Russia's Heaviest APC | BTR-T Modern Russian T-55 Based APC

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  • There were lots of lessons to be learned from the first Russian experience in Grozny (1994-1996). Among these were the importance of training ground troops in the use and maintenance of existing and new equipment, the importance of gathering intelligence that can provide correct estimations of the enemy’s capabilities, the importance of assault planning and coordination as well as plan flexibility, and the poor performance of Cold War era Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) against modern anti-tank weapons. Often in this conflict, Russian APCs, such as the BTR-70, and even Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs), such as the BMP-2, found their protection hopelessly outmatched by weapons such as RPG-7s and Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGMs) used by their Chechen adversaries.
    The latter lesson did not go unnoticed by the Russian high command either. As a result, the need for increased protection for APCs became more urgent. In response, the Design Bureau of Transport Engineering under the direction of the chief designer of the project, D. Ageev, developed and produced (in conjunction with the State Production Association “Transport Engineering Plant”) a prototype of a heavy armored personnel carrier (BTR-T) based on the T-55 tank chassis, of which there was an abundance in reserves.
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    О современных разработках высокозащищенных машин пехоты (RU)
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    В Бангладеш переделали 30 Т-54А в омские БТР-Т (RU)
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    T-54 and T-55 Main Battle Tanks 1944-2004 Steven J. Zaloga
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ความคิดเห็น • 274

  • @KitchenFSink
    @KitchenFSink 3 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    The T55 is also a good family tank as well, low maintenance, doesn't shed and is great with kids.

    • @rodrigomateus5125
      @rodrigomateus5125 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You know kids they love T 55's

    • @allexus4797
      @allexus4797 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Even my son does

    • @laurensklaassen6869
      @laurensklaassen6869 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's been great having it in the house. They're so social too! Ever since adopting one, our autstic son has had an absolute glow up.

    • @JeanLucCaptain
      @JeanLucCaptain ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rodrigomateus5125 especially the flamethrower version KIDS LOVE TANK FLAMETHROWERS.

    • @alexdunphy3716
      @alexdunphy3716 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I wish my parents allowed us to get a t-55 when I was a kid. All my friends had them

  • @alessiobubbles5345
    @alessiobubbles5345 4 ปีที่แล้ว +450

    2 things are infinite: the universe and the usage of T-54/55, and I'm not sure about the Universe🤔

    • @TanksEncyclopediaYT
      @TanksEncyclopediaYT  4 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      As a licensed physicist, our team manager confirmed that we are currently unsure if the Universe is infinite.

    • @alessiobubbles5345
      @alessiobubbles5345 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      @@TanksEncyclopediaYT I'm sure that 50/60 years from now a T-54 will still be fighting somewhere in the world in a war that it didn't deserve😔, the day the last T-54 will fight will be the day all wars have ended😊

    • @youroverlord6937
      @youroverlord6937 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      T55,
      It kills, it carries, it takes the kids to school, it mans the barbecue, it just does everything

    • @csme07
      @csme07 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@alessiobubbles5345 I mean there is WELL over 100 thousand t54’s so I doubt honestly they ever will stop being used for at least 100 years

    • @jugganaut33
      @jugganaut33 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@csme07 100 years is only 30 years away.
      I think you mean 200 years!

  • @edl617
    @edl617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    T-54/55 were tanks with a real longevity. Making them into apc is brilliant

    • @syndicate4417
      @syndicate4417 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'll never understand this.... I recently saw a similar thing that ukraine did with some of their t72s, or maybe they were t62s, (i don't quite remember)
      But it just doesn't seem like a good tradeoff.... You sacrifice the greatest thing about those old tanks (the turreted gun) in order to get 4 more infantrymen on the battlefield.... It seems to me like they'd make a better infantry support vehicle if they were just left alone....
      To reiterate, if I went into battle with 13 dudes and a sherman tank, I (personally) would just prefer that the sherman be a complete sherman, as opposed having no main gun, and carrying 4 more dudes... Maybe that's just me
      (copy pasted from another comment, just wanted to have a friendly discussion :)

    • @onemanwithin
      @onemanwithin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@syndicate4417 to be honest if you no know large amount of infantry is not much of a major necessity anymore in this era Battlefield combat. Russians made a big mistake in not restablish the refitting t-55 chassis with this ability. very smart the capacity of the Bradleys for the US only has about 6 to 5 infantryman. Refitted with a light auto automatic cannon and guided anti tank missiles that can shoot at helicopters and heavy armor that's a good trade-off and it's cost-effective..

