The Hercules and its crew cannot operate alone in recovering a tank in a battlefield without infantry support, a company or a platoon of troops will seriously be needed, because without them providing security, the High Probability, both the Hercules and the Abrams will either be captured or destroyed.

Besides M88 Hercules recovery vehicles, they need another Hercules .... the AC130H! 😉😎

The toughest thing about the Abrams is definitely gonna be it's fuel consumption and bridging. The tank just weighs so much compared to the Leopard 2, Challenger 2, T-72 and T-64. It's interesting to note what Poland has decided to do with it's Abrams as it's replacing it's fleet of PT-91 Twardy and Leopard 2's with K2's and Abrams. Poland has earmarked units station in the north near Kaliningrad to receive the Abrams, where there are fewer rivers and shorter supply lines. The Polish Army is moving it's Leopard 2's to the south near Ukraine and these will be replaced by K2 Black Panthers. I think the Abrams probably offers the most protection or is at least the safest tank out of those that Ukraine and Poland currently have because the Abrams stores all it's ammo in the turret behind blast doors and blow-out panels. In comparison, the Leopard 2 still has ammo stored in the chassis below the turret, which is why you see pictures of Turkish Leopard 2's with blown off turrets. The Abrams storage of ammo protects the crew and it's more easily recovered and repaired where as a Leopard 2 or T-72 with a blown off turrets is just scrap metal. I think the best decision would to keep the Abrams either near Kyiv or in reserve behind the front lines. The Abrams will then rush forward to defeat any potential Russian breakthrough. This way the Abrams can't outrun it's supply lines and bridging won't be as much as an issue. The Leopard 1's and Leopard 2's will then be used for Ukrainian offensives to retake land.

@universanking5563

Жыл бұрын

Indonesia our country also our allies thailand vietnam was strong because our three countries is the one that funding the I SIS Group because is our brother on religion. And indonesia our country is the biggest country in southeast Asia and our allies like thailand vietnam are supporting us because our nation indonesia was the leader of southeast Asia. And indonesia our country also our allies thailand vietnam is the one that funding the I SIS Group which the Western governments doesn't know it. And Being Indonesian we are confident to disclose it here because only less people are seeing this

@marvinherrera4579

Жыл бұрын

@@universanking5563 wtf are you rambling about?

@brandonwyatt8097

Жыл бұрын

If kiev is smart they use the abrams in ther city as line of def not to send in the field i have seen video's of ukrain tanks geting easy target with artillerie before even going in to battle even a abram cant handel those shels

@HBGBreezy

Жыл бұрын

AqA

@HBGBreezy

Жыл бұрын

Q

Protecting a weapon from enemy's hand in a war, is very impossible

That M88 has been around since the days of Vietnam and it’s been ungraded but that’s one huge piece of machinery very capable of retrieving any size vehicle especially tanks

So what happens when they disable a Hercules tow vehicle? Does the army prioritize recovery of the tank while losing the secrets of it's towing vehicle?

@jiminauburn5073

Жыл бұрын

yes. The towing vehicle does not have any secrets worth protecting. All the electronics and other things in the Abrams are what you do not want falling into the enemy's hands.

@vladimirprotein1275

Жыл бұрын

@@jiminauburn5073 but the enemy is the US itself, ambram tanks should be self destruct.

The M88A2 Hercules is a VERY needed tool when operating the M1A2SEPv3 in the field. Just the fact that the U.S. is sending EIGHT M88A2's to support 31 Abrams Main Battle Tanks says a LOT about the issues the turbine engine that powers the Abrams has. The upgrades to the Abrams electronic warfare systems makes it a very deadly platform. But myself, I think the powerplant should be converted to a more reliable diesel engine. Being a heavy equipment mechanic for most of my life, I do understand the need for the large horsepower that the turbine provides for a 75 TON armored vehicle. But a large diesel engine could be modified to supply CLOSE to that kind of power. The Detroit Diesel 8V92 powers many of the large/heavy vehicles in the U.S. Army fleet. I'm sure it can be upgraded to an extent, and still be reliable. Or use another manufacturer's engine.

