America's Rocket Tank Quartet - And what went wrong 

What are you talking about 4.5 inch is pretty average, also m8 had a great personality

The T31 looks like something out of the 40k universe.

I remember reading that some crews moved the support arm of the Calliope to the mantlet - you lose range of elevation, but you could fire the gun. I have no idea if it was actually true, though, or just an idea someone had. They didnt seem to see enough service for those sort of field mods.

Hadnt realised that the Calliope fitting made the main gun inoperable.. 😮

Special mention to the Matilda Hedghog, literally a Matilda with a hedghog anti-submarine launcher mounted on it, developed by the Australians, apparently it didnt just pass trial, they were bloody impressed with it. Just one issue, the war ended xD

I love all the random little vehicles running around. It looks super fun to run around Aberdeen proving ground trying to break stuff.

That little car merrily bouncing @ 0:50 got me interested. As soon as I notice it, my mind began redesigning a modern version of the vehicle

Irony is that the main selling point of using M8 rockets as bunker-busters was that they were "cheaper" than 105mm shells while similarly powerful. Then they go about using them as inefficiently as possible, ensuring any savings are negated and then some. Sure, an M8 rocket costs much less to produce in the USA than a 105mm HE shell. The fuse of the shell arguably costs more than the whole M8 rocket. Now consider how many more M8 rockets were needed to achieve the effect of a single well-aimed 105mm shell? An M4 Sherman with a 105mm gun could take out a bunker in around two or three shots. How many M8 rockets fired a T34 did it take to be sure the same bunker was indeed hit? Let's be generous and say 20. That is still six or more M8 rockets per 105mm shell. Now think. How much chemical explosive filler is in each M8 versus each 105mm shell? About the same, so you are expending six or more times the chemical explosive now. How much more space does six more M8 rockets occupy in storage? How much more space on a transport ship? How much space on a truck? All these rockets have to get to the same battlefields as the 105mm shells, but you need six times more ships, trucks, and storage space to handle them. Suddenly, the M8 is not so cost-effective as a bunker buster. Imagine what could have been if someone had just committed M8 earlier to being a substitute for artillery in area fire from the start, using cheaper mounts and all to make the most of the M8?

Reminds me of Japan’s anti tank missile series, the dedicated launcher (type 60 ATM), the launcher on the jeep, and the very peculiar looking M24 ATM

That T-31 needs some. Holy water!

i have watched a handful of your videos this week cuz i just found you and the “4.5 inches is below average, as we all know” joke was hilarious enough for me to sub! hahaha excited to watch more keep it up!

Awesome you opened it with Kelly's Heroes, best tank movie ever, woof woof woof! 😂

Love the quality of ur videos man, keep up the good work..

I love this

8:38 // i Think the Russian TOS-1 is a Better Example, Standard T-72 Chassis With Turret Replaced by 30x 220mm Thermobaric or Incendiary-High Explosive Rockets. Although Russians Qualify it as a Heavy Flamethrower.....

Love the channel. Great content

Always a good day when u post :D

you always bring us joy, hope you reach 50k soon

I see you using Kelly’s Hero’s as footage, you made my day better sir

I was hoping to see something different when "rocket tank" was mentioned but this will do very well

As an American I can confirm that we *love* explosions.

I keep coming back to this video to look at that beautiful T2

YASSSSS MORE VIDEO LET'S GOOO

Honorable mention to the Magach 6R with the Hydra rockets (recently added to War Thunder). Obviously not done by the Americans, but it was done on an American tank!

While shorter ranged and less accurate rockets are a great way to deliver high explosives somewhere. First since they don’t have to survive the shock of being fired from a gun they don’t need as thick a casing so they can carry more explosives than an equivalent size shell. Second they have little to no recoil so it’s relatively easy to mount them on even light vehicles as they don’t need the recoil compensating systems that cannon or even mortars do. Third they can really suppress the target even if they don’t destroy it. The shriek made by katyusha and nebelwerfers rockets is legendary as “Stalin’s Organ” and “Screaming Mimis” respectively. And that’s not even counting the concussion from a bunch of the things hitting all around.

