40K Imperial Armour! The Leman Russ Main Battle Tank And It's Variants!

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  • Опубликовано: 4 янв 2025

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  • @vindicare9636
    @vindicare9636 3 года назад +893

    "Out of commission, become a pillbox. Out of ammo, become a bunker. Out of time, become heroes."-Ancient Imperial Tanker poverb

    • @611_hornet5
      @611_hornet5 3 года назад +30

      I'm certain the Valhallans or Vostroyans worship Daskal as a saint.

    • @Marinealver
      @Marinealver 3 года назад +22

      Rolled a 5 on a glancing hit.
      Immobilized
      I miss those days.

    • @matthewbrasel2737
      @matthewbrasel2737 3 года назад +24

      @trueblueprussian 23 High Marshall Patton

    • @ethanguest3438
      @ethanguest3438 3 года назад +13

      @@matthewbrasel2737 lord solar Montgomery

    • @imadequate3376
      @imadequate3376 3 года назад +13

      That's a quote from "The Beast of War".
      At least the first 2 lines are.
      "Why can't we go home in the helicopter?"
      "Because we are tankers"
      Great film about either T-55 or T-72 in Afghanistan during the Russo/Afghan war and the crew trying to basically survive being disabled in no man's land

  • @robbomegavlkafenryka6158
    @robbomegavlkafenryka6158 3 года назад +721

    “The chimaera we talked about previously.”
    I think there’s a certain point in which you’ve waited too long to be able to say previously.

    • @echoalpha9935
      @echoalpha9935 3 года назад +10

      There is more tank videos I can't find them lol it must be lost in the archives on the holy home home World of humanity

    • @robbomegavlkafenryka6158
      @robbomegavlkafenryka6158 3 года назад +14

      @@echoalpha9935 ruclips.net/video/l8antB1g4Hk/видео.html the only other armor vid

    • @KG-jm1zl
      @KG-jm1zl 3 года назад +7

      @@robbomegavlkafenryka6158 jokes just fly over you, don't they?

    • @robbomegavlkafenryka6158
      @robbomegavlkafenryka6158 3 года назад +12

      @@KG-jm1zl yes

    • @Elenrai
      @Elenrai 3 года назад +1

      @@KG-jm1zlSo does other comments by the looks of it...

  • @malicant123
    @malicant123 3 года назад +484

    "The escape hatches!!! They're just painted on!!!!"
    - last communication from the crew of a Leman Russ Executioner

    • @phreakazoith2237
      @phreakazoith2237 3 года назад +76

      You want to escape? Beware, the commissars pistol is not just painted on.

    • @ryansauchuk7290
      @ryansauchuk7290 3 года назад +23

      I won't bore you commissar with the story of our miraculous escape

    • @lordmaur180
      @lordmaur180 3 года назад +11

      It opens to a fully sealed armor plate with a note: True soliders fight to the end

    • @許進曾
      @許進曾 3 года назад +32

      @@lordmaur180 They are trying to escape the destroyed tank so they can bayonet charge the enemy, there is nothing wrong with this.

    • @ChocorocK
      @ChocorocK 3 года назад +7

      Enginseer: A'ight, get the next crew.

  • @batteredskullsummit9854
    @batteredskullsummit9854 3 года назад +560

    After like 7 fucking years, Arch finally does it lmao

    • @tacticalcannonfodder7369
      @tacticalcannonfodder7369 3 года назад +41

      As always he will do it somewhere between now and the end of the universe

    • @TheMauviet
      @TheMauviet 3 года назад +67

      The wheels of the administratum turn slowly but surely

    • @Konsaki
      @Konsaki 3 года назад +25

      @@TheMauviet Just needed enough guardsmen to grease the gears.

    • @mgtowdadYouTubeSucksCoxks
      @mgtowdadYouTubeSucksCoxks 3 года назад +12

      Time doesn't exist in the warp, mortal.

    • @marsfreelander5969
      @marsfreelander5969 3 года назад +9

      Here i thought vulkan would grow one fuckoff epic main and barbarian beard beford arch would do another

  • @thepsychicspoon5984
    @thepsychicspoon5984 3 года назад +336

    GW: "Just put more guns on it"
    Tank experts: "Wheres the crew supposed to sit"
    GW: "Crew?"

    • @davfree9732
      @davfree9732 3 года назад +15

      GW must subscribe to the Bradley method of Tank design

    • @Marinealver
      @Marinealver 3 года назад +18

      @@davfree9732 the Bradley actually worked, the Author of the book was a total douche.
      They should have made the movie about the Sgt. York.
      As for the crew, we just cut out a hatch in the hull the crew can crawl in the sponsons.

    • @dannylamb456
      @dannylamb456 3 года назад +14

      @@Marinealver
      Ah yes, the Mike Sparks of armored vehicles.

    • @greenrena8503
      @greenrena8503 3 года назад +21

      They are brits. The guys who designed a tank that had a spotter sitting in top of it. Outside on the hull!

    • @thepsychicspoon5984
      @thepsychicspoon5984 3 года назад +33

      @@davfree9732 Yea, there is a lot wrong with "Pentagon Wars".
      I'm not saying that military waste or fraudulent shady stuff doesn't happen.
      In this case, this was from the same guy who said the U.S should just make M48s to face off against Russian T-80s.
      James Burton was a member of a military think tank called the Reformers. A group of guys that shunned away any and all research. They proposed in a war with the USSR, the US should just manufacturer alot of old tech equipment and face the Russians head on in attrition warfare.

  • @alpharius2omegaboogaloo384
    @alpharius2omegaboogaloo384 3 года назад +361

    “I’ve waited 4, no 5000 Years for this!”

    • @asddasdasdasdadsa
      @asddasdasdasdadsa 3 года назад +15

      Only ? Most waited 40 000 years

    • @lordmaur180
      @lordmaur180 3 года назад +4

      You guys been waiting?

    • @Benthesniperof8
      @Benthesniperof8 3 года назад +12

      @@lordmaur180 "I DID MY TIME! TWELVE YEARS OF IT!
      IN AZKABAN!!"

    • @ogburnher
      @ogburnher 3 года назад

      I just waited over 9000 years. sorry

  • @tornesaurio
    @tornesaurio 3 года назад +726

    Man, I NEED a video like this of the Imperium's warships!

    • @catsareevil101
      @catsareevil101 3 года назад +26

      That would be amazing.

