Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: M26 Pershing, Part 2 

White is a common colour for AFV interiors. It's not as if they have many windows, so they need to reflect as much light internally as possible so the crew can see what they're doing. Also makes leaks very easy to spot.

Littlefield was a God. It is a shame that we lost him a few years ago. Seeing the pristine condition of his tanks is still mind blowing. The parts that are supposed to move, move.. those that don't, don't. I am sure Nick appreciated the difference with all the different tanks he has climbed in and out of over the years.

It is, and the Panther's in fantastic visual appearance. The problem is that I can't understand the manual, so for the first couple of vehicles, before we go through too much effort on something we didn't know would be successful or not, we went with languages which I can understand.

Ironically if you check the combat record of the Persian alongside all of the other NATO tanks in Korean war you will see it had a higher kill ratio even than it's supposed to replacement the m48 when I was inside the whole of one of these we had no fear of the t-3485 our worst fear was infantry swollen our tanks with explosive charges that is why we always covered each other's backs without 30 cal machine guns brings back a lot of memories thank you for doing this video

You can tell this is an earlier walk around as in the later ones the Chieftain added the much anticipated….OH MY...the tank is on fire, and how easy it is or isn't to exit.

Amazingly informative video, very well done, I would state though the music is distracting.

am i the only one to think that he has something from Neil Hannon from the Divine Comedy? This Pershing is a time capsule..The quality of the restoration is breathtaking.

Nice turret interior.

that tank looks relatively nice and roomy as far as the usual for that period. doesn't give you the feel of being shoved in a tuna can

always liked the look of this tank.

Great series, Mr. Chieftain, keep them coming! I love tanks and these videos explain how everything works are just so fascinating!

Thank you for making this series!

It's pretty cool looking back at these and seeing how far your presentation style has come. Rock on dude

Thank you Chieftain, very knowledgeable, great series

I learned a good deal about operating a tank. Tanks, Nick!

This is just an AWESOME idea ... I know that some things can't be done with such museum pieces (such as loading the main gun with a dummy round to show what it was like) but it really does give an insight to the general operation on the tank. Hopefully you will be able to produce such videos for some of the other tanks found in the game over time.

FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please keep them coming!!! I love these "nuts and bolts" type of videos.

At the beginning of the Korean War, there were no Pershing's in Korea which could deal with the T-34/85 the North Korean Army was equipped with. There were three Pershing's in Japan, but were in poor mechanical shape. General MacArthur had contracted with Japanese workshops to refurbish worn out vehicles, and an emergency rebuild commenced to get the Pershing's operational as quickly as possible. The three were finally rushed to Korea, but the fan belts were incorrectly fabricated, and all three Pershing's were put out of service. The Easy 8 Shermans with their high-velocity 76mm guns were capable to taking on the T-34/85s if being seriously under-armored and once General Matt Ridgeway got the 3.5 inch bazooka into Korea, the North Korean edge of their armor quickly went away.

Nice to have a complete tank to show.

Great restoration, even the rubber on the wheels look good.

Outstanding job thanks

love this series

really like the series, keep them coming.

need to lose the music track.

5:55 most important piece of equipment on any tank, the heater

I love this tank!!

This is one of my favourite tanks and the super pershing is the other one

This tank is one of the reasons I started playing world of tanks

nicely restored and looks roomy for a tank

im glad you decided not to have the music running in the background all the time in later episodes

a very good series

OMG amazing! ;D i can't wait for the next tank!!

Great video- an early one. I agree less music pretty much the better. Well done.

Damn Nick that's a long intro

Looks like a pretty well thought through tank tbh, nice amount of room and it dont seem like anything is obviously screwed up like on just about every other tank.

Great videos! Hope they can pick u some steam, would love to see the series continue.

Awesome videos

This is the tank driven by a young tanker named Cpl Murdoch Ford in the Korean conflict way back in 1950 as I read in a book The Darkest Summer the author Bill Sloan....

Looks like a greatly improved version of the T34 ..... Very nice looking tank !!

A lot of the controls and concepts on the Pershing were used on later tanks all the way up to the M48s and M60s.Some of it still survives to the Abrams series.One thing about American tanks is they have losts of room even for tall guys.Back in WWII the tank corps back then like to pick short guys for better efficiency.

Technically that is not 'low range', it is first gear. Low range refers to a split gearing like a heavy truck or a 4x4 with a 2-speed transfer case. With a 4-speed transmission, high range is the 'range' of ratios from 1-4 in high gear, low range is the range from 1-4 in low gear. But many people just call the lowest gear 'low range', even if it is not technically correct. A tank is generally speaking always in low range (although some have a low-low-range mode). This machine gets away with only three gears because the torque convertor in the automatic works to broaden the working range of each gear, at a cost of efficiency (like how Detroit automobiles found 2 and 3-speed transmissions perfectly workable for a long time).

