1st Marine Tank Battalion M48 takes a direct hit during the Battle of Hue on February 14th 1968

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The Battle of Hue (January 31st - March 2nd 1968), also called the Siege of Hue, was a major military engagement in the Tet Offensive launched by North Vietnam and the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War. After initially losing control of most of Hue and its surroundings, the combined South Vietnamese and American forces gradually recaptured the city over one month of intense fighting.
M48 A-22 Serial #202016 assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Marine Tank Battalion was involved in the heavy fighting for control of the city starting from February 11th 1968. At 0:10 it can be seen taking a hit from an explosive projectile, with the impact mark being visible at 0:28. This is one of the thickest parts of the tank armor and was probably not struck by a HEAT warhead. Unit records suggest that this vehicle took a total of three direct "RPG" hits by the end of February but was still operational.

[@wulfmaer8919]

I was a US Army tanker in the early 80s on the M60A1 with the 4th infantry division. We did a few weeks of cold weather training at Fort Drum New York (40 below 0 weather) in M48A5s that we borrowed from a National Guard unit and I loved driving them! Much quicker than the M60A1! It felt like I was driving a sports car by comparison. But it was also much more cramped than the M60A1. The armor on the front was also much thicker than on the M60A1, which was more angled, but I still felt better protected in the M48. Looks like they got hit at a point where there's probably close to 5 inches of armor.

[@brute6896]

it seems it hit the part of the upper plate the angle becomes sharper

[@jamessimms415]

Battle of Ben Het. 4 M48’s vs. 4 PT-76’s & a BTR-50. Didn’t turn out so well for the other side, although we had on M48 hit (put back into the battle) & 2 KIA. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ben_Het

[@paoloviti6156]

I didn't know that the "old" M48 had a thicker armour and was less cramped than the M60...!

[@brute6896]

@@paoloviti6156 M48 started with 100mm on the mid and upper plate which was then increased to 110mm and the lower plate had 103-61mm, the base model of the M60 started out with 93mm on the upper and 85 on the lower plate then the A1-3 models had 109mm on the upper and then 143-85mm on the lower plate, the M60s lower plate got thinner the further from the beak it was, not sure why they couldn't had just made it uniform thickness but ok

[@paoloviti6156]

@@brute6896 thanks for the info! I recall that during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the first employment of the M60, it was soon found out that the armor protection for the turret was rather weak so it was increased to 330 mm on the gun mantle and to 276 mm on the turret face and the electronics and fire control systems were greatly improved but more importantly the turret's hydraulic fluid was immediately replaced with a non-flammable one among other improvements that became the M60A3 variant.....

[@koungendo6371]

Cant believe that my Grandfather who is a Vietnamese served in ARVN, rode this metal beast throughout the war. He is a Lt Colonel, commander of 22nd Armored Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade of Vietnamese Armored Calvary Corp. He fought fierce around the Vietnamese Cochinchine - Cambodia region till the very end of Saigon when he defended the City of Bien Hoa in 28-29 April, our home town. He live peacefully after the war and passed away in 2000

[@johnc2438]

Happy that he survived and lived peacefully for another quarter century. Hope we always have peace... and more... as time goes on. I served with the U.S. Navy Seabees and passed back and forth through Bien Hoa to visit one of our teams in Xuan Loc. Met many wonderful Vietnamese in my year-and-a-half there. Thank you for sharing that note about your grandfather. I salute him. -- Retired U.S. Navy chief petty officer.

[@nilihcrevo9820]

Did he joined the PAVN after that? Or just left the military

[@koungendo6371]

@@nilihcrevo9820 He simply left the military after the war

[@deathboy12345]

@@koungendo6371 did he remained in vietnam or left ? Did the new communist govt mistreat ex ARVN soldiers?

[@koungendo6371]

​@@deathboy12345 He remained in Vietnam, and the new government did not mistreat him

[@Crazy-pl1lo]

So happy I found this channel, no clickbait and right to the point :D

[@hw97karbine]

Thank you, I like my content the opposite of my ribeye, with zero fat.

[@Crazy-pl1lo]

@@hw97karbine we definitely appreciate the effort you put into finding niche videos of wartime of all conflicts with no over-editing or stupid music :D

[@NoOneAlive_]

@@Crazy-pl1lo Especially about a tank fight. It's hard to see some of those footage.

