A Tankers View of the Chimera | Warhammer 40k

I hop right back on my high horse and give your average tank crewman's assessment of Warhammer 40K's Imperial Chimera.
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  • @atankersview
    @atankersview Жыл бұрын

    Hope you enjoyed this shorter video, if you're interested in AFV please check out Ryan McBeths Video on HATS kzread.info/dash/bejne/mnmiw5uNZN25fZM.html

  • @killerkraut9179

    @killerkraut9179

    Жыл бұрын

    i dont know if i agree on this tank definition !

  • @Pridefallen975

    @Pridefallen975

    Жыл бұрын

    APC and AFV both do the same things right? what is the difference?

  • @Pridefallen975

    @Pridefallen975

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@killerkraut9179 fair enough he did say that this was his own opinion as a tanker himself

  • @killerkraut9179

    @killerkraut9179

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Pridefallen975 I think AFW is a more over including Term A armored Fighting vehicle can be practically everything Armored on Wheels or Tracks (MBT)(apc)(IFV)etc A apc is more special sub thing

  • @Pridefallen975

    @Pridefallen975

    Жыл бұрын

    @@killerkraut9179 thank you for clarifying It's been bugging me for a long time

  • @ImperatorZor
    @ImperatorZor Жыл бұрын

    In the First World War, the British decided to differentiate their tanks in two ways: there were Male Tanks with Cannons and Female Tanks with Machine Guns. After the war, it was generally agreed that Gendering Tanks was a bad idea.

  • @GaldirEonai

    @GaldirEonai

    Жыл бұрын

    Non-binary tank superiority.

  • @richardbradley2335

    @richardbradley2335

    Жыл бұрын

    @@GaldirEonai Thumbs down hehehe !

  • @CocoHutzpah
    @CocoHutzpah Жыл бұрын

    As a Steel Legion player, the Chimera is the dependable metal box that gets my dour Guardsmen up the board as a full unit. It eats up damage and sometimes even does decent damage to infantry. The Leman Russ draws attention but the Chimera scores points.

  • @goransekulic3671

    @goransekulic3671

    Жыл бұрын

    Ah yes, the Steel Legion. If only they continued the line. Oh well. I can always enjoy myself in Unification Mod for Dawn of War. Absolutely my favorite faction. And yes, the Chimera is a big reason why.

  • @inductivegrunt94
    @inductivegrunt94 Жыл бұрын

    The Chimera really in the jack of all trades chassis. It's not the best Tank/IFV for combat, troop transport, or any role it can fulfill. But it's nowhere near a bad vehicle. If you need a job done, the Chimera is the vehicle for you. If not, then one of its siblings with different configurations can. The Chimera really in the best the Guard have, which is why they still use it even when other vehicles are being replaced or dumped. The Rogal Dorn comes to mind with it possibly being created to replace the Leman Russ Tank that has been in service since the Great Crusade.

  • @vermin9190

    @vermin9190

    Жыл бұрын

    The Rogal dorn is meant to replace the bane blade and its variants. Bane blades are “small” in number and can’t be fielded in all the battlefields that they are needed in. The rogal dorn can go to the battlefields that the bb is needed but can’t go to and to other battlefields that they aren’t “needed”.

  • @rhuiah
    @rhuiah Жыл бұрын

    1:51 " 'non-service connected' hearing loss.' Love that attention to detail. Navy vet here and yeah, that 'sounds' about right.

  • @atankersview

    @atankersview

    Жыл бұрын

    I cant hear you over my military grade tinnitus lol

  • @ethancomee
    @ethancomee Жыл бұрын

    Check out the BMP! This is the first infantry fighting vehicle and I strongly believe that the chimera was based on this design that is still used today by modern militaries. I was in a Bradley fighting vehicle in Iraq with the First Armored Division. I got to see some captured BMP's up close. They have three firing ports on each side for AK-47's and a small turret on top.

  • @atankersview

    @atankersview

    Жыл бұрын

    i'm aware, im aware 😂 lol. i even put a pic of the bmp in the video. but most of the models i looked at prior to writing the video had just the drop ramp and a single door. only a couple of the steel legion ones had the fuel tank double doors

  • @rbwbr

    @rbwbr

    Жыл бұрын

    M113 and bradley is kinda closer to chimera as not alot of vehicles types and modificatioma were created on the BMP chassis (except the direct improvements like BMP 2,3,4) M113 is that exact metal box that can to almost anything if you put the right equipment on it. Gun ports are not the primary thing that chimera does Chimera is the a very similar metal box

  • @JakeCWolf
    @JakeCWolf Жыл бұрын

    Minor clarification about the gun ports, they aren't actually ports, the guns you see are lasgun equivalents hard mounted to the chimera and fed directly from it's own internal power/laspack recharger. Not sure if that mitigates the weakness or not, but I felt it should be noted all the same. Another great video, cheers!

