missverstandener Satirekanal And how isn’t it? They opened four fronts (western front, eastern, Mediterranean, and North Africa), and their supply system and infrastructure simply couldn’t support the war
@Dr. Conflict When your anal-retentive "pursuit of perfection" means it takes 10x the man-hours to build a tank as your enemy takes... you're not being very practical. WWII was (from an engineering POV) one Mercedes taking on a dozen Model Ts, and losing.
@@bcubed72 but then what, build two volkswagens? You're still going to lose. It wouldn't have been as bad if America didn't enter the war. Besides, we are doing the same with Abrams right now
References aside... Yeah, no. Like a lot of German vehicles of the time, it was a maintenance nightmare even while it was in production. It was reliable, certainly, but when something *did* go wrong, fixing it was rarely a simple endeavor. Like ensuring each and every track received lubrication.
@Carl Cowin, They are still being produced nowadays - they're made for snow only and are called "snowmobiles". They have front skis instead of a tyre, but otherwise it's the same exact thing.
I also recall seeing modern replicas being made. They use one-piece rubber tracks instead of the maintenance nightmare the early originals had, but they had similar performance to the originals otherwise.
"Feels like it's waiting for the first opportunity to roll over and kill you" I have more respect for Chito who probaly had to drive it for at least 10 years at most.
Wermacht: yeah we want something that’s fast and small German industry: so a motorcycle Wermacht: no it needs to be able to go cross country German industry: so a light tank Wermacht: nooo
@Richard Joyce No, he meant the ability of 40's motorcycles to go offroad was limited compared to modern offroad and dual sport motorcycles. They were really heavy (often above 200 kilograms), had a poor suspension and ground clearance.
@@tiihtu2507 Heh, yes it's limited by todays standards but some of them were pretty decent at it. Lower RPM, higher torque in many cases. I'm basing this on hearsay, admittedly, but it's from my father who gave up riding bikes at around 65 and mostly did trials runs starting immediately post war. I'd still trust the old style of engineering over modern electronics. It responds better when you hit it with a hammer :P
German Army: so we need a fast, small armored vehicle. Engineers: Like an armored car? German Army: No, imagine the child of a tank and a motorcycle Engineers: *SAY NO MORE*
@@petergordon9190 yea i peeped that too. but to be fair if bullets are flying in your direction and hit that fuel tank, odds are you are getting hit as well.
The reason it has two fuel tanks is, one draws fuel from the back and one draws fuel from the front. That way you're still getting fuel to the engine even if the vehicle is at a sharp up-or-downhill incline with partially filled tanks.
I'm a WWII enthusiast and watch every documentary and TH-cam channel on the subject. I have never seen the inside of one of these things until now. I learned more about it in a few minutes than I have in a few years. Thank you so much Ian! Now, about that SdKfz 251 halftrack behind you...
Kettenkraftrad translate more like "tracked utility motorcycle", than, "light tracked motorcycle", doesn't it? Story: I talked to a guy that was maintenance in the Wehrmacht during the war. He said if they had one of these in for work they'd pull the front wheel off and drive it through the bivouac on just the tracks yelling, "Aaahh, out of control, run, run!!!", scattering the grunts in their path while not really being out of control. If I was in possession of "FU" money, this is the one military vehicle I'd buy.
Actually "Kraftrad" literally translates into "powered bycicle", or motorcycle. While outdated, the term is still applicable in some cases in Germany to this day. That said, "Kettenkraftrad" cannot be translated any more acurate than "tracked powered bycicle" or "tracked motorcycle". The Sd.Kfz abbreviation stands for "Sonderkraftfahrzeug", which translates into "Special purpose powered vehicle", and was applied to any vehicle, regardless of shape, size or form, as long as it has a motor and had been designed to meet the specific requirements of the Wehrmacht.
"Good luck, Reiben." "I don't need any luck sarge, I was born lucky!" Whenever I see these all I can think of is the final battle scene in Saving Private Ryan 😅
Alvin of Lys Why they don’t make movies like that anymore?? I never got tired of watching it over and over again for years, and the new films out there I watch them once and don’t wanna know anything about it ever!! Such a shame!!😢 Actors are not quite as good than before 2!!
