Russia's BMPT: A Tank for Urban Warfare - The Future of Tank Combat?

This video discusses the BMPT Terminator I and the BMPT-72 Terminator II. We look at the origins and influences from the Soviet-Afghan War, the Battle of Grozny / Chechen Wars and others. We look at various photos of both vehicles and the differences between the BMPT and BMPT-72. Additionally, we also look at the geo-strategic situation in regards to demographics and more people living in cities.
Cover: Dmitriy Fomin: Terminator-2, 2018, flickr.com/photos/df77/412532...
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Modified by MHV.
Photos in the Video: Vitaly V. Kuzmin, permission granted.
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Some photos were cropped.
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DiMarco, Louis A.: Concrete Hell: Urban Warfare from Stalingrad to Iraq. Osprey Publishing: Oxford, UK, 2017.
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Product Page: BMPT-72
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Product Page: BMPT Fire Support Combat Vehicle (FSCV)
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Product Page: FIRE SUPPORT FIGHTING VEHICLE TERMINATOR 2 (Russian)
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Product Page: Terminator 2 Fire Support Combat Vehicle BMPT-72
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Первая штатная рота БМПТ «Терминатор» сформирована в танковой дивизии ЦВО
The first full-time BMPT "Terminator" company is formed in a tank division of the Central Military District
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Video of 9 BMPT - Terminator IIs being transported by train
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Spencer, John: The Destructive Age of Urban Warfare; or, How to Kill a City and How to Protect It. Modern War Institute website, 2019. mwi.usma.edu/destructive-age-..., last accessed: 20th February 2022.
Russian Company Uralvagonzavod offers to upgrade Peruvian T-55 tank with BMPT turret 0507131 www.armyrecognition.com/july_..., last accessed: 20th February 2022.
BMPT Terminator
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Photos BMPT Terminator near Salamiyah, eastern Hama
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Russia Is Now Sending 'Terminator' Tanks to Syria
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BMPT-72 ‘Terminator’
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Thanks to Roman Shopa for providing Ukrainian subtitles.

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  • @MilitaryHistoryVisualized
    @MilitaryHistoryVisualized2 жыл бұрын

    For an analysis with historical context on Germany's announcement of the 100 billion for the Bundeswehr and 2 % GDP for the defense budget annually. See this video from my second channel: kzread.info/dash/bejne/n3iJp86DiZfefrQ.html

  • @gustavmeyrink_2.0

    @gustavmeyrink_2.0

    2 жыл бұрын

    There is practically no difference for Germany between 100 billion and 2% of GDP.

  • @williamyoung9401

    @williamyoung9401

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lol, Russian Wikipedia. Yeah, that might not be a reliable source of information.

  • @JewEngiMan

    @JewEngiMan

    2 жыл бұрын

    namer means tiger

  • @liammiddleton3064

    @liammiddleton3064

    2 жыл бұрын

    Any in Ukraine?

  • @Korfax124

    @Korfax124

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hey MHV, I've tried to look through your channel for the new Puma IFV and its development history from the Marder and changes of reality. Are you considering making such a video in the future?

  • @EminencePhront
    @EminencePhront2 жыл бұрын

    I love hearing someone with an Austrian accent say the word "Terminator".

  • @asorbli

    @asorbli

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh wow, I thought you were german as an Austrian. So I now I know next to Ceave Gaming two english channels from an Austrian with over half a million followers. I am convinced though, as unlikely as it seems, that this has nothing to do with the algorithm as it makes total sense to me for me to stumble across these specific contents and sticking to them without even knowing the creators to be Austrian at first + German, Austrian and Swiss KZread is borderless and I know by far more german speaking KZreadrs than english ones but only one of them is known to me as Austrian. This doesnt add up. I know how ridiculously unlikely and stupid it seems for this having nothing to do with the algorithm. It seems to me that people from Austria have a talent for succeding in terms of popularity :/

  • @kirill6850

    @kirill6850

    2 жыл бұрын

    Griaß di!

  • @osrikking8785

    @osrikking8785

    2 жыл бұрын

    I love the Austrian accent. "Throw another Shrimp on the BAR-B!

  • @EminencePhront

    @EminencePhront

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@osrikking8785 Not sure if joking...

  • @osrikking8785

    @osrikking8785

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@EminencePhront 🤣

  • @unknown0soldier
    @unknown0soldier2 жыл бұрын

    Another reason to use a MBT chassis for such a vehicle, despite its disadvantages, might be the fact that T-72 is already being mass produced and it has been tested numerous times in different conflicts, so: a) it's cheap to make because of mass production b) it's quick to produce and maintain because of readily available tooling and infrastructure c) the design is tried and true, it has been extensively modified and improved during the past decades.

  • @alexdunphy3716

    @alexdunphy3716

    2 жыл бұрын

    *already has been mass produced*

  • @pokiparkassistent

    @pokiparkassistent

    2 жыл бұрын

    Also Russia could convert existing T72s when the T14 would hit mass production. But then again I think russia will be done before that happens

  • @kuo8088

    @kuo8088

    2 жыл бұрын

    Refitting can extend the service life of an otherwise outdated design, and act as either a stopgap or be more economical with what they already have.

  • @hausaffe100

    @hausaffe100

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@alexdunphy3716 already mass destroyed, slava nlaw

  • @hausaffe100

    @hausaffe100

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kuo8088 not gonna be a lot left to extend service live on

  • @guaposneeze
    @guaposneeze2 жыл бұрын

    I do think it will be interesting to see what a "tank" looks like in 20 years. Current MBT's are all designed around a WWII-Cold War kind of doctrine of big field battles of tank forces. A big low elevation gun and masses of frontal armor is important when fighting other tanks. But MBT's are clearly not perfect for the actual battles that they need to fight in real wars today. I dunno if BMPT's will be the main combat vehicle in 2040. But I know something like a BMPT will be a source of lessons that informs whatever we are driving around in the future.

  • @WildBillCox13

    @WildBillCox13

    2 жыл бұрын

    Colonel Nick says: "No Mechs and no hovertanks". I enjoy his work, but think he's exactly wrong in this specific case. When we have disagreed in past, he is usually the victor, but hope springs eternal.

  • @bozo5632

    @bozo5632

    2 жыл бұрын

    Small drones with big punch. Tanks mostly obsolete.

  • @derekbowbrick6233

    @derekbowbrick6233

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bolo's. lol

  • @WildBillCox13

    @WildBillCox13

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@derekbowbrick6233 Yep. Keith Laumer was decades ahead of his time.

  • @redwillrise

    @redwillrise

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@WildBillCox13 how do you want to build a hovertank? If you're referring to hovercraft-type propulsion, well that is fuel inefficient, loud, vulnerable, mechanically complex, and slow. Not exactly what people are looking for in AFVs. If you're thinking more like hoverboards, that kind of hovering is firmly in the realm of science fiction.

  • @ivanstepanovic1327
    @ivanstepanovic1327 Жыл бұрын

    One more fact about BMPT: The reason it has 2 autocannons is because they didn't use feeding mechanism that select different ammo types before firing. Instead, they load certain ammo loadout in one and different in another cannon. So, when you need to switch ammo types, you change the gun that fires. Of course, both cannons can be fired at the same time should the situation and/or the gunner demand.

  • @JNF590

    @JNF590

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the info

  • @ericconnor8419

    @ericconnor8419

    Жыл бұрын

    I think the purpose is for propaganda at home, to export to rich Arabs and perhaps to frighten Ukrainians. I don't think they will be very good in actual combat against a proper military with air power the armour is poor and it will attract fire from everybody. I would not want to drive one into combat. We will see, I hope I'm not wrong.

