Late War Lights - The M5 Stuart and M8 Scott

[@Jebemti8353]

Let’s be real here Your videos are gold and deserve a lot more attention

[@gandsproductions5105]

Some of the best tank content around, up there with armored archive and Cone

[@RedWrenchFilms]

Thanks so much man!

[@BrewBlaster]

@@RedWrenchFilms I subbed today and I'm curious what variant of M4 you pictured @3:25? I've never seen one with two hull guns side-by-side like that.

[@RedWrenchFilms]

@@BrewBlaster Welcome! That’s actually a regular M4, just an extremely early model. The T6 prototype (I’ve a video on it if you’re interested) and the first few hundred vehicles had fixed, driver operated .30 cal machine guns, which were later removed. Some vehicles have the MG ports simply welded over, and later vehicles got a new casting with the ports fully deleted.

[@BrewBlaster]

@@RedWrenchFilms Okay, Thank You very much for that informative reply.

[@lunseren]

10:42 The m18 didn’t have a normal 75mm gun. It had mounted a bigger 76mm m1 cannon and was more powerfull.

[@I_want_White_Cheddar_Popcorn]

And one of the fastest tracked vehicles of the war

[@jehoiakimelidoronila5450]

That had an aircraft engine, just like the Abrams, I might add

[@homie8437]

​@@jehoiakimelidoronila5450Almost every American WW2 tank, and many German ones, originally had aircraft engines as they were readily available. The M18 had the standard M4 engine anyway.

[@jehoiakimelidoronila5450]

@@homie8437 ah, didn't realize that. Thanks for the info

[@Basicallybaltic]

Well yes, the M18 did mount the 76mm gun M1, but that was not the point. It was brought up because the mounting of such a big gun in a light and small chassis had took lessons from the M8 GMC.

[@malcolm5514]

Great video! Couple of corrections. The M18 had an M1A1 and later M1A2 76mm gun, just like the gun found on later variants of the Sherman. Also, what you showed as being a dozer blade on a Stuart is actually a Cullen/Cullin hedgerow cutter. These were used in Normandy after the landings to aide in combatting the dense bocage terrain the US forces found themselves in. They were built from leftover metal of German beach obstacles.

[@anthonyiocca5683]

The M5 needed the 57mm anti-tank gun.

[@parrot849]

I’m an avid 1/35 scale model builder and stick with armored fighting vehicles between 1930 and 1950. You’re video is gold for what my hobby entails. Such great reference content for building less than well known versions of AFVs for that exact period I’m interested in. Thank you.

[@archiebotten4061]

I paused KZbin shorts for this

[@nightnovis]

I paused KZbin video for this.

[@ThatWelshGuy.]

​@@nightnovisi paused my life for this

[@TheOriginalThEBLanK]

YT shorts are cancer

[@darracqboy]

I paused *time itself* for this

[@tvexpert_xd2388]

I hate yt shorts

[@APFS-DS]

i dont think the m18 ever monuted a 75mm, it was a 76mm

[@cm275]

That’s correct, I believe the only TD to mount a 75mm gun was the half-track based. M3 GMC. All others carried either 76mm or 90mm guns.

[@skriv0in0navn]

@@cm275 either you didnt watch the video or dont know, but he litterally did show the ''m8a1'' which was a m8 with a m3 75mm as a prototype tank destroyer. there is also the T49 gmc which is the M18 predicessor, which was equipped with both the 57mm, 75mm and 76mm during its lifetime

[@gansior4744]

I really enjoy your videos of tank developments. Quickly one of my favorite series

[@RedWrenchFilms]

Glad you like them!

[@alanrogers7090]

My dad was a driver on an M5A1 in Europe during the war. He was in the Seventh Armored Division. He told my brothers and I about the one time they were hit by a German shell which blew off their left track, forcing the crew to run for the Allied lines. Other than that, I know he was involved in the Battle of the Bulge in late 1944 and early 1945. He arrived in France a couple of weeks after D-Day and was still there when the war in Europe was over in May, 1945..

