Tanks 101

Continuing on with the idea of the lecture series, our video team is running with the idea and upping the production quality (Thanks, Michael!). Today's subject: Basic tanky knowledge.

[@ValentineC137]

"if you go and click linky" *small test saying "Linky" pops up in the top right* i love you

[@briancylkowski3750]

Decent material. Used to build M60A1's, M60A2's, M60A3's and M1's at the Chrysler Tank Plant in Warren so I am looking for your next school lesson.

[@thebubbclub]

yall did a great job, beautiful machines

[@joelpiva1541]

Aren't you special.

[@henrynautilus3072]

"In our game, however , it's the opposite. As much as possible, everybody focus on one poor bugger, and just melt him."

[@ecophreak1]

Design flaw on the Da Vinci tank (as far as I can tell) is that the prop will turn the front and back wheels in the opposite directions. Looking forward to more in this series!

[@rudyossanchez]

the crank would spin the wheels in opposite directions

[@markhill3858]

i agree :) what im not sure of is that this error is deliberate lol

[@DByers-ci5kr]

Wouldn't it depend on how the cranks are connected (geared) to the axles?

[@briancreegan827]

@@DByers-ci5kr as shown port front wheels go counter clockwise as rear wheel goes clock wise, and starboard go opposite, so it made "Exactly" do drawing it will spin in place.

[@nindger4270]

It's likely that the "design flaw" was just an oversight - detailed, to-scale design and technical drawings as we use them today were not a thing at that time. Leonardo's "tank design" isn't a technical drawing, it's a small, hastily sketched drawing on a page with many other things on it. It wasn't something he put much, if any, thought into. He did that a lot, little sketches of ideas that popped into his head, probably just to remind himself of them later. The fact that he never expanded on the idea later is probably indicative of the fact that he knew it to be completely unworkable.

[@fulcrum2951]

"in WOT terms, look at the minimap on the bottom right of your screen... Too many people seems to have ignore it" In any games really...

[@braintumourgaming1104]

The amount of games where most of my team keep rushing a point but most of the enemy is on the other side of the map

[@kadavropodden]

@@braintumourgaming1104 yep, same in wt.

[@Nieumarlamalpa]

I like the format of this. keep them coming :)

[@Fr3dinator]

They're very enjoyable

[@boredsights3923]

Cpt. Gavorn Agreed. Thank you for the video.

[@reddevilparatrooper]

I hated the most was losing a track in the real world at Ft. Irwin CA. One of the longest days I had was breaking my right track and the engine went into protective mode. Just completely shut down. My batteries were dying and the radio was about to go dead. First and foremost was report my location to my troop and squadron and also reconfirm my location using GPS and map and compass resection. Once my chain of command was satisfied with my location we as a crew had to try and fix the track and wait for the HHT platoon to jump my tank. We waited for 48 hours until they found us because of the simulated battle going on. One thing for sure I made sure my crew packed food and water for a week. After this ordeal I went to the commo sergeant and asked for 2 fresh spare batteries so I can pull the radio out of the tank and configure it to an Infantry radio should the main power of the tank die out. The squadron commander agreed with me after talking to him because this made sense. If a tank was out of action the TC or crew can report a SITREP to the unit. So the following day I managed to get a separate SINGCARs radio in a man pack/infantry configuration with all the OPSEC fills in it just in case we broke down in BFE (Bum Fuck Egypt) or somewhere out there in the vast NTC. Never had it happen before until that time at NTC. When in Iraq during 2006-08 we carried spare batteries in case we had to dismount the radios out of the vehicles.