  • @michaelguerin56
    @michaelguerin562 жыл бұрын

    Good video. Those grenade launchers instantly reminded me of multi-turreted tanks. No surprise to see them deleted on Terminator 2. I suspect that we may be heading back to the establishment of special armoured divisions, like the British one in Western Europe which controlled and lent out vehicles such as Churchill Crocodiles for specific short term operations.

  • @MilitaryHistoryVisualized

    @MilitaryHistoryVisualized

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me too, I guess they are relic of the first iterations, but considering that they have limited stabilization and fire arcs, I guess it was not worth it.

  • @WildBillCox13

    @WildBillCox13

    2 жыл бұрын

    79th Armored under Percy Hobart, a man with controversial views both good and bad.

  • @-few-fernando11

    @-few-fernando11

    2 жыл бұрын

    I too was imidiatly reminded of mutly turreted inter war designs, and the Chieftain (Nicholas Moran) obviously.

  • @manumano3887

    @manumano3887

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MilitaryHistoryVisualized what is your assessment of the performance of the russian army till now based on open source Intel ?? Also where do you think this war is headed.

  • @specialingu

    @specialingu

    2 жыл бұрын

    What strikes me as odd, is there's no front "co driver" machine gun, like nearly all ww2 tanks had.

  • @grizwoldphantasia5005
    @grizwoldphantasia50052 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate this analysis, since I am no land war expert or even amateur. A new perspective stirs my gray cells.

  • @MilitaryHistoryVisualized

    @MilitaryHistoryVisualized

    2 жыл бұрын

    thank you!

  • @nemisous83
    @nemisous832 жыл бұрын

    1. the BMPT isnt an urban warfare tank. the point of the tank was to augment tank battalions similar to IFV's to engage infantry and light skinned vehicles while the tanks could focus on killing other tanks. 2. the BMP-2's 30mm autocannon wasnt a result of the afghan war because it was accepted into service in 1980 with prototypes existing in 1978 and 1979 before the soviet afghan war. It was actually a response to poor performance in the 1973 yom kippor war.

  • @MilitaryHistoryVisualized

    @MilitaryHistoryVisualized

    2 жыл бұрын

    1. At one point probably, but that has clearly changed, the BMPT concept ran through many iterations. 2. Hmmm I heard something similar before and forgot it, this seems to be a recurring myth. I will keep that in mind.

  • @JG-id5vi

    @JG-id5vi

    2 жыл бұрын

    "Urban warfare tank"is an oxymoron.

  • @MrDeicide1

    @MrDeicide1

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@JG-id5vi Not if it's a mini remote controlled tank :D

  • @nemisous83

    @nemisous83

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ruzziasht349 all this conflict is proving is how antiquated tanks are becoming and or that some form of APS has to be standard on the vehicle.

  • @Coddykin
    @Coddykin2 жыл бұрын

    Worth noting that the Ataka can also use thermobaric warheads, so good against vehicles or buildings depending on what warhead they're using.

  • @MilitaryHistoryVisualized

    @MilitaryHistoryVisualized

    2 жыл бұрын

    Good point.

  • @GARDENER42

    @GARDENER42

    2 жыл бұрын

    Good for committing war crimes too...

  • @jamesricker3997

    @jamesricker3997

    2 жыл бұрын

    Which is why the Infantry will shoot it first

  • @antred11

    @antred11

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was wondering what the point would be in designing a tank specifically for urban combat and then adding useless complexity by sticking ATGMs on it, but this explains it.

  • @usokitsuki

    @usokitsuki

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@antred11 ATGMs are there to still retain the ability to engage armored targets that your cannons are of no or little use on, so you arent 100% helpless if you turn the corner and find a fricking Ambrams at the end of the street. Not saying you will be surely able to destroy it, but at least it gives you options to shoot it with that arent moot. Being able to load different munitions type when you 100% know there aren't gonna be Abramses sitting around corners is just an added bonus.

  • @puma51921
    @puma519212 жыл бұрын

    Problem with all armor, once they enter a city and are separated from their Infantry, they are not long for this world.

  • @marzapan9029

    @marzapan9029

    2 жыл бұрын

    Russians would never do that.....

  • @codfusilli5879

    @codfusilli5879

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@marzapan9029 They always do that in Ukraine! 🤣

  • @codfusilli5879

    @codfusilli5879

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@marzapan9029 They always do that in Ukraine! 🤣

  • @edustef41
    @edustef412 жыл бұрын

    I'm fascinated by these urban-fighting vehicles, would love to see more information about the BMPT, the BMP-3 (with the 100mm HE gun that the Object 782 had, originally planned to go into the BMPT) and the Israeli Nagmachon, a very "exotic" APC/IFV.

  • @benjaminnickerson3961

    @benjaminnickerson3961

    2 жыл бұрын

    There's also the BMP-64.

  • @nisher15

    @nisher15

    2 жыл бұрын

    Gonna have real time combat data very soon..

  • @visionist7

    @visionist7

    2 жыл бұрын

    The Nagmachon is cool

  • @alexdunphy3716

    @alexdunphy3716

    2 жыл бұрын

    There is an interesting BMPT-lite type vehicle being made for a north African country(Algeria I think) out of older Soviet tank hulls and bmp2 turrets.

  • @jhtsurvival

    @jhtsurvival

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nisher15 it will go boom

  • @alderontyran
    @alderontyran2 жыл бұрын

    Something interesting to take from the current war going on is that "Sieges" in the traditional sense (blockading a city and starving it out), may make a resurgence as Urban/Infantry Combat continues to become more dangerous. It would make strategic sense that you would avoid fighting battles you don't have to and starve the enemy out if possible.

  • @alexdunphy3716

    @alexdunphy3716

    2 жыл бұрын

    Plus masses of civilian casualties looks really bad and will demoralize your own army. Cities can't sustain themselves so whoever controls the fields wins

  • @tefras14

    @tefras14

    2 жыл бұрын

    That is actually a very fair point. There will be strategies on how to sent a re-supply in the city as well using aircraft for example. Then the attacking force will have to employ a deterrent for that as well

  • @jonathanpfeffer3716

    @jonathanpfeffer3716

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sieges never went away, they have featured in plenty of wars (especially Russian ones) throughout all of recent history.

  • @flavivsaetivs5738

    @flavivsaetivs5738

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jonathanpfeffer3716 well "sieges" as in traditional sieges (an army blockading a city and only assaulting it when supplies are running low) are becoming rarer and rarer. The only proper siege during ww2 was leningrad, as moscow nor stalingrad were surrounded

  • @chucknoris7648

    @chucknoris7648

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tefras14 I was thinking that they need to invest heavily in modern supply chains defense and offensive tactics to capitalize on the vulnerability of modern supply chains. You can see the Russians right now struggling with 40 Mille long supply chains.

  • @bobgreene2892
    @bobgreene28922 жыл бұрын

    We really appreciate your documentation on sources in a very dynamic and often confusing area. That renders your articles much more reliably in-context and even authoritative. Your pronunciation is improving-- and/or we have learned to interpret. Many thanks for the great (as in "substantial") effort in this report. We subscribed, of course.

  • @anonviewerciv
    @anonviewerciv2 жыл бұрын

    3:00 Unlikely origins. 7:27 Specifications. 13:31 Performance.

  • @thedungeondelver
    @thedungeondelver2 жыл бұрын

    As a kid of the Cold War (gen x) hearing "according to the product page" about a Russian AFV versus "according to our best intel estimates" or "according to Janes Defence Weekly"... kind of blows my mind, still.

