Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: M47 Patton II Part 1 

Henry Fonda?

+smokeydops I once asked him about this on one of his livestreams, and he said that his own RU-vid channel is not controlled by him but also by Wargaming.

+KohkelxonTNX255 funny thing is my brother was this guys gunner, he a Lt, and later became the captain. When i saw this guys channel i was like oh shit its Capt. Moran

+timtamtung That was so distracting.

+Lorrin Barth Hopefully the M4A3E8...

+Ron I Yeah! Fortunately RU-vid recommended it to me after watching the newest one from the Chieftain's channel.

+Derek Frankovich You are absolutely right about the weld. How in the hell did that ever pass an inspection? It looks like there was absolutely no pre-heating used to warm up the casting to achieve decent penetration.

bird shit welding of the highest order

he does say it's the last one to use later

+유기태 use the second turret on M46 and the 90mm M36 and you get the M47

Guy FromMars No, Even that version is not real M47. Hull is different. and the M47 Patton turret doesn't have Cartridge case outlet unlike M46 Patton upturret.

+유기태 Technically true, but it's practically the prototype.

The Germans had a marginally similar system (w/o the shapes) with their Tigers. Sort of the same problem with the US dating system.

Shows an outline of the tank in low light conditions.

weight of the tank

Technically the “ Bridge Classification” which is a combination of weight and ground pressure

+Drumead Josh considering he did part I of the Sentinel? No idea tbh

+blacklupos The track bends around it at the end of the tank and reduces the angle of the track, going to the road. It makes it easier for the tank to climb surfaces and reduces the changes of objects breaking the track.

+The Paranoid Blues Man yes. quite a few were built, but the M48 which succeeded it saw use in the next war the US tangled in- vietnam. the M47 was exported so it probably saw combat for a middle eastern or south american country perhaps.

runningtarget1 Yeah, a lot of them seemed to end up in '70s war films, standing in for Tigers in Battle of the Bulge.

Randy Ruppel I see what you meann, but it's a bit hard to access that little corner, and it's not really important anyway.

As far as I know of he was a Driver and TC for an M1A1 (I assume) Abrams.

Speaking as an old tanker, if the tracks and wheels are messed up, you don't have a tank. And it's surprisingly easy to throw a track if the track tension is wrong - and an absolute groan of a job to fix it. Oh, BTW, it ain't Maintenance's responsibility. They'll tell you, "You broke it, you fix it." And they're right, the Dash 10 (Operator's Manual) states that First Level Maintenance is a crew responsibility and tells you how to do it. That includes replacing track, wheels and torsion bars. All manually, tanks don't have power tools. Ask any tanker, this is NOT what we dreamed of doing when we joined up. So there is a lot of attention in maintaining them so we don't have to fix something terrible. Second Level (Unit) maintenance is performed by the company maintenance section and battalion maintenance platoon with crew assisting and is guided by the Dash 20. The Dash 30 is the bible of the Divisional Direct Support Maintenance Battalion. The Corps/Army General Support Maintenance Battalion follows the Dash 40 and the Theater/CONUSDepots follow the Dash 50. Each manual authorizes more extensive disassembly and repair to the point that Depots can strip it down to a bare hull, jack up the serial number and build a new tank under it. lat how to perform it. Dash 20covers company section and battalion maintenance . Dash 30 is for the Direct Support Maintenance Battalion. Dash 40 is for the Corps/Army level General Support Maintenance Battalion. Dash 50 is for the Theater/CONUS Maintenance Depot.