If it works... Lol

Thanks

I was VERY impressed

He really is passionate (as are many reenactors)

I would guess that was from being a range target as the ones that went to France were all lost and the others never saw combat.

Lol, unfortunately it stopped a long way away and the zoom wasn't brilliant. There's some gi res footage to follow (as videos not shorts)

Around 1980 twice, once with my dad and once on a school trip.

@@jameslangham9854 how different was it?

Hard to remember, much more was outside, no VCC, and far less emphasis on people.

@@jameslangham9854 so back before Easter this year I went to the tank museum and saw the Tommy in the trenches tour. The guide was explaining to us the experiences of what young soldiers had to go through. At the end of the tour he said that this exhibition was built in November 1998. I asked him if he could bring back the original audio to the trenches and I showed him some recordings but he said for me to move on. I also asked him if he could switch on the old blue headlights above. He said he won’t because it could be too dark and his younger grandson was too scared to walk through the trenches when he took him to see. However the tour guide did mention that one morning few months ago, his morning job was to open the door to the trenches and use a flashlight to find his way to the operating buttons to turn the audios on as well as the lights. After pulling the switch to turn the sounds on, an unusual noise started playing what seemed like a carriageway train charging through the area followed up with another audio playing of some injured men in the stretchers crying out “water, water!” He thought it was a ghost calling him to fetch some water. After the audio stopped playing, he never heard it again and was very confused because he had never heard this sound before after working in the museum for a couple of years. What could be the problem that activated that particular speaker? Why did it never play again? Could it be repaired and restored?

@@jameslangham9854 so back before Easter this year I went to the tank museum and saw the Tommy in the trenches tour. The guide was explaining to us the experiences of what young soldiers had to go through. At the end of the tour he said that this exhibition was built in November 1998. I asked him if he could bring back the original audio to the trenches and I showed him some recordings but he said for me to move on. I also asked him if he could switch on the old blue headlights above. He said he won’t because it could be too dark and his younger grandson was too scared to walk through the trenches when he took him to see. However the tour guide did mention that one morning few months ago, his morning job was to open the door to the trenches and use a flashlight to find his way to the operating buttons to turn the audios on as well as the lights. After pulling the switch to turn the sounds on, an unusual noise started playing what seemed like a carriageway train charging through the area followed up with another audio playing of some injured men in the stretchers crying out “water, water!” He thought it was a ghost calling him to fetch some water. After the audio stopped playing, he never heard it again and was very confused because he had never heard this sound before after working in the museum for a couple of years. What could be the problem that activated that particular speaker? Why did it never play again? Could it be repaired and restored?

Around 1980 twice, once with my dad and once on a school trip.

eBay?

Reenactors have a lot to give in understanding history, I've found out a lot of interesting things from them..

Most sources say 13 converted but I did find a list of serial numbers that implied 16. Many of the remainder had a Peak turret for the GPMG replacing the pintel mount.

Great to see it, I always planned to do a video on it when it was a gate guard but never got around to it.

Glad you enjoyed

Presumably the RU-vid tank commentator and restorer.

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And many years ahead of the Turtle Tanks.... Lol

My pleasure!

My pleasure!

As a photographer or gunner? Lol

Ditto to both. I've put some extra bomber stats in the FB group

That was me stumbling over the word variant! Ooops

Still in service and very useful, especially against drones.

I'm no expert and went on what I was told, could you enlighten me on how to spot the difference please?

@@jameslangham9854 just look up the pictures on Wikipedia. However, If you have the urge to learn also the details of the BMW R75, try to get you hands on this superbly informative book: Giovanni Bianchi Evolution during war years 1941-1944 BMW 750/275 (R75) From the Automotoclub Storico Italiano

The textbook is to hold there. Holding the magazine can induce stoppages (just like the Sterling that followed it).

@@jameslangham9854 seriously bro 💀 it's literally a toob no shit it's gonna start jamming anyways 💀

Probably not as bad as it's reputation, the biggest issue was the magazine, experienced users looked for the better made ones.

Very much a last ditch one but amazing engineering

Reuploaded

@@jameslangham9854 much appreciated, you've earned yourself a like and subscribe ;)

There are a number of VC winners using it

Worth noting the Panzerfaust was shorter ranged and the Bazooka had the same range.

One of the many wartime myths is the strength of the Tiger armour. With it being 102mm thick at the front the PIAT could penetrate it Tigers tried to angle slightly off the fire to increase armour thickness. Many failures were due to poor fuzes. It's also worth noting that at longer range the shells arced down so might hit the weaker top armour. A Canadian report on effectiveness of weapons showed that troops rated the PIAT most effective and the Bren second.

The PIAT could penertate up 100mm or 4 inch's of armour. So it is capable of penertating tiger armour but it was rare as any angle but straight on, hitting anything on the armour like spare track, tow hooks and eyes, tool and equipment would mean it would not penertate.

Oddly it was more effective at a distance as the shot could drop on the top armour due to the trajectory! Hitting the side or better rear was always the best option but it was certainly the best option out of the allied hand held weapons against a Tiger.

I was pleasantly surprised

@@jameslangham9854 I just got a surprise when I ordered some 1/144 scale modern PLA toy vehicles and there were to scale

I agree, currently I'm using some older footage so hopefully new ones would will be better.

There's a replica running at Tankfest in a fortnight so I hope to have footage :-)

@@jameslangham9854 grand! Where's Tankfest?

The Tank Museum, Bovington, Dorset UK. They may still have Friday tickets left.

@@jameslangham9854 thank you

Glad it brings back memories. Bob's cup is probably already full of tea in the tent behind me! While two mess tins were issued I know plenty who dropped to 1, especially if using water bottle pouches instead of kidney pouches (which the large ones didn't fit into). I miss the bacon burgers (and the cheese possessed).

Glad you liked both the game and video.

Lol

Lol, I can see the thought process there, especially from the rear roof.

Not as stylish as the Rolls Royce it replaced....

Correct but as this was unscripted and he was having a bad day with interruptions I will let him off.

A good example being in Saving Private Ryan, shorts really li.it how much info I can cram in!

@@jameslangham9854 my grandpa told me, he was on the eastern front. Too many enemies not enough machine guns

Makes sense repurposing light AA against infantry makes sense.