Hi Tank Nuts! Let us know what you think of this new series in the comments below.

@ianmangham4570

Жыл бұрын

Awesomeness 💯🤟🇬🇧🇺🇲🙏

@tasman006

Жыл бұрын

Awsome vid I think though that is not the end of it. I'm guessing the next vid will be on the evolution of armor protection and then the next one mobility. Which will complete the iron triangle of a tank.

@sunil_de6856

Жыл бұрын

Love it!

@2639theboss

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, im not subbed and i dont donate to your channel. I might peek in occassionally. But videos like this, that discuss actual tactics and strategic decisions in re: to tanks and their development would probably get me to sub and donate. There isnt a lot of this content, at this level of detail, available.

@fizzelopeguss

Жыл бұрын

Fantastic, thank you. Great presenter.

This is an excellent, concise introduction to tank gunnery introduced by a clear spoken and knowledgeable presenter. A really first class production all round and a great credit to the tank museum and production team.

@altinnovation

Жыл бұрын

Right? How do the History channel stay in business when these youtuber accounts are just killing it with quality!

@ironmantooltime

Жыл бұрын

@@altinnovation because on a tv the production quality doesn't stand up.

@ronnbarsvagen2512

Жыл бұрын

Simp

@zae2193

Жыл бұрын

@@altinnovation TV Production has far better in-detail and an easier experience to understand, whereas KZread channels that do the same, cut to the chase, missing a lot more, in a lesser easier experience is the best way i can put it.

@altinnovation

Жыл бұрын

@@zae2193 uhm, I watch these history documents on KZread about various civilizations and conflicts, and some of these videos are like four hours long, talking about just ONE civilization. But that's the magic of KZread. You want to cut to the chase, you can find it, on demand. You want in-depth, youtube has that too.

Absolutely brilliant as you folks say. All of the museums presenters do a good job but this persons knowledge, presence, and gravitas, made this perhaps one of the best chats yet. Really great job, and I look forward to more. The production value is as good as anything I have ever seen from the museum.👍

@vanguard9067

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate the gravitas too.

@RoganGunn

Жыл бұрын

The way this gentleman comports himself; the gravitas, the quiet competence and knowledgeability, his turn of phrase when describing grisly scenes, his directness and his understatement; all give him the air of a former British Army officer. Upon meeting someone like him here in Britain, you know immediately he's an officer!

@chrisparnham

Жыл бұрын

Yes very informative. It begs a question though where did the British come up with their tank names? Compare Matilda, Valentine and Firefly with Panzer, and Tiger from the Germans or the straightforward T34 of the Soviets. I know a name doesn't make it any less dangerous but psychologically I'd rather be driving a Tiger than a Matilda.😁

@RoganGunn

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisparnham Well, Panzer, is just the German word for 'armour' - the fact it may sound badass to Anglophone ears is probably just a result of us living in the post-WW2 cultural milieu. When pronounced in German, the Tiger and Panther don't sound quite so cool - "Teega" and "Panta"..! 🤭 Remember it was the British who came up with the names of all the American tanks too. The Yanks just called them M4 and M5 etc, it was us Brits who came up with the naming scheme after US generals like Grant, Sherman, Stuart etc. Also the British had badass tank names of their own: Conqueror, Comet, Centurion, Churchill (named after Winston's ancestor John, 1st Duke of Marlborough, who was a famous general), Crusader, Covenanter, Tetrarch and many many Cruisers. But to answer, "where did the British come up with their tanks names?" I would guess it's a bit like our language: it's a bit haphazard with no general rules, at least early on. But as you've probably noticed, after a while, and to this very day, they start to all begin with the letter C...

@chrisparnham

Жыл бұрын

@@RoganGunn Yes fair enough and I know the present tanks are the Challenger 2 and 3 which are easily the coolest names among modern tanks. I wasn't having a go I was just interested in the reasons why. Thanks for the info, it was very kind of you.

Great presentation. I was with the US Army in Desert Storm and saw how the 120mm depleted uranium sabot round from the M-1 Abrams would at 1K+ penetrate the front of a T-72 and blow its engine right out the back. It was like God smiting the enemy.

