The Bob Semple Tank - "The Worst Tank ever Built"

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  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2078

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  • @ronrolfsen3977
    @ronrolfsen3977 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5644

    The dude created a tank from a tractor and some stuff laying around BA Baracus style. Might not be the best, but respect to him.

    • @howardbaxter2514
      @howardbaxter2514 4 ปีที่แล้ว +265

      Honestly, I have to respect that. May not be the greatest tank in the world, but at least it was something.

    • @dereenaldoambun9158
      @dereenaldoambun9158 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      @Jan Krynicky
      At least good enough as infantry support although it has slow mobility.

    • @Hoobers
      @Hoobers 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      That’s facts right there

    • @naseemmansouri3285
      @naseemmansouri3285 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      “I’m bored..I think I’m gonna build a tank now..

    • @thokim84
      @thokim84 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      There was a dude in the Midwest who took this idea and went shithouse with it. Using plate armor and concrete to build a tank and destroy some of his town.

  • @eoghancarpenter8546
    @eoghancarpenter8546 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6096

    It never went into mass production because Bob Semple himself was terrified of its true power and wouldn't allow it.

    • @mrmr_zoomie
      @mrmr_zoomie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +411

      It was so powerful it could’ve become *a war crime.*

    • @RackHasAttacked
      @RackHasAttacked 4 ปีที่แล้ว +217

      There's a reason why the US dropped the 2 atom bombs

    • @Errors404
      @Errors404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      The tank ploughed No man's land endlessly and finally became a tractor 🤣

    • @ernieproductions7354
      @ernieproductions7354 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      True

    • @zahard1732
      @zahard1732 4 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      @@RackHasAttacked Excatly, originally they were considering dropping one bob semple tank in but they realized that it would be an overkill so they decided to go easy on japan and just droped the bombs.

  • @Robbstark2024
    @Robbstark2024 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5040

    NZ considered sending the Semple tank to the European theater on May 6, 1945
    The Nazis surrendered May 7, 1945
    Coincidence??????

    • @schlymfrainkestxchieftains2623
      @schlymfrainkestxchieftains2623 5 ปีที่แล้ว +278

      i THINK NOT

    • @schlymfrainkestxchieftains2623
      @schlymfrainkestxchieftains2623 5 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      Also Germany didn't actually surrender on May 7th that's when they were officially surrendered but the Prague offencive didn't end until the 11th

    • @commissar_3795
      @commissar_3795 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Robb Stark I think not

    • @schlymfrainkestxchieftains2623
      @schlymfrainkestxchieftains2623 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@user-vk1dv3pr8o does it matter? Nope

    • @MarcofKenya
      @MarcofKenya 5 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      Robb Stark in the sight of this tank the Germans knew that they wouldn’t have a chance

  • @ja3482
    @ja3482 3 ปีที่แล้ว +943

    Bob Semple sounds like a real man. He fought a hopeless logistical battle knowing he would certainly be ridiculed by the result, instead of just giving up or giving the project to someone less qualified or shifting blame. He did his best and took it on the chin.
    Wish we had more like him these days.

    • @iantheguy9731
      @iantheguy9731 3 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      "Mr. Semple, you have made by far the worst tank to ever exist."
      "Well? I don't see anyone else doing better."

    • @nukeariesdiana2476
      @nukeariesdiana2476 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Bob semple

    • @Mavendow
      @Mavendow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Which is because everyone there understood why he was doing it. Nowadays people often don't give a ________ which is why people give up. It's not that they can't take the criticism, it's that they're (sometimes literally) shoved out of their position of power before they can do anything positive.

    • @nopeyourenotgood7530
      @nopeyourenotgood7530 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@iantheguy9731
      I know this is late but:
      "I can think of alot of competent people that can make inventions that will make your 'tank' a worthless scrap heap."
      "Well you can all of those competent peoples together, form a team of them, and you still wont be able to make a wonder like mine."

    • @typhoon_8086
      @typhoon_8086 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Very true, and to be honest, the Bob Semple would of been a Terrifying Weapon against Japanese Mass Infantry Attacks as seen in the Battles of the Pacific Theater

  • @billieeilishisanuzbeksupre8749
    @billieeilishisanuzbeksupre8749 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1694

    "It ain't much but it's honest work." - Bob Semple.

  • @adriannaranjo4397
    @adriannaranjo4397 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2737

    "You are by far the worst tank I've ever heard about"
    "But you've heard of me!"

    • @jeffreytoman5202
      @jeffreytoman5202 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      The man built a tank!

    • @communistindonesiaball175
      @communistindonesiaball175 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      What do you mean worst?! All of its glory is strong. EVERYBODY FEARS IT EVEN.

    • @overboss9599
      @overboss9599 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Marmon Harrington has joined the chat.

    • @alexvalin9085
      @alexvalin9085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      i understood that reference.

    • @typhoon_8086
      @typhoon_8086 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The "Worst Tank" would of actually been a very effective weapon against the Japanese tactics of Mass Infantry Attacks

  • @thevikingmusketeer9696
    @thevikingmusketeer9696 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16897

    30 000 german tanks lost during ww2
    0 bob semple tanks lost during ww2
    I rest my case

  • @Rebelgamer-1111
    @Rebelgamer-1111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2549

    What are you expecting lol. He literally MacGyvered a tank out of a Caterpillar tractor. Much respect

    • @Dianasaurthemelonlord7777
      @Dianasaurthemelonlord7777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Indeed, it would be a good infantry suppliment vehicle

    • @hunterofdarkness8329
      @hunterofdarkness8329 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Your in a battlefield with the enemy forces ambushing you and your team, you see a tractor and a broken tank with parts and machine gun next to it. What do you do?

    • @Dianasaurthemelonlord7777
      @Dianasaurthemelonlord7777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@hunterofdarkness8329 build that beautifully useless thing

    • @evethez2267
      @evethez2267 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      True imagine bashing a guy for rigging up armor and producing a convertible tank out of the scarce resources that country has. I would be proud of that tank and it being built

    • @kubamiszczz
      @kubamiszczz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Exactly, good to see not only me appreciate their efforts, very easy to judge without full knowledge from couch and 70 years later. Next topic: how easy i could win at Waterloo

  • @evaristegalois6282
    @evaristegalois6282 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1892

    The Bob Semple Tank: **exists**
    Luke Skywalker: “I’ve seen this raw strength only once before”

    • @RIFLQ
      @RIFLQ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      **heavy breathing**

    • @FirstNameLastName-qx8ii
      @FirstNameLastName-qx8ii 5 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Tsar tank is typing...

    • @aegeanharrier6648
      @aegeanharrier6648 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      C.J Chappell A tractor with armor that does not look like an old cycle typing...

    • @KokoroKatsura
      @KokoroKatsura 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      a n i m e
      n
      i
      m
      e

    • @onlinefriend3889
      @onlinefriend3889 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      **Panzer tank has entered the chat**

  • @charlieenglish9864
    @charlieenglish9864 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3910

    The Japanese actually had the choice of getting nuked twice or face the Bob Semple tank, they obviously chose to get nuked

    • @charlieenglish9864
      @charlieenglish9864 5 ปีที่แล้ว +232

      If they were to use the tank as a nuke the whole country would’ve had to have been abandoned my guy

    • @aivaclarke8304
      @aivaclarke8304 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      my home country nz is a meme
      and mondern day version sparta

    • @rza884
      @rza884 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Nippon army would think facing bob sample tank is considered a dishonored

    • @chopsticks9984
      @chopsticks9984 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Early in the war, Japan had an opportunity to enter development into creating the atomic bomb. But they felt the idea was going to be impossible for many decades, and so favored developing a microwave AA ray gun to disable enemy aircraft and ships instead.