[@SynerG4ce]

I wish Nicholas Moran wouldn't be so black-&-white about "saying you're a tanker doesn't mean a hoot" with some common-sense qualifiers. He's correct it doesn't arm someone to soberly analyse the needs across a theater of operation, loss rates, how frequent enemy tanks were actually encountered, cause no one person on the ground could possibly know all that. At best, they can make inferences, subject to extreme bias. But stories like yours show the legitimate insights you can only gain by operating real-life kit, in garrison, training & war. Cause current-&-former 19K's _are_ a wealth of subject matter experts in that regard. PS -- I'm a former 19K myself, now a medic, reclassed cause in 4 years I was assigned to a tank for 2 glorious months and have 1 road march under my belt as a driver; never qualified TT VIII. Used to be bitter about those facts, now they just are what they are, chugging along fine as a medic. :)

[@eewweeppkk]

@@SynerG4ce I would say that it depends on the subject. If you're a tanker discussing tank operating or something of the nature then I would say that you're pretty close to the utmost authority on the subject. But then if you want to talk about the effectiveness of a sherman in 1943 then I would say the knowledge of how to drive an Abrams has beyond nothing to do with it. It may on occasion offer an insight that inexperienced people may not think of, but I'd say that your experience may be just a liable to hurt than help you by putting preconceived notions in your head.

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

It's my experience that just being a Veteran is a tremendous help. You have these non-vets posting on KZbin - who even have channels - that don't know anything. They read some books and think they've educated themselves - when they have no grounding in reality because they've never even been in the real military. I understand Nick's point on that. We all served with guys who weren't smart enough to empty piss out of a boot ... but ... those guys probably aren't posting on the internet either ... Some of these kids posting here - have no idea how abysmally ignorant they are - yet that doesn't stop them from stridently proclaiming "a real infantryman wouldn't do that!" I'd rather deal with someone who thinks they know more than they really do - just because they were in the military and operated some piece of equipment - than some of the silly little twits I've seen here. .

[@haztanker4861]

Well it looks like DaVinci's flaw is that the crank design to impart energy to the wheels, and thus place the tank in motion, would spin the front and rear axles in opposite directions; as a result, the tank would not effectively move. How's that?

[@MultiPets.]

I believe you're right. All you would have to do is detach the crank from front wheels or make two separate cranks to be turned opposite directions.

[@haztanker4861]

Or place a geared drive between the human crank handle and the drive sprocket, rather than the direct drive connection that seems to appear in the drawing. In that way you can still use a single crank to turn the wheels on each side in the same direction. Then you have one man on each side (or one team) to drive that side, and they steer the vehicle through differential speed from side to side.

[@KylleinMacKellerann]

If you extend one of the cage gears so they both engage the same side of the wheel, then it would work. Rembember that in Leonardo's day, there were no patent laws so designers deliberately made designs that wouldn't work unless you asked the maker for the secret.

[@captiannemo1587]

And an US Army team built his tank and that was one of their small fixes to make it work correctly. 4 or 5 years ago iirc?

[@alphaadhito]

+Paciat Haha, i like your thinking. Well, i think Leonardo did really make the mistake on purpose, so if somebody that would just copy that will think twice to make it works. I don't think a man like Leonardo wouldn't make simple mistake like that. Just my opinion though

[@spacecadet35]

I always liked that story from tank school. Basically new tankers are doing three courses: Radio, engines and gunnery. At the Radio school the sergeant points out that the radio is the most important part of the tank. After all, if you have a gun that works, and a tank that can move, but no radio, then you will not be able to be where the action is and therefore your tank is useless. At the engine school it is pointed out that the motor is the most important part of the tank. After all, if you have a radio that works and a gun that works, but the engine does not; then what you have is a pill box and you cannot be where you are needed. Then at the gunnery school the sergeant there points out that the gun is the most important thing on a tank. After all if you have a radio that works and an engine that works, but the gun does not work; what you have then is a 60 ton portable radio.

[@publiusscipio5697]

I don't play wot anymore, I play warthunder, but thank you for your content. I've watched almost all of the videos you have put out.

[@paymo14]

Hey, vice versa for me

[@lil__boi3027]

Same

[@harrypoon3410]

Ye me too

[@isaacsquire6182]

I also play war thunder in stead.

[@rurushu8094]

I don't play WoT, I personally prefer War Thunder, but wargaming is a lot more active with their community than Gaijin is, and I'm really enjoying these vids!

