Hey there! Thanks so much for watching!! As I said in the video, this was all filmed in collaboration with the Armor and Cavalry Collection in Fort Moore, and pretty much everything you see here is NOT a normal experience the collection offers to the public. PLEASE DO NOT ask the collection staff for tours of the back area or to get inside of tanks, they won’t let you. Also, small correct when I talked about the game that Soflien was there to represent, it was the game “Steel Aces.” I had misspoke in the video and said “Aces & Armor.” I sincerely apologize for that mixup!
In Czech Republic, there is a tank/plane museum. They mainly have some eastern cold war tech. They have a T-34 and an Su-85, you can enter both of them and move their guns and turret. You can also enter some planes, helicopters and APCs. It costs almost nothing and has like 1 or 2 employees, which sadly means a lot of people vandalise the things. It is also private, and most of the tech is in severe disrepair.
List of tanks and their timestamps: 2:29 - M88A2 Hercules Recovery Vehicle 4:25 - Panzerkampfwagen IV mit Hydrostatischem Antrieb 7:00 - T7E5 Medium Tank 10:19 - Matilda II 12:21 - M5 Stuart light tank w/ deep water fording equipment 13:56 - M551 Sheridan ATRV 14:47 - SU-76M SPG 15:15 - T92 Light Tank 16:25 - M8 Armored Gun System (AGS) 17:08 - T40 ‘Whizbang’ Rocket Launcher 17:51 - M4A4 w/ wading test kit. 18:58 - M4A3(76)w HVSS w/ dozer mount 20:15 - jagdpanzer Iv 22:49 - M18 GMC 23:57 - ETA enters a Sherman
I've gone ahead and added these with a few minor corrections: - The T7 was indeed the E5 version - The SU-76 I do believe is an SU-76M (I know very pedantic) - The wading test kit Sherman was an M4A4 - The Dozer Sherman was an M4A3 (76)w HVSS - The GMC I peaked into the turret of was an M18, not an M36
Hey! Thanks so much for coming back in to watch the vids. It was a pleasure meeting you. I hope you made your buddy jealous with that photo we took lmao
I can tell you from being there that they very much care for the vehicles but they dont have the space for all of the vehicles. They recently just finished a BMP-2 in one of their shops. The issue also lies in parts that im sure is rare to come by for a Matilda
I can agree with Keo, I got to meet the curator while I was down there, he definitely cares a lot about the collection and condition of his vehicles, but the Cavalry Collection doesn’t always get the funding they need to work on their tanks. (I recall some volunteers saying they’d been wanting to restore a Panther, but the higher ups won’t approve the acquisition of a new engine because they’d had 2 Panther engines break on them in the past). They’re also a massive collection with far more tanks that I didn’t get to see. They restore a few at a time and the queue is long. Also as Keo said, Matilda II parts are difficult to come by, let alone in the US.
@@eta320 i realise that sounded like an attack and i should have said volunteers as well. I love the passion i just wish some of the people who throw shit in there would have not done so. To those who do all they can for the place and vehicles however i could not applaud them enough
You should do a tank enthusiast reacts to tanks in “Easy red 2”.its a lesser known indie game that I think portrays combined arms and tank warfare really well.even if you never end up making a video on it I still think you should look into it since it’s a steal at its current price.
As a person who actively obsesses over HVSS, I believe that the Square bulge thing on the Suspension is there, so the Shock obsorber doesn't over compress itself. I'm probably most definitely wrong, but that's my theory... A GAME...
I do hope that more of these vehicles get some form of restoration in the following years, but sadly I think these are going to be lost to time eventually since the museum is on a military base and won't get consistent public donations like Bovington and Kubinka.
maybe the exhaust blowing out on the tracks was to combat ice/snow buildup. the m5 stewart with the fording equipment with the long skirts and the track cleats kind looks like the water propulsion system they came up with for the m113. the action of the tracks through the tunnel formed by the skirts provided propulsion while floating. ill bet this is where they came up with that. awesome video! you are a lucky guy!
I forget that after Aberdeen Proving Grounds shut its armor museum, most to all of the armor they had there moved to Fort Moore, and it's out of public eyes.
Its the Panzer IV 'Hydrostat' a special variant that was built in 1944. It used a very wacky hydraulic transmission system. I have a book somewhere that explains how it works but its very very complex. It's amazing because only one was ever made, and it's down in Ft. Moore and I got to see it!
On the stuart with deep water fording equipment, i just wanted to point out that the modified track pads look very similar to the ones on the LVT. The little scoops on it were used to propel the LVT in the water by basically doggy paddling with the motion of the track moving. So i wonder if that stuart was using a similar amphibious propulsion method?
