My dad transferred from a Sherman tank to a recovery vehicle. He only had one working eye so as more men entered the European theater he was put into a different job where his limited vision wouldn't be such an issue. He wasn't in the job for very long. His vehicle was kissed head on by a German 88 mm. My dad saw the gun before it fired and went out the hole in the roof as the shell hit. His left arm and leg were peppered with metal. He managed to get to a small stone building and the next round hit it. He survived but didn't wake up until he was in England. Spent six month relearning how to walk again. Many decades later he had intestinal surgery and the doctor came out after the operation and asked how he came by all of the scar tissue inside.
Absolutely a great video. Can you imagine the amount of engineering that went into creating those recovery vehicles. Everything had its place. Without a doubt the Greatest Generation. Thank you for sharing this video.
I guess that,in spite of the impressive,pristine quality of the film and the rarely seen subject matter,we really are in awe of the simplicity of the equipment and the teamwork of the crews that would have been working their bums off in extremely hazardous conditions. Without all the microswitch and joystick controlled handling and heavy lift systems we have now ,this film would still be in use today to instruct heavy lift retrieval teams.
I'm just thinking about the paperwork nowadays...I suppose 1 entry for enemy would do... My uncle worked on scammel tank recovery vehicles in Glasgow corporation workshops, preparing them for bus, tram and trolley bus recovery.
Cables and pulleys rarely break, are reliable in desert, snow and mud, don't require liters of oil to be carried, filtered, kept in circulating tanks, have leaking or broken joints and pipes etc. These men recovered a LOT of vehicles during WWII, from minefields, bogged in fields, overturned in ditches, shot up blocking roads, sometimes under fire. Many times the remains of the crew still inside them; they also cleared areas after battles, of allied and axis vehicles, some booby trapped. I've had occasion to be grateful for RAEME recovery crews, worth their weight when it comes down to it.
But when they do snap under tension you can be sure there is decapitated people if anyone is close enough, thats why those type of cable winches are around here called "widow makers". Though its better than chain.. least with cable there is some warning, where as chain just snaps with out warning.
peter kuhn Also, if you are really old school, cables can be spliced if broken or otherwise. Tough to do but easier than trying to repair a busted hydraulic fitting or hose which is damn near impossible with out the proper tooling
Instructional film was made in 1944. Mechanical winch technology was well developed, simple, no hoses to break, could deal with dirty conditions and handle the cold. Large hand operated hydraulic jacks were used also.
Under nourished before the war and fed short rations during the five long years of conflict, the British working class did hard, physical work day by day and year after year until the war was won. My hat is off to them.
Hang on? I thought the Americans won the war single handedly? I know they used it to make themselves Rich, only coming in when everyone else was wearing down and thoughtfully supplying the British needs for a price.... The Americans became the hardware store for weapons of War, they still are! starting/promoting little wars over the planet so they can supply arms to whoever can pay for them, Like encouraging the Philippines to attack the Chinese! the Filipinos aren't stupid, they told the USA to Fu^k off
Incredible how all this worked back then its beyond amazing how many people in the crew and hoar all of them had to work not to mention that everybody had their job and it involved a whole lot of lifting and knowing what they are doing very COOL!
When I did my Mechanic apprenticeship with a Ford main dealer here in the UK in 1970 to 75 we had a Scammell Pioneer as our heavy recovery truck used to love going in that
Fun fact.... this is why we more or less abandoned a Churchill in Ireland at the firing range when the engine died and spare parts were not possible, nor repairs in the field. The turret was removed and carried back for exercises. Until we used up the ammo, and buried it in 1967 until it was dug out of Glen of Imaal over 2002 and 2003. It's in Belfast today. No... we didn't have a Scammell...
The Territorial Army was still practicing tank recovery using this very same gear in the 60's. Recovery a tank from a ditch and getting it onto the recovery vehicle took hours. It was extremely boring...My memories are that the the TA at that time was very much an old soldiers drinking club
They show a lot of faith in the cable makers by not bothering to provide gloves. Not to worry though,they are only the unwashed enlisted. They wouldn’t want to be in too much of a hurry though .
