Actually the fact that Japanese got all their major ships frum UK made the attack in thr North Sea somewhat plausible. Just NOT in the form of trawler fleet
I mean, most of the soldiers enrolled in the army from western Russia thought the frontline would be a day at foot from Moscow.....2 weeks... that was getting to the other side of earth for them.
Do not forget Russian drinking habits. They were already considered extreme in a time most Westerner would have been considered alcoholics by modern standards.
A modern navy requires - An incredibly well trained Enlisted pool. - An incredibly well trained NCO pool. - An incredibly well trained officer pool. - Meticulously maintained equipment - Procedures that are drill so deep into crews that they can do them in their sleep. These things require - Money - Commitment - Follow through. Russia is incapable of doing ANY OF THESE THINGS.
There's those issues, then there's the fact that the shipyards they need to build a blue water navy are all in Ukraine.... Kind of convenient for Russia that Ukraine was a threat full of N Azis eh?
And none of these can be done in a Culture steeped in Dishonesty and Information Hiding. Communication and Cooperation cant happen in that Environment.
Russia’s internal politics is and has always been, played to the death. As a result the commitment to “stuff” that the state does is impossible for any single leader. That lack of commitment is at the heart of all the deficits you’ve correctly identified.
@@Mitch_Richard44, JSC & Sevmash don't count?!? I VERY much dislike Russia as a Country these days but they do have good, bluewater shipwrights. I mean, who's making these Borei submarines? You are correct that the Russian arms industry is in trouble, though. For instance, Russia are allowing India to build brand-new Su-30 fighters under license. Gee, I wonder where those Indian-built tactical multirole planes will eventually end u-**COUGH, RUSSIA!, COUGH**
Would have made sense if going the (shorter) North-East route through the frozen waters at Russia's North coast . But before watching this video, I only knew that this failed expedition against Japan sparked the failed 1905 revolution that left many Russians in exile until the 2 successful revolutions in 1917 . It probably also taught Stalin that sending warships against Japan was dangerous, thus delaying the Russian declaration of War against Japan until the last date allowed by his deal with the west .
In regards to the Swedish national defence here's a quote (translated by me, to be fair) from a Swedish defence booklet given to every single household back in 2018: "If Sweden is attacked by another country we shall never surrender. Any orders to cease resisting are false." If my platoon commander during my national service is to be believed that is not just propaganda, but a standing order in the Swedish defence forces. Winning against the USSR was never in the cards for us, but neither was losing.
It is very much a doctrinal standing order still in effect. And it means not a single person in our government or monarch or any other civilian or military commander has any mandate to even start negotiating any kind of surrender or even cease fire while hostile forces occupy Swedish soil... It was printed on the first of the red bordered emergency information pages at the back of every single phone book issued to every household and updated every year from the end of ww2 into the late 1990ies.
@@sweracoon7931 håll gränsen. Vaktchefen som beordrade krigsläge på målradarn (det växlade målradarn från fastfrekvens till det för sovjeterna okända och då ostörbara och hoppfrekvensläget) när Sovjeterna försökte ta sig in och frita U137 var kurskamrat med min far på sjökrigsskolan på 60talet 😊
@@CaptainRhodornow consider that in conjunction with the total defence policy, and notice it does not say armed resistance, it's all resistance. It's not about winning, just be a country size pain in the ass of any occupying force.
@@ThatOneCanadianKid Probably not a native english speaker. But besides that; it makes it clear that they're referring to a laundry machine, and not a dish-washer. Tin pans in the latter would be fairly normal, and not really noticeably louder than ordinary. In the former - now that's _smekalka!_
@@sebastianrubin7476 are you the not a native english speaker or are you saying he's a not a native english speaker? because if it is the latter than the joke flew straight over your head
The Hotel, Echo and November classes were called HENs by American submariners, both for the obvious acronym and because they were, quote, "loud as a chicken yard".
But His you forgot the part where the Russian Hospital ship encountered Japanese patrol boats and signaled to them "watch out for Japanese warships fellow Russian Vessel."
"...An icebreaker..." Reminds me of the scene in "Airplane" when they show the emergency vehicles heading to the runway, then the Budweiser truck, the ice cream van, the cement mixer...
Heh, there was a joke back in the day...Tsuktsa is fishing, when suddenly, submarine appears. AMERICANS. American captain asks;"Hey, fisherman, we are kind of lost, can you tell us, where we are?". Tsuktsa;"This is Bering sea". American cap to he crew:" turn North-West, full speed". Tsuktsa is continuing fishing, then, Russian submarine appears. Russian captain:"Hey, asshole, did you see Americans passing by?". "Yes, i did, they went North-West, full speed". "Are you fucking mocking me? Show with your hand"
Frankly it's not that weird when working with 2nd class people ANYTHING is possible and add to that no knowledge of the outside world pretty much and that's exactly what I'd expect from a long voyage of that caliber we just got to hear enough about it that it sounds so screwed up but not really in context just another day at the office for them bozos
I remember watching a panel with David Weber, who talked about the Navy (British and US) and all its traditions, command styles, etc. Someone commented, "Well, this is a very Western way to look at the issue." No shit Sherlock, this is why it works. Not every "way" to handle the same problem is equal; some are better.
Yeah I mean imagine a island nation with a formal navy that’s hundreds of years old that ruled the oceans of the globe for hundreds of years knows a few things about naval warfare
@MrTangolizard nazi germanys? I don't catch your cold, a blue water navy is a rare jewel, brown water and green are the normal as most countries don't feel the need to project power with a white water navy like the West
Yeah talked about how the British and US navy’s worked because they are prime examples of how competent navy's work. Most of Russia’s Black Sea fleet is either at the bottom of the drink or has run off back to Russia from Crimea. Their aircraft carrier breaks so often that it has to be towed everywhere by a tug boat and with their submarine force not that long ago one of their submarines blew itself up with a dummy torpedo. You know why David Webber didn't talk about Russian Navy because he was talking about navy's that are competent. Which the Russian Navy in all its corrupt useless glory is not. If I wanted a navy that could do the job I'd call US/British/French navy’s. If I wanted a navy whose ships would probably sink on the way to doing the job or not make it out of port because their captains had sold off all their fuel for Vodka money. I'd call the Russian Navy.
@teabagtowers3823 as for competent navies can be compartmented. Norway or Sweden great small crafts and submarines, no carrier tradition, subs are deadly.
Russia probably spends more on staffing their secret police and silencing whistle blowers than they save by "cutting corners" on their military budget.
The russian clock isn't broken, it just doesn't tell the time because the hands fell off and it might run in reverse but actually that's why the hands were never put back because someone might find out.
Cases of the Russian navy being successful or indeed at least competent: Battleship Slava in WWI, fought alone against a squadron of German dreadnoughts, lost, but still, pretty valiant effort. They made a habit of beating the living daylights out of the Ottoman navy for the duration of the 18th and 19th centuries ( seriously if the Russian navy is incompetent, the Ottoman navy back then was incompetent ten times more ) and they beat the Swedes a few times at sea.
