What a badass Tank, there is a fear factor just looking at it, how would you like to be face to face with that while your in an Abrahams, the Damn thing is even fast
What a badass Tank, do the Russians use anything they build. Anyone know about the Russian Eukranoplane. I know spelled wrong, but huge airplane that flies 30' over the water and does like 300MPH, only used a couple times
Your channel is titled " Found and Explained". No where in the title does it ever suggest this is an only aircraft channel. Found and Explained can literally be anything. Don't limit your brain or your channel.
There were probably hundreds of soviet "objects" - rejected prototypes of tanks but we know wery little of them. There were even laser tanks in the 80s!
@@Admin-gm3lc object 195- early prototype of t-14 armata Object 99- ramka 99( also known as Terminator) Object 257- IS-7 Object 287- it was one of The prototypes submited for The contest for The new russian tank, won by The t-90 If The russian ships are "projects" The tank are "objects"
Groznyj Grad's Object 279s were some nice cover up in the base's northwest, good memories of tranquilizing every guard and dog in range under the hulls of those treaded Frisbees 😎
I didn’t realize this was considered an aviation only channel. I just thought you did a lot of episodes on planes. I would be interested in any fascinating would-have-been tech information. Planes, trains, automobiles, tanks, boats, weapons, gadgets-gimme gimme. :-)
Modern engine and modern gun and Object 279 would actually be pretty dangerous today. But not being able to safely cross bridges or wrecking them if it did, is a definitely drawback. Also, if someone told me this was totally fictional from some video game, I would not be able to question it.
One note to your video. In the beginning you state that the prototype was cancelled and scrapped. But one prototype of the Object 279 should be on display at Kubinka tank museum in Russia if I remember correctly.
No, WoT is the experimental less powerful version. The real monster that you see here is found on WarThunder. Having more than a 1000 matches with this tank, I can assure you that it destroys everything it faces from its eta.
It’s great that you starts to expand your topic variety. I recommend in a future video, you should also show gun caliber and armor thickness in both inches and millimeters as the military plebs mainly use millimeters. Nevertheless, keep on with the great work!
Not necessarily. That track can just be cut and abandoned...which is something you can't do with any other tank. Or after it rolls off the track, the track can be repaired and fed back on. This should be easier to fix, not harder. It is conceivable, with all those additional parts, it could be more prone to problems. If it fails in the swamp, that was always going to be a problem. And speaking of that problem, they would have needed one heck of an all-terrain crane to get these out. That and the bridge issue would probably be sufficient to reject the tank. Dually tracks have been done, Bagger 288, and NASA's crawler-transporters have them. I liked this tank ever since the first time I saw a picture of it, maybe 15 years ago. I think they could have worked on making it lighter and faster. Improved the strength of the metal with alloys and got it down to say 45 tons. I do wonder if they made it so the inner tracks can move at a different speed than the outside tracks. If they didn't, it will be prone to track damage when turning. That would be one more reason to kill it, if true.
I've seen a recent video from last month where they're trying to restore the prototype to a functional state, engine sounded relatively healthy considering, and it was driven a short distance
I think that we should have more tank videos. There are some super strange, weird, and wacky tanks that I think you should make a video on. There are vehicles like the object 490, the super tank project that I think you'd be quite interested in. If you find this comment, you make excellent content, and I will never get tired of your videos.
The object 279 cannot survive a nuclear bomb. It can survive a nuclear blast. That’s why it has that weird UFO shape so the shockwave moves around the tank because if you have a tank, it will most likely flip it over.
Um no. If you go to Kubinka (the Russian equivalent of Aberdeen Proving Grounds) you can see their development museum. All of the vehicles are given the name Object XXX, such as Object 279. This particular vehicle, Object 279, was designed to fight in the Pripyat Marshes, a large expanse of swampy terrain on the Russian Western border. The hull has a large expanse of voids between its sheet metal hull and armored hull underneath. The voids and the extra tracks gave it greater mobility in swampy terrain. The real reason it was canceled was it made no sense to spend a lot of money for vehicles that were only useful in a limited area. In Kubinka they refer to it as the Swamp Tank. Besides which, when it was designed at a time when the Soviets had their T-55 main battle tanks and T-10Ms as heavy tanks (which were over 52 tons) for fighting other tanks.