@xmeda

Жыл бұрын

You mean Assad Babil tank or some T-62

@marioacevedo5077

Жыл бұрын

@@xmeda There were some T-62s (and Chinese versions) but the unit I was with squared off against brand new Russian T-72s.

@chrishall6451

Жыл бұрын

​@@marioacevedo5077 bye bye Ivan!

@matt_pigeonowsky1734

Жыл бұрын

@@marioacevedo5077 How could you fight brand new russian T-72 if Russia or USSR at the time didn't export brand new T-72 to Iraq

@matt_pigeonowsky1734

Жыл бұрын

@@marioacevedo5077 I know that they were equipped with T-72 :) But not with brand new Russian. Iraq used either exported variants made mainly by Poland or their own modification of them. Neither of them were on the level of Russian made

I always find it fascinating that with all this immense in technology, increase in killing power, revolutionary changes in tactics, a modern tank gun is still in essence just a massive ballista, hurling bolts at the enemy as in Roman times.

@harvyhun

Жыл бұрын

Just like almost all power is generated by moving a turbine with steam :D

@kylemac8672

Жыл бұрын

We've just been throwing rocks at each other with improving technology and effective for 10's of thousands of years

@elias_xp95

Жыл бұрын

@@harvyhun We are slowly entering the solar age but its taken a minute!

@thisiswhereidied3054

Жыл бұрын

@@elias_xp95 i don't think we will be getting 100% from solar unless we invent some battery that can keep our energy needs for a month, but liquid salt/metal battery seems promising there!

@elias_xp95

Жыл бұрын

@@thisiswhereidied3054 We've got batteries like that in concept already. Check out gravity batteries.

As a very longstanding visitor and member of 'Friends', I pride myself on having viewed all the Tank Museum's KZread content. This is one of the very, very best. Thank-you and very well done to the writer, director, camera & sound operators, editor, excellent presenter and indeed the entire production team. I am greatly looking forward to the next one.

When I was a 7 year old lad in Germany we have had a bunch of British Soldiers on a big Nato exercise, possibly one of the Reforger ones or maybe even Able Archer. Anyhow I got to check out the guns, sit on and in one of the tanks and they were overall all a bunch of very nice lads and could clearly see the shine in my eyes looking and touching all that equipment so they went out of their way to show me around. Sadly I did not get to keep any trophies but I still remember it to this day.

Very good video. One inaccuracy. First production gun stabilization was fielded on the Sherman 75MM, vertical stabilization only. Took a good trained gunner to use effectively but helped a Sherman crew get a round or two on target before a reply.

A very well presented, well-rounded video. You are summarizing many decades of progress in 30 minutes, but you keep it flowing well and found a consistent level of detail to touch upon. I enjoyed it!

The evolution of tank design in just the few years of World War 2 is mindblowing. When you consider we started off with Matilda I and the American M2 light tank and ended up with Centurion tanks being tested in May 1945 and M26 Pershing.

@emberfist8347

10 ай бұрын

I still find it kinda funny that is Americans in the Cold War and today even the Russians still keep using the same basic for all their tanks. Every US tank from the Pershing to the M48 Patton used the 90mm AA gun from the M26. The Russians used variations of the T-64’s 125mm gun on every tank they have up the T-14s currently being tested.

@mikeprimm4077

8 ай бұрын

​@@emberfist8347yeah, but is there a tank on the planet that can beat the Abrams 1v1. nope. so something is being done right... also, t14 doesn't exist

@emberfist8347

8 ай бұрын

@@mikeprimm4077 The T-14 does exist we see it.

@Sp00kq

8 ай бұрын

​@@mikeprimm4077the t14 very much exists. There's been confirmed use of it in Ukraine

This format was very informative. I appreciated the ability to explain the progression over a century of development using tanks at the museum. I hope you are able to make a future video like this discussing drivetrain and track systems.

Another great presenter. Love these videos they have everything, technical, historical, and personal.

Very impressed with Mr. Copson's German pronunciation, neat idea for a series as well, looking forward to armor and mobility.

