2:17 Length: 9,75m Width: 3,66m Height: 2,43m 2:33 top speed 68 km/h 2:51 M1A2 1893 L 0,25 km/L 483 km Avg. car 61 L 10,63 km/L 644 km 7:20 muzzle vel. = 5633kph (1565m/s) distance = 3,2 km
I am an Army veteran (3rd Armored Cavalry) with experience with both the M1A1 and M1A2. I will provide quality control if necessary: @2:30 Top speed on flat, solid ground. Slower over rough terrain, but still capable of rapid pace (well over 30mph) @2:33 Fuel is distributed between 4 tanks: 2 in the rear and 2 in the front. Fuel is standard JP8 petroleum, similar to diesel. M1 can also run on other fuel types in distress. @2:45 .6 mpg while driving, it has been suggested (not verified) that it takes 2 gallons to start the engine. For tanks not equipped with an EAPU (External Auxiliary Power Unit, a.k.a. generator) The engine is often left running to keep vital onboard systems operating even while sitting for extended periods- and in theory, to conserve fuel required by frequent restarts. @3:30 There are 7 PAIRS of roadwheels contacting the ground on either side (the narrator is not specific, but the animation did show them). @3:56 The sensation of riding a tank over rough terrain can be described as being in a boat on choppy water: It "floats" over all but the most extreme obstacles. @4:07 I have experienced extreme inclines (up and down) that I would have only attempted with a modified 4x4 vehicle, bridged trenches and never felt them, crossed through mud that would have swamped any other imaginable vehicle, and travelled at speed across rough terrain at top speed that, if attempted in my jeep, would have jarred my teeth loose and broken suspension parts. @5:40 The "Power Pack", or engine, is modular and designed to be quickly, easily and regularly removed to ease maintenance. It can be prepped for removal by the crew and be out on the ground behind the tank within 20 minutes. It can be replaced just as efficiently. I have done this many times. @6:24 "Make sure to stay clear when the engine is on"- There is a "jet wash" at the rear of the tank while it is running that gets more intense under power. At idle it is minor and is a boon during cold, snowy weather (look for groups of soldiers gathered behind idling tanks in the winter enjoying the heat.). ( "Crank up my $6 million space heater." is a common command from tank commanders during the winter.) @6:27 The phone is for infantry (using the tank as cover, etc.) so that they may coordinate movement and safety with the tank crew who are not able to see them. @7:55 In addition to the loader's MG, the commander's hatch is typically equipped with a .50Cal MG (unknown why this is not mentioned or represented.) @7:58 Smoke Grenade Launchers: The animation is inaccurate- smoke grenades are actually launched from the chambers and disbursed around the area to provide wider visual coverage. Not mentioned is that the tank is also equipped with a smoke generator that sprays fuel into the hot exhaust in order to create a large cloud that can be backed into or allowed to drift in a beneficial direction. @10:13 The driver's compartment is often referred to as "the coffin". It is actually very comfortable and drivers are known to doze off during periods of inactivity. - The only thing not mentioned that I need to add is what makes the M1A2 particularly different from the M1A1 is the addition of the CITV (there are other improvements, but this is by far the most significant): The CITV is the Commanders Independent Thermal Viewer: It is the cylindrical protrusion on top of the turret just in front of the loader's hatch. This allows the tank commander to scan the battlefield and acquire targets independently of the gunner or the orientation of the main gun. This provides two sets of eyes independently scanning for targets and gives much more rapid target acquisition before and after firing; enabling immediate referencing of an identified target after another has been destroyed.
@@psyekl Thanks for the details as well as your service. I've always wanted to join the military (more specifically army or the air force). I really like the military's jargon when referring to weapons, tanks, engineering, etc.
The loaders space isn't nearly that roomy as well. The coax ammo box and radios are located were it shows the loaders seat. The loaders seat is actually located more toward the rear of the turret.
@@knucklesandwichdude133 it's a handle sort of like what you would see on a small plane. It send an electrical signal through the A.I.M (analog input module) to the hydraulic system.
Great video. I was a 19K (crewman) on the M1 / M1A1 in the late 80's - early 90's. I have to say, the hardest part as a driver, was staying awake, especially running at night. Very little, if any sleep, laying in a nice reclined position, the soft green glow of your night sight screen, the low hum on the engggggggggggggggggggggg
I have to ask myself.....do I really need to know how a tank works...or, should I be cutting grass right now? Well, you never can tell when I may need to run a tank. I know how to cut grass.
lol, I was thinking about the same thing when I first saw it, but then I was like "wait...that might actually exist in JSDF..." I was not disappointed.
Fr tho how much did wt paid him, this is like one of the rare videos he does the ad bit more than 2 times. Though whatever the cost they paid him its worth it as this vid is over 20m views
As a former driver, loader, and gunner on an M1A2 SEP v2, my opinion is that this is the most accurate video on TH-cam about the Abrams - very well done to you. I have to be very nitpicky to even find discrepancies, but they are as follows: There are only two large blowout panels on the roof of the turret, not three small ones. The smoke grenade launchers launch actual smoke grenades (and hold grease tubes) - they're not smoke generators. Although, the Abrams does have that capability by spraying oil onto the "bitch plate" (because it's a bitch to remove for maintenance) - the steel plate that sits on top of the engine; it's hot enough that the oil burns to create smoke. The "electronics" at 1:54 are not for electronics; they're simply metal torsion bars that keep downward pressure on the mud guards that sit atop the idler wheels so they don't fly up when driving. And of course the inside of the turret isn't bare like this, but it goes without saying that it would be very difficult to get access to those details. Again, well done!
I was a turret, and haul mechanic for 11 years. Just wanted to mention the fact it can be programed to lock onto multiple targets, and hit everyone without slowing down.
I was a tanker. The only position I didn't do was being the TC(tank commander), I did driver, loader, amd gunner. Turret can be rotated manually, or hydraulically. There is no phone on the back. The is a hookup for a radio to communicate with the crew inside the tank. A damn good crew can hit a target at almost 4 miles with the main gun, 1000+ meters with the coax, about 950 with the loader's 240. Smoke canister launchers. Unless you are short, you are not completely standing up in a tank, even other countries. If a loader takes longer than 5 seconds to load that gun, they do not need to be on a tank. The most comfortable spots to sleep on a tank are the front slope and driver's hole.
@@mookie714 During WWII, tanks like the KV-2 would have shells weighing around 114 lb (51.5kg). It took two men to load them and approximately 24 seconds.
Good video! One correction-once the loader secures his round from behind the ballistic shield doors, he does not rotate his body 180 degrees clockwise and then place the round into the breech. There is absolutely no physical room within the turret to accommodate this action and, even if there were, it would be impossible to maintain your balance while the tank is moving. It would also take way too long to load. Once you secure the round with your left hand on the aft cap, you place your right hand under the casing. Push the round upward with your right hand so that the business end now rests in the crook of your left arm like you are cradling a baby, and place your right hand on the aft cap. The round is now pointed directly into the open breech. Push forward with your right fist so that the round slides along your left arm and into the breech, which will slam closed. Make sure the shield door is closed, take the weapon off of manual “safe,” clear the path of recoil, scream “UP,” and brace yourself for the ignition and recoil that follows. I spent 9 years on the M1, M1IP, M1A1, M1A1“Heavy,” and the M1A1HC, and this video brought back hella memories. Including drying my wet with sleet clothing in the exhaust on early, freezing mornings. PS: after 3 days in the turret with 2 other big, unshowered guys on MRE diets, the stench gets pretty heinous.
I like flipping sabot in like how you described but when it comes to HEAT or MPAT I rotate with it a lot more but obviously now how he animated it 😂. I can't imagine loading like that lol
@@joninwm AMX Leclerc tank has multiple air conditioning units. First one is a hybrid one integrated in the NBC system, and second one is an independent electric air conditioning unit installed on the back roof behind the gunner's hatch. EAU version also features a third one which is an engine-driven mechanical heavy-duty air-conditioning mounted in the left part of the hull directly on the engine. AZUR version features the same last one with additional protection against molotov coktail. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leclerc_tank
Great video. I was on an M1 from 1991-1992 and an M1A1 from 1992 till the end of my service. A few things to note: 1. The commander has a Browning M2 .50 caliber machine gun (The “Maw- Deuce”) at his station/hatch. I’ve never seen an M1 without one. 2. The smoke grenades up front are actually smoke grenade launchers that launch smoke grenades out in front of the turret. Thermal sights can see through the smoke. There is also a smoke generator attached to the engine that the driver controls via a rocker switch, that throws thick white smoke out of the engine exhaust port on the back of the hull., and 3., the commander’s “view ports” are actually periscopes. Again, great video. Brought back fond memories.
@@ST-wm5gd no, he doesn't. It's mechanical. It's set up so the trigger is pulled inside the turret and a lever pushes down on the butterfly trigger outside. If I remember correctly it's electrically actuated.
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I remember playing some old free to play EA game before they took that said game down........once I saw a tank climb up and steep hill and I was like driving the jeep watching......and I was like what the frick? How the hell did he do that?
As a machinist I would like to say this detailed video is so extremely impressive excellent job! This creator's attention to detail is just mind blowing as well as the videos format just art ,mechanics & informative . GREAT CONTENT!
"The exhaust comes out the back, so make sure to stay clear when the engine is on." Unless you're an infantryman doing a field exercise in the middle of winter. Then tank exhaust is like heaven.
During winter training in Hoenfels Germany the temperature was in the high teens. I invited some Infantry guys into my M60A1 tank turret to get warm. The heater on the M60 tank was notorious for breaking down, when it worked it made German winters much more bearable. I had some Infantry guys in my turret for about 15 minutes getting relief from that biter cold. But they still called us DATS (Dumb Ass Tankers) - C Company 1/35 Armor, Erlangen Germany.
@@michaelcurl9817 Yea I was stationed at Erlangen also with 47th Support Battalion and was the NCOIC in charge of 2-81 Contact Team then changed to 4-70th Armor in I think 88. I think everyone just got the M1's when I got there. An Yea we called you all DAT's and sometimes for good reason. Especially one time we was bore scoping the tubes and one of the DAT's ran into the tube trying to bend it with his head. He got to spend a good week in the hospital in Nurnberg with a huge goose egg.
Turbine engines, Electronics, and Hydraulic systems create a lot of heat .....plus operating in the desert....there must be some sort of cooling system.
