Chieftain's Q&A #20: Zombies, Precious bodily fluids, and Magruder

You should be starting to get the idea of this by now.
00:00 Intro
00:52 What are my thoughts on Israeli armour?
01:56 How do I feel about gun launched ATGMs? Why aren’t they used much on Western tanks, barring LAHAT?
02:35: Thoughts on T72M2 Moderna
03:27 The interface of computers with tank UI
05:22 Design a support tank / The design requirements process.
08:42 Which country’s armored forces were underrated, and why? WW2 and today.
10:43 Why do loaders "yell" to indicate a ready round, when everyone has an intercom?
11:35 Have I come across a documented instance of Panther or Tiger roadwheels being stuck in place due to frozen mud?
11:58 Had Germany won the war what vehicles would have continued to see service?
13:00 Where are the table and shelves from?
13:20 How well did the teaming up of early model tigers with Pz III Ausf Ns work?
14:36 The deliberate use of the noise of tanks.
17:45 British Armored Forces during the Troubles
18:57 Why did the British think tanks weren't suited for jungle, but the Japanese and US disagreed?
20:33 What color are the bottoms of tanks?
20:59 How to defend against ATGMs?
22:57 Explain my unit zombie defense plan
25:53 What, historically, has been the primary design focus for new tank guns?
27:18 What was a 'successful' home-built/non-official tank?
28:20 What would the XM87 Moran look like/do?
29:03 Have I ever seen a commie drink a glass of water?
30:10 Opinion on the new Army Green Service Uniform
30:56 How did German equipment such as tanks end up in the post-war Middle-Eastern conflicts
32:05 A Green-Mace-based TD
34:57 Cold War tank-fired nuclear warheads
35:58 Favourite version of the Leman Russ
36:16 Who learned more from the 67 and 73 wars, NATO or WarPac?
37:55 In a chemical environment, how long does a tank crew stay locked in the vehicle?
39:38 Is it possible that the relatively low numbers of US tankers killed is a reflection of the fact that the UK did more tank fighting?
40:31 Ingenious mis-use of equipment.
41:10 Army Reserve feasibility requirements and full-time/part time career choices
47:42 More thoughts on the purpose of wheeled AFVs such as M1128
49:55 Will the M60 have a ludicrously long service life, complete with upgrades, like Sherman?
51:30 Full rubber tracks.
52:19 Is there an argument for going back to larger calibre tube artillery for greater smart munition payload?
54:06 Why do unit commanders ride tanks and not command vehicles?
56:11 After-action reports on Locust or Tetrarch?
57:08 How does Elbonia defend against tanks whilst they are fixing their own AFV disaster?
58:48 Most dangerous threat to tanks in Normandy
59:37 How does one of my height become a tanker?
1:00:43 Thoughts on Challenger 3
1:03:37 What did I wish the M1 had?
1:04:09 Is it possible that Sherman has a poor reputation today because so many Sherman crews lived to complain about them?
1:05:23 TankBoat
1:05:53 Does an infantry company carry enough ammo to kill an ERA-equipped tank company?
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[@jwenting]

Chieftain: "what shortcoming are you trying to fix" Tank designer: "The lack of money flowing towards my tank construction company"

[@RobynneMerguerdijian]

UPDATE: which restroom will my supporting personnel w/ They/Them pronouns *Would/*Should &/or *Could these bearded lady brigade members use to mitigate subsequent time inefficiencies, conflations due to the worst possible inferences and/or mistaken Whyte-Rang w/ your CO( & other higherups) are required/compelled to ferret out, and just how much time is wasted on they/them's ceaseless acrimony? But wait, we're being deployed against former Soviet forces ( & their (not /Them pronouns type) allies, which waste no bandwidth on such nonsense, is this sustainable given the They/Them's demanding nail polish & solar powered engines to be implemented --calling any challenger's Whyte Supremes w/ they/them's truly self-elected brilliant ideas? Some answers might be ascertained by subscribing to the New Discourses podcast, but don't allow POTUS46 administration members find out.

[@coaxill4059]

​@@RobynneMerguerdijian ?If our forces are uniquely un-masculine, and the Russians are especially masculine, doesn't that prove "masculinity" isn't necessary for combat? !After all, if you've been paying attention to combat performance in the last couple decades, the Russians are doing AWFUL . The US meanwhile, hasn't been great at achieving their goals, but our combat performance, as usual is exemplary. .

[@RobynneMerguerdijian]

​@@coaxill4059 Neocons & Groomercrats grading their own homework aside, Once BRICS starts adding countries faster than the LGBTQIA++ acronym, the self-antiquating petrol dollar (given their penchant for net-0 scams) will go "unsupported", once that's transpired they'll be no more excuses, maybe those old Twitter moments will be a thing of the past. No more useless hours wasted gazing at your nightmare rectangles, you might have to leave these bad habits behind & refamilarise yourselves with a little thing called "practicality", no non-existent made up pronouns needed, no corporate culture driven dribble & maybe ppl will discover there's a world outside, not sure what you'll do w/ all those American style shoplifting sprees, but once you're actually confronted by it up front and personal, your intuitions'll be a lot less libtarded guaranteed. 1st, *the GAE collapses like Afghanistan left on repeat, then NATO dependents, will rediscover how an actual military would cost.. (no more ISAF ["I Saw Americans Fighting"] to do all the real work). ..maybe all the *funny money and *19th-century free-shit Marxian fantasies to hide behind, + no more *NGOs & *activist groups attempting to initiate the *forcible regime changey/ nation-[re]building, no more *career activist liars because the *Troff will dry up, the *money printer go brrrr insolvency method'll coming full circle. It'll will be like that full pack of cigars the West will have to smoke up, before resuming it's affairs. Once all that's transpired, you'll know what to do I guess

[@hide3reptiles365]

@@coaxill4059 All this is a random meta-discussion of course, but... There's that "as usual" part which points to US military capabilities well predating whatever gender fluids might have been added to the logistics chains as of late. To my knowledge USA hasn't been engaged in a lot of hot battles lately, but I'll go out on a limb and guess that to the extent it's been kicking ass in recent years, the art of keeping close track of which among the men in service are fit for maternity leave, and whether such leave then becomes theirs or zeirs, will not have been up there on the top-10 list of keys behind the military achievements. Trans-wokeness and femininity aren't the same things btw. Though granted you can exchange "un-masculine" for woke and vice versa, and run the same logical play with a more useful definition base. But you can also do a rundown of all known military juggernauts in time, and find that they rarely if ever were obsessed with neither the toxic supremacy of the majority population in their own forces, nor the virtues of letting male rapists serve punishment time in all-female facilities. You could also use the Ukrainian David vs Goliath story, and ask how much wokeness explains their stiff resolve. And get this datapoint back among others: "A Pew poll taken in 2020 found that 14 percent of Ukrainians supported social acceptance of homosexuality (the exact same number, coincidentally, was also found in Russia), whereas 69 percent were opposed." In the Ukraine war, it would therefore seem using this very dull analysis model, that "masculinity" is both a horrible idea, and a fantastic idea, all at the same time. Perun does some great analyses on multiple actual factors draining the Russian capabilities in the present and in months past. Russia being too transphobic to fight ranks low there too. On a more serious note, I don't ultimately think it's a stretch to envision the following: Institutions of war are among the ones that would see the worst degradation of capacity over time, if they were subjected to duties of sanctimoniously displaying virtue, shame and outrage in concordance with recently conjured-up ideological edicts. Especially if those were based on ideas that insult the common sense of many, while simultaneously having no record whatsoever of withstanding the sociological test of time. And if these pledges of allegiance to this that and the other outside of flag, queen or constitution kept interfering with the duties that military personnel must be able to carry out for the protection of their people. That's a "lived experience" Russian soldiers and generals of a recent past actually would know a thing or two about.

