Bayraktar TB2: How Turkey's Budget Drone Keeps Winning Wars
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First to reply... How childish... In all seriousness thank you for your videos and the time you take to make them I find them interesting and informative
Nothing but LIES. Kepp it up Mockingbrid
Thumbnail displays an Akıncı, not a bayraktar. It also spells bayraktar wrong
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It should also be added that NATO ally Canada banned the sales of crucial components like IR cameras to Baykar yet Aselsan developed Turkish version in no time
sallama kral canadadan almak yerine başka ulkelerden aldı türkiye almanya mesela yani sen burda ulkeyi övünce ülke şaha kalkcak cok zekice
aselsan had already developed its own flirs before canada stops to sell flirs to turkiye..untill then bayrak firm was still insist on to use canadian made flirs..when canada banned to sell its flirs to turkiye baykar started to use aselsan flirs..
@@sundancer06 well, no. It's not about quality of the FLIR that Aselsan produces. I don't even get where you would hear about Baykar insisting on using CATS FLIR. Aselsan's FLIR was already in development but it was not even properly tested. So it wasn't a ready-to-use product like you're trying to make it seem. Also Aselsan's product was not fit for use on a platform such as TB-2. Later on, they made it lighter.
@@ephealtun aslesan made flirs has already in use many other drones of turkey such as TAI ANKA drone which is another male class drone of turkey..after the ban of sells of canada baykar has started to use aselsan made flirs like TAI
There was aselflir before Canada embargoed it. But the reason why Baykar does not use it is not because it is new or worse. Canadian production was lighter and simpler in structure. aselflir was heavier and negatively affected the take-off and payload weight of the unmanned aerial vehicle. But Aselsan made this product lighter. also aselflir is better than its canadian counterpart. It has a factory built specifically for camera lenses. TB2 is cheaper than other unmanned aerial vehicles, gives the same effect, and bombs called Mam-L were produced specifically for it. These are light but high explosive bombs. One reason for their success is the bombs. Ukraine could not use these tools effectively, and it showed great success in Libya, Azerbaijan, and Syria and Iraq, which used American radar and air defense systems. We can say that it is a complete price performance product.
Baykar is apparently already working on a successor, the kizilelma which is a stealth drone capable of air to air combat as well ad air to ground. It had its first flight a few months ago.
No the company is creating the TB3 that would be the successor of Tb2 slightly bigger and better
But the company has also created Akinci which is in different category than tb2 being MALE(middium altitude long endurance )
To akinci LALE(LONG altitude long endurance attack Uav)
And Kizilelma is in different category which would be short time high speeds and a lot of bomb carriage capacity
And in the future models they will try to make it supersonic speeds
TB2 is too expensive and too big & vulnerable? OK, we will get another UAV which is 6 times more expensive and 3 times bigger 😅
@JORMUNREKKR the only more cheap option than TB2 are Chinese drones
Either u have no idea of drone market
Or you talk just to talk
@@aj3314 can't you read? The whole idea of such drones is almost useless unless you're fighting a banana republic or some insurgents. You might've missed it, but there's an ongoing war in Ukraine since 2022, you can actually see what works good there and what doesn't. One TB2 costs as much as 120+ Lancets or 10000+ small FPV drones carrying a few kilos of explosives.
@@JORMUNREKKR yeah they are great success that's why neither side is winning, oh well as long as they are happy to kill each other we can just watch the entertainment.
The Bayraktar will be the Kalashnikov of the UAVs in some deacades
Not will..its already is.
possibly same power as Kalashnikov too 😉
Try the search for ANKA drones
The way better drones than tb2
lol😂 it's useless drone
Kalashnikov is a soviet coppy of stg-44.
TB-2 is an original.
Oh by the way, Kizilelma looks like J-20.
Turks gone far beyond with the technology in a very short time Well done!
PUHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
well not "far beyond" more like "up to modern standarts" and "leading the way"
In many military areas they have become independent and take their place in producer countries lists instead of buyers. Especially they have seen the importance of drones early on so they were one of the first on that era and their versions are probably most effective ones cuz they have been already tested in many wars in few years.
But there is still long road to go, only military techs are not enough. They still need to improve in many areas like industrial machines, medical machines, computer techs, engine techs and much more.
And also beyond that, space race is about to start again, this time there are many competitors like China, India Russia and Usa. If any country could find a way to start to a metoroid mining that country would economically boost.
So there are many different areas that a country should focus on. But ofc especially about these drone systems Turkey got the points.
@@25_26 SEN GIT KENDI GÖTUNE GÜL... HAHAAAAAAA💪🇹🇷💪
@@leventyazyel1768 PUHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
Regardless of anything ….tb2 has been the best drone with the best reputation and mission accomplishment in the history of drones
yes ... relatively . (still a big sucsess tho and as a türk myself im proud of AT LEAST this investment of our goverment)
Yes
Dronlarin F16 i
It can be destroyed, small, vulnerable, and can't carry heavy loads but it can be low-cost, spendable, and fast-replaceable.. This is what makes the Bayraktar drones perfect in its class.
@@aliatack19 POV: When american drones who are stronger and bigger can't beat "spendable, fast-replaceable, small turkish drones" (nothing agaisnt you)
“UAV equivalent of RyanAir”🤣
Turkeys achievements & progress in the military technology sphere these last 2 decades is extremely impressive
And it's especially of value to Nato, and Europe as a whole. It's nice to have another Nato member capable of producing such military equipment. I personally would rather rely on another European country than on the US.
