V12 Panzer Motor

[@danlauer9676]

This guy looks exactly like the type of guy who would have a tank engine, and be able to get it running again.

[@davehughesfarm7983]

He smokes like he has zero fooks given and like that..

[@effyoo6081]

and by that you mean he's white

[@Harmonic14]

@@effyoo6081 lmao grow up

[@effyoo6081]

@@Harmonic14 fuck you! I'm old. And. It was a joke. We all know a black invented peanut butter, so those people do ok.

[@danlauer9676]

@Phil Lip Yup, I responded, then deleted 5 seconds later, because it just isn't worth it.

[@therealbebos]

When you see an old mechanic hanging around a giant engine smoking a cigar, you know he's a badass.

[@coolhand1964]

He was probably a crew chief at one time.

[@mark-zi2ql]

smokes too much drinks too much and eates too much

[@knighthauler2529]

Smoking as he shoots starting fluid into the intakes.

[@dannygjk]

@@knighthauler2529 of course because he's old school 'safety pfffh'. Seriously when you are outdoors it's fine. Also when you see in movies people lighting gasoline or whatever on the ground by tossing a cig or cigar into it that's bullshit it will not light.

[@knighthauler2529]

@@dannygjk Same with gasoline in a drum. There is a ratio that will explode or the cig goes out.

[@thombrackett]

I love how hard he tries not to smile...but you know he LOVES it.

[@882952]

Absolutely! If I were him, you'd see me there with a boner on proud display every second that motor was running.

[@Murat29402]

Je suis le millième like !

[@magpie3966]

Oh no, you get this wrong. This is the most smile we germans can do. And we only do this when we hear Tank engines

[@OEFarredondo]

Reminds me of my gramps. Only smiled when telling the story later.

[@sjion]

Oh he is smiling

[@breto7131]

Just imagine how loud the battlefield must have been with dozens of these operating in close proximity

[@maximusthezoura]

i mean to be fair, it would be muffled from it being in the engine compartment, and then the armour of the tank

[@wallflower15875]

This is a straight pipe in its current form, when mounted on a tank the exhaust is attached to a muffler, having it be this loud would be terrible for concealment.

[@miguelgameiro8063]

Im more concern with the fact that it is an air cooled system that’s awful to prevent an engine like this from overheating

[@kalacaptain4818]

turbine engines are even louder, an Abrams is stupid loud

[@wallflower15875]

@@kalacaptain4818 Thats actually not true, turbine engines are quieter than diesel engines

[@sillykanji]

RUclips: Wanna see a V12 Panzer motor start?
Yeah. Yeah I do actually.

[@richardnightingale9086]

Mod Nagant sure!...but I’d rather see an engine start.

[@Yeetusdeleetus979]

The RUclips algorithm be hittin different

[@BillyMcBean.]

@@richardnightingale9086 ?

[@jasonmcnamara2079]

my exact same thought when I saw it

[@lazerfazer]

@@richardnightingale9086 Don't make sense

[@timhkm8501]

a normal man is listening to Motorhead.
a real man is listening to Panzermotor.

[@lucabaldi1673]

This V12 is not Motorhead, this is SLAYER!

[@livewire2759]

The man who listens to both, you don't want to f#@k with!

[@cagliostro6931]

@@livewire2759 you can swear on the internet, you know?

[@livewire2759]

@@cagliostro6931 Sometimes... I've had a LOT of comments deleted in the past, so I've started trying to be more "user friendly" here on censorTube.

[@ThePsiclone]

@@livewire2759 meh, fuck em ;-)

[@bricktop7803]

Still a fantastic sight. The simplicity of the engine is awesome, the engineers created a masterpiece.
A clean design with no complicated components hanging off it.

[@bradgardner4299]

That's so cool and it's a part of history that should be preserved and admired for the mechanical developments that occurred across the plant.
Simply brilliant!!

[@jakemocci3953]

And the pride of Germany, this was bleeding edge military tech at the time.

[@BenState]

Not WW2 and not German, its a American Continental AV-1790

[@marvin2678]

@@BenState but its in germany i think the vid?

[@BenState]

@@marvin2678 so?

[@rasmus1600]

This is legit the cleanest starting and running tank engine i've ever seen. Starts with the speed of a modern engine and absolutely no smoke from the exhaust.

