Why were tanks cemented into the ground?
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Why were tanks cemented into the ground in WWII? Seems an odd thing to do until you find out why..
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Defense of the Rhine 1944-45
By Steven J. Zaloga
Tank Turret Fortifications
By Neil Short
Fortress France: The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II
By J. E. Kaufmann, H. W. Kaufmann
Hitler’s Fortresses: German Fortifications and Defences 1939-45
By Chris McNab
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Isn't this a form of recycling? ♻️
yes indeed
Simple History yup
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You plant a tank into the ground it will grow more barrels. Everyone knows that
Plant a Maus tank in the ground, it will grown tankettes every season.
And give it cheese
Legend says you plant an FT-17 into the ground and it’ll grow into an M3 Lee
It needs a lot of sunlight thou :/
@Gary Daniel qith oil, or vodka in the soviet union
You see Ivan if you put your tank into the ground the enemy can't use anti tank mines
Oh nein! Russian Bias!
Müller! Hans! Peter!
Bring ze Brummbärs
What's up franz
Get airplane to drop anti tank mines
intelligence 100
NOOO! You are genius Boris!
ой да привет привет русский уклон
Engineer: So do you want tank or artillery gun?
General: *yes*
badass huh anti tank gun rather than artillery :)
most tank is technically artillery with extra armor and moving track
@@carval51 Uhm no lol. Anti tank gun and artillery are different. They both have different designs. Artilleries are ment for bombardments in long distances and a at tank gun is ment to penetrate armored vehicles.
@@Omer-di1bl ah but I think there is a tank like paladin counted as artilery and normal tank with anti tank gun. We also have apc that can be counted as tank too
@@carval51 A armored vehicle with a artillery attached is called a spg. A tank is designed for front line combat that can withstand alot. A spg is not a tank cuz it cannot withstand alot and is not in front line
I guess you can call them...
*tank tops.*
Bananamations 😂😂😂😂
Bananamations this comment is underrated
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Eyyyy
*puts on aviators*
*YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!*
The real question is why not
_help I need backup he is using logic_
because it looks cool
Virasman but they don’t need to move
@Virasman
Why must they move?
I gotchu homie
Why i see you everyehre
France "to enforce the Maginot line"
Belgium
"To defend it's coastline"
Germans
"Hey I have an idea"
Jordo Hann It’s the best comment, only 4 likes :/
Soviet Union: "meh, we have more than any other nation anyway"
@@alexandrerebmann203 why they buried the tanks alive
Mmm
forest
The french cemented them down so they couldn't retreat.
It is ABSOLUTELY FALSE that the French showed massive cowardice during WW2 against the Germans. French soldiers in the field fought valiantly and courageously against the attacking German forces. France lost because the idiotic (and that is putting it mildly) French generals were using WW1 strategy & tactics in WW2. We should never forget that the French Army suffered HUGE casualties protecting the retreating Allied forces at Dunkirk.
Italians got made fun of! 1 gear forward and 5 gears reverse.lol
@@dragan3290 Italians were NOT cowards either; just led by idiots.
@Willie Cooke There are similar stories of Germans surrendering to single soldiers, a simple show of force, etc.
@Willie Cooke It makes sense. We may call them cowards but humans have a survival instinct and want to live.
French military: So you want to be a tank driver?
French soldier: Well yes but actually no.
Why when I read this I imagined napoleon sit on his horse in a tank in the ground.
Yesn’t
How underrated
Simple.
Because if the tanks didn't have engines the transmission wouldn't break after 5 minutes
wow nice tiger diss
GERMANY WANTS TO: KNOW YOUR LOCATION
Cough cough germany
Conrad Monlezun over there. Good luck not breaking down on the way there
@@c.m.5804 Germany wants to:
Access your files
Control data transfer
Download information
Know your location
Invade your privacy
Manage your passwords
You might also call such installations "suicide forts", because once the battle starts, there is no practical way out of these death-traps unless they are part of a larger underground interconnected bunker system. If not, you need to write your will before entering.
I started thinking about how much fun it must have been to die in one of those, trapped in the crew quarters while it's on fire.
That's how drone Turrets will be born. There is an Autoloader, there is an AI with Optics, shots everything that moves.
