Indy Neidell | Top 5 Tanks | The Tank Museum

For the fourth in our Top 5 series, Great War Channel presenter Indy Neidell came to The Tank Museum to share his 5 favourite tanks. / thegreatwar
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[@spartanskunk]

Germany: Why don't we make our trenches a bit wider? Britain: Well then why don't we make our tanks a bit longer? And thus the glorious TOG II was born.

[@heem_cat5140]

And the Mark IX tank

[@user-hn5ee1xu2d]

I thought TOG II is for tea parties!

[@chris_hisss]

I would love to see this battle keep going. Can you imagine the next step? Something two togs long? lol

[@eltorris]

"Because its cute", definitely I wasn't expecting that reason hahaha

[@mr.ramfan8100]

When Patton heard this he rose from the grave in search of someone to slap....

[@alexandrecolomer3807]

It do be cute tho 😳

[@Hatzi89]

The cv-33 is cuter

[@repostedcontent4755]

300th like

[@VRichardsn]

Next step: Ian McCollum from Forgotten Weapons. "My name is Ian and today we will take a look at 5 different and unusual looking tanks"

[@plussum3255]

He would disassemble the tanks as well and tell us about how peculiar the design is

[@CallanElliott]

It'd be the single longest Top 5 tanks vid ever.

[@thibaudduhamel2581]

and they would all be French

[@facundomadariaga2957]

@@plussum3255 with nothing but a pen cap

[@ryanodoherty4090]

This has to happen.

[@TheGreatWar]

Great Video. We were always wondering what Indys Top Five Tanks were. Now, we know! Hope to meet you guys again next year for the Tank Fest!

[@Quokka666]

you lot dint point out that A7V is a working mock up an not a ww 1 tank cos the last A7V is in aus

[@goodsous]

You should get Indy to do a great war episode from the top of Dave while driving around a ww1 battlefield.

[@felwinter5528]

Its great to see the 2 bests things I like together, The Great War team and there huge knowledge on ww1 and The Tank Museum huge tank collection. If I could do a course about ww1+2 and the history of the tank, I would say shut up and take my money. (sorry if my grammar is bad because I have dyslexia, that's why I don't wright too meany comments)

[@titanuranus3095]

When I saw you picked Little Willie I guessed the reason was musical, but I thought it was going to be be because of the tank regements quick march.

[@akillerpacman1709]

I'd love to see Indy and Flo drive a FT Renault around for one of their specials on the channel!

[@Redhander]

I'm a simple man I see Indy I press like

[@heresy8384]

Tank Museum; first Lindybeige, now Indy Neidell - are you just trying to combine all the things I love?

[@zbigniewmalec3746]

Well, they are selling bacon wrapped ice cream in the cafeteria, so you might be onto something...

[@dracarysblackfyre6030]

And The Mighty Jingles, so now I'm just waiting for Ian from forgotten weapons

[@zbigniewmalec3746]

Hi guys, thanks for tuning in for another episode of Forgotten Tanks. My name is Ian and today we will take a look at the experimental soviet tank T-34-850.

[@MarekDohojda]

LOL! I read that in his voice :) You gotta love Gun Jesus!

[@vaclav_fejt]

"So much for the history of the Mathilda infantry tank, now let's take it apart and see how it works. We might go outside and do a bit of shooting afterwards."

[@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs]

Grabs popcorn

[@soapsjazeer89]

The Iron Armenian aka G.I. Haigs hey there ;)

[@poyo3582]

The Iron Armenian aka G.I. Haigs wtf ur here too

[@dimitarkondev5522]

I see that you got taste for youtube channels

[@StaK_1980]

No glorious Russian tanks this time Haggis :D This is the WWI edition, I am afraid . :-)

[@Redbarron1972]

Do you watch the tank museum or the Great War channel?

[@taofledermaus]

Now you need to get Othais from C&Rsenal on there.

