Soviet Tank Destroyers - SU-85 & SU-100

[@kyledunn6853]

I've been up close to an SU-100 at a museum near where I live. That thing is a monster.

[@Luis-be9mi]

That’s nothing compared to the SU-152 or ISU-152, those tank destroyers are absolute monsters.

[@Mechanized85]

Yeah, even the monster, it’s still can be destroyed by some thing.

[@Who_Knows-kp1yq]

​@@Mechanized85No shit?

[@kellychuang8373]

Yes they are and also there was some very unorthodox tactics used by the Soviet Russians including 1 of T-34's ramming Tiger tanks instead of shooting them. Also may want to look into many other topics like RPG-7's, C4 explosive, AK-47, PKM and DSHK machine guns and who knows many other topics.

[@junibug6790]

@@kellychuang8373 Johnny already covered most of those topics on this channel.

[@pigeononbread5477]

4:35 SU-122-54 spotted

[@noorsheda1549]

First time me seeing a moving su 122 54 in flim

[@Fandv339]

Yes me too​@@noorsheda1549

[@comradereverse3490]

You can see the barrel and a little of the superstructure of one at 0:12

[@paleoph6168]

The _Farewell of Slavianka_ at the beginning is just nice!

[@TellySavalas-or5hf]

Wheel of terror was a 1987 warmovie. I loved those black panzer wrappers tunics.

[@KaldekBoch]

Alright it's Johnny!

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Alright a one year subscriber! You've been with me even before I had a good microphone lol.

[@KaldekBoch]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq get outta here, really? Hah, there you go mate. I still haven't bothered getting decent microphones or cameras. Mind you my content is a bit niche and just for educational purposes.

[@whiskey_tango_foxtrot__]

00:04 She flagged my heart...

[@Oblivisci........]

Knowing the USSR, it's absolutely a honey trap and you'll definitely end up in a gulag.

[@Alfonse-dm6ht]

​​​@@Oblivisci........ Wait You Can Be Banished To The Gulags For Interacting With A Woman Like Cat Calling Among Other Things

[@Stratigoz]

@@Oblivisci........ brainwashed much

[@extramild1]

@@Oblivisci........ 100% worth it.

[@solarowl88]

There was a great movie about SU-100 crew, about young officer being assigned to command veterans and it depicts tankers life during second half of Great Patriotic War. Some jokes, some personal drama, PTSD fighting and winning. No good ending here, of course. "На войне как на войне" (1968) I hope English version exists.

[@sodog44]

Crazy to think that SU-100 picture involving the Yemen crisis was from 2015.

[@fluttzkrieg4392]

Even though I find the Jagdpanther to be the most beautiful looking tank ever made, the SUs were equally terrifying.

[@dominuslogik484]

it is kind of funny how remarkably similar the two are in appearance but then again they are both based off of a medium tank chassis using a heavily sloped front plate so they were designed off very similar premise as form follows function.

[@A.G.798]

Eigentlich sind beide Sturmgeschütze!

[@Dellloga]

For me its the Hetzer

[@zentay9002]

Your voice is very calming... Keep up the vidsss tho 👍

[@eamonnclabby7067]

The Misfit Brigade...must look that one up...cheers, Johnny...E...

[@Great_Sandwich]

6:04 - _Oo0ff..._ N0w wE ArE BEiNG LauGhiNG at j0Ke! ⭐

[@jfd9616]

SU-85 & SU-100 series of tank destroyers are some of my favorite, love your videos.

[@SlavicUnionGaming]

i prefer the SU-152 or ISU-152

[@garfieldsmith332]

@@SlavicUnionGaming A beast of a gun. However it was a 'howitzer', a support gun against fortifications and pill boxes. The did their job well.

[@cpl.yuminagumo6754]

Could we possibly see a video on the PT-76 Amphibious Tank?

[@JGCR59]

At the military Museum in Vienna there's a Su-100 with what I assumed was the worst weld I have ever seen, but as this vehicle is a former pedestal mount as the first tank to enter Vienna 1945 and was knocked out by a Panzerfaust shortly thereafter, killing its crew, it might well be that the poor quality weld on the rear superstructure was a superficial restoration as a memorial, not representative of production standards

[@paulwee1924dus]

Wheels of Terror or The Misfit Brigade war film from 1987 was a film adaptation of Sven Hassel's book.

[@rolfagten857]

Sven Hassel the Danish Wehrmacht veteran and book writer.

[@TellySavalas-or5hf]

@@rolfagten857 It's actually strange that only one of Hassel's books has been made into a film, right?!

[@philo6850]

"A communist tank joke isn't funny unless everyone gets it" that's Putin it mildly. A great video, thanks!