@pogo1140

Жыл бұрын

Hard to find a 1500hp diesel that is as small as the turbine that is in use. There 2 candidates but one of them is only rated for 1,000hp which means the tank will be a lot slower and will have trouble going up some hills.

@racebannon7209

Жыл бұрын

Drones. And air power. F It's a joke.

@craigfinnegan8534

Жыл бұрын

@@pogo1140 Better a heavy, capable tank that's slow going up hills than one that almost wasn't sent at all to a US ally fighting for it's existence.

@jiminauburn5073

Жыл бұрын

@@pogo1140 Just do an LS swap with a couple of turbos. I see youtubers do it all the time. 2000 HP, no problem. :)

@jiminauburn5073

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if they are giving them the SEPv3 version...

Excellent reporting, CRUX team as always. Thank you for all your hard work.

Not for keeping secrets out of Russian hand. More like MBTs are expensive and if you can get one back safely, you should do so.

@Detroit.King36

Жыл бұрын

Why they ain’t do that with they other tanks😂

@wolfvale7863

Жыл бұрын

@@Detroit.King36 Which other tanks? The Russian junk?🙂 They try to recover every piece of equipment, not for secrets but to reuse it.

@pogo1140

Жыл бұрын

@@Detroit.King36 Please note that the M88 that they are talking about has been around since before the M1A1 tank was built.

@ninzki143

Жыл бұрын

they should be afraid of the Corrupt Ukrainians 🇺🇦 selling the tanks to the black market

Sends Tanks, sends a “tow truck” with tank not a good sign. The SEP2 M-1’s Poland just bought are 71 tons up from original 60 tons that have always used too much fuel and exceed recovery weight of M-88. Russian T-72 weighs 45 tons.

Blessings, peace and luck from California to Ukraine 🙏✌🍀💛💙

When the M88 isn't helping the M1's, it can also be used to drag Russian 'gifts' off of the battlefield for the us to examine and Ukraine to re-purpose.

@craigfinnegan8534

Жыл бұрын

For Ukrainians to refurbish, yes. But imagine Americans learning something new from a Soviet-era turret-hurling machine.

@untermench3502

Жыл бұрын

@@craigfinnegan8534 There are many newer pieces of Russian equipment salvaged from the battlefield that can provide useful information.

Crewed on one of these in Vietnam 69-70. Looks a lot different now, more armor bigger engine. Original engine if I remember right was built by Continental, aircraft engines. V12 twin turbo air cooled, ran on JP4. Not as powerful as the new engines. Weighed in at 55 tons. Still the same basic machine though.

Commented a few weeks ago and I am glad to see these vehicles being sent. The tankers and the maintenance personnel need to be trained equally on the use of pulling vehicles if they are stuck or disabled. It is not just the retriever crew that does the work!

All part of the logistics program. A definite requirement for all MBTs.

That’s going to be epic. Even without the cutting edge armour (depleted uranium) the Abram’s will make short work out of the Russian tanks.

@ousmansiguiba4237

Жыл бұрын

Deplated uranium is bad for the environment, ask yourself why Russians don't use it, it was something necessary Russians would have a bunch of them. So Abrams Don't need that to prove itself

@Asscrack784

Жыл бұрын

If it doesn't get stuck in mud

@seanavp

Жыл бұрын

@@Asscrack784 *That's a common risk for all tanks.*

@JohnnyD45

Жыл бұрын

@@Asscrack784 not for offensive use only for defensive positions.🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇸🇺🇦✌🏻

@hopetonedwards3038

Жыл бұрын

America's weapons are only good because the media says so. Do you idiots realize that America has never had to go up against a real military. Nobody knows how good their weapons are, but from what I have seen in Ukraine, so far, they're garbage

what a beast, very cool looking too

Then send four Bradley's with each Abrams, add some more antitank missiles.

Release the Falcons. Slava Ukraine

Enjoy 🇺🇦 love for from 🇺🇲 Give em hell men. That's an order! 💙

The Ukrainians are smart and resourceful folk, I’m sure they’ll figure it all out🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

Not sure why these videos keep saying the US is afraid of losing Abrams to the orcs. ISIS got several Abrams in Iraq, and I'm sure the orcs got their grubby mitts on at least one at some point. I know it probably was not the latest and greatest Abrams, but we aren't sending the latest and greatest to Ukraine either.

