Mr. Fletcher would be an awesome boss during those yearly performance reviews. "Well you're reliable - show up on time every day. But you're absolutely useless for getting any work done..."
Many of the better teachers were like this when I was in school, there were also the ones that threw chalk and board erasers at you when you weren't paying attention, improves your reactions no end! One called me by the wrong name for 4 years but somehow managed to write my report cards???? Prefer that generation of teachers over the modern ones any day of the week.
Thanks for the video. Says a lot about the bravery of the Irish that they actually approached one up close to disable them with their bare hands. Attacking wooden spokes might not seem terribly sophisticated, but when you are doing it with a couple of Hotchkiss machine guns trained on you, plus whatever else the Black&Tans hand to hand, well then - that's courageous by any standard.
I did a small project on the Irish Civil war a few years ago, I did a small segment of it on Armoured Cars and this one was what I put the most Research into.
The only reason I watch these videos aside from the knowledge, is David fletcher. He reminds me of one of my history teachers in uni. I don't care about what others think of his presentation, he speaks like any professor I've ever had. It would be a pleasure to listen to him in person.
Motherbrain Jr The US tried rocks, bars and rifles in official tests and publications to try and stop tanks. At least the Irish were a militia and used bars on wooden wheels.
@@rubenskiii Have you seen some of the soviet tanks which served during the winter war? Tank may be pushing it a bit. Still they did basically the same thing to light tanks with logs and the like. The Finnish did very well during WW2 when you look at the numbers in both men and material.
Ben Phone weird that in this day and age the Irish revel in the idea of terrorism. Listen to the rest of the video, the British sold the Irish weapons (the IRA got their Tommy guns from the Irish army) to it against the IRA in the end.
After reading an old blacksmithing manual that describes the repair and making of wooden wheels I wondered why they held on so long! Everything from humidity to wether it had to ford rivers messed with them. Then in the desert they would loosen up. They often rotted at the hub and rims. Probably a few people payed for that!
He might know his stuff, but he has all the screen presence of toast. He's clearly uncomfortable and he's not actually all that good at delivering on camera. I have no doubt he's got a wealth of knowledge and may be all the positive things people say he is personally, but he's terrible in front of a camera. The TM has to know this. They *know* they're not getting the views they should be - that's why they asked Jingles to front a few - but they have to understand marketing well enough to know that they need someone who can deliver *on camera*. It doesn't matter if they aren't an actual expert. It's film: they can simply deliver what they're told to deliver as far as content goes. Make it engaging to actually watch and the views will follow. They're aiming the wrong way and the results show sadly.
nah man, this calm, gentle, overly british way fits perfectly. simple yet interesting facts delivered with the classic dry english humor. although i do agree that mr Fletcher seems a bit uneasy, as soon as he starts talking you can almost see him get lost in the tanks history, telling it all natural. i think that thats why most of us love it. it not about the person, its very much about the tank. while i like jingles his video about his favorite tanks just sort of ended on "haha, the tog 2 is funny in wot, so its my favorite", which is fine of course, each to his own, but its not the sort of stuff im here for. im here for a nice calm story about an incredible feat of engineering meant to violently kills dozens. and for that amazing mustache.
Man, I loved these things as a kid. When I read about them, all I saw was "two machine guns in turrets." I thought this must've been the most powerful armored car in history. This was also back when I thought all machine guns were .50 cal's. This makes me feel nostalgic.
Great video as always, although the vehicle is not so great and has one or two issues to say the least. Many thanks for sharing your knowledge David and I wish you all the very best for the weekend. I really love these videos and look forward to them. Joe
Amazing how it could run with such a small engine... is it thanks to the gear ratio? I’m just thinking that I’ve seen a small car struggle to tow a trailer, and here’s this thing of 6 tonnes with 40 horsepower
Those looked like ordinary artillery wheels to me; 16 spokes designed so you can have a couple shot away without losing the integrity of the wheel so the Irish shoving a bar in the wheel and breaking a spoke or two shouldn't matter. Artillery wheels are made in triangular bits comprising two spokes and a section of rim, eight sections fitting together in one rim. Then I counted the spokes on the Peerless. Those wheels have 14 spokes each!! How the fore 'n aft were those made.. and why?
