T-37A | The Soviet Union's bizarre amphibious tank

With the threat of war looming, the Soviet Union found themselves using machine-gun armed tractors as their recon vehicles. With some help from genius British engineering, these obsolete vehicles would help to create an amphibious tank that was still useful nearly 10 years after it was first produced. And for some reason, somewhere along the way, it was dropped at hundreds of miles an hour into a Russian lake.
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[@leopoldthedigger7062]

This is a very interesting vehicle! You went into more detail than anyone else about this topic. Good job!

[@RedWrenchFilms]

Thank you very much!

[@gandsproductions5105]

People always talk about the Flying aspect of the tank but never the actual tank itself, very nice video.

[@RedWrenchFilms]

Thanks!

[@zathistory]

This man's videos have now reach ConeOfArc levels of quality

[@Trappedinatriangle]

This is better than coneofarc

[@athiftsabit1208]

Woahh, it's better than that weeb's channel

[@HateTheGameTX]

I think it’s better, and funnier too

[@CenturionMkXIII]

This feels like an insult mate

[@andrewhuizar9557]

Never had heard about this cute little thing very nice video

[@RedWrenchFilms]

Glad you liked it

[@jamiebray8532]

Hey I'm vertically handicapped. I could fit!🤣

[@DSlyde]

Interesting topic, top notch research, great footage selection, decent but admittedly not amazing audio quality.
How the heck does this only have 350 likes

[@kirbypsicopata29]

Algorythm, bless this man

[@stijnjanssens571]

It did not (for this video), but in total it did for some vids xD

[@spacecase13]

Wonderful video on a fascinating tank. At 5:34 I love how the ducks don't seem to mind.

[@stijnjanssens571]

Soviet ducks are build different xD

[@spac3fr0g]

I usually don't comment, but doing so for the algorhythm! I really love your content, brief but packed with information!

[@RedWrenchFilms]

Thank you so much! It really means a lot. :)

[@stijnjanssens571]

Very nice and underrated vid and tank, glad i also looked at this little hidden gem (also post war soviet heavies when? XD)

[@robert-trading-as-Bob69]

The British supplied the USSR with more Carden-Lloyd Carriers after the Nazi invasion, whether any of these could be, or were, converted to the Soviet amphibious type, I don't know.
It is pleasing to hear that those stupidly thin tracks dealt with icy and marsh terrains so well, but then the vehicle was quite light compared to bigger, heavier tanks that REALLY needed to spread their weight better.

[@tera59487]

The thumbnail has the energy of when you drop the tank too early

[@SentokuLC]

I came for the thumbnail. Something about a TB-3? yeeting a tank into the water is funny to me.

[@cyphi474]

I dont think anyone would want to sit in tank thats dropped from still relative high speed TB3 into water.

[@williamromine5715]

I wonder if the crew was in the tank when out was dropped into the lake? Considering how low the bomber was above the water,, it had to be going well above stall speed. The tank probably went completely under the water when it hit. The g-forces were probably severe, and unless the engine was electric, the prop couldn't be used to get the tank back to the surface. Everything not bolted down would be flying around inside the tank, including the crew. No wonder this tactic wasn't tried in actual battle situations. I hope I am wrong, but the Soviets were not too concerned about the safety of their soldiers, and chances are the experiments probably had human crews.

[@EstellammaSS]

From what I read the crew was intended to be in the vehicle during drop and they tested it, but not much has been said on the crew’s experience. Apparently the results are good enough they didn’t scrap the idea but bad enough the Soviets don’t want to talk about it. So maybe doable but the crew will be injured is my best guess. Considering they don’t have seat belts or harnesses the injuries could range from light to very bad.
Also the tank would kinda skim on the water surface. It is mentioned the gear would need to be in neutral so the tank won’t break when the tracks start spinning when it touched the water

[@sonbanhvan5280]

In 1903 War

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