  • @TheBinaryHappiness

    @TheBinaryHappiness

    Жыл бұрын

    Russian miltech is very secretive to this day. And for a good reason!

  • @WendyDaCanuck

    @WendyDaCanuck

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheBinaryHappiness yeah because they don’t want anyone to know what worthless pieces of crap they have. 😂

  • @predattak
    @predattak2 жыл бұрын

    Oh here we go again on Russian Tech. The lazerpig loop is NOT a meme. It's real and proven time and time again.

  • @noneednoneed5752
    @noneednoneed5752 Жыл бұрын

    Currently being tested in the SeveroDonesks couldron, in a few weeks you could make a review of their combat effectivness.

  • @manfredconnor3194
    @manfredconnor31942 жыл бұрын

    Man your English has improved so much since I started watching your channel. I just wanted to give you some kudos for that. Du bist nicht weit weg in Österreich.

  • @tsclly2377
    @tsclly23772 жыл бұрын

    45* elevation may not be enough, especially with drones

  • @paulsteaven

    @paulsteaven

    2 жыл бұрын

    Many regular IFVs has 75° (and higher?) elevation for their 25mm/30mm/40mm autocannon that can be used against low flying targets (drones, helicopters) at the same time, also equipped with at least 2 ATGMs.

  • @lwilton

    @lwilton

    2 жыл бұрын

    45 should be good in a 6 story or less city, or where you have a large square or park between you and really tall buildings. Driving down Wall St in NYC would not be a place where 45 degrees would be much use. While that exact scenario is unlikely, the Chinese are building lots of tall buildings, and urban planners everywhere are insisting on the need to cram more people into as small a land footprint as possible, so 20 to 50 story buildings will probably become common a couple of blocks in from the urban edge.

  • @tsclly2377

    @tsclly2377

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@paulsteaven 'misprint'?

  • @TheKenigham
    @TheKenigham2 жыл бұрын

    I’m thankful for your channel! It’s a formidable source of information!

  • @kingpopaul

    @kingpopaul

    2 жыл бұрын

    you mean "tankful" I assume. Would be a shame to miss a good pun.

  • @jazz.560
    @jazz.5604 ай бұрын

    I really enjoy your videos on modern conflict and vehicles They are very informative and entertaining.

  • @michaelhowell2326
    @michaelhowell23262 жыл бұрын

    The Terminatior reminds me so much of the Skink. I love AA guns that went from vertical guns to horizontal.

  • @pavelslama5543
    @pavelslama55432 жыл бұрын

    15:53 In the case of BMPT, even low caliber AP shells are very likely to penetrate right through and transfer less kinetic energy into the target.

  • @NonApplicable1983
    @NonApplicable19832 жыл бұрын

    Excellent timing for this video.

  • @vladanlausevic1733
    @vladanlausevic17332 жыл бұрын

    Informative update 👍

  • @dual5ivese7ens
    @dual5ivese7ens2 жыл бұрын

    Please remove "Not for actual combat use for display only" tag before driving around the town.

  • @johnlansing2902
    @johnlansing29022 жыл бұрын

    With no apparent cooling system for the barrels I wonder what the maximum firing time is per engagement . Thank you for another great lesson .

  • @visionist7

    @visionist7

    2 жыл бұрын

    By the time you've reloaded the guns the barrels will have probably cooled

  • @essex3777

    @essex3777

    2 жыл бұрын

    or trained to withhold fire to only bursts.

  • @everythingsalright1121

    @everythingsalright1121

    2 жыл бұрын

    They dont hold that much ammo. Its like around 400 rounds IIRC so with such a high RPM it cant sustain it for long

  • @johnlansing2902

    @johnlansing2902

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@everythingsalright1121 thank you.

  • @uegvdczuVF

    @uegvdczuVF

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@johnlansing2902 Those are variable rate of fire guns. 200-600 rounds a minute combined. So these are more like a gun you will find on Bradly than the Shilka's anti air autocannons. Between the low rate of fire and the two separate barrels the air-cooling is fairly sufficient, especially in the Russian climate. So like others said you are more likely to run out of ammo (around 90 sec. of continues fire) than to overheat the barrels.

  • @francisman60
    @francisman602 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for all the research, saves me the effort.

  • @qetiogusliriope7436
    @qetiogusliriope74362 жыл бұрын

    Great! Can't wait to see them in action on the news!

  • @herosstratos
    @herosstratos2 жыл бұрын

    Urban warfare is characterized by complexity, confusion and surprising changes in the situation. It is therefore of crucial importance that a corresponding weapon system has a suitable thermal imaging device with a large field of view. In addition, therefore, a command system is necessary with efficient means of easy communication with various other forces such as dismounted forces, engineers, mortars, artillery and combat helicopters. By the way: against opponents in modern reinforced concrete buildings, the 30 mm gun is insufficient in its effectiveness.

  • @RyllenKriel
    @RyllenKriel2 жыл бұрын

    "...lessens collateral damage. This is important to win hearts and minds." Wait, we are talking about Russian military doctrine right?

  • @tickticktickBOOOOM

    @tickticktickBOOOOM

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I thought Russian doctrine is along the lines of, "Why bother with hearts and minds when you can grab them by the balls?"

  • @fortunemaster668

    @fortunemaster668

    2 жыл бұрын

    We are talking about urban combat with civilians still inhabiting the houses, so, there will be damage. Plus, situation where you wouldn't care about decreasing collateral damage are fairly rare in general.

  • @saviet4222

    @saviet4222

    2 жыл бұрын

    The Russian army is currently heavily restrained on their comduct with minor civilian casualties. Their focus is actually that. Many soldiers are being told that they will be welcomed as liberator and many interacted with the local as such.

  • @neighbor-j-4737

    @neighbor-j-4737

    2 жыл бұрын

    Groznygrad and Pepperidge Farms remember...

  • @meisterproper8304

    @meisterproper8304

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Entropic_Meat_Machine what's wrong with thermobaric ammunition? It's not like they are the only ones using it

  • @AlaricAchos
    @AlaricAchos2 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU for listing sources, so few do.

  • @soronkanos3640
    @soronkanos36402 жыл бұрын

    thank you. i didn't know about the siege of Marawi, just looked it up nice to learn new things, and that last quote will be always be relevant. remember history, do not repeat mistakes made by others.

  • @apo617
    @apo6172 жыл бұрын

    Probably helps if you have gas for it and your crew doesn’t abandon the vehicle.

  • @wulferikgebhardt5312

    @wulferikgebhardt5312

    2 жыл бұрын

    Newest attempt to curb desertion: Crew hatches padlocked shut from outside during combat. /s

  • @sida9439
    @sida94392 жыл бұрын

    Main weapon is mounted to far back to be effective in urban enviroment. You have to expose to much of the vehicle in order to fire "down the street". You would want to have the main weapon as far front as possible so you expose less of the vehicle. I know it looks ugly but its more effective.

  • @ericconnor8419

    @ericconnor8419

    Жыл бұрын

    This was designed to look scary, not be effective.

  • @harrybalanovsky2169

    @harrybalanovsky2169

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ericconnor8419 Considering russian exp. with AA tanks in Chechnia - it is effective. Besides it can look down, because gun is a little bit lifted.

  • @Mohamed-hv2zo
    @Mohamed-hv2zo2 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos man, I’d love a video about the rashidun conquests.

