@@MM22966 I lived in an area with a lot of Soviet immigrants. My best friend in high school was from the USSR and helped me with my Russian. My school offered Russian, and I took it as my second language. I had friends who descended from UPA insurgents who marched out of the USSR disguised as Americans using stolen lend lease trucks, uniforms and paint. They literally walked out of Ukraine to American troops in Austria and were promptly arrested for impersonating Americans and taken to the USA for trial and parole. I learned about Ukrainian nationalism before there was a Ukraine. 1991, and 2022 did not surprise me in the least.
@@MM22966looking it up, apparently the us and ussr had an agreement where they could publish magazines about life in their countries. In the US it was Soviet Life and in the USSR it was Amerika
@@AndrewTubbiolo Jesus, that's one way to escape Stalin...and they ended up better off than the Ukrainians that surrendered to the Brits. (and were sent back to the Soviets)
The doppelganger is called John Wayne Cheeseburger and he moved to Russia in 90s and is now telling Russians on rutube about life in USA in 70s and 80s
Есть "Энтони Американец", но ему около 25 лет и он живёт в США. Хотя приезжал в Украину пару лет назад и в Россию этим летом. P.s. Просмотрел видео и понял шутку.
up until the 1980s the park in my hometown had a decomissioned Grumman F9F Cougar that was used as playground equipment, needless to say it was a huge safety hazard but we loved it
"Doppelganger" is right 👍 Your artwork is so much better than mine was (and better than mine ever will be! 😅). Thanks for another very interesting video, Sergei! 👍👍👍
When I was a kid I obsessed over the same thing, but for Warsaw Pact weapon platforms LOL. The most similar publication that I remember was a Dept of Defense publication called Soviet military power: an assessment of the threat. They had slightly outdated editions available at the public library. And of course, there were all the Jane's publications as well..
@@MM22966 All of that yes! I still have my old copies of Soviet Military Power. Some of that stood up really well. Other parts ..... well it was a political publication.
There was a similar publication called "Soviet Military Power" that was printed yearly during the 80s in the US. It was chock-full of dramatic photos and illustrations, and indeed fired my adolescent imagination. I joined the Army a few years later and wore the exact same equipment as your doppelganger!
This was in the US, too. There used to be a whole minor cottage industry of defense/military magazines and books catering to Tom Clancy fans, weapons nerds, armchair generals, modern military knowers, etc. Some were more technical (i.e. Popular Mechanics/Science, Osprey books, Janes, etc), others more breathless. Soldier of Fortune was probably the best known of these. It mostly disappeared when the Cold War ended. They looked EXACTLY like these Soviet mil magazines! Even the layouts were similar! (lots of cool photos, diagrams, art plates, etc). I had no idea the Russians did it, too.
I live near an A-10 base and you sometimes hear them, even my old community college was near the approach for the base and I’ve seen them when walking down the road to various restaurants. Also I got to see a C-5 galaxy once right before covid for some reason and a V-22 Osprey hovering right outside of it right before i graduated.
In the west I used to love a quarterly periodical titled "World Air Power Journal" from the UK, I believe. Taking all the politics out of it, it's pretty fascinating to read and learn about foreign military equipment and their doctrines for employing it all. I'd have loved an English language version of that Soviet magazine. Obviously that was never going to happen, but I'd have enjoyed it if it did.
Your drawings were great Sergei - so much creativity and focus for such a young lad. I think you had quite a skill for technical drawing you had maybe not discovered at that age.
Glad to see such pastimes are universal. Remember in the 1st grade drawing tanks that resembled a Baneblade from Warhammer 40K in my marble cover notebook thinking "General Dynamics should hire me to design their tanks!"
I grew up on Моделист Конструктор, and ЮнийТехник. I would reread them cover to cover between each issue. Loved them. Never came across Зарубежное военное обозрение despite growing up with friends in military families. This one reminds me of Janes Defense publications. Thanks for another great time capsule of a video. brought back a lot of fond similar memories.
I picked up an English language version of the Soviet Foreign Language Review in the Soviet Union Pavillion at the World's Fair in Vancouver British Colombia, Canada. Loved it!
Of course growing up in the America during the 80's I loved Jane's military recognition books about tanks and aircraft. Myself and a couple of friends played Twilight 2000 until I joined the US Army in 88' as an Anti-tank Infantryman, there my tank recognition really paid off.
I had a collection of military books as a Cold War kid in the 80s. One large format book on weapons of the world got read so much it fell out of its hard cover. I still have The Encyclopedia of World Military Weapons, The Modern US War Machine, How To Make War, and The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fighters.
There used to be an A-10 squadron at the Air National Guard base at Battle Creek. We sometimes used to see them flying. But they may have been gone by the time of your first summer in Michigan. I'm not sure, though.
I know you are probably not familiar with Phil Donahue but he was a talk show host (who just passed away this week). One of the things he was noted for doing was the U.S.-Soviet Space Bridge which were the first among the first telecasts between the US and USSR which happened in 1982. Among the most famous moments when an American audience members ask about TV advertisements exploiting sex in the Soviet Union. A babushka Людмила Иванова famously responded "Well, sex... (laugh) we don't have it, and we are absolutely against it!". Which I guess was misquoted and the supposed correct translation was "We do have sex, but we do not have advertisements!". I guess many Americans joked after this that "There is no sex in the USSR." I'm hoping you do an episode about this.
