How does a Tank work? (M1A2 Abrams)

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I apologize for not including metric units in the video. I normally include both metric and imperial but this video I got lazy. (and yes, even as an American I agree our system is pretty wonky😫)
I made a mistake with the smoke grenade launchers in the video. They don't emit smoke directly - they shoot out grenades around the tank and then those grenades emit smoke.
For those of you that noticed the anime paint job on the helicopter in War Thunder - yes this is a real thing. Do a google search for "Kisarazu Sisters"
⌚Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:21 - M1 Abrams
00:58 - Versions of Tank
01:36 - Specs
02:20 - Quick Tour
02:45 - Caterpillar Tracks
03:41 - Surface Area and More Tracks
04:35 - Engine
05:22 - Outside Features
05:52 - Turret
07:10 - Inside the Turret
08:00 - Ammunition
08:24 - Driver
9:03 - Other Countries
9:15 - Conclusion
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Special thanks to contributors that helped review this video:
Captain John Uvina & Captain Darian Vaughn; US Army, Armor Officers
1LT (RET) Trevor Knowles; US Army Corps of Engineers
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"M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank: From 1980 (M1, M1A1, M1A2 Models) - Owners' Workshop Manual"
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"The M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank" By Steve Parker
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📼Video Summary:
Come see how a tank works! In this video we're going to look specifically at the American M1A2 Abrams tank. The tank weighs 68 US Tons and can go up to 42 miles per hour. Parts of the tank include the caterpillar tracks, the wheels, the hull, and the turret. The caterpillar tracks are used to displace the weight of the tank allowing it cross rough terrain. The tank holds a crew of 4 - the driver, gunner, commander and the loader. The driver is up front and the other 3 are in the turret. The engine is in the back of the tank, it's an AGT-1500 which is powered by jet fuel. The main gun fires shells at about 3500mph. It can hit a target 2 miles away. There are a few countries besides the USA that use variants of the M1 Abrams tank. M1A2 Abrams tank continues to be the main battle tank for the United States military.
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[@kelly806]

I have to ask myself.....do I really need to know how a tank works...or, should I be cutting grass right now? Well, you never can tell when I may need to run a tank. I know how to cut grass.

[@kelly806]

@jonesyterp I'm here to help.

[@aj2090]

😂😂 I like your thinking. we can hang out any day.

[@doge3169]

Or should I be actually productive and do something beneficial to society

[@kelly806]

@@aj2090 And drive tanks.

[@kelly806]

@@doge3169 Like...drive a tank?

[@willy6819]

2:17 Length: 9,75m Width: 3,66m Height: 2,43m 2:33 top speed 68 km/h 2:51 M1A2 1893 L 0,25 km/L 483 km Avg. car 61 L 10,63 km/L 644 km 7:20 muzzle vel. = 5633kph (1565m/s) distance = 3,2 km

[@koharaisevo3666]

Now I finally understand the video.

[@arkonis6884]

that's just what i was missing, thank you ^^

[@julilopbal]

Petition to Jared Owen to pin him

[@nicketr]

God save the queen!

[@Dylan.j.camporotondo]

Thx

[@markholmphotography]

FYI Creighton Abrams was the battalion commander of the 37th Tank Battalion in WW2 which was a spearhead unit for General Patton’s army in Europe during WW2. He was an outstanding tank officer, that is why the tank was named after him - not his service in Vietnam.

[@155jwatson]

Lots of people don't realize this. There is a whole book written about it. He was the first person to attack at night with tanks. Keep in mind, this was before the tanks had night vision capabilities. He devised a tactic that is still used today. The drive up into "exposure" posture to fire. Then drive back out of sight. Move, and do it again from a different location. That attack is what won the battle of the bulge. Abrams was such a badass too. Abrams always smoked cigars. Even when in the tank. During an engagement his tank got hit and the shock and blast from the tank getting hit knocked the cherry off of his cigar and that pissed him off more than his tank getting hit. He was just as badass if not more than Patton himself.

[@dogfaceponysoldier]

It was named after him due to his role in creating modern armor doctrine after WW2.

[@adk46er5203]

Wasn't it his battalion that broke through in the Bulge?

[@rynz_2893]

Nice catch. The auther should acknowledge you

[@doriangray2020]

⁠@@rynz_2893hers another catch…it’s “author” not auther. Also why did he die so young?

[@wgkincheloe2458]

Drive an A1 for a few years, and I have to say I'm impressed with the information in this video. Also, 1st time I got to drive, load, and shoot from an M1A2SEP, it was like a whole new tank to us. Crazy the amount of upgrades between generations, even while the appearance is relatively unchanged.

[@user-br9qd4um7d]

Американское дерьмо🤣

[@user-gz6mv1vm2g]

Сейчас мы РУССКИЕ, уничтожаем амбрамсы.

[@psyekl]

I am an Army veteran (3rd Armored Cavalry) with experience with both the M1A1 and M1A2. I will provide quality control if necessary: @2:30 Top speed on flat, solid ground. Slower over rough terrain, but still capable of rapid pace (well over 30mph) @2:33 Fuel is distributed between 4 tanks: 2 in the rear and 2 in the front. Fuel is standard JP8 petroleum, similar to diesel. M1 can also run on other fuel types in distress. @2:45 .6 mpg while driving, it has been suggested (not verified) that it takes 2 gallons to start the engine. For tanks not equipped with an EAPU (External Auxiliary Power Unit, a.k.a. generator) The engine is often left running to keep vital onboard systems operating even while sitting for extended periods- and in theory, to conserve fuel required by frequent restarts. @3:30 There are 7 PAIRS of roadwheels contacting the ground on either side (the narrator is not specific, but the animation did show them). @3:56 The sensation of riding a tank over rough terrain can be described as being in a boat on choppy water: It "floats" over all but the most extreme obstacles. @4:07 I have experienced extreme inclines (up and down) that I would have only attempted with a modified 4x4 vehicle, bridged trenches and never felt them, crossed through mud that would have swamped any other imaginable vehicle, and travelled at speed across rough terrain at top speed that, if attempted in my jeep, would have jarred my teeth loose and broken suspension parts. @5:40 The "Power Pack", or engine, is modular and designed to be quickly, easily and regularly removed to ease maintenance. It can be prepped for removal by the crew and be out on the ground behind the tank within 20 minutes. It can be replaced just as efficiently. I have done this many times. @6:24 "Make sure to stay clear when the engine is on"- There is a "jet wash" at the rear of the tank while it is running that gets more intense under power. At idle it is minor and is a boon during cold, snowy weather (look for groups of soldiers gathered behind idling tanks in the winter enjoying the heat.). ( "Crank up my $6 million space heater." is a common command from tank commanders during the winter.) @6:27 The phone is for infantry (using the tank as cover, etc.) so that they may coordinate movement and safety with the tank crew who are not able to see them. @7:55 In addition to the loader's MG, the commander's hatch is typically equipped with a .50Cal MG (unknown why this is not mentioned or represented.) @7:58 Smoke Grenade Launchers: The animation is inaccurate- smoke grenades are actually launched from the chambers and disbursed around the area to provide wider visual coverage. Not mentioned is that the tank is also equipped with a smoke generator that sprays fuel into the hot exhaust in order to create a large cloud that can be backed into or allowed to drift in a beneficial direction. @10:13 The driver's compartment is often referred to as "the coffin". It is actually very comfortable and drivers are known to doze off during periods of inactivity. - The only thing not mentioned that I need to add is what makes the M1A2 particularly different from the M1A1 is the addition of the CITV (there are other improvements, but this is by far the most significant): The CITV is the Commanders Independent Thermal Viewer: It is the cylindrical protrusion on top of the turret just in front of the loader's hatch. This allows the tank commander to scan the battlefield and acquire targets independently of the gunner or the orientation of the main gun. This provides two sets of eyes independently scanning for targets and gives much more rapid target acquisition before and after firing; enabling immediate referencing of an identified target after another has been destroyed.