[@mortisCZ]

He would speak about his tanks for four hours and then he might even get to their handling on the range. :-D

[@whydidthisgetchanged]

THE ACTUAL TAOFLEDERMAUS COMMENTED ON THIS VID W T F

[@k1ll3rhur7z2]

TAOFLEDERMAUS didn’t expect 2 c u here! （＾∇＾）

[@jacobeberhardt1649]

Hey Jeff!

[@GeorgHaeder]

Vojtěch Ptáček yeah, and then Mae does shoot them guns.

[@Khabaal87]

The A7V has the most unimaginatively name of all vehicles ever, guess what, it got build by the *A* bteilung *7* *V* erkehrswesen (literally "traffic departement 7") :D

[@Hanfgurkenhasser]

Khabaal87 Yeah us Germans are a bit....technical when it comes to that. Sturmgeschütz (Assault Gun), Panzerkampfwagen (Tank fighting vehicle), ...

[@hagamapama]

actually panzerkampfwagen is just a Germanization of what everyone was calling them. British and Americans use the term AFV for all variations of Armored Fighting Vehicles, PzKW is literally just German for that.

[@josynaemikohler6572]

Yes, but they were named individually. Faust, Mephisto, Wotan, Cyklop, Siegfried etc....

[@michaelcort1763]

The FT is the granddaddy of all modern tanks. Yes it had only a crew of 2 and it was barely armoured but it's design of two small tracks, engine to the real and a 360 degree rotating turret containing its main armament was a revolutionary step and indeed the basis from which all tanks that followed took inspiration from.

[@ziggy8190]

What about the Joseph Stalin series , yeah they came very late in terms of innovative designs but they were approved by Stalin , so what more could you want ?

[@petermuller3995]

troll?

[@michaelcort1763]

peter Müller Me? No, I'm genuinely serious.

[@PROkiller16]

Its arguable that the turret would have came about naturally, but while the French did make the first tank which has a comparable layout to modern tanks that is really all they did. Their innovation kind of stopped there.

[@petermuller3995]

not you. ziggy

[@enveenva5584]

We need a full cover of Indy singing little willie

[@Fire_Wire]

Now I want to see more videos with Dave, the little FT17

[@ulriksteenandersen4215]

me too

[@iansneddon2956]

Had an image of Dave slipping into an evaluation of early WW 2 tanks. Panzer Is and Panzer IIs, Italian L6s, Japanese Type 95s, etc. including a Russian style mud test where everyone gets bogged down. Evaluators marvel when Dave rolls through. "Wow, he's only got one machine gun but it's like he was made to run through mud!"

[@pvtjohntowle4081]

Indie Neidell failed to say that the A7V "Schnuck" is a replica and the only surviving original A7V is "Mephisto" at the Australian War Museum. A running replica was built in 2009 by Bob Grundy of British Military Vehicles, Wigan, UK, a company that specialises in the restoration of old military vehicles. The replica is constructed of plywood and angle iron, using the engine, transmission and tracks from two Fordson County Crawlers - tracked agricultural vehicles - and is painted to represent A7V number 504, Schnuck. It was purchased by The Tank Museum, Bovington, in November 2012. It is on display inside the Museum, and takes part in outdoor displays alongside the Museum's replica British Mark IV that was constructed for the film War Horse.[17]

[@BenNeill]

Yeah, it seems a little disingenuous not to mention that I felt. While it was about the tank as a concept, just felt unprofessional. Mephisto is normally housed at the Brisbane Museum and _was_ on loan at AWM for a few years. I believe it's temporarily out at the Ipswich Workshops Rail Museum and will be returning home to Brisbane in the near future.

[@mudcrab3420]

I was wondering that. Mephisto I have never seen, because interstate rivalry and Pffff to Queensland. The Panzer Museum in Munster did the typical German pragmatic thing when they realised no more existed and built one from scratch for their display based off - I think - the original detail drawings. That one I have seen. Very nice.

[@hagamapama]

He might not know, and anyway it has nothing to do with what his presentation was about, which was the A7V as a vehicle in history

[@unitedstatesofamericareal]

But why does that matter in a top 5? If it was talking about the exact model and name, yes, but he's not, he's talking about them in a general sense.

