The Bob Semple Tank - "The Worst Tank ever Built"

[@Simplehistory]

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[@peytongonzaga7109]

23 hours ago?

[@azzanalkindi5811]

can you make a video about the dhofar rebellion in 1972

[@hello_class8452]

👌

[@ThatOneOtherGuyOverThere]

I like bananas

[@azulafan1512]

When will the Faction: The French Army WWII video came out?

[@Robbstark2024]

NZ considered sending the Semple tank to the European theater on May 6, 1945 The Nazis surrendered May 7, 1945 Coincidence??????

[@schlymfrainkestxchieftains2623]

i THINK NOT

[@schlymfrainkestxchieftains2623]

Also Germany didn't actually surrender on May 7th that's when they were officially surrendered but the Prague offencive didn't end until the 11th

[@commissar_3795]

Robb Stark I think not

[@schlymfrainkestxchieftains2623]

@@user-vk1dv3pr8o does it matter? Nope

[@MarcofKenya]

Robb Stark in the sight of this tank the Germans knew that they wouldn’t have a chance

[@ronrolfsen3977]

The dude created a tank from a tractor and some stuff laying around BA Baracus style. Might not be the best, but respect to him.

[@howardbaxter2514]

Honestly, I have to respect that. May not be the greatest tank in the world, but at least it was something.

[@dereenaldoambun9158]

@Jan Krynicky At least good enough as infantry support although it has slow mobility.

[@Hoobers]

That’s facts right there

[@naseemmansouri3285]

“I’m bored..I think I’m gonna build a tank now..

[@thokim84]

There was a dude in the Midwest who took this idea and went shithouse with it. Using plate armor and concrete to build a tank and destroy some of his town.

[@eoghancarpenter8546]

It never went into mass production because Bob Semple himself was terrified of its true power and wouldn't allow it.

[@mrmr_zoomie]

It was so powerful it could’ve become *a war crime.*

[@RackHasAttacked]

There's a reason why the US dropped the 2 atom bombs

[@Errors404]

The tank ploughed No man's land endlessly and finally became a tractor 🤣

[@ernieproductions7354]

True

[@zahard1732]

@@RackHasAttacked Excatly, originally they were considering dropping one bob semple tank in but they realized that it would be an overkill so they decided to go easy on japan and just droped the bombs.

[@ja3482]

Bob Semple sounds like a real man. He fought a hopeless logistical battle knowing he would certainly be ridiculed by the result, instead of just giving up or giving the project to someone less qualified or shifting blame. He did his best and took it on the chin. Wish we had more like him these days.

[@iantheguy9731]

"Mr. Semple, you have made by far the worst tank to ever exist." "Well? I don't see anyone else doing better."

[@nukeariesdiana2476]

Bob semple

[@Mavendow]

Which is because everyone there understood why he was doing it. Nowadays people often don't give a ________ which is why people give up. It's not that they can't take the criticism, it's that they're (sometimes literally) shoved out of their position of power before they can do anything positive.

[@nopeyourenotgood7530]

@@iantheguy9731 I know this is late but: "I can think of alot of competent people that can make inventions that will make your 'tank' a worthless scrap heap." "Well you can all of those competent peoples together, form a team of them, and you still wont be able to make a wonder like mine."

[@typhoon_8086]

Very true, and to be honest, the Bob Semple would of been a Terrifying Weapon against Japanese Mass Infantry Attacks as seen in the Battles of the Pacific Theater

[@billieeilishisanuzbeksupre8749]

"It ain't much but it's honest work." - Bob Semple.

[@bobsempletank1222]

I DIDNT SAY THAT

[@billmcsill4274]

Lol the name

[@roxannepaine2600]

@@bobsempletank1222 Lol

[@joeysopinion4463]

Bob Semple Tank it’s ok semple tank you were a good idea with poor execution

[@thevikingmusketeer9696]

30 000 german tanks lost during ww2 0 bob semple tanks lost during ww2 I rest my case

[@thecrabempire5767]

tell me if there is anyone to woosh in the future

[@momjahelka]

Correct

[@jeff_the_gamer9987]

I mean...

[@tomiyu2297]

The grammatical errors are killing me

[@thevikingmusketeer9696]

@@tomiyu2297 aren't they beautyfull?

[@adriannaranjo4397]

"You are by far the worst tank I've ever heard about" "But you've heard of me!"

[@jeffreytoman5202]

The man built a tank!

[@communistindonesiaball175]

What do you mean worst?! All of its glory is strong. EVERYBODY FEARS IT EVEN.

[@overboss9599]

Marmon Harrington has joined the chat.

[@alexvalin9085]

i understood that reference.

[@typhoon_8086]

The "Worst Tank" would of actually been a very effective weapon against the Japanese tactics of Mass Infantry Attacks

[@Rebelgamer-1111]

What are you expecting lol. He literally MacGyvered a tank out of a Caterpillar tractor. Much respect

[@Dianasaurthemelonlord7777]

Indeed, it would be a good infantry suppliment vehicle

[@hunterofdarkness8329]

Your in a battlefield with the enemy forces ambushing you and your team, you see a tractor and a broken tank with parts and machine gun next to it. What do you do?

[@Dianasaurthemelonlord7777]

@@hunterofdarkness8329 build that beautifully useless thing

[@evethez2267]

True imagine bashing a guy for rigging up armor and producing a convertible tank out of the scarce resources that country has. I would be proud of that tank and it being built

[@kubamiszczz]

Exactly, good to see not only me appreciate their efforts, very easy to judge without full knowledge from couch and 70 years later. Next topic: how easy i could win at Waterloo

[@charlieenglish9864]

The Japanese actually had the choice of getting nuked twice or face the Bob Semple tank, they obviously chose to get nuked

[@charlieenglish9864]

If they were to use the tank as a nuke the whole country would’ve had to have been abandoned my guy

[@aivaclarke8304]

my home country nz is a meme and mondern day version sparta

[@rza884]

Nippon army would think facing bob sample tank is considered a dishonored

[@chopsticks9984]

Early in the war, Japan had an opportunity to enter development into creating the atomic bomb. But they felt the idea was going to be impossible for many decades, and so favored developing a microwave AA ray gun to disable enemy aircraft and ships instead.

