Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: Light Tank T1E2

[@joearnold6881]

I’m delighted to find that what looks like a metal cap just sitting loosely on top of the turret is in fact a metal cap just sitting loosely on top of the turret. Charming!

[@markfergerson2145]

He did mention that they didn't know how to build tanks yet at the time.

[@jackdarbyshire5888]

Just like a lid for a old water well made with a steel cribbing, got 2 wells like that at the farm 🚜

[@peterson7082]

Like many naval gun mounts

[@Zack_Wester]

@@jackdarbyshire5888 some random old tank engineer, to his boss/coworker. hes onto us.

[@Hybris51129]

Prototype blowout panel

[@aaronsbarker]

Honestly, considering the age, that thing is in great shape. A few months with a media blaster and a bunch of paint and she would really look good. I suspect making it run and drive would be a monstrous project with every bit needing custom machining to replace corroded parts, but the main structures haven't gone too far at all.

[@Dr_V]

Well, it looks small enough to fully submerge it in rust remover for a few days, would make any restoration work a lot easier.

[@wraithcadmus]

@@Dr_V "I need the biggest Ultrasonic Bath you have... no, that's too big"

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

@@wraithcadmus LoL Hans Moleman, The Simpsons...

[@lwilton]

I'm not so sure that it would be all that much work to get it running and driving once the excess paint was fixed. A lot of the work would be freeing the control linkages, and finding out where to put oil in the transmission. But what I could see of the engine looked to be in remarkably good condition.

[@Swarm509]

@@lwilton Bearings and ensuring everything is free could be a bear though. Watching other tank restoration videos it is a lot of slow disassembly (for documentation and to figure out how it all works) and then making all the parts required. I doubt there is much "new old stock" left for a machine like this.

[@quentinking4351]

A tank so old the Browning .50 caliber was a legitimate anti-tank weapon... and wasn't even the Ma Deuce yet, but the M1921. Still beats an FT-17.

[@MrQ454]

beat at what?

[@polygondwanaland8390]

@@MrQ454 the longer 37 would have marginally better antitank performance and it seems a little less cramped in general, but I wouldn't want to go into battle in either vehicle

[@tomhenry897]

Your choice was this or walk

[@OGPatriot03]

You'd be surprised by the much more modern vehicles that are quite vulnerable to .50 Caliber fire. A lot of APCs were/are designed to protect you from .30 cal and not much above..

[@lavrentivs9891]

@@OGPatriot03 Usually 12.7 to 20 mm cannon fire from the front at 500 m and 5.56 mm at the sides^^

[@bryangrote8781]

When I was a kid my dad made me a tank out of an old washer/dryer set. He bolted the outer shells together to form the hull and the washing drum placed on top for the turret and old car tire rims for the road wheels. (No engine. It was just for play). It looked remarkably like this vehicle so I guess the US Army’s first tank was something you could build in your back yard lol.

[@Boskov01]

That sounds freaking badass. No sarcasm, that'd be awesome for a kid to have. How "functional" was it? I.e. could the turret turn? Were there buttons and switches for you to play with? Did the gun "work?"

[@Boskov01]

Also, kudos to your dad for building that for you. I hope that tank saw a lot of action during its "service history."

[@tacomas9602]

Wholesome dad

[@danielhaikkila3056]

Thanks for sharing that memory Bryan. I am not a dad yet... But I filed your dad's idea away for the future. God will, my kids one day will owe you for having similar memories.

[@MistahFox]

@@danielhaikkila3056 I hope you do that for them, or something similar. I'm sure you'll make a great dad one day!

[@ivankrylov6270]

Amazing that the American standard for tank comfort comes from the very first begining

[@Dagreatdudeman]

If you are going to drive a tank across New Mexico, might as well do it in relative comfort.

[@JoshuaC923]

Looks like decent space and even a geared turret, only failure is the lack of a firewall for the driver. Must be hard having driving around with a fire place in between your legs

[@ivankrylov6270]

@@JoshuaC923 maybe but I've seen much more recent tanks that had the firewall taken out so it's not necessary a gaurantee

[@doozledorf7036]

@@JoshuaC923 Kept your nuts warm lol

[@alexsis1778]

@@JoshuaC923 Yeah, it very much looks like the driver was practically straddling the engine

[@kevinsullivan3448]

The sling seat might also serve as a back rest when seating in the old fashioned formed steel tractor seat.

