Army Mechanic Reacts to Tank Fails
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We asked a tank commander and master gunner to break down some of the worst tank fails we could find on the internet.
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Col. Tim Ferguson
SSG Mason Cutrer
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Tanks are limited to 45 mph by the governor… which every tanker knows how to remove. Without the governor top speed is more like 65. Still, the car should have easily been able to drive away.
Tank you a lot for this tank video 😊😅😂🎉
And here I thought I’d see Sandro, finding out he ALSO does Tank repairs lol /s
"Eh fuck it, I've worked on worse... it's gonna cost you though" - Sandro, probably
Damn, we all agree but *damn* we all agree
To be fair I do remember him saying he's worked on "everything" lol.
Is there anything that man DOESN'T do? 🤣
Lmfao bruhh. We need his reaction now. He's worked everything and then some 😂😂. Probably knew exactly what happened to that old Sherman tank before it stopped.
For the boys.
The colonel has the most Army jawline in the entire Army. Respect.
Haha! Indeed. Prototypical Combat Arms Officer
He had it chiseled the day before the shoot. :P
His jaw appears to be made out of tanks. Impressive.
His jaw was born to wear that hat.
He is my Regimental Col. Good dude too
Colonel Ferguson was made for command. The guy has such a magnetic personality and easygoing attitude and also knows his SHIT at the same time. Honestly one of the best non-regular guests y'all have had on. Sergeant Cutrer was great too, you can tell he was reliving some past mistakes during some of those clips 😂
He's the kind of officer that his troops will follow him anywhere. You can tell just by his personality that he probably loves his troops.
And did you see that jawline? i think that may be the human limit of how defined a jawline can be.
Tank Col.: If you can ride a bike you can drive a tank.
Zach: Maybe I'll take you up on that!
Tank Col.: *immediately calling every recruiter to bring paperwork*
“Zach is no longer with us unfortunately. He didn’t die he just became a tank driver.”
@@the_one_titan3381 "But he's also one of the fastest tank drivers in the US Army with his modified M1 Abrams. And we're gonna find out how because we're going 'Bumper 2 Bumper' on THE M1 ABRAMS MAIN BATTLE TANK."
Colonel Ferguson has pretty much offered you guys a go in a tank. Oh and excellent video and 2 great guest reviewers.
Yeah, it's fun as sh*t! Just don't touch the shells after they eject from the breech.
The way Col. Tim Ferguson said "I've been tankin' for about 25 years" that guy when he was younger loved going muddin' and he took it to the max level lol
He's an Officer. He has to do alot of logistics time to get to Full Bird. That means off the tank for years at a time. Nothing but respect, it's things Officers have to do. Now someone who does stay on the tank for nearly 20 years is any level of Sargent till he/she reaches 1SG (First Sargent). Then he's really pissed off he's stuck in a Humvee or like vehicle.
@@adamsears1403 No doubt no doubt... but this dude loves ripping through the mud in a bigass vehicle, you can't convince me otherwrise. His tone denotes his love of the muddin'.
@@jetjazz05 speaking from experience, it is a LOT of fun to drive a tracked armored vehicle. you can get across gaps and steps up or down that wheeled vehicles could never dream of traversing, it takes some serious mud to bog you down, and you can even bulldoze small trees in your way.
i served on a bradly, myself. think of it as a lighter, taller tank with a needlenose turret, if you're unfamiliar. driving it was a blast, but i do honestly prefer being the gunner.
He was my ROTC battalion commander in college and I can say the man LOVES tanks
@@jetjazz05 I don't mean to disrespect him. I only said he has Officer stuff to do as well. I agree he obviously loves tanks. I mean it's an Abrams, what's not to love about that magnificent beast!
I’ve never worked on a tank turbine, but that sound sent a chill down my spine because that’s the exact Disney sound that plays in my head when I think of a bolt disappearing into the depths of the bowels of an engine.
and you never will as a CAV SCOUT IN A BRADLEY FIGHTING VEHICLE.....JESUS THIS CHANNEL FAILED!
@@rdejaynes dude what
@@rdejaynes lol wut? I don't understand your anger here...
