a canadian guy wanted to run with this concept to make a system for launching satellites cheaper. for funding he helped out saddam hussein with a similar weapon system to this, which gained the ire of mossad. he was killed later on cause of this. would make for a good basis for a james bond story i think.
This one was far more realistic than the V1 and V2 weapons and was considered for satellites in the space race due to how much more efficient this would be in putting something in orbit. The main issue is that this is only good for throwing shells, not fragile satellites
It was not an unreal weapon. In fact the installation was almost finished when it was detected by the allies. The weapon was bombed and destroyed before it could be used
Yes, they invented impractical super heavy weight tanks that just wasted effort. Still the war must have seemed like it would last forever so investing in high tech weapons may have seemed like a good idea.
Man the Germans were absolutely insane Can you imagine how many other crazy projects they had that were destroyed before the allies could capture them?
Сумасшедшие были те кто воевал за своих собственных угнетателей и это не были немцы! Кто сейчас смотрит на этот сумасшедший мир и не может понять почему он такой. Чувак это то что вы, болваны, выиграли для своего хозяина, который благодарит своих рабов новым мировым порядком!
@@dukenukem8381 What about the anti-gravity flying saucers and the time machine? Those were too secret to risk writing down. Yes, I'm joking. I'm afraid there are some who will say similar things without joking.
@@shred1894 When I served in HECU marines we were flown to that base to contain some outbreaks. It was even worse when that time when some know-it-all pushed a shopping cart into resonance cascade.
I already knew about the smaller scale version used to bomb Luxembourg, but I had no idea how grandiose this V weapon project was, it's impressive even by today's standards.
@@eliangomes3162 The original project wasn't that big, Pal. It was reduced to just a fraction of it's size, before construction even started. Even then, only part of that was started. It was a long way from actually launching a projectile. This sitting duck was then pulverised, courtesy of a few earthquake bombs delivered Bomber Command.
Reloading 300 canisters seems completely impractical, but if they were going this route, definitely seems like something you finish building before starting a war.
Let’s not forget, the monster in charge of the fascist Reich was suffering from dementia by this point in time. So rational thinking was notably absent, thankfully.
A simpler design uses multiple breeches and very slow burning powder to keep the pressure up as the sabot moves down the barrel. Gerald Bull investigated many different ways to do the same thing.
What a fantastic video! Congratulations Mr. David Webb, for the excellent work. And even more: I'm 62 years old and I only just discovered that there was a project called V3.
The JAF in ww2 developed the high tech Igo 1-C Rocket . It was an advanced homing missile created in Japan by TGE built by Mitsubishi in 1944. It homed in on a naval gun firing's shockwave! An even more advanced model was built by the Navy" Funryu "( Dragon raging?)
Canadian ballistics engineer Gerald Bull used this very auxiliary charge system for his Super Gun design. His Super Gun had an inside diameter of about 1 m. It was huge, Fortunately, or unfortunately, it was never finished. Component parts of the huge barrel are on display at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, and at the Royal Armouries, Fort Nelson, Portsmouth, UK.
Easily the most fascinating subject you've done. Outstanding work BPP as always. I knew about the V3 but never knew the details. Thank you and Merry(Happy) Christmas to all of you at BPP and all your families.
This is one of the many reasons UA-cam is thee best app to date. Thanks for putting in the time making this content, and sharing it for free. You're one of the Gods!
It is not an app, it is a website. That also has an app version so they can harvest the data of phone users and sell it to the highest bidder while also preventing third party anti-ad software.
The biggest problem with these guns was how easy they were to destroy from the air. To use them for a long time, you’d need total control of the skies, which Nazi Germany couldn’t achieve against the RAF. Projects like these guns and the V2 rockets ate up a ton of resources that could’ve been better spent on building regular planes, which would’ve been a bigger threat to the Allies. In the end, these weapons didn’t deliver and were easier to take out. Another major issue for the Axis was their fuel supply. If the Allies had focused more on bombing anything tied to fuel production, the war might have ended faster.
@@Hokunin I was thinking about it as trying to end the war fast, but yeah, I get that the goal was to wear both sides down over time. Thanks for the clarification!
That's not true. Many of Germany's top secret weapons facilities were never touched by Allied bombing. They were not discovered by the Allies until after the war ended..
@@alifnaufal This guy: The Nazis were *running out of fuel* for their aircrafts!!! Also this guy: Instead of long range retaliation guns, they should have built more *fuel guzzling* planes!!!
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on one hand it would have been devastatingly horrific if the Nazis built this. on the other it's an engineering marvel that would have been amazing to see.
