The British Tank Meme

[@scribblesmcgee]

The biggest problem with all the earlier British tanks was the lack of a kettle in the earlier models. The crew kept getting out for a tea break and then got killed.

[@csdm1999]

Please tell me your joking comrade

[@scribblesmcgee]

Daniil Zinchuk No. This was a genuine issue. All later British tanks have been fitted with on-board kettles, to prevent soldiers from being shot while on tea break.

[@Enchie]

@@scribblesmcgee I swear if tea stopped existing, all British people would kill themselves.

[@rusler159]

Yes we would as tea is the greatest substance in the universe

[@lecuksh.o.2.a881]

rusler 159 no. Vodka is

[@inshrektorgadget1546]

Planning the Firefly: "Alright, here's a diagram of a Sherman, a cup of tea and 20 grams of cocaine, build some shit!"

[@rosehites3419]

Pretty much

[@zacharyrollick6169]

*GUN*

[@kayagorzan]

Put big gun in tank, more boom

[@megamagner9463]

And put an 17pdr on it.

[@ninofromkitchennightmares1497]

Firefly was basically the British looking at the Sherman and deciding it needed a upgrade

[@copaczin3605]

Germany: The development period is so quick that the tank is filled with mechanical issues. Britain: The development period is so long that the tank misses the stage of the war it was built for.

[@exoltik3199]

The latter is how all my Stellaris games go 🤣

[@LadislausKallig]

Soviets: Already produced a million tanks made out of pure stalinium.

[@julienmauguin3214]

That is basically also the french tanks design problem 🤣

[@kousand9917]

Americans: Make a tank so good it lasts far after then it was supposed to.

[@pubcle]

@@julienmauguin3214 What tanks?

[@Trucksofwar]

The firefly is the eternal example of how dangerous British men in their sheds can be

[@HBon111]

i think i get this reference!

[@spazztic6172]

Just like the accuracy international awp

[@YataTheFifteenth]

the FV4005 is an example of brits weaponising said shed

[@Sky_EggYT]

@@YataTheFifteenthnah it’s them weaponizing a barn

[@Jakezillagfw]

Rednecks no matter the nationality are dangerous when you piss them off and give them time to tinker.

[@thenotflatearth2714]

* Churchill tank drives out of landing craft * “Hans, zey have landingkraft in landingkraft!”

[@Anonymous.034]

Underrated comment

[@szuegyigabriel3159]

Well, it`s a landship isn`t it?

[@stormzx9389]

I fucking love this.

[@nostradamusofgames5508]

why doesnt this comment have hundreds of likes???

[@lunokhod3937]

British tank doctrine was the same as British naval doctrine.

[@captaindreadnought212]

> Churchill could climb any hill > Tiger had problems going up steep slopes > ITS OVER HANS, I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND

[@SkylarKeystone]

But high ground isn't always a good thing, particularly when it comes to tanks

[@ryanmcmichael9217]

YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY POWER

[@tiberiusbrain]

@@SkylarKeystone i believe the churchill even had notoriously bad gun depression so there you go

[@SkylarKeystone]

@@tiberiusbrain that's also very true, I was more referring to the fact the bottom is typically one of the less armoured parts of a tank, but that is a good thing to note.

[@bluesnail5042]

>Makes joke >Angee comment section people rush to turn it into a debate

[@cleanerben9636]

I would say the we didn't standardise many parts because we just didn't have the time or industrial base to do it. Producing same or similar common parts would mean retooling factories. What we did was just cobble together whatever we could with what we had available. The horrendous bedford engine in the churchill is a good example. "what engines we got lads?" "naff all sir" "What about that in the corner?" "Sir? Thats a bus engine sir" "Right strap two of them to together that'll do"

[@marctorres7182]

I would say that's pretty well dead on. After Dunkirk they were pretty desperate to put together what every they could as fast as they could. One thing that doesn't come up about tank design in that era was the importance of being able to transport by railroad. The standard rail gauge of the UK was quite a bit more narrow then Continental Europe (side effect of being the first) and this influenced how wide a tank could be and therefore how large a turret ring. Both sides had similar limits on weight so they could be used on military bridges.

[@cleanerben9636]

@@marctorres7182 the most overlooked part of war. Logistics.

[@KrazyKupo]

It's also kinda why British tanks didn't have sloped armour either as it was just easier to bolt flat bits together. The Matilda 2 did have sloped armour but was kinda expensive for such a cute widdle dinky best tank ever. ... *cough*

[@Danspy501st]

@@cleanerben9636 "Sir, we had made the 40 ton tank you had ordered, which can kill anything it meets!" "Good. Now to the next part..... How to transport it from here to there" *Looking at a damaged wooden bridge that only can carry 10 ton*

[@InchonDM]

That makes me think of the Porsche Tiger more than anything.

[@serjacklucern4584]

Fun fact about the Matildas: the Italian artillery discovered that the front low plate, was more easily perforated even by the small 47/32, so they dig holes and bumps about 300 meters from their firing positions, so that the matilda showed the most vulnerable "belly", and hoping that the bullet pierced that plate, broke the transmission or killed the pilot, forcing the tank to be abandoned.

[@ZETH_27]

pardon? "pilot"?

[@serjacklucern4584]

Driver

[@alexbattaglia8297]

@@ZETH_27 Pilot is still technically accurate

[@WingMaster562]

It takes a "weak underbelly" to find the "weak underbelly"

[@The_Mad_Regent]

Once again shows,that the Italians for the most part knew what they were doing,but had bad equipment and leadership.

[@giorgigarsevanidze6334]

"- The 17 Punder won't fit!" "- *PUT IT IN SIDEWAYS* "

[@garchompenthusiast]

Giorgi Garsevanidze ‘The Radio doesn’t fit anymore! *CUT A HOLE AND PUT IT IN THE BACK*

[@SentinelAntioch]

Hell'sEntireBuggeryDivision THE ENGINE’S NO GOOD

[@daehkcidemos]

Guardsman_Antioch *GET FIVE CAR ENGINES AND PUT THEM TOGETHER*

[@SpaceMissile]

Please explain the 'put it in sideways' part? or let me know what to google so i can find out for myself? i'm imagining it's an interesting loading mechanism?

