HK Tank - Terminator Explained

[@JeffTheBunnySlayer]

This thing legitimately scared me as a kid. When it snapped its attention to the resistance soldier throwing charges at it was unsettling to me.

[@truthoftheuniverse4179]

TERMINATOR,,,TRUMP,,FATE

[@TheSuperSnake313]

And because it's something they could realistically have like now lol

[@svenpeeters9896]

Same here. That thing was scary AF in T1. That thing haunted me in my nightmares.

[@19zach75]

The sound of it rolling over (and crushing) skulls, while firing its high-powered plasma guns, was terrifying.

[@mr.joshua204]

Shit gave me nightmares as a kid. I had nightmares where I'd be hiding in an old small house, and all the sudden, the windows were lit up by a bright white light, and the house began to shake, then an hk tank would tear open the roof

[@ashlindemeritte7593]

When WALL-E gets an upgrade.

[@readhistory2023]

WALL-E's mother-in-law

[@Ghost7065]

he becomes Jonny 5...

[@ItsToXxy]

WALL-E becomes evil! Damn you Skynet! 😭

[@iCANT_BELIEVE_YOU_SAID_THAT]

LOL

[@supreme3376]

Pissed WallE revenge after loosing Eva

[@thespiken]

Terminator is a troubled franchise like alien now a days, no one listens to the fans, no USCM, no future war

[@DeathBYDesign666]

It's rumored the next installment is gonna feature the colonial marines. I think I actually heard that from Mr H if I'm not mistaken. I don't think they were anywhere near as bad as the last two terminator movies though. They definitely should have expanded from salvation.

[@danese1636]

​@@DeathBYDesign666 Oh my fricking god yes! I saw Terminator Genisis through online websites for free not knowing anything about the film (because I was living under a rock those times). The first 20 minutes I was so hyped. Like YES! The future war!! We're going to see what happens AFTER Kyle gets sent back in time. Then they killed John Connor and made him a robot. THEN they deleted all of the franchise in a matter of 2 minutes of screen time (I'm being generous). Then I closed my browser and walked away.

[@Thunderchild-gz4gc]

People will complain that they don't want a rehash of Aliens and the future war wasn't meant to be shown.

[@anon9579]

The future war is far more interesting

[@Hoi4o]

I love the visual design of both the HK tanks and the HK aerials, they are really original. I don't know if Cameron had clearly thought out this idea, or it's just a coincidence, but I have a suspicion that Skynet intentionally gave them red and blue lights, similar to those of police vehicles. When rolling out the first versions of these killing machines, these lights could easily attract unaware humans, making them easy targets. Imagine walking through the ruins of a nuked city and seeing red and blue lights in the distant dark. "It's a police car, or a chopper!" you think, "Maybe they'll help me!". Nope, HK blasts you away as soon as you get within firing range.

[@tristanbackup2536]

It's an in-canon reason so Skynet can keep secondary tracking between units within visual range instead of relying purely on radar & wireless tracking so other units can see it. Helps finding such assets also from satellites if the Resistance jams wireless-tracking live feed so Skynet & other subroutine systems fall back to using visual tracking with the red & blue lights to know where it is to send additional reinforcements to aid the tanks given how they are big targets. It's the same reason why planes today have flashing lights despite having tracking & radar systems making lights redundant, it's a fall back system so we can visually see it to know where it is if such systems fail which they can & had before.

[@kharnethebetrayer4125]

These things were so scary when I was a kid. Hk tank is one of my favourite terminators ever.realy missed these behemoths in t3 and onwards

[@agonefire]

A weapon of Terror as much as a weapon of War. How can you look at it and NOT be intimidated? Truly iconic.

[@rebelkommando6166]

This thing was so much fun to fight in that Terminator arcade game. Anybody remember that game?

[@DRaisbeck1]

You talking the light gun arcade game?

[@maybedos]

T2 for Sega Genisis was fun I would join you in the future war. This thing was tough.

[@rebelkommando6166]

@@DRaisbeck1 yeah that one.

