Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: Strv m/38, Part 1 

Some say he's still trying to get the "So, how does one tension.." line right to this day!

"How does one tension a track on an L60?" The Chieftain: " I'm glad you've asked because I don't even know."

"Oh bugger, the tank is on fire!" -"But sir, we have two automatic fire extinguishers." -"Ah yes. Never mind, lads."

Damn. That is a fine tank for the 1930s. Imagine the Germans, Russians or Americans got hold of one of these back then. Some of the guys would have lost their mind...

Literally nobody: How do you tension the tracks? Chieftain: Glad you asked!

If there's ever an early tank that would be comfortable to sit in, my money would be on the Swedes, those guys pretty much invented ergonomics.

Regarding the cheap padlock... I guess tank theft wasn’t a huge problem in the 30s

"Rör ej museiföremålen" (sign on the tank) - "Do not touch the museum objects" The Chieftain: "Hold my beer" :)

Oh bugger the tank is on fire! Anyone remember where I left the key to the pad lock?

Instructions unclear, 'grease gun' stuck in track tensioning system.

Great video!! Yep - I remember those days when securing the hatch to my M113A2 APC with a padlock. Yep - also remember those days when the driver "lost" or "misplaced" the keys to said padlock OR they were never returned to the maintenance office and spent most of the day searching for them. Also also, remember those days when we were getting ready to move out on convoys only to discover that the key to the padlock was missing, the driver never returned them to the maintenance office properly only to be told that he took them home & forgot them, or the key would BRAKE in the lock, thus throwing off the entire movement time-table. Yep - IF you cut or broke the padlock because of a missing key, YOU HAD TO PAY FOR THE DARN THING and receive some type of disciplinarian action as well!!!! Oh, the MEMORIESS!!!

So how does one tension the track on an l60?

Can't get enough of these, would love to see Chieftain do a vid with the AMX-50 at Saumur.

I love how he dedicated most of the bloopers to track tension, I really think hes getting into the meme

Somebody needs to make a trap remix of every instance of Chieftain saying the phrase “track tension” (or similar variants).

Sweden was strange that they had left side traffic and left side steering. One reason they changed was the import of cars from Germany and the US. However, Swedish manufacturers had cars with steering on right or left. However there are still cars with the steering wheel on the "wrong" side and those are Swedish Postnord company. The mailman can reach the mailboxes without having to leave the car :)

Chieftain looks at tank and can hardly contain himself from laughing.

I've never been so early to a Chieftain's video before in my entire life...ok, now to watch it. What a great way to start my Sunday-except for the fact I was just getting into bed to sleep, LOL! This takes priority.

Thanks for the video. Some very cool features on this Swedish tank that I was not at all familiar with. Although it’s a bit disappointing that the track tensioning is not performed with an included hex wrench.

At the end you remind me of an anecdote of DeForest Kelley trying to say "He's dead, Jim" in different ways during the Tv show shooting.

I’m thankful for the lack of the guitar track that used to play.

So, I hear you say, how does one tension the tracks? Well I'm glad you asked!

Regarding the German vs Sweden tortionbar debate. One has to remember that there was a huge amount of sharing of military tech between us and the germans during that time. It is entirely possible that it was a joint development. But that we swedes were the first to implement it.

Hmm, I guess Cheiftain actually did re-upload since the audio was out of sync for the front part of the tank.

Again. Blooper Section is Giggle worthy..! Thank you..!😎

"How does one tension the tracks on the L6 ?" "Do you want to have a word about our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ?" Same energy

I'm still wondering how to tension the track.

Hmm, the Swedes sure do love copious amounts of lubrication. As a Norwegian, I am not surprised.

Cheiftan, Thanks for your hard work and sacrifice in making fun to watch, interesting, and informative content.

Thank you for the re upload. Looks like they really had some common sense things going on for armor. Thanks again for the video!

$3-5 padlock you say. Completely unconnected, anyone else enjoy watching the LockpickingLawyer channel?

Gud bevare Svea rike!

Just a slight correction for 13:28, at this point in time Sweden used 8mm machineguns. The machineguns had long since been rechamberd to 8mm by the time this entered service.

love the out takes

I think he asked that question more than anyone will ever

Ingenious tank for its time. Thank!

SO, how do you tension a track on an L60?

Yep padlocks awsome invention, we used them on the Hawk T1 canopy to lock it, when in a foriegn field. To stop little fingers getting in.

Very good presentation, I actually like the style better then the high speed format for world of tanks.

Incredibly advanced for 1940, and it came out in 1935!!

You rock Chief!!

As usual, very good video. And thanks so much for not using the cheesy music loop.

Man that's one heck of a shot trap under the turret mantle.

Can you do an Inside that hatch on the Ikv 91 Please? :D

Congrats on one great new vid!