@@SGobuck ssshhhh its bettter someone think your a fool than open your mouth and prove it. SGObuck
@@armourggeddon i think they're implying you'll never drop a bolt into a turbine on a BFV (bradely fighting vehicle), because bradelys run a cummins diesel engine and arent a turboshaft turbine engine.
However im not sure how they reached that conclusion based off of your comment lol. You didnt mention the bradely.
that older tank. Looked to be a churchill, british 'infantry' tank. It was slow, designed for the trench crossing, to move at infantry speed, a support vehicle. IT had the large exposed tracks sticking out to allow it to go down and up trenches.. that one was just.. wow.
It looks like a IV or V, with the 6 pdr turret. It also looks as if they were actively trying to see if it would flip - going at an angle, closed down, everything on the outside stripped off - and being filmed, from above.
Slower than the earlier shown M4 (max 15 mph), but could climb much steeper slopes and regarded as the better gun platform.
As someone who was in the USMC 1st Tank Battalion, tankers can break things in impressive ways.
It's more impressive the variety of ways to break stuff. On one hand, the main gun breaks things in a very impressive way. On the other hand, jamming a boot under the gas pedal, driving through three houses and bending the main gun in half is equally impressive for other reasons.
Yes we can! 68 ton metal monsters with most of us being in our early 20's. Even in the Army we would find every breaking point in that magnificent beast. I'm still guessing someone called in to Geneva claiming a War Crime allowing Marines to have tanks. That's why they took them away from the Marine Corps. 🤣😂
@@lostalone9320 Driving through houses is fun till you find out it has a basement. Trust me I Know 🤕
Hey! I resemble that remark! LoL!
Marine corps got rid of tanks recently
Tim Ferguson doesn't use hammers to fix his tanks, he just smacks things with his jaw when necessary
His jawline is impressive.
As somebody who sees him every day at work.... I can tell you it's even more impressive in person.
Uses his jaw to shout the bolt into place.
My tank commander had several pins in his leg after a jump like that one the russians went for.
In his words "The manual says this machine will only do 40 miles per hour. But when you find out an air strike has been called it'll do about 85"
Be careful not revealing design secrets of military vehicles, that's the War Thunder forum community's work
War Thunder’s made it so much easier to be a spy…
Now the colonel *did* say, "...absolutely..." to the "I'll have to take you up on that some time..."
I think I speak for many of the viewers when I say, We want to see the Donut crew go out and drive some tanks!!!
Take an Abrams to the race track and see how fast they can do a lap
The army has special propaganda money put aside for when they get oportunities like this, if they wanted they 100% could drive a tank within a week
@@GrumpyIan Now that's one expensive gearbox to blow up
High tank vs low tank
@DumbArse we let people come out all the time. Community box tour at Fort irwin. Check it out. Come shoot some stuff
You can drive a tank in the UK at 16 on a learners license and zero road tax as it's a militarily vehicle. We had an APC I would drive to the local village shop for groceries
Saracen?
What you save in road tax you more than make up in fuel bills!
@@joemacleod-iredale2888 ha na, we used recycled veg oil, so basically free
@@PatGilliland na a Bulldog (FV432). I even took it to school a few times 🤣
@@willyd-adv some enviromentalist is still getting mad. T-72 what one guy has here uses 450 liters/100km :D
Very cool of the army to come out and do a show with you. It would have been nice if they had brought an actual mechanic with them. I was the guy the colonel was saying is the last person they want to call. 91A H8. When in reality, if the tankers would just call us, there would end up being far less broken. Lets just say tankers are great at keeping thier mechanics busy.
“What is level 10 task for 300”
@@gorbdonfreeming 10 level is an operator level task and self proclaimed master of the art of pencil wipping a qaqc. As far as the 300, unless you're meaning points, you got me lost there.
But generally speaking , tankers and even mechanized units treat their Maintainers well because a broken tank means one of two things, a target or a new section of crappy infantry just got created.
The M4 Sherman had multiple engine installations, but most common was the a 9 cylinder air-cooled aircraft radial engine fed by gasoline.
This is the comment I was looking for! Not many people know this about the Sherman.
Ah, yes famous US tanks and having aircraft engines. Like bread and butter.
