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Any man with a collection like this is a man who's never set foot on a battlefield. To him a mini? ball from Shiloh is just an artifact. But to a combat vet, it's a hunk of metal that caused some poor bastard a world of pain.
Maybe a rather irrelevant question, but it has to do with the AP and HE markings. Could this be because of it being a paratrooper / highly deployable kit with a unit that would rely on re-supply from other units after deployment? As Germany is part of NATO it may be a way of having ease of communication across nationalities?
@@theonlymadmac4771 The reality is even higher, more like 99.7 % survival for those under 70 years old. You slaves have fallen victim to the deception. You have all lost more freedoms and liberties in 1 year of covid, than in all 250 years of american history combined, very sad indeed. 90% of those who died from COVID had pre existing underlying health conditions and were all over 70 years old. They were going to die anyway. .3% lethality, yet your government has exceeded world war 2 expenditures (3 trillion) in what was the deadliest conflict in all of biology, on this weak cold flu? Preposterous and criminal. the lockdowns were ten times worse and did twenty times more damage than the virus itself. all experts not connected to big tech or media have acknowledged. not even hollywood can depict the scale and scope of the deception. We are witnessing the greatest scam in the history of mankind, absolute fraudulence on a cosmic scale. That criminal Fauci should be tried, murdered and hung to the likes of Mussolini for the permanent damage he has caused and the high crimes against humanity he has committed.
I'm a Paratrooper and I would love to see these in our inventory. Say what you will about how great Paratroopers are but a tiny tank running around with an autocannon or ATGM would be a much welcome addition.
Well, if they would completely modularize the system, it could carry everything up to 40 mm oder even 76 mm + mortars and missiles. These vehicles were built for fighting in Lower Saxony, Hesse and Eastern Bavaria to slow down the pact thrust as much as possible.
The British during WWII used to use gliders to deliver lightweight tanks such as the Tetrarch or M22 Locust light tank to reinforce their paratroopers.
I agree with you however the only country to use light tanks with paratroopers as of right now is the Russians they call it the BMD. You should be able to see that in action somewhere in Ukraine.
@@almirmulaosmanovic3401 It can be used extremly effective in highly mobile combat tactics. Its small, fast and can effectivly be used against lightly armored units and infantery with its 20 mm gun or against armored targest with the HOT or TOW. I think their are some storys about those things beeing pretty effective in Nato training manouvers.
Love from Japan, I believe Weasel would fit into some roles in Japanese defence since Weasel would be perfect for our mountain based geography. Also cute, well we like cute things but not for only that, trust me
Fill it with explosives and send them towards the enemy. The enemy will stop and laugh when they see such a small tank coming towards them. They they die.
As an Ex-Fallschirmjaeger, I've got to admit, that it was always reasuring, to have these little rascals around. Nothing makes people rethink their lives choices faster than the distinct "PAPAPAPAPAPOW" of a MK20. :D
Really a small and capable fighting machine. You could read the "AP" as "Anti Panzer(ung)". Some friends of mine from the Fallshirmjäger love to tell me the story, when a few years ago two Wiesel 1 TOW stopped a french tank attack during an exercise. The Wiesel stayed behind a building and only one of them drove out of cover, "fired" it´s rocket and retreatet back into cover, so the next could fire. Thy wiped out some tanks before the referee "killed" one of the Wiesel, so the exercise wouldn´t be pointless.
Das Wiesel will kein Marder werden, denn das Wiesel ist tödlicher 😎 Die MK hat 2 Zuführungen - also ggf. panzerbrechende Munition und Spreng-Brand Munition abwechselnd mit 3000 Schuss die Minute Kadenz. Das Ding fährt, wenn man die Sperren rausnimmt, 120 Km/h - das Ding ist der Wahnsinn. Fährt in eine gedeckte Stellung - haut 100 Schuss raus - fährt wieder weg und stellt sich dann wieder hin. Sollte man sich unbedingt mal im Einsatz anschauen, der Wahnsinn. Sieht niedlich aus und teilt aus, wie ein Großer. Nicht zu vergessen, die komplette Antriebseinheit - also der Motor usw. - kann innerhalb von 15-30 Minuten getauscht werden, beste Wartung die ich je gesehen habe.
@@Merlinhh07 Informative post. But you do realize that the OP was making a joke, right? Personally I wouldn't drive 120 km/h in this thing. Probably more deadly then any enemy, even on paved road.
FschJg ( FSCH PZ ABW BTL 272 ) MK & TOW Wiesel driver here ( during the 90s) , This brings back lots of Funny memories , During a Training - exercise we suprised a Elite Special forces unit during Their breakfast in the morning with our 20 mm cannon because the 5 cylinder AUDI - Turbo motor was very quiet allowing us to sneak up towards them in the Woods . It also allowed us to hide in a Garage or go thru a Mc Drive too Loi ! Thnx for the Upload ! :-D
It's an ideal motorised infantry hunter. It sounds like a civilian car, has a profile smaller than most vans, can drive in places you'd think impossible, and brings an auto-cannon to eat APC's and IFV's for breakfast. A modernised one with computer assisted targetting and better optics is still an exceptionally viable vehicle. Frankly I would honestly say this is more viable on a modern battlefield than most MBT's if it wasn't for the fact that its armour can be defeated by most light vehicle mounted weaponry. It is the perfect definition of a glass cannon.
@@cgi2002 - Any modernization could simply utilize new triple-hardness steels or nanocomposite alloys, much like the Japanese Type 10. I wouldn't be surprised if you could manage to up-armor a Wiesel, without going overweight, enough to make it immune to all the 30mm SLAP with modern lightweight alloys.
Yeah, nobody would've ever done that... especialy in Baumholder... I mean, we were all a bunch of highly trained professionals... and this would've been a serious misdemeanor... which would've made your Company Captain go absolutely raving mad and your Spieß pad you on the back later when nobody could see it... but it was just oh soooo tempting. XD
One thing about the Wiesel here was wrong though, whilst manufacturer and the german defense ministry dont state this, the wiesel can withstand 12.7x99 rounds to the front. We tested it ourselves ;)
@@deise4208 Yeah, you can use a normal Cargo Airdrop pallet for that. Though usually they plan to bring them in on a semi secured Landingstrip after the first paratrooper wave. It reduces the time to action and increases the force concentration.
So if we let it run rampant among all 7 billion humans, it will only kill 140 million of them. Yeah, that's definitely so insignificant that it requires derailing completely unrelated comment threats on completely unrelated videos with your whining.
