>Supposedly the greatest tank ever made. >4-speed A*tomatic transmission

>Supposedly the greatest tank ever made
>4-speed A*tomatic transmission
What a piece of shit

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    sorry PrepHole, there’s no benefit to a manual transmission on a military vehicle

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Yes there is, it's easier to drive, easier to fix, and you can roll start it

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        it’s an american tank
        of course it will be automatic

        >easier to drive
        ahhhhhh
        its not easier it’s just that it becomes automatic for the driver
        >roll starting a tank
        >yeah just roll this 60 ton thing
        >don’t worry about it
        also if 24V doesn’t work to the point the APU can’t help you start, not being to start the engine is far from the only concern you will have

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          with another vehicle you dumb frick
          ...but there was a vid of soldiers push starting a tank

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        roll start a frickin gas turbine. OK

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >easier to drive
        except its not. Even in the world of race cars the less you have the driver needing to take care of, the more he will be able to focus on going fast and keeping the car together (his mission)
        Only reason you still see sequential manual in racing still is cause the drivers train to have millisecond reaction times and demand that of the vehicle.
        You dont need millisecond reaction time from a fricking tank transmission and its less that you have to teach privates going through tanker school. Let the drivers focus on their mission and not about being in the optimal rpm range and gear.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      It's more fun and shift speed doesn't matter cause you downshift heel and toeing anyway as you are braking in for the apex.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Even small shithouse vehicles like a Humvee is Automatic. Even worse 3-speed auto, 0-100 is yes for that shitty vehicle

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          they’re fun off-road
          that is if the door latches work

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Rather a Landcruiser

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >0-100 is yes for that shitty vehicle
          I never got mine (when the army had it) past 60 🙁

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >more fun
        Military vehicle.

        As much as I dread the dominance of automatics, I don't see a problem here

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >muh fun
        Doesn't matter for the military.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Yes there is, it's easier to drive, easier to fix, and you can roll start it

      I drive a manual, I don't think it'd be easier to train troops to drive manual over automatic. It seems like the logical logistical choice is to choose the system that's easier to use. Does a tank automatic transmission work analogously to a car's?

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Americans don't know how to drive manual
    >Captcha: N00TY

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    less time spent shifting, more time spent winning

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    every modern MBT has a automatic transmission

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      don't these dipshit engineers and designers know that driving manual makes you cooler?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I think the T-90M and possibly other "top of the line" russian MBTs don't

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Why he specified modern tanks.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        afaik, T-90M is the one single tank that does have it, unlike all the older T-72/90s that don't even have a steering wheel

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >wanting to give your ride a handjob every time you want to change speed
    Sorry America isn't gay like you

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    AHHHHHHH THE UKRAINE WAR ISNT GOING WELL I MUST POST THREADS ABOUT AMERICAN TANKS BEING SHIT REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THAT WILL MAKE ME FEEL BETTER REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      All in your head?

      roll start a frickin gas turbine. OK

      It spins, it will roll

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >It spins, it will roll
        No, it won't. Gas turbines have a specific startup sequence to come to an even operating temperature without hot spots that would destroy them. Also any vehicle that can get a 65t tank to roll can also be used for a sympathetic start.

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    it ought to be a frickin 32 speed manual transmission just so all the filipinos can pretend they're in a fast and furious movie

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    The only guy able to shift an abrams

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      You probably have arms the size of pencils anon

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >what are torque converters

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    stickgays? on my /k/?

  11. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    why do people still think manuals are good?
    autos are better in literally every single way now

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Autos are too slow to accelerate, also it enables morons to drive

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >Laughs in Tesla Plaid.
        The future is now, old man.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          it's due to the engine moron not for the transmission

          Autos are too slow to accelerate, also it enables morons to drive

          autos are only a problem when you are going down dangerous mountains otherwise they are better at accelerating (this is referred to a good automatic ot a shit one),
          I agree they enable slightly above average monkeys to drive.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            [...]
            You two are moronic. You shouldn't drive considering you don't know that Teslas are purely motor driven
            [...]
            Autos can't turn efficently or brake as well

            Engine driven automatic juicebox still accelerates faster than your hand job jalopies. Cope more.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              holy cope
              autos are literally better in every way now
              even fuel efficiency

              Same gayging

              >Autos can't turn efficently or brake as well
              how the frick are either of these things affected by what type of gearbox you have? am i moronic?

              Downshifting and speed matching to the wheels

              >Autos are too slow to accelerate
              My yuro car (335xi) is literally faster 0-60 and 0-100 with the heavier automatic transmission than the manual box.

              I wish I had the manual instead of the electronic paddles, but only because driving manual is peak soul. It hasn't been faster in decades now, though.

