Rare Sherman Firefly MULTIBANK Engine sound

Special thanks to Willem Segers, Raymond Pillet and War Heritage Institute
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[@unbekannternr.1353]

Thanks for my new ringtone...

[@RitaGamer]

A man of culture.

[@unbekannternr.1353]

@Peter Möller Guten Tag Herr Möller und sonnige Grüße aus Berlin. I just take a mp3-recording from a video with my cell phone and chose this audiofile as a ringtone, please help Yourself.

[@unbekannternr.1353]

@Peter Möller Ihr Deutsch ist eher nicht schlimm, danke für Ihre Mühe!

[@stevenmc56]

Yes true

[@quintensmodels5966]

Top speed of the sherman firefly is 50kmh wich is very fast and the tank weighs 35 tons normal shermans weigh 31-33 tons Max so its 2 tons heavyer than all the other shermans the normal plane engine sherman weighs 31 tons and has a max top speed of 48kmh

[@Zakiriel]

Thank you for not putting music over this lovely engine's sounds.

[@RitaGamer]

No problem! Thanks for watching!

[@pussycat6469]

Zakiriel .

[@drrocketman7794]

What are you talking about? This *is* music

[@shaydu1967]

This engine been modified by our mechanical genius, Moriarty. This tank is faster than any other tank in the European theater of operations, forward of backwards. See we like to think we can get out of trouble quicker than we got into it.

[@mr.m2556]

Thanks oddball....I enjoyed the Kelly's Heroes nod.

[@CarLos-yi7ne]

That one was a M4A3 with a Ford GAA 😉

[@B2091]

“I only ride em, I dunno what makes em work”

[@andrej325ci5]

88mm Shell from Tiger was quicker, as we saw xD Piece if crap.

[@kalgstol]

🤣

[@harukiii6218]

A girl that likes tanks? Even rarer than the Firefly lmao

[@RitaGamer]

I genuinely had s sensible chuckle reading this. Thanks for watching! 😁👌

[@RipCreditsFMJ]

Girls und Panzer, there alot of girls(anime) , who like tanks

[@lol-un6nl]

@@RipCreditsFMJ drawings

[@RipCreditsFMJ]

@@lol-un6nl don t hurt me pls.

[@RipCreditsFMJ]

@@lol-un6nl lol

[@RitaGamer]

A Sherman firefly with the right gun is rare to find. A Sherman firefly with a Multibank engine is even rarer! I got you the Sherman Firefly that has both! Only the best tank porn for you!

[@Krwekrw]

I lost!

[@RitaGamer]

@@Krwekrw Missing you! Hoping to see you soon on Stream! (Getting my ass back into it!)

[@Krwekrw]

@@RitaGamer Possibly once i see you online :-)

[@bradleyhancock8719]

Hey Rita I understand why the engine would be ultra rare but why would the mark VII 17pdr cannon be rare as well? That multi-bank sounds great, I've read both good and bad accounts of that engine.

[@RitaGamer]

@@bradleyhancock8719 Not many fireflies have the right cannon

[@cameronboyce4695]

It makes sense that the Chrysler multi bank engine is considered one of the smoothest and best preforming. You in essence have a series of inline 6 cylinder engines running in tandem. The 6 cylinder is an inherently balanced engine with a long piston stroke providing low engine vibration and a smooth torque curve.

[@Marc83Aus]

@ Different models used different engines, some models used a radial aircraft engine, and later shemans used an 18 litre turbocharged V8.

[@theone5716]

@@Marc83Aus the V8 was a 18 litre Ford GAA. Not turbocharged, but fuel injected and DOHC

[@Marc83Aus]

@@theone5716 Oh I'm sadly Misinformed. I Watched a video recently where a turbo charger had been fitted to a GAAand assumed they were all turbo charged.

[@theone5716]

@@Marc83Aus it's possible as many drag racers used those as an interesting (and more fuel burning) alternative to the 460 and 462 big block Fords. There's a 1969 Mustang dragster with a GAA tank engine and its on Google.