@Obergruppenführer John Smith Exactly, the reality is even higher, these slaves have fallen victim to the deception. sad indeed. You have all lost more freedoms and liberties in 1 year of covid, than in all 250 years of american history combined. 90% of those who died from COVID had pre existing underlying health conditions and were all over 70 years old. They were going to die anyway. .3% lethality, yet your government has exceeded world war 2 expenditures (3 trillion) in what was the deadliest conflict in all of biology, on this weak cold flu? the lockdowns were ten times worse and did twenty times more damage than the virus itself. all experts not connected to big tech or media have acknowledged. not even hollywood can depict the scale and scope of the deception. We are witnessing the greatest scam in the history of mankind, absolute fraudulence on a cosmic scale. That criminal Fauci should be tried, murdered and hung to the likes of Mussolini for the permanent damage he has caused and the high crimes against humanity he has committed.
This was one of my dads first engineering projects at Porsche back in the day. They improved the rear wheel and the driving movement while firing. They landed with a CH-53 on the skid pad in Weissach to bring the Wiesel to the tank development department.
They were called "driving stop-block" by the maintenance soldiers. You could see why, when it stood next to a Leopard 2. Bei der Inst hieß der immer "fahrbarer Unterlegkeil". Wenn der neben nem Leo 2 stand passte der Vergleich recht gut ;)
As a former Forward observer, I agree. The gear on the Recon variant would be well suited for directing artillery or air. But due to the compact nature, it's probably not a vehicle I would have liked living out of in Afghanistan, or a traditional war in Europe for that matter. And I would have missed my 50.cal on our Danish M113. Self defense is key, especially when operating alone, or in a small unit.
The Wiesels were fancy little ones. The brigade 26 i served in 1990 had a battallion in Merzig with these crazy little buggers (they were introduced in 1991 i remind). I was member of an a Milan Kraka AT platoon based in Lebach. Riding is better than walking in peace time in most of the cases. Glück Ab, great video!
That's typical for the german military and a well known, often criticized disadvantage of our military political bureaucracy. Development, testing and aproval by the defense ministry litterally take ages and it is common that equipment is allready heavily outdated by the time it is finally introduced into the armed forces.
The first Wiesel had one of our engines (Audi 2.1 L 5-cylinder in-line turbo-diesel 64 kilowatts (86 hp)) 😁 The Wiesel 2 has a VW Engine ( Volkswagen 1.9 L Straight-4 turbo-diesel 81 kilowatts (109 hp)) Greetings from an Audi Employee 😄
I'm a fan of the Wiesel. To me it feels like a spiritual successor to the halftracks and armored cars of WW2 that had special weapons/roles and mainly did recon and light infantry support.
Ich war Falli 1997-2001 und bin als Kraftfahrer und Kommandant ausgebildet worden. Auf dem Wiesel MK 20mm und TOW. Es gibt nichts vergleichbares auf dem Markt. Jede Kampfeinheit leckt sich die Finger. Weitermachen.
@Military History Visualized Above the horizontal control is not an indicator to see how much ammunition is left. With this you can set the distance you either lasered or manually figured out. Since AP and HE have different ballistic features there needs to be these two so you can adjust the distance individually. No current Modell of the Wiesel has an indicator for how much ammo you have left. Usually you have to count yourself or quick-check by looking at the "flexible Gurtkanäle"
@@MoonBeamLaser By "Shackled" I meant embed and EMP device right next to the main processor. I think it was Asimov who first floated that idea in one of his books.
@AKUJIRULE You don't tie an EMP directly into the AI's system, that the AI can't access it should be obvious. You would need A secondary means of receiving the signal.
these things are so hilarious; I love using these in ARMA, as you can ignore small arms, but are speedy as hell, and can threaten pretty much everything with the right loadout.
wouldnt it be cool if this tankette can be written into a post apocalyptic zombie surivival script looking for zombies through the vision ports would be an awesome survival horror concept, especially since the vehicle is so small... but also, the plausibility of keeping it running on limited resources adds to the gritty realism aspect
I'm ex 🇺🇸 Army. 82nd Airborne. 80s and 90s. I've seen this cute little murderer machines in action. We all agreed having a platoon of these at the company level would've been a good thing. Great video brother!😊😎
why wasn’t it introduced in the US then? And would you like to tell me more about how well they did? I love this vehicle and it would be cool to get to know some testing results and it’s effectivity.
An interesting thing about the Kraka compared with other mechanical mules is that it folds up, and is capable of carrying another Kraka on it's cargo platform. With a driver in the driver's position, no problem really. I always thought that was awesome.
I see the unit for ground pressure is written as N/cm3, but I guess it should be N/cm2? If it is, that would be a ground pressure of 36 kPa, which is a very impressive number, with a normal car having around 200 kPa, the M1 Abrams having 103 kPa, and a normal adult man having about 50 kPa of pressure. Very interesting video!
I was on the staff of the NATO Multi National Division Centre which was the air mobile division of the ARRC (Allied command europe, Rapid Reaction Corps). Our very first field exercise was in Denmark early 90s and the 31st Luftlande Brigade was equipped with these excellent armoured vehicle. However they were deployed by helicopter. Most impressive.
I want one so bad! I've seen em standing perfectly fitting in a normal parking lot. I'd love to see my neighbours face when they open the common garage door in the morning and there is my cute lil weasel in my spot.
As a Para I was expected to jump out of perfectly serviceable aircraft. Now thereafter, you want me to climb into a tin of sauerkraut? 😳. 😁 .. quite a cute-looking little vehicle .. beats walking .. as long as .. Being on the receiving end of that 20mm would also have been somewhat demoralizing 😊.
That's how we roll. We design wunderwaffen, but deploy them so close to the end of the conflict they were intended for that they're hardly anything good. 🤪
I really enjoyed this video and the mixed video/infographic style. Not particularly detailed feedback I know but hey, its also a comment for the algorithm too.
This was a cool video. For me, the Wiesel name caught my eye, back in the mid 1960's I rode a school bus from our small village out to a rural schoolhouse in North Dakota. One of the last stops was at a small farm a few miles from the school. The owner of the farm had a snow plane and a Wiesel tracked vehicle. Since the snow in the Dakota's can be treacherous from time to time, that farmer was a God Send to the local population when it became necessary to transport an injured person or pregnant lady to hospital, and his units often became the rescuer for those who were not wise enough to stay home when the snow began to blow across the prairie of the Dakota's. He saved dozens of lives with his units, in fact there is a memorial in place at a local museum for his rigs and the owner. I knew his children very well, sadly they have all passed on now, this does make me a bit sad, but I am an old man now and many of my closest friends and family have passed on.
