You gotta admit though, for an old design, it’s amazing how companies are still creating g upgrade packages that make them into Budget t90s. One of those even gave it an auotloading 125mm and other upgrades. (Call the Tiphpn 2, or typhoon2)
@@cursedcliff7562 I agree with the one who commented before you, log is the single most underrated equipment the Russians had, missing home? Have a log to remind you of your childhood! Stuck in mud, stick the log down! Enemies firing HEAT FS? Use log to prevent penetration. River too deep to cross? Build a glorious boat using the log. Freezing while waiting to ambush the Germans? U already have a log for bonfire! No ammunition? Throw log to disable enemies! Enemy locked the door? Ram it with the log. Loosing your gains during lockdown? Let the log be your personal gym! Tank seats uncomfortable? Build a luxurious chair using the log! The list is too long for words to describe, but remember this, u see a russian with a log, remember he will out class you in every single imaginable way!!
While the Czechoslovak and Polish manufactured versions didn't have all the advanced bells and whistles the Soviet versions had, the base build quality was often better.
The "training" snorkel is not necessarily training only. It is for water crossings with zero possibility of enemy contact. It was bigger, so in case of malfunction or other problem, the crew can climb through it and the tank does not have to be flooded. The combat snorkel is as small as it can be in order to provide just enough oxygen to the engine even on full throttle,to make it not as easy target for small arms as is the bigger one. In case of malfunction under water, the crew would flood the tank, so they can open the hatches and swim out. If they would be going through the "practice" snorkel, they would be way too easy target for small arms fire. Asked my dad, he was a tanker and later tank instructor in the Czechoslovakian army, protecting us from you blood thirsty capitalists from Wallstreet. :P
@@nacly4654 That's the smaller "combat" snorkel. The bigger went around outside of one of the hatches, that would be open. If you can fit through that hatch, you can climb through the snorkel.
I served in T-72 where two types of snorkel logic is also applied. As Pavel stated, large one primary use was practice as it allowed evacuation without flooding tank (trust me - it's claustrophobic nightmare even think of flooding). There is one big issue with large snorkel. It must be transported by other vehicle plus use crane to mount. Small one was carried by each tank and can be mounted by crew.
The small one was a combat snorkel because it was small enough to carry with you and erect by yourself. How are they going to transport a platoons worth of sewer-pipe-sized snorkels around and mount them to every tank every time they come to a deep water crossing?
One of the best looking tanks ever made in my personal opinion, so mean looking! Oh and literally one of the most produced, they made aaalllloooot of these.
About the different size snorkel tubes. The training ones were large enough for a crew to climb out if the tank had to be evacuated, but were far too cumbersome to haul around in battle. So, if your tank got stuck or broke down while submerged with the standard snorkel attached, you better hope someone outside of your vehicle took notice.
+DEZiiRE_GH0sTy Lee The problem isn't structural damage, the main problem with nuclear shockwave is that if it was close enough it could flip the tank over, that's why the 279 was designed with that aerodynamic design (which also gives insanely effective armor). I don't know at which range from the explosion that Centurion was, but it is very probably that the 279 could be much closer to it than other tanks without having this problem.
+Kha Lee Meh, don't really care as much about the shockwave hypothesis, but there is currently NO photo documentation of the interior of this tank that I have been able to find (Really, I have wasted months trying, even the deep web), so this would DEFINITELY bring you guys a LOT of attention if the people at kubinka will let you get in closer.
the T55 medium tank are virtually the weapon of choice for every nations army around the world, because of its great reliability, endurance and durability in every battlefield
I love the comparison regarding hatches and wether they open forward or backwards. I think it's a pretty cool insight in different philosophies - in this case regarding tank design - that has a practical result. Even if I think I agree more on the western type with a backwards opening hatch, I understand the Russian thinking and where it comes from, namely the threat from snipers. True, standing up behind the hatch still exposes the head, but the body is a wider - and taller - target and would be more likely to be hit, so therefore their body protection. And, standing up behid a hatch gives a perfect 360 field of view with that protection, whereas a hatch opening backwards does not provide a hunkered down and forward facing crewman the same level of view. Well, apples and oranges I guess.
I've been in one of these a few years back after my time in the Army. It still has some uses, not many though compared you can get T72s which is preferable. All in all I can see it being used in the foreseeable future for cats that only get what they get.