No. It has a blower that blows air that feels cooler than ambient air most of the time, but it is not A/C. It is part of the NBC system that pushes filtered air through the turret through hoses. The hoses are designed to connect to your NBC masks. Most of the time you just stick them inside of your tanker suit. Definitely makes a diff in hot temps.
I was an m1a2sepv2 mechanic for years and I can say this is very accurate. A few things to mention The coaxial can fire 240 weapon rounds and the one near the loaders hatch is can be either 240 or .50 cal. The tanks that I worked on had c.r.o.w.s above the Commander's hatch. The little passageway that leads from the turret into the driver seat did not get used as much due to the fact that the seat was in the way and not a lot of people can fit through it. Me being 6 feet tall had a tough time. The Drivers Seat was adjustable so so the driver’s head is sticking out of the drivers hatch for better visibility when driving. Nine times out of 10 the drivers hatch is always open for that same reason. Typically when the tank is in use the drivers hatch is closed when they are about to fire a tank around or if it’s really bad weather and destroy the electronics inside it
The loaders mount cannot fit a 50cal. The 50 mount rings are too spread apart to fit in the mount. As well as, the 50cal is a lot wider. Plus if you try to use a .50 in the loaders mount it will hit the CITV. Its designed for a 240. Literally the driver gets in the drivers seat through the turret about 99.9% of the time. For multiple reasons. 1) when we park the tanks we place the gun over the rear of the hull therefor making it very hard to access the drivers hatch. 2) The drivers hatch is always closed when there is not a person in it. You never get off a tank and leave the drivers hatch open when there isnt someone in it. 3) Its really not hard. Im 6'1" and can get in the drivers seat pretty easy from the turret. You just have to hold onto the ledge where the ready rack is and slide in like its a water slide.
The loaders mount always has a 240 due to the reasons Jacob mentioned, plus it's a backup for the coax. That's pretty important because the coax is the primary weapon against troops and and light cars or trucks. We definitely used it in combat more than any other weapon on the vehicle. As for the driver, they 90% of the time operate with the hatch closed because it's not super safe to have your head sticking out when the turret is traversing and it's not even comfortable for short people keeping your head crouched down like that, and you "definitely" would "never" have the hatch open in areas where the main gun may need to be fired. The driver always has to exit through the turret when the tank will be left unattended. This is because the loader's hatch is the only one that can be closed from outside to secure the tank. The last segment of the driver's seat folds all the way down, and the head rest folds all the way up, so when you set it up like that it's not too bad getting in and out if you slide in like a water slide like Jacob said.
Are all the electronics, hoses, etc on the turret localized to the turret itself, or are they connected to the hull? If they’re connected to the hull, how does the turret rotate freely 360°?
@@dropkickirish4449 Can't really say much on this. I'm not a Master Gunner (Subject Matter Expert on the Abrams) but I believe they are connected through the sub-turret which is connected to the engine. Which they are connected in a way that allows the turret to rotate freely. It's a lot of engineering involved. Lots of research and development that is involved with it.
I’ve yet to see a good animation out there showing the inner working of sequential gear box and how it works. I think that it could be a good challenge for Jared Owen!
Although Creighton Abrams was MACV commander in Vietnam (while I served there), his real claim to fame -- and the reason the tank is named for him -- is that he was cited by General George Patton as being his best tank battalion commander in Europe -- "He's the world champion." Abrams was one of the armored leaders who broke the siege of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. As such, he was a tank expert. He was the one who laid out the ballpark specifications for what became his namesake tank. Nice video!
One small Detail: the smoke grenade launchers actually launch small grenades wich Land in front of the tank and smoke there. Other than that it’s a nice visualization, and it’s always nice to see Germans and Americans engineer something together
i wish we would adopt the Germans appreciation for diesel. the Abrams is curtailed by the INdustrial Complex. Uses jet fuel.. ridiculous. Great thing about diesel, if you have to you can burn anything in it.
@@bartacomuskidd775 The Abrams is fully capable of using diesel, it's turbine engine is multi-fuel rated. Diesel and jet fuel are fundamentally the same fuel. The US uses jet fuel because it already has the supply chains in place to supply it.
@@bartacomuskidd775 The Abrams can actually use nearly any of the common fuel types, and the engine is quieter than a diesel. At speed it's also just as efficient.
@@bartacomuskidd775 The Abrams can burn a wider range of fuels than the diesel and in terms of moving around at near its top speed, it gets better gas mileage as well. Also, the Abrams doesn't use "British armor" that's like saying "American cars use British wheels" simply because all cars use wheels. Our armor is a uniquely American composite that includes depleted uranium.
Hi how does someone create an animation like this. I mean what software does someone use and what training will you have generally had. Is it somethin I can teach myself in my bedroom in my bedroom. Thanks
I'm just gonna put this here real quick The tank is protected by an armor type known as composite armor, basically this armor consists of different elements sandwiched between each other, the armor works differently depending on the ammunition type fired at it, for kinetic energy rounds (the ammunition tanks used to go against other tanks) it shatters the dart using the hard and brittle ceramics, as for shaped charges (it's basically the ammunition of the RPG but for tanks) it deflects the molten jet stream using spaces between the armor, thought this is just one type of composite armor, the Chobam armor which is used in the M1A2, there are other types of composite armor used on different tanks, with different ways on how they work, this armor is placed almost all around the tank (on some tanks even the front pieces of the side skirts), though it is more concentrated on the turret, as seen on the X-Ray at 9:01 Aside from composite armor there are also other ways to improve a tank's protection, such as Explosive Reactive Armor, this type of armor is used on the M1A2 TUSK (Tank Urban Survival Kit) modification, these are those square boxes on the side of that particular modification, this armor explodes upon contact with both kinetic energy rounds and shaped charged rounds, although it protects better against shaped charges, by exploding, it prematurely detonates the ammunition and disturbing the trajectory of the jet stream, and making it hit the outside armor harmlessly. Correction : I made a mistake on the M1A2's armor, and that is apparently the Chobham armor was not on that particular tank, it is only present on the M1 Abrams model, the earliest variant with a 105mm cannon, the M1A2 uses what's called a HAP-3 armor, which is an armor developed from the aforementioned Chobham armor P. S. if you want to try War Thunder I'd suggest to be patient while playing it, especially with the grind and the fact that sometimes you have to fight against Cold War era tanks in a WW2 vehicle (the matchmaking is based on a tank's performance and not the time they were built), though this will only happen at later tiers so don't worry about lower tiers, it's quite fun there
When a round, let’s say a HESH round hits the armor, the armor explodes and sends most of the force from the round back out instead of into the crew compartment
I wish you could cite metric equivalents for measurements for all of us international viewers out there :) regardless, excellent video, top notch stuff as always!
Weight: 61688562.3 grams ...about the same weight as 35 cars, unless metric cars weigh differently than SAE cars. Top Speed: 67.5924 km/hr (subject to change when the metric system is adopted for keeping time). Fuel Capacity: 1892710 milliliters. Fuel Consumption: 1 km / 3.78541 liter. Range: 482802 meters. Height: 2438.4 mm, which is also about the standard height of a residential ceiling in the United States. Width: 1-1/2 times the height. Length: 0.97536 decameters.
I was a crewman of the M1A1 Abrams in the mid 90's, and yes, the Abrams is an awesome machine. As I discharged, my unit was upgrading to the A2 Abrams so unfortunately I didn't have the pleasure of working with it. That was great graphics and explanations used and pretty accurate as well. Thank you for the video. Well done. 🙂
Honestly. The greatest thing about the newer model Abrams is if you have experience on one you can use them all. The only major differences are tech which is easy to learn
Great job on the animation. From 1976 to 1982 I worked for Snap-Tite Inc. in the engineering dept. We were contracted to design the hydraulics for the targeting system on the main gun. The specs we were given said that the gun must be able to hold on target at 70mph over rough terrain. We met these requirements with our design. At that time, the tank was designated as the XM1 Abrams and they were still undecided on what would power the tank. I for one, was disappointed, when the tank went into service with a top speed of only 42-45 mph. The hydraulic control system we designed, was able to hold the gun on target up to 75 mph. Thought you might be interested. God bless and stay well.
I wouldn't hold to much to military speed ratings, trust me they are only suggested speed ratings and not the actual maximum speed. Go look at an M817 6x6 dump truck speed tag. Trust me when I tell you it's BS. I have personally driven one 80 MPH and kept it there going down the highway.
@@halahmilksheikh Lets just say (on behalf of the military) that compromises were made. The M1 series tops out at 45-50 over good terrain. Would have been mush more effective if the top speed goals were met.
You would be happy to know that during ODS we were hitting targets past 2500 m going north of 45 mph. That's about all I can say about it. Seriously though, you guys designed great hydraulics for the turret and gun elevation. In 13 years I never saw a hydraulic rupture of any kind in the turret.
Hey bro quick question,what does the crew do in case they have to use a toilet coz I can't imagine a scenario where one stops gets out to take a dunk in active battle.
@@anthonykenneth.1780 Hi, Anthony! That’s a great question! It all depends on where you’re at. I was never in combat, but I was in Kuwait for several months in 1998. (I got pulled into Desert Fox while out there training.) We usually had custom-built outhouses where our mess dropped into a cut-in-half 55 gal drums if we were stationed in a large assembly area with headquarters units. We called it the Kabal. (Yes, part of our duties included burning our waste using various types of jet fuel. It was not a pleasant smell.) But if we were out in the field, well, we simply walked out far away enough to capture some privacy, dig a deep hole, squat and take care of business. 😂 The only thing I ever worried about out there were the crazy flies, scorpions, or camel spiders. I can’t imagine having to go while actively in combat.
It is a wonderful and beautiful detailed explanation. The M1 Abrams tank is the most powerful tank in the world. I respect the United States of America, its army and its people. God bless America ♥🇺🇸
I was the signal officer for a Tank Battalion of M1A2 in the early 90s. Quite a sight to see them live fire on the range; especially, at night. Look like a single pulse of a tight red laser beam at night moving when a sabot round is fired down range for +2 miles at night and covers the distance in under 2 seconds.
War Thunder is nothing else than a cash cow. Micro transactions wherever you look and the only realism i can see is the realism of real money you need to spend like crazy. thumb down for this video and for a creator who's fortune is baught with kids' pocket money...