That's a gross exaggeration. The V2 carried a FAR larger payload - 2,200 lbs vs 55. And this author also exaggerates how quickly this gun could have been fired. It's arguable that this weapon would have been better for the British than the V2.
@ so did you watch the entire video or did you just not listen? The author stated clearly that the Germans over exaggerated the rate of fire. I also wasn’t necessarily specifically talking about the annihilation of Great Britain from this weapon. I more meant that it would be cool to see shot. Not aimed at a city just a big gun that looks fun to shoot. It would’ve been far cheaper to shoot than a V2 rocket and arguably more accurate, assuming loaded with the right amount of propellant. With the V2 depending what sources you use between 25 and 50% of all rockets launched either debated prematurely, didn’t detonate at all, or completely missed its target altogether. By the way, they’re only able to produce 3500 Ish v2s. Exorbitantly expensive and incredibly difficult to produce compared to a few shovels, a giant barrel, a bunch of gunpowder, and a big metal stick. I would recommend watching the entire video before you go into the comments and decide to be a dick. merry Christmas.
The absolute best channel with some real hard effort put into those vids. Deserves way more view than those low effort "... react to ..." reaction videos.
@@fedfed96 Germans: get bombed all day every day, encounter boggy terrain Also Germans: make heavier and heavier tanks that are even slower than their predecessors
They had a V4 too! Rheinbote, a thin multistage solid fueled rocket with a range of about 100 miles and a small warhead of under 90lbs. About 200 were used in combat but they were terribly inaccurate and made little damage with the small explosions.
It's almost ironic for this videos release for me, my dad and I were talking about the V3 just last week. Also, I love your videos here and on yarnhub.
I was just researching about this weapon a couple of days ago because of boredom and nostalgia. Awesome video, boss! Now I can make my own I MEAN understand how it worked in full detail.
The scale of war is mindblowing. I get that this was an exceptionally ambitious weapon, but still... the level of resources and effort dedicated to one task. An entire bunker, a dedicated railway, elevators, and small army's worth of crew to make all these systems support each other.
A German scientist suggested in 1943 an electrodynamic cannon, able to hit London from France. This project was rejected. This cannon needed so much electric power that a plant with generators was needed to be built near the cannon.
Yes, this concept, the railgun, had been known for ages prior to 1943. Both Russian and French scientists had toyed with the concept in the late 1800’s, in 1903 the Norwegian scientist Kristian Birkeland (today known for discovering how auroras work and a way to make fertilizer from air and limestone using electric plasma) attempted to construct a miniature railgun at Oscarsborg naval fortress in Norway to sink enemy battleships (it failed and they instead installed a torpedo battery which famously sank the battlecruiser _Blücher_ in WW2), and during WW1 a number of scientists attempted to make railguns to destroy enemy trenches. All the experiments failed because of the enormous energy requirements and the huge magnetic forces involved ripping apart any mechanical triggers. Railguns have been realized in the modern period, but only on ships equipped with nuclear reactors for power and computers for managing the firing without moving parts. They will likely never be significant in warfare as you can achieve almost the same efficiency at the fraction of a cost using a missile.
hi ! just to add a little info , for alex demoya . the canadian guy was named if my memory serves me right gerald bull . i do not know about satellites but mister bull was among his qualifications..... an arms dealer . the legends says that mossad got to him in switzerland , sayonara . execution style exiting his home or his office , i am not sure , he was living there at the time . but the thing that really surprises me is that he knew about that system . and now to eat my humble pie .....i am a history buff but i have never heard of this . wow what an impressive video . thank you for putting it out . i loved it .
In addition to the 2 guns firing on Luxembourg, they started assembly of an additional 2 elsewhere, but only one was assembled but never fired as the allies approached too fast. The pieces of these 4 guns were found by the allies along with ammunition, and shipped to Aberdeen proving ground for test/evaluation.
Excellent Video! I've known about the gun for many years, but have never been able to find many details. Your 3D model, animation and narration are all first rate. Thank you for your for all your hard work
Operating this weapon would have been a nightmare, reloading it all under time pressure would have lead to accidents with the explosives, knocking out a whole drift or more. If this weapon had worked the way imagined, the British would have had to evacuate the target area, rendering the weapon useless. This was a terror weapon, it had no military effect.