Yeah, but that means you have to stick yourself away out of the hatch to see over the top of it, and you can get shot or hit from behind or the side. I would like it better if it formed a vision slit right by the hinge so you could peek forwards with just your head exposed partly, and protected by the hatch, or you could stand up for better visibility and still have the hatch protecting your body.
Yeah 1 Armoured Regiment the Australian Tank Regiment used to operate Leopard AS1 which could ford quite deep with a snorkel (wide enough to swim out of). They had quite a few qualified technical divers for fording operations, both for survey and improvement of fording/entries/exit points and recovery.
Not quite true with NATO tracks. In general, during peace time the tracks are set for the rubber to hit the road first. Also British tank doctrine is we fight with hatches closed.
This tanks can be efective even today! with some modernised things, they are used very well by Croatian army back in 1995 in operation "Storm", they climbed up on Dinara mountain which is not small mountain, no one believed they climbed tanks up there, and on allmost impossible terrain for goats, noone believed they can climb tanks on that mountain :D. Croatian tankists talk they loved T-55 more than modern M-84, which they have in army also, even they way more unconfortable that modern tanks, They are simple to maintain, and cheap...
I find the commander's hatch a bit funny as it kinda forces you to lean on it and just press your weight on the hatch handle and poke your head out behind the big ass hatch which may be uncomfortable in terrain that does not like your vehicle.
The hatch configuration makes me wonder about the tank commander death rate due to head injuries in the WWII Red Army. Having a bullet proof shield to the front is also very helpful for when you tank gets shot out from under you.
How is the T-34s loose-pin system 'archaic'? I thought it was quite brilliant, and it worked perfectly well. I've also never heard of it being used earlier than WWII, so its not a throwback.
Being something of a layman where tanks are concerned, I'm going to have to ask what I'm sure is a rather basic question to those in the know; What's the log for? Apparently it's legendary, but I've never noticed them before now.
How about one on the M88 yank recovery vehicle. Without them all these tanks would be broke down in the mud somewhere. And while your at it, how about the M48!
American combat engineers were taught to stretch cable between archnors to knock those snorkel off the tops of those turrets. once the snorkel came off, the tank was in very bad trouble. Another thing that was taught was to fire artillery into the stream bed. Tear up the bottom and the tank would get stuck.
I do not know but another option was to lash a M21 anti tank mine to two boards that were in a cross pattern and drop those in the river if the current was slow enough. They might or might not find the cable before crossing. You could very easily put the artillery barrage in the river after they enter. Back in my day the prefered artillery would have been the 8in variety, but the 155mm would do the job. With either artillery round delayed fuses would have been the thing to use. Just the shock waves through the ware would do some damage.
It is not about stopping them completely simply making them slow down or go a different route. That is the same for all obstiacles installed by Comabt engineers they were channelizing devices to get the enemy where you wanted them.
John McMickle The main problem with setting up traps or mines is that you can't really know where the armoured unit is planning to cross. Rivers are usually several kilometers long, and Soviet forces use amphibious scout cars (BRDM) to survey the opposite bank to determine the presence of the enemy. If it is not safe, they would not cross or they would relocate. The only reliable way to stop or delay a river crossing is to use artillery and air power when the crossing is already underway.
Heh. I recall reading somewhere that the closed hatches in Soviet Doctrine didn't fare too well for the Iraqi Army during the Persian Gulf War of 1991. The closed hatches allowed pressure to build up when a Allied Sabot round touched off the ammo - Kaboom! Catastrophic Kill!
If you have tracks wacking off, that's an issue in its own. Seriously. You don't want any pins flying out because the tracks got too excited. I think you should check to make sure the tracks aren't watching TankHub
I served on T-55M in 1988. The borderlands with Turkey were littered with 55s, thousands of them, and we’d train, drive and shoot all the time, day and night. Your movements become automated, you don’t think, no time for thinking.
You dont know why they had small and large snorkels? It says why in every common online source on the T-55. The big one was large enough to escape through and made the crew happy. The small one was small enough to carry and erect in combat. Simple.
You can see at 12:30 how Nick is around 10 inches taller than the average Soviet tank commander. Presumably he's supposed to be at eye level with the top of the hatch..
