How to drive a Sherman tank! Battle of Aquino WWII re-enactment at Aquino Tank Weekend
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- Livestreamed on 8 Jun 2019 at Ontario Regiment Museum. Meet Bart the Sherman and much much more at Aquino Tank Weekend 2021! Get your tickets now: www.ontrmuseum....
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The real Tank Girl.
I thought it's a guy, heavy voice for a chick.
@@Aengrod knob.
@@crow7291 Where?
Aye!!!
bfv stuff
Realy liked seeing the driver doing his stuff within the hull.. More like this please lady.
My neighbour growing up was an M4 driver. I've been told his tank was hit, and in a flash there's total confusion, all he remembers there being light coming from some direction and only knows his brain clicked enough to escape towards it. He was the only one to make it. Remember even as a kid being told it was unique to have a driver survive over other crew members.
That's me at 7:47!!! That was SO MUCH FUN! Thanks for the video, I had to duck into the turret while the .50 was going off because it's a bit LOUD. You really can't see well out of the vision blocks! Cartridge cases and links were raining on me the whole time - IT WAS EPIC! I also got to give the command to fire the main gun, you can just barely hear me at 5:40. I hope we can join another crew together some time!
U are good at saying FIRE
The driver explained it very well, however when I nick a sherman from bovington and I stall to my 3 year prison sentence I'm blaming him.
@@banegas0411 I hate the fact that you’re right.
@@banegas0411 We went from joking stealing a tank to cop shootouts. And I’d advise against sharing your sexual fantasies on the internet but ok
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Sofi, you're glowing... And I totally understand why. I really envy!
Thanks a million
"tanks a million"
Well Sofi, you’re the right shape for manoeuvring in and out tanks. I’d get stuck in the hatch like Winnie the Pooh 😳
Good vid,
Thanks for posting!
Thank you for posting an episode, hope you're doing well. The US Army has two specialties to work on a tank, they have it divided as a "Tank Turret Repairer," and a "M 1 Hull Repairer."Long boring story on how I got to go to both schools, but on how this man described the use of 2 engines and the fact it could operate with one led me to think of the transmission of the M 1 Abrams. If you are ever around when one is pulled from the tank you would swear half of the 68 tons of the tank is in the transmissions weight. Another thing that caught my eye is that the appearance of the gauges used in WW2 are identical to those used today.
Thanks Sofi for sharing your experiences. Few people are as enthusiastic and passionate about tanks as you are. It is appreciated that you show in such detail the inner workings of the old glories. You are fantastic. Thanks again
You know cognitively how loud, cramped, and unpleasant Tank duty must be, but you really don't get a true appreciation of it until you see such videos. Thank you for another informative and entertaining video.
Whadya know? An attractive human hosting a TH-cam channel letting the SUBJECT of the video star instead of the host? Unique concept. Bravo, Sofi!
This is great. Channel came up on my feed...has been a hoot watching...what i like best, Sofi, is that you let the folks do the showing and talking AND there is no music blaring. You let the equipment do the "speaking" with all its growls, revs, clanks, and sqweaks! Takes me back to being 10yrs old...standing in the back of my dad's pickup (driving down the road, very unsafe😁), with my arms stretched out on top of the cab...looking forward into the wind...DREAMING about sitting in the turret of a tank.🤣
Very very cool! My Grandfather served in a sherman tank in Ww2. 69th tank Battalion, company C. He told me a story about their sherman tank named “country cosine” that had a bad problem locking-up in high gear going down hill wide open. He said he just reached over and hit the kill switch. Really cool to see the inside and a rundown of how to operate! I can picture him sitting in that seat pulling on those leavers! Nice job!
I was around or on tanks early in my military career so I spent a lot of time with M60A3s, M1 and M1A1 series MBTs. I even hitched a ride or two on some Leopards and some Russian armor while deployed in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan. However, I never got to ride on a Sherman. That must have been such an awesome experience especially when you consider the history behind that tank. Do you know its history and if it's seen any actual combat?
