An Unofficial High-speed Tour of The Tank Museum Bovington (Part 2)

We continue our high-speed tour of the Tank Museum. Again, we can expect that we'll come back to these vehicles in greater detail in the future, so this is just the 'what you can expect when you come visit the musuem' sort of tour.

[@hallamhal]

"If you look there's an M4" *Points camera brieftly at Fury, then moves on* Comedy gold!

[@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs]

You're going faster then Rommel outrunning his supply lines

[@nedyarbnexus9460]

LMFAO!

[@erwinrommel7480]

hey we don't speak of those days anymore

[@raseli4066]

Erwin Rommel dont mention The war

[@AussieLiam93]

You're Dead AF.

[@TouchiestMetal]

The Iron Armenian aka G.I. Haigs but slower than the French surrendering

[@OlaJustin]

Sees a kv1 and his comment is "nothing amazing about that". You sir are spoiled!

[@theminecartgaming]

thats not true It was donated during or just after ww2

[@theminecartgaming]

also i the inside was bad the outside would be worse

[@deepbludreams]

Its tritium, its only mildly radioactive, its just the concentrated doses inside a big steel box that's a issue. If you've ever seen night sights on a handgun, that's what makes them glow.

[@rayhan_2k841]

kv 1 was a bad tank of ww2. outclassed by t34

[@OlaJustin]

RAY RAY KV-1 was a bad tank? Dude, get your facts straight and tell that to a Finnish soldier with an anti tank weapon in 1939. Or a german tank with a short 75 mm gun. The KV-1 was a beast but it got replaced by the t34 which were cheaper and could do most of what an KV-1 could do. But a bad tank? Dont be disrespectful. Plenty of people have died trying to take out one of these beast early in the war with weapons that couldn't do anything to it.

[@Szalami]

I'm a fan of Girls und Panzer, I love the ever loving shit out of the Panzer IV D/H. Seems logical to upgun and uparmor older version of a certain tank but I never knew they actually did it.

[@MasterBlobby]

0:30 its actually really useful seeing how small/big some vehicles are to you. Love these clips.

[@Riceball01]

Great video, sir. Between you and The Mighty Jingles I really want to take a vacation in England and visit Bovington. Keep up the good work, I love your dry wit.

[@ulfpe]

Riceball01 I agree this is a must.

[@VFRSTREETFIGHTER]

If you like dry wit and military history and equipment you should check out Forgotten Weapons and C&Rsenal on KZbin.

[@drendolnicar9816]

Riceball01 Belive me you are not the only one.

[@shad0wf3ind]

if you ever do visit, keep an ear out for an announcement for a guided tour, they do them some times in the days (or used to when i went 2 years ago), youll learn a lot of stuff from the guide you cant get from the information panels. its worth doing it ^_^

[@Riceball01]

PBRStreetGang Already subscribed to both C&R & Forgotten Weapons; great channels both.

[@Sseltraeh89]

Chieftain inside the hatch of Locust. I imagine him sitting somewhere in the middle, sticking his head out of TC's hatch, with feet on driver's pedals and his hands operating the gun :D

[@Sammakko7]

Pavel Tobiáš impossible.

[@Sseltraeh89]

Of course Locust isn't that small/Chieftain that tall (+ it would have to be absolutely hollow inside), but it's called "joke" you know...

[@Jon_Stone]

It is very possible for that to happen

[@vojtasTS29]

TOG is stuck there. So kinda like the Maus at kubinka where they built the museum building around the tank. :D

[@rayhan_2k841]

yo..you an I should crank up the engine and break through the walls!

[@Appletank8]

Is there even anything to crank?

[@vojtasTS29]

It is. It is what they brought from germany for research. The turret is from maus II, while the Hull is Maus I.

[@STKS1991]

I've been to bovington several times, and this video does an excellent job of replicating the feeling you get walking around - every time you turn your head there's something that you recognise that excites you.

[@atanasijesimic4651]

Great video! Dont forget to make unofficial tour of Kubinka Tank Museum next time you visit it!