[@mnguy98]

Slight nitpick; the M18 Hellcat mounts the high-velocity 76mm M1 gun, not a 75, but solid video otherwise.

[@strelnagaming]

Isnt the 76 actually just a more powerful 75? I remember hearing that it was just named the 76 to avoid confusion

[@mnguy98]

@@strelnagaming It was called "76mm" to avoid confusion, but not with the 75. There was an older, heavier anti-tank gun called the 3-inch Gun M5/M7, and the new lightweight gun used the same 3-inch projectiles as the old gun, but a different case that was not interchangeable; thus, the new gun and ammo was dubbed "76mm" to avoid potential logistical screw-ups.

[@LastGoatKnight]

I don't know why but the M8 HMC looks somewhat cute to me. It was the first short-barrel but large caliber tank design that I saw so I became fond of it (for example: BT-42, KV-2). I often wonder what would've happened if these guns were retrofitted to more modern ammunition like HESH on this Howitzer Motor Carriage. HEAT is available to it already (at least in War thunder which I know isn't a good source) but just the idea of WW2 tanks and weapons in a modern environment how would stand beside the new stuff (poorly but paper can hold anything😅)

[@Stefan-xu5nd]

Can you do M18 GMC Hellcat? Sending regards from former Yugoslavia.

[@papalegba6796]

My uncle fought as a tank commander right through the North African & Italian campaigns & the M3 was by far his favourite vehicle.

[@Ryuko-T72]

My city has an M5 stuart near the regimental building. The original hull was used as a light tank and was knocked out during the Normandy campaign. The regiment that comes from my city found the vehicle and noticed that although the turret was destroyed, the hull could still be used. So they took the vehicle back to base, removed the turret, refurbished the hull, and used the tank as a scouting vehicle until the end of the war. It now sits proudly as a turretless M5 tank

[@WildBillCox13]

If you don't mind, I'll add two prototypes; the AA variant with twin .50cal M2 in what might be the same turret as the Staghound AA, and the extended Chassis* AA variant which was tested with a quad 20mm and a dual 40mm** weapon mounting. Beyond that, the extended chassis was also mounted with the 4.7" (114mm) gun. *Three bogies to each side, instead of two. ** later mounted on the Chaffee as the M19MGMC.

[@nortoncomando3728]

Really enjoyed this vid as I am very interested in the M 5' Development. Also the various support gun versions. I have come to appreciate the linear development of the series. As it saved money and led to constantly improving the M3/M5 per battlefield experience. This paired with making sure the factory could implement these changes without delay in the production process. Thanks for the introduction video with the earlier development history of combat car.😂

[@teck1294]

My favorite channel at the moment! Awesome content!

[@RedWrenchFilms]

Wow, thanks!

[@arturThe17]

What about a video on the x1 Pioneer Tank?

[@lostinpa-dadenduro7555]

This is one of my favorite tanks from WWII.

[@RedWrenchFilms]

Me too!

[@AverageSpaniard0505]

keep making these quality vids! i hope you reach soon 30k subs

[@RedWrenchFilms]

I hope so too!

[@rgriffinRETIRED_SHEEPDOG]

I love the tanks that started and finished WW2 the most for some reason

[@leopoldthedigger7062]

honestly your videos are golden. its great to see how popular you've gotten, you'll be at 50k in no time!

[@RedWrenchFilms]

Thanks man! You been here from the beginning haha

[@BrickPlatoon]

I'm building an M5 Stuart on Legos right now and thinking of having a little history bytes together with it in a video and this would be awesome and helpful at the same time! Thank and your videos deserve more attention. Gold Standard!

[@tedbanham1157]

have to say love the channel, the vids are so well made and researched.

[@RedWrenchFilms]

Much appreciated!

[@jeanjohnson5145]

Your videos have improved even from when I started watching a few weeks ago. They're great keep goin man

[@RedWrenchFilms]

Thanks, will do!

