10 Facts you may not know about Tanks
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2018
- We discuss 10 tank facts that you may not know or be aware of! :-)
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More Abrams!
Matsimus please do more of these videos
Keith Moore, If you want Fuel efficiency get a Prius. No tank would ever get great gas mileage.
You heard wrong. Abrams has a 500 US Gallon internal fuel capacity at it's worst It's burning 10 gallons an Hour. That means around 40 hours of Run time. but no one is going to run an Abrams that long. For that reason they have batteries and are adding a APU. Even in maneuver you are still doing fairly well.
Matsimus you should contact gaijin about the challenger 1 in war thunder
One more thing - tanks go into battle without a fire extinguisher, spare parts, modern ammo etc. You earn those by proving yourself in combat first.
At least thats what Gaijin told me.
DrPapaPenguin damn FPE..
or you can buy them with gold!
DERP
*But if provide basic then how expect pay piggy buy golden eagle for not suffer?*
like russians in WW2.. you need to earn yourself a rifle through combat
Tank fact #11. A tank crew can make half a field kitchen of food and coffee magically disappear inside their vehicle and in external stowage.
Karl P being a tanker I can confirm
Allegedly you can hide upto 6 cases of Johnny Walker Whisky inside a Challenger, which can be traded for kit with your allies when in sandy areas.
Again allegedly ;)
Danny Brierley w
The leopard has a ammo storage right in the front, what can be pretty dangerous when being hit, couldn't you make out of that ammo a food storage???
Can attest to this
The most powerful tool in an armored divisions arsenal is the humble logistic truck
true. You cut off the supply of trucks and helicopters delivering food, water, ammunition, spare parts and fuel and the tank is useless even with well trained crews.
Eisenhower gave a list of the five most crucial vehicles in the North Africa campaign. They were all logistical vehicles.
That comment reminds me of some silly Koreean movie where Japanese trucks would ram Soviet tanks which then exploded.
@@user_____M its My Way soviet tanks are BT- 7 right ? also you realize they kamikaze the truck driver was holding his charge after he rams it he press the detonator and it blew up the tank and the truck has a fuel barrel so yeah i mean it is true there is a korean soldier who was conscripted into Japan,Soviet,And Germany the allies capture him
I think it's the wrench but ok lol
Wires used to decapitate crewmen were used in WW2 in Italy by the Germans. They noticed that US troops folded the windshield down to avoid detection, and so hung piano wire from trees. Many soldiers were killed or injured so they simply put big metal poles on the front of vehicles like Jeeps. Hope I helped!
Simple History channel already uploaded them
I was a M6 Bradley Linebacker Crewmember, not a tank but pretty close. What I found surprised people the most about tracked vehicles is that only one "wheel" gets power from the engine. I explain to them that only the drive sprocket is actually turning from the engine, and then explain to them the idler, road wheels, and support rollers.
german M270 gunner here.. i know that too well
I didn't know american armor vehicles were allergic to apricots 🤔
Armor is afraid of apricots, infantry is charms, motor t is pop tarts. When you profession involves a very high risk of major harm or death, youll take every bit of help you can get.
No. 10 - you could also argue that every tank that brokes down, has some kind of gun mounted on. Hence, it's bad luck to mount a gun on a tank...
Erik Granqvist whatever you say man..... 🤷🏼♂️
Matsimus
Seriously, you are doing a great job! Love your videos.
When your figthing an us abrams as an soilder you try as a last attempt to shoot the tank with a rifle, wich is obviously ineffective. Then you throw a box of apricots at the tank and the tank suddenly retreats.
My Pop fought in WWII and I remember him pointing out that no GI's would ever be driving their jeeps around a newly "liberated" are with the windshield down, because the "unfriendlies" would string piano wire across the streets (especially in the small urban streets) and it would decapitate you. Later on in the war, you'll notice many jeeps had a piece of angle iron welded on the front for that very purpose. It killed quite a few GI's, especially REMF's that weren't in tune with the real war. Always great to learn from Matsimus - these are important learning tools.
