WW2 Tank Tactics - How Did They Work?

Some tank tactics are still present in today's military doctrine and procedures. Its amazing to see that a lot of the tactics used in World War 2 are still used in today's armored warfare.
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[@SwissSareth]

"You may be dying for a smoke, but that doesn't mean your buddy should die for the same reason." Great line. xD

[@vanadium5724]

And don't forget to slap your buddy on the back of the hand😂

[@namaske2594]

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[@raptorteam486]

When chieftain said he loved the way people talk in the 40s he was right, they truly made us look bad.

[@jellymop]

That’s amazing 🤣

[@garrithsmith799]

Smoking has a smell, which can also give away your position.

[@omgtwlol]

Just imagine the situation, column is under attack, you unload your entire belt into tree line, shooting blindly, terrified hoping that enemy will just go, you're empty, must reload. You open next ammo box and it's full of used rubbers.

[@vanillaicecream2385]

do you think it happened to him thats why he said it or is it making fun of the logistic corp

[@firesail6707]

Who were the lucky recipients of those rubbers?

[@erikjohnson9075]

well then i guess its good you have the rubbers cause you be fucked

[@thomastorodo9968]

*starts throwing rubbers at the enemy*

[@jonshaw840]

Thomas Torodo pretty sure biological warfare isn’t allowed normally lol

[@DisplayLine6.13.9]

Q: So what did we learn today ? A: 7 5 Y a r d s

[@KOS762]

sometimes more, but NEVER less. keep spacing at 75 yrds!!!

[@dennisgroxo2687]

Damn imperial system

[@AndyYankee17]

Eh, close enough to meters for this purpose. Also, I learned that meters/yards are used since it's effectively a stride, so 75 yards (or meters) would be about 75 paces.

[@aramos3639]

He’s at 75 likes and now I can’t like it anymore D:

[@JeanLucCaptain]

that Brad Pitt FKD up in Fury.

[@CallsignYukiMizuki]

And for those wondering why there's 5 tanks; The SMALLEST tank unit the US deployed back in WW2 was a Tank Platoon; which consists of 5 tanks. (Though I believe it's now downsized to 4 for a modern day tank platoon) This explains the common misconception of 5 Shermans = 1 Tiger. It doesn't take 5 Shermans to defeat 1 Tiger, but it simply means a Platoon (again, 5 tanks) would be deployed against a single Tiger by the US forces. It's all about doctrines and unit formations/organizations

[@1IbramGaunt]

Callsign-YukiMizuki ooooh I dunno about the not taking five to beat a Tiger part, if one was of the up-gunned Firefly variant then maybe (see 'Fury') but throughout the war Shermans never wanted to go up against German armour one-on-one because they knew that even if there WERE five of 'em by the time the fifth Sherman had killed it the other four would be blazing wrecks

[@peterson7082]

+1lbramGaunt > *_"if one was of the up-gunned Firefly variant then maybe (see 'Fury') but throughout the war Shermans never wanted to go up against German armour one-on-one because they knew that even if there WERE five of 'em by the time the fifth Sherman had killed it the other four would be blazing wrecks"_* Fury did not have "Fireflies". That 5:1 ratio is nonsensical. It's a blatant misinterpretation of the fact the U.S. Medium Tank platoons (excluding Light Tank platoons operating Medium tanks, and HQ companies) had 5 tanks. And this loss ratio you refer to, citation?

[@CallsignYukiMizuki]

+1lbramGaunt To be fair, both 76mm and 75mm Shermans are capable of defeating Tiger 1s (White Phosphorus for 75mm and M93 HVAP for 76mm), but the 5:1 ratio is bullshit and a common misconception. As I said, the reason why there's 5 tanks is all about organization, as +Nathan Peterson explained Also Shermans are more suited for infantry support, the US had Jacksons and Hellcats against armor (like how 4 Hellcats pretty much destroyed 30 armor from the 2nd Panzer Div in Bastogne with infantry on both sides ofc)

[@1IbramGaunt]

Callsign-YukiMizuki yeah I'm sure in War Thunder a medium tank with thin cast armour, a completely outclassed low-velocity gun and an easily-ignited fuel system, designed and built for ease of mass production over individual combat prowess, can easily defeat a 60-ton behemoth designed to take punishment and dish it out in equal measure that was still effective from 1941 to right at the end of the war. Realism takes a backseat to arcade action in video games sometimes. And for god's sake I shouldn't have to cite any damn sources, this is common knowledge based on a combination of veteran's accounts, knowledge of the capabilities of the tanks in question and sheer common sense. You have SEEN a Tiger Tank in real life, right, the size of it's gun and the kind of shells it fires? And I don't mean in a damn video game

[@1IbramGaunt]

Nathan Peterson quoting people's own comments back at them like that is really fucking annoying you know. What am I saying, of course you do, that's the whole point isn't it... Anyway watch this kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJuTcq2CbpqKm8k

[@jerjerferson]

Camo nets are the absolute worst. At one of my units, I was signed for 16 of them and one time someone signed for 14 of them to use for some stupid change of command ceremony. When we inventoried them upon return, there were spreader poles missing, some bags had a million spreader poles while others had none, just a huge pain.

