How To... Drink Tea in a Tank | The Tank Museum

[@mauricetait5704]

I served on cents and then on the chieftain at Fallie, conclusion the tank was build to move and protect the BV

[@tedheath9018]

lol

[@kelvin8369]

O7 lol

[@Alistplay]

Top priority: protect the cuppa😂😂

[@paganphil100]

Maurice Tait: Me too....Cents in Detmold and then Chieftains in Wolfenbuttel and "Fally" (1966 - 1975).

[@Crowborn]

Can't stop laughing at this LMAO

[@millertime4993]

This is the most British thing I think I have ever seen.

[@james.black981]

With the WW1 tank in the background in the first scene, ABSOLUTELY!

[@markdammes1947]

My monocle just fell out

[@battleship217]

*laughs in the most American tank in the background

[@janisbentzen4503]

These guys are wonderful!

[@woutertje026]

@@battleship217 and yet, the British invented the first ever tank

[@iancarr8682]

How long did it take the KGB to establish what a 'BV' was?

[@arkadeepkundu4729]

*KGB report: "BV"* Technical specifications - Unknown. Apparently has great morale boosting ability for crew. Special capitalist equipment, seems they remove it from tanks for foreign export if Soviets are likely to get their hands on it. Top secret tech, needs immediate investigation.

[@willwallacetree]

Tactical Samovars all over the Warsaw Pact

[@glynluff2595]

Not long they had the EMER before we did!

[@brianartillery]

My late father loved brewing up with a pan, loose tea, and condensed milk.(he'd have done it all the time, but mum wasn't keen). Very possibly the first tea I drank was made this way. Dad wasn't tank crew, but was in the Royal Engineers. The first bit of the video brought back a lot of memories.

[@christopherpappas7474]

Now this series is going to be fantastic! Keep them coming gentlemen!! 🙃☮️

[@iatsd]

You don't get rid of the liner vessel, you heathens. That's what your curries are cooked in. And if you happen to have a particularly good loader, say a Sikh loader by the name of Jason who was a sous chef before joining up, you get steamed puddings, curries, soups, and all sorts of things in addition to water for tea. Sitting in the middle of Germany in winter, freezing rain outside, and you're golden. :)

[@chrisgibson5267]

The method of brewing up using petrol, sand and a can's mentioned in the film Ice Cold in Alex. Captain van der Poel is ignorant of the method and it's one of the clues that give away his real identity as Hauptman Otto Lutz. There's an interview with a British tank officer in the old World at War series. He mentioned the fact that his crew stowed a bucket of water near the tank's exhaust; thereby ensuring a supply of boiling water when the engine was running. They use the bucket to prepare a pig carcass they acquire.

[@ZGryphon]

And yet it's always the German tank that has a bucket on it somewhere in the movies. :)

[@roscothefirst4712]

My uncle was a gunner in a Sherman, he mentioned hanging a bucket of water over the engine exhaust and making tea (& heating bully beef) that way

[@princeoftonga]

@Ralph Allen Looking through the comments on this video it seems like there isn’t one tank ever made that hasn’t at some point been used as a cooker by some cold, hungry tired tanker. Being cold and hungry/thirsty appears to make soldiers very creative.

[@ThePstorm]

Could listen to these two chatting for hours. Excellent stuff.

[@sgtrock5273]

When the United States went to the 120mm with combustible cases...we had no place to pee...

[@fabiogalletti528]

British tanks had no case from the Chieftain, if I remember correctly. Rifled 120mm has warhead, separate charges in bags and an ignitor. After the BOOM, came out just the ignitor shell, the size of a 12,7mm spent case. Not so useful for sanitary purposes. Rumors said that 105mm cases were kind of comfortable.

[@BaronSamedi1959]

The only British vehicles in use in the Belgian Army were from the CVR-T series. I had a Spartan and a BV! The rest of the artillery regiment had to make do with US M-109 SP guns and no BV. I was the envy of the regiment.