Love the new content it’s enjoyable and it also fits in with your original title found and explained doesn’t just have to be planes so thank you it was interesting
Awesome video. "Object 279" sounds like an SCP. I actually mistook the tank in the thumbnail for Chrysler's TV-8. If you decide to do another tank video, that's one I'd like to see you cover
War Thunder players saw this, some shit their pants from Object 279 induced PTSD, others cackled in joy when reminded of all the damage they would do at 8.3
I read somewhere that the inner tracks were impossible to repair in combat and even out of combat without a repair facility. I also read that even facilities that housed T-10s (IS-8s) would of had difficulties dealing with the 279
Hey I'm up for whatever you want to post I'm up for weird, unbuilt, lost or interesting objects I started watching your channel because of the plains but if you want to cover cars and tanks that never got out of the prototyping phase more power to you... I love these strange creations that people thought up 😁
"Anything can be an aircraft if it's in the sweet spot where nuclear weapons will toss it without vaporizing it." F&S "This tank is nuke proof." "FINE! I'll get in a giant missile launching screw tank with a hovercraft trailer and make it fly manually." And thus the Shagohod was born.
Definitely not an aircraft, but a fascinating foray into a type of land vehicle that one would expect to see only in movies. (I'm also thinking it's odd to pick a shape that would help defend against one or two nuclear blast waves but that would almost certainly channel possibly dozens or more incoming anti-tank weapons directly into the treads & fuel reservoirs...)
@@alouisschafer7212 That doesn't matter. The poor bastards who would've crewed this thing would have had to inspect the tracks during their maintenance checks and services.
Great video, just the right length and level of explanation for me to understand. Nice pictures and illustrations, this would be excellent for history class.
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I like to see F&E exploring other content than just planes this will really benefit your channel
I want him to do the LeTurneau snow train and the Russian Eukranoplane, very cool machines, but so little info on these
@@jasoncentore1830 I think there's already enough Russian Ekranoplan contents out there
@@robbieaulia6462 agreed
Me: I was expecting a plane
Nick: this tank can tank nukes
Me: …I’m listening
What a badass Tank, there is a fear factor just looking at it, how would you like to be face to face with that while your in an Abrahams, the Damn thing is even fast
me too
And even i u shot his track there is other track can be function
“A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one”
I AMMMM THE SENATE!!!!!!!!
Or not very welcome if you despise communism.
What a badass Tank, do the Russians use anything they build. Anyone know about the Russian Eukranoplane. I know spelled wrong, but huge airplane that flies 30' over the water and does like 300MPH, only used a couple times
@@jasoncentore1830 The Ekranoplan was awesome no?
@@thecivilizedshark4283 at this point, the russians are just lite capitalists
Your channel is titled " Found and Explained". No where in the title does it ever suggest this is an only aircraft channel.
Found and Explained can literally be anything.
Don't limit your brain or your channel.
It's a pun - Ex-'Plane'-d
Can he find and explain why my father left all those years ago?
@@sartorialdriver6528 because you were a bad child, duh.
This video was sponsored by war thunder
“Use the code TONK to get 5000 free golden eagles”
@@captain_commenter8796 damn, that's a lot
Eyy
@@captain_commenter8796 thx for continuing my sentence.
:)
Even used the War Thunder model
Everyone gangsta until Nick starts tonkin about tonks
I’m not stuck on planes. This is a cool change! Doing more stuff like this is awesome.
it should not be just an ‘object’, it should be classified as an ‘anomaly’
USSR had The 7 Day Plan, to nuke their way across NATO.
There were probably hundreds of soviet "objects" - rejected prototypes of tanks but we know wery little of them. There were even laser tanks in the 80s!
@@Admin-gm3lc however the lasers were not capable melting tanks instead disrupted enemy electronics
@@Admin-gm3lc object 195- early prototype of t-14 armata
Object 99- ramka 99( also known as Terminator)
Object 257- IS-7
Object 287- it was one of The prototypes submited for The contest for The new russian tank, won by The t-90
If The russian ships are "projects" The tank are "objects"
keter or euclid class?
