Firepower - Battle Tanks (Part 1/3)

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Even in the face of precision guided missiles, tanks have continued to dominate the battlefield. Todays battle tanks are high-technology war machines, with everything from depleted-uranium armor to computer-aimed guns. Take a look at today's most potent main battle tanks from around the world: the sleek American M1 Abrams, the British Challenger, the French Leclerc, and the German Leopard 2.
In this documentary, part of the Firepower video series that aired on the Discovery Channel, design experts talk about their newest designs for battle tanks.
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@EsuDalyvis 13 лет назад

@OlderG0ds It rates. Gunner has thermal sights, stabilised gun, fire controls with lead-computing and target tracking. Commander has thermal sights on a small CRT screen (cheap and works). PNK-4CR rig on his traversable cupola allowing to override the gunner, independant thermal imaging and wield the AA machine gun buttoned-up. Shtora APS gives imunity to ATGMs, and detect foe laser rangefinding. Driver operates an EMP generator to destroy magnetic mines in the front. This is standard T-90

@daniel_lucio 3 года назад

I still have this documentary purchased in VHS format back in 90's, I never thought it was a Discovery show. For those who ask about the T90, well, IMHO, at that time american cable tv documentaries were very biased.

@chriscxd 13 лет назад

look at 2:06 and see how the gun barrel is kept still while the tank is bumping like crazy. amazing machine

@DREwestcoast 13 лет назад

the Leclerc uses diesel engine, rolls as fast as the M1, and is a very modern machine, enough said.

@RyanRyzzo 13 лет назад

@mba2ceo A tank is a mobile gun platform, which can go faster to a location than infantry. It is designed to destroy other heavy vehicles. Airforce - pummel Armour - punch through Infantry - hold and occupy Everything is connected until universal vehicles are developed. There are none in sight, yet.

@thenoobfactor 11 лет назад

Modern Russian tanks have not been in many engagements with the exception of that colossal fuckup in Chechnya (which is not the fault of the T80s or the crews, but rather the stupid idea to send them unsupported into a hostile city). While the Abrams and challenger 2 have been in battles that rank among the largest in history.

@OlderG0ds 13 лет назад

@EliteGhost001 "In 1969 the project (MBT-70) was well over budget and the Germans withdrew from the effort, developing a new main battle tank on their own instead. In the US the development continued for a short time, until in 1971 the Congress cancelled the programme. The MBT-70 is the "grandfather" of the Leopard 2 and the M1 Abrams, the current main battle tanks of both countries." There you go, Germans pulled out first.

@Twiggy163 13 лет назад

@OlderG0ds you'd be amazed how full of tech the T-90 is. But this program is made by the USA. The US thinks its M1 is so amazing while they didn't even came up with the entire design. They took what's left from their cooperation with Germany to create a futuristic tank and then they made that into the M1. Only to be stunned by it fuel hunger. Later it even adopted the Leopard's gun. And it was Russia who came up with gun stabalisation. I might not be a fan of the US.. but I do love tanks :)

@ThePerfectRed 12 лет назад

Actually the Abrahms uses a German gun in license. Originally the USA had mounted a conventional 105mm rifled gun when they decided they needed something better.

@mba2ceo 13 лет назад

@OlderG0ds I would say that the Bazooka was the pinnacle reason in making close quarters tank assaults possible rendering the Tiger I obsolete for town eradication.

@Twiggy163 13 лет назад

@OlderG0ds source: wikipedia Congress canceled the MBT-70 (replecement for the M60, in cooperation with Germany) in November and XM803 December 1971, and redistributed the funds to the new XM815 later renamed the XM1 Abrams after General Creighton Abrams. There you go, the US pulled out.

@JDM1337 12 лет назад

I wanna see these go toe to toe in real action, start a world war ;D

@ThugCologne 13 лет назад

@OlderG0ds Channel full of military stuff? thats cool! :D

@Brera011 13 лет назад

In the A6 variant, the German Leopard is world's best MBT. Cheaper, also in fuel consumption, than the M1 and more widely used than the Challenger, a very good MBT but only used by the British Army.

@mba2ceo 13 лет назад

Tanks are sexy ... but obsolete. That was proven in WW2. AIR superiority is the key to victory.

@GenaMatogen 14 лет назад

Yes. True. Bud in the sovet classification Chief is a heavy tank.

@TimOvrlrd 13 лет назад

@mba2ceo scape. mines. The tank has continued to evolve and adapt to whatever enviroment the military forces of today need them to. They are engineering vehicles to tow disabled vehicles. They can be used as ambulances in some cases. Some are just meant to take the pain to the enemy.