+horseshoe they were specially for these missions preparing their tanks with vaseline or substance familiar to that so they could use it without water going inside. Of course the process was long about 1-2 hours.
This, the Panzer 4 and the panther are my favourite tanks, the Sdkfz 251, OT-810, M113, FV432, CRVT & BMP-1/2 my favorite armoured veichles, and my favourite armoured cars are the Sdkfz 222, Ferret and those South African armoured cars with the 90mm gun (can't remember the name) I get a woody for most armoured veichles, especially light tanks and armoured cars, especially the BMP, Ferret & FV432 But the T-55 is my favourite afv of all time, it's been my dream to own one since I was 13
@@richardantoska4560 ok tak v tom prípade sa môžeme rozprávať aj po slovensky......ja viem uvedomil som si čo som napísal, napísal som to keď som sa tomu ešte nejako moc nerozumel (je to poznať aj na gramatike) a myslel som si že ešte sú nejaké ako uloženky v skladoch a ešte som k tomu připočítal tu verziu použitú v zahraničných misiách UN
mordechaimordechai stowage is the commonly used term for ammunition (goes back over a century to naval warships I believe, when gunpowder was "stowed away" below the waterline) but storage can be used as well
Maybe it has to do with his Irish origins. He's American now (joined the US army) so now he has a interesting accent that's American blended with Irish
I very much enjoy these breakdowns, and I appreciate the production quality being put into them - however I must protest to the looping song in the background. In my humble opinion the Irishman's voice is mellifluous enough without the aid of royalty free rock tracks. It's not my intent to whinge about what is otherwise a fine piece of work, but I hope they jettison the backing music at some point.
Interesting on the hatches - always thought Soviet design superior as open hatches give protection, but, nice point that western designs give easy and better visibility.
It was not really a big deal, in my opinion. With the Soviet hatch design, you could easily just swing the hatch to one side and you would have an unobstructed view from the rim of the cupola. The Soviet tank commander doesn't get overhead protection, but there are very few weapons that pose that sort of threat. More importantly, the commander would not be able to fight from outside the hatch if the area was contaminated by NBC weapons. Given that these weapons would have been fairly common in a WWIII scenario, a Western tank commander would be forced to button up anyway.
No Tiger Ps exist. One was made as a command tank and destroyed in combat. The rest of the Tiger Ps lacked turrets and converted to Ferdinand/Elefant tanks which still exist.
25 years in the Army. Mech infantry. You are the first person to explain the difference between the 54 and 55. Thank you.
It's never a True T-54/55 without the logs
ČSLA wasn't using logs.
T-55, the AK47 of the tank world. Still in service and likely to be for decades to come.
You gotta admit though, for an old design, it’s amazing how companies are still creating g upgrade packages that make them into Budget t90s. One of those even gave it an auotloading 125mm and other upgrades. (Call the Tiphpn 2, or typhoon2)
M60 Patton the m16 of the Vietnam war
Cannon fodder.
Aaaww. The myth of the Ak 47
@ So it's the AK-74?
"Legendary Log": Driver perk that enables the tank to flip back up if it flipped
Silly Americans we Russian lift 65 Tons tanks with single log
log isn`t for the flipping the tank
@@Glebasik148 Its a joke
@@cursedcliff7562 I agree with the one who commented before you, log is the single most underrated equipment the Russians had, missing home? Have a log to remind you of your childhood! Stuck in mud, stick the log down! Enemies firing HEAT FS? Use log to prevent penetration. River too deep to cross? Build a glorious boat using the log. Freezing while waiting to ambush the Germans? U already have a log for bonfire! No ammunition? Throw log to disable enemies! Enemy locked the door? Ram it with the log. Loosing your gains during lockdown? Let the log be your personal gym! Tank seats uncomfortable? Build a luxurious chair using the log! The list is too long for words to describe, but remember this, u see a russian with a log, remember he will out class you in every single imaginable way!!
this a well built tank the welding is clean and the steel is well cast
While the Czechoslovak and Polish manufactured versions didn't have all the advanced bells and whistles the Soviet versions had, the base build quality was often better.
"The government apparently didn't like fake guns on tanks" No duality there. His face said it all.