@@marktg98alleen de VS heeft genoeg geld om de wapens te ontwikkelen die game changers zijn
It is.. They have a long way to go. Cheap products is something most western countries just simply cannot do due to economics.
You know what though? I'm happy they are investing in their own people. It is too easy to purchase other weapons and then it be a waste due to rapidly shifting geopolitics.
Like at Germany not being able to give AHEAD 35mm ammo due to Switzerland... That is ridiculous as that ammo is needed to fight exactly these type of cheaper flying drones Iran and Turkey are flying around.
Anyway it might not be the best. If may not be the most capable of have the most success per mission. However it was the best option for Ukraine and other countries who cannot afford something greater from others and is better than the competitors. So hats off to them.
Turkey needs to stop saying it has a fifth or sixth gen fighter that can take on everything with some mockup. That is just as embarrassing as Russian calling their newest fighter "Checkmate". Like homie you weren't even on the board anymore and can't field your current fighter.
Wish I could say the same for economy. As an above middle income family we scratch our heads on how to buy a fridge or fight with my brother about buying fast food because it is damn expensive
@@marktg98 Turkey is not fussy about whose hands they end up in. Turkish drone technology, is not for the exclusive benefit of NATO. That was explained in the video.
TB-2 is high-tech and cost-effective, just like other Turkish made drones, platforms and ammo.
NATO standards, well documented certification processes, access to domestic and foreign subparts based on the end user’s choice and political relations, etc… Today, “Turkish made weapon” means “buy it if you are planning to use it”.
The video is misleading in this sense…
Turkey is making the Toyota Corolla of the drone world. Come on Japan.
Better still the Hilux, which Chad used against Khadaffi in the war, against his tanks in the 'Toyota War'
Hey yer goin back a bit there matey..
Japan isn't exactly an exporter of weapons.
Overpriced and mediocre quality?
Toyota pick up trucks still the favourite transport of militias...that’s a flex of sorts 😂😂😂
4:53 TB2 can be controlled over 1000km with satellite control but only Turkey and Azerbaijan has access this tech for now
I believe Pakistan might have access to this tech as well, being a close Turkish ally.
Yeah@@Ferociousplayz_11
That's literally assuming.@@Ferociousplayz_11
@@Ferociousplayz_11turkish military gps satellite göktürk 1 and observer satellite göktürk 2 work also for Pakistan military if they need it..we support Pakistan because only the Muslims of punjab helped us after the WW1 to build a modern Republic and strong army in 1922..Turks will never forget the kind Pakistani..and the traitor Arabs!
No, not anyone who wants a Bayraktar gets one. Parties who Türkiye perceives as hostile doesn't get them.
Although Baykar is a private company, they need clearance from the gov't to be able to export any of thier products.
Haahahahah bosnia Kosovo albanija we all have bayraktar 😂
@@semirhalilovic1567yes :))) but not in Serbia
@@tremka833 yes and this is good turks dont sell to enemys weapons
@@tremka833 serbia wanted 5 years long bayraktar and weapons hahah at the end Kosovo and bosnia have it
@@tremka833 but serbia has ana brnabic a lesbian politic in serbian Parlament
Slight Correction. Turkey doesn't sell these drones to everyone. Couple of months ago they denied the purchasing request from India. Due to the company policy of not selling weapons to both parties of a conflict and Pakistan is regarded as a brotherly country to Turkey. So It wouldn't be good for relations between Pakistan and Turkey.
Another channel I watched mentioned that most missile systems use heat seeking these days so a piston powered drone with proper heat shielding in the engine compartment is very difficult to track and hit…
Whats old is new again....
It's because of the rise of stealth technology. Heat is much harder to conceal and the more power an aircraft puts out the more heat.
Had a look and the Bayraktar uses a Rotax light aero engine at +/- 100 bhp. Most likely has a heat signature of a mid size motorbike.
@@russcattell955i makes sense since it goes about the same speed also
My buddy is being marked with infrared. heat treatment is a thing of the past
It is a matter of pride that such a drone *built in Turkey.
Says a turk
@@infraredimmortalerthduh
like you can deny such tech is not a thing to be proud of lmao@@infraredimmortalerth
@@infraredimmortalerthobviously who else would it be a matter of pride for
Since the first months of the war i haven't heard anything about it.
Also an interesting aspect is that the countries that purchases this UCAV system from Turkey haven't been able to use it to its full potential as it is not completely integrated to their defensest systems.On the other hand, Turkey have them integrated with all it's systems and the effectiveness of this UCAV system will potentially be much higher when used my the Turkish Military itself in any big scale conflict. Scary.
