A Terrifying Weapon in WWI: Metal Darts Dropped From Planes

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  • 게시일 2022. 01. 26.
  • Aerial darts got a fair amount of use before the widespread adoption of bombs.
    #shorts #ww1 #militaryhistory #military #war

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  • @Warm_Ice0
    @Warm_Ice0 2 년 전 +14243

    "French invention, German made" is rawest line I've ever heard.

    • @tripple-dot-dash871
      @tripple-dot-dash871 2 년 전 +738

      shit is too cold man

    • @Timochat_
      @Timochat_ 2 년 전 +163

      Germans invented the car (as we know it)
      French cars are better than German ones when the prices match now (wasn't the case 10 years ago we made shit back then :( )

    • @rucoyonline41
      @rucoyonline41 2 년 전 +325

      Sounds like german humor to me ☠

    • @AriusAB
      @AriusAB 2 년 전 +130

      well with the government in germany in shambles and is merely the shadow of the past glories our economy is like dogshit and soon it will be even more shitty as they are decommissioning nuclear powerplants

    • @cloudtail
      @cloudtail 2 년 전 +12

      Kek

  • @TheHistoryUnderground
    @TheHistoryUnderground 2 년 전 +10247

    Deadliest game of lawn darts ever. 😄

  • @Defender78
    @Defender78 2 년 전 +1033

    "Small.. 5 to 6 inches long"
    Um...

    • @BRAZILWINNINGWORLDCUP
      @BRAZILWINNINGWORLDCUP 2 년 전 +107

      If women fought back in world War 1 the darts wouldn't even phase them

    • @nickg8893
      @nickg8893 2 년 전 +173

      actually, 5 to 6 inches is way too big. It’s a giant waste of resources and i think 2-3 is just as if not more effective!

    • @Roubotin
      @Roubotin 2 년 전 +48

      @@nickg8893 cope

    • @potato1907
      @potato1907 2 년 전 +8

      don't you fucking think about it

    • @mothman7504
      @mothman7504 2 년 전 +126

      @@nickg8893 especially if it has personality, a 2 inch steel dart is way more effective than a 6 inch dart especially with personality

  • @WrongFrFr
    @WrongFrFr 2 년 전 +1242

    My sister has one like the first one, I guess she likes collecting war items.

  • @ImmortalAbsenon
    @ImmortalAbsenon 2 년 전 +5785

    "French invention, German made."
    No need to throw all those metal darts at your enemy when you're throwing that level of shade

    • @ColAlbSmi
      @ColAlbSmi 2 년 전 +105

      I love that the Germans wrote it in French

    • @Torth121
      @Torth121 2 년 전 +18

      You mad that rhyme well too

    • @BangChief_AllIsOne
      @BangChief_AllIsOne 2 년 전 +1

      Lmmfao. Salute

    • @PersonaNonGrata666
      @PersonaNonGrata666 2 년 전 +12

      Tbf, the only reason there is shade in France is so Germany doesn't have to march in the sun.

    • @PersonaNonGrata666
      @PersonaNonGrata666 2 년 전

      @@okquentin It's more the people than the landscape, hermano.

  • @micklenier6152
    @micklenier6152 2 년 전 +2786

    so for those who have played bloon tower defense... this was actually an inspiration for monkey ace.

  • @frostyfizz7915
    @frostyfizz7915 2 년 전 +196

    "Hey sarge, why are there boxes of spikes in my plane?"
    "You ever play lawn darts?"

    • @prestonrobertson4415
      @prestonrobertson4415 2 년 전 +5

      god damnit I shouldn't have laughed at this
      but it you hit a bullseye with this one

    • @timrohde6492
      @timrohde6492 2 년 전 +5

      @@prestonrobertson4415 well, he needs to throw them out first before hitting anything

    • @thedbdentity2102
      @thedbdentity2102 2 년 전 +4

      Oh wait mind pulling that lever

  • @mrorganic13
    @mrorganic13 2 년 전 +53

    “Your merely adopted the darkness, I was born in it” - Germany

  • @thenothingking
    @thenothingking 2 년 전 +367

    German engineers during WWI: “yeah I do a little trolling”