[@DRaisbeck1]

Man the light gun arcade was great.

[@DG-qq6gz]

The gun overheats too.

[@JBuick]

The other soldier with Reese was a female.

[@coreym162]

Still can't tell. They looked too androgynous

[@toomanyaccounts]

no there is a closeup and its clearly a woman. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmjRomCobLaKjZI when the soldier turns in response to Reese facial structure is female.

[@notthesameman]

That was a girl, not like dark fate she or he wearing boy clothes.

[@hariharannair3065]

Maybe STAR from the terminator salvation...🤔

[@shhwinner6663]

could have been a grwon up star from the film salvation?

[@jamesfrank3213]

I was never scared of the T-800, or the T-1000, but the thought of this thing wandering the scorched remains of our planet indefinitely and nearly unstoppable scared me since the first time I saw the movie...when I was 7.

[@MichaelMyersofColorado]

One crucial aspect left out of ALL subsequent Terminator movies after Terminator 2, was the original ground HK. They are terrifying and set the mood. In the third movie the Arial HK had changed design which was a lot less terrifying then James Cameron's original design.

[@HatCreature]

I really enjoy seeing the HK Tanks, they remind me of the Sentinels in X-Men. They're just large machines roaming the land and hunting anything out in the open, they basically make living on the surface almost impossible which forces the Resistance to live underground.

[@vattmann1387]

They kind of remind me of "Johnny 5" from the Short Circuit series of films.

[@19zach75]

@@vattmann1387 Johnny 5 alive!!!

[@FrankyTorres-h7t]

Can it be reprogrammed

[@doublep1980]

Mr.H: "I wanna look at something ,a little bit better than Terminator Dark Fate." Understatement of the year,mate!

[@moosepocalypse6500]

I still like from the old game Terminator 2029, these were codenamed "Eradicator" and the Flying HKs were codenamed "Dragons"... I think that's a nice touch personally

[@Modighen]

My floppies became corrupted, but I still have the box, the manual and Operation Scour. It was a bit primitive with the mechanics, but it was a fun game to play.

[@Nicholas_Chen_]

I always simply call it the ‘Skull crushing tank’ lol

[@DeathBYDesign666]

I always wondered why there were so many skulls just laying on the ground with no skeletons to accompany them. Was it a dumping ground for mass beheadings or something? Even the most densely populated areas on planet earth would not have so many skulls so close together. It is pretty metal though haha.

[@DanielThureskog]

@@DeathBYDesign666 Its almost like the T-800 units was playing soccer with the heads, prior to those scenes.

[@Modighen]

@@DeathBYDesign666 They'll aim for the biggest mass, which means the plasma cannons would hit torsos. Given what 40+W plasma can do to a human body, the lack of ribs and spines could be explained that way. I'm sure, however, that there should have been plenty more leg bones. ;)

[@orionslaver432]

I'm surprised Skynet took so long to realise that these things needed escorts. Tactically they make sense - a large, mobile heavy weapons platform able to bring extreme firepower to bear wherever it's needed, but its size mandates the presence of smaller units to protect its blind spots.

[@tristanbackup2536]

Usually. It does. They house 600 to 800 endo units for that very reason as explained in the EU books. But most of the scenes are towards to end of the war, Skynet was getting desperate as the Resistance was pushing the front lines more & more north.

[@t90mshaweenee55]

of course when you have something as large as that you need infantry to support it

[@maybedos]

The Terminator addiction is real and we all have it.

[@danese1636]

Huh. Maybe Hollywood is simply trying to "cure" us of our addition? Seems pretty uneducated, not going to lie. So I guess there's some validity to this statement.

[@maybedos]

@@danese1636 almost fell asleep on this new one. Gensys killed my dog. T2 for Genisis was pretty cool. "Let's Go!" random I know but hey so was T3.