As a former Ohio class SSBN sailor in the 1980s. USS Florida was brand new and had that new submarine smell. A cross between Ucalyptus and a Cat box shitter, i apreciate your videos. We feared the Akulas and Oskars but we were so quite, they couldnt find us within a half mile and they were so noise we could here them at 40 miles away.
@@OctoSchmuckBecause SSBNs are named after states, much like how battleships used to be. And there were plenty of those named after landlocked states. In service right now, the US has Ohio-class SSBN and SSGN (guided missile subs, not nuclear missile subs)submarines named after: Ohio, Michigan, Florida, Georgia, Rhode Island, Alabama, Alaska, Nevada, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, Nebraska, Maine, Wyoming and Louisiana. The only one not named after a state is USS Henry M Jackson, originally meant to be Rhode Island, but was renamed before commissioning after the senator died in office. He was very anti-communist and USSR, and supported increasing the military budget, which is probably why they named her after him.
@@OctoSchmuckShip classes in the US Navy are usually named after the first ship of the class (Yes, I know submarines are considered boats and not ships). Since the first of that design of missile submarine was the USS Ohio, the class was named the Ohio class
He did live to survive the USSR and died relatively peacefully in a town outside of Moscow in 1998. Well I say peacefully it was kidney cancer but it is better than being deleted.
A warship is an incredibly complex machine. The most complex electronics encased in heavy machinery, floating in salt water. The fact they actually work is a testimonial to crew dedication. Anyone who works with complex equipment and electronics know how sensitive they are to vibrations and corrosion, no put them on a bloody ship that pitches on the sea and corrosion by salt water. Maintenance is critical and the culture of maintenance is essential to actually pull it off, from the lowest seaman to Admiral of the Fleet who actually funds that Maintenance.
"You can't really call it a destroyer if it launches F-35s", Wasp-class LHDs and America-class LHAs also happen to carry F-35s. Between the two classes there are another 13 flight decks in the US Navy.
@@christopherchartier3017it’s probably technically possible on pretty much anything that has large enough flat space, but that doesn’t really mean it’s viable. They can launch straight up so it’s not like they actually need a runway or anything, but it would probably be really unsafe to just go for it on a random ship, especially smaller vessels that would be shaking way more than larger carriers designed to facilitate those landings. So you would only really count ships actually intended to launch them that do, those are the only ones you would (or probably could) do it safely and reliably repeated. So ya it probably technically could if it needed to, but in the same way you possibly technically could land a helicopter on the back of a flatbed while it’s moving (slowly), it’s physically possible (though not easy) but not realistically going to be done except in extreme situations. It would also probably cause heat damage to the deck if it doesn’t completely wreck it.
Having participated in naval exercise which included Swedish forces, I can say this. I would not like to fight these blokes for real. They were scarily good, and the camouflage on their attack boats was so good you couldn't see them until they revved and attacked. When they closed the shore again the camo was like they just disappeared! Thankfully they're now in NATO as I certainly wouldn't want to take them on for real.
If ships were anything like individuals with their own personalities, the Kamchatka was the paranoid schizophrenic that couldn’t stop hallucinating about PT Boats wherever it went.
I always assumed that Russian sailors were promoted through the ranks based on how much Vodka they could drink in one sitting, and how many times they could say “Blyat!”.
Another fantastic example of Russian Naval stupidity, K-129, the US found the sunken sub, began project Azorian, built the glomar explorer with a special purpose heavy winch and hydraulic claw system in the span of 2 years and lifted a section of the ship that included multiple nuclear torpedos, during said salvage operation multiple Russian vessels visited the glomar explorer, the Russians even got tipped off about the salvage operation but didn’t think anything of it because they believed it was “impossible” as it turns out it wasn’t impossible and the CIA made off with a substantial chunk of K-129.
I think he watched thespiffingbritt and his youtube video In all seriousness though this series is beautiful, and makes the kremlin look like its ran by the 3 stooges, which it basically is. I’ll gladly fall asleep to this video
Everybody has, its raining supercuts and full seasons. It is kinda funny how first everyone was cutting content to YT shorts, but now the new thing is repackaging as longs.
Started this thinking naturally I wouldn’t watch it all in one go. Hour and a half later I’m making a cake wondering why this video is so short. Love your content dude
I’m actually… glad that I’m not the only one that happened to. I thought that I would watch it in two or three parts. I ended up delaying going to bed and wondering why it was so late despite the video feeling so short.
I am Russian. We dont talk about our navy usually, like it doesn't exist. Really, peacefull russians despise everything about our military organization, navy included. Not only its not very peaceful, it sucks in many ways.
keep in mind the indians could have bought a Nimitz carrier with the final pay. A Nimitz can carry at max 85-90 aircraft while the shit they got can only carry up to 36 even with the removal of the armaments.
No wonder Sweden and Switzerland (my home) are often mistaken. The names are similar, and the ideology of "invade us and pay for it" seems to be a common thing we share, too. great :P
@@boardcertifiable you're laughing, young man, but VERY funnily enough at least Zürich once had a "navy" (they had one little warship on the lake of Zürich in the 1700s). Other than that, we do have one of the largest merchant navies in Europe, which obviously isn't important militarily but still fairly impressive given the whole "landlocked" fact.
@5:54 I live in the same Japanese City the Mikasa is located as a museum. I go to visit the ship often, I can walk from my house, and enjoy it very much. It has been well maintained and there is a nice park as well.
Technically, America has 20 carriers because they have 9 "amphibious assault ships." 2 America class and 7 Wasp class. In addition to the 11 super carriers.
Kutnezsov section: Nato has even more carriers, if you count Japans assault cruisers as carriers you have to count the Wasp and America class amphibious assault ships since they launch and recover F35Bs
It's simple. First, you promote based on birth. Then, you promote based on birth and party loyalty. Then you promote based on birth and how much money your daddy has.
@@nicholaswalsh4462 it's not only money, it's also loyalty. Especially from the soviet times to present day. Internal rivalry between different cliques is very much a thing, so loyalty is the deciding factor as opposed to capability.
@@BoraHorzaGobuchulI used to work with a Russian who was old enough to have been in the industry during the so iet days. He said that promotions usually went to the least effective person, so they wouldn't be a threat to whoever promoted them. So there's that.
@@brennangum6236 Nope. Those ships work, and fulfill a role within the US navy. The only real question is if they are actually needed. Russian technology on the other hand is abysmal at best, and riddled with corruption.
I know someone who is an associate professor at a university who in the late 1980s wrote his thesis essentially on how powerful the Soviet Navy is. There is a reason he is still only an associate professor.
The F117 was shot down by a 38 year old missile operated by officers and conscripts using doctrines decades behind the US. So it’s economically sensible to choose the S400 over the F35s.
