Underwater Aircraft Carriers: Japan’s Secret Weapon

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    In August of 1945, as the world celebrates Imperial Japan’s surrender and the effective end of the second world war, the American’s make a puzzling discovery out in the Pacific. The US Navy has intercepted a Japanese submarine that’s unlike anything they’ve seen before. It’s by far the largest submarine ever constructed, at nearly twice the length of a typical German U-boat. But it’s what the submarine carries that truly baffles the Americans.
    The Japanese I-400-Class submarine’s most unusual feature was that it carried three torpedo/dive bombers inside an internal hanger. In order to fit, these full size attack float planes had wings and tailplanes that could be folded. The submarines also featured a catapult launch system and a crane mechanism to recover the aircraft. The I-400 submarine was effectively the world’s first underwater aircraft carrier. It was also a formidable submarine in the conventional sense, heavily armed with torpedo tubes, an enormous deck gun and anti-aircraft cannons.
    Conceived as a secret Japanese weapon at the start of the Pacific war, a fleet of I-400 submarines would be tasked with launching surprise attacks on New York, Washington, San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles. The attacks were intended to shake the will of the American people to keep fighting in the war. But as the war turned against Imperial Japan, shortages in war materials and shifting military priorities resulted in only 3 I-400 completing construction before Japan’s surrender. Fortunately, the I-400 was never allowed to demonstrate it’s true capacity.
    Select footage courtesy the AP Archive:
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    Special thanks to Nick Arehart for helping clean up our audio:
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    Thanks for watching!

КОМЕНТАРІ • 7 тис.

  • @kardashevsquark567
    @kardashevsquark567 3 роки тому +5070

    I love the footage of the Americans walking around the sub, basically going “the frick is this?”

    • @thedrunkenbananas1498
      @thedrunkenbananas1498 3 роки тому +117

      You mean fuck

    • @TominatorGaming
      @TominatorGaming 3 роки тому +240

      dunno why, we brit's had one.....turns out you should always make sure the hanger doors are shut before diving

    • @jasonirwin4631
      @jasonirwin4631 3 роки тому +73

      @@TominatorGaming the royal navy had 1 M class sub converted to a sub aircraft carrier and it sank in 1932 in all likely hood most of the us navy won't have know about HMS M2. Also M2 was 90 meters long with a beam of 8 meters and displaced 1600 ton on the surface the the i-400 subs where 122 meters long with a beam of 12 meters and displaced 6560 tons. No one was really amazed that they could launch aircraft the USN evan experimented with that. The colossal for size for that time is what surprised most.

    • @MCFishNuggets
      @MCFishNuggets 3 роки тому +141

      I like the idea that they were walking around confused until one dude found his way into the hangar and was just like “oh shit, hey guys!”

    • @BinkyBorky
      @BinkyBorky 3 роки тому +48

      The admiral realized what it was and was like, literally, "God damn it". I read his lips.

  • @edgarang
    @edgarang 2 роки тому +1994

    Soviets: "May I take a look at the submarine?"
    Americans: "no" *proceeds to blow up sub

    • @Illusionyary
      @Illusionyary 2 роки тому +272

      "What submarine?"
      *scuttling charges going off*

    • @ArghyadeepPal
      @ArghyadeepPal 2 роки тому +7

      @airlockengage Lmao

    • @That_Soviet_Memer
      @That_Soviet_Memer 2 роки тому +38

      America: If i cant get it no one will

    • @jeffmorris5802
      @jeffmorris5802 2 роки тому +71

      @@That_Soviet_Memer Er... America had it. Lol. More like, America wasn't going to hand the USSR a way to sneak planes right up to the American coastline.

    • @ratyjoona
      @ratyjoona 2 роки тому +2

      @@jeffmorris5802 I'd go more sligned with comment of Mark. Just check MIR-1 and MIR-2 out as well. And why the production and development got halted

  • @loctite417
    @loctite417 Рік тому +500

    This concept is quite brilliant. Imaine the bombers replaced with unmanned drones with jet engine. They could literally deploy these drones in a matter of minutes and disappear into the sea and simply never engage directly. Wouldnt need a huge fleet like carriers since they can just hide underwater and get out before things heat up

    • @piglin469
      @piglin469 Рік тому +72

      thats just a nuclear sub

    • @iancrowley420
      @iancrowley420 Рік тому +137

      we have those now, they’re called ballistic missile submarines

    • @Overneed-Belkan-Witch
      @Overneed-Belkan-Witch Рік тому +26

      You just described the Alicorn from Ace Combat

    • @dabbsblake1188
      @dabbsblake1188 Рік тому +31

      @@Overneed-Belkan-Witch yeah now it needs the 600 meter rail cannon

    • @topsecret1837
      @topsecret1837 Рік тому +15

      @@iancrowley420
      That’s not the same thing. SSBNs are not intended to be used for conventional warfare nor expected to recover their aircraft/weapon carriers after they finish their missions.
      Instead they’re used for Nuclear Deterrence.

  • @katherineberger6329
    @katherineberger6329 2 роки тому +122

    "War is not often kind to the side with fewer weapons." - Tex Talks Battletech

  • @panda4247
    @panda4247 3 роки тому +2549

    8:25 "it took nearly a year to design [I-400]."
    When you look at what it was supposed to do, it's surprisingly fast!

    • @BruiserBrad
      @BruiserBrad 2 роки тому +107

      Meanwhile Kendrick can't even release an album in four years

    • @oerlikon20mm29
      @oerlikon20mm29 2 роки тому +197

      @@BruiserBrad meanwhile call of duty cant even make a good game in 6 years

    • @shikhar3281
      @shikhar3281 2 роки тому +61

      @@oerlikon20mm29 Activision*

    • @smoketinytom
      @smoketinytom 2 роки тому +19

      Laughs in Bradley IFV and F-35 Fighters.

    • @cerealgudforu5624
      @cerealgudforu5624 2 роки тому +17

      Laughs in cyberpunk

  • @drby0788
    @drby0788 4 роки тому +8003

    History Channel needs to watch these and remember what they're about

    • @Kinography
      @Kinography 4 роки тому +480

      Another Hitler alien mermaid game show special coming right up

    • @CaptainBill22
      @CaptainBill22 4 роки тому +205

      This was on History Channel back in the day, when they had good documentaries.

    • @hawker7488
      @hawker7488 4 роки тому +328

      "Who taught the Japanese to build such a craft? Aliens."

    • @hamiltonhickman2248
      @hamiltonhickman2248 4 роки тому +81

      drby0788 history Chanel at night is just blaming any human advancement on aliensALIENS

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad 4 роки тому +8

      Pity the idea has been taken from other UA-cam channels that have covered it all before. Easy to do your research when others have already done it.

  • @ne0tic
    @ne0tic 2 роки тому +154

    I had no idea something like this ever existed. They seemed really cool honestly!

    • @Emptybee
      @Emptybee Рік тому +6

      The idea is incredibly impractical. But darned if it isn't awesome just the same.

    • @jarnold1789
      @jarnold1789 Рік тому +4

      @@Emptybee That sums up a lot of WWII technology. Probably a big part of why it’s such a popular setting for games and movies

    • @belmarkestrellanes8188
      @belmarkestrellanes8188 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@Emptybeewhat if we made a new one?. Probably that would be larger than the typhoon class submarine from Russia

    • @Emptybee
      @Emptybee 10 місяців тому +1

      @@belmarkestrellanes8188 Nowadays? It's a bit less impractical. At least modern planes could have GPS to locate the carrier and use jump jets to take off and land.
      I'm sure there's still some reason no one has built one though. Crush depth springs immediately to mind. Hard to mate a pressure hull with an aircraft hanger.

