SdKfz 2 Kettenkrad: Germany's Halftrack Motorcycle

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    The Sd.Kfz. 2 Kettenkraftrad (aka Kettenrad) is a deliciously German sort of vehicle, a small utility tractor made with a pair of treads and motorcycle front wheel. It was powered by a 4 cylinder Opel automotive engine generating 36 horsepower, and had a 3-speed gearbox with high and low range transfer case. Top speed was 44 mph, and it could tow about 1,000 pounds of ammunition or other supplies in a small 2-wheeled trailer, or directly tow light artillery pieces.
    The vehicle was developed in 1939, and in mass production in time to see substantial use in Operation Barbarossa; the German invasion of Russia. Although complex to maintain and expensive to produce, the Kettenkrad was quite well suited to the terrain and distances of the Eastern Front. As the war progressed and supplies became scarcer and artillery became heavier it was less universally useful, but remained in service until the very end of the war, tasked with jobs as mundane as towing aircraft at airfields. After the war, they were put into civilian agricultural service (much like the Jeep in the US).
    This example is in the rental fleet at DriveTanks.com, available for instruction and driving to anyone. It is one of my very favorite vehicles form World War Two, and I really appreciate DriveTanks giving me the opportunity to do some driving on it and show it to you! See all their available rentals here:
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  • @thorild69
    @thorild69 4 роки тому +1699

    Q: How was this designed?
    A: A motorcycle engineer got sidetracked.
    I'll let myself out.

  • @riley8280
    @riley8280 4 роки тому +3278

    "Get in loser were going to open 4 different fronts and stretch our industrial capacity to past its limits "

    • @lukedontknow9283
      @lukedontknow9283 4 роки тому +98

      Best plain I’ve ever heard to win a war

    • @sirboomsalot4902
      @sirboomsalot4902 4 роки тому +35

      missverstandener Satirekanal Thats exactly what happened though

    • @sirboomsalot4902
      @sirboomsalot4902 4 роки тому +65

      missverstandener Satirekanal And how isn’t it? They opened four fronts (western front, eastern, Mediterranean, and North Africa), and their supply system and infrastructure simply couldn’t support the war

    • @sirboomsalot4902
      @sirboomsalot4902 4 роки тому +12

      missverstandener Satirekanal Oh, really. Enlighten me then

    • @sirboomsalot4902
      @sirboomsalot4902 4 роки тому +20

      missverstandener Satirekanal No, you just won’t give an argument because you have no argument. If you do have an argument, then I want to hear

  • @Seoko117
    @Seoko117 3 роки тому +571

    This looks like the perfect vehicle to explore an abandoned city with.

  • @zacharysnyder2520
    @zacharysnyder2520 4 роки тому +3809

    When you want to blitzkrieg but Hans only has a motorcycle license.

  • @Alphonselle
    @Alphonselle 4 роки тому +2954

    Ian's Last Tour

    • @DP-fq7iy
      @DP-fq7iy 4 роки тому +111

      Zeke Tran YES.

    • @MisterTengu
      @MisterTengu 4 роки тому +132

      Captain America: i understood that reference.

    • @cerealata9035
      @cerealata9035 4 роки тому +76

      But who will be his partner?

    • @jeraldlim384
      @jeraldlim384 4 роки тому +119

      Cereal ATA karl.

    • @armvex
      @armvex 4 роки тому +9

      Nooooo

  • @yuletide1281
    @yuletide1281 4 роки тому +2077

    Looks at the tracks it leaves : looks like the enemy was on a unicycle and the tank was in pursuit

    • @scottland8698
      @scottland8698 4 роки тому +273

      Hmmm, I don’t like the idea of German combat unicycle

    • @scottland8698
      @scottland8698 4 роки тому +6

      Garth Land hi garth

    • @Ghelasin
      @Ghelasin 4 роки тому +121

      What if the enemy was in the tank and the Unicycle was in pursuit?? :P

    • @furimindustries3410
      @furimindustries3410 4 роки тому +12

      I think you know to much.

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM 4 роки тому +20

      Franz, get zer clown's unicycle!

  • @roadhouse6999
    @roadhouse6999 4 роки тому +1670

    "Come over, my parents aren't home."
    "Can't, I'm looking at vintage milsurp rifles at Rock Island Auction House."
    "I have .32 French long ammo."
    8:38

    • @stalker4474
      @stalker4474 4 роки тому +16

      Underrated comment

    • @user-ge3uu8sm9q
      @user-ge3uu8sm9q 3 роки тому +30

      With Karl and a BAR in the back for moral/fire support lol, always carry protection

    • @mamarine81
      @mamarine81 3 роки тому +9

      ^This guy gets it. Hardest I've laughed in a long time.

    • @qade2128
      @qade2128 3 роки тому +4

      take my up doot. you made me laugh.

    • @Luke-yv6uo
      @Luke-yv6uo 3 роки тому +3

      Hall of Fame comment

  • @theq4602
    @theq4602 4 роки тому +345

    My mother was a tank.
    My father was a very brave motorcycle.

  • @macgruber4689
    @macgruber4689 4 роки тому +6012

    When someone orders an über.

    • @kaylt.7864
      @kaylt.7864 4 роки тому +223

      über über

    • @gunnerr8476
      @gunnerr8476 4 роки тому +414

      An Uber that's only goes to Poland.

    • @holoholohaolenokaoi2299
      @holoholohaolenokaoi2299 4 роки тому +216

      "to the Reichstag ...and step on it"!

    • @Rommel_209
      @Rommel_209 4 роки тому +40

      I will get on it immediately.

    • @aserta
      @aserta 4 роки тому +131

      Get in fool! We're invading your destination address.

