Reasonably sure those are Greek Zubr's. Greece has more of them then russia has, Ukraine has sold and scrapped more than Russia has, China has more than Russia have - this video is kinda a joke.
russia lcac’s big n good , but usa lcac’s is outstanding performance compared to russia lcac’s , cause they can be any where , any place more useful , ..
Yeah, it certainly catches your attention. Never seen anything else like it. (other than in something like Star Wars, Sci-Fi movies). Noisy as hell I would image.
Uh...didn't some of that footage have vessels with "US NAVY" printed on the side? Damned clever of those Soviets. Much better than stupid old camouflage.
Greece has 3 of these, and I have seen them in action. Trully impressive, huge size, very loud -audible from 6 miles at least-, very big water cloud behind them and very fast! They landed troops and vehicles on a beach very quick. Easy target? Maybe if unescorted!
@@duiwel There was both footage of US LCACs and Greek Zubrs. How to tell the difference? American LCACs are open top and have only two large fans as well as the control cab off to one side. Zubrs are enclosed and have three huge fans. So if you see NATO equipment coming off/out of an enclosed LCAC then it's likely a Greek Zubr.
@@danielmartin7838 🤔 Umm, it'd be perfect for making an artificial reef which would help the environment?? 🤷 It could be home for marine life while protecting any endangered Black Sea fish species. Ukraine will also enjoy a boost in tourism thanks to it becoming a destination for scuba divers. 😉 ⛵🌊 🤿📷 🐠🐟
Nobody should take this channel too seriously imo it's full of inaccuracies, unrelated b-roll, and poorly proofread scripts. That being said there is a lot of cool stuff and decent production value so still worth watching as long as you take everything with a big grain of salt.
This is good for rescue missions. But for an assault vehicle it would only work well against a weak country. Still a very cool peice of engineering. I think it's just too big of a target that won't hold enough fuel to make it back from a combat mission against a world power. With tomahawk misses, javelins, etc, I don't think it could stand up. Gr8 video. This thing is massive!!!
They could still be used against a modern power, just not in a contested beach landing. The beach SHOULD be already secured and the vessel should be supported by an allied fleet
@@drpepper3838 we’re super lucky we don’t have people like you, who’s making jokes on a country that can wipe out life from Earth, and which no one could do shit against it (read it like “hypersonic nukes”). We’re lucky we have people who don’t underestimate the enemy on a war, in which, for fuck’ sake, even the US would’ve struggled to make and do advancements.
For many years you could get a commercial ferry service to the UK from Calais, it was. Almost the same length as the Russian one, on the service there was one French craft and the remainder were British. It was a fantastic service …. As long as the sea conditions were ok….. passing slow moving ships was lots of fun in the early 1970’s
They are large, expensive, and seem to have large vulnerable areas like ducted fans and fabric(?) cushions. I'd expect them to be used, at most, once. If that's so, perhaps a fleet of smaller, cheaper, throw-away transports make more sense. Size is a disadvantage here -- imagine how long it needs to sit like a target while being unloaded. OTOH, think of the kind of runabout you could build on top of this platform! Just the accessory your mega-yacht lacks!
@@tylerdurden4006 Yup. The advantage to these big air cushioned landers is that they can rapidly put heavy equipment on the beach in a hurry. A smaller vessel may not be able to carry a main battle tank, this thing can carry three, or a shitload of mechanized infantry. Does it have drawbacks? Sure. Does it have strengths, also sure.
@@tylerdurden4006 the point is that this hovercraft is an heavy military transport, and the american tanks carried by their hovecraft don't start to explode when they see a javelin
I do love hovercraft.. I remember there was one near home in a town with a lake that would take tourists out over the lake and nearby flat lands. So versatile!
When looking at the thumbnail I thought the hovercraft was the thing in the foreground when the beast appeared to me from the background and blew my mind.
@@ExtraterrestrialsareReall You are right, almost as bad as when the world laughed in disbelief when a toddler named Donald ruined every inch of respect we had left for America.
@@ExtraterrestrialsareReall Let's see if he causes a recession. Like Obama when he took office (by no means am I saying Obama was a bad nor good president)
2:33 the DUKW is still running on the east coast of the US to do land and water tours of coastal cities. The duck boat tours travel up the Charles River of Boston, and drive around the city. They're pretty cool. (I know not fully related, but kinda cool.)
knew an ex-REME ??? ( cant remember the rank) years ago who said the DUKWs were floating sieves and the maint on them was horrendous. he still loved them just because of what they were.