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

@@hide3reptiles365 Not to be rude but thats a whole lot for a single simple point. Sometimes less is more and you can convey it more concisely. Its easy to lose someone when there are a dozen tangents and examples.

[@PBAR_B1B]

As for the clever use of something for which it was not designed, how about this; when I was flying B-1s (as a Weapon Systems Officer) for missions into Afghanistan, we were given MREs to eat during flight (missions were 10+ hours long). We couldn't use the flameless ration heaters they come with (hassle to get rid of the used water-the toliet was small and could easy be filled already with 4 crew onboard. Also, the hydrogen off-gas is flammable-not good in a cockpit...). So we discovered the two radar LRUs (computers) in the Central Avionics Bay behind the crew compartment normally were very hot in operation, so we stuck the MRE entrees in between the two of them for 20 minutes, and presto!, hot MRE entrees. So our radar computers doubled as MRE heaters...

[@calvingreene90]

A Korean War veteran told me that they used a M-1917 to heat water for coffee and shaving.

[@davidmurphy8190]

Some fellows I met at Otis AFB who served on EC-121 Warning Stars on the DEW Line recalled how they used the power modules for the APS-20 and APS-45 radars to warm coffee, soup, and rations if the galley was belly up. Galley problems were a common hassle on the EC-121s.

[@kyrrekausrud5960]

Tmi guess that makes them macro wave ovens

[@CircsC]

This is one of two possible ways to heat food with a radar. The Amana Radarange is the other.

[@Kneon_Knight]

One of the unwritten rules for 11 Bugaloo was to make friends with a GOER or HETT driver. Drop a C-Ration or MRE pouch down the exhaust stack, wait 5 minutes then have the driver gun the engine. Out comes a hot entree.

[@benjaminlegros611]

Good morning everyone. I want to take the time to share with you all one of the war stories that I hold the most dear. This one is about my now dead grandfather, his name was Hugene and he was a hero, thought he would not agree with that statment. I was a young lad, if I recall correctly around 12 years old, when my questions about the rusted thing on the chimney started to receive answers. I cant even begin to tell you the amount of informations my little brain was bombarded with and the strange feeling in my guts seing my grandfather face switching between joy and deep sadness. He would often make pauses, long one even but always finished the story. But the day came when I asked the "forbiden" question. You have to understand me I was young, idiot too, and impressed by thoose men he was telling me about. So I asked "But grandpa can we go see them someday ?" Long pause, white face, no hanger just pure loss for word as he explained to me later. He made himself a cigaret, smoked some then spoke again. He just said "I will have to ask your dad". Some days passed and one morning he asked me if I still wanted to see "his friends" and of course I said yes. We took his old car and drove but as we passed right through our small town my mind started to wonder, "Where do they live, I asked myself" but I kept my mouth shut. Few more kilometers and we arrived in the nearby town and did not stop until we arrived on a gravel parking and parked just aside a green metal portal. I knew where we were I was idiot but not dumb. He took my hand and we went inside, I could swear it took hours until we finely stoped, my legs was shaking. He took me by the soulders and told me "You are now old enougth to understand" he was answering my question how he could without any bad intentions and my dad already gave me the talk so I understood just fine. But something was not right, they where 3 graves not 4. So I gathered what rest of shaky voice I had and asked "But where is..." I could not finish my sentence before he said with a broken voice and tears in his eyes "Not here". I learned later that the body of the fourth crewman of his tank was "not recovered". There it is on each one of the graves, a rusted Sherman track link just like on the chimney. If you took the time to read this thank you and who knows maybe I could share more in the future. PS: Please forgive for me for my english.

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

Thank you for sharing. Your crew do become your family.

[@hewhoplugwalks]

You apologize for your English, but you definitely type it well. I'm assuming your French btw? Not that it matters, but I am curious. Regardless, you and your grandfather's story serve as a reminder that freedom isn't free. The French, of all people, know this best.

[@TTMR1986]

Re defending against tanks when overmatched: One of my grandfather's Korean War stories was facing a Chinese tank colum with artillery not equipped to actually counter armor. They fired at them as they proceeded single file through a choke point. Scored a mobility kill on the second tank by a lucky shot to the track. First tank elected not to proceeded alone and the rest were blocked.

[@porksterbob]

Chinese Korean war tankers were not well trained

[@filmandfirearms]

@@porksterbob China's doctrine has always been quantity over quality. After all, when your population is matched only by India, why not? None of their soldiers are that well trained or that well equipped, but there's so many of them it doesn't matter

[@isgodreal1337]

lol !

[@dave_h_8742]

@@filmandfirearms a thousand butter knives will still cut you up but just a bit more slowly than ten machete wielding zombie

[@sleepingninjaquiettime]

@@filmandfirearms you could of replaced china's 90 infantry divisions rifles with sticks and it probably wouldn't of mattered that much.

[@jayffemt]

"What color are the bottoms of tanks?" As a track mechanic, I've been under enough armored tracked vehicles to say. They are, just as you said, whatever color they left the factory/depot with. Along with a bunch of exposed metal, light rust, dust, and dried mud that couldn't be reached at the wash rack and oil stains around some of the access covers. Any exposed bolts are usually somewhat rounded over, due to tanker's driving habits. I thoroughly enjoy your videos, makes me wish I was young enough to enlist again.

[@mikethetexan76]

Fun fact about the canteen cap: you can trim the nipple on the inside of the lid to accept a cigarette. That way when you're doing your mandatory training time with the mask on you can still stop for smoke breaks. 1SG was royally pissed when he found several of us in the smoking area that day.

[@demonprinces17]

Yeah some guys modified their drinking hose on the M17 mask to smoke and resperater hose

[@ekscalybur]

To be fair, if Top isn't royally pissed, you aren't trying hard enough.

[@wbradburn8871]

@@ekscalybur Right...one of the primary duties of the position.

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

thats fucking beautiful, grunts are such innovators.

[@BWIENS789]

That's genius...just don't do it during the real thing kek

[@glenschumannGlensWorkshop]

Thanks. And Congrats on O-5

[@le_travie7724]

Congrats on the promotion.

[@HanSolo__]

Yup. Great news. Congrats Sir. :)

[@sawyerawr5783]

the zombie defense plan thing is hilarious. as is the idea of the afghan guy's reaction

[@mrkeogh]

You just know Jamsheed, the Afghan RPG god-boss, was looking forward to that fight xD Edit: on a serious note, if you learned from the exercise that rapidly communicating how to identify new targets and rules of engagement to your allies was difficult, that revelation alone is worth the effort if you can make your comms more effective.

[@seanmalloy7249]

I doubt that he would have recognized 'ekiminu'; those were Assyrian, people who were buried improperly who would come out of their graves and eat people. However, ghouls ('ghul' in Arabic), while not being strictly equivalent, are probably close enough for a working basis to build on.

[@DIEGhostfish]

@@seanmalloy7249 Aren't arqbic ghouls more straight out demons?

[@seanmalloy7249]

@@DIEGhostfish It's not a *good* equivalence, but it's something that they would be more likely to be able to relate to, giving at least some basis to work from, rather than having to explain from scratch.

[@DIEGhostfish]

@@seanmalloy7249 Fair, but you could also show them movies.