@PeterMuskrat6968

Жыл бұрын

Well I mean we are sending them the M1A2 Abrams variant, just with the DU armor packages removed and replaced by the export armor.

@Chivalry2Clips

Жыл бұрын

The ones in the iraqi army were m1 export versions where they dont have much secrets already well known. They dont have the depleted armor either. These arent either but they are actually pretty advanced and not far back behind. Its like the australian variant but better.

@racebannon7209

Жыл бұрын

What do you think this is a video game.

@nedkelly9688

Жыл бұрын

@@Chivalry2Clips Australian variant is better and has the secret armour also.

When using wire cable, you need to establish a safety zone longer than the cable deployed. If you did the calculation wrong, that cable can whip back with enough authority to cut someone in two. Back in 1964/65, we had the M88 tracked recovery vehicle. If you did the arithmetic wrong and the cable let go, we were told we had four inches of armor between us and that cable.

along with these recovery vehicles, the US sending their troops * how to operate these recovery vehicles... LOL

@pogo1140

Жыл бұрын

Seriously the only thing the Ukrainians need to know about this vehicle is how to repair it, all other operations are covered by the placards riveted on the vehicle near the controls and the operator's manual. there is also a telephone number you can call for support.

Great ideas form formula the best

I think they may be busy recovering these special versions that have limited armour based on the M1A1 tanks not current model.

Hell yeah, if your to send the Tank's you have to send the recovery vehicle, after all we don't want Russia to get any secrets.

Hercules beautiful

What can prevent someone who has destroyed a tank from destroying that thing ?!

That may be their Archiles heel cos they must protect it at all cost

The United States delivered to the Soviet Union from October 1, 1941, to May 31, 1945, the following: 427,284 trucks, 13,303 combat vehicles, 35,170 motorcycles, 2,328 ordnance service vehicles, 2,670,371 tons of petroleum products (gasoline and oil) or 57.8 percent of the aviation fuel including nearly 90 percent of high-octane fuel used,[35] 4,478,116 tons of foodstuffs (canned meats, sugar, flour, salt, etc.), 1,911 steam locomotives, 66 diesel locomotives, 9,920 flat cars, 1,000 dump cars, 120 tank cars, and 35 heavy machinery cars. Provided ordnance goods (ammunition, artillery shells, mines, assorted explosives) amounted to 53 percent of total domestic consumption.[35] One item typical of many was a tire plant that was lifted bodily from the Ford Company's River Rouge Plant and transferred to the USSR. The 1947 money value of the supplies and services amounted to about $11 billion.[65] This is about $50 billion in todays dollars adjusted for inflation. Lend/Lease for Ukraine is $800 Billion, or roughly 16x the credit line the USSR had in WW2. This war is just starting.

@tomhenry897

Жыл бұрын

Left out the British aid/gift

@dontsupportrats4089

Жыл бұрын

@@tomhenry897 My apologies. Great Britain also contributed huge amounts of material to the USSR. In June 1941, within weeks of the German invasion of the USSR, the Anglo-Soviet Agreement was made and the first British aid convoy set off along the dangerous Arctic Sea route to Murmansk, arriving in September 1941. Between June 1941 and May 1945, Britain delivered to the USSR: 3,000+ Hurricane aircraft 4,000+ other aircraft 27 naval vessels 5,218 tanks (including 1,380 Valentines from Canada) 5,000+ anti-tank guns 4,020 ambulances and trucks 323 machinery trucks (mobile vehicle workshops equipped with generators and all the welding and power tools required to perform heavy servicing) 1,212 Universal Carriers and Loyd Carriers (with another 1,348 from Canada) 1,721 motorcycles £1.15bn ($1.55bn) worth of aircraft engines 1,474 radar sets 4,338 radio sets 600 naval radar and sonar sets Hundreds of naval guns 15 million pairs of boots In total 4 million tons of war material including food and medical supplies were delivered. The munitions totaled £308m (not including naval munitions supplied), the food and raw materials totaled £120m in 1946 index. (I am to lazy to do the adjustment for inflation, but its billions) In accordance with the Anglo-Soviet Military Supplies Agreement of June 27, 1942, military aid sent from Britain to the Soviet Union during the war was entirely free of charge.