    • @alexwschan185
      @alexwschan185 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@syndicate4417 Infantry transport is really important tho, using T55 as a competent transport would be better than having it remain an obsolete tank, besides if T55 could be upgraded into a superior tank, the Russians would've done it already.

    • @syndicate4417
      @syndicate4417 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alexwschan185 I pretty much agree with 100% of that, but I think using an old t55 as an escort, and instead of spending millions to renovate them, using that money on trucks or dedicated APCs to do the transporting would be better IMO. I'm no officer or military strategist, but a tank brings A LOT to the battlefield in terms of infantry support

    • @alexwschan185
      @alexwschan185 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@syndicate4417 But this BTR-T has a 30mm gun turret and 600mm of armour equivilent to RHS, it's something.

  • @ravenouself4181
    @ravenouself4181 3 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    the 3 things without limits:
    3. The Universe
    2. The uses for baking soda
    1.The uses for the T-54/55

    • @cheshire4856
      @cheshire4856 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Aaaaand human stupidity.

    • @piotrd.4850
      @piotrd.4850 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Actually, soda was used to clean T-55s ;P

    • @notalexzander2
      @notalexzander2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      another one: use of the MiG-21
      the fishbed is as eternal as its land-based counterpart

    • @billyteflon1322
      @billyteflon1322 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My experiences, they make great distance siege guns. Even ack ack guns can be placed on a flatbed to target a village.

    • @JeanLucCaptain
      @JeanLucCaptain ปีที่แล้ว

      The uses for MT-LB.

  • @joseluisnewyork
    @joseluisnewyork 3 ปีที่แล้ว +242

    The T-55 also can be upgraded to replace the old turret with a Terminator turret.

    • @cloudysoup9056
      @cloudysoup9056 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Isn't that how refurbished Russian T-72 actually was
      ?

    • @anthony_nomad_perryman
      @anthony_nomad_perryman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Bmp2 turret maybe yeah , the Terminator turret it’s just too big for T55 Imo

    • @zondazerda2230
      @zondazerda2230 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@anthony_nomad_perryman Algeria did that with the T-62. They installed the latest BMP 2 turret with 4 Kornet ATGMs and added more armour all around the tank and a more powerful engine. They call it "Compact BMPT Terminator".

    • @OliverFlinn
      @OliverFlinn ปีที่แล้ว

      Thats a T-72 hull brother

    • @BOX3DOUT
      @BOX3DOUT ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BronxBastard730 with some nazie splattered across the front as ornaments. u kno nazi's love burning stuff, a cross, a person, a city. Slava Donbass

  • @fox19delta21
    @fox19delta21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Some pretty good data presented here. My only critic would be the copious use of Soviet era wheeled APC footage while discussing modifications of the tracked T55.

  • @m1a1abramstank49
    @m1a1abramstank49 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    Relating to something about T-54s/55s, I literally seen one of those tanks in the 2077 April Fools event for War Thunder, it was pretty funny

    • @Lebschig
      @Lebschig 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Its like a Renault FT in our days

  • @masochis7196
    @masochis7196 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I like how the video is about the T-55 apc conversion and yet the video is BTR 80A's and BMP's...

  • @TheFillyosopher
    @TheFillyosopher 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Wow, fully voiced and visualized! Congrats to my friend Sheer! You did great buddy.

  • @richardm3023
    @richardm3023 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Those eight wheel BTR's look like they'd be fun to drive off road.

    • @devme20
      @devme20 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh, they are fun

    • @JeanLucCaptain
      @JeanLucCaptain ปีที่แล้ว

      Check-out Combat Approved: The Unsinkable BTR. It's really cool.

  • @fox19delta21
    @fox19delta21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This video reminds me of when the US Army tried to recycle the chassis of the M48 tank to create a SHORAD ADA vehicle to replace the M163 Vulcan. The result was called the Sergeant York, a track that was spectacularly mediocre at best, ranking even wòrse than the M60A2 Starship

  • @rock_ok
    @rock_ok 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    this tank is really universal. t/54/55 is an amazing tank conversion

  • @ericferguson9989
    @ericferguson9989 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    BMO-T for "Special flamethrower squads?" Tell me more!

    • @teslashark
      @teslashark 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Basically just a few guys with RPOs

    • @ericferguson9989
      @ericferguson9989 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@teslashark What ever happened to a good old canister of compressed napalm on your back?

