When The Soviets Accidentally Invaded Iran

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    The hilarious story of how the Soviet Army in Afghanistan in 1982 launched an operation to destroy a mujahedeen base, but due to a navigational error instead attacked an asphalt factory in Iran.
    Chapters:
    00:00 - Soviet Invasion
    03:15 - South
    06:40 - South Goes South
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  • @connoissuer_of_class
    @connoissuer_of_class 10 месяцев назад +1849

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

    • @hanrockabrand95
      @hanrockabrand95 10 месяцев назад

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

    • @gnarthdarkanen7464
      @gnarthdarkanen7464 10 месяцев назад +97

      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
      @pegcity4eva 9 месяцев назад +6

      But it might be an excuse for being executed.

    • @AAAAAA-tj1nq
      @AAAAAA-tj1nq 5 месяцев назад +1

      imagine not able to spell complete instead of compete

    • @LordVader1094
      @LordVader1094 5 месяцев назад

      Good soldiers follow orders.

  • @andrijasaviccsavic1124
    @andrijasaviccsavic1124 10 месяцев назад +2359

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

    • @wogelson
      @wogelson 10 месяцев назад +1

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

    • @alexisruhl2916
      @alexisruhl2916 10 месяцев назад +71

      Liechtenstein and Switzerland "wars" in a nutshell

    • @robertbruce7686
      @robertbruce7686 10 месяцев назад +18

      Looking at you Pootin 😎

    • @hanrockabrand95
      @hanrockabrand95 10 месяцев назад +31

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

    • @hanrockabrand95
      @hanrockabrand95 10 месяцев назад +10

      @@carkawalakhatulistiwa A Flock of Seagulls song 🤷‍♂️

  • @legoeasycompany
    @legoeasycompany 10 месяцев назад +2061

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

    • @PaperSkiesAviation
      @PaperSkiesAviation  10 месяцев назад +478

      I know, it caught my attention too.

    • @legoeasycompany
      @legoeasycompany 10 месяцев назад +328

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

    • @j.griffin
      @j.griffin 10 месяцев назад +74

      @@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
      @dclark142002 10 месяцев назад +57

      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
      @memph1ston 10 месяцев назад +25

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

  • @Alphoric
    @Alphoric 9 месяцев назад +319

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

    • @mikeschlau4501
      @mikeschlau4501 9 месяцев назад +45

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

    • @SabreWolferos
      @SabreWolferos 9 месяцев назад +38

      current objective: survive

    • @baginatora
      @baginatora 6 месяцев назад +24

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

    • @goldenfiberwheat238
      @goldenfiberwheat238 5 месяцев назад +8

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

    • @AAAAAA-tj1nq
      @AAAAAA-tj1nq 5 месяцев назад +4

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

  • @mattreynolds3747
    @mattreynolds3747 10 месяцев назад +2246

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

    • @pittypatterputzzler5311
      @pittypatterputzzler5311 10 месяцев назад +9

      RuZZans are always good for a laughing.

    • @tommykaung5882
      @tommykaung5882 10 месяцев назад +3

      More like a casual misunderstanding.

    • @Vivisectus
      @Vivisectus 10 месяцев назад

      Yes. Yes you do.

    • @Ugly_German_Truths
      @Ugly_German_Truths 10 месяцев назад +8

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

    • @marlontorres2752
      @marlontorres2752 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@pittypatterputzzler5311❤2

  • @MrShs812
    @MrShs812 10 месяцев назад +891

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

    • @EzekielDeLaCroix
      @EzekielDeLaCroix 10 месяцев назад +166

      "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
      @thelvadam2884 10 месяцев назад +14

      @@EzekielDeLaCroix
      Solitarty ! NOW !!!

    • @hailexiao2770
      @hailexiao2770 10 месяцев назад +10

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

    • @MrShs812
      @MrShs812 10 месяцев назад +5

      @@caseyb1346 LMAO

    • @johnrickard8512
      @johnrickard8512 10 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @someasiandude4797
    @someasiandude4797 10 месяцев назад +189

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

    • @ZGryphon
      @ZGryphon 10 месяцев назад +46

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

    • @galliman123
      @galliman123 10 месяцев назад +14

      HECU and Black Mesa

    • @Mohseniranparast
      @Mohseniranparast 10 месяцев назад +5

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

    • @Ballin4Vengeance
      @Ballin4Vengeance 4 месяца назад +3

      DAY OFF! YAY!

