What Happens If A Tank Shoots Directly at a Human (Point Blank)

I'm sure it's happened to you in any video game you've played. And it's a question we've wanted an answer to. We spent an unfortunate amount of money to make this video a reality for you for free. We hope you enjoy the increasingly larger caliber tank rounds used in today's video.
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[@tylerzettl8085]

These new 9mm rounds are insane..... they blew the body right off the lungs!

[@tc6818]

We'd better get a replay of Biden's quote. Maybe he said a ninety mm round.

[@nofrojo]

😂

[@alltheframes9015]

Yeah, they just added a zero. Kinda crazy

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

Science

[@tonytaylor5461]

Now this should be the top comment

[@DaBeast34]

Kudos to the tank guy for getting hits almost exactly center on all 3 shots

[@ltcuddles685]

At these ranges they probably just look down the bore to sight it in lol

[@zabaleta66]

A little high on the first one.......😑

[@bored2323]

@@zabaleta66 oh so ur That guy

[@hbaggg]

its not really that hard to aim a tank gun at a stationary target

[@bombcat5517]

@@hbaggg ah yes, speaking from your 3000 hours on war thunder? tank sights are usually offset above and to the right or left of the gun. theres like a 30 cm difference between where the gunner's sight is looking and where the barrel is pointing at all times

[@boxant]

"is he allowed here"

[@Maxiax117]

War thunder -The gunner is unconscious! The gunner*

[@wingzero7X]

He's just resting

[@bjornvanderpol163]

average m18 commander

[@keinname9438]

The gunner is every where

[@susbus4657]

the 152mm best represents the gunner of a m18 after being shit at by a isu 152 point blank

[@PH_navyist76]

@@wingzero7X No, since he replied a Negative to an "attack the D point"

[@stevewilson4514]

This is a good illustration of how and why you have soldiers who end up listed as missing in action. Or buried as UNKNOWN.

[@domgo349]

It is pretty rare that someone would be hit by a tank projectile like this though, right?

[@Siiseli2]

@@domgo349 If you were inside another tank that got shot at, not really, depends on the armor though and how much of the projectile actually gets inside. Other than that though, yes, it would be very wasteful to shoot a person with a tank round, even with HE you just aim in the general direction, not on the target themselves. Also the reason why machine guns exist on tanks.

[@onepunchbud1472]

Jep... With all the arty fired in Ukraine this stuff probably happens more than we think 😢 There will be some direct or almost direct hits...

[@TheNapster153]

​@@Siiseli2 I've heard that some Russian tanks were packing the tank equivalent of shotgun rounds. A volunteer squad got caught by one and the lone survivor immeadiately retired then after the incident. Nasty stuff.

[@nathantudor5763]

@@TheNapster153 rounds like that have been around since Vietnam, possibly even earlier. They called them beehive rounds, the Vietnamese were terrified of them.

[@hunterbarksdale9778]

We need a "How many bodies does it take to stop a 152mm?" video now.

[@Daddy_Lazar1067]

The answer is probably "enough "

[@fracturedraptor7846]

You're probably talking about tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands. Humans are very squishy and that kind of shell carries a tremendous amount of energy. It was designed to penetrate something millions of times harder than human bits. If anything constantly slamming into bodies would make the shell veer off the path a little, and when it runs out of enough penetrating power the deviation will drastically increase.

[@kewintaylor7056]

But..in real life no gunner would use 152mm to shoot at infantry directly😂.

[@ammaterra]

​@Alibane Gredon And how much cost ballistic gel model? )

[@MrG3ST]

Yes

[@gwallace5403]

My grandfather had a shell casing like the one at 6:00. I was always amazed at the sheer size and weight of it, and it was entirely casing. Seeing that hit someone would be scarier than if it hit something beside you... assuming you were able to put together what happened picking your buddies brains out of your hair.

[@wulfheort8021]

And that's only a 76 mm one, today we have 120 mm on our MBT's.

[@zuthalsoraniz6764]

Of course, in a real war a tank would probably be shooting HE at infantry, rather than an inert solid shot projectile. So, there's a good chance if it hits your buddy next to you, you will be rapidly departing this world as well

[@markb.7642]

I would love to see a collaboration between you guys and the slowmo guys. I think it would be really cool to not only see the projectile heading down range and hitting the dummy but get to see the shockwave and the detail you can see at 100,000 fps.

[@michaelbentz1105]

Finally the “What round for home defense?” question has been answered.

[@xcr8ivex708]

120mm APFSDS

[@zv_cx]

@@xcr8ivex708 HE for when the feds come after you, APFSDS when they bring a tank, yes.