You missed a few details, Turkey always had a very good military production industry, ASELSAN, ROKETSAN, BMC, etc. But what drove them to produce the drones was this: Turkey wanted to buy Patriot air defence systems from the USA, but they refused to sell them for a long time, so Turkey bought S-400s from Russia instead, then the USA used that as an excuse to blockade Turkey from receiving the F-35 fighter jets, even though Turkey had already spent hundreds of millions of dollars for them. So after that Turkey decided to produce their own aircraft. They have made their own attack helicopters and tanks and rifles for a while, now Turkey is producing Hurjet and TF-X national fighter jet etc. which is 5th generation. So, among other military firms, Baykar was formed to get Turkey to Gen 5 aerospace technology. So Bayraktar drones were made with the thought "If the USA blocks us, then we will make our own for much cheaper." And thus Bayraktar drones were born. Bayktar is not the only drone manufacturer in Turkey either, now more and more of them are popping up all the time. Many of them are between testing and mass-production phases, such as Anka-3. Even Baykar has a few newer models which more than doubles many of the capabilities of TB2, such as the new TB-3. Also a brand-new model is almost ready to go into production called Kizilelma, which will be a turbojet-powered drone travelling just below the speed of sound designed for air-to-air combat.
Not true, well it is but not quite.
Turkey developed its own drones before they bought the S400, in response to being barred U.S drones in the Syrian civil war due to fear of them using U.S drones to attack allies. The S400 story is correct but it didn't lead to drones
"allies" you meant PYD terrorist organization which is responsible of 40000 civilians death since 1984 in Turkiye I think...Bad decision for US, Turkiye is "ally" not terrorists.@@andrewrogers3067
@andrewrogers3067 the following is straight from the Wikipedia page:
The development of the Bayraktar TB2 had been spurred by a U.S. ban on exports of armed unmanned aircraft to Turkey due to concerns they would be used against PKK groups inside and outside Turkey.[11]
Baykar started developing a new combat tactical aerial vehicle system at the request of the Presidency of Defense Industries, after the experiences of its first tactical UAV, the Bayraktar Çaldıran or Bayraktar TB1, delivered to the Turkish army in 2011.[17] The Bayraktar TB2 made its maiden flight in August 2014.[18] On 18 December 2015, a video was published of a test firing of a missile from the Bayraktar TB2, a result of a collaboration with Roketsan. Roketsan's MAM and TUBITAK-SAGE's BOZOK laser-guided bombs were tested for the first time.[19][20]
Components and technologies
The aircraft previously relied on imported and regulated components and technologies such as Rotax 912 engines[21] (manufactured in Austria) and optoelectronics (FLIR sensors imported from Wescam in Canada or Hensoldt from Germany). Bombardier Recreational Products, owner of Rotax, suspended delivery of their engines to certain countries in October 2020, after becoming aware of their military use despite being certified for civil use only.[21][22]
According to British newspaper The Guardian, the arming of the Bayraktar TB2 would not have been possible without the help of the UK Hornet micro-munitions bomb rack by EDO MBM Technology Ltd. The bomb rack was provided to Turkey in 2015, and a variant of it was integrated into the aircraft by EDO MBM and Roketsan.[23] In response to The Guardian newspaper article, Baykar Chief Technical Officer Selçuk Bayraktar denied that the bomb rack came from the UK. "We are not buying it from you, we never did. It not only does not work under any circumstances but is also very expensive", Bayraktar said on Twitter. "We have designed and manufactured a more advanced and cost-effective one ourselves."[24]
On 19 August 2020 the UK Department for International Trade (DIT) disclosed details of a six-year history of exports of the Hornet bomb rack to Turkey between 2014 and 2020, suggesting that supply of the critical technology to Turkey had continued well beyond the development stage of the Bayraktar TB2 and right up to the publication of the Guardian story in November 2019. 18 Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) applications were submitted by EDO MBM Technology between 2014 and 2020 for exports of goods 'related to Hornet Bomb Racks / Hornet Missile Launchers' for end-users in Turkey. Of these; 16 of the licences were granted.[25]
In October 2020 the use of the Canadian Wescam MX-15D system in the drone was disclosed after Armenian officials claimed that remains of a MX-15D system had been recovered from a downed TB2 drone during the nation's conflict with Azerbaijan. That triggered the stopping of MX-15D exports to Turkey while an investigation by Global Affairs Canada evaluates the use of Canadian technology in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[26][27][28] Turkish industry responded to foreign sales boycotts by announcing provision of domestically manufactured alternatives including TEI PD170 engine (manufactured by TEI),[29][30] fuel valves and the CATS FLIR system (manufactured by Aselsan).[31] Integration tests with that system started on 6 November 2020.[32] Turkish defense industry researcher Kadir Doğan tweeted that cancellation of sales of components to Baykar by foreign companies did not pose a major problem, and that as of January 2021, all of those components have been replaced by locally manufactured alternatives.[33]
@@andrewrogers3067allies?!?! Who pkk/pyd/ypg/sdf TERRORIST!?!? They are OUR ENEMIES so stfu!!
The point is that Türkiye has developed its advanced military forces to avoid being reliant on the west for military power and today is at the cutting edge. The video did pretty well at conveying that point I think.
@Megaprojects Turkiye does not sell it to everybody. Turkiye refused to sell it to countries like Serbia. Since Serbia 30 years ago did a horrifying massacres against the Bosniaks who look towards Turkiye as their protectors since Turkiye is the succeeding state of the Sublime State.
Your map missed the big Akinci Drone export to the Saudi Arabia.
Ooo hocam selamlar
I am really happy that Bangladesh has ordered it😊
Not exactly. Bangladeshi Govt is negotiating with the turkish ambassadors. Most probably we will buy for the future wars with Mayanmar. But we will get it after 5 years because of lower production ability of the manufacturer.