The "training" snorkel is not necessarily training only. It is for water crossings with zero possibility of enemy contact. It was bigger, so in case of malfunction or other problem, the crew can climb through it and the tank does not have to be flooded. The combat snorkel is as small as it can be in order to provide just enough oxygen to the engine even on full throttle,to make it not as easy target for small arms as is the bigger one. In case of malfunction under water, the crew would flood the tank, so they can open the hatches and swim out. If they would be going through the "practice" snorkel, they would be way too easy target for small arms fire.
Asked my dad, he was a tanker and later tank instructor in the Czechoslovakian army, protecting us from you blood thirsty capitalists from Wallstreet. :P
Pavel How does one exit a tank through a 15cm diameter round hole?
@@nacly4654 That's the smaller "combat" snorkel. The bigger went around outside of one of the hatches, that would be open. If you can fit through that hatch, you can climb through the snorkel.
I served in T-72 where two types of snorkel logic is also applied. As Pavel stated, large one primary use was practice as it allowed evacuation without flooding tank (trust me - it's claustrophobic nightmare even think of flooding). There is one big issue with large snorkel. It must be transported by other vehicle plus use crane to mount. Small one was carried by each tank and can be mounted by crew.
@@MrAla6 Yeah, the idea of having to sit in your tank and floor the entire think to hopefully climb out sounds terrifying.
The small one was a combat snorkel because it was small enough to carry with you and erect by yourself. How are they going to transport a platoons worth of sewer-pipe-sized snorkels around and mount them to every tank every time they come to a deep water crossing?
One of the best looking tanks ever made in my personal opinion, so mean looking! Oh and literally one of the most produced, they made aaalllloooot of these.
My country still uses this as MTB and I got mine trought painful missions, greetings from Peru.
NO LOG???!?! ITS A RUSSIAN IMPOSTER!!#
+MediocreMossburger well that tank was Built and used by Czechoslovakia so ofc it did not have a Log ^^.
Idk why but seeing this tanks operating underwater is just cool... like its someplace you know it shouldn't be yet it's there.
Hey Nick! When is the second part coming? What the heck, man, we're waiting impatiently. This is absolutely amazing, and so are you. :)
That T-54 is a beauty!
Czechoslovak edition
About the different size snorkel tubes. The training ones were large enough for a crew to climb out if the tank had to be evacuated, but were far too cumbersome to haul around in battle. So, if your tank got stuck or broke down while submerged with the standard snorkel attached, you better hope someone outside of your vehicle took notice.
Scott Remish
What could be done if somebody did notice?
I can imagine if you aren't too deep down your radio would function normally.
2 roky jsem na něm sloužil jako řidič v Československé armádě.Super mašina.
Can we get a inside look on the experimental Object 279. Capable of withstanding a nuclear shockwave.
+DEZiiRE_GH0sTy Lee survive and then went into combat
+DEZiiRE_GH0sTy Lee The problem isn't structural damage, the main problem with nuclear shockwave is that if it was close enough it could flip the tank over, that's why the 279 was designed with that aerodynamic design (which also gives insanely effective armor). I don't know at which range from the explosion that Centurion was, but it is very probably that the 279 could be much closer to it than other tanks without having this problem.
+Kha Lee Meh, don't really care as much about the shockwave hypothesis, but there is currently NO photo documentation of the interior of this tank that I have been able to find (Really, I have wasted months trying, even the deep web), so this would DEFINITELY bring you guys a LOT of attention if the people at kubinka will let you get in closer.
+reese fobes The deep web you say? What's the deep web and what else may I find in there?
DailyFrankPeter you will find very bad things
My grandafather served on a T-55! I'm/he's not a commie, there was conscription. + We are czech.
i was a driver of m-60,and i love tanks,pt army now uses leopards.
João Rocha M-60 is awesome, I bet its fun to drive.
Você é português ou brasileiro ?
Also, can you do the BMP-1? Please.
the T55 medium tank are virtually the weapon of choice for every nations army around the world, because of its great reliability, endurance and durability in every battlefield
such a beautiful tank.
Guys, you really have to cover wet stowage in detail on the second part. Please please do that as this wasnt mentioned on Thinktank.