[@maxmulsanne7054]

@@hw97karbine Looking at these comments required me to go on a reconnaissance mission; checked out your profile's list of _'Video'_ content. Subscribed.👍

[@hw97karbine]

@@maxmulsanne7054 cheers, appreciated :)

[@wadewilson6628]

My father was a TC in an M48A3 in Vietnam. His tank (Have Gun Will Travel) took 4 hits from RPGs during the war, not one penetrated. He would fight (literally) anyone who talked bad about the M48.

[@christophertew5242]

I visited Hue a few years back with a friend that was wounded there as a young Marine during the Tet Offensive. It was an amazing experience for him. He told me it helped him put a lot of bad dreams behind him. Semper Fi.

[@andrewwoodhead3141]

Just finished reading a book about the Battle of Hue. Brutal. Those tanks got hit multiple times with only one total loss. Chinese B40 (RPG 2) rockets and recoils guns . Has to be said,..the M48 is one hell of a Big arsed tank !

[@Truth_Hurts528]

Which book was that may I ask?

[@andrewwoodhead3141]

@@Truth_Hurts528 Hue 1968. Mark Bowden

[@keith2860]

Cold War tanks are just awesome.

[@Truth_Hurts528]

@@andrewwoodhead3141 thanks

[@fattuspattus]

@Truth hurts: I'll second that book as a great read. Might take a bit to get through the first chapter or two, but definitely worth it.

[@YouOnlyIiveTwice]

Can't imagine how loud it must be to have a round hit and bounce off your tank. As scary as it must be for that to happen, I imagine it's also, on the other hand, morale boosting for the crew.

[@robertkalinic335]

Nothing bounced, it was hit by rpg.

[@YouOnlyIiveTwice]

@@robertkalinic335 The impact mark is visible at :28 isn't it? Definitely doesn't look like the warhead penetrated unless you're looking at something completely different than what I am.

[@robertkalinic335]

@@YouOnlyIiveTwice I didnt say it penetrated, only that nothing bounced. Its impossible to say if something got inside but didnt harm or damage anything or if it didnt penetrate at all. Seems like it hit thickest part of armor so probably didnt.

[@YouOnlyIiveTwice]

@@robertkalinic335 Ok I think it's semantics at this point lol

[@Athrun82]

Ask the crew of that Tiger tank at the battle of Kursk: their Tiger was hit by 67 shells (from tanks, anti tank guns and even anti tank rifles) and that Tiger managed to limp back home after the battle drawing a line of oil and fuel behind him. My guess would be that the crew could not hear for several weeks.

[@ArmorKingEmir]

I was a BMP-2 mechanic driver in Russian army in 2017 ))) respect to all tankers and APC drivers

[@thedungeondelver]

I gotta give credit where credit is due: the BMP 1 & 2 are pretty damn cool machines. Respect to ya, man.

[@dimitriosmargaritis5010]

73mm gun in BMP1 is useless man..BMP are only for rally...@@thedungeondelver

[@hewhoplugwalks]

Ah, the good old battle boat. Or so some of us in America call it.

[@ArmorKingEmir]

@@hewhoplugwalks it does feel like a boat tho

[@zandresteven7983]

I just want everyone to know. The youngest, least experienced private just took "a direct hit during the Battle of Hue", and backed up that 45 tone tank like it was Tuesday.

[@jakeg3733]

My middle school science teacher drove these in Vietnam. He was not thrilled about having to do it because it wasn't an ideal place for tanks but he survived, with some interesting stories to tell. Hitting mines and such. I'm surprised they could survive that, I guess it depended on the size of the mine and where under the vehicle it detonated

[@helmutswetglanz2590]

The driver handled that like a pro , very skilled

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

All professionals use their chassis to help ventilate the neighbor's house.

[@M21-w1y]

@@fuzzydunlop7928 he didn’t want to block the roadway.

[@tsti1es]

@@M21-w1y he unblocked the house a bit

[@ISAFMobius18]

M48 was an unsung hero for American Armor. doesnt get the recognition it deserves since it is surrounded by its more popular cousins. But if it werent for the tight urban and jungle fighting, i think the M48 would have shined even more given the chance.

