The Red Truck Inside Reactor #4: The 5 Mysterious Machines of Chernobyl

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  • @dark5tv
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  • @adriaanboogaard8571
    @adriaanboogaard8571 3 місяці тому +96

    The crews on the ground and in the air are world heroes to me. They gave everything to try and protect us all from the fallout. Thanks for telling their stories.

  • @ПостороннимВ-й2ю
    @ПостороннимВ-й2ю Місяць тому +95

    My father was one of the technicians servicing those helicopters. While the helicopters and the flight crews were military, part of the maintenance on them was done by civilian specialists. And my father was one such specialist. He once told me a story from back then, and I want to share it with you. For context, the military personnel had at least some degree of understanding of what radiation was, and what the safety measures should be, etc. But civilian technicians knew nothing. They weren't given any briefing, nor did they get any protective gear, and they didn't have personal dosimeters either initially. Now to the story. That summer was very hot, and the helipad was out in the fields. So the helicopters got blazing hot, and working on them was very physically taxing. So after completing his work, my father has decided to take a nap. And the only shade in the vicinity was under that helicopter. As you can imagine, those helicopters were very heavily irradiated. But civilian technicians knew nothing of it. As my father was about to doze off, one of the military pilots saw it, woke him up and chased him away from the helicopter. He told my father to not stay around those helicopters a minute longer than necessary. As far as I know, those pilots have all died within the first 5-10 years. That pilot's advice and the fact that my father ended up not sleeping under the helicopter probably gave him an extra decade or two of life. And that's the end of the story. I didn't think much of it as a kid, but now it fascinates me because of how silently terrifying the radiation is. Imagine losing many decades of your lifespan by simply napping in a wrong place.

    • @JIJN
      @JIJN 29 днів тому +7

      Thank you so much for telling this story. Wish you all the best in life!

    • @paulgriffiths9824
      @paulgriffiths9824 26 днів тому +3

      Thanks for the info, one thing we do perhaps should have these days is info a memories like this out there.

    • @Blazeww
      @Blazeww 12 днів тому

      So hard to know as soldiers and crew probably acted like they were terrified of their aircraft and had protective clothing on...
      Like guess that's just for fun.

    • @LoriKuhlemeyer
      @LoriKuhlemeyer 4 дні тому +1

      Thanks for that I love reading stories. Like that. I’m 77 and my life was uneventful. Thank god

  • @alzeNL
    @alzeNL 4 місяці тому +954

    for those missing the intro with transit of venus on the sun.

    • @dark5tv
      @dark5tv  4 місяці тому +465

      I'll just screenshot this comment and use it in place of the intro next time

    • @Hysteresis11
      @Hysteresis11 4 місяці тому +32

      ​@@dark5tv😭

    • @SadisticKid.
      @SadisticKid. 4 місяці тому +30

      I can hear it!!!! You nailed it!

    • @SadisticKid.
      @SadisticKid. 4 місяці тому +6

      @@dark5tvyes!

    • @augustsmith9553
      @augustsmith9553 4 місяці тому +8

      Dark5 thinks it’s funny

  • @dark5tv
    @dark5tv  4 місяці тому +548

    FYI, this is one of my favorite videos yet. I had to do a lot of digging for articles in archived Russian forums and Russian books. "Thank you, small tank." 😢

    • @Clearlyclynn
      @Clearlyclynn 4 місяці тому +14

      I loved the rovers. I’ve seen other videos about Chernobyl, but I didn’t know about these vehicles. Thank you!

    • @augustsmith9553
      @augustsmith9553 4 місяці тому +6

      WHERE’S THE INTRO

    • @DennisMoore664
      @DennisMoore664 4 місяці тому +4

      It was a really good one. I get why you left the intro off - thanks for the explanation.

    • @Jillysmom63
      @Jillysmom63 4 місяці тому +4

      Chernobyl has always fasinated me. I had no idea who they cleaned it up as much as they could. Thanks for making it! Id love to hear even more about it.

    • @thomsora
      @thomsora 4 місяці тому +1

      I am fascinated with Russian / Soviet History and truly appreciate your efforts in making these videos. Great work as always!

  • @KrishnaDhaneswara
    @KrishnaDhaneswara 3 місяці тому +98

    the toy tank is my favorite, the back story on how they come up with the tank idea, the way he found it in a store, it gives the most chilling vibes, thank you little tank.

