World War Two's most common tank
Added 2023-08-02 15:38:20 +0000 UTCNot a great click-bait title, is it? Should it have been "The tank that gave Hitler nightmares!" instead? Not really my style.
Anyway, for those of you who like tanks: tanks! Specifically LOTS of tanks.
Comments
Marvellous video! My compliments.
Luc Drouin
2023-09-21 03:45:41 +0000 UTCTo be fair the vast majority of British tanks of WW2 had the same engine and transmission to the rear as well. The first British tanks with that feature seem to be the Vickers A1E1 Independent and the Medium Mk.III of roughly the same time and these are often said to have influenced the Russians even before they got their hands on Christie's design.
2023-08-02 16:53:11 +0000 UTCHole-y mall-y. You were in Poland. Warsaw even. Nice ain't it?
Bartosz Błaszkiewicz
2023-08-02 16:28:22 +0000 UTCFor all of the kludges and half-measures, two things that the Russians got absolutely correct with the T34 were the shape of the frontal armor and the engine/transmission/drive entirely in the rear. Two angled plates in front with no or minimal shot traps with the turret: no flat surfaces to penetrate and simple construction which was very adaptable to welding. The all-rear engine of course made the tank a bear to drive with dodgy linkages, but it kept the tank's stature much shorter than that of the Sherman. EVERYONE steadily adopted those design principles over time, and even the tanks that diverge from it like the Merkava keep to a similar idea (engine/transmission together, but in the front instead of the rear). There is a certain brilliance in design that must accompany cheaply made items if they are to be effective, and the T34 had that in spades.
Adam Schindler
2023-08-02 16:07:08 +0000 UTC
