The First Tank Buster - Hurricane "Tin Opener"
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3 жыл бұрынThe A-10 Warthog's great-grandfather, the venerable Hawker Hurricane Mk. IID, the world's first 'tank buster' aircraft.
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@seafodder6129 3 жыл бұрын
Poor ol' Hawker Hurricane... Never gets the respect it deserves (and has earned the hard way). Thanks, Mark!
@Boxmediaphile 3 жыл бұрын
It’s like with women, only the beautiful ones get the recognition
@foamer443 3 жыл бұрын
The Rodney Dangerfield of WWII fighters.
@garyspeed8961 3 жыл бұрын
was very disappointed with the recent BBC series on "how the Spitfire won the war" .. very disrespectful of the Hurricane pilots and false news
@alonsocushing2263 3 жыл бұрын
@@garyspeed8961 During the battle of Britain I think Hurricanes shot down more German aircraft than the Spitfire did.
@RandomDudeOne 3 жыл бұрын
Kind of like the P-47
@georgepenn8922 3 жыл бұрын
Uncle flew the Typhoon, 183 Squadron - he's 98 this summer.
@copferthat 3 жыл бұрын
Wish that star a happy birthday from all us Feltonians will you?
@jonathansteadman7935 3 жыл бұрын
Best wishes to your uncle on his birthday.
@georgepenn8922 3 жыл бұрын
@@jonathansteadman7935 Thank You, will pass it on.
@torch8922 3 жыл бұрын
My uncle finished up on Typhoons but before converting to that amazing aeroplane, he flew Hurricanes and Spitfires. He was shot down 3 times in 6 years. I flew Phantoms (fleet tours and instructor tours). It still amazes me that he averaged only one really bad day every other year!
@peterwallace9764 3 жыл бұрын
Well done that man. Salute.
@thestormofwar 3 жыл бұрын
One thing I've always loved about the Brits and Commonwealth in WW2 as their ability to innovate. Hobart's Funnies, Sherman Firefly, Hedgehog, the Hurricane IID, and Mosquito are just awesome and born of ideas about making due with what you had. Ultimately, they were war winners.
@garymiotla 3 жыл бұрын
Great piece Mark. As a former M1 Abrams tank crewman we knew only one aircraft that was sure to join us on the battlefield. During initial tank training, we were trucked to a live fire range and told to look up and downrange for a view of the slow and graceful A10 as it engaged hard targets in the distance. And in the words of our drill sergeant: "that's all you need know about close air support for tankers." Watching the graceful "swoop" of the Hurricane reminded me of that very day in 1981. Thanks Mark.
@ELMS 3 жыл бұрын
I’m an airplane guy, but did not know this story. Your ability to find overlooked stories is truly amazing. Well done.
@ivanmonahhov2314 3 жыл бұрын
Well , you see that was not the first plane to do so LaGG-3 of 34th series it was used in Battle of Moscow in 1941 , it was considered unsuccessful due to difficulty of getting a proper attack angle. Technically the first application of this idea was Il-2 with 23mm guns , even earlier but those guns proved less effective.
@TheEDFLegacy 3 жыл бұрын
If it helps, I didn't know about this either. 😅
@seanroberts7695 3 жыл бұрын
This information is incorrect. The A-10 was named after the American P47 “Thunder Bolt” which was superb at attacking ground targets. Hence the A-10 Thunderbolt. If not it would have been named the A10 Hurricane
@TheEDFLegacy 3 жыл бұрын
@@seanroberts7695 Actually, the A-10 Hurricane sounds like a pretty sick name. lol
@bennylofgren3208 3 жыл бұрын
Sean Roberts Did you even watch the video? This had nothing to do with the naming of aircraft. It was about which aircraft was the *first* “tank buster”. And it wasn’t the P-47.
@RT-mm8rq 3 жыл бұрын
You know you have a popular KZfaq channel when you start watching, the intro music starts and a complete strangers says " Hey! That's Mark Felton. What's it about? " You both watch it at the same time waiting for checkout in the store.
@HamburgerMolester 3 жыл бұрын
That's awesome.
@juki6377 3 жыл бұрын
haha doesnt count if you were waiting in line in a military surplus store (and who watches videos with the sound out loud in public)
@LosBerkos 3 жыл бұрын
@@juki6377 Children and steroid users, mostly.
@juki6377 3 жыл бұрын
@@LosBerkos i wouldnt know, playing mark felton would be the only redeeming aspect though
@Klink-ie1pv 3 жыл бұрын
I have it as my ringtone
@L4r5man 3 жыл бұрын
The Hawker Hurricane is one of my favourite WW2 planes. Their contribution to the war effort is so underrated. One of the proper work horses of the war.
@laurikotivuori1585 2 жыл бұрын
It's justified to a big extent as 80% of the Germans casualties came from the Eastern front. An impressive machine either way
@imperialinquisition6006 Жыл бұрын
@@laurikotivuori1585 Not why its justified tbh. Its underrated because it simply wasn't as good as the other British aircraft. Definitely served well, but there were better options for both ground attack type operations and fighting, by about 1943/4. Hurricane tended to serve in far away fronts or in reserve roles, while aircraft like the Spitfire, Mustang, Typhoon and Tempest, took on the major roles.
@Scepticalasfuk 8 ай бұрын
@@imperialinquisition6006 In 1939-42 the Typhoon, Tempest and Mustang were of little use.
@jp0308 3 жыл бұрын
As a Yank I can't help but have deep admiration to those brave British airmen. There is no doubt of the high comradery and daring of those brave men. Even as an American I'm damn proud of 'em!!
@jomix7 3 жыл бұрын
They truly were made of sterner stuff in those days and many of them knew the dangers of flying in these experimental planes but they did their duties no questions asked. Brave men from every side fighting for their families, their nation and what they believed was right. Let them never be forgotten.
@seadog2396 3 жыл бұрын
YES - the British, in spite of their penchant for cleanliness and order and following proper practice, Really had some BALLS, went in and put it right on the line, and gave lots of Germans the RUNS. FACT.
@albertmurphy5133 3 жыл бұрын
@@seadog2396 mi mi
@jessicatorretto159 3 жыл бұрын
@@seadog2396 my grandfather was a sergeant British gerker. Parachute regiment. And he said the Germans were unbelievable and it to. Thinking about it. The German soldiers were no different than the British. Just fighting for there country. It was evil like Himler and others with power were the monsters. And if people only stopped and though starling was the coldest evilist monsters of all them together.
@jessicatorretto159 2 жыл бұрын
@McFlickers yep
@CA999 3 жыл бұрын
The Felton Army of Followers is nearing 1.2 Million! The campaign continues to enlighten the world!
@williamthomas1889 3 жыл бұрын
Yup, pretty soon he'll have enough to launch his own private invasion of Russia
@CA999 3 жыл бұрын
@@williamthomas1889 to infinity and beyond!
