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  • Опубліковано 12 лис 2020
  • Join David Willey as he discusses the T-72, a Soviet era main battle tank which first entered production in 1971. The T-72’s service life has proven to be extremely successful. With about 20,000 produced, it has seen service with over 40 countries, and thanks to refurbishment, is still in service to this very day. With thanks to RecoMonkey for additional images www.recomonkey.com/
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  • @pkre707
    @pkre707 3 роки тому +1135

    Kid: yo, that girl is stacked
    David Wiley: rather well built

    • @bigblue6917
      @bigblue6917 3 роки тому +13

      And deadly

    • @MorningGI0ry
      @MorningGI0ry 3 роки тому +20

      The tank do be rather stacked tho

    • @DiggingForFacts
      @DiggingForFacts 3 роки тому +4

      Reminds me of lieutenant Gruber from 'Allo 'Allo: "Very well built"

    • @unclesamuk8687
      @unclesamuk8687 3 роки тому +1

      My X was a "rather well built" gal.

    • @k.t.1641
      @k.t.1641 2 роки тому +4

      Rather healthy. My preferred term

  • @ComradeBenedict
    @ComradeBenedict 3 роки тому +338

    "Well-built American country singer" now that's tact if I've ever heard it

    • @bigblue6917
      @bigblue6917 3 роки тому +37

      I seem to remember something similar on a documentary about the US recognition names given to Japanese WW2 aircraft. Apparently the Betty bomber was named after a US nurse one of the team had met. He was reminded of her by the two very large blisters on the sides. Though I have a feeling that what she had were not blisters

    • @lakrids-pibe
      @lakrids-pibe 3 роки тому +6

      And in the 50's american cars had "Dagmar bumpers" named after the actress Dagmar (born Virginia Ruth Egnor).

    • @chrisnightingale6917
      @chrisnightingale6917 3 роки тому +6

      Weapons grade tact

    • @jackmunro7
      @jackmunro7 3 роки тому

      Now I’m Not usually one to point these out, as it’s not that bigger deal - (great video as per usual) but does he keep saying Tizhny Nagil - instead of Nizhny Tagil (which I believe is correct) unless it’s pronounced/interchanged depending on translation. 😀

    • @mergedspy9784
      @mergedspy9784 3 роки тому

      Timestamp?

  • @randomcoyote8807
    @randomcoyote8807 3 роки тому +1445

    There have been so many T-72s that have been modified by different countries and released into the wild that they are becoming wildly different from one another; soon speciation will occur and they will lose the ability to interbreed and we may see a decline in some of the migratory populations.

    • @topsecret1837
      @topsecret1837 3 роки тому +61

      The same can be said for its grandparents the T-54s. At least the T-90s are still mixable. Did you see the Chinese variations on the t-54? Absolutely wild! The type 96, despite having nearly everything completely different, still uses the same T-54 hull dimensions.

    • @martentrudeau6948
      @martentrudeau6948 3 роки тому +18

      They're like a male and female mules trying to breed, they desire to breed, but it's to no avail!

    • @uroskostic8570
      @uroskostic8570 2 роки тому +8

      @@martentrudeau6948 Serbia made so far best T72 family upgrade, with Yugoslavian version of T72(M84) now named M84AS1 and AS2

    • @maxomefoe5324
      @maxomefoe5324 2 роки тому +3

      What, like pizzly bears?

    • @rogermoore00
      @rogermoore00 2 роки тому +3

      The tanks are following the evolutionary path leading to different species.

  • @jakedee4117
    @jakedee4117 3 роки тому +302

    Coincidentally Dolly Parton is now known as the T-72 of country music.

    • @creepergaming3280
      @creepergaming3280 3 роки тому +8

      Idk but that made me laugh

    • @ljubomirculibrk4097
      @ljubomirculibrk4097 3 роки тому +8

      Small whit big granades, deadly

    • @samdherring
      @samdherring 2 роки тому +4

      @@ljubomirculibrk4097 her age shows but still a nice ride :)

    • @CH-pv2rz
      @CH-pv2rz 2 роки тому +5

      Not true… No one has been successfully at blowing her top off like the T-72… She is an Abrams with those massive twin uranium armor plates on the front that never comes off in Public …

    • @MyDogmatix
      @MyDogmatix 2 роки тому

      @@CH-pv2rz well said.

  • @ToEuropa
    @ToEuropa Рік тому +34

    "A creditable piece of kit" may just be the most British phrase I've ever heard. I've watched many of these "Tank Chats" and I'll watch many more. I'm learning a lot.

  • @alexdemoya2119
    @alexdemoya2119 3 роки тому +1129

    Obsolete or not. The T-72 is one damn aesthetically pleasing vehicle. The quintessential tank.

    • @Masada1911
      @Masada1911 3 роки тому +33

      That would be Abrams for me but I agree. Its very Tanky

    • @britbong1457
      @britbong1457 3 роки тому +174

      @@Masada1911
      Abrams is one of the ugliest modern mbts to me, not that it makes a difference to how effective it is.

