This Machine Actually Existed And It Was Terrible... SO I MADE ONE

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Welcome to another episode of Scrap Mechanic! Today I am replicating a machine that was a predecessor to the tank: the Boirault Machine. It was basically one giant terrible tank tread that couldn't even steer. It was quickly given up on over a hundred years ago. But I'm bringing it back to life!
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@robinkesterlives 2 жыл бұрын

"It's gonna to have to stay on track. It is a track. it is also going to have to stay on track within the track. So I need a track within this track, so I don't lose track of what we're doing." - You had me at track.

@jackmaisel2839 2 жыл бұрын

what

@riccardopetrina4212 2 жыл бұрын

Scrapman is raising the bar lately, and I love it

@Daniel_45 2 жыл бұрын

Timestamp: 6:10

@getnug4467 2 жыл бұрын

We got lost of tracks He said too many tracks

@kittyn5222 2 жыл бұрын

The badges work!

@dianox_9990 2 жыл бұрын

Sad thing that they didn't have a suspension-glitch back then. Would've been a lot easier.

@randomstuff0070 2 жыл бұрын

lol maybe theyre brain is black and white thats why they didnt think it back then

@Liddylicious 2 жыл бұрын

@@randomstuff0070 dont know if that would even work, just cause theyre two different creations.

@o.pjuanshenobi6645 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, thrusters weren't also a thing back then

@flightingfalcon4783 2 жыл бұрын

lol

@Dozav7 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like they just attach a stick out the side from the inside vehicle into the dirt on the side they want to steer towards. It should work like rudimentary tank steering. Edit: a very large, very heavy stick.

@MrNight-dg1ug 2 жыл бұрын

The wiki literally said, when you were reading it, that "they used a winch-system to turn it, but they could only turn it 45 degrees", and something about automatic/manual steering

@Maxikxng 2 жыл бұрын

i saw something about a Jack system where you lift it up and then turn it by hand or with smaller jacks

@bbittercoffee 2 жыл бұрын

@@Maxikxng You LIFT it up?! How heavy was this? At least half a ton, right?!

@LionsPlayHD 2 жыл бұрын

@@bbittercoffee I think it was estimated at around 30 tonnes. Also i think it would have been possible to lift part of it up with a hydraulic jack.

@bbittercoffee 2 жыл бұрын

@@LionsPlayHD damn, they had a mechanism to lift this thing up and "turn it" but couldn't make it run faster than a km/h?

@MrNight-dg1ug 2 жыл бұрын

@@bbittercoffee Like scrapman also said in the video, it might be too heavy to go faster, and the tracks might sway/get stuck/get off the cogs

@rocketeer8719 2 жыл бұрын

I’m enjoying these quirky and weird creation concepts way too much. Great job keep it up!!!

@Ayxl_Toh 2 жыл бұрын

im getting comfortable with these weird mechanism recreate! : D

@29485webp 2 жыл бұрын

Quirky 😳

@farciarzfunny5326 2 жыл бұрын

It's not weird its unique

@BobbyStacruz-bh7vl 2 жыл бұрын

19:00 I like that he recreated this thing and had the same issues, that means he recreated it perfectly, well played my man

@YoursUntruly Жыл бұрын

Very historically accurate

@Ewout761 2 жыл бұрын

Now that we're into the tanks try making the Tsar Tank, made by Nikolai Lebedenko, Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky, Boris Stechkin, and Alexander Mikulin, also in 1914

@DeltaSierra0605 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly that's just a big trike with ridiculous wheels

@Guitarplayerotherchannel 2 жыл бұрын

You will prob be in next vid

@nicksnews. 2 жыл бұрын

There is a simple solution how they made it turn: [IRL] Suspension glitch, the answer to everything

@undeadsecret 2 жыл бұрын

spider turning, like how some cranes have stabilization legs, use those but on a rotor, the legs lift the machine and rotate it 30% lift, return to default and repeat process. slow yes, but heavily mechanized and probably really nice to look at, while still retaining the original devices purpose.

@braydonattoe2078 2 жыл бұрын

While your still on tanks how about that da vinci tank that's spins in a circle. I think its featured in assassins creed 3 or brotherhood

@andrewspencer-foster9504 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking that too, itd b a good multiplayer monday

@shwellava 2 жыл бұрын

It would be great to see that!