@MohammedKhaled-ju7gy 3 жыл бұрын
Dan dana dana dan Dan da da da da dun dun dana dana dun dun dun dun dun x2
@MSkallywagg 3 жыл бұрын
All his footage are from Pathe news , documentaries about this Aircraft have been out for years
@tmclaug90 3 жыл бұрын
My brother flew an A-10, he really liked the bazooka Charlie video, and I will forward him this one too. Thank you Dr. Felton!
@lonniebailey4989 3 жыл бұрын
I thank your brother for his service. Remember, if you hear the brrrt, you weren’t the target.
@stevethomas760 3 жыл бұрын
Met a former A-10 pilot on a Grand Canyon rafting trip. He was a pilot for Delta. Cool guy
@ADITADDICTS 3 жыл бұрын
I flew the A-1 steak sauce. It was delicious.
@nickwalters4070 3 жыл бұрын
As a UK kid in the 80s, still remember being in a car on a nearly deserted road across flat Yorkshire moors, when 2 A-10s flew directly over. I'm sure they weren't as low as they seemed, but still... the feeling that we'd been in the sights of A-10s was cause for some (wry) laughter.
@tmclaug90 3 жыл бұрын
@@nickwalters4070 my house and my job are in the flight path for A-10s and F-16s, they are often low enough to get a good look at them. Pretty neat stuff.
@kawapilot 3 жыл бұрын
A good friend of mine when I was growing up was a Hurricane Pilot in Burma. He was shot down, was in the jungle for 2 weeks made it back, saw his medal (a flying boot), was a great character.. Became a minister of the church of Scotland, after the war and was allowed to wear his wings at sunday service because he held it for the english queen.. A great Scottish hero. Kenny McVicvar. RIP.
@Steve-ws9kd 3 жыл бұрын
Mark you are special. My grandfather served under Monty as a British Tommy. He never spoke of his time in North Africa. Amazing generation.
@MaskHysteria 3 жыл бұрын
A-10: "BRRRRRRRRRRRRRT" Hawker Hurricane: "That's my boy"
@holdencross5904 3 жыл бұрын
Always Britain then America isn’t it?
@dotdashdotdash 3 жыл бұрын
@@holdencross5904 True. Ernest Rutherford split the atom in Manchester University, UK, in 1917. 🇬🇧
@tamkin007 3 жыл бұрын
@JZ's Best Friend fixed the tail on the Bell X-1 to
@vicnighthorse 3 жыл бұрын
No, the Hs-129 was it's closest WWII ancestor by wide margin.
@Bakaat777 3 жыл бұрын
Uh, no... A-10 Thunderbolt II: "BRRRRRRRRRRRRT" P-47 Thunderbolt I: "That's MY boy." Peace.
@stuartkynoch7289 3 жыл бұрын
Love the Hurricane. True hero of the battle of Britain. Daddy of the Typhoon and Tempest. Being a Geordie every time I hear Vickers I smile :)
@truthseeker7242 3 жыл бұрын
Stuart - I'd like a fiver for every weapon - especially tanks, that came out of the Elswick Works. My sainted mother was/is a Geordie as well, I've never sat in a Hurricane, but I have in a late marque Spitfire - at RAF Catterick.
@zackpenhaligon9904 3 жыл бұрын
I'm a Southerner, but you Geordies got my respect 😉💪💪💪
@rudeboycue 3 жыл бұрын
We also had Vickers in Leeds at the barnbow factory in headingley.
@Darkalyle 3 жыл бұрын
My grandfather was an RAF Ace of the WWII African front. He flew both spitfires and hurricanes. Been looking to learn more about the Allies in North Africa, Thank for this video.
@45auto82 3 жыл бұрын
Sure didn’t know anyone had tungsten loads for armor piercing back then! Also...loved the nose art of a flying can opener on the Hurri! Thank you Dr. Felton for another interesting and capturing WWII video!
@kieranh2005 3 жыл бұрын
The germans had them from the start of the war... a practice that ended shortly when the tungsten became more valuable in machine tools. Various other forces used them at various times.
@robbielee2148 2 жыл бұрын
@@kieranh2005 yes & maybe most threatening were the “squeeze-bore” anti-tank guns, in 28 MM and 42MM first used by the fallschirmjager. Incredible penetration for their small caliber & light weight, but as you know, the shortage of tungsten put these guns out of service early 1943.
@muskokamike127 2 жыл бұрын
I wondered what they used. Today they (in armor at least) they use spent uranium due to it's high density and hardness.
@Fosh192 2 жыл бұрын
Look up 6 Squadron RAF - "The Flying Tin Openers"..
@jessicalacasse6205 Жыл бұрын
40 mm was obsolete as anti tank weapon ( why they got to the 57 or the 75 ) so why would it work on tanks and if you say older mark well the mark 2 with his flak gun was like a aa spg so not much danger there when you look at stat you see that tankbusting airplane are a gimmick ...plus only 30 rounds going at speed really ... they should have loaded hefrag tips and go after soft skin or bring ordonnance like rocket
@Izzy-qf1do 3 жыл бұрын
All they needed was a giant ship to block the Suez Canal.
@grumpycalenzana7514 3 жыл бұрын
Like the Bismarck or the Graf Spee ?
@bob-wo3ir 3 жыл бұрын
I Just looked it up on vesselfinder and ... It's still there
@tazmod7272 3 жыл бұрын
It is still stuck.
@djzrobzombie2813 3 жыл бұрын
@@bob-wo3ir yeah the trying to get it out with 1 land bagger 😂 it will be there for a while
@robertwoodliff2536 3 жыл бұрын
Its a canal......can they not just fill it up a little more and float it off?
@smoketinytom 3 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, the music of a new subject to learn. Also, BRRRRT.
@not-a-theist8251 3 жыл бұрын
Warthog goes brrrrrrrrrt
@dyveira 3 жыл бұрын
There's a saying in the military that if you heard the A-10, it wasn't meant for you.
@ageingviking5587 3 жыл бұрын
@@dyveira I heard the same thing .. People never hear the BRRRRRT of the warthog if they are the target... Damn cool plane !
@Alex-cw3rz 3 жыл бұрын
Weirdo's
@ageingviking5587 3 жыл бұрын
@@Alex-cw3rz says the guy with an E A sports logo...Your mom called , your hotpockets are done so put down your joy stick !
@colibri492 3 жыл бұрын
I should add that my South African aunt, who died last year aged 101, volunteered to serve in South African uniform in the British Army Headquarters in Cairo. During her 4+ years of service to the Allied cause, she saw such notables as Ord Wingate pass through the Cairo offices.
@Andre-pe9mm 3 жыл бұрын
101 a good innings
@zajagter2888 3 жыл бұрын
Was she Afrikaans?
