If War Thunder's T-64 Was Historically Accurate (Redux)

The Soviet T-64 medium tank (main battle tank in practice) was an exceptionally innovative and complex design, though it was also plagued with significant teething issues. Large setbacks were encountered with the engine, suspension, and autoloading system. These earned it a great deal of criticism which would lead to parallel developments such as the T-72 and T-80. The T-64 would have been thrown in the trash altogether had the T-64A variant not greatly improved its overall reliability. Though the T-64A was accepted for service, it did still have some issues which would be ironed out over time.

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Songs used (in order from first to last):
Halo: CE - Perilous Journey
Halo 3: ODST - Rain (Deference for Darkness)

Sources:
Soviet/Russian Armor and Artillery Design Practices: 1945-1995 by Marine Corps Intelligence Activity
Soviet T-55 Main Battle Tank by James Kinnear, ‎Stephen Sewell
Tanks, 100 Years of Evolution by Richard Ogorkiewicz
T-64 Battle Tank by Steven J. Zaloga

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#tanks #tankhistory #warthunder

[Spookston]

Sorry for the late upload, scheduling got messed up somehow.

[wfb.subtraktor]

"The suspension sucked" - Spookston, about literally every tank

[juliansteini]

Fluid BRs depending on upgrades would be such a great idea. A stock type 10 isn't worth 11.0 BR for example

[Predator]

I dread to see historically accurate battle simulators with War Thunder. Not only will sides be horribly unbalance, but your crew will most likely bail from a single shot that goes through the armor, you will suffer constant reliability problems if you don’t wait a certain amount of time to maintain your tank and if you don’t have infantry around to support you, you will most likely die. You cannot repair 90 percent of your tank parts.

Oh and Self Propelled Artillery hitting you if you stay in one spot for too long.

[.L_V]

The engine was unreliable and costly because it was an opposed piston design that had 10 pistons sharing 5 cylinders. The advantage was excellent power output for an engine its physical size.

It should also be noted that the T-64 was never exported, and was the first Soviet MBT to introduce an autoloader and the capability to fire missiles through its barrel.

[dempseyyt]

Man you sure do Good on Video's Such as Historically Accurate Ones, They Give me info that Normally you would not get from a regular War Thunder video. Great Job Spookston Cant wait for the Next one!

[darnit]

Lol imagine having so many issues

-T-55 tank

[PrometheanGOld]

So in all the T-64 would cost as much as the old B-29 repair cost and be difficult to operate as much as a passenger liner

[linpr]

Thanks spookston for these amazing videos! Really appreciate it because of all the interesting facts and some of the history about these vehicules

[mop]

Wish there were more variants of this tank in game i love the T-64

[haha_]

2:03 yes 13, 000 t-64 is very limited production number lmao

[ricardoricardoricardoricardo]

You forgot yo add that you will are likely to spawn in the team opposed to the one with T-72's and T-80's.

[jegory]

They should give BMP-1 a modification ‘BMP-1P’ that gives it a two-plane stabiliser and the BR for that mod to be 7.7

[.muh.siswadibudiartodani]

I wonder why they haven't replaced that damned 5TDF engine with the 6TDF engine. If it's because of the Suspension, why the T-64 Bulat can have the heaviest turret ever on T-64. Having Norzh XL ERA + steel blocks to fit the whole turret with Norzh XL?

[niccolocaramori]

Yeah meanwhile even the most basic 8.7 apfsds can go through the frontal plate like a hot knife through butter

[SlavaUkraini]

I'd absolutely love for you to do one of your "how bad is the" videos on the T-64. It's my all time favorite MBT and I'd like to see what you think about it.

[pflfpflffpfppflfl]

please never use "exponential repair costs" ever again 😭 I had an emotional break when that came up

[steweygrrr]

Should probably add:

Due to govermental corruption each ERA block on later models have a chance to be filled with egg cartons instead of explosive and will not affect kinetic or chemical projectiles.

[Nobody]

Why does this music give me Halo vibes every time? How much am I losing my mind?

[Tomartyr]

Can you imagine what an interesting game WT would be if they made all the changes in the 'If War Thunder's [tank] Was Historically Accurate' series?