[@baastex]

Chieftan you clearly do not know how KV2 works.... With KV2 you aim in the general direction of enemy and comrad Stalin will guide the shell into the ammorack

[@paymo14]

And a friendly cromwell runs into your shot

[@Spaceman404.]

Russian sekrit dokuments, Komrade! Xaxaxaxaxa))))))

[@F4Wildcat]

Comerade bastex, Our great leader stalin was today visiting gulag so he could not guide my shell, but no fear. i killed traitor T50-2 light tank with explosion of Great KV-2 shell No really, i laughed my ass off. I killed a light tank with splash damage from my KV2...

[@soulessshadow5356]

@@F4Wildcat That's probably one of the best feelings too. Not even directly hitting them, but hitting right in front of them when their darting across the battlefield at 60kph. Next thing they know...woooosh *BOOM* goodnight sweet prince looooool.

[@CallanElliott]

@@soulessshadow5356 Now pick a real tank and be a man.

[@BabyGreen162]

6:00 - On the left: a man with his rifle. On the right: a man with his PTSD

[@benhardsatrio8222]

Miodrag Mijatović Actually looks more like battle fatigue rather than PTSD.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Benhard Satrio battle fatigue is often the first indication of ptsd

[@BabyGreen162]

Zebra Dun That doesn't disprove anything I said. Combat vets tend to get shell-shocked, and that guy totally has the thousand yard stare

[@BabyGreen162]

Benhard Satrio Pardon my ignorance, but aren't shell shock, battle fatigue and PTSD synonims? If not, what's the difference?

[@WarblesOnALot]

+Miodrag Mijatović G'day, Well, y'see, it's like this...; "Shell Shock" was what the WW-1 British & French & US medical & psychiatric "Industry" came up with, as a description for what had happened to Combat Veterans who were displaying a wide variety of signs & symptoms, after having been through a wide variety of *terrifying* experiences...; but because much of WW-1 Combat experience involved sitting in a hole in the ground & being shot at by Mortars or other Artillery *using explosive "Shells"...,* and because many of the Patients exhibited a "Neurogenic" Shock - they therefore called the condition "Shellshock", and a kind of a "convention" grew up to the effect that unless one had been shelled then one couldn't possibly be suffering from "Shellshock".... (which was basically a wrongheaded misunderconstumbling of what was really going on). By the time WW-2 had finished, the Military Psychiatrists had come to recognise that "Combat-Fatigue" or "Battle-Trauma" or "Combat Psychosis" was a more or less predictable phenomena..; and following WW-2 the pivotal Mitchell Study revealed that in the Pacific Theatre of Operations only 13% of US Marine Corps Infantry had actually fired their weapons when they first encountered a Combat Situation (!), and out of the more seasoned & experienced Veterans the proportion of Shooters rose to only 30%...., therefore the concept of "Operant Conditioning" was deliberately introduced in the US Military in an attempt to increase the proportion of their Infantrymen who actually fired their Weapons, when they were in Combat. In WW-2 the "Battle-Fatigue/Combat-Psychosis" rate was around 15% of Allied Combat participants, which roughly corresponded to the people who didn't fire their weapon the first time they had a chance - but they later-on learned to make themselves actively participate...; and in doing so they somehow fried something important inside their minds. By the time of the Korean War the US Army Medical Corps well understood that after 60 days of continuous Combat-Exposure then 98% of participants have become Psychiatric Casualties ; while the other 2% were already Sociopaths before encountering Combat, and they thrive in an Environment where they're allowed to kill people - and while they do win lots of medals they have a high casualty-rate. Due to the Operant-Conditioning, in Vietnam the US Forces achieved a 45% First-time Shooter rate, rising to 60% after several Combat Encounters..., and following Vietnam the US Combat-Neurosis/Psychosis/Battle-Fatigue rates leaped from 15% in WW-2, to 50% in Indochina ; apparently as all the "extra" people who had been "conditioned" to participate, and managed to "respond correctly" at the time - but they cooked something in their Brains, while doing so. Colonel David Grosseman (Retired US Green-Beret, 2-Tour Viet. Vet., Professor of "Kill-ology" at MIT...) theorised that 5% of Humanity has 2 copies of a Human-Killer Gene & 10% have 1 Copy... (which allows them to kill their own Species), and that they are the "First-Time Shooters" because they have no qualms to overcome...(2 copies of HKG), or their sense of Selfishness easily overcomes whatever qualms they might've been raised to have ...(1 copy of HKG). Modern Neuro-Psychiatry holds the view that any time a Human is seriously terrified of being imminently killed, the momentary Stress overloads & permanently-damages circuits in their Amygdala (the bit of the Brain which mediates & processes Environmental Stressors)..., and severe or repeated Stress (Fear of Death) actually shrinks the Amygdala, and "puts it on a Hair-Trigger" so that forever afterwards - if the shrunken Amygdala thinks that it recognises an event or sequence of events similar to those leading up to the original Stressor, then the Amygdala immediately goes into a full-scale Action-Replay of the whole Fight & Flight Response...; and the original Stressor which burnt out the Amygdala also welded-up some Short-Circuits into the Hippocampus (the bits of the Brain which convert Short-Term Memory into Permanent Memories...) thus leaving "Islands of Memory" which are normally unaccessible - except when the Amygdala connects into them during one of it's "Flashback/Instant-Replays"... And *that* Sunny-Jim, is the phenomenon which they call "Post Traumatic-Stress Disorder"...; it can follow Combat, or Car-Accidents, Muggings, Bashings, Robberies, Chainsaw-Accidents, Childhood Sexual-Assault, Rape in Adulthood, Near-Drowning, Crashing Aeroplanes, or playing with Parachutes which fail to open or manage to become enangled..., or having a "Heart-Attack" (Myocardial Infarction). The Causational Commonality is the subjective experience of terrifying helplessness in the face of the fear of imminent actual death..., leaving afterwards a crippled Amygdala running spontaneous Action-Replays with it's access to the pristine Hippocampic Flashbacks from those unprocessed Islands of Memory, all while invoking the full-on Endocrine "Fight-Or-Flight Response" with massive bolus squirts of Adrenaline & Cortisol.... Tutorial concludeth... I hope that clarifies matters, somewhat..(?). Take it easy, Such is Life... ;-p Ciao !

