Tank Chats #75 M5A1 Stuart | The Tank Museum 

Some shitty comments have more likes, unfortunately. You deserve more.

😭😭😭😭 t #1 tank

But will there be any history recorded after WWIII?

​@@perrylocke6037in some small nations yes. Not in Europe, china, middle east, European Russia, USA etc

Who knew the Church MkIV had such a dry sense of humor??

Don't forget the MBE.

He is NOT overrated and worthless, don't compare him to a British tank!

@@Pugiron You must be a very sad person.

He's the armoured vehicle equivalent of Sir David Attenborough.

@@Calum_S i think he would be a better wildlife journalist too

An international treasure! 😀

@@JohnyG29 no we will not share.

Boris S So true, he deserves a knighthood ...... Period

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Because it is always bangers, mash and turnips...

​@@Ralphieboyoh yeah, Cumberland Sausage mashed potatoes turnip's and thick black gravy, now that's a good meal especially in the winter months! 😋😁

I'm not even sure what this means but I laughed.

light tanks arent designed to get into fights

@@EthanThomson Err they kinda are and they kinda did.

Theirs also the a story during the battle of the bulge where a m8 greyhound aggressively charged the rear of king tiger taking out the engine and starting a fire inside the tank

" This was used as an example to build the case for replacing the Stuart with a better armed tank, but also demonstrates how aggressive light tankers could be even when greatly outmatched by heavily armoured and armed opposition. " It also demonstrates that a partially disabled SPG can't rotate to put your light tank in it's sights, and that you want to pin that sucker down even if your fire is ineffective, while you wait for something bigger to arrive. If you're lucky, your 37mm does manage to fully disable it, and they weren't lucky. You're safe from the SPG's fire, but you haven't killed it, maybe can't kill it, but you're keeping the crew buttoned up inside so they can't do anything else...

Yeah, but while you're sitting there shooting that SPG, you're risking an enemy shell from another vehicle coming at you

Everyone likes the moustache! He is my hero! :)

With great mustache comes great responsibility!

I didn't remember that at some point they upgraded to a Sherman. Thanks!

Wasnt that MG folded because it operated in the jungle? I think it wasnt bullets that this armor was protecting that MG from. It was tree branches.

It pivots directly backwards so it ends up upside down behind the cover. If you imagine pointing the barrel backwards and then swivelling the whole lot including post backwards and under you can see how it fits.👍

I 'spect you disengage a lock and it just pivots back and down. Not going to mention what likely happens to the ammo box or belt.

@@johnallison820 That is literally what I already said. You detach ammo can first.

Especially as the bottom of the shield is not there and the turret is separate from that space completely

I'd refer to him as Sir David. An MBE ain't nothing. QEII chose a good one.

they're over a 5th of the way there, and 200K plus is fantastic by any means

For once there is an emphasis or presumption of education and erudition and not themepark gratification and mindless excitement.

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He looks like Mr Pastry (Google the name )

He doesn't need to read them. He just knows...

The 'stache abides.

It’s cringe. 90% of the comments are made by pseudointellectuals that sip wine and use the words ‘thus’ and ‘ergo’.

@@KC-bg1th You seem quite sad. Or angry.

I'd love to see Sir David team up with the Mighty Jingles for a TOG*II video. That would be epic.

@Ray I saw a documentary showing how the US WW2 tank destroyer could out pace a ww2 jeep, both from a standing start. The hydromatic system made a huge difference, providing masses of torque! Clever stuff.

LOL it was stranded at the drive-in branded a fool what will they say Monday at school

You’d want all that speed and torque. If any any Sort of German cannon got a good shot at that tin can you would be toast.

@@drizler But sloped armor is magical and impervious! T-34 fans told me!

Thanks Ritchie, your feedback is much appreciated.

