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Here’s the latest episode of the Battle of Britain. It’s fucking good. Trust me nebula.app/videos/realengineering-battle-of-britain-ep-3-the-dowding-system
*I wonder how you feel aboth Palestine*
All these engineering channels repeating the same script.
Why did your prelude about the fall of Poland at the start of WWII fail to mention that Poland was invaded by not just the Germans but also in the east by the Soviets? Kinda a HUGE oversight for what tries to pass itself off as a serious history channel!
@@johnbuchman4854 yes
I don't expect from engineers to be useful idiots in charge of Rotschild's interests. WRT the "tyrant that has invaded peaceful, democratic nation", what was he supposed to do about this ? kzhead.info/sun/fsqacd2hh2qNqJs/bejne.html
best weapon for home defense 11/10 would buy again
Buy the home again?
Why don't you earthlings just use an electromagnetic rail machine gun.
Ca state lawmakers stay hating
Nahh , 9/11 is still at its best
@@r1a150 😳
one of my former math teachers used to work on guided missle systems in the airforce, if we didn't feel like having a "normal" class some would just ask a question about it and he just couldn't help himself but the joke was on us cause he somehow would cram math into the story anways :)
As a fellow physics/math nerd I'd be more than happy to listen to it
Best kinds of math teachers. And when he hits you with the “I’m not supposed to tell you this but…” W teacher.
serious up, matching abstract Math with BLOWING TANKS APART is pretty rad.
Was he an engineer?
My 5th grade teacher taught us so many stories about the local Indian tribes, brought in venison, rabbit, him and his son had killed for the class to try. He was one of my best teachers ever, and I hold a doctorate so I’ve seen a lot of school
The fact that Texas Instruments who came up with the Javelin ATGM, the same company who makes calculator, measuring devices and others, shows how a company is capable of creating something outside their fields.
a company who's most notable thing is creating advanced graphing and measuring systems being able to use those to make an advanced tracking system is almost logical until you notice that it's a fucking anti-tank missile.
Whats even funnier is that the A10 gatling gun was made by *GENERAL ELECTRONIC* A FUCKING COMPANY THAT MAKES WASHING MACHINES so yea I love American companies
Actually, I believe TI made the first cpu, and they still make electronic components. (For those who say it’s Intel, Intel made the first commercially available one, but they were beat a few years earlier by a U.S. military contract)
I recommend the new book Chip Wars which shows how huge TI was in development of semiconductors at the earliest stages. Though their Wikipedia page probably covers this too. But I had no idea TI’s history until a couple years ago.
Texas Instruments is also the place where the guy who founded TSMC also took his first steps to understanding semiconductors.
It's a shame KZhead is pushing brilliant content like this off its site, just because it happens to be about weapon systems.
it's not really put off, just demonetized (which is bad, of course, considering doing theses videos cost money)
Better off being a purple haired trans teacher bragging about gr00ming kids….
@@LaurentLaborde which, in turn, pushes it off of the site because demonetized content is deprioritized by the algorithm
4.5 million views Yeah it's really being "pushed" off the site.
Almost 5 million views and I got this video in my recommendations. Quit with the drama.
As someone who has carried one up a few mountains, i would refrain from calling the jav “lightweight”
Truer words were never spoken.
i mean it still is not as heavy as a vehicle meant to counter tanks, and can be carried by a human
"Weighs just 22 kilograms"
@@4thelolz yes, and your average AT cannon would weigh 100+, average tank 500+.
lightweight is a relative term used here
This video has so much information about the operation of the Javelin that I almost feel like I need a security clearance to keep watching.
I believe everything is publicly available in promo materials for the weapon.
The fact that this is what's publicly available really makes me wonder what's still locked behind closed doors!
@@leonhill8447 It's the boring stuff. How much it can penetrate. What weakneses it has.
@@hene193 Yeah you're right. However, I'm sure the guidance software is classified too, and certainly not boring.
HI KB!
I think the javelin falls is an an incredible piece of equipment, any piece of equipment that can destroy an expensive target consistently by using less money is incredible
a pebble
Umm what?
Clear, complete sentences please
@@HyperactiveNeuron I mean it's still very clear what he's saying. Any weapon that can reliably destroy another weapon magnitudes more expensive is amazing.
@@HyperactiveNeuron Use, common, sense, please. Just, read,.!
I was happy to see the familiar topography of Fort Hunter Liggett, where the Javelin was tested by CDEC in the 90s. I was employed there from 1984-1997, where we tested tactics and weapons systems.
I would be interested in a similar video about the stinger.
Or starstreak
The NLAW is what is getting used over there... Almost no one has the Javelin, it's too expensive. The NLAW is only like $40k each, and they are giving them out to anyone who can learn how to push a button.
Someone already made a video on it along with other anti-tank weapon form the javelin kzhead.info/sun/pMiHYJqnoF-OnYE/bejne.html
@@calholli From videos Stugna-P seems to be the most popular by a mile.
@@calholli But the nlaw is Swedish-British, not American
The first time I heard about the Javelin was in Battlefield 3, where I thought its functions were made up or at least exaggerated for the sake of gameplay. It was hard to believe that a man-portable weapon could have such advanced tracking capabilities.
Often times, reality is stranger than fiction.
It's practically the same with all IR trackers since the 50s. Point the seeker at an IR source, cool it, then fire.
especially from 1996!
Knew it from CODMW. 14 year old me can't believe that a rocket can go upwards and straight downwards to Al-Assad's T72s unlike RPG.
I was introduced by MW2's campaign
one of the highest quality channels on youtube, every video is well edited and researched with great footage and animations backing it up. keep up the good work.
Officer: "Where is ur CLU soldier!?" Private: "I have no CLUe."
Slight correction. Anti-tank rifle wz. 35 was most often equipped with cartridges that were not to penetrate the armor, but by kinetic energy to tear off its pieces on the inside, creating shrapnel that would injure or kill the crew. The whole thing was kept strictly secret, which is why the soldiers of the Polish army were usually not aware of how such a shell can be used. They fired at the enemy vehicle even five times, and this vehicle continued to move, although after the second shot, the crew was probably dead or seriously injured.
I am glad someone knows this
The name for the process of the metal violently shedding parts of itself into nearby crew and machine is called spalling.
Why is it kept secret from the infantry themselves? To make them doubt they're in fact success and keep firing at the enemy?
