For the non-Swedish speakers - there's a fun little warning plaque (visible at 12:11) telling you to remember to fold the antenna down when driving beneath an electrical power cable. :-) "LETHAL DANGER".
@@rabidshelby3895 : Well, at least French turrets were better armoured. Still, the additional steel came at a price, so the French kept their turrets within budget by making them as simple as possible inside. And the French were low on manpower, so making their TC's fire the guns saved their tank corps thousands of men (who manned the Maginot Line instead).
@@timonsolus and the maginot line was circumvented, by going around it, so those thousands where pointlessly wasted, but this is france, to this day their arrogance stops them from having any tactical advantage on the battle field, their rations come with booze! last thing you need is your armed forces slozzled
The turrets from the m/38, m/39 and m/40 tanks were in active service into the 1990's as part of fixed defences protecting important positions such as airports. Other tank turrets with heavier guns such as the m/42 and strv 74 ened up at harbours or on the coast. So not only did some spare parts and equipment keep getting made but there was also a ton of parts available to the museum once the fixed defences were taken out of service. Also the original Swedish armour museum at Axvall had a very dedicated and well connected staff so the vehicles were in very good shape considering the small budget.
This particular vehicle started entering service in 1938. The original L-60 is older, but the Swedish 37mm armed versions came later and were updated versions of it. It's more the m/31, aka the L-10, that's a 1934, 1935 vehicle
A good theory I guess? But as long as you don't have wind (inside the vehicle) you wouldn't be wearing the outer layers of clothes, you'd be wearing woolen inner clothes with a layer outside. Neither Swedish or military, but a Norwegian that loves spending time outside.
@@Batabusa You don't think being inactive and constantly surrounded and in contact with cold metal that's going to cool you down wouldn't get cold? I guess you must never have touched metal in the winter in your life.
0:45 "A little locking latch here". As somebody who constantly finds new things to bump into, it gives me nightmares. I once asked my buddy who was a Chieftain driver, how did they avoid getting hurt with all the hard sharp bits and bobs inside the tank. He said "i guess we just got used to where everything was and avoided bumping into them".
Helmets and padded overalls. After one year of use my issued kevlar had more dents in it from my CV90 than I could count and my knees and elbows were quite blue on occasion despite the padding.
Very interesting to see the sign from "Sundbybergs Signalfabrik" on the radioset. Used to live just 300 meters from where that once was located in Sundbyberg.
Little facts: the predecessor L-10 was desiged by Joseph Vollmer, a german engineer how also designed the A7V. The L-60 was designt under the oversight of Otto Merker, also a german.
Yes. Since the Germans were not allowed to own, operate tanks the German Companies went to Sweden and formed a conglomerate and setup shop as Landswerk. IIRC the deal was Sweden would allow them to operate through Landswerk and Sweden would have access to their research and development. By time WW2 started the best minds were back in Germany and Landwerk was not as important.
Just to quickly clerify AB Lansdverk; company founded 1872 by the swedes Johan Petterson and Alexander Ohlsen in Landskrona. Later in 1920 the owners sold half their shares that GHH bought. Sometimes after they (GHH) owned the majority of the shares to the company.
i freaking love the swedish tanks from 1935 til the cold war era. m/38, m/40L, SAV m/43, Pvkv m/43, Strv 74 etc. forward thinking at its finest and tanks that are extremely well made and great crew ergonomics but still valid weapons platforms despite what other nations had at the time period. if i had the money id happily fund a full showcase of all the swedish tanks.... and proceed to buy them all for my collection :P
I'm really curious how much light there is inside a tank when all the hatches are closed. I've noticed in your videos that they always seem to have light coloured paint inside, but what light sources are there in actual combat conditions? It seemed awfully dark in that blooper at the end of this video. Is that just the camera struggling to cope?
They can be nearly blacked out, aside from what light leaks in from Sights and bad seals. I was an Artillery mechanic, M109 (Paladin) as its called now days. Had a huge sight opening that could be rotated around 10X10 or so. Lots of light came into one of these.
Was that video part of the initial video he said that he had to reshoot due to the "wrong filter" I believe he said? Could that be one of the reasons for the dark appearance - the camera's automatic aperture couldn't accommodate the lack of light?
From the couple of tanks I have been in, the answer is bugger all, the dome lights and what ever the vision blocks and periscopes let in are all you have, of course if the tank is on fire that amount goes up considerably.