[@fdmackey3666]

As an old, tired, wore out former M60A1 and First Generation M1 Abrams driver/Tank Commander/Platoon Sergeant I must confess that the most impressive "breech" I ever saw, of a fortified position, was the result of four M60 based Combat Engineer Vehicles lining up abreast and "launching" their 152mm HEP rounds mortar style. It was eye popping. Of course those same CEVs has to utilize their dozer blades to fill in the holes so us tankers could proceed.....By the way, the tallest man I ever served with was 6ft 8in tall....He and I went through Basic and AIT at Ft. Knox in 1980 as M60A1 Crewmen.

[@zackblum1621]

My tank commanders always told me to yell UP! loud enough that I could be heard over the intercom even if my CVC helmet had come unplugged during the loading process.

[@fathead8933]

Same with Stykers. My opnet instructor was a former Sheridan Driver and NG SGM. I tried to just say “on the way” through the mic, like normal. He slapped me upside the CVC and yelled “you better yell that shit into the mic”. Pretty much said the same thing. TBF for us we had a Diesel engine between me and the driver, and could have guys with heads popping out of the rear hatches. It ended up helping me out when my vehicle’s intercom and radios went tats up.

[@isgodreal1337]

I got scared on a videogame when the tank yelled UP! after loading the gun, now I know what that's all about 😨

[@valterslacis614]

Talking about noise the tanks make, during a drill I was very surprised to find not one, but two M1 Abrams sitting just around the corner from my positions, and they definitely weren’t there before. Those things are silent!

[@seanmalloy7249]

And, working in the other direction (i.e., deliberately going out to attract attention), I was reading an article in the WWII Axis subforum on the Kitmaker site about a kitbash creating a DAK "wind wagon" -- an Argus AS-10 engine with a cut-down prop from a Fiesler Storch mounted on a captured Bedford MWD, and used to produce the dust clouds characteristic of armor columns in motion to create false impressions of Rommel's movements. Sadly, only one photograph of the vehicle has been found on the Net (commentary about its use in Paul Carrel's "Foxes of the Desert" book).

[@looinrims]

Turbine engines They’re great and the future, or well the future for people with oil surpluses and not deficits

[@Jay-ln1co]

*drive a mine flail into zombie horde* Instant triple-S on the style meter.

[@McSkumm]

Which will instantly be negated when you have to get out with a hose and brush and wash the essence of zombie out of the mine flail.

[@tacomas9602]

@@McSkumm it's all mush anyway it'll just fall off

[@maxkronader5225]

@@McSkumm Nah, just run her through some soft sandy soil - it'll be fine.

[@justindunlap1235]

@@McSkumm just run the flail faster, let centrifugal force take care of all the goo.

[@LJCyrus1]

@@justindunlap1235 An experiment - is it possible to run the flail fast enough to take out zombies at range with flying pieces of other zombies?

[@robertl6196]

You forgot "Killdozer" It served it's purpose admirably.

[@Xechran]

My first thought as well. Not disappointed by comments section. Carry on.

[@ZGryphon]

Well, until that unfortunate business with the hardware store basement, anyway.

[@mooneyes2k478]

Except, the Killdozer was a one-off, and as noted, ran into the horror of a basement.

[@hazzardalsohazzard2624]

@@mooneyes2k478 To be fair, it fell into what's essentially like a tank trap. I think any tank would struggle with that.

[@darrylviljoen6227]

Everyone forgets the killdozer. It's very sad

[@keithrosenberg5486]

I had a great uncle who survived having two M4 Sherman's shot our from under him. He was wounded the second time, but neither Sherman burned.

[@gregmcclure6922]

Are you related to Laurie McClure from Parry Sound, Ontario?

[@davidburroughs2244]

Shows most clearly tropes and memes are prone to be started at the drop of a hat from insufficient information but with great joy to its participants - and, have been a verifiable "thing" since the Roman days forward. Probably was a caveman thing, too, but likely we misinterpret some of those cave drawings.

[@roscothefirst4712]

My uncle lost 2 to anti-tank guns & 5 to mines, driver killed in one of the AT losses.

[@lukebertrichardson7799]

what year? hmmm, did the sherman have water storage for ammunition? Is what I would like to know.

[@gregmcclure6922]

@@lukebertrichardson7799 In my Uncles case the 1st tank was hit in the turret, ringing the turret and exiting. The 2nd was a panzerfaust (sp?)through the side high enough to injure my Uncle in the thigh (he was the loader).

[@Kettenhund31]

On your comments regarding reserve training, I was a TA Military Policeman in the UK back in the 1970's. Tha advantage of evening training was it was fantastic for team building and unit pride/morale. As for weekends, we were often involved two or three weekends each month and then there was the two week annual camp/exercise and other two week courses that could be applied for. The amount of training each unit undertook depended upon the TA band that unit belonged too. NATO committed units tended to train more frequently than home defence units. The maximum commute distance was regulated by the MoD although specialist personnel were allowed to commute further. Alas, this is all ancient history now thanks to 'Options for Change' and the shrinking of the British Army that has continued to this day. Thank you for providing an intelligent insight into military matters.

[@mahmoodali5043]

Well, talking about surprises; an answer to ingenious use would also be the Bar-lev line overtaking in 1973 using water hoses. as the chieftain said the soviets thought it needed nukes, the west thought it would take no less than a week and the Egyptians did it in 6 hours using agricultural water hoses and pumps, fed by the Suez Canal. That was a hold my Stella (Egyptian antique beer brand) moment.

[@aasphaltmueller5178]

I knew an Austrian General who was there with the UN at the time. He said the operational security of the Egyptians was just unbelievable. Till the offensive started, nobody had any idea something was up.

[@mahmoodali5043]

@@aasphaltmueller5178 yeah it took misdirection work at all three levels: political, strategic and tactical. The gest of it was: Politically Sadat announced he would fight all three years before the war, leading to expensive Israeli mobilization for nothing; the 5hird time they thought he was bluffing Strategically double agents "leaked" info about a different date for the war The army even issued a pilgrimage program for its officers that cover the month of October and last till the "leaked" decoy date. Tactically the units moved only at night and the build up numbers were a common scene as "constant exercises" from two years ago. The soldiers were even ordered to go take swims at the canal and dance to radio in view of the opposite side of the canal. Then one day, at 14 hours which itself again is quite unusual for starting a military operation, those dancing swimming and pilgrim soldiers unveiled tanks from camo netting and descended into the canal with zodiac boats

[@Zakiriel]

last year I saw an XM800T on a flat bed truck roll past my house. I've been wondering what it was, and seeing your picture and description of it fully fits what I saw! It was in a desert light brown color had a long slender gun sticking out of that funky looking turret mounted on such a small vehicle with only 4 road wheels and the front and back sprockets. Maybe some tank collector along the way here in southern Utah bought the thing. it looked in great condition, and they also had crated supplies on the flatbed with it.

[@derekmcmanus8615]

With regards to the question of life in Northern Ireland during the Troubles...I was born in 1972 outside the second city of Derry Londonderry, and I would honestly say that growing up you became inured to it, there was a heavily armed police presence, and of course British miltary where also a common sight including helicopters and in the later days supply flights from RAF Hercules aircraft. In the 70s and early 80s there where regular bomb scares when a message would appear on your television advising Key holders in a certain area to check their stores/shops. Of course the majority of the country was mostly peaceful with only certain areas being considered particularly dangerous the main contact you would have would be VCPs (vehicle check points) and a number of locations notably areas in Belfast on the border and the town of Cookstown had permanent VCPs. It was likely that you would know persons who where killed eg 2 of my school colleagues lost their fathers before I was 15 to terrorist activity. On the other hand drug use was fairly limited and petty or non terrorist crime was also very limited. I guess you take the rough with the smooth ?