[@roberth.goddardthefatherof6376]

*75 YARDS* and in Fury they're about 2 yards appart....

[@Robert-fq5wx]

Cinematography...

[@aaronseet2738]

Obviously they didn't receive this video tape.

[@PolakInHolland]

Dude Fury is a joke. It is to war films what women's football is to football.

[@hyperx72]

@@PolakInHolland Good ol sexism.

[@PolakInHolland]

@@hyperx72 Have another soy latte.

[@derptank3308]

I guess every AI in WT hasn’t gone through basic training

[@ItsARandomDragon]

Derptank probly

[@paulvonhindenburg4727]

WT is unrealistic in that no one has to worry about AT guns or infantry hiding in the buildings or mines. SO they run around pell mell like FPS games.

[@carbon1255]

The armoured columns seem to have.

[@andyzhang2649]

i dont think 75 yards is enough for a pe8 bomb any way.

[@outdatedtank4542]

Lol

[@1djtraxx]

I was a medic in a mechanized infantry battalion as part of a cavalry scout brigade in the 3rd AD in Germany during the late 80’s. I was there when my battalion transitioned from M113’s to M2 Bradleys, while I worked with the infantry platoons as well as the 4.2” mortar platoon and the scouts. There were some interesting things in this training video. My units were all front line, 1st string, Fulda Gap troops, so we trained hard and used those camo nets a lot! I hated them too and once got whacked in the eye by a private in the mortar platoon with a pole while helping with their M113 after my crew finished with our M113 ambulance. Doc had to patch himself up! On a side note, after spending 2.5 years there, I took 60 days of terminal leave and missed the Berlin Wall coming down by less than 2 weeks. 🙁

[@georgepalmer5497]

They should redesign those Camo nets so that they don't get stuck on every hook and latch on the tank. They could make the Camo material strong enough that it doesn't need a thread mesh to hold it together. ........... It strikes me that the tank commander must be a tempting target for snipers, being exposed as he is. I've heard that snipers are afraid of tanks, but a sniper could do a hit and run attack on the tank. Also, if a tank goes rushing out to get a sniper it could get ambushed itself. I understand that many snipers work in squads now. If tanks go charging after a sniper they could get ambushed.

[@AremStefaniaK]

yeah, TK happens. I get harassed by my team too and they reveal my tanks position when im trying to be the stealthiest motherfucker who ever lived this side of the iron curtain. Be it war thunder or wot or arma.

[@ronaldmacdonald8667]

11:51 I had a family member who was one of those couriers during the second world war. He was eventually upgraded to a jeep when the Germans started laying out waist high tripwires across the roads.

[@JNF590]

So he was Saved by Jeep Pole Wire cutters?

[@shawn576]

Fuck. It's terrifying to think that would be a thing to worry about, but it totally makes sense.

[@twostep1953]

We were still using those wire-cutter bars in 1978. We were warned the wires would be set at throat-level.

[@jamesoswald1732]

26:00 There was a Nickolas Moran video where he talked about tank AA and tankers were a lot safer if they fired back. Dive bombers had to get pretty close to their targets to have any chance of hitting and seeing 0.50 cal tracers flying back at them would often throw off their aim or convince them to pull off entirely.

[@fauxpastea4169]

" ... relieve the man in your turret frequently ... " ... oh my!.

[@_Matsimus_]

Scribbles LMAO!! Dirty bugger!

[@bobthebagel9532]

i can relieve his turret

[@SinerAthin]

The thing that impresses me the most about these old timey instructional videos is just how clear and concise they are. The information is clearly laid out, with relevant images and pictures that aid rather than distract the explanation. Words are formulated clearly, and the speaker talks neither too fast or too slow. I've seen my fair share of instructional videos, and a lot of them seem to get bogged down in excessive, often superlative theory or long tangents that draw the viewer's attention away from the red line, irrelevant or even distracting imagery. Concepts are either explained using too many words, or too much esoteric language, or they are simplified far too much and glossed despite being crucial for understanding the rest of the video. All of which, when put together; makes me question just how well the makers of the video understands the things they're trying to explain.

[@katsuakis572]

Well Said

[@cocopud]

Fun (?) fact. Those rectangular chevron things on the front left and right side of an M1 Abrams turret, those are the chemical 'litmus paper' panels.

[@hellboy6507]

cocopud What do they do?

[@josephahner3031]

Was an Abrams tanker for 3 years and thought all this time they were Corps echelon markings since most tanks you see in videos using em belonged to V corps in Desert Storm. Never got trained in actually applying and using them. War on Terror has really rusted up our tank fighting skills.

[@dennisgroxo2687]

I thought litmus paper was to check if a liquid is acidic or alkaline

[@josephahner3031]

It's not regular litmus paper but it functions similarly to detect the presence of Nerve or Blister agents. Haven't used the panel versions but I've trained with the kind the infantry use. It's kind of like masking tape but it changes color if it comes into contact with chemical agents like VX, Sarin, or other nasty shit like that.

[@bluegent7]

@@dennisgroxo2687 It's a versatile analogy, being usable for different comparisons as something indicating wether a factor is present or not, common in the English language. Literally employed, however, it is as you say.

[@solidsnake8330]

Can't wait for the Eye ball mk.2 Thermal and Night vision. You know..what cameras on tanks have now a days.

