I've always loved the Pershing, my favorite WWII tank. There were tanks with more firepower, more armor and more mobility, but the Pershing had an excellent combination and balance of those three characteristics.
Wow its so interesting to have watched this series for a while and finally see the first episode. You can really see the growth in confidence in Nicholas. Still a gawky, awkward lad though, lol.
I was out of school by then but I watched it a million times, now this same tank is 35 minutes from my house in a museum. I used to nerd out like crazy when chieftain started filming inside the tanks lol I’m 36 and I still go see the tanks as much as possible.
Besides being a former Paratrooper i became an M1A1 Tanker later in the National Guard.When you mentioned wedge bolts for the end connectors.I hated those FUCKING wedge bolts!You would lose those things like crazy just driving around.We would keep a sponson box full of those things so after training or gunnery we put those things back on so we could turn it in to the motor pool and not get fucked with by the motor pool sergeant and the first sergeant and commander down on my ass.Yes they keep the end connectors in so that you dont throw a track or both tracks.Every time we stop me and my crew would replace them constantly.Throwing a tack really sucks!The Americans have kept this design since WWII and still had them on the M1A1.The Germans and the Russians use track pins to keep the individual tracks in place and they are easier to replace in my opinion because they were used on the M113 APCs.I dont know if they still use wedge bolts on the M1A2s because i went back to the Infantry for Iraq.I hated the constant maintainance on tanks and drove me crazy,being the tank commander and platoon sergeant it was a hard job keeping up with everything.Nice show and you know your shit about tanks which is awesome.Cheers Brother!
***** Well Sir i shall explain.Since the time when the US has had the M26 Pershing a lot of the design features of American tanks were carried on to this tank from the M4 Sherman and alot of it still exists on the M1 series of tanks as far as the externals of the track and suspension system.The wedge bolts is one that always comes loose and you lose them along with the end connectors.Its not that crucial to the tracks itself.The center guide is very crucial because it holds the tracks together along with the with the end connectors.The end connectors holds the outer ends of the track so it would not put stress on the center guide that keeps the track together.This design goes all the way back to WWII.When i was a tanker me and my crew would always carry many spares of everything that we knew everything that would go wrong.Its nothing like being stuck out in the desert of California the National Training Center for a few days with water,food,and and no means of fixing your tank when the tracks goes to shit.Like i said being a tank commander you better have a contingency plan to fix such things and constantly check on those items so you dont get stuck in the middle of nowhere.If your radios go dead on a tank and nobody knows where you are then you can have a hell of a hard time getting back to your unit.Its mechanical shit that can go wrong like it or not.
***** A tank is a fighting machine.Prior to me being a tanker i was an Infantryman and a Paratrooper.An Infantryman looks after his weapon assigned to him either a rifle or machinegun,the parachute riggers pack our parachutes.As individual jumpers we have to understand how to put it on and jump with it with the help from our jump masters who inspect our chutes prior to jumping.Tank crews are trained to know every function within the tank and tactics of using it effectively in combat as an Infantryman uses his weapon within first in his squad then platoon and his parent unit the company.In combat every team in its organization must function as well as individuals to accomplish its mission in order to survive.Technical and tactical proficiency must be achieved in order to gain victory.Like in sports a team can win with individual efforts of each team member attaining specific tasks and goals to win.
I cartoony would not agree to that statement. Until they develop something with the same combination of firepower, survivability, and ability to remain on station for the same length of time in all conditions, the tank is not going anywhere.
Ish we have almost ten thousand M1s last I checked. For a (relatively) peacetime army, that's quite a large amount of tanks. Personally, I'm a freshman and I'm hoping that when I graduate I join the Army as a 19K M1 Crewman.
Gotta say Chieftain. This is pretty neat. While it might have not have "made waves" when it was teased to us a while back I certainly hope you continue to make these videos. It's nice to actually learn the mechanics of the tanks we see daily in WoT in a more hands on approach then looking at complicated diagrams and pictures in books. :)
Great stuff Chief. with this series and especially the Operation Think Tank episodes your really doing a great service to the armor nut community. You have gained access to allot of people and hardware and I really appreciate that your sharing it with us.
I saw only now your video on the m-26 Pershing and I thought I saw all of it!! I'm impressed with the quality and accuracy of restoration but then I think it is the best tank museum in the world!