  • @Bob-fj1hm
    @Bob-fj1hm 4 роки тому +1031

    what a beautiful vehicle to drive around with your friend in a post apocalyptic world

    • @kucingterkejut2390
      @kucingterkejut2390 4 роки тому +79

      Was that a Girl's Last Tour reference?

    • @Bob-fj1hm
      @Bob-fj1hm 4 роки тому +60

      @@kucingterkejut2390 the one and only

    • @tlshortyshorty5810
      @tlshortyshorty5810 4 роки тому +25

      Finally, _that_ reference!

    • @watchm4ker
      @watchm4ker 4 роки тому +25

      References aside... Yeah, no. Like a lot of German vehicles of the time, it was a maintenance nightmare even while it was in production. It was reliable, certainly, but when something *did* go wrong, fixing it was rarely a simple endeavor. Like ensuring each and every track received lubrication.

    • @1r0zz
      @1r0zz 4 роки тому +45

      @@watchm4ker
      So nothing changed considering what I've seen from german cars.

  • @SkvalaGaming
    @SkvalaGaming 4 роки тому +650

    German Engineer: *Hans, do you need a tank or a motorcycle?"*
    Hans: *"Ja."*

  • @carlcowin2246
    @carlcowin2246 4 роки тому +831

    Watches it drive by
    My Brain: Why aren't we still making these!

    • @pinkhead6857890
      @pinkhead6857890 4 роки тому +103

      Like anything German, its hands down superior until one little thing breaks.

    • @floatingchimney
      @floatingchimney 4 роки тому +83

      @Carl Cowin, They are still being produced nowadays - they're made for snow only and are called "snowmobiles". They have front skis instead of a tyre, but otherwise it's the same exact thing.

    • @tanall5959
      @tanall5959 4 роки тому +27

      I also recall seeing modern replicas being made. They use one-piece rubber tracks instead of the maintenance nightmare the early originals had, but they had similar performance to the originals otherwise.

    • @BlitzkreigWTF
      @BlitzkreigWTF 4 роки тому +18

      I build these! See my videos

    • @Blubbstock
      @Blubbstock 4 роки тому +13

      The fuel economy on tracked vehicles is terrible and so is the maximum speed.

  • @anitap1094
    @anitap1094 4 роки тому +715

    Imagine signing up for the panzerkorps and they hand you the keys for this thing.

    • @Otto_Von_Itter9000
      @Otto_Von_Itter9000 4 роки тому +60

      I would steal it as soon as I got the keys.

    • @josephgitau5000
      @josephgitau5000 4 роки тому +4

      And run?

    • @roejogan9517
      @roejogan9517 4 роки тому +17

      Real question, I always tough that in war vehicles had no keys, do they?

    • @nano4778
      @nano4778 4 роки тому +2

      joseph gitau to the eastern front, trust me you’d be safe

    • @cayden3410
      @cayden3410 4 роки тому +3

      I'd be a happy camper

  • @msbhicks8358
    @msbhicks8358 4 роки тому +1134

    Ian’s vehicle for the Tour de France, 2020, Colorized

  • @maxischew514
    @maxischew514 4 роки тому +111

    "Feels like it's waiting for the first opportunity to roll over and kill you"
    I have more respect for Chito who probaly had to drive it for at least 10 years at most.

    • @dave_h_8742
      @dave_h_8742 2 роки тому +2

      Just like Rick Mayall and Ozzie Osbourne on 4X4 motorbikes.

  • @Otto_Von_Itter9000
    @Otto_Von_Itter9000 4 роки тому +195

    I first saw the Kettenkrad in Girls' Last Tour, it's truly a magnificent motorcycle.

    • @christianweibrecht6555
      @christianweibrecht6555 3 роки тому +15

      I had to scroll too far down to see someone mention that show

    • @melancholieea
      @melancholieea 2 роки тому +4

      for some reason i feel like i really wanna buy that to drive around with my friend

  • @WalkaCrookedLine
    @WalkaCrookedLine 4 роки тому +2158

    When you're a pizza delivery guy on the Russian front.

    • @Bird_Dog00
      @Bird_Dog00 4 роки тому +47

      @667Gullin
      There were italian troops fighting on the eastern front too.

    • @Fox-86
      @Fox-86 4 роки тому +1

      😂😂😂

    • @Dev_Six
      @Dev_Six 4 роки тому +11

      Burger panzer.

    • @steffenrosmus1864
      @steffenrosmus1864 4 роки тому +3

      Rippchen & Kraut ( ribs and sauerktaut)please😉😂we are Krauts

    • @DvD1303
      @DvD1303 4 роки тому +3

      @@Cl0ckcl0ck and you're wrong

  • @Ally5141
    @Ally5141 4 роки тому +627

    SdKfz 2 - when you are into tanks so much even your motorcycle has tracks.

    • @dude97x
      @dude97x 4 роки тому +12

      Or as a tanker, when you are into motorcycles so much that your tank has a single front wheel and handlebar steering :D

    • @gingerhimself7117
      @gingerhimself7117 4 роки тому

      Model (500th comment lol)

  • @nijiru4448
    @nijiru4448 4 роки тому +80

    I wanted one of these back when I first heard of them.
    Now I really want one.

    • @keepermovin5906
      @keepermovin5906 3 роки тому +1

      100000 dollars unfortunately:/

    • @vucko9201
      @vucko9201 3 роки тому +1

      @@keepermovin5906 DAMMIT

    • @TheCaptainSplatter
      @TheCaptainSplatter 3 роки тому

      @@keepermovin5906 I imagine a recreated one be cheaper.

