SdKfz 2 Kettenkrad: Germany's Halftrack Motorcycle

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The Sd.Kfz. 2 Kettenkraftrad (aka Kettenrad) is a deliciously German sort of vehicle, a small utility tractor made with a pair of treads and motorcycle front wheel. It was powered by a 4 cylinder Opel automotive engine generating 36 horsepower, and had a 3-speed gearbox with high and low range transfer case. Top speed was 44 mph, and it could tow about 1,000 pounds of ammunition or other supplies in a small 2-wheeled trailer, or directly tow light artillery pieces.
The vehicle was developed in 1939, and in mass production in time to see substantial use in Operation Barbarossa; the German invasion of Russia. Although complex to maintain and expensive to produce, the Kettenkrad was quite well suited to the terrain and distances of the Eastern Front. As the war progressed and supplies became scarcer and artillery became heavier it was less universally useful, but remained in service until the very end of the war, tasked with jobs as mundane as towing aircraft at airfields. After the war, they were put into civilian agricultural service (much like the Jeep in the US).
This example is in the rental fleet at DriveTanks.com, available for instruction and driving to anyone. It is one of my very favorite vehicles form World War Two, and I really appreciate DriveTanks giving me the opportunity to do some driving on it and show it to you! See all their available rentals here:
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Пікірлер: 2 700

@Seoko117 4 жыл бұрын

This looks like the perfect vehicle to explore an abandoned city with.

@turtlewax3778 2 жыл бұрын

Girl's last tour

@OopsieA 2 жыл бұрын

Girls' last tour

@gibbsh.9300 2 жыл бұрын

Girls' Last Tour

@agentorange7220 2 жыл бұрын

Girls' last tour

@garbagebanditdayz819 2 жыл бұрын

Girls’ Last Tour

@riley8280 4 жыл бұрын

"Get in loser were going to open 4 different fronts and stretch our industrial capacity to past its limits "

@lukedontknow9283 4 жыл бұрын

Best plain I’ve ever heard to win a war

@sirboomsalot4902 4 жыл бұрын

missverstandener Satirekanal Thats exactly what happened though

@sirboomsalot4902 4 жыл бұрын

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

@sirboomsalot4902 4 жыл бұрын

missverstandener Satirekanal Oh, really. Enlighten me then

@sirboomsalot4902 4 жыл бұрын

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

@thorild69 4 жыл бұрын

Q: How was this designed? A: A motorcycle engineer got sidetracked. I'll let myself out.

@mbonnar 4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@spiderlord4181 4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@evilepicface5860 4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@Nick-rs5if 4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@DBDenzz 4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@zacharysnyder2520 4 жыл бұрын

When you want to blitzkrieg but Hans only has a motorcycle license.

@theredneckbuddha2763 4 жыл бұрын

Highly underrated! "But Einrich, I'm only an elementary school teacher!"

@dr.ofdubiouswisdom4189 4 жыл бұрын

Love it!

@hans1187 4 жыл бұрын

I wish I had one.

@cagrihancakmak3048 4 жыл бұрын

hahaha 😂

@TappyGilmore 4 жыл бұрын

Damn, UGF really be popular.

@yuletide1281 4 жыл бұрын

Looks at the tracks it leaves : looks like the enemy was on a unicycle and the tank was in pursuit

@scottland8698 4 жыл бұрын

Hmmm, I don’t like the idea of German combat unicycle

@scottland8698 4 жыл бұрын

Garth Land hi garth

@Ghelasin 4 жыл бұрын

What if the enemy was in the tank and the Unicycle was in pursuit?? :P

@furimindustries3410 4 жыл бұрын

I think you know to much.

@JonatasAdoM 4 жыл бұрын

Franz, get zer clown's unicycle!

@macgruber4689 4 жыл бұрын

When someone orders an über.

@kaylt.7864 4 жыл бұрын

über über

@gunnerr8476 4 жыл бұрын

An Uber that's only goes to Poland.

@holoholohaolenokaoi2299 4 жыл бұрын

"to the Reichstag ...and step on it"!

@Rommel_209 4 жыл бұрын

I will get on it immediately.

@aserta 4 жыл бұрын

Get in fool! We're invading your destination address.

