What Happens If A Tank Shoots Directly at a Human (Point Blank) 

These new 9mm rounds are insane..... they blew the body right off the lungs!

Kudos to the tank guy for getting hits almost exactly center on all 3 shots

"is he allowed here"

War thunder -The gunner is unconscious! The gunner*

We need a "How many bodies does it take to stop a 152mm?" video now.

This is a good illustration of how and why you have soldiers who end up listed as missing in action. Or buried as UNKNOWN.

My grandfather had a shell casing like the one at 6:00. I was always amazed at the sheer size and weight of it, and it was entirely casing. Seeing that hit someone would be scarier than if it hit something beside you... assuming you were able to put together what happened picking your buddies brains out of your hair.

As a person who loves guns and artillery very much, Seeing those realistic dummies turn into meat just makes me feel uncomfortable, but yet so brutal.

Remember, switching to your side tank is faster than reloading

The obvious follow-up question would seem to be "how many humans can a round from a tank go through before it stops being lethal?"

This definitely helps paint the picture of how some dude fighting in the napoleon war caught a canon ball to the chest 💀

"It's got a Jaguar engine so it's like really fast, like Princess Diana speeds." That line had me rolling 😂

$2000 tank Round + $3000 target = Pure inspiration.

Finally the “What round for home defense?” question has been answered.

I would love to see a collaboration between you guys and the slowmo guys. I think it would be really cool to not only see the projectile heading down range and hitting the dummy but get to see the shockwave and the detail you can see at 100,000 fps.

Your guys videography is amazing. Well freaking done to whoever is editing.

Finally a video with information that can actually be used in the normal daily life of every person. Now I know that if a tank shoots me point blank I will definitely die. SCIENCE

I actually met a guy who survived having been shot with a T-72 tank cannon. It happened in the Hungarian army, during a target practice. He was sent to plant a signal flag in the target zone. As he did, he felt something violently yanking his jacket. He looked down, and found a good part of his jacket missing. An armor piercing projectile went just under his arm as he reached out to plant the flag, barely touching his body. A tank crew was very, very badly disciplined on that day.

On the last firing test it's absolutely incredible that you can see the shockwave of the blast shift the grass in the distant background.

When you dropped that tank round and a clip of an explosion happened @ 3:07 i almost jumped out of my chair😂😂

Imagine how sad they were on viewing the high speed from that second shot and realizing that it was obscured for 90% of the time.

Next week: -What will ICBM do to a Human Body?

Micah: the production on this is absolutely excellent

That is the CRAZIEST thing I have seen you do yet. The thing is this HAPPENS in real battle situations. I gotta give you 13/10 for that dude. Speechless.

My grandfather was a battery commander during Vietnam. They were at risk of being overrun by an enemy battalion, so he ordered their howitzers to be direct laid and had the fuses removed from their airburst munitions. They completely annihilated the enemy force and he was awarded a silver star. Crazy shit. EDIT: You can read about it in “Human Impact of Technological Innovation on the Battlefield” 15 MAR 1985. I based my telling off how my grandfather told me, but to quote the paper: “Bliss recalls suggesting the use of ‘Killer Senior’ with ICM rounds. The minimum time fuze setting of two seconds created an air burst at 1,000 meters. Eleven rounds were fired, and almost immediately, North Vietnamese firing ceased.”

My grandpa was part of a howitzer crew, one of the only stories he told me was about direct firing the 155 mm at a VC that was launching mortars at them. They had to get clearance to do so, as he told me the VC was 800 yards away and the HE shell had a 400 yard blast radius. When they sent iut a recon team afterwards, all that was recoverd was a shin bone.

you can fire tank shot for $1200 but you need $1200 for just calling an ambulance.

I knew a WW2 veteran, long ago, that fought in Normandy. His platoon was charging an 88mm anti-tank gun when it fired from about 100 yards away. The guy in front of him was hit dead center, from the waist up was gone, only his hips and legs were left, they moved forward a few steps and fell down. He had nightmares for years later about that.

7:57 in what can only be described as "...the round creates a temporary wound cavity larger than the body itself." Absolutely glorious.

you're videos are good fun to watch, cheers bloke!