A few comments about two items mentioned by Nick from an old tanker1) The "large wrench" used to adjust track tension is the "Little Joe Wrench". It's so big that one member of the crew holds it in place while a flattened piece of pipe is slid over the arm. then a 5-6 foot long crowbar (aka "Tankers' Bar") is inserted into the open end of the pipe for leverage and the rest of the crew pull or push to turn the adjustment arm bolt2. The auxiliary engine is also known as "the Little Joe" (he gets around). I forget wear they began leaving out of US tanks, but experience in the GWOT has brought them back as a mod to the M1. 3. Same thing with the infantry phone, on the M60, off the M1, back on the M1 due to experience in Iraq.
i watched this on the site and made it a point to come here to youtube and tell you "Great Job".... not everyone will be as interested in these as i am, but i'm sure they will still be interested none the less.... Cant wait for the next one!! if i would have changed one thing i would have started with an older baby tank to show the evolution...
What i have never understood was why they didn't simply revert to the original Ford V-12. Ford had developed their state of the art V-12 aircraft engine to compete with the Rolls-Royce Merlin. It was a more modern design but obviously less mature than the older British design. Henry Ford apparently hated the English and they hated him right back. The US Navy decided to go with air cooled radials and the international politics killed the Ford v-12 as an aircraft engine. But it was still a good design so they cut off four cylinders and de-tuned it to serve as a tank engine. The Brits did something similar with the Merlin except they used a de-tuned superchargerless Merlin in its original V-12 configuration . They called it the Meteor. The Germans used a V-12 gas engine in the Panther and the Russians used a V-12 diesel in the T-34. A V-12 is the 'natural' smoothest arrangement for a 4 cycle in- line engine in planes or tanks. The chopped down Ford V-8 was the best engine for a Sherman but the Pershing was much heavier and the eight cylinder Ford just wasn't powerful enough. Leading to the question - why not just revert to the V-12? Eventually American tanks would use Cummins V-12 so I imagine the engine compartment was long enough. The Ford had run as a v-12 and would later again but not in 1945 Europe or Korea. It should have been an easy conversion. Or am I missing something?
Guys, ya just don't whistle up a new engine in the middle of a war. Norman Friedman's Iron Law - "In a mobilization you continue to build what you're already building." The loss of production is too great. P&W had a what seemed to be a great liquid cooled engine under development in 1939. The day war was declared, the president of P&W called Hap Arnold and said he wanted to cancel it and concentrate on the R-2800. As he put it, the liquid cooled engine was "for the next war". So even though the GAA was a development of the V12, the V12 was an immature design that would need development time (it took the British over a year, maybe two to develop the Meteor, You just didn't takeoff the supercharger and drop into a Cromwell) and time was what the Ordnance Corps didn't have. The GAF would be ready in time, the V12 wouldn't. so the GAF it was. "IF you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with"
Scored a Tamiya 1\35th scale one of these on ebay recently for the princely sum of $30.00 all up. Watched this, and episode 2, so that when I open the box it's not just pieces of plastic on sprues, but more like a friend I just met. ;-)
Loving this, really nice to get to know the technical details. As an old tanker (well, not that old) I find that stuff just as interesting as the typical "wikipedia-info" about armor thickness and gun caliber :)
To the ones who keep asking, NO, he CAN'T do an indepth episode of a Maus because there aren't any out there. lol. If there was, I'd be blown away. Personally, if possible, an episode on a Jagdtiger would be amazing!
There are several in the background at 4:15... The one directly behind him looks like it could be a Pz61, (which is in the MVTF collection, so that makes sense). There's an M3 Lee I in upper right hand corner. Not sure what the tank is that is marked "566" nor the one behind it.
Great video. I can't wait for more. My only small complaint would be that whoever edits the video, should lower the background music a bit more when you are speaking.
The X games now has tank reviews... Cool videography bro!!! The "extreme" guitar riffs in the background really make me feel like Im watching something EXTREEEEM... So glad your sponsored by Mons3tr energy drinks now!!! I can really get into military tech when I'm all cranked up on mountain dew!!! As a 13-20yo I really relate to this!!!
Man changing the track tension was so much easier on the modern CV90 you just adjust two valves in the back and the driver can temporarily increase tension with a button when driving in things like sand or a marsh where the risk of a track being thrown is high.