Wieselflink! Hach, so viele Erinnerungen daran. Als Kind auf nem Tag der offenen Tür in einer Erprobungsstelle mitgefahren, dann gegenüber meiner Lagerhalle standen sie auch rum bei der Instandsetzung. In einem BIWAK in der AGA hatten wir 2 MK Wiesel, die bei Nacht geschossen haben, war ziemlich beeindruckend.
"Weasel" is a good name! I imagine a lot of viewers have no idea how small weasels really are, but if they search here on YT they can find a video of a weasel taking down a hare bigger than itself. Speed, mobility & tenacity will get the job done!
Very cool. If I had the money and if Germany actually sold surplus Wiesels, I'd love to get one. They look like a of fun to drive and ride in. They probably wouldn't be too bad in a zombie apocalypse if it was just you and a buddy. You forgot to go over one very important thing in this video. How does the track tensioning system on this vehicle work? That's a very important thing you know. You also should have done the Chieftain's ever popular, "Oh, bugger, the tank's on fire" test as well.
Einstein, Newton and Pascal decide to play hide and seek. Einstein is "it", closes his eyes, counts to 10 then opens them. Pascal is no where to be seen. Newton is sitting right in front of Einstein, with a piece of chalk in his hand. He’s sitting in a box drawn on the ground, a meter to a side. Einstein says “Newton, you’re terrible, I’ve found you!” Newton says “No no, Einy. You’ve found one Newton per square meter. You’ve found Pascal!”
The Wiesel 1 or 2 were also used to test an "upgrade" to firepower by mounting the RMK-30 autocannon, a Recoiless autocannon no less.... Maybe it could used HEDP from the US 30mm Apache gun (probably will have to be a specific cartridge to be fired from the Recoiless system)
The successor to the Wiesel MK is rumored to get the BK27 autocannon for reasons of logistics (same gun used by Eurofighter, Tornado and some ships). th-cam.com/video/FpHBgW0-YQ8/w-d-xo.html A five round burst would basically hit one and the same spot. With HE and AP interspersed, that should take care of everything but a MBT. And for that there is Spike ER ...
I´ll never forget seeing one of those casually standing on a parking place of an Autobahn`s Mc Donald`s, when our batallion moved to a maneuver a few decades ago xD. Looked really fun and out of place^^
It was fast, Lethal(20mm-Anti Air and Anti-Tank ToW, Anti-Helicopter Gunship), Stealthy and most important Portable by Chopper and Transport Aircraft. Due to its 20mm , it could be used as an Mechanized Mounted Sniper remaining protecting German crews from Soviet snipers. It could travel through European forests without felling any trees.
"A good Maintanance group can change the Motor in about 15 Minutes..." Zu langsam! Wir haben in der Instandsetzung regelmäßig Wettbewerbe veranstaltet. Lichtmaschinenkeilriemen wechseln in 8 Minuten, inkl. Motorstart. Werkzeug vorher bereit gelegt, jeder Handgriff saß wie im Schlaf , Kran in Position und zwei sehr gut eingespielte Mechaniker. Da sind sogar die Leopard-Schlosser neidisch gewesen.
FschJg TOW Wiesel driver here 👍🏻 great video. Nothing to add. One question - when does your book about the Stg 44 Sturmzug release and will be shipped ? I ordered it already and haven’t gotten a email when it will be delivered
There should have been an update a few weeks ago, make sure it doesn't get lost in "promotions" tab (if you use gmail). We ordered the version 1.0 a few days ago for us and if everything is fine, we will order the paperbacks. Hardcover will be delayed, since we need to sign them together and currently that is not possible due to lockdowns etc.
@@motorrebell boah immer aufs schlimme. So heilt man aber keinen pathologischen wieselneid. 😂 hatte keine Ahnung daß unsere Jungs auch in Louisiana rumstiefeln. Ich war n paar Wochen in fort benning georgia, rangerschool. Das waren ein paar spaßige Wochen. MKG
A Paratrooper Platoon is frightening. Hey let’s give them a 20mm Machine Cannon on a very fast vehicle. Place it on the Top, so that the Operators don’t have to present a lot of their quite vulnerable front and can quickly escape the backfire. A very good idea. At least for the Paratroopers.
Hey Bernhard, good video, I think the quote has a typo on the ground pressure at 6:50, iirc pressure is defined as force per square meter, so it should be square cm. Keep it up with the good videos, cheers!
One of the best things about about the Wiesel is that two of them can be transported on a medium lift helicopter. It doesn't have all that much armor, but it is quiet, so it can be stealthy. I wonder if they could improve the armor protection without increasing weight too much. Maybe with composite fiber protection.
Depends, KE based munitions can only be covered with MINIMUM weight with Steel armor, which still would add far too much weight... Then there's the fact that EVEN if they add extra Composite armor, the Wiesel is far to light in the structural area to handle anything above an AT grenade (40mm HEAT, but anything with enough explosives and hitting close enough will KO the vehicle).... The Paratrooper Mechanized firepower concept is basically to give them an IFV grade weapon on the lightest vehicle possible that can still accommodate armor for crew.... More armor than enough for some HMG fire is likely to not be viable given specs
I was thinking maybe a thin sheet of composite armor might do the trick. We'd want to make sure it can repel 7.62 reliably, but I guess stealth and agility are this vehicle's best survival mechanisms.
On the other hand, you can view it as requiring RPG rounds to kill; not bad for a vehicle smaller, lighter (if compared to the uparmored variants), and yet more heavily armed and armored than a Humvee.
Thank you for these superb presentations! These days in the Middle East Improvised Explosive Devices are commonly used by the enemy and these unfortunately would no doubt do great damage to the Wiesel.
BMD is what this vehicle (Wiesel) wants to be, If the Wiesel can be airdropped (and still be used) from a C-130 then you are much closer to what BMD allows ( operational mobility out of an air deployed unit, something Big Green® lacks)
@@r.gilman4261 the wiesel can be airdropped but they prefer to not to as it takes time to unpack it and get the crew to board it. also high risk of the vehicle getting damaged like any airborne vehicles
Hallo, müsste das nicht (@6:45) 3,6N/cm^2 heißen? Der (spezifische) Bodendruck ist doch eine Kraft pro Fläche und nicht eine Kraft pro Volumen. Trotzdem schönes Video....gerne mehr
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It is funny that the sorce you used at 16:14 is wrong. :D
The KAI is a different vehicle. The real operator vehicle is a TPz A8A12.
Please do a history of Generalfeldmarschall
Druck wird nicht in N/cm^3 sondern hoch 2 angegeben
Any man with a collection like this is a man who's never set foot on a battlefield. To him a mini? ball from Shiloh is just an artifact. But to a combat vet, it's a hunk of metal that caused some poor bastard a world of pain.
