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  • Опубликовано: 10 ноя 2024

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  • @TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs
    @TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs 3 года назад +1538

    What an absolute unit of a tank. There not many tanks will a full sized door on them.

    • @hotsauce9554
      @hotsauce9554 3 года назад +36

      You're just jealous of the size

    • @Joel-tv2tt
      @Joel-tv2tt 3 года назад +41

      I always read your comments in your voice for some reason

    • @ФёдорФилькин-в1ф
      @ФёдорФилькин-в1ф 3 года назад +4

      And another day, and another proof what haigs are everywhere. Hello from russia)

    • @justindunlap1235
      @justindunlap1235 3 года назад +9

      The door on that tank was dang near wheel chair accessible.

    • @justindunlap1235
      @justindunlap1235 3 года назад +16

      @Stop Banningme I believe the gun tube was the emergency exit, depress the muzzle and slide to saftey.

  • @PHDarren
    @PHDarren 3 года назад +1101

    7.2" gun, in naval terms that makes this a Heavy Cruiser.

    • @EmperorNefarious1
      @EmperorNefarious1 3 года назад +115

      Just need to roll it onto an open ferry and you have a competitive navy, at least on paper.

    • @chrisca
      @chrisca 3 года назад +60

      @@EmperorNefarious1 No good Sir, on water

    • @Paveway-chan
      @Paveway-chan 3 года назад +106

      Aha! So it's a cruiser tank! :D

    • @princeofcupspoc9073
      @princeofcupspoc9073 3 года назад +16

      Light Cruiser at most.

    • @tfodthogtmfof7644
      @tfodthogtmfof7644 3 года назад +36

      @@princeofcupspoc9073 aha! So it is a light cruiser tank. Shouldn’t that put it in tier 2? Let the seal clubbing commence!

  • @sentinelxcix2526
    @sentinelxcix2526 3 года назад +1993

    "the other one had an autoloader"
    WG and Gaijin: "Write that down, *Write that down*"

    • @aaronpendergrass5956
      @aaronpendergrass5956 3 года назад +118

      Shut up and take my money

    • @theoneeasyreg680
      @theoneeasyreg680 3 года назад +110

      Wotblitz has the FV4005 with an autoloader

    • @Lightning_Mike
      @Lightning_Mike 3 года назад +24

      Buuut it had no gun elevation. Or depression, for that matter

    • @phillewis1749
      @phillewis1749 3 года назад +49

      @@Lightning_Mike Hydropneumatic suspension anyone? 🤔🤣

    • @Pocahonkers
      @Pocahonkers 3 года назад +94

      You wish Gaijin would write anything down at all.

  • @Chaosrain112
    @Chaosrain112 3 года назад +935

    The British do their best work with blokes in a shed. Mount the shed to a tank chassis and you've got yourself a superweapon.

    • @panzerfan
      @panzerfan 3 года назад +29

      The Brits literally hid their Plutonium in a shed at that!

    • @jjmerrow8062
      @jjmerrow8062 3 года назад +29

      The gun the AWP was based on was litteraly made by 3 guys in a shed

    • @noobplayer_23
      @noobplayer_23 3 года назад +4

      @@jjmerrow8062 fr?

    • @jjmerrow8062
      @jjmerrow8062 3 года назад +26

      @@noobplayer_23 maybe not a shed, but it was made by like 3 guys, and when the british government went down to inspect their workshop, they had to rent one to make it look like they were making them with the proper facilities

    • @TheKlink
      @TheKlink 3 года назад +4

      sheddengewehr, lol.

  • @olesyagodlike1096
    @olesyagodlike1096 3 года назад +1519

    when your job is to destroy tanks, but you also want to hunt warships on weekends

    • @Paludion
      @Paludion 3 года назад +70

      When you have some coasts to defend but an army is also looking at you funny from across the border, and you don't have enough money for a battery and tanks at the same time...

    • @wonkylogic
      @wonkylogic 3 года назад +6

      LMAO

    • @ottovonbismarck2443
      @ottovonbismarck2443 3 года назад +30

      HMS Deathstar

    • @tbalmer1207
      @tbalmer1207 3 года назад +11

      @@lostalone9320 not really wouldn't be good for a destroyer being hit by it. When you think this guns between the 152mm of a light cruiser and the 203mm heavy cruiser both able to kill a light cruiser with one shot... (Obviously if it hits the right place)
      Destroyer's tended to have guns of anything from 100mm to I'm not sure but at the very most 150mm.

