I like this man. He is exactly what I picture when I think about someone from England. I was at Disney World in Florida talking to a couple from England while standing in line. I asked them Why didn't you go to Euro Disney in Paris seeing that it was so much closer. The woman said "Well Paris is very expensive and then you have the French." These people can politely call someone an asshole in a few quiet words and you never realize they did it till later!
You could have read up on how funky the U.S.A.'s election process is. If you are going to call someone a "numb nut" for electing Trump, it should be the electoral college and not the majority of the U.S. population. The popular vote was for Hillary Clinton. I personally wasn't to fond of either of them.
@@danielkohli1542 I wasn't a fan of Trump, but Hillary was a demon disguised as a human. She's one of the worse humans to ever exist, on par with Stalin and the dude currently leading China. People just don't know how long the list of people that die from her are, it's nearing 200, including her secret service members. I'll take a dude that legally bypassed taxes like literally every other business owner did over that any day. Also the Clintons ran cocaine out of Arkansas while Bill was in office there.
@@danielkohli1542 If the popular vote determined the election, then a handful states would determine who won. California and New York have a higher population than most states combined.
@@GetDougDimmadomed The comment that I was responding to on this thread I think got deleted. What I was trying to say is that the U.S. election has more to it than just a direct democracy.
+MadnerKami Are you cheating on me Madner ??????I thought I was your man !!! but i do understand as David Fletcher is amazing. Also I dont think he being nice to you at 4.41 he calls the Germans an "unkind lot" Guess he not met you :-)
I had no idea about the real use of the rear wheels, i always though they used them for carrying items. Fascinating, thank you for sharing your wisdom!
Some early tracked agricultural tractors had an iron wheel at the front to steer the thing, a bit like a half track. They obviously thought it would be better to put them at the back out of the way.. then found they didn't need them at all.
Brilliant, great to have you back Mr Fletcher, episode. I always wondered what the traction engine front wheels were for, I thought they were anti-ditching gear. Thanks for clearing that up.
I was just there at the Imperial War Museum. I didn't realize it was an original! They also had a T-34 and an up armored Sherman Jumbo assault tank. Thanks!
Wow. I was this time old when I learnt that the wheels towed by the back of the tank was an easier way to steer the tank. Sort of a rear facing half track.
***** That's not a valid reason. Especially in World War II Millions of civilians died and i daresay that there is no German who had not lost relatives or close friends in the wars. The World wars didn't take place in a concealed vacuum. And especially for world War one it can not be denied that at least in the beginning the majority of the population was very much in favour of the war. They wanted it and the got more than they expected. Sadly true for almost all involved countries. Propaganda about the "unkind lot" aka "the wild hun" was just as widespread here about the "perfidous Albion" or the "greedy yankee".
Jack Beauregard To be fair, it's just a phrase that caught my attention. I did not expect it turn into this kind of discussion. And honestly i don't think Mr. Fletcher intended it to sound that way :)
Origami Chik3n Oh I just refuted Mike the man's claim that population and military kinda were completely separated in the wars. I did, by no means, feel offended or seek a deeper meaning in your comment. It was typically British of Mr. Fletcher, referring to the enemy who out to kill you as "a rather unfriendly lot". It's less about the Germans actually - more about the typical charming British understatement. "lot" I would translate as a noun though, working best is "Haufen", literally "bunch".
I went inside this tank in Hatfield House park many years ago, it was open to all, and I was in my teens at the time. I remember being puzzled that it had a Daimler engine at the time, because I only knew the German firm, and that seemed weird. My main other memories is of the slots for the shells by the guns, and the engine being in the middle, basically amongst the crew. I don't think, I am in the picture of the tank in Hatfield though.
This has to be the most intimidating piece of war machinery I have ever seen. Sure, not optimal what so ever. But the idea of being on the battle field where they where first introduced is scary as hell.
And even worse, all you would have available is a rifle and maybe a few grenades, nothing that could have even a prayer of stopping it. It would be like watching slow moving death creeping your way.
In the photo I'm the 7 yr old lad in the striped shirt on top of tank - photo taken June 1969 we used to play on the tank all through the summer, the two seats were in-situ as well as guns and the hatches opened and closed a bit I recall - Pre H and S days !! Few days before or later the Flying Scotsman had made last journey through Hatfield station too !!