[@skyraider87]

@@Marc83Aus there was the Sherman with the Detroit 6 71 diesel in it.

[@poststalone1496]

That has to be the quietest tank I’ve ever heard

[@JakeTheTankmaster]

5 car engines put together

[@JackG79]

This is how they SHOULD sound. an awful lot of the stuff you see and hear now days either has new diesel engines in them, or they have peried correct engine that are on their last leg. not running correctly, and or have little to no exhaust left. It's amazing how many of these you see at shows that have period correct engines, but the exhaust manifold gaskets are blow out bad, and the actual pipes are rotted to hell. This is exactly how this machine should sound. Whoever maintains this machine is either themselves a dayum good mechanic, or they have assembled a great workshop/team to keep this thing in "Fighting Shape"

[@danschneider9921]

Apparently the British loved the A57, and dispite the seeming complexity of it, was a reliable engine that gave them good service. Facts which have always surprised me. Thanks for sharing.

[@nunyabidniz2868]

If one L6 is reliable, 5 of them have to be 5 times as reliable, right? %-D

[@572Btriode]

AFAIK, The Americans fought shy of the M4A4 and the complexity of the A57 engine and I believe none were ever officially operated by the US army, all were sent to the UK as lend-lease for the British army fitted with the usual 75mm medium velocity gun, not all were converted into the Sherman VC "Firefly". Somewhere around 7,500 M4A4's were made and about 2,000 ~ 2,200 converted to VC Firefly configuration.

[@standard-carrier-wo-chan]

It was almost literally 5 car engines welded together, so it acts like 5 separate engines that happened to drive one crankshaft. If two of the five "engines" fail, the tank would still get the crew into cover handily.

[@jackwilde7842]

The first few seconds of this video appear to show a Sherman driving from the square around the corner where my dad's tank was blown up. (My dad was the driver; Tank commander Capt. McWilliams) the radio operator was killed in the attack. I believe dad's tank was a standard twin engined one (third engine was the 500cc starter engine) I have his original manual sucked away.

[@greva2904]

The American military didn’t like these engines because they thought they were far too complex and maintenance heavy. So they lumbered the British with them... who it turned out loved them because despite the complexity they were very reliable engines.

[@SvenTviking]

The British along with Chrysler, altered the position of engine ancillaries like the distributors and fuel, oil and water pumps and the various filters to make them easy to access and service and that sorted the motors out.

[@ProctorsGamble]

This is a later version with one water pump. Earlier there were five and five drive belts! One for each bank.

[@mattwilliams3456]

That laugh at the end really shows your joy at dealing with such an amazing piece of history.

[@RitaGamer]

I didn't even realise I had until I started editing the video! Armoured vehicles are my joy in life!

[@harrisonvc9175]

I’ve worked on some of these engines before here in the states, (just the Chrysler 6, not the multi bank) its amazing how it kept such a recognizable sound in this application

[@mikewhiston5046]

The M4A4 Sherman and the Chrysler multibank engine deserve more credit than given. Those six cylinder engines were not built for military use but they were available. Chrysler engineers did a heroic job putting together the multibank engine to work in the Sherman. The British were even more heroic taking these unproven weapons and standing up to a better equipped enemy . Thanks to all those who fought for our freedom.

[@RitaGamer]

Well said sir!

[@michaelfarrell8962]

When you need a loan to change spark plugs

[@jasonharmon7373]

I think the worst thing for spark plugs would be the B-36 bomber. 6 28 cylinder Wasp Major engines with 2 plugs per cylinder = 336 plugs on one plane.

[@beltfed4624]

@@jasonharmon7373 I honestly did not know that, and can only pity the poor soul who was tasked with changing all those plugs.

[@TauroWW2]

The thing I like to see the most when we enter a city with any WW2 vehicle is the faces of the citizens who doesn't know what's going on :) And of course for all big engine vhehicles where the sounds echo's through the streets...that's priceless !!!

