I wonder how many years from now the tank will weigh 100 tons.
RedEffect the pro Russian youtuber…CR2 is heavy and that is a draw back, but putting ERA blocks on a Leopard or M1 brings it to the same weight. The guys who are using the tank the air assault have commended it on it’s accuracy, fire control system, crew comfort and protection.
It is not perfect no tank is but it also isn’t the disaster that it is portrayed online.
I don’t remember who said it, I believe it was Wilhelm Keitel, who said to simply copy the T-34, an idea that was discussed in the German high command. The result was the Panther with its sloped armor. The Panther is only good because it’s a copy of the T-34 with some improvements.
2 Likes
Tigers were not scared of T-34s read Carrius’s book.
With poor visibility many T-34 groups did not know they were engaged until after multiple shots and multiple tanks had been destroyed. They had no internal radios and to see anything have to have the hatches open which was expressly forbidden at the time.
Point is if Russian tanks are superior or equal why do they only come out when they know it is a Ukrainian T-64BV and not an M1/Leopard 2 or even a CR2.
Redeffect has been making videos for over 8 years, calling him a Russian pro is the biggest load of nonsense you can say, he’s been called so many things already.
2 Likes
he does lean somewhat towards pro russian
that is an indisputable fact, and him having made videos for years is in no way related to that
4 Likes
Tiger only appeared in 1943; by that time, the T-34s already had radios, and with the arrival of the new German tanks, it received its 85mm armament, which wasn’t sufficient but was good enough. Its knowledge doesn’t seem to be up-to-date.
1 Like
Panther and T-34 were bad tanks, they were both horrendously unreliable
We have this love affair with both but ultimately they were both inferior to the Sherman and even the Cromwell. Manufacturing aside the T-34 were not standardised and often each factory would omit key pieces to increase production rates. I will try to find the list it was eye opening. As a snippet waterproof seals for hatches (heavy rain the tank would flood and short out the electrical system) gunner auxiliary site, commander periscope instead of using glass they used polished metal.
But again if we look at top trumps.
Armour, fire power and mobility on paper they look great in combat not so. With so many even the later models being mechanically unreliable. Panther while impressively armoured the shock of an impact would often damage the electrical turret control system resulting in some cases a fire.
The Panther wasn’t bad, it just lacked reliable mechanics due to Hitler’s haste to get the vehicle into Kursk. The T34 might have been uncomfortable and simple, but to say it wasn’t ergonomic is a joke.
2 Likes
What do you mean? 5 years after the T-14 came out, suddenly everyone else started showing up with all their own versions of pretty much the T-14
2 Likes
Tiger was 1942 Siege of Leningrad,
T-34 was an acceptable tank Soviets built a lot of them but that isn’t an advantage as such the more tanks, the more crews, more spare parts and more ammunition, more fuel
It had many flaws and due to wartime production it was rushed to the front and in many cases not even welded together correctly.
Radios later models did have them but only to communicate with other tanks and command tanks and not the crew who could not hear orders during combat.
you mean 20+ years before T-14
and
2 different prototypes that look suspiciously similar to T14
2 Likes
If we were to take into account the audacious plans of the Soviet Union, no NATO-standard armored vehicle would come close.
The father of T14 Armata
2 Likes
The US has experimented with the idea long before the Abrams X. The TTB much like the Object 195 the idea is sound enough providing the software and control systems are up to the task.
It was very cramped even NK tankers who are historically shorter build than Soviet ones had issues getting in and out of the tank. Didn’t the designer basically die from Pneumonia during the 1000km test?
It was not a comfortable tank.
Panther is a good tank, but not a great tank for Germany and we see this when France after the 2nd WW keen to rebuild their armoured forces start to hoover up all of the surviving Panther tanks and soon realise they are terrible (fire power aside)
Good thing they just made a new T-90 transmission. Yes it took wayyy too long.
But T-14 also has a good reverse gear.
Don’t forget the T-14 has Vacuum-1
Um. Ukrainians have reported disliking all tanks. Even the abrams.
1 Like
Yes you did, i had nearly 500 games in the MI28 before LMUR and still had to research it.
And the US has to research the same amount of helis as Russia to get the f&f missiles, so it’s not bias, it’s actually very fair.
Most recent interviews the Air assault brigade operating CR2s in Kursk loved the tank. But yes there have been numerous criticisms of Western hardware
That’s why they lost a bunch of Leo’s and IFVs to a single KA-52?
2 Likes