[@atk1152]

Didn't fit for it environment but it get the job done

[@Brigadier9]

Problem was, it was only part of a series of marginal improvements to a base design (M46, M47, M48) but with a new name. It might have been remembered better had it just been M46A3 or something. It did not help that the equivalent Centurions proved murder on the Patton, even the old 20lb types, and the more modern ones with the L7 were far more dangerous, hence why the Americans adopted the British gun.

[@dominusvictoriae]

@@Brigadier9 m48 and 47 used minimal parts from the m46, m46 was an up gunned and up engined m26 pershing. m47 and m48 were totally new designs, different hulls, different turrets, different guns, different engines. and the reason the l7 was adopted was for nato commonality primarily

[@Brigadier9]

@@dominusvictoriae my mistake on the matter of the Patton series. However, on the subject of the L7, NATO commonality was what happened when European militaries adopted American materiel/ordnance. The L7 was an extreme outlier in a case where America managed to get over Not Invented Here syndrome and actually pick a best-in-class weapon. I can count the number of times that has happened since the end of WWII on one hand.

[@nks406]

It had plenty of chance to fight T-54's in the open when the north started pushing, we know the end result.

[@unionpride525]

M109 driver showing some love to the ol school tankers here. Much love and respect!

[@moritztabor1678]

Best channel for real footage out there. Ģreetings from Germany and thanks a lot

[@rodrigoroaduterte9415]

At 0:30 you may see tank driver discarding broken optics (triplex).

[@Atlas531]

Thank you, I thought maybe those were his dirty drawers ;)

[@jackjones9460]

1990-94 in Germany my engineer platoon had CEV (combat engineer vehicles) and bridge laying equipment which used M60 and M48 chassis! In desert Storm my Battalion traded five tons of bottled water for an M60 power pack! All the other army tanks were M1A1s so we traded around for engine. I never knew all the details but went to a certain location and picked up their stuff while someone else delivered the water.

[@davebeningfield]

"Hey buddy, you can't park here!"

[@N_Wheeler]

"We didn't penetrate his armor!"

[@nikolaskoric804]

@Andy Brian ''We didn't even scratch them!''

[@covertops19Z]

I'd have pumped a few cannister and HE-T rounds into suspected firing positions. I bet those NVA relocated and thought it through about not trying a shot on the front slope again.

[@nikolaskoric804]

@@covertops19Z The problem with urban warfare is that you cannot just fire an HE shell that easily. You have to take in account that there are probably civilians around. If I'm not mistaken, you can even see a civilian on the front door, in this clip. It wouldn't surprise me if the NVA were firing, what seems to me a recoilless AT rifle, out of a civilian house.

[@user-sg6zh6vr7h]

@@nikolaskoric804 _even better_

[@nikolaskoric804]

@@user-sg6zh6vr7h What do you mean ''even better'' ?!

[@cwj9202]

I was a mechanic on the M48A3 (which is filmed in the video) and A1/2 tanks, and the A3s were powered by a Continental V12 diesel. The A3s could get about one mile per gallon, whereas the A1s and A2s powered by Continental gas engines were lucky to use three gallons per mile - quite a difference! Until viewing this video (thank you Mr. hw97karbine), I really never pursued the Patton history, and so I googled it, and here is a very informative link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M48_Patton

[@johjoh978]

were they difficult to maintain? if you were stateside or deployed somewhere, im sorry if you ever got into anything ugly.

[@Tankbuilder32]

I work where the 1790 engine is built 👍

[@gordonculp8381]

My dad was trained in 1952/53 on maintaining the first M-48s. Said he went to Detroit for training and tore a built one completely down and then put it back together. Was supposed to deploy to Germany, but somehow ended up in Korea where there were zero M-48s deployed. Always wondered who he offended, heh. He said they were an fun tank to drive due to the transmission.

[@keithfarrell7638]

Rapidly becoming my favourite channel

[@markpaul8178]

Brings back some old memories.The M-48 had 5 different configurations .