    • @skabor1
      @skabor1 3 года назад +3

      agreed

    • @eddiejobes8449
      @eddiejobes8449 3 года назад +16

      That’d be a goddamn series in it of itself lol

    • @skabor1
      @skabor1 3 года назад +4

      @@eddiejobes8449 and it would be awesome

    • @zdron07
      @zdron07 3 года назад +16

      Unfortunatly the lore on the ships is full of aproxmits, lore only 1 to 2 paragraphs long ect. Best you will get is getting a pdf of the rogue trader rpg core book, into the storm side book and battlefleet kronus side book for that rpg system

  • @17ryuzaki
    @17ryuzaki 3 года назад +269

    That bit at the end about the Executioner reminds me of a description of the Rifleman battlemech I heard from Tex.
    "Heat sinks are expensive and pilots are... replaceable."
    So what if it's a combat-capable oven? The enemy has considerably more to worry about than feeling a little hot in their tank

    • @MrShrapnelDK
      @MrShrapnelDK 3 года назад +35

      Tex Talk Battletech is a magical series and likely the no. 1 best lore series on youtube in sheer production levels.

    • @MrFantasio5
      @MrFantasio5 3 года назад +29

      Tex is the Arch of Battletech.

    • @Gordon519
      @Gordon519 3 года назад +10

      TEX IS FUCKING AWESOME

    • @p_serdiuk
      @p_serdiuk 3 года назад +10

      BT is better than whatever drivel GW is now doing for 40k.

    • @shawnm1902
      @shawnm1902 3 года назад +9

      @@p_serdiuk we don't talk about wiz kids though

  • @Dwarficus
    @Dwarficus 3 года назад +284

    The Leman Russ tank, so iconic that when you hit 20 years in the hobby a Leman Russ tank will somehow finds it's way into your collection, given through you are 100% sure you don't own it.

    • @stepheningram6415
      @stepheningram6415 3 года назад +63

      This is true. I only play infantry. Pure 100% Imperial Guard infantry. I found a Lemon Russ battle tank box set in my desk…. I didn’t buy it… it wasn’t a gift…. It’s just there.

    • @randallb84
      @randallb84 3 года назад +45

      @@stepheningram6415 This sounds like warp nonsense to me......Stay where you are citizen, your local Inquisition agent will be with you soon.

    • @M33f3r
      @M33f3r 3 года назад +30

      Especially confusing when you only play xeno races.

    • @timberwolf1575
      @timberwolf1575 3 года назад +15

      This wouold be the perfect way for the warp to screw with the god emperor's faithful. Beware heresy my brother.

    • @NoivaVerocci
      @NoivaVerocci 3 года назад +23

      Happened when I was putting together some terrain after finishing my craftworld eldar, i wanted to build some terrain so went looking for an old tank mini finding a badly treated leman russ for sale, when I got the pretty abused tank [bad paintjob, missing parts and iffy customization], I felt sorry for it and instead of using it for terrain I fixed it up [getting spare parts from a friend] and painted it properly. After a while I figured I'd get some troops to put with it...
      ...cue a complete mech-guard army being bought and assembled soon after, a decade later its sitting in full display with the other imperial tanks, my eldar are... ...somewhere.

  • @TheHungeringCold
    @TheHungeringCold 3 года назад +203

    RUclips : "Looks like Arch is talking about World of Tanks."

    • @Marinealver
      @Marinealver 3 года назад +18

      Games Workshop: Quick tell World of Tanks we have no deal with that puritan!

    • @minhngoctran7271
      @minhngoctran7271 3 года назад +7

      @@Marinealver in world of tanks blitz, there are actually vindicator and predator tanks with ultramarine, imperial fist and dark angel camo

    • @modx5534
      @modx5534 3 года назад

      @trueblueprussian 23 oh yes xD after several years I finally managed to get my first T10 tank. Obviously I have only played said game sporatically since it is literally cancer :D...but I like tanks ..so yeah

    • @Nalothisal
      @Nalothisal 2 года назад

      I mean... are they wrong?
      40k technically is a world of tanks.

  • @FrankSancisco
    @FrankSancisco 3 года назад +163

    June 2018: 40K Imperial Armour! The Chimera!
    July 2021: 40K Imperial Armour! The Leman Russ!
    August 2024: 40K Imperial Armour! The Baneblade!

    • @Sturm01
      @Sturm01 3 года назад +6

      Na, the sentinel

    • @Marinealver
      @Marinealver 3 года назад +3

      Malcador Tank

    • @aazz9676
      @aazz9676 3 года назад +6

      Everybody be gangsta till the baneblade rolls up in the hood

    • @discipleofdagon8195
      @discipleofdagon8195 Год назад

      Macharius or its more sleeker cousin the rogal dorn... the one that shipped without a bottom

    • @Yandarval
      @Yandarval 6 месяцев назад +1

      As of this post, its mid June 2024. lets see how well your Crystal balls works. Get your Lottery numbers ready if Arch is close to August.

  • @DeltaPi314
    @DeltaPi314 3 года назад +104

    "120 mm smooth bore cannon" I looked at the model and spat my tea.
    GW: define millimeter please.

    • @LAV-III
      @LAV-III 3 года назад +16

      More like 120cm

    • @chrisbingley
      @chrisbingley 3 года назад +23

      GW are British and we work in Imperial and not some shitty french measurements. I can guarantee to you that whoever wrote that has absolutely no idea what a millimeter is.

    • @kieranh2005
      @kieranh2005 3 года назад +11

      6:32
      Looking at this image, I'd say that 12" is more accurate.

    • @jayjohnson6553
      @jayjohnson6553 3 года назад +2

      It might correct, the barrel might be as well armored as the rest of the tank.

    • @chanachon56
      @chanachon56 3 года назад +3

      Looks more like a 150mm or even a 170 mm cannon to me. Then again, I'm not a cannon expert

  • @TheKahiron
    @TheKahiron 3 года назад +216

    Series isn't dead? Grand!

  • @alsob1062
    @alsob1062 3 года назад +148

    Arch you have forgotten the real main weapon of the Lemon Russ, ths Commissar and his sword.

    • @randallb84
      @randallb84 3 года назад +13

      Now drive me closer.....

    • @Qardo
      @Qardo 3 года назад +3

      That only works on a Baneblade.

    • @merkavamkivm3373
      @merkavamkivm3373 3 года назад +1

      @@Qardo or lager tanks...