    • @moritamikamikara3879
      @moritamikamikara3879 3 роки тому +76

      @@britbong1457 Agreed. It's much less attractive than the Soviet made tanks

    • @VoltageLP
      @VoltageLP 3 роки тому +14

      I like the T-64 more, just not the autoloader though

    • @britbong1457
      @britbong1457 3 роки тому +40

      @@moritamikamikara3879
      Leopard 2, Leclerc and T-80 look cool but nothing beats challenger 2 of course :р

  • @bigblue6917
    @bigblue6917 3 роки тому +308

    Just imagine being tasked with trying to write a definitive reference book on the T-72 and all it variants. Mind suitably boggled

    • @markfryer9880
      @markfryer9880 3 роки тому +37

      Almost as bad as trying to keep up with all of the various Marks of Spitfire. That's good for starting a headache.

    • @sargesacker2599
      @sargesacker2599 3 роки тому +29

      Hell you'd have to keep updating the book, since the tank is still in service with many countries they'll want to keep upgrading them in various ways.

    • @unIDfied
      @unIDfied 3 роки тому +29

      Just the same as writing a book, called “M3”. Just try to thing of everything called M3 in the different branches of the US military and you are up for a long count and a big laugh:D

    • @forcea1454
      @forcea1454 3 роки тому +3

      If you want to know about Soviet variants up to 1991, watch this:
      ua-cam.com/video/FhXjWagVGF8/v-deo.html

    • @polygondwanaland8390
      @polygondwanaland8390 3 роки тому +18

      T-55 ended up being in service so long that it was the first tank with a hard kill active protection system (T-55AMV in Soviet Navy service iirc, but remembering T-55 designations is impossible lol). I wonder if T-72 will serve long enough for someone to slap a laser point defense system on it.

  • @luvr381
    @luvr381 3 роки тому +2169

    Russian tanks are happy tanks cause they got no depression.

  • @twothreebravo
    @twothreebravo 3 роки тому +80

    9:15 "For T-72 we put propeller in driver crotch, very nice, yes?"

    • @johnkenley4687
      @johnkenley4687 3 роки тому +7

      Extra encouragement to watch where your driving!

    • @DrugTino
      @DrugTino 3 роки тому +13

      And they say the Soviets didn't care about crew comfort

    • @paulbrajuha6555
      @paulbrajuha6555 3 роки тому +1

      Its soft rubber for a fan :)

    • @danielb6927
      @danielb6927 2 роки тому +3

      In soviet Russia you blow fan

    • @sulc4092
      @sulc4092 2 роки тому +2

      get's hot in a metal box in Afghanistan

  • @davidcolter
    @davidcolter 3 роки тому +617

    The T-72 is such a small tank, you really have to see it to appreciate how low the hull is.

    • @BHuang92
      @BHuang92 3 роки тому +61

      So small in comparison to other tanks in the West that the Soviet had a mandated height requirement of 5"4. I heard from a guy that drove a T-72; he was an American and he quoted, "Only midgets could 've drive this tank".

    • @anngo4140
      @anngo4140 3 роки тому

      This and the 64, which one is smaller?

    • @charliepirhonen9734
      @charliepirhonen9734 3 роки тому +10

      I saw that tank in Bovington and I was surprised how small a profile it has. After seeing the Tiger it was even more surprising.

    • @zxbzxbzxb1
      @zxbzxbzxb1 3 роки тому +23

      @@BHuang92 Think 5"9' was the limit

    • @markfryer9880
      @markfryer9880 3 роки тому +4

      @@zxbzxbzxb1 That was the height David quoted.

  • @DOCTOR_NEGATIVE
    @DOCTOR_NEGATIVE Рік тому +11

    I don’t care what you all say, the T-72 is my all time favorite tank.
    I don’t know what it is about it but I just love this tank!
    It’s in so many games, you see it in movies, and it’s a real beast on the battlefield, so no matter what happens, keep the legendary T-72 alive for as long as possible

    • @Craig-wp3pz
      @Craig-wp3pz Рік тому +4

      Lol, keep it away from Ukraine then!!!
      When the Russians lose, you might be able to buy one for cheap from the Ukrainian Farmers Union 🚜 😀,
      BUT never ask a Ukrainian farmer how he got his tanks 🤔 🙄 💀 😒 🤣

    • @markovovchok6767
      @markovovchok6767 Рік тому +3

      @@Craig-wp3pz Ukrainian farmer will say that he went to the forest for mushrooms and our tank

  • @F22onblockland
    @F22onblockland 3 роки тому +64

    8:50 - there's nothing more permanent than a temporary solution.

    • @Jamie-kg8ig
      @Jamie-kg8ig 3 роки тому +5

      See the AR-15. It was intended as a stopgap until Project SPIW produced something better, but it just didn't and the AR-15 has stuck around for a very long time

  • @Arthurzeiro
    @Arthurzeiro 3 роки тому +360

    These low and sleek soviet tanks look too damn nice, almost like a "sportstank".

    • @RedboRF
      @RedboRF 3 роки тому +5

      like a boer, these are trully boxer tanks

    • @osmacar5331
      @osmacar5331 2 роки тому +2

      But there in lies issues

    • @Sun-rk3cc
      @Sun-rk3cc 2 роки тому +1

      They are the first Soviet tank was a sport tank, they just upgraded it

    • @Kyntteri
      @Kyntteri 2 роки тому +4

      I totally read "sportstank" in Jeremy Clarkson's voice.