[@WarbirdPhoenix]

This thing made me have PTSD like Reece did with crawler excavators at construction sites when I was a kid,lol

[@JeanLucCaptain]

I like how it is clearly designed to be able to see over all the rubble and smashed buildings and pinpoint Targets for the smaller Terminators to dig out.

[@redhairdavid]

one advantage the AI might see in mounting the HK tanks to the wall, is it cant go anywhere. the humans are operating asymmetrical warfare, so pulling units away from the actual target with distraction attacks was likely the norm for the humans. so the AI likely started with all mobile units, and then noticed that it couldn't adapt fast enough to the unconventional human tactics and was getting caught without units to fight them again and again. so they just made them immobile. cant be pulled out of position and will always protect the facility.

[@Blutwind]

This! Also on an maintanace side it makes sense to have static mounts on choke points basicaly you dont need to bother with keeping the whole thread mechanics oiled and checked for repairs. Also having a permanent energy support is better then having a coupling system

[@cottoncatt1186]

@@Blutwind And ... and ... and ... It is a stonghold, every opening in the walls is a vulnerability. Placing defense units outside the walls, in a very vulnerable position that fits the attacker tactics, is pure stupidity because in that case why building a stronghold in the first place. The purpose of a stronghold is to protect the defenders and making them more effective, so that a smaller amount of them can hold a far larger number of attackers. I mean it is siege warfare 101, known and proven since antiquity. Game Of Throne Season 8 level of siege defense strategy, like what is said in the video, is excactly what to NOT do.

[@mizukami999]

Nobody does that irl unless it's a sentry gun. A tank is something that counters an attack on one direction, and then relocates to counter an attack from another, tens of miles away.

[@redhairdavid]

@@mizukami999 and what do you do if every time that tank runs off 10 miles the thing it's protecting gets blown up

[@scottfree2248]

Truly iconic design. Still looking futuristic over Thirty years on.

[@falleneldor]

As a kid, I was always bummed out that Kenner never made this into a toy. I use to pretend the "Terror Claw" from Mattel's He-Man toy line was an HK tank.

[@DocWolph]

The HK Tank looks like a centaur.

[@QuantumNova]

Officially that's what the resistance called it, but that term isn't used much.

[@lewisner]

In the Terminator Dawn Of Fate game you see an HK Tank being assembled in a factory. The game also includes the HK Centurion or Spider Tank which was in the concept art for T2 but was dropped because it was too difficult to animate. Also in the game are the Skynet Guardians , four robots like huge dogs which were built by Norad to maintain and protect Skynet. Part of the concept art for T2 was the HK Silverfish, based on the insect of the same name.

[@ericnox2069]

Fan movie idea: Skynet, realizing it's near constant time stream pollution had caused it to be deleted in many time lines and replaced with Legion and REV units, agrees to help the humans destroy Legion. Still would be better than Dark fate. Thanks for the awesome Review man

[@thermometredupochard]

Cool. fan movie idea...continue...The humans though have already seen this time line so know that Skynet will betray them. The resistance therefore come up with an award winning long con to trick Skynet to helping them only for Resistance to calmly switch off skynet final robot when it decides to turn on the humans.

[@1984Brandon]

Might tie up some loose ends in the film's canon. That's why Hollywood isn't ever going to release your idea.

[@ericnox2069]

Right? Hell, even without the idea of Skynet trying to double cross, and having them stand by the humans like after Salvation which he covered. But yes, it clearly Hollywood will not touch it because it makes sense.

[@kylereese1042]

Have you seen Dark Fate? If you have no spoilers please.

[@1984Brandon]

@@kylereese1042 No, I get no pleasure from harming myself.

[@markgrehan3726]

It was a little rocky in places but I'm starting to think that The Sarah Connor Chronicles was the best Terminator show so far.

[@user-cv8xu2yk7m]

Probably because it’s the literal only show.

[@mrkojak-ci1zm]

Looks like "Johnny 5" got some upgrades

[@2LTDarcius]

well wouldnt you like to be a pepper too? clearly once you drink a pepper you get duel plasmas lmao

[@12Mantis]

There's another possibility for that stationary/turreted HK tank in Terminator Salvation, perhaps it started out as a fully functional tank but took too much damage and was thus made to perform as a turret either until it could be repaired or Skynet didn't want to scrap it until it was a total loss.