[@andrewgillis3073]

It wasn't just tankers who enjoyed tea (or coffee, for us yanks)Truck drivers would place metal canteens or small water cans on the engine blocks. You had to remember to leave the cap a little loose or it would explode. The same thing was done with canned rations. But if you forgot to punch a small hole in it, you would have to explain to the maintenance officer why you had overcooked corn beef hash in your engine compartments. In the US Army M113 APC, you can access the engine from inside, right next to the driver. It was a great way to heat up your food, until the MREs came along. Also, if a British soldier was in a colony, they could get a hold on a tea brick, which was just tea compressed into a solid. You just scrapped some off into boiling water.

[@philbuglass4857]

Wow - haven't heard "gopping" for many years...!

[@tomsoki5738]

I’ve never been so proud to be British

[@buonafortuna8928]

Great job. Hope this series continues when we're back to something like normal.

[@gloworms3592]

You guys clearly know your audience :D

[@georgesears2916]

I have this wonderful image of a loader sitting in the turret with a selection of armour piercing and high explosive rounds on one side of him and Darjeeling and Chai on the other.

[@1701spacecadet]

No, Earl Grey or English breakfast tea.

[@Dimensionwitch1]

@@1701spacecadet None of the above are tea.

[@lupus67remus7]

No. Just tea.

[@georgesears2916]

@@lupus67remus7 No tactical tea cakes or strategic scones? Surely a rock cake, it'd make a fantastic backup APCR round 😀

[@justmerc1642]

5:45 "Benghazi Burner" sounds like a TF2 weapon

[@tonyblack1964]

I was a RTR Chieftain crewman in the eighties. On one exercise on Saltau, West Germany, I managed to fall asleep in the gunners seat while holding a hot cup of coffee during a night march. The end result was me getting out of the turret before the commander who was seated above me. Casevaced to nearest BMH and managed to dodge the rest of the exercise whilst recuperating.

[@Oleg-dp2fh]

Great film! Looking forward to see more from the series!

[@DougsterCanada1]

Dad was a WWII tank commander (GGFG), had his coffee/tea cup shot through by a sniper's bullet. They were assured by others the area they were moving through was cleared. Only discovered it when they stopped for a cup. Apparently the cups were hung inside the turret and he was in the commander's hatch at the time but didn't hear the round hit. He reported the incident and others apparently went and destroyed the remaining steeple searching for the sniper.

[@stevenbreach2561]

Essential on Cheiftain as there was no heating,AT ALL!!

[@hydrosonic]

Finally, always wanted more info on the BV. Great vid!

[@mwnciboo]

This is friggin EPIC.

[@lupus67remus7]

Nice one lads! Looking forward to more!

[@FrogmanAnime]

Most people ridicule the British for having the boiling vessel in the tank; but then you realise that a lot of the British rations were boil in the bag, so a boiling vessel is a necessity, not just for the tea, but for their actual cooking of their rations. Although the idea of it is genius.

[@johnfisk811]

I liked the WW1 example of how well two officer cadets would try to make some tea.............

[@fabiogalletti528]

Two officers and a manual task. How to brew a disaster. :-)

[@resolute123]

Brew-ski? My Platoon Sergent showed me all the places on the tank you could hide beer.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

We need to do some joint venture and somehow get those BV for our Pzkw Pretty sure we can give the beer balancing system in return.

[@CharlieDeltaEchoVict]

Brilliant video thanks guys.

[@callumsmodellingcentre6902]

You'd expect bovington to support a game like war thunder more, but I'm not complaining.

[@jameslangham9854]

Thoroughly interesting presentation guys, thank you. Was the modern design aimed more at providing warm drinks and food on the nuclear battlefield?

[@daz8668]

Tea: NATO, standard

[@georgiabowhunter]

I really wish we had one of these on the M1A1 when I was on them. We cooked everything on our turbine exhaust. I’ve heard they’ve been added to the M1A2.

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

M1A1 AIMS had them as of 2007.

[@catlee8064]

and the bradleys now have them aswell.

[@chaz8758]

Want to know what happens when you cook with petrol on a tank - look up AVRE 165 in Gulf War 1, big boooooom

[@TheCerebralDude]

American version: How to BBQ in a tank

[@fabiogalletti528]

The Swedish tank museum did a "cook with a centurion tank" a week ago. We'll soon see some really bizarre use of tank and maple syrup from the Canadian museum? Too bad here in Italy we don't have a real tank museum: no video about how to use a leopard to have spaghetti al dente.