Maybe a rather irrelevant question, but it has to do with the AP and HE markings. Could this be because of it being a paratrooper / highly deployable kit with a unit that would rely on re-supply from other units after deployment? As Germany is part of NATO it may be a way of having ease of communication across nationalities?
Would like one for my daily commute - preferably with the 20mm.
covid has a 98% survival rate. pass it on. greatest scam in human history.
@@rastabg23 stupidity also has a high survival rate, as you demonstrate
@@theonlymadmac4771 If he isn't wrong, what makes him stupid? I think you're projecting.
Unless you live in a area where logging and dump trucks are the norm , then the TOW version is clearly Superior .
@@theonlymadmac4771 The reality is even higher, more like 99.7 % survival for those under 70 years old. You slaves have fallen victim to the deception. You have all lost more freedoms and liberties in 1 year of covid, than in all 250 years of american history combined, very sad indeed. 90% of those who died from COVID had pre existing underlying health conditions and were all over 70 years old. They were going to die anyway. .3% lethality, yet your government has exceeded world war 2 expenditures (3 trillion) in what was the deadliest conflict in all of biology, on this weak cold flu? Preposterous and criminal. the lockdowns were ten times worse and did twenty times more damage than the virus itself. all experts not connected to big tech or media have acknowledged. not even hollywood can depict the scale and scope of the deception. We are witnessing the greatest scam in the history of mankind, absolute fraudulence on a cosmic scale. That criminal Fauci should be tried, murdered and hung to the likes of Mussolini for the permanent damage he has caused and the high crimes against humanity he has committed.
I'm a Paratrooper and I would love to see these in our inventory. Say what you will about how great Paratroopers are but a tiny tank running around with an autocannon or ATGM would be a much welcome addition.
Well, if they would completely modularize the system, it could carry everything up to 40 mm oder even 76 mm + mortars and missiles. These vehicles were built for fighting in Lower Saxony, Hesse and Eastern Bavaria to slow down the pact thrust as much as possible.
The British during WWII used to use gliders to deliver lightweight tanks such as the Tetrarch or M22 Locust light tank to reinforce their paratroopers.
@@EK-gr9gd ackshually the mortar system exists already th-cam.com/video/Qln3hVoe8qA/w-d-xo.html
I agree with you however the only country to use light tanks with paratroopers as of right now is the Russians they call it the BMD. You should be able to see that in action somewhere in Ukraine.
Am I the only one who finds tankettes cute? There must be an explanation in evolutionary psychology.
Baby cats 😂
lindybeige help us
You might not want to travel down that road, you might not like where it leads. 😂
@@mopar_dude9227 pls no lewds, pls
The song “Baby’s Tank” just popped in to my head.
the Wiesel is also used in the german mountain units
And normal Jäger units,
th-cam.com/video/nlVC5Lfbp_k/w-d-xo.html
but there it will be replaced by Boxer with 30mm guns soonish.
And who are the mountain enemies?
Hold on, IS used??
It's tracked weapon platform, it will be useful as long as it can mount the equipment or tracks go out of fashion
@@almirmulaosmanovic3401 It can be used extremly effective in highly mobile combat tactics. Its small, fast and can effectivly be used against lightly armored units and infantery with its 20 mm gun or against armored targest with the HOT or TOW. I think their are some storys about those things beeing pretty effective in Nato training manouvers.
Love from Japan, I believe Weasel would fit into some roles in Japanese defence since Weasel would be perfect for our mountain based geography. Also cute, well we like cute things but not for only that, trust me
The wiesel 2 would be the ideal tankette to drift up and down japanese mountain roads. When the mechs are stuck in the motorpool for maintenance again
I mean the JSDF from what I know relies a lot of helicopter as a QRF given it's proximity to a "certain nation"
KAWAII TANK!
It had to be said.
you guys would just attach cat ears and a tail and paint it pink
And the Wiesel`s biggest advantage is,when it rans out of ammunition you can throw it on your enemy.
U R confusing the Wiesel with the P1 ...
Exsp with the 20 mm as handle
Bit dodgy, they might pull the pin out and throw it back.
Fill it with explosives and send them towards the enemy. The enemy will stop and laugh when they see such a small tank coming towards them. They they die.
A Wiesel is designed to support ground troops and to survive in ANY condition: th-cam.com/video/KNkcHAzAbeY/w-d-xo.html
When Herbie gets drafted...
Nope. That was the Kübelwagen ...
"Germany's way of dealing with 2-front war trauma" gave me a serious chuckle. You're killing it on the captions.
As an Ex-Fallschirmjaeger, I've got to admit, that it was always reasuring, to have these little rascals around. Nothing makes people rethink their lives choices faster than the distinct "PAPAPAPAPAPOW" of a MK20. :D
Cool, now we need Chieftan to fold himself into this thing.
Don't forget the track tensioning!
The Chieftain fits in to a Polish TKS so I'm thinking he can fit in this thing too.
@@williammagoffin9324 exactly!
Nah. Given the cuteness factor, it has to be Sofilein ....
@@positroll7870 what about the thiccness factor?
Really a small and capable fighting machine.
You could read the "AP" as "Anti Panzer(ung)".
Some friends of mine from the Fallshirmjäger love to tell me the story, when a few years ago two Wiesel 1 TOW stopped a french tank attack during an exercise. The Wiesel stayed behind a building and only one of them drove out of cover, "fired" it´s rocket and retreatet back into cover, so the next could fire. Thy wiped out some tanks before the referee "killed" one of the Wiesel, so the exercise wouldn´t be pointless.
Crying Wojak: "YOU CAN'T JUST STOP MY ATTACK WITH UNORTHODOX TACTICS! REFEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
Chad Wiesel: "ATGM go fwoosh, hehe"
The Red Army knew they pay heavily advancing through Lower Saxony and Hesse, if NATO had been able to employ its delay tactics.
You cannot skew the results by interfering with the outcome.
As the Brits would say, "It's just not Cricket , ole' boy !! "
🤣🤣🤣 . I'm Irish !!! 🇮🇪
Wiesel: "Wenn Ich groß bin werde Ich zum Marder."
;-) Der ist echt gut. :-)
Ha! Ha! Ha! I actually didn't need to use Google Translate to understand that!
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Das Wiesel will kein Marder werden, denn das Wiesel ist tödlicher 😎
Die MK hat 2 Zuführungen - also ggf. panzerbrechende Munition und Spreng-Brand Munition abwechselnd mit 3000 Schuss die Minute Kadenz.
Das Ding fährt, wenn man die Sperren rausnimmt, 120 Km/h - das Ding ist der Wahnsinn. Fährt in eine gedeckte Stellung - haut 100 Schuss raus - fährt wieder weg und stellt sich dann wieder hin.