This series looks interesting... always have more than enough information on service history, but not nearly enough for actual operation and mechanics.
Awesome cant wait till the next ones. How many of these are you going to do? Just the ones in that museum, or every tank you can get your hands on? (I am hoping for the latter :) )
03:4 So, the enemy literally can 'talk' incase of surrounded by enemies ? "Hello, this is German SS Panzerdivision, please surender and you'll not be hurt. Thank you " *put the phone to original position
It was for an infantry commander to point out targets to the tank commander while being protected by the tank. Buttoned tanks are basically blind. Some Shermans had them as well.
As pointed out below, it's for tank-infantry communication. In particular, the infantry takes out the tank killer teams that thrive in close country like woods and built up areas while the tanks take out machinegun nests, etc for the grunts. It's called the "combined arms team". To give an example of how valuable the phone is, US M1's went into Iraq without them ("We tankers don't do cities") and one of the first mods was an infantry phone when it turned out "Actually we do cities after all". As far as World War Twice goes, it was late in the war that factory installed phones came along. First attempt was a standard field phone bouncing along in the dirt behind the M4's, then Signal Section ETO came up with a field fix, allowing a phone to tie into the intercom system. Kits and instructions were provided so using units could perform the modification. BTW, the housing was an empty 30 cal ammo can welded to the back of the tank.
Well I am most intrigued by the tank interiors : 3 Could you show us the interior of a T34 (Russian medium) because I want to see how cramped the interior is...
Yes, there is...prepare to be blown away but Kubinka Tank museum near Moscow holds the only Maus in existance, made from the captured hull of Prototype two, and the unexploded Turret of Prototype one... Prototype one was presumed operational before being blown up, so it had everything, even it´s 128mm main gun and 75mm auxillary gun.
I was hoping I would get a look at the bulge of the front armor 1:09 and why its there and if the armor is thicker then the rest of the hull. I can't find anything about it but from a picture of the tanks profile it seems that this part of the hull armor is thicker than the rest.
Except for the upper portion, no, its not thicker. The bulge is to accommodate the 400cfm blower. Later models and the M46 had a wider, lower, less steeper bulge to accommodate the 1,000 cfm blower. www.theshermantank.com/wp-content/uploads/blower-for-the-crew-1.png
During war it had varied results, such as being unreliable and struggling to climb slopes, but on the other hand it usually chewed through most other tanks
@@civilrebel3743 quite surprised to know it climbs poorly. Tbh i dont know what characteristics make a tank a good climber; Churchill's type of bogies maybe (they arent bogies really are they)
@@rinsedpie some tanks are designed to go up slopes- the Churchill was a great climber, as it was made to be a sort of all terrain tank capable of supporting infantry, and it excelled at its job. The Sherman, IIRC, was a decent climber, however the reason the pershing was a bad climber was the fact that it was designed mostly around a bigger gun and thicker armor- think something among the lines of American tiger. Also, tbh I don’t really know what makes a tank a good climber, however traction and power plays a big part with in it.
@@civilrebel3743 cool! Good info. Im always on a prowl for a good vid looking inside Merkavas. Watched most already but still cant say they are good ones; if you find any good long ones, do let me know.
if by any luck you get the chance to make one please do it. I´ve been looking for info about that suspension system and so far haven´t found anything of much value.
Wow, the quality is so low! Of the video, that is, not the content. I may quibble from time to time, but I think this series is one of the best, especially compared to some competing attempts. I am saddened to hear there won't be any more.
Jared Betz Scratch that, I can just go kill myself at the level of stupidity....wow that was horrible seeing as how I have seen every Chieftains hatch video.
Have you given any thought to profiling armored artillery, specifically the M7? l ask because my father rode one from Morocco to the Rhine in the 62nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion.
I believe he's said before that there are no known surviving T32's, despite official documents of the period indicating that one of them should be saved.
RogueEngineer13 Well I don't think that matters, I almost know for a fact that at least 40% of vehicles within the museum that he films from are replicas.
@@TheChieftainsHatch How many allied lives might have been saved had this M26 been put into service in 1943 instead of late 44? The men in those Shermans knew they had an inferior tank. At least the British put the 17 pound gun on the M4. Jolly good thinking. But then, had the Germans and Hitler just produced thousands more Mark 4 with the high velocity 75 mm gun instead of wasting energy on the Panther and Tigers one might wonder how much better the Germans might have done in the war since the winners out produced the losers. The M26 really might have been the best tank of WW2 had it been used in great great numbers starting in 1943?
