How 'realistic' is the Leman Russ Battle Tank? | Astra Militarum lore | Warhammer 40,000

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  • čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
  • As a former soldier, I look at the mighty Leman Russ Battle Tank and asked if it is realistic or not. Clearly Warhammer 40k is a fictional universe however it is still interesting to understand if it would actually work in the battlefield!
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    Contents of this video:
    Intro - 00:00
    Side armor - 01:17
    Side sponsons - 02:34
    Escape hatches - 04:01
    Front sponson - 04:31
    Driver - 04:51
    Turret - 05:34
    Commander position - 06:23
    Geometry - 08:47
    Wrap up - 10:09
    Patreon Platoon roll call - 10:56
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Komentáře • 36

  • @Tehquall
    @Tehquall Před 7 měsíci +4

    Love the book steal tread, it really brings the inside of the tank to life. I think i remember the commander told the sponson gunners which arc to cover, and whilst out of combat they scanned their arcs back and forth. Great video chief

    • @GuardsmanHanan
      @GuardsmanHanan  Před 7 měsíci +1

      Absolutely, may give it a listen again! Much love TC Glen!

    • @Vatniks_are_clowns
      @Vatniks_are_clowns Před 6 měsíci +1

      I loooved that book. It reinforced my love for the guard, I think it was one of the first 40k books I read too.

  • @fobosdeimos4801
    @fobosdeimos4801 Před 7 měsíci +6

    Pls do this with the rogal dorn too 🤘🏻

    • @GuardsmanHanan
      @GuardsmanHanan  Před 7 měsíci +4

      Absolutely, I may try to get a family friend who is in British army to give his perspective. He commands Challenger tanks so would be an expert!

  • @user-xb1wh5mt4l
    @user-xb1wh5mt4l Před 7 měsíci +2

    Regarding the suspension, there's no guarantee that the tracks don't move in relation to the main body of the tank.
    Also, I've seen images of the Rogal Dorn tank which are have wholly different proportions and are almost twice the size of the model compared to the pictured crew. Maybe the Leman Russ works on the same principles.

    • @GuardsmanHanan
      @GuardsmanHanan  Před 7 měsíci +1

      agreed - I've also seen illustrations of Leman Russ and Chimeras and they physically massive compared to a Guardsman and with plenty of space between ground and armor plate. As said the miniatures are designed to look a certain way and to suit the scale of the tabletop. If the scale were true, wither infantry models would be tiny or vehicles a lot bigger (obviously)

  • @jimsutter2748
    @jimsutter2748 Před 3 měsíci

    You should consider doing a follow up focusing on the Solar Auxilia Leman Russ and how some of these problems have been addressed.

  • @citizendisco
    @citizendisco Před 7 měsíci +2

    Ha, love these. I’ve long thought the leman Russ would be terrible in real life. Great breakdown. Chimera next?

    • @GuardsmanHanan
      @GuardsmanHanan  Před 7 měsíci +1

      Great minds think alike, that topic is next on the agenda!

  • @erikjohansson4275
    @erikjohansson4275 Před 27 dny

    Some points I think you missed.
    Side sponsons: Side sponsons present a number of additional problems. First of all they present a weakness in the armor, making the tank more vulnerable to enemy fire from the front, though it's not like the Leman Russ armor is anything to write home about, with 235mm of LOS frontal armor. The sponsons also make the tank much wider, which makes it more difficult to manoeuvre in urban terrain, in forests, and might even make it somewhat awkward to pass on the road.
    Escape Hatches: The sponsons also hide 2 of the crew hatches! Without sponsons, the Leman Russ has a crew of 4-5 with 6 escape hatches, which means escaping the tank in an emergency can be done quite quickly. But add the sponsons and now you have 6-7 crew members with 4 escape hatches, which is pretty bad. Also, it's not True that modern tanks don't have escape hatches on the bottom, some do.
    Turret: In the lore the gun is only 120mm. Even so though, this makes the turret too small. Nevertheless, it makes me wonder if the models can even be 'trusted' to represent the vehicle entirely accurately, even beyond the scale being wrong. What if the turret is 'actually' a bit bigger? In that case you could possibly fit a 120mm gun, though making it very cramped for the crew, and it likely not be the most powerful 120mm gun (which the short barrel already suggests) since the recoil length would have to be short enough not to slam into the commander.