@@grdprojekt my idea is, so the soldiers themselfes wouldnt be able to tell anyone whats actually going on so it stays a secret
@@grdprojekt Exactly what I was wondering.
From what I understand the Javelin can also take down a chopper in direct-mode. It's doesn't work in top-down mode because the blades of the chopper confuse the tracker.
So why Russia doesn't put some rotating blades over the tanks instead of cages that apparently don't work? It doesn't need to be big and heavy and complicated like helicopter blades.
@@djprojectus Because they're dumb?
It does not need to do top down on a chopper, because all areas are weak. Armour is too heavy.
I imagine the software could be easily updated with a Bottom->Up setting specifically designed for helicopters. Just a matter of reversing some variables. But that would be redundant since helicopters are so lightly armored, the missile just needs to reach it, doesn't matter where it hits.
My man is correct 👍 all you are, actually lol. So the chopper is not well armored, as a rule. Direct attack is the preferred mode because of the blade, but it’s because the ai in the javelin needs to maintain a good lock on the thermal profile. Top is always best on armor, because that’s thinner then the front. However, no one is making anything thick enough on land that the javelin’s payload can’t defeat 🇺🇸
Thats some seriously clever engineering gone into this system! Hence why it cost so much. But still better than the cost of a tank!
Big thankful from Zaporizhzhya city (Ukraine) to American engineers and citizens for Javelin devices. Also becouse of this we still defending our land against russian inviders.
how's it going?
I was privileged to have fired the prototype of the javelin, its predecessor the blowpipe seemed prehistoric in comparison.., the javelins aiming system is so simplistic in that all you had to do was place the oval circle over the target and press fire and the tracking system done the rest.
Nice. You spent 150 grand for.... what purpose?
@@capnobvious2718 I am guessing you dont get invited to many parties?
@@formhubfar wait a minute, that's his job
Is there a scope?
@@raymondweaver8526 There is an eye piece that has a computerised image of surroundings and vehicles, just move the cursor via the thumb toggle which moves an oval target, once over it press lock and its locked onto it, press fire and kaboom.
Shaped charges are used extensively in the fields for perforating well casings and rock formations. We used to used them in 20 foot long pipes with 4 per foot connected with primer cord.
yeah, HEGS are a PITA and Enerjet are too ;)
Isn't that almost the same thing as a bangalore torpedo?
@@robertmaybeth3434 Just what I was thinking.
@@robertmaybeth3434 No, they are lowered in an oil well to a zone that they want tp produce and they shoot through the casing and fracture the formation for more surface area
@@robertmaybeth3434 No, bangalores are more or less just tubes full of plastique to blow out barbed wire.
US: "we made the javelin missile carefully pre-trigger reactive armor to get around modern defenses" Russia: "our reactive armor boxes are actually full of toilet paper but ok"
No proofs?
The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn't. In the event that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has acquired a variation, the variation being the difference between where the missile is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too may be corrected by the GEA. However, the missile must also know where it was. The missile guidance computer scenario works as follows. Because a variation has modified some of the information the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is. However, it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subtracts where it should be from where it wasn't, or vice-versa, and by differentiating this from the algebraic sum of where it shouldn't be, and where it was, it is able to obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error.
WTF are you jabbering on about?! Could you possibly be talking about this? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional%E2%80%93integral%E2%80%93derivative_controller. For the life of me, I'm having trouble deciphering this train wreck of logical reasoning.
@@user-uh4nh3yl2s its a copypasta
Now I'm wondering how the CV on the javelin is able to correlate the target image seen on the ground with the one its taking looking down on the target during a "Top Attack". I would think they would be significantly different. I guess it would be constantly taking new images and comparing them to the past images as it climbs into the air, but its still seriously impressive.
I think you're exactly right. Usually that's how the concept of "locking on" works. You have to keep looking at it continuously for that exact reason.
The seeker would also have to be gimbled to still sight the target in the climb out phase for a top down attack.
Thats exactly how it works, it keeps taking images and comparing them to prior images. Also uses IR heat signature to "remember" the target. Javelin missiles are expensive because of this optical recognition + IR recognition AI, they are effectively approaching the point of being a kamikaze drone, the Switchblade is basically what the next generation Javelin is, one that can be fired and "parked" until its target is ready.
In addition to what others have said about the image being constantly updated (which is a really big deal), it also mentioned how the missile used infra red. So when we saw in the video that the tank is a black tank-shaped blob on a white background, it's likely that from the top the tank is also a black blob on a white background. This will make the target detection significantly easier for the computer vision algorithms used. This is just my opinion coming from an engineer who has spent a bit of time studying computer vision back in college
@@MrMontanaG I think that’s exactly it, especially since it would take longer to process higher quality images (color images) on the fly like that, so IR would be more effective on both fronts with target identification and accuracy. Also, the video covers this at 8:38
I’ve had the javelin as my daily carry for a few years now 10/10 never felt so secure
I have two Abrams in my front yard and 3 Apaches in the back. I built 7 flak towers on the roof of my tool shed. I don't think I need to worry about anything, either!
I have the same feeling since the day the Lord Jesus found me.
Thank you men for the service, nothing more honorable than our masculine duty. 🇺🇸🇺🇸
I think you're mistaking the javelin for a personal firearm. This is an antitank weapon. It's not an EDC piece of equipment.
@@Cheka__ no shit🤦♂️🤣
2:00 "equipped with modern tanks with modern reactive armor" Russia: are you sure about that? (For any1 that doesn't know, there have been found Russian tanks with egg cardboard where the 'modern reactive armor' should be)
Man, this is an EXCELLENT Javelin introductory course
With the Javelin now being discussed here, hope that the NLAW is the next one to be shown.
Why does every NLAW fan or Javelin fan have to make these annoying comments like they are 12 years old? It's not a competition. This video probably took him over a month to make, there are plenty of other places to learn about the NLAW. Go take that entitlement elsewhere. Or how about you make a video about the NLAW for all of us instead of selfishly demanding more when he JUST dropped a vid?
@@SuperCatacata you can cry about an innocent wish if you want I guess. Sorry that not everyone is as knowledgeable as you about what resources are already available. He didn’t say that the video had to be made and certainly didn’t say that it had to come out tomorrow. If his comment was annoying to you, you’re doing really well
@@SuperCatacata perhaps in anticipation of you making annoying comments?