    • @keepermovin5906
      @keepermovin5906 3 роки тому +1

      @@TheCaptainSplatter nobody makes em as far as I can tell but if you find someone who does please post a link post haste

    • @luggy9256
      @luggy9256 3 роки тому

      @@keepermovin5906 in fact there is someone that sells reproductions and diy kits for these, they look a tad different but still totally functional

  • @user-gq7mm6fp6h
    @user-gq7mm6fp6h 4 роки тому +193

    Dad:what do you want for a birthday son?
    Son:Motorcycle!
    Great grandfather:

    • @zekelockheart3706
      @zekelockheart3706 4 роки тому +24

      I wouldn’t complain imagine rolling up to school in that

    • @USSAnimeNCC-
      @USSAnimeNCC- 4 роки тому +1

      Zeke Lockheart probably don’t need to worry about snow much

    • @Resomius
      @Resomius 3 роки тому +3

      god damn I would be insantly in!

  • @hash-slingingslasher1374
    @hash-slingingslasher1374 4 роки тому +1000

    "The germans didnt build things just to look cool though..."
    You sure about that?

    • @samblanchard5151
      @samblanchard5151 4 роки тому +81

      No, but also yes!

    • @insiainutorrt259
      @insiainutorrt259 4 роки тому +45

      Turns put building with love and care makes things look awsome by accident quite a lot

    • @kshatriya1414
      @kshatriya1414 4 роки тому +23

      Building it just to look cool was like every german tank lmao

    • @bcubed72
      @bcubed72 4 роки тому +19

      @Dr. Conflict
      When your anal-retentive "pursuit of perfection" means it takes 10x the man-hours to build a tank as your enemy takes... you're not being very practical.
      WWII was (from an engineering POV) one Mercedes taking on a dozen Model Ts, and losing.

    • @midgetman4206
      @midgetman4206 4 роки тому +5

      @@bcubed72 but then what, build two volkswagens? You're still going to lose. It wouldn't have been as bad if America didn't enter the war. Besides, we are doing the same with Abrams right now

  • @jtilton5
    @jtilton5 4 роки тому +709

    Greetings from Bangkok. Looking at this thing, the first thing I thought was this is a "Tatical Tuk Tuk"

    • @terryplew3333
      @terryplew3333 4 роки тому +11

      jtilton5 😅😆

    • @cheyannei5983
      @cheyannei5983 4 роки тому +11

      I don't think Tuk Tuks get over 15 horsepower, though.

    • @xXbrokenvoidXx
      @xXbrokenvoidXx 4 роки тому +30

      Bruh imagine building a technical out of a Tuk Tuk

    • @51WCDodge
      @51WCDodge 4 роки тому +4

      This is the British Reply!!! ua-cam.com/video/XSQCwaSO6cQ/v-deo.html

    • @blacklion79
      @blacklion79 4 роки тому +1

      You maid my day

  • @Vans89
    @Vans89 4 роки тому +71

    Boy's last tour (to the auction house)

  • @ds-lm6pc
    @ds-lm6pc 3 роки тому +15

    John Wick: I need a ride
    Ian: I’ve got just what you need. The perfect meeting of speed, defense, and a peculiar bit.. of insanity.

  • @utubrGaming
    @utubrGaming 4 роки тому +631

    Hans: we need a half track!
    Ludwig: we have a half track in the front!
    The half track in the front:

    • @randomprojectsusa5196
      @randomprojectsusa5196 4 роки тому +6

      utubrGaming more like a 3/4 track

    • @Grobut81
      @Grobut81 4 роки тому +2

      On second thought: Let's not go to Germany. It is a silly place.

  • @benamini5701
    @benamini5701 4 роки тому +614

    Imagine a motorcycle club with these things.

    • @alonzocalvillo6702
      @alonzocalvillo6702 4 роки тому +13

      Ben Amini Yeah , like the Hell’s Angels.

    • @rubencentro4974
      @rubencentro4974 4 роки тому +126

      @@alonzocalvillo6702 *Hans' Angels

    • @seldonwright4345
      @seldonwright4345 4 роки тому +56

      @@alonzocalvillo6702 Heil Angels. German ya know

    • @ronglurak9892
      @ronglurak9892 4 роки тому +8

      @@seldonwright4345 there are german bikers that call themselfes english names

    • @Antisocialnerd2
      @Antisocialnerd2 4 роки тому +16

      I think most countries would see such a motorcycle club as an invasion

  • @monkeyboy48391
    @monkeyboy48391 4 роки тому +35

    the song "The Boys are back in Town" should be blaring during the intro

  • @alvinoflys7504
    @alvinoflys7504 4 роки тому +194

    "Good luck, Reiben."
    "I don't need any luck sarge, I was born lucky!"
    Whenever I see these all I can think of is the final battle scene in Saving Private Ryan 😅

    • @emmanuelserrano5477
      @emmanuelserrano5477 4 роки тому +12

      Ah you beat me to it.

    • @Captain_Frank_Abagnale
      @Captain_Frank_Abagnale 4 роки тому +17

      There’s a ton of infantry cap, I dunno if they took the bait though

    • @eldelosdedosblancos9381
      @eldelosdedosblancos9381 4 роки тому +4

      Alvin of Lys Why they don’t make movies like that anymore??
      I never got tired of watching it over and over again for years, and the new films out there I watch them once and don’t wanna know anything about it ever!!
      Such a shame!!😢 Actors are not quite as good than before 2!!