[@luisronaldofigo]

Whoever is PR in the museum are awesome

[@socialus5689]

Little Willie is now sad. All he ever wanted was to be liked.

[@socomseal93]

I feel like Indy should have chosen a Cold War tank for his number one tank, just to throw people off.

[@marc0523]

Or an M1 Abrams

[@TheSuperCanucks]

@@marc0523 That is a cold war tank

[@marc0523]

@@TheSuperCanucks Still in use today, all major battles it was in are not Cold War battles, not really a Cold War tank.

[@Chauc3r]

I bet the whippet was the one that got bumped.

[@Chauc3r]

Hehe. i posted this before the end shot where he had a whippet in the scene.

[@Ocrilat]

My list would have had the Tsar Tank, just for the sheer ridiculousness of the thing...it gives the giant wheel tank a certain charm imo.

[@gcm_uk]

Ocrilat yeah but you couldn't exactly film next to it

[@vicvega861]

Hell yeah!! Indy is probably my favorite historian, covering my most interested war and time period! Great collaboration!!

[@kenmvilla]

He also has a fantastic series on the Cuban Missile Crisis. If you like his content check that out.

[@user-eq8ez2bi6g]

Я@7.!половец истоия интересна я урашы

[@AchillesOfThessaly]

Of course Indy calls a tank cute.

[@hagamapama]

The Renault FT is adorable.

[@illiminatieoverlordgurglek140]

Saw tanks, saw Indy Neidell. Never clicked a video so fast in my life.. This is youtube crack to me! More please?

[@sebastiantiainen2749]

20 A7Vs saw action in WW1 but still in BF1 campaign "trough mud and blood" there's like 36 of them, smh

[@bluesrocker91]

Sebastian Tiainen I know... And they're tearing around at about 50 mph!

[@sebastiantiainen2749]

The Paranoid Blues Man yeah. quite weird

[@adonissherlock]

I mean, it would be pretty boring if you would have to sit through a tank going at 8kmh in bf1... Pretty sure the match would be over in the time it'd take to get from the spawn to the frontlines in that thing haha

[@leevin7546]

Adonissherlock They literally go 8km/h in bf1

[@adonissherlock]

worse than I tought lol

[@maxsmodels]

I agree with the Renault as the best, A few even saw WW2 service.

[@pjnoonan1423]

They also saw service afterwards in the middle east. There are rumors that to this day, there are still running FTs over there!

[@Twiggy163]

'....beause it's cute' DAMNIT INDY! But I can't disagree.

[@matthayward7889]

Love it! Lindy sings the 70's, available on download only

[@akarawaturaisin2400]

Never heard of people like tanks because its "cute"

[@bongobrandy6297]

You don't know tank! These were Indy's favorite WW1 tanks. Other cute tanks from, say WW2, would include the Stuart and Chaffee! Those were cute too. That's a video for a different time and channel.

[@Zamolxes77]

Don't forget the Luchs !

[@oOkenzoOo]

You cannot spell "cute tank" without the AMX-40. Praise the holy Ducky XD

[@akarawaturaisin2400]

oOkenzoOo AMX-40 cute???? Nah only with that duck camo. Without camo ..... :(In my mind) WTF is this???

[@ThiccDaddy007]

The leopard is liked because it is sexy, so why not like one for being cute

[@Noobman301]

I really want to see that austrian guy from Military History Visualized ..he's got awesome videos about WWI, WWII and many more

[@giodandosu]

and work whit the sabaton band!

[@jacktarat]

Or the guy from the HGM, who presents the REAL first Tank!

[@Hillbilly973]

Love indy neidell. Acts charmingly silly without being annoying, and never loses sight of his direction in teaching his subject matter. I really enjoy watching and learning from him

[@PMGF]

Never clicked on a video so quickly, Indy Neidell is such an entertaining & objective historian!

[@flypast9725]

Who else is subscribed to "the Great War" and "the tank museum"?

[@oisnowy5368]

*Raises hand* (but not above trench level. I mean, that's an old trick by now. Not falling for it.)