  • @evanricheson1630
    @evanricheson1630 2 년 전 +1412

    I’m glad that the developers of Battlefield 1 actually took the time to read and research about history unlike BFV’s developers because these sky darts sound scarier than bombs

    • @aerodyte6908
      @aerodyte6908 2 년 전 +82

      It’s what the trench fighter load out in bf1 drops except they’re explosive darts called ranken darts used by the British for the purpose of bombing airships from above with them

    • @MikeLikesBikes095
      @MikeLikesBikes095 2 년 전 +37

      BF1 devs really did their homework lol

    • @TheSCPStudio
      @TheSCPStudio 2 년 전 +14

      I wish they did their research on game development too. :(

    • @duncandl910
      @duncandl910 2 년 전 +11

      I mean bf1's developers also took some interesting creative liberties

    • @KillerofGods
      @KillerofGods 2 년 전 +21

      @@duncandl910 You mean there were no female cyborgs in WW1?

  • @mysteryunboxing3403
    @mysteryunboxing3403 2 년 전 +6

    I actually bought two from a antique shop close to 10 years ago. The guy that sold him said in the army they called them devil dogs. The most badass thing i heard and not alot of people know about these. Glad someone shined the light on this.

  • @CarnivalPS
    @CarnivalPS 2 년 전 +1295

    Trolling at it’s Craziest 🤭🤭🤭

  • @way2sh0rt07grad
    @way2sh0rt07grad 2 년 전 +1718

    It's almost the same idea as archers during the medieval times. You just have the luxury of more range and less manpower.

    • @samuelbonaya9941
      @samuelbonaya9941 2 년 전 +3

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    • @thescuffedcrusaderofjerusa5651
      @thescuffedcrusaderofjerusa5651 2 년 전 +35

      Your kind of correct archer's almost never fire at an extremely high arc its an highly inaccurate way to fire an arrow and high quality arrows were very expensive and very limited when on campaign it did happen but very very rarely its much more effective to fire at a flatter trajectory.

    • @pullt
      @pullt 2 년 전 +3

      What I've never understood is how (at least in movies as I wasn't a medieval archer) is why the fire a volley or two, then stop. Why not fire dozens of volleys?

    • @pullt
      @pullt 2 년 전 +5

      @@thescuffedcrusaderofjerusa5651 but how expensive and limited could they be? The cost of maintaining a man in the field outfitting him with armor/weapons would seem to allow you to just have a couple dudes spend 60 hours a week crafting arrows, no?

    • @thescuffedcrusaderofjerusa5651
      @thescuffedcrusaderofjerusa5651 2 년 전

      @@pullt Thats just what movies do I've seen very few movies that accurately portray medieval warfare I'm by no means an expert, but it takes very little to find out the basics of medieval warfare I get there has to be some liberty's taken but when even the core basic elements of the tactics and strategies of the time are missing that just shows lack of effort on the film makers part i mean just look up what went into the making of the set to the vvitch.

  • @dumbshitmule2251
    @dumbshitmule2251 2 년 전 +763

    As someone who works in metal fabrication this is terrifying. I've accidentally shot parts across the shop with the wheel grinder and they could easily smash skulls, shatter teeth, impale, etc. I couldn't imagine these falling from the sky with an aerodynamic design. 💀

    • @deusvult6920
      @deusvult6920 2 년 전 +36

      @@SJNFAB me too. Clearly we need to find us a pilot

    • @-_-g4098
      @-_-g4098 2 년 전 +24

      @@deusvult6920 and let's take over the world, we'll start with the UK.

    • @casematecardinal
      @casematecardinal 2 년 전 +23

      @@SJNFAB now all you need is a Cessna and a lack of conscience, and then you can recreate it!

    • @dumbshitmule2251
      @dumbshitmule2251 2 년 전 +10

      @@SJNFAB I operate a sheet metal plasma cutter. I could get them started for you. You clearly have the right tool for the job though. 👍 Let's get a little prop plane boys! (Just kidding don't ban me.)