    • @ottovonbismarck2443
      @ottovonbismarck2443 3 года назад +10

      @@lostalone9320 Destroyers and cruisers in WW2 would have had a significant emotional event if they got hit by a 183mm shell.
      Today's destroyers and cruisers would be very unhappy either, since they have no armor at all and you can't stop a shell with CIWL.

  • @Theogenerang
    @Theogenerang 3 года назад +689

    When your kid puts a 1/35th scale turret on a 1/76th scale hull.

  • @fuferito
    @fuferito 3 года назад +182

    Good to know that Mr Fletcher will take the museum tanks for a bit of fresh grazing when the weather is nice.

  • @vaclav_fejt
    @vaclav_fejt 3 года назад +650

    When you build an anti-tank, anti-bunker, and anti-basically-anything shed on top of a Centurion.

    • @armedbrit493
      @armedbrit493 3 года назад +29

      Anti-Tank shed mk.1a** does sound like a British weapon of war tbh.

    • @kevin_1230
      @kevin_1230 3 года назад +9

      @Wim de B That was artillery not a tank gun.

    • @kevin_1230
      @kevin_1230 3 года назад +7

      @Wim de B I never said it was a tank. Artillery does not fall under the category of a tank destroyer even though it can do the job.

    • @DuraLexSedLex
      @DuraLexSedLex 3 года назад +6

      @Wim de B You may wish to reread the English definition of "Artillery"

    • @Brazauskas123
      @Brazauskas123 3 года назад +1

      @Wim de B You're comparing apples and pears here, mate... One is a direct firing self propelled anti-tank gun and another is a heavy artillery piece made for lobbing huge HE shells from far away. In other words, one is a barn on tracks and the other couldn't even hit the side of a barn if it saw it.

  • @antihero83
    @antihero83 3 года назад +215

    "Of course Sir, we can put a 183mm gun in a tank turret. What did you say you wanted to destroy with it?"
    "Yes."

  • @korbell1089
    @korbell1089 3 года назад +420

    Everyone: "We want to make our tank destroyers low silhouette so they can hide in the bushes and ambush tanks!"
    Britain: "We want them to see what killed them!"

    • @ririhoshino
      @ririhoshino 3 года назад +28

      it gaves tank commander higher ground bonus

    • @Instinktjagd
      @Instinktjagd 3 года назад +9

      post war results: guys who got shot : what it was a barn?
      i thought we are fighting tanks *visible confusion*
      camouflage level : BARN
      whats that? oh its just a barn ... WAIT
      *PTSD intensifies*

    • @lennart7553
      @lennart7553 3 года назад

      XD

    • @seanhall8686
      @seanhall8686 2 года назад +5

      "I don't want them to be surprised. I want them to be scared."

    • @Ganiscol
      @Ganiscol 2 года назад

      British hubris 😄

  • @Fatspurios
    @Fatspurios 4 месяца назад +7

    I watched this drive round the arena today. Amazing to see. Well done to everyone who contributed to the restoration.

  • @AsbestosMuffins
    @AsbestosMuffins 3 года назад +17

    "Its an interesting vehicle from a technical point of view because it has a 183mm gun." understated as usual when the tank involved is basically a piece of naval ordinance on a tank

  • @ThatC10Guy
    @ThatC10Guy 3 года назад +268

    No kidding, looks like the Russian armored division in one tank. Huge gun, small body

  • @stanislavkos3723
    @stanislavkos3723 3 года назад +99

    British in WWII: Gun barrel shouldn't overreach the hull.
    Also British, few years later: *Let's take the biggest gun we have and put it on Centurion hull so we can take out the russian armour.*

    • @willwallacetree
      @willwallacetree 3 года назад +8

      They weren't stupid. If you fit an 8 mile long barrel, you can guarantee hits at over 8 miles.

    • @foamer443
      @foamer443 3 года назад +5

      And without having to leave the shed.

