OMG! An American "Workshop Wednesday" series to compete with the Aussies down under! Love it! Can't wait to watch. How can we support this channel and your work?
I was on this tank when it was in Bosnia. It was part of an inspection I was on as a peacekeeper. The crew really loved it. The sites were not working so they bore sighted most of the time and claimed they were very hood at it.
That is cool. My father commanded an M36 from the 630th TD Battalion in early 1945. Prior to that, the 630th was equipped with 3" towed guns. I have a picture he took of his M36 showing the distinctive cougar face painted on the turret bustle. Sgt. Thurman W. Horton was the artist. There is an article about him in a Popular Science magazine from their pre-war training time at Camp Hood showing the cougar face on an M10. Many folks believe the Tank Destroyer shoulder emblem to be a panther crushing a German tank in its jaws, but it in, for the record, a cougar.
Oh wow this is cool! My dad was part of a TD battalion, they were I believe the first unit to get it in sept 44. Goung to be fun and touching to watch you bring her back to life. My dad told a story of a parade on 5th ave in nyc where they were riding m36s, which tore the hell out ofvthe road. I thought he was kidding me, but i saw somewhere on you tube a video of it.
very nice project, one more reason for me to come visit the museum as my mom lives in Riverton but I am back in Oregon. ROAD TRIP for the summer. This and Ausy tank museum are my go to places for armor vids. I was a tanker on a M1IP years ago and a TOW gunner on jeeps and humvees. Semper Fi guys
Take good care of her guys, looks like she’s been through a lot already. This old girl deserves to be running healthy again, and from what I saw from your other tanks in Dubois, I know you can ensure her care and preservation. Not a lot of these Jacksons left out there, so we have to take extra care of the ones we still have…
Very cool. I was fortunate to get a close-up look at the even rarer M36B-1 Jackson that was sent to Ft. Hood just after it arrived. One of two discovered during the Croatian war, it was secured by the 2nd Armored Division Museum curator at the time. (Mrs. Stratton?)
The M10's and M36's produced by Fisher Body use twin GM Diesel engines. Fisher only produced 300 M10 hulls in January of '44 for the M36 due to either labor woes or being unable to obtain the material to make them. The Army began rounding up the M10'S at the stateside training bases to be refurbished as a M36. All those companies you mentioned refurbished the M10's that used the Ford V8 while Fisher refurbished those with twin Diesels. None were ready by D-Day so Ordnance shipped 21 M36 turrets to France for use on repaired M4 hulls. Those were popular with the crews due to the better armor protection so Ordnance had Ford set M36 turrets on new M4's coming off the production line then complete the adaptation outside in the storage yard. Fisher was done with refurbishing it's M10's so was put to work developing the M4 Jumbo. Ordnance cancelled any further production of the M10 hulls after 954 M10's were refurbished with the remaining M36's being on M4 hulls. The early M36 users in France began adding overhead protection by using steel plate with hinged sections so Ordnance sent drawings of those to Ford with instructions to start adding that at the factory.
I wish people would describe the main guns on American armor vehicles like the German vehicles with the caliber included to get an idea of length of the barrels as in German 75/24, 75/43, 75/48, 75/70, 88/56, 88/71, etc. Or were they all the same as the Sherman 75mm at 37.5 caliber?
Ya, reviving History. How about reviving all the crew members that died in that tank? Or did you forget that? Revive the tank and have a Bronze plaque on the side, with the names of who fought and died in the tank. Or is that too much to ask.
Think about it…one of the rarest US tank destroyers had 2500 built. For the Germans or ANY of the axis 2500 vehicles would be a really high number built ! When you ponder this it’s just impossible to compete with US manufacturing power. Foolish to declare war on the USA
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OMG! An American "Workshop Wednesday" series to compete with the Aussies down under! Love it! Can't wait to watch. How can we support this channel and your work?
Subscribe please.
And they have a tank destroyer with a T 55 engine, the same as the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum. How cool
They do have a website listed in the channel description. Sayin
Visit the museum in Wyoming
I was on this tank when it was in Bosnia. It was part of an inspection I was on as a peacekeeper. The crew really loved it. The sites were not working so they bore sighted most of the time and claimed they were very hood at it.
That is cool. My father commanded an M36 from the 630th TD Battalion in early 1945. Prior to that, the 630th was equipped with 3" towed guns. I have a picture he took of his M36 showing the distinctive cougar face painted on the turret bustle. Sgt. Thurman W. Horton was the artist. There is an article about him in a Popular Science magazine from their pre-war training time at Camp Hood showing the cougar face on an M10. Many folks believe the Tank Destroyer shoulder emblem to be a panther crushing a German tank in its jaws, but it in, for the record, a cougar.
That's cool!
I dearly wish my late Uncle George could see your M36 completely restored to WWII standards. George loved the M36 above all the other TDs.
Oh wow this is cool! My dad was part of a TD battalion, they were I believe the first unit to get it in sept 44. Goung to be fun and touching to watch you bring her back to life.
My dad told a story of a parade on 5th ave in nyc where they were riding m36s, which tore the hell out ofvthe road. I thought he was kidding me, but i saw somewhere on you tube a video of it.
I’m very excited about seeing this thing. Come back to life! Thank you guys for preserving this awesome piece of history.
Amazing series!, Guys--- Keep up the great work! (...& frequent videos!)
Look forward to seeing this series. M36 is an interesting piece of history that deserves the attention
very nice project, one more reason for me to come visit the museum as my mom lives in Riverton but I am back in Oregon. ROAD TRIP for the summer. This and Ausy tank museum are my go to places for armor vids. I was a tanker on a M1IP years ago and a TOW gunner on jeeps and humvees. Semper Fi guys
This looks to be a fun restoration to followalongwith. "All" notifications engaged! 👏👍
Keep up the good work!
