I was expecting someone to show up with some dishwashing liquid in a squirt bottle to make the concrete nice and slippery. I think that's how they moved the TOG the last time.
I could be wrong, but if I recall correctly from talking with an old M88 crewman, their favorite thing about it was that it could fit an entire cooler full of beer inside where it wasn't likely to be seen. Made them very popular during field exercises
Good footage showing a common theme in any tank museum: for every 10 minutes of cool footage, there's an hour of frustration and sweat figuring it out! Believe it or not, I think the T28 move in was easier then this. This is about 3 hours of work shown. Thanks Sofi!
At last I'm beginning to see the new building slowly being "filled up"! For sure moving those beasts like the IS-3 with a rusty engine or without is absolutely no joke to move around. The fact that too many years they, including cannons, equipments, etc, have been lying outside rusting to hell so it is about time that they are finding a new home. Almost surely many has to be restored and is a job for great volunteers to do and thanks for people like you that will upgrade us on this new museum! Great job and looking forward to see your new videos 👍👍👍
Oh yes, I remember this tank back in 1982 out in the field at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in a much darker incorrect green paint scheme. It's finally nice to see them being restored and put inside where they belong. Sofie, love your videos, seeing all the tanks that were at Aberdeen now under roof and waiting to be restored. A lot have already, but still so many to go.
Thanks so much Sof for sharing this "behind the scenes" footage of the IS3 arriving at it's new home. It's amazing just how labor intensive it really is and how mostly eager volunteers are the ones helping preserve the rich tanking history.
5 years from now with new curator: "Hey, I want to change the display and move the IS-3 to another location. How about..." "No..." Fantastic that you get to see these things go down and record them for us. Nice new intro and closing as well. Bravo.
Seems like a use case for hydraulic lifting wheels like those used for moving buildings. Might be worth it for the museum staff to look into. Especially when you consider trying to move any of these tanks after the spaces are all filled.
M88s are fun, but riding one over a 60 foot cliff and shearing both final drives in the middle of the night is not fun. Night Vision lacks depth perception.
I love the graphics on your name at the beginning!! That is a BEAUTIFUL tank, no two ways about it. It reminds me of an INCREDIBLY HUGE sports car! (with a special bit of "umpf""). The plywood was a GREAT idea, I never would have thought of it. I have never seen this tank with such clarity and detail before, thank-you for recording it!!
Thank you for the video. I truly mean this in the upmost friendly, respectful way. You're just plain cool. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience of armored vehicles
Thanks for making all these great videos! I appreciate you keeping it about the history and restoration efforts of these vehicles. Most social media personalities tend to make everything about themselves or are some sort of schill. Keep doing you! ** Don't get me wrong, make that dollar when you can! Just appreciate you keeping it classy and informative.....end of rant**
Wish I worked there, both to get to admire and touch the equipment, and to watch your face overcome with joy as each item is movedinto its place. Great video, Sofi.
Having been around heavy equipment, armor and recovery for most of my life I certainly enjoy your channel, I was in the U.S. Army for a little over twenty years, including Vietnam and The Gulf War and for six years had the pleasure of crewing an M-88 Tracked Recovery Vehicle. Let me just say that when your using an M-88 to it's full capacity, you had better have eaten your Wheaties that morning! However, they a fantastic piece of machinery. BTW, no offence, but you are the cutest tank driver I've ever seen. It's nice to see a person of the fairer sex so interested in this aspect of hands on history.
I remember this impressive beast at the APG. I saw it several times there throughout my youth. It's great to see it inside out of the weather after all of these decades.
Sofilein, I got to see the M88 disassembled and rebuilt (in addition to the paladin, M1, stryker and M113 based armored vehicles) at the Aniston Army Depot (they do awesome work there, by the way). All the variants of the M88 are absolute beasts... While there, I was told that the M88 is the heaviest armored vehicle currently in US service (it's tracks are HUGE!). BTW, great job on the IS3 video.
Love your channel, I was at Fort Benning and took my own unguided tour of the tanks a year ago when i was visiting my son at family day. Great collection of tanks.
My local national guard post has a easy eight out front in the indiana weather.it's nice seeing the army doing the same thing that the air force has.tanks like airplanes deserve to be kept and preserved.