    • @vic5594
      @vic5594 3 года назад +1

      With just the one round

  • @justindeguzman9820
    @justindeguzman9820 3 года назад +42

    I’d like to see Mr. Fletcher command and man this glorious tank, that would be a sight to see!

    • @hagamapama
      @hagamapama 3 года назад +8

      Sooner or later, David Fletcher will appear as a recruitable commander in World of Tanks.

  • @kearneydillon4803
    @kearneydillon4803 9 месяцев назад +1

    I like this host. He is smart, experienced and knowledgable.

  • @vrdrew63
    @vrdrew63 3 года назад +9

    Love the Tank Museum.
    Love the material they provide. I've had the honour of actually being shouted at by Mr. Fletcher for incorrectly identifying an armoured fighting vehicle outside the building. (I'll not give my enemies the satisfaction of knowing how badly I was off base. But trust me. Mr. Fletcher was completely correct in so informing me.)
    Rock On, Tank Museum! Can't wait to get back to enjoying - in person - your fascinating work. And sharing it with the wider world.

    • @FrankDyke
      @FrankDyke 3 года назад

      I just love that Mr. Fletcher would shout across a field at someone saying something wrong about a tank.

  • @ariochiv
    @ariochiv 3 года назад +34

    "The turret itself was a huge thing... it was only splinter-proof, no more... and it was designed, really, just to make the thing look effective." - Sr. Fletcher

  • @jonytep7380
    @jonytep7380 3 года назад +14

    "...without anyone actually having to lift it."
    *thank goodness*
    I lost it at this point hahahah such a nice explanation! This man is awesome!

    • @ShadowDragon8685
      @ShadowDragon8685 2 года назад +2

      An opportunity was missed there: _Tank Goodness!_
      Ba-dum _tiissssh!_

  • @gings4ever
    @gings4ever 3 года назад +181

    ARDE: so what specs do you need the gun to do?
    UK: we want the IS-3 to unexist along with any armor the gun is pointing at
    ARDE: SAY NO MORE, MATE

  • @alexball5907
    @alexball5907 3 года назад +41

    Got to love the way that the historical photos appear to show the largest spud gun ever built and then the video cuts to a close up of the turret with the word "spud" written on it!

  • @norad_clips
    @norad_clips 3 года назад +131

    Holy frick! I have gone far too long in life not knowing this exists!

    • @ThatC10Guy
      @ThatC10Guy 3 года назад +8

      Lol same! I was so surprised to hear it’s not Russian lol

    • @vaclav_fejt
      @vaclav_fejt 3 года назад +4

      Clearly, you don't play War Thunder (or you haven't scrolled down yet).

    • @CraigLYoung
      @CraigLYoung 3 года назад +1

      And I thought loading TOW missiles in an M901 was bad.

    • @ThatC10Guy
      @ThatC10Guy 3 года назад +1

      @@CraigLYoung yeah but have you heard of the bob simple tank?

    • @pokeyrusher
      @pokeyrusher 3 года назад +1

      @@ThatC10Guy a tanking legend

  • @jimbo9305
    @jimbo9305 3 года назад +55

    When they said they wanted to defeat a Russian armored division I didn't know they meant with one shot.

  • @jamesmccann531
    @jamesmccann531 Год назад +2

    Glad to see that this fine machine is getting restored and put onto the original hull

  • @rooster6461
    @rooster6461 3 года назад +194

    “Alright chaps, we have to come up with a new tank”
    *looks at picture of KV-2 and a centurion*
    “Hear me out...”

  • @GreasyBelcher
    @GreasyBelcher 3 года назад +1

    Could listen to this bloke all day.

  • @cringecasserole
    @cringecasserole 3 года назад +325

    British Armour Contractors: "what are we making this for?"
    Intern at the British Royal Armoury: "do it for the memes lol"
    British Armour Contractors: "say no more"

    • @budwyzer77
      @budwyzer77 3 года назад +12

      Your tank, eh? Is she a goer?

    • @cringecasserole
      @cringecasserole 3 года назад +3

      @@budwyzer77 🤣🤣

    • @ericthimot4988
      @ericthimot4988 3 года назад +8

      @@budwyzer77 wink wink nudge nudge

    • @SonsOfLorgar
      @SonsOfLorgar 3 года назад +3

      @@ericthimot4988 Has she got any sisters?