    • @armandoventura9043
      @armandoventura9043 4 місяці тому +4

      The idea is impractical, but it may have served as a basis for nuclear submarines

  • @dionst.michael5818
    @dionst.michael5818 2 роки тому +40

    The boat ride getting called off when Japan surrendered must have been a relief for that crew. Would make a great movie or documentary. The Last Tour-I Should Be Dead 😂

  • @RCAvhstape
    @RCAvhstape 3 роки тому +4980

    Yamamoto studied at Harvard University, was a naval attaché in the US, had once attended the US Navy War College, and spoke fluent English. He knew what stupidity Japan was getting itself into by picking a fight with the Americans, and he thought it was idiotic, but he was a sailor who did what he was told and tried his best to make it work despite his leaders' poor decisions. It's a shame he didn't survive the war; interviews and writings from him would've been fascinating.

    • @enzop6861
      @enzop6861 3 роки тому +663

      Yamamoto, despite having worked for 'the bad guys,' would have been an amazing asset to any navy

    • @voltgaming2213
      @voltgaming2213 3 роки тому +44

      what is speaking english related to

    • @RCAvhstape
      @RCAvhstape 3 роки тому +656

      @@voltgaming2213 Being able to speak with Americans and understand things Americans write.

    • @keanu3035
      @keanu3035 2 роки тому +8

      Really?

    • @jsoe81657
      @jsoe81657 2 роки тому +349

      @@keanu3035 yeah it was pretty well documented. Yamamoto actually said that he feared the attack on Pearl Harbor awakened "a sleeping giant."
      There were other top leaders who had been to the US. Ever watch Letters from Iwo Jima? The general that was in the movie actually was in an attache with the US army and even attended Harvard.

  • @aaronsanceda4085
    @aaronsanceda4085 4 роки тому +5385

    Everybody gangsta till the water starts launching planes

  • @mehulkakkar7932
    @mehulkakkar7932 2 роки тому +152

    Plot: Hydra bought one of those to develop their flying air carrier.

    • @lordsiomai
      @lordsiomai 2 роки тому +12

      that could actually fit well in the MCU. After all, hydra's been there for a long time

  • @aljoshilagan3204
    @aljoshilagan3204 2 роки тому +51

    Japan: designing a gigantic submarine aircraft carrier.
    The US: Figuring out how to drop a miniature sun on japan

    • @brianb-p6586
      @brianb-p6586 Місяць тому

      The sun (like other stars) is a hydrogen fusion reactor; the bombs which the USA used to kill hundreds of thousands of civilians were uranium fission devices.

  • @colonelstriker2519
    @colonelstriker2519 4 роки тому +432

    0:55 that shot is so beautiful I want it as a background

    • @PaprikaYT
      @PaprikaYT 4 роки тому +13

      I back that

    • @AErch
      @AErch 4 роки тому +4

      We need that

    • @aleksanderbeliaev8099
      @aleksanderbeliaev8099 4 роки тому +11

      1:49 way better before the text in my opinion

    • @matthewnoud6938
      @matthewnoud6938 4 роки тому +11

      Put your playback speed to .25 and at around 50 secs the shot you want has no text

    • @jontewicks6098
      @jontewicks6098 4 роки тому +1

      Matthew Noud or just pause it and screenshot

  • @paleoph6168
    @paleoph6168 4 роки тому +3922

    Japan: Let's learn from our allies and enemies.
    Germany: good U-boat submarines
    USA: good aircraft carriers
    Japan: Let's do both.

    • @smokey-smore
      @smokey-smore 4 роки тому +35

      Glockamole Gmbh.
      Glockamole glockamole gIve me the foramole

    • @gelinrefira
      @gelinrefira 4 роки тому +156

      The idea would have been stayed relevant if missiles and nuke were not invented after the war. If you think about it, nuclear subs are basically underwater "carriers" except their "aircraft" are SRBMs.

    • @LongVu-lh9el
      @LongVu-lh9el 4 роки тому +3

      Yeah and they make a bad submarine and bad aircraft carrier in a same time.

    • @yoseipilot
      @yoseipilot 4 роки тому +6

      Long Vu There is any Japanese submarine hit the American warships and some Japanese Aircraft Carrier survived by bombs and torpedo.

    • @enoughrope1638
      @enoughrope1638 4 роки тому +21

      @Leigh Garfield Yup, ironically the Americans invented the first submarine. Furthermore the Japanese acquired their first Aircraft Carrier from the British and the Germans began constructing their first legitimate aircraft carrier when the Japanese literally handed them the technical specifications/blueprints.

  • @advasarythetrainer5445
    @advasarythetrainer5445 2 роки тому +10

    So this was the inspiration for the Alicorn-Class submersible aviation cruiser

  • @zmaxx21
    @zmaxx21 2 роки тому +9

    The illustrations and animations on Mustard just keep getting better and better. Nice job!

  • @christofferhansson7950
    @christofferhansson7950 3 роки тому +3471

    I really wish one of these were preserved, truly one of a kind

    • @LordCommander-ui2fw
      @LordCommander-ui2fw 3 роки тому +256

      Same. If it had been me, I would have scuttled only two of the subs and a mock-up, and then stored the last one in a secret facility, to see if its technology could be refined, improved, and utilized, and then, when we determined it was safe, donated it to a museum.

    • @zharakov
      @zharakov 3 роки тому +216

      Who said their isn't some preserved? ;)
      Stuff like this is cocaine for american generals and military scientists, one way or another they did get a full model and kept it in a secret facility.
      Ofcourse stuff like that isn't supposed to be known to the public. America has alot of tricks up its sleeves and has hundreds of secret weapons of war

    • @Chris-cf2kp
      @Chris-cf2kp 3 роки тому +31

      Don't need the whole ship to understand the concept and then go about building one

    • @FlyLeah
      @FlyLeah 3 роки тому +23

      Americans: naaah its not ours lets wreck it

    • @kazukicarroll5944
      @kazukicarroll5944 3 роки тому +22

      I mean I wouldn’t be surprised if the us was secretly building an alicorn or two

  • @ct-buzzerct1776
    @ct-buzzerct1776 4 роки тому +1867

    imagine just vibeing on a beach then seeing a bunch of planes launch out of the water

    • @Humster
      @Humster 4 роки тому +22

      If we take a look at this Tech, with the current Drone tech available, this is a VERY good weapon.

    • @deadbeatdoge5132
      @deadbeatdoge5132 4 роки тому +1

      CT-Buzzer CT vibing

    • @Nim...
      @Nim... 4 роки тому +5

      @Epinephrine He's making a joke since a spacecraft carrier would be much more intimidating and that Gundam is a brand in Japan would make a very Hilarious and terrifying scene. I might be wrong unless night parade explains it himself 😅

    • @KandiKlover
      @KandiKlover 4 роки тому +9

      If you think this is cool you should see the Aircraft Carrier zeppelins the US navy had. Just imagine a giant balloon looking thing in the sky launching and picking up aircraft.

    • @rigatonithetiger9986
      @rigatonithetiger9986 4 роки тому +5

      Epinephrine “Then the WEEB NATION attacked”

  • @romxxii
    @romxxii 2 роки тому +18

    I believe this may have been the inspiration for the anime Space Blue Noah, rebranded as "Thundersub" outside of Japan. It was a submarine that had a "carrier" mode. Of course with the freedom of animation, that sub was much bigger, and it could deploy fighter craft from "runways" made by its top half splitting down the middle.

  • @ArkamasRoss
    @ArkamasRoss Рік тому +25

    Between superheavy battle ships and submersible aircraft carriers, Japan had some uniquely amazing naval concepts. Imagine redeveloping a carrier division around these.

  • @memesrdreams4854
    @memesrdreams4854 4 роки тому +3528

    World of Warships community:
    "I fear no man... but that thing..."
    *Carrier submarines*
    "... it scares me."