I have a friend who made his own cafe racer with the front end of one of these. His grandfather kept the front section, a track and a few other bits from WW2.
@@BenersantheBread I have something to share. I am writing this novel for a year already, and one of my main side characters are 2 kids of mixed blood being taken care in a monastery (the story is an Isekai to a Warring states period of Japan). I changed Chito to Chisaki and made her a bookworm who loves machines and science while I changed Yuuri to Yukari and made her into a kid who wants to be a knight. (So Chi-chan and Yuu is still a nickname and their appearances was just adjusted to fit the story) I just wish Tsumizu won't notice.
@@-theislander-5888 You see my friend, historical jokes has that one specific rule: they need to be historically correct. Otherwise, they are considered cringe.
German reenactor here out the Midwest region, and at one point one of our members had a Kettenkrad. One event weekend, a German vet had approached us about the Kettenkrad, in fact he worked very close with them as mobile anti-tank element with PaK36 later in the war. When we asked the vet if he wanted a ride in our kettenkrad, he flatly refused our offer, and said "I lost a lot of my friends on these things on hills, when they rolled over there was no hope you could have survived being crushed and snapped in half by one of these things, the war was enough for me". Not often do Americans talk to German war vets who immigrated to the states, and most of them have now long been passed. So is our GI vets, get to talking to them now before its too late.
German military transport engineer: Hey, you know how our language is designed to just be able to jam words together to get what you want? Supervisor: Yes? Engineer: *lifts sheet*
Thanks for doing what you do Ian. Hindsight is 20/20, but the idea of going out of your way to educate and go fairly indepth on a bunch of historical weapons and more is pretty novel and shouldn't be taken for granted.
And it sorta still exists today, just in a completely different configuration as a snowmobile. Put wheels instead of skids on a snowmobile and you have a halftrack motorcycle.
Amazing to see that the suspension system used on the front wheel is exactly the same as that used by BMW touring motorcycles today. (The suspension is mounted to the vehicle rather than being an integral part of the front forks.)
That's because they wanted to be able to change it on the go seeing how the suspension was always the first thing to go on these as it got bashed around rough terrain.
It's really not the same as Telelever that BMW has used for quite a few years but a far simpler and cruder system found on many types of early motorcycles.
It's a type of springer front end called a girder. They are common on old school choppers and show bikes. I think they where stock on 1920s and 30s Harley Davidsons. I don't know about what BMW was using then but it had to be similar because nobody had hydraulic forks yet.
"Be not that far from me, for trouble is near; O my strength, haste Thee to help me. Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight. My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not my enemies try and fool me." ~ Private Jackson
A cool piece of engineering. I would love to have one of these things around my place. There’s miles and miles of forest and wilderness out there that this would be amazing to just drive through
@@CoolGobyFish Yes but if you have to work levers, there is more chance of throwing a track. Think of a one wheeled half track, which is what it is, the position of the front wheel dictates the amount of braking force going to the back tracks, but rather than a skid type steer you get a forward montion curve. It puts a lot less strain of the drive train and is easier to train the driver.
The US Quarter Ton and even the German Kubelwagen could go anywhere it could and carry a larger load while doing it. The Krauts stopped making them in 1944 for a reason - so NSU could produce something useful to the German war effort
Ian you are great at artuculating what you know. And you clearly do a lot of research into these vehicles, weapons, history, reasoning.. etc. I really enjoy watching you! I want to reiterate that you are great at articulating what you know. I appreciate it, thanks!
Nice video, didnt know about the steering. But important to note that a key motivation for this unusual vehicle was that it be delivered by air to provide paratroops with the ability to tow antitank guns etc. Fitting inside a Ju52 is what pushed to a tracked-tricycle configuration
"Easy Rider, 1939: The Adventures of Hauptmann Deutsch und Wilhelm." Part One: "Armed tour of Poland." Part Two: "Fast tour of France." Part Three: "Slog to Stalingrad." Part Four: "Gun Jesus flies at 40+MPH!"
