PickVidsBest Military history & warfare Videos
The 121 Military history & warfare videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 3 introductory, 6 intermediate, 111 for a general viewer, and 1 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a documentary. What they share is that the people and the sequence of events are put back before anyone argues. Channels you will keep seeing include SmarterEveryDay, VICE, Veritasium.
Nuclear Detonation Timeline "1945-1998"
A timeline visualization plotting the 2053 nuclear tests and detonations from 1945 to 1998 on a world map, with sound marking each blast.
Former CIA Operative Explains How Spies Use Disguises | WIRED
Jonna Mendez, former CIA Chief of Disguise, explains how disguises are used in intelligence work and what makes deception effective, including changing one's gait.
Military Recruitment and Hollywood
Pop Culture Detective examines how the US military works with Hollywood, using the Independence Day sequel's Army recruitment tie-in as the starting point.
Kraut Space Magic: the H&K G11
Forgotten Weapons examines the Heckler & Koch G11, a West German experimental rifle built around a caseless cartridge.
1.8 gigapixel ARGUS-IS. World's highest resolution video surveillance platform by DARPA
A short clip about DARPA's ARGUS-IS, a 1.8 gigapixel wide-area camera array flown on a Boeing unmanned helicopter.
EKV/KV/KW/KKV/LEAP (Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicles) Hover Test - Compilation Video (SM-3, GBI, etc.)
A compilation of hover tests of exoatmospheric kill vehicles, the small rocket-propelled interceptors used in missile defense, including early prototypes from the late 1980s.
Schaliegas: USSR Gas Well Blow Out = Nuclear Bomb Puts Out Fire
A short clip showing how the Soviet Union used a nuclear explosion to extinguish a blown-out, burning gas well.
Auto-GCAS Saves Unconscious F-16 Pilot—Declassified USAF Footage
Declassified HUD footage of an F-16 whose unconscious pilot is saved by the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System.
Sprint Missile
Short footage of a Sprint missile from the 1970s Safeguard anti-ballistic missile system launching.
Russia releases secret footage of 1961 Tsar Bomba hydrogen blast | REUTERS
A short Reuters news clip showing declassified Russian footage of the 1961 Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated.
Phalanx CIWS Close-in Weapon System In Action - US Navy's Deadly Autocannon
Footage of the US Navy's Phalanx CIWS, a radar-guided 20 mm Gatling gun, firing in live target practice.
Rheinmetall Air Defence: Ahead - Highly effective, programmable ammunition
A one-minute Rheinmetall promotional demo of Oerlikon Ahead air burst ammunition, which throws a cloud of sub-projectiles to destroy small air targets.
Raytheon’s High-Power Microwave Weapon Downs Drones
Cleared Defense Department footage of Raytheon's Phaser high-power microwave weapon bringing down drones during a 2013 live-fire demonstration at Fort Sill.
Air Force Heavy Press Program (USAF film) by D.O.D.
A US Air Force film on the Heavy Press Program, which built some of the world's largest metal forging and extrusion presses for aircraft, starting from German presses taken after WWII.
Napoleon's greatest foe
Lindybeige's long video on Napoleon's most effective opponent, Sir Sidney Smith, with plenty of detail on Napoleon's misdeeds along the way.
First Strike (Part 1)
A dramatization of a hypothetical Soviet first strike that destroys US bombers and Minuteman missiles, filmed with US Air Force cooperation.
Former CIA Chief of Disguise Breaks Down 30 Spy Scenes From Film & TV | WIRED
Former CIA Chief of Disguise Jonna Mendez reviews spy scenes from film and TV and explains how realistic they are, including disguise techniques and masks.
SPRINT ABM - Zero to Mach 10 in 5 Seconds!
A short clip of the Sprint anti-ballistic missile, which was launched from a silo and reached Mach 10 within seconds.
Rheinmetall Air Defence – Skynex truck-mounted engaging drone swarm
A Rheinmetall promo clip of its truck-mounted Skynex air defence system engaging a swarm of eight small drones with a 35mm revolver gun.
L3Harris Corporation - Wide-area Airborne Motion Imagery
A short Harris Corporation (L3Harris) promotional video showing wide-area airborne motion imagery, a sensor system for persistent real-time aerial surveillance of large areas.
Wargames Ending
The final scene of the 1983 film WarGames, in which the WOPR computer runs through nuclear war scenarios and concludes that the only winning move is not to play.
9/10/2001: Rumsfeld says $2.3 TRILLION Missing from Pentagon
Short clip of Donald Rumsfeld's 9/10/2001 speech acknowledging that $2.3 trillion in Pentagon transactions could not be tracked.
Mineshaft gap - Dr. Strangelove
A four-minute clip from Dr.
WikiLeaks video: 'Collateral murder' in Iraq
Al Jazeera's full unedited version of the WikiLeaks 'Collateral Murder' footage from a US military helicopter cockpit, showing a 2007 Baghdad attack that killed about a dozen people, including two Reuters journalists.