@dopebossgamerz 2 жыл бұрын

Scrap man already made one before :)

@shwellava 2 жыл бұрын

@@dopebossgamerz do you mean the bayblade?

@andrewspencer-foster9504 2 жыл бұрын

@@shwellava ya I agree with u, ik I haven't seen a Da Vinci tank build

@nyscersul42 2 жыл бұрын

It's not really a bad idea. In a world where the tank track has not yet been conceived, the best first idea is essentially a rolling bridge... which is how they'd have thought at first. When you stand on the shoulders of giants, you forget what the ground looked like.

@FastForwardPlans 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah some people forget that there had to be a basic idea first, there had to be mistakes made. Which is why historians praise people like Da Vinchi who while not quite there, was on the right track for a astounding number of things.

@XiaoYueMao 2 жыл бұрын

"tank" aka tractor treads actually did exist before this. the first proper tank in 1916 was made utilizing tractor tread designs from the american tractor company Holt

@musicfan9309 2 жыл бұрын

To this day many countries still have two versions of the "bring your own bridge with you" idea... one is the tank/truck looking vehicle that has a bridge that is on top, then deploys when needed, and the other more common version are those trucks that turn into flotation bridge pontoons to cross rivers. Both still in existence.

@Lappmogel 2 жыл бұрын

What the hell are you talking about? Holt patented a practical track in 1907, i don't know what this is but it looks some charlatan wanted to cash in on some of that war time spending and needed his own patent.

@ExaltedDuck 2 жыл бұрын

Turning wasn't as big a problem as they realized. It's just that in 1914 they hadn't yet discovered the suspension glitch...

@DreadEnder 2 жыл бұрын

Weird war inventions: 1: kamikaze submarine 2: v3 cannon ( huge chain of cannons 3:bouncing bomb 4:unrotated projectile ( mine launcher) 5:kugelpanzer ( tumbleweed tank) 6: gustav cannon 7: Fu-go balloon bomb 8: the great panjandrum I think in scrapmechanic they would all work except maybe number 7 and number 6 would be too big I’d say go for number 8

@olivercooksey2243 2 жыл бұрын

If we’re going through old tanks, perhaps try the tsar tank from WW1 or even a mark 1-7. Little Willie might even be worth a go.

@Gremlinbaby55 2 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I've been waiting for, lol

@chandradatmeghoo9s 2 жыл бұрын

Scrapman:*gives a 6 minute history lesson* Me: *likes it* My history lesson teacher: *gives a 2 minute history lesson* Me: *bored*

@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890 2 жыл бұрын

the better the teacher, the better you’ll understand

@steggopotamus 2 жыл бұрын

I could see this sort of game becoming a standard in history classes.

@undeadsecret 2 жыл бұрын

here's a cool idea, taking old concepts like these and improving them, so while this iteration may have had trouble turning, you could make an iteration that has crab legs, lifts the machine and turns it at a certain angle, drop and repeat the process to turn, like a spider, fold back into the body, clearing the tracks for forward motion again.

@riccardopetrina4212 2 жыл бұрын

I would rather see old prototypes that failed miserably being built, and see for ourselves why they failed

@RealPanzer999 2 жыл бұрын

The original actually had a very similar turning system.

@undeadsecret 2 жыл бұрын

@@riccardopetrina4212 i do enjoy that myself, but this idea was more of a buffer for more content, seeing old archaic machines operate is always going to be satisfying

@declanholmes7947 2 жыл бұрын

Dude im impressed with the last few vids might have engineering potential rock on brother 🤘🏼

@Mysda_ 2 жыл бұрын

I've seen tractors with this design as the wheels. It uses a cable system to keep the sections together

@mikhail_from_afar 2 жыл бұрын

I was going to suggest connecting two of these "wheels" to make tank steering possible. Also I think it is possible to make such wheel much smaller, while retaining full original functionality.