Thank you so much for these looks inside this truly remarkable collection available to us. I hope soon that this will be open for the public to visit! I would definitely make the pilgrimage.
I'm honestly blown away by how much tank content you post. Often we're waiting for some time for a small glimpse. Keep up the amazing work! We all enjoy the firearm vids too!
I went to the museum in Aberdeen many, many years ago, back when I didn't really know what I was looking at. Still upset I never got to see all the tanks there more recently with what I know now. I pass by the old museum every now and again and it is a sad sight to see, overgrown and empty except for the 16-inch cannon and I think an M60 or something. There's a Bradley on the road in as well. Looking forward to when the NACC eventually opens to the public!
When you said it moved indoors to it´s new permanent indoor home i went nawhh like i was watching a pet get adopted from a shelter to a loving family 😂🤣
Not really, heavy tanks like IS-3 became obsolete after second war ended when most counties went to the Main battletank concept. Less armor and more reactive and composite armour, faster engie and have same cannons as superheavy tanks. No point have heavy armor when HEAT-shells or RPG missiles could penetrate heavy armor. An 4.5kil weight RPG-7 from 1961 shot from shoulders could hit the famous toughest ww2-era Tiger tank, in front.
@@dirtbikerswe1979 All I know is that during the arab isreali war, the centurion tanks and shermans went up against this tank, and hit it 20 times with no penetrations and only managed to disable it by a hit on the gun itself. Now Imaging 1000 of these backed by t-55 in the hands of Russians who aren't afraid to die and are very capable fighters that are the soldiers that actually beat the Germans-not the USA who were essentially fighting an 80 yo gramma with a walker by the time they entered the war compared to the German army of 1942 that the Russians were facing. This tank is a MONSTER in the right hands.
The part that still amazes me is how well and freely the tracks and wheels still move and flex. Do they bother Greasing the bearings or even lube the tracks before moving it.
Wonder if some kind of dolly could be used that is adjustable, sturdy, and can just lift it up and put it down by running it underneath whatever vehicle?
I agree. Personally, I was really upset at the perceived loss of all those historic vehicles at Aberdeen and Ft. Knox. I had visions of all of them turning up as soup cans, or maybe dog food containers. An ignominies end either way.
It was criminal to leave these war trophies out in the weather for all those years. Each vehicles represents the valor and endurance of the crews who manned them, no matter what side they fought on. Bravo to the U.S. Army and the guys at Fort Benning for giving these historical relics the respect they deserve. The USMC made the same mistake and restoring some pieces required enormous amounts of work after decades in the rain. The USMC Air/Ground museum has a Japanese Type 4, Ho-Ro, self-propelled gun which I eagerly wanted to get to work on but CMC decided my carcass was needed elsewhere. At least this specimen, the sole survivor of her class, is kept indoors. Others, like the T-34-85, an NKPA "donation," remain decaying in place.
Hope someone could tell me when Ft. Benning became Armored Museum when it's the Infantry training base instead of Ft. Knox which is the Armored training base which is also when I was stationed there had the Patton Museum?
The wood throw down flooring is a standard. Imo they need a couple pallets on hand at all times. Throw 30-40 of them down at a time and no more concrete damage. Should be SOP.
Check every spare part for..radiation. That parking lot in Pripyat' Chernobyl is empty now and no one knows (officially) what happened to those vehicles.
I like how the guy at 6:50 thought he could help move the thing by channeling his inner Superman and push on the skirt. Honestly, I was just a tad worried about that single strand chain parting at points like 3:40. The tug driver was protected but I was thinking the guys standing out in the open were too close at times. As for that sprocket ... maybe we have some friends in Israel, Egypt, Jordan or the former Warsaw Pact who could help the museum out.
What’s the difference between IS-3 and the IS-3M besides, according to WOT, an auto loader, lol? I’m glad there finally getting these tanks out of the elements.
Excellent video thank you Sofelein. One observation, whilst leaving the T54 parked in the yard was interesting for size comparison, it may have been easier to manoeuvre the IS3 if it had been parked somewhere else. What makes this an IS3-M by the way?
I was the Commander of an M88A1 a couple of times during my 10 years of service. I love this beast! O' and I wondered what the hell was the deal with that sprocket !1/!??!?
