[@NotWhatYouThink]

Regarding the opening shot: Zubr actually did land onto a beach in Kaliningrad (city in Russia); an unexpected surprise for hundreds of people relaxing on the beach!
You can check out that video here:
“Russian Navy Hovercraft Lands On Busy Beach (PART ONE)”
ua-cam.com/video/Bgn7n3OPAqE/v-deo.html

[@tarunbasra8230]

Thanos for the awesome daily uploads

[@iron4517]

It’d be funny if this boat is used as a aircraft instead of a boat lol

[@nurucdo]

@not what you think do more russian vehicles

[@liam3524]

Btw this is isrealy and one of my friends been there in the war with lebanon

[@JDSWAY]

Quite a shock

[@MrKluckie13]

For those that don't know, the Hellenic Navy is the navy of Greece (Greece's official name is the Hellenic Republic).

[@ari7164]

Thank you, friend

[@EGHG5263]

Yea. I read it was the name given to the army after Alexander the Greats father, Philip, United the Macedonians and all the Hellenic tribes.

[@ralfjansen9118]

The "greek" name of Greece has always been, from ancient times to now, Hellas... Graecia is only the latin name for it that remained valid internationally.

[@mdcclxxxi8509]

@@EGHG5263 macedonia is greece

[@EGHG5263]

@@mdcclxxxi8509 yea, I know

[@levince9315]

Too *BIG* to be ignored:
that’s what she said

[@constantinosschinas4503]

while girl was rubbing lmao.

[@roninkim2409]

To small to be noticed :(

[@midgetman4206]

Not to me

[@obsidiancrown6111]

I thought he was talking your mom

[@Belta420]

I litterally commented that but i putted
0:02 thats what she said

[@Racistt_Hotdog]

have you ever been in a Beach and a Hovercraft comes out of nowhere and sent its tank and troops to the ground ? Of course you have.

[@N330AA]

Last summer in Bognor Regis

[@sneko0326]

operation conquest on kharg island codename battlefield 3

[@mobilegamersunite]

In Russia...it happens lol 🤣

[@Racistt_Hotdog]

@@mobilegamersunite how many times u see ?

[@mobilegamersunite]

@@Racistt_Hotdog I've seen a lot of military in the USSR when I was a kid. Troops must march!

[@markusz4447]

Russia, arguably the worlds second most powerful military: has 2
Greece, broke af: yeah nah gimme 4 of these

[@giorgosprovatas9104]

Greece bought them really cheaply in the 90s from ukraine
Greece overall has a very capable military punching many times above its weight due to turkey

[@afcgeo882]

@@giorgosprovatas9104 Factually due to NATO, not Turkey.

[@markusz4447]

@@giorgosprovatas9104 Yeah I know. Altough a real armed conflict seems unlikely due to NATO membership of both countries

[@giorgosprovatas9104]

@@markusz4447 Wouldnt bet on it,maybe 20 years ago nato would be a detterant but not now. Even with nato we almost went to war 4 times since the 70s
And when i say almost ,i mean almost. 3 out of 4 of these times general mobilisation was declared

[@giorgosprovatas9104]

@@afcgeo882 Nope. 100% because of turkey

[@Granny_tutcher]

That one sharp stick on the sand: I’m about to end this mans whole career

[@backwoodsjunkie08]

"Ised hypodermic needle"

[@drained1177]

Penetrate 20 cm of rubber

[@AliDixon95]

@@drained1177 its a 21 cm stick bruh

[@drained1177]

@@AliDixon95 thats not how it works kiddo.

[@leodiama8125]

@@AliDixon95 litterally me 😳😳

[@travisjohnson6703]

Jokes on you: it WAS what I thought it would be.

[@NotWhatYouThink]

😅

[@VanquishedAgain]

I thought it was a hovercraft but it's an air cushioned vehicle. Silly me.

[@afcgeo882]

Two craft in service: 1 for tests, the other for spare parts.

[@kirtil5177]

greece that is broke but afforded 4 of these: *infinite spare parts*

[@richardmoore609]

That's the story with a lot of Russian military hardware. You make something so expensive shoving all these systems in it and in the end it's too expensive to field properly. Who cares if you have the best in the world if you only have two of them and the things that can take it out are a quarter of the price.

