Tank Overhaul - Episode 5 - The Centurion & The BMP

Tank Overhaul invites you into a world where military enthusiasts, collectors, and restorers combine their know-how with 21st Century technology to restore the greatest battle tanks of all time. From the original salvage, to the rebuilding process, to the history behind the innovations that made each machine great, watch as tanks worldwide are rebuilt to their former glory.
The Centurion - Fast, smart, and deadly, the British-designed Centurion is one of the greatest tanks of all time. A champion in Korea against the Chinese Red Army, virtually every army in NATO wanted one, and armies in South Africa and Israel are still using it. Even today, Centurion innovations live on modern tanks. Here you will meet two crews working on Centurions. The first crew volunteers at the vast Imperial War Museum Duxford in England. They have all the time, spare parts, and manpower they need. The second crew toils in a small museum in Oshawa, Canada. Relying on volunteer energy and minuscule budgets, they are aiming to get their Centurion finished in ten years.
The BMP - Unveiled in the mid-1960s, the Soviet BMP was the world's very first infantry fighting vehicle - a brand new concept for the modern nuclear battlefield. The BMP was designed to protect soldiers from radioactive fallout, and allow them to fight from within the vehicle. But, the BMP never fought a nuclear war. Instead, it fought conventional wars in the Middle East where it was outclassed by its vastly superior American counterpart, the M2 Bradley. Greg Taylor is one of the world's most experienced tank restoration experts. He has spent years attempting to get a BMP brought into his backyard in the Nevada desert. But, he has got an impossible mission on his hands - rebuild a Cold War vehicle without enough money or time, and with only part-time help from his friends on weekends. The brutal mission pushes Greg to his breaking point.
#tanks #tankoverhaul #tankmechanics #restoringtanks #tankrestoration #centurion #bmp

[@mikeokeefe2014]

A proud Canadian moment old town Oshawa, Ontario growing up near this place with tanks outside the local high school !

[@crimsoncloud6352]

The dude who rode his tank and then found it again 12 years later at museum.. just wow what a great reunion.

[@torjejohannessen6952]

It really is as most go to the ranges so it is very special.

[@crimsoncloud6352]

Soo cool they had actual veterans come and check the tank.. that is just so awesome.

[@Dragonblaster1]

To this day, all British tanks have a Boiling Water Vessel for making tea.

[@WarReport.]

My grandfather commanded a Centurion as part of Lord Strahcona's Horse. Also Commanded an M4A3E8 Sherman in Korea. Loved both but gave the Centurion the most love.

[@arilieberman3547]

1,500 Syrian tanks versus 177 Israeli Centurions. The Syrians never stood a chance.

[@panzerstrelok]

"cheiftain has exelent firepower" shows only misses XD

[@shaider1982]

Man, when the History Channel still had some history (but had pawnshops already)

[@iakirakira1557]

“Centurion recovery vehicle” god dammit that was a chieftain recovery vehicle!

[@ethanbg26]

The narrator gets a lot wrong

[@jackjones7504]

@@ethanbg26 He is just hired to read a script , its the researchers and so called experts obehind the show not proof reading .

[@ethanbg26]

@@jackjones7504 ok.

[@stevebutters306]

So we're skipping the BMP I guess...?

[@kylegoode7846]

The bmp has its own video on KZbin

[@estebahnrandolph8724]

Great design ! Low profile. I was training at FT Riley training ground in a platoon leadership course and was able to identify a M 60 sitting under a tree about a mile away in wooded vegetation without binoculars! M 60 is so high ! Was able to lead succesful recon at it and report it back to Co. Haaaaahaaaaaa!

[@yumyunrangLOAL]

"No where in the world you can see more military vehicles" *Laughs in Bovington*

[@kenanfurcle786]

A lot of places show a similar amount of vehicles

[@LionMetalMusic-videochannel]

Kubinka Tank Museum -Moscow

[@lt_walke4088]

Careful if they are talking about the Ontario Tank Regiment it actually has more running vehicles than Bovington with between 100 to 120 running vehicles from what I am told Bovington has 40 to 50.

