Hopefully won't be content-id matched. Remember that they even pulled down the cover of Space Oddity by Commander Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station for a while, until they realized what horrible PR it was.
As usual, this project and video bring forth the perfect fit of fun and productivity. I like the new format and appreciate the very generous application of someone’s time and efforts to make it so enjoyable.
Did you know that you were mentioned in recent video from The Australian Armour & Artillery Museum. About upcoming repairs for next year said they will chaneling a bit of help from you when it comes to the centurion and chieftain repairs. So basically you can call yourself a centurion and chieftain expert from now on :D
Well joe and team having seen thease as separate videos and now watched altogether it was a great job and especially getting the electrics in the turret working funny to think you took her up to catterick on the old all weather driving circuit which was built for tanks as its where we used to do our phase 2 driver training out of the old tankadrome (as we used to call it )over the road from cambria barracks where I did my basic training but went onto gunnery not D and M but as recruits they used to make us run around that route 😢 wonder how many mk10 Berlin wagons are left same as the old mk12 centurions which were only for Berlin I know Kevin wheat soft jas one as it used to be on the main gate of hohne then 7bde took it to uk didn't look after it and sold it to Kevin...we used to have to sign for that tank as guard commander on Canada gate 😊😊
A totally awesome museum if your ever in the area anyone. We stopped in Cairns on a cruise and it wasn't even mentioned as a tour but we'll worth the entrance fee..
Love workshop Wednesdayyyyyyy. Excellent format for the Video every now and again, a bit low on banter though, in fairness I have to translate it anyway.
I was a REME technician way back in the 1970's and spent many hours fettling the gun control equipment on Chieftain. It's impressive that you managed to get that working again after all these years. AeM 🥰
I’m a 70-year-old man. From the United States. I love watching your channel. I was an army mechanic. I worked on jeeps 10 ton wreckers. 2 1/2 ton truck. Back in the 70s. I think you guys do great work. Your attitude. Reminds me of me. At your age. If you can’t fix it. Fill it full of manure. And and plant flowers in it.! In America we call that lawn art. So I hope you keep going.
Dusenhalf! 2 1/2 ton... I remember them along with the 8 quarters when with the yanks in Italy near the airport Aviano if memory serves.... I drove Hummers in Sarajevo later in my career...
Teds quite commicle - i used to have the same with my two, Bella a big desert dog would climb the steps and watch what i'm doing sat in the cockpit of a mighty F4-M Phantom jet, the other Gunny, would casually sit at the top of the steps guarding me, he looked so dapper, my most treasured images of him
I’m a retired USARMY Engineer Officer our mechanized units had a mix of fighting vehicles and up armored engineer equipment. Watching your team sort through faults brings back a lot of memories, and it is a lot more fun to watch than be standing in mud on a training range in a rainy night trying to sort through one of those ancient analog switch boxes to find a fault!
Served 4yrs on Mk 2 Chieftain in Germany,in all 4 crew positions,in late 60's,early 70's.Cant remember the amount of hours spent in a gasthoff waiting for a New pack!
As a young Sapper in the early 70's, I spent an FTX driving a Cent Bridgelayer (for those in the know Ted Amey was the commander) in support of a Squadron of Chieftains - by day six, they'd ALL broken down and my vehicle found itself spearheading the entire Battlegroup (true story!).
That engine truly intrigues me. I'm in the US and had never heard of this engine. I managed heavy truck fleet maintenance for 30+ years and this thing just blows my mind. I wonder if there is an animation of the engine anywhere? I have looked and looked and can't even find a decent cut-away drawing or any details on how it works.
@@mikewinston8709 10+ years of driving and 30+ years maintaining diesel engines, the sound is what I would imagine a 671 Detroit running at 5000 rpm. What an incredible sound!
@@Watchyn_Yarwood Its perhaps one of the most powerful 2 stroke diesels in existence with some of the later models being capable of 900 horsepower on diesel, specifically because of the multi fuel ability. *edit: that HP figure is from a modded L60, standard was 750HP oops...
You should absolutely do these kinds of documentary videos after finishing a project more often. I enjoyed this really much even though I watched the original videos before. Its a great look at the progress you guys do. Incredible.
My dad worked at Vickers tank works. He used to work on making the turrets. He said they had one where they fitted a 1200 hp engine. It went great, but the second time they hit the brakes it didn't stop. Straight through a wall and into the mud at the side of the Tyne. They used a couple of Armored Engineer vehicles they had on hand to pull it out. We used to hear them going up the West Road outside of school more often than you'd expect. We even followed one home at the end of the day. I used to get the bus into Newcastle. The tank did not stop for anything, not roundabouts or lights. It wasn't going very fast really, so the bus had no trouble keeping up, even with stops.
While I was working in the BSC Grimesthorpe foundry the company was looking for a different way to pay welders piecework. The welding was on casting repairs on cracks found by UV dye penetrant crack detection; these were chipped and ground out then filled with weld. This sounds easy but the cracks were inches deep and feet long, they were stuffed with plasticine which was weighed to give the welder a price for the job. I was not qualified to weld on this scale but I persuaded one of the welders to let me have a go, it was great, blazing away with a massive stick welder. The welder went for his lunch and as sometimes happened in those days he had a few pints too many and did not come back. I continued with the work as no one could tell who was who in the mask thick coat and gloves. I like to think that there were soldiers happily sat behind my welds in their Chieftain tank, safe from bullets and bombs.