    • @vxntagedre4862
      @vxntagedre4862 2 년 전

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  • @thecheshire2334
    @thecheshire2334 2 년 전 +61

    I think this misses an important piece. While falling darts are deadly you gotta remember the all steel so when planted they now make a field of spikes which is equally terrifying

  • @gh0st_v1per
    @gh0st_v1per 2 년 전 +13

    “This prank gunna be lit”
    - some pilot who used these

  • @edwardkelly6969
    @edwardkelly6969 2 년 전 +468

    They are actually called "flechettes," a French word meaning "little dart." They were incredibly inaccurate, but when they did land a hit, they were devastatingly effective, able to damage vehicles and mutilate a soldier.

    • @elschaetty
      @elschaetty 2 년 전 +42

      Yeah.. that's exactly what he said

    • @derekpauley4420
      @derekpauley4420 2 년 전 +18

      I couldn't imagine being soldier at that time. My god would this be the scariest shit I've seen and i wouldn't be able to fight it.

    • @YourMomsNewHusband
      @YourMomsNewHusband 2 년 전 +3

      It pained me to see the amount of people that had no idea what these are or what they’re referred to.

    • @derekpauley4420
      @derekpauley4420 2 년 전 +1

      @@YourMomsNewHusband i usually wish more video like this were out this. I like for find educational video more then seeing some celebrity.

    • @massoverride478
      @massoverride478 2 년 전 +2

      Yeah that’s what he said 😂

  • @TheLonelyBrit
    @TheLonelyBrit 2 년 전 +892

    Really an RFG is just one of these but upscaled a lot.
    Humans are pretty good at throwing rocks.

    • @calebmorri
      @calebmorri 2 년 전 +50

      Does RFG stand for Rod From God? I remember the idea of those tungsten rods in low orbit which would do a lot of damage if shot down to Earth, I just can't remember if that is their exact name.

    • @TaGF_Tomcat
      @TaGF_Tomcat 2 년 전 +32

      @@calebmorri Kinetic Bombardment is the name for the actual thing that happens

    • @vxntagedre4862
      @vxntagedre4862 2 년 전 +2

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    • @qanqon6778
      @qanqon6778 2 년 전

      krplus.net/bidio/g61wl31inJ7SkHY

    • @afterburnermosh
      @afterburnermosh 2 년 전 +13

      Tbf all we have been doing is just launching things at each other except now they go faster and are smaller

  • @lodielieb8482
    @lodielieb8482 2 년 전 +7

    That roast “French invention, German made”

  • @maxsparks5183
    @maxsparks5183 2 년 전 +4

    THAT, I did not know and I read a lot about WWI. THANK YOU for the education.

  • @Pucha83
    @Pucha83 2 년 전 +334

    Everyone's talking about 2nd WW but 1st WW weapons are quite inventive and interesting. 👍

    • @broccolirob5026
      @broccolirob5026 2 년 전 +29

      Also horrific and cruel lol

    • @dissapointingopinions4877
      @dissapointingopinions4877 2 년 전 +14

      Having your skull bashed in with a shovel or club is always going to be less appealing to me than a few minutes in a gas chamber. That being said, Japan would still give you some gruesome bang for buck in WW2.

    • @lumineuzamki9085
      @lumineuzamki9085 2 년 전 +4

      @@broccolirob5026 such is the history of humanity

    • @pangolin7398
      @pangolin7398 2 년 전 +5

      The first tanks were quite interesting

    • @vxntagedre4862
      @vxntagedre4862 2 년 전

      krplus.net/bidio/lb6Sk4apd4yyc3Y

  • @jihadpromax3520
    @jihadpromax3520 2 년 전 +608

    Germans: copy darts from French
    Allies for the next 100 years: let's copy the germans

    • @natesmith7658
      @natesmith7658 2 년 전 +14

      We loved copying the Germans in the world wars

    • @christianloper9483
      @christianloper9483 2 년 전 +38

      The Germans had a lot of cool ideas, they just didn't execute them very well. They tended to overcomplicate things haha.

    • @natesmith7658
      @natesmith7658 2 년 전 +23

      Like taking meth the whole war

    • @robertclark1669
      @robertclark1669 2 년 전 +7

      @@natesmith7658 Well the Germans curved meth use after 1940.