Let's just say my hair was a little less grey then.
We're all grey now m8 lol
@@indiomoustafa2047 Not there yet, but one day will
> 8 years ago
More grey = more wisdom...wear it proudly young man
At least you have your hair. Lol
I've always loved the Pershing, my favorite WWII tank. There were tanks with more firepower, more armor and more mobility, but the Pershing had an excellent combination and balance of those three characteristics.
I would have been the best tank if the war kept going on
If the war did keep Hong the IS-3 would have been fielded and the IS-3 is a bit of a monster
@@awkwarddoggo05 yeah, and Russians would figure out how bad it actually was... instead of learning it from Egyptians
@@dnk7606 What kind of tank are you?
I would bet every cent I have that every tanker in WW2 or Korea who served in a Sherman would have prefferred to be in a Pershing.
Beautifully restored M26! Thanks for the look.
The 90mm gun, with its 3,700 FPS muzzle velocity, represented a revolution in American tank gun design.
well that particular round was developed for the t3 version and only saw action in WWII a few times
The Pershing ate Tigers alive, the 90mm high velocity round would bore through the front armor, and go right through the back without slowing down
Frames per second?
@@Nightwing690 there's like ""only"" 7 years between their specifications, it would've been embarrassing if it didn't do that.
@@Nightwing690 Tiger and M26 met twice, result; 1:1. Both could knock out the other quite easily.
Fortunately,TH-cam is sometimes hosting guys who know what they're talking about.
A modeler's dream .
Wow its so interesting to have watched this series for a while and finally see the first episode. You can really see the growth in confidence in Nicholas. Still a gawky, awkward lad though, lol.
jesus who though a 50 second intro would be a good idea?
I remember watching this video after school, hard to believe that was 10 years ago
I was out of school by then but I watched it a million times, now this same tank is 35 minutes from my house in a museum. I used to nerd out like crazy when chieftain started filming inside the tanks lol I’m 36 and I still go see the tanks as much as possible.
they even have a Panzer 61 in the museum!
at 4:14 it's right next to the Pershing
Besides being a former Paratrooper i became an M1A1 Tanker later in the National Guard.When you mentioned wedge bolts for the end connectors.I hated those FUCKING wedge bolts!You would lose those things like crazy just driving around.We would keep a sponson box full of those things so after training or gunnery we put those things back on so we could turn it in to the motor pool and not get fucked with by the motor pool sergeant and the first sergeant and commander down on my ass.Yes they keep the end connectors in so that you dont throw a track or both tracks.Every time we stop me and my crew would replace them constantly.Throwing a tack really sucks!The Americans have kept this design since WWII and still had them on the M1A1.The Germans and the Russians use track pins to keep the individual tracks in place and they are easier to replace in my opinion because they were used on the M113 APCs.I dont know if they still use wedge bolts on the M1A2s because i went back to the Infantry for Iraq.I hated the constant maintainance on tanks and drove me crazy,being the tank commander and platoon sergeant it was a hard job keeping up with everything.Nice show and you know your shit about tanks which is awesome.Cheers Brother!
***** Were you ever a tanker?
***** Well Sir i shall explain.Since the time when the US has had the M26 Pershing a lot of the design features of American tanks were carried on to this tank from the M4 Sherman and alot of it still exists on the M1 series of tanks as far as the externals of the track and suspension system.The wedge bolts is one that always comes loose and you lose them along with the end connectors.Its not that crucial to the tracks itself.The center guide is very crucial because it holds the tracks together along with the with the end connectors.The end connectors holds the outer ends of the track so it would not put stress on the center guide that keeps the track together.This design goes all the way back to WWII.When i was a tanker me and my crew would always carry many spares of everything that we knew everything that would go wrong.Its nothing like being stuck out in the desert of California the National Training Center for a few days with water,food,and and no means of fixing your tank when the tracks goes to shit.Like i said being a tank commander you better have a contingency plan to fix such things and constantly check on those items so you dont get stuck in the middle of nowhere.If your radios go dead on a tank and nobody knows where you are then you can have a hell of a hard time getting back to your unit.Its mechanical shit that can go wrong like it or not.