[@Ato-3000J]

*Laughs in Saumur Museum biggest tank museum*

[@jasonkebic741]

@MercyReaper 120 operational vehicles at the Ontario Tank Regiment Museum, Rode in the M60A3 and their Dutch Leopard 1A5 last September. they have 2 Lepard C1s, 2 Leopard C2s, 2 Dutch leopard 1A5s, a collection of british alvis family of vehicles, 2 Sherman M4A2E8 76mm, and on and on. was going to go back again this year to try ride in the Panzer 3 and Sheridan that they have. They also have 2 German Half tracks. I took the VIP tour, but once a month they run a tank saturday. With covid email them i believe they are closed at the moment though. The staff is all volunteers and very passionate about what they do.

[@maotisjan]

I heard that Centurion is widely acknowledge as the best tank in history

[@mikelafferty9506]

10:55 Love watching British Armour gallop across the Canadian prairies!

[@trevordonohoe3712]

my favorite tank growing up

[@indyjons321]

11:55 Did that Chally just Miss a static target?

[@mottthehoople693]

no the round went right through

[@adamskinner5868]

i really enjoyed that, thanks

[@johntripp5159]

My father was RCEME on the beach and towed lord alone knows how many of these things but for the television we have to spend more time selecting the tow bar system and less time examining the actual fighting vehicle.

[@ScienceChap]

The recovery vehicle is a Chieftain ARV, not a Centurion.

[@c.j.1089]

Cool, so where is the BMP?

[@archie2987]

Why is it almost every time they mention the centurion they show a video of a chieftain?

[@simonmarsden66]

annoying isn't it

[@mactheknife4786]

Bleedin’ Canadians!

[@wntu4]

You really expect these media types to have a clue?

[@beanman5975]

They always compare the modern day tank inspired by what is being restored

[@nit2rock]

We Indians also had centurians ....blew fist sized holes in Pakistani M60 Pattons

[@NathanChisholm041]

I though you guys used donkeys with a cannon strapped to its back?

[@BHuang92]

Not just the tanks that are good, it also the crew. Well done! 👍

[@raydematio7585]

Stupid

[@promptedleek4829]

They say that the challenger 2 is the best protected in the world. It is if its only Hull down. Its lower plate is only about 80mm and has no composite.

[@StaceyIsles]

Is TO going to have a new seasons now that the centurion here in Ontario, the Holy roller (also in ontario) and a bunch of other tanks have been restored in London and Oshawa

[@StaceyIsles]

Also this show last aired 13 years ago its time for a reboot!

[@csnelling4]

Since when did the Centurion have a automatic gearbox? all the ones I worked on were manual !

[@johnw7236]

chris they keep showing chieftain tanks and talking about the centurion

[@tsarbomba4620]

John Wright honestly they are just like fuck it give rom false info we’re lazy as fuck to pay attention

[@stewartbrown6037]

centurion had a manual crash box,chieftain had a semi automatic with a centifrugal clutch

[@treystroeder588]

What was the difference between the gun originally on the tank, compared to the one they pulled from the mantlet? They look like their both 20 pounder.

[@aaronp573]

Trey Stroeder the 20 pound gun had a caliber of 84mm, the gun that they pulled out of the centurion’s mantelet was an L7/105 mm fun which was not used in the mk3 centurion.

[@robertkrause4861]

Aerokroil works pretty good on rusted bolts and nuts

[@garynew9637]

Like to see how they reconstruct the wiring

[@JeSTeRoS]

Sounds as exciting as mg rover

[@michaelprobert4014]

Every British Mechanic learns " oh dear , oh dear , oh dear " count the " oh dears " and multiply by £200 . that's the cost of fixing your car .

