Greatest Tank Battles | Season 3 | Episode 6 | Tank Battles of the Pacific

[@michaelwilliams8297]

Hopefully for my grandchildren, we will have another generation of young people with that level of courage. Not a desire for for war, but the courage to fight.

[@brucefale6132]

I doubt it. Millennials are too pampered and soft.

[@glendrine]

@@brucefale6132 I don't know, a lot of the junior officers and noncoms were brought up in the "jazz age". They were considered "soft" and "self-absorbed" by their parents. It's tough to judge what people will do in a crisis without actually throwing them into one.

[@MoltenUprisingMK]

Those tankers were something. They had a lot of guts to go through that nightmare like that. A lot of guts.

[@leafyradio6934]

I’ve never seen this episode. This is one of the first shows I ever remember watching, this and WW2 In Colour when I was probably 7-8

[@FuzzyMarineVet]

My stepfather was a plank-holder in the 6th Marine Tank Battalion and fought on Okinawa. He was instrumental in the breakout of Cpl. Day's squad on Sugarloaf Hill.

[@apparatchiktgru8481]

I've read profusely about this theatre of war.But seeing it is enchanting.

[@mikearmstrong8483]

I'm astonished that the M3 tank was even mentioned. Most people seem to think that the Sherman was the only US tank in the war. In fact, almost 23,000 M3/M5 Stuart tanks were produced, and saw considerable service in the 1st half of the Pacific fighting and in Normandy and North Africa.

[@brianjungen4059]

It was mentioned. They said that the gun was too small to assist with destroying bunkers.

[@joshjosephson5074]

But they did have to title “Satan” when it was a flamethrower so I wouldn’t be complaining

[@leebh8607]

Sherman: Tiger of the Pacific sounds like a good title for book/documentry on US Shermans in the Pacific Theatre.

[@charlie6348]

Is a Bad documentary but if You read real reports and better documentals of the tanks of this period You Will understand how good was the sherman and how actually useless the tiger and tiger II were

[@artempapirovyy8773]

@@charlie6348 the tiger and tiger 3 were very expensive amd took a long time to make, and broke down a lot. But their sole purpose was to fight the t-34s on the eastern front.

[@charlie6348]

@@artempapirovyy8773 that's true but another interesthing thing is that the most successful German tank was the stug, there is a lot myths about the WW2 tanks in general, for example the T34 it wasn't the Best Even got troubles with comunications and the air system, deadly weak points

[@artempapirovyy8773]

@@charlie6348 tru, the t-34 was rushed and wasnt completed all the way, but the germans were scared of them since the panzers they had before could not take them out.

[@aaronstevenson9270]

@@artempapirovyy8773 no they had 50-1 t34s Vs panzers

[@timeisapathwalkingtounderstand]

👍Thank you for the video and to all the men and women who serve thank you for your service. And rest in peace everybody who died over senseless war 🙏.

[@Ace-rp7vr]

It’s cool to see an episode of greatest rank battles I’ve never actually got to see before

[@capitainsheep1137]

Love That documentary Channel so much

[@Wolfdancer4859]

Greatest tank battles has a season 3?? What! This is awesome!!

[@themightywookie351c3]

I’m a retired sailor and I have never understood why our cruisers and other ships did not get closer (not too close) for more accurate shots on the Japanese defenses; of course without grounding them.

[@AlexHalt100]

You`re easier to hit. a cruiser is harder to replace than a LCVP full of Grunts

[@franeasanovic2761]

Long range japanese heavy howitzers would have been able to reach them with their artillery fire, that's why

[@gabrielboudreau6701]

Small but useful roll? I beg to differ. The played a huge critical role because the Japanese are hidden in gopher holes. Its how I see it. Greatest Tank Battles was a series that I absolutely loved. I'm sure I've seen every single episodes. Wishing there was more back stories and side stories. For a historical documentary, this one is certainly on top of my ranking. I just hate it when other people takes it to repost online under a different title.

[@mattheww.7825]

Japanese Commander: It would take a million men a thousand years to break the fortress. United States Marine Corps: Hold my beer…..