*I've viewed multiple tank videos featuring actual tanks but this one provides a much better explanation of their interiors, their crew capacity, and how they work. Your graphic/animation skills are top grade.*
Just plain mad communications skills of every kind: Visual-spatial conception, graphics, animation. Verbal-research, script conception, writing, speaking. It really took a lot of brainpower to make this so easy to follow and understand. 👏🏻👏🏻
i mean, its a decent video. but the videos by nicholas moran are significantly better. if you specifically mean videos on the abrams, then thats because its hard to get access to one to make a video about it.
Caterpillar treads are not only for rough terrain. They also spread out the load over a large area so that the tank can drive over soft terrain such as sand, soft/wet dirt, mud and snow. The treads also supply numerous gripping surfaces/edges that improve traction.
Yes, spreading the load capacity is imperative for a vehicle with this much weight. I'm not sure of any other way to propel a vehicle with this much weight, other than multiple axles and wheels, and even then, you have a much smaller contact patch for load distribution.
Smoke grenades: they do not just sit there and emit smoke while sitting in the launcher; they get get launched away from the tank while emitting smoke to create a large cloud which hopefully conceals the hank from the enemies sight (both visually and thermally).
Robert Berner they’re not launchers they’re generators. They’re used to break enemy weapon locks. You want the smoke to cover the vehicle not launch it away from it. Not sure how the abrams smoke generators work but the British challenger two tank dumps diesel fuel into electrical heaters which pumps huge amounts of smoke out of the generators. I assume the abrams does the same but with jet fuel instead. No need to carry additional smoke canisters just use some of the fuel you have onboard already. Saves weight and space. Genius. Edit: I may be wrong about the abrams. Here’s a video showing launchers th-cam.com/video/TODr5NKNuCg/w-d-xo.html the challenger has generators though. th-cam.com/video/goLNmcmYcA0/w-d-xo.html
@@redwez1982 The tubes you see on the front of modern tanks are smoke grenade launchers. What you're talking about is ESS, where fuel is dumped into the exhaust manifold causing huge amounts of smoke to exit the exhaust. All modern tanks have smoke grenade launchers, and most have ESS on top of that, the Challenger 2 and Abrams being two of them. Also, the launched smoke grenades do a good job of concealing the tank, they wouldn't be used otherwise. On top of that the ESS damages the exhaust system which is why launchers are preferred.
Tobben Jees thanks for setting me straight. Does the Abram’s smoke generator run off the turbine’s kerosene? The challenger uses diesel. Not sure if kerosene smokes the same as it’s so refined.
@@redwez1982 The ESS runs of whatever fuel the tank is filled up with, because it sucks fuel directly from the tank's fuel tanks. The system was disabled on most Abrams tanks after they mostly switched away from diesel since it's too unsafe to use with other fuels.
@@tobbenjees941 We were still using the smoke generator on our M1A1s in the late 90s. It was sorta fun to turn it on in front of another platoon and smoke them out.
Here in Vermont we have a Dairy Festival every year well except for this year due to fing COVID the parade in nearly 60 years was never cancelled until this year even nasty weather never got it cancelled. But a white ago a big part of the parade was a M1 Abrams that use to be in it. They are not all that loud even sitting within 15 feet of them its just a low pitched hum. Them being loud is probably the game devs inventing it to that other players will hear them coming. Because if it where historically accurate you wouldn't hear them until they are on top of you. They took the M1 out of the parade because it was destructive to the pavement when it had to turn for the parade route.
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In real life if the abrams is coming at you. You can only hear tracks rumbling.
The problem with the abram's engine is 1. That it's louder compared to a diesel engine(yes the pitch is higher and some people can't hear that but it's still louder) 2. It compares WAY more fuel than a diesel engine and 3rd it is really expensive to manufacture, maintain and repair
Well for instance soviet MBTS fought Afghanistanian ww2-1960s era tanks, and Israelis had French pre war r35s and shermans serving in battle in the 1960s.
I have a pt76b that was widely used in the cold war (Chechnya and russian internal stuff) and I side pin Tigers, Sherman's, and my own russian Is3 because of the garbage russian matchmaking. It can have heatfs which makes it insane topped with its speed. But it can get pinned by a 50 cal or dhsk so it's not strong
He forgot the part where you can cook canned food on the back grill. That was my favorite part of being a tanker haha. 19kilo Fort Riley, KS, 1-63 AR, Charlie Company. "Best job I ever had".
I did the same on the back of my Abrams with the MRE pouches. That was until they came out with those bag things with the Mg pouches that you add water to to heat them up. 4/35 AR 5th ID Fort Polk and 3/66 AR 2nd AD, Fort Hood.
My mechanic team joined the tankers we worked with heating up our food on back of the tanks as well….good times indeed. 😎✌🏾 HHC 4/64 Armor. Delta Team Maintenance, Fort Stewart GA 89’-93’
The smoke grenade launcher demo was inaccurate as the grenades are projected out of the launchers to ignite several yards in front of the turret, it's a beautiful thing to watch.
4:21 "War Thunder is a good way to learn about tanks" *shows video clip of a tank doing some John Wick maneuver shooting another tank point blank while drifting* Seems legit.
To be fair, it is an American tank being described by (I assume) an American. It's unfortunate the world hates Imperial measurements so much, inches and feet in particular are really useful in daily life.
@@legogenius1667 maybe the world hates imperial because it doesn't make sense? Some of us, although both systems are fine with us, Metric is kinda our mother tongue of measurements. Adding the alternative measurements wouldn't hurt, considering his audience about 50%+ are non-US. The video isn't made for only US folks. So...
@@legogenius1667 Because imperial units are not useful for pretty much the rest of the world? It's an archaic unit system that should have died out in the last century.
spikedpsycho oh boy, thanks for making this comment! But honestly I’m a German so I know already :) I just like the animations of the one and only Jared Owen.
There is much much more to a tank that was not mentioned in this video. It's really the most basic of information. 1. There is no singular best tank. Every tank is a tool designed for a single purpose and with a different doctrine in mind. Ever tried to saw with a hammer? 2. Tanks are not even close to invincibility. The Abrams e.g. has composite armour in the front of the hull, the sides are simple slabs of steel. The turret has composite armour in the front and sides but the front is much much thicker and the sides are only armoured so that the turret has a similar protection level from a wider angle. At 90 degrees the sides won't stop anything that fires remotely modern ammunition. Is just can't be thick enough. 3. Tanks are not really given away by sound. Because when you are able to hear them, they put themselves too close to you. Like in the Russo-Georgian War they went on the top of high rise buildings and shot RPGs at the passing Russian tanks from a above where they don't have armour. Again tanks are easy to kill if you have access, which is proximity. What gives tanks away is their thermal signature. They are 60 Ton steel boxes, especially in desert environment, they absorb a lot of heat from the sun and create their own with their engine. They are very visible on a thermal. So much so the Germans developed an experimental tank with a vented hull to make it "invisible" back in the 80s. Judging from the existence of the L2A7, that didn't pan out. 4. In tank on tank combat: Who ever hits first usually wins. This is because they shoot from cover, get their kill, and move away. The image of a tank pressing into enemy lines is just wrong. The last tanks designed to do this would have been the Soviet T-50 series of tanks. They were built in great numbers so loosing one or thirty is not much of an issue. But they then also realised that a much more efficient alternative is a better tank. Like the T-64. What pushes today in western and eastern militaries is mechanised infantry. There are a lot more IFVs than tanks for a reason. A tank is fuck off expensive. 5. Todays tanks are plasterd with ERA which provides a singular protection against shaped charges for a singular reason: Guerilla Warfare. The tanks at the beginning of the whole middle east debacle were and are made to combat national militaries, which they do brilliantly. But for an extended stay, they really were not made for that. As such and consequently every western military up armoured their tanks to levels unsuited for an actual war where the mobility reduction is suicidal as that is what allows one tank to get the drop on another and again: who hits first wins. But they had to, because Joe with his 50 year old Soviet RPG is regularly close enough to hit unarmoured spots and he does not care about his own life. If he does, he puts a lot of explosives in the ground and waits a for a patrol to be stupid enough to drive over it. tl:dr Tanks and their usage is as complicated as their technology. This video shows the basic components of a tank. Don't believe the robo voice from a TH-cam video. Countries spend billions on a doctrine and make equipment fitting to it. It's better for you and me both that we never find out who was right in the end.
You're right, he doesn't go into much detail here. and for the most part, if your armour is tanking "real" rounds, you should consider yourself lucky and not think oh I'm invincible because odds are your armour won't stop the next shot. They are now, as they get ever more expensive to make and research, becoming more than anything snipers that take out other tanks and things infantry can't deal with.
@@roms1022 hes not attacking or going after the OPs video, hes adding some stuff to it so people can see. There are already "better" videos out there for describing this.
The Japanese dubbing for this video is excellent. Abrams' concept was to have a low posture to make it harder to spot the enemy, and the sides are said to be shaped like menstrual blood to draw the muzzle in.
I got to serve on all three of these tanks in the 90's. I remember the most significant changes were the 105mm gun of the M1 to the 120mm smooth bore gun of the M1A1 and the CITV (Commander's Independent Thermal Viewer) of the M1A2 that allowed the gunner and Commander to scan for targets simultaneously and a built in navigation system.
I saw a demo in the mid 80's of an M60 and an M1 running the test track/firing range on a proving ground. The M60 was and still is a great tank even though it is outclassed by the M1. So what I saw was an M60 hustling around the obstacle track, stop, fire at a target a mile away and hit it. Slam it into gear and go around the track again. They were firing tracer type rounds that you could follow all the way down range. The M1 came out and flew around the obstacle track, mud, water, actually got air over the speed bump and when it hit the ground fired a round through the center of the target. What seemed like 10 seconds later while running the next obstacle they fired again with a direct hit. Then the thing took off down range and they demo'd the smoke system. As the announcer is saying some dribble the M1 comes flying out of the smoke towards the viewing stand and even at 500 yards it was frightening to see this thing coming at you. The crowd cheered and we all thought Go Army we are damn glad that you are on the job!
Thermal imaging is such a value added asset in so many ways . Also the Coaxial gun mounted on the turret next to the main battle gun is a 7.62 nato round machine gun sighted in by gunner. I got to ride and get the full tour of this M1a2 tank in Iraq in 06-07 as a contractor it was bichen and the crew was more than happy to give me this present. Also they had upgraded sights that could see the dimples on your cheeks a mile and a half away. I never felt more protected The tankers said if we get breached on the fence line get your as over to the Tank Ramp we got your back Hoorah !!!! Go Get Some!!!!