  • @manubishe
    @manubishe2 жыл бұрын

    Many thanks for the video

  • @basecoat1966
    @basecoat19662 жыл бұрын

    "lack of preparation and poor communication" are still mainstays of a Russian offensive. 1:45

  • @TheFranchiseCA

    @TheFranchiseCA

    2 жыл бұрын

    "Unencrypted short-range radios were cheaper, so I bought those instead of the official order. Then I rewarded myself for finding a good way to save money. Was that wrong?"

  • @danielolguin6495
    @danielolguin64952 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos, great content

  • @jamesbednar8625
    @jamesbednar86252 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting and informative video!! Think this vehicle looks awesome, though appears that it would probably be easy enough to disable the turret with heavy caliber gun fire or rockets (RPG). Also, am currently building a 1:35 scale plastic model of this vehicle (Terminator I on T-72 chassis). This video helped explain quite a bit that the instructions leave you hanging/guessing on. Also, liked the camo of the vehicle in the video, so may be "adapting" that scheme.

  • @user-nw8de2zb5c

    @user-nw8de2zb5c

    Жыл бұрын

    The combat module is made of titanium alloy. (According to my information) Yes, the missiles may fail, but the main caliber will work.

  • @thebigone6071
    @thebigone60712 жыл бұрын

    You’re the king of tanks Bernhard!!! You’re the greatest tank expert in world history!!!!!

  • @stalkingtiger777
    @stalkingtiger7772 жыл бұрын

    The U.S. Army put out a video a few years back that all future major conflicts will be centered around large super cities surrounded by sprawling slums. I guess everyone is coming to the same conclusion. (May not be entirely what they said, but the best I can remember).

  • @Nordkampf

    @Nordkampf

    2 жыл бұрын

    I don’t think any army is capable of making a guess like that. I wouldn’t believe it either, look at Los Angeles as an example, slums are located everywhere throughout the city, same with New York, London and Paris. With more compact weapons that are able to take out helicopters and tanks with only a few minutes of preparation I think it is necessary to have vehicle primarily focused anti infantry roles. The Russian development of this vehicle is undoubtedly going to change the way wars are fought. With the US’s recent experience in Afghanistan all throughout the 2000’s to the late 2010s they should have completely updated the Bradley apc. USA army leader is lacking and incompetent and it shows. Very little infantry support vehicles have been developed on since 70’s-80’s. A-10 and Bradley have been relied on for too long and it will cost many lives when the time comes for a war to be fought

  • @romaliop

    @romaliop

    2 жыл бұрын

    I find it funny that anyone would come into the conclusion that in any more or less symmetric war you wouldn't first need to get your troops, vehicles and all that crap safely to the outskirts of the city before you can even start worrying about urban warfare. You could maybe argue that there will never be a symmetric war again, but then again the First World War was supposed to be the war to end all wars.

  • @marcuspratt5867
    @marcuspratt58672 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Could you maybe do a video on whether tanks are becoming obsolete on the modern battlefield or how you see their role changing?

  • @sharwama992

    @sharwama992

    2 жыл бұрын

    They aren’t because not everybody can afford anti tank weapons

  • @refaiabdeen5943
    @refaiabdeen59432 жыл бұрын

    Cheers Mate.

  • @BeefaloBart
    @BeefaloBart2 жыл бұрын

    Nice content. But did the fire suppression systems upgraded on the T-72 and was the same flawed system put into the T-80 and 90 and variations of them? The fire suppression system was not separate from the engine compartment and the crew compartment so a fire set with a simple Molotov could set fire to the engine compartment and the fire suppression system would discharge in both the crew and engine compartments using Halon. Halon will displace oxygen and suffocate the crew if they do not escape the vehicle. So a cheap molotov could remove said vehicles from combat.

  • @hothoploink1509
    @hothoploink15092 жыл бұрын

    Hey falls du drei kleine Tipps bezüglich Aussprache möchtest: - Discrepancy sprichst du seit längerem falsch aus, du legst die Betonung auf "pancy", sie muss auf aber dem "cre" liegen - Emphasis oder emphasize wird das "ph" wie "f" ausgesprochen - Mountainous wird ausgesprochen wie Mountain und dann us (wir) hinterher Habs gerade beides getestet, google translate sagt es korrekt falls du es hören möchtest. Informativ gesehen ist das Video aber super :)

  • @theacme3

    @theacme3

    2 жыл бұрын

    bitte noch TeKnikal nicht teCHnical ;)

  • @Cubeforc3

    @Cubeforc3

    2 жыл бұрын

    Just to add if it helps. VEE-hicles, not veHEEcles.

  • @abyssstrider2547

    @abyssstrider2547

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ja, sein Englisch ist bisschen schlecht. Aber bist du sicher das er ist Deutsch? Weil er klingt mehr Ost Europeanisch zu mir.

  • @hothoploink1509

    @hothoploink1509

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@abyssstrider2547 Er ist Österreicher, hat mehrere deutsche Videos gemacht.

  • @abyssstrider2547

    @abyssstrider2547

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@hothoploink1509 Ich verstehe, tut mir leid dafür. Aber es ist bisschen seltsam, ich wie jemand der ist aus Bosnien zu sprechen besser Englisch. Doch mein Deutsch ist total schlecht.

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge20852 жыл бұрын

    Interesting, thanks!

  • @cristi2611
    @cristi26112 жыл бұрын

    Nice analysis !

  • @MilitaryHistoryVisualized

    @MilitaryHistoryVisualized

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @aaronseet2738
    @aaronseet27382 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if a tank with _double turrets_ albeit lower calibre weaponry would be better suited for urban warfare. Able to cover more angles (front and back) simultaneously with wider situation awareness.

  • @dennisyoung4631

    @dennisyoung4631

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the comment. This sounds usable in a fictional context, e.g. when going into built up areas, several vehicles, each with *three* two-gun turrets, enter in column and have two guns in one direction and the third in the other. Note also the turrets are staggered, hence most of the guns can fire ahead and *blanket* an area with medium caliber shells, 20 - 35 mm.

  • @aaronseet2738

    @aaronseet2738

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dennisyoung4631 Russia did designed multi-turret tanks before but they weren't successful. But who knows with better tech these days.

  • @dennisyoung4631

    @dennisyoung4631

    Жыл бұрын

    @@aaronseet2738 I think the "t-35" might have been one of them. (Checked.) Note that the three-turreted vehicles mentioned earlier have surprisingly destructive shells for a given caliber, e.g. a "27mm" is as bad as something a good deal larger here for both blast and splinters, if somewhat less capable in terms of *penetration.*

  • @aaronseet2738

    @aaronseet2738

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dennisyoung4631 A 27mm back then and a 27 mm today can mean very different things. The A-10 has "only 30mm". Today's tanks are throwing out thin darts.

  • @fiendishrabbit8259
    @fiendishrabbit82592 жыл бұрын

    The T-14 vs T-15 is not really that strange. They're both based on the Armata platform where the first is the MBT version and the second is the IFV version. A fair bit of interchangability, although the innards are pretty different.

  • @everythingsalright1121

    @everythingsalright1121

    2 жыл бұрын

    The chassis is still different enough that you cant just put a T14 turret on the T15 but thats a given.

  • @andriidorohov2044

    @andriidorohov2044

    Жыл бұрын

    The Armata tank does not exist and will not exist. This is a project where money is stolen. The idea was developed in the Ukrainian SSR. Hence, for many years the Russians have not been able to put this tank into production. The same T-34 tank, which the Russians attribute as their achievement, was developed in Kharkov in the Ukrainian SSR. For many years, nothing has been invented in the Russian Federation, and everything that was before was stolen from the peoples of the union. The same Korolev who developed the space rocket and sent Gagarin into space was not Russian. From here, draw conclusions about how a large and rich country in natural resources is now living in the poor.