Hans:"Finally, I joined the Panzer Division, I could be driving tanks" Commander:"Here are the keys for that small tank with a motorcycle at the front"
Looks at the tracks it leaves : looks like the enemy was on a unicycle and the tank was in pursuit
Hmmm, I don’t like the idea of German combat unicycle
Garth Land hi garth
What if the enemy was in the tank and the Unicycle was in pursuit?? :P
I think you know to much.
Franz, get zer clown's unicycle!
Ian's Last Tour
Zeke Tran YES.
Captain America: i understood that reference.
But who will be his partner?
Cereal ATA karl.
Nooooo
"Get in loser were going to open 4 different fronts and stretch our industrial capacity to past its limits "
Best plain I’ve ever heard to win a war
missverstandener Satirekanal Thats exactly what happened though
missverstandener Satirekanal And how isn’t it? They opened four fronts (western front, eastern, Mediterranean, and North Africa), and their supply system and infrastructure simply couldn’t support the war
missverstandener Satirekanal Oh, really. Enlighten me then
missverstandener Satirekanal No, you just won’t give an argument because you have no argument. If you do have an argument, then I want to hear
"Come over, my parents aren't home."
"Can't, I'm looking at vintage milsurp rifles at Rock Island Auction House."
"I have .32 French long ammo."
8:38
Underrated comment
With Karl and a BAR in the back for moral/fire support lol, always carry protection
^This guy gets it. Hardest I've laughed in a long time.
take my up doot. you made me laugh.
Hall of Fame comment
When you want to blitzkrieg but Hans only has a motorcycle license.
Highly underrated! "But Einrich, I'm only an elementary school teacher!"
Love it!
I wish I had one.
hahaha 😂
Damn, UGF really be popular.
Ian’s vehicle for the Tour de France, 2020, Colorized
#Ian'sLastTtour
gun jesus
Invasion de France
:D
*1940
When someone orders an über.
über über
An Uber that's only goes to Poland.
"to the Reichstag ...and step on it"!
I will get on it immediately.
Get in fool! We're invading your destination address.
"The germans didnt build things just to look cool though..."
You sure about that?
No, but also yes!
Turns put building with love and care makes things look awsome by accident quite a lot
Building it just to look cool was like every german tank lmao
@Dr. Conflict
When your anal-retentive "pursuit of perfection" means it takes 10x the man-hours to build a tank as your enemy takes... you're not being very practical.
WWII was (from an engineering POV) one Mercedes taking on a dozen Model Ts, and losing.
@@bcubed72 but then what, build two volkswagens? You're still going to lose. It wouldn't have been as bad if America didn't enter the war. Besides, we are doing the same with Abrams right now
This looks like the perfect vehicle to explore an abandoned city with.
Girl's last tour
Girls' last tour
Girls' Last Tour
Girls' last tour
Girls’ Last Tour
Q: How was this designed?
A: A motorcycle engineer got sidetracked.
I'll let myself out.
Nice
Nice
Nice
Nice
Nice
what a beautiful vehicle to drive around with your friend in a post apocalyptic world
Was that a Girl's Last Tour reference?
@@kucingterkejut2390 the one and only
Finally, _that_ reference!
References aside... Yeah, no. Like a lot of German vehicles of the time, it was a maintenance nightmare even while it was in production. It was reliable, certainly, but when something *did* go wrong, fixing it was rarely a simple endeavor. Like ensuring each and every track received lubrication.
@@watchm4ker
So nothing changed considering what I've seen from german cars.
Imagine signing up for the panzerkorps and they hand you the keys for this thing.
I would steal it as soon as I got the keys.
And run?
Real question, I always tough that in war vehicles had no keys, do they?
joseph gitau to the eastern front, trust me you’d be safe
I'd be a happy camper
My mother was a tank.
My father was a very brave motorcycle.
That is one very brave motorcycle 🏍️ indeed.
Big girls need love too.
Make it the other way around and it becomes horrifying.
@@GeraltofRivia22 but if the motorcycle 🏍️ is on top of the tank, then it's hilarious 😂😆
@@GeraltofRivia22 HAHAHAHAHA
Watches it drive by
My Brain: Why aren't we still making these!
