Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: ISU-152, Episode 1

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Nicholas Moran continues his tour of the most interesting military vehicles. This time, he examines the famous Soviet ISU-152 tank destroyer. How does it differ from the SU-152? What's common between the ISU-152 and some German vehicles? And why should the external fuel tanks not be considered a weakness? You will find answers to these questions and more in the new episode of "Inside the Chieftain's Hatch". Let's watch!
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[@TylerMartinAlpha10]

i feel like hes trying to sell me the ISU-152 lol

[@purplexenno]

+Alex yeah wait until you get the BL-10, it's not called the Troll Cannon for nothing.

[@MerpSquirrel]

He makes commission.

[@TheDarThaum]

"If you wish to remove half a city block that offended you..."

[@the_engineergaming_sfm]

dont do it

[@GiuseppeSanny]

it seems to be the su-152, not the isu-152... or I made a mistake?

[@cobeyfallin9165]

The isu-152......for when you really have to kill that spider

[@nexus7211]

yup. And all of its friends.

[@AHappyCub]

And it's house, and it's other relatives Might as well genocide them I'm sorry

[@pleaseenteranamelol711]

imagine the kill feed

[@a.morphous66]

You killed Spider You killed Spider You killed Spider You killed Spider You killed Spider You killed Spider You killed Spider You killed Spider You killed Spider You killed Spider

[@matary3631]

And a whole city block....

[@Sithus666]

Once again if the music didn't repeat over and over and over again, these would be much better.

[@snowindafunboots4369]

shitty ost

[@moss8448]

that music deal sounds like you're on a ride at the fair...

[@henrikg1388]

Sounds like porn movie music to me, so you can understand how annoying it is.

[@redhed9776]

Very annoying

[@Rsama60]

They won‘t listen. Every video gets the same comments. Talk to a wall, you get more response.

[@PaulPadoan]

PLEASE, ditch the Music. It has done its job, after the intro!!!

[@michaelcarroll4357]

Yes, please, please, it's very distracting. Up votes are now 89.

[@carlosa5416]

Up votes at 121

[@meisner6895]

Hear, hear! Thank you... nice to know I am not alone in being last aware person... really is bad production (let me guess, a 20 something film school grad thought would be captivating(?) Wow. I would have liked to watch your series, but had to eventually turn it off. Alas.

[@9313James]

I was going to comment the same thing but see you got here first. I enjoyed the video overall but good god that music was annoying.

[@Odin029]

I've watched several of these vid's and I've figured out how to deal with it. I've pulled out my guitar and I'm going to learn the lick so I can play it whenever I want

[@michaelg8193]

The ISU-152 is also useful to take the family out for a nice city tour. Also. No parking problems. You can create a nice parkingspace with the 152 gun which is included in the 'outdoor' package. When upgraded to the 'executioner' package, you get hull colored lightingbezels and complementary log to go. /s

[@threesomemonkey8780]

WOT XD

[@kyle857]

"What size gun do you want?" Well, what are we putting on light cruisers these days?

[@AgentTasmania]

Kyle Much longer barrels and larger powder charges on the naval ones, mind

[@alchemist6819]

Still can't match cruiser guns even though the caliber is equivalent to a light cruiser.

[@trololoev]

actually su-100 gun is modernized ship gun.

[@humzaakhtar9208]

@@trololoev isnt that an su100y? And why is it called 100 when the caliber is 130mm?

[@trololoev]

@@humzaakhtar9208 caliber of su-100 is 100mm look at this video in KZbin: /_y0JFT3vYFo

[@tomservo5347]

"If you need to remove a building, or half a city block." LOL

[@alphaadhito]

Why bother to fight snipers of you can "remove" the building they use to hide though

[@tomservo5347]

Alpha Adhito True. Towards the end of the war with the US and Soviet economies cranked up they could afford to fire artillery rounds at individuals while the Germans had to conserve theirs.

[@FinestBritishTea]

you forgot the part where he says " that offended you "

[@ulissedazante5748]

Chieftain cited somewhere a German colonel defending Aachen: "when the Americans start to use the 155mm as sniper, it's time to surrender" In Aachen, SPGs went right in line with the riflemen to remove entire building offending them.