[@wolf310ii]

But we have eye ball Mk.3 Eye ball Mk.1 can only see light and dark Eye ball Mk.2 can see black/white Eye ball Mk.3 can see colours What you want is Eyeball Mk.3 Mod Cat (Night vision) or Mod Snake (IR vision)

[@josephstalin9194]

I have these))))

[@NXTangl]

@@wolf310ii Someday. When genetic engineering and bio printing are cheap, I bet we could offer those upgrades and some would take them. We might even need them if lasers dominate the battlefield and people are needing to get new eyeballs every other week...

[@YoRHaAttackerNo2]

@@NXTangl Eh, not as simple. The retina has a limited amount of space for all the cones and rods. Not to mention night vision is limited to how many rods we stuff unless you want everyone to see your reflective eyes from the tapetum lucidum.

[@NXTangl]

@@YoRHaAttackerNo2 Pit organs, then.

[@nks406]

Gigantic balls thats how they worked.

[@_Matsimus_]

nks40 so true lol

[@zacharystephan5066]

What's interesting to me is that because of the lack of sensors or cameras, a lot of their convoy operations resemble somewhat how infantry patrols work. 360 security, echo commands back, that sort of thing. That was cool. Also, can we bring back messengers on Harley's?

[@daylenhigman8680]

We don't have to deal with wires anymore so dirt bikes are viable once again

[@PeterNordlund]

Thanks for a very nice video and your comments! i was a tank gunner in Sweden in the late 80s on a Centurion and one thing that often surprice me today and in this video is the lack of camoflage on the tank it self, first you have the camoflage paint/pattern, then you have the lack of even more sttrange thing, branches, cammo nets attached to the tank all the time? when i did my service we always cut down branches and with metalwire attacehed them to sides and turret to break the silloutte/shape of the tank , the human eye look for patterns and shapes and if we hide straigt lines and rounded shapes that is "unatural" in the terrain that hides the tank, we also always haid the cammo net out around the top of turret with straps it gave some cammo and was fast and easy to just spread when you halted, we also used longer branches attached to the tank as both cammo and when we stopped and no or little trees around we could you them as poles to lift the net and hide the lines of the tank of sort. well that was a long time aggo maybe things have shifted since then :)

[@GlacierZombie]

Not sure if anyone will see this as you commented a year ago, but it has ony changed some for the Army, at least into the 90s. Germans were really the only ones who used Camo paint. American tanks generally were Olive Drab, though possible the Marines used paint on their tanks in Asia as they were the only one to really use camo uniforms much. In the 80s-90s in West Berlin, our armored vehicles were a straight dark semi-gloss green we then put break fluid on to look pretty for parades. In West Germany, US tanks were painted more often mat and camo. Now with the desert wars, we are back to solid paint jobs for all that I have seen. British tanks in Berlin had a really cool urban camo paint job of grey, white and brown squares. French in Berlin were one color as well as I recall.

[@16rapture]

Totally agree with you about the guy on the Harley. You get drafted into ww2, get handed a brand new top of the line military custom Harley Davidson and get told your job is to haul ass around on two wheels and hand deliver messages. I'd be feeling pretty good about the next few years of war.

[@JNF590]

A fcking True Biker before it was Popular.

[@tacokid99]

16rapture except for when you have to deliver to the front line and almost get fucking murdered

[@LazyLifeIFreak]

Being the tacticool strategic expert that I am, (I've received the blessing of the KZbin comment section, meaning I am now an expert in everything) I would make the assumption (on your behalf, without your consent) that the best course of action would be as following: 1) Call in artillery. 2) Call in air support. 3) Recon the area.

[@_Matsimus_]

LazyLife IFreak roger that lol

[@LazyLifeIFreak]

Make due note that the procedure and sequence is correct. PS: The concept 'ordinance saturation' is heresy, entirely fabricated.

[@thekaasmaster8172]

Well if you blow up the enemy before the enemy shoots you they won't blow you up

[@deuu7045]

What if they have the same plan too?

[@klobiforpresident2254]

"If the English shoot, the Germans duck. If the Germans shoot, the English duck. If the Americans shoot, everyone ducks." "For every bullet they'll make, well make a thousand. Make so many that even if our boys miss every shot, the enemy will still drown in metal." The latter seems a good tactic for fire support units.

[@TheMajorActual]

At 6:35 -- That is M5 Liquid Vesicant Detector Paint. It went on very dark in color, but dried into a light brown/mustard-ish color. You can find pics of Jeeps where the OD parts of the interior of the US "star-in-circle" insignia is actually painted with M5 Liquid. M5 detected Mustard, Lewisite and - as they discovered after the war, various nerve agents. Neat stuff. I ran across a case of the stuff in the 80's, all in those cans the soldier is holding, and had to ask around about it.

[@ilejovcevski79]

That hide in the shade maneuver makes a lot of sense actually. I haven't been in the forces, but i have flown both IRL and in simulators. Spotting a ground target, especially a tank, APC or other vehicle is a LOT easier on clear weather when illuminated objects cast sharp shadows. Often the first sign of a lonely brownish green tank on an empty field is it's shadow.