    • @vic5594
      @vic5594 3 года назад +1

      Classic example of the inability of the English to say no to anything no matter how ridiculous the request is

  • @garyhill2740
    @garyhill2740 3 года назад +2

    Really enjoyed this video. I have seen this tank in books, where it is usually glossed over with just an uninformative sentence or two, and a grainy photo. Here we get an entire episode about the beast, pictures beside the (mostly) real thing as well as historical photos, and a great narrative by our favorite orator! Excellent!

  • @d0nutwaffle
    @d0nutwaffle 3 года назад +58

    1:50
    I guess the Brits though that this "sufficient distance" should in fact be measured in nautical miles judging from the caliber used.

    • @andreww2098
      @andreww2098 3 года назад +1

      from the top of a German hill. as massed Soviet armoured divisions advance across Western Germany, assuming the buried nukes kept warm by chickens didn't stop them!

    • @DuraLexSedLex
      @DuraLexSedLex 3 года назад +2

      Consider that this was from the same era that spawned "Blue Peacock" nuclear landmines.

    • @ptonpc
      @ptonpc 3 года назад +2

      It wasn't supposed to ever stay in range of enemy tanks from what I remember reading. It's why the turret had thin armour. It could out range just about everyone else and dismantle them from a distance.

    • @barthoving2053
      @barthoving2053 3 года назад

      @@DuraLexSedLex Would not surprise me if the FV4005 somehow had entered service a nuclear round would have be developed.

  • @tabletopminiatures7139
    @tabletopminiatures7139 3 года назад +1

    Great to see David Fletcher MBE with his knowledge and obvious passion for TANKS!

  • @armedbrit493
    @armedbrit493 3 года назад +229

    David Fletcher: Talks about an FV with an auto-loading 183mm gun.
    World Of Tanks: Is this a ballanced tier 8 premium?

    • @A.J.K87
      @A.J.K87 3 года назад +25

      Seeing as this thing is basically OP at tier 10 without the autoloader Wargaming will undoubtedly say yes and give it a 5 shot 2 second intraclip reload autoloader. €60,- Comrade.

    • @christopherburgess2029
      @christopherburgess2029 3 года назад +6

      @@A.J.K87 don't forget buffed camo due to no turret, russian accuracy and good mobility because it's a premium

    • @andreww2098
      @andreww2098 3 года назад +5

      does it get the slightly better mobility tier X used to have 3 updates ago? or does it get even better mobility/camo due to the lack of Turret and how much can they sell it for? also make the ammo really expensive but give it prefferential MM and you have a WG winner!
      They nerfed the FV4005 in game because all the high scoring games were done in them, and obviously that makes Mother Russia look bad!

    • @christopherburgess2029
      @christopherburgess2029 3 года назад +4

      @@andreww2098 simple solution. They improve all of it, call it a lease version and release it as a Russian premium. Then we can't complain about it being op

    • @Ob1sdarkside
      @Ob1sdarkside 3 года назад +2

      @@A.J.K87 60 seems cheap by their standards

  • @BananaRepublic46
    @BananaRepublic46 4 месяца назад +1

    And now it's fully restored and driving around at tankfest. Amazing story and tank

  • @CarlosRodriguez-dd4sb
    @CarlosRodriguez-dd4sb 3 года назад +48

    This thing is a BEAST!!! Basically a land based naval gun. I can only image the noise.

    • @Schulzffw
      @Schulzffw 3 года назад +8

      BOOOOM

    • @tedferkin
      @tedferkin 3 года назад +6

      I'm wondering if the gun fired on the move, would the engine be able to keep it moving forward, or would it end up being thrown back a couple of metres

    • @theotv5522
      @theotv5522 3 года назад +12

      Actually you won't hear anything because you already tinnitus.

    • @princeofcupspoc9073
      @princeofcupspoc9073 3 года назад

      You mean like the IS-2?

    • @edmundscycles1
      @edmundscycles1 3 года назад +7

      @@tedferkin hence the ground anchor. The front would lift quite a bit I'd imagine

  • @kriztov265
    @kriztov265 3 года назад +1

    I first thought one of Mr Fletchers eyebrows had fallen off onto his shirt !! But it was only his mic. This man is a great commentator who always keeps me watching until the end . Cheers.

