The Chieftain (Real name Nicholas Moran) is an amateur historian and Wargaming America's resident tanker. Here the emphasis is on long-form, in-depth videos, with a priority on getting inside vehicles to gain the 'human factors' evaluation of things from the end user's perspective as well as other materials sourced from archives.
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At 5:30 the image of the front drum brake shows a bolt head in the upper right corner of the brake backing plate. That is the brake adjustor, on the other side is a snail cam that interacts with a post on the brake shoe. as you rotate the bolt, the cam engages the brake shoe post and push the brake shoe out, till it locks against the drum. Same system as on my series Landrover. The handcrank is very useful for setting valves
Another rousing edition of "Can The Chieftain fit?" 😅 Definitely an odd little armoured car. But, the Bob Semple Tank makes this vehicle look like a Tiger in comparison. 😎👍
Try and be a little less dismissive in tone of those who served in the Irish Army.... great people let down by a series of shite governments and woeful admin
Every single Ford flathead sounds the exact same, lol. Sounds just like my grandfather's 1936 pickup starting. So much of this thing is stock late 30's-early 40's ford pickup, it's cool
TY Chieftain Moran. Finally ! the real foundation of the fabulous Jadotville defense battle. It was hard to dig up history on this one. I tried earlier and gave up for lower fruit.
How did they intend to use these things. They would be effective against unarmed civilians but I couldn't imagine that they would have lasted two minutes on a battlefield. A WW1 Tankgewehr would have gone through that 1/2 of mild steel like a hot knife through butter
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I wonder how concerned the Irish government were with the possibility of British violation of neutrality? I would have been considering what they dud elsewhere.
Ironically the diamond floor plate is like Special Treatment steel as it was pressed forged when made and is better then the mild steel on the sides! I love that they kept the curvy fenders of the original Ford body! That sloping hood is not a good design as bullets could ricochet upwards through the forward windscreen. Ford would have made this chassis for anyone, such as a delivery company, and they would have put their own body on it.
This thing is evidence of "you fight with what you have - not what you want". For fighting light infantry or paratroops with no heavy weapons - this ain't too bad. The water-cooled Vickers keeps going as long as it has ammo to shoot - and some water in the jacket to cool. If you run out of water - some other readily available body liquid will do.... The armor isn't great - but to stop some small-caliber bullets or light shrapnel - it does the job. Plus: In an environment with some cover (like buildings in a city) and with quite good mobility - it's a lot better than nothing. If you as a commander know and understand the limitations of your gear (in WW2, the British in particular were very good at that) - and use it accordingly - it will be a lot more effective than most people give them credit for.
The Americans who shipped these to the Congo were utterly amazed at this junk being brought out that far. The Irish were offered better vehicles and the Govt refused. Our troops went out with no artillery or anti aircraft cover and paid for it, because of penny pinching by the State.
A modeler should be able to scratchbuild one of these relatively easily from sheet stock on the truck chassis as kits of that vintage truck seem to be readily available. The only complex shape is the turret but it’s a simple cone and all the other small stuff like the tools and tow hooks could be scavenged from in-period tank kits. What a cool old vehicle. I have the same soft spot for oddball military vehicles. More please, as you find them.
If that was, in fact, a fire extinguisher mount by the Commander's seat, it was quite the thoughtful gesture. Since the Commander would have to wait for the driver (or possibly the gunner) to exit the vehicle first, he would have a means to combat the fire while he waited.
There is a huge armored vehicle program going on in Italy, which just took an unforseen direction after splitting with KNDF. A talk about the future MBT and the AIC2S program would be appreciated, also in the light of the same program going on in the UK after the Aiax proved unreliable and possibly difficult to bring into service.
