A DETAILED LOOK INSIDE A T-72
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Me and the team took a special delivery of a fairly rare vehicle this week of a T-72M Main battle tank.
This is a slightly more in depth video looking around this vehicle; as this is the first time that we have seen something like this and thought it would be fun to share it all with you.
We will do more videos at a later date as we do the repairs on the vehicle and take it for a full test drive but as most of you know we have to focus on the FV4005 project with the Tank Museum which will be our main focus over the next few weeks. Please see the the links below for that project and more information as well as links to some other channels that I watch.
@tinkeringwithtanks
@ausarmour
@thetankmuseum
@WargamingEurope
See the World of Tanks live stream where I talk about the FV4005 here:
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WARNING!
If the air pressure is above 16 MPa in the air system, close valves at bottles and open valve for air release. - This is needed probably due to maximum pressure at the starting air bottles. So it should be 16 Mpa, there have been couple of accidents when drivers somehow managed to kick off the intake pipes and it ripped their legs a bit.
If you are refilling the cooling system with antifreeze liquid set the VODA = switch to ANTIFRIZ (yeah its antifreeze) and if you wanna fill the system with water switch it to VODA (water).
Start driving at lower transmission ratio. Driving at all of the transmission ratios is allowed if the temperature of engine cooling liquid and engine oil is above 55°C.
Do not exceed engine oile temperature above 120°C, cooling water temperature above 115°C and antifreeze coolant above 105°C.
Stop the engine only if the engine coolant liquid temperature is lower than 90°C.
In the winter season, when environment temperatures are below 0°C, if the the tank was stationary for a longer while (means if the whole vehicle got cooled down to environment temperature), double pump refill according to KP (??) needs to be done according to instructions for use while running the vehicle on gasoline. Before starting the engine start the pump BCN (label ?) and hold the button for air release valve (TLACIDLO VYPUSTANIA VZDUCHU should be the label). Shut down the BCN pump immediately after stopping the vehicle.
If the selector of transmission gears is not blocking shifts to 6th gear at 1900RPM or to 5th at 2000RPM and the indicator is off (there should be an indicator light for it labeled "VOLIC PREVODOVYCH STUPNOV" or "BLOKOVANIE RADICA/PREVODOVKY" or something like that) drive only up to 4th gear.
Tried my best, if you need more help with translating labels etc either shoot me a message or it is Slovak language. I have worked around these tanks in musuem a bit only refilling fluids and rotten hoses but might be able to help a bit. Good luck :)
Edit:
My reply to this comment seems to got deleted because of links so...
So the model you have seems to got produced by ZTS Martin in Slovakia, they made around 235 of these vehicles and I if I recall correctly they were mostly for export (dont take this as a fact plz). But that might explain the missing smoke cover launchers etc... for further customization possibly with era plates etc.
You were very correct about anybody letting near the tank, its honestly more dangerous for it's operators than it might be on todays battlefield. Also turret armour behind gunner and commander is about 2/3 inch-ish (might vary), 50. cal goes through and I woud even count on some 7,62x54R or .308 pen rounds making a mess inside the turret possibly.
The spring loaded hatches on engine were usually open when driving around, not sure if it was so due to engine cooling issues but every time I was around this tank actually driving, they had them opened just so that the springs held them open.
Fluid leaks are common the oil below engine might not even be a issue, it's just like it is. Before starting the tank even after couple of days, always check the fluid levels and run the engine oil pump even couple of times before starting, as it mentioned in that manual plaque :)
The driver hatch is the reason why you often see soviet tanks parked with barrels facing off center and raised up while being parked :)
Also this concrete piece you have is most likely "ulozenka" which was manufactured, then stored for trade or replacement, because of the oiled paper covers on tankers helmets and barrel filled with cosmoline (conserving vaseline). This might explain also some issues with vehicle if somebody who was using it for the first time didnt completely remove all this stuff before starting it up for the first time.
