A Close Look At The Intricacies Of The Sheridan Tank | The Greatest Ever | Spark

[@VonChoker]

How the hell does the Sheridan make it to a top 10 greatest tanks of all time, like wtf

[@log1125]

and the Panther too 💀

[@gustav5734]

@@log1125 to some historians the panther was the first MBT ( Main Battle Tank ) Because on its time it could do everything todays modern tank can: supporting the infantry, Destroying other tanks with a single shot, And Turn sharply with neutral steer.

[@Old-Dog00]

They were reliable. German and Soviet tanks often broke down. Soviet armies had over 4,000 Shermans. Once it was up gunned it was ever better.

[@log1125]

@@gustav5734 Out of all German tanks during and before WW2 the Panther is still one of the worst tanks to pick, especially if it's going to be labelled as an MBT. The better option for that if you're going to pick any German tank from that era is the Pz. 3 or 4

[@ramsesv5339]

numbers, it is all about the numbers. And it won WW2

[@swagnut9864]

My favorite part of this program is listing to the vets especially the older ones. May god bless them and you all. Also happy new year

[@VonChoker]

you can see how old this doco is by looking at how young David Fletcher from the Tank Museum looks. Clearly the title of 2000's is referring to when this was produced

[@toaster1971]

That and Tom Clancy and Jaques Littlefield are long dead. :(

[@thekinginyellow1744]

You realize that the 20th century ended on Jan 1 2001 don't you?

[@VonChoker]

@@thekinginyellow1744 clearly you haven't realized they have since changed the title of the video. Now begone back to the dreamlands Hastur

[@thekinginyellow1744]

@@VonChoker Clearly I hadn't as my time machine was in the shop for repairs. I appreciate your reply though. If you ever find yourself in the vicinity of Carcosa, look me up.

[@fredbeach2085]

The greatest tank ever ? The one that safely brought my grandad through North Africa and sent him home to England minus his left arm and one eye, that tank, whatever it was is the reason I`m here today, RIP Jim Kirby.

[@joshlanier8567]

Assuming your granddad served in the British army there is a huge armament of tanks it's almost impossible to guess probably unless he told you information about the tank he used. Because he was injured and not killed, we can assume he was in a Heavy tank

[@mottthehoople693]

naa he was just lucky

[@kemosabe9445]

@@mottthehoople693 yeah he is lucky to be in that tank.

[@naelius8521]

Without that tank he would be dead

[@Migmaw]

Probably a Sherman. They had the best armor back then and maneuverability was great just had a smaller gun than the tiger, what they could hit the Germans from behind. From what I've seen and read anyhow

[@Roestikrokette]

i was leopard2 commander and i loved it and miss it! its a very good tank!!

[@OrIoN1989]

The leo tanks are great. I was loader at leo1. Best sounding tank.

[@bobbertonsmivelton7019]

Abrams used to be my favourite but now that's really rivalling the leopard tanks now mostly because I haven't heard anything bad about the leopards, the abrams' even it out because they have good armour, just not very good fuel consumption.

[@traktor321]

Yeah i was too. But then i uninstalled

[@niels1755]

Greetings from a former tank gunner here from the dutch army , 11tkbat. B-esk. Wich army/ batallion did you serve?

[@Smoking_Joe]

Former Challenger 2 Tank gunner with RMLY......Did my gunnery course at the former QRL Imphal Barracks in Osnabruck.

[@johnbower7452]

Surprised Challenger 2 wasn't up there. She's a fantastic tank and superbly protected.

[@charleswest6372]

Was M60a1 driver. Awesome tank! 52 tons as we drove thru trees.

[@arrielradja5522]

Sure buddy

[@garyskinner2422]

I was thinking the same

[@tidefanyankee2428]

Yes, the Challenger 2 is very well protected, no doubt, but it is very slow when compared to most other modern tanks. Especially the Leopard II and the Abrams.

[@timphillips9954]

@@tidefanyankee2428 The Challenger 2 would wlak over any Abrams. The Challenger 2 has never been knocked in battle and scored the longest hit in the world.

[@SK-xv3hn]

I enjoyed this video late on a sleepless night. I got a kick out of another old man from Germany talking about the Panther tank. He looks great and has all his faculties for a man his age. Also, the old Brits driving the crappy Sherman tanks around. We needed to produce great numbers of them because on the battlefield they were knocked out so easily. 5 stars for an enjoyable video from a old Viet Vet!

[@joelbilly1355]

With the right crew, gun and ammunition they weren't so easily knocked out. It becomes a case of the guy who spots the other first shots first and This is from last year. .

[@jimclark2758]

I went to see Jacques Littlefield's collection in Portola valley in California. It is sad that he is no longer around. But his collection is simply awesome. I saw his Tiger 1 being delivered at night and it was something to see and Tiger 1 is something you should see before you die.

[@Evil.Totoro]

The T-72 was just dumped on but made it to 7. I think the Sherman for all it’s faults deserves to be in that spot based on its impact on the war alone.

[@loganholmberg2295]

Please check out the Cheiftan's "myth of American armor" and "why the sherman was designed the way it was" vids, His opinions are backed by unclassified documents that he research from the US and British war departments. Note that he is a former tanker and historical researcher for the World of Tanks video game. He does very good in depth videos of historical tanks that he finds in museums and collections. Its VERY informative. You can also check out vids from the British tank museum in Bovingtun as well and the Ontario Regiment armor museum in Canada. The Ontario Museum has the largest collection of working tanks inNorth America.