    • @peterpanini96
      @peterpanini96 26 дней назад

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

  • @pancelosflotta4943
    @pancelosflotta4943 9 месяцев назад +105

    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
      @Ballin4Vengeance 4 месяца назад +23

      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
      @totalNERD-eo7wx 20 дней назад +7

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

  • @jwenting
    @jwenting 10 месяцев назад +460

    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
      @kirgan1000 10 месяцев назад +97

      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
      @Muaddibize 10 месяцев назад +34

      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
      @robertkalinic335 10 месяцев назад +84

      ​@@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
      @leaveme3559 10 месяцев назад

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

    • @065Tim
      @065Tim 10 месяцев назад +20

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

  • @someonee3186
    @someonee3186 10 месяцев назад +313

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

    • @PaperSkiesAviation
      @PaperSkiesAviation  10 месяцев назад +168

      the fate of living next to Russia :)

    • @alastairward2774
      @alastairward2774 10 месяцев назад +11

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

    • @tetraxis3011
      @tetraxis3011 10 месяцев назад +3

      At least it’s on accident.

    • @someonee3186
      @someonee3186 10 месяцев назад +28

      @@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
      @ZGryphon 10 месяцев назад +11

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

  • @patriot5514
    @patriot5514 10 месяцев назад +211

    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
      @Yarkanlaki 8 месяцев назад +2

      😂 do u have RUclipsrs too

    • @hazzardalsohazzard2624
      @hazzardalsohazzard2624 8 месяцев назад +26

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

    • @hamidomrani3960
      @hamidomrani3960 7 месяцев назад +1

      Persian trend on RUclips

    • @alifallah867
      @alifallah867 7 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@hazzardalsohazzard2624 dont spread lies

    • @abdou.the.heretic
      @abdou.the.heretic 6 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@alifallah867hail khomeni

  • @Retronyx
    @Retronyx 10 месяцев назад +163

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

    • @Andy_Novosad
      @Andy_Novosad 10 месяцев назад +17

      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
      @LynxSnowCat 10 месяцев назад +11

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

    • @dmitryziryanov7396
      @dmitryziryanov7396 10 месяцев назад +3

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

    • @loljk1991
      @loljk1991 10 месяцев назад +2

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

    • @loljk1991
      @loljk1991 10 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @GerardMenvussa
    @GerardMenvussa 10 месяцев назад +299

    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
      @Parsa_m 10 месяцев назад +123

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

    • @hansnichirin11
      @hansnichirin11 10 месяцев назад +56

      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
      @Ugly_German_Truths 10 месяцев назад +5

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

    • @souvikrc4499
      @souvikrc4499 10 месяцев назад +23

      @@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
      @souvikrc4499 10 месяцев назад +10

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

  • @Dimapur
    @Dimapur 10 месяцев назад +430

    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
      @CativaBR 10 месяцев назад +131

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

    • @naamadossantossilva4736
      @naamadossantossilva4736 10 месяцев назад +68

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

    • @hailexiao2770
      @hailexiao2770 10 месяцев назад +49

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

    • @hwuilee
      @hwuilee 10 месяцев назад +20

      It was a cunning plan.

    • @leonidyevseyev888
      @leonidyevseyev888 10 месяцев назад

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

  • @Tinil0
    @Tinil0 10 месяцев назад +16

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

  • @amirhoseinbizhanzade2064
    @amirhoseinbizhanzade2064 10 месяцев назад +128

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

    • @KING-bt1tm
      @KING-bt1tm 10 месяцев назад +43

      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
      @nikoladedic6623 10 месяцев назад +34

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

    • @alirezamohsenpour4648
      @alirezamohsenpour4648 10 месяцев назад +10

      منم :))

    • @souvikrc4499
      @souvikrc4499 10 месяцев назад +7

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

    • @themortz
      @themortz 10 месяцев назад +3

      same here

  • @Retronyx
    @Retronyx 10 месяцев назад +100

    seeing so many MI helicopter together is unreal

    • @b1646717
      @b1646717 10 месяцев назад +2

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

    • @theoneandonlyartyom
      @theoneandonlyartyom 10 месяцев назад +3

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

    • @user-qw6zj5ix9k
      @user-qw6zj5ix9k 10 месяцев назад

      @@theoneandonlyartyom Lol what? Why asymmetrical?