[@sigmacademy]

Could also be that as the Resistance inflicting more damage on the supply lines and assembly plants, SkyNet had to rely on more older and more numerous models and variants for in-depth defense and attack missions. More advanced models would take longer to create and roll out and you would need to use (and recycle) older units to fill the gap left because time and resources spend on more powerful units. :)

[@tarasstokmakov7642]

I still want an open world terminator game :(

[@eanna3781]

With a mechanic like in ME3 where if you make too much noise the machines detect you they'll come a-hunting!

[@markmonaco9775]

Terminator resistance is coming out soon

[@anon9579]

A first person shooter that is a bit like Far Cry blood dragon where you are John Connor and there is a day/night cycle only you have to come out at night

[@AurelionSass]

Well, Terminator Resistance is out. While it may only be a semi-open world game, it's the best we have so far :P

[@dragracingking21]

@@AurelionSass that game has a better story than any of the movies after T2. That game also should have been made as the war movie us Terminator fans have wanted

[@Wanderingwalker-ke6mg]

Anyone remember fighting these things in the sega game?! Grenade spam for days 😂

[@joet7136]

One of my favorite things about the HK tank and gunship was the sound, look, and action of its plasma weapons. They sounded like they were literally ripping the air around them and the purplish, blue-white of the plasma bolts were beautiful to behold.

[@ItsToXxy]

I always wanted a HK tank model kit

[@thelouster5815]

It looks like WALL-E after he bulked up and decided to go on a bloodthirsty rampage.

[@johannesstoll4583]

I admire your videos on this channel. Keep them coming! I watched every single one of them. Sadly, we will never get to see the original future war.

[@benredfield6643]

I always loved the sheer sense of immensity of the HK Tank, it's almost indomitable power and weight. That image of the tracks grinding human bones to dust stuck with me as a kid, and is still powerful to this day. When it catches sight of that other fighter with Reese, and instantly obliterates her, it struck such fear into me that you just need to make one mistake and be seen, and these things will wipe you out without hesitation. The one thing that I'd like to know more about, regarding the tank and the Aerial HKs is, how intelligent are they? Are their CPU brains like that of a Terminator, do they "think", strategise, communicate with each other? Or are they simpler, more akin to sentry guns with a friend-foe target recognition system?

[@cindervee478]

They're pretty moronic I think

[@palpadur1112]

H-K tanks and Aerials, specifically the ones in the first and second movies (and some of the books and comics) can sometimes think for themselves when their "autonomous mode" is active, but Skynet rarely set them to that mode for the same reason as Terminators of the 800 series and up being set to "read only," it doesn't want them to do a lot of thinking. other than that, they're not to bright. usually, they're set to patrol an area, search and destroy, or defend a location. pretty much like worker bees, ants or hornets. interesting fact about the Aerial H-Ks of the first and second movies: they're design is based on hornets, they even have insectoid legs for when they need to land. though it was never shown in the movies, it was mentioned in the first Terminator book. H-K tanks can also access satellites for additional information of an area, or use them to detect Resistance bases and movements. they are built to have some communication with other units and even Skynet itself, being able to send terrain and targeting data to other H-K tanks, Aerials, and most Terminator models of the 600s series and up. the sensors of an H-K tank are razor sharp, but having searchlights in addition to those sensors proved to be a real problem for the Resistance. in the original timeline (and other timelines) the more advanced H-K units developed as the war neared its end would be able to link with each other as a hive mind. some H-K units, such as the Centurion, a fast moving four legged gun platform capable of raising or lowering its body, was a supercomputer itself. it moved around the battlefield, rising over terrain or buildings to fire at targets before moving to another location to fire again, or digging its legs into the ground and serving as a sentry platform.

