Totally Tanked podcast

Feb 15 2025 67 ep. 90 mins 217
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It's a podcast about tanks. Do you want to listen to people talking about tanks? If so this is the podcast for you!

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67 - M103 - The last American Heavy

Feb 15 2025 111 mins  
The USA had one last go at a heavy tank before settling on the MBT concept. It was not to the Army's liking but the Marines wanted as much tank as they could put ashore. In this episode we will explore the design, development and deployment of the last American Heavy.

66 - Crusader - Britain could do better

Jan 18 2025 106 mins  
In Britain's darkest hour they turned to the industrial genius of William Morris and he gave them the Crusader tank. It was not the tank they needed, it was not the tank they deserved, but it was the tank they got. As promised the link to Mike Pezullo's article: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/gradually-then-suddenly-in-geopolitics-decades-can-happen-in-weeks/

65 - CV-90 - Swedish fire from ice

Dec 07 2024 155 mins  
The Swedish miracle on ice, the light tank of our times, the CV-90! And our Christmas Mailbag, and we talk to a Dr Albert Pallazo, a national security expert, about the impact of climate change. You can download his book for free from: https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/Command/ClimateChg-Palazzo%20interactive%20w%20cover%2010Aug2022.pdf

64 - PT-76 - In Soviet Russia tanks are jet boats

Nov 09 2024 147 mins  
Featuring an under-rated and misunderstood Soviet amphibious tank, a halftime interview with Dr John Dolan, The War Nerd himself, and some other thoughts of recent events as viewed through a great deal of beer.

63 - Tiger II - The Gott in Gotterdamerung!

Oct 12 2024 118 mins  
In which we take on the Tiger II, have a chat with the Mother of Tanks herself, and some thoughts about recent events in Ukraine and the Middle East, as well as a distinctly underwhelming beer review.

62 - Heavies - The end of the line!

Sep 07 2024 122 mins  
Between the Siegfried Line and the Soviet IS3 the western powers put a lot of thought into heavy tanks in the late war period. Totally Tanked is here to figure it all out with you!

61 - T-62 - Bring on the big guns

Aug 10 2024 136 mins  
What could have been an incremental improvement on the legendary T-55 instead became a revolutionary tank as a string of weird co-incidences and sliding doors moments lead to a the end of cannon rifling and the invalidation of steel armour. Todays western tanks with their composite armours and smooth bore cannons are the response to the Soviets development of the T-62, a tank we're

60 - Panzer 38(t) - The Stolen Spearhead

Jul 13 2024 136 mins  
In this episode we have the extraordinary tale of the little Czech tank that humbled the France. This episode also features a chat with Jack Bowsher the author of Forgotten Armour: Tank Warfare in Burma.

59 - TR-85 - The Romanian Bison

Jun 15 2024 95 mins  
Romania has its own tank program, and in this episode we unpack just why that might be as we look at the TR-85! Also we talk to a Romanian about Romania, some thoughts on new Leopard variants, western tanks performance in Ukraine, and God's lager doesn't taste as sweet as it did when we wore younger men's clothes.

58 - Renault FT - The Mother of Tanks

May 18 2024 152 mins  
In the dark days of the First World War captain of industry Louis Renault looked on the tank building efforts of the allies and decided it could be done better. In the process he created the tank as we know it today.