[@letaitam7384]

the only lost of Challenge2 is the mis-fire by the other Challenge2

[@terryhagan7694]

i was ex cent regiment for 3 years and never had a BV (boiling vessel) on a cent, also yep it was Crach gb.

[@clarenceportillo5242]

I was wondering if u could restore a ww2 ha go japanese light tank

[@kenanfurcle786]

20 minutes in and nothing really happened

[@Blank55600]

She looks like the T30

[@shirleylyn11]

they keep showing chiefteins and challengers.

[@Slaktrax]

Somebody cant tell the obvious difference between a Cent ARV and what was clearly a Chieftain ARV (06 FF 83)

[@NathanChisholm041]

I know! Its annoying as fuck!

[@RealTylerBell]

The T55 would stop the centurion, then the 62 came out and that was end

[@virmanperty6591]

How can I buy a tank

[@Fish-kz8xw]

Centurion's chassis became the base for Chieftain and Challenger.

[@TheShadow_2023]

The challenger 2 is a better tank then the Abrams in my opinion (mainly because it’s a United States tank) plus the British are actually with Canada

[@bakedair1577]

the abrams has a better FCS, better crew survivability, smoothbore gun, blowout panels.

[@ryanfonseca3270]

Ill be the safety guy here and say im really surprised these dudes have all their fingers and no scars across their faces/arms/hands/ect, and seem to be able to see and hear somewhat normally. Lack of PPG is one thing and present but when the dude put his head right next to a chain under stress i cringed hard...

[@rocksnot952]

These would be so much better if they got rid of the filler shots and repetition.

[@drpork1360]

10:34 "dominant"

[@everythinggaming7938]

So it climb mountain like goat?

[@mississippirebel1409]

I'm sorry but that comander was either lying or doesn't know much about other MBTs because the Challenger 2 isn't the best MBT in the world. The Challneger 2 is one of the slowest modern MBTs, it's armor protection is worst than that of both the M1A2 Abrams and Leopard 2a7. As far as firepower, it still uses piece ammo which has a several disadvantages.

[@circlefired758]

You are very wrong about the armour, its probably the best protected in the world only the Abrams is its equal in terms of protection. But i agree the gun is now in certain areas a disadvantage to the upgrade smoothbore Leopard, its something to do with the ammo we use its different than most of the allied powers, it does hold the longest confirmed kill record.

[@kenwheeler6150]

MississippiRebel. I don't know where your facts come from but I was under the impression that Challenger 2 uses Gen 2 Dorchester armour, the Abrams uses the old Gen 1 Burlington, Both a development of Chobham Armour. As for the gun, Challenger has the rifled barrel which does limit the types of ammo it can use, but it can be useful at longer ranges, and we do like our sabot rounds but keep the HESH rounds for softer vehicles and buildings. As for power, I thought the Challengers diesel engine delivered about the same battle field performance as the Abrams turbine unit. but with better range. I am not trying to prove that Challenger 2 is better than the M1A2 just not as useless as you seem to believe. And we have a BV for a nice cuppa with breakfast.

[@stephenthomson2196]

sorry but that flag was UK not england

[@wntu4]

47:19 What is this AA looking gizmo?

[@grumpyoldman336]

lol gotta love the Russians and Americans... " Hey guys were gonna go start up a little skirmish here in Korea, Bring all your latest gear and test it all out"

[@jesseterrell9354]

Well thats a very sarcastic way of looking at things

[@raydematio7585]

The Russians were not in Korea. Hmm

[@jessphuqette1716]

The British invented rust and the Germans perfected it

[@terryhagan7694]

gearbox is Crash not Automatic

[@mottthehoople693]

crash? no ones had crash boxes in decades...I learned to drive a blitz when I was a kid........just about all heavy machines have auto boxes simply because they are stronger and less likely to be damaged...even most semitrailers are auto or semi auto these days..