@colibri492 3 жыл бұрын
@@zajagter2888 Ongelukkig nee! Onse familie is van Engelse oorsprong, dws "rooinekke".
@zajagter2888 3 жыл бұрын
@@colibri492 O, hulle word ook maar souties hier genoem😂😂 As ek na jou naam kyk neem ek aan jy's 'n Rus?
@colibri492 3 жыл бұрын
@@zajagter2888 Die bynaam het verbinding met my loopbaan, voordat ek afgetree het. My van is suiwer "soutpiel". Aangesien dat ek uit SA na die VK 40 jaar gelede vertrek het, sal u maklik agterkom dat my grammatika en woordeskat nie meer so vlot is nie. Elke so nou en dan moet ek in die woordeboek ondersoek gaan doen.
@Sailfire1 3 жыл бұрын
My regular fix of Mark Felton Productions and War stories occupies a space in me that used to be fulfilled with "Battle" and "Victor" comics during my childhood.
@RasPutintheGreat 3 жыл бұрын
It is 0204 here in the Philippines and never too late or too early for Dr. Felton's history lesson.
@exb.r.buckeyeman845 3 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Cornwall.
@irvingnerdbaum7256 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, Dr. Felton keeps me up way past my bedtime! But it's worth it, I think.
@superdupergrover9857 3 жыл бұрын
You can always say you were up late studying. Which is the truth, but perhaps don't mention you enjoyed it :)
@MotionMcAnixx 3 жыл бұрын
Ra Ra from Oz!
@antonivs5068 3 жыл бұрын
Hello from Cebu ❤️
@ernestpaul2484 3 жыл бұрын
The very first model I built was a Hawker Hurricane. That was back in 1966 or so. Great looking airplane. The model kit gave some history of the plane in a paragraph before the steps of the instructions started. I can still picture in mind it sitting on the shelf inn my old bedroom.
@LittleNala 3 жыл бұрын
I was born in 1955, so I imagine I started making kits just a couple of years before you. I don't remember my first one, but I do remember making them with my Uncle Jack, who had served in the desert with the 8th Army. As a dental technician! But he served, along with the rest of them. He didn't just make kits with his nephew though - he had his own collection. Planes from both sides, usually ones that were in the Desert War - Stukas and suchlike. While I'm on the subject, an completely different uncle, Clarence, was fighting up though Italy with a military intelligence unit. He was also a keen accordion player. One day, a Stuka attack destroyed his recon vehicle and the accordion inside it. He always said that was the worst thing Hitler had ever done to him during the entire war. ;-)
@lostinpa-dadenduro7555 3 жыл бұрын
My first was the P40 Warhawk in Flying Tiger colors. A snap together kit that my Grandfather helped me with. Believe I was about 5-6. 😀🇺🇸👍
@lostinpa-dadenduro7555 3 жыл бұрын
@@madisntit6547 The summer carnage to green army men and models in the back garden approached the Somme. Few survived the air rifles and firecrackers unscathed.
@David-yo5ws 3 жыл бұрын
My first model too. Money order from GB, an Airfix kit plus the Humbrol paint in little tins. 1970's. Got some fishing line and hung it over the outside decking (we lived on a hill), took some pictures and showed my friends and made them think a Hurricane flew over our little town. Even did a school exercise, researched and wrote about the Hurricane and the test pilot John Bull and about Sir Sydney Cam and Sir Ralph Sorely. Loved that plane. Went to a Warbirds over Wanaka air show in the South Island of New Zealand I think 2002 and saw a real Hawker Hurricane up close. One of the upper most special moments I have felt in my life. So I just loved this Dr Mark Felton production and clicked on it as soon as I saw Hurricane!
@dayglograham62 3 жыл бұрын
Mine too, it was a Revell kit and would have been around 1970. Loved the Hurricane ever since, much more than those show-off Spitfires everyone bangs on about
@EricTheOld 3 жыл бұрын
A model I built with my now 92 year old father in the 60s. Thank you
@shieldwallofdragons 3 жыл бұрын
It always amazes me at the speed of innovation during the first and Second World War compared to today...the amount of innovation in only 4 years time is astounding.
@Giloup92 3 жыл бұрын
I read somewhere that the speed of innovation in wartime is five times the one in peacetime.
@RonJohn63 3 жыл бұрын
It shouldn't amaze you. High motivation and lots of money solve lots of problems.
@AudieHolland 3 жыл бұрын
During the "Battle of Britain" in 1940, British fighters were already equipped with a primitive electronic heads on display and sights. I always thought they only looked through iron sights.
@ernestpaul2484 3 жыл бұрын
When the Mother of Necessity kicks you in the ass, you develop and invent things never imagined before.
@AudieHolland 3 жыл бұрын
Talking about biological warfare, did you know they still keep small pox in military laboratories?
@colinnash9422 3 жыл бұрын
The flying skills of those pilots,they look like there only 25/30 feet off the ground,no wonder they lost so many pilots and planes. Very skilled and brave men
@LuvBorderCollies 3 жыл бұрын
It would be easy to forget the prop blades are at least a couple feet below you.
@tams805 3 жыл бұрын
It's something the RAF did until fairly recently. The Tornados and Harriers while good aircraft, were slow and not very stealthy. By flying so close to the ground, they could avoid radar.
@bennylofgren3208 3 жыл бұрын
Tams80 Slow?
@tams805 3 жыл бұрын
@@bennylofgren3208 Yes, the Tornado and even more so the Harrier were slow for *fighter jets*. Fantastic machines, but slow.
@bennylofgren3208 3 жыл бұрын
Tams80 What on earth are you talking about?! The Tornado is anything but slow. In fact, it is probably the fastest aircraft in the world on the deck. It does Mach 1.3 at low level, and Mach 2.2+ at high altitude. Not that high speed is in any way the most important feature in a fighter. Take the Harrier that you mentioned for example. It is subsonic in all regimes, but is very maneuverable and can definitely give other fighters a run for their money, since virtually all close-in air-to-air combat is done in the subsonic and transonic speed range.
@FV4030 3 жыл бұрын
I can only hope that somewhere out there, there is an A10 flying around with that winged can opener art on it.
@billsweeney5311 3 жыл бұрын
9⁹⁹ìi9
@wessexdruid5290 3 жыл бұрын
It's still flying, but on the RAF Typhoons of 6 Sqn.
@robinloxley205 3 жыл бұрын
My great grandmother used to sew the skins onto Hurricanes, made of Egyptian cotton I think, then it was "doped" painted with some solution and when dry it was like a drum skin. The skin could be prepared and repaired quicker than a Spitfire, as everyone knows by now, and turn-around time back into the air shortened, One Hurricane went up patched up by a cut up ladies headscarf, that was from my great gran and she told me more than one woman sacrificed some part of her clothing at times for repairs. God bless them all for the freedom we have today.
