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@@ryleeculla5570 yes thats ridiculous amount pf armour for the speed and manuerability of Cromwell! The Turret front an dgun mantlet might have high armour but the rest was not that good!
Now that you've talked about the US, Germany, Russia and Britain, I think the next video of this kind should discuss the evolution of either French or Japanese tanks.
Their tanks were small and used mostly to defend sectors. An FT17 could not take on a A7V tank, like it took 3 whippet (MKIV) tanks to stop the Germans at Amien. The French Char 2c behemoth was never properly fielded. And most Japanese tanks were in the jungles of Burma and based in Okinawa or China. Best tanks of 20th century are German, British, US, Soviet as they were all fielded in large battles
“The tank was originally invented to clear the way for the infantry in the teeth of machine gun fire. Now it is the infantry who will have to clear a way for the tanks.” Winston Churchill
Yeah, it was not reliable. It was made to break barbed wire and shield our lads, but when the Brits were tasked with navigating towards German MG nests while surrounded by 12ft craters, we got maimed, the french had our tanks and their southern front was not so much a bloodbath at the Somme. Our tanks got stuck in the mud and even got swallowed
@@Leif20me Tanks exist since Antiquity (specially arab empires), tanks with mounted gunpowder guns since chinese medieval wars, steel tanks since english WWI British as always can assemble things but theirs design su**s 😣
Our American troops loved your Centurions during the Korean War. They could give combat support on nearly any terrain even in the mountains, and almost every encounter between your giants and the T34s was a death sentence for the Commies (at least one encounter was described as "a single shot dismantling", meaning the T34 was blown to scrap metal). It's no wonder those awesome tanks still serve worldwide, they're among the greatest ever made by any country. Thanks for helping us save South Korea, greetings from the US! 🇺🇸👍🇬🇧🇰🇷
Now that you've covered most of the main players in armored warfare, I think French tank design would be a good one to discuss. While they've had similar difficulties as the British in implementing tank design, they have also been a catalyst in tank development since the Interwar period. While they have definitely had some wacky designs, they also pushed into common practice the standard tank layout, seen to this day.
@@stefanobonaiuti8243 I think French tanks would be more interesting because the jumps between WW1, the shortcoming of WW2, and the post war acceleration of tech adoption of post war autoloaders and oscillating turrets
@@Black-Sun_Kaiser yeah but still, Japanese tanks fulfilled their purpose in supporting infantry since their primary focus is Naval warfare. Compared to the Italian tanks that as we all know, is just a joke.
Just a Note, Chally wasn’t an evolution of Chieftain, the two are separate designs sharing a main gun. Chally has different suspension, sights, armour, secondary armament, hull, chassis, and engine. And Challenger 1 was found to be one of the most reliable tanks in the desert, not the least. As for Challenger 2, it does not feature the same gun as Challenger 1, the 120mm L11A1 rifle, it instead features the improved L30A1 rifle with a 2 part breech block and an improved firing mechanism that reduces failures and the breech allows for far higher pressures. Challenger 2 was not found to fail its initial tests, but rather went through extensive testing to ensure the crews liked it and the designers got feedback, such as the installation of a 1x periscope for the gunner.
Challenger is indeed essentially an evolution of Chieftain. Challenger traces its roots back to when it was named Shir 2 intended for use with the Iranian army to replace their chieftains however due to the Iranian revolution putting an end to the order and British MBT 80 running hopelessly over budget with not even a prototype design finalized it was decided that Royal ordinance’s FV4034 would be slightly reworked and pressed into service under the name “challenger”
9:15 Fun Fact. The Matilda II also supported a 3 Inch Howitzer in some conversions. Mainly used by the Australian Army during the Pacific Campaign due to how close quarters the combat was at times.
He should have mentioned what the Centurions did in Korea. They blasted the living sh*t out of the Communist T34s, at least one encounter between the Soviet-built icon and Britain's then-modern titan was described by witnesses as a "Single shot dismantling". American troops loved working with the Centurion forces not only for their amazing firepower, but because it was one of the few large tanks that performed well in steep hilly or mountainous terrain. The Brits literally changed warfare when those armored giants rolled into service.