@roadhouse6999 4 жыл бұрын

"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

@stalker4474 4 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment

@user-ge3uu8sm9q 4 жыл бұрын

With Karl and a BAR in the back for moral/fire support lol, always carry protection

@mamarine81 4 жыл бұрын

^This guy gets it. Hardest I've laughed in a long time.

@qade2128 3 жыл бұрын

take my up doot. you made me laugh.

@Luke-yv6uo 3 жыл бұрын

Hall of Fame comment

@theq4602 4 жыл бұрын

My mother was a tank. My father was a very brave motorcycle.

@jehoiakimelidoronila5450 3 жыл бұрын

That is one very brave motorcycle 🏍️ indeed.

@charlesjessie1733 3 жыл бұрын

Big girls need love too.

@GeraltofRivia22 3 жыл бұрын

Make it the other way around and it becomes horrifying.

@jehoiakimelidoronila5450 3 жыл бұрын

@@GeraltofRivia22 but if the motorcycle 🏍️ is on top of the tank, then it's hilarious 😂😆

@Mygg_Jeager 3 жыл бұрын

@@GeraltofRivia22 HAHAHAHAHA

@Alphonselle 4 жыл бұрын

Ian's Last Tour

@DP-fq7iy 4 жыл бұрын

Zeke Tran YES.

@MisterTengu 4 жыл бұрын

Captain America: i understood that reference.

@cerealata9035 4 жыл бұрын

But who will be his partner?

@jeraldlim384 4 жыл бұрын

Cereal ATA karl.

@armvex 4 жыл бұрын

Nooooo

@Bob-fj1hm 4 жыл бұрын

what a beautiful vehicle to drive around with your friend in a post apocalyptic world

@kucingterkejut2390 4 жыл бұрын

Was that a Girl's Last Tour reference?

@Bob-fj1hm 4 жыл бұрын

@@kucingterkejut2390 the one and only

@tlshortyshorty5810 4 жыл бұрын

Finally, _that_ reference!

@watchm4ker 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@1r0zz 4 жыл бұрын

@@watchm4ker So nothing changed considering what I've seen from german cars.

@SkvalaGaming 4 жыл бұрын

German Engineer: *Hans, do you need a tank or a motorcycle?"* Hans: *"Ja."*

@carlcowin2246 4 жыл бұрын

Watches it drive by My Brain: Why aren't we still making these!

@pinkhead6857890 4 жыл бұрын

Like anything German, its hands down superior until one little thing breaks.

@floatingchimney 4 жыл бұрын

@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.

@tanall5959 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@BlitzkreigWTF 4 жыл бұрын

I build these! See my videos

@andersonrobotics5608 4 жыл бұрын

@@floatingchimney yeah but i want one that can be used on the road

@anitap1094 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine signing up for the panzerkorps and they hand you the keys for this thing.

@Otto_Von_Itter9000 4 жыл бұрын

I would steal it as soon as I got the keys.

@josephgitau5000 4 жыл бұрын

And run?

@roejogan9517 4 жыл бұрын

Real question, I always tough that in war vehicles had no keys, do they?

@nano4778 4 жыл бұрын

joseph gitau to the eastern front, trust me you’d be safe

@cayden3410 4 жыл бұрын

I'd be a happy camper

@Ally5141 4 жыл бұрын

SdKfz 2 - when you are into tanks so much even your motorcycle has tracks.

@dude97x 4 жыл бұрын

Or as a tanker, when you are into motorcycles so much that your tank has a single front wheel and handlebar steering :D

@gingerhimself7117 4 жыл бұрын

Model (500th comment lol)

@maxischew514 4 жыл бұрын

"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.

@dave_h_8742 2 жыл бұрын

Just like Rick Mayall and Ozzie Osbourne on 4X4 motorbikes.

@Otto_Von_Itter9000 4 жыл бұрын

I first saw the Kettenkrad in Girls' Last Tour, it's truly a magnificent motorcycle.

@christianweibrecht6555 3 жыл бұрын

I had to scroll too far down to see someone mention that show

@melancholieea 2 жыл бұрын

for some reason i feel like i really wanna buy that to drive around with my friend

@WalkaCrookedLine 4 жыл бұрын

When you're a pizza delivery guy on the Russian front.