[@mr.m2556]

Wow. A very rare M4 with a working multi-bank engine. Cheers

[@RitaGamer]

Very rare indeed sir!

[@mr.m2556]

I will be keeping my eye on you....so find us some more tanks.

[@tlf.]

"sir the engine is no good" "THEN PUT 5 CAR ENGINE IN IT'

[@InquisitorKalt]

In an old magazine Chrysler boasted I t could lose 2/3rds of its cylinders and still move the tank.

[@AdmiralGrafSpee100]

Beautiful sherman and amazing sound of the Chrysler multibank engine.

[@johnnymcblaze]

Rommel said: "The german panzer tank can destroy ten American Sherman's before being destroyed itself.... but the Americans have eleven."

[@FMHikari]

And are cheaper to maintain, recover and repair

[@johnnymcblaze]

@@FMHikari Plus the panzers are prone to malfunction and fuel issues. Source, Kelly's heros.

[@JetsonRING]

The USA could out-produce the Germans eleven to one.

[@Metal_Tao]

And make better tanks, more reliable tanks, and better performing tanks and more survivable tanks.

[@andrewallen9993]

But like T-34 also :)

[@nosatisfaction2278]

Someone has put a lot of love in that engine, sounds beautiful.

[@RitaGamer]

Very much indeed sir!

[@BeOz3]

@no satisfaction Because it is the sound of liberation.

[@saugeyes]

One of these engines is on display at the auto museum in Rogers Minnesota

[@pauljohnson7may]

Who would have thought 5 straight sixes would sound that awsome?

[@REGROY1913]

Beautiful sound! The multibank engine was an amazing accomplishment using production passenger car 6 cylinder engines.

[@reuz5462]

This vid was the first thing to get me to genuinely smile in a few days, thanks Rita.

[@NiuhiNui]

Thank you, Rita.

[@rjecsn]

Very cool and very rare. Thank the guys for keeping this machine working. Thanks for sharing.

[@gradywilson3006]

Thank you for the great video of this very rare tank configuration. The engine sounds wonderful. It sounds like FREEDOM!

[@RitaGamer]

Thank you for the kind words and for watching! 😊

[@chetmyers7041]

3:50 Cool to see the two of the Top-Dead-Center timing mark pointers (red triangle) on two of the crank ends. Thank you to the people who keep this history alive.

[@dwarf_nz483]

That certainly stirs the blood.

[@davidca96]

the A57 was so absurdly cool, I love that there are some still running.

[@Marc-zi4vg]

Soo this is what *"Get some 5 car engines and put them together"* sounds like

[@Anlushac11]

1) The engine sounds beautiful. 2) I think this may be the first time I have ever seen a Sherman with the headlights on.

[@abyssminiaturestudios6103]

5 inline Chrysler 6 cylinder engines put into one big ole block case.

[@dukecraig2402]

7,499 Sherman's were fitted with this engine along with 109 Lee's, the fact that something like that is rare says a lot about how much WW2 equipment got scrapped after the war, some of the engines probably wound up powering saw mills and the like.

[@90AMason]

wasn't this engine a bunch of Chrysler 6 bangers stuck together? sounds good!

[@razor1uk610]

Yes, they all shared a common central casting as each of their own lower crankcase.

That that engine actually worked is amazing. I mean German equipment gets a lot of stick for beeing to complicated, but this is very complicated and worked anyway :) Also very nice of them to start it and very charming accents all around.

[@snafu_vfx]

Absolutely amazing find, keep the content coming!

[@RitaGamer]

Definitely! thank you so much for watching!

[@markjurkovich7814]

That is one of the neatest engine setups ever! Thanks for sharing.

[@elodmagyar7662]

Thank you YT for putting a video in my feed that I actually wanted to see. Thank you Rita for the great content, you just got a new subscriber.

[@RitaGamer]

Aww this is the first thing I read this morning! Thank you so much dear! Anything I can do to make Military vehicle lovers happy!