  • @urbypilot2136

    @urbypilot2136

    Жыл бұрын

    As I understand, those las-gun firing points have joints that allow movement. That means there are still holes in the hull, from which stress points when an anti-armor weapon hits it can lead to failure of the armor. So fixed or not, it still will suffer the same weakness.

  • @Marth667

    @Marth667

    Жыл бұрын

    @@urbypilot2136 Weaknesses in the hull are the least of your concerns when being bum rushed by nids or orks.

  • @ajollyduck

    @ajollyduck

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@urbypilot2136 if the enemy gets a shot at the chimera's back deck you have bigger problems

  • @WarlockGhorst
    @WarlockGhorst Жыл бұрын

    The Chimera really reminds me of a BMP-1 due to the bulbous doors in the back.

  • @djcy9219

    @djcy9219

    Жыл бұрын

    Would definitely identify the BMP-family as aesthetic fathers for the Chimera

  • @atankersview

    @atankersview

    Жыл бұрын

    The steel legion ones for sure. Most of the models i looked at had the ramp with a single door.

  • @WarlockGhorst

    @WarlockGhorst

    Жыл бұрын

    @@djcy9219 The backdoor fuel tanks are VERY appropriate for the grimdark anyhow.

  • @djcy9219

    @djcy9219

    Жыл бұрын

    @@atankersview for me its the side port las-guns

  • @WarlockGhorst

    @WarlockGhorst

    Жыл бұрын

    @@atankersview Ah ok.

  • @thestabbybrit4798
    @thestabbybrit4798 Жыл бұрын

    The Chimera really was designed by someone who knew what infantry want and need. It carries 12 men, but is used by squads of 10 men - so if yours gets knocked out, your squad can hitch rides in the rest of the platoon's vehicles. It has a Multilaser, which is a potent suppression tool - perfect for making enemy troops keep their head down while you pile your wounded inside. The ball turrets are remotely operated - the whole tank can be sealed for operation in toxic or irradiated environments, because someone knew how damn trigger happy Mankind gets with WMDs. It's actually amphibious to an extent, so you can just drive straight into a lake if you're desperate!

  • @roguecarrick816
    @roguecarrick816 Жыл бұрын

    the chimera, competency is a battle taxi because the guys designing insanity are all focused on the tanks (see leman russ, rogal dorn, repulsor, & repulsor executioner,) the primaris impulsor kind of feels like a hover technical to be honest, (i know the gladiators are built on it, but as weird hover tanks go they aren't too horrible.) and I'm pretty sure the rhino is literally just the imperium finding an m113, scaling it up and filling it with marines. and all the most reasonable imperial armor seems to be the transports with aftermarket mods. half the guard motor pool? aftermarket add ons to a chimera. half the first born astartes motor pool? after market add ons to a rhino. the only sane primaris tanks? again, after market add ons to an impulsor. and funnily enough these vehicles usually have a little more of an intuitive relationship between their appearance and how you would expect they're operated than the 'tanks' all the chimera variants can be resupplied via chimera, (outside the giant missile variants that probably shouldn't be on the front line anyway and theoretically aren't being fired nearly as often.) the rhino variants and impulsor variants either carry weapons that are making use of what used to be a troop bay for ammo or they stuffed it with a generator. predators tend toward a small bore autocannon for general purpose work or if a chapter is actually hunting tanks with it they go with a generator and lascannons. the exception to the small bore & energy rule with rhino variants are the hunter and the vindicator. both of which are specialist pieces for a specific job and probably have a supporting rhino and a techmarine minder. ones a SAM platform. and the other is a dedicated fortification breacher on a budget. (because a rhino is cheaper to replace than a spartan or a land raider) compared to repulsors that are covered in more weapons than they should reasonably have room to carry ammo for or the land raiders that are massive targets, & I believe the leman russ has already been shelled on this channel so that doesn't need repeating. the impulsors are an odd family, (probably because their grav vehicles.) but the open bed pick up asthetic actually works ok for the walking bunkers that are astartes. the gladiator flavors are the reaper(designed to chew massed infantry that could overwhelm the astartes) the valiant(a short range ambush tank destroyer for pursuing enemy armor in tight spaces,) and the lancer, (which seems to be the result of someone taking the one gun everyone really wanted off the repulsor executioner and sticking it on a platform they could actually use) the repulsor executioner has to many guns with too many ranges and a transport bay, something isn't getting used properly with that design. the lancer takes the the idea of "hey, what if we stick the executioners big doom laser on an impulsor with some armor, keep the impulsors little go away guns, and let it just happily go hunting for tanks?"