Again you should really go to the Museum of the American GI in College Station Tx, they have the original prototype of a Vietnam era bridge layer (I don’t remember the name) and a bunch of other cool tanks, and during our big two events each year you can ride in some of the tanks and see them in action
30:39 Optimistic but possible! There is this one video "Sherman tank...this one is the fastest of Europe!! 2009" at one point the driver of the car shows the speedometer, and it's about 58 km/h. It's 4:33. PS: I mistook mph with kp/h, I'm sorry, 60 km/h is 96 mph which is A LOT.
The speedometer in the Sherman would be in Miles per hour, if the tank was going 58 km/h then that translates to about 36 mph, which is admittedly quite fast for a Sherman but not even close to the full 60 mph shown on the dial.
I’ll admit it’s a small mistake of mine. I scheduled the video to post (it’s been done for quite some time), and then made the decision to make it a premier, and yeah it goes up for y’all to see immediately lol
No, that panther has been in the United States government collection since the end of the war and in the 1980s was pilfered for parts to restore other panthers
I was, I just didn’t notice! Modern/Cold War tanks aren’t really my area of expertise or interest, so I wasn’t going out of my way to find all of them back there like I did WWII stuff. I genuinely didn’t know the HSTV-L was there until I reviewed the footage later!
No, that panther is still property of the German government as far as I know and he kept on a German military base, but I’m not completely certain which one. The panther that is in the back lot of the Armor And Cavalry Collection, Fort, Moore, Georgia disassembled in the 1980s and pilfered for parts to repair other other Panthers and is in poor condition
Hey there! Thanks so much for watching!!
As I said in the video, this was all filmed in collaboration with the Armor and Cavalry Collection in Fort Moore, and pretty much everything you see here is NOT a normal experience the collection offers to the public. PLEASE DO NOT ask the collection staff for tours of the back area or to get inside of tanks, they won’t let you.
Also, small correct when I talked about the game that Soflien was there to represent, it was the game “Steel Aces.” I had misspoke in the video and said “Aces & Armor.” I sincerely apologize for that mixup!
Who let Eta to have unrestricted access to a Sherman?!
Me
This will drastically effect the trout population
Check all holes, openings and such on that Sherman! There may be "ectoplasm"
@@hrunchtayt1587 no... not the trout man... not the trout 😩
Sorry my bad he got off the leash
love the curator slapping lazerpig in his place. the second you mentioned it his voice got so amped up
Not the Curator but one of the volunteers escorting me. But yeah I figured it was a funny bit lol
@@eta320 hey I I just think it’s funny Someone thought I was the creator.😂 trust me, I wish
I'm so jealous you got to see all those vehicles! It must have been amazing!
HSTVL sighting at 12:20. Spookston: *Heavy Breathing*
In Czech Republic, there is a tank/plane museum. They mainly have some eastern cold war tech. They have a T-34 and an Su-85, you can enter both of them and move their guns and turret. You can also enter some planes, helicopters and APCs. It costs almost nothing and has like 1 or 2 employees, which sadly means a lot of people vandalise the things. It is also private, and most of the tech is in severe disrepair.
Your first coverage was what inspired me to fly to Fort Moore for the April 2024 open weekend from Australia. Cheers.
11:08 Based, calling him out!
List of tanks and their timestamps:
2:29 - M88A2 Hercules Recovery Vehicle
4:25 - Panzerkampfwagen IV mit Hydrostatischem Antrieb
7:00 - T7E5 Medium Tank
10:19 - Matilda II
12:21 - M5 Stuart light tank w/ deep water fording equipment
13:56 - M551 Sheridan ATRV
14:47 - SU-76M SPG
15:15 - T92 Light Tank
16:25 - M8 Armored Gun System (AGS)
17:08 - T40 ‘Whizbang’ Rocket Launcher
17:51 - M4A4 w/ wading test kit.
18:58 - M4A3(76)w HVSS w/ dozer mount
20:15 - jagdpanzer Iv
22:49 - M18 GMC
23:57 - ETA enters a Sherman
Thanks so much for this! If you don't mind, I'd actually love to make use of these timestamps for the video itself
Also HSTV-L behind Matilda covered by tarp
The canon cover gave it away quickly
I've gone ahead and added these with a few minor corrections:
- The T7 was indeed the E5 version
- The SU-76 I do believe is an SU-76M (I know very pedantic)
- The wading test kit Sherman was an M4A4
- The Dozer Sherman was an M4A3 (76)w HVSS
- The GMC I peaked into the turret of was an M18, not an M36
@@Snicshavohtsv-l? funny spookstan vehicle #1 mentioned
@@theonlycarpy silly even
I SAW YOU AT THE EVENT!!! I was the dude that sat in front of you on the bus ride back from the live fire demo!!!