@TimOvrlrd 13 лет назад

@mba2ceo While Shoulder fired weapons like the RPG-29 Vampire and FGM-148 Javelin have been developed and indeed have been used with great effect on modern tanks, new systems have already been developed and deployed by armies like Israel and Russia that can effectively knock them out of the sky. Also, ERA has been so fine tuned by now that it can defeat tandem shaped warheads. Tanks are also increasely difficult to hit, with new technologies to allow them to literally disappear into the land-

@Twiggy163 13 лет назад

@OlderG0ds No not to actualy fire xD but if the target was further away it either needed to stop to increase it accuracy or the gunner needed to be an unbelevable good one. As far as I've read, it was the US that cancelled their contract with Germany and started working on their own battle tank.

@luke88martin 12 лет назад

i think that ALL tanks should have side skirting...not only is it protecting the tank.....take it off and it looks like a tank from the 70's, that goes for the M1 aswell

@OlderG0ds 13 лет назад

@mba2ceo there's a reason tanks are still being made today and it isn't because they are obsolete

@cr9527 12 лет назад

You are the one who is being stubborn. The pressure produced is higher, however with the M829A2 and beyond, the pressure within the L44 gun tube has already reached near maximum allowed. With the addition of the L55, the US Army found that it caused problems. And FYI, Germany does NOT have M829 ammunition.

@bisleybob3 13 лет назад

@mba2ceo Tanks have their place on the battlefield, Nothing gets you moving like the presence of an enemy tank in the vicinity , 100s of them coming at you and you won't be able to run fast enough with a turd in each sock!!!

@TimOvrlrd 13 лет назад

@mba2ceo scape. Also, Tanks are becoming increasingly self-sufficient, meaning that they don't need infantry or air support as much anymore. Some tanks have and are designed to shoot down helicopters and other aircraft. Tanks versatility makes them indespensible on the modern battlefield. Even IFV like the Bradley are incredibly useful in practically any scenario, including unconventional warfare. In desert storm, the only two M1 Abrams destroyed by enemy fire were hit by other tanks and

@GenaMatogen 14 лет назад

I doubt that Chieftain was a most heavily armored tank of that time. The T-64 with composit armor aleady existed. Their RHA equivalent was about 350 mm.

@mba2ceo 13 лет назад

@Bjjownsu10 1. Planes are best at discrete engagement. 2. Sherman would have done the same thing. 3. If there was a RPG that Abrams would be a $7 million pill of derby. What U have stated gives perfect explanation about the failure in AFGHANISTAN. 4. Abrams = 9,000 units * $7 Million = $ 63 Billion wasted stolen * Just because something can accomplish something does NOT justify its existence due to inefficiency. Today's theater requires WW2 equipment - P-51s and Shermans.

@DREwestcoast 13 лет назад

@HubertWolfen true, I always tend to focus on the factual part, the phrases they use like 'this machine saved a lot of lives' are extremely painful to hear though... especially since the wars they were involved in were corporate wars.

@ghanvat 11 лет назад

i think this program is also consider the battle history K2, Japanese Type 90 such modern tank from other country never went to battle. but this Challenger II, Abram , they have maximum experience in battles.

@soosae1297 12 лет назад

3:27 are those machine guns on the track wheels?

@II-V-I 12 лет назад

Don't forget that the Abrams and soon the Challenger work with German 120 mm guns from Rheinmetall. Germany's technology remains best. And after compulsory military service ended in 2011 there's a professional army again handling those tanks. But me as a German will never be proud of those killing-machines...

@OlderG0ds 13 лет назад

@unnoon If you do that even better there's one called Military channel and I have seen this program on there too. All day 24-7 they just show military programs its pretty cool, lots of historical stuff too.

@Twiggy163 13 лет назад

@OlderG0ds Yes Rusia did came up with gun stabalisation (why else would the Sherman need to stop to fire? accuricy) It was the US who pulled out.

@Teufelsnachbar667 12 лет назад

@kolinmartz The Merkava Mk.IV has some massive problems with the armor. A single RPG can pierce thru the back side infantry door. The Israelis tryed to combine a troop transporter and a mbt and they didnt think the design thru.

@GodHatesWar 12 лет назад

@popper504 I think it has been use'd against rebel forces as a test, it got hit 19 times by RPG rockets and survived. But of course it's just a rumour.

@OlderG0ds 13 лет назад

@EliteGhost001 Thats wiki too, just look up MBT-70. T-90 is nice but I wouldn't put in the top 3 even.

