SHERMAN M4A1 "SQUIRREL" radial engine cold start

Silnik gwiazdowy, gaźnikowy, 9-cylindrowy, chłodzony powietrzem Continental (Wright Whirlwind) R 975 C4 o mocy 400KM

[@welchphilip]

Now Im no biologist but that neither sounds nor looks like a squirrel

[@ThePsiclone]

yes it is. (shhhh its a ruse to fool the Germans, they're going to hide it in a tree and when the Germans come by...BAM!)

[@starguard4122]

LOL :D

[@DrVaults]

From what I hear we put squirrels on steroids and they grew to be massive then started making a very awesome growling sound and we sent them from the U.S. to Europe. That may be the confusion there.

[@jessebrown233]

LOL

[@Amstel508]

Well played. Gave me a chuckle

[@_Matsimus_]

That sound is just soul food..... love this

[@poucxs9246]

(edit: in the category of other things that sound nice: ) This one has the same engine as the new t50 super car, kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmSnh4iPicqCr7M + kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2exaXZsns-qb80 1:51

[@randomguyingasmask]

@@poucxs9246 Are you aware that this thing has an interwar design 9-cylinder radial?

[@poucxs9246]

@@randomguyingasmask I am actually not aware of the interwar 9 radial, i did know though that radials always have an uneven amount of cylinders in a single row. ( i have edited my previous comment, i just wanted to share other things that sound nice)

[@randomguyingasmask]

@@poucxs9246 Ah I thought you were saying that this exact same engine is in that supercar

[@poucxs9246]

@@randomguyingasmask I realised that after re-reading what i wrote, thank you for pointing it out.

[@TheStavros2958]

Department of Defense -“We need engines for planes and tanks” Armed forces- “ nah just build the plane engines we’ll figure it out”

[@charlesc.9012]

Well, it needed to run on 70 octane petrol that the army supplied, while making enough power to drive a 35-ton behemoth at speed. In that amount of time there are few choices, and only aviation powerplants could do it reliably

[@jakobc.2558]

Why is this myth everywhere? It isnt true. The engine in use is Wright R-975 Whirlwind which was not used by any allied combat or cargo aircraft of world war 2. It was only installed on trainer aircraft Like the BT-11. The reason why the U.S. went with the radial engine was because tank engines had no industrial use whatsoever prior to world war 2. And since the pre world war 2 U.S. military was extremely underfunded and had not been prepairing for war since 1933 like every one of the fashist countrys, they had not developed proper tank engines (as they lacked the funding). That being said, the R-975 was a realy good choice. It was already extensively trialed on the M2 Medium and had proven to be extremely reliable (which was important for the U.S. army as they were working against the clock trying to supply the british in north africa with usable tanks as fast as possible), it was more powerfull then the piston engine on the Pz.III and Pz.IV and since it was large the M4 Sherman needed a large engine bay which meant that there was plenty of space to intigrate other engines into the sherman later down the line (M4A2 twin diesel engine, M4A3 Ford V8 engine, M4A4 Chrysler Multibank engine, M4A6 trialed multifuel radial engine).

[@HANKTHEDANKEST]

@@jakobc.2558 The 6046 powerplant in the M4A2 is my second-favourite to the Conti, but man the Multibank sounds unique--like a swarm of angry, metal bees.

[@tankmaker9807]

@@jakobc.2558 The Ford V8 started life as a V12 for use in airplanes. Henry cut it down to make a tank engine. Imagine if they left it a V12!

[@judeodomhnaill9711]

My grandfather fought with Patton, armored infantryman. Nice to hear what he would have heard. Thanks for this.

[@whereismymind1402]

Actually with General Patton? Or fought for him, since he was a General of that time?

[@judeodomhnaill9711]

@@whereismymind1402 he fought under him. 3rd Army, may have been 4th Armored, not sure. He saw Patton give a speech in the field. He liked Patton even though he got my grandfather captured and wounded due to his reckless "Baum Raid". I always smile when Patton comes on the TV or I see a photo, I remember my Pop watching the movie Patton and him whispering to himself "old blood and guts". Hahaha. I miss him dearly.

[@skyraider87]

Damn I feel bad, fighting with Patton was basically a suicide mission no matter what Edit: for those who don't understand, Patton was quite similar to Erwin Rommel. Both were masters of propaganda and making themselves look good to an outsider, while actually being rather incompetent in practice

[@Fischbroetchen2k]

I bet nobody tries to argue with you about eco friendly vehicles once this bad boy is chilling on your driveway :,D That sound is just beautiful

[@maxpayne2574]

They always have to turn those radials a few revs by hand first. Thats why you see the ground crew pushing the props around before starting. Oil leaks past the rings into the bottom cylinders if they just hit the starter it can crack the head, oil can't compress as air does.

[@mbryson2899]

Thank you, I was wondering why the crank.

[@maxgothic4818]

love the sound of that engine growling sweet music to my ears

[@kanth66]

The fact there are so many Shermans in operable condition is an attestation to the reliablility of this tank.

