Comments by "Hyok Kim" (@hyokkim7726) on "The Truth About Russia's T-14 Armata Tank" video.

  1. 10:01 Right on! Autoloader is the future, especially when the next stage of MUM-T comes along, the autonomous war engines. 13:40 Yes, very perceptive, you should have gone to West Point, become a general, and consultant to MIC after the military, making millions. 14:53 Again, I am impressed, especially you're an infantry man, not a tanker. Yes, one very important reason why the German Panzer III/IV performed so well against the vaunted T-34s during Operation Barbarossa was the optics. The German gun optic was far superior to the Soviet T-34 gun optics, especially given the extended range the tanks engaged in. This 'superior' German optics was less of an advantage against the Shermans, especially during the 'Rampage', the range was far shorter, and the Shermans had a wider field of view, giving them advantage in close quarter fighting. 17:36 Also, it can become smaller, lower profile, especially an advantage during hull down position, also lighter means it can rotate faster, and the center of gravity is going to be lower, a big advantage in mountainous terrain, CG is very important in hilly terrain, one reason why Merkavas performed poorly in hilly areas, and why ROK eventually decided against Merkavas. 19:22 That is THE eventual goal of K2. 19:33 On this the Russian made a mistake: they should have gone for the gas turbine engine like M1, in fact, that's what they had in T-80, which ROK had bought back in early 90s, in lieu of cash payment during the financial collapse, and not only that, but ended up getting full spec T-80, not downgraded export version, like they almost always do with the latest advanced weapon platform, (just like U.S.), at the time, only the Moscow Guard units had T-80. ROK originally had wanted to use T-80 as a 'red' team training only, ROK tank crews had had a very low, stereotypical view of the Russian weapons at the time, and pleasantly surprised at the creature comfort, workmanship, build quality of T-80, to the point at one time, wanted to purchase more, a lot more T-80s, and even entertained the thought of license producing T-80, in ROK, and adopt as the new MBTs to replace K-1. Quiet, reliable, fast, it is still used for Recon-in-Force brigade, for front line service. 20:01 Right on, and one of my criticism of F-35, and why U.S. military is going to replacing them pretty soon. 22:11 That's what happens when one is obsessed with tactical application, rather than operational, strategic application. 22:31 You're better than average. Thanks for the most objective video on tank I've seen to date. This video puts almost all other tank videos, even the ones done by 'experts' to shame.
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