[@VosperCDN]

Double purpose design - such forward thinking.

[@andrewallason4530]

The Chieftain: “I guess you’ll have to change gear by ear” (19:10) Driver: Well, I guess it’s ok there’s no firewall, and I’m currently wrapping myself around the engine

[@robdgaming]

A couple of rare coast artillery weapons are visible in the background. On a pedestal mount is the 3-inch gun M1903. These were deployed in numerous US coastal forts. On a wheeled carriage is a 6-inch gun, either M1903 or M1905 on the M1917 carriage. These were initially at coastal forts until the US entered WWI, then about 72 of them were removed from the forts and remounted on wheeled carriages for use on the Western Front. They equipped three Coast Artillery regiments in France, but saw no action because these units didn't complete training in time for the Armistice. The vast majority of these were in storage between the wars, then reused on new high-angle mountings in WWII coastal batteries. However, one was preserved on the WWI field carriage for the Ordnance Corps museum.

[@saltboi6374]

thank you

[@billwilson3609]

There's also a turreted 1928 Christie combat car on wheels in the background at the end. Hope the Big Chief takes us on a tour of it!

[@harrisonlewis6853]

Does anybody know where the chieftain was when he did this video? Armour museum at Ft. BENNING?

[@robdgaming]

@@harrisonlewis6853 Sorry, my first reply to you (which I deleted) was in error. At the 22:00 point Chieftain mentions that it's at the US Army Ordnance Collection, Fort Lee, VA. Not open to the public, BS I know. He mentions that if you have base access you can knock on the door and see if they let you in. Fort Lee is where the majority of the collection from Aberdeen Proving Ground ended up.

[@harrisonlewis6853]

@@robdgaming : Thank you. I had heard that Ft. Knox armor was transfer to Benning. I didn't know where Aberdeen had gone.

[@pacificostudios]

This was less of a tour and more of an archaeology dig. I'm sure the museum is happy that you showed interest. Thanks for giving this ancient vehicle its due.

[@sigmahyperion955]

The view comparison between unobstructed and the vision slits was an inspired directorial choice.

[@Liamv4696]

Agreed! I love the 'point of view' shots. It would be neat to actually see what the view is like through viewports/vision blocks/periscopes on different vehicles. Occasionally we get to see the gun sight (If there's one fitted/it's feasible to film) and I love that!

[@tyrohere7234]

19:37 - hits his head 19:43 - "Ouch, that hurt" It is true, tankists have the best reflexes! :D Great video anyway! I really like these examples of those great pioneer times of tank design.

[@TheBigmac8]

Thanks! Really appreciate your commitment to telling us about these old pieces of iron.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

It's always the lights and tankettes that get me excited about this channel. It's where you find the more eccentric and entertaining engineering attempts. There may be a lot of shortcomings, but you can see the train of thought was not illogical, despite some oopsies. And I can't help but think there's a lot to love about the geometry of this hull, were I to try a modern tankette. The weight distribution of the engine & armor in front balances vs turret weight, stacked 2 man position & entry, glacis slope. Make engine block sacrificial protection in front of an inner armor shell.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

Feels like having the driver behind the block rather than riding shotgun to it, and facing incoming rounds with more metal in between, is better for crew protection versus the side-saddle driver position of the Wiesel, Scorpion, M113, my old Brad, etc, etc Not like they're meant to do tank v tank duty anyways, just be better weapons platforms and more cross country mobile than an M1151 or MRAP, which have zero in the way of cross-country superpowers. More a self propelled crew serve fighting position than APC, IFV, or Tank.

[@hawkeye5955]

If I remember correctly, the design of the Merkava MBT having the engine at the front of the tank to provide protection for the crew

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

@@hawkeye5955 It does, and uses the freed-up rear space very handily for crew storage, utility, and access/escape. They could probably engineer a tiny crew toilet in there, which would be a godsend when in CBRN posture. As an American crewman, my jealousy towards the Merk knows no bounds.