    • @ianworley8169
      @ianworley8169 2 роки тому +9

      Being low and sleek doesn't help much when being NLAW'd from above. Mind you it's certainly sporty when it turns into a cabriolet.

  • @derpypotatos4610
    @derpypotatos4610 3 роки тому +144

    This is what I picture when I hear the word “tank”

    • @JohnyG29
      @JohnyG29 3 роки тому +5

      I picture a fish tank.

    • @JakeTheTankmaster
      @JakeTheTankmaster 3 роки тому

      So iconic.

    • @Ubique2927
      @Ubique2927 3 роки тому +1

      I see the Centurion.

    • @johnkenley4687
      @johnkenley4687 3 роки тому +5

      I picture the t-55

    • @nikobellic570
      @nikobellic570 3 роки тому

      Maybe it's been flashed across the world's TV screens back when the anti communist revolutions in Europe and Tiannamen etc. Took place.

  • @jorannielsen4213
    @jorannielsen4213 Рік тому +4

    Thank you for not having disturbing music!🙏👍

  • @guylelanglois6642
    @guylelanglois6642 2 роки тому +8

    Impressive to talk for twenty minutes with a coral snake wrapped around your neck without sweating. Nicely done Wiley

  • @TsiolkovskySportingLocks
    @TsiolkovskySportingLocks 3 роки тому +361

    A brilliant breakdown on a fascinating tank

  • @RstGAS
    @RstGAS Рік тому +15

    I am from Slovakia. When I was on compulsory military service as an electromechanic of belt and wheel combat technology. T72 was still in the workshop. The cannon's stabilization system often deteriorated. Pressure loss - hydraulic pump failure.
    But most t72s were hermetically preserved and stored in their garages.
    Only few pieces was active.
    It was a long time ago. Nice times.

  • @morning_glorymonster3473
    @morning_glorymonster3473 2 роки тому +112

    I got into a T 72 after training on T 55 for months and I was astounded how differently it behaved. Despite the stabilization, you lose sight of the target in a moving T 55. Not so in T 72. I was aslo impressed when I saw these 40 tones machines drifting around like sports cars. T 72 is incredibly fast and the acceleration is unbelivable given its mass. Unfortunatelly, I never had the chance to drive one, but I can imagine it must be a thril given how sensitive and receptive T 55 was. I had a sense of floating while driving a T 55, as though I was on water rathr than on wheels. T 72 must be better. One imagines that it must be hard given that these are heavy tracked machines, but that is not the case. A slight push at the 'crutch' (jargon for the sticks used to turn, I don't know their name in English) and the heavy machine immediatelly changes direction.

    • @astralwerks4
      @astralwerks4 2 роки тому

      They blow up well too

    • @morning_glorymonster3473
      @morning_glorymonster3473 2 роки тому +10

      @@astralwerks4 The Javelines did not exist when T-72 and T-64 were designed. They were excellent for the times.

    • @gaptaxi
      @gaptaxi 2 роки тому +1

      @@morning_glorymonster3473 Not really, they had Sagger etc and other NAT wire guided Anti Tank missiles that could crack them open with hollow charge weapons like Swingfire were on the scenre already,.
      Sometimes when the Israeli´s fired their .50 inch ranging guns on the Centurion Tanks the crews were already bailing out!
      Just a pity their training is so crap, every tank is only as good as its crew?

    • @jimmylight4866
      @jimmylight4866 Рік тому

      Actually a T-55 drives much better than a T-72.

    • @morning_glorymonster3473
      @morning_glorymonster3473 Рік тому +6

      @@jimmylight4866 No. T-72 has a more powerful engine and is way faster. Still, T-55 is a pleasure to drive. Its 'cruches' are surprisingly sensitive and easy to operate. Unfortunatelly, I had to drive it only once as I was a gunner. It fealt more like sailing on water than like riding on a bumpy road. Still, this is how it feels low, in the driver's seat. When one is in the turret, the riding is anything but pleasant.

  • @behappybevegan
    @behappybevegan 2 роки тому +13

    For a good price on used T72's call Igor in Ukrain.
    Only one previous owner.
    Some are slightly burned.

    • @AtheistOrphan
      @AtheistOrphan 2 роки тому +4

      And a few of them even come with turrets attached!

  • @wontee2
    @wontee2 Рік тому +3

    Very articulate bloke, speaks at a comfortable speed, really knows his stuff. A pleasure to listen to.

  • @PJF62
    @PJF62 3 роки тому +47

    Since the various lockdowns, the Tank Museum channel has become one of my favourite channels ever. The presentation is always top deck, the presenters so well informed and enthusiastic it makes for pleasure viewing. Thank you for making 2020 more bearable with garden tank chats, kitchen chats about hats, only the British do this stuff with such effortless ease. Bravo!

  • @jonnycatland1987
    @jonnycatland1987 2 роки тому +9

    The T-72 at 22:10 looks so cool, I always loved when they jam some bushes on tanks.

  • @Ulandus
    @Ulandus 3 роки тому +34

    I served my conscript service time as a junior sergeant in finnish tank forces in 1995. At the time the main battle tank indeed was T-72M1. Today we have the more prominent Leopard 2 A4s and A6s.