Sollte man sich unbedingt mal im Einsatz anschauen, der Wahnsinn. Sieht niedlich aus und teilt aus, wie ein Großer. Nicht zu vergessen, die komplette Antriebseinheit - also der Motor usw. - kann innerhalb von 15-30 Minuten getauscht werden, beste Wartung die ich je gesehen habe.
@@Merlinhh07 Informative post. But you do realize that the OP was making a joke, right?
Personally I wouldn't drive 120 km/h in this thing. Probably more deadly then any enemy, even on paved road.
@@soul0360 Of course i know is was Joking - trust me 120 Km/h are so funny with this deadly little thing.
FschJg ( FSCH PZ ABW BTL 272 ) MK & TOW Wiesel driver here ( during the 90s) , This brings back lots of Funny memories , During a Training - exercise we suprised a Elite Special forces unit during Their breakfast in the morning with our 20 mm cannon because the 5 cylinder AUDI - Turbo motor was very quiet allowing us to sneak up towards them in the Woods . It also allowed us to hide in a Garage or go thru a Mc Drive too Loi ! Thnx for the Upload ! :-D
Even the Spähpanzer Luchs had a quite engine.
It's an ideal motorised infantry hunter. It sounds like a civilian car, has a profile smaller than most vans, can drive in places you'd think impossible, and brings an auto-cannon to eat APC's and IFV's for breakfast. A modernised one with computer assisted targetting and better optics is still an exceptionally viable vehicle. Frankly I would honestly say this is more viable on a modern battlefield than most MBT's if it wasn't for the fact that its armour can be defeated by most light vehicle mounted weaponry. It is the perfect definition of a glass cannon.
@@jyotirmayamohanty5723 The Luchs was build to have an eerily silent engine.
@@cgi2002 - Any modernization could simply utilize new triple-hardness steels or nanocomposite alloys, much like the Japanese Type 10. I wouldn't be surprised if you could manage to up-armor a Wiesel, without going overweight, enough to make it immune to all the 30mm SLAP with modern lightweight alloys.
Yeah, nobody would've ever done that... especialy in Baumholder... I mean, we were all a bunch of highly trained professionals... and this would've been a serious misdemeanor... which would've made your Company Captain go absolutely raving mad and your Spieß pad you on the back later when nobody could see it... but it was just oh soooo tempting. XD
That's one fancy Panzer ll 😆
Thats basically what it is lol
Air deployable Panzer II with rockets
Because blitzkrieg didn’t die with the Reich
Or a Bren carrier with a roof.
That is sp1c
More like TKS
One thing about the Wiesel here was wrong though, whilst manufacturer and the german defense ministry dont state this, the wiesel can withstand 12.7x99 rounds to the front. We tested it ourselves ;)
Regular round or armour piercing round?
The upper front of the hull has enough angle to make 12.7mm rounds mostly ricochet off.
That's a damn handy thing to know! For the crews who use it anyway XD
nice
Well, please don't get me wrong, but I still wouldn't bet my life on it.
Legendary...the noise of the Wiesel and the sound of the 2MK fireing.. remember my military service at 2. FSCHJGBTL 262...
back in my days the 2/262 was in charge for AGA ... probs out to Bienemann, best ever to do so ^^ I later served in 4/262 ... we got the Wiesel :)
Nice, i did my service in the 4. FschPzAbwBtl 262. I seem to be a bit older 😁
@@thorkellnorden2163 2/262 and later LLVersKp 260 ;)
Da war ich auch :)
2.313 und später LLFmKp AMF (L ) 9. Glück ab, Brüder
6:13 rare footage of young German tank coming home to his family after school
When I saw the title of the video, I actually believed they planned to throw this thing out of an airplane
Actually, on the German Bundeswehr website it is stated that it is capable of doing that.
@@deise4208 Yeah, you can use a normal Cargo Airdrop pallet for that. Though usually they plan to bring them in on a semi secured Landingstrip after the first paratrooper wave. It reduces the time to action and increases the force concentration.
The Americans did it with the larger Sheridan.
There is also the potential of dealing serious damage during airdrop.
@@whoopi4014 Korrekt. It was tested. Some footage in here th-cam.com/video/d_7wsaTkFgw/w-d-xo.html
Looking at the Wiesel, I can hear Lieutenant Gruver talking affectionately about his little tank in my mind.
Rene! Are you open?
covid has a 98% survival rate. pass it on. greatest scam in human history.
@@rastabg23 Of course that implies it has a 2% fatality rate... Which two people out of every hundred are YOU going to sacrifice?
So if we let it run rampant among all 7 billion humans, it will only kill 140 million of them. Yeah, that's definitely so insignificant that it requires derailing completely unrelated comment threats on completely unrelated videos with your whining.
@Obergruppenführer John Smith Exactly, the reality is even higher, these slaves have fallen victim to the deception. sad indeed. You have all lost more freedoms and liberties in 1 year of covid, than in all 250 years of american history combined. 90% of those who died from COVID had pre existing underlying health conditions and were all over 70 years old. They were going to die anyway. .3% lethality, yet your government has exceeded world war 2 expenditures (3 trillion) in what was the deadliest conflict in all of biology, on this weak cold flu? the lockdowns were ten times worse and did twenty times more damage than the virus itself. all experts not connected to big tech or media have acknowledged. not even hollywood can depict the scale and scope of the deception. We are witnessing the greatest scam in the history of mankind, absolute fraudulence on a cosmic scale. That criminal Fauci should be tried, murdered and hung to the likes of Mussolini for the permanent damage he has caused and the high crimes against humanity he has committed.
This was one of my dads first engineering projects at Porsche back in the day. They improved the rear wheel and the driving movement while firing. They landed with a CH-53 on the skid pad in Weissach to bring the Wiesel to the tank development department.
I’m sure this would fit in my garage, just don’t tell my wife.
Hide it under some empty cardboard boxes
You'll have to lock it to stop the kids playing with it and breaking it.
Is Mat from Demolition Ranch watching? This would definitely be a "Don't tell Mere" purchase.
@@SSN515 when the wife finds out...
Husband: Wiesel? Wiesel! WIESEEEEEEEEEELLLL!!!!!!
Just breed cockroach in the garage, they will defend your tank.
They were called "driving stop-block" by the maintenance soldiers. You could see why, when it stood next to a Leopard 2.
Bei der Inst hieß der immer "fahrbarer Unterlegkeil". Wenn der neben nem Leo 2 stand passte der Vergleich recht gut ;)
As a former recon guy, I am always fascinated by the smaller and more specialized combat vehicles that are out there.
