Why It Sucks Inside an M1 Abrams Tank
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- Опубликовано: 26 янв 2022
- The M1 Abrams tank is one of the most advanced and powerful tanks in the entire world. But, being in a tank is nothing like in movies or video games.
Abrams Tanks are massive metal beasts with groundbreaking technology, but they were NOT built for your comfort.
Like tight spaces?
It can trigger claustrophobia issues even in the healthiest soldier because there's not much room to move around. Inside the turret, you'll find three out of the four crew members crammed into an extremely tight space… and during military operations, the tank crew may spend hundreds of hours inside in the dark smelly tank interior.
Spending hours or even days in an airtight tank may be unbearable. The smell emanating from the same crew members is the worst part. The dirtiest is always the loader that after spending countless hours inserting the ammunition into the barrel, sweats more than anyone else - and of course, there’s no bathroom in Abrams tanks, so while it might be cool to check out, you wouldn’t want to stay in one very long. 
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Former tank crew member here. Despite everything being true, don't underestimate a soldier's number one superpower. The ability to sleep anywhere.
I work on jets for the Navy and this is true. I have slept in the engine intake multiple times.
@@djchristian82 nah just dove the duct on jets and took a short nap while in there
@@johnleonard9102 I understand it’s honorable, but isn’t there mitigation for sleep deprivation? It must be a major liability in the climax of combat?
I can sleep anywhere to you don’t have to be a soldier to do this.
Probably no air conditioning either. Am I right?
If you ever served on an Abrams that was hit by enemy fire, you’d never complain about being a little cramped.
Amen.
Steel Tigers !
Soldier here
Served in an Infantry company, and a tank company
The Abrams is FARRR more comfortable than a Bradley.
Yes, because you only get hit by enemy rocks since the abrams have only been used to invade third world countries that have no armies
@@vanman724 DENSE armor
The smell of your fellow soldiers is never an issue. Once everyone stinks, nobody stinks.
😂
So true.
Yeah you would definitely get used to it after a little bit
Gotta say that I experienced a fellow tanker who definitely broke that stereotype 🤢🤮🤣
They do have air outlet systems to get rid of the sulfur from the rounds and it helps with human funk
I was once a M1A1 crew member, my unit was compromised of nobody over five foot six inches. I was five foot five and hated the turret, which is why I was glad when I got to be the driver. The driver hole is the best position period. My favorite thing in the world was waking up on cold winter days, popping the driver hatch, raising my seat, and just slightly peeking out of the hole at the slope of the tank as it was dusted with ice and snow. Cocooned in my sleeping bag watching the dazzling sparkling rainbows of sunlight glinting off the thousands of ice particles on the slope as the morning sun rose burning away the fog from the ground.
I’m at 6’ and had no problems in the turret.
You are correct in implying that the driver’s hole was the best position for stretching out.
I spent 10 years in M60s and another 13 years in M1A1s. The turret on the 60s felt a little larger than the M1 but the driver’s hole was better on the M1.
It was nice to know that all that main gun ammo was behind the blast doors in the M1. Having all those exposed main gun rounds in the 60 was a little disconcerting.
You made it magical.😊
Pure poetry 8)
you should be a writer 😉
@@RvLicious69 thank you
If you think this is claustrophobic you should see T72
How are your pets?
I see, pet russian showed you something, eh?
Literally what I was going to say
Blyat comrade zat tis a lie, averikans are the worsT
Try a K1A1
"There's no bathroom in the Abrams"
Ah yes, while other tank have one
like "hold the ammunition for me, i need to pee"
T-14 Armata has a toilet.
Simple, just use the tank shell as a toilet bucket, lol
@@hardtake.e39 Still gonna get fucked by javelins
@@wdwdwdwddwwf can't get destroyed if it can't even be produced in the first place lol
Exactly what I was thinking. Sounds like other tanks had comfort. Just ask those russian soldiers
Served 3 years as a loader on a M1A2 Abrams tank . Best job I ever had
"Best job I ever had" is definitely a tanker's catchphrase. I love it when everyone says it in the movie 'Fury'.
Absolutely 🤗
@@chasewebb7417 Is that term sarcasm or was it really a good job
"Best job I ever had" -Furu ❤
Do you smell anymore 😮?
The funny thing is that, from what I’ve heard, the Abrams is one of the more spacious tanks currently in service.
And 20 tons heavier and a bigger target
@@JeanLucCaptain Good news that it’s only competition’s main gun can’t even fire a round that can pierce it’s armor.