[@mescalchapsmusicchannel3943]

Rasmus Berg yeah I thought the same, he has this dialled in perfectly

[@fre0nx675]

Guy Probably takes it apart and resembles for fun

[@MozzaBurger88]

I hadn't seen this comment before posting my own : same thing, I was amazed by the smooth idle, instant throttle response. This guy whispers to carburetors 👌

[@ashleyhubber5734]

@Bog Sik no it wasn't, this is an American engine. Its an air cooled continental engine.

[@ashleyhubber5734]

@Bog Sik mate you edited your previous comment. You originally said it was a completely different engine

[@no-damn-alias]

How to make friends with your neighbors on a Sunday morning

[@allenmax8995]

if they are gearheads ,they'll bring the beer!

[@billrobinson7205]

LMAO!!

[@GunsNGames1]

How to get revenge after they're parting ultil 4:00AM

[@mikeymcmikeface5599]

I thought about that too.

[@SlipYoke6081x]

Hell yeah who wouldn't wanna hang with this dude

[@petermach8635]

Amazing .... look at the cooling fins on the cylinders, I thought they were a smooth water-jacket until the camera moved closer, to cast something that thin .... and the engine ran so evenly and responded so quickly to the throttle ...... thank you for showing this !!

[@aaronhumphrey2009]

Only driven on Sundays..running very clean and strong, 84+ years after it was made.

[@BenState]

Not WW2 and not German, its a American Continental AV-1790

[@petersack5074]

The Continental AV1790 is an American V12 engine used in armored vehicles. Produced by Continental Motors, the AV1790 was used in a variety of limited production and pilot heavy tanks, including the M53 and M55 howitzers, and the T30 and M103 tanks.

[@thetruth7633]

“I have bought a new Apple I-Phone, what have you got recently?”
“I have now a working 12 cilinder Panzer engine in my garage”

[@Tstahl962]

I'd rather have the 2nd one xD

[@scottskinner577]

"Touché my good man"

[@fido139]

Apple = junk. Panzer = genius.

[@Tstahl962]

@@fido139 Exactly, couldn't have said it better.

[@thetruth7633]

The Captain Actually I do not have a panzer engine but 1972 8 liter 6 cilinder turbo Scania engine 🙂

[@foresto5167]

tank engine: exists
civic owners: *thats swappable*

[@potato_gamer7894]

True hahhha

[@MightyMoriar]

Weighs more than a civic. Also Hondas get the noise from the fart can at the back.

[@TKRFX]

Lmao

[@MightyMoriar]

@Iam Impossibru something like this in a muscle car not a ricer. They won't give up that vtec

[@namedafteracar3645]

JAY LENO INTENSIFIES

[@andrzejostrowski1000]

Nie myślałem, że z tak małego akumulatora, mimo wtryśnięcia samostartu odpali! Brawo ten Pan! 😊 A silnik super! 😊

[@jaxes88]

I love how he's casually having a smoke as he's using a garden sprayer to squirt fuel into the intakes.

[@velvirek]

wife: why do you need panzer motor?
him: for reasons...

[@sandervanderkammen9230]

Jay Leno: Bastoline Special
ruclips.net/video/DAvMGFEGoJg/видео.html

[@stuartcottee1843]

To invade Poland

[@frankdillon7958]

What I can't hear you !

[@mikemike827]

Him: why wouldn’t we need a panzer motor.

[@Cruisingthesouth]

To put it on a boat 🛥🌊😄

[@chuckschillingvideos]

Someone, somewhere is endeavoring to put this thing into a Miata.

[@A6Legit]

That was literally my first thought about this motor. Gotta do it.

[@danielbruce2584]

I got a prelude that needs an engine.

[@thepoliticalmechanic2691]

@twobarpsi this is him right here

[@osmacar5331]

i want to put that into a bike

[@dumyjobby]

It would be easier to put the Miata in it

[@disturbed_deliberations]

Best starting and running example I have seen.
Beautiful job mate.

[@TheHaiku2]

I don't know what's more badass the old dude or the engine.

[@andyblack9066]

German engineers : “How much torque should we give this beast?”
hitler : “yes”

[@forestdenizen6497]

It's actually not that powerful by modern standards.
Power is all that matters btw. The "torque" thing is a red herring and meaningless without rpm.
A man can easily exceed the torque of a muscle car engine with a long enough pry bar. Doesn't mean he is developing power.