As a bored infantryman in Baghdad attached to an armored unit I jokingly asked if I could drive the tank. The equally bored tankers obliged. I only played with it for about 10 minutes and realized in the first 2 minutes that I should stick to my boots where I belong. C/2/506 INF/101ST ABN, 2006. If one of you tankers come across this PM me! Hats of to the armor in Hilla 03. Much love from your booted brethren.
Beautiful, I used look at it when american troops used to passing through my neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, I loved the Abrams tank more than anything that americans convoys have. They're powerfully strong, makes you feel she's dangerous as much as her beauty.
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Length: 9,75m
Width: 3,66m
Height: 2,43m
2:33 top speed 68 km/h
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M1A2
1893 L
0,25 km/L
483 km
Avg. car
61 L
10,63 km/L
644 km
7:20
muzzle vel. = 5633kph (1565m/s)
distance = 3,2 km
Now I finally understand the video.
that's just what i was missing, thank you ^^
Petition to Jared Owen to pin him
God save the queen!
Thx
I am an Army veteran (3rd Armored Cavalry) with experience with both the M1A1 and M1A2. I will provide quality control if necessary:
@2:30 Top speed on flat, solid ground. Slower over rough terrain, but still capable of rapid pace (well over 30mph)
@2:33 Fuel is distributed between 4 tanks: 2 in the rear and 2 in the front. Fuel is standard JP8 petroleum, similar to diesel. M1 can also run on other fuel types in distress.
@2:45 .6 mpg while driving, it has been suggested (not verified) that it takes 2 gallons to start the engine. For tanks not equipped with an EAPU (External Auxiliary Power Unit, a.k.a. generator) The engine is often left running to keep vital onboard systems operating even while sitting for extended periods- and in theory, to conserve fuel required by frequent restarts.
@3:30 There are 7 PAIRS of roadwheels contacting the ground on either side (the narrator is not specific, but the animation did show them).
@3:56 The sensation of riding a tank over rough terrain can be described as being in a boat on choppy water: It "floats" over all but the most extreme obstacles.
@4:07 I have experienced extreme inclines (up and down) that I would have only attempted with a modified 4x4 vehicle, bridged trenches and never felt them, crossed through mud that would have swamped any other imaginable vehicle, and travelled at speed across rough terrain at top speed that, if attempted in my jeep, would have jarred my teeth loose and broken suspension parts.
@5:40 The "Power Pack", or engine, is modular and designed to be quickly, easily and regularly removed to ease maintenance. It can be prepped for removal by the crew and be out on the ground behind the tank within 20 minutes. It can be replaced just as efficiently. I have done this many times.
@6:24 "Make sure to stay clear when the engine is on"- There is a "jet wash" at the rear of the tank while it is running that gets more intense under power. At idle it is minor and is a boon during cold, snowy weather (look for groups of soldiers gathered behind idling tanks in the winter enjoying the heat.). ( "Crank up my $6 million space heater." is a common command from tank commanders during the winter.)
@6:27 The phone is for infantry (using the tank as cover, etc.) so that they may coordinate movement and safety with the tank crew who are not able to see them.
@7:55 In addition to the loader's MG, the commander's hatch is typically equipped with a .50Cal MG (unknown why this is not mentioned or represented.)
@7:58 Smoke Grenade Launchers: The animation is inaccurate- smoke grenades are actually launched from the chambers and disbursed around the area to provide wider visual coverage. Not mentioned is that the tank is also equipped with a smoke generator that sprays fuel into the hot exhaust in order to create a large cloud that can be backed into or allowed to drift in a beneficial direction.
@10:13 The driver's compartment is often referred to as "the coffin". It is actually very comfortable and drivers are known to doze off during periods of inactivity.
- The only thing not mentioned that I need to add is what makes the M1A2 particularly different from the M1A1 is the addition of the CITV (there are other improvements, but this is by far the most significant): The CITV is the Commanders Independent Thermal Viewer: It is the cylindrical protrusion on top of the turret just in front of the loader's hatch. This allows the tank commander to scan the battlefield and acquire targets independently of the gunner or the orientation of the main gun. This provides two sets of eyes independently scanning for targets and gives much more rapid target acquisition before and after firing; enabling immediate referencing of an identified target after another has been destroyed.
This should be the top comment
wow you put some work in this comment
@@N9TheNoob A labor of love ;)
@@psyekl Thanks for the details as well as your service. I've always wanted to join the military (more specifically army or the air force). I really like the military's jargon when referring to weapons, tanks, engineering, etc.
The loaders space isn't nearly that roomy as well. The coax ammo box and radios are located were it shows the loaders seat. The loaders seat is actually located more toward the rear of the turret.
As a Abrams Mechanic I can say I was surprised how accurate this was, good job mate.
hey how does the gunner turn the turret? does he turn a knob or what?
@@knucklesandwichdude133 i think it's all electrical
I think it has some kind of computer and a joystick.
I see .you're profile picture looks like an american soldier
@@knucklesandwichdude133 it's a handle sort of like what you would see on a small plane. It send an electrical signal through the A.I.M (analog input module) to the hydraulic system.
Bro created a masterpeice 4 years ago and to this day it's still used to by many you tubers who make videos on tanks....
Great video. I was a 19K (crewman) on the M1 / M1A1 in the late 80's - early 90's. I have to say, the hardest part as a driver, was staying awake, especially running at night. Very little, if any sleep, laying in a nice reclined position, the soft green glow of your night sight screen, the low hum on the engggggggggggggggggggggg
I see what you did there
Yeah
My first concern would be "WHERE IS THE TOILET!?!?!?!?!?"
@@Rampart.X you take a nestea bottle
@@Mrpepe69 .. and a bucket?
I have to ask myself.....do I really need to know how a tank works...or, should I be cutting grass right now? Well, you never can tell when I may need to run a tank. I know how to cut grass.
@jonesyterp I'm here to help.
😂😂 I like your thinking. we can hang out any day.
Or should I be actually productive and do something beneficial to society
@@aj2090 And drive tanks.
@@doge3169 Like...drive a tank?
"war thunder is actually a pretty good way to learn about tanks" *_Shows a clip of a tank drifting while shooting another tank_*
Shows anime girl on helicopter
Tokyo war
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@@OliverJapan your channel banner is so confusing
War thunder hull break moment
Как работает Абрамс - не столь важно. Важно, что он хорошо горит.
Love the fact that War Thunder is historically accurate. Oh wait my Tiger just got shot by a cold war era tank.
xJohnJoe I feel that ever time an Object 120 kills my tiger II 10.5cm 4km away with an apfsds round
When you just got the Jagdtiger but oh hey isnt that a heatfs round coming towards you?
I mean, in Syria the fought against challengers with t-54 and t-55's
Our t-54's are out of Challenger terrain, It ain't that bad
what about that the challenger 2 ould be easly killed, that would never happen in real life
One of the problems with the German Tech tree
He could have made a generic round and nobody would have noticed, but he went and accurately modelled an APFSDS round. Mad props.
What does that stand for? "Armor Piercing... FSDSomething"?
@@mauricejohnmac armour piercing fin stabilised discarding sabot
It was basically an arrow shooting at a very high speed.
@@nogisonoko5409 more like shooting a dart, but that's fine
I would notice tho...
"It's historically accurate too"
*shows a copter with anime paint job*
The paint job actually exist in the real world. Just search for Japanese 4th Anti-tank Helicopter squadron
@@msb3235 Wow I did not know that, thanks!
If i remember correctly theres a tockbox option where u can disable non historically accurate paintjobs/campflauges
you can
lol, I was thinking about the same thing when I first saw it, but then I was like "wait...that might actually exist in JSDF..."
I was not disappointed.
good animations. good narrations. relatively minor errors. I'll have to czech out more of yer vids jared. :)
I applaud you for being able to mention war thunder like eight times in eleven and half minutes.
Fr tho how much did wt paid him, this is like one of the rare videos he does the ad bit more than 2 times. Though whatever the cost they paid him its worth it as this vid is over 20m views
You mean 11 minutes and *29 seconds!?!*
(Sorry lol)
@@Queeter seriously?
same- I almost had to shut it off- really made you question the credibility
very bad content to ads ratio.
“Its historically accurate too, which means you can learn a lot while playing.” *cuts to anime decal on an attack heli*
@Opecuted LMAO
@@Ezekiyam382 fyi JASDF F4 Phantom used to have anime nose art
@@hoodrat21 you do got a point
as a person who sees these everyday irl can confirm very historicly accurate
I know that exact anime pic lmao. JSDF actually has that painted on one of their heli’s.
As a former driver, loader, and gunner on an M1A2 SEP v2, my opinion is that this is the most accurate video on TH-cam about the Abrams - very well done to you. I have to be very nitpicky to even find discrepancies, but they are as follows:
There are only two large blowout panels on the roof of the turret, not three small ones.
The smoke grenade launchers launch actual smoke grenades (and hold grease tubes) - they're not smoke generators. Although, the Abrams does have that capability by spraying oil onto the "bitch plate" (because it's a bitch to remove for maintenance) - the steel plate that sits on top of the engine; it's hot enough that the oil burns to create smoke.
The "electronics" at 1:54 are not for electronics; they're simply metal torsion bars that keep downward pressure on the mud guards that sit atop the idler wheels so they don't fly up when driving.
And of course the inside of the turret isn't bare like this, but it goes without saying that it would be very difficult to get access to those details.
Again, well done!
Jared, these are amazingly smooth and very informative animations.
Thank you
Thank you for the high compliment!
I was a turret, and haul mechanic for 11 years. Just wanted to mention the fact it can be programed to lock onto multiple targets, and hit everyone without slowing down.
Фуфня. Т-14 Армата лучше . Да даже Т-90 лучше
@@artowod_w_wot4213 When the propaganda pack is buggin in your homeland country
@@artowod_w_wot4213 чёт их не видать в Украине
@@artowod_w_wot4213 скажи это когда башня взлетит, совковый металлолом
@@artowod_w_wot4213 Комик
I was a tanker. The only position I didn't do was being the TC(tank commander), I did driver, loader, amd gunner. Turret can be rotated manually, or hydraulically. There is no phone on the back. The is a hookup for a radio to communicate with the crew inside the tank. A damn good crew can hit a target at almost 4 miles with the main gun, 1000+ meters with the coax, about 950 with the loader's 240. Smoke canister launchers. Unless you are short, you are not completely standing up in a tank, even other countries. If a loader takes longer than 5 seconds to load that gun, they do not need to be on a tank. The most comfortable spots to sleep on a tank are the front slope and driver's hole.