Looking at the italian WWII tanks, i doubt they had anything worth mentioning in WWI. Germany and Austro-Hungary realized the necessity for tanks way too late as well. Even though we Austrians had the worlds first working armored vehilce.
It would not have been worth the effort, the Peerless AC was designed as a stop gap that was only supposed to last a few years. The body was essentially just bolted to the existing chassis.
It depends on the gearing.In the late 1980's I drove a Ford D Series 0608 lorry.6.5 tonnes max gross weight. 80 brake horsepower. It was known as the hillsniffer.
As with everything to do with the history of this little island, the short answer is "It's complicated". They gave the armoured cars (and other equipment like light artillery) to the Irish Free State, who had just stopped being the enemy of the UK following the signing of the Anglo-Irish peace treaty, to use against the IRA, who had just split from the Free State (because of the terms of the aforementioned treaty) and considered both the Free State (later renamed Ireland) and the UK to be enemies (and did right up until the mid 1990s). "The enemy of my enemy is my friend, so here's a couple of clapped-out armoured cars we don't need anymore".
In the 1920s the Irish free state was established the free state was an ally of UK they were fighting the ira enemy of the uk Irish people and English British people don’t like each other but the governments are very close we’re one of only a few that have an annual meeting with the PM because we provide a lot of your food
I'm certain British gave those armored cars to Irish as white elephant: it looks fancy at first, but utterly useless in use. "Hey lads, let's prank those mean Catholic brawlers by giving some of these failures to them. They have nothing similar so they certainly won't know what they're getting. "
I’m fairly sure they were only used in the battles for Dublin Cork Limerick and Waterford town so urban environments where they were very effective and I think they were just left here not really given or it could have been as an insult because it was this type of cars used to shoot the spectators at Bloody Sunday
@@ciarandempsey2184 Didn't know there were actually two Bloody Sundays in Irish history. Next one should appear 2024 if timing is correct. I definitely agree on usefulness in urban enviroment as there wasn't much AT-weapons available. Hard to say what was motive if UK really did give these cars to Irish.
@@vksasdgaming9472 let’s hope there isn’t another one but my best guess is the auxiliaries and Black and Tans left them here for the free state army to fight the ira with and because the bother of actually taking such a bad car with them
@@ciarandempsey2184 Plausible explanation about those cars. I'm no expert on Northern Ireland's or Ireland's political situation, but I know there's been fighting for so long time that it has become local pastime. Very volatile area, but hostility seems to be well-aimed. That's just my idea of it.
No, the vehicles used by the Irish Army in the Congo in the '60s were Ford Mk VI armoured cars. However, the turrets from the Peerless cars had been re-used on the earlier Ford Mk. V cars built in the Irish Free State during World War II .
Mr. Fletcher would be an awesome boss during those yearly performance reviews. "Well you're reliable - show up on time every day. But you're absolutely useless for getting any work done..."
Many of the better teachers were like this when I was in school, there were also the ones that threw chalk and board erasers at you when you weren't paying attention, improves your reactions no end! One called me by the wrong name for 4 years but somehow managed to write my report cards???? Prefer that generation of teachers over the modern ones any day of the week.
Absolutely.......
@@jelkel25 lol
Lol
JHAYKHAY25 ...also slapping the occassional hand into someones face. Never unearned.
I utterly love Mr. Fletcher's sense of humor. Part of why he makes the information so engaging is because of it :).
+1 I absolutely agree.
That British humor is just great 👍🏻
Thanks for the video. Says a lot about the bravery of the Irish that they actually approached one up close to disable them with their bare hands. Attacking wooden spokes might not seem terribly sophisticated, but when you are doing it with a couple of Hotchkiss machine guns trained on you, plus whatever else the Black&Tans hand to hand, well then - that's courageous by any standard.