[@jurispurins8065]

Really an awesome tank Cheap, effective ESP upgunned with a 105 mm Downside Smokey Engine Hydraulics that can spray and catch fire Didn’t feel that cramped to me Never got in an M60 though

[@mylesrahill1948]

This is a M48a3 with a 90mm main gun, the M48a5 had a 105mm gun.

[@covertops19Z]

@@mylesrahill1948 Rog-oh. The M68 cannon/guntube breach ring package is bullet proof. And in the M60A3TTS accurate as ph**k if proper prep to fire checks and boresight procedures are followed. M724 TPDS-T groups consistently under 6+ inches at 1200 meters👍👍

[@davidsenderodelsanto]

I was under the impression that the dark smoke was due to the driver injecting fuel oil into the exhaust system to raise a protective smoke cloud.

[@permagrin8742]

Black smoke for diesels comes from lots of unburnt fuel in the combustion process. Excess fuel post combustion would be closer to white or grey. That’s what they use for screening systems, injected into hot exhaust like what you are thinking. Look up ‘rolling coal’ to see what I’m talking about.

[@covertops19Z]

@@permagrin8742 No one thought about rollin' coal in Hue in 68!!. It wasn't even a thing back then!! Black smoke out of that AVDS-1790 series air-cooled turbocharger diesel engine = the air cleaners need to be blow out with air..

[@wolfroze9703]

The crew inside the tank: Why are we still here, just to suffer

[@GamePlayWithNolan]

I just really want to thank you for everything you do hw97karbine! You always make my day with these uploads. God bless you

[@hw97karbine]

Glad to hear it, cheers!

[@ronrobertson59]

We still had a few M48A5 tanks around in the late 70's along side the M60A1.

[@USMCArchAngel03]

My Old man was there. Just found out 3 weeks ago he still has metal in his shoulder from that battle.

[@americanmilitiaman88]

The M48 /M60 which was derived from the M48 got to face off with its soviet counterpart in desert storm and performed very well

[@Birdy890]

Earlier than that it fought in the war of Iran vs Iraq.

[@mac-rn5gj]

this happend exactly 54 years ago today

[@mr.nibblenips4231]

I still wasn't born.

[@novkorova2774]

What is that thing he drops?

[@briansalk3233]

0:32 Exactly the way people at my apartment complex park their trucks.

[@covertops19Z]

The M48A3 was an Awesome platform.. perfect for Vietnam. Them boys need to clean their air cleaners. I have several stories from fellow tankers about the survival ability of the M48A3, from numerous B-40 and RPG hits. And at times not so much.

[@clarencemcgregor8568]

Or someone in maintenance gave the golden screwdriver a couple turns too many and that diesel injection pump is extremely over fueling the engine.

[@covertops19Z]

I agree Clarence 👍💯

[@mantia39]

Those B40 rockets were no joke.

[@jamesknight4633]

I was on an M-88 retriever supporting heavy armor , 25th infantry division , Tay Ninh 69/ 70 . Never saw an m48 knocked out by an rpg. Can’t remember which, but the front armor is 5-8 inches thick. We would hang all sorts of shit on the sides, extra track, wheels etc. the worst I ever saw was a 48 that ran over a mined 500 pound bomb. Nothing left , vaporized !

[@johjoh978]

im sorry you went through that shitshow. glad as hell youre around to tell the story.

[@sirmiles1820]

Oh fucking god. Vaporized..

[@frankmajerik8280]

One of my first worst jobs in nam was welding up R P G holes a cleaning out all of the---- inside. The next 11 months got a lot worse. God please help stop all of this .☹️

[@costcorotisseriechicken2520]

@@frankmajerik8280 Have you considered talking to a historian about it? Stories like yours should be recorded and known so that people understand the parts of that war that didn't end up on TV.

[@alucardgd2831]

least it wasnt the panzer 4 that hms rodney hit with a 406mm high explosive round directly (look it up there are pictures and its a devasting hit like nothing left)

[@TatarProductions]

''Yes! That's a hit!''

[@OfficialPremier210]

"The target hasn't taken any damage!"

[@TR33ZY_CRTM]

"It seems we've missed!"