I love the Churchill and Centurion tanks. Nice to see them covered in one of your videos. How about a video that focuses on New Zealands, Australian and Canadian tank and armored vehicle designs.
I personally would love to see a tank evolution video done on Italian tanks. As they not only do I find their armored history the most fascinating, but is also among the most underdiscussed of the major players of WW2
@@alexanderzippel8809 hopefully he brings mention to it, this since it's not technically a tank it likley won't be mentioned, Tho I do really hope to see some mention of the OF-40 tanks, as well as their most recent modernization program for the Ariete
This is absolutely STELLAR! Massive props for citing your sources, the nods to bovington with Mr Fletcher and the info board, and crediting the Czechs for the BESA. I can tell I’m gonna spend a lot of time very soon binging your other videos! ..I was about to post this and the kiwi came up, I love the sense of humour you guys have, it’s so fitting!
I would like to see the evolution of the tanks of the Imperial Japanese Army, and, even if they are few, I would like to see how they have improved, or worsened.
@@FriendlyMexican2005 think he’s referring to the type 10, latest MBT of Japan. Proper beauty, also probably the most technologically advanced tank in existence
@@alexradford5446 With ingenuity and technology great things can be done, and a tank is no exception, I would like to see how it can be maneuvered during a battle.
More details on the revolutionary design of British tanks would have been good, such as chobham armour and the black night late life extension on challenger 2.
*STOP!* ...... Hammer-Time!!! 😳🥴😆 👍 -Little "Easter-Egg" bits like these showing up in these videos never fail to crack me up. I love the history-information provided by these videos as is, but those random pop-culture-reference additions are the cherries on top.
I'd like to see a video about Czechoslovakia and Munich Agreement. Czechoslovakia had a great army at the time, but didn't fight Germany. I personaly think, it would be interesting to see :D
Fun fact: At 13:48 on the TV it shows an image of what I believe to be the remains of the cockpit and frontal section of Pan Am flight 103 after it crashed after a terrorist bombing. This incident is known as the Lockerbie Bombing due to well, it exploding above Lockerbie.
Personally, I'd like to see the evolution of German tank destroyers, recon vehicles, SPGs, and/or anti-air vehicles. Other than that the tank development of some minor powers might be interesting.
There’s a bunch of unusual tanks that have been covered by the ‘simple history’ channel. There were a few laughable designs in Russia during World War I, and New Zealand attempted to make a World War II tank that was really just a machine gun box on top of a caterpillar tractor. Maybe a video covering all these weird designs would be good.
I was literally just thinking yesterday “I haven’t seen anything from the armchair historian in a while. And then I wake up to this videos notification.”
Some additional information. The Cromwell used a few different guns, the 75/76mm gun was found to be a sweet spot between firepower against tanks and infantry as well as fortifications. The Matilda also earned the nickname "Queen of the Desert" and was essentially the opposite of the Crusader in that regard (the latter as mentioned being rather hated) The Churchill tank actually breaks naming convention as names starting with "C" were reserved for cruiser tanks. But I'd like to believe that Churchill himself with his big ego demanded that this block of steel on tracks be named after him and his steel head.
You forgot the best bit! Ever since WW2, all British tanks feature a boiler to make tea. This is to prevent its crew from having to get out of the tank for a brew, and risk exposing themselves to enemy fire.
Can we have a video on Israeli tank history? They may not have produced many domestically but they have sported a wide variety over the years often upgradeding them beyond what would be deemed possible or sensible
Love the video. Like evolutions of French or Japanese tanks. Or if possible, of other vehicle classes. Like infantry fighting vehicles or self propelled guns, from Germany or Soviet Union.
I would consider the French tanks to be next please I'm not French but I would love to see the French next ,thanks a lot for talking about the British I really loved the video thanks the Armchair Historian I really appreciate it thanks .
