LazerPig Visits a Tank Museum

In 2011, Park Chan-wook, director of the critically acclaimed South Korean film 'Oldboy', filmed the horror short 'NightFishing' using just an iPhone 4.
It would go onto win several awards and is widely considered one of the finest horror shorts of the age and a masterpiece of cinema.
Many years later, an idiot, having bought an expensive camera for the sole purpose of taking really nice shots of large and completely static objects, would make every amateur error in an attempt to film a trip to a museum.
He would get his thumb in front of the lens (multiple times), mumble incoherently into the onboard mic, several times hold it upside down and at an angle, run out of batteries twice, and have to beg the museum for a back-up camera, and arrive during a school holiday when the entire thing was packed with children, all running around and screaming.
Half the footage would be rendered completely unusable forcing him to completely re-write the entire premise of the video leading to several days of work comas, not sleeping, and forgetting to eat.
Welcome one and all, to the reason I don't do blog content, welcome to my disaster.
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[@AnimarchyHistory]

In case anyone’s wondering. The T-14 featured in this video had more collective camera time than the other T-14 has had for the past year.

[@Goober762]

And this T-14 isn’t a radar installation

[@r-1093]

I dont know mate, are you counting the burning wrecks caught on ukrainian shop front CCTV?

[@krystofbabala9904]

The WW2 T-14 Is clearly superior

[@AnimarchyHistory]

@@Hangedman1999indeed.

[@abradabk]

come to think of it, when was the last time You heard or see anything about the T14 (ARMaTa!!!)? I personally can't even remember.

[@KatzenjammerFuu]

I love how lazerpig is literally just a 10 year old boy at heart.

[@GrundleLongDong]

Hey we all are if we have the excuse to be so

[@indiomoustafa2047]

Most of us are, its environmental/situational. Kid in a candy store, pig in a tank museum, etc.

[@dylanb3431]

Society screwed most of us out of staying young forever. It's always so wholesome to see people that the world hasn't broken

[@UkrNomad]

Aren't we all like that when we have a chance?

[@RadarLightwave]

Aren't we all though?¿ I'm 35 and still play with gokarts. They are my favorite thing in the world, and every time I get on one and rip down a dirt road or trail with trees whizzing by at 45 miles per hour on a half-assed welded jumble of thin tubing, I am 10 again. Literally a death trap, but I feel so alive while riding them!

[@benjaminepstein5856]

I got divorced a week ago, my dog is sick, my friends have been called up for reserve duty, and I have not grinned as wide as this in some time. Thank you, Lazerpig. This was a delight.

[@cheetahman515]

Thats tough. I’ve been severely sick, with professionals telling me it is just the “crud” for about a week. Hope you are feeling happier.

[@benjaminepstein5856]

@@cheetahman515 I'm really sorry to hear that. My ex wife went to multiple doctors, some of whom simply dismissed the debilitating pain she was feeling. It can be extremely frustrating and I hope you can get the proper treatment soon. And thank you for your well wishes. The divorce was amicable and we're still friends, which is a relief. My roommate is home on a few days leave, so I've got a temporary respite. Nappo being sick is the part that worries me the most. I think he'll pull through, and though he's ten, he still has energy beyond what I expect from his condition. I hope we can keep on doing stupid shit together. Here's wishing for speedy recoveries all around!

[@DemonHunter2271]

Hope your life gets better, glad the Pig can bring you joy in this dark time in yourself life!

[@benjaminepstein5856]

@@DemonHunter2271 thank you 🙏🙏

[@maverickfalcon4856]

Hang in there man

[@henghistbluetooth7882]

“I was the happiest I have ever been in my entire life”. Have to admit - that got me in the feels…

[@campbellharris8999]

Very very common tank museum experience. It's genuinely amusing when you go at a quiet time and it's all married couples with one (typically, but not exclusively, male) partner running around getting all kinds of over excited whilst the other just looks on utterly bemused. The effect doubles when you go to the conservation hanger.

[@memecat57]

​@@campbellharris8999 my man trying to look at the modern MBTs while i cry about how adorable the tankettes are 🥺❤️

[@jamesmandahl444]

wtf

[@HardThrasher]

Watching one man nerd out in his natural environment is lovley and just what I needed today.

[@tewsgcdcfgechk908]

Yay, Daddy HardThrasher is here!

[@anthonyhayes1267]

On that note, I hope you can make it to Dayton OH someday soon. You'll love it.

[@Nappanaia]

Daddy Thrasher

[@HauntedXXXPancake]

@@Nappanaia That's Lord HardThrasher to you, Peasants ! Now get down and kiss the boot.

[@DemonHunter2271]

Oh, what a lovely surprise! Glad to see you here HardThrasher, love your content btw. And yes, it’s truly enjoyable to see someone be happy to be in a place that is full of things that interests them.

[@Palemagpie]

Hey don't knock the Irish Armored Core....all six of the lads will be quite upset.

[@HobbiesGamesChillin]

They expanded Good for them

[@AlexRojas-db6yd]

The Tank museums willingness to embrace content creators for KZbin has always been one of my favorite thing about the organization; that is very cash money of them. Especially since Lazerpig couldn't even operate the camera they were nice enough to loan him properly.

[@KJAkk]

@@talonhax8336 Lease 😉

[@morecowbell69]

Squire

[@chuckygobyebye]

Yeah, I really think the Tank Museum (in Bovington)'s openness to the wider online community should be a beacon to other museums.

[@sinistra_32]

as someone who’s been to the tank museum 3 separate times i can confirm the horses only get scarier and more traumatising each time

[@marinenukem]

Watching LazerPig gleefully frolic in a warehouse full of tanks and nerd out about all the things he finds interesting gives such a nice feeling. He’s just having fun talking about what he enjoys, and honestly I’m so happy for him.