Actually, in most vehicles the Chieftain pointed out where crewmember had small lights boxes (post WWII appears to be kind of a NATO standard white light/red light appliqué, but most tank had a light bulbs somewhere) When bottomed-up, basically no natural light: in open mode, usually the TC hatch is plugged by the TC himself, riding head and torso out, so it's most from the loader side that some shine may come in.
Awesome conclusion to this great little tank Nick. I just love the oddball/less known stuff and this really fit the bill. I was quite amazed you were able to fit in the drivers hatch considering your size/height. The Swedes really had some innovative ideas for a pre-war tank. KUTGW!
The Swedish 8x63mm Browning machineguns in the army, was simply a 6,5x55mm Browning, with a different barrel. At least in some cases, the guns came with barrels in both calibers. Later barrels in 7,62x51 NATO was added.
If War Thunder has taught me anything its that the metal shielding on the vision port isn't necessary. Those bad boys will absorb any round that hits them.
30 years ago I shared an office with a gentleman named Charlie who had commanded a tank in Able Company, 19th Tank Battalion, Combat Command A, 9th Armored Division. I have a question for you about a story he told me. The 9th Armored trained for two years in the US before going overseas. According to Charlie, every time you stopped for the night you dismounted and dug a slit trench. As Bill Mauldin pointed out in one of his cartoons, “I’d rather dig, a moving foxhole attracts the eye.” Doctrine was that tanks attract fire, so you didn’t sleep in the tank. Charlie actually had a close call while training because of that. One night at Fort Polk they had entrenched for the night in the pouring rain when Charlie got the bright idea to park the tank over the slit trench to keep out the rain. When the crew woke up in the morning the tank had sunk in the soft ground until there was only one inch between the belly of the tank and the ground. They had to shout until they could get someone’s attention to move the tank. My question is: do crews sleep in the tank in combat, or do they still dismount and dig?
@@TheChieftainsHatch I'm surprised to hear that. I would have guessed that if someone were unsportsman like enough to take advantage of your nap time to lob a 125 mm FSDS at your vehicle, the last place you would want to be was stretched out on the engine deck. I noted in "Generation Kill" (both the book and the miniseries) that when the Recon Marines stopped for the night, one of the crew manned the turret for security, but the rest of the crew dug "ranger graves" to sleep in. Which reminds me of another question: the Recon Marines rigged camo netting any time they were stopped for awhile. Did you camo your Abrams or Bradley when you were deployed?
1:40 That is actually pretty handy, because the commander can say " enemy tank at 3 o clock" and the gunner knows more accurately where to aim because he can exactly see where 3 o clock is
There are a lot of little details shown off in this set of videos that have made me think the Swedes might have managed to make the best tank of 1935. A lot of unspectacular but well designed bits of engineering, very clever! (edit) I wonder how many differences there are between the '35 and '38 versions.
I'd never thought about this before. On a manual transmission you need a rev counter, right? Wrong, in my experience in civilian cars, the engine noise will tell you where you're at. But in a tank, you might have a pair of earmuffs that block out noise so you can hear the PA or the radio. But as I somehow just realized, THE TANK IS STILL VIBRATING AND YOU CAN FEEL WHAT THE ENGINE RPM IS. Still can't believe it took me that long. Thanks for the videos, Chieftain!
As a swede that never has had an automatic car. Who looks at the rev counter? You simply shift when the car gets unhappy. Cant imagime it is any diferent in tanks
12:30 did you mean 28 mph? Since im pretty sure the top speed is more then 28 kph. Most sources i can find give it a Top speed of around 45-46 Kph = 28 Mph. =P
That's correct. The m/38 did 46 km/h and the vehicles that came after it just a tad slower at 45 km/h. They were pretty mobile light tanks for their day.
8x63 was the standard 'new' Swedish mg round at the time though at least the m/36 water cooled machine gun could do barrel switches to fire the classic 6.5 swede as well.
For its time the L60 is surely a winner in virtually every aspect of tank design & crew ergonomics ...though, perhaps not the Drivers hatch. But hey....if that's all that is 'not so good' ...you could still give me that Tank any day over a French, British or American tank of the same time.
It would seem that Landswerk knew what they were doing. They put considerable thought into this tank, which in 1935 must have made many of its contemporaries look positively primitive.