While my parents brought me and my brother to live in boston we went on the duck boat tours. Once it was mentioned in the video first thought was driving into the canal thinking this better float cause its cold af out lol
People keep commenting how vulnerable and how juicy a target this is, but so is every troop carrier. At the distance anti ship missiles are fired, the noise doesn't matter, only the radar signature really. The high speed of this thing is a big advantage because it is simply not in the danger zone for so long. Landing on a contested beach is pretty much out of the question these days.
Russia: "We have big hovercraft. It can carry lots of men and cargo. Behold our power." NATO: "That's a nice craft you got there. You ever heard that old saying about putting all your eggs in one basket?" Russia: "No." NATO: "Shame."
Everybody talk about size will be a problem. If so aircraft carriers would not exist. This naval vehicles are used in case you can't use ports or have shallow waters and in Greece its great to move troops. We have a labyrinth of small islands where other big ships can't have easy access to deploy other vehicles.
🤔....coming from somewhere deep inside my head, I can hear a song....😎 C & C Thang 🎶 Really amazing machine, appreciate yet another unique look at another feat of engineering 👍
I avoided your channel for a long time because the very fast pronunciation was too tiring. But the new videos are easier to understand and your videos are all interesting. So subscribe again and keep it up. Greats from Germany.
Footage of Russian hovercrafts are hard to find in particular, I think the only way to find “aist” class lcac footage is archives and weird Russian tv show
Y'all, that there hover craft is slicker owl snot.🦉 If they wanted to be serious they should have ask the U.S . Marine Corp. They've been kicking butts since 1804 and the shores of Tripoli. Whether you love 'em or hate'em they often are called upon to defend what they think is right, and they go without complaining. You should have consulted with when you had the chance.
The darn Rooskies always have to build the biggest everything lol. So fascinating the Soviet era stuff. Bald and Bankrupt expanded my interest beyond military. Man, even the new stuff in this last decade is fascinating.
And so easily air conditioned by just a couple Neptune Missiles! Just another of white elephant liked the Ekranoplan when do you consider things liked the Neptune, Harpoon, Tomahawk ASM, AND the multitude of others ASM out there. Not to mentioned the MLRS systems which cand ruin their day. They maked very big, juicy targets. That is why US Marines used smaller ones, but more of them.
Yes, i was thinking of the Ekranoplans, wasn't one of the models (i think it was known as the Eaglet?) touted as an amphibious landing ship for the military, i do agree they seem crazy (sitting duck) but if their inception was in the 80's soviet thinking at that time was if the west had something then the USSR would have the same but bigger, another possible factor was the soviet union never mounted a full seaborne invasion whereas the US was experienced in this so knew many smaller landing craft had a better attrition rate than a few big landing craft.
@@stevehill4615 The Soviets Union did haved a Loon-class Ekranoplan and all so one as called the Caspian Sea Monster. Those ones were ASM shooter crafts maked for wrecking air crafts carrier battle groups. Each would carried SIX sunburns SS-N-22 . Is this being what are you meand?
@@bobman36 I guess if the landing craft magically appears at the landing site, and doesn’t have to traverse an ocean to get to the landing site, then a beach landing is the only place you can fire an anti-ship missile at it, which surely are faster than 60 knots?
There was once a hovercraft ferry service that took passengers and vehicles from the UK to France. It exist no more, since bad weather frequently caused it to cease operating until the weather improved. This meant it was operating at a disadvantage compared to the other more traditional ferries. Hovercraft are particularly susceptible to bad weather, and the conditions in the pacific can be a lot worse than those in the English channel.
@@bobman36 nope they were started in the Soviet Union without exception. The Russian Federation only did a slight redesign due to available western technology and help.
@@Medieval_history_lover T-14 is a copy of a US prototype that was never built and items borrowed from the Polish PL-01 program. They came up with a non functional engine and transmission, computerised turret and a badly designed chassis to buy nice houses in London and yachts in the Mediterranean sea. The Su 57 extortion racket was a full Soviet design that was without merit and used by Russian oligarchs to steal taxpayer money for something they knew wouldn't work. Enjoy your ignorance and go back to school junior.
Very confusing when you don't know whether what you're seeing can be believed. There is so much random stock video of vehicles that are clearly not what's been spoken about that I have no idea what the Zubr-class actually looks like.
