What Is The Best Tank In The World? 

Why industrial water tanks are the best tanks. 1) provides enough water to keep a whole entire battalion away from dehydration. 2) little to no people shoot at it. 3) amazing view from up top to see enemies clearly 4) Very useful all around different climates. 5) Can be easily built, and less expensive

Same as Chieftain said.. There is no best tank in the world, but there can be and most of time is best tank for the country and its doctrine and specifics...

Exactly. This applies to all sorts of military gear. Say, for instance, the Sten submachine gun of WW2, basically a pipe with a trigger and magazine. Not well sealed and horribly unergonomic. Sounds bad right? Except for the fact that Britain had a critical shortage of subguns at the start of the war and needed something that could be cranked out in numbers quickly. So considering its origins, role and objectives, it did fantastically well. Same with camouflage. There's no "best camouflage" because different countries have different terrain and different tactics.

The best tank in the world is obviously the Bob Semple, closely followed by the Tonk

We can't tell which tank is the best when they can't destroy each other with HEATFS

RedEffect viewers know that Arjun is the best tank

Wait, you’re telling me that nations design their tanks based on doctrine, the nations needs, and not purely on a basis to one up the other dude? That’s heretical

It’s not about the tank. It’s about how it’s controlled.

Bob Semple, tonk, tog 2, su100y The harbingers of the apocalypse

As people like The Chieftain and PotentialHistory have said; there is no single best tank, each country has their best for their needs. The T-34 was brilliant for the Soviets. Fast to both produce and good firepower armour speed but poor crew survivability The M4 was the all rounder needed for the multiple fronts and environments the US fought in alongside leasing some to allies. Whilst not having a gun as effective in tank destroying as say a long 75mm that the panther had The Panther had excellent firepower and good armour, brilliant from a perspective of combat but had problems with weight and stress on machinery. The Ha-Go or Chi-Ha were excellent for their time and purpose of infantry support on small pacific islands where maneuverability and fast transport was essential

Best tank in the world is the one you have when and where you need it, especially if the enemy doesn't have one of their own.

It's clearly the King Tiger, which, using the collective enthusiasm of Wehraboos from around the world, could easily defeat any number of 2A6s, M1A2s, or T-14s while the crew has a loudspeaker blaring "Erika" or "Ghost Division".

Hit the nail on the head pretty well! It it just me or are there more people screaming about the Abrams being the best tank ever than any other? I know there's the Wheraboos and their big cats but I seem to see more M1 fans than anything else, boasting like they're playing over inflated top trumps and disregarding everything mentioned in this video... Personally I'm not too keen on the Abrams, to me it seems to be a bit too much for modern warfare (in my humble opinion as someone who has never fought in war, just read a lot about it) and I'd suggest a supplementary force of lighter, smaller, more fuel efficient vehicles for lower intensity fighting against weaker enemies / insurgents in difficult to reach places so that the Abramses (?) aren't required for everything and overstretched across too many places. Something like an up-armoured Stryker MGS with composites or ERA, the Kaplan MT, or even a modernised M60 would do IMO, I just think that the over complicated M1 is overkill as America often fights in far flung places across the globe, and it might ease the stress of logistics if such a vehicle were used in places that either don't require a modern MBT, or which don't have the infrastructure to support them. For the kind of thing I'm getting at, check Matsimus' video on the Kaplan MT; as he explains it better than me. Personally, my favourite tank is the Maus; I know it's stupidly impractical and should never have been designed but I still love it as a technological marvel! Hope someone finds this interesting, and discussion is welcomed!

Honestly, you probably could figure out the best tank in the world, but doing so would require so much information on so many different aspects that actually making an argument for it would be next to impossible. Not only do you need to take into account general aspects like firepower, armor, optics, ammunition, range, fuel efficiency, fuel sources, speed, maneuverability, and crew survivability, you do also have to take into account mechanical reliability, cost, cross-terrain performance, and operability in different environments and types of landscapes, and them somehow balance all these traits against each other to figure out what is, on average, the best tank. Take away cost and you get what would ideally be the best in a 1v1. Oh, and how well it would do in a defensive and offensive role.