Ah! The memories!!! The shriek of a Chieftain passing us infantry, choking us with dust and laughing at us unfortunates. Then 2 hours later getting a kip whilst the same crew were sweating cobs doing maintenance!! Priceless.🤣
The first time I heard someone driving a Chieftan, I thought, " Who's that maniac thrashing that poor bloody engine ? ". Then I learned it was a 2 stroke and my ire vanished. Terrific job you did. I especially liked the way the gun was able to track the Range Marshall's van. ( I reckon with those shoddy welds you could get the gun working.... )
Mate, anything you do to preserve the history of ex service vehicles is lush. At a show in the future some child will say "my grandad/nana drove them" ...........and their memory lives on. Sir I salute you.
Saw a race with these once against Lepeord 1 and Centurion. Lepoerd arrived first but crew so shaken did not fire immediately, Chieftain second and first round Centurion arrived rather breathless and chewed top off hill and stuffed one down the range. Quite impressive!
Outstanding effort by all the team including supervisor Ted. It has to be said not only are you exceptionally talented on the spanners, but how little folks appreciate your dedication to putting these great videos together. Brilliant job. This remains my favourite YT channel. Long may it continue.
Good video, good idea to collate all your work on a particular tank into one consolidated video. Now bring back the T34! I’ve been anticipating the engine rebuild for months now.😊
I did 10.5 years on Challenger 2 and have no idea about Chieftain but it’s surprising how easy it was to identify parts like the gun control kit etc. Well done to you all
Ha ha thats mind blowing you did 10.5 yrs on chally 2, i did a year on scorpion, a year on chieftain, and then 2 on chally 1, 10.5 yrs on 1 vehicle seems unreal😅
It seems with old armor, you're always walking the fine line between the greatest mechanical skill and tender loving care, and absolutely thrashing and hammering things.
love it too, just always sounds so angry, anybody ever says, mm nice V8, come on thats not an engine and theres a few aircraft engines that make the ground really shake too
You guys are awesome, I love reading through the comments and regale the old stories from the vets of BAOR and the fun we all had working on the armour of the time. I can relate to you with your frustrations in working some of these vehicles and the troubles they give you and we had a proper support network but do feel your frustration at times with the things you come across. Thank you for sharing all your work with us and providing the fond memories of a yesterday we lived. Brilliant and we will continue watching.
Shout out to the old lads of the 14/20th King Hussars based at Herford in Germany. My brother Was Len Leach T Cmdr on Cents and Scorps.. I was born at the Warminster camp in the early 60's and lived on Imber road....Great video lads and lass once again.
You've single-handedly reignited my love for tanks and mechanical wonders from history over the last year or so that I have been watching your channel. Don't ever stop doing what you lads love. Cheers from Canada!
The clip at the end when you were at high speed reminded me of just how fast Chieftains were with good drivers but you really need to be stood on the ground next to it for he full effect of the noise and the ground shaking! - in contrast, the cents are surprisingly quite at full speed (21mph!)
Now I've finished the video I have to say this is a revelation, to see the amount of time and effort you all put in (apart from jack obvs) is testament to your love of what you do. Congratulations, the Tank looks and sounds fantastic.
Sat at 4am in a bitterly cold Rhein valley in NE Switzerland watching this superb compilation . You boys bring a fantastic amount of joy to old soldiers like me as well as the invaluable preservation work that you do. Long may you continue and all power to you. Cheers chaps.
The Chieftain is close to many hearts and mine is Detmold...loved 'Crash Out' and going for a drive in the middle of the night through the town. Very quiet with a whole regiment as you can imagine. What an impressive site it was.... Another good video Mr Hewes...thank you
Your close attention to details is above and beyond our expectations.This is why i keep coming back to see the results.You’re also lucky to have such a hardworking crew helping you achieve those goals.👍
When i first found your / this site Mr Hewes !! i was not expecting anything like what followed ,I now believe i have caught up and viewed all your posted videos ,Every one has been very entertaining and the whole team are just that ,, " A Team " with you Joe as Hanibal Smith / Hewes Keep making these and having fun I like your piss take of the rivet counters / Anoraks more of that please ,,
I started watching around the time of Sebs tank when a thumbnail showing an L60 caught my eye. I noticed it had two cranks thinking that looks interesting. Now I would never miss an video watch them at home on the TV in front of an open fire at this time of year. You guys and girls are all great people.
I served in 3RTR and mostly on Chieftain and even back then most jobs were heavy, dirty and hard work, they were a lot more reliable than people say these days though, talking to some of the older guys in the regiment they were a bit of a dog in the 1970's though certainly as far as the engine goes. As far as being bad to live in for weeks at a time I'd rather be in a Chieftain than in a muddy hole in the ground and as a bonus we always had wet schemes unlike some of our infantry friends ;) I remember pulling out spring packs on my own using two fan belts as it was far faster than mucking about with a tank bar and hoping the keep bolt didn't break when it hit the ground.
As a severe PTSD in armor brigade... I just can say... Thank you Mr Hewes. Light happy and awesome to watch the king of engine noise, Chieftain, a lot of respect! Thank you.
I was Berlin Armoured Squadron, we were the last squadron to leave Berlin on the drawdown. She looks like she was a 4th Troop wagon. There were actually 16 Armoured Vehicles in Berlin Armd Sqdn, 14 Chieftain Gun Tanks, 1x CHARV, and a 434. The paint job you guys did was very good, the original wagons were a little more glossy and were in absolute immaculate condition. The back decks were NATO green and the running gear was NATO Black. They were absolute beautiful machines to work on and crew and you never forget the sounds and the smells of the Chieftain. It’s a pity you haven’t a Berlin Brigade badge on the front right mud guard and a 14th/20th Kings Hussars Badge on the searchlight door, then she would look exactly like a Berlin Chieftain. Well done guys, it has brought a lump to the throat.