  • @meanmanturbo
    @meanmanturbo Před 6 měsíci

    Being equiped with lascanons for anti armor work, it is feasable for the leaman russ main gun to only fire large calibre HE rounds at comparetively low velocities compared to afpds rounds, so you could make some svaings on space here for things like breach recoil and so on. Isn't the vanquisher specifically the high velocity gu variant? Hm, na, this is all starting to sound to reasonable for 40k.

  • @nguy0699
    @nguy0699 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Love the real-world analysis videos! Have you read Gunheads by Steve Parker? I liked it even more than Steel Tread!

  • @alanredmond88
    @alanredmond88 Před 7 měsíci +1

    You were in the Australian army right? Look forward to your take on this

  • @WarCommissar1
    @WarCommissar1 Před 7 měsíci

    I cant wait until you analyze the Dorn, which basically is an interwar-early ww2 tank, that has some modernish features

  • @rklkify
    @rklkify Před 7 měsíci +2

    a fellow AJ... i'm A Pog though so still got my knees xD

    • @GuardsmanHanan
      @GuardsmanHanan  Před 7 měsíci +1

      Nice one! It's more the ankles, I have glass ankles after rolling them countless times with pack on. I discharged way back in 2009 and ankles have never got better!

  • @scopedog9197
    @scopedog9197 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Heroic scale, the gun becomes way oversized. Looking at some designs like the Victoria Miniatures tank turret guns in realistic proportions really show that...

  • @CadiasFinest
    @CadiasFinest Před 7 měsíci +1

    Take a read of Steal Tread by Andy Clarke. Great book about the crew of a Russ demolisher.

    • @GuardsmanHanan
      @GuardsmanHanan  Před 7 měsíci +1

      Agreed, really enjoyed that book. May give it a listen again!

  • @KudiGamer
    @KudiGamer Před 7 měsíci

    The Emperor Protects

  • @guppyXtytyXGI
    @guppyXtytyXGI Před 7 měsíci +1

    Loved it when I was a kid
    Now kinda hate it as a tank lover lol
    Still looks ok, (I have 10 of them sooooo.... )

  • @bopaintsminis
    @bopaintsminis Před 7 měsíci

    Watching it now, but my first question about the Leman Russ, aside from the out of scale size and unglodly gun bore size, is how is there room in that turret for the gun and the commander?

  • @Rammaricindustries
    @Rammaricindustries Před 7 měsíci +1

    Not sure it it would change the analysis, I believe most imperial projectiles are more akin to rockets than actual ballistics.
    There was a time when these rocket propelled projectiles were used if memory serves me. I believe they required much less space as there was little to no recoil to absorb.

    • @GuardsmanHanan
      @GuardsmanHanan  Před 7 měsíci

      Good point, probably also way more accurate with advanced guidance tech in them. A 25cm rocket would still be a huge thing to move. Probably be like 60cm long as well!

  • @meanmanturbo
    @meanmanturbo Před 6 měsíci

    Hmm, of course, trying hull down with the lascannon, the primary anti tank weapon on a russ, not brilliant.

  • @joelwashere5382
    @joelwashere5382 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Comment for the comment god

  • @alejandrotorcida9607
    @alejandrotorcida9607 Před 7 měsíci

    autoloader solve the problem of the ammo, you dont need the loader, only the gunner, so 1 people less, about the power of the cannon space magic XD

    • @GuardsmanHanan
      @GuardsmanHanan  Před 7 měsíci

      Good point, no doubt the tech of the 41st millennium would have that mastered!