Chieftain's Q&A 17. Rants, Ladas and shooting the other guy's cannon

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Again, dealing with random and unexpected questions from the audience. Public facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheChieftainArmor Improved-Computer-And-Scout Car Fund: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/The_Chieftain Direct Paypal https://paypal.me/thechieftainshat Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/the_chieftain 00:00 Opening remarks 00:51 Chinese tanks until WW2 03:06 Greek BMPs 03:50 Was Archer Successful? 05:24 Soviet consumer goods have a reputation for poor quality. Did this affect their tanks as well? 07:01 What's the deal with US tankers and French tank helmets? 08:09 How do tanks in GuP survive getting thrown around without throwing track, given no track maintenance is shown? 08:37 How long can you roll a tank without track maintenance before bad things happen? 10:14 Have I ever come across an M231 Firing Port Weapon? 11:02 Are there any documented cases of a shot down the barrel? 12:00 GOTM 15:45 What’s the advantage of return rollers and why do some vehicles not have them? 17:50 What are the “gut feel” factors that you care about when evaluating the combat effectiveness of various tank units when I first see them? 19:18 How does one scuttle a tank? 21:05 Other than the Germans, who else used captured equipment? 22:48 How did different countries handle tank recovery? 24:20 Which limited-run/prototype US heavy tank had the best potential? 25:06 Why did they add a cupola on top of the T48? 27:03 What do I think about North Korea’s new tank? 28:40 What’s my biggest pet peeve when it comes to this sort of work on the internet? 33:29 Given Russia’s recent penchant for announcing new advances with no evidence, if you were in charge of Russian Armor, what random new tank would I pull out of my arse? 35:32 Why don't more tanks have wing mirrors? 36:37 What role were the tanks supposed to play at Dieppe, and how did the British plan on recovering them? 37:38 Compared to contemporary Soviet tanks, the M60 was exceptionally tall, thinly armored and undergunned. Did American military planners simply make up for these deficiencies via doctrine? 38:27 I had mentioned that the Char B1 was created more of a pet project than one having any use in a tactic or doctrine, were any other vehicles created as pet projects? 40:24 What can I tell you about the T-6 device attached to Shermans? 41:47 How much do T-34s smoke? Is smoke signature a factor in engine selection? 43:10 Would a heavy IFV with a remotely operated heavy weapons turret surrounded by multiple RWS operated by the dismounts be viable or useful? 44:18 Are tanks/AFVs easy to get stuck in muddy terrain compared to a civilian 4wd vehicle? 45:40 Why did I join the Irish Defense Forces? What are the pros and cons of both US and Irish service? 46:37 Besides the Cullins cutter, did any other ‘field modifications’ by common soldiers become ‘standard issue’ modifications? 47:35 Vegetables which should be banned 43:03 Was water ingress ever an issue with riveted vehicles? 48:26 The Teledyne Expeditionary Tank suffered major reliability issues for the autoloader Are those reliability issues still a factor in the MGS? 49:03 For a 76mm Sherman, what other contemporary 3” ammunition could have been used by mixing 3" projectiles and 76mm casings? 50:09 90mm T18 and T19 50:23 Was there any advantage to the short 7.5 over the long in the StuG?