thoughts on the T-54/T-55?
Thoughts on the T-54/T-55?
Logan Murphy
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Robert Butler
they made them in huge numbers, they were good tanks for their time, and they have hemispherical turrets
they were a bit too small, their ergonomics were iffy, and their crews needed more training though
Aiden Howard
Tank was fine.
Charles Gonzalez
based comrade
this. although many people complain about them being useless, people fail to put these vehicles in proper context. the T-54/55 series of tanks were quite literally WWII technology pushed to the limit and implemented into a vehicle that didn't need to be assembled in less than a day.
Hunter Lee
could they have been made during ww2?
Ryan Martin
Type 59 was better.
Samuel Lopez
PRIVET
Carter Lewis
Althout all of the technological aspects of the T-54 were present in WWII, some design elements such as the removal of the bow machine gunner, removal of a large mantlet, etc. were lessons that WWII taught the soviets.
I'd say yes, it was possible to see a vehicle very similar to the T-54 on the WWII battlefield. The gun was already in use, the engine was in use in some form in the T-34, but the engine placement, turret and hull design weren't.
The T-55's technological advancements compared to the T-54 would put the T-55 outside of the time period of WWII though. NBC protection was only really becoming a thing after WWII, no matter what the French light tank designers say otherwise.
Nathaniel Sanders
They have a credit bonus.
Leo White
Here's the main difference between the T-54 (top) and T-55 (bottom). Before any underagefags start saying shit.
Anthony Martin
Here's the 1954 model STP-1 stabilizer at work. Most T-54 and T-55 tanks did not receive this stabilizer until well into the 50s, as it was developed as an upgrade and never implemented into manufacture until after 1958.
Parker Miller
Jackson Clark
they are excellent for urban warfare due to their shorter barrels
Justin Carter
At the Ft. Hood museum, there's a T-55 and a Type 59 very close to each other and you can easily eyeball the lower build quality of the Type 59.
Ryan Collins
>this kills the chink
Adrian Ortiz
Some pictures of modernization of T-55 (in Czech)
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Christian Torres
T-55 tanks will still be showing up on battlefields for the next hundred years. The design was cheap, reliable, easy to manufacture on mass and easily up gradable. It is the tank of armys on a budget. I am almost sure that in a century copies of T-55s will be fighting wars on mars.
Lucas Sanders
It was an adequate design and could hold it's own against anything NATO had until mid-60s. Relatively easy to produce and use. Reasonably good protection, mobility and firepower. Kinda bad ergonomics, but it wasn't as bad as the meme goes.
Evan Torres
Arguably the best tanks in the world when they first came out, minus the usual shortcomings of the Soviet school of tank design. Remember, NATO's ubiquitous 105mm gun was the British reaction to discovering how well-protected these vehicles were.
David Garcia
The best part about these tanks is even morons can learn how to operate and maintain them.
Angel Ward
Dependable, simple, armored enough to keep out everything not antitank and shooty enough to kill everything not armored. The choice of subhuman forces across the globe.
Anthony Carter
Really good at the turret toss
but really, it's not bad as an AFV, but the crew ergonomics are a joke.
Juan Wood
Thing is it was made with 1930-1940 cohorts in mind, and those niggas were short for obvious reasons.
Adam Ramirez
105mm was being tested before they got their hands on the T55... the T55 just guaranteed that the Brits would replace the 20pdr with the 105mm.
Leo Roberts
Ah yes, the Soviet Giant Purges of '33, who could forget.
Jonathan Gutierrez
never happened
Connor Howard
Doubt it since the other side just has to fire some RPG at those obsolete tanks to turn them into scrap.
Adrian Williams
oh right sorry, tovarisch, must have been my imagination
Justin Richardson
So that's why the Chinese still have them in their inventory for so long...
Justin Murphy
even obsolete tanks are capable of using upgrades or tactics to allow them to survive in a modern environment
T-55s with ERA and night fighting equipment would be able to hold their own or even steam roll the opposition if they dont have modern AT weapons
tanks rarely operate alone, after all, and old tank is better than no tank
Dylan Gray
based tow-chan cooking a delicious HEATfry
Hudson Rogers
this
also bore evacuators
Bentley King
I like the appearance of the type 59's turret.
I was thinking of this exact picture.
Angel Campbell
Camden Jackson
the bore evacuator is not a feature to distinguish between 54 and 55. They were installed or retrofitted on T-54s and fitted on T-55 most of the time during manufacture. The lack of a dome on the turret is the only 100% reliable way to distinguish a russian, polish, german or czech T-55. chinks did their own thing of course.