[@thelegendaryklobb2879]

Soviet armor: vodka dispenser and sunflower seed deposit

[@williamtrf-g5995]

I think you meant "Aussie version".

[@fabiogalletti528]

@@williamtrf-g5995 only if shrimps are involved in the maneuver :-D

[@gregoryclark8217]

Everything I've heard about tommy cookers is about soldiers burning their fingers on them.

[@pikeywyatt]

Thank's guys,and book the tank years has just come threw letter box..very quick.

[@ZGryphon]

As someone who had to watch a lot of _The Match Game_ as a child, I feel an opportunity was missed by not calling the series "How to BLANK in a Tank", but I recognize the joke may not work in the UK, or indeed with anyone not in their mid-forties.

[@Mr-.Facts.]

Hi there ( : Is it possible that i use this video for my own? I will use it to point out 5 facts about vehicles ( : Of course i will give credit but i don't know if it will make much difference now. Thanks in advance!

[@PUBHEAD1]

David Fletcher needs to do one, how to trim your moustache in a tank

[@Otokichi786]

"Have a brew"? In the American military, that phrase means BEER! (Troopers: "Tea!? Pour on the GI Coffee, iSarge.")

[@jgvgjv2980]

Great entertaining video boys

[@octaviocuesta1155]

I used to real James Holland's novels when I was in high school!

[@jamestheotherone742]

"....in a tank." is like the "in bed" fortune cookie game? Hardest part of drink tea on a tank is keeping the dirt out of it.

[@MegaJoker1972]

What to watch when your having your morning cuppa tea. Why a video about how to make tea in a tank.

[@spuriousevent7332]

Awfully good show chaps.

[@intertr0ns]

BV which is much preferable to having the DVs

[@xxxtakaji-kaixxx9016]

The tank museum next time bring in Norman And brad Pitt to explain more tanks from the movie fury

[@therebelfrogy9287]

How to drink tea in tank Step01: Don't drive Russian tank

[@MamelanYippee]

I cant imagine if this was howtobasic

[@petethebastard]

Great vid! Australia took the BV's from Centurions and put them in Leopard. There was also a few about from Scorpion... Highly prized possession! M113 crews usually used a 9kg gas bottle with a burner on top, also VG for jaffles!

[@MrFlyinghellfish]

Next episode: how to fry eggs on your fender using nothing but the North African sun

[@Paciat]

Bovington isnt in North Africa.

[@johnfisk811]

Done by my brother on the wing of a Saladin in Aden.

[@TheMinipily]

@@Paciat Very astute.

[@fabiogalletti528]

@@Paciat climate change, you know? :-)

[@Schaneification]

Who needs North Africa - you can do that in a number of american post in the states .

[@darthrex354]

The only time you ever want to hear "Brew Up" inside a tank.

[@cameronmcallister7606]

Imagine being an American in a British tank for the first time.

[@Feiora]

@@cameronmcallister7606 Would likely get out complaining about how theres no room in it to do anything, then blast the brits for tea instead of coffee...

[@douglasparkinson4123]

@@Feiora thats the wrong use of the word innit

[@PitFriend1]

The bivvie is the most important component of a British tank. Tracks broken? Become a bunker! Main gun out? Do ‘em with the machineguns! Bivvie out? Tank out of action, return to depot!

[@ebt1969]

Biggest sin I ever committed letting the BV boil dry and a tin of beans exploded in it. Not a mistake your Commander will let you make twice :)

[@fazole]

There's a funny anecdote I read in a WW2 GI's autobiography. They were cooking up a can of beans and fell asleep in a house. The can exploded, and the soldier woke up covered in beans! His comrades heard the explosion, ran in and thought a grenade had gone off and that he was covered in gore. Their panic, panicked him and then he thought he was hit and in shock! They had to strip him down in freezing Holland to find out what happened!

[@davidwhite4874]

@@fazole Even your name is 'bean'........

[@fazole]

@@davidwhite4874 Beans are good for you.

[@davidwhite4874]

@@fazole Yes, but tactically they're a bit dodgy.

[@fazole]

@@davidwhite4874 Yes, they could get you accused of dispersing a biological agent.

[@KFP_Prophet]

"No matter how fast we go, or no matter how many hits we take, I will never spill my tea" ―Darjeeling

[@lupus67remus7]

Girls und panzer!!!