[@Cacowninja]

@@cindervee478 Kyle Reese said in the first film "At night the HKs use infrared, but they ain't too bright." so you'd be correct.

[@WastelandSeven]

Um...Mr. H....the soldier killed by the HK in Kyle's flashback wasn't a he! Her name was Jean Malahni and she was Linda Hamilton's stunt double.

[@MrHReviews]

Lack of sleep! You are correct good sir

[@WastelandSeven]

It is fine good sir. We all have to deal with lack of sleep sooner or later. The reason I remember is that I thought she was kind of cute, even wearing the grime and combat togs. LOL

[@WastelandSeven]

I mean, who doesn't like a chick with a plasma rifle in the 40W range. LOL

[@19zach75]

She always reminded me of "Pvt. Vasquez" the bad-ass chick with the space marines in the original "Alien"

[@endertheww1tanker81]

In the recent game Terminator Resistance, the HK Tank has a weakness which is the power supply that is in its back,and with the rocket launcher you can shoot it there and reposition or shoot it’s head to stun it and then shoot the back

[@Lexandmax81]

Alien, predator and Terminator.....😎👍love it! Great channel buddy. Dank je wel.

[@justiron2999]

I don't know why skynet didn't stay with regular ammunition. If it didn't stick with plasma based munitions then humans will have had a problem dealing with regular humanoid terminators. After all bullets can only hurt metal so much unlike plasma hot weapons.

[@sardonicspartan9343]

In WWII tank turrets were used in fixed positions as well. I wonder if this was an inspiration for the HK being mounted in such a way.

[@pliskenx51mm83]

In Terminator 3 the Redemption video game, the HK tank had been completely stream lined and retro fitted. Instead of a head and body on just one end of the tank, the body was placed dead center between the four treads on the frame of the tank. The head was removed, the body was made bigger and in the center instead of 2 praying mantis like arms, a massive plasma canon was added. So it had the two arms with plasma guns but a huge main canon that fired a huge single plasma blast. You even get to take control of one and its a great vehicle to kill other machines with.

[@roaklin]

something to check out, is the fan created anime style video of batman vs skynet. You would enjoy the well done effort and attention to detail on the engineering aspects through out. keep up the good work

[@Shadow_Lord22]

Best channel to learn about Terminator and all of Skynet's units

[@phaeton01]

it always looked like a giant chrome praying mantis to me

[@KamilMuzyka]

Wasn't that resistance soldier actually female in the original terminator?

[@MrHReviews]

Yup. Was tired

[@samsainty2892]

@@MrHReviews if u played the game you can see rivers watching over Reese and his partner throwing the grenades at the hk tank the scene from the first terminator film

[@Schemez-16vhiphopbeatz]

Remember the episode of tmnt with the robot macc ...i love the smell of gun smoke in the morning.....dude looks just like a mini hk tank

[@madmaxx1147]

It’s the tog 2 British tank

[@samuelc.sthecapybara6618]

The Salvation arcade game HK Tank is my favorite HK Tank design ngl

[@finegamingconnoisseur]

They also had the blue and red flashing lights which at the time when I was kid made me think they were Skynet’s twisted thinking on making them resemble police vehicles but designed to hunt down humans. Also, I always thought Kyle Reese’s canister explosive got run over and therefore never went off, and it was the female soldier at his side who throw her canister explosive in the right place but got spotted and killed, sacrificing her life to destroy the HK tank. It made me think that was a way for the movie to show the strong female aspect that we saw later in the end with Sarah Connor, which made you respect those female characters as they were selfless, courageous and sacrificial.

[@DeathBYDesign666]

I think they are meant to be the power cores from scavenged terminator units. That's been my head Canon since T3 anyway. It does make for a very effective weapon in any case.

[@finegamingconnoisseur]

Death By Design Graphics Those power cores would result in a small nuclear mushroom cloud explosion when detonated, but you could argue that the resistance had managed to reverse-engineer it into a powerful anti-HK tank explosive.