[@Mugdorna]

Born 1976 myself. Grew up along the South Armagh border. You would have been exposed to a lot more than myself, but I'm similarly inured to it. About 15 years ago was in Paris with my Dubliner wife. Couldn’t understand why she was so uncomfortable with all the armed gendarmes. At least I was prepped for the same reaction 3 years ago in the same location but with armed French soldiers instead.

[@hazzardalsohazzard2624]

My Dad grew up in the 80s in Armagh. He was more aware of it due to his Dad being involved in Politics. And in the 90s he went shopping in Dublin with my Mum. He didn't mention the sudden searches as they went around, but they weren't concerned by the bombs at that point. A house down the road from my Grandma and cousins was firebombed a few years ago and even now, kids don't seem to take it seriously. They place bets on when a bomb will next go off.

[@looinrims]

I’d have to say I’d prefer hearing that my neighbor got arrested for drug possession rather than they bombed my home

[@benlubbers4943]

14:36 I heard that Abrams crews figured out a little trick to surprise the guys laying down IEDs. 3 tanks would storm down a street at high speed, lights on, basically as obvious as a tank can be. After they passed, the insurgents would come out of hiding. Then, behind them with all lights off and basically idling along would be tank 4 who got a good look at their very surprised faces as the insurgents went through a significant emotional event. Is there anyone here that can verify/debunk this?

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

We did something similar with two HMMWVs up front, and the two tanks a long way behind in trail.

[@laughingsnake1989]

“Ishmael fetch me my brown pants and robe*

[@Boric78]

Chieftain practically causes international incident. Viewer: "What are your thoughts on Challenger 3?" Cheiftain: "Its a dog. The wifes to be precise." The Tank Museum's David's fully activate their facial hair in response.

[@sawyerawr5783]

*David Fletcher's mustache twitches* "I have sensed a DISTURBANCE in the force..."

[@andrewreegs6319]

Lol the Davids

[@DocSeal]

"the Tank Museum's Davids" sounds like an incredibly annoying boss fight where you have to deal with two bosses that work as a pair

[@WildBillCox13]

"Wait- you made light Colonel? Super sweet with sweet sauce! Gratz Colonel Nick!

[@kanadetone]

I always thought those BMPTs were developed as urban warfare MBTs instead of as "support tanks" since I similarly thought that IFVs and APCs were already fulfilling those roles. Always learning something new from this channel.

[@paintnamer6403]

It's vodka and rain water for me. I don't want anything sapping my precious bodily fluids!

[@gestaposantaclaus]

The vodka you’re drinking are your precious bodily fluids that the Soviets sapped from you!

[@Erreul]

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[@corporalpunishment1133]

Commies drink vodka. Do you know when the fluoridation of water started?

[@GeneralJackRipper]

It's a fine drink, well recommended.

[@CMDBob]

I think the Challenger 3 has angered the dog. EDIT: Thinking more about the Challenger 3, I get the feeling that the 2030 date is more a goal that they can use to cancel the tank before that date and hope people (beyond defence analysts and tank fans) forget about it ever being announced, because they’ll have scrapped tanks as a part of the British Army full stop.

[@HanSolo__]

What's a full stop?

[@mrb692]

@@HanSolo__ A period. The thing at the end of a sentence, signaling the end of the discussion.

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

Yes Nick, Interesting and Informative. Me and my High School buddies knew each other from Jr. ROTC and after we graduated in '69 mostly enlisted in the Military. One of my buddies wanted to go into Armor - but - that is when he found out he was color blind. No Armor for him. He ended up being a finance clerk. He served a tour of duty at Pleiku then was sent for Fort Gordon in GA. After a while of State Side Army Life - he volunteered for a 2nd tour and was sent to Long Binh. Mines ... There are two occasions where I wanted to yell at the movie *_"DON'T DO THAT!!!!!"_* One was the scene in _Full Metal Jacket_ where the Squad Leader is picking up the Big Stuffed Pink Bunny - and the other - was in _Fury_ where they start to drive the tank through an intersection ... Here - my only actual personal experience with mines comes from playing _Planetside_ (1&2) as an Engineer and planting lots and lots of mines in intersections. Being old, having poor hand/eye coordination and slow reflexes - while I really like the competition of playing against other humans in Shooters - I'm not that good at it - and get a lot of my kills from mines planted in intersections ... .

[@luvirini]

On the underrated tank forces for WW2: You talked about Japan and how no one expected them to be poor. But actually the British forces seemed to underestimate them a lot until hit by the reality.

[@looinrims]

Indeed the British thought “yeah Japan isn’t a worry to our interests and if they tried they’d lose” and then outnumbered 3-1 the Japanese took everything they owned with all the cost of one regiments worth of men (3500)

[@TinBane]

Wasn’t just the british.

[@alganhar1]

@@looinrims Was not just the British, the Americans and the Dutch seriously underestimated the Japanese at the start of the war.

[@looinrims]

@@alganhar1 yeah but neither of them had the same capabilities or stake in the eastern hemisphere

[@allangibson2408]

The British having no tanks of their own was a bigger problem. Every single model of tank the British had could cream every single model of tank the Japanese had. As an example Australian forces were using Matilda’s at the end of WW2 to clean out the Japanese tank forces in Borneo. Having no tanks, the British infantry forces (primarily Indian Army in Malaysia) bolted at the sound of metal on roads (which was mostly the sound of Japanese bicycles with flat tyres). The lack of infantry support left the antitank guns rather exposed. This was also not helped by the fact that when the British shipped the Australian forces to Singapore & Malaysia, the convoy with their heavy equipment went to Perth. Logistics are fun.

[@dernwine]

The UK does retain Full Time Reservists, these are usually either Regulars who have left the Regular Army and signed on for a full time Reserve Contract, or serving regulars who are doing a posting in a reserve battalion, and much like the US they organise training etc. Usually they're Senior NCOs (Sgts and CSgts), no idea how it works with officers.

[@tkasprzak]

I’ ll try with questions.1. How is track tensioning maintained on vehicles with hydro pneumatic suspension, like STRV 103 or Type 74? Especially, Japanese tank: every time I see it I have impression tracks are lie loose. 2. Is there any real life data on STRV 103 gun accuracy, not in-game data? How would you compare it to its contemporary adversaries? 3. How is communication between turret maintained nowadays, and what did it look like in the past? Is the turret electrically connected to the hull?

[@andrewlee-do3rf]

