How to: Survive a NUKE in a Tank

Paul Famojuro (A.K.A FamTheTankMan) explores a major question that was being asked during the Cold War period: "Can you survive a nuke in a tank?"
In this episode we look at the lengths many countries went to, to enable their tanks to fight in nuclear, biological and chemically contaminated environments.
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00:00 | Introduction
00:46 | First Tests
02:04 | What is a 'Nuke'?
03:07 | Initial Tank Designs
04:02 | Cold War
04:40 | Chieftain MBT
07:49 | Invisible Threat & Actions
13:07 | Conclusion
This video features archive footage courtesy of British Pathé.
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[@pommunist]

They didn't finish the story of the Australian Centurion, It was fuelled up and driven out of the test area, decontaminated, overhauled then put back into service. It did a 15 month tour in the Vietnam war where it easily shrugged off a couple of RPG 7 hits. It still exists as a gate guard at Robertson Barracks near Darwin, Northern Territory

[@andrewcoley6029]

Does it glow in the dark still?

[@Rover200Power]

How much longer did the crew who drove it out survive?

[@timmoorri]

Yes,upgraded to mkiii and sent into service,it wasn't only agent Orange that made our troops sick

[@davidphillips8416]

i would like to see a video about the australian centurion if there is one it would be interesting to see after it went through the atomic test.

[@thewomble1509]

The other part of the story that isn't mentioned very often is the conclusion that the crew would have been killed by the shock wave.

[@markriley2733]

Ahhh the memories of when you had to take a dump in 3Romeo and you hadn’t quite cleared your nbc trousers out the way and so gave yourself a little present !

[@Free-Bodge79]

Harsh. 👍💛

[@silentotto5099]

A bit of a side note... After the neutron bomb was developed and during the debate on whether or not it should be deployed by NATO forces, there was a good deal of discussion about how to deal with possible "Zombie solders". The neutron bomb primary kills soldiers by subjecting them to a fatal dose of radiation rather than blast effect. But, it takes a few days before the soldiers become incapacitated due to the effects of that radiation. There was concern that soldiers who had received a fatal dose of radiation and knew they were eventually going to die might adopt a "nothing to lose" attitude, leading them to engage in suicidal assaults that might prove impossible for NATO forces to contain. It was a wild time...

[@redpill6201]

I remember they said NBs could totally incapacitate within 4 hours only. Depends on how high the INR was I guess and how close you were.

[@silentotto5099]

@@redpill6201 Yes, I'm sure how long a soldier survives after being irradiated is very dependent on range. Having said that, I don't recall ever seeing any range/lethality figures, although they're probably easily available somewhere on the internet. Hopefully, that's a tidbit of information I"ll never have need to know.

[@johnharker7194]

There'd probably be far more guys under the impression they were dying making suicidal charges, when they only had minor radiation poisoning. The effectiveness of the neutron bomb was overestimated quite a bit

[@v8pilot]

The incapacitation of the crew is instantaneous with a sufficiently close enhanced radiation weapon. The neutron flux instantly raises the body temperature by several degrees, which causes immediate loss of consciousness.

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

@@redpill6201that’s still a fair amount of time for a soldier to keep fighting on. They know they will die anyway from the lethal amount of radiation, so zombie soldiers are still likely and there could be zombie soldiers swarming in human waves with bombs strapped to their chests acting as kamikaze suicide bombers.

[@revan22]

I love the aesthetic of the object 279 so much, the four tracked hulls have a certain look that is just amazing.

[@michaelmcatamney9231]

Almost looks like a UFO i reckon

[@johndc2998]

Me too, one of the reason I used to play world of tanks all the time

[@wacojones8062]

Fuel tanks were in the spines between the track pairs, it had a nasty habit of bogging in deep mud and turning was very hard forget doing a pivot steer.

[@sideshow4417]

Fallout from a nuclear weapon detonation and fallout from a reactor explosion are not comparable events.