    • @errornamenotfound2513
      @errornamenotfound2513 4 роки тому +137

      Though. I think its not really that overpowered considering it doesn't have large amount of planes and also really fragile

    • @EdwardChan.999
      @EdwardChan.999 4 роки тому +110

      well... WoWS already screwed up the carrier flight controls, so not a big deal when you only have 3 planes that need to be launched separately.

    • @user-ro9zf9kz1h
      @user-ro9zf9kz1h 4 роки тому +45

      Well last year in warthunder April Fools event we got nuclear attack sub that fires active sonar torpedo.

    • @EdwardChan.999
      @EdwardChan.999 4 роки тому +11

      許進曾 yeah... tho it was quite boring being underwater dodging guided torpedoes

    • @yoseipilot
      @yoseipilot 4 роки тому +26

      *Edward Chan* It would be better IF the guns and catapult are removed, it would carry *7 Aircraft* .

  • @Plat2D1
    @Plat2D1 3 роки тому +2550

    What’s next? Flying submarines?
    Japan: heheh

    • @youwantmyname9208
      @youwantmyname9208 3 роки тому +64

      It will not going to be called submarines if it was flying, we need good name that suitable

    • @tails0420ify
      @tails0420ify 3 роки тому +42

      Tricarrier?

    • @CC-gv1yd
      @CC-gv1yd 3 роки тому +9

      An evolution of the propeller plane could approach that idea.

    • @AnantHandoo
      @AnantHandoo 3 роки тому +38

      @@youwantmyname9208 idk maybe humans can create something like that. I already thought of a name for it......
      AIRPLANES

    • @koniciwamotherfucker1376
      @koniciwamotherfucker1376 3 роки тому +7

      How about invisible submarine..invisible warship..invisible aircraft and attack helicopter or invisible nukes..invisible on everything

  • @motivegoon2892
    @motivegoon2892 2 роки тому +5

    Now a days R&D requires years, but in those days during the critical times of Wars they have planned designed implemented and make new ideas and technology. That's awesome.

    • @DonJDawson
      @DonJDawson 2 місяці тому

      You would be surprised what can be done when you change up the manufacturing method

  • @jacobberg373
    @jacobberg373 3 роки тому +1

    Good God, I love this guy and all these amazing, if ridiculous, vehicles especially these Japanese super submarines.

  • @samuelbyles9286
    @samuelbyles9286 4 роки тому +3599

    Mustard pulling out top quality content as always.

    • @epictimes1959
      @epictimes1959 4 роки тому +3

      Nice

    • @SirFawzar
      @SirFawzar 4 роки тому +4

      Indeed

    • @ruination126
      @ruination126 4 роки тому +13

      His content is basically history channel level.

    • @SCP--sd3wv
      @SCP--sd3wv 4 роки тому +20

      ruination126 nah, better than the history channel

    • @dmacpher
      @dmacpher 4 роки тому +3

      Man I wan too pay for weekly episodes of this quality.

  • @tagalaseimonlorenzom.11hum79
    @tagalaseimonlorenzom.11hum79 4 роки тому +9250

    Soviets: Hey, can we see the Japanese carrier subs?
    Americans: Carrier subs? I don't remember seeing any.
    Edit: wth going on down there

    • @DirectorBird
      @DirectorBird 4 роки тому +512

      Yea, nobody trusted the Soviets.

    • @saturn5mtw567
      @saturn5mtw567 4 роки тому +335

      @@DirectorBird i wonder why

    • @Ka9radio_Mobile9
      @Ka9radio_Mobile9 4 роки тому +116

      You can see them under water, sunk!

    • @leontam221
      @leontam221 4 роки тому +324

      @@saturn5mtw567 They never do. They(USA, British) are forced to work with Soviet because there is common enemy(The Axis). Once the common enemy is gone(ww2 ended), the reason for cooperation gone with it.

    • @kyrlchristianboni5263
      @kyrlchristianboni5263 4 роки тому +280

      @@leontam221 as churchill once said "there are no friends of the british empire, just common interest."

  • @rosscasey3352
    @rosscasey3352 2 роки тому +11

    Having the Japanese being our friends now a days gives me a sense of comfort.

    • @mwanikimwaniki6801
      @mwanikimwaniki6801 2 роки тому +1

      True lol😂😂😂😂They now have the industrial might and imagination to bring deadly weapons to life.

  • @lundsweden
    @lundsweden 2 роки тому +9

    A truely impressive design with innovative engineering. No wonder post war Japan did so well!

    • @increase9896
      @increase9896 2 роки тому +1

      Dude, this thing was a piece of garbage. The practical military application of a huge, slow submarine that can only carry 3 bombers is insignificant.

  • @risk5485
    @risk5485 3 роки тому +4432

    The trees: start speaking Vietnamese
    The sky: Starts singing fortunate son
    The snow: Starts speaking Finnish
    The Sea: Starts speaking Japanese

    • @thatmeme8648
      @thatmeme8648 3 роки тому +155

      I don't know, I always thought the skies sung Flight of the Valkyries.

    • @risk5485
      @risk5485 3 роки тому +94

      That Meme nah Fortunate Son is more *AMERICAN*

    • @atharvamalandkar9267
      @atharvamalandkar9267 3 роки тому +15

      @@risk5485 ok kid

    • @joshe9409
      @joshe9409 3 роки тому +95

      Hi, veitnamese but born in the u.s, I'm Dad!

    • @kinocorner976
      @kinocorner976 3 роки тому +19

      Sea is speaking scrap- that’s what was left of Japanese naval fleet.

  • @D-Man_Jam
    @D-Man_Jam 3 роки тому +3890

    Japan: _"So Germany, we blew up a harbor, and the US is in the war now."_
    Germany: *"YOU WHAT?"*

    • @hermannabt8361
      @hermannabt8361 3 роки тому +245

      Germany: "BRILLIANT! We'll declare war on them. That'll finish them!"

    • @hyperhektor7733
      @hyperhektor7733 3 роки тому +144

      hole WW2 was a big scam 2,5 superpowers (US,Russia,GB) vs 1 little 80mio people land.
      Yes japan and italy where alies, but the list of Allies of US is a long list.
      When you take Manpower,Resources and aviable land space into concideration its even a bigger scam like odds above > 20:vs 1

    • @joseguillen603
      @joseguillen603 3 роки тому +9

      @ET Hardcorgamer Lmao

    • @2bnot178
      @2bnot178 3 роки тому +48

      america is already in the war before they attack pearl harbor

    • @le_me5410
      @le_me5410 3 роки тому +75

      Japan forced the US to declare on them, Germany could have done nothing, there was no part of the tripartite pact that said Germany would have to declare war on Japans enemies, instead Hitler and Germany *CHOSE* to join Japan in the war

  • @jlb9577
    @jlb9577 2 роки тому

    Just found your channel. These videos are fantastic, well edited, informative and good clear script writing

  • @lukebyczynski505
    @lukebyczynski505 Рік тому +1

    Great episode, subject are well described and material are very interesting even in modern times.

  • @erikrigt4294
    @erikrigt4294 4 роки тому +1267

    I already know this gonna be good

  • @CJPortugal
    @CJPortugal 4 роки тому +324

    Ace Combat has shown me that Submarine Aircraft Carriers can be a real sight to behold

    • @sleepylion9511
      @sleepylion9511 4 роки тому +28

      Would you say that ace combat 7 is worth getting for a newbie (like me) who has never touched an AC game

    • @georgetomlinson9922
      @georgetomlinson9922 4 роки тому +11

      @@sleepylion9511 if you like them games then yes because its great

    • @sleepylion9511
      @sleepylion9511 4 роки тому +5

      @@georgetomlinson9922 alright thanks now I have something to do in lock down.

