How to aim a WW2 Sherman tank!

[@Chancellor_dumb]

Why the fuck is superwog telling me how to aim a tank youtube truly is a magical place

[@blitzkrieg1476]

Because, *yes*

[@Mathewluapo]

😂

[@skadoosh2396]

Superwog ain't British mate 😂

[@Avvakoum_]

He doesn’t sound like superwog at all..

[@Mike88Actual]

Azimuth, elevation. Tank commander’s position, gunner’s position…get outta here.

[@Mr.Manta5988]

Imagine you are on night guard patrol in the museum and all of a sudden every turret starts creaking and turns to face you

[@awesomeness360SP]

Night At The Museum except it goes horrifically wrong

[@Sepp-]

5 Nights at a Museum Tank edition

[@BlXCK0UT]

​@@Sepp-💀

[@ThatOneKnight96]

Then starts transforming into a f*ckin' Cybertronian robot form. "Where am i ‽"

[@adamteashaw9441]

Night At The WWII Museum

[@someasiankid6214]

Bro who decided to give that man the Sherman with the 105 💀

[@gunas6133]

oh no sealclubbing timw

[@strikingeagle9855]

105 mm Sherman looks best in my opinion

[@stopsign2594]

The 105mm is used against bunkers

[@johnballentine6638]

​@@strikingeagle9855 you fool m4a3e2 super sherman is way better has a stabilizer for the gun for rural combat although smalled bullet but goes faster so more penetration hehehehe

[@The.Bandolorian]

@@johnballentine6638 he said it looks the best to him, not performs the best lol

[@MaxVidmar-qr6dn]

Crew knocked out GOD MODE

[@baylorhubble7113]

Yeah I was having trouble aiming my Sherman, thank you so much for making this

[@xxbacarixx9227]

(No joke) I actually have access to sherman, this video was really helpful to me

[@SaabJAS39GripenE]

My neighbor wont stand a chance if i figure out how to aim my sturmtiger

[@Razor48X]

@@SaabJAS39GripenEbro you ain’t got nothing on me if I figure out how to aim my Gustav

[@CAT4SALE]

How to aim a German Tiger?

[@DDDownforce]

@@Razor48Xwhere da fvck do you put that???

[@logger22]

“Fire!” “On the way”

[@mariobosnjak99]

Im guessing this is the 105 mm variant which is why theres no hydraulics? Because every other Sherman has hydraulics while the manual stuff was only used as a backup in case they fail

[@ArmourgeddonTanks]

Yes it’s the 105mm used for bunker busting

[@dukecraig2402]

​@@ArmourgeddonTanks So then why do you put it out like Sherman's didn't have hydraulic driven turrets? I'm guessing because that's what you want people to think.

[@southronjr1570]

Unless either the putput or main engine is running, the hydraulics won't work. Do wish he has shown them, the M4 even had a VERY advanced hyrdaulic floating elevation control. Basically it would allow the gunner (not the aimer) to track targets while the vehicle was moving whereas no other early WW2 tank had that, they would all have to stop to be able to get off an aimed round. These days all modern tanks I am aware of have both elevation and traverse target tracking systems to allow them to shoot on the move even at full speed over rough terrain.

[@williamschlosser77]

No, it clearly has the 75mm gun.

[@williamschlosser77]

Not a word about the gyrostablizer.

[@fallenangel5017]

Ah the M4A3 105mm. A good choice.

[@johnballentine6638]

It's funny that the very first sherman tank had 105 mm penetration and could essentially one shot panzer 4s if they aren't angled

[@tucker3588]

Its a tank

[@johnballentine6638]

@tucker3588 thank you tucker....suck it blues

[@rayhezbroham7297]

Tank sucks

[@johnballentine6638]

@@rayhezbroham7297 I will respectfully disagree you communist

[@thew2646]

Ah yes the Sherman that always gets me killed in GRB

[@dylanmcgill9544]

lol glad it's moved up in br now

[@the_fat_hans7755]

Lol skill issue

[@YoloThunder69]

i felt like i was a is3 now im just a regular sherman in 3.0

[@NicoSmedley]

Really? I feel like it kinda sucks. The range drop off is terrible and the damage is mediocre

[@thew2646]

@@NicoSmedley I use the Sherman, it sucks

[@burningdeaddoge]

Thanks this tutorial helped so much my ww2 tank problems

[@osehesham1185]

my warthunder gunner trying to look to a R3 : Edit: do I earn money on comments likes ? Tell me in replys and also how to take them

[@Aposte-quotation]

😂😂😂

[@abril4907]

Bro uptiered the 105 to 6.3 😭

[@ckadefoliat2882]

@@abril4907 the r3 t20 is 5.0? wut?

