T-54 / T-55 Main Battle Tank - Overview
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- The T-55 medium tank is a further development of the T-54B. It has some improvements over its predecessor that are hard to notice externally, but these improvements made the tank more efficient and lethal. The T-55 was officially accepted to service with the Soviet Army in 1958. Its production commenced during the same year. This tank was license-produced in China, Czechoslovakia and Poland. It is estimated that around 70 000 T-54 and T-55 tanks were produced in the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Poland. This figure does not include tanks produced in China. Since its introduction the T-55 has seen combat in more than 20 wars. Despite its age this medium tank is still used by about 50 countries around the world.
Both the T-54 and T-55 were heavily influenced by the Soviet experience gained during the WW2. The T-55 was the first Soviet tank, fitted with an efficient NBC protection system. At the time it was the only tank in the world, capable of fighting after a nearby nuclear explosion.
This tank has a weldes steel armor hull and a cast turret. Front of the hull has a 60° inclination angle. This tank is also fitted with automatic fire suppression system, that was a novelty at that time. The T-55 can launch its smoke screen by injecting diesel fuel into exhaust.
The T-55 is fitted with a fully-stabilized 100-mm gun. It can fire accurately on the move. At a speed of 12 km/h the tank has a first round hit probability of about 60%. A total of 43 rounds are carried. The previous T-54 carries only 34 rounds.
On initial production tanks the roof-mounted 12.7-mm machine gun of the T-54 was removed, because it was ineffective against jet aircraft. In the late 1950s combat helicopters were still under development. The 12.7-mm machine gun was fitted back only in 1970.
This tank is operated by a crew of four, including commander, gunner, loader and driver.
This tank is powered by a V-55 diesel engine, developing 520 hp. It replaced the less powerful and unreliable V-45 engine of the T-54. Maximum road speed is about 50 km/h. Cross-country speed is about 25 km/h. Maximum range on fuel, including external tanks, is up to 530 km. The T-55 can be fitted with a deep wading kit and ford water obstacles up to 5 m deep.
Since its introduction the T-55 was constantly upgraded. Various countries offer a number of upgrade programmes for this ageing tank. However even updated T-55 tanks are no match for modern MBTs.
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T-54 / T-55 Main Battle Tank
The AK-47 of the tank world. Simple, crude, ubiquitous... a thing of beauty!
Patrick Bateman "Thing of beauty"? Nah man that's a plain Jane tank.
Nah, man. Perfectly good tank for its day.
Patrick Bateman ak-48 is better!
smiles the stormtrooper AKM is better
Bunny Hop837 until Ak-103 comes in
The T-55 war horse will probably still be slugging it out on a battlefield somewhere when most of us are long dead.
oh my fuckin god thats soooo deep
The T-72 is being more prevalent in Africa and other nations who used the T-54/55.
Though the T-54/55 can be upgraded to probably... 2nd generation MBT standards. It would never hold its own against even the earliest M1 variants with the 105mm.
Probably on our graves. It'll roll.
Lee Hong Jin but if your enemy has an AK it’ll do the job
@@willpartridge6899 The Kalashnikov will never be an outdated weapon.
My favourite tank is the T-72 and its improved variants like the M-84 or the "White Eagle"
10:36
If War Thunder taught me anythign its that Russian engineers belive gun depression is western propaganda.
when ur defending u can dig in and making the vehicle so small reduces its weight. for example leopard 1 is 40 tons while t55 is 36 tons while having much better armor
When you are building a tank design made for attack, gun depression isn't that much of a concern, because you pick where to strike.
@@shockwave6213 you still have to fully expose the tank in order to fire if the terrain sin't urbanised. other tanks with good depression can hide their chasis behind a hill with only their turret sticking out. exposing yourselfs is bad in both an attacking and defending situation.
@@shockwave6213 That's not really the reason. The primary reason is because of the lack of hills in Eastern Europe. If you're fighting on flat ground, gun depression is unnecessary. It can be seen in a lot of Soviet tank design, pre and post WW2.
Товарищ Сильвио still though gun depression is the main problem of Russian tank, great in other areas though
My grandfather was a t55 gunner during the Indo Pak 1971 war
He took part in the Battle of Basantar
I'm totally ignorant to that. But my inner child thinks it's cool as fk that your grandad did that 😏💪🙌🙏
I love The Beast! The tank in the film was a Ti-67, a T-55 captured by Israel and modified with a Detroit Diesel engine with an American made transmission and new controls for the driver. It also got a 105mm L7 gun and Browning M1919 coaxial machine gun with a digital fire control system, and other modern (at the time) optics for the tank commander. It's really a rather interesting upgrade.
