The unique Christie suspension system took the tank world by storm in the early 1930s, and tanks equipped with it remained in production until the very end of WW2. Yet, his home nation, the USA, entered the war with bogie wheeled volute sprung tanks, not the big-wheeled coil-sprung speed demons t...

Continuing on this series of videos supporting the WW2 Channel, this is part one of a two-part look at how the US Army ended up with the armored force with which it entered combat in North Africa. Sources include: Forging the Thunderbolt (Gillie) Men on Iron Ponies (Morton) Greasy Automatons and ...

In early 1944, it was time to decide what tank to build for 1945 service, and also to decide what modifications to ship for tanks already fielded. These readings from the archives should give an idea of why the European Theater wanted a 90mm gun Sherman, why Armored Force wanted a 90mm gun Sherma...

Filmed at Aquino 2023, this is the Scout Car donated by DeadmeatBC (That's a World of Tanks username) to the Ontario Regiment Museum. It is also quite small. Merchandise (The carousel below seems dodgy) https://the-chieftains-retail-hatch.creator-spring.com/ Public facebook page: https://www.face...

Commonly known as the L60, the m/38 is a specific variation of the interwar vehicle was was in production and available for export sale for quite a few years. Made possible by funding from viewers, thank you. See below if you wish to contribute (or buy the merchanidse!) Patreon: https://www.patre...

Commonly known as the L60, the m/38 is a specific variation of the interwar vehicle was was in production and available for export sale for quite a few years. And it's much underrated. I appear to have confused mph with km/h. Top speed about 42km/h. Made possible by funding from viewers, thank yo...

The unpronouncable m/43 (Pansarvärnskanonvagn) m/43 is a Swedish anti-tank vehicle developed in the middle of WW2, and missed it by -that- much. The vehicle on display in Arsenalen is an upgraded version. Based on the m/42 which has been covered in another video, this video more features the inte...

Taking a slightly different tack on this debate. There has been much focus in recent years on the ability of various systems like drones and sensor-fuzed artillery to destroy tanks. Some have observed that the tank has been declared 'dead' several times, going back as far as 1919. In this video, ...

[Update Sold for $230,000.] Part two of the tour of the M41 76mm Gun Light Tank, on sale later this week, and the last of this salvo from RIAC. Lessons have been learned about sound and lighting from the experience, so I expect significant improvement in future.

[Update: Sold for $230,000] The last from this salvo from Rock Island Auction Company (Because the auction is this week), the M41 light tank, this one ex of Guatemalan service.

On sale at the Rock Island Auction Company, May 3-5 2019, the Multiple Gun Motor Carriage M16, with all the dakka a man could want. Vehicle sold for $97,750

The Greyhound, that famous little 6x6, which was actually something of a happy accident. As with the others in this batch, available for sale at the Rock Island Auction Company 3-5 May 2019. Photo of the Guatemalan M8 shamelessly taken from Warwheels.net. Hope they don't mind. Vehicle sold for $9...

A good tank? A waste of metal? Is there no such thing as context? Some of you may want this. https://everpress.com/significant-emotional-event Or this... https://www.patreon.com/The_Chieftain Or this... https://www.subscribestar.com/the_chieftain

The US Army has been testing the concept of autoloaders in tanks since WW2, with a very wide variety of mechanism designs being tried. In this video, I cover some of the earliest designs, the T16 which was installed in the M5 light tank, and the T30E1, T37 Phase II, T41E1, T69 and T54E1. As a bon...

Was the M18 really all it's cracked up to be? Reports from the field. Public facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheChieftainArmor Scout Car & Travel Fund: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/The_Chieftain Direct Paypal https://paypal.me/thechieftainshat

Bv 202 is a Swedish articulated amphibious tracked vehicle designed for operation in particular in snowy conditions or soft ground. This one also is at the Ontario Regiment Museum. But you don't care about that. What you care about is if I fit in it or not. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheC...

Going back to basics for this one. In order to hit the target, you have to get the range to the target. I'll take 25 minutes explaining different mechanisms for doing so. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/The_Chieftain Direct Paypal https://paypal.me/thechieftainshat Subscribestar: https://www.sub...

A simple video which assesses the major benefits and downsides of placing the transmission and drive sprocket at the other end of the vehicle from the engine. T-Shirts: https://everpress.com/the-chieftain The Chieftain's Scout Car Fund: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/The_Chieftain Direct Paypal...

The development of the m/38 covered earlier, this is the primary tank of the Swedish Army for much of the WW2 Period. They took the m/38 design, and improved it. Or did they....? There is are two errors, I say Saab-Vabis for the engine instead of Scania-Vabis, and the air pathway is reversed. Sho...

It may surprise people to know that the M4A3(76) was not the last gun tank variant of the M4 to be produced. This example is in Bastogne Barracks. Belgian Linkies: https://warheritage.be/en https://belgiumbattlefield.be/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheChieftainArmor Twitter...erm.. X: http...

FV4030/4 was developed for British Service to bring British armored forces up to a greater capability than Chieftain whilst pending the development of a true successor vehicle. This trials vehicle differs in some ways from the production Challenger 1, but shows many of the features. Thanks to the...

FV4030/4 was developed for British Service to bring British armored forces up to a greater capability than Chieftain whilst pending the development of a true successor vehicle. This trials vehicle differs in some ways from the production Challenger 1, but shows many of the features. Thanks to the...

The SK-105 is an Austrian vehicle using the French-style oscillating turret. The design supposedly came with a number of drawbacks, such as stabilisation problems (Stabilising a multi-ton turret instead of just a gun) and NBC problems. However, Austrian engineers had a crack at these problems, cr...

The SK-105 is an Austrian vehicle using the French-style oscillating turret. The design supposedly came with a number of drawbacks, such as stabilisation problems (Stabilising a multi-ton turret instead of just a gun) and NBC problems. However, Austrian engineers had a crack at these problems, cr...