You can't realistically evacuate all of London would you? It would have its own streak of death toll rolling in daily. I'm not advocating for the weapon's effectiveness but if it were built and was able to lodge out a few dozen shells every 30 minutes or so consistently, the damage it will cause while substantial would blanket the entire vicinity of London in a state of fear under the threat of sudden explosions. It would be akin to the V-1 ans V-2 terror bombing campaign, which is virtually minor but is successful in diverting a portion of the British military attention to defending London instead of the frontline. The missile while carries a smaller payload than the V-1, would be impossible to intercept due to the speed at which it travels through the air. As such, early detection like the distinctive whistling of the V-1 wouldn't be noticed at all for citizens to get a head start running, it would actually be instant death, everywhere, any time, evenly distributed all across the area the size of London. However, I don't think yhe weapon will be effective, as the damage it creates will be minor so does the effect it will cause on the population. Contrary to the Nazi's belief the V-2 and other rocket platforms did not demoralize the British into surrending, instead it did the very opposite by hammering down British resolve into an angry and vengeful mass destined to chew the Nazi war machine down after they got fed up with the constant bombardment
Great video 👍🏻 The v3 site in France was also the bombmission of Joseph Jr. Kennedys plane. In August 1944, he flew a remote controlled B24, but the plane exploded i mid air before reaching the target, sadly killing Joseph Jr.
For sure. Imagine how helpful a site like that would have been for tourism. "Oh but it could be repaired if another war broke out", it would have still required an ungodly amount of ammunition and manpower to operate it, and it would have already been disarmed by the time another war broke out.
I've heard the Germans had plans for such a weapon, I didn't realize the scale or the fact they used a smaller example. Sympathies to the thousands who died building it.
@@MadCDeeJay Yep, the Nazi's believe it or not treated their slave labour poorly, starvation and random motivational executions were commonplace. The work-force needed to build a huge complex construction as depicted would be massive, you obviously missed the bit where 10,000-pound Tallboy bombs collapsed tunnels. They were called earthquake bombs for a good reason, one near miss capsized the battleship Tirpitz.
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There was a V3 weapons range near where I live. Right next to the small town of Zalesie, Poland. 53.90039, 14.43761 Here the weapon was tested on a smaller-scale structure. No one had accelerated missiles to such speeds before. For the first time, the designers encountered the problems of hypersonic speeds. Today, only the concrete foundations in the hillside remain. Allegedly, right after the war, all the metal elements were stolen, thinking it was some kind of pipeline.
Im sure organization Todt did this facility that being said I had no idea any of it still remains today I thought it had all been destroyed. As usual you hit it out if the park on this one. Merry Christmas and thank you.
Thank you for the dubbed version! V3 is a well-known weapon in Japan, but there is little Japanese literature. So it was interesting to learn a lot of facts.
Hmm G'day, I completely forgot yarnhub/ master webb had a secondary channel & have only just rediscovered it. Well an instant sub tbh, ahh the Vengeance weapon No. III an interesting type & tbh one of most (not sure what word would fit here), the type of weapon that could be far more powerful than the previous types had the dsign figures been reached or not come under allied aerial attack. It does of course make the APHEFSDS meme come to real life in away since it was an APFSDS type but with an explosive charge within. If I ever get to France like many friends & family have before, this fortress would be one of the first things I'd see along with the mines of the Great War (some of which our countrymen built). The modelling has come a massively long way as that is insanely detailed. Hopefully your crew have a good few days if they celebrate christmas & the new year.
When I started watching this, I thought it was some kind of alternate universe video, as it seemed so crazy and unrealistic. Apparently, I was wrong. Great video!
As to the 50 degree angle; before ww2, man named Townsend Whelen (and I am sure many others through history) did extensive testing of rifles and other guns, and found the the greatest projectile range was yielded by a bore angle of approximately 45 degrees. The man wrote a good number of books on his findings and experiments, and they are very good information to read. Back to the point - that 50 degree bore angle was very likely the calculated "best angle" to maximize range of the guns.
Always fascinated by your content. I really can use your blue print dimensions on your projects or point me to a source. If you may, i would appreciate 🤗.Trying to make a cool solidworks portfolio
Just one mistake in cleaning one of the hundreds of fuel cylinders would be enough to trigger a chain reaction with the explosion of the ammunition. In other words, a single spark would cause the ammunition to explode before the operator could seal the fuel cylinders. I bet the operation of this weapon wouldn't last a week before the entire complex blew up... I LOVE your video
The fact that the guns were all aimed at one spot in London suggests that the damage they wrought, though devastating, would remain localized. It strikes me as a huge waste of all that effort, for rapidly and dramatically diminishing returns; you can only destroy the same target radius so much before the weapon's effectiveness is spent.
They could theoretically change the charges inside the barrel to reduce the distance the rounds travel. Slowly crawl the barrage back. As someone else mentioned, I doubt the margin of error is insignificant. Rounds would likely land all over London.
