Thank you so much for this video. The T-54 is my favorite tank of all time and I have it both in WT and AW and now grinding it in WoT. T-54+MiG-15+AK-47 RUSSIAN 1950s STARTER PACK.
Lots of memories while viewing. I hade my drill at this machine (T-55) during my military service time in the NVA, the east german army. Later I drove the T-55T, the recovery variant equipped with a strong winch.
+Hard Link it's even more fun when driving off-road, full speed with the stabilizer on. There is virtually no room inside (definitely no room for error) when the eight-ton hunk of steel is wildly bouncing inside the turret
Wecanhelp how does using Russian tanks lead to being nazi sympathisers? The Finnish T-55M's were in use for the longest time as the actual Finnish tank corps as their actual tanks up until the 1990's, heavily modified to keep them up to date, but they can only go so far so now we have Leopard 2's, but still use the old T-55's for training purposes.
when i got the T-54 in WoT, immediately i knew he had something special. i wasn't mistaken. Thanks for this documentary. I am a big fan of Soviet tanks, especially T-54, T-54 Itwt, T-55, KV-1, KV-2, and the legend T-34. I am russian and i only do the Soviet tech tree Have a nice day!
@@ilin314 Same here, but cant say that I am too proud because of that. Grinding is nightmare, especially when you have to research some thing that you already research in previous model...very enjoining.
Yet another great video about a familiar tank that we all think we know inside and out - but presented in a very businesslike fashion, and full of insight. I've enjoyed your series immensely. Here's a suggestion: Go to Sweden and make a piece on the Strv 103. A very, very interesting and unusual "tank" that never saw action but was full of promise.
FINALLY!!! I've been waiting for a video on the T-54! I'm eagerly awaiting it now, I'm almost to the T-44 but I've played it on the test server and it is bucketloads of fun.
0:13 looks like The Challenger is chatting up a tank there. "Yeah I'm on this TH-cam channel, it's no big deal. Just a few hundred thousand viewers. That's a lovely mantlet you have."
You also forgot to mention that some countries, especially in the Eastern Europe, preffered to upgrade the T-55 a lot, rather than other tanks. Romania, for example, uses a very upgraded T-55 which performed pretty impresively on the proving grounds in Germany. This just shows how good the design of the T-55 is.
The video mentions that the featured tank is of Czech build, but the markings inside it are in Slovak (except for the radio controls in Russian). The tank was built in Czechoslovakia before the states separated, but I'm not sure where exactly. Therefore, the tank was probably modernized in Slovakia after 1993, and remained in service before total decommissioning of the model in 2000. The example in the video was probably sold to a collector after 2000.
there is one mistake in 6:28 T55 was produced in Slovak republic in town Martin company Turcianske strojarne (in 1965 changed name to ZTS), not in Czech republic... in that time it was Czechoslovakia
Great Doco on the T54-55 tank. A bit more would be nice for example a quick mention on the upgraded versions where mentioned but the most modern T55 upgrade to date is the Romanian TR-85 version which beat Americans in there Abrams tanks in a exercise in 2014.
Грация и мощ. Надо быть всегда готовый к войне, чтобы она не наступила никогда. Чтобы злоумышленникаи даже в голову не приходила мысль развязать войну. К сожаление доброта и отзывчивость, многие чаще воспринимають за слабость. Русский солдат не привык к комфорту.Но стойкости и мужество ему не отнять.
Thanks for the video. It would be really cool to get hold of the T55A1 series - the one equipped with a ballistic computer, electronic sights, a laser, targets' angular velocity computer , etc.
T44 actually did have a bow machine gun. However, it did not have someone who's role was to operate it. It would be fired by the driver. The mg fired through a tiny hole in the upper glacis plate (you can see it just under the splashboard) and was fixed so that the only way to aim it was to turn the entire tank.
there was a story.When soviets first showed T54/55 in Berlin,Americans and other people from west used to call it Star ship,because of it modern look and tehnology which was used to make that tank.Usually,the people at west berlin (including army) were scared most of time when they see this beast of a tank
At 6:27 it's mistankenly said: "Czech built". It is not Czech. Either you say Czechoslovakian - as this was name of the country at the times it was built or you say "Slovakian built" - as present country where the tank was built. There are inscriptions written in slovak language, but no text in czech. So please, be careful, when you give credits to country that doesn't deserve it.
