I was supposed to fly up from Newcastle on 18th August (Long Tan Day) this year, with my 91 year old father, to see this museum on a 5 day father and son trip. Sadly, Covid spoiled that party. What is more sad, is the fact he is now in hospital with terminal stomach cancer and unlikely to see his home again, let alone anything else. We were really looking forward to it, little did I realise the significance of the lockdown at the time. Still, all good things must come to an end, as they say. Sorry we didn't get there dad, we would have had a ball. Next time, eh?
2 of my boys are expressing jealousy with Lotti getting to learn in a dream environment. Also jealous of getting to drive them. Can't wait to get up their and attend the ausarmour days.
The 152 demonstrates so well why petrol engines were and still are preferred in tanks. When we had the APC's in NZ on exercise they would be so well camouflaged that they would be almost impossible to find, that was until they started up. A big black plume of black diesel smoke from a cold engine was always a dead give away
Excellent....new to the channel, but not to the world of armour. All your shows are excellent. If I ever make it to Australia, a visit would be a must. The hard work a dedication shown is excellent.
It's no coincidence that the cover photo is the "Penisaurus" Sentinal Tank with the phallic hull machine gun. The boys at AusArmor have an excellent sense of humor!
Common thought today is that Wittman was killed by an English cobbler and not one of the various individuals or tank crews or even Air Force crews who had claimed the kill, in fact the Englishman credited officially, killed 3 Tigers in the same action! He never claimed credit until he was talking to other regulars in his local and they pressured him too in the 50's. The Firefly was sat in woods with 2 Shermans when they spotted the 3 Tigers and the Firefly popped out 3 times to kill one Tiger each time. It was the gunners first action and his first use of the Firefly gun in action.
G'day, My son and I will make the trek from Perth to Cairns one day, I would have like too have seen a couple of Machine guns mounted on the S1just too add too the look of it ,enjoyed the look of the place!
Quite a collection. Must be worth a fortune. Interested to know whether there is a historical basis for the use of what looks like the (temporary Kursk) 'Das Reich' divisional marking used on the Panzer IV G. By the way, with its popgun, Matilda wasn't considered a heavy tank in Soviet use and there are apparently quite a number of surviving examples in Russia. Where do you get this notion that Stalin quickly scrapped the remaining Matildas after the war because they were an embarrassment? That sounds doubtful. The slow Matildas could be a helpful stopgap in 1941 and 1942 but would have been of very limited utility to the Red Army by 1943 already. I understand that officially the designation Panzerjager IV only applied those vehicles armed with the shorter L/48 75mm gun. Vehicles with the longer L/70 gun, such as this, were designated Panzer IV/70. I thought it had been established that a British Firefly destroyed Wittman's Tiger
Get a Water TRuck and SPRAY your track down. Keeps that old dust down. :) I ate plenty of dust in Germany at Graf, Hohenfels, Wildflecken....... with the 3rd Armored Division "Spearhead" 1970s & 80s. :) "Best Job I ever had"
He's not quite a David Fletcher, no moustache, too young, healthy and attractive, you really need to find someone old and hoary with strong opinions that they don't keep to themselves.
@@user-wf2lm3vi7o They had the idea of trying to mount 17 pounder into Firefly yet not enough data, the Sherman Firefly development would've been cancelled if it wasn't for the technical data gained by mounting the 17pounder into our home grown AC1 Cruiser tank, the British Officer attached as advisor to our own AC1 took the data learned from our trials back to England when his posting was up Link shows full development of Firefly and Australia's lost participation th-cam.com/video/mmgLNV5x1bc/w-d-xo.html
The German Charter signed off in December 1945. No nazi iconography in public. It's OK to display that stuff in the museum but not out in public. Mind you, I have seen SS Uniforms being worn by museum staff/volunteers wandering around amongst the general public during the last couple of AUSARMOURFESTs? Perhaps they need reminding?
I was supposed to fly up from Newcastle on 18th August (Long Tan Day) this year,
with my 91 year old father, to see this museum on a 5 day father and son trip.
Sadly, Covid spoiled that party.
What is more sad, is the fact he is now in hospital with terminal stomach cancer
and unlikely to see his home again, let alone anything else.
We were really looking forward to it, little did I realise the significance of the lockdown at the time.
Still, all good things must come to an end, as they say.
Sorry we didn't get there dad, we would have had a ball.
Next time, eh?
Bruce crompton and the boys did an awesome job bringing this panther back to life. To see what it was like when he got it
2 of my boys are expressing jealousy with Lotti getting to learn in a dream environment. Also jealous of getting to drive them. Can't wait to get up their and attend the ausarmour days.
Amazing. I was surprised how fast the JS152 could go. The pick for me is the Panther. I would love a ride in it one day ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Next year for sure - there will be a pilgrimage from the South. Great show!