I worked around the older M88A1s and they were monsters. They were built on the hull of an M60 tank. This is part of the reason that Washington was so nervous about sending the Abrams to Ukraine. One former general said it is a "niche system, with an almost bespoke logistics tail." In other words, if you have to ask how much it costs you can't afford it. It can run on a variety of fuels, but they like to use a kind of toned down jet fuel in it. It needs lots of TLC. But if you give it what it needs and use it as its developers intended, you will not be disappointed.

Will they be able to tow the burned ones too..

Russia should focus on capturing the Hercules vehicles. That automatically gives them easier opportunities to capture Abrams !

So they can get an M888 too brilliant

I said it, Abrams all talk and no show. Why does it need a defender?

Ukraine: ...60 leopards from Germany, 50 abrams from US, 5 jets from UK, money from Poland, blessing from Vatican Russia: Psss, Iran, does your god allow to give me some drones?

I suppose! I was thinking it would be sweet to see an Abram explode when upended with a blast to shred everything around!

Or put self destruct systems inside the tanks.

Cleaver plan. The only problem is when the rescue vehicle itself is hit and has to be rescued, too.

It's not that big a deal if one does because it's not the real version of the American Abrams it's an export version

M1A2SEPv3 weighs a couple of tons more than the King Tiger tank of WWII

These will be in the hands of the best tank crew’s in Ukraine. Plus they will scuttle everything in the tank if it is in danger of being captured.

Zowel de Russen alsmede de Chinezen hebben over een paar jaar nieuwe tanks gebaseerd op Abrams. Lekker bezig jongens.

They don't realy think they will avoid russian capture of M1's right? A blown up m888 can't recover shit, they know that, right?

I dont cheer for war, but I am looking forward to seeing what happens when the zz's have to actually fight western tech.

@Rasmajnoon

Жыл бұрын

It will be as simple as dealing with their own,they have the tech

@aaronoverby4830

Жыл бұрын

@@Rasmajnoon yeah those Russians are certainly good at dealing something....

@jamesgreen1116

Жыл бұрын

The usa can't even guard their airspace with a balloon. An overhyped army that were humiliated very recently in Afghanistan after 20 years. People watch too many Hollywood movies and believe that the usa are good.

@donaldpeak3513

Жыл бұрын

They've been fighting and destroying western tech since the start of the war...where have you been....lmfao

@juanbarus9420

Жыл бұрын

They had already example, HIMARS, Switchblade, Javelin.

Should have went with the Teledyne Continental AVCR 1360 cubic inch diesel engine that was in the General Motors version of the XM1. Instead the pentagon preferred the Chrysler XM1 with the turbine engine. My question to all those in power is what's wrong with all the old M60A3's? There should be plenty of those still around and they were constantly being upgraded to defeat Soviet T70/80's. Seems like someone would rather use up existing modern weapons so defense contractors can keep their graveytrain working. Just saying.

@huntergatherer7796

Жыл бұрын

M60s are all scrapped or turned into targets .

They only need one, the the whole platoon 😂

What happens if they damage both

One M88 for every 4 Abrams basically. That is a very high ratio. They are definitely serious about keeping them in the right hands. Even the older M88s i have experience with were beasts. The new ones are obviously better.

Sure. Good luck

@ManMonkey808

Жыл бұрын

White lives matter

Glory to ukraine 🇺🇦

system s shoukd have auto destruct button .

ukraine have received bergepanzer 2 with gepard before western tank arrived but M88 recovery vehicle is stronger more and heavy lifting than bergepanzer 2 now

@robertokandal

Жыл бұрын

usa is comitting a collective suicide

The orcs will be trying their hardest to take one of these abrahams tanks.

Abraham’s are look BA in green camo

A lot of people poor from America,why don't you put the budget in your own people

@raycuizon8226

Жыл бұрын

Most people that are poor in America are either lazy, have drug or mental problems. No Govt aid or program can get them out of their situation. They have to help themselves first. There are plenty of jobs available to make money. My work starts at $25/ hour yet we have a hard time filling out positions. We literally have to ask people in the streets if they want to work for us. Many choose to stay at home and collect unemployment instead. So enough of Govt assistance.