    • @fernandomarques5166
      @fernandomarques5166 10 месяцев назад +8

      ​@@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
      @kilianortmann9979 10 месяцев назад +20

      @@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.

  • @jdreyes3745
    @jdreyes3745 10 месяцев назад +464

    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
      @tedparkinson2033 10 месяцев назад +92

      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
      @jlvfr 10 месяцев назад +40

      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
      @hailexiao2770 10 месяцев назад +21

      @@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
      @jlvfr 10 месяцев назад +5

      @@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
      @jwenting 10 месяцев назад +9

      @@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).

  • @thecasualdiyer6729
    @thecasualdiyer6729 10 месяцев назад +25

    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"

  • @afcansf5996
    @afcansf5996 10 месяцев назад +419

    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
      @hanrockabrand95 10 месяцев назад +37

      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
      @jamesm3471 10 месяцев назад +9

      @@hanrockabrand95little green men’s forefathers

    • @Tallo4G
      @Tallo4G 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@hanrockabrand95 petula Clark

  • @Maza945
    @Maza945 10 месяцев назад +17

    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.

  • @samschellhase8831
    @samschellhase8831 10 месяцев назад +23

    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
      @Athaeus 23 дня назад

      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.

  • @helpdeskjnp
    @helpdeskjnp 10 месяцев назад +99

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

    • @todorkatsarski7487
      @todorkatsarski7487 10 месяцев назад +10

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

    • @helpdeskjnp
      @helpdeskjnp 10 месяцев назад +7

      @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!

  • @Dimapur
    @Dimapur 10 месяцев назад +64

    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
      @tahaemad5809 8 месяцев назад

      Not funny 😁

    • @salamantics
      @salamantics 5 месяцев назад

      @@tahaemad5809mad is right

  • @FN_FAL_4_ever
    @FN_FAL_4_ever 10 месяцев назад +28

    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
      @sibsnake 10 месяцев назад

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

    • @grahamstrouse1165
      @grahamstrouse1165 9 месяцев назад +1

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

    • @FN_FAL_4_ever
      @FN_FAL_4_ever 8 месяцев назад +3

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

    • @jaimelannister141
      @jaimelannister141 8 месяцев назад

      @@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
      @Goorood 6 месяцев назад +2

      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.

  • @Soul-Clutch-Man
    @Soul-Clutch-Man 10 месяцев назад +62

    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
      @h.schikhan5850 10 месяцев назад

      Because Afghanistan is a backward country and has no infrastructure

  • @Sabrowsky
    @Sabrowsky 10 месяцев назад +128

    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.

  • @petesheppard1709
    @petesheppard1709 10 месяцев назад +68

    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
      @Ugly_German_Truths 10 месяцев назад +4

      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
      @petesheppard1709 10 месяцев назад

      @@Ugly_German_Truths True.

  • @davidb6576
    @davidb6576 10 месяцев назад +19

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

  • @waxblast7528
    @waxblast7528 10 месяцев назад +13

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

  • @MoonWeasel23
    @MoonWeasel23 10 месяцев назад +33

    This is one of my favorite channels on RUclips. 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

  • @SaltyChip
    @SaltyChip 10 месяцев назад +66

    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
      @thenoobprincev2529 10 месяцев назад +16

      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
      @dawgwiddaglasses 10 месяцев назад +30

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

    • @SaltyChip
      @SaltyChip 10 месяцев назад +4

      @@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
      @l.d.t.6327 10 месяцев назад +9

      @@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
      @GloriousChickenYT 10 месяцев назад

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

  • @ianababenkova2969
    @ianababenkova2969 10 месяцев назад +11

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

  • @nightshine84
    @nightshine84 10 месяцев назад +45

    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
      @copter2000 10 месяцев назад +4

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

  • @matchesburn
    @matchesburn 10 месяцев назад +246

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

    • @PashtunPatriotism
      @PashtunPatriotism 10 месяцев назад +2

      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
      @souvikrc4499 10 месяцев назад +1

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

    • @PashtunPatriotism
      @PashtunPatriotism 10 месяцев назад

      @@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
      @souvikrc4499 10 месяцев назад +3

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

    • @ap4851
      @ap4851 9 месяцев назад

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

  • @concept5631
    @concept5631 10 месяцев назад +18

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

  • @laalaa99stl
    @laalaa99stl 10 месяцев назад +13

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

  • @madzen112
    @madzen112 10 месяцев назад +5

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

  • @vitekhampejs2428
    @vitekhampejs2428 10 месяцев назад +7

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

  • @GuardianLords
    @GuardianLords 10 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @markplain2555
    @markplain2555 10 месяцев назад +8

    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.

