Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: Panzer IV, Pt 1 

Or as history channel would put it "nazi germany nazi fuel container"

They still make the damn things too. I have a couple, and they actually work perfectly - compared to the new govment EPA compliant plastic crap.

Container Fuel 50 Litre (desert) M1

@@RW4X4X3006 please utilize your third hand to dispense fuel the environment thank you for this infuriating task.

@@MrGMoney1944 I'm guilty of tampering.

No. Not at all. If you are not from gaming community but rather armored forces maybe historical areas and military vehicles designing you would already know both gents. Still I admit I did not knew mr Dole. Mainly because his books are/were not published in my country.

@@HanSolo__ well for some such games like wot are the reason they decide to further look into these machines, which makes them stick around long after growing bored of playing the same few games over and over. in the end it's just a question of generation. whether you were a kid or teen back when wot was new and exciting or if you were already old enough to have learned to appreciate the technology put on display in it through different means

Careful Wargaming execs might read this and decide the whole project is not worth it anymore.

@@bwer123gt they already did

@@bwer123gt Yeeeep, thats already happened. Support Chieftain directly, he seems pretty interested to do some in his own time when he can spare it. :)

hotty3 ive seen multiple pictures of german tank convoys moving into combat, usually in france 1940 where they all have bucketed butts and it wont stop bothering me

A good way to lose a bucket I guess.

It may have been used as a Latrine, if the Engine is hot you can shit in the warmth and have cover from the tank. It wouldn't be near any hatch to the crew compartment too, so no smell inside. It's where I would've put the poop bucket on a ww2 German tank :-) btw on what vehicle was the bucket method in the Bundeswehr done? In the Leopard 2 I would've got lambasted for not wearing hearing protection, if I heard bucket noises. Though I was a Loader, so didn't have much to do with driving training.

@@TT-nt2co so you tellin me the germans invented the shitbucket?

@@Wolvenworks it was BMWs first patent.

Still bad though.

He dose not control it, the video is for war gaming and they add the very annoying music for some reason I cannot comprehend.

I never had a problem understanding him. The M103 video was different because of the microphone situation but every other video has been absolutely fine. Unless you’re tone deaf, which I can reason with, but..

Just remove it all together. This isn't Pawn Stars or Ice Road Truckers

I mean Barbarossa started in the spring, and classic hubris they figured I would be a quick jaunt like Poland and France, considering the Soviets got owned by the Finnish, it might have seemed that way But then it got dragged out all the way to winter, and Hitler ignored all reports telling him fuel was freezing in the tanks, dudes were dropping dead, they still mostly had horses so that just wouldn't work.. He may have been a lunatic but the memes of don't invade Russia in the winter never really apply, didn't in Napoleons case either It just ends up dragging on until then because it's insane to invade at all

@@KaladinVegapunk Dude they knew they had to crush the russian army and reach Moskau before October 1941. Thats how long they asstimated their feul supply would last. The Winter wasnt their biggest concern. They knew that the war was doomed by a very large percentage if they fail.

Odin Satanas Barbarossa started June 21st, summer by most accounts, spring has the rainy season which they needed to avoid due to the dogshit infrastructure of the Soviet Union

When they do the interior, they should do the "oh bugger the tank is on fire" and time the chaps getting out.

Tall tank man

@@johnegan7622 My thought exactly👍😊

I say this with no disrespect intended to either of them, but it's like looking at Gandalf and Frodo.

How did you reply 2 days before the video premiered?

Yes. He is racing on desert brutality probably.

@Jeff Wilkins We used a like system when I trained with them.

@@kurtb2522 hello, what are the ranges of the tail lights? What's the right distance ?👍

Yeah, wouldn't doubt he's behind the push for those installed. Anyone who's worked in AFV's knows, their ain't room on board for your own gear. "Hey assholes, where do I put this?"

Can you explain through which markings tell you that? I know the Red triangle with the stem line is the 15th, and the Yellow YIII is the 8th Regiment, but what are the Company, Platoon, and vehicle markers?

@@hamishneilson7140 I believe its the 413 on the tank 1=platoon 1 and 3=vehicle 3. Not sure about the 4 but it has something to do with it also. I read somewhere that commanders vehicle numbers ended in 0 or 1. Can't remember honestly, something about the tank numbers tells you some info.

@@vanguardactual1 company/platoon/vehicle. the commanders often had a 0 at the beginning. 009 for instance.

@@hamishneilson7140 The 8th Panzer Regiment had two medium tank companies - 4th and 8th so this is tank '413' therefore it's from the 4th company (which makes sense as it's a PzkwIV), platoon 1, vehicle 3.

@@AdamMann3D I had read something like that, Thanks for reminding me.

LtC(Lieutenant Colonel U.S.ARMY) Moran and Mr.Doyle....