  • @JeanLucCaptain
    @JeanLucCaptain 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Another interesting thing to cover would be the obscure often field-modified variants of various soviet IFVs used in Afghanistan for mine clearing and recovery in the incredibly rough terrain. I only know about them because of Military Model Magazines.

  • @ricardoaguirre6126
    @ricardoaguirre6126 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My dream car is a T-55 tank.

  • @SgtMclupus
    @SgtMclupus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'd say it inspired the build of the BMPT- Terminator, which is also based on the T-72

    • @UnintentionalSubmarine
      @UnintentionalSubmarine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No, the BMPT goes back to the early 80s with the objects 781 and 782. The former a modified T-72 hull with a couple of autocannons and the latter a slightly more modified T-72 hull with a turret relatively similar to the one on the BMP-3.

  • @news_internationale2035
    @news_internationale2035 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    The problem wasn't so much the existing APCs, it was the lack of troop training. Most troops were young post-USSR conscripts.

    • @RS-lw1hz
      @RS-lw1hz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah, they blamed a lot of the vehicles used in Chechnya when the actual way that the vehicles were used is the one that should get the blame for...

    • @uegvdczuVF
      @uegvdczuVF 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Their country collapsed and turned in to such chaos that nothing worked as it should. At the time Russia was as close to a fail state as you can get.
      I watched the interview with General in charge of taking the Grozny and the words that stuck with me were: "I commanded a division in Soviet Union times, if i had my division i would have taken the city within 48 hours with minimal casualties and destruction."
      He left the army soon after and refused to accept the medal for operation in Grozny, he was assassinated in 1998 by Russian leadership.

    • @goforbroke4428
      @goforbroke4428 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@uegvdczuVF what was his name?

    • @graurvadim3759
      @graurvadim3759 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lev Rohlin

    • @Seth9809
      @Seth9809 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@graurvadim3759 *Adds name to list of people who are in charge in alternate history setting*

  • @thegrinch8161
    @thegrinch8161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Now there’s a contradiction in terms, the Great War well people let me tell you a story about my great uncle Alec. Alec was a rebellious young man at the age of 16 in Aberdeen Scotland and he lied about his age so he could go off to fight the glorious fight but he told me that the recruiters must’ve known he wasn’t old enough and so he’s ended up being a stretcher bearer. He told me about his capture while taking back wounded squaddies to friendly lines and spent four years as a P O W some was in a camp but a few years was as a farm labourer not far from the camp. The conditions were a bit better than being in the camp. He asked me before he went on with his experience at war and me being the gobshite that I was/ and still am to a point, I said yup and he went on to tell me in graphic detail about the smell of burnt flesh, picking up bits and pieces of bodies but the soon stopped that and resorted to trying to find as much dog tags as they could so at least the bereaved family members could at least have a memorial service for their lost loved ones. I won’t apologise for my words and if anyone wants to hear more then leave a message and I’ll give it serious consideration and if you don’t then it’s no great loss. One of the reasons for me speaking about this is quite simple, I won’t speak about other countries and how they’re dealing the most recent conflicts but rather to bring to light that the British governments past and present are making the same mistakes that the government during ww1 and there’s been no change apart one very sad thing and is the capability to kill one another more gruesomely. Cmon government pull your fingers out and help the warriors who’ve been left out in the cold

  • @mariobosnjak99
    @mariobosnjak99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    "Found their protection hopelessly outmatched" yeah no shit, the BTRs and BMPs are lightly armored, even 50 cals can penetrate them from the right angle

    • @marseldagistani1989
      @marseldagistani1989 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You mean top angle?
      Also yes a T-54/55 could potentially make a decent APC if it kept most of it's armor

    • @mariobosnjak99
      @mariobosnjak99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@marseldagistani1989 BMP 1 has 20 mm of armor, 50 cals have around 26 mm of penetration with solid ap ammunition
      The BTRs have even less, 10 mm max
      BMP 2 has 33 mm max but its sides, rear and top are pretty much the same as the BMP 1

    • @exodus1621
      @exodus1621 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@mariobosnjak99 Lol, stop shitposting pls. BMP-1/2 can hold 23mm AA gun, and 12.7 in front. It was basic requirements for AFV/APC

    • @mariobosnjak99
      @mariobosnjak99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@exodus1621 yeah nah, sustained fire will go though, especially from the side and the roof which were the most targeted areas from ground and air. I do have to correct myself though, late ww2 solid AP shells from 50 cals can go through 33 mm of armor

    • @montynelson5033
      @montynelson5033 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ah, a war thunder player

  • @eralehm
    @eralehm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    If you don't have enough info and illustrations, don't publish a video on the subject.