[@mikael5544]

@@chopsticks9984 👌👏👏👏

[@evaristegalois6282]

The Bob Semple Tank: **exists** Luke Skywalker: “I’ve seen this raw strength only once before”

[@RIFLQ]

**heavy breathing**

[@FirstNameLastName-qx8ii]

Tsar tank is typing...

[@aegeanharrier6648]

C.J Chappell A tractor with armor that does not look like an old cycle typing...

[@KokoroKatsura]

a n i m e n i m e

[@MyLovelyOnlineFriend]

**Panzer tank has entered the chat**

[@BodyCounter]

The Japanese avoided invading Australia and New Zealand for a reason... Emus and Bob Semples

[@sxrkar_usa]

But they still tried ton carry out an attack on Darwin, Australia

[@andrewwestberry1841]

if hey had invaded we could have just put emus in the bob semples and they would have gone running back to tokyo

[@yumithekidnextdoor6966]

@@andrewwestberry1841 r/woooosh

[@OGBootleg]

They actually did invade Australia to some extent, corpses of Japanese soldiers have been found in north Australia, that had died of dehydration, starvation, and killed by spear's, and eaten by native Aboriginals, just letting you know...

[@nicholasirvine6693]

The Great Bootleg sources?

[@aleksandarvil5718]

New Zealand: *makes massively Bob Semp Tank* Australian Emus: _"FINALLY, A Worthy Opponent. Our Battle Will Be LEGENDARY !!!"_

[@kinnidy-i-guess]

Bob: "we are on a draw sir. If we don't get more help, they will send the kango''s! Nz: "don't worry, we will bring in the sheep." Bob: "what about the spiders?" Nz: "then we will bring him." Bob: "who?" Nz: "Lazer kiwi." "..." Nz: "it's churr time..."

[@justinianmakesbyzantiumgre5716]

The reason Hitler actually killed himself was cause he heard about the Bob Semple tank.

[@bobsempletank]

Yes

[@weeshooting0978]

They were approaching Berlin and he couldn't handle seeing the true god

[@Nugcon]

Don't let the WSJ know about this, I don't want them to try to kill PewDiePie

[@ghostarmy1106]

SO TRUE LET'S LEND LEASE SOME FOR OTHER NATIONS!

[@mango_tgo8361]

8-Bit Raptor r/woooosh

[@brasilball353]

"Worst tank" I guess you made an oopsie in the title, let me fix it "Ultimate Tank"

[@Simplehistory]

EVER

[@GeneralInverno]

Eae

[@violetcarton3846]

Ha

[@jesterlmt]

Yes

[@MidWitPride]

It looks like it was designed by an 8-year old, lol. Add more guns! AIMING AT EVERY DIRECTION!

[@l04d83]

I've heard of this tank before. It killed more then 2000 Tiger IV tanks. Very deadly

[@That_Guy_Ty]

I heard it also wiped out the citys of hiroshima and Nagasaki.

[@kriminalinspektorwolff5154]

And that's why Japan never invaded new Zealand

[@TheNatenigga]

Yeah even though only 1000 tigers were made, the Bob semple is so powerful that it killed 2000 of them

[@taihoukai3111]

Also the tiger 4 existed

[@davehoffman4659]

The tank could've wiped out all Tiger tanks ever built and designed.

[@potatojuice5124]

I don’t know what you’re talking about, there’s no coincidence that Japan never invaded New Zealand after this thing showed up.

[@chrisgould101]

The superior speed, ballistic capability, track design, and impenetrable armour of the bob semple made an extremely formidable armoured vehicle.

[@retsreinyrelgeinthrelaveri1456]

Bob Semple was just ahead of his time

[@nombregenerico3771]

they fell scared if more bob semple where buld maybe in ever part we will praise the new sealand flag

[@thatexitsignuser]

@WASDLeftClick planned but nope didn't happened and dropped the attack

[@aaronknight1430]

Pie in the sky thinking you

[@johnphillips5310]

The people mocking him did nothing. Leaders do, and followers judge. He did the best he could with what he had to protect what he loved...that's a hero right there.

[@petergianakopoulos4926]

Well said

[@SingularPanda4]

Darn right, makes me actually Angry how people judged him

[@MarkGoding]

His quote:"I don't remember anyone else coming up with any suggestions at the time".

[@thehotdogman9317]

This is just the result of a country that is not used to war having to reinvent the tank all over again.

[@eredin8674]

Well said, but it was really just NZ govt "busy work"

[@trycoldman2358]

Tiger crews feared to meet this monster in the field

[@mrwehraboo5478]

True

[@theguy6838]

Yep

[@SussyFortnite]

The Shermans feared the Tiger that feared the Bob Semple, we all know who had the best tank in ww2

[@CarmineKar98K]

...Because it was a waste of ammo.

[@usergfuself502]

Your everywere

[@_Matsimus_]

“Worst” - *best*

[@R3d_D3ad]

sAMe

[@norm7312]

Bro you posted this same comment becore lol

[@weedwhacker287]

*WHATS THIS A CROSSOVER EPISODE*

[@Usersksjel1187]

Hello mat

[@tuuresarolahti6247]

There was none lost

[@deltacharlieromeo8252]

"At least they tried to do something in their country's darkest hours." That changes things.

[@peakyblinder3162]

He just had to say that

[@zunnixx3036]

Imagine getting cyberbullied by a KZbin channel 70 years after you died. 😂

[@Telor21]

Bruh this could happen to you tho

[@zunnixx3036]

@@Telor21 I could only dream of reaching mediocrity of that magnitude, but you right

[@Ersdown_Liberia]

@@Telor21 bro if you reach bob semple tank popularity then it means you go down as history. Even you're remembered as failure atleast you didn't remembered as Evil Tyrant Moustache Guy.

[@buttahXD]

@@Ersdown_Liberia I mean... You could be Mussolini.