Fantastic video, very well shot.
As a former Forward observer, I agree. The gear on the Recon variant would be well suited for directing artillery or air. But due to the compact nature, it's probably not a vehicle I would have liked living out of in Afghanistan, or a traditional war in Europe for that matter. And I would have missed my 50.cal on our Danish M113. Self defense is key, especially when operating alone, or in a small unit.
A Wiesel is designed to support ground troops and to survive in ANY condition: th-cam.com/video/KNkcHAzAbeY/w-d-xo.html
The Wiesels were fancy little ones. The brigade 26 i served in 1990 had a battallion in Merzig with these crazy little buggers (they were introduced in 1991 i remind). I was member of an a Milan Kraka AT platoon based in Lebach. Riding is better than walking in peace time in most of the cases.
Glück Ab, great video!
Brigade 27 here. Some Battalions had them in "Certain Shield 91" too. Fast and sneaky little Buggers. Glück ab!
1995 or?
Its crazy to me how it took 22 years from requirement to use. It entered service after the cold war was over.
That's typical for the german military and a well known, often criticized disadvantage of our military political bureaucracy. Development, testing and aproval by the defense ministry litterally take ages and it is common that equipment is allready heavily outdated by the time it is finally introduced into the armed forces.
If you could ever call an armored vehicle "cute" this would be it. It also packs quite a punch in that little package, neat vehicle, good vid!
The first Wiesel had one of our engines (Audi 2.1 L 5-cylinder in-line turbo-diesel
64 kilowatts (86 hp)) 😁 The Wiesel 2 has a VW Engine (
Volkswagen 1.9 L Straight-4 turbo-diesel
81 kilowatts (109 hp))
Greetings from an Audi Employee 😄
;)
I never realised how tiny that thing is
and fast , very fast
THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!
Sorry, could not resist 🤭😏
@@peewee-nv8yc tiny tank is harder to hit!
"Brief version of Development Hell" killed me!
1:02 The Kraka: "Great for crew comfort regarding ventilation." Always think positive!
Reminds me of this conversation
Jeremy Clarkson: "Man with van. Classic Ford Transit, well ventilated"
Richard Hammond: "It had no door on it!"
An it don't need much space in the garage, because you can fold it. th-cam.com/video/AzyYWytHnkU/w-d-xo.html
It was just designed to fight in wooden or urban areas, in which terrain provides sufficient cover.
Hit and run attack style.
Unleash the Kraka!
release the KraKa...kakakakakakakaaaaa.
People usually laugh at the Italian L3/33, but the doctrine behind (air transportation aside) has been proven solid by the Wiesel
Germany thought the smart car was so good they genuinely put a 20mm on it
I'm a fan of the Wiesel. To me it feels like a spiritual successor to the halftracks and armored cars of WW2 that had special weapons/roles and mainly did recon and light infantry support.
A Wiesel is designed to support ground troops and to survive in ANY condition: th-cam.com/video/KNkcHAzAbeY/w-d-xo.html
Ich war Falli 1997-2001 und bin als Kraftfahrer und Kommandant ausgebildet worden. Auf dem Wiesel MK 20mm und TOW. Es gibt nichts vergleichbares auf dem Markt. Jede Kampfeinheit leckt sich die Finger.
Weitermachen.
"Good crew comfort regarding ventilation" That had me dead laughing🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Military History Visualized
Above the horizontal control is not an indicator to see how much ammunition is left. With this you can set the distance you either lasered or manually figured out. Since AP and HE have different ballistic features there needs to be these two so you can adjust the distance individually.
No current Modell of the Wiesel has an indicator for how much ammo you have left. Usually you have to count yourself or quick-check by looking at the "flexible Gurtkanäle"
Danke, hab einen pinned comment hinzugefügt.
This is the cutest thing since the Luchs.
Slap a computer and camera on it and throw it back into service as A drone, build in A spot to plug in A "Shackled" AI later.
Do you want Skynet to take over because that is how Judgement Day begins!
@@MoonBeamLaser By "Shackled" I meant embed and EMP device right next to the main processor. I think it was Asimov who first floated that idea in one of his books.
Its called digital Wiesel and the US army tried it ...
th-cam.com/video/SeRgT_OFH7I/w-d-xo.html
@AKUJIRULE You don't tie an EMP directly into the AI's system, that the AI can't access it should be obvious. You would need A secondary means of receiving the signal.
that is just a tachikoma
these things are so hilarious; I love using these in ARMA, as you can ignore small arms, but are speedy as hell, and can threaten pretty much everything with the right loadout.
Thank you for bringing more attention to this awesome tankette! The Wiesel line is super interesting to me and I just love their silhouettes! :)
wouldnt it be cool if this tankette can be written into a post apocalyptic zombie surivival script
looking for zombies through the vision ports would be an awesome survival horror concept, especially since the vehicle is so small... but also, the plausibility of keeping it running on limited resources adds to the gritty realism aspect
I'm ex 🇺🇸 Army. 82nd Airborne. 80s and 90s. I've seen this cute little murderer machines in action. We all agreed having a platoon of these at the company level would've been a good thing. Great video brother!😊😎
why wasn’t it introduced in the US then? And would you like to tell me more about how well they did? I love this vehicle and it would be cool to get to know some testing results and it’s effectivity.
The masterquestion ist: WHERE CAN I GET ONE!?😅
Go to the next porsche shop you see
@@W0DAN88 Porsche just designed it 😉
But it would be funny to see the face of a Porsche employee if you ask him for one 🤣
Confused Porsche dealer at the phone : " you need what ? and ...why ?"
Customer : "Because the MK20's recoil messed up the roof on my Cayenne !"
@@scratchy996 Underrated comment. 😆
Go to Inglostadt, the is a scrap yard for military vehicles.Not cheap, they must be demilitarized and freight to USA will cost a bit too.
An interesting thing about the Kraka compared with other mechanical mules is that it folds up, and is capable of carrying another Kraka on it's cargo platform. With a driver in the driver's position, no problem really. I always thought that was awesome.
That sounds nice. But how are you supposed to get it of in the field? build a earth ramp with your shovel?
Their secret power: They're too cute to kill.
I see the unit for ground pressure is written as N/cm3, but I guess it should be N/cm2? If it is, that would be a ground pressure of 36 kPa, which is a very impressive number, with a normal car having around 200 kPa, the M1 Abrams having 103 kPa, and a normal adult man having about 50 kPa of pressure. Very interesting video!
My first thought upon seeing this was "That's a fuckin tankette!"
Mark 6B innit.
No mention of the track tentioning devicr was made. Rookie mistake ;)
A certain Chieftain is very sad. Also no "tank on fire" drill.