Take good care of her guys, looks like she’s been through a lot already. This old girl deserves to be running healthy again, and from what I saw from your other tanks in Dubois, I know you can ensure her care and preservation. Not a lot of these Jacksons left out there, so we have to take extra care of the ones we still have…
Wow, an M-36. Rare! 👍
An important piece of American WW2 history for future generations to admire and marvel at. God Bless the USA.
Can't wait to watch this project take shape!
Very cool. I was fortunate to get a close-up look at the even rarer M36B-1 Jackson that was sent to Ft. Hood just after it arrived. One of two discovered during the Croatian war, it was secured by the 2nd Armored Division Museum curator at the time. (Mrs. Stratton?)
For years many GM cars had an image of a carriage imprinted on the door sill plates with the words "Body by Fisher."
The M10's and M36's produced by Fisher Body use twin GM Diesel engines. Fisher only produced 300 M10 hulls in January of '44 for the M36 due to either labor woes or being unable to obtain the material to make them. The Army began rounding up the M10'S at the stateside training bases to be refurbished as a M36. All those companies you mentioned refurbished the M10's that used the Ford V8 while Fisher refurbished those with twin Diesels. None were ready by D-Day so Ordnance shipped 21 M36 turrets to France for use on repaired M4 hulls. Those were popular with the crews due to the better armor protection so Ordnance had Ford set M36 turrets on new M4's coming off the production line then complete the adaptation outside in the storage yard. Fisher was done with refurbishing it's M10's so was put to work developing the M4 Jumbo. Ordnance cancelled any further production of the M10 hulls after 954 M10's were refurbished with the remaining M36's being on M4 hulls. The early M36 users in France began adding overhead protection by using steel plate with hinged sections so Ordnance sent drawings of those to Ford with instructions to start adding that at the factory.
My favorite tank and only one of 9
This is going to be phenomenal stuff for us model builders. Added bonus with restoration and preservation 👍☕🐢
Looking forward to watching this. I have a 1/35 scale M36 waiting to be built and I'm always looking for reference material.
I'm in, subscribed. Good luck with the build lads.
When I think of Fisher bodies, many GM cars of the 1960’s come to mind ! ‘Body By Fisher’
This will be great, M36 is one of my favorite. Glad you'll use a more original engine. Time for USA version of Oz armor resto videos! Great news!
If the M10 was the workhorse and the M18 was the sleek and fast killer, then the M36 is the sledgehammer.
Fantastic, can't wait to see what you do with this tank destroyer!
Looking forward to following progress!
Great video
Gotta go there
The Tiger Tamer!
Dad got to play with an M36 for familiarization and engage Tiger tank hulls.he never took it into combat, just training.
Neat.
its actually in pretty good shape overall.
M36 Jackson with 90mm gun
Will it be a quality restoration , up to par with other armor enthusiast restoration work , like in Australia 🦘
Where is the National Museum of Military Vehicles tank restoration facility located?
Wyoming I believe
Correct. The restoration shop is in Dubois, Wyoming, the same place the museum itself is located.
@@Seawolf571
We are located in Dubois Wy. 12 miles from the museum.
So disappointed that you weren't going to LS swap it (seems like everyone else is sticking them in to just about anything at the moment) 😄
The Jackson…..mostly!
My dad worked at fisherbody plant called turnsteads.
Tracks on backwards 😊
I wish people would describe the main guns on American armor vehicles like the German vehicles with the caliber included to get an idea of length of the barrels as in German 75/24, 75/43, 75/48, 75/70, 88/56, 88/71, etc. Or were they all the same as the Sherman 75mm at 37.5 caliber?
Here's a name for this series, "Workshop Tuesday".
Or "Toolshop Tuesday" less likely to confuse with another armor museum channel/
It's a Sherman, the Bradley is a Sherman to. I can't believe the good old USA is so cheap to keep that obsolete chassis.
Union made.
Nancy Sinatra: "Jackson, Jackson, Jackson".... 😂😂😂
I hear there is a bloke in the UK that might be interested in that Russian engine ya got there. He's got a T34 in need of an engine.
Yep mr hewes would be very interested!
Only about 10 M36s still around? I find it hard to believe. Unless you mean the original variant, not a B1 or B2
I think from the way he worded it, that he was talking specifically about survivors of those built by Fisher.
@@pauld6967 Ah. That would make sense
The Russian engine is a gem hope you find a good new home for it
Any reason why the host never mentioned its nickname?? I recall the M36 being called the ‘Jackson’ ?? Is Disney funding this ?
Also called Slugger.
@@matthewbratton3825that is the first time I have heard that name
@@matthewbratton3825 yeah, it's nickname was the slugger. Dad had been there and done that.
Have you also a m26 tank?
This chap need to relax more in front of camera 🎥
They are all doing a great job. Kindness goes a long way.
@@davidk7324 But he still standing like statue and I think he reading prompt cards.
NOT a "tank." 90 mm Gun Motor Carriage, M36 (AKA "Tank Destroyer, M36").
Here's to seeing the old girl getting a fresh flush of youth again.
Ya, reviving History. How about reviving all the crew members that died in that tank? Or did you forget that? Revive the tank and have a Bronze plaque on the side, with the names of who fought and died in the tank. Or is that too much to ask.
Think about it…one of the rarest US tank destroyers had 2500 built. For the Germans or ANY of the axis 2500 vehicles would be a really high number built ! When you ponder this it’s just impossible to compete with US manufacturing power. Foolish to declare war on the USA