Like anything German, its hands down superior until one little thing breaks.
@Carl Cowin, They are still being produced nowadays - they're made for snow only and are called "snowmobiles". They have front skis instead of a tyre, but otherwise it's the same exact thing.
I also recall seeing modern replicas being made. They use one-piece rubber tracks instead of the maintenance nightmare the early originals had, but they had similar performance to the originals otherwise.
I build these! See my videos
@@floatingchimney yeah but i want one that can be used on the road
I first saw the Kettenkrad in Girls' Last Tour, it's truly a magnificent motorcycle.
I had to scroll too far down to see someone mention that show
for some reason i feel like i really wanna buy that to drive around with my friend
SdKfz 2 - when you are into tanks so much even your motorcycle has tracks.
Or as a tanker, when you are into motorcycles so much that your tank has a single front wheel and handlebar steering :D
Model (500th comment lol)
I hope this year's April's Fool is Ian McCollum doing an inside the hatch on Nicholas Moran's channel, and him doing a gun on forgotten weapons
Now that would be awesome
@@shadowabsol Even better would be if Nicholas introduced himself as Ian.
While both dressed up as eachother.
Nick better start growing his hair.
Time to start a petition lmao
When you're a pizza delivery guy on the Russian front.
@667Gullin
There were italian troops fighting on the eastern front too.
😂😂😂
Burger panzer.
Rippchen & Kraut ( ribs and sauerktaut)please😉😂we are Krauts
@@Cl0ckcl0ck and you're wrong
German Engineer: *Hans, do you need a tank or a motorcycle?"*
Hans: *"Ja."*
"Feels like it's waiting for the first opportunity to roll over and kill you"
I have more respect for Chito who probaly had to drive it for at least 10 years at most.
Just like Rick Mayall and Ozzie Osbourne on 4X4 motorbikes.
Greetings from Bangkok. Looking at this thing, the first thing I thought was this is a "Tatical Tuk Tuk"
jtilton5 😅😆
I don't think Tuk Tuks get over 15 horsepower, though.
Bruh imagine building a technical out of a Tuk Tuk
This is the British Reply!!! th-cam.com/video/XSQCwaSO6cQ/w-d-xo.html
You maid my day
Wermacht: yeah we want something that’s fast and small
German industry: so a motorcycle
Wermacht: no it needs to be able to go cross country
German industry: so a light tank
Wermacht: nooo
@Richard Joyce I think they mean RUSSIAN off-roads. Also, they might not have dirt bikes during that time.
@Richard Joyce im not sure about you but personally i wouldnt take zündapp or any other 40's motorcycle offroad 🥵
@Richard Joyce No, he meant the ability of 40's motorcycles to go offroad was limited compared to modern offroad and dual sport motorcycles. They were really heavy (often above 200 kilograms), had a poor suspension and ground clearance.
@@tiihtu2507 Heh, yes it's limited by todays standards but some of them were pretty decent at it. Lower RPM, higher torque in many cases. I'm basing this on hearsay, admittedly, but it's from my father who gave up riding bikes at around 65 and mostly did trials runs starting immediately post war. I'd still trust the old style of engineering over modern electronics. It responds better when you hit it with a hammer :P
@Richard Joyce I meant motorbikes from the 1940's.
Hans: we need a half track!
Ludwig: we have a half track in the front!
The half track in the front:
utubrGaming more like a 3/4 track
On second thought: Let's not go to Germany. It is a silly place.
I wanted one of these back when I first heard of them.
Now I really want one.
100000 dollars unfortunately:/
@@keepermovin5906 DAMMIT
@@keepermovin5906 I imagine a recreated one be cheaper.
@@TheCaptainSplatter nobody makes em as far as I can tell but if you find someone who does please post a link post haste
@@keepermovin5906 in fact there is someone that sells reproductions and diy kits for these, they look a tad different but still totally functional
German Army: so we need a fast, small armored vehicle.
Engineers: Like an armored car?
