Tanks 101 - Loading with The Chieftain & Cmdr_AF - Ep. #3 - World of Tanks
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 พ.ค. 2022
- Tanks 101, Lesson 3 - Loading. In this episode The Chieftain teaches Cmdr_AF how to keep all of her fingers loading an M4 Sherman.
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I trained as a tank loader and gunning on the M60a1 with the 105 mm gun and was in the 3/11 th ACR in Bad Hersfeldt Germany from 1980 to 1983 , needles to say we did ALOT of gunnery. With a good crew you could put out a tremendous amount of very accurate fire power . We called it suction loading . With a round in the breach and one more already being held ,when the fire command " GUNNER SABO TANK " was heard and the gunner said " IDENTIFIED " I'd use the tip of the SABO round to place the weapon on fire and yell " UP " when the cannon was fired it would recoil and spit out the caseing , which was a very violent act , I used the tip of the new Sabo round to nock the fired case down , set the new round on the now open breach and let the guns own movement slam home the new round , then immediately grab the next round ( from the sweet spot ) then use the tip of the Sabo round to put the cannon on fire 🔥 and yelling " UP ! We carried mostly SABA rounds . With about a 3rd being HEAT rounds plus 6 white phosphorus. The SABO rounds were relatively light and the heat rounds were harder to load . It was a good workout . We would have destroyed ALOT of russian tanks in the Fulda gap , that's fer sure . Personally though I would have rather faught on my feet . I always felt that we should have had more infantry support . Being Cavalry we had scout squads 3 platoons per troop 6 ITV,s and 4 deuce mortars . Our Squadron had alot of tanks with a full tank company , M 109 gun howitzers, engineers and ADA added not to mention 3 Cavalry troops . Alot of firepower !
I started off as a loader on 105mm armed M-60A1 tanks, this gives me giggles. Tennie tiny little toy tank.
First...are those "tanker boots" Chieftain is wearing? and Second, I was a tank commander on M60A1's back in the late 70's, through 83...I've been looking forward to this series a great deal...I miss being on my tank...
They are
@@TheChieftainsHatch What kind of boots they are?
Thank you for your service
@@venator5 They're tanker boots. Instead of laces they have straps so they don't get caught on anything when entering and exiting the tank as well as probably to avoid getting them eaten by the turret monster.
What branch?
Always do your best to the keep the middle finger.
You cant drive without that.
One WW2 British tank ace was killed during a hang fire incident, in a Firefly. The cartridge went off as it was being removed from the breech, hitting him in the chest. Fortunately, he'd ordered his crew out of the tank and was dealing with the predicament alone.
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Strange story... why he did not waited extra 10miutes to be sure that the round do not gonna do what it did? And why he was removing the round in a way that his chest was in danger?!
@@Bialy_1 If you're in the middle of a battle waiting ten minutes might not be optimal, and if the round goes off outside the chamber I'd imagine anyone in the turret would be fried. It wouldn't be the projectile exploding it would be the propellant burning and case rupturing that would cause the damage.
This had been a great series. Keep em' coming!
Believe that breech is a touch rusty and requires a good cleaning and lubricating. Extractors not working and very stiff.
Can't deal.. no.. mustnt..
The working class blokes working the machine would have had massive strength too, likely far in excess of the average gym rat. Work used muscles differently, and was done for at least 12 hours a day, so if you made a living off those muscles, they were solid.
And I think she forgot à few of her tools in the recoil guard.
I'm not so sure he should have shown you how to load that... Oh course I'm kidding, this whole series is great. Thanks for sharing.
at 3:07 you can see the chieftain’s facial expression commonly known as “these fricking kids these days i swear…”
A loading we will go, a loading we will go. Hi-ho the merry-oh a loading we will go. Next lesson, make with Da Boom. ^~^ Oh the nerves they be quivering! >~<
Note: No Wrenches, Wood blocks and or Chieftains were folded, spindled, and or mutilated in the making of this fun study in gunnery 101. o~0
This is how quick an untrained crew will load after the next update, right?
