WW2 - V1 "Flying Bomb"
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In 1942, the Luftwaffe, aware of the development of a long-range rocket by the German army, began intensive development of a rival weapon, a ramjet Flying Bomb.
見た目はV1で色がざ、零戦だからう〜ん
The Flying Bomb entered service ahead of the Army 's rocket and became known as the V-1.
Launched from ramps situated in the Pas de Calais, Flying Bombs were used to attack London in an offensive that commenced on June 13th 1944.
Now in 2026, after almost 80 years, the Shahed-136/135 family has redefined autonomous warfare, no longer just a buzz in the sky; it’s a precision-guided, low-cost weapon capable of AI-enabled swarm attacks, creating a persistent, disruptive legacy that the V-1 could only dream of
Basically simple in design, the Flying Bomb was an economical and effective weapon of war. Travelling at speeds of up to 440 mph, it severely tested the air-defences of England.
In early September 1944, the Flying Bomb launch sites were overrun by advancing Allied armies. In a three-month offensive, the bombs killed over 5,000 Londoners, maiming and wounding many thousands more.
The first jet aircraft with a ramjet engine was created by the French: the Leduc 010-03 and the Leduc 022-01. The Germans drew inspiration from these to create the V1... The prototype was almost finished when the war broke out; a few more months and the war would have been changed.
More User Perspectives
There is a mistake on the video. The V1 sounds like a jet powered aircraft. The V1 has a pulse engine that sounds very different like an RRRRRRRRR.
@raulsolo3816In the London cemetery me and my dad worked as gravediggers dad started in 1964 and me 1986 and there was a area of smashed gravestones and very uneven ground which I was told that a V1 doodle bug landed in the cemetery and there were remains of bodies from the 19th century graves spread for hundreds of feet
@Ruffbiker68ULTRAKILL mentioned 🔥 🔥
@tobyfrancis-zq2hm😮
@fabriciof8140yeah, it cost me 41500 points
@IamRio04Imagine this thing exploding in some Paki enclave. Win win for both sides.
@HansBalnegerThere's part of a film of a postwar US test of a buzz bomb launching from the Gulf Coast thrown into this video.
I think it was called the Loon .
Ramjet? The Germans were more advanced than we thought!
@VikingTeddyIt was a pulsejet, NOT a ramjet.
@geoff1201Ultrakill has completely ruined me, I can’t watch this without thinking of the funny blue robot
@gladwrapenjoyer2008The First Cruise Missile
@sirstiffpilchardMy 89 year old father was chased down the street by a 'doodlebug'. I have seen pictures of the devastation it caused!!
@iangudgin6536SWEDISH PATRIOTS!
@AndrewLambert-wi8etPeople here because of ULTRAKILL:
@דיןלרנרDudel Back ! Brummkäfer wegen des geräuchs des Staustrahl Triebwerks .
@A.G.798why isnt it throwing coins in the air
@pizzabroadcastThats what the blu nikon is named after since its used for warfare
@juliantmg9099Is that a vampiric Nikon reference?
@maddycelesteThe absence of the engine sound was the scary part
@OffendingTheOffendableI remember - they said 'the victims will live forever in our hearts." Nobody can remember a single victim's name today...🤔🤔🤔
@thehumancanary131This so fun to use in bf5
@dova238A secret weapon whose effectiveness was severely limited thanks to the development of another secret weapon, the proximity fuse.
@MyLateralThawtsPulse reactor ,
@fer581+1 rep
@turkishmonster1956a10: dad….?
@jacobshepard654I am amazed by the military industry that the Germans achieved during wartime, but they were truly ahead of their time
@trying8500It's Captain Star!
@alextucker5819One thing I don't understand is why the Germans used this bombs in day instead of night, as if it tries to look into where it's target is when it's actually blind.
@abdulrockman39921:11 الطائر
@قصرترغليلUltrakill reference
@ZizpyI build such engines myself at home, there are a lot of videos on my channel.👍🤝
@papakrakazyabrikaThe grandfather of the cruise missile.
@oldhag2881In my Freshman physics class I had to help out in Lab which meant I had to set up and run a small pulse jet motor at the end of of the classes and let me tell you folks that it was the loudest abrasive sound that you would ever hear ! At the start of run a good size crowd was instantly assaulted by this spectacle this. Crowd started covering their ears and moving away , by the time we shut it down there were only 3 observers . Everyone’s nerves were shot by then ! I got good at running the jet but I dreaded having to start it up again so I quit ! To save my ears and my sanity !
@oceanhome2023Ultra when he kills
@SoupTheIdiotdid it do an ultrakill?
@Sticky_The_StickmanV2but is it fuel via blood?
@genericusername1997There is a pilot video of a pilot shooting one down in the air as it's flying, need to watch.
@theblackgasmask1012Not ram jet but pulse jet and that’s where the “buzzing” sound came from
@noturdad5354then japan tried something simpliar and way more cost effective...
@Dud079Looks like a military drone
@fujifurov671>:(
@yurihehe2did he just call it a ram jet?
V1 pulsejet flying bomb Am I a joke to you?*
The first cruise missile
@shyboy-kr1fbPaperclip
@scorpio8716Alot of misinformation on the comments
Keep it mind that these wre only used during mid 1944 to 1945
They weren't used anywhere else except aiming to the UK from Nazi occupied France
The pulse engine did NOT forcefully shutdown when initiating a dive, it losses fuel flow and the engine goes silent
Fun fact for anyone who didn't know: since the v1 rocket was fairly slow planes like the spitfire could keep up with it, so one way the Brits could prevent the v1 rocket from hitting a valuable target or anything important is the spitfire would fly along side the v1 wing tip to wing tip and roll just a little bit causing the wings to touch and since the v1 was unguided it would get knocked of course and miss its intended traget which makes me laugh
Hey Nigel how did you deal with that new German flying bomb?
Oh hello Boris my good friend I simply smacked it's wing with the wing of my trusty spitfire and re directed it into a park instead
German technology and know-how stolen by the Americans after the war.
@pvught390