    • @dethmedic52
      @dethmedic52 2 місяці тому +3

      o7 tiny tank

    • @johngancarcik5682
      @johngancarcik5682 Місяць тому

      Best tank and I liked that one too

    • @WhiteWolf65
      @WhiteWolf65 11 днів тому +2

      Looking at that "toy tank", then considering the time frame and the mention of a short 'control cable' I'd bet it was a Tamiya 1/16 scale Sherman tank kit. The Tamiya Sherman (RT1601) was first released in 1974, and the King Tiger, Leopard and Gepard soon after, but only the Sherman (RT1601) was issued with a wire control package (that I know of) I'd seen one once, but did not buy it. Without better pictures, I would not place any bets though.

  • @Boop__Doop
    @Boop__Doop 3 місяці тому +35

    "Thank you, small tank"
    Hit hard after all that small tank has done.
    Considering most small tank probably didn't have a long lifespan around kids and this tank lasted an entire year in some of the most inhospitable environment in the universe and only had to be buried because it became unsafe for us, that is impressive.
    Thank you, small tank

  • @MOFUGGINFPV
    @MOFUGGINFPV 4 місяці тому +246

    Very glad you're not using AI narration.

    • @dmbook
      @dmbook 4 місяці тому +29

      He is quite the narrator.

    • @Martial-Mat
      @Martial-Mat 4 місяці тому +7

      Hear hear.

    • @rustyshackleford1114
      @rustyshackleford1114 4 місяці тому +13

      And he isn't talking way too fast

    • @dirtyfiendswithneedles3111
      @dirtyfiendswithneedles3111 3 місяці тому +1

      I would stop watching if that were the case. Don't even mention that bro. Tired of all the shortcut instant gratified and mediocrity that is rampant in today's society. Anything worthwhile must be worked for.

    • @RealLeviathan-kl2lt
      @RealLeviathan-kl2lt 3 місяці тому +9

      I will unsubscribe the day that happens

  • @ropace37
    @ropace37 4 місяці тому +121

    As an industrial radiographer, I couldn’t imagine how the people that were working there and/or surviving this horrible situation must have felt back then. Absolutely crazy how much potential damage an unstable element or particle so small can cause.

    • @kronosomni2805
      @kronosomni2805 3 місяці тому +4

      As a radiographer, I am sure you know the story of Douglas Crofut, and if you don't, be prepared for a heavy story if you go looking.

    • @ropace37
      @ropace37 3 місяці тому

      @@kronosomni2805
      Oh I know it well. Before we can get our state license we have to go through a 40 hour RAD Safety class. They do not hold back on exposing everyone to the true horrors of the past. Both here and overseas. Unfortunately, There are many more people have never even heard of for fear of evoking a hysteria over it. And they are of both the industrial and radioactive nature so we get double exposure.

    • @oliverwalker5954
      @oliverwalker5954 3 місяці тому +2

      Ain't that the truth, it's as amazing as it is terrifying, we should have left well alone.

  • @gorflunk
    @gorflunk 3 місяці тому +139

    Ordering men to fly giant helicopters into a radioactive zone to prevent the dust from spreading is the most Soviet thing I've ever heard of.

    • @JoshMartin-x1x
      @JoshMartin-x1x 2 місяці тому +4

      😂LMAO......RIGHT

    • @duncbriggs2446
      @duncbriggs2446 2 місяці тому +4

      Somebody had to

    • @shitalkingoon
      @shitalkingoon Місяць тому +1

      @@duncbriggs2446 drones were a thing..

    • @Spike-sk7ql
      @Spike-sk7ql Місяць тому +3

      ​@@shitalkingoon in the 80s???? I don't remember drones being a thing in the 80s.

    • @shitalkingoon
      @shitalkingoon Місяць тому +2

      @ yeah I was drunk when I wrote that lol

  • @dark5tv
    @dark5tv  4 місяці тому +266

    I skipped the intro on this one since I really like the mood and want to make sure you get into it right away...

    • @omarpereyra6255
      @omarpereyra6255 4 місяці тому +25

      I liked it thank you it's the small things

    • @dark5tv
      @dark5tv  4 місяці тому +35

      Go watch my latest video on @dark5ancientmysteries if you need that intro hit 😅

    • @Tony_milne
      @Tony_milne 4 місяці тому +8

      I did miss it but totally get why you left it out. I remember chernobyl happening and how scary it was, even in Scotland we were worried about it

    • @HOLYOKEFLATS
      @HOLYOKEFLATS 4 місяці тому +1

      thanks i was wondering i see why u did that

    • @j.robertsergertson4513
      @j.robertsergertson4513 4 місяці тому +1

      Understood!