What about all the Abrams tanks that were left in Afghanistan, could China or Russia get their hands on those. It would be much easier.

@PeterMuskrat6968

Жыл бұрын

We didn’t leave Abrams tanks in Afganistan, I don’t know why people still think we did.

@Detroit.King36

Жыл бұрын

Taliban might not be interested in giving them up🤷🏾‍♂️

@wieslawmaciag2142

Жыл бұрын

@Ethan M. You've been smoking some marijuana . There were no Abrams in Afghanistan , But there was Leopards ii Used by Dutch and Dane armforcesand taken back , stop your BS'ing . Grow up .

The M88 are going to be very busy weather the Abrams will be blown up or the engine plug up.

Then enemies will go mad

I wonder if part of the training that they give the Ukrainians is instructions on how to scuttle the tank if they cannot recover it.

Now we need Zeus

when america gets going in the right direction it is unstoppable. it is not the tanks and bullets, it is the ingenuity of america that just fixes any problem standing in its way...

@faiezcader5681

Жыл бұрын

Like blowing the Nord stream pipeline yeah

@faiezcader5681

Жыл бұрын

Taliban chased them out in the middle of the night 😃

@esekasunday1628

Жыл бұрын

Yeah like the Vietnam war🤡

@DetroitMicroSound

Жыл бұрын

Oh come on RuZBots, come here, and cry more about America!!!

@DetroitMicroSound

Жыл бұрын

@@faiezcader5681 There are none more hated by the Taliban, than a RuZZian.

The Abrams will be used in a defensive capacity mostly for their strategic cities because no tank battalion will knowingly engage on the Abrams. Now, no equipment is invincible but USA military will be and have been training Ukrainians and mercenaries aligned. Russia knows they cannot capture anything further then what they have already. It's just too much money, time and risk. The Leopards will be a more offensive engaging in my opinion

should lay out fake ones, packed solid with tnt, the second the hatch opens, bang off goes da head

They are just afraid if Abrams stuck in the mude

They will need air support to assist these tanks. Give it to them. Piece meal war does not work.

For the American M1 Abrams I recommend doing what we do rig explosive device is that our only detonated upon a particular device if you find out that this is going to be captured or towed away by any force that is not for America blow it up otherwise they’ll steal it

Cost's billion's but needed name

@wieslawmaciag2142

Жыл бұрын

Speaking about names . The russian terminator tank is so good and superior . That it was taken out by one person with a javelin missile .

Put some chain guns on that thing for cover fire.

Something is wrong here. A small number of these tanks can't do much against many hundreds of Russian tanks. And besides that, Russia has weapons that can take them out. And on top of that, they won't be arriving inside Ukraine in time.

But there ain't no "secrets" other then superior manufacturing??

@wieslawmaciag2142

Жыл бұрын

What you actually think there are secrets in russian tanks .?

@rogerwilco5918

Жыл бұрын

@@wieslawmaciag2142 use English when you're talking to me.

@wieslawmaciag2142

Жыл бұрын

Hey Roger Wilco . One day wonder . Your either xenophobic or racist in nature . Thats your problem not mine . Grow up .

@mitri5389

Жыл бұрын

@@wieslawmaciag2142 slaba muh knoba

Wow 😳 thank you to the USA president Biden to give the so needed weapons and tanks to Ukraine military. Glory to Ukraine.

Does Russia use these 2 ?

Are the Hercules indestructible?

Truly feel sorry for Russian troops who come across a Abrams , Bradley, Stryker. 🇺🇸✌🏻🇺🇦

@faiezcader5681

Жыл бұрын

Abrams is for Desert areas not for snowy wet winter weather 😃😃😃

@faiezcader5681

Жыл бұрын

Sorry for these Terrorist

@JohnnyD45

Жыл бұрын

@@faiezcader5681 ✌🏻😁 they will be used for defensive positions only.

@Chivalry2Clips

Жыл бұрын

@@faiezcader5681 ukraines winter doesnt last forever. And the ones being sent are modified for the cold enviroment. They arent the same ones exactly from the middle east instead being made in different parts.