I love the comparison regarding hatches and wether they open forward or backwards. I think it's a pretty cool insight in different philosophies - in this case regarding tank design - that has a practical result. Even if I think I agree more on the western type with a backwards opening hatch, I understand the Russian thinking and where it comes from, namely the threat from snipers. True, standing up behind the hatch still exposes the head, but the body is a wider - and taller - target and would be more likely to be hit, so therefore their body protection. And, standing up behid a hatch gives a perfect 360 field of view with that protection, whereas a hatch opening backwards does not provide a hunkered down and forward facing crewman the same level of view.
Well, apples and oranges I guess.
Legendray log, hah
+Atanasije Simic He is nothing if not brutally honest.
I've been in one of these a few years back after my time in the Army. It still has some uses, not many though compared you can get T72s which is preferable. All in all I can see it being used in the foreseeable future for cats that only get what they get.
The most beautiful tank ever made. Period.
Please, please lower the volume of the music or change it. Borderline unbearable.
Gawd I love your TH-cam channel. Please keep up the great work.
Peace.
I have a problem , with my tracks whacking off. Now I found the solution thx
Looking forward to a video on the M4A3E8 and hopefully a M4A3E2 Jumbo, great series though
I like how the hatch opens in away that protects the crewman. I think it has an iconic look as well.
Yeah, but that means you have to stick yourself away out of the hatch to see over the top of it, and you can get shot or hit from behind or the side. I would like it better if it formed a vision slit right by the hinge so you could peek forwards with just your head exposed partly, and protected by the hatch, or you could stand up for better visibility and still have the hatch protecting your body.
"Westerners, we like to fight with the hatch open."
În case you get hit you have a better chance to jump out and not burn inside
How are you supposed to fight with hatch open on a nuclear battlefield ?
@@Stroporez nuclear resistant or not, you'll die either way.
Drive me closer I want to hit them with my sword!
@@ChrisZukowski88 on a battle or not we will also be dead
It's Log, It's Log! it's big, it's heavy, it's wood! it's Log, it's Log! it's better than bad, it's good!
You got to have balls to go underwater with a tank.
Imagine getting stuck between rocks or having a petrol bomb thrown down the tube. O_O
And a snorkel. Definitely a snorkel.
Usually they know the deep of water rivers ...before they go under water
Yeah 1 Armoured Regiment the Australian Tank Regiment used to operate Leopard AS1 which could ford quite deep with a snorkel (wide enough to swim out of).
They had quite a few qualified technical divers for fording operations, both for survey and improvement of fording/entries/exit points and recovery.
or the ability to swim.
Not quite true with NATO tracks. In general, during peace time the tracks are set for the rubber to hit the road first.
Also British tank doctrine is we fight with hatches closed.
This guy is great, music drives me crazy though
I've been in one of them, its awesome! This bad boy is my country's MBT (Main battle tank)
How much long until part 2 is ready? Getting anxious!
This tanks can be efective even today! with some modernised things, they are used very well by Croatian army back in 1995 in operation "Storm", they climbed up on Dinara mountain which is not small mountain, no one believed they climbed tanks up there, and on allmost impossible terrain for goats, noone believed they can climb tanks on that mountain :D. Croatian tankists talk they loved T-55 more than modern M-84, which they have in army also, even they way more unconfortable that modern tanks, They are simple to maintain, and cheap...
The goats were not able to climb the mountain but the T-55 was?
I find the commander's hatch a bit funny as it kinda forces you to lean on it and just press your weight on the hatch handle and poke your head out behind the big ass hatch which may be uncomfortable in terrain that does not like your vehicle.
Vietnamese T55's had been upgraded so much they now look like T90's due to the reactive and active armor systems.
The hatch configuration makes me wonder about the tank commander death rate due to head injuries in the WWII Red Army. Having a bullet proof shield to the front is also very helpful for when you tank gets shot out from under you.
@ Next time try to contribute something of value.
these videos with 360 degrees option would be awesome
how is the gun isolated in NBC environment and still able to shoot?
What is the box from 10:25 at front/in-between the TC's and Gunner's hatch ?
Good question. I think it's a lid from something which I left in the shot.
How is the T-34s loose-pin system 'archaic'? I thought it was quite brilliant, and it worked perfectly well. I've also never heard of it being used earlier than WWII, so its not a throwback.
Good old days, I used to be a crew member in one of these, back in Romania.
my father drove this tank (not sure which variant) in the soviet union as a driver, said it was a pain in the ass :D
Being something of a layman where tanks are concerned, I'm going to have to ask what I'm sure is a rather basic question to those in the know; What's the log for? Apparently it's legendary, but I've never noticed them before now.