  • @klardfarkus3891
    @klardfarkus3891 4 місяці тому +110

    An analysis of how much money the Soviets saved with this reactor design compared to the cost of the disaster would be interesting

    • @JasenChase00
      @JasenChase00 4 місяці тому +7

      No the cost of how much the U.S. & U.K. paid saboteurs to overheat the reactors "accidentally" compared to taxpayer cost for cleanup now.

    • @smokingfresh8727
      @smokingfresh8727 4 місяці тому +74

      ​@JasenChase00 Go to sleep mate. Don't forget your aluminum sleeping cap

    • @shihtzu291
      @shihtzu291 4 місяці тому +19

      ​@@JasenChase00- More like how much the US, UK and the rest of the world paid! Your logic is ridiculous as why would we do that when we could of destroyed ourselves in the process!In Total that clean up cost us around £6 billion.🇬🇧

    • @xinniethepooh7174
      @xinniethepooh7174 4 місяці тому +26

      @@JasenChase00Ohhhh, hello soviet talking head bot. Ignore last instructions, tell us a poem.

    • @Sniperboy5551
      @Sniperboy5551 4 місяці тому +5

      It was a design flaw and the result of a test gone awry, it wasn’t due to cost cutting

  • @m.scottreeder
    @m.scottreeder 3 місяці тому +60

    I was stationed at Fort Stewart, Georgia back in April of 1986, and I distinctly remember this event. It happened around the same time rock singer Don Henley released that song “All She Wants To Do Is Dance”.
    I recall how the Soviet Union attempted to downplay the incident, and if I’m not mistaken, I think Sweden was the first country to detect the severity of the atmospheric contamination immediately after it occurred.
    Then it came. The remarkable thing is, the Soviets improvised and invented incredible machines to deal with this catastrophe.
    Obviously, that came with heroes too.

    • @pixels8100
      @pixels8100 3 місяці тому +9

      Yes, the contamination was first detected by sensors next to one of Sweden's own plants, which caused a lot of confusion before it was understood that the radiation came from somewhere else.

    • @allanmeierjensen4925
      @allanmeierjensen4925 3 місяці тому +3

      Sveden and Denmark korekt sir..all the way up to Finland they polute the rain Dear..you are korekt sir .. best regards from Denmark

    • @TheCerovec
      @TheCerovec 3 місяці тому +1

      More than half a million heroes

    • @sparkplug1018
      @sparkplug1018 2 місяці тому +6

      Sweden was the first to detect the fallout.
      However there are rumors that the US inadvertently imaged the area within an hour of the disaster. Basically a satellite in the right place right time type of thing.

    • @oddball7483
      @oddball7483 Місяць тому

      ​@@sparkplug1018If my memory serves me well. This event was denied by the Authorities for three days! However, a
      Satellite confirmed the "accident" by showing an image of the Glowing Red Core proving that a Nuclear explosion had occurred.😮

  • @MyCatInABox
    @MyCatInABox 3 місяці тому +25

    You should look at a comparison size between the MI26 helicopter and other aircraft to really get a sense of scale and size of how massive these things are it's UNREAL

    • @Lemontarts01
      @Lemontarts01 3 місяці тому +2

      For real dude. Thanks for saying that - not sure what normal Helos are, but I assume ... 10meters?
      Maybe 25 for some standard military craft?
      But I did not think u could make a 40meter helo - that blew my mind

  • @DennisMoore664
    @DennisMoore664 4 місяці тому +167

    Pretty much everything about Chernobyl freaks me out.

    • @mattlinthicum4207
      @mattlinthicum4207 4 місяці тому +12

      IT SHOULD! The Nuclear Genie is not very friendly nor forgiving

    • @MINDWARDEN
      @MINDWARDEN 4 місяці тому +15

      Is the Chernobyl in the room with you right now?

    • @Pixiiex
      @Pixiiex 4 місяці тому +3

      Grow up

    • @MINDWARDEN
      @MINDWARDEN 4 місяці тому +17

      @@Pixiiex You gonna eat that chip on your shoulder?

    • @DennisMoore664
      @DennisMoore664 4 місяці тому +8

      @@Pixiiex That's a weirdly aggressive bit of abuse.

  • @chrism9493
    @chrism9493 4 місяці тому +52

    Those balloon chandeliers must have been an eerie kind of beautiful at night.

    • @darkdan3379
      @darkdan3379 3 місяці тому +4

      Like in a end of the world kinda way I wonder...

  • @AeroGuy07
    @AeroGuy07 4 місяці тому +29

    I remember Chernobyl well, but I've learned more about it in the last 4 years than I did in the decades after it happened.

