Witness the Incredible Transformation: Full Movie of Australian WWII M3 Grant Tank Restoration
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- A feature length documentary showing the entire restoration of the AusArmour Grant Tank!
This WWII Grant Tank is part of the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum's restoration program.
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The best documented M3 Grant overhaul in history. Incredibly fascinating history and a wealth of knowledge for other reenactors. Polish tankers also served on these tanks. Kind regards.
This museum is the Best channel for restoration/overhaul videos !
Just read yesterday that among the 777 or so M3 tanks sent to Australia there was only one with the welded hull. How fortunate this is that tank, and was restored to running condition
The tank is more than 80 years old, yet the bearings, final drive and transmission gears are perfect, as if they were made yesterday. We need to pay tribute to the people that designed, machined and build them. What an incredible job they did.
The Chinese has wiped out all sense of quality.
@@perkihlen9532 oh shut up
@@perkihlen9532I’d say it’s more ultra-mass production and a focus on making purchasing and manufacturing costs as cheap as possible. You can get high quality things made in China, just like you can get very low quality things made in the US. You’re just always going to pay more for something that’s high quality
They also went for uniformity of parts so parts from one company could fit any vehicle.
It’s more so because a lot of these military vehicles being restored are the ones that didn’t see a ton of combat and are pretty low miles so you just get a lot of damage exterior wise from sitting in a field where the drive train final drive and bearing never seen a lot of use and defiantly was never exposed to outside environment so they’ve been preserved
The M3 Grant series is what introduced me to Aus Armor and now I look forward to every workshop Wednesday.
As an American it makes me smile to see people take pride in their own history.
As an American, our current puppet-leaders should also make you as sick as it does me.
Lol
I love to watch these guys working. They really know what they are doing.
I've said this before and it's worth saying again. You people are just amazing. What you do to fix this collection of junk is necessary and so cool. Thanks again for all you do.
Sensational! When the zombie apocalypse comes, pray we have some of these lads around - they just tackle each challenge as it comes along, improvising tools as necessary, and working together to make the seemingly impossible come true. I have a completely new appreciation of what this kind of restoration involves.
I wasn't expecting a 1.5 hour video drop, but its interesting to see all the segments as one doco
Once used as a farm vehicle, that's interesting. I enjoyed watching all of this video, it reminded me of the 8 years I spent on the M60A1-3 series during the 70's and 80's
Workshop Wednesday+++ I am in heaven, Thanks Kurt for a fantastic job, plus thanks to the team for the brilliant work they have done to make the Grant a success. Cheers & Merry Christmas
Mix emotion here and a little tears of joy I'm not an Aussie I just admire the effort and knowledge you guys put in to restore and preserve history salute from 🇨🇿
Hi Guys, I think you actually made the M3 look menacing.
This is fascinating, my Dad was a Technical Sergeant with the 20th Armored Division "The Liberators". That's the Division that Liberated the concentration camp " Dachau". He used to fiddle with those giant GM engines and the Rolls-Royce Merlins they would put in the Shermans that his guys would drive. He was one of the fellows who would keep 'em Rollin' down the European roads. He left us on 7 July 1970. Miss him still, I do.
Ford V8s, not Merlins.
Not sure where you got your info, but my Dad told me that their were GM eight cylinder engines and "Very Large British Rolls-Royce Engines", (his words; not mine), and the only engine manufactured by Rolls-Royce at the time were Merlins. Their eights didn't come along until after 1950, post war.
Now, argue with a dead WWII veteran.
Good Day.
@@georgebusby6466 Study the history of these. Many UK made tanks used the Meteor engine, a down grade Merlin for tanks. Shermans had Ford V12s, all alloy ohc. They had Wright radial engines and the Chrysler multibank, essentially 5 flathead 6 car engines driving a common drive. A very few had the two GMC diesel 6/71 engines. Like this M3 was fitted with originally
Always thankful for my WW fix. Thanks Kurt!
A beautiful restoration of the M3 Grant. God Bless our Aussie allies and friends.
You men are worthy to be noted as being top notch mechanics. WOW. Simply incredible restoration. CHEERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not too shabby with that gas axe, I’m jelly! Great work boys!
