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...

The Swedes kept the Centurion in service for quite a few years, and just before the end of the Cold War they decided to do a significant upgrade to the hull and turret, making Strv 104, one of the most capable Centurions to see service. It was withdrawn in 2000. The Aussie Cent was a 5/1, memory ...

The Swedes kept the Centurion in service for quite a few years, and just before the end of the Cold War they decided to do a significant upgrade to the hull and turret, making Strv 104, one of the most capable Centurions to see service. It was withdrawn in 2000. Made possible by funding from view...

Returning to Steel Beasts Pro PE in order to show the fire control systems of various vehicles, here's the T-72M of about 1980. Tankograd website has a very in-depth assessment of all the components of the tank. Financial donations: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/The_Chieftain Direct Paypal: ht...

The final interview with William Testaert of the War Heritage Institute, at the now-closed facility near Antwerp. (Don't worry, they will be re-opening the collection in Ypres), this episode focusing on the Belgian Army's experience in NATO. This is the first batch where I have invested in bringi...

At a now-closed War Heritage Institute facility near Antwerp (They will be re-opening at another location), we get a tour firstly of the various leopard variants the Belgians used, and then look at one which has been partially disassembled to learn the components. Finally, we go for a spin. Belgi...

The first of the Army's Christie-type tanks, which they put a lot of effort into testing in the 1930s, came in two designations: Convertible Medium Tank T3, and Convertible Combat Car T1. This is one of those two vehicles, though in fairness, we're not quite sure which. After editing, I'm mostly ...

[Correction: The left pedal is another brake pedal for double the braking force] The BDX was in effect a Timoney armored car from Ireland produced under license in Belgium by Behermen Demoen. I wish I could say it was a shining example of Irish military vehicle design. Filmed at the War Heritage ...

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...

I continue my interview with William Testaert of the War Heritage Institute, in Bastogne Barracks (Don't worry, you'll see more from the place in future videos), this episode focusing on the Belgian Army's WW II experience. This is the first batch where I have invested in bringing along a cameram...

XM808 was a proof of concept vehicle created without requirement by Lockheed Missile and Space. Three were built for the Army for testing for lunar operations, the fascinating armed and armored version is found today at the US Army Armor and Cavalry Collection, Ft Benning, GA. Thanks to the ACC a...

Part 3, and last, of my visit to an AH-64 gunnery. This episode: 00:00 First Military Flight 00:51 Simulator 11:00 The DAR Team 17:07 The Fuelers 22:44 Ammo Handling 28:22 Loading Munitions Again, may thanks to 1-227 Attack Battalion, and the 1st Cav PAO. Financial donations: Patreon: https://www...

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 Belgian T-13 was a self propelled anti-tank gun combining a Vickers Carden-Lloyd chassis with the excellent Belgian 47mm, making it the most dangerous vehicle to armor in the Belgian inventory in the late 1930s. This, the only one which exists, is found at the Royal Military Museum in Brussel...

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...

The M51 was the companion vehicle to the M103 heavy tank. This video, oddly, gives us the tour, inside and out, of the major parts of this purpose-built vehicle mainly used by the Marines, and now located at the US Army's Armor and Cavalry Collection in Ft Benning, GA. Thanks to the ACC and the P...

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, ...