@@ayat5483 ''lover production ability of the manufactuer'' ?????? Baykar produces 300 TB 2 every year . bro.
@@cengizhan8129 geçen yıl 2 yıllık siparişle doluydu. yeni geliştirilen dronlar nedeni ile kapasite artırılmadı. Bu yüzden sıralamanın uzaması normal. adam doğru söylüyor. üretim düşük olduğundan Sudiarabistan sıra beklememek için kendi ülkesinde dron fabrikası kurduruyor baykara.
May be you are right. But i found it on a news channel. Turkey got so many orders from other nation. So Bangladesh will get these drones lately
@@ayat5483 lets just hope you guys will never need these drones & there wont a war with myanmar. You guys should not forget that war is terrible and there is not a single problem in the world that could be resolved with diplomacy
Turkey has a city called Batman?? Thats just awesome🤩 9.24
It even has a meme about it. A batman costumed person swinging on Batman city sign. Although the real meaning of the city comes from "sinking"(Batmak in Turkish) which was a feature of the cay near the city called Batman cay.Probably a few people drowned there
and the city even has a drone command airbase. their patch is lovely and features a bayraktar. i.imgur.com/H9Ayl8Y.jpeg
my birth place is batman. friendly advice, dont go batman even i dont. lol
@@stoutheart Yeah it's like the worst of Gotham City.
Yes there is, you are saying the right thing
Stop underestimating all Turkish made drones. You are just comparing one in the small segment to something in the big segment. Turkey also make huge and more capable UAVs that can even exceed American ones.
I think he compared it to the Reaper Drone because it's by far the most well known UAV airframe, been in the News for 10+ years now. "the TB2 is about half the size of the Akinci" only helps turkish viewers
Okay, we get it, you are very patriotic, but sometimes it is enough to defend something in a bad way to bring it down. If you knew even a little bit about the "skyborg" project that the USA has been working on for years, you wouldn't be talking such nonsense. Don't exaggerate partisanship
@@skyhighborawhy mad?
You very beatiful
As a Türk Baykar’s advanced military technology makes me so proud. I do find it unusual that as somebody who loves and watches your videos and located in Turkey that this video didn’t make it to my feed until 4 weeks after it was released…
Farkında değilsen, bayraktarı övmekle birlikte, devletimize karşı propaganda yapmayı da ihmal etmemiş eleman...
And as an American, I sure do love seeing another country's people feel the pride of their excellent accomplishment, creating technology that keeps their (and many other's) countries people safer... And yes, kicks the butt of the guys intending harm.
The kinda pride we get, perhaps, a bit too overzealous with... Haha. Feels good though, and you guys deserve it! Killin' it with the drone tech!
(Please excuse this comment, which was surely ignorant, and tone deaf, in ways only us Americans can achieve. I was attempting a compliment, believe it or not.)
This guy is incredibly anti-Turk be careful though
@@derekspringer6448 ı m not turkish nor american so now ı can understand how much can americans can be ignorant....WHOLE AMERİCA BUİLD ON GENOCİDEEEE and you guys can think paris is a country lol ^^
The song celebrating the Bayraktar is awesome. First time ever that I heard a about a weapon first through music.
You haven’t listen to gangster rap have you 🤣
Gangsters do not invent new weapons, silly...
there was a song from USSR named "katyusha". written for a mobile rocket launcher :)
@@VajrahahaShunyata Yes and the Ukrainians singing this song didn't invent the Bayraktar, silly.
2 pac and other rappers were singing about Ak47s Uzi etc in the 90's.
Extremely good and objective presentation. Nuanced and avoiding hyperbole. Great job !
Hi, you missed the UAV usage of Turkey agains Syrian targets in the Idlib province of Syria.
türk ve aptal milliyetci oldugunu bu kadar belli et me lutfen
I remember seeing videos of that on.
Brutal, the Syrian armor lines got wrecked.
Great video but you forgot to mention that the appeal to Turkish drones are the after sales service that come with it unlike Chinese made drones
Selcuk Bayraktar is Steve Jobbs of drone technology, Türkiye cannot rely on so called NATO allies.Türkiye must become independent in terms of weapon systems
"39 feet in Liberty Units." Love it! 🤣
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Tb2 is one of the Greatest UAVs that flew and Changed the Result of the Battle.
THE OTTOMANS ARE RISING AGAIN....Way to Go Brothers and sisters from Turky....Lots of Love and Respect from PAKISTAN 🇵🇰 🇦🇿🇹🇷
We are not brothers but thank you for the support
@@mertroll1
Yeah I never said "We"....so have a nice day
You forgot the huge order from the UAE to buy 120 Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones
Kizelelma will be a game-changer in military aviation. Just imagine the spectacular speed with which Baykar Teknoljis is producing innovative weapons, and is likely to produce an AESA-armed supersonic Kizelelma drone. It will change the war is fought in the near future. Turkiye is changing the rules of the game today.
Anka 3 stealth drone has lifted off recently too and will be a deep strike drone
i think most worthy moment of TB-2 was when Ukranian gound control lost comminication with one of them and they thought it was gone forever. but a few hours later TB-2 returned back and landed by it's own to it's pre defined landing base. when examined the failure of communcation was the shell fragments of an anti-air missile that broke long range antenna.