[@Evocati-Augusti]

The Russian tanks didn't make it better. the T 34 that first was introduced in 1940, the amour only had 0.59-1.77 inches around it..and the T-34-85, the variant the Iraqi's had left, after the Highway of Death, could have been close to 70%(During the American-led coalition offensive in the Persian Gulf War, American, Canadian, British and French aircraft and ground forces attacked retreating Iraqi military personnel attempting to leave Kuwait on the night of February 26-27, 1991, resulting in the destruction of hundreds of vehicles and the deaths of many )but the T 72s that were upgraded, they made a new one in 2010,were crawling death traps, the M1 could image it before they saw theM1...I'm excited about this because I spent 16 years in the Military, and in my small tiny town for 10 years when you went to HS football games, the homerun fence was a row of about 50 M1s, and used the pine Barrons behind us as proving grounds, and the crazy thing was nobody said: why do we have 50 tanks next to the HS,it was a WW2 base that up defense Hill in Shoreham NY 11786, we had Nike Hercules on them,a NIKE site, they still have 4 or 5 left is you wanna see on google,

[@אדמונדלויזדה-ו2צ]

השריון הצבת קובע . מתוך ניסיון . אני הייתי נהג נגמש של אמנון רשף בני יטאר.

[@5federline]

@fuckyoutubepolicy staff based on it looked like alien words in alien vs predator movies for sure it was Hebrew language as google can translated it easily

[@firstlast7052]

The 2022 war in Ukraine backs up the criticisms of the T72 and adds 2 more. The autoloader operates at about half the speed of manual loaders in first contact situations. Where the turret meets the body of the tank is an explotable (attackable) weak point.

[@austinmartin5446]

The T-34 wasn’t better than the tigers or panthers but the sheer numbers ( easily produced) overwhelmed the Germans .

[@amadoleon8981]

You’re absolutely right numbers it’s all the Commies main goal was, they get it they got better but it still was a death trap

[@snafu2350]

Likewise the Sherman, tho the T34's sloping armour design & diesel fuel certainly helped their survivability..

[@alfa9762]

True as rising sun 🙏👏👏👏

[@Sohei12]

Your not wrong! being able to get sheer numbers of working tanks to a battlefield of your choice is a very much a wining hand.

[@glennchartrand5411]

No it was better. Better armor, more maneuverable, faster and more reliable. Russia built the best tanks of WWII

[@brinkee7674]

RIP Jacques Littlefield. He had the greatest collection PERIOD. His collection was second to no one, actually the next best collection was so far behind his it was ridiculous

[@529wes]

The t-34 85 turret was a big improvement over the original t-34 turret in terms of crew ergonomics. Got to say that my favorite tank here is the Leopard II because it is relatively light compared to the Abrams. Too bad the German army doesn't have more of them at present.

[@kristian2353]

P much. The original t-34 looks brilliant on paper but many of the "soft" aspects like optics were downright terrible. That said, it helped Russia win.

[@paullakowski2509]

@@kristian2353 cost them million troops though.

[@hdickmann1]

„Sherman is the best Tank of WW2!“ German Tiger Tank driver: „let us have some breakfast for the cat!“

[@DavidFMayerPhD]

The Sherman's greatest feature was RELIABILITY. Second, it was easy to maintain in the field. Panthers & Tigers were lost more to mechanical failure than to enemy fire. It was advanced in many ways, one of with was gun stabilization that permitted it to keep a bead on target while moving. The ORIGINAL Sherman had a couple of features that needed improvement: 1. gasoline engine & fuel system was prone to fires when vehicle was hit. Was replaced by a safer Diesel engine. 2. 75 mm main gun was GREAT against infantry, artillery, fortifications, artillery, etc, but not so good against heavy German tanks. The 76 mm high velocity run that (sometimes) replaced the 75 mm original was effective against German tanks. However, tank-on-tank combat was only a minor duty of the Sherman. Its main purpose was infantry support, for which it was excellent. It had later versions that were designed as tank destroyers that were VERY effective against German armor.

[@Evilroco]

It's untrue that production swapped to diesel ,yes a diesel variant was made (M4a2) the Gas powered versions remained in production and were produced in greater numbers roughout the entire production run.

[@DavidFMayerPhD]

Excellent points.

[@namelessking8905]

The Sherman dominated in what is called soft factors. Tanks that were better in the hard factors (armour, fire power, speed) fared terribly during the war. This includes the big cats especially the panther and war production T-34 that despite the propaganda (Russia has a propaganda wing dedicated to it till the 2010's) was a terrible tank.

[@SC-oh9ol]

The only real advantage it had was the production numbers.

[@brendanzhang7488]

@@SC-oh9ol and it was a good infantry fighting vechile.bad for fighting other vecguke

[@pottierkurt1702]

Sir Fletcher from the Tank Museum, such a legend !!

[@carrickrichards2457]

Modern Tank competition winners rely on integrated control systems: ID several targets then engage them one after the other, moving in all weathers, while the commander finds more targets. The Leopard had that first.

[@peterstewart4907]

Brilliant to see the three WW2 veterans enjoying being in the Sherman again after experiencing the horror of war. My total respect to all servicemen and women past and present. Lest we forget.

[@richardsevern9841]

The easiest way to change gear on the centurion was to use a steering lever. Driving along, you gave a swift snatch on a lever and change gear at the same time without the clutch . Ex centurion driver.

[@richardsevern9841]

A funny fact about the centurion is, the smallest thing in the tank has the longest name. It is called. The screw retaining intermediate firing needle withdrawal lever. It's a tiny screw that part of of the firing mechanism of the main gun.

[@chandrachurniyogi8394]

the next generation Merkava Mk5 (Upgrade 20+) MBT could do with some substantial weight reduction . . . infact a turretless Merkava Mk5 (Upgrade 20+) IFV would be great . . . with a raised roof the Merkava Mk5 (Upgrade 20+) IFV would easily accommodate 10+ troops in full tactical gear & extra ammunition

[@tasman006]

I like the chick tanker in this vid but hay, 10 years later enter the trophy system APS and yep Merkava comes up in the ranks as one of the best tanks in the world. Though for Isreal it is the best tank in the world.