+Michal Knapčok so good that you pointed that out , now all the money that a countru receives for getting credit will go to Slovakia, goooood,..............who cares
@@timokuusela5794 Indeed. They also replaced its tracks with rubber-shoed tracks from a British Chieftain tank to avoid damaging the pavement during filming. They also filmed the chase scene after they filmed the scenes on the antenna. When the Brosnan was sliding down the ladder and it stopped at the bottom, he wasn't faking it when he yelled: "OW", and then held his hand up while groaning. He broke his hand doing that stunt, but they left it in the final cut. He was thankful when they filmed the tank chase so he didn't have to do much other than have his head sticking out of the hatch for most of it. The whole chase was filmed in St. Petersburg and only used 2 blocks. The whole scene took over 6 weeks to film, although the statue of Tsar Nicholas doesn't have wings. That was just a reference to Columbia Tristar Pictures.
My brother and I bought a T-55 to play with at my summer place here in Finland. I am 175 cm tall (short...) but I am too tall to the driver's position. If I close the hatch, I must crouch to not have my head hard against the hatch, and no way could use the "nakkipipo" ,"the sausage beanie", the soft helmet as I could not see through those periscopes. And yes, the seat at it's lowest position. I think that the ideal height of any crew member is about 160-165 cm. And they must be slim but strong. Ours has only 45 km's after the Polish Army modernized it in 1995 to T-55 AM "Merida", and everything is stiff like new: I had to use a crowbar inside to get the driver's hatch closed, the rubber seal did not want to collapse enough to get the locking handle pointing downwards and actually lock. Will always be fun to open it next time... I have no idea what viscosity the engine oil should be, so I use 15W-40 until I find out. I think it might be SAE 40 or 50 ,not multigrade. The pleasant surprise was that the nuclear shielding material also acts like a super heat insulation; the tank is cool inside. But it sure likes to drink diesel, 3 L/ km...
One of the best tanks ever produced. Its quality and efficiency was and are unmatched! Even if it's not a king tiger, it's another natural evolution of legendary T-34, possessing everything that made it great and thus transformed this tank into cold era duty.
Filip not strong at all. T-72 is powerful, however has a shit armour same t-90. T-55 is a very reliable tank, its gun 100mm is meh, ok. It's armour is shit. It's speed is ok.
Tank in review was not Czech made. It was made in Czechoslovakia, more exactly in Slovakia, near city of Dubnica nad Vahom. This is why all writings inside tank were in slovak language, except some in russian (on russian made devices).
Instead of saying "Thank you" to the Czechs you are bitching about everything. I wonder where would Slovakia be if Czech lands won't create a federation with them. Literally everything that is nowadays Slovakia running on is made on the things the Czechs built with its strong economy from Austria-Hungary..
@@David-du4xs And here is we, Russian oppressors, blamed for everything by Eastern Europe countries that we cleared of from naziz and helped to rebuilt after WW2 and rising their economy and technology. And peasfully suppressed revolt in is a Repressed Prague Spring today. Such an irony....
+Thiên Phú Hồ And by other countries too. Modern upgrade packages include british 105mm gun, laser rangefinders, firing computers, modern ammunitions, remote controlled MG, additional armor and ERA packages. One of the most updateable tanks today.
+Thiên Phú Hồ Romania uses it too it's called TR-85M1 Bizonul it is a very very huge upgrade but the chassis is still the one of the T-55 and it is rated as the best tank with a 100mm gun so I gues this makes it the King of T 55 :D
While the hull and turret seems to be made in the PRC,you can tell that the chinese lacked the technology to produce optics and electronics up to the standard and that they instead were imported from various WP coutries like the USSR (radio @ 10:08),CSSR (fire control @ 10:17) and Poland (optics@ 10:29).
Type-59BD Durjoy is the most modern version of t54/55 ... Bangladesh Army is operating more than 144+ right now. Few days ago a contract has been signed with China to acquire 300+ type-59 chassis.. Bangladesh will upgrade them to type 59BD/Durjoy.