@OlderG0ds 14 лет назад

No, Chieftain was the most heavily armored. It's RHA of 390mm on the turret and slightly less on front glacis

@punkanellylovejoy702 2 года назад

@andrewwallace4821 12 лет назад

actually the Chieftain entered service in the Korean war in the 1950s.

@kolinmartz 12 лет назад

@Teufelsnachbar667 well i guess some thins only looks good on paper but the one thing i like about that tank though is the fact that it has the Trophy (active countermeasure) system. which means it can hold int's ground against shoulder fired anti tank weapons

@OlderG0ds 13 лет назад

@mba2ceo There's been shoulder held weapons in WW2 that can take out a tank, were tanks obsolete then?

@OlderG0ds 12 лет назад

K2 is not even in service until next year... this program is from like 2006.

@Abdikarimelmi 13 лет назад

@OlderG0ds it also lacks the good fire control system of the M1a tanks, that's my opinion......

@OlderG0ds 13 лет назад

@RajorMajor I guess the T-90 doesn't "stand at the forefront of technology and design".

@OlderG0ds 13 лет назад

@unnoon It aired on Discovery channel (USA)

@TheLigitGamerrrrr 12 лет назад

yeah this is modern video

@OlderG0ds 13 лет назад

@EliteGhost001 Russia did not come up with gun stablization...thats been around since M4 Sherman in WW2. Yea no crap because both US and Germany were designing a tank together, when Germany pulled out due to lack of funds why would US just start over from scratch when they had a design already?

@OlderG0ds 13 лет назад

@Ognjen19 I like the T-90, it's rugged and durable. But when it comes to technology I don't think it quite rates with these tanks.

@punkanellylovejoy702 2 года назад

How would you know?

@Shoeg4zer 12 лет назад

Where are the South Korean K2 and the Japanese Type 90 and Type 10? Pretty Euro-centric.

@OlderG0ds 13 лет назад

@mba2ceo Russia has one carrier cause they are broke and have less than 50 submarines. Russian navy has been deteriorating for a long time. As for tanks they work well as part of a group. Even in todays war in Iraq tanks are very useful.

@punkanellylovejoy702 2 года назад

You've never been in the military. And if you were I'm more than convinced that you were dishonorably discharged.. Discharged like pus oozing out of a bad infection

@andrewwallace4821 12 лет назад

why isnt the Murkova mk4 in this list? it is BY FAR the best in the world, followed by these four

@TheAssyrian1992 11 лет назад

Thumbs up if battlefield brought you here

@ScoopzyDaizy 12 лет назад

@libertateaaa how exactly is abrams a copy of leopard 2 when it was made 8 years before leopard?

@Alexplainow 12 лет назад

lol Challenger only need HESH, not 'variety' of rounds.

@mba2ceo 13 лет назад

Tanks are obsolete. There are shoulder held weapons that can take out a tank.

@OlderG0ds 13 лет назад

@EliteGhost001 where did what come from? I don't know how pulling out of an ongoing project and starting a whole new one was cheaper.. lol I think they should just stick with it and yes the whole "who has best tank" wouldn't be so much of a fanboy war now, it would just be the Brits vs German / Americans :)

@RajorMajor 13 лет назад

@OlderG0ds Yeah... still a cool tank tho. at least i think it is

@mba2ceo 13 лет назад

@OlderG0ds Ya ... its called the Military Industrial Complex. Fact: Tanks are obsolete with current technology just like the crossbow. Fact: M4 Sherman would be MORE Efficient & Beneficial in the Sand Packing lot.

@soosae1297 12 лет назад

8:01 ii finally understand why its called wire fused

@PBVG101 12 лет назад

what about the t90? The t90 is sufficiently advanced to be compared to the abrams

@NathanDawson94 13 лет назад

@HubertWolfen NO! Here, I think this is a documentary, where I learn about tanks. In order for it to be "U.S war propaganda", it should ONLY talk about how great the M1 Abrams. Also, it talks about the Challenger, which is a British tank and it says "the latest main battle tank produced by the pioneers of tank design..." It can't be propaganda since it says that, which backfires on the effort to make U.S war propaganda. It is the total opposite!

@normalais 13 лет назад

@Ognjen19 even russian generals have said the Leopard 2 is much better and cheaper to operate

@Twiggy163 13 лет назад

@OlderG0ds Where did your intel on that the Germans pulled out come from. I wasn't saying they should develop a new tank together now, its too late :-P current tanks are fine for now. Ah come one, the Russian T-90 is pretty nice.