@@micoolkidfilms3270 The F117 was shot down because of complacency from the US and underestimating their enemy, they flew the same flight path every time because they thought they couldn't be hit.
@kirby1225 also theres two other factors, one, that night there where no NATO SEAD aircraft flying around and the serbs knew it so they can be risky with there SAM systems and two the missile got the lock on the one time the F-117 stealth is broken, when it's bomb bay doors are open to drop its bombs
@@micoolkidfilms3270Yes this happened, exactly *ONCE* tho. Just cause a piece of equipment CAN do something does not mean it is capable of doing it repeatedly.
12:25 The Admiral "...What do you mean they're just throwing the meat over the side, don't they know about sharks???" Officer beside him, "...I think I'm having a stroke..."
First of all, I just wan't to say that I'm a big fan of your The Russian Navy Sucks series. You should do a video on the Andreev Bay nuclear incident, where russian navy negligence caused 700 000 tons of highly radioactive water to leak into the barents sea from the russian navy's nuclear waste repository, where they were storing spent fuel rods under the open sky. Would really love to hear you tell the story.
Not only that every single next gen carrier they have proposed has a ramp At least the Soviet ulynaosk plan had catapults in the 3,4 launchers I think that’s what the plans seem to show
To be fair the ski jump system is not a bad system. The Royal navy Used this system very effectively on the Invincible and Queen Elizabeth class carriers. Though that's down to the carriers being built to launch Hawker Harriers and now F35-B VTOL capable aircraft so a short runway and ski jump is the best method of launch for those aircraft. UK carrier doctrine is based around VTOL capable aircraft so for us this makes sense. The Russians don't have a VTOL capable aircraft. So for them it's just a case of falling back on old technologies due to a lack of anything better or more capable.
@@amandarhodes4072Ramps do the job if money's tight, it's better than *no* carrier. But it carries some pretty significant restrictions on things like max takeoff weight, which means lower payloads and a smaller combat radius. It's a very funny fixture for a "next generation supercarrier" designed by an ostensible super power.
@@ToastyMozartyeah, if the russians could afford to build, maintain and field a true supercarrier with catapults, they would, but they can’t. They 100% would want to, but they can’t afford it.
Its so good getting history lessons from people who are obviously interested in it, unlike every history teacher in my school who was also taught sports
I watched this from start to finish and hugely enjoyed it. I am happy to add your channel to my favourites, Lezerpig, Drachinfel, Ancient Architects and Suchomimus.
1:00:16 with the soft Rs of your English accent making 'boomer' sound quite close to 'booma,' I half expected the cut away gag to be of the Gungan plasma spheres from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
@Nintendonicke I imagine it more like a Monty Python bit. "What do we have here then?" "Sub stuck!" "Yes I can see that you numpty! Why is it stuck?" "... Gears broke?" "I can literally see they are all working perfectly."
@@Efeye-sSweden is actully making a limitid series about the event But not really in the style of ”death of stalin* tho they are geting help by Disney and some other companies to produce it
I was in the US Air Force during the Syrian Civil War of the 2010's. I remember whenever the Kuznetsov came up in briefings we were all either chuckling or just shaking our heads. During that deployment I think it suffered at least 2 fighters lost, not to the enemy but to crashes while landing. The aircraft had to relocate to Shayrat AB, I think, because it was safer. In addition the Kuznetsov suffered from, like, 4 or 5 fires during that deployment. He WAS NOT kidding about the tugboat.
For some reason I keep re-listening the same few breakdowns of Russian this or French tank that, and you are high in my rotation. Yes, I like that this is 'the done thing' to smack all the series into a long form when complete. THANK YOU
Reminder that the Whiskey class are basically Soviet upgraded Type XXIs. So if you're thinking some older Ruskie diesel attack boats look familiar... that's why.
Why is it every time I see the Admiral Kuznetsov, it always looks like: A) It's on fire and sinking B) Some monstrous ghost ship summoned out of a scrapyard or its watery grave?
Neutral does not mean peaceful... Don't know why people think that Sweden being neutral means they avoid war or conflict... All it means is that they don't choose sides..
After hearing what you said 10:30 into your video about how he would stand on the stern of the Kniaz Suvorov and use a megaphone to shout abuse at the Kamchatka I’m beginning to think that Rojdestvensky might have been the inspiration for Captain Haddock who does this kind of thing in the Tintin stories.
HTP isn't just about being cheaper. It does have some technical advantages ... provided you don't give a crap about safety. The reliability of ignition with an HTP engine is really good. I just wanted to point out it's not just cheapness that makes an engineer pick HTP. It's really reliable, if you measure reliability as "will it ignite when it's supposed to?" (The problem is that it's NOT reliable if you measure reliability as "Will it NOT ignite when it's NOT supposed to?") There's a reason it was the fuel of choice for so many space probes for quite a long time. When the entire mission depends on a thruster working without ever having the ability to repair or maintain it because there's no human around for a few million miles, it's kind of important that it definitely works when turned on and cannot fail to ignite.
You should do a video of USS Enterprise (CV-6)and her accomplishments. She is probably one of the luckiest ships in history and is definitely the main character of a story.
Fun &light hearted, I like. Thanks for the pic of Hms Hermes (carrier) at opening credits, she was my ride in the Falklands War. Incidentally she was sold to the Indian navy and, altogether was an operational warship for 60 years no less.
the really fascinating aspect of the entire history of the Russian 'navy' they never really had anyone with the any sort of expertise in naval warfare theories and tactics they just kept marinating Lenin's addage of quantity over quality. something the ccp is doing
Think you meant maintaining not marinating, but you're absolutely right regardless. The CCP likes it's numbers high and it's quality low, and that's why the tofu dregs are coming down.
@OctoSchmuck the ccp fell for the same self inflicted trap of attempting to compete with the US, without really thinking things through on what it actually takes to creating and maintaining a competent navy
I'm only 15 minutes in, and I already need a show about this line Blackadder Goes Forth... Hell, you could even get the bleak ending. That poor admiral :(
I've watched this so much that I practically memorized it every so often it will come back up in my feed while watching other videos I think this is the 20th to 30th time I watched it😊
Ye, it sums up large periods of Ukrainian history, to the point when studying Ukrainian literature and history at school carries a non-zero risk of causing depression in students.