Best tank is r3 t20 fa-hs

There is no "best tank" overall but there are factors that make specific tanks, or any vehicle in general, the best suited for their use. Russian tanks since the T-34 have had a focus on offense, with lacking gun depression, tight spaces, low profile, and all of the protection in he form of pure armor that while being designed to take hits, if a hit actually gets inside it's messy. NATO tanks have been conceptualized as a defensive force with strong armor and good protection and survivability, and an emphasis mainly on the armor of the turret since these machines are designed to excel when hull down. But also boasting high mobility to reposition or retreat. US is an exception where the Abrams was made to fight both offensively and defensively, as well as a big chunk of its design focus wasn't just Europe, but defending the US homeland as well, meaning it was designed to fight in most of the environment the US has where tanks are strategically useful. Tanks like the K2 Black Panther or Type 10 are very special cases, a common thing they get labelled as is being extremely advanced, however both are extremely optimized to fight to defend those two countries and strictly nowhere else. The K2 is marveled by many to be one of the best modern MBTs in the world, however, while it's design may give off the impression, it is not optimized to fight anywhere that isn't Korea and maybe the surrounding Asian region, wheras the Type 10 "Hito-Maru" was designed solely to fight in Japan and strictly nowhere else. Its use of nano-crystal ceramic armor isn't an impressive ting either, it's just a material commonly used on light armored vehicles and utilized by the Type 10 to keep it light enough to deploy widely in Japan, but the armor is only around the stats of the Type 90 and the armor is only really good at doing that while making it lighter. TL:DR Tanks are not universally "the best" but some tanks, even ones classed as "inferior", will excel more than others in the right given circumstances.

"There is no best tank" This imo stands out like a sore thumb, and I'm honestly surprised others share this idea. It is not a cop out answer. I highly recommend watching Potential History on his video about the topic of the best tank of WW2. More or less he hints this very concept, that there wasn't a perfect tank and instead were Armoured vehicles that suited the needs of the countries that built them. There are objectively good and bad tanks, however, when the topic of the "Best" tank comes up, I think the factors and context means a lot.

We all know Bob Semple is best Second is Tonk

I hope you make a video about the "best" tank purely based on stats, have same crew with same skill, perfect combat environment (flat plane etc), and only the tank present (no suporting vehicles, no helis etc) just like you said on the video. It would be really interesting to see your analysis tho.

We all should know that the best tank is the ASU-57

I'm probably getting on your nerves by continually asking for EWW JC4 Tanks, so, how about Every Thing Wrong With Iron Harvest's Mechs

1:52 fun fact: italian tank crews were considered the best of all, the problem were the tanks.

My man here talking bout the best tanks in the world, while memeing with the stormer hvm

Heh, the second I saw this video title my first thought was "It depends..." And then that is exactly what this video is about.

The best take in the world is the one that sees the enemy first.

I came expecting muh freebrams or T90 Supreme but was pleasantly surprised by your argument

We just need a good ol' conventional war to really find out the best tank.

Spookston seemed to be angry, angry so much that he had to make a video of it

Challenger 2 has a toilet hands fucking down.

Tetrarch was the best tank ever made

“The Bradley is well designed for the doctrine it belongs to” *laughs in pentagon wars*

1:58 the duck?!

While yes I can agree that these arguments are dumb. I still like them because they can be that *fun* kind of dumb. Even though it’s right it just devolves to the point where we aren’t even really comparing tanks anymore and ends up being a drag. I still like the video, but it just feels a bit copouty.

There's also the purpose of the tank. For instance, Leclerc is easily one of the best, but you have to keep in mind it was designed as a T-80 killer, as it was designed during cold war. What we should look at imo is how the tanks performs overall and how it performs for the specific role he was made for.