Breaking news: US Tank Battalion Trapped in Town because Roads leading out are blocked by apracots and carms.
Just imagine what would happend, if you had Charms with Apracots flavour...
People shouldn't discriminate against fruits in tanks now days.
Lol the apricot / Charms thing reminds of Generation Kill, where the Marines refused to have Charms in their Humvees for fear of bad luck.
Generation Kill is a goddamn masterpiece.
can confirm. Charms are satan candy. Nothing fatal but nothing good when those damn candies showed up
No. 11 - Tanks are the coolest thing in the entire military world, if you disagree you are probably in the raf regiment
What about ship
Sam Staneke, track bashing in 55 C wasn't so cool but not the tank's fault 😄
You know if you are a tanker in any tank that takes a direct hit from 155 MM Atomic Projectile the tank melts in your mouth and your hands :💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 Sorry, Nuclear Over Kill
Nah... fighter jets and submarines are still a level above. The more expensive, the better!
@@SuperGeronimo999 Jeronimo!! Portugese. Jerome in English!
SSSSSHHHHHH! Don't be giving any terrorists the idea of throwing those damn apricotes at our tanks!
Watch a new HAAAT (High Apricot Anti-American Tank) RPG warhead get deployed by insurgent groups.
What Terrorists? The last 2+ Weeks and Yrs White Homegrown Racist/Women Hating Extremists have been doing their Job btr than them. 15 Dead in 15 Days, mostly Senior Citizens is beyond Evil, since Donathan took over & the Scary Illegals hve been scapegoated it gets Harder recognizing my 🏡. Thank God I live in California!
@@Honorless83 what are you talking about ?
What a waste of good fruit
@@muslimamerican4129 Allah is dead so go home
my older brother was deployed in iraq during Iraqi freedom/desert storm....he was the gunner on a humvee and he would talk about piano wire being strung across the streets at neck level for the gunner and it would take your head clean off goin 30+ MPH.....as a gunner he would duck about every 5 or so seconds to avoid getting decapitated while driving down the street....he would not talk too much about his tour since he was one of the guys who kicked in doors and cleared room to room. Building to building. the most he would say about his tour is "you wouldnt feel bad about shooting someone until you watch one of your friends die infront of you and theres nothing you could do about it" but not too much else. he also redeplayed as a loader for artillery after his first tour as a paratrooper. Props to the people who lived through war, really helps civilians appreciate the sacrifices they made when you talk one on one with a veteran who went through all of that
*redeployed....im drunk and already edited it, cant correct that. good job tim lmao
Strawberry Bleach Our Polish troops faced the same trap in Iraq during patrols. They got around it by welding tall metal tubes onto the hood of their vehicle. It would be good enough to cut the wire when going into it so this way our guys didn't need to duck at all, they could keep their heads up at all times.
Strawberry Bleach Amercian troops faced the same problem in ww2 while invading Germany, they stuck a metal pole and welded it to the front of the jeep to cut the wires as they drive by( in ww2)
Interesting. Imagine all of the soldiers that did survive firefights or artillery shellings. Just to lose their head from some piano wire while driving down the road.
I can see that the extremely realistic representation of real life tank combat, masterfully crafted by Gaijin in their widely acclaimed simulator "War Thunder" have really increased your knowledge of tanks Mat.
jamie 711711 Russian bias cyka bylat
Sorry there Jamie, but you have probably haven't tried your hand at "Steel Beast Pro", the military version was what some armies were actually using to train their tankers! Take a look at some of the videos here on UA-cam.As many wouldn't care to play as loaders or drivers in tank sims online, I used an old copy of "Voice Commander" and programmed so I could literally call out fire commands and have the "SB Pro" responds as if I was working with a real crew.Mat here also played "Steel Beast", though I am seeing that he plays "War Thunder" a lot now too. Hey Mat, how about doing a piece on tank simulations/simulators!!!? Do leave some of the RTS and other too arcadish ones off though... talking about more realistic simulations please.
Cav1stlt, lol do you know what's called sarcasm? Come on, don't embarrass yourself Infront of everyone for crying out loud.