I'm a little bit confused as there is the 194th Armored Brigade on post, so why didn't they just ask them for a but of support to move the tanks. I used to do this stuff in the USMC, and it is an irritation, but a special allocation could be in for a M1000 trailer. Since they have a taxi capable of moving such weight, they won't have to ask for the expensive tractor. They could justify the expense in that the tanks will not only be put in place, but they may have to be moved due to restoration or if the floor plan is changed due to additions to the display.
The S.S. D.A.T Snatcher bringing another wary soul home. Blessed be the pilots of such an awesome beast capable of shepherding it's tracked flock to safer pastures to lick thine wounds and to have them nursed to health by the witch doctors of the greasy arts.
I posed with it at aberdeen :) It was missing the bottom escape hatch so i was able to get my camera inside w/flash and get some pictures . Its was a beast in its day !
Well, one of the advantages of a collection of tanks is: Little boys are not very likely to run off with them. But I was a bit apprehensious when they started pushing the damned thing - I was afraid they might dent the frontal armour......
As you can see on the welds at Minute 1:46, it is a Russian tank! 😂😁 I checked 🧐 my attic, and unfortunately I only have sprockets for the Panther and some chains for the Tiger 2 in stock! Sorry that I can't help you out ...😉
At 6:50 guy gives it a push then snaps back to his senses lol. The T34 is my favorite tank. It was a beast. As can be seen here with it's great grandson.
After the IS-3 and T28, T29, T30, and Centurion, the plywood is more like plypaper. Its sacrifice will be remembered.
would make a nice bon fire afterwards
Hahaha
I was expecting someone to show up with some dishwashing liquid in a squirt bottle to make the concrete nice and slippery. I think that's how they moved the TOG the last time.
@@goodsous If only we could see Slip'n'Slide tanks
Bovingtons preffered method iirc.
Was stationed at Fort Benning in the early 1970s. As a senior recovery mechanic 63C20 the M88 was my beast of burden. A beautiful brute of power !
Good thing that guy chocked the track at 1:40. It was surely going to roll away.
I could be wrong, but if I recall correctly from talking with an old M88 crewman, their favorite thing about it was that it could fit an entire cooler full of beer inside where it wasn't likely to be seen. Made them very popular during field exercises
Good footage showing a common theme in any tank museum: for every 10 minutes of cool footage, there's an hour of frustration and sweat figuring it out! Believe it or not, I think the T28 move in was easier then this. This is about 3 hours of work shown. Thanks Sofi!
Frustrating?? That looks like the most interesting puzzle there could be!
At last I'm beginning to see the new building slowly being "filled up"! For sure moving those beasts like the IS-3 with a rusty engine or without is absolutely no joke to move around. The fact that too many years they, including cannons, equipments, etc, have been lying outside rusting to hell so it is about time that they are finding a new home. Almost surely many has to be restored and is a job for great volunteers to do and thanks for people like you that will upgrade us on this new museum! Great job and looking forward to see your new videos 👍👍👍
Здорово !!! ИС-3
I got to see a IS-3 at Bovington tank museum England it was really impressive. The museum is well worth visiting if you come to the U.K..
There is a raw beauty to WW2 Russian armor. The IS-3 is a great final example, thanks for another informative video.
@@dukenukem8381 Soviet tanks built and manned by Russians, Russian Tanks!
lol not final example, there were plenty more types of heavy tanks...
He's right its a Soviet era tank
Really cool video Sofie! But I gotta say, those guys standing so close to that chain were nuts. When those things break, they take no prisoners!
Oh yes, I remember this tank back in 1982 out in the field at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in a much darker incorrect green paint scheme. It's finally nice to see them being restored and put inside where they belong. Sofie, love your videos, seeing all the tanks that were at Aberdeen now under roof and waiting to be restored. A lot have already, but still so many to go.
Thanks so much Sof for sharing this "behind the scenes" footage of the IS3 arriving at it's new home. It's amazing just how labor intensive it really is and how mostly eager volunteers are the ones helping preserve the rich tanking history.
Wow as loud as the tracks are being towed, imagine what it must of sounded like to hear a column of them moving towards you?
Loud enough to soil a set of trousers
It might have sounded something like this: *”Feuer frei!”*
@@cryptobox128 Against IS 3 ? You could try but thats all
5 years from now with new curator:
"Hey, I want to change the display and move the IS-3 to another location. How about..."
"No..."