[@kirtil5177]

@@richardmoore609 isnt that a problem with usa and other nations that are trying to make the most modern and cutting edge stuff too? no real war is going on to properly test what works and what doesnt and to also know what is needed in the hardware and where you can shave off from costs

[@Jjb-gk4ce]

@@kirtil5177 let’s put it this way. Russia builds a single stealth fighter and it takes up about 30% of their military budget, the US builds 400 stealth fighters and still has 80% of their budget left

[@TankAce69]

@@richardmoore609 The porpuse of this hovercraft is to transport troops and vehicles to shore as fast possible. Before this are send, the army do reconisanse and send smaller boats with troops. The days of sending troops blindly to a beach like in D-Day are long gone with modern technology.

[@xavermaier9625]

I really like the #shorts format. I would really like to see more of those videos; you do a great job!!!

[@NotWhatYouThink]

More to come!

[@hongo3870]

@@NotWhatYouThink please, no. 95% of youtube is already short, shallow and to be blunt, pandering to an audience that has an attention deficit disorder.
PLEASE, Do more in depth videos, show some history of the development of the content, key people, years, and maybe even some economics. I'd love to know more, but short videos simply cannot provide enough information.

[@NotWhatYouThink]

Hongo, the next few long videos are going to be very in-depth and long! It takes a lot of time to produce videos like that, our aim - 1 per week.

[@adrianwelgemoed9562]

@@NotWhatYouThink thats perfect. Fun facts for awhile and then bam big vid

[@aleksseb5504]

Sign up for TikTok
You’ll find a lot of style like that: sweet and short.

[@georgen7467]

Zubr🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@ceddricc5909]

Russian ship designer:
So what would you like this ship to be?
Soviet union official: *yes*

[@johnwhite7700]

*Ekranoplan enters the chat*

[@rileyhaynes2515]

@@johnwhite7700 I was just thinking that exact same thing

[@ceddricc5909]

@@johnwhite7700 yep that too

[@atomic_s0n1]

@@johnwhite7700 FLYING BOEAT PLANE BLYAT *falls over drunk*

[@teedepefanio4974]

Lmao

[@backwoodsjunkie08]

Would the skirts be a weak point or are they pretty tough? Seems like a cannon could punch a few holes in the thing and it would be screwed

[@scottstone1475]

Nope it's just a air shield. It's not touching the ground so a missile could go right through and out the other side damage to the air net wouldn't stop it

[@rmm3803]

@@scottstone1475 If the missile were programmed to explode under the hull once past the skirt, however...

[@cartler]

Air is already going out of the bottom so a hole wouldn't make a huge difference

[@raff257]

The thing got 2 CIWS installed, you're gonna need a lot of missile

[@MatthewSmith-sz1yq]

It's less of a balloon and more of a party straw. It's already releasing tons of air out the bottom to keep it floating, so a small hole, such as from a bullet, would have almost no effect. The larger the hole, or the more holes there are, the less air gets forced against the ground, so eventually it would impact performance, but you'd need a large tear, or a lot of holes.
The skirts aren't tough, they are pretty much just rubber sheets. Again, though, minor damage such as from bullets or cannons doesn't really impact performance, and explosives such as missiles or HE rounds would probably just pass through or bounce, since their fuse requires a hard impact to trigger.

[@Kromunos]

This reminds me of the hover vehicle in GTA San Andreas, ah the memories

[@ilikethermonuclearbomb8983]

The original one or the modded one

[@vyz_h]

Vortex yes

[@Cosplayinghuman]

With flying ability you forgot

[@koenigseggkid1678]

Yooo memories just came back

[@janyogyog76]

@@ilikethermonuclearbomb8983 the original one

[@Alejandro_87]

It looks like something straight out of a Red Alert war factory.

[@ulqviorra]

The game had an" inspiration" after this not the other way, obviosuly

[@BentReality.369]

Spent so many hours playing red alert games. I liked playing the Soviets because of the tesla coils...
ZAP!! ZAP!! ZAP!!

[@sheldonkostynuik1739]

Exactly what I was thinking lol

[@TheCommanderNZ]

"Unit ready"

[@mkefayati473]

@@ulqviorra which year was this hover craft produced?

[@SlickCookie]

The Cold War really pumping out vehicles that look like they come from a video game

[@afcgeo882]

Ever consider that it’s the other way around?

[@Partyrockscool]

When the Greeks have more of their own ships than they do

[@AconWasHere]

Yes, I can’t ignore
*ZOOBER*

[@litamtondy]

You know it's gonna be about a Soviet object when the title is "... too BIG...".