Yes!
@@SuperCatacata What kind of person gets that upset over such an innocent comment. It's not that serious, not even 12 year olds act like you.
A huge improvement on the Dragon anti-tank missile system we used when I was in the service. It was guided by the operator and took close to 10 seconds to cover a kilometer. Nothing like a back blast of the launch to give away your position, then have to sit there and guide the missile for 8 to 10 seconds while the tank's machine gunners really worked hard to make you flinch!
wouldnt the NLAW be the modern version of the Dragon?
@@Danish_raven it's very similar to the javelin
@@Danish_raven It's similar, but the NLAW appears to be a 'fire and forget' weapon, whereas the dragon missile had to be actively guided by the gunner all the way to the target.
@@Danish_ravenm47 dragon is like the stinger on cod where u gotta manually guide till impact
Steered by explosives too, just in case one explosion wasn’t enough to give away the operator lol
Radar exorbitant paint, use muiltple layers with an immaging attached to the cooling switch, get rid of the air con unit and replace with a mini sattlight that's protected via one layer of the radar paint, The American
Conditions unit, and a land sattlight for changing the radar immagging as its in different weather conditions use interments, from air craft's under tank or best place to fit it, put onto a howster at the factory, make a shed, for the production for N.A.T.O, chose carefully what is the best few tanks to mix and match going off the late war! The American
Keep the land sattlight only inside the tank, with a automatic kill switch if down then dinomite to use as a tank bomb 💣
Weapons Contractor's International Space Station New Name The American
Write a cooling system into remote monitoring systems 36.5oC into land Sattlight, The American Take-2
Put F.B.I Ambulance MK-Ultra into medical medi on board computer, use one tank that has the hatch on side of it to place wounded soilidgers to get proper medical attention. The American
Thank you. I didn't realise how advanced these weapons were.
The price tag matches.
@@samsonsoturian6013 I had assumed as much.
@@samsonsoturian6013 I think the tech is still worth more. Russia couldn’t mass produce the javelin even if the knew all the secrets
@@samsonsoturian6013 doesn't matter as long as what it destroys is far more expensive.
Just remember this is the Javelin we know. The Javelin has been improved 5 times over the years. The US is currently working on the FGM-148 G model. It has significant improvements from the original model. I could see it's development split into a man portable version and a heavier vehicle mounted unit with even greater range with a different form of target acquisition.
11:45 I really appreciate how you note that the footage is skewed to make us feel better. This should be a solem reminder to everyone watching the conflicts that even when all seems "well", the reality of the FULL picture can be anything but.
The first casualty of war is truth. It is hard to piece together what really happened even after all fighting has stopped
The biased footage is just because most footage is provided by Ukrainian side, who do not publish what is bad for their morale.
Indeed. Each side publicises what makes them look good. I’m amazed at how many people react to that knowledge by claiming I’m pushing propaganda for either side. On the contrary, it’s just explaining how propaganda dissemination works. Perhaps they just think I’m trying to hint at some other, more odious, conclusion though, rather than simply trying to educate on how these things work.
Blood guts and wasted human potential. So sad.
True. However, Ukraine has not banned an independent press. It hasn’t made reporting a crime. Ukrainian claims can be fact-checked, confirmed or debunked. Russia has no independently press and reporting the news, even if it’s being published outside of Russia, is a crime. It’s exceedingly difficult and risky to check Russian claims from within Russia or the territories it controls. For this reason, the Ukrainians might exaggerate the truth, but their claims generally don’t depart from it. Russian claims not so much.
Thank you so much for these such great videos. You and your team are experts at combing scientific topic with an interesting background story. I love your video! ♥
No tank built can defeat the javelin in a top attack mode.
Good video, there is a fair bit of NLAW mixed in with the Javelin library footage so you shoud you do an NLAW video as well esp as its made in Belfast!
NLAW is Javelin but cheaper. And does the same job.
@@davidty2006 nlaw has shorter range and is one shot only.
@@samuelzackrisson8865 That is why it's cheaper...
@David O'Shea It was a joint UK Swedish venture.
@David O'Shea When i watch us Swedes work, when we really get down to it, i don't think there is a people who ever punch far above it's weight than us.
1:36 it's projectile was never meant to penetrate armor, it was made to be soft and release its kinetic energy into armor as quickly as possible, it caused a lot of shrapnel to break off the inside of the armor killing crew, it was very effective, but polish soldiers were not properly trained to use it because government wanted to keep it as secred.
its
grammar nazi for legal reasons this is a joke
Spalling is the word I think for what it does.
The British turned the 303 rd around in the hull. They were used against a German snipers plate. It caused metal fragments on the other side of the plate. No more sniper.
This. A correction to the video in the pinned comment would be a good idea.
RAMIREZ, PICK UP THAT JAVELIN AND TAKE OUT THOSE TARGETS! RAMIREZ! RAMIREZ! RAMIREZ!
One thing I would've added to this video just for the shock/comedy factor would be that the company that makes the Javelin is Texas Instruments... As in, the same company that makes the TI-83 & TI-84 Calculators that are mandated by most middle/high school advanced math classes in the US. It's just funny to think that a company sells both essential educational tools to children/young adults, as well as ridiculously advanced and effective military weaponry to countries all over the world 😆😂
This sums up all war material and weaponry. It's ALL made by public companies.
8:09 Did the missile redirect to go around the debris of the first explosion? That's impressive!
No it didn't, and there's no debris. The smoke created by the first explosion was there too late for the tracking flight computer to do anything, it's already going there. Either that or it's a different type of launcher, that isn't even guided in flight.
Listen once again. Just a few seconds later after your timestamp, it's answered for you. 8:24 - 8:51
No those are NLAWS, which are not guided in flight
@@rr24 I did hear that, thanks. I typically leave my comments as I watch and don't edit them just for conversation.
I got goosebumps
I usually use the nikita over the javelin. The projectile is slower and you have much more control over the projectile.
Still remember the scene from 1 of my all time faves war of the worlds. The sound of the javelin wire missile just sounds so sick.
But the Javelins aren't wire guided?
@@Yggdrasil42 Huh. The more you know.
7:10 minor correction, those are NLAWs. You can tell them apart by the lack of a CLU and Javelins point slightly upwards.
Command Launch Unit unit ?