@Bird_Dog00 4 жыл бұрын

@667Gullin There were italian troops fighting on the eastern front too.

@Fox-86 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@Dev_Six 4 жыл бұрын

Burger panzer.

@steffenrosmus1864 4 жыл бұрын

Rippchen & Kraut ( ribs and sauerktaut)please😉😂we are Krauts

@DvD1303 4 жыл бұрын

@@Cl0ckcl0ck and you're wrong

@jtilton5 4 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Bangkok. Looking at this thing, the first thing I thought was this is a "Tatical Tuk Tuk"

@terryplew3333 4 жыл бұрын

jtilton5 😅😆

@cheyannei5983 4 жыл бұрын

I don't think Tuk Tuks get over 15 horsepower, though.

@xXbrokenvoidXx 4 жыл бұрын

Bruh imagine building a technical out of a Tuk Tuk

@51WCDodge 4 жыл бұрын

This is the British Reply!!! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jrmBdtqSuLWak4U.html

@blacklion79 4 жыл бұрын

You maid my day

@user-gq7mm6fp6h 4 жыл бұрын

Dad:what do you want for a birthday son? Son:Motorcycle! Great grandfather:

@zekelockheart3706 4 жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t complain imagine rolling up to school in that

@USSAnimeNCC- 4 жыл бұрын

Zeke Lockheart probably don’t need to worry about snow much

@Resomius 4 жыл бұрын

god damn I would be insantly in!

@nijiru4448 4 жыл бұрын

I wanted one of these back when I first heard of them. Now I really want one.

@keepermovin5906 3 жыл бұрын

100000 dollars unfortunately:/

@vucko9201 3 жыл бұрын

@@keepermovin5906 DAMMIT

@TheCaptainSplatter 3 жыл бұрын

@@keepermovin5906 I imagine a recreated one be cheaper.

@keepermovin5906 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaptainSplatter nobody makes em as far as I can tell but if you find someone who does please post a link post haste

@luggy9256 3 жыл бұрын

@@keepermovin5906 in fact there is someone that sells reproductions and diy kits for these, they look a tad different but still totally functional

@msbhicks8358 4 жыл бұрын

Ian’s vehicle for the Tour de France, 2020, Colorized

@Lexrockstheblock 4 жыл бұрын

#Ian'sLastTtour

@leafygreens8624 4 жыл бұрын

gun jesus

@sleepyeet 4 жыл бұрын

Invasion de France

@jakobbraun5180 4 жыл бұрын

@Hobgob1inz 4 жыл бұрын

*1940

@hash-slingingslasher1374 4 жыл бұрын

"The germans didnt build things just to look cool though..." You sure about that?

@samblanchard5151 4 жыл бұрын

No, but also yes!

@insiainutorrt259 4 жыл бұрын

Turns put building with love and care makes things look awsome by accident quite a lot

@kshatriya1414 4 жыл бұрын

Building it just to look cool was like every german tank lmao

@bcubed72 4 жыл бұрын

@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.

@midgetman4206 4 жыл бұрын

@@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

@Vans89 4 жыл бұрын

Boy's last tour (to the auction house)

@lordmanatee439 3 жыл бұрын

Ian, did you eat the cheezu?

@ds-lm6pc 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@benamini5701 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine a motorcycle club with these things.

@alonzocalvillo6702 4 жыл бұрын

Ben Amini Yeah , like the Hell’s Angels.

@rubencentro4974 4 жыл бұрын

@@alonzocalvillo6702 *Hans' Angels

@seldonwright4345 4 жыл бұрын

@@alonzocalvillo6702 Heil Angels. German ya know

@ronglurak9892 4 жыл бұрын

@@seldonwright4345 there are german bikers that call themselfes english names

@Antisocialnerd2 4 жыл бұрын

I think most countries would see such a motorcycle club as an invasion

@utubrGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Hans: we need a half track! Ludwig: we have a half track in the front! The half track in the front:

@randomprojectsusa5196 4 жыл бұрын

utubrGaming more like a 3/4 track

@Grobut81 4 жыл бұрын

On second thought: Let's not go to Germany. It is a silly place.