I also do observe that it was probably easier for the West to have access to large supplies of rubber to use on their tank tracks.
Still my all time favorite, what pops into my head when someone says the word tank... T-55. Maybe Sherman.
Maybe the small snorkle came with a piece of composition drift wood ?
A quintessential, basic tank. Thanks.
nicholas moran is finally back!
How about one on the M88 yank recovery vehicle. Without them all these tanks would be broke down in the mud somewhere. And while your at it, how about the M48!
American combat engineers were taught to stretch cable between archnors to knock those snorkel off the tops of those turrets. once the snorkel came off, the tank was in very bad trouble.
Another thing that was taught was to fire artillery into the stream bed. Tear up the bottom and the tank would get stuck.
I wonder how well that would have worked. They usually survey the riverbed for obstructions before they attempt river crossings.
I do not know but another option was to lash a M21 anti tank mine to two boards that were in a cross pattern and drop those in the river if the current was slow enough. They might or might not find the cable before crossing. You could very easily put the artillery barrage in the river after they enter. Back in my day the prefered artillery would have been the 8in variety, but the 155mm would do the job. With either artillery round delayed fuses would have been the thing to use. Just the shock waves through the ware would do some damage.
It is not about stopping them completely simply making them slow down or go a different route. That is the same for all obstiacles installed by Comabt engineers they were channelizing devices to get the enemy where you wanted them.
John McMickle The main problem with setting up traps or mines is that you can't really know where the armoured unit is planning to cross. Rivers are usually several kilometers long, and Soviet forces use amphibious scout cars (BRDM) to survey the opposite bank to determine the presence of the enemy. If it is not safe, they would not cross or they would relocate. The only reliable way to stop or delay a river crossing is to use artillery and air power when the crossing is already underway.
New word of the day, practicable.
Needs the two 200 liters drum on the back.
awesome bit of kit in its day
trained in anti tank plt (milan) with tackling this tank
😎😎😎
Thanks 👍
Heh. I recall reading somewhere that the closed hatches in Soviet Doctrine didn't fare too well for the Iraqi Army during the Persian Gulf War of 1991. The closed hatches allowed pressure to build up when a Allied Sabot round touched off the ammo - Kaboom! Catastrophic Kill!
darkangel31314
Yeah... Wasnt designed for modern computer guided advanced tank arounds 50 years later lol. Wtf is your point
A thinner snorkel would have less drag and probably allow for a higher crossing speed.
Now the T 14 I always thought T 34-54 T 62-72 T 80-90 so wouldn't the new one be the T 98 then T 108?
So why couldn’t the T-55a be the tier 10 and the T-62 with it’s 115mm gun be a alternate research?
If you have tracks wacking off, that's an issue in its own. Seriously. You don't want any pins flying out because the tracks got too excited. I think you should check to make sure the tracks aren't watching TankHub
Good job guys
8:07 and 8:22, funny I love it the log and wake part was pretty funny. 'legendary log'
its stalinwood!
It is Czechosolovak T- 55. It is great.
Ahhh this my favorite tanks.
Legendary log!
Did soviet post-war doctrine include tank riding infantry?
I served on T-55M in 1988. The borderlands with Turkey were littered with 55s, thousands of them, and we’d train, drive and shoot all the time, day and night. Your movements become automated, you don’t think, no time for thinking.
You dont know why they had small and large snorkels? It says why in every common online source on the T-55. The big one was large enough to escape through and made the crew happy. The small one was small enough to carry and erect in combat. Simple.
I've heard the Polish T55 today has night vision in the gunner, driver and commanders position.
Can you verify that?
How does the engine breathe during deep water fording ?
You can see at 12:30 how Nick is around 10 inches taller than the average Soviet tank commander. Presumably he's supposed to be at eye level with the top of the hatch..
does the T-54-1,T-54-2,T-54-3 have powered turret traverse,if so whats the normal speed of turret traverse
24 seconds for a full 360 degree spin
Tiles Murphy thx but where did you get that number?
Goks The giggly Goks Original manual.
Mind sending me a link?
So wait, it's made safe for the crew to be used in radioactive zones from nuclear bombs, but water can get in?
Yep. Water is heavier and cannot be kept out by mild overpressure.