[@dustyarbore8502]

"How to fight a German Tiger" *Gets out of tank* "Get you battle trousers and a cup of tea" "And always remember, armor your tanks with biscuits!" That is the British Way!

[@mikeoxsmal8022]

the irish way is to shoot it with a horse pulled Anti-tank whiskey cooled Potato Canon

[@shaunholmes9900]

Uh didn't the British have the Firefly and could go toe to toe with the Tigers and Panthers. America was like that a British gun we don't want the firefly and lost way too many tanks that way. Uh ant it the Germans that invented modern tank tactics, like Blitzkrieg, camo ect

[@mikeoxsmal8022]

yes

[@sheeplord4976]

Shaun Holmes the firefly eas worse than the sherman 76 in slmodt any way and the tank was as cramped as all hell. It was so cramped that they could not fit in the stabalizer. The sherman 75 could still pen tiger and panthers at close range with ap and long range with apcr

[@keithmitchell6548]

He said Northern Irish..

[@zenzilekus4413]

High Quality Content on this Channel. Thanks for that!

[@_Matsimus_]

jompelis midi thanks buddy!!

[@NicWalker627]

"I need more AMMO!" *Is handed a Mars Bar and a rubber*

[@gilanbarona9814]

Thank you for this. It was very instructive. I am a light infantryman, not a tanker or mech infantry soldier, but when I was still in the service in the 1990s, I went through an entire library of old WW2 and Korean War US field manuals. I can tell you that many of the lessons I learned from them helped me and my men get through 1990s insurgency warfare. They were very detailed and common sense based manuals. Given a little adaptation for a more modern context, they were, in some ways, better than the 90s manuals we were issued with.

[@semiedgv]

0:39 "shuuu komrad. If we make T-54 look like Tiger then we can sneak past enemy ))))"

[@plasmadrone3123]

T-34 you mean perhaps?

[@semiedgv]

PlasmaDrone a Look at the roadwheels, plus T-34 is too small.

[@catherinecheung934]

T54 was develop after ww2 though

[@klobiforpresident2254]

Reminds me of infiltration bombing. I mean, what would be a better idea to gain access than to just pretend your name is Hans, Dimitri?

[@bobsjepanzerkampfwagen4150]

It looks very good tho

[@jonskowitz]

"Check the track carefully..." Ah, the days of walking track after a march. Brings me back to my poorly spent youth ^-^

[@thomasborgsmidt304]

During the battle of Midway - one of the things that gave the position of the japanese main fleet away was a destroyer trying to catch up going full speed - leaving a very clear wake for the Dauntless looking for the enemy - and the detroyer supplied them with a very nice arrow: Your enemy is in THAT direction.

[@Matizicov]

I absolutely love it when you find these old war training videos

[@vexxdk]

I think one of the strong points of the danish tank crews is the focus on "what if shit breaks, what will you do" principles. Sure the hunter killer systems are great but the mk. 1 eyeball and glass is never to be forgotten.

[@clazy8]

Great content! I love the quality of light in those old training videos and the uncluttered landscapes

[@steveshannon1441]

In the 1970 s we used to cut our own cam poles and practice putting up the cam net and packing them away in camp. 75 yards is good, but always remember the 6Ps.

[@RedScarGaming]

I love all these old training videos. As sound as these lessons are I wonder how often they were actually adhered to. Probably most of the time but I would not be surprised if many soldiers learnt better or more efficient ways of doing things.

[@andrewlee-do3rf]

31:55 I think there are also cam nets today that help you reduce the thermal signature of your vehicle. And no I am not talking about that BAE tank that is invisible in infrared

[@myplane150]

Loved how "any light is dangerous at night" (34:48) yet the tanks that pulled off the road had their headlights on.

[@DougsterCanada1]

Dad was a tank commander in WWII in the 21st Armoured Regiment (GGFG), 4th Armoured Brigade, 4th Canadian Armoured Division. He had a few tanks shot out from under him, always at the cost of one or more crew members. He said that in Holland the Dutch were great at supplying information regarding the location of the various German units. One thing was pretty sure, as the Germans retreated, they almost always had the range and were masters of the ambush. I have a digital copy (indexed and searchable) of their history which includes a war diary. Dad was kind enough to answer any questions I asked. Funny side note: We had a Dutch couple move in a few doors down from us. As they became friends my dad learned where she was from in Holland, and said he had been there in WWII. She had been sent to Canada as a child to be safe, but her mom, a school teacher, remained. My father knew her mom in Holland in the war! They used her school as a temporary HQ, and she supplied loads of valuable information from her "network" to my dad! They finally were reunited when she came to visit her daughter/our neighbor! Small world, eh?

[@Karelwolfpup]

curious as to how that differs from the tank training of other nations at the time?

[@Riceball01]

Probably not too differently. Everything mentioned in the video is pretty much common sense and every (major) nation would have figured out on their own either through observation of others or first hand experience. They would probably only differ in the details like how far apart each tank would be from each other, how long they would rest, things like that but spreading out and staying off the tops of hills would almost certainly be practiced by most everybody, those things are stand even for infantry.

[@Karelwolfpup]

especially intriguing with regards to Italian and Japanese, or hell, even Romanian and Hungarian tank tactics

[@Karelwolfpup]

Japan had a fairly large tank force, although nothing that was even on par with their foes by even 1942, from what I remember. They had a couple of good designs for their time.