  • @roughneckmp
    @roughneckmp 3 года назад +139

    I’m just here before GW decides to attempt extortion on Arch.

    • @botbuilder6677
      @botbuilder6677 3 года назад +11

      They tried character assassination a few times. I imagine they tried extortion before that. If GW's head honchos had a brain between them they'd sponsor, endorse and/or hire any high-quality content makers but it's GW - their next good business decision will be their first.

  • @NoName-lo9ym
    @NoName-lo9ym 3 года назад +144

    I love how in the rules a ramshackle Mining Vehicle for Genestealers gets a 6+ feel no pain, now Orks cobbled chariots are going to get -1 damage vs under strength 8 shots but the purpose built warhorse of the Guard that can run on broken up furniture.... Naaaahh

    • @razor1uk610
      @razor1uk610 3 года назад +13

      I read that Naaaahh in the style of & in the voice of *_'Foamy the Squirrel....._*

    • @kieranh2005
      @kieranh2005 3 года назад +8

      Not *Foamy* !
      Not here, in this high minded, scholarly and somber channel...

    • @botbuilder6677
      @botbuilder6677 3 года назад +7

      In fairness the mining vehicles are proably made of good materials and orky stuff has that gestalt-physic weirdness going on.
      The Leman Russ is probably lucky to have good quality steel, let alone admantium.

    • @DefaultFlame
      @DefaultFlame 2 года назад +5

      The Leman Russ is an STC. It can be built from scrap, runs on roughly anything you can feed the engine, and can be fixed by the most inept of enginseers or a crew of local lay clergy. What it does it does pretty well, anywhere. What it doesn't do is fancy. It's a light workhorse machine for colonists, not bleeding edge fancy pantsy.
      Leave that to the Eldar, the Leman Russ is to 40k tanks as the humble Guardsman is to 40k infantry. Decent for modern-ish times, one-on-one with anything else it pretty shit, but there are billions of Leman Russes on a million battlefields in the galaxy, being churned out by their millions from forge worlds and imperial hive cities alike.
      Pretty decent for what it does; grinding, eternal warfare.
      We have reserves, and there's millions more where we came from. We will drown all enemies of the Emperor of Mankind in an inevitable tide of men, steel, and the Emperor's fury! Charge! - Some Commissar, probably.

  • @Timber_LXG_5
    @Timber_LXG_5 3 года назад +144

    The guard do 90% of the work, and there isn't a battlefield that isn't helped won by my favorite tank!

    • @jasonreed1631
      @jasonreed1631 3 года назад +33

      The Imperial Guard. The pay is low, you're considered expendable, you'll have to do 99% of the work, and your sacrifices won't be appreciated. But if you're lucky and do your job well, you just might survive long enough for the Astartes to show up and take all the credit.

    • @Timber_LXG_5
      @Timber_LXG_5 3 года назад +13

      @@jasonreed1631 or the grey knights/inquisition to purge you for fighting demons

    • @chanachon56
      @chanachon56 3 года назад +6

      @@jasonreed1631 Random guardsmen: Wait we get paid?

    • @jacthing1
      @jacthing1 2 года назад

      @@chanachon56 STOP ASKING QUESTIONS ABOVE YOUR PAY GRADE GUARDSMAN. NOW SHUT UP AND GO KILL THOSE FFFFUUUCKING HERETICS. *Raises bolt pistol threateningly*

    • @vothbetilia4862
      @vothbetilia4862 2 года назад +1

      @@jasonreed1631 bruh they are heavily appreciated, especially other chapters of space marines and other sub factions, the inquisition is very aware of the sacrifices they make daily, that being said, they aren't seen expendable at all, that's because we think they are, but in the universe they're clearly not expendables.

  • @Benthesniperof8
    @Benthesniperof8 3 года назад +161

    ABOUT FUCKING TIME THIS SERIES KICKED BACK INTO ACTION!
    All hail the Arch God!

  • @extremepredudice
    @extremepredudice 3 года назад +52

    *Me reading Leman Russ pamphlet:* 'Armed with a smoothbore 120mm cannon.'
    *Me turning to look at a cannon bore I could probably crawl inside on an actual Leman Russ:* 'Y'know... I think the Imperials aren't very good at math...'

    • @ereder1476
      @ereder1476 2 года назад +6

      The original pattern probably used unknown freedom units that were not converted

    • @sciarpecyril
      @sciarpecyril 2 года назад +6

      Miniatures are just disproportionate. Bolter's bore also looks to big for 19,05 mm.

    • @vothbetilia4862
      @vothbetilia4862 2 года назад +1

      You do realize miniatures are just miniatures right. Obviously the smoothbore for the model isn't gonna be exact.

    • @ВасилийМорозов-л7х
      @ВасилийМорозов-л7х 2 года назад +6

      Maybe the Imperium uses a very different definition of a millimeter?

    • @vothbetilia4862
      @vothbetilia4862 2 года назад +3

      @@ВасилийМорозов-л7х that's a possibility actually.

  • @Matihood1
    @Matihood1 3 года назад +68

    Think about it. The Imperium had access to such powerful siege weapons and they still had a veeeeeeeeeery hard time at cracking down Vraks.

    • @tanall5959
      @tanall5959 3 года назад +45

      To be fair, Vraks was BUILT to defy sieges. And while with defending against xenos and chaos they have to go with theoreticals and real world experience, when it comes to defending against a potential rogue Imperial threat? They KNOW what their own equipment is capable of and could build to defend against it to a much greater degree.

    • @lordmaur180
      @lordmaur180 3 года назад +15

      @@tanall5959 also the heavy guns and resorces sent to Vraks were more limited as they wanted to take it "intact" if possible

    • @SnlDrako
      @SnlDrako 3 года назад +9

      No shit you'll struggle against fortifications if you keep sending Death Korps, light infantry armed with semiauto only lasrifles armoured against bio and chemical weapons while you keep the armour in reserve waiting for a breakthrough...

    • @LokaJohn
      @LokaJohn 3 года назад +10

      The weapons are sometimes more valuable than 10000 soldiers. The bureaucracy of getting advanced systems from the administratum extensive. The imperium has good weapons, but would rather feed a million men into the meatgrinders rather than risk them. Such is the nature of grimdark.

