Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: A.10, Cruiser II

We are back, and we are in Bovington!
Staying with the Fall of France/Early War kick that I seem to be on, we move from France to a British vehicle.

[@michaelcoulter1114]

THE MUSIC HAS BEEN TURNED DOWN!!! (Not nearly enough, but it's BETTER!!!)

[@crazybarryfam]

Cliffs to the right, walk right off to get to the museum.

[@THX11458]

I've always liked these somewhat odd British early war tank designs like the A9, A10 & A13. They may not have been the best tanks at the time but I find them more interesting than their contemporaries.

[@jayg1438]

Same. I've always been fascinated with British Cruiser tanks.

[@christianvahlbruch1996]

A significant emotional event! A new chieftains hatch!

[@JustSomeCanuck]

Oh bugger, the comment board is on fire.

[@HB45175]

And not a moment to soon either, my tracks were getting loose.

[@Guy_GuyGuy]

I'd like these comments but the turret monster ate my likes.

[@timothyhayes9724]

Let my tankers go!

[@erikakurosaka3734]

In the Small arm World, Ian McColum is our Gun Jesus.... And "The Chieftain"? well he's our Tank Moses :v

[@alphaprawns]

Can you imagine a collab of some kind between the two? Would be amazing...

[@erikakurosaka3734]

It would be an epic combo on a biblical scale XD

[@davidtuttle7556]

Kinda like a Easton/Metatron talk on Roman Legions in Britannia.

[@eeeboytvr]

1st commandment... 'Though shall not call a Jagdpanzer 38T a Hetzer'

[@erikakurosaka3734]

2nd Commandment... "Thou shall not commit idiocy by saying T28 and T95 is a different vehicle"

[@Edax_Royeaux]

"Staying with the Fall of France/Early War kick that I seem to be on" I can't wait for you to try and fit inside a Panzer II tank. It's just so adorable.

[@garyneilson1833]

He'll enjoy the Panzer 1 as it is a command variant so should have a bit more room

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

Actually, I filmed a gun tank in Germany :)

[@ZGryphon]

They've got a (the only? not sure if Bovington's actually works) running Panzer II Luchs at Saumur. Not gonna lie, I was kind of hoping he'd have a look at it while he was there to do the French tanks.

[@machinenkanone9358]

I'm waiting for him to try and put on the German Weasel.

[@user-zm6sc6sy3w]

Damn 17 years ago ya old man 🗣️ @Edax_Royeaux

[@cobalt2361]

Ah the A-10 Thunderbo... wait...

[@royaluglydude8838]

Maybe one of the guns goes brrrrrt?

[@drrocketman7794]

cobalT , yeah the A-10 tank, not the A-10 tank destroyer.

[@cmdrantezscar3368]

you dont get the joke i see.

[@MadnerKami]

@Royal Ugly Dude Not brrrt, but apparently the gun of one considered variant goes "pom-pom".

[@eeeboytvr]

@ MadnerKami Wait, the British guns were tuned by Australians?

[@hedgehog3180]

I love riveted tanks, they look so different from all other tanks and look way more like as if someone just built a tank in their garage.

[@colbeausabre8842]

Try being inside when it gets hit and all the sheared rivet heads become man killing projectiles in a very small space. People with riveted tanks were soon persuaded to borrow a welding rig and weld the rivets in place

[@54tisfaction]

I love these old pre-war production tanks. People were just guessing and improvisning solutions, not knowing what actually worked in war.

[@inisipisTV]

Aw... I was hoping some more paint drying. Lol. Great to have you back.

[@JimFortune]

How did that turn out? I had to go watch the grass grow and didn't get to watch it all the way through.

[@inisipisTV]

Jim Fortune (Spoiler Alert!) It dried.XD

[@JimFortune]

inisipisTV Thanks. I've had sleepless nights wondering.

[@Handle423]

Woah, I’m actually really amazed and surprised about the Jerrycan fact

[@orbitalair2103]

yeah 'flimsies' were by all accounts horrible.