Being an old fart who has always been interested in international news, I regard the Kursk as recent, I was intent on catching every piece of information about the boat and its demise. My son was an officer in the RAN and had spoken of becoming a submariner, giving me more incentive, and I still have the print off's and newpapper clippings from the entire Kursk fiasco, and early on, there were several reports that one of the Torpedoes that was loaded aboard Kursk was actually dropped by the sailors responsible for it's transportation, and it landed heavily on the pier and should have been immediately, and very carefully removed, these particular Russian Torpedoes were powered by Hydrogen peroxide a particularly dangerous form of fuel. But the Russian Navy was able to pick the now physically damaged Torpedo. Yes, it had a dent and scratches on it, and visible physical damage is only a hint as to the invisible internal damage, so after managing to get the thing back onto the transportation system, IT WAS STILL LOADED ABOARD THE KURSK TO BE USED!!! This is the Torpedo that destroyed KURSK. The fear of the reaction from their superiors was the problem, Russian's don't admit to mistakes because no matter what the situation is, the shit MUST go downhill!!! And the BOSS is never at fault, unless he has a BOSS who is more powerful and that BOSS won't have any Bucks stopping near him!!!!
Binoculars you say? Oh. Funny LoL And since you mentioned a new machine. The audio, while you were talking about the future russian submarine fleet, ergo the surface fleet, was clearer and crisper. Part 2 sounds crushed, like Mr. Dolby is stepping on the bass, and a little on the mids. At least to my eardrums. What's left of them. Take care, mate. Fair winds
I love your videos and your coverage of the Russian navy makes me roll laughing as a Russian. Thank you for highlighting these stupid events 😂 also PLEASE if you pride yourself on details say Nuclear correctly, it’s Nuk-Lee-ahr not Nuk-yu-Luhr lmao
the first navy in history to be defeated and forced to withdraw its remaining vessels into a secondary dock that wasnt even made to accomedate military vessels out of fear of losing them. truly the 2nd most powerfull military
If you ever feel stupid, just remember that Russian sailors thought they were being attacked by the Japanese navy…in the North Sea
And in africa, and the dogger bank.... and madagascar
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Actually the fact that Japanese got all their major ships frum UK made the attack in thr North Sea somewhat plausible.
Just NOT in the form of trawler fleet
I mean, most of the soldiers enrolled in the army from western Russia thought the frontline would be a day at foot from Moscow.....2 weeks... that was getting to the other side of earth for them.
Do not forget Russian drinking habits. They were already considered extreme in a time most Westerner would have been considered alcoholics by modern standards.
A modern navy requires
- An incredibly well trained Enlisted pool.
- An incredibly well trained NCO pool.
- An incredibly well trained officer pool.
- Meticulously maintained equipment
- Procedures that are drill so deep into crews that they can do them in their sleep.
These things require
- Money
- Commitment
- Follow through.
Russia is incapable of doing ANY OF THESE THINGS.
There's those issues, then there's the fact that the shipyards they need to build a blue water navy are all in Ukraine.... Kind of convenient for Russia that Ukraine was a threat full of N Azis eh?
And none of these can be done in a Culture steeped in Dishonesty and Information Hiding. Communication and Cooperation cant happen in that Environment.
That's not fair. They're clearly committed to being a shit navy.
Russia’s internal politics is and has always been, played to the death. As a result the commitment to “stuff” that the state does is impossible for any single leader. That lack of commitment is at the heart of all the deficits you’ve correctly identified.
@@Mitch_Richard44, JSC & Sevmash don't count?!?
I VERY much dislike Russia as a Country these days but they do have good, bluewater shipwrights. I mean, who's making these Borei submarines?
You are correct that the Russian arms industry is in trouble, though. For instance, Russia are allowing India to build brand-new Su-30 fighters under license.
Gee, I wonder where those Indian-built tactical multirole planes will eventually end u-**COUGH, RUSSIA!, COUGH**
The long silent pause between "An icebreaker" and "which is going to the tropics." is so personal.
Most competent Russian naval moment
@@concept5631 yeah, it knew what hell awaited them so they had the admiral sent them back. Genius
Would have made sense if going the (shorter) North-East route through the frozen waters at Russia's North coast . But before watching this video, I only knew that this failed expedition against Japan sparked the failed 1905 revolution that left many Russians in exile until the 2 successful revolutions in 1917 . It probably also taught Stalin that sending warships against Japan was dangerous, thus delaying the Russian declaration of War against Japan until the last date allowed by his deal with the west .
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Q: Why do newer Russian naval vessels now have glass bottom boats?
A: So they can see the old Russian Navy. 😂
Just like the Italian ones in ww2
The Russian Navy Sucks: Super Deluxe Extended Director’s Cut DVD Box Set with Extras and Behind the Scenes footage
Neat. When can we expect the Director's Cut on Blue Ray?
We need a downloadable core light collectors edition.
Yes
Aka milking those views
@@JinX-so5yv silence knob
In regards to the Swedish national defence here's a quote (translated by me, to be fair) from a Swedish defence booklet given to every single household back in 2018: "If Sweden is attacked by another country we shall never surrender. Any orders to cease resisting are false." If my platoon commander during my national service is to be believed that is not just propaganda, but a standing order in the Swedish defence forces.
Winning against the USSR was never in the cards for us, but neither was losing.
It is very much a doctrinal standing order still in effect. And it means not a single person in our government or monarch or any other civilian or military commander has any mandate to even start negotiating any kind of surrender or even cease fire while hostile forces occupy Swedish soil...
It was printed on the first of the red bordered emergency information pages at the back of every single phone book issued to every household and updated every year from the end of ww2 into the late 1990ies.
@@SonsOfLorgar Sverige vill försvara sig, kan försvara sig och skall försvara sig! Motstånd ska göras ständigt och i alla lägen!
@@sweracoon7931 håll gränsen.
Vaktchefen som beordrade krigsläge på målradarn (det växlade målradarn från fastfrekvens till det för sovjeterna okända och då ostörbara och hoppfrekvensläget) när Sovjeterna försökte ta sig in och frita U137 var kurskamrat med min far på sjökrigsskolan på 60talet 😊
"Any orders to cease resisting are false."
Holy fuck that goes hard
@@CaptainRhodornow consider that in conjunction with the total defence policy, and notice it does not say armed resistance, it's all resistance. It's not about winning, just be a country size pain in the ass of any occupying force.
NATO Sonar: It's either a Lada Class or someone washing tin pans in a clothes washer.
The best stealth sub in the Russian navy
Did you just call a washing machine a clothes washer lol
@@ThatOneCanadianKid Probably not a native english speaker. But besides that; it makes it clear that they're referring to a laundry machine, and not a dish-washer. Tin pans in the latter would be fairly normal, and not really noticeably louder than ordinary. In the former - now that's _smekalka!_
@@sebastianrubin7476 are you the not a native english speaker or are you saying he's a not a native english speaker? because if it is the latter than the joke flew straight over your head
The Hotel, Echo and November classes were called HENs by American submariners, both for the obvious acronym and because they were, quote, "loud as a chicken yard".
But His you forgot the part where the Russian Hospital ship encountered Japanese patrol boats and signaled to them "watch out for Japanese warships fellow Russian Vessel."
That could be clever as it is a hospital ship and that message confirms it is not a threat.
@@Tuck-Shop they said something along the lines of "watch out, our whole fleet is here going going this way on this course"
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"...An icebreaker..." Reminds me of the scene in "Airplane" when they show the emergency vehicles heading to the runway, then the Budweiser truck, the ice cream van, the cement mixer...
