In September 1944, the Division moves to Peleliu, where they will fight to capture the airfield from Japan. Sledge and the 5th Regiment arrive through a Landing Vehicle Tracked at the beach, where they are struggling to make their way due to the Japanese defense. A scared Sledge barely hits land, as other soldiers of the regiment are gunned down. As they advance, Leckie and the rest of the Division arrive through a different beach. The Division struggles with the threat of a Type 95 Ha-Go light tank, forcing them to retreat. They eventually continue forward when a M4 Sherman destroys the Type 95. (Wikipedia) YOU CAN WATCH THIS TV MINI SERIES "THE PACIFIC" (2010), THROUGH OUR WEBSITE IN OUR BIO
The Japanese tanks were not super imposing. Their artillery, machine guns and mortars were. When we got our Sherman’s on the island and inland the key was to keep them moving to avoid artillery. One on one their tanks were not much of a threat. Infantry is most effective when they have tanks leading the way.
fascinating very well put together scene, although I understand, I think ( when I'm being paid to) Imperial Japan, I'm always careful to say Imperial", did not really have a brand of heavy tanks compared to the Nazis for the allies. I wonder what the caliber of those mortars that they were using was was that an 81 mm perhaps? I love the scene when that Bushido Bum was smoked off of the back deck of that tank. mostly when that Sherman Firefly turn that tank into a 75 mm fueled BBQ! I also got a kick when the Sherman Cut Loose another round main gun at those snipers on the roof turning them and the roof into a cloud of roach infested dust 😅
@@UnionAndroidSRboi about as vulnerable as the ruskie tanks blowing their turrets off when a fly lands on them 😂 at least the Sherman had the excuse that it was a tank and not a tank destroyers
@@Reticulosis while i wouldnt say that about every russian tank, american doctorine was VERY different from russian or german for example while yes germany did win quite a lot of tank duels (which rarely happened but thats outside the point) they often got outmaneuvred by quicker and lighter american tanks or in the case of russia just swarming them until they either had to retreat or they got overwhelmed (or late war just being outgunned by a American backed USSR)
i dontget it. Sherman was perfect. If you were facing tigers, you already fucked up, sherman was there to support infantry. M10, M13 was there to shoot panthers n tigers. Sherman was designed to hose down infantry and destroy MG positions across Europe and Asia, designed to fit in railcars, built with winch hitches to be loaded on ships. Was perfect, easy to maintain (By comparison to other tanks of that time), ran well, was quick, could reliably be there to support the GIs, take out the hard points, and push towards Berlin and Tokyo, it was never designed to fight Tigers and to suggest that it should have is lunacy. You kill tanks with tank hunters and artillery. You kill infantry with tanks and artillery. You charge artillery with everything mobile. Tank vs Tank is a thing of games and movies. Only a very new or poor leader makes tanks fight tanks.
They did the same with Flame Throwers too , everyone knew they were a thing but in most war movies / series they're just in the background & seen firing / flaring now & then passing by on the background the main character or focus of the scene
M4s were fine. It was only outmatched by the German big cats, which were relatively rare. The most common German tanks were still the pz. 4 and StuGs, which the Sherman was on basically equal footing with
@@CrazyDutchguys Yeah, in a one on one match, especially at range, a Tiger or Panther had the advantage against a Sherman. However, that also applies to most any other tank on either side. The Sherman wasn't unique there. The early Shermans were a match for anything they encountered and the upgunned and uparmored Shermans were very capable tanks, quite capable of dealing with later war tanks. In the Battle of Arracourt the German and Allied armored forces were almost equal in numbers and almost half of the German forces were Panthers. On paper the Germans should have wiped the field but instead it was a decisive US victory. The Sherman was fast, reliable, easy to maintain, had a faster turret turn rate, had a stabilized gun, the gunner had a superior sighting system and it had a high crew survivability rate once things like wet ammo storage were implemented. It wasn't the 'best' tank in every circumstance, but it was good in almost every circumstance and did its job well.
@@genxer1 Especially late in the war (I.E. by the time the allies landed on European mainland) the Germans were very lacking in experienced or even well trained crew, a lot of their tanks also suffering from a lack of spare parts and in some cases poor quality steel for their armour. The US also had complete air dominance. The Sherman wasnt a "better than yours" tank, but it was a "Good enough and easy to make", which is what wins a war. 40k+ shermans, doesnt really matter how good your heavy tank is if you can only make 1 for every 4 shermans
The old saying was "The Tiger was worth Five Shermans, the problem was there was always a Sixth Sherman." funny but not entirely accurate. The Sherman was much better than your average historian gives it credit for.
@@Atlas_high-gaming yea but at the same time with fast paced scenes in movies like these they need the turret in position quick and fast but I'm in full agreement with you on the hand crank
@@thefirstkingdogo1126 It didn't help that the Japanese Navy and Army were constantly poaching materials from each other because Japan's industrial base really couldn't support both equally.
I met an old Marine ww2 vet that fought in Peleliu, he was in his late 90s then n his grip was crazy stong when i shook his hand. I was very proud of taking a picture with him.
My ex-wife’s grandfather was pulled from college and sent to the front lines of the war on the German side. He was wholly against the Nazis, but had no choice. I met him when he was 94 back in 2003. Great man. Lost his left arm during the war. Came home and became a juvenile court judge in Wurzburg.
Remember, when being shot at by a tank: Stand up as high as you can and make yourself as big of a threat as possible to intimidate the tank and make it drive away
@@kewi2920 To scare off Polar Tanks, you need the scent of a mature M72 LAW, their natural predator. If they think that this territory has been marked by a LAW, their fear instincts will take over.
The battle of peleliu was controversial in the United States because the island lacked strategic value and yet cost so many American lives. The defenders lacked the means to interfere with potential US operations in the Philippines, and the airfield captured on Peleliu did not play a key role in subsequent operations.
Yes. But to the end of the war, the airport was useful for damaged bombers coming back from their missions. I don't remember the exact number of bombers that used the airport, but was a significant one.
@@pedrowalter633 You're thinking of Iwo Jima (which is also controversial for the same reasons). In this case, however, Peleliu did not play any part in supporting strategic bombing whatsoever.
MacArthur insisted because he thought the airfield would threaten his landings on Leyte . The invasion of the Philippines is another questionable move, the price the US paid to satisfy his ego.
@@ddvette MacArthur actually had little involvement with Peleliu. The idea originated with the Navy and was pushed by Nimitz since the Navy needed to protect their new anchorage at Ulithi. The blame just gets passed off to MacArthur because historians can't cope with the idea that Nimitz made a mistake.
@@ddvetteWhy is the decision to take back the Philippines questionable to you? Did the US have any other choices? They couldn't very well strike Okinawa, much less the Japanese home islands if the airfields and naval ports in the Philippines kept threatening them.
