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  • @TheArmchairHistorian
    @TheArmchairHistorian  7 місяців тому +222

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    • @lemonstrekarma79
      @lemonstrekarma79 7 місяців тому +3

      armchair the sahara is moroccon stop dividing morocco pls

    • @jamsya493
      @jamsya493 7 місяців тому

      Chinese spyware

    • @mateimarian1937
      @mateimarian1937 7 місяців тому

      No I don't want my data stolen by Chinese companies

    • @Potato........................
      @Potato........................ 7 місяців тому +3

      Alright am going to whislist the Game since It would be cool to play like You're animations

    • @JackSeries44
      @JackSeries44 7 місяців тому +3

      9:40 your joke was so funny that i just wanted to let you know : be careful when you go outside, little "accidents" happen daily.
      Hope your greedy soul was worth your pun.

  • @hilmust6278
    @hilmust6278 7 місяців тому +6315

    The fact that the Chadians figured out that driving over 100 km/h over mines didn’t make them detonate just showed how chad the Chadians are

    • @ethanton7074
      @ethanton7074 7 місяців тому +565

      Truest Chad moment of all time.

    • @simulify8726
      @simulify8726 7 місяців тому +121

      I swear I have read this similar sounding comment in other guy's video

    • @balabanasireti
      @balabanasireti 7 місяців тому +37

      No one says that word anymore

    • @balabanasireti
      @balabanasireti 7 місяців тому +13

      ​@@ethanton7074 Just stop 😭

    • @hilmust6278
      @hilmust6278 7 місяців тому +75

      @@balabanasireti and? Idgaf

  • @Who_Knows-kp1yq
    @Who_Knows-kp1yq 7 місяців тому +1767

    Suiting how a nation named "Chad" used convertible Toyota trucks against a more militarily advanced/modern nation, and still won.

    • @SteveInLava
      @SteveInLava 7 місяців тому +90

      🗿🇹🇩

    • @lwinkoko6367
      @lwinkoko6367 7 місяців тому +91

      Chadians are chads beacause they are from Chad.

    • @NKVD.Officer
      @NKVD.Officer 7 місяців тому +27

      the french won it for them

    • @Sof_alm
      @Sof_alm 7 місяців тому +20

      With French air support and weapons yes

    • @Who_Knows-kp1yq
      @Who_Knows-kp1yq 7 місяців тому +45

      @@NKVD.Officer It's undeniable that French air dominance was essential to the Chadians success in the early part of the war. I just wanted to make a joke about how a bunch of guys on converted Toyota's were able to push back the Libyans from the Aouzou strip.

  • @Blub_525
    @Blub_525 7 місяців тому +3919

    Toyota stocks whenever a war in the middle east or Africa breaks out:📈📈📈📈📈

    • @imabitmid
      @imabitmid 7 місяців тому +43

      lol

    • @cheeyiluay9315
      @cheeyiluay9315 7 місяців тому +168

      Who knows the Toyota executive might be behind the war

    • @ReySchultz121
      @ReySchultz121 7 місяців тому +79

      ​@@cheeyiluay9315 The Japanese, really?

    • @cgt3704
      @cgt3704 7 місяців тому +26

      Stonks

    • @ishaandivgi7635
      @ishaandivgi7635 7 місяців тому

      No wonder those mfs are dirty rich

  • @InquisitorXarius
    @InquisitorXarius 7 місяців тому +2837

    Gaddafi probably had nightmares where a Toyota Hilux would chase him around Tripoli.

    • @paleoph6168
      @paleoph6168 7 місяців тому +84

      A Tripoli moment.

    • @MoogtheLog
      @MoogtheLog 7 місяців тому +60

      I feel like it would be like that plankton meme where he just Screams
      No! No! No!
      In his sleep.

    • @Emigdiosback
      @Emigdiosback 7 місяців тому +52

      His last moments had him tied to the hood of one

    • @dudebro91-fn7rz
      @dudebro91-fn7rz 7 місяців тому +9

      ​@Emigdiosback and how's libya doing these days?

    • @theotherohlourdespadua1131
      @theotherohlourdespadua1131 7 місяців тому +30

      ​@@dudebro91-fn7rzAsk yourself the question: if Libya can collapse after the death of its leader, does it speak about the deviousness of the outside forces or the weakness of the Libyan state?

  • @mosesmm5473
    @mosesmm5473 7 місяців тому +1045

    The biggest flex/marketing scheme ever devised. Japanese civilian vehicles quite literally driving circles around Soviet armor I can only imagine that has news of this came out, and Chad won more victories, that Toyata dealerships the world over were swamped with buyers.