War Thunder players: I fear no man... But that thing... it scares me
Dm53 at 9.0: you guys hear anything?
Obj 279 at 8.3 initially🥲
4:40 "on a single tank of gasoline" -> no its diesel fuel
Was literally about comment this XD
He puts at least one glaring error like this in every single video. I swear he's doing it deliberately
I remember seeing these things in one of the later levels of Metal Gear Solid 3 and I always wondered about them. Thanks for this vid 👍
Groznyj Grad's Object 279s were some nice cover up in the base's northwest, good memories of tranquilizing every guard and dog in range under the hulls of those treaded Frisbees 😎
Glorious soviet engineering and also a glorious stalin moon rover
papa stalin would be proud
@@manuwilson4695 r/whoooosh
Soviet engineering has a pretty high failure rate
@@daisiesofdoom source:trust me bro
A diesel tank's range isn't on a "single tank of gasoline."
It could be multifuel
I can say the same for the filthy gas turbines
It hasn't been scrapt, it is still at display at the kubinka tank museum
It's in the video...
@@s3dchr He literally says at 0:28 that the only prototype was SCRAPT before production
@@elt39 Are you trolling? A: it's *scrapped, and B: at 7:06 he mentions the preserved tank in the museum.
And it is now restored to running condition. I imagine mechanics had fun with the transmission juggling 4 tracks.
I bought this tank as a model kit literally yesterday, how convenient
You could also say that you are walking in the Spirit. God Bless You and Your Family.
"Demetri go tension the center tracks!"
"But how!?"
Don't even talk to me about landmines
Да легко. Там же люки в днище есть)
"on a single tank... of gasoline"
uh... didnt you just say it was a diesel engine there mate?
Holy Shit it gets gas mileage like my Hemi Ram Bighorn
Amazing how a year later and we get to see an "operational" 279 moving! You never quite know what is out there. Great vid.
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This tank is impenetrable from every angle but the rear of the hull and the side and rear of the turret, fantastic design.
I am all for these types of videos! Keep branching out, while also staying on topic!
Well, it's about time I took a break from Aeroplanes
The Soviets really know how to make their names interesting
Woah woah a tank video! Its a TONK
I didn’t realize this was considered an aviation only channel. I just thought you did a lot of episodes on planes. I would be interested in any fascinating would-have-been tech information. Planes, trains, automobiles, tanks, boats, weapons, gadgets-gimme gimme. :-)
Modern engine and modern gun and Object 279 would actually be pretty dangerous today. But not being able to safely cross bridges or wrecking them if it did, is a definitely drawback.
Also, if someone told me this was totally fictional from some video game, I would not be able to question it.
One note to your video. In the beginning you state that the prototype was cancelled and scrapped. But one prototype of the Object 279 should be on display at Kubinka tank museum in Russia if I remember correctly.
@Trooper darn, missed that then. Thanks :)
There is one Obj. 279 in working condition and there are recent video clips on youtube showing that. 🙂
Anyone who plays World of Tanks knows this tank pretty much broke the game.
No, WoT is the experimental less powerful version. The real monster that you see here is found on WarThunder. Having more than a 1000 matches with this tank, I can assure you that it destroys everything it faces from its eta.
Era*
IF only they added spawn cost and bridge phycics
@@robert.m6755 I've eaten direct bullpup hits with mine lmao
You guys don't even have the 279 you guys got a Object 726 renamed as a Object 279E
Wow I didn't even know something like that exists.
Everyday you come with a new video.. that's pure dedication towards increasing our knowledge about these fantastic things
Indeed
Thank you so much 😀 I wouldn't do it if you didn't come every time to watch them :)
@@FoundAndExplained that's dedication from our side 😁
It’s great that you starts to expand your topic variety. I recommend in a future video, you should also show gun caliber and armor thickness in both inches and millimeters as the military plebs mainly use millimeters. Nevertheless, keep on with the great work!