@@sabjiyom2893 no, tank was not a nickname. Tank was their code name so that possible german spies thought it was just some sort of water tank. The vehicle was then called Tank Mark I. That's not a nickname.
This tank in particular is worth more than the six minutes given to it in this video. I would've hoped a tank chats from the source, wouldn't go more into the experiences of the crew. How was deployed. The impact it had on battle. The information about the tale of the vehicle is interesting, but I would like to see more from Tank chats in the future.
+Morgan Davison The whole idea is to make short videos, which you can watch easily, if the intention was to produce a full length documentary, I am certain the Tank Museum could do that.
Why didn't it have a forward firing machine gun? You have though that would be really useful coming up on the enemy trench. Because when you lose the tank moving next to you, you've lost your covering fire.
You guys should get some subtitles, I've got a few friends that only speak spanish that would be greatly interested in your videos. Really informative!
Fascinating, love these video's :) Could someone explain the difference between a male and female tank? As I understand it the Female has only machine guns and the Male has a mixture of cannons and machine guns, is that right?
+Jamie Barker Well, when a male tank and a female tank love each other very much, they head off behind the laager and do things with each other, usually involving gunfire, engine revs, and occasionally a thrown track. Then, a short time later, out pops the little baby whippet tank!
Those wheels go very well with the nature of the tank, actually, as useless as they were. As the Army initially had no interest in the concept, the Royal Navy being the ones who actually promoted the design and initial testing of the new weapon, tanks were known at the time as "landships". Might seem fun at the time but it's how it actually was..."landships"!. So, as every ship as we know needs a rudder...turns out those wheels were the Landships' rudder! XD. Then it turned out that "landships" didn't need any rudder, after all. But that was when the army actually had gotten interested in the whole tank concept ;).
"Would the world,🗺 war,💥two, 2⃣ Nazi German anti-tank land mines ➖ called,🤙the tellermine, alongside Panzerbuchse 39 anti-tank rifle, and the Swiss,🇨🇭 built,🏢 Solothurn s18-1000 anti-tank rifle and the Finnish,🇫🇮 built,🏢 Lahti 39 20mm anti-tank rifle, the disposable shoulder fired,🔥 hollowed charge Panzerfaust recoilless rifle, and the Nazi German,🇩🇪 reversed,🔀 engineered version of the American,🇺🇸 built M1 bazooka anti-tank rocket, 🚀 launcher, called,🤙 the Panzerschreck go up 👆 against the world,🗺 war,💥 one,1⃣ British,🇬🇧 and the commonwealth of nations, built, 🏢 Mark IV and Mark V male,👨 and female,🚺 tanks?"
“The tail was flaming useless.”
“The Germans being an unkind lot.”
I could listen to Sir Fletcher for hours.
I like this man. He is exactly what I picture when I think about someone from England. I was at Disney World in Florida talking to a couple from England while standing in line. I asked them Why didn't you go to Euro Disney in Paris seeing that it was so much closer. The woman said "Well Paris is very expensive and then you have the French." These people can politely call someone an asshole in a few quiet words and you never realize they did it till later!
crossbow1203 I live in England and am no fan of Disney but I’d definitely go to one of the American sites rather than Paris
You could have read up on how funky the U.S.A.'s election process is. If you are going to call someone a "numb nut" for electing Trump, it should be the electoral college and not the majority of the U.S. population. The popular vote was for Hillary Clinton. I personally wasn't to fond of either of them.
@@danielkohli1542 I wasn't a fan of Trump, but Hillary was a demon disguised as a human. She's one of the worse humans to ever exist, on par with Stalin and the dude currently leading China. People just don't know how long the list of people that die from her are, it's nearing 200, including her secret service members. I'll take a dude that legally bypassed taxes like literally every other business owner did over that any day. Also the Clintons ran cocaine out of Arkansas while Bill was in office there.
@@danielkohli1542 If the popular vote determined the election, then a handful states would determine who won. California and New York have a higher population than most states combined.