  • @lemax6865

    @lemax6865

    Жыл бұрын

    A good assessment, but if I may offer a bit of advice in written expression, such a large volume of text really should be broken into paragraphs. It was a difficult read, not for any lack of logical coherence, but just because my eyes had trouble keeping track of where I was at.

  • @davidhetman6729

    @davidhetman6729

    10 ай бұрын

    What's wrong with the repulsor? In my opinion, it looks quite normal, taking into account the specifics of the universe

  • @MordredSimp
    @MordredSimp Жыл бұрын

    The Chimera is like insane not because it has like 13 barrels of fun like the BANEBLADE!! Or like a super box like a Leman Russ, it's just. A normal fucking vehicle that's realistic in 40k. That is crazier than anything. It just makes sense and that breaks my brain

  • @jrfsassorted2687
    @jrfsassorted2687 Жыл бұрын

    Hello A Tankers View, thanks for crediting my video!

  • @rbwbr
    @rbwbr Жыл бұрын

    Even the base Chimera makes a lot of sense with its weapons as IFV Multilaser is kinda 25-30mm cannon hunter killer for those extra oompf shots into enemy heavy targets it can even get a frontal lascanon for that purpose too

  • @terryhiggins5077
    @terryhiggins5077 Жыл бұрын

    Look Chimeras! Chimeras! Our enemies hide in metal boxes! The cowards! The fools! We...We shall take away...their Metal Boxes! Where the heck did you find that Chimera for Sprocket at?

  • @Nedkelly1974
    @Nedkelly1974 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this. Loved a real fighters pov. Also Angry Cops cameo :)

  • @feowsky5350
    @feowsky5350 Жыл бұрын

    Damm I kinda want a Rogal Dorn Tank video to compleate the Guard saga

  • @atankersview

    @atankersview

    Жыл бұрын

    So do i lol. Im saving it until i get my mitts on the model. It'll let me showcase my worlds shittiest painting skills.

  • @feowsky5350

    @feowsky5350

    Жыл бұрын

    @@atankersview lmao, I already bought mine and was glueing it while watching the vid. The only thing bad about the model is the bottom missing sadly. Also to save up on shitty painting it's best to use airbrush.

  • @hammanhouse
    @hammanhouse8 ай бұрын

    This was an awesome video! And I love the angry cops clip good old POTB

  • @ILoveWH40k
    @ILoveWH40k8 ай бұрын

    So the chimera and it's variants being shockingly reasonable was because a lot of the hard numbers about the tank came to the cannon via the imperial armor series of articles and then books. These were written by people more familiar with historical military books used for modeling, as modern tabletop gaming was still relatively young. So they were written by more armor fanatics than sci fi fans. The same reason why it's variants and adaptability actually makes some sense, they were made by people who were making 1 to 1's of real vehicles.

  • @Pheonix0998
    @Pheonix0998 Жыл бұрын

    It's kinda like the Rino hull "If it fits it works, if it works DO IT!" thanks for the vid

  • @stormraven8484
    @stormraven8484 Жыл бұрын

    If anything there was a Soviet IFV form the cod war that the Chimera always reminds me of. I it Also hade slots so Ak47s could shoot out the side. I Just can't remember the Modle Name thought

  • @atankersview

    @atankersview

    Жыл бұрын

    Bmp-1

  • @GaldirEonai
    @GaldirEonai Жыл бұрын

    And then there's the Salamander, which takes the engine, tracks and suspension of a Chimera but discards everything else to save weight and basically becomes a tracked racecar :P.

  • @NikkiTheOtter

    @NikkiTheOtter

    Жыл бұрын

    Salamander Scout Vehicle. One of the fastest things on the board outside of actual jets.