[@manofgod7964]

I thought there would be more of these in the comments but sadly there’s not

[@buddha4tw]

The US makes fantastic high-tech Military equipment but the Russians just make them look badass!

[@pgmallon]

Just make sure you start shit with them @ 301 miles away.

[@jamesricker3997]

@@pgmallon that thing is a big Target

[@pgmallon]

@@jamesricker3997 agreed, doesn't look like it would take much to either make it a row boat or an expensive anchor.

[@kennedyesochaghi754]

Anchor sounds about right; what happens when you deflate a tube 😆

[@LeafBoye]

@@kennedyesochaghi754 I would assume it has some air tanks to help it float, I mean what would they do if they just got out of combat and their skirt was severely damaged? Sink and waste a lot of money?

[@conorward142]

D - day solviet style

[@RealestKraken56]

Imagine sitting on the beach and hearing alarms in the city going off and seeing this ship getting closer from the ocean

[@kazimirseeker3896]

Florida is like just another Crimea

[@deanboy2416]

@@kazimirseeker3896 except that russia doesn't want florida

[@steamraptor420]

Something too big to be ignored, that's Russia's motto.

[@zolikoff]

"Go big or go home"

[@deanboy2416]

@@zolikoff plot twist: their home is also big (the country that is)

[@campFTW]

I remember playing with this vehicle in Hill climb racing. Ah the nostalgia😚😍

[@Knightly_Artworks]

I like to think they made that just because they could, and no one else did

[@wingy252]

Nah many counties use similar hovercraft The US marines do as well.

[@bassface725]

Brit invention from the 1950s!

[@mikiszezas2650]

I am very proud of my country Greece for owing three Zubrs in active service. They are always combat ready 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@maximilianmitzkus218]

Supra owners b like: how cute

[@paulverhaak4763]

Is that rubber not a major weak point? Do you know hoe they prevent deflation if Bullets strike?

[@Maritimesgestein]

Thicker rubber

[@GBduds]

Two layers of rubber

[@BadassBobY]

Imagine you're casually vibin' on the beach and this Thing approaches you out of nowhere

[@HamBurgerHam.]

Everybody gangsta and still gangsta after seeing the ship and knowing where the weak points is

[@arjunjain7773]

Yeah wouldn't a single pin just topple the entire ship?

[@subjectc7505]

A kid with a stick: I'm finna ruin this invasion career

[@georgekordalis5465]

@@arjunjain7773 no the rubber thing is just for protection is hovers over land and see by using fans (hovercraft). Plus it is thicc kevlar i believe

[@ijustplaygames4987]

That's why it uses support vessels and doesn't operate alone

[@thefrunze.198]

I don't need sleep, I need to watch this video

[@shukriwafiq5220]

Me too here in Asia

[@thefrunze.198]

@@shukriwafiq5220 btw I'm also asian

[@NotWhatYouThink]

Good night to both of you!

[@thefrunze.198]

Goodnight too!!

[@captainkyp1188]

Lol

[@KemoTherapy69]

Everybody gangsta till a shark decides to snack on it.

[@orestisvas7277]

What we have 4 of them and i didnt know??????

[@aotoda486]

I do wonder how these amphibious landing craft stack up with each other. I don't know what level the Zubr class is on the relative to, for example, LCAC and LCM. I think it'd be cool to include some comparisons sometimes in your video to give the viewer an idea of what role exactly each vessel occupies.

[@NotWhatYouThink]

Thanks for the feedback, John. We do include comparisons at times, especially in our longer videos.

[@afcgeo882]

The Zubr is better armed, but carries far less, making it pretty useless in modern amphibious warfare, which is why after decades of development, Russia still has only two. They’re just for show.

[@mitri5389]

@@afcgeo882 how does it carry less when it can carry 8 btrs... when lcac carries only 4... and has a world record

[@afcgeo882]

@@mitri5389 Simple: It carries zero from an actual ship to shore. It cannot enter a well dock. That’s why only China and Greece bought any. They’re only good to go between islands.