A classical example how something looks good on paper but is practically SO unpractical that it is simply a waste of resources. Like insanely sized tanks or other engineer ideas, they were just feeding the wet dreams of one insane individual.
the discarding sabo was made long before going back to the early cannons on ships plus during WW2 the British 6pdr and 17pdr anti tank guns had a early version of the APDS that led to the development of the APFSDS that is used today
Hey! Great video as always. I am from Brazil and I speak english, your videos have the auto translating setting turned on, so this means that both title and description are automatically translated. The thing is the translation is extremely poor and most of the meaning of the original title is lost. I would advise turn it off, as keeping like this, at least for portuguese, makes me not understading what the title(translated) means, nor the content of the video
a canadian guy wanted to run with this concept to make a system for launching satellites cheaper. for funding he helped out saddam hussein with a similar weapon system to this, which gained the ire of mossad. he was killed later on cause of this. would make for a good basis for a james bond story i think.
SOMA?
Yeah. Then they whacked him.
I think that inspired one of the first Splinter Cell novels if I remember correctly
Project Babylon
Gerald Bull.
Were the Nazi's a bit obsessed with creating innovative but unrealistic, resource heavy weapons?
This one was far more realistic than the V1 and V2 weapons and was considered for satellites in the space race due to how much more efficient this would be in putting something in orbit.
The main issue is that this is only good for throwing shells, not fragile satellites
It was not an unreal weapon. In fact the installation was almost finished when it was detected by the allies. The weapon was bombed and destroyed before it could be used
A bit is an understatement
feels like a manifestion of their ethos
Yes, they invented impractical super heavy weight tanks that just wasted effort. Still the war must have seemed like it would last forever so investing in high tech weapons may have seemed like a good idea.
Certainly the most comprehensive breakdown of the V3 I've ever seen, I knew the basics of the project but not in this much detail.
Very good video.
Man the Germans were absolutely insane
Can you imagine how many other crazy projects they had that were destroyed before the allies could capture them?
Сумасшедшие были те кто воевал за своих собственных угнетателей и это не были немцы! Кто сейчас смотрит на этот сумасшедший мир и не может понять почему он такой. Чувак это то что вы, болваны, выиграли для своего хозяина, который благодарит своих рабов новым мировым порядком!
Not many, germans are very pedantic and recorded everything. So it was impossible to erase something completely
@@dukenukem8381 What about the anti-gravity flying saucers and the time machine? Those were too secret to risk writing down.
Yes, I'm joking. I'm afraid there are some who will say similar things without joking.
I mean we never found their Antarctic bunker where they kept all their coolest stuff.
@@shred1894 When I served in HECU marines we were flown to that base to contain some outbreaks. It was even worse when that time when some know-it-all pushed a shopping cart into resonance cascade.
I already knew about the smaller scale version used to bomb Luxembourg, but I had no idea how grandiose this V weapon project was, it's impressive even by today's standards.
Grandiose? It failed.
@sandgrownun66 Thanks for saying it failed, Captain Obvious, I was referring to how big the original project was.
@@eliangomes3162 The original project wasn't that big, Pal. It was reduced to just a fraction of it's size, before construction even started. Even then, only part of that was started. It was a long way from actually launching a projectile. This sitting duck was then pulverised, courtesy of a few earthquake bombs delivered Bomber Command.
@@sandgrownun66if this was an allied project you would be praising it, you just hate it because is German, admit it buddy😂😂😂
@@sandgrownun66 "The original project wasn't that big, Pal." Two massive bunkers with fifty 140-meter-long V guns is "not that big"???
Reloading 300 canisters seems completely impractical, but if they were going this route, definitely seems like something you finish building before starting a war.
Let’s not forget, the monster in charge of the fascist Reich was suffering from dementia by this point in time. So rational thinking was notably absent, thankfully.
Don't forget at cleaning part
Last time I checked, England declared war on Germany.
Like they had any choice, numpty.
So before invading France they should have built a megagun in France pointing at England?
A simpler design uses multiple breeches and very slow burning powder to keep the pressure up as the sabot moves down the barrel. Gerald Bull investigated many different ways to do the same thing.
could run into flame out situation in actual combat, imagine having a round jammed in this long barrel.
@humorss if this gun ever saw combat, it would have much bigger problems.
@@humorss if one barrel is blocked just take it out and install a new one, or stop using the one thats broken.
@@S4SK__1 Yeah that would be a nightmare to do.
What a fantastic video! Congratulations Mr. David Webb, for the excellent work. And even more: I'm 62 years old and I only just discovered that there was a project called V3.
Have you checked out the V-4?
@sandgrownun66
No.