Oh, and by the way, I love your enthusiasm for everything armor. It's very contagious.
Town i lived at as a kid had a sherman on display as the bethleham steel an other foundrys made alot of parts for them durring ww2 so i got to play on an in the tank and it looked just like this pretty much.I was 13 last time i seen it in 1978 lebanon pa. fmr usn here 85-88 thanks for serving brother
Thanks for taking us along! Reminded me of my times on small commercial fishing boats strangely enough. LOTS of noise and action that you eventually get used to. What fun!
That startup gave me chills. The driver explained very well and gives a great insight too.
Thanks Sofi, It was nice meeting you at Aquino Tank Weekend 2019, I was disappointed 2020 was cancelled. Here's to 2021!
Loved the show. Thanks to you Sof and the driver. 🇬🇧
Really liked the devotion to showing how to steer the tank in this video with him first explaining what the controls did - and then getting to watch him drive it. That was really cool.
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they choose my 10 yr old grandson and i for the last battle; the guys loved him as he marched around in his military outfit; i was in the gunner seat and he was in the hatch; i couldnt see a thing lol; we ended up the losers in our battle as we blew a track; thanks for the posts
I remember that! I have it on film, and I filled the track repair as well. What a day, huh?
@@Sofilein hi can u post it or do u have any pics of my grandson thanks
@@Sofilein and yes it was great, never heard of this before until we received the email through wot. It was an expensive weekend but worth it. My grandson got to ride in 3 tanks plus the battlel a fellow from Calgary gave him a ticket. It was great.
Pretty impressive, awesome video and probably one of the best coverage of actually driving a tank. Had to be quite the experience.
Now that brings back some memories. I drove a M4 Sherman at Camp Niagara in 1963 while I was in the reserves. The Governor Generals Horse Guards. I remember Sherman's had diesel engines because we had to clean the air filters afterwards. Six of them and it was one of the dirtiest jobs I ever did. It almost took the fun out of the driving.
Great Video !! You lucky girl !!!!! Always had a soft spot for the Shermans ! Thank You !!!! Hope you and your loved ones are safe . Take care, Tony
That driver makes driving a tank look so easy...
you have helped me explain to my little daughter that its ok to like army stuff thanks
You content is so cool! When I was younger, I wanted to join the army and be part of a tank crew. Sadly, I was not able to join due to medical reasons but now I am able to live vicariously through your videos lol! Thanks for sharing your experiences.
I wish I could ride and drive one !!! LOVE IT!
OMG this channel is such a gold! Great footage of the inside sherman experience!
Man with a beard, always knows best! thank you & stay safe Sofi
Great video, Sofe, and remembrances to our brave soldiers that fought and died in these crates. How they were able to see anything and spot the enemy while buttoned-up is beyond me.
Perhaps you would consider a video with Hilary: a comparison of targeting optics -- German vs. Allied.
We all wanted to see the full tankers jumpsuit with red piping, wow, Sofie!
Sofi - need to see you in the commander's position in that Sherman and King Tiger. 🇺🇲👍🇺🇲
Best job you ever had!
Cool! It may not be the most comfortable but it's got to be better than the driver's position in the T34.
At least Sherman's have leather seats lol.
(Referencing Dmitri Loza's memoir on the Sherman)
I've got the feeling that the only comfortable russian tank ever made is the new T-14, but hey I'm neither russian nor a tanker.
@@Electronick7714 All crew positions in a T-34 have cushioned leather seats. ;) However, the drivers seating position in a Sherman is way more comfortable in both seat positions- in a T-34 you have to lean forward. It's good to be a short person in a T-34... especially the loader.
@@Modellbyggaren is that ALL t-34s or just the t-34-85s made late/post war that have leather seats? Cause t-34-76 was by no means a comfortable or luxurious tank.
Is the T-34 uncomfortable? Are you serious? Oh yeah, I forgot, there's no Coke on the rocks yet.
Whoa, one thing is to do this in sims like Il-2: Tank Crew and a completely different one watch a real tank driver do it. Great video!