Fantastic project, thanks for producing this extended video.
What a transformation !. You guys must have such a sense of satisfaction. Spending a year of your lives turning a wreck into a running machine that will bring enjoy to thousands. We are not worthy. Cheers from Blighty.
Thank you Kurt for all the awesome videos this last year! Happy Christmas to you, and everyone at Aus armour.
It has beeing an honor to let me ( and so many other tubers) to watch this special tank overhaul. I admire your local feelings about this restoration, and all history about it. This is again another valuable little suitcase of information for my brain!
As luck will have it - I'm currently building a 1:35 scale Grant, with interior. The video has been a great source of info during the build. Thanks guys!
I build my first GRANT & SHERMAN 50 years ago in 1: 32 scale bud i cant remember the maker ... Machbox ... Monogram.... AIRFIX ? 50 years ago the 1:32 scale was very popular because its matched to the ARIFIX Soldiers . This 1: 32 Kits was the first ones with the original scaled ,, Central return roller suspension " ! May i ask you whats the maker of your Grant 1:35 , and ist the full interior incl. the kit ? My favorits 1: 35 makers are TAMIYA , ACADEMY, AFV & RESICAST . I use to build al kits with VERLINDEN interior kits & full working KETTENKASTEN tracks. Greetings from a old german Scale builder .
Ryan is a rare breed of mechanic. You are so lucky to have him. Well to be honest,all your guys are incredible fabricators and restorers. My hats off to all of them.i look forward to every Wednesday update!
Absolutely fantastic. To bring back an iconic piece of war time history is an an achievement. so proud of you all.
From Spain, congratulations. Magnificent work, a great effort not to lose the armored history.
Outstanding video of the complete restoration.
Thanks!
Always a pleasure to watch all of your amazing work!
Somewhere there’s a 105 year old screaming at their phone “you can’t put the traverse mechanism in before the gun”
Would that be you?
It will be now. Learn something everyday.
I have really enjoyed this year watching you bring this beauty back to life for future generations to admire. Thank you.
I love how the mirrored-gears are designed, so as to maintain contact with the spindle gear. Something truly beautiful about a well designed machine.
After seeing what you guys at Australian Armour and Artillery Museum can do I’ll never look the same way again at a pile of rusting old machinery in a blackberry bush. Very impressed with your approach to conserving and reusing as much as possible of original parts, components and accessories. That surely enhances the true museum quality of your exhibits. Fascinating to see the problem-solving going on in this video and others from your workshop program. Must visit the museum and see the collection in all its steadily less rusted glory.
Just loved watching this restoration work. It was obvious, that everyone of them loves what they are doing. Great job, and well done guys!
I've absolutely loved this documentary. Please make more of them, I really appreciate your job and efforts making this machine running again. I can't wait to know what's next on the schedule. 🙂
Just want to say a huge thanks for all the work In the past year to bring us into your shop for these restorations! I marvel at the skills set of each of you. Looking forward to 2024! With that said, God bless each of you, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Mississippi, USA.
Отличная реставорация , полное востаноаление всех механизмов и узлов , механики высокого уровня !
that is some heavy duty work. I'm glad to see a Grant getting restored. They weren't a popular tank but they were better than what was available at the time.
I was impressed by the mind-boggling number of parts and the skill with which they were restored, one by one, with precise workmanship.
I had no idea that there was such a wide variety of tank parts, and it was a great learning experience. It was very interesting to see how the many parts were removed and assembled. I was very impressed to see the M3 running at the end! Thank you very much for your wonderful work. Please keep up the good work and take care of yourself!
An hour and a half well spent. Congratulations to all involved and great editing Curt.😎
Sensational effort team! Thoroughly enjoyed this
EXCELLENT WORK GENTLEMAN ! THANK YOU ! 🎉
Must have watched this a half dozen times now, you guys should be proud, that's one hell of a fine piece of work! and it bloody well does run, and though-it never fought! that's a good thing, and still represents an era. Well done all the way around.
YESSS FINALLY! It is here! Thanks for this content guys. LOVE the full restoration videos.