[@KarlfMjolnir]

My brain read that as "the lights and tankettes" and just went "what? You love steering lights?" Before it caught on.

[@ScottKenny1978]

So, a commercial truck chassis with a diesel engine. Or at least a 7ton truck chassis.

[@FloppaAppreciator]

Gonna take a crane, some chains, a lot of PB Blaster, and some courage to get this thing restored to "everything hinges and swings open properly" condition.

[@ScottKenny1978]

That's okay, they have armor students to do the work.

[@ethanmckinney203]

They just need Drachinifel's laser rust stripper. It did an amazing job on a 20mm Oerlikon.

[@theblackbear211]

I find it remarkable just how similar the suspension and sprockets are to some of the Caterpillar Tractor models that would have been current with this tank.

[@samholdsworth420]

Where do you think they got the tracks from?!

[@jruser]

@@samholdsworth420 It clearly shares a lot of design thinking with contemporary machines like the Caterpillar Sixty ... I've been watching this thinking "it's an armored ag machine!"

[@samholdsworth420]

@@jruser I'm sure these things must ride like Lincoln Town Cars.

[@TheHenirik]

The whole thing looks like a slightly stretched agricultural tractor where they removed the steering wheel and just kept the steering brakes and put a armoured box on top, so yeah if even the tracks looks like something from a period tractor it probably is

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

Thanks Nick. For all of us who've spent hours in the WoT version of this vehicle it's nice to see a real one. .

[@adambratcher9631]

The T 1 is still my favorite in WOT.

[@petesheppard1709]

Even if it never runs, there will hopefully be a full restoration of the interior, which would of course beg for a followup video.

[@larrybomber83]

I never knew that any of those tanks survived. Thank You for the tour!

[@peterszar]

The stepped or flanged idler ect. is just like a bull dozer or excavator's. That spring tensioner is also like the early tractors/dozers, prior to the grease tensioning system used in earth moving equipment for the last 50 or so years, maybe longer.

[@rolofox7283]

9:15 That triangular fin on the hood looks almost exactly like a wire cutter. I assume they put that there as a trial for barbed wire.

[@asterisk606]

These old tanks are something else. Countries sure loved having exposed engines in their vehicles. We take things that seem so obvious for granted. At least this one isn't exhausting right into the cabin like other WWI era tanks, but that seems like a bear minimum when the driver is still less than a foot away from the heat and noise lol. I'm sure there were still plenty of smells coming out of the engine.

[@curiousentertainment3008]

Considering how small the crew compartment and what the experience of the British mark tanks an engine is hot and they probably assumed it would heat up whatever they used for a firewall.

[@d3faulted2]

There was a time before safety was invented, or atleast in wide spread use.

[@akmzd6938]

On the upside, this also makes the engine easy to access for repairs, maintenance and lubrication. This was an era when ship crews included dedicated oilers after all.

[@TrailRider1200]

It's remarkable how little has changed with that suspension system. It is very similar in form and function to the system currently used on excavators, even down to the tensioning spring on the front idlers and the mud slides to keep the track run clear.

[@Perfusionist01]

Looking at the open grills down to the engine, and with your mention that there was no firewall, THIS is the very tank that the Molotov Cocktail was designed to defeat!

[@lwilton]

All things considered that tank had some pretty good idea. And even the bad ideas (like no sprung suspension) were typical of the tracked tractors that would be made well into the late 1940s, so you can see where they got the idea. For that matter those two seat pans look like they could have been tractor seats from the 1940s.

[@Cliffdog01]

I hope you get the chance to do a tour of a farming museum that has Caterpiller Tractors/Bulldozers in it because I think that you would see a lot of trading ideas from the late 1910s early 1920s tank Tracks from the heavy industry world. This design for the track looks very similar to them.

[@allangibson2408]

The German A7V used track systems from the Holt Caterpillar tractor as did the French Saint Charmond series. Both had problems with excessive overhangs but that was unrelated to the underlying track system.