@j.f.fisher5318

Жыл бұрын

agreed. I'd love to see the three soft qualities of a tank addressed in more detail too - visibility, ergonomics, and communications. They are so frequently ignored but for example if you look at the German tanks against the early war French, British, and Soviet tanks, the biggest difference isn't armor, mobility, or firepower, but radios (communications) and 3-man turrets (ergonomics) that allow the commander to focus on situational awareness (visibility).

Fun fact: My Dad's first older brother, Uncle Cliff ord was a tank commander in a Firefly in the war. He survived it, and lived to be 99 and almost reached reached 100. Note: Dad's oldest brother Walter died at 83, Dad's sister Margaret i.e. my Auntie Betty reached 100, and Dad reached 97.

@ivatt442

Жыл бұрын

@Puzzoozoo your ancestors sound like a very determined bunch of survivors! It’s all in the genes so you’re going to be around for sometime! All the best!

@ddegn

Жыл бұрын

Those are fun facts. Thanks for sharing them.

@babathegoodmansamba8533

Жыл бұрын

Okay for you, but who cares !!!!

@Puzzoozoo

Жыл бұрын

@@ivatt442 Thank you.🤞I make it to at least 100 to become the first male member of my family to do so.

@Puzzoozoo

Жыл бұрын

@@babathegoodmansamba8533 Well you for one, otherwise you wouldn't have replied. 😉

The level of professionalism in your video editing, knowledge of the tanks (obviously), and the narrative you tell in these videos is just fenomenal!

As to the video itself: what an excellent presentation! Charismatic and clear speech, along with good visuals, where needed.

It’d be cool to see a similar video on the evolution of tank gunner and/or the commander’s optics.

Very well done. I’ve been a military history fan since the mid 70’s. I was impressed how well you compressed so many subjects, so well.

Chieftain had a thermal jacketed barrel and it introduced the MRS. Our tank was one of the first to get MRS, it dramatically improved our kill ratio as we could realign our sight during live firing.

A concise yet accurate summation of the technological improvements to the tank gun. It's Anglo-centric (unsurprisingly) but very well explained indeed. Thanks, TM!

@icantthinkofaname4265

Жыл бұрын

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@icantthinkofaname4265

Жыл бұрын

Anglo centric?

@mattintx

Жыл бұрын

@@icantthinkofaname4265 Focused primarily on English armor & guns

This is some of the best content this channel has ever put out (a very high bar) - informative, but sufficiently concise, and incredibly insightful.

Greetings from Germany! I really dig your videos as they are presented with dry facts but still with the english smirk in your voice. Really pleasant to listen to and highly educational. And adding to that you guys bring me the "outside view" on things. If there is documentary on tanks here, it mainly talks about the Leopard line or the Tiger, or the american tanks like Sherman and Abrams, but very few show the british machinery, even though the Challenger 2 is widely regarded as one of the most capable tanks in service.

incredible video and presentation. The presenter had a way of words that kept you engaged and wanting to know more of what they could potentially say next.

Chris really is a brilliant & knowledgeable presenter. Have him presenting more often please.

Superb, against an already high bar. Thanks.

Great Video! I would be interested in a deeper dive into the evolution of tank ammunition. Maybe in a future epidode. Thanks

@QALibrary

Жыл бұрын

It would be good to see the crossover from AP to other tank ammunition in WW2 by the British and others to overcome German tanks without getting crazy big guns and vehicles as the USSR did. Also the "fun" the Germans had gained materials/making their tank ammunition as the war went on.

Awesome video! Thank you so much for taking the time to guarantee such quality.

Really excellent presentation. Well thought out and easy to follow. It was a great blend of live presentations on or in (loved the interior shots!) the actual tanks when possible, animations and actual footage. And THANK YOU for not just showing the same stock footage over and over like a lot of other documentaries. On each tank mentioned I wanted more and more information, which means it's a great documentary. I appreciate the explanations of some of the smaller things like the fume extractor. I had always wondered what that bump was on the barrel. More please! 🙂

Thank you for a very informative, insightful & explanatory basics into tank ammunition & evolution, it was really great & I enjoyed it immensely as always.

