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Love this channel, can't wait to go back to the Museum next time I'm in the UK!

Disagree with mr. Fletcher? On a British AFV? I may not be that smart but I know a damn set-up when I see it. If I want to make a bloody fool of myself I can do it anytime I want to, thank you very much. 🙂

Yes. David knows more about these vehicles.

These are great looking vehicles. So iconic.

There is/ was a Vixen up in Scotland. As far as I know it was going to America just as Brexit hit.

Tank Jesus

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"the David Attenborough of tanks" well said sir.

He is better than David.

The David Attenborough, FFS no way!

I'm sure he'll go on to walk the halls of Bovington and chat with tanks for years to come! :) and they will like it just as much as the YT community.

If the Tank museum did bring out a David Fletcher figure to scale, it would be a huge seller.

I met a former nco who's been in Saracens in the fifties. Apparently, after a demo at Silverstone by Stirling Moss on one without the engine governor, the governor on the nco's Saracen 'disappeared' and it was able to cruise at about 70mph - !

Every mistake is not a happy little accident though is it.

Except last Friday.

Definitely had to pay attention when driving the M151s. Ours had the ROPS roll bars installed, but they were still skittish in a turn. While a lot larger and louder, I was a happy troop the day we got our HMMWVs.

Not so - the problem was akin to swing axle jacking, where if you braked in a corner, the nose went down, the tail went up. The rear suspension would go into negative camber and the vehicle rolled onto the tyre edge. The back would then break away and then over you went if the wheel hit a bump or you were going fast enough. (The high C of G didn't help, but it was not the primary problem, because if you didn't brake it was difficult to make it slide, and at sensible speeds over bumps - not cornering - it didn't turn over ) In fact, if you took the turret off, Fox was worse, which was not what was expected and made people look at the suspension. Could have been solved by a longer rear lower wishbone to put the rears into positive camber. There is an MVEE film, with the vehicle instrumented and steer and vehicle angles measured which demonstrated this very clearly. Did the trials, but the solution was found too late, as it was going out of service. People had been chasing the cg problem, and not looked at it properly Also, being 13/18H, we crewed them for a long time.

3/4 spear chuckers!😂😂😂🇧🇴

He was talking about the weapon not the wagon.

I saw a Vixen in 1976/1977,not sure if it was Catterick or Bovington.Glad I was in Cheiftain and not on Fox,which was a deathtrap

@VKs ASDgaming This is a family channel. Please take your vulgarity elsewhere.

@@bebo4807 Just statement of physical facts. Just like Father added with Mother equals Child.

Actually it would be Cub. I like your reasoning though.

@@bebo4807 Vulgarity? A Cub is the result of mating of a Dog Fox and a Vixen. That's just simple biology.

But over time, like all AFVs, the design would grow and grow.

That was so ballsy, I saw the video of that engagement. Hit it in the lower part of the Hull area.

What Ukrainian BTR, there's none left !

We were like sardines in the Ferret. Once you get your kit in there it's very tight.

It’s “couldn’t care less” :)

@@bob_the_bomb4508 Tom-a-toes; Tom-A-toes. (You/we are right though)

Maybe he could though?

An exciting place to sit in combat!!!

“Soft armour”.

@@andrewallason4530 I get it extra protection for the fuel🤔🤔

I believe they're positions to attach hooks for when you tie down the vehicle on a railcar or ship.

Lol its a jag/daimler, they like to mark their territory. I know, i have a classic Xj6, with this very engine. It sounds great.

I was a VM on Fox in Omagh '79 - '81

@@martingardener90 i was Ajax 2RTR

@@barrywood7322 Enjoyed my time attached to 2RTR - good bunch of guys and very switched on towards their vehicles unlike a certain Cavalry regiment that came after you!

@@martingardener90 We had Problem with the Cav Regt we took over from ie cotton waste in the fuel tanks took ages to sort it out, oh well.

Otherwise we could have taken our Cheiftains to Fermanagh in 81🤔😉👍👍🇧🇴

Better than all'septics with their "aluminum"

Serous answer. Why not E mail either of the two Davids at the Tank Museum? They have an extensive library and I'm sure they would be willing to let you know.

@@thewomble1509 Thanks, I think I might do that. I seem to remember reading a magazine article about the Ferret and seeing a photo of the prototype Ferret 80.

@@MorristheMinor No worries. Quite a few decent images of ferret 89 on Google image too.👍

*80!

No Fox was part of CVR but W not T. Designed late 60s already in service I think before Ferret 80.

With a Scimitar turret!!!

They did,and were sxxt

They did infantry recce platoons who weren’t armoured had them, I commanded a platoon of them

Love that series, very educational. Observing an older museum piece being torn down makes me appreciate the progress made over time to evolve our current generation equipment!

couldn't not NBC proof or NBC pack

@@barrymerchant3320 dont know bazza.

Add a Javelin Lightweight Multiple Launcher (LML), and it’d be perfect! One of the ‘auxiliary crewmen’ positions could be used as the launch controller with a video feed from the launcher.