I belive this is best tank ever made.... T-34 was 99% of perfect tank for its time , but T-55 was 100% for its time.... not its not gonna be made better tank , it cant be made..... this is just PERFECT tank at its time...
dodo dodes T34 was so bad during the Finnish war that the germans didnt even believe it could be a problem for operation Barborossa But the soviets constantly upgraded their tank and that allowed it to be an excellent fighting vehicle until it became truly outdated
At 12:05 there seems to be a KV series tank without the turret. Would this have been for recon or command purposes? Or possibly salvaged? Any ideas would be appreciated. My google search yielded nothing.
+Mitter Nacht After some searching it turns out it was a recovery vehicle based on the KV chassis, as the Russians had no dedicated vehicle that could recover KVs at the time.
WOW that is our Czech t 55 with our Czech writings :D amazing !!!! 10:16 - Set on: main gun/ mg... 10:18 100mm tank canon D10T2S... 10:26 aiming angles table for grenades OF412 with full cap :)
+Ombre CZ Funny, that with "your" czech writings you start with those, that are slovak ones :-))). At least gun/mg selector, aiming table and main gun itself. There are also czech ones as well as russian ones, but definitely not the ones you gave as an example. As far as I know, production factory was "ZTS Martin" and Martin is town in Slovakia. Thus video claim "czech built T-55" is entirely wrong. It's slovak built, unless he uses correct "czechoslovak built".
Both periods were similarly Stalinist in nature. I'm from the eastern side of the wall myself, but not that far east. Not that far east, but I know what I've heard.
Yes indeed, it was known fact that nobody in soviet union died of decease, accident or natural causes. It was always either political assasinstion, failed attempt at rebellion/defection or blood sacrifice to Yog Shoggot, who was at the time known as _God-King-Divine-Red-Emperror_ Tovaritchsh Stahleen
+Ivan Stiffy The one in WoT is of the right size. It's just that you rarely see it in relations to smaller tanks like a KV tank. It's all about perspective.
That moment when the world of tanks youtube channel is more informative than the history channel
+Andrew Wilson History Channel has been junk for years now.
yeah
Yesterday is good
+Andrew Wilson Its not that hard as long as you stay away from ancient aliens and swamp people.
yeah boring for their pawn star king of restoration and storage war show its not history for me i want the world wars
Thank you so much for this video. The T-54 is my favorite tank of all time and I have it both in WT and AW and now grinding it in WoT.
T-54+MiG-15+AK-47 RUSSIAN 1950s STARTER PACK.
+Vlad Pomar and makarov :D
+Kahraman Oyuncu And a bayonet
Ray S yes
+Vlad Pomar Don't forget 50 cases of vodka, Comrade!
And a bottle opener!
Awesome video, thanks Richard et al.
And a wild quicklybaby appeared.....
How are you going to "protest" against the new crew skill bonusses?
+QuickyBabyTV Hi QuickyBaby!
+Xplosion51 lol
+Xplosion51 you can buy gold ammunition for credits
Lots of memories while viewing. I hade my drill at this machine (T-55) during my military service time in the NVA, the east german army. Later I drove the T-55T, the recovery variant equipped with a strong winch.
This series has better information than most actual documentaries!
I've actually been inside a fully functioning T-55, it's surprisingly roomy. The Finnish Defense Force use them for training to represent enemy tanks.
+K_A certainly less roomy when when fully loaded with ammo
+Hard Link it's even more fun when driving off-road, full speed with the stabilizer on. There is virtually no room inside (definitely no room for error) when the eight-ton hunk of steel is wildly bouncing inside the turret
it's not like ammo is just laying somewhere in the tank. No intirior space dosent change.
+K_A not surprised fins are nazi sympathizing sobs
Wecanhelp how does using Russian tanks lead to being nazi sympathisers? The Finnish T-55M's were in use for the longest time as the actual Finnish tank corps as their actual tanks up until the 1990's, heavily modified to keep them up to date, but they can only go so far so now we have Leopard 2's, but still use the old T-55's for training purposes.
Finally! A westerner says AK47 and actually pulls out an AK47! Great videos bro.
+Медвед More like AKS, but it's just details right?
Le Hoang At least it's still one of the 47 series.