I usually go to arsenalen museum once a year. it's a nice museum. upstairs they have a collection of Swedish small arms like smg and so. also you can play world of tanks :-)
You are really good at this. Appreciate all the mechanical detailing. That was also a very interesting vehicle pick. I wounder how it (for whoever fielded it) performed in WW2?
Fun fact, the sights mills are actually " streck" which translates to line in English, difference being mills is 6400 and streck 6300. Still lives on in the SwAF.
From august 1939 to The spring of 1941, the 16 m/38:s were the only gun armoured tanks in Sweden! A very nice tank for its day but a hayday if Germany or Brittain/France would have invaded Sweden. And yes, Churchill had keen eyes on northern Sweden both during the Finish winter war and during the German invasion of Norway. Not as seeing Sweden as hostile but to ensure that no more iron ore reached Germany.
True Sweden faced possible invasion from several actors. But when Norway fell Germany gott the strategic possibility to invade Sweden using it as a bridge. Still Sweden was in a much stronger position to defend itself then Norway or Denmark. Its geology and military would have made it more challenging to subdue and require more troops. But Sweden was surrounded on all sides by potential enemies from 1939-45 except for Finland in the east which is as always our great shield and our closest ally and friend.
I just wrote the part on the Brittish/Frensh threat beacuse most people do not know about it. After German victory in Norway the only real threat to sweden was of course Germany. And not until 1943 was Sweden strong enough to resist a German invasion from Norway. An interesting what if that has nothing to do with the m/38 tank is a military style war game is what the result would have been if the forces invading Norway and Denmark instead been used on Sweden with initial landings in Gothenburg, Malmoe, Stockholm, Gaevle and possibly Luleå?
The closing segment was the closest illustration of what it's really like inside an AFV. Pity video can't catch the smells (stench?) and often cold of those grate steal beests...
Sweden Developed an 8x63mm machine gun round as the Swedish service caliber of 6,5x55mm was deemed to give too little bang for the weight carried. The round was designed to fit in browning machine guns which is why the length of the round is similar to the US Army's 30-06, the round is much thicker and more powerful though. Machine guns could easily be modified in the field with a barrel swap to take either the 6,5x55 or 8x63mm, later the machine guns where modified to use 7.62 NATO.
When the indonesian military do the tank show of, I normally just climb all over the tank, figure out what is that use for, figure out how to use it, figure out the gun milimiter/caliber and if I got the chance, the military guy drive the tank and I sit on top of the tank, few of the military personnel like me they said "you are so smart at weaponry" and I smiled. That's why I love tank, warship, all weaponry so I love to watch your videos. Please do inside the chieftain hatch about Indonesian tank
I'm constantly amazed that you aren't bashing your head into things inside these cramped old tanks.. I reckon at some stage we'll see you displaying a tank interior while sporting band-aids on your noggin.
Impressively modern little tank. I can't think of anything in 1938 it can't kill other than the French tanks, but as the Germans learned, radios kill French tanks just fine.
Well with 65mm or so of penetration it could probably kill those aswell. Only the B1 would be a bit troublesome, but the Swedish guns are a little bit better than the early German 37 and 20mm guns. The 37mm Bofors was probably the best 37mm cannon in the inter-war period. It had modern projectiles, decent shell velocity, was light (as a towed gun) and had a good rate of fire. It wasn't beat until the US 37mm M5 and M6 guns came about imo.
Is a 2 man turret such an issue with the 37mm. Wouldn't the gunner or commander be able to load without having to look away from the sights/capola due to the small size of the round?
@@DERP_Squad Not exactly. When you have a round ready on your lap, maby. But the next round you are getting from the ready rack. They are in different places and of different type (HE, AP). You want to be sure what you are picking.
Feeling Really proud as a Swede right about now.😁 But then again in WWII we shyed away....we woukd have been able to shorten the war by quite a bit. Go Scandinavia plus Finland!!!
You don't go to war against a militarily superior adversary if there is any chance at all, that you can avoid it. If you want a dick-measuring contest, go and buy a fucking sports car.
@@JH-lo9ut Dude. I mean't we pussied out of WWII and coild have shortened it by a lot. Remember that the Bofors 40mm anti aircraft canon came from Sweden. When it comes to aircraft Both Saab (J-21...fast as f! 400mph+) and Finland could have contributed. To Swedens defence, we did shoot down a hefty bunch of 109's and bombers Despite our Adolf-loving socialist regime at the time. (YES Social democrats and Communists "Vänsterpartiet", you Did support Hitler....if history is anything you care about....talk to survivors and read ya know..... the IT from my age......books)
Actually Chieftain, the m/38 had a top speed of 46km/h. The later L-60's did 45. The earlier versions with the 20mm Madsen did 48km/h and the m/31 (L-10) did 40km/h. These are all roadspeeds of course. You can find the manual for the m/38 here: imgur.com/a/7WeoSZe I would happily link you the manuals of the other L-60's aswell if you're interested.