@Mysda_ 2 жыл бұрын

@@mikhail_from_afar I think it wasn't able to steer yet. It was using it as 2 back wheels. I found the name of it : It's called the rotaped tracks

@lameyeoman3795 2 жыл бұрын

I have an idea: You could try to make the Tsar Tank, I think its possible in Scrap Mechanic. Love your videos

@mayonasepizza 2 жыл бұрын

I tried it, those wheels are almost impossible to move like I ended up puttning wheels on the wheels

@riccardopetrina4212 2 жыл бұрын

The monster? Those wheels are very round, but considering the scale of this it could be possible.

@mayonasepizza 2 жыл бұрын

@@riccardopetrina4212 how do you make the wheels perfektly round also then comes wheight.

@tshiamomonnakgotla 2 жыл бұрын

You could've increased the ground clearance for the green triangle vehicle unit so that it wouldn't bottom out. But I guess it's preferable not to deviate from its historical counterpart

@joonalehtinen5462 2 жыл бұрын

im more worried that it was not included in the original version.

@riccardopetrina4212 2 жыл бұрын

@@joonalehtinen5462 We should remember it was 1915, they didn't have strong materials like now or the technology to build it. Also they didn't have a way to raise it because it had to be a big metal block as to not bend, suspensions were impossible and some kind of metal blocks to increase the clearance couldn't have sustained it's weight.

@riccardopetrina4212 2 жыл бұрын

Scrapman really enjoyed this one, especially making fun of the inventor. Would like to see more attempts at building prototypes that were failures like this one.

@That_stupid_guy 2 жыл бұрын

Please make a series where you make historical builds and learn about it on the run I think it would be fun and interesting! It’s something new and fun!

@That_stupid_guy 2 жыл бұрын

Guys that link is a scam don’t click on it! Please I wish I could delete it I’m sorry

@johnderat2652 2 жыл бұрын

Man, I'm loving these past couple vids where you just recreate weird "vehicles". They're so much fun

@logik6414 2 жыл бұрын

Great design dude Try the Archimedes screw in water or outside

@papichulo9684 2 жыл бұрын

You’re on a roll with these weird creations. Keep it up. When you have a few crazy creations made you should have a multiplayer Monday and race them or go over some obstacles.

@dries-pederjanse6249 2 жыл бұрын

Try out putting two of those between each other, maybe tank steering works.

@MrMolotov888 2 жыл бұрын

Loving these, maybe you could turn them into a series?

@arce_95 2 жыл бұрын

If you have ever seen phineas and pherb into the second dimention then you know the platypus badminton launchers, maybe you could try to make those they would be verry funny

@stenplayz4468 2 жыл бұрын

Fun facts: It was used in ww1 to go over trenches, barbed wire and other objects, but it went only 6 kilometers an hour, and the driver had no protection. They then made a armored cabin for the driver kind of protecting it but then it went only 1 kilometer an hour. Then they discontinued the project.

@eddielowe8189 2 жыл бұрын

I get this vision of the enemy standing around having a smoke waiting for it to lob a grenade, to turn the soldiers marching past are deployed to push it so it can change direction.LOL

@TheElectricCaveman 2 жыл бұрын

These recent contraptions remind me of playing with passive dynamic walkers, you should give those a look!

@isaiahcozza7048 2 жыл бұрын

Make a pepperbox pistol? Small build, but could be fun. Love your vids, keep it up!

@Rovsau 2 жыл бұрын

A triangle moving a hexagon - amazing! You could probably make a lot of interesting prototypes from this.

@velraven8944 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta love how the whole point of the invention of tracks is to prevent the downside of wheels, which is bottoming out, and then your tracks biggest flaw is bottoming out... Gotta love it

@brick8950 2 жыл бұрын

i imagine there moment of realization that they just need to double it and made it small so less recourses to build it. i bet they felt dumb lol

@melody3741 2 жыл бұрын

You should make like a 3 mile long lever and see how long it has to be before your characters weight can break the collission

@RealPanzer999 2 жыл бұрын

I wish that the character's weight actually did something to vehicles, though that would cause issues for some flying vehicles in the game.

@CupcakeWSI 2 жыл бұрын

Ok, now make a version that can actually steer like a tank by connecting two of these together. You could also go way more over the top by using 4 of them. But I don't think scrap mechanic will let you do that without some wierd stuff happening.