  • @dashiellgillingham4579
    @dashiellgillingham4579 Жыл бұрын

    The Chimera was primarily based on the Soviet BMP-1. The Bradly was designed to do everything it could do, but better. That’s why it has a few random add-ons that don’t quite make sense, like the ability to swim and shoot out of the hull in a toxic battlefield.

  • @therealistmccoy6237
    @therealistmccoy6237 Жыл бұрын

    I always felt it looked closer to a BMP/BMD-1/2, but overall an amazing video! Keep it up!

  • @Anton-cc7yc
    @Anton-cc7yc Жыл бұрын

    Chimera with the multi-laser always reminded me of BMP-3 or BMD-4M, especially the pseudo double barrel turret.

  • @asideofsalt.6645
    @asideofsalt.6645 Жыл бұрын

    awesome

  • @Tanzenergise
    @Tanzenergise Жыл бұрын

    REV UP THAT CHIMERA WHEEEEY~

  • @nietzchepreacher9477
    @nietzchepreacher947711 ай бұрын

    love this stuff mate, keep doing it even if the sub rate slows down

  • @stephenwood6663
    @stephenwood6663 Жыл бұрын

    I'll admit, you made me pause for a moment when you described the topside hatches as "anachronistic". "But Tanker's View," I asked myself "how can we know what'll be anachronistic in the 41st millennium?" I realised, a moment later, that you meant anachronistic by modern standards. XD

  • @markdorn8873

    @markdorn8873

    Жыл бұрын

    I like to buy conversion kits from Models and Minis that turn that silly top hatch into an environmental filter. Check out their HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENT EQUIPMENT FOR CHIMERA vehicle upgrade kit.

  • @user-cq1cw8xz7f
    @user-cq1cw8xz7f Жыл бұрын

    Please sire, longer videos

  • @ImperatorZor
    @ImperatorZor Жыл бұрын

    Also the thing about GW is that they make and sell models. You want a new vehicle? Instead of setting up an assembly line to make an all new model from scratch, make a different turret with a flamer and plop it in, maybe with some extra doo-dads as well.

  • @stephenwood6663

    @stephenwood6663

    Жыл бұрын

    To be fair, it also makes sense logistically. When you have to take all your spare parts with you to a battlezone light years away, you probably want them to be as cross-compatible as you can.

  • @demoncore5342

    @demoncore5342

    Жыл бұрын

    Makes sense for real tanks just as much. Just retrofit what ever you need on a platform you are producing already instead designing stuff from scratch.

  • @NikkiTheOtter

    @NikkiTheOtter

    Жыл бұрын

    @@stephenwood6663 That's actually one of the common things explained in fluff 'Yeah so this 'variant' was made because we couldn't fix this tank, but we have half a dropship full of Chimera parts so we transplanted the turret from the tank to the Chimera. Recoil? What's that?'

  • @XD-sc4ix

    @XD-sc4ix

    Жыл бұрын

    @@NikkiTheOtter that's pretty much the lore for pretty much almost all patterns of the baneblade

  • @tpot3679
    @tpot3679 Жыл бұрын

    You mentioned the M113 a few times here, but I’d like to point out the Space Marine rhino. Looks near identical to older M113s.

  • @jasongarfitt1147

    @jasongarfitt1147

    Жыл бұрын

    Wasn't the rhino based on the fv432 ?

  • @Yingyanglord1
    @Yingyanglord1 Жыл бұрын

    its here!

  • @jordansmith4040
    @jordansmith4040 Жыл бұрын

    Firing ports were an idea in the 70s and 80s. You'll find them in pretty much every IFV developed in that period, including the Bradley, Marder, and BMP. All of the upgraded variants cover the ports with armour instead. Games Workshop is also enamored with undersized turrets, leaving no room for both gunner and commander. This would result in a less than effective vehicle, but that doesn't seem to be important in designing fictional plastic models.