I have to say, that multifunction gauge is an absolute beauty.
All the information you need, at a glance.
Swedish design. They’re smart those bearded and bespectacled Scando’s.
We need the "Oh bugger, the tank is on fire" back
Couldn't agree more
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Its not Chieftains video if there is no 'this tank is on fire' test!
Blue Heeler; Attans, stridsvagnen brinner!
@@jonasolsson1444 Oh, so 'Stridsvagn' is actually the Swedish for 'tank' (in this context, rather than, say, a tank for holding water) ?
For the non-Swedish speakers - there's a fun little warning plaque (visible at 12:11) telling you to remember to fold the antenna down when driving beneath an electrical power cable. :-) "LETHAL DANGER".
4:15 I love how he silently mentions France.
Because of their "superior" turret design
@@rabidshelby3895 : Well, at least French turrets were better armoured. Still, the additional steel came at a price, so the French kept their turrets within budget by making them as simple as possible inside. And the French were low on manpower, so making their TC's fire the guns saved their tank corps thousands of men (who manned the Maginot Line instead).
I would've had a callout to Italy too.
I was looking for this comment
@@timonsolus and the maginot line was circumvented, by going around it, so those thousands where pointlessly wasted, but this is france, to this day their arrogance stops them from having any tactical advantage on the battle field, their rations come with booze! last thing you need is your armed forces slozzled
I was really hoping we got to see The Chieftain holding a coffee in the outro
pretty cool how the tank still has all the stuff in it, sights radio etc
Yea, looked very complete inside.
16:17 Even a working breech !
The turrets from the m/38, m/39 and m/40 tanks were in active service into the 1990's as part of fixed defences protecting important positions such as airports. Other tank turrets with heavier guns such as the m/42 and strv 74 ened up at harbours or on the coast. So not only did some spare parts and equipment keep getting made but there was also a ton of parts available to the museum once the fixed defences were taken out of service. Also the original Swedish armour museum at Axvall had a very dedicated and well connected staff so the vehicles were in very good shape considering the small budget.
Of all the vehicles you've looked over and in, I've been the most impressed by the L60. The display at the museum looks great, too.
Very good design for 1935 - considerably better than the Pz.Kpfw.III Ausf A (also designed in 1935 and rejected for production).
This particular vehicle started entering service in 1938. The original L-60 is older, but the Swedish 37mm armed versions came later and were updated versions of it. It's more the m/31, aka the L-10, that's a 1934, 1935 vehicle
The generous crew positions might have come from the need to accommodate crews wearing bulky clothing for Swedish winters.
That's a very good point actually. It wouldn't have any heating for the cold.
A good theory I guess?
But as long as you don't have wind (inside the vehicle) you wouldn't be wearing the outer layers of clothes, you'd be wearing woolen inner clothes with a layer outside.
Neither Swedish or military, but a Norwegian that loves spending time outside.
@@Batabusa I think you might be underestimating how cold metal gets in sub zero temperatures when you're not moving around to stay warm.
@@Ragedaonenlonely as a Norwegian with 31 winters behind me, I beg to differ but w/e
@@Batabusa You don't think being inactive and constantly surrounded and in contact with cold metal that's going to cool you down wouldn't get cold? I guess you must never have touched metal in the winter in your life.
0:45 "A little locking latch here". As somebody who constantly finds new things to bump into, it gives me nightmares. I once asked my buddy who was a Chieftain driver, how did they avoid getting hurt with all the hard sharp bits and bobs inside the tank. He said "i guess we just got used to where everything was and avoided bumping into them".
Helmets and padded overalls. After one year of use my issued kevlar had more dents in it from my CV90 than I could count and my knees and elbows were quite blue on occasion despite the padding.
Former submariner; you do indeed. It's fun watching the NUBs bounce off crap you've long forgotten to think about.
Very interesting to see the sign from "Sundbybergs Signalfabrik" on the radioset. Used to live just 300 meters from where that once was located in Sundbyberg.
