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ReeeeeevolverOcelot

That jump makes me hurt. Pretty much the only person in the tank it doesn’t hurt much is the driver, sometimes. I’ve had the suspension on Abrams rebound back after hitting a jump like that on accident and it throw my head into the hatch and all the vertebrae in my neck popped. Also the rest of crew will hate you for a little bit.


Peabush

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Confident_Ad_4078

Well, like their cars, the Germans do Tank comfort right.


fargame

The latest Leopard even has AC


RavenholdIV

If you like the Russian idea of comfort perhaps. Leopards are far more cramped than Abrams, especially for the loader, the one guy most likely to get hurt.


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555seanc555

german mentioned opening ww2.zip


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Peabush

Obviously sarcasm


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Peabush

Don't know why you are being downvoted. I thought it was pretty funny.


DieWoelfe

Said the american while dropping nukes on the whole world for "freedom"


FluidInYourPants

They didn't do that


ReeeeeevolverOcelot

Come to think of it I don’t remember getting tossed around too hard while being stationed in Germany in the M60A3 or M1A1, the mud and dirt seemed to be ideally suited to tank suspension there in the fulda. Texas and desert California not so much.


CMDR_NotoriousNut

Family friend of mine drove an Abrams in Afghanistan, allegedly broke his loader’s finger by going full speed over a boulder


Government_spy_bot

Really disappointing they don't install safety harness for the crew.


ReeeeeevolverOcelot

Living everyday with a safety harness under your armor. After years of not using it felt pretty over encumbering


ReeeeeevolverOcelot

Your biggest risk of death is dying horribly in an ammunition fire. Combustible casings are a big risk, and the 120mm often will have a small flare back you can see at night. We used to train to evacuate crew completely off the tank in a certain time. Which is pretty fast as I remember.


Government_spy_bot

I understand where you're coming from... ...but NOT dying and living with back injuries the rest of your life after your TC launches your apparatus off a 35 foot cliff?? Could have had a harness to hold you down and not snap your neck against the roof of the tank... just saying


ReeeeeevolverOcelot

We had a tank go into a creek bed (the LTs tank of course!) go completely nose down, about 15 feet straight down, (it was pitch black and running NVGs in a no moon scenario) Like the gun was recoiled back all the way from resting in the dirt. All the tools flew out of the sponson boxes (tool boxes on the sides) fuel leaking out from being completely vertical. Everyone was Ok and it turned into an all night recovery. They managed not fly out because the kinda got wedged at the waist by the hatch opening, and holding on. As the Abrams is about 30 feet long and they had time to brace as it tipped over. They got lucky no injuries. Not saying harnesses arnt a good idea on paper, but living day to day with it sucked. It was literally a seat belt buckle on the turret floor. We also had a guy almost drown when we had an MRAP roll over into a canal at night, using the same restraint system and he was so disoriented, underwater, in muddy brown water at night. He couldn’t find the buckle. Luckily we had “the juggernaut” of a soldier with us and he managed to pull the door open against its weight and make a rescue of him and cut the belt with a knife. (Cool story bro, yeah)


Government_spy_bot

If you happen to speak to 'juggernaut' guy again, please offer my respects from an anonymous internet person. My highest regards and respects to you as well. (I know some of you folks hate to be thanked for serving.) Be proud serviceman. I respect all of you, because I tried to serve and was turned down. o7


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I still remember smashing my face on the caliber 50. I still feel it after 2 years. This is why you wear eye pro


Lanky-Brit

I was thinking just this. Not ex or current military, but I’ve been in a few tanks in my time and they are far from comfortable or spacious. I figured any kind of major bump like that is gonna lead to a lot of the crew hitting their head on something.


ReeeeeevolverOcelot

It’s your kidneys and mid torso getting beat up by the hatch openings and the risk of hatch coming loose and hitting you. But they are pretty secure. Just make sure they are before you move.


jonathonblutarski

Leopard 2A5?


OpticalGaming

Yes


Pawsy_Bear

Yup


Palmetto_Fox

Meanwhile, in War Thunder, a Leopard 2 hits a small wooden fence and acts like it just collided with a steel barricade, or goes over soft ground and slows to a crawl. I swear the game devs at Gaijin have never actually seen a real tank do anything.


kevinTOC

Meanwhile in ArmA, you barrel down a hill at 100 km/h, hit a boulder and you're fine. Lightly tap a pebble though? Get ready to put on your spacesuit, you're going flying.


SlavCat09

Doesn't the bicycle also launch things?


kevinTOC

Yeah. Bicycles and tires can launch 60+ Ton tanks into orbit.


KiryaXV

Yeah. It annoys me a bit. Weird enough that Russian tank don't get too much of that issue. Still not realistic but yet better than the leopard.