The strangest one was (5) 6 cyl car engines grouped around a common shaft, curiously it was one of the most reliable.
Thanks! I wonder if that tank still has original engine or was swapped with something more modern. I've heard of people doing both - as far as I know, most ancient plane engines, for example, are just not reliable enough at that age and people don't want to crash the plane.
Oh dudes, you should invite the Car Wizard, he was a tank mechanic back in the day and he's a car mechanic now
WEEEEZORD!
Oh is that where he learned what high poisonous lubricants taste like?
Good call weeeezord
The strongest tanks are the ones powered by the Buick 3800
@@andyb1653 sounds you can hear
It was actually impressive that a vehicle that heavy could even flip over like that lol
The mass is essentially irrelevant, it just adds momentum trying to keep it going. If anything they're top heavy as most of the armour is up top and on the turret.
@@mandowarrior123especially on sand/dirt, the tracks just dig further into it making too over even more likely.
The bigger they are, the harder they roll.
Physics never ceases to amaze
They weigh between 50-100 metric tons, while also having more ground clearance than your SUV. It also has a turret, so it is incredibly high-slung. Their engines have between 500-2000 horsepower and an un-natural amount of torque, so it isn't going to stop so easily
I had an old German man for a colleague, he was in a German Panzer division and told me about a time when they tried to cross a small brick bridge over a stream and they tipped over as their commander was halfway out of the turret. He got crushed. That story sticks with me
I bet sandro knows his share of tanks, they just had to limit him again from taking over donut.
He has a tank with 2 buggatti engines and is draftable. But sshhh is a secreto
Once upon a time, I had power slid a Bradley going over 25mph on the muddy trails at Camp Shelby Mississippi and was prompty scolded by my soon to be 1st SGT but then told that was pretty bad ass right after haha
2/2 acr in bamberg. one of our guys flipped an m1 on the way to the QRS being a twat. nobody seriously hurt but it definetly fckd up the landscape...
@@richardcheeseman6330probably someone's paycheck too, at least for a little while
Sudden unplanned loss of traction due to unfortunately slopped terrain controlled with timely and controlled driver inputs. Could happen to anyone.
When fafo goes fubar
Had a platoon mate slide into the dirt that was left behind when the graded a dirt road. It winter time and it was frozen. The tracks hit parallel and he threw track. In general throwing track sucks, but they managed to throw the track to the inside. Breaking track on a track that is stretched to the limit is not fun.
Its good to have a Colonel who knows his machine but no way in hell is an officer a mechanic 🤣
the military is really picky about who goes on these shows, while actually representing the armed forces. Officers who are over the rank of captain are preferred because they receive training on how to do public speaking and deal with the media. In the case of Armor officers they tend to be fan boys of the vehicles they are running. They tend to have been fanboys since before they signed up so it's not really that bad a pick, but they tend to not be as knowledgeable about variant designs.
14:35 the cringe rolling off Jobe's face is priceless 😂😂
15:55 During a military exercise when I was in the Norwegian Army, a Leopard tank flipped completely over due to both the commander and the driver thinking a snow bank was a part of the terrain rather than just fluffy water. The tank commander was at that time standing up through his "commander's hatch", and he only survived because of the depth of the snow. When the tank turned over, the snow pushed him back into the turret before hitting solid ground. They later commented that the "escape hatch" (that you tell your mum about; "don't worry, we got an escape hatch if everything goes bad!") is basically ONLY USEFUL in this situation (ie, turning upside down while driving).
"Tracks don't go where the cat tails grow" One of the first things they told my dad back in Tank School in the late 50's.
About once a year, some new driver would forget or ignore this.
I loved seeing some of our military members featured on the show. If you were never in, or have never been around military areas, you have no idea how hard they work on a day to day basis. Thanks for bringing them on, it was interesting learning about the tanks they operate!
10:45 the early Sherman tanks had a radial engine like an aircraft and was air cooled and had no radiator.
This was cool. I'd love to see this kind of thing talking about some of the Humvees or APC units. Have a few buddies who worked in the motor pools as mechanics and they have a few stories of wild stuff they pulled out or the amount of pounding those can take.
