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R. Lee Ermey examines the history of the tank, which includes a fully operational WWI tank and a M1A1 Abrams battle tank.

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  • I just love Gunny's charisma!

  • Wow ... History seen through the eyes of Americans ... scary :)

  • @0110Mikey that guy was actually faking an injury.

  • @0110Mikey Patton did have a rep for being an asshole, indeed. He was an effective General, but not the sort of guy you'd want to have commanding you. Or even in the same warzone.

  • @6:11 General George S Patton was NUTS! he used to go around after a tank battle and smell the burning flesh and oil of friendly or enemy tanks and their crews. He also thought people with shell shock were being cowards or lazy so he went to a field hospital grab a guy suffering from shell shock, dragged him outside and pistol whipped him.

  • @Kagetora2010

    The first use of the Renault by the US was at St Mihiel in early/mid September where they form about 1/3 of the tank numbers. The heavies were St Quentin canal as part of a British tank Brigade supporting the Australians in late September. The Argonne-Meuse offensive starts on the 26th September

  • I've also fount that the M1917's have a lifting hook on the sides of the hull right under the turret.

  • @FanOfMelBrooks Nope. Our first tanks were indeed French Renault FT-17s. The 301st Heavy Tank Battalion equipped with British heavies did not get into action until the last few months of the war, and after the American Tank Corps had its baptism of fire in the Argonne under Col. George S. Patton, Jr.'s leadership.

  • @Tumbleweed1954 You're correct: the wrap-around gun mantle and the exhaust muffler on the left side are the dead giveaways for a US M1917 6-ton tank. The original French FT-17s lack the elaborate gun mantle and have the muffler on the right of the hull. The French Char Legere Renault FT-17 is the granddaddy of all modern battle tanks.

  • @Tumbleweed1954 no our first tanks were british and then we came up with the M3A1 with 36mm gun and a 30.06 mm co-axial machine gun.

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