    • @mikael5544
      @mikael5544 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@chopsticks9984 👌👏👏👏

  • @BodyCounter
    @BodyCounter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3311

    The Japanese avoided invading Australia and New Zealand for a reason... Emus and Bob Semples

    • @sxrkar_usa
      @sxrkar_usa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      But they still tried ton carry out an attack on Darwin, Australia

    • @andrewwestberry1841
      @andrewwestberry1841 5 ปีที่แล้ว +197

      if hey had invaded we could have just put emus in the bob semples and they would have gone running back to tokyo

    • @yumithekidnextdoor6966
      @yumithekidnextdoor6966 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@andrewwestberry1841 r/woooosh

    • @OGBootleg
      @OGBootleg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      They actually did invade Australia to some extent, corpses of Japanese soldiers have been found in north Australia, that had died of dehydration, starvation, and killed by spear's, and eaten by native Aboriginals, just letting you know...

    • @nicholasirvine6693
      @nicholasirvine6693 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The Great Bootleg sources?

  • @aleksandarvil5718
    @aleksandarvil5718 4 ปีที่แล้ว +337

    New Zealand: *makes massively Bob Semp Tank*
    Australian Emus: _"FINALLY, A Worthy Opponent. Our Battle Will Be LEGENDARY !!!"_

    • @kinnidy-i-guess
      @kinnidy-i-guess 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Bob: "we are on a draw sir. If we don't get more help, they will send the kango''s!
      Nz: "don't worry, we will bring in the sheep."
      Bob: "what about the spiders?"
      Nz: "then we will bring him."
      Bob: "who?"
      Nz: "Lazer kiwi."
      "..."
      Nz: "it's churr time..."

  • @iliadnetfear2586
    @iliadnetfear2586 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1280

    "The Semple Tank is the greatest battle implement ever divised." -George Patton

    • @xotl2780
      @xotl2780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      The reason General Patton went to fight Rommel in Africa was because he heard that the German general had a division of Semple Tanks on it's way to reinforce Normandy and he couldn't let that happen at any cost.

    • @JerryMan68
      @JerryMan68 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      *George Semple*

    • @yeezysandals7769
      @yeezysandals7769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@JerryMan68 Semple Patton

    • @man-yp1gb
      @man-yp1gb 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      xD

    • @Classic-ip5dr
      @Classic-ip5dr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Y’know what the “S” in George S. Patton stands for, right? Semple.

  • @l04d83
    @l04d83 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1161

    I've heard of this tank before. It killed more then 2000 Tiger IV tanks. Very deadly

    • @That_Guy_Ty
      @That_Guy_Ty 5 ปีที่แล้ว +211

      I heard it also wiped out the citys of hiroshima and Nagasaki.

    • @kriminalinspektorwolff5154
      @kriminalinspektorwolff5154 5 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      And that's why Japan never invaded new Zealand

    • @TheNatenigga
      @TheNatenigga 5 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      Yeah even though only 1000 tigers were made, the Bob semple is so powerful that it killed 2000 of them

    • @taihoukai3111
      @taihoukai3111 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Also the tiger 4 existed

    • @davehoffman4659
      @davehoffman4659 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      The tank could've wiped out all Tiger tanks ever built and designed.

  • @johnphillips5310
    @johnphillips5310 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2217

    The people mocking him did nothing. Leaders do, and followers judge. He did the best he could with what he had to protect what he loved...that's a hero right there.

    • @petergianakopoulos4926
      @petergianakopoulos4926 5 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      Well said

    • @SingularPanda4
      @SingularPanda4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      Darn right, makes me actually Angry how people judged him

    • @MarkGoding
      @MarkGoding 5 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      His quote:"I don't remember anyone else coming up with any suggestions at the time".

    • @thehotdogman9317
      @thehotdogman9317 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      This is just the result of a country that is not used to war having to reinvent the tank all over again.

    • @eredin8674
      @eredin8674 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well said, but it was really just NZ govt "busy work"

  • @deltacharlieromeo8252
    @deltacharlieromeo8252 4 ปีที่แล้ว +454

    "At least they tried to do something in their country's darkest hours."
    That changes things.

  • @tomaszleszczynski8935
    @tomaszleszczynski8935 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2064

    Meme battle
    Players: Tsar tank , Bob Semple tank
    Map: Emu war battlegrounds

    • @0Ploxx
      @0Ploxx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Round 2
      Players: Saint Chamond Tank, some kids in trenchcoats, physics, T-34
      Map: Columbine High School Library

    • @0Ploxx
      @0Ploxx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@sovietsocialist1652 Round 4.
      Players:Some blue guns that launch foam some 70 feet, Supa hot fire, Todd Howard at E3, Some gay guy that got involved with sexual assault and sang pumped up kicks.
      Map:Prime time Rapping Basketball court.
      Opening statement from Supa Hot Fire: Im not a rapper

    • @0Ploxx
      @0Ploxx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@aleo4805 i feel like these replies elevated the op to god status

    • @landrylongacre6391
      @landrylongacre6391 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Doggo Empire Is that a reference to the killdozer I spot?

    • @rungsukburanarungsuk8816
      @rungsukburanarungsuk8816 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Round 6
      Player:Swarm of Hackers
      Map:monthly/yearly Subscription things Companies

  • @trycoldman2358
    @trycoldman2358 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2438

    Tiger crews feared to meet this monster in the field

    • @mrwehraboo5478
      @mrwehraboo5478 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      True

    • @theguy6838
      @theguy6838 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yep

    • @SussyFortnite
      @SussyFortnite 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      The Shermans feared the Tiger that feared the Bob Semple, we all know who had the best tank in ww2

    • @CarmineKar98K
      @CarmineKar98K 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      ...Because it was a waste of ammo.

    • @usergfuself502
      @usergfuself502 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Your everywere

  • @k-874
    @k-874 5 ปีที่แล้ว +461

    *If New Zealand joined the HEAVY TANK race..We would have Super heavy variants of the Boss Bob Semple.Imagine entire Barns spammimg bullets in the battlefield*

    • @rizwandiawalludien4048
      @rizwandiawalludien4048 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Would be magnificent

    • @jkay2853
      @jkay2853 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Powered by thousands upon thousands of sheep, the weaker of which get ground into cotton stained with pink mush, the Earth would shake, you would hear the 'bleets of the damned' as their enemies would call it, and their allies would see this majestic war behemoth and say "Oi oi the BOBSa-comin!! The BOBS a-comin we're saved m8s!!"

    • @k-874
      @k-874 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      J Kay The crew would also never be thirsty,why?They have tons of milk from "Hand-Milked" cows inside the *Beast*

    • @catalintimofti1117
      @catalintimofti1117 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Big bob

    • @Greenierw
      @Greenierw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      SHOW BIG BOB

  • @potatojuice5124
    @potatojuice5124 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1106

    I don’t know what you’re talking about, there’s no coincidence that Japan never invaded New Zealand after this thing showed up.

