🙏🏻🇷🇺 Patriot Park READ VIDEO POINTS BELOW Higher quantity from the soviets doesn’t mean that they had lower quality. A lot of people are commenting because I said what I said that I believe that they had lower quality weapons. When I said “unfortunately the tiger didn’t help them” this is from their point of view what they thought not what I feel. Many people don’t understand this maybe their first language is not English. I’m clearly talking about the axis sentiment. Fortunately for us (the rest of the world) they didn’t work. LAND LEASE MENTIONED IN VIDEO. I’d also like to address the new subscribers and the old with a big thank you for sharing this video.

I saw one video where a veteran of the war, he was a tanker, he said that when they received equipment that came under Lend-Lease, they often found hidden gifts from the guys from the U.S. who made and sent this equipment, it was whiskey, cigars, chocolate and other nice little things, as well as letters of support!!!

Those Japanese tanks were mostly intended for light operations. China was mostly hills and mountains, and nothing heavy was viable, especially when considering the southern part, where it was even worse with Jungles. Even in '39, the Soviet tanks were superior to their Japanese counterparts (which was proven during the battle of Khalkhin Gol). Superior as in the whole package, as armor at the time was 13-25mm thick at most, and anything you hit was going to be penetrated in most cases. Only in 1942 did they start arming tanks with a higher velocity 47mm, which was a bit too late. And then, 1945 comes and the Soviets just annihilate the Kwantung army. There was nothing the Japanese could have done to fight such an advanced army.

The fact is that while the Soviet Army stood out through quantity, its weapons - from T-34 tanks, through Yak-3 and La-5 fighters to field artillery - was of fairly good quality. Even if Germans had great tanks and good fighter planes, the difference was not overwhelming.

The M113 in 22:18 is actually a Licensed build and slightly modified version of the M113, made In the Netherlands called the "YPR 765". Inside the waring sign is also in Dutch instead of English. They are no longer in active service in the Netherlands and were formerly also operated by the Belgians, and currently still in service with the Egytian, Jordanian, Chillean, Bahrainian and now Ukrainian militaries. Although very similar to the M113, this vehicle is not "American equipment" as the Americans never operated any. (But to be fair part of the vehicles components and the base design are American). Its pretty safe to assume that this vehicle Is Dutch buildt and formerly operated by the Netherlands before being donated to Ukraine and subsequently captured by Russia, as the Netherlands is for as far as I know the only country to have publicly announced back in 2022 to have donated 196 of such vehicles. Interesting to see nonetheless, never expected a vehicle buildt close to where I live to end up in a Russian museum.

The MIG fighter brand is an abbreviation of M(ikoyan) and G(urevich's) names. They were both outstanding Soviet aircraft designers. Good video, Dan! 👍

Didn't know there was an exhibition like this. Gonna check it out myself if I'll be around Moscow in the future

Mad respect for Russia to put modern US equipment in the museum 😂😂😂

Great to see the display, I was over there a long time back & a friend from St Petersburg showed me around that park. Looks like they really improved the whole thing with the new added vehicles & equipment. Really crisp vid & excellent editing, great work man ty

When I served two years in the 2nd Infantry Division of Taman, this park was not in this place . There was a powerful training ground with target fields 1-3 km wide and up to 10 km long .

My friend, you definitely need to visit the museum complex in Verkhnyaya Pyshma. This is in the Urals, near Yekaterinburg. All the tanks of the allies are presented there: the USSR, the USA and Great Britain, which participated in the Second World War.

Soon the museum will added new collection fresh from the front line M1A1 Abrams and Leopard 2 A6

Makes me sick to my stomach but I don’t blame Russia for doing it.

As an American, I love discovering USSR❤ I am currently in Uzbekistan, I film Walking video tours for KZfaq just for free. It is my passion now

Japanese tanks were smaller by design due to the areas they were deployed in. It's difficult to have a large tank move through rainforests and through the narrow alleyways of Asian cities + fighting in all the islands.