@steeljawX 2 жыл бұрын

To be absolutely fair though, Scrapman. The war that this thing was being prototyped for, there was little need for turning. The trenches weren't going to dodge around this thing's path. But that doesn't excuse how pathetic it was. I mean you look at the mobility of the T-28/T-95 Super Heavy Tank with it's quad tracks and compare that to the purpose it was intended for, breaking through the Siegfried Line, and turning becomes an optional feature, not a requirement.

@RedPandaYosh 2 жыл бұрын

Suggested improvement, make the top longer, roughly half the size of the bottom width. Add suspension and another set of wheels to the top. Raise the bottom up 2 blocks from the wheels and add set in the middle. Overall you made a very historically accurate representation in a video game.

@textiedude6852 2 жыл бұрын

12:00 when the idea of the video worked sooner than expected and scrap man had to find an excuse to make the video longer

@roachman1144 2 жыл бұрын

I love how he made it even more historically accurate by doing a ''cut''

@Queer_Nerd_For_Human_Justice 2 жыл бұрын

I like that after many design improvements, "tank" is now synonymous with tough, unstoppable, etc.

@aeresys 2 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for years for the return of Stupid Vehicles. Now that it's finally back, I'm at peace

@harrin1982 2 жыл бұрын

This should be a MultiPlayer Monday challenge. You, Kan, Moonbo, and one other, and you goal is to take this device, and 'improve it' in any way possible to make it combat ready. Last man standing wins!

@EatMyYeeties 2 жыл бұрын

So for the steering, the passage you were reading in Wikipedia about the steering being non-existent did mention how they tried with the second iteration. Essentially they used a central main jack to lift from the center of machine, and then they would get out and turn it manually by hand. Unfortunately it could only turn about 45 degrees in this state and would take forever "with great difficulty"

@walufett 2 жыл бұрын

You should make a car in Scrap Mechanic that is similar to a shopping cart in that all the wheels are at equal speeds except for the rear right wheel which is just slightly slower but still enough to be noticeable

@TChapman500Gaming 2 жыл бұрын

Build something that is very fast: "How do you stop?" Build something that is very slow: "How do you turn?"

@Cosmic_Tortoise 2 жыл бұрын

In order to turn, a piston system with an extra wheel or two on each side is needed. When wanting to turn, the wheels lower against the ground first. Then press one wheel(s) side down further than the other to go in the opposite direction, or away from the extra depressed wheel. Ex- To turn left, both external wheels lower, followed by more depression from the right wheel. This will Tilt the tank tread to the left, and over time should turn the Tank left as well. This is assuming Scrap Mechanic Physics are similar enough to real physics. (similar to when leaning on a bicycle or monocycle, you turn slowly in the direction you lean).

@MystyDev 2 жыл бұрын

From all of your videos, which I watched all of them, this one is the most interesting and funny! Do more like this one, and I will probably get an A in History Class :D

@SapioiT 2 жыл бұрын

You could even build an Arctic Land Train, and it would be much easier than this one, and it doesn't even need tracks, and it works on serpentine roads, too! I know you already did a multiplayer Monday with this idea, but you could do another one, with a race after building it.

@dylanw.4533 2 жыл бұрын

You could try a multiplayer Monday where you have an electric engine set to a low speed, and the goal is to make something that handles rough terrain easily. Your speed won’t save you, your stability will.

@immrnoidall 2 жыл бұрын

It's amazing that this thing go developed and built , twice, before realizing the ground is rarely perfectly level.

@TheKingreiko 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Scrapman, the devs said they could make a efficient cog addition to the game and said it wouldn't take that much time, i feel like a lot of people glossed over that because they said if people wanted it. it would be really cool if you could maybe make a video on trying to make makeshift gears or something and bring to light this potential content that we could have from the devs, possibly even while we wait for more story mode.

@wyattttison6918 2 жыл бұрын

Hey scrapman really appreciate your videos, been going thru alot lately and your videos really help distract me from everything. Keep them coming😁😁😁

@DHDragon 2 жыл бұрын

"This is so historically accurate," he says, as the intro music to Tasting History with Max Miller starts playing. Also, the bottoming-out issue is incredibly easy to fix. You were already most of the way there with the engines mounted halfway up the triangular frame: all you needed to do was remove the bottom, so there's more clearance for the tracks.