[@alexmartinez5859]

“…I was the happiest I have ever been in my entire life.” And if anything, for all the joy you’ve given us over the years or months or even days some of us have been subscribed, you deserve it, the godliest of Pigs!

[@fehzorz]

I was half expecting a cynical undercut but it was totally sincere and I felt it too. Thank you for everything LazerPig

[@mpersad]

Yes, I found that a very moving comment, well done for highlighting it.

[@quarreneverett4767]

I havee apprecieted his t34 and a few other videos critisizing russia there are a few videos i felt were not so much. But yeah i do appreciate those videos. The t34 one helped me feel validated in saying see people Im not fucking crazy the t34 was shit. Instead of the people getting offended for how dare they try to have an independant thought than pur glorious modified history text books

[@jimadamson8563]

That punched me right in the feels. 😢❤

[@shmee123ful]

When the world needed him most, he returned

[@georgeorwell8501]

He might not be the historian we wanted, but he certainly is the historian we deserve.

[@enoughothis]

I believe that Lazerpig can save the world!

[@Eatmydbzballs]

Comments like this remind me of a video from a content creator who uploaded amazingly funny videos very-infrequently. A viewer posted this exact comment on one of their videos, and recieved massive amounts of dislikes and eventually deleted it. Why? That video was that creator's father reading the final message after they had succumbed to cancer... So, here is that interaction you're addicted to I guess....

[@protogenxl]

A Black Friday Two for One Deal !!!!!

[@scotcarr3390]

LP has the strength to bear the burden of scorn. He may not be the YTuber we want, but he's the one we need. The thundering mouthpiece. The drunken destroyer of mediocrity. A Loaded Knight!....😝

[@Gabor-xn3lm]

12:40 Don't worry lazerpig, i got you: The hungarians have actually had their own independent tank manufacturing facilities. Their armored car was the 39M Csaba, and their light tanks were of the Toldi series (as mentioned in the video). The Toldi was based on the Swedish licence production, but with less armour, a different gun, and a different engine, giving better mobility. Their medium tank were the Turán series,. They were based on Czechoslovak tank cassies, but the armament along with the turret and other components were changed. The Turán I had a 40 mm cannon, the Turán II had a 75mm howitzer, and there was a prototype for a third tank with a 75mm anti-tank cannon. There was a series AA guns based on the Toldi chassis called the 40M Nimród. There also was a series of tank destroyers based on the Turán chassis. They emploed the same line of thought as the Stug (take off the turret, and stick your largest gun in the mainframe). The Zrínyi I had a 75mm anti tank gun, but only two prototypes were made. The Zrínyi II had a 105mm howitzer, and had entered production. The Csaba cars and Toldi tanks were only effective in the earlier stages of the war, and were later used for recon missions. The Turán tanks started getting outgunned by the t-34 and IS series by 1943. The Zrínyi tank destroyers saw significant action in 1944 in the Carpathian mountains, where they scored a 3 to 1 KD ratio aganst t-34s Hungary also made plenty more prototypes, and their "fast divisions" (gyorshadosztály) have been successful. The germans have handed them panthers and even some of their Tigers towards the end of the war. I could go for an hour about the tank production alone, not to mention the airforce, and special projects (anti tank rockets, rifle-like SMG-s, sound cannons, ect.) Source: magyar vagyok.

[@rebelgaming1.5.14]

There was also the 44M Tás, a Hungarian Heavy Tank that was effectively their Panther Equivalent. Only 2 Prototype vehicles were ever built and even then were only partially completed before an Allied bombing raid destroyed them and the factory they were in. It's probably the largest vehicle built by any of the Reich's allies.

[@Gabor-xn3lm]

@@rebelgaming1.5.14 Yeah, a shame it was never completed though. There were also other tanks like the Turán III, that did exist, but they never saw service. There was also an attempt to make a Marder type tank destroyer out of the Toldi, that never went anywhere. There are a lot more things I could have included, but for the sake of keeping it (relatively) short, I didn't. I highly encourage anyone to look more into the Hungarian participation in the war if they are interested. There definietly was some wild shit.

[@rebelgaming1.5.14]

@@Gabor-xn3lm The Hungarians definitely went on a bit of a wild ride. From being the only Axis ally to receive Tigers to being one of the most important minor powers on the Eastern Front they did a ton. Germany likely never would've lasted as long if it weren't for Hungary.

[@MrVonkliest]

@@rebelgaming1.5.14The Axis war machine of WWII is a great example of the tenacity you can have when you’re, Hungary. I’ll see myself out.

[@zackeryh.8838]

Én értem, hogy tudnál még órákat beszélni erről...viszont akkor én személy szerint tökre örülnék, ha megtennéd. Mármint tök érdekesnek találom a fent leirtakat, köszi a mini "töri" leckéért ♥

[@themmofifty7615]

I love how Lazerpig basically said that drag queens cannot be undramatic. And he's right.

[@discipleofdagon8195]

Their whole shtick is being walking caricatures of women. Drama is baked into their DNA (Drag Nonsensicality Agreement)

[@Suprisename]

And the fact that he has painted nails throughout the whole video is so funny to me 😂😂😂

[@jakobquick6875]

The shredding really helps ❤ Especially the Dive Bomb at the T-34😂 Freaking Lazerpig 😅 love this guy and his pals, all stellar😊

[@nicorozner7417]

Until now, I had no idea what a historian was supposed to look like. But Lazerpig’s outfit has now defined the undefinable and set a new gold standard for historian drip.

[@theimperialfistsspacemarin3050]

Time stamp?