[@DeathBYDesign666]

Well the explosion would act a little differently if it's chewing through several meters of metal in the process. I think both exploded though because there was two different detonation's from what I remember. And yes the resistance does do a lot of reverse engineering of skynet technology for obvious reasons.

[@finegamingconnoisseur]

Death By Design Graphics Either way, I think they did an impressive job with the future war flashback scenes in T1. They sure knew how to make good movies back then.

[@DeathBYDesign666]

That we can both agree on! T1 and T2 for the win and I will give a nod to salvation for at least starting the future war scenario that we've all been waiting for but never followed up on.

[@Sakura_Matou]

Johnny 5's Evil cousin.

[@mikezbr]

Of maybe a future descendant...hmmmm🤔

[@DeathBYDesign666]

Who's Johnny? She said and smiled in a special way. You just know they are going to butcher that in a remake someday. Chappie kinda already did though.

[@mikezbr]

@@DeathBYDesign666 chappie wasn't the worst thing ever...lol

[@DeathBYDesign666]

ShannysDad I did say kinda, it did have its charms I will admit. I still say it's gonna be sjwonny 5 for the reboot though. No Indians from Pittsburgh jokes that's for sure. Newton Crosby PHD will be a woman and Stephanie will probably be a transsexual, vegan, black male. lol

[@rossurquhart2596]

The HK turret idea makes sense as it would save space and mean fixed point defences. Assuming skynet has had a chance to copy the Internet it's just recycling the tank turret bunker strategy

[@metalc.s3170]

In the terminator salvation arcade game. These guys were bosses. The boss of the first chapter. And one of the two bosses in the final part of chapter 2

[@MisterWileyOne]

There are several comments about Johnny Five from Short Circuit. Guess you got your next video idea.

[@ShadowACE1998]

I wouldn't say it's vaguely humanoid, I'd say it's more like Johnny 5's pissed off big brother. "No disassemble my metallic ass! I'm killing me some HuMans!" LOL

[@goldenface2688]

This thing reminded me of a robot in a movie called Short Circuit. It will always look like a massive version of Johnny 5 for me.

[@jackstecker5796]

You know, if Skynet is a super-intellgent AI, you would think it would know it would know you don't send armored vehicles into built up areas without infantry support (endoskeletons). I've defeated thermal imagers with a cardboard box, when I was working as a badguy in the nuclear security industry. It worked, but the plexiglass foldup contraption I built worked better. Then we built one that was camo painted to cover us in the visible light spectrum also, with a little viewport with a coat of matte clear-coat. So it was non-reflective. Then we made one with insulated handles, so we wouldn't heat it up with our hands, or have our fingers visible on thermal. After that one of my guys suggested carrying it in one of those nylon collapsing coolers, so it wouldn't differ from the background thermal signature. Next, we scalloped the edges and added fake plant stuff from an arts and crafts store. And it worked a trick. It was so effective we were ordered to stop using it. Which burned my butt, after how much time and effort we put into developing it. But as adversaries, we honed those good guys to a razor's edge. And by the time we had a graded 3-year evaluation from the Feds, we stopped the national adversary team cold. I think the only drill they actually breached the perimeter, the one dude made it, maybe, 15 yds, before he got smoke-checked. Everybody else was "dead" outside the wire. I did figureout, the math one time, and for about a 23 month period, something like 87% of drill-kills were adversaries playing bad guys vs adversaries playing good-guys. I was team commander by then, so I told my adversaries, "push out info to anyone willing to listen". Myself and my XO actually had the privilege of training with recently retired Delta guys, and we passed that info down to the regular officers who wanted to learn. I established a personal fund, out of my own pocket. "Best pistol score, best rifle score, best night fire score, best combat course score, etc., you get a $200 gift card. Charlie team's scores went through the roof. Even my slackers , who were like, "I won't win anyway, so why bother trying," gave it the old college try, and their scores improved dramatically. A little bit of leadership, a little positive reinforcement, and you can work wonders.