[@alex444000]

This should be the top comment

[@N9TheNoob]

wow you put some work in this comment

[@psyekl]

@@N9TheNoob A labor of love ;)

[@shadowyt69420]

@@psyekl Thanks for the details as well as your service. I've always wanted to join the military (more specifically army or the air force). I really like the military's jargon when referring to weapons, tanks, engineering, etc.

[@user-or5lb6rl3s]

The loaders space isn't nearly that roomy as well. The coax ammo box and radios are located were it shows the loaders seat. The loaders seat is actually located more toward the rear of the turret.

[@princerechebei12]

As a Abrams Mechanic I can say I was surprised how accurate this was, good job mate.

[@knucklesandwichdude133]

hey how does the gunner turn the turret? does he turn a knob or what?

[@jamie_edwards7090]

@@knucklesandwichdude133 i think it's all electrical

[@mantrachhaya6835]

I think it has some kind of computer and a joystick.

[@panzerv5]

I see .you're profile picture looks like an american soldier

[@DeezNutz-jd7zi]

@@knucklesandwichdude133 it's a handle sort of like what you would see on a small plane. It send an electrical signal through the A.I.M (analog input module) to the hydraulic system.

[@endtimeawakening5557]

Great video, Jared. I'm fascinated with how these massive machines are powered and steered. The Transmission and drive train are interesting as well. Thanks for the video! ❤

[@MilitaryAngel-]

Great video! It was really interesting to learn about the different parts of the M1A2 Abrams and how they work together. The turbine engine explanation was particularly helpful. I also enjoyed seeing the way the tank steers by controlling the speed of the tracks.

[@slezeyst1327]

"war thunder is actually a pretty good way to learn about tanks" *_Shows a clip of a tank drifting while shooting another tank_*

[@weirdhungidas8998]

Shows anime girl on helicopter

[@Jilted84]

Tokyo war

[@OliverJapan]

7:36

[@weirdhungidas8998]

@@OliverJapan your channel banner is so confusing

[@GAMINGisAWES0ME]

War thunder hull break moment

[@skateraptor12]

“Its historically accurate too, which means you can learn a lot while playing.” *cuts to anime decal on an attack heli*

[@ZaHandle]

That’s how the JSDF gets their recruits, really that’s a real thing

[@ezekiyam3827]

@@ZaHandle LMAO

[@hoodrat21]

@@ezekiyam3827 fyi JASDF F4 Phantom used to have anime nose art

[@ezekiyam3827]

@@hoodrat21 you do got a point

[@skelassassin]

as a person who sees these everyday irl can confirm very historicly accurate

[@canusahall]

Awesome video!! I have a good friend who was a tank commander back in the early 80's. He is so interesting to chat with about battle tanks. Keep up the great videos!!

[@user-cs5fu5qk4n]

4:09 я в этот момент вспомнил тот самый видеоролик на котором абрамс безуспешно пытается взабраться на заснеженный холм.

[@user-lx9mq3dl3j]

а вы не видели как лучший танк ВОВ т34 забуксовал в грязи на взгорке - с плоскими траками.?

[@user-qj4yv6tn6c]

Там 40°+ , тем более заледенелый бетон, никакая техника не взберется

[@xjohnjoe7219]

Love the fact that War Thunder is historically accurate. Oh wait my Tiger just got shot by a cold war era tank.

[@tupov]

xJohnJoe I feel that ever time an Object 120 kills my tiger II 10.5cm 4km away with an apfsds round

[@DogHead_]

When you just got the Jagdtiger but oh hey isnt that a heatfs round coming towards you?

[@claudiamaschio2718]

I mean, in Syria the fought against challengers with t-54 and t-55's Our t-54's are out of Challenger terrain, It ain't that bad

[@phantomdragon6062]

what about that the challenger 2 ould be easly killed, that would never happen in real life

[@sergeantwolf8018]

One of the problems with the German Tech tree

[@mikeblessing7886]

Great video. I was a 19K (crewman) on the M1 / M1A1 in the late 80's - early 90's. I have to say, the hardest part as a driver, was staying awake, especially running at night. Very little, if any sleep, laying in a nice reclined position, the soft green glow of your night sight screen, the low hum on the engggggggggggggggggggggg

[@oldgoat142]

I see what you did there

[@GavinMFR]

Yeah

[@Rampart.X]

My first concern would be "WHERE IS THE TOILET!?!?!?!?!?"

[@kevinannert2612]

@@Rampart.X you take a nestea bottle

[@Rampart.X]

@@kevinannert2612 .. and a bucket?

[@guests5863]

I worked on the M60, & A1 prototype and the 1st production vehicle's 74'-90' D/L plants, that was a nice but brief tour

[@arianaxdr7399]

"The tank can even climb some very steep hills" War thunder: nope, he can not

[@anonimie7142]

Lol

[@Mr-Ad-196]

Hrmmm yes.

[@wertyuser798]

​ @محارب سياسي 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

[@aminali6435]

hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh very true sad story :)

[@Mr-Ad-196]

I remember playing some old free to play EA game before they took that said game down........once I saw a tank climb up and steep hill and I was like driving the jeep watching......and I was like what the frick? How the hell did he do that?

