Heavy Armored Track vs. Ultralight Unarmored Wheeled Truck

[jgtheman84]

the solution........ fly an apache.

[jarvy251]

The TOW missile has a range of over 3KM. Any tank stalking done in a light vehicle certainly wouldn't be performed at point blank range, and I'm sure they wouldn't tell the tank crew whats happening beforehand.

It's not what you have, its how you use it.

[dynmicpara]

FALSE. Its BOTH what you have and how you use it. A TOW ATGM fired from an exposd launcher on a Humvee truck isn't going to get to fire if artillery lands on it first. Combined-arms warfare go study it some more.

[alexmun133]

this should be a commercial

[ibuggerdonkeys]

WTF is the gunner doing???!!!!he had a clear line of fire @ 5:42!!!!!! and has the crew never heard of a secondary armament, such as an MG, or Rapid-fire grenade launchers????!!!!!!!!

[truetintin]

its all just to make good tv i mean why would a tank chase a car it wouldn't it would just blow it up from a distance

[dynmicpara]

It shows the absurdity of going to war in unarmored, wheeled--or any trucks for the matter.

[A34Comet]

I'm sure had it been "for real" it would have been all over in seconds, the fact was that it was made for entertainment and so they needed more than a few seconds of film!

[takedownroddy]

This was a lighthearted video for the BBC show Top Gear. In real life, a tank crew would never waste main gun round on a light vehicle.

[jeffbengtson]

@takedownroddy i'm not so sure, i heard about one tank gunner in an abrams in the first gulf war. a man popped out of a hole with an rpg, the gunner reacted so fast that he "forgot" to flip the selector switch and fired an armor piercing round right through the guy

[Dutchdragonblade]

The objectives was to aim the the big gun only on the car,

Ofcourse: in a real fight the the car would just be converted into holecheese by the machinegun....

[UBIQUEROL]

It's called the modern British Army = shit.

[dynmicpara]

Which is exactly why we want no more flimsy wheeled trucks in British Army or NATO service.

[EJ205T]

Sound is everywhere

[KottonmouthSoldiers]

cept space...

[justamanorboy]

where is sound????

[IamJacksColon4]

SOUND where is it`?

[katey1dog]

STRYKERS are deathtraps. Bring back the GAVIN!

[KottonmouthSoldiers]

strykers arent bad, they just dont offer anything a smaller apc cant, and because their larger theyre harder to deploy, harder to move through urban environments (which ironically is what they were designed to do..) and the sryker shouldve been about the same size as the LAV300 V300 without slated armor (slated armor should be attached after deployment do to space restrictions/)

[dynmicpara]

ANY wheeled truck will be 28% less capable of armor, weaponry and payload in addition to not being cross-country at-will mobile. Why start with a losing wheeled platform?

[cf80to01]

IMHO... At this level of sophistication the LEO2, Challenger and M1A2 are essentially equal. If you were to put all three on a battlefield (against each other) the winner would be the best crew.... not the best tank. That said, Land Rover/Range Rover...BEST 4X4's ever made.

[rabwatt321]

"LEO2, Challenger and M1A2" Tthe only tanks in iraq and afghanistan that havnt had any destroyed were the british challenger 2. only two have ever been destroyed and that was from other challengers in friendly fire and even then it was only because they some how got a shell through the turret hatch! so even if it was shot at by every m1a2 and LEO2 ever made it would still survive with out the crew spilling their coffee

[marco6981]

I LOVE HIS SHOW!!!!!!

[o0joycey0o]

0:06 get ya salvo out!!

[tnicola826]

Challe 2 Rules, Rolls Royce engine ! need I say more ? CV12TCA ! excellent !

[dynmicpara]

ACESNIPER093 writes:

"challenger VS. m1a1 abrams

the challenger tends to be slightly less manuaverable then the m1a1 abrams also an abrams can with stand more explosive rounds than a challenger the abrams has been mass produced out numbering the challenger 1:5 and it is said that na abrams can continue to operate in an area that has rescently been hit with radioactive ordiance.

[dynmicpara]

ACESNIPER093 continues:

"abrams also has state of the art explosive shells how ever the challengers gun happens to be 125mm which is slightly more than the abrams also there isnt enough challengers aroubd to really put fear into the enemy but this debate has been going on for so long both tanks have their flaws they actually are almost equal and they are the 2 best tanks in production in their time both have the same types of armor that originated from england called chobbam."

[dynmicpara]

ACESNIPER093 concludes:

"However the german leppard tends to posses more effective on the battle field than both of these tanks. the leppard is like the king koiengstiger of wwii it is able to withstand more hits than both of these tanks although much is classified about these tanks the order from best to worst is as follows

1. 2A5 Leppard (GERMANY)

2. M1A1 ABRAMS(U.S.A.)

3. CHALLENGER MK 4(U.K)"

[Treblaine]

I think economically speaking, the Challenger offers more bang per buck, that has always been the way the British military does things, comes from having a bloated empire then a hefting welfare state IMHO the military can't be an economic burden.

I figured the USA has 5x abrams as it has 5x as many tax paying citizens (and a stronger economy). This is all my armchair historian/tactician opinion but I may be missing something vital.

[TankNutDave]

PT6 - The Chall2 is the best MBT as it uses Hydrogas suspension, giving superior off- road mobility, has the most advanced composite armour in the world, designed to take multiple strikes, unlike passive & spaced, and uses a rifled cannon giving higher accuracy.

[DanVielwerth]

It is the heaviest armoured tank in the world, so I have no idea what ACESNIPER is talking about. Only one Challenger has been lost due to "fire". That fire came from another tank. That tank was a Challenger 2.

[IdunCareLesSn00b]

In real war they would've disabled the vehicle in 5 seconds with the L94A1 chain gun shot the engine and tyres, then shelled it.

[TariqAlSuave]

Fucking Awesome, Favorited.

"Wrath of Khan" music very appropriate.

[mountainboy2465]

Good fun clip from 'Top Gear'

The regiment was 1RTR, my regiment. The area was Salisbury Plain where 1RTR have a squadron for demo & training of new officers etc.

[americaneagle1967]

lol you silly brits..I dop love your tank..best in the world in my openion

[slkw680]

good products Range Rover AND Challenger 2.

[dynmicpara]

However, NEITHER good for CLOSED TERRAIN combat operations.

[TheTBagg]

Rather fun video.

[OldTerkeyBuzzerd]

LLMMFFAAOO!!!!!!!!!!!! i have to get one of those cars.

[lumpwump]

wow