[@CrayonEater255]

Merkava needs the engine in the back, only issue I find with it

[@malkyrochlitz3952]

@@CrayonEater255 it’s something Israeli commanders requested. They Said that they would rather have a broken tank with live People, then an alive tank and dead people.

[@superwout]

Eum, ... the Namer, you ever heard about it?

[@namelessking8905]

The Merkava is not the best tank in the world, but it is the best tank for Israel.

[@alanevery215]

Just love the supposedly engine noise of the C--130 on the low level extraction delivery, more like an Austin Seven!

[@pickititllneverheal9016]

I've always heard one of two things about the Sherman's. I've heard WW2 tankers praise it as the best, and I've heard other WW2 veteran tankers say they were death traps. I wonder why/how there could be such different outlooks. Its always been a fascinating observation to me.

[@heyitsjay3686]

Cuz of the thin armor. Sherman tanks were not made to fight other tanks in the battlefield, but it performed more like an APC where it supported the infantry. German tanks on the other hand were designed to have thicker armor and bigger gun to destroy other tanks.

[@loganholmberg2295]

​@Truth is a bannable offence This vid is really out of date and You guys are misinformed. The Sherman was designed to fight tanks. Its a tank. Tank destroyer doctrine about antitank roles was for when the US was being attacked. US tank destroyers where fast and maneuverable to get the guns where they needed to be fast as you will never be able to have enough guns to defend a line properly from a concentrated attack. Anyway with its sloped frontale armor the Sherman had almost as much armor as a Tiger. But considering the power of the German pak 76mm and 88mm guns you couldn't armor a Sherman enough to take that kind of fire and still be one of the most reliable and combat effective tanks of the war. The 75mm was capable of taking out Tigers and Panzer 4s in Italy and Africa equity handly if they found them. Rember that Shermans never fought one on one. Shermans where deployed in groups of 5. Thats the smallest unit for a US tank unit so they could maneuver around a lone Heavy german tank for a kill. It wasn't until the hedgerows of Normandy that broke up formations and the Sherman gun was starting to feel inadequate which was fixed after the alies started using the 76mm Sherman with Tungstun ammo. Something they decided not to take with them as they didn't want the ammo hassle of two different guns. Also the Sherman was just as likely to catch fire as any other German tank. That was until they started putting wet ammo storage in the Sherman and then they caught fire allot less. I don't know where the myths started but being a Sherman tanker was one of the safest combat jobs in WW2. In fact most Sherman operators where killed outside of their tanks instead of in them. Please check out the Cheiftan's "myth of American armor" and "why the sherman was designed the way it was" vids, His opinions are backed by unclassified documents that he research from the US and British war departments. Note that he is a former tanker and historical researcher for the World of Tanks video game. He does very good in depth videos of historical tanks that he finds in museums and collections. Its VERY informative. You can also check out vids from the British tank museum in Bovingtun as well and the Ontario Regiment armor museum in Canada. The Ontario Museum has the largest collection of working tanks inNorth America.

[@robertspillane4746]

It was also called the ronson lighter.

[@jordancourse5102]

Yea, shitty frontal armor and a low velocity 75mm. Yea the 76MM was better but imagine if the Shermans would've entered with more of the 76mm or even adopted the 17 pdr and just utilized the M4A3's turret. However the cost of the sherman was done with the mindset "the more the merrier."

[@jonny-b4954]

It's really just a few random veteran quotes from shit like the history channel that ever called the Sherman a death trap. Most tankers loved them.

[@alamore5084]

Always a treat to see Heavy Metal legend and all round cool dude Bruce Dickenson. A very knowledgable chap and capable tanker, airline pilot you name it he has mastered it. Leopard 2 is impressive, Abrams whilst great needs a whole bunch of soft skinned logistics vehicles to support it.

[@johnbower7452]

Ah Centurion; my brother was in 1RTR and he loved it.

[@mrdeepwebinsider2197]

Thank you for your service extra ordinary gramps.. your legacy lives forever!

[@Fred-eg9sx]

The T72 was not a frontline tank. It was a cheaper alternative to the T64 and T80, both of which were actual frontline units. Same goes for the T90 that replaced to the T72. They are meant to be cheaper units to complement the faster, more heavily armored frontline T80s.

[@georgehollingsworth2428]

GARBAGE. Like it or not, the T-72 IS the Main Battle Tank for Russia. Current front line Russian tanks are 2000 t-72s, but only around 450 t-80s and around 300- t-90s.

[@kintho1]

@@georgehollingsworth2428 Wonder how good the Armata is against the current crop of Western tanks or even the first line Japanese and Korean tanks.

[@georgehollingsworth2428]

@@kintho1 For all practical purposes, the Armata does not exist. All we have really seen are prototypes, and there are none in frontline service. Most people think there are perhaps two dozen so called Armatas in existence, but in light of recent events, many doubt that the Armata actually exists as billed. Certainly the performance of current Russian tanks leads to doubts.

[@kintho1]

@@georgehollingsworth2428 True, if yes, they would have deployed at least in the second wave.

[@Conan-ny1um]

@@georgehollingsworth2428 most of which are destroyed or damaged now!

[@psyekl]

As a veteran of the M1A2, I figured the top 3 modern tanks would be what they chose (though I was unsure of the order). Good vid.

[@Evil.Totoro]

It’s so weird seeing an Abrams in any other colour than it’s desert colour scheme.

[@StarFyodperor]

Most of the oil is in the desserts...

[@Cavscout5096]

I'm used to seeing them in Woodwork style...

[@MarineScoutSniper]

Greatest Tank Evaaa

[@namelessking8905]

It looks amassing in white.