But, Merry Christmas for you and family.
吹き替え版に感謝です！
V3は日本でも知名度のある兵器ですが、日本語文献は少ないのです。
なので、いろいろな事実が知れて面白かったです。
The JAF in ww2 developed the high tech Igo 1-C Rocket . It was an advanced homing missile created in Japan by TGE built by Mitsubishi in 1944. It homed in on a naval gun firing's shockwave! An even more advanced model was built by the Navy" Funryu "( Dragon raging?)
@@johngibson2884 へぇ～
ドイツ帝国の技術力は世界一ぃ！
So interesting. I had heard of the V-3 weapon but never understood exactly how it worked until now. Excellent presentation and research. Well done!
Canadian ballistics engineer Gerald Bull used this very auxiliary charge system for his Super Gun design. His Super Gun had an inside diameter of about 1 m. It was huge, Fortunately, or unfortunately, it was never finished. Component parts of the huge barrel are on display at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, and at the Royal Armouries, Fort Nelson, Portsmouth, UK.
Easily the most fascinating subject you've done. Outstanding work BPP as always. I knew about the V3 but never knew the details. Thank you and Merry(Happy) Christmas to all of you at BPP and all your families.
This video quality is phenomenal. It’s crazy to me how we can just watch things like this for free.
This is one of the many reasons UA-cam is thee best app to date. Thanks for putting in the time making this content, and sharing it for free. You're one of the Gods!
Way too much censorship
@@BuzzC-t3l time heals all wounds
It is not an app, it is a website. That also has an app version so they can harvest the data of phone users and sell it to the highest bidder while also preventing third party anti-ad software.
The biggest problem with these guns was how easy they were to destroy from the air. To use them for a long time, you’d need total control of the skies, which Nazi Germany couldn’t achieve against the RAF. Projects like these guns and the V2 rockets ate up a ton of resources that could’ve been better spent on building regular planes, which would’ve been a bigger threat to the Allies. In the end, these weapons didn’t deliver and were easier to take out.
Another major issue for the Axis was their fuel supply. If the Allies had focused more on bombing anything tied to fuel production, the war might have ended faster.
the plan was to weaken germany and ussr in the long attrition war with each other, not to end it faster.
@@Hokunin I was thinking about it as trying to end the war fast, but yeah, I get that the goal was to wear both sides down over time. Thanks for the clarification!
That's not true. Many of Germany's top secret weapons facilities were never touched by Allied bombing. They were not discovered by the Allies until after the war ended..
@@alifnaufal This guy: The Nazis were *running out of fuel* for their aircrafts!!!
Also this guy: Instead of long range retaliation guns, they should have built more *fuel guzzling* planes!!!
Had it been there for the blitz it could've been extremely destructive, but it had no hope of being there in time.
I'm just astonished watching this video, how did you know every single little detail about this gun? Wow, just amazing detail 👏
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on one hand it would have been devastatingly horrific if the Nazis built this. on the other it's an engineering marvel that would have been amazing to see.
That's a gross exaggeration. The V2 carried a FAR larger payload - 2,200 lbs vs 55. And this author also exaggerates how quickly this gun could have been fired. It's arguable that this weapon would have been better for the British than the V2.
@ so did you watch the entire video or did you just not listen? The author stated clearly that the Germans over exaggerated the rate of fire. I also wasn’t necessarily specifically talking about the annihilation of Great Britain from this weapon. I more meant that it would be cool to see shot. Not aimed at a city just a big gun that looks fun to shoot. It would’ve been far cheaper to shoot than a V2 rocket and arguably more accurate, assuming loaded with the right amount of propellant. With the V2 depending what sources you use between 25 and 50% of all rockets launched either debated prematurely, didn’t detonate at all, or completely missed its target altogether. By the way, they’re only able to produce 3500 Ish v2s. Exorbitantly expensive and incredibly difficult to produce compared to a few shovels, a giant barrel, a bunch of gunpowder, and a big metal stick. I would recommend watching the entire video before you go into the comments and decide to be a dick. merry Christmas.
Amazing is a hard word to agree with. Engineering marvel for sure but the devastation it could have caused would have been horrific
Nah, this thing would have been a waste of time and resources if built.
God only knows why they would use APFSDS in an artillery capacity.
Because hitler was always more interested in terror than winning wars.
these 3d animations explaining engineering are amazing. so much work in it
The absolute best channel with some real hard effort put into those vids. Deserves way more view than those low effort "... react to ..." reaction videos.
we should have won just to get rid of this stupid imperial meassuring..
I feel that if built, even a near bomb miss would have cause the structure to be misaligned enough that it would be off by miles.
you really think germans didn't think of that?