    • @lordmaur180
      @lordmaur180 3 года назад +2

      @@LokaJohn USSR in a nutshell

  • @darthgorthaur258
    @darthgorthaur258 3 года назад +6

    I'm forever looking at that tech priest in the background and always getting the vibe his looking over think "who the fuck is he talking to again...must get some compressed air to clean him out"...

  • @Kryosleep
    @Kryosleep 3 года назад +29

    I ain't complaining. We've had Armageddon, Vraks, and Badab. Ain't like the dude ain't working.

  • @Heegaherger
    @Heegaherger 3 года назад +54

    I remember there were numerous vehicle nurfs in 3rd ed (when I stopped playing). I've always suspected that there were players using modern armored tactics and formations against GP style armies of other factions and mindsets and just crushing them which led to lots of whining.

    • @OrDuneStudios
      @OrDuneStudios 3 года назад +8

      So they nerfed it to a WWI shitbox.

    • @Heegaherger
      @Heegaherger 3 года назад +5

      @Ban this youtube It became more about playing the *rules* rather than fighting the battle. The changes introduced in 3 ed had it so I did not know how to play any more. The unit fire splitting restriction pissed me off to no end: 1) because it didn't make sense for many armies like Eldar and Astartes and 2) the exception was the Space wolves (because Spaaaaaace Wolves and them being the company president's baby). That rule made playing any other army pointless from a tactile perspective.
      With all of the changes, I disengaged and walked way in frustration and my forces were considerable (Smallest Epic army: 9500; Gothic: 5000+; IG: crap ton; Marines: nearly a full company w/ support, mostly in Mk 6'). So it turned out to be a massive waste of money. The only saving grace was I really enjoyed painting the figures.

  • @Solid_Snake427
    @Solid_Snake427 3 года назад +77

    Oh my my, Arch continuing the imperial armor videos.. tell me what warp sorcery is this!

    • @lordmaur180
      @lordmaur180 3 года назад

      Arch: " i been thinkig of this for a while" its been 7 years...

  • @chanachon56
    @chanachon56 3 года назад +50

    "The executioner is a precision weapon"
    Me after playing the tabletop: "Umm.....ya sure about that arch? Cuz its the premier anti heavy infantry weapon the guard has at its disposal soooooo"

    • @baker90338
      @baker90338 3 года назад +18

      It is a precision weapon: you precisely want that heavy infantry…gone!

    • @ChocorocK
      @ChocorocK 3 года назад +3

      @@baker90338 Or when you want to wipe off that smug look on a Space Marine player's face.

    • @baker90338
      @baker90338 3 года назад +3

      @@ChocorocK you precisely remove a specific amount of points from the table, and you learn precisely how invested the opposition is in the game!

    • @omegawilliam95s36
      @omegawilliam95s36 3 года назад

      I think he meant that because of the slow rate of fire plasna weapons have.

  • @andrewsalyer8147
    @andrewsalyer8147 3 года назад +8

    Arch I fully understand that this is meant to be a comprehensive series about the armaments of the imperium. I did not expect you to also simulate how long it takes to get supplied

  • @benediktgeierhofer4146
    @benediktgeierhofer4146 3 года назад +38

    With all those variants I am surprised noone was like "Hey, less go less armor and more speed because nothing is more hilarious than a leman russ charging the enemy at 100+ km/h"
    Even if no human does it, ork minds are more...open to grandious experimention.

    • @Chaotic_Jackal
      @Chaotic_Jackal 3 года назад +8

      Orks would just paint it red and call it a day.

    • @Dianaranda123
      @Dianaranda123 3 года назад +4

      Its much more likely, they simply forgot how to set the thing to "drive"

    • @omegawilliam95s36
      @omegawilliam95s36 3 года назад +2

      Speed Freak: Write dat down, WRITE DAT DOWN!!!

    • @sleipnirodin2881
      @sleipnirodin2881 2 года назад +1

      @@Chaotic_Jackal *AND IT WORKS.*

  • @senorcapitandiogenes2068
    @senorcapitandiogenes2068 3 года назад +51

    Now blondie only needs to remember the password for the "The Lodge" account.........

  • @RedwolfDogrocket
    @RedwolfDogrocket 3 года назад +12

    Field martial: "Why cant that Leeman Russ hit the broadside of that Baneblade sergeant?"
    Sgt: "I'll find out sir!" *radio noises*
    Field martial: "Well?!"
    Sgt: "The gunner, the driver and the commander were all recruited from the England 2020 football team sir."
    Field martial: "For ff....*sigh*... Commissar Chiellini?"
    Commissar Chiellini: "YES SIR!"
    Field martial: "Get them out of there."
    Commissar Chiellini: "With pleasure sir!" *runs over and yanks them out by the collar*

  • @SephirothRyu
    @SephirothRyu 2 года назад +2

    Space Marine: "So anyway, we found this hilarious looking thing and gave it your name as a joke. But it turns out it is actually really useful, so we now need to share this with the entire imperium and its too late to name it something else."
    Leman Russ: ...**sigh**

  • @TheDemolitionMonk
    @TheDemolitionMonk 3 года назад +9

    With your description of the Executioner's safety I was imagining the Commissar handing a Tech Priest BBQ cleaner to get off the greasy blackened residue from the fighting compartment.

  • @philipeanthonybattung3860
    @philipeanthonybattung3860 3 года назад +39

    Wait... He remembered
    The gun design is a 152mm but they say it's 120mm kekw

    • @Nyxcha
      @Nyxcha 3 года назад +2

      well do you want the orks to be excited, or estatic.
      lower the caliber. less boom the orks will imagine. so the less excited they'll be

    • @Legitpenguins99
      @Legitpenguins99 3 года назад +1

      Thats what i was going to guess. It looks about the size of 150mm cannons I've seen on some tanks

  • @Sturm01
    @Sturm01 3 года назад +18

    Been waiting 40k years for this one

  • @somewherelse
    @somewherelse 3 года назад +23

    Had my heart set on The punisher Cannon. Oh well there's always next time.

  • @kacpadestro8086
    @kacpadestro8086 3 года назад +10

    This is what i love about 40 k we can have litteral magic making chaos mechs go bryy and there it is simple tank design with templates and everything

  • @Balevolt
    @Balevolt 3 года назад +25

    Imperial armor vol.1 also has cutaways of the Russ Chimera and Shadowsword. Vanquisher is my favorite too, It's a shame it sucks on the table now.