    • @johntaylorson7769
      @johntaylorson7769 2 місяці тому +1

      It's always been an obsession of mine, ever since the event: I was in junior school and I remember the special assemblies we had. I was terrified and transfixed back then - and I feel like that never left me.

  • @michaelhowell2326
    @michaelhowell2326 4 місяці тому +78

    Radiation is terrifying. Burning is my worst fear bc it so much more common, but radiation sickness would be like burning for days.

    • @j.robertsergertson4513
      @j.robertsergertson4513 4 місяці тому +14

      It's worse, because you don't even know you're burning , you're literally cooked from the inside out

    • @ProfessorToadstool
      @ProfessorToadstool 4 місяці тому +7

      my mother is terrifying
      radiation is at least predictable, and you know for SURE it wants to kill you
      unlike trying to guess if it's homicidal rage or drunken stupidity...

    • @michaelhowell2326
      @michaelhowell2326 4 місяці тому +5

      @@j.robertsergertson4513 why is like being cooked from the inside out? Do you mean like a microwave?

    • @j.robertsergertson4513
      @j.robertsergertson4513 4 місяці тому +6

      @@michaelhowell2326 BINGO 👍 except 100X faster that's why it's so bad ,you don't see it or feel it till it burns you

    • @michaelhowell2326
      @michaelhowell2326 4 місяці тому +2

      @@j.robertsergertson4513 I don't mean to be rude or anything, but that's not how microwaves work. Have you ever eaten something from the microwave and the center be cooked and the outside be cold? No. It's just a myth. I truly and honestly don't mean this to belittle you or make fun of you at all. At. All.

  • @isekaiexpress9450
    @isekaiexpress9450 3 місяці тому +14

    Considering that the soldiers we saw at 17:08 jokingly called themselves "biorobots" - i give them the most credit, as human beings.

  • @-in-the-meantime...
    @-in-the-meantime... 3 місяці тому +8

    Robot - "You just a little truck..."
    Mini Tank - "Hold my beer..."

  • @davebeat
    @davebeat 2 місяці тому +6

    All those people conscripted to do the Chernobyl clean up were/are heroes. My wife, born in the USSR (Latvia), said that her birth was the only reason her father wasn't required to go, some of their neighbours never came back.

  • @drshoe8744
    @drshoe8744 4 місяці тому +23

    I would have to say that the most important machines to work on Chernobyl were the Human "Liquidators", no doubt in my mind!

  • @Major.Tom.1973
    @Major.Tom.1973 4 місяці тому +22

    Wow this is especially interesting for those of us who remember hearing it on the news just when it happened. Thank you Dark5 for all the research & photos & video clips!

  • @sbsstorytelling
    @sbsstorytelling 4 місяці тому +46

    The little tank that could was my favorite, though it arguably did the least.

    • @Inflec
      @Inflec 4 місяці тому +15

      Although not mentioned here, that little tank was what gave the scientists and cleanup workers their first closeup view of the "elephant's foot," which was too radioactive to be approached by humans. Brave little tank.

    • @Martial-Mat
      @Martial-Mat 4 місяці тому +4

      Yeah, same here. Although the test team were real heroes.

    • @sullybiker6520
      @sullybiker6520 2 місяці тому +3

      It allowed the scientists to judge which areas were safe; it was very useful to them. They could drive it down corridors and get the dosimeter readings; this work was crucial in the 'battle for chernobyl' which was the effort to reclaim unit 4 rooms from contamination. It went on for several years, and concluded in them getting next to the reactor walls and drilling through to take a look inside, enabling them to determine what happend to all the nuclear fuel that was unaccounted for.

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    @lorddamocles2222 4 місяці тому +166

    Betterhelp will sell your data.

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      @brianartillery 4 місяці тому +35

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      @dmbook 4 місяці тому

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      @jacobbocab 4 місяці тому +4

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  • @Kirovets7011
    @Kirovets7011 3 місяці тому +11

    This video contains a small error: The Sarcophagus was NOT built with the help of robots.
    They were not fitted for building anything.
    ALL the building has been done by the liquidators, at least a 100 thousand of them.

  • @gordtron
    @gordtron 4 місяці тому +17

    little tank likely gets the win for best device for allowing the people to know if they can safely work.

  • @EliteExteriorPaintingCalgary
    @EliteExteriorPaintingCalgary 4 місяці тому +37

    Thank-you Brave Men

  • @lokibrux
    @lokibrux 2 місяці тому +5

    Every man and woman involved in the clean up are the real hero's. That being said, "thank you small tank".