[@jackeboi6289]

“This ship is unstoppable, nothing can counter it!”
-* pop *

[@metagde6402]

You actually dont even know the counter to it at all
Good luck blasting 50 holes with 50 cal
A number big than your IQ

[@darthsidious6167]

@@metagde6402 *Caugh caught* Spams missiles at it. Now what? Hmmm 😏

[@animationenusw]

@@darthsidious6167 waste of resources and weapons

[@what5719]

@@animationenusw isn't Russia is waste of money for making that big ass ship for being a huge target to shoot at ?!!

[@animationenusw]

@@what5719 Well you know every country want to experiment with some projects so did Russia too. Huge targets you can find not only in Russia.

[@tieradlerch.217]

Last time I play Red Alert I thought Zubr was as big as school bus

[@chillylizerd]

The transition from the beach goers to Military crafts was perfect.

[@TheWizardGamez]

America: look at our LCAC
Russia: hold my bear
Edit: obviously people can’t take a joke. Also. Look at the sheer scale of the thing. Of course, as of yet the Russian military has been… disappointing in their ability(or fucking terrific if your Ukrainian) but it was a joke. Look. I said BEAR, not even beer. I’m poking fun.

[@MrANGELOS1999]

Hold my vodka*

[@richardmoore609]

Number of lcacs in US service: 74
Number of these in RU service:~2
The lcac is far more useful.

[@TankAce69]

LCAC advantage is that the Navy fits inside aircraft carriers. I am not sure if this are brought the same way.

[@Feffdc]

Greece having more of those than Russia and Usa
*Laughs in Gyros*

[@cyan1337]

its a battleship on a water balloon

[@jillyb710]

I used to love getting the drive on drive off hovercraft from Dover to Calais in the 1980s/90s. Does the trip in half the time. Just one drawback - they are NOISY AS HECK!!! Still loved them though.

[@differentname8051]

And that one was far larger than what we see here in the video.

[@MrPhoenixWT]

This thing looks like it belongs on a Star Wars movie lmaoo

[@d283jdsk2]

that's what she said

[@Daniel-os9tb]

More like. It's so bleeping big. You cant miss it with a missile launcher or mortars

[@tjk9263]

And you could hit it without a targeting or guidance system.

[@Daniel-os9tb]

@@tjk9263 yup

[@shingosshojiopoulos6608]

Landing craft are big.

[@Daniel-os9tb]

@@shingosshojiopoulos6608 and Japanese durning ww2 when they had sea, land and air superiority found out why you don’t want them that big. From the usmc and mortar launchers.

[@shingosshojiopoulos6608]

@@Daniel-os9tb The US also uses landing ships. Actually, every army has landing ships.

[@WTH1812]

Nice. In WWII there was a ship with the same purpose. It was the LST, or Landing Ship Tank. The sailors and soldiers on them called them something else: Large Slow Target

[@subjectc7505]

I love this hovercraft for some odd reason lol. I would definitely have this for my military (if I owned one).

[@oyvindyt]

cool but did they forget that enemies can blow it up with a needle

[@TankAce69]

It probably has boyance chambers under the hull structure.

[@PlanetEarth3141]

Total ignorance of subject.

[@kalebsimanjuntak4467]

Well im fast

[@WilliamWaiteProductions]

that thing just casually has three wind turbines strapped to it lmao

[@lb9355]

A boat that can be sunk by moderate light arms fire. Brilliant.

[@phamnuwen9442]

It's not a boat and I don't think small arms will sink it.

[@wingy252]

Not a boat and was invented in modern times soooo yeah small arms fire probably isn't an issue especially considering it's own capabilities of suppressing opposing forces especially soft targets like infantry. And an operation where this thing would knowingly be going up against resistance would most definitely be supported by heavy air cover suppressing any threats to it.

[@crumb2743]

Nice legs

[@quinnishot4412]

Bruh imagine wake boarding on the bad boy lmao

[@gorilla_cuck_enjoyer4936]

We don’t need that in US Military when we got more then 11(+2 in construction) Aircraft carriers and 8 Wasp class Amphibious Assault ships

[@casbot71]

A CIWS seems like a desirable upgrade.
It's not supposed to be dishing out the hurt, but having defences against incoming missiles would be very useful.

[@Oliver_McCombie]

Honestly this is one of the coolest military vehicles in service.

[@clarkdaryllomasdang6520]

I know the US army have one of these hovercraft they used it on CODMW.

[@llcvtmimmlde7168]

For the first 10 seconds.. You fooled me into thinking something else that's BIG

[@NotWhatYouThink]

Rule of thumb with our channel: it’s Not What You Think 😉

[@KARL-el3hr]

@@NotWhatYouThink dammnn 😊😊...