@skull3374 3 жыл бұрын
I love A 10 Brrrr sound in the morning!
@SCRB1GR3D98 3 жыл бұрын
Bruh it's 2 in the afternoon
@dallas9397 3 жыл бұрын
@@SCRB1GR3D98 lol
@ivorbiggun710 3 жыл бұрын
I often make a similar noise in the morning. Usually in the bathroom.
@lonniebailey4989 3 жыл бұрын
@@SCRB1GR3D98 you ever heard of time zones? It actually may have been morning for him but it was the afternoon for you.
@joem7641 3 жыл бұрын
It sounds like...victory.
@Jiji-the-cat5425 3 жыл бұрын
These planes are so cool looking and sounding flying around.
@marvinrey79 3 жыл бұрын
You could actually fly this plane in a game called war thunder !
@drew65sep 3 жыл бұрын
Yup...aircraft of the "pre-jet" age period of aviation have an elegance all their own. Also, they most certainly sound pretty damn cool. Once one has heard what the engines that powered the old prop-driven warbirds sound like a couple of times, you'll know exactly what it is before you ever see it.
@jakobgrimminger 3 жыл бұрын
There is nothing more beautiful than the sound of a Rolls Royce Merlin engine. It is the ultimate sound for an engine
@dscrappygolani7981 3 жыл бұрын
Not to a tankman, you avacado! 🙄
@drew65sep 3 жыл бұрын
@@dscrappygolani7981 no doubt...they got a lot of stuff they use to kill a tank nowadays.
@rudolfyakich6653 3 жыл бұрын
Dr. F I love to see the Hurricane. This underdog makes me proud of what Brits did to hold the line in 1940.
@rogerpritchard 3 жыл бұрын
Always such a pleasure to listen to Mark. Ex RAF Biggin.
@danielcoburn8635 3 жыл бұрын
Spent five years on the A-10 at RAF Bentwaters and Alconbury as an armament systems maintainer and loader. Very easy to maintain and a joy to watch in action!
@skull3374 3 жыл бұрын
Now that i didn't know that British created tank buster! Thanks mark for teaching us.!❤
@BearFlagRebel 3 жыл бұрын
Hurricane MK II D flyable in earlier versions of the IL-2 1946 flight sim.
@jimtaylor294 3 жыл бұрын
Multiple Tank Busters. The Hurricane MK.IIC beforehand is also worthy of mention.
@drott150 3 жыл бұрын
Not really. Stukas were dedicated, purpose built ground attack aircraft that were used in the Spanish civil war in the 1930s and also in the opening stages of WWII in Poland. Stukas attacked and destroyed many armored ground targets during this time, which preceded the "Tank Busting" Hurricanes in 1940. Also, there were Me109s used in the Spanish Civil war and invasion of Poland in 1939 that were equipped with bombs and 20mm cannon either in the nose or wing mounted. So the 109 was armed to the point where it could have been considered a "tank buster" as well, especially considering the relatively thinly armored tanks used at the earliest stages of the war could be knocked out by 20mm cannon fire.
@christopherharper9932 3 жыл бұрын
The first model I ever put together! And at 48, I'm still at it! Thanks, old friend, my A-10!!
@jackx4311 10 ай бұрын
For those asking about the Stuka tank buster (with the implication that the Hurricane Mk.IID wasn't the first); the Mk.IID first flew in September, 1941, and first deliveries to squadrons were in 1942. The Stuka tankbuster was the G-1, first delivered to squadrons in April, 1943.
@kevin_1230 3 жыл бұрын
I always loved the underappreciated hurricane.
@mkvv5687 3 жыл бұрын
Back when Combat Air Sim was around, one of the tier 1 planes was the Hurricane. I remember bitching about it to someone, and he pointed out that Hurries were about as capable as Spits at lower altitude, if not more. References that I looked up at the time seemed to bear this out.
@1Wilful 3 жыл бұрын
Made of wood!
@kevin_1230 3 жыл бұрын
@@1Wilful actually The primary structure comprised a Warren truss box-girder that made use of high-tensile steel longerons and duralumin cross-bracing, which were mechanically fastened instead of welded. Over this, a secondary structure composed of wooden formers and stringers gave the fuselage a rounded external shape, which carried a doped linen covering.
@SirAntoniousBlock 3 жыл бұрын
Too slow and in-agile it was obsolete as a fighter by 1942 but like the P-47 discovered a new career as a ground attack aircraft.
@melburns4378 3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: The A10 firing it's gun is actually silent. It's the audio from the microphone in the victims underwear you're hearing.
@johnpeter4184 3 жыл бұрын
Its gun can out thrust the jet engines by a scouch. Video on YT.
@Colonel_Overkill 3 жыл бұрын
See, I have a hard time believing that. If it were true the victim would be filling their trousers but in reality it would be a pucker strong enough to create a black hole so I highly doubt any materials can pass through it in such a state.
@LetsTalkAboutPrepping 3 жыл бұрын
Not the victim but the guys standing 100yrds from the victim. The victim no longer has bowels to void
@orkhepaj 3 жыл бұрын
yours?
@gregoryborton6598 3 жыл бұрын
If you hear the "BRRRT", you weren't the target.
@johns1625 3 жыл бұрын
There's just nothing cooler than an A-10 Warthog. I swear every time I see one I get so damn hyped
@allegory7638 2 жыл бұрын
Have to admire those ground crew with that prop spinning less than an arm's length away!
@jimbuck795 3 жыл бұрын
When I see a new Mark Felton video, first I hit the like button, then I watch the video.
@steriskyline4470 3 жыл бұрын
What if it’s a bad video though?
@comradekenobi6908 3 жыл бұрын
Hitler is a male
@David-yo5ws 3 жыл бұрын
@@steriskyline4470 Helllooooooo! Knock knock knock on your head! Is it made of wood? As if.............................. 🙄 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@gregtheredneck1715 3 жыл бұрын
The Hawker Hurricane has always been one of my favorite WWII fighters.
@shadetreemech290 3 жыл бұрын
Me too. I also thought it never got the recognition it deserved and was overshadowed by the Spitfire.
@bryantcurtis2665 3 жыл бұрын
As an old US Navy boiler technician I appreciate this channel. Enough said.
@JeffCounsil-rp4qv 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service!
@trenauldo 3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting! Lordy, that ground crewman cranking the engine was REALLY close to that prop.
@supahfly_uk 2 жыл бұрын
I thought he was getting a haircut.
@rogertycholiz2218 2 жыл бұрын
Tony R - I would guess that a few of the ground crew got killed by a "prop strike" when winding up the engine.
@trenauldo 2 жыл бұрын
@@supahfly_uk He'd get a lot of things cut being that close... lol.