***** A tank is a fighting machine.Prior to me being a tanker i was an Infantryman and a Paratrooper.An Infantryman looks after his weapon assigned to him either a rifle or machinegun,the parachute riggers pack our parachutes.As individual jumpers we have to understand how to put it on and jump with it with the help from our jump masters who inspect our chutes prior to jumping.Tank crews are trained to know every function within the tank and tactics of using it effectively in combat as an Infantryman uses his weapon within first in his squad then platoon and his parent unit the company.In combat every team in its organization must function as well as individuals to accomplish its mission in order to survive.Technical and tactical proficiency must be achieved in order to gain victory.Like in sports a team can win with individual efforts of each team member attaining specific tasks and goals to win.
I cartoony would not agree to that statement. Until they develop something with the same combination of firepower, survivability, and ability to remain on station for the same length of time in all conditions, the tank is not going anywhere.
Ish we have almost ten thousand M1s last I checked. For a (relatively) peacetime army, that's quite a large amount of tanks. Personally, I'm a freshman and I'm hoping that when I graduate I join the Army as a 19K M1 Crewman.
Gotta say Chieftain. This is pretty neat. While it might have not have "made waves" when it was teased to us a while back I certainly hope you continue to make these videos. It's nice to actually learn the mechanics of the tanks we see daily in WoT in a more hands on approach then looking at complicated diagrams and pictures in books. :)
Great stuff Chief. with this series and especially the Operation Think Tank episodes your really doing a great service to the armor nut community. You have gained access to allot of people and hardware and I really appreciate that your sharing it with us.
Thanks for all the reviews you have done. The best thing at the end of it all is that you made me think.
The constant hammering music is tiresome.
Preach it, brother lardo. Preach.
You're right. They wanted it to kind of serious, so they could just let us listen to the explanations without that annoying music.
Their music makes me feel as though they must believe that the average viewer is a moron.
It's 2020, I'm drunk, and the Corona Zombies are banging on my door. Time to rewatch the classics!
I saw only now your video on the m-26 Pershing and I thought I saw all of it!! I'm impressed with the quality and accuracy of restoration but then I think it is the best tank museum in the world!
Paolo Viti yea it's close to my house, so sad when it closed
I think the sound man missed a call at 5:42
A few comments about two items mentioned by Nick from an old tanker1) The "large wrench" used to adjust track tension is the "Little Joe Wrench". It's so big that one member of the crew holds it in place while a flattened piece of pipe is slid over the arm. then a 5-6 foot long crowbar (aka "Tankers' Bar") is inserted into the open end of the pipe for leverage and the rest of the crew pull or push to turn the adjustment arm bolt2. The auxiliary engine is also known as "the Little Joe" (he gets around). I forget wear they began leaving out of US tanks, but experience in the GWOT has brought them back as a mod to the M1. 3. Same thing with the infantry phone, on the M60, off the M1, back on the M1 due to experience in Iraq.
Another good review of a famous tank.
I couldn't understand everything he said , but PLEASE MAKE MORE !!!!!
i watched this on the site and made it a point to come here to youtube and tell you "Great Job".... not everyone will be as interested in these as i am, but i'm sure they will still be interested none the less....
Cant wait for the next one!!
if i would have changed one thing i would have started with an older baby tank to show the evolution...
This video is awesome. I hope this channel turns into a whole bunch of videos like this one. Very informative and interesting.
Excellent video as always!
Very well done video, Chieftain! Looking forward to the rest of the series!
Awesome, I love this type of in depth techie walk throughs! I hate only being show the basics I already know, thanks Chieftain!
Spearhead by Adam Makos is an amazing book. The pershing played a large roll in the book.
What i have never understood was why they didn't simply revert to the original Ford V-12. Ford had developed their state of the art V-12 aircraft engine to compete with the Rolls-Royce Merlin. It was a more modern design but obviously less mature than the older British design. Henry Ford apparently hated the English and they hated him right back. The US Navy decided to go with air cooled radials and the international politics killed the Ford v-12 as an aircraft engine.
But it was still a good design so they cut off four cylinders and de-tuned it to serve as a tank engine. The Brits did something similar with the Merlin except they used a de-tuned superchargerless Merlin in its original V-12 configuration . They called it the Meteor. The Germans used a V-12 gas engine in the Panther and the Russians used a V-12 diesel in the T-34. A V-12 is the 'natural' smoothest arrangement for a 4 cycle in- line engine in planes or tanks.