[@petergouldbourn2312]

What a great video. So informative. I loved it. Thank you. 🇬🇧

[@04u2cY]

German engineering during WW2 didn't know how to make anything cheap it just wasn't in their DNA. I can't even begin to imagine if German engineers had today's technology during WW2.

[@ClarksonsinUSA]

They the Germans lost ,AMERICA fought a global war and won! On oposites sides of the Planet!

[@Ekstrax]

right? What if einstein was still alive? There are so many great scientists that came from 20th century germany

[@momcilopucar8749]

04U2C - Interesting German engineer during WWII didn't know how to make anything cheap?? But so smart 👉they become Nazis and destroyed their country. What an Absurd?? Smart at the same time Dumb?? How about that! Isn't dumb serving Nazis?? You didn't think about that??

[@momcilopucar8749]

@@Ekstrax What Einstein?? What did he ever done except talk fantasies for people like you!!! How about Nikola Tesla who had given Humanity Electrical power AC generators, transformers, remote controls and telecommunications/yous cellular phones that we use today! So as Your appliances, industries that uses Tesla electric motors that runes on Tesla electrical power that we all use today!! What Einstein had Ever given to anybody or ever except fantasies and never proven theories!! Check out who should've been reworded Nobel Price for math instead Einstein! His Serbian wife. Both of them Einstein as his wife were going in the same university and did research and Einstein wife was supposed to receive Nobel Price for math but because she was a women they then had given to her husband who was Einstein that's how Einstein thief becomes math Nobel Price winner! Yet he was a Jew why not!! So F..k the Einstein so as a Edison!! Both of them were crooks!! Learn facts then talk!! Have nice day!👍

[@ClarksonsinUSA]

That's funny, the Jews don't think of Germany as home!! Surely you know this?

[@richardhsiung7007]

Great show, great narration. Thank you.

[@Evocati-Augusti]

The Desert Storm maneuver(Battle of 73 Easting) I would say is number 1 in US, 2 the Thunder Runs Iraqi Freedom, 3 , then when at night we walked into the Badgdad airport without a shot fired, woke up and was surprised there was still a good amount of Iraqi soldiers there, and the Iraqis were even more surprize as they were outnumbered and didn't have 6 or more armored vehicles,. then there was a case that M1 Abrams and Bradley vehicles went out on a scouting missing. they found a full tank battalion of T 72's an old Soviet motorized AAA batteries, here's the kicker, the Republican Guard had it facing in the wrong direction, they took them all out before their crews could even get inside ..the Sherman we had in plenty, the problem was, you needed 3 or more Shermans to take out 1 Tiger tank. or Tiger II,(King Tiger)2 Shermans would have to break off left and right flank and normally 1 Sherman would have to be taken out to get the other 2 lined up for a rear shot...are tanks rounds bounced off them like a rubber ...The Tiger had up to 4 inches of amour, as the King Tiger II had over 7 inches. The Sherman had 3 inches, but it was also the Germans engineering of the rounds they sent down the line, they just had a greater knowledge of how they made their tank rounds amour breaching. but they made a mistake of making their rear amour 2.4 inches...

[@amadoleon8981]

That’s right but when they change the caliber in 80 mm it was a different ball game

[@mako2350]

it also liked to stuff the gunner in the gun breach!!!

[@mattipps]

Rock of the Marne brother

[@volvo145]

So basically the king tiger had almost the same armor in the rear Esta Sherman had in the front that is some thing and water gun at head

[@redhammer92]

A QF-17 equipped Sherman Firefly firing APDS could theoretically pen the frontal armor of a Tiger II at 1500+m. Keep in mind it was 7inches+ on thickest parts of armor not every bit of the front. Granted the Tigers can swiss cheese the allied tanks at much longer effective ranges. Tiger 1 could be delt with in the later part of the war but getting close enough to pen the armor or get the flanks usually cost lives.

[@dont2086]

I was a gunner on the Sheridan and when it was ready to fire had to make sure the brakes were locked and when you said on the way everybody would hang on! The driver seat was the best ride in the house it would kick straight up the first 2 or 3 Road wheels would jump off the ground. LOL

[@davidoltmans2725]

I was stationed in Germany from 1973 until 1976. Never heard about the T-72 . The T-55 and T-65, both of which were hampered by the autoloader which had to off target and out of battery which took 20 seconds to cycle and then many more to reacquire its target. Too late.

[@ianmangham4570]

Omg The Leopard 🐆 what a BEAST

[@johnshaw8013]

Why no mention of the Challenger Tank?

[@marechalsaintcyr7946]

Don't worry about it, we'll talk about it next time 🤣

[@michaelbee2165]

Because this story is about the M1A2 tank. No doubt the Challenger is an awesome tank. But that's not what this story is about. As for the Sherman, it was a shitty tank. They just overwhelmed the Germans in terms of sheer numbers.

[@michaelbee2165]

The T 72 is what the Russians have thrown into Ukraine. It has been destroyed.

[@mogsee]

Which challenger

[@erichvonmanstein6876]

@@michaelbee2165 the sherman was a workhorse tank. And a victorious one

[@nobbytang]

What the Centurion tanks (with different drive trains fitted) operated by the IDF with the 105 mm gun …what they achieved on the Syrian border in the 1973 yom kippur war was astounding…..2 x 80 tanks units stopped over 1100 Russian t54 and T55 tanks after a massive artillery barrage ….great tanks with well trained crews made the difference….

[@DanielBrown-sn9op]

I love my Anerican M1-A2c, but those Leopard II'S!!!

[@philholman8520]

Tip Top! Terrific video. Well put together! Thanks for sharing! Ace! 👍👍✌️🇬🇧

[@mammadfy]

Let's appreciate how an entire crew of the Swedish Leopard 2 have fluent English.