Seeing those drawings of fictional tanks almost made me shed a tear. When i was a kid i used to do the same, but mostly with attack helicopters. With stats and everything. Apart from the fact that you coloured yours, they would easily fit among my drawings, which i luckily still have
I like it when children create literary works with illustrations. Used to do it myself, so does my daughter. I guess it's a byproduct of lots of reading.
2:17 Rear of the turret would not clear the hull rear roof, let alone the jull front roof. Crew space is nonexistant. I appreciate the high floor clearance to potentially stop mines due to pressure and the HEAT jet on some mines being heavily decraded due to the distance needed to reach the hull floor. Perhaps if the rear of the turret was remedied and the external fuel tank on the engine deck was placed behind the tank, you'd have a nice remote controlled/turret controlled tank. 2:36 A 50mm autocannon for a light tank is nicce, it'd likely be used as motorized infantry to support tanks with that firepower and infantry compartment. The rear machinegun turret is a nice idea but the issue is now it's better used as anti aircraft with it's near zero degree gun depression and high positioning. Reminds me of the rear macinegun turret on the Marder A1. Amphibious is nice but again it's better off being an a support role for MBTs and armored divisions. 2:58 Now this looks really nice! The frontal MG for defense and an autoloaded 150mm Artillery sounds amazing! The raised hull front roof means more space for internals and would be very good for engineers. The cupola is good for situational awareness if you are expecting this to be placed nearer to the front lines (as with that hull MG). 3:18 Having a minesweeper is better off being an engineering vehicle or an attachment to your MBT/IFVs. That roller could just be detached and attached onto your MBTs when needed. Overall, very nice designs!
6:33 - BDU with Woodland Camo, PASGT Helmet & Vest with Woodland Camo, ALICE Suspender rig. That art looks very good, just like any Army or Marine infantry back in the late 80s to 90s.
That was so wholesome to watch and reminded me of my childhood being interested in this stuff. I always felt a bit weird, knowing that this stuff is considered as "bad" since it kills people. Nowadays, i still have interest in military equipment though i see war with very different eyes.
I love your channel! My grandparents were from Ukraine SSR and I have several items they brought. One newspaper is called "The New Star" and there are several others I cannot remember. I will have to check and see if they had any of these! Thanks!
When I was a kid, I found a toy T-34 at a store and it was a prize of my collection because in America all the toy military soldiers or tanks were always American or WW2 German
Great video. I was fascinated with the military too when I was younger. Particularly ww2. Because both my grandfather's were in the war. One in Europe in the 101st. And 1 in the pacific as a seebee. I would draw all types of ships planes tanks ect. In battle scenes. Your artwork was much better then mine! Thank you for giving me a good day of memories from my childhood. 😊😊
Love your childhood drawings, thank you for sharing them! I was similarly obsessed with military aircraft as a kid in the 80s. I lived with my grandfather who had retired from a General Electric aircraft engine factory where he got to assemble the engines for the F-14 Tomcat in the years before he retired. My proudest possession was a t-shirt from the company with a striking image of the F-14, with graphics of the jet's blueprints behind it. ☺
I was heavily into military stuff as a kid, this was the 80’s, there was still a widespread fear of a Russian attack but not as bad as in the earlier parts of the cold war. My dad was Air Force so I was around the bases and got to see the jets a lot. Soviet equipment fascinated me, still does. I would check out every book out library had on fighter jets and had learned quite a bit about American and Soviet aircraft, didn’t really care about the rest. Anyway one day our on base school had a field trip for the 5th grade where we went to the flight line and got to meet the thunderbird pilots, we got to go up and actually touch and look inside the cockpit of an f4 phantom. As we were walking to the thunderbird hangar we passed a hangar that clearly contained a Soviet mig 25. I asked if we could see the mig and I was quickly told that what I saw was an f15 under maintenance. Bullshit, it was a mighty 25 still had the Soviet markings and all. There was no confusing that plane with an f15. I asked my dad about it that night and as he didn’t work directly with aircraft he told me that he does know what all goes on over on that part of the base, and that I was probably mistaken. I don’t know how our Air Force acquired it but my 5th grade brain cooked up a fantastical story that one of our pilots must have snuck in to Russia and stole it. I now know as it has been declassified that we were offering aid to countries that were under the influence of the Soviet Union in exchange for Russian hardware. That was 87 I think and the ussr was in bad shape at that point, satellite countries were pretty much left to fend for themselves and would trade anything for help.
Well takes me back to my childhood when I was just as fascinated with war machines and weapons. Except I would draw them as they would look or in action. Never got around to writing the details about range, caliber, horsepower, velocity, materials, backstory, etc.
Me too I’m an enthusiast of Soviet postwar tanks, I’m still remember many drawings of T-55 and various Obyekt prototypes that I made when I was a kid in the elementary school, while today i using computer in order to make detailed drawings and blueprints. The former Soviet Union is always been my point of interest due my passion for modern tanks, this is why I like very much Kharkiv. Thanks for upload this interesting video!
And here I thought you were only into WWII stuff...glad to learn this. I love the F-8 Crusader too! There are currently 3 separate projects trying to get F-8s flying again.