    • @mulletsquirrel
      @mulletsquirrel 3 роки тому +1

      @@eldelosdedosblancos9381 The only other one that has come close for me was FURY with Brad Pitt and Shia LeBouf

  • @JohnDoe-vm5rb
    @JohnDoe-vm5rb 4 роки тому +499

    I hope this year's April's Fool is Ian McCollum doing an inside the hatch on Nicholas Moran's channel, and him doing a gun on forgotten weapons

    • @shadowabsol
      @shadowabsol 4 роки тому +29

      Now that would be awesome

    • @GoredonTheDestroyer
      @GoredonTheDestroyer 4 роки тому +25

      @@shadowabsol Even better would be if Nicholas introduced himself as Ian.

    • @sidecharacterC
      @sidecharacterC 4 роки тому +24

      While both dressed up as eachother.

    • @john-paulsilke893
      @john-paulsilke893 4 роки тому +17

      Nick better start growing his hair.

    • @rays5073
      @rays5073 4 роки тому +10

      Time to start a petition lmao

  • @zxbzxbzxb1
    @zxbzxbzxb1 4 роки тому +157

    Hans: My motorbike isn't expensive or overengineered enough!
    Fritz: Ok, come back in a couple of days...

    • @santiagoperez2094
      @santiagoperez2094 4 роки тому

      U say that because u dont know the dtupid amount of non necessary fancy and expensive functions usa vehicles have.

    • @zxbzxbzxb1
      @zxbzxbzxb1 4 роки тому

      @@santiagoperez2094 No, I'm just poking a bit of fun at the typical national steriotype that Germans supposedly like to over-engineer things

  • @uberschnilthegreat22
    @uberschnilthegreat22 4 роки тому +174

    Ah yes, when germany half tracked EVERYTHING

    • @moejartin3258
      @moejartin3258 4 роки тому +29

      Trucks on a half-track, bikes on a half-track, strawberries and flowers on half-tracks, THE WHOLE PLANET IS ON HALF-TRACKS!!!

    • @tatotaytoman5934
      @tatotaytoman5934 4 роки тому +3

      half track tank

    • @colecooper5836
      @colecooper5836 4 роки тому +7

      They never half tracked a half track.

    • @gamecarnival2024
      @gamecarnival2024 4 роки тому +2

      Half tracked boots

    •  3 роки тому

      Except their horses!

  • @maxischew514
    @maxischew514 4 роки тому +336

    1940s: WW2 German army vehicle.
    2010s: Used as a plot device in Girls' last tour.

    • @BenersantheBread
      @BenersantheBread 4 роки тому +32

      Plot device? How dare you insult best girl like that!

    • @jovitfernangloria4271
      @jovitfernangloria4271 4 роки тому +60

      10% Motorcycle, 15% Tracked Vehicle, 20% Supply Transport, 5% Bed, 50% Malfunctions and 100% reason to remember it's final use as a bath tub.

    • @BenersantheBread
      @BenersantheBread 4 роки тому +30

      @@jovitfernangloria4271 That part nearly made me cry

    • @jovitfernangloria4271
      @jovitfernangloria4271 4 роки тому +5

      @@BenersantheBread I have something to share. I am writing this novel for a year already, and one of my main side characters are 2 kids of mixed blood being taken care in a monastery (the story is an Isekai to a Warring states period of Japan). I changed Chito to Chisaki and made her a bookworm who loves machines and science while I changed Yuuri to Yukari and made her into a kid who wants to be a knight. (So Chi-chan and Yuu is still a nickname and their appearances was just adjusted to fit the story) I just wish Tsumizu won't notice.

    • @BenersantheBread
      @BenersantheBread 4 роки тому

      @@jovitfernangloria4271 This might just be my impression of them but they don't seem like the type to care about such things

  • @adamramsey8282
    @adamramsey8282 4 роки тому +1374

    Wehrmacht: "We want half tank half motorcycle."
    Engineer: ***Sets down spork***

    • @Fixxate
      @Fixxate 4 роки тому +13

      Underrated comment award

    • @ilikeyourname4807
      @ilikeyourname4807 4 роки тому +4

      It wasn't even developed for the military

    • @ianwalker8042
      @ianwalker8042 4 роки тому +3

      Don’t you mean... fpoon

    • @Sam-iw6te
      @Sam-iw6te 4 роки тому

      666 likes.

    • @BlackCowboy0
      @BlackCowboy0 4 роки тому +3

      It’s literally a spork, mainly a tank and the fronts. A motorcycle

  • @bamboozlednoodle6513
    @bamboozlednoodle6513 4 роки тому +1791

    Wermacht: yeah we want something that’s fast and small
    German industry: so a motorcycle
    Wermacht: no it needs to be able to go cross country
    German industry: so a light tank
    Wermacht: nooo

    • @yevenlu3243
      @yevenlu3243 4 роки тому +91

      @Richard Joyce I think they mean RUSSIAN off-roads. Also, they might not have dirt bikes during that time.

    • @anttitheinternetguy3213
      @anttitheinternetguy3213 4 роки тому +61

      @Richard Joyce im not sure about you but personally i wouldnt take zündapp or any other 40's motorcycle offroad 🥵

    • @tiihtu2507
      @tiihtu2507 4 роки тому +42

      @Richard Joyce No, he meant the ability of 40's motorcycles to go offroad was limited compared to modern offroad and dual sport motorcycles. They were really heavy (often above 200 kilograms), had a poor suspension and ground clearance.

    • @MrGrimsmith
      @MrGrimsmith 4 роки тому +7

      @@tiihtu2507 Heh, yes it's limited by todays standards but some of them were pretty decent at it. Lower RPM, higher torque in many cases. I'm basing this on hearsay, admittedly, but it's from my father who gave up riding bikes at around 65 and mostly did trials runs starting immediately post war. I'd still trust the old style of engineering over modern electronics. It responds better when you hit it with a hammer :P

    • @yevenlu3243
      @yevenlu3243 4 роки тому +5

      @Richard Joyce I meant motorbikes from the 1940's.