[@robertdonnell8114]

As far as: "I am a tanker and I know what I am talking about." goes, yes, I have found tankers who know nothing about tanks nor tanking. However even god level knowledge of WWII tanks is not much use in modern combat either.

[@DrRich-mw4hu]

it is clear to any highly functioning moron the obvious flaw in the Di Vinci's tank design is the thermal coupled di-lithium matrix is disproportionally connected to the isobaric interface at the thermal coupling, causing translational misalignment of the hyperspace injector ports resulting in a total overload of the space-time distortion bubble, Di Vinci should have referred to the TARDIS owners manual to overcome this mronic mistake, as it is readily available at any local pub! Thank you, Chief for all you do! ;-)

[@craigkdillon]

Some people like to point out the obvious.

[@MinMaxxx]

You forgot to mention that the flux capacitor is woefully underpowered as well.

[@howardchambers9679]

Not enough likes for this

[@4tonnesoffury329]

I am a simple man i see an upload from chieftain i like.

[@habu027]

It was gratifying to see my old office, the M109 self-propelled howitzer on the show.

[@lightdot459]

Fantastic video. Looking forward to the next one

[@kennethconnors7532]

do like the way you do these videos , outside to inside , you make it REAL ,Thanks for the honesty

[@gustavorocha78]

Great major, thank's for this lecture!

[@HeliosWorksAV]

The lectures are great, no matter what mic you're using. Thanks for the effort, learning a lot from all of this.

[@ShortArmOfGod]

Someone finally gave props to the Grunts. Bravo.

[@rooster68w]

ShortArmOfGod There are grunts and everyone who supports them.

[@Truth_Hurts528]

"A trend has started" Pure gold sir!