[@osehesham1185]

The comment got famous am finally a comedian

[@จิรวัฒน์ช้างยัง]

"Attack the d point!"

[@Neonmean__]

Very useful information

[@cowerdnerddespacito9518]

The bastards who designed the 105 Sherman left out the electric motors for the turret because they didn’t want tank crews to treat it as a normal tank and not like an artillery piece But that doesn’t stop me!

[@billwilson-es5yn]

There wasn't any difference between a 75 and 105 M4 other than the barrel and mantlet.

[@neilas1630]

​@@billwilson-es5yn gun breech and ammo storage

[@spamuraigranatabru1149]

They made retrofits to remedy it, later M4 105s received them.

[@appletherapy]

Thats freaking hard work......I give props to the people who fought in those

[@nicholaspratt8473]

There seems to be some confusion. This is a 105mm bunker buster. Uncommon but still more numerous than most German tanks. A specielty modification. Due to size and role there is no stabilizer or electric traverse. Every other variant (75 and 76mm) has electronic traverse run by a battery (engine charges, doesn't run it) that can 360 in 15 seconds. Normal travers is about 30-60 seconds between full and casual speed.

[@homie8437]

Hydraulic. T-34 had an electronic traverse, but most German and US tanks used hydraulic traverse. ETA: The most common (and preferred) was the Oilgear hydraulic traverse with electric motor. There was also a Westinghouse fully electric traverse but it was not as popular and pretty much all 76mm have Oilgear.

[@nicholaspratt8473]

@homie8437 saying hydraulic is misleading. The Panthers' direct drive traverse is linked to the drive shaft, and momentary speed is a factor of RPM, thus causing inconsistent adjustment and even more excessive fuel waste in operation. Yes, the 85 had powered traverse, but mostly post-war. The function of post-war T-34-85s is usually conflated with the performance of WWII T-34s. These are not even similar tanks, only in appearance. Crazy what another 14 years of peace time production can do. The claim that only the T-34 had an electronic traverse is also misleading. The Sherman uses a battery-powered traverse. This means it is independent of RPM. That is all. Shermans had this throughout the war. Not 1 tank with a traverse for 10 whole months. Too little, too late, when it works, if it works

[@LucasSantos-jd3ee]

Is the Easy 8 one of those wich have electronic traverse?

[@nicholaspratt8473]

@@LucasSantos-jd3ee yes

[@spee8132]

Fun fact: this is an m4a3 105 Sherman, which was essentially used as an assault gun, and as the name suggests used a 105mm howitzer instead of the standard 75 or 76mm, however in order to create room and enable firing of this gun, they had to remove the hydraulic turret drive and the stabilizer that is normally seen on shermans

[@eddiebertorivera6415]

Thank you now I know I desperately need one

[@Klaaism]

Pretty sure the 2nd amendment allows it... Granted you don't need the guns.

[@elvisciotoi5389]

Engine and carburator of Sherman is absolute fantastic.Pogue carburator is the best of the best.

[@OddBawZ]

Show me!!! Also, is the 105 one of the tanks I can book for the experience? 👀

[@TheAetherleaf]

Omg it's the BawZ that's Odd! Now I want you to make a sherman 105 video haha

[@ErickAltacccount-fm5zz]

Omg

[@DarthPraennox]

Ello

[@jonathans.955]

Nice to see that all the tankers get the same shorts😂👍🏻

[@SweeTeasGarbageDump]

Its the goat himself

[@frunker24]

- bro, how did you build up such a bicep? - I was just driving the tank's turret.

[@XboxBruka]

Did he really just say "The Aimers Position" 😂

[@ZaMonolith1986]

brits. they are completely dumb when it comes to anything firearms or military related.

[@breadtoasted2269]

THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION!