Heh, there was a joke back in the day...Tsuktsa is fishing, when suddenly, submarine appears. AMERICANS. American captain asks;"Hey, fisherman, we are kind of lost, can you tell us, where we are?". Tsuktsa;"This is Bering sea". American cap to he crew:" turn North-West, full speed". Tsuktsa is continuing fishing, then, Russian submarine appears. Russian captain:"Hey, asshole, did you see Americans passing by?". "Yes, i did, they went North-West, full speed". "Are you fucking mocking me? Show with your hand"
The Black Sea fleet no longer operates in the Black Sea.
the black see fleet is rebrandet to black submarine fleet
@@c3n5i you mean the Black Reef Fleet
the black sea fleet? more like the coral reef
@@loafoffloof3420 guys you roasting made me laugh, even though I was sitting and crying before that.🎉
Russian propaganda would lead you to believe that a coral reef is still fully functional.
The story about the Russian Baltic fleet is the single greatest military story. Ever. It is so ridiculous that one would think it was made up.
It needs to be a film
Frankly it's not that weird when working with 2nd class people ANYTHING is possible and add to that no knowledge of the outside world pretty much and that's exactly what I'd expect from a long voyage of that caliber we just got to hear enough about it that it sounds so screwed up but not really in context just another day at the office for them bozos
Produced by Mosfilm, starring Russia's greatest actors, it will hit theaters in, like, never...
straight up Monty Python ngl.
@@MrTangolizard I'm going with the Zucker Bros as directors. Is Leslie Nielson still alive?
“The flagship was overrun with Chameleons” is the single greatest line of historical fact I’ve ever heard
Early Russian stealth equipment
To quote Archer "how are you a superpower!?"
They haven’t been a super power since the Soviet-Afghan War
When Oceangate is better than your entire Naval History, maybe its time to stay out of the water.
At least Oceangate tried.
At least Oceangate tried
I remember watching a panel with David Weber, who talked about the Navy (British and US) and all its traditions, command styles, etc. Someone commented, "Well, this is a very Western way to look at the issue."
No shit Sherlock, this is why it works. Not every "way" to handle the same problem is equal; some are better.
Yeah I mean imagine a island nation with a formal navy that’s hundreds of years old that ruled the oceans of the globe for hundreds of years knows a few things about naval warfare
@MrTangolizard nazi germanys? I don't catch your cold, a blue water navy is a rare jewel, brown water and green are the normal as most countries don't feel the need to project power with a white water navy like the West
Yeah talked about how the British and US navy’s worked because they are prime examples of how competent navy's work. Most of Russia’s Black Sea fleet is either at the bottom of the drink or has run off back to Russia from Crimea.
Their aircraft carrier breaks so often that it has to be towed everywhere by a tug boat and with their submarine force not that long ago one of their submarines blew itself up with a dummy torpedo.
You know why David Webber didn't talk about Russian Navy because he was talking about navy's that are competent. Which the Russian Navy in all its corrupt useless glory is not.
If I wanted a navy that could do the job I'd call US/British/French navy’s. If I wanted a navy whose ships would probably sink on the way to doing the job or not make it out of port because their captains had sold off all their fuel for Vodka money. I'd call the Russian Navy.
@teabagtowers3823 as for competent navies can be compartmented. Norway or Sweden great small crafts and submarines, no carrier tradition, subs are deadly.
To quote Habitual Linecrosser: "There's a reason why the US has two back-to-back world war victories."
Same applies to the UK.
How many countries have sedative-equipped plainclothes nurses? Russia is wild.
Russia probably spends more on staffing their secret police and silencing whistle blowers than they save by "cutting corners" on their military budget.
I think it may have inspired Ian Fleming to write the character Rosa Klebb.
I thought the same thing could u imagine that happening in the west
@MarcosElMalo2 man if you only knew
"Nurse" = KGB agents
Even a broken Clock is right twice a Day
Yet somehow the Russian Navy has a worse track record than that
The russian clock isn't broken, it just doesn't tell the time because the hands fell off and it might run in reverse but actually that's why the hands were never put back because someone might find out.
@@theothertonydutchhands have already been sold off for some vodka.
Cases of the Russian navy being successful or indeed at least competent:
Battleship Slava in WWI, fought alone against a squadron of German dreadnoughts, lost, but still, pretty valiant effort.
They made a habit of beating the living daylights out of the Ottoman navy for the duration of the 18th and 19th centuries ( seriously if the Russian navy is incompetent, the Ottoman navy back then was incompetent ten times more ) and they beat the Swedes a few times at sea.
Russian watches are never broken, they are just doing special operation in the time space.
As a former Ohio class SSBN sailor in the 1980s. USS Florida was brand new and had that new submarine smell. A cross between Ucalyptus and a Cat box shitter, i apreciate your videos. We feared the Akulas and Oskars but we were so quite, they couldnt find us within a half mile and they were so noise we could here them at 40 miles away.
Why is there an Ohio class in the Navy when the only body of water touching Ohio is lake Erie?
@@OctoSchmuckyou could in theory go all the way from the gulf of mexico or st. lawrence to lake erie, so I imagine that is why.
@@OctoSchmuckBecause SSBNs are named after states, much like how battleships used to be.
And there were plenty of those named after landlocked states.
In service right now, the US has Ohio-class SSBN and SSGN (guided missile subs, not nuclear missile subs)submarines named after:
Ohio, Michigan, Florida, Georgia, Rhode Island, Alabama, Alaska, Nevada, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, Nebraska, Maine, Wyoming and Louisiana.
The only one not named after a state is USS Henry M Jackson, originally meant to be Rhode Island, but was renamed before commissioning after the senator died in office.
He was very anti-communist and USSR, and supported increasing the military budget, which is probably why they named her after him.
@@OctoSchmuckShip classes in the US Navy are usually named after the first ship of the class (Yes, I know submarines are considered boats and not ships). Since the first of that design of missile submarine was the USS Ohio, the class was named the Ohio class
@@OctoSchmuck Same reason USS Oklahoma was a battleship.
The Russian navy: making the Italians in WW2 seem competent
Italians where at least semi competent. The Russians on the other hand.../"\
MUMMA MIA
The Italians weren’t incompetent
@@looinrims
Ethiopia
Greece
Sicily (the fkn Mafia made a joke of Mussolini. In His own country😂)
Screams competence.
HoE: Arkhipov is one of those rare competent Russian/Soviet naval officer.
Me: Oh boy. Things can’t have ended well for him
He did live to survive the USSR and died relatively peacefully in a town outside of Moscow in 1998.
Well I say peacefully it was kidney cancer but it is better than being deleted.