[@Blake_Painter]

Its an American Engine, no Hitler.

[@ckryses3962]

@@forestdenizen6497being powerful isn't everything, it's how to the core it's build...i saw a rusted and deserted zundapp started in couple of its first few kicks!! This sound, toughness of engine and stubbornness of engine can't be acquire now!! Here is the thing of pride not Power...
Wish i could fit this antique in handcrafted body and be the pride on the road if eligible and allowed..

[@anonymousanonymous9991]

@@forestdenizen6497 Actually, it's horsepower that is meaningless without RPM, as you have none without RPM lol... Even a motor making massive torque will put out almost no horsepower at very low RPM, like 10 RPM for example... Even a 672ci is only gonna make maybe 50-60 horsepower. The reason old motors didn't make much horsepower is because they didn't spin very many RPMs and the reason torque was low was because cylinder pressure was low. They had high compression ratios (sometimes) but the rest of the engines were so archaic (albeit beautiful) that the compression barely compensated for all the flaws. Nowadays everything making serious torque is diesel and boosted. Point is: if you want a versatile powerband that can move mountains there really is no replacement for displacement.

[@yousefbhoyroo6960]

Your Racists. Punk

[@t-barautodoc9829]

Cigars and gasoline. This guy is a real man.

[@rogerjordan299]

T-Bar Auto Doc
diesel

[@sergiomangas3434]

Roger Jordan No

[@weltvonoben]

It's not a diesel

[@AlainHubert]

Not to mention, no ear plugs either. That guy is a probably deaf man... lol !

[@ClassifiedRecon]

T-Bar Auto Doc the cigar embers are not hot enough for the gas to reach flash poiny

[@Tmc2500C]

I love how after it’s runnin he just kinda looks around like, “are you fucking happy now!?” 😅

[@monocogenit1]

wow. The engine revs surprisingly fast considering how big it looks..

[@lightwaves1859]

well it's under no load and was designed to move a whole tank

[@1ZosoLZ]

Imagine taking this to Pawn Stars.
Best I can do is 57 dollars. I’m taking a big risk here.

[@Park_Place]

We'll need to get our Panzer expert to verify that this engine was really in a tank, then we can talk about $83. You know, the market for tank engines' a little slow right now, it's a seasonal thing, so we're just gonna be holding it here, and I can't afford to pay big for a doorstop

[@1ZosoLZ]

Eduardo S. Lmao

[@kkrankie]

LMAO!

[@royalzak2670]

"58 dollars and a quarter...alright we gotta deal. Write him up Chum"

[@alexmarquez4002]

I'll tell you what I'll do 50 no more no less

[@vincentrosethorn4886]

Anybody else try to wipe off the spot..?
In all seriousness though, that engine is a thing of beauty.

[@ronspencer3182]

yep.

[@haakon2334]

Lol. Many times but no luck. 😂

[@dylangaffney4594]

Yeh haha

[@goldeneagle47]

I even tried to blow at it. 🤣

[@ivanrupcic4599]

Yes,bloody spot in the right corner🤣

[@Kevin-E-Glick]

When I have an occasional shitty day, I watch this again. I feel better instantly.

[@codyking4848]

When a guy with a stogie in his mouth comes out and starts fiddling with a tank engine, you already know it's gonna fire right up.

[@gabe1ist]

This motor: Exists
Dodge guys: we can swap it

[@maryhebb2780]

Damn right

[@geerstyresoil3136]

needs a cam first though.

[@explosive_shart9405]

more like.
Honda guys: Will this fit in my Honda Civic?

[@Deroach]

Dodges = shipping crates hehehe

[@bobberttv8565]

Dont give me ideas

[@thamike17]

how many people tried to get that dust flake off their screen

[@__chevytrucks__]

You are a criminal for making me notice.

[@flyman451]

That's funny! I thought it was on my screen so I tried pushing it to the side.

[@everydaygameclips]

I legit was scratching it

[@step4560]

I thought a bug had landed on it...

[@turbocrash9373]

i was close before i realised its on the camera xD

[@4th_Lensman_of_the_apocalypse]

Oh wow not what I was expecting. Sounds like my vespa when it first started!