[@thekidbilly1886]

shout out to my war thunder tank crew for traversing the main turret after taking an APHE round to the face

[@Huh.19]

“We didn’t even scratch them!”

[@GamingPigeon6942]

I'm part American part German and I feel an ancestral terror seeing that barrel point at the camera 😂😅

[@hanslubeck7728]

Thanks for the tutorial! I really needed this!

[@craighalpin1917]

You never know when's the next time you are going to have to take charge of an antique tank to fight off an army... Now I'm ready

[@Usmodlover]

Quite likely if you’re a Russian mobik these days 😂

[@chrissheppo]

​@@Usmodlover fuck you beat me to it

[@fluffcake]

That’s really cool :0

[@LordOfAlwar]

That's the M4A3 (105) aka an M4A3 Sherman with a 105mm semi-howitzer instead of the normal 75mm or 76mm guns. 105 didn't have electronic drives for it.

[@kiritsakis1]

I got lucky enough to be drafted in an amror division during my conscription period in the Greek army. I was trained as a driver and I was one of the very few that got to actually drive a tank during two summer exercises. I have to say, it was an absolutely amazing feeling. One thing you mentioned about the visibility when the hatches are closed is that the visibility is absolutely dismal... As a driver you have 4 small mirrors to the outside and it's next to impossible to see anything and drive properly without the help of the tank commander. The last thing I see it is very different in the video when compared to my experience is that a us WW2 era tank is very spacious. I personally come at a huge frame (for a tanker) of 1.89m tall and I could barely fit in the driver space. Other guys in the crew were smaller at ~1.60-70 and we're still a tight fit for all the other positions. This is fascinating to me because a Leopard 2 is bigger than the tank in the video but apparently way more cramped. Very nice and interesting video

[@imadequate3376]

the hand adjustments were mostly used to make your final adjustments to bring your gun on target. the hydraulic and electric motors would get you there quick but the last bit of adjustments were done via the hand wheels.

[@theOn2]

It's actually a 105 Sherman, so they didn't have hydraulics or electric motors

[@billedmirror9663]

Valuable information. I will use this.

[@lazqr]

The 105 sherman is a beast

[@cristsan4171]

Angling: Psych

[@Jackplayz1178]

Still faster then my crew in war thunder

[@Thegoldenaerobar2]

Imagine going to a museum and it turning to you 😭

[@Crystal_RBX16]

and you are a german tourist 💀💀☠️

[@OfficerBarricade]

that would be terrifying 😭

[@BC_Gaming831]

Thank you so much. I needed this tutorial.

[@BC_Gaming831]

My neighbor's dog keeps pooping in my yard and I recently purchased something like this.

[@pleaseno4154]

For those wondering why it’s not hydraulic like a normal Sherman, it’s because it’s the 105mm variant which was a hand crank system and significantly slower then the former

[@eshobbies1370]

Thank you this is so helpful I will try this on my ww2 tank later

[@theasiangod5860]

my gunner in war thunder when there is a enemy Tiger rollin up behind me.

[@Mr.Robert1]

ALL VIDEO GAMES THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WAR SHOULD BE BANNED. UNLESS THE GAMER AGREES TO JOIN THE MILITARY AT AGE 18 ! LT Rob United States Air Force Retired.

[@theasiangod5860]

@@Mr.Robert1 no

[@cherrymolotov]

@@Mr.Robert1rob this is one of the worst takes i’ve ever heard

[@cowerdnerddespacito9518]

@@Mr.Robert1 I can’t drive a Sherman in the army I can’t experience what it was like to fight on Okinawa or Normandy in the modern military You probably think people who want to own a gun have to join the military as well, don’t you? You disgust me

[@Daniel-wy2kx]

@@Mr.Robert1 terrible take, please reconsider your position

[@asianrizzard]

The amount of strength and control that my wot/war thunder tank gunner has is incredible.

[@salavat294]

Actually, in World War2 era tanks power-assisted (electric or hydraulic) traverse and elevation would have been used for rough quick aim, and the manual hand wheels would be used to do the final precision aim prior to firing.