  • @arandomperson7713

    @arandomperson7713

    10 ай бұрын

    @@andriidorohov2044 T-14 has seen combat in Ukraine.

  • @andriidorohov2044

    @andriidorohov2044

    10 ай бұрын

    @@arandomperson7713 Don't make me laugh. He could not pass on the parade and stalled. The Armata project is a grand theft of money. The Russians could not even make old tanks without German and French equipment. After the sanctions, it becomes unrealistic. There are no technologies in the Russian Federation. All that is at war is the development of the USSR

  • @lexburen5932

    @lexburen5932

    10 ай бұрын

    @@andriidorohov2044 the moscow tank quards army is equipped with T14 tanks. To much propoganda for you.

  • @MisteriosGloriosos922
    @MisteriosGloriosos9222 жыл бұрын

    *Amazing!!!*

  • @antonleimbach648
    @antonleimbach6482 жыл бұрын

    Urban environments are playing a larger part of warfare fighting due to population growth and the idea of “suburbs” which were not common during WWII.

  • @deaddoll1361

    @deaddoll1361

    2 жыл бұрын

    Suburban sprawl still isn't common in many countries.

  • @WildBillCox13
    @WildBillCox132 жыл бұрын

    I admit I like the additional crew survival implicit in such a vehicle. Your tophamper gets shot up? You back around the corner and go have a sandwich, while maintenance fits a new turret to your tank armored steed. From my perspective, a dozen Grizzly Skinks (quad 2cm Polsten Cannon) with ERA add-ons (and thermal imagers) should do the Urban cleanup job. Back them up with a trio of AVREs. That's orders of magnitude cheaper and already proven in combat. DARPA lately developed a rifle caliber, LASER homing bullet/projectile capable of being rapid fired from a conventional (.30cal) M60 MG. Put an Illuminator on the end of every soldier's AR and the MG carrier can sit back a mile or so, fire a thousand round burst, and the troops illuminating the target can watch the fun as every round strikes the bulls-eye. Adapt the mechanism to 30mm and it might win wars. "Now we gettin warm . . ." -L Armstrong

  • @romaliop

    @romaliop

    2 жыл бұрын

    The idea of troops pointing lasers at enemies instead of just shooting them by themselves seems pretty ridiculous to me. At the very least you should give them an illuminator they can use from behind cover.

  • @finoxb944
    @finoxb9442 жыл бұрын

    Lol, at 10:20 you have a pic of an old man with a cane for "suppressing & defeating infantry" :D What type of infantry do the Russian's plan to be fighting? Really good overview, it would be nice to see more on contemporary topics like this in the future, maybe more Open Source Intelligence analysis?

  • @scottostrowski5406
    @scottostrowski54062 жыл бұрын

    How is it going to deal with mines or other weaponry on the ground? I’ve heard that stacked mines and IEDs can still damage tanks?

  • @dytiscusmarginalis8443
    @dytiscusmarginalis84432 жыл бұрын

    will there be a variant with copium cage addon?

  • @hummerskickass
    @hummerskickass2 жыл бұрын

    A rather appropriate video. Russia just started moving the 9 BMPT Terminators towards the front lines in Ukraine via rail. They are definitely anticipating some grinding urban warfare. I can post a link to the video if you’d like? The one I have still works.

  • @davem2369

    @davem2369

    2 жыл бұрын

    9 of them. That doesn't sound like enough to take and hold a city.

  • @MrWinchester1995

    @MrWinchester1995

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'd like a link to that video please

  • @deltared7455

    @deltared7455

    2 жыл бұрын

    What a second why weren't the Bmpt use in the first Assault including Tunguska aa?

  • @MrWinchester1995

    @MrWinchester1995

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@deltared7455 russia thought it was going to be a lot easier so they sent in only a few thousand new conscripts and old armour. The next major assault will likely be different

  • @davem2369

    @davem2369

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@deltared7455 bad planning (planners either didn't believe they were going to do an actual invasion or thought the country would surrender on day 1 and didn't see the need). Theres signs for both these things. Field hospitals were only brought in in the last couple of weeks of build up and troops seem massively under supported in terms of all types of logistics and planning in general

  • @andremesot5144
    @andremesot5144 Жыл бұрын

    Great video ! Thanks. So terminator 1 = chassis T90 only & Terminator 2 = chassis T72 only, correct ?

  • @neues3691
    @neues36912 жыл бұрын

    Wirklich guter und interessanter Überblick

  • @MilitaryHistoryVisualized

    @MilitaryHistoryVisualized

    2 жыл бұрын

    danke!

  • @slartybartfarst55
    @slartybartfarst552 жыл бұрын

    The very important point at the moment is where are the weak spots. I believe many people in a certain Country would be eager to know this.

  • @chubbymoth5810

    @chubbymoth5810

    2 жыл бұрын

    Probably the underside.

  • @cestfixement

    @cestfixement

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm yet to see any bmp-t's fielded in any footage or pics, plenty of bmd, and bmp models and t72 variants... the cheaper and older vehicles, no t14's yet either

  • @thelistener0

    @thelistener0

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@cestfixement it would be weird seeing t14 since this year is the first year that they will actually have some (100 pcs) in actual units. But with the sanctions we shall see if they even manage that

  • @MrChrisBurrows

    @MrChrisBurrows

    2 жыл бұрын

    the top and bottom.

  • @piotrgrzelak2613

    @piotrgrzelak2613

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@thelistener0 main export is energy, and every sanction here is only going to starve Europe. (that's why there were none) the rest is silence as they say

  • @jamesricker3997
    @jamesricker39972 жыл бұрын

    It is an overly specialized anti-infantry vehicle. It looks good on paper but in reality it is a bad idea it will be the first vehicle to attract an anti-tank missile

  • @neighbor-j-4737

    @neighbor-j-4737

    2 жыл бұрын

    Amen. From this video I learned to hit the ZSU23-4 first, followed by the BMPTs. Five gallon buckets full of flammable goop dropped from rooftops should effectively blind sensor suites and lower crew morale. Then a couple thermite grenades to get the party started. Total cost to the defenders, even with a few casualties, does not equal one unit of these.

  • @ldl1477

    @ldl1477

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@neighbor-j-4737 "Five gallon buckets full of flammable goop" -- So, the Molotov of the 21st century ... Yeah; ok you've sold me on it!

  • @neighbor-j-4737

    @neighbor-j-4737

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ldl1477 I was trying to be brief, in order to be funny. How do I explain? I work in the industrial floor coatings sector, and there are many, many opaque bases to choose from, emulsifiers, epoxy hardeners, etc. that are viscous enough to "flow" but are sticky like a honey or paint, and with sufficient addition of a component of something like methyl ethyl keytone, become remarkably more flammable than they already are, depending on concoction. All easily accessible ingredients. All used in sprayers. Now do you see? Easy to apply. Hard to remove. Highly, um, illuminating... Just wait for the rumble of ten or so 50 ton vehicles coming down the block. Apply accordingly. Everyone who downplays the effectiveness of Molotov Cocktails on today's modern battlefield discusses the auto enacted fire extinguishers, etc. What everyone seems to forget, however, is that you are not fighting a physical battle with a highly sophisticated well armed and armored machine itself... You are simply fighting a psychological battle against three or four conscripts, of dubious motivation and intestinal fortitude. Men with dry mouths and nervous eyes. Make them sit, panicked and buttoned up in Indian Country, under small arms fire, feeling more and more terrified by the minute as they watch their buddy's burn alive and scream helplessly into the radio... Let me put it this way, unless exceptionally well led, out of a column of ten tanks, you only have to cook the first three crew. They will give you the other seven free of charge.

