Michael Scaplis

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@uihdqsmfnsdvqep 4 күн бұрын

Toch jammer dat Tristan zen stunts er niet op staan 😂

@michaelscaplis 4 күн бұрын

We zullen het volgende keer moeten overdoen ;-)

@uihdqsmfnsdvqep 4 күн бұрын

@michaelscaplis dat klink als een strak plan 🤣

@michaelscaplis 4 күн бұрын

Here's our third and final video of our trip to Tobleroneland. Hope you found it interesting. We for sure had a blast and hope to go again next year with more interesting videos as there's still a lot of interesting stuff at this museum!

@jac627 18 күн бұрын

If i had to fight in a tank in WW2 it would have been the Churchill. Thick armour and easier escape routes than contemporaries. I've always been a bit of a coward 😂

@peterfeeney721 24 күн бұрын

A symptom of the British Army, besides abject poverty is its historically uncharacterisic lack of inventiveness and adaptability. The Corps used to be the home of invention and thirst for innovation. It has a long history of continuous development, seeking to make best use of emergent technology. At a guess, wartime austerity and post war financial constraints, combined with preparing to fight THE enemy, rather an enemy, slowly killed the inspiration present in Cent, to the osified CR2. Perhaps we need a new study group to rethink the Armoured vehicles required to: deal with enemy direct fire platforms; suppress or kill massed enemy infantry; provide close support; mobility support; kill the full range of enemy air platform and weapons etc.

@uihdqsmfnsdvqep Ай бұрын

Vergeet niet het refeulen van de tanks, men armen zijn der nog stijf van😂😂 Rotpomp😂😂😂

@michaelscaplis Ай бұрын

Small correction, should be 7th and 8th of September - not August as stated at the beginning of the video ;-)

@militariacollectornl Ай бұрын

Mooie voertuigen!

@spencereagle1118 Ай бұрын

About 20 years ago a company called Bull Electrical sold all the old Gallium Arsenide lasers from the Centurion tank, they used to advertise them in one of the hobby electronics magazines.

@michaelscaplis Ай бұрын

Regarding the question of the Swiss army strength, Rene was so kind to look it up. Die verstärkte Mech Div 11 hatte 1986 einen Bestand von 14'000 Soldaten und besass 120 Kampfpanzer, 70 Panzerhaubitzen, 10 Schützenpanzer und 2000 Pneufahrzeuge. ;-)

@michaelscaplis Ай бұрын

If you enjoyed this one, fear not, we've got 2 more videos on our adventures in Tobleroneland planned for the coming weeks ;-)

@Sam_Green____4114 2 ай бұрын

There is a Bedford QL just dumped near where I live !! It's a bit of history from WW2 just rotting away slowly .( Very dry climate here ) It's a crying shame really ! It's got a CMP rear end ! I made a couple of local WW2 museums aware of it but got no answer ! ( and a couple in Canada ! Where it was made possibly ? No answer either !)

@Daapse 2 ай бұрын

why not donate these machines to ukraine? frankly they'd be of more use there they are just parading around no? actually asking no snark intended :)

@michaelscaplis 2 ай бұрын

A lot of former Belgian AIFV's, Leopards and M109's have already been donated. This is one of the few AIFV's we still have in the museum collection. The idea is to at least have one vehicle of each type in the collection.

@michaelscaplis 2 ай бұрын

Just noticed that I forgot to list the CVR(T) Spartan in the end credits. For those who like to know, license plate is V65693 ;-)

@oyuyuyo1 4 ай бұрын

When I was a kid in the 1950s, there was an M-4 High Speed Tractor in a junkyard near my home. It remained there until the mid ‘60s. My dad was in the 2nd Armored and trained with Patton in California. Dad drove a half-track in this exercise. Later, he crewed 155mm howitzers pulled by the M-4 Tractor. It’s fascinating to watch your videos! Well done!

@Custer0706 5 ай бұрын

My last vehicle under my command in the Territorial Defense unit!