Lots WRONG. Currently, the Chinese have four Zubr LCACs operational in the South China Sea. The Ukraine conducted PLAN observed sea trials in October 2012 and delivered the first in September 2013. In discussing the two Zubr LCAC (pronounced El-Kack) of Russian Navy, you repeatedly showed the AIST class LCAC identifying it as a Zubr, along with US LCACs. Maintenance nightmares and tactical massive targets to anti-ship missiles, the Russians scrapped theirs except for exactly 2 (hull numbers 770 and 782). The rest were sold the the Greek Navy. The Ukrainians scrapped theirs. You also ignored the Russian Tsaplya, Gus, Skat, and Bora classes of Russian LCAC's as well as the most recent under development, the Lebed class.
Not even an Anti-Ship missile would be catastrophic to it. It's skirt is so fragile, it'll take Helicopter launched AGMs to disable it or immobilise it. Again, Javelins could be effective against the bridge, being that exposed up top.
If even if not nuclear power this is a Assume vehicle. The United States should make a giant nuclear version of this heavly armed amphibious hover vehicle to carry combat drones. Speed land, sea manuvering sounds great for brown water opes. Zubra class. Hover vehicle direct fier support.
They have much much quieter as time has gone on I live a few hundred yards away from the only continuous passenger Hovercraft service. And its way Lees noisey that used to be.. Tho admittedly not quiet.
It's better when you do the intro music like this. When you use your standard music like in the MOAB video, it just sounds like an old scratched CD skipping. For the amount of time that you have for the part of the song you need, it's the wrong song to choose.
I like how you used mostly b footage of American LCACs.
Can't imagine the soviets/russians relesed a lot of footage of millitary equiptment...
Just going to say, why is there a hmmwv on a Russian landing craft 🤔
Reasonably sure those are Greek Zubr's. Greece has more of them then russia has, Ukraine has sold and scrapped more than Russia has, China has more than Russia have - this video is kinda a joke.
russia lcac’s big n good , but usa lcac’s is outstanding performance compared to russia lcac’s , cause they can be any where , any place more useful , ..
@@ProstyRobbs because Greece has hmmvs
That tilt shift image used in the thumbnail looks incredible to me. It’s like a Star Wars star destroyer or something….
Exactly what I thought
Yeah, it certainly catches your attention. Never seen anything else like it. (other than in something like Star Wars, Sci-Fi movies). Noisy as hell I would image.
Uh...didn't some of that footage have vessels with "US NAVY" printed on the side? Damned clever of those Soviets. Much better than stupid old camouflage.
And it’s also a war crime isn’t it?
Edit: yep, it’s a war crime.
@AndrewdoesVT. Don't the Country have to Declare War?
The US Navy also have a few of these....I've seen them first hand
@@kennethhoppe2259 yes… what else is military equipment for?
There is a lot of B roll in this videos. It’s hard to fill them all with the most accurate items. 🤓
Greece has 3 of these, and I have seen them in action. Trully impressive, huge size, very loud -audible from 6 miles at least-, very big water cloud behind them and very fast! They landed troops and vehicles on a beach very quick. Easy target? Maybe if unescorted!
easy target from above or below . . . They have little ability to take a hit of anything.
That's the big draw back , not very stealthy, both auditable and visual.
....as I sneak up in snorkel gear with a dive knife
4. Not 3.
I love how it showed a Navy LCAC in the video.
I noticed that too bro
Was that a US LCAC or was it just a Greek Zubr with NATO hardware on it? I wasn't entirely sure.
@@duiwel There was both footage of US LCACs and Greek Zubrs. How to tell the difference? American LCACs are open top and have only two large fans as well as the control cab off to one side. Zubrs are enclosed and have three huge fans. So if you see NATO equipment coming off/out of an enclosed LCAC then it's likely a Greek Zubr.
An awesome engineering feat, no matter the shortcomings. Perfect for tourists
It’s pretty sweet not going to lie
Lmao as if Russia will ever get any more tourists again. Other than local and Chinese tourists (and we all know what they are like).
I'd prefer to see it as an underwater tourist attraction
@@hapidjus2520 why is that?