[@nigel900]

Damn that’s a snappy throttle response! 👍🏻

[@tylerslepicka156]

Yeah it’s got no clutch or flywheel

[@YP3CA]

"Sir, before you start, won't your neighbors complain about the noise?"
- WHAT??

[@josephdeschenes2477]

Maybe not. If he has this what else does he have? I wouldnt fuck around.

[@Outland9000]

I'd be out on the front lawn with a beer and lawn chair watching!

[@eedesign878]

They might not like the tank engine, but they surely wont like the turret pointing their way either.

[@drivin379]

Thats why people live in country so you can crank shit up like this and it becomes a community gathering

[@brucesimian3743]

They're welcome!!!

[@ss0073]

The hell with my LS swap
Time for a Panzer swap

[@72Disco1998]

Hahahaha!!!

[@MoneyOnline2020]

😂😂😂😂

[@Asstronut]

You think they make a version of this in an aluminum block?

[@GTSTWINCAM16]

Lololololol

[@thejafuu5001]

Rip good weight distribution XD.

[@canarc1]

Never has a motor sounded so sweet yet so horrific, depending on what year you are hearing it in.

[@florinvid]

This is just badass. Props to the guy, he looks like he knows whar he's doing.

[@oskarkaszuba6641]

After start, its immediately wanted to go to Poland lol

[@janhanchenmichelsen2627]

Why?

[@barkebaat]

@@janhanchenmichelsen2627 ; because you have no sense of stale humour

[@janhanchenmichelsen2627]

@@barkebaat There are around 35 000 WWII jokes on this thread. About a post-war US-made engine kept in the Netherlands. Not stale, just sad.

[@barkebaat]

@@janhanchenmichelsen2627 ; You're too good for this lot, you are.

[@janhanchenmichelsen2627]

@@barkebaatmaybe

[@brentcrude8153]

This cured my Erectile Dysfunction.

[@b.a.brackus6371]

When that engine popped off so did l....

[@user-vd5si1rs3d]

Sndjsjdjskdkdkfkdk

[@craighamlet2863]

That's great, I'm now deaf.

[@edwardgrimsley4401]

Hell yeah, DIAMOND HARD

[@miguelortega3460]

😅😆

[@billskauge4810]

Nice job on the rebuild sir that engine runs like a watch hats off to the proud papa standing behind that magnificent engine

[@michaelberger4097]

What a monster. He's one hell of a mechanic. Loved it! Thanks!!

[@CallMeMark_]

Guy looks like Winston Churchill. He has the cigar and everything.

[@einhundertfunfzig4919]

He looks more like eda

[@sofiasimonova6467]

And you try to say in person what you say behind your back ...

[@onkelthorsadjutant3331]

churchill would had been to stupid to start this ... this man is an german mechanic in Tullastraße 28
75031 Eppingen

[@CallMeMark_]

@@onkelthorsadjutant3331 I said looks like. No need to be a smartass

[@nzt4890]

We shall fight them in the beaches...

[@HighDefinitionVideo]

Who doesn’t want that guy as a grandpa? Badass

[@TheHomerov]

Lol my grandpa was beating them during ww2...

[@shawnmetzger4518]

@@TheHomerov if you know your history, Germany defeated themselves

[@merfyn2834]

Shawn Metzger WTF stop shit Talking

[@NickKnatterton.]

Of course. I like those laid back guys.

[@Baerschi100]

Chewing on a cigar and handling an big, old, loud hunk of metal like he grew up with. Much respect. Lot of germans are babbling of respect and don't want to earn it. He has.

[@lukewarm7744]

Everybody wants to be a beast until it's time to do what real beasts do. Cuban cigar smoking Pops is KING

[@XrayJose]

Imagine Sitting in a little farmhouse in Europe eating an MRE when you hear this pull up right outside

[@northtexasskies3243]

You will hear it way before its right outside lol

[@xthomasbhx]

I thought this said sh*tting for a sec 😂

[@cro_bro8457]

You people do know that its a engine from a M48 Patton and not from a german WW II tank

[@visitkotor9663]

"A shit, are the Germans at it again?"