@@mr5yy Who said that, have you watched the testing videos of Abrams being shot with APFSDS rounds? Their hard to find for good reason. The only parts of an Abrams that can withstand APFSDS rods are the turret cheeks and front chassis armor. Most modern tanks are impervious from the front regardless. From the sides and the rear you can't make a tank that can move faster than 25mph that can stop a tungsten rod moving at 5,400 feet per second. Tanks have been able to shoot APFSDS rounds since the 50s along with AFVs with 10mm of armor and a cannon that can shoot those same rounds being around since the 80s.
@@mr5yy Oh and don't forget that no tank on that planet no matter where it's hit is impervious to HEAT warheads on missiles of any type fired from any platform. The explosive yield to to great.
@@JeanLucCaptain luckily the engineers of his enemies are as drunk as the gunners lol, and then turret goes wooooot
Depending on which way the turret is oriented the driver of the vehicle may be unable to open the hatch or crawl through to the center of the turret. There has been a case where this happened in water and a soldier drowned.
They covered that in a video. Its cool that you had the same thought.
@@WeirdlyBad I remember being at a safety briefing in the military when they were telling us about this.
Forgive my ignorance but wtf? I thought the Abrams had NBC protection? How does water get through that? Was there a procedural mistake or something?
@@andypozuelos1204 the tank has been around for 40 years, not all of the versions had nbc.
@@andypozuelos1204 gas masks get filled UP if you Wear them under water, NBC works against gasses, not liquids
The same can be said for damn near every tank
Except for tanks with bigger interior?
Or a bathroom
Or non airtight
@@asain_kidevil2441 from my years in the military in tank I can tell you there isnt any tank with much Space
@@feracier13 the Leclerc IS pretty spacilus
KV-2 has 6 beds, a bathroom, a sauna and a kitchen in there, its pretty luxurious
Merkava has room to spare
M1 Abrams - Some of my crew get claustrophobia.
T72 - Hold my beer. 🍺
T-72: hold my turret
Atleast the smell isn’t as bad since there is no loader
@@MoskusMoskiferus1611.. and my autoloader.
Vodka
@@loyalfrog4864hmm. Not so sure. Deodorant is not a thing in much of Russia, so those people don’t even smell themselves, so are unlikely to even use wet wipes to clean some of the smell.
Claustrophobia is a whole lot better than gettingshotaphobia
From what I've heard, it's nice being in an air conditioned compartment when you're fighting a desert war.
Are the tanks air conditioned? Seems like, knowing the military, it’d be cooled to just below dangerously high temps and that about it
@@ZildawolfFrom what I've read online it's mainly about protecting electronics from overheating and keeping the internal compartments air tight and filtered. You could also say crew comfort is big contributor to overall unit effectiveness. Considering how hot your car can get just sitting in the sun, sitting in an all metal tank must be awful without it.
@@FishTurd69 for real. Especially when you’re in a fire fight. I’m sure it can get pretty toasty in there.
You can redirect the NBC system to cool you a little, but not much. But I wouldn't call it air conditioning per se.
Air conditioner? On the Abrams? Where? Please I’d like to know.
I was in a mechanized unit. Trust me, when it’s hot outside, or raining, or cold, or just plain garbage weather, you want to be in a tank. You envy those guys.
it's not all it's cracked up to be. I thought I wa gonna die from heat stroke twice in Iraq. and it always rained in the field in Germany, mud made maintenance a nightmare, I'm talking buried half way up the skirts . I'd woulda took a humvee any day 😆
Tanks are cool in hot weather? Do they have heat and air?
@@DBBMed The A1's I was on had no a.c. to speak of , just alot of bottled water lol
@@lebowskiunderachiever3591 grass is always greener on the other side
@@lebowskiunderachiever3591 The A2s have heating and cooling as part of the Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical protection. So nice to not even need all that M.O.P..P. gear, those charcoal suits, rubber boots and gloves suck far more in the hot desserts!
I was a tank crewman from M60A1s up to M1A1s... to rip off a movie phrase: Best damned job I ever had.
Meanwhile the L3:
“You haven’t seen nothing yet”
After watching all of the Chieftain’s “Inside the Hatch” videos I can assure you that the Abrams is the pinnacle of luxury in terms of tanks
Yeah, most if any tanks are extremely uncomfortable. Russian tanks are nightmares compared to this.
But I would say Leopard 2 A7
I wasn't a tanker but stepped into a merkava mk 3 once.
It was actually very spacious and i'm 182cm tall.