When my father, a career soldier first joined up he saw this exact scenario in west Germany. The cable snapped and the recoil literally sliced the winchman in half. The cables were not up to the task. He said the ‘mess’ was awful to see
Thx for upload this Vid Ilove this Scammel Transporter, one of my first models made in the 70s was the Scammel Tanktransporter from Airfix for my Centurion early mark, but i loved the ANTAR too but sadly i found none at this time, it would be the better choice for a Centurion or Chieftain In the 60s i have seen some US built WW2 Wrecker in BAOR Service during Manouvre ( iam not sure but it was Diamond T/ maybe a White/Kenwood or Ward la france Wrecker) , later the Wreckers were on FODEN Chassis and this old stuff disappeared How long the Diamond T served in BAOR?
Who could never really agree on anything and then gave the patent designs to the Americans for free which in turn modernised the whole shebang with hydraulics and put Scammel out of business........... Sad how the WHOLE British Motor Industry was sold out to the Europeans and the Americans (Here's the TRUE story of the BMI ruclips.net/video/b9ztUlve9jc/видео.html
Very interesting, i am building a model off a scamell recovery vehicle, i guess it would not be so nice doing a recovery in bad weather conditions or under the risk off enemy fire, very interesting film.🙂
Wow, the world before hydraulics sucked monkeyballs. But I do think the british came up with A LOT of unnecessary mechanical crap that was alsmost engineered to be hard to use and impossible to mantain.
Now repeat this process while under sniper fire and on mud five inches thick. Note that all this crap you have laid next to the transport is covered in mud and almost impossible to use and how you nearly break your neck when slipping and sliding your way up the back of the muddy and wet ramps, which are just about lethal to climb even when they are dry. Remember your training and how we made it look simple, back at the depot.
I drove a Wrecker for a Datsun Dealership, only new cable can be touched bare-handed - when used - it develops tiny broken strands on it's surface, they are razor sharp.
It's more like "How to design an engineering atrocity". Too many unnecessary complicated steps to perform in essence simple actions, like lowering or raising parts. With some good planned systematic designing/engineering they could have simplified the construction while at the same time speeding up the process and using less manpower. That said, it's very entertaining to watch.
@@robinhinson606 Good engineering practices have no direct connection with imaginary "lack of resources". A good example is the german "jerrycan" compared to the british (often leaking) fuelcan. There's a REASON why this design is still used up to now. The Allied forces had WAY more resources then the Axis forces. Another example is the Mitsubishi "Zero" fighter at the start of WW2 which for a brief time outclassed the US fighters. So "lack of resources" is a weak reason. Lack of investment in the right places at the right moment might be a more valid reason.
very funny hats. Most crew retired with full benefits by the time the first tank was loaded. The tank was already obsolete and the price of scrap iron had fell to pennies on the pound. The war had been over for seven years by now.
David, I would guess that you are at least fifty years younger than I. As I watched this I was amazed at the complexity of connecting and disconnecting the trailer. Remember, son, (no offense, but I suspect I'm old enough to call you that!) that you owe the ease of using machinery to people like the men in this film, who were dissatisfied with the time and labor necessary to perform tasks and invented simpler and safer ways to do them. You and I have benefited from the experience these soldiers and other laborers had. Being amused is great (this film does somewhat remind me of an old Keystone Kops movie), if you learn from it.
Please, whatever gods there may be, let there always be an England. Narrator, in a military instructional film, yet, says .."As simple as a Hollywood divorce." The Diamond T trucks were called the "Cadillac of trucks." We take nice looking trucks for granted these days, but early trucks were work vehicles, with no frills, except for the Diamond T.
Thats a dim-witted comment (tenaxxband). Do you really think we had un-ending supplies of tanks in WW2 ? (Or indeed now). Bear in mind maybe 20-30% of tanks were injured in the battlefield. Can you not grasp how crucial it was to recover damaged armament like this (worth, say, a million pounds new in todays money) ? One of the key differences historians identified about why Rommel did so well against us in the early part of the North African campaign, was that the Germans had planned ahead for damaged tank recovery, and initially, we hadn't (they had special recovery vehicles, and recovered all their damaged battle tanks overnight). This is a training film: its actually pretty simple, use of a 5:1 block-and-tackle reduction and hawser, plus a tough truck like the Scammel to haul it out, would be done in an hour. My uncle worked on Scammel production here in the UK: my dad was in the north Africa campaign, in the RASC, and was forever hauling vehicles out of the mud: un-mettalled north African roads turned to mud in minutes in a downpour, it was mud that slowed both the Nazis and allies. But I guess you've never heard of a hawser, a block-and-tackle, or the RASC have you ? I recommend you get a copy of the Olivier 'World at War' series, and start educating yourself a little.