It's an AK-63d Made by hungarian factory: FÉG
I lived 2 bus stops away from FÉG. When it still existed. 😢
This tank is licensed made in the Czechoslovakia . City on Slovakia side name Martin. Everything in the tanks is written on Slovak language.
when i got the T-54 in WoT, immediately i knew he had something special. i wasn't mistaken. Thanks for this documentary. I am a big fan of Soviet tanks, especially T-54, T-54 Itwt, T-55, KV-1, KV-2, and the legend T-34.
I am russian and i only do the Soviet tech tree
Have a nice day!
Proud owner of a T-54 in wot
Proud owner of All T-54 variants in War Thunder
@@ilin314 Same here, but cant say that I am too proud because of that. Grinding is nightmare, especially when you have to research some thing that you already research in previous model...very enjoining.
@@ilin314 I have only one variant don't need more
sad cat ok nice
Same
My grandpa served on a T-54/55 back when he was a conscript.
Yet another great video about a familiar tank that we all think we know inside and out - but presented in a very businesslike fashion, and full of insight. I've enjoyed your series immensely.
Here's a suggestion: Go to Sweden and make a piece on the Strv 103. A very, very interesting and unusual "tank" that never saw action but was full of promise.
+Stripedbottom Watch this space my friend, and thanks for the kind comments.
I have drive one of them during military service in Yugoslav army in 1987.
This video brings back a lot of memories...
FINALLY!!! I've been waiting for a video on the T-54! I'm eagerly awaiting it now, I'm almost to the T-44 but I've played it on the test server and it is bucketloads of fun.
0:13 looks like The Challenger is chatting up a tank there.
"Yeah I'm on this TH-cam channel, it's no big deal. Just a few hundred thousand viewers. That's a lovely mantlet you have."
You also forgot to mention that some countries, especially in the Eastern Europe, preffered to upgrade the T-55 a lot, rather than other tanks. Romania, for example, uses a very upgraded T-55 which performed pretty impresively on the proving grounds in Germany. This just shows how good the design of the T-55 is.
I wouldn't say he "forgot" anything. He made it clear the tank was upgraded extensively through it's history.
Nice vid, I really like the T-55. Was really cool to see inside the tank.
The video mentions that the featured tank is of Czech build, but the markings inside it are in Slovak (except for the radio controls in Russian). The tank was built in Czechoslovakia before the states separated, but I'm not sure where exactly. Therefore, the tank was probably modernized in Slovakia after 1993, and remained in service before total decommissioning of the model in 2000. The example in the video was probably sold to a collector after 2000.
there is one mistake in 6:28
T55 was produced in Slovak republic in town Martin company Turcianske strojarne (in 1965 changed name to ZTS), not in Czech republic... in that time it was Czechoslovakia
Great Doco on the T54-55 tank. A bit more would be nice for example a quick mention on the upgraded versions where mentioned but the most modern T55 upgrade to date is the Romanian TR-85 version which beat Americans in there Abrams tanks in a exercise in 2014.
Грация и мощ. Надо быть всегда готовый к войне, чтобы она не наступила никогда. Чтобы злоумышленникаи даже в голову не приходила мысль развязать войну. К сожаление доброта и отзывчивость, многие чаще воспринимають за слабость. Русский солдат не привык к комфорту.Но стойкости и мужество ему не отнять.
Thanks for the video. It would be really cool to get hold of the T55A1 series - the one equipped with a ballistic computer, electronic sights, a laser, targets' angular velocity computer , etc.
The images after 11:25 as a Hungarian is a stab to the heart. I'm a man damnit but it makes me cry.
T44 actually did have a bow machine gun. However, it did not have someone who's role was to operate it. It would be fired by the driver. The mg fired through a tiny hole in the upper glacis plate (you can see it just under the splashboard) and was fixed so that the only way to aim it was to turn the entire tank.
I love that you guys make these videos, Hard to find information on these tanks that is not in text form.
there was a story.When soviets first showed T54/55 in Berlin,Americans and other people from west used to call it Star ship,because of it modern look and tehnology which was used to make that tank.Usually,the people at west berlin (including army) were scared most of time when they see this beast of a tank
At 6:27 it's mistankenly said: "Czech built". It is not Czech. Either you say Czechoslovakian - as this was name of the country at the times it was built or you say "Slovakian built" - as present country where the tank was built. There are inscriptions written in slovak language, but no text in czech. So please, be careful, when you give credits to country that doesn't deserve it.
