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.

Few tanks have seen as much combat as the M48 Patton, and few men have had as much to do with tanks as George Patton.

This podcast takes on the legacy of both the tank and the man.

So what have the Italians wrought with their strange little orphan fleet of tanks?

It's got issues...

Britain spent years getting their big tank ready for D-Day, but in the end one greedy industrialist de-railed the best of plans and gave them a sadly crappy tank.

This is the story of Cromwell.

(Note: This episode was recorded on 18 Feb 2024, we got confused about the year at the start)

Totally Tanked gives you the rundown on China's premier tank, the Type 99A.

We also take a look at what reccent developments in Ukraine, Gaza, and Yemen mean for Chinese tank deployments, particularly surrounding Taiwan.

Possibly the best light tank of the second world war, the M24 Chaffee would take its big gun and low logistics requirements all around the world blazing a lightly armoured path through the hottest moments of the Cold War.

The halftime interview features Hugh Cullimore talking about the Murrayville Tank Graveyard.

Misunderstood, misused, under-appreciated, the T-80 was cut from production a lifetime ago.

And yet the hard lessons of the Ukraine war have seen its qualities come to be perceived in a new light, and production has been restarted!

The halftime interview features Ross Manuel, you can find him at → https://thedocnetwork.net/

Brought to you by the makers of the Titanic it was a vehicle only the British could conceive of. Monstrously heavy, incredibly slow, and anaemically armed.

Yet somehow over 5,000 Churchill tanks were built in the Second World War.

The halftime interview features author David Mitchelhill-Green, you can find his work at: https://www.amazon.com.au/David-Mitchelhill-Green/e/B01MZ9U8SW/

Pakistan has given a case study in how to make an adequate tank on a shoestring.

Also some thoughts on Ukraine.

It is poetic, if not inevitable, that a much-anticipated episode about the Panther tank would be plagued by an omnishambles of technical difficulties, and thus fail to meet expectations.

But there is some good stuff in here if you can get past what is not our finest performance!