The 152 demonstrates so well why petrol engines were and still are preferred in tanks. When we had the APC's in NZ on exercise they would be so well camouflaged that they would be almost impossible to find, that was until they started up. A big black plume of black diesel smoke from a cold engine was always a dead give away
Excellent....new to the channel, but not to the world of armour. All your shows are excellent. If I ever make it to Australia, a visit would be a must. The hard work a dedication shown is excellent.
The SU-76 needs a track adjustment soon. So sweet seeing the Panther run!!
Great to see a woman being involved in this work!
It's no coincidence that the cover photo is the "Penisaurus" Sentinal Tank with the phallic hull machine gun. The boys at AusArmor have an excellent sense of humor!
You couldn`t have picked a better tank to go for a ride in, love the Panther.
Beauty machine👍
Absolutely commendable what you have achieved.
*80 years +* old and still going!!!!
Common thought today is that Wittman was killed by an English cobbler and not one of the various individuals or tank crews or even Air Force crews who had claimed the kill, in fact the Englishman credited officially, killed 3 Tigers in the same action! He never claimed credit until he was talking to other regulars in his local and they pressured him too in the 50's. The Firefly was sat in woods with 2 Shermans when they spotted the 3 Tigers and the Firefly popped out 3 times to kill one Tiger each time. It was the gunners first action and his first use of the Firefly gun in action.
G'day, My son and I will make the trek from Perth to Cairns one day, I would have like too have seen a couple of Machine guns mounted on the S1just too add too the look of it ,enjoyed the look of the place!
I'm going to Australian armoured artillery museum tank fest this year with my support worker Liam
Quite a collection. Must be worth a fortune.
Interested to know whether there is a historical basis for the use of what looks like the (temporary Kursk) 'Das Reich' divisional marking used on the Panzer IV G.
By the way, with its popgun, Matilda wasn't considered a heavy tank in Soviet use and there are apparently quite a number of surviving examples in Russia. Where do you get this notion that Stalin quickly scrapped the remaining Matildas after the war because they were an embarrassment? That sounds doubtful. The slow Matildas could be a helpful stopgap in 1941 and 1942 but would have been of very limited utility to the Red Army by 1943 already.
I understand that officially the designation Panzerjager IV only applied those vehicles armed with the shorter L/48 75mm gun. Vehicles with the longer L/70 gun, such as this, were designated Panzer IV/70.
I thought it had been established that a British Firefly destroyed Wittman's Tiger
Get a Water TRuck and SPRAY your track down. Keeps that old dust down. :)
I ate plenty of dust in Germany at
Graf, Hohenfels, Wildflecken.......
with the 3rd Armored Division "Spearhead" 1970s & 80s.
:)
"Best Job I ever had"
Muy buena colección, lo acabo descubrir. Buen trabajo vecinos del otro lado del Pacífico.
hopefully next year, itll be safe enough. i'd like to visit. love from NSW
the Museum has a really good collection
If these tanks are fully operational, why weren't we shown the turrets swung around and the guns elevated?
Excelente museo de vehículos blindados y de artillería , en que parte de Australia se encuentra ubicado? ,saludos desde Montevideo/Uruguay.
Which they get the m4a1 Sherman tank built with a motor and I'm hoping to drive it on 2023 or 2024 at Australian armoured artillery museum tank fest
We bought them from you cause all our car factories were busy building tanks and aircraft
This video is very interesting than UK Bovington. But why Austria museum has an interesting about WW2 German and UK Tanks? Not Pacific war?
Australian Museum you mean ?
@@Rusty_Gold85 Yes, right. Thank you for good feedback
Really great. Thank you.
can you more panther??
Welcome back to daylight to the face Kirk.
Is all of the German tanks using METRIC systems?
Yes, that is in Germany Standard.
what engine is in that tank over head cam
A German Panther traipsing around Australia. Who would have thunk?
He's not quite a David Fletcher, no moustache, too young, healthy and attractive, you really need to find someone old and hoary with strong opinions that they don't keep to themselves.
Why not put water in the tanker next time, make the run look authentic?
I dont know the names but it was an Australian who gave the British Engineer the idea of sitting the 17 pdr sideways in the Turret
Brighty and Lulworth were the British guys who sat the 17lb in a Sherman.
@@user-wf2lm3vi7o They had the idea of trying to mount 17 pounder into Firefly yet not enough data, the Sherman Firefly development would've been cancelled if it wasn't for the technical data gained by mounting the 17pounder into our home grown AC1 Cruiser tank, the British Officer attached as advisor to our own AC1 took the data learned from our trials back to England when his posting was up
Link shows full development of Firefly and Australia's lost participation th-cam.com/video/mmgLNV5x1bc/w-d-xo.html
cars in the 20's and 30's used magneto's!
Yeah but that's not a American tank that's an APC.
this video was sponsored by world of tanks
Shame the crew can't dress the part.
The German Charter signed off in December 1945. No nazi iconography in public. It's OK to display that stuff in the museum but not out in public. Mind you, I have seen SS Uniforms being worn by museum staff/volunteers wandering around amongst the general public during the last couple of AUSARMOURFESTs? Perhaps they need reminding?