I was either cursed or just not knowledgeable enough about humvees, i cracked 3 engines while i was in. All were instant temp jumps and coolant leaking.
eh, not so much the hummers. they just suck. i'll never understand why they took off in the civilian world.
but pretty much anything with tracks, sure.
@@rakninjamarketing and branding.
Former mechanic and wrecker operator here. 1. The oshkosh m984a4 is the baddest thing out there...change my mind. 2. That truck will do 80mph unloaded, its AWESOME. 3. The armored version I had in afghanistan took an unseen jump at 30mph while weighing roughly 45 tons, that landing hurt like fuck cuz at the apex my back slammed into the roof and the only thing I was holding was the steering wheel while my knees were next to my ears. 4. Air ride is the shit. 5. I also retuned the c15 cat engine to pump out 1900 horse cuz why not.
With the tcase in low I had 2 broken down rg 39s tow bar'd togother then another towbar hooked to the buffalo i had on the stinger. What made it a seriously safe truck was the fact the cab is forward of the first axle so when i got hit the explosion was behind me. I did some WILD shit with that truck before and after I rebuilt it. Fun times.
@@big_ute Huh, you learn something new every day, I've only really seen that one in tanker configuration. My unit used the hercules for recovery. I'm assuming they just dont attach those HEMTTs to armor units.
I like how Vin Diesel's momentum completely overrode hers ( don't remember her name), instead of them just smashing together in mid air and falling down the middle. It's like Fast and Furious writers are challenging themselves to break as many rules as possible.
I hate what they did to the series so much, I made it through a lot of bs but that scene and the jumping through buildings just utterly broke me. Stop ignoring physics hollywood, it makes your movies utter trash when average viewers are like uhhhhh no.
It's the weight of all that family giving him more momentum
Well he is like 5 times heavier than her. The parts where he gets the initial momentum and the one where he slams his back into a windshield with said momentum and survives is what's crazy
It's Vin Diesel. He overrides everything.
The car in the vin diesel clip that he jumped on was a Ford Escort Mk1 RS twin cam in rally guise. It pains me to think that hollywood considers them to be disposable, I live 8 miles from the factory where they were assembled, the AVO plant in Aveley Essex UK
If you’re wondering what those two tanks are, they are self propelled howitzers (SPH) which fit cannons up to 155 meters long , the ones featured are the French AUF1 and Russian 2S3M , a lot of SPH tanks have a similar drive train configuration to that used by the the Bradley IFV , the PUMA , the marder A1-3 and the CVRT where the engine and transmission are at the front of the vehicle , lastly they are literal MBT deleters where the shell can over match the armour used by the Abrams and completely obliterate it 😊
I was 63Hotel20(heavy wheeled/tracked repair),and I was assigned to work on the xm-1 project from 1978,until 1st delivery in 1981.
A LOT of upgrades,since then,and I'm still awed by this machine !
I really liked this video. It's quite different from your usual topics, but in a refreshing way. Like I still love the usual videos (especially when Sandros in them), but mixing it up every few videos is a nice touch. Would love to see one with pilots or bus drivers in the future.
I was at Fort Hood, 1977-1980.
We had several ground-guides get 'pinched' in the first year we were hosting the XM-1.
One guy only lost an arm, the other guy...well, the Chaplain called his wife before they had the hulls separate.
The 'pinch' was the only thing keeping the guy from bleeding out; once the hulls moved, he passed away immediately.
Lost of lot of good Soldiers through 'misadventure' at Fort Hood...vehicle mishaps, flash-floods, Copper-heads, scorpions...
This story is still being told at Hood by the safety guy.
It's good to see that Hood hasn't changed much, even if the name did.
Safety regs are written in blood. It sucks, but there's no other way to learn
pirobot668beta, you were in 2/5 Cav. I arrived there in Dec 80 to HHC. That happened just before I arrived but was told about it.
Lmao. The pinched between two front slopes is Absolute tankers lore that never happened. It's been around since at least the early-mid 70s with M48/M60s and happened at Ft Knox, Hood or Grafenwohr. Yet no one has a name, news clipping, report...nothing. Or its always "right before i got there", "right after i left" or "my buddy was there". 😂
Oh that face you make when a bolt fell through turbine fins. Any mechanic around the world could understand that 😂😂😂
easily my favorite episode on this series so far! As a huge tank nerd it was a nice surprise from you guys.