    • @zaid1169
      @zaid1169 2 년 전 +8

      @@natesmith7658 didnt every country in ww2 use meth? Its not just the germans lmao

  • @h.donnellgrayiii4276
    @h.donnellgrayiii4276 2 년 전 +5

    You could be a good history teacher or lab assistant to a college professor somewhere

  • @darthgamer2014
    @darthgamer2014 2 년 전 +51

    Fun fact: The United States actually used a similar weapon during the Vietnam war.
    It was called the lazy dog and was essentially a bomb that would break open to release a swarm of metal darts that would silently drop through the foliage and kill anyone that was unlucky enough to underneath them at the time.
    Obviously this weapon is now banned as it was considered to be a moral because it would kill non combatants just as much as enemy combatants.
    It really was more of a "to whom it might concern" type of weapon.

    • @John-of5ud
      @John-of5ud 2 년 전 +2

      *whom

    • @Tekape
      @Tekape 2 년 전 +9

      so bombs don't kill non combatants? I think they are banned because they dont necessarily kill but handicap and are cruel instead of an instant kill.

    • @darthgamer2014
      @darthgamer2014 2 년 전 +1

      @@Tekape sorry, I completely missed the mark on that. But yes they were pretty damn cruel.

    • @deplorabledegenerate2630
      @deplorabledegenerate2630 2 년 전

      @@Tekape bombs are an instakill and never leave someone maimed and disfigured?

    • @dustinhaynes2617
      @dustinhaynes2617 2 년 전 +2

      There's also the beehive artillery shells and some missiles that were packed too.

  • @ThtSunbreaker
    @ThtSunbreaker 2 년 전 +23

    Some dude picked one of these up and just went
    "Oh my god, lawn darts!"

  • @TimeBucks
    @TimeBucks 2 년 전 +2493

    Amazing narration

  • @janesparks4912
    @janesparks4912 2 년 전 +13

    Wow, didn't know that. My grandfather was in the Army on the front lines in France during WWI. Sure glad he made it back 😂... unscathed by such a weapon. Thanks!

  • @fencserx9423
    @fencserx9423 2 년 전

    Effective is relative. They’re ridiculously cheap, and incredibly deadly

  • @r.mutti9i725
    @r.mutti9i725 2 년 전 +83

    I’ve always thought it would be interesting to bomb an enemy with thousands of hot lava lamps. This seems more effective.

  • @jinjeredge
    @jinjeredge 2 년 전 +21

    Finally
    Bloons Tower Defense

  • @snjgamersslayersnjaegers4826

    Could you imagine being in a trench underneath like a bridge and see like 10 planes fly over and are coming towards you then just the hail of metal darts ga from the sky meanwhile you just sit as they pierce the wood above you or whatever material its made of as they come through and they are like inches from your face. Truly terrifying. I'd be like oh my gosh there's metal darts falling from the sky😫

    • @MichaelSHartman
      @MichaelSHartman 2 년 전

      Imagine being a 100 yards from the nearest protection, or stuck in a trench.

  • @ultrablueberry2420
    @ultrablueberry2420 2 년 전 +2

    "Hit the nail right on the head"
    I'm not sorry.

  • @soaringeag1392
    @soaringeag1392 2 년 전 +57

    Did you know the first "weaponized" item used in air to ground combat was a bar of soap?
    A scout plane pilot got tired of being shot at, while flying over enemy lines, so he decided that he would grab some of the unit's extra soap crates, on each sortie he would bring a box and throw bar of soap in the direction of where he was shot from.
    Note: at the time it was in fact lye soap

    • @alexsass6539
      @alexsass6539 2 년 전 +9

      Lmao now I can’t stop imagining a German AA man just watches as his companion has a bar of soap fly into his chest

    • @soaringeag1392
      @soaringeag1392 2 년 전 +9

      @@alexsass6539 when I heard that story I always thought of their helmets denting

    • @charliegarrison9688
      @charliegarrison9688 2 년 전 +9

      "Eat this ya Kraut!" Yelled the angry French pilot 🤣😂

    • @natalie_v0.1
      @natalie_v0.1 2 년 전 +2

      “Thanks mate I was feeling a might bit ripe! “

    • @elgoog7830
      @elgoog7830 2 년 전 +2

      Promoting good hygiene, during such dark and dirty times. What a nice and thoughtful fellow.