+Michal Knapčok Slovensko asi nikdo nezná :D Ale máš pravdu, mělo by tam být řečeno Československo ;-)
+Michal Knapčok so good that you pointed that out , now all the money that a countru receives for getting credit will go to Slovakia, goooood,..............who cares
+Michal Knapčok
Mám stejný názor ale není to tak podstatné.
I have the same opnion but it doesnt matter too much.
+Michal Knapčok I just wanted to write the same think. Its prettznignorant that peop'e still do not recognise Czeschoslovakia from Czech.
+Michal Knapčok Slovaks keep getting butthurt that they get no credit for anything. Sucks to be you! Chudáčci!
Correction: the T-54 mod. 1951 and T-55 have an 100mm upper plate armor, not 120mm (only the mod. 1947 version)
man I would love to have the money needed to collect these timeless pieces of armor. Glad to see they're restoring these massive beauties
Gotta admit that it outclassed NATO tanks of the day.
Neat, historical vid. Only thing missing is how the T-54/55 did in combat vis-a=vis various other tanks.
James Bond had the pleasure of driving a T-55 through the streets of St. Petersburg on Goldeneye.
The controls are on the other side, they modified one to have "Bond" "driving" it while the real driver was under the hatch on the other side.
@@timokuusela5794 Indeed. They also replaced its tracks with rubber-shoed tracks from a British Chieftain tank to avoid damaging the pavement during filming. They also filmed the chase scene after they filmed the scenes on the antenna. When the Brosnan was sliding down the ladder and it stopped at the bottom, he wasn't faking it when he yelled: "OW", and then held his hand up while groaning. He broke his hand doing that stunt, but they left it in the final cut. He was thankful when they filmed the tank chase so he didn't have to do much other than have his head sticking out of the hatch for most of it. The whole chase was filmed in St. Petersburg and only used 2 blocks. The whole scene took over 6 weeks to film, although the statue of Tsar Nicholas doesn't have wings. That was just a reference to Columbia Tristar Pictures.
this tank was literally the war hero for Indian army.
The Indian army is literally a meme
I can imagine t55’s actually being budget “light tanks” for armies if they need numbers… with some major upgrades of course
I think people would be surprised how well this tech would perform in war, you won't care what is shooting at you lol
Great series, love the interior tours. Wouldn't want to be the guy in any of these machines when someone is shooting at you for real.
There was not T34/85 in the Kursk battle . Only the T34/78
Budapest.. 1956
I remember that. We used to say, TANKS for the memories.
+Michael Zamarocy 'dat pun.
+Rocky Z really? the words for 'thanks' and 'tanks' in Hungarian are also similar?
Nope.
Hungarian word for tank is "tank" or "páncélos"
For Thank you it's "Köszönöm/Köszi" so no, not too similar :D
it was a joke, play on words, sheesh, facepalm
Great info ,keep them coming.
My brother and I bought a T-55 to play with at my summer place here in Finland. I am 175 cm tall (short...) but I am too tall to the driver's position. If I close the hatch, I must crouch to not have my head hard against the hatch, and no way could use the "nakkipipo" ,"the sausage beanie", the soft helmet as I could not see through those periscopes. And yes, the seat at it's lowest position. I think that the ideal height of any crew member is about 160-165 cm. And they must be slim but strong. Ours has only 45 km's after the Polish Army modernized it in 1995 to T-55 AM "Merida", and everything is stiff like new: I had to use a crowbar inside to get the driver's hatch closed, the rubber seal did not want to collapse enough to get the locking handle pointing downwards and actually lock. Will always be fun to open it next time... I have no idea what viscosity the engine oil should be, so I use 15W-40 until I find out. I think it might be SAE 40 or 50 ,not multigrade. The pleasant surprise was that the nuclear shielding material also acts like a super heat insulation; the tank is cool inside. But it sure likes to drink diesel, 3 L/ km...
When I went at the Sofia,at the war museum they have a T-55
I'm getting the t44 can't wait thanks for this game and these info videos:)
top quality stuff, great to watch.
great video,tanks
Excellent Episode 👍😎🤝
About ''in service'' , you forgot to say that in Romania , an upgraded version of t-55 is still in use and we call it ''Bizonul'' or TR-85 M1
One of the best tanks ever produced. Its quality and efficiency was and are unmatched! Even if it's not a king tiger, it's another natural evolution of legendary T-34, possessing everything that made it great and thus transformed this tank into cold era duty.