[@giorgigarsevanidze6334]

@@SpaceMissile It's a joke. You can't put a gun sideways in a turret.

[@cartermiller853]

6:10 Sir the 17 pounder won’t fit! *PUT IT IN SIDEWAYS*

[@TheGamegurusChannel]

NOW THE RADIO DOESNT FIT

[@KaiserofRaisins]

@@TheGamegurusChannel CUT A HOLE AND STICK IT OUT THE BACK!

[@jll5446]

Leviathan THE ENGINES NO GOOD

[@disceva6443]

@@jll5446 GET 5 CAR ENGINES AND PUT THEM TOGETHER

[@bobjoe-bv2vc]

Get 5 car engines and put them together.

[@trycoldman2358]

*adds 500mm frontal armor to 50PS tractor with machine gun* British army : I love it

[@jamespulford3892]

Oi oi it's u again

[@jameshughes8234]

You again

[@BrickmanJ]

They needed time for tea.

[@JavvyF61]

Wait that's not how the rest of the world makes tanks? Shit.

[@sorsocksfake]

@@JavvyF61 Fun fact: the early nazi tanks were called tractors. Though that I think was because they weren't allowed to have tanks :).

[@benlittle5436]

Never understood the British naming scheme Britain: “We’ll name our cruiser tanks beginning with C so people know tanks starting with C are “C”ruiser Also Britain: Churmchill

[@johnpotter4750]

Comet ?

[@itsmrlonewolf]

The Churchill was the fastest tank of the war! But all that speed would risk spilling the tea and that just wasn’t acceptable so they drove slowly! You could tell which crew drove the Churchill because they all had whiplash from the immense acceleration!

[@zsoltpeterdaniel8413]

@@itsmrlonewolf so underrated :D

[@thebladeofchaos]

I'm 3 months late but amusingly I know the logic. Back in WW1 Churchill was a massive advocate for the tank. in fact it's because of him that the British Program got off the ground. at the time he was the lord of the admiralty and had the tank project put under him (secret project to design 'water tanks' in Messopotamia). When it came to infantry tanks we had no naming scheme.....I can't tell if it's a joke or if it's serious, but Churchill is supposed to have commented to Jan Smuts (the Field Marshal of the South African forces) that They named it after him 'after finding out it was no damn good' given it took until Mark VII to get accepted into regular service, I can't help but wonder if that is actually the truth.

[@damienspiers2140]

The names that the Churchill more than likely because Churchill help came up with the idea and Winston Churchill was very famous anyway all right so shut up

[@chickendrawsdogs3343]

I'm still amazed how modern the Crusader tanks looked.

[@weirdunknownperson2916]

Chicken Draws Dogs m3 lee: am i a joke to you bro?

[@lenx5953]

mk1 proto boi yes it is a joke, look how tall it was

[@realmario979]

@@lenx5953 M3 Lee: *Do not question the elevated one*

[@flamealchemist546]

no kidding man, they had the sleek look that is associated with modern tanks way before any other models

[@brad3154]

LukeStar 979 Churchill Gun Carrier : Are you challenging me?

[@5PBox]

“Did I mention that the tank was an mbt” “ sold” That had me dead Also the development office part was amazing God darn that Danny devito gag, rofl

[@TsaiSigh]

Pickled Pickles mbt means main battle tank right?

[@stormzx9389]

@@TsaiSigh yes

[@stormcrowlegendary3512]

Fun fact, the T in MBT doesn't stand for tank, it stands for Tea.

[@aussiejezza]

@@stormcrowlegendary3512 Englishmen: Shut up and take my money!

[@josipcuric8767]

Engineer: So how should the tank look? Britain: *YES*

[@lecuksh.o.2.a881]

*does a line of cocaine in british*

[@tf2anti963]

lijepo

[@Lucarionape]

Leo on Blitz that’s tea

[@mrrrglllrrr]

Engineer: So how should the tank look? Britain: Aye, mate.

[@MattyC0900]

@@lecuksh.o.2.a881 can confirm

[@misternikolas8611]

I feel like brits were the bethesda of tanks during WW2 but unlike bethesda, it just worked.

[@deadraven355]

Unlike Bethesda the brits actually wanted to put out something good

[@ericamborsky3230]

The Cromwell was just like the situation with Elder Scrolls 6. It was widely anticipated for a while, but in the meantime they kept rereleasing the Crusader with a few new bells and whistles before working with other companies to supply other tanks to their soldiers.

[@LedosKell]

Was there a modding community?

[@Sutorean51]

their entire military personnel is the modding community

[@milbruh6671]

It. Just. Works.

[@ottovonbasedmark]

What makes a great video? -sarcasm -Memes -British grenadiers march -history -tanks Check!

[@arcticanimations694]

What makes a good comment? -592 Likes -0 Comments F

[@primal_guy1526]

The engine when the speed limiter is removed: kill me

[@QuyenNguyen-vr5pq]

Later.

[@thefinger1776]

Where was I? Ah there we go.

[@kingly456]

Come on, come on

[@Multi-Purpose_Account]

@@kingly456 MUHAHAHAHA

[@wildman510]

The engine when you start it: bang bang misfire bang pop (gauges fall off) sputter sputter stall (engine falls out and lights on fire)

[@JustinY.]

If the Allied Forces used squarespace they would have won the war a lot faster

[@Thelonewanderer352]

Justin Y. Our god has spoken

[@henriquepedrazzi9008]

My god Justin, what do you enjoy? EVERYTHING?

[@Thelonewanderer352]

Young Thinker - iuvenis animo dude it was a joke relax no need to be like the Japanese in 1941 when they attacked the U.S Over the excuse of not selling aviation fuel . Learn to handle a joke and don’t get mad over something that’s stupid

[@StarLord_2307]

Yes they would

[@Divert486]

And if the kaiser used nord vpn, the usa would have never joined into the first world war.