Excellent presentation. Production values as good as anything from Discovery, Smithsonian etc. I'll always cherish the original 'Tank Chats' with David Fletcher et al but these videos should ensure the continued popularity of the Museum and this channel. Well done 👏

Thanks very much for this really interesting video. I used to work at Chilwell Depot, so saw the chieftain, scorpion/scimitar and 432 first hand. Have yet to visit Bovington, but it's on my bucket list!

Well done and clearly presented. The conflicting demands in tank design are made clear, with an obvious emphasis on fire power. I look forward to more such videos.

Love this series guys! Incredible content. It is just an overview but if you turned this into a mini-series, i'd watch every episode.

Love the video! As a none brit I would have loved a little more talk on the new smoothbore guns like the rheinmetal 120

@davidpnewton

Жыл бұрын

That would be classified.

This video does an amazing job of explaining things in a clear way while explaining specialist terminology

Great video from end to end. Information, presentation, narration and illustration! I left this video much better informed than from any other tank video I've ever seen. 10/10.

Thought this was very well made, with solid presentation, which can be trickier than some people think. Reminds me a quite a bit of the old documentaries that got me interested in this in the first place, back before Reality TV took over. Very well done!

Very well presented, Informative video. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks Tank team. Keep up the great work

This is excellent. Thank you. I appreciate the detail packed into this short video. Well done.

Great video, the quality of internal refurbishment and equipment in Tiger 131 is astounding and good to see.

Absolutely terrific content! Impeccable content like this easily replaces the complete lack of similar content that we used to find on terrestrial television networks such as Discovery and History channel. My sincerest gratitude, and please keep these coming!

Very comprehensive information. This video will be a hit with the tank community.

Fascinating insight and well presented. Thanks for clearing up a couple of questions I had about guns too!

Wow you pretty much explained every question I had from my observations of modern tank designs, very informative thank you

That was first class, well done to you all. I particularly enjoy seeing whatever equipment using the ammunition

Excellent. Many thanks from a former troop leader in 43 Tank Battalion of the Dutch Army in 1967/1968. I would have liked to hear a bit more about the Centurion tank we and numerous other countries used. The ranging HE round to establish the distance of a target over 1,000 yards seems outdated at the time as range finders had long been in use.

@lyonwhitman495

Жыл бұрын

An engaging video covering a wide history of tank development. However as an American I was surprised that so little was mentioned about the Centurian tank. I was under the impression that it was the best tank developed in the immediate post-war period and not just among British tanks but across the world.

Excellent, Chris and Tank Museum production team! As usual - a no-frills, hard information presentation. Thank you, for your work.

Great video, and very well presented / narrated Chris. We miss you up the road!

Great video. Looking forward to more in this series.

This was an awesome video, really enjoyed it! Would love to see something similar on armour 😁

Verrrry good presentation. And the audio quality is exquisit. Thank you for making content of this quality!

Thank you for this vid. Excellent coverage of the topic.

Excellent. Looking forward to more vids on tank technology.

A really interesting and highly informative video. I learnt a lot of things I thought I knew but actually didn't. One day I'll have to scrape my rear off my swivel chair, cross the Channel and visit Bovington. For the time being I'll have to do with your brilliant vids! Thank you so much for sharing.

What an amazing video! Clean, concise and got to the point. Well done!

That was a lot of good information. Thank You for taking the time to make this video.

As someone who was lucky enough to serve as an armored crewman on both the M60A3 and the M1A1, I had a chance to compare apples to oranges. I and all my buddies agree that the rifled 105mm on the 60 was much more accurate than the smooth bore 120mm on the Abrams. You'd think the obvious reason would be the spin imparted on the round, which makes sense. We think it's because that old hog of a tank took and held a good boresight. The gunner on an M-1 get to choose between the hull and the turret when calling his shot. The 60 gunner picks what road wheel he wants to hit.

Brilliant video and the hole left by the legend David Fletcher is being filled in well!

Absolutely superb commentary. Really informative and interesting. Concise is exactly what it is.