  • @NikkiTheOtter

    @NikkiTheOtter

    Жыл бұрын

    Novelization fluff explains that the vast majority of turrets are either remote operated, or a servitor (Who takes up less space than a full human)

  • @robertross5201
    @robertross5201 Жыл бұрын

    The firing ports for the cargo, (oops, infantry) are intended primarily to clear infantry attacks from the side so the cargo (oops, troops inside) can be offloaded

  • @jamesscalzo3033
    @jamesscalzo3033 Жыл бұрын

    Loved the video @A Tankers View! Can't wait for the next video man! If you ever need a Break from Dispensing the Emperor's Justice in Warhammer 40K, maybe take a Look through the History Books and cover Tanks and Other Vehicles like the M4 Sherman Medium Tank Lineage, The M3 and M5 Stuart Light Tanks or the Later M24 Chaffee Light Tank, The M10 "Wolverine" , M18 "Hellcat" or M36 "Jackson" Tank Destroyers, The Panzer III Medium Tank, Panzer IV Medium Tank, Panther Heavy Tank, Tiger or King Tiger Heavy Tanks, The Crusader, Cromwell, Challenger or Comet Cruiser Tanks, The Matilda II, Churchill or Valentine Infantry Tanks, The T-34 Medium Tank lineage, The IS-2 Heavy Tank or even the God Awful Type 95 Chi-Ha tanks from World War Two just to name a Few.

  • @isaacchapman7628
    @isaacchapman7628 Жыл бұрын

    I like the Chimera, wish I had a cheaper transport to shove guys into so I could truly have an all mechanized list. Bolt Action spoiled me.

  • @abpire

    @abpire

    2 ай бұрын

    Taurox are cheaper

  • @aronnemcsik
    @aronnemcsik Жыл бұрын

    One of the few Eldar soliders who cares: What does this monstrosity do?-pointing to the Chimera- Guard Man: absolutely anything you need-points at the version with coffee machine in it-

  • @NikkiTheOtter

    @NikkiTheOtter

    Жыл бұрын

    Chimera variants (Known) Multi-laser APC Heavy Flamer APC Gryphonne Variant Twin Heavy Bolter APC Kronus Variant Autocannon APC Basilisk Long Range SPG Griffon Heavy Mortar SPG Colossus Heavy Artillery SPG Medusa Bunker Buster SPG Hellhound Flamethrower SPG Devil Dog Melta SPG Bane Wolf Chemical Warfare SPG Hydra Flak SPG Wyvern Area Suppression SPG Manticore Missile Launcher Deathstrike Missile Launcher Salamander Scout AFV Trojan AFV Chimerax Flak APC Chimedon Tankette/SPG Chimerro ISV Defender IFV And that's the ones with models. There's also background/fluff describing PDF battlefield ambulances, minesweepers, bridging vehicles, and chuckwagon variants, as well as various scrap-use chimera chassis.

  • @aronnemcsik

    @aronnemcsik

    Жыл бұрын

    @@NikkiTheOtter So that means there isn't one with a coffe machine in it??? 😭😭😭

  • @NikkiTheOtter

    @NikkiTheOtter

    Жыл бұрын

    @@aronnemcsik Salamander and Trojan both have Kaff machines.

  • @aronnemcsik

    @aronnemcsik

    Жыл бұрын

    @@NikkiTheOtter Oh thank the emperor

  • @AlvorReal
    @AlvorReal Жыл бұрын

    The riveted armor makes it a rolling suicide box. A WW1 era anti material rifle would be able to shake it apart through repeated hits. Something like and auto cannon or automatic grenade launcher might just shear off armor plates entirely.

  • @stormzilla37
    @stormzilla37 Жыл бұрын

    Do da Grot Tank

  • @andresr.viguera9791
    @andresr.viguera9791 Жыл бұрын

    Ah, the Chimera. An actually well done "tank"

  • @Erikreaver
    @Erikreaver Жыл бұрын

    Great vid! Chimera is one of the classics, and I for one like it more than the somewhat doofy Leman Russ. Ork battlewagon next? :^)

  • @819ANT
    @819ANT8 ай бұрын

    the biggest issue with alot of imperial armour is.. suspension or the lack of it trying to build large scale working models shows the issues they need abit of suspension rather than just huge armour plates to the ground.

  • @jarvy251
    @jarvy251 Жыл бұрын

    1:36 That particular M113 blurs the line because while the chassis was designed as an APC, that turret, 25mm chaingun and added armor is an upgrade package specifically made to upgrade the M113 into an IFV. A better example might have been the M113 T50 with it's little .50BMG turret

  • @atankersview

    @atankersview

    Жыл бұрын

    True.

  • @phoenixx913
    @phoenixx913 Жыл бұрын

    Ok I'm glad you covered that in the beginning because I was gonna say the Chimera would fall more under the category of APC/IFV then a actual tank given it's role, capacity and armament.