[@LJ3783]

Panzer VOR!!!

[@thomashambly3718]

WEEB

[@KFP_Prophet]

@@thomashambly3718 GuP is tank history for weebs and weebery for tank historians

[@TheLastPhoen1x]

And I thought it was just made up to emphasize her Britishness...

[@MacChew008]

FINALLY, a very important topic addressed. Thank you.

[@Tinblitz]

"Oh no, their tank is overheating!" "Sorry, no, it's just our kettle. Cuppa tea?"

[@sssxxxttt]

Maybe a better way to make peace than shooting at each other :)

[@Tinblitz]

@@sssxxxttt "Make tea, not war"

[@giahuynguyenkim6389]

@@Tinblitz Ho Chi Minh

[@Tinblitz]

@@giahuynguyenkim6389 What about him?

[@giahuynguyenkim6389]

@@Tinblitz if the enemy want war, we give them war. If they want peace, we'll invite them tea"

[@reubensandwich9249]

Who could possibly downvote this? Nevermind, a coffee drinker.

[@jlvfr]

I'm a coffee drinker and loved to watch this. :D Downvotes are probably from cocoa drinkers. ;)

[@dwayne7201]

I'm a coffee drinker and I like this I also like southern style sweet tea (American) but that doesn't really count does it

[@richieb7692]

It's the Bovril lot you have to keep an eye on Keep an eye on the OXO cubes lads

[@vaclav_fejt]

@@jlvfr I'm a cocoa, coffee (as a pick-me-up) and tea (without milk!) drinker and I adore the feel good mood radiating from this video.

[@jlvfr]

@@vaclav_fejt drinkers of the world, unite!

[@charleswindsor7835]

you buggers, I'm only 2 minutes in and i'm dying for a brew now. I'll be back in 5 to watch the rest of it.

[@origamichik3n]

Talk about lack of planning. I brew myself a cup of tea prior to start watching.

[@charleswindsor7835]

@@origamichik3n they ambushed me, i was sat here minding my own business in code white and before i knew it i'd already clicked on the thumbnail.

[@deeeeeeeench1209]

Charles Windsor spitting tea all over my biscuits.

[@wideyxyz2271]

yeah it got me too lol!

[@princeoftonga]

One of my favourite army stories is from the early 60s and the BAOR. A Centurion battalion was in some sort of NATO exercise and had a fairly senior American officer with them. As part of the exercise the tanks are driving on a road and the column stops briefly just to check the maps. The American officer is surprised that in the two minutes the column has been stopped, before he noticed it was even happening everyone has suddenly got a brew in their hands including him! The ability of a British soldier to “get a brew on” is almost supernatural. Not sure how accurate the story is (certainly could be a Chinese whispers in it) but sounds like something that could have happened.

[@catlee8064]

Worked with some americans in afghan, always woke them up with a brew, they loved it, even converted some of them off the vile coffee crap!

[@stevenbreach2561]

The loader/radio op was in charge of the BV,and would always be ready to make a brew

[@mariahoulihan9483]

I was talking to my uncle about this programme this morning .... he is retired Army. He told me when he served their mugs held 3/4 pint of tea. lol.

[@hoilst265]

Sounds made up: no way would it take as long as two minutes for a Brit to get tea... :D

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

Made this former Abrams crewman smile.

[@nonamesplease6288]

This was top notch. James and Richard did a great job with this topic. Hopefully we will see a lot more of these, Corona notwithstanding. Cheers! BTW: American tank crews were so impressed with, and jealous of, the BV when they saw British crews using them in Iraq that it is now standard equipment on the Abrams.

[@888johnmac]

i guess the americans use their BV for coffee ??

[@nonamesplease6288]

@@888johnmacMostly coffee, but really all kinds of stuff. Why not? The bivvie is a great idea.

[@tedferkin]

@@888johnmac From what I understand, it has full on espresso capabilities :P . You know if the US do anything they totally go over the top. The Loader has to be a fully qualified barista :D

[@Nutzkie2001]

Yep. Stows snugly right underneath the loader's seat.

[@brucemacallan6831]

We were very impressed with the US MRE's. We swapped our compo with US Units we met on Gulf 1.