@@danielmartin7838 🤔 Umm, it'd be perfect for making an artificial reef which would help the environment?? 🤷 It could be home for marine life while protecting any endangered Black Sea fish species. Ukraine will also enjoy a boost in tourism thanks to it becoming a destination for scuba divers. 😉 ⛵🌊 🤿📷 🐠🐟
At the risk of sounding critical I didn't know the Russians had had us military uniforms and Humvees
There were a lot of clips in this video that didn't relate to the thing he was talking about.
Nobody should take this channel too seriously imo it's full of inaccuracies, unrelated b-roll, and poorly proofread scripts. That being said there is a lot of cool stuff and decent production value so still worth watching as long as you take everything with a big grain of salt.
I think the poster does this on purpose to generate comments.
@@maska-1543 you watch infographics show?
@@bobman36 Yeah on occasion. Pretty good stuff from what I've seen.
This is good for rescue missions. But for an assault vehicle it would only work well against a weak country. Still a very cool peice of engineering. I think it's just too big of a target that won't hold enough fuel to make it back from a combat mission against a world power. With tomahawk misses, javelins, etc, I don't think it could stand up. Gr8 video. This thing is massive!!!
They're not supposed to operate in isolation - there's a whole fleet behind and beside them.
@@legbreaker2762 which would not be able to close to a prepared enemy without getting destroyed by many anti ship missiles
@@einar8019 you do realise many of those vessels are there specifically for the purpose of countering those anti ship missiles?
@@legbreaker2762 look how much that helped the moscow
They could still be used against a modern power, just not in a contested beach landing. The beach SHOULD be already secured and the vessel should be supported by an allied fleet
This hovercraft was featured in the movie Edge of Tomorrow.
Thanks
Not enough B roll??? Either that, or the US Navy is using them too!!
Did wonder if Russia had Humvees in its military
Feed it to the Byraktar.
Buy some bread and stop dreaming of conquests that will not end up good for you.
Cringe
It will enjoy it a lot
@@bycoxtax8562 russian army is cringe lel
@@drpepper3838 we’re super lucky we don’t have people like you, who’s making jokes on a country that can wipe out life from Earth, and which no one could do shit against it (read it like “hypersonic nukes”). We’re lucky we have people who don’t underestimate the enemy on a war, in which, for fuck’ sake, even the US would’ve struggled to make and do advancements.
For many years you could get a commercial ferry service to the UK from Calais, it was. Almost the same length as the Russian one, on the service there was one French craft and the remainder were British. It was a fantastic service …. As long as the sea conditions were ok….. passing slow moving ships was lots of fun in the early 1970’s
Good thing it's equipped with a magnetic compass. Without it you never know, might invade a neighbor while off one exercise.
:D
nice
They look like easy targets for Neptune and Harpoon missiles. Impressive boats though.
So are the US aircraft carriers
@@im_qwesi1194 Do I need to explain why you are wrong?
@@im_qwesi1194 that's why us carriers operate in battlegroups lol, same can't be said about the russian navy
My thought exactly.
@@jadennguyen1155 Russian navy converts to sub battle groups *kchchch*
You have to treat these videos like an audio only podcast when it comes to images
They are large, expensive, and seem to have large vulnerable areas like ducted fans and fabric(?) cushions. I'd expect them to be used, at most, once. If that's so, perhaps a fleet of smaller, cheaper, throw-away transports make more sense.
Size is a disadvantage here -- imagine how long it needs to sit like a target while being unloaded.
OTOH, think of the kind of runabout you could build on top of this platform! Just the accessory your mega-yacht lacks!
Almost the exact same as americas, whats you point?
@@tylerdurden4006 Yup. The advantage to these big air cushioned landers is that they can rapidly put heavy equipment on the beach in a hurry. A smaller vessel may not be able to carry a main battle tank, this thing can carry three, or a shitload of mechanized infantry. Does it have drawbacks? Sure. Does it have strengths, also sure.
@@tylerdurden4006 the point is that this hovercraft is an heavy military transport, and the american tanks carried by their hovecraft don't start to explode when they see a javelin
@@tylerdurden4006 obviously you haven’t served in the US military so I understand your knowledge is limited. Maybe a little research might help
The cushion is not needed to hover? It just stabilizes it, it’s not like a balloon it can take shots.
i wouldn't be surprised if these started popping up in different places.
...to easy to destroy without a coordinated/combined military - Russia is broke so these will fall out of maintenance fast and be junk piles....
this big boi awakens some things in me
Greece use them for rapid reinforcement of Greeck islands
I do love hovercraft.. I remember there was one near home in a town with a lake that would take tourists out over the lake and nearby flat lands. So versatile!