I am really exicted and looking forward for series with this tank :) Good luck again guys :)
Well done!
@JesusThineBeTheGlory technically, yes, though you could do that in pretty much any vehicle. It's just a liquid after all.
Full user manual right here
Excellent post👍👏👏
This thing about .50 cal going thru the back of the turret is the biggest bs I heard about T72
Im czech. My Grandpa used to be a commander in t-72m. I asked him about it. But he is very old now and does not remeber a lot about the tank anymore+ he is partially deaf because of his Compulsory military service. But he was so excited to see that some people are interested in this tank
You say: “Im czech.”
I say: “Bless you!”
Z victory will be ours🇷🇺 @@craftyukraine
@@fatcontrollerproductions9910 "3 days to Kyiv!!1!!1!1!1!1" 😂😂😂
That is a Czech T-72M or as its known in NATO a T-72G. It features a 125mm 2A46 Smoothbore cannon with a 23 round auto-loader (with a reload speed of around 6 seconds per shot (Depending on the where the shell is located in the autoloader. Also features a PKT coaxial machine gun (~2000 round carried in one link) and sometime features a 12.7mm DSHk or 14.5mm NSV for the commanders hatch (intended for anti-helicopter use). Houses a crew of 3 (Driver, Comander, Gunner). These were originally produced in Slovakia (all of which have now been modernised into the T-72M4CZ variant)
Not all have been modernised, 125 T-72s but only 30 T-72M4CZs
This comment should get pinned.
The M4cZ's went to Ukraine I believe, re-engined with a perkins cv12 which doubles the range and gives neutral turn capabilities. Correct me if I am wrong...
@@autismo785 reading further into the modernisation program, we are both wrong. there were only 33 examples of the 72M4CZ built, with 90 of the Upgraded T-72s (the T-72 Avenger or T-72EA being built (there was an option for another 30 examples but they decided to not procure them))
No, we kept the T-72M4CZ because it's the best tank we have and sent these T-72M1s to Ukraine. We got the Leopards 2A4s from the Germans in return.@@robtearle565
The pipe you found on the back of the turret- you screw the pieces together to make a suction pipe to reach the bottom of a fuel barrel, they fit the electric fuel pump you found. The first pipe you picked up has a non return flap in it to prevent back flow.
It also has a stand off on the bottom so it doesn't hit the bottom of the drum and stop the flow.
No it’s the snorkelling system
@@obeyobay9146 The snorkeling system is the BIG pipe bolted to the turret. He's talking about the kit they found in the bins on the turret.
@@fulgrimventris8506 ah, I thought he was talking about the big pipe
All soviet tanks had two-axis stabilizers starting from T-55. As well as commanders ability to turn the gut towards the target.
Also you showed a footage of T-64 - T-80 autoloader which is different from T-72 - T-90.
The technicaly names are аз (ural pattern tanks) and мз (malyshev). Both equate to "automatic" and "mechanical" autoloaders, though operate with the same exact loading times.
They have more than a dozen iterations, allowing for different ammo. Hence why Iraqi tanks could only fire 3BM9/12 (3BM10/13 through foreign name) through АЗ-172/100 autoloaders, and currently-day tanks can fire 3BM69/70 through АЗ-148/[500/550] autoloaders (T-90M and T-14 respectively).
Standard for 1990-2014 T-72s and beyond is the АЗ-184/330-5, which is capable of 3BM59/60.
The naming system goes
АЗ / МЗ - Autoloader type, automatic / mechanical respectively, which mean the same thing but Ural is a bitch with names
### - Object number that the autoloader applies to. AZ-172 applied to the Object 172, or the pre-pro T-72. 176 is the primary production of T-72, and 184 is the secondary production of T-72 / T-72B onwards.