Fantastic that you get to see these things go down and record them for us. Nice new intro and closing as well. Bravo.
Seems like a use case for hydraulic lifting wheels like those used for moving buildings. Might be worth it for the museum staff to look into. Especially when you consider trying to move any of these tanks after the spaces are all filled.
M88s are fun, but riding one over a 60 foot cliff and shearing both final drives in the middle of the night is not fun. Night Vision lacks depth perception.
Ouch
@Andrew Crews it was. Night move at NTC near the whaleback and everyone was awake and strapped in.
But it is the smoothest of rides. Much easier to fall asleep on a road march riding in an M88.
I concur. Have not had this exact experience but close enough to know the pain during and after.
That would suck............. It hurts enough smashing your ACH in to the roof when you drive a HEMTT in to a giant ditch under the same circumstances.
You have the most exciting hobby, and a very accomplished presenter. Thank you.
I love the graphics on your name at the beginning!! That is a BEAUTIFUL tank, no two ways about it. It reminds me of an INCREDIBLY HUGE sports car! (with a special bit of "umpf""). The plywood was a GREAT idea, I never would have thought of it. I have never seen this tank with such clarity and detail before, thank-you for recording it!!
Thank you for the video. I truly mean this in the upmost friendly, respectful way. You're just plain cool. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience of armored vehicles
Really pleasing to see these vehicles get indoor display. Great video as usual.
WOOOW THE IS-3. My favorite tank.
The fact that she called it a chonker has made my day. Subbed
Thanks for making all these great videos! I appreciate you keeping it about the history and restoration efforts of these vehicles. Most social media personalities tend to make everything about themselves or are some sort of schill. Keep doing you!
** Don't get me wrong, make that dollar when you can! Just appreciate you keeping it classy and informative.....end of rant**
Wish I worked there, both to get to admire and touch the equipment, and to watch your face overcome with joy as each item is movedinto its place.
Great video, Sofi.
Great video: stubborn Soviet tank meets ingenious American plywood! Also, another cool Sofilein logo!
Having been around heavy equipment, armor and recovery for most of my life I certainly enjoy your channel, I was in the U.S. Army for a little over twenty years, including Vietnam and The Gulf War and for six years had the pleasure of crewing an M-88 Tracked Recovery Vehicle. Let me just say that when your using an M-88 to it's full capacity, you had better have eaten your Wheaties that morning! However, they a fantastic piece of machinery. BTW, no offence, but you are the cutest tank driver I've ever seen. It's nice to see a person of the fairer sex so interested in this aspect of hands on history.
I remember this impressive beast at the APG. I saw it several times there throughout my youth. It's great to see it inside out of the weather after all of these decades.
It's really great the museum is getting all of this undercover. I hope to someday be able to visit.
Hello. Would it be possible for you to document this tank. Where produced, theaters of operation, transport to the U.S. etc. keep up the great work.
Sofilein, I got to see the M88 disassembled and rebuilt (in addition to the paladin, M1, stryker and M113 based armored vehicles) at the Aniston Army Depot (they do awesome work there, by the way). All the variants of the M88 are absolute beasts... While there, I was told that the M88 is the heaviest armored vehicle currently in US service (it's tracks are HUGE!). BTW, great job on the IS3 video.
Love your channel, I was at Fort Benning and took my own unguided tour of the tanks a year ago when i was visiting my son at family day. Great collection of tanks.
Love the iS -3 ,and the Cold war fear of this tank 👍
My local national guard post has a easy eight out front in the indiana weather.it's nice seeing the army doing the same thing that the air force has.tanks like airplanes deserve to be kept and preserved.
I use to have a picture of this tank when it was at Aberdeen. Back in pre-911 2000/2001.
Thank you so much for these looks inside this truly remarkable collection available to us. I hope soon that this will be open for the public to visit! I would definitely make the pilgrimage.
I'm honestly blown away by how much tank content you post. Often we're waiting for some time for a small glimpse. Keep up the amazing work! We all enjoy the firearm vids too!
Next tank to take for a test drive? Wonder if you would fit in the driver seat, if I recall its pretty small.
I wish! I think I could probably fit but I bet the controls will be a task to handle
You must consume copious amounts or vodka prior to operation for the full experience.
Sofi; very informative and interesting video...the IS-3 and IS-3M are misunderstood and underrated tanks to be sure.