[@leutnantin408]

Too bad it can't remove that horrid music

[@crapphone7744]

The armor on the back of the fighting compartment of this assault gun is actually thicker than the deck armor on the IJN Kongo. A thundering beast indeed.

[@soundslave]

The drivers fuel tank. Full of vodka to keep the driver lubricated.

[@Jesses001]

Haha, British tanks need their tea heaters, Russian tanks need their vodka storage.

[@imapopo2924]

Plot twist, all of the fuel tanks are full of vodka. Russian Tanks are fueled by vodka.

[@Jesses001]

Ima Popo That would be awesome, and it is possible to run gasoline engines on alcohol. The only problem you would have would be the crew drinking too much of the fuel.

[@jackmccrary2614]

Jesse Sisolack The Russians were also known for using pure grain alcohol as brake fluid in their fighters such as the Foxbat.

[@nasrath42]

Jack McCrary but they used it only on very few high-speed planes, like mentioned mig-25. It was because of heat generated by speed of plane, so normal fluid didnt worked. dont swamp tht with thing that russiians (mainly on more modern tanks) used bread to filter normal brake fluid and then drinked it :).

[@jasonamundsen8190]

the music is just painful.. please upload again without it because otherwise this is a very solid video

[@dannybeeh6332]

👍

[@TheGamerfreak1555]

I'd like to see a game that puts you in the shoes of a tank crew going through a theatre of war, meaning you gotta take care of the tank (to a certain extent), sleep, etc

[@ConorChaos]

I feel a bit inadequate looking at that gun..

[@carlomagno7092]

+ConorChaos commies always had inferior complex to the fascist, if you know what i mean

[@thalassiannationalsocialis4751]

+nabucodonosor II More like the other way around

[@a.morphous66]

ConorChaos Just a bit? A 75 looks like a BB gun next to that thing. I feel a lot more than a bit inadequate.

[@Iason29]

@@carlomagno7092 The russians in general since the revolution had a inferiority complex with the world, not just the germans

[@stephenle-surf9893]

I know what you mean, but it's been long week so I'm quite tired

[@claypidgeon4807]

You’re hiding the truth. SHOW ME THE STALINIUM REACTOR!

[@si_vis_pacempara_bellum4906]

I was in one of the ISU-152 back in Beijing, they had a tank museum on the outskirts of the city. Very poorly maintained... I was brought there by a PLA army Captain, he outranked pretty much everybody there, so we were free to go into vehicles. They got some interesting stuffs, there was a Stuart parking on the side, al the internals were gone, there was a wood stick in the main gun...

[@altratronic]

I agree with the comments about the annoying music. Please fire whoever thought it was a good idea to include it.

[@alphadogg64]

I don't like the music, leave whoever chose it jobless because my needs are more important than a individuals liveliness.

[@Ghostbuster-xg4sy]

HellBent some vids have captions, use dat

[@totallyaploy1824]

My personal wants are more important than the job of a guy who made one choices I disagree with.

[@kyle857]

@@alphadogg64 Well they suck at their job.

[@jeegunugger1871]

Fire? I think we should throw him off a building

[@Spagghetii]

This is an excellent series and you are a great presenter, i love that you take your time and show off the little things around these vehicles.

[@Russinh0]

Other Nations: oh no our tank get stucked in mud, we need other heavy veichle to help it to get out of the mud! Soviets: LOG

[@ThirtykNinetyfour94]

9:05 The Mythbusters tested whether or not you could set off a barrel of gasoline by shooting at it once. No matter what they shot the barrels with the barrels would not explode. Normal rounds, incendiary rounds, FMJ rounds, nothing happened. The only thing I can think of that would cause a barrel of fuel to explode with a tank round is that it's an incendiary shell that somehow slows down enough on impact to still be in the cloud of vaporized fuel and thus ignite the fuel cloud and cause a thermobaric explosion.

[@Braeden123698745]

The tank also has tanks of diesel which is even harder to ignite.

[@allangillis2033]

Thred assasin Just to be picky, diesel ENGINES use pressure to heat the fuel/air mixture to ignition temperatures. Diesel will still burn if you light it on fire.