    • @chrisgould101
      @chrisgould101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      The superior speed, ballistic capability, track design, and impenetrable armour of the bob semple made an extremely formidable armoured vehicle.

    • @WASDLeftClick
      @WASDLeftClick 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      At first Japan thought it would be easy, but then one of Hirohito’s generals brought up the possibility of the New Zealanders deploying Bob Semples crewed by Maori warriors. All plans of an invasion were abandoned.

    • @retsreinyrelgeinthrelaveri1456
      @retsreinyrelgeinthrelaveri1456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Bob Semple was just ahead of his time

    • @nombregenerico3771
      @nombregenerico3771 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      they fell scared if more bob semple where buld maybe in ever part we will praise the new sealand flag

    • @thatexitsignuser
      @thatexitsignuser 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@WASDLeftClick planned but nope didn't happened and dropped the attack

  • @Kssav
    @Kssav 5 ปีที่แล้ว +583

    Bob semple tank:
    -none ever lost in combat
    -has a bed for the gunner to lay on
    -has six guns
    Literally any other tank:
    -1000s lost in combat
    -Has only one big gun and maybe two more
    -Doesn't have a bed for the gunner
    -definitely not cheap

    • @That_Guy_Ty
      @That_Guy_Ty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      The bob semple tank is everything you could ask for, and then with more.

    • @mrcorn4581
      @mrcorn4581 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Are u only meming or are all of you meaning this serious?

    • @DJRainbowToxic
      @DJRainbowToxic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@mrcorn4581 probably both

    • @censorduck
      @censorduck 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@mrcorn4581 Dead serious, mate.

    • @Will_CH1
      @Will_CH1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It was not just a bed. It was heated and had a vibratory massage function. The bed itself was decades ahead of its time.

  • @brasilball353
    @brasilball353 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4336

    "Worst tank"
    I guess you made an oopsie in the title, let me fix it
    "Ultimate Tank"

    • @Simplehistory
      @Simplehistory  5 ปีที่แล้ว +471

      EVER

    • @GeneralInverno
      @GeneralInverno 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Eae

    • @violetcarton3846
      @violetcarton3846 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Ha

    • @jesterlmt
      @jesterlmt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes

    • @MidWitPride
      @MidWitPride 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      It looks like it was designed by an 8-year old, lol. Add more guns! AIMING AT EVERY DIRECTION!

  • @juanaltredo2974
    @juanaltredo2974 5 ปีที่แล้ว +443

    Actually given the resources available he invented the saying "if life gives you lemons, make a bob Semple"

    • @JG-cv4cl
      @JG-cv4cl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You can give a chicken 'free range' but it doesn't help reign in the platitudes

    • @matthewcaughey8898
      @matthewcaughey8898 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I can stuff a hand grenade in a lemon if you really want to give those folks back they’re lemons

  • @Lutz2
    @Lutz2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +317

    Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger:
    "I fear no Tank. But this thing...."
    *look nervously at Bob Semple Tank*
    "it scares me."

  • @JustinY.
    @JustinY. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2472

    "I don't see anyone else coming up with a plan"

  • @markulyssestabasan3064
    @markulyssestabasan3064 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1552

    "Give me 10,000 Bob Semple Tanks, and I shall conquer the world."
    -Gen. Douglas MacArthur

    • @erichelfrich3023
      @erichelfrich3023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Did he actually say that or was it a joke

    • @Markzilla214
      @Markzilla214 4 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      @@erichelfrich3023 Its a joke...

    • @dmitrymolotov6428
      @dmitrymolotov6428 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Eric Helfrich r/wooosh

    • @AA-bz1pr
      @AA-bz1pr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@dmitrymolotov6428 No.1 R/whoooosh is gay
      No.2 At least do it correctly

    • @yafi7006
      @yafi7006 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@dmitrymolotov6428 bruh how is that a woosh

  • @frogchip6484
    @frogchip6484 5 ปีที่แล้ว +500

    *bob semple tank is mass produced*]
    Hitler: We're in the endgame now

    • @rusuproductions7474
      @rusuproductions7474 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Hitler AND rest of axis: pls no

    • @reggiejackson1132
      @reggiejackson1132 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@rusuproductions7474 hitler after new zealand builds a single bob semple tank: *reads the bible 100 times, says the our father 1000 times, swims in a swimming pool completed filled with holy water*

    • @henrydando
      @henrydando 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      If any more Bob semple tanks where built then there sheer power would cause a black hole to open

  • @plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009
    @plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    0 crew killed
    0 tanks destroyed in combat
    Never lost an battle
    Honestly best tank ever created

  • @zunnixx3036
    @zunnixx3036 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3464

    Imagine getting cyberbullied by a TH-cam channel 70 years after you died. 😂

    • @Telor21
      @Telor21 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Bruh this could happen to you tho

    • @zunnixx3036
      @zunnixx3036 4 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      @@Telor21 I could only dream of reaching mediocrity of that magnitude, but you right

    • @Ersdown_Liberia
      @Ersdown_Liberia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      @@Telor21 bro if you reach bob semple tank popularity then it means you go down as history. Even you're remembered as failure atleast you didn't remembered as Evil Tyrant Moustache Guy.

    • @buttahXD
      @buttahXD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@Ersdown_Liberia I mean... You could be Mussolini.

    • @iaincox9639
      @iaincox9639 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Preston Billingsley the semple never dies

  • @_Matsimus_
    @_Matsimus_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1891

    “Worst” - *best*

    • @R3d_D3ad
      @R3d_D3ad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      sAMe

    • @norm7312
      @norm7312 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Bro you posted this same comment becore lol

    • @weedwhacker287
      @weedwhacker287 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      *WHATS THIS A CROSSOVER EPISODE*

    • @Usersksjel1187
      @Usersksjel1187 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hello mat

    • @tuuresarolahti6247
      @tuuresarolahti6247 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There was none lost

  • @shinglemcdingle4093
    @shinglemcdingle4093 4 ปีที่แล้ว +437

    To me, a person who comes from a small country, this is truly inspiring... he did all that he could. Once again it was proven that trying is the biggest sin. In eyes of the general public and the media it's much better to just sit and do nothing

    • @ScienceDiscoverer
      @ScienceDiscoverer 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, it's better than make an embarrassment.

    • @shinglemcdingle4093
      @shinglemcdingle4093 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@ScienceDiscoverer no, it's not and stip calling yourself "science discoverer" if you think so. You always need to try to do your best with all resources that you have at your disposal. Obviously bob semple tank wouldn't fare well against the tanks of the eastern front, but it would be useful as a scout or a barrier against infantry lines. It wasn't an embarassment, the people made it so because they always need something to laugh at

    • @hitlerite
      @hitlerite 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The only embarrassment is being sitting duck out there.
      Those improvised planes and tanks are what they got at the moment.

    • @nw42
      @nw42 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      As an American, I also find the Semple tank inspiring. Many of the most brilliant things come from folks doing big things with limited resources, and some of them change the world.
      As for the Semple itself: I don’t know much about New Zealand’s WWII history, but I’m hesitant to completely dismiss it. Armored vehicles do important things beyond just slugging it out with each other, and the Semple might still have had potential in anti-infantry or scouting roles. But I could imagine its most important role may have been its very existence: there’s a big difference between a country with a handful of tanks _and rapidly evolving capabilities_ vs. a country with no tanks or armament program whatsoever. I could imagine the Semple _in conjunction with NZ’s larger armament effort_ changing the strategic calculus for Japan: NZ may not have been as strong, but it wasn’t toothless, and it was intent on rapidly growing into a capable adversary; thus, it needed to be taken seriously.