    • @biscuit715
      @biscuit715 3 роки тому +8

      Leo 2 is probably the only thing that comes close to t72 in terms of export numbers

    • @snakedogman
      @snakedogman 3 роки тому +5

      I think you guys bought the (some of the) Leopards from us (the Netherlands) :) I hope you take good care of them, I think it was a mistake to sell all our tanks tbh.

    • @EmergencyChannel
      @EmergencyChannel 3 роки тому

      Tanks are pretty much obsolete in 21st century warfare. They are fine in asymmetrical warfare, but if your opponent has drones and TOW missile defenses then it’s not cost effective to deploy tanks. In Iraq, American’s destroyed more vehicles with IFV equipped with missiles launchers than our main battle tanks.

    • @Ulandus
      @Ulandus 3 роки тому +2

      @@snakedogman I heard that there was a bit of a debate on the NL media about selling A6s to Finland. I also heard that one of the arguments was that they become better use in here :)-

    • @biscuit715
      @biscuit715 3 роки тому +9

      @@EmergencyChannel Tanks are definitely not obsolete. Drones cannot hold positions or operate in all weathers, and IFVs/APCs don't have the protection levels of MBTs. See The Chieftan's comments for someone who knows what they're talking about, I'm just repeating his points.

  • @NobodySpecial512
    @NobodySpecial512 2 роки тому +79

    I like his last comment, which is essentially, the T-72 is a good tank if the other side doesn't have tanks. Sounds probable, unless, apparently, they have anti-tank missiles.

    • @Daves_Not_Here_Man_76
      @Daves_Not_Here_Man_76 2 роки тому +10

      They have plenty of tanks now thanks to farmers with tractors

    • @Klovaneer
      @Klovaneer 2 роки тому +7

      @@Extraordinarylurker "they have been doing surprisingly well" got any proofs beyond twitter screeching?

    • @williamgaston9812
      @williamgaston9812 2 роки тому +15

      @@Klovaneer you are a clown if you don't know that Russia has lost 500 tanks in combat.

    • @littledeath6432
      @littledeath6432 2 роки тому +11

      @@williamgaston9812 This comes from what? Ukrainian Ministry? Ever heard of Propaganda going both sides? ever heard of edited videos? ever heard that even if a Tank gets hit directly its probably not even disabled? Critical thinking, Massive lack of that today.

    • @cytrynowy_melon6604
      @cytrynowy_melon6604 2 роки тому +4

      @@littledeath6432 Actually Ukrainian numbers seem to be close to reality. They are doing good job, no need to lie

  • @Ubique2927
    @Ubique2927 3 роки тому +7

    I was sat in the 'FULDA GAP' (After laying thousands of cardboard bar mines) on many exercises listening to Ruperts telling us about the Fulda gap.

    • @billpugh58
      @billpugh58 3 роки тому

      You were expendable unfortunately.

  • @ray.shoesmith
    @ray.shoesmith 3 роки тому +73

    My mind is still boggling about a Super Dolly Parton 😯

    • @markfryer9880
      @markfryer9880 3 роки тому +2

      Definitely an imagination overload.

    • @akrepiidfiresupportvehicle2289
      @akrepiidfiresupportvehicle2289 3 роки тому +1

      That means M60 is Super dolly T-72 or what?

    • @unIDfied
      @unIDfied 3 роки тому +3

      @@akrepiidfiresupportvehicle2289 More of a Missy Elliott, if you ask me :D:D:D But man, I guess that you can place a grand piano inside an M60 or a Leopard 1, if required by the combat doctrine:D

    • @polygondwanaland8390
      @polygondwanaland8390 3 роки тому +10

      The Super Dolly Parton armor is a silicone composite 🤣

  • @benbennit
    @benbennit Рік тому +20

    The latest upgrade adds tow bars for tractors to latch on and a grill for a cook off.

  • @tbateman9902
    @tbateman9902 2 роки тому +11

    T-72 tanks are amazing.... especially when a javelin enters through the top and the crew really lights up with smoking excitement

    • @thomasp506
      @thomasp506 2 роки тому +3

      Pretty similar things happen to Abrams and Leopards when hit by ATGMs. Have a look at Yemen or Syria.

    • @tbateman9902
      @tbateman9902 2 роки тому

      @@thomasp506 yes abrams have been taken out but not like t-72 ....

    • @thomasp506
      @thomasp506 Рік тому +3

      @@tbateman9902 They don't blow up as spectacularly, but they get taken out all the same. ATGMs just hard counter tanks, period.

    • @thomasp506
      @thomasp506 Рік тому

      @lil' donnie That's my point. Crew inexperience is a bigger factor than the design of the tank. A Javelin would smoke a T-72 and an Abrams all the same. The ammo going off is just added fireworks. The lack of air and infantry support, and positioning of the tank, is what allows that to happen.

  • @1337flite
    @1337flite 3 роки тому +17

    I knew Soviet tanks were small, but not until seeing David standing next to the T72 in the opening of this video did I realise exactly how small they are.

  • @johnnyparatrooper1326
    @johnnyparatrooper1326 7 днів тому

    Tanks have always fascinated me.
    The niche role they fill, but the enormous effort required to counter, defend, and attack them is just amazing.
    They really are miniature battleships on land.

  • @levethane
    @levethane 2 роки тому +3

    I went to a military museum in St Petersburg 14 years ago, could have your photo sitting in a t72 commander station, me been 193cm and 100kg didn't fit.... Same issue with the t34 tank you could sit in.

