I think starting this channel was a very smart move. I'm Australian and had no idea this museum existed until this channel appeared (granted, I'm on the other side of the country in Perth). Now I'm planning a trip to Cairns just to visit. You guys deserve mountains of government funding for helping to preserve the nation's military history and bringing foreign tanks down under.
Don't let the government pay for a private museum, as then the government can force them to do what they want. I firmly believe in the private business model, and since this is a private collection, I would not want the government to prop them up.
I beleve in the future this museum should be place in a trust for the community who are involed with it and not given to a greedy government or big business to sell it off peice by peice.
Yeah, I love the Cromwell. Learning about tanks from a modern viewpoint, it's the first British one you get to where you go "Yeah, that looks like a proper tank". Gorgeous piece of kit 😊
@@Mattamaza "failure of a tank" righto lol It was a valued workhorse in ww2 with a huge amount of service success. Please stop posting statements about topics you clearly don't have a mature or informed understanding of. Lets not pretend that it didn't play a duly recognised contribution to the success of the allies in ww2. Sherman was a well engineered and versatile tank, but that doesn't make every other tank bellow it a failure. Cromwell had excellent mobility, low silhouette and a good gun, often out matching most of its opposition. You need to revaluate what a failure actually is in the context of ww2, as opposed to in the eyes of internet armchair experts.
@@NitroNuggetTV This nonsense comes from 'The Chieftain's Hatch' TH-cam channel. The Chieftain, Maj. Moran, US Army, started out as Irish and has become an American - hence his fanatical hatred of anything British (well, also anything not actually American). Moran now devotes every minute of his day attempting to prove that every piece of American military supply, weapons, ammo, tanks, AFVs generally and particularly, every aspect of American military leadership in every war ever etc was superior to everything else in the world. You often get this wild uber-nationalism in people who turn their back on the country of their birth and choose another one. Perhaps it's a guilt thing. Anyway, Major Moran has become a bore - an unreliable bore, in fact - as his judgement has become progressively more impaired by patriotic zeal. There are better sources of historical information online now.
Great yarn Jason. A good looking weapon and what a good save to bring her back to the UK to get patched up to this nice condition. We're lucky to have this machine in Australia
I'm a modeler from the Southeastern US, and I have learned so much from watching your videos! I love Workshop Wednesdays, and enjoyed seeing that Panther Maybach Engine work video right when I was building a model of a King Tiger, with pretty much the same engine. I am posting a vid in the next week of that finished build, and I mention you guys in it. Your attention to tanks and your overhauls and rebuilds are amazing! Very clean, thorough and well done, and the ones that run, are a sight (and sound!) to behold! Thanks so much for all your awesome works! Tell those hard working guys that they are appreciated, even over here in the US!
Jason, another great video, thanks mate! Happy birthday to AusArmour, and a very big thanks to Rob Lowden for making his ever growing ‘personal’ collection available to the pubic, good on ya mate!! Maybe one day Rob could sit down for an interview with you or Kurt? Cheers,
Happy birthday AA&A Museum! The A27M is my favourit. I have scratch built one RC in 1/6 scale but not put any markings on it yet. I'll make a copy of yours. My JagdPanther is very much inspired of yours. Thank you for the work you do.
Jason - thanks once again for the tour of your displays. As a tourist just walking around I wouldn’t know what I was looking at. Your tour guild spots are a real educational treat. 🤠Tanks for keeping us “on track”
An awesome addition! Not just a random runner, but one with first-class provenance! The only thing better would have been a Workshop Wednesday restoration.
Congratulation on ten years and I thank you am 76 live on a small fixed income would never be able to visit there but thanks to you I can see and enjoy this
Look amazing. where i live on the lincs coast we have one on the beach ( comet ) from the lfet over RAF bombing range. Your tank looks really good 🙂Thank uou for another great video from m e and my dog Max in the uk.
Wow!!! I'm looking forward to getting back to the museum to see this Beast!! I met Jason this time last year, and was very impressed with his knowledge and appreciated the time he took to explain the history of the collection it self. Brilliant museum, brilliant experience.