Truly enjoyed your video. 100% agree the regular public doesn't understand that there's a reason they call them military vehicles, its cause it dam near tanks an army of help / military to keep these things running a move forward, with all the constant maintenance and hours of work rebuild and reworking old parts to make them new like again. My hat is off to you and your hole team of friends and family, you all do great work.
I had feelings of early top gear watching this rebuild. 3 or 4 friends larking about in a garage trying to build something while insulting each other. Great effort and thanks for all the videos.
Love to follow you guys and girl restoring old vehicles of all sorts 👍👍.. And the humor is top notch 😂😂👍... Keep up the good work... Greatings from Denmark🇩🇰...
I can truly understand what you're saying in regards to spending time in a tank, many moons ago in the 60s, I spent almost an hour driving a Churchill Tank, & although the experience was well worth the £15 I paid, it was so ruddy exciting & great fun to do, my bloody ears were ringing for the rest of the day & yes I wore ear protection,.. It was a great experience and a lot of fun, 'but' I cannot for a single second, imagine what it would be like had the likelihood of someone shooting at me would have been like, a living nightmare comes to mind and I prize those so very brave people who did man those amazing things under fire,.. What you guys are doing bringing these amazing creations back to life, is to my mind, just as important history-wise, as what those brave souls did with them under fire, great videos and the banter between you is hilarious..xx
Excellent format. Need to make sure each has a full Jack tee-shirts collection in every vid. He's def a topcunt! I saw all vids separate so seeing everything in 1 is great.
I find wiring my '69 Mustang from the old wiring harness to the new wiring harness to be a bit of a bear but after seeing all the wiring on the tank I'm in awe of your knowledge and skill. Of course, I've had two back surgeries in the past three years so getting under the dash and bending over has stopped until I'm fully functional. Thanks for the entertainment.
Wow,35 minutes of my life just flew by,way too Quickly .Brilliant viewing thank you ALL so much for these amazing videos you put together for us too enjoy!.
Something different. I can remember these being made at ROF Barnbow Leeds they would move three at a time and completely stopped traffic. I was a bus driver and got caught up in the convoy on Austhorpe Road Crossgate the easiest run through traffic ever a sight to behold three 50 ton monsters. A sense of pride in our engineering. Keep up the good work. Glad someone is taking care of OUR history lol from NZ stay safe.
Ah yes i havnt seen those colours since the early 80's in Berlin. I also did a stint in spandau looking after a certain naughty chap :) Train journey was a bit of a pain from Helmstedt though used to get locked into the train until we reached Berlin
To the younger generations, the uneducated, and the Americans, Spandau Prison, Germany was primarily used to house high-ranking Nazi war criminals convicted at the Nuremberg Trials at the end of WWII. The most notable inmate was Rudolf Hess: Deputy Führer of Nazi Germany, sentenced to life imprisonment. He was the last remaining inmate when the prison closed in 1987.
what year did they swap to the digi cam? when I was there in 83-85 (US Army) I don't remember that camo. I remember black/green camo. (they used to go by my flat to get to our tank range and dough boy city.)
@@MegaWildweasel I put a reply on here with a link but was taken off :/ The Berlin camo was used right up to the fall of 1989 I sent a link with pictures 📸 showing a parade 6 months before the wall came down. Fun times before crap hit the fan 90's onwards ie First Gulf War then Bosnia , Kosovo, etc etc Hasn't seemed to have stopped since 🤔
I am a printer, I've never worked on a Centurian or Chieftain tank or have any memories of doing so, but I can honestly say you and your team do an amazing job and I love this start to end format. Can't wait to see more!
More, more, more please, these machines are some of our finest fighting engineering and well worth saving and enjoying once completed. For me the sound alone is worth all the effort that all of you put into the restoration, keep up the great work and I look forward to many more thoroughly enjoyable hours of entertainment.
Given the length of time it takes to do these repairs I actually think this video format works very well. After all if you miss bit you can always watch it again. Those cramped inside turret views are a bit of an eye opener about actually serving in a Chieftain. You may wish to down play your expertise but your "engineering" and by that I mean the ability to work out a solution to a problem, is absolutely top notch and to do it on something so big and neglected is remarkable. Respect!
Top stuff guys served in Australian army Puckapunyal Victoria RAASC as a driver .The armoured centre was just down the road I was standing next to what I think was a centurion when it let go a canister round during live firing during exercise iron maiden back in the late 60s early70s Vietnam era we had APC ‘s etc interesting to see what you guys get up too thanks Mike
I began watching this renovation by scrolling through all of your videos. Then I decided to see if you had a play list, and you did. I've watched most of the videos. Yes, it's not easy working on a tank. Cheers from across the pond in RI, USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stunning job by the whole team ! . Teds input was obviously the deciding factor but boy oh boy you all knocked it out of the park with this build ... Deep respect to you all .
All work under the supervision of Ted without whom quality might go out the window 😊can't wait to see your next project whatever it might be (can you get a tank engine in the 3 wheeler) 👍👍👍👍
Well done guys. Thoroughly enjoyed the journey of Seb's Chieftain. Actually delayed having a shower to watch this 😁 and Yes would love to see Whistlindiesel's Chieftain from start to finish 👌
I’ve always admired a heavy bit of kit. If I had my time over again I would gladly join your little band. My messing around days are numbered. All good on you for saving this history. Well done. 👍
Having one video like this rocks, I love the update videos as you’re doing stuff but having an end state one like this allows us us to truly appreciate Jacks hairstyle over time is simply epic.
