What is a "TANK"?

Do you know?

http://www.combatreform.org/ARMORHISTORY/index.htm

Please Watch this video and find out!

The truth may surprise you!

SPECIAL THANKS to my good friend YOUTUBE channel name BlacktailFA (now BlacktailDefense) for teaching me the video with text superimposed. Maybe someday we'll find out why people are so afraid of your videos?

Here's an U.S. Army Command & General Staff College School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) report by Infantry officer, Major William Sutey on the need for cross-country MOBILITY (XCM) from M113 Gavin light tracked tanks to improve LIGHT INFANTRY FORCE mobility, protection and firepower. READ IT.

http://www.combatreform.org/M113GAVINSforLIGHTINFANTRYmajorsutey1993.pdf

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• tanks
• ww1
• ww2
• korea
• vietnam
• tracked
• armored
• m113
• gavins
• infantry
• tracks
• firepower
• mobility
• protection
• fire-fighting
• aerogavins

[franknbeans4761]

Interesting video and I do understand what you are saying, but are you completely ruling out the terms IFV & APC and just grouping them into the category of a "tank?"

Or just sub-categories?

It seems like you really looked at the meaning of the original tank, but maybe not so much as how it truly evolved over time. Just my two cents though.

[dynmicpara]

@franknbeans4761 IFV and APC would be sub-sets of types of TANKS. Get the cart and the horse in the proper order and you've got it.

[dynmicpara]

@specom YES, tanks with bulldozers

[Gammaclipper]

@ 0:42 you show a tank with small cannons mounted in limited traverse turrets on the sides of the vehicle and claim that the tank has no turrets. The Elefant had no turret and as a result was easy prey for anti-tank infantry and more smaller, faster vehicles.

[dynmicpara]

The German turretless STUGs were THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TANKS of WW2. FACT.

[Falls101]

Would you call a tank destroyer a tank?

[dynmicpara]

@Falls101 YES, its a TYPE of tank.

[bahhv2]

i can see the advantages of having a turretless vehicle in defensive purposes, but how bout an offensive assault? how would they fair without the mobility and effeciency of a turret to aim, fire then quickly switch targets?

[ihateforigners]

yes it is.

[specom]

So the armored bulldozers the Israelis use are "tanks"?

[jakejake771]

Respond to this video... the defintion of a tank is... when one of the first www1 tanks came out ( first one on the video) the british and americans called them "tanks" to trick the germans into thinking they were tanks of water and supplies for the ( very brave may i add) front line fighters , thus, the germans were supprised as the "TANKS" opend hell and slaughterd millions of people

[dynmicpara]

DarkSoldierX96 writes:

"What a great video! You should make a series!

1. What is a "VEHICLE"?

2. What is a "GUN"?

3. What is a "MILITARY"?

remember to tell them, SNIPER NO SNIPING!"