Busting Common Tank Myths

Tanks are, obviously, a pretty interesting subject. However, the more popular something is, the more likely it is that misinformation will be spread around. So to try and clear some things up, I'm gonna take a look at some tank myths and see just how accurate they are. Today we'll be taking a look at classics like "An M8 Greyhound killed a King Tiger" as well as more niche topics like "The XM274 cannon was supposed to degrade armor."

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Songs used (in order from first to last):
Subnautica - Into the Unknown
Halo 3: ODST - Rain (Deference for Darkness)

Sound mods:
Epic Thunder (Pre-release)
Armored Warfare Crew Voices

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[juliopedrogasparetovigollo]

If Hitler had acess to Ultra Low Quality settings back then, the world would be a different place now.

[Unterseeboot]

"Who needs night Vision when you have carrots"
-Royal Air force

[theslavicdoomerandfighter]

Who needs night vision when you have such incredible transmission and logistics?

[PASTLIF]

"Mythbusters is approaching rapidly at the speed of light"

So you better be running away boi

[trevorwalkerjr.]

Talk about the myth that the sheer amount of kinetic energy exerted when a tank shell hits armor is enough to melt the armor.

[blackegret]

I was gonna make a tankbuster joke because of title but I don't think it would go through.

[highjumpstudios]

You forgot the fifth reason: “I read it a while ago, but misspoke the fact I was reciting to my friend”

[notjamesstockdale]

There are several instances of US Army documents claiming that the spaced armor on Pz IVs was an intentional attempt to disguise the Pz IV as a Tiger I.

[gabem]

“HEAT isn’t a molten jet” thank you Spookston, I’ve always hated how prevalent this myth is.

[Wuelfheze]

Well Injust learned 3 more new things about tanks today, was genuinely surprised by all of them.

[getgaijoobed]

The physics concept behind HEAT shells is called the Munroe Effect. One of the only things in my engineering physics class that I actually remembered lol.

[LeprinhaGul]

The temperature reached from friction is about 3000C. Enough to melt steel, but that's only in the very immediate contact of the round and armor during penetration on a small amount of steel. The penetration itself is kinetic

[K_GHOST]

When a tank track is broken the tank doesn't slide the direction of the broken track, but instead will continue to travel in a straight line until the track falls off the sprocket in which case that side will simply be unpowered. At that point the tank can continue to move forward and back, but only forward and back. No pivoting would be possible due to there being no braking or neutral steering force available.

[memenecromancer]

Can tank cannons faze through objects?

[Xer]

Biggest myth is that the Bob Semple tank isn't the greatest of all time no shame from these couch historians.

[killian]

i'd say recently one of revisionism "the ah56 cheyenne was the greatest attack helicopter that never was, capable of beating the apache, and it was only axed due to inter branch politics"

[awayfromkeyboard]

Night vision equipment on T-34s and so early in the war - that’s something I’ve never heard before. Thank you for researching topics I was too lazy to touch!

[XForgottenxAngle]

I appreciate the shaped charge one cause that changes how you fundamentally view and expect a shaped charge to work and interact with armor or other ERA/NERA elements.

[louisbarraud]

I saw a post that said 80% of tank spottings by allied crews were supposedly tigers but in reality it was only around 10%. The tiger was infamous and crews assumed they saw it any time they saw a tank

[Slayer]

Love you spookstonoon keep up the good job !!!!