A warship is an incredibly complex machine. The most complex electronics encased in heavy machinery, floating in salt water. The fact they actually work is a testimonial to crew dedication. Anyone who works with complex equipment and electronics know how sensitive they are to vibrations and corrosion, no put them on a bloody ship that pitches on the sea and corrosion by salt water. Maintenance is critical and the culture of maintenance is essential to actually pull it off, from the lowest seaman to Admiral of the Fleet who actually funds that Maintenance.
Dead in 6 days from radiation is like Demon-core levels of radiation exposure.
"You can't really call it a destroyer if it launches F-35s", Wasp-class LHDs and America-class LHAs also happen to carry F-35s. Between the two classes there are another 13 flight decks in the US Navy.
...and name said ship Kaga. Yeah, I know..
That gets me thinking, CAN an F-35B launch and land off the back deck of an Arleigh-Burke destroyer or am I being dumb?
@@christopherchartier3017technically yes but...with vary little room for error
Pretty much every ship with a helipad can theoretically launch F-35B.
@@christopherchartier3017it’s probably technically possible on pretty much anything that has large enough flat space, but that doesn’t really mean it’s viable. They can launch straight up so it’s not like they actually need a runway or anything, but it would probably be really unsafe to just go for it on a random ship, especially smaller vessels that would be shaking way more than larger carriers designed to facilitate those landings. So you would only really count ships actually intended to launch them that do, those are the only ones you would (or probably could) do it safely and reliably repeated.
So ya it probably technically could if it needed to, but in the same way you possibly technically could land a helicopter on the back of a flatbed while it’s moving (slowly), it’s physically possible (though not easy) but not realistically going to be done except in extreme situations.
It would also probably cause heat damage to the deck if it doesn’t completely wreck it.
Having participated in naval exercise which included Swedish forces, I can say this. I would not like to fight these blokes for real. They were scarily good, and the camouflage on their attack boats was so good you couldn't see them until they revved and attacked. When they closed the shore again the camo was like they just disappeared! Thankfully they're now in NATO as I certainly wouldn't want to take them on for real.
If ships were anything like individuals with their own personalities, the Kamchatka was the paranoid schizophrenic that couldn’t stop hallucinating about PT Boats wherever it went.
How the actual Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo do you BEND a control rod? Were you adjusting it with sledgehammers?
Russian/Soviet Mechanical Jank transcends logic
It works like 40K Ork tech
Along with "And then it got worse", the Russian military is also famous for "Alcohol may have been involved."
@@Zretgul_timerunner
@@thomasshoe92 You tagged
I always assumed that Russian sailors were promoted through the ranks based on how much Vodka they could drink in one sitting, and how many times they could say “Blyat!”.
The Russian Navy making McHale’s Navy look like a professional military organization.
Please don’t insult McHale’s Navy!
@@davidlium9338wasn't his fault nobody listened to him
Another fantastic example of Russian Naval stupidity, K-129, the US found the sunken sub, began project Azorian, built the glomar explorer with a special purpose heavy winch and hydraulic claw system in the span of 2 years and lifted a section of the ship that included multiple nuclear torpedos, during said salvage operation multiple Russian vessels visited the glomar explorer, the Russians even got tipped off about the salvage operation but didn’t think anything of it because they believed it was “impossible” as it turns out it wasn’t impossible and the CIA made off with a substantial chunk of K-129.
I heard about that one and it was hilarious.
I never get tired of this story, and your delivery is perfect.
I think he watched thespiffingbritt and his youtube video
In all seriousness though this series is beautiful, and makes the kremlin look like its ran by the 3 stooges, which it basically is.
I’ll gladly fall asleep to this video
Everybody has, its raining supercuts and full seasons.
It is kinda funny how first everyone was cutting content to YT shorts, but now the new thing is repackaging as longs.
@@JeffBilkins pants
@firecrow7973Trousers
Do not besmirch the honorable names of Larry, Curly, and Moe like that.
@quentinking4351 what about Shemp and Joe?
Thank the Lord for Steve buscemi.
Thank you for the whole hearted belly laugh at that reference.
The Russian navy is how I imagine my navy in HOI4 is (I don’t have the first clue how naval works)
That comedy was one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time. The sad thing is it's a documentary.
It's my sleepover and I get to pick the movie!
Started this thinking naturally I wouldn’t watch it all in one go. Hour and a half later I’m making a cake wondering why this video is so short.
Love your content dude
I’m actually… glad that I’m not the only one that happened to. I thought that I would watch it in two or three parts.
I ended up delaying going to bed and wondering why it was so late despite the video feeling so short.
Same, I started playing it and now it’s on while I’m meal prepping. The supercut really came through for me today lol
I am Russian. We dont talk about our navy usually, like it doesn't exist. Really, peacefull russians despise everything about our military organization, navy included. Not only its not very peaceful, it sucks in many ways.
ive posted this on facebook because ive been having a conversation with a z nitwit about how great he thinks his navy is! i beg to differ lol
gib link
My friend, if you are arguing with russian bots/trolls on fb in 2024 you are wasting your life.
@@sixstringedthingif russian bots say the sky is blue i will check
And they will probably be wrong(night)
@@nikolaideianov5092 "Im a proud texican and I love looking out at the light blue sky across our warm water port"
@@robertstuckey6407 the sky in texas is black now
keep in mind the indians could have bought a Nimitz carrier with the final pay. A Nimitz can carry at max 85-90 aircraft while the shit they got can only carry up to 36 even with the removal of the armaments.
They aren't the brightest.
Do you reckon the US would have sold a nuclear aircraft carrier?
@@falconmclenny7284no we wouldn't we scrap em no way to remove the reactor sadly without deactivation
No wonder Sweden and Switzerland (my home) are often mistaken. The names are similar, and the ideology of "invade us and pay for it" seems to be a common thing we share, too.
great :P
"If we are invaded, we will not win. *_But neither will you._* "
Yes and we all know Switzerland has a powerful Navy to fight enemies.
For a neutral landlocked country. 😂😂😂
@@boardcertifiable you're laughing, young man, but VERY funnily enough at least Zürich once had a "navy" (they had one little warship on the lake of Zürich in the 1700s).
Other than that, we do have one of the largest merchant navies in Europe, which obviously isn't important militarily but still fairly impressive given the whole "landlocked" fact.
@@CaptainRhodor you are literally EVERYWHERE i am w h y
@@boardcertifiable they may be nuetral and not have a powerful military navy but i wouldnt wanna fight them
‘Larping as a superpower’ 💀 these lines have me in stitches
Thanks for your dedication and for delivering a blast to listen to! :D
The hell you say I want my british naval history videos.
FULL SEND
@5:54 I live in the same Japanese City the Mikasa is located as a museum. I go to visit the ship often, I can walk from my house, and enjoy it very much. It has been well maintained and there is a nice park as well.
Thats awesome. I'm currently building a model of the ship :)
@@HistoryofEverythingChannel Nice.
Yokosuka? Museums and parks are amazing. It also gave me two of my favorite things. Naval Curry and 'Pigs and Battleships'.