I've towed cars like that. Definitely don't wanna be standing that close if the chain snaps lol.
Improvise, adapt, overcome.
glad to see an old warrior get a spot in a rest home!
This is probably your best video on the emplacement of tank into the museum. Thank You. Really interesting and well done.
I went to the museum in Aberdeen many, many years ago, back when I didn't really know what I was looking at. Still upset I never got to see all the tanks there more recently with what I know now. I pass by the old museum every now and again and it is a sad sight to see, overgrown and empty except for the 16-inch cannon and I think an M60 or something. There's a Bradley on the road in as well. Looking forward to when the NACC eventually opens to the public!
When you said it moved indoors to it´s new permanent indoor home i went nawhh like i was watching a pet get adopted from a shelter to a loving family 😂🤣
IS-3 is perfection and just a masterpiece
All I have to say is,,,"Thank God we didn't have to fight this BEAST!!!"
Not really, heavy tanks like IS-3 became obsolete after second war ended when most counties went to the Main battletank concept. Less armor and more reactive and composite armour, faster engie and have same cannons as superheavy tanks. No point have heavy armor when HEAT-shells or RPG missiles could penetrate heavy armor. An 4.5kil weight RPG-7 from 1961 shot from shoulders could hit the famous toughest ww2-era Tiger tank, in front.
@@dirtbikerswe1979 All I know is that during the arab isreali war, the centurion tanks and shermans went up against this tank, and hit it 20 times with no penetrations and only managed to disable it by a hit on the gun itself. Now Imaging 1000 of these backed by t-55 in the hands of Russians who aren't afraid to die and are very capable fighters that are the soldiers that actually beat the Germans-not the USA who were essentially fighting an 80 yo gramma with a walker by the time they entered the war compared to the German army of 1942 that the Russians were facing. This tank is a MONSTER in the right hands.
The Russian crew members agree
I love that hemispherical turret, shame it gave the loader less head room. Probably one of the reasons it had a slow rate of fire.
Great video! And thanks for documenting the labors of these awesome volunteers!
Nice video that shows how perplexed professionals can be.
Note: Teflon plain bearings / surfaces are used when building bridges.
Merry Christmas Sofi!
Quiet and peaceful, tame IS3 is a handful, imagine one that is actually angry!
A girl that gets excited by a Tank retriever, I think I'm in love! 😍
ditto
The part that still amazes me is how well and freely the tracks and wheels still move and flex. Do they bother Greasing the bearings or even lube the tracks before moving it.
I'm so happy that the IS-3 got new home in the building :)
Man! The tracks on that beast are VICIOUS!
Great insight Sofi, thanks.
Wonder if some kind of dolly could be used that is adjustable, sturdy, and can just lift it up and put it down by running it underneath whatever vehicle?
WOW! That building is gigantic!
It's so good to see all the Aberdeen stuff finally being cared for.
I agree. Personally, I was really upset at the perceived loss of all those historic vehicles at Aberdeen and Ft. Knox. I had visions of all of them turning up as soup cans, or maybe dog food containers. An ignominies end either way.
It was criminal to leave these war trophies out in the weather for all those years. Each vehicles represents the valor and endurance of the crews who manned them, no matter what side they fought on. Bravo to the U.S. Army and the guys at Fort Benning for giving these historical relics the respect they deserve. The USMC made the same mistake and restoring some pieces required enormous amounts of work after decades in the rain. The USMC Air/Ground museum has a Japanese Type 4, Ho-Ro, self-propelled gun which I eagerly wanted to get to work on but CMC decided my carcass was needed elsewhere. At least this specimen, the sole survivor of her class, is kept indoors. Others, like the T-34-85, an NKPA "donation," remain decaying in place.
That’s a beautiful new building for a tank museum. Huge place with lots of room. Will it be large enough for all their artifacts?
M88 is the Cadillac of the country...
My first tank model!
Hope someone could tell me when Ft. Benning became Armored Museum when it's the Infantry training base instead of Ft. Knox which is the Armored training base which is also when I was stationed there had the Patton Museum?
Hi Jim. The Armor School was moved from Fort Knox to Fort Benning in 2011, and that's when the historical collection moved down here as well.
