hanrockabrand95

10 ай бұрын

I love how they went through the trouble of hiding their markings, and yet the Iranians had sent a diplomatic "wtf" to Moscow within hours.

@jamesm3471

10 ай бұрын

@@hanrockabrand95little green men’s forefathers

@Tallo4G

10 ай бұрын

@@hanrockabrand95 petula Clark

Iran: Hey, I’m phoning about my Asphalt factory. Ussr: "Sorry, this is the glorious Soviet army HQ, you got the wrong place." Iran: “F*** you! it’s you who got the wrong place!”

@tahaemad5809

8 ай бұрын

Not funny 😁

@salamantics

5 ай бұрын

@@tahaemad5809mad is right

seeing so many MI helicopter together is unreal

@b1646717

10 ай бұрын

One by itself is a massive machine. Can you imagine the sound?

@theoneandonlyartyom

10 ай бұрын

the mi24 is asymmetrical :) and now you cant unsee it :D

@user-qw6zj5ix9k

10 ай бұрын

@@theoneandonlyartyom Lol what? Why asymmetrical?

@fernandomarques5166

10 ай бұрын

​@@user-qw6zj5ix9kif you look the Mi-24 from head on you can see the main body and tail are slightly canted to the the right side when landed

@kilianortmann9979

10 ай бұрын

@@user-qw6zj5ix9k It is to compensate for translating tendency. The tail rotor compensates the main rotor torque, but it also pushes the entire ship sideways. The Hind is designed so that in a hover the tilted rotor offsets that sideways force.

Being one of the two security guards - I would've probably thought I was hallucinating

Man imagine how butt clenching it must've been on the ground when you suddenly realize this operation, which was supposed to face maybe some ill trained guerrilla fighters now, due to your officers' incompetence, entails you fighting a well armed professional military force in a country you're neither at war with, nor supposed to be in.

Most underrated channel on KZread. This guy and these stories are awesome! I might go try Nebula if I can get more of your content, great work sir!

@todorkatsarski7487

10 ай бұрын

It's not the first time I hear about Nebula, but it's the first time I seriously consider to subscribe.

@helpdeskjnp

10 ай бұрын

@todorkatsarski7487 Exactly my thoughts. How the videos are put together along with the rare unseen video footage of the Russian side that you rarely see in the West, along with the storytelling abilities… I’m just hoping there’s a lot of content from Paper Skies. Thanks for sharing your positivity also!

"We really kicked Afghanistan's ass today, comrade." "...This is Iran." That's a whoopsie.

@PashtunPatriotism

10 ай бұрын

Afghanistan was on the same side as the Soviets, the major Mujahedeen factions were terrorist organizations (Hezbi Islami and Jamiati Islami were considered terrorists by the Daoud Khan government in the 70s) with ties to the Pakistani intelligence

@souvikrc4499

10 ай бұрын

Imagine if the Soviets pulled that while the Shah was still in charge.

@PashtunPatriotism

10 ай бұрын

@@souvikrc4499 The Afghan Shah was weak af, it was Daoud Khan who militarized and industrialized. Daoud Khan did more and since he was part of the royal family he was liked by traditionalists who also supported the Shah since he was basically just a more competent Shah (but instead being the President)

@souvikrc4499

10 ай бұрын

@@PashtunPatriotism I meant the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

@ap4851

9 ай бұрын

@@souvikrc4499 The Russians would all be dead or in pieces if the great Mohammad Reza Shah was still in charge.

I love the day when new video on Paper Skies launches !!! Great job as usual. Thank you.

You do a fantastic job of presenting unknown RU/Soviet history to the YT audience. It's greatly appreciated, even with the headaches KZread gives you...

It's amazing (and sometimes terrifying) how blind you can be when you want to see something badly enough... Do you do your own sketches and animations? They are really good!

@Ugly_German_Truths

10 ай бұрын

a lot of military history is this kind of bias... once the attack started there can be no reason to stop it and reevaluate, it MUST be finished.

@petesheppard1709

10 ай бұрын

@@Ugly_German_Truths True.

I hope those Russian soldiers realize how lucky they were that those Iranian F-4 Phantoms were not carrying 500 pound bombs or BL-755 cluster bombs. They were damn lucky.

@sibsnake

10 ай бұрын

they would just shoot them down. westoid weapons are shitty, yk

@grahamstrouse1165

9 ай бұрын

Iran was pretty conservative with their western munitions. They didn’t have a lot of them after the Revolution.