[@classicalextremism]

Indeed, totally different. Warheads are engineered to be as efficient as possible with their conversions. The more efficient they are the stronger the blast and the less hot material is left over. Assuming an air bust, the bigger issue in the target area would be neutron activation from the initial flash. Fallout is a down wind consideration. This was big on sensation, not so much rational examination. A bit disappointing. No explanation of the fall off of the blast effect at range. How close the weapon had to be to injure or incapacitate the crew or mission kill the tank. How it was judged impractical to knock out tanks with nukes because of how survivable they were. I would expect to see content like this on the current 'history' channel.

[@alexroselle]

especially since there wouldn't be just one nuclear weapon detonating

[@nelsonalger]

There’s a reason that people can live in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but there still an exclusion zone around Chernobyl, and will be for thousands of years. Kind of disappointing to see the tank museum get this wrong.

[@aland7236]

​@@nelsonalgerYep, air bursts are "cleaner". The whiter the mushroom the less fallout there will be, excluding vaporized ocean water of course.

[@classicalextremism]

@@aland7236 Yup. The neutron activation of salts and minerals/metals is a problem on surface or sub-surface detonation. Air is able to absorb the neutrons without becoming a decay isotope.

[@MrTewaka2]

This Chieftain tank is now the gate guard at Robertson Baracks just out of Darwin Australia. Still a little radio active:)

[@sargesacker2599]

It’s a centurion not a chieftain.

[@Adammrtl27]

I drove an m1200, it's not a tank but it's an armored vehicle. It has NBC filters, and hoses we could plug into our gas masks.. we never actually used them but they were there. 👍

[@parallel-knight]

Those tests in the 40-50’s (maybe later I’m unsure) where soldiers would stand in range of a nuke for tests is just so wild.

[@davidgoodnow269]

All of the males in my family of the World War II generation were present in one or more nuclear bomb tests or exercises. Bikini Atoll? The crew made radioactive snowballs of the salt and threw them at each other. The trenches of infantry wearing goggles and then up and out to assault the bomb site? One was in three of those exercises. Most lived into their eighties in pretty good health.

[@parallel-knight]

@@davidgoodnow269 god damn. I’m glad to hear that they survived into their late years. That’s crazy throwing radioactive snowballs at each other.

[@davidgoodnow269]

@@parallel-knight No kidding! That one, one of my grandfather's brothers who was a Navy diver, underwater demolitions, had a ton of photos from the test and following horseplay, and radiation burns on his neck from where a "snowball" got trapped by his collar!

[@stevenpremmel4116]

They got absolutely shat on by the government too.

[@parallel-knight]

@@davidgoodnow269 oh my good god that’s just so crazy!!

[@davidkomer3890]

Your comments about the exercise Able Archer are in error. It was never meant to 'test and observe Soviet response'. 'Able Archer' was the annual NATO exercise prior to the REFORGER exercises. The Soviets mistook the exercise and yes it almost started a war. The exercise was a five day command post exercise that did not involve the movement or posting of actual troops. Troop movement would have occurred during the REFORGER portion of the exercise. Any source would state this. I would ask if you disagree to provide source information.

[@RaspberryWhy]

Thank you for setting the facts out there. When I heard what was said in this video I nearly choked on my tea. Nobody was stupid enough to run a command exercise just to see if it triggered a nuclear conflict. I do wish people would check before publishing stuff like this, it just looks like sensationalism. It reflects poorly on the Tank Museum as well.

[@T.efpunkt]

Another little known fact: REFORGER stands for "REturn of FORces to GERmany", it has nothing to do with reforging.

[@johnfisk811]

Which is a classic example of how not to name an exercise or operation. Random names convey nothing. Alluding names give the enemy an intelligence fimgerhold to follow up.@@T.efpunkt

[@Wised1000]

The NBC suit's radiological protection is limited to avoiding inhalation of radionucleotides. Radiation proper (gamma and beta) goes right through the suit. Thus, if trudging through a heavily contaminated environment it doesn't do anything at all. The external radiation itself would still kill you in short order. An NBC is in effect a chemical and biologic one. The N part of it is kind of a misnomer. Protection against radioctivity is 3 pronged, time distance and shielding. The shielding part is essentially non wearable. For example a lead apron like you see in Dr offices doesnt really offer protection against gamma, for that you require feet of concrete or dirt or something similar. Thats why spent nuckear rods spend months under feet of water the water serves as a radiarions shield to give time for the decay of the material.