Every now and then I wonder how hard it'd be to find the April 1986 issue of Radio Magazine. That particular issue is where the schematics for the Radio-86RK kit computer were first published, and I recently built up a modernized reproduction with some original Soviet ICs. (Had to use a spare 8080 since the КР580ВМ80А I had shipped in from Bulgaria was a dud, though) I was born at a point where the internet's had at least some presence my entire life, so it's interesting to me how important print was to getting these hobbyist designs in circulation. Down in Yugoslavia, one of the local kit computer designs was distributed via sci-fi mag Galaksija. (The machine itself was known as - of course - Galaksija)
Soviet periodicals my family subscribed to: ua-cam.com/video/G2CK38aVHmA/v-deo.html Soviet Dwarths & Dragons: ua-cam.com/video/XQlQa1ykI8g/v-deo.html My name is Sergei Sputnikoff. I was born in the USSR in 1971. Since 1999 I have lived in the USA. The Ushanka Show was created to share stories and recollections of everyday life in the USSR. My books about arriving in America are available at www.sputnikoff.com/shop (Russian or English versions) or on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0BNQR1FBC?binding=paperback&searchxofy=true&ref_=dbs_s_aps_series_rwt_tpbk&qid=1688731325&sr=8-1 Don't hesitate to get in touch with me at sergeisputnikoff@gmail.com if you would like to purchase a signed copy of “American Diaries” Fan Mail: Ushanka Show P.O. Box 96 Berrien Springs MI 49103, USA You can support this project with SuperThanks tips, or: Via Patreon here: www.patreon.com/sputnikoff Viia PAYPAL: paypal.me/ushankashow Ushanka Show merchandise: teespring.com/stores/ushanka-show-shop Instagram: instagram.com/ushanka_show
Excellent. Thank you for this. This is more like it!. I enjoy learning about life under the Soviet system. I love to compare and contrast my childhood here in England during the 1960s/1970s, with yours. The similarities are plenty. We are only separated by location and time. As a child, I was free of the constraints of ideology. I cared not one jot for politics. Thank you for this fascinating nostalgia rush. Much appreciated.
Its amazing that USSR had as various magazines with variable categories available. Regardless of the ideology they embrace, availability of social power to the people makes the society with more color it seems.
I recall reading that in about 1987 when I was supposed to be studying for CPA exams……. I recall one story about a bomb demolition expert, who had six unexploded bombs under his belt…
Growing up in the US they didn't have books like this that I saw, but they did have books about space flight. They showed Apollo Soyuz and space shuttle. It even commented how safe the Soviet space program was because it had never had an accident. We had GI Joe toys, but the first time I saw a bunch of real military vehicles was at the hobby shop where you could buy models of fighters tanks and battleships. I had a model of F18, SR-71, and USS Enterprise.
wrong, the US had the "Soviet Military Power" book by the Defense Intelligence Agency, an annual publication from 1983 until 1991,google them. I remember reading a couple of them back in the day.
We had very similar books in the west, I had a few as a child and many offered 3-view artist drawings and often grainy black and white photo's of the soviet jets. Those photos may or may not have been covertly taken. Mig-21, Mig-23, and Mig-25 featured along with Yak-38 and various bombers by Tupolev. The western thinking at the time was that MIG-25 was possibly the fastest and most capable multirole fighter in existence and that the USSR may have taken the lead in combat aviation. This was later proven to be quite incorrect but if the USSR wanted to scare the west, they succeeded in doing so with the Mig-25.
I live near Ft Bliss in west texas so occasionally ill see blackhawk and apache helicopters flying over my neighborhood. You can also see abrams tanks, bradleys and hummvees while passing by maintenence facilities on the highway.
In the same era, the U.S. DoD came out with 'Soviet Military Power', and similarly it was full of Cold War rhetoric, but it was only done annually and it stopped after 1991.
A couple fun notes: The Pentagon would release annual threat assessment magazines that covered the Warsaw Pact weapons and changes to military structure. They went hard with their own propaganda so as to secure huge contracts with the various military industries in the USA. I got my hands on one that had been marked up with comments in red pen that contradicted many of the claims made in that particular issue. It was always a fun read. Second, in 1989 Microprose put out a game called M1 Tank Platoon that simulated running a platoon of M1 Abrams tanks with some extra attachments, like infantry or air support, etc. Microprose was well known for their very detailed appendicies regarding all the equipment in their games, both NATO and Warsaw Pact. In the editor's notes for that game manual they joked about how easy it was to get info on the enemy equipment but difficult to get info on US military equipment. So what did they do? They got hold of some books that were available to civilians behind the iron curtain.