You forgot the good old "vacuum loading" the rounds! Heh heh
how heavy are the shells?
@@mookie714 an M829 round weighs around 41.1 lb (18.6 kg).
@@_AnachronisticMonkey_ holy crap, 41 pounds? in 5 seconds? those guys must be strong.
@@mookie714 During WWII, tanks like the KV-2 would have shells weighing around 114 lb (51.5kg). It took two men to load them and approximately 24 seconds.
Good video! One correction-once the loader secures his round from behind the ballistic shield doors, he does not rotate his body 180 degrees clockwise and then place the round into the breech. There is absolutely no physical room within the turret to accommodate this action and, even if there were, it would be impossible to maintain your balance while the tank is moving. It would also take way too long to load.
Once you secure the round with your left hand on the aft cap, you place your right hand under the casing. Push the round upward with your right hand so that the business end now rests in the crook of your left arm like you are cradling a baby, and place your right hand on the aft cap. The round is now pointed directly into the open breech. Push forward with your right fist so that the round slides along your left arm and into the breech, which will slam closed. Make sure the shield door is closed, take the weapon off of manual “safe,” clear the path of recoil, scream “UP,” and brace yourself for the ignition and recoil that follows.
I spent 9 years on the M1, M1IP, M1A1, M1A1“Heavy,” and the M1A1HC, and this video brought back hella memories. Including drying my wet with sleet clothing in the exhaust on early, freezing mornings. PS: after 3 days in the turret with 2 other big, unshowered guys on MRE diets, the stench gets pretty heinous.
I like flipping sabot in like how you described but when it comes to HEAT or MPAT I rotate with it a lot more but obviously now how he animated it 😂. I can't imagine loading like that lol
In such places as the desert, does a tank have any type of cooling system for the crew?
@chik chik Boom with you mate , ex Centurion and Leopard crew here, 3 days in a NBC suit in a locked up seal Leopard is sick too, crapping in a can
@@joninwm AMX Leclerc tank has multiple air conditioning units. First one is a hybrid one integrated in the NBC system, and second one is an independent electric air conditioning unit installed on the back roof behind the gunner's hatch. EAU version also features a third one which is an engine-driven mechanical heavy-duty air-conditioning mounted in the left part of the hull directly on the engine. AZUR version features the same last one with additional protection against molotov coktail. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leclerc_tank
What is a feet? A Gallon? Miles? C’mon 2024, translate your units to the normal ones. Love your videos thought
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where are u from?English tank,English miles lol.
P.S.ENGLISH chanel probably
US measures in Freedom/Cheeseburger
P.S it's a USA vehicle cope.
Great video. I was on an M1 from 1991-1992 and an M1A1 from 1992 till the end of my service. A few things to note: 1. The commander has a Browning M2 .50 caliber machine gun (The “Maw- Deuce”) at his station/hatch. I’ve never seen an M1 without one. 2. The smoke grenades up front are actually smoke grenade launchers that launch smoke grenades out in front of the turret. Thermal sights can see through the smoke. There is also a smoke generator attached to the engine that the driver controls via a rocker switch, that throws thick white smoke out of the engine exhaust port on the back of the hull., and 3., the commander’s “view ports” are actually periscopes. Again, great video. Brought back fond memories.
Wait, so the turret could chop you in half if it rotated while you were crossing the hatch towards the driver section?
@@sassui90 that is correct.
@@ST-wm5gd no, he doesn't. It's mechanical. It's set up so the trigger is pulled inside the turret and a lever pushes down on the butterfly trigger outside. If I remember correctly it's electrically actuated.
"The tank can even climb some very steep hills"
War thunder: nope, he can not
Lol
Hrmmm yes.
@محارب سياسي 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh very true sad story :)
I remember playing some old free to play EA game before they took that said game down........once I saw a tank climb up and steep hill and I was like driving the jeep watching......and I was like what the frick? How the hell did he do that?
As a machinist I would like to say this detailed video is so extremely impressive excellent job! This creator's attention to detail is just mind blowing as well as the videos format just art ,mechanics & informative . GREAT CONTENT!
Jared mükemmel video teşekkürler 🙏 Türkiye'den selamlar 🇹🇷
"The exhaust comes out the back, so make sure to stay clear when the engine is on." Unless you're an infantryman doing a field exercise in the middle of winter. Then tank exhaust is like heaven.
a warm but toxic heaven though haha
@@zumabbar Hold your breath!
During winter training in Hoenfels Germany the temperature was in the high teens. I invited some Infantry guys into my M60A1 tank turret to get warm. The heater on the M60 tank was notorious for breaking down, when it worked it made German winters much more bearable. I had some Infantry guys in my turret for about 15 minutes getting relief from that biter cold. But they still called us DATS (Dumb Ass Tankers) - C Company 1/35 Armor, Erlangen Germany.
exhoost fume tastes kinda funny innit
@@michaelcurl9817 Yea I was stationed at Erlangen also with 47th Support Battalion and was the NCOIC in charge of 2-81 Contact Team then changed to 4-70th Armor in I think 88. I think everyone just got the M1's when I got there. An Yea we called you all DAT's and sometimes for good reason. Especially one time we was bore scoping the tubes and one of the DAT's ran into the tube trying to bend it with his head. He got to spend a good week in the hospital in Nurnberg with a huge goose egg.
A small detail , turret on rotation intersects with body of tank. Fantastic animation overall.
Noticed that too... I also am intrigued by the maximum vertical angle that the cannon can rotate
He has the pivot point of the turret moved back. It should be more forward
The scale of the turret model is pretty much inaccurate.
@@true2the_322 Yeah agree
@@Evandroworks 20 degrees and -10 is the maximum elevation and depression of the main gun.
Does it have A/C
No it’s a tank not a family car
Turbine engines, Electronics, and Hydraulic systems create a lot of heat .....plus operating in the desert....there must be some sort of cooling system.
I wonder about this too.
No. It has a blower that blows air that feels cooler than ambient air most of the time, but it is not A/C. It is part of the NBC system that pushes filtered air through the turret through hoses. The hoses are designed to connect to your NBC masks. Most of the time you just stick them inside of your tanker suit. Definitely makes a diff in hot temps.
Of course they AC "open the hatch 'or turn on ya helmet mounted solar powered fan 👍
Excellent rigging of the tank tracks. Best I've seen.🎉
I was a M60-A1 crewman during the Gulf War and M1A2 after the war. It was like going from driving a tractor to driving a Cadillac, amazing tank. SFMF
@Darnamora Gaming Yep.
Горит точно так же как и Кадилак.
@@Шпак-у4й только совковый танки сбрасываю башню
@@connorkenyei348 Как пишут и вякают про совок, значит перед нами очередной дебил.
@Darnamora Gaming omg wtf dude
*historically accurate:* As you can see the detail of the anime girl on the helicopter. It is very accurate.
Search the Japanese 4th anti-tank helicopter squadron
@@d.ou. bet
@@d.ou. damn, it's an actual thing
i was about to comment that lmao
@@d.ou. 😂🤣
I was an m1a2sepv2 mechanic for years and I can say this is very accurate. A few things to mention The coaxial can fire 240 weapon rounds and the one near the loaders hatch is can be either 240 or .50 cal. The tanks that I worked on had c.r.o.w.s above the Commander's hatch. The little passageway that leads from the turret into the driver seat did not get used as much due to the fact that the seat was in the way and not a lot of people can fit through it. Me being 6 feet tall had a tough time. The Drivers Seat was adjustable so so the driver’s head is sticking out of the drivers hatch for better visibility when driving. Nine times out of 10 the drivers hatch is always open for that same reason. Typically when the tank is in use the drivers hatch is closed when they are about to fire a tank around or if it’s really bad weather and destroy the electronics inside it
The loaders mount cannot fit a 50cal. The 50 mount rings are too spread apart to fit in the mount. As well as, the 50cal is a lot wider. Plus if you try to use a .50 in the loaders mount it will hit the CITV. Its designed for a 240. Literally the driver gets in the drivers seat through the turret about 99.9% of the time. For multiple reasons. 1) when we park the tanks we place the gun over the rear of the hull therefor making it very hard to access the drivers hatch. 2) The drivers hatch is always closed when there is not a person in it. You never get off a tank and leave the drivers hatch open when there isnt someone in it. 3) Its really not hard. Im 6'1" and can get in the drivers seat pretty easy from the turret. You just have to hold onto the ledge where the ready rack is and slide in like its a water slide.
The loaders mount always has a 240 due to the reasons Jacob mentioned, plus it's a backup for the coax. That's pretty important because the coax is the primary weapon against troops and and light cars or trucks. We definitely used it in combat more than any other weapon on the vehicle. As for the driver, they 90% of the time operate with the hatch closed because it's not super safe to have your head sticking out when the turret is traversing and it's not even comfortable for short people keeping your head crouched down like that, and you "definitely" would "never" have the hatch open in areas where the main gun may need to be fired. The driver always has to exit through the turret when the tank will be left unattended. This is because the loader's hatch is the only one that can be closed from outside to secure the tank. The last segment of the driver's seat folds all the way down, and the head rest folds all the way up, so when you set it up like that it's not too bad getting in and out if you slide in like a water slide like Jacob said.
Are all the electronics, hoses, etc on the turret localized to the turret itself, or are they connected to the hull? If they’re connected to the hull, how does the turret rotate freely 360°?
@@dropkickirish4449 Can't really say much on this. I'm not a Master Gunner (Subject Matter Expert on the Abrams) but I believe they are connected through the sub-turret which is connected to the engine. Which they are connected in a way that allows the turret to rotate freely. It's a lot of engineering involved. Lots of research and development that is involved with it.
@@155jwatson Thanks, man.
I’ve yet to see a good animation out there showing the inner working of sequential gear box and how it works. I think that it could be a good challenge for Jared Owen!
Although Creighton Abrams was MACV commander in Vietnam (while I served there), his real claim to fame -- and the reason the tank is named for him -- is that he was cited by General George Patton as being his best tank battalion commander in Europe -- "He's the world champion." Abrams was one of the armored leaders who broke the siege of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. As such, he was a tank expert. He was the one who laid out the ballpark specifications for what became his namesake tank. Nice video!
Фуфня. Т-14 Армата лучше
@@artowod_w_wot4213 Who asked.