[@manichamartia8775]

Subscribed with the alerts. Makes me feel like I'm not the only one that drifts off to bed at night watching historically accurate tank videos.

[@Elementnz]

This was a fantastic series idea, hopefully you can keep it up Chief !

[@spacerocketboy]

Chief, great video! I enjoyed the way you presented the material. Looking forward to the next one.

[@Trilobiteer]

Chieftain lectures! All of my yes! Thanks heaps for doing these, looking forwards to the series!

[@Frankkk793]

That was amazingly interesting and entertaining. I didn't expect less from you. Can't wait for the next one !

[@GodzillaB210]

I enjoyed this very much, looking forward to new episodes!

[@vksasdgaming9472]

Abou the definition of 'tank' I remember that during my conscription to Finnish Border Guards (20 years ago) it was specifically drilled that if machine of war is tracked it is a 'tank' or 'panssarivaunu' (armorwagon literally translated, Panzerwagen in German) and if it has wheels it was a vehicle 'ajoneuvo' of varying purpose. With such terminology T-72 is 'combat armorwagon', BMP-3 is 'assault armorwagon' and ZSU 23-4 is 'anti-air armorwagon'. Those were literal translations. Feels quite uncommon way to define things.

[@KiwiImperialist]

I have often wondered how legitimate the intentional design flaw in da Vinci’s tank was. Surely someone who had the expertise to construct such a vehicle at the time would be able to recognise and correct the problem fairly easily? Anyway, great video. I would love to see more videos in this format.

[@kirotheavenger60]

Or even just realise that the whole thing is just an absurdly stupid design.

[@jaredbussard6920]

I love these kinds of videos! Please keep them up!

[@wot1fan885]

I was not bored at all truely. You are able to lecture and keep it interesting. More like this . The game comparisons were a nice touch.

[@Tinblitz]

I adore this, Mr Moran. Thank you for sharing.

[@ChaosPootato]

Really cool, although I knew pretty much all of this, I found it quite enjoyable! Gib more!

[@Lennygrad]

The Chieftain lecture series, yes please! Would also like to see more about modern tanking/future developments.

[@davidbrown1166]

Mr Moran, you interests and expertise are valuable to us all. No mater what the platform. It helps alot that you funny and down to earth. Thank you for explaining what we all wanted to know.

[@Fretti90]

At 24:00 you have misspellt Fuel :)

[@Fretti90]

Just completed the video. Excellent tutorial video for tanks and what i would say is an entry level to tanks. As always keep up the good work and looking forward to the next one. PS: glad to see that people are claiming russian bais in WoT as they are in WT (which is what i play) and when can we expect more from sweden?

[@CetoFreakingKaiba]

I think it was delibarate, if you go back at this point of the video the way he pronounces it sounds more like feul rather than fuel :)

[@scoffmax]

He's Irish.

[@danielm7794]

3d0g how do you know hes irish

[@blumpfreyfranks8863]

Daniel Mandujano Listen to his accent

[@marcinfrostymroz]

im rly happy to hear that those lectures will become somthing regular. i've seen they myths of us armor and one on TD's countless times - rly entertaining!

[@johngilbert6036]

I was an Trained RTO( Radio operator ) in the 1/10 CAV in Vietnam you mentioned track loss due to mud and many other causes. Our M-48s would check the roads for mines by putting the inside of the track about 3 feet of the road and shag butt. anything within 6 feet of all that weight would explode. Their was always a couple of tanks with them so if they blew a track they have plenty of labor to fix it and if that did not work the VTR was only a radio call away. We secured QL-19 from the top of Ankhe Pass to Bridge 33. The Sheridan tanks of the 173rd Airborne did not do this, they out gunned us But the M-48 was a tough beast in a fight. They never rode in'em it was mostly on'em, even in a fight the loader was the only one in the tank as the driver had his own compartment. My first 6 months in country was with the 1/14 infantry, 4th Infantry division, Camp Radcliff, Ankhe until the 4th was sent back to the states. 14 of us were assigned the 1/10th Cav and did not go north, it was a whole new world after living on fire support bases that we dug ourselves. MOSes ( Training ) meant little if there was a job to do except when time to go on shift, as we worked 7 day a week. Really enjoy your talks

[@Shadow_Lunatale]

Very informative and well explained. Looking forward to the next episodes of the series. thank you, Sir.