[@chris_hisss]

That was sooooooooooo awesome! Thank you! I see the Elefant back there! Any chance of a inside of that one? I cannot believe this is closed to the public! So many one of a kind vehicles!

[@tb7771]

Yes, PLEASE? Ferdinand/Elefant is my favorite armor of all!!!!!!

[@frenzalrhomb6919]

@@tb7771 The two sad things about the old Ferdinand/ Elephant, is that first of all, they only ever produced ninety of them ... And.. Reliability. These things were some of the most over engineered, and mostly because of this, highly unreliable examples of a Tank Destroyer every to be fielded by any side in the War. Most of the reason for this, as the Chieftain himself has explained in the past, was the Petrol/Electric drivetrain. In other words, to move the vehicle forward, the petrol engine had to then power an electric motor to turn pull the vehicle forward. Why? Ferdinand Porch thought it was a piece of genius, and had the backing of some guy named Adolf something or the other ... Hitler, that's right, a guy named Adolf Hitler was his major backer all the way through, with this untested Petrol/Electric drive train.

[@tomhenry897]

AH got sold a lot of stuff, think he was an easy sell

[@tb7771]

@@frenzalrhomb6919 yes you are correct. I am aware of the history of it. It does not hinder the fact that I find it asteticly pleasing as well as the Jagdtiger. No need to fill me in on its history as I am well read on it as well.

[@PanzerBuyer]

@@frenzalrhomb6919 Nevertheless it had a high kill ratio.

[@gvii]

The driver's position, besides being what I would imagine excruciatingly warm, also seems to have a great deal of potential for excitement under unfortunate conditions. And not the good kind of excitement, I might add. You'd really have to have clankers of cast iron to be in the driving position of that thing, and even then they would probably melt. Between having that big ol' V8 rattling around less than a foot away from your face and the knowledge that in combat it's only a matter of when(Definitely not if) something kind of violent will find it's way through the front facia to say hello and make your day real bad, that's a heck of a job. But yeah, it really is incredibly neat to see a tank of that era still around. For her to be in such good overall condition is a bit mind-blowing as well. She's far less crusty than tanks I've seen less than half her age, so I'm guessing at least a fair amount of care was put into keeping her in one piece along the way. Very, very cool.

[@billwilson3609]

I would think that opening would've been covered with something like leather to keep out the heat and any hot coolant from being sprayed onto the driver.

[@gvii]

@@billwilson3609 I very much doubt it. Besides, your feet and legs are going to be next to and under the engine while operating it, so it wouldn't do much for you anyway.

[@shaizze]

@The Chieftain. In 9:22 that piece of metal looks like an barbed wire cutter (although it is facing wrong way). Thanks for your great videos.

[@robertmier2217]

The hardly remembered Cunningham was one of the very best American made cars. The early ‘20s V-8 was 442 cubic inches, 5.2 compression, rated at ninety hp, but with a lot of torque. Very reliable.

[@okrajoe]

Fascinating to see this old hardware!

[@PaperworkNinja]

You asked what the Army was doing with the T1E2 in January of 1945. I can only hazard a guess, but I wonder if there isn't some training film out there where it makes an appearance as a Japanese tank, maybe a Chi-Ha? It's a wild guess, but it's the only thing I can think of.

[@Mildcat743]

I mean, drive in reverse with the turret pointed over the rear, and it looks remarkably like, say, a Type 89.

[@TheEphemeris]

I like the informal format. It's personal, and a nice change. Awesome content!

[@kevinwhitehead6076]

I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your content, and your Body’s sacrifices:!

[@paoloviti6156]

Very interesting as I never heard about the T1E2!! I had a quick look on Wikipedia just to have a look but apparently they built various variants of the prototypes finally addressing a bit the suspensions: from awful ride to barely sustainable ride! Thanks again for doing a good job and looking forward to see your new videos 👍 👍👍 BTW what a shame that part is not open for the public because it would have been very interesting to visit by looking behind the T1E2....

[@damagededgods7541]

I've been waiting for someone to talk about this tank for years, thank you.

[@geofftimm2291]

Thanks!

[@Carstuff111]

I do love these videos. Thank you sir for all the hard work and for your service.