  • @neliz2k
    @neliz2k 2 роки тому +346

    Seeing a lot of these all over the internet right now, and a lot of them seem to use the emergency turret ejection system to get the crew to safety after a direct hit. You sure have to admire those soviet engineers!

    • @archersfriend5900
      @archersfriend5900 2 роки тому +12

      😃

    • @kevindavis5966
      @kevindavis5966 2 роки тому +16

      You mean more easily retrieve the charred bodies.

    • @brianpetersen2364
      @brianpetersen2364 2 роки тому +37

      They will be using them as tractors in eastern europe for years to come

    • @zalix512
      @zalix512 2 роки тому +3

      It works for them.

    • @Scar626
      @Scar626 2 роки тому +26

      Well, if you gave me two options between the US or Soviet tanks back in the 70s:
      American M60 Patton tank or the T-72; I would've picked the T-72.
      (between the Centurion or T-72, it's a bit harder to decide and that's sad because the Centurion comes from WW2).
      The T-72 is like the AK-47, old equipment that's astonishingly still being used today (including by Ukraine).
      It's like this medieval armour vs early gun test -> ua-cam.com/video/ygaSMeTh-f0/v-deo.html
      Frankly I'm impressed in this video how many hits that tank took and held up (from the side and rear no less and frankly that shouldn't happen,
      because you're supposed to have infantry or IFV's protecting each other's flanks etc) -> ua-cam.com/video/W9pVEP0AzZ4/v-deo.html
      I think it's more a case of doctrine (or in this case many of the commanders and units didn't know they where going to actually attack), so a lot of it was rushed. Tanks running out of supply etc. Also not to mentions this fact -> ua-cam.com/video/SVD-nBvSBkw/v-deo.html
      And I can't stress doctrine enough. Look at the M1 Abrams tanks in Yemen or Turkey's Leopard tanks in Syria.
      Tanks are (even from WW2 days) are very vulnerable in Urban or close quarter combat.

  • @reubensandwich9249
    @reubensandwich9249 3 роки тому +24

    16:50 A tank based export economy.

    • @krisztianracsko2257
      @krisztianracsko2257 3 роки тому +1

      Don't forget the slave-based food import economy from the occupied countries to keep those tank factory workers alive...

    • @archersfriend5900
      @archersfriend5900 2 роки тому

      Now a burned tank export economy.

  • @allankoivu3263
    @allankoivu3263 2 роки тому +4

    Lately the T-72 has proven to be the modern version of the Zippo Lighter....

    • @istvansipos9940
      @istvansipos9940 2 роки тому +1

      yeah :- ) only a Zippo keeps working

    • @rogerthat4545
      @rogerthat4545 2 роки тому +1

      More like an exploding cigar..
      The Sherman was the "zippo" because of the gasoline.

  • @captainfactoid3867
    @captainfactoid3867 3 роки тому +11

    One of my favorite tanks, great to see a tankchat on it

  • @QqJcrsStbt
    @QqJcrsStbt 3 роки тому +6

    Another great learning day.
    Something I never knew I really wanted to understand explained in a measured and informed manner.

  • @jeffreyjefferson536
    @jeffreyjefferson536 3 роки тому +25

    I just came home from work, switched on my computer - and The Tank Museum delivers :) Yet another great video about a very interesting tank. Keep up the great work, I'm always looking forward to your uploads!

  • @davidmurphy563
    @davidmurphy563 2 роки тому +758

    Never seen one with the turret on before.

  • @Surv1ve_Thrive
    @Surv1ve_Thrive 2 роки тому +4

    20,000 of these have been produced. Amazingly large number.

  • @luislealsantos
    @luislealsantos 3 роки тому +23

    Another great video from an excelent communicator on a superb museum. Only Finn is missing. Thank you David.

  • @iqanadil4067
    @iqanadil4067 3 роки тому +92

    They nicknamed it after the "rather well built" American country musician. 😂😂😂

    • @Y.M...
      @Y.M... 3 роки тому +2

      "Jolene, Jolene, Jolene Joleeeeene, I'm begging of you please don't take my tank"

  • @arkadiusztrzesniewski4237
    @arkadiusztrzesniewski4237 2 роки тому +2

    USA, 1960s : plethora of passenger car makes of all sizes, few tank design bureaus.
    USSR, 1960s: few passenger car makes, plenty of competing tank design bureaus.

  • @BA-gn3qb
    @BA-gn3qb 2 роки тому +26

    Ukrainians are popping off those turrets like bottle caps.
    Thanks to the ammo storage in the auto loaders.

    • @Klovaneer
      @Klovaneer 2 роки тому +4

      We've also seen leopard 2s throwing not only the turrets but also their front glacis off the second they met combat but i suppose that isn't as funny to ignorant people like you. T-64 that ukrainians are trying to operate break turret throwing distance records every week.

    • @BA-gn3qb
      @BA-gn3qb 2 роки тому +1

      @@Klovaneer - "i" by itself should be capitalized.
      You're showing off your ignorance.
      Even after editing your response.

    • @Klovaneer
      @Klovaneer 2 роки тому +4

      @@BA-gn3qb Thankfully the subject of the video isn't grammar. I suppose you don't have a reasonable explanation for the leopard debacle then.