    • @ferrjuan
      @ferrjuan 7 місяців тому +1

      A capitalist consumer product beat a Commie weapon of war if that doesn’t tell you how inept Communism is I don’t know what will.

    • @dexterwestin3747
      @dexterwestin3747 7 місяців тому +52

      Agreed and Top Gear took the Toyota Hilux even higher.

    • @lightningstrike5024
      @lightningstrike5024 7 місяців тому +8

      libya occupied the entire north of chad so "more victories" is debatable

    • @thanakonpraepanich4284
      @thanakonpraepanich4284 7 місяців тому +24

      @@lightningstrike5024
      With the way conflicts are progressing, Chadians can afford to wait until Libya stop existing then pull up to mop up survivors. This time they can afford some used Nissan Safari sold by Dubai car dealers.

    • @lightningstrike5024
      @lightningstrike5024 7 місяців тому +1

      @@thanakonpraepanich4284 huh?

  • @tompegorinno5141
    @tompegorinno5141 7 місяців тому +1992

    The truck that changed HISTORY forever.

    • @Cactusgamer303
      @Cactusgamer303 7 місяців тому +14

      Yes bro and there better than trucks today they can carry more and hold more a lot of people still use them

    • @LegoVaderFan2011
      @LegoVaderFan2011 7 місяців тому +13

      @AriannaBredinbot

    • @diablohernandez6040
      @diablohernandez6040 7 місяців тому +14

      So personal story i once fought on one of them yes on one of those pick up trucks for a warlord in africa (not gonna say cuz he’s still alive). That mf thing was fast as hell when nothings on it and the dessert kinda slowed it but not by a lot. I remembered losing a truck on one day and being replaced the next.

    • @seb_1504
      @seb_1504 7 місяців тому +1

      Wouldn't that be the Opel Blitz

    • @thyssenheinel6507
      @thyssenheinel6507 7 місяців тому +1

      @AriannaBredin reported

  • @okancanarslan3730
    @okancanarslan3730 7 місяців тому +246

    fighters with Toyota pickups are the modern nomadic horse archers of the modern era.

    • @haikalmiftah2529
      @haikalmiftah2529 6 місяців тому +19

      Also instead using sword & bow as a weapon. They using machine gun & missile. And the tank is equivalent of medieval-era elephant unit.

  • @jimmyjamsss9195
    @jimmyjamsss9195 7 місяців тому +1431

    Toyota pick ups are the Nokia 3310s of cars

    • @Voucher765
      @Voucher765 7 місяців тому +41

      True, Toyota is one of the important manufacturers for pick up and also SUVs

    • @RainbowIsAPromise
      @RainbowIsAPromise 7 місяців тому +41

      Nokia 3310s are the Toyota pickups of cell phones

    • @eatassonthefirstdate
      @eatassonthefirstdate 7 місяців тому +4

      is that the OG Nokia brick that has the game Snake?
      aka the phone that holds a charge for 5 days? 😅
      aka the Nokia u can accidentally drop out the car window going 70 mph and it still survived?
      😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
      I betcha there's a warehouse somewhere full of them things that could be used to power an entire country for like 3 days 😅😅😅😅

    • @donteh58
      @donteh58 7 місяців тому +2

      ​@eatassonthefirstdate yes the Nokia that can set off ieds and still call afterwards

    • @Crazyslavicman
      @Crazyslavicman 7 місяців тому +3

      And ladas, they’re indistructable

  • @jamesle487
    @jamesle487 7 місяців тому +543

    Sir… the Toyatas have breached our defenses…

    • @AndrewDeathzomde
      @AndrewDeathzomde 7 місяців тому +57

      How!? we send tanks regiments in the region... HOW THE HELL OUR TANKS GOT DEFEATED BY TOYATAS!?

    • @kingofsomething3250
      @kingofsomething3250 7 місяців тому +22

      You see what they’ve done to our colleagues!

    • @nursestoyland
      @nursestoyland 7 місяців тому +14

      theres nothing we can do

    • @sovietunion9916
      @sovietunion9916 7 місяців тому +6

      "Sir, they stole our helicopters."

    • @xahmadx6442
      @xahmadx6442 7 місяців тому +6

      "There's nothing we can do"

  • @MrQdiddy85
    @MrQdiddy85 7 місяців тому +589

    You just know there’s at least one ad exec at Toyota that wants to use this as an ad campaign

    • @213kilacali
      @213kilacali 7 місяців тому +16

      I was just thinking that lol but Liberals would try to cancel them 😂

    • @nursestoyland
      @nursestoyland 7 місяців тому +6

      what about that dodge challenger ad?