[@tedstrikertwa800]

Thanks for the video and tank history lesson. Very much enjoyed. Really appreciate your time & effort.

[@samadams2203]

It must have been quite an 'experience' to drive the T1E2 with that V8 firing right in front of you. Nice to see grandpa is still in one piece.

[@lenb307]

I loved seeing this, glad to see one of these still exists. I don't know if anyone else noticed, but if you look carefully, the tracks on the museum vehicle are on backwards compared to the tracks shown in the old period photos that Chieftain showed during this video. The patterns of the links run in the opposite direction. Wonder how that happened, did someone at the museum install them incorrectly??

[@kevincocking8561]

always a excellent show as expected thank you

[@danielk9906]

This tank is so interesting and i never thought you could cover it, crossing fingers for a part 2 driving someday

[@martinwarner1178]

Like your style, relaxed, no BS. Peace be unto you.

[@tacomas9602]

THIS IS AWESOME. my favorite vehicle has to be the T1 Cunningham from the golden days of WoT. Such a cute tank and yet a very good design for its time all things considered.

[@JesseKnight2000]

My very first tank in World of Tanks, love it 🤗

[@Eagerston]

Nostalgic.

[@yourbelowaveragewarthunder8654]

@@Eagerston yeah

[@averyintrusive7610]

I love following the evolution of armor. Thanks for the video.

[@markfergerson2145]

Brings to mind your lecture on the evolution of cav tank doctrine.

[@realkekec4028]

9:15 It could be blade for cutting barbwire or steel cables that get's in the way of tank, like that on helicopters.But these are facing the wrong way :)

[@dylanmilne6683]

Looks like it has a sharp edge on the underside. Possibly reinstalled the wrong way round.

[@Nikarus2370]

@@dylanmilne6683 Well, if you think about it. Due to the track design, the vast majority of barbed wire/cables up to the start of the deck, would get grabbed and pulled down under the tank via the tracks. Any of them higher than that would slide up the glacias and snag either on the 2 posts forward (that no one knows what they are), that flag thing, the driver's hatch (possibly harming the driver). Anything drug up higher would hust hit the rounded turret face, maybe beign stuck and the tank dragging stuff along, but perhaps they figured most barbed wire in use wouldn't be that much higher (also with the tank driving forward, even high mounted barbed wire would get dragged down by the tracks mostly. That flag properly installed dealing with any that didnt)

[@Kareszkoma]

I love these cute little tanks. I'm unsure why, but they have such a charm. So adorable.

[@VangelisKontogeorgakos]

I am about as tall as Chieftain and I would not considering entering this tiny rusty tank. Fighting in it is out of question! Great video sir!

[@geofftimm2291]

When it's all you got, poor AFVs are better than no AFVs. See the Chieftain on Irish Armor. Geoff Who has been following.

[@ThroneOfBhaal]

This channel is always a delightful surprise. :)

[@unclejohnbulleit2671]

One of my favorites of all your videos!

[@ethanmckinney203]

In front of the driver's seat, there's a little tab sticking down from the beam where the engine cover and driver's "cupola" meet. It may be two metal tabs with a screw running through them? Having an old (old!) stove and looking at some of the other bits of the hull structure, I think that may have been one of the main attachments for a partial firewall. Almost certainly thin-gauge steel with an asbestos backing. On the driver's side.

[@randomguy9898]

That museum looks beautiful! Love seeing the K5 indoors in the background. Wish it was open to the public.

[@doughudgens9275]

Great video on an interesting tank. The Chieftain has tried to explain how the Army tanks evolved into the M-4 Sherman, but looking at the earlier experiments, that war winner seems to come out of thin air! The M-3 to M-4 makes sense, but how did they come up with things like VVS that bolts on, or using aircraft engines, or the removable transmission housing from a tank like this? Plus add in reliability, assembly line production, and truly interchangeable parts to create arguably the best tank of the war.