[@XskiXedgeX]

Thanks for the great video! Sounds amazing!

[@jvleasure]

Sherman driver I know hated working on them. Gotta be a genius to tune it he said.

[@nunyabidniz2868]

Someone is bound to ask "Why use a bunch of 6-cyl engines? Why not V-8s?" Harry Ricardo figured it all out during WW1 and explained why the in-line 6 ["L6," the "i" is understood/silent... ;-) ] in his 1921 book _The High Speed Internal Combustion Engine_ [remember, at the time, 2k rpm was considered "hi-speed."] It all comes down to balance. This is also why the great water-cooled aero engines of the time were V-12s [two L6's in a V.] Anyway, aside from Ford (flat head) V-8s, all the car manufacturers were pretty much focused on building L6s. So that's why 5 of them in a multibank could fit in the same space as the (normal Sherman powerpack] of the air-cooled radial & use the existing production capacity for passenger car engines that was going unused since nobody was allowed to build/buy passenger vehicles for the war effort ["rationing;" also why all the new cars for the 1st couple years after the end of WW2 looked like pre-war models.] Also, since each L6 had perfect primary balance, it didn't matter that there was an odd number of them...

[@thesnazzycomet]

can we appreciate how good a sherman looks with a 17pdr

[@HANKTHEDANKEST]

Funny how the variant with the most moving engine parts wound up becoming one of the most reliable. My fave will always be the Conti, but the Multibank is special and weird and has its own sort of magic. Love seeing them in action, and in the right tank no less!

[@pR1mal.]

Gives you a sense of how vulnerable tanks are while fighting in city streets. They really depend on the infantry to keep their flanks clear. That multi-bank sounds so good at low idle.

[@scopex2749]

THAT SOUNDS BLOODY MARVELLOUS better than the old Detroit motor.

[@czar8304]

That is beautiful! Thank you for sharing!

[@GTiR23]

30 cylinders.....running like a dream....I can't even get my POS 4 banger running right at the moment.

[@MrS22222]

To be fair, 5 of those cylinders could be dead and we wouldn't notice lol.

[@charlesangell_bulmtl]

'Shall we start this engine?' ''Yeah, yeah'' She might be a keeper ...

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

Great shot of that engine. You can see the different distributors for each engine with all the spark plug wires coming off them. Cool. Yeah - with as many Sherman's as they made they had a number of different engine types they used. A lot of the Marine Sherman's were diesels. .

[@isaiahwelch8066]

Love the fact that this tank, from the 1940s, is still around and still working. Most people are unaware that most tanks from the US had auto engines and transmissions in them -- which is why the Shermans with Ford V8s were preferred over other Allied tanks. Easy to use, easy to fix when they broke -- which means easier to get back into combat at the front. Love me the sound of old engines firing up!

[@amerigo88]

"tanks from the US had auto engines and transmissions in them..." Hardly. The water cooled Ford GAA had an aluminum block, aluminum heads, and 4 valves per cylinder with tank usage output around 450 horsepower. It was originally Ford's ultramodern V-12 challenge to the Allison V-12 aircraft engine, but when the US government handed the aircraft engines contracts to Allison, Ford chopped off four cylinders and fielded the finest tank engine of WWII. Sherman tanks had either twin diesel engines stitched together by GM, the insane Chrysler A57 multibank with 30 cylinders, five distributors, and 30 sparkplugs, or a Curtiss-Wright radial aircraft engine, or the Ford GAA. Not one of them was a standard specification automotive engine of the time such as Ford's iron block, flathead V-8. Two of these Sherman tank powerplants were cobbled together auto engines and two were really aircraft engines. All were built to high standards using the American automotive industry's genius for mass production. The US Army went with the gasoline only Wright radial and Ford GAA's since they didn't want to deal with both diesel and gasoline in their supply system. The US Marines, British, and Soviets got the GM diesel Shermans since all three of those military supply chains handled lots of diesel fuel (many British tanks used diesel bus engine combinations, the Soviets preferred diesel engines, and the Navy used plenty of diesel on their vessels that didn't use steam power). The US Army had the luxury of avoiding the 30 cylinder craziness, so they were fobbed off on the British and Soviets. Think about it - the engine is misfiring - which of the 30 spark plugs do you pull first to see if it is fouled? Which of the 30 spark plug cables may have frayed? The Ford GAA was mostly aluminum while the Chrysler A57 was all cast iron. Which mechanics are volunteering to help pull out the old, heavy, bulky Chrysler engine and put in the new one? By the way, the boom on the recovery vehicle is leaking hydraulic fluid (again), so it won't be able to handle all the weight safely. Good luck with the A57 swap. Maybe they can figure out which of the 30 cylinders is not working properly back at the depot.