  • @highjumpstudios2384
    @highjumpstudios2384 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Good to know.

  • @andyf4292
    @andyf4292 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    they should move the engine to the front, like the Merkava

  • @model901
    @model901 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Russia have a huge stock of T55, they have to give a better use. But the conversion to a APC is not very efficient for me. The engine is on the back, so the infantry have to get out though the top of the vehicle, and only 5 infantry man can get inside.
    In my opinion, will be better to convert to tank killer or a medium terminator version.

    • @watcherzero5256
      @watcherzero5256 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Your forgetting how broke Russia is, like them announcing in 2015 they would purchase 2,300 Armata tanks by 2020, then only ordering 100 in 2016 before that was reduced again to 20 tanks with 100 infantry vehicle using the same chassis because it was cheaper to refurbish T-72 instead. And even still not a single Armata past the original 2015 prototypes have been delivered because the original engine keeps failing and is being replaced.

  • @gwyn.thomas
    @gwyn.thomas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Great research, loose the filler footage though as you have plenty of great footage of the t55 btrt which could be left on the screen for longer. Great content all the same though :)

    • @Winterx69
      @Winterx69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree - the wheeled BTR footage is most confusing.

    • @TheTryingDutchman
      @TheTryingDutchman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It annoyed the hell out of me and makes me not press 'like' for this video

  • @strakhovandrri
    @strakhovandrri ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1:45 the word wrote on the hatch is "Banzai"

  • @ML-fc3je
    @ML-fc3je 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    for the time of when it was made this sounds more of an IFV rather than APC

  • @SMGJohn
    @SMGJohn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Soviet troops fighting Soviet troops, what a disaster it became.

    • @polentusmax6100
      @polentusmax6100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That was caused by overspending into militar stuff while there were no comsumers to buy it (or to honor their payment).
      Usa at least can send a carrier to get their money back or impose sanctions, russia was screwed up like when egypt decide to not pay in the last century.

  • @Lavrentizodiac
    @Lavrentizodiac 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The konkurs Rocket Luncher should have More protection on the tank

  • @shaider1982
    @shaider1982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Vietnamese T55's were so thorougly modernized they look lile T90's.

  • @REgamesplayer
    @REgamesplayer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I assume that the difference between BRT-T and IDF Achzarit APC is that BRT-T has to keep all this ammunition inside its hull? Achzarit can carry 2 people more and is not remarked as lacking internal space. I guess it is difficult to compare both designs without having a lot of inside footage or blueprints.

    • @pavelalexe9254
      @pavelalexe9254 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The achzarit also has that rear door thingy. Nonetheless, I think both are very interesting solutions to upgrading the T55

  • @petros311
    @petros311 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Due to the main purpose of a heavy APC converted from a tank, its the heavy armour to protect the crew, and the reality of the small internal space for cannon ammo on the T-55 chassis, the most realistic armament with suficient ammo capacity would be a turret with 1xNSV + 2xATGM or a turret with 1xNSV 12.7mm, 1xPKT 7.62mm + 1 single ATGM.

    • @JeanLucCaptain
      @JeanLucCaptain ปีที่แล้ว

      Or have the turret and ammo in a module so all Internal space is kept for dismounts.

  • @andyf4292
    @andyf4292 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    they could be made into an unmanned ground vehicle.....

  • @coast219
    @coast219 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Your topic is about BTR-T but most of your videos show a BTR- 70. Apples and oranges.

    • @TanksEncyclopediaYT
      @TanksEncyclopediaYT  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hello Romel,
      First off, thank you for your feedback.
      Second off, we are no longer doing this, our new articles have only static pictures.
      Third off, we did this because we have almost 0 budget and cannot afford to buy footage or have 3D models made and animated. We also used to refuse to use gaming footage because we thought it would cheapen the video.
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    • @bertm8621
      @bertm8621 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exacly my thoughts. Thrilled on the subject, disappointing video.

  • @296radithyasatria5
    @296radithyasatria5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    T-54/55 is the tank version of AK-47

  • @vladislavovi44
    @vladislavovi44 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice job mate accurately represented

  • @wharris7594
    @wharris7594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The BTR @ 2:00 says banzai on the hatch 😂

  • @LupoAndy
    @LupoAndy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A video about the BTR-T but half of the video is showing BTR-80`s(?).