    • @Destroyer_V0
      @Destroyer_V0 3 года назад +4

      If the imperial armour book from forgeworld, on the macharius vanquisher is anything to go by? It'll hopefully get a buff. Strength 16, with a +1 to hit against vehicles, and I think a straight 9 damage. And in the case of the macharius? 2 shots.

  • @matthewbrasel2737
    @matthewbrasel2737 3 года назад +17

    The Leman Russ seems like the 40k version of the M4 Sherman

    • @vothbetilia4862
      @vothbetilia4862 2 года назад

      You couldn't be anymore wrong bud.

    • @sleipnirodin2881
      @sleipnirodin2881 2 года назад

      @@vothbetilia4862 Ho realy.... Because like some English men would say... They make for nice *"Fire-Cracker"* and not much else.

    • @vothbetilia4862
      @vothbetilia4862 2 года назад

      @@sleipnirodin2881 bud if you're saying this looks even remotely close to a Sherman, bud you need some extra contact lens.

    • @sleipnirodin2881
      @sleipnirodin2881 2 года назад +1

      @@vothbetilia4862 Not in *look...* This is obvious, in *FONCTION.*

    • @vothbetilia4862
      @vothbetilia4862 2 года назад

      @@sleipnirodin2881 how exactly, the Sherman would arguably be more faster then the Russ, plus weight little less then the Russ.

  • @Vherstinae
    @Vherstinae 3 года назад +15

    Imperial weapons, armor, speed, etc. all needs to be taken with several barrels of salt. I don't think any of GW's writers at the time of the Leman Russ' imagination (let alone now) had any understanding of logistics, vehicle statistics, or battlefield numbers - what with massive planetary battles involving fewer troops than many European wars.

    • @edim108
      @edim108 2 года назад +3

      I still can't get over the fact that The War of the Beast had fewer troops involved than the siege of Vraks...

  • @LordInter
    @LordInter 3 года назад +10

    To replace the road wheels they have bolts on the outside, the issue would be lifting the tank by driving it on to something. See the Churchill for reference 🙂

  • @kennethbedwell5188
    @kennethbedwell5188 3 года назад +4

    I am so old, I can remember when the Vylka Fenrika could field the Leman Russ Exterminator

  • @Alvaro-yy6gx
    @Alvaro-yy6gx 3 года назад +4

    I have been waiting FOR YEARS for this video. THANK YOU!

  • @aussie9570
    @aussie9570 3 года назад +15

    Leman Russ standed AP round sound more like HESH then a APBC, glad to see this series back again can't wait for the next one mate

    • @creedrichards137
      @creedrichards137 3 года назад

      yeah, me too. One hopes they enemies of mankind don't utilize spaced armor.

    • @aazz9676
      @aazz9676 3 года назад +1

      The funny thing though is seeing the oh so high and mighty eldar armor getting wrecked by 1950s level tech.

    • @notinspectorgadget
      @notinspectorgadget 2 года назад

      oh you better learn how to wait...

    • @imgvillasrc1608
      @imgvillasrc1608 2 года назад

      I swore it's stated in lore that the stranded ammunition is APHE.

    • @vothbetilia4862
      @vothbetilia4862 2 года назад

      @@aazz9676 old not obsolete.

  • @TheFlyboysr71
    @TheFlyboysr71 3 года назад +6

    "Absurd." 200mm of armour. Laughs in Maus.

  • @KondorDCS
    @KondorDCS 3 года назад +19

    No, no, Arch....the LASGUN is the 40k AK47....the Leman Russ is a T34....

  • @bobross268
    @bobross268 3 года назад +8

    Was hoping to see the punisher. If I fight a guard player I always throw 70 hormagaunts so he can use that beautiful gun. Hopefully in another 4 years you’ll upload the next installment

  • @blackdragonxtra
    @blackdragonxtra 3 года назад +1

    7:37 "The STC variant of the AK-47."
    Me: *Looks at M4 Sherman and T-34* "Right..."

  • @Fulgrim2
    @Fulgrim2 3 года назад +32

    Great tanks, my genestealer cult swears by them!

    • @Marinealver
      @Marinealver 3 года назад +6

      So now the Genestealer cults are the new Lootas.
      I missed the days where you can give orks Imperial stuff and call it good. They just had their ballistic skill of 2 but it worked the same.

  • @hadesdogs4366
    @hadesdogs4366 3 года назад +2

    This is why the guard can basically deal with most of not any enemy, want a dedicated anti tank weapon use a vanquisher cannon, want to mow Down a horde of white spikes? Use a punisher Gatling cannon, one heavy bolter and two heavy flamers, the leman Russ much like the guard are built to be mass produced but also be highly adaptable at the same time

  • @jarettduker1507
    @jarettduker1507 3 года назад +5

    Omg now the playlist will have 2 videos. Be still my beating heart!

  • @domschra
    @domschra 3 года назад +1

    I like how in every arch video you can just hear the uther ridiculousness of the Warhammer universe in his voice

  • @ornu01
    @ornu01 3 года назад +10

    Ah, the Leman Russ main battle tank, also known by it's modern equivalent, the armed tractor.

  • @b0gdyb0ta
    @b0gdyb0ta 3 года назад +8

    "Where are those damn Tech-Priests?"

  • @KiithnarasAshaa
    @KiithnarasAshaa 3 года назад +11

    Forty-First Millennium Chieftain: "Holy Emperor, The Tank is on fire! CHAAAARGE!"
    "Tensioning the tracks on the Leman Russ is performed first by reciting the requisite prayers to the machine spirit, then retrieving this ten-meter wrench and merely levering the front idler forward and back with several lads."

    • @codymcginley6823
      @codymcginley6823 3 года назад

      The prayers are for finding the 10mm

    • @edmundscycles1
      @edmundscycles1 3 года назад +1

      That would be a significant emotional event .

    • @muninrob
      @muninrob 3 года назад +1

      Tech Priest manual: "And thou shalt apply thine largest spanner to thine sponson with generous vigour"
      Tech Marine Field repair: *beats the crap out of the sponson with giant wrench until a severed necron kneecap falls out*

    • @Sturm01
      @Sturm01 3 года назад

      @the_chieftan

    • @Reddotzebra
      @Reddotzebra 3 года назад

      @@muninrob While reciting the litany of Percussive Maintenance of course, and making sure to aim for the blessed indent.

  • @Nanolis
    @Nanolis 3 года назад +1

    Back in 30K, the Lemon Russ was probably just a Commander's daily commuter when not in their super heavies.