German Army: No, imagine the child of a tank and a motorcycle
Engineers: *SAY NO MORE*
Its not really armored
@@sniper0073088 uh, it's somewhat armored? Like, you can hide anywhere behind this thing and it will save you from bullets
@@ТомасАндерсон-в1е Apart from behind the fuel tanks?
@@petergordon9190 yea i peeped that too. but to be fair if bullets are flying in your direction and hit that fuel tank, odds are you are getting hit as well.
Imagine a motorcycle club with these things.
Ben Amini Yeah , like the Hell’s Angels.
@@alonzocalvillo6702 *Hans' Angels
@@alonzocalvillo6702 Heil Angels. German ya know
@@seldonwright4345 there are german bikers that call themselfes english names
I think most countries would see such a motorcycle club as an invasion
The reason it has two fuel tanks is, one draws fuel from the back and one draws fuel from the front. That way you're still getting fuel to the engine even if the vehicle is at a sharp up-or-downhill incline with partially filled tanks.
That's clever!
Those clever krauts. If only they would have used their abilities for good.
@@johnsonjerrad We do! Until a crazy guy from austria joins in.
@@johnsonjerrad wasn't fighting communism a good thing to do?
@@windhelmguard5295 The whole Jewish thing kinda overwhelms the communist thing.
Wehrmacht: "We want half tank half motorcycle."
Engineer: ***Sets down spork***
Underrated comment award
It wasn't even developed for the military
Don’t you mean... fpoon
666 likes.
It’s literally a spork, mainly a tank and the fronts. A motorcycle
Boy's last tour (to the auction house)
Ian, did you eat the cheezu?
I had to scroll far too long to find a Saving Private Ryan reference.
E Sorry Girls last tour has you beat out.
y e s
@@awesomechainsaw silence weeb.
"Panzers didn't take the bait"
That was the “rabbit” . “They didn’t take the bait!”
I'm a WWII enthusiast and watch every documentary and TH-cam channel on the subject. I have never seen the inside of one of these things until now. I learned more about it in a few minutes than I have in a few years. Thank you so much Ian! Now, about that SdKfz 251 halftrack behind you...
I was checking out that 251 as well ;-)
Kettenkraftrad translate more like "tracked utility motorcycle", than, "light tracked motorcycle", doesn't it?
Story: I talked to a guy that was maintenance in the Wehrmacht during the war. He said if they had one of these in for work they'd pull the front wheel off and drive it through the bivouac on just the tracks yelling, "Aaahh, out of control, run, run!!!", scattering the grunts in their path while not really being out of control.
If I was in possession of "FU" money, this is the one military vehicle I'd buy.
LOL. I can just about imagine that scene unfolding.
That story is a perfect example of why military types are some of my favourite people. :D
War never changes
Actually "Kraftrad" literally translates into "powered bycicle", or motorcycle. While outdated, the term is still applicable in some cases in Germany to this day. That said, "Kettenkraftrad" cannot be translated any more acurate than "tracked powered bycicle" or "tracked motorcycle".
The Sd.Kfz abbreviation stands for "Sonderkraftfahrzeug", which translates into "Special purpose powered vehicle", and was applied to any vehicle, regardless of shape, size or form, as long as it has a motor and had been designed to meet the specific requirements of the Wehrmacht.
klein/kleines = small
leicht = light
SdKfz = Sonderkraftfahrzeug
Kraft = force in the physics sense (practically: motorized)
Fahrzeug = vehicle
Kraftrad = motorcycle (today: Motorrad)
sonder = special
Ketten = chains (tracks)
AKA Potato head girls precious vehicle
"Good luck, Reiben."
"I don't need any luck sarge, I was born lucky!"
Whenever I see these all I can think of is the final battle scene in Saving Private Ryan 😅
Ah you beat me to it.
There’s a ton of infantry cap, I dunno if they took the bait though
Alvin of Lys Why they don’t make movies like that anymore??
I never got tired of watching it over and over again for years, and the new films out there I watch them once and don’t wanna know anything about it ever!!
Such a shame!!😢 Actors are not quite as good than before 2!!