@FN_FAL_4_ever

8 ай бұрын

@@grahamstrouse1165 perhaps so, but even a couple of Mk-82 500 pound bombs would have been more than enough to wipe them out

@jaimelannister141

8 ай бұрын

@@grahamstrouse1165 No, it was 1982, still in the first years of the Iraq-Iran war. Iran still had plenty of munitions. I think they just didn't want to escalate the situation.

@Goorood

6 ай бұрын

Iran was not stupid to use excessive force against USSR, it is not hard to understand why there where no casualties despite them "firing" their 20mm cannons on a massed landing site of Soviet helicopters. It was a formal response, a bark if will, command had ordered them to bark but not bite. Attacking Soviet Army with massive casualties would've been a suicide and humiliation for Iran. A Chihuahua barking at a Bear. They restored their formal pride and Soviets apologized, wise command from both sides. And today they are best friends and allies.

This is one of my favorite channels on KZread. There just aren’t that many channels out there which cover Soviet stories from the Cold War with as good of quality as this. Keep up the great work

Imagine those rural Iranian passengers riding a bus peacefully in the early morning, and suddenly seeing a load of Soviet choppers flying next to your window. lol. Fun fact: I think there was another random Iranian bus finding itself in front of the U.S. Army in Operation Eagle Claw in 1980!

@copter2000

10 ай бұрын

Would be kind of cool if one of the driver/passenger is the same guy.

Thanks! You really produce some great videos. Always looking forward to your posts.

@PaperSkiesAviation

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for support!

I have been binging your content! Your delivery and story telling is so on point! Awesome content!

It’s impressive how quickly some of the pilots realized they had crossed the border… I definitely wouldn’t have made it as a combat pilot 😂 would’ve been right there with the colonel heading straight for Iran lol

@h.schikhan5850

10 ай бұрын

Because Afghanistan is a backward country and has no infrastructure

A Paper Skies video goes live on a Friday. What a treat!

Really love your content! Great job and pls keep going!

Thank you for covering this. Love your style.

I was so waiting for this next Video. Just love your content :)

at this point, im convinced the successful flight of Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (rip, murdered hero) was an accident.

@thientuongnguyen2564

5 ай бұрын

The first rocket that didn't explode in the vacuum of space. Imagine how much astronauts they sent to death. Imagine one day spacecrafts delivering supplies to Pluto and finding the remains of some Soviet-era rocket that went horribly off course.

More stories on the Soviet-Afghan War would be appreciated.

Fascinating and entertaining. Your choice of images and footage is brilliant.

This made my day, Thank you Paper Skies!

I love your content, and your animations are getting better all the time. I suggest doing a video on Aeroflot Flight 6502. It crashed after the pilot made a bet he could land the plane blind, with the cockpit windows curtained.

Ye know - I have a few books about the Angola war. Where the Soviets and Cubans went up against the South Africans. In most combat environments, the South Africans were astonished at the stupidity of their foes.

you my friend are a fantastic long form essay writer and reader. excellent content, flow, knowledge transfer and editing. you're fantastically engaging with your mix of humor.

@Missconduct044

8 ай бұрын

Wahhh…let’s cry about the west and ignore the hilarious stupidity of this story. Cope harder

I just found your channel and I must say that your illustrations are very beautiful. You are an artist!

i subbed on nebula a month ago and i gotta say there is insanely good content there ps : loved your video on the captured F-5

great content as always! keep it up

love your stuff keep up the good work

Watched this Nebula - just wanted to let you know this was hilarious and well put together.

With the amount of fuckery going on, it is a miracle the casualties were as low as they were.

Everytime you post I'm double happy. New Paper Skies Video and you are safe.

Excellent as always. Thank you!

Wow! I’ve never seen the clip of all of the helicopters flying closely together like that. For a country that was still in the 19th century, it must of been scary to see that coming over the horizon.

@thenoobprincev2529

10 ай бұрын

Eh...Iranian Air Force at that time was the 5th biggest one and one of the strongest Air forces in Asia, only comparable to Israel. You don't seem to know what you are talking about.

@dawgwiddaglasses

10 ай бұрын

@@thenoobprincev2529He may have been referring to Afghanistan, rather than Iran.

@SaltyChip

10 ай бұрын

@@thenoobprincev2529 I’m talking about the particular clip from Afghanistan. I’m not comparing to other militaries since that’s not what the video or my comment is about.

@l.d.t.6327

10 ай бұрын

@@SaltyChip I reckon Afghanistan, while living in the 19th century, had plenty of experience with enemy helicopters flying over (and even more experience shooting them down).

@GloriousChickenYT

10 ай бұрын

the height of ignorance this guy just posted on an international platform is truly astonishing.

