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KPZ III - Fact? Fiction? or Fake?
This video is going to look at yet another World of Tanks release the “KJPZ III T” as a tier 9 tank destroyer.
The only problem is this was never a tank destroyer but rather a MBT from the mid-1970s’.
Wargaming has alerted changed and butchered the vehicles’ role, purpose and reason to suit their game and once again adjusted history to suit them. The danger in doing so is further muddying the waters between facts and fiction and increasingly their misconceptions and mistakes are being accepted as the truth and replicated by modelling companies and articles elsewhere.
This video is not looking at game balance - as trying to fit a MBT from the 70’s into a system where it has to be pitted against WW2 period vehicles is foolish to even try, but rather to show you what the vehicle was intended to be, why and when, and let you the viewer at least understand how much they try to change and alter to deceive players.
Sources: The original proposals and paperwork submitted during FMBT
#KJPZIIIT #KPZIIIT #worldoftanks #Premium #armouredvehicle #armoured #Tanks #MilitaryVehicles #fredsmum #rare #experimental #fake #FMBT #weapons #GERMAN #premium
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GSOR 1010 FB - Fact? Fiction? or Fake?
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Today’s video is going to cover the Saladin R concept from Alvis. Today’s video will look closer at the GSOR 1010 introduced by World of Tanks to their game. As I was responsible for the documentation and research that went into these vehicles and provided all the information they could have needed, what did they produce in the end? Is it remotely accurate, or anything like that was intended? O...
SALADIN RARDEN. When Alvis decided to kitbash a car.
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Today’s video is going to cover the Saladin R concept from Alvis This vehicle aimed at export for the middle east took the turret from the scimitar or fox and plonked it more or less on the Saladin. - armed with a 30mm Rarden gun with a 2-man crew it was designed for a variety of roles. Although a nice shiny brochure was made, none were ever sold and the vehicle was forgotten about. Figured it ...
3 inch GMC T72. A better Wolverine?
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Today’s video is going to cover the experimental 76mm Gun Motor Carriage T72 from WW2 This vehicle was made with the mind to fix some of the issues on the M10 Wolverines turret. Despite reaching a late stage it was superseded by a much faster vehicle. Thank you to The_Cheiftain for the images needed. Sources: Project KG-6-7 Tank Automotive Center reports. #m10 #wolverine #hellcat #slugger #Jack...
Centurion 32 pounder experimental tank.
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Today’s video is going to cover the experimental 32-pounder centurion tank. This vehicle was made with a rigidly mounted 94 mm 32-pounder gun fitted to test a new series of weapons, but why and what for? In this video we will look at the reasoning behind this project and what came before including vehicles like the German 38t Starr and US T72 GMC. And what happens when you fire an overcharged g...
Explosive Reactive Armour - Who REALLY invented it?
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Today’s video is going to take a look at the discovery of E.R.A or Explosive Reactive Armour. Used widely on tanks today particularly less developed nations… Its discovery dates back much further than is conveyed in most media sources today, Its origins have been forgotten. This video will explore the truth and highlight who first made it and when. Sources: Interim report on chemical armour met...
Sherman Firefly - What were those wavy lines for?
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This video is going to take a quick look at those wavy lines you might see on some tank barrels, what did they do, and why? And was this ever an officially sanctioned project? Source SUPP 22/77 the adaption of certain tracked fighting vehicles #tank #fredsmum #firefly #sherman #17pounder #tiger #itwasntanaprilfoolsdayjokeushitlords #experimental
FV201 Universal Tank - Tank design and development
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Today's video is a bit of a special one, it’s the FV201 Universal tank The FV201 came about due to arguments and problems in WW2 around the infantry and cruiser tank issue, tracing its roots back to 1943. Immediately after the war, the first of the vehicles would be built and was revolutionary for its time, offering the protection, firepower, and armour needed but also adaptability to tackle an...
FV214 Conqueror vs 183mm HESH - Tank Design & Development
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Today's video is going to look at the spaced plated conqueror tanks vs 183mm HESH as well as 6.5 inch AVRE HESH rounds. The vehicle, often mistakenly called super conqueror, a name it was never given underwent a lot of live fire tests in the 1950s to see how new weapons would affect future heavy tanks. In this video we see how well the spaced plates survived hits from the 183mm HESH gun fitted ...