Twin Detroit Diesel 6-71 2 strokes= awesome! My favorite power layout in the Sherman.
Makes me teary eyed to see these old warhorses out and about. Hell done!😢🙂👍
Love the sound of those GM 6-71 diesels!
Loved the engine sounds. Takes me back to my younger days around big Army equipment. Excellent piece! Assuming this was not filmed in June 2020. I saw no one wearing masks.
..not to my mommas boy..!!
me no like facing a German Tiger tank inside that tin contraption..!!
Cool show of the details of the interior and the functionality of some of the levers and stuff...very nice !
driving in a tank is a complete different story than watching ...
The noise, the clutch, the chain and drivetrain interacting with the gear and motor are a complete different world ... not even to mention the fighting.
And not to forget the refueling in the field from jerrycans from the truck, a lot of jerrycans ...
Thanks Sofi that was so cool!
Love the sound of that engine...
Life is short Sofi,don"t waste it on old metall! in a blink of an eye it will pass.We all have our passions but we must control them!
Wow! That was excellent! Thanks for such an informative video. That's probably the best I've seen on the "driving" part of a Sherman. I only they would have let you do a lap, that would have been GREAT!
James Holland managed to blag a go at driving a Sherman so can't see why Sofe doesn't get a go too.
@@chromiumphotography5138 10 4 on that!
Great video Sofi! Wonderful job you do!
Vielen Dank für den tollen Bericht!!! 👍👏✌️
Good Video Sophi, you mentioned the driver's name outside the tank and I could not catch his name but that boy gave a great breakdown of the sherman and you did an extremely good video of him in the interview as well as the interacting with the crew and showing the operations of the start up. I honestly have to say your filming of inside and outside of the assistant drivers position should have been used by Spielberg to show Michael Pena the actions in the Fury Movie. Capturing the drivers movements and actions that are involved with the start up of the Sherman would have been the minor intricacies that the driver faces with the start up and operation. Basic as it is but believable in a movie.
I'm a big Military History guy and love this stuff but wouldn't mind seeing more of YOU.
Awesome! That Jimmy sounds great when I was in diesel school we had a few of those Detroit 3 banger gen drive engines to rebuild, they use a spark plugs as a pre heat.
Knowing that front sloped armor in front of you as the driver, most likely taking the first hit, must have been terrifying.
Sherman's control steering and break is the same like Μ-113.
I'm envious Sofi. The Sherman is my favourite tank. I'd kill for the opportunity to ride in one.
I love any video that you are in from guns to tank and the. Chiefan is a good. Co host with you
a fun and informative video! you rarely see tutorials on how to operate ww2 tanks 😄
Sofilein
Nothing says it better: "Don't mess with me!" Than arriving at the party in Sherman tank - followed by the casual remark: "Oh, that parking spot was taken - I didn't notice, but Your car must be that junk under my tracks?"
Thomas Borgsmidt
“Let me pick that little piece out with my Arkansas toothpick.”
@@cromagnonman7887 Pronounced "Arrkansaww"
"Gidlock? What Gridlock?"
Really well presented, I really enjoyed that.
Most advanced lendlease tank, even more useful than Matilda.
I am so envious, you get to do the coolest stuff. Great video. I must say i still prefer driving my honda pilot.
from what i gather, tank + sofilein = happy.
i love the optimism of saying "yea sure, makie the speed meter on the sherman to 60 mph!"
i like watching you're videos because i can see inside tanks :D
also just seeing tanks is cool
I'm all for preserving history and stuff, but someone better take a WW2 Tank and soup it up.. Like Kit bash it into some Fantasy Scifi version where its got a huge turbo diesel and a Rail Gun and does 0-60 in 8 seconds or less.
The world needs it.
Pretty awesome, I wanna take it for a drive
You should come to D-Day conneaut (Ohio). I cant say Ive been to Bovington or any other real tank museums or nothin like that but I can tell you Conneaut has a PZIV a PZ1C many shermans a hellcat and an 8.8 cm flak gun. Also a rather impressive display of air tactics and "bombings"
Oh D-Day Conneaut is absolutely on my list!! Epic event.