[@ChimpOnComputer]

rather more the impressively rapid mass manufacturing more than the reliability. more tanks, more parts, more spares; faster, easier fixes compared to what is was against or a side by in the war

[@perkunas8651]

No, sorry mate. It’s a sign that there were so much more of them produced than Tiger or Panther or Mark IV tanks. Further, the equipment of winning sides is more often found to be kept, glorified and maintained well. You agree?

[@genericpersonx333]

Yeah, the reality is that the majority of German vehicles were destroyed in the course of the war and almost no one was trying to keep the remaining ones intact after the war until well into the 1980s, by which point there were precious few left to save. At best, a few hundred of any type survived the conflict in any usable shape, and most of those were quickly scrapped by their new owners, expended in testing, or run-to-death by poorer post-war armies. Syria, for example, basically bought nearly every Panzer IV and spare part for them left in the world in the 1940s and 1950s, only to see most of them destroyed in battle, thus ensuring precious few Panzer IVs of any kind are left to us now, let alone in operational order.

[@JF-xq6fr]

@@FirstLast-gv1zl Think that's weird, let an M1 go past you with its jet engine turning. 😄

[@jaxastro3072]

Considering there were 50 shermans built for every 1 tiger. Its not surprising there are so many shermans in decent condition and only 1 tiger in the same state.

[@henkdespermatank2753]

Thats a cold start allright! Seemed just fine when the engine got nice and warm. Great work!

[@MultiSteveB]

[Sherman tank pulls up to the fuel dump] "Check the gas and fill the oil, please." XD Radial engines.

[@cobeymyers8116]

Damn, radials are so COLD BLOODED!

[@wvbygraceofgod5508]

Awesome. Love the sound of a radial engine, and to have it in a tank is always a plus in my book. I like that Sherman Configuration too, the cast hulls just look like classic Sherman.

[@Ricksdetrix]

Damn, you can really tell it's an aircraft engine on that startup

[@user-ki4ms5jg7r]

The piece of a fighter in a ground pounder. :) Radial engines sound so different from conventional tank engines! Many thanks for this piece of wonder! Bądź bezpieczny i zdrowy! :)

[@markbrandon7359]

The US had no engines that produced near 500 HP except for those in obsolete bi planes when they entered the war. They designed a diesel engine most of those went to the Marines and a model powered by 5 Chrysler car engines that the British favored and used in their Firefly models. Airplane engines where common in tanks the Panther and Tiger tanks where powered by Maybach V12 a company know for making Zeppelin engines. The British Cromwell, Comet and Centurion tanks where powered by the Meteor V12 a modified version of the Merlin engine that powered the Spitfire, Lancaster, Hurricane, and Mosquito

[@xzqzq]

'5 Chrysler car engines' Where are they gonna fit 5 car engines in what is only a medium tank ? Not to mention a working transmission ?

[@gilangmahesa3112]

@@xzqzq just search chrysler multibank engine, they basically weld 5 engines together

[@xzqzq]

@@gilangmahesa3112 Thanks

[@xzqzq]

Even with the US being isolationist until Pearl Harbor, odd how unprepared the US was for WWII. Torpedoes which didn't work, no supercharged diesel engines for armored vehicles. At least we didn't throw away our small arms, as reportedly the Brits did... where can I find out about that curious action ?

[@crazy031089]

@@xzqzq actualy the ussr was the only country wich had a dedicated tank engine that lasted them trough the whole war without much issues. Tank weights (and sometimes desired speeds) increased dramaticaly during ww2 wich meant most countrys struggled to find a desent, small yet powerfull and reliable tank engine. That is why the us grabbed the next best thing available for most of there shermans, a downtunned aircraft engine. That way they had reliable and good power. The downside of this was an engine with less than optimal dimensions for a tank.

[@RuralTowner]

So THIS is the Squirrel that everyone gets distracted by...

[@adamstrugaa6924]

Spełnia wszystkie unijne normy od Eco 1 do Eco T1000. [Greta kocha to]

[@przemeksarnacki3857]

Jak wyślesz na testy do VW, to na bank przejdzie.

[@mchume65]

My Dad was a M4A3 Sherman crewman with the wider track, Ford GAA engine, 105mm main gun.

[@FootageFactory]

I love everything about this video. Driving a tank in the snow, so cool!

[@crazy031089]

not only cool, actualy very cold :D shermans don't have heaters, (well the transmission might warm you a bit when that is hot, but you have to drive a lot before that happens) Everything you touch is bare metal and very cold. Add to that that the engine draws air from the fighting compartiment, so trough the same hatches you stick your head trough. The result is that you have to cloth yourself very well or suffer terrible cold.

[@GERntleMAN]

Now that sounds amazing!

[@roryderbyshire4630]

Sounds AWESOME.

[@THECelrenel]

Nastiest cold start ive heard. And ive heard a lot

[@jtsjc1]

Beautiful tank!

[@dasfrundselt]

Love that sound!

[@kaptkrunchfpv]

Built in smoke screen. Those radials sound amazing. The pops cut straight to your bone.