[@ThirtykNinetyfour94]

Dan Wier Okay then. Show the evidence. Back up your statement with examples of exposed fuel tanks/barrels being hit by gun fire catching on fire or exploding.

[@j.j.swanepoel9918]

Well he didnt say explode its more of a leak or something that causes it to ignite and catch fire not explode

[@Tobeydude20]

 theres a formula for that for the perfect explosion for gasoline you need 14.7 parts of air and 1 part of gasoline i dont know what it is for diesel

[@AsbestosMuffins]

"Why does he keep talking about the log, because you guys are the only ones who have them!" sic burn

[@Braeden123698745]

After watching the T-34 video, the ISU-152 has a lot of nice features...

[@SolyomSzava]

Braeden Hamson Well, this vechicle wasn't rushed into production like the T-34 and 34-85 - so engineers had enough time to make the thing better.

[@DarkManLT]

***** T-34 wasn't rushed into production

[@SolyomSzava]

DarkManLT While it wasn't rushed as much as the -85 was, it was put into production while there were still numerous design issues with it. For example the original cast turret was both hard and costly to manufacture, and restricted inside space considerably. Most vechicles weren't outfitted with a radio, leading to severe losses due to lack of communication (waving flags around in the middle of a fight is not exactly reliable). The original gun was underperforming and had to be changed out.

[@thethirdman225]

_"For example the original cast turret was both hard and costly to manufacture, and restricted inside space considerably."_ They changed it for the"Gaika" turret. _"Most vechicles weren't outfitted with a radio, leading to severe losses due to lack of communication (waving flags around in the middle of a fight is not exactly reliable)."_ Which was still common in many armies at the outbreak of the war. In the Soviet Union, the parts needed to make radio were rare so this wasn't a T-34 problem. _"The original gun was underperforming and had to be changed out."_ Again, this was not unique to the T-34. The KV-1 used the same gun. But in 1941 and 1942, the 76.2 gun was quite adequate. In fact, in 1941, it was one of the most powerful tank guns in the world. Many other tanks had their guns upgraded, like the PzKpfw III, StuG III and the PzKpfw IV.

[@gavindyke1717]

Braeden Hamson I

[@SDeww]

god i hate the music running on the background!!

[@davidherron9151]

+S Dew yea after a few you can not watch

[@thelittlestmig3394]

+S Dew I just want to know what it is. Same music was used in Zoo Rampage game. They refuse to tell me what this track's name is so they're dicks.

[@brandinricardo9810]

Why?

[@thelittlestmig3394]

Brandin Ricardo Cause they refuse to tell me what it is. Zoo Rampage's devs are dicks.

[@KV-dj6xh]

The guy took 3 days to make that song: am i joke to you

[@lotusdev]

The music is very intrusive and annoying.

[@meisner6895]

Hear, hear! Thank you... nice to know I am not alone in being last aware person... really is bad production (let me guess, a 20 something film school grad thought would be captivating(?) Wow. I would have liked to watch your series, but had to eventually turn it off. Alas.

[@riogrande163]

M Eisner you have posted this same remark under other comments... please find something original to say.

[@snowindafunboots4369]

awkward ost

[@MP-mn7dn]

@@riogrande163 Hear, hear!

[@Oscuros]

German tanks did not have those cold weather starting systems, so setting fires under tanks to help get them going on the Eastern Front was common. It is a good advantage to have there in your AFVs.

[@speed150mph]

you know im sorta impressed by what hes saying. despite the fact that the tanks may not last that long on the battlefield, the Russian tanks were actually very well designed... and the way they were designed for ease of maintenance really reflects that. you look at the german tanks and you just don't really see that. and the forethought of using a diesel engine, and the primitive equivalent of glow plugs for cold starts is very interesting. all the little design perks here and there show this tank was built to last... more so then most

[@VRichardsn]

This is a bit of a meme that has been going on for several decades. Everything Russian is crude, cheap, simple and always reliable. Everything German is complex, high quality, expensive and high tech. In reality, it wasn´t so much like that. There were complex or unreliable Russian machines (for example, the T-34 experienced a very high loss rate due to unreliability for a significant part of WWII) and there were very simple, cheap and effective German designs (the StuG III or the MG 42 to name a couple) Also, during WWII Diesel engines are not an automatic winner over petrol engines. There are advantages and disadvantages to both. It is not a black/white issue.