    • @mikewizz1895
      @mikewizz1895 4 роки тому +18

      @@sleepylion9511 The story took me 10 hours to complete and my god... It's amazing

    • @isaac000215
      @isaac000215 4 роки тому +33

      *loud Latin choir noises

  • @rabium5175
    @rabium5175 3 роки тому +63

    Imagine what the Soviets would have built if they got to inspect the Subs.

    • @olivernorth7418
      @olivernorth7418 2 роки тому +6

      Well the idea is totally stupid and ineffective, so I imagine they wouldn't have done anything different.

    • @jinatlas8674
      @jinatlas8674 2 роки тому +5

      @@olivernorth7418 they probably will make it bigger. As what they always do.

    • @olivernorth7418
      @olivernorth7418 2 роки тому +1

      @@jinatlas8674 And make it even more stupid and ineffective? I say go right ahead. You realise that making something bigger doesn't make it more cost-effective, right? It tends to do the opposite. Also, the Soviets didn't stupidly enlarge their technology. That was the Germans. The clickbait 'massive Soviet tech' videos were all small experiments.

    • @BaldRiOfficial
      @BaldRiOfficial 2 роки тому +1

      @@olivernorth7418 I don't think so. I feel that the Soviets would do anything to try to keep up to the US by improving it by a ton. Thank god they did not find this.

    • @olivernorth7418
      @olivernorth7418 2 роки тому

      @@BaldRiOfficial How would they 'improve it a ton'? If the Soviets would have been able to improve the design enough to be able to rival the US navy with a tiny number of these subs, they should have been able to design significantly better tanks, planes and guns than the US in our timeline. They weren't able to, so I have no idea why you think that they had the capability turn this crappy boat into an effective weapon.

  • @iamshikhersrivastava
    @iamshikhersrivastava 2 роки тому +56

    Japan: Our secret weapon will show the Americans.
    America: hold my atomic bomb

    • @Ob1tuber
      @Ob1tuber 2 роки тому +7

      Japan: hold ‘my’ beer
      Goes on to create Godzilla

    • @E-E.ADVENTUREGEARS
      @E-E.ADVENTUREGEARS 2 роки тому +1

      YA DROP BOMB ON CIVILIANS

  • @coolingdawn
    @coolingdawn 4 роки тому +395

    US: Man what an interesting piece of engineering, this would be bad if it got in the wrong han-
    Soviet Union: Hey Hey!

    • @mikotokoro9136
      @mikotokoro9136 4 роки тому +37

      i love that i get this reference

    • @livethefuture2492
      @livethefuture2492 4 роки тому +9

      Wouldn't matter though cuz the soviets made their own nuclear subs.

    • @leroy4320
      @leroy4320 4 роки тому +25

      Finally a fellow man of culture

    • @timmocnik3458
      @timmocnik3458 4 роки тому +1

      @@livethefuture2492 implyong the japanese had nuclear subs

    • @dimdimbramantyo7666
      @dimdimbramantyo7666 4 роки тому +11

      HEY HEYY, A ME RI KA-KUN !

  • @SomniatisSplit
    @SomniatisSplit 4 роки тому +976

    It's kind of sad to see how the beautiful engineering of WW2 often result in failure due to many factors but generally lack of ressources and bad strategic use ! Japanese empire managed to get a really astonishing jump into modern era resulting in some of the most impressive ship design in that time, but the lack of ressources made pretty much all of those creations near to pointless !
    Still it's very cool to see those old project where engineer thought about the impossible, and that's why I always like to watch your videos, everytime I feel the creativity from the past inspiring me for a brighter future ! Thanks for the video !

    • @ahmadniam3568
      @ahmadniam3568 4 роки тому +22

      Well Japanese subs performance is subpar, because of lack of resources (in this Sentoku case, yes they only managed to build hanful of ship) and bad strategic use

    • @ryanmacaulay2654
      @ryanmacaulay2654 4 роки тому +34

      Same thing can be said for much of the German engineering by the end of the war

    • @elz_0682
      @elz_0682 4 роки тому +13

      Yh but also because America used two atomic bombs on civilian cities forcing them to surrender.

    • @TheTariqibnziyad
      @TheTariqibnziyad 4 роки тому +3

      That's the result of politics.

    • @MrGrombie
      @MrGrombie 4 роки тому +7

      Tell that to the Chinese.

  • @Wrenling
    @Wrenling 2 роки тому +10

    If you like this video, you should look up the Japanese I-25 submarine aircraft carrier, which carried a single plane that completed the only "successful" aerial bombing of the Lower 48 (I put "successful" in quotes because while they did drop a couple bombs in southwest Oregon, the fires were put out pretty quickly without much damage).

  • @TheMilitantHorse
    @TheMilitantHorse 3 роки тому +200

    America: Dang, this is a fascinating submarine!
    USSR: Let us see!
    America: _destroys_ What submarine?

    • @sovetskyskaiyastrigon1750
      @sovetskyskaiyastrigon1750 2 роки тому +6

      Pretty stupid and shameful what the US did

    • @haydenframe5991
      @haydenframe5991 2 роки тому +13

      @@sovetskyskaiyastrigon1750 didn’t need the soviets catching us 🇺🇸

    • @maybeidkwhy
      @maybeidkwhy 2 роки тому +8

      dick move from US lmao

    • @FlyLeah
      @FlyLeah 2 роки тому +1

      "Its good but its not ours so lets destroy them"

    • @AED10
      @AED10 2 роки тому +9

      Not exactly a dick move but rather a strategic one. You don't give weapons that can be used against you to a possible rival or enemy. Considering what happened afterwards we can say that it was a wise choice. What are the methods of delievery of nuclear warheads nowadays? Among other things, through the launch of misiles that are carried in submarines. The Soviets committed to the delivery of nuclear weapons using ballistic missiles first. The U.S relied on bombers to do the deed. The development of American ICBMs came later and the idea to deploy nuclear weapons from submarines as well. Who's to say that the USSR wouldn't have come up with it first had the U.S caved in to their demands? They would've had a huge headstart considering they developed ICBMs first, and even when they started developing submarine launched missiles like a year after the U.S they managed to beat the Americans to have a successful test with a live nuke. That goes to show that guarding such weapons was vital for both parties before and during the Cold War. So not a dick move

  • @datemasamune2904
    @datemasamune2904 4 роки тому +1064

    Japan: Good thing they didn't find the submarines with the Gundam yet.

    • @KandiKlover
      @KandiKlover 4 роки тому +58

      Or the lolicon

    • @Bryian1125
      @Bryian1125 4 роки тому +38

      Good thing they didnt find the giant shapeshifting samurai robots yet
      (Red Alert 3 reference)

    • @ZaHandle
      @ZaHandle 4 роки тому +9

      That ship with the stock of stand arrows:

    • @Tottleminerftw
      @Tottleminerftw 3 роки тому +12

      Good they haven't found the space battleship Yamato

    • @teamredshirt
      @teamredshirt 3 роки тому +1

      Date Masamune, that’s just as well, Amaro still hasn’t grown up.

  • @ravimusic8665
    @ravimusic8665 3 роки тому +2722

    Everyone's a gangsta until ocean starts speaking Japanese.

    • @skxrblx383
      @skxrblx383 3 роки тому +21

      *Every gangsta till the ocean starts speaking japanese

    • @bishop51807
      @bishop51807 3 роки тому +22

      Banzai!!

    • @mbr41
      @mbr41 3 роки тому +46

      From Vietnamese on trees to Americans on-air to Japanese on the seas to Russians In the snow to Muslims on the sands to Europeans not knowing where to go.

    • @octaviusgalacticus2253
      @octaviusgalacticus2253 3 роки тому +7

      @@skxrblx383 your both dum

    • @madkirk7431
      @madkirk7431 3 роки тому +7

      Bruh y'all suck at making memes

  • @md.moinulislam9467
    @md.moinulislam9467 Рік тому

    Very impressive and innovative useful technology video review....!