@@Sofilein sincerely hope to see ya there
The sherman is still my favorite tank. Nostalgia.....because we know what a tinfoil can it was. I'd love to find one and put a modern diesel motor in it with a hydro transmission. I'd would be fun as heck to run around in and do parades....♥️♥️♥️♥️
Cool video! I didn't realize the Easy-8 had 2 engines. How about an M-41 next?
That was a great video Sofi! The driver was a really nice fella explained it well. Brilliant stuff! Let's beat Covid so tank fest can go ahead!! 😁👍🏻
The first thing what is awesome is sofi ❤️🌹
good to know that if you pull back on the tiller-bars its a break and not reverse.
Wow ALL OF THIS GREAT - AMAZING - FANTASTIC - AWESOME - wish I had found this sooner
Outstanding video. That was great information should I ever get a Sherman tank. I have a Sherman and/or Panther Tank on my Santa Claus wish list. LOL!
Thank you!
Loved it!! Reminds me of James Gardner movie Tank!!
Great video. I sure wish they had let you drive!!!
What an underrated channel
My dad drove a Sherman at Aquino - 1st Derbyshire Yeomanry, British 6th Armoured div
Thanks! Now i can go to Germany with my Sherman!
Best job you ever had!
this channel is going to grow very fast, I warn you! ;)
So very neat!! I'm sure double hearing protection was required! LOL
I rode on that tank with a couple other buddy as infantryman in a rainy day with that gentleman as the driver.
Great video.
Great job!
I can just imagine the big grin you had while riding inside.
hold the phone, I WAS AT THIS!!!! (The sherman was the highlight tbh)
I was going to go to that event! I would've seen you. My old house backs on to this tank museum and they have some nice items like at Sturmgewehr 44 and a Ghurka knife.
All that noise is incredible, even my little JBL Charge 3 makes my table vibrate
Love your videos
I’ll keep this in mind just in case
Hey, you're just a couple towns over from me! Don't worry, I most likely won't be stalking you. 🙂
Have fun at the show. Ottawa has some wicked military museum stuff.
Thank you super hottie tank goddess for teaching me how to drive a Sherman tank it might just save my life one day
That's bad ass right there your living the dream
WOW, A diesel Sherman. That is unusual
Awesome you got to sit in th MG position. Would have been more fun if you got to drive. I just found your channel. Going to watch your shows
Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.
The point is however:
Modern tanks and armoured vehicles with power stearing allows small and nimble girls to serve and drive tanks (or armoured vehicles). Small girls have the added avantage that they fit better into cramped spaces - which means armour can be made thicker etc. - and they can get out of the vehicle in case of fire. As "Chieftain" has shown in excruciating detail: The casualty rates in WW2 for infantry was about 20%, but 3% for tanks - partly because you could get the Hell out of a Sherman!
There are situations where tracks are necessary - certainly! But if you can keep the weight down the modern "rubber tracks" saves weight up to 30 ton vehicles. That extra ton saved by "rubber tracks" could alternatively go into better protection.
But for long haul mobility the preferred vehicles will be 8X8 - they are not bad in moderate off-road. With a proper road system 1.000 km in 24 hours. is not unrealistic. If they can take it - well, they are developed from trucks, and if you think a truck operator is not getting pissed if his truck breaks down every 500 miles - then you are sorely mistaken.
To be honest: The Sherman was the best tank in WW2 - hands down. For one simple reason:
IT WAS THERE.
The Tiger's were perhaps more difficult to defeat - certainly; but, but, but: They were useless if they arrived a week to late for the fight. They worked excellently if the opponent was an idiot - which is allways a factor - but with a general like Patton that knew what he was doing: Tigers were toast.
@JAG That is why You have recovery vehicles. The Germans found out, that never mind fixing the engine - replace it - and bring it back to a proper repair shop.
But that is one reason the 8*8 are getting more popular - a Stryker can limp back on four wheels.