[@nicorozner7417]

@@theimperialfistsspacemarin3050 Outfit+face reveal is in the Tank Museum video linked in the description

[@WoobooRidesAgain]

Also, I discovered something about that weird Saracen with the nitrogen tanks at around 41:43. I thought it was a little weird looking for a flamethrower and, turns out, I was right: It's actually a _water thrower_ . That particular Saracen is a modified version used as a riot control vehicle using a high pressure water cannon.

[@DemonHunter2271]

So wait, it’s a riot vehicle? That’s it? I doubt it was used much as a riot vehicle and I think it might have saw more action as a fire truck.

[@WoobooRidesAgain]

@@DemonHunter2271 From images I saw in my research from when it was put on display in the museum, it was specifically labeled as "Saracen Special Water Dispenser" and specifically listed as a riot control vehicle. Evidently from what little I could find, they were used mostly in Northern Ireland.

[@DemonHunter2271]

@@WoobooRidesAgain Huh, that’s interesting.

[@robdgaming]

It's a "Saracen", not a "Sacaren" as pronounced in the video. Minor point though.

[@Melggart]

I respect the pig for blurring the random bystanders. Better than almost everyone that put people in their videos without authorization. I tank you for the consideration.

[@garethjones4742]

Were you the bloke doing the inappropriate jag touching? 😂

[@contentcop]

Because you have no expectation of privacy in public. That's how logic works

[@RandomDeforge]

​@@contentcopis inside of a museum that requires admission still considered in public? try using that logic of yours a little bit harder ;) furthermore, even public footage, anyone that finds themselves in an uploaded video can file a claim for the video to be taken down for a myriad of privacy reasons. pewpewswine is not necessarily being "considerate." they're merely being pre-emptive in avoiding having the video being forcefully taken down.

[@ausar567]

​@@RandomDeforgeit all depends on the law where the video was filmed, for this one its in UK, which acknowledge theres no expectation of privacy in public places. That includes the museum as it's a place mainly purposed for public use and as long as the museum themself allowed recording in the building. Especially when the other people aren't the main subject of said media, theres little to none you can do if you become a background crowd of a photo/video that's being used to make money.

[@somersethuscarl2938]

​@@contentcopYep, but this is not public is it? The museum is private so there is an expectation of privacy

[@whitewolf44a]

12:44 Hungarian here we did many things like: -Losing -Fighting slovakia and romania (our allies) -Completely collapsing at the river Don because we had to protect like 200 kilometres with 50 outdated AT guns -Being encircled -The battle of Budapest was the second or third longest european siege during the war -When Horthy wanted to jump ship, Skorzeny (the same guy who rescued Mussolini) lured his son out from the citadel. Rolled him up in a rug and kidnapped the guy so Horthy wont switch sides...that manouver alone destroyed the hungarian future for like a 100 years. We developed a lot of interesting weapons but the most interesting one is the ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE Csaba 39M armored car.

[@GayFurryFromROA]

Hungaria is a mysterious place indeed

[@TomashHUN]

Dont forget my boy the Zrinyi one of the best assault guns of the war.

[@LustWaffel]

Sound a bit like us Finns did in continuation war 😂

[@joshuanishanthchristian5217]

Oh God Skorzeny was there too???

[@scooterdescooter4018]

Yeah, but you guys got some hot pornstars. So yeah.

[@spacemastermind8866]

Some additional details about Mephisto, the last original A7V for the curious. It was captured by ANZAC forces (26th Battalion), many of whom were from the Australian state of Queensland. Abandoned by its crew due to getting stuck in a shell hole, the ANZACs decided to “acquire” it. Not because of any military purpose or value, but basically for shits and giggles. After a long journey to Brisbane, Mephisto has spent most of its days as a delay piece at the Queensland Museum before undergoing restoration after flood damage in 2011. In 2015, Mephisto was transported to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra for WW1 centennial celebrations before returning to Brisbane in 2018. In May of 2023, the original compass which had been removed from the tank over a century ago was returned to the venerable tank by a descendant of one the men who recovered it from the Western Front. All this history, for a machine I thought was made for a movie as a snot nosed kid. TLDR: Mephisto is currently in Brisbane’s Queensland Museum (ANZAC Legacy Gallery).

[@bfragged]

I saw that in Canberra years ago. Very rare

[@spacemastermind8866]

@@bfragged Last of its kind. Only 20 were built, rest were destroyed or scrapped.

[@discipleofdagon8195]

We Aussies take part in partial portions of what we call "shitcuntery"

[@ebnertra0004]

LP's antics in the giant tank warehouse is exactly what happens if you leave me unattended in a railroad museum

[@shaqtus3365]

lol, same

[@trainboi777yall6]

@@shaqtus33653rd checking in

[@thejudgmentalcat]

Me in a car museum

[@MostlyPennyCat]

The National Museum of Computing

[@enjiniakimiko1305]

in any museum tbh

[@hansiminator69]

I saw this on the tank museum channel today, and I was very pleased with the unexpected appearance of an elegant Lazerpig in his natural environment! :)

[@Operator_redcoat]

Exactly

[@CharliMorganMusic]

While I agree with you, this is not the place. Please stop.

[@losthart5577]

Yes. I thoroughly enjoyed that as well.

[@nattly6340]

what?@@CharliMorganMusic

[@Jason-jb1vs]

I don't think pigs and museum bodes well

[@highgeneralkage2748]

This is something I never expected of Lazerpig, and I will be completely honest about something. You make learning FUN. Please keep making these videos. Tank museums, not tank museums, obscure tanks, tanks that are everywhere (see T-55s and their copies), so on. You need to keep making these videos to remind us that however much we know about tank history, there will ALWAYS be some obscure vehicle out there that comes around and slaps us in the face. Or a weapons system that is hardly known by the public. Like that American WW2 remote controlled drone. YES IT WAS AN ACTUAL THING.