    • @ethanolol9164
      @ethanolol9164 7 місяців тому

      😅9😅 6:44 ​@@213kilacali

    • @theawesomeman9821
      @theawesomeman9821 7 місяців тому +17

      "Brought to you and sponsored by-"

    • @prestonjones1653
      @prestonjones1653 7 місяців тому +4

      ​@@213kilacali
      That would just encourage the Japanese.

  • @joesomebody3365
    @joesomebody3365 7 місяців тому +137

    When I was younger, I was a bit confused why the GLA had pickup trucks in command and conquer generals... now I understand.

  • @saltyfrenchy4324
    @saltyfrenchy4324 7 місяців тому +453

    The best Toyotathon commercial in history

    • @rdf4315
      @rdf4315 7 місяців тому +6

      I'll give it to Toyota they definitely had some good commercials especially the one with the sea monster, it try to destroy the Toyota truck and kill everybody inside but couldn't because that's just how good and tough Toyota makes their trucks, but my favorite vehicle commercial still has to be Chevrolet, the world had ended, and the apocalypse had begun, but these few friends survived only because they had a Chevrolet trucks, they all met up in the middle of town glad to see one another, but also confused because they didn't see John, one of the friends had to break the bad news to the rest, John didn't make it, he had a Ford truck, lmao 🤣 Ford sued Chevrolet the next morning, apparently they didn't like the commercial.

    • @natekaufman1982
      @natekaufman1982 5 місяців тому +1

      Who doesn't want vehicle with a better than 1:1 kill ratio against the T-55?

  • @bobsmith7066
    @bobsmith7066 7 місяців тому +87

    You know, in some ways the Chadian tactics were the exact same that nomad horse archers have been using for centuries. Extreme mobility is always a massive advantage.

  • @carnifex2005
    @carnifex2005 7 місяців тому +326

    Light cavalry never dies!

    • @Damndyingkid
      @Damndyingkid 7 місяців тому +16

      Well except in that one poem

    • @omskc_gb4728
      @omskc_gb4728 7 місяців тому +40

      @@Damndyingkid The Charge of the 1983 Toyota Hilux Brigade

    • @Damndyingkid
      @Damndyingkid 7 місяців тому +8

      @@omskc_gb4728 ours is not to reason why but to do or die

  • @yurikimjongil
    @yurikimjongil 7 місяців тому +637

    Chad is a country that stays true to its name.

    • @ironheart5830
      @ironheart5830 7 місяців тому +48

      Chad republic Vs Virgin Jamahiriya :D

    • @captainkrajick
      @captainkrajick 7 місяців тому +11

      The chad meme gets the guy's face from the country Chad!

    • @yuiyui9575
      @yuiyui9575 7 місяців тому +6

      Gedaffi was a true Chad the country fall Soo much after him

    • @coltyt9529
      @coltyt9529 7 місяців тому +2

      🗿🗿🗿

    • @juliankraus1011
      @juliankraus1011 6 місяців тому +2

      ​@@yuiyui9575No, he wasn't. He lost virtually every military engagement he got his army involved in.

  • @aaronpaul9188
    @aaronpaul9188 7 місяців тому +183

    That machine gun on top of the tank is a 12.7mm with a traverse fast enough to deal with fast moving helicopters. The fact that they couldnt deal with unarmored trucks shows how poorly trained and prepared the libyans were.

    • @dark_sammie
      @dark_sammie 7 місяців тому +41

      Yeah, although even if they were properly trained, how many trucks would they shoot before they became overwhelmed by the numbers. They most likely just underestimated the Chadians

    • @aaronpaul9188
      @aaronpaul9188 7 місяців тому +33

      @@dark_sammie they for sure underestimated the chadians. But they also panicked and lost any and all order and cohesion. They remain calm and in formation and return fire in an organized manner and the results are very different.

    • @TemenosL
      @TemenosL 7 місяців тому +7

      If they're low-flying helicopters, yes.. bear in mind too, this doesn't work so well when moving. This animation depicts one thing, but I sincerely doubt there was very much accurate fire when travelling at speed; obviously, those guns are not stabilized, and I highly doubt that traversing the desert as they were, it was nice and flat terrain. I am thinking either they stopped or slowed to actually fire, or, they drove ridiculously close to let loose RPGs and heavy MG fire. (Meaning like.. 50-100 feet).