  • @BasiliskX
    @BasiliskX 2 년 전 +255

    Wow, my mum has some of these. I can't wait to show my friends!

  • @trinxic-music1469
    @trinxic-music1469 2 년 전 +1

    [top right] oh my god, it’s a projectile buttplug

  • @matejonotfound7239
    @matejonotfound7239 2 년 전 +7

    French: try's out clash royale*
    Also french: *ight, bet*

  • @Fede_uyz
    @Fede_uyz 2 년 전 +31

    They banned lawn darts for a reason. These are heavier, deadlier lawn darts dispersed TO KILL and destroy, not thrown for fun

    • @geneticdisorder1900
      @geneticdisorder1900 2 년 전

      So true, isn’t that why people switched to throwing axes 🪓 instead, at bars .

    • @therealrichphilly0494
      @therealrichphilly0494 2 년 전

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    • @MPRiley-rb6lj
      @MPRiley-rb6lj 2 년 전

      As any child born in the 1960 can tell you, hearing the call "Lawn Jart!" Was the equivalent to hearing an air raid siren.
      Difficult to laugh at cockroaches scurrying for cover when the lights go on when someone yell "Lawn Jart!" and you react the same. It is merely Pavlovian.

    • @mrobject9113
      @mrobject9113 2 년 전

      My brother and I and our two cousins used to have a game where we would basically free for all whip lawn darts into the air and whoever got hit 'lost'.

    • @theorangeheadedfella
      @theorangeheadedfella 2 년 전

      What's a lawn dart

  • @m.g.540
    @m.g.540 2 년 전 +22

    A very demoralizing weapon, if it only killed a few the threat of it made infantry stay under cover and retreat from engagement. The Germans even made use of the fact that the French invented them by pointing it out to the French soldiers who then probably cursed their own inventors who developed them.

  • @ivorymagnus7347
    @ivorymagnus7347 7 개월 전 +1

    Costs 3 elixir, very effective against skeletons in WWI

  • @ayabeihere
    @ayabeihere 2 년 전 +3

    Whoa! First time ever hearing about this.

  • @superpacocaalado7215
    @superpacocaalado7215 2 년 전 +35

    This is the kind of information that can be used on the History class to make everybody more interested in the subject.

  • @subscribetov1nce407
    @subscribetov1nce407 2 년 전 +10

    Those darts are also a weapon ability in battlefield 1 for the fighter

  • @notaperson211
    @notaperson211 2 년 전 +3

    Hey, my sister has some of those in her room. I didn’t know she liked historical artifacts so much.

  • @lanceroark6386
    @lanceroark6386 2 년 전 +1

    We know about small darts falling from the sky; well, those of us that grew up in the 80’s.

  • @indra_vrtrahan
    @indra_vrtrahan 2 년 전 +559

    "French Invention" OOF, not even gonna lie, that is genius thing to do, the level of disrespect and the psychological war fare, DAMN world war was messed up but badass

  • @jcm-x2407
    @jcm-x2407 2 년 전 +34

    The level of petty i aspire to be

  • @mtchbrian
    @mtchbrian 2 년 전 +1

    Not sure if they're still made but they're used to be a 2.75 inch rocket used on the Apache that was filled with flachetts. Very effective on personnel

  • @18videowatcher41
    @18videowatcher41 2 년 전 +2

    Ah, the flechette. Iconic.

  • @zochi_6224
    @zochi_6224 2 년 전 +19

    Man the new bloons Tower Defence update is looking really cool!