  • @SamwiseOutdoors
    @SamwiseOutdoors 10 месяцев назад +4

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

  • @SkateboardRanch
    @SkateboardRanch 8 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @MoatenGat
    @MoatenGat 10 месяцев назад +6

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

  • @Arturino_Burachelini
    @Arturino_Burachelini 10 месяцев назад +29

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

    • @chasingsol
      @chasingsol 10 месяцев назад

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

  • @sosasabillon1991
    @sosasabillon1991 10 месяцев назад +4

    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.

  • @SuperchargedSupercharged
    @SuperchargedSupercharged 10 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you for covering this. Love your style.

  • @zeichensetzer8
    @zeichensetzer8 10 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @jonbattin6831
    @jonbattin6831 10 месяцев назад +4

    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.

  • @patrykczapski5292
    @patrykczapski5292 10 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @billyponsonby
    @billyponsonby 10 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @jamesalexander3530
    @jamesalexander3530 7 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @garmmermibe5397
    @garmmermibe5397 10 месяцев назад +3

    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.

  • @maus-chanuwu1244
    @maus-chanuwu1244 9 месяцев назад +3

    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

  • @riddhirahman
    @riddhirahman 10 месяцев назад +9

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

    • @souvikrc4499
      @souvikrc4499 10 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @Marjan-sm4xf
    @Marjan-sm4xf 10 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @dabootvv
    @dabootvv 10 месяцев назад +5

    great content as always! keep it up

  • @nevek3647
    @nevek3647 10 месяцев назад +4

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

  • @BaronvonCircasian8563
    @BaronvonCircasian8563 10 месяцев назад

    This made my day, Thank you Paper Skies!

  • @Flowery_birb
    @Flowery_birb 10 месяцев назад +1

    love your stuff keep up the good work

  • @ghomerhust
    @ghomerhust 6 месяцев назад +3

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

    • @thientuongnguyen2564
      @thientuongnguyen2564 4 месяца назад

      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.

  • @daughteroftiaran
    @daughteroftiaran 10 месяцев назад +8

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

    • @hamedseyedali5905
      @hamedseyedali5905 10 месяцев назад +3

      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
      @nihalbhandary162 10 месяцев назад

      Wasnt there another bus which witnessed failed american raid?

    • @hamedseyedali5905
      @hamedseyedali5905 10 месяцев назад

      @@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

  • @robertparis5680
    @robertparis5680 9 месяцев назад +1

    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
      @Missconduct044 8 месяцев назад

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

  • @72tadrian65
    @72tadrian65 4 месяца назад

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

  • @karm42yn
    @karm42yn 10 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @RedFail1-1
    @RedFail1-1 10 месяцев назад +5

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

  • @edschaller3727
    @edschaller3727 10 месяцев назад

    Excellent as always. Thank you!

  • @OmegaPaladin144
    @OmegaPaladin144 10 месяцев назад

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

  • @sirkl4272
    @sirkl4272 10 месяцев назад +3

    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.

  • @ayazhossain5718
    @ayazhossain5718 10 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @agranero6
    @agranero6 10 месяцев назад

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

  • @HereticalKitsune
    @HereticalKitsune 10 месяцев назад

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

  • @Dimapur
    @Dimapur 10 месяцев назад +7

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

  • @MelioraCogito
    @MelioraCogito 10 месяцев назад +6

    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”

  • @chimukab5433
    @chimukab5433 10 месяцев назад +1

    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 🍿

  • @dexocube
    @dexocube 10 месяцев назад +2

    Crazy story, brilliant channel.