@faiezcader5681

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyD45 you mean in 8 months to a year😃

They better send a bunch of bridging vehicles because the Ukrainian ones are designed for around 50 tons not the 70 ton Abrams.

It's all going to end in the trash compactor, recovery vehicle and all.

Next generation tanks are around the corner anyway, plus the Orcs could not slap a copy together if they wanted to

Love & hate your channel; Love the contents, but hate that I have to read as I multitask doing other things while I'm on KZread! 🤔

The United States doesn't fuck around

who will tow M88 if hit.

And they won't arrive until next year.... great

The Russians have been pretty near incapable of recovering their own tanks, hence the huge numbers of tanks Ukraine has received from the Russians as a "Goodwill" gesture. Let alone having the resources to grab something like an Abrams tank. However those M88 recovery vehicles will be massively useful to the Ukrainians if they get them before the Abrams so they can practice using them to recover their own and Russian tanks from the battlefield. I am sure in a few months time the US can donate another handful of these vehicles if needs be as the Ukrainians may lose 1 or 2 getting familiar with them.

@sadaqatali6393

Жыл бұрын

Why would they recover a destroyed tank when Ukraine has the been using the same technology? Believe me it's not that difficult to capture a tank, it's a tank not a submarine.

If a child says his mother must not sleep, he too will not sleep. Putin fetched soldier ants infested firewood on 24th Feb. 2022.How to carry the firewood home has now become a huge challenge

Hercules too will burn and then the excuses will follow! 😂

Hercules? 🤣🤣🤣. Russia's Got Zeus to destroy both Hercules and Abrams

Russia can't even produce basic versions of their current tank. They are far away from copying anything useful from the Abrams.

@BRANFED

Жыл бұрын

OHH BS,,. Russia just recently sent a shipment brand new T90M tanks to the front.. The latest and most up to date version of that tank which is on par with the M1a2sep3. The Russian tank factiories can produce 850 tanks a years.. 250 new and the 600 rest upgraded tanks.. This is more that all of NATO combined. i dont know where you got your information from

@adrianceasar5620

Жыл бұрын

@@BRANFED 850 /year ? come one maybe 85

@BRANFED

Жыл бұрын

@@adrianceasar5620 what did i just say.. ? i believe i was quite clear. Not about to display my source. Not because I cant though.. Believe what you want. im tired of arguing with people. The russian tank factories are on a war footing and working 24/7 us factories can only do less than 80 now.. not sure of rthe exact number.. i believe its only 40 a year at the present time with a production goal of 88

@BRANFED

Жыл бұрын

The US Army plans to produce 22 tanks in FY23, 80 fewer than previously planned; 30 in FY24, 71 fewer than planned, and 53 in FY25, 60 fewer vehicles. This equates to roughly a half a Brigade Combat Team a year. In FY26, the Army would build 42, followed by 40 in FY27

@Olebull93

Жыл бұрын

@@BRANFED Never heard anyone claiming they are producing any T-90 tanks. From what I've seen on their production lines are down graded versions of their T-72 tank.

🤣 even old tech is more sophisticated than Russian military tech... I see why Russia was desperate to go Afghanistan and Iran to retrieve the even older tech from the taliban 🤣🍿😎

Tower feed high no left to up right to up

why are they laying out their operational tactics? is this a false flag to throw off the enemy?

🤣😂🤦‍♂️ when the Abrams is destroyed so can M88. 2 for price of one 🤣😂

Who will be driving those M88A2 vehicles? So now Americans will be on the ground in Ukraine! STOP this MADNESS!

M-1A-1

No guarantees 😁

Only one or two Abrams falling in Russian hands is sufficient for Reverse engineering . The Details of which will be passed on To China too.

How about we don't send Ukraine our modern tanks?

Thats alot of xxx money paying for tanks

Another throw away. If the tank is able to be hit then a much slower M88 which includes it's time to hook up a tank is going to be an easier target. Then there is an Abrams firing uranium penetrators at Russians. It's not playing with guys living in the mountains. DU rounds are chemical and nuclear warfare wraed in one. Goodbye Ukraine.

really bad call to send those abrams.......too much technology at risk