Chieftain's the type of guy who couldn't pen Cmdr_AF
What did you learn about the loader's position? Do you think you could load a tank?
yes i do and i want to go to that one tank range in texas to do it think thats the only way im going to texas
When I was stationed in Korea, I had the privilege of crewing on an M60A3 (I was a scout assigned to a tank Battalion). I was allowed to load and fire a few training rounds on a pre-Qualification table, Table 7. The old M60 had a huge turret and loading was pretty easy with the 105mm rounds. As Scouts, we also acted as spotters on the tank crew Table 8 (crew qualification). We would confirm whether or not the crew had hit a target or missed, and radio it in to the observation tower and Battalion Master Gunner. On occasion the crew would have a misfire and was instructed to rotate the round 180 degrees. To which we would promptly yell on the radio, "pointy end first!", (at least when the Colonel wasn't around, lol).
@@lchris2703 Thanks for sharing your story! I'm sure others will also love reading it.
That was a very entertaining video. As a retired tanker loading was challenging especially firing while on the move.
I learned that the farm boys conscripted to fight ww2 had some upper body strength.
I'm assuming that the wrench was not suppose to be left laying within the breach area after loading lol.
I would like to see a video on all the things that can go wrong when loading a round in the main gun and or handling a live round.
I never had as much fun as when I was loading the 105mm on my M-60A3. What a rush.
You're a great coach chieftain. And your pupil is a good troop!
You took too long. The Tiger got you.
Awesome CmdrAF!
"Should I just push it in?" she said. LOL
Since they weren't using the ballistic computer, it was a little weird that dropping their lead wasn't a step in the fire mission. I had it drilled into me over and over; the second you pull the trigger, drop your lead so the computer can calculate the solution for the next target.
Sooo long ago.. was trying to remember my Leopard loader drills and job i.e. where was the breach opening lever was.. but we never had any hangfires and such... and last squadron competition we did, our crew came in first ;)
Don't know if I could manage that breach lever either.. maybe it needs some Break-free oil, or maybe why that can of WD-40 is handy?? xD
You guys used the same ammunition as Us in the M 60 as1 and a3 . The 105 mm Sabo , Heat and WP or smoke . About 3/ 4 being SABO the rest HEAT minus the 6 WP ( they were for anti ATGM, s ) but our main adversary would be T 72, T 62 and T55,s so we mostly trained with Sabo. Our battle positions were in draws from the Fulda Valley about 1 terrain feature west of the Iron curtain , just below the military crest on the west sides , we planned on shooting up the russians as they advanced westward in the valley. Our scouts screened us to our rear but I always felt we needed more infantry . I'm sure the Bundesweir would be deployed with us but we never trained with them . I ended up as a driver and that was very challenging driving in that terrain. , ESPECIALLY IN WINTER . I never once threw track though , thats probably why they kept me as driver .
@@scottjohnson9912 - The 5 yrs I was in Germany, we mostly ran around Bavarvia during FallEx, starting in Hohenfels, then moving out into the "economy" for the rest of the Ex ;) I only loaded in my last year, and we mostly used HESH and Sabot training rds o.0 Field driving is tricky o.0 Luckily, I never got stuck in any of the vehs I drove... cept the time at 0-dark-30 - driving on 2 hrs sleep (Troop Leader eff'd up the guard rotation - typical exchange Lt lol), and almost rolled the tank o.0 But that's a LONG story for another time ;)
@@PeterKJRichterIMHO oh the memories. The night NBC movements were the most challenging drive all night in MOPP 4 , totaly buttoned up under blackout conditions . The gunner had thermals and he'd guid the driver because you couldn't see anything . Drive all night to an assembly area and do a mopp exchange and upload ammo then off we'd go again . I went 36 hrs once with no sleep .
@@scottjohnson9912 That night when almost rolled was NO NVAs - we were poor in the 80s lol and only had the "night light" headlight on.. and it was almost pitch black out, and I was even hatches out, and still blind o.0
Based Chieftain Chad watched her struggle.
Train she must, find strength she will
If you get yourself shivering cold and your fingers cold enough to be numb, the blood loss from lost fingers is minimized.
Which is good, since the numb fingers will make losing them much more likely.
love cmndr
Them tanker boots tho
LOL Commander AF just learned there is no soft spots or jobs in a tank.
Next week it's Pew, Pew, Pew time! 😊
Even yukari can really easily to loading a shell... GUP reference for AF...