[@Kriegerdammerung]

This man is so energetic, so wise. I liked the video very much

[@rigel1632]

Great video. I look forward to the next ones.

[@TheWatershadow]

So much love for adding a picture of a Leman Russ Battletank! 😂

[@SleepySkull1]

That's a nice present for my birthday. Thanks, Chief.

[@Providafuturi92]

very good video, i really enjoyed watching, looking forward to more in -depth look at tanks

[@TheIhredpower]

Splendid presentation. I can't wait for WoT to finally introduce infantry support, as well as tanks having their secondary armament matter.

[@ThroneOfBhaal]

That was great. Your insight is always welcome! :D Keep 'em coming! :D

[@worthymartin4008]

ya know, it's still good to hear all this parsed out, even if you're fairly well acquainted with the subject. glad someone finally mentioned shattergap. love to see a video about terminal ballistics!

[@vincentmiller7536]

Loved the video. Especially the British spelling of "fuel" on the chalkboard. ☺️

[@SteelbeastsCavalry]

Moran is the Hickock45 of armor.

[@Tomartyr]

I see him more as the Forgotten Weapons of armour.

[@amm0gamm0]

Armour*

[@Tomartyr]

amm0gamm0 only in British English.

[@tiedeman39]

Armor is just as correct as armour

[@SecuR0M]

+amm0gamm0 You should use "terrour", "tenour", and "ambassadour" to at least be consistent. The peculiar British habit of half-finishing a job and cherry picking a random smattering of spellings is silly.

[@ariestharp5436]

hope this is going to be a regular series. I love it!

[@TBoy205]

please do more lectures! engineering student here. love watching your videos!

[@dandel351]

Good video, it highlights the complete divergence between reality and this game, which is far from reality. I do like the history lesson parts though and do enjoy hearing the experiences of "real life tankers " as opposed to keyboard warriors.

[@VikingRhys]

"fairly low hanging fruit", great turn of phrase there Chieftain, definitely enjoy your "lectures" and the background music. So definitely keep them coming! Maybe future subjects and topics could include a critique of the Dardanelles campaign, operation sea lion what ifs, national service in the UK, the Belgrano and the official secrets act, the decision to bomb Dresden, the evolution of military field rations and maybe something about how military uniforms have developed from 1800's to 2000's. Let me know if any of my suggestions pique your interest.

[@Palora01]

Wow, that was not only informative, even for a wargamer like me, veteran of many virtual wars :D ,but also enjoyable and funny. I can't wait for the next one.

[@ptolemyIV]

This is great! Thanks Chief!

[@jsma9999]

Thank you For this series, This Just when on To watch List .

[@interdictr3657]

I'm so glad you are planning to do a series

[@jjab99]

I thought I knew a lot about tanks and then I watched this and realised there were quite a few things that I did not know! But now I do!! Many thanks for these videos, they are both interesting and educational too. Keep up the great work, Joe (not the infanteer)

[@taffjones6626]

Very informative video, thanks. Really enjoyed.

[@Granattaaaaaa]

Damn you Wargaming and your excellent interaction with the core audience. Thank you;)

[@jacoblowell8520]

Lovely video. I hope to see more!

[@Why8827]

The design flaw is obviously that the axles are going to cancel out eachother. :)

[@sir_dreadlord_on_blitz7042]

So realized this when i build my Lego Tank

[@scoffmax]

Very interesting and informative. I don't think you need the background music, although I notice most documentaries seem to think it's de rigeur.

[@schwappingmags1008]

not a commet guy. but i have to say, this is soooooo goooooood, and not boring at all

[@TMMGarf]

Just getting to watching your videos. The cranks drive the wheels in opposite directions. Loving your work and you have persuaded me to put W.o.T. back on to my X-Box after 3 years. Need to get a PC I think though.