    • @hogstag2874
      @hogstag2874 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shinglemcdingle4093 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

  • @yoboikamil525
    @yoboikamil525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +675

    Ok but imagine this thing in a zombie apocalypse

    • @lefrenchaudir188
      @lefrenchaudir188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      The 2nd version
      Engine and transmission
      Turbocharged v12 with an 7 dual clutch semi automatic transmission producing 895 hp
      Cassis and body
      A 6x4 carbon fiber chassis and body
      Armor and other stuff
      Bullet proof tyers armor plantings on the windshield(thicker to
      Guns
      1 pkm at the front 6 on sides plus a minigun on the top plus grenades
      Storage
      Removed rear seats for more supplies

    • @yoboikamil525
      @yoboikamil525 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@lefrenchaudir188 brb gonna start building this now

    • @aj3751
      @aj3751 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Replace the brens with 50 cals and I'll take 2

    • @fishecllub3652
      @fishecllub3652 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@aj3751 everyone gangsta till we get a plane designed for a gun oh wait...

    • @connorwells2646
      @connorwells2646 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Brrrrrrrt

  • @ederanged7960
    @ederanged7960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +465

    It's a tractor, covered in roofing sheets and no cannon.
    *Kiwis* : "Yeah, nah she'll be right aye."

  • @justinianmakesbyzantiumgre5716
    @justinianmakesbyzantiumgre5716 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3169

    The reason Hitler actually killed himself was cause he heard about the Bob Semple tank.

    • @bobsempletank
      @bobsempletank 5 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Yes

    • @weeshooting0978
      @weeshooting0978 5 ปีที่แล้ว +188

      They were approaching Berlin and he couldn't handle seeing the true god

    • @Nugcon
      @Nugcon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Don't let the WSJ know about this, I don't want them to try to kill PewDiePie

    • @ghostarmy1106
      @ghostarmy1106 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      SO TRUE LET'S LEND LEASE SOME FOR OTHER NATIONS!

    • @mango_tgo8361
      @mango_tgo8361 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      8-Bit Raptor r/woooosh

  • @joculatrix
    @joculatrix 5 ปีที่แล้ว +285

    Oh, Simple History. You appear to have forgotten of the
    *BIG BOB*

    • @obamosbim839
      @obamosbim839 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      _Nobody can withstand the power of BIG BOB_

    • @youraverageuser7039
      @youraverageuser7039 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      time to go watch isorrows meme equiment only again

    • @joculatrix
      @joculatrix 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@youraverageuser7039 Only my 2,554th time!

    • @bobsempletank1222
      @bobsempletank1222 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      INDEED SUCH AN OVERSIGHT

  • @KemoTherapy69
    @KemoTherapy69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +217

    The reason why japan never invaded mainland Australia was because they were afraid that new zealand would supply Australia with bob semple tanks.

    • @soonlytaing1708
      @soonlytaing1708 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Nah, it was because the aussies have made an agreement and mobilized the emus

    • @written_and_recited
      @written_and_recited 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@soonlytaing1708 The Emus were in talks with the New Zealand government, they planned on buying 300 Bob Senple tanks to bolster their Emu infantry.

    • @nukclear2741
      @nukclear2741 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@written_and_recited I could’ve sworn that they only managed to get a hold of one. I mean, that’s all you’d need anyways.

    • @badpiggies988
      @badpiggies988 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eh, I think it was more because of the face-eating spiders and hair-follicle-eating maggots

  • @julesb6816
    @julesb6816 5 ปีที่แล้ว +423

    Its the best Tank in the world it had no combat losses.

    • @jontheno3213
      @jontheno3213 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      If so, then it’d Be on par with- wait hold on it’s got less destroyed than the Maus

    • @BadgerHunter95
      @BadgerHunter95 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Pootis Man the major advantage the bob semple had over the maus is that it could actually move.

    • @ShadowXII
      @ShadowXII 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Pootis - half the Maus tanks ever built were destroyed. Bob Semple = 0. Solid point!

    • @somenbwithabadhistoryteach5872
      @somenbwithabadhistoryteach5872 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ShadowXII ehht😄

    • @hunormagyar1843
      @hunormagyar1843 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Let's ignore the fact it fell apart before seeing the first enemy... XD

  • @baronofficial4279
    @baronofficial4279 5 ปีที่แล้ว +661

    You know the Bob Semple tank could destroy a Maus in just one hit? With the power of the mobile 80 cm cannon the Bob Semple tank can destroy any kind of tanks you could throw it in! Even planes were feared and murdered by the Bob semple tank, with its THICCC armor could even bounce a shell from the Schwerer Gustav, If you fire a shell at the Bob Semple tank then the shell would think twice before going to the Bob Semple tank, but instead the shell just returns to its rightful owners.

    • @TruthNerds
      @TruthNerds 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      The Bob Semple *could* destroy the Maus in one hit. (minimum drop height: 3000ft)

    • @somename105
      @somename105 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Bro your saying mad facts

    • @conordwyer1553
      @conordwyer1553 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The shell bounces of the bob semple and destroys the mere mortal who shot it

    • @GlitchedBlox
      @GlitchedBlox 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      T H I C C

    • @theguylivinginyourwalls
      @theguylivinginyourwalls 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Mr. Sauce
      M A X I M U M
      T H I C C

  • @Rakshasa1986
    @Rakshasa1986 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1579

    This is what happens when you do a science project and don't ask your parents for help.

    • @elitesturmgewehr8780
      @elitesturmgewehr8780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol no replies

    • @swampyrad7524
      @swampyrad7524 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Did you just post a reply to make fun of a comment that had no replies?

    • @ROBLOXGamingDavid
      @ROBLOXGamingDavid 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Parents... specifically Allies' help.
      (which was plausible since New Zealand is geographically isolated.)

    • @billclinton3862
      @billclinton3862 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shut up It could theoretically Could take out a king tiger from behind

    • @BiggisDickis
      @BiggisDickis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Scunt
      Are your parents siblings?

  • @matthewbalsinger3238
    @matthewbalsinger3238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I'm going to say it, this design is downright ingenious. Sure it was no match for other tanks of it's time, but it was making use of easily accessible materials around and thus could make those easily accessible materials into better defensive things than if you didn't have it.

    • @vincentking9980
      @vincentking9980 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As stated, it was intended to be a mobile strong point, which tells me that the general idea might have been to use these as "pill boxes", and move them from one position to another as required.

  • @outtolunch7437
    @outtolunch7437 5 ปีที่แล้ว +318

    4:17 Level 1 Crook
    4:23 Level 100 Boss
    That’s how Tanks work.

  • @dawidz3982
    @dawidz3982 5 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    Flex tape and metal sheets can create anything

    • @woableattack2990
      @woableattack2990 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      To prove the power of flex tape, I sawed this shed in half...

