The BA-20 was an interwar armored car which was still in service at the beginning of WW2. This particular example was captured by the Finns and placed into service against its former owners. The video was filmed at Parola.

Parola is the location of the Finnish armor collection, it's most of an hour North of Helsinki.
To guide me around the history and the collection, I linked up with former museum director, Mr Timo Teräsvalli.

Parola is the location of the Finnish armor collection, it's most of an hour North of Helsinki.
To guide me around the history and the collection, I linked up with former museum director, Mr Timo Teräsvalli.

A series of 11 videos taking you in-depth into what life is like for troopers assigned to the Blackhorse Regiment, in Fort Irwin, California.

The problem with a lot of folks debating the merits vs survivability of the attack helicopter today, especially when a lot of the helos' functions can be carried out by drones or other assets, is that they often don't understand what a helo does today. It's not the tank destroyer of old.

Ma Deuce, the Fifty, Five-Oh, Point five, there are a lot of different appellations to the classic M2 HB and M85. Why do I go with "Caliber Fifty?"
I explain.

This video is good for most anyone going to Fort Irwin, not just 11th ACR. It's all very well for the soldier to go play soldier so much in the desert, but what happens to the spouses and kids who are dozens of miles away from the nearest civilian city? Or single soldiers?
This series of videos w...

11th Cav is the professional opposing force at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, CA. As such, you get to do really cool things, but does this come at the cost of your professional development?TLDW: No.
This series of videos will take you into the lives of the troopers, and their famili...

11th Cav is the professional opposing force at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, CA. The main mount of the Blackhorse today is the OSV, the Opfor Surrogate Vehicle, which is basically a modified M113 with a somewhat changed Bradley turret on top. So the question: Can we actually convert...

It's time for another fun-filled and exciting episode of "Ask Chieftain random questions"

List of questions asked to date: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15Wn7idsif2-ifK7SlgJ4tE0H7P9c4zASi_kSEu8rIS4/edit#heading=h.mwc5y9bd9pm7

The M1128 Stryker MGS is the assault gun variant of the MOWAG Piranha intended to provide armored mobility to lighter infantry brigades. Now out of service, I am free to crawl over and inside it with my camera. This part, I go inside and find buttons and switches.
This vehicle at the National Arm...

The M1128 Stryker MGS is the assault gun variant of the MOWAG Piranha intended to provide armored mobility to lighter infantry brigades. Now out of service, I am free to crawl over and inside it with my camera. For those who are asking about the vehicle on the left, it's the M1 TTB.

Can a tanker do this infantry stuff? Well... sortof? Watch, as I navigate some of the problems and issues on the fly, learning by experience. Just in case you decide that you want to do this sort of thing for yourself. Channels of the rest of my team mates, for folks who want to know what right a...

Can a tanker do this infantry stuff? Well... sortof? Watch, as I navigate some of the problems and issues on the fly, learning by experience. Just in case you decide that you want to do this sort of thing for yourself. Channels of the rest of my team mates, for folks who want to know what right a...

Task Force Reaper is the brains at Blackhorse's operational level. Normally this sort of thing is a classified environment, but the 11th does things a little differently. After all, they are representing capabilities a potential enemy is already supposed to have. This is the last of the series of...

Not all recovery operations in the Box require the use of an M88. The workhorse is the HEMTT Wrecker.

11th Cav is the professional opposing force at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, CA. Can one really have a cavalry unit without horses? 11th ACR thinks not. I spent a pleasant afternoon up the hill at the Horse Detachment. This series of videos will take you into the lives of the troope...

11th Cav is the professional opposing force at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, CA. As with any US Army unit, its success comes from its internal processes as much as the individual skills of its troopers. This series of videos will take you into the lives of the troopers, and their fa...

There are two main battle tanks in use by 11th ACR. The Abrams and the OSV-T. Crewmen need to master both: The M1 to remain current on the fielded vehicles, and the OSV-T which will be familiar to Bradley crewmen, to fight the rotational units.

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...

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...

With the aid of a technical expert I found hiding under a Volvo, a brief look at the complexities of the wheel-come-track system, and a possible indicator of why the idea never really took off. Made possible by funding from viewers, thank you. See below if you wish to contribute (or buy the merch...

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...

For some reason, people want me to review particularly small vehicles. The TKS isn't as small as they get, but it's only 2.2. tons and it's definitely shorter than I am. T-Shirts on sale until late November, see https://everpress.com/the-chieftain This filmed at the Wheels of Liberation collectio...