[@0hn0haha]

That coil suspension... toss a set of HR's at it, a camber kit, etc... Stanced, slammed and cambered tank! I want to see that

[@Lintary]

Damn I just love Challenger 1 such a great looking machine.

[@TriccyViccy]

If it's possible, I'd like an Inside The Hatch of the Strv103. Also, that T-55 was cut open and the shown armour thickness was exaggerated to give confidence to the crews. Sneaky, but I can understand why they did it. Thanks for sharing!

[@wiserd13]

How could they do that to Tog?!

[@Slayer_Jesse]

Those Inglorious Basterds!

[@shoji_3440]

Tog doesn't mind Tog wants to be friends with everyone. Tog is happy now. Tog can see little humans play and have fun.

[@thecollierreport]

I touched the TOG and I am now guaranteed a place in tank heaven!

[@NotTheCIA1961]

At around the 13 minute mark, was there seriously a kid sitting on top of the Goliath... what a punk.

[@rays5073]

Tell the operator of the Goliath to press the big red button

[@techmaniac43]

Ray S kataboooooom mmmmm :v

[@techmaniac43]

Ray S ( explosion xd)

[@greasemonkey6362]

Thank you for showing us around Chief, I use a mobility scooter. I now know I can get round Bovington with ease :) .... now just need to get there mmmmmmm

[@bingokitty5822]

same boat here, this video answered my questions. Time to start planning the trip.

[@deanroberts2021]

Thanks for showing the italian tanks they never get any love & the italians are always dismissed in seconds in documentarys despite being the major part of the axis forces in north africa. About time italians & romanians got a decent ww2 documentary each

[@KonigTigerPorsche]

So sweet ! This and Kubinka are a must !!

[@Pitchlock8251]

Perhaps TOG is playful tank.

[@techmaniac43]

Pitch Lock yes :v. you after a battle you just parck your tank call your Friends and drink some tea lisenting the football in the radio inside xD

[@Sammakko7]

Ricardo Avila no.

[@amm0gamm0]

Party tank!

[@AussieLiam93]

Sounds like the tanks that the Russian army employed during the 90's ater the fall (crews were high AF and sometimes even drunk). (the ones that weren't sold to illegal arms dealers anyway.)

[@jamesreallylongusernametha1228]

It’s interesting to see how much the tank museum has changed over four years it’s almost unrecognisable

[@OberstStein]

TOG II should have been the main tank for Britain. Not such strange contraptions like a Crusader or a Cromwell. ☺

[@memez227]

i could spend days and days in this museum

[@DreadshellsGaming]

Great video Nick! I liked Part 1 and the tour at Arsenalen as well. Great stuff. Thanks for taking the time to do them. I'm a nub when it comes to real facts of tanks. Trying to learn more.

[@pistonar]

I will bet that the Pzr III 'cutaway' and the Italian tank right after in the video are from Aberdeen Proving Grounds, and have been sent to Bovington to not be left in the weather for 70 years. The expanded metal covers is a giveaway. I've seen these vehicles before.

[@sammni]

The Swedish S-TANK fascinates me. Could Ya do a video on that? Everyone firing out MBT and the Swedish come up with an assault gun

[@jewdidnaziitthrumping4410]

not really it's a defensive tank not a siege vehicle

[@darkrage1138]

You wish has been answered, he's doing the videos right now. Part 1 is already out.

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

@@darkrage1138 I have seen them all, so they are finished!

[@bpezzano1]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

[@michaelthomas7178]

Thank you. What is probaly best tank museum in the world.

[@EckmanJones]

It's heart breaking that they covered TOG :(

[@Sleepy.Time.]

thank you for sharing this with us

[@adamskinner5868]

loved it but wish it was 10 minutes longer with a little more detail, or an hour longer with heaps more detail, or you could just stay there filming for the next 6 months and I'll happily watch, maybe not all at once though ;)

[@calebkualii9516]

Favorite part: 0:00-24:01

[@NicoleSatchell-k8b]

I wish you'd do more shows on German tanks.. You're going faster then Rommel outrunning his supply lines.