British Zimmerit - Tank Design & Development
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Today's video is going to look at 'Zimmerit' but rather than focus on the German side it's going to look at the British attempts to produce a similar substance for original the same reasons and how it evolved into an almost entirely different product by the end of the war. #zimmerit #tank #experimental #fredsmum #indasco #camouflage #ww2 #sherman #concept #ww2 #Worldwar2 #camouflage #armour
The Gosling - Thing Design & Development
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This quick video is on the Gosling and all jokes aside was one of the odder vehicles created during WW2. The development of an amphibious vehicle began in 1944 and perhaps its only real claim to fame was its developer who would later go on to revolutionize the car industry. www.nelsam.org.uk/ sole surviving gosling can be found here #notatank #dukw #experimental #fredsmum #morris #mini #ww2 #go...
Vickers Mk 7 - Leopard 2 hybrid: Tank Design & Development
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Today’s video will begin to look at the Vickers Mk 7 tank, a private venture by Vickers aimed at the export market during the 1980s. A hybrid vehicle consisting of the Leopard 2 hull by Krauss Maffei and the Vickers Universal turret, the Mk 7 is one of the very few vehicles to ever earn an outstanding rating from its testers This video covers the backgrounds, tests, and trials and brings out ne...
Traclat Halftrack - Design & Development
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Today's video is on the development of the Bedford Tractor or Traclat Halftracked vehicle from WW2 Work began on Traclat for a vehicle to tow the various guns used by British forces and to provide better of road performance than those in service. Two firms took part, and one of them basically just used pilfered Nazi machines as their inspiration and built 6 prototypes. As always all the new pic...
Green Mace - AA Design & Development
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Today's video is on the development of the Green Mace SPAAG system. Green Mace was a post-war development for an AA gun able to shoot down high-altitude bombers and fast fighters with overwhelming firepower and using long rod fin-stabilized rounds to do so. This video will look at the origins, why it came to be, the two different types of green mace platforms, and what happened to it, and as us...
Orange William - Tank Design & Development
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Today's video is on the development of the Orange Willaim guided missile and the FV426 Carrier, Tracked, Launcher Orange William missile system launch platform developed in the late 50’s and early 60’s. The Orange William was designed to replace long-range tank destroyers and tanks and provide heavy firepower and was arguably the first NLOS-guided missile, however, it came at a high cost both f...
FV4010 Malkara - Tank Design & Development
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FV4010 Malkara - Tank Design & Development
Amazon SP - Tank Design & Development
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Amazon SP - Tank Design & Development
STT Vulcan - Tank Design & Development
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STT Vulcan - Tank Design & Development
Range Wrecks - Kirkudbright - The Final Walk.
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Range Wrecks - Kirkudbright - The Final Walk.
Range Wrecks - Kirkudbright - The Rarest of The Rare
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Range Wrecks - Kirkudbright - The Rarest of The Rare
Range Wrecks - Kirkudbright - Rare Tanks Found
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Range Wrecks - Kirkudbright - Rare Tanks Found
Range Wrecks - Kirkudbright - The Search for Rare Tanks Continues
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Range Wrecks - Kirkudbright - The Search for Rare Tanks Continues
Range Wrecks - Kirkudbright - The Search for Rare Tanks
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Range Wrecks - Kirkudbright - The Search for Rare Tanks
T18 BOARHOUND: - Tank Design & Development
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T18 BOARHOUND: - Tank Design & Development
MBT -95 - Royal Ordnance: Tank Design & Development
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MBT -95 - Royal Ordnance: Tank Design & Development
AVRE 230MM - FACT CHECKING
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AVRE 230MM - FACT CHECKING
MBT -95 - Leopard 2 hybrid: Tank Design & Development
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MBT -95 - Leopard 2 hybrid: Tank Design & Development
PBY Catalina Rocket Tests
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PBY Catalina Rocket Tests
Chimera 1984- Tank Design & Development
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Chimera 1984- Tank Design & Development
Heavy Cromwell - Tank Design & Development
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Heavy Cromwell - Tank Design & Development