@@fedfed96 With most of the things they thought up of sometimes it feels like they weren't thinking at all.
@@fedfed96 Germans: get bombed all day every day, encounter boggy terrain
Also Germans: make heavier and heavier tanks that are even slower than their predecessors
@@only-mint big gaun too railz dont think how work! >:(
Danm never even knew there was a v3
Yeah, this one was fairly bad due to the inability to aim.
I heard about a V3 project but never knew anything about it. What a wild idea
They had a V4 too! Rheinbote, a thin multistage solid fueled rocket with a range of about 100 miles and a small warhead of under 90lbs. About 200 were used in combat but they were terribly inaccurate and made little damage with the small explosions.
@@octowuss1888 huh you learn 2 new things every day!
@@nickforgie4290wouldn’t they just calculate where it would hit and then I build it where it needed to be?
It's almost ironic for this videos release for me, my dad and I were talking about the V3 just last week. Also, I love your videos here and on yarnhub.
I was just researching about this weapon a couple of days ago because of boredom and nostalgia.
Awesome video, boss! Now I can make my own I MEAN understand how it worked in full detail.
The scale of war is mindblowing. I get that this was an exceptionally ambitious weapon, but still... the level of resources and effort dedicated to one task. An entire bunker, a dedicated railway, elevators, and small army's worth of crew to make all these systems support each other.
These animations are incredible. Nice work. Look forward to more from this channel in the future! 👍
A German scientist suggested in 1943 an electrodynamic cannon, able to hit London from France.
This project was rejected. This cannon needed so much electric power that a plant with generators was needed to be built near the cannon.
there was me watching this thinking theres simularitys here to how the american electromagnetic gun they have been testing for years works
Yes, this concept, the railgun, had been known for ages prior to 1943. Both Russian and French scientists had toyed with the concept in the late 1800’s, in 1903 the Norwegian scientist Kristian Birkeland (today known for discovering how auroras work and a way to make fertilizer from air and limestone using electric plasma) attempted to construct a miniature railgun at Oscarsborg naval fortress in Norway to sink enemy battleships (it failed and they instead installed a torpedo battery which famously sank the battlecruiser _Blücher_ in WW2), and during WW1 a number of scientists attempted to make railguns to destroy enemy trenches. All the experiments failed because of the enormous energy requirements and the huge magnetic forces involved ripping apart any mechanical triggers. Railguns have been realized in the modern period, but only on ships equipped with nuclear reactors for power and computers for managing the firing without moving parts. They will likely never be significant in warfare as you can achieve almost the same efficiency at the fraction of a cost using a missile.
@@luxborealis - Very interesting !
WOW.. glad I found this channel.. fantastic quality of production.
Wow. I am speechless. Amazing Christmas video. Thank you for this channel.
hi ! just to add a little info , for alex demoya . the canadian guy was named if my memory serves me right gerald bull . i do not know about satellites but mister bull was among his qualifications..... an arms dealer . the legends says that mossad got to him in switzerland , sayonara . execution style exiting his home or his office , i am not sure , he was living there at the time . but the thing that really surprises me is that he knew about that system . and now to eat my humble pie .....i am a history buff but i have never heard of this . wow what an impressive video . thank you for putting it out . i loved it .
In addition to the 2 guns firing on Luxembourg, they started assembly of an additional 2 elsewhere, but only one was assembled but never fired as the allies approached too fast.
The pieces of these 4 guns were found by the allies along with ammunition, and shipped to Aberdeen proving ground for test/evaluation.
A big thanx for this video :!!
As a French man from the North, I have never heard of this and I have now a new place to visit :)
Great Christmas video
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Phenomenal video. I actually learned quite a bit and never knew such an idea like that was ever implemented in WWII...
i cant belive this man a legend is able to manage 2 high quality animation chanells and still uploud😮😮😮
Quite nice to see it animated like this. The best vid I saw on it.
whoooooohoooo lets gooooooooo a new Blue Paw print video ❤❤🤩
Excellent Video!
I've known about the gun for many years, but have never been able to find many details. Your 3D model, animation and narration are all first rate.
Thank you for your for all your hard work
Operating this weapon would have been a nightmare, reloading it all under time pressure would have lead to accidents with the explosives, knocking out a whole drift or more. If this weapon had worked the way imagined, the British would have had to evacuate the target area, rendering the weapon useless. This was a terror weapon, it had no military effect.
At last, someone with rational commentary.