The Stoned Videogame Nerd Close. They took old Sherman tanks and replaced the medium velocity 75mm gun with a French-made copy of the Panther's high velocity L/70 gun, and later a French-made 105mm gun. Both tanks also got a Cummins diesel engine to replace the more flammable gasoline engine (something the crews greatly appreciated). They were the M50 (high velocity 75mm gun) and M51 (105mm gun) Isherman respectively.
@@TheAKgunner they mounted 150mm howitzers on Sherman's and used them as mobile artillery
@@derekhenschel3191 I believe you mean 105mm, not 150.
@@TheAKgunner nope I'll try and find you the picture of the thing the turret is wierd as fuck
It wasn't captured by Israel.. It was captured by the Afghans..Then sold to Israel. As Soldier Of Fortune was selling Soviet Tanks, Helicopters anything they could get their hands on. To raise money for the Afghan army..I seen them sell Hind Helicopter missile launchers in Houston. At a Fund raiser. It was like the Wild West for arms dealers....
AK-47, MiG-21 and T-55. The most Iconic Soviet weapons of the Cold war.
Also some of the most influential, important and reliable weaponry in the world
Don't forget rpg7 and Su-27
Don't forget the Makarov and Dragunov. 😁
I always wondered why the Russians always built their tanks with that turret shape except for a few models, love the looks and it's story tho
They didn't, though. Only the T-54/T-55 and T-62 had that general turret shape.
It was was to keep a low profile but also with the complex curves, *curve from bottom up, and round as well* increase the chance of a shot glancing off it the armor "slopes in 3 dimentions, not just 2D en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloped_armour . Versus the all but last slab sided WW2 types.
+Chewbacca The turret itself, once you strip away the outer modules, is stretched hexagonal on the T-90. That is a departure from the squashed cylindrical on the T-64, T-72 and T-80 series, and further yet away from the half egg / dome shape of the T-55 and T-62.
It's based on experience in WW2, the soviets found this design to be the best, the Americans also borrowed the idea and tried it on the M48(they made it a lot taller tho). I suspect the reason this kind of design got abandoned is because it is hard to make composite armor into the shape, but that's just a guess I dunno.
Mister Chief because it looks like a actual tank
A museum piece many decades old and never quite used to its full potential by Third World armies worldwide, but still a solid backbone to the Soviet armoured forces.
TedShatner10 they are actually used to it's full potential and sometimes beyond it's capability, it's a World War II technology that are kept it in service that somehow works.
You can't use it against modern tanks or anti-tank weapons and even modern auto cannon shells, but it can stop modern machine gun and rifles bullets.
And Syrian Army was able to use it to beat ISIS, that says a lot.
As far as I understand it's mainly used as a SPG these days due do it's cannon still having use against structures and fortifications. It's why you often see images of a guy with the firing lanyard outside the turret firing the gun. This also makes more space for the loader and gunner. Edit: sorry ACTUALLY that's the Ripcord T-34s being used by Huthis in Yemen.
+I HATE CABBAGE which one ? the free one or the Assad pigs
TROLL!
Mazen of Syria from your tone, you clearly on the side of the terrorist, so I see no point arguing with you......
So far in independent news network, life in Syria is returning to rebuild and reconciliation, Assad pig is no saint, but are we so prideful that bringing down that pig with same group of terrorist we funded while bombing them at the same time?
And 60 years later, its the MBT of Peru ... my country :)
Hieronymus VI I am sorry that your country only has T-55s
Well. ATGMs crews still gonna support them tanks so its ok
The polish used the t55 am1 to for 20 or 15 jears
RIP Republica del Peru 1879-2017
also in uruguay 250 units and a couple of m48 .....sad
US Army Armor (tank) officer 1986 - 2012 trained on M1 series tanks. Deployed to Afghanistan in 2008/09 as an advisor to the Afghan National Army (ANA). I was the senior advisor to the 3rd Kandak (battalion) 3rd Brigade, 201st Corp which was a tank unit. The ANA sure did have T-55's in active service in two of the three companies. The third company was T-62 while the fourth was infantry. We ordered head gaskets from a company in Czechoslovakia. T-55's had a compressed air starter but with a manual transmission could be started by towing them and popping the clutch. For a counter insurgency these tanks were perfect to set up vehicle checkpoints (VCP) and to take out machine gun emplacements inside caves and also as a show of force.