[@josephahner3031]

The Soviets did not have much in the way of training. It was more of a "have you ever driven a tractor before?" If yes Tanker and figure it out as you go. The Brits probably trained similarly to the US. I do not know much about the Germans and Italians either but the Japanese didn't fight enemies with significant Armor or Airpower til late in the war with the bulk of their Armored forces and kept their best tanks in reserve to fight off the eventual American invasion that did not occur so we may never know. Postwar they of course learned from the Americans and probably watched this same video with Japanese subtitles. They did have decent tanks though by mid to late war but never really used them. On paper their later medium and heavy tanks could match their American counterparts though.

[@Peorhum]

Likely more different then you think. For example the commonwealth tanks did not have 50cals so their idea of air defense is different. Setting up defensive lines, different attack formations and so on would be different. Rarely did commonwealth tanks go to battle without infantry with them. That said sure hiding your tank and so on were likely the same.

[@rubenskiii]

Yes! Something to watch this lazy Sunday :) thanks

[@zombywoof1072]

At 10:03, this is a map of country east of Taneytown, MD; not awfully far from Gettysburg. But the tanks are driving through California somewhere. I can tell because of the oak trees, the chaparral covered hills and the roadside rows of eucalyptus trees, which were windbreaks around citrus and avocado orchards 12:52. If I had to guess I'd say this is the San Bernardino area. They could have brought these tanks through Cajon Pass from Ft. Irwin, to get some countryside that, while it doesn't really look like Europe, is at least a better match than the Mojave Desert.

[@codiersklave]

Dude... the music at the beginning blew me away ^^ Nice video as always. Thank you!

[@benitomussolini7382]

Great video matsimus one of your bests

[@plasmaticstatic2805]

Tiger appears Sherman: proceeds to fire and bounce of tigers armour Tiger: obliterates Sherman Churchill: commander climbs out of tank to offer Germans tea and biscuits. Rest of crew proceed in stuffing tea cups down the barrel of the tiger Tiger: after being distracted by the offer of tea aims and fires at Churchill. Round hits the tea cups, explodes, backfiring and killing the crew inside the tiger and detonating it’s ammo racks Job done

[@_Matsimus_]

Xstermanator lol this actually happened

[@roberth.goddardthefatherof6376]

funny joke, but in all seriousness what actually tended to happen was Tiger appears Sherman: superior target acquisition allows it to fire first and bounces off armor but continues to batter it with it's 20rpm ROF. Tiger: blind gunner takes too long to get onto the Sherman Sherman: hits the Tiger about 5 times Tiger: crew bails out in fear Sherman: keeps firing until it hits a weakspot or cracks the armor penetrating and destroying the tiger imgur.com/EVKUetf forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/74282-m4-sherman-vs-panther/ kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5_cmqVmZ75ge6M kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoG2YoOhlpyfeLMm18s

[@bobsjepanzerkampfwagen4150]

@@roberth.goddardthefatherof6376 funny joke but that's not even close to what happens lol you should know that

[@monsieur_muzu]

THE TEA CUP IS A DEADLY WEAPON FOR THE GUN BARREL.

[@thomastorodo9968]

What if the german crew don't like tea ?

[@vernski1015]

This reinforces what I read years ago. Tank tactics at this level (platoon) are very similar to small unit infantry tactics when it comes to movement and concealment. It is nearly identical to what I learned about small unit tactics when I was in the USMC. Good job digging this one up MATS!

[@limehuzki]

Watching these to prepare for WOT tournament thank you so much this is imperatively informational unlike most other channels

[@cyberfrank-bx2nv]

oh man, I wish I could have had these kinds of videos when I was 13, I loved tanks! funny fact, the cartoon parts were made by Disney by contract, lol. like you said, right on point, and common sense. good show!

[@Chefzilla72]

"Mowing down trees like a boss." That's what tanks do best. Nothing makes a tanker happier than killing a buzzbaby especially chopper pilots.

[@thepie193]

As a frequent player of War thunder, I can approve, after being shortly obliterated by a bush KV-2

[@DarrenChen]

This is quite possibly one of my favorite vids of the year! Bravo!

[@fuffoon]

Good one Matsimus. As a victim, er, student of DOD schools on Army bases, I was raised on this kind of material when the teachers were too tired. We would watch a lot of Army films on vehicle maintenance and component repair and survival in the wilderness. That seemed to be the majority of my 5th grade education. True story here. 5th grade shop class. We watched the detailed Army maintenance film on rebuilding the starter motor for the 2.5 General Utility Vehicle. We were furnished about 40 and rebuilt them to spec under supervision and tested them all. Years later I better understood that my 5th grade class had been used for a little Tier II maintenance. But we did finally do something! I remember that the hardest part was getting the new brushes in. It takes a lot of pressure to hold the spring and our kid's hands were at the limits, but we got them all done. I imagine if I ever see that video again I may just faint.

[@WordBearer86]

If you can, would love your commentary on the Cold War era training films; "Threat Tactics: The Breakthrough" and "How he Fights: The Meeting Engagement".

[@micinhaha4634]

Gotta love your content matsimus...

[@garrithsmith799]

stunning film! Direct, and to the point.