[@glenmcgillivray4707]

Actually. The most dangerous radiation types are Alphas which are blocked by the skin or clothes. You have to inhale or eat alpha emmiters to get worse than skin cancer. beta radiation is free electrons so anything electrically conductive will stop them cold but they will penetrate into skin. If your NBC suit has a layer of tinfoil in the lining it'll protect against Beta decay to a significant level. and then we get Gamma. oh boy Gamma radiation. Yeah not even tank armour will stop gammas. Because you want a foot of it to absorb the radiation not an inch of hull plating under you.

[@stevenobrien557]

Wrong. Keeping fallout from contacting clothes and skin will make an enormous difference with exposure to alpha and beta radiation.

[@Wised1000]

@stevenobrien557 Alpha radiation can not penetrate the skin. The materials in an NBC suit (canvas with and activated charcoal liner) offer no protection to Beta and still go through your entire body. Radiological shielding required for Beta is either a thin layer of lead or 1cm of high molecular weight polymer. I was an NBC army specialist which became a medical doctor after the service. As a laboratory physician I have worked with radionucleotides essentially all my life.

[@Tuning3434]

Spitting facts but not wisdom. You are right about the physics, except on what the actual fission products are after a nuclear explosion. MIT has a good lecture on youtube going more over the actual science, and Kyle Hill an highly recommended channel. You should be aware that popular science has the tendency to overemphasize the 'shocking' stuff that sells, and not the blunt boring practical engineering that runs the world. In regard to Beta / Gamma.. you are screwed anyways, but just as likely from the light / heat / blast effects, so you are more likely to die 'with' radiation poisoning, instead of because of it. On the long term it is the Alpha emitters you want to keep out of your body, because those are the sources that effect survivability in the medium and long term.

[@PiersLawsonBrown1972]

As long as the BV is still working, all is good!

[@fancyultrafresh3264]

I had already forgotten how much I enjoy this new presenter. His voice is perfect for these sorts of videos, and I appreciate his enthusiasm.

[@thetankmuseum]

He's great isn't he!

[@patrickchase5614]

You forgot about the prompt (non-fallout) neutron radiation from the initial blast. For a low-yield nuclear weapon that's lethal to tank crews at greater range than the blast. This was the entire point behind enhanced-radiation weapons ("neutron bombs") though it's true for all weapons below a certain yield. This is why many Soviet tanks and AFVs had polyethylene armor liners - those act as neutron absorbers and provide some marginal improvement in the range at which a detonation is survivable. NBC packs provide no defense against prompt radiation - they only prevent fallout ingress. Neutron radiation also creates the nasty phenomenon of "zombie crews". A tank crew that have been exposed to a lethal dose of neutron radiation can remain functional for days before the onset of severe illness.

[@miket2120]

When they did the Bikini Atoll test Able, the blast didn't sink most of the ships, being the explosion was 750yrds off the target point. Ships looked relatively unharmed save for bent antennas and thermal scorching. Surely a crew would survive it. But even in the depths of the ship, opposite from the explosion, they would have received a fatal dose of radiation. They wouldn't die immediately, but survival past a week was unlikely.

[@patrickchase5614]

@@miket2120 Yup, that was a 20 kton weapon and well within the yield range where neutron radiation was lethal at greater distances than the blast, particularly if they're within a metal ship (or tank...) that provides much better protection from blast than from neutron radiation.

[@johndc2998]

Love this sort of content, wss thrilled it popped up top of my recommended, tanks + nukes are both interesting topics

[@DJJ81]

Even after decades of hearing people say it, I still can’t accept that half the world can’t pronounce “nuclear” and keep saying “nucular”.

[@chiapets2594]

Yea people can't pronounce words. Just like how people say the name Craig and Creg

[@Tuck-Shop]

You'd hate me. I use both.

[@jmi5969]

Half of the world: 你說什麼？

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

No "eggs" in exit, nor Brexit. Its "ex" not "eggs". Please tell the BBC etc!

[@saltzkruber732]

Also people who say "ex-cetra" instead of "et-cetra" ugh

[@davidstrother496]

As a retired US Army soldier, I always knew that the NBC gear was basically only to provide a glimmer of hope that maybe one would survive.