  • @Russinh0
    @Russinh0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    In russia they use a T-55 hull with an jet engine to Clean Snow in the Streets

  • @davidherron3136
    @davidherron3136 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow that is alot of information you guys should help consult video game RTS programs like war game air land battle , and cold war game.

  • @randomexcessmemories4452
    @randomexcessmemories4452 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always thought this was an interesting vehicle. Thanks for covering it!

  • @i_nameless_i-jgsdf
    @i_nameless_i-jgsdf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    U guys no longer do news on games? Few new vehicles made in WT last week or so but the patch already dropped anyway.

    • @TanksEncyclopediaYT
      @TanksEncyclopediaYT  4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Hello Nameless,
      Unfortunately, we have discontinued our biweekly report series. It has now been replaced with a weekly voice chat on our Discord.
      All the best!

  • @nacho.tatical
    @nacho.tatical 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    it kinds looks like our german Marder APC

  • @olegadodasguerras3795
    @olegadodasguerras3795 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love This channel

  • @acvaticlifE
    @acvaticlifE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That autocannon firing at 7:51 looks really weird xD

    • @Nebelwerfer210cm
      @Nebelwerfer210cm 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, makes you wonder at the accuracy of that weapon when the muzzle is wobbling 3-4 inches when firing.

  • @ahadubaraki7881
    @ahadubaraki7881 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tbh I would look at equiping entire Airborne and Air Assault Brigades with this system not others.

  • @CH-pv2rz
    @CH-pv2rz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    To much imagery of BTR-70s which have nothing to do with the BTR-T.... Ruins the video.

  • @dogetothemoon223
    @dogetothemoon223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The war ended with Russian completely encircling the Chechen rebels and letting them go in 1996. I hear so many versions of how Russians have lost that war but in fact they didn't, they simply agreed to make truce and let the Chechens go. Many of those Chechens ran and migrated to Europe.

  • @mrkrabber5319
    @mrkrabber5319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Anyone know why Russians would sit on the apc instead of in it?

    • @ondragirgosko2152
      @ondragirgosko2152 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So they wouldnt burn alive when it got hit by RPG

  • @maxiona714
    @maxiona714 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Actually, BTRs and BMPs are poorly protected because the Soviets relied more on amphibious vehicles rather than heavily armoured ones.

    • @JeanLucCaptain
      @JeanLucCaptain ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because Many river crossings in Europe.

  • @ModernTacticalShooting
    @ModernTacticalShooting 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Recycling T55s? We all know they are ground up and turned in Wolf 762x39!

  • @years-fp7pp
    @years-fp7pp 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    the T-55 is the Toyota of tanks, it does everything while not costing anything

  • @oliverstianhugaas7493
    @oliverstianhugaas7493 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like it, sure 4 men is "low" but if you have enough T-55 APC's then it really does not matter and guys can ride on the outside while not in combat.

    • @tvgerbil1984
      @tvgerbil1984 ปีที่แล้ว

      The engine is in the way. Troops have to mount and dismount via hatches on the roof, not ideal if the vehicle is under fire.

  • @jasonz7788
    @jasonz7788 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cool thanks

  • @luasmartinez1262
    @luasmartinez1262 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why did you keep showing a wheeled apc throughout much of the video?

  • @FriendChicken
    @FriendChicken 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    7:50
    Woah! Look at that barrel move!

  • @politicallyinaccuratetoast4757
    @politicallyinaccuratetoast4757 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The t55 is just a Sherman but good
    Infinite uses for both tanks

  • @user-xp8hn6fg5c
    @user-xp8hn6fg5c 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    1:52 BANZAI )))

  • @it5682
    @it5682 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    good video,thx apc from t55 is stupid idea but armoured fire support vehicle for close support mbt is awesome..example is russian terminator, watch war in Syria tank is so vunerable in close combat but with terminator or simmilar support urban war have more sense

    • @davidwood2205
      @davidwood2205 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It is more IFV than APC.

  • @syndicate4417
    @syndicate4417 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'll never understand this.... I recently saw a similar thing that ukraine did with some of their t72s, or maybe they were t62s, (i don't quite remember)
    But it just doesn't seem like a good tradeoff.... You sacrifice the greatest thing about those old tanks (the turreted gun) in order to get 4 more infantrymen on the battlefield.... It seems to me like they'd make a better infantry support vehicle if they were just left alone....
    To reiterate, if I went into battle with 13 dudes and a sherman tank, I (personally) would just prefer that the sherman be a complete sherman, as opposed having no main gun, and carrying 4 more dudes... Maybe that's just me

    • @josephk.4200
      @josephk.4200 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Context is critical. This was created in response to the problem of infantry fire support in close urban terrain such as the Russians ran into in Grozny.
      They needed a smaller than usual cannon to elevate fire at rooftops and buildings at close ranges.
      They needed better protection for their supporting infantry as AT threats were common and regular apc were too lightly armoured, and many would get their infantry killed in a metal coffin before they could get out.
      These roles were easy enough to include in a single design.