Ouch! That's cool stuff man! Back in the Marines, we had a boot tank company commander who led his entire tank squad into a mud pit! Just said "Forward"...In a commanding way! Got them all stuck! Every single one was up to the upper tank tread stuck! Battalion C.O. showed up and relieved him of command instantly! Good times!
Didn't they have LAVs out front? Tankers aren't very good at route classification.
I used to train tankers at Fort Irwin!! Props to all Master Gunners, such a difficult school.
I'm a 91M & 91H, spent most of the last decade on a recovery crew operating the M88 track recovery vehicle.
Seeing that M1 stuck in the mud is what I love to see.
If you're gunna call me out, you better be good and buried, ready to get dirty, and ready to buy my crew a 30 pack. Lol
10:00 that's my museums M4A3 sherman very very old video when we first got the tank it's got a ford V8 (ford gaa) motor. It's most likely fowled spark plugs or a slight timing issues. If you have any more questions let me know.
Tanks a lot, donut media.
:/
Nice to see Army guys have a good sense of humor
and nice to see that they doesn´t know much about tanks
@@michalpastor3342they might not be tank mechanics but they didn't really say anything wrong? Plus they are definitely more biased towards the Abrams since that's the only platform they have been on
@@renster143ive seen countless of comments like this, people always forget that the tankers in this video know more about the Abrams than any internet expert will ever know about any tank combined.
And why wouldn't they
How else would they stay sane when their friends are dying around them?
I legitimately had to do a double take to be able to tell that wasn't the same guy twice in the intro. Those experts look so alike in their uniforms! 😂
This was a really fun episode! Great set of experts to have on, always cool to learn about bigger more specialized vehicles!
The Donut crew have a lot to learn about tanks lol...Great video!!
Hell yes! 11th ACR! I deployed out of fort Irwin in 2005 with 1/11 ACR
Thank you, and both of those gentlemen for your service! There are a lot of us that appreciate you, sir.
This was a pleasant surprise, I've never imagined watching tank mechanics watch tank fails and I've never imagined a tank could flip so easily while hooning around
1:56 I'm absolutely terrified for that driver, if the seals on that T-72 were bad (probably), he probably could not get out..
I was an 11E20 in a tank outfit, just after Vietnam. We drove the M48A5's, which was the main battle tank before the Abrams.
The A5 was the last of the M48's, which had been commissioned in the mid-50s, if I recall correctly.
It had an OPTAR fire control system, a 105mm main gun (which was rifled), a 7.62mm coax gun, and a .50 cal tank commander turret gun.
Those Early to mid Cold War US tanks are very cool. I love the M48’s and M60’s.
When i was in the army, i was het driver for 2 years. We have track guides that you place on the trailer to insure the tank is centered on the trailer. The m1a1 has half its track on each side hanging off the trailer.
17:07 "Mom, coronel ferguson broke my toy"
When the first prototype tank was demonstrated to the British top brass, it impressed them by driving up and over a huge bank and slamming down the other side. What the generals didn't know was that most of the crew were knocked unconscious by the slam.
General: this is great, I'll order 1000
Fergusons the best, great to see an army guy being heaps down to earth and having a good laugh. Get him on to do more
This one is right up my alley! Hell yea! Love tank videos!
5:52 Im not a tank mechanic and even I can guess why you don't wanna hear this sound, because now, that screw is down at the bottom under all them blades and fins in the turbine, and you gotta take them all out to get that screw out, because if you try to start it with that thing in there it will tear itself apart.
Hauling an M1 Abrams is a TON of work...72 Tons of American Freedom. The tracks actually overhang the trailer by about 6 inches on either side. But the track guides keep it centered for the most part. But chaining the thing down isn't even the hard part. It's all the dang tires that ALWAYS blow out! And It's ALWAYS and I mean ALWAYS and inside tire. Usually on the inner half of the bogey. And we can never find the socket for those inner Lugs.😂😂 The last time I hauled a Tank, I was hauling an M88 and those things are about 76 tons. I actually blew out an inner hub on my trailer. All the studs for the lugs snapped off and the wheel bearing was smoked.😂😂 Long story short we got it where it needed to go. But not without changing more tires than we know what to do with😂😂
Just in case anyone was wondering, I read not too long back that including the foundation, the average house in the US weighs around a thousand tons.
edit: Rather more like 100 tons.