Clearly you weren't listening as he complains it was years before they got a boiling vessel and they still don't have AC like Aussie tanks to name a couple of features it lacks compared to its allied counterparts
Except we don’t have a teapot.
The worst part is not having a kettle for tea.
The designers of the British Challenger 2 tank knew what mattered most.
Therein lies the conundrum. Drink tea, gotta pee! He shoulda thought of both?😂
Seriously? And yet I know that small comforts like that go a long way. But seriously?
@@scifithoughts3611
Yes actually. It is truly the most British tank I’ve ever known.
@@jesusofbulletsmy friend it's not just the challenger 2, _every_ tank since world war 2 has a tea kettle standard, no self respecting British tanker would go into battle without a nice cup of hot tea
The M-1 has a "hot-plate/stove/clothes-dryer/heater " that puts the Challenger to shame ;) .
Smell really isn’t a problem. When you all smell, no one smells. The worst part of being in a tank for hours is the numb Ass, headaches from wearing the headset etc
Been backpacking - same thing. Not showering or even changing clothes for days, the only thing you smell is the campfire you made day 1
Honestly I find the worst part to be the noise, but it’s still worth it
This maybe a problem for an ordinary person. But tankers are trained specifically to fight in this environment
Yes, that makes them sweat less
Actually, i’ve been days in a Leopard II, depends on which place you are, It’s definitly a real pain. Loader is quite good since you have some space bc you need space to manipulate ammo, the driver have the best place with a real seat to drive but to Worst place is definitly the shooter place where you litterally cannot move, you have the legs of the commander in your back and like 5 cm to move around max, even with training, it’s really hard to be in there for days especially when you have to sleep inside
@@feracier13 god dam I didn't even think of that sleeping in a tank....
What's was cold war nuclear weapons the thing and tanks.... I don't know... Something like 90 days inside a take after the booms go off or something like that......dam 90 days sleeping sitting up
Or the fact that most of us are short
yea wth is this video? seems silly and made up
This person who wrote has clearly never crewed a tank in their lives. Western MBTs are rather comfy, smelly crewmates are one of the last things you worry about while in the field. They're not all that claustrophobic, 3 of the crew members have access to hatches for sun and air whenever they're not in a danger area. Pissing in bottles or taking a dump in a bucket might happen, but it's honestly not all that bad. These tanks are designed to be lived in for days, because a comfy crew works better, fights better and lives longer. There's a reason Abrams tanks rolled over Iraq in a matter of days. You could be in far worse conditions, the mounted infantry probably have it way worse.
no shit they've never crewed a tank, they just do research and stuff
The reason the Abrams rolled over iraq was because Iraq was still using Soviet surplus, while America had something new. despite what idiots and movies say, it's an extremely rare occasion for the more technically advanced vehicles to fail to outperform older counterparts.
Mind you, tanks aren't the future anymore, they're the past. In this day and age a missile can pinpoint target the tank and if the first misses, they can just keep shooting until they don't, people significantly undervalue what missiles can accomplish with the incredible accuracy they have. Hell even the A10 Warthog gets more done with missiles than it's notorious nose gun.
@@fuzzythoughts8020 Saudi performance with modern equipment tells otherwise
@@destroyerarmor2846 so? The Saudis are a bunch of oil barons with more dollars than sense, doesn't surprise me they'd do it wrong.
@@fuzzythoughts8020 lmao, have u ever heard of the Vietnam war 😂😂😂
As a JROTC kid who was in an Abrams, its REALLY cramped, but the drivrrs seat was comfortable and you basically lay down
The smell shouldnt even be the issue tbh, like you get used to it after a while, unless everyone shitting everywhere
Yeah just forget about us tank drivers. We get a recliner that’s low key kinda comfy. That being said the army is a terrible job
Hell yeah we do
I wouldn't know, I got 19k AIT on Feb 28. My first week in AIT is also my bday. What a way to spend it.
tankers get any health issues long term? not having the freedom of going to the bathroom even trained i think it would take years of my lifespan, no joking.
a im healthy
Best seat in the house that things a La-Z-Boy
@@ironbeard5893 I was told you start out as loader, then driver, and then gunner and then tc, any truth to that or is it random?
I got to climb into a tank once, it was a display tank, an old WW2 design we got to visit it and some other stuff with the army cadets.
Ended up needing to see a doctor, it is a tight space but it's also a place where you have little room to move and every surface is hard, sharp unforgiving metal.
I stood up, bashed my head, fell, bashed my head again and shoulder, kicked out because of the pain and smashed my shin off the corner of the seat I was in.
Got 2 stiches in my head and never lived it down in the cadets for being the only guy to be injured by a museum exhibit.