Funding a war with more than 100 billions, sending mercenaries, Intel and guns munitions etc but we are not in war with them 😂😂😂

I feel what you feel man. Sometimes the flashbacks keep coming when you are at the situation or when you with a piece of equipment you remember the memory. Their who at the war in combat area will know the feeling. Lot of noise from gun and bombs . The shock waves at the blast and the smells of battlefield. Thanks God it just memory..

If you are interested in Soviet and Russian Aviation, I advise you to visit the Central Air Force Museum in Monino. It is not far from Moscow. For example, there is the largest helicopter in the history of the B-12.

Thank you very much for the video! I recently visited this park in August; unfortunately, the exhibition with captured weapons was closed to individual visits. You should definitely visit the "Memory Road" museum, which is located around the temple of the armed forces you mentioned. In my opinion, this is one of the best museums in Russia. Nevertheless, it’s very cool that you got so far, to the Patriot Park all the way from Irkutsk. Keep it up!

Why are you wondering why you see a Sherman M4? More than 4000 were given to the Soviet as part of the lend-lease deal. If you are a veteran, it seems that your military and historical knowledge is quite limited!!!

This museum added American Abrams tanks and German Leopard 2s.

Среди немецких трофеев для меня огромный интерес вызвали венгерские танки Толди и Туран, а так же самоходные противотанковые орудия и зенитки. Они там обозначались красно-бело-зелеными крестами. Не каждый бронетанковый музей может похвастаться такими экспонатами.Венгерская бронетехника, естественно, гораздо слабее немецкой,сопоставима с японской, но гораздо лучше итальянской. Бронеавтомобиль Мамба ЮАР перепродала Украине Эстония. Выстрелы были слышны от располагающего неподалеку огромного учебно-тренировочного стрельбища.

These last two videos have been heart and soul poring out. A lot of work pulled into concise videos. Keep on working hard at it , a day at a time. Story-Teller Max! Aloha from Big Island- looking forward to Alex and others refreshing the commentary on the names and types of recognized weaponry here in these comments.

Thank you brother for the walk to the Patriot. Alive in Russia but haven’t been there. There is an artillery museum in St. Petersburg, I recommend it

Nice to hear a more personal view of this park and to hear some 'war stories'. Dasha from @DashaTechnik also visited this park and has a more technical review of some of the recently captured equipment, in Russian but the auto generated subtitles are pretty good.

An American could visit the chic tank museum in Kubinka , which is located next to Patriot Park . There is also a permanent deployment point of the 4th Tank Kantemirovskaya Division .

Ребята хорошее видео, трофеи всех времён от Второй мировой до наших дней, главное мир и дружба между народами, странами, континентами.....ждем новых видео 🎥📹📼

Very good content mate!! Thank you for sharing this, it's mind-boggling to see this! Cheers!

8:30 The Sherman is not exactly a bad tank. It was upgraded and modified a lot through out the second World War. It was the second most produced tank in WW2 for that reason. Later in the war the Shermans were equipped with the 75mm gun which could penetrate German tanks at that time. For this reason, German tankers would generally target the Shermans with a 75mm gun. In Fury, this the only reason that Don's crew is able to kill the Tiger, although realistically at that range a normal Sherman could also probably pen it. The Sherman was also modified into a heavy tank, nicknamed the "Jumbo", it had more armour and a better gun. 13:45 The Japanese tanks weren't effect...in tank vs tank warfare. Japanese tanks were made primarily to support infantry and destroy fortified positions. The majority of the tank fighting the Japanese did were against lightly armoured American/Russian tanks, until later in the war. However even then they didn't really develop their tanks much. So yes, they suck against tanks, but that wasn't their primary role. 20:48 Butterfly mines are actually considered to be illegal to use in war. The reason for this is because children will often mistake them for plastic toys, pick them up and you can guess the rest.

There's also a little italian Fiat Tank. So cute😄 The new cathedral of the russian army is incredible beautiful. Don't forget to visit the museum of 1418 steps. This park is really huge.