[@ronchabale]

The "log" solution to a common issue is brilliant

[@TruthNerds]

The idea was not exactly new though… "fascines" (bundles of sticks for easier traversal of uneven or wet ground) have been used at least in the 18th century and some of the first tanks in WW1 carried them.

[@jimcameron9848]

Sir Chieftain, I am a dedicated fan and I think you should write a book perhaps on how useful the manuals were in combat - a great segue into describing that state of affairs. I see too that you are cited in Staven Zaloga's "Armored Champion: The Top Tanks of World War II".

[@elliotboyd2066]

goddammit i used to think that tanks had logs on the side for when the tankers needed to camp out and needed to make a campfire when they were out of base *facepalm*

[@kingmcbrian]

+elliot boyd (XtremeAssasin99) same here looool

[@raiben4437]

elliot boyd who said you couldn't do that

[@mtnbound2764]

@@raiben4437 the general!

[@chrisdel87]

Define in 1 word: beast I'll be waiting for the second part of this tank!!

[@isuruthiwanka9448]

Monster. Love it

[@harrisonrawlinson5650]

Who else has normal hearing and finds the video perfectly enjoyable and informative even with the music?

[@ThomasFarquhar2]

Me

[@justforever96]

And those external tanks are diesel, like the T-34, so they are much less flammable and explosive than gasoline. I can see external tanks being a danger for a gasoline engined tank, since a mostly empty tank could explode (although it won't necessarily damage the tank too much), but diesel fuel is not explosive. It can be ignited, but nothing like as easily as gasoline. The only thing I'd worry about is the tank bursting and spreading flaming fuel all over the engine deck, down through the air vents, etc. But it would take a lucky sort of hit to both burst the tank and ignite the fuel. Most rounds and fragments will just perforate it and let it leak out. And like you say, they probably mostly use those for transit, not in battle. I guess they figured the definite advantages outweighed the small potential risk. And since you didn't have T-34s and ISUs burning themselves up all over the battlefield because an incendiary MG round struck it, it must have worked.

[@LKN117]

i really enjoyed how technical he got. Kinda reminds me of the way Jay Leno talks about his cars.

[@DilipSingh-cf9kh]

That tank could create a whole crate of a lake after a shot. The 88mm cannon is the best part

[@afmb9096]

Odd that this video is flagged as 'Mild violence' I understand they like being safe but what's violent about the chieftain... or a hunk of metal O.o

[@chrstfr6834]

They are scared that babies in armored vehicles will take over

[@cosminsebastiantiripan3997]

Is about the music, it give you ideeas

[@Ato-3000J]

Well, that chunk of metal can destroy your house in a blow, but the “mild violence” is unnecessary.

[@kansascityshuffle8526]

Nasty piece of work. That log is an old farmer’s trick to unstuck a tractor very effective.

[@alis5893]

Hats off to u sir. amazing report

[@labrat748]

Fantastic, incredibly interesting! Thank You!!!

[@mabinuqi03]

152mm of love

[@JermStone]

Beautiful tank!

[@VercenGetorix525]

From what I've seen so far, this might be a new favorite of mine lol

[@wightwhisperer]

I love the idea that some bureaucrat thought this monster needed a dainty little horn bolted to the front. A Health & Safety addition in the event that anyone should fail to notice the ground shaking and the hellish roaring and clanking as it rumbled over the horizon toward them?

[@michaelscott6741]

Good, but the background music is distracting and drove me away before the end.

[@natalieorlando6583]

Don't all his cids have it? Never noticed it

[@insulinintaker]

Just noticed it half way through the video bc I read this comment

[@lionsfan3581]

Cry more

[@olliewills1227]

I love how he causally describes it as though it's the features of a house lol

[@sovonion2929]

We all know that the most significant part of the ISU-152 is the log

[@francissullivan6400]

I saw a photo of the interior of a knocked out is 152 with crews charred remains sitting at their stations...a BEAST but not undefeatable

[@eugenyshadow2932]

Если сзади стрельнуть из мощного орудия то конечно пробьет броню, это же не танк, а самоходная пушка, у неё только передняя броня толстая.