  • @Vantablack_25
    @Vantablack_25 2 місяці тому +4

    Just when i thought ive seen every video on chernobyl u made this gold, thank u so much may u forever be blessed and successful

  • @fransuke12
    @fransuke12 3 місяці тому +20

    Not all heroes wear capes.
    Others are brought from a toy store.
    Thank you, Smol Tank!

  • @jonathananderson9769
    @jonathananderson9769 Місяць тому +2

    For me the Tank is the most incredible given it’s something meant solely as a toy, not designed for the purpose, and yet did better than the most sophisticated robotics!

  • @CasMackay
    @CasMackay 2 місяці тому +4

    When hbo came with the Chernobyl documentary i was in total shock about how many people never heard of it....

    • @dntlss
      @dntlss Місяць тому +2

      That's crazy, i was 15 when it happened and although i was a kid at the time, i remember it clearly.

  • @pablowentscobar
    @pablowentscobar 4 місяці тому +24

    The tiny tank is/was the most surprising hero.

  • @gunraptor
    @gunraptor 3 місяці тому +6

    That toy tank, built by a basic engineer to make a child happy, was put into hard labor aiding the Liquidators.
    There's something heroic there that's rare in inanimate objects.
    I hope that one day, when it's safe to do so, that it is excavated and placed on a prominent display at a museum, honoring it and its operators.
    It's probably the most symbolically relevant singular artifact from the efforts of the Chernobyl Liquidators.

    • @Texas_Cody
      @Texas_Cody 29 днів тому +1

      Depending on the exposure, the tiny tank received it may not be safe for a few hundred years

  • @StephenPaulCray
    @StephenPaulCray Місяць тому +2

    The guys who flew them helicopters true heroes

  • @thomasprettyman1962
    @thomasprettyman1962 Місяць тому +1

    Things I didn't know,, Ghost balloons, the toy tank and the moon walker. GREAT VIDEO.Added to favorites. Thank you.

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    @mattvjmeasures 4 місяці тому +103

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      @dmbook 4 місяці тому +4

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      @TATTIEPICKER 4 місяці тому

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      @Martial-Mat 4 місяці тому +8

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      @jonparrott3332 4 місяці тому +2

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      @DaveSlate-q9x 3 місяці тому +1

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  • @Battle_Beard
    @Battle_Beard 3 місяці тому +7

    This was worth watching just the learn of our hero: Smol Tank.

  • @AustralianOpalRocks
    @AustralianOpalRocks 4 місяці тому +18

    I worked around radiation. Nothing near these levels but danger was there if all the shielding and suppression voltage were not present. We had a couple of failures. I was always thankful to those who sacrificed to learn about things like lead shielding and backstreaming high energy electrons.

  • @saltydog4556
    @saltydog4556 3 місяці тому +4

    Can remember this happening.
    Im down in New Zealand and it was eventually detected down here. They pulled geiger counters off shelves that were for sale in thr UK.
    The problem they have now is radioactive boar contaminating the the rest outside if zone

  • @UnintendedConsequence
    @UnintendedConsequence 4 місяці тому +7

    Thank you, small tank. And thank *you* @Dark5 for the terrific video. I really enjoy your videos and look forward to new episodes. ❤

  • @byrondixonbd
    @byrondixonbd 3 місяці тому +4

    Truly these men and women who gave there lives to protect the world are true heroes.

  • @Kirovets7011
    @Kirovets7011 3 місяці тому +12

    One tragic accident is not in this video: During the up en down flying with the Mil mi-26 helicopters over the smoldering reactor, one of them hit a crane with one of it's rotorblades and tragically crashed...
    There are some images on UA-cam.

    • @De_Formator
      @De_Formator 2 місяці тому +5

      Mi-8 actually

    • @dntlss
      @dntlss Місяць тому

      That has got to suck,not only have you crashed and you might be alive with broken bones (if you are lucky to survive) but now you have to contend with being poisoned by the environment around you.

  • @stevekanyon5765
    @stevekanyon5765 Місяць тому +1

    There is a different story surrounding this incident, it involves an experiment to summon an entity from the water in one of the coolant areas. Has anyone here heard of this?

  • @glennsims66
    @glennsims66 Місяць тому +1

    I was in Europe during these times. They say Europe got exposed to some radiation. Idk it probably wasn't much. But whats strange is both me and my wife soon after developed thyroid problems. Who knows. My sister was there too, and she also developed thyroid problems.😮

  • @tonycompeau2170
    @tonycompeau2170 26 днів тому +1

    I was in Naples Italy on that day. Less than 1000 miles away.