[@DemonHunter2271]

Wait what? Is it similar to the German Goliath?

[@semirrahge]

This is the real reason RedEffect is so butthurt LOL - The mighty Pig is hilarious.

[@MajesticDemonLord]

Just watched it. Firstly - your top 3 tanks were excellent choices. Your outro was hilarious. And the fact they let you be you was just glorious. Well done Lad - you've made it.

[@benoitbvg2888]

Video published 42 minutes ago. Video lasts 1h. You commented 27 minutes ago. TF? You watch at 2x or what?

[@silaskuemmerle2505]

​@@benoitbvg2888there was a video that went out on the tank museum's channel a few hours back which the comment is almost certainly referring to.

[@MajesticDemonLord]

@@silaskuemmerle2505 ^^^ I thought it would have been obvious - but yes - that is the correct answer.

[@silaskuemmerle2505]

@@MajesticDemonLord yes well, something something lowest common denominator

[@benoitbvg2888]

@@MajesticDemonLordOh my god. He did a face reveal.

[@river_kingk9349]

As a Swedish tank enthusiast, the inclusion of Swedish vehicles was extremely welcome! Also, yes, their names are all very hard to pronounce.

[@snelhestarna]

Personally it's the abbreviations that look like a word salad. Just take the Grkpbv 90, the actual name might be long but is a lot easier as it doesn't sound like you have gotten something stuck in your throat. Just add the indivudual words together until it explains what the vehichle does/is.

[@rjohnson1690]

Stridsvagn just rolls off the tongue.

[@CommissarMitch]

As a Swede who is also a Swedish Tank Enjoyer I fully agree.

[@rjohnson1690]

@@CommissarMitchI was built in America from Swedish parts, and I agree too.

[@HouseholdDog]

Not a Swede but love Swedish tanks.

[@kylehood1657]

I believe the vehicle you refer to as a Sherman "Jumbo" is a M4A3 (105) HVSS. VVSS Shermans with 105s did see use during WWII, however the HVSS 105s were kinda late to the party and are more often seen in post-war use (especially Korea). 105 HVSS can also be seen with flamethrowers or dozer blades.

[@lol-uq2oi]

It could also just be an m4a3e2 with the wrong turret attached as museums do that a lot. However the travel lock would also conclude that its indeed an m4a3 105 unless the museum added it on themselves. But im getting ahead of myself, the travel lock most likely means its the hvss.

[@matte_the_ranger]

It is indeed M4A3 105 and the main reason to say so is that it completely misses the extra hull plate. You can notice that because the machine gun is lined up with the frontal plate unlike the M4 he showed on the photo. Honestly i can't blame since you actually need to have photo of every M4 variant just to say "Hey look, this is M4E(insert any number you want)"

[@autistic_m4a3_76w_hvss]

​@matte_the_ranger It's not even an A3. It's just an M4 (105)

[@matte_the_ranger]

@@autistic_m4a3_76w_hvss I predicted that it would be most likely M4A3 105 an not M4 105 just because they were later in war and in higher numbers - not to mention that only difference between these 2 is engine as both have same turret with same gun and same welded hulls (who would guess that both variants were created by same manufacturer).

[@autistic_m4a3_76w_hvss]

@@matte_the_ranger You can tell its an M4 and not an M4A3 by looking at the engine deck. You get a small glimpse of it in the video, so I don't blame you if you missed it at' pravda vítězí

[@serenitythelefty4916]

Seeing LP overwhelmingly excited and happy about something instead of upset from people on the web after months of little content is really refreshing and makes my depression melt away. Have a good week LP!

[@DemonHunter2271]

True that, all that drama bs was kinda getting on my nerves a bit. Happy to see he’s doing well.

[@kizzmequik70four]

Happy Lazerpig makes me happy too.

[@t0deki]

Yeah, the sherman you called the Jumbo was just a M4A3 with a 105 howitzer. Also the panther turret you saw next to the Black Prince was their Schmalturm turret, very cool.

[@CoffeeAndPaul]

The fact Lazerpig begins by saying "Sunday! Sunday! Sunday" tells me he may be in the closet... ... and is really American 🤣🇺🇲.

[@thepulle4722]

Also Michael is the second Sherman produced not the first, though it’s the oldest surviving Sherman today

[@oleksiikriukov4976]

Lazerpig - a historical that we don't deserve, but we need right now. Thanks for your effort man! Glory to the heroes.

[@Graczent.D]

"This is the T14, no not that one, this one actually works" Brilliant.

[@1986arseny]

He's not the Face Reveal we needed, it was the one we didn't deserve. Top notch looks for the live action stunt double at the Tank Museum today, he's a proper top lad.

[@rtello45]

He didn't look anything like his picture in his videos. Did we get Catfish'ed?

[@benjaminepstein5856]

Was there a face reveal? Admittedly, I half watched, half listened, but I didn't notice one.

[@jakobn4191]

Same

[@OctaBech]

@@benjaminepstein5856The face reveal is on the tank museum's channel :D

[@BatBreakr]

Not the porcine beauty I expected, but right proper fashionable lad I'd say...

[@thomashuizinga4618]

Okay….. how does one sneak off with a 50 Cal machine gun?

[@talesind]

Carefully

[@scooterdescooter4018]

Carefully but quickly

[@justalurker3489]

Wear a high-vis vest and a clipboard, they'll assume that you work there

[@heavilyarmedhippie75]

A friend with a waiting car and a bit of luck

[@James-2248]

Deep cavities

[@MorningGI0ry]

So the Pig can dress like that in a museum, but when I dress like that in a dark parking lot I get pepper sprayed 😡

[@NikoCigoj]

no fair

[@SomeOne-vf1rs]

How do we know what he’s dressed like? What part of the video? I must see!