It's not chieftain
Waffenträger Waffenträger what're you gonna do, what're you gonna do when it sneaks for you
I was on the staff of the NATO Multi National Division Centre which was the air mobile division of the ARRC (Allied command europe, Rapid Reaction Corps). Our very first field exercise was in Denmark early 90s and the 31st Luftlande Brigade was equipped with these excellent armoured vehicle. However they were deployed by helicopter. Most impressive.
I want one so bad! I've seen em standing perfectly fitting in a normal parking lot. I'd love to see my neighbours face when they open the common garage door in the morning and there is my cute lil weasel in my spot.
As a Para I was expected to jump out of perfectly serviceable aircraft. Now thereafter, you want me to climb into a tin of sauerkraut? 😳.
😁 .. quite a cute-looking little vehicle .. beats walking .. as long as ..
Being on the receiving end of that 20mm would also have been somewhat demoralizing 😊.
German Army: Starts planning in the year of my birth. Delivery of first units as I turned 18.
But then you'll be too old for it.
That's how we roll. We design wunderwaffen, but deploy them so close to the end of the conflict they were intended for that they're hardly anything good. 🤪
@@hoppeltrottel7484 Wunderwaffen? they shoud've been called Woodwaffen as y'know.... they were mostly made out of wood at the end. 😂
@@SirAntoniousBlock 😜
@@SirAntoniousBlock As was the "Moose"!
I really enjoyed this video and the mixed video/infographic style.
Not particularly detailed feedback I know but hey, its also a comment for the algorithm too.
Old dude in the back of the Wiesel looks like he's there mostly for ballast.
How can you put a thumbs down for such a good video? Great work
This was a cool video. For me, the Wiesel name caught my eye, back in the mid 1960's I rode a school bus from our small village out to a rural schoolhouse in North Dakota. One of the last stops was at a small farm a few miles from the school. The owner of the farm had a snow plane and a Wiesel tracked vehicle. Since the snow in the Dakota's can be treacherous from time to time, that farmer was a God Send to the local population when it became necessary to transport an injured person or pregnant lady to hospital, and his units often became the rescuer for those who were not wise enough to stay home when the snow began to blow across the prairie of the Dakota's. He saved dozens of lives with his units, in fact there is a memorial in place at a local museum for his rigs and the owner. I knew his children very well, sadly they have all passed on now, this does make me a bit sad, but I am an old man now and many of my closest friends and family have passed on.
In the ‘60s a guy owned a vehicle that didn’t exist?
Above the handle for horizontal turret movement is not the ammo indivator, but the shooting distance setting for the two ammo types.
More inside the visualized hatch, please!
Also more Cold War, this is good stuff!
Wieselflink! Hach, so viele Erinnerungen daran. Als Kind auf nem Tag der offenen Tür in einer Erprobungsstelle mitgefahren, dann gegenüber meiner Lagerhalle standen sie auch rum bei der Instandsetzung. In einem BIWAK in der AGA hatten wir 2 MK Wiesel, die bei Nacht geschossen haben, war ziemlich beeindruckend.
Me: "Mom can we have Leopard II?"
Mom: "No, we have Leopard II at home."
Leopard II at home:
If it's armed with heavy ATGMs, it is even better than any tank.
@@maxiona714 Not really! The missions of the systems are quite different!
"Weasel" is a good name! I imagine a lot of viewers have no idea how small weasels really are, but if they search here on YT they can find a video of a weasel taking down a hare bigger than itself. Speed, mobility & tenacity will get the job done!
th-cam.com/video/9iTrNvuWwq8/w-d-xo.html
Very cool. If I had the money and if Germany actually sold surplus Wiesels, I'd love to get one. They look like a of fun to drive and ride in. They probably wouldn't be too bad in a zombie apocalypse if it was just you and a buddy.
You forgot to go over one very important thing in this video. How does the track tensioning system on this vehicle work? That's a very important thing you know. You also should have done the Chieftain's ever popular, "Oh, bugger, the tank's on fire" test as well.
track tensioning becomes very important when you have to roll over large amount of zombies... :D
A Wiesel is designed to support ground troops and to survive in ANY condition: th-cam.com/video/KNkcHAzAbeY/w-d-xo.html
Now that Germany has transitioned to the Spike missile, Wiesel and Puma are now equipped with the Spike missile.
I would love a Wiesel and being from the UK there would be no problem with me daily driving it. :)
edit: Right hand drive. Superb.
Really enjoy your work sir, so well researched and balanced. I find your narration very engaging. Thanks.
Isn't the ground pressure measured in Newtons per square centimetres rather than per cubic centimetres?
Yes. It's pressure per area.
Einstein, Newton and Pascal decide to play hide and seek. Einstein is "it", closes his eyes, counts to 10 then opens them.
Pascal is no where to be seen.
Newton is sitting right in front of Einstein, with a piece of chalk in his hand. He’s sitting in a box drawn on the ground, a meter to a side.
Einstein says “Newton, you’re terrible, I’ve found you!”
Newton says “No no, Einy. You’ve found one Newton per square meter. You’ve found Pascal!”
Of course it is.
The Wiesel 1 or 2 were also used to test an "upgrade" to firepower by mounting the RMK-30 autocannon, a Recoiless autocannon no less.... Maybe it could used HEDP from the US 30mm Apache gun (probably will have to be a specific cartridge to be fired from the Recoiless system)
The successor to the Wiesel MK is rumored to get the BK27 autocannon for reasons of logistics (same gun used by Eurofighter, Tornado and some ships).
th-cam.com/video/FpHBgW0-YQ8/w-d-xo.html
A five round burst would basically hit one and the same spot. With HE and AP interspersed, that should take care of everything but a MBT. And for that there is Spike ER ...
Bei 6:56 Bodendruck in N/cm³?
Es sollten ehern Quadratcentimeter sein, da Druck Kraft je Fläche ist.
Wiesel is basicly the German take on the Insurgent Technical, and i fucking love it!
This looks like a lot of fun to drive. And shoot stuff
👍.
Except when 'stuff' starts shooting back at you. 23mm .. quite common Ivan Fare, will shred that Dinkey Toy like a Swiss Cheese.
I´ll never forget seeing one of those casually standing on a parking place of an Autobahn`s Mc Donald`s, when our batallion moved to a maneuver a few decades ago xD. Looked really fun and out of place^^
When i was in driving school for Marder IFV we were driving in front of a bakery and just bought some food.
I just realized that this is basically the tank from the old '94 XCom game...
I was in 3/73rd in the 82nd when these were tried in the U.S. There were Hagglunds being tested also.