[@someasiankid6214]

6:00 the log on the mark IV: I raised that log

[@ozzy7763]

What a beast !

[@CharlesvanDijk-ir6bl]

Gunner of an ISU 152 meets a M4 Sherman gunner after the war. "That's not a gun this is a gun!" The commander migrated to Australia and became a crocodile hunter. He never forgot that line when he had a break in New York.

[@petermoree2298]

you should do the amx elc bis one time, it is an awesome tank

[@1joshjosh1]

I was going to add a comment about the music being a bit too loud but I can see there's already plenty of comments about that.

[@eddymack8568]

When you try to do a presentation on a tank during a rock concert.

[@maxspirin3945]

I just listened to a good music, with some guy’s voice on background telling me something about tanks.))

[@nicazer]

There is something to be said about soviet engineering showing us when we don't need to complicate things. It's very simple, but it works. Exactly what you want for combat.

[@endmefin4747]

love when i back in 2012 went first time into a tank museum or museum overall. When i noticed the ISU in the corner i ran to it a climbed on top of it even tho we arent allowed so i feel like a total badass :D

[@PorkusPie]

You're just like Rambo. He often climbed over tanks in museums he wasn't supposed to.

[@endmefin4747]

***** totally badass i know :D

[@GamingChannel-bg1rz]

I love this tank

[@blueplayer3965]

When will be next Best replays of the week? I m waiting and waiting

[@budmeister]

Man, this is built like a tank! Hyukhyukhyukhuehuehue

[@danialhakim1427]

that laugh tho

[@joaobpcordeirojr6462]

Sempre fantastico conhecer....

[@nexusarmoredgaming9192]

Les gars, pour la collect de tanks, Gg!

[@peterjones2875]

Fun Tank to play.

[@kieranfitzgerald2030]

this absolute MONSTER of a gun would easily knock out the unsuspecting German Tiger

[@catthecommentbothunter6890]

Or even a tiger 2

[@QuarianPaladin]

You should do a video on the Tiger I in Bovington!

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

***** My EU counterpart, Challenger, has done one. Try searching for "Inside the tanks, Tiger"

[@DODO-vy6sf]

ISU-152 “Zveroboi”, or beast killer, as it went after Tigers and Panthers

[@aewhatever]

OMG I loved this playing " close combat. The russian front "

[@robertjohnson8938]

That is a beast

[@markbrandon5408]

Good vid, tho I find the volume of the background music a little high (distracting).

[@certaindeed]

if it gets hit or breaks down in combat and the crew has to get out in cold weather the burning fuel on the outside makes sure they stay warm and everyone can see them and pick them up. this too is a cold environment operating design.

[@KanteZockt]

The ISU-152 is really nice!

[@csgptg]

Love the isu

[@-NGC-6302-]

Before now I guess I didn’t have a good comprehension of how big the gun mantlet is, thing’s huge

[@birdsoup777]

I miss Richard Cutland. He is like able. If your new to this, he was the host prior to Niclos Moran.

[@roughrider1568]

The music is the best part of this video!!!!

[@burningb2439]

Docs are great but..BIN THE MUSIC!!

[@Emchisti]

Just a point to note. The engine is the V2-IS, not B2. B is Cyrillic for V.

[@EdyAlbertoMSGT3]

Letters sound too similar and the subtitles say V-2IS. Soo him having said B2-IS is false.

[@Bochi42]

I always find it funny when a massive AFV like this one has a horn. Can't help but imagine hearing a little old fashioned beep, glancing in the rearview seeing it and how I'd react to that.

[@-notawesternspy6836]

KV 2 plz

[@BigWheel.]

+Oskar Panokus The kv2 did exist...

[@macandcheese8428]

JARXAVIER2112 Lmao

[@mr.deefoster7898]

JARXAVIER2112 it very rare tho

[@BigWheel.]

mr. deefoster Yeah... It didn't help that it wasn't used well either Last time I checked there's only a few left that are restored. If only the ussr knew how to use assault guns.