[@JC-zg4xe]

@@amerigo88 It’ll be right, still has another 29cylinders haha

[@thanossstewart3800]

Awesome Rita Thanks so much friend

[@cdjhyoung]

When Chrysler had a museum in a suburb of Detroit, I got to see one of these engines on general display in the entrance. It is made out of five Plymouth automobile engines of the era. The Sherman tank had three different engines it came equipped with, this one, a big V12 Ford that had been intended to replace the Allison aircraft engine and a radial airplane engine made by Lycomming, I think. All wartime adaptations to get enough power into this machine.

[@Jognt]

Hahahaha, I love how the the guy was like "oui oui, petit peu" (or however you spell it). I'm guessing the driver was like "wtf?" since it means "yeah yeah, just a little bit". Then you see the older guy coming in on the right side of the frame at 4:06, probably coming to investigate, followed by the "Oh snap, busted!" act at 4:19 :D

[@RitaGamer]

That arm cross means "end" or "Stop", Mr William, which you can see on the previous video was asking me with the marshalling sign (same that you use to help moving or parking tanks) if I was satisfied with how long the engine run for us. :3

[@Jognt]

Rita Sobral aww. Here I was quietly giggling at the thought of him allowing the tank to run on a whim because of the rare occasion of meeting a fellow tank enthusiast :P.

[@briankenison7995]

I'm going to need a rag

[@TCS86]

They did also use a radial air cooled aircraft engine also that would exceed 50 mph in the firefly. Crew said it was freezing from the airflow produced.

[@razor1uk610]

..because the air-cooled engined pre-Cold War tanks used the crew compartment as the dust filter & inlet/intake (to also act as a crew cooling system).. not from the tanks travel speed.

[@owenlewis8006]

That vehicle in that location kind of sends a shiver up the spine.

[@Strontium9T]

Did the British paint part of the gun like that on their Fireflies? It would make sense, as it would make it harder to distinguish from a regular Sherman (thereby making it the first to be targeted). And why was it called the "Firefly"? I didn't think they had those in the UK.

[@bruceraykiewicz6274]

There ya go ! 5 old Plymouth 6 cylinder flat head engines. Stuck together.

[@greggtanner7742]

Chrysler engines were so much bigger beefier probably better engines then Flathead 6 in a Plymouth or Dodge which we had to when I was growing up that we kept for decades driving them I'm not a real fan of flat head 6 dodge had.. We had 1950 dodge. Dark green, alot chrome. Or polished Stainless Steel.. fluid Drive.. Wide white wall tires big hub caps. Then last year production 1959 Dodge flat 6.. i know where both are i think. 59 still running.. point know dodges 6. Chrysler 6 alot bigger?? Flat heads till 1959 in dodge.. only points

[@rogerteagarden3269]

And when was the last time a fucking Sherman came rolling down those streets. History comes alive.

[@RitaGamer]

Very much true! The sound of an US convoy brings nothing but joy to the generation that was alive back then!

[@teaeff8898]

Extremely cool! 😮😄👍👍 I shared this!