@@artowod_w_wot4213 ah yes the glorious T14 Shartmata, where all 20 deployed to the famous Parade theater and one broke down halfway through
“What’s your favorite car”
“M1 Abrams”
“That’s a tank”
“I know it is”
"Did I stutter?"
LOL!!
Tanks are road legal in America
The M1 Abrams was designed by a car company so it's technically a car
@@adenmitchell7633 and the BT tanks were designed by a car designer
One small Detail: the smoke grenade launchers actually launch small grenades wich Land in front of the tank and smoke there. Other than that it’s a nice visualization, and it’s always nice to see Germans and Americans engineer something together
i wish we would adopt the Germans appreciation for diesel. the Abrams is curtailed by the INdustrial Complex. Uses jet fuel.. ridiculous. Great thing about diesel, if you have to you can burn anything in it.
@@bartacomuskidd775 The Abrams is fully capable of using diesel, it's turbine engine is multi-fuel rated. Diesel and jet fuel are fundamentally the same fuel. The US uses jet fuel because it already has the supply chains in place to supply it.
@@bartacomuskidd775 The Abrams can actually use nearly any of the common fuel types, and the engine is quieter than a diesel. At speed it's also just as efficient.
i bet the split up after the mbt 60 project and made the tanks alon , but the m1 abrams does use british armor which but us added uranume to it .
@@bartacomuskidd775 The Abrams can burn a wider range of fuels than the diesel and in terms of moving around at near its top speed, it gets better gas mileage as well. Also, the Abrams doesn't use "British armor" that's like saying "American cars use British wheels" simply because all cars use wheels. Our armor is a uniquely American composite that includes depleted uranium.
The most normal video on my reccomendations tab is this... great job youtube, great job.
“Historically accurate”
Next frame there is an anime girl painted on the side of a helicopter.
What's the timestamp?
Looked it up and it's real
@@dianejeanespiritu 0:35
It is very much real and Japanese army have that actual camo.
@@sunlounger3648, on all vehicles
As a graphic designer i know how much effort and days to make a great video like this i truly apreciate it thanks bro well done
Hi how does someone create an animation like this. I mean what software does someone use and what training will you have generally had. Is it somethin I can teach myself in my bedroom in my bedroom. Thanks
@@southernafricanboy4148 Blender
@@TheBlackItalianGamer Thanks
“ War Thunder is historically accurate”
*shows attack helicopter with anime sticker
That is a helicopter
I mean, it's an actual thing
To be fair that helicopter is based off a real helicopter and yes the anime art on the nose is 100% accurate to the real life inspiration
It's real. Just search 4th anti tank helicopter squad and you'll find real life pictures of it
@@izabelastrak4664 ik
👍👍👍
super film.
so cool.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm just gonna put this here real quick
The tank is protected by an armor type known as composite armor, basically this armor consists of different elements sandwiched between each other, the armor works differently depending on the ammunition type fired at it, for kinetic energy rounds (the ammunition tanks used to go against other tanks) it shatters the dart using the hard and brittle ceramics, as for shaped charges (it's basically the ammunition of the RPG but for tanks) it deflects the molten jet stream using spaces between the armor, thought this is just one type of composite armor, the Chobam armor which is used in the M1A2, there are other types of composite armor used on different tanks, with different ways on how they work, this armor is placed almost all around the tank (on some tanks even the front pieces of the side skirts), though it is more concentrated on the turret, as seen on the X-Ray at 9:01
Aside from composite armor there are also other ways to improve a tank's protection, such as Explosive Reactive Armor, this type of armor is used on the M1A2 TUSK (Tank Urban Survival Kit) modification, these are those square boxes on the side of that particular modification, this armor explodes upon contact with both kinetic energy rounds and shaped charged rounds, although it protects better against shaped charges, by exploding, it prematurely detonates the ammunition and disturbing the trajectory of the jet stream, and making it hit the outside armor harmlessly.
Correction : I made a mistake on the M1A2's armor, and that is apparently the Chobham armor was not on that particular tank, it is only present on the M1 Abrams model, the earliest variant with a 105mm cannon, the M1A2 uses what's called a HAP-3 armor, which is an armor developed from the aforementioned Chobham armor
P. S. if you want to try War Thunder I'd suggest to be patient while playing it, especially with the grind and the fact that sometimes you have to fight against Cold War era tanks in a WW2 vehicle (the matchmaking is based on a tank's performance and not the time they were built), though this will only happen at later tiers so don't worry about lower tiers, it's quite fun there
The abrams use depleted uranium armour not the choblum armour
Chobam armour
When a round, let’s say a HESH round hits the armor, the armor explodes and sends most of the force from the round back out instead of into the crew compartment
Ethann LEW what’s chobam armor?
Thanks for the extra facts!
I wish you could cite metric equivalents for measurements for all of us international viewers out there :)
regardless, excellent video, top notch stuff as always!
You sir have my respect.
Dorime
Thanks Eugenio - I should have put the metrics! Sometimes I overlook these things...
Yes, especially for stuff that’s hard to relate to, like the size of a tank.
Weight: 61688562.3 grams ...about the same weight as 35 cars, unless metric cars weigh differently than SAE cars. Top Speed: 67.5924 km/hr (subject to change when the metric system is adopted for keeping time). Fuel Capacity: 1892710 milliliters. Fuel Consumption: 1 km / 3.78541 liter. Range: 482802 meters. Height: 2438.4 mm, which is also about the standard height of a residential ceiling in the United States. Width: 1-1/2 times the height. Length: 0.97536 decameters.
"War Thunder is historically accurate"
Also Jared the next second: "waifuuuuu"
Funny part is that that livery is a Historical livery from the Japanese
those are the mascots of the 4 anti tank helicopter squadron from the jsdf. those helicopters exist XD
well shit
@@sigurd4858 that livery is actually supposed to be an anime portrait of the actual pilot herself
And the tank is powered by a turban engine it goes “allauh akbar”
Bardzo dziękuję że są takie kanały jak twój, brawo
Imagine being a Vietkong soldier and you come out of your tunnels to see a chopper with an anime girl print dropping bodies
It's Japanese
But yeah that would be terrifying and weird
😂
Anime girl? wtf dude
@@Grim_Yeeter Japanese did at one point fight against the VietCong
I was a crewman of the M1A1 Abrams in the mid 90's, and yes, the Abrams is an awesome machine. As I discharged, my unit was upgrading to the A2 Abrams so unfortunately I didn't have the pleasure of working with it.
That was great graphics and explanations used and pretty accurate as well.
Thank you for the video. Well done. 🙂
Honestly. The greatest thing about the newer model Abrams is if you have experience on one you can use them all. The only major differences are tech which is easy to learn
@@woodsbikes6130 американское дерьмо хорошо горит на Российском воздухе-- много кислорода! 😂🙏
Great job on the animation. From 1976 to 1982 I worked for Snap-Tite Inc. in the engineering dept. We were contracted to design the hydraulics for the targeting system on the main gun. The specs we were given said that the gun must be able to hold on target at 70mph over rough terrain. We met these requirements with our design. At that time, the tank was designated as the XM1 Abrams and they were still undecided on what would power the tank. I for one, was disappointed, when the tank went into service with a top speed of only 42-45 mph. The hydraulic control system we designed, was able to hold the gun on target up to 75 mph. Thought you might be interested. God bless and stay well.
Wow! Nice job
Likely to do with how bad the gas problem is on it.
I wouldn't hold to much to military speed ratings, trust me they are only suggested speed ratings and not the actual maximum speed.
Go look at an M817 6x6 dump truck speed tag. Trust me when I tell you it's BS. I have personally driven one 80 MPH and kept it there going down the highway.
@@halahmilksheikh Lets just say (on behalf of the military) that compromises were made. The M1 series tops out at 45-50 over good terrain. Would have been mush more effective if the top speed goals were met.
You would be happy to know that during ODS we were hitting targets past 2500 m going north of 45 mph. That's about all I can say about it. Seriously though, you guys designed great hydraulics for the turret and gun elevation. In 13 years I never saw a hydraulic rupture of any kind in the turret.
Excellent video! You do know your job very well!
That was an interesting War Thunder advertisement. It even had a few minutes worth of Abrams Tank information in it.
agree
Honestly
Hi
@@jameswilliam3533 howdy howdy 🤠
Nice to meet you here, if you don't mind can you add me up on hangout....jameswilliam929314@gmail.com
As a former M1A1 tanker, I really loved this animation! Thank you very much! 😊👍🏼🙏🏼
19K!
Hey bro quick question,what does the crew do in case they have to use a toilet coz I can't imagine a scenario where one stops gets out to take a dunk in active battle.
@@anthonykenneth.1780 Hi, Anthony! That’s a great question! It all depends on where you’re at. I was never in combat, but I was in Kuwait for several months in 1998. (I got pulled into Desert Fox while out there training.) We usually had custom-built outhouses where our mess dropped into a cut-in-half 55 gal drums if we were stationed in a large assembly area with headquarters units. We called it the Kabal. (Yes, part of our duties included burning our waste using various types of jet fuel. It was not a pleasant smell.) But if we were out in the field, well, we simply walked out far away enough to capture some privacy, dig a deep hole, squat and take care of business. 😂 The only thing I ever worried about out there were the crazy flies, scorpions, or camel spiders. I can’t imagine having to go while actively in combat.
@@OmarValenzuela1975 Geez, i cant even imagine sitting in one of these in combat. I would be so damn scared.
when you were inside the tank ,what enemy weapons you guys are usually afraid of , like can a simple molotov destry the tank ? or an antitank?
"This tank weighs a whopping 68 US tons"
"We were on the verge of greatness, we were this close"
It’s 69 if big jimmy drives
So close dude
put a basket on the side of the tank and ittl be 69
68 likes :-)
@@ThePower1037 i know what i have to do, but i dont know if i have the strength to do it
Gracias por el fantástico vídeo. Felicidades :) Saludos desde España
“War Thunder is historically acurate.”
*shows an AH-1Z Viper with an anime skin*
it actually exists tho
www.reddit.com/r/MilitaryPorn/comments/f7rg5m/4th_antitank_helicopter_squad_japan_ground/
Friggin waifus, mayne...
But that's a real thing. Search for the Kisarazu sisters. The Japanese did that to promote the military
Nothing like promotional vehicles to get weebs to enlist.
So well narrated, and the information given clearly and thoroughly.