It's incredible how small errors can have such a big impact

Do you have any stories from Nicaragua during the 1980's if there were any Soviet troops? My father and many Honduran airforce pilots flew constant CAP on the Honduras - Nicaragua border. There was even an attack in 1985 where they attacked a military Barracks complex with 2 Super Mysteres and 2 A-37s. My fathet shot and damaged an MI 8, and his wingman shot down an MI-24.

The best of the best of the best, with awards, sir! Great video again, thanks!

I am happy I have Nebula to see your other videos.

So this happened _before_ the Tu-22 incident. Otherwise I would have suggested that it was "scouting" for this missin'

Love your presentations. So much background information gives a good perspective on the actual capability of the Soviet military.

Crazy story, brilliant channel.

Great video!

The operation was code named “South”. How appropriate…the mission has definitely gone south.

Really weird that information on such a mishap is not easily available online. Could you mention the sources used to create the video?

Your videos are so relaxing to watch

This was a very informative and fascinating video about Soviet military operations in Afghanistan...Bravo!

Get video, as always. If I could make one simple, but important, suggestion: Would you consider posting your sources in the video descriptions? I did just a quick Google search, and the only sources on the first page, was this video. Yes, I only took 30 seconds, and I'm sure if I did a bit more Google-Fu, I could find some, but it would be helpful if you could provide them on future videos. That said, you have consistently put out great content. I really appreciate it. Thank you.

This is another great example that a leaders job isnt to outright ignore people's input, but is actually to gather and collate as much input as possible from as many people as possible and then weigh it all duly.

It is a Good Day indeed 🎉 Always look forward to paper skies video & judging by the title it's a Good one 🤧 Grabbing my popcorn 🍿

Thank you very much for this impressive and amazing video. Wish to see more with advanced grateful for your effort. Salute from Egypt 🇪🇬 with love and respect ❤.

RIP for the security guard, during their shift never ever expecting get attacked by so many military helicopter

If you don't know what your fking plan is then the enemy won't know your next move. -Soviet's Art of War

Another excellent video, Just subscribed to Nebula 🙂

Great video and a very nice touch with ПТН ПНХ at 10:30😄😂

Imagine being an Iranian living near the border and seeing parachute bombs and helicopters headed your way

@souvikrc4499

10 ай бұрын

The response would likely be the Iranian equivalent to “Aw shit, here we go again.”

The Colonel was so obnubilated by his upcoming promotion that he lost all logic.

I love your animation style

The imaginary / drawing is spectacular man. Really engaging

Love your videos! Keep them coming

A Colonel overriding a Captain's warnings that the former doesn't know how to read a map, and that he isn't where he thinks he is. _Whistle-heads_ never cease to amuse me. (I've had a few officers in my day, get lost because they arrogantly thought they knew how to read a map better than anyone else.) _“It is said there is nothing on the modern battlefield more dangerous than a man with a map, a radio, and binoculars, who knows how to use them._ _“It is also said there is nothing as dangerous than a 2Lt with a map and a radio, though I think that one might actually be in jest.”_ -LtCol Nicholas Moran (US Army), _nom de guerre_ “The Chieftain”

Absolutely love all these videos

Paper Skies : engaging and interesting enough to sufficiently distract me. A very good thing 👍

The bus passengers have experienced the Kyiv Reservoir moment before such existed... Also, I like your ПТН ПНХ on the An-18)))

@chasingsol

10 ай бұрын

Hah, I just noticed that too at 10:27! Love that.

It's always weird hearing someone say Sukhoi SU-XX, when the SU means Sukhoi already.. It's like when people say ATM Machine.

enjoy your channel tremendously. Spasiba from a former foe Vietnam vet USN.

What a story !!! Just WOW !! Thanks for telling this story, man 👍👍👍

If I had a nickel for every time Russian started a war with a smaller nation they should have beat on paper but lost because the soldiers weren’t trained to fight in anything except an all out firefight, I’d have 2 nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird it happened twice

@nihalbhandary162

10 ай бұрын

Vietnam, Afghanistan also comes to mind. Guess superpowers werent that superior after all.

@rutgerb

10 ай бұрын

Have another nickel with Finland

@rutgerb

10 ай бұрын

And Japan is worth another nickel

@asimjabbar8445

10 ай бұрын

Same goes for the US and NATO too. They got defeated by the guerillas. But what saved their face at the end were the technological, resource and overwhelming airpower disparity with respect to their adversaries. The Talibans could have easily taken out the NATO troops if they were supplied with modern SAM systems to threaten the air dominance, like what they did to USSR thanks to the US made stinger missiles back in the cold war.