War Thunder overpressure mechanics: "Bonjour"
0:30 canceled and scrapped? Doesn’t the Kubinska tank museum have the Object 279? (That museum in Russia with the Maus)
I really like the branching out to new topics
It is also shaped like that so the crews can have fun dismounting and abandoning the tank. Which will raise moral.
What a nice surprise! Love the channel, could you dedicate one to tanks as well?
Inner tracks on quad track tanks have a huge downside, they are nearly impossible to field fix making a sitting duck if the inner treads break
Not necessarily. That track can just be cut and abandoned...which is something you can't do with any other tank. Or after it rolls off the track, the track can be repaired and fed back on. This should be easier to fix, not harder. It is conceivable, with all those additional parts, it could be more prone to problems. If it fails in the swamp, that was always going to be a problem. And speaking of that problem, they would have needed one heck of an all-terrain crane to get these out. That and the bridge issue would probably be sufficient to reject the tank.
Dually tracks have been done, Bagger 288, and NASA's crawler-transporters have them.
I liked this tank ever since the first time I saw a picture of it, maybe 15 years ago. I think they could have worked on making it lighter and faster. Improved the strength of the metal with alloys and got it down to say 45 tons.
I do wonder if they made it so the inner tracks can move at a different speed than the outside tracks. If they didn't, it will be prone to track damage when turning. That would be one more reason to kill it, if true.
@@ChessMasterNate this tank is not heavy compared to western designs.
Who remembers this from MGS 3?
Meaning Kojima is not a very realistic guy...
Everything you post is fantastic, planes, tanks, naval, etc
I've seen a recent video from last month where they're trying to restore the prototype to a functional state, engine sounded relatively healthy considering, and it was driven a short distance
I think that we should have more tank videos. There are some super strange, weird, and wacky tanks that I think you should make a video on. There are vehicles like the object 490, the super tank project that I think you'd be quite interested in. If you find this comment, you make excellent content, and I will never get tired of your videos.
I'd gladly see more videos about land based vehicles, the quality of your videos makes these topics very enjoyable to watch.
Turtle tank lol love how this thing looks and would have loved to see this IRL. Loved this video mate!
It is in the kubinka tank museum in Russia along with the maus
6:30 Warsaw pact countries all had bridges that were limited to 50 tons...
3:58 "ONLY six inches" 😩🤧
Another great video!
The object 279 cannot survive a nuclear bomb. It can survive a nuclear blast. That’s why it has that weird UFO shape so the shockwave moves around the tank because if you have a tank, it will most likely flip it over.
Survives nuke blast. Runs out of fuel.
Is towed by farmer.
6:38
Accurate simulation of what would happen if this tank tried to cross a bridge
Same weight as an M103 developed at almost the same time.
FoundAndExplained: cool thing! look!
his subs: but can it fly?
Gotta say, I don't mind hearing about tanks. Weapons of war are just awesome, keep it up!
Um no.
If you go to Kubinka (the Russian equivalent of Aberdeen Proving Grounds) you can see their development museum. All of the vehicles are given the name Object XXX, such as Object 279. This particular vehicle, Object 279, was designed to fight in the Pripyat Marshes, a large expanse of swampy terrain on the Russian Western border. The hull has a large expanse of voids between its sheet metal hull and armored hull underneath. The voids and the extra tracks gave it greater mobility in swampy terrain. The real reason it was canceled was it made no sense to spend a lot of money for vehicles that were only useful in a limited area. In Kubinka they refer to it as the Swamp Tank.
Besides which, when it was designed at a time when the Soviets had their T-55 main battle tanks and T-10Ms as heavy tanks (which were over 52 tons) for fighting other tanks.
Totally love this new content.
Love the new content it’s enjoyable and it also fits in with your original title found and explained doesn’t just have to be planes so thank you it was interesting
The Brits tested an Ausralian Centurian tank during a nuclear test at woomera. Not only did it survive, it went on to fight in Vietnam.
Awesome video. "Object 279" sounds like an SCP. I actually mistook the tank in the thumbnail for Chrysler's TV-8. If you decide to do another tank video, that's one I'd like to see you cover
i just looked that up. What the hell is this thing!