@@eldelosdedosblancos9381 The only other one that has come close for me was FURY with Brad Pitt and Shia LeBouf
Dad:what do you want for a birthday son?
Son:Motorcycle!
Great grandfather:
I wouldn’t complain imagine rolling up to school in that
Zeke Lockheart probably don’t need to worry about snow much
god damn I would be insantly in!
“Babe come over”
“I can’t I’m making a ForgottenWeapons video”
“My parents aren’t home”
0:11
“I have 32 French long ammo”
well cliped
😂
Forgotten Vehicles is my favorite show now.
Pingu's dad had one of these.
OH SHIT
Now I gotta look it up.
@@MrDK0010 Found it. Just search "Pingu Doctor".
Pingu's dad was a wermacht solider confirmed
Thank you Wingmaster.
Ah yes, when germany half tracked EVERYTHING
Trucks on a half-track, bikes on a half-track, strawberries and flowers on half-tracks, THE WHOLE PLANET IS ON HALF-TRACKS!!!
half track tank
They never half tracked a half track.
Half tracked boots
Except their horses!
the song "The Boys are back in Town" should be blaring during the intro
Hans: My motorbike isn't expensive or overengineered enough!
Fritz: Ok, come back in a couple of days...
U say that because u dont know the dtupid amount of non necessary fancy and expensive functions usa vehicles have.
@@santiagoperez2094 No, I'm just poking a bit of fun at the typical national steriotype that Germans supposedly like to over-engineer things
00:00 *Colorised video of German recruits stealing their half track to get to ze Bar, 1940*
Imagine showing up to a biker bar in that thing.
I have a friend who made his own cafe racer with the front end of one of these. His grandfather kept the front section, a track and a few other bits from WW2.
1940s: WW2 German army vehicle.
2010s: Used as a plot device in Girls' last tour.
Plot device? How dare you insult best girl like that!
10% Motorcycle, 15% Tracked Vehicle, 20% Supply Transport, 5% Bed, 50% Malfunctions and 100% reason to remember it's final use as a bath tub.
@@jovitfernangloria4271 That part nearly made me cry
@@BenersantheBread I have something to share. I am writing this novel for a year already, and one of my main side characters are 2 kids of mixed blood being taken care in a monastery (the story is an Isekai to a Warring states period of Japan). I changed Chito to Chisaki and made her a bookworm who loves machines and science while I changed Yuuri to Yukari and made her into a kid who wants to be a knight. (So Chi-chan and Yuu is still a nickname and their appearances was just adjusted to fit the story) I just wish Tsumizu won't notice.
@@jovitfernangloria4271 This might just be my impression of them but they don't seem like the type to care about such things
John Wick: I need a ride
Ian: I’ve got just what you need. The perfect meeting of speed, defense, and a peculiar bit.. of insanity.
*Ian rolls up
“Get in loser, we’re going to Warsaw”
6:54 listen one more time but closely (:
Professional Babushka read his comment one more time but closely.
do you now sense the humour?
@@-theislander-5888 You see my friend, historical jokes has that one specific rule: they need to be historically correct. Otherwise, they are considered cringe.
The knee bumps are an amazing feature to me. I've driven to many small cars and had my knees be sore especially on bad roads.
"They don't make vehicles just because they're cool..."
"Ok... yes they did."
German reenactor here out the Midwest region, and at one point one of our members had a Kettenkrad. One event weekend, a German vet had approached us about the Kettenkrad, in fact he worked very close with them as mobile anti-tank element with PaK36 later in the war. When we asked the vet if he wanted a ride in our kettenkrad, he flatly refused our offer, and said "I lost a lot of my friends on these things on hills, when they rolled over there was no hope you could have survived being crushed and snapped in half by one of these things, the war was enough for me". Not often do Americans talk to German war vets who immigrated to the states, and most of them have now long been passed. So is our GI vets, get to talking to them now before its too late.
Dear Santa...
Perfect for exploring vast abandoned cities
German military transport engineer: Hey, you know how our language is designed to just be able to jam words together to get what you want?
Supervisor: Yes?
Engineer: *lifts sheet*
Brilliantcleverhumor!
@@jamesengland7461 Amazingpunethere!