  • @du_nut_tuch_me4230
    @du_nut_tuch_me4230 4 ปีที่แล้ว +282

    *-It's time, to go.*
    *-Was I the Worst tank?*
    *-No, but I heard you were the best Tank*

    • @roxannepaine2600
      @roxannepaine2600 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      * Touch *

    • @ximumn2738
      @ximumn2738 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was never abandoned. The NZ government secretly installed cloaking devices on all of them

  • @christianZaal
    @christianZaal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Fun fact... When Britain declared war on Germany in WW1, New Zealand accidentally declared war 12 hours early. Because for some reason the entire government forgot to allow for the difference in timezones. Given the tense last minute negotiations between the major powers, it would have been super awkward if noone else had joined in.

  • @irwinsanchez2107
    @irwinsanchez2107 5 ปีที่แล้ว +301

    If ever aliens invade our world. I can sleep well knowing that we have Bob semple tank to defend us. The super weapon of the century.

    • @eriklindergren8755
      @eriklindergren8755 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Irwin Sanchez unfortunately they were considered too dangerous to actually be used, so they dismantled them after the UN banned them.

    • @ultranova3090
      @ultranova3090 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@eriklindergren8755 Nah bro, I got one in my garage. Hit me up when the aliens get out of area 51 and I'll be right there.

    • @ericsuarez368
      @ericsuarez368 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The aliens won’t bother invading. They’ll surrender and give us their planet

  • @rushbcyka460
    @rushbcyka460 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2242

    All I'm saying is that every country that New Zealand declared war on lost

    • @NZrailwayadventures
      @NZrailwayadventures 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      Not entirely correct because New Zealand participated in the Vietnam War

    • @brrrrrtenjoyer
      @brrrrrtenjoyer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +474

      @@NZrailwayadventures They didn't use Bob Semple tanks though. If they did, Vietnam would have been destroyed.

    • @rafifafkaralhafizh787
      @rafifafkaralhafizh787 3 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      @@brrrrrtenjoyer no, vietnam would literally became dust because of the semple tanks

    • @johnbrown9542
      @johnbrown9542 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      @@NZrailwayadventures ah but technically none of the Western allies in Vietnam declared war on North Vietnam!
      They were only there to defend South Vietnamese sovereignty and claimed North Vietnam was an illegitimate government and therefore didn’t exist and therefore they didn’t have to declare war on them
      So technically he’s still correct

    • @upsideown1755
      @upsideown1755 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      ​@@brrrrrtenjoyer they were banned under the Geneva Conventions by then. Article 65: no military force is to use Bob Semple tanks as their destructive power can result in mass civilian casualties.

  • @Chris-jw8vm
    @Chris-jw8vm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    5:26 honestly though if you where playing battlefield or something and you had the choice of trying to take out a proper tank or this you'd probably c4 the other one. That machinegun coverage and quantity would be enough to scare most unarmoured enemies shitless.
    As a versatile battle tank it obviously wasnt the best on the block but they made a fucking moving machinegun nest out of a tractor and it's awesome.

    • @slewone4905
      @slewone4905 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      My point. THis was not made to go against other tanks.

    • @JustinShaedo
      @JustinShaedo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      "moving machinegun nest" .... very nicely put.

    • @chrisgould101
      @chrisgould101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@slewone4905 obviously you never saw the infamous battle of kaiwaka where 2 bob semple tanks defeated 28 divisions

    • @ze5084
      @ze5084 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      so the Bob sample was basically the world's first IFV

  • @dramaking9559
    @dramaking9559 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    The tank was just to powerful. They knew giving it a actual tank cannon would of made New Zealand a true monster

    • @historynerdneiledits
      @historynerdneiledits 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes the only tank that could destroy the world not even1 abrams could touch it

  • @meart7838
    @meart7838 5 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    This tank would've absolutely destroyed the enemy, the japanese would have trembled in place and then be gunned down by the machine guns. They say that if this was made much earlier then it could've won the emu war, it is this powerful. Praise the bob semple tank.

    • @greenmountainhistory7335
      @greenmountainhistory7335 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      It’s also said the only reason the Japanese never invaded New Zealand is because of how deadly the Semple is

    • @sherry93175
      @sherry93175 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It's been rumored that the Japanese threw 5 Ha-Go tanks at 1 semple tank and all 5 Ha-Go were penetrated in thousands of possible angles.

    • @shaunwilliams3533
      @shaunwilliams3533 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We gotta make the Bob Semple tank cult!

    • @bustleague7451
      @bustleague7451 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@andrewchern9032 you are very correct

    • @cplpetergriffin1583
      @cplpetergriffin1583 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@andrewchern9032 IT WAS A JOKE DUDE. GOD YOUR HUMOR IS DRY

  • @Rainaman-
    @Rainaman- 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1329

    The original " *KILLDOZER* ".

    • @partypickle1012
      @partypickle1012 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Were the radiator hoses vulnerable on this tank too?

    • @sabredivision509
      @sabredivision509 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Count dankula

    • @isiahrodriguez64
      @isiahrodriguez64 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The kill dozer was much faster, had much more armor and could support vastly more weight. Had the killdozer been armed it could have easily exceeded the Semple’s firepower. To be fair though, Bob Semple had a much older platform to convert and there was only so much he could do.

    • @stealthybanana8751
      @stealthybanana8751 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      IsiahR the kill dozer was armed. his biggest weapon was a .50 caliber rifle, he just didn't use them to kill people but rather infrastructure.

    • @Je3perscre3pers
      @Je3perscre3pers 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Killdozer had a 50 BMG with armor piercing rounds ...... even the kill dozer was better than this. How sad

  • @PeterTurbo4
    @PeterTurbo4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1017

    What do you mean worst tank? The Allies wanted to give the Axis a fighting chance, that's why they never fielded it.

    • @oskarcarrasco6298
      @oskarcarrasco6298 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Really thin armour? No turret? Insanely big for a tank?

    • @froglover4203
      @froglover4203 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      @@oskarcarrasco6298 wooosh

    • @HD-zj7dy
      @HD-zj7dy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@oskarcarrasco6298 R/Whooooosh

    • @followerofteaandspice1815
      @followerofteaandspice1815 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@oskarcarrasco6298 r/WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSHHHH

    • @thunderthys2077
      @thunderthys2077 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@oskarcarrasco6298 wooosh

  • @xavier-ir6kf
    @xavier-ir6kf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Bob semple is the type of guy who finishes his project in one night

  • @kaungkaung2208
    @kaungkaung2208 4 ปีที่แล้ว +565

    "Worst Tank"
    I used that tank to conqueor poland and germany in HOI4 in 3 hours.... my man

    • @upstreamtoast3512
      @upstreamtoast3512 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      kaung kaung in that game is there more tanks

    • @nordicnostalgia8106
      @nordicnostalgia8106 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I think the stats for it is not accurate

    • @clashoclan3371
      @clashoclan3371 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@nordicnostalgia8106 true

    • @arnavvaidya3983
      @arnavvaidya3983 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@upstreamtoast3512swami samrth bavni

    • @hmaster4522
      @hmaster4522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Eh its Poland i believe it

  • @navinphom
    @navinphom 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1275

    Hiroshima and Nagasaki was actually a cover up and they actually dropped Bob simple tanks

    • @ROBLOXGamingDavid
      @ROBLOXGamingDavid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Semple tanks filled with nuclear explosive materials

    • @alanmaclaren4118
      @alanmaclaren4118 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @DavidRGD the bob semple was too fat (no offence) that it caused a nuclear explosion.