  • @atankersview

    @atankersview

    Жыл бұрын

    My friends would never let me hear the end of it if i didnt 🤣

  • @Flakjacket96
    @Flakjacket96 Жыл бұрын

    You should do the Empire Steam Tank from Warhammer Fantasy just for fun.

  • @atankersview

    @atankersview

    Жыл бұрын

    Added to my list

  • @mattikuokkanen
    @mattikuokkanen Жыл бұрын

    A good video. Please cover BattleTech tanks too. I bet you'd love Patton, but it's gonna get immobilised and turret locked before armor gives up. Manticore has less armor, but more firepower, range, and less reliance for ammo because energy weapons. Both have nuclear fusion engine. Hovertank and derivatives (LTV4, Drillson) own the open terrain & wet ground (rivers, swamps etc.). Manteuffel has dakka and a very cool story in Total Warfare rule book. Please look into it.

  • @wolfehoffmann2697

    @wolfehoffmann2697

    Жыл бұрын

    With the new episode of Hired Steel that came out, we got a nice high-res video of a Manticore in action too.

  • @blackegret666
    @blackegret666 Жыл бұрын

    Have you ever thought about reviewing fictional armored vehicles from other franchises like Valkyria Chronicles or Foxhole? Love your work!

  • @atankersview

    @atankersview

    Жыл бұрын

    Working thru a list. If you have any that you would suggest, I'd love to hear it. Im working on the Manticore from Battletech, and aat from star wars right now.

  • @SiegeTF
    @SiegeTF Жыл бұрын

    Tearing the Chimera a new one is as easy as any other guard vehicle, barring the Atrox, and new Sentinel. *Rivets.* That's it. A Guard player should need to roll a D6 every time a Guard vehicle takes a wound, and on a 6 it takes an additional wound from a rivet popping and ricocheting in the cabin, causing additional damage and injuring the crew.

  • @gorasul12
    @gorasul12 Жыл бұрын

    There are so many vehicles in both sci-fi and fantasy out there and its fun to hear a real drivers point of view, im also getting more curious on what tank drivers view on walkers are in general, anything worth developing in real life? 😁

  • @atankersview

    @atankersview

    Жыл бұрын

    Ive got a video coming on just that subject soon.

  • @gorasul12

    @gorasul12

    Жыл бұрын

    @@atankersview Sweet, looking forward to it 👍

  • @dragonknightadam
    @dragonknightadam Жыл бұрын

    I think the chimera and it's variants are based on the FV430 line of armoured vehicles used by the British army rather than the Bradley or M113. Remember, GW is a British company.

  • @atankersview

    @atankersview

    Жыл бұрын

    I swear if they model something after the boxer, im gunna have to have words with them lol.

  • @hadesdogs4366
    @hadesdogs4366 Жыл бұрын

    It appears to utilize a flat bed system similar to say a taliban technical or as you stated a m113 or SAS a Brit it would be mostly akin to the British CVRT or even FV432 being utilized in almost any similar roles from the Abbots to Samaritans to the scimitars and outside of its lack of suspension agreed the chimera is whilst on the larger size the most realistic thing 40K has to offer, plus being from the same chassis Also helps keep the cost of the model down at least

  • @akumaking1
    @akumaking1 Жыл бұрын

    Will you ever do a review of the armored vehicles of other factions on 40K? Can you review these vehicles from C&C Generals/Rise of the Reds? And how soon will there be a “I made improvements to these tanks” video? (Are you a fan of Spookston).

  • @Demolitiondude
    @Demolitiondude Жыл бұрын

    Multi role chasis are good to an extent.

  • @TimberwolfJ1
    @TimberwolfJ19 ай бұрын

    Actually, the chimera doesnt have ports, the lasguns that you see sticking out of the sides are fully intigrated into the vehicle, though i dont blame you in the slightest for the confusion.

  • @melvixen1943
    @melvixen1943 Жыл бұрын

    Can you do a thing on both tau tank variants? pluss how their hover ability would influence how they work on the battlefield?

  • @matrixtrollmarine
    @matrixtrollmarine Жыл бұрын

    Can you make a video about eldar falcon anti grav tank?

  • @Deridus
    @Deridus Жыл бұрын

    Might I suggest the Demolisher from Battletech or the C&C Generals tanks?