*"2. Is there any real life data on STRV 103 gun accuracy, not in-game data? How would you compare it to its contemporary adversaries?"* I could sort of help you with that conundrum. But, I can only answer how the S-tank performed against its contemporaries. It's somewhat common knowledge to some armour amateurs that the S-tank was tested against the Chieftain tank, Leopard 1, and M60 Patton tanks *(the American, German, and British tanks were early MBTs)* during the 1960s-1970s. It was discovered from these trials that when compared to its foreign contemporaries *(M60 Patton, Leopard 1, and Chieftain),* the S-tank did not suffer any significant drawbacks when firing on the move. Meaning that a turretless design can perform just as well as a turreted tank when firing on the move. Which was surprising. Apparently, the reasoning given for why the S-tank was able to perform just as well as turreted tanks when firing on the move, was because gun stabilizers for turreted tanks wasn't advanced enough for that period. Gun stabilizers for tanks during that period allowed them to fire on the move, but at very low speeds, and with relatively low accuracy. So, in order to fire the most accurately, most tanks back then had to stop, and fire. However, the story goes that the S-tank became obsolete, because gun stabilizers gradually advanced to the point where firing on the move with high accuracy, was possible for turreted tanks *(these gun stabilizers were present on more modern tanks like Leopard 2, and M1 Abrams).* However, despite being considered to be obsolete during the 1990s *(and also not having the full capability of firing on the move as advanced, turreted MBT tanks),* the S-tank still performed remarkably well. This is, because according to some rumors, I heard that the S-tank did some war game simulations against some Leopard 2s *(STRV 121. Basically early Leopard 2 tanks).* When fighting on both the offensive, and defensive, the S-tank *(surprisingly)* beat the Leopard 2s in both scenarios *(and with vastly fewer casualties too).* Apparently, the reasoning behind the failing of the Leopard 2s was due to the "green" crews manning them *(and also, because the S-tank crews were more experienced).* Apparently, if both types of tanks *(S-tank, and Leopard 2s)* had equally experienced crews, the results would've been vastly different. At the very least, the S-tank would've won defensively, but would've been defeated on the offensive. Well, that's how I heard it. Anyways, the results of the tests could be somewhat inaccurate, as it was just a simulation. At first, I thought these were unsubstantiated rumours......but, after some digging, I am starting to think these rumors had some grain of truth to them: A) ointres.se/strv_103.htm To, quote from the link, it states that, *"Strv 103 suffered from childhood diseases and it took time before these were rectified. It essentially met the requirements of the objective and comparative experiments with foreign contemporary chariots showed that it had a combat value well in class with these and in many respects better. In the last "war" the wagon fought in 1997, when six Strv 103 met as many Strv 121 in a defensive battle at Kvarn, Strv 103 won by knocking out all the Leopards and only losing one wagon itself."* B) forums.eugensystems.com/viewtopic.php?t=14657&start=60 (It's a Wargame: Red Dragon game forum. But, I found something interesting in it) From this link, it states, *"With well trained crews and a sound tactic idea "S"-units have proved themselves able to outfight units with supposedly much better tanks such as the Strv 121 or Leopard 2A4. The last battle for the "S" was fought in the spring of 1997 between six Strv 103C and six Strv 121 at Kvarn training grounds. The BT-41 simulator guaranteed a fair evaluation. One engagement was defensive for the Strv 103 unit. The Strv 121 unit assaulted without any coordination into the well positioned "S"-unit that had flanking positions and frontal cover. All Strv 121 were knocked out and only one Strv 103C. In the afternoon the Strv 103C were on the offense and by using three tanks as direct fire support they were able to outflank the enemy in his defensive position and knock all Leopards out only losing a single tank of their own. I have myself been knocked out by cleverly positioned Strv 103 at several instances."* *"The Strv 103 has recieved lots of good critisism as well as equally much negative. There is no succesor in concept nor will there likely be one. It has in all essentials lived up to the technical specifications and has served for thirty years now and will remain in some brigades until 2005 when they will all have been replaced by Strv 122.* *The "S" is crammed with genius technical solutions. Because of the extreme design with all trade offs it will never be remebered as the best tank of its day, but neither will it be remembered as a dud. It had true combat potential and with a good crew was very deadly. It is hard not become sentimental now that it is slowly being phased out. All of us who have any experience with it will always harbor ambivalent emotions when thinking of the "S". There was nothing like it."* (Apparently these statements were taken from a link to home4.swipnet.se/~w-42039/s-tank.htm. Sadly, this link isn't working, so I cannot fully confirm the validity of these claims. But, it does piques one's curiousity) (The fact that the S-tank, being a "supposedly inferior" design that is almost 2 decades older than the Leopard 2s, but somehow still managing to defeat them by a large margin, is amusing. Even if it was a simulation. Anyways, in more realistic conditions, it could be possible that the S-tank could still present to be a difficult opponent for any adversary with advanced MBT tanks) ** Hope this helps. Cheers :)

[@andrewlee-do3rf]

If you wanna know more about Swedish tanks in general, you could find more information in this site (I regularly visit it sometimes): tanks.mod16.org/

[@andylad7014]

Just to clarify Nick with regards to the British Army Reserves or any of the other services they do run a similar scheme for officers and enlisted personnel called the FTRS (Full Time Reservist Scheme) the details of which are; a) Full Commitment (FC) appointments fill Regular Army jobs that cannot be filled using Regular personnel for various reasons. The pay and conditions are broadly similar to that of Regulars. The length of the appointment varies and will be specified in the advert. In these positions you are likely to be deployed operationally with the regular unit you are attached to as per their rotation. b) Home Commitment (HC) appointments are established FTRS posts. It does not pay x-factor and there is normally no entitlement to quarters or home to duty expenses. Most FTRS appointments are on HC terms. FTRS appointments are initially for a maximum of 3 years with the possibility of commitment extensions. These are the posts that tend to be a full time attachment to a reservist unit and on this scheme you are unlikely to be deployed on operational deployments.

[@Colonel_Bryce]

Love the arrows and circle around "Armor"

[@Bob_Betker]

Chieftain regarding your comments about the various sizes of artillery rounds, I can provide some background. The US Army primarily used Allied field pieces during the war and weren't exactly satisfied with the results. The Watervliet Board conducted a number of tests and trials after the war and determined that the following artillery piece sizes were the most optimal, the best mix of payload and rate of fire: 105mm for field artillery, 155mm for medium artillery and 203mm/8" for heavy artillery. The field artillery pieces would only be howitzers, while the two larger sizes would have both howitzers and guns. Howitzers intended more for general support, while the guns with their longer ranges would be better suited for counter-battery and long-range fires. The 8" gun was the only dud of the bunch, due to excessive barrel erosion and poor accuracy. The Royal Army got a number of 155mm guns and 8" howitzers, the US rounds had a much larger bursting charge than the comparable British pieces. A lot of the basic design work for US Army WWII artillery pieces was done in the 1920s but the designs didn't get fully finalized until the 1939-1941 timeframe. You mentioned the 240mm howitzer, that was a super-heavy howitzer that was intended to be used against heavily fortified targets, like the Siegfried line. Congratulations on the promotion.

[@maxkronader5225]

When he said "What the Hell is wrong with you, dog?" directly after reading the question regarding the Challenger 3, for a moment I thought that was his response to the question!😁

[@tensortab8896]

On the frozen in the mud question, on a training exercise at Fort Campbell (several decades ago) during the winter, we would regularly find several of our tracks frozen in the mud in the early morning. We would typically have to bring in one of our recovery vehicles in order to break them lose.

[@RedShocktrooperRST]

34:57 General Tao: Wanna bet? General Kwai: It's not a challenge, you lunatic! General Fai: Well at least his tanks have firing ports.

[@andrewg9216]

Ah yes, best C&C game. Now if youll excuse me i need to go play some more of it.

[@HanSolo__]

Katzen - My favorite, that never came to the realization. Why is it always the case the tank goes to war, and for some "unknown" the reason they assume the armor is insufficient? MOD and Army fit tank with applique armor sorted out in the shortest time possible. The tank gets slower, and its 3 principal features (mobility, protection, firepower) balance flies out of the window.

[@N_Wheeler]

10:45 the Loader will shout "UP!" without using the intercom because, 1.) He'd have to use a hand** to key the intercom --- or, alternatively, hot-mike* his helmet boom mic, and 2.) one shouted word is easily heard by the crew. Note: ** do you want your Loader to take the extra second to use one of the hands he just loaded a round with to key up? .... and ... *** do you want a third guy breathing on hot-mike for no reason? A shouted "UP!" will feed into the TC's hot-mike.

[@Axel0204]

The US military can be weird on when they enact or enforce height limitations on service in various areas. For example, one would think there would be a height limitation for serving on submarines due to how cramped they are, but apparently there is not. I served with quite a few guys that significantly exceeded 6" tall, one of the guys was 6'8". For reference as to how cramped things are aboard even a modern submarine, I am 5'1"(not a typo), and I still hit my head on stuff fairly frequently aboard the Los Angeles-class sub I served on.