The accuracy of your team is scary, that was amazing!

this has actually already happened. During the battle of 73 Easting towards the end of a battle an Iraqi soldier stood up pointing an RPG at an Abrams. The gunner, who was excited to see a guy pointing an RPG at him didn't wait for permission and just pulled the trigger, putting a 120mm shell through the guy's chest. According to the commander, "his body was blown away like a leaf".

The fact that this has definitely happened to someone at some point in time is INSANE 😵

awesome video! love how you were drenched in blood at the end of it all.

Dude your personality is priceless. Keep up the good work

On behalf of every soldier who has ever had wildlife wander onto the range and endured a cease fire: "thank you"

The “Is he allowed here” had me on my floor laughing so much 😂

Make this a series! Next we want to see something like a DM53 or even a practice round traveling at 6000 feet per second.

fun fact with Soviet Onion: the D25 152mm Howizer is a Soviet era Anti-ship gun that was used on a few Russian Battleships as a Secondary Gun, and a little bit after 1941 and 1942 when the Tiger 1's and Panthers were coming around the Soviets used that gun to one tap said German Cats from like 1.5km- 2kms away with perfect hits, it was so good at killing the Heavy German Cats that the germans would Nickname the ISU-152 and the SU-152 "Cat Killers" or "Beast Hunters" due to the fact that the Soviet made those tanks to hunt and destroy the Massive Cats.

I just enjoy Garand trying to conduct a conversation and all the people around him are dropping spicy memes left and right.

by the title of this video… he’s totally gone insane

This is one of the best videos to come from this channel.

You guys just gel really well. love watching always very funny and entertaining keep it up

For those wondering, the second tank used is an M41 Walker Bulldog Light Tank. I don't know why they neglected to mention that.

everyone else on easter - "watch my todler hunt for eggs!" garandthumb on easter "watch my tank hunt for humans!"

The cinematography is insane

Speedy recovery for the torso Amen

As a guy with no money, I really appreciate your patreon subscribers and how you use what they provide!

This reminds me of a veteran of Iwo Jima talking about how people just couldn't understand what it meant for human beings to be hit by weapons meant to destroy steel and concrete.

Can we see the projectile Charles?...SKIBIDIBOPMMMDADA

“So this is a very slow round as you can see” He says while standing next to an obliterated corpse

I am absolutely impressed with the howitzer shot. The guy who dialed that in is a marksmanship ACE! Just incredible!

Finally an accurate portrayal of 9mm in a video game

Holy Fuggin shyte I love you guys That was beautifully gruesome and I'm here for it 😂

It’s always fun seeing the physics of a human like object be there one millisecond and then not exist the next millisecond.

As wild as the results are, kinda crazy to think that a few IRL humans have probably met this exact fate

stellar video. rewatching this a year later, there is nothing like it

Over 50 yrs ago I met Mr Devine, a very solemn man and a survivor of the Battle of the Bulge. One of his forearms had an odd bow to it. He explained going over a knoll he saw a tank, dodged to the side and the round passed very near him damaging his arm. I think the word he used was jellified. After many days in various diy splints and slings it took a set. He was happy to still have it.

dang 7:58 - imagine all of that planning & expense and then you put your slo-mo camera in a place so that it gets almost totally obscured by a cloud of fire & smoke from the tank canon. A for effort and fortunately the other two were visible. Really awesome!

Ha! Had fun times blasting stuff with those 152mm D-20s during my service. Direct fire training was of course the most fun. Those old T-54 hulks stood no chance, and I doubt anything will. Sadly (or luckily, because them’s heavy old girls) those howitzers are now retired too and sitting as target practice in the same spots as their previous targets lol.

That was easily the most violent yet coolest thing I have ever witnessed. Thank you guys.Happy Easter everyone.

I love how the intestines just stayed floating in mid air while the rest just vaporized. That hang time was impressive!

This is my first time seeing this channel. I wish I knew about it sooner. The Charlie guy had me laughing so hard 🤣

Sick episode!

The sheer violence of that howitzer was unreal, hard to imagine anything surviving that

There's an account in Lex McAuley's book "Battle of Firebase Coral Balmoral" where a VC assaulter appeared atop the berm right in front of the muzzle just as an Australian 105mm M2A2 Howitzer fired, and he disappeared in a puff like he was never there. This demo lends credibility to that account

This is possibly the single best video ever made 👍

I'm glad you made this video. I was about to install a tank turret in my house for home defense, but this video makes me think it might be more than I need. Thank you Mr. Thumb.