  • @comradevlad7459
    @comradevlad7459 3 года назад +3

    The most mind blowing thing is that this gun created I think 89 tons of recoil? Absolutely insane

  • @vinnylaw5868
    @vinnylaw5868 2 месяца назад

    Just wow! I learnt something today, never knew that existed and I used to be in the armoured corp! Great to see they’re restoring this now. ❤

  • @polaris30000
    @polaris30000 3 года назад +142

    FV4005, for when you need to shoot a tank, through a house, through another tank, from the next county over.

    • @tokul76
      @tokul76 3 года назад +19

      over the English channel

    • @villepore7013
      @villepore7013 3 года назад +7

      Well yes but actually no. It was intended to use HESH so it would just blow the house into subatomic particles.

    • @justavideo6324
      @justavideo6324 3 года назад

      @@villepore7013 every round that is 183 size can fit so no

    • @TheJimyyy
      @TheJimyyy 11 месяцев назад

      @@justavideo6324and the only rounds that was made and intented to use for this gun was hesh so yes

  • @stuartvasepuru1423
    @stuartvasepuru1423 3 года назад +9

    At least one of the designers must have seen a KV2 and thought: "Ooh, I like the look of that!"

  • @workingguy-OU812
    @workingguy-OU812 3 года назад +1

    Love it. Thank you.

  • @m20superbazooka49
    @m20superbazooka49 3 года назад +34

    When your job is to hunt tanks but at the same time you also want to produce two bodybuilding champions.

  • @wilhelmberend116
    @wilhelmberend116 Месяц назад

    They finally restored this beauty. Saw it on tankfest 2024

  • @LeadingMole058
    @LeadingMole058 Год назад +3

    Holy moly it’s real

  • @ciuyr2510
    @ciuyr2510 3 года назад +1

    absolute chad of a tank

  • @justindunlap1235
    @justindunlap1235 3 года назад +4

    Thank you for taking the time and energy to preserve the beautiful armoured fighting vehicles.

  • @roborapter1
    @roborapter1 3 года назад +2

    I watch so many video's from The Tank Museum that my go to topic to talk about (pre covid-19 times) at parties is tanks and military vehicles

  • @Cervando
    @Cervando 3 года назад +5

    Clearly somebody was an admirer of the KV-2 tank.

  • @chalibanec1
    @chalibanec1 3 года назад

    Mr Fletcher is just amazing

  • @GenScinmore
    @GenScinmore 3 года назад +15

    Now it just needs apfsds

  • @loupiscanis9449
    @loupiscanis9449 3 года назад

    Thank you , Mr Fletcher

  • @captainfactoid3867
    @captainfactoid3867 3 года назад +29

    I have definitely commented this on another video, but the IS-3 is one of my favorite tanks just because of all the tanks like this made in response to it

    • @hagamapama
      @hagamapama 3 года назад +11

      And yet in battle the IS-3 had a very bad habit of turning up on the losing side. Especially in the Israeli wars.
      That's the problem with having the tank to beat, everyone focuses on beating it and they usually succeed. Just ask the Germans

    • @chinocracy
      @chinocracy 3 года назад +7

      Just like the Matilda which made the Germans bring the 88 down to shoot at tanks

    • @mebsrea
      @mebsrea 3 года назад +1

      @@hagamapama Sure, but by that point the IS-3 was 20 years old.

  • @Pyrom4c
    @Pyrom4c 3 года назад

    Gotta love this old man when he does his sets he makes good points and says don't hate he just speaking opinion

  • @ldnwholesale8552
    @ldnwholesale8552 4 месяца назад +5

    This talk is now out of date as it is now on the correct chassis. Thanks to Joe Hewes, Ted and crew.

  • @andrewsteele7663
    @andrewsteele7663 3 года назад

    I can listen to David's delivery of any subject. I am sure he could instruct on how to make a cup of tea and he would get as many 👍, just brilliant as usual, cheers from Australia

  • @johnthecarguy
    @johnthecarguy 3 года назад +60

    imagine how scary it is to see an autoloader FV4005.

  • @sammyvincent9615
    @sammyvincent9615 3 года назад +1

    This has got to be the best argument for the TOW ever

  • @Rickg6uzt
    @Rickg6uzt 3 года назад +25

    Omg! David Fletcher AND FV4005! I need to lay down.........