[@karoltakisobie6638]

Yes, I didn't know that either. Good to know.

[@edmundscycles1]

There is a reason it's called a Jerry can . The flimsy cans were used by the RAF too . Many times when the fuel tanker was out of action or multiple aircraft needed a turn round my grandad used the flimsy to refuel a hurricane.

[@colbeausabre8842]

Flimsies were good for one thing. You cut them up to make a "Benghazi Burner" for the brew up at tea time. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benghazi_burner www.steve-noon.co.uk/photo_9383160.html www.bing.com/videos/search?q=brewing+up+tea+british+army&&view=detail&mid=C6275A948B020066481DC6275A948B020066481D&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dbrewing%2520up%2520tea%2520british%2520army%26qs%3Dn%26form%3DQBVR%26sp%3D-1%26pq%3Dbrewing%2520up%2520tea%2520british%2520army%26sc%3D0-27%26sk%3D%26cvid%3D0A6ED3356F224DF7A84CC799C1C9D6EA

[@ZGryphon]

The comment at the end about Jerry cans reminded me of something the late R. Lee Ermey said about them on his History Channel show. Paraphrased from memory, it was something along the lines of, "We're just lucky the British named them. If they'd left it up to the U.S. Army, we'd still be calling them 'containers, fuel, Axis forces' today."

[@chrisc1140]

It wouldn't be a real Chieftain's Hatch video without him going on about track tension!

[@josephsteven1600]

Chris C hooray track tension

[@HB45175]

Track tension is your friend!

[@michaelcoulter1114]

Chris C It's a realistic concern for tankers, too loose, and you shed tracks when going off road at speed. If your track is too tight, you're putting a huge stress on the bearings in the entire undercarriage, which will lead to bearing failure, and then the tracks come off, followed shortly by the road wheels, and instead of a tank, you've got a steel pillbox that is entirely too lightly armoured to be a good pillbox. I'm sure anybody with even a smidgen of mechanical aptitude will realize that replacing the tracks on a tank is.........well, it's a BIG job, and you don't want to do it on a battlefield with bullets flying around, yeah?

[@davidbriggs264]

And those of us who have had to replace them when the tracks fall off understand that tracks NEVER, EVER fall off in nice conditions, it's always in deep sand, or deep mud, and or raining, etc. Replacing tracks was one of the worst jobs I had to do while I was in the Army, but then again I never saw combat (Germany, U.S. Army, 1971-1974)

[@michaelcoulter1114]

David Briggs I never served, but a friend of mine was a tanker in the Canadian Forces, assigned as a driver on a Leopard I, and he told me some horror stories about changing tracks - his worst story concerns trying to put a track on a tank in northern Alberta in the middle of the winter. 😨 It was buried in a swamp, and lost one track, and two road wheels trying to get out of said swamp. They eventually had to bring in two engineer vehicles, and had them tow the tank out of the swamp, and had to then had to do the repairs in the middle of a blizzard. I snowmobile, have had to do repairs on my machine during blizzards, but my sled weighs 400? pounds, and a tank weighs 50 tons, or more. I do not even want to think how nasty that repair was.

[@maxwellhatkow6209]

Finally it's been awhile

[@maxwellhatkow6209]

Против Глобал you and me both m8

[@johnlansing2902]

Again thank you for your great work.

[@jballew2239]

The brace of brass carbon-tet extinguishers is a nice touch. Outside the vehicle is just where they belong, cause you are done if you use it inside the tank.

[@brucelee3388]

Carbon Tet + hot metal = Phosgene gas. Killed lots of dry cleaners too.

[@tango4637]

My life is complete watching this show!

[@SmokingRun]

Love the cruiser tanks. Especially the early ones.

[@philipbossy4834]

Glad to see a comeback of this series.

[@MGB-learning]

Outstanding video and presentation as always.

[@baalrpk]

Glad to see you back at the series Mr. Moran... keep up the good work!

[@stephengardiner9867]

These are great videos. My late father (Canadian) was a a tank driver during Sicily and the Italian campaign. His description of some of the rather lame vehicles they had to endure while in training in England was priceless.