  • @user-ox3qe4nh4l
    @user-ox3qe4nh4l 9 місяців тому

    Mustard pulling out top quality content as always.. Mustard pulling out top quality content as always..

  • @The_Mup
    @The_Mup 3 роки тому +4662

    Plot twist: They were actually designed to launch gundams

  • @razia3508
    @razia3508 4 роки тому +478

    Last time I was this early the DC10 was still safe.

    • @Tottleminerftw
      @Tottleminerftw 4 роки тому +1

      So when it wasn't in production or after they fixed the problems?

    • @sidefx996
      @sidefx996 4 роки тому +3

      @Razi Aftab don't quit your day job dude, time for some new material

    • @SierraDelta-
      @SierraDelta- 4 роки тому

      So you’ve never been this early?

    • @julemandenudengaver4580
      @julemandenudengaver4580 4 роки тому

      The DC10 type have a safety record a like other planes of the era even with the cargo door disaster counted in...

    • @Snipurss
      @Snipurss 4 роки тому +1

      Hilarious and original

  • @glennreading1136
    @glennreading1136 Рік тому +1

    Recently found these videos love them 💕

  • @farklestaxbaum4945
    @farklestaxbaum4945 Рік тому +1

    Its truly insane that these were actually built and put into use

  • @SolracNexus
    @SolracNexus 4 роки тому +627

    History Channel: "Is tHiS the WoRK of A TIMe TrAVellINg PeRSon OR dId aliEns Give THe enGINEers tHe IdeA oN how tO MAKe it?"

  • @Photosystem1
    @Photosystem1 4 роки тому +208

    This boat has the means to end this hideous war, in a definitive and elegant manner.
    - Imperial Japan, probably

    • @fjhatsu
      @fjhatsu 4 роки тому +30

      SALVATION
      -Yamamoto, maybe

    • @KevinSmith-qi5yn
      @KevinSmith-qi5yn 4 роки тому +24

      These bombs have the means to end this hideous war, in an absolute manner.
      -America, probably.

    • @henniquint6833
      @henniquint6833 4 роки тому +1

      The Plague Bombs could be worse than Atomic Bomb (I'm not sure). It would infect more people to get sick.

    • @livethefuture2492
      @livethefuture2492 4 роки тому +5

      This nuke has the means to spread the fire of revolution everywhere around the world
      ...and completely end the world in definitive and -elegant- manner
      -Stalin probably

    • @user-ci7mw5tj6l
      @user-ci7mw5tj6l 4 роки тому +5

      Torres, in Japanese dub, basically

  • @telesniper2
    @telesniper2 Рік тому +9

    Imagine if they had finished both the original MCLOS/radar seeking head for the MXY-7 Ohka (it wasn't originally designed as a suicide weapon!) and the project to fit them to these subs.

  • @mariajankowska6931
    @mariajankowska6931 2 роки тому

    I remember that idea from Clive Cussler book "Black Wind". Thanks for this video!

  • @nordun1385
    @nordun1385 3 роки тому +1308

    how the cold war started: soviet didn't get to see the sub

    • @nordun1385
      @nordun1385 3 роки тому +5

      thats alot likes tysm

    • @DYFortescue
      @DYFortescue 3 роки тому +37

      The tactical nuke subs were descendants of the aircraft carrier sub. In a way the Soviets have the sub.

    • @ricardope1889
      @ricardope1889 3 роки тому +1

      U9

    • @TheRetirednavy92
      @TheRetirednavy92 3 роки тому +3

      Not true

    • @knuckles1206
      @knuckles1206 3 роки тому

      russia give us the fucking subz!

  • @rifqicendikiatahtaislami6621
    @rifqicendikiatahtaislami6621 4 роки тому +328

    Engineer: What do you want? Aircraft Carrier or Submarine?
    Yamamoto: YES!

  • @ZERO-it9qg
    @ZERO-it9qg 2 роки тому

    勉強になりました😄
    ありがとうございます~!!

  • @homeairplane
    @homeairplane Рік тому

    Wow, amazing Underwater Aircraft.

  • @awndriplays8075
    @awndriplays8075 3 роки тому +776

    2040: Fighter Drone Carrier Subs.
    You heard it here first.

    • @leroiarouf1142
      @leroiarouf1142 3 роки тому +12

      Yes u genius

    • @toddhoward2103
      @toddhoward2103 3 роки тому +22

      Ha! More like 2022 subs they almost already have them

    • @user-vp9ub1fm8y
      @user-vp9ub1fm8y 3 роки тому +5

      There will be made within 10 years

    • @shmallkine
      @shmallkine 3 роки тому +5

      I mean Americans already got the x-47b, kinda. Naval as well

    • @TheObsidianX
      @TheObsidianX 3 роки тому +19

      All you need to do is design a drone that can launch from a missile tube. A lot nuclear submarines don’t actually use all their tubes so it would be easy to implement.

  • @jocax188723
    @jocax188723 3 роки тому +377

    Well. I can see the Alicorn from Ace Combat wasn't entirely fictional.

    • @megajeremy90001
      @megajeremy90001 3 роки тому +53

      S A L V A T I O N

    • @ninjastreet5
      @ninjastreet5 3 роки тому +28

      @@megajeremy90001 HAHAHAHA, IMAGINE! TEN MILLION LIVES FOR JUST A MILLION

    • @megajeremy90001
      @megajeremy90001 3 роки тому +31

      @@ninjastreet5 crisp white sheets

    • @rat7464
      @rat7464 3 роки тому +19

      10 MILLION PEOPLE

    • @jocax188723
      @jocax188723 3 роки тому +17

      @@rat7464 Something something CRISP WHITE SHEETS something

  • @TheDaltonius
    @TheDaltonius 2 роки тому

    Damn the views! I love that more people are now learning about the I400s, beautiful subs those things.

  • @captain_commenter8796
    @captain_commenter8796 Рік тому +1

    Everyone’s gangsta until the I-400 starts launching gundam mechs from their hangers instead of planes

  • @ondergun9857
    @ondergun9857 4 роки тому +62

    When I was watching this video, I couldnt help thinking: That is perfection

  • @timothygeorge5806
    @timothygeorge5806 4 роки тому +145

    Like a Hotdog in New York: *I need more Mustard*

    • @yg6484
      @yg6484 4 роки тому

      Well played....

    • @jmsal5556
      @jmsal5556 4 роки тому

      Well played
      +1 pun points

  • @beyondinfinity622
    @beyondinfinity622 2 роки тому

    It's a beautiful project!

  • @achillesa5894
    @achillesa5894 Рік тому +1

    "All slow ahead! Flood the aft tanks!"
    "But sir, that will make us sink aft first!"
    "AND THAT WILL GIVE THE GUN THE ELEVATION IT NEEDS"

  • @Mr_Happy_Face
    @Mr_Happy_Face 4 роки тому +249

    last time I was this early the
    Buran-Energia was still flying

    • @theessentialgamers2423
      @theessentialgamers2423 4 роки тому +1

      When I was this early the Bear Bomber was still in development.

    • @mrdeurknopp
      @mrdeurknopp 4 роки тому +2

      it takes a long time to make these videos, give him some credit for not sacrificing quality over quantity :)

    • @thebuiscutmaster9664
      @thebuiscutmaster9664 4 роки тому

      Ha

  • @theotherside931
    @theotherside931 3 роки тому +1120

    *The only failure here was the timing. This was a great weapon and would've made a lot of difference.*
    *Plus the 30 minutes launch time.*

    • @ajorsomething4935
      @ajorsomething4935 3 роки тому +118

      Every one says that whenever there's an experimental weapon that never reaches it's fullest potential. In reality it's just that a single weapon like that won't win a war on it's own. Remember how good the british got at dectecting uboats? Yeah that kind of nonsense could've happened and then the I-400s would've had a formidible ememy in the form of anti submarine warfare.