    • @syndicate4417
      @syndicate4417 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@josephk.4200 thanks for the input!!!

    • @rooseveltbrentwood9654
      @rooseveltbrentwood9654 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I get what you’re saying, and in your Sherman example you might be right. I think on a larger scale the problem is logistics. You would need a more trained crew with the turret, plus the associated ammunition and and spare parts. Ammunition storage for the main gun also takes up a lot of interior space. Additionally the turret is very heavy, leading to increased fuel consumption and lower speeds, which could be a concern of you want older repurposed design to keep up with faster newer vehicles.

    • @JeanLucCaptain
      @JeanLucCaptain ปีที่แล้ว

      Frankly these seems to be largely what is being done. T-55 are being used as mobile defence, fire support and Improvised artillery. And they don't have the normal crew alotment instead only 3 men including an artillery gunner.

  • @ikill-98
    @ikill-98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What if recycled an IS 3 heavy tank to Heavy APC

  • @comentedonakeyboard
    @comentedonakeyboard 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Sounds like a Frankentank put together from cold war relicts.

  • @allangibson2408
    @allangibson2408 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Mk8 was not based on the Mk5. It was a new build which had more in common with the Mk9 International tank.

  • @WorldEditor31
    @WorldEditor31 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hmmmmm. WARTHUNDER battle pass vehicle idea right here

  • @Spuggky45
    @Spuggky45 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The vehicle was designed because the BTR70 and the BMP2 proved to vulnerable to RPG rounds in Chechnya, but isn't the T55 itself able to be destroyed by RPGs?

    • @Ailasher
      @Ailasher 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I see here, in the comment section, so many didn't understand the logic of the armor protection of the BTR-60/80 and BMP-1/2. Such their armor protection is the result of exactly one parameter: the requirement of the Soviet / Russian Ministry of Defense for amphibiousness, after WWII. You basicaly can't hang a lot of armor and then expect the vehicle can float. If another, more armored protection vehicle is created, it has no task to replace these APC.

    • @Spuggky45
      @Spuggky45 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Ailasher So basically with the BTR-T what you have is an IFV that can't swim, cant survive the RPG impacts that was its whole purpose for being designed, and it cant carry a complete infantry squad, which is THE WHOLE POINT OF AN INFANTRY CARRIER! Wtf were the Russains thinking?

    • @Ailasher
      @Ailasher 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Spuggky45 "Wtf were the Russains thinking?" Well, сonsidering that BTR-T still not put into service by Russian MoD you basically repeated the arguments some hight military guy who put the stamp "not approved". And if I remember correctly, it was back in the 90s.

    • @Spuggky45
      @Spuggky45 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Ailasher Very true. The sad thing is, I kinda like the concept. If the Russians could've figured out a way to move the engine to the front of the vehicle, it might have been able to carry a full infantry squad, and it would've had some value for urban combat, dispite not being amphibious.

    • @Ailasher
      @Ailasher 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Spuggky45 " If the Russians could've figured out a way to move the engine to the front of the vehicle" Didn't think it happen. BTR-T is a product of OKBTM from Omsk sity in mid 90s and just shout it out: "we want to survive this hell around, so just buy something!" Same as Ukranian BMPV-64 and BMPT-84. Now they ok, they survived and produce TOS-1A (heavy rocket thermobaric flamethrower) and latest modifications of T-80. Still... Guys from the city of Chelyabinsk, "Uralvagonzavod", were able to sell their BMPT-Terminator to Russian MoD, even considering that it thing has no place in Army doctrine of mechanized operations. In addition, it also uses a large number of crew members (5-7) which has a large disadvantage. It's just looks cool.

  • @ironwolfF1
    @ironwolfF1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Not to mention the Ukrainian's conversion of the T-64 into a beast of an APC...

    • @TheTyrantOfMars
      @TheTyrantOfMars 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wasn’t that just a single prototype?

    • @asierurteaga1227
      @asierurteaga1227 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@TheTyrantOfMars Whos still without turret and manufactured and designed by azov industries, who never build a tank before, best APC ever...