[@77gravity]

Zombie Preparedness: I like this idea. I am a Rural Firefighter, we do a lot of exercises, usually related to fires, also floods etc.. Zombie Defense Planning would contribute to the general readiness of the unit, and the community. We shall certainly work on this idea.

[@do9032]

Congratulations on your promotion. My wife and I would love to see a picture of the dogs in your house

[@Colinpark]

In Canada a reservist can be under three pay levels. Class A is the weeknight/weekend training/exercise, Class B is a job that last 3-12 months either at the unit as a Clerk/Quartermaster or attached to a regular force unit for courses, support, etc. Class C is where you are at the same pay level as a fulltime soldier but also with the same deductions. Generally used for deployments. Each reserve unit will have a small staff of regular force personal, generally a Captain, Warrant Officer, clerk and a corporal.

[@xxxlonewolf49]

One of my old cav-scout 'kids' went on to, last I talked to him several years back, as a platoon sgt in a hunter/killer unit with 1128's...he still need's a damn hair cut ;-) I'm happy he's doing well, but I worry about 1128's being an infantry-designed POS trying to replace proper armor.

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

Regarding hedgerows, my dad was 6 Armored Division and he did some fighting in the hedgerows. His War scare was when what he believed was a panzerfaust. As there were poking their nose out from hedgerows a rocket struck the front sprocket on the Sherman tank my dad was commanding real fast to regain concealment. Appliance inspection was determined that the Sprocket was warped and several of the bolts had been blown off by the rocket. The driver of the tank was extremely motivated to backup since the rocket hit on his side of the tank.

[@ThanatosZine]

When the dog came in and you started reaching down I was really worried that you were reaching for the gun of the month.

[@slateslavens]

Most ingenious mis-use of equipment: In 1990, I was at reserve drills in Yakima, Washington, and we converted the back of a 5-ton dump truck into a swimming pool... just used garbage bags and 100mph tape.

[@johncashwell1024]

Oddly enough, I never gave much thought to the fact that the whole of the NC Army National Guard trained on the same weekend each month. I was at the HHC in the JAG unit and on training weekends we would travel to other Armory locations, Ft. Bragg, or wherever a particular Unit was training to provide legal assistance to soldiers or prepare their legal documents for deployment. Of course there were also Courts Martial to held from time to time at State HQ or the HHC Armory. Congratulations on your promotion!

[@theultimatederp3288]

15:54 That pedestrian was pretty chill about getting cut off by a tank.

[@HyperBurner]

I mean... are you going to argue with someone who's in a tank?

[@theultimatederp3288]

@@HyperBurner I was thinking more in the lines of "Run back to the sidewalk ASAP."

[@ousou78]

Long ago I'm pretty sure I remember seeing a vidéo of a car honking at an APC or AFV that was bloking the road.

[@engelbert42]

36:33 Drach unfortunately doesn't cover the cold war... Not on his channel. Maybe in the Bilge Pumps podcast.

[@sgtsnake13B]

10:43 as we 13Bs like to say "Using Your Artillery Voice" 52:19 not really, the amount of force and tube you need to get the same range as a 155 or even an extended 122 or 105 for a 200/203/208 is insane. It's a simple problem of a heavier shell needing exponentially more bang behind it to reach the range with an ever longer tube to reach those speeds. And as technology advances those guidance systems decrease in size and price making them more and more affordable and practical. Take the M982 Excalibur round, they first were about 800k a round and the last price estimate I saw for them was now closer to 400k. Modern artillery with meteorology, radar tracking, computer calculation, known velocities, and everything else has gone from "putting shells somewhere over there to destroy that grid square" to "long, beyond visual range snipers that put shells through windows at 40km with near 0 visibility" plus there is a difference between a "gun" and a "howitzer" a gun is a long tube meant for more flat trajectory, while a howitzer 8s shorter with a bigger bore for ballistic trajectory, the US got rid of its last "gun" in the form of the M107 175mm SPG. An argument can be made that with the bore to length ratio never being set in stone to define the 2 the M777 is more of a gun than howitzer. So Gun long, Howitzer short. 1:00:39 that was my exact MOS wishlist for joining but I couldn't be armor or cav as colorblind

[@frankgulla2335]

Great job, continuing on a string of winners!

[@billd.iniowa2263]

At O1:04:10 As I recall, of all the Shermans that were destroyed in WWII, the number of crewmen killed was about one in five. That isnt completely terrible as the trope would have us believe.

[@eskimo05w]

@ 4:31 congratulations on making Lt. Colonel! Although this probably means you're going to have less fun at work.

[@BigDaddy-fx4nx]

I was a 19D and drove M113, M577, ITV vehicles. I left right before we got the Bradley. I agree the US Army needs a small lightweight fast vehicle designed specifically for recon.

[@americanpatriot2422]

Outstanding video and presentation.

[@TheBrewjo]

Ah! The Davy Crockett... One of my favorites from The Complete History of the US Nuclear Arsenal. That was one of my go-to books in high school... 23 years ago.

[@maxsmodels]

When you mentioned the MOP gear /canteen drinking tube, I had a bad flashback to my days in the infantry (101st abn).

[@awells444]

@the_chieftain. I have always loved seeing your pre-commissioning data sheet. Tanks, looking for tanks, tanks with bigger guns, and getting the tanks where they need to be

[@nathanhollingsworth413]

Hope you’ll take this in the spirit it’s intended . my son just enlisted as a 19k .. cause “tall tank man “ is in his radar .. his ordnance dad and engineer mom are kinda shaking our heads at having a DAT as a child .. but guess least he went Army !

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

Ah, he'll be grand. Good luck to him. Hopefully he misses the worst of the Georgia winter.

[@nathanhollingsworth413]

@@TheChieftainsHatch well we’re from Georgia , so he’ll be luckier with a Georgia winter than a summer . And thanks he’s a good kid I think he’s got what it takes to be a good soldier too !

[@viarr2893]

Howdy! Thanks for another great video. Regarding Krupp's proposal for a 10,5cm KwK L/68 in the Tiger II, the issues raised by Wa Pruef 6 were that the cannon hadn't been accepted for service yet, it would require new aiming devices, and "the turret would probably need to be redesigned." Concern is also mentioned in that two-piece ammunition would be required and thus a second loader necessary (presumably because the ammunition would otherwise be too long to load into the breech within the confines of the turret). What sort of "redesign" would be needed? Might it be possible to simply widen the turret ring as there is about 10cm of clearance between the turret basket and the hull sides? Perhaps by widening the ring, space could be made to allow one-piece ammunition to be loaded and the issues of low fire rate and a 2nd loader would be resolved. Could the cannon itself be redesigned to use a shorter, wider casing as had been done with other weapons? If you were leading the project at Krupp, what changes would you propose to get the cannon into service? I'm curious to know how the design could be changed to rectify the problems mentioned by Wa Pruef 6.

[@jarink1]

What are your feelings about systems designed to prevent "friendly" fire? What are the pros and cons of IFF systems designed to be used on tanks and IFVs? Do current battlefield management systems such as currently installed on many western AFVs work well or create an over-dependence on technology vs traditional situational awareness and target identification?

[@byron4545]

Congratulations on the promotion!