Always recover a repairable vehicle as quickly as possible and get it back into service. Often unrepairable vehicles have parts needed for other damaged ones. Yes, a lot of work. So is war. How did we win a war like this? By hard labor building new material and recovering reusable equipment. A lot of work; and a lot of wasted human life. And while we'd like to think another world war won't happen because we have learned better in the last century, don't count on it. There are a lot of haters like Adolf Hitler in the world, and they are raising more generations to hate just like he did.
My father did this role in WW2. He started off in North Africa, Then Italy, then D Day and through Germany. At least now I can see what was involved in his work :)
These Men with there Trucks laid down the foundations of heavy recovery of today and we are lucky these Scammells are still around and working they were built to withstand any and everything thrown at them .
The use of the 5:1 block-and-tackle rig to multiply the hauling force of the Scammell is interesting. So simple to apply just by carrying some blocks and pulleys and cable. I wonder... how many kids are still taught at school about the principle of the block and tackle in the Physics lab like we were ? (integer multiplication of any pulling/hauling force, up to very high multiplying factors, just dependent on how many blocks you use).
None in America! Vast majority of Young Americans cannot comprehend how to drive vehicle with a Manuel transmission! They would argue learning Block and Tackle theory and thee how to is no problem. Until they have to rig B & T set up!
"As simple as a Hollywood divorce." Those were the days! Not quite so simple, today! I see that stricken Covenanter is outside a big stately home. I think this may be where the phrase: "Get your tanks off my lawn" originates. Two Covenanters were disinterred from a farm not far from here. I think burying this particular type of tank if they were troubled was the favoured methodology- but not so easy on somebody's lawn.
Holy SHIT !!!!! That is ridiculous. The UK didn't have standard 5th. Wheel hook ups ??? Obviously not .... That amount of heavy labor to disconnect a freek'n trailer. Wow... A crew did not stand a chance in a hot recovery area.
This is so good to see from so many years ago. It's physics and mechanical advantage and common sense. It's the beauty of Scammell trucks. It's such a joy to see the birth of heavy haulage in this. I do however worry as to the Health and Safety in such simple things as hand protection whilst handling wire ropes and heavy lifts/pulls. When risk assessments were known by other names as routine operating instructions. I dare say many non-combatants were injured in these recoveries, the odd finger or hand here or there!
Watching the men load the Scammell 30 ton trailer made me feel tied. I read that the British Army got rid of all these trailers after the war because of difficulties getting under bridges when loaded.
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My dad transferred from a Sherman tank to a recovery vehicle. He only had one working eye so as more men entered the European theater he was put into a different job where his limited vision wouldn't be such an issue. He wasn't in the job for very long. His vehicle was kissed head on by a German 88 mm. My dad saw the gun before it fired and went out the hole in the roof as the shell hit. His left arm and leg were peppered with metal. He managed to get to a small stone building and the next round hit it. He survived but didn't wake up until he was in England. Spent six month relearning how to walk again. Many decades later he had intestinal surgery and the doctor came out after the operation and asked how he came by all of the scar tissue inside.
Fair play by your dad and all of them that went through the war, some paid very highly for our peace.
Hat off to your Dad.
By being part of the greatest generation
Nice story thanks for sharing
Absolutely a great video. Can you imagine the amount of engineering that went into creating those recovery vehicles. Everything had its place. Without a doubt the Greatest Generation. Thank you for sharing this video.
I guess that,in spite of the impressive,pristine
quality of the film and the rarely seen subject matter,we really are in awe of the simplicity of the equipment
and the teamwork of the crews that would have been working their bums off in extremely hazardous conditions.
Without all the microswitch and joystick controlled handling and heavy lift systems we have now ,this film would still be
in use today to instruct heavy lift retrieval teams.
