Firepower - Battle Tanks (Part 1/3)

Even in the face of precision guided missiles, tanks have continued to dominate the battlefield. Todays battle tanks are high-technology war machines, with everything from depleted-uranium armor to computer-aimed guns. Take a look at today's most potent main battle tanks from around the world: the sleek American M1 Abrams, the British Challenger, the French Leclerc, and the German Leopard 2.

In this documentary, part of the Firepower video series that aired on the Discovery Channel, design experts talk about their newest designs for battle tanks.




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[unnoon]

What country is this program in? I live in the netherlands and I haven't seen this :(

[OlderG0ds]

@unnoon It aired on Discovery channel (USA)

[unnoon]

@OlderG0ds

In my country discovery channel has only lame programs and nothing about military/war :(

Maybe buy a satelite disk so I can watch it from usa? ;p

[OlderG0ds]

@unnoon If you do that even better there's one called Military channel and I have seen this program on there too. All day 24-7 they just show military programs its pretty cool, lots of historical stuff too.

[HubertWolfen]

@NatedogJr but neverless I like these shows, but sometimes the propaganda part annoys me.

[popper504]

the t 90 looks to be a great tank. has not been in any battle , but russians always make great tanks

[GodHatesWar]

@popper504 I think it has been use'd against rebel forces as a test, it got hit 19 times by RPG rockets and survived. But of course it's just a rumour.

[infokemp]

@popper504 I bet Assad is thinking how he & his henchmen can get the T-90, if I was a syrian Alawite tanker even in a T-90 I'd be sweating knowing the EU, Turkey & England have the Challenger 2 & Leopard 2 - the Turks are more than willing to repulse the Assad crime family - after their thugs crossed the boarder. The EU is very clever - any dictator or crime boss should not think they can mess with the West & survive for long. May be after Libya's EU Africa corps we will see a EU Arabian corps.

[MustNotRead]

@popper504

lol "unbiased"...you must be a comedian.

[PBVG101]

what about the t90? The t90 is sufficiently advanced to be compared to the abrams

[ScoopzyDaizy]

@libertateaaa how exactly is abrams a copy of leopard 2 when it was made 8 years before leopard?

[ScoopzyDaizy]

@soosae1297 no.

[soosae1297]

8:01 ii finally understand why its called wire fused

[soosae1297]

3:27 are those machine guns on the track wheels?

[popper504]

@unnoon man , the military channel is a must for any history /military buff. Great programs and documentaries . Unbiased stuff. great channel