[@anderseriksson6926]

Me

[@neilwilson5785]

Quit a lot of us, I imagine. They do rather go together.

[@Kai-tm8lx]

Fly Past me

[@SuperLusername]

Fly Past Great War, tank museum, Lindybeige, Jingles...the whole shebang

[@jonny2954]

Funny. The Newest Leopard 2 version operated by the german army is the Leopard 2'A7V'. Back to the roots i guess.

[@evildave42a]

I like Dave too.

[@realmenshoot3085]

evildave42a Dave seems fun. I'd like to hang out with Dave.

[@Davidhench142]

Thanks guys

[@tomkavulic7178]

Now get Ian McCollum from Forgotten Weapons to do a top 5, please.

[@davejacobsen3014]

All without the thinking chair or desk! What a military mind!

[@TheVargr]

Indy's Great War channel is very good. Watch it week by week on exactly what was happening exactly 100 years ago on that week during the first world war.

[@amandastevenson4948]

Every single book I own is history oriented day-by-day progression I love it

[@scumbaag]

Indy is one of the coolest guys Ive ever "known" (through youtube), he really knows how to put into perspective just how it would feel to be in the fields all those years ago. Great vid!

[@rump438]

figures that Indy's favorite would be the cutest tank ever deployed.

[@nostradamusofgames5508]

i find it funny theyre all WW1 tanks

[@user-qs5yk6jk3k]

patrick Katalenas who would have thought a WW1 historian picked WW1 tanks

[@nostradamusofgames5508]

meh i just find it amusing

[@Ratty98]

why?

[@nostradamusofgames5508]

dunno, just find is amusing :P

[@dracarysblackfyre6030]

He does run a WW1 focused youtube channel, so he's obviously passionate about it

[@ExUSSailor]

The FT17 really did predict the direction of future tanks amazingly well for such an early step in the development of armor. Engine in the back, driver in the front of the hull, and, a revolving turret.

[@BVargas78]

Yay, another great collaboration!

[@allycutestcutieofcutenessa4856]

How about Top Five Tanks - David Fletcher? XD Psst.... It's just a reason for me to listen to David Fletcher talking again...

[@ricard6735]

Now they gotta make one where The Chieftain shows of his 5 favourites!

[@ttaibe]

they should but I expect it might be repetitive. the mark 1, 2,3,4 and 5 :P

[@canbrit4621]

I love Bovington Tank Museum... yes I used the old name for it. Because that is how i remember it from 1979...ahhh such a cool place to visit when you're just a young lad! I was 8 and in heaven!!! Maybe one day I will go back across "the Pond" to revisit...who knows....Memories :)

[@Dumlen]

Nice to see Indy discussing tanks. Going to be so fun and interesting to visit the tankmuseum during the week of my 30th birthday in October :)

[@hamthoiphuchung2437]

all ww1 tanks, obviously. love indie!

[@RaeSyngKane]

1:32 Indy, did you track in oil? Wipe your feet next time!

[@patrickthomas8601]

D ick Whoosh

[@YourTypicalMental]

Watching Indy's and than Lindybeige's top 5 tanks, Now all I want is a collaboration of my two most most favourite KZbinrs.

[@MrWeedWacky]

Tank you very much for this video!!

[@Sean_Coyne]

Now have mental picture of a young George S. Patton zooming around France in his cute Renault tank, called Dave.

[@hagamapama]

Sadly the Renault didn't zoom. It was an infantry tank and moved rather slowly. Did have great engine power for its size and era though, it could traverse some insane slopes.

[@arnbo88]

Is Schnuck a real A7V or a reproduction? I've seen Mephisto here in Brisbane and was led to believe that Mephisto was the only surviving A7V from WW1. Who built Schnuck?

[@iloveplanesandcars9714]

Some restoration experts who copied the design of mephisto as they didn't have the new technology when this was built. Often driven and made by iron and wood

[@generalgrievous4341]

It was built by Bob Grundy.

[@augustvonmackensen7273]

Wow I said awhile ago TGW and Tank Museum should do a collaboration together and here we are. Very impressed!