@@alvydasjokubauskas2587don't start giving the government a reason to create terminator like AI or we are screwed
Mr. Beast - 20 million trees
Soviet - 20 million tanks
Lol.
Bruh what’s with your name
Mr.Beast 30 million subscribers
Soviet-30 million deaths
Finland - 20 million finnish speaking snow piles
How ya build 20 mil tanks
When you have a high ping while playing world of tanks.
Oh Wow, Beautiful..
True story
This happened to me once lol
@@orcys1249 ah yes my tank has the ability to sink into the ground now for some reasons.
@@thelazypanzer mommy is this how tanks work?!
France: continues to use maginot line.
Germany: hippiity hoppity your neighbor is now now my property.
I swear that line has done more harm than good to France
Hippity hoppity let's use the same WW1 tactics
All countries : tank drives on the ground.
In France : tank drives underground.
French tanks = 1 forward gear , 23 gears for reverse!
@@HughEdwards lol
@@HughEdwards laugh in leclerc
@@HughEdwards POV : french bashing while american losed against hobo with ak47 in Afghanistan
"Pioneers used to ride these babys for miles"
And they're in great shape
@@lewydmusic yup
It’s not a Boulder..it’s a rock
Hey Spongebob ist that you? Nice reference
That just sounds like an Artillery gun with extra steps
But with armor
Designers: What if we make revolutionary mobile artillery immobile again?
Generals: ILL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK
Lol
Hahahahaha
Based
Me at 3 am:
"What should I do now?"
Simple History:
"Why Were Tanks Cemented Into The Ground?"
Me:
"Daaaaamn that's a good question!"
I dont need sleep i need awnsers
@@danielir4257 5:30 am and i am still not sleeping xD
00:19
Same
Thats to funny watching this at 2:39 and thought the same dam thing
*The first version of "Plants vs Zombies"*
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@@samuelpozos3629 BuT PlAnTs Vs ZoMbIeS WaS CrEaTeD yEaRs AfTeR ThiS
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during the Battle of Kursk the Soviets took this to a more drastic measure and just outright buried entire tanks into the ground
So did Saddam.
(Battle of the earth's crust, ww2 colorized.
@@BountyFlamor
They had no idea until it had begun the Abrams would easily smash those turrets though.
Hull might be good n burried but.....
Don't let America find out, they'll build a tank that can become the ground and extract all the oil
Phantom Aviator American army Wants to know your location
Engineer: So,we have these leftover turrets left
General: Bury it and use it as an artillery gun.
Engineer:Why?An artillery gun is better!
General: *Just do it*
JoyphobicOnline Reborn That makes 0 sense
Just do it!!!Yes you can.....
Daniel Walcot so basically they're burying turrets in the ground and using them as artillery guns but actual artillery guns are better but, just do it.
General Erwin Rommel I don’t think your dumbass knows what he meant when he said that makes no sense
Better than disassembling it
General: RETREAT
Tanks: Yeah, I was trying to tell you earlier.
Very unfunny
Funny*
@@heat_sxfortnite1184 unfunny*
hilarious*
Nice joke, laughed
When the parking brake isn't enough...
Simple history: Why were tanks cemented into the ground during WWII?
Me: *They were?*
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FAITH ARTHUR
Black Lung?
"Sir the enemy got us surrounded"
Buff guy: GOOD WE CAN ATTACK FROM EVERYWHERE
As a bowl of soup, I am not sure how to follow this.
As an Asian man also being Black at the same time..I also don't know how to follow this.
As a mechanized tangerine I don’t know how to react to this
(Also is this a reference)
As an anthropomorphic ship-lady, I find this very bizarre and unable to riposte with a quip of my own
As a turtle I don’t know how to respond to this
Europe: Cemented tank turrets.
Allies: Steering wheels
3.5 hrs to install?! Faster than my download speed!
everybody gangster till the brick tank shows up-2:23
brick camo, if u think its brick, thats the point
@@dagunna3 he was making a joke
@@dagunna3 r/woOo0sh
5.56? I got ammo
Col.CheeseCake 🤦🏼♂️
French: we’re going to build a line of fortifications but it’s expensive :(
Me: Dig in multi turreted tanks
Yoyle 0340 yet the Germans still go around it.
