Sherman tank engine first start
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 พ.ย. 2011
- First start of the Continental R975-C4 after rebuild. This engine is going soon into the Sherman M4A1 76mm HVSS completely rebuild.
Premier démarrage du moteur Continental R 975-C4 après remise en état qui serra bientôt replacé dans le Sherman M4A1 76mm HVSS - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
Had NO idea that a Sherman had a radial motor. 👍👍
War time requires extreme choices :P
Not all of them did, but a good majority did.
JUrry3, Sho did
JUrry3, when a German anti tank shell hit a Sherman tank. Very very bad outcome. Horrid ! A foot soldier was glad he was a foot soldier. Not to be in one of these poorly armoured tanks
Check out for Chrysler multibank engine, that was a weird alternative to this!
Smooth and not smoking. You guys know your stuff. Thats sweet
Unreal how smooth that engine runs. What a beauty.
I just want to say Thank You to these men. They spend their money and time saving the past for future generations. Without them the past is easily forgotten. Thank you.
I love the sound of this radial engine
I bet most dont know what engine this is today.
An old neighbour who lived down our road spend most of WW2 in a Sherman tank in the Canadian army. I remember him talking about the first tanks he was in having radial engines and later ones having diesels. Although it likely would have made little difference if hit by a shell he said he always felt more comfortable in a tank with diesel fuel in it rather than gasoline. Thanks for posting.
You have to give the engineers who used radial engines props.
That was very good !
Good one not many got it
I understood that reference...
Given the context of this video, your humor seems to be a little off track.
Tip the wings to you sir!
Appreciate how these guys don’t Gun it as soon as they start it
Yeah that is bad form especially when the engine is cold and there's basically no oil in the cylinders or anywhere except in the oil tank (sump).
because these are real mechanics not kids
This thing would probably torque the supports right off!
@@warrenreeves5925 A true mechanic. Methodical. No bullshit emotion. Just the machine
Treat the machine right and it'll treat you right. It hurts when some idiot in an otherwise nice expensive truck goes roaring past me trailing blue smoke.
Easily one of the coolest engine builds I’ve ever seen. Top notch.
I would like to be there , thanks always wondered how the engine was cooled , never seen one on engine stand ,sure love this electronic world ,retired mechanic ,70 now thanks again
@Zeksteve yes figgered was raised around a pt19 sterman but this was the first engine seen out of a ole tank like this ,still would be somewhere they have one out ,I'm a retired mechanic ✌by the way seen some downed green Giants in Vietnam, radial eng in front ,too toren up to see much
john needy, 9 cylinder Wright
AMEN,
Thanks to all who preserve history like this
man this takes me back...i have taken so many of these engines apart that i can remember every part.....
I don't think I can ever recall hearing a radial idle as smooth as this one, the mechanics who got her to sound like that surely worked some magic.
This engine runs amazingly clean! Nice job!
This engine is a piece of art. Simply amazing! Awesome rebuild.
Remember a guy bought a radial engined Sherman to a war weekend at the Severn Valley Railway years ago (along with his Diamond T and Dyson trailer to carry it!!) And after driving it around a bit parked it outside the pub on Saturday evening.......in conversation he mentioned it was radial, which we'd never heard of (we tend to deal in diesel engines that tip the scales from 8 to 27 tons and cylinder counts from 6 to 16) so he picked his pint up and said "come on, I'll show you!"
So, with the back hatches open, we were staring in awe at this cramped, packed in aeroplane engine squeezed into a defiantly "non aeroplane" when he shouted "fingers clear" and wound it up......
Those exhausted are f**king loud when your head is six inches from them!!!
Glorious stuff!!😊😊😊😊
That engine sounds smooth, def hitting on all cylinders
So incredibly smooth, probably better than when it was new. Great rebuild job!
Runs absolutely wonderfully...A real treat to hear..
Agreed. A rebuild well done.I would have this in my livingroom as a ventilator because I know damn well the nieghbours wont have one.
That's one of the sweetest running radial engines I've ever heard so obviously the rebuild was done correctly and somebody paid close attention to detail on getting it in tune which is a huge step of importance to power developement and engine life.