You adapt your tactics to the equipment you've got, not the equipment you want.
lol youre rly saying that ugly bad piece of trash called sherman was the best tank of ww2??? Tiger 2 laughs at you. and Leopard 2 laughs at its inferior brother Abrams. cough cough 58mm front upper plate hahahahhaha
@@eifelerplanespotter653 At least the Sherman does something. But it depends on what angle you're shooting. Like if you're facing a Tiger from behind, there's a 75% chance of disabling it. But if you're facing at it directly in front, you are screwed.
Sir, Tigers and the rest were overmatched by masses airpower, overwhelming 155mm fire and sheer weight of numbers. The Sherman was obsolete but bulk of German army stuck in the east; bulk of their remaining air was over German industrial sites or covering their armies in USSR.
Only way any such comments have weight, for just starters, is to take air power and artillery imbalance out...but that can't be done.
@JAG The Sherman caught fire too easily and it's gun was inadequate even for what the Sherman could support. The desperate attempts all the way to the end to shove 17-pdrs into the turret, the creation of "jumbo" versions and creation of up-gunned tank destroyers.
Nothing I say takes issue with logistical points you make. But truth is there was nothing Germans could've done to increase their odds by focusing on just the Panther. Industrial might of three major powers would've overwhelmed Germany no matter how Albert Speer arranged the deck chairs. Fatal attrition was guaranteed and I suppose, facing that mathematical reality, could cause a nation with brilliant scientists and designers to drift in the direction of wonder weapon bias.
As far as jets go, what should Germany have done, not build the ME-262 in favor of 109? No one plane was made in the quantity of the ME-109 and all its variants...but it was OBSOLETE by late '43 and FW-190 didn't cut it as a replacement because somebody built 1000s of them without realizing it didn't perform well over 20,000 ft. Truth is, if Hiitlur hadn't interfered with production of that amazing plane for a year, there's no telling the damage it would've wrought in the hands of far more numerous and capable pilots than existed a year later.
And all the U.S. weapon systems you note (and some you don't) saying we rarely had the best item...then you use Fletcher-class destroyers and M-1 rifles? Hard to beat either, imo. P-51, Gato class subs, Essex carriers...just because made in large numbers doesn't mean design had to be compromised, YET with "Sherman" we did just that: compromise.
Why compromise with the M4? I think it was simple oversight. M4 designed in late 30s and first ones rolled out in 1940. Good argument it was best design in the world in 1940; second only maybe to T-34 in 1941; and, only slightly inferior to up-gunned, less combustible Mk.IV in 1942. And we didn't get that last surprise until N.Africa where Germans we're headed out of Africa by 11/42 regardless of M4 being above or below avg tank. The terrain in Italy made tank excellence not as important as France and Russia, so our ordnance people and generals yawned throughout '43, despite discovering a few Tigers in Tunisia and surely running into early Panthers in small number in Italy in '43.
Ironically, I think Patton and the boys did the opposite evil of the German error: instead of not sticking to one winning design alone (Panther), we DID stick to a design when, in M4's case, it needed to be altered and could've been. Hard to believe it couldn't have been dumped for Pershing design right after seeing Tiger in Tunisia and Panthers (Herman Goering Division) in Sicily in spring '43. And why bother shoving Pershings into the line with two months left in the war? A: To cut ridiculously high tank on tank losses that we'd been incurring since 6/44, albeit too late to help that cause by then, as it turned out.
Some things just fall through the cracks and sometimes bad decisions are made in life. I just think we were so confidant of Germany being overwhelmed, that we ignored one qualitative area that should've and could've been shored up without ruining our advantage: armor killing ability with a 90mm-armed tank and, btw, an upgraded Bazooka for crying out loud. The Germans, already doing the Pzfaust thing, liked our concept and ginned up an 88mm version (Pzschreck) that was far more lethal - a size increase we copied them on...five years later!
Super fun, thx for the ride along!
Bruh
Very cool, I really enjoyed that.
You vs Sabaton in a Tank battle would be awesome
Awesome!!
Great show
You're awesome!