[@ObsoleteVodkaYT]

It still stops fallout from entering the body and as explained in the video it can travel quite far away from the detonation area. But yeah, godspeed to anyone close enough to actually witness the explosion.

[@gerdlunau8411]

Same for me as an ex-East-German conscript soldier. We knew that the NBC equipment made us surviving perhaps instead of one day for three days (of total misery). Peace! from Dresden, Germany

[@davidstrother496]

@@gerdlunau8411 Thank you for your service, mate. From one soldier to another, I'm thankful we never had to find out just how long it gave us.

[@pipmeister2103]

Spent the first ten years of my army career with a nuclear artillery regiment with lance missiles so wearing NBC kit and all the drill became second nature not that we’d even make it out of the camp gate if the Cold War turned hot. Cracking & informative upload as per 👍🏻

[@kulmabricks]

Yet another great tank history video! I was that I could visit the museum some time soon as a Fin.

[@thetankmuseum]

We would love to see you!

[@rrhine]

But would the boiling vessel still work?

[@ryanrehfuss]

Cheer up, it's just a nuclear apocalypse, not the end of life as we know it ☕👌

[@cmck472]

Best question yet!

[@residentgeardo]

If a full scale nuclear conflict ever kicks off it won't matter much whether the crew survives or not. Mankind as we know it would be done for. Anyway this was a very interesting and fun to watch episode! Thank you! 👍

[@luvtruckin]

Paul you always deliver I really enjoy the segments you do. I knew a guy who worked at White Sands and they put an A1 Abrahms in a radiation chamber to test it's survival when hit with a nuke they forgot about how hot the tank would be afterwards and it sat in the chamber for six weeks until the radiation cooled enough for them to move it.

[@thetankmuseum]

We will pass your comments on to Paul - thank you!

[@0YouCanCallMeAl0]

I can't get over the fact you're saying "NUCULAR". "English MF, do you speak it?" xD

[@filiberto599]

Good video. I do wish there was some discussion of the threat of prompt radiation (different than fallout), the development of neutron bombs and the ways that tanks were designed to reduce that threat.

[@urishima]

Nukes would mostly be used by having them explode mid air, as this maximizes their destructive potential. In this scenario, the danger of fallout of vastly reduced, as little is created in the first place. This leaves mostly the ionizing radiation produced by the nuclear explosion itself as a radiation hazard, as far as I am aware, plus bits from the bomb itself, depending on how efficient the nuclear reaction was. Not ideal.

[@ryanrehfuss]

There's no end of uses for tactical ground burst weapons. It's effectively giving troops and engineers an infinite supply of TNT. Extremely fast mine clearing; extremely fast forest clearing; totally obliterating cover and concealment; point destruction of key terrain like hilltops; destruction of useful infrastructure such as roads and rails; creating or clearing major engineering obstacles; annihilating hard targets like tank formations or concrete structures; smoke screens; stubborn infantryman; splitting logs; starting campfires; practical jokes.

[@mdog111]

Thanks for another excellent video Paul.

[@thetankmuseum]

Thank you for watching!

[@michaelmclaughlin7328]

This is the first video that I have see presented by Paul Famojuro (I had to look in the description to find his name), he is excellent!

[@thetankmuseum]

Thanks Michael!

[@PhillyRacer121]

We did the cbrn training in basic, that equipment sucks. I couldnt imagine having to operate in that equipment full time.

[@CabbageFace_]

Great video. Fam really explains things well

[@thetankmuseum]

Thanks - See you soon!

[@CabbageFace_]

@@thetankmuseum Sunday! And not if I see you first lol

[@fireknergy2524]

We want more on this topic. You should now disscus about the NBC protection mechanisms of individual tanks in detail -like the T-72, Leopard and any vehicle with NBC protection you have in the museum.topics like how effective the tank Armor is against nuclear radiation? Does different types of armour provide different levels of protection against radiation or not. Also discuss about the effectiveness of anti radiation liners inside of tanks and please elaborate on why you said that all frontline soldiers would be dead in 24h when they had their NBC PROTECTION training and equipments ?

[@russwoodward8251]

What? The Object 279 is a real tank? Great narration and lots of documenting photos, Tank Museum you made my Monday a shade more interesting. Thank you! Proud to be a Patreon contributor.