@@Off-HandedBarrel are you talking about the movie called Pigs and Battleships? If so, I also love that movie.
@@keimahane The very one.
Technically, America has 20 carriers because they have 9 "amphibious assault ships." 2 America class and 7 Wasp class. In addition to the 11 super carriers.
Kutnezsov section: Nato has even more carriers, if you count Japans assault cruisers as carriers you have to count the Wasp and America class amphibious assault ships since they launch and recover F35Bs
ngl i love your vids independent of audio quality
also ive rewatched this series so many times the supercut is so useful
I will never understand how such incompetence exists.
It's simple. First, you promote based on birth. Then, you promote based on birth and party loyalty. Then you promote based on birth and how much money your daddy has.
@@nicholaswalsh4462 it's not only money, it's also loyalty. Especially from the soviet times to present day. Internal rivalry between different cliques is very much a thing, so loyalty is the deciding factor as opposed to capability.
@@BoraHorzaGobuchulI used to work with a Russian who was old enough to have been in the industry during the so iet days.
He said that promotions usually went to the least effective person, so they wouldn't be a threat to whoever promoted them.
So there's that.
The US version of this incompetence is the zumwalt.. maybe even the littoral combat ships as well. At least the zumwalt acted as a test bed.
@@brennangum6236 Nope. Those ships work, and fulfill a role within the US navy. The only real question is if they are actually needed. Russian technology on the other hand is abysmal at best, and riddled with corruption.
I know someone who is an associate professor at a university who in the late 1980s wrote his thesis essentially on how powerful the Soviet Navy is.
There is a reason he is still only an associate professor.
Your effort is greatly appreciated!
Also, the soundtrack is very good and fitting.
Sometimes you find some gems that truly shine through the algorithm, this is one of the shiniest.
It's so funny Turkey still doubled down on S400s instead of F35s even after the S400 was repeatedly embarrassed by 30yr old missiles
The F117 was shot down by a 38 year old missile operated by officers and conscripts using doctrines decades behind the US.
So it’s economically sensible to choose the S400 over the F35s.
@@micoolkidfilms3270 The F117 was shot down because of complacency from the US and underestimating their enemy, they flew the same flight path every time because they thought they couldn't be hit.
@kirby1225 also theres two other factors, one, that night there where no NATO SEAD aircraft flying around and the serbs knew it so they can be risky with there SAM systems and two the missile got the lock on the one time the F-117 stealth is broken, when it's bomb bay doors are open to drop its bombs
@@somerandomguyfromthebeyond1821 Yeah I didn't remember that, but that's true as well.
@@micoolkidfilms3270Yes this happened, exactly *ONCE* tho. Just cause a piece of equipment CAN do something does not mean it is capable of doing it repeatedly.
Super Uber Mega Large Big Deluxe Extended Director's Cut! Yay!
12:25
The Admiral "...What do you mean they're just throwing the meat over the side, don't they know about sharks???"
Officer beside him, "...I think I'm having a stroke..."
Finally! Ive been dying for the directors cut!
First of all, I just wan't to say that I'm a big fan of your The Russian Navy Sucks series.
You should do a video on the Andreev Bay nuclear incident, where russian navy negligence caused 700 000 tons of highly radioactive water to leak into the barents sea from the russian navy's nuclear waste repository, where they were storing spent fuel rods under the open sky. Would really love to hear you tell the story.
If your reading this. I hope your having a good drink
Why thank you my dude
you too! :)
Why thank you!
JD & Coke - NO Vodka!
Well, thank you. I actually am
The Best Most Accurate Documentary On The Russian Crap Navy I Have Ever Seen! Cheers from Colorado :)
Wow...this was amazing. Subbed! Thank you!
Thank you so much
Is there anyone else's who finds it hilarious that russia's "super carrier" concept still has a ramp?
They can’t even replicate 1950s steam catapult technology.
Not only that every single next gen carrier they have proposed has a ramp
At least the Soviet ulynaosk plan had catapults in the 3,4 launchers
I think that’s what the plans seem to show
To be fair the ski jump system is not a bad system. The Royal navy Used this system very effectively on the Invincible and Queen Elizabeth class carriers. Though that's down to the carriers being built to launch Hawker Harriers and now F35-B VTOL capable aircraft so a short runway and ski jump is the best method of launch for those aircraft. UK carrier doctrine is based around VTOL capable aircraft so for us this makes sense. The Russians don't have a VTOL capable aircraft. So for them it's just a case of falling back on old technologies due to a lack of anything better or more capable.
@@amandarhodes4072Ramps do the job if money's tight, it's better than *no* carrier. But it carries some pretty significant restrictions on things like max takeoff weight, which means lower payloads and a smaller combat radius.
It's a very funny fixture for a "next generation supercarrier" designed by an ostensible super power.
@@ToastyMozartyeah, if the russians could afford to build, maintain and field a true supercarrier with catapults, they would, but they can’t. They 100% would want to, but they can’t afford it.
Damn I remember watching the first video a couple months ago. Good memories
Its so good getting history lessons from people who are obviously interested in it, unlike every history teacher in my school who was also taught sports
It really is better to learn from someone who has a passion for the subject.
I watched this from start to finish and hugely enjoyed it. I am happy to add your channel to my favourites, Lezerpig, Drachinfel, Ancient Architects and Suchomimus.
1:00:16 with the soft Rs of your English accent making 'boomer' sound quite close to 'booma,' I half expected the cut away gag to be of the Gungan plasma spheres from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
2 weeks ago: "Close to 50k milestone"
Now: 62.1k +1 from me!
First video of yours I've seen, but I'll definitely be watching some more!
That Sweden Story... pure gold... if you make a movie... a good one ... Oscarwinner
Imagine a "The death of Stalin"-type movie about that event.
@Nintendonicke I imagine it more like a Monty Python bit.
"What do we have here then?"
"Sub stuck!"
"Yes I can see that you numpty! Why is it stuck?"
"... Gears broke?"
"I can literally see they are all working perfectly."
@@Efeye-sSweden is actully making a limitid series about the event But not really in the style of ”death of stalin* tho they are geting help by Disney and some other companies to produce it
I was in the US Air Force during the Syrian Civil War of the 2010's. I remember whenever the Kuznetsov came up in briefings we were all either chuckling or just shaking our heads. During that deployment I think it suffered at least 2 fighters lost, not to the enemy but to crashes while landing. The aircraft had to relocate to Shayrat AB, I think, because it was safer. In addition the Kuznetsov suffered from, like, 4 or 5 fires during that deployment. He WAS NOT kidding about the tugboat.
For some reason I keep re-listening the same few breakdowns of Russian this or French tank that, and you are high in my rotation. Yes, I like that this is 'the done thing' to smack all the series into a long form when complete. THANK YOU
Reminder that the Whiskey class are basically Soviet upgraded Type XXIs. So if you're thinking some older Ruskie diesel attack boats look familiar... that's why.