@@russellcoight9376 damn, I pulled a Sahara desert.
@@discipleofdagon8195 ahahah goteeemm
@@russellcoight9376 just call it a CLUnit. :P
Just like UAT test… we still call it all the time
Quite a bit of the combat footage is actually the NLAW. These missile systems haven't obsoleted tanks, they have only proven that active defense systems need to cover high angles of attack (top attack). The engineering battle between weapons and armour will continue as always.
My mind was blown to find out there was such a thing as armor that detonates itself.
@@jjbarajas5341 If you want some more interesting facts, the story of how reactive armour was conceived is a good one.
True, as hard a time as tanks have in Ukraine they are the only viable tool for an offensive.
All that armor and fancy aps still won't protect against the very cheap and effective anti tank mine
Hard to believe the same dudes who make my school’s calculators make a F*ckin’ missle system
Honestly insane knowing how companies that make a lot of the products produce insane weapons of war. Like General Electric for example who built the GAU-8 on the A10. You know the people who build refrigerators.
Great video. 👍 The company I worked for (retired), manufacture the dome for Javelin.
At last some non-polish video creator stated that in '39 it wasn't just nazis who attacked Poland but also soviet russia. Keep up the good work
The NLAW anti tank weapon, developed starting year 2002 by the UK and Sweden, is a cheaper but still highly effective device. Compared to the Javelin, the NLAW has a range of only 800 meters and uses a single stage charge, but it costs 20 times less than the Javelin...
I would like to see what the "minimum arming range" and minimum necessary range for sufficient rocket speed is for the NLAW. Saw a recent video of one being fired out of a second story window down at a tank in a street. The NLAW failed, and i'm not sure if it was due to being fired too close, and the weapon not arming, not gaining sufficient speed due to short distance, or was just a bad angle that it hit the tank. Sad state to be watching reaction video's of, but that's where the world is now
@@Agiantpansy I believe the min. range is about 20-25 meters
@@Agiantpansy it arms at a certain distance to protect the user from harming themselves with shrapnel
@@Agiantpansy I saw same thing. NLAW isn't as good as Javelin which has much longer range and much shorter minimum arming range. NLAW is still an incredible piece of kit though.
@@Wallyworld30 not as good, but I’d rather 20 (or however much cheaper they are) NLAWs over 1 javelin.
Maybe the only Javelin missile video with an actual human reading the script. A breath of fresh air.
you're a true engineer man, thank you for your service
I was an anti armor team lead and airborne infantryman years ago. My wife and daughter are both polish and I have no reason to believe this was intended to end with Ukraine. Pretty thrilled to see the javelin being used for good.
They’ve already started up the Moldovan “festivities”, although at this point I think it will avail them nothing. It’s strong evidence that they were planning to roll right into Moldova, imho. Unless you think it’s purely transnistrians acting spontaneously, it’s obvious that Russia was preparing for this.
@@MarcosElMalo2 yeah and, I’m bias towards Poland but look how much of a front they’d then have them on. Especially considering Belarus might as well be Russia. I’m sure every single trumped up accusation they made towards Ukraine could be leveled at Poland.
Poland is part of NATO, has nothing to fear. Russia will not go to nuclear war unless the poles force them. Ukraine was forced, they warned, nobody cared, now they acted as they said. US treatment of Russia is the culprit of this due the stupid old warmongers stuck in the cold war when they had to be good to Russia and make it join the west to contain china, not feed their economy. The west has lost already for the stupidity of senile corrupt old idiots.
I am polish and think war is terrible. However, my family lost many friends in ww2 when the ukrainian insurgent army massacred 100 k poles. I do not understand how people can forgive such atrocities so quickly. Stay safe brother.
@@aaaaaaaawwwwwwww sorry to hear that. We’re housing Ukrainian women and children right now in our place near Krakow. I’m certainly privileged as an American but I’ve always viewed humans being awful as a human problem. All the sympathy I’ve seen for Ukraine has come from empathy for the innocents. Hopefully that empathy coupled with a strong military, coupled with good allies keeps everyone safe as power shifts to Asia and the third world.
The NLAW is a different system which was shown in a few clips here. 7:10 for instance. Either way, this is one of the best explanations of how the Javelin works. Great video!
I think they use the same rocket munition though.
@@Clockwork0nions Really? That is actually very interesting.
watch the video with the sound on, then you'll hear the purpose of showing the NLAW... ;)
@@javaguru7141 They are not the same. NLAW has a flyover top-attack profile, which uses a downward-facing shaped charge to pierce the roof armor of the target vehicle as the missile passes above it. This is why videos of NLAW attacks often have a second impact/explosion (from unexpended fuel) behind the target, as the missile's remains fly past it and hit the landscape further along its trajectory. Meanwhile, Javelin's warhead faces forwards, which permits it to be used in direct-fire. To hit vulnerable roof armor, it uses a top-attack profile that lofts the missile into the air so that it can fall upon the target from above. Very different mechanism.
@@Clockwork0nions not the same missile, but both are fire and forget. NLAW is a disposable short range fire and forget.
Very informative video! Keep up the good work.
I first saw this weapon in COD and ever since I saw this weapon I've been amazed and blown away.
A top cage is not going to stop even the dispersed shape-charge, followed by the blast against thin armor and crewmen's skulls. Not to mention all the external modules/weapons being mangled.
Cope cages man. Cope cages.
To be fair, those cages are designed for urban fighting and to protect against RPG-7s and the like. Why they’d equip their tanks for urban fighting in open fields and against weapons they know the Ukrainians have better counterparts for which make cages obsolete is beyond me, though.
@@hueghh3775 Like I said, cope cages. It gives them a false sense of security. Mainly for morale for tank/vehicle crews.
Not to mention unprotected rounds under the turret for the auto loader aka the Popov Mechanism.
@@MarcosElMalo2 Not too many people seem to have gotten what Popov Mechanism was refering to. Nice to see them in real time almost.
The Javelin is a great weapon system. Really, the only room for improvement is to continue miniaturizing the electronics and improving the software. Making room so the missile itself can be smaller and a single soldier can carry two or three instead would be a great advantage. Alternatively, making more room for ordinance (higher yield) or propellant (longer range).