  • @globschnobler5656
    @globschnobler5656 2 년 전 +3

    This how 5 year-old me felt playing lawn darts

  • @loganburchett928
    @loganburchett928 2 년 전 +5

    UAV platforms can mount an agm called the "flying ginsue" or the R9X, it forgoes the explosive warhead in favor of a kenitic warhead containing a halo of blades that deploy moments before impact thus reducing collateral damage in high density areas not quite the same thing but the same basis

  • @FarmerDrew
    @FarmerDrew 년 전 +1

    They were so devastatingly effective at cleanly passing through human flesh that the soldiers would continue marching for a few steps before dropping.

  • @DrewSpeedDemon
    @DrewSpeedDemon 2 년 전 +3

    That dart on the right is a buttplug, prove me wrong.

  • @youllknowme2079
    @youllknowme2079 2 년 전 +23

    If those darts were used in Dunkirk I can't imagine how much British troops whould be massacred in that beach

    • @somedude8468
      @somedude8468 2 년 전 +3

      Or normal bombs, but smoke from refineries bombed and weather made it so it wasnt possible, even with the darts.

    • @jaspertaylor2810
      @jaspertaylor2810 2 년 전

      You know no one ever said that these darts were more effective than bombs, they were just a lot cheaper and easier to manufacture. Additionally they were only used at all in WW1 because that was a war full of experimental weapons and tactics.
      The US did actually use similar weapons in the Vietnam war however, but for entirely different reasons.

    • @youllknowme2079
      @youllknowme2079 2 년 전

      @@jaspertaylor2810 im thinking about dropping the darts directly into the retreating soldiers since they can pierce through helmets

  • @AverageAwesomeDude

    Here students of history is a perfect example of the early human’s need to “flex” on their enemies. Such a strong tradition that was never abandoned even in times of war

  • @Hsaelt
    @Hsaelt 2 년 전

    That roast deserves a wwII victory alone.

  • @redram5150
    @redram5150 2 년 전 +38

    FYI for those curious, "Alemand" is French for "German". It has to do with the closest Germanic tribe to the Francs during ancient times being called the "Ales". Ergo, "Ale-man"

  • @Voltaic_Fire
    @Voltaic_Fire 2 년 전 +27

    Yet lawn darts were still invented.

    • @dumbshitmule2251
      @dumbshitmule2251 2 년 전 +1

      Underrated comment

    • @foosmonkey
      @foosmonkey 2 년 전

      Beat me to it! 😂

    • @matthewk6731
      @matthewk6731 2 년 전

      I wonder how many above ground pools were punctured from lawn darts (and people).
      In my neighborhood someone punctured a pool, it split and blew the garage over.
      Score!

    • @geneticdisorder1900
      @geneticdisorder1900 2 년 전 +2

      Unfortunately darts were dangerous, so everyone had to switch to throwing axes 🪓

    • @hadrian318
      @hadrian318 2 년 전 +1

      "Hey wow, these would be a great game for kids and drunken adults".

  • @chadwell69
    @chadwell69 2 년 전 +2

    "Ve do a bit of trolling"

  • @beetledesert8642
    @beetledesert8642 2 년 전 +1

    Finally a country who credits the original

  • @forgottenghoul8312
    @forgottenghoul8312 2 년 전 +46

    This takes the term “death from above” to a whole new level.

  • @jeffreyyucel9373
    @jeffreyyucel9373 2 년 전 +12

    I thought I knew a lot about warfare, but admittedly you’ve got me beat. I’ve learned things from your channel and I thank you for it. Please keep it going.

    • @PrestonStewart
      @PrestonStewart  2 년 전 +1

      Thanks a lot, will do!

    • @Whiskers4169
      @Whiskers4169 2 년 전

      So what are some other things you know ?

    • @Whiskers4169
      @Whiskers4169 2 년 전

      Like what’s the point of bombardments ?

    • @jeffreyyucel9373
      @jeffreyyucel9373 2 년 전

      @@Whiskers4169 What’s the point of shelling the enemy or dropping bombs on the enemy? Both are bombardment.

  • @lestergillis8171
    @lestergillis8171 2 년 전 +1

    This technique was used occasionally in Vietnam by the U.S. It was fairly effective most of the time.