    • @ProudTurkroach
      @ProudTurkroach 7 місяців тому +20

      ​​@@aaronpaul9188
      Dictators choose generals based on their loyalty to them rather than military competence
      Thus their troops are rarely combat ready

    • @derbyblade9572
      @derbyblade9572 7 місяців тому +3

      That said truck is attached with Anti-Tank/Anti-Aircraft/Bunker Bustar/Whatever they can attach and can outmanuver tank.

  • @SirToaster9330
    @SirToaster9330 7 місяців тому +324

    war fought on trucks is somehow the least crazy thing I've seen in ages

    • @BeyondDaX
      @BeyondDaX 7 місяців тому +7

      Especially in games such as Command and Conquer Generals

    • @wackyotter1235
      @wackyotter1235 7 місяців тому +28

      Imo its a modern day kind of calvary, Ukraine is using Humvee’s to similar effect. Horses are useless compared to the eternal and unthinking V6. And horse’s probably wouldn’t like a recoilless rifle strapped to them.

    • @Combine_elite168
      @Combine_elite168 5 місяців тому

      @@BeyondDaX BOLTED DOWN AND READY!

  • @ambroiseperret6460
    @ambroiseperret6460 7 місяців тому +132

    Toyota Yes but equipped with MILAN guided ATM , the french knew what they were doing with the technicals

    • @briantarigan7685
      @briantarigan7685 7 місяців тому +21

      Most are not equipped with Milan, but Dshk, RPG and Recoilles anti tank rifle, it is also 100% Chadian tactics that make them able to utilize the trucks to it's full capacity.
      Even after the French Withdraw their support, that's where the Chadian get their largest victory in the war

    • @floor_tile
      @floor_tile 7 місяців тому

      Do you know why France was even involved?

    • @unknownbeing7750
      @unknownbeing7750 7 місяців тому +5

      ​@@floor_tilemoney

    • @floor_tile
      @floor_tile 7 місяців тому

      @@unknownbeing7750 I see

    • @jeanfonssedeporte3158
      @jeanfonssedeporte3158 6 місяців тому +3

      @@floor_tile Most of our electricity is made by nuclear power, and a lot of our uranium came from Chad. Stability in the region meant stability in our country.
      Also, Chad is one of our former colony, and at the time it was still considered a bit like our duty to pacify the region we left
      Now things have changed a bit, with the instability in Chad we buy our Uranium elsewhere. And Russian influence and propaganda is pushing the French away from the former colonies. Now, no French soldiers are officially deployed on African soil (except for sea base), the Wagner militia is replacing us

  • @VoiceOfTheEmperor
    @VoiceOfTheEmperor 7 місяців тому +620

    And you release this on 4/20. Genius.

    • @thekillshootable
      @thekillshootable 7 місяців тому +7

      I don't get it

    • @VoiceOfTheEmperor
      @VoiceOfTheEmperor 7 місяців тому +25

      @@thekillshootable Weed.

    • @loyalpiper
      @loyalpiper 7 місяців тому +48

      ​@@thekillshootable you'd only get it if you're american since they're the only ones who do month/day/year

    • @larryalvares1369
      @larryalvares1369 7 місяців тому +3

      @@thekillshootablecolumbine

    • @DerekProductionsFilms
      @DerekProductionsFilms 7 місяців тому +1

      Nah armchair historian is tuff like that 😭

  • @rexblade504
    @rexblade504 7 місяців тому +167

    Chad really said "Screw it, we ball"

    • @idk-xp7kj
      @idk-xp7kj 7 місяців тому +18

      And boy did they ball.

    • @izakireemsi2783
      @izakireemsi2783 4 місяці тому

      Chadian Toyotas: Surprise motherf**ker
      Libyan Army: Oh shi-

  • @malchiem
    @malchiem 7 місяців тому +23

    Literally like modern day Mongols/Scythians circling and peppering slow moving knights with arrows

  • @The_random_Georgian
    @The_random_Georgian 7 місяців тому +103

    Really pulled a mad max moment

    • @thanakonpraepanich4284
      @thanakonpraepanich4284 7 місяців тому +5

      And did it all with putt-putt 2.0 diesel under the hood, not 351 V8 with Phase 4 head.

  • @bbd121
    @bbd121 7 місяців тому +66

    Oh, if Toyota and Nokia would come together to design a tank. I'm not sure what conventional weapon would destroy it.

    • @humanperson9443
      @humanperson9443 7 місяців тому +12

      Floor lego

    • @ennui9745
      @ennui9745 5 місяців тому +4

      ​@@humanperson9443 The great Toyota, Nokia, and Lego War.