[@Tekisasubakani]

How cool, I never realized the turret on the "Amtank" was from the M8!

[@SonaNerikov]

I thought you're going to talk about the Brazilian bernardini X1 which is a light tank they developed to replace the m3 Stuart for the army, and I think that's pretty interesting to talk about. You video is really interesting anyway, I've never thought I would feel entertained looking at the Stuart development. You're doing a great job.

[@RedWrenchFilms]

Thank you so much!

[@leonidandreev1171]

I finally figured out something that’s been bothering me for a while - what those things on the sides of the M5 turret are! I first noticed them on an M5 that a VFW nearby has in front of their building. My guess was that they were spare track segments, and a couple of online sources I found seemed to confirm that… Except those things don’t look like the normal track links at all, I spent some time staring at them. Finally, I found your video and learned that these are “track grousers” - never heard the word before, but now I know what they are! THANK YOU!

[@RedWrenchFilms]

My pleasure haha

[@seanthompson8071]

04:43 Nice hedge row cutter ... I don't think I ever saw one on an M5 before ... just on Sherman tanks. 👍

[@kimjanek646]

Cool cool. Now I have to check, if the M3 does Infact not have a stabilized 37mm compared to the M3A1 in War Thunder, maybe explaining why one is 1.7 and the other 2.3 🙃

[@I_want_White_Cheddar_Popcorn]

M18 Hellcat used a 76mm M1 cannon. And a version called the Super Hellcat used a 90mm canon

[@ROBERTN-ut2il]

The M8 continued to be used by Cavalry Squadrons (Mechanized) until the end of WW2. After all, the first M24 light tanks weren't issued until Dec 1944, which meant most units were still equipped with M5's at the end of the war. Since the M8 was a derivative of the M5, it made sense logistically to retain them until the M5 was replaced.

[@garyfasso6223]

Great video. My Father (1909-1968) commanded a light/medium tank squad in action on Leyte and Okinawa. We have very little information but believe his tanks were Stuarts and patrolled 3 to a group. It sounded like he was involved with infantry support. Do you know what types were used in those operations?

[@RedWrenchFilms]

Hi Gary - it would likely have been the Stuart or the Sherman. Have you any idea what division your dad was in? Army/Marines?

[@garyfasso6223]

@Red Wrench Films Army. He joined the Cavalry (Washington State Reserves) in 1929 - because he wanted to be around horses. He went through officer training and served as a lieutenant earning a Bronze Star (v) and 2 purple hearts. Dad met war correspondent Ernie Pyle a few days before he was killed, getting a picture of him sitting on Dad's tank. I wish I had that photo. His records were lost in an archive fire, so I don't know what division. Thank you for taking the time to respond.

[@PedroCosta-po5nu]

Could you do an video about the kangaroo series of APC's?

[@joeylandry4933]

At 11:20, that isn’t a bulldozer blade. That’s a “hedge cutter”. It was the allies answer to the hedgerows in the Normandy fighting after D-Day. Most were made from scrap metal taken from the German defenses along the beaches. I’ve seen videos of them ramming the hedgerows and knocking holes through them. Nice job on your videos; the Stuart is one of my favorite tanks from WW2.

[@trappenweisseguy27]

At 11:15 that’s a hedgerow cutter, not a dozer blade.

[@ItzSatrioz]

Wow, I diden't know that the sfuart was able to mount a 75mm Howitzer Thanks🙏

[@tetraxis3011]

Good video but you left out the fact that the M8s turret is still in service as part of the Mexican DN5 “Toro” light armored vehicle.

[@NuclearEater-U-235]

Can you make a video about panzer 4?in my opinion the video should be like the stuart covering it's history and vehicle variants

[@warlordshaxx856]

the tank on 10:55, why does it look like the Stormpjäs fm/43-44?

[@kefkaZZZ]

Because it secretly is that tank??? No idea sorry!