[@iaincox9639]

Preston Billingsley the semple never dies

[@iliadnetfear2586]

"The Semple Tank is the greatest battle implement ever divised." -George Patton

[@xotl2780]

The reason General Patton went to fight Rommel in Africa was because he heard that the German general had a division of Semple Tanks on it's way to reinforce Normandy and he couldn't let that happen at any cost.

[@JerryMan68]

*George Semple*

[@yeezysandals7769]

@@JerryMan68 Semple Patton

[@man-yp1gb]

xD

[@Classic-ip5dr]

Y’know what the “S” in George S. Patton stands for, right? Semple.

[@juanaltredo2974]

Actually given the resources available he invented the saying "if life gives you lemons, make a bob Semple"

[@JG-cv4cl]

You can give a chicken 'free range' but it doesn't help reign in the platitudes

[@matthewcaughey8898]

I can stuff a hand grenade in a lemon if you really want to give those folks back they’re lemons

[@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009]

0 crew killed 0 tanks destroyed in combat Never lost an battle Honestly best tank ever created

[@JustinY.]

"I don't see anyone else coming up with a plan"

[@blazeyt7543]

First to reply to you

[@cefxsd40m-29]

Lmao

[@mlgstuff1249]

Justin Y. Why

[@Crom_Apsotle]

Im working on it

[@azari4880]

*BEGONE*

[@tomaszleszczynski8935]

Meme battle Players: Tsar tank , Bob Semple tank Map: Emu war battlegrounds

[@0Ploxx]

Round 2 Players: Saint Chamond Tank, some kids in trenchcoats, physics, T-34 Map: Columbine High School Library

[@0Ploxx]

@@sovietsocialist1652 Round 4. Players:Some blue guns that launch foam some 70 feet, Supa hot fire, Todd Howard at E3, Some gay guy that got involved with sexual assault and sang pumped up kicks. Map:Prime time Rapping Basketball court. Opening statement from Supa Hot Fire: Im not a rapper

[@0Ploxx]

@@aleo4805 i feel like these replies elevated the op to god status

[@landrylongacre6391]

Doggo Empire Is that a reference to the killdozer I spot?

[@rungsukburanarungsuk8816]

Round 6 Player:Swarm of Hackers Map:monthly/yearly Subscription things Companies

[@julesb6816]

Its the best Tank in the world it had no combat losses.

[@jontheno3213]

If so, then it’d Be on par with- wait hold on it’s got less destroyed than the Maus

[@BadgerHunter95]

Pootis Man the major advantage the bob semple had over the maus is that it could actually move.

[@ShadowXII]

Pootis - half the Maus tanks ever built were destroyed. Bob Semple = 0. Solid point!

[@somenbwithabadhistoryteach5872]

@@ShadowXII ehht😄

[@hunormagyar1843]

Let's ignore the fact it fell apart before seeing the first enemy... XD

[@yoboikamil525]

Ok but imagine this thing in a zombie apocalypse

[@lefrenchaudir188]

The 2nd version Engine and transmission Turbocharged v12 with an 7 dual clutch semi automatic transmission producing 895 hp Cassis and body A 6x4 carbon fiber chassis and body Armor and other stuff Bullet proof tyers armor plantings on the windshield(thicker to Guns 1 pkm at the front 6 on sides plus a minigun on the top plus grenades Storage Removed rear seats for more supplies

[@yoboikamil525]

@@lefrenchaudir188 brb gonna start building this now

[@aj3751]

Replace the brens with 50 cals and I'll take 2

[@fishecllub3652]

@@aj3751 everyone gangsta till we get a plane designed for a gun oh wait...

[@connorwells2646]

Brrrrrrrt

[@k-874]

*If New Zealand joined the HEAVY TANK race..We would have Super heavy variants of the Boss Bob Semple.Imagine entire Barns spammimg bullets in the battlefield*

[@rizwandiawalludien4048]

Would be magnificent

[@jkay2853]

Powered by thousands upon thousands of sheep, the weaker of which get ground into cotton stained with pink mush, the Earth would shake, you would hear the 'bleets of the damned' as their enemies would call it, and their allies would see this majestic war behemoth and say "Oi oi the BOBSa-comin!! The BOBS a-comin we're saved m8s!!"

[@k-874]

J Kay The crew would also never be thirsty,why?They have tons of milk from "Hand-Milked" cows inside the *Beast*

[@catalintimofti1117]

Big bob

[@Greenierw]

SHOW BIG BOB

[@markulyssestabasan3064]

"Give me 10,000 Bob Semple Tanks, and I shall conquer the world." -Gen. Douglas MacArthur

[@erichelfrich3023]

Did he actually say that or was it a joke

[@Markzilla214]

@@erichelfrich3023 Its a joke...

[@dmitrymolotov6428]

Eric Helfrich r/wooosh

[@AA-bz1pr]

@@dmitrymolotov6428 No.1 R/whoooosh is gay No.2 At least do it correctly

[@yafi7006]

@@dmitrymolotov6428 bruh how is that a woosh

[@navinphom]

Hiroshima and Nagasaki was actually a cover up and they actually dropped Bob simple tanks

[@DavidRGD]

Semple tanks filled with nuclear explosive materials

[@alanmaclaren4118]

@DavidRGD the bob semple was too fat (no offence) that it caused a nuclear explosion.

[@sea_emperour346]

DavidRGD This vid should be called the bob semple tank the best tank in the world

[@sovietheart3883]

The 2 nukes were warcrimes and killed over 200.000 civilians!

[@Chaching960]

Soviet Heart tell that to the Japanese soldiers who ate Americans and I’m not joking

[@matthewbalsinger3238]

I'm going to say it, this design is downright ingenious. Sure it was no match for other tanks of it's time, but it was making use of easily accessible materials around and thus could make those easily accessible materials into better defensive things than if you didn't have it.

[@vincentking9980]

As stated, it was intended to be a mobile strong point, which tells me that the general idea might have been to use these as "pill boxes", and move them from one position to another as required.

