@CynicalHistorian
  @CynicalHistorian
The Cynical Historian | American vs. Russian Tanks @CynicalHistorian | Uploaded 5 years ago | Updated 1 hour ago
Thanks to CuriosityStream for sponsoring this episode. Go to this link for a free 30-day trial: curiositystream.com/cynicalhistorian

Both the US and the USSR had main-battle-tanks, but something was different for the Soviets. Russia had a much wider range of armored vehicles. Why did the Soviets have so much diversity, where we still don’t have that?

A YTer named RedEffect made a bad-faith criticism of this video, and here's how to understand what he did incorrectly: reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/comments/ec5hjo/on_redeffects_response_video_and_badfaith
because of the mass-flagging from his subscribers, all interactions have been disabled

errata
12:15 - the USSR reactivated T-34s for specific parades, but were mostly out of service and reserves by the 1980s
------------------------------------------------------------
Be sure to check out my documentary on the end of the Western genre: youtu.be/x6zD1sjnClM
Or check out my episode on US veterans history: youtu.be/ANUqaNykuRs
There's also my review of Patton (1970): youtu.be/0kAZMZtPxZQ
------------------------------------------------------------
references:
John Nicholas, Main Battle Tanks (Vero Beach, Flor.: Rourke Enterprises, 1989).

Steven J. Zaloga, Modern Soviet Armor: Combat Vehicles of the USSR and Warsaw Pact Today (Englewood Cliffs, N.Jer.: Prentice-Hall, 1979).

Steven J. Zaloga and James W. Loop, Modern American Armor: Combat Vehicles of the United States Army Today (London, UK: Arms and Armour Press, 1982).

“Soviet Tank Programs,” National Intelligence Council, NI IIM 84-10016/DS, 5 May 1984.
------------------------------------------------------------
SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS:
http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88

Support the channel through PATREON:
patreon.com/CynicalHistorian

LET'S CONNECT:
Facebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88
Twitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History
------------------------------------------------------------
Hashtags: #history #USA #tanks #USSR #Russia
American vs. Russian TanksJ. Robert Oppenheimer and Making the Atomic BombGreat Excitement : Violent Incorporation of the American SouthwestDebunking the Free Stuff Kennedy Meme | The DiatribeAnne Bonny | Based on a True StoryDisgraced Historians : Irving, Ambrose, Foote, Bellesiles, Churchill, Goodwin, & CinelThe Last Duel | Based on a True StoryMyth America:  Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past | Book TalkHow Border Walls Changed UsReconsider Billy the Kid and learn the larger contextMedieval Chronicles | Historiography #Shorts 3Reconstruction : Americas Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 | US History Lecture

American vs. Russian Tanks @CynicalHistorian

SHARE TO X SHARE TO REDDIT SHARE TO FACEBOOK WALLPAPER