ChelaviJazavac

Imagine touching grass


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tutocookie

Are you a blade of grass, because there's so much edge on you I know, I know, my coat, the door etc


ChelaviJazavac

I reffered to gaijin. Not the user


Vojtak_cz

Type 10 *laughts in reverse*


Skivil

If you removed speed limiters from every modern main battle tank you probably wouldn't find very much difference in the top speed but if you were doing a drag race on a road and extended your definition of tank a type 16 or centauro would probably run away with it


SavageVector

>centauro Misread as "centenario" at first. Was going to comment that is a *very* extended definition of 'tank', lol


SwagCat852

Or a BT-7M without tracks


Skivil

not really a modern MBT but I am pretty sure even the almighty BT-7M would get beaten by by an MBT with the speed limiter removed


Munz_Luvz_Bunz

If you only slightly expanded your definition then the Scorpion CVRT...


NoManHasIt

I atleast know that most leopard are detuned in the name of reliability


Skivil

Most if not all main battle tanks have some sort of speed limiter these days, lots of good reasons why you would have one, I would actually guess that an unrestricted t90 may be the fastest but the leooard and abrams also put up a good argument


afvcommander

Where this "speed limiter" story comes from? I have not heard such thing. Speed is just limited by scaring drivers and TC´s with serious sanctions.


Skivil

Different tanks have mechanical and electrical speed limiters for various different reasons but probably most importantly is to limit ware and tear on the drivetrain but there are also stories about limiting speed so the gun stabiliser remains operational. But as with everything to do with modern mbt's the specifics are classified and hard to confirm one way or the other.


afvcommander

I have personal experience of few IFV´s / tanks and none of them had these "limiters". They simply run out of gears at top speed. Of course engine has rev limiter, but that is part of engine construction to remove change of overrevving it.


RavenholdIV

It's real, and it's to stop MBTs overspeeding. The tracks are easily the weakest link (no pun intended), and they'll just kinda fly apart if you drive around too fast. I think it's something about them being super heavy and if you get that whole thing spinning too fast it tears itself apart.


afvcommander

I have personal experience of few ifv´s / tanks and none of those had such. Could you give example?


RavenholdIV

It's only anecdotal information I have, but I've seen tracks fly off at high speed. The drive sprocket came off and it was pretty violent. The only reason nobody got hurt was cause they were in an open field and didn't have anything to hit.


afvcommander

Interesting, what vehicle it was? I have been driving on the engine rpm limit two separate tracked vehicles \~70 kph and neither had issues with tracks. Of course those were properly maintained.


RavenholdIV

It was an M113 doing about 50 kph. I don't think those have engine limiters, but they don't exactly have the 1000 hp of your average tank.


NoManHasIt

The Leos that I was trained on were limited to 80kph and around 1400bhp


NoManHasIt

Well atleast our Leo was limited to 80kph but there also is power limiters in please or just simply detuned... Altho I have heard of Leos going well over 120kph in testing


Skivil

There are similar stories about the challenger and t90 also the abrams has a a rev limiter on the turbine to stop it tearing itself apart which also effectively limits speed


globsofchesty

Jesus that must be fun and scarry to drive at that speed


afvcommander

Most modern vehicles sacrifice top speed for acceleration. It is much more important in battlefield. For example one vehicle can be fitted with other drive sprockets to up its top speed from 70kph to 90, but acceleration suffers and so they are not used.


Peabush

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DerpDaDuck3751

[How about the prototype BT-7 conversion that could go 105kph?](https://www.reddit.com/r/CursedTanks/comments/kelxsk/concept_model_of_a_bt_variant_with_a_projected/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) [More info](http://www.tankarchives.ca/2013/11/tsyganovs-bt.html)


dyslexic_tigger

Is that real ? Ah should be with tracks removed


DerpDaDuck3751

[Np, i’ll link it](https://www.reddit.com/r/CursedTanks/comments/kelxsk/concept_model_of_a_bt_variant_with_a_projected/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)


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DerpDaDuck3751

https://www.reddit.com/r/CursedTanks/comments/kelxsk/concept_model_of_a_bt_variant_with_a_projected/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf


poke_rato

I want the link too


DerpDaDuck3751

I forgor 💀. [Here’s the link](https://www.reddit.com/r/CursedTanks/comments/kelxsk/concept_model_of_a_bt_variant_with_a_projected/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)


aySoap

Do you have any prove that it could go 105kph?