[@ZTanMURReneRs]

​@@SomeOne-vf1rsnot this video. The video he did for the tank museum on their channel

[@SomeOne-vf1rs]

@@ZTanMURReneRs Thank you. He is majestic

[@nedisahonkey]

May have had more to do with you groping teenagers than the outfit you were wearing.

[@jsplicer9]

12:48 the Hungarians produced their own domestic medium tanks and assault guns (Turán and Zrínyi, respectively) and despite their obsolescence, the Hungarian crews performed somewhat well, well enough that the Germans supplied Panzer IIIs, IVs, StuGs, Hetzers, and Panthers to them, as well as integrating Hungarian crewed tanks into their own units (including Tiger tanks). By most accounts, the 105 mm howitzer armed Zrínyi assault gun was a fine piece of kit.

[@xblackdog]

Your video inspired me to hit up my local air museum again, and oh boy it was worth it! They just got a F-117! It's missing it's paint and all the leading edges due to classified materials, but I got to get within a foot of a frickin F-117

[@kyleheins]

Quick correction, the Evergeen Aviation and space museum is in McMinnville, OR, not Newberg, otherwise, thanks for the info! (I grew up there and spent quite a few years as a CAP cadet stationed there.)

[@iliketrainskid4278]

Wait they have the Nighthawk now? The last time I went was in August so I definitely need to go back.

[@TotallyDapper]

I’ve gotten to see and touch an F-117 in a similar condition at the air museum at Warner Robins in Georgia. It’s a really cool museum, they’ve also got a U-2 and an SR-71, among many, many others.

[@josephguldi4602]

Oh man that's cool. I grew up close to NAS Pax River, so while we didn't have anything airforce at the local air mueseum, they liked to send old testing planes and helos to live just outside the gate in a museum, so they did have an X-35 and X-32, as well as picking up an EA-6B somehwere along the way, which is amazing

[@kingofthegrimm6161]

The Kalamazoo Airzoo is amazing, they have an SR-71 Blackbird and several other amazing planes

[@WolfHagenSdW]

Those radiation warning sighns are mostly due to the old Radon paint that was often used, to give the vital instruments a glow in the dark feature. You can even see those on old alarm clocks from the 50's. Thank you for this throughout look into the Bovington tank museum.

[@TheMsdos25]

You mean Radium?

[@logansmall5148]

I have a spark plug still in it's original box that uses a Polonium electrode and has branding about using radiation to get the best out of your engine... it's both hilarious and grim at the same time. It no longer has dangerous levels of radiation though, so there's that.

[@NoxUmbrae]

We still use radioactive materials for luminescence! Though not Radon obviously. One instance of this is in compasses: Cammenga (a company that makes compasses for the U.S. military) makes Tritium compasses, which are military (ruggedized) compasses with tiny glass phials filled with Tritium gas, which is radioactive; the phials are coated with some phosphor compound (zinc sulfate and the like) which when excited with radiation emits a visible green light, allowing for the "perpetual" (for 12 years) illumination of certain parts of the compass.

[@NoxUmbrae]

@@TheMsdos25 Oh, he probably did mean Radium, but in all fairness Radon gas is also radioactive.

[@wierdalien1]

​@@TheMsdos25Radon can be a side effect of some of the doping mixtures

[@fightertales]

By the way, say the word and we can have a fireside chat about Patton Tanks

[@Smil3s_13]

Hi I just wanted to say I’m a big fan of your work

[@fightertales]

@@Smil3s_13 Thanks, homie.

[@Ranger_Brutus]

Don't forget to cover M60 Patton, it was never officially called a Patton but is still seen as part of the family of tanks, so unofficially called by crews and civilians "M60 Patton IV"

[@Smil3s_13]

I’ve actually seen the m60 it in person

[@guysguyguy-u1j]

The Word.

[@xSolraccarloSx]

Mr. Pig of Lazers, Idk if you'll ever see this, but it had been a while since your last video and I had been wondering when the next would land, and then this one and the other showed up and I was so happy you got to be at the Tank Museum and give commentary and also touch all the things unsupervised lol. Your passion for history and presentation are unmatched, and I wish you luck on all your future projects!

[@Ironclockwork]

You know you've reached a certain milestone in the tank enthusiast community when you've made a Top 5 (Or Bottom 5) video at the Bovington Tank Museum. Congratulations, LazerPig. Here's to hopes of many more hours of entertaining and informative content.

[@darnit1944]

Sorry but after the T-14 debacle, it's really hard to think of him as a credible historian. Enthusiast, yes. Entertaining, yes. But not exactly someone who you would quote in an argument

[@Ironclockwork]

@@darnit1944 I get why you would hold to such an opinion, and I don't blame you. It wasn't exactly a civil discussion all around. That being said, I do find him entertaining to watch, and so watch him I shall. I don't generally quote people anyway, so I'm primarily watching it for the humor.

[@KrustyKrabPizza22]

​@@IronclockworkYeah any history youtuber isn't something you'd wanna quote in an actual debate, that doesnt change the credibility its just not proper.

[@mikerage1011]

Actually lazer pig does pretty good research and we all make errors even great historians. But when he does make a mistake atleast he owns up to it and doesn't double down like most. Or try to change the meaning of what they have said like most do. And yea lazer pigs funny as hell and very entertaining !