"The challenger wasn't challenged until 2022 the challenger would retire in 2001 being replaced by the challenger II. The next evolution of the challenger faced quite a few *Challenges* in its development" Now that's a lot of challenges *even more challenges in **13:35*
Tej: Ah guys we have to come up with another plan… they have a tank! Roman: I’m sorry did you said they have a tank? What’s plan B? Tej: Plan B? We need a plan C,D,E, we need more alphabets!
there'a good chunk wrong or missing from this, the whippet wasn't even mentioned or the independent, covenanter, tortoise, firefly, archer, excelsior, and an unknown number of variants of vehicles, mark 1-8, crumwells with 6pdrs and howitzers, churchills with 2pdrs, 75mms, howitzers and mortars, the black prince with a 17pdr, valentines with 6pdrs, 75mms, the centurion which didn't even mention the 105mm or 165mm versions.
What happened to showing the hard to kill Churchill Heavy tank, it problem was a main armament that was too small for fighting German tanks, plus we also took the US Sherman and added a larger gun creating the Firefly.
“Tanks of both sexes saw action from the Western front to the sands of Gaza together across the world” now that’s some peak high-quality equality right there❤️
Fun Fact: the reason the name was changed from land ship to tank was because when delivering the tank to the front they wanted/needed to change the name from “land ship” or else the Germans would have an idea of what was being brought. So the British decided to put them under the name of “water tanks” on the manifests during their movement to the front and it just stuck
Great Video! I'd love to see you profile both the Israeli Merkava tank development history as well as the brilliantly innovative hyro-pneumatic suspension system the French developed for their tanks that was later used in the Citroen DS.
It was an Australian who invented the tank. He spent years trying to convince the British to adopt his design, which they eventually did. After the war the British government settled with him and acknowledged his original design.
well, the Mathilda II and the Valentine where both made for the same contract, but they ended up just agreeing for both of them because of the desperate need for tanks of the early war periot
It would have Been pretty nice to see hoe some British tanks were modified in certain countries (eventhough the video would have been longer) like the Israeli sho't series of tanks to the lesser known variants like the jordanian Khalid or Al hussaini.
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I never knew that the British had a light tank in ww1
The Cromwell never had 100mm of armor
more evolution, french tank next, but not japanese tanks, not as interesting, but more aircraft videso also
@@ryleeculla5570 yes thats ridiculous amount pf armour for the speed and manuerability of Cromwell! The Turret front an dgun mantlet might have high armour but the rest was not that good!
I love that you included David Fletcher from The Tank Museum in the segment on the Crusader! Genuinely very wholesome to see 😊
I noticed the same thing! Great to see I was like " OH MY GOODNESS IT CANNOT BE!"
I saw that and immediately came to the comments to see if anyone noticed, and wouldn’t ya know…
Always happy to see the tank jesus
Hats off to David Fletcher!
knew i recognized him from somewhere! lol I came here looking for this comment
Now that you've talked about the US, Germany, Russia and Britain, I think the next video of this kind should discuss the evolution of either French or Japanese tanks.
Their tanks were small and used mostly to defend sectors. An FT17 could not take on a A7V tank, like it took 3 whippet (MKIV) tanks to stop the Germans at Amien. The French Char 2c behemoth was never properly fielded. And most Japanese tanks were in the jungles of Burma and based in Okinawa or China. Best tanks of 20th century are German, British, US, Soviet as they were all fielded in large battles
Dont forget chinese
He's gonna do the whole WoT tech tree
Chinese tanks would be cool
@@TheJudge_Carls_Junior_Rep They exist!??!?!?!
“The tank was originally invented to clear the way for the infantry in the teeth of machine gun fire. Now it is the infantry who will have to clear a way for the tanks.” Winston Churchill
We English created the tank 💪
Damn proud to be English. England is the envy of the world. I forget were speaking English too :/
Yeah, it was not reliable. It was made to break barbed wire and shield our lads, but when the Brits were tasked with navigating towards German MG nests while surrounded by 12ft craters, we got maimed, the french had our tanks and their southern front was not so much a bloodbath at the Somme. Our tanks got stuck in the mud and even got swallowed
@@Leif20me and nowadays England had became a shithole dominated by muslims and africans.