I did a small project on the Irish Civil war a few years ago, I did a small segment of it on Armoured Cars and this one was what I put the most Research into.
Glad to see you in good health David Fletcher
The real treasure in this Tank Museum is David Fletcher!
Hear hear!
the british approach to replacements in wartime is great
"Well...it's something right?"
like...its got armor...and a gun....uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
@@a_common_weeb "gun"
David Fletcher needs a knighthood no one else no one knows how much about tanks as this guy love you man and God bless you.
He is knighted
He's a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE), counts for something right?
Got my coffee, i'm wrapped in a blanket and ready for story time with David Fletcher :)
The only reason I watch these videos aside from the knowledge, is David fletcher. He reminds me of one of my history teachers in uni. I don't care about what others think of his presentation, he speaks like any professor I've ever had. It would be a pleasure to listen to him in person.
Another quality presentation from Mr. Fletcher.
Fletcher always brightens my day :)
" Dear old Irish " 😂
LOL the Irish figuring out they could shove a crowbar into the wheels. That's hilarious. XD
Motherbrain Jr The US tried rocks, bars and rifles in official tests and publications to try and stop tanks. At least the Irish were a militia and used bars on wooden wheels.
A Finnish soldiers was awarded for disabeling a manned and running tank with a crowbar....
Ikr I'm shocked they were clever enough to figure that out
@@torinjones3221 Classy bit of casual xenophobia there... Well done?
@@rubenskiii Have you seen some of the soviet tanks which served during the winter war? Tank may be pushing it a bit. Still they did basically the same thing to light tanks with logs and the like. The Finnish did very well during WW2 when you look at the numbers in both men and material.
"The dear old Irish" I'm dying :D
piritskenyer we beat England in 1916 and wrote the book on terrorism, Tommy guns got first use by us also. Up the Ra.
Ben Phone weird that in this day and age the Irish revel in the idea of terrorism.
Listen to the rest of the video, the British sold the Irish weapons (the IRA got their Tommy guns from the Irish army) to it against the IRA in the end.
@@benphone7430 'beat' the English.... Riiiight.....
@@benphone7430 atleast we didnt starve because we ran out of potatoes lol
@@comradeivan3903 God I love some casual rascism
After reading an old blacksmithing manual that describes the repair and making of wooden wheels I wondered why they held on so long! Everything from humidity to wether it had to ford rivers messed with them. Then in the desert they would loosen up. They often rotted at the hub and rims. Probably a few people payed for that!
It's nice to see another amoured car that is not a rolls Royce armored car... Great vide by the way
Any chance of a video on the Canadian made Ram you have at the museum? Would be interesting to see details on it.
Peorhum The Mighty Jingles may be doing a chat on it. He said he went down to bovington on invitation to some tank chats.
+lutenantsweedpertasa that is nice but not the person who's opinion I want to hear.
Peorhum I know. Let's face it, no one can compare to David Fletcher.
He might know his stuff, but he has all the screen presence of toast. He's clearly uncomfortable and he's not actually all that good at delivering on camera. I have no doubt he's got a wealth of knowledge and may be all the positive things people say he is personally, but he's terrible in front of a camera. The TM has to know this. They *know* they're not getting the views they should be - that's why they asked Jingles to front a few - but they have to understand marketing well enough to know that they need someone who can deliver *on camera*. It doesn't matter if they aren't an actual expert. It's film: they can simply deliver what they're told to deliver as far as content goes. Make it engaging to actually watch and the views will follow. They're aiming the wrong way and the results show sadly.
nah man, this calm, gentle, overly british way fits perfectly.
simple yet interesting facts delivered with the classic dry english humor.
although i do agree that mr Fletcher seems a bit uneasy, as soon as he starts talking you can almost see him get lost in the tanks history, telling it all natural. i think that thats why most of us love it. it not about the person, its very much about the tank.
while i like jingles his video about his favorite tanks just sort of ended on "haha, the tog 2 is funny in wot, so its my favorite", which is fine of course, each to his own, but its not the sort of stuff im here for.
im here for a nice calm story about an incredible feat of engineering meant to violently kills dozens.
and for that amazing mustache.
