TOG's Italian Cousin | Carro Da 9T

Great Britain was the first nation to deploy tanks in war. The classic ‘quasi-rhomboid’-shaped tanks were first used on the fields of France in 1916. No history of those vehicles is complete without considering the important role of the Lincolnshire-based firm of William Foster and Co. in their design and construction. Other vehicles from William Foster and Co. in WW1 (1914-1919) included the Medium Mark ‘A’ Whippet tank and the Medium Mark ‘C’ Hornet, but by the end of the war, orders for tanks had dried up. There were too many tanks available and not enough need for them, meaning that much of the skills of this firm were languishing unused or were being diverted towards civilian work. Through the interwar period (1919-1939) and especially into the early 1930s, Great Britain was still considered a world leader in tank design and production, with some highly successful designs and exports from the firm of Vickers in particular. William Foster and Co. had no such orders and were, in fact, out of the tank game almost entirely in this period. That is, until the Kingdom of Italy, a nation rearming after the crushing costs of WW1, was researching various designs with which to build a new tank arm to suit its unique needs. The vehicle designed by William Foster and Co. to meet this Italian requirement owed much to its WW1 forebears, a design for an earlier generation of armored warfare.
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[@trappenweisseguy27]

The casemate and short barreled gun are somewhat reminiscent of the German Brumbar.

[@moonmoonbirdcpt]

in Jeremy Clarkson voice: some say he's the TOG, but he isn't, he's the TOG's italian cousin; the PIZZA TOG

[@misterscaz6011]

A crew of two?!! That’s a busy crew. Hope they got time and a half.

[@MegaBIGJOE64]

The machine was not very fast so ... they managed.

[@ptonpc]

Very good video. Thanks, I've never heard of this one.

[@jamesdosher2057]

Excellent video including the explanation why Italy was so "tank poor" going into 1940.

[@lanagro]

Situation has not changed much. The Ariete tank of today isn't a huge success story.

[@sinisterisrandom8537]

@@lanagro its a far larger success compared to that of WW2 era tanks. The gun isn't using aphe that only pentrates 54mm of armor or for all we know less. Its using apfsds. So the tank is a large improvement, since it can take on modern tanks. The question is, if the italian military is capable of fighting an enemy long enough for actual reinforcements cough allies and thats something we just don't know cause a war hasn't happened to our knowledge yet.

[@alessandromazzini7026]

@@sinisterisrandom8537 well, the fact Is that Italy as a Nation, has no interest in MBTs for home defense, the C1 Is meant to be used outside of Italy... The real italian interest Is in artillery and ifv/APC like the Centauro

[@PureFalcon1]

@@lanagro it’s nothing special, but it’s fine. 120 smoothbore, thermal imager, not uniquely slow or unreliable… it’s perfectly adequate

[@kabardino1337]

Italian TOG? "La Vecchia Cosa Nostra".

[@TonysGemDesignswithGCS]

At 0.18, that is not the Mk1, short barrel 6pdr, no tail , extended track frame (*/** ?) So Mark V*?

[@TonysGemDesignswithGCS]

@Altug Omeroglu thanks, also sponson shape and missing tail wheels is another telltale.

[@muwuny]

"An English" is incorrect, English isn't ever really used as a noun. The correct one would be "An Englishman"

[@davesy6969]

Tanky McTankface

[@CARL_093]

can you do a video about Ariete tank of italy the success story

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[@teslashark]

Sprocket!

[@ianmcguinness5029]

TOGA.

[@petethebastard]

A photo of 2 may suggest a crew of 3... Someone has to click the shutter!

[@rexmundi3108]

Ok, "Tony" .

[@BufusTurbo92]

Tony: *breathes* My italian ears: *implode*

[@crito3534]

LOL

[@Akren905]

Ahahaha I just died laughing at this

[@comentedonakeyboard]

Technology transfer, what could possibly go wrong?

[@ALE199-ita]

Carristi is more like Tankmen rather then tankies. how did you even translate Carristi into Tankies?

[@kabardino1337]

Tankies....? Comunisti!?

[@trappenweisseguy27]

It seems that English is not his native language.

[@realtsarbomba]

Junkies and tanks = tankies = tank junkies?

[@stuthhamster]

That's one spicy meatball launcher

[@benwilson6145]

Togi

[@thenumbere1045]

Hello there

[@rodrigogoncalves6165]

Hi

[@klausbjerg173]

General Kenobi

[@jamesdosher2057]

Greetings.

[@blasekiller9733]

@@klausbjerg173 you are a bold one

[@toeseater2855]

general kenobi

[@Pugiron]

They were just a fascist salute away from designing the Stug

[@chrisoffer3074]

I've never heard of a hornet tank was it any good been to bovington tank museum lots and never seen one

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

The hornet tank was officially the medium tank Mk C. It was going to be the main British tank for 1919 had the war continued.