[@GrundleLongDong]

@@darnit1944tbh I think the whole debacle brought up all the issues with the KZbin enthusiast scene. Because both sides were right on points and both sides were wrong on points and the only real thing that prevented an amicable conclusion was pride and bias. Still at least both sides can move on, and from the sounds of it can poke fun at the drama

[@Muffincakeswithsugar]

Me: *Wonders why Mr.Lazerpig hasn't been uploading in a while* *Sees new video from him, sees the runtime* Me: *Ah, so that's why*

[@nottactical6988]

Your enthusiasm and charisma is life giving. Truly a hog in his slop, having the time of his life.

[@klubberzvonhatzenbuhl563]

The joy expressed in this video is infectious.

[@DemonHunter2271]

Agreed, I just felt happy watching it!

[@598019001]

This was an hour of a tank nerd Gushing about Tank's, and I loved to be present to enjoy half of Lazer pigs giddy

[@spindash64]

The evil laugh at the end, too

[@autofox1744]

Having just survived Blackest Friday at work, I want to thank LazerPig personally for providing a way for me to unwind after a particularly awful day.

[@Ryuondo]

I got lucky too. Worked Thanksgiving night, (What's a holiday in a major logistics company?), and it was a particulalrly shitty night and Lazerpig's Tank Museum video was waiting for me when I got home.

[@WarkoSanchez]

Thank you for your service.

[@AimlessSavant]

Rip all retail, and logi boyos everywhere. Tried getting into that business and after the first black Friday I fucked right off with it.

[@autofox1744]

@@AimlessSavant I'm hoping not to stay in it; I don't love what this business has done to my general empathy over time.

[@Truex007]

I'm so glad you said that about the "Main battle tank" thing. I've been talking about that for AGES, saying "Stop using that term, it's so broad that technically speaking, it could apply to the A-10 warthog." Describe vehicles by what they were intended to do in a fight...

[@CaptainRhodor]

I now have a horribly cursed mental image of an A-10 sporting the old B-36 caterpillar track landing gear XD

[@jackrackham3406]

Doctrine purist, design radical.

[@HobbiesGamesChillin]

All tanks are tank destroyers

[@RAFfemboy]

Later pig, as an employee of the tank museum. I thoroughly enjoyed this video. You should come again

[@DanielsPolitics1]

Petition for your channel to have content.

[@DanielsPolitics1]

Also, please marry me.

[@RAFfemboy]

@@DanielsPolitics1 I'm far too lazy

[@RAFfemboy]

@@DanielsPolitics1 I'll think about it

[@carbuncle1514]

I will always love the tank museum. When I went as an American I had waited in line to go inside the challenger(I forget the exact tank). A whole school of children were ahead and we were the last ones in line before the time ran out. Hearing our accents though I think they took pity as it probably will be my only time there. Thankfully they all stayed and probably let us sit in it longer than normal. love everyone there!

[@KarldorisLambley]

went you went as an American did you wear a traditional american costume? what did you go as the non-american times? a hotentot perhaps?

[@steamroddsroundhouse2080]

7:00 just hearing you say that, made me tear up for you, you deserve the best in the world m8, happiness is a special thing for anyone

[@HeroGenix]

In my mind, I imagine Lazerpig walking around in the outfit he wore in the Tank Museum's video while recording everything here - and that is just great with me.

[@Anglomachian]

I visited the museum in September this year. I confirm everything the pig says about the public sections. The food was surprisingly good, btw. While I was there, dry humping the Renault FT, a teenager in a uniform costume came up to me and started telling me all about Wittman. Using phrases that sounded suspiciously familiar. As if he’d seen a video about Wittman not too long ago. I told him he got all that from a Lazerpig video and he grinned guiltily.

[@kitsune-koibito]

The depth of your knowledge on the subject and ability to identify all of the vehicles is astounding. Excellent video sir.

[@Spacey_key]

2:23 Lazerpig, the Blitz is over, you don't have to eat like this

[@thecursed01]

I almost puked seeing that. Should have warned about it. Like "contains pictures of British food"

[@qhu3878]

but its so good thoooo

[@klappspatenkamikaze]

Fuck yeah!!! Thought "what could i watch while painting miniatures this evening?" and from a cloud in heaven, lazerpig came down to us and delivered another video.

[@VladLogimane]

No joke. Literally same.

[@Cainthegodslayer]

Nice. What minies?

[@klappspatenkamikaze]

@@Cainthegodslayer 400 of the new fire forge samurai

[@Cainthegodslayer]

@@klappspatenkamikaze Uh nice, i have like 400 russian and american modern figs from pendraken.

[@The_Real_Maxajax]

The writing on the side of the KV is Cyrillic. This alphabet was developed by Saint Cyril, at a monastery near Ohrid in modern day Macedonia. I haven't used Cyrillic since I went to visit my grandparents there every summer, but for you I will make an attempt: CYRILLIC ALPHABET: "За Ленинград!" "Ленинградские Женщины Фронту!" LATIN ALPHABET: "For Leningrad!" "Leningrad Women to the Front!" VIBE CHECK: "Heck" "Big girl coming through" "Yas queen, yas." ALTERNATIVE VIBE CHECK: Given the amount of women who took on factory jobs so men could join the armed forces, it could also be interpreted as "From the Leningrad girls, for the front", but that's just me trying to figure out what someone from 1940's Russia was thinking when they wrote that, and not an expert analysis. Best to ask the lads at Bovington if they have any records on why that's on there.

[@guybrushthreepwood362]

The most impressive editing LP did in this vid was editing out his hooves and replacing them with hands

[@S28426]

"Hey look, it's the engine Red Effect thinks is in the Challenger 3" this one had me absolutely rolling

[@Maxdadogeman]

What engine is that btw - I'm curious

[@Nightmare_52]

looks to be the mark 2 tank engine

[@DaYemenball]

32:28 The question of the first MBT is stupid. I do agree. Here is what I put for each country’s first MBT: USA: M-47 and 48 patton, Russia: T-54, Britain: Centurion, Germany: either export M-48s for the west and export T-54s for the east, ect. Once the tank has a layout similar to a T-54, an M-48, or a centurion, I consider it an MBT. The Pershing is just a heavy medium, similar to the panther. Heavily armored with a great gun but also able to be used in offensive operations and keep up with the rest of your force.