My bad, Jamie...
As I have never played 'War Thunder' I could only form my opinion on what I have seen of others supposedly 'realistic' tank simulations so many others have bragged about, such as "WoT' and such.
I don't feel embarrassed, as I do laugh at myself too. But I do recommend "Steel Beast' to anyone who cared to see what the combat portion of being a tanker would be like.I take your comment lightheartedly, thanks for keeping things civil :-)
Cav1stlt No one ever says that WOT is realistic. Its basicaly COD with tanks
9:35
Weren't they originated in american jeeps back in ww2 because Germans place wire on certain roads to kill both driver and passenger?
Rex Wort yeap
Yeah, the accounts I heard were that orinally the US Jeeps didn't come with a windscreen, and the retreating Germans would stretch piano wire across the roads knowing US forces would be speeding down them trying to catch the Germans.
Windscreens and wirecutters were added, but the jeep became a sort of Personnel carrier (see pics of entire squads sat/stood on them) so the.threat remained real albeit lower
Dan oz
I don't think the Middle east are big on Mozart lol.
Idk, but some of these Guerrilla style wars, like in Vietnam had other DIY boobytraps. Depends on your environment, cultural approach to war and what you have to hand
Japanese did it too but yes this is something from WW2.
+Dan oz Saw it in Bosnia a couple of times. Never saw anyone injured by it though.
Mat, I just wanted to let a lot of people know being a "tanker" is a very hard and tiring life, repairing the vehicle, dealing with the elements and terrain, worrying if you'll be ambushed, hit with AT-rockets, run over IEDs, be run into by VBIEDs, the long, stressful drives, there's just so much people don't know about being a "tanker", even if many think "battle taxis" like the Warrior isn't a "tank", the crew are still considered "tankers" for what they have to put up with.
I kinda wish that a war/action movie was made to truly show what its like being a "tanker" and show you'er machine, a movie like "Fury" only shows the tip of the iceberg when it comes to reality, atleast it showcased the threats and how things were to a certain degree, but it still needs more depth to what "tankers" have to go through, if its ok, could you do a video about the experience of a "tanker", I know you have mentioned what you went through here and there, many still don't get it.
P.S. As I said during your live stream Q&A, I would like to see a "Warrior MGS, L7 105, tank destroyer/fire support" type vehicle, I feel the British ground troops need such a vehicle over all, atleast for now till something better pops up.
Brett Petermann good points! Thanks for watching
Fear Naught.
Lebanon is a awesome film about just that, shot mostly from the inside of the tank. Check it out.
Imo, the CV90105 or CV90120 should have been bought by the Swedish army instead of or as a compliment to the Strv 122 as it would have simplified logistics (parts commonality), training(CV-family shared controls and interfaces), quantity (lower unit cost) and thus availiability of good defensive AFVs whenever push comes to shove next time.
While it would mean a sacrifice of armour protection and a slight compromise in firepower, those factors can be compensated by tactics, numbers, crew skills and sensor superiority.
SonsOfLorgar nice user name. The 40k lot do get about.
My Grandad used the tank telephone on a crocodile on D-day to ask them to shoot flame into the air over the Bunkers that he was tasked with assaulting - they did and the germans surrendered, probably saved his life:-)!
I heard/read that it wasn't uncommon for bunker crews to surrender to crocodiles after the initial ranging shot.
Can't blame them. The thought of being burned alive or suffocated by that terrible weapon isn't particulary apealing.
On the flip side, enemy flame thrower opperators when captured, were often treated rather poorly.
It's better to have that tank phone and never need it. Than need it, and not have it. Just because something is a bit old fashioned doesn't mean it's worthless. Thought of the day, what can go wrong, always will go wrong.
The only Con i see to such a thing is cost...
I think having the telephone on the back is a good thing still. Combat is crazy and having that little bit of redundancy in being able to communicate can be key.
“We are not running Prius’ here” well now there is the problem. Needs a Prius Tank
I remember this scene in generation kill, where they had a native fighting force run away, but they all left the Charms behind. The Marines were impressed with their savvy for avoiding the cursed food.