T-90s (188) used the same autoloader as the late T-72s (184), though had new electronics applied. That brings us to sub-variants;
###[/#] - Variant of autoloader for a specific tank. Usually it relates to the memory unit, FCC, or loader drive names, though it can be anything. Like the 172/100 that I mentioned, it was simply named 100 because it was the first variant. 300 series were named after the memory unit, and /# was added to whichever gun the memory unit was capable of cataloguing ammunition for. 330/5 corresponded to the 2A46M-5, 330/3 to the M-3, and so on.
The 148 autoloaders is special, as it was drastically enlargened (word?). It's mounted on the T-90M (148/500) and T-14 Armata (148/550), and was applied ONLY on the T-90M. The T-90AM was a stopgap tank to the T-90M, and only featured a new turret, no accommodations for a better engine upgrade or autoloader / crew protection. When the T-90M was designed, the T-90AM was redesignated T-90MS with a few changed, and exported. (It couldn't be T-90SM, like the T-90A/T-90SM, as SM normally meant "standard modernization" or "serial modernization", which it was not).
@@TheArcticFoxxo enlarged
@@charlesangell_bulmtl ?
You mean T-55A and forward
@@stranger299a T-54B started it
29:08 it does have a stabilizer but due to the low depression of the gun at higher speeds if you are traversing rough terrain the gun might get thrown off by a small bump
Bt 7 also have stabilizer
I can’t believe how incredibly cramped and tight it is inside… I can’t imagine having to live and fight inside that vehicle.. much respect to everyone who has experience operating this vehicle.. either in combat or not.
Granted, he makes our average height looks like dwarves.
Later standard models of '184 had adjustable seats for MANY options, too. As well as the Gunner and Commander's seats being able to fold away, leaving quite a lot of room to lie down on the autoloader cover.
I'm not someone who suffers from claustrophobia, but watching this video gave me the same heebie-jeebies that I get when reading or hearing about caving and going through squeezes. It was almost as unpleasant as stories about cave diving.
Especially for the russian "liberators" who use these things to shoot at people in foreign lands, right?
@TheArcticFoxxo the Accordingto what I have seen, Russian Tank crews where only around the 5ft 4in height.
@@keithlennox8195 yes, small height was one of the requirements to serve as a member of the tank crew.
"H" is neutral because it's the Russian "N" letter.
"3X" is "задний ход" abbreviated, which is, you guessed it, "reverse gear".
Hownis it pronounced btw
@@CapCody zadniy khod
@@stefantrajkovic7157 prokhod
That giant metal plate you pick up at around 28:00 is part of the shoulder shield, it's supposed to be connected I think so you cannot accidently loose your shoulder to the Autoloader
7:50 - The T-72 actually has a different turning mechanism - instead of the side clutches like on a T-34 , this one has two gearboxes - when you pull the steering lever (lets say the left one) into 1st position it actually shifts the left gearbox into a lower gear and thus - the tank turns. Because of this - every gear has a fixed turning radius. the more you know ;) . Keep it up man - you have a great channel
Finally found someone else who knows!!every book and even the tank museum say a 7 speed synchro gearbox...when in fact there are two 7 speed epicyclic transmissions hydraulically actuated through a master and slave system (master on the shifter, slaves on the steering tillers) ingenious way of drive and steer, the wonders of soviet engineering!
@@jamesscott5407 I work as a volunteer in a polish museum on the t-72
@@guiderguy5210 you're my new favourite person in the world! Nice to meet you! The t72 is my all time tank! Such amazing engineering prowess, it's so hard to come by literature in the west, especially English translated, I've had to do a lot of digging around Russian and eastern websites with Google translate. Hope you're well brother
I once had the opportunity to drive a t55 and I believe it already had the gearboxes set up like the t72.
The actual gear lever was different though.
@@anticlaassic nope - the t55 has a different turning mechanism - from what i know it works like brakes on a car - just braking pads that tighter around a braking drum.
It's no exaggeration when I've read of how crew comfort goes completely out of the window in T-72 tanks.