[@BlueNeonBeasty]

This is my favourite Top5Tanks video so far! ❤❤❤

[@TehMightyPringles]

Indy!

[@MikhaelAhava]

Not surprisingly, it's all from WWI.

[@billassande7628]

This was an awesome episode, especially the looks Indy was getting during his outre message.

[@paulandsueroberts4121]

I shall be making a visit next week and I'm really looking forward to it.

[@kwidud]

Nicholas Moran! The Chieftan!

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

Yes?

[@kwidud]

TheChieftainWoT I'd be surprised if they haven't already asked you to do your list? And if not it's a crime that should be corrected

[@duffzilla1292]

TheChieftainWoT when are you gonna release the next episode, I am really excited for it

[@damci4050]

What about TKS ?

[@michaelmanning5379]

Yes, a TKS is pretty cute too.

[@totpruegler]

The Luchs is the cutest! >:D

[@DylanJo123]

Pz.Kpfw.VI Ausf.B Tiger II Germanyball!

[@totpruegler]

Ja

[@CaptainGrief66]

You mean a trash bin with a 2cm cannon?

[@troy9477]

Love the Tank Museum's videos. They are doing incredible work. Glad to see u made it there. I will definitely go there whenever i am eventually able to visit the UK. That German thing is quite a monstrosity- no wonder they only made 20. Hard to imagine a 17 man crew in that box. I'm sure that got hectic, intolerable, smelly, and everything else. Pretty good list. The Renault is the archetype. The French had good tanks at the start of WW2, but they didn't use them correctly. Each regiment or similar sized unit had a few tanks for scouting and support. They didn't put them in strong, mobile groups like the British had been advocating since the 20's. The Germans did, and we all know what happened in the spring of 1940........

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Totally guessed number 1. So understated, so innovative.

[@VirginiaRican]

In six weeks they invented the tank. Meanwhile in 10 years, the U.S. government can't make a website that works.

[@fryphillipj560]

Like with planes and trains, once the british had the best tanks, and now they are the worst

[@TheBigSlugger]

Fry, Phillip J Ever heard of the challenger 2?

[@CaptainGrief66]

TheDarkestFlame Being British the Chally still has problems. In this case the most known is the engine.

[@signs80]

Yeah the Challenger 2 has a good amount of issues still, it's worse than the Abrams and Leo 2 and maybe Merkava. Either way the British have not really had a "best" piece of military equipment since WW2 where the Spitfire Mk IX LF/F with 25lb engine boost was the best interceptor of 43/44 until the griffon engined spitfire, but even that was beat by the F8F Bearcat a year later in mid 1945

[@gumunduringigumundsson9344]

Well put list. Congratulations. Thank you.

[@stupidburp]

Thank you for having Indy on the channel! Please invite Bernhard Kast from the Military History Visualized channel next.

[@aleksjamnik5360]

The British made it The Germans upgraded it The soviets mastered it

[@marvintpandroid2213]

The soviets knew the secret to a tank battle was numbers of good enough tanks, not super high quality like the Germans, it was the right strategy for the times.

[@samuelstern4113]

A German sold it to the British It was captured by other Germans More people made it

[@patrickmacready1779]

Samuel Stern not true

[@samuelstern4113]

Not strictly true, but the project was led and funded by Sir Albert Stern, a German Jewish banker, and he did not even work for the government, rather he sold his creation to them, so

[@samuelstern4113]

Colorphatic

[@vuki]

Can you invite QuickyBaby? Would be nice

[@pinkyandbrain123]

Elemkontasba better ask Peppidy, his wife, to come over.

[@deepbludreams]

I'd rather they not invite Video Gamers, while people like jingles loves history and puts some thought into things, Quicky baby....is just a video gamer, i doubt he has all that much intrest into the real steel stuff, he'd likely just pick the crazy prototype stuff that never left a labatory floor.

[@iatsd]

he'll like whatever WG are selling in the shop that week.