Anti-Turkish Simon praises Turkish drones. 😂
That dude is a joke
I was surprised 🤯
His donors wish him to be Anti-Turkish. If Turks pay him, he will immediately become a Pro-Turkish guy. He makes his bread through such stuff. no offense.
He is a pro-Isrealist and since Isreal is Turkey's master now he is paying tribute to it too.
@@binderchannel9454
Those two nations barely have any diplomatic ties, what in the world are you talking about. They had zero relations for nearly a decade with Turkey essentially saying if Israel didn't bend the knee and apologize they wouldn't repair relations. After 10 years Israel bent the knee and apologized.
Some countries that produce their own drones have recently begun to slander the Bayraktar They claim that these drones are unsuccessful, useless on the battlefield, etc.First of all, it should be known that BAYRAKTAR drones are not terminators, they do not have enough armor to withstand missiles.If you compare the prices, you will see that it is half the price of other brand drones with the same features.What makes this drone legendary is that it was used in many wars and left the real battlefield with full marks.people from other countries claim their drones are much better but they don't have a single combat test The Turks also tested it in wars and updated the drone to bring it to its best state.And also, we should not forget that this drone destroyed more than 200 tanks and more than 500 armored vehicles, just to mention the Russian-Ukrainian war.And you should also know that the air defense missile sent to hit this drone is more expensive than the drone.
What about Akıncı, Aksungur, Anka and Karayel armed drones or Kızılelma and Anka-3 unmanned fighter jets?
They are also very capable drones that Türkiye is building
But the thing for TB2 is the high value for money
In car terms
If tb2 is Vw Golf
Akinci and Aksungur(Anka) ate BMW and Mercedes
And Kizilelma and Anka 3 are Porsche
Great examples bro I liked it haha @@aj3314
@@aj3314Bro Kizilelma is literally Bugatti it’s an unmanned jet at that point
@@cemo3292 No Australia MQ28A Ghost Bat is a Bugatti. looks way sleeker. more stealthier and is fully AI and has drone swarm AI capability.
Kizilelma still has a joystick seen in the videos for him to fly it.
AI can't be that good in it.
@@nedkelly9688 What an expert. I love it when people can make me spill my coffee.
For context - Bayraktar means "Flag carier" as in an infantry man carrying a flag in an infantry charge
"Bannerman" is a more accurate translation
@@ilkerbayraktar8062
FFS Why so many smart asses in the world oh Guru?
@@ilkerbayraktar8062 That's called chicken translate.
@@salgul-cg7dt What do you mean? Its my f'ing surname, of course i know what it means.
It is possible to achieve great things with smart people and skillful hands with TB2.
🎉Simon!!🎉 Glad to hear & see you. So happy Danny let you out!
Saying Turkey just sells to anyone was the stupidest thing I heard in this video.The notion that Turkey indiscriminately sells to anyone is completely unfounded and oversimplified, as this video clearly demonstrates.
You are underestimating Erdogan's political genius. He is not selling it to whoever has the money. He is establishing a force in the areas where Turkiye is planning to extend his influence and build a solid union in the future. For that, those lands need to be self sufficient in defence, free from western domination.
Exactly 😂 he's forced France out of Africa by supplying french speaking African countries, secured Romania and Hungary, Indonesia and Malaysia, Pakistan and gulf Arabs
that mf plays the geopolitical game well , if only he was as half worried about quality of life in Turkey...
@@isuckatleague745 it's the price they are paying for saying "No" to obvious foreign demands..I think it won't last forever thou
@@RomeoSuvar that coupled with incompetent and illogical monetary policy brought it to this point unfortunately. Abomination called NAS , every big name in economy talked against it since it is a move mostly to fill their own pockets. And hid it well behind islam claiming interest is haram.
@@isuckatleague745 quality of life in turkey is good.
Like the small axe the TB2 has become a way for the impoverished rebel to take down the mighty tree of the dictator
Which tree Putin or Zelensky?
@@sgreenfield4The one who poisons his critics. Pretty obvious that one is a dictator and the other isn't.
Fun fact: A Canadian company were bankrupted for seizing it's business with Baykar by the pressure from Canadian Govt. as the TB-2's were being used against it's ally (Armenia) in Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Sanctions have always been boomerangs. As to be seen with Russia.
Fine documentary based on reality and true events. Very well done.
The Military Industrial Complex hates a weapon system that is inexpensive, reliable along with being effective. Why you should never spend 69 million when you can spend 1 billion to do the same job!
If an empty bottle, filled with 750 ml of petrol, can destroy a $6million tank then you'll use that bottle
The Military Industrial Complex needs you to buy their products again! And again!
And again!
And again!
And again!
Don't make products like musical instruments. Make weapons! Lots of weapons!! And make the TV just violence. Ya know, cops and army beating up civilians.
Come on back now, ya hear?
Those who underestimate the Turks have largely been dissapointed throughout history… take this as an advice Simon (and all those in the comments section).
Ryanair: SOMEBODY MENTIONED US! WE ARE STILL RELEVANT!
Killer feature is comparable super low price. That's for decent drone that will render opponent vehicles useless.
Imagine Ukraine lost 19 tb2 but effectively decimated hundreds of tanks (with help of nlav+javelin). Also it's mere presence instills fear in any tank
It flies as fast as world war 1 airplane 🤣fear?that thing is good only for counterinsurgency against native aboriginals.