[@garveziukas]

"It's historically accurate too" *shows a copter with anime paint job*

[@msb3235]

The paint job actually exist in the real world. Just search for Japanese 4th Anti-tank Helicopter squadron

[@georgeerto]

@@msb3235 Wow I did not know that, thanks!

[@Feeshgmod]

If i remember correctly theres a tockbox option where u can disable non historically accurate paintjobs/campflauges

[@Dodener]

you can

[@blurview6904]

lol, I was thinking about the same thing when I first saw it, but then I was like "wait...that might actually exist in JSDF..." I was not disappointed.

[@Elricky124]

My son said, “I love that guy” when he saw Jared’s photo at the end of the video. Thank you Jared!

[@SpaceGuyTDG810]

Dayum the mechanics of a tank are so amazing and fascinating to look at and learn

[@smmontgomery1214]

I was a turret, and haul mechanic for 11 years. Just wanted to mention the fact it can be programed to lock onto multiple targets, and hit everyone without slowing down.

[@artowod_w_wot4213]

Фуфня. Т-14 Армата лучше . Да даже Т-90 лучше

[@pyrotechnicalbirdman5356]

@@artowod_w_wot4213 When the propaganda pack is buggin in your homeland country

[@connorkenyei348]

@@artowod_w_wot4213 чёт их не видать в Украине

[@connorkenyei348]

@@artowod_w_wot4213 скажи это когда башня взлетит, совковый металлолом

[@nostop5589]

@@artowod_w_wot4213 Комик

[@JohnDoe-zw6to]

He could have made a generic round and nobody would have noticed, but he went and accurately modelled an APFSDS round. Mad props.

[@mauricejohnmac]

What does that stand for? "Armor Piercing... FSDSomething"?

[@suiseikyo]

@@mauricejohnmac armour piercing fin stabilised discarding sabot

[@nogisonoko5409]

It was basically an arrow shooting at a very high speed.

[@dedsec69]

@@nogisonoko5409 more like shooting a dart, but that's fine

[@yacineurusika9131]

I would notice tho...

[@JackRABBITslim27]

Just so people are aware. This is very well done video of fundamental information that does not vear that much off from all tank designs. The type of materials that make up the armor and the fire control systems are what really separate tanks on the battlefield. This is why Ukraine is getting a version of of the tank that has Tungsten armor and not the classified one the U.S uses. The tanks they are receiving will be new production for this reason. The U.S makes about 10 to 15 tanks a month for our military and others.

[@WilhelmHeiden]

Great instructional videos! I just want to add that Creighton Adams also fought in WWII. He was as aggressive a commander as Patton, and Patton was to have said Creighton was his only peer.

[@gaiko__8660]

I applaud you for being able to mention war thunder like eight times in eleven and half minutes.

[@piscessoedroen]

Fr tho how much did wt paid him, this is like one of the rare videos he does the ad bit more than 2 times. Though whatever the cost they paid him its worth it as this vid is over 20m views

[@Queeter]

You mean 11 minutes and *29 seconds!?!* (Sorry lol)

[@DigitalAndInnovation]

@@Queeter seriously?

[@DigitalAndInnovation]

same- I almost had to shut it off- really made you question the credibility

[@ianlanford6922]

very bad content to ads ratio.

[@TheMadMurf]

"The exhaust comes out the back, so make sure to stay clear when the engine is on." Unless you're an infantryman doing a field exercise in the middle of winter. Then tank exhaust is like heaven.

[@zumabbar]

a warm but toxic heaven though haha

[@_TheMushroomMan]

@@zumabbar Hold your breath!

[@michaelcurl9817]

During winter training in Hoenfels Germany the temperature was in the high teens. I invited some Infantry guys into my M60A1 tank turret to get warm. The heater on the M60 tank was notorious for breaking down, when it worked it made German winters much more bearable. I had some Infantry guys in my turret for about 15 minutes getting relief from that biter cold. But they still called us DATS (Dumb Ass Tankers) - C Company 1/35 Armor, Erlangen Germany.

[@yoboikamil525]

exhoost fume tastes kinda funny innit

[@kevinsteinman8967]

@@michaelcurl9817 Yea I was stationed at Erlangen also with 47th Support Battalion and was the NCOIC in charge of 2-81 Contact Team then changed to 4-70th Armor in I think 88. I think everyone just got the M1's when I got there. An Yea we called you all DAT's and sometimes for good reason. Especially one time we was bore scoping the tubes and one of the DAT's ran into the tube trying to bend it with his head. He got to spend a good week in the hospital in Nurnberg with a huge goose egg.

[@rajeshshah4323]

Thanks Jared. Very informative.

[@TonyBMW]

Had the pleasure of checking one out up close the other day. It wasn’t operational and being made ready to get shipped.

[@sdawg044]

Imagine being a Vietkong soldier and you come out of your tunnels to see a chopper with an anime girl print dropping bodies

[@Grim_Yeeter]

It's Japanese But yeah that would be terrifying and weird

[@anotheroutdoorchannel...893]

😂

[@buzzcity8382]

Anime girl? wtf dude

[@henrycooper3431]

@@Grim_Yeeter Japanese did at one point fight against the VietCong

[@sauron6064]

“What’s your favorite car” “M1 Abrams” “That’s a tank” “I know it is”

[@pedrojuan8050]

"Did I stutter?"

[@cookiemonster7755]

LOL!!

[@HD-vd8kk]

Tanks are road legal in America

[@adenmitchell7633]

The M1 Abrams was designed by a car company so it's technically a car

[@JesusGonzalez-gs1cd]

@@adenmitchell7633 and the BT tanks were designed by a car designer

[@dropkickirish4449]

My son just graduated from Fort Benning, one day before the base was renamed to Fort Moore, and he’s an M1A2 tank crewman. He’s loaded and fired the tank, but it seems his subjective training was more focused as a driver. So this is why I’m here, to see exactly what this machine is all about. Thank you sincerely for creating and posting this incredibly well-articulated and visual video, Jared! You’ve brought about much knowledge and catharsis to a soldier’s father who priorly knew very little about the job and machine his son was training on and in. I have absolutely subscribed to your channel. Keep up the good work, because you’re doing something beautiful and important.

[@dogfaceponysoldier]

Everyone starts as a driver. That's the junior position on the crew

[@KAZU-wd9wj]

Easy to understand this famous tank completely. It takes only a few minutes to grasp the reason why this tank is applauded as the excellent.

[@ingineering760]

2:10 танки требуют много топлива из-за низкого расхода😅 Это хорошо. 3:50 лучше держаться за ровных дорог😊. Тоже очень хорошо.