In a military context, "H.E." stands for "High Explosive." When referring to mortars or other artillery, "H.E. rounds" means rounds that are equipped with high explosive charges, designed to detonate on impact and cause maximum damage through the release of energy and shrapnel.
"Tiny" is of course relative when it comes to an armoured box with a gun and a bad attitude. Even a Tankette is bigger and heavier than any man able to move under his own power, and even if it only packs MGs that's usually 2 .30 cal machineguns firing at you on full auto while moving towards you. If all you have is a steel pot and a field uniform, that's just as deadly as if you're facing down a heavy tank with a big dick cannon. That's why, for all the meme love it gets, small tanks like the L3/33 and the Japanese tanks *were* dangerous when used in their intended role, dominating enemy infantry in places where bigger tanks couldn't go, like in mountains and dense jungle.
It would be neat to see a Matilda II or Lee show up in a show like this. Those two were taken off the European/African theater fairly quickly and replaced by the Valentine and Shermans (respectively), but served in the Pacific with the Australians and eastern theater US Army (respectively) until the end of the war. I imagine a Matilda would be a nightmare for Japanese troops. It took nothing short of a Flak 88 to pen those.
Iirc that's exactly what happened. Don't remember where I read it, but apparently Sherman tank crews in the Pacific would only pack HE shells because AP would just overpenetrate the lightly armored Japanese tanks (at least the ones they fielded in the islands; betting things would be different if the US invaded Japan)
The Japanese Type 95 tanks frontal armor was only 12mm thick which was so thin that the USA m2 browning .50 machine guns could penetrate and fire directly through the armor killing all crew inside. If a mortar or bazooka landed a direct hit it would most certainly have knocked out that tank.
@su-57stealthfighter73 Lmao don't even try and defend the Type 95 by comparing it to the M3 light tank. The M3 light tank had 38mm of armor (3 times as much) but it was actually still faster than the type 95 and the M3 light tanks cannon had a higher armor penetration. The M3 light tank was superior in every single way no competition and the M5 was even better. Besides Tankettes the Type 95 was probably the worst mass-produced tank to see combat in WW2, there is no defending it.
@@kolbybrown1775 I don't defend type 95 Ha-Go light tank?? The f@ck you talking ,I'm just saying it's a light tank ,don't expect a light tank have good armor ,even the Stuart have 38mm armor it's still not a good armor...
The Allies were able to keep using pre-war designs like the Stuart, Matilda and M3 37mm gun against the Japanese as they were still effective. They even used M2 light tanks on Guadalcanal.
Japanese equipment during WW2 was often a case of what was available, as opposed to what would or even could properly do the job. At their thickest points, Type 95s were more or less sufficiently armoured to withstand hits from 8mm/.30in rifle rounds; this made sense when the distribution of LMGs in the opposing Chinese Army in 1935 was typically one per company; AT weapons were sparse and Chinese armour almost non-existent. Any calibre larger than 8mm would typically penetrate the thickest armour on the Type 95. .50BMG would have no significant problem with it, for example. Even .30in rounds could penetrate at the rear and sides of the vehicle. The Type 95's two major selling points for the IJA were its relatively reliable diesel engine and its inexpensive price tag. It was never meant to do very much beyond act as an infantry support vehicle - by which is meant a mobile pillbox. Bear in mind, the Type 95 was more-or-less an excellent tank by the standards of 1935 (the year off its introduction) and was certainly an improvement over the previous type 94 tankette, which had been used to remarkable success in China (probably one of the few theatres in which Tankettes were remotely effective as weapons). It was never seriously expected to engage enemy tanks in combat; its 37mm low-pressure gun was intended primarily for use on enemy emplacements (albeit an AP round was issued), while its machine guns were presumed to be sufficient for everything else that a mechanised/motorised infantry company might have to engage. It was only after 1939 did the IJA begin to make any broadly meaningful attempts to enable their tanks to engage enemy armour, all of which were generally 'too little, too late'. Even the 'medium' Type 97 tanks in the IJA inventory were not typically equipped with anything heavier than 57mm (albeit this was meant to be upgraded to the slightly higher-velocity 47mm after 1939, which like so much else in the IJA was impossible to fully implement). In the initial contacts of M4s with Type 95s, Sherman crews were purportedly often perplexed by the apparent ineffectiveness of AP rounds; until they realised that they were going in one side and coming out the other. After that, M4s relied on HE rounds to deal with them; apparently, a darkly comical problem arose from then attempting to identify exactly how many enemy tanks had been in contact, since the distribution of pieces from the Japanese tank hit by a 75mm HE round was typically sufficient to create the illusion of multiple destroyed vehicles.
All the benefits of reliability and mobility, and the armor was sufficient to stop most of anything, and HE shells did the job on pretty much any tank the japanese brought.
Shermans were not weak in europe. Tank experts say that the Sherman was likely the best tank you would see on the western front because the German tigers were so rare.