This is a great video Dan! Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for the video. I live in North Carolina and this has been mind opening. Cheers

It's not just "quantity over quality". What's absolutely crucial is that it's a quantity of exactly the same battle tanks, or tanks which shared spare parts between one another for easy repair and re-fitting. This also simplified training. Right now even if Ukraine had "quantity" - it would not be successful against Russia, and one of the reasons is - this quantity would be disparate equipment with differing non-matching spare parts and shells, different training required to operate it (as is the case with F-16). In a war theatre that is as environment-intensive as Ukraine having disparate, non-matching equipment means that 50^ of it or more will remain useless and couldn't participate in maneuvers at any given time. As far as American Shermans, - they as well as other tanks and equipment (like British "Matilda" tank - were part of Allied Lendlease to USSR. These tanks were already outgunned and outmatched by 1942-43, but they could still be used in limited operations or as infantry support, and they were used almost until the very end of the war. Now, as for Tiger" - it was not a well engineered tank at all, not for the Soviet war theatre. More of these got broken down and abandoned than taken out by the Soviet cannons. It was too heavy for "chernozem" soils, overlapping wheels made it very difficult to repair in the field, while frost/ice made them stick together. It wasn't maneuverable enough on rough ground and ambushes with front and rearmost tanks rendered inoperable and the rest of the column - easy pickings for artillery became a World War II "classic" in part due to such heavy tanks. The Germans sacrificed everything for thick frontal armor and large caliber canon, pretty terrible miscalculation on their part.

After the collapse of the USSR, the Russian Federation in April 1993 took upon itself the payment of all Soviet debts, including Lend-Lease obligations to the United States. The Soviet debt for Lend-Lease supplies was finally paid and closed as part of settlements with the Paris Club on August 21, 2006

Не подарили , а продали . И в этом вся сущность американского капитализма . Успеха .

great vid, limey here! my father was in the british 8th army, the sherman had the nickname "ronson" which was a lighter because they caught fire so easy.there was a firefly version, with a uk built gun that could knock out tigers

Great video, the Sherman is a very early model compared to the 1944 Tiger and T34 versions you film and compare to, hence it looks fairly under armored and outgunned. If you compare it to a Panzer 3 you would be comparing a like for like fighting vehicle. Great video though the camera was very smooth and in focus. Good job. Jb.

Thank you for so carefully commenting of exhibition. It turned out that the whole story passes through the prism of personal experience, and not so much the current war itself. Also, how sad that in one exhibition there are 2 lend-lease from different centuries, but with completely different contexts

Флешбеки на выходе начались. Когда в сердцах чертехнулся. К сожалению, люди никогда не перестанут соревноваться с другими людьми в размере дубинки.

Once again history repeats itself and the whole world must unite to resist fascism.

Its strange to see a person who is supposedly interested in military hardware and was a part of the military, knowing so little about history, giving the most vague and uneducated commentary. The Sherman is there because of the Lend-Lease Act. This is something you learn almost immediately when you take interest in military history...

People forget how old these weapons are. Even the most "cutting-edge" weapons systems we have are going on decades old, most of these date back to the Cold War in terms of design, going from 25 years to even 65 years old.

Great video , man!! thank you for the tour! really, living 8 years in moscow i never even thought to visit patriot park except shooting range, and some exact expos just couple times since i live here. never went to walk around vehicles expo. but always driving around park patriot to shooting range. i kinda been there, but not that close! so thanks! my daughter asked to show her all that, when i watched your vid. so i will go there with family :)