The chopped down Ford V-8 was the best engine for a Sherman but the Pershing was much heavier and the eight cylinder Ford just wasn't powerful enough. Leading to the question - why not just revert to the V-12? Eventually American tanks would use Cummins V-12 so I imagine the engine compartment was long enough. The Ford had run as a v-12 and would later again but not in 1945 Europe or Korea. It should have been an easy conversion. Or am I missing something?
Or put a Packard Merlin variant on the Pershing. I mean, the Brits were putting the Meteor variant of the Merlin on their newer tanks.
Why the multibank was bad enough!
Guys, ya just don't whistle up a new engine in the middle of a war. Norman Friedman's Iron Law - "In a mobilization you continue to build what you're already building." The loss of production is too great. P&W had a what seemed to be a great liquid cooled engine under development in 1939. The day war was declared, the president of P&W called Hap Arnold and said he wanted to cancel it and concentrate on the R-2800. As he put it, the liquid cooled engine was "for the next war". So even though the GAA was a development of the V12, the V12 was an immature design that would need development time (it took the British over a year, maybe two to develop the Meteor, You just didn't takeoff the supercharger and drop into a Cromwell) and time was what the Ordnance Corps didn't have. The GAF would be ready in time, the V12 wouldn't. so the GAF it was. "IF you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with"
The Detroit Diesel 6046 (twin 6 cylinder) was probably the best Sherman tank engine, the Russians got all of them.
Thank you so much for doing this series, you are awesome chieftan keep up the great work!
That was awesome, Chieftan! Thanks. Looking forward to your next installment.
excellent start to the series, keep up the good work!
Scored a Tamiya 1\35th scale one of these on ebay recently for the princely sum of $30.00 all up. Watched this, and episode 2, so that when I open the box it's not just pieces of plastic on sprues, but more like a friend I just met. ;-)
New to this channel - just wanted to thank the presenter for a very informative and well-done segment!
Loving this, really nice to get to know the technical details. As an old tanker (well, not that old) I find that stuff just as interesting as the typical "wikipedia-info" about armor thickness and gun caliber :)
Interesting, Thanks for informative vid!!!
Really enjoyed. Hope we get to look at a lot of the vehicles in WOT this way.
I like these videos, but like other viewers I find the long 50 second intro annoying.
To the ones who keep asking, NO, he CAN'T do an indepth episode of a Maus because there aren't any out there. lol. If there was, I'd be blown away. Personally, if possible, an episode on a Jagdtiger would be amazing!
When I win the lottery I'm getting one.
Nate Wallinger no one wins the lottery
It’s been two years. How did it go?
It’s been 3 years how did it go
I'll be your driver! LoL
4 years, how did it go?
Love watching old video. Love the new too. M26 Pershing sweet
Actually, now I think of it, I have my full Number 1s in the closet at home... wonder if I still fit?
That M26 looks like it's in really good shape, and it could actually start up! Unless the fuel line connectors were cut or something.
There are several in the background at 4:15... The one directly behind him looks like it could be a Pz61, (which is in the MVTF collection, so that makes sense). There's an M3 Lee I in upper right hand corner. Not sure what the tank is that is marked "566" nor the one behind it.
I knew it didn't sound quite right! Looking forwards to more of these video tours!
Yes, I did. Got to have a reason for you to come back for Part 2, no?
Great video. I can't wait for more.
My only small complaint would be that whoever edits the video, should lower the background music a bit more when you are speaking.
The X games now has tank reviews...
Cool videography bro!!!
The "extreme" guitar riffs in the background really make me feel like Im watching something EXTREEEEM...
So glad your sponsored by Mons3tr energy drinks now!!!
I can really get into military tech when I'm all cranked up on mountain dew!!!
As a 13-20yo I really relate to this!!!
If no one has thawed you for your videos and allowing us tank buffs to get a look inside of these tanks, allow me to. Thank you !! :)
He’s still frozen.
Man changing the track tension was so much easier on the modern CV90 you just adjust two valves in the back and the driver can temporarily increase tension with a button when driving in things like sand or a marsh where the risk of a track being thrown is high.