[@bingokitty5822]

Excellent Chief, very well done. Now would you please attend the armor museum in Saumur, France and do a nice video there as well, also, since they only have about 25% of there armor on display could you arrange to get a private tour of the armor the public doesn't get to see? thank you so much for these video's, they mean so much to me and my sons.

[@drogomuircastle7175]

Love the "And we're back at the crap" remark...

[@MrJibble]

@TheChieftainWOT The armour on the T-55 isn't actually as thick as you point out - at least not on normal ones. The one at Bovington has cutaway sections because it was used for driver training, and those sections were deliberately made thicker to make the new crews think it had more protection than it really did.

[@blobpacer878]

This guy: sees Russian tank Also this guy: ima just pretend I didn’t see that

[@KennethKlingler]

I am really looking forward for an 'inside the hatch' of the M22 Locust

[@andypants1000]

A shootout to my hometown and the ram parked outside the royal ordinance!

[@Shadow_Lunatale]

Oh hell, thank you Chieftain for mentioning Girls and Panzer. With this IV D and the upcoming Elefant, I really want to make a trip to Bovington next year. Is it possible to visit everything in one (long) day at the museum or should I plan 2 days?

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

One day should be fine. Opens at 10.

[@JoeDurobot]

*Will there be a part 3 with the vehicles not shown to the public?*

[@conhand.3578]

If those vehicles are _not_ shown to the public it's for a good reason! Why should they show them to all of us on KZbin? I visited this museum, in fact half the tanks are dummy ones, made of plywood. I think they have also two or three inflatable ones, but these are fairly obvious to tell apart from the rest and you have to reinflate them regularly, so...

[@LeanderJobse]

Conhan D. Bovington has a huge hall packed with dozens of tanks which have to be renovated to be a museumpiece but there are very rare vehicles

[@conhand.3578]

Leander Jobse I've seen the official videos of the museum here on KZbin, and I find the collection very impressive already. If there are indeed many other vehicles in wait of restoration, sure, I'd like to see them too!

[@TNX255]

You mean the Conservation Center. The Mighty Jingles has covered that in his videos, a few times too if I recall correctly.

[@gozewstuffnthings5837]

All those tankie crowbags around on family day haha

[@nihmunesimp42]

Loved your credit cameo in the newest GuP movie.

[@englishfury1544]

I did not notice that, arigato

[@leecalton7034]

Cool video

[@gav1100]

They seem to reorganise this place every few minutes, always nice to see them rotating stuff out from the conservation area

[@Marc83Aus]

I like the Afghanistan display, it's more interesting and atmospheric than a random hodgepodge of vehicles, I'm sure it brings people in. However I would hate to see the unparalleled collection of historic vehicles shut away to make space for more 'popular' exhibits. The guns on the wall was a really nice touch too. They should have had dummy shells for those guns lined up to illustrate the massive difference that up gunning makes to actual firepower.

[@jessecollingwood1002]

I’m surprised no t34 in that museum. I’m sure they have 1 in storage but for such an iconic tank it’s surprising considering how many are around.

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

They have two? A T-34/85 in the Tank Story Hall (see part 1), the second is a T-34/76 in Finnish markings in the WW2 hall.

[@benpamment9494]

looking forward to some inside the hatch videos in some of the unique tanks there! when can we expect some more???

[@DarkSplash99]

I would also love to see a "Inside the Hatch" episode on the Locust

[@robertweller1137]

I really thought when Chieftan started saying you 'Start on the far right' he was going to carry on to say 'with German tanks before moving on the far left for the Soviet tank'

[@jimbobjones3391]

"Marmon Herringtons armoured cars" they were of course not! The 8x8 at 7:00 was an experimental "South African Reconnaissance Car Mark VI" of which only 2 were built, and a SARC Mark IV at 9:32. Powered by Ford Gasoline V8 engines and running gear with some/most of the earlier models using Marmon Herrington 4-wheel drive components - therefore so named by the British.