[@Kssav]

Bob semple tank: -none ever lost in combat -has a bed for the gunner to lay on -has six guns Literally any other tank: -1000s lost in combat -Has only one big gun and maybe two more -Doesn't have a bed for the gunner -definitely not cheap

[@That_Guy_Ty]

The bob semple tank is everything you could ask for, and then with more.

[@mrcorn4581]

Are u only meming or are all of you meaning this serious?

[@DJRainbowToxic]

@@mrcorn4581 probably both

[@censorduck]

@@mrcorn4581 Dead serious, mate.

[@Will_CH1]

It was not just a bed. It was heated and had a vibratory massage function. The bed itself was decades ahead of its time.

[@joculatrix]

Oh, Simple History. You appear to have forgotten of the *BIG BOB*

[@obamosbim839]

_Nobody can withstand the power of BIG BOB_

[@youraverageuser7039]

time to go watch isorrows meme equiment only again

[@joculatrix]

@@youraverageuser7039 Only my 2,554th time!

[@bobsempletank1222]

INDEED SUCH AN OVERSIGHT

[@shinglemcdingle4093]

To me, a person who comes from a small country, this is truly inspiring... he did all that he could. Once again it was proven that trying is the biggest sin. In eyes of the general public and the media it's much better to just sit and do nothing

[@ScienceDiscoverer]

Yes, it's better than make an embarrassment.

[@shinglemcdingle4093]

@@ScienceDiscoverer no, it's not and stip calling yourself "science discoverer" if you think so. You always need to try to do your best with all resources that you have at your disposal. Obviously bob semple tank wouldn't fare well against the tanks of the eastern front, but it would be useful as a scout or a barrier against infantry lines. It wasn't an embarassment, the people made it so because they always need something to laugh at

[@hitlerite]

The only embarrassment is being sitting duck out there. Those improvised planes and tanks are what they got at the moment.

[@nw42]

As an American, I also find the Semple tank inspiring. Many of the most brilliant things come from folks doing big things with limited resources, and some of them change the world. As for the Semple itself: I don’t know much about New Zealand’s WWII history, but I’m hesitant to completely dismiss it. Armored vehicles do important things beyond just slugging it out with each other, and the Semple might still have had potential in anti-infantry or scouting roles. But I could imagine its most important role may have been its very existence: there’s a big difference between a country with a handful of tanks _and rapidly evolving capabilities_ vs. a country with no tanks or armament program whatsoever. I could imagine the Semple _in conjunction with NZ’s larger armament effort_ changing the strategic calculus for Japan: NZ may not have been as strong, but it wasn’t toothless, and it was intent on rapidly growing into a capable adversary; thus, it needed to be taken seriously.

[@hogstag2874]

@@shinglemcdingle4093 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@KemoTherapy69]

The reason why japan never invaded mainland Australia was because they were afraid that new zealand would supply Australia with bob semple tanks.

[@soonlytaing1708]

Nah, it was because the aussies have made an agreement and mobilized the emus

[@written_and_recited]

@@soonlytaing1708 The Emus were in talks with the New Zealand government, they planned on buying 300 Bob Senple tanks to bolster their Emu infantry.

[@nukclear2741]

@@written_and_recited I could’ve sworn that they only managed to get a hold of one. I mean, that’s all you’d need anyways.

[@badpiggies988]

Eh, I think it was more because of the face-eating spiders and hair-follicle-eating maggots

[@PeterTurbo4]

What do you mean worst tank? The Allies wanted to give the Axis a fighting chance, that's why they never fielded it.

[@oskarcarrasco6298]

Really thin armour? No turret? Insanely big for a tank?

[@froglover4203]

@@oskarcarrasco6298 wooosh

[@HD-zj7dy]

@@oskarcarrasco6298 R/Whooooosh

[@followerofteaandspice1815]

@@oskarcarrasco6298 r/WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSHHHH

[@thunderthys2077]

@@oskarcarrasco6298 wooosh

[@frogchip6484]

*bob semple tank is mass produced*] Hitler: We're in the endgame now

[@rusuproductions7474]

Hitler AND rest of axis: pls no

[@reggiejackson1132]

@@rusuproductions7474 hitler after new zealand builds a single bob semple tank: *reads the bible 100 times, says the our father 1000 times, swims in a swimming pool completed filled with holy water*

[@henrydando]

If any more Bob semple tanks where built then there sheer power would cause a black hole to open

[@rushbcyka460]

All I'm saying is that every country that New Zealand declared war on lost

[@NZrailwayadventures]

Not entirely correct because New Zealand participated in the Vietnam War

[@brrrrrtenjoyer]

@@NZrailwayadventures They didn't use Bob Semple tanks though. If they did, Vietnam would have been destroyed.

[@rafifafkaralhafizh787]

@@brrrrrtenjoyer no, vietnam would literally became dust because of the semple tanks

[@johnbrown9542]

@@NZrailwayadventures ah but technically none of the Western allies in Vietnam declared war on North Vietnam! They were only there to defend South Vietnamese sovereignty and claimed North Vietnam was an illegitimate government and therefore didn’t exist and therefore they didn’t have to declare war on them So technically he’s still correct

[@upsideown1755]

​@@brrrrrtenjoyer they were banned under the Geneva Conventions by then. Article 65: no military force is to use Bob Semple tanks as their destructive power can result in mass civilian casualties.

[@christianZaal]

Fun fact... When Britain declared war on Germany in WW1, New Zealand accidentally declared war 12 hours early. Because for some reason the entire government forgot to allow for the difference in timezones. Given the tense last minute negotiations between the major powers, it would have been super awkward if noone else had joined in.

[@irwinsanchez2107]

If ever aliens invade our world. I can sleep well knowing that we have Bob semple tank to defend us. The super weapon of the century.

[@eriklindergren8755]

Irwin Sanchez unfortunately they were considered too dangerous to actually be used, so they dismantled them after the UN banned them.

[@ultranova3090]

@@eriklindergren8755 Nah bro, I got one in my garage. Hit me up when the aliens get out of area 51 and I'll be right there.