[@CindyDijkema]

"Oi Brodie i think the tracks fell off!" "Doesnt matter Brad. Oi Bobby hows the tea?" "Still to hot!"

[@cateyestudios6592]

bruh

[@CruzRoman3211]

Brad, Brodie, Bobby and bruh

[@GlizzyGoblin757]

nobody in Britain is called Brodie or Brad. maybe bobby rarely

[@aduck7134]

I believe you underestimate us british, the tea is never "too hot"

[@td370]

Brodie, Brad and Bobby are not names you will find in the UK lmao

[@The_Devil_Himself]

6:13 Mammal Development Office 50,000,000 BC Angel: Sir, there's no room for the testicles God: *JUST CUT A HOLE IN THE BACK AND PUT EM IN A BAG*

[@DaL33T5]

Angel: The prostate won't fit! God: PUT IT UP THE ASS

[@VivAtreyu]

Angel: The hand is no good! God: Take 5 mini-arms and put them together!

[@zekedia2223]

Angel: They can’t walk God: Add 10 more mini arms

[@drunkensailor5771]

@@zekedia2223 angel: there's to little food in trees God:CUT OFF THERE TAIL MAKE THEM WALK UP RIGHT AND GIVE THEM POINTY STICKS

[@pjnoonan1423]

Angel: Sir, they're living to long! God: PUT A TINY GLAND FULL OF POISON AT THE TOP OF THE SMALL INTESTINE THAT BURSTS AT RANDOM.

[@galahad3195]

"The Germans couldn't figure out how to kill them." Until they leveled out the 88mm Anti-Aircraft guns, that is.

[@ziekaiser3873]

Until i reached them level ACHT-UND-ACHTZIG and started to upgrade them Hurensöhne

[@nomnomxddd8157]

You can't destroy enemy tanks? But an AT round in your AA gun and Boom, that's it

[@alphawolfgang173]

AA means anti anything

[@andrewcharles459]

...which conveniently already had a ready supply of armour piercing ammunition to hand.

[@baron2062]

@@lostalone9320 it was still incredible at it, so meh

[@henryviii3264]

British tanks? I think you mean mobile tea brewing facilities

[@Uveal1]

Nah wasn't till the Centurion they could be called that.

[@melodrama9098]

With added tea bag launcher in case the Germans were thirsty

[@HJDore]

Henry VIII *cough cough* challenger.

[@fraxomfire6657]

@@HJDore *cough cough* tog II

[@stormzx9389]

@@fraxomfire6657 Nope, that's the mobile tea warehouse, supply convoy, and tea factory all in one.

[@mt-9320]

"it eliminated the radioman" poor bastard never stood a chance.

[@urdnotwrex6969]

British Engineer: Sir, what should our tanks looks like? British High Engineer: Something which came from Warhammer 40k. British Engineer: Sir? What is Warhammer 40k? British High Engineer: You will see brother. *Heavy Emperor Breathing*

[@Gerbs1913]

Turrets are good, sponsons are good. Combine them for perfect tank design.

[@sorcererberoll4641]

Urdnot Wrex maus meets bane-blade battle for the last triple tonnage ticket

[@majorkalashinikov1277]

Heavy Queen Breathing

[@nodubstephere1008]

Praise the machine spirit, Brother Chaplin.

[@pieman2435]

FOR PRAETORIA!

[@Indig3nousLif3]

"improving american tank design" - here mister American, we took your sherman and added a tea pot next to the commanders seat, increases morale, don't forget the biscuit platter on top of the main gun breach.

[@stormzx9389]

Oh and we added a gun that is actually useful. You're welcome.

[@dernwine]

Given that a lot of Tank Crews where being wounded because they had to get out of the Tank to make a brew, putting a kettle *inside* the tank is actually a very good idea. Especially when you combine that with the invention of boil in a bag meals.

[@Indig3nousLif3]

@@stormzx9389 "anything else we should know" -US "Uhmm.... Yeah we added a better gun that should be able to actually kill german tanks but thats minor" -britan

[@kurf4122]

Wouldn't necessarily say the 17 pdr is a "better gun that actually kills german tanks". The vast, VAST majority of German tanks being fielded in France at that point were Panzer III/IVs and their variants. The 75 Shermans had no problem dealing with these, and the 76mm M1 the Americans developed could still punch through Tigers which is what the Americans were most concerned with, yet rarely ever faced. There was simply no need for the 17 pdr, it was slow to load, cumbersome, and it was easier to convert a 75 Sherman to a 76 than to a 17 pdr, along with the new Sherman turrets being superior. Not only that, the Americans had been fielding a better field gun in their 90mm cannon loaded on the M36s, of which more were built than the Firefly. The British found a way to make use of their anti-tank guns, and so did the Americans. Neither gun was better for either side, as it didn't serve any good to their respective stockpiles or production. But implying the 17 pdr was somehow a God gun compared to the American 76 when both guns were mostly shooting Panzer IVs is silly.

[@Indig3nousLif3]

@@kurf4122 tis a joke my man... Like the entire chain...

[@eggshells355]

Fun fact: potential history is acualy the lizard and not the human that is in his profile picture.

[@nono7947]

The human is the lizard's assistant

[@TheAnomaly00]

The guy is just his editor, and the one who actually presses the keys when the lizard dictates the script.

[@far0145]

RRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@n1thecaptain965]

Yeah, the human is the pet, which is unusual, as cats are usually the ones that have human pets, dogs also like humans as pets, but bears like them as food

[@panzerschiff9805]

The lizard btw is a Leopard gecko

[@SPAZTICCYTOPLASM]

There's a few things you can absolutely say about British tanks, or i guess the tank corp. 1: Give your tankers helmets. 2: HE is not just for artillery.