@bruensal7182 4 жыл бұрын

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*

@sniper0073088 4 жыл бұрын

Its not really armored

@user-ld4qt6ci7b 4 жыл бұрын

@@sniper0073088 uh, it's somewhat armored? Like, you can hide anywhere behind this thing and it will save you from bullets

@petergordon9190 4 жыл бұрын

@@user-ld4qt6ci7b Apart from behind the fuel tanks?

@rickylafleur5823 4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@soppo6446 4 жыл бұрын

Perfect for exploring vast abandoned cities

@bamboozlednoodle6513 4 жыл бұрын

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

@yevenlu3243 4 жыл бұрын

@Richard Joyce I think they mean RUSSIAN off-roads. Also, they might not have dirt bikes during that time.

@anttitheinternetguy3213 4 жыл бұрын

@Richard Joyce im not sure about you but personally i wouldnt take zündapp or any other 40's motorcycle offroad 🥵

@tiihtu2507 4 жыл бұрын

@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.

@MrGrimsmith 4 жыл бұрын

@@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

@yevenlu3243 4 жыл бұрын

@Richard Joyce I meant motorbikes from the 1940's.

@zxbzxbzxb1 4 жыл бұрын

Hans: My motorbike isn't expensive or overengineered enough! Fritz: Ok, come back in a couple of days...

@santiagoperez2094 4 жыл бұрын

U say that because u dont know the dtupid amount of non necessary fancy and expensive functions usa vehicles have.

@zxbzxbzxb1 4 жыл бұрын

@@santiagoperez2094 No, I'm just poking a bit of fun at the typical national steriotype that Germans supposedly like to over-engineer things

@alvinoflys7504 4 жыл бұрын

"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 😅

@emmanuelserrano5477 4 жыл бұрын

Ah you beat me to it.

@Captain_Frank_Abagnale 4 жыл бұрын

There’s a ton of infantry cap, I dunno if they took the bait though

@eldelosdedosblancos9381 4 жыл бұрын

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!!

@mulletsquirrel 3 жыл бұрын

@@eldelosdedosblancos9381 The only other one that has come close for me was FURY with Brad Pitt and Shia LeBouf

@maxischew514 4 жыл бұрын

1940s: WW2 German army vehicle. 2010s: Used as a plot device in Girls' last tour.

@BenersantheBread 4 жыл бұрын

Plot device? How dare you insult best girl like that!

@jovitfernangloria4271 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@BenersantheBread 4 жыл бұрын

@@jovitfernangloria4271 That part nearly made me cry

@jovitfernangloria4271 4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@BenersantheBread 4 жыл бұрын

@@jovitfernangloria4271 This might just be my impression of them but they don't seem like the type to care about such things

@JohnDoe-vm5rb 4 жыл бұрын

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

@shadowabsol 4 жыл бұрын

Now that would be awesome

@GoredonTheDestroyer 4 жыл бұрын

@@shadowabsol Even better would be if Nicholas introduced himself as Ian.

@sidecharacterC 4 жыл бұрын

While both dressed up as eachother.

@john-paulsilke893 4 жыл бұрын

Nick better start growing his hair.

@rays5073 4 жыл бұрын

Time to start a petition lmao

@adamramsey8282 4 жыл бұрын

Wehrmacht: "We want half tank half motorcycle." Engineer: ***Sets down spork***

@Fixxate 4 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment award

@ilikeyourname4807 4 жыл бұрын

It wasn't even developed for the military

@ianwalker8042 4 жыл бұрын

Don’t you mean... fpoon

@Sam-iw6te 4 жыл бұрын

666 likes.

@BlackCowboy0 4 жыл бұрын

It’s literally a spork, mainly a tank and the fronts. A motorcycle

@uberschnilthegreat22 4 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, when germany half tracked EVERYTHING

@moejartin3258 4 жыл бұрын

Trucks on a half-track, bikes on a half-track, strawberries and flowers on half-tracks, THE WHOLE PLANET IS ON HALF-TRACKS!!!

@tatotaytoman5934 4 жыл бұрын

half track tank

@colecooper5836 4 жыл бұрын

They never half tracked a half track.