  • @looinrims
    @looinrims 7 місяців тому +132

    Japan: “we are a nation of peace!”
    Toyota: “I am not a nation!”

    • @للغةالعربية-ث3ه
      @للغةالعربية-ث3ه 17 днів тому

      日本人だけど、日本が有事に巻き込まれた場合、全ての会社がmade in Japanで人殺しに特化した兵器を制作し始めるのを見るのは楽しみです。
      縛られたルールの中で制作していたのが戦争で無くなるのが嬉しいわ

  • @awesomehpt8938
    @awesomehpt8938 7 місяців тому +388

    Face off and defeat Russian made tanks with pick up trucks with guns attached. What a bunch of Chads.

    • @kingace6186
      @kingace6186 7 місяців тому +51

      Not just Russian made. Soviet made. Back then, the Soviets used to make the second best military technology in the world. Russian Federation wishes.

    • @cykablyat123br9
      @cykablyat123br9 7 місяців тому +31

      Ironic... Chadians used soviet weapons against soviet tanks in those pick up trucks.

    • @GetRidOfCivilAssetForfeiture
      @GetRidOfCivilAssetForfeiture 7 місяців тому

      🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😅😅😅

    • @dr.floridaman4805
      @dr.floridaman4805 7 місяців тому +1

      Ukraine sucks globalist ballsacks

    • @commenter648
      @commenter648 7 місяців тому +13

      ​@@cykablyat123br9only bias can beat bias

  • @m33p0
    @m33p0 7 місяців тому +75

    imagine those Chadians driving over those mines while GAS! GAS! GAS! was blasting on the radio.

  • @jcam5
    @jcam5 7 місяців тому +33

    A 6 figure tank that requires a squad of high paid specialists to maintain or a durable pickup that any layperson with a manual, wrench and a screwdriver?

  • @kaith-xc3um
    @kaith-xc3um 7 місяців тому +151

    That truck revolutionized warfare forever

    • @fitzachella
      @fitzachella 7 місяців тому +5

      Real

    • @Voucher765
      @Voucher765 7 місяців тому +4

      The Ford Model T back in WW1 would say hold my beer

    • @fallout560
      @fallout560 7 місяців тому +2

      DJI drones are the sequel to this

    • @kenm5896
      @kenm5896 7 місяців тому +12

      ​@@fallout560Not really. DJI drones have to be extensively modified to be tactical.
      Toyota trucks are already tactical out of the box.

    • @stc2828
      @stc2828 7 місяців тому

      @@kenm5896Lol no, Toyota truck need to mount guns and missiles just like DJI need to be modded to drop grenades

  • @kuyamigui8314
    @kuyamigui8314 7 місяців тому +11

    Best commercial to advertise the Hilux. The famed 'indestructible' truck was indeed indestructible in this war. I can see why AM General started making conversions for the Hilux alongside their Humvees. But Humvees are also good as well

  • @jadeorbigoso5212
    @jadeorbigoso5212 7 місяців тому +27

    Gonna play again Commnad and Conquer and picking GLA faction again to overwhelm enemies with Technicals

  • @ianadlyiskandardzakurnain3910
    @ianadlyiskandardzakurnain3910 7 місяців тому +43

    Literal Numidian Light Cavalry.

  • @NguyenHoang-mo7hs
    @NguyenHoang-mo7hs 7 місяців тому +20

    During this conflict, General Haftar was captured by Chad and abandoned by Gaddafi. Haftar would return to Lybia in the 2010s to overthrow Gaddafi and form his own government in Tobruk.

    • @GigaChadlovesandcares
      @GigaChadlovesandcares 7 місяців тому +2

      Didn’t know that fact from our old pal out of Libya, that’s intriguing to say the least!

  • @josiahlehner9546
    @josiahlehner9546 7 місяців тому +11

    Literally, all I think of with the Toyota War is the GLA from Command and Conquer: Generals! maybe I'm the only one but that game ruled!

  • @stevemc01
    @stevemc01 7 місяців тому +87

    "This war over a critical resource deposit involving a bunch of tanks was sponsored by the TOYOTA Corporation."

    • @uberjoe-08
      @uberjoe-08 7 місяців тому +1

      why did i read it with callmeezikil voice ?

  • @evanwilliams1839
    @evanwilliams1839 7 місяців тому +58

    If the French gave the Chadians fords theyd've lost the war in 6 hours.

  • @DesiderataSanctuary
    @DesiderataSanctuary 7 місяців тому +13

    You see, Gaddafi used Ford or found on road dead. While the Chads used Toyota or Taking out your obsolete tank armor.