@jojo51886 13 лет назад

@normalais agreed the leapord 2 is cheap rugged durable cannon is good the abrams uses what armor does the leapord 2 have not to sure ive read it has chobham but i dont think thats accurate

@Carver1776 12 лет назад

No Merkava 4??

@time2blowstuffup 13 лет назад

What about the T90

@VAPOURIZE100 13 лет назад

these tanks are good but there will always be an anti tank system that can destroy even the best tanks there need to be a new tank built in the 21st century since these were after all made during the cold war 30-40 years ago now they r just getting outdated

@RajorMajor 13 лет назад

What about the russian T90 Tank?

@KiingOfKombat 12 лет назад

Why is there no t-90

@Solid_Snake427 11 лет назад

to bad they where so expensive.... look what happened in ww2

@martynrobin121 12 лет назад

Well the British want to make their next tanks, "Invisable" so god knows what the US could buy, ...Hover-tanks!

@Voss2120 12 лет назад

The Challenger 2 is nice, but its low production numbers and the problems with its rifled gun, it's also very expensive. M1A2's draw back is its expensive and its gas turbine engine uses a lot of fuel and has proven to be unreliable in sandy conditions. As far as the T-90 is concerned, we might as well admit that all Russian weapons are superior to western weapons. *Sarcasm.*

@mba2ceo 13 лет назад

@RyanRyzzo TANKS are actually a hindrance in the field. I would never want tank complements in my division. Tanks cannot defend themselves against aerial assaults or well equipment infantry. They are completely obsolete since WW2. Nazi learned that the hard way. Like battleships were in the Pacific in 1943. Like carriers are in 2011. Why do U think USSR has only one Admiral Kuznetsov class aircraft carrier but hundreds of Subs ?

@HubertWolfen 13 лет назад

@NatedogJr but neverless I like these shows, but sometimes the propaganda part annoys me.

@S.ASmith 12 лет назад

Is not chobhlam its Cobhlam, Well its pronouced that way. Im British before anyone contradicts me.

@thewomble1509 5 лет назад

It's Chobham. Chobham common was the home of the FVRDE, later RARDE, where Gilbert Harvey pioneered the armour that became "Chobham". (I'm English too).

@Arnisho 12 лет назад

T90

@ThugCologne 13 лет назад

@Ognjen19 t-90s can't stand against modern main battle tanks which the iraq war has shown.

@DarthDesigner 10 лет назад

No russian T90?

@TheBubber5000 9 лет назад

American and European tanks are more advance the the T-90A

@ajac009 8 лет назад

+OniNemesis no t90 back then

@MustNotRead 12 лет назад

@popper504 lol "unbiased"...you must be a comedian.

@HubertWolfen 13 лет назад

@NatedogJr and when you see all the shows , its all about USA (and their allies) this show reminds me of the german ww2 television broadcasts..."der speigel"...it's the same type of propaganda

@ScoopzyDaizy 12 лет назад

@soosae1297 no.

@Twiggy163 13 лет назад

@OlderG0ds Ah crap xD You're right then. Where did it come from? I still wonder what the outcome of a combined tank would be. Would save youtube video's from getting overrun by fanboys willing to die for their favorite tank :-P For crap's sake.. my country is selling most of the cavalry. 1/7th of the army will probably be sold/fired becuase of cutting the defence budget.

@NZobservatory 4 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-c3_WyspDThQ.html (Full documentary, single video, higher quality)

@jojo51886 13 лет назад

@OlderG0ds rugged yes i dont think durable is the right word for the tank it has yet to face a another tank in battle until then its unproven leapord 2 challanger and abrams all battle tested and proven all durable and rugged abrams chews through gas like water but its a great tank none the less on paper the T-90 is good equal to abrams leapord 2 and challanger 2 but until its in a tank on tank battle thats all it is is on paper

@HubertWolfen 13 лет назад

@NatedogJr yes not all peoples but think of what goes throu the mind of a 18 year old, failed football player on steroids, big bully type (the type the marine recruters look for) when they see this type of show...they fail to talk about the highly dangerous depleated uranium rounds in this show, the uranium aror plates also very dangerous to crew...thats why I say its a propaganda show that is destined to make people's moral good, to feel like the good guys, thats the impression I get...

@OlderG0ds 13 лет назад

@EliteGhost001 Sherman didn't need to stop to fire.. and No it wasn't the US who pulled out. You should actually learn a thing or two before acting like you do.

@Nebukadnezarthe2nd 12 лет назад

bad and half assed documentary... they mistake the challenger and II several times with each other, praising the m1 liek in other documentaries even thou its been known for having incredible design flaws