[@connordziadul6048]

@@cro_bro8457 I’m assuming it’s a Maybach HL230. The Sturmtiger, Jagdtiger, Tiger 2, and the panzer series all used these at one point or another. I think it’s highly unlikely an American tank built in the 40-60’s would carry the same engine, but don’t quote me on that

[@devilsknight]

id call it thomas.
Cause you know, its a TANK ENGINE

[@declandickson2839]

God fucki.. ok it's not horrible

[@shannonelam454]

Never explain your own joke...if they don't get it...tell another one...

[@patrickwhitehead7584]

5/5 on the dad joke scale. well done, sir

[@craighamlet2863]

I would call it "Deaf".. why? .. umm.. because.. CONGRATS. Did you say something?
"Btw if you are reading this comment before watching the video, I would advise you to turn down your headphones"

[@uriahstivers8125]

That was horrible, you should be ashamed of yourself ...
10/10

[@deryckmcleod4608]

Now there is a boy with his toy! Thank you, that was awesome...

[@Mr91495osh]

Sixty years later, it runs perfectly.

[@davehelmick7395]

Gas or diesel? Im thinking diesel???

[@sandervanderkammen9230]

@@davehelmick7395 gasoline, Continental AV 1790 engine

[@jimbo2487]

Garuntee that dude doesn’t drink Soy milk.

[@BYMYSYD]

That's not a dude. That's a man.

[@nicolapaccione5688]

Nor eats kale

[@kilikus822]

He probably drinks whatever the fuck he wants, be it soy or not. You know? Like an actual man and not some memelord.

[@ts9271]

@@kilikus822 stfu soyboy

[@Rhino1188]

I loled so hard.

[@anonymousinc6330]

675 Prius drivers disliked this video.

[@Pinseth]

Now 684 Prius owners have seen this video

[@mikeymcmikeface5599]

I have a Yaris. 😋

[@Suaneslopez]

And some leftist climate fucks...

[@harbertsand]

SuaneS So only people on the left care about the climate? Simpleton.

[@ivankrushensky]

They're mad because this engine is actually bigger than their entire car.

[@blpanthers00]

It’s crazy to see one of these engines with no load bearing parts attached to it. Since it’s just sitting on a stand you can really get a sense for the amount of torque it puts out, by how fast it revs up.

[@miketobin2324]

I would run mine at 3:00am just so my wonderful neighbors could truly enjoy the phenomenon of badass engineering.

[@sasquatchhadarock968]

"How much starter fluid do you use?"
"Yes."

[@josef2102]

I think this is a diesel. Never use starter fluid in a diesel

[@dummbach1]

Josef it looks like an catrol engine because of the throttle body and its not smoking and the sound is to loud for diesel

[@chrissnoett3060]

@@josef2102 you can use starter fluid in a diesel engine. That engine runs on gasoline.

[@eyellgeteven9928]

@@chrissnoett3060 Agreed...starting fluid is used to start diesel engines all the time. I've used it to start backhoes, Bobcats, compressors, etc. on cold days. We always kept a can of starting fluid in the backhoe.

[@brucesteger2699]

@@josef2102 With a throttle body on each intake manifold and two spark plugs in each cylinder head NO! It is an air cooled gas engine! And he just squirted gasoline into the intakes.

[@OMGITSAAAJ]

“ Panzer swapped Miata” -RUclips 2021

[@antoinequeiros1525]

Swap Golf😂

[@skwisgaarskwigelf331]

3/4 of panzer engine, 1/4 hardresser's car.

[@user-ee1ky4jg4q]

Are you nuts?

[@straightbusta2609]

There's actually a Toyota v12 swapped Miata on RUclips...

[@bullfrog8465]

Swap Smart Car lol

[@stephanyharris7628]

That's a really cool engine looks really clean..

[@langelle1]

Man starts Panzer engine, WW2 vet next door starts having PTSD flashbacks.

[@CommieGIR]

"Here we see Winston Churchill getting ready to start his engine"

[@gypsy_on_drugs1285]

lol thats a classic

[@higgsboson3356]

Stephen Kraus 😂

[@Sassenhaim]

Does it run on whiskey then ?? :o

[@ferretscoutcar]

Stephen Kraus 😂🤣😂🤣 👍

[@jensenmiller6410]

Here we see Winston Churchill starting his daily driver.

[@coolhand1964]

Casually smoking a stogie as he pumps air into a plastic garden sprayer filled with gas to prime the carbies - Legend!!