That's fucking funny dude I'd be laughing too
We are strangers so I shouldn't laugh, and I'm sorry because you got hurt and got stitches and payed lots of money, but that is the funniest shit I've ever heard, and I would have laughed my ass off at you for a few weeks
Haha you need to be careful around vending machines, i hear people like you might even get killed by one
Damn, this is one of those stories you don't tell people. 😂 Just playing.
That's some Mr.Bean type shit 😂😂 love it
19 echo here, worst part for me in 12 yrs was a thrown track in 2 ft of snow in bone chilling cold. My sleeping situation was main gun and coaxial off head on caddilacs. And yes it hurts when you hit your head,knees, and elbows on these beast. R.I.P. Sgt Shane Simonds, not only were you one hell of a driver, you were my best friend.
The crew can take solace in the fact that it sucks even more to be on the receiving end of their Abrams
A friend said " I'll spend a month in the tank I ain't getting shot"
6 deployments to the Middle East and most of the armor crews I saw lived in it the entire time at some checkpoint
@@joek2978 a tanks interior is the safest place in the battlefield. Who cares if you cant stand up at all if you arent getting your brains blown off.
Stay buttoned up ..snipers are Everywhere waiting for someone to peep out the hatch. There's only a handful of weapons capable of taking out a tank, but bullets are in abundance....and dirt cheap. Sure, a 3 million dollar tank can easily be taken out by a $30,000 weapon....but each crew member could be offed with a 1 dollar bullet. War Maths.
I was a tank commander for 3 years. The crew is like a family. We always carried water containers for drinking and personal hygiene. Sleeping was never an issue,tankers always found a spot inside or on the tank to sleep! The driver had the best spot!
The fact remains the M1 Abrams is the most effective tank of the modern era, and easily one of the most effective MBTs of all time.
Nop leopard 2a7a1 is better
@@KkaksAamsm The M1 Abrams _is the most effective tank of the modern era._
Historical fact.
As an M1 Armor Crewman, you should see inside the turret of a Bradly if you think its bad! Cav scouts got the short end of the stick!
If you ain't CAV!
Join the cavalry: If you point your radio like a gun you can pretend you're infantry.
@@davidgno So if you are cav, then you are?
@@mattz1230 if you don't know, then Google it.
If you ain't cav, you ain't shit. If you are cav you are the shit. Death before dismount.
@@davidgno I hear the pathetic dismounts whining it every day.
All I hear is cav saying that if you are cav, then you are shit.
And only a fool says the death before dismount. You must have spent less than a year in combat arms before they made you a fueler or pac clerk.
I think Abrams is one of the tanks with biggest inside space. That was even made on purpose so not all crew members get killed.
But t72 variants (and any Soviet model for that matter) uff
I had the opportunity to get into one of those t72 modernized varians.
Going in is like trying to put on wetsuit while being in a formula 1 car
Well you know Ivan is unkillable, right?
@@yourtypical1722 Russian tanks are horribly behind on technology compared to basically every modern tank.
@@yourtypical1722 tbh it looks like that front plate would bounce anything (maybe for it's time it would). But they are cheap and robust
@@Dumbass112 so in your mind this 40 year-old pile of trash is most advanced?
@@Dumbass112 you know it's a joke, right?
Bradley Gunner here. I know Bradleys aren't tanks, but turret talk resonates. Despite the crammed space, it's comforting to take ownership of your area and to have that shelter from the environment. And in terms of sleeping, having first dibs of the interior over the dismounts is a treasure... and EVERYONE envies the Driver's seat. 😂
The M1 has always been my favorite tank and they have some nice stuff on it but that big barrel on it it can do a lot of damage
It didn't suck for me at all. I spent countless hours in Bradleys, MRAPs and Humvees. After reclassing to a 19K, it was pretty amazing being in a spacious area with my height being at 6'2".
Same, I had no issue being a driver of an M1A1. To me it was the best spot to be in I was fully reclined. Im 6 foot 3. But back then I was 18 years old I was 6 foot. Great to see a fellow 19k hooah
I'm 6'1" and other than hitting my head on everything the M60A1 and the M1 were no problem for me. Of course 40 years later my body is wrecked, but still the best job I ever had 😊
1. There isn't one goddamn unit in the army that runs 4 men to a tank on the reg. 3 is the reality on ground and in combat. 4 is the exception and not the rule.
2. The drivers' seat is literally shaped like a recliner and you could quite literally button up your hatch and take a nap as long as you wake up when the TC tells you to move.