You write good. Are you English?
When looking at the thumbnail I thought the hovercraft was the thing in the foreground when the beast appeared to me from the background and blew my mind.
“Largest ever produced” tends to be expensive, complicated to make and maintain and tends be a huge target
With Putin in charge it’s like the clock is running backwards on Russia
Agreed
With Brandon in charge it looks like merica is failing...
@@ExtraterrestrialsareReall You are right, almost as bad as when the world laughed in disbelief when a toddler named Donald ruined every inch of respect we had left for America.
@@ExtraterrestrialsareReall Let's see if he causes a recession. Like Obama when he took office (by no means am I saying Obama was a bad nor good president)
@@GTChris
It seems the only place on the rise right now is Xi's China.
it would make a great artificial reef . like their best ship has become
Thanks👍
2:33 the DUKW is still running on the east coast of the US to do land and water tours of coastal cities.
The duck boat tours travel up the Charles River of Boston, and drive around the city.
They're pretty cool.
(I know not fully related, but kinda cool.)
knew an ex-REME ??? ( cant remember the rank) years ago who said the DUKWs were floating sieves and the maint on them was horrendous. he still loved them just because of what they were.
Seattle has them as well...
While my parents brought me and my brother to live in boston we went on the duck boat tours. Once it was mentioned in the video first thought was driving into the canal thinking this better float cause its cold af out lol
Liverpool docks had a DUK it sank but apparently it is back
That thumbnail makes it look like an Imperial Star Cruiser beached itself... Maybe it's just me🤷
People keep commenting how vulnerable and how juicy a target this is, but so is every troop carrier. At the distance anti ship missiles are fired, the noise doesn't matter, only the radar signature really. The high speed of this thing is a big advantage because it is simply not in the danger zone for so long. Landing on a contested beach is pretty much out of the question these days.
I like your stuff dude, but so often you just leave us hanging for more
I think it is an enormous and highly vulnerable, High value, High signature target.
It’s not an aircraft carrier, it’s an assault craft it operates when and where nothing can take it out
they have antiaircraft missiles
Russia: "We have big hovercraft. It can carry lots of men and cargo. Behold our power."
NATO: "That's a nice craft you got there. You ever heard that old saying about putting all your eggs in one basket?"
Russia: "No."
NATO: "Shame."
The US has its own version if these, which were shown in the video.
I like your channel, but some of your video and pictures don't correlate with your description.
Read the title incorrectly as, ‘Giant Russian Hovercraft in Acton’ and shat myself for a sec. ‘ooh it’s fuckin kicking off, lads’
Excellent video 📹
Greece 🇬🇷 operates 4
Many islands 🏝?
6 barrel automatic gun.... Shows an unguided rocket pod....
These videos are bullshit. Put together by AI or something.
Everybody talk about size will be a problem. If so aircraft carriers would not exist. This naval vehicles are used in case you can't use ports or have shallow waters and in Greece its great to move troops. We have a labyrinth of small islands where other big ships can't have easy access to deploy other vehicles.
Can pronounce LCAC as “El-kak”
Its a brilliant machine. I think the Russian lcac is better then Americas. It seems more stable then ours.
Ahhhhh land mine proof makes sense now.
🤔....coming from somewhere deep inside my head, I can hear a song....😎 C & C Thang 🎶
Really amazing machine, appreciate yet another unique look at another feat of engineering 👍
This craft is perfect for the numerous islands that are in close proximity in the Aegean Sea.
So cool!
Would be nice if the scenes in the video had more relation to the subject of the video.
Sir Christopher Cockerell inventor of the hovercraft was British they used to cross the channel,Canadian Coastguard have big fine examples
Some of the videos are of American hover craft.
Really? No way
Most impressive...
Please make a video about the Bora guided missile hovercraft surface effect ship.
I avoided your channel for a long time because the very fast pronunciation was too tiring. But the new videos are easier to understand and your videos are all interesting. So subscribe again and keep it up. Greats from Germany.
Looks like a nice big juicy target.
I didn't realize Greece used these
And how did you make the jump from amphibious vehicles to hovercraft? Sorry, but you're reaching a tad too much here.
Very cool!
I like how you showed the marine corps new toy the ACV At 2:18
Could you perhaps Gather footage and information on Soviet “aist” class lcac? footage of the aist was used already in the intro
What's the minimum number of crewmen needed to operate the LCAC?