For late starters, the Museum has certainly thrown together an impressive collection in a short space of time in an increasingly competitive environment. Congratulations!
There is a Cromwell on a display plinth at Thetford Forest in Norfolk UK. Named Little Audrey, commemorates the Seventh Armoured Brigade that trained in Thetford Forest in 1944 prior to taking part in the d day landings.
That flat plate, including the drivers port, is the perfect place for a 88mm AP to whistle trough, like a hot knife through butter! But otherwise, the perfect tank, in the era of the Pak36.
I remeber reading in troop leader the exhaust cowl was particularly useful for initial start ups, as the Meteor tended to smoke on first start after a night of rest In a laeger.
Way hey, Adrian barrell, now that's a name I remember used to be local to me I remember visiting his family engineering business, I remember he had at least three Sherman tanks on his premises, and for all I know he could still be there.
This vehicle is from the period after they left the desert and returned to the UK for the European campaign. As dad would say they went from El Alamein to Berlin ( Hamburg actually )
I think starting this channel was a very smart move. I'm Australian and had no idea this museum existed until this channel appeared (granted, I'm on the other side of the country in Perth). Now I'm planning a trip to Cairns just to visit. You guys deserve mountains of government funding for helping to preserve the nation's military history and bringing foreign tanks down under.
Me too, planning my trip as well😁😁
We don't want the grubment to get involved in anything.
Government too busy lining their own pockets to care about anything like this unless they can profit off it .
Don't let the government pay for a private museum, as then the government can force them to do what they want. I firmly believe in the private business model, and since this is a private collection, I would not want the government to prop them up.
I beleve in the future this museum should be place in a trust for the community who are involed with it and not given to a greedy government or big business to sell it off peice by peice.
The Cromwell looks like it's brand new. Gorgeous!
Congratulations to Rob and the whole team for creating a truly world class exhibition and living history space!
Cromwell (tank) doesn't get enough love, my favourite Brit tank. This vehicle has a great history, glad to see it survived the cutting torch.
Yeah, I love the Cromwell. Learning about tanks from a modern viewpoint, it's the first British one you get to where you go "Yeah, that looks like a proper tank". Gorgeous piece of kit 😊
Cromwell was more expensive, less reliable, less protected, harder to maintain, and worse armed than the Sherman. An absolute failure of a tank.
@@Mattamaza Bit like the F35 then.
@@Mattamaza "failure of a tank" righto lol
It was a valued workhorse in ww2 with a huge amount of service success. Please stop posting statements about topics you clearly don't have a mature or informed understanding of. Lets not pretend that it didn't play a duly recognised contribution to the success of the allies in ww2. Sherman was a well engineered and versatile tank, but that doesn't make every other tank bellow it a failure. Cromwell had excellent mobility, low silhouette and a good gun, often out matching most of its opposition. You need to revaluate what a failure actually is in the context of ww2, as opposed to in the eyes of internet armchair experts.
@@NitroNuggetTV This nonsense comes from 'The Chieftain's Hatch' TH-cam channel. The Chieftain, Maj. Moran, US Army, started out as Irish and has become an American - hence his fanatical hatred of anything British (well, also anything not actually American). Moran now devotes every minute of his day attempting to prove that every piece of American military supply, weapons, ammo, tanks, AFVs generally and particularly, every aspect of American military leadership in every war ever etc was superior to everything else in the world. You often get this wild uber-nationalism in people who turn their back on the country of their birth and choose another one. Perhaps it's a guilt thing. Anyway, Major Moran has become a bore - an unreliable bore, in fact - as his judgement has become progressively more impaired by patriotic zeal. There are better sources of historical information online now.
Great yarn Jason. A good looking weapon and what a good save to bring her back to the UK to get patched up to this nice condition. We're lucky to have this machine in Australia
It sounded beasty. Happy birthday to the Museum.
Handsome tank, well restored. Thanks for the fine presentation. Happy Birthday AusArmour.