@bwilliams463 5 ай бұрын

Definitely a beauty. Advanced design for its time, with no hull protruding above the treads. Question: Why did the Bergepanzer have to hook up to Minotaur twice to get it all the way out of the garage?

@michaelscaplis 5 ай бұрын

Thx. Because we didn't have enough manouvering space between the hangar and the other building - those dummy Hawk missiles were a bit in the way. Sometimes it's easier and safer to unhook and re-attach at a different angle.

@charlesangell_bulmtl 5 ай бұрын

🤣Sorry but that really was a Bullwinkle question...

@donnawillson1516 5 ай бұрын

It looks gorgeous,welldone😊

@markogronfors3204 6 ай бұрын

In Finland, this is known as the Marksman, either on the T-55 or Leopard platform

@markogronfors3204 6 ай бұрын

BTR-50 in a museum in Finland at Parolannummi in Hämeenlinna but can be seen

@markogronfors3204 6 ай бұрын

It's ugly, but you've done a terrible job renovating it. Thank you to the whole group that we get to see this "historic lump" move .👍

@bwilliams463 5 ай бұрын

Did Spell Check change your 'terrific' to 'terrible?'

@christianb8735 6 ай бұрын

And a Pionier Panzer „Dachs“ is towing

@michaelscaplis 6 ай бұрын

It's actually a Bergepanzer 2. The WHI has the Bergepanzer 2 and the Bergepanzer 2000 in its collection. The Pionierpanzer is still in active use so not yet in the collection.

@karstendoerr5378 6 ай бұрын

This is definitely a Bergepanzer 2. The boom would be far too thin for the excavator shovel to be able to carry the weight of the shovel and the weight of the excavated material. That's why the Dachs(Pionierpanzer) has a telescopic arm.

@peterfeeney721 6 ай бұрын

Superb job! The crew would have been delighted

@michaelscaplis 6 ай бұрын

I’m sure they would. It’s unfortunately still a mystery who crewed Minotaur. So far we haven’t been able to find any info on it.

@peterfeeney721 6 ай бұрын

Hi Mike, do we have any of the following: Hull number, data plate - Bronze, Driver's compartment; gun number; do you still have the Gearbox number? Was she always Flemish? What machine gun was fitted in the Hull? I might be able to use some of that info to start tracing her crew. What vehicle documents, if any, do you have please.

@michaelscaplis 6 ай бұрын

@@peterfeeney721 Next time we're there we'll check for numbers. Meanwhile I'll check my image archive if I find something. No paperwork. As Ief mentioned in the video after the Guards used it it went to the Canadians and after that no clue. During the 60-70 ties it was donated to Belgium. We do have an image of it being unloaded at the harbour before being transported by road.

@michaelscaplis 6 ай бұрын

@@peterfeeney721 In my image archive I've already found the following numbers: on the outside of the turret - right side: TP14043 E1105 (the 3 could also be an 8). On the gun breach ESC K and below that 5V5016. On the gun barrel (part covered by the breach): 5CWT-1-10. I'll check next weekend for the hull number plate inside of the tank.

@laszlocsapo3279 6 ай бұрын

The mighty Churchill. The only tank, what can be resist the german 88 mm gun, during the WWII.

@basslaats8889 6 ай бұрын

knap werk!

@IvoMichiels-bp3hx 6 ай бұрын

Wat een gekraak en gepiep ?

@michaelscaplis 6 ай бұрын

When 80+ years old you are, piep and squeeck you will too ;-). Yes she hasn't moved in a long time also those are steel tracks not supported by top rollers so it indeed makes a lot of noise.

@hugueslevistre5519 6 ай бұрын

Nice

@ruggetuf 8 ай бұрын

Nice

@jameskennedy2326 9 ай бұрын

Came from the bovington tank museum heavy tank video, does this one run?

@michaelscaplis 9 ай бұрын

Unfortunately not in running condition and no immediate plans to restore it - though it would be a sight to see this massive beast moving.

@jameskennedy2326 9 ай бұрын

@@michaelscaplis haha yes I got my answer as soon as you went inside the turret, glad to see it in the collection tho 👍🏽

@flogger8413 11 ай бұрын

How would the gun be removed if it had to be replaced, i take it that its gotta have its turret removed first?