[@gusty9053]

Great video. Don't see the A10 featured very often in most tank documentaries.

[@jamesedenfield5039]

I love your videos Chieftain! Keep them coming!

[@andypaine7489]

Great video, as always.

[@andreasbiermann6419]

Very nice, thank you.

[@joezephyr]

Well done that man! The best video on the A10

[@davidwatson353]

Nice one always look forward to your videos

[@3DBlockBuster]

Finally more TANKS reviews, awesome!

[@loganb7059]

Great video. I would love to see a Chieftain's hatch on the A38 Valiant. That would certainly be an interesting one.

[@jacobeberhardt1649]

Hello Bovington! Oh how i love and wish to visit thee!

[@mrb692]

Yay! The return of track tension!! Not even joking, I love that little bit of info.

[@thomaswilloughby9901]

Glad your back with more tanks.

[@okrajoe]

Fascinating vehicle.

[@tomdegisi]

I enjoy your joy, Cheiftain!

[@terranempire2]

"Note the use of the Word Supposed, The People who used it Generally have their own ideas as to the effectiveness of the system" These are words that can aptly describe 95% of life.

[@mavvh1054]

Leon Cranson *Their

[@terranempire2]

fixed.

[@pfg72]

Glad to see you back, sir! Cheers from Patagonia!

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

Hello down there!!!

[@eeeboytvr]

Yakki da :)

[@pfg72]

I've often heard welsh farmers down here say that. What does it mean? Judging by the tone they use, it sounds like some kind of greeting...

[@eeeboytvr]

Apparnetly it is what you say when greeting a particulary attracive sheep, though don't quote me on that... shit tooo late :/

[@dandel351]

Gotta love those bloopers!

[@abchaplin]

I completely agree with you on the subject of the jerrycan.

[@treyhelms5282]

Yay! More "Chieftain's Hatch"! thank you thank you thank you!

[@leepalmer1210]

Brakes?? We don't need no stinking brakes man... We are in a tank, everything else is speedbumps

[@TheRpf1977]

I was pissed when WG took the howitzer off my cruiser I had a fully trained crew in it too!

[@McRocket]

Very interesting. I really like that the 'BANG' is gone from the old videos in between segments.

[@azgarogly]

Glad you are continuing the work on educational videos. BTW, just found your collaboration with Lindybeige, I quite liked the format. Would you do something like that in the future?

[@Someloke8895]

Can you imagine if we got Jingles, Lindybeige, Matt Easton, Bloke on the Range and the Chieftain to meet up at the same time? And then gave them a table top War game to play.

[@mikereger1186]

SomeBloke8895 Time Commanders would have been hilarious with that bunch on it.

[@Someloke8895]

Oh indeed....they still have yet to release the Time Commanders episode with Lindybeige and Matt Easton as Hannibal etc

[@mikereger1186]

What, they really did have Lloyd on one episode??? The sheer amount of editing after his probable 2-3 hours of nonstop (but entertaining and educational) chatting must have taxed the production crew to the limit ;) That said, he is the Hannibal guru if there ever was one.

[@Someloke8895]

Indeed, kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZKcZ4Khrqhmb7s

[@tacticalmanatee]

It's been a while, but these are still awesome.

[@mibnsharpals]

i love the storry about the Jerrycan :-)

[@DonWoschto]

The cut animations are adding more than we need ;-)

[@faris6512]

Fianally!, been waiting for soo long

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

More early war goodness. Can't wait to look inside, I mean it MUST be better than the French tanks!

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

Oh, it is....

[@theminecartgaming]

Power Traverse! Seats! A radio! the luxury...

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

Steady on, I don't think they have got round to installing the water boiler/tea maker in British tanks until after the war! So hardly luxury, possibly worth only 2 Michelin stars at the most. ;0)

[@pickeljarsforhillary102]

Water heater for the tea. :)

[@MaggieLRSplusman65]

anther first class review. Please review the Tiger 1. Bovington please take note. This is how you give reviews.

