Tanks Evolved from This Machine

Military obstacles have been around for thousands of years, from bodies of water and trenches, to barbed wire and landmines. But how militaries around the world have overcome these obstacles, is #NotWhatYouThink #NWYT #longs

Music:
Sin City (Instrumental Version) - Sven Karlsson
Refined Enlightenment - Howard Harper-Barnes
Drinks Served - Stationary Sign
Different Times - Jett Everill
Imaginator - Farrell Wooten
The Shanty - Roy Edwin Williams
The Specialist - Duke Herrington
Yhello - Lofive
Invisible Memories - Wendel Scherer

Footage:
US Department of Defense

Note: "The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement."

0:00 Early Military Obstacles and Solutions
1:24 Trench Diggers and More!
2:06 Minefields and MICLIC
4:00 Water Obstacles and Pontoon Bridges
5:21 Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge (AVLB)
5:53 Improved Ribbon Bridge
6:17 M3 Amphibious Rig
7:26 Barrage Balloons

[Evan_Horvath]

In Soviet Russia they don't call them "mines." They call them "ours."

[DIDYOUSEETHAT]

Former Special Forces. I have also been a military historian most of my adult life. A lot of these kinds of channels are poorly researched without a lot of thought, not worth sticking around after a number of mistakes. So I thoroughly enjoy this channel. 👍👍👍👍👍

[kstricl]

The most useful offshoot of temporary bridges in my memory was the Bailey Bridge. Designed to be able to support tanks and larger vehicles, they were quick to deploy behind the lines to help move supplies. In the mid-late 90's, a major tourist road (that had one bailey bridge being replaced) washed out, stranding many tourists and residents. Within a couple days, a bailey bridge had been sourced and was being installed over the washout.

[Weaponized_Poutine]

former combat engineer here, the MICLIC is fantastic, when it works, 4 of 5 trainings I have done on the damn thing failed, either the rocket failed to ignite, line snap, partial det.

[Theguyunderyourbed]

We set up an M4T6 bridge during my time in the engineer corps. It wasn't a nice experience, it took hours for just a short span and it was very tiring since many of the pieces had collected water inside them from being out in the rain so they were heavier. The funny thing is that it just happened to be there in the unit, forgotten since who knows when, but it's actually not considered part of the arsenal since it's superceded by more modern systems. The only reason we set it up in the first place was because it was a slow day and the commander just felt the privates couldn't possibly be sitting doing nothing. We didn't even span a gap with it we just laid it flat on the ground. This later led to an inside joke in the unit which went something like "How many privates does it take to build a bridge? 30 to set it up and another thirty to dig the trench"

[MrBoraed]

another German way of clearing mines would be the Keiler.
It's basically a giant garden tiller or cultivator stuck to a leopard 2.

[jeynarl]

My favorite bridging vehicle is the tumbler from batman begins.

“We never could get the bridge to work, but this baby works just fine.”

[GuardianOz]

Ancient early pressure sensitive "mine", was a covered up-tuned clay pot. Think large roman pots. light men could pass, but heavy armour, horses or siege equipment would get trapped, cut, stuck when the weight broke the pot leaving what ever stuck in the void. They were used next to castle walls to deny ladders, as the weight of many men on the ladder would do the same.

[chesthoIe]

Oh that Boirault machine has got to be just about the most diesel punk thing I have ever seen.

[douglasboyle]

Former Army Combat Engineer, MICLICs are amazing when they work. And they rarely work like you'd think they work, the ground conditions have to be just right, the mines have to be the right type, etc. otherwise it's just a big boom for little payoff.

[jimsvideos]

Some mines are designed to be overpressure resistant so MICLICs and similar don't detonate them.

[destroyer]

Former Sapper battalion commander. For those who deride the MICLIC it's better than getting out of the track to do pop and drop or a ring main to breach the minefield.

[Naetheon]

I saw the barrage balloons in BF1 but never knew exactly what they were for other than to look somewhat off putting/ scary

[IdeologieUK]

1:49 a brilliant piece of comedic timing. 👍

[kevinwkr]

I finnaly watched your vid just after I got notifications

[bgezal]

In the 90's I heard this story about cold-war Soviet that some Red army mechanized battalion had to cross a smaller river. They had no engineers. So they decided to drive BMP after BMP into the river until they could drive the rest of the convoy on top of the stack.

[jamlouie]

This is definitely the quickest way !!

[heanebeheus]

When u showed the forth rail bridge and the plane over it was that footage of the first conflict of the second world war

[Creppystories]

Didn't you have 300ksubs when I found this channel now it has 1.69m subs what a good number congrats!😉👌

[isrgn]

Yay finally he covers the 'splodey rope!