    • @syndicate4417
      @syndicate4417 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'll never understand this.... I recently saw a similar thing that ukraine did with some of their t72s, or maybe they were t62s, (i don't quite remember)
      But it just doesn't seem like a good tradeoff.... You sacrifice the greatest thing about those old tanks (the turreted gun) in order to get 4 more infantrymen on the battlefield.... It seems to me like they'd make a better infantry support vehicle if they were just left alone....
      To reiterate, if I went into battle with 13 dudes and a sherman tank, I (personally) would just prefer that the sherman be a complete sherman, as opposed having no main gun, and carrying 4 more dudes... Maybe that's just me
      (copy pasted from another comment, just wanted to have a friendly discussion :)

    • @asierurteaga1227
      @asierurteaga1227 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@syndicate4417 Nowdays, a autocannon combined with ATGMs could offer more firepower in less sice than a big maned turret with a 75mm gun and a coaxial machinegun, most of light tanks, APCs and IFVs nowdays use that configuration in a maned or remote turret. Thats why many of them use the extra space who will ocupy the place of the 75mm cases (sherman hipotetic case) with more infantrymen, command & control systems or a small "hospital".
      In a full siced medium tank, would be impossible to carry any of those things who could be very usefull in the frontline, so the flexibility of the modern systems gives a sustantial help and they become primary objectives of a enemy army, so they are becoming hevier with the time as commanders use them as key flexible units who are in the a frontline full of ATGMs of all kind of sices
      P.D.: sorry for my poor level on inglish

    • @syndicate4417
      @syndicate4417 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@asierurteaga1227 nah man that was a very comprehensive explanation, your English is quite good. Thank you. Yeah you explained a lot of great benefits that an APC would offer, and I agree with you completely, but I do think when I see them with no ATGMs and hardly any extra crew space, that the infantry may have been better supported by a main gun with multiple round types, and a machine gun or two 🤷🏻‍♂️ depends on the tank, and the APC conversion execution I suppose :)

  • @potator9327
    @potator9327 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why are we watching BTR-80 while talking about T-55s???

  • @AlexeyPiet
    @AlexeyPiet 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why there were so many wheeles BTRs shown in the video? That's really off-putting! Anyways, good voiced informations.

  • @WildBillCox13
    @WildBillCox13 ปีที่แล้ว

    One man turrets are still a bad idea, imho. A commander needs to maintain situational awareness; something he can't do while operating or servicing a gun. Sure, it seems cool, but I bet troops know better.

  • @MFitz12
    @MFitz12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yet another infantry vehicle that seems to have given little concern for the infantry it carries.

  • @owbvbsteve
    @owbvbsteve 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why is all the early video on the wheeled BTR series APC? It definitely take away from video

  • @ogidabestnikido294yt2
    @ogidabestnikido294yt2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    they did this because the t 55 was mass produced right idk

    • @csme07
      @csme07 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Easily the most produced tank ever over 100k

  • @chrisgeddes26
    @chrisgeddes26 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    However, most of the video shows vehicles that have NOTHING to do with the titled vehicle.

  • @CarverPete
    @CarverPete 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why mention the BTR-70 at the beginning when all your film footage shows BTR-80 's !

  • @occamsrazor1285
    @occamsrazor1285 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:08 I think that's called being hoisted by your own petard XD

  • @stephenbriddon2796
    @stephenbriddon2796 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why all the footage of wheeled APCs?

  • @intselec2184
    @intselec2184 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am the only one who got an Add of warpath showing row and row of tiger 2 in stalingrad and saying that this is accurate ?

  • @76456
    @76456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    11:41 what are they doing to the barrel?

    • @RGC-gn2nm
      @RGC-gn2nm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      boresighting

  • @thomaslinton5765
    @thomaslinton5765 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    If all the vehicles shown are the BTR-T, it seems to come in 8-wheel and tracked versions. Conversion from a single drive shaft for trarks to four axles for wheels, presumably multi-wheel drive, is interesting. Mobility, would differ greatly.
    Run-flat tires?
    Four-wheel asteering?

  • @irisheyes9634
    @irisheyes9634 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love documentaries narrated by 14-year-olds. xD

  • @louiswilkins9624
    @louiswilkins9624 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting

  • @AchingScaphoid
    @AchingScaphoid 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mounting a 4000+ rounds per minute AA autocannon on a vehicle with a capacity for only 200 rounds of ammunition. I like the idea, but it seems to only make more engineering problems to solve.