  • @bruensal7182
    @bruensal7182 4 роки тому +518

    German Army: so we need a fast, small armored vehicle.
    Engineers: Like an armored car?
    German Army: No, imagine the child of a tank and a motorcycle
    Engineers: *SAY NO MORE*

    • @sniper0073088
      @sniper0073088 4 роки тому +5

      Its not really armored

    • @user-ld4qt6ci7b
      @user-ld4qt6ci7b 4 роки тому +1

      @@sniper0073088 uh, it's somewhat armored? Like, you can hide anywhere behind this thing and it will save you from bullets

    • @petergordon9190
      @petergordon9190 4 роки тому +2

      @@user-ld4qt6ci7b Apart from behind the fuel tanks?

    • @rickylafleur5823
      @rickylafleur5823 4 роки тому +2

      @@petergordon9190 yea i peeped that too. but to be fair if bullets are flying in your direction and hit that fuel tank, odds are you are getting hit as well.

  • @soppo6446
    @soppo6446 4 роки тому +5

    Perfect for exploring vast abandoned cities

  • @mastermaul345
    @mastermaul345 4 роки тому +119

    The reason it has two fuel tanks is, one draws fuel from the back and one draws fuel from the front. That way you're still getting fuel to the engine even if the vehicle is at a sharp up-or-downhill incline with partially filled tanks.

    • @SolarWebsite
      @SolarWebsite 4 роки тому +12

      That's clever!

    • @johnsonjerrad
      @johnsonjerrad 4 роки тому +13

      Those clever krauts. If only they would have used their abilities for good.

    • @FlexDB
      @FlexDB 4 роки тому +18

      @@johnsonjerrad We do! Until a crazy guy from austria joins in.

    • @windhelmguard5295
      @windhelmguard5295 4 роки тому +20

      @@johnsonjerrad wasn't fighting communism a good thing to do?

    • @SlavicCelery
      @SlavicCelery 4 роки тому +18

      @@windhelmguard5295 The whole Jewish thing kinda overwhelms the communist thing.

  • @toaster9922
    @toaster9922 4 роки тому +528

    “Babe come over”
    “I can’t I’m making a ForgottenWeapons video”
    “My parents aren’t home”
    0:11

  • @estout324
    @estout324 4 роки тому +242

    I had to scroll far too long to find a Saving Private Ryan reference.

    • @awesomechainsaw
      @awesomechainsaw 4 роки тому +32

      E Sorry Girls last tour has you beat out.

    • @imanin9972
      @imanin9972 4 роки тому +2

      y e s

    • @rickylafleur5823
      @rickylafleur5823 4 роки тому +5

      @@awesomechainsaw silence weeb.

    • @boingkster
      @boingkster 3 роки тому +1

      "Panzers didn't take the bait"

    • @geodes6722
      @geodes6722 2 роки тому

      That was the “rabbit” . “They didn’t take the bait!”

  • @5KpGD
    @5KpGD 4 роки тому +4

    German reenactor here out the Midwest region, and at one point one of our members had a Kettenkrad. One event weekend, a German vet had approached us about the Kettenkrad, in fact he worked very close with them as mobile anti-tank element with PaK36 later in the war. When we asked the vet if he wanted a ride in our kettenkrad, he flatly refused our offer, and said "I lost a lot of my friends on these things on hills, when they rolled over there was no hope you could have survived being crushed and snapped in half by one of these things, the war was enough for me". Not often do Americans talk to German war vets who immigrated to the states, and most of them have now long been passed. So is our GI vets, get to talking to them now before its too late.

    • @hughm2615
      @hughm2615 7 місяців тому

      Dear Santa...

  • @Panzer_Runner
    @Panzer_Runner 4 роки тому +171

    "So do you want a light tank or a motorbike?"
    "Yes"

  • @olb-esprit
    @olb-esprit 4 роки тому +90

    Forgotten Vehicles is my favorite show now.

  • @Neoplasmer
    @Neoplasmer 4 роки тому +14

    When you need the flammenwefer but with a charioteer twist.

  • @weirdshibainu
    @weirdshibainu 4 роки тому +24

    Jeep:" We make the best offroad light vehicle.
    Germans:" Hold our beer."

    • @epauletshark3793
      @epauletshark3793 3 роки тому +1

      Our beer? But the germans were facist, not communist!

    • @colbeausabre8842
      @colbeausabre8842 3 роки тому

      The US Quarter Ton and even the German Kubelwagen could go anywhere it could and carry a larger load while doing it. The Krauts stopped making them in 1944 for a reason - so NSU could produce something useful to the German war effort

  • @MRtucnakCZE
    @MRtucnakCZE 4 роки тому +208

    Pingu's dad had one of these.

    • @MrDK0010
      @MrDK0010 4 роки тому +18

      OH SHIT

    • @MrDK0010
      @MrDK0010 4 роки тому +7

      Now I gotta look it up.

    • @WingMaster562
      @WingMaster562 4 роки тому +19

      @@MrDK0010 Found it. Just search "Pingu Doctor".

    • @chancedavis6216
      @chancedavis6216 4 роки тому +70

      Pingu's dad was a wermacht solider confirmed

    • @MrDK0010
      @MrDK0010 4 роки тому +4

      Thank you Wingmaster.