When they run that sweet it can't help but put a smile on your face. Outstanding Work.
A thumbs up from me.
Wow, never seen the actual engine in the Sherman before, what a compact and neat design, and sounds amazing!
Slovflyer it even looks like a radial air plane engine!!
@@johnsadar1743 It _is_ a radial air plane engine....
Pretty sure there were like 4 or 5 different engines in the Shermans
@@internetexpert8153 Yes actually, really interesting, they ofc had this continental engine which was an aircraft engine which was just available. Then there was the GM 6046 engine which was 2 Detroit diesel 6 cylinders put together, then there was the Chrysler multibank which was 5 Chrysler straight 6es put together around a common crankshaft, these where not very good, but still good enough, and there was a Caterpillar conversion of the continental engines and then there was the best of the best the ford GAA v8.
This is why Sherman's were so high....no so compact...
I love the mechanic on the right who was so impressed, he turned away to make a cell phone call.
Booty call. Sorry fellas gotta take this......
Wow. Radial engines on aircraft idle so rough, but this one sure sounds smooth in comparison ...
coolest tank ever made IMO
That's because it's not having to rotate a prop!
Plane radials are tweaked out like a dragster compared to a tank radial engine.
radial engines on planes are meant to operate at high rpm and only at high rpm for long periods of time. therefore they are cammed like dragsters ( except obviously there are cam rings instead of shafts) this engine is obviously cammed for massive low end torque, so idles very smoothly.
@@PotentialAutist42069 not only are they cammed differently they also run different fuel with a rich mixture at idle. This is also to facilitate the running at high rpm for extended periods
Its just an engineering masterpiece. An invention of necessity, not an evil machine. Used to fight evil and sometime cause evil, but for the greater good. Nice work my friend, that is running very smooth indeed :)
haha you brits are so pretentious
America intervened in the war on the side of mass murdering international Bolshevism.
Evil?
Gregory Malchuk but then became an enemy of the communists, don't forget this. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, for a time
That is the sweetest sounding radial I have heard on here out of all the different ones I have listened to.
Very smooth and started quite easily. My hat is off to you guys for doing an excellent job in restoring these beauties. A lot of time and love went into this project.
Awesome job.
That thing runs quieter and smoother then my truck 🤷♂️
I was thinking the same thing. I clicked on the video expecting to see a fire breathing monster. Looks like it must have been designed to be more reliable than that!
Pretty much the reason a radial was invented
@nordhorny . . . calm down nugget !
Harleys are louder.
@@glassontherocks . . . sure enough , my Sportster was louder .
"It's so beautiful!"... Mesmerized and puts hand into fan..
It's surprising how much this sounds like an unmuffled v8. Very smooth for a radial. I'm impressed, and have great respect for not only the engineers who designed them but for those great men who maintain them today.
That is a nice running rotary piston engine if i ever heard one. Nice sound
That is one smooth sounding radial. I didn't know they put those in Shermans. Very cool
God! That engine sounds like perfection. SO smooth!!
Thanks for a great video. My dad worked on those in Europe during WW2, was with the John Deere battalion.
Guy in the blue is a true mech. He can just become one with the engine and know every sound and what needs to be done. Like he is looking into the engine and watching it work.
2011 still in college, made a thesis about radial engines, youtube didnt recommend this.
Now 8 years later, I have a fulltime job, youtube decides to recommend it
Gaijin take note, this is how an M4 engine sounds....
That's the smoothest, quietest running radial I've ever seen. Very nice !!
Nice work guys. Glad to see you keeping history alive.
If I may add, sterling craftsmanship for such a smooth running Continental
very smooth ,no vibration .
3:12-----, gorgeous sound, can you imagine waking up to that. Lads, first class job on the engine build.