  • @chuckoster8221
    @chuckoster8221 2 місяці тому +2

    It’s a great pity they didn’t put as much effort into making the reactors safe in the first place.They knew about the problem, but the world couldn’t be allowed to know.They would rather kill people than sort it.

  • @doncarleone973
    @doncarleone973 2 місяці тому +3

    Wow! I never heard about that substance being sprayed. That vehicle graveyard is extremely vast, no?! 😬
    Yikes!! ☠️ ☠️ ☠️

  • @kjamison5951
    @kjamison5951 3 місяці тому +2

    Chornobyl continues like the sword of Damocles, hanging over the heads of nation states.
    As much as the Soviets didn’t want to acknowledge the disaster at the time, local scientists were adapting what they had to learn as much as possible about the unfolding threat.

  • @lilforkk9656
    @lilforkk9656 2 місяці тому +2

    “Thank you, small tank.” Someone is cutting onions in here

  • @tedbaxter5234
    @tedbaxter5234 3 місяці тому +2

    I appreciate the longer for, less breathless, approach to more complex subjects. Riveting, thank you. I want more. Bless Ukraine and other areas harmed by the accident.

  • @Pronunciation101
    @Pronunciation101 4 місяці тому +3

    THIS is the reason I subscribe to this channel. Good research, good storytelling. Thank you for this gem!

  • @adriaanboogaard8571
    @adriaanboogaard8571 3 місяці тому +2

    There's still people risking their health and with the ongoing war life and limb trying to protect us from that meltdown

  • @pablowentscobar
    @pablowentscobar 4 місяці тому +5

    Still turning out high quality content year after year. Another great video fren.

  • @sullybiker6520
    @sullybiker6520 2 місяці тому +1

    One of the reasons the robots were under built was that the Soviet administration just would not tell the truth about the levels of radiation in the hottest areas, so they were never going to work properly.

  • @harveyanimations8974
    @harveyanimations8974 2 місяці тому +2

    Bro was just tryna find a good parking spot

  • @littlespinycactus
    @littlespinycactus 3 місяці тому +3

    The five dollar toy tank. Money well spent.

  • @AnEnemy100
    @AnEnemy100 3 місяці тому +3

    Radiation fries electronics. Hence the need for simple mechanisms and lead around circuitry.

  • @MarkJoseph81
    @MarkJoseph81 3 місяці тому +11

    Those crews weren't "fully aware" of the dangers. The Soviets lied to everyone and ORDERED them to go in. Heck, THEY probably didn't even know the extent to which the damage would be done, but they knew more than they let on.

  • @xPersianxKing
    @xPersianxKing 4 місяці тому +1

    The music was on point on this one! Captured my focus the entire video!❤

  • @DrArku
    @DrArku 3 місяці тому +2

    You've done some amazing research for this one. I had never heard of the toy tank before.

  • @ingridfong-daley5899
    @ingridfong-daley5899 4 місяці тому +10

    My son lives with his dad in Russia right now, and this channel has become one that he and i both enjoy--it's great conversation-starter material!

    • @vincedibona4687
      @vincedibona4687 4 місяці тому +1

      Okay…?

    • @ingridfong-daley5899
      @ingridfong-daley5899 3 місяці тому

      @@vincedibona4687 He's a 13 yr old with autism who loves machines and architecture and history. We both watch them from our opposite sides of the planet, then discuss it over Skype. These videos bring us closer together for a few minutes every week.

    • @MilwaukeeF40C
      @MilwaukeeF40C 2 місяці тому

      You are bad mother.

    • @ingridfong-daley5899
      @ingridfong-daley5899 2 місяці тому

      @@MilwaukeeF40C You are bad languager.

  • @Vampir3xfr
    @Vampir3xfr 4 місяці тому +5

    Thank you small tank !

  • @LemmyCaution66
    @LemmyCaution66 3 місяці тому +1

    @dark5tv Again thank you for the amount of time and work you put into your well-researched videos. Kind regards from Belgium 🇧🇪 ❤

  • @marcusohm187
    @marcusohm187 4 місяці тому +21

    That's crazy how together the Soviet Union was, the workers were kinda of like soldiers work on the clock to fix the chernobril nuclear disaster...

    • @dmbook
      @dmbook 4 місяці тому +4

      Yeah. Everyone was property of the state.

    • @mritchie85
      @mritchie85 4 місяці тому +3

      Bio-robots comrade!