@trenauldo 2 жыл бұрын
@@rogertycholiz2218 Wouldn't surprise me a bit. That is seriously danger-close.
@christianmotley262 2 жыл бұрын
Good thing it wasn't put on backwards...
@thetvbaby83 3 жыл бұрын
More History than the history channel. Thanks Mark!
@janiceduke1205 3 жыл бұрын
Dr. Felton is too damn smart for my own good. 😊
@johnbockelie3899 3 жыл бұрын
I like their symbol , a can opener with wings.
@johnbockelie3899 3 жыл бұрын
The Germans did the same thing with the Stuka on the Russian front by mounting big guns under the wings making the planes tank busters.
@isabuckles 3 жыл бұрын
This was a detailed and thorough account, and I'm very glad you chose this as a topic! Maybe we can hear more about German Hs 129 'Panzerknacker' attack aircraft in the near future.
@lancerevell5979 3 жыл бұрын
The Hs-129 "Battle Duck" was sadly underpowered. A good idea but not implemented well.
@cccycling5835 3 жыл бұрын
First minute of video is just A10 footage with BRRRRTTTTT. Thumbs up just for that
@Kilo12117 3 жыл бұрын
I was told by one of my colleagues at the RAF Heritage Centre I volunteer at, that years ago he chatted with a RAF Veteran who flew in North Africa and he said one of his Friends was testing out the cannons for tank busting on a Hawker Hurricane I believe one of the first attempts at seeing if it was actually a practical idea. He was observing from the ground as his mate attempted it, they successfully fired off 3 rounds and then went and landed, he went with some of the ground crew to meet him he said his friend climbed out the cockpit and was White in the face and refused to speak for a good 30 minutes, he had several cigarettes and then explained Once he fired he lost so much Altitude that he though he was going to nose plant into the ground and that it was terrifying. Don't blame the guy by the sound of that story!
@theoccupier1652 3 жыл бұрын
Tall Story ... If you watch the footage when the guns are fired (even in quick succession) the Hurricane does Not lose any height The Camera Does Not Lie ;)
@David-yo5ws 3 жыл бұрын
@@theoccupier1652 Duh! Obviously the First Test Pilot passed on the information and they modified their flying approach and modified the Vickers gun platform. Even firing the 8 Browning's on the first Hurricanes reduced their speed by up to 30mph.
@mkvv5687 3 жыл бұрын
@@theoccupier1652 Keep in mind that OP was doing initial testing. Subsequent flight test operations would have informed future pilots as to the proper angle and airspeed to account for any slowdown from recoil (which is what the drop of altitude is a symptom of). The videos that we see here are of experienced airmen flying specified envelopes on properly configured aircraft.
@natelav534 3 жыл бұрын
@@theoccupier1652 uhhh dude. You see that theyre about 50 feet tops above the ground during the maneuver they were pulling here. 2 40mm guns firing simultaneously on an aircraft that weighs as much as a modern day pickup is going to be a more than important variable to consider when firing. Imagine strapping a 40mm to a pickup... that thing would probably roll over if you just dumped the ammo.
@theoccupier1652 3 жыл бұрын
@@natelav534 Nearly 7 tons ... that's some over weight pickup you have there. and I'm Not a Dude ... I am British
@garyproffitt5941 3 ай бұрын
Amazing the Hawker Hurricane's WWII the tiger tank busters and greeting Mark Felton.
@jefferynelson 3 жыл бұрын
As is often the case with this channel, I just learned something new.
@davidhoyle4465 3 жыл бұрын
When I was a lad, my father would invite business chums who were also world war 2 veterans over for dinner, not so much for my mothers' solid English cooking, more so I could hear stories of boyish adventure. One such fellow was a hurricane pilot who was sent to Africa to train young aviators on the new tankbuster. He modestly told of how by the time he got there, the pilots were already experienced and effective with the tankbuster version, while he had in fact never flown it. They grimly and politely invited him on a sortie, he said he could barely handle the aircraft, and missed his target by about a mile. I wish I could remember his name. Anyway Mark, thank you for the youtube bit. This old Canadian geezer really appreciates your outstanding work. Keep it up!
@SirBigzalot 3 жыл бұрын
I remember reading about these as a child and being intrigued. Great to finally see video footage of them.
@ThatC10Guy 3 жыл бұрын
Dang, never knew too much about tanks and history behind them but I totally forgot about aircraft taking part in anti tank missions, glad you included the A-10
@simonmagness9235 3 жыл бұрын
I witnessed the effects of the A10 first hand on the ground during Desert Storm. Delta Btry, 2/14 (attached to 2/10, 2nd Mar Div). USMC
@willmatheson4828 3 жыл бұрын
NICE THANKS FOR UR SILERVICE
@amerigo88 3 жыл бұрын
I was with 504th Maintenance Company, US Army in Bamberg in 1989-1990. We supported 2nd BN and 4th BN of the 14th Field Artillery Regiment (8 inch). Where were you stationed in West Germany before the Desert Shield deployment?
@simonmagness9235 3 жыл бұрын
Camp Lejuene, NC. 2nd Mar Div
@markrunnalls7215 3 жыл бұрын
Ah right ..goodo .. Was that when they shot up British warrior armoured APCs
@simonmagness9235 3 жыл бұрын
@@markrunnalls7215 I never heard about that. We (2/10) we the forward most battery during the 4 day drive through Kuwait (for 2nd Mar Div). We witnessed the A10s destroying Iraqi armor (many of these were still moving, some recently abandoned by their crews)
@ukoze 3 жыл бұрын
You omitted mention of South Africa! They had two divisions in North Africa and the 1st SA Division was in both Alamein battles.
@ukoze 2 жыл бұрын
@Hoa Tattis I'm well aware of Tobruk. However by the time the South Africans took over Tobruk most of the defences were removed to the Gazala Line. Another factor was that through an intelligence leak Rommel was in possession of the entire order of battle on a daily basis of the Imperial forces in North Africa. If you don't believe me google Bonnerfellers the US Liaison Officer in Cairo. He was privy to all Allied dispositions and cabled them to Washington daily. However the Italians had burgled the US embassy in Rome and copied the US codes which was used by Bonnerfellers.
@ukoze 2 жыл бұрын
@Hoa Tattis So what! Australians in Singapore "caved in" to numerically inferior Japanese forces in 1942. The Greatest military disaster in British history. BTW it wasn't only the Aussies in Tobruk. There was a sizable Polish contingent as well. Surprising how Aussie jingoists never mention them. BTW I'm Irish!
@chuckh5999 2 жыл бұрын
@@ukoze Percival and the command staff were Poms something an Irishman would appreciate!
@ukoze 2 жыл бұрын
@@chuckh5999 I know he did nothing to bolster defences. Didn't want to alarm the population.