[@wifi_soldier5076]

Imagine how the Japanese felt when they had to fight Soviet t34/85 and IS-2 heavy tanks in 1945. The is-2 had a 122mm gun and 120mm of sloped armour.

[@chinaho-gmks]

Tanks are useless without landing.

[@hmzdu]

Great episode 😊

[@FactNinja]

God bless these American heroes 🙏🏻🇺🇸

[@riptidegaming8876]

Australians made up a 3rd of the force in the pacific

[@jaydoneash2098]

@@riptidegaming8876really?

[@larrylaurenzi1625]

These American tankers got to know what is was like to be a German Tiger Tanker facing Sherman tanks, since their Sherman’s so out armored and outgunned all Japanese tanks. Proving the quality of a tank is completely relative to the quality of opposing armor. Can someone give a break to the Sherman in Europe considering that Allied tank combat philosophy created the gigantic mismatch in Europe.

[@supersasquatch]

It was an extremely effective anti infantry tank in Europe

[@pappap1702]

Europe was quantity over quality by the planners. They knew it took 5 Sherman's to take out 1 Tiger and were willing to play those odds. Sad but true.

[@louisavondart9178]

The Sherman was a medium tank, not a heavy hitter like the Tiger or Panther. It's design fitted perfectly with the infantry support role but the later Firefly and Pershing tanks were very effective against the German armour. There was nothing cynical in the planning as is suggested by many. The disavantages suffered by Sherman crews were, in the end outweighed by German armour breakdowns and fuel shortages, not to mention the overwhelming air support the Allies had.

[@pappap1702]

@@louisavondart9178 The first tanks in the Pacific were M3 Sherman's a light tank with only a 37mm main gun. The M4 medium came later

[@TR33ZY_CRTM]

@@pappap1702 "M3 Sherman's" Did you mean the M3 Stuart or the M3 Lee?

[@BigLuke1980]

HA-GO is to Sherman as Sherman is to Tiger.

[@paulredinger420]

The Japanese tanks were worse then that. More like a M5 to a tiger is a better comparison. .30 caliber machine gun bullets could penetrate the HA-GO tanks. They're more like a tankette almost like an full armoured Bren carrier.

[@porsche-sandoesnotundersta8184]

But remember the biggest difference is the numbers. Which is basicaly germany against the hordes of American and Russian M4s and T34s.

[@zulubeatz1]

WW2 vets are just outstanding. What a generation of people. A million men in a thousand years - we have The USMC and that will have to do it. They did it.

[@photoisca7386]

I think this episode must have slipped into "Greatest Tank Battles" by mistake. It should have been "Great Turkey Shoots". It must have been the equivalent of a Kamikaze mission.

[@shawntepitts488]

Perfect

[@ronaldmccarty9771]

holy commercials Batman!

[@johnrettig1880]

My Dad was in the Marines in WW 2 . He once told me that there was Nothing Wrong with the Japanese Tanks ...... They Blew Up Just Fine . He was telling me about a battle of tanks Stuart V. Two Japanese Medium tanks . Spoilers Stuart's Won 󾓦 They just said that he Stuart didn't have the fire power . BS Which way were you looking . The Japanese didn't put much effort into armor and that's the same not only for their plains but ALSO their tanks . I got the opportunity to not only see but got into a Japanese tank years ago at Camp San Luis Obispo . NOT very thick armor at ALL .

[@Asymmetrical-Saggin]

Cuz they would rather just fly a plane into you and kill themselves

[@guywiththeweirdmustasche5622]

I bet bale was super angry at his gunner coz he almost got them killed lol

[@stephenjennings7303]

Sherman tank in the pacific: huh well i guess im top teir in the lobby again

[@jacksonwilson8868]

What is this, bf5?