Whenever I play CoD, I'm like, “F*ck yeah, this is cool.” Then I watch these videos, and I see just how brutal war is. Makes you realize what real soldiers went through and what they saw.

😱😱😱😱🔥🔥🔥🔥 the Best Slow mo ever made Awsome Job 🍻

This is one of the craziest videos I’ve seen yet lol

For those wondering what the muzzle energy of the 76mm (second tank) it’s 1,926,109 fpe. The howitzer muzzle energy is 4,565,437 fpe. A 50cal out of a 38 in barrels has 12,139 fpe. A 308 cal with a 178gr at 2500fps has 2,470 fpe.

My Grandpa Wier was a tank commander in Italy in WWII. He told me that one time they had a guy pop out of the bushes, shoot his rifle and take off running straight away from them. Grandpa told his guys to shoot him, thinking they would light the dude up with the machine gun, but the gunner fired the main 76mm and vaporized the guy's top half.

It's amazing that even something as soft as a human analog is enough to start deviating such a large round

My grandad was a tank commander during the cold war commanding a chieftain mk5 and they were testing the strength of this supposedly indestructible concrete my grandad gave the order to fire and the 120mm round turned this concrete to rubble even at 2000 meters

VERY impressed with the accuracy of every round fired. ALL were exactly center-mass.

This was amazing! I'm sure it cost around $10,000. Thank you for bringing this to the people. An absolute thumbs up on this video.

Whoop whoop! Awesome episode

Great vid, Brandon needs to work out more it would seem. If anyone is interested in what happens when a mounted cavalry man gets a direct hit from a cannon ball, whilst wearing a cuirass, go look up Francois-Antoine Fauveau. I can only imagine the results were similar to this. They found his armour but I doubt if they found much of Francois, maybe his legs.

As a tanker, I approve.

The real Gundies winner. I’ve rewatched this video so many times! This is the pinnacle of entertainment

Never seen a gun, never want to. From australia and this is still the most interested ive ever been in a youtube video

This makes me wonder if some of the people who were tallied as MIA in WW2 were actually just unlucky enough to be hit directly with artillery during a barrage.

By far, the best slow-mo footage I have ever seen. I didn't think #2 could have been topped, but #3 was unbelievably and undoubtedly way better in every way possible! And cuddos to the dude that set that up, cause it was as you said, as center as you could have got. One of the best Sunday morning coffee videos ever!!! Very nice gentleman!

Wow....what a beautiful dust cloud... thank you guys never seen a dust cloud in slow mo.

Well i think it depends on what type of projectile the tank is shooting. US tanks mostly use the M829A1 kinetic penetrator. And moving at a muzzle velocity of 1575 feet per second, the uranium depleted projectile would just pass through a person leaving an entry and exit wound that'll be the same diameter as the projectile

“Is he even allowed here!?” Lmfao I lost it when he said that…

My grandfather was the gunner on a Sherman and scored a direct hit on a German soldier with the 76mm cannon. He said the tracer simply went to the guy and he disappeared while the tracer kept right on going.

Greatest thing I have ever seen. Epic

that was pretty awesome. altho, at the beginning when you dropped the round and it went to the cutscene of the explosion, it made me jump and possibly pee a little 🤣

"Is he allowed here?" Had me choking on my coffee.

The head, after that 76mm round, fell down into the body cavity like some kinda mortal combat finisher, just as violent, but real. That is wild.

I was really hoping the end would be a 155mm from the M198 Howitzer

That's gonna be a closed casket funeral.

In honor of Easter Sunday, Garand Thumb has a scavenger hunt with a ballistics lab dummy and some of the best buddies a guy could ask for. Happy Easter, everyone.

my nieghbor was in the Korean war in artillery, and he survived more than a few mass attacks. He said he would have to use the guns in direct fire they were so close. They would sometimes load flechettes in the guns and vaporise the NKs by the hundreds. It was so crazy he still didnt know if he should laugh or cry, but he was glad to make it back.

He’s one with nature now

The moment of impact is both beautiful and terrifying

Charlie's a national treasure. Protect that man at all costs!! From himself, mainly.

All the king's horses and all the king's men, couldn't put Humpty together again.