@16alpacas46 2 жыл бұрын

to quote "It was extremely ungainly, and very difficult to steer. There was no form of turning the beast, except by the use of lifting jacks"

@Zanmiester 2 жыл бұрын

I think if you add another top wheel on top of the whole device, make some sort of track sandwiched between the wheels, also angle the bottom plate of the drive vehicle, giving it a better angle for bottom out issues. super cool you made it work!

@FiLoRogue 2 жыл бұрын

Makes me think a multiplayer Monday where you guys all have to use historical vehicles would be pretty cool

@EpsilonRosePersonal 2 жыл бұрын

Another website said their "turning mechanism" was to have the crew use jacks to lift one side of the vehicle and rotate it. So, if you put it on a lift, you'll have a perfectly accurate turning mechanism! I do wonder if it would have run better with bigger wheels, that way you'd have less of an issue with the gaps and a bit more surface area moving the tracks around.

@meowz0rz562 2 жыл бұрын

Ok, you built it... Now do it in trailmakers!

@SwampyJ 2 жыл бұрын

I'm loving this series(?) Of crazy vehicles! You need to make a Tsar Tank!

@zh84 2 жыл бұрын

On turning the original Boirault machine: the Wikipedia article says that to turn it they had to stop it, jack it up, rotate it to face the new direction and let it down again. This took a long time and it isn't something you'd want to do on a battlefield.

@MetalRenard 2 жыл бұрын

Keep these coming. Always hilarious.

@_Wheels_21 2 жыл бұрын

I think it'd be pretty cool if Scrapman recreated a radial engine, but actually made it functional in a vehicle

@TheKamiBunny 2 жыл бұрын

Sooo, its a fun project, the machine was made for trench warfare, the improved version was an armored version but it was slower and basically worst than using blankets on the barbed wire instead. Both were considered impractical due to exposure of the driver to bullets and slow speed of the thing respectly Its similar in conceptual tactic with Winston Churchill's digging machine to cross trenches made around the start of WW2

@vincsenzo 2 жыл бұрын

This is the best series so far! Keep it up with it!

@i1DERProductions 2 жыл бұрын

I Was going to mention that the original had an I beam going left and right below the driver, but then history repeated itself in the most spectacular way when you went down the rocky bit. Hehehe! *POP* Nice!

@kiranvisser1422 2 жыл бұрын

I love this "series". Keep up the good work

@thepoglin8479 2 жыл бұрын

The fact that this thing was supposed to move around in a battlefield and yet it honestly looked so fragile that it could probably break if you jammed a rock in certain parts

@NEMDT 2 жыл бұрын

Good ol me watching scrapman in the evening boosts up my energy after i watch it! I have been watching scrapmans vids since 2019 (side note, my account seems new cuz i made this account way after so dont judge that i created this acc)

@mrben6573 2 жыл бұрын

When was the Walking Dragline invented? I've always wanted someone to make a videogame about militarized walking draglines. They can be absolutely enormous. Self propelled. Can turn in any direction. Very slow. But they have the weight carrying capacity that you could turn it into a mobile aegis cruiser. Who cares about incoming missiles or even artillery rounds if you can arm it with a bunch of CIWS Phalanx, Goalkeepers, Rolling Airframe Missiles, Oto Melara 76mm Super Rapide deck guns, a vertical launch system for tomahawks and sea sparrows, etc etc. Yeah it would have a top speed of a casual walk, but it could be essentially unstoppable. I don't think they can negotiate anything close to a steep hill though...

@Keventor 2 жыл бұрын

Now this is how history lessons should be given in schools.

@bernardoramos7842 2 жыл бұрын

This is the most realistic creation you've made in this series. It even has the same issues as the real one haha.

@mission2858 2 жыл бұрын

scrap mans 4th vid in a row of some crazy advanced mechanism

@ProjectNoDarkNight 2 жыл бұрын

Is this a new series? Finding the strangest creations in existence and building them?

@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890 2 жыл бұрын

*i’ve seen stranger*

@zerosumgame5700 2 жыл бұрын

I just realized that this is all a continuation of The Flying Pancake saga. I'm here for it.