Reason why Soviet Union collapsed The T-54/55 series is the most-produced tank in history. Estimated production numbers for the series range from 96,500 to 100,000. Irony of that number is that most tanks produced in Kharkov factory in Ukraine at one moment from 3 to 5 tanks per day. it was main factory, in Russia, Czechoslovakia and Poland secondary. We cannot imagine burden of economy not just sustain 2.5 millions soldiers army but manufacturing and design basis some estimates counts that "defense" industry consumed 50% of entire USSR budged. Нас рожали под звуки маршей, Нас пугали тюрьмой.
i wonder how accurate or how bias'd western technology was described. that is a critical thing if this is a military only magazine, at one point you want to educate and inform, on the other side, one is always stronger, better than the other side, just for giving moral. this has to weight somwhere in between.
hmm, interesting, i never knew regular folks couldn't sub to that magazine, gotta ask my dad about it (у нас на даче целая стопка выпусков 70х до конца 80х, пыль собирают, наверняка подписались благодаря деду ветерану)
Im curious do you know what the soviet magazines said about Sweden? Im curious as my dad when he grew up was of course scared of the soviets invading Sweden but most of his fears would go away whenever he heard Swedish Viggens flying above him in a low altitude. For him it was a sort of patriotism and safety whenever they flew above them. He also still remember the u137 incident when he saw it on Tv that day
Can't beat a good bit of propaganda. Whether it's National or International, you can't have Socialism without it. Goebbels had his faults, most notably that wonky foot, but he was ace at propaganda. He had German propaganda performed in the English language by a jazz/swing band named Charlie and His Orchestra. A wonderfully loony idea, and my favourite tune is The Man With the Big Cigar, which is obviously about the man who destroyed the British Empire, none other than Winston Churchill.
The tanks itself are not scary. Back in the 90's I had to do essays at school. Did two about military. One about airplanes and the other about submarines. I remember the Typhoon sub. Was very impressed by it. Most propaganda now is not in a magazine. It is at yt.😂
I hope the current russian government doesnt get hold of your design drawings from when you were a kid... they may use them to make a T15 tank which isnt garbage 😜
Не, наши не говорили про Киев за три дня... хотя на два-три дня у нас кажется ракет оставалось... удачи тебе зимой с горячей водой солдатик самого мирного военного альянса.
Aparently there was some "soldiers handbook" distributed among soviet soldiers telling what to expect from NATO soldiers, special treats and stuff like that. So did we heard of anyway, not sure if that was any truth in it.
Is it true that the parts of the Government like the Army Space program did keep everything to themselves and not share with the market, are others areas of the Government to make new and better items. Like we did see in Japan and the USA leading to the computer area and so many new ideas for sale.
It was exactly the same in the west! I was obsessed with BTR, BMP models as well as the T64 and T80 mbts during the 1980's. There was never the sense of fear, just a genuine interest in the design and use of soviet equipment. When I joined the army in the early 80's, I was shocked by the lack of awareness of Russian equipment recognition amongst my peers. People don't go to war... wealthy politicians send kids to war. It's time for this to stop. We need to stop listening to the idiots and get along with each other as friends.
Hahahh wasn't it such a disappointment to see your peers who joined the military are just sub-triple digit normies who joined because they didn't want to freeze on the street? Sometimes I think I should have at least tried to write my congress critter for an Annapolis slot, but somehow I don't think the caliber of peers there would have been much better. Certainly would explain a lot!
It was real, Nato used other countries outside of Europe to fight the USSR, Soviets and Chinese fighting Rhodesia and Mozambique . South Africa fighting Cuba in Angola. I saw real Soviet weapons in Africa.
Ha! I was your teenage American counterpart. I used to read Soviet Soldier magazine. My local library carried that journal and Soviet Life.
I wonder what the library had to do to get a regular subscription sent.
@@MM22966 I lived in an area with a lot of Soviet immigrants. My best friend in high school was from the USSR and helped me with my Russian. My school offered Russian, and I took it as my second language. I had friends who descended from UPA insurgents who marched out of the USSR disguised as Americans using stolen lend lease trucks, uniforms and paint. They literally walked out of Ukraine to American troops in Austria and were promptly arrested for impersonating Americans and taken to the USA for trial and parole. I learned about Ukrainian nationalism before there was a Ukraine. 1991, and 2022 did not surprise me in the least.
@@MM22966looking it up, apparently the us and ussr had an agreement where they could publish magazines about life in their countries. In the US it was Soviet Life and in the USSR it was Amerika
@@KirbyComicsVids No kidding! Let's hear it for glasnost! (or was the agreement older than the 80's?)
@@AndrewTubbiolo Jesus, that's one way to escape Stalin...and they ended up better off than the Ukrainians that surrendered to the Brits. (and were sent back to the Soviets)
The doppelganger is called John Wayne Cheeseburger and he moved to Russia in 90s and is now telling Russians on rutube about life in USA in 70s and 80s
Vinesauce Joel?
Есть "Энтони Американец", но ему около 25 лет и он живёт в США. Хотя приезжал в Украину пару лет назад и в Россию этим летом.
P.s. Просмотрел видео и понял шутку.
up until the 1980s the park in my hometown had a decomissioned Grumman F9F Cougar that was used as playground equipment, needless to say it was a huge safety hazard but we loved it
There was a park in San Francisco that had a Marine F-8. It was later refurbished and put in a nearby aviation museum.
@@christianpethukov8155 ours came from the norfolk naval base most likely
You’re not from Mesa are you?
@@Moody801 no, harrisonburg Va
"Doppelganger" is right 👍 Your artwork is so much better than mine was (and better than mine ever will be! 😅). Thanks for another very interesting video, Sergei! 👍👍👍
My pleasure!