Abrams: I'm the most meanest, baddest tank around! Gaze at my depleted uranium armor and weep!
Apricot: *I'm about to end this man's whole career*
True Story. I was a student in the Armor Officer Basic Course in 1980 when I was told about the apricot superstition. Apricot Jam was part of the Meal, Combat, Individual ration box (C-Rats) and the NCO instructor told me to discard it immediately. I told him no, that it was a mere superstition, and I had a BS degree with scientific knowledge to back up my assertion. If I recall, another officer on my tank also ate his ration of Apricot Jam. After the meal break, we started our tank (an M60A1) and drove forward about 10 feet. We threw the left track off the sprocket and broke three torsion bars, rendering the vehicle immobile for the rest of the field problem. I became a true believer after that.
@Stewart James I will agree 4 second lieutenants constitute a hazard to the mechanical integrity to any military vehicle, much less a tank.
I REALLY want a tank, but I mean who wouldn't?
Vasiliev Ivanov me too. Preferably a Merkava MK4, since it has room in the back for the kids, doge and shopping. Parking wouldn't be a problem either. Someone in your spot? Just park ON their car 😂
IDK I would prefer having an APC to cross some rivers or perhaps an IFV
but its really hard to view cause you only have a small window
get a heng long rc tank to satisfy your desires
I hope a video will release one day that's called "Tiger 2 Barn find" lol
Idea to make the DU penetration obsolete , apricot loaded rounds, fire, forget, see the plume of smoke rise up later when they break down.
The apricot thing is the same as for infantry, my dad was a Marine and he was told that if he ever got jolly ranchers in an MRE, throw them away and when he asked why, they told him that it brings storms
really interesting i learnt something
Might not be too many examples of wires actually cutting someone. But certainly there are cases of army vehicles running into low hanging wires. My training squad had this one guy who was left alone to do one thing, build cable over a little forest road. Of course the dunce ignored his training and safety rules, and left that cable hanging too low. An APC hit it, luckily no one was hurt.
Also in 3rd world countries it's quite common to see all kinds of random cables strung up between buildings, so you can never be sure when one of those has suddenly slipped lower and now someone is missing a head.
More Gun Free Man, yes plenty villages we patrolled through in Iraq we'd hit their low power cables they'd illegally attach to the huge power lines. Easily dragged down then whole area would be dark 😁.
Nr. 3. That reminds me of the tusken raiders in star wars. Same track riding. Hiding numbers by following tracks. Seems like star wars did it first. Tusken raider style.
fun fact: tank telephones are making a comeback in modern combat because of situations like the battle of Falluja where the urban terrain was limiting the effectiveness to radio communications but close coordination of infantry and supporting armor elements was critical.
Fun fact.
In Swedish soldiers field-manual given at basic training it has a picture that shows four different ways to attack a tank. Rear, side, side with turret pointing at you and front with turret pointed at you.
Rear = Optimal
Side = Good
Side w turret at you: Not so good
Front w turret at you: *Suicide* (sic)
Big rolling boom boom buggy
I would have never thought about synchronizing system shut down to avoid giving away numbers. That's pretty damn cool.
I've learned recently that Abrams can't do engine smoke screen anymore, because they changed fuel around the time A1 was introduced. As for the CHARM, Challenger can't really function without them!
The M1 tanks use gasoline except the latest version which uses a multi fuel engine.
@Stewart James I was confused when the description of the old engine was referred to as the AGT1500 gas turbine engine. In reality, it's a multi fuel engine that usually uses diesel. The new engine is also listed as a gas turbine.
Hmm didn’t know all these facts
But now I do ;)
Same track driving is also essential for avoiding mines. If the first tank doesn't hit it, chances are you won't either.
Tusken raiders. Star wars did it first.
@@theenzoferrari458 No they didnt
@@kell7195 yes they did. Stfu.
@@theenzoferrari458 Dude its been a thing since landmines were produced, way the fk before fkn Star Wars ya fkn ring worm!