[@kellychuang8373]

Also can say thanks on this as well.

[@scockery]

I'm Vlad you made that joke.

[@kellychuang8373]

@@scockery Who knows and anyway for Soviet weapons may think of it's alone video like the T-54/55 tank, AK-47 and it's variants and RPG-7's come to mind or look into machine guns like the DSHK and PKM among planes like the MIGs and maybe do one on helicopters like the MI-26 and MI-24 Hind family of helicopters is another among who knows what other topics. Maybe even go so far as the T-34 Tank if you haven't done so already.

[@garfieldsmith332]

You sill made a joke and I got it. The Soviets did make some great tanks in WW2. The T-34 chassis was probably the best of all the Allied armour. And the Soviets adapted it for many vehicle types as you have shown. It some aspects it was crudely made but it was 'grimly functional', and it was fast and easy to produce. Thanks for posting this.

[@jaytothelu]

This is literally my favorite channel on KZbin, keep it up Johnny!

[@TellySavalas-or5hf]

The made some WW2 movies in Yugoslavia with ex USSR tanks: "The night of The Fox" (1990) / Force 10 from navarone (1978). In "The misfit Brigade" is also David Patrick Kelly in his role The Legionnaire. Famous for his Sullys part in "Commando" (1985)

[@lebien4554]

Love the SU-100 in War Thunder. Very underated

[@MM22966]

One thing I thought odd about the anime Girls und Panzer was that the "Soviet" team (Pravda) never used any of these distinctive assault guns.

[@collierfriemel4480]

Love this dude

[@RavensbladeDX]

Tanks for the video! ;)

[@GunnerHeatFire]

I Didn’t know this many SU-100s were made!, Very surprising. Great video as always Johnny.

[@mbryson2899]

Good to hear that smooth voice of yours again, spitting facts I didn't know I needed to know. 👍

[@davidk6269]

For those interested in a very quick visual cue to distinguish between the similar looking SU-85 and the SU-100, just look for a commander's cupola (on the right hand side of the vehicle). The SU-85 did NOT have a cupola. If you see a cupola on top of the vehicle, it is the SU-100. The cupola on the SU-100 was large, so it caused a convex bulge out of the superstructure side on the right hand side of the vehicle to accommodate the size of the cupola.

[@rismarck]

0:03 that Ruskee got me acting kinda strange…

[@thekhoifish0146]

Big Johnson tanks

[@ExtantPerson]

Would you consider making a video on the Renault FT17? It deserves more appreciation. Despite being the tank that set the standard for pretty much everything else in armored warfare, it doesn’t seem to get much attention.

[@gabespiro8902]

In a way, assault guns are kinda like a modern battering ram

[@detectivecarter]

Good to SU at 00:00 Johnny

[@lunarlunatic274]

This is great, love the tank content. Thanks for making great videos.

[@worldbiggestfan1]

Even though the su 85 and 100 are mock ups of the t 34 85 tank or regular t 34 tank, they share the same Chassis but they are converted versions of t34s

[@MM22966]

I think you meant "chassis".

[@worldbiggestfan1]

I get that

[@Quandale_Jr]

The end pun was golden Johnny

[@marpintado]

Another pearl of knowledge from Johnny Johnson!!! Tank you!!! By the way, have you make any coverage of the movie Hacksaw Ridge?

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

hmmm I know I've featured it in a couple videos - one I did on Japanese targeting Medics during WW2 and one on Japanese grenades. Oh, I also did one on medics and plasma during WW2 where I think it's featured.

[@marpintado]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Tank you Johnny, I will search for them.

[@marpintado]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Found them, tanks again!!!

[@garethgibson5676]

Love the footage you've compiled with the information and data provided, great production! If I may, it'd be great if the video was longer, and perhaps included examples of engagements and how these tanks were employed tacticlly?

[@grizwoldphantasia5005]

As Stalin says on my t-shirt, Dark Humor is like food. Not everyone gets it.

[@THB1945]

These two things are monsters in War Thunder

[@interpl6089]

SU-85Ms and SU-100s were frontally immune from Panzer IVs at all ranges and Panthers at very long range...

[@LemonHead-sq5ws]

At very long range is weird to say because obviously beyond a certain range you’re hard to hit let alone spot 😅

[@interpl6089]

@@LemonHead-sq5ws very long range as in 2 kilometres which was possible in the vast fields of eastern europe

[@shoked99]

Very interesting stuff. Thanks.

[@wiktorberski9272]

Well designed, as a gradual improvement of standard chassis, so no new for switch the production line was needed

[@wifi_soldier5076]

Im surprised they weren't given a pintle DsKH like the ISU-122 and ISU-152.