[@joaosabino2909]

In the bush, taller vehicles like Ratel and Casspir gave first sight advantage while T54/55 just saw bushes and more bushes

[@JHoffner10]

Also tactics change based on enemy's capabilities. WWII and Cold War camouflage was the most important. Surprise could give either side the advantage as of lately our tactics have been overwhelming force through superior firepower. Afghanistan and Iraq we wanted em to see that big tank or armored vehicle to keep their heads down

[@blok63]

Becouse they did not have the means to fight you back. During operation Noble Anvil/Alied Force, US and NATO reported more than 2000 strikes against tanks, APC`s and artilery and claimed more than 800 hits. In reality they hit 13 tanks, 6 SPG`s and 6 artilery. At the time they had compleate air superiority and capability to spot a tank from a long distance. Learning about that operation you can see how camuflage is inportant in modern warfare espetialy when the enemy has air superiority.

[@viorelviorel2324]

ever seen those cartoons they made for soldiers in WW2? like SNAFU

[@mandalorian_guy]

I just saw the b-17 waist gunner last week, great stuff. You have to remember the average person was an idiot back then and you had to teach them everything.

[@bigfish821]

always preferred Macgillycuddy

[@bogusmogus9551]

Good ol' ' Pvt Snafu'. I liked 'Sad Sack' too

[@spoons641]

Oh my God I needed this today. Your commentary really makes me want to actually join a tank column I'm a reenactor so I was thinking of maybe doing mechanized and the commentaries funny as hell.

[@theforbiddenman4823]

THANK`S VERY MUCH FOR SHARING THIS VIDEO- WHAT A GEM OF INFO THIS WAS - NOT BEING IN THE AIR FORCES MYSELF - DID KNOW MOST OF THIS STUFF BUT NOT ALL - BUT THE CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS AS TO WHY YOU DO THINGS THIS WAY- IM GOING TO WATCH IT AGAIN

[@tomjohnas8591]

It would be nice if you talk more about old tanks like the panzerkampfwagen IV F2 , t-34 , STUG III or the archilles and your thoughts about them.

[@crumbsie1869]

Lmao, all you've done is look at the War Thunder tech tree and named tanks from it. There's probably a pretty high chance he doesn't know much about WW2 tanks.

[@sheeplord4976]

Answer, the sherman was better

[@crumbsie1869]

Are you joking? The sherman was known as a death-trap for the ally forces. The germas had much more powerful tanks, their only weakness was that there wasn't enough.

[@tomjohnas8591]

Crumbsie that's the reason why i want to know more about them.... There is nothing wrong with this.... Why are you so salty?

[@kim99jung]

Crumbsie objdctivly yes sherman was better than its peer, pz iv C/D

[@CallsignYukiMizuki]

German Engineering Stalinium armor US ARMORED TACTICAL SUPERIORITY

[@otteroftoast2616]

Fight smarter!

[@CallsignYukiMizuki]

Exactly

[@RapidSteve]

US armored tactics were balls. They didnt even consider any other tanks they just said "fuck it, a fuck load of shermans will do it" hence why the sherman is considered one of the worst tanks int he war

[@CallsignYukiMizuki]

"On Shermans. We called them "Emchas", from M4 [in Russian, em chetyrye]. Initially they had the short main gun, and later they began to arrive with the long gun and muzzle brake. On the front slope armor there was a travel lock for securing the barrel during road marches. The main gun was quite long. Overall, this was a good vehicle but, as with any tank, it had its pluses and minuses. When someone says to me that this was a bad tank, I respond, "Excuse me!" One cannot say that this was a bad tank. Bad as compared to what?" -Soviet Hero Dmitriy Loza Just because the US used the Shermans extensively, it doesn't make it a bad tank. By that logic, the T-34s were also bad and actually the shittiest of all tanks in WW2 because the Soviet Union used them almost twice as much the US used Shermans. Not to mention it eases up logistics as there are a lot more commanility of parts in between, rather than having a fucking zoo of tanks that require a whole lot of different ammo and parts. Also, the US also utilized other tanks, maybe not as much as the Shermans, but they still used them.

[@1IbramGaunt]

Callsign-YukiMizuki that long gun with muzzle brake on the version we called the 'Firefly' was the British 17-pounder, made in Sheffield, loud as hell and able to reduce a Tiger to a heap of slag :) Yanks AND Ruskies, you're welcome haha

[@brumby92]

Haven't clicked on a video faster. This gonna be good. I need to find more WW2 training videos. This was brilliant.

[@davidmeehan4486]

Thanks for posting this. After watching "Fury", I was curious about the orientation of guns while on the march. I looked in manuals from the war, and all illustrations showed tank turrets oriented forward. This video shows that crews were trained to turn their turrets so that the platoon covered all around.

[@swiftmirage3461]

I recently passed my selection to go into the RAC, specifically the Queen's Royal Hussars and honestly this video does feel like it'd be helpful for modern day crews as well, I know my Phase 2 training won't be for some time but I'm definitely going to try and hold onto a lot of these points for that day just so if I remember something that's not been overly covered but still seems relevant I can just mention it and get things a bit safer for the boys I'm with as well...even if it does mean raging over camo netting getting caught in something...gotta look forward to that XD

[@_Matsimus_]

Comrade Strikov congrats man!! Good luck

[@swiftmirage3461]

Thanks man! Love the content

[@heffaazul]

Absolutely love the hilarious names Britain gives to it's units. 'The Queens Black Watch Highlander Dragoon Fusiliers Royal Infantry of Foot.' Whew. That'd be one hell of a moral patch.