3. Unless it's a ship or a cargo plane, most military vehicles don't have a bathroom.
This is true
That's false. You can run a tank without a loader, but that is not normal. Not in any unit I've seen.
@@ChefClap who were you with?
So which crew member gets left then, loader, gunner, or TC? Surely not the driver. I’ve been around 19Ks, and I’ve never seen them run less than four crew unless they’re schlepping around the motor pool or loading on railhead or crap like that.
@@trenauldo The loader, Homie. Between the Gunner and TC they can load shells and shoot just fine. Back when we were doing back to back deployments the tank crews were always at 3 because downrange you're almost never at full unit strength so you might as well train how you fight.
"Why it sucks inside a tank" *fixed it for you
Stinky loaders lol naaa it’s not that bad, I lived on one in Baghdad. We used gatoraid bottles for number 1 number 2 was done right off the side while the tank commander is brushing his teeth in the morning. Fun times
The battle of the sweats: league of legends vs M1 Abrams 19 year old loader EP1,S1
This 19 year old loader will beat the league of legends any day in a sweat comp hangs down I know because I'm the loader
Of course there are bathrooms
They are just the shape of whatever empty container you have laying around like a bottle
I didn’t know that you can sh*t in a bottle, always learning new stuff. Love it
Drop the escape hatch, slide it backwards, have your shit then have the driver reverse, raise the escape hatch and carry on. Been there a couple of times. Lmao
NBC strykers have a convenient port that's the perfect size to drop monster cans you filled with... whatever your imagination desires. Just make sure the other strykers don't notice lmao.
@@oceanbytez847 That is so true.
Finally someone figured out what it is we do
I’m 6’3 220 and I loved my tank so much
Much respect for all our soldiers in mechanized units! Thank you for your service.
“I didn’t say we should defund healthcare, I said if there was a law that diverted all healthcare funds into supplying every American family with an M1 Abrams, I would vote for it” - theRussianbadger
Did you mean it's said by therussianwannabe?
He's the chosen one.
Mah…mah…..mah Freebrams
@@tsunami729 god bless ‘murica
@@worldoftancraft cry about it
I got 3 solutions:
1. Clorox wipes
2. Air Freshener’s
3. Lots of usb powered fans
lots of pine tree shapped air fresheners
On deployment, everyone stinks. You get used to it real fast. In Iraq and Afghanistan, the whole country just stinks even more than the BO stink of your buddies. Then we add burn pits.
Believe me when I say it’s not even an issue you’re worried about.
What about ending wars in the world and not having to get inside these machines at all? Sounds cool right? :D
@@raffmusicgaming3687 this is not the 60s. we know there will always be wars
@@raffmusicgaming3687 What happens when aliens invade earth? We still need these war machines.
I was initially a tanker before I transferred to the Engineer Corp. M60A2s were not the most spacious thing in the world. Going up to the M1 was a godsend.
I was in a mech unit and while what he said us true, 1) Baby wipe baths are common to keep clean, 2) soda bottles are handy toilets for #1, 3) if in battle, you dont have time to worry about claustrophobia, 4) the crew is protected from hot/cold/rain/etc., 5) tanks need to refuel and reload their on board ammo storage, this gives the crew time to stretch their legs and go #2, 6) the crew rides everywhere so they aren't exhausted from walking when battle starts. Being in a tank is actually a decent gig, beaten out only by being in a Bradley or Paladin since they have slightly more room.
I'm 5"10", I never thought the drivers hull or the turret was too cramped. Only when I was really tired driving at night with the thermal screen in front of my face would I sometimes begin to lose reality that I'm in a simulator instead of driving an actual tank and begin to panic in the tight space for a minute or two.
That’s so scary to me bro. How would you talk yourself down from freaking out and panicking??
@@GiDD504 Focus on breathing calmly, people who are in panic tend to hyperventilate, that only makes things worse.
Accept the fear, don't try to push it away. Tell yourself it's just fear, and that you will be ok.
That's the way to handle any panic attack.
I was 6’4 in a Leopard 2, it didn’t really feel cramped since there was enough space to operate the tank, meaning 99% of the time you didn’t feel like needing more space. But yeah the NV really feels like a simulator and makes it feel unnatural to operate the tank.
God damn I'm 6'7 330 lbs I would not fit in a tank lol
I used to drive a K1E1 and closing the hatch while driving and only looking through the angled mirrors and sitting an angle was terrifying.
I still remember my first time closing the hatch. I'm a bit on the bigger side so being in there wasnt exactly comfortable. Add on the fact that the hatch got stuck for a good 5 mins and that was the first time ive actually felt claustrophobic in my life.