Doppelgänger
The combination of your real picture and the NATO trooper looks like the start of your KGB dossier 😹
When I was a kid I obsessed over the same thing, but for Warsaw Pact weapon platforms LOL. The most similar publication that I remember was a Dept of Defense publication called Soviet military power: an assessment of the threat. They had slightly outdated editions available at the public library. And of course, there were all the Jane's publications as well..
Jane's Defense, must reading for the teen historians!
Я из этого канала узнал о СССР больше, чем чем из рускоязычных каналов
Неожиданно 😊 Но спасибо!
As an American kid in the 1980s I had an obsession with Aviation Week & Space Technology
.... And Bill Gunsten books. We were all Cold War kids.
@@AndrewTubbiolo - Yeah, I had a friend who had a bunch of his books on Soviet and American aircraft.
Me too...they also used to call it Aviation Leak. 😄
Janes, Bantam military books, Osprey series stuff, Soldier of Fortune, Popular Science/Mechanics....
@@MM22966 All of that yes! I still have my old copies of Soviet Military Power. Some of that stood up really well. Other parts ..... well it was a political publication.
The picture of you alongside your NATO twin made me laugh, the similarity is striking to say the least! Thank you for another excellent video!
There was a similar publication called "Soviet Military Power" that was printed yearly during the 80s in the US. It was chock-full of dramatic photos and illustrations, and indeed fired my adolescent imagination. I joined the Army a few years later and wore the exact same equipment as your doppelganger!
This was in the US, too. There used to be a whole minor cottage industry of defense/military magazines and books catering to Tom Clancy fans, weapons nerds, armchair generals, modern military knowers, etc. Some were more technical (i.e. Popular Mechanics/Science, Osprey books, Janes, etc), others more breathless. Soldier of Fortune was probably the best known of these. It mostly disappeared when the Cold War ended.
They looked EXACTLY like these Soviet mil magazines! Even the layouts were similar! (lots of cool photos, diagrams, art plates, etc). I had no idea the Russians did it, too.
The artwork you saved all these years is priceless. I really want to see the pictures of the other side's tanks and even read the whole book :)
As a teenager the airbase near my home served A-10s. Was pretty neat seeing them up close in person.
I live near an A-10 base and you sometimes hear them, even my old community college was near the approach for the base and I’ve seen them when walking down the road to various restaurants. Also I got to see a C-5 galaxy once right before covid for some reason and a V-22 Osprey hovering right outside of it right before i graduated.
In the west I used to love a quarterly periodical titled "World Air Power Journal" from the UK, I believe. Taking all the politics out of it, it's pretty fascinating to read and learn about foreign military equipment and their doctrines for employing it all. I'd have loved an English language version of that Soviet magazine. Obviously that was never going to happen, but I'd have enjoyed it if it did.
Your drawings were great Sergei - so much creativity and focus for such a young lad. I think you had quite a skill for technical drawing you had maybe not discovered at that age.
in my community college days, the library always had (and I read) the latest edition of 'Soviet Life'.
Glad to see such pastimes are universal. Remember in the 1st grade drawing tanks that resembled a Baneblade from Warhammer 40K in my marble cover notebook thinking "General Dynamics should hire me to design their tanks!"
This was very interesting and insightful to watch, I’ve always been interested into how NATO is portrayed to the Soviet people and now I know, thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
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@@UshankaShow I will watch this later! 😎
I grew up on Моделист Конструктор, and ЮнийТехник. I would reread them cover to cover between each issue. Loved them.
Never came across Зарубежное военное обозрение despite growing up with friends in military families.
This one reminds me of Janes Defense publications.
Thanks for another great time capsule of a video. brought back a lot of fond similar memories.
How about Техника - Молодежи?
I picked up an English language version of the Soviet Foreign Language Review in the Soviet Union Pavillion at the World's Fair in Vancouver British Colombia, Canada. Loved it!
Of course growing up in the America during the 80's I loved Jane's military recognition books about tanks and aircraft. Myself and a couple of friends played Twilight 2000 until I joined the US Army in 88' as an Anti-tank Infantryman, there my tank recognition really paid off.
TY for your service from an old veteran 11H.
Tired Of Walking!
I had a collection of military books as a Cold War kid in the 80s. One large format book on weapons of the world got read so much it fell out of its hard cover. I still have The Encyclopedia of World Military Weapons, The Modern US War Machine, How To Make War, and The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fighters.
Im impressed you gave a minimum range to the anti tank missile, you really must have read those magazines and read about saggers and other missiles!
Yep 😊
@@UshankaShow No arming under 50 meters!
There used to be an A-10 squadron at the Air National Guard base at Battle Creek. We sometimes used to see them flying. But they may have been gone by the time of your first summer in Michigan. I'm not sure, though.
I know you are probably not familiar with Phil Donahue but he was a talk show host (who just passed away this week). One of the things he was noted for doing was the U.S.-Soviet Space Bridge which were the first among the first telecasts between the US and USSR which happened in 1982. Among the most famous moments when an American audience members ask about TV advertisements exploiting sex in the Soviet Union. A babushka Людмила Иванова famously responded "Well, sex... (laugh) we don't have it, and we are absolutely against it!". Which I guess was misquoted and the supposed correct translation was "We do have sex, but we do not have advertisements!". I guess many Americans joked after this that "There is no sex in the USSR." I'm hoping you do an episode about this.