[@davidca96]

the M48A3 they used in Vietnam was already out of date/vulnerable to RPG's and they knew that. They used them because they had so many and didnt care about losing/leaving them there. Still, it was a great tank for its time and me personally I love how it looked. The threat of meeting an equal tank was so low they didnt need to send our latest tanks over there, and for what it had to encounter the M48 did quite well from the guys ive seen interviewed. It would take mine hits and save the crew, its armor protected them from basically everything except rpg's and artillery shell ied's, etc.

[@Wolfhound223]

so nothing then , good grief

[@jerrysmooth24]

@@Wolfhound223 I dont think there was a tank at that time that was invulnerable to rpgs not the m60 or t-64 not even the newest t-72 could take a modern shaped charge warhead so why bother as long as the crew had decent survivability and you could make more tanks you would just make more tanks

[@davidca96]

@@jerrysmooth24 exactly, basically the M48 was fine for the threats it would pose in Vietnam and the things you would need a more modern tank for werent really worth it. All tanks could be knocked out with rpg's and some recoiless rifles when hit in the right spot back then. They had a bunch of good but last generation tanks that could be used as mobile arty/street sweepers/infantry fighters and they used them extremely well. Vietnam just wasnt a tank war overall.

[@PyroBlonde7777]

@@Wolfhound223 The M48 had an entirely cast hull which was state of the art for the time. It meant the hull could handle HE and high explosive penetrators without bursting at the seams. Considering there were no welds to break... Not only that but the M48 had thick armor that was angled very intelligently. So any conventional antitank shell would stand no chance. No one had reactive armor in the 1970s to defend against chemical penetrators. Considering the limits of tech at the time I would say the M48 was one of the best tanks in the world in its day.

[@Rider-lo9vt]

davidca 96/ In fact M48A3 were Pretty good at RPG when even warhead detonated.. I'm not joking.

[@j.jansen2352]

Cameraman couple of meters away: Yeah this is fine, I'll be ok, keep filming, they might hit it again!!!

[@corneliussulla9963]

A time when reporters had balls and were telling the truth.

[@Truth_Hurts528]

@@corneliussulla9963 hey credit where it's due. Brian Williams of NBC was onboard a helicopter shot down in Iraq......

[@martinshadowax7]

they had big balls. they got to the same spot again!

[@oldsalt524]

Why not? The first one didn't go through. Thats means it's safe right? 🤔

[@Space_Reptile]

i bet the crew of tank "A22" where glad that day the tank was as durable as it turned out to be probably gave the old donkey the good fuel afterwards

[@cwj9202]

I was an M48A3 tank mechanic, and when I saw all the smoke, the first thought in my mind was there was some less than desirable fuel in that baby. But the Continentals were engineered to run on a lot of different fuels.

[@CynicalOldDwarf]

What does the driver throw out a 0:30?

[@nathangerardhernandez9576]

Probably a damaged peice of his viewport

[@User-ju3zg]

Tank said, “That’ll do it. You do not have to worry about me.”

[@bskiez]

Hope you don't mind I shared it on Twitter and gave you credit via the link and source. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@scrubsrc4084]

Bounced right off but he showed that wall who is boss

[@Joze1090]

You're a legend dude

[@cameronnewton7053]

The yanks reaction was basically, OI that hurt!

[@92naz32]

The armor did its job deflecting the RPG, but that tank crew definitely got their bell rung, and they're lucky that's all that happened.

[@iexlrate1]

I wonder what the driver threw out of the hatch at 0:28 when you can see the impact, any thoughts, hard to see

[@Pratt_]

I was wondering the same thing, hopefully someone can give us an answer

[@AndyM_323YYY]

@@Pratt_ If it was me it'd be some shitty underwear.

[@LifeStyle-uh1ns]

Probably opened the hatch to check who knocked on the tank and wanted to talk....

[@bradleykiller31]

What did they throw out of the tank at the 0:30 mark? Smoke grenade?

[@DavidOfWhitehills]

I was in that tank. It was underwear.

[@leesaunders1930]

@@DavidOfWhitehills oh Christ almighty 😅🤣🤣🤣

[@bobbybooshay8641]

Empty bottle it looked like. Trash in other words. Tidying up the tank while in battle is SOP.

[@701CPD]

I made a nice model of the M48 Patton tank as a kid in the early 1960s. I think you can still buy the same model kit today.