Ask the brazilians. The Bernardini X1A2 tank was the last tank to be developed from a Stuart. (90 mm gun, extra sloping, Scania diesel engines, extra bogie due to elongated chassis)

Need to find an M8 or an M8A1

The 37mm by 1943/44 was totally inadequate for anti-tank use. It was there to give recon crews some sense of security incase they ran into lightly armored vehicles like trucks and half-tracks, but was useless against most tanks being used by the Germans. The 37 could penetrate about 35mm-55mm of armor at 500 yards depending on the angle of armor and ammunition type. A Panzer IV had 50mm of frontal armor and 30mm of side armor, later ones were up armored to 80mm of frontal armor so 37mm guns were nearly useless. If you ran into a Panther or Tiger, you were even more hopeless. The M24 light tank got a 75mm, it was a lot better.

At 1.2k, no Germans dislike this.

1.4k still no dislikes

1.7k !

1.8k and 0 currently!

2k and still 0 dislikes. I love him 3000.

I bet you say that to all the girls

@@chrisneedham5803 haha

I just have to add this. Go to Postmodern Jukebox channel here on YT. All About That Bass specifically was written by a big beautiful girl. Would be fun to play that and watch some period footage of a big beautiful beast.

@@paulmanson253 .......👍🍺🍷👍 will do

@@chrisneedham5803 Let me know if you enjoy it. The careful laid back choreography is my favorite of the production,but all parties were having a ball. Terrific little video.

The both of them are now located at the Wayne County Indiana Veterans Memorial Park, Richmond, Indiana. www.veteransmemorialpark.org/photos.html

How's the read?

@@thetankmuseum It's everything I hoped for and more! It's like having my own personal tank chat that I can enjoy outside with my several cups of coffee every morning. All the details one could hope for and delivered with the wit and humour that only Mr Fletcher can provide. If there's such a thing as "the Churchill Disease" then I'm sure I have it, and this book is a must-have for any Churchill fan (the tank not the person). My only criticism is that a few of the pages are faded but I'm sure that's just a publishing glitch.

@@rickcheyne Glad to hear it!

I don't mean to be disagreeable, but the Cromwell was not very reliable. Many issues with cooling, clutch, and steering, for a start. Chieftan did a piece on British documentation of the flaws VS the M4. Cheers!

@@999torino The Cromwell's Rolls Royce Meteor engine was highly reliable.

@@TwirlyheadAs I recall, the problems were not so much the engine, but ancillary items like the drive for the cooling fan. I do not wish to start any uncivil back and forth, if I had a link to Chieftains lecture on the subject I would put it here. You may want to dig it up, it was actually very interesting and informative, using original source material from the British army. Again, cheers. EDIT, the following link refers to the documentation of "exercise "Dracula" where the British extensively tested various tanks. This is the document to which Chieftan refers, and goes into much detail over. I still cannot find his presentation. ;( ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mJrKMqGFtZ0.html

1.7k now lol 😂

Automation usually is more unreliable. More moving parts means more potential for failure. Automation can be more effective but it's never more reliable, think a group of 25 men with shovels vs a excavator. The excavator is better in almost every way until it breaks down and needs repaired.

@@EmergencyChannel You're ignoring the fact that people 'break down' too. We get sick, we get hurt, etc. Machines always do simple jobs better than humans, and a human + a tool is usually better than five humans alone. And even ignoring that as you did, that excavator will generally get the job done faster than the group of men even counting the setbacks from any possible maintenance issues, because it works that much faster and more effectively. Not to mention that hiring an equivalent force of guys (try at least 100) to dig a ditch instead of an excavator would actually cost dramatically more than the maintenance and payments on the machinery. Automation is usually only more unreliable until you work the rough edges out. Otherwise most of our products would still be made ENTIRELY by hand, but that's been going the way of the dodo for almost 200 years now, to the point the consumer is often the first human hand that touches a product. And that will only get more common. I could go on and on and on and on, but what I'm saying here is that you are making a neo-Luddite argument, and that it's a complete non-starter and based on very negative wishful thinking with less basis in fact than claims about skull shape meaning anything about our future or worse...

We don't unfortunately