Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: M47 Patton II Part 1

Part 1 of the 2-part tour of M47 Patton.
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[@fuzzydunlop7928]

I know it's essentially stock music but the bars that play under his dialogue have one surprisingly catchy bass line. Then again, I've binge watched a lot of these videos so it could just be Stockholm syndrome.

[@DubiousFIN]

I wonder when they are going to spade it.

[@jamestheotherone742]

The drip channels were to keep burning gasoline from a molitov cocktail from draining into the driver's hatch or the engine compartment.

[@NessNik]

YES. you are correct the reading I have done said the same thing.

[@BarcelPL]

I admire your patience with that mosquito/fly going into your ear (6:30)

[@alphaadhito]

He has too :D or there will be a retake

[@arildsther2626]

Nothing like our patience with the music. I feel like I can handle water boarding pretty well now.

[@renngretsch]

I really can't understand how The Chieftain only has 65K subs... great presenter!

[@go_rizzo_grow]

Add about 200k to that now, but he deserves more IMO

[@Swordsman52]

Geez man you need to do something about that scene shift collage every two minutes with the heightened guitar. Just cut to wherever it is you're standing next to on the tank, we don't need a transitional collage reminding us we're watching your channel, I promise.

[@cheesuschrist8248]

wargaming adds it and he uses the same footage and editing because wg is his boss.

[@Jeeters87]

I always remember this video because this is where I learned about the hull monster.

[@calebkualii9516]

Really enjoy these videos, very informative

[@djay6651]

I saw a Patton on the side of a road near Tuzla Bosnia in 1996. It had thrown a track at speed and the crew just ditched it and ran.

[@MrLulzbot]

So an interesting note about the rain guards on the turret sides, they were added by the Italians in the sixties. Most M47s in the IS have them as a bunch were MDAP loaners that were returned to come in to compliance with the now essentially defunct Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty.

[@Mitch18121]

Just saw a couple of knocked out ones used for target practice out in the field near Fort Bliss yesterday. Pretty cool, one even had a wasp hive in it :P

[@AtomicHombek]

The rainguard looks like it's to keep water from sluicing right down the driver's neck. It's on the back of the turret also. Look at the overhang.

[@DanielWW2]

So Chieftain, did you ever had to deal with the hull monster? :P

[@linusorm]

This has been available on the Asian youtube channel for close to a month now...odd. I still love this series though.

[@willannells6988]

+Commissar Dog So I'm not crazy this time, I thought I'd seen this before....

[@linkxsc]

+Commissar Dog that deja-vous

[@pezz_pezzer]

+Nope Fish yeah I thought the same thing till I noticed that fact...

[@Omen_Seven]

It was on the Wargaming channel (Wargaming Europe, I believe) for two or three months before it was on WG's Asian channel.

[@Draakull]

Love your inside videos, way better than Challengers.

[@swordfish6511]

Chieftain, could you do a series of videos going over the historical context of the various tech trees in WOT.

[@jfrorn]

You guys re-released part one!! Lets see part 2 please....

[@ComradeCrad]

Shoutout from Buffalo, NY

[@clintonscottwalsh]

love to see shows on weapons that can punch through tank armour. be interesting to see the science of it..

[@RonI-qz2tz]

Thats a great one. But its been on the Asia WOT youtube page for a month now. but ty for doing them I really like your you tube page

[@ShaneC2788]

Never lost the Irish accent, good man!!

[@mrmx532]

The Lebanon army still uses this but it's up gunned to 105mm with new day/night sights ;)

[@treyhelms5282]

Cool

[@Rake3577]

No they use the m48a5 with the 105mm

[@jasonrusso9808]

James Sawyer, 95, aeronautical engineer, inventor; April 7, 1916 -- Nov. 14, 2011 Nov 18, 2011 - During the Korean War, he headed the former Sawyer Bailey Corp. in Buffalo, which produced components for military vehicles.

[@legendarylegion1]

Oh does this mean that part two is finally on its way?

[@cwj9202]

Sure would be nice if you had the time to tour the M48A1 - M48A3.

[@origamichik3n]

Wait. I think i have seen this one already. Has it been uploaded before?

[@fobiostg6818]

Nicholas you look "extra cheerful" in this episode ...

[@ShuRugal]

the periscopes have integrated brush guards... so that when brush strikes the guard, the periscope will give the driver a black eye?

[@thelastminecrafter1280]

this has already been uploaded on the wot asia channel, right?

[@IVIICHAELxx]

I think you could fill your canteen up there ?

[@nosuchthingasshould4175]

Is tensioning the track a job that often needs doing? Seeing as you seem to have a bit of a thing about it.