[@andygass9096]

Used to be in the 11th Royal/ Hussars some things don't change! but you will be concentrating on drills which are the basis of good crew training, tactics will follow when you move to troop, sqn and regimental exercises (Scheme)

[@1982nsu]

@@_Matsimus_ The musical intro of this video sounds like a modern version of the American civil war song (1861) "Aura Lea." Can you verify? kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3u5hJ-poLWal7s

[@Mishn0]

vescicant agent is mustard gas - causes blistering @Matsimus - have you gotten Wolfgang Schneider's "Panzer Tactics"? it's a manual on, surprise, Panzer tactics. I picked up a copy in English at Barnes & Nobel. Wartime documents including a lot of diagrams. Good for modeler's diorama fodder too.

[@RTmadnesstoo]

Very well done video ! I especially like your narration.

[@DirkWFourie]

Very good video. Serving in the South African Army we were taught these tactics. One extra we were taught is that during halts we were never allowed to turn of engines individually as this makes sound triangulation easier. All engines were shut down on a radio command in one instant.

[@pashapasovski5860]

Dude the reason for that is number of tanks can be heard!🥊

[@cyber_archangel573]

My War Thunder buds and I use these all the time. In fact we travel in convoy formations that we developed of of German, USSR, and American methods/formations. Usually we crush it. But, we're basically the only one's that use any kind of assigned role formation. Normally everyone goes off and does their own thing. Even in realistic.

[@derekpierce2280]

It may be the liquor, but I appreciate your friendly greeting and hope you also have a nice day. I enjoy your content greatly and wish you nothing but the best in your professional life. Greetings from the southwest deserts and good morrow.

[@fletcher737]

@matsimus gaming love your channel the amount of detail you put in is crazy, I'm a huge history and military buff and am I pad brat so I think I know stuff until you teach me something else, keep it up!

[@MichaelSchmidt-ow3kb]

This was amazing, thank you Matsimus!

[@_Matsimus_]

Michael Schmidt thanks buddy!

[@johnharker7194]

The German Tiger Tank played an insignificant role in WWII.

[@MacCoalieCoalson]

john harker debatable, but I'd say mostly true.

[@MyHentaiGirlNeko]

john harker Tank got hit by something "TIGERRRRR" mean while a StuG or a 88 hiding somewhere laughing

[@honkhonk8009]

Pretty insignificant. But was still shocking.

[@honkhonk8009]

The 8,8cm flak truck in war thunder was for anti aircraft. Not for anti tank. . .

[@honkhonk8009]

But yeah. I think it was used as anti tank sometime

[@j.b.708]

i bet you 5 bucks that chemical-detecting paint was highly toxic and shouldn't have been touched with bare skin.

[@andrewdavalon9033]

Probably the best tank video I've ever seen. What a good post 👍💪

[@andreaskarma2183]

very good topic man, i just found pretty good channel, thank you sir.

[@mikeadams6125]

Lest we not forget, that Great Orator was ready to use gas against Operation Sea Lion.

[@yatsuraboy9958]

Woo WW2!, do more ww2 videos Matsimus!!

[@BoerChris]

I can hardly comment on tank tactics, but when I was a Cold War infantry platoon commander we saw a lot of WW2 training films that were just as relevant in the 'seventies as they had been in 1944. Good video, great comments.

[@tovarishchdoge3915]

6:00 The US highway systems design makes so much more sense now

[@Wiromax3]

Hi Matsimus. Can you do a video on Swedish Bill2 and/or NLAW anti tank systems? Thank you :)

[@managier1592]

MOST OF THESE TACTICS WORKS FOR "WAR THUNDER" ... matsimus why arent playing war thunder yet ?

[@joshjwillway1545]

He doesnt like the arcadeyness of it

[@mrginjer4558]

Anglo Spanish Racing Was that necessary?

[@rusticpineapple787]

Realistic/ Sim mode aren't arcadey at all

[@TheitaniofRome]

you are kidding right?

[@rusticpineapple787]

Well, a little arcadey, it could be more realistic but its realistic but still fun.

[@louissaunders6572]

amazing video, love the content, keep it up :D feels like my procrastination is productive

[@lancelittleton9802]

"Your human mk. 1 Eyeball" Haha I liked that

[@joecooper97]

The correct way to attack the enemy is to go in a line, play hearts of oak very loudly and fire randomly

[@somerandomguy5995]

Roll in the old educational shorts.

[@HungNguyen-uw8ch]

Basic tank tactics haven't really changed since WW2. WW1 was the birth of the tank, but it did not mature until after Rommel, Montegomery, and Patton. Even today, engineers are working on hiding the tank from infrared and such. Camouflage is still valid.

[@johndunbar7504]

Thanks for this great film ! I also greatly pay attention to your great `voice'over" comments.

[@bobyoung241]

I think these five points work well for all, not just Tanks. with some modifications of course. 5m for ground troops. . .ect.