@leeblake3989 2 жыл бұрын
My step-fathers uncle was a Tiger ace on both the eastern and western fronts. He knew Michael Wittmann and was friends with Hans Rudel. "Uncle Ernst" gave me a copy of Rudel's book which I read numerous times. Ernst told me he never feared any of the Allied tanks, even outnumbered. But, the allies tank busting aircraft he was. The British Typhoon and Tempest and especially the American P-47 were always around and always dangerous. "Uncle Ernst" was a great man to talk history with and was NOT a Nazis, just a German fighting for his country.
@EdMcF1 3 жыл бұрын
Part of Sir Tom Sopwith's companies' fantastic stable of steeds, right up to the Hawker Siddley Harriers.
@jimtaylor294 3 жыл бұрын
The Hawk too; without which the Red Arrows wouldn't be half as nimble :D .
@josephstevens9888 3 жыл бұрын
Mark my good man - as soon as I saw you posted a new production I knew I had to take a break... and I wasn't disappointed! The Hawker Hurricane was always one of my favorite fighters. Wasn't pretty, nor was it glamours, but a tough war bird more than capable of taking the fight to the enemy. Same is true for the Typhoons. I know most people go gaga over the Spitfires and Mustangs, but give me the Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Thunderbolts - tough fighting machines capable of dealing out some serious damage and capable of taking a beating and still keep flying!
@jeremypearson6852 3 жыл бұрын
When I see film of the WWII, I cannot begin to imagine the fear that the people of continental Europe went through. As a Brit, I’m forever in debt to the people that gave their lives. We sometimes forget all the men from the British Commenwealth and Eastern Europe that also made the ultimate sacrifice.
@muskokamike127 2 жыл бұрын
My concern is the mentality of the Brits today. I suspect that in order for a foreign power like the Nazis to succeed today all they'd have to do is claim political persecution and the leftist would welcome them in with open arms. All those brave men who fought for freedom just so the government can arrest street preachers and others for "wrong speak".
@manasseskamau5327 2 жыл бұрын
As a Kenyan, our grandpas were conscripted as carrier corps for the British Army and saw action in Burma and elsewhere in Asia. Later after the war they formed the nucleus of the military forces upon independence in 1963. Not only that but most of Mau Mau rebellion leaders were demobilized WW2 soldiers.
@GT380man 2 жыл бұрын
The shame now is that the Five Eyes capabilities have been captured by WEF/WHO/globalists, each MI is turned on their own people. Think Israel & how their citizens implicitly trust their leaders, though they’re being walked through the Gates of hell. Same thing in AUS/CAN/NZ & I bet US/U.K. ‘special relationship’ is the real driver of the ending of free humanity. I saw a solitary Spitfire over my house in Kent, three miles from RAF Bekesbourne, one of the Battle of Britain grass airfields. Where the hell did it all go so wrong?
@UserUser-ww2nj 2 жыл бұрын
@@muskokamike127 Germany is going about it a different way now , forget wars just create a united states of Europe and win by stealth
@muskokamike127 2 жыл бұрын
@@UserUser-ww2nj Well, even the Taliban and Islam in general has found that they cannot defeat the west in combat so what they're doing now is using our very laws, and liberal mindset against us: attack from within. The biggest issue is: the liberal left are only too happen to bend over and drop trou to make sure it happens. Fight with guns? can't win. So they just import their troops under the guise of being a refugee and voila, you have your invasion. A survey was done in...Pittsburgh in the US and of a dense Islamic population, 78% valued sharia law over US law. That tells me that once they reach a population density of over 50%, they'll simply vote in Islamic government officials. Just look at the squad.
@pegjames188 3 жыл бұрын
A friends father was in Normandy in 1944 as part of the following engineering force behind the frontal assault . On their way to construct a river crossing they were met by a German tank emerging from a railway tunnel , slamming their truck into reverse thinking they'd had it an allied aircraft appeared from nowhere and to his relief took the tank apart with what he thinks we're rockets.
@wessexdruid5290 3 жыл бұрын
6:44 onwards
@charlestaylor8566 3 жыл бұрын
She was a tough old bird , A book by Leo McKinstry , The Hurricane The real victor in the Battle of Britain is a good read !
@terraflow__bryanburdo4547 3 жыл бұрын
With the Mk IId it was a real hurricane...of lead!
@BatMan-xr8gg 3 жыл бұрын
@Edgar Miller Kevlar was no invented back then.
@BatMan-xr8gg 3 жыл бұрын
Hurricane losses in the BOB were quite high. Not much of a match for the 109. When the Spit came along, then the Hurricanes could go after the bombers etc, whilst the Spits took on the fighters. Total Hurricane loss August/September 1940 - 244 Total Spitfire loss August/September 1940 - 147
@markfinlay422 3 жыл бұрын
@@BatMan-xr8gg yes the "plan" was Hurricanes take on the bombers as they were a better gun platform and the Spitfires took on the fighters due to speed advantages. Of course in the actual air combat this was difficult to do when the Nazis fought back. The figures for losses are actually favourable for the Hurricane given the numbers of each aircraft available. 30/08/1940 709 Hurricanes and 372 Spitfires. Given that it looks like the Hurricane was the fighter to be in if you wanted to live.
@charlestaylor8566 3 жыл бұрын
@@BatMan-xr8gg Hurricanes taking on the bomber is another of the BOB myths , they fought just as much against the German fighters as the spitfires , something that is always overlooked is that the hurricanes were in the air much longer than spitfires , come back with a badly shot up Hurricane , a couple off hours patch up work to its fabric skin rearm , which was half the time to do by the way of a spitfire , and she back in action , a Spitfire if it survived the similar punishment would be out of action for days getting repaired . Don’t get me wrong , the Spit was an excellent plane , but the Hurricane went on to perform many roles in the war after the BOB , I think it was Ace pilot Tom Neil that said for a plane to fly in give me the Spitfire , for a plane to fight in give me the Hurricane .
@loganschaeffer9047 3 жыл бұрын
It’s always going to be a good day when you hear the signature opening theme.
@doonie8287 3 жыл бұрын
I need it as my ring tone
@stc3145 3 жыл бұрын
Never get tired of hearing that intro
@marcitos_9329 3 жыл бұрын
We need a full version released of this theme
@Mackembri62 3 жыл бұрын
What a channel,love the internet,brought up in the 60's looking in books at pictures to this,EXCELLENT
@wroot1 3 жыл бұрын
Also used by Preston Jacobs
@MostlyPennyCat 3 жыл бұрын
It's funny, I'm almost the same age as the A-10 Thunderbolt II. In middle school I had a set of warplanes Top Trumps and unlike everybody else, my favourite was the A-10. Almost entirely because it looked the best. Several times I'd search the deck looking for the Thunderbolt I, eventually concluding I must have lost it. 40 years later and suddenly everybody loves it, says it's ugly and calls it the Warthog. And they're wrong in every conceivable way. I love it _more_ now, more that I know the reason why every bit of it looks there was it does. It's beautiful and they should give me one.
