Most Detailed: The Unsung Hero Marine Corps Officer that allocated UNSC funds to install the best speaker system on every Warthog and play epic music by 2551.

The warthog is like the Jeep in ww2 in terms of impact.

I love the detail that the Warthog's finish had to be encrypted to keep the Marines from giving them custom paint jobs.

The shocks on this thing must be amazing, considering that it can take 3 fully loaded and armored Spartans, without even the slightest bit of squat

"Noo you can't just touch us with the warthog and expect us to die!" - Hunters "Hog go vroom vroom." - Chief

"A colossal 20 feet" sounds like a pretty average American car

I'm just thinking the 'embarrassing' early paint thing was some guys drew a hog on their hog [if you know what I mean] and covvys arrived before they could change it back, they where deployed, saw massive success and became figure heads. They then requested to be reclassified as Delta Team and called themselves The D and went around apocalypse now style blasting Tenacious D.

halo ce warthog was the embodiment of " they dont make em' like they used to"

May I introduce our new Light-Reconnaissance Vehicle. It has 4-inch armor plating, MAG bumper suspension, a mounted machine gunner position, and total seating for three. Gentlemen! This is the M12 LRV! I like to call it the "Warthog".

27:47 given the design of the warthog, they’d probably install gull wing doors

Does this mean a marine could pee in the fuel tank of a warthog and it will run?

"It looks like a Puma." (Someone had to say it.)

Ah, the Warthog. AKA the M4 Sherman but if it was a future space car. Great video.

19:40 (Angry Sarge's Sounds)

I WANT A WARTHOG IN MY GARAGE!

“Extremely substantial” No kidding, I think we know more about the Hog than we do a few characters Also, something I realized...if the engine procduces steam as its only byproduct, and there's a water-splitter in the engine...you could capture the steam coming out of the exhaust, cool it, and then recycle it back into the fuel tank. -And he beat me too it. DAMN.

We’ve definitely got to thank 343 Industries for expanding the lore of the Halo franchise by a massive landslide over the years when we didn’t have much to go on before with what Bungie left us after leaving.

Last time I was this early, the Human Forerunner War was still raging.

Just a small detail, CVT transmission means you have an infinite number of possible ratios between a minimum and a maximum set. There is still a minimum and a maximum gear, you can just have any possible ratio between those.

1:08 timing win. No doubt on purpose. One of my favorite Halo 2 moments.

I can make a guess as to why they don't just recycle the exhaust steam(13:54). It's likely due to heat, keeping the steam on board to re-use would require cooling for the steam tank in order to get it to condensate fast enough to be of any use , which it's likely not worth the extra weight given how easy it is to get more water.

"Simmons, whats that Mexican lizard that eats goats" "That would be the Chupacabra, sir" "Hey Grif, how 'bout that? Chupathingy. I like it. Has a ring to it"

At 25:40 I imagine the marines either putting "drawings" or trying to rick roll people.

Do y’all think 2319 is a monsters inc reference or a happy coincidences

Why doesn't the UNSC make their Scorpion tanks have a railgun and shoots a 120mm uranium anti tank round instead of 90mm tungsten armor-piecing high explosive rounds?

I have 2 problems. 1. Infinite gear is probably a word to mean "gearless" transmission. It still conflicts with sounds of gear switching, but makes some sense. 2. Turning Water into Hydrogen and Oxygen with 100% efficiency and then turning Hydrogen and Oxygen to Water with 100% efficiency? Why doesn't the machine that turns water into H2 and O2 power the Warthog? It would be at 100% the same. And since it needs cooling it isn't 100%, which means that machine would do better than engine.

Breakdown the skorpion tank, I'm always wondering how the 1 crew isn't overburdened with shit to do in combat and out of combat(maintenance)

0:00 "In 2319..." *MONSTERS INC INTENSIFIES*

3:44 so like the similar controls between a T-16 skyhopper and an X-wing. Neat.

There’s likely a very simple answer for why the drivetrain in the Warthog sounds like it’s ‘shifting’ when it doesn’t necessarily do that, and that’s likely for the operator’s benefit, and the fact that anything carrying force from point A to point B has to be de-loaded while it selects it’s next ratio, which involves either raising or lowering RPM speed dependent on an up shift or a downshift

14:00 there is ONE potential reason. The voiced description for the warthog in Forza 4 mentions that the engine for the warthog can and has been used as a portable water filtration system (special mention going to the survivors of the crashed UNSC Frigate Daedalus) by UNSC forces in lieu of more efficient devices. Since clean drinking water is crucial to the function of human life (and since I doubt going thirsty or contracting dysentery in space seems like fun), this seems like something that was an intentional design choice.