Great vid!
Thanks mate!
New subscriber and I’ll be watching everything you publish.
Thank you!
Russian Navy... The crew of their only aircraft carrier, rots like ordinary infantry somewhere near Kursk. xD
I remember reading much of the same. The land army was even worse. With Officers refusing to help each other due to old aristocracal feuds.
Why is it every time I see the Admiral Kuznetsov, it always looks like: A) It's on fire and sinking B) Some monstrous ghost ship summoned out of a scrapyard or its watery grave?
Neutral does not mean peaceful... Don't know why people think that Sweden being neutral means they avoid war or conflict... All it means is that they don't choose sides..
The best part of being in the Russian navy is that if you're lost at sea, you don't have to go back to Russia.
Will there be Russian Airforce Sucks series?
I second this.
@@rojalDI'd say Paper Skies is already doing that fairly well.
@@rojalDif i am correct, thats Animarchy’s thing.
They are friends.
Oh, ohhhh three-way colab!
Haters gonna hate. Most of you wouldn't last very long vs russian military
44:17 USCG HELO!!! LET'S GO COAST GUARD!! (Yeah, I'm a Coastie)
After hearing what you said 10:30 into your video about how he would stand on the stern of the Kniaz Suvorov and use a megaphone to shout abuse at the Kamchatka I’m beginning to think that Rojdestvensky might have been the inspiration for Captain Haddock who does this kind of thing in the Tintin stories.
The most impressive thing about Russia is that it still exists
Not for long. Look at demographics. Old babuskas and not much else. An dying nation.
I don't think anyone wants it
thanks for the super cut! wenn i do the rewatch of the series i have one great video!
Damn, imagine if Ukraine had managed to keep the Kuznetsov.
They would scrap it like they did with Tu-160 or would have sold it to China like they did with his sistership
HTP isn't just about being cheaper. It does have some technical advantages ... provided you don't give a crap about safety. The reliability of ignition with an HTP engine is really good. I just wanted to point out it's not just cheapness that makes an engineer pick HTP. It's really reliable, if you measure reliability as "will it ignite when it's supposed to?" (The problem is that it's NOT reliable if you measure reliability as "Will it NOT ignite when it's NOT supposed to?") There's a reason it was the fuel of choice for so many space probes for quite a long time. When the entire mission depends on a thruster working without ever having the ability to repair or maintain it because there's no human around for a few million miles, it's kind of important that it definitely works when turned on and cannot fail to ignite.
US Navy rolls a natural 1: Friendly fire incident.
USSR Navy rolls a natural 1: * Destroys itself attempting to fire dummy torpedos *
And what do you know that old Russian aircraft carrier that became a theme park caught fire.
_“A litany of utter incompetence, disaster, and misery”_
Is way of Motherland, tovarisch.
You should do a video of USS Enterprise (CV-6)and her accomplishments. She is probably one of the luckiest ships in history and is definitely the main character of a story.
Animarchy did a nearly 6 hour video on her. It's awesome
Fun &light hearted, I like. Thanks for the pic of Hms Hermes (carrier) at opening credits, she was my ride in the Falklands War. Incidentally she was sold to the Indian navy and, altogether was an operational warship for 60 years no less.
the really fascinating aspect of the entire history of the Russian 'navy' they never really had anyone with the any sort of expertise in naval warfare theories and tactics they just kept marinating Lenin's addage of quantity over quality. something the ccp is doing
* adage.
Think you meant maintaining not marinating, but you're absolutely right regardless. The CCP likes it's numbers high and it's quality low, and that's why the tofu dregs are coming down.
@@OctoSchmuck😂😂 I just realized it.
@OctoSchmuck the ccp fell for the same self inflicted trap of attempting to compete with the US, without really thinking things through on what it actually takes to creating and maintaining a competent navy
Wasn't that Stalin's quote?
I'm only 15 minutes in, and I already need a show about this line Blackadder Goes Forth...
Hell, you could even get the bleak ending. That poor admiral :(
This video is the same length as The Death of Stalin.
Similar subject matter too
And as funny as the movie, as well
I've watched this so much that I practically memorized it every so often it will come back up in my feed while watching other videos I think this is the 20th to 30th time I watched it😊
I mean, "and then it got worse" can be used at pretty much any point in Slavic history. Just that some Slavs have it extra worse.
I don't know, Poland and Czech Republic have been doing pretty well ever since they were freed from communism
Ye, it sums up large periods of Ukrainian history, to the point when studying Ukrainian literature and history at school carries a non-zero risk of causing depression in students.
This my third time through this video. It never fails to crack me up.
Being an old fart who has always been interested in international news, I regard the Kursk as recent, I was intent on catching every piece of information about the boat and its demise. My son was an officer in the RAN and had spoken of becoming a submariner, giving me more incentive, and I still have the print off's and newpapper clippings from the entire Kursk fiasco, and early on, there were several reports that one of the Torpedoes that was loaded aboard Kursk was actually dropped by the sailors responsible for it's transportation, and it landed heavily on the pier and should have been immediately, and very carefully removed, these particular Russian Torpedoes were powered by Hydrogen peroxide a particularly dangerous form of fuel. But the Russian Navy was able to pick the now physically damaged Torpedo. Yes, it had a dent and scratches on it, and visible physical damage is only a hint as to the invisible internal damage, so after managing to get the thing back onto the transportation system, IT WAS STILL LOADED ABOARD THE KURSK TO BE USED!!! This is the Torpedo that destroyed KURSK. The fear of the reaction from their superiors was the problem, Russian's don't admit to mistakes because no matter what the situation is, the shit MUST go downhill!!! And the BOSS is never at fault, unless he has a BOSS who is more powerful and that BOSS won't have any Bucks stopping near him!!!!
Bruh, did you even watch the video before commenting? All of this is literally in the second part.
This is great! Keep up the good work and fantastic content! It's entertaining and educational as always.
Binoculars you say? Oh. Funny LoL
And since you mentioned a new machine. The audio, while you were talking about the future russian submarine fleet, ergo the surface fleet, was clearer and crisper. Part 2 sounds crushed, like Mr. Dolby is stepping on the bass, and a little on the mids. At least to my eardrums. What's left of them. Take care, mate. Fair winds
The world was astonished to hear that the russian navy had fallen to the Japanese, the Lazerpig Loop apparently being in effect as far back as 1900.
I love your videos and your coverage of the Russian navy makes me roll laughing as a Russian. Thank you for highlighting these stupid events 😂 also PLEASE if you pride yourself on details say Nuclear correctly, it’s Nuk-Lee-ahr not Nuk-yu-Luhr lmao
the first navy in history to be defeated and forced to withdraw its remaining vessels into a secondary dock that wasnt even made to accomedate military vessels out of fear of losing them. truly the 2nd most powerfull military