You can't realistically evacuate all of London would you? It would have its own streak of death toll rolling in daily. I'm not advocating for the weapon's effectiveness but if it were built and was able to lodge out a few dozen shells every 30 minutes or so consistently, the damage it will cause while substantial would blanket the entire vicinity of London in a state of fear under the threat of sudden explosions. It would be akin to the V-1 ans V-2 terror bombing campaign, which is virtually minor but is successful in diverting a portion of the British military attention to defending London instead of the frontline. The missile while carries a smaller payload than the V-1, would be impossible to intercept due to the speed at which it travels through the air. As such, early detection like the distinctive whistling of the V-1 wouldn't be noticed at all for citizens to get a head start running, it would actually be instant death, everywhere, any time, evenly distributed all across the area the size of London. However, I don't think yhe weapon will be effective, as the damage it creates will be minor so does the effect it will cause on the population. Contrary to the Nazi's belief the V-2 and other rocket platforms did not demoralize the British into surrending, instead it did the very opposite by hammering down British resolve into an angry and vengeful mass destined to chew the Nazi war machine down after they got fed up with the constant bombardment
Great video 👍🏻 The v3 site in France was also the bombmission of Joseph Jr. Kennedys plane. In August 1944, he flew a remote controlled B24, but the plane exploded i mid air before reaching the target, sadly killing Joseph Jr.
I bet the french were not happy when Churchill destroyed the thing
For sure. Imagine how helpful a site like that would have been for tourism.
"Oh but it could be repaired if another war broke out", it would have still required an ungodly amount of ammunition and manpower to operate it, and it would have already been disarmed by the time another war broke out.
It's still a tourist site you can visit
The animation quality is insane! Loving these videos.
I've heard the Germans had plans for such a weapon, I didn't realize the scale or the fact they used a smaller example. Sympathies to the thousands who died building it.
thousands? are you sure its not 6 billion
@@MadCDeeJay Yep, the Nazi's believe it or not treated their slave labour poorly, starvation and random motivational executions were commonplace. The work-force needed to build a huge complex construction as depicted would be massive, you obviously missed the bit where 10,000-pound Tallboy bombs collapsed tunnels. They were called earthquake bombs for a good reason, one near miss capsized the battleship Tirpitz.
What do you mean by '6 billion'?
@BernhardtBauer Numbers are like spells. Works in finance too. All tricks and illusions. Rabbinical magic..
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Great work on explaining the V3 supergun’s engineering and strategic purpose. It’s such a unique piece of history.
enjoying every video of you, great work! Thank you!
Very impressive work on the video! I appreciate the 20 minutes of animated and rendered video.
Didn't know about this. Great video
An extremely well done documentary.
Am looking forward to see what else you have on the channel.
Imagine if the designers saw modern MLRS systems today. Self propelled with laser accurate targeting and whatnot.
This animation and easy to detail navigate video are amazing.. straight out absolutely fenomenal ❤❤
And it s free ! Thank you for taking the time to deliver this masterpiece for free
Felices fiestas navideñas 🎄 exelente vídeo y el plus de imágenes del lugar es magnífico gracias
Jason Bourne my man, your work is incredible, thanks for these videos!
Costs of operating this would have been insane
There was a V3 weapons range near where I live. Right next to the small town of Zalesie, Poland. 53.90039, 14.43761 Here the weapon was tested on a smaller-scale structure. No one had accelerated missiles to such speeds before. For the first time, the designers encountered the problems of hypersonic speeds. Today, only the concrete foundations in the hillside remain. Allegedly, right after the war, all the metal elements were stolen, thinking it was some kind of pipeline.
is there gonna be a yarnhub storie about this?
It was.. never used. They only made a small scale version for testing
Excelente vídeo! A melhor e mais detalhada descrição dessa arma que conheço. Parabéns ao canal!
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Amazing video, great work
Im sure organization Todt did this facility that being said I had no idea any of it still remains today I thought it had all been destroyed.
As usual you hit it out if the park on this one.
Merry Christmas and thank you.
Thank you for the dubbed version!
V3 is a well-known weapon in Japan, but there is little Japanese literature.
So it was interesting to learn a lot of facts.
Remarkable. I was ignorant about this weapon. Thank you.
Hmm G'day, I completely forgot yarnhub/ master webb had a secondary channel & have only just rediscovered it.
Well an instant sub tbh, ahh the Vengeance weapon No. III an interesting type & tbh one of most (not sure what word would fit here), the type of weapon that could be far more powerful than the previous types had the dsign figures been reached or not come under allied aerial attack.
It does of course make the APHEFSDS meme come to real life in away since it was an APFSDS type but with an explosive charge within.
If I ever get to France like many friends & family have before, this fortress would be one of the first things I'd see along with the mines of the Great War (some of which our countrymen built).