One variant you forgot to mention was the Sword Needler Warthog, the joint UNSC/Swords of Sanghelios warthog with shields and needler spitting turret.

I haven't watched yet, (will when I have a bit) but I'm desperately hoping for a Puma reference in here somewhere. 19:40 I can't tell if that's actually a reference or not, but I'll take it

And let’s be really, REALLY honest: Despite the Warthog is extremely iconic, and the UNSC has mostly positive review, the fact that it only held 3 personal and has literally NO armor for a vehicle this large and heavy, makes it kind of a horrible choice for a military vehicle.

18:44 00: Says that the warthog has the highest safety rating in the 26th century. 00: Also shows one getting blown up by a scarab.😆

I really appreciate that you mention nitrates as a result of a hydrogen-air burn. Most people don't realize that the 'water vapor' exhaust only happens with pure O2

I'd love to see an uparmored warthog that had hard light doors on it.

I really appreciate your most detailed breakdown videos man. As an engineer, it really makes me appreciate what you do and the deep lore Halo has even more than some probably. Thank you 🙏🏼

The turret protection gives me huge vietnam door gunner vibes 😂

1:24 i just realised that image of the Warthog is from Forza Horizon 3

The most ICONIC vehicle in video game history

I greatly prefer the M12 aesthetic design over M12b aesthetic design. I really wish 343 industries would bring it back.

The veachel is so cool that hotwhells even made a mini warthog

That intro to the M12 warthog at the exact moment it appeared on screen was beautifully well done.

Still bothered that the warthog in H2A goes against 343s own set canon.

Shot in the dark, the exhaust isn't really lost, it could be sent to an internal container for marines/troopers to have a stable supply of water.

“We may occasionally prematurely end our travels by barrel rolling of a cliff, but that’s just by the by, call it an occupational hazard.” Got me so hard omg-

Honestly, the engine is more complex then needed. A purely electric hydrogen fuel cell would convert the hydrogen/oxygen reaction directly into motive power more efficiently than the ICE. It features fewer moving parts and is incredibly light. I don't get why they didnt know that.

I’m so happy you chose Mombasa suite for the beginning soundtrack

That first mention of the name warthog at the beginning perfectly synced with the warthog jumping out in the cutscene footage was BEAUTIFUL

Goddammit even in the Halo universe we are plagued by Cvt transmissions.

About the engine: The hydrogen-injection system isn't a full hydrogen fuel. It's an additive. Basically dumping hydrogen into the mix makes it Boom better. In effect, this allows the engine to pull about double the amount of air per stroke in the fuel air mix, and creates a more efficient burn. The catalyst is used to pull hydrogen out of existing fuels, not in the burn itself. The fun part is that for all of the that-shouldn't-work-that-way futurism of the Warthog, this, like everything else about the warthog? Is already possible, and in some cases, is already being used. Hydrogen Fuel Enhancement is already a thing. As is the IVT(The Nissan Extroid used one), etc.

Thermodynamics absolutely hates the Warthog. Water to hydrogen to water + work? That's energy from nowhere!

I love this channel and halo! Its a perfect harmony

I was always under the impression that the warthog was a Chevy with a built LS... not an AMG/Mercedes. Very intresting. Im also seeing comments about it using a CVT transmission. In offroad vehicles like side by sides and quads it makes complete sense and id highly recommended watching some videos explaining why in a side by side cvt is better than manual or auto. Assuming theyre using the same design as a side by side and using futuristic primary and secondary in transmission housing clutch set up. It makes sense theyre using a cvt.

Congrats. The Puma reference just made you the coolest Halo channel on KZfaq hahaha.

I think the reason why they opted for direct dive, is most likely cost, and ease of manufacturing, along with efficiency and complexity, it gives us a simple design, and can be pumped out quickly and cheaply since it was for the Colonial Military Authority (CMA), and being so common with the outer colonies and maybe inner colonies as well, would make sense for it to be built cheaply as is. Plus with the insurrectionist, and later the covvies, it would make sense to not add needed complexity so they can be continuously pumped out, and with parts being so common they won't need to worry about having to find parts for it. Plus its modular, and you know how the military loves its modularity.

Toyota just revealed its Hydro combustion engine, the Hog can become a reality!