[@Tomyironmane]

Guns vs. howitzers was a case of nomenclature differentiating a longer range, higher velocity, long barreled piece, vs. a shorter barreled, more lightweight, mobile piece designed to drop shells from high, lobbing arcs. That's why tanks have guns, they're long barreled, high velocity, direct fire pieces, and why the M198 and M777 and the paladin are Howitzers; they all use the same (or nearly the same, you could direct fires out of the same firing tables) gun tube, which is something like 38 cal. long, and are primarily used for indirect fire.... even though the M777 does have a direct fire capability, because the Marines never met a weapon they didn't want to point at someone.

[@Ingens_Scherz]

Wonderful, hilarious answer to the Dr Strangelove question. Great stuff.

[@mr.metorix6318]

As a former USMC Tanker the loader does shout "up" is required to do so with all his commands ex "circuit breaker reset!" "breach!" And incorrect ammo "loading sabo" definitely on my tank. The loader moves the most while loading and the quick disconnect for the comm helmet easily loses connection. At times the shout is all you hear.

[@Kneon_Knight]

Just a smug moment for me, Colonel. The fabric pouch you put your canteen into is the cover, the cap is what screws on top. Fun Fact: A lot of guys used the drinking tube on the M17 to sneak in a smoke during NBC drills. Woe unto thee if the First Shirt caught you.

[@anotherianp]

So.. What you're saying about 0:19:00 is that you need to come back and visit that there wee Norn Iron. ;) For the most part, it's pretty quiet these days, although the particularly stroppy types are occasionally getting angry about Boris's Bonkers Bureaucratic Border. There's a tank in Carrickfergus that you need to visit. ;)

[@richardmacdonald6303]

I have seen M-1s in Hohenfels sneaking across the field and could not hear them as they were on wet ground that pretty much silenced their tracks.

[@AKUJIVALDO]

Nice lie.

[@supersarge24]

@@AKUJIVALDO There's many reports of the almost-silence of M1 engines, how is that a "nice lie"?

[@swayingGrass]

Question: What's the procedure if you're on the Receiving end of a blue-on-blue? Starting from you don't know who shot you, but you got shot and it made a big ding.

[@randompanda876]

Hopefully it’s not return fire

[@colbeausabre8842]

During WW2, the 9th Air Force got the nickname,The American Luftwaffe for their propensity for attacking Allied units. In some units the word went out proclaiming the right of self-defense. in the First Gulf War, the British commander insisted that each vehicle fly a huge flag to identify it to the fly boys, "I don't care if it's the bloody Red Hand of Ulster, as long as it's big! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hand_of_Ulster

[@MrTangolizard]

In the British army the minute u are shot at u send a contact report to HQ in this report it gives grid ref of possible enemy position u hope that HQ realises that 2 blue sides are giving the ref of each other and call u to stop

[@chewykalden3967]

the standard procedure (American) upon falling victim to friendly fire can be found on page 278 of FM 17-15 link to document: www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/FM-17-15-Tank-Platoon.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjR8NSuit_wAhXlQ3wKHVT0A-kQFjADegQICRAC&usg=AOvVaw3JFk3BEx4NMXMoV9ILSwM7

[@copter2000]

"Red flags? The commie are assisting Saddam! We're going in boys" - A10 pilot.

[@swayingGrass]

Imagine my surprise when I laughed so hard at TANKBOAT only to spot a giant Pindad text on the on the hull.... PT. Pindad being the state owned military company of Indonesia, my home country 😅

[@colbeausabre8842]

I 'd call it a PGM - a Motor Gunboat US PGM 9 class- 1X1 3 inch, 1X2 40m, 6X1 20mm, 2X1 50 cal www.navsource.org/archives/12/121100910.jpg British Fairmile D class after torpedoes were added and she was re-rated as a MTB 2X1 6 Pounders, 1X2 and 2X1 20mm, 2X2 Vickers .5 inch , 2X1 or 4X1 torpedo racks upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Canadian_MTB727.jpg Chieftain, the 6 pounders have AUTOLOADERS !! upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Molins_autoloader_and_6-pounder_gun_WWII_IWM_A_25162.jpg Having subdued Drach, we return this comment section to the Chieftain

[@bjrnarestlen1234]

Regarding the question of sound of tanks... In Norwegian army, using the Leopard 1, back in the 90's, the low rumling sound of it, actually made it hard to pinpoint exactly where they were, especially in winter with snow on the trees. I remember when trying to set up ambushes on them, that it was very unnerving, lying in cover, hoping that the tanks would appear where we hoped they would...

[@stephenbritton9297]

Tank boat... some Warsaw Pact countries had river gunboats that has T54/T55 tank turrets as main weapons!

[@thebcjungle4721]

I read a zombie book recently where they used armor and cavalry to basically crush zombies beneath the tracks. Then the Cav would follow behind and mop up the stragglers.

[@balduglydonut5338]

What book?

[@thebcjungle4721]

@@balduglydonut5338 Zombie War by Nicholas Ryan

[@dorlonelliott9368]

Try John Ringo's Black Tide Rising series.

[@thebcjungle4721]

@@dorlonelliott9368 I've read like 4 or 5 of them

[@andrewlee-do3rf]

Congratulations on becoming Lieutenant-Colonel. You deserve it sir O7

[@cerperalpurpose]

"The British Army is going lighter" *glances at Ajax*

[@jond7754]

The way he said “tell the driver NO this bridge won’t hold your weight”. Sounds like some experience there

[@wot1fan885]

I like how your cam pet is a artillery round . 😶😶

[@taistelusammakko5088]

Old video but in my opinion not only you can hear the abrams coming you can see them. My first encounter with an abrams in an excercise was when i, the driver of a leopard 2a6, saw the quite thick antennas of an abrams peeking over a hill. I notified the commander and we held our positions. For some reason that abrams decided to charge, alone, in the centre of my platoon? It honestly surprised me how badly the americans did in finnish forests.

[@NathanOkun]

Concerning APFSDS AA ammo firing at a high elevation: I have a very detailed External Ballistics Program written with the aid of an expert on this topic. He supplied all sorts of data on many kinds of gun projectiles to enter into the tables used for running the air resistance calculations. One of these was a 10-caliber-length APFSDS tank projectile. Just for fun, I decided to fire it at its 5,000 ft/sec MV at 45 degrees elevation using a 50mm diameter sub-caliber size from a 105mm gun -- similar to the original M-1 tank's gun. The projectile went 80 miles; repeat, EIGHT.Y MILES, and it came down at a somewhat steeper than 45 degree angle of fall and was still going faster than 3,000 ft/sec!! Not safe, wouldn't you agree?

[@jintsuubest9331]

Is US autoloader part 2 coming or you still waiting on archive?

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

Still in the works. Patience, young padawan!

[@DIEGhostfish]

@@TheChieftainsHatch I am now reminded of Pandemic's Clone Wars game that was like 70% jedi driving tanks [or walkers or laats) because the on foot combat was jot so great.

[@DIEGhostfish]

Oh and that one animalnwith guns strapped to it level.

[@Disanthrophobia]

On the subject of nuclear tank rounds there was a planned nuclear round for the 152mm of the M60A2. It never got fielded but the capability was a serious consideration during gun selection. There was also a nuclear TOW that never got very far.

[@CarcharothQuijadasdelased]

1:00:47 That answer was a bit rough, but hey not everyone likes to be asked about the Challenger 3 ;)

[@fabiogalletti8616]

if I may: I see your reasoning about no autoloader on a old turret, but... What about trade space for space? I mean: An M-1 with a carousel autoloader will carry much of its ammo in the hull, where the human loader was. Ammo in the hull, less ammo in the Bussel racks. One of the two racks may be empty and the space used to put inside the bussel (and poking out the roof thru a modifier blast panel) some anti drone, antimissile, anti guided munitions, anti zombie schtuff. And/or some gadgetry for the remote weapon system. Even the loader hatch, now vacant, would be a covenient point to have a sensor of some kind watching out from the roof. So, yes, old turret build to protect three people, bulky to protect two people and an autoloader, but not that bulky to protect two people, an autoloader plus a cubic metre and something of new electronics, anti missile ammo and witchcrafty secrets.