As a proud American, this rebuild is a tribute to what American craftsmanship used to mean. 80+years later, so many of the parts are still at or above spec and still usable. No judgement on anyone else's craftsmanship,, good or bad. Easy (relatively) to pull apart and service with simple hand tools. Just amazing.
Absolutely wonderful job. Made me watch original Sahara again! Albeit that was a Lee there are some Grants featured in it (one with a cast hull). Your effort solidifies my belief that there still is nothing that we in the US teamed with our great friends abroad can’t accomplish together. Thanks for still caring about our shared history. I know a lot of passed on engineers and factory workers are smiling now.
I found the site by accident and was thoroughly enchanted and fascinated, through the entire restoration process. Your folks at Oz armor have done a wonderful, wonderful job and are 😊 dedicated to the work that you've undertaken. You are now one of my favorite stops on my TH-cam tour. I will always be checking in with whatever you do.
That was extremely satisfying ! Seeing the expertise of assembly was great, but the effort during the tear down was inspiring ! Good job guys ! Thanks for posting this on your channel !
Hi guys,brilliant series. Tight bolts. Something I learnt in the mining industry. Do not heat around the bolt,actually heat the bolt to a cherry red, let it cool for a few minutes, then hit with a rattle gun. The heat brakes the rust and also stretches the bolt. We had bolts on our face shovels that had a hole through the bolt in which we would insert a heating rod. When up to temp we could wind the nut on. Remove the heat rod and the bolt would contract. Tight as a fishes butt. Same works for a normal bolt,obviously without the hole in the guts. Love watching you guys. Cheers
This is FANTASTIC to see a piece of history like this restored and running!
When it comes to restoration you do what you have to. If the boys had that trans back in the day they would not have hesitated to use it. I salute you for your ingenuity.
1:59 Look at those final drives!!!!!!!! So clean and almost pristine after war, sitting outside, neglect...for 80 years!!!!!!
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That was really impressive guys, you did a fine job. She's beautiful.
Thanks for showing us how it's done.
Das alles, all die gemachte Arbeit an dem Panzer. Das verdient Respekt. Es wurde alles penibel und richtig gemacht, jede einzelne schraube wurde repariert und jede Stelle egal wo die sich befand restauriert. Super Arbeit
What an amazing job you all did with this build. Well done!
Fantastic work to all involved. Great to see this tank rise from a pile of rust.
Fellas please release more long form content. It's absolutely fascinating to see the restoration, it's truly a lost art.
Wow!!! What a labor of love! You guys did an outstanding job! Could watch your tank restoration videos all day....love seeing historical military vehicles restored to running order by true skilled professionals. Thank you.
Hi guys I watched the whole video, a true labour of love and a fitting memorial to the guys who served and fought in it back in the day
Это органический труд .Благодарность ребятам . Я танкист и очень люблю такие ролики . Рестовраторам огромная благодарность . Привет из Чечни.
Third time around to watch skilled craftsman doing what you can tell they totally enjoy doing.
Watching this beast be revived and knowing it's what my grandfather served in is a pleasure and I'm grateful you guys are doing it. Preserving our past. While I fear so much has been forgotten that we're quickly headed back to another global conflict, every little bit helps to convey to the younger generation that avoiding war is so much more important that all the garbage they have us distracted with today.
I really enjoyed the Workshop Wednesday series on the M3 Grant, and seeing it all documented again in this version is great as well. You are all the best at what you do. Cheers from Texas.
Brilliant job fellas and a great job in the editing also. Have a Great Christmas and New Year. Hope the Cyclone didnt cause you too much grief.
Quite a treat. Full, masterful restoration in one, well-done video. Can’t say I watched it in a single sitting, but I did watch it all. Thanks.
I always look forward to seeing workshop Wednesday you guys are all great builders
Very interesting it’s good seeing historical pieces preserved for future generations.
Hard work. This film shows us how much effort it takes to make museum exhibits and vehicles be presented to the public.
These are costs and a lot of effort so that a museum visitor can see a vehicle in a usable condition.
Absolutely fascinating. It’s hard to comprehend the engineering that went into these amazing machines.
General Grant would be very proud and very pleased with his namesake. Cool tank.