  • @theawesomeman9821
    @theawesomeman9821 7 місяців тому +12

    Truly a David versus Goliath story

  • @ThickBanana
    @ThickBanana 6 місяців тому +9

    The greatest ad in Toyota history (considering efficiency)

  • @doggedout
    @doggedout 7 місяців тому +116

    Hylux / Tacoma
    Built for peace, proven in war.
    Built Toyota tough!
    * Proud Taco owner

    • @seb_1504
      @seb_1504 7 місяців тому +20

      The Tacoma is an overweight oversized Hilux that's more like a minivan than an actual truck

    • @sanc9808
      @sanc9808 7 місяців тому +5

      pretty sure the Hilux is closer to the 4runner and the Taco is its own chassis nowadays

    • @yacinealg152
      @yacinealg152 6 місяців тому +2

      Nah, the tacoma is bad compared to the Hilux, it's bigger and heavier just for the US market
      The rest of the world uses the superior Hilux, the real toyota pick-up truck

    • @alansandybay
      @alansandybay 5 місяців тому

      Proud owner of Camry

    • @krazium1776
      @krazium1776 5 місяців тому

      @@seb_1504 Lol you must be thinking of a 4runner because the tacoma is literaly the Western sold Hilux with very little changes due to customs and EPA

  • @cainmathewson1857
    @cainmathewson1857 7 місяців тому +50

    I like how, even with just Toyota pick up trucks, they still somehow managed to gain air superiority

    • @Kurvelon
      @Kurvelon 7 місяців тому +10

      The french air force

  • @Alt-Kino
    @Alt-Kino 7 місяців тому +67

    No armor is the best armor

    • @PlatinumNath
      @PlatinumNath 7 місяців тому +14

      Speeeeeeed and powerrrrrr

    • @izakireemsi2783
      @izakireemsi2783 4 місяці тому

      You don't need an armor when the enemy can't hit you.

  • @iamza.
    @iamza. 7 місяців тому +27

    Just ask Top Gear about how tough the Helix is!

  • @cdcdrr
    @cdcdrr 7 місяців тому +53

    Muammar Ghadaffi: How could I lose to an army of Toyota Heluxes when I have tanks?
    Jeremy Clarkson: You shouldn't have chosen the weaker vehicle.

  • @CRTTekeren
    @CRTTekeren 7 місяців тому +38

    A new day, a new video about history

  • @TeaTimeWithTommy
    @TeaTimeWithTommy 7 місяців тому +37

    Ford’s been pretty quiet after this dropped

    • @thanakonpraepanich4284
      @thanakonpraepanich4284 7 місяців тому

      Technicals made from Ford F-150 deployed by ISIS in Iraq were dogs with flea. Of course they want to keep it quiet.

  • @mcdaniel21mc
    @mcdaniel21mc 7 місяців тому +31

    Libya getting beaten by a relatively inferior nation called Chad with pickup trucks is just great, even cinematic.

  • @lucianoosorio5942
    @lucianoosorio5942 7 місяців тому +167

    “You should be ashamed of your military honor!” Theodore Roosevelt
    Das Lumpenpack: Mit dem Toyota Corona Von Opa und Oma.

  • @orange8420
    @orange8420 7 місяців тому +53

    Chad making a CHAD move

  • @captainpoptarts
    @captainpoptarts 7 місяців тому +3

    Great video. Watched it with my dad who was around back then but never really heard much about it at the time, aside from the fact it happened. Both of us were commenting on the great visuals you made.

  • @biyurica
    @biyurica 7 місяців тому +184

    >have bad day
    >griffin uploads
    >day now good
    Love this channel

  • @amaadfastboom
    @amaadfastboom 7 місяців тому +34

    Ah, I see. Running peak Dodge Build actually works in real life. This must've broke the Tank Build meta.

  • @Braunix
    @Braunix 7 місяців тому +7

    Did not know much about that conflict. Perfectly presented here, thank you.

  • @FunTomas.
    @FunTomas. 7 місяців тому +10

    Perfect, down to the last minute detail.

  • @PAKballmilitaryedits
    @PAKballmilitaryedits 7 місяців тому +31

    🇱🇾: NO, YOU CANNOT JUST DEFEAT OUR TANKS WITH TOYOTAS 😭
    🇹🇩: 🧏 🤫🗿

  • @skylargray455
    @skylargray455 7 місяців тому +6

    Fun fact the Toyota Hilux is actually pronounced as Toyota High Lux(as in the short form of Luxembourg, Lux)

  • @daveacbickford
    @daveacbickford 7 місяців тому +2

    Thanks for covering this guys, another fantastic, high quality video!