  • @mcatalano813
    @mcatalano813 Жыл бұрын

    Would you be willing to go over the MARV from C&C3? Would love to see your thoughts on it

  • @goransekulic3671
    @goransekulic3671 Жыл бұрын

    Gee dubs actually used to design their stuff exactly like this. Take reality, augment it with Fantasy and ... awesome! It's when they lose this core component that things become silly and awful. Fantasy used to be just like this. And take the most beloved Guard regiments: Armageddon and Krieg. Again, augmented history. Armageddon is even known for their heavy use of Chimerae. So, there's a doubly whammy when talking about Blitzkrieg(ASL's playstyle). Or DKoK happy row + shovel noises, remind you of anything(WW1)? Neh, sorry for that rant. I miss the good ole, awesome Warhammer. Nowadays it's something, best exemplified by Age of Whatever.

  • @vHindenburg
    @vHindenburg Жыл бұрын

    SchützenPANZER, the Germans say its a tank.

  • @Del_S
    @Del_S Жыл бұрын

    The Chimera model dates to 1995, but was first seen in Epic 40k/Space Marine in 1990, where if I have the right pictures, it seems to have had a smaller turret that was a little more to right rather than dead centre like the later versions. It's a shame they really botched the Taurox though, that thing just looks silly. Could have made a futuristic Stryker or even just a grimdark Alvis Saracen/Saladin thing to fit the 40k vibe a little better and also Be British™ but nope. Van with four sets of tracks it is!

  • @NikkiTheOtter

    @NikkiTheOtter

    Жыл бұрын

    The offset turret is still common on several variants, and it's a fairly common mod to make even to the standard Chimera.

  • @leocoelho4536
    @leocoelho4536 Жыл бұрын

    you have a twitter or discord? I would love to suggest some gundam vehicles, from the magella to the huge and rare Hildolrf

  • @vHindenburg
    @vHindenburg Жыл бұрын

    Hydra = Gepard fight me.

  • @nekokyun
    @nekokyun10 ай бұрын

    Where's the engine and exhaust located? I thought it might be where the hull mounted gun is but... well, there's a gun in the way. Did they forget a place for the engine?

  • @thra-x1855
    @thra-x1855 Жыл бұрын

    the only thing about the chimera that doesnt look too convincing is the rear guns, they look way too close to the roof to be usable from inside.

  • @dizzywolfe8127
    @dizzywolfe8127 Жыл бұрын

    The only thing I can really think of to criticize the Chimera is it's suspension. It looks as though going top speed would batter the crew and passengers pretty badly. Other then that, seems well rounded

  • @atankersview

    @atankersview

    Жыл бұрын

    Comfort is only secondary to The Emperor's light.

  • @Johan_the_Marshal
    @Johan_the_Marshal Жыл бұрын

    Okay man lets get the obvious easy target for 40k... cover the landraider lets rip off the bandaid

  • @mikewaterfield3599
    @mikewaterfield3599 Жыл бұрын

    don't tell me the thing is not modeled after the BMP1

  • @theloyalalphalegionary9490
    @theloyalalphalegionary9490 Жыл бұрын

    To me, it looks much like a BMP

  • @djcy9219
    @djcy9219 Жыл бұрын

    @atankersview I would be interested in your opinion on track constructions that run the hole side of a vehicle instead of heaving room over the wheels to hang. To my knowledge the concept performance rather poorly why it was mostly abandoned after ww1. (I hope I could get my point across even if lacking the proper english terminology)

  • @atankersview

    @atankersview

    Жыл бұрын

    I understand completely friend. The main reason it was abandoned is due to the ease in which spoil( mud, earth, rock) would get into the system causing tracks to break. And far too difficult to maintain the drivetrain components.

  • @djcy9219

    @djcy9219

    Жыл бұрын

    @@atankersview so that would still be a major issue for the Chimera, leman Russ, landraider, rhino and what ever HH Tanks I'm forgetting here, wouldn't it? An I know I'm nitpicking (I genuinely like the Chimera family) but isn't the ressed hullweapon an unnecessary funnel for penetration charges?

  • @djcy9219

    @djcy9219

    Жыл бұрын

    @@atankersview and thanks very much for the quick response and competent answer

  • @NikkiTheOtter

    @NikkiTheOtter

    Жыл бұрын

    The Chimera (cutaways) actually kind of explain why the tracks do that. Also the model, up close you can see exhausts on both sides, on the outside of the tracks. The V16 Omnifuel is ...technically 2 engines. 2 V-8s with a mechanical linkage, inset in the tracks. So the return rollers run above the engine, and the engine and transmission sit on top of the road-wheels. (The engines are also rear-mounted, the drive-cog is at the front according to cutaways, above the tensioner piston)

  • @kuwaitisnotadeployment1373
    @kuwaitisnotadeployment1373 Жыл бұрын

    What tanker units where you in? I deployed attached to K troop 3/3 ACR back in 11/12 even though I'm a 13 series officially.