I am in the U.S. Air Force, serving active duty. I'm still pretty new, nearly two years in and going on my second assignment after my first tour in Incirlik, Turkiye. I will say, I am a very big fan of you and I find your videos and commentary to be intriguing. Even though you have other Americans and veterans calling you a traitor and a propagandist and all that, I condemn them. You fought for your rights, you got your honorable discharge, and you're a friggen Marine. Once a Marine, always a Marine. I've always taken an interest in Russia, and it is quite nice to see someone with relevant skills and a relevant background (Department of Defense/U.S. Military) simply living in Russia, despite everything going on. You have a Marine background in war, I have an Air Force background in policing and logistics. I am still actively serving, but it would be really cool to meet up when my contract ends in a couple of years. I don't think I want to continue serving in the U.S. military for 18 more years. Much like you, I want to go off in the world and do my own things. I would not classify myself as a patriot and I personally have no allegiance to a flag, banner, or any set of ideals. Much like you, you're a Hispanic man from the United States and you're a veteran, and now you're doing you own thing in Russia. That is quite diverse if you ask me and that shows that you're willing to do whatever you want and no one will stop you. If one thing the U.S. military taught me during my time in, no one is going to do anything for you and no one will hold your hand. You must look out for yourself and you are your own best friend. If you want something, you must get it yourself. Set goals and priorities, because no one will care about what you want more than you.

Great video. I was at Patriot Park shortly before Covid lockdowns etc. Many other outer buildings that house German WW2 trucks and staff cars etc. Also obscure Axis vehicles. A gun range, tank biathlon course and much more. You need at least a full day. Just subscribed to your channel.

4:20. A Soviet T-70 light tank. Used in WWII was not capable of standing up to any German tank but it did very well in the north of Russia. They were used in forested areas around St Pete and other localities. Their superior mobility and 20 mm autocannons made them deadly against fortifications, destroying bunkers and strong points in villages.

There is a large tank museum in Kubinka , it is not far from Patriot Park , if you have time , you will not regret visiting it !!!

Great achievement by the Soviet Union.

It's not a pride thing, it's too preserve history so it doesn't repeat it self.

Всегда приятно слушать профессионала в своей сфере. Это не пустые размышления некомпетентных блогеров. Как всегда ставлю лайк, и жаль что видео такое короткое...

The large Helicopter is the Mil-26. Some years ago Washington hired one to rescue a downed Chinook

They don’t have much of their own “modern equipment” left to show 😂

Russia's economic performance is insignificant. Currently, 30 per cent of its output goes into war production, which is being completely destroyed in Ukraine. The West is 40 times superior in terms of economic output. China knows this and is acting very cautiously and letting the Russians wear themselves out.

We saw a great report from Russia . Thanks , man ! Russia is a wonderful country !

This shot where kids play on top of german tank that was suppose to kill their ancestors so they would never born is kinda ironic. Life has a twisted sense of humour. And new generation of german tanks rolling east is like a history repeating itself. I wonder if history really teaches us anything if we keep coming to the same place over and over again 🤔

Nice video. I was at the Kubinka tank museum a few years ago and that was pretty awesome. They have a WW2 German Maus tank.

I wish to all veterans to have a peaceful life and never experience the war again. I wish to all others to be smarter and never wish for a war.

My Father was enrolled by force by the nazis. He fought in Stalingrad, Kursk, Kalatch bridge and many other places. He was released by Red Cross as a French Malgré Nous. He always told me that German soldiers were efficient but Russian soldiers were the bravest and the most courageous people he had to see. Thank you for this great visit.

Great video, my friend! There's so much to see in this expo, and you did a fantastic job giving an insightful tour. Of course, the modern section was the highlight. I'm really glad we could experience it together. PS Still can’t figure out how you managed to film so much content in Moscow! 😅

The Quality of the Tiger tanks is not necessarily "superior" it depends on how you measure it. They were notoriously prone to mechanical failure and combined with their limited number meant that they were never war winning machines. But great on paper... and when working properly.

thats it. I though Russia was stronger yet they're incompetent as hell.

Добрый день, позвольте вставить ремарку в ваш рассказ, ничего из выставленной американской техники не было подарено Советскому Союзу, а было куплено по программе лэнглиз.

if the Serbs managed to destroy the most modern western planes in 1999 with ancient anti-aircraft defense systems, just imagine what the Russians are doing to them. what did they call those weapons, game changers? what are those Russian automatic shovels doing to the "superior western armament"

That was a treat seeing Konstantin on your video!