I guess actually she told something like "In USSR we do not have sex, but we do have LOVE!"
"В СССР секса не было, но дети были. В России секс есть, но детей нет".
- шутка на тему
Seeing those drawings of fictional tanks almost made me shed a tear. When i was a kid i used to do the same, but mostly with attack helicopters. With stats and everything. Apart from the fact that you coloured yours, they would easily fit among my drawings, which i luckily still have
I like it when children create literary works with illustrations. Used to do it myself, so does my daughter. I guess it's a byproduct of lots of reading.
2:17 Rear of the turret would not clear the hull rear roof, let alone the jull front roof. Crew space is nonexistant. I appreciate the high floor clearance to potentially stop mines due to pressure and the HEAT jet on some mines being heavily decraded due to the distance needed to reach the hull floor. Perhaps if the rear of the turret was remedied and the external fuel tank on the engine deck was placed behind the tank, you'd have a nice remote controlled/turret controlled tank.
2:36 A 50mm autocannon for a light tank is nicce, it'd likely be used as motorized infantry to support tanks with that firepower and infantry compartment. The rear machinegun turret is a nice idea but the issue is now it's better used as anti aircraft with it's near zero degree gun depression and high positioning. Reminds me of the rear macinegun turret on the Marder A1. Amphibious is nice but again it's better off being an a support role for MBTs and armored divisions.
2:58 Now this looks really nice! The frontal MG for defense and an autoloaded 150mm Artillery sounds amazing! The raised hull front roof means more space for internals and would be very good for engineers. The cupola is good for situational awareness if you are expecting this to be placed nearer to the front lines (as with that hull MG).
3:18 Having a minesweeper is better off being an engineering vehicle or an attachment to your MBT/IFVs. That roller could just be detached and attached onto your MBTs when needed.
Overall, very nice designs!
Thank you for another unique insight on life in the former Soviet Union John Wayne Cheeseburger!!
My pleasure!
Sooo lonk und borink!
@@kirbyculp3449 lik sax wit ur mum
6:33 - BDU with Woodland Camo, PASGT Helmet & Vest with Woodland Camo, ALICE Suspender rig. That art looks very good, just like any Army or Marine infantry back in the late 80s to 90s.
Amazing video
That was so wholesome to watch and reminded me of my childhood being interested in this stuff. I always felt a bit weird, knowing that this stuff is considered as "bad" since it kills people. Nowadays, i still have interest in military equipment though i see war with very different eyes.
I was used to read " Soldier of fortune"..🎉😂😂😂
6:42 It's SERGEANT John Wayne Cheeseburger!! (circa 1986)
I love your channel! My grandparents were from Ukraine SSR and I have several items they brought. One newspaper is called "The New Star"
and there are several others I cannot remember. I will have to check and see if they had any of these! Thanks!
I remember only "The Red Star" - Soviet Army main newspaper
As an American growing up I loved modeling magazines and books on military vehicles. And we still could buy model kits at the shopping mall 👍
When I was a kid, I found a toy T-34 at a store and it was a prize of my collection because in America all the toy military soldiers or tanks were always American or WW2 German
Great video. I was fascinated with the military too when I was younger. Particularly ww2. Because both my grandfather's were in the war. One in Europe in the 101st. And 1 in the pacific as a seebee. I would draw all types of ships planes tanks ect. In battle scenes. Your artwork was much better then mine! Thank you for giving me a good day of memories from my childhood. 😊😊
Love your childhood drawings, thank you for sharing them! I was similarly obsessed with military aircraft as a kid in the 80s. I lived with my grandfather who had retired from a General Electric aircraft engine factory where he got to assemble the engines for the F-14 Tomcat in the years before he retired. My proudest possession was a t-shirt from the company with a striking image of the F-14, with graphics of the jet's blueprints behind it. ☺
Making the bad guys in your story have clearly nato inspired vehicles was crazy neat, that was awesome
I was heavily into military stuff as a kid, this was the 80’s, there was still a widespread fear of a Russian attack but not as bad as in the earlier parts of the cold war. My dad was Air Force so I was around the bases and got to see the jets a lot. Soviet equipment fascinated me, still does. I would check out every book out library had on fighter jets and had learned quite a bit about American and Soviet aircraft, didn’t really care about the rest. Anyway one day our on base school had a field trip for the 5th grade where we went to the flight line and got to meet the thunderbird pilots, we got to go up and actually touch and look inside the cockpit of an f4 phantom. As we were walking to the thunderbird hangar we passed a hangar that clearly contained a Soviet mig 25. I asked if we could see the mig and I was quickly told that what I saw was an f15 under maintenance. Bullshit, it was a mighty 25 still had the Soviet markings and all. There was no confusing that plane with an f15. I asked my dad about it that night and as he didn’t work directly with aircraft he told me that he does know what all goes on over on that part of the base, and that I was probably mistaken. I don’t know how our Air Force acquired it but my 5th grade brain cooked up a fantastical story that one of our pilots must have snuck in to Russia and stole it. I now know as it has been declassified that we were offering aid to countries that were under the influence of the Soviet Union in exchange for Russian hardware. That was 87 I think and the ussr was in bad shape at that point, satellite countries were pretty much left to fend for themselves and would trade anything for help.