[@crumpetcommandos779]

There were some instances of the tank corps wearing a similar helmet to the paratroopers but it wasnt very common

[@HydroSnips]

Tankers had a helmet, the “RAC helmet” introduced around 1942. Before that they used one with a quasi visor and which was made of softer materials. The RAC helmet was steel (like the Airborne helmet). It was actually fairly common, photos of crews with them are frequent, but some chose not to wear it as it could hinder a fast bail-out (mixture of knocking it on hatch and having to wear radio earphones under it that needed removing in a hurry). David Renner tells a good anecdote about placing his on part of the turret exterior in front of his hatch (iron sight maybe?) as a bullet magnet for zealous snipers.

[@alaybozan2634]

06:13-06:24 engineering graduation project in a nutshell

[@gabrielwong1833]

...Yep.

[@punishedthatch8495]

I think a large part of the tank designs being a bit meh was the prioritisation of the RAF. A decent chunk of the war was spent on the back foot and defending the country from invasion. This time was mainly spent in the air and on the sea. The RAF were our shield and so we had to prioritise R&D and production of planes rather than work on our tanks.

[@johnburns4017]

_"A decent chunk of the war was spent on the back foot and defending the country from invasion. "_ When was this?

[@boebabips6717]

@@johnburns4017 haha good one

[@SudrianTales]

That and making the RAF Commander Viag-I mean heavy bombers instead of seafires or another useful carrier plane

[@yellowjackboots2624]

True, the priority for British manpower during war was not the army or even the navy, it was aircraft manufacturing

[@Thot-Slayer-420]

​@@johnburns4017the battle of britain

[@McCbobbish]

There was an Australian centurion that was nuked for testing. It survived and was driven back to the base, refurbished, and actually saw action in Vietnam.

[@lhgarage-triplethepricehal1663]

I remember getting surrounded in war thunder in a Matilda 2. The enemy wasn’t able to go through any of my armor and I was able to kill the other tanks. Unfortunately my turret turned extremely slow so that meant it took about 6 hours to kill the enemy

[@mosesracal6758]

French Char Tankers can relate

[@nathagar9251]

If they didn’t all shoot your barrel to death and keep doing it until you ran out of parts or died, they were probably bots.

[@DonTekNO]

1:07 HOLY SHIT! For how long is David Fletcher doing this? Gotta love our british tank grandpa.

[@scootergrant8683]

Anyone got that video link as I want to see it in its entirety.

[@stoneylonesome4062]

David Fletcher is the Charles Darwin of our time.

[@aadishankar575]

@@stoneylonesome4062 in a good or bad way?

[@stoneylonesome4062]

@@aadishankar575 Good

[@rosehites3419]

The construction of the tank

[@stormyprawn]

6:11 spicy meme timestamp

[@galladesamurai2380]

Tank builder: sir,the tanks keep running into mines Tank designer: PUT A BUNCH OF CHAINS ON A ROLLING PIN AND HAVE IT SPIN REALLY FAST

[@KoishiVibin]

@@galladesamurai2380 Sir, our tanks are taking too much fire *M O R E A R M O U R*

[@chickentendies9581]

@@KoishiVibin sir, our tank is to heavy *ADD* *MORE* *HORSEPOWER*

[@KoishiVibin]

@@chickentendies9581 "The engine won't fit!" "Make it taller." "The turret traverse's blocked!" "Shave that bit off!" "The turret won't fit enough shells!" "PUT EM OUTSIDE!"

[@chickentendies9581]

@@KoishiVibin the tracks dont work ADD CAR WHEELS

[@GuyfromPA99]

If the Germans had Nord VPN, the Allies wouldn't broke their enigma code.

[@samiamrg7]

It’s actually interesting how the “Cruiser vs. Infantry” tank split hoes all the way back to WW1. The very fist tank deployed was the Mk. IV tank which was pretty slow and was meant to carve a path through no-man’s land into the enemy lines for the infantry to follow. Later, there was the British “Whippet” tank, which was much, much faster and was meant to be used like cavalry to break a hole in the enemy lines and then go wreak havoc behind them. The problem with the Whippet was the same with cavalry though: once they broke through they had no way of communicating with command to recieve orders on where to attack or whether they should attempt to retreat. This was rectified by WW2, however, with the introduction of radios to tanks.

[@leehongjin6884]

Person: The french invented the tank* *Laughs in British*

[@kavasir7042]

Pretty sure it was HG Wells who envisioned the tank in warfare, he wrote a book called The Land Ironclads. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Land_Ironclads

[@Thatonedude227]

Kavasir if you really want to go to “ideas that never happened” then Da Vinci invented the tank

[@industrialbro]

Lord Fluffykins McCuddlebottoms XIV And the helicopter

[@maxace1078]

Lee Hong Jin France invented the modern tank

[@leehongjin6884]

@@maxace1078 You mean the layout of tanks? The British invented the tank first as the Mark I tank was first in serving the basic functions of a modern tank, which are to defend a given area or help troops punch through defensive lines.

[@archlorddestin]

I think that we can say one thing about the British tanks: They got better. I mean, the Challenger 2 is an absolute masterpiece.

[@loganthekrogan2182]

I remember when a Challenger was chasing Jeremy Clarkson. Absolutely Hilarious.

[@eliosimon2636]

Caridor no it’s rifeled barrel and Manuel traverse no it’s not

[@markky3050]

@@eliosimon2636 are you drunk? The challenger 2 is the most recent british MBT, it has the most effective AT gun on any tank, the best armour protection and state of the art radio and optics. No challenger has a manual traverse...

[@Chastity_Belt]

Uuuuh. But isn't challenger 2 the worst modern MBT? I mean, it's heavy, slow, have a RIFLED gun, and it's also big as FK. Soviet/russian tanks with all their design flaws at least have a much better 125mm guns and very small sizes. 125mm smoothbored gun can shoot stabilized ammo like APFSDS, fin-stabilized HEAT and also anti-tank missiles as well. C2 also have APFSDS ammo, but it's not so accurate with rifled gun.

[@impguardwarhamer]

don't get me wrong the challenger is a good MBT, but its pretty much the same as every other competent MBT in service (aside the Armata but thats a different discussion entirely). If you wanna talk about impressive british tank design that stands out in its time period, the comet and especially the centurion are where to look

[@deptusmechanikus7362]

Wanna know the real reason british infantry tanks were so slow? so the gentlemen inside wouldn't spill their tea...