Man, I loved these things as a kid. When I read about them, all I saw was "two machine guns in turrets." I thought this must've been the most powerful armored car in history. This was also back when I thought all machine guns were .50 cal's. This makes me feel nostalgic.
Great video as always, although the vehicle is not so great and has one or two issues to say the least. Many thanks for sharing your knowledge David and I wish you all the very best for the weekend. I really love these videos and look forward to them.
Joe
This guy is a human treasure
The Miracle machine :)
Thank you for posting the video.
Great Video. May I suggest an Italian or Japanese vehicle next, as they are rarely covered.
Jeez, how big was the back hander that teed up this turkey ! Knighthoods all round !
“Even the Indians had more sense” hahahahha
What do you mean?
They put train wheels on some and used them to escort trains in Ireland. I think
Thank You .
Thanks, liked seeing Mr Fletcher again talking about Armored Verhicles :)
He looks good, health must be going better?
It looks like it should be steam powered, or maybe wound up with a giant key.
Indeed. Well said.
I recall seeing Mack trucks with chain drive, in the 1940s.
Looks a lot like the US Miracle Armored car from the Miracle Armored Car Company who's slogan was..' if it is a good armored car it's a Miracle ! '
Thanks.
great video
Handy for keeping the savages in order eh old chap.
No use as an armoured car? Then I bet the squaddies called it the "pointless" armoured car.
Not sure I like the way ya say "Dear old Irish" Mister Fletcher... Lol just kidding. Great video! Always loved the Peerless.
I’d love to work with this man old school I could listen to him for hours....actually I do😂😂
Most armored cars from that era were intended for road and street use, and not for off-roading.
Cool first set of alloys on a Peerless Haha
That's a proper leaf spring. They skimp too much nowadays when they attempt it.
Reminds me of the American M2A2 what with the double machine gun turrets and all.
Amazing how it could run with such a small engine... is it thanks to the gear ratio? I’m just thinking that I’ve seen a small car struggle to tow a trailer, and here’s this thing of 6 tonnes with 40 horsepower
Tell me how you really feel, Mr. Fletcher....lol!!!
An armoured car with two machine guns for police use ? It wasn`t just giving tickets for overdoing parking time I suppose.
Look up Bloody Sunday 1920 and you will understand what the royal Irish constabulary used the machine guns for
I'm wondering why they didn't use the extra space in the back of the chassis for storage, or passengers.
Those looked like ordinary artillery wheels to me; 16 spokes designed so you can have a couple shot away without losing the integrity of the wheel so the Irish shoving a bar in the wheel and breaking a spoke or two shouldn't matter. Artillery wheels are made in triangular bits comprising two spokes and a section of rim, eight sections fitting together in one rim. Then I counted the spokes on the Peerless. Those wheels have 14 spokes each!! How the fore 'n aft were those made.. and why?
Love "the dear old Irish" mr fletcher I'll be over there next spring if your about fancy a pint ? I'll do the buying from your dear old Irish fanboy
I can see pedals on the rear driving position picture? Looks like brake and gas to me?
Sounds like he has a problem with the Irish! Love his video's though. Tiocfaidh ár lá !
As used in the film 'Michael Collins'.
Peerless in Name, Pearless in Nature!
Would you happen to have an Italian ww1 tank there? If so could you please do an episode on it?
Thank you.
Looking at the italian WWII tanks, i doubt they had anything worth mentioning in WWI.
Germany and Austro-Hungary realized the necessity for tanks way too late as well.
Even though we Austrians had the worlds first working armored vehilce.
Ok thank. You are very informative. I believe the Italians had a prototype tank, and a 1919 tank call the Fiat 3000.
Anything that actually fought in WWI?
The Fiat 2000
4cyl 40hp and how many tons? talk about brave engineering.