[@voltsx4664]

@@jacksonwilson8868 nah I think hes talking about war thunder

[@funfactor4528]

@@jacksonwilson8868 definitely warthunder man

[@paulemica4718]

Sherman in Europe : 🤕

[@stephenjennings7303]

@@paulemica4718 the battle of arrecourt would like a word with u

[@robertpayne2717]

When i was in high school someone mentioned the superiority of German Engineering, i Comment out loud that yes it was great they lost two major wars this century. I graduated in 1975

[@nickg4387]

yo this looks good and how come we never got this movie I mean it's looks awesome to have another tank movie like fury

[@gunmasterx1164]

Documentary buddy

[@nathanieloconnor6686]

🤣🤣🤣 they should do this more often be like game almost love the video's though

[@Vryx43]

gonna play warthunder after this

[@louisavondart9178]

Midway was a very important battle for the USA. But it didn't stop the Japanese advance. That was done by the Australian Army in Papua New Guinea. It was the first time that the Japanese suffered a major defeat on land and it shocked the heck out of them. ( Battles of Milne Bay and Wau ) But, it's never mentioned because Dougout Doug claimed all the credit. Newsreels backed him up even though no US troops took part in the battle. Tarawa was so costly because the poor Marines had to wade so far from the beach. Poor reconnaisance meant that the Amtracks ran into coral formations and couldn't get onto the beach itself in the initial assault. One Engineer unit did recognise this danger before the battle and tried to use remote controlled demolition boats to blow holes in the coral but were given worn out, leaky boats for the task and they all broke down or sank. Later amphibious attacks were better planned using better Amtraks and beach recon parties from submarines.

[@thelonebanana6025]

You wanna add how many times the japanese attacked any other island after the battle of Midway?

[@TheBruceGday]

They (Japan) attacked Papua-New Guinea prior to Midway, but the Battle of Milne Bay was the farthest east on New Guinea and happened after Midway. The turning of the Pacific was a combination of Midway, Milne Bay, Kokoda Trail/Buna, and Guadalcanal. The battles on Guadalcanal and in the skies and on the sea around it were really the pivot point. Midway stripped away aircraft carriers. Milne Bay stopped the advance to cut off Australia. (Yes, MacArthur was bombastic and did nothing to help with Milne Bay). The Marines and Army under Nimitz were were much more effective.) Guadalcanal chewed up Japanese troops, planes and pilots, and ships and spit them out. Guadalcanal broke the back of Japan such that they were always on the defensive.

[@gimpycanuck2]

Australia got the short end of the stick when it came to receiving credit, and your right that was all MacArthur. One of his favorite tactics was to refer to an American unit as an American unit. When it was Australians winning and standing ground it became an "Allied" victory with no credit to the Australians.

[@robzillopez]

Thank you Mr Paul!!!!!! I wish you could be president seriously we're in trouble and I don't see a way out????? I wish we could vote on where OUR MONEY GOES!!!!!!!! BUT IT'S GOIN INTO THE SEWER. SADLY THE SWAMP IS FULL AS WELL AS THE SEWER!!!!!!

[@billotto602]

I wish documentaries would get this right. The island they invaded was Betio. The atoll was Tarawa. And look it up on global earth - it is wall to wall houses from shore to shore ! Wow. So much for a south Pacific paradise ! LOL 😆

[@roivincentdulay6838]

37mm gun vs Sherman Tanks 😂

[@kevlarburrito6693]

It wasn't just the Marines tasked with all that...in fact the Marines didn't even make up the majority of units. In many of the major battles fought in the Pacific, US Army combat units outnumbered Marine units several times over...

[@burstingwizard975]

True but the marines are typically the tip of the spear. Usually they go in first

[@NobleKorhedron]

This gives a false impression - the USN and USMC also had aircraft by the dozen. Dive bombers, torpedo bombers, fighters, and fighter-bombers...

[@jimparis5073]

Yes they did and it may give a different impression but it’s a video specifically about tanks in the pacific

[@MrDlt123]

So basically, the Sherman’s were to the Japanese tanks what the German Panzers and Tigers were to the Shermans in Europe.

[@DavidFMayerPhD]

Japan had no use for the heavy tanks such as were used in Europe. Island warfare simply cannot justify such heavy hardware.