Little facts: the predecessor L-10 was desiged by Joseph Vollmer, a german engineer how also designed the A7V. The L-60 was designt under the oversight of Otto Merker, also a german.
Yes. Since the Germans were not allowed to own, operate tanks the German Companies went to Sweden and formed a conglomerate and setup shop as Landswerk. IIRC the deal was Sweden would allow them to operate through Landswerk and Sweden would have access to their research and development. By time WW2 started the best minds were back in Germany and Landwerk was not as important.
Just to quickly clerify AB Lansdverk; company founded 1872 by the swedes Johan Petterson and Alexander Ohlsen in Landskrona.
Later in 1920 the owners sold half their shares that GHH bought. Sometimes after they (GHH) owned the majority of the shares to the company.
We really need the "oh bugger, the tank is on fire" **gets out as quick as chieftain can** I love to see you doing that.
i freaking love the swedish tanks from 1935 til the cold war era. m/38, m/40L, SAV m/43, Pvkv m/43, Strv 74 etc. forward thinking at its finest and tanks that are extremely well made and great crew ergonomics but still valid weapons platforms despite what other nations had at the time period.
if i had the money id happily fund a full showcase of all the swedish tanks.... and proceed to buy them all for my collection :P
I like to think of the bit at the end of you getting into the tank as the "Oh bugger, Denmark is on fire" test.
on this episode:
The chieftain will try to find the electric trigger. Will he find it?
Magic 8ball says "unlikely"
The boom and a hole in the wall, would provide the answer.
please make a video showing us all what you know about this tank.
"i have to raise my seat!" well the nords are as tall as you nick, you should not be surprised by this fact XD
What an impressive design.
its astounding how advance this tank was. Id say its safe to say what it was the best tank of the 30s, and the early 40s.
I'm really curious how much light there is inside a tank when all the hatches are closed. I've noticed in your videos that they always seem to have light coloured paint inside, but what light sources are there in actual combat conditions?
It seemed awfully dark in that blooper at the end of this video. Is that just the camera struggling to cope?
..certainly some will be the camera not being mk.1 eyeball & our human-mammalian visual-cortex wetware abilities.
They can be nearly blacked out, aside from what light leaks in from Sights and bad seals. I was an Artillery mechanic, M109 (Paladin) as its called now days. Had a huge sight opening that could be rotated around 10X10 or so. Lots of light came into one of these.
Was that video part of the initial video he said that he had to reshoot due to the "wrong filter" I believe he said? Could that be one of the reasons for the dark appearance - the camera's automatic aperture couldn't accommodate the lack of light?
From the couple of tanks I have been in, the answer is bugger all, the dome lights and what ever the vision blocks and periscopes let in are all you have, of course if the tank is on fire that amount goes up considerably.
Actually, in most vehicles the Chieftain pointed out where crewmember had small lights boxes (post WWII appears to be kind of a NATO standard white light/red light appliqué, but most tank had a light bulbs somewhere)
When bottomed-up, basically no natural light: in open mode, usually the TC hatch is plugged by the TC himself, riding head and torso out, so it's most from the loader side that some shine may come in.
All the instrumentation looked very easy to read.
Great vid; I loved the end segment showing getting yourself in position. Quite calming and interesting.
A good little seal clubber in WOT. A fave tier 3 tank .
A week later and I am still flabbergasted by the padlock...
10:37 You should have been taking a sip from your coffee there Chief!
Amazing bit of kit that tank. Quite competent.
According to the really awesome tank game that brought me here, warthunder...
The m/31 had the 6.5 coaxial gun, the 38 got the 8mm
Awesome conclusion to this great little tank Nick. I just love the oddball/less known stuff and this really fit the bill. I was quite amazed you were able to fit in the drivers hatch considering your size/height. The Swedes really had some innovative ideas for a pre-war tank. KUTGW!
Interesting and informative. Thanks Nick!
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Im impressed! Swedes were so ahead of the time.
The Swedish 8x63mm Browning machineguns in the army, was simply a 6,5x55mm Browning, with a different barrel. At least in some cases, the guns came with barrels in both calibers. Later barrels in 7,62x51 NATO was added.
Lovely tank, thoroughly enjoyed learning about it.
The interior looks mint! Nice restoration
If War Thunder has taught me anything its that the metal shielding on the vision port isn't necessary. Those bad boys will absorb any round that hits them.
Outstanding video and presentation.