[@MOX-ch2]

Robbers can't rob you if you don't have a house to rob

[@ByeBye683]

@@MOX-ch2 😂

[@asdfiuy]

akschually, the 800mm round fired by the schwerer gustav is the best home defence round, because in using it for home defence, you also negate your town's need for home defence.

[@Adriono100]

Remember, switching to your side tank is faster than reloading

[@spammerscammer]

"Der her"

[@beaconblaster33]

switching to your .50 cal is faster than reloading another 120mm

[@rexnike1665]

😂

[@user-xs4yy4rm6p]

"Ja"

[@dont-touch-mepg1392]

Better for up close!

[@scamhunter2346]

As a person who loves guns and artillery very much, Seeing those realistic dummies turn into meat just makes me feel uncomfortable, but yet so brutal.

[@Alexxx7137]

This definitely helps paint the picture of how some dude fighting in the napoleon war caught a canon ball to the chest 💀

[@starchitin]

The obvious follow-up question would seem to be "how many humans can a round from a tank go through before it stops being lethal?"

[@user-fq4vx6wh9o]

I don't think they have that kind of budget 😂

[@ninetailedfox579121]

All of them.

[@The_Real_Frisbee]

Yes

[@grahamgorner2092]

Sounds like the most average demolition ranch video😂

[@lamebadger4787]

Have you tried a "beehive"/flechette artillery round on one of your "Smiling George" ballistic torsos? That would be interesting to see as well! Keep up the fire!

[@magisoftworks5329]

$2000 tank Round + $3000 target = Pure inspiration.

[@officiallytx]

In a multi million dollar cannon 😂

[@The_Ren]

Is he allowed here? 😂

[@thurin84]

and confetti.

[@MistaGSpecialEducation]

Imagine it was a ricochet. Russian bias

[@zherean42069]

​@@officiallytx a ww2 tank doesn't cost that

[@frankieatjumbleend4867]

"It's got a Jaguar engine so it's like really fast, like Princess Diana speeds." That line had me rolling 😂

[@kylehill4437]

Your guys videography is amazing. Well freaking done to whoever is editing.

[@gansior4744]

Next week: -What will ICBM do to a Human Body?

[@FierceDeity35]

I think we'll be seeing that first hand in a few weeks.

[@that1electrician]

​@@FierceDeity35 prophecies still need to be fulfilled before that comes

[@Thegrimgobler3570]

Next week: What will dropping the moon on them do to the human body?

[@davideskerlot2945]

Bruh 😂😂🤣🤣. Stop.

[@fell9654]

Unfortunately North Korea has probably already answered that one

[@ihkaTweetybird]

Finally a video with information that can actually be used in the normal daily life of every person. Now I know that if a tank shoots me point blank I will definitely die. SCIENCE

[@bobbbobb1624]

But will you feel it?

[@Kasumi_Tashi]

@@bobbbobb1624 if yer head is intact, yes, definitely yes

[@aaronrocs]

The myth of tanking a tank round: Busted

[@TacticalPhoenixYT]

​@@Kasumi_Tashi a very out of body experience.

[@Ryann9]

@@Kasumi_TashiThe likelihood of your head being intact after being blasted by a tank round, point blank, is probably very low.

[@shooteveryday1841]

Micah: the production on this is absolutely excellent

[@RossCastro]

On the last firing test it's absolutely incredible that you can see the shockwave of the blast shift the grass in the distant background.

[@MMBRM]

Imagine how sad they were on viewing the high speed from that second shot and realizing that it was obscured for 90% of the time.

[@coinholio470]

probably a lot less sad after seeing the 3rd shot

[@bibekjung7404]

ALMIGHTY God KABIR

[@JaridMitchell]

The fact that this has definitely happened to someone at some point in time is INSANE 😵

[@williamlinares5842]

It has look up documenting reality a group a Ukrainian soldiers take a point blank tank round

[@MrWuTang]

@@williamlinares5842 also Isis

[@genek8630]

That's what's called missing in action. It means you're gone, and they can't even find your dog tags.

[@redditor7548]

@@williamlinares5842 they die from the blast radius not a direct round

[@sibsnake]

@@redditor7548 blast radius doesn't do shit on that distance

[@nunyabiznass1629]

When you dropped that tank round and a clip of an explosion happened @ 3:07 i almost jumped out of my chair😂😂

[@Jigsaw407]

Hehe, yeah, that got me good too!

[@jimmajr9224]

awesome video! love how you were drenched in blood at the end of it all.

[@akaspooderman6560]

The “Is he allowed here” had me on my floor laughing so much 😂

[@daisyrose5787]

Fr 💀💀

[@uclajd]

John Lennon vs a snubnose 38.