[@olanrewajuihenacho178]

It’s not a big deal in Northern Europe

[@yyxy.oncesaid]

They all speak English

[@kbbb4227]

Great Show, thank you.

[@roninrider1930]

man i actually really like that Swedish tank,the suspention setup and reverse driver is good idea

[@RMartin631]

They HAD to have a reverse driver only because that tank had to have one. 99% of tanks can simply rotate the turrent around 180° to cover their rear. The only redeeming quality that tank had was it's low profile. With missiles now that skim the ground and then gain altitude to blast a tank from the top, that Swedish tank would be worthless today, which is why Sweden retired every last one of them.

[@elnolde754]

As a German I wondered at what place the Leo II would show up. I waited and waited until my favorite T 34 and the Abraham showed up. Cheeses, could they have forgotten the Leopard??? And then it showed up, at the first place..... Great Docu, thanx 👍👌

[@blondebomb6517]

In theory it is a great tank, in practice, Syrians may disagree.

[@stay4592]

@@blondebomb6517 They used a very old Type of the Leo A4/A5 are Not Build for that Combat Type they dont even have a APS 🤷🏼‍♂️ 20 year old Tank Type geht killed its normal Imagin a T34 or Tiger 1 in Vietnam -> Easy Kill

[@LILKRANKIN]

The armor piercing rounds fired by the Russian 125mm guns are actually smaller than the Western 120mm gun’s rounds. The autoloader’s design made it to where it would only function with shorter rounds whereas most Western 120mm guns are human loaded and allowed them to be longer.

[@seanpreston3653]

30 mm cannon fire with uranium which is 19% denser than other elements makes the Hog aircraft dominate any tank known, altho needed for ground war, death traps for the operators

[@janallen2569]

I was on the M60A1 Rise Battle Tank from 77 to 83 and it wasn't a piece of crap

[@mamoshimiloni9559]

Germans are just Perfectionalist. I love it. They are really special when it comes to mekaniks and design and tecknologies in holl :)

[@timphillips9954]

Lets not forget who invented the tank, not I think the Germans!

[@scottcupp8129]

I love German engineered vehicles. They are so beautiful.

[@jony_p_doing_recovery]

I’m very disappointed that challenger never featured in here given it has the longest tank on tank kill and is the only combat proven tank to retain a zero killed rating with the only thing that ever did destroy a challenger been another challenger

[@brianball2002]

I was hoping for my old favourite, the Chieftain.

[@jamesjohnson427]

Challenger best take of its time!,,,, Israeli use of course

[@punicwars2]

@@jamesjohnson427 Israel never used a challenger. they used centurion shot kal. which is the best tank ever. israel used it from the 50s all the way to 2001. it has been in the sinai war, battel for water during th 60s sniping siryen tracktors from 8-10km, the 6 days war, the 73 war, the first lebanon war... its seen its share of combat.

[@punicwars2]

@@brianball2002 with its horrid engine it was a shit tank.

[@jamesjohnson427]

But that was always against Arabs, enough said

[@number8485]

State of the art technology? The Sherman was called by Tiger crews the 'Ronson'. One hit from the 88mm gun and that was it.

[@anthonysharp1490]

To drive a centurion ARV is a dream, did so in Canada , having passed my track licence in a Chieftain. I have pics to support this, I am now 73 but would love the chance to to do it again

[@50megatondiplomat28]

DUDE, I SO wish I could have driven tanks with Tom Clancy and Bruce Dickinson. Bruce needs to write a song about facing down Panzers in a Firefly now; that would rock. Album cover with Eddie in the commander's cuppola and undead crewmen manning his tank; I can see it now...

[@trevhedges]

The Tiger and Tiger 2, and the heavy version the Tiger P, didn’t get a mention? The Tiger P wasn’t mass produced, and was basically a super Tiger, some say didn’t really exist, they did, their armour was increased by up to 100 mms extra in places, but only a select few were made, and given to the best tankers only, basically to keep the propaganda, and fear of ever being seen by a Tiger.. the enemy actually of any tank feared the thought of seeing a Tiger, Yet it didn’t make the list! 😢

[@vscreation550]

This video is missing one major tank, the most feared tank of WW2- the mighty Tiger-1 Tank💥

[@RJM1011]

LOL !

[@langss4272]

LMAO, Tiger didnt have sloped armor

[@RJM1011]

@AckeyHacker There still is only one ! LOL

[@CrayonEater255]

Because it wasn’t good, always defeated by the allies swarms

[@emmanuelrajah7329]

Golden Point - All Engines will have atleast 4 times more power if they have a horizontal stroke than a vertical stroke and you can easily fit the engine anywhere you want too.

[@a.m.5581]

You could only get your hand chopped off in the auto loader if you intentionally tried, and also the manual of Yugoslav varient of the t72 it said a crew member can be around 180+ cm in height

[@adrianotaylor7230]

that is a myth about the t72 the auto loader has never chopped of the hand of the crew it has panels onn the side of the auto loader to stop that

[@adrianotaylor7230]

@fuckyoutubepolicy staff the t72 used were out dated 15 years before the war started the usaf had more killa against armored targets if you have any proof of t72 cutting off the hands of crew show it then and a 1v1 tank fight is almost impossible especially aginst the russian doctrine first of all youd need to destroy russiam air defences which will be dificult expext to lose a few jets then if you some how destroy them a replacement will be there within a few hours - days and then that would be usless due to russia using more/better SPAA and MANPADS if if you some how destroy every single figther jet and air defence in russia (impossible) majority of the strike jets/mulit role in the usaf will be gone if not all destroyed then youd have to fight russian SPA/MLRS which is better and longer range majority of the land forces will be destroyed before they get in range then youd have to fight anti tank soldiers/ atgm/ mbt/ ifv so a t72b3 is still very useful in modern conflict and it wouldnt need to be the best because the russian air force will destroy them before they reach SPA/mlrs range if not then mlrs/spa will then anti tank crew and russia atgm have twice the range if its a kornet and has a bigger warhead to destroy any bradleys that will support the MBT and russian tanks have atgm which gives them a kill range of 5km for light armored vehicles (bradleys) andbonly the latest version of the leopard 2 uses atgm that are bought from israel not domestoc made so a german invasion will be the same as an american one but significantly wore rhey have less than 300 leopards will russia has around 3k active tanks that can each destroy a leopard or abrams oh and the sep v3 aps wont do much to help it if they go over a anti tank mine which there will be between the frontline

[@MrOttothijs]

Only nr 1 that was possible, what a tank! Have served on it for a year, awsome!