I am from Saudi Arabia and I hope to visit this wonderful exhibition. I do not expect there to be an exhibition in the world that brings together all these weapons and tanks in one place, which is very beautiful.

Really enjoyed this episode. Thank You. I wish you were able to spend more time in there. It was really interesting. Especially more time with the captured equipment from Ukraine. Thanks again. And hope that conflict comes to and end soon.

В коллекции не хватает Абрамса.

slight lack of knowledge

The Germans ran out of fuel and materials to produce more tanks. I’d go with quality over quantity any day.

The Panther tank that was in the video is in full working order, there is a series of videos about it with a mechanic who "takes care" of this tank - «Пантера» парка «Патриот» this is a series of three videos in Russian and there is also an interview "Евгений Москалев: я - водитель «Пантеры»!". If you are interested in the history and technical part of the Panther tank, I advise you to look. Moreover, now you can watch videos with real-time translation, you know through what, they won't advertise here)

My friend, those WW2 Soviet tanks were all around better than their German counterparts AND they were produced in massive numbers.

Love how they can't even get the YPR-765 right and painted a US flag on it. Really Russia in a nutshell these days, even when they score the rare win they manage to embarass themselves.

Dan, the question of whether one favors quantity over quality is almost derivative to the fact that when it comes to war, you should consider quantity and quality, but the innovative nature of humans can determine the situational use of the weapon eliminating the idea of quantity over quality but rather the idea of whether the application of the said weapon should be purposeful or simply based on the circumstances of the assault or attack. Sort of how a spider uses its webs to incapacitate smaller prey as opposed to venom that has selectively evolved to incapacitate mammals and larger prey

The Sherman was actually a pretty good tank. Considering tanks are NOT for fighting other tanks 95% of the time.

I truly enjoyed your video so, just for the knowledge here, not other reasons, at 17:28 that's actually the fan of the RD-33 engine that you saw from the front. The turbine may look pretty similar but it's meant to be rotated by a fluid (gas or liquid) and it's always at the back of the engine, at the exhaust and it is spun by the exhaust to rotate the compressor and also the first stage which is that fan in front that you saw.

I like those led strips inside of the tracks, lets you see so much more detail. Thanks for the video!

Couldn't imagine how tough it was for you to visit this expo. Thanks for the video!

Very good video! You need to go back and update us on the new equipment!

Thanks a lot for doing this video for us. It couldn't have been easy going through all that after what you've been through during your service. I was close to a suicide bombing during my childhood back in Sri Lanka. Decades later, i still can't take sounds of explosions or gunfire without my brain giving up on me and going blank.

American lend lease.

This is amazing... thx for the tour!

I have shared where I could. Hope you get new subs, Dan, because your content is educational and informative.

...yo creo que la cantidad mientras se supere cierto grado de funcionalidad y calidad, obviamente los tanques rusos tenían lo suyo :P Buen video! ...y feliz navidad, prospero año y felicidad... Pd.- Que extraña barda "Mexicana" :O Pd.- Se pusieron creativos con los maniquies :O

That was an excellent tour, to one of the best War Museums of the world. I watch ALL your videos. Greetings from Canada.

Thanks for sharing the war tanks weaponry from ancient to modern times like SMO. Dan has the knowledge about weapons due his experience in real war. The red submarine is great. The aircraft from Afghanistan looks strong. Thanks , God bless you !

English-Speaking Russian Lawyers for Foreigners in Moscow are HERE!

That BTR parked over playground, jeez... Russians are not very subtle when trying to show who are the baddies.

"Кто к нам с мечем придет , тот от меча и погибнет ..." так сказал Александр Невский , ТАК И БУДЕТ !!! 👍🔥👍

Very interesting tour, thanks!!!

Funny this guys dont know shit about the lend lease ... xD fail

The South African vehicle is the Mamba APC with the V-shape hull, designed to protect you from land mines. The USA uses the RG-31 which is based on this design.