No greater example of these points than Iraq Used Soviet equipment, got demolished by Iran AND UN Used American equipment, got demolished by ISIS

My teacher once said that wars are fought by economists and accountants. Many people forget how many aspects a country has to take care of while taking part in a conflict.

"The best tank in the world does not exist." CORRECT. The best tank is in the future, and it's called OGRE.

Some nice stormer game play, Would you be able to do a video of some possible American armored cars from wwii or coldwar since we lack those ingame?

Gaijin says T80U

This is why... I think the conversation should be about best tanks for their roles in specific situations.

Yoooo Spoooky here comes my AbramzZzZzZzZ

Summed up my feelings whenever I see an argument over which tank is better perfectly

Can't wait to see the Bob semple tank Edit: There is no Bob Semple tank :(

It’s obviously the Kugelpanzer

The perfect tank in the world is... *THE SPOOK-TONK*

The way the Abram's was talked about, I always thought of it being so indestructible that nothing could pierce it

the Bradly,A troop transport that can't carry troops, a reconnaissance vehicle that's too conspicuous to do reconnaissance, and a quasi tank that has less armor than a snowblower but has enough ammo to take out half of DC - the Pentagon Wars

this is very true as can be seen by MBTs like the TAM, a vehicle that seems nothing like other MBTs but serves its purpose quite effectively

Everyone knows the best tank is Bob Semple.

Couldn't agree more. It's not about finding out which one is better, Best, Superior. It's about doing best things you can for your tank.

Remember when an M8 killed a King Tiger

I agree with what you said but I would word it different. No perfect tank exist because every vehicle is a design made of compromise (mobility, protection, firepower, cost, etc) and sometime have the additional constraint according to what a specific nation's need (doctrine/tactics, logistics, training, industrial capacity/capability, budget, etc).

I agree, this basically narrows down to the best trained crew.

It is impossible to say what tank is the best when also cinsidering crew, but we are talking about the tank alone, not the crew. Also, it is true tanks are designed for different purposes, but there surely must be a tank that can do the most things. That means the best tank does or did exist, but there are so many factors to consider for the tank alone, it's, at least for now, impossible to find it

Does it really matter? I mean, most tank nowaday can be killed from many way. Plane, missile, mine, ship weapons.... Hell even infantry also have weapon that can wreck tank, so....... yeah. ;)

Oh no here comes all the Napoleons and Fredricks angrily typing their keyboards

One thing is certain, the stormer sucks...

Instant like. You got me on “there is no such thing as the best tank” already.

All this points to the sherman. Sherman=best

I think an interesting game to look at the vehicles would be MechAssault 2. You can only use one of the tanks but it's pretty detailed for a 2004 game, their are also enemy tanks that you could look at. You could look at the mechs too if you wanted.

Another example of this is the M4 Sherman family VS the T-34 family. Both were to be mass produced, but the M4 sherman was built to be reliable squad tank, while T34 was a “flood the battlefield with tanks” tank. Both had advantages and disadvantages, but they worked for their respective armies just fine.

Best all-round tank gotta be Centurion

ngl bmps are my favourites. they are small and cheap. so they can basically be infantry support but because of their size and firepower can hide in a bush and hunt tanks. and looks hella cool

T-34/85 Komrad :)

one of your better videos by far, cant really fault any arguments.

TBH as someone who has used the Bradley, I'd rather drive a soapbox derby cart with two M9s superglued to the front rather than take a Bradley into combat.

The key to the question is that Tanks are Combined Arms weapons. The Bradley and Abrams for example are both excellent vehicles but are even better when operating together. Abrams draw the fire and have the firepower while Bradley’s have enhance optics and carry supporting infantry. The best example that shows this is the US Armored units fighting the Iraqis in Desert storm, where the US vehicles performed excellently.

It’s definitely not an Italian tank!