[@taunteratwill1787]

No it wasn't the Sherman design that proved decisive, it was their sheer numbers! 😎

[@ramsesv5339]

Yup 5+ on 1 and the swarm would win.

[@Cobra-King3]

A bit wrong, the reason for the Sherman's always coming in to a battle 5v1 is simple: The smallest unit of tanks is 5 The Sherman's Entered Service with a Respectable 75mm gun, Great Armor for it's weight, Unparalleled reliability, and decent ergonomics, leaving the war as one of the Best Tanks of WW2 with unmatched Crew Survivability

[@ramsesv5339]

@@Cobra-King3 that is not what WW2 vets have told me. Against the tiger you needed 3-5 Sherman's to surround the tiger sonata least one would have a shot at the tiger's rear end

[@Cobra-King3]

@@ramsesv5339 This is based on their observation which is not always accurate, Tankers have been calling Panzer 38 T's, Somua Tanks, and even the should be retired Panzer III "Tigers", that's how prevelant the fear factor of the Tiger was Only 3 engagements in the Western Front were confirmed to be Tiger 1's, Battle 1 and the Sherman handed the Tiger 1 it's ass, Battle 2 was a slaughter since the Tigers were being loaded onto trains, and a 3rd one, a Tiger & Panther vs Pershing & Sherman the rest were so messy even with multiple eye witnesses, they couldn't figure if it was an AT gun, a Panzer IV, a StuG, a Panther, or a Tiger 1 The large tank losses were mainly due to the Old yet Venerable Panzer IV H, StuG's, or the basic counter, Concealed AT gun I agree Shermans had to flank the Tiger to pen it, the Sides were weak enough for the 75mm gun to go through, but to be on the safe side, shoot it up the Tiger's ass, and shove 2 for good measure or in a different case, call the Sherman 76'ers, Fireflies(In British-Commonwealth Cases) or CAS why do you think so many Tankers lived after getting penned?

[@ramsesv5339]

@@Cobra-King3 Because with 5 to 1 odds, even 2 of the Shermans being taken out leaves 3 left to live and take out the German tank. Again, it comes down to numbers. Germany did not have the population to sustainably do what Hitler set out to do. He was not going to conquer and hold the lands of the USSR. His blitz took most of Europe quickly, but was not going to subdue the people. Had he stopped before invading the USSR then sued for peace then maybe he would have held out. He over reached big time with Operation Barbarossa.

[@Handskemager]

The right winner! Leopard 2 is a beast.

[@mrjmorovis]

If you look at a running Abrams with night vision or thermals from the rear it looks like the Batmobile.

[@jim.franklin]

Several important tanks that have been missed out here, and that is a shame.

[@Acc0rd79]

I remember seeing this years ago on the History channel before they went all reality crap.

[@loganholmberg2295]

Yeah and allot of this is out of date info now. Check out the cheiftan on youtube for some uptodate and eyeraising info on allot of the ww2 tanks in this vid.

[@bryanrussell6679]

A turboshaft engine, which is the type of turbine in the Abrams, does not spew a hot jet of gas like an afterburner. It does produce heat in the exhaust, as any combustion engine does, but it can be managed. Planes like the C-130 and any helicopter in the military seem to be able to manage the heat seeking missile problem, so while it's always an ever present threat, it's certainly not as bad as these tank "experts" are making it out to be.

[@jordancourse5102]

The "satin" name for the T72 is like a punch in the gut. I'm american but I do admire that tank. Pretty good for what it costs.

[@leewood331]

If you are below 5'6" tall.

[@19Koty96]

@@leewood331 I'm 6ft tall and have no problem fitting inside of it. Cheers.

[@jampasurprenant1794]

That was great history of Tanks to learn about them.

[@r.watson1928]

I hear the Italians have a new Tank. It is a Six Speed. One gear to go Forward and Five gears to Reverse.

[@the-floridaman7792]

The French have one with 14 reverse gears 😂

[@FAZMANFAZER]

I mean, the Sheridan may have had its issues, but you know what that’s still doesn’t change the fact it’s one of the most popular cold war tanks ever if not the most popular

[@robertspillane4746]

1 abrahms 2 leopard 3 challenger. All so close as to be almost indisginguishable.

[@craigsaunders3532]

1 - Challenger/Abrahms , 2 Leopard, 3 - Who cares? these 3 will kill it anyway

[@jugi97b]

In wich world is the challenger better than leopard? It is outdated, slow and got bad optics.....still good but definitely not the best. And this is even the opinion of the british government.

[@craigsaunders3532]

​@@jugi97b IT'S PROVEN. Longest tank kill in history - Bad optics ? Huh? - It was thought to be a bad tank coming last at the Canadian Trophy until it landed in the first gulf war were it proved everyone wrong - Challenger wasn't a parade tank it was a proven tank the end.