[@zzzss8326]

M1A1: "Who are you?" M1A2: "I am you, but stronger"

[@regulardudehere1508]

M1A3: *laughs evilly* soon... soon M1A4: I think I’m in the wrong place

[@TheJimtanker]

No, the M1A2 isn't really stronger. Just better sights and upgraded electronics. More to break down.

[@st3phn158]

@@TheJimtanker cmon man dont spoil the meme 😂

[@digitalgamingctcc4110]

M2B6: oh shi-

[@kingbreadda1st605]

M1:um...

[@BimmerWon]

“Historically accurate” Next frame there is an anime girl painted on the side of a helicopter.

[@dianejeanespiritu]

What's the timestamp?

[@lunnihyre4215]

Looked it up and it's real

[@chickengoals1006]

@@dianejeanespiritu 0:35

[@sunlounger3648]

It is very much real and Japanese army have that actual camo.

[@shaloamnenja12yearsago29]

@@sunlounger3648, on all vehicles

[@alexsuarez7017]

That was dope, I was a cannon crew member in the army. 13 bravo. I was the #1 man in a Paladin. A lot of similarities.

[@CharlieKPoland]

Great job Jared ! Very simple shown how this tank works.

[@Navinor]

The turret works basically like in a helicopter. When you spin it fast enough, the tank will fly.

[@akrepiidfiresupportvehicle2289]

And put another cannon at back of turret

[@lautaroromerozaya655]

A small price to pay for flying, being able to kill your team, worth it

[@bucket1202]

Exactly.

[@polishhistorylover9844]

Yeah it does, but you would need at least 2 rotor blades instead of cannons. But yeah, it works kinda like that

[@JD-wn3cc]

@@fairweather1704 go away

[@arthurc1971]

I was a M60-A1 crewman during the Gulf War and M1A2 after the war. It was like going from driving a tractor to driving a Cadillac, amazing tank. SFMF

[@Vincent98987]

@Darnamora Gaming Yep.

[@user-vm7bk2sn7g]

Горит точно так же как и Кадилак.

[@connorkenyei348]

@@user-vm7bk2sn7g только совковый танки сбрасываю башню

[@user-vm7bk2sn7g]

@@connorkenyei348 Как пишут и вякают про совок, значит перед нами очередной дебил.

[@Andrecio64]

@Darnamora Gaming omg wtf dude

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

You know it's funny that the Commanders hatch looks just like that observation room on the flight deck of aircraft carriers.

[@155jwatson]

pretty sure thats where the design concept came from

[@DailyMyChildhood]

Great design ! What an incredible tank !

[@f4mmer540]

6:11 "it's fairly quiet" War Thunder: *RREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

[@YaDigg1600]

i hear them vaccum cleaners from a mile away

[@02091992able]

Here in Vermont we have a Dairy Festival every year well except for this year due to fing COVID the parade in nearly 60 years was never cancelled until this year even nasty weather never got it cancelled. But a white ago a big part of the parade was a M1 Abrams that use to be in it. They are not all that loud even sitting within 15 feet of them its just a low pitched hum. Them being loud is probably the game devs inventing it to that other players will hear them coming. Because if it where historically accurate you wouldn't hear them until they are on top of you. They took the M1 out of the parade because it was destructive to the pavement when it had to turn for the parade route.

In real life if the abrams is coming at you. You can only hear tracks rumbling.

[@rartros717]

Lmao

[@julian5857]

The problem with the abram's engine is 1. That it's louder compared to a diesel engine(yes the pitch is higher and some people can't hear that but it's still louder) 2. It compares WAY more fuel than a diesel engine and 3rd it is really expensive to manufacture, maintain and repair

[@joshuagarrett6533]

I was a tanker. The only position I didn't do was being the TC(tank commander), I did driver, loader, amd gunner. Turret can be rotated manually, or hydraulically. There is no phone on the back. The is a hookup for a radio to communicate with the crew inside the tank. A damn good crew can hit a target at almost 4 miles with the main gun, 1000+ meters with the coax, about 950 with the loader's 240. Smoke canister launchers. Unless you are short, you are not completely standing up in a tank, even other countries. If a loader takes longer than 5 seconds to load that gun, they do not need to be on a tank. The most comfortable spots to sleep on a tank are the front slope and driver's hole.

[@tibzig1]

You forgot the good old "vacuum loading" the rounds! Heh heh

[@mookie714]

how heavy are the shells?

[@_AnachronisticMonkey_]

​@@mookie714 an M829 round weighs around 41.1 lb (18.6 kg).

[@mookie714]

@@_AnachronisticMonkey_ holy crap, 41 pounds? in 5 seconds? those guys must be strong.

[@_AnachronisticMonkey_]

@@mookie714 During WWII, tanks like the KV-2 would have shells weighing around 114 lb (51.5kg). It took two men to load them and approximately 24 seconds.

[@Under_Construction100]

So a tank is very supercar-like, in that: 1. Sits very lower to the ground. 2. Very impractical inside. 3. Accommodates very little number of people. 4. It's rear-driven. 5. It's engine is in the rear. 6. Is a gas guzzler. 7. Very expensive & exclusive. I want one.

[@shinygoldenpotion1587]

Lucky 8: it has op weapons

[@rick2112rkrk]

Love, love, love your animation videos! Please keep'm coming!

[@f12519]

tank engine while running: quiet tank engine while starting: sounds like a helicopter and a plane flying above your city (including ps4)

[@tessamariearomin6357]

Ahhahahhahahahah

[@delta5-126]

Relatable

[@realityhurts8697]

Only takes 16 gallons to start, drinks gallons per minute at idle

[@jacobestey5619]

WWWWWAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH

[@John_3-16]

*historically accurate:* As you can see the detail of the anime girl on the helicopter. It is very accurate.

[@d.ou.]

Search the Japanese 4th anti-tank helicopter squadron

[@John_3-16]

@@d.ou. bet

[@John_3-16]

@@d.ou. damn, it's an actual thing

[@dllsorfe]

i was about to comment that lmao

[@randomclipsmilitary9056]

@@d.ou. 😂🤣

[@Gxaps]

On the surface, this is a pretty solid 3D model of an abrams, but there's some seriously questionable aspects ot the model, such as the symmetric turret, the raised drivers hatch, the huge lower front plate, the lack of 50 cal machine gun, the extruded mantlet, but overall, it does do a good job at expressing the profile of the abrams

[@moddkaymuvimi5887]

You have demystified it for me. Thank you.