[@caterpillarslim1288]

How does that make someone legendary?

[@dragonrider9051]

@@caterpillarslim1288 gas vapors go boom

[@bruceallen2862]

I concur. The held in smile and stogi 🇨🇦 priceless!

[@createaccount974]

That is the most badass thing I have seen in a while. Thank you!!!

[@fartherstill]

Look at the cooling fins on those cylinders! Beautiful castings even now but especially for the period.

[@WilhelmKarsten]

The Continental AV-1790 was made in the 1950s in Mobile, Alabama USA

[@zapbranigan8029]

kind of guy to never see manual or design spec but just know what to do to get it to work, old school mechanic. Reminds me of my uncle.

[@boratodd]

This guy is my hero. Wow what an awesome job in restoring and preserving the past. Excellent!

[@dimonefreehold5647]

I'm currently in 1943. This time machine a time traveller gave me has allowed me to see the engine I helped design running running so many decades later. Very nice!

[@atrociousrabbit4378]

Damn! That thing fired right up, no hesitation. Love that dude walking around chewing a cigar lol

[@j03st3r]

This guy is like my grandpa. My grandpa always knows how to repair or make an engine. I love my grandpa ❤️

[@car-toonnetwork7723]

ty for loving

[@kalacaptain4818]

your grandpa can make an engine? is he a wizard or does he own his own factory

[@Scythe_Voltage]

@@kalacaptain4818 dog is like 12, he doesn’t even know what color transmission fluid is

[@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269]

@@kalacaptain4818 It's possible to make an engine outside of a factory with enough know-how and the right parts and tools

[@RH-cv1rg]

@@kalacaptain4818 Maybe he takes parts and puts them all together to produce a mechanical device that works. That is called making an engine.

[@BlueOx2277]

How come old guys always have the coolest stuff? 👍🏻👍🏻

[@DerFieseFriese]

They dont spend their time on RUclips and Social Media.

[@ronaldmcdonald9322]

@Will M the judge can toss the prenup

[@waynegacyii9010]

Old guys find out its easier to tune a v12 Panzer motor, than try to please a woman.
But women are like good running Honda engines, they are easy to get started.

[@redbluesome2829]

Old guys have had the time to acquire a taste for and accumulate cool stuff.

[@Jimmy_Watt]

@@DerFieseFriese You're correct.

[@skewedviews5487]

Merlins are like "cough, no, stall" ten times before they'll run. This thing is like "AAAAAAAA" right out the gate

[@albertocamacho8913]

I never see before a engine of a panzer tank, is amazing...

[@carlkimmer5662]

You've got to give it to the germans for their engineering even back in the day that engine is awesome

[@doktorbimmer]

*American engineering... from the Korean war.*

[@chamade166]

doktorbimmer you are mad

[@doktorbimmer]

*No, I just know my tank engines... its a Patton tank engine.*

[@doktorbimmer]

@chamade166 *Dr. Porsche never designed any tank engines that I'm aware of... and he certainly never worked for Continental Motors in the United States.*

[@tezy0193]

Lol, our ww2 maybach engine looks different, way more advanced than this engine.. even though its older, watercooled.. the hl234 even had fuel injection, patton engine is "just" carbureted and air cooled

[@natep.8452]

OSHA: Don't you need earplugs?
Tankmotorguy: What?
OSHA: Earplugs. You need to wear earplugs!
Tankmotorguy: What?
OSHA: You might damage your hearing.
Tankmotorguy: What? Hold on, let me light my cigar, and spray some fuel into the intake with no safety glasses.
OSHA:....

[@kevinludwig3004]

Dude that's the motor of the most feared tank f*** your ear plugs

[@MrKlo-so8tj]

😂

[@Bodhi594]

First thing I noticed was he had no earplugs. Lol Blue Collar workers have had so many classes and training on earplug saftey, it's now the first thing we notice in videos like this.

[@natep.8452]

@@Bodhi594 I'm not a fan of OSHA, per se. But I'm also not a fan of being deaf lol. I guess watching millions of crappy videos with criminally bad acting is the price we pay for awareness. Funny thing is, when they sit us all down in a room for a sexual harassment video, all we do is sexually harass each other the entire 30 minutes. The rest of the year, we are usually on good behavior. But during that 30 minutes, they could technically fire every single one of us haha.