@@Georgi_Slavov79 kafana MAM-L 'yi yediginde anlarsin
Between this thumbnail and the SR-71 video, I think Simon's team is using AI art a little too much.😂 Respectfully, it would be great if you didn't.
Who the hell cares? What a weird thing to be upset about.
@@jacobq.2204 Sure, it's a bit of a nitpick, but I think it takes away from the educational accuracy of the channel. Misconceptions should be avoided in edutainment where possible.
@@jacobq.2204hes not wrong...I was confused about the thumbnail :" wtf is getting recommended here?"
just then I read oh..megaprojects..Simon..but thought was still wtf this thumbnail.
Not mad. Just confusing
@@jacobq.2204Who cares? Bruh the thing in the thumbnail of this video (and the SR-71 video) don't even remotely look like what it's about. Misinformation, even if just a thumbnail, shouldn't be taken lightly.
I've called out a ton of videos lately. There have been a lot of mid-video "mistakes" that were so egregious that I think it's on purpose for "comment farming"
As much as I like Simon and this type of video, i'm about to have to walk away from these channels. It's just cheap. Hell there was a WW1 video somewhat recently and there was a guy in multicam with an Eotech.
Great video, I really enjoyed watching your portrayal of the game changer TB2. I know about it’s successes on the battlefields but in the West we only heard about the British and American weapons in the early stages of the Ukrainian war.
what a fool. Australia here and hear about it. Probably never heard of the Australian drones in Ukraine either.
Australia now becoming a big drone builder, just won't sell them to everyone like Turkey does.
Even have a VTOL quad copter being loyal wingman to manned helicopters. so have MQ28A Ghost Bat for manned planes.
@@nedkelly9688 I want you to be successful, but Turkey's unmanned aerial vehicles have proven themselves by participating in 2 wars. I hope Australia's opinion is not the same as yours. After all, the war takes place on the field. A product that has not been truly proven through testing and experience may fail you.
@@dcpst Yea sorry kid as i said Australian drones and equipment are in Ukraine fighting the war already. so delete your comment on battle proven.
Is a video of one Australian drone flying in toi a Russian tank hatch and blowing it up.
Yes Ghost Bat needs battle proven but in tests it is very good and USA got one recently.
A lot of Australian tech is in US military equipment including AI built in Australia and these companies built these drones AI'S.
@@nedkelly9688 I'm happy for your country, I also suggest you review your first comment: "Australia does not sell to everyone like Türkiye." After all, you sold to America and Ukraine.
@@dcpst How is that everyone. Australia only sells to Nato countries and even high tech stuff most barely know about is only sold to Five eyes countries.
Turkey drones are sold to whoever will buy them.
You need to delete and review your comment as do not look very bright.
You said that haftar of lybia was backed by Russia.. you left out the part that he has a US nationality and is also backed by France, Britain, Greece and isreal
I noticed that. Simon's channel seem to be some kind of VOA outfits.
Pictured in the thumbnail, some weird AI generated shit that is very much NOT a TB-2 drone 🤣
Just try reading the text ....... instead of the pictures
@@russellfitzpatrick503 I mean, why not just take a picture of the TB-2 and lay it over an upset Putin? There's plenty of pictures of both. Whatever that is in the thumbnail is silly and misleading. They did the same thing with the episode about the AN-225 Mriya.
Not just the drone, that Putin is AI generated as well.
@@2Potates Which just confuses me more! It's not like there aren't dozens of pictures of depressed Putin on Google images. He's been making that face a lot for the last year and a half. Can't imagine why...
Anti-Turkish Simon is still far away from bening objective, trying to underestimate Turkish drones by using words like "budget"
Altouh he obviously tried to undermine it with constant humiliating metaphores, "budget" is not an under estimation. It may sound like so due to common miss use of the word.
Thank you for putting the ad back at the beginning of the video
Military volunteer, CivDiv, has videos where he describes fighting against Turkey which deployed Bayraktars against his group. Then when he volunteered to go to Ukraine after the full scale invasion, he found himself fighting on the same side as the Bayraktars.
The Bayraktar also played a role in the sinking of the Moskva. It was used to distract air defenses as Neptune missiles slammed into the Moskva and eventually sank it.
CivDiv is a terrorist supporter bro
"Military volunteer"? More like a terrorist volunteer LMFAO
yes, he's a f'in terrorist
What on earth is up with these thumbnails recently, that thing isn’t even airworthy!
In 2020 in Armenian held N-K there was a popular notion insinuated by Russia and the pro Russian Armenians that had Armenia been closer to Russia then they would have been able to prevent the TB 2 drones yet a little over a year later Russia invaded Ukraine and sent armour in parade like formation to be savaged by the same type of drones in Ukrainian service and this notion began to ring hollow
Russia is the reason why Turkey has issues with Armenia to begin with. Russian empire armed and organized Armenians to rebel, and invaded under the premise of "protecting Armenians" only to leave them alone to face the wrath of Ottomans alone. Later they sold it as a "genocide" to Armenians ignoring what they did during the invasion. And west bought it too, despite that fact that they refused it when Russia did exactly the same thing in Ukraine, invading under the premise of "protecting donbas region", claiming Ukraine killing Russians there. Ukraine killing Russians for sure now. But that is expected since west is barely any different to Russia, doing whatever benefits them most. Just look what is happening in Palestine.