  • @bigboi7817
    @bigboi7817 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Any armoured vehicle is better than none even today with infantry portable ATGMs

  • @danielmyers-cowan3416
    @danielmyers-cowan3416 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    19:42 big gun

  • @papamike88
    @papamike88 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well, I thought that after BTR-50 design Russia will never decide to create a ADP with a engine on the back but I guess I was wrong. For me this is the biggest problem with the entire design. It's a good idea for a infantry fire support vehicle but not as a APC.

    • @BlaBla-pf8mf
      @BlaBla-pf8mf 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Most soviet/russian APC and IFV have the engine at the back, including current ones

  • @edwardgilmour9013
    @edwardgilmour9013 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The volume is recorded too low . the narrator needs to wear a microphone

    • @TanksEncyclopediaYT
      @TanksEncyclopediaYT  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We dont apply compression to our audio, as it can make the narrator sound artificial. Thanks for your feedback nonetheless.

  • @mcdougle666
    @mcdougle666 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Talk about T-55...show vids of BTR-80?

  • @nagaykei6611
    @nagaykei6611 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How can you make an APC out of a T55 hull that feels like hell if you are claustrophobic then again there is the BMP sooo maybe it will work but still feel like cramped sardines?

  • @dannygmaaan
    @dannygmaaan ปีที่แล้ว

    they could have just put ATGM on them and make a tank hunter or an AA gun and make a less capable SPAAG like baby gepard

    • @SFCKNZSD
      @SFCKNZSD ปีที่แล้ว

      They have put an atgm on it

  • @nikkibaugher2427
    @nikkibaugher2427 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    BTR-T...short for "I'm screwed"!

  • @teslashark
    @teslashark 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's not actually the heaviest, BMO-T is heavier.

  • @WildBillCox13
    @WildBillCox13 ปีที่แล้ว

    19:35 watch the oscillations during that slow move. Someone on the design team wasn't doing his math. His son is currently in a shock battalion in Ukrayna (kidding).

  • @renatosierradelgado6742
    @renatosierradelgado6742 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pregunta: y el precio de conversion a Terminator?

  • @CarstenOepping
    @CarstenOepping 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    4:24 bottom is a T72 not T64

  • @jebise1126
    @jebise1126 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    pretty sure t34 was the most produced soviet tank

  • @Xander_Zimmermann
    @Xander_Zimmermann 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why would they massacre and destroy the beauty of the T-55?

    • @csme07
      @csme07 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s okay there is enough

  • @JMiskovsky
    @JMiskovsky 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Azcharit IDF has rear ramp. Why Russia/ Soviets did not have so often?

    • @comentedonakeyboard
      @comentedonakeyboard 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The rear engine?
      I guess the real Question should be: how did the Israelis get a rear ramp into it? (Unfortunately i dont have the answer)

    • @JMiskovsky
      @JMiskovsky 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@comentedonakeyboard they twisted engine side ways. New Commins.

    • @comentedonakeyboard
      @comentedonakeyboard 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JMiskovsky ok that explains it
      Thank you

  • @otneyat
    @otneyat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the most eco country in the world

  • @GraniteGhost778
    @GraniteGhost778 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So we're not even sure if this thing has ever actually been utilized or was just a random idea that never went anywhere?
    I'd never heard of this machine before so went looking and everything I've found just talks about it being designed and possibly tested but doesn't list any adopters or current users so it sounds as though no one ever bothered to make use of it.
    I wonder if that'll change with Russia's finances being more stable these days.

  • @mecharobby
    @mecharobby ปีที่แล้ว

    Idk why but to me, it kinda looks like a bmd that ate way too much

  • @ogidabestnikido294yt2
    @ogidabestnikido294yt2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    can a m60 gun damage front armorr of the btr

    • @TanksEncyclopediaYT
      @TanksEncyclopediaYT  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Depends on the M60. Without the ERA, definitely can go through it. With the ERA, depends on the gun and the shell.

    • @news_internationale2035
      @news_internationale2035 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you mean the M60 machine gun, I don't think so unless you are within 100 yards of the vehicle using AP ammo.

    • @CH-pv2rz
      @CH-pv2rz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@TanksEncyclopediaYT the 105mm L7 gun In the M60 tank firing Discarding Sabot rounds would destroy any BTR no matter what add on armor it possessed...

    • @TanksEncyclopediaYT
      @TanksEncyclopediaYT  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@CH-pv2rz not the BTR-T we are talking about here.