[@jugi97b]

@@craigsaunders3532 yes it did the longest tank kill but still are the optics worse than Abrams or leopard, it was the skill of the crew.... I didnt say it is a bad tank! But definitely not better than abrams or leo2 and thats a fact too. It just didnt get as many upgrades than the others and is slower. Even the british government admits that

[@24747347]

@@jugi97b Hmmm quite a few Leopard's lost in Syria, a few Abrahams lost in Iraq ( Didnt see any Challengers lost), Just a thought.

[@pagarb]

The Centurions won what might be the greatest tank battle in history at the "Valley of Tears" on the Golan Heights in October 1973 when 50 Israeli Centurions destroyed over 2,000 Syrian T-72s in an amazing battle. They had the high ground but the T-72's out numbered them by about 50 to 1 and had heavy artillery and some air support.. and the element of surprise..

[@MrLevicrz]

Moderately Fun Fact: The Marines are phasing out the Abrams.

[@M8rray]

What are they getting?

[@loganholmberg2295]

@@M8rray Nothing. They are focusing on island hoping and maneuverability in the south china sea. Seems stupid to me. Killing of the whole section means gaining back the capability will not be easy in the future,

[@CrayonEater255]

It makes a lot of sense if you ask me

[@CrayonEater255]

Rather deploy them with TOWs

[@ugbroncosoccercoach]

@@CrayonEater255 It is a budgetary thing. That means the marines will fight with Army Armor in joint operations. They won't go into battle without tanks unless the situation makes Tanks marginal.

[@smogdanoff7053]

Seeing the vets in the M4 was really wholesome

[@MultiThunder1234]

Think after recent events I think the T72 definitely lost its spot lol

[@MaximRedin]

Sherman was very veak tanks. The fact that russians had it only due to landlease program. There were many evidences that it was really weaker than any other of that era.

[@babylov3r]

No matter how good and powerful tank ever build and it’s all depend on the tank commanders fight during war.

[@r.watson1928]

The Abrams is # 1. It has been Battle Tested in actual combat.

[@Crusty_Camper]

Good to see the old fellas back in their youth again in the Sherman.

[@mikeamero2000]

I am a Leopard 2driver and mechanic. They are beasts !!

[@johnsmith9565]

The Victor rewrites history

[@trueKENTUCKY]

China coming building everything

[@sanwuch]

Amazing how young these guys are, but it definitely helps to be young and strong to be a tanker.

[@JLSMaytham]

The Sherman's main feature (and advantage) was that it was the maximum weight that could be unloaded from a ship with the ship's own derricks. Getting hold of a serviceble port is hard. The Germans didn't have to worry about that with the Tiger.

[@mackhuff4095]

iN 1981 ,when i was 21 i went to a recruiter and said i want to do what no man has done before. he put out his cigarette and said lets see. with in minutes he said this is brand new i didnt even know it was out their , and they will pay you 5000.oo to do it. I signed up. my trainers where the toughest . one even died from a heart attack during our training. turns out, I was the platoon guide over 89 young solders who we were the FIRST XMI TANKERS. we were THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW MODERN ARMY. we wore od green fatigues and in the middle of of basic training we were issued what they called ww2 camo fatigues. generals flew in by choppers for the dedication of THE NEW MODERN ARMY in fort knox, the home of armor. by the end of training we could do 1000 side straddle hops, 1000 sit ups and 1000 pushups back to back. it takes 3.5 hours. over the doors of our barracks they painted(threw these doors walked the highest trained soldiers in the us army). we were C-1-1. Our shirts said (men of steel).I went on to my first duty station still in fort knox, most of the guys went to texas. The brand new tanks showed up not long after we arrived. I still have the wooden plug that was in the main gun. we were to test the xm1 because in headlines it was called a lemon. I drove it threw 100 ft trees , dove and came out of rivers underwater mind you. at the same time we were training to fight russia and in the middle east desert at every other day intervals .after i was to train first leweys to go to battle. they got 2 weeks of training and shipped off some where. I had no regular crewman. It was my tank alone. The fall of the iron curtain happened about 83 ish. We stopped training on russia and went full speed on the miidle east. not long after we got a call from up top to be ready for battle in beirut. We only had about 10 xm1s and we were fully combat loaded( 60 tons) at 4am to be put on planes and air dropped .I was in the drivers position of my boy and looked out and said to my self ( im a pro my boy is redy top notch and im getting ready to go kill people). as many bullets i have shot in training 100000000000000000s i wasnt in the mood for killing. It changes the way you look at life. oh.After 2 days of being in our battle tanks being redy to deploy we got a call from ron reagon or casper weinberger saying these boys is all we got to train future tankers they are not going. huh. I almost felf ripped off, well i still do but was and am glad i didnt have to kill. my dad was a paratrooper in ww2, my brother drafted in vietnam , i am considered as a desert storm era soldier. 3 decades of my familys service, my son who is 13, jesse demin is not being guided to join the military. In closing the leopard has been around at 62 tons combat loaded i dont see it out performing the m1 ab. MACK THE KNIFE

[@ABC-48483]

The German thanks are unreal

[@Stl10699]

27:58 I like how it poops out the casing haha

[@TheSNIPERmac]

The German tanks were primarily good tanks, except for reliability. This is because they were being made by forced labour who would sabotage the internal parts where possible but paid a terrible price if they were caught. This is why their tanks had to travel in low gears and at a lower speed. But in the end, it was sheer numbers that the Germans had to face that cost them dear, too many tanks of differing types made supplying them difficult in the end also, where as the allies relied on updating the tanks they had, all this plus the reliability of the Sherman and ease of fixing in the field, where all pluses for the allies as apposed to the over engineered tanks of the Germans which all led to to many difficulties. We have to remember at first it would take an average of 5 Sherman's to knock out a single Tiger tank until the advent of the higher velocity barrel had been installed on later models, then the 76mm was a good match for any axis vehicles.