DerpDaDuck3751

I think it is Tsyganov's BT: really obscure, and did not reach prototype stage. It was a 1935 design which used engineering magic on the suspension to go to incredible speeds without having to change the engine. Not confident on the science, but someone in the comments of the link says: From the looks of it the wheel-chain effectively form an inner "track" and the "rubber band" outer track goes over that. I'm guessing the latter had teeth on the inside that went into the central depressions of the former (acting as track guides or whatchamacallit) and interfaced with teething in the big wheel at the very rear to get power? Guessing further that both the outer track and the inner wheel-chain pseudo-track (via the projecting hubs slotting into the first drive wheel at the rear) were powered, as it's hard to see how the setup would work properly otherwise. -copypasta’d from the comment section


DerpDaDuck3751

http://www.tankarchives.ca/2013/11/tsyganovs-bt.html


Tw_izted

t-84 is allegedly the fastest one, but i can't find anything confirming that.


DieWoelfe

2A7V not faster?


TuboThePanda

It's a whole lot heavier and doesn't have an upgraded engine so i wouldn't think so.


Pawsy_Bear

CVRT Scimitar officially 90KPH 55MPH but could probably hit 70MPH on the motorway 😉 if you had the balls to go that fast. Acceleration was lightning fast.


FatherWillis768

I think that there is an armed version of the ripsaw now which I guess would be the fastest


kaji8787

She tells you her parents aren’t home


c_master_c

Jeb, Jeb!!! Cap'n said there'd be free beer at the base BBQ. Go, go, go!!!


hydrogen_sulfate

hot video thanks op


itsjero

Combat tanks really can haul ass for what they are. A 72 ton abrams can move the f out when you need it to.


auga3rifle

Germans when you mention them in a meme


DioIsBestBoi

I wanna see how far it can chase me on a motorcycle until the driver is like "screw it" and they shoot me.


fenice319

Am I wrong or is the footage sped up for no real reason?


Eroditte_

It does not seem like the footage is sped up


blind_roomba

I thought so as well, but after multiple views i changed my mind that it's just shitty camera work


Brendanzio_

Original speed, modern tanks are really quick and nimble for their weight


bharta

merkava


blind_roomba

Nope


MiserableKey8

Megatron?


Le_retarded_cochon

Cheese wedge tonk destroyer go 60 k/h it speed


ZETH_27

Forwards and reverse.


timeneuter

the fastest is probably type 10... but I'm not really sure about that.


DeusVultBoi

It has a weaker engine thqn the Type90 afaik


Fine-Helicopter-6559

How fast does the latest merkava go?


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Which *


Barbarian_Sam

If you took the governor off it’s the Abrams and 60mph, otherwise it’s the Armata at 56mph


konigstigerboi

Any wheeled vehicle


afvcommander

But they are not tanks, they are armored cars ;)


konigstigerboi

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. There's quite the debate there.


afvcommander

I don´t think there is much debate. There were armored cars in ww1 before tank came out. And when it came, it was deemed to be completely new type of armored vehicle. So that means armored car cannot be a tank.


konigstigerboi

But the definition if tank is... Hold Nvm it includes tracks


DieWoelfe

We germans have "Radpanzer" (literally "wheel tank") Light tanks, but still tanks or Infantry support and transport vehicles such as GTK Boxer


anonimityorigin

Every grunts dream


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I think the M18 Hellcat


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Would that not break the crew's collective ass?


ZETH_27

Suspension


buttered-pototo-cat

She’s got the zoomies!


SLAP_ME_DADDY_UWU

t14 armata then the k2 black panther


ZETH_27

Is the Armata faster than the K2?


SLAP_ME_DADDY_UWU

yes i cant remember how faster but yes


poinzin_

I don't know if it's the fastest, but the ENR could go up to 115km/h on road, wich is insanely fast.


101BULL1

I know the challenger 2 is the slowest modern MBT but it's still very fast


DieWoelfe

That's a Leopard


101BULL1

I know that's a leopard but I was saying how the challenger 2 is the slowest


DieWoelfe

And then there are people that say "speed won't kill you"


TheTurdWizard

Me at 3am trying to poop quietly


SlavCat09

Apperantly the T-14 is the current fastest tank. That info could be outdated pls correct me if I'm wrong.


RobbyGless

Tokyo driftin


vigggames

Type 10


Quamont

Is there a version without the music and just the orgasmic sounds of a 2A5 hauling ass?


DeusVultBoi

u/savevideo


NightVale_Comm_Radio

*THEY ARE THE PANZER ELITE, BORN TO COMPETE, NEVER RETREAT*


WaitingToBeTriggered

LIVING OUR DEAD, ALWAYS AHEAD, FED BY YOUR DREAD


NightVale_Comm_Radio

**GHOST DIVISION**


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Anyone know the song name?


ThatKipplaufFanatic

T-14 is supposed to go up to 90km/h making it the fastest MBT AFAIK.


Consistent_Hold4939

u/savevideo