[@ericsuarez368]

The aliens won’t bother invading. They’ll surrender and give us their planet

[@Rakshasa1986]

This is what happens when you do a science project and don't ask your parents for help.

[@elitesturmgewehr8780]

Lol no replies

[@swampyrad7524]

Did you just post a reply to make fun of a comment that had no replies?

[@DavidRGD]

Parents... specifically Allies' help. (which was plausible since New Zealand is geographically isolated.)

[@billclinton3862]

Shut up It could theoretically Could take out a king tiger from behind

[@BiggisDickis]

Scunt Are your parents siblings?

[@Rainaman-]

The original " *KILLDOZER* ".

[@partypickle1012]

Were the radiator hoses vulnerable on this tank too?

[@sabredivision509]

Count dankula

[@isiahrodriguez64]

The kill dozer was much faster, had much more armor and could support vastly more weight. Had the killdozer been armed it could have easily exceeded the Semple’s firepower. To be fair though, Bob Semple had a much older platform to convert and there was only so much he could do.

[@stealthybanana8751]

IsiahR the kill dozer was armed. his biggest weapon was a .50 caliber rifle, he just didn't use them to kill people but rather infrastructure.

[@Je3perscre3pers]

Killdozer had a 50 BMG with armor piercing rounds ...... even the kill dozer was better than this. How sad

[@MonkeyJedi99]

To give him credit, he did what he could with what he had available in time and budget. Given a better production base, more budget, and better lead time (or at least two of those three), lots of people could do better.

[@baronofficial4279]

You know the Bob Semple tank could destroy a Maus in just one hit? With the power of the mobile 80 cm cannon the Bob Semple tank can destroy any kind of tanks you could throw it in! Even planes were feared and murdered by the Bob semple tank, with its THICCC armor could even bounce a shell from the Schwerer Gustav, If you fire a shell at the Bob Semple tank then the shell would think twice before going to the Bob Semple tank, but instead the shell just returns to its rightful owners.

[@TruthNerds]

The Bob Semple *could* destroy the Maus in one hit. (minimum drop height: 3000ft)

[@somename105]

Bro your saying mad facts

[@conordwyer1553]

The shell bounces of the bob semple and destroys the mere mortal who shot it

[@GlitchedBlox]

T H I C C

[@theguylivinginyourwalls]

@Mr. Sauce M A X I M U M T H I C C

[@ThisisBarris]

It's kinda cute though.

[@heavygruby4280]

It makes me wet even though I am a man

[@mikeoxsmal8022]

@@heavygruby4280 it is a femme tank so it isnt gay

[@Fillyfishyy]

I'm straight but goddamn is the Bob semple tank hot

[@michalpupek5731]

Are you serious?! It’s terrifying

[@kukaoot6077]

hot af

[@meart7838]

This tank would've absolutely destroyed the enemy, the japanese would have trembled in place and then be gunned down by the machine guns. They say that if this was made much earlier then it could've won the emu war, it is this powerful. Praise the bob semple tank.

[@greenmountainhistory7335]

It’s also said the only reason the Japanese never invaded New Zealand is because of how deadly the Semple is

[@sherry93175]

It's been rumored that the Japanese threw 5 Ha-Go tanks at 1 semple tank and all 5 Ha-Go were penetrated in thousands of possible angles.

[@shaunwilliams3533]

We gotta make the Bob Semple tank cult!

[@bustleague7451]

@@andrewchern9032 you are very correct

[@cplpetergriffin1583]

@@andrewchern9032 IT WAS A JOKE DUDE. GOD YOUR HUMOR IS DRY

[@dramaking9559]

The tank was just to powerful. They knew giving it a actual tank cannon would of made New Zealand a true monster

[@historynerdneiledits]

Yes the only tank that could destroy the world not even1 abrams could touch it

[@savageassassin8548]

the virgin panzer vs the chad semple

[@fullzatochi2053]

SavageAssassin Megachad Big Bob

[@heroninja1125]

the virgin panzer is now just the panzer after it met the semple tank

[@Rainaman-]

Chungus tank

[@mattcarroll3469]

And what would have you built with the materials at the time.......

[@peterchung2262]

actually, unless your joke is being sarcastic, the stronger or cooler one would be the chad one

[@yomemer5564]

who would win the entire japanese army during ww2 or ONE WEAPONIZED TRACTOR

[@fullzatochi2053]

Yo Memer One weaponized tractor with Canadian rifles

[@hansthesauerkraut1533]

Dude even the Germans don’t stand a chance against this beast! And this is coming from a German.

[@yomemer5564]

@@fullzatochi2053 Ross rifle? Isorrow?

[@RandomPerson-jo7cw]

One big tractor boi

[@user-bw9jo2iz5s]

Japanese Army

[@DzDmZ]

Flex tape and metal sheets can create anything

[@woableattack2990]

To prove the power of flex tape, I sawed this shed in half...

[@xavier-ir6kf]

Bob semple is the type of guy who finishes his project in one night

[@ederanged7960]

It's a tractor, covered in roofing sheets and no cannon. *Kiwis* : "Yeah, nah she'll be right aye."

[@chrisgould101]

Sweet as

[@soljer99]

Choice bruh

[@VincentK.McMahon]

@@juliusnordermeer2790 fush and chups

[@PixelTrain1]

sweet as bro

[@lastguy8613]

Shot bro

[@jonathangerbino2621]

I love how this tank is fan-favorited as a Magikarp

[@dubuyajay9964]

You ever saw what a Magikarp evolves into?

[@coledavis5212]

Dubuya Jay Magikarp > Gyaradose Bob Semple > *BIG BOB*

[@Kjajo]

@@coledavis5212 a HoI4 player i see

[@landrylongacre6391]

ExplodingHam I’m glad that Paradox decided to make the Big Bob a thing in Hoi4, they made our memes into a thing in game and it is beautiful.

[@Marinealver]

Still waiting for the Killdozer tank made by Marvin Heemeyer.