Great video 🙂 Re tank phones. The Americans have installed them on their Abrams tanks as part of the TUSK upgrade, so presumably there is still a need for them. I would assume they are easy enough to install, are small and do not weigh much, so why not have them, even if only as a back up. One big advantage they may have is that they are a hardline, and thus cannot be disrupted by interference or deliberate jamming.
The enemy can't listen in, either.
I heard that some American tank commander said that the apricot mith is stupid and that he doesnt believe it, so he drank some apricot juice or something and his tank broke dow shortly after lol
In Viet Nam, the apricots attracted mortar rounds to the 11Bs!!
I've encountered wires. They were used in Germany by protestors.
There was an incident where a grunt decided to use a tank telephone. He reported "Enemy to your front, get out of here". Unfortunately he didn't realize that tanks reverse out of position, and the driver also hears the messages. So the driver heard him and high reversed over him.
My grand father told me about his friends having their head chopped during the campain of Black Forest at the end of WW2. His eyes were lost in the void when he told me that.... Not all their vehicules were equipped with cable cutters...
Wire cutters was used since ww2, where the jeep drivers died from germans putting up wires.
Fact #11. You *can* cook some amazing fvcking curries in the BV of a Challenger, esp if your loader is a Sikh and grew up around his parent's restaurant business. They are especially nice when on a 7 day exercise in Germany in mid winter, pouring rain with sub zero temps, circa 1989.
I was in UK infantry for 12 years. Some of these facts I didn’t know (the tank specific ones).
Thanks, very interesting 👍
Oh man, I pity those poor lads in CBRN gear, It's like wearing a damn greenhouse while breathing through a straw! :(
Nr. 3: Sand people always ride single file to hide their numbers.
Tera Byte that’s dumb one maw deuce would send em all to hell in a hurry
JustA KidBornPatriot well... how many Browning M2 HMGs do you think can be found on tatooine?
Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.
Push Back
Stfu
Muslim American what does this have to do with the original comment thread?
My god. Steel beasts, great job matt
Matsimus you’re one of my favorite youtubers bro. Whenever I’m bored, nothing to do, and just feeling down I like to watch your videos to educate myself, and I understand you work really hard to keep us entertained. Love bro.
JustA KidBornPatriot thanks so much I really appreciate that 🙂👍
From having watched "The Chieftain" 's videos, every tank can make small objects like pens, notes, pieces of equipment disappear because it is churned up by the "turret monster."
Waffle Iron
Hot toasted sandwiches were a treat.
Folding Chairs
Having chairs are a luxury.
What other things do tankers have in the field?
According to the tankers I knew, they claimed they never got in them without 2 cases of Monster.
in wwii, the americans had cigars
Brits have teapot
@@NoNameAtAll2 that's not a luxury in British service it's a necessity
Mandalorian Gaming yo my uncle used to say they would hoard monster too. He was a gunner on an Abrams
Abrams: sees t72
Abrams: meh
Abrams: sees apricot
Abrams: *shrill scream and screeching*
0:41 It’s John Wick
He's teaching his men how to kill their enemy with a fucking turret
Not firing just stabbing
In Breaking News all non US based Tank Weapons now have High Explosive Apricot Shell Ammo as standard
Wait a second, can't the enemy just ignite the hot diesel cloud with an explosive round?
In respect to tank phones , it’s always handy to have a have back up method of communication , for the situations where the main communication channels are compromised or inactive
I'd guess same track driving is also great for avoiding mines
3:46 "We are not running Prius here"
Elon musk: Are you challenging me.
The T-100 "Tankla"
U.S tank crewmen: We fear no man
Apricot: *Exists*
U.S tank crewmen: It scares us..
I'm a bit obsessed with tanks so I usually already know all this, but . . .
Number 1 - didn't know that.
2 - didn't know that.
3 - knew that one
4 - Nope - I always thought they were for cutting barbed wire, like with the WW1 vehicles.
5 - yeah, I know a bit about that one - I thought they used smoke grenades rather than this method these days though.
6 - Didn't have a clue about that one.
7 - yeah, knew that one.
8 - Yeah, knew that one too.