@@Leif20me Tanks exist since Antiquity (specially arab empires), tanks with mounted gunpowder guns since chinese medieval wars, steel tanks since english WWI
British as always can assemble things but theirs design su**s 😣
I’d love to see the evolution of French tanks! They brought us the standard tank layout, but have also always had some quirky design sensibilities
Indeed! Our French tanks are often neglected, whereas they were very effective!
@@cenprenonphyks8160 Somewhere here hides a joke about French military history, but I won't be the one bringing it.
@@cenprenonphyks8160 without the french, we would never have the duck
Yup, the Ft17 is arguably the 1st modern tank.
France greatest advantage: They Experiment.
France greatest disadvantage: They Experiment.
7:18 I love how you feature David Fletcher, rather sad to know he is no longer doing Tank Chats
wait since when?????
FINALLY, US BRITS ARE APPRECIATED AS THE MAKER OF THESE METAL TITANS
Our American troops loved your Centurions during the Korean War. They could give combat support on nearly any terrain even in the mountains, and almost every encounter between your giants and the T34s was a death sentence for the Commies (at least one encounter was described as "a single shot dismantling", meaning the T34 was blown to scrap metal). It's no wonder those awesome tanks still serve worldwide, they're among the greatest ever made by any country. Thanks for helping us save South Korea, greetings from the US! 🇺🇸👍🇬🇧🇰🇷
Yea
For king and country.
Now that you've covered most of the main players in armored warfare, I think French tank design would be a good one to discuss. While they've had similar difficulties as the British in implementing tank design, they have also been a catalyst in tank development since the Interwar period. While they have definitely had some wacky designs, they also pushed into common practice the standard tank layout, seen to this day.
So glad you guys are expanding on this series. I think doing Japanese or French tanks next would be amazing!
Would be interesting to see the French ones. I always felt like Japanese tanks were more like tankettes lol , would be interesting nonetheless.
I was gonna say Italian tanks, but probably french ones are more interesting
@@stefanobonaiuti8243 I think French tanks would be more interesting because the jumps between WW1, the shortcoming of WW2, and the post war acceleration of tech adoption of post war autoloaders and oscillating turrets
@@The_Faceless_No_Name_Stranger yep, oscillating turret was a wild design
@@Black-Sun_Kaiser yeah but still, Japanese tanks fulfilled their purpose in supporting infantry since their primary focus is Naval warfare. Compared to the Italian tanks that as we all know, is just a joke.
Just a Note, Chally wasn’t an evolution of Chieftain, the two are separate designs sharing a main gun. Chally has different suspension, sights, armour, secondary armament, hull, chassis, and engine. And Challenger 1 was found to be one of the most reliable tanks in the desert, not the least. As for Challenger 2, it does not feature the same gun as Challenger 1, the 120mm L11A1 rifle, it instead features the improved L30A1 rifle with a 2 part breech block and an improved firing mechanism that reduces failures and the breech allows for far higher pressures. Challenger 2 was not found to fail its initial tests, but rather went through extensive testing to ensure the crews liked it and the designers got feedback, such as the installation of a 1x periscope for the gunner.
Challenger is indeed essentially an evolution of Chieftain. Challenger traces its roots back to when it was named Shir 2 intended for use with the Iranian army to replace their chieftains however due to the Iranian revolution putting an end to the order and British MBT 80 running hopelessly over budget with not even a prototype design finalized it was decided that Royal ordinance’s FV4034 would be slightly reworked and pressed into service under the name “challenger”
@@HJDore To be fair, the video says "modernisation" not evolution, and that is very innacurate.