[@Ub3rpwnage44]

I was about to say the same thing

[@Bdennie84]

“I was born in the dark” 🤣🤣

[@loadapish]

On the floor?

[@Jay-ln1co]

I just enjoy Garand trying to conduct a conversation and all the people around him are dropping spicy memes left and right.

[@nutmeg9005]

And his reaction is always fuckin gold its such a hilarious experience

[@snakycake4790]

you're videos are good fun to watch, cheers bloke!

[@martinhansen6802]

Make this a series! Next we want to see something like a DM53 or even a practice round traveling at 6000 feet per second.

[@worsel555]

7:57 in what can only be described as "...the round creates a temporary wound cavity larger than the body itself." Absolutely glorious.

[@Sheridan2LT]

That "temporary" is doing SOOOO much heavy lifting there 😂

[@lemons1559]

@@Sheridan2LT can't have a cavity if you don't have a body.

[@marcusinfestus1333]

On behalf of every soldier who has ever had wildlife wander onto the range and endured a cease fire: "thank you"

[@thatsnodildo1974]

I still don't get how a Wild critter can wonder onto a live range without freaking out lol

[@thickoc4539]

My dad used to get drunk and tell us about a drill sergeant that blew a weenie dog in half with a M14 at like 300 yards. He always said that if you can see your target, you can hit it(in regards to the M14) then would proceed to mention that poor dog lol. He served 2 terms as part of a tank Crew in the 70s and 80s. 🇺🇲

[@Pallium_Industries]

Whenever i was on tower i identified wildlife as targets and gave credit to those who hit them. Your welcome.

[@Red13teen]

Exactly

[@unpapelcascaron7463]

@@thickoc4539 based

[@phillipharrell7692]

Dude your personality is priceless. Keep up the good work

[@elishahmiles6740]

My grandpa was part of a howitzer crew, one of the only stories he told me was about direct firing the 155 mm at a VC that was launching mortars at them. They had to get clearance to do so, as he told me the VC was 800 yards away and the HE shell had a 400 yard blast radius. When they sent iut a recon team afterwards, all that was recoverd was a shin bone.

[@mrvwbug4423]

Yeah, HE doesn't have to score a direct hit, close definitely counts with explosives

[@efekanuyguner6513]

155mm HE probably has around 10kg of tnt so... Edit ; a M67 Hand grenade have 180gr of tnt inside

[@AutoBahn13903]

Wow

[@garmancathotmailcom]

I think you mean 40 yards.

[@anthonyh.4560]

@@garmancathotmailcom The official "Likely kill radius" of a 155mm artillery shell is 50-150 meter radius, depending on type used, further is "Likely injury radius" with a danger zone of about 250 meters where you still have several mm sized shrapnel flying around, causing potential casualties for targets unfortunate enough to be out in the open.

[@leshaunjames424]

by the title of this video… he’s totally gone insane

[@CharlieBaker4470]

Incorrect! Not insane enough.

[@jcoverpass]

Or has he become a wrinkly brain Genius?

[@kvorso9627]

🤣

[@792slayer]

I approve.

[@BTR-80M]

@Te Rui how to assemble your 3d printed m16 while trapped inside a human stomach

[@mrflocky4016]

The accuracy of your team is scary, that was amazing!

[@foxdog5949]

You guys just gel really well. love watching always very funny and entertaining keep it up

[@jackdunn3737]

My grandfather was a battery commander during Vietnam. They were at risk of being overrun by an enemy battalion, so he ordered their howitzers to be direct laid and had the fuses removed from their airburst munitions. They completely annihilated the enemy force and he was awarded a silver star. Crazy shit. EDIT: You can read about it in “Human Impact of Technological Innovation on the Battlefield” 15 MAR 1985. I based my telling off how my grandfather told me, but to quote the paper: “Bliss recalls suggesting the use of ‘Killer Senior’ with ICM rounds. The minimum time fuze setting of two seconds created an air burst at 1,000 meters. Eleven rounds were fired, and almost immediately, North Vietnamese firing ceased.”

[@amhuman5138]

Jesus, that must've been terrifying for the enemy, I assume that with the fuses removed the shells were basically just solid shot?

[@elbrayan23xd47]

​@@amhuman5138 Nope the shells explode on contact not on a certain distance

[@strigon_1586]

@@amhuman5138 I'm assuming slap-chop'd (replace the blades with shrapnel) tango charlie is the most accurate description of what occurred in the jungle since the fuses are removed, and they would detonate on contact with any solid mass (i.e., enemy combatants, trees, and the ground).