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The Soviet/Russians army is the only military too have too much armored vehicles but too little foot soldiers
So yeah, THEY HAVE A LOT OF TANKS
Well takes me back to my childhood when I was just as fascinated with war machines and weapons. Except I would draw them as they would look or in action. Never got around to writing the details about range, caliber, horsepower, velocity, materials, backstory, etc.
Me too I’m an enthusiast of Soviet postwar tanks, I’m still remember many drawings of T-55 and various Obyekt prototypes that I made when I was a kid in the elementary school, while today i using computer in order to make detailed drawings and blueprints.
The former Soviet Union is always been my point of interest due my passion for modern tanks, this is why I like very much Kharkiv.
Thanks for upload this interesting video!
And here I thought you were only into WWII stuff...glad to learn this. I love the F-8 Crusader too! There are currently 3 separate projects trying to get F-8s flying again.
Every now and then I wonder how hard it'd be to find the April 1986 issue of Radio Magazine. That particular issue is where the schematics for the Radio-86RK kit computer were first published, and I recently built up a modernized reproduction with some original Soviet ICs. (Had to use a spare 8080 since the КР580ВМ80А I had shipped in from Bulgaria was a dud, though)
I was born at a point where the internet's had at least some presence my entire life, so it's interesting to me how important print was to getting these hobbyist designs in circulation. Down in Yugoslavia, one of the local kit computer designs was distributed via sci-fi mag Galaksija. (The machine itself was known as - of course - Galaksija)
Soviet periodicals my family subscribed to:
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Soviet Dwarths & Dragons:
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Is that pac man on the side of your tank?
The Brazilian tank thas is shown up is the model Engesa Osorio
Submarines, Jacque Crusto, diving was my boyhood dreams and what I researched.
5:09 you goddamn right
Cool putting things in perspective
Good lord the old cover art for that mag looks fucking *awesome.*
Wargaming is going to find your drawings and make a new tier 8 premium tank.
Excellent. Thank you for this. This is more like it!. I enjoy learning about life under the Soviet system. I love to compare and contrast my childhood here in England during the 1960s/1970s, with yours. The similarities are plenty. We are only separated by location and time. As a child, I was free of the constraints of ideology. I cared not one jot for politics. Thank you for this fascinating nostalgia rush. Much appreciated.
Amazing you kept all this stuff.
Its amazing that USSR had as various magazines with variable categories available. Regardless of the ideology they embrace, availability of social power to the people makes the society with more color it seems.
I recall reading that in about 1987 when I was supposed to be studying for CPA exams……. I recall one story about a bomb demolition expert, who had six unexploded bombs under his belt…
Growing up in the US they didn't have books like this that I saw, but they did have books about space flight. They showed Apollo Soyuz and space shuttle. It even commented how safe the Soviet space program was because it had never had an accident. We had GI Joe toys, but the first time I saw a bunch of real military vehicles was at the hobby shop where you could buy models of fighters tanks and battleships. I had a model of F18, SR-71, and USS Enterprise.
wrong, the US had the "Soviet Military Power" book by the Defense Intelligence Agency, an annual publication from 1983 until 1991,google them. I remember reading a couple of them back in the day.
We had very similar books in the west, I had a few as a child and many offered 3-view artist drawings and often grainy black and white photo's of the soviet jets. Those photos may or may not have been covertly taken. Mig-21, Mig-23, and Mig-25 featured along with Yak-38 and various bombers by Tupolev. The western thinking at the time was that MIG-25 was possibly the fastest and most capable multirole fighter in existence and that the USSR may have taken the lead in combat aviation. This was later proven to be quite incorrect but if the USSR wanted to scare the west, they succeeded in doing so with the Mig-25.
I live near Ft Bliss in west texas so occasionally ill see blackhawk and apache helicopters flying over my neighborhood. You can also see abrams tanks, bradleys and hummvees while passing by maintenence facilities on the highway.
In the same era, the U.S. DoD came out with 'Soviet Military Power', and similarly it was full of Cold War rhetoric, but it was only done annually and it stopped after 1991.
A couple fun notes:
The Pentagon would release annual threat assessment magazines that covered the Warsaw Pact weapons and changes to military structure. They went hard with their own propaganda so as to secure huge contracts with the various military industries in the USA. I got my hands on one that had been marked up with comments in red pen that contradicted many of the claims made in that particular issue. It was always a fun read.
Second, in 1989 Microprose put out a game called M1 Tank Platoon that simulated running a platoon of M1 Abrams tanks with some extra attachments, like infantry or air support, etc. Microprose was well known for their very detailed appendicies regarding all the equipment in their games, both NATO and Warsaw Pact. In the editor's notes for that game manual they joked about how easy it was to get info on the enemy equipment but difficult to get info on US military equipment. So what did they do? They got hold of some books that were available to civilians behind the iron curtain.
Came for the magazine, stayed for the drawings.
Reason why Soviet Union collapsed The T-54/55 series is the most-produced tank in history. Estimated production numbers for the series range from 96,500 to 100,000. Irony of that number is that most tanks produced in Kharkov factory in Ukraine at one moment from 3 to 5 tanks per day. it was main factory, in Russia, Czechoslovakia and Poland secondary. We cannot imagine burden of economy not just sustain 2.5 millions soldiers army but manufacturing and design basis some estimates counts that "defense" industry consumed 50% of entire USSR budged.