No. The Pacific directors had no clue how mortars worked. Everything they do is in absolute support of the riflemen, and in full coordination with the riflemen. Mortars are high angle indirect fire weapons. Meaning they shoot over things into defilade, where targets are hard to shoot straight at. Almost never does a mortar team even see what they are shooting at clearly if at all. Mortars are employed from defilade where there is cover. When the Marines are attacking: The riflemen attacking into an objective call mortars on pre-planned targets, so mortars soften the target and make it hard for the enemy to shoot the advancing Marines. Also sometimes forces the enemy to move out of direct cover in order to escape the overhead fire from the mortars (if they don't have overhead cover), which exposes them to the riflemen and machine gunners direct fire weapons (called a Combined Arms Dilemma) Once the Marines get close enough to the objective they are trying to take, it gets too dangerous, so the mortars stop shooting the objective itself. Once the Marines are in the objective, the rifleman call for mortar fire on the fleeing targets while shooting directly at them with direct fire rifles and machine guns. This is called pursuit by fire via combined-arms dilemma. When the battle is over or has moved forward, the mortars will pick up and follow in trace of the riflemen, fixing themselves in the objective they just took to prepare for a defense until they get follow-on orders. When Marines are defending: mortars are fixed behind the line, and rifleman preplan targets for them in the areas they cannot shoot into (defilade where the enemy can hide from direct fire weapons). When the enemy attack meets Marine gunfire, it forces them to use cover (hopefully, assuming you have fire superiority) which the riflemen call for fire on those covered positions, where the enemy is fixed and screwed by the CAD. They get out of cover, they get shot, they stay in cover, they get blown up. The enemy's job is to keep advancing into the Marine defense until its broken, which requires a lot of people to defeat the CAD (3 to 1 ratio, minimum.) If they break the line, mortars fire smoke onto the friendly Marine position allowing retreat to supplementary fighting positions behind the main line. On patrol: riflemen set up patrol bases to work out of, so they bring mortars with them to set up the PB. Mortars stay in the PB with riflemen holding security for them, while the other riflemen go on a patrol (whether its recon, or security patrols, etc) they patrol within the range mortars can reach from, and if they make contact with the enemy they use the mortars by controlling their fire onto the enemy they're in contact with (again, trying to create a CAD). If they win, great, if they are losing they use the mortar support to help them make retreat. Whenever Marines return from patrols to the PB, mortars stay where they are, and the riflemen switch out security so the others can go on their patrol. Really good patrol leaders will plan their patrol route next to the mortar team and work with them to preplan targets on expected or possible ambush points along their route. Really good mortar teams will have one tube already aimed on each pre-planned target to speed up the process if they're needed so they can start working with one tube while the other 2 readjust to that target. How mortars are controlled: mortarmen often don't actually see what they are shooting on. They have a radio, a map a protractor, and the mortar has dials for range on it and they got a compass and etc all that shit. The riflemen in the front line also have a radio. Via radio they communicate the enemy's position. Theres a number of ways of doing this: they can give the enemy grid coordinates by doing the map work themselves and guestimating, they can use their own grid coordinates and shoot an azimuth with their compass and guess the distance, or they can pre-plan the whole thing ahead of time so they have predesignated grids and all the aiming is done ahead if time,, in either case the mortar team does some quick map work on their end and then adjusts their gun to the assumed enemy position by dialing the angle on the mortar to make the round go from their own position to the estimated enemy position, and then the riflemen on the other side give adjustments from where the riflemen are (add 50 yards [further from the riflemen] right 50 yards [from the perspective of the riflemen]), then the mortar team does the map work, translates the directions so its from their own position (easier to do for them because they are under far less heavy contact than the riflemen are) and shoots. Once the riflemen see they are on target, they call the mortar team to fire for intended affects and the mortars just start dumping rounds. Extra knowledge: if the riflemen and mortar teams are really good at working with each other, they can set up the fire so the mortars have their rounds hit in different shapes (converged in one spot, making a line, making a triangle, etc) to increase the impact they have. They can also change the ammunition to match their needs, so if the enemy is fixed in a strong wood house, they fire white phosphorus on it to set it on fire etc. Huge important note is that if one side finds or sees the enemy's mortar team positions, they are going to call those in to the mortar teams to neutralize them by either destroying them or forcing them to move. So really good mortar teams (of time and situation permits) will work from inside houses and knock out the roof directly above them, or set up in positions of defilade where they have a lot of cover so they can fire from cover and conceal their positions from enemy observation.
@@colelawton4901 You must be a really good infantryman to know all of that just by going into depth with it. Good on you bro. I actually learned something lol. PICMDEEP!!!!!
Glad to see that the universal response to a any tank pointing its cannon at anyone is "shit" in the clamist and most collected way ever before running ur ass off
Nope! That was the "secret weapon" of the modest Sherman tank - it could swing its gun toward a Panther or Tiger, and the gunner could take a coffee break before the big Panzer got its gun around.
Navy, right? (since different Marine div's fought at Iwo and Okinawa) Was the last time US Navy ships faced a real threat of enemy action out at sea. By the time of Iwo with the Jap Navy mostly destroyed with whatever capital ships they had left confined to port, the real threat was from Kamikazes especially if you were on a carrier. My grandfather served in the Army (Intelligence, where he would go on to meet my Army grandmother after the war) and great grandfather served in the USAAF over Germany, one of the "Masters of the Air" flying bombers in 43. Both died when I was young, I so much wish I could talk to them about their experiences now that I'm older and have much more understanding about what went on.
There's something about the fact that even a tank as weak as a Type 95 can be a nightmare for infantrymen, when against an enemy tank it can't last five minutes. Sort of puts things into perspective.
@@redaug4212 It's because by the time of the Battle of Peleliu the 1st Marine Raider Battalion "Edson's Raider's" and the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion "Carlson's Raider's" and 2 other Marine Raider Battalions had been dissolved and incorporated as the 4th Marine Regiment and their specific squad had gotten transferred into the 1st Marine Division.
@@redaug4212 I just used the term Marine Raiders loosely since they are no longer in the Marine Raiders yet were, so I would imagine they had some higher level of respect among their compatriots
Yes, the japanese stunt men went all in for that one. Real explosives are cheaper and look better than special effects. Gotta respect the japanese for their dedication
The pacific theater doesn’t nearly get the attention like the European theater does. I’m glad this series came out. A lot of stories still need to be told.
Too bad one of the Armenian directors had to add the most random, out of place anti Turkish propaganda in the Melbourne episode. How can American Armenians be this obsessed?
Sherman’s were good, normal infantry support tanks. That’s what they were designed for. They were never designed to deal with those freakin monsters Germany was putting out. You deal with those with air superiority. 😂😂
This is ahistorical. Sherman tanks were designed to both engage other tanks as well as provide infantry support, the same as practically every other tank ever. Even the 75mm cannon on the early Shermans was more than sufficient for the vast majority of armored targets US forces would encounter, which were Panzer IIIs, Panzer IVs, and StuGs. The upgrade to the 76mm gun let them quite reliably deal with Panthers and Tiger Is, as well, and no tanks were designed to fight the Tiger II during the war since it was never fielded in sufficient quantities to matter, overall. Additionally, air assets did not actually account for a lot of tank kills in the field. Dumb bombs and rockets with no targeting computers are not precise enough to kill tanks. What they did was suppress and kill soft targets and fortifications, leaving armored targets vulnerable to tank destroyers, handheld AT, and anti-tank guns, as well as other tanks.
@ianpomfret4876 *Originally* they were Infantry Guns/Assault Guns (with turrets) and the Motor Gun Carriers were the intended Anti-Tank vehicles. Circumstances led to the Sherman being revised into an Anti-Tank role, similar to the Stug starting as an Assault Gun before being reprurposed into a Tank Destroyer.
The Ha-Go was made with China and naval invasions on unprepared/underequipped defenses in mind. In this it excelled as a pretty cost efficient anti-infantry support tank throughout early ww2. But yeah, they were pretty much dead against anything armored the US could throw at them
The Marine Corps had their own tank battalions back then. But yes, the Army would arrive soon after because Chesty threw his 1st Marines into a wood chipper.