  • @jaegerbomb269
    @jaegerbomb269 7 місяців тому +14

    Adapt, improvise, and overcome.

  • @BlueLightningHawk
    @BlueLightningHawk 7 місяців тому +9

    I'm still waiting for the Toyota Tech Tree to be added to War Thunder.

  • @browhatisthis37
    @browhatisthis37 7 місяців тому +10

    New animated history? AND it's the Libyan Chadian war? BASED

  • @Arshiyaomera88
    @Arshiyaomera88 7 місяців тому +22

    Fun fact : when gaddafi died his body was moved in a Toyota truck

    • @brtecson
      @brtecson 6 місяців тому +1

      not surprised.. I love toyota

  • @sahilscraft969
    @sahilscraft969 7 місяців тому +18

    In war affected areas the most common thing is a toyota

  • @kingace6186
    @kingace6186 7 місяців тому +22

    Toyota (used to) shows that quality > quantity. Quantity prolongs wars. Quality wins wars.

    • @SaifAlikhan-wy1zs
      @SaifAlikhan-wy1zs 7 місяців тому +9

      Quantity has its own quality

    • @themenacingpenguin.7152
      @themenacingpenguin.7152 7 місяців тому

      @@SaifAlikhan-wy1zs Quantity is overwhelming. It's important to know when to use quantity.

    • @Dontwanttoliveanymore
      @Dontwanttoliveanymore 7 місяців тому +1

      Ripping on Russia.

    • @707EvoX
      @707EvoX 6 місяців тому +1

      Well Germany favored quality over quantity and they lost cuz of attrition. Quality can win wars quickly which is why they had early success. But once u get bogged down and locked into a war of attrition, it all becomes about who can tank and replace their losses quicker

  • @mohammadnibb1623
    @mohammadnibb1623 7 місяців тому +10

    Literally modern numidian cavalry

  • @youryoutubeyoda
    @youryoutubeyoda 7 місяців тому +2

    This war along with it's result should be the best car advertisement in history.

  • @brettb8290
    @brettb8290 7 місяців тому +3

    Awesome topic to cover, more of these less popular conflicts would be great! Great work

  • @gamereditor59ner22
    @gamereditor59ner22 7 місяців тому +4

    1985 toyota tacoma trucks vs Military complex vehicles....🤔
    Edit: Thank you for the information and keep it up!😎👍

  • @monegal1
    @monegal1 7 місяців тому +5

    Beating a regular army with pickup trucks is such a chad move

  • @tartzmir7934
    @tartzmir7934 7 місяців тому +16

    Gigachads in Toyotas are unstoppable

  • @dapizzasnake8462
    @dapizzasnake8462 7 місяців тому +6

    Gaddafi really thought he was winning till chad rolled up in their bugatti.

  • @indianajones4321
    @indianajones4321 7 місяців тому +16

    Imagine being a Libyan soldier and seeing an army of Chadians driving pickup trucks towards your airfield

  • @anubisRN555
    @anubisRN555 7 місяців тому +7

    Egyptian-Libyan War was in 1977 and for 3 days ended up in the same humiliation for Muammar Gaddafi 😅

  • @bocci103
    @bocci103 7 місяців тому +32

    who would win?
    gaddafi and his modern army vs some whacky boyz riding a japanese vehichles called toyota

    • @gewerh9872
      @gewerh9872 7 місяців тому +9

      Chad for a reason 🗿🗿

    • @bocci103
      @bocci103 7 місяців тому +2

      @@gewerh9872 now its a terrible place to live in

    • @brtecson
      @brtecson 6 місяців тому +2

      we found the ghaddafi sympathizer 🤣🤣

    • @bocci103
      @bocci103 6 місяців тому

      @@brtecson BRUH just because my avatar is qaddafi does not mean i am a fan of him

    • @samanth.
      @samanth. 5 місяців тому +1

      ​@@bocci103 it's actually the best country to live in, u think a country full of homosexual is civilised?

  • @TheJohnlyh
    @TheJohnlyh 7 місяців тому +8

    Toyota "High-Lux" not " Helux"

  • @ryanquarshie5736
    @ryanquarshie5736 7 місяців тому +10

    I love your videos so much keep on doing what you're doing. Your amazing 🤩🤩🤩🤩

  • @decthegamer4
    @decthegamer4 7 місяців тому +5

    One if my favorite channels keep up making great videos

  • @Thewayofgrass35
    @Thewayofgrass35 7 місяців тому +7

    This completely convinced me to keep my toyota 😅

  • @paleoph6168
    @paleoph6168 7 місяців тому +16

    Toyota, let's go places!

