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@ripkingvon685

Жыл бұрын

Alr

@ryleeculla5570

Жыл бұрын

I never knew that the British had a light tank in ww1

@ryleeculla5570

Жыл бұрын

The Cromwell never had 100mm of armor

@chheinrich8486

Жыл бұрын

more evolution, french tank next, but not japanese tanks, not as interesting, but more aircraft videso also

@samanyupalthi

Жыл бұрын

@@ryleeculla5570 yes thats ridiculous amount pf armour for the speed and manuerability of Cromwell! The Turret front an dgun mantlet might have high armour but the rest was not that good!

I love that you included David Fletcher from The Tank Museum in the segment on the Crusader! Genuinely very wholesome to see 😊

@StarlordStavanger

Жыл бұрын

I noticed the same thing! Great to see I was like " OH MY GOODNESS IT CANNOT BE!"

@comediccarnage8059

Жыл бұрын

I saw that and immediately came to the comments to see if anyone noticed, and wouldn’t ya know…

@commiedoggo8367

Жыл бұрын

Always happy to see the tank jesus

@TheQuestionMarkWasEmphasized

Жыл бұрын

Hats off to David Fletcher!

@digitalfortressmining5004

Жыл бұрын

knew i recognized him from somewhere! lol I came here looking for this comment

Now that you've talked about the US, Germany, Russia and Britain, I think the next video of this kind should discuss the evolution of either French or Japanese tanks.

@Englishman-_-Mongolia2022

Жыл бұрын

Their tanks were small and used mostly to defend sectors. An FT17 could not take on a A7V tank, like it took 3 whippet (MKIV) tanks to stop the Germans at Amien. The French Char 2c behemoth was never properly fielded. And most Japanese tanks were in the jungles of Burma and based in Okinawa or China. Best tanks of 20th century are German, British, US, Soviet as they were all fielded in large battles

@kaydenletts8017

Жыл бұрын

Dont forget chinese

@Leam-gh1lw

Жыл бұрын

He's gonna do the whole WoT tech tree

@Northern_Judge

Жыл бұрын

Chinese tanks would be cool

@liability443

Жыл бұрын

@@Northern_Judge They exist!??!?!?!

“The tank was originally invented to clear the way for the infantry in the teeth of machine gun fire. Now it is the infantry who will have to clear a way for the tanks.” Winston Churchill

@Leif20me

Жыл бұрын

We English created the tank 💪

@Leif20me

Жыл бұрын

Damn proud to be English. England is the envy of the world. I forget were speaking English too :/

@Englishman-_-Mongolia2022

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it was not reliable. It was made to break barbed wire and shield our lads, but when the Brits were tasked with navigating towards German MG nests while surrounded by 12ft craters, we got maimed, the french had our tanks and their southern front was not so much a bloodbath at the Somme. Our tanks got stuck in the mud and even got swallowed

@joaopedrobaggio4475

Жыл бұрын

@@Leif20me and nowadays England had became a shithole dominated by muslims and africans.

@gbreuil1

Жыл бұрын

@@Leif20me Tanks exist since Antiquity (specially arab empires), tanks with mounted gunpowder guns since chinese medieval wars, steel tanks since english WWI British as always can assemble things but theirs design su**s 😣

I’d love to see the evolution of French tanks! They brought us the standard tank layout, but have also always had some quirky design sensibilities

@cenprenonphyks8160

Жыл бұрын

Indeed! Our French tanks are often neglected, whereas they were very effective!

@Punckmuckl

Жыл бұрын

@@cenprenonphyks8160 Somewhere here hides a joke about French military history, but I won't be the one bringing it.

@vincentsponziello1510

Жыл бұрын

@@cenprenonphyks8160 without the french, we would never have the duck

@shaider1982

Жыл бұрын

Yup, the Ft17 is arguably the 1st modern tank.

@kieranb7582

Жыл бұрын

France greatest advantage: They Experiment. France greatest disadvantage: They Experiment.

I personally would love to see a tank evolution video done on Italian tanks. As they not only do I find their armored history the most fascinating, but is also among the most underdiscussed of the major players of WW2

@alexanderzippel8809

Жыл бұрын

Centauro!