              My 2010 Honda Civic with a R18A1 does 0-100 in 7 seconds in manual gearbox. It only has 140HP and is fricking fast

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                No, sorry, you're just moronic, and your car sucks.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >0-100 in 7 seconds
                slow af

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Not that slow. If I did some fricking about with the intake and exhaust alongside compute reprogramming it could go faster. We don't have emissions testing where I live after all

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >Not that slow
                Yes it is.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                I mean hey not like I have a spare R18A1 and 4cyl motorbike throttle lying around to halve the time

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                My stock i4 is faster than you.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                wait is that in kmh or mph

                Km/h and my Civic is only 1.8L 4 cylinder. Not like I'm driving a Type R

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >Wahhhhh, it's not like blah blah blah cope.
                Guy, you were the one who came around bragging like you're the guy from Initial D. Your car isn't good.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >around bragging like you're the guy from Initial D
                Takumi drives an AE86 with a modified 4AGE moron. You drive a BMW like some peasant

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                You have no idea what I drive. Thankfully, you've already explained exactly how you've put time and money into your car for it to still be dogshit, so I have the upper hand here.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Yeah, sure mate talk to me when you don't have to use your brakes to make tight turns like some pansy

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yiq0kEvGe2o
                s l o w

                >stick wrists
                Is this the average Tesla bugman?

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >Ricergay thinks spending money for no reason and giving his car handies is better than actually driving fast.
                Many such cases.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                I haven't spent any money on the civic other than fluid changes and a new clutch. I can't afford a car to frick about

                >0-100
                >7 seconds
                Top fricking kek. My 2002 Chevy Silverado does 0-60 in 7.2

                Your shitbox is as slow as my literally beat to ass truck I only use to haul deer and firewood.

                >Chevy
                disgusting american made trash, get a Jap car in ya. Even then whats embarrasing your car has more power to weight at 0.1013kW/kg while mine is 0.0867kW/kg and yet the 0-100 time is matched

                Automatic transmissions have been technically superior to even high end manuals for the past 30 years. The computer thinks faster than you. Sorry.

                >The computer thinks faster than you
                Idk I drove my mum's 2020 Mazda 6, the computer never gets the gear I want right and struggles to maintain 80km/h uphill at 4,000RPM. My Civic in 4th can maintain 80km/ at 2,500RPM

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >I didn't buy parts for my shitbox, honest!
                They all say this the moment after someone points out that their performance is actually garbage. As though being poor makes their car more interesting.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                All in your head moron, my Civic is completely stock, I just give it good oil and it runs fine, its only got 102,500km on it despite being 12 years old. If I wanted a project car I'd restore a Toyota AE86

                Not that guy but my 335 in DS mode is as quick and responsive as any manual I've ever owned, and faster on the shift. It also can be daily driven in heavy traffic without being a massive pain in the ass. AWD also makes it quick and capable in the wet or ice which is most of the year here.

                Meanwhile you have less horsepower and a slower 0-60 than my wife's Ford Escape.

                Imagine being a gearbox snob and having 185hp. The Mustang I bought as a highschooler working part time was faster than your car.

                >The Mustang I bought as a highschooler working part time was faster than your car.
                No shit my Civic is built for economy with a tiny engine, you're comparing a 3.5L to 4.0L V6 to a 1.8L I4. I got a good deal for it however, 6000 dollars, haven't had a problem for the last 4 years

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Nobody cares what you spent. It's a slow boring car, and you're a big gay for bragging about it.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                All I'm saying 0-100 for a shitty 1.8L in a manual is faster than any auto I've come across

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                That says more about you than your vehicle.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                that just means you are poor

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Yes I am, and I'm proud to be a poor medical student

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Maybe when you're a midlevel with delusions of grandeur, you'll be able to afford a fast car.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                every medic I know got a car at 40 or 50 years old I'm starting to think that it might not be a good career choice keeping in mind it takes so long to get a diploma

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                not to mention shit like wattson or surgery robots making 90% of the fodder useless

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                They're also replacing 75% of those who will remain with brainless nurse practitioners who barely know how to write checks without help, let alone perscriptions.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >medic
                Black person I'm talking about physician, I plan on going into infectious dieases specialty

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >I plan on going into infectious dieases specialty
                lmao you are going to get lynched by some MAGA guy

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                I don't live in America, no american uses kmh

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >he doesn't know that MAGA is worldwide

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                You might wanna learn how to spell first.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >V6
                Kek. This was 1990s USA. Try again.

                >Speed wasn't even a factor in why I bought it and it's as fast as what you've got.
                I'm just saying a nice Hilux would last you longer considering American car brands have been going downhill for a long time

                A Hilux also doesn't have near the payload capacity or bed space unless you're comparing maybe a two decade newer truck that isn't going to cost $2000. Meanwhile my Silverado has 120k on the OD and the 5.3 is know to reach 300k+ so even if I only ever hit 200k that's probably twenty plus years from now for how little I drive it.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >get a jap car even though an eight year old 4x4 trugg you paid $2000 for is equally as fast as my shitbox

                Anon this is the vehicle I use almost strictly to drive innawoods to move lumber and dead animals. Almost exclusively.