[@franz_stigler]

no

[@davidtapia6290]

Why is everyone talking sht and why is it true:(

[@jamesscott5407]

Never heard of/seen this bloke before (meant in a very inoffensive way) bit I really enjoyed the video...he's great...like an American with a good powdering of British!! Thanks for your top 5!

[@stefanomorandi7150]

first Lindy, now Indy .... ah, Tank Museum, you are the channel that just keeps on giving! :3

[@MegaRaven100]

First 'Little Willie' was a nauseating awful song from the appalling mid 70's (why do you think punk came out!!) but secondly *'DAVE'* is a DREADFUL name for a French tank! C'mon Indy you can do better than this! Why not call the tank 'Henri' or 'Gilbert' or something. And to think you live in Stockholm like me!!! I'm deeply ashamed of you, Indy! Deeply!

[@petrameyer1121]

Pronounce it with a fake French accent: Dávèe! ;)

[@AftermathRV]

The shortest top 5 tank episode is obviously starring indy neidell and the longest is obviously starring lindybeige - what did i expect? nah jk, great video, tanks indy

[@johnreed9435]

Worked in a Sweet reference! Bravo!

[@joegibbs3222]

Nice video; Tanks a lot!

[@minsapint8007]

Interesting, different choices. I love Indy; he is a bit of a genius. His WW1/WW2 series on KZbin are sublime.

[@AmazingAce]

Things can't possibly be this good lol also +1 for Renault FT being Indy's favorite tank, it is mine as well!

[@marcgiacovelli614]

Indy, great job reminding me of Little Willy! Love the song and enjoy your insights to the Great War. I have always been interested in the war my Grandfathers participated.

[@LiveLNXgaming]

Tank you very much!

[@TheOsfania]

Tanks for the video.

[@INTERNATIONAL_RDF-D]

The renault is my favorite tank. Ive wanted to build or refurbish one for years. Theres actually one here in texas not to far from me that is ALL ORIGINAL fully restored. I just wish a renault was faster than 4mph

[@HSMiyamoto]

FT-17 was also the first US tank assembled in any quantity. They can be seen in newsreels from when the US Army attacked the Bonus Marchers in 1932.

[@idylapple]

Nicely done!

[@chadglidden4765]

the ft17, sure its cute in stature but man that was visionary design, they were paving the way for modern mechanized warfare.

[@92ladderley]

I agree with number one because it's the most forward looking design out of all of them, it looks like what I imagine as an actual tank, that rotating turret was really something back in the day.

[@KarelClijsters1995]

Cool to see both Lyndibeige and the great war doing this. Thanks Tank Museum

[@romkedeboer7378]

I've watched several top 5 tanks, and this is my second favourite

[@ManuelRivera-kz7ql]

Smashing the notification button as it comes up

[@johnwinter6558]

Gotta love your reference to the Sweet. Top Lad as usual Indy

[@davidjones6956]

Great video. My favourite WW1 tank is the Whippet. I would call it Brian. The FT17 is also called Rodney.

[@drunkenbarbarian8211]

I was at this museum like two weeks ago!

[@barrysorento3572]

I love Indy, he undiased views are so refreshing.

[@r2crowseye]

Thanks, Indy, now i have 'Little Willy' stuck in my head. 🤣🤣

[@Oscarhobbit]

Franks Indy I really enjoyed this! Fantastic as usual!

[@monkieie]

Nice collection. Makes a change to see a variation on the typical modern MBTs

[@ringo1692]

Little Willie, great song and a cool little tank!!! 😎

[@lucisferre6361]

And BTW, Dave is not just cute. Dave is freaking adorable!

[@SueBobChicVid]

I like these cross-channel videos from The Tank Museum. I found some new KZbin channels to follow by seeing these.

[@JimWarp93]

Fantastic video - and the Top 5 for all the right reasons! :D :D

[@paladin56]

A really interesting and original choice. Nice one.

[@CrusherHell]

Nice to see you in Bovington Indy.

[@filip1408]

Awesome video! :)

[@momchilgradinarov6428]

Indy is here ? What a great day !