  • @djackmanson
    @djackmanson 4 роки тому +339

    German military transport engineer: Hey, you know how our language is designed to just be able to jam words together to get what you want?
    Supervisor: Yes?
    Engineer: *lifts sheet*

  • @LuistheABF123
    @LuistheABF123 4 роки тому +31

    "Disperse, you know what to do. Reiben get on the Rabbit." - Captain Miller, 1944

  • @XBadAssGamesX
    @XBadAssGamesX 4 роки тому +13

    When you just want to repair your motorcycle but then the Panzerschokolade kicks in

  • @jmackmcneill
    @jmackmcneill 4 роки тому +171

    "They don't make vehicles just because they're cool..."
    "Ok... yes they did."

  • @bounter_
    @bounter_ 4 роки тому +114

    00:00 *Colorised video of German recruits stealing their half track to get to ze Bar, 1940*

    • @shok24199
      @shok24199 4 роки тому

      Imagine showing up to a biker bar in that thing.

  • @ramal5708
    @ramal5708 2 роки тому +5

    Hans:"Finally, I joined the Panzer Division, I could be driving tanks"
    Commander:"Here are the keys for that small tank with a motorcycle at the front"

  • @brucelee6415
    @brucelee6415 4 роки тому +5

    0:02 when your trying to cap all the points early game as the wermach in company of heroes

  • @wildward93
    @wildward93 4 роки тому +213

    When you roll up and brag in your new tricycle and your german buddy goes: "hold my schnapps"

    • @elijahaitaok8624
      @elijahaitaok8624 4 роки тому +10

      *hold mien pizwasser!*

    • @Keckegenkai
      @Keckegenkai 4 роки тому +4

      @@elijahaitaok8624 I get that GTA5 reference. Pisswasser

  • @JonatasAdoM
    @JonatasAdoM 4 роки тому +193

    You laughed about my training wheels. Now you laugh no more!

  • @dr.ofdubiouswisdom4189
    @dr.ofdubiouswisdom4189 4 роки тому +19

    " Mein Godt Dummkopf !! No vheelie-poppen !!"

  • @benfennell6842
    @benfennell6842 3 роки тому +17

    Max:
    "Hans have you seen Tommy's new little universal carriers?"
    Hans:
    "Ja, they're so cute!"
    Max:
    "We have a new design requisition, we have to make that, but-"
    Hans:
    "German?"
    Max:
    "Ja!"

  • @billd.iniowa2263
    @billd.iniowa2263 4 роки тому +64

    I'm a WWII enthusiast and watch every documentary and UA-cam channel on the subject. I have never seen the inside of one of these things until now. I learned more about it in a few minutes than I have in a few years. Thank you so much Ian! Now, about that SdKfz 251 halftrack behind you...

  • @Mishn0
    @Mishn0 4 роки тому +199

    Kettenkraftrad translate more like "tracked utility motorcycle", than, "light tracked motorcycle", doesn't it?
    Story: I talked to a guy that was maintenance in the Wehrmacht during the war. He said if they had one of these in for work they'd pull the front wheel off and drive it through the bivouac on just the tracks yelling, "Aaahh, out of control, run, run!!!", scattering the grunts in their path while not really being out of control.
    If I was in possession of "FU" money, this is the one military vehicle I'd buy.

    • @DFX2KX
      @DFX2KX 4 роки тому +17

      LOL. I can just about imagine that scene unfolding.

    • @BleedingUranium
      @BleedingUranium 4 роки тому +31

      That story is a perfect example of why military types are some of my favourite people. :D

    • @Wetcorps
      @Wetcorps 4 роки тому +13

      War never changes

    • @fireman2375
      @fireman2375 4 роки тому +16

      Actually "Kraftrad" literally translates into "powered bycicle", or motorcycle. While outdated, the term is still applicable in some cases in Germany to this day. That said, "Kettenkraftrad" cannot be translated any more acurate than "tracked powered bycicle" or "tracked motorcycle".
      The Sd.Kfz abbreviation stands for "Sonderkraftfahrzeug", which translates into "Special purpose powered vehicle", and was applied to any vehicle, regardless of shape, size or form, as long as it has a motor and had been designed to meet the specific requirements of the Wehrmacht.

    • @crackwitz
      @crackwitz 4 роки тому +1

      klein/kleines = small
      leicht = light
      SdKfz = Sonderkraftfahrzeug
      Kraft = force in the physics sense (practically: motorized)
      Fahrzeug = vehicle
      Kraftrad = motorcycle (today: Motorrad)
      sonder = special
      Ketten = chains (tracks)

  • @nunyabizness199
    @nunyabizness199 4 роки тому

    Thankyou so much for posting this. I have been seeing pictures for years, and always wondered how they worked etc !

  • @peterbilttom7997
    @peterbilttom7997 2 роки тому +1

    Very good video. Answered the questions I have always had about the kettenkrad

  • @aserta
    @aserta 4 роки тому +38

    I have a friend who made his own cafe racer with the front end of one of these. His grandfather kept the front section, a track and a few other bits from WW2.

  • @panzerdoga7402
    @panzerdoga7402 4 роки тому +19

    The knee bumps are an amazing feature to me. I've driven to many small cars and had my knees be sore especially on bad roads.

  • @dannap8831
    @dannap8831 3 роки тому

    Ian you are great at artuculating what you know. And you clearly do a lot of research into these vehicles, weapons, history, reasoning.. etc. I really enjoy watching you! I want to reiterate that you are great at articulating what you know. I appreciate it, thanks!

  • @chaseanderson6374
    @chaseanderson6374 4 роки тому

    Man after all the guns and gear you've displayed this one makes me jealous! That is so cool thankyou for the vid!!