Great job I’m glad Ted was keeping a eye on what you where doing I would have like to see all green o well , looking great 👍👍👍👍 all you guys do great work
You guys have achieved something most people never do in their lifetime and that is to totally live life with a passion for the things you enjoy the most. Love the humour and yet also appreciate there’s a deeper philosophical element going on with this and there’s genuine chemistry within the team that is rare. No doubt you are all old souls who knew each other in a previous life. With regards to this video, I think it’s a resounding success and allows the viewer to see the entire process in condensed format.
Odd choice of video squire, recycling old hat…… :D :D I’m being a silly sausage of course, it’s great to see it start to finish in one video. Nicely done miduck.
Great job! Love seeing old bits of kit being given another go and out n about instead of sitting in a museum gathering dust or abandoned gathering rust!. Keep doing what you do and we will keep watching!. Well done for Ted for supervising you lot.... 😃🍺
I can appreciate how much patience is required on control gear of this era, I grew up working with older stuff than this, have been through the progression to PLC's etc. Patience and persistence. Made by man, not god so it can be fixed.
Ranging machine gun had a very nice little electronic circuit which counted three rounds. Three plops then bang and onto next target. I passed all my course books onto REME Museum at Lynham as an example of the early seventies course the ECE’s did. It was material they did not have even complete to worked examples and odd ascerbic instructor’s comments!
@ Yes I know! I was on the wrong end on a battle run but said I could fix the gun before the tanks made it. It was close as they were the other side of the hill at BATUS but we made it. Could not keep up with the Umpire though! It was better than stopping the show!
Excellent music from the now departed left handed David Bowie. Ziggie Stardust Chieftain as opposed to the concrete chieftain, which is more Julian Cleary.
Great video, i remember the first time I saw a chieftain in the Berlin brigade camo I fell in love. It's so awesome that you guys did it that way, thank you all from Wisconsin USA.
When I come down in the morning, I make a brew, sit at the breakfast table and look for the latest video. I must admit if here isn't one, it's a sad start to the day. I can't imagine what is like to come up with new content every week and quick recap is great, maybe a little content that was not in the original? I just love your sensible down to earth approach, well done guys and thank you.
There is nothing funnier than Adam and Seb bickering with each other 🤣🤣🤣 fantastic video, great to see it all together, an enormous amount of work with an end result that looks fantastic. Hope Seb’s looking after it.
Would anyone like to see the start to finish rebuild on WhistlinDiesel’s Chieftain?
yes we would
Oh yes
Yes please
yes please
Yes please!
The only TH-cam channel that actually cares about their background music. I appreciate the extra effort and cost.
Hopefully won't be content-id matched. Remember that they even pulled down the cover of Space Oddity by Commander Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station for a while, until they realized what horrible PR it was.
The best music starts around 31:13 !
As usual, this project and video bring forth the perfect fit of fun and productivity. I like the new format and appreciate the very generous application of someone’s time and efforts to make it so enjoyable.
TBH I'd prefer to hear more talk & less music, even if it's "left a bit, down a bit, ow me f**kin' foot".
Yeah but that music is usually copyrighted meaning all monetization will be taken away.
Did you know that you were mentioned in recent video from The Australian Armour & Artillery Museum. About upcoming repairs for next year said they will chaneling a bit of help from you when it comes to the centurion and chieftain repairs. So basically you can call yourself a centurion and chieftain expert from now on :D
Ha I have spoken to them nice bunch
Well joe and team having seen thease as separate videos and now watched altogether it was a great job and especially getting the electrics in the turret working funny to think you took her up to catterick on the old all weather driving circuit which was built for tanks as its where we used to do our phase 2 driver training out of the old tankadrome (as we used to call it )over the road from cambria barracks where I did my basic training but went onto gunnery not D and M but as recruits they used to make us run around that route 😢 wonder how many mk10 Berlin wagons are left same as the old mk12 centurions which were only for Berlin I know Kevin wheat soft jas one as it used to be on the main gate of hohne then 7bde took it to uk didn't look after it and sold it to Kevin...we used to have to sign for that tank as guard commander on Canada gate 😊😊
A totally awesome museum if your ever in the area anyone. We stopped in Cairns on a cruise and it wasn't even mentioned as a tour but we'll worth the entrance fee..
Love workshop Wednesdayyyyyyy.
Excellent format for the Video every now and again, a bit low on banter though, in fairness I have to translate it anyway.
@@MrHewes Quick Trip to Aus? Can be here in an hour or so,...
To your speech at the end regarding keeping history alive a little longer I say amen to that sir.
Great video give us more of the same 👏👏👏👏👍
I was a REME technician way back in the 1970's and spent many hours fettling the gun control equipment on Chieftain. It's impressive that you managed to get that working again after all these years. AeM 🥰
Who were you attached to Steve? I'm ex Blues and Royals!
Amazing effort guys 👍🏼
I’m a 70-year-old man. From the United States. I love watching your channel. I was an army mechanic. I worked on jeeps 10 ton wreckers. 2 1/2 ton truck. Back in the 70s. I think you guys do great work. Your attitude. Reminds me of me. At your age. If you can’t fix it. Fill it full of manure. And and plant flowers in it.! In America we call that lawn art. So I hope you keep going.
Thank you. You guys are great.!
