Evolution of American Tanks | Animated History
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"What does the M stand for in all your armaments?" MERICAN
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Allies: “Hey America, can I get a couple of tanks” America: “Sherman”
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My dad was a tank commander with his M1A2 SEP V2 for about 10 years, he loved his steel (and uranium) beast. He has drawings of it and pictures of him and his crew all over his man cave, he tells me how much he misses it a lot even though he had seen quite a lot of terrible things when he was deployed to Bosnia as a peacekeeper. The bond he formed with his crew was unbreakable and still is. I will be following in his footsteps as a M1A2 Abrams crewmen soon.
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What I find funny about American tanks is that in most videos about them, you don’t hear about their tanks being at so many faults, like their engines having very many breakdowns, fires, and whatnot. They didn’t need some crazy large prototype tank to teach them that bigger isn’t better. They almost had the perfect tank-engineering mindset, “Not too big, not too small” and their main cannons really weren’t all that bad. Really is cool to think abt
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Ww2 American tanks in a nutshell: Same tank Bigger Gun
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Americans dealing with other allies during the second world wars “You get a Sherman and you get a Sherman and you also get a Sherman. Everyone gets a Sherman.”
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19:12 Hold up! The 120mm gun has added with the M1A1, not the M1A2. The M1 and M1IP Abrams were equipped with the 105mm gun. But the M1A1, which started rolling out of the factory in 1985, was equipped with the 120mm gun. The M1A2 improved the armor and added an independent thermal sight for the commander.
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I was in a tank battalion and got to see them Abrams do a gunnery, just a couple of tanks rolling up the hill shooting stuff up. Pretty cool.
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the fact that the Abrams can use more than one type of fuel (even marine Diesel), is lowkey one of its biggest strengths in a everday combat situations. meaning in a real conventional war, fuel will be alot easier to come by.
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America in WW1: Hey Britain, can we get some of your tanks? America in WW2: Hey Britain, I have Sherman tanks if you want them.
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I love the Abrams design... sexiest tank ever IMO.
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Correction on the M4A1 Sherman. The US still had the MG cult in their mind at the time when they started to produce the very early M4A1 Sherman’s. They had a total of 4 .30 cals and 1 .50 cal on the roof. 3 of the .30 cals were in the hull and 2 were manned by the driver himself while the other was manned by the assistant driver and the 4th one was a coax in the turret. A very wonderful example is the M4A1 at Bovington where its named Michael
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The cult of the machine gun was a hell of a time for tanks
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It never surprised me that the Americans fell in love with tank technology, the way that they did. From the dawn of the automotive industry, Americans have just always seemed to be in love with constantly building "bigger and better machines," even if they weren't needed. It's an American addiction, that persists to this day, to be honest.
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Skipped over my favorite WWII tank, the M24 Chaffee :( I served as an officer in a Tank Company in the 1st Armored Division and we had M1A2 Abrams, but in WWII, my Company was equipped with the M24 Chaffee. In fact I was promoted to Captain in front of a WWII M24 Chaffee. Would've loved to see that tank in the video.
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8:37 The M5 is looking hella thicc 🥵
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Imagine dropping an Abrams tank on to ww1 trenches... Its speed alone would make jaws drop
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New Zealand’s tank evolution on the other hand, is just one massive growth spurt.
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14:00 You can see one of the surviving M-26's from the battle of Remagen in the Wright WW2 Museum located in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire (USA). The tank can still be driven and if you are lucky enough, sit in the crew compartment. Along with the display, you can see how large the shells the 90mm cannon uses. They also have a few other tanks, and combat vehicles at the museum with many other things. It's a cool place to go to if you get the chance.