My kind of tank , excellent video .
T-55 is my favorite tank, (Also T72 and T90) because they are beautiful and strong.
Filip not strong at all. T-72 is powerful, however has a shit armour same t-90. T-55 is a very reliable tank, its gun 100mm is meh, ok. It's armour is shit. It's speed is ok.
Yeah but I love it's look.
my favprite tank is the M-90 Vihor (it was Yugoslavia's second generation home-designed tank that was never put into service thanks to the breakup)
nice drone filming
+Jim
.....Thanks.......... :)
what drone did you use?
If a man ever could be a salesman for deadly vehicles and armaments. Then I cant think of a better one then Challenger.
wow the interior guides are written in Czechoslovak! to je super
Don't forget the Drozd, 1st functional mass produced active protection system, mounted on T-55 variants to protect against incoming missiles.
I WANT THIS THATS WHY IM GRINDING MY T44
WW winning tanks families....T-34, JS-3, T-54 , T-55, .., T90 MS
thank you for the post
Love this tank, especially as it is located at mucklebrough
liking the new format, wp. You didn't say 'obviously' either ;)
Tank in review was not Czech made. It was made in Czechoslovakia, more exactly in Slovakia, near city of Dubnica nad Vahom. This is why all writings inside tank were in slovak language, except some in russian (on russian made devices).
Milos Stasko lol
Instead of saying "Thank you" to the Czechs you are bitching about everything. I wonder where would Slovakia be if Czech lands won't create a federation with them. Literally everything that is nowadays Slovakia running on is made on the things the Czechs built with its strong economy from Austria-Hungary..
@@David-du4xs And here is we, Russian oppressors, blamed for everything by Eastern Europe countries that we cleared of from naziz and helped to rebuilt after WW2 and rising their economy and technology. And peasfully suppressed revolt in is a Repressed Prague Spring today. Such an irony....
Great tank still be used in Vietnam army
+Thiên Phú Hồ And by other countries too. Modern upgrade packages include british 105mm gun, laser rangefinders, firing computers, modern ammunitions, remote controlled MG, additional armor and ERA packages. One of the most updateable tanks today.
〈--- Literally FAST food ™ (mɐin chɐnnǝl) Or which one ? I thought it only be used in Vietnam now . Can you tell me ? :)
+Thiên Phú Hồ T-55 Enigma for example
Wow so much country . Man this tank is good
+Thiên Phú Hồ Romania uses it too it's called TR-85M1 Bizonul it is a very very huge upgrade but the chassis is still the one of the T-55 and it is rated as the best tank with a 100mm gun so I gues this makes it the King of T 55 :D
what is the name of the opening music?
amazing report many thanks
El Ejército de Uruguay 🇺🇾 usa el Tiran 67,una modificación israelí del T55...
Which trigger fires the main gun on the control panel
At 12:06 what is that tank that is following the is-3 but it looks like a kv-1 without a turret???
not playd WoT for years but i love these! =)
8:09 So why is there a gap between those wheels? because of an escape hatch?
"throughout the third world"
That's why Russia is still using them in Ukraine!
While the hull and turret seems to be made in the PRC,you can tell that the chinese lacked the technology to produce optics and electronics up to the standard and that they instead were imported from various WP coutries like the USSR (radio @ 10:08),CSSR (fire control @ 10:17) and Poland (optics@ 10:29).
you know that the tank is from the USSR? its a T not a Type
Didnt he say it was a Type 59 tank (Chinese T-54A copy)?
Type-59BD Durjoy is the most modern version of t54/55 ...
Bangladesh Army is operating more than 144+ right now.
Few days ago a contract has been signed with China to acquire 300+ type-59 chassis..
Bangladesh will upgrade them to type 59BD/Durjoy.
is the T-55 the tank I keep.seeing on the war videos in syria that keep getting taking out by tow missles.?.?
Clinton Walsh Probably
Clinton Walsh T-72's and 62's as well.