Damn that is a tight squeeze.
Fascinating stuff at the same time though.
He's quite tall
It's not as bad as you would imagine. I am 177cm and I fit comfortably in all crew positions. Most of our drivers are quite a bit taller than me.
@@oliverpasztor788 I'm around 163-165, it's quite comfortable with a modern variant, especially one that you've had time to make room-y
@@TheArcticFoxxoi only 160 from and the t72 has plenty of space
Well it was made for the average height at the time which was 175 cm and also tank crew just has a suit and their tank helmet nothing more on
do a tank giveaway
Yeah right bro
Can I have some?
Bugger health and safety...no BV!
ps - you were fine on the livestream, and you approach and sense of humour is spot on.
Watch Australian Armour (workshop Wednesday) for the restoration stuff but watch you guys because I love the fact that I have absolutely “ no f@#$&g clue what you nutters are gonna do next” genuinely love watching a bunch of mates enjoy themselves, don’t change anything, there’s a reason your channel is growing 🇦🇺🙂👍
It's like were all in class learning together, except Seb's asleep with the camera and Joe's cheating. ;)
I love watching Aus Armour as well. These buggers are hilarious! I have only just discovered the channel.🇦🇺
Your commitment to the Gopnik hardbass music makes this vid an 11 out of 10!
Glad I wasn't the only one to notice that!
One aspect that was universally well received by Chieftain crews was its inclusion of a Boiling Vessel. This device boiled water for the purpose of brewing tea, though it was also often used for heating field rations.
I never had any trouble Parking the Mk3!
I was declined entry into the NZAC during my compulsory military training in the early 1970s because I was deemed "too tall to fit inside an M41" - and I was then just touching on 1.79m (6'). Joe looks taller than I was (then), so he should wear the title of 'tank maintenance & repair' and stay right out of the machine's inner spaces! 😄
Did you want to be inside one of those cramped coffins on treads?
Huge amount of respect for the mechanics that have to work on these!
The Czech and Polish T-72Ms didn't get smoke mortars until the mid-late 80s. They never got around to upgrading this one.
This one was made in Slovakia.
Czechs didnt make T-72s.
@@cdgncgn Czechoslovakia did make them so don't be a smart arse. And to add I didn't say the Czech's made this one I simply stated that the T-72s in Czech service started being upgraded to M1 standard in the mid 80s.
i just love the design. we recently almost seen t-72s in action nearby with the essequibo conundrum because venezuela still uses the 72B1 (i live in brazil), but thankfully didn't come to it. still love their slick shape
In fact, the T-72 has a gun stabilizer in two planes. When the system starts, the gunner activates the gyroscope. Which spins for two minutes, and then the gun is unlocked.
Good old mechanical gyro. Nothing beats it today.😂
I admire your ability to go in confined spaces. I’m myself and slightly claustrophobic and this is the first time I’ve ever had slight anxiety watching a RUclips video. I could never even have got in the drivers compartment and I don’t think I’d ever tried to crawl between there and the turret You get 12 out of 10 for bravery tank looks amazing
You should go out more.
I’m surprised it got past Soviet Health and Safety!
Production and editing are on point! Fantastic job gentlemen.
I love the simple yet effective engineering on these (hull side). The russians were very clever and understood the majority of crewmen in these were going to be conscripted guys with low technical education with little time to get them sufficiently trained. Nothing has been over engineered on these. A lot of more modern western tanks had some very innovative pieces of engineering but were prone to braking and required a lot of maintenance. These things, although not comfortable, and not particularly well protected inside and out, will work and give the crew very few problems 99% of the time.
Arse, I got so involved in watching, my tea got cold. Few people can express their enthusiasm and knowledge as well as Joe.
i did the same sipping on a cold cup of tea now hahaha
Nice toolboard. Glad to see you are exercising some tool control....... like us Aircraft guys!!!