[@gings4ever]

WW1: getting the lads together outside near the Mark tank for tea WW2: getting the lads together outside near the Cromwell for tea postwar: *inside the tank* "top up that BV" just British tanker things

[@BazilRat]

The problem: British soldiers keep getting shot brewing up their tea on/near their tank. Any other army: We make the mess guys deal with hot drinks and you're only allowed to drink pre-packaged drinks or drinks prepared by the mess guys unless you're in an actual proper camp. British army: Right, that's a good idea, but what if we just put a kettle in the tank?

[@bruceclarke6368]

@@BazilRat You only have a Brew after the battle.

[@markfryer9880]

@@bruceclarke6368 What about all of that "Hurry up and wait time? " Lots of time to kill waiting for H Hour and nerves to settle doing something familiar and good for morale.

[@andreww2098]

@@BazilRat The US army Retrofitted a BV in the Abrams after the first gulf war as they saw British armoured crews easily getting hot drinks!

[@BazilRat]

@@bruceclarke6368 Yeah of course. But that doesn't change the fact that a lot of our soldiers were being killed when attacked while brewing up, whether that's by other tanks, the air, or even just a sneaky guy with a gun while the sentries are a bit tired.

[@Nutzkie2001]

There's two reasons the loader on an M1A2 Abrams is the most important member of the crew, IMHO: The first is the BV, which stows under his seat and is his responsibility. The second is the auxiliary input jack for the internal communication system, which is mounted directly over his right shoulder. So in other words, he's responsible for both making the coffee and picking the playlist. Hail to the king, baby!

[@bob_the_bomb4508]

Next: how to buy a bratwurst on a tank... “Mit Senf, bitte Wolfgang...”

[@QoraxAudio]

Supergeil! Ein grosse Wurst im meine Brummbär! 😅

[@catlee8064]

Wolfgang and his Blue merc van......remember him well!

[@MostlyPennyCat]

How to make cappuccino in a tank

[@BELCAN57]

@@MostlyPennyCat That would be the Italians in North Africa.

[@MostlyPennyCat]

@@BELCAN57 Cue zorba the greek

[@Puffin_777]

I can just imagine this question being posed at a sorting centre: "You want to be a commander?" "Yes sir." "How's your brew?" "Good, sir." "Brilliant!"

[@Temp0raryName]

Also known as "how to become a loader".

[@HebaruSan]

Eventually this develops into, "Tea, Earl Grey, hot."

[@mylojeb4994]

The future of Britain's tanks

[@InternetEntity]

Two Brits having an in depth discussion about one facet of tea-making: tea during war. My-yes!

[@Ash007YT]

Two old farts showing us how to enjoy a cuppa. Fascinating stuff.

[@markfryer9880]

Hey, easy on the Old Fart bit, remember Old Farts were once Young Farts. .

[@beencybouncyburger]

There are several paragraphs at the start of a chapter of Bob Crisp's *Brazen Chariots* covering how, during Operation Crusader, there were periods when the airwaves were filled with calls to base requesting permission to brew up. ...and in one instance a German voice on radio telling them it was fine to brew up.

[@beencybouncyburger]

Alfie Martin He didn't record there being any ambush. It's got to be that JABO (or whatever the callsign was) was as rudderless as they were just then.

[@beencybouncyburger]

Alfie Martin I pulled the book off the shelf. It's in the chapter titled "First Day": "...God knows how many gallons of precious petrol were used up during that and subsequent campaigns in bringing kettles to the boil. Halfhearted attempts were made to prevent it while armored regiments lay stranded with empty petrol tanks, but generals and brigadiers as well as troopers and privates came to recognize the moral effect of "a brew", and it was never seriously discouraged. In the grim days and nights that followed November 18 it was an incredible but not unusual sight to see some tank crew, temporarily immobile or disengaged but still under fire, huddled over a sand-and-petrol stove making tea. It was also inevitable during any sort of lull in the battle to hear some voice on the air calling up the CO and saying "Hullo, JAGO. JAGO Two calling. May we brew up?" Once, in the middle of an action down near El Gubi, many days and many lives later, we heard a distinctive Teuton voice saying on our regimental frequency "Hullo, BALO. BALO calling. You may brrrew up". The battle paused while the whole regiment rocked with laughter. I have no doubt some died laughing."