[@stewartbrown6037]

centurion was a merritt brown crash box with clutch i should know cos i used to overhaul them at base workshops

[@benters3509]

Something wrong here. Putting the gun back in the turret before it has been restored? I would have thought that the turret would have to come out of the tank for the restoration to be done properly.

[@dacomazielsdorf7618]

Benters they said they do not have capabilities to remove turret

[@thrashsis5412]

Centurion isn't Heavy Metal, Black Sabbath is Heavy Metal. yeah!!! \m/

[@terryhagan7694]

Cents did not have a BV, first BV was in Chieftain

[@mottthehoople693]

whats a BV?

[@BadgerBadgerBadger28]

Petrol powered its British

[@anfo_4241]

Who's the ponce in the turtle neck? Taking the cliched expert a bit far aren't we?

[@paulspydar]

apparently Stevie wonder produced this.

[@garynew9637]

A Wesome haha

[@bosphaxay7109]

Lel, centurion did so well in real life in world of tanks it doesn't do well at all

[@is-4m944]

WoT is a bad game. War Thunder is much better.

[@NathanChisholm041]

Get the tanks names right!! talks about a cent then shows a cheif!!

[@kieranfitzgerald2030]

if it defy's gravity........why isn't the centurion being sucked into space? yes i'm a troll, get over it.

[@thejudge-kv2jk]

Some very amateur mistakes in this. Whoever edited and produced the film doesn't know the difference between a Centurion and a Chieftain! A proof read by a child would have knocked that one on the head.

[@BlackHearthguard]

Chieftain, Centurion, meh, what's the difference?

[@Norman92151]

American-made documentaries always trying to sensationalize the mundane. Hey, they're restoring old tanks. That's interesting enough IMO. No need to try to find some angle to hype. The irritating re-epilogation of the narrative designed for viewers who joined the show after a commercial break is infuriating. And why the re-showing of a computer animation of a centurion in a modern urban environment? Absurd. These restoration projects take years and they want to do a tank restoration "documentary" with several days of on-the-job footage with some poorly selected archival footage and CG animation. What a joke.

[@MililaniJag]

Matey, Tank Overhaul is a Canadian documentary television program. Not "American-made". "What a joke." Indeed!

[@denisremezov6664]

I like how they talk the best tank in world what about german russian tank i thing russian the best it proof in siria

[@deusvult6596]

Not gonna lie but you got an oopsie in yo thumbnail

[@USA--1776]

I believe he meant to say the M1A2 Abrams is the best tank in the world

[@HITMAN20211]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@maddermax74]

Ow relay 553 Abrams tanks have been taken out in combat just in the gulf vs 2 challenger 2 tanks ever and one of them was a blue on blue event involving a challenger shooting another challenger >.< dam one Challenger 2 operating near Basra survived being hit by 70 RPGs and kept on going

[@USA--1776]

Challenger 2 is garbage and it's the Abrams that was taken out by friendly fire. Not one was taken out by an enemy tank. Bro Abrams took out over 3300 of Iraq's tanks 700,000 U.S. troops were involved. The rest of the world was hiding behind us as usual.

[@USA--1776]

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[@HITMAN20211]

@@maddermax74 challenger 2 in the gulf?? Too early

[@OperationFoxley19441]

So why World of tanks make it look so bad???

[@legogenius1667]

Play War Thunder instead, it is much better there

[@maddogmcfly5504]

because its a game, not real life??

[@kommandantkillcode]

Important information. The Centurion was still vulnerable to what the russians had from the front. Especially the IS-2 and 3s which could easily punch through and the 3 could even bounce the shells that the Centurion primarily used. Idk why the documentary says that the Russians were stunned when the British and other Allies were the ones stunned by the IS-3s.

[@aaronp573]

Kommandant Killcode I believe that the term “communists” was used to refer to the communist Chinese that they were fighting in Korea, who really didn’t have any armoured vehicles to speak of, or at least none that could match the centurions on range and firepower. That is the reason I believe they might have been “stunned”.