This thing looks factorynew

He is so calm when doing western tanks it's almost boring. It's funnier to watch him do russian tanks XD

This tank is light years above the M4 no wonder it t0ok so long to get to the battle field in WW2!

Thanks.

they will, this museum has many different types of tanks.

Video starts at 0:51

Moar! I must have moar of these videos!

Hope to an M46 video next!

Love your channel. As a mere automobile mechanic getting detailed specs on historic military vehicles is really neat. This seams to be your first "mission". Well done. A lot of ad intro but that's ok but the loud accompanying music really annoys the crap out of me cause I want to hear what you are saying and not get earraped over and over again. Cheers and keep on making these vids about old steal monsters.

I skipped the first one when it was half done since this one features that good parts, which is the gun

Would love to see a tour of the M3 Lee.

Beautiful tank. Saw the video where one kills a Panther. Tough mean tank.

Hey cheiftan. I love these kinda of videos. Keep it up and I'll +1 every video you have. Only one issue. Music is way too loud to understand you at times. Either drop it down more or get rid of it entirely. Overall this is an excellent idea though.

5:30 - LOL. "Speedo & Tach" sounds like a 90's Action Movie.

used to think it'd be awesome to operate a tank, might be but doesn't seem I'd fit as the gunner in a Pershing I saw something about a manual trigger but it looked a bit like a lever is that so? also how is it normally fired I had hoped to see that is it a trigger or button etc.

6:43 what is the purpose of the pattern of internal stippling on the turret wall? It looks like it is for traction, except it is on a vertical surface.

Love your series! I wonder if the music used is an original composition?

Love it !!! Well done Nick, by the way the music is fine . Good show, more , is there one on the M4A3E8?

Thanks

This look way better then IS-4 and a lot more space the IS-4 and it even look much more simple commands

Could the pistol port be used for loading main gun ammo into the turret?

Hell yeah,M 26!

Just fantastic vids :) Only thing, was that the music was a bit loud.

If it weren't for reliability issues the Pershing might be famous today as the world's first MBT

When I win the lottery I'm buying one.

So they now officially refer to the assistant driver as the bow gunner...just as he is finally given a second set of controls, making in actuality an assistant driver?

If this tank didn't have it's logistical issues, it's engine and transmission problems, and the general dislike of "new" from the tank crews, this would be remembered as a really good tank. Alas...

I like the music

I think it’s time we ro-do these I want to know how to tension the track and what happens when OMG the tank is on fire.

How did he keep from not bustin his head open when theyr playin that music?

ditch the music

It saw a small amount of combat, there's a famous video of an m26 knocking out a panther. You can look it up on youtube, just type m26 vs panther. The super pershing didn't though they did test it.

One thing I noticed about this video is that the crew are really squeezy inside a tank.

what is the next tank gonna be? can't wait!

*eats popcorn and continues watching*

Please make a video on the KV-2.

Was the interior originally white inside for some reason ? Or was it done by the restorers ?

what about the "canteen"-writing on the side? is there a coffe machine stored?

Isn't that the same museum that had a Panther restoration? If so...well, I'd like to see the Panther (there's also Saumur for that, and their working King Tiger)

Very good vid. Do you have one on the Sherman? I was hoping to learn something about the reasons for the welded or cast hulls as they look like totally different vehicles to me.

Serious slippage on Koreas hills Noisy compared to Whispering Death as the Centurions were called. They did good work on the Flats not so good for bunker busting in the Hill fights where Shermans were preferred as they could scoot up a hill fire at each of three targets then rapidly Get Out of Dodge.

Yes people were much shorter in the 40s. Ergonomics dont effect the height of the tank, only the interior set up. Also US tanks were usually far more crew friendly then USRR tanks.

Why don't you use a gopro hero 4 insted og that big camera that you can't get inside the tank very well with. Just a tip;)

Does this tank still work?

Are these available with full leather and AC?

Do a video of the Panther or JagdPanther please!

Does the Pershing have a button on the ground to step on to fire the guns like the Sherman's?

The horn makes the sound, "Nom, nom, nom" or "noob" depending on if you hit it once or twice.

most likely the fact that the transmission was not built to handle the weight of the tank and most of the clutches and bands are easy to wear or break

were heaters common in tanks?

Needs the top gun off T29,yeah then it would be OP but the armor makes up for the gain on gun.

MOREEEE

I thought the perishing did see some combat late ww2 but their were protoypes

I looked up that all M46 tanks were conversions from M26 tanks. Is that true?

38, why?

Please do the tiger 2 or T34 next :D!

Chief could you do some german iconic tanks like tiger 1or 2 Panther PzIV etc. would be great to have anything except british and american tank overviews

Did the pershing have a turret basket like the Sherman?

So much more room than a abrams