M56 Scorpion - American Airborne Tank Destroyer 

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If only

We all did :( On the bright side, April Fool’s Day video idea?

Or the Scorpions from Command and Conquer: Generals or Tiberium Wars. Anyways, *"SHIELLLLLLAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!"*

The T34 (USA heavy type, not the T-34) low key reminds me of the Halo Scorp. The wide tracks and overall width along with the overall design have a vague resemblance in my view. I like imagining how the Halo 1 scorpion would do in WT

@@ThommyofThennabout as well as the M56 scorpion. In halo, it’s basically a light fire support vehicle, closer to the striker than an actual MBT. There’s basically no real armor protecting the (single) operator and it’s entire doctrine embodies being deployable by VTOL aircraft.

the 90mm is really short

Gaijin when? I want this as BR6. 7 British vehicle.

The toy version showed up in the ’Doctor Who’ serial ‘Robot.’

What was the name of the Action Force vehicle? There might be an American Joe equivalent because it looks really familiar to me, like I didn't have it but a friend did or something.

The Scorpion 90 was mainly an export version... What fascinates me was the aluminium armour! (Aluminum armor for our US friends...)

Then again, the War Thunder version doesn't bounce like it's been kicked by a giant every time the gun fires either.

@@thefez-cat It kinda does though, it used to have even more recoil but it was lowered in a small patch at one point because it was originally excessive, to the point that the entire vehicle would be pushed back. I remember seeing a video where someone fired it and fell backwards into the river on eastern europe from the recoil.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 "Johnson? Johnson???" "Uh, he was incinerated by the explosion a minute ago. Can I take his place? Please?"

Flashback to the time an M36 crew got ammo for M26 Pershing or something lol, also the same with 77mm HV, literally just a cut down 17 pdr iirc

The Soviets used the same system of minor numerical changes to avoid mistakes in resupply of similarly sized but different ammunition. They did a lot of dumb things, that wasn't one of them!

Lol but its worth it once you unlock HEAT rounds and can bypass all armor at that rating angles not included

Money to burn, USA.

​@@i-a-g-r-e-e-----f-----jo--bneither of these projects cost that much, just throwing together pieces of already existing equipment and making a carrier for it.

Smokes let's go

Having seen an ASU-57 in CFB Gagetown, This thing was TINY! Really makes anything else in the tank park look huge in comparison.

@@k9turrent want to see Tiny take a look at a German wiesel

That's still a tank destroyer, look up American doctrine. Towed 76mm and 90mm anti-tank guns were also called tank destroyers. Tank destroyers were simply anti-tank units that moved to wear the enemy tanks were going to be to ambush them.

towed guns were not called tank destroyers they were part of tank destroyer UNITS now mount the gun on a truck or halftrack and then its called a TD unofficially but still just a "gun motor carriage *mm" officially this is also not really fitting in the TD doctrines of the US as its not meant to charge ahead of an attack and more just to park in a bush and act as a mobile gun as it didnt have the speed nor the ability as this was a paratrooper vehicle and they dont typically attack armored spearheads that being said at this point there wasnt really a TD doctrine for the US and it was more mobile guns/missile carriers that were attached to units when armor wasnt available or appropriate its a nickpick but I stand by it in this instance @@matthiuskoenig3378

I really should! I have to find a better quality version mind you.

That's a show I haven't thought about in decades. All I remember of that is the SNL spoof 'Amerida' which was about Canada invading the States and Phil Hartman complaining about football players having to punt on third down now.

The idea of armored infantry was the backbone of this idea i think. Infantry protects the armor from attack by infantry that can sneak up close and the armor protects the infantry from attack by other armor or artillery that thye cant attack due to toughness. So with this idea the infantry is the armor because they would be there to keep ambush and attack away and it would light enough to deploy with them. But as with most things in combat...its usually a good idea, but can it actually happen that way. Im sure it got to far away from it support or purpose or sent on the wrong missions and it sucked.

i imagine they looked at this vehicle and either said (yes we need a tank destroyer) or said (it can't fit all roles so it bad vehicle) a lot of block heads in the army. but in my opinion this vehicle (assuming it actually functions well, and is well liked by the crew) is situational. and couldn't be really effective outside of it's exact combat roles.@@heathb4319

This is a self-propelled anti-tank gun effectively. Its vulnerable in an ambush, a towed gun would be even more vulnerable.

Hahahaha...like a baby reaching up for it's mom or dad to be picked up again.

Except they didn't have the aircraft to drop it with then....BIT of a problem! lol

​@trooperdgb9722 couldn't it fit in the same gliders as the Locusts?

Qapla!

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsqRoger, flight leader!

It was the liquor that put it in.

Most AT mines were/are either triggered by a pressure plate that will go off if run over by anything heavier than several hundred pounds, or have a magnetic trigger. The fact that the M56 was "only" 7 tons (which is a huge amount of weight) wouldn't save it from AT mines in the slightest. ;)

That's not how pressure plates work. Pressure plates work on ground pressure, a mine that won't activate by infantry will not activate by a vehicle with the same or lower ground pressure as infantry.

1975, Liverpool Empire, Genesis, Phil Collins was on top form....😅😅

In terms of mounting them on unarmoured vehciles, yes. In terms of making them airborne, no.

Smokes let's go

Same with the MiG-15 and the F3D Skyknight.

I'll share my pepperoni with you any day.

Furry? Thats cool :D