Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant

[declaration963]

Grand Daddy of Giant cargo plane, AN-225 would never exist if Germany never build a gigant.

[fenderkicker]

Galaxy of WW2 – awesome footage.

[DragonSkin342]

I think that's old Antonov.

[binaway]

Originally built as a glider, to invade Britain, using very little strategic material and later fitted with surplus engines found in France after it's occupation. The engineering harps back to the 1920's only on a larger scale.ie- a steel frame covered with painted linen. The large front doors were a new idea, later used on a number of foreign designs such as the Bristol freighter.

[Walters78s]

this is actually one of the worst luftwaffe planes ever built, easy target, slow and as Hanna Rietsch said, it was so primitively built with almost impossible to move controls. it also cost a lot of lives of the people who were riding in it just because it couldnt take off. a very useless machine

[NAllen828]

This was the WW2 version of the Giant Jets that the USAF uses today to transport vehicles by air.

[Hipper45]

very useful ... but so vulnerable to fighters

[mamonycabron]

1:08

A-W-E-S-O-M-E

[predi888]

hehe ,Niemcy do wszystkiego dryga maja;]

[ozeangruen]

@BlackHawk2669 never mind -he is an ampute and riding a steel dick

[ozeangruen]

@RedcoatT ...it´s the idea or concept to ship cargo by plane which make the German a mastermind

[gopconservative78]

That was an easy target for fighters

[travers114]

haha its an easy target for anything.

[ozeangruen]

@travers114 ja but way ahead of it´s time

[Stratigoz]

@travers114 As easy as every cargo plane.

[BlackHawk2669]

I lol'd hard at 0:33 XD

[kalinga01]

lol

[ozeangruen]

because of

 what ?

[BlackHawk2669]

@ozeangruen because it looks like the dude got a canon up his ass

[Evilfisher]

1:13 one engine is not on o.O

[Wollemand]

French engines..tsk tsk..

[RedcoatT]

They were sitting ducks for Allied fighters and by mid 1944 there were no operational Me 323's left in service

[Draious]

so where all giant airplanes, like the B17.

[AIVger]

but the me 323 looks cooler :)

[Holret]

That must of been a very unconfortable ride.

[mutterschied]

Awesome ingenuity, legendary German engineering! Thanks by this doc, zyzieks.

[Dizaster111]

Zajebiaszcze!!!

[isettadnv]

Awesome airplane!!!

[piroman127]

dz za komentarze ten łebek to chyba jakis syn walczaka