Top notch. Thank you
30 years ago I shared an office with a gentleman named Charlie who had commanded a tank in Able Company, 19th Tank Battalion, Combat Command A, 9th Armored Division. I have a question for you about a story he told me. The 9th Armored trained for two years in the US before going overseas. According to Charlie, every time you stopped for the night you dismounted and dug a slit trench. As Bill Mauldin pointed out in one of his cartoons, “I’d rather dig, a moving foxhole attracts the eye.” Doctrine was that tanks attract fire, so you didn’t sleep in the tank. Charlie actually had a close call while training because of that. One night at Fort Polk they had entrenched for the night in the pouring rain when Charlie got the bright idea to park the tank over the slit trench to keep out the rain. When the crew woke up in the morning the tank had sunk in the soft ground until there was only one inch between the belly of the tank and the ground. They had to shout until they could get someone’s attention to move the tank. My question is: do crews sleep in the tank in combat, or do they still dismount and dig?
We sleep on the tank these days, but tanks today are large with plenty of flat spots.
@@TheChieftainsHatch I'm surprised to hear that. I would have guessed that if someone were unsportsman like enough to take advantage of your nap time to lob a 125 mm FSDS at your vehicle, the last place you would want to be was stretched out on the engine deck. I noted in "Generation Kill" (both the book and the miniseries) that when the Recon Marines stopped for the night, one of the crew manned the turret for security, but the rest of the crew dug "ranger graves" to sleep in.
Which reminds me of another question: the Recon Marines rigged camo netting any time they were stopped for awhile. Did you camo your Abrams or Bradley when you were deployed?
Cool to see a complete tank inside
1:40 That is actually pretty handy, because the commander can say " enemy tank at 3 o clock" and the gunner knows more accurately where to aim because he can exactly see where 3 o clock is
I would hope you could fit in, Chieftain. The swedes aren't known as compact people.
Tall and lean mostly.
Except when they're not.
@@lairdcummings9092 Then they are short and broad. Swedes come in two types, Elf and Dwarf.
@@bakomusha this is not ALWAYS true; I've worked with a lot of Swedes. Sometimes they're hobbits or gnomes.
@@lairdcummings9092 not as often hobbit/gnome sized as americans or brittish though as far as I've seen.
thanks
I was very much hopping for "oh bugger, the tank is on fire" :(
now the real question is, did you ever get that coffee?? :P
There are a lot of little details shown off in this set of videos that have made me think the Swedes might have managed to make the best tank of 1935.
A lot of unspectacular but well designed bits of engineering, very clever!
(edit) I wonder how many differences there are between the '35 and '38 versions.
I'd never thought about this before. On a manual transmission you need a rev counter, right? Wrong, in my experience in civilian cars, the engine noise will tell you where you're at. But in a tank, you might have a pair of earmuffs that block out noise so you can hear the PA or the radio. But as I somehow just realized, THE TANK IS STILL VIBRATING AND YOU CAN FEEL WHAT THE ENGINE RPM IS. Still can't believe it took me that long.
Thanks for the videos, Chieftain!
As a swede that never has had an automatic car. Who looks at the rev counter? You simply shift when the car gets unhappy. Cant imagime it is any diferent in tanks
@@borjesvensson8661some engines might not like pushing themselves to redline, the radials in the M4s & M4A1s had a tendency to overrev
I've got to say this tank is an amazing museum presentation on the inside and outside. Does it run, by any chance?
I believe it does
Another great insight.
The integrated gunner control is very interesting! Wonder if there's other similar design in that era.
Oh, bugger, the tank is almost on fire... 14:39 .. success at 15:00
12:30 did you mean 28 mph?
Since im pretty sure the top speed is more then 28 kph.
Most sources i can find give it a Top speed of around 45-46 Kph = 28 Mph.
=P
That's correct. The m/38 did 46 km/h and the vehicles that came after it just a tad slower at 45 km/h. They were pretty mobile light tanks for their day.
l sure did like this one...Thanks for the 4K also....From Ky....!
That8 mm machine gun may be in 8x63 which is a powerful round
Someone who watched Ian lately? Or did you know that caliber anyway?
nirfz both
8x63 was the standard 'new' Swedish mg round at the time though at least the m/36 water cooled machine gun could do barrel switches to fire the classic 6.5 swede as well.
I think the only reason that coffee bet was made was so the other guy could have an excuse to get some for himself ;-)
We do love our "Fika"
Always great to see even with camra problems.👍👍🇬🇧
Nice video as usual! But I'm a bit disappointed you didn't talk a little bit about the variants of this tank, such as the hungarian Toldi.