Here's the thing.
Every tanker I've met loves the job. Some hate their CoC or the typical Army BS, but they love the tank.
My father served on a 2A4, he enjoyed it yes but he didn't like the Idea of any of both sides being able to start a war
Yeah that’s bullshit. Maybe when it works.
Former leopard memeber here, and I can confirm that. I've loved my tank😁
@@JCB576 I've never been in one but i have the feeling it's a lot like how my caveman brain lights up when i shoot a gun at the range.
*Me have BIGGEST fire! Me powerful!*
Accurate
Tanks are nice and all, it all depends on the crew too. If you put a few Abrams crew into a T-72 they could probably do just as good
The Tog II crew just stands aside and quietly laughs...
“Not like the video game” bro my room has the smell and the clostrophibia of a tank
Props for going the extra mile for realism
Probably worse than the tank if you're being completely honest
"clostrophibia"?
You must be one of those hoards of semi-literate Americans
Maybe or perhaps he’s from a non English speaking country?
@@MRrealmadridRaul
Obviously not 'bro' - hardly an affectation of a foreigner, but very popular with thick Americans who can't spell.
You may find, this is rather normal for a tank, in fact the inside of an Abrams has quite a bit of room for a modern tank, and luxury compared to older ones.
I heard the new versions might even get ac
@@P.W.N.ed_9000 I'm pretty sure they already do
@@nesyboi9421 only a cooling system for the tank itself, unless I missed something on SepV3
@@P.W.N.ed_9000 ac requires a fan vent and refrigerant vent that makes for 2 more weak points in the armor that you don't need. Better to bring some ice packs
@@danielhughes5932 weak spot in the armor
-depleted uranium.
Nigga, do you even tank armor?
I've heard countless stories about how indestructible Abrams are. They may be super uncomfortable, but that's gotta count for something.
Was an Abrams tanker for 12 years and never had a problem being on one. My crew would lay on the front slope or back deck, but I loved to sleep in the turret. I was always comfortable.
"There's no bathroom in the Abrams"
Thanx for clarifying I always wondered.
But there is a shower in the rec room.
hose connected to a urinal like pan. hose goes down through a drain hole
I am a proud 19K, and I have always managed to stay as clean as possible. The weak will always be afraid of living inside of a beast!
I was a tank mechanic and I am 6,2. I hated getting into the driver's hatch of an M1. Loved driving it.
What's your proof? Real life ain't your moms basement. All the crunches always want to get in the tank and warm up and dry out. Best jib I ever had
Imagine if one of your crew mates let's a silent but deadly one inside the tank and your in the middle of training and your instructor is watching you like a hawk.
Ah the chilli beans with spicy boiled eggs is the worst
The best is if you could get a bomb burrito before rolling out
Lmao, that would be evil
Most have experienced this. MREs do a number on ya.
One of the guys I know used to be in a tank crew before his current job, according to him, his crew would always take empty 2 liters and Gatorade bottles with them on any missions where they’d be in the tank for awhile
Everywhere you go always have too
Nothing like flying through Cow House Creek at Ft. Hood Texas doing 40 mph in an M1 and literally emptying the creek into the sky and being up the hill and over the top before all that water lands back in the creek. Had to turn around and do it again!
The thing is, tanks are soon becoming old technology. You throw a molotov and that tank is either has to move away from the fire, or the crew has to escape the tank due to mobility kill or something.
Because getting close enough to throw a molotov cocktail at the tank is so easy
Well just add a couple machine guns on the sides like the ww1 tanks
"you cover my asss, i gotta Shit" (jumps out of the tank)
"Alright i got you!"
Lol
@@j.bridges2921 , hahaha, you will always find a way to do #2, it’s not like you fight 24/7.
MRE bag :)
Can't do that in a NBC situation
Except there’s a CBRN threat so you’re closed protected posture, that empty .50 cal can got your name on it….
Meanwhile English tanks make tea. We gotta step up our game!
That's not tea; that's Scottish driver draining his bladder!
@@Olena.Osilo75 he really should drink more water...
The Iraqi oil fields is the perfect place for a cuppa. You can think of all that sand as free sugar.
We just strap coolers to the top and droop in your choice of poison....but don't tell our CoC that.
WW2 Tanks crew member:atleast they got thermal,rangefinder, stabilizer, and fast turret rotation
It's about time someone finally said it out loud. Sometimes you piss and shit in the tank because getting out to do so is not an option. this is NOT a new thing, and has been an issue since WWI and WWII
That’s actually not true because after you have been in a tank together for a long period of time the human body has the ability to stop making you smell things that would otherwise make you vomit.