That's an overestimation, I don't think an average house exceeds 10 tons. 1000 tons is a ridiculous amount of construction materials.
Just some back of the envelope math here, on the upper end for a slab for a 3 bedroom house, you're looking at 120 tons of concrete, the house might weigh 5 tons. So. It really all depends on the foundation. House without a foundation weighs less than an MRAP. House with a thin foundation, could weigh less than an Abrams.
10 is too small unless it's a tiny-home or single-wide mobile home and 1000 is way too big. If you include the foundation (often half the overall weight), a house can easily be 60-150 tons, depending on square-footage. It would take a massive mansion to hit 1000.
@@Eshperansa Yeah, my brain added a zero. Made a correction.
edit: btw, you are a zero off yourself.
i was ready for this 🙂, i love this channel
Great. This was some of the best stuff I’ve watched in a while. Your regular show is really good but this takes it to a higher level. Shout out for bringing on some of the folks out there keeping us safe.
14:29 you know it’s bad when your group audience slouches in disbelief at your movies
To Col Tim Ferguson and SSG Mason Cutrer, thank you for your valued time and service.
love donut keep up the good work
The tank in first video appears to be a variant of the Soviet/Russian T-72, which is 41-45t depending on variant and has a V-12 diesel engine that generates just under 800 HRSPRS (or around 1100 buff horses if it's the newest modification with upgraded engine). So the commander was right on the money there. Clip #2 is also soviet/soviet-derivative tank, as are in clips #5 and #6. Likely T-72s or T-90s.
For clip #3 -- ever wondered why many russian/soviet tanks carry wooden logs on their hulls? That's why.
Clip #7 is indeed a WW2 era M4A3 Sherman tank, going from the R/N on the side it's the one from the Museum of the American G.I. in College Station, TX.
That was fun to watch, thanks y'all :D
Col. Ferguson and the 1/11 SCO, LtCol Ferrel were hands down the two best officers I got to serve under. Really cool to see guys I served with getting the spotlight out here.
This video was different, but very interesting, thank you to everyone involved in making it 👍🏻♥
I was with 2-34 AR 1ID. Coming from an armored unit i couldn't click on this video fast enough lol
I own an optometry practice near a military base and have met like 10 or so tank drivers.
Normally, what both your eyes see right now are 140⁰ in your right 140⁰ in your left and 170⁰ with both eyes together.
Tank drivers have a 90⁰ of field of vision. This is only if the hatch is closed and he's not using his periscope and whatever.
It's crazy how confined their vision is.
10:07 The Sherman tank came with a variety of engines. My favorite is the Ford GAA all aluminum 1100 in.³ DOHC V8
Interesting video, thank you guys!
Ferguson is a beautiful human, the hat really fits him.
Happy New Year to everyone reading this. Thanks for all the entertainment this year.
OK, don't make this weird with the appearance comments
@@jamesengland7461 Not happy new year to you then. Here's a rocket for New Years tho, for free, from me to you: (_)(_):::::::::::::::::::::::D ~ ~
Don't make it awkward for men to praise each others, when I see a stronk jaw line and kind eyes I comment and women do it all the time no problem.
Thanks to all our service members🇺🇸 and thanks Donut for having them on.
That colonel was laughing the laugh of a man who knows he doesn't have to fill out the paperwork.
this was great! I'm sure I'm not the only one who would love to see more military content!
Fun fact: in the full video of that Abrams “stuck” in the mud, it actually drives itself out of that. They end up reversing it a couple more times but they get her out
If you ever driver a tank you can actually control the speed and direction of each track, eg. you can make one go faster than the other to turn in a specfic direction or reverse one track to turn on the spot
Not all tanks can do the spin in one spot bit, it depends on their design, but they are almost unbelievably maneuverable when you stop and consider how much they weigh, and how much inertia they have. Acceleration, braking, turning at 50 tons requires incredible design, build quality and maintenance.