Man, if only every YT video could have such a great VO.
A little too simplistic. Only suitable for the passive edutainment of sheeple.
0:39 "it's historically accurate"
Anime girl chopper flies by
🤣
And that’s the only Japanese helicopter in the game
The Helicopter with this paintjob exists. th-cam.com/video/0aaOZrNWqLU/w-d-xo.html
It's actually exist
Napswhilewatchin really why?
It is a wonderful and beautiful detailed explanation. The M1 Abrams tank is the most powerful tank in the world. I respect the United States of America, its army and its people.
God bless America ♥🇺🇸
god hates amerika
I was the signal officer for a Tank Battalion of M1A2 in the early 90s. Quite a sight to see them live fire on the range; especially, at night. Look like a single pulse of a tight red laser beam at night moving when a sabot round is fired down range for +2 miles at night and covers the distance in under 2 seconds.
Гонишь! 2 мили за 2 секунды! Ха-ха. ))
@@ЖивувМосквефекалии для ваших супервовременных танков так быстро не летят, обидно, правда?
th-cam.com/video/Z_ADHAXCAvs/w-d-xo.html
This video is out of this world..You have excellent skills on making beautiful 3D Animations..👍👍
th-cam.com/video/VDKq1T0Ou1k/w-d-xo.html
99999999o9O
th-cam.com/video/dQw4w9WgXcQ/w-d-xo.html
He said that the developers of war thunder gave him 3d models at the beginning of the video
th-cam.com/video/DYuItWIXUGI/w-d-xo.html
War thunder is realistic and has real history. Sees anime girl on helicopter*
He he boi
Actually the helicopter is based off of a real one currently operating in japan
War Thunder is nothing else than a cash cow. Micro transactions wherever you look and the only realism i can see is the realism of real money you need to spend like crazy. thumb down for this video and for a creator who's fortune is baught with kids' pocket money...
@@Krysztan Dam. Salt much?
@@Krysztan just grind mate
Very, very informative!
*I've viewed multiple tank videos featuring actual tanks but this one provides a much better explanation of their interiors, their crew capacity, and how they work. Your graphic/animation skills are top grade.*
Just plain mad communications skills of every kind: Visual-spatial conception, graphics, animation. Verbal-research, script conception, writing, speaking.
It really took a lot of brainpower to make this so easy to follow and understand. 👏🏻👏🏻
@Check my about page link shut up
i mean, its a decent video. but the videos by nicholas moran are significantly better.
if you specifically mean videos on the abrams, then thats because its hard to get access to one to make a video about it.
The turret works basically like in a helicopter. When you spin it fast enough, the tank will fly.
And put another cannon at back of turret
A small price to pay for flying, being able to kill your team, worth it
Exactly.
Yeah it does, but you would need at least 2 rotor blades instead of cannons. But yeah, it works kinda like that
@@fairweather1704 go away
Historicaly acurate
*spits out coffee*
Look at this bot 👆
Great my comment is getting botted from SAUDI ARABIA
@@PanzerKingWarThunder lol
@@PanzerKingWarThunder blood and iron pfp?
@@turtlenote8943 he is definitely a bot
I came here to watch War Thunder, but a guy called Jared, talks sometimes about How does a Tank work.
@Hammerschlägen M
the game is good though
😂😂😂👏👏
It is called “ how does a tank work”
Dynamo He’s joking
@@friedrichs753 yep i'm joking @Dynamo
Caterpillar treads are not only for rough terrain. They also spread out the load over a large area so that the tank can drive over soft terrain such as sand, soft/wet dirt, mud and snow. The treads also supply numerous gripping surfaces/edges that improve traction.
Thx for the extra info
Keep in mind. The track sucks in soft terrain. You will "throw" track a lot more in soft terrain. Especially in sand.
Correct
You know better than me
Yes, spreading the load capacity is imperative for a vehicle with this much weight. I'm not sure of any other way to propel a vehicle with this much weight, other than multiple axles and wheels, and even then, you have a much smaller contact patch for load distribution.
it is a good idea to improve my transfer cart by caterpillar wheels
M1A1: "Who are you?"
M1A2: "I am you, but stronger"
M1A3: *laughs evilly* soon... soon
M1A4: I think I’m in the wrong place
No, the M1A2 isn't really stronger. Just better sights and upgraded electronics. More to break down.
@@TheJimtanker cmon man dont spoil the meme 😂
M2B6: oh shi-
M1:um...
Thank you a lot dude for the video!
warthunder:"free to play"
"to win though, you need to pay"
Thats false. Not WT.
@John Drohan damn right lol
WT is actually not pay to win. Unlocking new tanks from the mid-game is slower, but the gameplay is still fair if you are a free player.
nope, its not. all about playing.. play well you will see premium vics. re needless
Its not pay to win it's pay to grind
When i was young i always thought the smoke launchers to be an anti aircraft missiles pod
🤣🤣🤣same here bro
Vainhaze Arden Nice profile pic :D
Yea.. Same here!
i guess u dont know me
@@ljroxa9233 guten tag mein furhër
Smoke grenades: they do not just sit there and emit smoke while sitting in the launcher; they get get launched away from the tank while emitting smoke to create a large cloud which hopefully conceals the hank from the enemies sight (both visually and thermally).
Robert Berner they’re not launchers they’re generators. They’re used to break enemy weapon locks. You want the smoke to cover the vehicle not launch it away from it. Not sure how the abrams smoke generators work but the British challenger two tank dumps diesel fuel into electrical heaters which pumps huge amounts of smoke out of the generators. I assume the abrams does the same but with jet fuel instead. No need to carry additional smoke canisters just use some of the fuel you have onboard already. Saves weight and space. Genius. Edit: I may be wrong about the abrams. Here’s a video showing launchers th-cam.com/video/TODr5NKNuCg/w-d-xo.html the challenger has generators though. th-cam.com/video/goLNmcmYcA0/w-d-xo.html
@@redwez1982 The tubes you see on the front of modern tanks are smoke grenade launchers. What you're talking about is ESS, where fuel is dumped into the exhaust manifold causing huge amounts of smoke to exit the exhaust. All modern tanks have smoke grenade launchers, and most have ESS on top of that, the Challenger 2 and Abrams being two of them. Also, the launched smoke grenades do a good job of concealing the tank, they wouldn't be used otherwise. On top of that the ESS damages the exhaust system which is why launchers are preferred.
Tobben Jees thanks for setting me straight. Does the Abram’s smoke generator run off the turbine’s kerosene? The challenger uses diesel. Not sure if kerosene smokes the same as it’s so refined.
@@redwez1982 The ESS runs of whatever fuel the tank is filled up with, because it sucks fuel directly from the tank's fuel tanks. The system was disabled on most Abrams tanks after they mostly switched away from diesel since it's too unsafe to use with other fuels.
@@tobbenjees941 We were still using the smoke generator on our M1A1s in the late 90s. It was sorta fun to turn it on in front of another platoon and smoke them out.
Tack för din delning , förklarar mycket tydlig och fina bilder .
As a tank mechanic at general dynamics ( We Make the Abrams ) This is a really good description of it and accurate good job man.
Thanks!
"The tank can even climb some very steep hills."
World of Tanks physics: well yes, but actually no.
Thats because the dev's are too lazy to balance their map design, so they destroyed vehicle traction which is ridiciously stupid
@@patrickazzarella6729 Sounds like War thunder lmao ... somehow we have two F2P vehicle combat games with equally incompetent devs
Apparently, the Abrams copycat in Arma 3 also has some trouble climbing very steep hills.
also war thunder traction:
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
6:11 "it's fairly quiet"
War Thunder: *RREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*
i hear them vaccum cleaners from a mile away
Here in Vermont we have a Dairy Festival every year well except for this year due to fing COVID the parade in nearly 60 years was never cancelled until this year even nasty weather never got it cancelled. But a white ago a big part of the parade was a M1 Abrams that use to be in it. They are not all that loud even sitting within 15 feet of them its just a low pitched hum. Them being loud is probably the game devs inventing it to that other players will hear them coming. Because if it where historically accurate you wouldn't hear them until they are on top of you. They took the M1 out of the parade because it was destructive to the pavement when it had to turn for the parade route.
In real life if the abrams is coming at you. You can only hear tracks rumbling.
Lmao
The problem with the abram's engine is 1. That it's louder compared to a diesel engine(yes the pitch is higher and some people can't hear that but it's still louder) 2. It compares WAY more fuel than a diesel engine and 3rd it is really expensive to manufacture, maintain and repair
Incrível! O tanque e a animação. 👏👏
Tank: drives through a swamp
Shrek: *someBODY ONCE*
😂😂
TOLD ME
@@alvianekka80 THE WORLD'S GONNA ROLL ME
@@re57k I AINT THE SHARPEST TOOL IN THE SHED
@@pluto3061 SHE WAS LOOKIN KINDA DUMB WITH HER FINGER AND HER THUMB IN THE SHAPE OF AN L ON HER FOREHEAD
"Historically accurate"
*anime helicopter flys by*
japan literally did a military event with anime helicopters
that exact livery is from a helicopter in real life, google anime helicopter and you'll find it haha
Girls und Panzer became Girls und War
war thunder is not historically accurate
Lol Japan does use Cobra's with anime characters to attract attention.
i bet the tank driver has a stash of doritos and a 6 pack of mountain dew on his side
Former driver, my stash was energy drinks, vienna sausage and piss bottles.
Don't care much about him, he from 2000. Old and rusty, such poor Rice Cooker
@@Bhgskeue .-. We were talking about the tank drivers secret stash.-.
Rice Cooker2000 well you said you bet. And since you're wrong, I made joke on you base on your profile picture, lul
@@YourTechpriest which post did you go through for OSUT?
Awesome animation and information about this tank
“War Thunder is historically accurate”
Me: Ohhhh so THAT’S why my WW2 heavy tanks are going against Cold War MBT’s with HEATFS
Yeah a Maus going against object 120 with apfsds and heat fs with 400 mm of pen
Well for instance soviet MBTS fought Afghanistanian ww2-1960s era tanks, and Israelis had French pre war r35s and shermans serving in battle in the 1960s.
And Jumbo facing heatfs and atgms
I have a pt76b that was widely used in the cold war (Chechnya and russian internal stuff) and I side pin Tigers, Sherman's, and my own russian Is3 because of the garbage russian matchmaking. It can have heatfs which makes it insane topped with its speed. But it can get pinned by a 50 cal or dhsk so it's not strong
The German Panzer 4 was used by the Syrian side in the 1967 Six-Day War.