Dusenhalf! 2 1/2 ton... I remember them along with the 8 quarters when with the yanks in Italy near the airport Aviano if memory serves.... I drove Hummers in Sarajevo later in my career...
I actually drove a gamma goat. Six wheel. Amphibious. With a three cylinder Cummings engine. I worked on them to.
Just great The Rusrbucket Regatta 2000
Berlin pattern camo absolutely rocks.
They need to paint the fleet in Berlin Camo including the Foden. It looks so easy to do and pleasant on the eye
@@The_Dan_of_Kent I wouldn't say it's easy to paint the Berlin camo.....
@@dbracer The adjutant in my regiment 4/7RDG designed the Berlin camo
He took the credit for it . Henry Wilkes designed it @@todgertownwhite
Seems the British Army pioneered digital camo for Tanks long before digital camo was a thing .
How many dogs have had the opportunity to walk around on a tank and peer down at their owner inside? Legend.
Teds quite commicle - i used to have the same with my two, Bella a big desert dog would climb the steps and watch what i'm doing sat in the cockpit of a mighty F4-M Phantom jet, the other Gunny, would casually sit at the top of the steps guarding me, he looked so dapper, my most treasured images of him
"peer down at their owner"?? I think you mean "check on why their catering staff are slacking".
@ yes indeed!
I have the feeling Bowie would approve.
He spent a few years in Berlin.
I’m a retired USARMY Engineer Officer our mechanized units had a mix of fighting vehicles and up armored engineer equipment. Watching your team sort through faults brings back a lot of memories, and it is a lot more fun to watch than be standing in mud on a training range in a rainy night trying to sort through one of those ancient analog switch boxes to find a fault!
Served 4yrs on Mk 2 Chieftain in Germany,in all 4 crew positions,in late 60's,early 70's.Cant remember the amount of hours spent in a gasthoff waiting for a New pack!
As a young Sapper in the early 70's, I spent an FTX driving a Cent Bridgelayer (for those in the know Ted Amey was the commander) in support of a Squadron of Chieftains - by day six, they'd ALL broken down and my vehicle found itself spearheading the entire Battlegroup (true story!).
We had a Cent dozer,mate of mine filled it up with 70gall of diesel! oops😵💫
That Chieftain engine….the sound….a delight…..happy memories of the SLTA in the BAOR……a former 2434 - 1974/1998…intake 74/14 Cambrai Bks.
That engine truly intrigues me. I'm in the US and had never heard of this engine. I managed heavy truck fleet maintenance for 30+ years and this thing just blows my mind. I wonder if there is an animation of the engine anywhere? I have looked and looked and can't even find a decent cut-away drawing or any details on how it works.
@ Built by a company named British Leyland……originated in the 1960’s. I, like a lot of former army chaps have a sad fetish for the engine sound…..🤣🤣
@@mikewinston8709 10+ years of driving and 30+ years maintaining diesel engines, the sound is what I would imagine a 671 Detroit running at 5000 rpm. What an incredible sound!
@@Watchyn_Yarwood 👍
@@Watchyn_Yarwood Its perhaps one of the most powerful 2 stroke diesels in existence with some of the later models being capable of 900 horsepower on diesel, specifically because of the multi fuel ability. *edit: that HP figure is from a modded L60, standard was 750HP oops...
You’re a ‘good boy’ Mr Hewes. Yes you are.
You should absolutely do these kinds of documentary videos after finishing a project more often. I enjoyed this really much even though I watched the original videos before. Its a great look at the progress you guys do. Incredible.
Did 5 years on Chieftain BAOR .....BEST JOB IN THE WORLD . Brings back so many memories watching your channel .
My dad worked at Vickers tank works. He used to work on making the turrets. He said they had one where they fitted a 1200 hp engine. It went great, but the second time they hit the brakes it didn't stop. Straight through a wall and into the mud at the side of the Tyne. They used a couple of Armored Engineer vehicles they had on hand to pull it out. We used to hear them going up the West Road outside of school more often than you'd expect. We even followed one home at the end of the day. I used to get the bus into Newcastle. The tank did not stop for anything, not roundabouts or lights. It wasn't going very fast really, so the bus had no trouble keeping up, even with stops.
While I was working in the BSC Grimesthorpe foundry the company was looking for a different way to pay welders piecework. The welding was on casting repairs on cracks found by UV dye penetrant crack detection; these were chipped and ground out then filled with weld. This sounds easy but the cracks were inches deep and feet long, they were stuffed with plasticine which was weighed to give the welder a price for the job. I was not qualified to weld on this scale but I persuaded one of the welders to let me have a go, it was great, blazing away with a massive stick welder. The welder went for his lunch and as sometimes happened in those days he had a few pints too many and did not come back. I continued with the work as no one could tell who was who in the mask thick coat and gloves. I like to think that there were soldiers happily sat behind my welds in their Chieftain tank, safe from bullets and bombs.
Ah! The memories!!! The shriek of a Chieftain passing us infantry, choking us with dust and laughing at us unfortunates. Then 2 hours later getting a kip whilst the same crew were sweating cobs doing maintenance!! Priceless.🤣
i see on the last clip the foden following the chieftain "just in case mode" great video lads.
This episode was "Jack's Mom Approved" !!!
Massive respect to Soldiers and Present and Future, Lest we forget....
From Canada the West Coast.