    • @BA-gn3qb
      @BA-gn3qb 2 роки тому +1

      @@Klovaneer - Since the subject of the video is the T-72, your ignorance is even more amazing.
      That old saying is true. You can't fix stupid.

    • @dog-qs7tw
      @dog-qs7tw 6 місяців тому

      as if ukrainians arent using the same sort of tanks

  • @lok3kobold
    @lok3kobold 3 роки тому +49

    When you're talking about how small the T-72 is, it's slightly undermined by you having the Ferret right behind it that is a truly small vehicle

    • @worldoftancraft
      @worldoftancraft 2 роки тому +1

      Oh. So that's the name of «hunter car», so-called modification of the vehicle from Xenonauts?

  • @PlayinOcean
    @PlayinOcean 2 роки тому +53

    Interesting to see one with the turret still attached

  • @senatuspopulusqueromanus2082
    @senatuspopulusqueromanus2082 Рік тому +5

    the purpouse of this thing is to be blown up, and it's damn good at this

  • @wishiwasinidaho4780
    @wishiwasinidaho4780 2 роки тому +6

    Bet you can get a T72 now

  • @laszlokaestner5766
    @laszlokaestner5766 2 роки тому +4

    David hit the nail on the head. One v one a NATO tank would be superior but Soviet doctrine was for it to be three T72s v one. The T72 didn't need to be totally equal, it needed to be competent enough and then just use weight of numbers.

    • @highlands
      @highlands 2 роки тому +6

      If their current logistics problems are anything to go by, the chances of them getting three T-72's in the same place aren't that great.

    • @patrickmooney5035
      @patrickmooney5035 2 роки тому +2

      Competent enough?

    • @ST-zm3lm
      @ST-zm3lm 2 роки тому +4

      That moment when those 3 T-72s run up on a company of NATO troops armed with javelins

  • @ritchie799
    @ritchie799 3 роки тому +7

    A very well presented, detailed and interesting video.
    I personally didn't know the early resistance to developing the T72. End result is a very aesthetically pleasing tank.
    Thank you David and keep up the wonderful work.

  • @bpjr1899
    @bpjr1899 4 місяці тому +1

    Outstanding! As a Tanker who served in West Germany, the T72 was our main concern. We heard it was a piece of junk and obviously not so. Autoloader that actually works! Wow I was impressed. Please do an episode on the M60A1 Tank as the T72 opponent in the Cold War! Thank you for your grest work. Former Tanker from the Cold war....

  • @bmcg5296
    @bmcg5296 2 роки тому

    Fantastic run down of the mindset behind the T-72 and it’s gun and the reason for the low profile, by the ever versatile Mr David Willey. Brilliant just brilliant story sir!

  • @mattcarper9853
    @mattcarper9853 3 роки тому +47

    I don't know if the world could handle a "Super" Dolly Parton. Especially in her prime.

  • @7someone
    @7someone Рік тому +3

    There definitely innovative when it comes to that turret ejection system.

  • @rudidedog243
    @rudidedog243 Рік тому +2

    The big advantage of having a three man crew is that you have fewer casualties when it gets blown up

    • @akmzd6938
      @akmzd6938 Рік тому +2

      But you lose an expensive autoloader rather than a loader that you got free of charge :(

    • @jamesgornall5731
      @jamesgornall5731 Рік тому

      @@akmzd6938 you can mass produce autoloaders easier and quicker than growing new human beings. Once we see the first leopard or M1 either destroyed, broken down and captured or surrendered we will start to have questions arising, "who thought the gas-guzzling M1, too heavy for bridges etc, would be a good idea?" Victory has a thousand fathers and defeat is an orphan, we have hyped up good but nowhere near invincible weapons

  • @oldesertguy9616
    @oldesertguy9616 3 роки тому +2

    I really enjoy your talks. Interesting and yet calming at the same time.

  • @allanmacbadger5692
    @allanmacbadger5692 Рік тому +3

    A few years ago I was lucky enough to visit the KhMDB and have a guided tour of the facilities, we were made very welcome and very well looked after, we even had chicken kiev for lunch.

  • @KrisHandsome
    @KrisHandsome 3 роки тому +5

    Ah, my favorite tank. It’s always good to see a T-72 being discussed. Glad to see it on this channel

    • @Fenncer24
      @Fenncer24 2 роки тому

      Same here My favorite of Modern MBT's. Tiger is #1 all time though.

  • @douglasr.swanson
    @douglasr.swanson 3 роки тому

    Thanks for the tank chat. Interesting to learn the history of the various weapons the museum has.

  • @VoltageLP
    @VoltageLP 3 роки тому +2

    Thanks for you videos, they brighten my depressed winter evenings

  • @AdrianSilea
    @AdrianSilea 3 роки тому +8

    19:09 - "We've got a number of T72 heres".
    Funny inversion, lovely man.

  • @BentHestad
    @BentHestad 3 роки тому +5

    This is really high quality content, UA-cam at its very, very best! Thank you, Sirs!

  • @thegodofhellfire
    @thegodofhellfire 3 роки тому

    what a pleasure to watch and listen, outstanding tank chat. 👍

  • @arranshirovay4064
    @arranshirovay4064 2 роки тому +2

    Breakfast in bed on a Sunday with Tank chats
    I'm happy 😊

  • @neilshep50
    @neilshep50 2 роки тому +4

    Love to see a remake of this video, in the light of recent events.