[@beencybouncyburger]

Alfie Martin they were fighting off and on, back and forth. These engagements were a bit piecemeal and intermittent. Tanks coming in, tanks heading out or breaking down, fire at night with little hope of making hits. Crisp didnt make it clear whether the German was saying "why don't you guys take a tea break" or whether the German comms officer on duty to monitor the comms was just cheerfully joking to somebody out of the fight that they could brew up as requested, "pretending" to be their CO because their real CO hadn't responded. I think that second one is what he means.

[@julianshepherd2038]

Germans used meth and the British use tea.

[@frypan3315]

julian shepherd or even better, make tea, using meth instead of sugar

[@keithlarsen7557]

And look who won.

[@vaclav_fejt]

@@fallschirmjager0000 lost the Cold war, tho.

[@guypierson5754]

Major difference being Meth lets you take your body further than it should, achieve superhuman feats, and then collapse and die. Tea is the opposite: when you have gone as far as you can, and there is no more give, tea will hydrate you, warm you inside, the making and drinking of it is a social performance, a part of your home, it gives you time to organise your thoughts, relax your aches, gather your wits and composure. You can't panic and give up when you are drinking tea: you'd spill it, and look a right plonk.

[@julianshepherd2038]

@@guypierson5754 totally agree. Also doesn't make you more violent.

[@dunamoose3446]

Is that a Centurion without side skirts? *Avert your eyes, children!*

[@markedwards158]

Fantastic, really great idea for yet another series Fron the Tank Museum. As someone who spent a lot of time in CVRT’s the BV was essential, especially in a German winter.

[@catlee8064]

Good to see Rich again, served with him 2RTR in Fally.

[@brucemacallan6831]

Lol, we were next door to you - Scots DG...

[@brucemacallan6831]

Sany0 woo hoo, the Copper Kettle, Cafe Fox, the Pink House (Casanova club) beside Walsrode, disco alalai at Duishorn, cactus club on the way to Soltau.... ah the memories. Lol. And what was the name of that pub on the bend that somebody put a Chally in to? (Muff coupler problem?)

[@m52spy]

I was Csqn Lad 2RTR. 93-96. Great time

[@m52spy]

I remember alalai's. Like a large barn type building. Great place.

[@brucemacallan6831]

m52spy that was the one!

[@bob_the_bomb4508]

The BV was the most important bit of kit in my Spartan CVR(T) too.

[@catlee8064]

BV breaks, tank is out of action!!

[@888johnmac]

@@catlee8064 .. those are standing orders in british army

[@chaz8758]

We had them on our 432's, 434's, 436's, Spartans, Sultans, Samsons, Ferrets and Frogs (CET) even on the Crusader low loaders - Sappers are tea powered

[@bob_the_bomb4508]

chaz8758 I remember it in the Frogs and of course the AVRE and the AVLB. But I don’t remember it in my Ferret. But we are talking a very long time ago:)

[@FourOaksBlue]

chaz8758 0

[@1LEgGOdt]

A d don’t forget that during the Early days of NATO joint training exercises in cold weather climates, the British tanks would sometimes have a crewman or the entire tank crew from another tank coming over to ask to have some water heated up.

[@Rj-tz5kb]

Couldn't be more british :P

[@ignaciasd1198]

How To... Drink Tea in a Tank -Interesting -Absolutely British -Obvious How To... Have a Brew in a Tank -Attention grabbing -Possibly witches -Mysterious -Expect a coven get a pair of milit brits enjoying a tea

[@QoraxAudio]

This is just the ultimate form of the British obsession with tea 😂

[@schwarzy39]

St. Gloriana approves!

[@rebsredone450]

As far as I know the BOXER armored wheeled vehicle has one of those BVs in the crew compartment because the Brits put that into the requirements when they still where in the program. German and Dutch soldiers are very grateful for that. And now Britsh soldiers too, as the UK decided to by the BOXER after all.

[@TsiolkovskySportingLocks]

What a brilliant video and has really lifted my spirits today. Thanks

[@michaelguthrie7315]

"Standard issue" for my tank crew was 4 children's tommee tippee mugs so no bug outs ruined the brew

[@xenofoxx]

I like the idea behind this. Instead of discussing the armor and weapon effectiveness, which is easily found in plenty of online sources, it's more focused on how the crews lived in these machines while on duty. Recently Arsenalen in Sweden did something similar with 'how to cook food in a tank'.