A channel dedicated to tanks and information about them? Damn guess i’ll have to binge watch this

I feel like the consept could still work especially with the recent push for light tanks like the Griffin having some more anti tank fire power could prove useful.

what are you talking about 4.5 inches is huge for a rocket. i always heard 3 inches was average...

They tried to use rockets as the main weapon on the Sheridan too.

I've read in a book about the m8 greyhound that they planned to put rockets on them on a prototype named the "Armored Chemical Car T30". Unfortunately I can't find a lot of information online about it and there are 0 photos of it, and the development of the vehicle never really went anywhere.

The T-2 looks like some random prediction from 1950 of what tanks would look like in the year 20000.

There also was a Sherman with the T99 launcher

God bless America for giving us tank mounted rockets. I also think the Bradley is some sort of spiritual successor to this concept.

You missed the Canadian Staghound armoured car with typhoon rockets

The Russian version was used in large batteries and made a unique, chilling sound so even if they didn't hit the target, the psychological effects on the enemy must have been terrifying

"But 4.5 inches, as we all know, is pretty average."

Rocket works once. America : GIMME 600000

4.5 inches is way above average, what are you on about?

Well...its not about how big or small your rocket is, its about how you use it.

I did not expect the dick joke, but I appreciate it immensely! XD Excellent work as always ^_^

So the Caliope couldn't fire the main gun? Did I understand that correctly?

Grandfathers of the modern Steel Rain.

i can only imagine the t-26’s turret turring into apllo 13 after the rockets exploded 💀

Man I remember using Calliope in Company of Heroes. Good times

The problem with this idea is that it made them priority targets for German AT guns, Panzers and of course infantry with Panzerfausts.

I LOVE playing the calliope in war thunder, its my main tank

Panzerwerfer next? 👀

I think 4.5 inches is really big actually

Peestol, pew, rocket gone.

E T 31….Phone Home.

6:54 bro why the tank flyin

PLEASEEE A VID ON IS4M(object 701) i beg you

I was watching this while playing War Thunder, and I came across an M26 T99 while listening! Also, I've seen several reports that the T31 instead had a 105mm howitzer as opposed to the dummy 75mm gun. Is this just a misinterpretation?

All it needs is a bayonet on the main barrel!

The germans used a sdkfz 251hanomag with 6 rocket launchers

What is the vehicle at 0:56?

👍👍👍❤❤❤

That 4.5 being under average….

So basically the calliope in war thunder is inaccurate? Because in game you can use the tank like a normal Sherman, while also being able to fire annoying amounts of rockets. *Time to leak some documents.*

If anything 4,5 inches is too big [that one german guy with misfortune to meet calliope].

Calliope is the name of a Greek Goddess

4:31 210 meters = 688.9764 feet

Russia: keep it simple mount on truck. USA: MAKE IT KOMPLICATED

i had to screen record the "4.5 inches is a little below average" XD

Gaijin when

0:50 is this gmod

Im not trying to be rude, but "Kayusha" is pronounced Katyusha. The T isnt silent

Isn't 4.5 inches roughly 114.3 mm? A 105 mm shell would be 4.13 inches.

Why arena those in world of tanks lol

Isn't it quite dangerous to have a punch of rockets mounted on your turret?

4:10 😔 5:28 😏😏😏

Nothing went wrong but things just went better else where…. guided missiles etc etc

I first saw the t31 in a cursed rhythm thief video and didn't even know what it was. Now I know.

T-31 needs to be in War thunder

9000 ge is too much for this sherman

Ok

i still do think the strumtiger is better T H I C C gun

That 12° of depression sounds like an excellent way to end my 12° of depression

Love the penis joke veeeery close to 4:20

The whole idea of mounting rocket launchers on tanks was dumb at the time. The Russians got it right by mounting them on cheap trucks and using them in mass as artillery.

4:13

My favourite rocket tank is the British “Tulip” Sherman, I don’t know why

Literally nothing went wrong

🤨SMH, 4.5 is a healthy average. Stop imposing your idealist propaganda.

6:54 Is that a shot from Despicable Me? 😆😆😆

Electrically, not electronically. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronics