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@@ryleeculla5570 yes thats ridiculous amount pf armour for the speed and manuerability of Cromwell! The Turret front an dgun mantlet might have high armour but the rest was not that good!
Now that you've talked about the US, Germany, Russia and Britain, I think the next video of this kind should discuss the evolution of either French or Japanese tanks.
Their tanks were small and used mostly to defend sectors. An FT17 could not take on a A7V tank, like it took 3 whippet (MKIV) tanks to stop the Germans at Amien. The French Char 2c behemoth was never properly fielded. And most Japanese tanks were in the jungles of Burma and based in Okinawa or China. Best tanks of 20th century are German, British, US, Soviet as they were all fielded in large battles
“The tank was originally invented to clear the way for the infantry in the teeth of machine gun fire. Now it is the infantry who will have to clear a way for the tanks.” Winston Churchill
Yeah, it was not reliable. It was made to break barbed wire and shield our lads, but when the Brits were tasked with navigating towards German MG nests while surrounded by 12ft craters, we got maimed, the french had our tanks and their southern front was not so much a bloodbath at the Somme. Our tanks got stuck in the mud and even got swallowed
@@Leif20me Tanks exist since Antiquity (specially arab empires), tanks with mounted gunpowder guns since chinese medieval wars, steel tanks since english WWI British as always can assemble things but theirs design su**s 😣
Now that you've covered most of the main players in armored warfare, I think French tank design would be a good one to discuss. While they've had similar difficulties as the British in implementing tank design, they have also been a catalyst in tank development since the Interwar period. While they have definitely had some wacky designs, they also pushed into common practice the standard tank layout, seen to this day.
@@stefanobonaiuti8243 I think French tanks would be more interesting because the jumps between WW1, the shortcoming of WW2, and the post war acceleration of tech adoption of post war autoloaders and oscillating turrets
@@Black-Sun_Kaiser yeah but still, Japanese tanks fulfilled their purpose in supporting infantry since their primary focus is Naval warfare. Compared to the Italian tanks that as we all know, is just a joke.
Our American troops loved your Centurions during the Korean War. They could give combat support on nearly any terrain even in the mountains, and almost every encounter between your giants and the T34s was a death sentence for the Commies (at least one encounter was described as "a single shot dismantling", meaning the T34 was blown to scrap metal). It's no wonder those awesome tanks still serve worldwide, they're among the greatest ever made by any country. Thanks for helping us save South Korea, greetings from the US! 🇺🇸👍🇬🇧🇰🇷
Just a Note, Chally wasn’t an evolution of Chieftain, the two are separate designs sharing a main gun. Chally has different suspension, sights, armour, secondary armament, hull, chassis, and engine. And Challenger 1 was found to be one of the most reliable tanks in the desert, not the least. As for Challenger 2, it does not feature the same gun as Challenger 1, the 120mm L11A1 rifle, it instead features the improved L30A1 rifle with a 2 part breech block and an improved firing mechanism that reduces failures and the breech allows for far higher pressures. Challenger 2 was not found to fail its initial tests, but rather went through extensive testing to ensure the crews liked it and the designers got feedback, such as the installation of a 1x periscope for the gunner.
Challenger is indeed essentially an evolution of Chieftain. Challenger traces its roots back to when it was named Shir 2 intended for use with the Iranian army to replace their chieftains however due to the Iranian revolution putting an end to the order and British MBT 80 running hopelessly over budget with not even a prototype design finalized it was decided that Royal ordinance’s FV4034 would be slightly reworked and pressed into service under the name “challenger”
9:15 Fun Fact. The Matilda II also supported a 3 Inch Howitzer in some conversions. Mainly used by the Australian Army during the Pacific Campaign due to how close quarters the combat was at times.
I love the Churchill and Centurion tanks. Nice to see them covered in one of your videos. How about a video that focuses on New Zealands, Australian and Canadian tank and armored vehicle designs.
He should have mentioned what the Centurions did in Korea. They blasted the living sh*t out of the Communist T34s, at least one encounter between the Soviet-built icon and Britain's then-modern titan was described by witnesses as a "Single shot dismantling". American troops loved working with the Centurion forces not only for their amazing firepower, but because it was one of the few large tanks that performed well in steep hilly or mountainous terrain. The Brits literally changed warfare when those armored giants rolled into service.
This is absolutely STELLAR! Massive props for citing your sources, the nods to bovington with Mr Fletcher and the info board, and crediting the Czechs for the BESA. I can tell I’m gonna spend a lot of time very soon binging your other videos! ..I was about to post this and the kiwi came up, I love the sense of humour you guys have, it’s so fitting!
I personally would love to see a tank evolution video done on Italian tanks. As they not only do I find their armored history the most fascinating, but is also among the most underdiscussed of the major players of WW2
@@alexanderzippel8809 hopefully he brings mention to it, this since it's not technically a tank it likley won't be mentioned, Tho I do really hope to see some mention of the OF-40 tanks, as well as their most recent modernization program for the Ariete
*STOP!* ...... Hammer-Time!!! 😳🥴😆 👍 -Little "Easter-Egg" bits like these showing up in these videos never fail to crack me up. I love the history-information provided by these videos as is, but those random pop-culture-reference additions are the cherries on top.
I'd like to see a video about Czechoslovakia and Munich Agreement. Czechoslovakia had a great army at the time, but didn't fight Germany. I personaly think, it would be interesting to see :D
More details on the revolutionary design of British tanks would have been good, such as chobham armour and the black night late life extension on challenger 2.
I would like to see the evolution of the tanks of the Imperial Japanese Army, and, even if they are few, I would like to see how they have improved, or worsened.
@@FriendlyMexican2005 think he’s referring to the type 10, latest MBT of Japan. Proper beauty, also probably the most technologically advanced tank in existence
@@alexradford5446 With ingenuity and technology great things can be done, and a tank is no exception, I would like to see how it can be maneuvered during a battle.
Fun fact: At 13:48 on the TV it shows an image of what I believe to be the remains of the cockpit and frontal section of Pan Am flight 103 after it crashed after a terrorist bombing. This incident is known as the Lockerbie Bombing due to well, it exploding above Lockerbie.
Personally, I'd like to see the evolution of German tank destroyers, recon vehicles, SPGs, and/or anti-air vehicles. Other than that the tank development of some minor powers might be interesting.
There’s a bunch of unusual tanks that have been covered by the ‘simple history’ channel. There were a few laughable designs in Russia during World War I, and New Zealand attempted to make a World War II tank that was really just a machine gun box on top of a caterpillar tractor. Maybe a video covering all these weird designs would be good.
I was literally just thinking yesterday “I haven’t seen anything from the armchair historian in a while. And then I wake up to this videos notification.”
i was just waitibg for anothher evolution video. I must thank you for your videos, as well as i must thank the armchair historian team. I adore you all
Love the video. Like evolutions of French or Japanese tanks. Or if possible, of other vehicle classes. Like infantry fighting vehicles or self propelled guns, from Germany or Soviet Union.
Some additional information. The Cromwell used a few different guns, the 75/76mm gun was found to be a sweet spot between firepower against tanks and infantry as well as fortifications. The Matilda also earned the nickname "Queen of the Desert" and was essentially the opposite of the Crusader in that regard (the latter as mentioned being rather hated) The Churchill tank actually breaks naming convention as names starting with "C" were reserved for cruiser tanks. But I'd like to believe that Churchill himself with his big ego demanded that this block of steel on tracks be named after him and his steel head.
What happened to showing the hard to kill Churchill Heavy tank, it problem was a main armament that was too small for fighting German tanks, plus we also took the US Sherman and added a larger gun creating the Firefly.
I would consider the French tanks to be next please I'm not French but I would love to see the French next ,thanks a lot for talking about the British I really loved the video thanks the Armchair Historian I really appreciate it thanks .
Can we have a video on Israeli tank history? They may not have produced many domestically but they have sported a wide variety over the years often upgradeding them beyond what would be deemed possible or sensible
I love the sound effects of a movie projector. It reminds me of growing up in the 1950's when we would watch our home movies with our projector. We would set up our screen, (it operated like a window shade mounted on a tripod. It kept clean in its container and was unrolled and held in place with an extension on the tripod). We would then place our projector on a wooden chair to keep it stable and set the focus. We not only had movies that we took ourselves, but also a hand full of pre-recoded films like cartoons or stop motion movies. Fun memories, Thanks. As to what tanks I would like to see, the "Funnies" of WWII. These are the ones made to clear minefields, or provide bridges, etc.
Tej: Ah guys we have to come up with another plan… they have a tank! Roman: I’m sorry did you said they have a tank? What’s plan B? Tej: Plan B? We need a plan C,D,E, we need more alphabets!
there'a good chunk wrong or missing from this, the whippet wasn't even mentioned or the independent, covenanter, tortoise, firefly, archer, excelsior, and an unknown number of variants of vehicles, mark 1-8, crumwells with 6pdrs and howitzers, churchills with 2pdrs, 75mms, howitzers and mortars, the black prince with a 17pdr, valentines with 6pdrs, 75mms, the centurion which didn't even mention the 105mm or 165mm versions.
Great Video! I'd love to see you profile both the Israeli Merkava tank development history as well as the brilliantly innovative hyro-pneumatic suspension system the French developed for their tanks that was later used in the Citroen DS.
Early to Cold War tank designs were so fun, it was all experimental, seeing what worked and what didn’t. Unique designs like stuff like the Germans WaffenTräger or Britain’s FV4005. Now adays everything is just 120mm or 105mm
It would have Been pretty nice to see hoe some British tanks were modified in certain countries (eventhough the video would have been longer) like the Israeli sho't series of tanks to the lesser known variants like the jordanian Khalid or Al hussaini.
well, the Mathilda II and the Valentine where both made for the same contract, but they ended up just agreeing for both of them because of the desperate need for tanks of the early war periot