[@ichimonjiguy]

0:31 what was being thrown out? Thanks! You can see the white impact spot below the yellow paint. I think it was hit by a HEAT round instead of an AP round. The HEAT round will do very little damage to the thick tank armor as evidenced in this incident.

[@Lenevor]

ammo casing

[@steveneumeyer681]

I don’t know why a HEAt strike in that spot would cause so little damage. It’s well angled, but still..

[@ichimonjiguy]

@@steveneumeyer681 The HEAT round explodes upon impact. What needed is a round that digs into the armor and penetrates it. That is the AP round.

[@ericyt7589]

looks like the driver's optics. fragmentation from the hit bounced up and smashed into the driver's viewport. remove it, install a replacement if you have it.

[@GeneralLee131]

I assumed it was his undies.

[@kidkique]

Looks like someone learning how to parallel park

[@hw97karbine]

When you're driving a 45 ton tank, you get to make your own parking spaces.

[@LosBerkos]

Amazing how that hit looked just like a cut, fascinating

[@infantryblack]

0:10 I want to see the uncut frames and how did the grass grow back up?

[@kieranfitzgerald2030]

Love how the commander got his driver to angle the vehicles armour.......just like every skilled player in warthunder does 😅

[@Elcore]

Back when I was in the war (original Red Orchestra) we used to have to literally shout or type loudly at another player to angle the tank. The player in question was usually a blind dog or hamster and didn't have a mic.

[@keyboardwarrior1946]

I live in Hue.There were a bunch of big holes on the Citadel walls which i think are tank rounds.The diameter of these big holes are abot 2 meters.The deeper it is the smaller the hole is.There was also a bunch of smaller bullet holes nearby as well.

[@entyok]

The M48 is such a beast.

[@Morris2182]

One of the few videos when you can actually say, dayum that cameraman MVP lol Joking aside, respect to the service men and women!

[@rickbarnes7745]

It takes a licking and keeps on ticking.

[@HandFromCoffin]

Clearly a Warthunder player. Did you see him angle that tank just before it was hit? Text book.

[@HandFromCoffin]

Then at :32 the driver throws his underwear out of the tank that he just took a huge poop in.

[@123_brbrbrbr]

Thank you for your service sir!

[@zzbudzz]

I have to say the M48 was a good looking tank

[@Shabahz83]

Respect to the tank crew, but the balls on this camera man, damn!

[@garrisonnichols807]

What people forget about the Vietnam war was the North Vietnamese army wasn't supplied by the Soviets that much. It was actually the North Koreans and Chinese that were giving them the majority of their weapons such as the RPG rocket launchers.

[@Sokol10]

Of course was more practical get small weapons in China than in URSS = short logistics. But the Soviets seen all their new "techies": MiG's, Sa-2, SA-7, Strela ATGM... Anyway, now "who did what" don't change the history.

[@binhinhfc664]

Yes thanks you for other country who help our freedom from colonialism, we happy we freedom country now with help our big brother China and Russia

[@johjoh978]

@@binhinhfc664 COSPLAY ALERT WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP

[@DonMeaker]

And a lot of the NVA artillery still had US 1st Cav bumper markings, after being captured in Korea.

[@Nick-rg8oz]

That second after he got hit i bet the crew was like: "am i alive? Are you alive? Ok then we stay in the tank, let's reverse"

[@chengao6994]

In World of Tanks: we took a no-pen hit, let's side scrape and deal more damage. In real world: runnnnnnnnnn!

[@flyer_452official9]

What was that thing the driver threw outside at 0:30?

[@taminhphucnguyen2063]

I'm Vietnamese I can watch you video it's real my grandfather told me about the m48 tank that he was a northern soldier

[@souvikdas5662]

Post more Vietnam offensive footages. Content is great Subscribed ✔️

[@alexsp7086]

WHO ever wants to drive a tank or submarine for living has all my respect. I went infantry could never lock my self away like that, knowing what threats could get kill me and my mates.

[@Geekwithnonumnum]

It’s the best place to be, survival rate for tankers in World War II was better then anywhere else on the field.