That rebuild very well..no coughing..sputtering..back fires..runs smooth nice work lads
What a pleasant sound... :)
See you guys in 8 years when youtube reccomends thus again
Brick's Builds 😂😂😂
For real TH-cam has gotten to the place they have because of people like this and now they are a political propaganda machine with more adds then the Sunday paper in a 5 min,video ,the people used to be able to post anything on here that's why I and other like me started using utube,,but I guess may as well go back to regular tv ,it's got the same content now days as youtbe,my roku,can get me just as much entertainment with free apps as TH-cam ever does any more ,,and I never use TH-cam on it wen I use roku,
lol
Just 1 year passed by. LOL
Same here . . never want to see this again . . shouting over this engine
Sounds and looks like a top notch rebuild! That idle just says it's ready to rock!
Part of mij training in the Dutch army (cavalerie) was driving a Sherman tank. When starting one of us would stand behind the engine with a fire extinguisher because gas in lower cylinders would accumulate and could cause a fire 🔥 Mechanics did a fantastic job on this engine 👍🏻
That's correct, this is engine oil in the basket. The cooling is by air through a fan. Don't forget, this is a 9 cyl. radial airplane engine. No water in a radial airplane engine.
Sorry for my English, translated from French by Google translator.
There's nothing wrong with your English. It's better than a lot of native English speakers in youTube comments! ;->
These engine was in ww2 being used
Sadly we dont get a chance to work on thease engines in america. Would have loved to fix one up. It runs so much smoother then most engines I see.
so smooth!
I worked on the P&W R-4360 radial engines for four years in the Air Force. It was a monster with 3000 hp. Smoked like hell. Had 8" exhaust pipes. Even idling it made loud mechanical sounds. I haven't heard a radial this quiet except for the 1000 hp radials on the C-47s.
That engine stand is an admirable piece of engineering in and of itself. Great vid....Thanks!
You like the disc brakes ?
He seems like a veteran remembering the sounds of his tank
love the brake rotors as swivel points , engineering at its finest ,great recycling lads great rebuild
Beautiful engine restoration. Kudos to those guys for preserving the past.👍
Amazingly smooth. Great job guys! 👍🏻👍🏻😊
How we gonna hold up this engine?
Hmmmm.....
Hand me them brake rotors...
Ingenuity
see all the holes drilled in the rotors? I think that's for bolts so the engine can be held in different angles to make it easier to work on
When you turn 60, the government sends you a jumpsuit and you must wear it at all times.
I'm 40, I got mine early.
Then what do I do with my suspenders??!
Looks like a giant alternator! Thanks for posting!
My uncle was in Patton's 3rd Army, 4rth Armored Division. Wish he were alive to hear this engine run so nicely.
loving the engine mount bodged out of some square tube and brake discs lol
I believe its adapted to an existing stand that can test fwd axles or similar. Those rotors are bolted to axle hubs.
A fat and long torque curve
Would be neat to see this motor on an engine dyno and what the powerband looks like.
My dad was the pilot of a Sherman 105 in "Indochine" (Vietnam) for 3 years. Great engine :-) It had a plane engine Continental R975 9 cylinders radial.
Now every time I watch a video of a Sherman tank I will think a lot differently than I used to. Great job fellas.
I don't know why, but this engine just sounds so happy to me. It's just chillin' on a Sunday, enjoying the peaceful afternoon.
It certainly has that radial hum that sounds completely absent of resistance.
Really nice engine stand made from some odds and ends.
You noticed the brake rotors too ;-)
We used a bunch of these surplus motors for training at my aircraft mechanics school. They were a cheap source of radial engines for the students to obtain mechanics experience.
Thanks! I've always wondered what they looked like. If you close your eyes, it sounds like WW2 era movie scene. It also sounds like a radial plane engine, but with low rpm stump pulling grunt.
Now I see a tank in a movie, in my mind, I'll imagine the radial spinning inside it.
"I've got no clue way I've gone completely deaf. " Comment from all four.
Wondered why none were wearing hearing protection unless already deaf.
We rode in a V8 airboat once with just earplugs. It had open headers. Couldn't hear squat for 3 hours.
Those guys are old school. They played out in the streets til dark and didn’t use helmets when they rode their bikes. They also didn’t get participation prizes just for showing up...
Was thinking exactly the same thing after not seeing any ear protectors.