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @fv4202x
    @fv4202x День тому

    That's me :)

  • @smnstv3373
    @smnstv3373 2 дні тому

    As someone who has myopia (and sits too far from the screen), i can testify that the barrel camo works. I guess i could've been a german tankhunter

  • @Soyjakgamingbutawesome
    @Soyjakgamingbutawesome 2 дні тому

    Is there a specific page on the Interim report on chemical armour methods of defeating shaped charges. Report No. M.E. 4(a)16. September 1944, Im unsure if Im using the right document due to me trying to line up the document and photo at 5:29

  • @andrewmencer916
    @andrewmencer916 3 дні тому

    Okay maybe the production was not 290 but I think the prototype where they were testing out the thing might have been because the one where they're testing out to see if it would reach it had a sandbag that went backwards when the round went forward and if you elevated the gun high enough the sandbag would actually go into the engine bay when the gun was fired

  • @theironknight3kgamez639
    @theironknight3kgamez639 5 днів тому

    Warthunder when?

  • @hussamisen
    @hussamisen 7 днів тому

    who else wen't to warthunder to see if they messed up too? xD (its 230mm in the game)

  • @johnmartin7599
    @johnmartin7599 10 днів тому

    Trying to hide the fact that it's the firefly with its 17 pounder gun. The firefly was the No.1 target for German tank gunners as the knew it could penetrate the armour on a german "big cat". The 76 mm gun on the standard sherman was not a real threat to a german big cat.

    • @Soyjakgamingbutawesome
      @Soyjakgamingbutawesome 2 дні тому

      the 76mm and the 105mm could almost certainly penertrate the front of a Tiger, although you could of meant to say 75 and not 76

  • @frankthompson6503
    @frankthompson6503 12 днів тому

    Restore 1000 Saladin Restore 1000 Saracens Restore 1000 scorpions Restore 1000 scimitar Restore 1000 Spartan Restore 1000 warrior Boxer APC Ajax APC. All much better protection than thin skinned Landrover.

  • @Twitchguy
    @Twitchguy 14 днів тому

    As an American I have to say I really prefer British designs for tanks from a strict visual profile. British tanks for me just look exactly like what I imagine tanks should look like

  • @vegapower454
    @vegapower454 16 днів тому

    War Thunder got it right.

  • @drugs_are_good_trust_me_bro
    @drugs_are_good_trust_me_bro 19 днів тому

    The 290mm stand for how far it can shoot.

  • @edpolk1262
    @edpolk1262 21 день тому

    Freaking boring. Not even a film. Just a bunch of pics.

  • @pizzatime172
    @pizzatime172 22 дні тому

    Im a bit late but what is the A37?

  • @CrazyDave12
    @CrazyDave12 25 днів тому

    I’ve always heard it as 230mm, I don’t think I’ve ever seen it called a 290mm

  • @02suraditpengsaeng41
    @02suraditpengsaeng41 25 днів тому

    I come here after snail will put this to dismantle early-mid war tanks within efficient 180m range

  • @hiruzensarutobi7786
    @hiruzensarutobi7786 25 днів тому

    Proud Iraqi🇮🇶⚡️

  • @02suraditpengsaeng41
    @02suraditpengsaeng41 26 днів тому

    5:50 8:55 "They sure can do what every other tank in the game can do" - Zwhatsh, wheel that can't turn

  • @THB1945
    @THB1945 27 днів тому

    WHO ELSE IS HERE FROM WAR THUNDER ? ? ?

  • @user-gn7rk9pe1g
    @user-gn7rk9pe1g 29 днів тому

    Just needed a better engine

  • @acersalman8258
    @acersalman8258 Місяць тому

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @acersalman8258
    @acersalman8258 Місяць тому

    Great machine beautiful trucks ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @AnthonyPetrarca
    @AnthonyPetrarca Місяць тому

    Ugh, sent to a scrap yard...

  • @wiltonlewis5369
    @wiltonlewis5369 Місяць тому

    When is part 3 coming out?

  • @andyedwards9222
    @andyedwards9222 Місяць тому

    A great account. Keep up the excellent work my fine fellow.

  • @CDMJDMHHC
    @CDMJDMHHC Місяць тому

    One of my favorite tanks, it just looks awesome even more than many over awesome looking tanks but, I just love the looks.

  • @leoroverman4541
    @leoroverman4541 Місяць тому

    The question has to be, was this directly because of the restrictions after Versailles and the industrial stripping out and subsequent shortages.

  • @sskuk1095
    @sskuk1095 Місяць тому

    I LOVE the metallurgy lecture here! Thanks a lot!