[@cedhome7945]

True sound of freedom.... along with the merlin

[@maxgothic4818]

hi rita just seen this great vid you done fantastic and wow what a growl from the engine great work keep it up all the best maxgothic

[@007squirreldehne2]

Sounds like a drag car love it

[@williamstel9330]

Five forklift engines lots of torque and reliability and lasting. Slow revving real long stroke small bore side valve. My 38 Plymouth could take off in high gear if you slipped the clutch a bit. Perfect for a tractor or a tank. Just put enough together for the power you need.

[@druginducedfeverdream1613]

Sherman Firefly! The tank with 5 car engines as power source

[@thommothomason7297]

Oh Hell Yeah! That is Freaking Awesome!

[@D4RKBRU73]

Thanks for sharing this unique piece Rita

[@RitaGamer]

And thank you for watching!

[@kevinhoffman6592]

How cool . torque must be outstanding !

[@nathanielkrause3143]

So i have a question, if one part of the engine got shot out or malfunction'd in anyway, would it cause the other engines to cease operation as well or would the sherman's engine go into like a limp mode, where 4/5 or 3/5 engines would rotate or work, but at reduced performances? I could see something like this multi-bank engine working out really well for the British just because if one engine went out, it could save the lives of the crew by allowing them to relocate a short distance away from the firefight, as to where standardized Sherman or tigers with only one in-line drive and engine would just be shot out?

[@harmdallmeyer6449]

I think this is the specific reason the brits liked it so much and the americans didnt. The US originally rejected it for carburator issues. The Brits on the other hand, praised it for its "refusal to die", wich sounds like what you describe. And it certainly wouldnt be mechanically impossible for the engine to work without one or two of the cylinder banks failing.

[@tbwpiper189]

Sounds like my 2011 Chevy Malibu but with less smoke...the Sherman, that is

[@braggjoseph3025]

(Very interesting) thank you Rita. Now this is history at its finest.

[@justanotherviewer52]

Very cool. Thank you Rita!

[@sephuris5555]

Best thing the Brits ever did to a us build vehicle

[@richardsnyder3900]

Except that is a American engine built by Chrysler so what did the Brits do

[@sephuris5555]

@@richardsnyder3900 the gun wasn't an American gun built gun I everything I have read on the firefly the 76mm was a British 6 pounder if I remember correctly or was it the 17 pounder

[@mfree80286]

@@sephuris5555 17pdr. Fantastic idea for everyone but the guy in the sights, the gunner, and the loader. It's a bit cramped in there...

[@sephuris5555]

@@mfree80286 yeah the gun was a bit on the large side for the turret

[@themagicboy6548]

Look at that! Start's right up!

[@petermuller161]

The idle sounds fantastic

[@OIFIIIOIF-VET]

Sounds just like the Cummins 903T in the BFV

[@DirtyHairy1]

quite ballsy by the officials to let a tank drive on the cobbled pavement, imo

[@tacomas9602]

A Sherman weighs 32 tons or so. Not super heavy but also has fair grounds pressure.

[@dereksollows9783]

I think that CFB Gagetown had one as an ornament. I wonder if it could run again.

[@rl2699]

Wouldn't it be crazy for an old wartime vet who lives like you see in movies with no electricity so he he didn't know there were news broadcasts telling about this in advance. He wakes up and sees a tank rolling through town and he freaks out and grabs his ammo stash and wages a single man war......... kind of like Rambo

[@RitaGamer]

During our convoy, those elder who are still around will come to the road to wave because even after 75years since the Liberation they recognised the sounds, it's very emotional for them, and in particular for the Belgians because is symbolic to their freedom. Only good tears.

[@Black_Gold_Saw]

!2:58 *DEEP INHALING* aaaaaaah... nice. *coughs*

[@novaenergy2]

Wait, if I understood correctly he was saying that the Chrysler A57 W30 is quieter and smokes less than the Ford GAA V8? Wow, who would have ever guessed that an engine with 22 fewer cylinders would smoke more AND be louder lol. I do imagine the Ford GAA was more reliable though, yeah?