For its time the L60 is surely a winner in virtually every aspect of tank design & crew ergonomics ...though, perhaps not the Drivers hatch.
But hey....if that's all that is 'not so good' ...you could still give me that Tank any day over a French, British or American tank of the same time.
The bonus is that you don't have to fight with it.
Odin was proud of his people when they built this!
It would seem that Landswerk knew what they were doing. They put considerable thought into this tank, which in 1935 must have made many of its contemporaries look positively primitive.
I usually go to arsenalen museum once a year. it's a nice museum. upstairs they have a collection of Swedish small arms like smg and so. also you can play world of tanks :-)
Keep on the great work!!
Hahah getting off went smoothly, but great video!!
Very interesting video for sure!
You are really good at this. Appreciate all the mechanical detailing.
That was also a very interesting vehicle pick.
I wounder how it (for whoever fielded it) performed in WW2?
I agree. It is a step up from a French tank.
The name KSP (for machinegun) is a short name for the Swedish "kulspruta". It litterarly translate to bullet sprayer.
The swedes always done god tech stuff... i been a lot in the CV90 .
Wasn't this tank made by germans in sweden?
Fun fact, the sights mills are actually " streck" which translates to line in English, difference being mills is 6400 and streck 6300. Still lives on in the SwAF.
Defiantly impressive for a mid-1930's vehicle. Appears to be a substantive step above the USA's M2/M3 lights from roughly the same time frame.
Ah yes... the perks of being *The Chieftain* ... Gratis cups-O-stale tank museum coffee 👀
interesting tank, looks neat also.
Its still got the radios!
From august 1939 to The spring of 1941, the 16 m/38:s were the only gun armoured tanks in Sweden! A very nice tank for its day but a hayday if Germany or Brittain/France would have invaded Sweden. And yes, Churchill had keen eyes on northern Sweden both during the Finish winter war and during the German invasion of Norway. Not as seeing Sweden as hostile but to ensure that no more iron ore reached Germany.
True Sweden faced possible invasion from several actors. But when Norway fell Germany gott the strategic possibility to invade Sweden using it as a bridge. Still Sweden was in a much stronger position to defend itself then Norway or Denmark. Its geology and military would have made it more challenging to subdue and require more troops. But Sweden was surrounded on all sides by potential enemies from 1939-45 except for Finland in the east which is as always our great shield and our closest ally and friend.
I just wrote the part on the Brittish/Frensh threat beacuse most people do not know about it. After German victory in Norway the only real threat to sweden was of course Germany. And not until 1943 was Sweden strong enough to resist a German invasion from Norway.
An interesting what if that has nothing to do with the m/38 tank is a military style war game is what the result would have been if the forces invading Norway and Denmark instead been used on Sweden with initial landings in Gothenburg, Malmoe, Stockholm, Gaevle and possibly Luleå?
Coffee, the great motivator! lol
*looks away
“Beats some other countries I can think of...France...”
Still has a working breech, pretty cool to see that it wasn't made inoperable for display. Looks like this could fire up and drive right now.
I enjoyed this video, but i have a question. How DO you tension the tracks
oh yeah, most vehicles had MG's chambered in 8x63 Bofors around that time. stayed in service till the 7,62x51 NATO was adopted.
I expected the tank to roll when he pulled the tillers when the tank is on a slope.
I was waiting for that, "clunk! clunk... clunk.. clunk. clunkclunkclunkclunk" too. I guess the parking brake was good and set.
The closing segment was the closest illustration of what it's really like inside an AFV. Pity video can't catch the smells (stench?) and often cold of those grate steal beests...
I have a request could you do a video on some IFV's? I know they are not tanks but still very interesting. If you get a chance thanks
Sweden Developed an 8x63mm machine gun round as the Swedish service caliber of 6,5x55mm was deemed to give too little bang for the weight carried.
The round was designed to fit in browning machine guns which is why the length of the round is similar to the US Army's 30-06, the round is much thicker and more powerful though.
Machine guns could easily be modified in the field with a barrel swap to take either the 6,5x55 or 8x63mm, later the machine guns where modified to use 7.62 NATO.
ikea tank! seems to have been good for its time
BORK! BORK! BORK! BORK!