  • @thelovertunisia
    @thelovertunisia 10 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @fym6185
    @fym6185 10 месяцев назад +3

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

    • @goldenfiberwheat238
      @goldenfiberwheat238 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @noscopesallowed8128
    @noscopesallowed8128 10 месяцев назад

    Your videos are so relaxing to watch

  • @frankperez1953
    @frankperez1953 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @Dimapur
    @Dimapur 10 месяцев назад +7

    The journey of Kamchatka but on Air and Land.

    • @ZGryphon
      @ZGryphon 10 месяцев назад +2

      "Do you see MANPADS?"

    • @copter2000
      @copter2000 10 месяцев назад +1

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

    • @grahamstrouse1165
      @grahamstrouse1165 9 месяцев назад

      Good to see there are other Drach fans here. 🙂

  • @kirgan1000
    @kirgan1000 10 месяцев назад +5

    That poor security guards..... garding a asphalt factory, and get shoot by a Russian ariborn battalion.

  • @yuriy1628
    @yuriy1628 10 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @Taser1-1
    @Taser1-1 10 месяцев назад

    Absolutely love all these videos

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 10 месяцев назад +3

    We're still left hanging whether he got his promotion.

  • @Lezarddd
    @Lezarddd 10 месяцев назад +29

    This truly is an USSR moment.

    • @jwenting
      @jwenting 10 месяцев назад +5

      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
      @signorasforza354 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@jwenting blah blah blah

    • @toyotasupra174
      @toyotasupra174 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@jwentingwhataboutism and more whataboutism

    • @kawaininja9144
      @kawaininja9144 10 месяцев назад

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

    • @user-221i
      @user-221i 9 месяцев назад

      @@jwenting WW2 not 40 years with more advance tech

  • @KERNOW08
    @KERNOW08 10 месяцев назад

    Another excellent video, Just subscribed to Nebula 🙂

  • @nodirips_8537
    @nodirips_8537 16 дней назад +1

    The operation, as many others I would say, went sauce

  • @tristandaries1129
    @tristandaries1129 10 месяцев назад +56

    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
      @nihalbhandary162 10 месяцев назад +7

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

    • @rutgerb
      @rutgerb 10 месяцев назад +9

      Have another nickel with Finland

    • @rutgerb
      @rutgerb 10 месяцев назад +5

      And Japan is worth another nickel

    • @asimjabbar8445
      @asimjabbar8445 10 месяцев назад +8

      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
      @vonfaustien3957 10 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@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.

  • @hirisk761
    @hirisk761 10 месяцев назад +37

    i see Russian military intelligence is still the greatest oxymoron ever!

    • @loljk1991
      @loljk1991 10 месяцев назад +1

      Don't reveal Russian secrets 😂

    • @Kirillissimus
      @Kirillissimus 8 месяцев назад

      They marked the correct spot on the map and filed a correct report. Everything else was not their responsibility.

  • @TomSedgman
    @TomSedgman 10 месяцев назад +2

    I love your animation style

  • @farshadmn4273
    @farshadmn4273 10 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @hamedseyedali5905
    @hamedseyedali5905 10 месяцев назад +50

    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
      @tu7765 10 месяцев назад +6

      Agreed

    • @ninveh1
      @ninveh1 10 месяцев назад

      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
      @thefox8569 10 месяцев назад +4

      Good points, man.

    • @souvikrc4499
      @souvikrc4499 10 месяцев назад

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

    • @thomaslove6494
      @thomaslove6494 10 месяцев назад +6

      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...

  • @pigpuke
    @pigpuke 10 месяцев назад +3

    "No plan survives contact with the enemy" or commanding officers, apparently.

  • @rikofebri627
    @rikofebri627 10 месяцев назад +2

    'Paint the star and number for unknown reason .when they are the only known own this kind of hellicopter "
    Big brain moves

  • @HeavensBladeTM
    @HeavensBladeTM 10 месяцев назад

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

  • @rem7262
    @rem7262 10 месяцев назад +4

    Love your videos! Keep them coming

  • @2ia26_rakhaamanta4
    @2ia26_rakhaamanta4 10 месяцев назад +3

    the whole situation reads out like a whole War Thunder match for some reason

  • @michaeldove3377
    @michaeldove3377 10 месяцев назад

    The imaginary / drawing is spectacular man. Really engaging

  • @mustafashaheen8229
    @mustafashaheen8229 10 месяцев назад

    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 ❤.