[@johnulrich5572]

Reminds me of the scene in the movie A Bridge Too Far when the British tankers pull off the road to brew som tea.

[@leonardusgroenendyk6027]

The boiling vessel was the most important item carried over from Centurions to Aussie Leopards and the jaffel iron. Memories...

[@Masada1911]

This is a jolly good treat indeed

[@Spookieham]

Always wanted to see a video about the famed BV the most viral piece of kit in any British Tank

[@jjsmallpiece9234]

Essential viewing for the British :-)

[@him050]

I like James Holland - I find if he’s ever in a documentary it tends to be a good one.

[@zakalwe2240]

His books are good too.

[@Drrolfski]

Knowing that morale is literally everything in warfare, I'm kinda surprised countries didn't or don't put a little more effort into these low-hanging fruit solutions that not only keep the spirits of their tank crews up, but also help them to stay mobile. Why not mini-fridges and mini-magnetrons, seriously? Even with interior tank space at a premium, there should be ways to fit in huge morale boosters like these without having to compromise on critical combat functionality.

[@clothar23]

And pray tell exactly how you plan to power said mini fridge when the power plant is off ?

[@Drrolfski]

@@clothar23 Simple: If they run out of power, it's no biggy as long as vital power functions of a vehicle stay up. When power is abundant though, they are a huge moral multiplier.

[@clothar23]

@@Drrolfski Dude do you even have any idea what you're talking about ? The power plant of tank is its engine. When the engine is off the only power supply is the battery, which is disconnected as part of standard shut down procedure for the night. So no juice for any of the electric systems since keeping the battery charged for immediate dust off is more important than keeping beer cold ya know.

[@Drrolfski]

@@clothar23 Didn't you read my words? It's about running stuff like this without having to compromise on critical combat functionality. This should be technically well possible and keeping main batteries charged enough is of course part of that. Who says that this stuff needs to share the same power source or batteries anyway?

[@dogsnads5634]

@@clothar23 Most MBT's have an auxiliary generator that is kept running to provide power and keep the batteries charged up when the main engine is shut down.

[@davegardner2258]

In BR days if both boiling rings on a loco were broke it was classed as a failure. Back to depot.

[@GWRProductions-kg9pt]

some of us still do it by making certain safeties fail

[@fabiogalletti528]

The Swedish tank museum came out how to cook with a tank, now the tea on tanks: sooner or later it will pop up how to make a significant emotional irish stew on a gas turbine without having to say "oh bugger the tank is on fire".

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

I have not seen it successfully achieved yet. We're one of the nations which stole the BV from the British, it's now on the M1 and M3, so much easier to get the stew done in that.

[@fabiogalletti528]

@@TheChieftainsHatch the key word is "yet", I guess. Any plan to joint the bandwagon and add some old memory about Tank Chiefs turned Tank Chefs? :-)

[@bkucinschi]

These two guys are great together, they made my day. After watching this episode I'll go in my garage and improvise a BV for my truck

[@timothywalker4563]

I had seen a picture of the “BV” but i didn’t know how it worked, thanks for showing it. Even though I’m am American, coffee doesn’t work for me, tea will get the job done. Thanks again for the curious story of tea and tanks!

[@paulwallis7586]

Little-known facts - Carnation milk helps heat retention, better heat conductor. The Russians used jam for their hot drinks for the same reason, pectin helping to keep the drink hot. Also critical - Choose the right boiled sweets, and you can have any flavour you like, and it's brilliant.

[@AdventureswithTrains]

My great grandfather served on malta and in Italy, last dregs of tea were saved for shaving!

[@markasimmons]

First World War Tommies also used dried tea tablets, comprising of compressed tea, dried milk, and sugar. Like the cooker, they only came as private purchases from back home. One popular type was manufactured by John Richardson and Company of Leicester, and marketed under the name "TMS Tablets" (tea, milk, sugar) with the slogan "Five O'Clock Tea in the Trenches".

[@charlieyerrell9146]

Good reminder. I am ex RTR . I used to make a brew up in the lybyian desert for myself and the crew.

[@Shorjok]

Libyan?