  • @mosesracal6758
    @mosesracal6758 Місяць тому

    If they sold this now, it wouldve coincided with the closing retirement of the leopards that are in the mid-range market specifically Indonesia & Singapore which have both been recently trying to find the eventual replacement for their leopards. If they got the timing right, they couldve sold it to Thailand & Taiwan as well which for the case of Thailand - went for the Chinese VT-4 because of how long it took for Ukraine to complete their T-84 Oplots (which I could imagine would be hard to maintain as well) and as Thailand had some experience with British Equipment as well (Scorpion Light Tank); as well as Taiwan who are looking to replace their ageing M60 Tanks. The Leopard Hull is a proven hull within the Southeast Asian Theater - Im pretty sure everyone wouldve gotten Leopards by now if not for how stringent German Arms Exports Laws are. From what I can even remember, Malaysia was supposed to get Leopards if not for the Asian Financial Crisis which led them to choose the PT-91 Pendekar instead.

  • @CliSwe
    @CliSwe Місяць тому

    An excellent and informative video - well done! Just one small niggle: Were you, by any chance, using reversed negatives of those photos? I ask because of the frequency with which we heard 'left side' and saw the 'right' side, and vice versa. That apart, I thoroughly enjoyed the educational experience. Keep up the good work!

  • @mosesracal6758
    @mosesracal6758 Місяць тому

    Im pretty sure WG is just a kitbasher's dream

  • @peregrinemccauley5010
    @peregrinemccauley5010 Місяць тому

    Great research on an important subject, me thinks.

  • @pratiknath1712
    @pratiknath1712 Місяць тому

    Didn't u upload the part 2 of this video ?

  • @StephenLyons-tl8ie
    @StephenLyons-tl8ie 2 місяці тому

    Carlsberg don't make tanks; but if they did.......

  • @brianclarke3880
    @brianclarke3880 2 місяці тому

    Yet another interesting video those people at Chertsey certainly came up with some good projects!

  • @Julio4394
    @Julio4394 2 місяці тому

    What about a video about the Engesa Osorio mbt Itself a very good tank plus a example of designing a new tank without a potencial customer

  • @JerrellConner
    @JerrellConner 2 місяці тому

    CyberTruck v2.0?

  • @ComfortsSpecter
    @ComfortsSpecter 2 місяці тому

    Great Presentation Incredible Simple Tunk Amazing History Thank You

  • @tvgerbil1984
    @tvgerbil1984 2 місяці тому

    The British had gone mad with specifications. There was very little practical reason to have this kind of proliferation of tank specifications. It was as if a tank installed with a kettle would have its own specification and formed a new category of tanks.

  • @thomaszhang3101
    @thomaszhang3101 2 місяці тому

    Is it true that such plates were planned to be put on Conqueror tanks during war time?

  • @jaymorris3468
    @jaymorris3468 2 місяці тому

    Very interesting, Thank you

  • @petcali24
    @petcali24 2 місяці тому

    Did people not see the Oddball talk on this deception in Kelly's Heroes?

  • @wbertie2604
    @wbertie2604 2 місяці тому

    "Atkins, where is your tank?" "I ate it sir! Sir, can I be excused?" "Atkins, before you go, do you know where all the wine in Caen went?" "Look out, sir, it's a Tiger tank"

  • @thewise3551
    @thewise3551 2 місяці тому

    Pfft. As if a Landrover needs tracks, they can climb trees.

  • @Ismet44
    @Ismet44 3 місяці тому

    The Major Gatehouse you mentioned in charge of the experimental board, could he have been the (later) General Alexander Gatehouse that would have been influential with the Centurion tank development?

  • @Itsroosandwich
    @Itsroosandwich 3 місяці тому

    Im not sure if it was true or my parents telling me tales. On their range there was a supposed mk5 tank. Not sure if it is real but if there was it would be amazing to find it again Im still on the hunt for it today. Ive also found i think the last nimrod plane near where my profile picture was taken.

  • @Blahblah268
    @Blahblah268 3 місяці тому

    Alien2 was the best

  • @dermotrooney9584
    @dermotrooney9584 3 місяці тому

    Come back Armd Archives. I've quoted you in my PhD thesis and want to big you up.

  • @RedXlV
    @RedXlV 3 місяці тому

    Still looking forward to that ASTRON Rex video.

  • @sergarlantyrell7847
    @sergarlantyrell7847 3 місяці тому

    When is the next part about smoothbores vs rifled guns coming out?

  • @ihategooglealot3741
    @ihategooglealot3741 3 місяці тому

    Fascinating, also the first reference I've heard to an origin date for the 20pdr, a video on the development of that weapon would be very interesting.