When the indonesian military do the tank show of, I normally just climb all over the tank, figure out what is that use for, figure out how to use it, figure out the gun milimiter/caliber and if I got the chance, the military guy drive the tank and I sit on top of the tank, few of the military personnel like me they said "you are so smart at weaponry" and I smiled. That's why I love tank, warship, all weaponry so I love to watch your videos. Please do inside the chieftain hatch about Indonesian tank
Do the Harimau MMWT. They want to export it, so maybe they will let You do the promotional video. :)
for youre into the speedo is the same one used on the trucks that the endgin is also used on.
The things we do for a cup of coffee! LOL
..and some cinnamon buns? ..perhaps some other specialist pastries too?!
and more coffee, or some almond & chocolate cake-ish thing, a khavi licqour etc ...
I'm constantly amazed that you aren't bashing your head into things inside these cramped old tanks.. I reckon at some stage we'll see you displaying a tank interior while sporting band-aids on your noggin.
You never said "Oh my God the tank is on fire"
Impressively modern little tank. I can't think of anything in 1938 it can't kill other than the French tanks, but as the Germans learned, radios kill French tanks just fine.
Well with 65mm or so of penetration it could probably kill those aswell. Only the B1 would be a bit troublesome, but the Swedish guns are a little bit better than the early German 37 and 20mm guns. The 37mm Bofors was probably the best 37mm cannon in the inter-war period. It had modern projectiles, decent shell velocity, was light (as a towed gun) and had a good rate of fire. It wasn't beat until the US 37mm M5 and M6 guns came about imo.
Were there any pistol ports in the turret? I couldn't see any because that tank has all the cool gubbins in it.
Is a 2 man turret such an issue with the 37mm. Wouldn't the gunner or commander be able to load without having to look away from the sights/capola due to the small size of the round?
He still needs to look at what he's doing unless he doesn't like his fingers.
@@Joelsfilmer I'd imagine that it would become muscle memory during training
@@DERP_Squad Not exactly. When you have a round ready on your lap, maby. But the next round you are getting from the ready rack. They are in different places and of different type (HE, AP). You want to be sure what you are picking.
Feeling Really proud as a Swede right about now.😁
But then again in WWII we shyed away....we woukd have been able to shorten the war by quite a bit.
Go Scandinavia plus Finland!!!
You don't go to war against a militarily superior adversary if there is any chance at all, that you can avoid it.
If you want a dick-measuring contest, go and buy a fucking sports car.
@@JH-lo9ut Dude. I mean't we pussied out of WWII and coild have shortened it by a lot. Remember that the Bofors 40mm anti aircraft canon came from Sweden. When it comes to aircraft Both Saab (J-21...fast as f! 400mph+) and Finland could have contributed.
To Swedens defence, we did shoot down a hefty bunch of 109's and bombers Despite our Adolf-loving socialist regime at the time.
(YES Social democrats and Communists "Vänsterpartiet", you Did support Hitler....if history is anything you care about....talk to survivors and read ya know..... the IT from my age......books)
How is crew vision? You didn't comment on the effectiveness of the TC and driver's vision blocks/periscopes.
Pretty good by the standards of the time. Certainly better than most.
The shell deflector system is very similar to the famed 40mm Bofors AA gun (not surprising, since this gun was apparently also a Bofors product).
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Actually Chieftain, the m/38 had a top speed of 46km/h. The later L-60's did 45. The earlier versions with the 20mm Madsen did 48km/h and the m/31 (L-10) did 40km/h. These are all roadspeeds of course.
You can find the manual for the m/38 here: imgur.com/a/7WeoSZe
I would happily link you the manuals of the other L-60's aswell if you're interested.
Perhaps he meant 28mph instead?
Maybe, but I think the top speed would probably be closer to 29mph anyhow. 28mph is 45 km/h, which is just shy of the top speed of the m/38.
@@Ragedaonenlonely pretty damn close!
Surprised it has a working Breach Block. I'll assume firing pin was removed?
Don’t see why. It’s and army owned vehicle.
Maybe the large scale in the multifunction gauge is the rev counter? It is a petrol engine after all
it didn't occure to me until you mentioned patreon that this wasn't a WoT production.
Chieftain I really enjoy your channel. What is your accessment on the Irish Jadot incident?
The Ford Armored Cars don't get enough credit!
What? No "Oh my God, the tank is on fire...?"
These days it's more like: Somebody sneezed in the tank? Oh bugger, social distancing!
it seems to be in a rather good shape.