Knut Der Große I think he is a major

Still a Major.

@@TheChieftainsHatch No worries. The mill of the Army gods grinds exceedingly slowly, but it grinds exceedingly fine.

William Cox what you said

It was definitely the best German tank of WW2, or at least the most useful. Sure, it didn't have the gun or armor of the Big Cats, but it was a rugged, reliable all-rounder that could be produced in large numbers and made up the backbone of the Panzer Corps. In many ways it was the German equivalent of the Sherman

@@DefconMaster It was the only German tank that was exactly what it was supposed to be, a decent medium tank that can do most tasks. It was cheap to build, easy to repair and the long barreled KwK outperformed nearly all alied non-TD guns during most of the war. Thats the exact design philosphy Germany should have stuck with. Cheap, durable and reliable. In my opinion its the best looking tank of the war, especially the later version with the sideskirts, alongside the Pershing and Hellcat

Mohammed Hersi How is the Pershing one of the best tanks of WW2 when it barely saw action?

@@xanderchristensen6068 Best looking along side the PZ IV and Hellcat. Not best tank.

Xander Christensen On paper and in action it preformed amazingly. It was better then any other allied tank during the war. And during Korea they crushed the commies. It was a very good tank and it’s little brothers still serve today (M-60A3 is still in US service)

Would be extremely hard to get inside 141. 131 on the other hand might be more accessible....

@@WozWozEre why is that

I see that you are a man of fine tastes.

Puma is my personal favorite

I wish he had explained more, kinda felt like he just answered the chieftains questions only, he may not be used to a camera and may not thought of offering more to the audience. I gotta say he knows a lot about Panzers tho.

Laugh my ass off 😂😂

Lucky it didn't end up on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea given all of the attacks launched against the convoys supplying Rommel.

Agreed, it is a very interesting tale of technology transfer as well as the name sticking with the item. You can see in some pictures of the old style of fuel cans that the British forces used in the Western Desert, along with all the dents and you quickly realise why everyone swapped over to the Jerry can.

@@markfryer9880 the British four-gallon "flimsy" was hated by all who came in contact with it, as it was about as durable for military service as a biscuit tin and it had been earmarked for replacement before WW 2 as British Empire units hated it and kept complaining about it,especially when such cans leaked in storage or from rough handling. It couldn't cope with stacking like the Jerrycan could and refuelling vehicles with large fuel capacities like large aircraft or tanks took ages and was not safe practise in desert conditions. Jerrycans could be lined up and drained into vehicle tanks using large funnels.

@@michaelbevan3285 I think that you may have just insulted biscuit tins the world over by that comparison. The "flimsy" was a disaster, no doubt about it and your stacking comments were spot on. How on earth did it ever get accepted for military service?

When I was a kid, and having seen that the British had spread the name Jerrycan ie. a racial slur into common use today, I saw a packet of Pom Bears crisps and thought they were named after the racial slur for Britons

Same here 😁

So poda and luke Tank-Walker

Yes quite odd to have 2 Irishmen, who's country has never had a serious tank capability, being tank experts

Yes

The coax, the main gun, the .50-cal, and the various personal firearms they were issued.

Yes

Then they started beating it to death with the Jerry can.

The coax, the main gun, their personal weapons, some artillery support fire missions, and at least one airstrike.

The driver has his own large hatch directly above him so it should be easy even for chieftain.

Ohh Tiger II absolutely deserves it's own Inside the Hatch episodes! It was the biggest steel beast of World War II after all. Perhaps after this one he will manage to drag Mr. Doyle next to one of them as well...

Are there any restored King Tigers around where one could suitably showcase the interior? I don't know how the Munster King Tiger looks on the inside. Otherwise we have to wait a couple years, the Swiss are currently restoring one to running condition.

@@HerrGausF Fort Benning , maybe Tiger 233 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cl0TQ8XR4g4.html

@@HerrGausF Musee Des Blindes at Saumur has one that runs. Plus, Chieftain has done many episodes in the past on vehicles that weren't in running order, or even entirely complete, anyway.

my mistake militracks is in Europe, not sure where I read /thought this tank was in the USA

German tankdriver interrogated by the Obsidian Order.

scootermc scooterface there will be more, dont worry

On the other hand, I'm not a fan of WoT and I don't intend to play it for long, but I will install and play a few rounds if it bumps up the statistics and supports this show.

@@Tepid24 I did. Games not my cup of tea, but I like this show a lot.

@@ComradePenguinski Exactly, this might be heretical in these parts, but I mainly play a lot of Warthunder. That doesn't mean that I'm not going to do whatever I can to support the show.

I don't like wargaming and I don't like world of tanks, but I like Nicholas Moran and his reviews so here I am haha

@@Tepid24 I used to play both, I think WT has the better game play mechanics, WoT has the better garage mechanics.