The first time I heard someone driving a Chieftan, I thought, " Who's that maniac thrashing that poor bloody engine ? ". Then I learned it was a 2 stroke and my ire vanished. Terrific job you did. I especially liked the way the gun was able to track the Range Marshall's van. ( I reckon with those shoddy welds you could get the gun working.... )
Mate, anything you do to preserve the history of ex service vehicles is lush. At a show in the future some child will say "my grandad/nana drove them" ...........and their memory lives on. Sir I salute you.
Admirable patience with that box of spaghetti. I'd have been tempted to launch it with all those issues. Kudos.
Saw a race with these once against Lepeord 1 and Centurion. Lepoerd arrived first but crew so shaken did not fire immediately, Chieftain second and first round Centurion arrived rather breathless and chewed top off hill and stuffed one down the range. Quite impressive!
Love your choice of background music…..David Bowie!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Outstanding effort by all the team including supervisor Ted. It has to be said not only are you exceptionally talented on the spanners, but how little folks appreciate your dedication to putting these great videos together. Brilliant job. This remains my favourite YT channel. Long may it continue.
Good fortune for Seb to find such skilled lads and lasses to restore his tank to such good condition and to play a part thereoff. Great video. Tc
David was a force, RIP brother!
Good video, good idea to collate all your work on a particular tank into one consolidated video. Now bring back the T34! I’ve been anticipating the engine rebuild for months now.😊
I did 10.5 years on Challenger 2 and have no idea about Chieftain but it’s surprising how easy it was to identify parts like the gun control kit etc. Well done to you all
Ha ha thats mind blowing you did 10.5 yrs on chally 2, i did a year on scorpion, a year on chieftain, and then 2 on chally 1, 10.5 yrs on 1 vehicle seems unreal😅
@@tonysmyth1767to be fair mate I did time on CVRT and UOR vehicles like Warthog and Mastiff but CR2 was my bread and butter
It seems with old armor, you're always walking the fine line between the greatest mechanical skill and tender loving care, and absolutely thrashing and hammering things.
That engine has an unmistakable sound to it.
Audio porn....
love it too, just always sounds so angry, anybody ever says, mm nice V8, come on thats not an engine
and theres a few aircraft engines that make the ground really shake too
You guys are awesome, I love reading through the comments and regale the old stories from the vets of BAOR and the fun we all had working on the armour of the time. I can relate to you with your frustrations in working some of these vehicles and the troubles they give you and we had a proper support network but do feel your frustration at times with the things you come across. Thank you for sharing all your work with us and providing the fond memories of a yesterday we lived. Brilliant and we will continue watching.
Shout out to the old lads of the 14/20th King Hussars based at Herford in Germany. My brother Was Len Leach T Cmdr on Cents and Scorps.. I was born at the Warminster camp in the early 60's and lived on Imber road....Great video lads and lass once again.
Was in Berlin with 1 D and D. The 14/20th KRH provided the Berlin Inf Bde Armd Sqn. They were a top bunch. Many happy memories of a wonderful tour.
Brilliant job, that Chieftan turned out beautiful and the sound of those 2 strokes screaming away always makes me smile! Thanks for bringing us along!
You've single-handedly reignited my love for tanks and mechanical wonders from history over the last year or so that I have been watching your channel. Don't ever stop doing what you lads love. Cheers from Canada!
The clip at the end when you were at high speed reminded me of just how fast Chieftains were with good drivers but you really need to be stood on the ground next to it for he full effect of the noise and the ground shaking! - in contrast, the cents are surprisingly quite at full speed (21mph!)
quiet* 😉
Now I've finished the video I have to say this is a revelation, to see the amount of time and effort you all put in (apart from jack obvs) is testament to your love of what you do. Congratulations, the Tank looks and sounds fantastic.
Adam & Seb are bloody hilarious 😆
Sat at 4am in a bitterly cold Rhein valley in NE Switzerland watching this superb compilation . You boys bring a fantastic amount of joy to old soldiers like me as well as the invaluable preservation work that you do. Long may you continue and all power to you. Cheers chaps.
The Chieftain is close to many hearts and mine is Detmold...loved 'Crash Out' and going for a drive in the middle of the night through the town. Very quiet with a whole regiment as you can imagine. What an impressive site it was.... Another good video Mr Hewes...thank you
Your close attention to details is above and beyond our expectations.This is why i keep coming back to see the results.You’re also lucky to have such a hardworking crew helping you achieve those goals.👍
When i first found your / this site Mr Hewes !! i was not expecting anything like what followed ,I now believe i have caught up and viewed all your posted videos ,Every one has been very entertaining and the whole team are just that ,, " A Team " with you Joe as Hanibal Smith / Hewes Keep making these and having fun
I like your piss take of the rivet counters / Anoraks more of that please ,,
I started watching around the time of Sebs tank when a thumbnail showing an L60 caught my eye. I noticed it had two cranks thinking that looks interesting. Now I would never miss an video watch them at home on the TV in front of an open fire at this time of year. You guys and girls are all great people.
I served in 3RTR and mostly on Chieftain and even back then most jobs were heavy, dirty and hard work, they were a lot more reliable than people say these days though, talking to some of the older guys in the regiment they were a bit of a dog in the 1970's though certainly as far as the engine goes. As far as being bad to live in for weeks at a time I'd rather be in a Chieftain than in a muddy hole in the ground and as a bonus we always had wet schemes unlike some of our infantry friends ;) I remember pulling out spring packs on my own using two fan belts as it was far faster than mucking about with a tank bar and hoping the keep bolt didn't break when it hit the ground.
Hi from another ex 3RTR.
As a severe PTSD in armor brigade... I just can say... Thank you Mr Hewes. Light happy and awesome to watch the king of engine noise, Chieftain, a lot of respect! Thank you.