Well there's probably not much of a rush to keep investing in that weapon system until they're sure about where laser technology is going. Sure, a defense system like the israeli Iron Beam is still too clumsy for quick tactical deployment, but if you don't need to prevent explosive ordnance from falling into a city, you don't need to destroy the missile, a tank APS system could do just with a beam capable of blinding the seeker for much less power.
Having to wait for around 3 minutes for it to cooldown before it can be fired, also seems like something they should try and improve upon.
@@TecraX2 I wish the video explained why that would need to happen
Acshooooooly, you can still improve it with AI and multi warhead, hehuhehu. 1 shot 8 kills.
@@francisluglio6611 the system needs to be cooled because infrared is produced by heat, so if the lens is hot then it'll produce too much infrared and blind the camera.
Awesome work as always keep it up thank you for keeping us informed on different things God bless you♥🙏
Fun fact: one javelin warhead is approximately worth the same as a 2022 Ferrari Roma
I heard the training missiles are only like a couple thousand. But to have the actual warhead is the cost of a Ferrari.
and again KZhead decided to offer me something really worthwhile. Good presentation of information even for a person who does not speak English well
1:36 Re: The Polish anti-tank rifle. It's a bit of a disservice to not discuss a very important aspect of any projectile that pierces (or even just comes *close* to piercing) armor: spalling. Spalling is the fragmentation of the back plate of armor when a kinetic projectile pierces it (or even comes close to piercing it). Basically, parts of the armor break off into small, high velocity projectiles. And a lot of them! The projectile doesn't necessarily have to pass all the way through the armor to produce this effect, either. It's the spalling effect that made these weapons effective against tanks; they weren't dependent on "lucky shots to weak points" as the narrative in the video suggests.
Which is why armor has had multiple layers including non-hardened steel, softer metals, or even (today) polymer blankets, since forever. Only a handful of armored vehicles went to the field with armor that is through-hardened and subject to spalling. It's a bit of a disservice to yourself to not read enough.
@@railgap What I wrote was accurate for the time period that the Polish anti-tank rifle was used.
@@railgap All tanks at the beginning of ww2 had monolytic hardened steel plate armor. Wz 35 AT rifle could knock-out any German panzer it encountered, including Pz.IV. Composite armor, spaced armor and layered armor are children of cold war long after AT rifle as an idea became obsolete floorpizza is right
Every nation has anti tank rifles, the Germans included. They had a rather good one. Nothing special about the Polish gun. The Narrator just wanted a hero. The Germans already had shaped charges fired as rifle grenades (copied by the US). It took another 3 years for shaped charges to get on to Panzerschrek and Panzerfaust but they did make it on to low velociy field guns and recoilless canon.
@@williamzk9083 Yes, narrator wanted a hero and UR fits the story, highlighting similarities and differences between invasions. However I don't agree about "nothing special" part. Up to that point AT rifles relied on brute force to punch through armor - look at most common: T-Gewehr, Boys or PTRD, PTRS. Huge bullet, basically as powerful cannon as soldier can carry. Wz. 35 had different approach. similarly to HESH rounds it wasn't even meant to penetrate an armor. Spalling was actually it's main goal. In the video there are rounds visible. Look at tiny bullet and huge cardridge. That WAS novel. And unique. I totally agree tho on Shape charges being superior, but trust me, in 1939 UR was a formiddable weapon
I feel a “Logistics of Z-Day” coming… it would be a fascinating juxtaposition to a massively successful logistics operation 80 years earlier that was entirely manual and on an immensely greater scale.
This makes Americas logistical capability during Iraq look litterall herculean. America really just flew B-52s NONSTOP from new-orleans to fucking Iraq, and then back again. America litterally had to go against some of their own aircraft and protocols aswell, yet they barely had any friendly fire incidents in comparison to Russia. That was america during the 90s and 2000s. Imagine how Americas logistical capabilities are in 2022. The modern US military is more akin to fucking Amazon and Google, than a conventional army. If my buddy left out the marine corp part of his job, he would sound like an amazon worker to a normal person. Thats honestly impressive how NATO countries conduct modern military operations. Really greatfull we live in a free country where the people leading oru public sector actually have formal education and MBAs and shit, where our citizens openyl criticize our military and politiican. Apparently Russia has no concept of competition or poliitcal opposition. Thats why Putin just disregards Navalny as a "traitor", and not a parner with helpfull criticism.
Spoiler: I heard Russian intel was _so_ convinced they'd be welcomed, that the troops _literally_ only brought supplies for **three** days. That's just unimaginable hubris....!
@@MrNicoJac they were welcomed in the East
@@user-yj4qz5lo6k they were welcomed in areas already captured by russia in the previous invasion.
@@MrNicoJac Well, some of them only lived for three days... so old commie supply rationing worked, comrade.
The insane engineering of any weapon used for war at any time era amazes me...
Absolutely mental how these things work! Nothing but perfect engineering
We used them against IED emplacement teams in the Iraq War. Great weapon system that really came into its own during that particular war. My platoon(Airborne Infantry) would study the recent IED attack maps and formulate an OPORDER. The vehicles would drop us(dismount rifle squad) off in 2-3 SKT’s(small kill teams). We’d infiltrate the rest of the way to the target route on foot. Our teams would spread out on a IED black route with interlocking fields of fire, enabling us to cover a lot of ground with relatively small man power. Some of these routes would have cover and/or defilade on their sides, making direct engagement with small arms difficult. Add in frequency, darkness, weather, etc. and some of these IED emplacement teams became very proficient. The Javelin and its unique capabilities changed all that. When we started targeting them with Javelins it shaped the battlefield conditions in our favor pretty rapidly. They were forced to adapt their tactics and were much less effective as a result. We started inflicting heavy losses upon them, and the IED occurrences and friendly casualties in our AO both declined precipitously. Other friendly units picked up the tactic and also employed it with great success. The Javelin and it’s unique capabilities, particularly top attack, make it the preferred weapon in a myriad of war fighting scenarios, not just in the anti-armor role it was initially designed for. GERONIMO!
@qopoy dnon Super hard to lock on even if they are just hovering. It is a lot easier to destroy ground helicopters lmao.
So, a civilian-killing machine in a few words, right?
Personally, I think it's the Stugna-p that has been the biggest ATGM system surprise. While it may not be as mobile as say the NLAW, Stinger or Javelin, it has been used to great success to tear the Russian tanks to shred's.