[@InternetSurfer19]

Very nice can't wait till the next part. Maybe a WW2 German tank next? Tiger 131 maybe? (I know the Challenger did a video but not with much detail to be honest)

[@ValentineC137]

I hate that giy

[@ValentineC137]

+Valentine guy*

[@InternetSurfer19]

Valentine The videos aren't as detailed that's all

[@Maus5000]

+The Standard Gamer At best. Sometimes he just flat out gets things wrong

[@phil20_20]

Maybe those gutters are for collecting radioactive rainwater in that box below them. Ah, The pause that refreshes!

[@johnwickham8150]

part 1 and part 2 are the same video?

[@erosion01]

Will the background music ever change?

[@Cheezsoup]

Spot the apprentice's welding. Immediately to the side of that "first stage of track tensioning bolt" 3:50 .

[@nikolaivasilev7371]

M47 also had problem with overcooking and oil spilage when forced(Korean war made it very much understood)

[@selcukkaynak1642]

that guitar.... make it staphhhh

[@Dedalus_D]

+Selcuk Kaynak indeed, that background guitar.... should "staphhhh"!!

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Dat bassline doe.

[@treyhelms5282]

If people had nothing to complain about, they would complain about that. Somehow.

[@piritskenyer]

By now, I want that back, because the new background music is awful

[@waynewyler9507]

i'm a heavy eqipment operater why do you not use rear final drive like a cat dozer and use a grease tension tightner

[@erichemingway5294]

When is this tank coming to the game?

[@ShadoWolfNightcores]

I think I had already watched this on the wgasia channel but meh, I'll watch again

[@apanda2087]

Could use the towing hitch for towing artillery

[@peterforden5917]

has the Grant been done yet? and if not, why not?

[@kainhall]

is the hull MG a damned 50 cal? why the huge elephant trunk looking thing? what happened to the nice round ball? did they want to eliminate that weak point? but then why have that flair at the end?

[@f86sabreman]

I want to see a video done on a 76mm Sherman!

[@douglasfulmer5483]

I have always wondered, what does the canvas liner do around the gun mantlet? Sorry if you say it in the video.

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

Keeps the rain out.

[@douglasfulmer5483]

TheChieftainWoT Interesting. Why didn't they do that for earlier tanks? Did they have another system or did they not consider crew comfort that important? EDIT: Excluding the M18 Hellcat.

[@drkjk]

There are occasional pictures of M3 Mediums with canvas mantlet cover for the 75mm. Some models of M4 (M4A3E8 off the top of my head) had a canvas cover for the gun mantlet and certainly the M26, M46, and newer did as well.

[@blaster112]

why upload part 1 for the second time?

[@Ben-mq8ug]

Question, I'm not familiar with museums vs actually owning a tank but are all of these tanks deweaponized such as holes in the gun and armor or are museums allowed to keep everything in working order?

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

+Ben S In the US, it is possible to own a fully armed tank. The weapon is categorised as a destructive device by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. There are, as you can imagine, additional permitting and checking requirements before a permit for one is issued, sometimes just not considered worth the hassle by the owner, in which case it is demilitarized. Additional regulations and processes cover certain ammunition types.

[@Ben-mq8ug]

+TheChieftainWoT is tank ammunition expensive and where do you even buy it from?

[@Ben-mq8ug]

+TheChieftainWoT is it more of a hassle or a budget? I looked up some tank prices and I seen Russian tanks are around the modern day sports car price? I thought they would be much more expensive or is that due to how much there are(t62s-t72).

[@alphaadhito]

+Ben S As far as I know the tank owner has to 'built the ammunition from scratch' or modified existing ammunition because some types of ammunitions weren't produced anymore. I have seen a tank owner that spent $300-$500 per shell each

[@jasonirwin4631]

bit of a old reply but tank ammunition is of expensive but that all depends on what you what. a sold lead AP round is around 100$ a shot but the fed count them as big rifle rounds and thus you don't need to extra paper work for the rounds just the gun, but HE and HEAT are consider to be destructive devices so they have to have the registration as the main gun. HE and HEAT are also very expensive with HE starting at 350$ a round and with HEAT i can't find a price most likely meaning to no one is will to make or sell that type.

[@bmcg5296]

The .30cal was the giant fly swatter for hosing down the stupid who happened to climb on another tank in the platoon! Yes this was used to kill the insane, that tried to access the hatch from the outside. Hosing each other down was a common thing in Korea.

[@user-qu1gl7to3z]

So, When it will be implemented? I don't want to ride M46E1 anymore.

[@Mildly_Amused]

I thought the rain guards were to reduce the rain water running down from the the top and sides of the turret going into the driver's hatch. They direct it away from the hatch opening.