[@DarthPraennox]

Yup. This is the 105 sherman tho and not a 75 or 76, so it doesn't have any hydraulic or electric power to assist rotating the turret

[@zekinhachiko1804]

This is super useful for me ty man

[@Phantom_Of_Fury]

If I ever get the chance to do this, oh hell yes I would!!!!

[@harrytheseal6566]

That's what makes it suspenseful

[@FlorentinoRebuildingCo.5644]

Oh yeah....definitely 105mm Howitzer.

[@Tookan69]

There's a variant of the Sherman with a version of the M4 105mm howitzer installed. (Unless the one in the video has a 75mm than I guess you're right)

[@AlexsSFOAviation]

That is really awesome!!

[@HữuChíĐoàn-o7h]

Imagine you have to fight against a fast tonk and your traverse rate using by hand be like💀

[@burh6083]

Gunner mf in WoT be like:

[@yankeesforlife24]

German tanks during ww2 didn’t have an automatic traverse lever like the Americans

[@Grumpycat95]

It wasn’t very quick but it was damn intimidating.

[@gahlainrigh5927]

No that's pretty fast. Panzers have a very slow Traverse rate

[@DarthPraennox]

No, it really isn't. German tanks had turret rotations roughly the same as the sherman in the video, however the depicted sherman is the 105mm variant, so it didn't have electrical or hydraulic assisted turret rotation like the 75 and 76mm variants. Yes I know this was a mouthful - it's midnight give me a break

[@crickcrickianspcshp]

German tanks did have slower rotation than the Sherman.... It's ok to admit...

[@AverageGDplayerNavyBlu]

Imagine seeing that aim at you 💀

[@idkanymore6897]

maybe not a sherman 105 but you can see what its like for a modern tank to shoot HEATFS at you (and hit you)

[@andrihusainsudra]

Quick watching this before arriving in Europe tysm!

[@IamFrost]

Pavlov vr tough me

[@robloxan_playzofficial]

Thank you I will use this tutorial whenever I'll use my WW2 tank

[@hondafn2541]

1コメント！ 砲手大変そう…

[@fellowyellowhighlighter7604]

Thank you so much for the tutorial! I really needed it❤

[@retroACE_2]

Thanks for the teaching bro

[@iulioy2768]

thanks for the tutorial , i really need it

[@oryxified1430]

And not just the Shermen, but the Sherwomen and Sherchildren too

[@homie8437]

Most tanks had powered traverse but not elevation. Elevation was almost always hand cranked. US, German, and British tanks had mostly hydraulic traverse systems, some electric also, and the Russians liked electric traverse since hydraulic fluid was so flammable.

[@GudrezBilly]

Actually the electric or hydraulic traverse was still not intended for precise firing, just getting the gun close, the manual cranks were backups and more importantly, the for finer aiming.

[@Lavender-be8uf]

The chances that I can apply this new acquired knowledge is slim but never zero

[@kevinfarrell9449]

"aimer's position" the most egregious part of this video

[@DisorderInOrder]

Think of how heavy that turret is, that small crank is able to ‘effortlessly’ crank it. That’s awesome

[@potatomine6678]

Bro's giving me tutorials on how to use tanks. KZbin is such an amazing place.

[@Armada-1935]

It’s an M4A3 105, a specialized support tank that would lob 105 mm HE shells at buildings and fortifications in support of troops/ bunker busting, which was better than the smaller 75s. It wasn’t really a tank killer though as far as I’m concerned. And because of the dimensions of the gun, I don’t think they added a power traverse, which is why it rotates so slow in real life and in war thunder.

[@daveybyrden3936]

All Panzers up to Panzer 3 had manual traverse. Panzer 4 had a little turret traverse motor. Panther and larger tanks had traverse powered by the main engine.

[@larry-three8225]

To my knowledge, an M10 did not have powered turret traverse, but the M36 did. Just, thunking out loud.

[@ODS17-18]

I am a Russian soldier ( soviet ) during Barbarossa, thank you for telling me this, I am now able to fend off the Germans like never before.

[@list8678]

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.