[@theletter459]

“ War Thunder is historically accurate” *shows attack helicopter with anime sticker

[@dirtymemes9962]

That is a helicopter

[@riyani7885]

I mean, it's an actual thing

[@m10tankdestroyer94]

To be fair that helicopter is based off a real helicopter and yes the anime art on the nose is 100% accurate to the real life inspiration

[@izabelastrak4664]

It's real. Just search 4th anti tank helicopter squad and you'll find real life pictures of it

[@dirtymemes9962]

@@izabelastrak4664 ik

[@roypoulos1378]

That was an interesting War Thunder advertisement. It even had a few minutes worth of Abrams Tank information in it.

[@douglaswilliams4285]

agree

[@no_u_420]

Honestly

[@jameswilliam3533]

Hi

[@roypoulos1378]

@@jameswilliam3533 howdy howdy 🤠

[@jameswilliam3533]

Nice to meet you here, if you don't mind can you add me up on [e-mail]

[@user-bk1je1sz2z]

Все чертежи в разрезе прекрасны.

[@lostbuffalo196]

VERY GOOD Jared. Excellent information and illustration. Thanks

[@vainhazearden6788]

When i was young i always thought the smoke launchers to be an anti aircraft missiles pod

[@pPUT-INn]

🤣🤣🤣same here bro

[@fangabxyfangabxy8563]

I was today years old when I learned what they really were

[@SorcererAC0]

Vainhaze Arden Nice profile pic :D

[@kristinelicis6591]

Yea.. Same here!

[@ljroxa9233]

i guess u dont know me

[@PanzerKingWarThunder]

Historicaly acurate *spits out coffee*

[@turtlenote8943]

Look at this bot 👆

[@PanzerKingWarThunder]

Great my comment is getting botted from SAUDI ARABIA

[@KAMZA.]

@@PanzerKingWarThunder lol

[@eleazarp.4808]

@@PanzerKingWarThunder blood and iron pfp?

[@creepergaming3280]

@@turtlenote8943 he is definitely a bot

[@theclownsupguyesda4001]

The shell shown is a kinetic energy round called APFSDS uses theblenght of it's self to penetrate,the pens make the round be more aerodynamic to be faster and have more kinetic energy and so more penetration,the shell is hard to riochtec probably because of thebpens and since the round is so small it can go trough the barrel of the other tanks.the penetration can reach up to 400 mm APFSDS means Armor Piercing Fin (small) Stabilized (good to angled armor) Discarding (discards thing Around it) Sabot (the thing Around it)

[@SovetskayaUSSR]

Turret: *YOU SPIN ME RIGHT ROUND*

[@ThatGingerGuy51]

“War Thunder is historically accurate” Me: Ohhhh so THAT’S why my WW2 heavy tanks are going against Cold War MBT’s with HEATFS

[@giorgiogalliano05]

Yeah a Maus going against object 120 with apfsds and heat fs with 400 mm of pen

[@helloyoutube4345]

Well for instance soviet MBTS fought Afghanistanian ww2-1960s era tanks, and Israelis had French pre war r35s and shermans serving in battle in the 1960s.

[@siegfried2k4]

And Jumbo facing heatfs and atgms

[@thebag1236]

I have a pt76b that was widely used in the cold war (Chechnya and russian internal stuff) and I side pin Tigers, Sherman's, and my own russian Is3 because of the garbage russian matchmaking. It can have heatfs which makes it insane topped with its speed. But it can get pinned by a 50 cal or dhsk so it's not strong

[@OliverJapan]

The German Panzer 4 was used by the Syrian side in the 1967 Six-Day War.

[@suleyman3989]

I came here to watch War Thunder, but a guy called Jared, talks sometimes about How does a Tank work.

[@krellio9006]

@Hammerschlägen M the game is good though

[@sudiptomukherji1100]

😂😂😂👏👏

[@bigbassin2871]

It is called “ how does a tank work”

[@friedrichs753]

Dynamo He’s joking

[@suleyman3989]

@@friedrichs753 yep i'm joking @Dynamo

[@AutoAddictionMedia]

Well that's all cool and nice... but what's the actual Nürburgring laptime of one of those?

[@RobloxWeaponry]

Thank you for teaching me how to drive a tank now imma buy one

[@budsbunny8038]

0:39 "it's historically accurate" Anime girl chopper flies by

[@JaredOwen]

🤣

[@shaloamnenja12yearsago29]

And that’s the only Japanese helicopter in the game

[@Napswhilewatchin]

The Helicopter with this paintjob exists. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpLEgI2og7ykgrc

[@msb3235]

It's actually exist

[@delta5-126]

Napswhilewatchin really why?

[@chinmaypatel5872]

A small detail , turret on rotation intersects with body of tank. Fantastic animation overall.

[@Evandroworks]

Noticed that too... I also am intrigued by the maximum vertical angle that the cannon can rotate

[@true2the_322]

He has the pivot point of the turret moved back. It should be more forward

[@beejayone77paredes54]

The scale of the turret model is pretty much inaccurate.

[@chinmaypatel5872]

@@true2the_322 Yeah agree

[@srigovic]

Finally a professional presentation

[@user-um9sl1kj6u]

What they need is an armor/frame upgrade, besides a complete redo on their power plant, which can also serve dual or even triple functions Stronger, lighter armor, besides the frame and everything else

[@casualguy634]

I'm just gonna put this here real quick The tank is protected by an armor type known as composite armor, basically this armor consists of different elements sandwiched between each other, the armor works differently depending on the ammunition type fired at it, for kinetic energy rounds (the ammunition tanks used to go against other tanks) it shatters the dart using the hard and brittle ceramics, as for shaped charges (it's basically the ammunition of the RPG but for tanks) it deflects the molten jet stream using spaces between the armor, thought this is just one type of composite armor, the Chobam armor which is used in the M1A2, there are other types of composite armor used on different tanks, with different ways on how they work, this armor is placed almost all around the tank (on some tanks even the front pieces of the side skirts), though it is more concentrated on the turret, as seen on the X-Ray at 9:01 Aside from composite armor there are also other ways to improve a tank's protection, such as Explosive Reactive Armor, this type of armor is used on the M1A2 TUSK (Tank Urban Survival Kit) modification, these are those square boxes on the side of that particular modification, this armor explodes upon contact with both kinetic energy rounds and shaped charged rounds, although it protects better against shaped charges, by exploding, it prematurely detonates the ammunition and disturbing the trajectory of the jet stream, and making it hit the outside armor harmlessly. Correction : I made a mistake on the M1A2's armor, and that is apparently the Chobham armor was not on that particular tank, it is only present on the M1 Abrams model, the earliest variant with a 105mm cannon, the M1A2 uses what's called a HAP-3 armor, which is an armor developed from the aforementioned Chobham armor P. S. if you want to try War Thunder I'd suggest to be patient while playing it, especially with the grind and the fact that sometimes you have to fight against Cold War era tanks in a WW2 vehicle (the matchmaking is based on a tank's performance and not the time they were built), though this will only happen at later tiers so don't worry about lower tiers, it's quite fun there

[@ethannlew860]

The abrams use depleted uranium armour not the choblum armour

[@ethannlew860]

Chobam armour

[@dmitrymolotov6428]

When a round, let’s say a HESH round hits the armor, the armor explodes and sends most of the force from the round back out instead of into the crew compartment

[@dmitrymolotov6428]

Ethann LEW what’s chobam armor?