[@pilotteacher4527]

id argue a panther is just as good

[@CanalTremocos]

This isn't that bad. In the mid-1920s France was using !still! FTs and the British were bringing the Vickers Mk II into service and didn't have a production-fit light tank. The soviets still had no plans to build the BT line that would lead to the T34. Everyone was still trying to figure out something that was useful and factory-friendly. The Sherman just hit it out of the park. I imagine the Sherman is not just built from lessons from domestic models but also from what was being built overseas.

[@colbeausabre8842]

@@pilotteacher4527 You'd be wrong. Panther was terribly unreliable. If you can't get it to the battlefield, it's worthless

[@colbeausabre8842]

Didn't come out of thin air. With limited funds, Ordnance concentrated on developing components - like the use of aircraft engines and the VVS suspension - that could be applied to mass produced vehicles when the time came, not to build fleets of soon to obsolete tanks. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_Combat_Car tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/US/M1_Combat_Car.php en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_light_tank tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/US/M2_Light_Tank.php en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_medium_tank tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/us/m2_medium_tank.php

[@allangibson2408]

The early M3 & M4 suspension system was lifted off the M2 light tank which used four interchangeable bogies as opposed to the six on the medium tanks). It was developed as the T2 (so was the immediate successor to the T1 in this video).

[@LovesTrains440]

Love to hear about the Ford 3 ton, lots of contradictory information about that one. Love your work as always!👍

[@Magicannon_]

20:30 I did notice the tear on your jeans. Definitely wasn't expecting the T1 to be the monster to do it on a camera shoot, but I agree it would have been well worth it. I guess it makes me curious how many articles of clothing have been sacrificed to the museum pieces. The turret monster lives on.

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

It was actually a KV-1 which killed them.

[@ScottKenny1978]

@@TheChieftainsHatch you obviously aren't making enough sacrifices to the Turret Monster anymore!

[@LadyAnuB]

All the rust in the interior reminds of many a video of work done on upstate NY rusty vehicles by Eric O. of South Main Auto.

[@Grimpy970]

I know I'm not alone in looking forward to more installments of youtube's favorite game: 'Oh God The Tank Is On Fire'

[@grahammcrae6734]

The speedometer is a common Stewart Warner type fitted to many USA built cars in the 1920s, They were used around the world as they worked well provided the magnet inside which drove the upper drum (speed indicator) had kept its magnetism

[@KnifeChatswithTobias]

I love the inner war years tank. Thanks for the tour.

[@markholmphotography]

I was at Ft Lee for a year in 2012. I saw some of the armor from Aberdeen - they didn’t have the museum up and going when I left.

[@vr66luke]

Fantastic, thank you

[@jephthaholt]

As a Rochester fellow, I knew we made plenty of stuff for the military (its mostly an optics industry city) but I had no idea we were involved with making a tank?! Guess you learn something new every day.

[@melangellatc1718]

M1A1 guy here... My skin crawls just watching you inside a tank sans helmet!!!

[@ct6502c]

I really hope there are plans to clean and restore the interior. Also, it should definitely be possible to have machinists replicate the parts that are missing. Expensive and very time consuming, yes, but definitely doable.

[@TheKing1cobra]

i must ask what that is hanging off the front of the mantlet, is it simply a counterweight for the gun or is there something more going on there that isnt immediately obvious due to the currently removed status of said gun?

[@ivankrylov6270]

Looks like the housing for the recoil spring It was a long boi judging by the pic

[@Simon_Nonymous]

I think it's a counterweight

[@tacticalmanatee]

I agree. It looks like it is made from flat weights bolted together, which makes sense for a developmental test vehicle which may have different guns installed.

[@Simon_Nonymous]

@@tacticalmanatee I'd not thought about it being customisable/tuneable for different guns, that is an excellent point, thank you

[@guyjones4936]

I live 20 minutes away from Ft. Lee and can't go visit. Make me sad!

[@fishua5564]

Look at that sloped armor!

[@Redshirt214]

I wonder if, given the age of the vehicle, there once was a fire wall but it was made of asbestos? Which would have been removed. I’d hazard a guess that the 1945 date is when it was sent to the museum. I love these quirky, early tanks.

[@4TheRecord]

Wonder if they had it outside as a monument, which would explain them welding that up.

[@M.M.83-U]

A very fascinating one, those early experiment are allways so strange.