[@freshbanana9948]

And they just couldn’t make heavy tanks

[@freshbanana9948]

Because they didnt had enough materials to built heavy tanks

[@viking8781]

The suicidal frontal attacks were the biggest waste of men and equipment by any country. Its hard to understand their mindset

[@thecobra1143]

Strike fear into the enemy… that’s what they tried t,o do…

[@robertpayne2717]

Had an Uncle that lost his truck and a 155 howitzer at Tarawa, all his equipment and personal items due the time of the landing they tried to land at low tide... US Navy and Marine Corp learned how not to take an island!!!!

[@jammer6524]

Anyone else seeing scam ads for the FuzeBug Mosquitoes killing bug zapper?

[@cb7600]

*sees a Sherman fly from a artillery shell* well there's a flying tank

[@paulredinger420]

I can't get over how long the marine's pig stickers are compared to how long they were when I did my training at Ft. Benning Ga. wow! They could stick 3 people at one time in 1944! Ours wouldn't of went through one person in 1982! Anyone know why they were so long back then?

[@burstingwizard975]

Maybe because the brass back then thought the extra reach would be significant? It could also have something to do with the weight of the weapons. The Garand was much heavier than the M16 so maybe a longer & heavier bayonet would've been poorly balanced on a lighter rifle. I'm probably talkin' out my ass though

[@larrylaurenzi1625]

Sherman’s vs Light Japanese tanks was equal to Sherman’s vs Tiger Tanks, it will always be the courage of the Tank Crew that always makes the difference.

[@NewbieObi]

its more light M3 stuart going against a tiger.

[@bobbybates2614]

The lea grant tank was used in Burma

[@Rammstein0963.]

It's just Lee bro, Grant was what the Brits called the ones we sent them.

[@The-Dom]

They didnt suicide out of fear, they suicided out of shame.

[@TheBruceGday]

Peleliu was a pretty lousy fight. Tanks played an important role there as well.

[@paulredinger420]

They couldn't get up into the ridges and cave systems where they were most drastically needed. The infantry couldn't dig in after making advances and had to withdrawal to get away from the shrapnel from mortars and artillery that was tearing the units apart. This was solved by the troops carrying sandbags with them to be protected from the shrapnel. Read the unit history reports of the battle. Really cuts to the point, and it's the best authority on the battle.

[@kimzgwapo7657]

Shermans in the Pacific is like Tiger in Europe 😂

[@catlee8064]

Yo uguys do know there was only 6 div of marines in the pacific? 20 Army?

[@masonmr2]

If you want some we will do it again……….do you want to see the sum……🤫

[@charlesgstudios5545]

Greatest Tank Battles (Season 3/Episode 6) Tank Battles of the Pacific

[@DavidFMayerPhD]

Okinawa was positively the WORST battle for USA in terms of casualties in its entire history.

[@norshstephens2395]

As far as casualties? You’re wrong, it was the Battle of The Bulge by far. With over 22 thousand killed. But Okinawa was the worse when it comes to casualties during the Pacific War. Especially for the Navy witch took the most casualties, followed by the Army then the Marines.

[@DavidFMayerPhD]

@@norshstephens2395 You are CORRECT. Thanks for the information.

[@splendadaddy2933]

@@DavidFMayerPhD you realize 50,000 Americans died at Gettysburg over a period of 3 days right? Okinawa might have been our most costly battle in the pacific theater of ww2 but nowhere near our bloodiest event In history as a whole.

[@DavidFMayerPhD]

@@splendadaddy2933 Thanks for the info.

[@jimsworthow531]

my gramps told me because of the japanese soldier diet of fish and rice, the decomposition smell was of rotting fish and human putrid odor.

[@gus2600]

They still sink ! the U.S. should have put poison gas down in those caves !

[@sWeeTcholo]

How did Japan took over if its a small island

[@RJFPme]

Those tanks have men in them ? They speak of the object without acknowledging the soldiers inside.

[@kwhufc5769]

The Sherman tank always made me laugh as Sherman just makes me think German

[@jjayyoung7335]

Why didn't the tank blow up the seawall blow a hole through it

[@mattdarchuck4057]

Good question...My guess is that they were thicker in real life than what the video displays.