Djdk Skskks yeah but atleast we saved a few million Francs
@@Yoyle-jq9ul They can go under it.
Phantom Aviator still saved a few million francs
Maybe lost a few thousand parisians and other lives in all of france
French always surrender
Another great reason to bury the tank is to remove the range advantage of another tank. For example the tiger could kill a t34 from 2km compared to the 1km the t34 could kill a tiger but by burying the tank you reduce your hitbox for a lack of better word. By doing so the enemy has to move closer to get the same accuracy as before.
Or just dial your ranging in from the same distance
@@lordbluebaron2270 the ranging would not change by burying the lower half of the tank as both tanks are at the same distances, what it does is reduce the size of the target to less than 50% of what it was. Think of it like a person using the corner of a building as cover, the distance between shooters did not change, nor did the weapon stats, nor the magnification on the weapons. The only thing changing there is tbe person behind cover exposes less area than if the person was in the open. The tank is putting its lower half behind cover which makes the target harder to hit, needing a more accurate shot and thus forcing the other tank to move towards the buryied one.
@@stevencolor3389 Well the difficulty with hiding a tank half way into the ground or a person talking cover where only their head is showing is ranging is more difficult. Some scopes and I believe the tiger tanks sight both have ways of finding out range by just looking at their target. Sights against humans use their chest, I assume the tiger's sight uses the hull of the tank, now that neither of these are not visible they will just have to guess the range of objects around the target. Then after taking ranging shots you'll eventually hit the target. I'm not saying cover is ineffective I'm just saying with time or luck or skill you could still kill a t34 or human in cover.
@@lordbluebaron2270none of which makes the tigers gun any more accurate.
So the buried turret is a lot harder to hit than a full tankm
Since when a regular T-34 could penetrate a Tiger frontal armor unless it's a T-34/85(which could only penetrate it up to 900-1,000m if Tiger hull is not angled and if it's a perfect 90 degree shot)?
Discontinued tanks from WOII were digged jn during the cold war too. An example is the IJsellinie in the Netherlands. There are a few dozen remaining between Deventer (where thr classic a bridge too far was shot) and Zwolle. Im sure other countries also continued to dig in discontinued tanks.
Switzerland had a whole bunch of centurion bunkers as well.
Cause the cent stopped being an adequate tank in the 60s while the gun was adequate till the 80s
when you a german soldier taking a wizz next to a broken Russian tank half-buried in the ground and it’s turret starts to turn towards you
That would legitimately be terrifying
Steven Ritter No, it wouldn’t. You could always hop on top!
@@samiam619 then the russians opent he turret and smg you down
@@samiam619 well for that time period it would be terrifying. Something rather new for the Germans. Least I got to wizz 🤣
I really wouldn’t be surprised if another German hopper into it and turned it just as his comrade was taking a piss to troll him
Do the Irish war of independence for the 100 year anniversary of the beginning of it
*Come out Ye Black & Tans*
Shut up drunken bun
Ireland !!!!!
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2:18
Therapist: "Brick tank is not real, it can't hurt you."
Brick tank:
Mr beast: *plants trees*
Soviets french and belgium : *plants tanks*
I always thought that they remove the turrets turn them into defense emplacements.
Thanks to this i now know that they literally buried entire tanks into the ground.
Except the panther turrets.
@@rickmoreno6858 Yeah, considerably the Panther emplacements were just Extra turrets that didn't have a hull to go on unlike the french defensive turrets which buried the whole tank with hull and all of course engines and so on removed.
I always assumed it was a camping spot, with the tank still being able to get out and move.
Suppose it means that they become basically small bunkers that a few people can be in, either hiding from airraids and artillery or make moving rounds about easier, or even have one on the gun and one sleeping arrangement
@@unseenufo Every side would sometimes dig pits for the tanks to roll into and they could also roll out, the effect was similar but obviously not permanent.
You know your tank design is so complicated that the turret production is greater than the chassis production.
Don’t forget that hundreds of subcontractors were involved in producing parts, all while Allied bombers hit factories and transport links and production facilities were being lost to Allied advances on the ground. Not surprising that production didn’t always go entirely to plan.