[@kommandantkillcode]

Aaron Podmore Oh, I understand. It’s just suprising that they were “shocked” when the T-34-85 which the Chinese and Koreans had could penetrate the frontal armor of the Centurion up until the Mk 5. But at that point the T-54 and other mediums were starting to be introduced into Asia.

[@Maxibon2007]

“…Argh it’s a country covered in hills, narrow winding roads and muddy fields!, if only we had a country on the UNs side which was used to such conditions!…” United Kingdom…”…what?!…”

[@twcaldwell1951]

why do the british drive on the wrong side of the road? even the countries they have invaded and took over have to drive on the wrong side. even the motorcycles they build have the shifter and brake pedal reversed, do they want everyone else to crash and burn?

[@Dragonblaster1]

Because, like the US, Britain started using cars when they first arrived. The choice of driving side was the toss of a coin on both sides of the Atlantic. It wasn't the perverse British choosing to wreck the brilliant American choice of driving side.

[@1BigBen]

not true, they drive cars like they walk and fought on horseback

[@alecblunden8615]

Ever wondered why aircraft carriers have islands on the starboard/right side? Because experience showed we pull to the left if in trouble. Fine if you are driving on the correct - Left - side of the road. You move to the verge. If you are dopey enough to drive on the right, you pull into oncoming traffic.

[@Qwerty-wi8do]

Did you ever think you maybe driving on the wrong side of the road not them ?

[@prd9763]

We drive on the correct side of the road. Every country that doesn't drive on our side of the road have so many crashes because they can't see other vehicles properly, just look at Russia!

[@AnchisesGamer]

*Talks about restoring a Centurion* **Shows video of Chieftain Mk 12’s**

[@Fish-kz8xw]

because the chassis came from Centurion

[@puppetmaster532]

@@Fish-kz8xw the chassis has nothing in common with the centurion

[@Fish-kz8xw]

@@puppetmaster532 ok

[@Ato-3000J]

puppetmaster532 it is a descendant of the centurion family and the chassis is based on the Centurion so, it does have lots of things in common.

[@DoubleVisionandco]

It took the British awhile to get a good tank design, after quite a few flops, but when they made the Centurion, they got it right in a big way.

[@samuel10125]

this vids wrong the Chieftain was the inspiration for the Challenger tank.

[@carsnbikes914]

+Samuel Braddow I've got a question, why did you tell that to this gentlemen? You should have said it in a comment of your own.

[@maersklandro]

Paper tank.

[@Zippity181]

We had a few in the war the late Churchills worked well, Cromwell and Comet were great and though Sherman is obviously US we can take credit for Firefly. Even Matilda had it's moments (though was obviously pretty flawed). While we started really badly too much is made of ours being awful and the Germans were perfect.

[@grahamkeithtodd]

how so? explain your inane statement

[@Vonargandur]

every single tank that is mentioned in a documentary is the greatest or one of the greatest in the world.

[@Kabul81]

Vonargandur Lmfao!😂 Jman👀

[@tsarbomba4620]

Not exactly true and don’t trust what this documentary it’s full off false info

[@CommanderAustria]

LOL I'm not the only one who noticed that.

[@sandgrownun66]

"every single tank that is mentioned in a documentary is the greatest or one of the greatest in the world." But in this case, it's true!

[@CommanderAustria]

I think the leo 2A7 is the best. Muricans think A1M1 is the best...... rus think the new t14 is the best.....

[@scottyfox6376]

Arguably the best tank that didn't get to fight in WW2 for the Allies.

[@12313846]

I am not sure. But I believe that a few did.

[@shaun1293]

@@12313846the first prototypes arrived in Belgium around a month after the war ended in Europe

[@nathanroberts355]

The Australian army had squadrons centurion tanks mk5/1 during the Vietnam war and my uncle Ray ward served with 5th royal Australian regiment at battle of binh ba 1969 and he was a tank commander on the centurion tanks

[@petesy03]

Anyone see the BMP??