Not only do you not need rifling for modern HEAT rounds, the spin actually has a degrading effect on their function.

nice video i love the tank museum

Superb video. Can we have matching ones on self protection / armour and future of the tank please.

Fantastic. I love how your videos have become more in depth over the years. I can’t wait to get down to Bovington the next time we go to England.

This again a very nice series, please continue with this. I absolutely love it! Thank you all for all this knowledge, tidbits etc... Many thanks from Belgium 🇧🇪

great feature I know you touched on it but I would love to see a similar feature on the evolution and a little of the science of sighting systems, thanks for the guns.

That was an excellent overview on the evolution of the tank gun. Will you be doing similar episodes on the other two sides of the triangle? One on the evolution of anti-tank ammunition would be quite welcome as well. The changes to armor arrangement and materials forcing rounds from relatively low velocity solid shot to APFSDS and tandem warhead ATGMs is a fascinating subject.

@jp5481

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I'd second the request for a video on the evolution of AT weapons

@teemukustila

Жыл бұрын

Also could have needed a section about the invention of smoothbore guns to gain additional boost in kinetic energy, not to mention enhanced endurance the gun. Only the British currently use rifled guns.

Great presenter. Easy to follow and understand. A good blend of technical jargon mixed with layman terms. Learned a lot and enjoyed it.

Fantastic work. Well done

It would have been rather fitting to include a moment or two on the how, when and why of the migration from hull-mounted guns to the currently ubiquitous turret mounted armaments and the mix of main-gun and auxiliary weaponry like coaxially mounted and Turret-top machineguns etc.

@mvfc7637

Жыл бұрын

that happened between WWI and WWIi

@Centurion101B3C

Жыл бұрын

@@mvfc7637 Not so. The French applied the fully rotating turret in their miniscule , but quite effective Renault FT tank in 1916 onward and were experimenting with heavier types and models during the the war.

It might be useful to graph with a line graph the increasing size of typical tank main guns in medium tanks and MBTs starting in 1940 to illustrate how they grew from 40mm at the start of WWII to 76mm plus at war's end and then to 90mm, 105mm, and today 120 mm. This would be a very useful chart for the conclusion of the presentation.

You've got it all Chris - armour, mobility and firepower!

Thank you for a very informative, insightful & explanatory basics into tank ammunition & evolution, it was really great & I enjoyed it immensely as always.👍

I like the "Bigger Picture" overview. Seems like this would work for other topics like Combined Arms tactics or describing updates and improvements in various Marks across different eras. Also consider a bit of storytelling describing tank battles from the perspective of the crews and individuals involved. The war in Ukraine has likely sparked a renewed interest in not only tanks but other modern armoured fighting and support vehicles....a good way to bring enthusiasts into the world of current weapons and systems.

Weird to ignore the FT17, but maybe it'll turn up in the Armour or Mobility videos.

An excellent new series , thank you to all involved

Excellent video. Thanks for posting.

Would it be possible to do a comparison of guns with their ammunition its balistics/effectiveness maybe ww1, ww2, cold war. Sort of a top tumps for the period would be intresting to see how regardless what they were mounted in how the different guns compared

I don't always Triforce, but when I do, I prefer depleted uranium armor piercing fin stabilized discarding sabot, tracer.

Thanks for that, very interesting as it answered a lot of my own questions with what's going on at the moment. Nicely presented

Thank you for producing such a wonderful and informative doco on tanks. Kudos and much appreciation for your efforts!

Something missing from this otherwise extraordinary video is L7 gun. I think it would deserve its own episode. It seems its derivatives are still in service, and with deployment of Leopards (1) in Ukraine the gun will be revived.

@DraigBlackCat

Жыл бұрын

Mentions the 17pdr on Firefly but totally misses out the Centurion tank which went from 17pdr to 20pdr to, via a great story about the British Embassy in the Hungarian Uprising, the L7 105mm gun. Misses out a huge slice of the development of the tank main gun and erroneously says we hadn't reached a universal tank by the end of WW2. Centurion was a universal tank and was produced before WW2 ended. It's like doing a series on bomber aircraft and going straight from WW2 heavies to the V bombers without mentioning of the Canberra!