[@BloodBoughtMinistries]

@@natep.8452 Or tinnitus and hyeperacusis due to hearing damage. I suffer from both and it is no joke. Some people commit suicide due to the noise and pain. People who make jokes about wearing earplugs or who look down on others for protecting their hearing will change their attitude in an instant if they can experience what I go through every day for just one hour.

[@fuckzogtube]

I imagine that at that time, the allies knew that sound too damn well and the only probable thought at that point was death marching their way.

[@ianmangham4570]

This guy knows his motors, got her running creamy smooth

[@MattFenlon]

*glances around at onlookers*
"You all see? That's right."
That look when someone starts up a rebuilt engine and it fires up first time is universal.

[@Fylo-Kalist]

lmao I was thinking the exact same thing. the second it fired that head came up like yup...that's me. and yes im shooting petrol into the intake while i smoke a cigar. gtfo god bless this guy :D

[@mountainguyed67]

We don’t know that’s the first startup.

[@Lammedreng]

Didn't know Winston Churchill was into tank engines

[@adampencev1342]

Was looking for this exact comment lol

[@xriex]

Tank engines were into Churchill.

[@brianjschumer]

👍🏻

[@Rolf2014]

Super, Top, mehr kann man nicht sagen. Diese Mann kennt jedes Teil .

[@DragsterBenni]

Has no-one read or understood the LEONHARDT sign near the door, or wondered about the weird bike in the background ? This is the home of GUNBUS, a humble 6,7 litre 410cui V-2 bike built to order, with german TÜV approval for road use. I have just looked at their site, they construct a 30 litre V-12 roadster car, guess what motor will be mounted in there ? Good to see serious german Old Skool engineering is still alive & kicking.

[@Superknullisch]

The old timer: Why doesn't it start..?
*A few sec later..*
- Oh right, forgot to lit my cigar!

[@derekstocker6661]

What a fantastic soundtrack this engine has, well done get this fabulous piece of history running so sweetly!

[@budstep7361]

90 degree v12, how crazy ze germans... Really looks like it was designed for fast high volume manufacturing, also impressive. Passive cooling fans on each cylinder... Thank you for sharing!

[@WilhelmKarsten]

This is an American made Continental AV-1790 engine from a 1950s M48 Patton tank

[@joeysplats3209]

Nice! Smooth-running. I'm thinkin' about one of those for my '73 Vega.

[@Ma_Deuce_338]

This is a Continental Motors air cooled, 1792 inch V-12. Used in American M47, M48. or M60 Patton tanks as well as several other models .

[@zeljkojovetic759]

M47-TENK. BIO INSTRUKTOR NA NJEMU U VUJSCI U . B. LUCI '80G . AUTOMATIK.

[@jimmylight4866]

Thank you

[@ashes2ashes863]

The best part is that guy is acting like he is just using that motor to power an air compressor. He has one of the coolest motors on the planet and he almost seems bored of it. Love it.

[@DingoXBX]

it runs very well for such an old behemoth of an engine

[@milolouis]

Loud pipes saves lives! I'd never noticed a vehicle with that engine if not for the open pipes and the fact that my brain is being blended.

[@govnor1495]

Fueling your engine while smoking is old school...and bad ass.

[@KrissowskiM]

Contrary to a common believe perpetuated in movies - even throwing lighted cigarette into gasoline does not cause explosion. Tested myself!

[@toddlaplanteVT85]

@@KrissowskiM Exactly! Tested on Mythbusters too! BUSTED!

[@c0mb4ti3nt3]

Maybe in the US where Tanks have Gasengines :P Diesel doesn't make much flammable gas and isn't flammable "by touch" from a normal firesource. Accidentially burning Diesel is a talent, burning the nonexisting gases is Marvel.

[@icecreamdaycatlin8896]

@@c0mb4ti3nt3 thats not even the point hes making. any oil based fuels do not instantaneously ignite from coals. you require spark. when you see videos of gas stations exploding from cigarettes. its because cigarettes have a tendency to pop and crackle from the stems of tobacco leaves inside. which produce a very spark like ignition of the fumes.

[@hightttech]

@govnor: Retired Navy guy worked full service island at gas station in early 1980's in USA, and he always pumped the gas with a cigarette. R.I.P. Jerry (cancer).