[@pappap1702]

They might have been to close before they realized how thick they were or couldn't depress their main gun low enough at close range.

[@louisavondart9178]

they were up to 20 feet thick made of two lines of palm tree supports filled with sand and concrete. Even a 16" gun would have had trouble...

[@conniehooks4647]

95000 angels 😇 💖

[@TheKep]

4:54 buddy #2 off the ramp ate shit lmao

[@yourlocalalexis4578]

we should have bypassed all the islands, and head straight to Japan, since we dropped the bomb anyway!

[@rednek666]

Some of them had to be captured so planes can reach mainland Japan and bomb it. It`s also not a good idea leaving pockets of resistance in your rear.

[@user-uy1rg8td1v]

@@rednek666 Could have bombed Japan from bases on the Islands off of Alaska. I believe the real reason was to free the Americans captured during the fighting in the Philippines.

[@rednek666]

@@user-uy1rg8td1v Nobody would use the whole army resourses just to free some prisoners, that`s definitely not the case. There were no airfields on alaskan islands that could reach targets on mainland Japan.

[@darrelllovett4722]

@@rednek666 At the time the island hopping campaign started; the Atomic Bomb was just theory. The B 29 was still a prototype; and the Japanese still had a very large carrier force.

[@rednek666]

@@darrelllovett4722 I`m not the one you have to adress this to

[@Khalifrio]

The words Heavy Armor and Japanese WW2 Tanks do not go together.

[@culturalliberator9425]

3:00 Oh, that's funny. They must have never met an American before. Invite Tojo over for dinner some time and I'll show him one. 7:17 Oh really? How about a thousand Americans and only one.

[@2serveand2protect]

For God's Sakes ! - I absolutely HATE "Hero Wars" and sure as hell I will never play it!

[@janicebass5354]

why didnt you strave them out they werent going anywhere

[@nickhefter1075]

For the same reason we didn’t starve out Japan at the end. It would take way to long to do

[@davidalexoff1658]

Life in a tank was not very pleasant, at all.

[@kaptainkaos1202]

And now the USMC have gotten rid of their tanks. Stupid decision.

[@TheKep]

They still have LAV’s which would serve the same purpose in an amphibious landing. The advent of precision munitions and armed drones have made the tank obsolete for amphibious landings.

[@jaydoneash2098]

King tiger vs a Ha Go…..

[@kevwebb2637]

It's sad that the Marines also had to take some Children away from their parent in order to save them. That is sad that the Civilians were brainwashed by their own government and even the soldiers had a rough time in the field. That didn't help the people of Japan to be able to Distinguish the difference between Religion and Cults.

[@ray-0249]

BANZAI!!!

[@yewenyi]

But the Japanese lost the battle of Milne bay before midway.

[@gus2600]

With the inept tactics and ineffective training of the American Marines it is a miracle that won any battle in the pacific !

[@anibalcesarnishizk2205]

In what sense inept?.

[@jimparis5073]

@@anibalcesarnishizk2205 terrain, I’d say the marines did as good as they could but terrain was a big issue for em n they weren’t fully ready it. Saying that neither would I so good on those brave men

[@เจตน์ศักดิ์ทองเจริญ]

Sherman is โลงเหล็กต้ดปืนใหญ่ชนะเพราะจำนวน!

[@toaster8389]

Clueless

[@niccologentile867]

Oh yeh, they're definitely was a Tiger E on Gaudalcanal. The god damn Germans just UFO'd a Tiger to Gaudalcanal. The legend still says if you hang around Gaudalcanal today, the Dude from Ancient Aliens will tell the full story of how Chesty Puller singlehandedly destroyed the German Tiger in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with only a obsidian pickaxe

[@chrismcleod9748]

With some small assistance from the Bob Semple tank.

[@janderson5891]

Ads worse than when it was on cable

[@davidalexander8305]

🧙‍♂️☕♥️🙏🇺🇲🦅🇺🇲👍👍

[@gus2600]

The Sherman was a joke to the Germans . As an American, I am ashamed to say that it was an American tank .