[@PineCone227_]

What did you expect it to be?

[@russwoodward8251]

@@PineCone227_ another WOT paper tank.

[@thetankmuseum]

Glad to make your day brighter! Thank you so much for your support!

[@markriley2733]

If you think the chieftain was cramped try it in a Scimitar. It was only the commanders chair that had the “dump” function! 😂

[@alexhatfield2987]

Tactical Enhanced or “Neutron”-weapons were to be employed to stop hordes of enemy tanks by immediately incapacitating tank crews, during the Cold War. Comparatively low-yield, and without a fissionable fusion tamper, the fusion-fuel generated copious quantities of thermal neutrons from the D-T reaction that would penetrate the tank armour, and kill the crew. The Soviets called them “Capitalist Weapons” because N-Bombs killed people and kept property “intact.” My first time on this channel. I really liked the post!

[@thomasoreilly6140]

Great video!

[@thetankmuseum]

Thank you!

[@michaelporzio7384]

Crews in M113s and Sheridans would have had to contend with their aluminum armor becoming radioactive when bombarded with gamma and neutron radiation. The gas masks would serve to concentrate radioactive dust near one's brain. Mixed reviews as to whether they would be a good or bad idea in a pentomic environment. Excellent narration Paul, many thanks!

[@derekp2674]

Steel armour will also become radioactive after exposure to neutron radiation, possibly more so than aluminum.

[@papafizzz]

Really well put together video 👏 love the effort that's got into making this, hope to see more!

[@thetankmuseum]

Watch this space!

[@jimcarter7035]

Nicely presented

[@wacojones8062]

Prepping a vehicle for a nuclear attack, one dismount all antennas, two all loose gear on the outside secured inside, three if time allows get in full turret defilade This can be first if warning orders are early enough. Four crew positioning to be secure and away from edges and other sharp objects. Getting the antennas down is very important to prevent electrical overload on gear. Unplugging individual connections was also taught in the US. I taught Anti-tank operations in the US Army with a variety of weapons M113 and more fragile wheeled junk were our movement options.

[@nzgunnie]

Using night vision wouldn't blind them, night vision is essentially looking at a small TV screen. The NVGs might be burnt out, but that wouldn't transmit any energy directly to the operator's eyes.

[@theromanorder]

Please do more evaluation of tank doctrine videos

[@Weaponsandstuff93]

Great video but you wouldn't be blinded by a nuke if you were using a Night vision scope, as the screen can only go pure white, it's the same as looking at a screen and setting the brightness to max on a white screen.

[@feedingravens]

A german F-104 pilot said that in the Cold War times they sat in ready mode in their planes, armed up with US nuclear bombs, to be instantly ready for a retaliatory strike it the USSR started a nuclear attack. He said never before of after did they drink as much as back then. They did not care whether they were sober in their plane. He said they knew even if they would be able to take off, even if they would be able to fulfill their mission, when they returned their airfield would probably be destroyed, their families blown up, and their country be a nuclear wasteland. So it did not matter whether they would do their job. The functioning of the Cold War was the surety that if one side started an attack, it was definite that it would also be annihilated - maybe a few hours later, but definitely. That kept all side in a stalemate. Shortly after the german wall came down, when the USSR and the Warsaw Pact imploded, the Cold War more or less vanished, I was in a chat with someone from the german foreign office. He said that the giant threat of the Cold War conflict had suppressed all the smaller conflicts that are sizzling on since centuries til millenia. He said that his office sees the potential for 140 local conflicts that are now eventually coming out again. And when you look at what happened in the time after 1989, all the places where people happily killed each other, that insane number was not that unrealistic.

[@luisderivas6005]

The shock wave alone would give a new meaning to "ring my bell" regardless of PPE worn.

[@Fladdd]

Paul seems very knowledgeable and is a great presenter!

[@John_Redcorn_]

Doesnt know how to pronounce ‘nuclear’ tho

[@robofclanlennox]

Having been in the British army in W Germany during the 80's I can confirm that the minute a nuke landed we were all heading to the English channel to get home and look after our loved ones. This was discussed many times in the NAAFI. Also you need to check the fit on that respirator. There's air getting into it from round the face seal, hence steaming up.

