It's time to return to the Switchology videos. Should you find yourself, in the zombie apocalypse, faced with only the choice of a Pizarro IFV, it would be very unfortunate were you not to know how to operate the weapon systems. For a vehicle which entered service this century, it's still surpris...

Part 2, continuing from last week 00:00 Hallo. 00:09 Why the jump in designations to the M103 from all the earlier numbers? 01:15 On occasion, military equipment is painted up to be particularly visible to the enemy. Did this ever happen to armor units or vehicles? 02:52 Has there ever been a cas...

For those who don't want to watch the 45-minute video, and get a few thoughts from a Swedish Tanker.

Canadian Forces Base Borden is located about an hour's drive North of Toronto. The base is open access, so anyone can go to the museum. In addition to the vehicles at the museum, there are others scattered as monuments around the base. I encountered a T-72 and T-55 on my way out the gate.

I just copped that I uploaded the wrong file for Part 2, and it was missing the last nine minutes. So here is it, part 2b or Part 3 of 2, as you will.

This time around, we talk mils and manuals, amongst other things. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/The_Chieftain Direct Paypal https://paypal.me/thechieftainshat A lot of folks have had issues with the subscription notification. Be sure to click the little 'notification' bell as well, it'll help....

Unofficial High-Speed Tour of Saumur

Guys, I know what the floor dimmer switch is for, I even show it in use. Some tanks had it. The one which I had no idea was the far side of the steering wheel. Suggestion below posits a heater blower motor. A change of pace. A little more comfort. Claimed to be one of three extant, this was avail...

I took Stefan, the director of the Swedish armor museum, Arsenalen, aside for a few minutes to ask him whatever popped into my head.

By popular suggestion, a discussion revolving around watching paint dry. Not much more to be said. Except that I'm a day early. Who cares? Why run with the crowd? Pretend you're in Australia...

Drachinifel is another recent newcomer on the scene, but seems to be taking the Naval History side of Youtube by storm, as it were.

A very odd discussion between the merits of public and private collections has just surfaced. I take a risk, and stick my toe in. Ian video #1: https://youtu.be/NqKAWA4LaPw​ Ian's video #2: https://youtu.be/mO6F9CfgMg4 Ralf's video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yiaf8o7vTs Edit. I have just be...

The VCC and a couple of little things in the parking lot. This will finish the tour. Again, the idea here is just to let you know what's there, not necessarily cover anything in particular. Feel free to hit 'pause' if something strikes your eye.

[Update: Sold for $21,850] The Rock Island Auction Company is selling this vehicle and others at their Premier Auction in Sept 2018. They asked me to come over and give them the Chieftain Treatment. Error in the video: Front wheels must be engaged in low, cannot go 2x4 low. My first one-man-show,...

Taken at the Aquino weekend last year, I was brought aside and challenged to get out of an M3. They seemed unconvinced I could do it. As an unofficial video, I wasn't too worried about the language, so watch your speaker volume if your kid is nearby. Points to note: 1) Unfamiliarity with the fold...

This is in partial reaction to the video placed by Matsimus, himself an NCO, over on his channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OMfCZe2dxg Without recourse to doing anything so base as to referring to books, I give my take on the ever-present question: "Should I go enlisted or commissioned off...

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A cool-looking tank, with a BFO cannon. What's not to like? Well, obviously something, because the US Army chose not to equip itself with this tank. Reports from the Archives explain why. Post-COVID-Travel-and-Scout Car Fund: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/The_Chieftain Direct Paypal https://pa...

[Correction: Where I say "Short Falls", I should have said "Short Strand"] Well, I figured I had to do something Irish for Paddy's Day. The initial British Army involvement in Northern Ireland is an excellent case study in how an adherence to a tactical mission without particular reference to the...

There are just shy of a hundred official land component military organizations in the United States of America, each with their own unique legal structure and chain of command. In this video, I try to break down the details for you. It also seems to have taken several days for someone to observe ...

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...

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...

Completely unexpectedly, and with the last few percent of my 'phone battery which was left after the flight from Texas to London, I ran into what I would ordinarily have thought would be called the Army Aviation Museum.

A little trivia about how the engineers of WW1 solved the problem of having short track contact length to counter the questionable steering capacity of early tanks, with the requirement to have more track in contact with the ground in order to reduce ground pressure and allow them to cross the mu...