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

+Christopher B. (Chris B.) As long as the turret is facing forwards, it makes sense. What happens when the turret turns 45 degrees, and all the water is channeled onto the driver's hatch?

[@AJAtcho]

+TheChieftainWoT probably the driver and the bow gunner is gonna get wet anyway XD

[@Mildly_Amused]

+TheChieftainWoT It looks like they work when the turret is either forward or backwards in the travel lock position. I'd say not to open the hatch when the turret is at 45 degrees unless you smell bad and need a bath.

[@ryanmoeller3308]

+TheChieftainWoT When can I go for a ride in some of these amazing machines with ya?? :-)

[@twirlipofthemists3201]

The_Chieftain Looks like the sides of the turret don't overhang the hatch the way the front of the turret does. I bet that's what the gutters are for.

[@Cliffdog01]

I have been watching the Chieftain vids for a while and I would like to know why they didn't use large truck engines for tanks. I feel like engines for mining trucks would be powerful enough for a battle tank even in the 40s and 50s.

[@phil20_20]

Probably money...

[@brad8367]

How come you haven't done a video on a Churchill crocodile

[@dylanclark9488]

one week between two different chieftain videos!?

[@kainhall]

3:52 as a back yard mechanic and welder that has done things from rebuilding a 100cc 2 stroke to an entire car(body, trans, engine, axle, interiors ETC).... holy shit, i thought i sucked at arc.....just slag it up!!! adds armor lol however, i wonder what size rod they used....probably like 1/2 inch lol

[@clothar23]

+kain hall 10 bucks says that was likely done as a in field repair or perhaps a front line repair depot. Where they are more concerned with functionality over looks . Besides a nice thick wield in a vehicle designed to take hits never hurts.

[@venator5]

Chieftain please make video for the Panther tank.

[@hanfpeter3742]

This tank looks huge! Is it just the looks or is it indeed gigantic?

[@carloslara7452]

It’s 12ft tall I think

[@holyhandgrenade661]

Running condition? That thing?

[@libertycowboy2495]

What is the significance of the yellow 50 above the 3rd AD etc markings?

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

Weight classification, for bridges/cranes etc.

[@sintruder]

The front MG doesn't look like it has much sweeping ability

[@Kapitaen_Flauschbart]

Oh my! Go down more to lift these slits back there, you hurt your spine! ... very nice show btw :-D

[@bobbroadhurst1648]

Who the hell done some of the welding on that tank lol .... marker light brackets and add ons lol

[@mnguy98]

5:47 was a missed opportunity for a "rock or something" joke

[@gamingsentry6000]

Hasn't this been sold

[@TrueCanad1an]

Favorite Tank In wot

[@eze417]

Interesting....but I want to see more videos about WWII Italian and Japanese tanks. The M47 was the only entry of the Patton series that never saw action in a war.

[@harrisionstan3773]

M47s saw plenty of action. Pakistan V India. Jordan V Israel are two off the top of my head.

[@NashmanNash]

@@harrisionstan3773 Don´t forget the hardest war anything can be in...The war with german bureaucracy

[@ryanaegis3544]

Wish you had an M48 to review. So much prettier with the rounded slopes.

[@dudeawesome6206]

i just found u. Nice vids bro.

[@dudeawesome6206]

Where are u from ? Im askin cos a different accent than west side.

[@dudeawesome6206]

+Dude Awesome cos u^//

[@budmeister]

+Dude Awesome He's Irish-American.

[@dudeawesome6206]

+budmeister Oh nice

[@kappapisigma1]

Why do you always seem to tilt your head and chin up while looking down at the camera?

[@the_lost_navigator]

You call that 'ratty'? why - that's an excellent Museum weathering job!

[@KnifeChatswithTobias]

C-24 the fourth tank? When I was in that would be the second vehicle? 2-2 (2nd platoon, 1 track, 2-4 (2nd track) 2-6 (third track, normally platoon leader - Get your "Six" on the horn) 2-8 (4th track, often the platoon Sgt)

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

Callsigns seem to vary depending on unit. I was Red 1, (1-1), First tank of the first platoon, and the platoon leader. My 4-tank was the platoon sergeant. 2 was my wingman, 3 was the PSG's wingman. I believe in the M47 days, tank platoons were still five tanks.

[@KnifeChatswithTobias]

The_Chieftain, I was in 1/54 Inf. 3rd Bde, 1AD back in the early 1980s. Who knows it might also be when you served. The army was in the midst of a major transition at the time. I recall distinctly that the 1/54 part was marked 1-54 INF on the fender. Pretty sure it went 1 (triangle) 3 (triangle) 1-54 INF. This was USAEUR. Riding around in 113s

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

Ah. APCs would be different. When I was a troop commander, (2010 or so) the platoon leader’s HMMV was 6, the PSG’s was 5. I think only tanks would use 1 and 4 for the PL. 5 was the XO,the CO 6, and Top was 7.