@@GetDougDimmadomed The comment that I was responding to on this thread I think got deleted. What I was trying to say is that the U.S. election has more to it than just a direct democracy.
Though David Willey did a fantastic job. It's great to see Fletcher back again.
I always look forward to these. Listening to Fletcher is like hearing my grandfather rambling on about some story.
Me too, though myself being a grandfather.
+The Tank Museum Welcome back, Mr Fletcher. It's nice to see you on screen again :)
+MadnerKami yaaay i missed your voice
+MadnerKami With no disrespect to Mr. Willey, who also did a fine job in the interim :)
+MadnerKami and your moustache ;-)
+MadnerKami Are you cheating on me Madner ??????I thought I was your man !!! but i do understand as David Fletcher is amazing. Also I dont think he being nice to you at 4.41 he calls the Germans an "unkind lot" Guess he not met you :-)
Scarletsb0y
But he quite likely met some of my grand-parents and you know how this works. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree ;)
The tailstiering was something I never heared of before. Thanks for this nice video.
It's a three-dimensional land-rudder!
The wheeled steering unit at 02:30 was also missing a wheel
I've missed David Fletcher as host. although the Curator wasn't a bad host either!
where did he go ?
Yeah
1 dislike is clearly a A7V driver.
Must be
Now it’s 22, I guess the rest of his crew turned up.
LOL!
@Purple Guy oh,hello brother
@Purple Guy im a purple guy too,so you are my brother
The grandfather of all tanks, majestic.
Does this make Little Willie the Great-Grand Daddy?
I had no idea about the real use of the rear wheels, i always though they used them for carrying items. Fascinating, thank you for sharing your wisdom!
Some early tracked agricultural tractors had an iron wheel at the front to steer the thing, a bit like a half track. They obviously thought it would be better to put them at the back out of the way.. then found they didn't need them at all.
Brilliant, great to have you back Mr Fletcher, episode. I always wondered what the traction engine front wheels were for, I thought they were anti-ditching gear. Thanks for clearing that up.
I was just there at the Imperial War Museum. I didn't realize it was an original! They also had a T-34 and an up armored Sherman Jumbo assault tank. Thanks!
Do you mean The Tank Mueum or The Imperial War Museum? two different places. this is filmed at the Tank museum.
Wow. I was this time old when I learnt that the wheels towed by the back of the tank was an easier way to steer the tank. Sort of a rear facing half track.
Good to see you're well David, thanks for the video!
"Germans being an unkind lot". That's cute :)
+Origami Chik3n I am German and I am ... not offended! :)
+Jack Beauregard germans work very hard
***** That's not a valid reason. Especially in World War II Millions of civilians died and i daresay that there is no German who had not lost relatives or close friends in the wars.
The World wars didn't take place in a concealed vacuum. And especially for world War one it can not be denied that at least in the beginning the majority of the population was very much in favour of the war. They wanted it and the got more than they expected. Sadly true for almost all involved countries.
Propaganda about the "unkind lot" aka "the wild hun" was just as widespread here about the "perfidous Albion" or the "greedy yankee".
Jack Beauregard
To be fair, it's just a phrase that caught my attention. I did not expect it turn into this kind of discussion. And honestly i don't think Mr. Fletcher intended it to sound that way :)
Origami Chik3n Oh I just refuted Mike the man's claim that population and military kinda were completely separated in the wars. I did, by no means, feel offended or seek a deeper meaning in your comment. It was typically British of Mr. Fletcher, referring to the enemy who out to kill you as "a rather unfriendly lot". It's less about the Germans actually - more about the typical charming British understatement.
"lot" I would translate as a noun though, working best is "Haufen", literally "bunch".
I love this man, I could listen to him for hours!
Now that I see it in action is quite terrifying seeing this slow unstoppable machine creep slowly towards you
yay! David! Good to see you are back :D
Always a joy to watch these videos.
"Sir, the Germans may throw grenades on top."
"Build a roof out of timber!"
"WUT"
Yay, mister Fletcher is back!
Real archive footage
*shows a mark 1 tank flying in front of a jeep*
haha google good job my man rlly proud of ya no pain no gain
Tbh the tank shown in that video was German A7V
An English Daimler, that answers so many questions. Thank you for this, just connected some very annoying dots!