@vonfaustien3957

10 ай бұрын

​@@nihalbhandary162both Nam and Afghanistan had heavy meddling from rival super powers. Ukraine holding out because the USA is sending them guns and bombs and using them as proxy to bleed the Russian army dry. Same thing the USA did when Russia invaded Afghanistan and the same Russia did when the USA invaded Vietnam and when China invaded Vietnam.

The journey of Kamchatka but on Air and Land.

@ZGryphon

10 ай бұрын

"Do you see MANPADS?"

@copter2000

10 ай бұрын

"Admiral, I spotted a Mujahedeen base right next to the Iranian roads, Electric poles and buses"

@grahamstrouse1165

9 ай бұрын

Good to see there are other Drach fans here. 🙂

New sub to ya. Love watching interesting info this has it all. Opps give me my best laugh of the year👍 love ya work🖖

Awesome video!!!

I remember this! It was in the newspapers in Iran! Also there was a photo of it too. It didn’t escalate because it was a genuine mistake! The phantoms took off from Chabahar airbase! The sidewinders didn’t maintain the locks because the CCCP helicopter pilots simply shut down their engines. So sad the guards died and happy no Russian soldiers died for no reason. Also credit to Iran Airforce as it shown it is literally alert even though it was midnight! A lesson to all westerns and eastern people:” Iran seats in between! It is in a dangerous area surrounded by dangerous countries from all sides!” So when Iranians talking about politics don’t compare it with your nice western standards! Iran is not neighbouring Switzerland or Belgium! As you can see our neighbours been in trouble throughout years! I hope both Iran and Russia ended up with far better administrations that these people deserve! Neither Russians deserve this nor Iranians! Hope to see peace in Eastern Europe and Russian forces evacuating Ukraine especially Crimea! Not happy at all when people killing people! Let us be friend and use language not guns. To all Russian friends that read this:” when a person anywhere in the world is in life threatening condition we all mobilise emergency to save them, when a cancerous patient is diagnosed we spend tens of thousands to save them, why on earth we should kill people that defending their country and dignity?” No Ukrainian must die in their own country the very same way this Russian general prevented his airforce to engage Iranians in their soil! So why you kill Ukraine forces in Ukraine?

@tu7765

10 ай бұрын

Agreed

@ninveh1

10 ай бұрын

Why they kill ? Bc the people have interests. If your kids have hunger you will kill too. Reality vs. Question Reality. The world is build on war. Your food and drinking comes bc someone fought bc it.

@thefox8569

10 ай бұрын

Good points, man.

@souvikrc4499

10 ай бұрын

I would take that up with the IRI with those good points.

@thomaslove6494

10 ай бұрын

I like your comment... I think Iranian and Russian people are hearty self sufficient people... But both populations need to stand up and create better governments for themselves.... It's obvious that Iranians are trying desperately.... You can't say the same for the Russians tho...

How would you like to be those bus passengers just driving along and then seeing a whole helicopter strike force cruising past you?

@hamedseyedali5905

10 ай бұрын

Trust me lots have been observed from the buses in Iran! One of which was my mum who witnessed the mid-air collision of Iran Air Tour and Mig-24 back in 1993! She witnessed it from a bus! May be you can come to Iran for a bus ride! 😅

@nihalbhandary162

10 ай бұрын

Wasnt there another bus which witnessed failed american raid?

@hamedseyedali5905

10 ай бұрын

@@nihalbhandary162 indeed there was a bus and a lorry which spotted the Americans ! dont take my words for it but I guess the lorry driver managed to drive away

Very nicely done.

Where is the opening scene from? It looks so cool and I would really appreciate it if someone who knew where it was from could tell me. Thanks! Great video!

Objective was given an important and set-for-success name "SOUTH". This probably flew over a lot of peoples heads lol.

@goldenfiberwheat238

5 ай бұрын

Going south meaning failing is an American idiom so most soviets probably had never heard it

This truly is an USSR moment.

@jwenting

10 ай бұрын

US and Britain did similar things during WW2, bombing Dutch cities by mistake when entire squadrons of B-17s and Lancasters got lost trying to find their targets in Germany.

@signorasforza354

10 ай бұрын

@@jwenting blah blah blah

@toyotasupra174

10 ай бұрын

​@@jwentingwhataboutism and more whataboutism

@kawaininja9144

10 ай бұрын

@@toyotasupra174 how is this whataboutism, this is direct counterargument you tiktok brain, stop using terms you dont understand

@user-221i

9 ай бұрын

@@jwenting WW2 not 40 years with more advance tech

Great channel!

Invading by accident, putting land mines by accident, landing by accident. That is a lot of accidents!