[@volcanares9620]

I was hoping for an other french tank of Saumur =( Anyway it's stil good to see you and your "inside the Chieftain's Hatch", we missed you =)

[@Pitchlock8251]

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrt.. Wait, Dammit Carl!

[@wolflordreaper20]

Hey I had good time learning

[@Gamer_1745]

Thanks for covering another early war tank! Please more early war tanks/panzers videos.

[@garryfromwallmart4263]

The riveting is only on the part that slopes down.. it does nothing for stopping richochets going into the drivers face.. And only way those rivets would help you climb atop it in the rain. Is if it's flipped onto its roof and you want to scratch its belly...

[@MrMenefrego1]

Sometimes I wonder what all of us guys that are interested in WWII would do had there been no WWI.... 👀

[@colbeausabre8842]

There's the American Civil War and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars for just a start.

[@MrMenefrego1]

@@colbeausabre8842 Yawn.

[@sm3xym3xican76]

Im a fan of the bloopers at the end lmao

[@anissyahromi5671]

Mini death star,i love it

[@g2macs]

Ah! One of the very rare channels that I stop watching footie for to click onto pronto.

[@matthewcraver9917]

I'm slightly surprised there was no mention of the profusion of shot traps which festoon the turret and hull. How'd that work out for them in 1940?

[@JamesLaserpimpWalsh]

Near and off are horse terms. You should know that being a cavalry man sir lol. Cheers for the vid Chief.

[@MadnerKami]

Two questions: 1) What is the actual problem with that particular suspension-/bogie-design? 2) Can you guys please use less transitional shots or just *not* restart the music during a transitional shot all the time?

[@trendhouse6799]

You're being rude and demanding with your second question don't you think?

[@jimbob4447]

No.

[@panadatm]

Trend House No, it’s called giving advise so that they can make higher quality content.

[@azynkron]

1. There are plenty of examples where a better suspension design it still a fail. Usually this is due to that it's over complicated to repair, hidden in behind too many wheels (e.g. on the German tanks) which simply renders it to take too long to repair. It could also be due to that more spare parts are needed which then becomes a logistical problem. So, the short story is: better isn't always better. The key is always to get a damaged tank back in the battle as fast as humanly possible. The Russians did this well where you more or less could repair a T-34 with any tools you could find on a farm. Ze Germanz overdesigned most of their tanks after the Panzer IV.

[@deepbludreams]

+Bad Trip Where are you getting your sources from? the T34's suspension is notoriously bad Christie suspension takes up internal volume and requires massive tools made specifically to deal with the springs associated with this suspension system, it was far more common practice to just deal with driving on a broken wheel and suspension unit then it was to fix it. Also the boggey system is the easiest to fix, this is why the M4 Sherman series was so loved, you could have the entire side blown off, yet all that holds *the entire suspension unit on* is a few bolts per boggey. you could retrack and respring an entire M4 in a matter of hours. Also we need to be thanking the Germans, we currently use their suspension system in our tanks, the only complicated thing with the Tiger and newer tanks was the interleaved wheels, otherwise it's on a very modern and simple torsion bar system, like the sort you see sticking around today on vehicles like the M1 Abrams and Leopard 2. Even the Russians thought the christie system sucked, hence why the T44 and newer abandoned it in favor of yet again, the german style of suspension.

[@AdamMann3D]

Thank god I don't obsess over British tanks just yet. I'd go insane counting all those rivets.

[@markasaurusrex7649]

Yessss give the early/pre war tanks some love

[@breembo]

you got to admit, the a9 with those turrets does look cool. always thought it would be a good urban brawler.

[@TheRizzLander]

When ever I'm bored I watch this gets me up right away and the music great mix these videos make me Wana play world of tanks great work love the narration

[@LionofCaliban]

And likely on the inside, painful, with a powerful and scary turret monster. Or you're just tall.

[@Liamv4696]

Cannot believe they ditched the machine gun turrets.. that extra spaced armo-i mean crew members.. were really helpful!