Greetings from Czech republic Dan! Thank you for the video I am very thrilled. I will share the video with my brother and my friends. And right now I am reading the book about a famous Stalingrad battle. Its in English the authors are David M. Glantz and Jonathan M. House. I fully recommend that book. It has much praise and many, many positive reviewes. Have a great day. Jerry.

Very cool museums! Id love to see it one day. US provided pretty significant amounts of war materials to the soviets under lendlease. Their trucks were especially liked. And iirc, the USSR actually was the second largest lendlease user of m4 sherman behind the British. I think they got 4-5k sherman tanks of various types over the course of the war

Great video mr. machine gun sapper engineer!

wow disgusting, hope they send you the order for the front.

I wouldn't mind a shot of coffee from the tank café...awesome video one of the best on your channel !

Non russian vehicles on the video: 1. Panzer III Ausf. J/J1 (long barrel) 2. Valentine mk.1 3. Panzer IV ausf G 4. Tank destroyer on the back (i forgot) 5. Tiger H1 (also known as Pz.kpfw VI Ausf. H1) 6. Sd.kfz 250/9 7. Wespe Tank Destroyer 8. Brummbär 9. Sd.kfz 2 Kettenkrad 10. Jagdpanzer IV/70 11. Sd.kfz 302 Goliath tracked mine 12. Zrinyi II (best Hungarian SPH) 13. Panzer II Ausf J 14. Sd.kfz 4/1 Panzerwerfer 15cm 15. M4A4 Sherman 16. Sd.kfz 251/9 17. Panther Ausf A 18. Ferdinand or Elefant idk 19. StuH 42 or StuG III Ausf F 20. SU-57 (yes is the same as the 35mm American Halftrack) 21. Tiger II (Henschel) 22. Nashorn 23. Hetzer (Jagpanzer 38t) 24. Jagdtiger 25. Jagdpanther 26. STURMMORSER (Sturmtiger 38cm very big rocket) 27. StuG III Ausf. G 28. M4A1E8 29. Studebaker US6 (the russian also made their own version) 30. M17 MGMC (during ww2 america gave all the allies a M3 AA) 31. Chi-Ha-Kai 32. Ha-Go (theres 3 i believe) 33. Ka-Mi 34. idk whats that in the back 35. le Humvee 36. Saxon APC 37. another Humvee 38. South African Armoured Car (i can't identify it) 39. MineWolf Mine-clearance 40. AMX-10rc 41. luftvärnskanonvagn 90 (I think) 42. M113 (idk which version) 43. Maxxpro MRAP 44. a Ukrainian Armoured Vehicle 45. I aint gonna count these vehicles 46. BTR-4 Ukraine That's all and I'm not going to count the boats and also please correct some of the vehicles if I am wrong 🗿

TL:DR read a book and stop talking like you know anything Talking about ww2 vehicles while filming a cold war era ifv How the hell did you never see soviet equipment? Every war museum in the world is overflowing with slavshit. Hell even the war museum in Canada has a bunch of russian tanks. The tiger was a breakthrough tank built because the Germans couldn't kill the soviet KV tanks. The Germans never thought it was invincible. How is the Tiger "completely different"? Its a heavy tank put it next to a kv85 and tell me the fundamental difference. The shermans were lend lease, the USA built vehicles for the soviets in ww2. The Sherman 76mm could poke holes in a tiger and absolutely crushed the pzIV that was the mainstay of the panzerwaffe. The allies were not lending equipment to eachother the USA was lending equipment to everyone, the soviets didnt have anything to give away. Wow they captured a towed arty piece from the 80s im sure the west is devastated. Damn an FN MAG oh sorry m240b for you americans, a machine gun from the 60's. Dude you were in the US military and you didnt notice the 100's of small arms mounted on display cases all over the place? How is this noteworthy or sad to you?

Must be very cool for Russians to see countries that care about their soldiers, therefore manufacturing vehicles that actually protect their inhabitants instead of just immediately turning into fireballs upon enemy contact like the Russian stuff.

Kubinka tank museum is also well worth a visit!