[@colbeausabre8842]

1. SCOUT VEHICLE - When I was in AOBC in late 74, we were told we'd be riding in the M800T by the time we came back to Knox for AOAC. Boom! Cancelled. For two major reasons - First, it was too small for all the gear that was programmed to be showered on scouts by 1980. Second, it was distinctive, one look and the enemy would know he was engaging cavalry and not infantry or armor. So we soldiered on with the M113ACAV until we got the M3. 2. S119's NEW ENGINE - Ironically enough, it was the Rolls Royce Merlin 3. POST-WW2 GERMAN TANKS IN SYRIA - Do a search on “Panzers in the Golan Heights” for a very detailed history of Das Syrianisch Panzer Korps 4. GREEN MACE - A weapon of baroque complexity developed during the era of Rainbow codes. Also look up Ratefixer, Longhand and Red Queen. Gotta love those British Code names. 5. ATOMIC TANK ROUND - James Bond had one when he was doing his National Service. Every battle group (large battalion sized unit) in the Pentomic Division had a Davy Crockett Platoon armed with spigot mortars firing the M388 sub-kiloton nuclear round of 10 to 20 tons yield and weighing 76 pounds, The tripod mounted M28 for the Airborne had a range of 2 km and the quarter-ton mounted M29 a range of 4km. Contrary to the legend, this was beyond the blast radius of the warhead. The size of the warhead is close to the theoretical minimum for a fission type weapon, so a tank round isn't feasible. But it would have been great ammunition for Green Mace. 6. ATGM'S IN YOM KIPPUR WAR - A primary reason for the initial heavy tank losses was the IDF Tank Corps' hubris. In 1956 and 1967 they could charge Arab positions and the enemy would scatter in terror (except for the Jordanians), so they forgot the lessons of combined arms warfare and either outran or just plain ignored their infantry. The IDF was also unbalanced with too many tanks and not enough mechanized infantry and artillery. The tankers were the kings of the ground arm, along with the paratroopers and Sayerot (“Recon” - actually commados). Regular infantry and artillerymen were looked down upon and did not attract the best recruits at Gibush (the equivalent of Reception Station, where recruits could request their branch of service' Note: It can also refer to the Q-Course for Elite Units) 7. M1128-I thought its crewmen were from Armor Branch 8. CO's GUNNER-Back in my day he was authorized to be a Staff Sergeant (E-6) rather than a Sergeant (E-5) due to his additional responsibilities as a stand in tank commander. Typically, he'd be the next in line to get a tank ofhis own. 9. IMPROVISED AFV'S - Check out the “Narco Tanks” down in Mexico. The cartels are taking on the Mexican Army, so this is no joke. Pretty bad when your cops need LAW's at the traffic stops.

[@thrawnbayern5249]

#Q&A Do you think, if there is a new, lets say world war, raging on, will there be a comeback of the turretless tank destroyer? I think it was you who once said, they were so favoured bc they were easy to produce, cheaper, lighter and so on. Do you think in a new full scale war the advantages would be needed again or is this concept outdated?

[@airbornecigar537]

The British Army has always had full time TA AFAIK - our WO2(Q) was ex-reg full time TA 40 years ago and my boss the regimental senior major a few years later, also ex-reg, was Assistant CDS as a TA Maj-Gen until about 10 years ago.

[@laurisikio]

Q&A : What is the first gizmo or gadget to get rid of if time and money are limited in tank production? Just a hypotethical situation if leopards or abrams' were needed plenty and soon.

[@Casmaniac]

Cupholders

[@jintsuubest9331]

Boiler.

[@fathead8933]

Mre heater

[@WolfePaws]

Time is probably a non-issue. It takes much longer to produce the barrel or armour than it does a cupholder or boiling vessel - and I can't see production lines for those items being worth conversion.

[@fathead8933]

@@WolfePaws yeah but he asked what we were willing to give up. Mine is the mre heater because that’s the only thing the Stryker did better than the hmmvw. Thus eliminating the need for the Stryker.

[@CAP198462]

Congratulations LtCol Moran, the brasso finally got the gold off the major’s leaves.

[@feedingravens]

"I don't pronounce Porsche correctly" - you just pronounced it perfectly. Comes from a germ(an)...

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

The Tiger's Teeth video, I got it wrong.

[@davidburroughs2244]

Grew up calling it porch until I was corrected, back about '70 Reminds me of a great Jerry Clover joke.

[@paulgdunsford7469]

Does anyone else get the feeling that the antitank missiles eyes are watching you, every time his hats moves !!!

[@oldmangimp2468]

Tell your driver to jink hard and then pop smoke, as a bad joke is inbound. . Congeatulations on your promotion to Light Colonel. I thought that you had just lost weight, but it looks good on you in either case.

[@GARDENER42]

Regarding heavy IFV's. Perhaps the Merkava might classify as one, especially in regard to the manner it's been used by Israel.

[@Dalroi1]

@27:18 I'd say Marv Heemeyer's home-made AFV in 2004 was militarily successful, in that the local police force couldn't stop it. It was only the fact that he ended up getting stuck in an unforeseen basement while crushing a building and then committing suicide that defeated him. Given enough time he'd have run out of fuel of course, and the engine did start overheating shortly before he got stuck, but rightly or wrongly it was quite an achievement. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Heemeyer

[@GerManBearPig]

As a german I can tell you, the pronounciation of Porsche is absolutely correct

[@GIGroundNPound]

Hey Chief!!! Just wanted to see if you were planning on chiming in on Challenger 3 good sir!? As always, great vids and hope you are well!

[@dougstubbs9637]

Well done on gaining the half chook badges.

[@wbradburn8871]

Interesting that the canteen cap does not appear to have changed appreciably since the 1970's. While we 'only' had M60A1's; and therefore no on board NBC system, the concern (then) about agent contamination of the cap/nipple/hose arrangement might still have some validity...yes or no?

[@julmdamaslefttoe3559]

Q&A Question: The Challenger 3 was Recently released and a deal for 148 Tanks for 800Million, To say it does not really have any superior armaments or armour compared to the competition, nor lacking a trophy system, "why did they choose to go in house, rather than buy Leopard 2A7s? Would it of not been easier in the long run, or in fact the complete opposite? " (I understand that the hull is still the same as the C2, so maybe its easier to use the hulls than scrap them.) (also aware you addressed the challenger 3 briefly but a bit more indepth would be nice)

[@WildBillCox13]

AS42 was armored (yeah, I didn't know either). To it was added every kind of CSW the Italian Arditti could scrape together. Heck-they even made it into the AB41!

[@philipbossy4834]

1:00:45 Well, that one way to react when asked about a tank :D

[@_malprivate2543]

"Le Man Russ"? "LE MAN?" Do the Space Wolves look French to you? Please report to your Commissar and/or nearest Scandinavian person for re-indoctranation and akvavit inoculation.

[@gwydionrusso3206]

First of all that transition from the zombie defense plan to the next suction that was hilarious in my opinion it's pretty much oh no anyways Second since you're known as the tank guy my ultimate zombie defense strategy will get a recreation bt-7 tank (my personal favorite light tank) and replace the 45mm with a 40 mm bofers Auto Canon because the ammunition is easier to find and then you know I have a tank resistant to any kind of small arms and if I put an RPG cage around it I won't be surprised if it could stop some heat and hesh warheads