Boosted Fool how much torque?
looks weird with the extra chassis stuck out the back would have thought they would chop it of during the body fitting
It would not have been worth the effort, the Peerless AC was designed as a stop gap that was only supposed to last a few years. The body was essentially just bolted to the existing chassis.
why is there not a program on amour cars like they have on german and axis vechiles
How did the gunners see anything?
Forty horsepower and six tons? Bet it never makes it up a slight incline.
It depends on the gearing.In the late 1980's I drove a Ford D Series 0608 lorry.6.5 tonnes max gross weight. 80 brake horsepower. It was known as the hillsniffer.
I say not even india ?
What happened to the right arm?
Never mind, I switched to full screen on my phone
The Name Is Quite Ironic
I want Jay leno visit
way better than humvees.
A Peerless armoured car and a peerless presenter.
This guy looks and acts like my cousin Bob lol
👍👍
i grew up on a street 27 peerless so closr
40 hp driving 6 tons?
Why not, lots of torque.
But why did they give armoured cars to their Irish enemy who still hates them?
As with everything to do with the history of this little island, the short answer is "It's complicated". They gave the armoured cars (and other equipment like light artillery) to the Irish Free State, who had just stopped being the enemy of the UK following the signing of the Anglo-Irish peace treaty, to use against the IRA, who had just split from the Free State (because of the terms of the aforementioned treaty) and considered both the Free State (later renamed Ireland) and the UK to be enemies (and did right up until the mid 1990s). "The enemy of my enemy is my friend, so here's a couple of clapped-out armoured cars we don't need anymore".
In the 1920s the Irish free state was established the free state was an ally of UK they were fighting the ira enemy of the uk Irish people and English British people don’t like each other but the governments are very close we’re one of only a few that have an annual meeting with the PM because we provide a lot of your food
Tanks for sale chat
Ireland
Armored bullet proof cars......with wooden spoke wheels.
Yes, the english were retarded you see.
Useless, and built to last...
I'm certain British gave those armored cars to Irish as white elephant: it looks fancy at first, but utterly useless in use. "Hey lads, let's prank those mean Catholic brawlers by giving some of these failures to them. They have nothing similar so they certainly won't know what they're getting. "
Always one idiot has to bring religion into it.
I’m fairly sure they were only used in the battles for Dublin Cork Limerick and Waterford town so urban environments where they were very effective and I think they were just left here not really given or it could have been as an insult because it was this type of cars used to shoot the spectators at Bloody Sunday
@@ciarandempsey2184 Didn't know there were actually two Bloody Sundays in Irish history. Next one should appear 2024 if timing is correct. I definitely agree on usefulness in urban enviroment as there wasn't much AT-weapons available. Hard to say what was motive if UK really did give these cars to Irish.
@@vksasdgaming9472 let’s hope there isn’t another one but my best guess is the auxiliaries and Black and Tans left them here for the free state army to fight the ira with and because the bother of actually taking such a bad car with them
@@ciarandempsey2184 Plausible explanation about those cars. I'm no expert on Northern Ireland's or Ireland's political situation, but I know there's been fighting for so long time that it has become local pastime. Very volatile area, but hostility seems to be well-aimed. That's just my idea of it.
Was it these, or another armored car that the Irish used all the way into the 60's in the Congo?
No, the vehicles used by the Irish Army in the Congo in the '60s were Ford Mk VI armoured cars. However, the turrets from the Peerless cars had been re-used on the earlier Ford Mk. V cars built in the Irish Free State during World War II .
No it was ford armoured vehicles
I was the 1000th like do I win a prize
They were useless really, but they would last forever... so they could be useless longer.
The French would have loved having a steering wheel in the back for retreating.
Wicked!
One of the ugliest things I've seen in a long time.
kiwi700
I knew that someone would say that. Legend says his beard is used to protect against HEAT rounds. :D
i think circon uses the same trick!
Viridis Lux
Circon OP, pls nerf!
+kiwi700
but his mustache is so dashing :D
kiwi700
So that is why British tanks are all best hull down.