[@pavegray]

Savage. And damn American.

[@Rath1262]

When my grandpa walks past a tree I can see it in his eyes that he flashing back it’s emotional 😢

[@GenX-Grampa]

I love how the intestines just stayed floating in mid air while the rest just vaporized. That hang time was impressive!

[@eyo8766]

Tony Hawk's intenstines

[@wllwll-zh7ig]

Imagine a mile of intestines. This is a small scale compared to the real deal. Wicked

[@Pronchonche]

"Can't say you died shitting yourself if your intestines are ripped from your butthole faster than you can understand it"

[@mojo3008]

Are you sure that wasn’t one of those dangerous 9mm rounds Biden was talking about?

[@johnbowse4693]

Grumpy Gen X Granpa. Me too. I'm Gampa jghon

[@brianmurray1395]

That is the CRAZIEST thing I have seen you do yet. The thing is this HAPPENS in real battle situations. I gotta give you 13/10 for that dude. Speechless.

[@uchiha7160]

you can fire tank shot for $1200 but you need $1200 for just calling an ambulance.

[@defenstrator4660]

This reminds me of a veteran of Iwo Jima talking about how people just couldn't understand what it meant for human beings to be hit by weapons meant to destroy steel and concrete.

[@joshuaortiz2031]

Yeah a lot of people don't understand how brutal modern high powered weapons are and what they do to human beings.

[@lcgiv4u]

True. People don’t even think about what cars can do to them in and out of a car (or on a motorcycle). And we spend a lot more time around those than weapons of war. Even if one’s been in the military.

[@metafication]

remember that video of the ukraine squadron that got hit with a tank blast? civilians were shooting videos of them after the tanks had left. it was brutal and a lot of them were missing their heads

[@UnknownOps]

​@@metafication you got the sauce fam?

[@metafication]

@@UnknownOps i tried looking for it and only got pro ukraine videos of them blowing tanks up. this was about a year ago close to the start of the conflict

[@1996zjamesb]

everyone else on easter - "watch my todler hunt for eggs!" garandthumb on easter "watch my tank hunt for humans!"

[@reliquiae9017]

This is one of the best videos to come from this channel.

[@Akartavor]

Sick episode!

[@ccrazool]

I am absolutely impressed with the howitzer shot. The guy who dialed that in is a marksmanship ACE! Just incredible!

[@M4xXxIkInG]

yeah im astounded aswell. it seemed they also finally got the Tank shells from keyholing. or maybe its just the sherman 76 that has issues with this. i remember videos where the shell wouldnt fly straight at all, so i was very suprised :D

[@tolga1cool]

Probably bore sighted it

[@JPindanga]

holy mother of god it comes to nothing

[@mikestselnikov4031]

When modern tank will shoot a human - nothing left. I saw the result. Only legs has left.

[@TheTh903]

@@tolga1cool hello, actual gunner here from drivetanks that aimed the gun. Yep, had to bore sight it, the direct fire scope is really only good past 200 meters so we had to bore sight, took a while to final get the gun where I wanted it cause we only had the one dummy left but I was very happy with the result

[@tonyv8925]

I knew a WW2 veteran, long ago, that fought in Normandy. His platoon was charging an 88mm anti-tank gun when it fired from about 100 yards away. The guy in front of him was hit dead center, from the waist up was gone, only his hips and legs were left, they moved forward a few steps and fell down. He had nightmares for years later about that.

[@TotalyRandomUsername]

The 88s had warning lables on them, that you should not stand in front of them while fireing. Unfortunately they were written in German.

[@user-yc3tf4wz2x]

Damn! Straight up Mortal Kombat fatality irl

[@madafaka8784]

That's eerie as fuck

[@Joeded]

Fucking hell… that’s nightmare shit

[@gr8gabe314]

Years? How did that create a permanent mental scar that his children inherited

[@DjVanillaGuerilla]

This is my first time seeing this channel. I wish I knew about it sooner. The Charlie guy had me laughing so hard 🤣

[@viridian.vertigo]

The cinematography is insane

[@jrussell76]

As a guy with no money, I really appreciate your patreon subscribers and how you use what they provide!

[@thatoneguywhodrinkstoomuch4446]

I have money and I watch this for free

[@2stroketyson79]

as a guy with no money I just mind my business

[@2stroketyson79]

@@thatoneguywhodrinkstoomuch4446 its so odd to appreciate other people money & how its spent its not even something I think about

[@DSToNe19and83]

Yeah, most of it definitely doesn’t go in a bank account in someone’s name..