One of my favorite tanks of the Soviet design philosophy not due to its Effectiveness compared to modern main battle tanks but because despite its obsolescence it’s still holds its own against most things and gets the job done.
Saw this bad boys moving on the main road in my village next to my house during air attacks by NATO when i was a kid in Serbia, my house was also near a bridge, i have no idea how it wasn't hit, there were 80 bridges that were taken out, but not the one near a main road.
People love comparing this thing to modern Abrams tank because of the Iraq war but what they forget is this thing is cold war era technology and easily outclassed it's direct competitor, the M46 patton.
Finland retired most of their fleet of T-54/55's in early 2000's and either scrapped them or sold them away. Few remain in service for use as OPFOR vehicles for training.
One curiosity we used to have was Marksman turrets on T-55M hulls. They were designated ItPsv 90 and they looked wicked cool! Couple years ago FDF moved Marksman turrets on Leo 2 hulls which looks kinda neat too.
Interesting. I didn’t know a nation as wealthy as Finland would use those tanks up to the 2000s
@@Krasnoye158 that's how a country becomes wealthy - saving as much money as possible while investing in it's economy.
@@ravenouself4181 that's not how. Peace is the must-have condition for wealth to develop. If the circumstances demand then that money still have to be spent.
Revolutionary, simply, deadly, reliably.... A masterpiece.
I dont really understand all that much about tanks (except they are cool obviously), but i remember talking years ago with friend who i think served as gunner of T-55 here in Finland. They had just gotten the first Leopards to Finland which were supposed to replace those T-55's. He claimed me that they had lots of problems with the Leopards engines, while the T-55 would basically run on small rocks and leftover porridge.
I hope the leopards issues have been solved since then, but i really do have to admire the brutal practicality and reliability that many soviet hardware had - sure they would uncomfortable, break apart time and again... but somehow you could pretty much always fix them with duct tape and iron wire whether it was tank, car, assault rifle or whatever.
Incredible balance of firepower, protection and mobility. The fact a tank that was on the drawing board when they were still fighting panzers is still somewhat relevant today (when upgraded) is an amazing testament to the engineers who designed this beast.
I worked with these tanks a long time ago. The biggest improvement of later Soviet Tanks, particularly the T-72, in my opinion is the situational awareness of the gunner. You can't see shit inside that turret.
I love the T series. It's quite amazing to see how the different versions have been modernised of all the T series types. From Romania to Ukraine and other nations and the western nations modifications made to some T series tanks that fell into their use. Truly the T series tanks are the Ak series if the tank world.
T-Series... you disgust me
a little fun factoid here: in 1979 Gaddafi planned to send 10 T-55s to Uganda, but Uganda lost the war while the tanks were en route, so they were redirected to Angola. But that ship docked in Durban instead. South Africa confiscated the tanks, and gave eight to Rhodesia. :P
It made sense for South Africa to keep two for evaluation purposes - Cubans had T-55/62s in Angola later in 1980s.
Not sure about the confiscated part but in Angola T54 and T55's were used
@@andylorentz3271 I just found this post: samilhistory.com/2019/01/03/soviet-made-libyan-tanks-seized-by-south-africa-and-gifted-to-rhodesia/
fascinating
@@kalle911 very interesting indeed!! Never knew this. Thanks for the link
The T-55 does have an NBC protection system, the t-54 however does not. Some of these T-54's were later converted to T-55 standard
You didn't mention that at least 1/4 of the T54/55 in the world are actually the Chinese type 59. Soviet sold the T 54 production line to China in the late 50s. Lots of the Iraqi T55s that got destroyed during desert storm are actually imported from China. Some of the type 59s are still in service today. Most of them are equipped with reactivate explosive armor and Chinese copy of L 7 105mm gun.
+Leilu Dai in August the CNTV have a segment that involves firing such tank gun...demo characteristics of various APFSDS head designs.
ua-cam.com/video/_JyuViNQ37U/v-deo.htmlh3m18s
not only a 105 L7, but a 125mm smoothbore, yes a Type 59-125 :D
I would consider them different tanks, just because of the separate production, but I can see how they are the literal exact same tank.