Its such an impressively restored vehicle
Outstanding exhibit with its original engine.
Happy Birthday, fantastic place.
I'm a modeler from the Southeastern US, and I have learned so much from watching your videos! I love Workshop Wednesdays, and enjoyed seeing that Panther Maybach Engine work video right when I was building a model of a King Tiger, with pretty much the same engine. I am posting a vid in the next week of that finished build, and I mention you guys in it. Your attention to tanks and your overhauls and rebuilds are amazing! Very clean, thorough and well done, and the ones that run, are a sight (and sound!) to behold! Thanks so much for all your awesome works! Tell those hard working guys that they are appreciated, even over here in the US!
Jason, another great video, thanks mate!
Happy birthday to AusArmour, and a very big thanks to Rob Lowden for making his ever growing ‘personal’ collection available to the pubic, good on ya mate!!
Maybe one day Rob could sit down for an interview with you or Kurt?
Cheers,
Congratulations for your 10 years anniversary! Keep going guys!
Happy birthday AA&A Museum! The A27M is my favourit. I have scratch built one RC in 1/6 scale but not put any markings on it yet. I'll make a copy of yours. My JagdPanther is very much inspired of yours. Thank you for the work you do.
Happy Anniversary! Great Collection! Love this series!
Congratulations on your 10th anniversary !!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉 What you all do there is priceless !!! Thanks from the USA !!! 🇺🇲 / 🇦🇺
Jason - thanks once again for the tour of your displays. As a tourist just walking around I wouldn’t know what I was looking at. Your tour guild spots are a real educational treat.
🤠Tanks for keeping us “on track”
Great briefing Jason, thank very much. Admire your encyclopaedic knowledge and ability to deliver so well.
I am southern American, I have a difficulty keeping up with how fast he talks . Great info .I just have to stop video and replay ever now and again.
What a beautiful tank
Jasons knowledge and attention to detail is outstanding. Well done good to see. I have a request, can he do a talk on the use of tanks in Vietnam?
An awesome addition! Not just a random runner, but one with first-class provenance! The only thing better would have been a Workshop Wednesday restoration.
Love me a Cromwell. Great exhibit.
Great information served! Was pleased to hear it running!
Beautiful! I love the sound of that engine and thank you for the overview.
Steve in the driver’s seat grinning like a Cheshire cat!
Congratulation on ten years and I thank you am 76 live on a small fixed income would never be able to visit there but thanks to you I can see and enjoy this
Absolutely awesome, thanks Jason, Cheers
Outstanding walk around, specification information and history.
Thank You!
Look amazing. where i live on the lincs coast we have one on the beach ( comet ) from the lfet over RAF bombing range. Your tank looks really good 🙂Thank uou for another great video from m e and my dog Max in the uk.
Wow!!! I'm looking forward to getting back to the museum to see this Beast!! I met Jason this time last year, and was very impressed with his knowledge and appreciated the time he took to explain the history of the collection it self. Brilliant museum, brilliant experience.
great example with some amazing pedigree - and happy birthday to Australian Armour & Artillery Museum
Many happy returns of the day!
For late starters, the Museum has certainly thrown together an impressive collection in a short space of time in an increasingly competitive environment. Congratulations!
Think it helped that some big collections went under / were sold off and they could scoop them up
Happy birthday! Love the museum...
These segments are extremely enjoyable, very informative, and made with high production value. Keep it up.
Well done, Jason. Congratulations on the museum's anniversary,
Congratulations on ten great years! A lot of hard work and care you've put into the Museum and it shows!
Cromwell tank, my love 😊
Brilliant 👍
Great video
Thank you for posting.
Cheers
Happy Birthday - from the States - Michigan to Be Exact...Stay Safe...
Happy birthday- Let’s get it on the track- what an excellent story
Happy Birthday ! You guys have made a great museum site and workshop in only 10 years. Kudos to you and your team !
congrats on a decade of operation rob, and crew!!! what an awesome piece of history!