@@robertcogan7109 Thanks for the reply. I had retired from the Army in 2004 so been out of the loop
I absolutely love the IS-3. My all time favourite. :)
Shoutout for the Pripyat 1970 T-Shirt at the end !
Sometimes I wish the Germans had resisted a little longer in 1945, just to have some footage of this beastly beauty destroying their wonder panzers.
SAME
The wood throw down flooring is a standard. Imo they need a couple pallets on hand at all times. Throw 30-40 of them down at a time and no more concrete damage. Should be SOP.
What happened to all the mechanized vehicles/tanks that were on display outdoors at at the Army Museum, Aberdeen, MD. Were they ever moved to Ft. Lee?
Check every spare part for..radiation.
That parking lot in Pripyat' Chernobyl is empty now and no one knows (officially) what happened to those vehicles.
I like how the guy at 6:50 thought he could help move the thing by channeling his inner Superman and push on the skirt. Honestly, I was just a tad worried about that single strand chain parting at points like 3:40. The tug driver was protected but I was thinking the guys standing out in the open were too close at times.
As for that sprocket ... maybe we have some friends in Israel, Egypt, Jordan or the former Warsaw Pact who could help the museum out.
What’s the difference between IS-3 and the IS-3M besides, according to WOT, an auto loader, lol? I’m glad there finally getting these tanks out of the elements.
Completely enjoy all of the videos you produce.... love the history
M88 looks so huge when you see it in person.
Awesome, did not know a Stalin 3 was here in the USA! Great video!
Thank you for the video. Nice t-shirt in the end! ; )
Thx for sharing Sofi :) IS-3 is my all time love xD
Excellent video thank you Sofelein. One observation, whilst leaving the T54 parked in the yard was interesting for size comparison, it may have been easier to manoeuvre the IS3 if it had been parked somewhere else.
What makes this an IS3-M by the way?
I was the Commander of an M88A1 a couple of times during my 10 years of service. I love this beast! O' and I wondered what the hell was the deal with that sprocket !1/!??!?
Out of curiosity, IS-3M's brakes weren't working? Would towing her and applying left/right brake have worked at all?
Эх, не успел старичок в войне поучаствовать, но интересный факт, что тяжёлый танк (Иосиф Сталин 3) был даже меньше среднего танка (Центурион)
I cant wait till this opens. Going to Georgia as soon as it opens.
You have some very good friends at NAAC Fort Benning. 👍
I'm a little bit confused as there is the 194th Armored Brigade on post, so why didn't they just ask them for a but of support to move the tanks. I used to do this stuff in the USMC, and it is an irritation, but a special allocation could be in for a M1000 trailer. Since they have a taxi capable of moving such weight, they won't have to ask for the expensive tractor. They could justify the expense in that the tanks will not only be put in place, but they may have to be moved due to restoration or if the floor plan is changed due to additions to the display.
Great show
The S.S. D.A.T Snatcher bringing another wary soul home. Blessed be the pilots of such an awesome beast capable of shepherding it's tracked flock to safer pastures to lick thine wounds and to have them nursed to health by the witch doctors of the greasy arts.
How thick is the armor on the forklift, Sofie? It definitely has speed on its side. Did you see it whip around that M88?😏
Gosh it would be so hard to find the sprocket, guess it's better to produce one in workshop
We went from StuG power to tuG power... nice
Will this remain a totally static display, or are there plans for r estoration?
I posed with it at aberdeen :)
It was missing the bottom escape hatch so i was able to get my camera inside w/flash and get some pictures . Its was a beast in its day !
Well, one of the advantages of a collection of tanks is: Little boys are not very likely to run off with them.
But I was a bit apprehensious when they started pushing the damned thing - I was afraid they might dent the frontal armour......
When is the museum open to the public
Badass stuff. Keep the content coming it’s great. 🇺🇸
Question, where'd you get it? n that T54 back there too?
So...has Sofie MOVED into the museum as well or what? ;)
Such a beautiful monster
Well done and informative!
As you can see on the welds at Minute 1:46, it is a Russian tank! 😂😁
I checked 🧐 my attic, and unfortunately I only have sprockets for the Panther and some chains for the Tiger 2 in stock! Sorry that I can't help you out ...😉
6:49 feeling strong? :)
Nice!
At 6:50 guy gives it a push then snaps back to his senses lol. The T34 is my favorite tank. It was a beast. As can be seen here with it's great grandson.