[@razor1uk610]

In some ways Ford would be simpler or easier to service, then again, ...Ford, does things its way. (Plus the joke of FORD being Forever Ordering Repair Deliveries) Also using the Chrysler straight 6, 4 Litre, its engines and parts were used across America in many many roles, machineries, vehicles and industrial applications, and in other parts of the world too. So while the A57 could be a heavy 2 half ton pain to lift out to work on, actual spares availability and cannibalisation for parts was easier than with other engines - which is why the British & Commonwealth/Empire forces loved it; a few damaged engines would provide plenty of spares for others, if that damaged unit couldn't be repaired itself, plus unlike the other engines, each engine bank was mostly its own individual that didn't need the others to run on it's own; ...only the radiator (in a later version there was a centralised shared water pump) and central main oil supply to each engine's own individual oiling system, all else being as if each engine was a totally separate unit.

[@sonjagebauer2322]

The Sherman with the round engine sounds much more better 😍😍

[@briananthony4044]

You mean the Continental Radial.

[@sonjagebauer2322]

Yes. Heard it life in a Sherman in France at the 75. D-Day Anniversary this June. THAT was a real cool sound! I love Radial engines. My favorite is the Pratt&Whithey 18cyl. from the Corsair F4U 😍😍😍

[@F4Wildcat]

*Hey george, also here for a drink at the bar? -Yeah Sam...man i need one *Whats up? -Well remember when i said that i help in development for the M4? Well the continental boys cannnot produce enough engines to keep supply going for the M4 and M3A4 production * Yeah i feel you...man i work at chrysler remember? well we dont get any materials for car production but i have hundreds of V6 engines and a whole production line thats not going anywhere -..... *.... -OH MY GOD *OH MY GOD -PIECE OF PAPER NOW

[@roadsweeper1]

So what's the 2 large towing eyes on the engine support frame for? Surely not for pulling it backwards... you wouldn't want to have to open the engine doors to tow it... or are these to help facilitate removing the engine?

[@mfree80286]

The engine is basically on a "cradle" mounted to rails, it slides out the back (there's more to it, but that's the basic move).

[@razor1uk610]

@@mfree80286 slides out of the top, from above...

[@xvdd1]

The aircraft engine he is talking about is the Wright R-975 Whirlwind and I could hardly blame tank owners for swapping out Multibank engines when they broke, the Wright not only were much more numerous, there was about 60,000 engines built, they were also a hell of a lot simpler to maintain, although you did have to remove the engine if the bottom plugs fouled, presumably they are cheaper to buy so for many it is a no brainer to put the old multibank on the shelf and run with the simple option. The Wright is an air cooled engine so tolerances are wider and being a radial oil would collect in the bottom cylinders when not running hence why they smoked so bad on startup apart from that the logic for using an aircraft engine is that they are going to be the best power to weight ratio off the shelf.

[@Daniel-S1]

Thanks from England.

[@shirolee]

Hahaha I love it. I love how surprised everyone is hahaha.

[@jmyers9853]

it looks like a mechanic's worse nightmare

[@ghostofbungie9780]

Part of me really wishes that World War IIs recording technology was as advanced as ours is now. Watching gopro firefight footage from World War II would have been sick.

[@darnelljackson2160]

'Merica. "F" yea!

[@HaVoC117X]

30 cylinder multibank engine. Six car engines put together. And they say Germans over engineered their stuff?! Compared to this the Maybach Hl 230 looks very simple.