  • @martinknight8631
    @martinknight8631 3 года назад

    so many unanswered questions. deserved a longer video.

    • @brimstone1355
      @brimstone1355 3 года назад

      So basically the designer put some premium russain vodka into their tea. And drank 10 cups

  • @danam0228
    @danam0228 3 года назад +34

    The open turrets version looks cool

    • @fredygump5578
      @fredygump5578 3 года назад +1

      no armor is best armor, am I right?

    • @ariochiv
      @ariochiv 3 года назад +1

      It looks much more functional.

  • @cyclingcmdr
    @cyclingcmdr 3 года назад +2

    3:04 The open mounting variant looks badass.

  • @Niitroxyde
    @Niitroxyde 3 года назад +6

    Spiritual successor of the KV-2
    There's something so impressive and majestic about big guns in big boxy turrets

  • @mateuszw6086
    @mateuszw6086 3 года назад

    This is pleasure to listen you Sir. Always interesting, but way of you describing this tank is magnificient ! Best regards !

  • @captainbuggernut9565
    @captainbuggernut9565 3 года назад +8

    Well the 7.5 inch gun on the Hawkins cruiser fired 200lb rounds. Can you imagine something similar hitting a tank!

    • @davidmoore1253
      @davidmoore1253 3 года назад +4

      Tank? What tank? I see no tank!

    • @DuraLexSedLex
      @DuraLexSedLex 3 года назад

      Shells for these weighed about 160lbs. So yeah.

    • @wbertie2604
      @wbertie2604 3 года назад +1

      @@DuraLexSedLex so even if it didn't penetrate, there's a chance it would just knock the target over? :)

    • @DuraLexSedLex
      @DuraLexSedLex 3 года назад +2

      @@wbertie2604 The only shells made for it were HESH. In the event it didn't hurt the tank, I would be actually very impressed.

    • @barthoving2053
      @barthoving2053 3 года назад

      @@DuraLexSedLex As it was an existing barrel size could not in theory navel and artillery shells already designed for that barrel be fired?

  • @hahapain.4521
    @hahapain.4521 3 года назад

    what an absolute piece of machinery

  • @demodude6865
    @demodude6865 3 года назад +12

    "so how do you want the new design to be equipped with? "
    "lets put a warship turret on a tank"
    **sips teas intensely**
    "core blimey! Righty o m8!"

  • @jaaanis-live
    @jaaanis-live 2 года назад +1

    Best Tank in World of Tank

  • @Hartofilax
    @Hartofilax 3 года назад +21

    I can only imagine David as as a special commander in WOT. Complete with voice over and everything.
    wink wink

    • @hagamapama
      @hagamapama 3 года назад +2

      I would pay money for that.

    • @Paciat
      @Paciat 3 года назад +5

      Every time you die, he would say this tank is rubbish. :D

    • @Hartofilax
      @Hartofilax 3 года назад +1

      @@Paciat *gets deleted
      DF commander "It wasn`t a very good tank anyway"

  • @cdfe3388
    @cdfe3388 3 года назад

    If I ever go to the UK, I want to go to Bovington, find Mr. Fletcher, and follow him around all day just listening to him. Not only is he a wealth of knowledge, he could hold your attention talking about a toaster.

  • @MaxTSanches
    @MaxTSanches 3 года назад +6

    I remember playing on the turret when it was out on display in the 70's. Great times. :)

  • @niceuneazy9965
    @niceuneazy9965 2 года назад

    Holy crap thats a big gun!!....Fletch the legge!! national treasure

  • @LuxDiggler
    @LuxDiggler 3 года назад +8

    Q.: How big of a gun do you need?
    A.: Yes!

  • @ammaogafa
    @ammaogafa 10 месяцев назад

    I am a Tank Enthusiast too! I study WW2 German
    - Soviet - American, and some of Britains one, i learn pretty much from you!

  • @mockingbird0901
    @mockingbird0901 3 года назад +3

    I always envisioned it as having been meant to fight ships that were trying to land, being able to move around to avoid return fire to some extent compared to regular coastal batteries

    • @MongooseJakeGames
      @MongooseJakeGames 3 года назад

      You just stated the purpose for the Russian version of this... The SU-100Y. Originally built as mobile coastal defense, and then used to fire at tanks and bunkers. Also the German St. Emil could be wedged into that category.