"Class, can you say neutron bomb." Tank will survive but not the crew and the electronics.
War Thunder players saw this, some shit their pants from Object 279 induced PTSD, others cackled in joy when reminded of all the damage they would do at 8.3
It's good F&E notified us viewers to clarify the content we're watching.
I read somewhere that the inner tracks were impossible to repair in combat and even out of combat without a repair facility. I also read that even facilities that housed T-10s (IS-8s) would of had difficulties dealing with the 279
Until you started talking, I assumed this was a ConeOfArc video. Very pleasantly surprised, keep it up!
Amazing demonstration of military might and technological excellence!
How would you do repairs on those two inner sets of treads? What a nightmare!
Hey I'm up for whatever you want to post I'm up for weird, unbuilt, lost or interesting objects I started watching your channel because of the plains but if you want to cover cars and tanks that never got out of the prototyping phase more power to you... I love these strange creations that people thought up 😁
First I've heard of this. You covered it well.
Epic stuff! I don’t mind non-aviation videos if they’re as fascinating as this. 👌
"Anything can be an aircraft if it's in the sweet spot where nuclear weapons will toss it without vaporizing it."
F&S "This tank is nuke proof."
"FINE! I'll get in a giant missile launching screw tank with a hovercraft trailer and make it fly manually."
And thus the Shagohod was born.
They were testing sloping of armor to stop anti tank rounds.
Stalininium is really stronk
Imagine a giant tank coming at you faster than usain bolt
I always felt that this channel was meant for not only aircraft.
Oh we're doing this now?! HELLS YEAH
oh the tank from the war thunder loading screen!
Diesel engine tank
"On a single tank...of gasoline"
Something isnt adding up
There is a footage of it running on youtube. IRL its gun is absolutely colossal.
Never heard of you until you did this video glad you did!
*all classes would close due the nuclear bomb warning by the US military*
The math teacher's car:
You mean to tell me. This thing would only just fit in my bedroom?
I love how you very clearly used Warthunder's model of the tank in the video
It's almost like this tank was.....cursed by design!....ba-dum-chhhh!
As a full On Aviation and Jet lover, I like that you explore other war machine projects as well.
Definitely not an aircraft, but a fascinating foray into a type of land vehicle that one would expect to see only in movies. (I'm also thinking it's odd to pick a shape that would help defend against one or two nuclear blast waves but that would almost certainly channel possibly dozens or more incoming anti-tank weapons directly into the treads & fuel reservoirs...)
This tank literally defines the word 'Tank'
The quad track design is really interesting...
They aren't even gonna survive a Javelin lol.
Same for the Abrams 😅😂😅😂😅😂😅
This is what everyone does 😐
I too can survive a “distant nuclear blast”. Maybe I am a tank?
Great video! I always wanted to see a good quality video of a tank on the platform!
I like planes. And tanks. And trains and all other mechanical things. Nice video!!
I love how the geniuses who design these tanks have never done track maintenance a day in their lives.
Well, realistically military equipment are single use items in a real war.
@@alouisschafer7212 That doesn't matter. The poor bastards who would've crewed this thing would have had to inspect the tracks during their maintenance checks and services.
Glad to see you exploring other areas!
"Destruction is an Art and I am the master" said by Object 279 in c&C rise of the reds game
repairs on those inside pairs of tracks must have been pretty difficult
This was a interesting video,hope this does well
I hope so too
Doing track maintaince, especially for the two central tracks, would be a complete nightmare for that thing...
Honestly if you did a video on bicycles I'd watch it, this was cool af
This is one of my favorite channels in youtube but found and explained is my NUMBER ONE ♥️
Wow, thank you!
I really don’t care if the videos are about planes or something else as long as the content is good
a very good video to more mechanised stuff dont limit to just aviation
Been watching since 400 subscribers, and it's only gotten better.
Great video, just the right length and level of explanation for me to understand. Nice pictures and illustrations, this would be excellent for history class.
Can't wait till he starts the Tonk video sometime soon, because it will blow his mind