One thing is for certain, drones will change the future of warfare
Now imagine entire swarms of drones controlled by AI
Türkiye has done that Libya. Europe said that they know this, but can't proof this.
Destroyed an masse
16:10 You called Aliyev a dictator !!! And when Armenia occupied Azerbeycan provinces for more than a decated europe played for 3 monkey’s. Aliyev he is a great president . Azerbeycan Türkiye 2 country’s but 1 nation 👍🏻💪🏻
@@eaglesix6585ne doğrusu lan Aliyev diktatör mü? Diktatör Olsa da kendimizi ezik kırık yıkık göstermemeliyiz! Yabancıları ilgilendirmez kendi aramızda olan meseledir bu👍
Azerbaijan proudly used Bayraktar tb2 in QARABAG war against Armenia and destroyed them already give them historical lesson if they😀 got it.
Bayraktar TB2 is only of many technologies created in Turkiye. On Idef 2023 in Istanbul they showed an new radar technology what can see 600 km distance in 3D. For example stealth 🥷 F35 can be seen fully, they can even tell which model is flying, live in 3D. When this Turkish radar can see than another very very simple rocket 🚀 from ground to air platfrom knsimple car 🚗 can destroy F35, but also the F22 or any other flying machine. The software is so advanced that these deadly stealth machines maybe 🤔 can be targeted by bullets on pick up trucks 🛻 with machine guns guided by software automaticly.
From where did you get this info ?
DAYI SEN NE ANLATIYON YA Bİ KAYBOL
@@rogerpenske2411
IDEF 2023 EXPO
That's the wrong drone in the thumbnail
Well, it says BayraktEr, so it is possible 😂
it's AI trash, not any drone
we need to sell the TB2 to Guyana
TB-2 system has been very effective in several wars, but now, there is much advanced Turkish drone systems, such as kizil elma that is practically a warplane. It resembles very much F-35 with 90% cheaper price tag. Most probably, it will be utilized as very affordable air-dominance war plane.
So it has to compete with the better Australian one MQ28A Ghost Bat. except Australia won't sell them to every tom dick and harry.
The best about the Kizil Elma is that if it gets shot done, the pilot does not die or gets captured.
excellent video,
TB2 uses smart ammunition that has been developed and tested by Roketsan for ten years. It was successful against obsolete Russian air defense systems. Turkey has largely prepared its infrastructure for the technological weapons that it has not been able to buy from the USA for 20 years, now it has a medium-sized arms industry. This is also behind the success of TB2.
Of course, another important element is the father-in-law :)
Sorry but even if you have 10 father-in-law you can't do a shit...
Baykarın bu dronları üretmesinden çok sonraları damat oldu. yani Bu dronların üretilmesi kayınpeder den değil . aksine Bu dronları üretmesi nedeni ile kayın pederi oldu. çok farklı şeyler. Böyle bir adama kız vermeyecek te kime verecekti :)
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Baraktar was famous at the beginning of the conflict. But I haven't heard much about Baraktar at this stage of the war. I wonder if it is because Russia has found a way to counter it effectively...
Now they are being wiped easily. It was just initial surprise, then Russia AA units adapted and that was end of story.
@@xmedaLet's see if TB3 (if ever exists) will be able to overcome Russia once again.
They're still getting used but they're used more for reconnaissance.
@@xmeda
No, they're not. The Bayraktar controllers adapted too. Now it's still used, especially for reconnaissance.
@@secretname4190
So is all Russian AA and their units. A drone that is "very easy" to counter is still giving the Russian AA units problems....if not destroying them.
Hope Megaprojects can stop using (what I presume is) AI generated photo for thumbnails, it always makes me feel hesitated to click on it for how wrong some of the details are
There was even a song written about it.
❤it’s not the drone only , it’s how is used with combination of all supporting high-tech technologies,including sophisticated unjammable GPS ,and 3 GokTurk satellites
Jet and sealth version of TB2, KIZILELMA (RED APPLE) is coming soon.🇹🇷
"It seems like something any half way competent military - " Simon, my man, stop right there ;)
What the hell is that thumbnail
"UAV equivalent of Ryan Air", that made me chuckle.
Swarm of 3d printed drones are the way to go cheap and would be effective at overwhelming systems
Why don't you develop them, you could test them in Ukraine.
@@pajeetkumar1645 because I'd bet it already exists
@@nickcollins1528 well if we are lucky then we can watch them in action soon in Ukraine.
@@pajeetkumar1645 hello, it's AUG 2023 - there are hundreds of confirmed hits (including tanks and AA systems) by a $40k cost Lancet. Not to mention thousands $500 FPV kamikaze drones swarming around on both sides.
@@JORMUNREKKR are any of them 3d printed ? No. Were they operating as la swarm ? No.
So why are just stating the obvious boi ?
Jets and Drones are powerful, but there nothing scarier than a Artillery that has you zero'd in.
Bayraktar the hero....