  • @steamworks3823
    @steamworks3823 3 года назад +1

    I have been waiting so ling for a video on this! I have always loved this tank purely because of the way they thought through making it.

  • @zxbzxbzxb1
    @zxbzxbzxb1 3 года назад +25

    Me thinks that a team of designers clearly got drunk one night and one of them showed them a photo of a KV-2 and he retorted, "huh you think that's big, come back in a weeks time and I shall show what big really looks like", and that's the resulting machine :)

  • @SMlFFY85
    @SMlFFY85 3 года назад +5

    It's camouflaged as a large industrial building.

  • @ritchie799
    @ritchie799 3 года назад

    Again, brillinat information on a rather unusual vehicle.
    Thank you again David for your excellent presentation.

  • @sdslofi1107
    @sdslofi1107 3 года назад +5

    I'VE NEVER BEEN SO EXCITED TO SEE A RUclips NOTIFICATION!!! THANK YOU!!!!!

  • @foxyboiiyt3332
    @foxyboiiyt3332 3 года назад +2

    I have seen that in person when we visited the Museum, its a gate guard. I assumed it was mobile Artilary because the gun is freaking enormous! The armour at the back of the turret is wafer thin BTW. It can be seen clearly through a door at the back of the turret if memory serves!

  • @canoli72
    @canoli72 3 года назад +8

    Gunner, target 3000 meters, tank, near the church steeple!
    Can’t see it, sir!
    The tank or the steeple?
    Tank, sir!
    Gunner, target steeple. Everyone within a city block will know we’re here!
    Bbbbboooooommmmmm!
    Good shooting!

    • @wbertie2604
      @wbertie2604 3 года назад

      Sounds like a Squire script.

  • @monte4891
    @monte4891 Месяц назад

    This is a great channel. Thank you

  • @blobbem
    @blobbem 3 года назад +3

    "You see Charles, you don't have to care about accuracy when you have a gun so big!"

  • @Wardog-rf1tx
    @Wardog-rf1tx 5 месяцев назад +2

    Funny how I’ve just been watching Mrhewes videos on you tube where he is/was doing the restoration of FV005 in conjunction with The Tank Museum and World of Tanks? (Not sure). Not sure how he got a Mk3 hull but will be nice to see the final video where it perhaps gets handed back to The Tank Museum. 💂‍♂️🪖⛑️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦

  • @tomaspineiro9767
    @tomaspineiro9767 3 года назад +2

    Man thanks for this videos, but only 4 minutes? i ll love a 20 min version of it !

  • @fhelgeraldbas1322
    @fhelgeraldbas1322 3 года назад +9

    The fv4005 I think is the British KV2 except its an auto-loader.

    • @kleinerprinz99
      @kleinerprinz99 3 года назад

      only the open top variant you see in the pictures and doesnt exist anymore, the one with turret is loaded by hand

    • @cmotdibbler4454
      @cmotdibbler4454 3 года назад +2

      KV-2 if the KV-2 could penetrate six inches of 60 degree sloped armour at over 1800 meters and has a shell that weighed an extra 21kg

  • @jimsquire9048
    @jimsquire9048 3 года назад

    A beast I never knew of. Thank you for the post.

  • @Captain-flash-heart-boom
    @Captain-flash-heart-boom 3 года назад +3

    This was my favourite vehicle that I saw at bovington! Plus it was sat outside so I had to see twice (going in/leaving). Had a great time at the museum and will definitely be going back the next time I get down south! 👍

  • @Daz555Daz
    @Daz555Daz 3 года назад

    DAD DAD DAD DAD LOOK AT THAT LOOK AT THAT! was my kids' reaction as we exited the museum a couple of days ago!

  • @derekmills1080
    @derekmills1080 3 года назад +5

    Thank you, David. More fantastic information. I would have thought fear alone, upon seeing a 7.2" calibre gun of that size, would cause an enemy to surrender!

    • @tokul76
      @tokul76 3 года назад +2

      Sturmtiger had 15 inch thing. Technically not a gun, but Yankees and Poles did not bulge.