@nikolasfoulger1127

Жыл бұрын

@@alexanderzippel8809 hopefully he brings mention to it, this since it's not technically a tank it likley won't be mentioned, Tho I do really hope to see some mention of the OF-40 tanks, as well as their most recent modernization program for the Ariete

@samuelleal6149

Жыл бұрын

canneloni shooters

@barnousauresrex2662

Жыл бұрын

I hope he will do evolution of itailian uniforms

7:18 I love how you feature David Fletcher, rather sad to know he is no longer doing Tank Chats

@bigabdbob

Жыл бұрын

wait since when?????

FINALLY, US BRITS ARE APPRECIATED AS THE MAKER OF THESE METAL TITANS

@thunderbird1921

Жыл бұрын

Our American troops loved your Centurions during the Korean War. They could give combat support on nearly any terrain even in the mountains, and almost every encounter between your giants and the T34s was a death sentence for the Commies (at least one encounter was described as "a single shot dismantling", meaning the T34 was blown to scrap metal). It's no wonder those awesome tanks still serve worldwide, they're among the greatest ever made by any country. Thanks for helping us save South Korea, greetings from the US! 🇺🇸👍🇬🇧🇰🇷

@3dPrintedFun

10 ай бұрын

Yea

@mrmeme9105

4 ай бұрын

For king and country.

Now that you've covered most of the main players in armored warfare, I think French tank design would be a good one to discuss. While they've had similar difficulties as the British in implementing tank design, they have also been a catalyst in tank development since the Interwar period. While they have definitely had some wacky designs, they also pushed into common practice the standard tank layout, seen to this day.

@TheRedHand101

Жыл бұрын

Based 1 man turret XD

Just a Note, Chally wasn’t an evolution of Chieftain, the two are separate designs sharing a main gun. Chally has different suspension, sights, armour, secondary armament, hull, chassis, and engine. And Challenger 1 was found to be one of the most reliable tanks in the desert, not the least. As for Challenger 2, it does not feature the same gun as Challenger 1, the 120mm L11A1 rifle, it instead features the improved L30A1 rifle with a 2 part breech block and an improved firing mechanism that reduces failures and the breech allows for far higher pressures. Challenger 2 was not found to fail its initial tests, but rather went through extensive testing to ensure the crews liked it and the designers got feedback, such as the installation of a 1x periscope for the gunner.

@HJDore

Жыл бұрын

Challenger is indeed essentially an evolution of Chieftain. Challenger traces its roots back to when it was named Shir 2 intended for use with the Iranian army to replace their chieftains however due to the Iranian revolution putting an end to the order and British MBT 80 running hopelessly over budget with not even a prototype design finalized it was decided that Royal ordinance’s FV4034 would be slightly reworked and pressed into service under the name “challenger”

@Daktangle

Жыл бұрын

@@HJDore To be fair, the video says "modernisation" not evolution, and that is very innacurate.

@chadfield6552

7 ай бұрын

I don’t understand why some people think the challenger tanks were failures… And even worse guys in videos like this spreading these lies

Love to see an evolution on the Italian “Tank”

@louthegiantcookie

Жыл бұрын

I agree! Didn't the Italians in WW2 have this strange kind of remote-controlled tank that looked more like a go-kart?

@ezekiyam3827

Жыл бұрын

Pretty much your saying Italian tank size evolution

@anundundian

Жыл бұрын

@@louthegiantcookie The Italian tanks were the Go-Go Gadget of WWI and WWII. Extremely impractical and unreliable.

So glad you guys are expanding on this series. I think doing Japanese or French tanks next would be amazing!

@Black-Sun_Kaiser

Жыл бұрын

Would be interesting to see the French ones. I always felt like Japanese tanks were more like tankettes lol , would be interesting nonetheless.

@stefanobonaiuti8243

Жыл бұрын

I was gonna say Italian tanks, but probably french ones are more interesting

@The_Faceless_No_Name_Stranger

Жыл бұрын

@@stefanobonaiuti8243 I think French tanks would be more interesting because the jumps between WW1, the shortcoming of WW2, and the post war acceleration of tech adoption of post war autoloaders and oscillating turrets

@stefanobonaiuti8243

Жыл бұрын

@@The_Faceless_No_Name_Stranger yep, oscillating turret was a wild design

@ovaaaaaL

Жыл бұрын

@@Black-Sun_Kaiser yeah but still, Japanese tanks fulfilled their purpose in supporting infantry since their primary focus is Naval warfare. Compared to the Italian tanks that as we all know, is just a joke.

9:15 Fun Fact. The Matilda II also supported a 3 Inch Howitzer in some conversions. Mainly used by the Australian Army during the Pacific Campaign due to how close quarters the combat was at times.