I don’t understand why some people think the challenger tanks were failures… And even worse guys in videos like this spreading these lies
Love to see an evolution on the Italian “Tank”
I agree! Didn't the Italians in WW2 have this strange kind of remote-controlled tank that looked more like a go-kart?
Pretty much your saying Italian tank size evolution
@@louthegiantcookie The Italian tanks were the Go-Go Gadget of WWI and WWII. Extremely impractical and unreliable.
I would classify them as Armoured cars
9:15 Fun Fact. The Matilda II also supported a 3 Inch Howitzer in some conversions. Mainly used by the Australian Army during the Pacific Campaign due to how close quarters the combat was at times.
Personally, my Favorite Tank from the British is the Centurion. I even considered it better than the M48 Patton. Also let's see Japanese Tanks
He should have mentioned what the Centurions did in Korea. They blasted the living sh*t out of the Communist T34s, at least one encounter between the Soviet-built icon and Britain's then-modern titan was described by witnesses as a "Single shot dismantling". American troops loved working with the Centurion forces not only for their amazing firepower, but because it was one of the few large tanks that performed well in steep hilly or mountainous terrain. The Brits literally changed warfare when those armored giants rolled into service.
Everyone considers it better than the M48 Patton 😂
I love the Churchill and Centurion tanks. Nice to see them covered in one of your videos. How about a video that focuses on New Zealands, Australian and Canadian tank and armored vehicle designs.
Dunno about you, but I suffered while playing tech three Churchill tanks and I had to spend a lot of gold to make the grind less painful 😣
@@dimitrijejovanovic5939 WOT or War Thunder?
Bob Semple
I personally would love to see a tank evolution video done on Italian tanks. As they not only do I find their armored history the most fascinating, but is also among the most underdiscussed of the major players of WW2
Centauro!
@@alexanderzippel8809 hopefully he brings mention to it, this since it's not technically a tank it likley won't be mentioned,
Tho I do really hope to see some mention of the OF-40 tanks, as well as their most recent modernization program for the Ariete
canneloni shooters
I hope he will do evolution of itailian uniforms
Finally, the next evolution video is here! 🇬🇧
This is absolutely STELLAR! Massive props for citing your sources, the nods to bovington with Mr Fletcher and the info board, and crediting the Czechs for the BESA. I can tell I’m gonna spend a lot of time very soon binging your other videos! ..I was about to post this and the kiwi came up, I love the sense of humour you guys have, it’s so fitting!
well thanks for the David Fletcher cameo, it put a smile on my face
7:13 Nice shout out. Respect the Moustache!
in Arkhangelsk there is a pedestal with a Mark 5 tank, which the British supplied to the white army. I do not know why I wrote this.
I loved the “waltzing Matilda” reference. Australia you have my heart
I would like to see the evolution of the tanks of the Imperial Japanese Army, and, even if they are few, I would like to see how they have improved, or worsened.
New tank is said to be a beauty
@@matrixtrollmarine
Please, don't say that that tank is a waifu.
@@FriendlyMexican2005 think he’s referring to the type 10, latest MBT of Japan. Proper beauty, also probably the most technologically advanced tank in existence
@@alexradford5446
With ingenuity and technology great things can be done, and a tank is no exception, I would like to see how it can be maneuvered during a battle.
More details on the revolutionary design of British tanks would have been good, such as chobham armour and the black night late life extension on challenger 2.
Gotta love the British designs, charming, archaic and very british.
Nothing archaic since Centurion appeared on the scene nearly 80 years ago.
*STOP!* ...... Hammer-Time!!! 😳🥴😆 👍
-Little "Easter-Egg" bits like these showing up in these videos never fail to crack me up. I love the history-information provided by these videos as is, but those random pop-culture-reference additions are the cherries on top.
The history of Japanese, French and Italian tanks would be nice.
I'd like to see a video about Czechoslovakia and Munich Agreement. Czechoslovakia had a great army at the time, but didn't fight Germany. I personaly think, it would be interesting to see :D
I still want to see British aircraft covered. So much information.