    • @theotherside931
      @theotherside931 3 роки тому +119

      @@ajorsomething4935 *I'm positive no single weapon was ever created to win a war.*
      *This submarine aircraft carrier wasn't meant to win the war but to destabilize the Japanese enemies, especially America, with surprise attacks.*
      *US fought WWII from a position of absolute comfort. Not fighting any defensive war at home unlike other countries involved in the war, and simply putting all efforts on attack.*
      *If these subs had made it to the war on time, the US military efforts would've been divided thus reducing their military outputs to Europe.*

    • @ajorsomething4935
      @ajorsomething4935 3 роки тому +32

      @@theotherside931 Eh it'd be a a problem for costal defence but given just how big the us was and how at it's max at the start of thr project there'd be only be like 60 planes in total at a single time it definitely seems more like a minor annoyance.

    • @Cypherdude1
      @Cypherdude1 3 роки тому +50

      The launch time was *_strived_* to be 30 minutes but never achieved. This documentary states the quality of the aircraft was low due to parts shortages, probably due to the USA's blockade and mining of Japan's harbors. BTW, this documentary leaves out the first Japanese planned, but never executed, use of the I-400's: *Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night.* 5 I-400's were to surface off the coast of San Diego. All 15 aircraft were to be loaded with plague contaminated fleas, courtesy *Unit 731* , and were to be dropped on the county. The USA was moving too fast forward for the Japanese to carry out this plan so they switched to attacking the Panama Canal which was also too late to carry out.

    • @trumpbad4062
      @trumpbad4062 3 роки тому +1

      All the subs would have been sunk.

  • @insovietrussiavodka
    @insovietrussiavodka 3 роки тому +3

    It should be noted - The I-400 did not have a functional underwater toilet, no refrigeration unit and so little space for the crew, members were forced to sleep in corridors.
    Because of the island, the ship always had to steer 7* to SB in order to go straight and the turning radius was much larger to starboard than to port
    It did however have a relatively high cruising speed of 14kn/h compared to the usually 10 for subs at the time.
    Imagine sailing 30.000nm in those conditions.

  • @adonisparts1343
    @adonisparts1343 2 роки тому +29

    "But forcing the pilots to ditch into the ocean"
    IJN: *KAMIKAZE!!!*

    • @taco_xd1725
      @taco_xd1725 2 роки тому

      Bombing its own sub XD

    • @NikkiTheOtter
      @NikkiTheOtter 2 роки тому

      Honestly, if they'd taken a hint from the Americans on the plane design, they might have been able to get away with something simpler...and not needed a corrosion-prone launch track either. Do something similar to the Corsair bombers, with the pontoons permanently mounted near the hinge point. Then just slide them out, unload, and deploy the plane entirely on the surface while the submarine sneaks away again. No runway, no waiting.

    • @jehoiakimelidoronila5450
      @jehoiakimelidoronila5450 2 роки тому

      @@NikkiTheOtter cool idea, but it still takes time...
      The procedure on getting just one plane out, unfold the wings and tail, loading ordnance and getting the catapult ready is long.
      And setting planes on water won't do much. They'll have to lift off on their own power (& decreasing the range because they used up gas just by getting off water), which adds up even more time.

  • @EverythingScience
    @EverythingScience 4 роки тому +131

    I know UA-cam just demonitizes your videos on here (everyone check out Nebula) but we all really love your content and the fact that you still upload on the platform ❤

    • @adityaxxanand
      @adityaxxanand 4 роки тому +14

      But, why? Never seen him criticise China.

    • @AErch
      @AErch 4 роки тому +1

      He love his subscriber

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad 4 роки тому

      Pity the idea has been taken from other UA-cam channels that have covered it all before. Easy to do your research when others have already done it.

    • @alfrredd
      @alfrredd 4 роки тому +1

      why do they demonitize his videos????

    • @EverythingScience
      @EverythingScience 4 роки тому +2

      @@alfrredd They demonetize 'violent' content to discourage creators from making it and since he makes content on machines for war, UA-cams filters pick it up (even though it's not violent at all). It's all about trying to keep the platform 'advertiser-friendly'

  • @rakaipikatan8922
    @rakaipikatan8922 4 роки тому +319

    Belkan's navy be like : *WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!*

  • @AgricultureTechUS
    @AgricultureTechUS 15 днів тому

    Absolutely intriguing! Science opens doors to new worlds.

  • @Ryu_Makkuro
    @Ryu_Makkuro 3 роки тому +6

    This sounds like an awesome lore subject for a mission in a Medal of Honor game. Shame those aren't made anymore.

  • @rebmcr
    @rebmcr 4 роки тому +150

    "Can we get a SLBM?"
    "We have SLBM at home."
    SLBM at home:

  • @vimalalwaysrocks
    @vimalalwaysrocks 3 роки тому +1076

    Admiral Yamamoto: “I fear all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant.”

    • @ShinGojira54
      @ShinGojira54 3 роки тому +26

      Godzilla?

    • @Hans.Dewitt
      @Hans.Dewitt 3 роки тому +78

      @@ShinGojira54 american industrial might is far more scary than godzilla

    • @CarsonMHerr
      @CarsonMHerr 3 роки тому +14

      Yes, very scary

    • @mbr41
      @mbr41 3 роки тому +20

      @@ShinGojira54 Technically, yeah. Godzilla absorbed radiation and mutated.

    • @Inception1338
      @Inception1338 3 роки тому +5

      I once got some information that leading industrials in Japan had already a deal with the US
      to lead Japans economy after the war if they let Japan fail in the war.
      I never had the time to verify that. Information on this one seems scarce.
      This would explain the quote.

  • @dipling.pitzler7650
    @dipling.pitzler7650 2 роки тому

    I like the way the CG s look a lot like paintings done for 70ies cardboard packaging boxes for Airfix , Revel or Helier plastic model kits.

  • @user-bf2nb3tm8f
    @user-bf2nb3tm8f Рік тому

    Excellent quality 👍

  • @Sputmint
    @Sputmint 3 роки тому +299

    For those that are interested, these submarines play a large role in the animated alternative series (as well as novel & 90s games) konpeki no kantai (紺碧の艦隊)、which is still untranslated due to its notoriety; wherein Japan is able to win the war by bringing an expanded fleet of I-400 type machines to bear. It's absolutely a power fantasy, but interesting if only for that reason.

    • @mrbuttocks6772
      @mrbuttocks6772 2 роки тому +34

      Ironically while that would have helped, Japan would have still lost the war no matter what they did. Simply put there was no way for them to beat the American's in the pacific, they lacked the raw manpower and industrial capacity for it.

    • @pastmasterjt6186
      @pastmasterjt6186 Рік тому

      Hey is it notoriety

    • @pastmasterjt6186
      @pastmasterjt6186 Рік тому +5

      @Omar Khurshid I would have to disagree with you there as I believe that the might of the USA military economy would hold on. I do agree that the USA wouldn't be able to hold they pacific island but Japan was struggling in China as well as in Papua new Guinea but hey this is just speculation

    • @pastmasterjt6186
      @pastmasterjt6186 Рік тому +2

      @Omar Khurshid I can't remember where (sorry about that) but I remember a sorcue saying by 1946 the US had 36 carriers with that info I think the US could maybe hold out and I would have to disagree when it comes to China I do think the nationalist would of falling but not the communist as that popping up all across the occupied territory of course it was the "useless" lands where it was sparce
      :note as I'm writing this think changed my mind a little
      I think China would become another France or Poland with fierce resistance but for territory terms they would be over

    • @pastmasterjt6186
      @pastmasterjt6186 Рік тому +4

      @Omar Khurshid I'm gonna say something never said on the internet
      You have changed my mind I agree

  • @theessentialgamers2423
    @theessentialgamers2423 4 роки тому +124

    The legend has uploaded once again.
    All hail das legend.