[@kaungkaung2208]

"Worst Tank" I used that tank to conqueor poland and germany in HOI4 in 3 hours.... my man

[@upstreamtoast3512]

kaung kaung in that game is there more tanks

[@nordicnostalgia8106]

I think the stats for it is not accurate

[@clashoclan3371]

@@nordicnostalgia8106 true

[@arnavvaidya3983]

@@upstreamtoast3512swami samrth bavni

[@hmaster4522]

Eh its Poland i believe it

[@tysoncross3350]

As a New Zealander I am proud of this creation 💯 , typical of us to chuck tracks on a shed and call it a day 🙌🏽

[@Jebu911]

Its good that NZ:s plan was just hope for the best for their defence. Didnt waste too much money on that pointless war.

[@littlemug8398]

It ain't much, but it's honest work.

[@ingridmace2530]

Bro

[@kedarunzi9139]

Bro

[@astaroth_sasazaki_yt]

Bro

[@Overgrownwart]

Bro

[@your_fathers]

Bro

[@Chris-jw8vm]

5:26 honestly though if you where playing battlefield or something and you had the choice of trying to take out a proper tank or this you'd probably c4 the other one. That machinegun coverage and quantity would be enough to scare most unarmoured enemies shitless. As a versatile battle tank it obviously wasnt the best on the block but they made a fucking moving machinegun nest out of a tractor and it's awesome.

[@slewone4905]

My point. THis was not made to go against other tanks.

[@JustinShaedo]

"moving machinegun nest" .... very nicely put.

[@chrisgould101]

@@slewone4905 obviously you never saw the infamous battle of kaiwaka where 2 bob semple tanks defeated 28 divisions

[@ze5084]

so the Bob sample was basically the world's first IFV

[@thetoniotchannel1345]

Bob tank is worst tank -laughs in Italian Tank

[@rivaraptor4277]

-Cries in Japanese tank

[@thetoniotchannel1345]

@@rivaraptor4277 that to

[@vaper8793]

laughs on horse with no armor at all

[@jinglejangle3287]

Ah emh P40

[@ibrahimb4422]

@@vaper8793 You obviously have never played Battlefield 1

[@ChEkAlOtIcH3]

As someone who loves scale modeling, I am still waiting for a well made scale model of this godly tank

[@charlykoparabola7940]

get into 3d printing and modelling and perhaps you could make one yourself!

[@Senkino2003]

*Italians create some of the worst tank designs in history* *Newzealand* Hold my old mount cider

[@dubuyajay9964]

*Russian Tsar Tank* Hold my vodka.

[@coledavis5212]

Senjuice don’t forget not one Bob Semple tank was destroyed in the war

[@dazwolfgramm6341]

if it was NZ today it would be: *_Hold my L&P._*

[@TesseractPleiadesOrion]

Old Mout

[@dillionkoob2343]

You dare diss the bob semple tank

[@censusgary]

The Bob Semple Tank doesn’t sound so dumb. It was based on using what New Zealand had, when nothing else was available. Way to go, Bob!

[@jrobbin24]

Ahhh, the strong silent type himself

[@cptjackpl8690]

A heavily armed tractor.

[@FallenOwl-ts5ez]

CptJack PL reed my mind

[@CarmineKar98K]

The word "Heavily" might be a bit much here.

[@TheNeXusCore9032]

Now farmers can finally be feared. No need for scarecrows anymore!

[@PowerSkiff12]

"i have the power of god"

[@StylesV13]

To be fair Japan has crap tanks for their own at the time. What NZ created was not so much a tank but a mobile machine gun nest. Not saying it was a war winner but it would damage a Japanese human wave attack.

[@joemerino3243]

Is it really fair, though, to compare a hastily-cobbled anti-infantry tank to even a light tank? The designer simply didn't have access to large anti-tank guns. This Semple tank could have been an excellent and very effective weapon in some of the pacific theater fighting, much of which was mass infantry charges against machine gun nests.

[@deleteduser6230]

ISP says otherwise

[@-deltarekt7822]

*CYCLING INTO MOSCOW*

[@thomasgeer151]

now all we need is the Canadian rifle

[@benchmarking6875]

Ross rifle

[@RandomPerson-jo7cw]

Where is the Big Bob

[@samanthahowe1388]

Ah a fellow men of class

[@some_random_hachiroku6126]

That's a weird way to spell Best

[@hlkeck]

LMAO XD

[@thekrieger2959]

Some_Random _Haciroku ikr

[@outtolunch7437]

4:17 Level 1 Crook 4:23 Level 100 Boss That’s how Tanks work.

[@ryperez10]

Lol

[@anonymousanonymous5832]

Its come a long way

[@nikolaibelinski3433]

World of tanks edition

[@beyondbackwater4933]

Stop

[@Elf_rl]

Nice 🤣

[@jansenart0]

8:00 It wasn't intended to be mass-produced and obviously Semple didn't think it could stand up to anything in the Pacific theatre. It was instead a mobile art installation, a sarcastic agreement with the Imperial Minister of War.

[@du_nut_tuch_me4230]

*-It's time, to go.* *-Was I the Worst tank?* *-No, but I heard you were the best Tank*

[@roxannepaine2600]

* Touch *

[@ximumn2738]

It was never abandoned. The NZ government secretly installed cloaking devices on all of them

[@MrDerpuss]

Nobody: Bob Semple: *Puts colourbond on a tractor* "Hey look at this tank lol"

[@bobsempletank]

oof

[@lxghtbrxnger666]

30,000 German tanks destroyed, 120000 Soviet tanks destroyed, 4000 American tanks destroyed, 40000 British tanks destroyed, 0 Bob semples destroyed. I think I know who makes the best tanks (I'm a kiwi btw so some bias)

[@the_bane_of_all_anti_furry]

you don't know you are joking about dead people?

[@lxghtbrxnger666]

@@the_bane_of_all_anti_furry and everyone else posting this comment isn't?

[@SantomPh]

tank suicide by breakdown doesn't count?