[@johnhutton929]

Looks like we'll get to see what these leopard 2s are capable of pretty soon

[@poekielover9304]

Just a question that hanged in my head for a long time: We had the battleship, the plane, the aircraft carrier and the tank. What would be the next ''superweapon'' to emerge, or will there never be something new that will change warfare? I'm not talking about robot-tanks and other stuff that builds further on current technology. Is there a new weapon?

[@Evil.Totoro]

Gundams?

[@dave311281]

its already here , hypersonic weapons :) , they pretty much make the aircraft carrier worthless. get within a few hundred miles and it can hit you and counter measures cant stop it. stay out of range but also make your own aircraft out of range of them....

[@handal0]

EMP projectors & conventional warheads.

[@CrayonEater255]

Drones

[@CrayonEater255]

@@dave311281 can’t be countered for now, when it becomes a mass produced thing and a lot of countries start making them, countermeasures will be made, fight fire with fire, a supersonic missile can stop other supersonic missiles

[@vondantalingting]

Ever heard of the Panther paradox? For a spot at no.8 the french would like a word with the script writers since they abandoned using Panthers just after head hunting them after WWII.

[@jeremycox571]

don't know why the Tiger tanks wasnt on this list , even the Tank Muesum in England rates the Tiger tank as 1 of the best , think the Tiger should have been in your Top 3 tanks , even Janes Defence Weekly has rated the Tiger in the top 3 ,

[@jeremycox571]

I agree think the Tiger tanks should have been on this list to now Germany has a new Panther

[@supremegreaser2399]

10:56 Ah yes, the famous “152 cal” true tank killer. What a proper expert.

[@coldburn9956]

@fuckyoutubepolicy staff nope he did mean “152” but in mm not cal. It has a 152 mm cannon.

[@coldburn9956]

@fuckyoutubepolicy staff 50 cal is what the browning hmg is so that barrel def isn’t roughly the same size as the Sheridan main gun lol. No worries though everyone makes mistakes not a big deal

[@conservitiveboomer8229]

To the British, 152mm is the caliber.

[@Migmaw]

Sherman's we're built at stelco and dofasco steel in Hamilton Ontario as far as I've been told as well 👊

[@KenJames9911]

The M1A1 can go 1000 miles on a single gas fill. Do the math, 500 gal tank. 1/2 Gal per mile. That's amazing...

[@britishpatriot7386]

Lol bullcrap when I saw that M1A1 needed a convoy of fuel trucks and part's etc wherever it went, the British Tank at that time the challengers 1and 2 didn't need a quarter of what the American Tank did and still does. You are delusional and you know it.

[@FloydMaxwell]

At first I was disappointed that the Abrams was #2. Then I found out what the Leopard 2 can do. Gotta agree with the rankings.

[@apPaulpie]

seeing a young David fletcher brings smile to my face.....he's truly a legend..... no one can exceed the excellence of his mustache even "joe stalin" didn't stand a chance :D*

[@pappy017]

Fantastic video!! Thx!!

[@mr.imperial8721]

The closest thing I can think of that resembles this is the STUG IIIs.

[@recklessyouththeband3545]

No Abrams have been destroyed in combat by enemy fire, including 2 full scale wars. there have been 9 Lep IIs destroyed in much smaller conflicts. Performance in combat should trump any comparison on paper ..

[@recklessyouththeband3545]

@Dawn Razor look it up. Of the 9 Abrams destroyed, 7 where bt friendly fire and 2 intetionally destroyed to prevent capture during the persian gulf war, out of 1850 tanks. A further 80 were damaged in the iraq war, 63 of those were restored. Also, i am only referring to Abrams being operated by us forces, as any weapons system is only as good as the operators

[@brydonphillips9060]

How much battle time has the Leopard II seen? M1 Abrams won by a land slide.

[@anonymusum]

Yeah - yeah , your´s is the biggest of course .....

[@xaviermeesschaert7609]

What a handsome, sweet and beautifull Merkava tank instructor-driver.

[@jaymieharshman1596]

I think the T-34 was really the tank that won it for the allies.. regardless about how people feel about Russia or the soviets. The Sherman was okay but not clearly the winner of WW2. The Germans did call them the tommy cookers for a reason lol.

[@voidtempering8700]

The t-34 wasn't a good tank though, it was unreliable, had poor armor, and more of them were destroyed than any other vehicle in the war.

[@Commander_35]

@@voidtempering8700 Soviet Doctrine in a Nutshell: throw people in a problem and hope it will be solved

[@voidtempering8700]

@@Commander_35 That was true until they developed the T-64, which put them far ahead of the west in terms of tank development, and then the t-72 after that, especially the T-72b and t-80u.

[@danielkerber8667]

T-34 was pretty piss poor. Quantity has a quality all its own. The engine might last for 500 miles. The welds on the tank were horrible and spawling made them death traps to the crew. Suggest watching Lazerpigs commentary on the t34. The bottom line is that the design was good. But the reality is that those building it made it so poorly they were not worth much and were just cannon fodder.

[@carmiethompson2676]

The Abrams gas-turbine jet engine is the worst idea in the World. Not only is it thirsty, the exhaust will burn you alive. Not helpful for supporting ground troops to take shelter behind, like the old tanks. What angers me is that the Military Brass knows of this hazard but ignores it because of all the money the Pratt-Whitney lobbyists disperse, include to politicians. The turbine should've been discarded 15-20 years ago in favor of a Horizontally-Opposed Diesel Engine, whose initial design is around 130 years old. So in a tank application, would blow the turbine out of contention. Turbines are for aircraft, not ground vehicles.

[@simonweston939]

T72 autoloader ammo beneath crew = blowing turret off when hit by NLaw