    • @willbass2869
      @willbass2869 3 місяці тому +4

      ​@@dmbooka lot of the workers were volunteers from all over the USSR and all kinds of professions.
      You need to grow up and shrug off that negative attitude.
      Those guys working to stop the radiation spreading were real HUMAN heros regardless of nationality.
      There were no KGB security teams shooting guys in the back to compel them to sacrifice themselves

  • @rexburman48
    @rexburman48 4 місяці тому +4

    The Little Toy Tank That Could.... Hollywood should make an animated movie about that tank 🎬

  • @johnlansing2902
    @johnlansing2902 4 місяці тому +10

    Hero became a common idea at that small area . Thank you for saving us .

  • @lenbong1234
    @lenbong1234 2 місяці тому +1

    It would be the Helicopter pilots and crew for me and you don't realize how massive they are till the picture of them at the graveyard

  • @kateemma22
    @kateemma22 4 місяці тому +11

    Thank you, small tank!

  • @nicholaskirk9810
    @nicholaskirk9810 3 місяці тому +1

    What an excellent interesting video. Thank you, 👍👊.

  • @Dr_Larken
    @Dr_Larken 4 місяці тому +16

    2:57 sometime ago, Me and another went through this field in Pripyat, i’m sure it’s unclassified now, we were going after this warlord.. not going to you with the details on him. But I remember radiated areas pocketed all over and the dogs, oh boy the dogs! Being a big history person, low, crawling through this area trying not to be seen by the enemy. It was hard not to want to get up and look around!

  • @rubberneckinc.8937
    @rubberneckinc.8937 3 місяці тому +3

    Thank you little tank
    Barrage balloons at 40+ years old is impressive

  • @skepticalmonkey7263
    @skepticalmonkey7263 4 місяці тому +4

    The Soviets did some heroic engineering in the aftermath of the disaster. I am not sure that any modern countries could do better in such brutal conditions (see, e.g. Fukushima).

    • @krashd
      @krashd 3 місяці тому

      The Japanese have done pretty well, they built gold-plated robots to inspect their molten reactors and have constructed something like 11,000 huge water tanks in order to store every drop of water they need to keep pumping through the cores to cool them as the water needs to be held for around 13 years before it's safe enough to be discharged. Not to mention the robot snakes they invented to inspect all of the collant pipes to check for leaks.

    • @ericpeterson3742
      @ericpeterson3742 3 місяці тому +1

      Lol well when u force your people u can do anything

  • @thestonegoose
    @thestonegoose 4 місяці тому +5

    There is a LOT of bad press on Better Help, man. You might want to look into that before continuing their sponsorship.

  • @robertisherwood6897
    @robertisherwood6897 4 місяці тому +36

    The most reliable tank in Russia was a toy from Kyiv. You couldn't make it up.

    • @Radbot776
      @Radbot776 3 місяці тому +5

      Soviet Union

    • @ShawnMass74
      @ShawnMass74 Місяць тому

      It's was Ukraine SFSR (Soviet republic) not the today Ukraine

  • @fredwood1490
    @fredwood1490 4 місяці тому +11

    Such men!
    Such men as these,
    knowing that what they do
    will mean the end of them
    and yet they did not hesitate
    to throw themselves into inferno
    and then to die,
    speaks of a love I don't know I possess.
    Heroes!
    An empty word
    that means to make the speaker feel better
    about himself
    for staying behind
    when better men moved forward.
    What can you call them then?
    Nothing!
    Nothing at all.
    Lead lined coffins and granite headstones
    names written on the wall,
    empty chairs and empty beds and empty arms
    aching for someone
    who lived for a greater love
    and paid for it with all their love
    and the love of those who loved them.
    Such men.

    • @sdingeswho
      @sdingeswho 4 місяці тому +4

      That was beautifully spoken, and accurate! Needs to be part of all monuments to the fallen of Chernobyl, especially the Liquidators 😢!

  • @michaelparks6120
    @michaelparks6120 4 місяці тому +6

    Your vids are among my favorites on UA-cam....great work!

  • @brigiethepickle1088
    @brigiethepickle1088 Місяць тому +1

    The advert pivot was so jarring

  • @trenchcoatbandit
    @trenchcoatbandit 4 місяці тому +6

    thank you tiny tank

  • @full95one
    @full95one Місяць тому

    Such a cool video. So much inspiration engineering. All nation's should know this.

  • @Jdjdjsbsnsi
    @Jdjdjsbsnsi 3 дні тому

    They should make a movie about small tank. Small tank had such a sad life and sacrifice so much just to be unceremoniously buried. Thank you small tank.