[@DefinitelyNotAnAddict]

@@the_bane_of_all_anti_furry it's called a joke.

[@catalintimofti1117]

Are you a fruit ??

[@CobaltLancer]

*_Fun Fact:_* The Semple tank is actually the deadliest tank out there because won’t need to shoot to kill your enemies. It will kill them once it’s seen by making them laugh to death

[@historynerdneiledits]

Do not understimate bob semple tank, if the semple had a 280mm cannon new zealand would to op

[@SkallPal]

This war was won by British brains, Soviet blood, American brawn and New Zealand *_BOB_*

[@chrisa2612]

@Rob M nope

[@dwoodman26]

*and New Zealand sheep.

[@user-bg4cy9rx4w]

@@chrisa2612 Most Of the Metals and etc that the United states Had came from The Upper canadian shield and was exported through trade. so yes, Canadian Resources.

[@dankesteevee1937]

The real reason Japan surrendered it wasn't the nuke.... they heard of something even worse being made in New Zealand. A true WMD one that can only be compared to the big bang in it's destructive power...... THE BIG BOB SUPER HEAVY TANK

[@therustedshank9995]

And French cowards- no, wait they were utterly useless nevermind.

[@Cryptic_]

I mean everyone laughs at Bob Semple But he turned the New Zealand Railway Industry to produce a tank, with like the 0 Metal we Had Gotta Respect that lad

[@sethdrake7551]

They point out that it would lose to an enemy tank because it has no anti tank gun but earlier in the video they mention that New Zealand had *no available anti tank guns to mount*

[@christiandauz3742]

The Bob Semple Tank would have been a good tank... ...during the American Revolution

[@huyla1472]

@@christiandauz3742 not confident it could stand up against artillery barrades either

[@randomuseronline7352]

Top 10 tanks stronger than the Maus

[@hennysoerjono7874]

Abrahams

[@Fred_the_1996]

Stronger than the p1000 ratte

[@LeoLaforestIII]

Number 6 :BT-5 This small tank can cross most bridges in Europe.

[@arandompersonlol1202]

Panzer VI Tiger Sherman I could go on forever.

[@MothaLuva]

Capitão Explosão 2 Ratte

[@POTUSJimmyCarter]

New Zealand Home Guard: "can you believe the government expects us to use tanks made out of sheet metal and tractors?" British Home Guard, leaning against his pike: "Wait you guys get tanks?"

[@poyloos4834]

Colonel Montmorency: “wait, so you get not one, but *six* bren guns?!”

[@endergeneral4049]

Don’t you dare insult the best tank ever made

[@colonelcapatilism8461]

ikr

[@billyteflon1322]

The Chauchat of armored warfare.

[@colonelcapatilism8461]

indeed

[@MiraSubieGirl]

Have you seen what the NZ/Aussie troops did in Tobruk? I doubt Japan would have successfully landed. The Men down South are wild brave. And not to mention Maori's know 0 fear in combat and used to eat peoples tongues while they watched... Japan often mysteriously fears demons and devils, well if they kept going South they would have found them.

[@havoc3742]

*shittiest tank ever made

[@tf2664]

Umm I think you mean the best!

[@mukhrizhelme]

Why this comment have 109 likes but with out any comments

[@Spector_Cheese]

In meme ways

[@Tyren.]

@@mukhrizhelme its called "Time"

[@NATHANOOOO]

I commented this 2 hours earlier than you and got no likes

[@laughtrack686]

I was about to say that.

[@johnerelmacahilig5912]

Countries of modern MBT USA: M1A1 ABRAMS UK: Challenger tank Russia: T90 MS New Zealand: some old tractor

[@bustarogers9990]

Yeah and we suffered greatly, our sheep never listened to us until we had tanks to herd them with.

[@splodium]

John Erel Macahilig U.S equivalent - disston tractor tank 🤣🤣🤣

[@shronkler1994]

@MrStig691 lol haha

[@TURPEG]

Fun fact: the reason why the Ratte is so large and heavy was to crush the bob semple tank, however during a 1944 test run a Ratte prototype tried to crush a captured bob semple, the bob semple caused the entire behemoth to spontaneously implode upon contact and the bob semple had no damage at all

[@ribosome4054]

Alien 1 and 3: What about the Earth's forces? Alien 2: *looks at Bob Semple Tank* Alien 2: They have far surpassed us. edit: BTW, this comment is not original, im just here to say it

[@BinksDilly]

Lmao this is underated

[@guizhenzou3722]

What about these elite tiger tanks? Oh don’t be ridiculous jerry the real enemy is that thing!

[@Cbrmkn98xs]

@@guizhenzou3722 but what about the Maus? *I said dont mind that jerry*

[@madhie-kun8614]

*Laughs at dicker max*

[@bansheetwenty7103]

I AM LITERALLY SHAKING AND CRYING THIS IS BLATANT SEMPLEPHOBIA I LITERALLY CANNOT BELIEVE ANYONE COULD BE THIS DISCRIMINATORY AGAINST LITERALLY THE BEST TANK OF THE WAR I LITERALLY CANNOT BREATHE RIGHT NOW

[@zombiebrother0663]

You used the word "literally" Like a 17 teen girl (to much)

[@thegreatestshenfan6484]

@@zombiebrother0663 r/wooosh

[@dubbelzoutrond7809]

We need laws against Semplephobia, I for one would support them

[@vladimirivanov8743]

That’s a leftist

[@dubbelzoutrond7809]

@@vladimirivanov8743 your name is leftist, commie

[@kuraes]

he did the best he could with the resources given and i can respect that.

[@DeathByEric]

8:10 I love the sentiment: "well sure we made a complete piece of crap, but gosh darn it we tried!"

[@Meriphia]

Fallout: New Zealand.