[@zach3096]

People who give there favorite millionaire content creators money are some of the most shrimpy pathetic type

[@willbaur1191]

Over 50 yrs ago I met Mr Devine, a very solemn man and a survivor of the Battle of the Bulge. One of his forearms had an odd bow to it. He explained going over a knoll he saw a tank, dodged to the side and the round passed very near him damaging his arm. I think the word he used was jellified. After many days in various diy splints and slings it took a set. He was happy to still have it.

[@eriklarson9137]

Dad?

[@josephg.3370]

Wow!

[@pimpovic2]

Damage simply from the air turbulence? Wow.

[@josephg.3370]

@@pimpovic2 That's not what he said, genius.

[@Cheesepuff8]

@@josephg.3370 Pretty sure the guy is suggesting he was injured by the heat and pressure wave of the round passing by

[@DirtyMardi]

Ha! Had fun times blasting stuff with those 152mm D-20s during my service. Direct fire training was of course the most fun. Those old T-54 hulks stood no chance, and I doubt anything will. Sadly (or luckily, because them’s heavy old girls) those howitzers are now retired too and sitting as target practice in the same spots as their previous targets lol.

[@RedBeardReaper]

Holy Fuggin shyte I love you guys That was beautifully gruesome and I'm here for it 😂

[@nematolvajkergetok5104]

I actually met a guy who survived having been shot with a T-72 tank cannon. It happened in the Hungarian army, during a target practice. He was sent to plant a signal flag in the target zone. As he did, he felt something violently yanking his jacket. He looked down, and found a good part of his jacket missing. An armor piercing projectile went just under his arm as he reached out to plant the flag, barely touching his body. A tank crew was very, very badly disciplined on that day.

[@steamingsteve2]

jeez man im glad hes okay, i wonder what happened to the tank crew...

[@SammehEatWorld]

holy fucking shit

[@Phoenix59z]

hes lucky he was shot with an apfsds i assume. Because the round itself is thin as fuck

[@samharvey6194]

​@@steamingsteve2 definitely gulag or even worse latrine duty 😂

[@steamingsteve2]

@@samharvey6194 dear god...

[@Slash1066]

The sheer violence of that howitzer was unreal, hard to imagine anything surviving that

[@Gooutsideforonce]

I feel like the gas out of the brake would still be enough to rip your face off

[@MT-pf6cm]

yea without decent body armor surviving a shot like this would be highly unlikely

[@wolfepatterson8021]

​@@MT-pf6cm lmfao I really hope you are joking

[@samealcee]

There's a reason why the "likely kill radius" of a 155mm round is 50-150 meters, and the "likely injury radius" is 350 meters.

[@omnomnomu]

need to check dreadnought ship cannons 340+mm.

[@ShastaBean]

dang 7:58 - imagine all of that planning & expense and then you put your slo-mo camera in a place so that it gets almost totally obscured by a cloud of fire & smoke from the tank canon. A for effort and fortunately the other two were visible. Really awesome!

[@marifcelebi9015]

😱😱😱😱🔥🔥🔥🔥 the Best Slow mo ever made Awsome Job 🍻

[@shockwavegaming5907]

this has actually already happened. During the battle of 73 Easting towards the end of a battle an Iraqi soldier stood up pointing an RPG at an Abrams. The gunner, who was excited to see a guy pointing an RPG at him didn't wait for permission and just pulled the trigger, putting a 120mm shell through the guy's chest. According to the commander, "his body was blown away like a leaf".

[@alastor8091]

Sounds perfect for home defense. One shot, one kill.

[@PALACIO254]

Cool

[@i-never-look-at-replies-lol]

there's actually a clip from the current ukr/rus conflict of a whole squad of dudes getting blasted point blank because they mistook an enemy tank for friendly apparently

[@thefelon8027]

​@@alastor8091 One shot, 1 billion pieces

[@jakemocci3953]

There’s a video from the Syrian civil war of something similar, the guys legs stayed standing for a little bit while his upper body was turned into literal red mist.

[@AnglicanPolack]

For those wondering, the second tank used is an M41 Walker Bulldog Light Tank. I don't know why they neglected to mention that.

[@TheTotallyRandomGuy]

Yeah, one of my favorites. Was a little sad they didn’t mention it.

[@RosaParksWasWyt]

Ahh a fellow virgin I see

[@octaviusnorvelantis8934]

They new the autists would know.

[@2JZDestroyer]

probably Cadillac's greatest creation.

[@VikTheGreat360]

At first glance, my mind went to Diet-M60, thanks for the clarification

[@ChrisBamman79]

This is possibly the single best video ever made 👍

[@validore1]

It’s always fun seeing the physics of a human like object be there one millisecond and then not exist the next millisecond.