@christopherstewart8638 3 жыл бұрын
This is an incredible personal piece to me that you’ve done here thank you.
@theholyinquisition389 3 жыл бұрын
On the German side, at around the same time as the Hurricane Mk. II the Henschel Hs 129 was being outfitted with Mk 101 30 mm cannons for use against soviet tanks.
@jwenting 3 жыл бұрын
after they rejected the idea of fitting those big guns to smaller aircraft for having too much of a detrimental effect on speed and stability, hmm... And the Americans didn't like it either, instead fitting AT guns to A-26 and B-25 aircraft.
@theholyinquisition389 3 жыл бұрын
@@jwentingAnd considering that the Germans then proceeded to stick a 75mm gun on the Henschel, we can say that lessons regarding big guns on small planes were not learned.
@2whostruckjohn 3 жыл бұрын
@@jwenting US did fit a 37mm to the P39, but its useas a tank-buster was more of "well, it's lousy at altitude so let's use it for ground attack" rather than a purpose-designed anti-tank aircraft.
@babaganoush6106 3 жыл бұрын
Anyone here heard of the mosquito tsetse?
@jimtaylor294 3 жыл бұрын
@@babaganoush6106 I have. 6lbs of whistling death.
@dlxmarks 3 жыл бұрын
Now I want to know more about the anti-tank cannon that the Germans fitted to the Ju 87 especially the type flown by Hans-Ulrich Rudel.
@_-.-_-_.._--.-_-_----_-.--_._- 3 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the Ruskies had the Ilyushin IL-2 in the East too. While their tank-buster predates the Brits' Hawker Hurricane IID by a year, their tactics did not evolve to see its true potential until 1943.
@anders_karlsson 3 жыл бұрын
The channel Military Aviation History posted just yesterday about the Hs129 and the MK101 it was armed with, in passing he mentions among others the Bordkanone 3,7 (BK 3,7). Well worth watching.
@amerigo88 3 жыл бұрын
@@anders_karlsson I found the posting of two flying tank buster videos so close together an odd coincidence.
@Joel-py2gh 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly!! I have his book because of my father.. He describes the 'experiment' as a succesful plane-cannon. Great you mention it!
@BrokenBackMountains 3 жыл бұрын
I was going to post about the Stuka but happy to see you got there first.
@dasboot5903 3 жыл бұрын
Thank U very much Mr. Mark Felton. Hurricane fighter plane, was the one .... who as the first at the front to save ass of the Great Britain during the World War Two.
@patrickfitzgerald2861 3 жыл бұрын
"If you hear the Warthog burp, you're not dead . . . yet."
@grayman7208 3 жыл бұрын
since the ammo is supersonic ... if you hear it ... they missed.
@Rep0007 3 жыл бұрын
It even SOUNDS like an electric can opener...
@FromaTwistedMind 3 жыл бұрын
116 👍 in under 2 minutes....Must be a Mark Felton video!? 😊
@F_Tim1961 3 жыл бұрын
Mark - Error in the narration. Adding 30mm cannon under the wings does NOT decrease top speed via the weight. In fact the plane has to fly faster or have a higher angle of attack due to the weight to generate the required extra lift The gun position - in fact it reduces the speed via drag. The only compensations are more power and wear on engines, coarser pitch on the prop or flying trimmed nose up. Adding weight does reduce rate of climb and it does reduce service ceiling. TE Fidler - former glider pilot - NzL.
@mydixienormous5746 3 жыл бұрын
Mark never fails to keep us watching! Love this channel so much!
@brianjarvis313 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Mark, for continuing to educate people about the battles that mattered during the Second World War.
@Ekstrax 3 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how much technologies and tactics were invented in such a short timespan during WW2
@muskokamike127 2 жыл бұрын
necessity: the mother of invention What is a shame is how many times you hear of the politicians and planners scoffing at new ideas (that save lives). Like during WWI: who was it who said that an airplane was a fad and had no real use in modern warfare? Then someone came along and sunk a battleship using only aircraft......
@13stalag13 3 жыл бұрын
The actual first tankbuster, was the Albatros J1, fitted with a downward firing Becker 20mm cannon in WW1.
@rexwinton3677 3 жыл бұрын
Always managing to find little known subjects and present them amazingly, thank you, keep up the great work
@minxythemerciless 3 жыл бұрын
The Ilyusha IL-2 was operational in 1941 and was used to attack German tanks with 23mm canon and rockets from June 1941. The Hurricane D model didn't start operations till 1942.
@Nick051967 3 жыл бұрын
What a brilliant story - and delighted it ended with beers all round in the local
@MorningGI0ry 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine being a German tanker, pride of the Wehrmacht, hero of your nation. Then some British cowboy flies overhead in an outdated fighter with two 2pdrs strapped onto the wings. He disabled your panzer and takes out a supply truck. Then flies off with a chuckle for tea and medals.
@johnhilton2509 3 жыл бұрын
OR vice verse when a very recently conscripted Volkssturm pops up and knocks out your tank with a cheap Panzerfaust. Not to mention the Hurricane was less outdated than the Stuka.
@fordfairlane662dr 3 жыл бұрын
Flies off for tea and crumpets!
@alexm566 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine the entire airforce of your country getting wiped out from above with WW2 French machine guns and you don't fire back a single shot. Egypt, 1967.
@JMac. 3 жыл бұрын
Roight!!! Terribly sorry about your tank old chap.... But you know, war and stuff. Anyhoo, time for Tea, Toodeloo!
@lehtokurppa7824 3 жыл бұрын
More like Stuka's with 37mm cannons. Even more obsolete and old fighting even more modern tanks.
@williammiller8317 3 жыл бұрын
When my son graduated the Marine Corp at Parris Island, I had the pleasure of watching Warthogs going out on maneuvers.
@wessexdruid5290 3 жыл бұрын
I recall, as a Cadet, being on a route march across an air to ground range on the East Coast - and being buzzed by a couple of Warthogs... We didn't think it was funny.
@williammiller8317 3 жыл бұрын
@@wessexdruid5290 👍
@wessexdruid5290 3 жыл бұрын
@@williammiller8317 They're the guys you want on your side.
@markforster6457 3 жыл бұрын
I read that Rommel told Hitler that Hurricanes were ripping up his Panzers with American-made 40MM shells. Goering said that was "latrine rumors. The only thing the Americans can make are razor blades and refridgerators." Rommel said "I only wish we were issued similar razor blades."