Hey if you heat up your coolant wouldn't it become a heatant ? Just asking

I'm impressed by the number of forward thinking design decisions here. Built models as a kid, read a lot of history and never thought I'd find Swedish tanks of so much interest. Or any of the interwar designs. Bit like starting from loving muscle cars to finally learning about the Model A and T and how they were built and work and just how clever they were for the time.

free puns for the track tension , but its that and " Oh my gosh, the tank is on fire" that makes me come back for more

Love the bloopers! I thought you were always serious.

pretty nice looking tank.

You said there wasn't much on the engine deck, but I saw a bunch of foot prints!

I didnt realize the end was bloopers and thought you were just going nutz XD

Hello, Nicholas. I have been watching your videos for 3 years on WG channel. You are the best, thank you for all this knowledge about historical armored vehicles. Russian viewers like your videos

At times you look like you could just say "Oh F*** This i'm off down the pub for a beer )" thanks for the interesting chat and picking up the innovations on her

Was the Abrams padlock military issue or did the crew have to buy their own? I bet the LockPickingLawyer would want to have a crack at cracking the US military defences.

A rarely known fact of the Swedish switching the sides of the road to drive on. In order to ease the change they had regular cars switch first and heavy vehicles like trucks two weeks later. Very smart the Swedes, always thinking how to do things better!

Love the Swedish AFVs.

I'm glad someone came and knocked Major Moran after he started sticking on track tension.

Somewhere, the Chieftain is still asking if anyone was wondering how to do track tension.

This is the next best thing to getting a walkthrough of a Hungarian Toldi.

We drove on the LEFT side of the road in the 1930s. We drive on the RIGHT hand side now. :) Hence the mirror on the right side.

Waiting for the L-60/m40 review. I want to know more about that tank, 'cause in my country was in active service until 2002.

13:42 Roof mounted optics!

Nice!

H-day was very interesting, they did it in stages. First week they moved trucks and buses from left to right, next week they switched motorcycles, and then they switched the cars. :^)

I forgot to ask how does one tension the track on an L60...thankfully Nicholas reminded me.

So many parts look so modern it could pass for an immediate post WW2 vehicle, rather than one from the interwar... In terms of the competition in this weight class it's more impressive than it first seems.

6:38 sadly we only built about 20-40 or so of anyone kind of tank at best. looked up wikipedia and of course the M/38 is the one we actually build any amounts of.

Before today I didn't even know L60 ever existed, but now I need a manual to know how to properly tensions it tracks.

How menny Swedes do we have on this chanel I just Wonder 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪 I love that tank and we call it stridsvagn

Very nice little tank in War Funder. Low Tier APDS slaps...sorta

'So, I hear you say - how does one tension a track on an L-60'. That will be giving me nightmares for days to come.

So, I hear you say...

So,i hear you say...

I 'd like to see a video on the FWD model B in the background. Not likely but one can hope.

Squaddie proof track adjusters..............genius.

so i hear you say

So What did i take away from this video? I'm glad you asked!

Felix Kjellberg will be very proud!

Great video and all but i do have one simple question. How does one tension the track on an L-60?

Until we see the inside of the tank it is hard to be sure but it looks like a real contender towards being the best designed tank at the start of World War 2.

15:30: *Clap* _Tank Review_

So i hear you say...

Chieftain I have a question for you: how does one tension the tracks on a L60?

Does the location of the rear idler effect the handling characteristics or anything like that? Is there a particular reason they put it up high, in the middle or down low?

If you ahead trouble fitting ibt the Panhard AMLs, I can't wait to see the contortions you underwent to bate your way into an L-60! 😆 Great video as always, next time I'm in Collins I want to check around to see if there's hull differences between our model and this one

Could you please cover track tension too?

Isn't it so when tank negotiates a rough terrain the track bends inwards. And the outward bend occurs only around wheels. Which have limited curvature, so central guides won't hit each other that much.

chieftain is hearing voices again

so, i ask, how exactly many takes does it require to explain track tensioning on an l60?

“Heats up coolant...” in other words heatant

So you say, What is the correct way to ask how a track is tensioned ?

Everybody complains about him explaining the method of adding tension to the tracks. Bottom line is, it's critically important to have correct tension (or close to it) on the tracks of a tank. Being stuck on the battlefield because of a track that's rolled off the sprocket while being shot at would SUCK

So, I hear you say, how does one change....

How do you tension a track on an L60?

So, I hear you say, how does one get a whole video of fails bloopers?

how many takes did you need to explain the track tensioning?

No infantry telephone, five demerits. :)

So i hear you say ask, enquire, ponder, surmise, how many takes it takes to be glad you asked how you tension a track on an L60.

Landsverk 4EVER!