Plus ain’t nobody that fucking stinky especially from just one dude being a bit sweaty like cmon
@@alexbruton3682 try not showering for a week and then check how stanky you are. It can get real nasty
@@Brodwyn tankers get to RTB unlike infantry so they don't go as long without showers.
@@BigBlackGlock We didn't, but maybe it's different for Americans. Had one shower for two weeks in an exercise.
The abrams is the tank with the most space. The swedish tank trials in the late 90s where they tested the abrams, leclerc, Leo 2, challenger 2 (a few more I think as well) the test where the abrams clearly won was the test to see what was most comfortable for the crew to stay inside buttoned up 24 hours
Well, Leo 2 won lmfao
@@AnonyMous-ql9nj superior german engineering
@@josefsousek6551 True, Swedes and Germans do be making good shit this time of age but having the same problem.
Funding for the military :(
@@AnonyMous-ql9nj well these days armies of European countries don't need that much funding
@@josefsousek6551 my guy, u gotta atleast agree our armies are too small lmfao
As an Abrams tank crewman, I can say that there IS bathrooms. Gatorade bottles are best to piss in. And if it’s serious enough and truly a shit emergency, empty 50 cal can. Of course the crew will be wearing gas masks lol. Personally I have showered in the tank as well. Solar water heater, shower hose hanging down from the loaders hatch. Open the sub turret access hatch- turn on bilge pump when crew is done.
A great tank, number 2 behind challenger 👍🏻🇬🇧
"It doesn't have a bathroom" What did you think it is? Some land Battleship with all your accommodations to suit you?
Besides, who wants a bathroom near the king sized bed.
they literally just said it doesn’t have a bathroom? they werent implying that it’s supposed to
I mean it’s kinda a land battleship
"It can trigger claustrophobia issues"
Me, who has never touched grass in my entire life: YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY POWER
Ok I laughed hard
Driver & Gunner on a M728 CEV, and mechanized Combat Engineer in M113s. Spent 10 years in tanks and APCs. I wouldn't change a thing. I loved being 1st Armored Division and mechanized.
Farting in a tank is more likely to start a farting contest! rather than cause friction among the crew. Loud farts can relieve monotony! and a response, 'jeez mate, that is bad! Something's crawled up your arse and died! Ah the memories of tank life! the comradeship!
I loved my time in the Abrams, i spent 3 yrs with the same crew. It was the most kickass time in my life.
“There’s no bathroom in the Abrams”
Yeah like you have one in your tank
Yah they talk about this stuff like bathrooms are a universal concept in main battle tanks. I have heard that the old T-72's have a bathroom, it is wherever you happen to be when you confront any of the modern tanks, lol...
The challenger 2 has a toilet.
I was a Medic in 1/33 AR BN(3rd Amoured Division) in Germany back in 1984- we transitioned into a M-1 unit- at that time we had been set up with M60A3 Tanks..we thought the whole game had changed
I mean the Challenger 2 has a kettle, us Brits can't fight without our tea 😂
I don’t think there’s any tank that’s “comfortable” to stay in 😂
Idk, the commanders position in an M103 feels bigger than a NY apartment
@@ArmorandArtillery well when you compare it to an NY apartment everything looks comfortable 😂
Look at how much space is in the Maus. Basically a small apartment lol.
@@ohyeah3707 ok I’ll give you the maus buuuuuut I don’t think there’s any tank that has seen combat that was comfortable to be in 😂😂
@@joemama6486
Touche lol
Being honest I have a friend who is a tanker and he doesn’t say that it’s as claustrophobic as you state it is
It depends from person to person lol it's not as simple as saying "wrong" or right"
Ive been in one before it’s definitely cramped but it depends
I’m a tanker and i can tell you it isnt (as long as you are not claustrophobic) but its uncomfortable as fuck
@@feracier13 I really want to be a tanker but I’m currently 6’3, not going to be fun for me.
@@Whovian-wg6pz Forehead, meet ceiling. Ceiling, meet forehead. You two play nice now!
The best seat is the drivers seat. Smart crews switch seats.... Second best for sleeping is gunners seat. The loader can put up the basket and if they're young and small they can curle up and sleep on the floor. The person in the tank commanders seat is screwed and might as well be the person awake. Now if you camp out and put the main gun over the side the front slope is great it will straighten out a bad back. The back deck is awesome in winter keeps you nice and toasty.