@ericduchesne807 3 жыл бұрын
Très bonne histoire...Very good story 🤩
@rmurphy3435 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent! It was always one of my favorites and didn’t know it was the first tank buster used by any Air Force. Hats off to RAF ingenuity.
@billdyke9745 3 жыл бұрын
Many Hurricane squadrons considered it a bad day when they were converted to Spitfires. The Hurry could be shot to shreds and still get you home to fight another day. Over England the Spitfire's role was to protect the Hurricanes from fighters while they were bringing down bombers. Teamwork. A more than adequate aeroplane, available in significant numbers, and comparatively easy to repair. Well done, Hawker.
@samanli-tw3id 3 жыл бұрын
Weren’t Spits used to defend London against the Blitz?
@philipandreicuk5356 3 жыл бұрын
@@samanli-tw3id No !! German bombers attacked London by night in the "Blizt" and Spitfire's where only used in the daytime
@jaksongpg 3 жыл бұрын
Came here to remember what we fought for and won and which is now being lost
@jwenting 3 жыл бұрын
@Mark Hepworth but not wrong, sadly
@LosBerkos 3 жыл бұрын
Have to assume they are referring to the British Empire.
@jaksongpg 3 жыл бұрын
@@LosBerkos Those replies got me smiling. Stomping queens wanting their empire back.
@sadlife8495 3 жыл бұрын
@@jaksongpg yesss let the Muslims and Africans marry your daughters, your sons shall pay child support, and you wife shall leave you for Jerusalem
@gunbutter830 3 жыл бұрын
Cthulhu swims slowly but he always swims left. We are bound to lose our freedom cause the morally weak are too easily tempted.
@larrylaurenzi1625 3 жыл бұрын
As a child I was enthralled by the Hawker Hurricane.
@kevanbest53 3 жыл бұрын
Hurricanes are so under appreciated. Thanks for giving it some love.
@aleksanderpopov5060 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for so many videos this week. Most pleasant surprise when we get a Mark Felton video and we weren’t even expecting one
@Totes_ma_Goat 3 жыл бұрын
Tin openers. That's the British for you. 🤣
@truthseeker7242 3 жыл бұрын
Mr Ski - It is 'our' British sense of humo(u)r - back in WWI one of our tanks got called 'Fray Bentos!
@janiceduke1205 3 жыл бұрын
@@truthseeker7242 Capt Richardson had named his tank Fray Bentos (canned meat) because before the war he was a grocer in Nottingham and had the license for the famous meat products.
@jimtaylor294 3 жыл бұрын
We also nicknamed at least one vehicle "spam cans", after the tins that spam came in XD.
@0range1968UK 3 жыл бұрын
The Hurricane is my favourite plane.. We learned all about British Aviation history during my days as a teenager within the 218 (Rotherham) - RAF ATC Air Training Cadets. My Dad who was in Africa as a desert rat with Monty ..persuaded me that being up in a plane was going to be a lot better if we went thru wartime again.. respect to all x.
@richard63 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for highlighting the Hurricane and one of it's many talents.
@MerrimanDevonshire 3 жыл бұрын
Ah yes... there is always that one 'special' relative in the family tree...
@jwenting 3 жыл бұрын
not in my family tree...
@mkvv5687 3 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, the one that keeps flapping his lips and going BRRRRRRRRRRRRT!
@JeffCounsil-rp4qv 3 жыл бұрын
@@mkvv5687 And spits bullets doing it...
@jogindersinghfoley3860 3 жыл бұрын
Like the Mosqueto Tsetse
@YMC888 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video Mark and have a great weekend ahead!
@Leeroy6572 2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant different war stories instead of well known stuff, also not to long and boring, thankyou Mr. Felton
@idanceforpennies281 3 жыл бұрын
I can't imagine how slow the Junkers 87-G was with its cannons. It's not like the Stuka was fast, to begin with.
@EdBert 2 жыл бұрын
The slowness aided careful aiming, top scoring pilot of the war (Rudel) flew them until forced into a Focke Wulf.
@MothaLuva 2 жыл бұрын
@@EdBert Then declined it and continued with the Ju 87.
@Rustythemouse 3 жыл бұрын
"Move this damn tincan!!!" George Smith Patton Jr. (Empires: Dawn of the Modern World)
@linkieloos 3 жыл бұрын
I loved that game back in the day, You just brought back so many memories!
@jmtproductions3650 3 жыл бұрын
I knew what it was going to be from as soon as I read the quote! Good one sir!
@n2thea 3 жыл бұрын
True man of culture. I remember playing that game, so many memories
@tommoseley9262 3 жыл бұрын
It still amazes how close to the blades the guys starting the engine got
@SirAntoniousBlock 3 жыл бұрын
You wouldn't want to be doing that job first thing in the morning after a big night in the mess.
@highdownmartin 3 жыл бұрын
@@SirAntoniousBlock always remember to walk away in the same direction as your hair is blowing
@SirAntoniousBlock 3 жыл бұрын
@@highdownmartin 😂 Good advice.
@juki6377 3 жыл бұрын
20 years ago we did this in our aero club
@mikegrube971 3 жыл бұрын
Run down the leading edge of the wing to the tip before turning. That's why propeller tips are painted so you see the tips in a circle with engine running. Help keeps you from becoming instant hamburger. Helicopter tail rotors too. Be Safe.
@amywright2243 3 жыл бұрын
Time for one video before work... and it starts with my favorite A-10. Thanks for the history lesson!
@erikg.4217 3 жыл бұрын
The Hurricane, a marvelous aircraft and one that easily deserves more laurels than it typically receives. I'd pawn off all that I have just to own one and fly it about on sunny days!
@harrynichols4278 3 жыл бұрын
Another brilliant video about a little know yet fascinating subject, well done mark 👏
@kevinmandrile5074 3 жыл бұрын
0:28 A-10 GO BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT!!!
@simunooi5306 3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a fart
@kikufutaba524 3 жыл бұрын
I attended university in Tucson Az for two years. And went to the Pima Air and Space Museum on numerous occasions. They have a Hurricane and a Spitfire (also a Shackelton bomber). The Hurricane is a beautiful aircraft and one of my favorites to view. Thank you for your wonderful video and narrative.
@robertwaid3579 2 жыл бұрын
As always Mr Felton Bravo too your brilliance, and delivery of yet another great piece. My Uncle would of been 102 this past yr., unfortunately he died ten yrs past. Until he was older he would never recall his past involvement in the ETO as a head mechanic in the USAAC,(United States Army Air Corp), I knew he was aware that I loved n lived History, but I guess till his later yrs it was just too painful for him. When he did talk of it at times he would discuss the alterations or adaptations they would add too specific Aircraft. Those conversations were with Him, his Son & Son in-law both former Navy, Vietnam era, my good Friend, My Father, & myself. Please keep this great knowledge coming. Thank You. WR, 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇸👍👍🙏🙏
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