@gamecarnival2024 4 жыл бұрын

Half tracked boots

4 жыл бұрын

Except their horses!

@monkeyboy48391 4 жыл бұрын

the song "The Boys are back in Town" should be blaring during the intro

@mastermaul345 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@SolarWebsite 4 жыл бұрын

That's clever!

@johnsonjerrad 4 жыл бұрын

Those clever krauts. If only they would have used their abilities for good.

@FlexDB 4 жыл бұрын

@@johnsonjerrad We do! Until a crazy guy from austria joins in.

@windhelmguard5295 4 жыл бұрын

@@johnsonjerrad wasn't fighting communism a good thing to do?

@SlavicCelery 4 жыл бұрын

@@windhelmguard5295 The whole Jewish thing kinda overwhelms the communist thing.

@toaster9922 4 жыл бұрын

“Babe come over” “I can’t I’m making a ForgottenWeapons video” “My parents aren’t home” 0:11

@samb8369 4 жыл бұрын

“I have 32 French long ammo”

@Radvaldur 4 жыл бұрын

well cliped

@yuurichito1439 4 жыл бұрын

😂

@estout324 4 жыл бұрын

I had to scroll far too long to find a Saving Private Ryan reference.

@awesomechainsaw 4 жыл бұрын

E Sorry Girls last tour has you beat out.

@imanin9972 4 жыл бұрын

y e s

@rickylafleur5823 4 жыл бұрын

@@awesomechainsaw silence weeb.

@boingkster 3 жыл бұрын

"Panzers didn't take the bait"

@geodes6722 3 жыл бұрын

That was the “rabbit” . “They didn’t take the bait!”

@weirdshibainu 4 жыл бұрын

Jeep:" We make the best offroad light vehicle. Germans:" Hold our beer."

@epauletshark3793 3 жыл бұрын

Our beer? But the germans were facist, not communist!

@colbeausabre8842 3 жыл бұрын

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

@djackmanson 4 жыл бұрын

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*

@jamesengland7461 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliantcleverhumor!

@theredneckbuddha2763 4 жыл бұрын

@@jamesengland7461 Amazingpunethere!

@reichsvorstand4549 4 жыл бұрын

Sehrgutgesagtkollege

@jfan4reva 3 жыл бұрын

"You know how our language has too many K's in it?

@Panzer_Runner 4 жыл бұрын

"So do you want a light tank or a motorbike?" "Yes"

@XBadAssGamesX 4 жыл бұрын

When you just want to repair your motorcycle but then the Panzerschokolade kicks in

@ramal5708 2 жыл бұрын

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"

@wildward93 4 жыл бұрын

When you roll up and brag in your new tricycle and your german buddy goes: "hold my schnapps"

@elijahaitaok8624 4 жыл бұрын

*hold mien pizwasser!*

@Keckegenkai 4 жыл бұрын

@@elijahaitaok8624 I get that GTA5 reference. Pisswasser

@olb-esprit 4 жыл бұрын

Forgotten Vehicles is my favorite show now.

@5KpGD 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@hughm2615 7 ай бұрын

Dear Santa...

@Neoplasmer 4 жыл бұрын

When you need the flammenwefer but with a charioteer twist.

@MRtucnakCZE 4 жыл бұрын

Pingu's dad had one of these.

@MrDK0010 4 жыл бұрын

OH SHIT

@MrDK0010 4 жыл бұрын

Now I gotta look it up.

@WingMaster562 4 жыл бұрын

@@MrDK0010 Found it. Just search "Pingu Doctor".

@chancedavis6216 4 жыл бұрын

Pingu's dad was a wermacht solider confirmed

@MrDK0010 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Wingmaster.

@JonatasAdoM 4 жыл бұрын

You laughed about my training wheels. Now you laugh no more!

@tatotaytoman5934 4 жыл бұрын

vroom vroom off to the eastern front

@dr.ofdubiouswisdom4189 4 жыл бұрын

" Mein Godt Dummkopf !! No vheelie-poppen !!"

@brucelee6415 4 жыл бұрын

0:02 when your trying to cap all the points early game as the wermach in company of heroes

@Mishn0 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@DFX2KX 4 жыл бұрын

LOL. I can just about imagine that scene unfolding.