This is what insurgency sandstorm feels like when I'm screaming for an observer because I need artillery for the technical laying down suppressive fire
Sherman and Type 95 Both are designed as Infantry support. It's just that the one is fighting againts rocks, while the other one fighting againts Cats (Tiger n Panther)
In 1979 when I was 17 I met an older guy who was dating my friends mom. It was just me and him on the porch talking when I noticed his entire right arm from elbow to hand was a mottled looking grey. I asked him about it and that was the 1st time I heard of Peleliu
What's hilarious is if they had just one fifty cal, especially with AP ammo, they could take out any number of Type 95s since even normal .50 cal ball can penetrate about 13mm of armor from 1,000 meters with AP doing more and the Type 95's thickest armor is 12mm. Also, its main gun is so light, the gunner could move it by hand lol
They might be weak compared to the tiger or even Sherman but any tank is a nightmare for infantryman on foot without the proper weapons to destroy them
In September 1944, the Division moves to Peleliu, where they will fight to capture the airfield from Japan. Sledge and the 5th Regiment arrive through a Landing Vehicle Tracked at the beach, where they are struggling to make their way due to the Japanese defense. A scared Sledge barely hits land, as other soldiers of the regiment are gunned down. As they advance, Leckie and the rest of the Division arrive through a different beach. The Division struggles with the threat of a Type 95 Ha-Go light tank, forcing them to retreat. They eventually continue forward when a M4 Sherman destroys the Type 95. (Wikipedia)
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The Japanese tanks were not super imposing. Their artillery, machine guns and mortars were. When we got our Sherman’s on the island and inland the key was to keep them moving to avoid artillery. One on one their tanks were not much of a threat. Infantry is most effective when they have tanks leading the way.
fascinating very well put together scene, although I understand, I think ( when I'm being paid to) Imperial Japan, I'm always careful to say Imperial", did not really have a brand of heavy tanks compared to the Nazis for the allies. I wonder what the caliber of those mortars that they were using was was that an 81 mm perhaps? I love the scene when that Bushido Bum was smoked off of the back deck of that tank. mostly when that Sherman Firefly turn that tank into a 75 mm fueled BBQ! I also got a kick when the Sherman Cut Loose another round main gun at those snipers on the roof turning them and the roof into a cloud of roach infested dust 😅
You can also experience it in the hit video game call of duty world at war
Sherman tank: So this is what it feels like to be a tiger...
N how vulnerable we were in Europe
@@UnionAndroidSRboi about as vulnerable as the ruskie tanks blowing their turrets off when a fly lands on them 😂 at least the Sherman had the excuse that it was a tank and not a tank destroyers
@@Reticulosis while i wouldnt say that about every russian tank, american doctorine was VERY different from russian or german for example while yes germany did win quite a lot of tank duels (which rarely happened but thats outside the point) they often got outmaneuvred by quicker and lighter american tanks or in the case of russia just swarming them until they either had to retreat or they got overwhelmed (or late war just being outgunned by a American backed USSR)
i dontget it. Sherman was perfect. If you were facing tigers, you already fucked up, sherman was there to support infantry. M10, M13 was there to shoot panthers n tigers. Sherman was designed to hose down infantry and destroy MG positions across Europe and Asia, designed to fit in railcars, built with winch hitches to be loaded on ships. Was perfect, easy to maintain (By comparison to other tanks of that time), ran well, was quick, could reliably be there to support the GIs, take out the hard points, and push towards Berlin and Tokyo, it was never designed to fight Tigers and to suggest that it should have is lunacy. You kill tanks with tank hunters and artillery. You kill infantry with tanks and artillery. You charge artillery with everything mobile. Tank vs Tank is a thing of games and movies. Only a very new or poor leader makes tanks fight tanks.
@@guypierson5754 nah it wasnt a perfect tank it just did its jobcwell
The feeling of "oh fuck" one must feel when a tank turret spins around to you
Even in games like battlefield, when a tank spins it's turret toward me, I start to have a mini panic attack.
@@daltonsales5481BFV comrade?
@@daltonsales5481right? Suddenly you start having those thoughts about shrapnel, what objects are around you that could fall on you, etc.
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“Fuck this one guy in particular”
Said the tank
“OH *FUCK* IM THAT ONE GUY-“
Said that one guy in particular
What I like about the Pacific series is that they give some attention to one of the most important and least shown units of war: mortars.
yes it’s definitely cool, same thing can be said for we were soldiers
Portable heavy hitting artillery that moves with the men. Modern Mortars were game changers
It’s crazy how mortars/artillery usually accounts for 70-80% of combat casualties, but is practically never seen
They also do a great job of showing the civilian casualty and horrors. Especially when you see the young kid watch the fleeing civilians get killed
They did the same with Flame Throwers too , everyone knew they were a thing but in most war movies / series they're just in the background & seen firing / flaring now & then passing by on the background the main character or focus of the scene
M4s in the European Theater: The scrappy underdog with a heart of gold.
M4s in the Pacific Theater: Like a lawnmower through grass.
M4s were fine. It was only outmatched by the German big cats, which were relatively rare. The most common German tanks were still the pz. 4 and StuGs, which the Sherman was on basically equal footing with
@@CrazyDutchguys Yeah, in a one on one match, especially at range, a Tiger or Panther had the advantage against a Sherman. However, that also applies to most any other tank on either side. The Sherman wasn't unique there. The early Shermans were a match for anything they encountered and the upgunned and uparmored Shermans were very capable tanks, quite capable of dealing with later war tanks. In the Battle of Arracourt the German and Allied armored forces were almost equal in numbers and almost half of the German forces were Panthers. On paper the Germans should have wiped the field but instead it was a decisive US victory. The Sherman was fast, reliable, easy to maintain, had a faster turret turn rate, had a stabilized gun, the gunner had a superior sighting system and it had a high crew survivability rate once things like wet ammo storage were implemented. It wasn't the 'best' tank in every circumstance, but it was good in almost every circumstance and did its job well.
@@genxer1 Especially late in the war (I.E. by the time the allies landed on European mainland) the Germans were very lacking in experienced or even well trained crew, a lot of their tanks also suffering from a lack of spare parts and in some cases poor quality steel for their armour. The US also had complete air dominance. The Sherman wasnt a "better than yours" tank, but it was a "Good enough and easy to make", which is what wins a war. 40k+ shermans, doesnt really matter how good your heavy tank is if you can only make 1 for every 4 shermans
The old saying was "The Tiger was worth Five Shermans, the problem was there was always a Sixth Sherman." funny but not entirely accurate. The Sherman was much better than your average historian gives it credit for.
@@genxer1also worth noting that the m4 jumbo with 76mm gun had more armor than a tiger and yet still could break through one's frontal armor
"I would like to introduce you to my friend...his name is Sherman."
Hurrah hurrah we'll sing the jubilee!
TIGER : where is Sherman???? I'm hungry
@@zoldarider452 Well there's one in front of you, 4 on your left flank, and 8 on your right.
Should've thought about production efficiency fritz
@@Joesolo13Tiger: oh you mean the ones I left smoldering when pasing them. Should of gave them something bigger than a 75mm.
The Sherman in the Atlantic theatre: 😃
The Sherman in the Pacific theatre: 😈
no offense but its european theatre not atlantic
@@YourAverageMongus You can kinda call it Atlantic cause of North Africa too
@@alexanderd6793North Africa is on the Mediterranean Sea area, not the Atlantic
@@louwilson0906 What about Morocco?
