Soviet flashlights #sovietstories #funfact #soviets #ussr

[0:00]Soviet flashlights were something that the Western mind couldn't comprehend. Unlike Western flashlights that relied on batteries, Soviet ones had an internal mechanism in the handle that produced electricity for the light bulb with a dynamo powered by your squeezes. And since the energy was coming from your squeeze, the brightness depended on how often you squeezed. The reason for such a product was simple. Back in the days, long blackouts were common behind the iron curtain, but batteries for electronics were either rare or simply non-existent. A flashlight like this, where you needed nothing but your hand, which you were already meant to use while operating it was seemed to be good solution for both civilian and military use. Today, independent of its Soviet origins, similar flashlights are still produced all around the world since the design proved itself to meet the needs of survival nerds, disaster kits, and anyone who has ever been in the dark.