[@FILE_UNKNOWN_USER]

Thank you I need a really needed this help since I’m playing World War II Pavlov matches

[@commanderfreakkz5688]

If the enemy is behind you, you need a really strong arm to keep turning the turret

[@Slushi_Fan_682]

Aim slowly and carefully: left hand Aim as fast as possible while the enemy is behind you: right hand

[@hermanoff7520]

very useful information i have this problem everyday when i try to aim my ww2 tank... silly me

[@VERTIGO1327]

These are the tutorials we need

[@dariocest6205]

Me encanta el Sherman. ❤ Tremendo caballo de batalla. 🤙

[@martinheath1849]

“Aimers position” got me good 💀💀💀

[@Palmtreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

Thanks bro, now I know how to recreate tianenmen square even easier

[@gamedude412]

105mm Sherman was never meant to be a snap engagement tank. It’s technically armored self propelled artillery. It would stop and fire so speed of transverse wasn’t a needed item.

[@calvacoca]

Don't notice that in Fury. Yet the most realistic war movie I have ever seen 😁

[@xahmadx6442]

the Tiger scene wasn't realistic at all

[@daveybyrden3936]

Apart from the actions taken by the tanks.

[@thomasthurman7840]

Fun fact: it's so slow by hand because it makes it easier to hit something at range if it takes so much to turn so little. However it makes it harder to hit a moving target at close range.

[@AnarexicSumo]

Sorta not really. This is the 105 variant. All other variants had hand cranks as well as hydraulics. The reason this one doesn’t have hydraulics is because it’s designed to attack sitting targets where you would want to point your frontal armor at the target anyway and you only need fine control of the hand crank. Other variants would be expected to attack moving targets and so the hydraulics would be used to point at the enemy and then hand crank again for fine control. Later models of this tank had electric motors retrofitted for traverse.

[@thomasthurman7840]

@@AnarexicSumo That's what I meant my bad for not specifying.

[@alphasnorlax184]

Pavlov shack has taught me well already but thank you for more information for my future endeavors

[@Alt-om1qv]

Yes indeed this is very important information.

[@theloneranger4735]

Good museum and tank rides

[@Imbatman-x2j]

Funny how the end and beginning of shorts compliment eachother

[@chiefskingdom128]

Very very very helpful

[@GuyInBlackClothes]

The M4A3 (105) requires the tank to turn the entire tank if in danger. So this variant would be supported by faster variants.

[@ragtard7419]

Thanks! I couldn’t figure it out

[@schutzanzug4518]

All tanks still have this feature, on top of the hydraulic system. This is because of the hydraulic system goes down, such as if the battey dies or hydraulic system is damaged, the turret can still traverse.

[@AnarexicSumo]

Sorts not really, at least for the Sherman. The reason for the hand crank was for fine control since the hydraulics were too quick and aggressive for aiming. The reason this variant has no hydraulics is because it’s designed to attack static targets where you can just point the front of the tank at the target which you want to do anyway and only need fine control.

[@aaronmarelk5363]

Warthunder crew moment Lv 10-20 crew met an max crew in one match

[@GlitchedBlox]

The gunner is definitely ripped.

[@Walking_Chez69]

Thanks for telling me, how I can operate my panzer 7, sturmtiger, and gustav cannon

[@JeremiahBrown-um5tx]

Aren't we fucking blessed to know that the first short I scroll onto is a tutorial on how to aim a tank?

[@MeIGuess.]

Never needed to know. But now i do.

[@PanzerFausYT]

“DO YOU WANNA LEARN HOW TO-“ I went deaf after that

[@MichaelMcKinnon-jf1yy]

I can aim a modern task turret, with that said most tanks in WWII were hydraulically done rather than manually unless in case of an emergency anyway

[@angry_zergling]

That manual turret rotation speed is actually a lot faster than I thought it would be, moving a seven ton turret with by hand with a crank.

[@onesplash0one819]

This might come in handy one day

[@AbiyuChallanger2]

As a tank crew this is fact😊

[@erikconankim4063]

As a guy that bought a sherman tank to use as a method of trasportation, this is important for me

[@Alexthemeh4214]

How would one buy a tank?

[@timo4463]

​@@Alexthemeh4214 collectors or museums as a example they areallowed in a lot of palces even in germany you could drive one on the road

[@justawiltingheadofcabbage]

"Do you want to learn how to aim a WW2 tank turret?" Of fucking COURSE I do

[@HairyFroglegsYT]

I like how this guy is teaching us how to aim a tank turret even though it is unlikely we would do so in the future