The type 62 is just a t55 that the Chinese fucked up
The famous picture of the tank man in Tiananmen square in 1989 has the Chinese type 59...
One of the best tanks ever made.It sure did it's job very well in it's time
This is one of my favourite vehicles! Thank you for making this and keep these up! :)
T54/55 more like "pick up and fire" kind of Tank, it is low tech, doesn't have state of the art equipment, but it so easy to use, untrained soldiers doesn't need to read thousand pages of manual book to operate them, just jump in, turn the engine on, and start "tanking" or go straight to the battlefield.
Ernest Jay That's not really true. It's got more tech under the hood than you'd assume.
i knew, but T54/55 are not sophisticated "electronic combat warfare" like M1A2 SEP Abrams, Leopard 2 Revolution, or Challenger II tanks.
Except radio equipment and thermal sight, everything are just "as manual as 1950's technology", unless the operator upgrade that tank with modern equipment like ERA protection, digital combat system (DCS module), SHTORA (anti missile defense system), ARENA protection system, etch.
You cannot compare a tank made in the 50's with a tank made in the 80's. Case closed.
Ernest Jay Dude do you Compare Modern Tanks against a 50's tank?
That's all right. The same principle applies to the T-34. Then they need to put an ordinary rural tractor driver inside the tank and he must go right away. Repair in an open field on their own was also taken into account by Russian engineers. This is no longer the case today. Solid computers and electronics inside.
Thank You. Since small child I liked tanks, ships and airplaines. It was long, long ago. Greetings from Texas.
The T-55AM, old memories '79-'81er duty in NVA (National peoples army, east germany). Simple, robust, but as main battle tank (later with T-72 and Vers. A Export) out of date, but it works!
The Beast of War (1988)
"Out of commission, become a pillbox. Out of ammo, become a bunker. Out of time, become heroes."
Well since we are going back Matsimus do Leopard 1!
(main tank for many poor current countries)
And also love the comedic videos!
Best regards m8!
Greg Makropoulos Germany is a poor country WAT😂😂😂😂 god I love the Internet.
ARC-77 Fordo No m8 Greece is.
We have a fea leopard 2 but the majority of our tanks are leopard 1
Εμένα πάντος λογικό μου φαίνεται να είναι σε υπηρεσία περισσότερα Leopard 1 από ότι 2 εφόσον τα 2 είναι πολύ πιο καινούργια . Επίσης στον πόλεμο προτιμώ να είμαι σε ένα leopard 1 παρά να έχω ως μόνη άμυνα ένα αυτόματο όπλο.
Greg Makropoulos what's funny is that the Germans and Greeks despise each other to this day over dubya dubya duece.
What poor countries are with Leo 1? Only EU countries and some others use it. The main tank for poor countries is T-55A
New sub here . I recently binged on your excellent videos and re-learned one thing , "NEVER UNDERESTIMATE AN OPPONENT AND THEIR CAPABILITY " . This being said from an former M1-a1 crewman and cav scout soon after ... Admittedly the older Soviet tanks are dated by todays standards but hell , these days there is no telling what is in support of them or what tactics will be used . Sorry for rant , just respect for warriors that wear different uniforms .
@8:40 + I am reminded of the time of being a tanker ... The good times that you had with your buddies and how bad it sucks to have something f-up .
Thanks for another excellent and educational tank analysis video! I love learning as much as I can about the history of engineering, especially armored vehicles, and your channel is my favorite place to go for this information. :D Keep it up!
Even today a tank like this is better than not having a tank at all; however, as every armored force has learned a tank is a big target unless you use proper combined force tactics and strategy. Air, armor, artillery, and infantry have to work together to make each individual component succeed. Having a large formation of any tank even modern tanks just makes you a target for enemy aircraft, artillery, and anti tank infantry unless you have a proper counter for each.
Glad to see your video is back mate!
Such a amazing tank for its time.
rowsdower yeah it really made the 17/20pdr armed brits shit their pants
Arda Onen and the L7 made the slavs shit their pants.
Arda Onen The 20 pounder could still rip through a T55. Besides the 105 L7 completely negated any armour advantage
Pretty sure the 20 pounder firing Sabot would be able to deal with their armour. We're talking 280mm of penetration there I believe. But of course no HESH, like the L7, which really loves those russian tanks with sloped armour and no spall-liners
Far superior the the heavier, lighter protected, underpowered and massive target that was the rival M47 patton!