[@TheAlex1121]

This video really showed off how smart and prepared Nick is. Very impressive off-the-cuff (I presume) quotes .

[@GeneralJackRipper]

Bestow upon us your wisdom, Elder Moran! ;)

[@rewind48]

Oh I am loving this. Keep these up.

[@paddy1952]

Great lecture. Do more please.

[@harrypoon3410]

"Can't have all 3 at once " Shermans cries

[@filmandfirearms]

Well, the Sherman was made to be versatile before everything else. It wasn't particularly good at any one thing, but it was competent at almost everything

[@BigBossTussBall]

The "critical hit" disparity comes from Dungeons and Dragons. A roll of a 20 on a 20 sided die represents that you hit some weakpoint and did serious damage. To represent this, critical hits do a multiplier of damage.

[@azgarogly]

All this hitpoint stuff is pretty much DnD heritage. When you keep your damage model on paper, it's hard to do much more than a single number. And in a 8bit era computers where not much better than a paper and pencil :) But it is a bit weird how WoT even has hitpoints in XXI century...

[@kirotheavenger60]

Warthunder has no hitpoints :) I think the reason WoT has hitpoints is it means tanks can get shot repeatedly and continue to fight back. Which apparently makes it more fun.

[@azgarogly]

+Kirothe Avenger Well, it might be fun at some point, but the fact that tank on 1% of it's health is as functional as 100% is kinda... odd. And killing a tank, hitting it 11 times in the same corner of the hull (where no important parts are situated) is kinda stupid. Mentioning Warthunder, I have played it couple of times. When I shot Stug 5 times in the row into front lower plate and it just shot me back... because I just disabled it's transmission 5 times, but made no other damage... being killed by it was kinda enlightening :)

[@kirotheavenger60]

I love Warthunder. You put one shot where it counts, and they die. But you can put 50 shots where it doesn't matter, and they won't care. Just like real life :) ish. You can still repair a track in 20s or so and an engine in 40s or so, but on the whole it's much more realistic. I stopped playing WoT because honestly beyond the player models it shares nothing in common with tanks, CoD is a more realistic game for it's chosen sector (infantry).

[@punishedmeridia]

Kirothe Avenger Warthunder has hit points, it's simply module based

[@SECLERUM]

I would like to see more of that ! Keep it up pls.

[@Wookie120]

I read the first Hammer's Slammers book back when I was deployed to Germany in 1985.

[@frealms]

Loved the vid! Quite an entertaining one!

[@michaelkarnerfors9545]

11:48 Okay... I am putting "Be a tank commander" on my bucket list.

[@libertycowboy2495]

Been there...done that....AWESOME!

[@afs101]

excellent video, I've watched most of your others and it a still great to geek-up on the basics, especially when there's further work to be applied down the line. (you might still benefit from a mic upgrade, although this might only be noticeable on a decent home cinema set up)

[@fungoidfest100]

Having operated bulldozers, one thing I must mention [ that you are probably aware of ] is that in fall/spring, if there is mud all over your tracks at nightfall, it will be frozen mud in the morning, turning your dozer into a HOUSE. I must assume the same applies to tanks,...with all the gouging, scraping, and swearing that implies.

[@vladimirmihnev9702]

That picture of the "driver, get me closer I want to hit them with my sword" tank commander!😂 Fn gold!

[@robertbronson5248]

Excellent. Thanks.

[@egorvongorr5209]

Thank you ! Awesome video!

[@mikewysko2268]

Well done Sir!

[@scoutobrien3406]

I love how instead of just editing it in afterwards it seems like you made a PowerPoint presentation and keep clicking for the next slide

[@WalkaCrookedLine]

Could you give an overview of tank suspension terminology? Leaf springs, coil springs, volutes, bogies, road wheels, drive sprockets, track blocks, grousers, Christie suspension, Horstmann suspension, VVSS, HVSS, torsion bars, and so on. What do all these terms and acronyms mean, what are the advantages of the various types of suspension, and why did certain types ultimately prevail while others ceased to be used?

