How The Tank Became King Of The Battlefield | Our History

It’s a cycle, like rock/paper/scissors. The next iteration may be ‘combined arms’ swarms of aerial and terrestrial drones, operated remotely. The review was thorough. I enjoyed watching it.

The field artillery will forever and will always remain the title THE KING OF BATTLE!.

June 23-29, 1941 - the largest tank battle of the initial stage of the German-Soviet War and one of the greatest tank battles of World War II (also known as the Battle of Dubno, the Battle of Dubno-Lutsk-Brody, Ukraine), between the 1st Panzer Group of the Wehrmacht Army Group "South" and the Soviet mechanized corps of the South-Western Front. took place in June 1941. Up to 4,000 tanks took part in the battle on both sides. On the Soviet side, 3,128 tanks of all types were involved in the battle, from light BT and T-26 to modernized KV-2 and T-34, of which there were more than 800 units. On the German side - about 800 tanks and ACS, of which 450 tanks Pz.III and Pz.IV.

The tank was invented and first manufactured in my home town of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. I was born in Lincoln and I think that had a large part to play in it too. I think they were made at Marshall's in Gainsborough if memory serves

watching these videos always open my mind on how things really are back then. Really loved your videos

My favourite story of the WW1 ‘TANK’ is just how they got their name. The official name of these first vehicles was ‘Land Ships’. The first contract to manufacture them was issued to the Foster Company in Lincoln England. Fosters who normally made agricultural machines were told to invent a cover story if anyone asks about them. A visitor to the factory asked “What are those big things that look like water tanks?”. Thinking on his feet an engineer explained that they were to carry water to the front lines. Even when the Land Ships arrived in France the paper work called them water tanks and so the name stuck

Wow the shaped charge test was a real eye-opener for me.

Am i wrong by saying that the light and open Egyptian chariots where not the tanks of its days, but more like self-propelled artilley ?

Drones are the ak-47 of my generation

You people forgot to mention the true live tanks of the ancient world. The war elephants! We Indians started using them atleast a 1000 years before Hannibal famously crossed Alps with his elephants....

The soldier said that an urban environment is the most dangerous place to operate a tank. Surely operating a tank on the surface of the sun would be more dangerous.

I really wish docos would not repeat myths lile the T34 being the first tank with sloping armor.

Those 88's are awesome

Russell Crowe a professor of history? Who knew...

Slopped armor wasnt revolutionary on the T34 but had been on tanks years before. The germans were also well aware of the concept but at the time thought the trade offs to internal space and production werent worth it and opted for just thicker plates instead. They were also not taken by surprise by the T34 of which over 30 participated in the first tank battle of operation barbarossa and they were all destroyed. At the time the germans were way more wary of the KV1 which they saw as a much bigger threat. Edit: Armor slopping hardly increases the effectiveness of modern composite armor. Its already several hundreds of mm thick and can reach over a metre in thickness in cases. Best modern day example would be the Leopard 2 which got a completely flat turret front. With the A5 version a pike was added but thats just spaced armor and hollow.

Didn't even mention the Sherman

They forgot the war elephant, in Asia people actually straps cannon on elephant

The English of the mans in these comments Thanks for the great little documentary

I have to wonder who's behind many of the more professional channels like this one here *?

Me gusta la unidad que el soldado va con la metradora y esta protegido po r lamina como escudo