Welcome back to our screens Mr Fletcher, very good to see you again.
"the T-34 was the first tank with sloped armor"
Me: looks at mark 1 tank with sloped armor
nice welcome back David
David Fletcher has the perfect demeanor to underline the madness of war whilst describing the logic/illogical of the machines.
I went inside this tank in Hatfield House park many years ago, it was open to all, and I was in my teens at the time. I remember being puzzled that it had a Daimler engine at the time, because I only knew the German firm, and that seemed weird. My main other memories is of the slots for the shells by the guns, and the engine being in the middle, basically amongst the crew. I don't think, I am in the picture of the tank in Hatfield though.
What a *marvelous* machine!
We need more of this!!
Welcome back Mr Fletcher, i could listen to you talk tanks all day long :)
This has to be the most intimidating piece of war machinery I have ever seen.
Sure, not optimal what so ever.
But the idea of being on the battle field where they where first introduced is scary as hell.
And even worse, all you would have available is a rifle and maybe a few grenades, nothing that could have even a prayer of stopping it. It would be like watching slow moving death creeping your way.
@@hisdudeness8328
Yeah, just imagine the lout ratteling noise from the engines.
Fletcher is a Hero. We need more!
welcome back David, good to see you're doing well.
Very informative! Thank you!
Beautiful display concept.
Welcome Back Mister Fletcher, as always a good Tank Chat.
Thanks for imparting your knowledge sir :)
Thank God! David Fletchers BACK!!!
Fletcher is the man!
Great to see you back David! And another great video!
good to see you back david
Welcome back, Mr. Fletcher!
Very informative. Thanks Dave! Nice to see you back sir!!
Thank you again.
fletcher!!! wheyy :D gotta love those old beasts. they were true landships.
I love these videos, keep up the good work ^^
In the photo I'm the 7 yr old lad in the striped shirt on top of tank - photo taken June 1969 we used to play on the tank all through the summer, the two seats were in-situ as well as guns and the hatches opened and closed a bit I recall - Pre H and S days !!
Few days before or later the Flying Scotsman had made last journey through Hatfield station too !!
What we have here is a Mark I Tank. It was built in 1916...
*Spinning, burning and flying A7V from BF1*
Here from that too
1916* There are no Mark Is in Battlefield; those are Mark Vs
Very informative, more videos like this please!
Wait-those wheels STEER the tank? I though they were for towing or something. That's so weird...
Masterof thelag used to think they were an ammunition trailer
Makes sense though why would they need so much?
So it is some kind of half-track, really.
Thomas Bögel well actually no as they proved unnecessary and weren't included later, the tank can already steer itself
Replying long after the fact. I had always assumed those wheels were to assist in crossing trenches. Amazing.
I always wondered what those wheels were for. It's funny that they decided to implement the steering that way.
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Great series. Thank you.
I always wondered what that wheel assembly was for. Steering? Incredible! I theorized that it might be an odometer... but that was even sillier.
Steven Pilling don't feel bad:-) we all need a silly theory or two from time to time
I like the feature of the wheels at the rear, steering. Like a rudder as said. Weren’t they called land ships at the time?
Simon Jones
Yes they were, Tank was only a nickname which has stuck
@@sabjiyom2893 no, tank was not a nickname. Tank was their code name so that possible german spies thought it was just some sort of water tank.
The vehicle was then called Tank Mark I.
That's not a nickname.
@FuckinAntiPope
A codename is the exact same thing as a nickname but for nerds.
Wow.Since tracked vehicles always steer by blocking one of the tracks, I always thought that the rear wheels are there to aid with trench crossing....
David Fletcher is the best!
Great info guys. Keep them coming.
This tank in particular is worth more than the six minutes given to it in this video. I would've hoped a tank chats from the source, wouldn't go more into the experiences of the crew. How was deployed. The impact it had on battle. The information about the tale of the vehicle is interesting, but I would like to see more from Tank chats in the future.
+Morgan Davison The whole idea is to make short videos, which you can watch easily, if the intention was to produce a full length documentary, I am certain the Tank Museum could do that.
looks realistically badass on that setup
All hail David Fletcher!