I'm just thinking about the paperwork nowadays...I suppose 1 entry for enemy would do...
My uncle worked on scammel tank recovery vehicles in Glasgow corporation workshops, preparing them for bus, tram and trolley bus
recovery.
Cables and pulleys rarely break, are reliable in desert, snow and mud, don't require liters of oil to be carried, filtered, kept in circulating tanks, have leaking or broken joints and pipes etc. These men recovered a LOT of vehicles during WWII, from minefields, bogged in fields, overturned in ditches, shot up blocking roads, sometimes under fire. Many times the remains of the crew still inside them; they also cleared areas after battles, of allied and axis vehicles, some booby trapped. I've had occasion to be grateful for RAEME recovery crews, worth their weight when it comes down to it.
But when they do snap under tension you can be sure there is decapitated people if anyone is close enough, thats why those type of cable winches are around here called "widow makers". Though its better than chain.. least with cable there is some warning, where as chain just snaps with out warning.
peter kuhn Also, if you are really old school, cables can be spliced if broken or otherwise. Tough to do but easier than trying to repair a busted hydraulic fitting or hose which is damn near impossible with out the proper tooling
What's RAEME ?
hahahahahahahah
@@dunemetal67 I would like to see how it spliced together
Love these old training videos. That old m3 Lee was looking good up there! Thanks for upload
Instructional film was made in 1944. Mechanical winch technology was well developed, simple, no hoses to break, could deal with dirty conditions and handle the cold. Large hand operated hydraulic jacks were used also.
Under nourished before the war and fed short rations during the five long years of conflict, the British working class did hard, physical work day by day and year after year until the war was won. My hat is off to them.
And after all they fought for was given away by the british goverment
@ASCALON and in spite of being Lions led by donkeys, they beat the germans with some help.......G#d bless them..... :-)
Hang on? I thought the Americans won the war single handedly?
I know they used it to make themselves Rich,
only coming in when everyone else was wearing down and thoughtfully supplying the British needs for a price.... The Americans became the hardware store for weapons of War, they still are!
starting/promoting little wars over the planet so they can supply arms to whoever can pay for them, Like encouraging the Philippines to attack the Chinese!
the Filipinos aren't stupid, they told the USA to Fu^k off
@@reefer2917 LOL.....that is what you get for thinking.....you can F#ck Off...... :-)
Incredible how all this worked back then its beyond amazing how many people in the crew and hoar all of them had to work not to mention that everybody had their job and it involved a whole lot of lifting and knowing what they are doing very COOL!
When I did my Mechanic apprenticeship with a Ford main dealer here in the UK in 1970 to 75 we had a Scammell Pioneer as our heavy recovery truck used to love going in that
Fun fact.... this is why we more or less abandoned a Churchill in Ireland at the firing range when the engine died and spare parts were not possible, nor repairs in the field. The turret was removed and carried back for exercises. Until we used up the ammo, and buried it in 1967 until it was dug out of Glen of Imaal over 2002 and 2003. It's in Belfast today.
No... we didn't have a Scammell...
Those track guides are a good idea. Many in all walks of life could benefit from them.
That Scammell tractor is so badass. I want one.
No you don't. Most of the cab was canvas, it had a crash gear box and did very little more than 20mph
id have one
The Territorial Army was still practicing tank recovery using this very same gear in the 60's. Recovery a tank from a ditch and getting it onto the recovery vehicle took hours. It was extremely boring...My memories are that the the TA at that time was very much an old soldiers drinking club
I bagsy the motorcyclist's job.
PS. Fantastic video in marvelous condition. Thanks.
Much more of this excellent stuff and I will dump the TV! many thanks.
glad they didn't make it to complicated !!!
They show a lot of faith in the cable makers by not bothering to provide gloves.
Not to worry though,they are only the unwashed enlisted.
They wouldn’t want to be in too much of a hurry though .
Only 5000 simple steps!
Instead of PT this morning we are going to the motor pool and disconnect trailers...
LMFAO! shades2!
By the time they got the tank loaded, the war was over!
Officer arrives in jeep and says..."Sorry lads... wrong tank...take it off again....Yours is over there...."