Good video for one of my favorite tanks Chief! Thanks!
This series looks interesting... always have more than enough information on service history, but not nearly enough for actual operation and mechanics.
Dunno. Ask EU.
Actually, I suspect it will roll over to a few other servers
This is exactly the kind of thing I'd like to see.
I just checked, and yep, this is still my favorite tank in the world.
Very cool, cant wait to see more.
this great learning the mechanics of the tank and everything but i think it would be cooler to learn the history of the vehicles
I always wondered what some of the extra things they have attached to the sides of the tanks, especially the German. Nice vid pls keep em coming. o7
Very cool! This is the stuff I've been waiting for, and I can't wait for the next video! \m/
Intro is too long. =/ other than that, great work chief.
Awesome cant wait till the next ones. How many of these are you going to do? Just the ones in that museum, or every tank you can get your hands on? (I am hoping for the latter :) )
Ah man that intro was epic
Bit of both, really. Definintely took some prep-work, but it helps to be a tanker and actually understand what you're reading.
Great stuff, keep em coming!
can you do the inside of the M60? I always wondered what it looked like inside.
I'm late but I could send u some footage
Is it currently possible for you to do a video on the AMX-VCI or the T-54/55 series and up?
I second that. Moran is an Irish surname and the crest at 00:34 seconds is for the Irish Tank Division.
Cosmic!! Well done!!
I love this can't wait for more.
great watch, can't wait to see some more :D
Thanks, love your videos
03:4 So, the enemy literally can 'talk' incase of surrounded by enemies ? "Hello, this is German SS Panzerdivision, please surender and you'll not be hurt. Thank you "
*put the phone to original position
It was for an infantry commander to point out targets to the tank commander while being protected by the tank. Buttoned tanks are basically blind. Some Shermans had them as well.
This is a Marine Corps tank so the phone is for infantry-tank communication
No moron it's for infantry to tank commander!
As pointed out below, it's for tank-infantry communication. In particular, the infantry takes out the tank killer teams that thrive in close country like woods and built up areas while the tanks take out machinegun nests, etc for the grunts. It's called the "combined arms team". To give an example of how valuable the phone is, US M1's went into Iraq without them ("We tankers don't do cities") and one of the first mods was an infantry phone when it turned out "Actually we do cities after all". As far as World War Twice goes, it was late in the war that factory installed phones came along. First attempt was a standard field phone bouncing along in the dirt behind the M4's, then Signal Section ETO came up with a field fix, allowing a phone to tie into the intercom system. Kits and instructions were provided so using units could perform the modification. BTW, the housing was an empty 30 cal ammo can welded to the back of the tank.
Modern tanks have infantry phones as well. There’s One on the back of the M1 Abrams so infantry behind cover of the tank can communicate
OMG amazing i love the pershing im eager to watch part 2 now :D!!!
Well I am most intrigued by the tank interiors : 3
Could you show us the interior of a T34 (Russian medium)
because I want to see how cramped the interior is...
Yes, there is...prepare to be blown away but Kubinka Tank museum near Moscow holds the only Maus in existance, made from the captured hull of Prototype two, and the unexploded Turret of Prototype one...
Prototype one was presumed operational before being blown up, so it had everything, even it´s 128mm main gun and 75mm auxillary gun.
What sort of microphone did you use? The sound is a bit sharp. Also, will you be driving any of these tanks or are they just exhibits or something?
Can you do a tour of the M4 Sherman, the M10 tank destroyer or M3 lee
I LOVE THIS TANK
I was hoping I would get a look at the bulge of the front armor 1:09 and why its there and if the armor is thicker then the rest of the hull. I can't find anything about it but from a picture of the tanks profile it seems that this part of the hull armor is thicker than the rest.
Except for the upper portion, no, its not thicker. The bulge is to accommodate the 400cfm blower.
Later models and the M46 had a wider, lower, less steeper bulge to accommodate the 1,000 cfm blower.