@BleedingUranium 4 жыл бұрын

That story is a perfect example of why military types are some of my favourite people. :D

@Wetcorps 4 жыл бұрын

War never changes

@fireman2375 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@crackwitz 4 жыл бұрын

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)

@jmackmcneill 4 жыл бұрын

"They don't make vehicles just because they're cool..." "Ok... yes they did."

@user-ft3jq5vi2l 3 жыл бұрын

Halftracks: *exist* WW2 Germany: I'll take your entire stock!

@benfennell6842 3 жыл бұрын

Max: "Hans have you seen Tommy's new little universal carriers?" Hans: "Ja, they're so cute!" Max: "We have a new design requisition, we have to make that, but-" Hans: "German?" Max: "Ja!"

@cameronnewton7053 3 ай бұрын

The troops and mechanics: *cries in German*

@billd.iniowa2263 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a WWII enthusiast and watch every documentary and KZfaq 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...

@falconpowerful2362 4 жыл бұрын

I was checking out that 251 as well ;-)

@bounter_ 4 жыл бұрын

00:00 *Colorised video of German recruits stealing their half track to get to ze Bar, 1940*

@shok24199 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine showing up to a biker bar in that thing.

@LuistheABF123 4 жыл бұрын

"Disperse, you know what to do. Reiben get on the Rabbit." - Captain Miller, 1944

@dannap8831 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@haydenemrah 4 жыл бұрын

*Ian rolls up “Get in loser, we’re going to Warsaw”

@professionalbabushka4591 4 жыл бұрын

6:54 listen one more time but closely (:

@-theislander-5888 4 жыл бұрын

Professional Babushka read his comment one more time but closely. do you now sense the humour?

@professionalbabushka4591 4 жыл бұрын

@@-theislander-5888 You see my friend, historical jokes has that one specific rule: they need to be historically correct. Otherwise, they are considered cringe.

@shintokatana17 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine driving your bois to school with this thing.

@camper1749 4 жыл бұрын

Bois, Driving your lesbians to school?

@creepyendy 4 жыл бұрын

thats the thing i want to do when im immigrate into the states as a German

@shintokatana17 4 жыл бұрын

@@camper1749 bois means wood in french.

@wildward93 4 жыл бұрын

School... AKA the eastern front in 1941.

@joemama.556 4 жыл бұрын

its mandatory if you own one of these half tracks. otherwise dont talk to me or my son ever again lol

@huggniceman4975 4 жыл бұрын

My German neighbor: Nein, ve do not put tank treads on everysing. My German neighbor taking his hog out for a spin:

@peterbilttom7997 2 жыл бұрын

Very good video. Answered the questions I have always had about the kettenkrad

@panzerdoga7402 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@aserta 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@bradymenting5120 2 жыл бұрын

"They don't make vehicles just because they're cool" I feel personally attacked

@BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly 4 жыл бұрын

"Get in loser, we're traveling in style!"

@Albus_Rex 4 жыл бұрын

8:40 Gun Jesus and Friends storming the H&K Gray room. (Colorized 2020)

@Impreza-bj5jh 4 жыл бұрын

Bruh

@RyanRyzzo 4 жыл бұрын

"I don't need any luck, sarge! I was booooorn lucky!"

@rhonmarmalig8406 4 жыл бұрын

Cocks the BAR*

@willburblunderbuss1393 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. 🙏🏻

@GordonFreeman. 4 жыл бұрын

This should be top comment given the intro outro. Highly underrated comment.

@dr.ofdubiouswisdom4189 4 жыл бұрын

" Fraulien... climben into mein bitchin' half-track hawg - ve party like itz Oktoberfest, ja ? "

@nunyabizness199 4 жыл бұрын

Thankyou so much for posting this. I have been seeing pictures for years, and always wondered how they worked etc !

@shmeagol 4 жыл бұрын

“Good luck, Reiben!”

@TurtleStranger 4 жыл бұрын

YES

@SinisterGerbils 4 жыл бұрын

@Steven Hannigan Yeah he was the only one to survive the entire movie.