[@mbweekes]

Thanks for the extra facts!

[@depressionanimations5662]

"This tank weighs a whopping 68 US tons" "We were on the verge of greatness, we were this close"

[@trueexposure7487]

It’s 69 if big jimmy drives

[@DirtL]

So close dude

[@dinoemi4348]

put a basket on the side of the tank and ittl be 69

[@ThePower1037]

68 likes :-)

[@yeoldeseawitch]

@@ThePower1037 i know what i have to do, but i dont know if i have the strength to do it

[@patrickmurray3846]

stay clear when the engine is on, lol. um we used the running engine of a tank as a heater many times. also was great and fast way to heat up our mre's.

[@The_Ballo]

The armor isn't really angled to deflect strikes. It's angled so that there is more material between the strike and the crew.

[@155jwatson]

Deflection is a piece of it though.

[@DeathByLego]

“It’s hard to find reference images” Yeah, cause it’s still classified.

[@jackc2849]

Literally look it up theres tons of videos and images from the inside and outside of the tank

[@superknightlol]

jack c thats not classified what classified is the chobam armor whatever it is called.

[@superknightlol]

jack c also im sure there are more powerful abrams that are not yet reveal to the public or being classified. russia and german leo 2a7v armor are also classified.

[@Slemoster]

There are only certain aspects of the tank that are classified. Like the armor composition. Majority of it is common knowledge now days.

[@classicgalactica5879]

@@jackc2849 The newest iteration, the M1A2C, probably has quite a few classified systems onboard. It will also be very interesting to see which changes are made the upcoming M1A2D.

[@OpticalGrafix]

He forgot the part where you can cook canned food on the back grill. That was my favorite part of being a tanker haha. 19kilo Fort Riley, KS, 1-63 AR, Charlie Company. "Best job I ever had".

[@jn3684]

3rd AD, 4/32 armor 87-90 - Charlie Co./89 CAT TEAM - Best Job I Ever Had!

[@tybahza5643]

I love it when i can hear fort riley doing fire exercises!

[@johnnymurphy603]

Yep. When we were in Iraq cars would pull up directly behind us and the paint on the hood would start melting!

[@lab1042]

I did the same on the back of my Abrams with the MRE pouches. That was until they came out with those bag things with the Mg pouches that you add water to to heat them up. 4/35 AR 5th ID Fort Polk and 3/66 AR 2nd AD, Fort Hood.

[@Akumaa2000]

My mechanic team joined the tankers we worked with heating up our food on back of the tanks as well….good times indeed. 😎✌🏾 HHC 4/64 Armor. Delta Team Maintenance, Fort Stewart GA 89’-93’

[@NoobMaster-hm2fr]

6:40 “the tank can even spin in place while the main gun remains locked on target” he says as the tank noclips through itself. 😂😂😂

[@NerfedOnGod]

Wikipedia article of the tank The M1 Abrams is a third-generation American main battle tank designed by Chrysler Defense (now General Dynamics Land Systems)[9] and named for General Creighton Abrams. Conceived for modern armored ground warfare and now one of the heaviest tanks in service at nearly 68 short tons (almost 62 metric tons), it introduced several innovative features, including a multifuel turbine engine, sophisticated Chobham composite armor, a computer fire control system, separate ammunition storage in a blow-out compartment, and NBC protection for crew safety. Initial models of the M1 were armed with a licensed-produced 105 mm Royal Ordnance L7 gun, while later variants feature a licensed Rheinmetall 120 mm L/44.

[@floriang7435]

One small Detail: the smoke grenade launchers actually launch small grenades wich Land in front of the tank and smoke there. Other than that it’s a nice visualization, and it’s always nice to see Germans and Americans engineer something together

[@bartacomuskidd775]

i wish we would adopt the Germans appreciation for diesel. the Abrams is curtailed by the INdustrial Complex. Uses jet fuel.. ridiculous. Great thing about diesel, if you have to you can burn anything in it.

[@TheOwenMajor]

@@bartacomuskidd775 The Abrams is fully capable of using diesel, it's turbine engine is multi-fuel rated. Diesel and jet fuel are fundamentally the same fuel. The US uses jet fuel because it already has the supply chains in place to supply it.

[@legogenius1667]

@@bartacomuskidd775 The Abrams can actually use nearly any of the common fuel types, and the engine is quieter than a diesel. At speed it's also just as efficient.

[@phantomdragon6062]

i bet the split up after the mbt 60 project and made the tanks alon , but the m1 abrams does use british armor which but us added uranume to it .

[@MiG23M]

@@bartacomuskidd775 The Abrams can burn a wider range of fuels than the diesel and in terms of moving around at near its top speed, it gets better gas mileage as well. Also, the Abrams doesn't use "British armor" that's like saying "American cars use British wheels" simply because all cars use wheels. Our armor is a uniquely American composite that includes depleted uranium.

[@marcoling2173]

4:21 "War Thunder is a good way to learn about tanks" *shows video clip of a tank doing some John Wick maneuver shooting another tank point blank while drifting* Seems legit.

[@EtnanMEOW]

what

[@CatsAreAmazing8187]

Welcome to War Thunder bud

[@f4mmer540]

Its a wheelie boi

[@iangentrup3193]

He means the tank's general makeup. It's War Thunder that you are playing, with different game modes.

[@ish2008]

I play wot

[@charleswebb1048]

My only critique is that there are not four tow shackles on the front. There are two, down low on the hull at the corners. There are also two on the back in the same relative position. Other than that I found this a very well done video and the graphics are stunning! I was on the original M1 series for five years.

[@nickhingle5534]

It’s really interesting to see how tanker is operated. You can Pat Richardson & Tim Allen drive a couple of those on the Home Improvement show.

[@mishicusmoshicus99]

"it's historically accurate too" *Itashi cobra in the very next scene*: are you sure about that

[@Dodener]

Thats actually a real helicopter. Look up Kisarazu sisters, thats what they are called

[@phantomdragon6062]

*itches for challenger 2 next scena .