@michaelscaplis 11 ай бұрын

The turret wouldn't need to be removed. There is a plug at the rear of the turret through which the gun barrel minus the breach can be extracted.

@flogger8413 11 ай бұрын

@@michaelscaplisI have been trying to find the answer for that for many months so thank you very much :D

@michaelscaplis 11 ай бұрын

@@flogger8413 happy to have clarified

@2009Berghof Жыл бұрын

In case anybody has a need for a gun that will fit into the BESA's mounting, I have an aluminum adaptor to fit a Browning MKII into the BESA's mounting.

@andymannsmav8084 Жыл бұрын

It was great to see the team and the latest project / projects. I can't wait to see one or both of them up and running.

@TheFightingCanuck Жыл бұрын

Exciting to see not just your Churchill project but the crocodile as well and later on hopefully the mark II. Fingers crossed they might be able to get their hands on one of the crocodile fuel trailers in the future as well!

@michaelscaplis Жыл бұрын

If they manage to get the fuel trailer as well that would indeed be awesome.

@DikkieDaf Жыл бұрын

Love the video! However I couldn't help but notice there's a minor error around 1:55. interior shot of a beautifully restored.. Fox! Canadian armored vehicle. Not a humber, though definitely based on it. It was a lovely weekend with perfect weather. Funnily enough in this video I've spotted my car, my wife, my children.. but not myself haha🤣

@michaelscaplis Жыл бұрын

Thx for the correction 😉 Weather was indeed perfect for the event.

@MojoDevirus Жыл бұрын

Bravo !!!!!!!!!

@Aleksandr17677 Жыл бұрын

Dziękuję !!! )))))))

@steven.ghodgson765 Жыл бұрын

nice and smooth - well done the team

@simongleed Жыл бұрын

Slowly awakening the Churchill from her long sleep -fantastic work.

@МихайлоНіколів Жыл бұрын

2:21 Australian military truck?, 3:25 The engine is very loud, so driving for a long time can be deafening. This is how the gearbox hums. Visibility behind the driver's wheel is good

@greenbimoon Жыл бұрын

You need to learn how to double clutch. The grinding gear change was painful

@australiantruckspotting8883 Жыл бұрын

That half track is awesome. The sort of thing you normally only see in old WW2 footage

@lewistaylor9635 Жыл бұрын

Can you play any other tune on the gearbox 😊

@colinblick4903 Жыл бұрын

Ye sort em out they’re all in one box🙄….. as someone said double D clutch🤦🏻‍♂️

@michaelscaplis Жыл бұрын

Having a truck myself which requires double de-clutching I can assure you we did that. Understand that these things are old and who knows how they were treated during their lifetime :-)

@dukwdriver2909 Жыл бұрын

@@michaelscaplis Are you sure he was not operating the clutch brake as well as the clutch by pushing the pedal too far down when double de-clutching on down changes? Is the free play adjustment correct?

@michaelscaplis Жыл бұрын

@@dukwdriver2909 hard to say it's more than 4 years ago. We can't test again as the engine block had suffered a crack while we were preparing the vehicle to take part in the July 21st parade and the Liberation columns. We used the Bedford QLB in its place (which did both the Liberation column North + South without any hickups!).

@dukwdriver2909 Жыл бұрын

@@michaelscaplis Great to hear the QLB made both runs successfully. I think the work you guys do to keep this history alive is very important. Sad to hear about the Matador engine block. I do hope you can find a replacement as they used the same engine in many of their bus chassis too. I once saw an external crack on a Cletrac Tractor block repaired by a process called "stapling", if that helps.

@michaelscaplis Жыл бұрын

@@dukwdriver2909 Thx for the kind words. Unfortunately we're just a small team of volunteers and budget is quite limited. On top of that there are lots of other projects which require our attention. I recall having seen a video on external crack repair so indeed it's possible. These days we get a lot of requests for event participation with some of our cold war vehicles and that's taking up a lot of bandwidth and we're still working on the Churchill mk IV restoration.