It is a very aesthetically pleasing tank in my opinion. Smooth rounded edges with a low but wide profile.
I’m studying armoured operations during the first Iraq war. I’m autistic, if I could say something nice about this download I would. Your information about the T55 has helped me very much. Thank you.
the 55's armor was actually just heavy for western standards...when it was built.
T54 too. At least one T54 in Hungary Revolution 1956 was driven to the british embassy. This leads to the development of the Royal Ordnance L7 after the T 54 was inspected.
my dad likes your channel. too bad he refuses to get internet service again. hes in a place with only one option, and he refuses to get ripped off by them again. he had lower speeds than i have, and paid the same ammount. hes in a city of 5000 people, im in a sitty of 230,000. he said this brought back memories of his education of enemy tanks in the mid 70's. he remembered crawling all over the T-55, and comparing it to the M60a.
"The Beast of War" is an excellent movie, I'm glad you gave it a plug. All the outside shots were of a T-55, but the internal shots are far too roomy to be that. Big deal. I can't believe how reliable and durable these tanks are, they "maintained" often under appalling conditions in the toughest environments imaginable and they just last and last. The amount of oil smoke they belch out would indicate that the engine's fcked but that's not the case because they seem to keep going...
the T-54/55 is the AK-47 of tanks
In Squad, we drove a T-62 recently against the British - we poped 2 Warriors and a lot of infantry, but couldn't take down the Challenger... :D
The Challenger crew was prone to panic, trough, so we forced it to retreat 2 times after taking 1-2 hits from us - he was fine, just sort of smoking and scared and couldn't see us...
Ok, I don't know why your username says 'gaming' but your vids are very cool. YT recommended it and I'm glad I found your channel
+1 sub man
Good, informative overview of the development of the T-54/55 series tanks. Thank you for sharing!
I love how 'Evolutionary' the soviet tanks look, from before the war to T90, you can track the small changes in appearance building up.
If your dealing with an insurgency and your biggest threats are RPG7 ,PKMs and IEDs just one of these would be incredibly useful,great for morale and well within the capability of a third world army to maintain.
I think when you are in a poor country and dont expect the enemy to have tanks or many AT weapons such a tank will be a pain in the ass to fight and truely frightening to encounter.
for excample in africa, what would you do when the enemy warlord gets hit hands on a T-55? correct, you have most likely no Anti tank weapons at hand and get slaughtered by this tank.
Like literally every insurgent group has at least one RPG-7. T-55, scary? Yes, but not indestructible.
remember that even the RPG-7 can be rare in poor countrys.
true, they are some, but also not many.
Iron_Physik Somalia is one of the poorest country's in Africa and they have thousands of RPGs
now go on and do the math, number of RPGs / surface area of the country = amount of RPGs per surface area.
I bet that this number is verry low, meaning that having multiple RPG rockets on hand is not verry likely.
infact, even in somalia a group of warriors usually has just 1 RPG. wich is VERRY limited to kill tanks and to risky.
Yes, but the chance of having a set number of RPGs per amount of area is also very low. Believe it or not, but when a war is fought, most of the troops, and as such RPGs are on the front line.
We had 3 of these tanks in 1978 at the Armor Engineer board at Fort Knox , we pitted them against the M-1 during the testing of the both the G.M and Chrysler versions.
Thanks for a a EX clip as usual.
One thing I react on here is how incredible fast new going (mostly) found it's way to the frontline version. I guess the Ww2 Germans excelled at this because of lack of heavy materials and great ingenuity.
They also had problems with engine fumes finding their way inside the poorly ventilated interior. Lots of people passed out or died from the fumes. That was improved upon in the upgrades though.
Man I just love the intro for your videos man it's great!!!
I went inside of an old T-54/55 tank at Ft.Irwin California back in 1999 at their armor museum. The tank is very basic. I went inside the gunner's station and the sights were like using an SVD Dragunov rifle scope or an RPG-7 sight. It had a height basic range finder on the left and aiming points with a vertical center line and stadia lines for off set aiming for when a target is moving left or right. It was like using the GAS (Gunner's Auxiliary Sight) on the M1A1 when all power to the GPS (Gunner's Primary Sight) is down. The tank is basically upgraded WWII or 1950s technology. The T-54/55 tank would have been used well in static defense not on a fire on the move for combat because of it's sights. I am sure there are different models out there that were upgraded with better stabilization and fire control similar to the 1980s version of the M-60A1 with thermal imaging systems. Honestly the tank is very small and my Leprechaun ass size at 5,6 feet and 160 pounds is too big to fit in the gunner's station and driver's hole. The loader had to be even smaller and stronger to load the 100mm round,the TC had slightly more room than all the crew because he had to command the tank and operate the radios and sights.