[@ianbell5611]

Great video Thank you

[@RedWrenchFilms]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@m26a1pershing7]

Interestingly, there seems to be a far larger share of M5s in US museums and monuments than elsewhere. Perhaps they are like Ford-built early M4A3s, which were mostly retained in the States for training and so are much more common here now.

[@jimroberts3009]

I use a M8 Scott in WOT. It's a useful little TD. Fast and packs a big punch.

[@N_Wheeler]

11:15 not a 'dozer' blade in the usual sense.

[@williamashbless7904]

Great stuff. Informative and short.

[@RedWrenchFilms]

Glad you liked it!

[@popuptarget7386]

I have driven an M5A1 and it is fun but will still wear you out. Auto transmission is nice but the long linkage between accelerator pedal and engines means it takes a lot of effort.

[@dragonstormdipro1013]

Fun fact, India pulled off World's highest altitude tank offensive using M5 Stuarts.

[@thegrimgripper8416]

Yes the M3 Satan even though it was shown brief it made the video!

[@level98bearhuntingarmor]

The M5 is probably my favorite Light Tank to be honest

[@aleks1939]

How do the shields on the side of the turret protect someone using the turret mounted machine gun? I can't quite visualize it. Can they be raised up?

[@popuptarget7386]

The shield does not move. The mount is designed to fold down behind it

[@iwantmynametobeaslongaspos7194]

Is there anyway you can make a video on the Somua SM it’s an awesome tank but I can find nothing on it

[@britishrex5515]

The T18 looks like an astra militarum tank, like a very small shadowsword XD

[@Guardias]

What a cursed tank. I hadn't heard of the m8 Scott previously but now I'm cursed with the knowledge that "Old Fuss and Feathers" got a g'damned tank named after him.

[@executivedirector7467]

Why not? Scott was a great general despite his silliness about his status symbols. He won the Mexican war and laid out the strategy to win the civil war. Not too shabby.

[@ps1_hagrid_gaming517]

I want 10 of each version

[@kefkaZZZ]

Same! But I will take 20 of the T-18’s please!!

[@Hosenfuhrer]

3:25 "..it was decided to be called M5 to avoid confusion." For once.

[@kefkaZZZ]

Just this one time… We will avoid confusion! -Ordinance Department

[@CT-69141]

Light tanks take on medium to heavy tanks, if only upgunned high velocity gun, slope armor, low built howl, damn good crew

[@polheg1]

Just found your channel. Love it. Complements well with 'The Chieftain' and 'The Tank Museum' - channels I watch. Are you a fellow Derryman by any chance?

[@RedWrenchFilms]

Belfast! Close enough though. Really appreciate the comment :)

[@polheg1]

@@RedWrenchFilms Live in Worthing now. Been in England 40yrs out of my 60. Always liked tanks and used to build Airfix kits when I was a teenager. My wife got me back into the habit just over a year ago and I concentrate on building 1/32 tank models now. Fair few of them now. Visited Bovington a few times and attended 'Tankfest' twice. Your videos are incredibly well researched and allows me to get to know more about some of the kits that I have built and actual tanks that I have seen. I very much look forward to seeing more of your work. Gradually working through those you have already done.

[@MFitz12]

M8's were standard issue to the Cavalry right up through the end of the war.

[@pyeitme508]

Wow

[@alanbarnum3955]

I really love your videos im sick rn and ur videos make me forget ab that

[@RedWrenchFilms]

Hope you're feeling better now!

[@warlordshaxx856]

doesn't the M18 Hellcat and Blcak Cat mount a 76.2mm(7.62cm, 3in) gun?

[@executivedirector7467]

76mm, not 3 inch. I know 3 inches = 76.2mm, but, the US Army used the term "3 inch gun" to refer to a different weapon - the one mounted on the M10 tank destroyer.

[@warlordshaxx856]

@@executivedirector7467 which is a 76.2mm gun

[@executivedirector7467]

@@warlordshaxx856 Indeed it is, but as I already wrote, the US Army used different nomenclature for those two guns because they were completely different and fired different ammo.