  • @alexpapathomas6814

    Fear is the best tactic for war. You create enough panic soldiers won’t have the mindset to fight

  • @The_Crafty_Hood
    @The_Crafty_Hood 2 년 전 +21

    They arent small they are perfectly average and some women like it that size

  • @ATBZ
    @ATBZ 2 년 전 +3

    This is wayyy more psychologically damaging than a bomb considering you see EVERYTHING thats going on

    • @adgefreeman6091
      @adgefreeman6091 2 년 전

      The fact that it would make no sound besides the plane overhead and screaming abruptly starting and ending.
      And the once clean environment riddled with spikes... and blood.

  • @humbertomarrero1542

    "grab me that dart"
    "but sir, these are historical artifacts that must be left in ta-"
    "nonono, grab me that dart!"

  • @HertaSeggs
    @HertaSeggs 2 년 전

    This level of shade is on the same level as romans carving insults onto slingshot rocks

  • @LeanedBackBry
    @LeanedBackBry 2 년 전 +12

    Huge pianos would be cool just seeing a line of pianos falling out of a stratofortress

  • @zigzagzaag
    @zigzagzaag 2 년 전 +4

    "One more jab"
    I see what you did there...

  • @thehost2909
    @thehost2909 2 년 전 +1

    “Honey get my steel umbrella”

  • @mikebussy3334
    @mikebussy3334 2 년 전

    We called them yard darts, It was a childhood toy. Gen X woot! 🤣 🤣 🤣

  • @optimusdimegatron1297

    They used to throw bricks lol
    Great vid. "Eat le briiick!"

  • @arno_grnfld455
    @arno_grnfld455 2 년 전 +18

    French invention, German made loll

  • @ridiculousrandy1401

    "We have limited gunpowder on reserve, but we have a LOT of metal scrap we don't know what to do with."
    "Drop from plane. Will be funny."

  • @arcosprey4811
    @arcosprey4811 2 년 전

    Those darts are absolutely massive. Gigantic. Jesus.

  • @benderisgreat5059
    @benderisgreat5059 2 년 전 +4

    I find these just flat out cool. I can’t believe they could disable vehicles with them 🤯

  • @doolterjr3318
    @doolterjr3318 2 년 전 +6

    Didnt the US use something like this in Vietnam, called Lazy Dogs,

  • @JesusSaves86AB
    @JesusSaves86AB 2 년 전

    War is always sinister and gruesome. It's sick the level of ingenuity it breeds.

  • @The_Devil_Himself
    @The_Devil_Himself 2 년 전

    The US also used a varient of these in Vietnam, the Lazy Dog. A big advantage to these is that, unlike cluster bombs, there's never any unexploded ordinance left behind.

  • @jackribourel8400
    @jackribourel8400 2 년 전 +3

    It’s still used in modern time, actually we pact it in certain artillery shells, also tanks shells have those inside (big metal darts)

  • @soupgaming1354
    @soupgaming1354 2 년 전 +4

    “They’re darts, I swear!”

  • @UltraPurple
    @UltraPurple 2 년 전 +1

    "SOLDIER What in tarnation are you playing?"
    "BTD"
    "Now what is that?"
    "So these monkeys like these ones throw darts at balloons so they dont get to the exit"
    "Hmmm interesting... i wonder if i could? I HAVE AN IDEA"

  • @ItsBig5ive
    @ItsBig5ive 2 년 전

    These little darts are called flechettes and have also been used in shotgun shells and tank rounds. There are alot of disadvantages but the main issue is poor accuracy. In shotguns they are generally considered useless because the darts are so small and light that they have to be used at extremely close range to be effective.

  • @gmansk53
    @gmansk53 2 년 전 +3

    Hard to imagine the mind of a man that thought of this.

    • @Pimentel-Kreations
      @Pimentel-Kreations 2 년 전

      Nothing new. In the days of cannons, they would stuff a bunch of steel garbage, apparently,it was far more dangerous than a cannon ball. Bunch of shrapnel cause more damage than a single iron ball.

