Chieftain's Q&A #24. Harpoon-based Books, Misfires and Unmasking
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If you've not seen a Q&A before, this is easy. People send me questions, I answer them. Some are sillier than others. FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/TheChieftainArmor Donations: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/The_Chieftain Direct Paypal https://paypal.me/thechieftainshat 00:00 Intro 02:48 Were the Italians really as bad as all that? 06:57 Is the loader really told, at gunpoint, to take of his CBRN mask, or was that a joke? 10:26 What's the deal with post-war AT guns? 14:07 If you could sent an AFV design back to WW1....? 16:02 Are there any non-inlines or Vs in tank engine design? 17:19 What was your average engagement distance in Iraq, is it worth focusing less on long-range capability? 18:35 Why didn't the US put serious stock in the medium tank in the interwar period? 19:43 Why weren't gunshields mounted on US halftracks? 21:49 If IS-3 was such a shock, why didn't they just start building T29s or T32s? 23:10 Were there any examples of huge gun tanks like 175mm on a 108" turret ring? 24:43 Why did the US keep with cast armor? 25:47 CVR(T) use in the Falklands. 27:12 What's your pick of the bunch of modern IFVs? 28:45 What are stand-out tanks for their time in regards crew comfort? 30:38 Main gun misfire drills 32:58 How long are you expected to stay in a tank without dismounting for maintenance? 33:52 If I could own and drive any tank ever built? 34:34 Was the M2 Medium ever used in combat? 34:49 What did the CO and XO of an independent tank battalion do? 36:30 What was the most bizarre or destructive AFV mishap I've witnessed? 39:07 Was "Red Storm Rising" more or less correct in its plot compared to a real WW3? 42:05 What sort of terrain would you prefer as an attacker or a defender? 43:55 First tank to have air conditioning? 45:59 Go back to 1942, what would you tell the designers of tanks to do? 46:45 What is the most heinous fielded track tensioning system? 47:33 How does one prepare an AFV for travel? 48:12 Were there any attempts to repurpose flame tanks for peaceful applications? 48:54 What was the purpose of rear-facing machine-guns on turreted tanks? 50:44 Top three moments of "Haven't you muppets learned anything?" from 1936 on? 51:39 How to tell the difference between SU152 and ISU152 53:25 Is there a master list of my videos? 54:20 Was the AS42 Sahariana better than the LRDG vehicles? 55:02 Why couldn't they make a 76mm round with as much HE as the 75mm? 56:23 Would the MPF make a good cavalry vehicle instead of Bradley? 57:00 History of the Jerrycan 57:18 How long would an M60A3 TTS last in WW3? 58:45 What other content creators would I like to collab with? 1:00:04 What are some fundamental, persistent 'rules' of tanking? 1:01:25 What smaller countries made their own tanks? 1:03:38 Rate Australian armored forces. 1:06:06 Lazerpig's 'comb' video.
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