Hey! Thanks so much for coming back in to watch the vids. It was a pleasure meeting you. I hope you made your buddy jealous with that photo we took lmao
I've been in an M4A4T once (an M4A4 with an R975 Radial)
and I have to say, the Loader has a surprisingly comfortable position.
I've only ever been in an M60 Patton, I hope one day I can get in an M4 as well. Congrats, can't wait for the video
that was incredible to see, love seeing all the really cool stuff they have out there. You must've been having the time of your life in that Sherman.
it hurt so much seeing the platic bottles rotting inside that matilda. clearly some curators are less caring than others. that shits disgusting
I can tell you from being there that they very much care for the vehicles but they dont have the space for all of the vehicles. They recently just finished a BMP-2 in one of their shops. The issue also lies in parts that im sure is rare to come by for a Matilda
I can agree with Keo, I got to meet the curator while I was down there, he definitely cares a lot about the collection and condition of his vehicles, but the Cavalry Collection doesn’t always get the funding they need to work on their tanks. (I recall some volunteers saying they’d been wanting to restore a Panther, but the higher ups won’t approve the acquisition of a new engine because they’d had 2 Panther engines break on them in the past). They’re also a massive collection with far more tanks that I didn’t get to see. They restore a few at a time and the queue is long. Also as Keo said, Matilda II parts are difficult to come by, let alone in the US.
@@eta320 i realise that sounded like an attack and i should have said volunteers as well. I love the passion i just wish some of the people who throw shit in there would have not done so. To those who do all they can for the place and vehicles however i could not applaud them enough
@@keolath1343pretty sure he’s just talking about the trash in the tanks
Lazerpig is punching air right now
Average fan: Hey Eta, can I do what you do and see rare tanks?
Eta: No, because you are not special.
Wow, just fantastic stuff. Always amazed how many vehicles they have that I didnt know about.
Cute lil hstvl shot in the Matilda II
saw that too, how rare are those?
Considering your steel crew game play.
Never let him get in combat in one.
You will lose both Eta320 and the sherman!
ETA, get out of the tank!
I’m in a tank and you’re not!
He’s become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.
I got inside a Leopard 1 after i saw my first Tiger 1. My life is now complete.
You should do a tank enthusiast reacts to tanks in “Easy red 2”.its a lesser known indie game that I think portrays combined arms and tank warfare really well.even if you never end up making a video on it I still think you should look into it since it’s a steal at its current price.
As a person who actively obsesses over HVSS, I believe that the Square bulge thing on the Suspension is there, so the Shock obsorber doesn't over compress itself.
I'm probably most definitely wrong, but that's my theory...
A GAME...
i swear to God, some day, maybe in 60 years, i will buy a Sherman, the version doens't matter, i just want to be an old lad with an Sherman.
WHAT DID THEY DO TO MINE BEAUTIFUL PANZER 😱
As a 5ft 2 piece of shit, I would love to be in a Sherman, but I would probably be stuck in it so I should probably sit in a Stuart instead.
The M5 Stuart just looks like a British tram engine with the side skirts
Always cool to see someone get to do non normal stuff because of a youtube channel, thanks for shareing your experience and remember cheese
I do hope that more of these vehicles get some form of restoration in the following years, but sadly I think these are going to be lost to time eventually since the museum is on a military base and won't get consistent public donations like Bovington and Kubinka.
Truly an exciting video
12:18 was that an HSTVL?
Yep, they are trying to tidy it up for display but have been having some issues due to parts rarity.
“ETA HAS POSSESSION OF THE SHERMAN! I REPEAT, ETA HAS POSSESSION OF THE SHERMAN!”
maybe the exhaust blowing out on the tracks was to combat ice/snow buildup.
the m5 stewart with the fording equipment with the long skirts and the track cleats kind looks like the water propulsion system they came up with for the m113. the action of the tracks through the tunnel formed by the skirts provided propulsion while floating. ill bet this is where they came up with that.
awesome video! you are a lucky guy!
I bet you got steel crew vr flashbacks lol
I came here for the look of an inside of a Sherman.
I forget that after Aberdeen Proving Grounds shut its armor museum, most to all of the armor they had there moved to Fort Moore, and it's out of public eyes.
I just realized eta looks like wendigoon a lot but there’s something off
Prussian wendigoon (by looks atleast)
The more i look in your background the more confused i get
Please explain?