  • @Vollification
    @Vollification 3 года назад +17

    Arch: "Maybe I'll focus more on my other channel. GW is doing pretty shady stuff :/ "
    **publishes 90+ minutes of content within a week** XD
    Moar moar :D

  • @demoulius1529
    @demoulius1529 Год назад +1

    While one might laugh at an subpar (compared to super heavies) main battle tanks. WW2 showed us that having a good vehicle platform where you just replace the cannon for a different job is actually the superior choice. The allies just updated Shermans with new guns while the Germans kept making overdevelopped tanks that were complicated to repair and all had different parts. From an top down vieuw having such an adaptable platform is the better choice for an empire.

  • @GasMaskTrenchCoat
    @GasMaskTrenchCoat 3 года назад +6

    Aw, you didn't cover my favorite variant: the Leman Russ Punisher. The one with the giant minigun in the turret.

  • @balazsvarga1823
    @balazsvarga1823 3 года назад +2

    I think the tank isn't supposed to be really fixed by the crew, but the enginseers who got the servo arms to fix the tracks if need be. Plus, maybe fixing it easily is less of a care than the durability of it.

  • @kaplahworm
    @kaplahworm 3 года назад +3

    Hay man, while I love the Vraks and Badab system series, as well as the 30k ....reviews? breakdowns? whatever they are. The videos where you deep dive into simple little things are my favourite. Keep it up man!

  • @marksnyder2232
    @marksnyder2232 3 года назад +2

    As seems to be the case with most GW stuff, they made a drawing without any concept of the engineering behind it, or the space required for stuff like ammo storage, how you move ammo from storage to where it is used, basic crew safety measures, etc. Add about 50% to the length, add a track system with some suspension, and a few other adjustments and you could make a credible design out of this.

    • @Hugmir
      @Hugmir 3 года назад

      The way it us it's a cute parody of a tank, though. That might make it an attractive model to have on your desk.

    • @vothbetilia4862
      @vothbetilia4862 2 года назад

      If they tried to even do that add things like ammo and track systems, the model of the tank for miniatures would be a pain in the ass to paint and assemble bud.

  • @StoneCorazon
    @StoneCorazon 3 года назад +10

    I feel like the leman Russ probably has removeable panels to let the crew access the drive wheels

    • @Jfk2Mr
      @Jfk2Mr 3 года назад

      Honestly, for Leman Russ suspension system to work relatively reliably, those pannels should end at about height of bottom wheels - that way it would drive faster and smoother (though possibly like Churcill tank) than WW1 tank

  • @eichler721
    @eichler721 3 года назад +1

    Glad the series is back. I wish you and other would touch on not just the armor thickness but the materials and how far more durable they are then steel when comparing them so those that don't know can understand how durable these vehicles are. Thanks for the great video.

  • @lordmaur180
    @lordmaur180 3 года назад +14

    Damn last time i saw one video in this series, Konrad Curse was a nice guy...

    • @notsae66
      @notsae66 3 года назад +2

      So... never?

  • @fistimusmaximus6576
    @fistimusmaximus6576 8 месяцев назад +1

    Leman russ, rhino and land raider are so damn iconic.

  • @featherbrunonamenonose4249
    @featherbrunonamenonose4249 3 года назад +12

    Wait wait wait... Are you telling me that the imperium actually understands Las technology? OK guys we need to find a new lore master because this one has obviously finally snapped

    • @JeRefuseDeBienPrononcerBaleine
      @JeRefuseDeBienPrononcerBaleine 2 года назад +4

      They do. The common lasgun is called the M35 Galaxy pattern. Meaning it was developped long after the crusade. In fact, during the crusade I remember it being said that the army was manly using autoguns for the Great Crusade.

    • @sciarpecyril
      @sciarpecyril 2 года назад +2

      @@JeRefuseDeBienPrononcerBaleine, there a lot of lasgun patterns.
      1/5 of Imperial Army used Kalibrax V-1 Pattern Lasrifles.

    • @thebighurt2495
      @thebighurt2495 2 года назад

      It's Plasma tech they're having a hard time with.

  • @jacksonville9807
    @jacksonville9807 3 года назад +1

    Love that you decided to keep this series going. I know it sounds lame but I honestly always thought that the vehicle’s in the imperium was one of the coolest parts of 40k

  • @internetzenmaster8952
    @internetzenmaster8952 3 года назад +3

    The Leman Russ (Looted Edition): "Humie-tested, Ork Mekboy Approved!" - Bad Moon Used Vehicle Merchant Niksurteef

  • @officialamrak5106
    @officialamrak5106 3 года назад

    I was a 1812 tank crewman in a m1a1 in the usmc I appreciated you going into the details of spawling great work with your reaserch arch!

  • @nonyabeeznuss304
    @nonyabeeznuss304 3 года назад +3

    As a former anti-armor career specialst, I can't read the tech specs of the leman russ without laughing. Its like a 14 year old drew what he thought the ultimate tank was supposed to be in his notebook. The STC AI that designed it must've been only partially functional. No wonder the space wolves laughed at it.

    • @Hugmir
      @Hugmir 3 года назад

      I think 40k works best when approached as a parody.

    • @spartanonxy
      @spartanonxy 3 года назад

      My current head cannon is it was a corrupted file for a hazardous environment exploder. But the corrupted data was on the life support and scanning systems. While the Baneblade in my current head cannon for it is that it was a hazardous environment exploitations vehicle. Essentially a heavily engineered tractor so it could operate anywhere it could find ground. It explains a LOT more about these vehicles then cannon and helps us understand just how far the Imperium has fallen from the Golden age of Technology.

    • @vothbetilia4862
      @vothbetilia4862 2 года назад

      Looks fine to me

  • @garrettmastantuono8043
    @garrettmastantuono8043 3 года назад +2

    Duuuude I never thought we'd ever get back to the imperial armor series. Thanks Arch

  • @gangnamstyle5270
    @gangnamstyle5270 3 года назад +12

    Can you do an episode on STCs I know it's more into dark age of technology but so many possibilities!!!

  • @Colonel_Overkill
    @Colonel_Overkill 3 года назад +1

    Im glad someone else can see the value of the Vanquisher! For explosive applications we have Basilisk batteries, for dakka we have the Punisher cannon, for medium targets we have the Hydra and Exterminator but no piece in the inventory can do what the Vanquisher can. The Destroyer Tank Hunter comes close but the Vanquisher should be considered the default configuration not a specialist design.