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad 4 роки тому

      Pity the idea has been taken from other UA-cam channels that have covered it all before. Easy to do your research when others have already done it.

    • @sailintothesun3421
      @sailintothesun3421 4 роки тому +3

      @@xr6lad This channel brings plenty of unque content to the table and no one else is creating CGI like Mustard

    • @riot2136
      @riot2136 4 роки тому +1

      xr6lad no one really does it this high quality though

  • @murasaki848
    @murasaki848 2 роки тому +35

    A lot of people really aren't thinking this through. This weapon is a "counting coup" weapon at best, and even in the beginning of the war most likely ends its service life even more ignobly than most battleships in this era. A few of many flaws in the plan:
    1) This is not like modern ultra stealthy nuclear submarines that can stay submerged 6 months. Presuming they could overcome the endurance difficulties (many months of fuel and food) mentioned in this video, it is a diesel, meaning that for most of its cruise it needs to breathe air, hence the cut of the prow for surface operation but inefficient underwater. Even if they invented a workable all-weather snorkel that could let the diesels breathe, it keeps the submarine near the surface, noisy, and visible.
    2) If against all odds it makes it to its operation zone undetected, one attack, maybe two, and surprise is over. If they launch without floats, one attack is all they get. One way or another, those aircraft will be lost. Now there's an expensive sub deep in enemy territory that even had it been constructed using the best methods and materials of that era, is still several times more vulnerable due to its size and the now dead mass of the equipment to support the aircraft. Meanwhile every coastie, civil air patrol, reserve unit, and patrol destroyer along the coast has absolutely nothing better to do than to hunt it down, and the sub has no intel to help it evade. If it had the best radar of the day, it would still have to surface to use it. Even if the Americans didn't know they were attacked by a submarine, they know they're looking for something, and have a good estimate of the operational radius they're looking in from the aircraft they were attacked by. A sub running on lead acid batteries just can't stay submerged long enough.
    3) Just how much damage can three aircraft, or even 3*18 ships = 54 do? Look at Lt Tomonaga's strike against Midway Is. during the Battle of Midway. 108 attack aircraft, Kates, Vals, and Zeroes that have no compromise in design like draggy pontoons, facing only AAA and largely obsolete cap cover. And it wasn't enough to knock out operations at Midway, a small base on an atoll. And at the cost of 11 planes lost and 14 planes damaged. And that was a successful attack by WW2 standards.
    If the intended attack profile in the video is accurate, this is the same Samurai-hero-muddy thinking that made the attack on Pearl Harbor seem like a good idea but ultimately a failure both strategically and (arguably) tactically. It assumes you are heroic, quick, and smart, and your enemy is cowardly, slow, and prone to superstition. It is a far more expensive Doolittle-style raid that in the end would serve no purpose in the era of industrial capacity warfare. The best this sub could achieve is surprise special operations during a larger battle, and that unlikely with the design difficulties, just like the micro submarines that Japan used that really didn't accomplish much. Those who are correlating it to modern SLBM/cruise missile nuclear warfare are seriously overestimating the capabilities of the technology of the time.

    • @Emptybee
      @Emptybee Рік тому +2

      Bravo. The first comparison I thought of was the Doolittle raid. Which accomplished just as much-or more-than the proposed fleet could have accomplished while using a normal aircraft carrier and modified versions of pre-existing bombers.
      I think a lot of people are also discounting how poor navigation was back in the days before GPS. Even in peacetime, pilots often got lost. Expecting the launched planes to return to their sub, by dead reckoning on an open ocean, was expecting a minor miracle.

    • @wtfbros5110
      @wtfbros5110 Рік тому

      the bombers dont carry bombs, the Japs are planning to have them equipped with fucking Bubonic Plague and other nasty Bioweapons they developed

    • @coreyandnathanielchartier3749
      @coreyandnathanielchartier3749 Рік тому

      Very good points!

    • @nannerrammer
      @nannerrammer 7 місяців тому

      Pearl harbor attack WAS a good idea IF they didn't fuck up the timing and attacked when the main pacific fleet was there. But, it was a bad idea as there was no plan B and plan A would've relied mostly on dumb luck and wishful thinking.
      The Doolittle-style raid had a profound effect on Japanese operations in the Pacific and is a great example of how a small force can shit on the entire war plans of an entire country. Obviously, the losses/damages were trivial at best but the psychological damage on the populace and hence the war effort, was profound. resources and personnel that would've otherwise been used elsewhere had to be diverted back to the mainland in preparation for another attack and appease the populace.

    • @murasaki848
      @murasaki848 7 місяців тому

      @@nannerrammer I doubt there really could have been a plan B, other than not attacking at all. Even had they caught the carriers, this victory would have been temporary at best. There's simply no way they could have simultaneously fought on four fronts: continuing fighting in the south Pacific/Australia, continuing fighting in China, consolidating and securing gains in southeast Asia and Indonesia, and fighting on the US west coast. Fighting across the Cascades and Sierra Nevadas would have been a terrible slog even if (and I wouldn't bet on it) the entire coast fell, as well as having to secure the Panama Canal (or render unusable, since their ships weren't designed for it). They may even having to secure the Straits of Magellan, or at least set up the Argentinians to attack US ships skirting the coast. There would never be a point where all the 16 or so shipyards on the east coast were ever in real danger from more than raids by sea. Heck, they were even building destroyers in Colorado, then sending them by train to the Gulf. The real pain arguably would be the complete loss of all the B-17 manufacturing facilities, leaving only B-24s.
      Also, to be clear, it was my point that these submarines could not have had the same effect the Doolittle raid did, By that time US war production was so high that relatively trivial amounts of resources would have been redirected to the US coast, there wouldn't have been a desperate rethink like there was in Japan, and the news would have had little effect in Japan as B-29s kept up daily firebombings. Interesting bit of trivia: calculating land area devastated by bombing in Japan, the atomic bombs accounted for only 2%.

  • @thematrix3431
    @thematrix3431 2 роки тому

    Wait. WTF. Why have I NEVER heard of this? That's actually insane and so forward thinking.
    craaaaazy

  • @dangermjort
    @dangermjort 4 роки тому +194

    It's a requiem
    Set off as soon as we're ready

    • @lt.x-02s-wyvern25
      @lt.x-02s-wyvern25 4 роки тому +35

      SALVATION

    • @frosty5122
      @frosty5122 4 роки тому +31

      This boat has the means to end this hideous war, in a definitive and elegant manner

    • @HowieClark52
      @HowieClark52 4 роки тому +17

      there it is

    • @BusterBuizel
      @BusterBuizel 4 роки тому +22

      There goes the crisp white bedsheets

    • @pmayo7894
      @pmayo7894 4 роки тому +15

      SO USE YOUR IMAGINATION, MY FELLOW SUBMARINERS!

  • @c4ble472
    @c4ble472 4 роки тому +164

    Soviets: “whatcha go there?”
    US: “a smoothie”

  • @savamerica7373
    @savamerica7373 2 роки тому +3

    Thanks NEBULA I'm a retired 66 yo male this is the first time I heard this you have a new follower great story KUDOS JAPAN however even if JAPAN had this great weapon the PROBLEMS you DESCRIBED were INSURMOUNTABLE & BTW AUGUST 9th 1945 that's the day it didn't matter anymore!! 🙏I PRAY to our LORD THAT THIS BOMB IS NEVER EVER USED AGAIN IN OUR FUTURE🙏??