[@1Dougloid]

It was a matter of expedience and finding a suitable engine in quantity and had little to do with over engineering. Ross' "The Business of Tanks" can tell you a lot about the Chrysler multibank engine and the improvements that were made to it to increase its durability-primarily stellite valve seats. Once the war started in earnest there was a shortage of anything that could be used as a tank engine in the US and the aircraft industry had first call on radial engines. In some of the videos you can see the crews hand cranking the engine before the first start of the day, and that was equivalent for hand propping through twelve blades. If not attended to, hydrostatic lock could be a consequence if the lower cylinders filled with oil. The Sherman depending on the mark was equipped with a 9 cylinder Wright radial aircraft engine, or twin GMC 6-71 diesels-which went mostly to the Soviets, or the Chrysler multibank which mostly went to the Brits, or the Guiberson 1820 cid diesel radial engine and finally the Ford GAA V8 engine which was about the best of the lot. Interestingly enough the Germans tested out a BMW radial aircraft engine-possibly the Bramo which was a license built Pratt & Whitney R1650 used in the Ju52 aircraft- in a couple of Panther tanks but figured it would be difficult to change the spark plugs in the lower cylinders but we'd just go ahead and change the engine in the field-because in the design was the recognition that the products were going to be used at the very end of a long logistical pipeline and thus had to be dead ass reliable and serviceable to the extent it was possible. Lukas Friedli's Repairing the Panzers vol. 2 gives a lot of insight on how things were on the German side. Parts were scarce to nonexistent and the HL230 was not durable enough to last a long time in the East, as it was very much overworked particularly in the Tigers. I think the HL120 in the PIII and PIV was probably a much better engine for durability. My old father worked at Curtiss Wright during the war and he told me that from 1941 to 1945 he had five days off. Sorry-I'm a total motorhead.

[@mikewhiston5046]

I think the M4A4 Sherman and the Chrysler multibank engine deserve more credit than given. Those six cylinders engines were not developed for military use . I think Chrysler did a heroic job in putting together the multibank using what was available at the time. The British with help from Chrysler engineers made the M4A4 an effective weapon .

[@HaVoC117X]

@@mikewhiston5046 I don't think that. The US army did not want it. The Russians didn't want it. The brits only accepted it after the carburetors were rearranged. The Chrysler engine has the same disadvantages like the radial engine. It was a very tight fit into the tank hull and a large number of cylinder heads were inaccessible for maintenance. Swedish postwar tests showed that it has the worst cross-country performance off all sherman variants. Even the Chrysler engineer's were surprised that the engine got a reputation for beeing reliable. But the British forces who used it, used to have other standards for reliability. Long endurance test showed that Sherman tanks were good for 2500 miles bevor a major failure in the drive train could be expected. The germans designed their panzer iii and iv with 5000km intervals before failure. During those endurance tests the cromwells failed much earlier and more frequently. But the fact, that those Chrysler powered Sherman's are a very rare today, speaks for itself. The best sherman engine was by far the Ford V8. It was probably the best tank engine for a 30ton tank during the war. The twin diesel, the radial and the Chrysler engine were necessary improvisations. All had their own set of drawbacks.

[@1Dougloid]

@@HaVoC117X It's really not a question of who wanted what, I'm sure the GIs had they had their druthers would have gone to war in Cadillac limos. It was a question of what was available at the time, radials were at a premium, and Chrysler had plenty of production capacity for automobile engines that was not being utilized. It wasn't the best, but it was available in quantity. Also, you have to consider expendability. Given the average life of a tank in combat, how wise was it to design a tanker's dream with all the engineering wet dreams incorporated into it? What mattered was tonnage and field maintainability.

[@HaVoC117X]

@@1Dougloid Did you read my comment or just the first line?

[@RafaelUAS]

imagine how good it was for the sale i heard this one from sherman coming

[@lauriwiren6398]

That tank had the US-style rubber padded tracks. British preferred all-steel tracks.

[@harmdallmeyer6449]

The Rubber is better for the road and gives more grip on paved surfaces. I think thats the reason they were chosen.

[@kainhall]

2:42 what does he say about the driver? "i really like to drive her"??? or did he say... "ill alert the driver"???

[@MostlyPennyCat]

Sssh, quiet, I think a tank might be coming...

[@mikapinomaki7159]

This was interteresting machine, good video!

[@scottcampbell2836]

Excellent video Rita :)

[@RitaGamer]

Thank you so much Scott! :D

[@winoles]

Wow!! I'm speechless…