Fun fact:
At 13:48 on the TV it shows an image of what I believe to be the remains of the cockpit and frontal section of Pan Am flight 103 after it crashed after a terrorist bombing. This incident is known as the Lockerbie Bombing due to well, it exploding above Lockerbie.
David Fletcher is a superior addition :D Splendid!
Personally, I'd like to see the evolution of German tank destroyers, recon vehicles, SPGs, and/or anti-air vehicles. Other than that the tank development of some minor powers might be interesting.
@Cyber_ Boy true, i'd love to see videos of infantry equipment, evolution of SPGs, recon vehicles, and anti-air vehicles. great idea, i support it
Armchair historian should do a video on French tanks
Evolution of The Armchair Historian
4:38 it would make sense that there would be Stonehenge in the background since there is a tank training facility near it
Ironically, one of the inventors of the tank (Lancelot de Mole) was actually Australian.
This was a separate design which was unfortunately ignored prior to World War 1
A vid on the Soviet-Afghan War would be so awesome
I was waiting for this!👍🇬🇧
There’s a bunch of unusual tanks that have been covered by the ‘simple history’ channel. There were a few laughable designs in Russia during World War I, and New Zealand attempted to make a World War II tank that was really just a machine gun box on top of a caterpillar tractor. Maybe a video covering all these weird designs would be good.
I was literally just thinking yesterday “I haven’t seen anything from the armchair historian in a while. And then I wake up to this videos notification.”
Could you do a video on the Russian civil war? I think it's not focused on enough.
+
Russian will have its civil war in 1 or 2 month
maybe have a video of all tank destroyers and self propelled guns from every nation in a video
The challanger 2 is now the best tank in the world🇬🇧
There is also the story of thr challenger taking multiple direct hit for unguided rockets and surviving without and loss of crew
Would love to see Japanese tanks covered next!
I guess you could say that the Cromwell was Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.
"What Gender is your tank?" *HUH?*
Finally I've been waiting for you to make this video thank you
I saw and instantly clicked love you man finally showing the nation who invented the tank
2:50 "hey baby wanna see my six pounder?"
Sheeesh I couldn't believe you will do more of this series its actually good like your other vids so keep it up :)
Some additional information.
The Cromwell used a few different guns, the 75/76mm gun was found to be a sweet spot between firepower against tanks and infantry as well as fortifications.
The Matilda also earned the nickname "Queen of the Desert" and was essentially the opposite of the Crusader in that regard (the latter as mentioned being rather hated)
The Churchill tank actually breaks naming convention as names starting with "C" were reserved for cruiser tanks. But I'd like to believe that Churchill himself with his big ego demanded that this block of steel on tracks be named after him and his steel head.
I'd put in a vote for the history of Soviet tank development.
Already exists, if I'm not mistaken.
@@hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger it does
@@hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger Ah, there it is. Thanks for flagging that.
@@jimryan5513 No problem.
I would love if you could make a video about the war between cyprus and britain from 1955 to 1959
I love this series. please continue with the remaining nations. italy, japan and maybe even more
Love your content
have you done Japanese tanks? it may be a good idea to add prototypes too, for the WWII period atleast
Finally been waiting for this for ages
deffinetly would love the french tanks covered next :)
You forgot the best bit!
Ever since WW2, all British tanks feature a boiler to make tea. This is to prevent its crew from having to get out of the tank for a brew, and risk exposing themselves to enemy fire.
Can we have a video on Israeli tank history? They may not have produced many domestically but they have sported a wide variety over the years often upgradeding them beyond what would be deemed possible or sensible
YES ITS FINALLY HERE!! Thank God it's here
Love the video. Like evolutions of French or Japanese tanks. Or if possible, of other vehicle classes. Like infantry fighting vehicles or self propelled guns, from Germany or Soviet Union.
I like how "Little Willie" was literally a metal tool shed on treads.
I would consider the French tanks to be next please I'm not French but I would love to see the French next ,thanks a lot for talking about the British I really loved the video thanks the Armchair Historian I really appreciate it thanks .