[@rn-zu5ld]

And also is why the fv4202 had stabilisers

[@stormzx9389]

Tell that to Girlz Und Panzer.

[@yeetosyeeterofyeet1825]

Squire reference

[@kyphe.]

It is actually so the tank are forced to stay with the infantry under fire. In exercises tanks that were faster always separated from their infantry when under fire and left both themselves and the infantry unsupported.

[@deptusmechanikus7362]

@@kyphe. nah, that can't be right.🤔

[@nicholasso8560]

2:15 Huh, that's an odd asymmetrical desig- oh.

[@SuperLusername]

Legend has it Churchill wanted to stop all war production except aircraft and warships. He wanted to park the Royal Navy on the German coast and keep shooting until Germany sinks or Royal Navy runs out of ammunition.

[@nicktrains2234]

@kasztaniec whoosh

[@tecnicstudios]

@kasztaniec every continent is technically an island, thus Germany is apart of an island.

[@waaghghazghkull6362]

@kasztaniec Give it enough time and it will become one

[@tecnicstudios]

@St. Petersberg I'm just joking around

[@aceofcheems7685]

Germany: stop spawn camping, noob

[@zeveno7865]

If only The Axis used Nord VPN we could’ve seen a different outcome of the war

[@davidmorling1264]

Ya but then the allies would've used tunnelbear to counter

[@highflyFinn]

Then we couldnt have cracked enigma!

[@tostie3110]

I made this comment thinking I was a genius

[@mr.drakness3039]

Actually everyone should go to my Sawcon event

[@davidmorling1264]

@darkopsguy Alan Turing was like sugondese nuts Germans heres the enigma decoding machine

[@shanemcman3665]

6:11 this part slays me. Great job

[@galladesamurai2380]

Sir,the gun on the archer is to big for a driver seat! PUT IT IN THE BACK AND HAVE IT DRIVE BACKWARDS

[@jazzingpanda3190]

Giving that shell a burial ceremony at 1:45 is peak British

[@crsd80mac37]

Use your VPN to hide your tank designs from the Germany LoL.

[@ziekaiser3873]

ima find em anyways.hans is in ur house.

[@nomnomxddd8157]

Use Nord VPN or USA will declare war on you

[@ZETH_27]

Go to the Swedish servers to experiment with your tanks without the Versaille Treaty getting in the way.

[@tangmengtit888]

@@ZETH_27 yes

[@Attaxalotl]

Or intentionally leak your plans to Germany, have their engineers find their flaws, have one of your spies swipe their analysis, and improve your tanks.

[@TheLastSterling1304]

The British were very foward thinking when it came to tanks even in the first world war coming up with designs for APCs, and SPGs, and understanding the tanks filled a breakthough or exploitation role. Even up to the second world war the British had Experimental Mechanized Force to test up combine arms warfare before even the germans. Problem was that while the british understood the roles that tanks played, the specialized them too much. Infantry tanks that found itself in the exploitation role, or cruiser tanks in the infantry support role(Let's forget how the Royal Artillery played a role in preventing tank HE shells since "HE was their job"). Arguably the best british tank of WW2 was...THE UNIVERSAL CARRIER !

[@yuyuesun1573]

I think you were make weird Company of Hero 2 reference...

[@TheLastSterling1304]

@@yuyuesun1573 honestly no

[@Inucroft]

@@memunist5765 the universal carrier was the bren Carrier.

[@wolf310ii]

If i remember correct, the brits combine arms warfare was mixed infantrie/tank units (tanks as part of the infantrie unit), and the germans had independent tank units wich made them way more flexible

[@alganhar1]

@@wolf310ii No, they had armoured Divisions similar to German Panzer Divisions in 1939. The tanks distributed among the infantry (one tank batallion to a Division if I recall correctly) were the Infantry Tanks, not the Cruiser tanks. The Armoured Divisions were made up of the Cruiser Tanks and were supposed to be the exploitation force after the infantry with their Infantry Tank support punched the hole. At least in theory. Then you HAVE to remember that all armoured Divisions are actually mixed infantry/armour formations. An early war German Panzer Division was actually heavier in Armour than a later war Panzer Division, that is not because the Germans were running out of vehicles, but because they found that they actually needed a greater ratio of Infantr in their Panzer Divisions to support the tanks. By the end of the war the standard Armoured Divisions were made up of 2 Infantry Brigades/regiments and an Armoured Brigade/regiment. The main difference is that the infantry were motorised or mechanised, so could keep up with the tanks.

[@Uveal1]

You forgot the most important part of the Centurion tank the BV (Boiling vessel). Thanks to this British troops did not have to go outside to make tea

[@gustavofring5674]

Alternative history theory: what if those Matilda tanks pushed back Rommel and his forces

[@ericamborsky3230]

Alternate history: what if the Flack 88 was never produced?

[@felipedaiber2991]

Not much changes, the african front lasts less and in the most radical escenario Britain invades Itally by itself without US aid

[@alexmartin3191]

@@felipedaiber2991 I believe he was talking about the push prior to Dunkirk and the fall of France

[@crazeelazee7524]

My grandpa had a saying about the British. "They are excellent at doing the wrong thing". I think this pretty much sums up their tank designs in WW2. They were excellent for what they were designed. The problem is that they were designed for WW1, not WW2.

[@roberthansen5727]

Tbh, they weren't even really designed for WWI - combined arms warfare was essential to WWI, the problem of the British tanks wss that they were unsuitable for it.

[@loosedoglew2430]

Crazee Lazee fuck off will you

[@kierenboimufc5940]

Think you find Churchill was probably the best climbing tanks and one the best armoured

[@edi9892]

I rather think of the Italians there with their tankettes. As an infantry support where other tanks can't go, they're amazing, but they hardly ever had a chance of fulfilling their role...