[@ethanmckinney203]

I *think* that the two posts are visual references for the driver. You use them like the front sight posts on a rifle. Sighting along them shows the point on the ground where the outside edge of the tracks will be, if you drive straight ahead. Aside from keeping you out of ditches and on bridges, this will help keep you from running up onto curbs with the outer inch of the track. Given how light the tracks are, I suspect that they could bend if you did that.

[@jack1701e]

The thing at 9:23 reminds me of the serrated thing seen on the M4 Sherman, I think it was ConeofArc or Lazerpig who spoke about it. Maybe it has a similar unknown function as that on this tank!

[@catfish552]

The Sherman comb really isn't a mystery, it has been solved for 20 years. It's a holder for the brake cables during shipping.

[@ericbrammer2245]

Love the Cast-steel farm tractor seats! , probably off of a Horse-drawn Sickle...

[@grahammcrae6734]

They look like the seats on my 1922 Fordson tractor-when I saw the radiator cap I think someone has used the Fordson cap as well!

[@charlietipton8502]

I found it interesting. Good production and content.

[@danebrewer10]

"and there's another great view of that flange I was talking about" aaah one for the innuendo masterpiece book.

[@richardchisholm2073]

At first glance I would say that GM/Cadillac used this as a basis for the M114. Almost as much HP output from the V8, fantastic for 1920s. As a career Scout/Tanker I really wish these museums were open to the public. At least you can get us inside and probably get us a better look in the vehicles.

[@GraydonMiller-v2f]

Love old history tanks. Cool tanks!😊

[@fnglert]

I miss "oh bugger, the tank is on fire"

[@garethfergusson9538]

Yay a new chieftain video... Happiness is!

[@phil20_20]

I want one. Think of the creative things you could use it for! You need the Patton,gold football helmet! 🤠

[@daveseniw2380]

Is the skeleton tank on your video list? Thanks for the time you put into these, always quality work.

[@ageingviking5587]

Good stuff thank you. Any idea what that thing behind you that said tornado on it is? Has kind of a funky look to it

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

Christie T4

[@americanpatriot2422]

Outstanding video!

[@GlorfindelofGondolin]

Great video!

[@mark37f]

As an automotive engineer the method of use of those cotter pins on the tracks make me wince.

[@bullettube9863]

The James Cunningham and Sons company in Rochester NY, was known for building robust V-8 engines and gearboxes. They built the chassis for cars but the bodies were custom made by coach builders. Before that they were known for their robust and reliable wagons and artillery carriages which the Union army during the Civil War preferred. So it's no wonder they were contacted by the army as they had a long history working together. Jay Leno featured a 1920 Cunningham on his KZbin channel. Later the Cunningham sons got out of the auto biz and started making telephone switching equipment.

[@lorinwingtips5290]

This tank is so cute! Is it weird that I find little tanks adorable?

[@Yacovo]

Thanks for the video.

[@gunnergoz]

Was this originally at Aberdeen PG, in the outside display area? I seem to recall it there back in the early '70's.

[@SearTrip]

Yeah, this is at Fort Lee. Just about everything you see on display there came from Aberdeen.

[@nekophht]

Too bad a T1E4 or T1E6 wasn't saved as well. It'd be interesting to see the T1E2 and them side by side and compare the two.

[@JamesLaserpimpWalsh]

Cheers Chief. Great vid.

[@GruntyGame]

Considering the period when this was built, it is remarkably well thought out tank.

[@johnbesignano5999]

I just saw the 67 AR crest in the background. I was 67 AR out of Ft. Hood from 05-07! Don't see that much. I remember being surprised to learn that it's not a volcano, but an anti-tank mine.

[@Grace17893]

Good man; God bless you

[@WynnofThule]

8:19 "...I strongly suspect that this lid here is literally just resting here by weight of gravity alone." Call that an early blowout panel

[@infernaldaedra]

This would make an amazing restoration piece

[@MrDportjoe]

Considering how banged up I was after a demo ride in an M-60a2 (gunners spot) I know smooth is relative.

[@johnlansing2902]

Thank you , a great lesson in development.