[@derptank3308]

*notices ww2 in the title OWO what’s this?

[@nuddin99]

Derptank battle of the *BULGE*

[@derptank3308]

Nissan U. AAAAYYYYYYY

[@johnlawson3020]

Derptank at 9:46 man checks amo box with ring on...and about 10:00 men looking map, don't ask,don't tell..

[@erikaitsumi7198]

Notices your 88mm flak* OwO "whats this?"

[@mokushmasmo6009]

What a channel! Excellent commentary.

[@georgiabowhunter]

I became a M1A1 tanker in 1995. Before 9/11 this was how we trained and we always were at MOP2 ready for an NBC attack. This video brings back a lot of memories.

[@ploppyploppy6554]

Matsimus a really good video and bread and butter pudding with raisins otherwise known as spotted Dick . Thanks this was brilliant on Sunday . Bring a very large can opener and never get the farty gunner .

[@marcuspeterson2898]

If I had money to give to you on patryon I would. But I'm flat broke.

[@_Matsimus_]

Marcus Peterson no worries man! Thanks anyway!! :-)

[@pbr-streetgang]

Thanks for the vid sir.👍🏼👍🏼

[@johnanderson4203]

I love how the guy slapped the shit out of the guy trying to light a cigarette

[@oscarbennett1057]

Review the Stryker MGS

[@ilpazzo1257]

Actually, since the tank had an MG on the hull and a another coaxial to the main gun, they had enough for enemy infantry, let alone with also HE shells. So the gun on the top was added purely as an AA, since it was clear that tanks did not react well to Stuka bombers. It actually worked great: tank crew only had to surive in some way, relatively easy, or at least, not taking effort, "just" wait it over or shoot an MG, basic training. On the other hand, the pilot in that plane has to 1 drive the bloody thing in a way that avoids crashing into the ground 2 do all the complicated things that is dropping an unguided bomb on an actually pretty small target, for said unguided bomb 3 now, because yes fuck you, there are not only enemy fighters everywhere to shoot you, no, now even the tank shoots back, and they are in platoons, you're even outnumbered. Same thing did the russians, put their big 12.7 mm gun on their IS-series, the T-34s... I guess too small turret? I also am curious now at what else would have the Russians developed as doctrine, the mad lads. They started by losing thousands of tanks to using them in the wrong way, rushing on with no infantry support, then well, learned their lesson, so I wonder.

[@punic4045]

they were too busy pumping T-34s out of factories to give them all AA guns. My guess is they gave it to ISUs and IS tanks is because they're much bigger, slower, and expensive. The entire Soviet tank doctrine was basically drown the enemy in metal. While there is a misconception around the Soviets just using human wave tactics to win, it's not too unfounded when looking at how they used their tanks.

[@andreasleonardo6793]

Too nice video thanks for sending especially clear explaining of protection of security 👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏

[@theequalsgamer2074]

The opening video, I just watched the other day it was really good for tw time period it was made in, and last couple of days I have been looking for more. I already know this is going to be a great video.

[@theequalsgamer2074]

Year later

[@jetabyss13]

What do you think of Girls Und Panzer?

[@_Matsimus_]

Jet Abyss lol kek

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

Jet Abyss riiiiight... i've once read a comment about reloading guns, for example girls reloading time vs full grown russian men reloading. What about tank kills??? No girl was rekt, as in dead.

[@MacCoalieCoalson]

Jet Abyss ew anime

[@MacCoalieCoalson]

SHANEDOESKZbin who would win: some cheeki breeki vodka bois or some gay weeb shit idfk

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

Chromosome Extract gay weeb??? Nahhh; vodka??? Sure. ARM UR KALASHNIKOVS (AKs) AND P90s (made in belgium) AND VODKA AND ARMATAS AND SUKHOIS AND- ERR... MOST POWERFUL NAVAL WARSHIP MR PUTIN HAS!!! MAIN FORCE, RUSH B CYKA BLYAT!!! SUPPORTERS, AH NUUUU CHEEKI BREEKI I V DAMKE!!! TOVARISCH!!! CUE THE HARDBASS!!!

[@blackhawksp4453]

I know I'm almost 2 years late but, has anyone noticed that the Tiger shown in the min 1:28 is acually a t-34 in disguise? (or just the chassis from that series of tanks), because I did, and I'm probably way more annoyed than I should by that. [K e e p s s c r e a m i n g i n t e r n a l l y]

[@arandommaggot4963]

Its the wheels that gave it away isn't it?

[@blackhawksp4453]

​@@arandommaggot4963 Definitively, also the turret is noticeably oversized but not enough to realise at a first sight, the whole thing looks like it has been made to mess with you, kinda like one those cursed images or uncanny valley effects.

[@solk.posner7201]

Great video, and your commentary are spot on. I also wanted to ask if it would be possible for you to talk about how tactics were used in the Syrian Civil War, just a request you can consider. Keep on the good work!

[@Cubcariboo]

Great video you found Mats! Related to the goggle glint pro tip is the binocular pro tip...when I was on recon with binos in the sun I would use my scarf for cover. A glint off your binos is a KMN to any nearby sniper or helo/drone. KMN = Kill Me Now ... stupid things we do inviting death or injury.