[@c.j.zographos3713]

Interesting topic.

[@xr33tk]

Mostly good info but a bit misleading discussion of chernobyl. It is mostly cleaned up and was until the russian invasion something of a tourist spot with working hotels etc. Lower radiation in chernobly city than on an average international flight for example.Its also now a thriving example of how nature can succeded when people step back.

[@Tuning3434]

I can highly recommend Kyle Hill's documentary series both Pripyat and Fukushima on those aspects. The Chernobyl exclusion zone is still not a healthy area, and there are still more than enough core products in the environment, 'hot particles' that you don't accidentally want to bring home and get stuck into your bed matras. Containable yes, safe with appropriate behavior.. likely, idiot proof... not so much.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

Great video...👍

[@thetankmuseum]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@headmonkeyboy]

Well done Mr. Famojuro, my first time seeing a video presented by you and sir, you are top notch. Thanks for a great show.

[@thetankmuseum]

Thanks for your feedback Sir!

[@timf6916]

Good information

[@juusolatva]

many Soviet tanks like the T-55A and the T-72 had an anti-radiation liner on their interior surfaces called podboi and some outer surfaces of the tank were also reinforced with a similar material called nadboi. the liners were made from ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene infused with boron and their function was to shield the crew from neutron radiation in areas were there was not enough other materials (such as thick steel armor, composite armor with textolite or tanks with fuel for example) to provide radiation shielding. there were other NBC protections as well.

[@gerdlunau8411]

Yes, the T-55 had an ABC-package very similar as the one shown in the video. Peace! from Dresden / Germany

[@thoughtengine]

One classic gaming ruleset stated that if a nuclear weapon was deployed the best way to simulate it on the games table was pour fuel all over it and set it on fire...

[@Salesman9001]

@12:40 I once spent a week in full NBC kit that was heavier than one on video; 1cm thick vulcanized rubber at the thinnest and closed circuit rebreather. Only the second worst experience in my life xD

[@fortawesome1974]

Even as an Australian Infantry soldier in the 90's and early 2000's we did a lot of NBC training!! We had to wear the full kit and do a 3.2km run and shoot in tropical heat of Townsville Australia. Had to do the run in a certain time then complete a live fire shoot and pass. The shooting was easy the running and overheating, not so much!! The worst gas we learnt about was called a Blood agent. It could defeat even the best respirator in 5 minutes and would stop your red blood cells from carrying oxygen which suffocated you to death!!

[@patrickbureau1402]

Respect ... Talking " mushroom clouds " - that is a might 'fro !🇨🇦

[@andyf4292]

EMP is mostly from high altitude bursts I thought... the inverse compton effect... gamma smashed air molecules breaking off electrons. those get accelerated along the magnetic field lines, emitting a shedload of radio waves- which induces a massive current in conductors, aerials etc

[@sayeager5559]

Flashbacks of night marching to the range in MOPP gear.

[@sayeager5559]

@@mikeraphone3000 I started AIT at Ft Sam in late July. I feel your pain man.

[@danielkarlsson9326]

one Cold war tank with a high focus on Nuclear survivability is STRV103 Sweden had alot of focus on Nuclear Survivability Including Ships like the Halland class destroyers which could be operated in a Nuclear secure way with no sailor needed outside during service qw qn example. We also had Europes 3rd largest oil powerplant built inside one of the worlds biggest Atomic safe bunkers outside of Stenungsund. There is talk about renovate it into a Nuclear 4th gen plant.

[@georgedalgleish6384]

You had to wear noddy suites and masks all the time because your filter was connected to the N.B.C. pack. Also the radio ( Clansman 353 ) was shielded, so very heavy.

[@leoarc1061]

An EMP does not "affect everything with an antenna". Even a radar array, which can have a lot of them, largely depends on what type of hardware is used. Vacuum tubes, as opposed to solid state, will deal quite well with an EMP.

[@patrickbureau1402]

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons-signed 2017, entered into force on January 22, 2021: prohibits possession, manufacture, development, and testing of nuclear weapons, or assistance in such activities, by its parties

[@MasterOfNothing83]

This was a very good and professional video. Blot, Bang, Rub!!!