I thought so, too. They will be drawing around all the tools and putting labels in the spaces too, next. As I'm sure you know, this helps account for where tools are and is intended to avoid them being left where they should not, which is critical for the maintenance, the people and the tools. For Mr H it may also help them select the right size from the various. The shed is looking great and thanks for the detailed look in this vid!!
The autoloader feeding arms into the chamber is a myth. The VERY early T-62 had that issue, but they were modified VERY quickly to eliminate that problem.
T64 not T62. also Ural factory in Siberia insulted the Kharkiv factory in Ukraine about the t64 autoloder being easily damaged while the t72 autoloder was not. 1970😂
@@AprezaRenaldyyet the Kharkov factory made the more advanced tanks lololol
@@nolkerss in the past during.Soviet time.
Alo The factory Don't make new tanks anymore. And the Equipment were also not upgraded after the 2014 coup
Luv this vid guys , I was I the RAF during the 90's , and this type of tank was still quite common , I've never seen one in person , but your. Video on the fact that it's lighter , faster and shorter than a. Cheiften, makes me wonder, if we would have fared as well as our bosses believed in open. Combat on the flat plains of Europe. I think we would have struggled agInst these tanks
Not just lighter and faster but also 10x the buggers. 'Quantity has a quality all of its own'
2 different tanks made for 2 different purposes. Chieftains were built to defend being hull down and T series were built to advance
@@WozWozEre Also, it had a full set of composite armor and a dart throwing smoothbore
the text you found in the box is in Slovak so I assume this T-72 was manufactured in czechoslovakia.
the translation is something like : Attention! 1. if the pressure of the air is above 16MPo in the air system, close vemtils of the bottles and open the ventils for the air outtake(dunno how to translate it)
2. While filling the cooling system with antifreeze, switchthe gauge water=antifreeze unto antifreeze, while filing the water switch it to water.
3.Start driving on lower gears with the water and oil temperature min +30 degrees, driving in all gears is allowed with temperature of cooling liquid and oil at min +55 degrees celsius.
4.Don't let the oil temperature above +120 degrees, water above +115 degrees and antiffreeze above +185 degrees.
5. Turn the engine off only with the cooling liquid temperature not higher than 50 degrees.
6. I'm struggling to translate it but it's essentially that it's important to take the double oil pump out of the engine before longer standing for expontation (whatever that means)
7.Two minutes before starting the engine on gasoline, turn the pump bcn and hold the button of the air discarge ventil. turn the pump off right after stopping
8.if you're driving on the 6th and 7th gear with engine RPM 1800 and on 5th gear with 200 RPM, the gear selector is not blocking (the control is not lit up) - drive only up ti 4th gear
Hopefully this somewhat helped, some words are hard to read and some just hard to translaate so I understand if it's kinda useless but it's essentially a what to do and not do list
but hey Slovak tank yippee
takto dopadlo naše národné bohatstvo- v rukách nejakého imperialistického barbara!
Corectly this tank was made under license of Ural Vagon Zavod in city Martin Slovakia. So its a Slovak Tank :)
I’m a Yank from New Jersey (don’t hold that against me) and I just found your site!! I’m having a hard time with your accent and slang but it’s all good. You guys are really informative and funny as hell. I’ve seen video from the war at Ukraine and when these Russian tanks get hit just right those turrets can definitely get blown straight up out of the tank! I don’t think there would be much left of the crew. Keep up the great work! Be safe
thats more so to do with extra ammo in the hull the t72b3 ring has very little chance of going off. T80 however is a complete different story.
These tanks are like going to war in a ready-made cramped coffin.
Sounds like that tank is more dangerous to the operators then the enemy. Oh, and I can can hear that hard bass in the background, lol!
Russian ergonomy :)
Enjoying your videos, thanks! I had the opportunity to go and work with tanks about a decade ago and a weekend of heaving great heavy components around in confined spaces was plenty enough to put me off for life... went to work on old military aircraft instead... so I have great respect for those who actually enjoy working with these things!
