The M1 Abrams Tank: The Ultimate War Machine | Weapons That Changed The World | War Stories

The tank is an instrument in combat, the crew is what makes the tank lethal. I used to be a tank commander back in the late 90s on the M1A1 Abrams. My favorite positions is first being the gunner then being the commander. Before becoming one of the two senior positions all tankers must be proficient in maintaining the tank and the weapons systems first. As a crew the driver is the most junior position where he knows the tank commander and gunner to drive to favorable terrain and firing positions under the direction of the TC. The loader must load the main gun as fast as possible and the second set of eyes for the commander and responsible for the radios. His secondary responsibility is being the gunner if the gunner is taken out of action. Every crew member is capable of doing two to three jobs above their positions. This teaches junior members to learn and move into leadership positions in the future. The tank commander has to be technically and tactically proficient because his tank would be able to step up as Platoon Sergeant or Platoon Leader. I did enjoy gunnery during my years in Armor but the worst part is maintaining the tank has always been problematic and intensive from my experience.

I spent the day riding an M60 tank when i fruitlessly atrempting to support them as a Combat Engineer..it was quite an experimce.

An uncomfortable crew is a less effective crew. If you want to maximise a tank's potential, crew comfort is essential.

I see the Russians have dragged a few to red square

M1 isn't perfect but it's good❤

Great video thanks

11:27 you forgot the tiger tanks in ww2.

I’m craving a MRE right now (Chicken & Salsa or Spaghetti with meat sauce) haha. Army vet here.

Is this at NTC (National Training Center CA)?? War vet here 3ID Mech. Haha I guess I should have kept watching… before I made a comment 10 seconds into the video. Drove a M2a2 Brad. I miss those years… playing laser tag (miles gear) out in the Mojave Desert.

The Abrams M 1 Tank's Power Plant is twice that of the "Tiger 1" (56 tons) & Tiger 2" (68 tons) which both used the 850 hp Maybach 12 cyl engine...🇺🇸🇩🇪

Being featured in the first gulf war in 1991 this one a biggest beast to dealt with...

All good until the “other guy” gets the equivalent of a Thunderbolt A10. . .

I play a lot of tank games, every tank game known. I wanna be a gunner now lol

I think the atom bomb changed the world and not the Abrams

nice tank, but i'll still be loyal to my country tank, the Leclerc, he's a real beauty also

In this part of the video I remember some time ago that the Army has a new tank but I have a friend who was in a tank and that the tank commander thought it was funny to drive through buildings just for fun and I think that it's just plain sick or stupid but I like watching battle videos to understand battle strategies like when I was in high school 3 years ROTC.

Running over the Taxi, We are farmers!! lol.

Do you guys think we're close to inventing a way to move all of the Chinese people to another planet?

Time of Tanks is over. What ever how much powerful it is.. Drones are the future.

Tuned it off as soon as I heard this guy