  • @romaliop

    @romaliop

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not necessarily. If there's three of them side by side, it might even be the third one to attract the missile. Or maybe none of them would attract a missile, if the guy carrying doesn't feel confident that his ass won't be smoked by the other two the moment he fires that missile.

  • @yourboishitposts
    @yourboishitposts2 жыл бұрын

    Tanks. I'm gonna needs this knowledge for WW3

  • @ZioStalin
    @ZioStalin2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome!

  • @ronaldo0grande
    @ronaldo0grande2 жыл бұрын

    I cant imagine how many fucking hours you put in your videos. Great images amd research. Thanks for them

  • @Win32error854
    @Win32error8542 жыл бұрын

    The problem is that any IFV will be vulnerable in urban combat from portable ATGMs. While the BMPT is certainly going to be more useful than an MBT, it's still going to be a mostly stationary target that will be vulnerable no matter what you do. Whether or not armor is useful in urban scenarios will probably continue to depend mostly on how well armed and supplied your opponents are.

  • @alexdunphy3716
    @alexdunphy37162 жыл бұрын

    So the difference in the terminator 1 and 2 hulls is that 1 is a MODIFIED t-90 chassis, which they had to do major changes to to get the additional crew and grenade launchers in there. You can tell by pictures that the hull roof is taller than a normal t-90 or t-72. The terminator 2 uses an unmodified hull, just with new turret installed.

  • @alexdunphy3716

    @alexdunphy3716

    2 жыл бұрын

    Also the turrets aren't unmanned, the crew is just below the turret right, sitting in the turret basket

  • @nigelbagguley7606
    @nigelbagguley76062 жыл бұрын

    Has the old design flaw from the BTR60 been addressed, whereby the fuel tanks were built into the rear doors.I can't remember if this was also a feature on the original BMP.

  • @marcusborderlands6177

    @marcusborderlands6177

    2 жыл бұрын

    It wasn't a flaw... Those were extra fuel tanks that could be used to store fuel if needed for long trips. Often they were filled with sand in combat.

  • @shnek5143

    @shnek5143

    2 жыл бұрын

    How is that a flaw? Aren't these vehicles diesels?

  • @dabaschti7660
    @dabaschti76602 жыл бұрын

    The fight against ifvs like the Bradley or marder can also work the other way around...because the turret of the terminator is so small its more likely it would hit the turret of a Bradley and eliminate it first

  • @willthorson4543

    @willthorson4543

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's not how it works. Lol

  • @Chironex_Fleckeri

    @Chironex_Fleckeri

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're spitballing. Not terrible logic, but I would say that claim is dubious at best. Real combat situations are complex and there are many things more important than being slightly narrower of a target. If the Bradley finds this vehicle first, it wins the majority of hypothetical 1-on-1 engagements, and vice-versa. I'd say modern IFV are so precise with their armaments now that relative size of the vehicle superstructure is somewhat less of a factor.

  • @dabaschti7660

    @dabaschti7660

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Chironex_Fleckeri jeah of course who ever shoots first wins is the rule most of the time but in the video he claimed that the russian terminator can be knocked out by other ifvs if they shoot the turret...yes its possible but i would consider a terminator much more effective in combat against other ifvs then a bmp2 or bmp3 because of its better hull protection...my point is that a Bradley's or marder allways would need to hit a turret on the terminator and in return the terminator would only need to hit center mass and even the turret of a Bradley is a bigger target...so in an even engagement the terminator would win against most ifv if its target and aiming devices are on the same lvl Btw excuse my terrible english im just on the way home from a 24h shift and its not my mother language

  • @jonathanpfeffer3716

    @jonathanpfeffer3716

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dabaschti7660 it just seems like the worst of both worlds. You have the chassis of a tank, so are heavy and slow, don’t have good enough armor as a tank or the firepower of a tank. ATGMs are already the primary means of dealing with vehicles since they have much longer range than guns, so the Terminator possibly being able to survive some shots seems like an unimportant factor.

  • @Ismail-oy9eo
    @Ismail-oy9eo2 жыл бұрын

    what is the difference between the role of ww2 tanks, and modern tanks? and are tanks getting less and less effective because of personal anti tank weapons? it looks like 1 man with a at launcher is a threat to any tank if he is within 500 meter of him.

  • @nerd1000ify

    @nerd1000ify

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cold war tanks would be expected to fight at longer ranges, often against enemy tanks or IFVs due to infantry on foot being too slow compared to mechanized units. Hence the emphasis on massive frontal armour (especially against HEAT warheads of missiles or infantry anti-tank weapons) and very long range accurate guns optimised to fire sabot rounds against enemy armour. Urban environments were always bad for tanks, even during WW2. Infantry AT weapons back then were often grenades, mines or heavy rifles, which would be totally ineffective in open areas but in close quarters could sometimes damage a tank.

  • @guntguardian3771

    @guntguardian3771

    2 жыл бұрын

    Tanks in WW2 much less vulnerable to infantry, aircraft, ATGMs etc. Sure, there were other tanks, anti-tank guns, rifles and some RPGs, but the proliferation of easy to use and relatively cheap armaments that can peel a tank over in short order is incomparable. You're better off not getting hit, than having to carry that much armour, and munitions do not need to be fired at high velocity to have sufficient impact anymore.

  • @CrazyDutchguys

    @CrazyDutchguys

    2 жыл бұрын

    During ww2 infantry carried AT weapons were absolute garbage. You would basically be safe from them past 100m. Even then, often they did not even have the penetration to go through the front of your more well armoured tanks. Nowadays, AT weapons can do some crazy things, besides their range (4km as mentioned by someone above), they've also got penetration values 8 times that of ww2, that and top attack missiles exist, almost nullifying armour in its entirety. WW2 tanks were breakthrough machines, being basically unkillable by infantry from any decent range, requiring AT gun ambushes or another tank destroy. Only up close

  • @TorBjornDoom

    @TorBjornDoom

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@CrazyDutchguys This feels like the most appropriate observation. The intended purpose for tanks is never truly utilized (based on your descriptions), especially considering how most conflicts now operate as urban warfare. Why use something like an MBT that can be outdone with technology that is cheaper to make, easier to use and distribute? Tanks still have a role to fill, but it does not appear to be as important and necessary as it was in the wars of yesteryear. It would make sense to focus more on just air superiority and armored technology that is better engineered for urban combat - which would fall to IFVs and APCs. The fact that infantry have significantly more viable and disposable options to confront armored vehicles makes a compelling case for a concept that will inevitably become obsolete. I guess tanks could be seen as migrating to a niche role?

  • @romaliop

    @romaliop

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@CrazyDutchguys I think the MBT will become something that armies need to have to not be in a disadvantage, but won't really get much utility out of when they do have them. What I mean is that if you can protect the MBTs well enough, they will wreak absolute havoc among the enemy's IFVs and APCs for a very low ammunition cost. And wherever you have them, the enemy has to dedicate a lot of very expensive equipment and weaponry to neutralize them before they can safely move forward, especially if they don't have MBTs of their own. Air-to-surface missiles, infantry carried AT missiles and the IFVs AT missiles are all relatively expensive and the numbers game can rather quickly go into the MBTs favor if you can't destroy it with a couple of shots and end up losing a few of your own fighting vehicles in the process as well.