[@donaldstuckiii]

This ground tank and the flying hk scared me as a kid

[@tht14t42]

I love how the hunter killer tank in the hunter killer both have the same headpiece 👍. Fun fact did you know that even though the hunter killer's main head looks straight the guns are still looking at the Target.

[@marshwalker8322]

Have you even thought about diving into the Warhammer universe? It would suit the theme of your channel so much and theres endless amounts of incredibly lore.

[@MrHReviews]

I've done some 40k videos

[@marshwalker8322]

@@MrHReviews Turns out I'm blind and forgetful, I think they were some of the first videos that got me into your channel.. my bad.

[@chrismarek7864]

When Number 5 from Short Circuit REALLY goes rogue. I can hear it now. Right before the HKT blows a resistance soldier away. It says “Your mother was a snowblower.” 🤣

[@josemartin1727]

The resistance soldier with Kyle Reese that got obliterated in T1 by the HK was actually a woman. She was actually pretty hot lol.

[@mystyle_jm8997]

I remember that the HK Tank has a single-barrel Plasma Cannon on one of the Arm that's powerful enough to obliterate a Human Body into oblivion at costs of lowering the Rapid Fire. If both Arms are Twin-Barrel Plasma Cannons, it only pierces a Human Body without obliterating it with Rapid Fire at costs of Firepower, as if it straining the Reactor if Two Arms are only Rapid Fire Twin-barrel cannons.

[@lokalnyork]

I think this thing from Salvation was just a AA turret with four guns, however that big tank from concept art looks like updated and upscaled T-1 (there is/was supposed to be one in movie, they even made toy IIRC)

[@danese1636]

Speaking of the T1's At NAU we have these robots that deliver food and drinks. They have the exact same color scheme as the T1's and even somewhat resemble a smaller version of them without the head and the guns... T1's are coming!

[@anthonykirton1945]

I guess I am the only person in the world that liked Terminator 3 so it would be selfish of me to ask you to speak on it I particularly liked those killing machines they had in the movie you know the ones that the Terminator had programmed just kill everything in sight they would like Roland tanks rolling tanks and I found the ending you be so much satisfying however I guess the majority rules but if you ever care to be different speak on Terminator 3

[@SomeGuyandanAmbulance]

I just realized that the harvester from Salvation has a similar torso design

[@justinquaylepate1358]

A futuristic TIGER Tank

[@TheKeithvidz]

Using for a short story been back of my mind several years.

[@darkwolf7567]

Love the video Mr. H!!!!!!

[@chriscarrete5303]

Didn't we see HK tank treads in the very first Terminator Salvation trailer? I remember cause seeing those treads got me so hyped and seemed like it was actually going to be like James Cameron's future war.

[@scottcollins5240]

Now I want to play T2: The Arcade Game...look what you have done. Though Terminator on the Sega MegaCD was better.

[@scottcollins5240]

@@Godzillafan1980 game is the stuff of legend. I actually still have the cart for Robocop VS. The Terminator. Feels good playing on actual hardware.

[@Ponchoman13]

I love that in the Sarah Connor Chronicles, the call them Ogres! At least ONE of the writers HAD to be a gamer!!!

[@phaeton01]

cool, i was waiting for this

[@svagglaorde4387]

When the lawn needs mowing... HK Tank: It's "Human Killing" time! Me: This is what "HK" truely stands for...

[@apexhunter109]

New to your channel and loving it, when I heard your voice, I thought you were Colin Salmon

[@jamesricker3997]

In T2 there were unused storyboards with an advanced HK tank that had a 4 legged chassis and greater intelligence

[@TheDreamseethe]

I'd say as far as efficciancy it makes sense to mass produce the top of the HK and use it both on the tank models and as stationary turrets.

[@sigmacademy]

True. If you have dozens of variants to produce at the same time, you need different kinds of factories to produce different parts for a specific unit, not to mention specialized assembly lines. If you follow a simple army composition, you can have multiple factories creating the same or similar "troops/units" and adapt a simple basic chassis with an infinite number of combinations for specialized tasks; which means outnumbering and outgunning your opponent in the intermediate or long term future by simply flooding any battlefield with a never ending flood of reinforcements.