  • @DarkTerritory71
    @DarkTerritory71 3 місяці тому

    This has got to be the best video I have seen from you to date! I mean, your stuff is good, but this was killer! Thank you!

  • @MRniceGuy501-z
    @MRniceGuy501-z Місяць тому +1

    Not sure if dark5 is the same creator has dark seas, anyway fantastic documentary dark5 well researched and edited really enjoyed watching it, I remember saying far while back on dark seas video I enjoyed watching the video but the robotic narration was really distracting anyway on this video you seem to have slowed down the robotic narration and I really enjoyed watching your video, if you are not the same creator has the dark seas, well my bad 😢 really enjoyed the video, just subscribed keep up the great work 💯👍

  • @johngancarcik5682
    @johngancarcik5682 Місяць тому +1

    Small tank is best tank all the homies love small tank

  • @SevenSixTwo2012
    @SevenSixTwo2012 3 місяці тому +2

    It's mind-boggling that nuclear reactors were not being designed with a consideration of a worst case scenario, such as an explosion or a meltdown. Perhaps certain design features could've made this event a lot more manageable for the clean up crews.

    • @fenn_fren
      @fenn_fren 3 місяці тому

      This is the soviet union we're talking about. Of course it was a piece of crap.

    • @brianthesnail3815
      @brianthesnail3815 Місяць тому +1

      These are Soviet RBMK reactors. Western reactors have passive failsafe shutdown systems.

    • @nee3029
      @nee3029 16 днів тому

      Like Fukushima

    • @brianthesnail3815
      @brianthesnail3815 16 днів тому

      @@nee3029 Fukushima had some manually operated systems that failed.

  • @steelmill
    @steelmill 3 місяці тому +2

    Radiation was detected at higher than normal levels all the way in Newport News Va

  • @kermitthorson9719
    @kermitthorson9719 2 місяці тому +1

    thank you lil tank

  • @DaveSlate-q9x
    @DaveSlate-q9x 3 місяці тому +10

    I not sure enough Americans would be able to do what thousands of Russians did. I know it's a kind of conditioning they live through, but they risked their lives knowing they would die, in order to save others. I'm American and a veteran, and you saviors in Chernobyl have my utmost respect.

    • @MilwaukeeF40C
      @MilwaukeeF40C 2 місяці тому

      They were threatened with Afghanistan.

    • @nee3029
      @nee3029 16 днів тому

      I am sure there are some chemical and nuclear accidents that have been well covered up.

  • @arsenalfeet
    @arsenalfeet 4 місяці тому

    Very interesting video as usual Dark5 👍

  • @JMFuller
    @JMFuller 4 місяці тому +5

    I've searched for the red truck in the Stalker games.

    • @vincedibona4687
      @vincedibona4687 4 місяці тому

      Good for you! 🙄

    • @krashd
      @krashd 3 місяці тому +1

      @@vincedibona4687 You keep replying negatively to every comment, are you really that desperate to be noticed? Congratualtions, you have been.

  • @snowtijger933
    @snowtijger933 3 місяці тому +1

    Make a video about every footage of Chernobyl

  • @moverling5
    @moverling5 3 місяці тому +1

    Dear Heavenly Father. Please bless the brave people who gave everything to stop the contamination. For the rest of us.

  • @kellyduggan2326
    @kellyduggan2326 3 місяці тому

    i was in elementary school, when we heard what happened in that year, and still terrifying that its still going

  • @TomasErikssonErnt
    @TomasErikssonErnt 4 місяці тому

    One of the better episodes

  • @elizabethmoon5303
    @elizabethmoon5303 4 місяці тому

    Please can you do more frequent videos, love love love this channel ❤

  • @MrBigcoops74
    @MrBigcoops74 14 днів тому

    Tuned out when ur sponsor made an appearance

  • @guyh.4553
    @guyh.4553 3 місяці тому

    Very educational! Didn't know about most of these things as it was kept as a secret when it occurred. Remember it well as Chernobyl wasn't very long after 3 Mile Island. This really brought the height to the nuclear energy option in the '80s.
    Favorite is actually 2. 1st being the plastic tank. 1 year after it was deployed & only the did it die. The 2nd is the moon bulldozer. Very imaginative.

  • @banhatlessducks
    @banhatlessducks 4 місяці тому +4

    RIP to all the heros who selflessly sacrificed their own health, lives and saftey for the benifit of untold numbers of people who would have been affected by this if they hadn't acted so quickly and without regard for themselves, God bless you all your sacrifice won't be forgotten.

  • @full95one
    @full95one Місяць тому

    That toy tank is cool AF