9 - Didn't know that one.
10 - didn't know that one, but it sounds like a load of bollocks.
Nice one. Not often I watch a video about tanks and actually learn something. 😃
Great info, thanks for your insight and your service Mastimus!
I learned that tanks are way heavier than I thought- I was thinking like the equivalent of maybe 10 cars, but they are about 75 tons!!
I never thought about the laser range finder overheating, that sounds like quite a big issue, especially in a prolonged engagement.
Great vid 👍 I actually learned some new stuff
5:00 Army life in the reserves summed up
Mats, you should try to get yourself to Tank Fest some day and see if you can't do a colab with either the Chieftain, Jingles, or both when you're there. At worst you could maybe do something with Lloyd of Lindybeige fame.
I didn’t know these things. That’s why I watch your channel because I’ve never even done basic training so it’s educational and entertaining.
And also telephones. Every tank, old or modern, (& also any armored vehicle) should have them. Thanks for the vid Matsi!
Re convoy lights. You were talking about how easy to see they were ,well.
I rememeber walking (hah more like a 50% run) in single file through a forest at o-dark-thirty, on a fairly moonless night. The corporal[1] ahead had little luminescent panels on his helmet, these were VERY hard to make out . At one foot you could just see them at two feet no chance .
At one point I fell back just a little bit and could no longer see the corporal's[1] flashes . I could only follow him by listening to his breathing (we were TABing hard), rather nerve racking going through woods trying to be quiet trying not to fall out of line and get lost, after all the one behind me was following my flashes the one behind him his etc so if I'd lost the corporal[1] everybody would have followed me .
[1] The one who actually knew where we were meant to be going.
Im presuming the Irn Bru external supplies are on a scots regiment Challie
Funny stuff...no MRE's had apricots in them when I served...never knew that was a jinx though!
Then you weren't in the US military prior to 1980.. I was in one of the Army companies that field tested them.(1976) When asked, I told the quartermaster major that the hamburger patty reminded me of a Gaines Burger(DOGFOOD).
The Abrams AGT-1500 is much quieter than the Diesel Tanks. Hard to hear.
Thank you for your service. I was with the 2nd Squadron 14th ACR and later the 11th ACR in Bad Kissingen Germany from Aug 1971 to Jan 1974. You need to do an episode on my track, the M551 Sheridan. May not have been the best of armored vehicles ever made, but I really enjoyed serving as a driver, gunner and lastly a TC.
Tank Fact - The tank was invented by Tommy Tank who was upset that his name was rhyming slang for masturbation.
Ladies and Gens, THE WANK TANK
Wait what?
Well thats baicly the military.
Jehoiakim Eli Doronila Its a joke.
Being American that took me awhile to get because I know a guy named Jack who also hates the fact his name rhymes with the act of masterbating.
THANK YOU! LEARNEDa few tricks ! nice to know about the wire cutter!!!!
weapon / mobility / armour - the tank construction triangle, improve one at the detriment of another
I love your channel so much!
Tanks are my favourite military machines, and guess which is my favourit fruit ......., I’ll never end up in an ambrams I guess
I was a US Army Tanker for many years and have never been afraid or even known an apricot jinx. Not saying it isn't so but I've not heard of it, however canned peaches were very valuable. M-48A3-A5, M60, M60A1, well I guess that sort of dates me. I exited as the M1s were being delivered.
19k D Co2/81 US Army 08 - thank you for calling me out yesterday and its pronounced STRI- ZH-I - means swift in Russian. I was adopted and figured I should do my part in the good ol US....doesn't mean I agree with all things American but in the sense of what our forefathers did - well that just flat out makes me a patriot or a traitor from your POV - July 4th!
Funnily enough, those wire cutters are a pretty damn common thing for motorbikers here where I live. It's quite common for kids to coat the wire on their kites with fiberglass to try and play a game where you have to cut your friend's wire off (That sounds wrong), but it's also been shown to be pretty useful for decapitating people on bikes.
I’ve never heard about the TLS overheating
track discipline while driving is also important in highly mined or ied areas.