[@stevenglikin3219]

@@Geekwithnonumnum maybe in ww2, but today being in a tank is the most dangerous place to be on the battlefield. In Israel, the divisions that had the most deaths in war were the tank divisions. Tanks are moving targets for drones, fighter jets, helicopters, other tanks, artillery, rockets/missiles, etc

[@Kayaz48]

Why are there significant frames missing at the moment of the strike? Makes me very suspicious.

[@hw97karbine]

In the era where actual film was being used, if the cameraman was filming all the time, he would run out of film very quickly. He would have been poised with his camera ready to start filming as soon as something interesting happened.

[@blockmasterscott]

My job was repairing the radios on the M60A1. This was in the 80s when we Marines still had Vietnam era equipment while the Army doggies had the Abrams tank.

[@Mercmad]

That big tanker,Stacey,was in the military??

[@ruVader]

I really appreciate you did not add some stupid sound effects of music. If the sound wasn't recorded - it wasn't recorded. This is real, not Hollywood.

[@3006Ave]

This tanks is for sure to fail smog test in CA.

[@randipoling635]

"Umm... Sir... That's my wall you are cr...." *TURRET TURNING NOISES INTENSIFIES* "Nevermind, carry on."

[@hmcredfed1836]

Driver: hears the loud "gong", dinner time lets get out of here.

[@CannonmangamingYT]

The tank driver: "fuck this shit im out badadada"

[@agnivmandal1946]

Impressive angling.

[@fatmandoobius]

Tank gets hit, pauses for a second. ..Okay you make a good point good day to you. Proceeds to back out.

[@zeerocool]

Why are the frames around the actual hit missing? Tank jumps a few feet.

[@kakakiri2601]

when you get a direct hit in war thunder but your track still save

[@wernesgruder1]

That RPG obviously knocked of his rear view mirror…..that poor tree and wall

[@jonathanrivera7316]

Nah he wanted to make sure if they had to abandon the tank it wouldn’t be in the middle of the road. And become a roadblock.

[@MrJ4zzy]

can someone reply the exact time in vid it got hit? I can't tell

[@wheelinndealin]

What motor is in that thing? I wish this had sound

[@SirenHead00]

that tank just turned into a war thunder player for a quick second there

[@caatabatic]

did they stop filming and then they got hit then they turned the camera back on?

[@andrewbrown7976]

What was tossed out of the tank?

[@ShamanKish]

"Run here run there" - that is war! 0:30 What did the driver throw out?

[@damedollas21]

I was wondering the same thing it look almost like a mag

[@seawolf4846]

I think it was part of the optics.

[@Ian-mj4pt]

Where did it hit and did it penetrate . I could eventually see after watching it a few times. What was it hit with?

[@littleshimmyboopag0921]

Rpg

[@miming3679]

I know this sounds stupid but I just realized tanks don't have side mirrors to know where they're reversing

[@thirstyserpent1079]

What did they get hit with in most likely hood?

[@jimboland1730]

Credit to the guys in the tank for not flipping out and firing everywhere creating friendly and civilian casualties. A pity the leadership wasn't as good as the troops.

[@mccoybyz1099]

Does the tank commander spin the tank at the last minute to put the thickest armor forward once he saw the incoming RPG anticipating the hit!?

[@VincentNajger1]

I just saw this clip 9n the Funker530 app. You can see where the round hit.....perfectly lined up to perferate the driver. You can see the hole just below and to the side of the Hearts symbol. What did the driver toss out of the tank?

[@Michael-gh1tj]

That driver definitely needed a new pair of pants after seeing that round flying at him

[@tomkent4656]

Still can figure out what is going on. Who are the two guys in the ditch?

[@rob379lqz]

Why did you clip parts out? More censoring on the youtubes. Sad.

[@raymondyee2008]

Brings back memories of the PC game "Men of Valor" where one such mission was deep inside Hue.

[@v1743962002]

Plot twist: none of these are real videos, they are all shorts from incoming WWII video game.

[@timcostello1700]

I was a crewman in the early 70s. 52 tons of ass kicking.

[@apexcrackbear4113]

What did he toss out of the drivers hatch? Unfortunate the video skips the impact...

[@hampter1279]

Is it just me or is it weird that the video cuts right as he’s hit?