50% loader be like ...love this type of videos
Come on Nick, Make AF a Jedi TANKER!! :-)
When you throw it forward the weight of the round will make loading easier and cause the breech lock to lock. It takes practice to get the right "feel" for how much effort to use so you don't wear yourself out for no reason. Imagine a crew of women. LOL. She's a good sport.
LOL, I think I would have had some extra duty if my breach would have looked that bad.
When was this thing last lubricated?
Loading incomplete, never yelled UP
i revive my days in the bootcamp hhahahahhahah
mckinley: put the safe round on the cannon to practice gunnery
me: got it.
i pull it and tried to sneeze it*
me: it doesn`t work
mackinley: It just works !!!
insert bethesda meme*
me: windows stop working*
lol she could have done some pushups, biceps and triceps curls so it would be a bit easier to do it, nonetheless nice video, imagine being on the battlefield and the round wont fire so you have that whole adrenaline to try to make it work or swap it, tank crews were brave
And well trained so that fear, excitement and adrenaline won't get in the way of them doing their job!
This is how you go to 1st level loader from zero level
LMAO. that was funny....
Chieftain is soo funny...
Seems pretty unsafe having that crescent wrench inside the breach
That's not inside the breach, it's sitting in the recoil guard
Somebody need to beef up their arm workouts!
👍🍿🙏❤️😎👌l ❤️ these videos
So are rounds always loaded during engagement? I mean what if the commander says HE and you have the AP loaded. Are you supposed to take it out or?
No , fire the round in the chamber then re load with the proper found
@@scottjohnson9912 But isn’t this going to give away your position..
So there's no extractor or ejector? And did the loader REALLY have to use a block of wood to get the round into the breech? Slamming it home without putting your fingers in harm's way wouldn't work?
It's a semi automatic breach. You have to open it manually to load the first time, then when you fire it the breach block opens the empty ejects and it stays open until you load the next round, slamming the next round into the breach trips it closed. You make a fist to push the round in and the breach block pushes it out of the way as it slams shut. Using the piece of wood is just a modern "we don't want to be responsible for any missing fingers" thing.
She’s thickkkkk
What, no Sofelin?
its see like a torture to comander AF: jijijijiji
Push it with a sense of purpose
This is why I make all my female crew members the commanders, jk , jk. Great video!
Itty bitty breech! I used M68 and M256.
That little squeak she gives trying to open that breach is so cute.
FUNNY
should already know or just pixels lol
video game not the same lmao cant i put a rammer on my tank
Respect for the men that had to this.
lolllll
Whoa, hey there Commander Thicc AF, wasnt expecting to fall in love today🥲🙄😛🥰
He just wanted to hear her grunt.... kidding... great job.
You gotta hit the gym Cmdr_AF!
This was painful to watch
this lady works for a tank company?
No, I think she works for a video game company that created a game involving tanks.
@@Riceball01 its like she has never seen a tank movie of anything your supost to ram the shell in quickly not tap it in with a wrench and flinch every time you hit it wvwn though its a dummy round with no explosive
what is Cmdr_AF real name ?🤔
Why is he worried about a primer on an inert shell?
You operate as per your training. Bad training, bad results.
As a gunner, I cringe watching this.
THATS NOT AN A FOR EFFORT BUT WELL DONE NICE TRY 👍.
Geez AF, if 14-year old Japanese schoolgirls can do this...
Was this a land-lease tank? Why radio has markings in Russian?
@@tatumergo3931 my eye doctor says your eye doctor needs his license revoked, if you can't see markings like частота мгц, чувст., настр. etc. Each English marking is duplicated in Russian
It's lend lease not land
@@FulkNerraIII I stand corrected
Put that hair in a bun
She’s cute and pretty…….
CDR_AF needs to hit the gym a little harder and work on those arms. She was struggling with loading that round.
OK
of it was war that tank would burn
Can we get the insta id of Cmdr Af?
Ffs
OK, I'll say it. She is breath takingly cute. The "Girl next door" who crews a tank!
Ukraine war shows how vulnerable tanks are to unmanned drones. I wouldn’t want to be anywhere close to a tank!
@The 1/16 Army, everyone is gunning for tanks.
Foot soldiers, wheeled and tracked vehicles, tanks, drones, helicopters, and aircraft.
You just realized that? Like, tanks were always vulnerable when there's no proper support.
There is video of female loader in Israeli merkava tank. And it’s hilarious.