[@245-TRIOXIN]

Im guessing that there will be an HK tank in one of the boss battles in the game Terminator Resistance. Can't wait to play that game.

[@SgtShakenBake]

Oh man, R.O.B from Nintendo has been juicing up.

[@noejackloualojado1578]

a pair of these escorted by a pack of endoskeletons is a potent combination

[@Annatar0]

looks like the HK tank could have different cannon turret modules on both its back and front but it was never shown

[@jamieolberding7731]

I will always like the classic HK Tank.

[@BolsaDeCarne]

Terminator Dark Fate is ok... 🤗 Lit vid! 👍👍👍

[@Heart_Razer]

Skynet is at it's best when using a verity of models. Even tho there is only the HK and T series. The HK line is more flexible out of the two.

Up to a time, I was under the impression that the HKs were the aerial machines as shown in the first film.

[@shampo0oLWD]

2:48 Charlotte Ferro, RIP

[@RevivedSaiyan]

Terminator dark fate isn't bad . Ignore reviews till you watch it. I'm going to preorder it on bluray.

[@TelevizorPro]

Idea for that tank design probably came form the first James Cameron movie 'xenogenesis'.

[@tgil22]

This was in my nightmares as a kid

[@DrownedInExile]

Big problem with the HK Tanks: their profile is much too high. They'll get better visibility than a conventional tank design, and they certainly look intimidating. But they're also an easy target for anyone with an RPG. Perhaps in the future, RPGs and other heavy weapons are rare enough that Skynet considers the trade-off acceptable.

[@jasonsantos3037]

I love the HK tank

[@tgil22]

This thing gave me nightmares as a kid … still does

[@brightglory5734]

I don't know that I agree that near future or future-possible sci-fi is the truest form of science fiction.

[@sigmacademy]

The problem with far future or alternative future scifi is it can kind of drift so far away from scifi that it barely resembles scifi anymore - it becomes more like a hybrid of other genres with technological elements, like the classic later Planet of the Apes films.

[@markdsm-5157]

a fixed position HK Tank (should be called a HK turret IMHO) would be more cost effective without having to give it a drive train, batteries/dedicated power generator . Skynet could possibly produce up to 3 turret models for the same resource cost of one HK tank. Look at modern tanks, most of the tank is the hull, not the turret.

[@Wolfex575]

Haven't seen any of the terminator movies yet but i plan on seeing them

[@matt_canon]

In the first movie, during the future war, right before Reese and his team heads into the underground bunker you can see at least 2 or 3 destroyed HK Tanks around the battlefield, almost blending in with the ruined buildings.

[@sigmacademy]

It's probably serving as either camouflaged cover for defenses, sentry towers or natural barricades against other HK tanks.

[@WarDogMadness]

Me I have dissertation work oh Mr h just posted a video I suppose I could have another break.

[@mizukami999]

After their experience with urban battles, the Russians made their BMPT "Terminator", which had exactly the ability that tanks from the films are lacking: to engage targets on the rooftops. I guess, the hk tanks are easy targets when there're buildings around.

[@Glamuel]

IMO these are just as or more scary than the T-800. Terrified me as a kid.

[@dinoflagella4185]

KZbin: how can we make youtube a better experience? Me: Well, these commercials are annoying. KZbin: Ok... we’ll put more shorter commercials.

[@hanyaochen426]

It's basically WALL-E when he transforms into a giant military robot.

[@ldl0021]

Know you’re probably planning on doing the HK aerial, but please do one on the spider like HK centurion... Would prefer the Jim Cameron version as opposed to the Genisys one. And also the HK Silverfish & HK Bomber

[@pliskenx51mm83]

Idl0021 I hope he also covers the HK Spider that appears in Dawn of Fate and the two bi pedal machines that appear in Terminator 3 the Redemption, the FK Reaper and FK Titan.