Honestly it does make sense when we look at it. The stugna p is a heavy weight atgm domestically produced by Ukraine which makes sense as to why they never asked for tow missile and instead asked for lighter stuff like javelins. With that being said I definitely can see the stugna p being a major name on the arms market in the coming future
Stugna is relatively outdated weapon compared to Javelin or NLAW, but it is very reliable and has several advantages to the above mentioned. The launch system and the controls with the operator can (and should) be spaced apart, so the detection of the launch spot by enemy does not directly threatens the operator. Also, it is much cheaper) the cost of the shot is several times cheaper.
Stugna is great, but its operation really lends itself to publicity. So we may get a skewed impression of it's effectiveness compared with NLAW & Javelin.
@@dmmax18 Stugna is cheaper than both the jav and NLAW and it has a longer range
apparently can be used effectively against KA-52s 🥶🥶 2 of them shot down by Stugna-p systems
What an amazingly beautiful peace of equipment
Piece. Peace has an entirely different meaning.
What's more crazy I find is that Texas Instruments, the company I known for making calculators, is one of the inventors of the FGM 148 Javelin
Many of the clips in this video, such as the one at 7:18 don't actually show Javelins, but NLAWs. A modern short-range British AT weapons.
NLAWs are swedish.
@@balle1800 The NLAW is a joint venture between Britain and Sweden. Sweden designed it, Britain builds it.
@@curtiswhyte3297 you are correct
the one showed at that timestamp is a javelin.
@@finkyfamboni4333 no its not
@0:20 easy with the hyperbole there, Scooter. Not only is this not the first invasion, it’s not even the first time the same country invaded part of the same one; Crimea, Georgia.
Whenever I hear american made weapon the theme song to team america plays in my head "merica fuck yeah"
W/respect, a quibble: One *_should not_* understate or underestimate, for example, the enemy's strength. But one *_would be hard-pressed_* to overstate the effect of such fine weapon systems. p.s. this sort of confound has become increasingly global over the years. symptomatic?
Real Engineering secretly explaining to Ukranians how to use a Javelin against a Russian tank if they find one
You got me
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@@RealEngineering next video - How to operate a captured russian T-90
Pray Russian troops do not have the savvy to watch Real Engineering and learn how to use captured Javelin.
@@RealEngineering Wonder when u would criticise a trynant country which spent 244 years at war, killed 1 million Iraqis, Bombed hundreds of thousands of children in Afghanistan for "fun" and invaded so many countries
The NLAW has been more widely used due to its more simpler firing system, but the Javelin & NLAW are undoubtedly both game changing bits of kit. They have demonstrated how precision engineering can be used in a one time use scenario, at scale. They are demonstrations of how weapons have evolved from basic to complex, and how manufacturing cost in defence means nothing as long as the weapon works well. I think we can all agree these missiles are a thing of pure engineering marvel, and it’s almost like their use is not worthy of the engineering they have within them… like buying a Rolex and using it as a paper weight… almost! But I suppose it raises the questions if we are capable as a species of developing such efficient weaponry, can we not direct this progress into more permanent solutions I.e. climate change, green energy… The thing that is evident in this particular debate is that the age of the tank is certainly not over, but the tactic of “rolling tanks into territory” is clearly being sentenced to the history books. Fighting a western supplied army is totally different to fighting the Taliban, where arguably rolling tanks into a territory could work if the defenders were not well equipped, but I I think this is where Putin has got it totally wrong, + underestimating the power of people… you can have a great tank, but if the person driving it is not skilful/ has doubts, they are automatically weaker than a strong driven and well trained individual.
No, javelins were almost to expensive to be deployed in the ME, when the average tank is 10,000 $ and the device you are maybe using to destroy it is 100,000$ it becomes really hard to support fielding it. I believe the NLAW was developed for that reason, a cheaper anti tank solution.
@@kriegscommissarmccraw4205 Even tank scrap has sold for more than 10k. In almost all scenarios, the Javelin missiles are going to cost less than the target it's destroying, but the ultimate point you make holds true. There are indeed still cheaper weapons that can accomplish the same stuff as the Javelin albeit with a lower cost.
The NLAW is also seeing a ton of use because the UK provided something like 5,000 of them almost immediately upon Russia's newest invasion.
Yeah. Tank charges are a thing of the past. Without air support and infantry support, tanks are easy prey for a prepared army. That's why every modern army has implemented the combined arms doctrine. IIRC in the US tanks don't even have their own units, instead they are always part of some combined arms unit. Thankfully for Ukraine, Russia is still stuck in the WW2 era of thinking. For them "combined arms" must mean something like duct-taping two AKs together. Sure, they have those battalions of theirs, but most of the time they are in action, the non-tank elements are seriously understuffed or missing completely...
@@oskar6661 It was actually pre-invasion, the UK sent them pre-emptively when invasion seemed likely. So Ukraine was able to get them into their soldiers hands a lot earlier than otherwise.
Javelin's been around for 20 years now. You can bet someone's working on something even better now, and it might well be near deployment as we speak.
Wide field of view is 4x magnification, however the narrow field of view is 12x not 9x. The missle itself once the seeker has been activated is 9x magnification.
Does one have to select and adjust gate manually or the seeker do it automaticly?
@@ahviper5871 it get adjusted manually, once the seeker is activated, then the BCU activated normally around 30 seconds. 4 corners appear then adjust round the target as small as possible, so only one heat source is in the area. Then lock a solid cross appears, then launch.
@@richardalexander5106 thanks a lot
It reminds me of the end of the city walls, when canons became too powerful and could go through any width of stone or concrete.
Walls didn't go away, they just got smaller. Same happened to tanks and is likely to continue happening to tanks. While not impregnable, it still affords enough protection to be worth having.
You defeat the antitank weapons with infantry. Close air support is also very important
City walls didn't go obsolete because of cannon, but because of artillery. Why bother building walls when enemy can just lob munitions pass the wall?
Man-made forts are a monument to man's arrogance. Mountains, oceans, and even space can be overcome. So can anything built by man.
@@mazeradeville2911 Active Protection is the next step for tanks to defend against infantry ATGMs.
these intros just keep getting better ^w^ edit: the modeling and animation look so clean edit edit: yes, thank you! I'm really happy you got the bit about the shaped charge right; so many people say it "melts through" the armor, thanks for getting the right info out there :)
The intro was political trash
@@nikodga5577 If you're Russian then sure it's "trash". 😉
It's hard to pass the intro when this guy wets himself thinking of Zelenski snorting coke
@@nikodga5577 Yeh, kinda weird to frame things as good guy vs bad buy when one is invading a sovereign nation and the others government and armed forces are filled with literal neo-nazis.