[@sadwingsraging3044]

We however ARE looking forward to seeing you do an inside the hatch on a Locust.

[@babakzekibi315]

lovely tour tanks a lot

[@stevealan3108]

_Chieftain, I've just discovered your vlog, blog or whatever it's called? I'm an ex Tankie and love your expose on all things tank, however, I do think your review on the most famous tank museum in the world is slightly negative! Yes, I appreciate you had to do this review with gusto but some of your comments were pretty ignorant, to say the least. I enjoy your tank reviews and will maintain my subscription. You better hope 'Challenger' don't kick your ass?? That's just for fun and no insult intended Mon Ami....

[@C00T47]

I do hope they have a sturmtiger 38 cm assault mortar at that museum. It's a great defense tank destroyer

[@Handlesarestoopid]

If I was there playing WOT and I turned around and saw Nicholas standing there watching me I'd have a seizure

[@ExplicitPaarthurnax]

@0:25 the mighty M-22 race car tank! (I play War Thunder.)

[@Orb_Pilot]

Huh, didn't expect to see Finnish equipment in Bovington, though I guess it was inevitable what with Parola sitting on roughly a metric crapton of T-26:s and Stugs.

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

That's a scientific unit of measurement, if anyone was wondering.

[@lkchild]

TheChieftainWoT Imperial craptons are so much more sensible though :)

[@EddyMac1903]

I prefer the Imperial Assload myself

[@Reddsoldier]

They had a T-34 with the 1940 turret in there from Finland when I went there.

[@christianhatfield5881]

that m4 for was used in Fury Beautiful I love that movie

[@Sammakko7]

Christian Hatfield shitty movie.

[@christianhatfield5881]

i can respect your opinion there were various inaccuracies

[@EVA-UNIT-13]

the mighty tog will squash everything in its path..... even children.... lll

[@jimmertrzcinski1144]

I love girls und panzer and I love that tank, pz4 special all day long, is it a Ausf D/H? Ausf F2, F8? Who knows? Let’s just paint a Angler fish on it and smile!!!!

[@Grundag]

Thanks for the quick tour!.. At 6', I could never otherwise keep up with your stride at 6'8". I hope the Russians let you inside that KV-2 of theirs one day. I've got all the versions of that monster ( including the 'Big Barn' turret in 1/16 RC and would love to see the inside irl.

[@knightmarex13]

a inside the hatch for the early cruiser tanks or the Crusader would be cool

[@Motoruven]

Great as always :)

[@adampolson6938]

2:40 that nod to Rita there lol

[@Handle423]

Can you do an Inside the Hatch about the "S-Tank"?

[@adamdubin1276]

One of these days you have to give us an Inside the Chieftains Hatch of TOG.

[@sscerbovsky1]

As I see the Panzer IV D/H I was wondering if it had been thought of to do a video of the different versions of the same vehicle Panzer III, Panzer IV, Sherman, T34/76 and perhaps the various non-tank configurations, sequentially so show the upgrading/re-purposing over the life of the vehicle.

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

Yes, but only on an “as convenient” basis so far. Witness M4A1 and M4A4 with 17pr.

[@sirschebling]

I see a Luchs and I'm happy. Best tank ever built... Anybody trying to argue about that will receive a 20mm HE shell to the forehead ;D

[@Spitsz01]

We need to donate 1 ton of soap to Bovington! Go...

[@panzerfaust3607]

nothing bad with showing the Finnish swastika, it outdates the nazi one and is in no way related to the things the nazi one is. It can actually still be seen in flags of the airforce actually.

[@roberttalarsky7250]

Have you done a show about combat engineer tanks ? If so please let me know

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

Not yet. I've barely done one recovery vehicle. They're on "the list".

[@shimousasougou]

Suprising to hear you mentioning GuP

[@landenfisher585]

Just saying that M4 was actually an easy 8 Sherman not an M4. That was also Fury.

[@syvarris467]

I wonder if his "Tortwass" comment is a fun poke at Rita...