[@purplepenguin43]

I like to imagine lazerPig did all the voice over for the intro actually in the museum as it was filmed to the bemusement of the other patrons who simply followed them around taking notes muttering, "ah yes, yes of course"

[@Ispeedymg]

I cannot emphasize how much TWO lazerpig videos in a day has me feeling.

[@saulgallagher5668]

Wait where's the second video

[@dawobblygaby937]

​@@saulgallagher5668 bovington tank museum channel

[@daniyarsadykov3385]

​@@saulgallagher5668on Tank museum official channel

[@jchinuk]

Sick? Nauseous?

[@L_Train]

@@saulgallagher5668 it's on the tank museum channel

[@geoffreyentwistle8176]

Once I got over the initial fear of "please don't go into old drama again", I loved the video! As well as the mental image of you running around cackling and obsessing over every detail like some Scottish tank Goblin. 😂 Missed your content! Glad to see you back!

[@AnimarchyHistory]

Name something Hungary did: Almost invade Romania until daddy Germany said no. All while being led by an Admiral despite being a landlocked nation.

[@Smil3s_13]

They just let germany walk in

[@Smil3s_13]

I’m not that wrong cause Germany invaded before they could do any thing.

[@notaspy1227]

“I am a Drag Queen what am I suppose to do with that information!”got me lol.

[@bobwalsh3751]

6:18 BUT NOT ME!!!!! I WAS LEFT ALONE IN THIS GIANT WAREHOUSE, COMPLETELY UNSUPERVISED!!!! THE FOOLS! 😂

[@The1stCheeseLord]

I gotta love lazerpig. Dude looks so huggable and caring.

[@deadlyplumjellyproductions]

During Tankfest 2022, me and my mate went together as our final year of 6th form. The Conservation centre was open during the event and tbh very cool stuff in there. Things you wouldn't think to see are just sitting in that warehouse. There's a Conqueror sitting in a field in the corner of the museum and the FV4005, which when I saw it originally, I was sad to see it becoming a rust bucket. Glad to see they're restoring it!

[@CaptainCoffee37]

I went to tank fest this summer and my friend and I were just as weirded out by the horses as LazerPig was! I couldn’t stop laughing that he found them just as creepy and disturbing as we did.

[@AIRBORN_EEvEE]

Good to see Lazerpig having a good time in a tank museum, talking to no end about something they are truly passionate about. I also really love how easy this is is to listen to in the background.

[@Tundraviper41]

The 4005 being restored and running again for a tankfest brings joy to me. The other tanks may have Armor, but the 4005 has the biggest stick.

[@connivingkhajiit]

Love that thing!! THE boomstick!!

[@_Matsimus_]

This was amazing lol! Bravo

[@Karolinavsverige]

I've missed you Lazerpig, great to see more of you again.

[@cuff02]

I was just thinking today, "I haven't seen LazerPig in a while.. hope he's all good" and then I saw the Tank Museum video.. and now this! Welcome back big man .. we've missed you 😊

[@IneptGuard]

At 11:10 I think the radiation warning sign might be for the presence of Radium paint (Glows in the dark). While most famous for it's use in watch dials and compasses, I Seem to recall it was used in some vehicles on gauges, labels, or gun sights inside the vehicle. I am not certain as to what extent or what vehicles specifically so I can't say for certain but it's my best guess.

[@nilonggst]

this was truly a tank moment

[@leobezard5998]

That part where you talked about how happy you were when you got into the tank shed was the most bittersweet moment of the video. Thank you for the content man, I really enjoy it.

[@jep77ray]

I once had a customer that frequented my shop who was a boy in hungry in ww2. He said that his family had many blown out soviet and german tanks littered across their farm. The Germans gave everyone iou's for anything they took... the Russians just looted everything... after the war, no one came to retrieve the tanks. They basically buried them so they could plant crops. His father turned one into a cellar. Buried and built a barn over it. He was later part of the west german army, he drove tanks

[@HeisenbergFam]

Its a miracle tank museum survived contact with this paranormal SCP

[@CharliMorganMusic]

LazerPig at the Chieften: "You're not my real dad!"

[@mikemurphy5898]

I always give LazerPig's videos a like because they deserve it, and they're hilarious, but I wish I could have given it an extra like just for hearing LP was the happiest he'd ever been (6:50). For a man who seems to quite frequently be plagued by mild to moderate depression, which admittedly results in some very funny coping humor, it made me exceptionally happy to know he was so happy. Thanks, LP, for the vicarious cheering up. (If I had the money, I would quite literally buy LP his own tank museum, just to see him happy - provided, of course, he promised to keep up the self-deprecating humor - no humor, no tank museum, *capiche?).* Happy New Year, LP, and everyone else. May 2024 see all your goals and dreams fulfilled.

[@caenn47]

20:47 Thank you so much for finally acknowledging this. Many people don't realize that when it comes to Swedish cold war (and still modern time) warfare, it was all about defending and dragging the fight out as much as possible. People have this vision that a lot of old Swedish vehicles wouldn't be good for an offensive, but very few understand why they make that claim. I am really happy that someone explained it from our perspective and what tactics we would use (Totalförsvaret for example). Gods bless you LazerPig. You said you love the CV90 family, and on behalf of said family, they love you too.