Sehrgutgesagtkollege
"You know how our language has too many K's in it?
When you roll up and brag in your new tricycle and your german buddy goes: "hold my schnapps"
*hold mien pizwasser!*
@@elijahaitaok8624 I get that GTA5 reference. Pisswasser
"So do you want a light tank or a motorbike?"
"Yes"
"They don't make vehicles just because they're cool"
I feel personally attacked
Thanks for doing what you do Ian. Hindsight is 20/20, but the idea of going out of your way to educate and go fairly indepth on a bunch of historical weapons and more is pretty novel and shouldn't be taken for granted.
And it sorta still exists today, just in a completely different configuration as a snowmobile.
Put wheels instead of skids on a snowmobile and you have a halftrack motorcycle.
You laughed about my training wheels. Now you laugh no more!
vroom vroom off to the eastern front
8:40 Gun Jesus and Friends storming the H&K Gray room. (Colorized 2020)
Bruh
Very good video. Answered the questions I have always had about the kettenkrad
"Disperse, you know what to do. Reiben get on the Rabbit." - Captain Miller, 1944
Imagine driving your bois to school with this thing.
Bois, Driving your lesbians to school?
thats the thing i want to do when im immigrate into the states as a German
@@camper1749
bois means wood in french.
School... AKA the eastern front in 1941.
its mandatory if you own one of these half tracks. otherwise dont talk to me or my son ever again lol
Amazing to see that the suspension system used on the front wheel is exactly the same as that used by BMW touring motorcycles today.
(The suspension is mounted to the vehicle rather than being an integral part of the front forks.)
That's because they wanted to be able to change it on the go seeing how the suspension was always the first thing to go on these as it got bashed around rough terrain.
That was because you could remove the front wheel for off road use. Then you steered it using only the track brakes.
It's really not the same as Telelever that BMW has used for quite a few years but a far simpler and cruder system found on many types of early motorcycles.
@@painmagnet1 BMW call their take on Hossack fork Duolever, should be still in sue on their top-end bikes.
It's a type of springer front end called a girder. They are common on old school choppers and show bikes. I think they where stock on 1920s and 30s Harley Davidsons. I don't know about what BMW was using then but it had to be similar because nobody had hydraulic forks yet.
“Good luck, Reiben!”
YES
@Steven Hannigan Yeah he was the only one to survive the entire movie.
Sinister Gerbils upham
"Be not that far from me, for trouble is near; O my strength, haste Thee to help me. Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight. My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not my enemies try and fool me." ~ Private Jackson
@@jd.3493 I give him no more than 5yrs before he offed himself
When you need the flammenwefer but with a charioteer twist.
When you just want to repair your motorcycle but then the Panzerschokolade kicks in
Most of my fascination with firearms comes from the mechanics behind them so getting to see this was really cool
Anyone who watched Girl's Last Tour ?
It's me!
Read the Manga. You'll get the full story and the proper ending.
Finished the manga recently. Such a good series.
@@bulletgrazer RIP potato's
"I don't need any luck, sarge! I was booooorn lucky!"
Cocks the BAR*
Thank you. 🙏🏻
This should be top comment given the intro outro. Highly underrated comment.
Just building a model of this so this video is very useful, thanks
A cool piece of engineering. I would love to have one of these things around my place. There’s miles and miles of forest and wilderness out there that this would be amazing to just drive through
Until you have to do maintenance on it, then you wish you had a quad.
You should have done the: "Oh bugger the Kettenkrad is on fire" test... Oh wait, wrong guy.
Pro: Open-topped vehicle, easy for the driver to bail out of.
Con: Driver is literally surrounded by gasoline.
But how do you tension the tracks!?
Can I just have a ten minute video of them just riding around in that thing
Perfect for trekking through ruined earth
And dabbing while you see that there's nothing more but you and your friend and the little outliers out there.
Very cultured.. shoujo shuumatsu reference.
RAIN
Girls Last Tour reference
Even today I still feel the ABSOLUTE NEED for this in my life.