[@freedomefighterbrony9053]

The sherman wasn't built to take German armor head on it was designed for infantry support and even then Sherman's in Europe rarely ran into German big cats

[@peterson7082]

@@freedomefighterbrony9053 A bit mistaken on your end too, U.S. armor doctrinally would engage enemy armor. Regardless. The performance varied

[@peterson7082]

Nonsense

[@TheKep]

@@peterson7082 Nonsense. The US tank doctrine was “Infantry Support” not tank hunting. There were special tank hunter units using the M10 , M18 Hellcat, and later the M36 Jackson.

[@TheKep]

Gus why are you ashamed to say the Sherman was American? It quite literally won the war. Without the Sherman there is not VE Day.

[@janicebass5354]

why did you napam the island

[@unitedwestand5100]

Japanese tanks were a joke. They were cardboard boxes with pee shooters mounted on them. Heavy Armor? LMAO

[@dylanhaugen3739]

Against Chinese infantry with no real armor support, they were really effective, against well trained and supplied marines with the latest tanks of the time, they were hopelessly outmatched. But when your a solider your expected to make do with what you have. Even if what you have might as well be considered garbage.

[@unitedwestand5100]

@@dylanhaugen3739 ,. I agree!

[@mikearmstrong8483]

When you are an infantryman whose armored protection consists of a GI issue t-shirt and uniform blouse, a motorcycle with a mounted Bren gun and a piece of sheet tin screwed on the front becomes heavy armor. Anything that moves under its own power, has a machine gun, and your rifle bullets bounce off of it, is heavy armor. Until your own tanks show up, but in the Pacific (especially early on) Allied tanks were few and far between compared to infantry. And the Japanese did develop a self-propelled gun with a high velocity 75mm gun to take out Shermans, but its production was too limited to see significant service. There were some in the Philippines but I don't recall that they actually engaged US tanks.

[@ivantheteribul]

@@mikearmstrong8483 The Japanese also had blueprints for the Tiger, but that, and any heavier tank designs they had, were likely reserved for the Home Islands.

[@stickyb9599]

The amount of commercials is completely ridiculous and ruins trying to watch the video every 30 seconds it seems there's another one

[@HyPnOsS1933]

Meanwhile Russia en Germany Stalingrad Germany 500.000 Soviet plus minus 1miljion

[@formulah113]

thats messed up, showing a kid 🏃‍♂️ and flopping in the water, to then show war footage off bodies floating in the water.

[@Blackhawkhelicopter8393]

That is war

[@michaelbrennan1294]

T34 ,panthers,sherman ,junk a real tank type97 the best tank ever ever made

[@chrismcleod9748]

I'm sorry to inform you, the Bob Semple tank holds the title of best tank ever made.

[@michaelbrennan1294]

@@chrismcleod9748 chris it was a joke ,thats a tin can on wheels type 97 ,but seriously 🐆 leopard 🇩🇪 germany,🇷🇺 Russia T90 ,Israel tanks ,South korea 🇰🇷 my opinion is the best tank overall .GERMANY MAKES SOME OF THE BEST WAR equipment STG DURING WW2,GERMANY 🇩🇪 ALSO makes best assault rifle G-36,I only know the nickname of this tank destroyer the RHINO WITH THE FLAK 88 ON TRACKS ,THAT COMMENT WAS MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH. ATLEAST U DIDN'T SAY I WAS STUPID🤣🤣🤣👍⚡⚡🔥

[@jingranwan4608]

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[@jingranwan4608]

lol

[@bobkwan1308]

too much talking

[@minoghirardosi9463]

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[@janicebass5354]

thats did not no what what you were doing you cost a lot of anercian nen

[@thomaslinton5765]

The battlefields were "as wide as the ocean." ? Very dramatic and, speaking of tank combat in the Pacific, absurdly false.

[@Lakeside4]

A tiger tank is German? So not such a good title for a USA documentary on Sherman tanks in the Pacific.

[@mikeobholz3148]

The victorious rainbow extraorally sparkle because search summarily drip atop a spectacular melody. young, lively sun

[@Dr.Westside]

What ?