  • @512TheWolf512
    @512TheWolf512 2 роки тому +21

    literally the coolest weapons system that was ever put into service

  • @toopink4death492
    @toopink4death492 4 роки тому +38

    I-400, I-401, I-402 Submarines so Iconic to Japan. An anime was made about one of em, I-401 Mental Model Iona, designation Flag Ship of the Arpeggio of Blue Steel. Granted Takao was also involved well because she's a very famous Heavy Cruiser for ship enthusiasts.

  • @taufiqutomo
    @taufiqutomo 4 роки тому +115

    Somewhere, a crisp white sheet of some admiral's bed is getting ruined.

    • @sorrent0
      @sorrent0 4 роки тому +19

      This boat has the means to end this hideous war, in a definitive and elegant manner.

    • @johnwu226
      @johnwu226 4 роки тому +15

      SALVATION!

    • @nogisonoko5409
      @nogisonoko5409 4 роки тому +12

      Can't you see, Three Strikes!

    • @LynSain
      @LynSain 4 роки тому +9

      *< < S A L V A T I O N ! > >*

    • @ST-zn3fj
      @ST-zn3fj 4 роки тому +6

      And in the end his boat gets split in half and exploded underwater

  • @filip1408
    @filip1408 2 роки тому +51

    To be honest, the Americans would’ve considered a cripple wielding a stick a danger. I-400 was a very bad idea, but considering the context, it was for the better, it diverted Japanese ressources from other more critical areas to a project that even if completed, would’ve still been a farce. 15 subs with 3 planes, no means of resupplying in the middle of the ocean? That’s a one trick pony.
    And even if they would’ve managed to launch one attack with all 45 planes, the damage would’ve been minimal. After the shock, the Americans would double sea patrols and hunt down all these lumbering subs, riveted, so once they were located it was game over.
    A complete joke.

    • @sigmasmegma1539
      @sigmasmegma1539 2 роки тому +3

      Yeah, the purpose it was made was for a surprise attack, so once it's known, it would become a complete joke. It's just a waste of materials, they should've just find another way of keeping the americans off the pacific or just focused on stabilizing their conquered territories and proceeded to conquer more once they've stabilized themselves. Look at where their poor decision-making led them, 2 cities just got bombed and a lot of lives were lost, the disadvantages far outweighed the advantages. Would've been badass to see Japan becoming a superpower, maybe they'd make gundams, lmao.

    • @linkinlinkinlinkin654
      @linkinlinkinlinkin654 2 роки тому +2

      pretty juvenile and arrogant to assume that not one person in the Japanese army managed to realize these issues that is so apparent to UA-cam viewers lol. This was the 40s. A movable, undetectable base, even with only 3 bombers, that can submerge itself under water was definitely a threat. There is a reason why there was so much interest for the engineering/design of these things way past the war as well. 'The damage would've been minimal', patently false. 40 (54 theoretically) surprise bombers (with plausible ability to return base) can very easily change the course of war. Gunpower matters way lesser than planning and execution when the countries are eons apart with no apparent warfront/trenches/embargo. This wasn't a traditional conflict (still isn't) from a technical pov

    • @electrohalo8798
      @electrohalo8798 2 роки тому +2

      The attacks would divert US resources away from the assault and moved to coastal patrols to stop possible I-400 attacks

    • @user-pn3im5sm7k
      @user-pn3im5sm7k 2 роки тому +1

      Well this is why you aren't an Admiral. If Japan had even a quarter of the resources America did, Japan would have done a full scale attack with the I-400 class in a heartbeat. They could level New York City in one go with only 45 planes strapped with bombs, it would have been devastating. Factories completely disabled. US fleets would have to be spread thin after even one surprise attack, allowing for a smaller fleet in the Pacific.

  • @fadel_rama
    @fadel_rama Рік тому +1

    Honestly this concept can be use for modern warfare replace the plane with UAV you can make suprise attack on to enemies ship, or port, the use of modern UAV also mean less corgo weight, and you can carried more units, especially low speed small UAV like Bayraktar.

  • @SomewhatSummarized
    @SomewhatSummarized 4 роки тому +75

    Two uploads in less than two months! You’re on fire man :D

  • @joshuagoh7289
    @joshuagoh7289 4 роки тому +736

    I’m still trying to find out why this channel is named Mustard...

    • @hamiezanshafy1505
      @hamiezanshafy1505 3 роки тому +70

      Yea,its named mustard should be cooking channel but instead a history channel.

    • @xp3r670
      @xp3r670 3 роки тому +40

      well its just a name isnt it? why is pewdiepie called pewdiepie? its just a name

    • @ikarischannel
      @ikarischannel 3 роки тому +82

      Mustard Gas

    • @letsbegreattv465
      @letsbegreattv465 3 роки тому +9

      Mustard as in mustard seed being small

    • @mlh4711
      @mlh4711 3 роки тому +24

      mustard is a slang term for "really good" - that might have something to do with the thinking behind it.

  • @pedromolina9558
    @pedromolina9558 2 роки тому

    I just found this channel!!! It’s so amazing. I’m already 2hrs in. Lol

  • @robertbritten2573
    @robertbritten2573 Рік тому

    As a follow up, there is a you tube video about the second most secret weapon that allies had in use before the end of WW2. So guarded that it was only allowed to be used at sea, that way if it didn't explode it sank to the bottom of the sea. Radar guided anti aircraft shells. Every guided rocket system in the 60's and on wards stems from this weapon.

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 4 роки тому +104

    The ultimate Japanese super weapon is of course the Shogun Executioner

    • @keeperofeurobeat8421
      @keeperofeurobeat8421 4 роки тому +16

      Ah yes, a fellow man of culture

    • @williamcrisp6032
      @williamcrisp6032 4 роки тому +7

      I tip my hat to you, fellow legend

    • @NAGATO2044
      @NAGATO2044 4 роки тому +6

      Where is... my body? , Giga Fortresses are among the most powerful weapons the Empire ever developed.

    • @Ledut-in-YT
      @Ledut-in-YT 4 роки тому +1

      I imagine a single shogun executioner invade my country.

    • @dereenaldoambun9158
      @dereenaldoambun9158 4 роки тому +1

      Ah man of culture I see

  • @schnibbelhenry1232
    @schnibbelhenry1232 4 роки тому +40

    Mustard is one of my absolute favorite channels. The videos on here are so incredibly high quality that it's unbelievable.

  • @alLEDP
    @alLEDP Рік тому +1

    When you are such a ninja even your Air craft carrier got stealth lol

  • @NONAME-vw7fg
    @NONAME-vw7fg 3 роки тому

    This Is Amazing

  • @valiantsoldier548
    @valiantsoldier548 4 роки тому +291

    This video: Submarine Aircraft Carrier
    Me: *Ace Combat Intensifies*

  • @SolitarySpade_Davon
    @SolitarySpade_Davon 4 роки тому +406

    imagine when we have aircraft carriers underwate-
    japan: say no more.

    • @user-mr7zl9pp5x
      @user-mr7zl9pp5x 3 роки тому +3

      We the Japanese Navy could point it at your China's vessels and deep ocean of submarine, in and out of the earth already! Just wait for the command and.....

    • @thanhnhanle5335
      @thanhnhanle5335 3 роки тому +1

      If Japan destroy other countries Japan will be bigger

    • @thanhnhanle5335
      @thanhnhanle5335 3 роки тому

      Do United States have a secret? But Japan don't have a secret Japan wants a bigger Country

  • @FE428Power
    @FE428Power Рік тому

    I grew up in the Panama Canal. There was a Japanese mini sub on display that was salvaged off the coast of Panama.

  • @dokkaboi917
    @dokkaboi917 2 роки тому +2

    Can’t wait for Wargamming to add this to World of Warships, I’m sure the community will “luv” it

    • @yeetboiiiiii2488
      @yeetboiiiiii2488 2 роки тому +1

      A submarine that can just appear out of nowhere and has 8 torps with 3 aircraft? I can see why they will ‘love’ it lmao