In reference to the wire cutters, I was told that in Vietnam they where used a lot, and they would cut heads off. My reserve unit had some old vets from the from the war and they where showing us one time on break, some sort of "yearbook" from there deployment. It had before and after pictures of the trucks in their unit. the b fore's looked stock and the afters where an assortment of salvaged armor, guns, some time even heavy guns, but almost all the trucks had that hook. I remember asking about it when i saw it. The one guy said they saved lives for sure. The truck even some times got totaled cause the wire would not break, instead causing, the truck to almost fold in halve. The driver and crew would be Messed up but alive.
In reference to the smokescreen generators, the ones on the Abrams have actually been disabled since the US military now uses JP8 instead of diesel which leads to a higher risk of an engine fire. Also on the subject of the Abrams, the M1A1's used by the US Marines had the tank infantry phones at the start of the Iraq War in 2003, but the M1A2's used by the US Army didn't get them until the introduction of the TUSK upgrade a while later.
the thing is about laser range finding, my friend who was a abrams tanker, he said that you can fire 3 burst of the laser range finder but you always go on the first shot if not the 2nd one cause the third one tests to burn it out faster
Great video. I'm was an U.S. Army Combat Medic and had never heard of the apricot superstition before. I was light infantry and eventually Senior Emergency Treatment NCO in our Battalion Aid Station, hence, had very little contact with Armor. That is funny. I knew most the rest but still really enjoyed the video. The convoy light part really brought back memories. In the early '90's nvgs were just getting good but still driving an ambulance, at speed at night in blackout conditions was hair raising. Thanks O7 uhraa
ATF and ATS: Anti Tank Fruit and Anti Tank Sweeties remain a constant threat to friendly armoured forces. Thankfully the threat from ATTB: Anti Tank Tactical Burgers - has be nullified by the introduction of composite armours.
There should be Tank olympics, like "far Jumping,/deep diving /running until empty/far shooting/and Barrel Jumping.
I don't normally enjoy tank related content, but this was really interesting!
That's some great info buddy. Thanks for that.
This was really interesting thanks for making the videos
Bruh...make a video on the C-130 Super Hercules..that plane is probably the best modern military aircraft ever!!
that smoke bit was at the war and peace show at hythe kent
Well same situation with Charms we never ate them or keep them near our vehicles it is considered bad luck. stories were told by the grunts that some who ate the candy never made it home alive. stories were from and during Iraq.
And still a big NO in the USMC.
RZU 147 yeah but its embedded in the marine corps culture it doesn't bother some. Never ate one cause I dont like em anyways. just here to share my story tbh.
RZU 147 maybe you meant superstitious beliefs. well media portrayed americans as stupid but in the end the world is filled with shit for brains.
Louie Southgate have heard of them charms bad taste is what it is. find that funny enough and a little weird but hey all have their beliefs. Wether make us stupid or not makes us have something to talk about.
JohnGoodman Twerking indeed, humans are very clever animals, but oh boy, people are window-licking stupid in any random group larger than a dozen or so people
Great informative video thanks for producing.
Thanks for watching!!
I honestly believe strongly Matsimus that we should keep the Tank Phone. Even though we're still improving our communication ways especially with radios that we're improving even in today's world, I still think that just in any case or situation we should still keep the Tank Phone because you never know if something or anything could go wrong someday. I really want to become a tanker and I'm glad I'm listening to a Veteran UA-camr who was also one even if you are British or Canadian. I'm hoping to do my part for my country in a tank and you taught me a lot in this video honestly. Thanks from a Yank
Oh man this comment is so jacked up it's not even funny. I think I was walking back from Weights class when I typed this but thanks for the like Mr. Matsimus.
From the smallest US General Purpose Vehicle(GPV) AKA the jeep, to the largest tank, there are blackout drive and blackout park lights on the front and back, to help keep the right spacing. When the driver of a following vehicle sees two red lights on each side, he's too close. When at the right distance apart, the two lights merge into one .
Great little nuggets of info there!
Good video, very informative. I learn some new stuff here. I hope you will make more videos like this.