[@warlordshaxx856]

@@executivedirector7467 nomenclature? what's that?

[@nope5708]

"It's over" *video starts*

[@Shiceo]

I kinda want a 3 in gun carrier vid (tank)

[@blurglehus7348]

Love me my stuart, simple 'as.

[@nmspy]

Have you seen the Brazilian modernized Stuart? 😂

[@GreenLeafUponTheSky]

when you're on a budget but need a new tank

[@idahoanarmor9014]

"Unlikely" youre not wrong but heyyy

[@tinchorb1340]

epic

[@FuzDoesStuff]

Stuart 👍

[@mtbwithjure7809]

Mistake: M18 Hellcat had 76 mm gun

[@Michael-j6s]

10:45 the m18 has a 76

[@SirMatthew]

Twin V8s.... that's basically a Bugatti Chiron engine!

[@Kalashnikov413]

Not quite

[@jeffsmith2022]

Looks like this 'tank' could be taken out with a Red Rider BB rifle...

[@kempodle4665]

Growing up, there were a few old men in my church who had refused to serve on Sherman tanks (this was in the Deep South), so they threw them in Stuart’s. I never heard them complain about the tanks they fought in.

[@RedWrenchFilms]

Strange! I'd much rather be in a Sherman.

[@kempodle4665]

@@RedWrenchFilms it’s a cultural thing. Being in the Deep South, the Sherman tank was named after general Sherman, a Union (northern) commander during the civil war who burned much of the south during his March to the sea. The Stuart was named after a confederate general.

[@executivedirector7467]

I don't believe that for a moment. You go where the Army sends you.

[@none941]

The startling part of this, if you listen closely, is the fact that the U.S. made itself the biggest weapons merchant of the world, well beyond the help offered to allies under Lend-Lease during WWII. Not the sort of legacy I would choose for our country.

[@kirkmooneyham]

Oh, golly gee, Stalin was such a great guy, with zero plans to export hard-core communism. JSMH!

[@rudolfthecat1176]

Okay I can't be the only one who finds the slight angle the V8'S are mounted at highly irritating

[@RedWrenchFilms]

It pained me to make that diagram ahah

[@leongt1954]

Just finished watching a video from the Australian Armour & artillery Museum one of the engines out of their Stewart Destroyed itself so they put 2 350 chevy engines in instead until they find a original replacement engine kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqWYnIt4l6ikfqs

[@sambretoothmcgoon3020]

Are you associated with nebula?

[@RedWrenchFilms]

I am not - I think it’s a great platform though, I use it a lot.

[@michaelkeaton5394]

9:07 this guy: oooh the french lost against Vietnam in american tanks the usa:...

[@RedWrenchFilms]

(I don't follow)

[@michaelkeaton5394]

@@RedWrenchFilms well then it's a bad joke from me, good video btw, new mic or something?

[@RedWrenchFilms]

@@michaelkeaton5394 Yeah I got a new mic a while ago! But audio quality always improving with little tweaks

[@michaelkeaton5394]

@@RedWrenchFilms great, are you gonna talk about other modifications of this tank like the Brazilian "modernized" version ?

[@johnneill990]

Pity we went with the Rinemetal 37 instead of the Brit 2 pounder. Also I would have replaced the 30 cal BMG with a breach loading 60mm mortar.

[@executivedirector7467]

They were virtually equal, but the 37mm at least had HE and canister ammo. The two pounder's ammunition problems (no HE.....) crippled British armor units before they got M4-series tanks.

[@papalegba6796]

@@executivedirector7467 correct.

[@albertborgman859]

When fielded the M5 was a medium tank and the Sherman a heavy tank.

[@RedWrenchFilms]

No - the Stuart was always a light and the Sherman always a medium.

[@yingmingtan5619]

The stuart is a useless tank😢

[@RedWrenchFilms]

The opposite!

[@papalegba6796]

It was maybe the most useful tank in WW2