13:35 The tank can also utilize teleportation, making it even more formidable.
Haha, essential skills
I drove a T-55 in the Cuban army back 1990-91,it was an upgraded version with extra armor on the turret and front of driver.
I was commander of platoon of those T-55 tanks. It was fun serving with them.
My grandfather commanded one of these for his national service for the Czechoslovakian army, I love this tank.
the t55 is still in service today! it's amazing for any type of battle and setting. It's the Ak-47 for tanks.
I saw these destroyed by 25mm AFSDS in the 1st Gulf War. They are of extremely limited use open conventional warfare. However, there are tens of thousands of them them in inventory. Where they can shine is as an Infantry fire support vehicle in dense terrain (urban or jungle). They are rugged, cheap enough, and plentiful enough to assign 1 tank per platoon or even squad. Just weld on a bustle rack for Infantry Reactive Armor (the Infantry react when the Armor takes fire).
Being quite a bit older than you (59), these were the Soviet tanks I feared as a kid.
These tanks were th boogie men tanks that were going to come flooding out of the Soviet Union into Europe starting WWIII. Thankfully, that never happened.
I love seeing info and movies on these older tanks to learn more about them.
I would be interested in comparison videos of tanks on opposing sides at the various times. Be them German vs English. German Vs American. Soviet vs American. Soviet vs English. Soviet vs German.
How they stacked up to each other. Including crew comfort/surviability etc.
Thanks for the great video.
We used them a lot in the Balkan during 90 s Its a good tank smole vary precise with good gun elevation Its perfect for hills
in my contry the t54/55 are the main battle tank and we use them very well. we kicked modern tank ass with these tanks they are very good
Well, tell us what country!
@@daveybernard1056 He's probably talking about his country in his favourite game.
You don't need anything better if you are mostly dealing with pick-ups, obsolete APCs or infantry equipped with light weapons. Ability to shoot HE-FRAGs, protection from light weapons fire and some FEAR factor is all you need.. many countries still operate these tanks as standard army equipment using them basically as mobile artillery supporting infantry and light vehicles.
Btw. that 100mm cannon still can disable any modern tank..
The cannon really can only disable modern tanks from the side and back
That 100mm gun is impotent against modern tanks. T55s are largely worthless against trucks, especially Toyota’s. Chad repelled the Libyan army in the 80s.
If all you need to deal with are technicals and you are on a budget, a T55 is sufficient.
Systemhalodark Libya tired that in the 80s, didn’t work
I would love to see you do a review on the T-55 AGM or the T-72 120.
It’s the most iconic tank in the world
From the early 50s to the 90s and it’s still good
You mentioned that Finland operates t55m models. Yes indeed but those are our own domestically upgraded from the normal t55. They include new projectiles from west, fcs from bofors and so on but the kit doens't include any armor upgrades.
Always look forward to your vids thanks man
I wonder if it's the most destroyed in combat tank also. Don't have the stats but this thing was in A LOT of wars
I think the T-34 must beat it, because of the numbers actually deployed in WW2 (and often quite badly deployed too, especially early on) and the intensity and scale of fighting on the eastern front in WW2
The T55 and T62 are ABSOLUTELY GEORGEOUS..but in glad I never had to crew one
the fact they made 100k of these is jawdropping impressive
I've always loved this tank and also the M60 I guess it's cause of their shape.
T-54 = that is what a tank is. The platonic ideal of a tank.
There’s something about it’s design that makes is seem so timeless
I saw the beast when I was still young. Love that rpg part when he was fixing it and had language barriers.
This is a beast with beauty...sri lankas back bone of armoured corps❤️❤️❤️
Yeah lots of variants indeed. Some upgraded variants take this old vehicle to the next level like the T-55AGM package by Ukraine or the Type-59BD/G used by Bangladesh, which is an upgrade of the Type 59 variant that adds 125mm main gun in a new turret similar to Type 96 and more such as armor protection, ERA etc. This, the Ak 47 and the Mig 21 are legendary for long service due to reliability.