@@adodado1101 ~
So did I. But just like teeth, once their gone, a person sure as hell miss's them. It doesn't take much effort to avoid years of misery.
WHAT?!
:o It runs so smooth, no one would notice that thing in a prius would they? :)
lol
No, Not at all!
I think the coal bin and the fireman would be a giveaway ...
I dream of doing the PITT maneuver on a prius.
As someone who once owned a Prius, I suspect this is actually smoother and quieter than the Prius' 4-banger. That engine was surprisingly rough and noisy, especially at high power on the freeway, had a rather unrefined feel to it.
Quill Maurer
It’s only meant to power the car under heavy load and feed the batteries. The same company made the 1-3UZ-FE engines which are known to be some of the smoothest V8’s ever made (The big Lexus use them). It’s all about being purpose built for the Japanese.
Sounds awesome. I love it!
Thanks for keeping history alive for my son's generation.
The sweet sound of history :)
Wow that's quieter than my V8 in my old '96 Explorer lol.
Wow! That is one smooth running radial.
runs so smooth and quiet nice job well done.
That bloke squatting, he is so fixated he has to be counting the RPM.
He's listening.
I thought he was dropping a deuce
Manning the throttle
isn't he operating the throttle?
100% defecating
And old timers wonder why their hearing goes bad. Only the young guy has any hearing protection. LOL. Beautiful rebuild.
the old guys are already deaf, and, if you listen to it long enough you'll get use to it.
Are you sure theyre not wearing inside the ear plugs...they have them you know.
Smoothest radial ive ever heard running 👍👍
The wonderful sound of a radial engine. It ran even smoother after some carb adjustments. Pretty cool. Big cooling fan on the front. I didn't know Continental built radials. I've flown behind many horizontal-opposed Continentals in light aircraft from 65 to 375 hp.
Who would guess the Sherman had a radial engine. Guess you learn something new everyday.
Runs really smooth, i quess you know your magic.
That is one beautiful sounding engine.
Great video! I never tire of radials.
Une horloge. Les anciens savent y faire. Ça fait plaisir de voir des gens monopolisés qui y consacrent leur temps pour les entretenir,c'est notre héritage. Merci à vous.
TONERO Tonero C'est de la pure mécanique de base que malheureusement les jeunes qui sortent de l'école ne connaissent plus. Quand je leurs pose la question, comment régler les soupapes ou me citer les 4 temps d'un moteur, j'ai comme réponse " on apprend plus ça à l'école". C'est l'ère de l'électronique embarquée qui prime de nos jours et les mécaniciens capables de restaurer de tel moteurs se font de plus en plus rare.
Merci pour votre commentaire.
Until now, I've never seen "any" tank engine before. If no one had told me what I was looking at, I'd think an aircraft engine of some sort.
The Abrams has two turboshaft engines in it. Common to see aviation engines in other stuff. They are reliable, light, and POWERFUL
This type engine was also used in some ww2 airplanes
It was a duel purpose engine plane or tank.
Damn. Good job. That smokes less than 99% of standard engines on the road today. 👌 sounds outstanding too. 👍
what a beautiful engine!!! Purring and just a magnificent piece of engineering
Like a well oiled sewing machine
The Sherman was built with four different engines, the radial being the best.
No. The radial was the hardest to work on, had the least power, and worst reliability in that use. The Ford GAA was a far better tank engine.
The GAA was considered best and went on to power several other tanks like the m26 next. It was the most powerful by a good margin and very reliable. It was rate at 500 hp and over 1000lb ft.
The Chrysler a57 was said to be able to move the tank even with as few as 18 of its 30 cylinders working. Maintenance was a concern with such a motor and it was underpowered at 375. The 6 cylinder Chrysler motors that made up the a57 were flatheads so it wasn’t really advanced, just unique.
The diesel was two motors put together too but o think it one went to the Marines and I believe was the least preferable.
I understand it was aircraft demand that made them go for a different motor than the continental radial here.
Also it has a tendency to foul the lower plugs. You also have to hand crank a radial to start after cold soak. This will make sure you don’t hydrolock a lower cylinder with oil. Only if you are scrambling to get into your tank you won’t take that time, they hit the electric starter when they’re trying to get into the fight.