  • @Urkinorobitch
    @Urkinorobitch2 жыл бұрын

    Another flaw of an MBT for urban combat is that if you clear areas with that platform, there isn't much left to reinforce by your troops and you are forced to keep relying on MBTs or fall back to terrain you can reinforce with infantry anyway, making progress difficult no matter the outcome of battles.

  • @maxjohnson1758
    @maxjohnson17582 жыл бұрын

    Dual cannons like that exert opposing force when firing and cause the shots to be inaccurate. There is slow motion video of it firing its cannons and you can see how the barrels are moving around all over the place.

  • @billmiller4972
    @billmiller49722 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me to a modernized Kugelblitz ...

  • @scottkrater2131
    @scottkrater21312 жыл бұрын

    My analysis, no matter how good the equipment, it needs well trained soldiers to operate effectively which it seems Russia lacks.

  • @Br1cht

    @Br1cht

    2 жыл бұрын

    Never wondered about why all the "Ukrainian victories" happen closer and closer to Kiev? Nearly all Western media is as accurate as the "Ghost of Kiev", Samuyil Hyde, i.e, totally false. They are now closing on Odessa and the advance is higher than the War of -67(Israel vs Arabs) and Desert Storm. Keep in mind that it took the German Wehrmacht five(5) months to take Ukraine in -41. The Lamestream media lies, quelle surprise.

  • @clivedoe9674

    @clivedoe9674

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Br1cht Russia is getting slapped around. Ever wonder why you see all those videos of burnt vehicles and corpses?

  • @bulcsutoth1134

    @bulcsutoth1134

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@clivedoe9674 its war, casualties are inevitable. I did not see the claimed 5000 russian dead, just ocassional ambushes on supply convoys and a handful of abandoned tanks(which is a standard procedure if they brake down, the follow up troops will collect them anyways. You can not stop the advance because one tank breaks down). Dont have any illusions, there are way more ukrainian casualties than russian ones. The entire ukrainian southern front collapsed, Mariupol encircled, and the entire eastern front with ukraines best units is about to be encircled too. And the "winning" ukrainian army is ordering woman and elderly to throw molotov cocktails, and giving out rifles to anyone with a heartbeat. It will be over soon, and when the fog of war clears it will be funny for the people like u

  • @thedausthed

    @thedausthed

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bulcsutoth1134 What is in fact funny is the fact that Russia economy is completely fucked, no happiness for the Russian fascists!

  • @legallyfree2955

    @legallyfree2955

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@thedausthed If western governments don't stop consistently spending more than they take in via tax revenue at some point our economies will be just as bad. Currently in my country they spend about 30% more than they earn and have been doing that since well before the pandemic (since 2008 ish). They have been dealing with this issue by continually lowering interest rates and increasing reserve bank balance sheets. Eventually something will break.

  • @Archeangelous
    @Archeangelous2 жыл бұрын

    I love my BMPT types in Armored Warfare, lots of fun & chance to rehearse all my Terminator quotes in an Arnold Schwarzenegger voice

  • @markcantemail8018
    @markcantemail80182 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Bernhard .

  • @tophat2115
    @tophat21152 жыл бұрын

    I think that vehicle will get eaten in an urban warfare scenario where anti-tank teams on roof tops could pop up, send a fire and forget missile and disappear in the ensuing chaos.

  • @RonJohn63

    @RonJohn63

    2 жыл бұрын

    The solution to that is "surround the city, and then start shelling; use tall buildings (like hospitals and apartments) as aiming points".

  • @Wayzor_

    @Wayzor_

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@RonJohn63 Yet. Russia is still getting their butts kicked by NLAWs... and Farmers.

  • @RonJohn63

    @RonJohn63

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Wayzor_ Russian troops are capturing more territory every week. (If that wasn't the case, then _lots_ of Russian gun artillery wouldn't have been able to make it to within range of Kiev after two weeks.

  • @csanadbarczy9153

    @csanadbarczy9153

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's happening now in Ukraine. These armored vehicles turned into scrap metal so easy! Armor is almost obsolete.

  • @tophat2115

    @tophat2115

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@csanadbarczy9153 without air superiority it most certainly is, I have a friend who was telling me about wargaming at the senior staff level and they came to that conclusion too

  • @genes.3285
    @genes.32852 жыл бұрын

    I think infantry embedded in the city would have a considerable advantage over such a vehicle. It's obviously expensive to build, and has a crew of five. The Russians may be better off thinking along the lines of small robotics.

  • @batuarganda728

    @batuarganda728

    2 жыл бұрын

    Vehicle support would probably still be important even im urban combat. Although probably just as fire support platforms thats not easily supressable. I dont know thats just me though. Sending vehicles in front would be a death trap

  • @vovin8132

    @vovin8132

    2 жыл бұрын

    You still need to drive armoured columns through cities to get from point A to B. They require capable escorts.

  • @znail4675

    @znail4675

    2 жыл бұрын

    Infantry have been able to kill tanks and IFV's since WW2, it have not ended the use of either. Both will stay in use until there is a better replacement and there are none yet.

  • @user-eq8vb7wu8n

    @user-eq8vb7wu8n

    Жыл бұрын

    Small Robotics - Ural-9

  • @Brahmdagh
    @Brahmdagh2 жыл бұрын

    Is there any mobile drone control vehicle, tracked and armored, around? Should probably come with 4-6 quad drones. And their replaceable batteries/ordnance.

  • @joelogjam9163
    @joelogjam91632 жыл бұрын

    How much would we get weighing this stuff in as scrap?

  • @SNOUPS4
    @SNOUPS42 жыл бұрын

    The BMP in BMPT is for "Боевая машина пехоты"

  • @krunarsson
    @krunarsson2 жыл бұрын

    ´”Complete Russian armoured units were ambushed and destroyed ….” I could swear I heard of that happening … a lot … somewhere … in E-Europe … just the other day ??

  • @jconrad8585

    @jconrad8585

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah sure, Russia is losing and ukraine is winning. Slava ukraini!!!!!!!!!!! Lmao

  • @sheldoniusRex
    @sheldoniusRex2 жыл бұрын

    Seems like one hell of a fighting vehicle.

  • @alexeysaphonov232
    @alexeysaphonov2322 жыл бұрын

    “Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.” George Patton

  • @BD90..
    @BD90..2 жыл бұрын

    Given enough troops with anti tank weapons and an ambush these won't fair too well anyway if it is taken by surprise from multiple directions and angles. It can still only fire in one direction at time.

  • @meisterproper8304

    @meisterproper8304

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's rather obvious, nothing can defend itself from multiple sides simultaneously

  • @polygonalfortress

    @polygonalfortress

    2 жыл бұрын

    Interwar tank designer: obviously we should put more turrets on tanks

  • @terryharris1291

    @terryharris1291

    2 жыл бұрын

    I wonder how they will look with dozen or so petrol bombs on them.

  • @wulferikgebhardt5312
    @wulferikgebhardt53122 жыл бұрын

    Considering the circumstances, perhaps a video on urban combat/guerilla tactics would be appropriate.

  • @willarddevoe5893
    @willarddevoe58932 жыл бұрын

    In WW2, attacks on Panzer tanks often used nitric acid and no fuel. The trick was to ignite the built up grease and oil in the motor compartment. You will see this in the movie Is Paris Burning, on the Humanities Film Forum Must See List.