It also burns so well when it meets Lantset
Nevermind it’s one of if not the most ergonomically comfortable tank in service today…
If I’m going for ergonomics, I’ll take the Challenger 2 with a built in kettle to make tea in.
@@jesusofbullets british priorities XD
@@Helperbot-2000
I’m just sayin that while the Abrams is my fav, obv if it has a tea kettle that it’s gotta be spacious and built for at least a little comfort.
The most comfortable position in the Abrams tank is the driver's seat when the TC has to announce driver wake up before every single command you know they did something right
Wasn't there a crew fatality in the Gulf War when an Abrams driver fell asleep and the tank went into a canal killing the crew?
@@2ears1mouth43 off hand I dont know, but damn that driver seat is cozy.
Technically , you don't have to be awake to drive one. You can drive one with one arm out of your sleeping bag
I thought the M1 was pretty roomy but then I was M2 crewman. Do the same video with an M2! Now that’s tight.
“One of the most advanced and powerful tanks in the entire world”
War thunder: Turret ring
I mean, Fury did a pretty good job of showing how claustrophobic it can be inside a tank
Thats ww2 era too, and even the sherman tank was considered to be one of the most "comfortable" tanks in that era compared to the others
I’d much rather a larger M1 over the T-72, which has the exact same “internal protected volume”, but is insanely uncomfortable. It’s so bad that 3hrs “buttoned-up” was the absolute limit for Soviet allied tankers.
And the crews have to be less than 1.7m in height to be selected for the tank.
@@muhammadnursyahmi9440 here’s the added kicker, you have to be under that height limit, but there is also a hard weight limit for each crewmen to be able to fit into their spots and work comfortably/efficiently.
And…you are also missing the 4th crewman of the heavyweight MBTs, so essential field maintenance(changing a broken track) is expected to take twice as long according to T-72/90 crew maintenance books.
Imagine trying to change a track on T-90 *with only 1 other person helping you* in a combat zone. That’s because the 3rd crewman(the commander) is covering you, like the loader does in a 4-man MBT.
Merkava is better than either, imo....
@@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785 that is a damn good tank for protecting the lives of the crew. The engine at the front should be mandatory for new designs. Every extra piece of metal between the enemy and the crew is a great decision.
The mini-missile APS is something to behold also, and I’m happy the M1 is going to be getting them.
@@cjwrench07 the engine does not really help much for stopping shrapnel or kinetic projectiles
Italians: That’s a Luxury Hotel, dude.
That is why the Unmanned or Optionally manned Tanks will be popular in the future.
Miss the old M60... you can take a piss right on the ground from inside the tank.
m60s get blown up by t55s bro
@@radedzon1226
Just stop. It's been repeatedly established, more than ever that Russian tanks are outclassed by NATO tanks. There was a time when a somewhat legitimate argument could be made about who built the better tank.
But not anymore.
Ever since the clinically insane Russian dictator invaded Ukraine we have seen on full display the glaring failure of Russian tanks and the complete lack skill of Russian soldiers.
Russian soldiers are ill-trained drunks, rapists, paedophiles, and murderers. They're poorly equipped, and have pathetic leadership. This humiliation has been made crystal clear for all to see by reputable journalists from all over the world.
@@radedzon1226yeah big suprise, tanks die
Americans: Abrams doesn't have much space inside.
Russians: Hold my vodka!
Every tank is like that...
@@yume6487 Eastern tanks have much less space inside. Believe me. I know what i am talking about.
@@MrRicoPL send a video of it then
@@yume6487 oh come on. Even child knows that it is highly forbidden to video interior and exterior of military vehicles in the service. I couldn't share any video even if i had one.
The second thing is that i dont have to prove you anything. So take care and bye.
After spending 4 years in the turret, I went downstairs to the drivers cab. As for the smell, you don't notice it after 3 or 4 days.
I love the Abrams when it’s cold out lol that back grill sure is toasty
Drivers always have it a little better: you always have your own space and you're not being thrown around the cabin like the rest of the crew.
I’m sure body odor is the last thing on a soldier’s mind in war.
You get used to it very quickly
"No washroom?"
"There's no hot tub either."
"Well this really is untenable."
I was on a paladin for four years. I did a long time as the number one man that’s the one that shoots it. Ive spent a lot of time sweating and sleeping and eating and freezing in a tank but it’s great memories.
It’s better to be in the tank then be facing one down, or be walking and not surrounded armour.
Sun tzu, Probably
Yeah sun tzu said that to me in calculus class yesterday, cool guy