[@greatndit]

according to western ww2 historian ,written by german historian which magically found a german tanker diary , they said that german manage to destroy 1,000,000 SU tanks with no loss on german side ! German just get bored of the battle and decide to stop fighting

[@eryk3146]

Waiting on the marathon length video that’s needed for the 1911 lol

[@wannab3e]

SU-100 is actually bit main by soviets. Even in battle of berlin. The chassis of the SU-100 was look like a T34's chassis and body of the back of the tank.

[@gordon9828]

"saw Johnny post a video about SU series" :grabs popcorn

[@ianobrien2620]

that, sir, is not a tranquilizer!

[@Willchannel90]

Soviet military gentle clap this.

[@inductivegrunt94]

Such fearsome and monsterous tank destroyers. Those things may not be pretty to look at, but they still hit hard even to this day.

[@joseSanchez-ej2oh]

Have yet to spade these in WT 😅

[@Erwin_Von_Heidenheim]

Nice video

[@warpartyattheoutpost4987]

Somebody should SU you for the puns. I don't know if that requires an attorney or artillery.

[@Jay-ln1co]

The vehicles had trouble with ditches and going down slopes and such, as the long barrel could dig into the ground. There was also a lot of weight at the frong, putting extra wear and stress on the front road wheels and their suspension.

[@BWIENS789]

Anti-aircraft guns during WWII had a habit of becoming anti-tank guns. One only needs to look at the 85mm gun for the Soviets, the 88mm gun for the Germans, and the 90mm for the Americans.

[@reconpuffin]

Say this in a french cinena class, Battle of Algias. Had to look it up

[@angminhquan2818]

the funny thing is that the Vietnamese People Army, PAVN still use around 100 to 200 Su-100 for coastal defense, figthing and anbushing landingcraft or light, amphibious vehicle. There are currently plans to uprade them with newer weapon like ATGMs or change them into a SPA vehicle using 122mm artillery howitzer

[@AnthonyA357]

Plz do a vid on the Stuart tank

[@rolfagten857]

I loved those "German" tanks in the Misfit brigade. David Caradine did anice acting job in the movie.

[@THB1945]

Another SU worth noting is the SU-122-54, and ironically, it also shows up in the WWII movie as "SU-100" or "SU-85", just can't really tell coz the cupolas are all covered by the soldiers :( at 4:35 in the video. The SU-122-54 is a secret and, I believe, the last of the SU series

[@masudashizue777]

I've seen the Tamiya model and have wondered about the effectiveness of this tank destroyer, but it's hardly ever talked about for some reason.

[@steveshoemaker6347]

Thanks again Johnny.... Old F-4 Shoe🇺🇸

[@danielwordsworth1843]

now do ISU 152, an effing behemoth and J7W Shinden pls

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

152 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaTHep-sm56nrK8

[@danielwordsworth1843]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq great! sry for not noticing it

[@HandyMan657]

Tank care, Johnny. Catch ya on the next one.

[@blackmark7165]

Its always interesting how Tank Destroyer main gun become main gun for medium tank/mbt that came later and after the war US M1 76mm on M18 Hellcat - any 76mm armed M4 90mm on M36 Jackson - M26 Pershing and M46, 47 and 48 Patton Soviet 85mm on SU-85 - T-34-85 100mm on SU-100 - T-44 and T-54/55 British 17-pounder on many of their tank destroyer - Comet (77mm) and early Centurion variant

[@kellychuang8373]

I can say good video and also if you haven't done it already may look into Soviet Tanks like T-54/55 or the legendary T-34 along with tank tactics said for the T-34 tanks wouldn't try to shoot at Nazi tanks but really charged full speed at them to stop them.

[@righty5890]

Could you talk about the ASUs? That would be awesome!!

[@samueljohnson4738]

There was a SU-100 found in Yemen. Dear God that thing is outdated compared to modern weapons and armour.

[@Khmaryappels2]

Interesting 🤔

[@zumbazumba1]

Yet still it can obliterate a house or a bunker/trench.its immune to small arms fire and can pierce trough bradley's aluminum armor like its a butter or disable m1 abrams by hitting scopes or tracks,probaly even destroy it with a rear hit .You can also use it to destroy trucks and other objects of importance like radar stations for example.So tell me how is it obsolete exactly? Its not new technology but if you use it correctly its still a tank.

[@MM22966]

Shrug. There is plenty of Soviet artillery that dates from the same period still in action around the world. Also the AK-47.