[@Jabols999]

It's a real helicopter

[@leeyubin39]

it's real and it was painted for lure weeb to military, i guess

[@janloncaric3621]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYXRc6mkhdGihJI it egsists, i was blown away

[@eddieecstasy7809]

I got to serve on all three of these tanks in the 90's. I remember the most significant changes were the 105mm gun of the M1 to the 120mm smooth bore gun of the M1A1 and the CITV (Commander's Independent Thermal Viewer) of the M1A2 that allowed the gunner and Commander to scan for targets simultaneously and a built in navigation system.

[@counciousstream]

I saw a demo in the mid 80's of an M60 and an M1 running the test track/firing range on a proving ground. The M60 was and still is a great tank even though it is outclassed by the M1. So what I saw was an M60 hustling around the obstacle track, stop, fire at a target a mile away and hit it. Slam it into gear and go around the track again. They were firing tracer type rounds that you could follow all the way down range. The M1 came out and flew around the obstacle track, mud, water, actually got air over the speed bump and when it hit the ground fired a round through the center of the target. What seemed like 10 seconds later while running the next obstacle they fired again with a direct hit. Then the thing took off down range and they demo'd the smoke system. As the announcer is saying some dribble the M1 comes flying out of the smoke towards the viewing stand and even at 500 yards it was frightening to see this thing coming at you. The crowd cheered and we all thought Go Army we are damn glad that you are on the job!

[@dougadoo1976]

Thermal imaging is such a value added asset in so many ways . Also the Coaxial gun mounted on the turret next to the main battle gun is a 7.62 nato round machine gun sighted in by gunner. I got to ride and get the full tour of this M1a2 tank in Iraq in 06-07 as a contractor it was bichen and the crew was more than happy to give me this present. Also they had upgraded sights that could see the dimples on your cheeks a mile and a half away. I never felt more protected The tankers said if we get breached on the fence line get your as over to the Tank Ramp we got your back Hoorah !!!! Go Get Some!!!!

[@rynz_2893]

thats cool as hell

[@THEPLAN6]

These tanks have great suspensions. I've seen them in person during high speed training..

[@learningfrenshwithclara4657]

Thank you very much ,you make effort in this film, it is very important and clear,I am salute you ,

[@hansspiedel5256]

"The tank can even climb some very steep hills." World of Tanks physics: well yes, but actually no.

[@patrickazzarella6729]

Thats because the dev's are too lazy to balance their map design, so they destroyed vehicle traction which is ridiciously stupid

[@codemy666]

@@patrickazzarella6729 Sounds like War thunder lmao ... somehow we have two F2P vehicle combat games with equally incompetent devs

[@randomtexanguy9563]

Apparently, the Abrams copycat in Arma 3 also has some trouble climbing very steep hills.

[@spacehawker1337]

also war thunder traction:

[@kotlasundeep]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@tunkusyarila]

“War Thunder is historically acurate.” *shows an AH-1Z Viper with an anime skin*

[@matutinojoaquinable]

it actually exists tho

[@matutinojoaquinable]

www.reddit.com/r/MilitaryPorn/comments/f7rg5m/4th_antitank_helicopter_squad_japan_ground/

[@LazyScoutJace]

Friggin waifus, mayne...

[@chloeprycern7238]

But that's a real thing. Search for the Kisarazu sisters. The Japanese did that to promote the military

[@chris210racer]

Nothing like promotional vehicles to get weebs to enlist.

[@jherr888]

Abrams was commander of pattons spearhead in 3rd army in ww2 where he made a name for himself

[@nuccioferlito9864]

Unbelievable good video! The graphics are incredible!!

[@cassiusclaudius3010]

Good video! One correction-once the loader secures his round from behind the ballistic shield doors, he does not rotate his body 180 degrees clockwise and then place the round into the breech. There is absolutely no physical room within the turret to accommodate this action and, even if there were, it would be impossible to maintain your balance while the tank is moving. It would also take way too long to load. Once you secure the round with your left hand on the aft cap, you place your right hand under the casing. Push the round upward with your right hand so that the business end now rests in the crook of your left arm like you are cradling a baby, and place your right hand on the aft cap. The round is now pointed directly into the open breech. Push forward with your right fist so that the round slides along your left arm and into the breech, which will slam closed. Make sure the shield door is closed, take the weapon off of manual “safe,” clear the path of recoil, scream “UP,” and brace yourself for the ignition and recoil that follows. I spent 9 years on the M1, M1IP, M1A1, M1A1“Heavy,” and the M1A1HC, and this video brought back hella memories. Including drying my wet with sleet clothing in the exhaust on early, freezing mornings. PS: after 3 days in the turret with 2 other big, unshowered guys on MRE diets, the stench gets pretty heinous.

[@SlimJimActual]

I like flipping sabot in like how you described but when it comes to HEAT or MPAT I rotate with it a lot more but obviously now how he animated it 😂. I can't imagine loading like that lol

[@joninwm]

In such places as the desert, does a tank have any type of cooling system for the crew?

[@Quadrant14]

@chik chik Boom with you mate , ex Centurion and Leopard crew here, 3 days in a NBC suit in a locked up seal Leopard is sick too, crapping in a can

[@suppositoire]

@@joninwm AMX Leclerc tank has multiple air conditioning units. First one is a hybrid one integrated in the NBC system, and second one is an independent electric air conditioning unit installed on the back roof behind the gunner's hatch. EAU version also features a third one which is an engine-driven mechanical heavy-duty air-conditioning mounted in the left part of the hull directly on the engine. AZUR version features the same last one with additional protection against molotov coktail. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leclerc_tank

[@potatolad2393]

War thunder is realistic and has real history. Sees anime girl on helicopter*

[@DHANI_2011]

He he boi

[@arandomguy8619]

Actually the helicopter is based off of a real one currently operating in japan

[@Krysztan]

War Thunder is nothing else than a cash cow. Micro transactions wherever you look and the only realism i can see is the realism of real money you need to spend like crazy. thumb down for this video and for a creator who's fortune is baught with kids' pocket money...

[@tankfreak3227]

@@Krysztan Dam. Salt much?

[@arandomguy8619]

@@Krysztan just grind mate

[@tadferd4340]

Rather than quiet, the Abrams is what I'd call directionally loud. Behind the tank is very loud, but any other direction is rather quiet. The high pitch also reduces the distance the sound travels.

