Pershing vs T-34-85 in Korea

t’s the evening of August 17th, 1950, near the city of Pusan, in South Korea. UN forces have been pushed back from the moment they became involved, going from just south of Seoul to cornered against the sea in Pusan in just a month. The North Koreans are equipped with Soviet T34-85s, which outnumber and outgun the American tanks, leaving the soldiers fighting them with bazookas or no anti-tank weapons at all. Lieutenant Granville George "GG" Sweet leads a four tank platoon of M26 Pershings, which have
been performing well in the defense of Pusan, but is about to face the tank that has been dominating the battlefield in the last month. An urgent message arrives through the radio, "Flash Purple!" incoming enemy armor. Sweet and his crew prepare for combat and engage in a fierce tank battle against the T34-85s. They form a wall across a road and aim straight ahead as the enemy approaches. Fullerton takes his position, when suddenly a T-34 rounds the corner before him.

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[norfangl]

T-34's commonly kept driving forward after being hit, even when the crew were killed. This was because the driver had to press down on the clutch to stop the vehicle. If the driver is killed and he isn't pressing down on the clutch, the engine is still applying power to the transmission via the final drives, so it continues to drive forward.

[maximusthezoura]

the steel was so thin they over penetrated 2 times

[mutantpig]

Pershing: "Now stand aside, worthy adversary".
T34: '' 'tis but a scratch."
Pershing: "A scratch? Your turret is pierced!"
T34: "No, it isn't."
Pershing: "What's that, then?"
T34: "I had worse."
You know the rest.

[vermas]

The myth of the T34s invincibility had been shattered in 1942 already

[ApollonDriver]

North Koreans were super surprised to see Pershings, as they were expecting Chaffees and Shermans. They fired with their T-34s but couldn't even put a dent on the Pershing :D I think the T-34 in the video didn't stop because all crew inside died, tank was just stuck on throttle

[patricktuer]

Ah yes… so this is where gaijin got the leaked documents for the ghost shells ☕️

[Schrödinger]

If anyone's wondering, this is during the Korean war, these are north Korean t34s, not Soviet crews

[georgbuchen]

The T-34-85 crew is like:” Do we answer?…No?…ok”

[lyn-jhonosia]

Not surprising though, the Pershings were armed with a gun that was designed to fight King Tigers so taking out a T34, not even break a sweat for the Pershings crew

[rvphattrien]

The Stalinium effect on the T-34s just expired lol. Edit: This is the first time I got 1K likes, and also what’s going on in the comments

[johnlanderglea]

Imagine if this was a War Thunder match 🤣🤣

[The_lord_no.]

Omg that animation was more smooth than anything you’ve done before, well done 👏

[silverbucketaviation]

Bro the animation is soo good thats huge progression in the animation style!

[spectally]

imagine being a t-34 driver look back and see crews in the turret missing head and torso

[ThatGuyOrby]

Before anyone posts another comment about the same thing for the millionth time the poster did not mean that the battle happened during WW2. He meant that the tanks were WW2 vintage vehicles. The battle was during the Korean War and was known as the Battle of No-Name Ridge

[bigg]

The narrator made a slight mistake. He first said in world war two, but I think the only time the Pershing tank came up against the T-34 was during the Korean War just a little heads up.

[PugilistCactus]

Germans: "I don't remember this reputation."

[lordwillywanker]

Unrealistic the t34 crew got out of the burning tank on time.

[ElHombreGato]

Your lack of likes is absolutely criminal!!!

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