I fw you gang also as someone who lives in Georgia that is the only cool thing in this shit hole state 🤷🏼♂️
That panzer 4 made me gag. Whats up with the engine and is there a reason to why theres a sprocket on the rear?
Its the Panzer IV 'Hydrostat' a special variant that was built in 1944. It used a very wacky hydraulic transmission system. I have a book somewhere that explains how it works but its very very complex. It's amazing because only one was ever made, and it's down in Ft. Moore and I got to see it!
we balling?
we balling.
We balling
We are indeed balling.
we really balling
we balling
He got into sherman
Isn't that Panther at 17:43 not the Panther from the german guys basement
On the stuart with deep water fording equipment, i just wanted to point out that the modified track pads look very similar to the ones on the LVT. The little scoops on it were used to propel the LVT in the water by basically doggy paddling with the motion of the track moving. So i wonder if that stuart was using a similar amphibious propulsion method?
Again you should really go to the Museum of the American GI in College Station Tx, they have the original prototype of a Vietnam era bridge layer (I don’t remember the name) and a bunch of other cool tanks, and during our big two events each year you can ride in some of the tanks and see them in action
I’m jealous, that’s sick asf
How about you get into making the IS-7 video?!?!?!
30:39 Optimistic but possible! There is this one video "Sherman tank...this one is the fastest of Europe!! 2009" at one point the driver of the car shows the speedometer, and it's about 58 km/h. It's 4:33.
PS: I mistook mph with kp/h, I'm sorry, 60 km/h is 96 mph which is A LOT.
The speedometer in the Sherman would be in Miles per hour, if the tank was going 58 km/h then that translates to about 36 mph, which is admittedly quite fast for a Sherman but not even close to the full 60 mph shown on the dial.
@@eta320 Dude you are right, I just realised that 60 mp/h is 96 km/h holy shit
Where is the handsome cameraman from the last video???
I saw an HSTV-L in the background!!!
Yes, that is the HSTV-L
@@mattsharkey311 haha funny 75mm machine gun tank go blam blam blam
THUCK BEARD 😂
What gloves are you wearing in the video?
Nobody:
WT crews: 28:18
What are the gloves your wearing in the video/thumbnail? I want a pair
Be happy the Sherman didnt get inside You!
Sad. so many nice tanks and even the newer ones rust. looks like these tanks wont survive us(ok, maybe they will just look like the matilda)
No way I got into a Sherman before Eta did lol, that’s crazy
Huh huh huh… Now…. This is Epic!
Now i know if i should get a sherman for every day transport thx man
It’s gonna be right after my birthday yippee
You luck lucky boi
homeless Eta goes hard tho
I was at the only war museum in my country and they allowed in their m3 half track
We are so up
Eta sues tank museum AGAIN
4:20
Oh ok
21:30
*LIAR*
Very cool ❤❤
Why do we have to wait for so long?
I’ll admit it’s a small mistake of mine. I scheduled the video to post (it’s been done for quite some time), and then made the decision to make it a premier, and yeah it goes up for y’all to see immediately lol
The t90 is a heavily modified t34
lucky little lad
you met tank mom? lucky
Sherman is a surname. If you weren't talking about a tank the title would sound very odd.
He has entered
17:43 is that the Heikendorf panther in the back??
No, that panther has been in the United States government collection since the end of the war and in the 1980s was pilfered for parts to restore other panthers
why is the P4 back like that?
This is huge
Hstvl 👀
Get out of the tank!
He doesnt have to listen to you, hes in a tank and you are not
lol
What kind of Jacket is that?
It is a US tanker jacket from the reproduction store “At the front”
YAY
"If you are watching this video, then it means you have clicked on it"
hm yes
Have you noticed the shields are still shields?
Were you not allowed to film the HSTV-L at 10:30?
I was, I just didn’t notice! Modern/Cold War tanks aren’t really my area of expertise or interest, so I wasn’t going out of my way to find all of them back there like I did WWII stuff. I genuinely didn’t know the HSTV-L was there until I reviewed the footage later!
Sad Spookston noises
I think I did click on this video…
I CAME INSIDE OF SHERMAN
Part 2? Where the hell is part 1?
Trip to tank heaven
437 views in 1 hour eta fell off
At 17:46, is that the Panther that was found in the German basement?
No, that panther is still property of the German government as far as I know and he kept on a German military base, but I’m not completely certain which one. The panther that is in the back lot of the Armor And Cavalry Collection, Fort, Moore, Georgia disassembled in the 1980s and pilfered for parts to repair other other Panthers and is in poor condition
Oh I see, thanks for educating me
@@eugensimp2812 education is the entire purpose collection.