So basically what you're sayin' is that at 8:04 #511 tankers were never seen again OR they came outta water more like an aquarium than military tank?
+horseshoe they were specially for these missions preparing their tanks with vaseline or substance familiar to that so they could use it without water going inside. Of course the process was long about 1-2 hours.
I want the same stabilizer in the game as the historical video had!
I remember doing a port visit in Israel. I got the opportunity to see Israeli modified T-55’s. With the British 105mm rifle gun
This, the Panzer 4 and the panther are my favourite tanks, the Sdkfz 251, OT-810, M113, FV432, CRVT & BMP-1/2 my favorite armoured veichles, and my favourite armoured cars are the Sdkfz 222, Ferret and those South African armoured cars with the 90mm gun (can't remember the name)
I get a woody for most armoured veichles, especially light tanks and armoured cars, especially the BMP, Ferret & FV432
But the T-55 is my favourite afv of all time, it's been my dream to own one since I was 13
It is a sharp looking tank, i will give it that.
I wonder if they ever just put magnetic charges on the bottom of the tank while the tank was going over the trench
Thats the worst idea ive heard today
good vídeo!
I HAVE A 1:32 SCALE OF THIS AND I JUST REALIZED HOW REALISTIC MY SCALE IS COMPARED TO THE REAL THING
When tan t-55 coloms wen't through my city, they always managed to breake something.
What museum is that?
But Slovakia had to today in service the T-55 A ( 25~30 pcs)
We do not have them. We are using T-72M1.
@@richardantoska4560 Are you from Slovakia?
@@davidpaszto4278 Yes.
@@richardantoska4560 ok tak v tom prípade sa môžeme rozprávať aj po slovensky......ja viem uvedomil som si čo som napísal, napísal som to keď som sa tomu ešte nejako moc nerozumel (je to poznať aj na gramatike) a myslel som si že ešte sú nejaké ako uloženky v skladoch a ešte som k tomu připočítal tu verziu použitú v zahraničných misiách UN
@@davidpaszto4278 To je v pohode :D a inak, kde boli použité T-55? Ešte som o tom nepočul. Tak rád by som sa o tom dozvedel viac.
i want this so badly in WoT
sorry but is that a way to pronounce ''storage'' or is he really saying ''stowage''. i'm confused.
He says both.
mordechaimordechai stowage is the commonly used term for ammunition (goes back over a century to naval warships I believe, when gunpowder was "stowed away" below the waterline) but storage can be used as well
Stowage is military wording.
Maybe it has to do with his Irish origins. He's American now (joined the US army) so now he has a interesting accent that's American blended with Irish
the idea with the snorkel is that you don't need a bridge to cross a river
It's good to a depth of 4 meters.
what museum is this?
I very much enjoy these breakdowns, and I appreciate the production quality being put into them - however I must protest to the looping song in the background. In my humble opinion the Irishman's voice is mellifluous enough without the aid of royalty free rock tracks. It's not my intent to whinge about what is otherwise a fine piece of work, but I hope they jettison the backing music at some point.
I'm from Slovakia and we still have them in reserves
good tank
What was the log used for?
you hook the log with the special vedges and metal cable accesories to the front of the tracks for pooling tank out if you stuck somewhere badly...
@@davor432 thanks 😊
Do an episode on the M103 please :)
+Add Name Already done a three-parter on it.
What is that black out light for?
Use your imagination.
Interesting on the hatches - always thought Soviet design superior as open hatches give protection, but, nice point that western designs give easy and better visibility.
It was not really a big deal, in my opinion. With the Soviet hatch design, you could easily just swing the hatch to one side and you would have an unobstructed view from the rim of the cupola. The Soviet tank commander doesn't get overhead protection, but there are very few weapons that pose that sort of threat. More importantly, the commander would not be able to fight from outside the hatch if the area was contaminated by NBC weapons. Given that these weapons would have been fairly common in a WWIII scenario, a Western tank commander would be forced to button up anyway.
*In the event of NBC - god help us all...
Tiger Porsche please if there still is any around
No Tiger Ps exist. One was made as a command tank and destroyed in combat. The rest of the Tiger Ps lacked turrets and converted to Ferdinand/Elefant tanks which still exist.
+SovietTenkDestroyer One was also converted to a recovery tank.