[@heinrichshultz]

That was easily the most violent yet coolest thing I have ever witnessed. Thank you guys.Happy Easter everyone.

[@jonesy19691]

He will be his own demise! 😁

[@stevemiller3082]

In the beautiful words of the chiseled jaw Brandon Herera “Objectively Beautiful”

[@dillonsmith-6982]

I thought I was going to throw up watching that first slow motion clip. 😅

[@stubbingtonmarigold3032]

I thought they were gonna put 5 torsos in front of that 152 mm.... so much energy

[@Goldendeed]

Right, this is insaneeee

[@Andy-413]

I'm glad you made this video. I was about to install a tank turret in my house for home defense, but this video makes me think it might be more than I need. Thank you Mr. Thumb.

[@TacticalPhoenixYT]

Instead, look towards a 40mm bofors anti air on a turret.

[@oldmarine312]

more than you need???? say it's not so

[@davidtorres5951]

Dr. Thumb

[@sholtzi2593]

I was about to install a tank turret in my house for home defense, but this video makes me think it might not be enough. I don't want to pick up any left over body matter.

[@jlagaviota]

What would you do in this scenario then?

[@jasonmcclintock6632]

This is one of the craziest videos I’ve seen yet lol

[@Justin_Saves]

Whoop whoop! Awesome episode

[@Vodkanir]

stellar video. rewatching this a year later, there is nothing like it

[@Connordaboss45]

Finally an accurate portrayal of 9mm in a video game

[@StanFalade]

Blows the soul out of the body

[@patriotenfield3276]

Joe mama biden's 9mm power.

[@126theman]

“The second amendment isn’t absolute, you can’t have a tank. You can’t shoot artillery through ballistic gel torsos on the weekend with the boys” -Biden I think

[@andrewsomma299]

According to the Biden Administration

[@traubd]

Lol the Deagle!

[@wombatusmaximus1788]

There's an account in Lex McAuley's book "Battle of Firebase Coral Balmoral" where a VC assaulter appeared atop the berm right in front of the muzzle just as an Australian 105mm M2A2 Howitzer fired, and he disappeared in a puff like he was never there. This demo lends credibility to that account

[@feelincrispy7053]

Every war the US has been in, little bro Australia was always there tagging along. Momma UK told the US they had to bring him along

[@lukeslayer]

​@Feelincrispy Fk off have some respect for the fallen that fought for the allies. Australia lost a lot of boys and men throughout that century considering it's populous and also did a helluva job aswell.

[@wombatusmaximus1788]

@@feelincrispy7053 America was wise to bring in the reigning Jungle Warfare World Champions for the tricky bits

[@itstrilby2037]

@@feelincrispy7053 Australia really should never have been involved in any of the US’s bullshit post-WW2

[@patterisepi]

@@wombatusmaximus1788 Australian jungle is far more dangerous than any battlefield so a war is like an vacation to the aussie boys.

[@jobmeems365]

“So this is a very slow round as you can see” He says while standing next to an obliterated corpse

[@ghostlypiano69]

that was pretty awesome. altho, at the beginning when you dropped the round and it went to the cutscene of the explosion, it made me jump and possibly pee a little 🤣

[@northof4953]

Whenever I play CoD, I'm like, “F*ck yeah, this is cool.” Then I watch these videos, and I see just how brutal war is. Makes you realize what real soldiers went through and what they saw.

[@johnbergstrom2931]

Don't worry, you respawn IRL too...

[@ehansultan]

@@johnbergstrom2931 based buddhist

[@orieraymond1263]

Makes me hate weapons and war, no human deserves to go through this

[@YTshashmeera]

​@@ehansultan lol

[@Inorepotatoes141]

@@orieraymond1263 I doubt your gonna be shot point blank with an artillery piece in a active warzone.

[@nightyeyes3771]

VERY impressed with the accuracy of every round fired. ALL were exactly center-mass.

[@711jastin]

not really, it doesn't matter if you miss a couple inches off the center with a round 6 inches wide😂

[@christerjackson9589]

@@711jastin It's also stationary targets probably 50 - 100 meters infront of the tanks which are intended to hit targets up to say a km, the Howitzer probably even more.