1:06 *From 1935 𝓣𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓮 𝓭𝓮𝓶𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮 were installed...*
2:28 ah yes, the rare red brick reinforced tank.
That must be an early version of ERA (explosive reactive armour)
When the grass starts speaking Russian.
France: DIG UP THE TANKS
Cyka Blyat
@@lem2004 Gulag
Cyka Blyat
Finds unexploded shells from ww1 instead.
Like a B-
Blyat.....
one panthertrum was found while digging foundations for highway, now you can see it in Szcecin city
Lets note, this wasn't just done with tank turrets.
The US used older battleship turrets on land fortificatins starting back as early as 1909. Fort Drum for example used custom battleship turrets designed for it, but based on existing turrets.
To sprout large amounts of light armoured vehicles. Edit: Nevermind, i just came from a gardening channel. I was feeling reckless today and went with the RUclips recommendations algorithm. It's a wild ride.
Because they’re not tanks anymore, they’re a land fort lol
So basically P.1000 rattes
@@maggsstuckey487
The Ratte is more like a mobile fortress/land battleship
Operation Chromite and Korean axe murder incident in Panmunjom (판문점 도끼만행) please.
Hahahahahaha didnt expect 판문점 도끼만행사건
AirKangLocker Yes it is.
Also the battle of Yultong and Hill Eerie
I've seen those small gun turrets along the Maginot line. But had no idea those were actually whole tanks buried underneath.
Fun fact. One of the two pantherthrums that survived the war is in Poland, in Gerhard Fort, a Huge private history museum (The Creator of museum is an "artillery maniac" as i remember) and its next to the main gate
These things show up in Sniper Elite 4, how thick the armor is makes me doubt any rifle in the game should be able to pierce it, but hey video game logic
You could pierce tank armor with a stick in video games.
You ever hear of an anti tank rifle?
You don’t pierce the armor of the tanks in Sniper Elite. You shoot through the driver/operator hatch, that the enemy leaves open for visibility
@@phantomaviator1318 cccfvh huffg$g%yyryrrghvchy .
It's a unique rifle
2:19 brick tanks no way
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The Dutch army used the same trick during the cold war. They fixed sherman M4 tanks and sherman fireflys to protect it's most vital parts of falling into Sovjet hands in case of a cold war. They're still visible today all along the river Ijssel en Waal
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The legend says that after a general told Hitler that his tanks were burried he said:
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I didn't hear you discuss it, but utilizing existing tanks also saves time and money needed to train soldiers on new equipment and the infrastructure necessary to maintain said equipment.
Can you guys do a video about the Russo-Japanese war?
Take those stripes out of your name.
"John what do we do?" "We put a tank in the ground" "ok"
2:58 -this is the coolest house idea i've ever seen, would try to make one but of all the guns available that a civvy like me could get in the U.S. i dont think a working tank gun is one tho.
I needed to know this information, thank you.
Finland also had FT Renault tanks buried underground during Jatkosota and Talvisota.
What’s weird is that in sniper elite 4 they are just known as pantherturm, but if you look closely at the model the turret is a panzer 4 turret.
The Germans had also buried one entire ship in Norway as a part of the 'Atlantik Wall', so I have heard. Tank turrets seem to make more sense though.
@@weirdguy1376 No they just used ship turrets
Haha, it would have been epic to burry a cruiser. Just to use the turrets, imagine the digging.
@@weirdguy1376 You mean buried naval guns. Which was quite a normal defensive procedure for Germany at the time.
_uses air support to counter the cemented tanks_
"Welp there goes our time burying the tanks"
I don't think it was all that easy to hit a profile as small as a tank turret using planes from back then.
PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD some planes did have cannons and 50 cals. maybe they strafed it.A good deal easier than a bomb but still difficult
Dirpy Turtle ok
@@dirpyturtle69
12.7 IS the .50
furthermore, cannons were incredibly common on fighter aircraft, with the most common calibers among them being 20mm and 30mm (e.g. hs.404, mg 151, ShVAK)
If they camouflaged it, it'd be pretty hard to hit
I truly did not know this. This was very informative. Thank you.
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Thats so awesome.