  • @Shadow66Ranger
    @Shadow66Ranger 3 года назад

    It’s crazy how massive these things are when they are standing next to it. Just massive…. “hesh barn” is right haha. Love this

  • @peltimies2469
    @peltimies2469 3 года назад +74

    You know damn well If us finns would have gotten our hands on this thing, we would have but a sauna into that turret.

    • @hagamapama
      @hagamapama 3 года назад +15

      Fire a couple rounds from tht thing and you would have a sauna in that turret whether you wanted it or not.

    • @lairdcummings9092
      @lairdcummings9092 3 года назад +7

      Fire it a few times, the sauna will be there.

    • @lairdcummings9092
      @lairdcummings9092 3 года назад +4

      @@hagamapama damn. Simul-post!
      😁

    • @ttaibe
      @ttaibe 3 года назад +3

      oh, I would want one. sauna on top, tea maker in the hull. Sleep on teh deck, sounds like the perfect get away vehicle.. I am sure the right propellant could work as a mosquito deterent.

    • @peltimies2469
      @peltimies2469 3 года назад +2

      @@hagamapama throw some water on The breach block, Boom there you have it.

  • @Angrybogan
    @Angrybogan 3 года назад

    The calibre of the gun matches the awe of Dr Fletcher

  • @Mr.Atari2600
    @Mr.Atari2600 3 года назад +63

    Germany: I have the biggest gun on a tank! a 128mm cannon!
    USSR: No, I have the biggest gun on a tank! a 152mm cannon!
    UK: Hold my Tea....

    • @shanemcdaniel9809
      @shanemcdaniel9809 3 года назад +1

      America: Oh, you need steel and materials for your new designs? *CHA-CHING!* $$$$

    • @sicknashty3837
      @sicknashty3837 3 года назад

      america: hold my mortar

    • @whateverthisis389
      @whateverthisis389 3 года назад +1

      USSR:hold my 406MM gun

    • @thatguyoverthere9634
      @thatguyoverthere9634 3 года назад +5

      @@whateverthisis389 that's an self propelled artillery peice not a tank. The FV4005 could be considered something similar but it has a turret which is enclosed so it at least looks like a tank.

    • @whateverthisis389
      @whateverthisis389 3 года назад +1

      @@thatguyoverthere9634 *laughs in Kondensator*

  • @trevvorsanders2990
    @trevvorsanders2990 3 года назад +1

    Use to walk up the hill next to this spud gun when training back in the days.

  • @damascus1111
    @damascus1111 3 года назад +37

    Ah yes, when you need a solution to a problem that doesn't exist, until the God Emperor sends you on Crusade. Aka Baneblade

    • @Nightdare
      @Nightdare 3 года назад +2

      This tank is a solution to make a problem nonexistent

  • @camh4656
    @camh4656 3 года назад

    Absolute UNIT

  • @Nyzura.
    @Nyzura. 3 года назад +19

    “FV4005 open mounted autoloader” please don’t give Wargaming any ideas😂

    • @TheDrew2022
      @TheDrew2022 3 года назад +4

      Too late.🤣

    • @vincenthawke3049
      @vincenthawke3049 3 года назад +1

      The S**tbarn has already been nerfed to death on wot console!...wg won't do it anytime soon if ever!

    • @berkayt5319
      @berkayt5319 3 года назад +1

      new wtf panzer incoming, crate premium with a boiler

    • @wbertie2604
      @wbertie2604 3 года назад

      The Chieftan would at least fit in the turret of this one. But in WoT or WT presumably it could obliterate you from the other side of the map with ease, assuming it could see you.

    • @greymouser8659
      @greymouser8659 3 года назад

      What?....just another british gun to neuter?

  • @sheungyinng4670
    @sheungyinng4670 3 года назад +1

    finally my favorite tank

  • @TheFlatlander440
    @TheFlatlander440 3 года назад +4

    I could imagine firing one round from the cannon and it tearing the entire turret off the tank.

  • @karolpetr9336
    @karolpetr9336 2 года назад +1

    1:10 "which is probably The biggest gun ever fitted into a tank of any sort"
    Sturmtiger: am i a joke to you?

  • @tombranch2261
    @tombranch2261 3 года назад +3

    This thing could bring down a Kaiju.