[@jcdf2]

I loved this tank model when playing World of Tanks. Even if the gun is a mortar, its powerful and can one shot enemy tanks. Can shoot over low buildings and small hills.

[@morteforte7033]

Except, sadly in some update, I'm not sure which one, they have removed the mortar..and now all you have is the base qf 2 pdr or the 40mm pom pom.

[@jcdf2]

@@morteforte7033 That's why I don't play it anymore.

[@stamfordly6463]

Near- and off- sides ... could it perhaps have more to do with cruisers being intended for cavalry regiments for whom near and off always mean left and right respectively?

[@TammoKorsai]

Jerry cans were about the only thing Germany got right with its logistics.

[@scottboyd785]

TammoKorsai Their ammunition can design was well thought out as well.

[@broadbandislife]

That falls under armament design. Logistics is the part about getting junk to the front and keeping it running there. At least one historian has argued that was one of the institutional blind spots of the entire Prussian/German military tradition...

[@roberth.goddardthefatherof6376]

lmfao yup.

[@ElZilchoYo]

Ironic that they invested the best fuel container and then didn't have any fuel

[@donaldhill3823]

just for the fun of seeing you do a "What were they thinking" episode I hope you did or will do an episode on the A-9.lol

[@fluffycat087]

The track rubber seals idea is now commonly use on motorcycle chains. Makes the chain life a lot longer. Probably not such a good idea for a tank track.

[@braverunner1266]

My favourite 😍

[@RaduB.]

Brave Runner A nice piece of history, for sure.

[@Tinblitz]

Mr Moran, do you have a preference for the channel we watch these videos on? I don't really have an interest in the other videos Wargaming makes these days, but I want to support the information you provide as best I can.

[@Marc83Aus]

The logistics of transporting around full or empty Jerry cans however is another story. For emergency in the field refuelling they're wonderful, a strapping young lad could grab a pair of cans in each hand and haul ass across the street to quickly get a vehicle back into action. For small vehicles such as cars, bikes, carriers, hell even half tracks they were good for general storage. But for a tank or truck? Wasteful of space, weight, and capacity. Better to ship whole drums and pump the fuel in then bring them back, or as the allies did at some point send in disposable square thin walled cans (excellent saving of weight and the highest possible capacity of fuel by volume. Then when they're empty just dump them in a pile and burn them to reduce the hazard, why bother shipping them back if you don't have the capacity?

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

Sounds like you are describing the infamous "Flimsies". It is likely more due to (lack of) quality control, but they had a reputation of being leaky and way too easy to split with rough handling ( or just when travelling on a flat bed on a rough road!).

[@Marc83Aus]

Yep, but they were cheap, disposable and efficient. Luckily the ships transporting them werent commonly fired upon or otherwise blown up for other reasons (smoking onboard maybe)

[@jsma9999]

Good luck

[@TovarishTony]

I just searched photos of the flimsy and wow it looks like it was designed for cooking oil and everyone else decided to copy the jerry can. Real surprising facts there Chieftain!

[@davehopkin9502]

The only use for flimsies were to make "Benghazi Cookers" from - chop the top of the can off, half fill with sand, pour in petrol and light - brilliant field cooker - one problem, in bright sunlight its hard to see a petrol flame, so blokes would think it had gone out and pour more petrol in... Kaboooom a lot of crews got injured that was - so you see why modern British AFV;s the the Boiling Vessel......

[@RatzBuddie]

"Something has screwed up somewhere" Sounds like most early British tanks

[@AsILayDrying]

More of that plaese :)

[@thewaraboo2824]

"Why the fuck are they called 'Jerry' Cans, anyway?" is a question I've been asking myself on-and-off for about 10 years now but, due to my short attention span and forgetting by the time I bring up google, have never gotten around to finding out. Thanks so much Chieftain, I can now cross another item off my bucket list.

[@davidgreen5099]

The reason they are called Jerry cans is the design was borrowed from the Germans, who were called Jerry be the British. The original British cans were thin with small spouts that took a long time to drain.