29:12 both T-72A and T-72M1 variants have duel plain stabilizers.
29:42 There are zero reports of this ever happening to T-72 crews.
I imagine it would be even more claustrophobic if the commanders cupola was facing the right way and you had that great big massive sight right in your face lol.
Love to watch your videos and I truly like your humour, thanks for the many entertaining hours and keep the videos coming!
Ah yes, the T-72. A world renowned tank, known for having a 120mm gun.
Amazing work you guys do, it’s great that you are able to show us what you do. Thank you :)
More or less 120mm, comrad. The tolerance in factory is around 5mm if Vasilly is in a good mood
Seb's camera work is absolutely immaculate.
All T-64s, T-80s, T-72s, and T-90s, as well as all T-62s, and later versions of T-55, all have a dual axis stabilizer, so T-72M is fully stabilized
It would be nice to see a detailed view of all the nooks and crannies inside the fighting compartment.
A 46.5 ton death trap on today’s battlefield. I absolutely love i!
A great interview down at the tank museum,well done. Very professional
Back in 1983 I was delivering a German MAN wrecker from the Aberdeen provong grounds in Maryland to the Detroit tank plant. While inside the plant I noticed they had a T-72 which they graciously let me inspect. Seems it came from Syria via Israel having Israili markings. Even after all these years I still think about that.
Great Video! I don't think that it would be on fire for long, before the turret ejection system kicks in.
I look forward to your videos. Not everyone will get the humor, true enough, but they'll just have to cope. I envy the fact that you get to have fun and games with armor. I also follow the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum.
ALIGNMENT
WHEN THE AIR PLAQUE IS ABOUT 16 MP IN THE AIR SYSTEM, CLOSE THE FLIAS VALVE AND OPEN THE AIR INTAKE VENT. WHEN RUNNING THE COOLING SYSTEM WITH ANTIFREEZE, SWITCH WATER-ANTIFREEZE TO THE ANTIFREEZE POSITION, WHEN FILLING THE HOGEU-TO A HALF OF WATER, START DRIVING IN LOWER GEARS AT COOLANT AND OIL TEMPERATURE MIN. 30°C, DRIVING IN ALL GEARS IS ALLOWED AT COLD TEMPERATURES. LIQUIDS AND OILS MIN.-55 °C. DO NOT ALLOW OIL TEMPERATURE ABOVE 120°C, WATER +115 AND ANTIFREEZE ABOVE +105°C. STOP THE ENGINE ONLY AT THE TEMPERATURE OF THE COOLANT IE VESSEL AS 30°C. IN WINTER (AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW 0 "C) IT IS NECESSARY TO CONVERT BEFORE A LONG STATE
DOUBLE PUMPING OIL FROM THE KP ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE EXP OTASIT WHEN TAKING PETROL FROM THE MIN. BEFORE STARTING THE MOTORCYCLE, TURN THE BON PUMP ON AND HOLD THE VERTICAL BLEED BUTTON, THE BON PUMP SHUT UP IMMEDIATELY AFTER STOPPING IN REVERSE WHEN DRIVING IN S.AZ GEAR 1000 RPM ENGINE AND IN 5TH GEAR AT 2000 atim INSIDE THE GEAR GEAR ESTE KE BLO IT WORKS (THE INDICATOR DOESN'T ILLUMINATE - ONLY FOURTH GEAR
Nicolas Morran “The Chieftain “ “Oh God the tank is on fire!!!”
Hahahahahahahaha
Nice tour, and the shops looking great
I’ve only ever sat in one tank, a Chally 2 in ‘96, I thought that was claustrophobic, but this makes that look like an open plan loft apartment.
Very very jealous I’d love a t72!! Thank you for the mention! :)
Come over for a play bud!
if he gets in he won't get out without grease @@MrHewes
“Three times” on gearbox select lever it’s acronym from Russian «ЗХ - Задний Ход».