Hard not to get political with a hitler wannabe disturbing European security. Stay apolitical bro, let the politicians shape the world around you, and then complain once again about things being political.
Shout out to the Cold War for giving us basically all the best weapons of war we have today
Wouldn’t it be quite possible to disrupt the seeker’s automated flight? Like there’s probably some sort of exploitable points in the automatic guiding and aiming system of the seeker.
Hello so it appears that we forgot to talk about the Javelin in this video. Anyway, according to wikipedia: A javelin is a light spear designed primarily to be thrown, historically as a ranged weapon, but today predominantly for sport. The javelin is almost always thrown by hand, unlike the sling, bow, and crossbow, which launch projectiles with the aid of a hand-held mechanism. The insane Engineering of the Javelin comes from the fact that it is a derivative of the spear and as such gains all the insane benefits from it. From cheap production to reach the javalin outpatces many other weapons. It is also relatively light when compared to other weapons (although this depends on the type of wood and metal used). Javalins went out of use earlier than most other weapons because the bow had a higher range (and damage for high poundage bows) than a javelin so it was replaced despite its benefits.
I can't believe he left all this information out of the video!
2:30 "The importance of these light-weight anti-tank devices cannot be understated"... This phrase does not mean what you think it means.
Engineers are either true heroes or villains, to be honest. But in the end I respect all of them, for the brains they have that led us from hiding in the cave and running with spears after the animals to living in a world where we can communicate with anyone around the world without the need to meet them personally after walking for several months
It only use to be weapon that only shown popular become of Video game but now it an Icon of a war that was raging on
The work and tone put into this video was top notch. Seriously one of the best channels on KZhead
i'm extremely impressed with the production value that's gone into your newer videos, I hope your channel keeps growing.
I've designed a countermeasure to the Javelin and will be posting a video showing its features in the coming days.
The Javelin is beautifully named. The tragic beauty of human Engineering that began with a prehistoric man figuring out the physics of throwing a sharp stick. 💀☠💥
Everybody keeps going on-and-on about the Javelin being a "top-attack" weapon. Well, it isn't. It is a plunging attack weapon and it aims to strike tanks at the shadow-line of turret and vehicle body so as to directly penetrate the upper plate of the vehicle ignoring the turret all together. This has roughly the same effect as intentional plunging fire in WW2 Battleship engagements, even on a "failed" hit it can do damage to disable or destroy the turret's ability to operate. (Even if the reactive armor works perfectly) The Javelin almost invariably hits the lower side of the turret or just under the edge of the turret and the explosion's detonation of the ammunition and fuel in the tank will rip the turret off on the Russian model tanks. The angle at which the Javelin comes towards the target in final attack would be less effective (shade of very light grey less) against the top of the turrets as the auto-loading system would take the brunt of the blasts and the chance of secondary chained detonation in the tanks would be lower. (the human bodies also being effectively highly ablative wet sandbags) The NLAW is a top attack weapon. There's a common theme that not even an Abrams tank would survive a Javelin and the truth is Abrams HAVE survived Javelins when said was tested. Since the aim point is edge of turret and the Abrams' turret is MUCH wider the missile either goes through the side upper skirting over the tracks or strikes largely non-lethal blows glancing off the turret sides, hitting the ammunition storage on the bustle or punching a hole to one or the other side of the driver. It took 3 NLAW to get a penetration on the top of the simulated M1A2 turret. The NLAW is a very different creature. It is blind and inertia guided, it has a very short distance-to-armed after launching - as seen in the tank ambush video - and the nose-cone is radar/radio dampening. There are some videos that incorrectly attribute RPG18 firing to NLAW launches, most specifically the shot fired from a window down onto the turret of a tank was an RPG18 and too short a distance to actually arm. The RPG18 look like a classic LAW Rocket with the pull-out tube and flip up sights. Most explosive missile vehicle kills in Ukraine right now are RPG-18 hits.
>the truth is Abrams HAVE survived Javelins when said was tested You have any source for this?
misinformation
Source: Trust me bro.
lol, typical war thunder "expert"
Its called a top attack weapon probably because the two attack types in the actual CLU are TOP and DIRECT.
Your research for this video was honestly phenomenal. I was planning on adding some information about my experience with the Javelin, but you basically covered everything, all the way from the complex engineering, to the literal buttons on the damn thing and even tactics on using the CLU on its own. I especially appreciate you including the time it takes for the optic to cool down; not because it was incredibly important, but just because it reminded me of testing for my EIB and having to verbalize that step lol.
What is EIB
The fact that the optic needed to cool down, really goes to show just how old this thing was. It was developed in the 80s. THE FUCKING 80s. It used computer vision man. That is honestly fucking impressive. Its always funny seeing America and NATO countries shit themselves over Russian/Chinese shitboxes, despite NATO militaries litterally being the real life "Google-powered Military"
@@alexhong2639 Expert Infantry Badge. A set of tests over a series of days that cover a wide range of skills required of a infantry soldier. The soldier has to do extremely well (almost perfect) in order to receive the award.
So how did you do on your EIB testing?
@@bbowling4979 Well I wear it on my chest now, so
I was wrong about the America Military-Industrial Complex. This kicks ass!
1:58 These are not modern tanks, they're ''modernized'' tanks from the 1970s. Its like sticking a jet engine onto a P51 and then using it in the Korean war because you modernized it. And then being shocked when it DOESN'T WORK.
Okay so by your logic the M1A2 and Leopard 2 aren't modern tanks they're just upgraded tanks from th 1970s.