An APFSDS Round was introduced in 1968. This made it quite capable for the time.
It's old,but in right hands it's lethal for anything such as any other vehicle
👍love your work
My favourite tank of all time. Love it would love to have 40k spare to buy one in the uk, but probably won't, will have to settle with the fv432 I'm gonna have soon.
I'd love to know where these are for sale for 40k cheapest I've seen were 90k
WWII was the daddy of this tank. It was all about the Soviet doctrine of building cheap, reliable, light and fast tanks that overwhelm the enemy with mobility and numbers and are particularly suited for open terrain of Russia. It came at expensive of crew protection and advanced features, but in an all-out war to protect Russia, it was utilizing Russian advantages to the fullest - massive industrial production and large population - i.e. they can take a lot of casualties and still produce superior numbers.
This tank just looks absolutely amazing. Badass yet sexy.
the most produced tank design in history, and one of the best conventional tanks ever ( pre-composite armor era)
As seen in the middle-east conflicts, the T-54 is showing its age, and can't compete against modern MBTs, but its cheap, simple and it's mobility,a trait that is never diminished as long as the veichle is maintained will most likely keep this tank around for still some time
It's still a highly mobile gun platform that is protected from most small arms fire.
Useful, so long as you don't ask it to do things outside of it's ability.
can you do a video on the MBT-70 which is an American Prototype tank that was originally designed to replace the M60 Patton series?
The film was shot in Israel. Several actual T-55 tanks were used in the film although the helicopter used in the film was not a real Mi-8, but an Aerospatiale SA.321 Super Frelon. The tank in question in the movie is actually an Israeli modification of a Soviet T-55 captured by the Israelis from the Arab armies, redesignated as the Ti-67 and fitted with a 105mm main gun in place of the original 100mm gun, leading some to mistake it for a T-62. Many of these conversions were used by the Israelis during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The film's military advisor, Dale Dye, has written that he negotiated the purchase of the tanks over drinks with Israel Defense Forces officers in a Tel Aviv hotel.[2] The language spoken by the Afghan characters is Pashto. The Pashto dialogue is subtitled but some television screenings have omitted the subtitles.[citation needed]
yay T-54 and the T-55
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thank you! I was looking for the title of the movie for years now.
The Vietnam People Army still use T54/55 as core of armor division with upgrade like electronics equipment and reactive armor. But they import some T90 recently
The last word on sloped armour. On the glacis only thank you. It stopped the T 34/85 from ever becoming a T34/100. The SU 100 could penetrate any German tank but it had no turret.
BEST THANK EVER IN HIS TIME!
A great tank. However, the SADF in Angola made mince meat of it with a way weaker Ratel 90. The Ratels had to shoot 3 rounds before getting through the armour. At Cuito Canavale 94 of these T54 & T55 we shot vs 3 SADF tanks
I immediately thought of The Beast when this video popped up. Great movie. And great video 👍
It's like that old family dog that You have. It has been loyal and kept You safe for many years. Now, despite being too old to do much, it still guards You. Despite it having multiple health issues, You just can't force yourself to put it down.
Actually, the T-54-1 and T-54-2 had the 100 mm LB-1 cannon, it was the T-54-3 that started the use of the D-10T
Hey matsimus that was a good video i’d like one with MRAPs where u compare it to others countries MRAPs thank u
You forgot T-55-AD which was the version with Drozd-1 APS.
Country got 30 t-72s, retired all of the 100 T-55A's we have.. Imagine retiring a GOD tank and not selling it to me :)
11:04 Armour thin by western standard. That is wrong sir. Compare with M48 and Centurion of its day T-55 have thicker armor by several cm on all sides.
Honestly this is an old war horse, it will not stand up to modern anti-tank munitions, but give it reactive armor and it will still be an infantry support nightmare.
Even the old 100mm is going to wreck havoc on all modern vehicles or tanks.
And we are not even counting modern variants that carry the 105mm or even a 125mm cannons.
That 125mm variants with modern Russian/Chinese munitions instantly puts them into "tank destroyer" or "I will make infantry go away harder" territory.
That tank crew is SHITTED OUT OF THEIR LITTLE BRAINS..but having a GREAT TIME ..Love it
Great video! The T-55 is my favorite tank.