[@thetankmuseum]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@tommclain3335]

try wearing all that NBC gear along with LBE and helmet and clearing a trench in Texas during July.

[@alanhelton]

The only thing better than seeing a new Tank Museum video would be David Fletcher coming out of retirement for a video or ten!

[@user-ru4xi9cv5j]

Tank jesus forever man.

[@AnthonyGeoghegan]

I was of the opinion EMP only occurs with detonations at very high altitudes. No tactical device would have an associated EMP wave.

[@25xxfrostxx]

I would have figured the best way to survive a nuke in a tank is to start two hours before the blast, point the front of the hull away from the blast, then bury the accelerator as far as it will go until minimum safe distance.

[@10secondsrule]

The front of the tank is the strongest so I’m not sure how this would work.

[@michaelfrank2266]

I remember training for NBC. Hated it. Agree with the question, would you even want to survive?

[@FinsburyPhil]

The threat of an NBC attack and dummy 'gas' attacks (just smoke shells for instance) is enough to substantially reduce combat effectiveness. If you can get your enemy to spend hours or even days in NBC suits and have armoured vehicles constantly buttoned up, you've probably already made them 50% less effective.

[@gamer969rivere5]

Well if i was in tank like that and nuke went off i woth ask the commander what's the point shooting at the enemy any more the world we know is over an so are the states that were fight so do we desert or die for state that's gone. Desert option: turn the tank a round and head as far a way from the detenation center as possible and live a bit longer. fight option: rush at the enemy and die for a state that's gone and so are the reasons to do so.

[@Darkside-origin]

8:37 "50'000 people use to live here, its a ghost town now"

[@Makeyourselfbig]

Make sure the tank is very far away is usually the best way.

[@ryanrehfuss]

Those hardasses wouldn't let me call out sick without a certificate of radiological death from the doctor

[@JasonT404]

I would think the glass of the periscope would absorb most non-visible EM radiation. The crew may still be blinded, but I'm not sure they would be burned.

[@DrLoverLover]

scientist much?

[@jamiebright7297]

I thought the first effect of a nuke was the intense x-ray flash that precedes the fireball

[@VanVelding]

"It's a fast and violent end" I see you've played nukey-spooney before.

[@jamesneveaux4892]

TOPP High sucked, especially digging fighting positions in 32°c temps. Defecation drills and even sleeping in that claustrophobic outfit gave you nightmares. The only time that getup was good was winter warfare, when you passed gas it was actually balmy when you were in the trench at -40°c.

[@dukenukem8381]

Nuclear yield doesn't scale up as people think. 20 megaton nuke wont have double the effects of 10 megaton nuke.

[@ryanrehfuss]

True for blast radius, but larger nukes are dramatically more effective at creating and spreading fallout. Take the Lucky Dragon incident during Operation Castle. I believe the largest nukes were predicted to be able to destroy DC entirely as well as cause something like LD50 (50%) fatal exposure in New York City. Command and Control by Eric Schlosser is a great technical deep dive into nuclear strategy, testing, and incidents.

[@blue2sco]

Some of the Fallout from Chernobyl reached Britain, there are still parts of Scotland that get regular radiation tests.

[@scraggy983]

Top tip, there is NO second "u" in nuclear...

[@jm9371]

There is the NEW nucular weapon, I think President W Bush invented it.

[@BeStupidWithIntent]

Maybe I’m just too early in the video, but the comment “equipment was developed to make fighting possible in the aftermath of a nuclear exchange” that’s an idea that is absolutely insane lol after we end the world how can we keep doing the thing that caused it. Bananas.

[@cmck472]

one of the most amazing thing he I ever saw was a platoon of Gurkahs doing an obstacle course, in full NBC kit, including S10 respirators, full webbing and weapons. They went around it like they were in tracksuits! We were all on our chinstraps after doing it in uniform only! Did I say it was the middle of summer?

[@strv81]

only 10 minutes ago??? hell yeah

[@whya2ndaccount]

They seem to mix the effects of a ground burst detonation with an air burst one. air burst = max EMP, but min fall out, etc. NBC pack not really useful once you start firing since the air flowing through open breech is not treated. You end up needing to be in MOPP-4 even inside the vehicle. From experience, after 3 weeks this is not fun. Oh and forget it these days if you have grown a beard (no seal).