  • @Albus_Rex
    @Albus_Rex 4 роки тому +97

    8:40 Gun Jesus and Friends storming the H&K Gray room. (Colorized 2020)

  • @RealCadde
    @RealCadde 4 роки тому +73

    And it sorta still exists today, just in a completely different configuration as a snowmobile.
    Put wheels instead of skids on a snowmobile and you have a halftrack motorcycle.

  • @kova1577
    @kova1577 2 роки тому +4

    A cool piece of engineering. I would love to have one of these things around my place. There’s miles and miles of forest and wilderness out there that this would be amazing to just drive through

    • @adrianotero7963
      @adrianotero7963 Рік тому

      Until you have to do maintenance on it, then you wish you had a quad.

  • @mikeforester3963
    @mikeforester3963 4 роки тому +1

    It's not a coincidence that every guy I see driving the Kettenkrad has got a huge grinning smile on his face.

  • @haydenemrah
    @haydenemrah 4 роки тому +478

    *Ian rolls up
    “Get in loser, we’re going to Warsaw”

    • @professionalbabushka4591
      @professionalbabushka4591 4 роки тому +9

      6:54 listen one more time but closely (:

    • @-theislander-5888
      @-theislander-5888 4 роки тому +2

      Professional Babushka read his comment one more time but closely.
      do you now sense the humour?

    • @professionalbabushka4591
      @professionalbabushka4591 4 роки тому +3

      @@-theislander-5888 You see my friend, historical jokes has that one specific rule: they need to be historically correct. Otherwise, they are considered cringe.

  • @RyanRyzzo
    @RyanRyzzo 4 роки тому +141

    "I don't need any luck, sarge! I was booooorn lucky!"

  • @stephenbirks6458
    @stephenbirks6458 3 роки тому +1

    Great idea those knee bumpers !
    Great interesting video ! You answered alot of my questions about this wonderful hybrid !
    Thankyou SB British Isles

  • @dogboy0912
    @dogboy0912 4 роки тому +2

    Thanks for doing what you do Ian. Hindsight is 20/20, but the idea of going out of your way to educate and go fairly indepth on a bunch of historical weapons and more is pretty novel and shouldn't be taken for granted.

  • @shintokatana17
    @shintokatana17 4 роки тому +389

    Imagine driving your bois to school with this thing.

    • @camper1749
      @camper1749 4 роки тому +5

      Bois, Driving your lesbians to school?

    • @creepyendy
      @creepyendy 4 роки тому +17

      thats the thing i want to do when im immigrate into the states as a German

    • @shintokatana17
      @shintokatana17 4 роки тому +4

      @@camper1749
      bois means wood in french.

    • @wildward93
      @wildward93 4 роки тому +10

      School... AKA the eastern front in 1941.

    • @joemama.556
      @joemama.556 4 роки тому +12

      its mandatory if you own one of these half tracks. otherwise dont talk to me or my son ever again lol

  • @shmeagol
    @shmeagol 4 роки тому +284

    “Good luck, Reiben!”

    • @TurtleStranger
      @TurtleStranger 4 роки тому +1

      YES

    • @SinisterGerbils
      @SinisterGerbils 4 роки тому +4

      @Steven Hannigan Yeah he was the only one to survive the entire movie.

    • @jd.3493
      @jd.3493 4 роки тому +1

      Sinister Gerbils upham

    • @D33Lux
      @D33Lux 4 роки тому +3

      "Be not that far from me, for trouble is near; O my strength, haste Thee to help me. Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight. My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not my enemies try and fool me." ~ Private Jackson

    • @stephengalindo6340
      @stephengalindo6340 4 роки тому

      @@jd.3493 I give him no more than 5yrs before he offed himself

  • @Dukethenuke91
    @Dukethenuke91 2 місяці тому

    Ive seen two of them being used as an every-day motorcycle.. they look and sound so awesome and the practicality is on point!

  • @magnuslauglo5356
    @magnuslauglo5356 4 роки тому

    So many cool details on this little vehicle.

  • @MazterHuntR
    @MazterHuntR 4 роки тому +79

    You should have done the: "Oh bugger the Kettenkrad is on fire" test... Oh wait, wrong guy.

    • @Tobascodagama
      @Tobascodagama 4 роки тому +17

      Pro: Open-topped vehicle, easy for the driver to bail out of.
      Con: Driver is literally surrounded by gasoline.

    • @NathanSherwood114
      @NathanSherwood114 4 роки тому +1

      But how do you tension the tracks!?

  • @sam1812seal
    @sam1812seal 4 роки тому +49

    Amazing to see that the suspension system used on the front wheel is exactly the same as that used by BMW touring motorcycles today.
    (The suspension is mounted to the vehicle rather than being an integral part of the front forks.)

    • @ivareskesner2019
      @ivareskesner2019 4 роки тому +4

      That's because they wanted to be able to change it on the go seeing how the suspension was always the first thing to go on these as it got bashed around rough terrain.

    • @Blazer02LS
      @Blazer02LS 4 роки тому +1

      That was because you could remove the front wheel for off road use. Then you steered it using only the track brakes.

    • @painmagnet1
      @painmagnet1 4 роки тому +3

      It's really not the same as Telelever that BMW has used for quite a few years but a far simpler and cruder system found on many types of early motorcycles.

    • @LetoDeWirre
      @LetoDeWirre 4 роки тому +1

      @@painmagnet1 BMW call their take on Hossack fork Duolever, should be still in sue on their top-end bikes.

    • @FancyJesus666
      @FancyJesus666 4 роки тому +1

      It's a type of springer front end called a girder. They are common on old school choppers and show bikes. I think they where stock on 1920s and 30s Harley Davidsons. I don't know about what BMW was using then but it had to be similar because nobody had hydraulic forks yet.