Will you do a video about the Mechs of Iron harvest?

well its obviously the tonk

I'd argue you got this wrong. You forgot a big one. To do it, it would make comparisons even harder. It would require actually reading and understanding how the vehicle is meant to be used. Where the vehicle is meant to be used, what it's meant to do. If you look at the S-Tank, before it was replaced by the Leo 2, you could argue that the offensive use of the S-Tank was impossible and so it was a bad tank. Except..... if you look at where it was going to be used, the requirements it was designed for and the expected action it was going to take part in, it's a damned good vehicle. It's actually one of the best vehicles in its class and type. Damned good tank and you can quote me on that. So, it doesn't matter which vehicle you compare on a vehicle to vehicle basis, you're never going to get a useful, valid answer. If you need a tank more specialised towards the defence, that comes from a doctrinal place. You need to take it back to the doctrine that says this is the tank we need. Only then look at the vehicles and determine if they are fit for function. Pretty sure am American crew would not be happy in a T-80 or later, because it's not meant for the doctrine they're used to operating in, under.

"Best tank in the world" *shows abrams* Nah

pretty good points in this video, nicely done!

Ease of maintenance and crew ergonomy are the single most important factors in tank design & performance.

dang man that second clip was sick.

Ur logic skills are truly spectacular. ur the reason why I no longer have an opinion on the "best tank"

Although I agree with the conclusion I think it's fun to do such comparisons

Agreed. Different tanks for different purposes. If a country can only afford old T-34s but it's going up against jeeps with dishkas... I don't think that country will care particularly if their tank doesn't have Chobham armour.

All I’m saying I don’t see the Abrams get the longest tank on tank kill in the world...

Is that a Stormer HVM video coming soon I smell?

This is why it makes more sense to talk about how important a tank is rather than how good it is, it's a lot more relevant and possible to talk about how much a certain tank influenced future designs and what contributions it made to the development of doctrine. The FT Renualt is obviously one of the most important tanks ever even though it probably wasn't the best tank in a straight up fight for it's time, but the way in which it basically completely solidified tank design going forward makes it very important. Similarly when talking about more controversial topics like WWII tanks a lot of people might say that the Sherman and T-34 weren't very good but what can't be denied is that they formed the basis of future tank development for these two super powers and experiences made with these tanks still determine doctrine to this day.

Obviously it’s the Bob Semple. New Zealand’s tank engineering was ahead of its time

I'm gonna be mad if Abrams is #1 because that'd be 100% wrong

And there I was thinking the HSTV-L was your favourite ;)

We will likely never see a "perfect battle tank" until all nations unite under a single flag.

They keep deflecting to “it depends”. So give us specifics, what is the best in urban warfare or field battles?

"What is the best tank in the world ? -the one which doesn't exist... Yet."

Now that is a non-biased argument.

Ah understood. We will discuss which light transport vehicle is better

You're right. Its all about the crew, the doctrine and purpose of the tank that makes it good. And you can see the changes between the ages of this concepts but still there is no "Omnitank". All tanks have its problems no matter how good their country claims to be

As Sheperd once sad "We have the most advanced weponary in the world, but most importmant is who is controling it"

The real best tank is the friends we made along the way, because friendship is magical.

Very well put, great video

Everyone knows that the Baneblade is the best tank... so long as you can drive close enough for the Commissar to strike the enemies with his sword of course.

No doubt its the ASU-57

Hey can you make a video about the M24 Chaffee

"Laughs in P1000"

I'd have to say the M4a2 Abrams HUSK Or a leopard 2a7 personally. Though I have my doubts there is a best tank. All tanks have their pros and cons. Urban combat, winter, its almost impossible to find the best tank. And the countries that own the tank can heavily effect tank performance.

Please be the Bob Sempel. Please be the Bob Sempel. Please be the Bob Sempel.

0:40 yes, the tank is all about the crew. Shit tank can be amazing if it has great and amazing, clever crew that work like symphony. Like tht, a tank becomes only one "person" crew are just like organs in the body.