[@JusuchinPanjirinanu]

"relatively popular" We've been waiting for more of these. Along with The Chieftain's Hatch.

[@hoodoo2001]

Chieftan: Would be cool if you could do a review of the film Panfilov’s 28 Men relative to the armor and anti-tank tactics in the film. One of the purposes of tanks is to fight infantry and no one ever really talks about it except in passing terms.

[@Hairysteed]

In my book what makes a tank is mobility, firepower, protection and the balance between them.

[@frankus54]

Tanks for that. Great work!

[@Theonelordnikon]

Infantry, the Queen of battle and in all my 316 years of being a Tanker, "Hammers' Slammers rule"!

[@Lukos0036]

I played both World of Tanks and War Thunder. I enjoyed the latters game play more. It has more ways to earn experience, and you can use all the weapons on multi gun tanks. But it's economy is a right mess after tier 1 unless you consistently get capture and kill streaks which are rare for the average player so you never progress. And there is a great deal of Russian bias in War Thunder. For example, I shot point blank into a T34 with a 76mm using AP from a M6 heavy. You know how tall that tank was, it's massive and I was shooting down on this guy from close range. The angle and range should have been more than enough to penetrate the front glacis like butter. It bounced. And he promptly ammo racked me and 4000 silver went down the drain because post battle maintenance is a bullshit ploy to make people buy premium accounts. In World of Tanks however the economy is less of a hot mess but there are fewer ways of earning experience, multi gun tanks are hamstrung by only being able to use the highest caliber gun equipped, and the way damage is tabulated you are more likely to die in one shot at a range or angle where you never get to even see the one who engaged you. The game play is terrible and frustrating. I like history, I like tanks, but none of these free to play games seem to get it right.

[@Trikipum]

Warthunder at least uses some good physics and feels more like a simulation.. plus the lack of an HP bar in a tank game, which is the lamest thing ever. The problem you had is not only with t34s, it happens with everything that is slopped, but yeah, it tends to have a bias for russian crap. For example, a 88mm gun wont pen a jumbo frontal armor, while a 85mm russian (which is a worse gun) will always pen it.

[@Lukos0036]

That's what turned me off of the game. The obvious bias and the terrible economy. That and Shermans in that game will explode if you look at them wrong.

[@ozmanice7584]

Sherman tier in War Thunder it's a pain. They are kind of free food. Even the 75w are bad, 125mm explosive shell wtf, ap 155mm of pen and hunt square tanks and even then, one shot is very rare... after 300m good luck.

[@krystofwolfschlager5626]

@@ozmanice7584 well, the 75W isn't a bad tank, just difficult to play but when you make it work, holy hell is it fun

[@villepore7013]

Luckly, after the (completely unnecessary) shell penetration calculation update the apcbc shell for both guns got an pretty high buff, that made the ap just plain useless.

[@petcali24]

Ha Nick, did not fall asleep like a good infantryman should. Pretty good stuff too. I pretty much knew most of that stuff from my service. I enjoyed that you did point out that the Pog players do not look at their maps, or bring volume of fire on the same targets. Platooning was also touched upon, but I am sure that that fell on deaf ears as well. Not many platoons on the NA East server. I know that the battles are always far more enjoyable with military types, and the thinking is mostly in line with each other. Liked it, and hope to see one about tank platooning, and working together in the battle!

[@theholleys]

Really enjoyed this, I like the real life vs game aspect More please

[@Andy-zr9gi]

One of the best channels on youtube ... :)

[@wraith01mg]

Very informative, cheers.

[@RaduB.]

Hello! 35:24 more like a T-80 :-) Nice presentation!

[@jprehberger]

He under-estimates the degree to which being a former tanker helps him out. He knows a lot of stuff about tanks without even realizing he knows it (example: ground pressure of various items).

[@doorcf]

This was amazing

[@matelic8]

"A trend has started", alright I am stealing this. Thank you.