I remember feeling that certain turrets in old ww2 videos or pictures straight up reminded me of tanks.
Now I know why!
Surprised when I first found out, but this video has expanded what I already knew! Great Video Simple History!
This animation is another level of simple.
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What do you expect?
It’s the Soviet Union
You see Ivan? When remove turret from tank, you are become of smaller target.
(i saw that at pinterest lol)
You see Ivan? When boory of tank, you defend Motherland until death, because can't retreat since tank not have tracks
AbeerPlays PS4Gaming Yuo see, Ivan? When tank is not have the track, Commisar cannot shoot you for retreating! Xaxaxa
Stalin: NOT ONE STEP BACK
You:.................................
Please do a video about South American Expeditionary forces in WW2, a lesser known force.
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Great suggestion
No one likes South America
@@crappywifi3128 nice try troll
@@henrygreen2308 troll-a-ololo
Well I just learned something new today, thanks for the video
I know of a few stories of this being done and in each story it saved everyone.
Also known as real life Tower Defense Turrets that you see from your favorite Tower Defense games.
Wow amazing video.. Learned a new lesson.. Thanks for the video..😀
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German: HA HA, can’t hit me
Guy with grenade: I’m about to end this guy’s career
Ohh I’ve been waiting on this one for a long time
Finnish Defence Forces used until year 2012 Russian T-55 turrets with its 100 mm gun as a coastal defence gun.
Who's going to invade Finland?
There was coastal artillery system between Porkkala (Finland) and island of Aegna Tallinn (Estonia) 50km31,3ml distance in narrow place on gulf.Although it didn't see battle it was designed for, cause Soviet Union and Estonia made agreement of friendship in 1939. Estonian intelligence service managed use the underwater signal line to report soviet movement. That came to an end when soviet invade Estonia in 1940. 1941 when Germany invade Estonia among others baltic countries retreating soviets blow those fortresses in Estonian side.
Finns used their armaments to secure merchant supplies from Germany to aid Finland.
Tanks for the information!
This video is amazing great job
When you're a german and the no mans land starts speaking tractor
"Guess I'll die"
Actually on the soviet older tanks were still good( especially the KV 2) so instead of being mainline fighting tank the KV2 was self transportable and buried at defensive positions as an improvised gun position.
turrets u mentioned was less protected and outdated
In Doesburg in the Netherlands there is a Sherman cemented into the ground to guard a bridge. This was done in the cold war, following a NATO doctrine.
Engineer: so do you want an artillery gun or a tank
General: is it too much to ask for both
Bei der Festung "Gerharda" in Swinemünde gibt es auch einen fest installierten Pantherturm.
“Improvise,adapt,overcome”
I love your vids they make me want to learn history
Tanks for sharing!
2:50 I didn't knew these cemented tanks could destroy an ISU-152
That isu just blows through the ground and through the cement lol
@@louishertleer6573 lol
@@louishertleer6573 a cemented tank would spot the isu-152 first, the isu has 120 mm at his tower. a panther can easily destroy one, with a 39/42 grenade till 500 m, with a 40/42 grenade till 1500 m. a king tiger would even destroy one at 2000 m, don't matter the ammunition.
these are facts, look at wikipedia
@@louishertleer6573 with the 120 mm i mean the armor
2:13 - RIP Belgian/French guy.
Sounds like artillery with extra steps
"How many transmission gears do you want, Franz?"
"Nine"
"Okay the tank can't move anymore"
I want a Panther turret, to keep jehova's witnesses out of my front yard.
Jehovah witness: Would you care to hear about our Lord and savio- *Gets directly pounded in the face with a Panzer shell*
They'd still get to the front door, via airborne assault
@@thattempleguy6712 then we can also cement a wirbelwind too lol
i feel you
Complement it with a MG-42 for good measures.
2:39
Really halfassing on the camouflage there!
Yeah, j was wondering why it was colored like that
Good way to reuse something. Tanks A - Lot for sharing.
this feels like a unit in a ww2 RTS game
0:10 bcoz they couldn't be cemented into the air
Good One..
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I never knew...
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I hope this video will trend just like the previous one.
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Tbh i already know about half your videos but still watch them because these animations are fire
This is actually really creative