Recent, Chemical Engineering Graduate. Long time Halo fan. I have a hypothesis of as to why the exhaust system decides not to re condense the exhaust steam generated from the hydrogen engine. Mainly the trouble of condensing super heated steam, this is an intensely energetic process, or rather requires a cooling medium to remove all the energy from the steam to turn it to liquid. While this process isn't impossible it does however pose a few caveats that would potentially limit the combat effectiveness. Mainly the idea that you would require a constant influx of this cooling medium, so much that amount of coolant needed to do so might actually hinder the weight and mobility of the vehicle, and that weight/space needed for said system and coolant tanks could be better utilized for the initial fuel tank, or the coolant used to prevent the engine from overheating. It wouldnt be very smart to sacrifice your engine cooling or size of your fuel tank for fractional recovery of said expended fuel. More over the vehicle would need to be designed to run without this fuel recycling system in case it was ever damaged, if the coolant began to leak, or the heat exchange cooling system damaged, you might end up recycling hot steam into the engine which best case could lead to the engine stalling, and at worse the engine heating up from the steam beyond the ability of the engine to be cooled and thus overheating and potentially making the internal combustion engine and external combustion applicator. Neither of which is something you want in a military vehicle.

Why Wartog sir? BECAUSE M12 LRV IS TOO HARD TO SAY IN CONVERSATION SON no, why warthog, it doesn't look like a pig.

Yes! Been waiting for this!

I'm glad you said puma.

The fact a warthog can carry three gen 2 Spartans is a testament to its strength and versatility as a all round vehicle, not to mention the range of mounted guns, Spartans can be from 800-1000 pounds plus in weaight

A breakdown of one of the best ground vehicles in all of science fiction? I'm in!

Would love your take on Forerunner mega construction and known structures

You just made my morning man. Thank you so much.

I want to drive the Arctic Warthog with the treads soooooooo badly XD

Another great video keep it up!! Your breakdowns are some of greatest I seen!! Love it bro!!

Great video bro! Well done! 👍🏾🤟🏾

No words can express the respect I have for this vehicle.

All I wanna know is who in 343 thought gasoline jerry cans on a hydrogen powered vehicle, is a good idea.

Theres gotta be a warthog drift team in the halo universe

loved the way the warthog entered in the intro

Imagine a Warthog with a flamethrower turret.

Really Neat stuff. Would love to hear some detail on the elephant, mammoth, or albatross. Things that go boom and do cool things are excellent, but ya gotta have logistics behind it all.

Really enjoying your work. Thanks

I believe the civilian and logistic versions could be fitted with a condensing unit but would be too clunky and heavy on the technicals since condensers are usually pretty big

I liked the swing arm suspension variants better than the more conventional ones later.

11:11 ODST helmet? That's the one I use. Good to see another Hell Jumper Spartan on Reach

3:07, a multitude of rolls indeed.

I loved the 5 minute explanation of a space radiator lol

THAT INTRO !!! And thus 1:07

Great Work as always Command OUT.

The IVT doesn't have the constant hum because we like the vroom vroom sound and feel.

I think i might have an idea why the steam doesn't get recycled back into the feul intake. It most likely has to do with radiating off the heat from the engine.

I think the hog might actually already recycle its exhaust until needing to refill because of 2 main reasons in one of the books I read I vaguely remember them mentioning not having to refill the hog because of its "efficient recycling on fuel" and that the hog never leaves a smoke or vapor trail while in use. Awesome video just tried to add on.

On Reach, you can almost read the tire lettering, and the size, that I could see, are 435/70/R24 absolutely massive

Design-wise, i think its a great start for a modern an electric car. Especially in terms of functionality as well.

I refuse to believe anyone refers to a Gauss gun Warthog as anything but a "GaussHog"😂😂

Omg it is so much bigger and heavier than I expected

Other kids wanted the Batmobile growing up. I wanted a Hog.

I had no idea there was more involved in this design, glad to see it was a significant work horse for both the military and civilian life for over two centuries. That hydrogen combustion engine tho.

I, for one, am happy with you saying puma

Absolutely love your videos and would love a pelican video as well!!

YEEEEEEEES finally this is what i was waiting for

Pre sure their armour variants in lore. Didn't Ghost Of Onyx mention it? The UNSC made use of the stripped down variant we see in the games is because of the Covenant plasma weaponary, being armoured would just melt it & trapping the occupants in the vehicles.

0:17 reminds of the fights in halo 2

Another Great and Informative video.

Another great video Instillation 00! When I saw it in discord (Erieboy btw) upon arriving home from work I couldn't click fast enough.

idk recycling water exaust to be used as fuel seems like such an obious way to increase range and engine efficency that there's no way it doesn't work like that, it's basicaly my head-canon