Нас рожали под звуки маршей,
Нас пугали тюрьмой.
Have you ever seen the F-8 Crusader in real life? I know some museum pieces, It's honestly beautiful and modern looking in 2024.
Yes, in Baton Rouge, LA
Your stories and child drawing makes cold war so much cute :P
Well, I try ))
i wonder how accurate or how bias'd western technology was described. that is a critical thing if this is a military only magazine, at one point you want to educate and inform, on the other side, one is always stronger, better than the other side, just for giving moral. this has to weight somwhere in between.
hmm, interesting, i never knew regular folks couldn't sub to that magazine, gotta ask my dad about it (у нас на даче целая стопка выпусков 70х до конца 80х, пыль собирают, наверняка подписались благодаря деду ветерану)
My dad made me a very realistic model of an f-15 in the late eighties, and later I made a model of an ah-64.
Im curious do you know what the soviet magazines said about Sweden? Im curious as my dad when he grew up was of course scared of the soviets invading Sweden but most of his fears would go away whenever he heard Swedish Viggens flying above him in a low altitude. For him it was a sort of patriotism and safety whenever they flew above them. He also still remember the u137 incident when he saw it on Tv that day
Can't beat a good bit of propaganda. Whether it's National or International, you can't have Socialism without it.
Goebbels had his faults, most notably that wonky foot, but he was ace at propaganda. He had German propaganda performed in the English language by a jazz/swing band named Charlie and His Orchestra. A wonderfully loony idea, and my favourite tune is The Man With the Big Cigar, which is obviously about the man who destroyed the British Empire, none other than Winston Churchill.
I was hoping the name of the magazine was called “scary NATO” lol
About the same age…I alway thought the F-15 was the coolest looking military fighter. Later the MiG-29.
I was obsessed with the F-14 Tomcat, thanks to Top Gun.
F-15 FTW!
I'm surprised how often Canadians show up in the screenshots of these magazines
I wonder how much information was lifted from the Jane's International Defence Review publication? It's still around too.
The tanks itself are not scary.
Back in the 90's I had to do essays at school. Did two about military. One about airplanes and the other about submarines. I remember the Typhoon sub. Was very impressed by it.
Most propaganda now is not in a magazine. It is at yt.😂
Serge created minions, that's some deep lore
I hope the current russian government doesnt get hold of your design drawings from when you were a kid... they may use them to make a T15 tank which isnt garbage 😜
I have the issue where they presented the new Bundeswehr tank - Leopard 2.
lol you were a NATO Spy ? 😂 I actually thought that was you in the thumbnail
I've never seen you , your doppleganger, and александр демченко together at the same time. Are you all the same person?
Не, наши не говорили про Киев за три дня... хотя на два-три дня у нас кажется ракет оставалось... удачи тебе зимой с горячей водой солдатик самого мирного военного альянса.
Принят на вооружение в 1591 году!? Рыцарей-псов знаю, про рыцарей-танкистов не слышал.😂😂😂😂
F-8's ARE awesome..
You sound a lot like me when I was that age.
Aparently there was some "soldiers handbook" distributed among soviet soldiers telling what to expect from NATO soldiers, special treats and stuff like that. So did we heard of anyway, not sure if that was any truth in it.
Is it true that the parts of the Government like the Army Space program did keep everything to themselves and not share with the market, are others areas of the Government to make new and better items. Like we did see in Japan and the USA leading to the computer area and so many new ideas for sale.
The first 10 pages of the propaganda would probably be fascinating to read today.
The Russian Federation truly is wannabe Soviet Union. The old all-blue magazine covers looked way much better though
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I'm surprised you didnt have the KGB at your door because you look identical to that NATO soldier 😂
7:07 NATO even copied soviet citizens, presumably for Infiltration purposes 😂
It was exactly the same in the west! I was obsessed with BTR, BMP models as well as the T64 and T80 mbts during the 1980's. There was never the sense of fear, just a genuine interest in the design and use of soviet equipment. When I joined the army in the early 80's, I was shocked by the lack of awareness of Russian equipment recognition amongst my peers. People don't go to war... wealthy politicians send kids to war. It's time for this to stop. We need to stop listening to the idiots and get along with each other as friends.
Hahahh wasn't it such a disappointment to see your peers who joined the military are just sub-triple digit normies who joined because they didn't want to freeze on the street? Sometimes I think I should have at least tried to write my congress critter for an Annapolis slot, but somehow I don't think the caliber of peers there would have been much better. Certainly would explain a lot!
3:20 you should be a general
Leclerc
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*cough* Éclair :P
wart-hog
did you see what it just got replaced with?
wow sie Germans had CAU in 1593 :)
Looking back, the Cold War was stupid. I'm glad we didn't end up blowing each other up, Sergei. You're a great dude.
It was real, Nato used other countries outside of Europe to fight the USSR, Soviets and Chinese fighting Rhodesia and Mozambique . South Africa fighting Cuba in Angola. I saw real Soviet weapons in Africa.
Lucky you didn’t end up in gulag as spy
GULAG. It's an abbreviation
@@UshankaShowplenty of abbreviations have become words, at least in English. Laser is also an acronym.
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