[@LettuceGayming]

I don’t think many people realize how well the Nordic terrain lends itself to guerrila warfare. Just look at the winter war or continuation war

[@tsp5590]

It was an M-60A1 because in the M-60A1 the turret was expanded backwards to account the better fire control system, despite the curved front of the hull which was a characteristic of the M-48. Also great video

[@thelastyoutubers2697]

Lazerpig: Here's the Tiger. Tiger Tank: YES! IT IS I!! THE LEGENDARY-- Lazerpig: We all seen it? Good. Moving on. Tiger Tank: *surprised Pikachu face*

[@sa80slayer85]

“Oh hey its fury!” THE BACK GROUND IMAGE 👀 2:09

[@Nappanaia]

The charm of this video comes from seeing someone absolutely adore their hobby with all the enthusiasm in their tone of voice and conduct. Not that the previous videos don't show this, but this one seemed more organic.

[@comlitbeta7532]

I love watching people going full nerd on subject close to there heart. Especially when it's something I don't really care about. It fills my soul with joy to see someone this happy.

[@fergusabrams1012]

Excellent video Lazerpig, very jealous that you got to do all this. P.S. can we please get a dedicated video about the British home guard, I think that would be hilarious.

[@winstonchurchill6537]

Hello LazerPig! A friendly hungarian here, i can't tell you much about what we did during the war, but what i do know and find interesting is that we fought with the germans until about the end of 1943. By then we dinied a bunch of their orders and fought a little agants them before soon being invaded by the USSR and capitulating in 1944. Regarding our tanks... Yeah they were... Usable, most of them had good heat protection (ex. Turan 3) but big weekspots for anything like APCBC. The guns were okay (i think) and lastly the mobility was actually quiet good! I also love your videos and hope you keep up the amazing work! (i'm also deeply sorry about some grammer mistakes i know i made, i'm still learning the language!)

[@nixphx]

10:13 That’s not a M4A3E2 “Jumbo” that’s an M4A3 105 btw. The Jumbo was given an entirely different turret with a distinct boxy mantlet. This is just the standard turret with a 105mm howitzer slotted in. The E2 was armed with either a 75mm or 76mm gun. Additionally this tank has the HVSS suspension (High Volute Spring Suspension) as opposed to the E2 having the earlier VVSS suspension.

[@obsidianrazor]

I'm not even into military history that much and always get so excited when I see LP has posted something. He just makes this stuff so much fun.

[@ZiggySA]

Opening up KZbin and seeing a new Lazerpig video in your feed is like waking up in the middle of May and discovering that it is in fact, somehow, Christmas day and your Birthday.

[@nur0din]

Now I want a live museum tour with Lazerpig in that he rants all about tanks and creepy stuff.

[@F14thunderhawk]

little would we expect that this was secretly a plot to hire Laserpig as the successor of David Fletcher

[@jammers195]

0:22 "Hey look its Squire" Can confirm, that was the pose he had when signing things at Tankfest XD

[@someone110]

Flames Of War has a few decent stories about Hungarian actions in WW2 in their eastern front sourcebooks, as well as a couple of the older PDFs on their website. The big one was their defence around the town known at the time as Torda, which they were able to partially hold against the Soviets until the rest of the line collapsed and they had to withdraw to avoid encirclement. Another is the incident where Hungarian troops stationed near Warsaw refused to assist the germans in putting down the uprising, because Poles and Hungarians are bros like that

[@Ranger_Brutus]

Lazerpig in the tank museum is like a kid in a candy store

[@WorshipperOfKhone]

*The horses are talking in my head*

[@grejsancoprative]

A thing people often get wrong with the doctrine surrounding the STRV 103 are when they say "how do you even advance with something that don't got a turret? Lol, only good for defence". Which they are entierly correct about, and the Swedish army knew it as well. That's why the doctrine when the 103 were in service was to operate in conjunction with the Centurion and other elements, using it's awesome gun to pick appart targets from a distance, with a litte shot and scoot baked in for good measure. So a T-50 may open on a Centurion advancing over a field, only to get shot to bits by a couple of 103;s from the other side of that field. One of the first main battle tanks to use lazer range finding and night vision as standard equippment. Fact is, we Swedes were quick to realize the cost to benefit of such systems.

[@AStrangeEvent]

Loved the top five video bud. Never thought we would get to see you do a collab with the Tank Museum.

[@Real_Artician]

Seriously, the Ryan McBeth family photo made my Thanksgiving.

[@KomradeKomer]

17:48 I drove my Saracen through your garden last night... I  kicked your front door down around at midnight. Oh something's telling me boy, you're avoiding me. And  when I find you, you will go for your tea!

[@bigalsenior]

How many times did they have remind you that this isnt a dealership?

[@AlmightyOmmm]

So I was at the Museum 6 years ago for the 100th anniversary of the Tank. You're right that they run the A7V with the Landship, but that year they also had a French Saint-Chamond Tank in attendance. Unlike the German and British tanks, this wasn't a replica. Very good time was had.

[@Ploxtifs_OldAndDeadAccountXD]

29:54 Britain’s worst enemy during World War Two wasn’t the Germans, but rather: the obscenely unnecessary amounts of bureaucratic red tape.

[@TimChuma]

You can still go see Australia's "Atomic Tank" as part of war memorial in Australia. It fought in Vietnam after being hit with a 9kt blast at Emu Field. They drove it 3000km back to base in Victoria after.

[@davidty2006]

It was also driven from the site to be decontaminated.. whilst it was radioactive... After topping it up with fuel since it ran out during the test.

[@Folly_Inds]

When I visited bovington, I lucked out and it was on a day when the full tank conservation warehouse was open as well. Im not gonna lie, My experience was roughly as awe inspiring as yours.