Welcome back Mr. Fletcher! You are my favourite tank talker :). Though I love everything Bovington does as well!
cool video !!!
Yay! Fletcher's back!
Welcome back!!
That diorama is perfect 100%
Brilliant man 👍❤️👀
I can't imagine how terrible it should have been, driving with that speed... untill you reach the enemy they can build a castle for protection :D
Glad to see you are well, sir. Had read you retired. Has this become a hobby, or is this a guest appearance?
he's back!
Thanks.
Where did the museum get the long barrel 6pdrs to complete the tank from? When the tank was on display at Hatfield it had short 6pdrs
In the Brussels war museum there is also one. But it is a Mark IV
Can you do an episode on the Somua S35? The tank feels awfully underappreciated, and there isn't much info about it on the internet.
Nice video David!
Mr. Fletcher, yay!
idk im suppose to be surprised by how majestic that tank is or that mustache.
>> 4:37 "The Germans, being an unkind lot." ROTFL
Is it at all possible to get anything resembling a blueprint for the MK I? Even a reasonably detailed 3 view would be freaking awesome!!
I love this guys mustache
yay, he is back :P
i used to play on this tank in the grounds of Hatfield House in the 1960's. It was pretty decrepit then.
Me too ....yes rusty rough metal I recall too. Great fun though pre h and s days !
yay fletchers back!!
Why didn't it have a forward firing machine gun?
You have though that would be really useful coming up on the enemy trench.
Because when you lose the tank moving next to you, you've lost your covering fire.
Jingles sent me. Love the video.
You guys should get some subtitles, I've got a few friends that only speak spanish that would be greatly interested in your videos. Really informative!
I can’t believe this thing took 8 men to drive. But then again this was the first tank made.
Fascinating, love these video's :)
Could someone explain the difference between a male and female tank?
As I understand it the Female has only machine guns and the Male has a mixture of cannons and machine guns, is that right?
Haha :D Wow!! So that's how tanks are made??
+Jamie Barker Well, when a male tank and a female tank love each other very much, they head off behind the laager and do things with each other, usually involving gunfire, engine revs, and occasionally a thrown track. Then, a short time later, out pops the little baby whippet tank!
What was the overall brown colour called that was used on the later tanks? Was it as bright as the base brown on these?
YES Fletcher is back! I missed his mustache.
+john alan Me too.
Your intro was used for a mark V tank glitch in bf1
He is legendary
Those wheels go very well with the nature of the tank, actually, as useless as they were. As the Army initially had no interest in the concept, the Royal Navy being the ones who actually promoted the design and initial testing of the new weapon, tanks were known at the time as "landships". Might seem fun at the time but it's how it actually was..."landships"!.
So, as every ship as we know needs a rudder...turns out those wheels were the Landships' rudder! XD. Then it turned out that "landships" didn't need any rudder, after all. But that was when the army actually had gotten interested in the whole tank concept ;).
Informative and interesting video ( :
One thing not noted is how the western front was mostly flat rolling country-excellent tank country
I really like the different hosts now =^^=
Good film of a First World War tank MK1
"Would the world,🗺 war,💥two, 2⃣ Nazi German anti-tank land mines ➖ called,🤙the tellermine, alongside Panzerbuchse 39 anti-tank rifle, and the Swiss,🇨🇭 built,🏢 Solothurn s18-1000 anti-tank rifle and the Finnish,🇫🇮 built,🏢 Lahti 39 20mm anti-tank rifle, the disposable shoulder fired,🔥 hollowed charge Panzerfaust recoilless rifle, and the Nazi German,🇩🇪 reversed,🔀 engineered version of the American,🇺🇸 built M1 bazooka anti-tank rocket, 🚀 launcher, called,🤙 the Panzerschreck go up 👆 against the world,🗺 war,💥 one,1⃣ British,🇬🇧 and the commonwealth of nations, built, 🏢 Mark IV and Mark V male,👨 and female,🚺 tanks?"
I watch this and theres something so calming to how this guy explains tanks, I am bias now Its not the smae if hes not in the video.
Someone used this to show of battlefield 1’s glitch’s your channel has been immortalised good wok
Rubric Marine you have the original video?