  • @cynderfan2233
    @cynderfan2233 4 роки тому +2

    They should start making those things again. They'd make good light farm vehicles.

  • @jadeorbigoso5212
    @jadeorbigoso5212 2 роки тому +1

    Perfect vehicle in post apocalyptic adventure with my best friend

  • @The5T4LK3R
    @The5T4LK3R 4 роки тому +127

    AKA Potato head girls precious vehicle

  • @mummola2363
    @mummola2363 4 роки тому +91

    Perfect for trekking through ruined earth

    • @nooblangpoo
      @nooblangpoo 4 роки тому +21

      And dabbing while you see that there's nothing more but you and your friend and the little outliers out there.

    • @ridhosantoso262
      @ridhosantoso262 4 роки тому +9

      Very cultured.. shoujo shuumatsu reference.

    • @DP-fq7iy
      @DP-fq7iy 4 роки тому +9

      RAIN

    • @jadeorbigoso5212
      @jadeorbigoso5212 2 роки тому

      Girls Last Tour reference

  • @user-ft3jq5vi2l
    @user-ft3jq5vi2l 3 роки тому +9

    Halftracks: *exist*
    WW2 Germany: I'll take your entire stock!

  • @huggniceman4975
    @huggniceman4975 4 роки тому +10

    My German neighbor: Nein, ve do not put tank treads on everysing.
    My German neighbor taking his hog out for a spin:

  • @calinsa3880
    @calinsa3880 4 роки тому +114

    me before watching this:" this is useless haha"
    me after watching it:" OMG ITS AMAZING I WANT ONE NOW!"

    • @Shad0wBoxxer
      @Shad0wBoxxer 4 роки тому

      Right?!

    • @migkillerphantom
      @migkillerphantom 4 роки тому +7

      @@CoolGobyFish fine control at higher speeds

    • @iain3713
      @iain3713 4 роки тому +2

      Cool Goby Fish it allows for smooth albeit light turning at high speeds

    • @51WCDodge
      @51WCDodge 4 роки тому +3

      @@CoolGobyFish Far easier and mechanically simpler than having lever steer to each track.

    • @51WCDodge
      @51WCDodge 4 роки тому +3

      @@CoolGobyFish Yes but if you have to work levers, there is more chance of throwing a track. Think of a one wheeled half track, which is what it is, the position of the front wheel dictates the amount of braking force going to the back tracks, but rather than a skid type steer you get a forward montion curve. It puts a lot less strain of the drive train and is easier to train the driver.

  • @nolanmcevoy2547
    @nolanmcevoy2547 4 роки тому +14

    Most of my fascination with firearms comes from the mechanics behind them so getting to see this was really cool

  • @dr.ofdubiouswisdom4189
    @dr.ofdubiouswisdom4189 4 роки тому +11

    " Fraulien... climben into mein bitchin' half-track hawg - ve party like itz Oktoberfest, ja ? "

  • @BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly
    @BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly 4 роки тому +21

    "Get in loser, we're traveling in style!"

  • @jonsolsvig4566
    @jonsolsvig4566 4 роки тому +24

    Can I just have a ten minute video of them just riding around in that thing

  • @engineer_cat
    @engineer_cat 4 роки тому +7

    feels like a spiritual ancestor of the modern quadbike/atv

  • @paulosborne6517
    @paulosborne6517 4 роки тому

    At one point in development they considered dropping the front wheel and just retaining the handle-bars, for a conventional skid-steer tank approach BUT, quite simply, it freaked out the test-drivers to be steering a pair of handlebars that appeared to go nowhere / do nothing, so they re-instated the front wheel.
    Post-war, a lot of these ended up on French farms, with the front wheel and most of the bodywork removed - driven in reverse like a caterpillar tractor. Presumably with some work on the transmission to provide the forward speeds but going backwards.

  • @effwardangerston8034
    @effwardangerston8034 3 роки тому +1

    Even today I still feel the ABSOLUTE NEED for this in my life.

  • @RadekRaVoS
    @RadekRaVoS 4 роки тому +38

    UA-cam : Wanna see Ian driving the Ketten...
    Me : Yes !!!!!!

  • @Remyie
    @Remyie 4 роки тому +111

    Anyone who watched Girl's Last Tour ?

    • @user-zd5zp4bs9l
      @user-zd5zp4bs9l 4 роки тому +9

      It's me!

    • @bulletgrazer
      @bulletgrazer 4 роки тому +13

      Read the Manga. You'll get the full story and the proper ending.

    • @UARAF16
      @UARAF16 4 роки тому +6

      Finished the manga recently. Such a good series.

    • @cmdrgarbage1895
      @cmdrgarbage1895 4 роки тому +5

      @@bulletgrazer RIP potato's

  • @leoli2450
    @leoli2450 4 роки тому +15

    Chito told me that she would like this thing back in order to traverse the abandoned city.

  • @Biggusdickus721
    @Biggusdickus721 4 роки тому +1

    “I don’t need luck, I was born lucky”~ a BAR wielding gentleman from New York, props if you can name the movie

  • @zakarydambrosia7373
    @zakarydambrosia7373 4 роки тому +142

    "Fritz, get the boys"

  • @jameskazd9951
    @jameskazd9951 4 роки тому +59

    i have always liked these. that weird german engineering on full display.

  • @pcsplus2011
    @pcsplus2011 4 роки тому +4

    I remember driving these in BF 1942 SW DLC. I believe they also had an MG42 mounted on the back, at least in game they did. Fun little vehicles!

  • @thomaseskelsen1362
    @thomaseskelsen1362 4 роки тому

    Super cool! Thank you Ian