    • @sea_emperour346
      @sea_emperour346 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      DavidRGD This vid should be called the bob semple tank the best tank in the world

    • @sovietheart3883
      @sovietheart3883 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The 2 nukes were warcrimes and killed over 200.000 civilians!

    • @Chaching960
      @Chaching960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Soviet Heart tell that to the Japanese soldiers who ate Americans and I’m not joking

  • @savageassassin8548
    @savageassassin8548 5 ปีที่แล้ว +780

    the virgin panzer vs the chad semple

    • @fullzatochi2053
      @fullzatochi2053 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      SavageAssassin
      Megachad Big Bob

    • @heroninja1125
      @heroninja1125 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      the virgin panzer is now just the panzer after it met the semple tank

    • @Rainaman-
      @Rainaman- 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Chungus tank

    • @mattcarroll3469
      @mattcarroll3469 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And what would have you built with the materials at the time.......

    • @peterchung2262
      @peterchung2262 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      actually, unless your joke is being sarcastic, the stronger or cooler one would be the chad one

  • @MonkeyJedi99
    @MonkeyJedi99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    To give him credit, he did what he could with what he had available in time and budget. Given a better production base, more budget, and better lead time (or at least two of those three), lots of people could do better.

  • @johnerelmacahilig5912
    @johnerelmacahilig5912 5 ปีที่แล้ว +292

    Countries of modern MBT
    USA: M1A1 ABRAMS
    UK: Challenger tank
    Russia: T90 MS
    New Zealand: some old tractor

    • @bustarogers9990
      @bustarogers9990 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah and we suffered greatly, our sheep never listened to us until we had tanks to herd them with.

    • @splodium
      @splodium 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      John Erel Macahilig U.S equivalent - disston tractor tank 🤣🤣🤣

    • @shronkler1994
      @shronkler1994 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @MrStig691 lol haha

  • @ThisisBarris
    @ThisisBarris 5 ปีที่แล้ว +549

    It's kinda cute though.

    • @heavygruby4280
      @heavygruby4280 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      It makes me wet even though I am a man

    • @mikeoxsmal8022
      @mikeoxsmal8022 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@heavygruby4280 it is a femme tank so it isnt gay

    • @Fillyfishyy
      @Fillyfishyy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I'm straight but goddamn is the Bob semple tank hot

    • @michalpupek5731
      @michalpupek5731 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you serious?! It’s terrifying

    • @kukaoot6077
      @kukaoot6077 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      hot af

  • @Mr.Derpus
    @Mr.Derpus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    Nobody:
    Bob Semple:
    *Puts colourbond on a tractor*
    "Hey look at this tank lol"

  • @jansenart0
    @jansenart0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    8:00 It wasn't intended to be mass-produced and obviously Semple didn't think it could stand up to anything in the Pacific theatre. It was instead a mobile art installation, a sarcastic agreement with the Imperial Minister of War.

  • @censusgary
    @censusgary 4 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    The Bob Semple Tank doesn’t sound so dumb. It was based on using what New Zealand had, when nothing else was available. Way to go, Bob!

    • @jrobbin24
      @jrobbin24 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ahhh, the strong silent type himself

  • @jonathangerbino2621
    @jonathangerbino2621 5 ปีที่แล้ว +293

    I love how this tank is fan-favorited as a Magikarp

    • @dubuyajay9964
      @dubuyajay9964 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      You ever saw what a Magikarp evolves into?

    • @coledavis5212
      @coledavis5212 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Dubuya Jay
      Magikarp > Gyaradose
      Bob Semple > *BIG BOB*

    • @Kjajo
      @Kjajo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@coledavis5212 a HoI4 player i see

    • @landrylongacre6391
      @landrylongacre6391 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ExplodingHam I’m glad that Paradox decided to make the Big Bob a thing in Hoi4, they made our memes into a thing in game and it is beautiful.

    • @Marinealver
      @Marinealver 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Still waiting for the Killdozer tank made by Marvin Heemeyer.

  • @sennenlaing6639
    @sennenlaing6639 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1077

    *Italians create some of the worst tank designs in history*
    *Newzealand* Hold my old mount cider

    • @dubuyajay9964
      @dubuyajay9964 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      *Russian Tsar Tank* Hold my vodka.

    • @coledavis5212
      @coledavis5212 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Senjuice
      don’t forget not one Bob Semple tank was destroyed in the war

    • @dazwolfgramm6341
      @dazwolfgramm6341 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      if it was NZ today it would be:
      *_Hold my L&P._*

    • @TesseractPleiadesOrion
      @TesseractPleiadesOrion 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Old Mout

    • @dillionkoob2343
      @dillionkoob2343 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You dare diss the bob semple tank

  • @CobaltLancer
    @CobaltLancer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    *_Fun Fact:_* The Semple tank is actually the deadliest tank out there because won’t need to shoot to kill your enemies. It will kill them once it’s seen by making them laugh to death

    • @historynerdneiledits
      @historynerdneiledits 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do not understimate bob semple tank, if the semple had a 280mm cannon new zealand would to op

  • @yomemer5564
    @yomemer5564 5 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    who would win
    the entire japanese army during ww2
    or
    ONE WEAPONIZED TRACTOR

    • @fullzatochi2053
      @fullzatochi2053 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yo Memer
      One weaponized tractor with Canadian rifles

    • @hansthesauerkraut1533
      @hansthesauerkraut1533 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Dude even the Germans don’t stand a chance against this beast! And this is coming from a German.

    • @yomemer5564
      @yomemer5564 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@fullzatochi2053 Ross rifle? Isorrow?

    • @RandomPerson-jo7cw
      @RandomPerson-jo7cw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      One big tractor boi

    • @user-bw9jo2iz5s
      @user-bw9jo2iz5s 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Japanese Army

  • @littlemug8398
    @littlemug8398 5 ปีที่แล้ว +453

    It ain't much, but it's honest work.

  • @Cryptic_
    @Cryptic_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +318

    I mean everyone laughs at Bob Semple
    But he turned the New Zealand Railway Industry to produce a tank, with like the 0 Metal we Had
    Gotta Respect that lad

    • @sethdrake7551
      @sethdrake7551 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      They point out that it would lose to an enemy tank because it has no anti tank gun but earlier in the video they mention that New Zealand had *no available anti tank guns to mount*

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Bob Semple Tank would have been a good tank...
      ...during the American Revolution

    • @huyla1472
      @huyla1472 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@christiandauz3742 not confident it could stand up against artillery barrades either

  • @joemerino3243
    @joemerino3243 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Is it really fair, though, to compare a hastily-cobbled anti-infantry tank to even a light tank? The designer simply didn't have access to large anti-tank guns. This Semple tank could have been an excellent and very effective weapon in some of the pacific theater fighting, much of which was mass infantry charges against machine gun nests.