[@kylegoode7846]

It has its own video on here on KZbin

[@TheAlexn2]

lol they never talked about the BMP in this episode , and how old is this documentary pls :)

[@OriginalMudSlinger]

in removing the gun they let it swing back and hit the housing to the tread why did they not just have someone slide a wooden plank in to stop the impact . when something fits so tight don't put a dent in it giz a job

[@spaceybard1655]

I wonder if they got it restored yet

[@bigjuliedive]

Competitive rock music. Why? Silence is golden!

[@denisremezov6664]

Russian T62 or T64 can beat easy this tank centor not bad but nothing special on it

[@jakagaber]

Yes but they were designed and in service 15 years later........

[@jakagaber]

It is like t64 vs cheftain???

[@aaronp573]

Denis Remezov there is too much wrong with this sentence for me to even try to think of a way to tell you that you are wrong.

[@HITMAN20211]

Centor is a half track landrover

[@ngontran3424]

Tăng cucaitaolai

[@everythinggaming7938]

Britishhhhhhhhh

[@novasketch8658]

Too bad the challenger still uses a rifled barrel

[@mottthehoople693]

thats why its so accurate....

[@jowenjv4463]

Always the best of it's time, the best of the world, or one of the best of something.. Ammo in Hull ? Pz.Kpfw VI Tiger does it, like the Pz.Kpfw V Panthers.. Pz.Kpfw VI Ausf. B too.. No revolution here. 40 km/H is not much more speed than a Tiger (?)

[@Dragonblaster1]

But the Centurion could take go toe to toe with a Tiger, a Panther or King Tiger and win.

[@istillusezune82]

Tiger has ammo all around hull and turret. Centurion has ammo concentrated in 3 spots to decrease chance of getting hit.

[@communisttears5998]

Istilluse Zune didn’t they stop putting ammo in the King Tiger’s turret shortly after its introduction?

[@howardchambers3163]

Johan G.Bruère-Dawson the Centurion was designed to take a hit from an 88 and survive, the 17pdr could take out all the German tanks. And it was upgraded to take the 20pdr and up. You tiger fan boys are getting boring.

[@davec5153]

You never hear about Duxford and tanks, its always Bovington.

[@sheenacorpuz624]

canturion it showed a bloody congurer

[@HITMAN20211]

Chieftain arv and not a cent

[@Someloke8895]

How to annoy the Scots, Welsh "Norn'" Irish. Say England when showing Union Flag.

[@spookytooth2044]

I agree with you entirely. I'm English and I really hate it when that happens!

[@EthanKnight97]

Ken Wright It annoys me too, should of been "teams from Britain and Canada" but thats American TV for you, they don't understand the difference between England and the UK.

[@mactheknife4786]

Union Jack, don’t believe all the stuff about jackstaffs etc, it’s all bollocks. Good egg.

[@deleteous4403]

Just aim for lower glacis

[@is-4m944]

Yup

[@cageordie]

Challenger 2 engine is Perkins Condor CV12-6A V12, not Rolls Royce anything. Perkins is now owned by Caterpillar.

[@БркаКурсулић]

Thumb up for the tenk lovers.

[@energyzone242]

THATS A FIRST THAT THE AMERICANS WERE PLEASED TO HAVE THE BRITISH TANK - IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THEN IT WOULD BE A FIRST - USUALLY ITS THE OTHER WAY AROUND , THE BRITISH BEGGING AMERICA FOR HELP.

[@michaelprobert4014]

and never getting it ..

[@AgeFuture]

It’s a Canadian show

[@adventussaxonum448]

Paying for it.

[@poboypowder7567]

Wank overhaul

[@energyzone242]

IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE ENGLISH COPIED OFF THE PANTHER ! The only reason it was used in the gulf war is because they can't afford new units, and models ,

[@vadimm3652]

What about the panther?