MBT 70: The Battle Tank Ahead of it's Time

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[martinstallard]

1:50 end of sponsorship
4:42 background
8:03 design
11:13 armament
13:58 protection
15:06 testing and evaluation

[L.J.Kommer]

US and FRG work together- "clusterfuck
US and FRG work separately- *build two of the best tanks ever fielded

[scottkrater]

When I was stationed in West Germany in 1986 our unit was still equipped with the M-60 tank, and the M-113, I didn't see many M-1 Abrams, a few but we were still equipped with the older vehicles.

[rfletch]

At least the 50+ ton MBT-70 had the weight for the 152mm gun. We Sheridan crews got the rock & roll every time it fired.

[jamesbednar]

Awesome video!!! Brought back some memories for when I was in US Army, I was stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky. There were at least 2 of these vehicles on static display on the installation and at least 1 that I remember on static display in the nearby town of Radcliffe, Kentucky. Do remember taking photos of them and climbing on top of them a few times.

[michaelb]

Say what you will about McNamara, he had one undisputed talent. He was really good at pointless death.

[danielkarlsson]

now we need a video about the Stridsvagn 103 most likely the most original by design tank ever built. Also The Swedish Stirling SUbmarines and for the love of God give the SAAB Cold war jets some love most of em were world leading when they started their service.

[KapiteinKrentebol]

5:40 General Dynamics F-111 and Grumman helped out with the F-111B.
While the B (navy) version was a failure the USAF version are generally considered very capable machines.

[UncleManuel]

Too ambitious, untested technology, too many cooks in the kitchen - yeah, just your typical megaproject. So it's perfect for this channel... 🤪😁😇

[bravawatch]

"Its", possessive. "It's", contraction of "it is".

[matthewramirez]

Given youve done now what is largely considered the abrams predecessor, i would love to see you do a video on the m1 abrams and its variants, the tank that won desert storm and still largely considered to be the best tank in the world of all battle tested tanks

[timhortons]

An interesting point is that despite the US and Germany going their separate ways the M1 and Leopard 2 still had a lot of commonality. Same gun, eventually, and you can stick a Leopards power pack into and M1's back end and they will fit.

[MayheM_]

As for your sponsor, War Thunder, I was a beta tester for that game. I loved the concept of planes and ground vehicles, and the graphics were breathtaking in the beginning, and only got beter as it went on! I'm glad that it's still going strong!

[ChargeComplete]

Be nice to hear an ad that actually lets you know what you are in for when attempting to play War Thunder.

[The_Seal]

KPZ70/MBT70 is one of my favorite modern tanks. I love the design and its fun to play.

[kylestoddard]

The F-111 was made by General Dynamics, not McDonnell-Douglas.

[tigrant]

It's its NOT it's. It is not referring to a state of being, but to possession/ownership... So belonging to it is its, never it's as it is not it is [contracted to it's] ! Some non-English speakers find our apostrophe contractions confusing - Simon C- !

[joshuaradick]

Things always get wonky when McNamara gets involved.

[gabrielhoy]

@17:14 "$303 USD, or about $2.4 billion today."

Damn, inflation hit us hard.

[Т-ми]

This dude is lazerpig on an industrial scale