The Crusader tank was not especially unreliable. ALL tanks had trouble in the desert.
I would love to see a video about the Romanian tanks and how they evolved other the decades. Anyways great video! have good day!
The amount of challenging pun is unbelievable
Can you please make a Part 2 to the Evolution of Russian Tanks?
"The challenger wasn't challenged until 2022 the challenger would retire in 2001 being replaced by the challenger II. The next evolution of the challenger faced quite a few *Challenges* in its development" Now that's a lot of challenges *even more challenges in **13:35*
Awesome! are tank destroyers next?
Nice video was waiting to have British tanks roll onto your channel! Tho wasn’t there a challenger 3 tank revealed last year or something.
Tej: Ah guys we have to come up with another plan… they have a tank!
Roman: I’m sorry did you said they have a tank? What’s plan B?
Tej: Plan B? We need a plan C,D,E, we need more alphabets!
Lel.
there'a good chunk wrong or missing from this, the whippet wasn't even mentioned or the independent, covenanter, tortoise, firefly, archer, excelsior, and an unknown number of variants of vehicles, mark 1-8, crumwells with 6pdrs and howitzers, churchills with 2pdrs, 75mms, howitzers and mortars, the black prince with a 17pdr, valentines with 6pdrs, 75mms, the centurion which didn't even mention the 105mm or 165mm versions.
What happened to showing the hard to kill Churchill Heavy tank, it problem was a main armament that was too small for fighting German tanks, plus we also took the US Sherman and added a larger gun creating the Firefly.
it would be cool to see a video about the evolution of submarine designs
“Tanks of both sexes saw action from the Western front to the sands of Gaza together across the world” now that’s some peak high-quality equality right there❤️
LETS GO BOIII
Fun Fact: the reason the name was changed from land ship to tank was because when delivering the tank to the front they wanted/needed to change the name from “land ship” or else the Germans would have an idea of what was being brought. So the British decided to put them under the name of “water tanks” on the manifests during their movement to the front and it just stuck
British grenadiers intensifies
Some of the weirdest and some of the most successful and groundbreaking tanks in history. What a roll.
I found a Comet A34 tank, a cruiser tank in Burmese military museum. So, that is true
Evolution of Japanese Tanks.
finally the creators of the tank get their time in the spotlight
Mmmm British tanks.
Friend: What was your favourite part of the video?
My dumbass: Animated David Fletcher
Awesome work, guys! Thank you.
Great Video! I'd love to see you profile both the Israeli Merkava tank development history as well as the brilliantly innovative hyro-pneumatic suspension system the French developed for their tanks that was later used in the Citroen DS.
the way you animated the wars comets are involved in is fantastic. upvote straight away for that. video is amazing as well
amazing video, a suggestion for the next video: evolution of japanese tanks (including prototypes)... would make a very interesting video...
It was an Australian who invented the tank. He spent years trying to convince the British to adopt his design, which they eventually did. After the war the British government settled with him and acknowledged his original design.
I love the 'waltzing maltida' reference
Italian tanks maybe? Great work, keep it up!
Challengers 2 soon will be named the Orcbane
well, the Mathilda II and the Valentine where both made for the same contract, but they ended up just agreeing for both of them because of the desperate need for tanks of the early war periot
Fun fact: “Tank” was actually a code name that was designed to confuse German intelligence at the time. “Tank” at the time ment a water storage unit.
The nation that started it all 💪
It's finally here after waiting a year
It would have Been pretty nice to see hoe some British tanks were modified in certain countries (eventhough the video would have been longer) like the Israeli sho't series of tanks to the lesser known variants like the jordanian Khalid or Al hussaini.
Will you ever do a similar thing but with ships?
Brit tanks are awesome especially the fv4005
Yeah it's awesome we made the tank
We need to see more Uniform Evolution.
One idea: Making a video about Ottoman/Turkish uniforms from the Janissaries to the modern era.