You Tube finds

[steve_holmes_11]

Only just found this channel tonight. Arguably, it should be in "Fun Stuff" but then again, it is wargaming related. Here's one of their videos. 

Remember. They are amateurs. Aren't they?   

Some handy product placement there.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Good one

[Raider4]

Some handy product placement there.

Aye, front & centre.

Another quick one where our favourite 10mm supplier gets mentioned:

Like him, I'm using my Pendraken xenomorphs against 15mm troops, although I have 'proper' Colonial Marines.

[Westmarcher]

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Good find

[steve_holmes_11]

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[fsn]

I'm going to recommend Task and Purpose.

Chris Caffey does a weird mix of modern military subjects that are light hearted but full of information.
 

[fsn]

Geek Gamers talking "small scale".

Warband gets a mention. 

[Leon]

Geek Gamers talking "small scale".

Warband gets a mention. 

Aha, I was wondering when they'd be getting on to this.  We sent them some stuff back before summer so it's good to see Warband's going to get some coverage.

[Raider4]

[Gwydion]

That bow looks a fair bit longer than the usual estimate of Breton and Saxon bows of the period.
Draw weights - pick the figure to suit your view of medieval archery.
We don't have any existing medieval bows (unless you count Tudor bows from the Mary Rose as medieval) to check and the draw weight for the Mary Rose examples is fairly vigorously contested.
What the draw weights for the shorter Saxon and Breton bows at Hastings were, are again conjectural.
No doubt sufficient to penetrate mail at usual battle ranges (whatever your view on that is!)

[fsn]

I'm a fan of Tod. He has a skill set I really admire, and he does some really odd things.

[Gwydion]

I really like Tod as well - always loved this one about longbow v plate

Still think most early medieval bows were shorter than in the other video.

[flamingpig0]

[fsn]

Not many surprises here ... or are there?

[fred.]

Interesting find (well the idea is interesting, the narration and the total lack of any videos make the execution awful). 

I think I'm surprised to see the PzIV on the list - always knew the Germans made quite a lot of them, but with their chaotic desperate production systems slightly surprised they managed to make so many. 

The domination of the list by Soviet models does reinforce the 'quantity has a quality of its own' mantra

At what point will the M1 Abrams over take the T26 to move up a spot?

[paulr]

My understanding is that US isn't building new M1 Abrams only upgrading/refurbishing current ones at a very low rate. There is some talk of a new MBT, the AbramsX but that is more a technology demonstrator

PS I agree the execution was awful

[Gwydion]

Surprised the PT76 didn't make the list.

[fred.]

Surprised the PT76 didn't make the list.

Wikipedia (which is where I think most of the video's info comes from) seems to have two possible production totals for the PT76 5000 or 12000. Which are pretty far apart! The difference in those two numbers is huge, its more than the total production volume of many tanks. 

[Gwydion]

Hmm, I definitely had something in my head nearer the top figure mentioned.
I used to lurk on the Federation of American Scientists Military Analysis Network site a lot which was a great resource but having scrabbled to find it now, I see it is no longer maintained or updated.
The PT-76 page is there still however - (last updated in 1999!) but no production numbers.
So where I got my higher figure from, I have no idea.
I sort of assumed given it's length of time in service, its versatility and with Polish and Chinese licensed variants, it would have been a big number.

I wonder what the shortest production run of a tank is? (not counting test or prototype vehicles).