He forgot the part where you can cook canned food on the back grill. That was my favorite part of being a tanker haha. 19kilo Fort Riley, KS, 1-63 AR, Charlie Company. "Best job I ever had".
3rd AD, 4/32 armor 87-90 - Charlie Co./89 CAT TEAM - Best Job I Ever Had!
I love it when i can hear fort riley doing fire exercises!
Yep. When we were in Iraq cars would pull up directly behind us and the paint on the hood would start melting!
I did the same on the back of my Abrams with the MRE pouches. That was until they came out with those bag things with the Mg pouches that you add water to to heat them up. 4/35 AR 5th ID Fort Polk and 3/66 AR 2nd AD, Fort Hood.
My mechanic team joined the tankers we worked with heating up our food on back of the tanks as well….good times indeed. 😎✌🏾
HHC 4/64 Armor. Delta Team Maintenance, Fort Stewart GA 89’-93’
"it's historically accurate too"
*Itashi cobra in the very next scene*: are you sure about that
Thats actually a real helicopter. Look up Kisarazu sisters, thats what they are called
*itches for challenger 2 next scena .
It's a real helicopter
it's real and it was painted for lure weeb to military, i guess
th-cam.com/video/OTnBvnPloN0/w-d-xo.html it egsists, i was blown away
The smoke grenade launcher demo was inaccurate as the grenades are projected out of the launchers to ignite several yards in front of the turret, it's a beautiful thing to watch.
4:21 "War Thunder is a good way to learn about tanks"
*shows video clip of a tank doing some John Wick maneuver shooting another tank point blank while drifting*
Seems legit.
what
Welcome to War Thunder bud
Its a wheelie boi
He means the tank's general makeup. It's War Thunder that you are playing, with different game modes.
I play wot
tank engine while running: quiet
tank engine while starting: sounds like a helicopter and a plane flying above your city (including ps4)
Ahhahahhahahahah
Relatable
Only takes 16 gallons to start, drinks gallons per minute at idle
WWWWWAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
Kindly add Metric for some of us too.
Great video as usual.
To be fair, it is an American tank being described by (I assume) an American. It's unfortunate the world hates Imperial measurements so much, inches and feet in particular are really useful in daily life.
@@legogenius1667 maybe the world hates imperial because it doesn't make sense?
Some of us, although both systems are fine with us, Metric is kinda our mother tongue of measurements.
Adding the alternative measurements wouldn't hurt, considering his audience about 50%+ are non-US.
The video isn't made for only US folks. So...
@@legogenius1667 Because imperial units are not useful for pretty much the rest of the world? It's an archaic unit system that should have died out in the last century.
if i am not mistaken the US military is almost all metric now.
@@phalanx3803 and also NASA. Pretty much any US organizations interested in sanity when it comes to measurements, use the Metric system.
Viel Ahnung haste wenig, ich würde jetzt gerne ausholen, aber Ich hab Urlaub. Trotzdem gut gelacht, danke Du Komiker 😅
In my 20 years as a tanker I never once heard the tracks called caterpillar tracks lol
Only Spanish ppl calls them caterpillars, well Orugas
Watch out bucarro, dont talk bad about Spanish people😡
Thai people called them "centipede tracks"
So what's the real name of the tracks?
@@mikeabe4606 Tracks. And the pads are the things you'll be replacing, when sarge has nothing else for you to do.
Next episode:
How does a fighter jet work?
(F-22 Raptor)
Or F 35, would be interesting how that VTOL Mechanism works
nooo challenger 2 specs
nooo another abrams tech
spikedpsycho oh boy, thanks for making this comment! But honestly I’m a German so I know already :) I just like the animations of the one and only Jared Owen.
It would be really dull as all the specs on the f22 are mostly classified
There is much much more to a tank that was not mentioned in this video. It's really the most basic of information.
1. There is no singular best tank. Every tank is a tool designed for a single purpose and with a different doctrine in mind. Ever tried to saw with a hammer?
2. Tanks are not even close to invincibility. The Abrams e.g. has composite armour in the front of the hull, the sides are simple slabs of steel. The turret has composite armour in the front and sides but the front is much much thicker and the sides are only armoured so that the turret has a similar protection level from a wider angle. At 90 degrees the sides won't stop anything that fires remotely modern ammunition. Is just can't be thick enough.
3. Tanks are not really given away by sound. Because when you are able to hear them, they put themselves too close to you. Like in the Russo-Georgian War they went on the top of high rise buildings and shot RPGs at the passing Russian tanks from a above where they don't have armour. Again tanks are easy to kill if you have access, which is proximity.
What gives tanks away is their thermal signature. They are 60 Ton steel boxes, especially in desert environment, they absorb a lot of heat from the sun and create their own with their engine. They are very visible on a thermal. So much so the Germans developed an experimental tank with a vented hull to make it "invisible" back in the 80s. Judging from the existence of the L2A7, that didn't pan out.
4. In tank on tank combat: Who ever hits first usually wins. This is because they shoot from cover, get their kill, and move away. The image of a tank pressing into enemy lines is just wrong. The last tanks designed to do this would have been the Soviet T-50 series of tanks. They were built in great numbers so loosing one or thirty is not much of an issue. But they then also realised that a much more efficient alternative is a better tank. Like the T-64. What pushes today in western and eastern militaries is mechanised infantry. There are a lot more IFVs than tanks for a reason. A tank is fuck off expensive.
5. Todays tanks are plasterd with ERA which provides a singular protection against shaped charges for a singular reason: Guerilla Warfare. The tanks at the beginning of the whole middle east debacle were and are made to combat national militaries, which they do brilliantly. But for an extended stay, they really were not made for that. As such and consequently every western military up armoured their tanks to levels unsuited for an actual war where the mobility reduction is suicidal as that is what allows one tank to get the drop on another and again: who hits first wins. But they had to, because Joe with his 50 year old Soviet RPG is regularly close enough to hit unarmoured spots and he does not care about his own life. If he does, he puts a lot of explosives in the ground and waits a for a patrol to be stupid enough to drive over it.
tl:dr Tanks and their usage is as complicated as their technology. This video shows the basic components of a tank. Don't believe the robo voice from a TH-cam video. Countries spend billions on a doctrine and make equipment fitting to it. It's better for you and me both that we never find out who was right in the end.
You're right, he doesn't go into much detail here. and for the most part, if your armour is tanking "real" rounds, you should consider yourself lucky and not think oh I'm invincible because odds are your armour won't stop the next shot. They are now, as they get ever more expensive to make and research, becoming more than anything snipers that take out other tanks and things infantry can't deal with.
We’re writing comments here not story
make your own video
@@roms1022 hes not attacking or going after the OPs video, hes adding some stuff to it so people can see. There are already "better" videos out there for describing this.
@@teaganfitzgerald9771 ok ok thanks alot now i understand
The Japanese dubbing for this video is excellent. Abrams' concept was to have a low posture to make it harder to spot the enemy, and the sides are said to be shaped like menstrual blood to draw the muzzle in.
5:12 "The tank can even climb some very steep hills."
War Thunder: Best I can do is 20°
Jared: It's historically accurate
Me: Kills Maus with M3 stuart
Laughs in m22 top tier
@Sander lol nice
8 kill streak with starter tank
**chuckles** I'm in danger
*Laughs in M551 Sheridan *
Great video! Very interesting information and entertaining.
yea
Shaaa wn hablai inglés?!
I have never seen a comment like this are you a bot
The 📞 bit was cool. I was unaware of that. Armor is not a easy MOS, job. It's very stressful & demanding.
th-cam.com/channels/8KPrPK2hobRU-Y0hPBd7EQ.html
А правда, что Абрамсы горят красиво, чем Леопарды?
I got to serve on all three of these tanks in the 90's. I remember the most significant changes were the 105mm gun of the M1 to the 120mm smooth bore gun of the M1A1 and the CITV (Commander's Independent Thermal Viewer) of the M1A2 that allowed the gunner and Commander to scan for targets simultaneously and a built in navigation system.
I saw a demo in the mid 80's of an M60 and an M1 running the test track/firing range on a proving ground. The M60 was and still is a great tank even though it is outclassed by the M1. So what I saw was an M60 hustling around the obstacle track, stop, fire at a target a mile away and hit it. Slam it into gear and go around the track again. They were firing tracer type rounds that you could follow all the way down range.
The M1 came out and flew around the obstacle track, mud, water, actually got air over the speed bump and when it hit the ground fired a round through the center of the target. What seemed like 10 seconds later while running the next obstacle they fired again with a direct hit. Then the thing took off down range and they demo'd the smoke system. As the announcer is saying some dribble the M1 comes flying out of the smoke towards the viewing stand and even at 500 yards it was frightening to see this thing coming at you. The crowd cheered and we all thought Go Army we are damn glad that you are on the job!
Thermal imaging is such a value added asset in so many ways . Also the Coaxial gun mounted on the turret next to the main battle gun is a 7.62 nato round machine gun sighted in by gunner. I got to ride and get the full tour of this M1a2 tank in Iraq in 06-07 as a contractor it was bichen and the crew was more than happy to give me this present. Also they had upgraded sights that could see the dimples on your cheeks a mile and a half away. I never felt more protected The tankers said if we get breached on the fence line get your as over to the Tank Ramp we got your back Hoorah !!!! Go Get Some!!!!
thats cool as hell
"War Thunder is a historically accurate game"
Yeah... About that...
olav rafaelsen 5.7 is suffering for germans
olav rafaelsen sure bud
Leonardus Raka Pradayan you gotta be joking right?
Lost Liftwaffe Pilot yes of course I’m joking
And that’s all you got from this video??
As a bored infantryman in Baghdad attached to an armored unit I jokingly asked if I could drive the tank. The equally bored tankers obliged. I only played with it for about 10 minutes and realized in the first 2 minutes that I should stick to my boots where I belong. C/2/506 INF/101ST ABN, 2006. If one of you tankers come across this PM me! Hats of to the armor in Hilla 03. Much love from your booted brethren.
thats a awesome story i drive the a2 and would love to mess with a a1
Thank you for your service!
Gracias por la explicación simple👏👍
Beautiful, I used look at it when american troops used to passing through my neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, I loved the Abrams tank more than anything that americans convoys have. They're powerfully strong, makes you feel she's dangerous as much as her beauty.