[@casperkreugel2896]

Hahah, “Tanks for watching”

[@Farweasel]

Some of the Chernobyl Fallout went OVER Sweden without precipitating out and landed in Northern England, Wales & Scotland. It was 2012 before restrictions on the sale of Lamb were lifted At the time, John Gummer, then Conservative Minister with remits in Agriculture & Environment assured everyone there was 'No risk'. Bit of an Oxymoron to say 'He was a trusted minister & he lied' - Many folk didn't trust him one bit

[@milybanily]

The question should be ..:Why are you going to survive a NUKE in a tank ?? What will you do when have to open door and go out ??

[@ryanrehfuss]

Ideally, working tanks would be able to wait out the worst fallout and find a friendly area to decontaminate in relative safety

[@milybanily]

That's could be true when talking about "tactic nukes" and being away from zero. Most options would not be any difference.@@ryanrehfuss

[@AHPcameron]

Ngl surviving a nuke in a tank would be rad af 😂 Quick now somebody do the statistics I wanna see if this can really be done 👀

[@10secondsrule]

The sheer mention on the topic across many different channels these days mentioning nuclear blast is terrifying by itself. It’s like people are conditions for what’s to come soon. There will be many bodies in a fridges scattered across the landscape I presume… a bit of dark humour.😢

[@anuradhakularathna1384]

WOW!🤯

[@stuartp2006]

0:46 Tanks for watching

[@littlejohnny4470]

When I served in the US Air Force back in the mid 1980's, I had to wear a Chemical Warfare suit once. I was in computer maintenance, back then it was Main Frames, not desktop or laptop computers. Under the watchful eye of a Quality Assurance inspector, I was being evaluated to perform some maintenance tasks on one of the systems while wearing the full suit. It wasn't difficult, but when I was finished, I was soaked in sweat. And that was in an air-conditioned computer room.

[@hinder10709]

I do think the overall narrative gets a bit smeared in the telling but I do like Paul. He's good at what he does. A solid host. And I feel he knows the subject and tells it well. I would have preferred a more "on the nose" presentation, it meandered a bit, but this was an enjoyable watch. Sorry for my poor English, I'm an American.

[@thetexanbuzzsaw3145]

Is the Chieftain nuke-proof? Totally. Is the Chieftain's crew nuke-proof? Maybe not.

[@hansolowe19]

Nuclear, not nucular. Otherwise great video and good speaking voice. That last one is something that's hard to fake, so you will do well 👍

[@user-ex8eq1yy8d]

I know you guys have made an evolution of tanks series, but what about closely, without court hearings, remaking the Age of Tanks series on Netflix? In my country, I cannot rewatch it

[@Twirlyhead]

What we all want to know is will the boiling vessel survive.

[@peterobinson3678]

Technically, if they were using night vision, they yould not have been blinded, as a screen can't emit that much light (Unless my GF is watching TV in the dark when I wake up...) - white is RGB(255, 255, 255). It would just blind the sensors.

[@harrisonrawlinson5650]

I wouldn’t fancy being locked inside a tank for a week with 3 other men. What were the toilet facilities like? Is it just a bucket or is there a small chemical toilet?

[@ptonpc]

Depends on the tank. In tanks that used shell casings, used ones would do. Chieftain didn't. The NBC system creates an overpressure so clean air would go out through any gasps or leaks in seals. Between that and the crew wearing NBS suits it would be possible to empty the waste but I've never heard of anyone who did it.

[@georgedalgleish6384]

There was a very small hatch on the left hand side of the hull that you were able to get rid of waste. The facilities were a bottle of a can, the good news is British army rations tended to bung you up. No buckets not enough space.

[@harrisonrawlinson5650]

@@georgedalgleish6384 Thankyou, that’s very interesting

[@danielhooper7654]

I love the chieftain tank

[@mikemcginley6309]

I was one of those Cold War tankers.

[@aelfredrex8354]

If you're in the shock wave of the blast, it'll toss a tank like a piece of straw in a tornado.

[@williamworth2746]

End the vid with a bang