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

You wonder correctly.

[@ColBecket]

+TheChieftainWoT can you make part 3 with tour in some kind of inaccessible area (place where are tanks like T-14 heavy, FV4004 convay etc.) I heard that they awaiting for reconstruction. Also in outside there should be some nice tanks like M103 or AMX-13 other than that I saw some really nice vehicles in vid but you didnt mentioned (Like Springer demolition vehicle - aka the big non-RC goliath in 13:00 ) also that AFV near strv - it seems to be the fv510 Warrior prototype

[@Silahtar357]

Col Beckett Springer is also remote controlled. But could be driven by hand.

[@Menvarin]

This is the first news I have heard about the Elefant being moved to Bovington, do they plan to do a more detailed restoration then a lick of paint and draining the water out of it while they have it?

[@verstappen9937]

The T-55 that’s cut open was actually a propaganda piece that the Russians used to make the crew feel safer, I’m not sure how much thicker it actually is but enough that it was worth mentioning on the plaque

[@junkyardwanderer1305]

I want a Tog now. . . and How could they do that to Tog!!

[@jewdidnaziitthrumping4410]

tog should be a tea serving place or hotdog place

[@bigjo66]

Chieftan, do you think that TOG would have been worth putting into production? Part of me thinks 'of course not', but part of me thinks it could have been useful to have a 17lber available in an armoured vehicle as quickly as possible.

[@theinfinityskull3619]

You should still do an Inside the Hatch vid with an ELC.

[@em4284]

I wish you'd do more shows on German tanks.

[@goosbouwsma7464]

You should go to overloon it’s great museum if bin there on accident because my dad wanted to a car event but we ended up there

[@raseli4066]

12:56 DID SOMONE JUST DISRESPECT HUSTORY! ??!

[@drendolnicar9816]

Isn't that the F2 variant of the panzerkampfwagen IV. And one more question do you have any idea if the second season of Girls und Panzer is comming and i also wonder how were you involved in making the GuP film (I saw your name in the credits of the film).

[@kippamip]

Crow's everywhere. 🤣

[@Dennyrulez]

It's impossible to do a speed tour of the museum when you get past the Tog. That just can't go fast.

[@grandetaco4416]

You should go hug the tog and make it feel better about being covered up.

[@Masada1911]

We all should

[@Cevetan]

What are the huge Nitrogen-Tanks for that are on the Vehicle next to the Cutaway-Centurion?

[@commissarlugh1040]

lots more armored cars then i realized.

[@josephelias9081]

I just want to watch, but my internet is doing its best potato impression.

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

They really should try to build a P-1000 Ratte according to the existing blueprints. Would be interesting to see

[@VonGrav]

Rather see a working Maus ;D

[@origamichik3n]

Duke of Lorraine And how much money are you prepared to invest into such undertaking?

[@Dreachon]

Is there any further info on the Elefant coming to Bovington, would make it worth visiting again?

[@shoji_3440]

tankmuseum.org/year-news/bovnews53673

[@shoji_3440]

April 2017

[@Dreachon]

Shoji_WarThunder Yep, got the message yesterday, I hope I can get a reply and see for how long it'll be present at Bovington.

[@doncampbell5564]

Found your channel about a month ago. Really like it. Any chance of doing a usmc AAV p7a1?

[@FSXNOOB]

Nice tour, only bad filming, your waving the foon way too fast around :D

[@stevesmith8279]

Why can't you show the swastikas? Is it some PC nonsense? I absolutely love your coverage and knowledge of tanks!

[@ThinkingFingers]

If they were gonna hide TOG anyway they should have totally gone with the TOG Cafe idea.

[@olivier3847]

is that the original paint on the italian models?

[@OnlyHereForCake]

What was that truck beside the Ram and behind that house?

[@TrooperVey]

Any idea where the Churchill III AVRE lives nowadays? Thought it used to be in this hall. Used to run too.

[@theminecartgaming]

in the VCC as of tankfest 2016