Can you please do a video of the water way from Lake Superior to the Atlantic Ocean, both routes…
this drones resonated around the world turkish defense industry must be crazy I recommend you to take a look at these too
KIZILELMA, TB3 , AKINCI , ANKA, ANKA3, AKSUNGUR, KARAYEL ,KAANTFX, GOKSUNGUR,
IT is the kizilelma and anka 3. that attracts the most eyes
We should take into consideration about something.. This is "very new war concept". Somehow Turkiye has just launched it across the world. I guess Turkish Drone sector will be excellent into 10 years.
Wow, what a great speaker, great video sir
I'm left wondering what the hell is that thing on the thumbnail
It looks like if you asked AI to draw a TB2
“Liberty units” 🤣
Turkey gives birth to so few products of it's own, Togg electric cars, turkish fighter Bayraktar drones, narrow roads in the City Centers of the big cities, Arçelik fridges, tvs, dishwashers, Vestel , Regal brands , bicycle brands of Turkey are also in the forefront, Kanuni motorcycles, LC Waikiki, DeFacto garments.
The scale of TB2 operations in Ukraine has been reduced. Because they are too vulnerable to AA systems. (Just like a Predator drone would be).
Though the TB2 is less expensive than alternatives, it is still too costly to risk in high danger areas.
Think the sweet spot for today are small recon drones, that are too small to be engaged by AA missiles, and resonable expendable.
When the target is found and location determained you zip in with a fast, maneuverable smallish drone (payload like 5kg). Fly in 5-10m hight and drop payload at full speed and getting out again.
This would give the target only a few sec. to do anything and because of hight and speed it would be invulnarable to AA and even manpads, only very fast reacting AAA guns would have a chance, and not that many of those around.
actually russians got help from china for radars and others tech stuff. At the beginning of war lancet drones performance were awful and could be stopped with chicken coop mesh
@@huseyinmehmetaltun2046 I don't think there is any evidence of Chinese heavy gear like radar system in Ukraine.
China can pretend small stuff like body armor that is was bought from a civilian company or China sold it to some other country and they sold it to Russia.
Radar systems you cannot, China would need to send their own crew or train up Russian soldiers in its use.
I am not saying Russia may not have Chinese Radars but if they do they are not sending them near the front there they can be targeted and identified.
They are good no doubt!
really made ryan air look good
There is not only Bayraktar in Türkiye. Türkiye also uses ANKA.
Şimdi daha iyilerini yapıyoruz :)
wait for Kizilelma, show will start new.
thanks for upload :)
At the end of the video he said this model will become irrelevant and replaced by more advanced types.
Well that has already happened.
The TB3 is out along with a much larger and more powerful model called the Akinci. Not to mention other nations have started upgrading their drones as well with nations like Iran make large leaps in the field.
Drones are here to stay, they're changing the world of warfare all over the world.
Top icat olduğunda okların yerini almadı :). sadece konum değiştirdi. TB 2 lerin amacı farklı . keşif gözetleme :) silahlanması sadece yan ürün :) . TB2 sınıfı her zaman üretilmeye devam edecek ve geçerliliğini koruyacak. onun yerine bir jet ikame edemezsin :) amaçlar farklı.
Another thing is that cheaper systems like Hamas rockets, Russian artillery, Shahed drones and Ukrainian commercial drones have proved to be cheap effective.
@@EatMyShortsAU
Good post.
These cheap drones help level the playing field for groups that have generally been heavily outgunned.
Akıncı was already out for years, tho, it's much more advanced compared to TB2. That's why, it won't be exported to everyone (especially US bootlickers)
TB3 is a naval drone, it is not especially more advanced than the TB2. It's specifically designed to take off from and land on aircraft carriers (or any ship that has an airstrip) such as TCG Anadolu.
If you're looking for more advanced drones made by Turkey, I'd suggest you check out Bayraktar Kızılelma and TAI ANKA-3.
Further, countries like Iran are absolutely incomparable to Turkey in terms of the level of technologies achieved and being manufactured. They can be busy with producing incapable fighter prototypes that cannot even taxi on an airstrip.
Great video!
The One with the people ready to Board the chopper before it went Boom was the best.
The crazy part is that helicopter was probably worth more than 50 of these drones.
Even if that thing now gets shot down, it's done it's job.
Hilarious, these havent been around since last March lol
IKR, this video seems like it's from Feb 22, when people were still believing all the BS hype about them.
@@InvaderNatDT it was this shill for 5 months and then the next 6 was Switchblades lol. The wonder weapon cycle never ceases
@@InvaderNatDT or the BS hype about Ukraine winning the war.. (sorry to burst the bubble if anyone who reads this is still believing that).
Ukraine is getting depopulated and dismantled and im not happy about it.
@@zaknevarc9923 Even less than 5 months I'd say, apart from a couple on snake island, there were zero TB-2 strikes after Feb/March 22.
Syria, Ukrayna, Karabağ, Libya! Keep on winning Türkiye!👍👍
“The UAV equivalent of RyanAir”
EMOTIONAL DAMAGE
Simon Whistler wakes up, makes TH-cam videos and goes to bed. The sheer volume and variety of content this man produces is stunning. He must he loaded, and he deserves every last penny of it.
I'm proud of my country's technology. Viva la Turkiye!
somehow i feel like simon has never been to the midwest and seen a cropduster some of these guys are flying stunt planes these days and having lots of fun while dusting corn
His writer may have been. Forgetting that a lot of non-US people wouldn’t get the reference.