[@fonepixer]

I love the good natured flickering look of contempt for the doubters on his face when it starts straight away! Brilliant. A joy!

[@counciousstream]

Looks like my grandfather. He was a brilliant mechanic. Could get anything to run. Always had a cigar, half chewed but lit. Used to scare the shit out of me when he would go to the gas station and fill up 5 gallon cans with it in his mouth.

[@askingstuff]

This is an AV-1790 engine. It’s actually American, but the Germans used it in the after ww2 in the pattons we gave them.

[@CriticoolHit]

Lit cigar + spraying starter fluid. My hero.

[@TheCorrectionist1984]

CriticoolHit , man that had to just be alcohol or maybe even gas but not real ether starting fluid I hope.

[@stevehall9585]

When I was in the service stationed in Spain I watched Spaniard smoking then flick the cigarette while refueling his tanker truck it was jet fuel yup on the Spanish side of the airbase.

[@farmerboy9029]

@@stevehall9585 jet fuel is just fine diesel

[@kleetus92]

I like how he's smoking a cigar while spraying pressurized gasoline into the engine... lol...

[@Gavs_rc_hobbies]

+kleetus92 Lol, yeah i picked up on that as well!

[@perjantaifiilis9222]

+kleetus92
Diesel oil is not so flammable. :P

[@kleetus92]

+Dieselvoima Why would he shoot diesel into a gas engine carburetor?

[@charlesuplifted5216]

+kleetus92 their petrol diesel lol it's diesel but fuel injection was very very weird on theses old motors

[@rileykirk11]

+clay tullos to bad this is a av1790....which uses gasoline, not diesel

[@myexescallmetictac8297]

years later and I'll never get tired of the way he looks at you when it fires. He could tell if I lied to someone 6 months ago

[@Bonifacio1212]

Imagine being a russian peasant and hearing a 30 ton iron box coming to you with this sound

[@janhanchenmichelsen2627]

To those commenting @ full force without knowing anything about the subject. This as US air cooled Continental. Most likely from a post war Patton tank. The Wehrmacht V12 tank engines were water cooled Maybachs. BTW: The brave gentleman with cigar (and ether?) is Dutch, as far as I know. Not German.

[@deadguy217]

cheers for that, any idea what the engine capacity is on this particular v12 by any chance ?

[@janhanchenmichelsen2627]

@@deadguy217 No, sorry. General specs: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_AV1790

[@wladosu]

and why is he brave?

[@janhanchenmichelsen2627]

@@wladosu For smoking a cigar while spraying petrol into the carburetors ...

[@edwardsisson3580]

@@janhanchenmichelsen2627
Diesel ?

[@MysticSpank]

Love this. So casual on priming with fuel, starts it, gives it some revs and is "how do you like that bitches?" then admires a bit, goes back in to check out his engine, back with the "how do you like that?" look, kills it, OOooUggh. It is an emotional roller coaster.

[@jwalster9412]

What an absolute unit.. that is massive!
Ohh, the engine is cool too..

[@brianschryver8314]

Surprised to see it was air cooled like a duetz, but then again, that makes a lot of sense.

[@scoop4363]

I just love the way this guy walks around with that look. "All right all right I'll start the dang thing." "Happy now?"

[@labrd41]

What happens to all this 50-100 year old relics in 20 years when all these old men are dead? The younger generations are out chasing Poke-Man.

[@xximtixx]

I'am here :D I will take all Tank related stuff ;)

[@bigdaddylongstroke3559]

Good question!

[@F.Krueger-cs4vk]

Im 59, been collecting war relics since i was 12 years old. My son not interested, unfortunately.

[@richardmyhan8755]

@@F.Krueger-cs4vk
I am 59 also. Everything that means anything to me means nothing to my son.

[@dookiebooger9967]

The problem with todays society is everything cool like this is so damn expensive nobody can afford it. Back in the good old days you could find something like this for next to nothing, hell he was probably given it free!! Go look up old tank engines on ebay, then compare the prices to the pokemon go app. I rest my case

[@haraldmichaelis2008]

Runs like a watch!! Wow! Brilliant work Sir.

[@yabbadabbadoo8225]

Burst into tears of laughter when I saw the fella connecting the Honda battery. I was expecting a 3 Phase Hook up 😂😂