Watched this video with my mouth open. So awesome to see this video! Hope you'll do more of these!
Magnifique leçon de mécanique. Les pièces mobiles sont en bon état pour un véhicule de cet âge. Et ils ont le manuel constructeur. Ça aide bien . Bravo les gars ❤
So, I watched all parts of the restauration... Oh look, all parts in one complete movie! ...Watched it again... 👍😊👍
I've watched every Workshop Wednesday this year and have looked forward to all of them. You do a great job and I take my hat off to you. Keep it up in 2024!
Unbelievable, what great teamwork. The men from down under show what they are made of once again.
In awe of you guys, best wishes from England
Excellent work, congratulations to the whole team. As an engineer, it reminded me of the times I worked in industrial maintenance. Thank you for sharing all the phases of the restoration. Very good indeed.
Thank you for the complete end-to-end video. I have watched the progress of restoration each time a video came out, but somehow it is so interesting to see it in the complete sequence in one sitting. I do appreciate the time and effort all of you put into the restoration projects and the creation of interesting content from week to week. Please do not stop these videos. I always look forward to Wednesdays to see what is new and as always they are interesting and fun to watch.
Really enjoyed the "long version" of the restoration, even after having seen the earlier short episodes. Keep up the good work!
This channel is a real eye opener, what a job you did on the M3 Lee/Grant! Outstanding 👍🍺
Amazing job. Its really nice to watch these old tanks get fixed up. keep up the good work!!
Really impressive! My father rode around in one of these in North Africa.
Beautiful photography. Terrific teamwork. Nice of your friend to come down and help out too. I guess he was integral to success providing the engine.
GREAT JOB.
Great to see it all over again at one time, thanks! Congratulations!
Wow, from start to finish, it remind me of 1 thing. How lucky our soldiers from today. Imagine, if your the driver and a gunner of that tank. The vibration, noise, heat and sweat, doing all that manual job.Unlike the tank of today is very sophistcated, smooth and Automated. Some even have AC.. Well done guys, you are the few who still exist.
It looks absolutely awesome and the smile on Darrell’s face says it all 😊
This Grant full restoration video was immensely satisfying to watch! You boys are doing wonderful and amazing work down there, thank you for allowing us to share in your endeavors. Till next time, Cheers! - Jim
These guys just do amazing work, they don't miss a thing. Awesome restoration.
Some very adept "heavy" mechanics, you make even the most difficult jobs look like routine, which I suppose is handy if you have a tank museum such as the one you have here, and you need to bring back vehicles virtually from the grave. I really cannot believe just how much you guys are managing to resurrect for posterity. You're doing a fine job and I'm sure that in the future this will be especially appreciated.
This was such a good serie of episodes, I gotta say the video production of these are fantastic.
Great job on the restoration and also on the filming and editing!
Very nice and proper work and the finish is superb. Thanks for showing this to us.
I noticed the workmanship of the oval headed gun mounting bolts; they are very well made. It is difficult to purchase such high quality bolts unless one has them bespoke turned.
91 minutes does not do justice to the work and expertise that has gone into this restoration. This is just stunning. When I'm in FNQ next, I'll be there 👍
Love this restoration. Great work, you guys. I love seeing your restoration
I remember when I got a model of this tank and I had to decide if I wanted it to be a Lee or a Grant tank. Great work guys and thanks for the footage. Hope the cleanup after the cyclone wasn't too bad.
I’m absolutely blown away by the skill of all those involved in this work. Simply amazing and thank you for all your hard work guys.
Absolutely incredible. I’m so grateful I happened across your channel. Given its shortcomings, the Grant remains my favorite allied tank of WWII.
As a kid, I dreamed often of having one. To see this - not just restoration, but miraculous rebirth, makes me feel as if I achieved that dream.
After watching you all pour yourselves into this, I can barely imagine what the crews and mechanics went through all those years ago.
Thank you again for such an amazing presentation.
What a cool job to watch.
Lots of efford is gone in to this projekt.🛠✨️🇩🇰
Gorgeous piece of engineering and military history!!!
Amazing start to finish video. Everyone did amazing work. Thank you for the great video.