Just when I was thinking haven't seen a Mr H video for a while you come up with this blinder!
I was Berlin Armoured Squadron, we were the last squadron to leave Berlin on the drawdown. She looks like she was a 4th Troop wagon. There were actually 16 Armoured Vehicles in Berlin Armd Sqdn, 14 Chieftain Gun Tanks, 1x CHARV, and a 434.
The paint job you guys did was very good, the original wagons were a little more glossy and were in absolute immaculate condition. The back decks were NATO green and the running gear was NATO Black.
They were absolute beautiful machines to work on and crew and you never forget the sounds and the smells of the Chieftain. It’s a pity you haven’t a Berlin Brigade badge on the front right mud guard and a 14th/20th Kings Hussars Badge on the searchlight door, then she would look exactly like a Berlin Chieftain. Well done guys, it has brought a lump to the throat.
Truly enjoyed your video. 100% agree the regular public doesn't understand that there's a reason they call them military vehicles, its cause it dam near tanks an army of help / military to keep these things running a move forward, with all the constant maintenance and hours of work rebuild and reworking old parts to make them new like again. My hat is off to you and your hole team of friends and family, you all do great work.
I had feelings of early top gear watching this rebuild. 3 or 4 friends larking about in a garage trying to build something while insulting each other. Great effort and thanks for all the videos.
I love the howl of that beast, what a piece of kit. Thank you Joe and crew, keep em coming guys and I'll keep watching em 👍
Brilliant. I just love the banter of guys working together. I'm a retired electrical engineer now for 6 years and really miss it.
Love to follow you guys and girl restoring old vehicles of all sorts 👍👍.. And the humor is top notch 😂😂👍... Keep up the good work... Greatings from Denmark🇩🇰...
I can truly understand what you're saying in regards to spending time in a tank, many moons ago in the 60s, I spent almost an hour driving a Churchill Tank, & although the experience was well worth the £15 I paid, it was so ruddy exciting & great fun to do, my bloody ears were ringing for the rest of the day & yes I wore ear protection,.. It was a great experience and a lot of fun, 'but' I cannot for a single second, imagine what it would be like had the likelihood of someone shooting at me would have been like, a living nightmare comes to mind and I prize those so very brave people who did man those amazing things under fire,.. What you guys are doing bringing these amazing creations back to life, is to my mind, just as important history-wise, as what those brave souls did with them under fire, great videos and the banter between you is hilarious..xx
Excellent format. Need to make sure each has a full Jack tee-shirts collection in every vid. He's def a topcunt! I saw all vids separate so seeing everything in 1 is great.
I find wiring my '69 Mustang from the old wiring harness to the new wiring harness to be a bit of a bear but after seeing all the wiring on the tank I'm in awe of your knowledge and skill. Of course, I've had two back surgeries in the past three years so getting under the dash and bending over has stopped until I'm fully functional. Thanks for the entertainment.
What's not to like and well edited and best of all we get to see and here a mighty Chieftain on thrash .
Wow,35 minutes of my life just flew by,way too Quickly .Brilliant viewing thank you ALL so much for these amazing videos you put together for us too enjoy!.
Yes! Massive respect for Armor units and personnel! The Drone has definitely changed the battlefield dynamic.
Something different. I can remember these being made at ROF Barnbow Leeds they would move three at a time and completely stopped traffic. I was a bus driver and got caught up in the convoy on Austhorpe Road Crossgate the easiest run through traffic ever a sight to behold three 50 ton monsters. A sense of pride in our engineering. Keep up the good work. Glad someone is taking care of OUR history lol from NZ stay safe.
Ah yes i havnt seen those colours since the early 80's in Berlin.
I also did a stint in spandau looking after a certain naughty chap :)
Train journey was a bit of a pain from Helmstedt though used to get locked into the train until we reached Berlin
To the younger generations, the uneducated, and the Americans, Spandau Prison, Germany was primarily used to house high-ranking Nazi war criminals convicted at the Nuremberg Trials at the end of WWII. The most notable inmate was Rudolf Hess: Deputy Führer of Nazi Germany, sentenced to life imprisonment. He was the last remaining inmate when the prison closed in 1987.
what year did they swap to the digi cam? when I was there in 83-85 (US Army) I don't remember that camo. I remember black/green camo. (they used to go by my flat to get to our tank range and dough boy city.)
@@MegaWildweasel I put a reply on here with a link but was taken off :/
The Berlin camo was used right up to the fall of 1989 I sent a link with pictures 📸 showing a parade 6 months before the wall came down.
Fun times before crap hit the fan 90's onwards ie First Gulf War then Bosnia , Kosovo, etc etc
Hasn't seemed to have stopped since 🤔
@@Kris155mmthe urban cam was used right up to 1992 when we went back down to the zone to the parent regiment.
I am a printer, I've never worked on a Centurian or Chieftain tank or have any memories of doing so, but I can honestly say you and your team do an amazing job and I love this start to end format. Can't wait to see more!
More, more, more please, these machines are some of our finest fighting engineering and well worth saving and enjoying once completed. For me the sound alone is worth all the effort that all of you put into the restoration, keep up the great work and I look forward to many more thoroughly enjoyable hours of entertainment.
Given the length of time it takes to do these repairs I actually think this video format works very well. After all if you miss bit you can always watch it again.
Those cramped inside turret views are a bit of an eye opener about actually serving in a Chieftain.