    • @TheBigExclusive
      @TheBigExclusive 2 роки тому +3

      No thank you. This video is just fine. This channel says they stay out of politics, and current events. They are only here to educate and teach.

    • @neilshep50
      @neilshep50 Рік тому

      @@TheBigExclusive Well, I sort of got what I wished for. It is relevant to any critique of the T72 that its vulnerability has been dramatically exposed.

  • @Subcomandante73
    @Subcomandante73 3 роки тому +10

    Really enjoying these Soviet era tank chats.

  • @davidrobertson5996
    @davidrobertson5996 3 роки тому

    Fantastic tank chat about one of my favourite Cold War tanks. Thanks David.

  • @Trubripes
    @Trubripes 2 роки тому +2

    They are currently being modified to work without turrets. process ongoing. XD

  • @Festivejelly
    @Festivejelly 2 роки тому +9

    Theres a lot less T-72's rolling around now all thanks to Uncle Javelin and Aunt NLAW

    • @Frenchfrys17
      @Frenchfrys17 2 роки тому

      I don't think Russia cares. They lost over 20,000 T34's during WW2.

    • @ferociousfil5747
      @ferociousfil5747 Рік тому

      Don’t forget 2nd cousin Panzerfaust!

  • @erikverstrepen3373
    @erikverstrepen3373 3 роки тому +3

    Thx for these excellent educations. Very informative, always a favorite. I envy your detailed knowledge sir. Compliments to the shop and its sevice. 8 marvelous books arrived in 6 days ! You got my support and admiration 👍

  • @keshe2692
    @keshe2692 3 роки тому +2

    These videos are always fantastic. Thanks so much.

  • @Pyrotec_nick
    @Pyrotec_nick 3 роки тому

    Great video! One of my favourite tanks! Been waiting for a tank chat on it!

  • @stevenpilling5318
    @stevenpilling5318 2 роки тому +9

    When I was stationed in West Germany, we received lectures on how to recognize Warsaw Pact vehicles. The T-72 was brand new then the evaluations were incomplete. I remember that the auto loading gun was not well regarded in its ability to reliably load the gun or eject the spent casings without risk to the crews!

    • @stevenpilling5318
      @stevenpilling5318 2 роки тому +1

      @Neil Rusling Not that short. There were differences Tobe noted. The potential of the T-72 was being taken seriously. We were also advised as to Russian APCs and allied vehicles.

    • @fatefinger
      @fatefinger Рік тому +1

      The auto loader has been known to actually eat crewmembers arms.

    • @stevenpilling5318
      @stevenpilling5318 Рік тому +1

      @@fatefinger The instructors were making jokes about the Red Army Choir's soprano section!

    • @rightiswrongrightiswrong806
      @rightiswrongrightiswrong806 5 місяців тому

      @@fatefinger That's a load of bull, there are guard rails alongside the crew members which make it impossible for that to happen. The Tank Museum employ a former East German soldier who gave a report on the T72 recently on this channel. He drove them regularly, as a training instructor, and answered all the myths and BS that gets spouted out by so many ignoramus's.
      T72 just recently destroyed a Leopard2 in Ukraine in a rare tank on tank battle, so the Soviet philosophy of tank building is still proving better than the Western concept of buying brand new super expensive 70 ton large targets which can be seen and hit from miles away.

    • @fatefinger
      @fatefinger 5 місяців тому

      @@rightiswrongrightiswrong806 hello Russian propaganda troll.

  • @TornadoADV
    @TornadoADV 3 роки тому +24

    He (I guess he since Soviets refer to their machinery as "he's") really came into their own with the T-72B, which finally allowed them to outstrip their predecessor of the T-64 line.

    • @sodinc
      @sodinc 3 роки тому +6

      not all machinery, but tank is a word of masculine gender

    • @ldkbudda4176
      @ldkbudda4176 3 роки тому

      A condom is he or she? :)

    • @harlemshakecat
      @harlemshakecat 2 роки тому

      @@ldkbudda4176 its a masculine word, also a degragatory name for someone

  • @mralmnthwyfemnin5783
    @mralmnthwyfemnin5783 Рік тому +2

    Love a nice tank chat first thing in the morning

  • @jameswells9403
    @jameswells9403 Рік тому +2

    Turrets sold separately. Some conditions apply.

  • @ZurLuften
    @ZurLuften 3 роки тому +63

    Wait a second. Did he say there is beer that you cant by to support the tank museum and the chanel? Why didn't he start the chat with that? Now I watched the hole video sober like an idiot.

    • @kenbrown2808
      @kenbrown2808 3 роки тому +9

      the proper usage is to order the beer to drink for the next tank chat.

    • @obelic71
      @obelic71 3 роки тому

      Thats called the onslow paradox
      ua-cam.com/video/rUOl_KIMzSM/v-deo.html

  • @brentritchie6199
    @brentritchie6199 2 роки тому +3

    David Willey really knows his stuff and is very interesting to listen to great vids guys

  • @yoda5565
    @yoda5565 3 роки тому +12

    Auto - loader means one less man to break track and one more thing to maintain. I like the unguarded electric fan between the driver's legs in his compartment. Certainly motivation for controlled breaking. Just follow ur' map to the Fulda gap, Ivan.