Personally, my Favorite Tank from the British is the Centurion. I even considered it better than the M48 Patton. Also let's see Japanese Tanks

@thunderbird1921

Жыл бұрын

He should have mentioned what the Centurions did in Korea. They blasted the living sh*t out of the Communist T34s, at least one encounter between the Soviet-built icon and Britain's then-modern titan was described by witnesses as a "Single shot dismantling". American troops loved working with the Centurion forces not only for their amazing firepower, but because it was one of the few large tanks that performed well in steep hilly or mountainous terrain. The Brits literally changed warfare when those armored giants rolled into service.

@lyndoncmp5751

Жыл бұрын

Everyone considers it better than the M48 Patton 😂

I love the Churchill and Centurion tanks. Nice to see them covered in one of your videos. How about a video that focuses on New Zealands, Australian and Canadian tank and armored vehicle designs.

@dimitrijejovanovic5939

Жыл бұрын

Dunno about you, but I suffered while playing tech three Churchill tanks and I had to spend a lot of gold to make the grind less painful 😣

@EmilyChaosDrivr

Жыл бұрын

@@dimitrijejovanovic5939 WOT or War Thunder?

@pilotwhaleproductions5880

Жыл бұрын

Bob Semple

This is absolutely STELLAR! Massive props for citing your sources, the nods to bovington with Mr Fletcher and the info board, and crediting the Czechs for the BESA. I can tell I’m gonna spend a lot of time very soon binging your other videos! ..I was about to post this and the kiwi came up, I love the sense of humour you guys have, it’s so fitting!

I like the detail at 7:28 where the Sten is held properly by the barrel shroud instead the usually incorrect depiction of holding magazine well or the magazine itself.

@dwarvensphere1094

Жыл бұрын

Didn't stop people from doing it

@1996Horst

Жыл бұрын

Yea. Correct way and reality don't match with that one as most held it by the mag. Or rather pushing the mag into the gun to decrease chances of feeding issues as recent historic evidence suggests. (Previously many blamed this habit of holding the mag for the issue but it seems it was actually a solution rather than the cause (not sten specific)

@natebox4550

Жыл бұрын

@@1996Horstthat’s been done quite a bit with ww2 sub machine guns. Like the ppsh, mp40, Thompson, Suomi, and more!

love the David Fletcher part aka the tank god

well thanks for the David Fletcher cameo, it put a smile on my face

*STOP!* ...... Hammer-Time!!! 😳🥴😆 👍 -Little "Easter-Egg" bits like these showing up in these videos never fail to crack me up. I love the history-information provided by these videos as is, but those random pop-culture-reference additions are the cherries on top.

the way you animated the wars comets are involved in is fantastic. upvote straight away for that. video is amazing as well

Finally, the next evolution video is here! 🇬🇧

I'd like to see a video about Czechoslovakia and Munich Agreement. Czechoslovakia had a great army at the time, but didn't fight Germany. I personaly think, it would be interesting to see :D

I'm so glad that you're doing the evolution videos again! Keep it up.

More details on the revolutionary design of British tanks would have been good, such as chobham armour and the black night late life extension on challenger 2.

in Arkhangelsk there is a pedestal with a Mark 5 tank, which the British supplied to the white army. I do not know why I wrote this.

There’s a bunch of unusual tanks that have been covered by the ‘simple history’ channel. There were a few laughable designs in Russia during World War I, and New Zealand attempted to make a World War II tank that was really just a machine gun box on top of a caterpillar tractor. Maybe a video covering all these weird designs would be good.

This is the tank evolution I’ve been waiting for!

4:38 it would make sense that there would be Stonehenge in the background since there is a tank training facility near it

I still want to see British aircraft covered. So much information.

Personally, I'd like to see the evolution of German tank destroyers, recon vehicles, SPGs, and/or anti-air vehicles. Other than that the tank development of some minor powers might be interesting.

@jmpbricks

Жыл бұрын

@Cyber_ Boy true, i'd love to see videos of infantry equipment, evolution of SPGs, recon vehicles, and anti-air vehicles. great idea, i support it

Thnaks for making this one. Really enjoyed it

I love the sound effects of a movie projector. It reminds me of growing up in the 1950's when we would watch our home movies with our projector. We would set up our screen, (it operated like a window shade mounted on a tripod. It kept clean in its container and was unrolled and held in place with an extension on the tripod). We would then place our projector on a wooden chair to keep it stable and set the focus. We not only had movies that we took ourselves, but also a hand full of pre-recoded films like cartoons or stop motion movies. Fun memories, Thanks. As to what tanks I would like to see, the "Funnies" of WWII. These are the ones made to clear minefields, or provide bridges, etc.