[@johngamba4823]

My grandpa had a saying about the Americans....but it’s not suitable for a public forum

[@ryanchapman8255]

Who needs tanks when you have mad jack churchill

[@yoda1037]

Him and goering should've fought hand to hand

[@Carlours]

@@nedsteven4622 well goering trousers were a bit flappy and he loved a quick bit drugs

[@6Six6Six6Bruh]

If he had a Churchill to ride on, on his way to MEET Churchill,

[@VersusARCH]

(and then you realise that every Japanese officer went to battle with a sword)

[@Jetsky_YT]

@@VersusARCH pretty sure none used a bow and arrow though.

[@TheImperatorKnight]

Good video! British tank-doctrine was the main issue. Tanks cannot win battles alone, and yet that's exactly what the British thought they could do (thanks Percy Hobart!). The Germans were way ahead of the British in terms of combined arms warfare, and it showed. Without artillery or infantry support, the German 50mm PAK 38s hit the British tanks before their 2-Pounders were in range to fire back, never mind the 88mm Flaks, or the German tanks themselves. It's also worth noting though that the main problem with the early British Cruiser tanks (like the Crusader) was their reliability, or lack-of reliability. They would break down at the drop of a hat, which is why Auchinleck was requesting a 50% reserve in tank numbers prior to Operation Crusader in 1941.

[@Undead38055]

Hey! It's you! Keep up the great work tik :3

[@TheImperatorKnight]

@@Undead38055 thanks! I'll try :)

[@Undead38055]

@@TheImperatorKnight I'm super excited to see the Stalingrad episodes. Honestly the Eastern front is my favorite part of ww2 ( in a good way 😅)

[@firefox3187]

German doctrine was taken from British proposed new fighting plans that where tested in exercised though never adopted till it was used against them in France of joint forces.

[@sean640307]

to be fair, it was really only the early Crusaders that were bad - the Crusader III had the 6pdr fitted, the extra machinegun turret removed, and the cooling system fan drive assembly was completely revised so it was a much more reliable piece of kit. However, the 6pdr still lacked any HE capability, so while it was a better A/T weapon than the 75mm M4s, it still couldn't take out the A/T guns!!! One step forward, one step back!

[@Puffin_777]

And after they become obsolete "Mount a demolition gun and add 'AVRE'!"

[@blakethecommunist3301]

Get 5 car engines and put em together

[@liamgalwey5616]

Quite commie it is very ‘effective’

[@PANZERFAUST90]

@@liamgalwey5616 Quiet,*

[@nikitao8153]

What tank was it in?

[@nebufabu]

@@nikitao8153 It was a side-effect of that whole rush to produce tanks for the Lend-Lease and the US Army. Shermans had about half a dozen of various engines fit into them, including Chrysler A57 (which was the contraption the vid mentioned.) on the M4A4 Sherman.

[@l0lLorenzol0l]

Fun fact: The UK is responsible for the Americans naming their tanks after Generals. When they sent a tank design to the US in WW2 for the US Army to use soldiers started calling the tank "Honey" because it was so much better behaved and easy to manage than their american counterparts. The british general in charge thought this was "unprofessional" and suggested they name it after old generals.

[@davidsabillon5182]

The more you know.....

[@allthegoodnamesaretaken4180]

Lorenzo Pagani I think you mess up the British called it the honey not the Americans because when they drive they said it was a sweet ride. And the honey was American. ( sorry if I miss understood you and please don’t take as a offense.)

[@anarchyandempires5452]

Yeah I can believe that, it definitely sounds stupid enough to have happened.

[@pepebeezon772]

The brits sent the M3 Stuart to Americans? Are you high?

[@BelaM27X11]

as one other guy in the comments already mentioned, that isnt true

[@angryduck553]

The. French. Tank. Meme. I think the frogs deserve some bullying right about now?

[@yosefvonhansom2921]

@TheSatanicTicTac Also the Leclerc is expensive

[@angryduck553]

Tsunami1 I'm not saying that they are bad. I'd just like to see a video on their tanks. There is one on Italy too, so why not?

[@delta2372]

They are bullied enough leave them be

[@delta2372]

@@ng3898 the S35 was actually pretty good they just couldn't get enough made and the french army had allot of problems at the time.

[@snowy165]

@France France France France France France weren't* and the french resistance tried to fight the germans but their baguettes weren't strong enough

[@Ashmole3]

I laughed so hard at the "meanwhile at the British tank factory" cut away

[@benwilson276]

Archer gang where you at?

[@stormzx9389]

Designer 1: So who did you get to help you design the tank? Designer 2: Oh, I got that french guy to help. Designer 1: No wonder the gun's facing backwards.

[@lunokhod3937]

@@stormzx9389 Designer 1: Even the gun is trying to retreat!

[@Morbacounet]

The archer would have performed perfectly at Dunkirk.

[@harrybarber2518]

Backwards gang backwards gang

[@angrypenguin6966]

Sleeping Turtle there have been blown up by TOG 2’s

[@soviet_tank_lover]

Didn't the Australians use the Matilda till the 50s? I mean the matilda wasn't perfect but I love the tank.

[@konstantinriumin2657]

Emus can't melt Matilda armor

[@rauguziteljguzi5211]

Says t-34

[@Nonsense010688]

@@konstantinriumin2657 True, but they can penetrate its frontal armor with they beaks.

[@airsoftowner]

I believe one of its main flaws was that they never developed an he shell for the matilda's main gun

[@soviet_tank_lover]

Wasn't that done on purpose? I remember reading somewhere that the British thought that the 2 pounder wasn't that great with HE shells.

[@LordSniggles]

1:45 unfortunately though... (realises he's about to say he wishes WW1 went longer) lol good save :D

[@breakfastline]

Hypothetically that could have been more time for hitler to get shot lol

[@LettuceGayming]

Sadly, the hot tog never saw use

[@brianzulauf2974]

The British were actually putting enough armor on their heavy tanks to protect the crews so they had that going for them

[@helmetmcbaron]

Shame they all didn't have built in kettle's though

[@sgtsnuggles9112]

Oi mate, you got an opinion loicense?

[@lune_dba]

got a gun free school?

