Britain spent years getting their big tank ready for D-Day, but in the end one greedy industrialist de-railed the best of plans and gave them a sadly crappy tank.
This is the story of Cromwell.
(Note: This episode was recorded on 18 Feb 2024, we got confused about the year at the start)
Totally Tanked gives you the rundown on China's premier tank, the Type 99A.
We also take a look at what reccent developments in Ukraine, Gaza, and Yemen mean for Chinese tank deployments, particularly surrounding Taiwan.
Possibly the best light tank of the second world war, the M24 Chaffee would take its big gun and low logistics requirements all around the world blazing a lightly armoured path through the hottest moments of the Cold War.
The halftime interview features Hugh Cullimore talking about the Murrayville Tank Graveyard.
Misunderstood, misused, under-appreciated, the T-80 was cut from production a lifetime ago.
And yet the hard lessons of the Ukraine war have seen its qualities come to be perceived in a new light, and production has been restarted!
The halftime interview features Ross Manuel, you can find him at → https://thedocnetwork.net/
Brought to you by the makers of the Titanic it was a vehicle only the British could conceive of. Monstrously heavy, incredibly slow, and anaemically armed.
Yet somehow over 5,000 Churchill tanks were built in the Second World War.
The halftime interview features author David Mitchelhill-Green, you can find his work at: https://www.amazon.com.au/David-Mitchelhill-Green/e/B01MZ9U8SW/
Pakistan has given a case study in how to make an adequate tank on a shoestring.
Also some thoughts on Ukraine.
It is poetic, if not inevitable, that a much-anticipated episode about the Panther tank would be plagued by an omnishambles of technical difficulties, and thus fail to meet expectations.
But there is some good stuff in here if you can get past what is not our finest performance!
Ever wonder why all those weird British light tanks had a name that started with an "S"?
In this episode we're all across that, and will Graham's tank run? What's been going on in Russia? what are the household cavalry up to? What IFV is the US Army getting?
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The best tank is the one you have that you can get where it needs to be.
But... Sometimes you wish you had a little more.
The Stuart in M3 and M5 variants saw a lot of action in the Second World War and beyond, so we're going to have a lot to talk about in this episode!
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As the Cold War became more lively the West couldn't leave German manufacturing sitting on the bench.
The result was a radical tank design that was widely accepted as the best of its time, the Leopard 1.
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In this special recorded on ANZAC Day 2023 we tackle institutional white supremacy, and how it relates to a desperate Australian effort to build tanks in the second world war.
We also talk to an American OPFOR tank commander, bring up the latest on Australia's move to cancel IFV production and just be all submarines all the time, and tackle Lazerpig's flawed views on the T-14 Armata.
Enjoy!
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In this episode we explore the magical fantasy tank that Russian dare not use, the T-14 Armata!
Also discussion of model tank building, Australian submarines, and the war in Ukraine!
We take on the best tank of the early second world war, the French Char B1 Bis.
There was a lot to hate about this tank, but a surprising amount of good things there too.
Also we talk to Clayton about building model tanks, and have some thoughts about the war in Ukraine!
Dedicated to the memory of Lejla Nikolas.
Totally Tanked takes on the new Japanese Type 10 tank. We also have a chat with a Japan resident about their recent developments, and then it's into:
-- The greyhound that never killed a tiger
-- The failure of the Pumas:
-- The rise of the Wagner Group
-- Free the Leopards (and challengers to Ukraine)
– Ukraine
– Elon
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A quick run through the numbers which tell the tale of 2022 for a small independent tank podcast.
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Totally Tanked is tackling the American WW2 heavy, the M26 Pershing.
In 1943 the Americans had a tank design that would define tanks into the 1980s, but they decided they didn't want it.
In this episode we will get to the bottom of how and why this happened, and how it ended when an American Lieutenant General was blown to smithereens by the US Eighth Airforce.
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Totally Tanked is tackling the Russian monster the T-90!
We also have a chat with an expert on infantry fighting vehicles and the latest from Ukraine.
The beer for review is the Styrian Wolf Hazy IPA - by Urbanaut Brewing.
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In this episode we explore the murky world of making tanks in an era of disarmament, how keeping the Vickers company alive meant teaching the world how to make tanks, and then we go on to explore more recent events with the AbramsX and what's going on in Ukraine.
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In a jam packed episode we examine the reasons behind the creation of the M18 Hellcat tank destroyer and its exciting service history in the Second World War and beyond.
We also have an interview with The Chieftain himself from AusArmourFest 2022, thoughts about the tank festival experience for those thinking of attending such a thing, the latest news from Ukraine, and a review of a really cracking NEIPA from New York's Barrier Brewing.
In our 36th outing we cover Chieftain, the tank which proved the British don't always get it right.
We also talk a bit about the looming war over Taiwan, and other parts between.
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