  • @Dancan799
    @Dancan799 3 года назад +9

    This is a series, huh. When was the last one I dont remember xD

  • @micha5112
    @micha5112 3 года назад +1

    Good to hear that you working with 40k lore after all that. I'm following your work for many years now. Keep up the good work.
    Greetings from Poland.

  • @megumin1054
    @megumin1054 3 года назад +3

    Virgin onemindsyndicate Vs the CHAD Arch

  • @pegzounet
    @pegzounet 3 года назад

    13:22 multifuel engine, love that little touch of engineering grimdark ^^

  • @Arthion
    @Arthion 3 года назад +9

    Hmm, shoddy underpowered multi-fuel engine, sounds like whoever at GW designed drew inspiration for the engine from the godawful Leyland L60 engine inside the Chieftain tank

  • @zaho87
    @zaho87 3 года назад +2

    At first the Leman Russ doesn't seem too impressive when matched up against existing MBTs.
    But when you consider the following:
    It was a Leman Russ that was leading counterattacks against Horus, during the Siege of Terra, having Jaghatai Khan standing on top of it.
    It was a Leman Russ that was charging on Vraks, with the Death Korps of Krieg behind them.
    It was also the Leman Russ that was assaulting Chaos Forces, with the Cadians following behind, as Cadia fell.
    That tank is a complete beast. It not only held the line for 10 000 years, but pushed that line back where it came from.
    You have to admire that.
    Regarding the technical flaws, let the Adeptus Mechanicus worry about those, it is their job after all. :D

  • @derkrischa3720
    @derkrischa3720 3 года назад +4

    Great! Now when can we expect a new video about the Aspect Warriors?^^

  • @damascus1111
    @damascus1111 3 года назад

    We appreciate you bringing back these videos Arch! These are probably some of your most popular types of videos (other than the warfare breakdowns like Siege of Vraks), but thanks once again!

  • @generalvictorironraven.1347
    @generalvictorironraven.1347 3 года назад +5

    New head Canon!
    The engine is only underpowered when it's diverting engine to the weapons systems.
    And the "travel mode" Arch mentioned is something they just don't talk about because it would be like talking about shifting gears.

    • @Dianaranda123
      @Dianaranda123 3 года назад

      More like they forgot how to shift gears, and it would be just not Ok, to do so by the commissars, they dont want there precious tanks to get higher wear and tear, so they simply are order to never touch the drives beyond first gear, stationary, and reverse.

    • @generalvictorironraven.1347
      @generalvictorironraven.1347 3 года назад +1

      @@Dianaranda123 I disagree with the "forget how everything works" theory about the imperium.
      1 people think a LOT.
      If I give you a gun and telll you I don't know how it works but your life depends on it you will figure out exactly how the gun works even if it's a complicated one.
      2 even if you're ordered not to do something your survival instinct will often override orders.
      If I give you a gun and tell you never ever put it on full Auto and you're being charged by an ork guess what you're going to do.

    • @Dianaranda123
      @Dianaranda123 3 года назад +1

      @@generalvictorironraven.1347 Problem is though, the commissar themselfs.
      The guards are renowned for being more afraid of there commissar then the enemy.
      NOt you nor me, would dare to touch the gear into Drive mode, if a commissar would be breathing down our necks and would shoot us without hesitation.
      Atleast thats my theory behind it as to why they are so slow.

  • @jacob.w.collins3672
    @jacob.w.collins3672 3 года назад +1

    OMG OMG OMG! I never thought you'd get around to making this. Good things take time.

  • @chrisbingley
    @chrisbingley 3 года назад +10

    To paraphrase a certain theiving gypsy: "What are these shitty Imperial tanks, and why are there a trillion of them?"

    • @Yacovo
      @Yacovo 3 года назад +3

      Replace "Tank" with any other military term, and you have the Imperium Battle Strategy.

    • @clf400
      @clf400 3 года назад

      Oh look someone using a racial slur in the comments of an arch video what a fucking surprise

    • @chrisbingley
      @chrisbingley 3 года назад +1

      @@clf400 'racial'? Romanian isn't a race.
      Vee also refers to himself using that exact term, its something of an inside joke. You do know what a joke is?

    • @clf400
      @clf400 3 года назад

      @@chrisbingley g***y is a slur

    • @chrisbingley
      @chrisbingley 3 года назад +1

      @@clf400 I never said it wasn't a slur. I said it wasn't racial. Gypsy isn't a race, it's a way of life.
      It was also a JOKE.

  • @sohrabroozbahani4700
    @sohrabroozbahani4700 3 года назад

    I was just watching the one for Chimera last night. Who knew a new one would come up after two years...
    And on a lighter note... rounds stored in the back of the torret are always placed tips toward back, loader drags the round toward himself by yanking its tail, sends the tail down, swings the round against his body, places the tip into the chamber, pushes it in and closes the locking end. Technical details but important...

  • @AlessandroRodriguez
    @AlessandroRodriguez 3 года назад +4

    The imperial armour series goes on, like their 40K courtepart, sluggishly slow but inexorably foward....

  • @ashardalondragnipurake
    @ashardalondragnipurake 3 года назад +1

    it definetly was not the space wolves that discovered it, the mechanicus attached to the legion had to be very fast and take a lot of risks or it would have burned like everything else that primarch couldnt read, which was everything
    they just had to give it that name to prevent that arrogant mutt from burning it after they rescued it

  • @Zakvadr1995
    @Zakvadr1995 3 года назад +4

    Ah, the Executioner! Where my Tank Commander gets to say “f@ck you!” With every attack!

  • @bobwalsh3751
    @bobwalsh3751 Год назад +1

    26° of positive elevation isn't "like" an anti-air gun, it friggin IS an anti-air gun!

  • @blindmonkeyman3960
    @blindmonkeyman3960 3 года назад +6

    Finally, imperial armor two

  • @CaptHowdy-ym8px
    @CaptHowdy-ym8px 3 года назад +1

    As someone who worked on tanks, drove a few different armored vehicles(including a WW2 Sherman), and qualified as a gunner I keep looking at the schematics of this thing and keep trying to figure out how the main gun works (that’s not a las cannon) along with a crew among other stuff. An auto loader would make sense cause no crew could fit in the turret. Where (most) modern tanks crew (of 2 or 3) is in the turret (auto loader or loader, gunner, and commander) and the (1) driver is in the body. The new Russian tank has 2 in the body and none in the turret. One gunner/commander and one driver. There isn’t a whole lot of room in the Russ. The crew has got to be super cozy in it lol.