@@IceAxe1940 Yes. They are. Does it mean the russian ones are better? No. Because the T72 and which is the base for russias "modern" vehicles is rooted in the design of the T55 / T64. The Abrams and leopard are purely 70s. Not to mention that these NATO tanks are not modern. The KF51 Panther is an example of a modern tank. And although not made yet, it is a baseline. Similar story with the F16 and F22. The only reason why tanks like the KF51 and AbramsX are not being made is because they are not needed. The modernized leopards and Abrams are enough. Russias modernized T90s are not. Because at the end of the day when the commander can get his arm ripped off by moving it by just an inch, your tank is ineffective. PW Hewes showed the inside of a T80 and, I knew they were cramped but jesus Christ it's as bad as a T34
The logic behind the wz. 35 is to penetrate the armour and hit the crew with the bullet and debris generated by the penetration. 90% + of National Socialist Germany tanks in 1939 were Pzkpfw 1 and 2 they had only +/- 5-17 mm of armour
it didn't even have to penetrate, projectile was made from soft lead, to release as much energy into armor as possible and generate massive amount of shrapnel on the inside
@@tubaeseries5705 Spalling, right?
@@eldorados_lost_searcher yes, it would often kill the driver, but without stopping the tank (driver's body would fall on the joysticks) and soldiers were shooting multiple times because they never got proper training with this rifle.
@@eldorados_lost_searcher Yes. There's an excellent physics simulation of a Ur projectile up on KZhead: kzhead.info/sun/idayqrixn2qOapE/bejne.html
I spent the first year of my working life out of university thinking and mathematically modelling these new weapon system in the late 1970's - I studied and wrote about Whittaker's Distribution, Lanchester Equations, HESH & SHAPE heads, MFK kills, Milan, Swingfire and more as I thought about Red crossing the Rhine and how to stop them. Great to see this weapon description updated and a discussion about its deployment.
Should have spent some time studying how to stop psychological and financial warfare a bit, then maybe we would have a chance surviving China's assault. Too damn late now! Physical warfare < phycological, but it's easier to just think in terms of blam! blam!
@@capnobvious2718 Thanks for the unsolicited life advice, certainly very perceptive. At the time the Soviets had a huge force and there was a real chance they may cross the Rhine and then stop to redraw the border in West Germany. The NATO plan was how to slow them down, to give politicians time to strategise as we couldn't stop an overrun. Hope that helps Cap'n crystallise your thinking for next round of life advice.
Could you share any more insights into the math behind these types of targeting/guidance systems? Have been interested in it for a while but it’s hard to find good info about it online.
@@user-yd4rn4ez6m I don't think Raytheon & Lockheed Martin will divulge this sensitive information.. besides why would you need this unless you're making one and who's really asking CCP?
@@veclubby knowing the general kind of guidance systems is not sensitive info, our adversaries already know that (and much more). I’m just interested in knowing how stuff works tbh, esp as an aero engineering student.
in 20 years tanks have 56 reactive armor stages and the new defense manufacturers release a missile with 56 counter charges before the main charge.
So, the computer says to the rocket, "here's a photo of the target, go get it", then the rocket's like, "OK, I see something that looks like that, I'll head for that, and if my view changes a little, I'll take a guess as to what it would look like"?
Is incredible how high-tech are those missiles just to get instantly destroyed when launched for the first and only time... damn.
I was honestly surprised that a missile is 'only' 78,000. You get so used to insane numbers when discussing military stuff. And it's killing a 4 million dollar tank.
I don't know this for sure, but the tubs are still perfectly in tact after firing, so I would be very surprised if they aren't kept and sent back to the seller for "reloading", or possibly to be melted down and firmed into new units since they are obviously already made of the right material. Wouldn't be surprised if there was some discount for the number of tubes returned to the seller out of the amount initially purchased.
I went to an RAF museum in London. Saw a bunch of missiles used for jet fighters. So much advanced electronic equipment and chips get used to create such an advanced piece of equipment. Only for it to used to fly in the air and self destruct itself 😂.
The javelin IS a HEAT missile that uses two shaped charges. The first is meant to set off the ERA and the second, bigger shaped charge is meant to penetrate the tank itself. The shaped charge (copper cone usually) needs explosives to deform it and form the jet, hence HEAT.
Uh...HEAT is shaped charge, but different name. It's like elevator and lift.
@@naksachaisaejane1982 Wrong.
@@Estabvn I like how you don't say anything more than that. It's too stupid not to laugh at. Shaped charges are, well, explosive charges meant to take out armored vehicles from the design up down to the their shapes. It works the same way HEAT do except the damn name. The explosion then deforms Copper into hot lance that melts the armor away. He explained this in Abram video.
@@naksachaisaejane1982 HEAT munitions and shaped charges are not the same thing. Shaped charges are a part of HEAT munitions, but by saying they're the same thing you're making a category-error. Shaped charges are often used outside of anti-tank roles, such as in demolition. I'd be skeptical of the way Real Engineering defines some terms, often overlooking their practicality in distinguishing between things. For example, he mentions that HEAT munitions are kinetic munitions, which is wrong. Although every anti-tank weapon uses kinetic energy in some way or another, kinetic munitions doesn't refer to their mechanism of action, but to wether or not their performance is directly correlated to their kinetic energy at the point of impact.
that donut explosion at 11:30 is amazing
Considering u can buy 10 javalins to 1 t90 it's a bargain the "shoot and scoot" tactics are deadly effective
Also count cost of training 3-4 crew members, including officer, + munitions cost. Tanks are really expensive stuff)
Dude, there are countless Russian tanks running around with three or four Javelin hits. They are utter shit.
@@elta6241 There are also countless turrets scattered arout Ukraine remarkably missing their hull... and barrel... and crew. By the nature of HEAT jets, penetration of the armor is not the only metric that will result in a kill, if the jet from an NLAW or javelin hits too much to the sides or rear, it may simply cause superficial or non fatal damage. Especially for the NLAW which does not carry as powerful a warhead, if your crew is lucky it can survive a rocket. yet all it takes is a single good hit. You hit the fuel tanks, and you are looking at a nasty fire in the crew compartment, either resulting in a crew BBQ or a bail. And if you hit the drum auto-loader? Well, then your tank becomes a new candidate in the turret-jumping olymics whenever you want it or not.
@@elta6241 source plz
@@nneddenn6207 Reluctant crew members
11:08 Tank: i have reactive armor Javelin: i don't see the part where that's my problem
Fun Fact: My dad had forced his squad to take the Javelin training. Then at Haditha Dam during Iraqi Freedom, it had saved his entire squad and they even questioned them about what improvements could be made to it after the fact.
Wow that was an amasing video. Im suprised ive never seen your channel before.
This channel quality is just above anything you can find in TV or even conventional streaming platforms... I can't believe they do it with many times less Budget 😍 You have my support