[@TheGamegurusChannel]

@@lune_dba Oi, lemme see yuor zinger loicense.

[@ltsjoke5443]

@@lune_dba oi mate, ya got a talking license?

[@mattdyer9544]

You got a question permit?

[@luansagara]

@@lune_dba got yer nail bomb, truck or stabbin target loicence?

[@johnnybadboy3475]

Meanwhile on r/historymemes, a Brit vs. American meme war is going on

[@mlg_teletubby9391]

@@trenchantarchbishop5759 Honestly it's pretty lame. A bunch of people posting the same ten stale memes over and over and posts with their countries flags asking for upvotes.

[@mlg_teletubby9391]

@@trenchantarchbishop5759 Legit 90% of the memes are "Haha we burnt the whitehouse and you can't make tea" or "Well you lost India to a starving guy". Most of us just want it to end

[@MrJJandJim]

@@trenchantarchbishop5759 I forgot the meme war, what happened again?

[@declangulley4687]

The sherman may be universal, but the bob semple tank is where its at!

[@frenchsoldier8485]

You think Sherman is good tank? Ha! KV-1 was superior to any German tank until they developed a new tank

[@anonymoushunter9808]

French Soldier T-34-85 is my favourite

[@frenchsoldier8485]

@@anonymoushunter9808 T-34s were shit tanks, they lasted only 11 months out of combat and I remember them only lasting hours in it, the IS tanks and KVs were our quality tanks

[@frenchsoldier8485]

@@anonymoushunter9808 Or if you pronounce it in American, the JS

[@anonymoushunter9808]

French Soldier I’m British mate 😂 anyway the Russian tanks was the fastest all round during that time

[@anonimosu7425]

Japanese RND in a nutshell : Works, making good stuff. Sleep for 4 years O shit Works at unprecedented speed

[@BichaelStevens]

It's coz china had nothing so japan didn't bother improving

[@carved6749]

@@BichaelStevens 1945 Japanese tank designs?

[@BichaelStevens]

@@carved6749 america?

[@dolans.g7259]

@TacticalMoonstone Until he get bullied by that one American kid for dropping his sub sandwich

[@antonymitchell3385]

It's interesting that you mention the somewhat 'Bespoke' nature of British tank production. My view is that this is due to the need ,especially post dunkirk, for incredibly fast production of whatever they could made. Whereas in the US, a) fighting overseas wars necessitated interchangability of parts, and b) there was more time to develop and retool factories for standardised designs

[@commandervex1626]

Britain: I Heard you Like...YOUR NAVY Germany: How Dare you

[@mrhetzer5040]

Britain:RELEASE THE TOG II German:call ze Tiger we need it now

[@nicktrains2234]

@@mrhetzer5040 Mein furher, the tiger is not enough, nothing can stop the Tog 2 rolling over germany

[@stormzx9389]

@@nicktrains2234 *Rule, Britannia! intensifies*

[@mrhetzer5040]

German:Send Panth.. ..*Suspension Break*

[@andrehashimoto8056]

British Laughing at the broken bridge, realize they also needed the bridge because the snorkeling equipment wasn't included because it was either it or the tea brewing installation. Two hours later something is moving underwater, 10 minutes late... U-Maus comes to their side....

[@joosepkubar2124]

I really wanted a video about the british tanks and I’m real happy you provided.

[@gent9358]

"Had impressive speeds" BT series: "And I took that personally"

[@ethang6735]

Whats more impressive is how mechanized the british were. Small army, almost entirely mechanized.

[@stephencrompton4352]

British tanks in WW2 are comparable to when you spend months reading and studying for a test, only to find you read the wrong books.

[@themightyalpaca313]

And yet you somehow passed the test. Not massively, but not by the skin of your teeth either.

[@sgtpepper3161]

6:00 The metal and Churchill's responses are freakin priceless xD

[@nervigeskind3131]

3:14 hehe “booby traps”

[@360Nomad]

The Stuart also saw service in all three fronts though... Also, Confederate pregnant Anne Frank.

[@PotentialHistory]

Good point. I totally forgot that one.

[@frankpolly]

and the M3 lee

[@stormzx9389]

I looked up what you were talking about and I am sincerely weirded out.

[@nathankingham1248]

360Nomad I could have sworn the valentine did as well

[@samharradence5689]

360Nomad confederate pregnant Anne frank top tier waifu

[@DeadBaron]

"You got an opinion license?" Spat my drink XD

[@Vlad_-_-_]

You see, dear Panther fanboys, the Centurion IS the first MBT, not the panther.

[@jonathansibrian695]

I would say more about the "E" series of the germans

[@rayhan_2k841]

And the greatest tank to exist lol

[@harrybarber2518]

The panther was a mb the t fell of with the transmission a mile back

[@mexicoball2529]

I disagree on that you se... *Catches on fire*

[@_wayward_494]

@@harrybarber2518 lmao

[@gunpointbob2375]

Us British aren't really fussed with perfection. it worked, we can fight with it, so we faught.

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

We also don't like perfection, what ever would we complain about if everything just worked?

[@maticsega3311]

Im a simple man. I hear british grenadiers i like.

[@frenchsoldier8485]

I am simple man. I hear British song, I blast the Motherland's anthem

[@fawkes9370]

@@frenchsoldier8485 French Soldiers ?

[@frenchsoldier8485]

@@fawkes9370 I am KGB agent *Shoots Mika in head with silenced Markov*

[@fawkes9370]

Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country. For great mother Russia. *Motherland* *anthem* *starts* *playing *in* *the* *background*

[@frenchsoldier8485]

@@fawkes9370 Da *Cries in Soviet*

[@RealismFTW]

I just keep coming back for 6:12

[@galladesamurai2380]

Sir,putting a turret on the mark 1 makes it top heavy! PUT THEM ON THE SIDE

[@NinjaAO42]

As much as a meme the British tanks are, I like them due to their variety. Its just really nice to look at a tank battalion consisting of tanks of various roles supporting each other and working coherently

[@Ukfairgrounds]

In modern day Britain has one of the world’s best tanks

[@jh8037]

he forgot our precious d-day funnies. how outrageous!