I saw Chieftain (‘The Chieftain’) had a video commenting on the flying turret autoloader problem, that a lot of the internal explosions are due to loose rounds stored wherever around the turret, which you’d get in any vehicle if you had live rounds everywhere I suppose. Which sounds plausible.
EVERY vehicle in combat have rounds everywhere, unless they run out of them. Its first rule of combat, take as much as you can carry, because you never sure when new ammo appear and when you will need extra.
I’m here for tanks and humor. You deliver both and I thoroughly enjoy it! Keep up the good work and what’s going on with concrete chieftain?
29:45 who put their hands on the machine? when fighting, the commander focuses on holding the radio and looking for targets
T-72 definitely has a gun stabilizer
This engine is awesome! It can run with alcohol, petrol, diesel, oil as well. The max height was 170cm maximum for the crew in Hungary in the ‘90-s.
But did you check fuel ⛽️ tank for gold bars 😂
30:00 I remember seeing an interview with a Polish tank instructor and he said he always knew the loader monster could eat your arm, but he never saw it or heard of anyone seeing it happen (despite him being around a lot of careless conscripts, presumably). So they were aware of it, you just had to be passing the gunner a chocolate bar in the middle of combat while they were firing.
When it runs, I would like to see the maximum reverse speed too 😅
By the way, these padded caps (dont call it helmet) will only protect ones head when all is calm. Blunt head trauma is guaranteed when going quick cross country and projectiles are flying around. These pads will do exactly nothing when you get thrown about in the tank.
37:00 dont appologize for being genuine my friend, it is part of the reason i watch they boys with thier big toys
Keep doing what you're doing mate. Cheers from Australia.👍
Interesting note. if you go on Wikipedia the V-2 Engine whether it be the V8 variant or the V12. It was used in the BT Tank during the mid-30s all the way up to modern russian farming / Construction equipment up to about 2019. Ofc with MANY MANY Upgrades. Maybe even in 2022 with the Kirovets Tractors and I think the T90-M too.
why chance a good robust design when you can just upgrade it
i found your channel through this video.The T72 is such a good looking tank, never knew it was such a death trap though! Can't wait to see more videos of it!
More Tank videos. doesnt matter which tank from any nation
10:45 when the t-72 is hit and lights up, you don't have to think about the fact that there is little space in it because the entire turret flies into space
The M-60 tank used in vietnam were all electric and with allison trans. 750 hp diesel 52 ton good for 30MPH. Plenty of fire power 90mm- coax- M-2 browing. 69th armor ankhe ,vietnam.
I thought only the M-48 was sent to Vietnam...
Get yourself a copy of the PC tank sim Steel Beasts Pro. It's produced as a training aid for military customers, but they sell it to civvie gaming nerds too. It's got a couple of versions of the T-72 included, so you can play around with the systems and keep all your limbs intact. The sim also includes a very basic Chieftain ( I think it's a Shot Kal ). It's nothing like World Of Tank Thunder or whatever it's called, but the point of the sim is training for conflict so there's lots of blowing things up if you want it.
The company ( E Sim Games ) also has a forum that's a mine of information on post WW2 tanks, but the inhabitants are mostly wargamer types and are too weird and anal to interact with in any way. Doesn't stop you reading it though.
My uncle operated one of these in Poland and he served in the military for a long time./ Idk if he was the driver or loader or what crew member but I know this is the tank he operated in. He passed away on christmas eve 2022 at age 52 due to a stroke unfortunately. Im glad this video came in my recommended.
It amazes me how small they are in real life, especially after being on Challenger 2.
Wait until you see a BMP-1 in person they're tiny, actual clown cars of the battlefield.
Merkava must fell like a dream after being in T-72
That hat is spectacular, I bet it's really warm too and keeps your noggin safe from bumps while driving around
Welcome to the tank crew blender. More commonly known as the T72M.