When my father, a career soldier first joined up he saw this exact scenario in west Germany. The cable snapped and the recoil literally sliced the winchman in half. The cables were not up to the task. He said the ‘mess’ was awful to see
those are some bad ass tires.
That Scammel rig is a steam punk's wet dream! And don't tell me it's from a different country than Meccano sets!
Мудрено! Поражает как солдаты без перчаток не травмируя руки манипулируют с тросами. Или британские тросы супер качества?! Ни одной заусеницы?!
No pinched fingers. Amazing!
Note the sign on the American made Diamond T tractor....."caution right hand drive"....obviously meant for US Army operators
3:37 no gloves? Ever been bitten by those cable barbs? Only happens once.
10:32 simple as a Hollywood divorce? That’s nice.
Glad I didn't have to use this type of Equipment, as a Recovery Specialist in the Army
great videos cheers for sharing
Очень крутая техника. Для тех лет даже очень не плохо. В СССР такого не было.
The war will be over by the time those blokes have finished preparing the Scammell
It was stated that the procedure took 10 minutes, that's not long.
P
glad to see the Sten submachine gun as part of the recovery recon
Thx for upload this Vid
Ilove this Scammel Transporter, one of my first models made in the 70s was the Scammel Tanktransporter from Airfix for my Centurion early mark, but i loved the ANTAR too but sadly i found none at this time, it would be the better choice for a Centurion or Chieftain
In the 60s i have seen some US built WW2 Wrecker in BAOR Service during Manouvre ( iam not sure but it was Diamond T/ maybe a White/Kenwood or Ward la france Wrecker) , later the Wreckers were on FODEN Chassis and this old stuff disappeared
How long the Diamond T served in BAOR?
I say, jolly good engineering that!
It looks like the process was developed by a senior committee
Worse, an Army committee :D
it works quickly
Who could never really agree on anything and then gave the patent designs to the Americans for free which in turn modernised the whole shebang with hydraulics and put Scammel out of business........... Sad how the WHOLE British Motor Industry was sold out to the Europeans and the Americans (Here's the TRUE story of the BMI ruclips.net/video/b9ztUlve9jc/видео.html
Just great love it You Tube needs more WW2 trucks!
LOL!! Marvelous stuff.
And no one ever wears gloves..
In order to use this device You must study at Scammel academy for 4 years, Passed through 20 exam's and be graduated with flying colors.
WOW - logistics is like ROCKET SCIENCE!
Is the bar or maybe a plate running over the top of the suspension on the tank to lock it
Very interesting, i am building a model off a scamell recovery vehicle, i guess it would not be so nice doing a recovery in bad weather conditions or under the risk off enemy fire, very interesting film.🙂
Imagine a day when countries work together ❤️
all the while getting shelled and shot at...
Imagine how much fun it would be walking up the ramps if they were wet
I SAY CHAPS THIS LOOKS LIKE SPIFFINGLY GOOD FUN!
rube goldberg and fred flintstone invention.
“However did zey vin?”
Good Show! What year was this around,when this action was captured?
i think it says 1944
Очень высокий центр тяжести, перевернётся на первом косогоре
Never pass over the cables
Using bare hands on cable and cold steel!
I think me ex- wife had one of those snatch blocks...
Demora muito esse transporte, hoje tem sedex 10
Imagine trying to do that under fire:(If one of those cables snapped and hit that guy on the truck bed it could cut him in half..
Wow, the world before hydraulics sucked monkeyballs. But I do think the british came up with A LOT of unnecessary mechanical crap that was alsmost engineered to be hard to use and impossible to mantain.
Wonder why the tank didn’t drive up the ramp?
Because they were usually badly shot up and damaged.
Don’t they wear gloves?
Now repeat this process while under sniper fire and on mud five inches thick. Note that all this crap you have laid next to the transport is covered in mud and almost impossible to use and how you nearly break your neck when slipping and sliding your way up the back of the muddy and wet ramps, which are just about lethal to climb even when they are dry. Remember your training and how we made it look simple, back at the depot.
ARE THOSE GUN PLANKS FROM IKEA?
very beautiful wonderful good ❤
really don't get why people would dislike a video like this... why isn't it in color? dislike... or some other ridiculous reason.
I fairness, since I posted up the two videos about Scammells, I’ve not had any negative comments.