  • @yitivitzen5239
    @yitivitzen5239 2 년 전 +9

    Well…not gonna lie…I thought it was something completely different… :|

  • @charlief.7588
    @charlief.7588 2 년 전 +1

    When I was little I thought about this as a weapon, I had no idea it was an actual thing

  • @gein2287
    @gein2287 2 년 전

    My WWll vet grandpa had so much military crap in his attic. Until my uncle & him were arguing at Thanksgiving dinner when they realized that live mines were still right above our heads. Good times.

  • @Sxcottie
    @Sxcottie 2 년 전 +5

    Damn that looks like something you would find in mommy's closet

  • @calixindox28
    @calixindox28 2 년 전 +10

    Battlefield 1 had these and fuuuuck man i took shrooms once and just imagined every death that happened to me mirroring a real death, no matter how hard i tried to stay alive while also fighting and surviving i just kept dying the most brutal deaths. Planes dropping HOT darts on group's of us. MG teams camping a huge open field mowing 15 men down in seconds, tanks busting through thick sand storm and crushing dozens in the chaos of artillery landing a couple feet away throwing sand in your face while you watch silhouettes of dozens of men fighting in the storm hand to hand or trying to pop off shots w a pistol only to get hacked by some club w nails in it.
    I cried alot in that experience and thank those who served and gave their lives for hopefully a better future. Drugs are wild yo.

    • @broccolirob5026
      @broccolirob5026 2 년 전 +1

      You should watch They Shall Not Grow Old, it’s fucking tragic

    • @doublxhelix5014
      @doublxhelix5014 2 년 전 +2

      Bro I could barely play golf with your friends on shrooms I can't imagine bf1

    • @nickyblue4866
      @nickyblue4866 2 년 전 +1

      @@doublxhelix5014
      I farted on my friend once while we were on shrooms. He actually went up my but following the fart and came out covered in butt chocolate. He let me taste the butt chocolate after he returned from azz land and it tasted... i shit you not.... LIKE DOODOO!!!! I was like man where did you get that chocolate star fish?! And my friend was like what chocolate starfish?! AND I LOOKED AT HIS CHOCOLATE STARFISH AND SAID LEMME GET A LICK!!!! It was crazy. Whenever my friend sees ice cream now he licks his lips and looks at my chocolate starfish and says wanna do some shrooms?!

    • @doublxhelix5014
      @doublxhelix5014 2 년 전

      @@nickyblue4866 bro what

  • @vulpritprooze
    @vulpritprooze 2 년 전

    Now, we have a metal dart shot straight through from the outer space.

  • @KatabaticPlays
    @KatabaticPlays 2 년 전

    Now imagine of they whistled... That'd be a serious morale killer.

  • @Danymok
    @Danymok 2 년 전 +4

    In Battlefield 1 these things can't kill a rat

    • @noconcept9929
      @noconcept9929 2 년 전

      Oh my friend, you should've seen them pre-nerf they were something else. They where basically free kills.

    • @Zanenoth
      @Zanenoth 2 년 전

      Man I've been playing BF1 since 1914 and I'm telling you that you are a SCRUB

  • @dat_berserk_gamer445__7

    Hey my mom has one of those

  • @Jay-lf6ox
    @Jay-lf6ox 2 년 전

    Imagine you're in the middle of a war and all firing stops only for butt plugs to start falling from the sky

  • @DannyG-ic2ci
    @DannyG-ic2ci 2 년 전

    Rain can be inconvenient at times but this can really ruin your day

  • @benhalali8800
    @benhalali8800 2 년 전 +3

    "The attack of the butt plugs"

  • @legallydeaf
    @legallydeaf 2 년 전 +1

    they hit them with the emotional damage as well as the brain damage

  • @entarr2604
    @entarr2604 2 년 전

    They were also used in Vietnam in Artillery shots. Gunners would drop the gun horizontal and fire them off. It was like an oversized 00 Buckshot. My great uncle told me that the flechette rounds could and quite often would staple enemy soldiers to trees. Many had theirs eyes still wide open and looked like they were frozen in time mid charge.

  • @jdstark24
    @jdstark24 2 년 전

    Lazy dog bombs got used in Vietnam too. I read a description of their effect and was something like "it was like a giant fork was punched into the ground all over the place, and only halves of bodies were typically found". Pretty scary stuff