[@barbarossavr]

Oh yeah forgot about those lmao. Good thing tho as he would have brought up the 4 out of 33 swimming tanks that survived D-Day lmao

[@mrthompson3848]

@@barbarossavr you say that, but one of those tanks helped capture the first beachhead of the d-day landings (A bit of nan green sector of Juno beach) The Regina Rifle Regiment’s troops (specifically, this was 7th platoon of B or C company, I think) were being mown down by an MG nest until a Sherman of the 1st Hussars showed up (the Rifle’s platoon commander had to destroy an anti-tank bunker for them first, but that’s what combined arms is all about).

[@Predator20357]

@@mrthompson3848 true but still, 4 out of 33, that is like...less than 25%, Though the argument could be made that they were released too early

[@mrthompson3848]

@@Predator20357 nah, the weather was just too rough. Had the allies waited for calmer weather D-Day would have happened in July. Can’t keep men on ships in the channel for that long.

[@Predator20357]

@@mrthompson3848 I think that was what I was trying to say, The Pacific Theatre has shown these funny tanks with floaties much better. It can also infer that making the Germans really split up their forces earlier can help the Russians in the long run. D-Day being quite the success as it is, is quite a feat with how many things gone wrong during the operation.

[@tovarishchlexykaze3285]

Awesome video Potential History

[@nortonthedestroyer]

6:25 Meanwhile the challenger cruiser tank is quietly crying in a corner...

[@generalbandege1184]

The reason why British tanks start with a C is obviously, Britannia rules the Sea!

[@VersusARCH]

3:02 Apart from the Matilda and Sherman, the US M3 Stuart and M3 Grant as well as the British Valentine tanks were also used on all major fronts except China (Eastern Front, Western Europe, Africa and the Pacific).

[@bouteilledeau1463]

I keep coming back to this video just because of 1:07

[@Fab1us]

"I am gonna hold my gun sideways -it makes me look cooler!"

[@claudyfocan731]

4:56 I’ve never seen someone jump in a tank so smoothly and gracefully 👌

[@glennridsdale577]

Churchill was introduced in 1941. Only its specification was issued in mid 1939. You’re right about tank design and production, though: it was a shambles. For example one company (Nuffield) flatly refused to fit the RR Meteor engine in the A24 and A27 rather than their own, ancient, Liberty so that they weren’t fit for purpose; 500 A24s and around 1300 A27Ls were nonetheless purchased. That was a huge slice of British tank production at the time. Only about 4000 Cromwells (A27M) were built and just 1500 of the excellent Comet when it was finally available.

[@dragz4life422]

6:10 GOT ME CHOKING IM LAUGHING SO HARD

[@walkingdude8248]

Yea man I fuckin died

[@defectiveturret4391]

+1

[@sarnnox]

*GeT FiVe CaR eNgInEs AnD pUt ThEm TogEtHeR*

[@rocket_sensha4337]

Briton: why the engine is so worn out?! Also Briton : "removes speed governor"

[@werttrichen]

Someone: It's not about who shot first with a tank, it's about the first ide- *gunshot British: Someone else?

[@Runha240]

imagine being a poor german dude in France seeing a Matilda for the first time in your life "Hans, was ist das?" "Was ist was?" "How do you kill zat?!" "NO IDEA"

[@Angrade]

There was another tank with the 17 pounder. It was the Challenger. A Cromwell with a twice as tall turret to hold the bigger gun. They did not like the tank seeing how tall it stood however it was about the same height as a Sherman. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruiser_Mk_VIII_Challenger

[@sean640307]

& other nations bought it, even if the British chose not to use it themselves (& why would they, when they had already developed the Centurion?)

[@elitesoldier234]

@@sean640307 They already have Cromwell chassis in big number, Centurion not ready to industrialized. Same goes to Charioteer.

[@meercat666]

@@elitesoldier234 actually the Challengers main flaw was that it didn't use the Cromwell chassis. The Cromwell was slightly to short to mount the 17pdr, so they had to make a new Cromwell chassis from scratch and manufacture it slightly longer to compensate.

[@elitesoldier234]

@meercat666 yeah, at least it still can be used as a stop gap because Centurion's design is new and hard to manufacture. Also the modify 17 Pdr to fit Crom's chassis too right ? which will became Comet

[@Spudtron98]

They went for the Firefly because it was easier to just use the bevy of Shermans they were receiving and slap together new turrets for them rather than having to construct the entire tank themselves.

[@totalclone1317]

We thank the Australian War Memorial for the footage on behalf of Potential History

[@iamkulit1cs613]

British Tank design in a nutshell "to show you the power of our tank development... *I SAWED THE TANK ROLES IN HALF* "

[@BigEvy]

British tanks: M O V I N G B U I L D I N G S

[@Dianasaurthemelonlord7777]

Pretty much.

[@SirRattledBones]

Mobile Boston Tea Party with explosions.

[@autistichades5552]

We call those Mini Bens!

[@chadbased_6990]

"britain rules the memes"

[@TyrantsRemedy]

The world wars for us are the equivalent for when parents here leave clothes to dry outside and then it starts to rain #BRITISHANDIMPROUD

[@dylanmilne6683]

I must say it does dissapoint me a little that you didn't really mention the railways at all. In my opinion the railways shaped the British tanks completely. Also I disagree with production. Most British tank production through the war was rivited and British tanks did have a couple of parts shared between them so I do think production was a bit standardised.

[@welsh_Witch]

The railways saved britain during the war

[@h3nder]

Ah yes, the screws and teapots were the same on most of them.

[@barbarossavr]

Our railways were revolutionary for us but because we went berserk in Victorian times when we didn't have very effective tunnel digging tech they were very curvy.

[@macaronibingbamboni5975]

Meme tanks 4: dreams of memes that could have been.

[@Turgineer]

4:48 Cruiser Mk. IV (A13 Mk. II) is my favorite tank. We could call his armor a metal tea box, but he's fast. And wow, this is the first time I've seen this video of the A13 Mk.II