You may wish to down play your expertise but your "engineering" and by that I mean the ability to work out a solution to a problem, is absolutely top notch and to do it on something so big and neglected is remarkable. Respect!
Top stuff guys served in Australian army Puckapunyal Victoria RAASC as a driver .The armoured centre was just down the road I was standing next to what I think was a centurion when it let go a canister round during live firing during exercise iron maiden back in the late 60s early70s Vietnam era we had APC ‘s etc interesting to see what you guys get up too thanks Mike
I began watching this renovation by scrolling through all of your videos. Then I decided to see if you had a play list, and you did. I've watched most of the videos. Yes, it's not easy working on a tank. Cheers from across the pond in RI, USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stunning job by the whole team ! . Teds input was obviously the deciding factor but boy oh boy you all knocked it out of the park with this build ... Deep respect to you all .
Could have fooled me that you're not professional. The tank looks amazing! Love you all, David
All work under the supervision of Ted without whom quality might go out the window 😊can't wait to see your next project whatever it might be (can you get a tank engine in the 3 wheeler) 👍👍👍👍
I like the detail in the separate videos, but combined is good too. It's all good fun and fascinating.
I Always enjoy watching the Ted Show !
It's great to read comments from former tankies, from when and wherever they served.loved the patriotic speak at the end of the video.
Well done guys. Thoroughly enjoyed the journey of Seb's Chieftain.
Actually delayed having a shower to watch this 😁
and Yes would love to see Whistlindiesel's Chieftain from start to finish 👌
Can do competence, banter and good humour. What a combination. Great work, guys and dog.
Love the Ted inspection process through out the video, again great one and thanks for sharing
I’ve always admired a heavy bit of kit. If I had my time over again I would gladly join your little band. My messing around days are numbered. All good on you for saving this history. Well done. 👍
As long as you keep making the videos I will be here to watch them.
That was a great bit of repair on the gun control system.
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Having one video like this rocks, I love the update videos as you’re doing stuff but having an end state one like this allows us us to truly appreciate Jacks hairstyle over time is simply epic.
The 6 cylinder twin crank opposed piston 2 stroke engine sounds amazing! Just like a Deltic!😊
Now that was an engine.....
Great job! My old man worked on centurions back in the late 40s mid 50s, he would of loved thse videos. Keep em coming.
Great job I’m glad Ted was keeping a eye on what you where doing I would have like to see all green o well , looking great 👍👍👍👍 all you guys do great work
You guys have achieved something most people never do in their lifetime and that is to totally live life with a passion for the things you enjoy the most. Love the humour and yet also appreciate there’s a deeper philosophical element going on with this and there’s genuine chemistry within the team that is rare. No doubt you are all old souls who knew each other in a previous life.
With regards to this video, I think it’s a resounding success and allows the viewer to see the entire process in condensed format.
Great video!
This tank in particular is what got me watching your channel.
Odd choice of video squire, recycling old hat…… :D :D I’m being a silly sausage of course, it’s great to see it start to finish in one video. Nicely done miduck.
Great job! Love seeing old bits of kit being given another go and out n about instead of sitting in a museum gathering dust or abandoned gathering rust!. Keep doing what you do and we will keep watching!. Well done for Ted for supervising you lot.... 😃🍺
@MrHewes, not sure how I feel at 0:33 , you making us watch Seb grab a bunch of decks.
Great video.
Jack’s face was a picture of pride when that iron dinosaur came out of the paint shop.
Missing the gunners sight but you have the commanders sight and auxiliary telescope.
It’s fitted now
I can appreciate how much patience is required on control gear of this era, I grew up working with older stuff than this, have been through the progression to PLC's etc. Patience and persistence. Made by man, not god so it can be fixed.
Ranging machine gun had a very nice little electronic circuit which counted three rounds. Three plops then bang and onto next target. I passed all my course books onto REME Museum at Lynham as an example of the early seventies course the ECE’s did. It was material they did not have even complete to worked examples and odd ascerbic instructor’s comments!
@@glynluff2595 plops were,bop,bop,bop,bang🔥😜
@ Yes I know! I was on the wrong end on a battle run but said I could fix the gun before the tanks made it. It was close as they were the other side of the hill at BATUS but we made it. Could not keep up with the Umpire though! It was better than stopping the show!
I wish this channel was around in the 70's Brings back so many memories ... well done guys. :)
I was over 6 years on Chieftain befor Chlanger came out and i injoy your Videos they bring back Good memorys Chieftain was a bitch but a good Tank
The best sounding tank ever made. The hellish shriek of the two stroke would be enough to send the opponent running away all on its own.
Excellent music from the now departed left handed David Bowie.
Ziggie Stardust Chieftain as opposed to the concrete chieftain, which is more Julian Cleary.
Great video, i remember the first time I saw a chieftain in the Berlin brigade camo I fell in love. It's so awesome that you guys did it that way, thank you all from Wisconsin USA.
Dito.. I from Wisconsin as well ! cheers.
lol Ted is trying to close the hatch because he thinks there is a couple of old ladies bickering in the tank? lol
When I come down in the morning, I make a brew, sit at the breakfast table and look for the latest video. I must admit if here isn't one, it's a sad start to the day. I can't imagine what is like to come up with new content every week and quick recap is great, maybe a little content that was not in the original? I just love your sensible down to earth approach, well done guys and thank you.
Anyone else miss Bowie?
There is nothing funnier than Adam and Seb bickering with each other 🤣🤣🤣 fantastic video, great to see it all together, an enormous amount of work with an end result that looks fantastic. Hope Seb’s looking after it.