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Asking for a super villain.
Perfect for tourists and rescue missions, NOT war. It will be a sitting duck slow target for today’s missiles.
Disclaimer: Half of the footage isn't Russian, it's US Landing Craft and it's deployment from a LHD.
As usual, but hey 50% is great for this channel!
@@mmdirtyworkz I can give him some slack since finding modern footage of russian military equipment that actually is functional is fairly hard.
@@HerpDerpNV I was gonna say there’s plenty of footage, but the caveat is “functional” and then it’s rock bottom.
Footage of Russian hovercrafts are hard to find in particular, I think the only way to find “aist” class lcac footage is archives and weird Russian tv show
Do a feature on a Russian hovercraft, and throw in some footage of the U.S. Navy LCAC. Got it...
If there wasn't wrong footage, this channel wouldn't survive ! LoL
@@edwardfletcher7790 Understood, but why show U.S. Navy LCAC operations when the subject is a Russian vehicle?
@@fretsward2225 I'm saying this stupid channel always shows wrong footage, planes, ships etc They always mistakes in the details too.
Y'all, that there hover craft is slicker owl snot.🦉 If they wanted to be serious they should have ask the U.S . Marine Corp. They've been kicking butts since 1804 and the shores of Tripoli. Whether you love 'em or hate'em they often are called upon to defend what they think is right, and they go without complaining. You should have consulted with when you had the chance.
Hell yeah brother! God bless live laugh love yeee haw
Bigger than those used as car ferries on the English Channel in the 1980's ?
Have you ever ate a whopper????
That is cool info but why no one want make video about dt30 amfibious vehicle. I think this should be mensioned somewhere.
Greece has few of this
The darn Rooskies always have to build the biggest everything lol. So fascinating the Soviet era stuff. Bald and Bankrupt expanded my interest beyond military. Man, even the new stuff in this last decade is fascinating.
Deploy to the Pacific? They can't even invade their neighbours successfully 🤣
Within 10 years we will see em in action.
LOL at the author having to use mostly US hovercraft footage because the US ones actually are functional.
Cool! Now do the Tsar-Tank! :D
Why not make tank hovercrafts? Or even land battleship hovercraft?
Just more Harpoon targets 🎯
Wait! Russia has only two of these? Hardly a ringing endorsement of their value.
Russia has 6 of them, 2 in service china and Greece have 2 as well if I’m not mistaken
And so easily air conditioned by just a couple Neptune Missiles! Just another of white elephant liked the Ekranoplan when do you consider things liked the Neptune, Harpoon, Tomahawk ASM, AND the multitude of others ASM out there. Not to mentioned the MLRS systems which cand ruin their day. They maked very big, juicy targets. That is why US Marines used smaller ones, but more of them.
Yes, i was thinking of the Ekranoplans, wasn't one of the models (i think it was known as the Eaglet?) touted as an amphibious landing ship for the military, i do agree they seem crazy (sitting duck) but if their inception was in the 80's soviet thinking at that time was if the west had something then the USSR would have the same but bigger, another possible factor was the soviet union never mounted a full seaborne invasion whereas the US was experienced in this so knew many smaller landing craft had a better attrition rate than a few big landing craft.
US have the exact same vehicle lmao
@@stevehill4615
The Soviets Union did haved a Loon-class Ekranoplan and all so one as called the Caspian Sea Monster. Those ones were ASM shooter crafts maked for wrecking air crafts carrier battle groups. Each would carried SIX sunburns SS-N-22 . Is this being what are you meand?
What a lovely looking slow target vessel…
60 knots isn't exactly slow
@@davidcooper4119 it’s a tiny bit slower than a Mach 3 anti ship missile, though.
Same as US ones lmao they have the exact same vehicle...
@@mgmcd1 explained to me why experimental US hypersonic cruise weapons would be deployed at a beach landing
@@bobman36 I guess if the landing craft magically appears at the landing site, and doesn’t have to traverse an ocean to get to the landing site, then a beach landing is the only place you can fire an anti-ship missile at it, which surely are faster than 60 knots?
Would those be able to make it across the Pacific?
There was once a hovercraft ferry service that took passengers and vehicles from the UK to France. It exist no more, since bad weather frequently caused it to cease operating until the weather improved. This meant it was operating at a disadvantage compared to the other more traditional ferries. Hovercraft are particularly susceptible to bad weather, and the conditions in the pacific can be a lot worse than those in the English channel.