I would buy this tank over ANY tank, no matter if the other was an M1A2 Abrams, but T-90 is cool too... But this tank is Beautiful... So kawaii
video for Jagpanter lV?
That "Czech" tank was built in former Czechoslovakia in Martin, which is in Slovakia. And it is not nice to put a red star on it..
The soviets knew how make weapons beautiful. The design was from the future
It is great to see the new top of the line Russian tank. Until they start using the T34...
Z
can anyone tell me if the both cupola spins at all or just simply locked dead bolted in place?
The commander copula could be spun by 360 dgr. But there were different versions out there.
Peace! from Dresden / Germany
Great video.
1987-89.som na nom jazdil na vojenčine aj s osadkou dosť pravidelne-dobra mašinka na tu dobu..
Great stuff
I belive this is best tank ever made.... T-34 was 99% of perfect tank for its time , but T-55 was 100% for its time.... not its not gonna be made better tank , it cant be made..... this is just PERFECT tank at its time...
dodo dodes T34 was so bad during the Finnish war that the germans didnt even believe it could be a problem for operation Barborossa
But the soviets constantly upgraded their tank and that allowed it to be an excellent fighting vehicle until it became truly outdated
At 12:05 there seems to be a KV series tank without the turret. Would this have been for recon or command purposes? Or possibly salvaged? Any ideas would be appreciated. My google search yielded nothing.
+Mitter Nacht After some searching it turns out it was a recovery vehicle based on the KV chassis, as the Russians had no dedicated vehicle that could recover KVs at the time.
Wonderful video! But please check your spanish subtitles before posting them because they have some significant errors.
They were amended as soon as we spotted your comments. Thanks for being vigilant.
WOW that is our Czech t 55 with our Czech writings :D amazing !!!! 10:16 - Set on: main gun/ mg... 10:18 100mm tank canon D10T2S... 10:26 aiming angles table for grenades OF412 with full cap :)
+Ombre CZ Funny, that with "your" czech writings you start with those, that are slovak ones :-))). At least gun/mg selector, aiming table and main gun itself.
There are also czech ones as well as russian ones, but definitely not the ones you gave as an example.
As far as I know, production factory was "ZTS Martin" and Martin is town in Slovakia. Thus video claim "czech built T-55" is entirely wrong. It's slovak built, unless he uses correct "czechoslovak built".
i wonder if they could do an episode on MBT70.
T44 and phanter are both so good
I always feel slightly queasy when I hear of a soviet engineer 'dying suddenly' and 'needing to be replaced' while working on some cold-war project.
I'm pretty sure WW2 and Cold War are different.
Both periods were similarly Stalinist in nature. I'm from the eastern side of the wall myself, but not that far east. Not that far east, but I know what I've heard.
DailyFrankPeter Stalinism was abandoned in 1955.
Yes indeed, it was known fact that nobody in soviet union died of decease, accident or natural causes. It was always either political assasinstion, failed attempt at rebellion/defection or blood sacrifice to Yog Shoggot, who was at the time known as _God-King-Divine-Red-Emperror_ Tovaritchsh Stahleen
My grandpa was such tank's commander
Can you do a giveaway of model tank or more?
How was it named? I thought the number was related to the design year but it came out long before 1954.
Very Soviet tank: unpolished, uncomfortable (even for a tank) and packs a punch way above its class. That 100 mm gun is still quite nasty piece.
Nice IS-3 there at 12min; looks a lot bigger than the one in WoT though, a much easier target to hit IRL ;p
+Ivan Stiffy The one in WoT is of the right size. It's just that you rarely see it in relations to smaller tanks like a KV tank.
It's all about perspective.
whats the name of the song that sounds in this documentary?
Koshkin died of pneumonia after being forced to test drive the new design himself over a grueling course. Feat: Dying for what you believe in +1!
10 godina komandir na T 54/55, T72 i M84 ...
I love wargaming (thank you)
Gun on this particular tank looks wobbly.
Great look at the T55. Why would it not be able to take on more modern tanks?
Steel armor is irrelevant, no matter how thick. Poor fire control and target acquisition. Obsolete ammunition.
Why you did not mentioned Konstrukta T-34/100 ?
10min16sec - It is from Slovakia
Every time you see one of these tank running the engine is smoking like a steam locomotive. Fuel system or burning oil? What’s the story on that?