  • @atankersview

    @atankersview

    Жыл бұрын

    LdSH(RC) A SQN. i was in C/S T12B

  • @daefaron
    @daefaron Жыл бұрын

    Have you seen the new Rogal Dorn tank yet?

  • @atankersview

    @atankersview

    Жыл бұрын

    Wellllll i seen the front, top and sides. The bottoms a little "thin" lol.

  • @GuzziHeroV50
    @GuzziHeroV50 Жыл бұрын

    But ATV, how about the Merkava? Is that an MBT or AFV? ;)

  • @atankersview

    @atankersview

    Жыл бұрын

    Its the el camino of tanks lol.

  • @bigboi7817
    @bigboi7817 Жыл бұрын

    Guns on the side IRL are useless and dodgy but if you often go around genociding stone age aliens a lot being able to shoot out of the armored box on all sides would help keep them off your back and rear.

  • @MolGaeilge
    @MolGaeilgeАй бұрын

    If you remove the side ports for troop gunners you make the Chimera worthless in Dawn of War. What breaks first the lore or the gameplay?

  • @andregon4366
    @andregon4366 Жыл бұрын

    Do you have any plans on analysing any Supreme Commander's units, or are they too ridiculously exaggerated for this channel and/or type of content?

  • @atankersview

    @atankersview

    Жыл бұрын

    Fat boy is on my list

  • @andregon4366

    @andregon4366

    Жыл бұрын

    @@atankersview Great. I always like to see experts and enthusiasts analysing exaggerated exaggeration. Just for the lols.

  • @atankersview

    @atankersview

    Жыл бұрын

    Its my favorite unit in forged alliance

  • @ChristianNiegemann
    @ChristianNiegemann Жыл бұрын

    So it's a chunky CV90?

  • @atankersview

    @atankersview

    Жыл бұрын

    Thicc lol

  • @Downloadguy1995
    @Downloadguy1995 Жыл бұрын

    You really should tackle a battletech vehicle at some point, some of them are stupid some of them are not too bad imo. I mean vehicles though so not mechs.

  • @Eserchie

    @Eserchie

    Жыл бұрын

    Seconded. I recommend the manticore to start, as a fairly typical example of a BT tank that has both good tank design and bad tank design features to comment on.

  • @atankersview

    @atankersview

    Жыл бұрын

    looking into it. i don't know anything about battletech at all, so i want to talk to some people. make sure i'm getting the correct reference material, etc. wouldn't do for me to make a total ass of myself every episode. just a partial one. 1/10 of an ass as it were.

  • @damienparoski2033
    @damienparoski2033 Жыл бұрын

    Would me unsubscribing and resubscribing multiple times help your numbers?

  • @atankersview

    @atankersview

    Жыл бұрын

    haha, i wish it did or i'd do it with my alt accts too.

  • @cedricstewart9324
    @cedricstewart9324 Жыл бұрын

    Hello how are you

  • @cedricstewart9324

    @cedricstewart9324

    Жыл бұрын

    I do like some of the Warhammer tanks especially the Imperial Guardsman or the Space Marines

  • @aarondubois6162
    @aarondubois6162 Жыл бұрын

    lol u should check out all the dumb tanks in battletech.

  • @waterdotzable
    @waterdotzable Жыл бұрын

    The chimera seems more like a mix of an M113 and a bmp than a bradley

  • @omuploii
    @omuploii Жыл бұрын

    40k is sexy in grimdarkness, but not necessarily the grandest scale

  • @ger5956
    @ger5956 Жыл бұрын

    If you think the chimera is similar to the m113 just wait till you see the space marines rhino 🦏 🚙 😂

  • @tastethecock5203
    @tastethecock5203 Жыл бұрын

    Wouldn't fire ports make sense against enemies like orks and tyranids? Who typically attack by swarming

  • @atankersview

    @atankersview

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes and no. Yes if placed a little lower with better depression. No in that if you need them for that kind of close in work youre probably hosed at that point 🤣