@thewomble1509

Жыл бұрын

@@DraigBlackCat Ever thought about doing your own vids Stephen?

@DraigBlackCat

Жыл бұрын

@@thewomble1509 I would be too much in awe of David Fletcher and The Chieftain (Nicholas Moran)

@thewomble1509

Жыл бұрын

@@DraigBlackCat Me too!

Mr Picky here.. firstly Chris refers to a "round" and a "charge" when describing 120 TK ammunition. Not quite right.. the term "round" applies to all the ammunition components needed for a shot. He should have said "projectile" not "round". A round for an L30 consists of a projectile, charge and tube! Secondly, the description of the fume extractor is again not quite correct. There is no vacuum involved during firing. The fume extractor fills up with high pressure propellent gas as the projectile passes it and before it exits the muzzle. When the projectile exits the muzzle, the pressure in the barrel drops as it vents to atmosphere. The high pressure gas in the fume extractor now vents out through a series of forward facing holes in the barrel creating a gas flow blowing the remaining fumes in the barrel out of the muzzle. As the barrel returns to battery after recoiling, the breech block is opened automatically allowing clean air from the turret to flow up and out of the barrel. If the tank is closed down and the CBRN pack is operating, the turret will be at a positive air pressure assisting the barrel fume clearance process. The use of a combustible charge bag with the L30 gun also reduced the fume load as there was no smoking cart case ejected into the turret. This was a significant source of fume with the L7 gun and needed to be removed from the turret.

Wonderful mini doc .. just superb.

Fantastic video - really enjoyed the presentation, particularly seeing inside one of my favourite MBTs, the Chieftain. Lots more like this please!

The 'male' and 'female' tank distinction always makes me chuckle. "You see when a Mommy Tank and a Daddy Tank love each other very much.." "And that's where tankettes come from!"

@DraigBlackCat

Жыл бұрын

And how in these woke times did he miss out the hermaphrodite!

I play War Thunder im just a kid but i love this so much and ive seen through the history of tanks and there firepower everyone hates British solid shot but we were just right! We used solid shot right up to everyone using APFSDS and that shrapnel is crazy in my WW2 British tank german tanks dont stand a chance

@ianmangham4570

Жыл бұрын

Awesomeness 🇬🇧💯🤠 amazing looking game ,I'm old 🎅 but I still have my xbox360E ,I play an awesome game called Airborne 🎮

@FuriousFire898

Жыл бұрын

@@ianmangham4570 sound like a cool game Santa emoji :)

@ianmangham4570

Жыл бұрын

@@FuriousFire898 And Ace Combat Assault Horizon with lock on missiles,I need to get a Tank game 🤟🙏

@dazofthemoo1531

Жыл бұрын

Haha. Boys and their toys. Brilliant!!

@ianmangham4570

Жыл бұрын

@@dazofthemoo1531 AMEN 🙏 for TOY'S, I'm 52 and I have an rc land rover mn99s and a rc su35 fighter 🤣🤠💯🤟🇬🇧 you gotta always have TOYS 👍

Thanks a lot! I found many answers about the stuff I always wanted to find out about on one place. Very insightful.

Fantastic presentation. Great transfer of knowledge. You give a very professional presentation but make us feel relaxed listening to you. Thku very much.

Really clear and precise with your information 👌👍. A breath of fresh air on KZread I tell you...

This was very well explained, excellent speaking voice, very thorough, and I really enjoyed it.

Very interesting video, very well presented. Thanks!!

Fascinating. Thank you for all your hard work.

Utterly first class presentation, it sets the benchmark for whatever ( and whoever ) follows. Well done !

I really liked the video, and cheers to the video team and instructional folks behind the scenes.

Loved that! Brilliant work as always...

As always...such a good presentation of the material. Thank you sir. Learned about lbs in gunnery ) lovely job ❤

brilliant - excellent presentation. Thank you

Fantastic and highly informative video on tank design and weapon systems, the expertise and passon really came through in this video.

That was incredibly interesting and informative. It answered questions that I had not even thought of.

Brilliant! Honestly a really great watch