@jd.3493 4 жыл бұрын

Sinister Gerbils upham

@D33Lux 4 жыл бұрын

"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

@stephengalindo6340 4 жыл бұрын

@@jd.3493 I give him no more than 5yrs before he offed himself

@calinsa3880 4 жыл бұрын

me before watching this:" this is useless haha" me after watching it:" OMG ITS AMAZING I WANT ONE NOW!"

@Shad0wBoxxer 4 жыл бұрын

Right?!

@migkillerphantom 4 жыл бұрын

@@CoolGobyFish fine control at higher speeds

@iain3713 4 жыл бұрын

Cool Goby Fish it allows for smooth albeit light turning at high speeds

@51WCDodge 4 жыл бұрын

@@CoolGobyFish Far easier and mechanically simpler than having lever steer to each track.

@51WCDodge 4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@stephenbirks6458 3 жыл бұрын

Great idea those knee bumpers ! Great interesting video ! You answered alot of my questions about this wonderful hybrid ! Thankyou SB British Isles

@mikeforester3963 4 жыл бұрын

It's not a coincidence that every guy I see driving the Kettenkrad has got a huge grinning smile on his face.

@The5T4LK3R 4 жыл бұрын

AKA Potato head girls precious vehicle

@mummola2363 4 жыл бұрын

Perfect for trekking through ruined earth

@nooblangpoo 4 жыл бұрын

And dabbing while you see that there's nothing more but you and your friend and the little outliers out there.

@ridhosantoso262 4 жыл бұрын

Very cultured.. shoujo shuumatsu reference.

@DP-fq7iy 4 жыл бұрын

RAIN

@jadeorbigoso5212 2 жыл бұрын

Girls Last Tour reference

@leoli2450 4 жыл бұрын

Chito told me that she would like this thing back in order to traverse the abandoned city.

@kova1577 2 жыл бұрын

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

@adrianotero7963 Жыл бұрын

Until you have to do maintenance on it, then you wish you had a quad.

@RealCadde 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@MazterHuntR 4 жыл бұрын

You should have done the: "Oh bugger the Kettenkrad is on fire" test... Oh wait, wrong guy.

@Tobascodagama 4 жыл бұрын

Pro: Open-topped vehicle, easy for the driver to bail out of. Con: Driver is literally surrounded by gasoline.

@NathanSherwood114 4 жыл бұрын

But how do you tension the tracks!?

@chaseanderson6374 4 жыл бұрын

Man after all the guns and gear you've displayed this one makes me jealous! That is so cool thankyou for the vid!!

@magnuslauglo5356 4 жыл бұрын

So many cool details on this little vehicle.

@zakarydambrosia7373 4 жыл бұрын

"Fritz, get the boys"

@abominablecnutswain8206 4 жыл бұрын

"Fritzl, lock up yer daughters"

@sam1812seal 4 жыл бұрын

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.)

@ivareskesner2019 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@Blazer02LS 4 жыл бұрын

That was because you could remove the front wheel for off road use. Then you steered it using only the track brakes.

@painmagnet1 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@LetoDeWirre 4 жыл бұрын

@@painmagnet1 BMW call their take on Hossack fork Duolever, should be still in sue on their top-end bikes.

@FancyJesus666 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@livingcorpse5664 2 жыл бұрын

That is the most steampunk-y real life vehicle I have seen outside of actual old tanks.

@jukson8105 4 жыл бұрын

Poland: Babe come invade Germany: Cant im rebuilding my military Poland: But my allies arent home Germany: 0:02

@louies6914 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha :)))

@engineer_cat 4 жыл бұрын

feels like a spiritual ancestor of the modern quadbike/atv

@ScottKenny1978 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty much is!

@nolanmcevoy2547 4 жыл бұрын

Most of my fascination with firearms comes from the mechanics behind them so getting to see this was really cool

@cynderfan2233 4 жыл бұрын

They should start making those things again. They'd make good light farm vehicles.

@isetthem 4 жыл бұрын

Its nice to see you are still on KZfaq. To a point.

@jonsolsvig4566 4 жыл бұрын

Can I just have a ten minute video of them just riding around in that thing

@maximgun3833 4 жыл бұрын

You guys going on a post-apocalyptic adventure?

@dogboy0912 4 жыл бұрын

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.