Бля, потаскайка так металла за день
It seems perfectly fitting that they're loading a "disabled" Lee/Grant tank.
Hey Dude! Where's my tank!!!???
It was impounded
Second tank is a Crusader?
i guess they were unafraid of cables snapping
Yes, I was wincing at where the NCO was stood for the winching operation.
British steel. Both senses of the word.
"As Though as Old Boots"!!
To many parts, takes too long, Too many parts slow down the whole loading process..
That was not entirely Scammell recovery
bloody lot of work would hate to do this under fire
...simple as a Hollywood Divorce!!!
10.20 I SAY WAS A WOMEN ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE THIS TANK TUT TUT SAYS MR MR CHOLMONDLEY WARNER
pulling out steel cable bare-handed ????
Pierre de Cine They are British soldiers so they are tough and well trained. Gloves lol
I drove a Wrecker for a Datsun Dealership, only new cable can be touched bare-handed - when used - it develops tiny broken strands on it's surface, they are razor sharp.
Как так без перчаток.... 😵😜
It's more like "How to design an engineering atrocity". Too many unnecessary complicated steps to perform in essence simple actions, like lowering or raising parts. With some good planned systematic designing/engineering they could have simplified the construction while at the same time speeding up the process and using less manpower. That said, it's very entertaining to watch.
Stupid remarks !! It was war time and the resources were used in fighting it
@@robinhinson606 Good engineering practices have no direct connection with imaginary "lack of resources". A good example is the german "jerrycan" compared to the british (often leaking) fuelcan. There's a REASON why this design is still used up to now. The Allied forces had WAY more resources then the Axis forces. Another example is the Mitsubishi "Zero" fighter at the start of WW2 which for a brief time outclassed the US fighters. So "lack of resources" is a weak reason. Lack of investment in the right places at the right moment might be a more valid reason.
Playing Lego Tecnik
Esses são os tanques que os Estados unidos venderão para o Brasil.
very funny hats. Most crew retired with full benefits by the time the first tank was loaded. The tank was already obsolete and the price of scrap iron had fell to pennies on the pound. The war had been over for seven years by now.
Idiot. You have never had the job.
I take it you know nothing about 20th century military history ...
@@nealmorris495 Ever heard of sarcasm, moron?
@@sircalculus1448 Ever heard of sarcasm, moron?
This made me laugh👏👏👏
David, I would guess that you are at least fifty years younger than I. As I watched this I was amazed at the complexity of connecting and disconnecting the trailer. Remember, son, (no offense, but I suspect I'm old enough to call you that!) that you owe the ease of using machinery to people like the men in this film, who were dissatisfied with the time and labor necessary to perform tasks and invented simpler and safer ways to do them. You and I have benefited from the experience these soldiers and other laborers had. Being amused is great (this film does somewhat remind me of an old Keystone Kops movie), if you learn from it.
Please, whatever gods there may be, let there always be an England. Narrator, in a military instructional film, yet, says .."As simple as a Hollywood divorce."
The Diamond T trucks were called the "Cadillac of trucks." We take nice looking trucks for granted these days, but early trucks were work vehicles, with no frills, except for the Diamond T.
Пока грузиш танк война закончится .
a hell of a lot of work to move one tank how did we win a war like this
leave it in the mud. requisition a new one from the supply depot.
Yes.
Thats a dim-witted comment (tenaxxband). Do you really think we had un-ending supplies of tanks in WW2 ? (Or indeed now). Bear in mind maybe 20-30% of tanks were injured in the battlefield. Can you not grasp how crucial it was to recover damaged armament like this (worth, say, a million pounds new in todays money) ? One of the key differences historians identified about why Rommel did so well against us in the early part of the North African campaign, was that the Germans had planned ahead for damaged tank recovery, and initially, we hadn't (they had special recovery vehicles, and recovered all their damaged battle tanks overnight). This is a training film: its actually pretty simple, use of a 5:1 block-and-tackle reduction and hawser, plus a tough truck like the Scammel to haul it out, would be done in an hour. My uncle worked on Scammel production here in the UK: my dad was in the north Africa campaign, in the RASC, and was forever hauling vehicles out of the mud: un-mettalled north African roads turned to mud in minutes in a downpour, it was mud that slowed both the Nazis and allies. But I guess you've never heard of a hawser, a block-and-tackle, or the RASC have you ? I recommend you get a copy of the Olivier 'World at War' series, and start educating yourself a little.