[@KnifeChatswithTobias]

The_Chieftain, more importantly, thanks for the terrific videos and all the work you do, especially when it comes to de-bunking the nonsense about the Sherman. Great job!

[@bobbiemanueldelapena4997]

It's like an oversized M41 Walker Bulldog...

[@cahounek]

"tiger II" from the battle of the bulge

[@trangia12]

You turned down the music during the presentation but you don’t need it at all. Just the beginning is good enough

[@ersikillian]

I really wanted to see a payphone in the infantry phone box.

[@alexyau1270]

Why overall M60 now!!!.

[@excurrahee]

I bet your American Army crew loved being called "lads"

[@castroschirp]

I don't fully understand Why is it that most tanks of the era were gasoline driven as oppose to diesel. sound very inefficient.

[@malkavianstr450]

trucks and everything else gasoline driven.

[@jberry1982]

The USA had just the tank for those Russian t34-85 the good old tried and true M26 Pershing

[@tommytfaa]

Great channel.... hopefully you listen to your fans and kill the back ground music

[@rayengle9281]

too long between these vids :(

[@jberry1982]

They actually faired way better then the M47 pattons did actually

[@efs83dws]

The Chieftain does not sound like he enjoys this anymore.

[@imthemistermaster]

You got me excited for nothing :( I already saw this one the Asian channel

[@KevinSmith-qi5yn]

I can't wait until he tries to squeeze himself into this quint-essential US battle tank.

[@seppijessup9563]

As I watch this from a welders perspective I have to cringe a bit at some of those joints.

[@300pzl]

He has the nutnfancy lip.

[@deptusmechanikus7362]

so many people bitching about musac. am i the only one who isn't bothered by it at all?

[@VidandRico]

First.

[@xGxPhantomZzz]

thats a reupload..

[@JoeDurobot]

The background music during the ENTIRE video is annoying to say the least.

[@Brswing]

I miss the old theme from the old Chieftain videos.

[@conhand.3578]

Gosh Joe! You surely have a point here! I complained about this already, it almost ruins the videos of this otherwise very knowledgeable and very likeable gentleman!

[@JoeDurobot]

Conhan D. *I complained about it in some other videos.* *Saying that the music was too low you could almost hear the guy talk.* *People like to add music to cover the noises of the tracks as well, not just people talking.*

[@conhand.3578]

JoeDurobot I can't stand vids about tanks or trains (real or miniature) where the engine and natural sound of the thing is covered by so called "music". What on (flat) earth are those people thinking about? Do they think it's kinda cool? Are they afraid of silence? Do they think a video would look amateurish without "music"? Well, it's the exact opposite! All people gifted with video or cinema know _exactly_ how and when to use music, and even more importantly, how and when NOT to use it.

[@lilfadeakaadam7576]

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[@ukriroutalempi5124]

Why US did not put diesels in tanks at The time🤦. Soviets and Japanese have done it since ww2. US has something against diesel... They dont have lot of even cars whit diesel. They had even petrol trucks when everyone else had diesel😁

[@rosiehawtrey]

Petrol was beyond cheap so they just couldn't be bothered. Plus the diesel they did have was poor quality - a lot of water would get in it, and you don't want water in diesel. Finally old diesels smoked like hell, a healthy petrol v8 or radial doesn't (when it's warmed up anyway) - you could see a T34 from an aircraft - just look for the cloud of blue smoke.

[@michaelmclachlan1650]

@@rosiehawtrey I know an Australian ex-tanker who wondered aloud why the Centurions used petrol and not diesel, the formal response was 'operational reasons' and he, after a moments thought, realised a big puff of black diesel smoke was not a good thing on the battlefield.

[@xGxPhantomZzz]

fish

[@Wolvenworks]

oh look it's the tank nobody likes lol

[@-tr0n]

+Wolvenworks not sure about actually running it, but in game it's one of my favourites. well, the m46 with the m47 turret rather.

[@Wolvenworks]

tr0n i have the M48 Patton in AW. one of the least useful tanks in the game. makes me understand why most WoT players avoid the Patton

[@-tr0n]

***** AW and WOT really don't compare...

[@Wolvenworks]

tr0n point is, i've heard a lot of things abt the Pattons in WoT, all all of them lead to the point that they're not good in anything, so rather than being a jack of all trades, they're more or less fat scouts really big fat slow scouts

[@numberstation]

I like these videos, but I’ve had to give up on trying to watch them because of that POINTLESS FUCKING MUSIC.