Totally Tanked podcast

Totally Tanked podcast

It's a podcast about tanks. Do you want to listen to people talking about tanks? If so this is the podcast for you!

Episodes

July 19, 2025 132 mins

The ancestor of all failed Franco-German military procurements the AMX-30 was a strange result of meeting the requirements of its moment precisely, while being birthed into a world that had changed from the time of its design.

 

Despite seeming strange to us in 2025 it enjoyed a great deal of success in markets too odious for the Germans to sell Leopards to.

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From Northern France to the gates of Moscow, to the jungles of the South Pacific one tank kept rumbling slowly on. A vastly superior sequel; the Matilda II was a true tortoise of war.

This is our second episode featuring Matilda II as the expanded format of the current show made it worth coming back to.

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May 17, 2025 128 mins

How good was the Japanese Chi Ha? Just ten of them destroyed the British Empire. In this episode we find out how!

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April 12, 2025 120 mins

In this episode we take on the life and times of one of history's most controversial armoured vehicles, the Bradley!

We also take a deep dive into it's namesake Omar Bradley, and share some thoughts on recent world events.

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March 15, 2025 112 mins

In the interwar period the Soviets went hard on tank production, and a tank the communists took to war from Spain to Manchuria was the BT series, with suspension from an American racecar designer, a 500 horsepower engine, and a whopping (for the time) 45mm gun. Come join us as we explore a machine that killed fascists long before the war began.

The episode also features an interview with Kurt from the Australian Museum of Armour an...

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February 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.

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January 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/

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December 7, 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

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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.

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October 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.

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September 7, 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!

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August 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 going to get to know a whole lot better in this ep...

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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.

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June 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.

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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.

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April 6, 2024 136 mins

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.

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March 16, 2024 130 mins

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

It's got issues...

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February 18, 2024 133 mins

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)

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January 13, 2024 123 mins

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.

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December 9, 2023 126 mins

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.

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