Another cringe ww2 myth
Look at me, I'm the Tiger now.
Until a Japanese soldier with an AT mine duct taped to a stick comes running out of the grass on your side
@@TheGreatThicc
Assuming the jap isnt either maggot food or a neatly smoking pile of charcoal in what used to be a bush
Yeah, grim thought but that'll come later
@@TheGreatThicc
Your Jap with his AT stick could be dangerous.
The marine squad armed with m1 garands and thompsons SMGs:
@@TheGreatThicc SO basically a tiger
Love that Ha-Go, they did a good job of making what I assume was a mock-up look like the real deal
I feel the same way about it plus the color and patterns was just chef's kiss of the depth of authenticity
One of these is currently in a museum in Singapore
@@pauls5706 I believe the Tank Museum in England is also in possession of one of them
I just wished they used actual hand crank turrets rather than these auto lock on ones.
@@Atlas_high-gaming yea but at the same time with fast paced scenes in movies like these they need the turret in position quick and fast but I'm in full agreement with you on the hand crank
Some people don't know, the Japanese did have tanks, just not tanks meant to fight other tanks.
Thet where ment to figth Chineese pesants with some rifles and maybe a 20mm gun here and there.
So yea a Sherman would fuck up a Japanise tank
@@thefirstkingdogo1126 It didn't help that the Japanese Navy and Army were constantly poaching materials from each other because Japan's industrial base really couldn't support both equally.
@@thefirstkingdogo1126 Chinese had Panzer 1 and 2.
@@heh1488yeah, but not enough to be worthy of macro-scale consideration.
I suggest you read Tarawa
I met an old Marine ww2 vet that fought in Peleliu, he was in his late 90s then n his grip was crazy stong when i shook his hand. I was very proud of taking a picture with him.
Get that man a shield
My ex-wife’s grandfather was pulled from college and sent to the front lines of the war on the German side. He was wholly against the Nazis, but had no choice. I met him when he was 94 back in 2003. Great man. Lost his left arm during the war. Came home and became a juvenile court judge in Wurzburg.
@@southboundguitar they don't make ppl today like they did back then, regardless of which side u were on.
Remember, when being shot at by a tank:
Stand up as high as you can and make yourself as big of a threat as possible to intimidate the tank and make it drive away
This is how our ancestors domesticated the wild Tank.
Note: does not work against polar tanks
@@noppy8894 Thanks, I’ll make sure to distance my self from Polar tanks
@@kewi2920 To scare off Polar Tanks, you need the scent of a mature M72 LAW, their natural predator. If they think that this territory has been marked by a LAW, their fear instincts will take over.
Waving of arms and yelling loudly is also important
The Sherman tank: "wanna see what my namesake did to Atlanta!?"
But in comparison to the Type 95 tank, Atlanta rose again.
@@jonathandeeb2587not quickly
@@harridan. We're pretty well there now, at least.
The Sherman in the pacific was literally like when you go back to the beginner area in an RPG and you one tap every enemy
Not literally. Proverbially.
@@novacolonel5287 go get laid or something god damn
The battle of peleliu was controversial in the United States because the island lacked strategic value and yet cost so many American lives. The defenders lacked the means to interfere with potential US operations in the Philippines, and the airfield captured on Peleliu did not play a key role in subsequent operations.
Yes. But to the end of the war, the airport was useful for damaged bombers coming back from their missions. I don't remember the exact number of bombers that used the airport, but was a significant one.
@@pedrowalter633 You're thinking of Iwo Jima (which is also controversial for the same reasons). In this case, however, Peleliu did not play any part in supporting strategic bombing whatsoever.
MacArthur insisted because he thought the airfield would threaten his landings on Leyte . The invasion of the Philippines is another questionable move, the price the US paid to satisfy his ego.
@@ddvette MacArthur actually had little involvement with Peleliu. The idea originated with the Navy and was pushed by Nimitz since the Navy needed to protect their new anchorage at Ulithi. The blame just gets passed off to MacArthur because historians can't cope with the idea that Nimitz made a mistake.
@@ddvetteWhy is the decision to take back the Philippines questionable to you? Did the US have any other choices? They couldn't very well strike Okinawa, much less the Japanese home islands if the airfields and naval ports in the Philippines kept threatening them.
What a great actor is Rami Malek. He'll win ANOTHER Oscar before he is finished in his career.
Oh really ?
thought he was gonna hack the tanks for a sec
@@mordecai4207Sadly I don’t think most folks that clicked on this video will get the reference…
@@bilbo1778 Did he really win an oscar for Mr Robot?
@@etanb1 he won for Bohemian Rhapsody. Oscars are for movies, but he won an Emmy for Mr Robot
Ha-Go tanks are so adorable. Even a pebble might disable her.
In a military context, "H.E." stands for "High Explosive." When referring to mortars or other artillery, "H.E. rounds" means rounds that are equipped with high explosive charges, designed to detonate on impact and cause maximum damage through the release of energy and shrapnel.
No shit this adds literally nothing and nobody was asking
@@owensks It might for people who have no idea about the terminology. You can't assume everyone's level of background knowledge.
@@owensks Wrong. Not all of us know this military terminology. Some of us actually enjoy learning.
@@owensksWhy the sh¡t attitude mate?
Who hurt you?
I genuinely didn’t know and was about to ask…
Even if it's a tiny tank, it's still a tank firing rounds that can turn you to pulp.
"Tiny" is of course relative when it comes to an armoured box with a gun and a bad attitude.
Even a Tankette is bigger and heavier than any man able to move under his own power, and even if it only packs MGs that's usually 2 .30 cal machineguns firing at you on full auto while moving towards you.
If all you have is a steel pot and a field uniform, that's just as deadly as if you're facing down a heavy tank with a big dick cannon.
That's why, for all the meme love it gets, small tanks like the L3/33 and the Japanese tanks *were* dangerous when used in their intended role, dominating enemy infantry in places where bigger tanks couldn't go, like in mountains and dense jungle.
It would be neat to see a Matilda II or Lee show up in a show like this. Those two were taken off the European/African theater fairly quickly and replaced by the Valentine and Shermans (respectively), but served in the Pacific with the Australians and eastern theater US Army (respectively) until the end of the war.
I imagine a Matilda would be a nightmare for Japanese troops.
It took nothing short of a Flak 88 to pen those.
Sherman finally knew rhe feeling of panther and tiger
HE on the Japanese tanks....so thinly armored, AP would probably just go right through.
Iirc that's exactly what happened. Don't remember where I read it, but apparently Sherman tank crews in the Pacific would only pack HE shells because AP would just overpenetrate the lightly armored Japanese tanks (at least the ones they fielded in the islands; betting things would be different if the US invaded Japan)
@@cyn6440yeah, lots more dead civilians. They didn't have any kind of tabk that could have stood up to American ones.