[@TruthNerds]

Actually the main purpose of the side skirts is not to protect the tracks and wheels but to serve as spaced armor for the sides of the hull, protecting the hull from HEAT warheads (high explosive anti-tank, a type of shaped charge) in particular. Because of the spaced armor, when the warhead detonates, the metal jet emitted by the warhead will first cut through the skirt but get dispersed in the space between skirt and hull, causing it to lose a lot of its armor penetration ability. (Note that "tandem warheads" detonating two or more shaped charges in succession have in turn been designed to mitigate this defense … the usual arms race.)

[@coltafanan]

Tank: drives through a swamp Shrek: *someBODY ONCE*

[@JaredOwen]

😂😂

[@alvianekka80]

TOLD ME

[@re57k27]

@@alvianekka80 THE WORLD'S GONNA ROLL ME

[@pluto3061]

@@re57k27 I AINT THE SHARPEST TOOL IN THE SHED

[@re57k27]

@@pluto3061 SHE WAS LOOKIN KINDA DUMB WITH HER FINGER AND HER THUMB IN THE SHAPE OF AN L ON HER FOREHEAD

[@RiceCooker2K]

i bet the tank driver has a stash of doritos and a 6 pack of mountain dew on his side

[@YourTechpriest]

Former driver, my stash was energy drinks, vienna sausage and piss bottles.

[@Bhgskeue]

Don't care much about him, he from 2000. Old and rusty, such poor Rice Cooker

[@RiceCooker2K]

@@Bhgskeue .-. We were talking about the tank drivers secret stash.-.

[@Bhgskeue]

Rice Cooker2000 well you said you bet. And since you're wrong, I made joke on you base on your profile picture, lul

[@pickering73030]

@@YourTechpriest which post did you go through for OSUT?

[@scpfoundation173]

There was also a M2 Browning 50 caliber machine gun on the M1A2 Abrams tank on the commanders hatch

[@Zxcvbnm-tp6yz]

看到M1A2T就是爽

[@mrgold3591]

I was the signal officer for a Tank Battalion of M1A2 in the early 90s. Quite a sight to see them live fire on the range; especially, at night. Look like a single pulse of a tight red laser beam at night moving when a sabot round is fired down range for +2 miles at night and covers the distance in under 2 seconds.

[@user-ys2he5pk3n]

Гонишь! 2 мили за 2 секунды! Ха-ха. ))

[@iloveddlc2007]

@@user-ys2he5pk3nфекалии для ваших супервовременных танков так быстро не летят, обидно, правда?

[@OmarValenzuela1975]

As a former M1A1 tanker, I really loved this animation! Thank you very much! 😊👍🏼🙏🏼

[@ak9989]

19K!

[@anthonykenneth.1780]

Hey bro quick question,what does the crew do in case they have to use a toilet coz I can't imagine a scenario where one stops gets out to take a dunk in active battle.

[@OmarValenzuela1975]

@@anthonykenneth.1780 Hi, Anthony! That’s a great question! It all depends on where you’re at. I was never in combat, but I was in Kuwait for several months in 1998. (I got pulled into Desert Fox while out there training.) We usually had custom-built outhouses where our mess dropped into a cut-in-half 55 gal drums if we were stationed in a large assembly area with headquarters units. We called it the Kabal. (Yes, part of our duties included burning our waste using various types of jet fuel. It was not a pleasant smell.) But if we were out in the field, well, we simply walked out far away enough to capture some privacy, dig a deep hole, squat and take care of business. 😂 The only thing I ever worried about out there were the crazy flies, scorpions, or camel spiders. I can’t imagine having to go while actively in combat.

[@Morten.]

@@OmarValenzuela1975 Geez, i cant even imagine sitting in one of these in combat. I would be so damn scared.

[@inspectorcallahan5062]

when you were inside the tank ,what enemy weapons you guys are usually afraid of , like can a simple molotov destry the tank ? or an antitank?

[@Ezpezlemsqez]

If your teammates fall, remember, you are the last man standing. Fight with glory, until the last.

[@SmashMan108]

this is very interesting and educational thank you so much man!

[@philippebelozeroff9346]

"War Thunder is historically accurate" Also Jared the next second: "waifuuuuu"

[@sigurd4858]

Funny part is that that livery is a Historical livery from the Japanese

[@Unregistreirt]

those are the mascots of the 4 anti tank helicopter squadron from the jsdf. those helicopters exist XD

[@philippebelozeroff9346]

well shit

[@yveltalzekrom755]

@@sigurd4858 that livery is actually supposed to be an anime portrait of the actual pilot herself

[@strokiinyourmom]

And the tank is powered by a turban engine it goes “allauh akbar”

[@robertberner5777]

Smoke grenades: they do not just sit there and emit smoke while sitting in the launcher; they get get launched away from the tank while emitting smoke to create a large cloud which hopefully conceals the hank from the enemies sight (both visually and thermally).

[@redwez1982]

Robert Berner they’re not launchers they’re generators. They’re used to break enemy weapon locks. You want the smoke to cover the vehicle not launch it away from it. Not sure how the abrams smoke generators work but the British challenger two tank dumps diesel fuel into electrical heaters which pumps huge amounts of smoke out of the generators. I assume the abrams does the same but with jet fuel instead. No need to carry additional smoke canisters just use some of the fuel you have onboard already. Saves weight and space. Genius. Edit: I may be wrong about the abrams. Here’s a video showing launchers kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioCno2iEgLOoeck the challenger has generators though. kzbin.info/www/bejne/naCvf6CZor6Wd5I

[@tobbenjees941]

@@redwez1982 The tubes you see on the front of modern tanks are smoke grenade launchers. What you're talking about is ESS, where fuel is dumped into the exhaust manifold causing huge amounts of smoke to exit the exhaust. All modern tanks have smoke grenade launchers, and most have ESS on top of that, the Challenger 2 and Abrams being two of them. Also, the launched smoke grenades do a good job of concealing the tank, they wouldn't be used otherwise. On top of that the ESS damages the exhaust system which is why launchers are preferred.

[@redwez1982]

Tobben Jees thanks for setting me straight. Does the Abram’s smoke generator run off the turbine’s kerosene? The challenger uses diesel. Not sure if kerosene smokes the same as it’s so refined.

[@tobbenjees941]

@@redwez1982 The ESS runs of whatever fuel the tank is filled up with, because it sucks fuel directly from the tank's fuel tanks. The system was disabled on most Abrams tanks after they mostly switched away from diesel since it's too unsafe to use with other fuels.

[@GDSTUFF78]

@@tobbenjees941 We were still using the smoke generator on our M1A1s in the late 90s. It was sorta fun to turn it on in front of another platoon and smoke them out.

[@thechosenone8466]

Great job man. Thanks

[@Duyvuviet]

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