That’s just how a tank turns and pivots homie
@@gorbdonfreeming IKR how else is it supposed to steer? Does he think the wheels turn?
Dude. Tim Ferguson was my CO back when I was in 2-37 Charlie Company in Friedberg, Germany. He was still a captain then. Good to know he stayed in the military and is a full bird now, but holy crap I did not expect to see him pop up in a random TH-cam video that I just happen to be watching. My brain almost exploded.
I appreciate how far they go as to get a semi accurate tank model toy for a educational reference.
You guys could inspire someone to join the military from videos like this, someone who wants to drive or work on a tank, or someone who wants to learn to become a diesel mechanic, or an aviation mechanic.
Generally if you see military in uniform on TV, it's because it was cleared as a PR move. They know what they're doing.
@@Vagitarian01 Yes and no, but i get what you mean. I think if it was more PR they wouldn't have been in fatigues, but their pinks and greens? or whatever gay shit that isn't a set of dress blues.
As a former USAF Avionics guy, my advice is don't join up unless you are completely outta options, the lifestyle will ruin you as a person if you let it, it's not a good time. There's a reason most of us wind up with some kind of PTSD even if we don't see combat :(
That's a great way of asking Donut to never do any video like this again.
@@Vagitarian01 100%
Alright Jobe now hes gotta give you a ride in his tank 😂
“I got to clean it” 😂😂😂 like a full bird gonna clean his own tank😂😂
These guys are tank operators not mechanics. I’m a tank mechanic and these guys definitely describe it well. Missed a few things but good job. 😎👍
Hey man I need some faults verified rn
@@gorbdonfreeming lol I’ll send you someone to your line as soon as possible. 😎👍
Another outstanding video Zachary and Justin great content you guy's
While content, I was also a 91A or a "actual" tank mechanic. These guys you have here are operators not mechanics, if it was a actual track mechanic I guarantee the shit talking on how much of a PoS these tend to be both to work on and just maintain. I was a Hotel cert so I specialized also in recovery of track vehicles being assigned to a M88 or a recovery track vehicle and the stories I could talk about alone on how garbage both the Abrams and Bradly alone are is an understatement. Do not miss it lol. Great video and good to see a subject like this talked about.
You realize this is why they wouldn't want you on the show. They didn't invite people who would shit on our military equipment, they picked the best representation from the unit. I'm not sure if "they" was the PAO or Donut, but I imagine they have the same goal in mind, fun knowledgeable people to have on the screen. I'd be interested in your insight, but you'd need to bring your energy up to Donut's level and be more upbeat. :)
I know all the dark secrets of the aircraft I worked on, but it isn't a topic I bring up when asked about my time with them. You can sound smart on a subject without being completely negative about it.
COL. TIM FERGUSON is what I picture in my mind when someone says they are in the Army,Navy,Air Force,Marines and Coast Guard...He needs to be in a movie lol...
Thanks for your service!
8:40 stop the video play in 0.5x speed you can see a spark coming from the belt pulleys
Loved this episode. Would live to see these guys back for some more military clips for sure
All I see here is a 10 level problem.
To expand upon the Russian tank drifting:
The tank chase scene in Goldeneye, that part of them drifting the tank was actually real. They just put some dish soap on the roads, got in the Soviet tank, and were pitching it sideways around the turns. It's even in Russian tanker SOP to drift the tanks when they're on the street.
Col. Ferguson would absolutely be able to coordinate getting you guys into a tank, the Army loves free PR.
For my previous car I chose a custom numberplate that said P4NZ3R. It reads "panzer", which in german means "tank". The car in question was....a black Abarth 595.
Just a word if wisdom. If you were an actual tank mechanic and had a clearance please think long and hard before you run your mouth trying to make corrections or chest pounding. Thank you for your service for the service members. Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!
My grandfather was an M48 Gunner, or loader, stationed in fulda. He fought and was injured in Vietnam. He was also 11th ACR, or The Black Horse. It’s neat that these guys still do stuff. Thank you gents for sharing.
was he with the 11th in fulda and Vietnam??