[@cykeok3525]

"Shot placement is more important than stopping power".. ..is a (normally meaningful) statement that is completely irrelevant here XD

[@user-uh5ph3ic6n]

My grandad was a tank commander during the cold war commanding a chieftain mk5 and they were testing the strength of this supposedly indestructible concrete my grandad gave the order to fire and the 120mm round turned this concrete to rubble even at 2000 meters

[@Erebus2075]

ok that was awesome and needed videoing :D

[@TeeTV22]

“Is he even allowed here!?” Lmfao I lost it when he said that…

[@joea6234]

he meant because he cant understand english and is unsafe, you ugly n word and big ugly at that

[@justinb3209]

As wild as the results are, kinda crazy to think that a few IRL humans have probably met this exact fate

[@MrWuTang]

We’ll my friend let me tell you about a little something called “LiveLeak”

[@KoflerDavid]

Probably a lot of those soldiers that are listed as M.I.A

[@zorgitron]

I was surprised by how often the head remained intact, which could serve to identify the dead.

[@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009]

The good part is, they probably didn't even noticed it

[@Recoome_Kick]

@@spoopy9689!!RECOOME KICK!!

[@aaronwheat5727]

Greatest thing I have ever seen. Epic

[@craigsteinkamp12]

For those wondering what the muzzle energy of the 76mm (second tank) it’s 1,926,109 fpe. The howitzer muzzle energy is 4,565,437 fpe. A 50cal out of a 38 in barrels has 12,139 fpe. A 308 cal with a 178gr at 2500fps has 2,470 fpe.

[@xmlash234]

That's exactly why I carry a 152mm for concealed carry. Got my stoppin power. Sure, only one shot, but if you can't hit the target on the first shot, you don't need more ammo, you need more practice, sonny

[@sugandesenuds6663]

what the fuck is that unit. Use joules like everyone else

[@craigsteinkamp12]

@@sugandesenuds6663 I’ll use joules when I see metric nation plant their flag on the moon with something other than a rover. 😂😂😂 Which with a Canadian going up soon I’ll need to brush up on my conversions 😅

[@RosaParksWasWyt]

@@sugandesenuds6663 joules 😂😂 get back to me when you’ve been to the moon 😎

[@JCtheMusicMan_]

@@xmlash234 🤣 the images the thought of this conjured up in my mind 😆👍🏻

[@Midgetnator]

Next up on Garand Thumb: What will the USS Iowa's 16" guns do to a ballistic gel torso at point blank range?

[@jacehoemberg9546]

I would pay to witness an Iowas 16 go off

[@alienpizza]

GT after they fire off the 16”: “Wow I totally wasn’t expecting that!” literally nothing left of the ballistic gel but a greasy spot 😂

[@seankillingsworth8618]

Rookie numbers, gotta bump that up to IJN Yamato's 18".

[@firestorm165]

@@seankillingsworth8618 closer to 18.1 inch actually

[@southronjr1570]

This is something that NEEDS to be found out!!!!!!

[@SheepHunter9780]

That was an expensive day at the range

[@nopenope7914]

So I am REALLY curious... Are you guys able to do a kinetic energy penetrator with small Cross section and high velocity via sabot?

[@stoptrackingourdata8158]

In honor of Easter Sunday, Garand Thumb has a scavenger hunt with a ballistics lab dummy and some of the best buddies a guy could ask for. Happy Easter, everyone.

[@Sluckie13]

I found a piece in my back yard - and I live in Canada…

[@TheLARPist]

U too brother

[@A_Brit]

This was amazing! I'm sure it cost around $10,000. Thank you for bringing this to the people. An absolute thumbs up on this video.

[@trashflood7883]

Just the torsos are around 10k

[@Mollah03]

​​@@trashflood7883 they handing it to these gun tubers like its candy i dont think it cost that much but surely cost some penny since they making them accurate

[@Bravo-Too-Much]

Yeah, and the lab coats alone are $10,000.

[@zippyparakeet1074]

A garand thumbs up, even

[@peachfuds]

Try 60-80k

[@arx3516]

Now i want a "nuke vs ballistic gel torso" video!

[@bobiddle1600]

I was really hoping the end would be a 155mm from the M198 Howitzer

[@nickdesautels108]

I’m so glad someone is taking on these important questions. Where science fails, garandthumb succeeds.

[@dianapennepacker6854]

Now we need to know how many elephants this can go through from trunk to tail in a line. Anyone know how to make a ballistic gel elephant? We need 20 at least.

[@ksaechao97]

This was incredibly insane! Bahahaha! Definitely don't want to eat a tank round.

[@Terraqueo22]

@@dianapennepacker6854 You dont need thou... All these tank guns passed tests back in the day.. They used captured tigers plates to test effectiveness of developed and prototype anti tank guns. the 90mm was US best tank gun around. it could pen tiger plates from almost 1km with no issue

[@daltonhartley2667]

This is the 5th video by him I’ve watched in the back ground while I do my burn pit registry… still not done

[@garrickr5084]

Fantastic footage! Tank vs. Megalodon next. Charlie would have been in heaven 😂.