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Kim Janek probably angled forward for the turret ring
Nevermind lol
Always a good video. Pershing tank does look tidy but how did it do at war i wonder
During war it had varied results, such as being unreliable and struggling to climb slopes, but on the other hand it usually chewed through most other tanks
@@civilrebel3743 quite surprised to know it climbs poorly. Tbh i dont know what characteristics make a tank a good climber; Churchill's type of bogies maybe (they arent bogies really are they)
@@rinsedpie some tanks are designed to go up slopes- the Churchill was a great climber, as it was made to be a sort of all terrain tank capable of supporting infantry, and it excelled at its job. The Sherman, IIRC, was a decent climber, however the reason the pershing was a bad climber was the fact that it was designed mostly around a bigger gun and thicker armor- think something among the lines of American tiger. Also, tbh I don’t really know what makes a tank a good climber, however traction and power plays a big part with in it.
@@civilrebel3743 cool! Good info. Im always on a prowl for a good vid looking inside Merkavas. Watched most already but still cant say they are good ones; if you find any good long ones, do let me know.
Loved it Chieftain!
awesome series. cant wait for more vids. just need to fix the mic sound is all.
Sweet. Looking forward to seeing more :)
*found the beging of the cheiftians hatch, settles in with popcorn and easy chair*
This is going to take you a while.
@@TheChieftainsHatch easy solution, find s playlist, start playing the videos and try not to fall asleep because it's 2 am
So you had a pz.58 right there. Shame there wasnt a video about it, quite an interesting tank with a rather unique suspension system, right?
It was a 68, actually. But, no, I didn't have time to hit it.
if by any luck you get the chance to make one please do it. I´ve been looking for info about that suspension system and so far haven´t found anything of much value.
pz. 68? wasn't that the tank where activating the heater also fired the main cannon?
Thomas Zinser yeah. the PZ 88 is the same tank except it's got that stuff working like it's supposed to.
Can you please do a M41 walkerbulldog vid sometime, I saw one in the background.
LOL... Actually, I do, it's in the office here over my left shoulder. I'll put a piccie of it up on the Random Musings thread later today or tomorrow.
Wow, the quality is so low! Of the video, that is, not the content. I may quibble from time to time, but I think this series is one of the best, especially compared to some competing attempts. I am saddened to hear there won't be any more.
Yes, there will be. At least three more have been filmed
OMG! I've been to that museum.
I really want to know that museum that is can you tell me?
Jared Betz Scratch that, I can just go kill myself at the level of stupidity....wow that was horrible seeing as how I have seen every Chieftains hatch video.
5:07 to the right of his head
"Zha Stalina!" - "For Stalin!"
Great tank.
I came here after reading Spearhead by Adam Makos
129 people who truly deserve to play world of tanks.
Have you given any thought to profiling armored artillery, specifically the M7? l ask because my father rode one from Morocco to the Rhine in the 62nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion.
You’re about 5 years too late
This looks like it should be a tv show
It did see action in korea, remember that the north koreas were given tons of t34-85's
No , I don’t have a minute to spare for intros
There is that complete Maus on display at the Kubinka Tank Museum.
please do a video on the tiger tank
is that a Panzer 61/68 in the background at 4:16 ?
I would love to tour this place, do they do tours?
It shut down a few years ago. A good portion of the collection now is found at the American Heritage Museum, near Boston
will there be a t32?
I believe he's said before that there are no known surviving T32's, despite official documents of the period indicating that one of them should be saved.
oooohh.. Dam none survived well tnx for the info bro :D
RogueEngineer13 Well I don't think that matters, I almost know for a fact that at least 40% of vehicles within the museum that he films from are replicas.
Jared Betz It is fortunate that you stated "almost", because such a fact would be entirely false. Every vehicle there is the real thing.
Well that is news to me, gives me more of a reason to go there!
That Pershing has an M46 Patton's gun, unless at some point they upgraded them? Although I have never heard of them doing that
M26A1 had the 90mm with the bore evacuator.
@@TheChieftainsHatch oke, thanks for the info
@@TheChieftainsHatch How many allied lives might have been saved had this M26 been put into service in 1943 instead of late 44? The men in those Shermans knew they had an inferior tank. At least the British put the 17 pound gun on the M4. Jolly good thinking. But then, had the Germans and Hitler just produced thousands more Mark 4 with the high velocity 75 mm gun instead of wasting energy on the Panther and Tigers one might wonder how much better the Germans might have done in the war since the winners out produced the losers. The M26 really might have been the best tank of WW2 had it been used in great great numbers starting in 1943?
@@TheChieftainsHatch A great 90 MM gun instead of the pea shooters on the Sherman save for the Firefly?