@ExodusNexus222 2 жыл бұрын

it said in the wiki that they used jacks to lift it up then people turned it and lowered it back down. love ur vids keep it up

@andrewspencer-foster9504 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent episode today Scrapman 👍

@spikeborn1984 2 жыл бұрын

I think if seesaw hinge and maybe shocks on the top of the vehicle with wheels or pipes at the end of it, the top of the vehicle might stay in contact with the track better.

@dutch1665 2 жыл бұрын

historians watching this video be like: top quality historical accuracy

@therealsmiteistight3992 2 жыл бұрын

So cooooool :D Im pretty impressed that it could climb that little pitch with the tree stump (at least a bit :P) !

@die14die 2 жыл бұрын

This has to be a series. It is so funny.

@crawdinger 2 жыл бұрын

Love these "historic" reimagining builds. It is nice to see jets and f1 cars but I really like these more physics mechanical things translated into scrap mechanic

@italianbiscuit5170 2 жыл бұрын

DUDE YOU ARE AMAZING BEING ABLE TO MAKE WHAT YOU MAKE IN THEESE GAMES ARE INSANE

@viniciuspaixao9088 2 жыл бұрын

I would really love to see Scrapman trying to make this thing really functional

@captain_loeffel 2 жыл бұрын

@ScrapMan They say how they turn that vehicle. At 3:43 you just need to read the text after the "better" model was described. There is this little part, "A second test on 13 November showed however that it was still extremely difficult to change direction. The whole assembly had to be lifted by a main jack, after which it could be turned for a maximum of 45° by hand from the outside or by a system of smaller jacks from the inside of the machine." So they explain it although I would call that a scrappy turning mechanism, if we are allowed to call that a mechanism at all.

@Anonymous-ie4xd 2 жыл бұрын

Scrapman do more of this videos I love them alot.keep it up!!👍👍

@superiorfpvvlogs2942 2 жыл бұрын

Scrapman, it's 6am, I woke up to my alarm and boom, video

@notcrtvtx921 2 жыл бұрын

-ScrapMan in 2022 -Building impratical things that are kind of unique and cool

@davidioanhedges 2 жыл бұрын

How they turned the machine : "The whole assembly had to be lifted by a main jack, after which it could be turned for a maximum of 45° by hand from the outside or by a system of smaller jacks from the inside of the machine. "

@notjackiechan9420 2 жыл бұрын

very satisfying vid :). maybe others suggested this, but if you make it so two panels Can't bend beyond 180, you wouldnt have bottoming out problem. though probably a bunch of other problems i dont see yet ;D. good stuff!

@Spinosaur_32 2 жыл бұрын

While we are on topic of tanks , so try to bulid the Tsar Tank .

@rainneir 2 жыл бұрын

I love this series. Looking forward for more

@Nightman5694 2 жыл бұрын

for more grip, you couldve out two cactus blocks and each side of one of the segments, plus, you also couldve added one concrete slab block on each edge of the segments, adding more grip.

@tvbot6496 2 жыл бұрын

Please create more failed vehicles in scrap mechanic! I really enjoyed it!

@inyobill 2 жыл бұрын

Extremely cool video, mate. I don't see this comment: The bottoming issue is easily solved, taller suspension wheels and/or arch the bottom frame up in the center. Retention tracks ala roller coaster bogies would make the top drive wheels maintain contact with the degments moving forward over the top.

@PatriciaCross 2 жыл бұрын

You might be able to fix the "bottoming out" issue with shocks. Using springs to push the wheels into the track, so they match the track when it overextends into a lower ditch/hill.

@danparish1344 2 жыл бұрын

I guess the goal of the machine was to flatten things like barbed wire, thorny brush etc on rough terrain that something conventional like a steam roller couldn’t get to? Maybe if it was encased in a giant tank treads with small segmented panels it would be more useful but still would have the problem of not being able to steer well (or perhaps not at all). I’m surprised this thing was even commissioned.

@Corsair420 2 жыл бұрын

For turning, lift the bottom platform up enough to throw a hydraulic ram on it, line it up with the hole in the center of the track section, it pushed down and with a rotor on the end. lift the entire machine on point and spin it slowly to the desired direction.