                Speed wasn't even a factor in why I bought it and it's as fast as what you've got.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >Speed wasn't even a factor in why I bought it and it's as fast as what you've got.
                I'm just saying a nice Hilux would last you longer considering American car brands have been going downhill for a long time

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Not that guy but my 335 in DS mode is as quick and responsive as any manual I've ever owned, and faster on the shift. It also can be daily driven in heavy traffic without being a massive pain in the ass. AWD also makes it quick and capable in the wet or ice which is most of the year here.

                Meanwhile you have less horsepower and a slower 0-60 than my wife's Ford Escape.

                Imagine being a gearbox snob and having 185hp. The Mustang I bought as a highschooler working part time was faster than your car.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >he doesn't go 0-60 in 1.461 seconds

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                s l o w

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                wait is that in kmh or mph

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >0-100
                >7 seconds
                Top fricking kek. My 2002 Chevy Silverado does 0-60 in 7.2

                Your shitbox is as slow as my literally beat to ass truck I only use to haul deer and firewood.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              yeah no shit you are comparing an ev to a conventional veichle. the reason why ev are so fast is due to the eletric engine being able to deliver all of his torque instnatly not because they are automatic (they usually are single-speed transmission).

              Autos are too slow to accelerate, also it enables morons to drive

              was probably talking about conventional engines not eletrics

              [...]
              You two are moronic. You shouldn't drive considering you don't know that Teslas are purely motor driven
              [...]
              Autos can't turn efficently or brake as well

              yeah hence why you shouldn't drive them in dangerous mountain roads

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >autos are only a problem when you are going down dangerous mountains
            Don't a lot of cars have automatic engine braking now? I have noticed it on cars that when you are going down a hill and brake, the engine revs like on a stick when you downshift. Automatics really have come a long way.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >Autos are too slow to accelerate

          ohnononooo

          You two are moronic. You shouldn't drive considering you don't know that Teslas are purely motor driven

          it's due to the engine moron not for the transmission
          [...]
          autos are only a problem when you are going down dangerous mountains otherwise they are better at accelerating (this is referred to a good automatic ot a shit one),
          I agree they enable slightly above average monkeys to drive.

          Autos can't turn efficently or brake as well

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >Autos can't turn efficently or brake as well
            how the frick are either of these things affected by what type of gearbox you have? am i moronic?

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              You're moronic and can't drive stick.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            holy cope
            autos are literally better in every way now
            even fuel efficiency

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >Autos are too slow to accelerate

        ohnononooo

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >Autos are too slow to accelerate
        My yuro car (335xi) is literally faster 0-60 and 0-100 with the heavier automatic transmission than the manual box.

        I wish I had the manual instead of the electronic paddles, but only because driving manual is peak soul. It hasn't been faster in decades now, though.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        The Chevy powerglide transmission would like to have a word with you.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        This has literally not been the case for the better part of a decade.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >going to work in an automobile?
        >not on my watch!
        >driving is only for enthusiasts!

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Good vs fun.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      manual breaks less often
      amd even if it does it's easier to fix

  12. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Automatic transmissions have been technically superior to even high end manuals for the past 30 years. The computer thinks faster than you. Sorry.

  13. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    DCT and CVT are better than standard and torque converters.

  14. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    why do tanks even have transmissions? why arnt they a diesel hybrid? that seems like the best choice. im sure the electrical motors and shit dont may much more or take up more space than a fricking tank transmission

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      The Abrams X that was revealed a bit ago is actually diesel-electric. The issue is that everyone right now is coasting off of 80's designs, the new generation of tanks will fix that. Unless you're Russia who can't even design a reliable new regular-ass diesel for the Armata.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      The problem has always been that they are more complex (and field maintenance has always been a massive thing). Also, there will be bit of power loss from the conversion, but thats probably not a big deal today.

  15. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Don't worry PrepHole, That tank can atomize you and your car from beyond the horizon long before you become a threat.

  16. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >manualgays coping that their special snowflake bullshit is not being tolerated anymore

  17. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    OP is right, we should have never abandoned M48. Pic related.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I don't understand how people become this mentally rotten.

  18. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Thank god PrepHole has no power over the industry

  19. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I drive huge trucks for a living.
    Modern automatics are better in literally every way because they still allow you to manually shift using buttons which tell the computer to gear up/down.
    I can have all the benefits of a standard in terms of dealing with hills and edge cases, predictive driving, etc - but I also reap the benefits of being lazy, such as better fuel economy.

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