[@vizualvoice]

My Grandpa Wier was a tank commander in Italy in WWII. He told me that one time they had a guy pop out of the bushes, shoot his rifle and take off running straight away from them. Grandpa told his guys to shoot him, thinking they would light the dude up with the machine gun, but the gunner fired the main 76mm and vaporized the guy's top half.

[@UnknownOps]

They got the results sure albeit not the way they wanted.

[@olliegoria]

What a shot

[@noswearingacc]

sicko

[@vizualvoice]

@@noswearingacc whatever 🙄. Your opinion is irrelevant.

[@jefforymitchell5697]

"fuck you in particular" lmao

[@tjmullenix0]

By far, the best slow-mo footage I have ever seen. I didn't think #2 could have been topped, but #3 was unbelievably and undoubtedly way better in every way possible! And cuddos to the dude that set that up, cause it was as you said, as center as you could have got. One of the best Sunday morning coffee videos ever!!! Very nice gentleman!

[@skrimper]

It's "kudos"

[@iansullivan7777]

Give him a break, he just wants to cuddo the dude that set up that shot.

[@sadnessinside123]

Now I need a coffee to rewatch this blessed video :)

[@arunadeepal3912]

Wow....what a beautiful dust cloud... thank you guys never seen a dust cloud in slow mo.

[@ivanahmady6064]

He’s one with nature now

[@alexkadolph7681]

This makes me wonder if some of the people who were tallied as MIA in WW2 were actually just unlucky enough to be hit directly with artillery during a barrage.

[@userequaltoNull]

Yes, definitely. "MIA" just means they can't find the body.

[@firestorm165]

There's a non zero probability so statistically speaking it's almost certainly the case for a decent percentage

[@ksaechao97]

😢💔🫡🇺🇲

[@alphazuluz]

I would imagine there are thousands of MIAs that met this fate. That was far before DNA testing, and even if you had DNA testing, I’m sure most of the remains were gone by the time the war was over.

[@freedomloverusa3030]

@@alphazuluz bro, for sure is a much higher number.

[@MrPingn]

"Shaken Baby Institute." Charlie is killing it in this one. 11:17 That projectile didn't even notice the torso it zipped through.

[@Vernich762]

He is gone, reduced to atoms

[@TheCreapler]

FRACKING SICK VID👍

[@NeilrodTheInescapable]

Can we see the projectile Charles?...SKIBIDIBOPMMMDADA

[@Trynnun02]

Can we all just take a minute to really appreciate how perfect the music is for this video.

[@jnorth3341]

I've only heard the music they were playing for the howitzer on one other video... so ya, pretty perfect.

[@sfdclay]

Yeah the classical strings 🎻 really hit the spot

[@ElkStirrinTheHoney]

I would have liked.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJPbmIyimLOre5o with multiple replays of the tanks going off, and maybe the dummy blowing up to the cannon sounds in the song.

[@Wiles731]

It sounds a lot like the OST to A Plague Tale. And the horrifying nature means this feels appropriate.

[@MrTheSmidget]

anyone able to list the songs?

[@kristopherdecker6549]

The head, after that 76mm round, fell down into the body cavity like some kinda mortal combat finisher, just as violent, but real. That is wild.

[@oldsteve4291]

Great vid, Brandon needs to work out more it would seem. If anyone is interested in what happens when a mounted cavalry man gets a direct hit from a cannon ball, whilst wearing a cuirass, go look up Francois-Antoine Fauveau. I can only imagine the results were similar to this. They found his armour but I doubt if they found much of Francois, maybe his legs.

[@Ze_cheems]

The explosion from the drop scared me

[@perseusrex614]

my nieghbor was in the Korean war in artillery, and he survived more than a few mass attacks. He said he would have to use the guns in direct fire they were so close. They would sometimes load flechettes in the guns and vaporise the NKs by the hundreds. It was so crazy he still didnt know if he should laugh or cry, but he was glad to make it back.

[@peterruiz6117]

I didn't know artillary could fire fletchettes ....Greusom !!

[@noeonoohno4219]

The US's most illegal war.

[@xXAsunaxKiritoXx]

Artillery got a huge arsenel of shell types to use.

[@matthewr6449]

"Is he allowed here?" Had me choking on my coffee.

[@Kingtiovani]

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[@JayMac]

That gave me a legit spit take.. Coffee all over my desk 😆😆 I was NOT prepared lol

[@okeel5611]

😅 😂😂😂