  • @thetoniotchannel1345
    @thetoniotchannel1345 5 ปีที่แล้ว +386

    Bob tank is worst tank
    -laughs in Italian Tank

    • @rivaraptor4277
      @rivaraptor4277 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      -Cries in Japanese tank

    • @thetoniotchannel1345
      @thetoniotchannel1345 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rivaraptor4277 that to

    • @vaper8793
      @vaper8793 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      laughs on horse with no armor at all

    • @jinglejangle3287
      @jinglejangle3287 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ah emh
      P40

    • @ibrahimb4422
      @ibrahimb4422 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@vaper8793 You obviously have never played Battlefield 1

  • @cptjackpl8690
    @cptjackpl8690 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1352

    A heavily armed tractor.

    • @FallenOwl-ts5ez
      @FallenOwl-ts5ez 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      CptJack PL reed my mind

    • @CarmineKar98K
      @CarmineKar98K 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The word "Heavily" might be a bit much here.

    • @TheNeXusCore9032
      @TheNeXusCore9032 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Now farmers can finally be feared. No need for scarecrows anymore!

    • @PowerSkiff12
      @PowerSkiff12 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "i have the power of god"

    • @StylesV13
      @StylesV13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      To be fair Japan has crap tanks for their own at the time. What NZ created was not so much a tank but a mobile machine gun nest. Not saying it was a war winner but it would damage a Japanese human wave attack.

  • @kuraes
    @kuraes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +309

    he did the best he could with the resources given and i can respect that.

  • @ChEkAlOtIcH3
    @ChEkAlOtIcH3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    As someone who loves scale modeling, I am still waiting for a well made scale model of this godly tank

    • @charlykoparabola7940
      @charlykoparabola7940 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      get into 3d printing and modelling and perhaps you could make one yourself!

  • @sanantoniomapper.745
    @sanantoniomapper.745 4 ปีที่แล้ว +458

    WHEN THE BOB SEMPLES ARRIVED, COMING DOWN FROM MOUNTAINSIDE, TURNING THE TIDE.

    • @iliadnetfear2586
      @iliadnetfear2586 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Special Ed-aton.

    • @thecatalyst6212
      @thecatalyst6212 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      king of seas Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine

    • @iliadnetfear2586
      @iliadnetfear2586 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@thecatalyst6212 "Terror" of the seas. Bismarck and the kriegsmarine.

    • @thecatalyst6212
      @thecatalyst6212 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@iliadnetfear2586 THANKS I WOULD DROWN BECAUSE THE ALLIES ARE ON MY HEEL

    • @iliadnetfear2586
      @iliadnetfear2586 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@thecatalyst6212 Happy to provide FIREPOWER! for the FIREFIGHT! Just doing my part.

  • @tf2664
    @tf2664 5 ปีที่แล้ว +507

    Umm I think you mean the best!

    • @mukhrizhelme
      @mukhrizhelme 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why this comment have 109 likes but with out any comments

    • @Spector_Cheese
      @Spector_Cheese 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      In meme ways

    • @Tyren.
      @Tyren. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mukhrizhelme its called "Time"

    • @NATHANOOOO
      @NATHANOOOO 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I commented this 2 hours earlier than you and got no likes

    • @laughtrack686
      @laughtrack686 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was about to say that.

  • @h4_opening
    @h4_opening 5 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    Glorious bob semple can protect my personal data ,no need for nord vpn

    • @mikael5544
      @mikael5544 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I got ya just give me your email and passwords😉

    • @fulcrum2951
      @fulcrum2951 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And bank information

  • @tysoncross3350
    @tysoncross3350 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    As a New Zealander I am proud of this creation 💯 , typical of us to chuck tracks on a shed and call it a day 🙌🏽

    • @Jebu911
      @Jebu911 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its good that NZ:s plan was just hope for the best for their defence. Didnt waste too much money on that pointless war.

  • @the_free_timer5011
    @the_free_timer5011 4 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    Imagine that you're just a simple tractor driver in New Zealand at this time and wake up one morning to find your bacon maker is a giant toaster with 6 guns in it

    • @yeetimusprime246
      @yeetimusprime246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Hands down, the best description for this abomination of steel and guns

  • @jmantime
    @jmantime 5 ปีที่แล้ว +216

    Actually New Zealand designed 2 other tanks before the Bob Semple , the Schofield 1 and Schofield II tanks were better designed and schofield 2 had 40mm 2pdr gun but they took to long to make 1 prototype so the new Zealanders went with the bob semple instead.
    The schfield tanks were finished by the end of 1940 but new zealand eventually got newer british and american tanks. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schofield_tank

    • @mikeoxsmal8022
      @mikeoxsmal8022 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi you make great videos

    • @tronerman
      @tronerman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Bob Semple in Girls Und Panzer when?

    • @jmantime
      @jmantime 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@tronerman i should draw that now,

    • @erockstoenescu6171
      @erockstoenescu6171 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Under-wear?

    • @homiespaghetti1522
      @homiespaghetti1522 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Didn't expect to see you here

  • @cookieusa1
    @cookieusa1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +433

    It’s kinda cute... In a weird tank-ish way.

    • @nobodyxdel2390
      @nobodyxdel2390 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Spartan Guy Gambit it's like it's trying to be as good as its tank brothers and sisters. Saying "I can be good too". This tank is the new Internet Explorer chan

    • @okosmark1060
      @okosmark1060 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tankophil

    • @bobsempletank
      @bobsempletank 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      on thx m8

    • @mikael5544
      @mikael5544 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bobsempletank imposter!

    • @bobsempletank
      @bobsempletank 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mikael5544 no u

  • @TURPEG
    @TURPEG 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fun fact: the reason why the Ratte is so large and heavy was to crush the bob semple tank, however during a 1944 test run a Ratte prototype tried to crush a captured bob semple, the bob semple caused the entire behemoth to spontaneously implode upon contact and the bob semple had no damage at all

  • @ribosome4054
    @ribosome4054 4 ปีที่แล้ว +407

    Alien 1 and 3: What about the Earth's forces?
    Alien 2: *looks at Bob Semple Tank*
    Alien 2: They have far surpassed us.
    edit: BTW, this comment is not original, im just here to say it

    • @BinksDilly
      @BinksDilly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lmao this is underated

    • @guizhenzou3722
      @guizhenzou3722 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      What about these elite tiger tanks?
      Oh don’t be ridiculous jerry the real enemy is that thing!

    • @Cbrmkn98xs
      @Cbrmkn98xs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@guizhenzou3722 but what about the Maus?
      *I said dont mind that jerry*

    • @madhie-kun8614
      @madhie-kun8614 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      *Laughs at dicker max*

  • @some_random_hachiroku6126
    @some_random_hachiroku6126 5 ปีที่แล้ว +277

    That's a weird way to spell Best

    • @hlkeck
      @hlkeck 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LMAO XD

    • @thekrieger2959
      @thekrieger2959 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Some_Random _Haciroku ikr

  • @masrendra8625
    @masrendra8625 5 ปีที่แล้ว +827

    *Top 5 tanks that can kill Thanos even with Infinity Gauntlet*

    • @albertoamoruso7711
      @albertoamoruso7711 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Which are the others?

    • @arisushimada8724
      @arisushimada8724 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      1- Bob semple
      2- M22 locust
      3- Tsar tank
      4- Panzer l
      5- MK.4

    • @albertoamoruso7711
      @albertoamoruso7711 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@arisushimada8724 Can't see the turret monster T-35

    • @dankesteevee1937
      @dankesteevee1937 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@arisushimada8724 I petition that the speedy boi ravager of high tier be moved down in favour of the big bob

    • @reinatr4848
      @reinatr4848 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @lovely brain toaster There were 3.

