The Ratel and the T-72
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- The South African Ratel Armoured Fighting Vehicle and the Russian T-72 Tank are put through their paces on Sandstone Estates. These vehicles were adversaries in South Africa's war with Angola from the 1990's.
I've seen this exact T-72 in person. It is currently on display at the South African Armour Museum inside a special hangar.
I was at the show on the day this was filmed, Sandstone Estates, situated between Ficksburg & Fouriesburg in the eastern free state. Pretty inpressive things when seen up close, & fun when you score a ride on it! The ratel's painted in a pretty zany sand yellow though...
My uncle worked for a company that built the gearboxes for the ratels in the 80s. Every gearbox was tested to the equivalent (swinging a heavy flywheel), to the equivalent of throwing it into reverse at 100km/h. And the gearbox had to pass, and remain 100% operational.
That's my baby..The was a magnificent IFV
The world's first wheeled IFM. In the seventies the world laughed at it. In the eighties the world copied it.
I was at School of Armour in about March of 1989 when a MAN truck arrived with a tank covered by a tarpaulin. We were told it was top secret Russian acquired tank.
Two corporals, who were best friends, snuck our 2 troops into the Tank Vehicle Park to have a look at the tank.
They had the keys for the hanger.
I seem to recall that it was a T-72, and if so, it might have been an upgraded version of the T-72.
Or it was a T-80.
Does anyone know what it was we peered at in the dark of that hanger?
The two T72s at School of Armour were procured in the early nineties, not early seventies.
Favourite quote "It's got a 125mm smooth bore gun, which is a European choice."
The differences between the T54 and T55 are a bit more than just one machine gun. For example, the T55 is equipped with a somewhat different turret, NBC protection and a gun fume extractor.
The Ratel apcv is a good fighting vehicle for its time but the Rooikat f.v. are my favourite choice. If only it can be upgraded with a 120 mm calibre smooth bore gun. and some anti tank missile launchers plus all state of the art laser target finders and night seeing tech.
Where was this filmed in SA,would love to see a ratel in action.
Sandstone estates, situated between the towns of Ficksburg & Fouriesburg in the eastern part of the Free State province. It, as well as sandstone estates, borders the kingdom of Lesotho.
The T-72 is usually on display at the South African Armour Museum in Bloemfontein. I saw it there last year.
Major should build his own tank, the Scherman II....
Ha ha ha! Never thought of that!
The tank driver probably means he's driven a Leopard tank not a Tiger tank?
I think you must be right. As far as I know there are only two Tigers in operating order in the world, one in the U.K and one in France.
The name "Tiger" is also used in an SA modernization of the T-72.
@@Witput yes and no, there's only one tiger(UK) 1 operational and one tiger 2(FRANCE) operacional
German Leopard tank along with U.K Challenger easily eliminated in Ukraine by Drone bombs. Plenty of Drone videos showing how easy it is to drop shit on a tank.
Wwhay a vehcle i was the drover of one of them ln ops modoler from 2ssb to 32 batalioin
How does one get to go for a ride in the Ratel?
You go to one of the regular events held at Sandstone where you will be able to ride in or on many fascinating machines.
@@Witput TY, look forward to checking it out.
This T-72 apparently has a 125mm European gun and sub machine guns according to this 'expert'.
How could the T72 be purchased in the 1970s by the SANDF? Doos.
Bonjour a tous du Canada I think the T- 72 need a orange triangle back to the Tank north america
all farm equipement need this orange triangle
Thank you for your comment. The Sandstone Heritage Trust does not actually have a T-72 but the Military have brought one to their events from time-to-time. We are aware that in the USA these triangles are mandatory but they are not necessarily compulsory in South Africa. Sandstone also does not take any of their Military vehicles on the road other than by big low loaders.
@@Witput if memory serves you're correct, no military vehicles that are unregistered can drive on the road. They have to comply with civilian laws before they can but once registered and safety compliant they can but do not require any specific markings as they're not available for civilian registered use.
He was driving Tiger Pz-VI ???!!! Funny guy-))
He probably got confused with the Leopard Or he was helping at the British museum...Tiger 131 me thinks
He shouldn't have confused a Tiger with a Leopard.......one has stripes the other, has spots
Where can i buy one
in war thunder
@@riantoo good answer
@@riantoo nice answer
Smart answer
Contact the manufacturer maybe they can make 1 without the turret if you flash enough cash
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I wonder if he will still be as impressed with the T72 if you look at what's happening to Russian tanks in Ukraine 🤔
Idiot crews and commanders will make any tank be worthless, just look at Saudis and their Abrams.
And you get your information from CNN?
@@Deontjie oh god, edgelord incoming
go seat yourself
NATO supplied Bradley and German Leopard tanks have all been easily destroyed. Modern drone warfare has made tanks obsolete. Plenty of videos of Ukraine tanks being eliminated by a drone dropping a shell above the turret.
Dont fall for controlled CNN and BBC lies.
@@davemccombsEight months later, and Ukraine has completely destroyed Russia, as US media predicted?
Gib gaijin
I never did understand all the love for the T72. The US Army completely obliterated them with DU rounds from IFVs during the Gulf War and that was 30 years ago. They seem more like logistics hogs in this day of drones, smart weapons and extremely fast moving wheeled combat vehicles. The SADF shot up Soviet tanks during the Border War with 90 mm armed Elands and I don’t see heavy tracked vehicles being a good long term investment. Even the US Marines are doing away with their M1 Abrams as they transition to more distributed warfare.
Look at Syrians using m1s or Iraq during the gulf war or north Korean t-34s or coalition is3s against the israelis. A soviet tank is not anything the same as a soviet operated tank. Each of those vehicle definitely demonstrated their worth in conflicts when used by their home nations. The effectiveness of a vehicle boils down to the quality of the generals at the table and operators of the machine
Also us marines are getting rid of their tanks not because they aren't useful, but because of cuts. They would keep them if they could
T-72 is a world class tank which was superior to any Western counterpart for a decade and later versions being on par with newer western counterparts.
T-72 was “obliterated “ because those were export T-72 tanks given to poorly trained crews.
Same thing happened to export Abrams and Leopard2 tanks, they did awfully
So why do you refuse to acknowledge that? Is it only to suit your narrative?
Secondly, IFV rounds did not penetrate T-72 on front they simply lack the penetration
It was their missiles
@@Vidic236 So in your opinion the Russians, Cubans and other Eastern Block tank crews were poorly trained?
Because it was them who mostly crewed the tanks in Angola after fapla had failed.
@@mazambane286 If you had any knowledge whatsoever you would know that T-72s weren’t used in Angola…..
A Hilux with a Russian anti tank rocket can take out that Ratel
Most things would die to a anti tank rocket ratel is 44 years in service and the Russians are still building T60s it remains a relevant piece of equipment the incoming bager doesn't inspire confidence that it's gonna be that much better if at all than the outgoing ratel
Strange that hundreds of shot out Russian T-38 and T-55 tank still litters the southern Angola. Somehow 99% of Ratels survived.
That's what the Cuban's thought too. And look what happened
in the Angolan bush, you must be an idiot.