Mortar rounds don't come in AP, love.
@@HellbirdIV not.....yet..
Wasn't it so thin that even the M2 .50 could pierce it?
as a former mortar man my dad loved this scene though he claims if he was operating it, that tank would of been destroyed on his second shot haha
would have
The Japanese Type 95 tanks frontal armor was only 12mm thick which was so thin that the USA m2 browning .50 machine guns could penetrate and fire directly through the armor killing all crew inside. If a mortar or bazooka landed a direct hit it would most certainly have knocked out that tank.
Well it's a light tank like the M3 and M5 Stuart ...
@su-57stealthfighter73 Lmao don't even try and defend the Type 95 by comparing it to the M3 light tank. The M3 light tank had 38mm of armor (3 times as much) but it was actually still faster than the type 95 and the M3 light tanks cannon had a higher armor penetration. The M3 light tank was superior in every single way no competition and the M5 was even better. Besides Tankettes the Type 95 was probably the worst mass-produced tank to see combat in WW2, there is no defending it.
@@kolbybrown1775 I don't defend type 95 Ha-Go light tank?? The f@ck you talking ,I'm just saying it's a light tank ,don't expect a light tank have good armor ,even the Stuart have 38mm armor it's still not a good armor...
@@kolbybrown1775 Did I say it's better than M3 or M5 Stuart ??what the hell is wrong with you ?? Lmao ..
@su-57stealthfighter73 The point was it has the worst armor of any mas produces light tank that im familiar with not including tankettes.
AT to Japanese tanks during WWII was probably a 22 caliber long rifle. Funny stuff!
The Allies were able to keep using pre-war designs like the Stuart, Matilda and M3 37mm gun against the Japanese as they were still effective. They even used M2 light tanks on Guadalcanal.
Japanese equipment during WW2 was often a case of what was available, as opposed to what would or even could properly do the job. At their thickest points, Type 95s were more or less sufficiently armoured to withstand hits from 8mm/.30in rifle rounds; this made sense when the distribution of LMGs in the opposing Chinese Army in 1935 was typically one per company; AT weapons were sparse and Chinese armour almost non-existent. Any calibre larger than 8mm would typically penetrate the thickest armour on the Type 95. .50BMG would have no significant problem with it, for example. Even .30in rounds could penetrate at the rear and sides of the vehicle. The Type 95's two major selling points for the IJA were its relatively reliable diesel engine and its inexpensive price tag. It was never meant to do very much beyond act as an infantry support vehicle - by which is meant a mobile pillbox. Bear in mind, the Type 95 was more-or-less an excellent tank by the standards of 1935 (the year off its introduction) and was certainly an improvement over the previous type 94 tankette, which had been used to remarkable success in China (probably one of the few theatres in which Tankettes were remotely effective as weapons). It was never seriously expected to engage enemy tanks in combat; its 37mm low-pressure gun was intended primarily for use on enemy emplacements (albeit an AP round was issued), while its machine guns were presumed to be sufficient for everything else that a mechanised/motorised infantry company might have to engage. It was only after 1939 did the IJA begin to make any broadly meaningful attempts to enable their tanks to engage enemy armour, all of which were generally 'too little, too late'. Even the 'medium' Type 97 tanks in the IJA inventory were not typically equipped with anything heavier than 57mm (albeit this was meant to be upgraded to the slightly higher-velocity 47mm after 1939, which like so much else in the IJA was impossible to fully implement). In the initial contacts of M4s with Type 95s, Sherman crews were purportedly often perplexed by the apparent ineffectiveness of AP rounds; until they realised that they were going in one side and coming out the other. After that, M4s relied on HE rounds to deal with them; apparently, a darkly comical problem arose from then attempting to identify exactly how many enemy tanks had been in contact, since the distribution of pieces from the Japanese tank hit by a 75mm HE round was typically sufficient to create the illusion of multiple destroyed vehicles.
@@nolanolivier6791thank you for this comment! This was highly informative and entertaining to read!
Japan had like a major steel shortage also and most of it went to the Navy the army barely got anything
@@nolanolivier6791All I took from that was that it's technically possible to take out one of those tanks out with a 1911 lol.
I know it’s the wrong theater of operations, but let me just say this:
“Helloooo, 2nd Armored.”
No problem! Thanks for matching the likely feelings of these Marines when they saw that Sherman, to that great moment in Band o B.
Sherman in Europe good tank Sherman in Pacific theater was a monster
All the benefits of reliability and mobility, and the armor was sufficient to stop most of anything, and HE shells did the job on pretty much any tank the japanese brought.
Sherman in europe: 🐭🥺🎻
Sherman in the pacific: 🗿🏰
Shermans were not weak in europe. Tank experts say that the Sherman was likely the best tank you would see on the western front because the German tigers were so rare.
@@jaxon1913.the 5 sherman to 1 tiger's a myth anyways.
@@jaxon1913. That anecdote of one Tiger that rolled up a hill in France and got lit up by an entire battalion of Shermans.
With mortars back in the day was it just like, "we'll just eye it out And HOPE it hits"
No. The Pacific directors had no clue how mortars worked. Everything they do is in absolute support of the riflemen, and in full coordination with the riflemen.
Mortars are high angle indirect fire weapons. Meaning they shoot over things into defilade, where targets are hard to shoot straight at. Almost never does a mortar team even see what they are shooting at clearly if at all. Mortars are employed from defilade where there is cover.
When the Marines are attacking: The riflemen attacking into an objective call mortars on pre-planned targets, so mortars soften the target and make it hard for the enemy to shoot the advancing Marines. Also sometimes forces the enemy to move out of direct cover in order to escape the overhead fire from the mortars (if they don't have overhead cover), which exposes them to the riflemen and machine gunners direct fire weapons (called a Combined Arms Dilemma) Once the Marines get close enough to the objective they are trying to take, it gets too dangerous, so the mortars stop shooting the objective itself. Once the Marines are in the objective, the rifleman call for mortar fire on the fleeing targets while shooting directly at them with direct fire rifles and machine guns. This is called pursuit by fire via combined-arms dilemma. When the battle is over or has moved forward, the mortars will pick up and follow in trace of the riflemen, fixing themselves in the objective they just took to prepare for a defense until they get follow-on orders.
When Marines are defending: mortars are fixed behind the line, and rifleman preplan targets for them in the areas they cannot shoot into (defilade where the enemy can hide from direct fire weapons). When the enemy attack meets Marine gunfire, it forces them to use cover (hopefully, assuming you have fire superiority) which the riflemen call for fire on those covered positions, where the enemy is fixed and screwed by the CAD. They get out of cover, they get shot, they stay in cover, they get blown up. The enemy's job is to keep advancing into the Marine defense until its broken, which requires a lot of people to defeat the CAD (3 to 1 ratio, minimum.) If they break the line, mortars fire smoke onto the friendly Marine position allowing retreat to supplementary fighting positions behind the main line.