Always recover a repairable vehicle as quickly as possible and get it back into service. Often unrepairable vehicles have parts needed for other damaged ones. Yes, a lot of work. So is war.
How did we win a war like this? By hard labor building new material and recovering reusable equipment. A lot of work; and a lot of wasted human life. And while we'd like to think another world war won't happen because we have learned better in the last century, don't count on it. There are a lot of haters like Adolf Hitler in the world, and they are raising more generations to hate just like he did.
By realising that it was work hard or die. You, your buddy or your family.
Rite to the scrap yard with all of it...
Can anybody identify the tank at 22.17?
Crusader ?
It's a Crusader, probably mark 3 or 4.
Thank you, both. I wasn't certain, because of the shape of the turret and the absence of a side skirt, but you are undoubtedly right.
My father did this role in WW2. He started off in North Africa, Then Italy, then D Day and through Germany. At least now I can see what was involved in his work :)
This really makes you appreciate modern hydraulic systems on recovery vehicles...
Dont very often watch something all the way threw but found this really interesting,, thanks for this bloody great.....
These Men with there Trucks laid down the foundations of heavy recovery of today and we are lucky these Scammells are still around and working they were built to withstand any and everything thrown at them .
The use of the 5:1 block-and-tackle rig to multiply the hauling force of the Scammell is interesting. So simple to apply just by carrying some blocks and pulleys and cable. I wonder... how many kids are still taught at school about the principle of the block and tackle in the Physics lab like we were ? (integer multiplication of any pulling/hauling force, up to very high multiplying factors, just dependent on how many blocks you use).
Ummm, no kids are taught that, unless they go to engineering school.
Most people will never need that info. I spent years on a cable yarder & never needed it.
@@pvtimberfaller What is a cable yarder?
None in America! Vast majority of Young Americans cannot comprehend how to drive vehicle with a Manuel transmission!
They would argue learning Block and Tackle theory and thee how to is no problem.
Until they have to rig B & T set up!
No gloves?
Real men don't use gloves.... we eat burning coal for dinner using our hands.
My hand meat was wrapped with gloves for as long as I can remember.
,make no mistake folks
Only a fool would argue man has more intelligence today.
Typically British.....they go around the block to cross the street.....LOL :-)
“Simple as a Hollywood divorce..”. Lol!
My Dad was one of the diamond T drivers on tank carrier duty.
I wonder how many fingers were nipped off?
"As simple as a Hollywood divorce." Those were the days! Not quite so simple, today! I see that stricken Covenanter is outside a big stately home. I think this may be where the phrase: "Get your tanks off my lawn" originates. Two Covenanters were disinterred from a farm not far from here. I think burying this particular type of tank if they were troubled was the favoured methodology- but not so easy on somebody's lawn.
Holy SHIT !!!!!
That is ridiculous.
The UK didn't have standard 5th. Wheel hook ups ??? Obviously not .... That amount of heavy labor to disconnect a freek'n trailer. Wow... A crew did not stand a chance in a hot recovery area.
This is so good to see from so many years ago. It's physics and mechanical advantage and common sense. It's the beauty of Scammell trucks. It's such a joy to see the birth of heavy haulage in this. I do however worry as to the Health and Safety in such simple things as hand protection whilst handling wire ropes and heavy lifts/pulls. When risk assessments were known by other names as routine operating instructions. I dare say many non-combatants were injured in these recoveries, the odd finger or hand here or there!
If a spaceman had dropped in with an air 5th wheel and glad hands for the brake hoses, those guys woulda been SURE they'd died and went to heaven!
Watching the men load the Scammell 30 ton trailer made me feel tied. I read that the British Army got rid of all these trailers after the war because of difficulties getting under bridges when loaded.
imagine it at war to recover a damaged toasted being made it hellish it was nasario to do a lot of things just to put the armored in the trailer
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Have made model of one, wondered about the high deck? now know. cheers
15 pins later and we're all dead! jolly good effort