  • @barrag3463
    @barrag34632 жыл бұрын

    If I were a crewman on this or any other vehicle with a remote control turret, I would be very interested in what to do in the event of a firepower kill. It seems like the turret is still particularly vulnerable to damage from autocannon fire, perhaps even HMG fire could harm the optics, then what? Because of ERA (and the obvious risk of making yourself a target) I couldn't just move as cover for infantry, and I have a limited amount of ATGMs / Thermobaric Rockets.

  • @V0MAG
    @V0MAG2 жыл бұрын

    this vehicle is more or less the same form factor as a MBT (length/width/height), that's why I don't see this vehicle concept to be working that great. The complexity of such a vehicle is in discorrelation to a Panzerfaust 3 or an NLAW in so many regards. The only thing this concept does is sustained fire power, but Infantriy AT weapons are so much cheaper, they can be used after some hours or even minutes by everyone (Panzerfaust 3 is considered "soldier-proof" meaning dumb-proof), and their form factor to effectiveness is much better. Such weapons also boost morale of soldiers and at least give them the chance, hope and some reliability to have something to fight with against armored targets. Personally I don't see any vehicle concept to be suitable for Urban Warfare. My opinion is that only well trained and reasonably well equipped Infantry is suitable for Urban Warfare, this includes mainly small spotting devices and midrange accurate weapons.

  • @raphaelambrosiuscosteau6685

    @raphaelambrosiuscosteau6685

    2 жыл бұрын

    Battles in syria showcased that even in such situations they needed tanks to provide fire support for attacking infantry, where tanks comes out only to make 2or 3 shots with HE and instantly retreat, cause even infantry needed time to get to position for anti tank weapons to aim properly. Now imagine that instead of tank there is bmpt. Its got immense firepower against infantry, makes literally hell on earth for specific buildings, got 360 protection against RPGs, and in addition got thermals and fast turret traverse speed to quickly spot and destroy any infantry with anti tank weapons.

  • @VT-mw2zb

    @VT-mw2zb

    2 жыл бұрын

    You can make the same argument in 1944 with regards to a Panzerfaust and a T-34.

  • @matteoaievola8643

    @matteoaievola8643

    2 жыл бұрын

    For Tanks it will be very important to have some kind of infantry fighting vehicle, especially from an ambush on the sides or from behind with AT weapons. Most important thing to know is that RPGs don't one shot tanks like in Hollywood and Video games

  • @jintsuubest9331

    @jintsuubest9331

    2 жыл бұрын

    What's bad about something having a mbt form factor? It is comparatively smaller than most ifv, because not needing to carry the extra meatbags, while also retain, if not exceeding in firepower. I would argue 40mm is much better in this case. The complexity of such vehicle is... What? I don't get your point. Pzf3 and nlaw will do damage to [insert vehicle] provided hitting the right spot. That doesn't make [insert vehicle] obselete. That's not how arms and armor works. No one is disputing the effectiveness man portable at weapon but at the same time no one is in the process of removing their armor and switch to go kart. What you need to defeat a well equipted infantry is a couple Toyota hilux and some 50 cal. Or some bobby traps. Or some snipers. Or some suicide drones. Or the list goes on and I think you get the point. Training can only get you so far. Many of those setup will not do shit against say bmpt. Urban warfare is hard because you can't really anticipate what's around the next corner, especially when the enemy has a large presence in that area. Your best bet is a combination of infantry, light armor, and heavy armor, all working together, and hope nothing goes wrong. Not rely solely on some joe on the foot that can get dink by so so so many different things.

  • @UnreasonableOpinions

    @UnreasonableOpinions

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's just too big. While it reduces many of the less-useful features of a classic MBT in urban terrain, the size and weight of it mean it still has most of the same vulnerabilities, like road traps, pits, obstacles and the like. Getting an urban armoured vehicle light enough to climb over rubble and small enough to force themselves into buildings without collapsing them on top of it seem like they should be the priorities.

  • @WeekEndContractor
    @WeekEndContractor2 жыл бұрын

    How tough is it against javelin missiles?

  • @technophant
    @technophant2 жыл бұрын

    High voltage cables around the sides could be added to prevent people from climbing on

  • @azazzelx
    @azazzelx2 жыл бұрын

    noted

  • @wrayday7149
    @wrayday71492 жыл бұрын

    No matter how expensive or fancy the tank.... you drive over an IED or in Russia’s case only put $5 worth of gas in the tank it isn’t going far.

  • @oninja1919
    @oninja19192 жыл бұрын

    Current events have made me very skeptical of Russia's ability to develop and field modern military equipment. I legitimately thought of Russia as a near peer to the USA but after this Ukraine business I'm thinking they might have been a paper tiger this whole time. I appreciate this video even if some of the capabilities might not end up being quite as good as Russia will have you believe.

  • @HibikiKano

    @HibikiKano

    2 жыл бұрын

    Probably the development on paper is better than the final result. Also corruption thankfully cripple russian modernisation.

  • @MajorJimGaming

    @MajorJimGaming

    2 жыл бұрын

    The whole Russian system is flawed. Its about to come crashing down. They are a literal house of cards.

  • @HibikiKano

    @HibikiKano

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MajorJimGaming I really hope so.

  • @SirAntoniousBlock

    @SirAntoniousBlock

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MajorJimGaming Indeed, the corruption and inefficiency of supply logistics and the mutual fear and distrust between units leading to an overall lack of co-ordination during operations, also over 50% of the personnel are young conscripts of doubtful quality.

  • @mimodesu7689
    @mimodesu76892 жыл бұрын

    can you make a video about the Siege of Marawi ?

  • @MrGunnerru
    @MrGunnerru2 жыл бұрын

    Cool video.

  • @colinsdad1
    @colinsdad12 жыл бұрын

    Could you do a video on the Panzerfaust 3 that Germany is supplying to the Ukrainians? It's popped up in a bunch of videos, so, I'm curious to hear how it works.

  • @marzapan9029

    @marzapan9029

    2 жыл бұрын

    It goes into the side of a Russian tank. The tanks turret then ejects. End.

  • @universalflamethrower6342

    @universalflamethrower6342

    2 жыл бұрын

    There are video's of People using anti tank weapons against the Russians and they don't work. Many vids of destroyed tanks are ukrainian vehikels instead of Russian. After the war the fog will clear...

  • @kyle857
    @kyle8572 жыл бұрын

    Nice IFV you've got there. Would be a shame to use it in a city filled with Javalins...

  • @MilitaryHistoryVisualized

    @MilitaryHistoryVisualized

    2 жыл бұрын

    It is not an IFV at least not from the chassis side, but that makes little difference for Javelins from what I know.

  • @Jason-35D

    @Jason-35D

    2 жыл бұрын

    Javelins or EFPs. I think EFPs are a huge problem for almost all armor.

  • @King.Leonidas

    @King.Leonidas

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MilitaryHistoryVisualized if it's based on the new russian tank javalins according to theory should not be effective.

  • @MeAbroad2004

    @MeAbroad2004

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@King.Leonidas I dare say we will know soon enough either way

  • @piotrgrzelak2613

    @piotrgrzelak2613

    2 жыл бұрын

    Maybe wait until the war concludes and the propaganda gets verified or not. Then we'll see how well did javelin really do.

  • @sarahdisco-dolly1150
    @sarahdisco-dolly11502 жыл бұрын

    I did wonder what those vehicles were, thank you

  • @ED-es2qv
    @ED-es2qv Жыл бұрын

    Is that symbol a guy with a crowbar standing over two bodies? Labeled “suppressing anti defeating infantry” at 10:20? Did you make that up?

  • @hardinhp
    @hardinhp2 жыл бұрын

    Cool new tank is the crew gonna bail when it runs out of fuel with this one too?