Known fact that small things are cute. even tanks
It was fast, Lethal(20mm-Anti Air and Anti-Tank ToW, Anti-Helicopter Gunship), Stealthy and most important Portable by Chopper and Transport Aircraft.
Due to its 20mm , it could be used as an Mechanized Mounted Sniper remaining protecting German crews from Soviet snipers. It could travel through European forests without felling any trees.
The Wiesel 1 is my top dream tank I'd love to own
Great content as usual! I sincerely hope you will make a video on the Kürassier one day
Awwww its so cute
I'll take your whole stock
Great video and tour. But you forgot the "Oh bugger, the tank is on fire" segment.
The germans actually had a vehicle called the cracka. Im having trouble with this
"A good Maintanance group can change the Motor in about 15 Minutes..." Zu langsam! Wir haben in der Instandsetzung regelmäßig Wettbewerbe veranstaltet. Lichtmaschinenkeilriemen wechseln in 8 Minuten, inkl. Motorstart. Werkzeug vorher bereit gelegt, jeder Handgriff saß wie im Schlaf , Kran in Position und zwei sehr gut eingespielte Mechaniker. Da sind sogar die Leopard-Schlosser neidisch gewesen.
FschJg TOW Wiesel driver here 👍🏻 great video. Nothing to add.
One question - when does your book about the Stg 44 Sturmzug release and will be shipped ? I ordered it already and haven’t gotten a email when it will be delivered
There should have been an update a few weeks ago, make sure it doesn't get lost in "promotions" tab (if you use gmail). We ordered the version 1.0 a few days ago for us and if everything is fine, we will order the paperbacks. Hardcover will be delayed, since we need to sign them together and currently that is not possible due to lockdowns etc.
FschJg ( FSCH PZ ABW BTL 272 ) MK & TOW Wiesel driver here too ! " GLÜCK AB ! " :-)
Wieso durftet ihr arschgeigen alle Wiesel fahren und ich musste latschen?😢 ist ja ätzend. 😂2.313 Glück ab.
@@landserkorps796 Haha - musste damals in Fort Polk - Louisiana für 313 immer ( mit bis zu 8 Mann auf d Wiesel ) d TAXI spielen ! :-D
@@motorrebell boah immer aufs schlimme. So heilt man aber keinen pathologischen wieselneid. 😂 hatte keine Ahnung daß unsere Jungs auch in Louisiana rumstiefeln. Ich war n paar Wochen in fort benning georgia, rangerschool. Das waren ein paar spaßige Wochen. MKG
Thank you. A well made documentary. I look forward to seeing you each week.
Where's the "Crap the tank is on fire!" segment. Love the videos!
Preferably done by Sofilein, for maximum cuteness ...
“Schiese! Ze Panzer iz on Fire!”
can we appreciate the german languge for a sec here. 8:54 a warning sign and two words that will take you a while to decipher
A Paratrooper Platoon is frightening. Hey let’s give them a 20mm Machine Cannon on a very fast vehicle. Place it on the Top, so that the Operators don’t have to present a lot of their quite vulnerable front and can quickly escape the backfire.
A very good idea. At least for the Paratroopers.
"They just send paratroopers, our APCs are more than enou... HOLY SHIT IS THAT A TOW?!"
Hey Bernhard, good video, I think the quote has a typo on the ground pressure at 6:50, iirc pressure is defined as force per square meter, so it should be square cm. Keep it up with the good videos, cheers!
One of the best things about about the Wiesel is that two of them can be transported on a medium lift helicopter. It doesn't have all that much armor, but it is quiet, so it can be stealthy. I wonder if they could improve the armor protection without increasing weight too much. Maybe with composite fiber protection.
Depends, KE based munitions can only be covered with MINIMUM weight with Steel armor, which still would add far too much weight... Then there's the fact that EVEN if they add extra Composite armor, the Wiesel is far to light in the structural area to handle anything above an AT grenade (40mm HEAT, but anything with enough explosives and hitting close enough will KO the vehicle)....
The Paratrooper Mechanized firepower concept is basically to give them an IFV grade weapon on the lightest vehicle possible that can still accommodate armor for crew....
More armor than enough for some HMG fire is likely to not be viable given specs
I was thinking maybe a thin sheet of composite armor might do the trick. We'd want to make sure it can repel 7.62 reliably, but I guess stealth and agility are this vehicle's best survival mechanisms.
The currently implemented upgrade includes light camac armor
www.bundeswehr-journal.de/2020/camac-schutztechnologie-fuer-den-waffentraeger-wiesel/
Probably one of my favourite cold war designs, such a cool little thing.
A Wiesel is designed to support ground troops and to survive in ANY condition: th-cam.com/video/KNkcHAzAbeY/w-d-xo.html
@@larrynivren8139 Any condition except calibers above 7.62.
Looks somewhat susceptible to RPG rounds so it clearly needs the Fallschirmjager around it, or the machine cannon has to keep opponents far away.
yeah, but also its speed and size make it very hard target I imagine.
On the other hand, you can view it as requiring RPG rounds to kill; not bad for a vehicle smaller, lighter (if compared to the uparmored variants), and yet more heavily armed and armored than a Humvee.
@@MilitaryHistoryVisualized Wouldn't it have to stop to fire effectively? There is no way it has a stabilizer.
@@teslo8020 shoot and scoot makes it hard to Hit I Imagine
@@teslo8020
The og probably don't have one, but the modernized version probably will recieve one.
I want one, being an old Cav scout these things would be fun to have!!!
6:50 shouldn't it be cm^2 and not cm^3? don't think i've ever seen ground pressure expressed in Newtons per unit of volume.
Thougt that too
imagine it standing next to the MBTs. it's cute, like pets but if you pat it's head it will blow your head off with a wag of tail
It's a Wiesel with a Diesel !!
Thank you for these superb presentations! These days in the Middle East Improvised Explosive Devices are commonly used by the enemy and these unfortunately would no doubt do great damage to the Wiesel.
Why is it so cute! I'm kidding, calm down. Can you do something on the BMD series as well?
BMD is what this vehicle (Wiesel) wants to be, If the Wiesel can be airdropped (and still be used) from a C-130 then you are much closer to what BMD allows ( operational mobility out of an air deployed unit, something Big Green® lacks)
@@r.gilman4261 the wiesel can be airdropped but they prefer to not to as it takes time to unpack it and get the crew to board it. also high risk of the vehicle getting damaged like any airborne vehicles
Hallo, müsste das nicht (@6:45) 3,6N/cm^2 heißen? Der (spezifische) Bodendruck ist doch eine Kraft pro Fläche und nicht eine Kraft pro Volumen. Trotzdem schönes Video....gerne mehr