  • @oldirishcolectables9601
    @oldirishcolectables9601 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Bob Semple did very well with the resources he had. Take a look at the improvised tanks of The Spanish Civil War, and some of the monstosities produced in Eastern Europe by the ‘experts’. Britain, Germany and the USA had many very costly failures.
    Check out the improvised tanks in the Middle East today.

  • @sethdrake7551
    @sethdrake7551 4 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    Cant fault it for not having an anti tank gun *when there are no anti tank guns*

    • @chrisgould101
      @chrisgould101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The superior speed, ballistic capability, track design, and impenetrable armour of the bob semple makes any tremble

    • @reggiejackson1132
      @reggiejackson1132 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      why did it need anti tank guns when the enemy tanks are too scared to even consider pulling a fight against this battlefield sweeper, if this beast were sent to the ww2 european theatre im sure the germans would on their knees and wouldve begged for mercy, if it were sent to the ww2 pacific theatre then the japanese wouldve ditched their tradition of death before dishonor and surrendered the second they see the tank

  • @endergeneral4049
    @endergeneral4049 5 ปีที่แล้ว +331

    Don’t you dare insult the best tank ever made

    • @colonelcapatilism8461
      @colonelcapatilism8461 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ikr

    • @billyteflon1322
      @billyteflon1322 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Chauchat of armored warfare.

    • @colonelcapatilism8461
      @colonelcapatilism8461 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      indeed

    • @MiraSubieGirl
      @MiraSubieGirl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Have you seen what the NZ/Aussie troops did in Tobruk?
      I doubt Japan would have successfully landed. The Men down South are wild brave.
      And not to mention Maori's know 0 fear in combat and used to eat peoples tongues while they watched...
      Japan often mysteriously fears demons and devils, well if they kept going South they would have found them.

    • @havoc3742
      @havoc3742 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      *shittiest tank ever made

  • @theyeetman1817
    @theyeetman1817 5 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    Choose your weapon
    Gun
    Knife
    Tank
    Boat
    Tractor

  • @DeathByEric
    @DeathByEric 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    8:10 I love the sentiment: "well sure we made a complete piece of crap, but gosh darn it we tried!"

  • @deleteduser6230
    @deleteduser6230 5 ปีที่แล้ว +681

    ISP says otherwise

  • @BEASTMODEJR-xf5ky
    @BEASTMODEJR-xf5ky 5 ปีที่แล้ว +234

    I mean............
    We all made fun of tachanka but look where he is now.

    • @rileyrocks813
      @rileyrocks813 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      True. All hail Lord tachanka

    • @woodonfire7406
      @woodonfire7406 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      A horse driven carriage with a machine gun on it's back is way more effective than that.....“Tank"!

    • @Mr.Derpus
      @Mr.Derpus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I want the Lord chunky to shoot me with his mighty gun

    • @yoshikagekira4288
      @yoshikagekira4288 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tanchanka is op, if used correctly

    • @tactical_showcases4238
      @tactical_showcases4238 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hail lord tachanka

  • @randomuseronline7352
    @randomuseronline7352 5 ปีที่แล้ว +698

    Top 10 tanks stronger than the Maus

    • @hennysoerjono7874
      @hennysoerjono7874 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Abrahams

    • @Fred_the_1996
      @Fred_the_1996 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Stronger than the p1000 ratte

    • @LeoLaforestIII
      @LeoLaforestIII 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Number 6 :BT-5 This small tank can cross most bridges in Europe.

    • @arandompersonlol1202
      @arandompersonlol1202 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Panzer VI Tiger
      Sherman
      I could go on forever.

    • @MothaLuva
      @MothaLuva 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Capitão Explosão 2 Ratte

  • @POTUSJimmyCarter
    @POTUSJimmyCarter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    New Zealand Home Guard: "can you believe the government expects us to use tanks made out of sheet metal and tractors?"
    British Home Guard, leaning against his pike: "Wait you guys get tanks?"

    • @poyloos4834
      @poyloos4834 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Colonel Montmorency: “wait, so you get not one, but *six* bren guns?!”

  • @lucasb8952
    @lucasb8952 5 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    I hear ISP screaming in the background

  • @Toxin_Glitch
    @Toxin_Glitch 5 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    Germans: What is that tank doing?
    Japanese: its best

  • @calcium747
    @calcium747 5 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    OK so I need you address , simple history so I can come over and delete this video , followed by a quick re-upload with it being 10 seconds long with this scrip: "THE BOB SEMPLE TANK WAS AN AMAZING TANK AND IT WAS THE REASON THE JAPANESE DID NOT PLAN TO INVADE NEW ZEALAND THANKS FOR YOUR TIME!"

    • @williamknight5691
      @williamknight5691 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Preach it you intelligent animal

    • @JustBreathe436
      @JustBreathe436 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Or u can just ask for their account

    • @_4025
      @_4025 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      tries hard not to get wooshed

    • @NimProductions
      @NimProductions 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I unsubscribed

  • @IARRCSim
    @IARRCSim 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I wonder if Marvin Heemeyer's improvised tank that he made from a bulldozer could beat a Bob Semple Tank. Marvin's armored vehicle had some really good armor.

    • @mplewp
      @mplewp 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      God i hope killdoser is in a museum somewhere xD. Waiting .........

  • @brvhfvnny
    @brvhfvnny 5 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    You can destroy 200 Tigers with that tank in wartime and in peacetime you can farm and defend yourself against immortal emus with it.

    • @bobsempletank
      @bobsempletank 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol

    • @brvhfvnny
      @brvhfvnny 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @БДЯЄTH How could I forget the most important event in the human and emu history

  • @lxghtbrxnger666
    @lxghtbrxnger666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +641

    30,000 German tanks destroyed, 120000 Soviet tanks destroyed, 4000 American tanks destroyed, 40000 British tanks destroyed, 0 Bob semples destroyed.
    I think I know who makes the best tanks (I'm a kiwi btw so some bias)

    • @the_bane_of_all_anti_furry
      @the_bane_of_all_anti_furry 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      you don't know you are joking about dead people?

    • @lxghtbrxnger666
      @lxghtbrxnger666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@the_bane_of_all_anti_furry and everyone else posting this comment isn't?

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      tank suicide by breakdown doesn't count?

    • @DefinitelyNotAnAddict
      @DefinitelyNotAnAddict 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@the_bane_of_all_anti_furry it's called a joke.

    • @catalintimofti1117
      @catalintimofti1117 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you a fruit ??

  • @thorbelinhotv2993
    @thorbelinhotv2993 5 ปีที่แล้ว +522

    The worst tank ever build?
    *TSAR TANK INTENSIFIES*

    • @Disabledesk
      @Disabledesk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That was a project of bike, so Tsar could play with the balcans

    • @lslsfm4543
      @lslsfm4543 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh shid

    • @iyunganam3885
      @iyunganam3885 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The Ferdinand has entered the chat

    • @oyubaatcantina
      @oyubaatcantina 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Tsar Tank looked so awesome and so scary looking, only to realize that the huge wheels could be blown off easily.

    • @slewone4905
      @slewone4905 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      for it's time. The Russians should still win for WW2. They built a land ship. It was destroyed from it's own weight. DOn't remember what it was called.