MIlitary Vehicle: WW2 NZ Army Valentine Tank

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George Pycraft from the National Army Museum in Waiouru (New Zealand) talks about the museum's WW2-era Valentine tank which was used in the Pacific Theatre during the Second World War.
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@scipioafricanus4328 2 года назад

The valentines were brought over in 1941 to raise an armoured brigade to serve with 2nd division in North Africa. After Japan entered the war, it was decided to keep the tank brigade in NZ for local defence.

@Mercmad 3 года назад

As a little kid living in NZ's King country in the 1960's, we had a limestone quarry where the owners had two valentines ,one parked in town,the other out at the Quarry. Great thing for imaginative kids to play on, especially as the turret could be hand cranked to stalk passing cars... At the old Army surplus Store in Hamilton,(Valentines limited) they had boxes of the periscopes which fitted into the round things above the drivers compartment. I had one one in box right up until 2000 when someone stole it,I also had a big brass headlight off one.

@streakhey9035 7 лет назад

1:41 2pounder was a 40mm gun not 37mm

@Murray.Sutherland 3 года назад

The New Zealand Valentine tanks I believe where fitted wit the 37mm gun in the M3 Stuart. This is opposed to the 40mm 2lber normally used, but American ammunition was easier to source in the pacific theater. Never the less the 37mm round is 1.94 lbs which is close enough.

@GlideYNRG 9 лет назад

Great interview guys. Have had the privilege if being allowed to crawl over a Centurion for several hours and have seen 3 of the Valentines here in Western Australia. Sadly they end their careers as scrub /bush clearing machines post war. Good to see the passion of keeping the old girls running

@DickGibson 9 лет назад

Great interview and very interesting. For the most part, that sort of thing, is not operational and just a static display. I really see his side. Way kool man

@janjansen7983 9 лет назад

Beautiful tank!

@mx22a 9 лет назад

Thank you!

@sam8alex12 9 лет назад

That was very interesting, and informative,Thanks

@bretthill1646 2 года назад

I was lucky enough to help with pulling the motor and gearbox and repairing the clutch in that tank. For me the opportunity to sit in the turret as we zoomed around the base on a test drive was absolutely awesome, to try and imagine what life for those guys would have been like in battle. For me, it must have been horrendous to be stuck in a tin can like that, very claustrophobic.

@historicalmachines 2 года назад

Nice work!

@CTNZ2000 2 года назад

2 pounder was a 40 mm, 37 mm was a US gun used on M3 Stuarts

@Senbei01 6 лет назад

I heard somewhere recently that they're one of only two tanks that served in every theater during the war (the other being the Sherman, of course).

@Akm72 6 лет назад

'The Chieftain', AKA Nickolas Moran, is your source I suspect. However I'm proud to say that it was me that pointed out to him in the youtube comments that the Valentine did serve, abet briefly, in Burma, which is what makes it entitled to claim to have served in very theatre.

@SIXITHS 4 года назад

The Matilda Mk.II did so too, being used by the Commonwealth and the USSR in Europe, and in the Pacific theatre by the Australians.

@InterestingFingz 3 года назад

There was one parked at the back of Christchurch Airport (McLeans Island) about 25 years ago. I used to take my sons to play on it. Then it disappeared. Anyone know where it went?

@Anlushac11 8 лет назад

Matilda's are more popular but for some reason I have always had a soft spot for Valentines.

@Akm72 6 лет назад

Valentines entered combat 18 months later than the Matilda which is probably why the Matilda gets more praise. IMO the Valentine is the better tank though, due to being cheaper to produce and more reliable and having a better suspension design. On the downside I think it was developed to the wrong specification; it was basically a functional copy of the Matilda, but we already had the Matilda nearly ready when they started work on the Matilda. With hindsight it would probably have been better if they had specified it as a 'heavy cruiser tank' instead, trading some side and rear armour for more speed (say 20 to 25 mph instead of 15 mph) and filling the gap between the slow infantry tanks and the fast cruiser tanks.

@tandemfandom1 2 года назад

i see where the Rhodesian FAL drew its inspiration!

@nzwotb2525 5 лет назад

Does it still drive

@historicalmachines 5 лет назад

Yes it does. :-)

@malcolmheather3204 4 года назад

Were the Valentines made in Canada?

@historicalmachines 4 года назад

No sure, but quite likely.

@geegaw14 Год назад

Yes. In the Montreal Locomotive Works.

@Georgian_Government 4 месяца назад

That kiwi sticker is cute 😊

@jamesdavid.1638 7 лет назад

need to start the Desert fair again... not quite tankfest but so what.

@Peorhum 7 лет назад

I assume this would be a Canadian made valentine with a Detroit engine?

@Akm72 6 лет назад

He says that the New Zealand Army received the Mk II, III and V versions. I think the Canadian build versions were the Mk. VI and VII. However the Mk. V did use the GMC engine, while the Mk. II and III used the AEC engine.