On patrol: riflemen set up patrol bases to work out of, so they bring mortars with them to set up the PB. Mortars stay in the PB with riflemen holding security for them, while the other riflemen go on a patrol (whether its recon, or security patrols, etc) they patrol within the range mortars can reach from, and if they make contact with the enemy they use the mortars by controlling their fire onto the enemy they're in contact with (again, trying to create a CAD). If they win, great, if they are losing they use the mortar support to help them make retreat. Whenever Marines return from patrols to the PB, mortars stay where they are, and the riflemen switch out security so the others can go on their patrol. Really good patrol leaders will plan their patrol route next to the mortar team and work with them to preplan targets on expected or possible ambush points along their route. Really good mortar teams will have one tube already aimed on each pre-planned target to speed up the process if they're needed so they can start working with one tube while the other 2 readjust to that target.
How mortars are controlled: mortarmen often don't actually see what they are shooting on. They have a radio, a map a protractor, and the mortar has dials for range on it and they got a compass and etc all that shit. The riflemen in the front line also have a radio. Via radio they communicate the enemy's position. Theres a number of ways of doing this: they can give the enemy grid coordinates by doing the map work themselves and guestimating, they can use their own grid coordinates and shoot an azimuth with their compass and guess the distance, or they can pre-plan the whole thing ahead of time so they have predesignated grids and all the aiming is done ahead if time,, in either case the mortar team does some quick map work on their end and then adjusts their gun to the assumed enemy position by dialing the angle on the mortar to make the round go from their own position to the estimated enemy position, and then the riflemen on the other side give adjustments from where the riflemen are (add 50 yards [further from the riflemen] right 50 yards [from the perspective of the riflemen]), then the mortar team does the map work, translates the directions so its from their own position (easier to do for them because they are under far less heavy contact than the riflemen are) and shoots. Once the riflemen see they are on target, they call the mortar team to fire for intended affects and the mortars just start dumping rounds.
Extra knowledge: if the riflemen and mortar teams are really good at working with each other, they can set up the fire so the mortars have their rounds hit in different shapes (converged in one spot, making a line, making a triangle, etc) to increase the impact they have. They can also change the ammunition to match their needs, so if the enemy is fixed in a strong wood house, they fire white phosphorus on it to set it on fire etc. Huge important note is that if one side finds or sees the enemy's mortar team positions, they are going to call those in to the mortar teams to neutralize them by either destroying them or forcing them to move. So really good mortar teams (of time and situation permits) will work from inside houses and knock out the roof directly above them, or set up in positions of defilade where they have a lot of cover so they can fire from cover and conceal their positions from enemy observation.
@@colelawton4901 I’m suspecting you were a mortarman lol
@@joemamma4812 hahaha believe it or not, no. I was an 0311 Infantry Rifleman, and I was a squad leader.
@@colelawton4901 You must be a really good infantryman to know all of that just by going into depth with it. Good on you bro. I actually learned something lol. PICMDEEP!!!!!
@@colelawton4901 I wish I had guys like you providing knowledge like that in my unit just by pulling it out.
I know that they are mock-ups, but the Japanese Ha-Go in this scene looks amazing.
Japanese tanks were tiny compared to the other nations.
i see what you did there
@@igualn0mas he mentioned about the hardware. Not the other hard ware 🗿
just apt
Any tank is a good tank when you don’t have your own dedicated anti-tank.
They operated in totally different environments and needed to be light to transport. They were def a failure tactically
Glad to see that the universal response to a any tank pointing its cannon at anyone is "shit" in the clamist and most collected way ever before running ur ass off
Goddamn they fed that gunner some crack in order for him to spin that turret around so fast
Nope! That was the "secret weapon" of the modest Sherman tank - it could swing its gun toward a Panther or Tiger, and the gunner could take a coffee break before the big Panzer got its gun around.
@@kevinohalloran7164 that wasnt a Sherman though...
@@CrazyDutchguys Pardon me, were you referring to the Jap tank?
@@kevinohalloran7164 yes, the jap tank that rotated his handcranked turret 90degrees faster than a modern MBT can
Shows that even light tanks like the Ha-go were no joke for infantry squads.
Great series. My uncle fought in the Pacific . Iwo jima ,and Okinawa. He never said anything except that it was hell.
Navy, right? (since different Marine div's fought at Iwo and Okinawa) Was the last time US Navy ships faced a real threat of enemy action out at sea. By the time of Iwo with the Jap Navy mostly destroyed with whatever capital ships they had left confined to port, the real threat was from Kamikazes especially if you were on a carrier.
My grandfather served in the Army (Intelligence, where he would go on to meet my Army grandmother after the war) and great grandfather served in the USAAF over Germany, one of the "Masters of the Air" flying bombers in 43. Both died when I was young, I so much wish I could talk to them about their experiences now that I'm older and have much more understanding about what went on.
There's something about the fact that even a tank as weak as a Type 95 can be a nightmare for infantrymen, when against an enemy tank it can't last five minutes. Sort of puts things into perspective.
Part 5 really reminded me of playing Cod WaW since most of the Marine Raider missions take place on Peleliu
Always bugged me that WAW focused on Marine Raiders. They were never folded into the 1st Marine Division, so they wouldn't have been on Peleliu.
@@redaug4212 It's because by the time of the Battle of Peleliu the 1st Marine Raider Battalion "Edson's Raider's" and the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion "Carlson's Raider's" and 2 other Marine Raider Battalions had been dissolved and incorporated as the 4th Marine Regiment and their specific squad had gotten transferred into the 1st Marine Division.
@@redaug4212 I just used the term Marine Raiders loosely since they are no longer in the Marine Raiders yet were, so I would imagine they had some higher level of respect among their compatriots
This series was filmed in Queensland Australia.
Sherman, the Asia Pasific Juggernaut
Mr Robot's trip be tweaking
Did i just see a foot in the end?
Actually all the people in this short have feet! Crazy hey?
Yes, the japanese stunt men went all in for that one. Real explosives are cheaper and look better than special effects. Gotta respect the japanese for their dedication
@@orinm4128 ok let me reiterate, did I just see a foot flying through the air? 🤣
No. That was a leg.
Like it's a mini-series about a war or something 😂
The Sherman - ugh do I have to do all the work around here
Turned that MG position into sad boi confetti...
The Ha-Go tanks turret and cannon was spun around, aimed by the tank Commander. The 37mm main canon was elevated and depressed manually.
Those little Mitsubishi tanks were a fucking menace in the field, high speed, moderately armoured, decent range and good weapon systems.
its bad in every department you mentioned
The leg flying at the end was the icing on the cake
YO WHY WAS THE TURRET ROTATION SO FAST AND SMOOTH ON THAT JAPANESE TANK
The pacific theater doesn’t nearly get the attention like the European theater does. I’m glad this series came out. A lot of stories still need to be told.