Gotta love the British designs, charming, archaic and very british.

@lyndoncmp5751

Жыл бұрын

Nothing archaic since Centurion appeared on the scene nearly 80 years ago.

I would like to see the evolution of the tanks of the Imperial Japanese Army, and, even if they are few, I would like to see how they have improved, or worsened.

@matrixtrollmarine

Жыл бұрын

New tank is said to be a beauty

@FriendlyMexican2005

Жыл бұрын

@@matrixtrollmarine Please, don't say that that tank is a waifu.

@alexradford5446

Жыл бұрын

@@FriendlyMexican2005 think he’s referring to the type 10, latest MBT of Japan. Proper beauty, also probably the most technologically advanced tank in existence

@FriendlyMexican2005

Жыл бұрын

@@alexradford5446 With ingenuity and technology great things can be done, and a tank is no exception, I would like to see how it can be maneuvered during a battle.

Upon our visit to the Tank Museum at Bovington Camp we noted with consternation how easily injured the crews must of been just traversing the battlefield in these early designs! A well appreciated account of our nation's fighting vehicles though, perhaps a little kind on the older models and less so on the later ones. 👍

i was just waitibg for anothher evolution video. I must thank you for your videos, as well as i must thank the armchair historian team. I adore you all

David Fletcher is a superior addition :D Splendid!

I loved the “waltzing Matilda” reference. Australia you have my heart

Finally I've been waiting for you to make this video thank you

Awesome work, guys! Thank you.

I love this series. please continue with the remaining nations. italy, japan and maybe even more

The history of Japanese, French and Italian tanks would be nice.

I like going through these tank videos and having a look at the ones you're talking about in world of tanks as well. Nice to have a 3d model to look at sometimes.

Also love the videos I subscribed as soon as I saw them you make my day man❤❤

Speaking of mark 5’s “sexes”and russian civil war. There was a third type called composite, which is an export modification of this tank. It’s distinctive feature is a machine gun in the right sponson and a cannon in the left sponson. One of this tanks is actually on the public display in my city (Kharkiv).

A vid on the Soviet-Afghan War would be so awesome

Some additional information. The Cromwell used a few different guns, the 75/76mm gun was found to be a sweet spot between firepower against tanks and infantry as well as fortifications. The Matilda also earned the nickname "Queen of the Desert" and was essentially the opposite of the Crusader in that regard (the latter as mentioned being rather hated) The Churchill tank actually breaks naming convention as names starting with "C" were reserved for cruiser tanks. But I'd like to believe that Churchill himself with his big ego demanded that this block of steel on tracks be named after him and his steel head.

Thanks so much, I’ve been wanting to see this

Could you do a video on the Russian civil war? I think it's not focused on enough.

@wederMaxim

Жыл бұрын

+

@BMikel

Жыл бұрын

Russian will have its civil war in 1 or 2 month

Love the video. Like evolutions of French or Japanese tanks. Or if possible, of other vehicle classes. Like infantry fighting vehicles or self propelled guns, from Germany or Soviet Union.

Fun fact: At 13:48 on the TV it shows an image of what I believe to be the remains of the cockpit and frontal section of Pan Am flight 103 after it crashed after a terrorist bombing. This incident is known as the Lockerbie Bombing due to well, it exploding above Lockerbie.

I have been waiting for a video like this and you guys never let down!

Armchair historian should do a video on French tanks

@Angelisstupid

Жыл бұрын

Evolution of The Armchair Historian

Love the video, hope to see ya hit 2mil subs soon. Crazy that I think ive been watching since around 1mil

Always nice to see a tank vid but you gotta continue the aircraft evolution series

I saw and instantly clicked love you man finally showing the nation who invented the tank

deffinetly would love the french tanks covered next :)

Ahhhh I've been waiting ages for this!

i think it would be awesome if you could do a history of tanks of every country and then a timeline of all these tanks and compare all their flaws and stuff

Ironically, one of the inventors of the tank (Lancelot de Mole) was actually Australian.