[@malakiblunt]

🤣😂🤣 Collective Humour -for the people

[@iTomBass]

can you make a video on the Jagdpanzer IV / Panzer IV / 70? Those are so sleek looking and awesome.

[@AryanKumar-fz2dm]

Sir, you forgot to mention the algerian SU-100s, which appeared in the great movie: The Battle of Algiers, 1966 representing French vehicles.

[@alsm974]

The first scene is the ending of the Soviet movie "Checkout on the roads" - great movie about Soviet partisans. The previous scene from the same movie: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXTVoJWBap6EhMUsi=rltDrSGHZRuDUrgi Partisans seized train with food from Germans and one of them (ex-collaborationist) sacrificing himself.

[@TallDude73]

I see what you did there at the end. ;)

[@jamesbednar8625]

Good video!!! Perhaps the SU-85 & SU-100 that are being portrayed as German vehicles in war movies were actually Beute Panzers, captured enemy vehicles pressed into German service. Granted that the average movie-viewer would not know that. Just a FAR-FETCHED thought on my part!!! LOL!! But yep, just like using American armor during the 1960s-1970s as German vehicles with just a coat of grey paint and some markings. Have a 1:35 scale plastic model of an SU-100 painted up in German camo/markings - looks great!!

[@starchief59flores81]

day 12 asking for b-29 in movies

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

I'll make it a priority for May.

[@starchief59flores81]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq thank you

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Fine excuse to show off Barefoot Gen, eh?

[@Commenter86]

"Hold J for 3 seconds to leave vehicle"

[@cartooningfanart]

DSHK machine gun next :)

[@th8tguy]

'Mechanically Cursed' 😂

[@VikingTeddy]

The source footage names are unreadable half of the time. Could you put a black bar behind the text in following videos? Thank you for the lecture 😊

[@diredier]

Hahaha one of your best jokes :D

[@fortawesome1974]

Like Stalin once famously said, "Dark humor is like food, not everyone gets it"!!

[@Yelsktv]

Where do you get your stock videos and images?

[@Stealth86651]

Man I love me some casemates.

[@KanJonathan]

They also erroneously appeared at La Bataille d'Alger, as French AFVs.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

(Description needs a fix, since this isn't about tranqs.) Coulda sworn these SPGs are also in Company of Heroes 2, R.U.S.E., and Girls und Panzer.

[@Nobody.exe50]

4:42 Bruh WTF, hehe love the jokes at the end

[@nerminerminerminermi]

SU-100 was a sharp beast. The 85 could NOT kill an Tiger at 1km only at about 600 metres at 90°

[@richardque4952]

It was use during 1967 anx 1973 war.according to israel.the tank are diffulty to drive due to uneven weight balance

[@MrRjh63]

Gonna get a vid on the beast killer the SU-152 and its upgrade the ISU-152 as well?

[@ryleeculla5570]

No tiger review?

[@redknightrobot5483]

Cool

[@Chiller11]

You sound unusually serious in this episode. Perhaps it’s the Soviet influence, no western frivolity comrade.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

I ran out of happiness rations for the month.

[@mattheide2775]

Can you imagine being politically motivated to laugh at a joke 😅

[@gypsydildopunks7083]

Damn Commies, getting everything for free

[@andibandi5501]

What is the soviet movie in the first few seconds of the video?

[@gore0ru]

«Trial on the Road» 1987.

[@andibandi5501]

@@gore0ru Thank you 🙏

[@KevinSmith-yh6tl]

1st. one here Johnny! 10:04 pm 👍👍👍👍

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Just one hour behind me my West Coast friend.

[@KevinSmith-yh6tl]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq 👍

[@kored8688]

07:19 am on this side of the atlantic!

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

@@kored8688 Breakfast time my favorite time of the day

[@LazyLifeIFreak]

If the enemy has no tanks, then any tank would be an advantage.

[@kb4903]

What does self propelled gun mean?

[@oddballsok]

It is a perpetuum mobile…because obviously a gun can not propel itself.. it needs a motor, engine , chassis, wheels, traction and the lot.

[@agr2190]

Just a canon mounted on a chasis with no turret, you can call It also a mobile AT gun It was basicly that, but you have the bonus of armor but less visivility and stuff

[@kb4903]

@@oddballsok how’s that differ to a tank?

[@kb4903]

@@agr2190 ok thanks. So like a tank but cannot rotate as no turret?

[@agr2190]

@@kb4903 yeah and usualy tanks have more machine guns and stuff to kill/supress infantry, selft propelled guns are primarly for killing tanks

[@Oczkins92]

Su 100 probaly the best soviet tank destroyer from WWII

[@thefancytiefling]

A couple have been spotted at the Russian border with Ukraine in images I've seen