[@totallyaploy1824]

@@BigWheel. the bitch deleted the comment

[@igortarassenko8990]

I think you need to get in tough with Ivan Zinkevich, the guy like you on KZbin who is very good in such things you are doing. Good luck!

[@WarReport.]

You could snipe the gunner through that barrel. I have heard stories of Panthers being hit by this gun from close and being blown back quite a distance

[@ghostmost2614]

Digging the music!!!

[@DeliveryTank]

Russian: gives the isu a long designation* Russian: yeah, this is big brain time

[@brettknoss486]

I never heard of the log with tanks. The closest thing I heard was some guys trying the same thing with a tractor and tearing off the fenders.

[@roadtomanitoba9753]

Cant believe you guys didnt know what log is for. I always had a piece of plywood for the same purpose in a trunk of my sedan.

[@eastindiaV]

Very effective gun, against pretty much anything, although it would be better with a larger bottom, and with the gun above the engine compartment... I think it was nose heavy, and that gun mount is pretty iffy, although with a gyroscope and modern hydraulics, could be cool

[@HadToChangeMyName_YoutubeSucks]

That mild violence rating just slays me man! I just have to laugh.

[@BST-ri6gf]

This is just a Stürmtiger, but with extra cheeki breeki goodness

[@harrypoon3410]

Man the music is nice

[@carlwesternut2434]

A BTR 50 review by the cheiftan would be interesting.

[@eugeneoliveros5814]

Definition of sweating: knowing an HE shell from this thing can pen ur armor and hoping you can reload ur 105 before this thing brings its gun to bear on you

[@justforever96]

Love the log; straight off of a Mk IV tank from 1917. Same exact concept. In fact, the Mk IV has this machine beat as far as the log/unditching beam goes. The rails on top of the Mk IV allows the beam to be loosely chained to the track while sitting in place on top of the vehicle. Then the tracks turn, and drag the beam forward along the rails, then down under the tank. You drive forward, now unstuck, and the chains pick the beam right up out of the mud, and drag it back along the rails to the original location. You stop, unchain it, and drive away. The only drawback is if you are under fire, since you have to get out to attach the chains. But that's true of the ISU as well. And if you can imagine a tank so stuck in a morass that a single pass under the track won't get it out, you can just keep the beam traveling around the track, over the rails and under the tank again as long as you want, until the tank comes out on solid ground (or you give up or it breaks down). Clever system, especially in the Mk V where they put a little cupola and hatch in the roof so you could attach the chains without exiting the vehicle.

[@DexHD31]

I just bought this tank in wot and man, is it costy to run :/ but i love it thoug..cant wait to unlock the top guns

[@LB67ful]

"If you want to level a whole city block"! Still laughing!!

[@AKUJIVALDO]

That is SturmTiger... Not this weakling

[@chrisduhaime5689]

How much left to right movement did the main gun have before have to turn the hole tank?

[@oliverbuck677]

Next you need to go to a KV-2

[@hmmyes2037]

there is only 2 kv2s that exist, i think one of them is a replica

[@noorsheda1549]

@@hmmyes2037 the 1939 version was a replica.....

[@317eltoro]

Best T8 TD

[@Honorless83]

Thank You! I (Not Sarcastically saying this) But I've always wondered what the Logs were for from SOV Era and CHI Vehicles also had with the Logs in the Back or on the Sides. I'n "FURY" It was extra Armor Protection that was much needed but not so with the Soviet made Tanks.

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

It allows you to unditch, if you've center-highed or just sunk so deep into mud that you've lost traction. Chain the log to the two track cross-wise, and you get a good grip.

[@shanewright2772]

Imagine being a German type and seeing that brute roll up on the battlefield - "Scheiße in meiner Hosen...."

[@Liamv4696]

Which vehicle has the chunk of metal on the side of the hull to knock the track pins back into place?? i've forgotten

[@bondrewdthelordofdawn3893]

That one tank destroyer you don't want to get in front of his aiming reticle...

[@MB-mh9zg]

Keep the music I love you

[@johanragnarsson9310]

That music! Ahhhhh