[@winterwindle1160]

oh no, those Florida Everglades tour guides really did it now…

[@truckmuncher8998]

That one wierd friend you show this to when they see the beginning: iwusisicjdjjdkekfkrjdkeodjd I’m...... COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMIIIINNNNGG

[@Stand_with_Israel]

Imagine if we had this for D-Day

[@nx-xne334]

Metal slug bosses be like:

[@nagato8152]

*soviet never missed any chance to surprise the world with it's big invention*

[@sledgedragon2677]

This is actually a really cool looking vehicle

[@WendigoWasTaken]

This is the Base of every video-game antagonist

[@hunchback6688]

If we had that in the beach of Normandy it would’ve been overrrrr

[@daytonsmith8145]

“It is not every day you find something sooooooo big you can’t ignore it”😂🤣

[@gauthamkrishna8234]

Zubr:I have machine guns and missiles
Swordfish :😎✌️

[@kevinmayer9371]

I was like wow that's pretty cool

[@kimg6911]

That’s one big ass swamp fan boat. LOL 😆

[@solkaz4175]

Now they need an assault ships that can carry Zubr's, even though it's a ship in its own right.

[@ThomasThings]

Imagine waking up and looking outside and seeing this driving down the road lmao

[@unsulliedgreyjoy1211]

I love those hovercrafts. Especially on hudson river every weekends.

[@thumpertron]

How big is this compared to the hovercraft that used to go between Dover and Calais? I was a kid when I was on one so it might have seemed bigger than it actually was.

[@reeeeeeee.]

imagine laying on the beach minding your own business then this mammoth appeared giving birth to 4 tanks and 200 infantries exiting through 3-line tactial formation

[@michaelcobaugh7287]

Nice boat. How’s it do through the Haulover Inlet on a blustery day? 😉

[@theuniversewithin74]

That boat screams *BOSS*

[@stevechaconjr941]

No joke. This one can hold its own.

[@GR-rx7zq]

Rubber air filled hull
Bullet: *haha I go brrrrrrrr and pop hull*

[@ImNotAMageImAWizard]

As a decoy or maybe an intimidation tactic they should make one look like a rubber ducky but with the mad frowny face to discourage their op from contesting their landing

[@stonywho6041]

Still imo one the most badass Water to land ships

[@vermas4654]

The moment when the Greek have more Zubrs than the original owner

[@rickcarnaby9048]

Hovercraft this big carried cars , hgv’s and hundreds of passengers across the English Channel to France , in the 70’s for thirty years , they were finished when the channel Tunnel was completed.

[@theitioticshadow7646]

“Ive been lied to, betrayed, and quite possibly bamboozled”

[@VerdeMorte]

Just a reminder that a fully amphibious building larger than most small commercial buildings moves at speeds of 75mph, and even then they only limited it until they could figure out the rubber flap situation. If they could they'd armor the cushions and these things would be moving on cities like giant mobile monster fortresses...

[@scottys1423]

That looks like something out of a James Bond movie.

[@The_original_Silu]

It looks like a metal slug boss vehicle

[@violetdreams1799]

😲 never seen one that big!!
incredible

[@TheUnNonChristianChristian]

they had us in the first half not gonna lie

[@novalone3211]

Ngl I thought it was way bigger until the armored vehicle drove out but still impressive

[@mostlymessingabout]

This is that Cybran Destroyer in Supreme Commander

[@nonebright8073]

Imagine your just vibeing on the beach and you start to see this come threw the fog

[@u.s.militia7682]

It can do over 70 knots?! DAYUM!

[@The_Forge_Master]

When the Black Tusk roll up on DC:

[@billysgeo]

Isabel been near one of those when they recess up the engines and it was loud AF.

[@Penguig]

Everyone gangster till someone pulls up with a push pin

[@csnnav5624]

pretty big ZUBR class hovercraft boi

[@cameronkarus9602]

Need this in the next battlefield

[@nenuu91iscool]

Everyone gangsta until a missile hits the rubber

[@diobrando3476]

The intro had me cracking up

[@hishamghani5379]

140 troops that is how many people I have talked to, 😂

[@michael.barn1243]

Everybody gangster till someone pops it

[@brave5089alpha]

Forget Uber, call Zubr!