Gas priced played a big role in the end of the hover farry
this guy has an unimaginably strange voice
Like most Russian equipment it was a Soviet LCAC, nothing Russian made actually was designed in Russia all in the Soviet Union.
Russia (Russian federation) has like 7 domestic designs I can think of off the top of my head(not including upgrades to tanks or planes)
@@bobman36 nope they were started in the Soviet Union without exception. The Russian Federation only did a slight redesign due to available western technology and help.
@@jacksonteller1337 su57 t14 armata boomerang
@@Medieval_history_lover T-14 is a copy of a US prototype that was never built and items borrowed from the Polish PL-01 program. They came up with a non functional engine and transmission, computerised turret and a badly designed chassis to buy nice houses in London and yachts in the Mediterranean sea. The Su 57 extortion racket was a full Soviet design that was without merit and used by Russian oligarchs to steal taxpayer money for something they knew wouldn't work.
Enjoy your ignorance and go back to school junior.
Now question how much of that gear works….maybe half.
How many of them are laying on the seabed of Black Sea?
@00:50 - NICE WORK !
Anytime Russia says it has a new toy you should also automatically assume that they can’t use it due to incompetence, financial, or supply issues.
Very confusing when you don't know whether what you're seeing can be believed. There is so much random stock video of vehicles that are clearly not what's been spoken about that I have no idea what the Zubr-class actually looks like.
Lots WRONG.
Currently, the Chinese have four Zubr LCACs operational in the South China Sea.
The Ukraine conducted PLAN observed sea trials in October 2012 and delivered the first in September 2013.
In discussing the two Zubr LCAC (pronounced El-Kack) of Russian Navy, you repeatedly showed the AIST class LCAC identifying it as a Zubr, along with US LCACs. Maintenance nightmares and tactical massive targets to anti-ship missiles, the Russians scrapped theirs except for exactly 2 (hull numbers 770 and 782). The rest were sold the the Greek Navy. The Ukrainians scrapped theirs. You also ignored the Russian Tsaplya, Gus, Skat, and Bora classes of Russian LCAC's as well as the most recent under development, the Lebed class.
This will provide mobility year round in the Arctic
What a monster!
Looks like a valuable target in times of war. One well placed sea mine or anti ship missile could go a long way
Not even an Anti-Ship missile would be catastrophic to it. It's skirt is so fragile, it'll take Helicopter launched AGMs to disable it or immobilise it. Again, Javelins could be effective against the bridge, being that exposed up top.
sea mine? watch again to around 6:30 and you will see mines are no good as it floats above and uses cushion which help it with them.
Try listening to the narrator next time, don't just look at the pics🤣
@@mmdirtyworkz Too bad the narrator is chronically wrong(as usual). Like to the point that he calls a LAV-25 a BTR.
Real footage of Russian btr boomerang is hard to come by as it’s all classified as of right now
Watching this. All i could think is that you could destroy a entire brigade with one missile
Ah, the Zubr class underwater assault submarine. Soon to join the Moskva guided missile submarine.
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This would be awesome for relief efforts
Anyone notice that all close in footage was from U S LCAC maneuvers? How many Russian vessels carry US Navy markings? Just wondering…
Looks like a juicy target for neptune or harpoon missiles. Odessa is ready and waiting...
Great work keep it up
Useful transport for arctic warfare, can ride right across ice floes.
Would probably get ripped on ice
If even if not nuclear power this is a Assume vehicle. The United States should make a giant nuclear version of this heavly armed amphibious hover vehicle to carry combat drones. Speed land, sea manuvering sounds great for brown water opes.
Zubra class. Hover vehicle direct fier support.
It's already giant, and the US already has a version.
can we use this type of hovercraft as a landcruiser?
You should probably not repeatedly use images of American LCACs in a video about a Russian hovercraft.
That gigantic thing can only carry 3 tanks?
I bet you could hear that thing 50 miles away
They have much much quieter as time has gone on
I live a few hundred yards away from the only continuous passenger Hovercraft service. And its way Lees noisey that used to be..
Tho admittedly not quiet.
It's better when you do the intro music like this. When you use your standard music like in the MOAB video, it just sounds like an old scratched CD skipping. For the amount of time that you have for the part of the song you need, it's the wrong song to choose.
Great, much larger targets for the Ukraine... 🎯