My father drove an easy eight in Korea. I showed Mr Stark a picture of my dad standing in front of a m-26 while he was in Korea on our visit to your museum this June. Thanks again for the personal tour Mr Stark. Great video Hank!
I'm glad you went over the purpose of the tiger paint scheme. I've always believed it to be a superstition thing as you mentioned. Not that I expected Chinese troops to flee at the sight of it. However the explanation of it being more likely a morale boosting thing for us in the aftermath of multiple losses makes more sense. Really the only explanation I need is that it looks cool as fuck.
This is one of your best videos yet. Lots of good information about an almost-forgotten tank. From the photos, I have always thought that the 6th Tank Battalion M46s used a darker Engineer sand-yellow versus the chrome yellow seen on your tank and too many models. It could be because the black-and-white film of the era cause yellows to appear darker. There are few original color shots of the M46s in the "Operation Ripper" paint. By the way, this paint was only used for a limited time. Such a complicated and "unmilitary" paint scheme was later covered over by good old Olive-Drab.
Fantastic Video! Your editing is slick. Also, the narrator/presenter speaks fluently and intelligently with excellent inflection and tone. I could watch/listen to this kat narrate anything. Looking forward to many more videos gentlemen, keep it up!
My grandpa (who is 95) commanded and did every other job on the M46 at the end of Korea and into the armistice until his tour was up. He talked about always being undercrewed, so the commander would have to fire the gun, and couldn’t run the 50 up top
This is one of my absolute favorites from the museum. It holds a special place in my heart since it was the first tank I have ever ridden in. Amazing work at the museum 👍.
I always loved the Pershing but felt it was a shame it was so under powered. The M-46 rectified that. But the rapid pace of armor development left it behind as well as the M-47. The M-48 was a vast improvement, but even with that the limits of the 90mm began to tell as well. Fortunately the M-48 could be upgunnd with the 105. Great series of AFVs culminating with the M-60.