The Pacific is a pretty good series. It is done short by not having the incredible score Band of Brothers has.
RIP, Michael Kamen. You are missed.
Too bad one of the Armenian directors had to add the most random, out of place anti Turkish propaganda in the Melbourne episode. How can American Armenians be this obsessed?
@@Dicka899 A genocide can do that sort of thing... I missed the propaganda, gotta watch it again.
@Dicka899 Armenians have an axe to grind, you'd understand if you knew about WWI
That's why the knee mortar was great.
It's also a direct fire weapon.
Just don't rest it on your knee.
Corpman !!😂
Besides Saving Ryan’s privates The Pacific takes the cake for storyline and cinematography/acting.
Snafu is so chill lol
Sherman’s were good, normal infantry support tanks. That’s what they were designed for. They were never designed to deal with those freakin monsters Germany was putting out. You deal with those with air superiority. 😂😂
And don't forget, tank destroyer doctrine . . . Faulty as the concept turned out to be in practice.
This is ahistorical.
Sherman tanks were designed to both engage other tanks as well as provide infantry support, the same as practically every other tank ever. Even the 75mm cannon on the early Shermans was more than sufficient for the vast majority of armored targets US forces would encounter, which were Panzer IIIs, Panzer IVs, and StuGs. The upgrade to the 76mm gun let them quite reliably deal with Panthers and Tiger Is, as well, and no tanks were designed to fight the Tiger II during the war since it was never fielded in sufficient quantities to matter, overall.
Additionally, air assets did not actually account for a lot of tank kills in the field. Dumb bombs and rockets with no targeting computers are not precise enough to kill tanks. What they did was suppress and kill soft targets and fortifications, leaving armored targets vulnerable to tank destroyers, handheld AT, and anti-tank guns, as well as other tanks.
The US also had the M10, M18, and M36 Tank Destroyers for the Tiger and Panther tanks. No real need for those on most of the Pacific islands.
Don’t forget the M18 Hellcats; went 39:4 at Arrancourt against Panzers and Panthers both. Damn good vehicles.
@ianpomfret4876 *Originally* they were Infantry Guns/Assault Guns (with turrets) and the Motor Gun Carriers were the intended Anti-Tank vehicles.
Circumstances led to the Sherman being revised into an Anti-Tank role, similar to the Stug starting as an Assault Gun before being reprurposed into a Tank Destroyer.
Such a phenomenal show. Many tears shed.
those tanks were as effective as they ones used in this movie lol
Sherman Tank- okay I'm here. What are your other two wishes? 😂 Not So sorry...
The Ha-Go was made with China and naval invasions on unprepared/underequipped defenses in mind. In this it excelled as a pretty cost efficient anti-infantry support tank throughout early ww2. But yeah, they were pretty much dead against anything armored the US could throw at them
Army saves the marines like usual
The Marine Corps had their own tank battalions back then. But yes, the Army would arrive soon after because Chesty threw his 1st Marines into a wood chipper.
That was a Marine Corps tank.
Shout out to the dude who stayed riding on the tank firing, you died pretty badass 😂
Love how the tanks look like kids' toys compared to what was happening in the Europe theater at that time.
"Tank" is a very generous.
I’m assuming you didn’t upload the landing scene(arguably the best combat scene in the show) was because of YT and the demonetization rule? :/
1 minute shorts will ruin it. I recommend watching the series.
US tank: did someone order a ass kicking
Sherman looking tuff in Pacific
The Sherman tank gets to feel like a Tiger in the Pacific front lol
That Turret traverse is wild
The dude carrying that whole ass mortar is a baller. I know its a small mortar, but them shits is heavy.
Man. That japanese tank looks so good.
This is what insurgency sandstorm feels like when I'm screaming for an observer because I need artillery for the technical laying down suppressive fire
My grandfather was a marine and fought in the Pacific during WW2…when you can’t get a word about what happened out of someone it’s best to leave it be
Mr Robot saying his line there is great.
Sherman feeling like a Tiger
*explosion, smoke drifts dramatically*
M4 commander cooly says, "Correction, it's a scrap tank."
I love the flopping leg limb at the end. What detail
I’m convinced that was a scream at 2:22 rather then a meow
Love how you could see the Japanese arms flying up to the sky on that last part.
That tank was doing some fancy maneuvering. It must have had a good driver and a good TC.
“What do we have to fight that tank?!”
*Takes out 2 dirty pipes, a metal sheet and a mortar*
Sherman Tanks said, Ya'll messing with MY grunts!? I don't think so!!!
American Sherman tank was like, "That's not a tank, I am a tank."
Nice one of the few scenes in the Pacific where they actually fight
Shermans in the Pacific theater are kinda lucky
Fr no panzerFaust or jaw dropping heavy German tank's
I’d like to see that tank fair against a 76mm m3 cannon- oh wait
at the end of the clip where the tank fired at the roof was that a guys leg flying
Imagine trying to cross that airfield, must’ve been gnarly af
Mr. Robot could hack himself into a WW2 game
Guy demonstrated why soldiers didn’t ride tanks into the actual fighting, they draw fire.
Wow that hand crank turret is fucking amazing, Takeshi must have had a red bull
What a bloody battle for those in the Pacific theatre....
Sherman and Type 95
Both are designed as Infantry support. It's just that the one is fighting againts rocks, while the other one fighting againts Cats (Tiger n Panther)
Barley, tigers and panthers were rarely seen on the western front.
One the greatest series ever made by HBO The PACIFIC along with Band Of Brothers indeed!👍.
In 1979 when I was 17 I met an older guy who was dating my friends mom. It was just me and him on the porch talking when I noticed his entire right arm from elbow to hand was a mottled looking grey. I asked him about it and that was the 1st time I heard of Peleliu
Fastest turret swing ive ever seen on a ho-go.
What's hilarious is if they had just one fifty cal, especially with AP ammo, they could take out any number of Type 95s since even normal .50 cal ball can penetrate about 13mm of armor from 1,000 meters with AP doing more and the Type 95's thickest armor is 12mm.
Also, its main gun is so light, the gunner could move it by hand lol
The Japanese tanks make s sherman look like a king tiger tank😂😂😂
As a infantry mortarmen I can assure you the 60mm 81 and 120mm are all killing machines😂
Sherman vs Ha-Go is like Hydrogen Bomb vs Coughing Baby
the Ronson blazes up a motorized wheelchair disguised as MBT
They might be weak compared to the tiger or even Sherman but any tank is a nightmare for infantryman on foot without the proper weapons to destroy them
That mortar is awfully close to that tank! Looks like someone fired a bazooka at the tank before the Sherman toasted it!