[@andybrace9225]

@@davidgreen5099 and they were called jerries because the steel helmet looked like a jerry which is slang for a chamber pot

[@davidgreen5099]

@@andybrace9225 I did not know that.😆

[@performa9523]

It doesn't matter if it's technically a howitzer or a mortar; because in the end, it's a club to hit seals!

[@CaptainGrief66]

It's a fun thing in WoT, literally a low tier KV-2. Will we ever see Japanese or italian tanks? I'd love to see some inside views of a Type 89 Yi/I-Go Chi-Ro or of the Type 97 Chi-Ha, preferably the Shinhouto.

[@rileyernst9086]

'Valentine, brother take my chassis....con..tinue the fight.' - They dying words of an A10 Crusier, probably.

[@gssheriff7278]

Hey Chieftain, could you do a review of the Cdn Ram tank.

[@readhistory2023]

My wife is in the middle of child birth. I told her to hold off until I finished the video.

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

That may not prove to be.a good long term survival strategy, in fairness,

[@orgami100]

Hoehner Tim - The child's middle name suggests to be called ----- A10 -----

[@cmdrfrosty3985]

I hope she liked the video

[@orgami100]

Hopefully got the child some tank toys playing in the crib..

[@TheRizzLander]

Hoehner Tim xD

[@ThorneyedWT]

Lol'd @ bloopers xD

[@fakshen1973]

Very informative. It's great to hear about the lesser known pieces of armor... it's also great to see them in a game. Here's a criticism. Your video is divided into sections... much like chapters. Yet you repeat the same background music for each chapter. When you introduce a new idea, changing the music under that section vastly improves the quality of your video and makes it less fatiguing for the viewer. It takes a little more production time as well as your editor/producer having to audition more tracks. But the amount of time is trivial compared to everything else that goes into production/post production. If you're going to go through the entire process, you might as well polish your boots. I'm paraphrasing about the boots... the other analogy isn't family friendly. :)

[@LeeOCGaming]

Great!

[@HoneyBakedHam7]

My favorite tier 3 tank and configuration. Wish War Thunder had this tank and variant.

[@dougsundseth2303]

"Near side" and "off side" sounds like cavalry terminology. And it originally referred to the side of the horse you mount from (or not, respectively). "I say, when did our horses start to have wheels?" 8-)

[@colbeausabre8842]

I agree. You mount your horse from the left side, so it's the near side. The right side becomes the off side.

[@HereticsRight]

Would be interested to know the engine torques as well as the horsepower for these vehicles if they are given and maybe a comparison to modern engines of similar size, I'm always amazed to hear that a huge multi ton tank has a smaller engine power-wise than my small hatchback. I imagine the ft-lbs must be astronomical though, 9L is a pretty tremendous volume of air.

[@nfsfanAndrew]

Indigo Whisker agreed. More interested in torque than horsepower :)

[@spamuraigranatabru1149]

2 pounder! Nice!

[@Cancun771]

Yeah I'm not sure about calling that weapon a "mortar". Apparently it was derived from the QF 3.7 inch mountain howitzer.

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

You'll have to take it up with the people in the War Office. The manual very definitely states it is a mortar, and the descriptions for the shells include the term "mortar".

[@richardscales9560]

Instant like

[@crapphone7744]

British forward thinking produced the TOG 2? I I think there was some forward-thinking definitely, but there were some pretty weird retro ideas too.

[@dovetonsturdee7033]

The TOG was simply a prototype produced by the same people who had designed the first tanks, as the name, The Old Gang, showed. It was designed for a re-run of the Western Front of WW1, at the request of the 'Special Vehicle Development Committee.'

[@egmccann]

Love the info... fewer transitions would help, though. Seems like we get two sentences, then "Inside the chieftain's Hatch," two more sentences, "Inside the Chieftain's Hatch," etc.

[@camscott6795]

YEA!!!!!!!!!

[@davehood2667]

Always wanted to see the inside of the A9 too, pity...

[@TheSpectralFX]

6:04 TRACK TENSION! WOOhoo!