  • @KapetanNascimento
    @KapetanNascimento 3 місяці тому +1

    This war needs to get a movie, ASAP!

  • @mattkaczorowski3099
    @mattkaczorowski3099 7 місяців тому +11

    Chad moves by Chad

  • @ismaelfleurine2620
    @ismaelfleurine2620 7 місяців тому +18

    The art has gotten so much better

  • @whataboutist6447
    @whataboutist6447 7 місяців тому +10

    Of course you “forgot” to mention that NATO airplanes were conducting strikes on Gaddafi’s troops during this war

    • @David-eh9le
      @David-eh9le 7 місяців тому +1

      Damn, i wonder what france is part of

    • @graceneilitz7661
      @graceneilitz7661 3 місяці тому +1

      It mentions French support, and with my understanding of the conflict is pretty much correct since France did pretty much all the air support other than a few U.S reconnaissance planes.

    • @Vasco0982
      @Vasco0982 3 місяці тому +2

      He literally says France gave air support to Chad, are you deaf or something

  • @yourlocalmilkman8481
    @yourlocalmilkman8481 7 місяців тому +8

    Chad being an actual chad win against a much larger nation

  • @Goc4ever
    @Goc4ever 7 місяців тому +3

    Thanks for providing us with this fascinating piece of history Armchair Historian. The Toyota War changed desert warfare forever and Toyota executives must have been shocked by how successful their products were in war and the country of Chad lived up to its name. Here's a fun fact: when he died Gaddafi's dead body was taken away in one of the Toyota pickup trucks to twist the knife further, how ironic.

    • @omshah8529
      @omshah8529 7 місяців тому

      Gaddafi's body on his main enemies truck is just 😂

  • @cgt3704
    @cgt3704 7 місяців тому +8

    This is a conflict that makes Chad worthy of its name

  • @maiqtheliar789
    @maiqtheliar789 7 місяців тому +8

    *Insert GLA soundtrack*

  • @godrielzayneguil-an8267
    @godrielzayneguil-an8267 7 місяців тому +1

    This was a reupload, remembered watching this a year ago, og viewers baby

  • @idfk1123
    @idfk1123 7 місяців тому +22

    "I sure do love driving my 2020 Chevy Silverado"

    • @seb_1504
      @seb_1504 7 місяців тому +12

      *Transmission breaks down at 5000miles*

    • @Miningboi2
      @Miningboi2 7 місяців тому +4

      “hi Squidward”

    • @thanakonpraepanich4284
      @thanakonpraepanich4284 7 місяців тому +3

      @@seb_1504
      Nobody told ISIS that when they nicked them from American and civilian motor pool, thinking they are just as durable as Toyota.

  • @Ardvards
    @Ardvards 7 місяців тому +8

    the Toyota war? i think you mean transformers

  • @dcanedemboyz7431
    @dcanedemboyz7431 7 місяців тому +5

    Riding into the sunset with a toyota land cruiser technical

  • @allensu9363
    @allensu9363 7 місяців тому +1

    This battle fundamentally changed modern warfare. So many developing countries and insurgent groups use Toyotas now

  • @AhmetYildirim-b5w
    @AhmetYildirim-b5w 7 місяців тому +8

    I should buy one

  • @kittensofdeath4904
    @kittensofdeath4904 7 місяців тому +7

    the virgin T-55 vs the CHAD Toyota Hilux

  • @Warthunderrager-uj3pk
    @Warthunderrager-uj3pk 7 місяців тому +6

    “Let’s go places”

  • @Maxxel-fy2dg
    @Maxxel-fy2dg 7 місяців тому +2

    I like it when u dont put that much memes in the videos it just makes them nicer to watch

  • @GuardianStriker
    @GuardianStriker 7 місяців тому +5

    7:24 Hey, hey people

  • @touhoutrash2436
    @touhoutrash2436 7 місяців тому +6

    The Sahara is a desert with sand, hot sun, and Toyotas!

  • @YippeeKiYay1097
    @YippeeKiYay1097 7 місяців тому +5

    “This is my toyota”
    - one man before he blow up

  • @Metaretru
    @Metaretru 7 місяців тому +2

    Spamming Battle Bus loaded with rocket launcher guy never fails!

  • @warcriminalkurt
    @warcriminalkurt 7 місяців тому +12

    Finally he did a video about the Toyota war