[@apossiblyhereticalalphaleg3595]

The Bob Semple is probably the most advanced vehicle in Fallout for the faction who don't have pre-war or post-war tech

[@-vanguard-2900]

Any faction in Fallout would kill to have access to Semples

[@johnmathston2945]

They are probably the most developed and safest place on earth in the fallout universe. WE NEED A NEW ZEALAND MOD NOW

[@francois9747]

@Campbell Baker oH mY gOsH sO soRRy fOr yOu, nEwZeaLAndeR

[@shii_tea4979]

NEO

[@Toxin_Glitch]

Germans: What is that tank doing? Japanese: its best

[@Calvbread]

Lmao

[@messierschutz8202]

Damn

[@theyeetman1817]

Choose your weapon Gun Knife Tank Boat Tractor

[@ionutandanuta1226]

Tractor+Gun+Armor=Bob Semple tank

[@angrypenguin6966]

Super dude 420 I choose ... ThE bOb SeMpLe TaNk

[@Mothlord03]

All of them combined

[@pollygardiner5669]

Nuke

[@thenumberzer0679]

Strongly Got to choose a tractor

[@oldirishcolectables9601]

Bob Semple did very well with the resources he had. Take a look at the improvised tanks of The Spanish Civil War, and some of the monstosities produced in Eastern Europe by the ‘experts’. Britain, Germany and the USA had many very costly failures. Check out the improvised tanks in the Middle East today.

[@cookieusa1]

It’s kinda cute... In a weird tank-ish way.

[@nobodyxdel2390]

Spartan Guy Gambit it's like it's trying to be as good as its tank brothers and sisters. Saying "I can be good too". This tank is the new Internet Explorer chan

[@okosmark1060]

Tankophil

[@bobsempletank]

on thx m8

[@mikael5544]

@@bobsempletank imposter!

[@bobsempletank]

@@mikael5544 no u

[@jmantime]

Actually New Zealand designed 2 other tanks before the Bob Semple , the Schofield 1 and Schofield II tanks were better designed and schofield 2 had 40mm 2pdr gun but they took to long to make 1 prototype so the new Zealanders went with the bob semple instead. The schfield tanks were finished by the end of 1940 but new zealand eventually got newer british and american tanks. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schofield_tank

[@mikeoxsmal8022]

Hi you make great videos

[@tronerman]

Bob Semple in Girls Und Panzer when?

[@jmantime]

@@tronerman i should draw that now,

[@erockstoenescu6171]

Under-wear?

[@homiespaghetti1522]

Didn't expect to see you here

[@eekie]

Worst tank built Italian tank designers:Allow us to introduce ourselves

[@noa_zeus]

-funiculi funicula playing in the background-

[@dmkfwolf2669]

French tank designers : hold my beer.

[@tiredtotality4145]

one does not simply Quote a meme without the picture

[@black-op345gaming5]

Noa Plays *_IM NOT PAYING FOR THOSE_*

[@jamesricker3997]

Japanese tank designers also want their say

[@georgebrown1543]

I now get the genius of the sample tank. The designers set out to make the cutest tank possible and they succeeded. While the enemy was distracted with the cuteness of the tank, they could be fired upon from another position. I get it!

[@masrendra8625]

*Top 5 tanks that can kill Thanos even with Infinity Gauntlet*

[@albertoamoruso7711]

Which are the others?

[@arisushimada8724]

1- Bob semple 2- M22 locust 3- Tsar tank 4- Panzer l 5- MK.4

[@albertoamoruso7711]

@@arisushimada8724 Can't see the turret monster T-35

[@dankesteevee1937]

@@arisushimada8724 I petition that the speedy boi ravager of high tier be moved down in favour of the big bob

[@reinatr4848]

@lovely brain toaster There were 3.

[@Lutz2]

Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger: "I fear no Tank. But this thing...." *look nervously at Bob Semple Tank* "it scares me."

[@__________________________3395]

@CodeSlapper shush

[@slavicnonatho8062]

@SlapCode shush

[@slavicnonatho8062]

@SlapCode shush

[@slavicnonatho8062]

@SlapCode shush

[@ramdomhistoryenjoyer5857]

@SlapCode shush

[@sethdrake7551]

Cant fault it for not having an anti tank gun *when there are no anti tank guns*

[@chrisgould101]

The superior speed, ballistic capability, track design, and impenetrable armour of the bob semple makes any tremble

[@reggiejackson1132]

why did it need anti tank guns when the enemy tanks are too scared to even consider pulling a fight against this battlefield sweeper, if this beast were sent to the ww2 european theatre im sure the germans would on their knees and wouldve begged for mercy, if it were sent to the ww2 pacific theatre then the japanese wouldve ditched their tradition of death before dishonor and surrendered the second they see the tank

[@kmalm4776]

Random person: When was the last time you had to use 100% of your power? Shaggy flashesback to the Bob Sempeltank.

[@h4_opening]

Glorious bob semple can protect my personal data ,no need for nord vpn

[@mikael5544]

I got ya just give me your email and passwords😉

[@fulcrum2951]

And bank information

[@calcium747]

OK so I need you address , simple history so I can come over and delete this video , followed by a quick re-upload with it being 10 seconds long with this scrip: "THE BOB SEMPLE TANK WAS AN AMAZING TANK AND IT WAS THE REASON THE JAPANESE DID NOT PLAN TO INVADE NEW ZEALAND THANKS FOR YOUR TIME!"

[@williamknight5691]

Preach it you intelligent animal

[@JustBreathe436]

Or u can just ask for their account

[@_4025]

tries hard not to get wooshed

[@NimProductions]

I unsubscribed

[@sanantoniomapper.745]

WHEN THE BOB SEMPLES ARRIVED, COMING DOWN FROM MOUNTAINSIDE, TURNING THE TIDE.

[@iliadnetfear2586]

Special Ed-aton.

[@thecatalyst6212]

king of seas Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine

[@iliadnetfear2586]

@@thecatalyst6212 "Terror" of the seas. Bismarck and the kriegsmarine.

[@thecatalyst6212]

​@@iliadnetfear2586 THANKS I WOULD DROWN BECAUSE THE ALLIES ARE ON MY HEEL

[@iliadnetfear2586]

@@thecatalyst6212 Happy to provide FIREPOWER! for the FIREFIGHT! Just doing my part.