The modelling has come a massively long way as that is insanely detailed.
Hopefully your crew have a good few days if they celebrate christmas & the new year.
Please make a video on the inside of the V1 flying bomb or the V2 rocket.
Great video and hello from New Zealand 🇳🇿.
The US and Iraq tested this System from the 60s up to the 80s. The US testing site shows parts from the gun breach, because it blows up during a test.
Así es,saddam Hussein tuvo uno para bombardear irán,pero no llegó a usarse.
When I started watching this, I thought it was some kind of alternate universe video, as it seemed so crazy and unrealistic. Apparently, I was wrong. Great video!
this is peak content man
Your channel is AWESOME! Bravo!
Always wanted to know more about this weapon
As to the 50 degree angle; before ww2, man named Townsend Whelen (and I am sure many others through history) did extensive testing of rifles and other guns, and found the the greatest projectile range was yielded by a bore angle of approximately 45 degrees. The man wrote a good number of books on his findings and experiments, and they are very good information to read.
Back to the point - that 50 degree bore angle was very likely the calculated "best angle" to maximize range of the guns.
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Just one mistake in cleaning one of the hundreds of fuel cylinders would be enough to trigger a chain reaction with the explosion of the ammunition. In other words, a single spark would cause the ammunition to explode before the operator could seal the fuel cylinders. I bet the operation of this weapon wouldn't last a week before the entire complex blew up...
I LOVE your video
Guess this one can befriend with the Gustav Gun.
Your channel is so awesome. I've loved your videos since the beginning.
Gerald Bull is in hell salivating at this video
Excellent visual presentation of a complex mechanical process. Thank you.
Imagine if it wasn't destroyed and we could visit it today
Imagine a mission in war thunder where your goal is to destroy it
@tombed5782 in IL-2*.
War thunder would've likely ruined it in one way or another.
"What did you do in the war?"
" cleaned barrels"
"well that doesn't sound too hard"
"...."
strategic value of this massive weapon complex is questionable at best. I don't know how german higher ups could authorize it
Because Hitler. Simple as that. He never listened to good advice. Much like trump.
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Thank you for giving possibility to get french subtitle and original audio.
The animation is too good
Human's ingenuity is magnificently brilliant when it comes to things to blow up others.
The fact that the guns were all aimed at one spot in London suggests that the damage they wrought, though devastating, would remain localized. It strikes me as a huge waste of all that effort, for rapidly and dramatically diminishing returns; you can only destroy the same target radius so much before the weapon's effectiveness is spent.
I suspect that the margin or error for each shot would create a scatter the size of central London.
They could theoretically change the charges inside the barrel to reduce the distance the rounds travel. Slowly crawl the barrage back.
As someone else mentioned, I doubt the margin of error is insignificant. Rounds would likely land all over London.
It's another terror weapon. Nothing more. Investment in these kinds of things instead of standard tanks and troops are what LOST the war for Hitler.
did u forget the part where the narrator said the barrel wasn't rifled, you really believe the shells are going to land in the same spot every time?
A classical example how something looks good on paper but is practically SO unpractical that it is simply a waste of resources. Like insanely sized tanks or other engineer ideas, they were just feeding the wet dreams of one insane individual.
Tus videos me gustan mucho gracias.
my boi with the smoke sims, nice work
17:17 what a shame
Excellent quality video! Nicely done!
JFK's older brother was killed trying to destroy these guns. (Edit: Just checked, He was killed attacking V-2 sites not V-3. My bad)
That's an interesting story, all down to a badly designed relay.
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Many believe he was murdered
Best one yet. Keep it up.
the discarding sabo was made long before going back to the early cannons on ships plus during WW2 the British 6pdr and 17pdr anti tank guns had a early version of the APDS that led to the development of the APFSDS that is used today
The discarding sabot was being used by the British in their tanks during WWII.
Imagine how long it would have taken to reload all those chambers in actual practice.
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Hey! Great video as always. I am from Brazil and I speak english, your videos have the auto translating setting turned on, so this means that both title and description are automatically translated. The thing is the translation is extremely poor and most of the meaning of the original title is lost. I would advise turn it off, as keeping like this, at least for portuguese, makes me not understading what the title(translated) means, nor the content of the video
Am I high as fuck or does the narrator in this video sound like the yarnhub narrator?
That’s because it’s the same team behind both channels
Another fantastic video! These are real gold.
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Honestly out of all the V weapons projects, I find this one to be the craziest.
Tallboy.
Grand slam.
Oops.
I love this guys videos as always, but what is this it’s weird but still,cool I always will stay subscribed