@XXXTENTAClON227

Жыл бұрын

This was a separate design which was unfortunately ignored prior to World War 1

Agree with other comments that French or Japanese tanks should probably be next, and maybe Chinese after that. Just to put the thought out there though, a later video on Swedish tanks would be interesting. I know most Swedish tanks were imported designs, like the Centurion and Leopard 2, but Sweden is still the only Nordic country to develop and field their own tank - Strv 103 (otherwise known as the S-tank). Also, the Strv 2000 conceptual tank intrigues me and could use a video on it's own since there's not a lot of content about it on KZread. Anyway, imported or domestically designed, like all nations there is an interesting doctrine behind Swedish defense development from WWII throughout the Cold War in the 'armed neutrality' concept which influenced a lot of the Swedish decisions to import and modify foreign tank designs, as well as develop it's own. In that respect, a video on the development of the Swedish air force would be even better.

Finally been waiting for this for ages

Omg finally I’ve been waiting for this for ages ❤❤❤

Sheeesh I couldn't believe you will do more of this series its actually good like your other vids so keep it up :)

I'd like to see French tanks be discussed next

I've been waiting for this

Maan hearing "The Miner" at the start really threw me for a loop, dident expect that one to be in an armchair historian video

Can we have a video on Israeli tank history? They may not have produced many domestically but they have sported a wide variety over the years often upgradeding them beyond what would be deemed possible or sensible

Would love to see Japanese tanks covered next!

Been waiting for this video

Awesome video you rock happy new year

I think I would like to see the evolution of the Japanese or as well as the Swedish tanks

I'd put in a vote for the history of Soviet tank development.

@hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger

Жыл бұрын

Already exists, if I'm not mistaken.

@randomelite4562

Жыл бұрын

@@hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger it does

@jimryan5513

Жыл бұрын

@@hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger Ah, there it is. Thanks for flagging that.

@hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger

Жыл бұрын

@@jimryan5513 No problem.

Nice video was waiting to have British tanks roll onto your channel! Tho wasn’t there a challenger 3 tank revealed last year or something.

Actually the centurian was a ww2 design, ( for those interested) and physically introduced in 1945 (as you said) even before the war ended there were centurians on ships heading to the British army to fight the Germans and there big armament to be received in the June, but after just leaving the war ended on 8th may. It was on the drawing board very early forties ( or even earlier) and developed half way through the war. The reason I'm writing this is because I was shocked how early it was designed as I thought it was a 1970s tank when I was younger. Great channel, subbed.

LETS GO BOIII

have you done Japanese tanks? it may be a good idea to add prototypes too, for the WWII period atleast

I’ve been waiting for this one

7:13 Nice shout out. Respect the Moustache!

I would consider the French tanks to be next please I'm not French but I would love to see the French next ,thanks a lot for talking about the British I really loved the video thanks the Armchair Historian I really appreciate it thanks .

i waited for tanks evolution so much thank you❤

YES ITS FINALLY HERE!! Thank God it's here

The challanger 2 is now the best tank in the world🇬🇧

Great Video! I'd love to see you profile both the Israeli Merkava tank development history as well as the brilliantly innovative hyro-pneumatic suspension system the French developed for their tanks that was later used in the Citroen DS.

I was waiting for this!👍🇬🇧

You put David Fletcher in the video ❤❤❤❤. So cool of you, he is such a great man

Can you please make a Part 2 to the Evolution of Russian Tanks?

It would have Been pretty nice to see hoe some British tanks were modified in certain countries (eventhough the video would have been longer) like the Israeli sho't series of tanks to the lesser known variants like the jordanian Khalid or Al hussaini.

Some excellent Easter eggs and call-outs. Nicely done :).

Thank you for your work, it was very interesting.

amazing video, a suggestion for the next video: evolution of japanese tanks (including prototypes)... would make a very interesting video...

British grenadiers intensifies

Great video! Please do a video on French tanks, their post WW2 tanks show some of the most innovative ideas that armoured warfare ever had!

We need to see more Uniform Evolution. One idea: Making a video about Ottoman/Turkish uniforms from the Janissaries to the modern era.

Finally the brits

Tej: Ah guys we have to come up with another plan… they have a tank! Roman: I’m sorry did you said they have a tank? What’s plan B? Tej: Plan B? We need a plan C,D,E, we need more alphabets!

@merafirewing6591

Жыл бұрын

Lel.

Absolutely beautiful nod to our favourite tank tour guide

thanks for your work man! i need a tank for my videos, but not animated

Awesome! are tank destroyers next?