    • @Bynk333
      @Bynk333 3 роки тому

      isn that autoloading mechanizm heavier than loader itself? :-)

    • @MS07B3-G0UF
      @MS07B3-G0UF 3 роки тому +1

      @@Bynk333 yes but it still allows the tank to be smaller and if maintenance is done proper and it doesn’t fail the machine won’t get tired.

    • @alexeyvlasenko6622
      @alexeyvlasenko6622 2 роки тому +4

      The fourth man was still there, he was just in the maintenance company rather than inside the tank. Besides moving one guy out of four out of harm's way (relatively), the reason for the autoloader is clearly explained here - unlike a human loader, it doesn't need to be able to stand up, so the turret can have a lower profile.

    • @scotthulsey8763
      @scotthulsey8763 2 роки тому

      Good thing for Soviets is it's one less man to get cooked.

    • @Klovaneer
      @Klovaneer 2 роки тому

      In this case it also means your track can be a third lighter or resilient - Abrams is now almost at Tiger II weight and Chally 2 is well beyond.

  • @artinrahideh1229
    @artinrahideh1229 2 роки тому

    Fantastic video just like always!
    Thanks a lot!

  • @TreyyDaMenaceFan
    @TreyyDaMenaceFan 2 роки тому +4

    Great video, I bought the tamiya 1/35 T-72M1 when visiting Bovington Tank Museum 6 years ago and somehow I only started building it now.

  • @jackshingle2617
    @jackshingle2617 2 роки тому +4

    AKA the 'Kreml Cooker'.

  • @michaelricks1618
    @michaelricks1618 3 роки тому

    Superb info and presentation. Thank you!

  • @thomascampbell4730
    @thomascampbell4730 3 роки тому

    First class documentary, best I've seen.

  • @williestyle35
    @williestyle35 3 роки тому +8

    That Soviet film footage at the start, man! that is a whole lot of tanks!

  • @fintonmainz7845
    @fintonmainz7845 2 роки тому +8

    I think we all know what the inside of the t72 looks like now.

  • @BlackTyrant
    @BlackTyrant 3 роки тому +2

    An excellent video as always. I have purchased one of your books (Tank), and I have enjoyed it a lot

  • @Backblast72
    @Backblast72 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent technical and historical material. Armor vehicles regardless of make and model are quintessential items of warfare which have given the armies which utilized them the cutting edge on the battlefield. Keep up the great work.
    Very Respectfully,
    Carlos A. Gonzalez.

  • @yousahdood
    @yousahdood 3 роки тому +6

    I can't beleve that I've been watching every Chats since episode 3. Gee.

  • @shootingsportstransparency7461
    @shootingsportstransparency7461 2 роки тому +6

    *Vladimir Cooker* from now on.

  • @maasle
    @maasle 3 роки тому

    Yes! A new video. I have been watching them all, cant believe it :D

  • @Blastmaster1972
    @Blastmaster1972 3 роки тому

    Great stuff, good info, very much appreciated!

  • @CastilloinaSpeedo
    @CastilloinaSpeedo 2 роки тому +24

    Here we are in March of 2022 watching T-72s getting thrashed in Ukraine.

    • @CH-pv2rz
      @CH-pv2rz 2 роки тому +1

      Because russian tanks are more of a threat to their crews than to anyone else…

    • @preemavivek2008
      @preemavivek2008 6 місяців тому +1

      And here I am in 2023 after leopards,Bradley's,challengers,cv90s and other western game changers have been converted into scrap by russian mines and artillery

  • @henryroberts7098
    @henryroberts7098 Рік тому +12

    I wonder if the Tank Museum is planning on getting a or some "after action" examples of the T62, T64, T72 & T80's etc once the war in Ukraine has finished.
    While I imagine it would be a huge task to clean, preserve and prepare one for display, that retains its "as destroyed" look but will not deteriorate, i imagine it/they could end up as very valuable artefacts and teaching aids in the long term.

    • @mykehog6646
      @mykehog6646 Рік тому

      Yes..the ukenazis have plenty of their destroyed wrecks to offer

  • @earthtoskymodelworks9952
    @earthtoskymodelworks9952 3 роки тому

    Great and informative video. Love tank chat.

  • @chrishaps6846
    @chrishaps6846 3 роки тому

    I've never been near a tank and probably will never be near a tank but i love watching these videos.

  • @biscuit715
    @biscuit715 3 роки тому +3

    Absolutely gorgeous tank. So small too

  • @gilanbarona9814
    @gilanbarona9814 3 роки тому +11

    Excellent presentation on what someone once said was the tank version of the AK 47 rifle. This was fascinating.

    • @andrewreegs6319
      @andrewreegs6319 3 роки тому +10

      Id say tbe T54/55 is the AK47, and this is more of the AK74 ;)

    • @gilanbarona9814
      @gilanbarona9814 3 роки тому +3

      @@andrewreegs6319 agreed. Good call.

  • @pawelodz8050
    @pawelodz8050 3 роки тому +2

    I have been this museum. It is amazing!!!

  • @tonyjedioftheforest1364
    @tonyjedioftheforest1364 3 роки тому +1

    Another excellent video, thank you.