There's not room even to swing half a cat (used to be the commanders arm).
Good to see Ted asserting his dominance over the unruly staff.
"Good boy Ted!"
When he humped his leg I was literally 😂🤣💀
Hi guys, you have so many comments that I know you won't see this one, but worth trying...
The gunner apparently has a lever/switch/button that slews the turret to the 10 or 11 o'clock position, to move the gun away from his hatch to enable him to exit in an emergency. If you see this comment and still have the vehicle, it would be interesting to see this in action please!
Thanks for the great video, looking forward to checking your channel out!
That dirty dog!!!! That was hilarious, laughing so hard it hurts!!
I’ve translated that data plate.
It says ‘Hit the ham, my hovercraft is made of eels. Slip in a sausage,the gherkin will marinade the squirrel”.
No no, you’re welcome, glad to have been of assistance.
You keep your "humour" just as it is matey as a mechanic myself it's very refreshing to hear you using the same language and piss taking that I would do
With that helmet on U are an uncanny double for Odd Ball the tank commander in Kelly's Heros played by Donald Sutherland.. check it out... Oza..👍
Superb! looking forward to seeing you work on this engine. So interesting.
It seems tanks are like Christmas tree lights. When you put them away, they work fine; get them out a year later, and, of course, they don't.
Is that the AK guy theme playing in the background?
Very nice!
SUPER TANK 👌👍 tenhle je ze Slovenska a je v dobrém stavu 😉 Je to paráda, že se o tanky zajímáš a vlastníš je 👍 T72 po modernizaci je hodně dobrý tank ještě dnes 👍 Jen tak dál 😉👍👌
You got a good shout out from Warren in a recent video on his channel (Western Truck and Tractor Repair). If you’ve mechanically impressed that man, you are doing alright. love your content.
I was the driver in an M60A1 for 2 years, and that looks like a real pain in the ass. And no room to move, no thanks. Great video.
In the fuel tanks are where you find the gold bars. Although I'm sure everyone that has a T72 has already checked.
Jack's the perfect size for a Russian tank.
Man alive I am only small and I would struggle in that thing. The Drivers seat is probably the safest seat in the house with all that moving equipment in The Turret. You have just got another sub my friend 👍👍
You guys got a mention the other day on a channel i follow, Western truck and tractor , said he enjoys your videos , you might have picked up a few more subs from over the pond .
I've had so many people tell me, "I've got a tank. I keep it in a shed. It'll be fine when I go to use it." as you said at 17:30. Just hear that every day, practically.
Got to love the unguarded fan by your legs, sums it up. Looks in lovely condition.
Spot the Russian equipment newbie!
Please engage brain before typing.
Seb definitely has a crush on Joe.
that cable on the front is a multi tool. its for putting the tracks back on used for pulling things and it can be used to self recover by attaching one end the the tracks and letting the track not slip so you can drive forward. theres some old ww2 american army training videos that explain it
iTS A 125MM CANNON!!!!!!
The text on the label is in Slovak. In Czechoslovakia, tanks were produced in Slovakia in the city of Martin.
Looked like the driver from 'White Tiger' in that helmet 😂
Very well edited
Fantastic use of varying volume/presence of that meme track 👌🏼
Loving the top gear fat rude stupid reference 👌
I still can’t believe you owned that tank with all the good in the fuel tank! That’s just mind blowing! I love your vids! Cheers have a good Christmas mate
This was very fun to watch because it was not so bias as i would've thought. Although the t-72 has other standard to other tanks it is still useful and it is quite neat and dangeeous 😁, very glad that you wasn't bias
Oh bugger, the tank is on fire! Seriously, please do a collaboration with The Chieftain when he's in the UK sometime.
Good video. Minor points the clunking is likely to be loose sprocket nuts which is common problem on new bikes. There is no removable oil filter.
if given the choice i would go for the t72 are there any t72 fans out there