Happy Anniversary Aus Armor ❤ !! Great museum and an amazingly talented staff.
Congratulations. Going to your museum would be the only reason i would go to australia. 😊
I am writing you from South Texas.
Beautiful restoration there. Happy to see it in the markings of the most handsome, excellent & modest regiment in the British Army 😂
The Cromwell is what made it possible for the 7th armored division to make it 70 miles a day after their breakthrough on D Day!
Probably not. The head of the spear doesn't travel without the haft. Oh.. And the 7th used mixed units of 3 Cromwell's and 1 Firefly.
"after their breakthrough on D Day!"
On D Day ?
There is a Cromwell on a display plinth at Thetford Forest in Norfolk UK. Named Little Audrey, commemorates the Seventh Armoured Brigade that trained in Thetford Forest in 1944 prior to taking part in the d day landings.
I really enjoyed my visit to the museum around this time last year 👍👍 I enjoyed it as much as I did Bovington in 2019 ☺
Happy Birthday Oz Armour. Looks like it's just rolled out of the factory, nice addition to the collection. Thanks again for another cracking video.
That flat plate, including the drivers port, is the perfect place for a 88mm AP to whistle trough, like a hot knife through butter! But otherwise, the perfect tank, in the era of the Pak36.
Oh noes! A tank that can be penned! Good thing no German tanks could ever suffer that fate, eh?
A remarkable restoration. Thanks Jason.
Congratulations on the anniversary
Congrats on 10! You guys have accomplished a lot in a relatively short time. Look forward to seeing what happens the next 10.
Happy birthday to Aus Armor!
Very distinctive and beautiful tank.
wow what a fantastic vehicle and history
This museum does excellent work.
A great addition
My Dad served in Cromwells for a time in NW Europe.(and he lived!)
What a great history for this tank.
Happy anniversary
Fantastic restoration. Is it possible the machine guns will be fitted in the future?
Happy Birthday AusArmour 🎉🎂🍻
Holy cow, the museum has only been open for 10 years?! 😮
I can't believe what you guys have accomplished in such a short time!
The naming system for the tanks showed that the brits had a sense of humour.
Happy Anniversary. I always enjoy your content; I learn more with each vid I watch.
Congrats - and what a story :)
Happy Birthday mate Respect
I remeber reading in troop leader the exhaust cowl was particularly useful for initial start ups, as the Meteor tended to smoke on first start after a night of rest In a laeger.
Happy birthday 🥳. Great job
Happy Birthday to you all
great history on this one. Good work keeping it circulation.
Thank you.
Excellent piece of history - good work 👍👍
Happy birthday Ausarmor!!!
Today also is my marriage anniversary. 13 yrs and counting.
Lovely looking tank.
Splendid achievement.
Awesome history on your Cromwell!
Ok, that naming scheme for the tank was pretty cool.
Happy Birthday🥳 Love this channel.
Man, what a trip. Coming in hot with a whole bunch of info! WTG
Excellent presentation and history.
Thanks :)
Wonderful.
Love the detailed history.
I do like these vehicles, they did seem to be a big old school design wise given when they came into service
I was in Cairns in 2013, missed out on visiting Aus Armour by a year 😢
happy birthday.... love your content. you are on my bucket list
Great video, well done.
Love your videos.
10 years, awesome. here's to the next 10.
What is surprising is that it still exists after all it went through.
Way hey, Adrian barrell, now that's a name I remember used to be local to me I remember visiting his family engineering business, I remember he had at least three Sherman tanks on his premises, and for all I know he could still be there.
Nice one.
Great tank, my favourite - your tracks could do with a little more tension.
Also has like the Churchill MKVII in the background the new all round vision cupola..also fitted to late war Sherman Firefly's
🎖️⭐🏆🙏❤️🩹
Thank you for sharing this
I didn't realize the Desert Rats fielded tanks in green. Great video.
This vehicle is from the period after they left the desert and returned to the UK for the European campaign. As dad would say they went from El Alamein to Berlin ( Hamburg actually )
Great video