    • @marrvynswillames4975
      @marrvynswillames4975 3 года назад

      in universe, autoloaders are rare because the mechanicum doesn't want to share

    • @CaptHowdy-ym8px
      @CaptHowdy-ym8px 3 года назад

      @@marrvynswillames4975 auto loaders have been around for a long time. Looking at the way the turret is in the schematics they would be using an auto loader. There’s no room for a loader to sit at the gun breech. Most likely another machine spirit to pray to. But this is science fiction and everything doesn’t have to be to scale anyway. So I could be wrong.
      In real life the US doesn’t use an auto loader (in the Abrams) because a decent loader can load rounds faster than an auto loader and there’s less chance of a failure if you have a person loading. The Germans (and other nato countries) along with the Russians use an auto loader.

  • @jondoe4624
    @jondoe4624 3 года назад +5

    The Imperium really needs to do a better job of distributing the tech they already have. The mechanicus essentially have patents with no expiration dates

    • @SudrianTales
      @SudrianTales 2 года назад

      The Mechanicus are Extreme Patent Trols, change my mind.

  • @user-og3sz3ld3w
    @user-og3sz3ld3w 3 года назад

    The series you did on titan weaponry whas the reason i subscribed to you in the first place sooo... good to have back the format again.

  • @soph1823
    @soph1823 3 года назад +4

    The lemun Russ would more be classified as a heavy/breakthrough/infantry tank entirely due to its lack of speed, while having several of the charactistics of an MBT, this critical aspect means it's incapable of exploiting small breaks in the enemies lines or form the part of a QRF. However, given the standards of imperial tanks, I'm not surprised that mobility isn't as important as modern day vehicles

    • @sciarpecyril
      @sciarpecyril 2 года назад

      Chimeras are highly mobile, though, as they can reach up to 70 kph on road and 55 kph off road, while also being amphibious.

    • @soph1823
      @soph1823 2 года назад

      @@sciarpecyril The chimera is comparable to the Armoured cars of WW2 or the IFVs of today, while capable of preforming limited exploitative actions, their lack of 'Tank grade' protection and fire support capabilites heavily limits their ability to properly engage enemy armoured forces or fortified positions.
      Ontop of this, the Chimera would have significantly less of a psychological impact compared to a dedicated imperial tank and so, for certain enemies say Separatists or Tau, or on allied forces it is also less effective in this regard
      If the Lemun russ or other similar 'tanks' that could partly or completely match the speed of the Chimeras, the imperial armoured core would be the most powerful in the galaxy, able to preform running gunfights to a far greater extent then previously, while also maintaing its massive numbers advantage.

    • @sciarpecyril
      @sciarpecyril 2 года назад

      @@soph1823, Chimera's armour is actually 100-150 mm thick and thus, comparable to Leman Russ.
      Anyway, I wrote this in response to the statement that high mobility was not the standard for Imperial tanks, but this only applies to Leman Russ. Tanks on a Chimera chassis, like the Hellhound flamethrower tank, have a high movement speed.

    • @soph1823
      @soph1823 2 года назад

      @@sciarpecyril that's frontal protection, the sides are likely far thinner than a Russ's, and while I understand the point your trying to make, after doing some reading, the Standard 'design' If you will of the Chimera chassis is the APC varient, not the upgunned of flamethrower varients, which seem to rather he limited run situations or simply deployed sparingly meaning my point still stands

    • @sciarpecyril
      @sciarpecyril 2 года назад

      @@soph1823, Chimera is an IFV and already pretty heavily armed with multilaser/autocannon/heavy flamer/heavy bolter/twin-linked heavy bolter on turret and heavy bolter/heavy flamer in frontal armour plate.
      The problem is, armour location isn't fully specified both on Chimera and Leman Russ.
      Chimera has 150 mm superstructure, 100 mm hull and 150 mm turret, while Leman Russ has 180 mm superstructure, 150 mm hull, 100 mm gun mantlet and 200 mm turret.

  • @GeorgeBPryor
    @GeorgeBPryor 3 года назад +1

    36:56 That ain't no Exterminator, that's an Annihilator. Them's be lascannons, not autocannons :)

  • @i_dont_have_a_name
    @i_dont_have_a_name 3 года назад +2

    In New lore is say that people have called the tank leman Russ , to thanks leman and the space wolf to the kindness they have whit the normal man and to fight whit them as equals

    • @tarektechmarine8209
      @tarektechmarine8209 3 года назад +1

      I still think them making fun of the primarch is more possible.

    • @i_dont_have_a_name
      @i_dont_have_a_name 3 года назад +1

      @@tarektechmarine8209 Leman was one of the only primarch that have is space marine die to save normal human , not even salamander do things like that is very rare , in many book the imperial guard or normal human love the space wolf , in one the newest book 1 space wolf capitan don't take a ship and die of certain death only to stay whit 1 kid for not making him die only , I don't do space wolf but if your read the lore are the only true good guy on the space marine side, maybe to good for the setting but is a good change of reading they're books

  • @insertband7536
    @insertband7536 3 года назад

    This is the classic content I have watched and loved since junior year of high school (almost seven years) love the return to the imperial armor series

    • @clf400
      @clf400 3 года назад

      Yeah because he realised openly being a fascist and a racist wasn't a good look

  • @billhamburger7444
    @billhamburger7444 3 года назад +4

    So they use something like HESH for the spalling interesting.

  • @franckluciani9284
    @franckluciani9284 3 года назад

    Aaaah finally :D I hope you'll keep going on a video streak for the imperial armours series. We've been waiting for too long! Thanks for your work ;)

  • @82MPN
    @82MPN 3 года назад +2

    40:00 DOW2 executioner..... Rapidfire, spray and pray anti infantry

  • @1973Washu
    @1973Washu 3 года назад

    I am treating the Leman Russ Demolisher as an equivalent to the Churchill hybrid AVRE in my guard army , Bulldozer blade at the front , a fasces of wooden branches on the back (non functional except in narrative play where it can be dropped to fill a trench and allow a crossing) and a demolisher cannon which is effectively a petard launcher. It may not be the best main battle tank , but it could be a decent combat engineer vehicle.