@@SGobuck yep. Or somewhere in Germany. But it was probably fulda, because that’s the only sensible place for an armored regiment.
It was nice to watch one of these with actual experts.
Can you make your content inclusive by formatting the auto captioning into closed captioning please? it is extremely hard to watch it relying only on the auto captioning sadly (I'm Profoundly Deaf)
You can just say it nicely. No need to manipulatively pull your "inclusivity" card
@@TheTuttle99 When did trying to be inclusive become manipulative? Sounds like you could take your own advice and be nicer.
@@TheTuttle99 I'm not asking you, I'm asking the content creator.
@@TheTuttle99 How is them clarifying that they're deaf pulling the "inclusivity card"?
@TheTuttle99 I thought this was an attempt at comedy so I gave you the thumbs up... I think everyone agrees the deaf should get accurate captions of the video
I enjoyed the shit out of this! More please! Also for the record 2 of the 3 "tanks" that didn't make it onto trailers were actually self-propelled guns not actual tanks.
My dad was in the army for 20 years, half of it was transportation, and the other half was tank instructor and engineering team. He told me once he had a couple of guys get a tank stuck in a ditch, face first. He told me everyone would tell them "hey watchout for ditches they can come out of nowhere." Every time they got in a tank after that. 😂
This is so rad, good job with this obviously difficult get to have active servicemen along with you. Though I know it must be hard, keep it up!
Russian tanks are REALLY cramped and the escape route for the driver is partially blocked. Also, the drivers normal route is partially blocked by the turret, you need to turn it a bit to the side but not too much: if it points towards the back, there is no escape route if your main hatch is broken.. Oh, and if someone turn the turret while driver is escaping, the driver is in two parts. It is extremely claustrophobic environment, it is almost like it is designed to be a torture pod even when things are optimal.
The udssr just designed the Tanks that Way since the T54/T55. Small as possible to not need as much armor, which also makes it lighter for good Mobility and the Ability to travel in difficult Terrain while using a Gun as big and powerful as possible and cheap and fast to produce in enormos Numbers.
They just have to use them since its even for Russia not easy to replace a fleet of over 10000 tanks and the Armata is their Solution to break away from these Designs. Thats also the Reason they tested them so long and thoroughly.
@@Sheppart92 Armata is most likely a dud, they have had to cut back so much that it really isn't current generation anymore. Corruption has been quite rampant in that program, overpromising to get the budget and then underdelivering after a thousand hungry pockets. On paper, what it was suppose to be.. yeah, formidable but what it is, and how low numbers they have of those.. It is going to be a steady stream of salvaged T-72s to the end of the war, sprinkled with later variants as a spice. Drone warfare has changed that landscape too, tanks still have a crucial role but there are these angry birds all around, 500$ and an RPG tied to it is all you need to stop 6 million dollar tank, so might as well use the old shite away.
It'll be interesting what the next gen upgrades are going to be, since platforms seems to stick around for decades. Anti-drone is going to be most interesting, i wonder if it is lasers or miniguns, or very accurate auto-snipers... Or just EMPs..
13:20 no need for an apology... That was a year ago in Ukraine....they are all dead ..... Not a good clip for this kind of video, you know, active war footage. But I really liked this video :)
Why are you lying? The full video showed everyone get back up.
That was a failed assault on a Ukrainian position. They were under fire, and already suffered losses, which is why the driver was so frantic. What you don't see In that edited clip is the retreat, where that tank gets hit by an ATGM and explodes. So yeah, the commander didn't get yelled at, because he didn't survive.
I was training at Knox in 1980 when the M1 was on trails! They were and still are wicked machines!
It doesn't take much speed to make impact hurt for a tank crew. I was in ROTC when one officer retired and called in favors for a big field training exercise over spring break. We got to ride in and practice infantry deployment from Hueys, had 2 APCs for the week, nightvision demo, a retired 'operative' come by to show off his personal historic weapons collection, and an Abrams tank available for practicing ambushes. I ended up with bad blisters (yeah...) one day and was put on OpFor then next day. I was standing in the loader's hatch on the tank as a lookout when we found a rain wash out in the trail that had become more of a ditch. My ribs did not appreciate it.