Ive seen two of them being used as an every-day motorcycle.. they look and sound so awesome and the practicality is on point!
i have always liked these. that weird german engineering on full display.
Nice avatar
@@Armadurapersonal right back at ya
@@jameskazd9951 Sauce?
feels like a spiritual ancestor of the modern quadbike/atv
Pretty much is!
me before watching this:" this is useless haha"
me after watching it:" OMG ITS AMAZING I WANT ONE NOW!"
Right?!
@@CoolGobyFish fine control at higher speeds
Cool Goby Fish it allows for smooth albeit light turning at high speeds
@@CoolGobyFish Far easier and mechanically simpler than having lever steer to each track.
@@CoolGobyFish Yes but if you have to work levers, there is more chance of throwing a track. Think of a one wheeled half track, which is what it is, the position of the front wheel dictates the amount of braking force going to the back tracks, but rather than a skid type steer you get a forward montion curve. It puts a lot less strain of the drive train and is easier to train the driver.
Great idea those knee bumpers !
Great interesting video ! You answered alot of my questions about this wonderful hybrid !
Thankyou SB British Isles
Jeep:" We make the best offroad light vehicle.
Germans:" Hold our beer."
Our beer? But the germans were facist, not communist!
The US Quarter Ton and even the German Kubelwagen could go anywhere it could and carry a larger load while doing it. The Krauts stopped making them in 1944 for a reason - so NSU could produce something useful to the German war effort
Somewhere underground 2 girls life is around this vehicle
What
@@Scybren Look up Girls Last Tour.
So THAAAAAAATS how the steering works on those things. That's been driving me insane for years.
"Fritz, get the boys"
"Fritzl, lock up yer daughters"
That is the most steampunk-y real life vehicle I have seen outside of actual old tanks.
Ian you are great at artuculating what you know. And you clearly do a lot of research into these vehicles, weapons, history, reasoning.. etc. I really enjoy watching you! I want to reiterate that you are great at articulating what you know. I appreciate it, thanks!
Yep, that's my second most favorite Opel, right behind the GT! 😎👍
I remember these from Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts. Panzer Elite strategic point capturing unit. A cute tracked motorbike.
@yeoldebiggetee Nothing can beat the Brits in sheer hatred, with their stupid Sim City gameplay.
It was definitely among my favorite vehicles in CoH... along with the Schwimmwagen!
Ah, the Kettenkrad. I always ticked the Schwimmwagen, I wasn't a big fan of the Kettenkrad.
You guys were having waaaaaay too much fun. Thx for the upload as always Gun Jesus!
i saw one last year.... but i never saw it run, sadly. Dream come true. PS- the one i saw was NSU powered
Nice video, didnt know about the steering. But important to note that a key motivation for this unusual vehicle was that it be delivered by air to provide paratroops with the ability to tow antitank guns etc. Fitting inside a Ju52 is what pushed to a tracked-tricycle configuration
Did not know that.
You guys going on a post-apocalyptic adventure?
I imagine how cool a farmer would look driving a Kettenkrad around in the farm. Granted it might not be the safest vehicle around but who cares :D
Perfectly safe
Perfect vehicle for apocalypse.
No, needs a mounted Mg42
@@gholland5840 true
Aesthetically, oh my god yes give me it now. Practically?.... Ehhhhhh
I remember driving these in BF 1942 SW DLC. I believe they also had an MG42 mounted on the back, at least in game they did. Fun little vehicles!
They should start making those things again. They'd make good light farm vehicles.
My dad had job delivering stuff to saving private ryan set and i remember they were using these vehicles to run people around the place
"Easy Rider, 1939: The Adventures of Hauptmann Deutsch und Wilhelm."
Part One: "Armed tour of Poland."
Part Two: "Fast tour of France."
Part Three: "Slog to Stalingrad."
Part Four: "Gun Jesus flies at 40+MPH!"
God I wish these were available on the surplus market. I'd love to take on of these on the interstate lol.
0:02 when your trying to cap all the points early game as the wermach in company of heroes
Hans:"Finally, I joined the Panzer Division, I could be driving tanks"
Commander:"Here are the keys for that small tank with a motorcycle at the front"