Sounds so nice!!
Very smooth. Love that sound.
i never knew the Sherman tank engine was round like a airplane motor
sam lyon I believe it is an aircraft engine.
+sam lyon radial was just an all around better option for the odd design of the Sherman. better power band on petrol and generally quieter than the 40's V configurations.
i just thought they were gas or diesel not radial
+sam lyon you can have a diesel in gas or radial
+sam lyon The radial engine was one of the types they used.They had other ones too.
Interesting that they used an aeroplane (or at least aeroplane-type) radial engine in the Sherman!
On the other side of the world, Jerry slapped an aircraft V12 into their Tigers. Interesting correlation of technologies being shared across vehicles..
+Ben M It you think about it the idea of using a air cooled radial engine in a tank made a lot of sense back then before compact high horsepower diesel engine. To start off with no cooling system to deal with even today cooling system on tanks are a pain in the butt. Radial engines were certainly lighter than inline engines of the day and while taller than they were much shorter meaning a more compact drivetrain assembly. Additionally the radial engines had much higher horsepower ratings and were meant to be field serviceable. The big downfall of all gasoline powered tanks is just that gasoline. The Shermans nickname was the Ronson because it caught fire so easily
The Sherman's nickname was the Sherman.
If you say so but to the WWII veterans that lived in the neighborhood that I grew up in as a kid they had plenty of names for the M4 and they normally all started with F@#king and commonly ended with piece of S#!t. The nicknames like "Ronson", "Tommy Cooker", and "The Burning Grave" were ones that could be said in polite company that referred to how easily they caught fire (gas engines) many times with their crew being burned to death. As a side note the US Army did not give the moniker \ name Sherman to the "Medium Tank, during WWII nor did the US Army give the name Stuart to the Light Tank M3\M5 or the names Lee \ Grant to the Medium Tank M3. The credit of naming of US Army WWII tanks after American Civil War generals goes to the British and it was later (post WWII) that the practice of referring to a M4 as a Sherman became popular \ standard practice.
Strange what envious assholes so many English vets turned into after the war. Might explain why Britain spun into decline for the next few decades.
+gullreefclub No, no, no.
Ronson was post-war. Tommy Cooker referred to British tanks, not the Sherman in particular. "Burning grave", I have not heard that one before.
The fuel wasn't the problem in early variants or in any for that matter. That was ammunition stowage.
Beautiful sound Great rebuild Guys
The maintenance crew that rebuilt this engine did a commendable job, it looks good and runs smooth.
I think i had the same engine in my 82 mazada Rx7 🤙🏻
Radial and rotary are different things
Radial is pistons, rotary is blades. But I see why you thought it might be the same
He was joking holy shit
Au contraire, mon frère! Rotary engines are also piston engines and were that way long before the Wankel rotary engine came about. Think Fokker Dr1 and Sopwith Camel, to name a few rotary-engined planes.
@@Hjerte_Verke Those are radial engine planes.
haha, did anyone else notice the other tanks in the background at first?
Notorious Hacker M 26 Pershing
i searched that tank up and damn thats a great sounding tank.
+Notorious Hacker ford-made twin cam V8* known as the GAF. indeed.
Côme Thiburs man fuck my triton im gonna find a way to put that in my F250
wont fit, that fucker is almost 5ft tall!
this engine is on the same scale as an allison V12, if you've seen one before. 1100ci :D
great sound!
Sounds sweet. Nice radial.
Indeed, it's a homemade engine stand
Yeah. A brake rotor for??? Probably just to hold bearing so it can rotate.
If you dont have a prop on it, its quite easy to hold it. You just have to resist the vibrations, and MAYBE a little torque-induced self-rotation.
Daniel Cannata
Yeah, it’s that torque-induced self-rotation you have to watch out for 😝
Always thought Sherman's were exclusively Detroit powered.
The _M4's_ had a variety of engines.
nice job gents, thanks for sharing.
Wow, I held my breath till I passed out! Seriously, that old iron coffin made a lot of widows!