[@vangestelwijnen]

Freedom beats tree huggers 10/10

[@austingoleman9431]

Part of the Sherman’s defense it makes its own smoke screen lol

[@creedence1819]

side effect of having some of your cylinders upside down and oil getting past your rings

[@jgstargazer]

Austin: Yeah, imagine 50 of these tanks starting up at once close together.

[@tankmaker9807]

A British tanker serving in North Africa said you could hear the volute springs squeaking before you heard the engine. It must have been a dry heat thing.

[@arnethetool9964]

Just a beautiful symphony of an internal combustion engine...

[@wolfroze9703]

she sounds so powerful its music to my ears

[@iaminyourwalls479]

He* sherman is a sigma male not a sigma female.

[@204scottwj]

What a beauty... Love it.

[@ghost9877]

Jak dla mnie chyba najlepiej wyglądający sherman ze wszystkich które powstały

[@HanSolo__]

Jumbo lepszy.

[@tomaszgawlik6491]

Kwestia gustu, choć ten ( M4A1 76 W VVSS ) jest ładny tak zawsze bardziej mnie "robiły" M4A3E8 76 W HVSS czyli tzw. Eaisy Eight lub izraelski M51 Super Sherman :P

[@13macias84]

Piękny M4A1 76w - szkoda że nie w maczkowych barwach, "Latająca Krowa" Wiatrowskiego byłaby niesamowita

[@frankolej]

Akurat od od paru tygodni czołg jest już dokładnie w tych barwach:)

[@starkydaniel]

Ahh the M4A1 76W, what a sight for sore eyes.

[@matthewcragg3607]

A nice clean-burning low-emission motor!

[@rjpx947]

Where's Oddball and Moriarty when you need them?

[@dougler500]

Hey now, you better knock it off with them negative waves, man.

[@PainKiller1773]

woof wooof woooof

[@PainKiller1773]

woof wooof woooof

[@MrPawba]

Ten Sherman bierze udział w (chyba) każdej corocznej inscenizacji DDay Hel na Helu

[@adrianrynczak9195]

dokładnie kolego, ten sam :)

[@izom]

super- love it !

[@krystiangsi]

Piękny ryk potwora

[@uprightchoppers]

Music to my ears 😃

[@alexwest2573]

The cast hull Sherman’s look better than the welded ones IMO

[@defuncthusky6649]

Less effective tho

[@orneryokinawan4529]

@@defuncthusky6649 like that matters today.

[@DraconX3]

@@orneryokinawan4529 No.....but it did in the war. But despite the flaws, yes the M1A1 cast hull does look good. Its classic symbolism

[@PwnyDwn]

I actually found one of these engines in a junk yard years ago. Been sitting in my barn for almost a decade now. One day i'll do something with it.

[@xzqzq]

Have you fitted it to an engine stand, and fired it up ?

[@PwnyDwn]

@@xzqzq nah I wouldnt know where to start. I'm a Harley guy. That's above my pay grade. We just had it about 10 years now

[@xzqzq]

@@PwnyDwn OK

[@jadensantiago5583]

I didn't know these had radials??? That's so cool!

[@Devantejah]

They had a bit of every engine they could get their hands on.

[@IPwnYouPay]

Starts better than my truck in winter

[@engasal]

Easily the best-sounding tank ever. Easily

[@OpenGL4ever]

No. Leopard sounds better.

[@tannerdaudelin8080]

Leopard 1 C2 is even more intense

[@Trigg3rHippie]

Check out the British Chieftain and get back to me. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqmvhZ-rj5qLaa8

[@engasal]

@@OpenGL4ever The Leopard doesn't have the angry machine sound of the radial Sherman. It sounds great but the Sherman's sound is more fitting for it's purpose

[@engasal]

@@Trigg3rHippie Chieftains look great but they always sound like they're being driven on the red line in first gear

[@billyost1479]

Sounds like a wildcat fighter, looks like a tank. Epic.

[@user-ki4ms5jg7r]

It just needs a file ( rasp?) attention to become a fighter. ;)

[@kellyherald1390]

I can just hear my dad saying "Cold blooded SOB!" 😂

[@Letyourcolorsblendwithmine]

Gotta be REAL cold in there.

[@kenhutchens513]

That's a cold hearted old tank right there.

[@KarlMarxUSA]

that's the best tank ever made

[@Trigene1004]

bei diesem panzer und dem sound muss ich immer an den film "der tank" mit "james garner" (gott hab ihn seelig) denken. "Festhalten Kinder jetzt wirds ein bisschen holperig!!!!" 😎😀 der sound geht echt hart ab alter ✌

[@maxpower1293]

Sounds nice, but the loveliest engine sound ist that from the germans Panther.

[@henryrapoport8608]

You can use that tank to get rid of.mosquitos with the smoke it makes.

[@ash_1419]

Smol tenk :)

[@SoulSoundMuisc]

What a gorgeous lady she is! Get them tracks muddy!

[@lordfuqwad666]

If only war thunder sounded this good, my lord 😍

[@Hopeless_and_Forlorn]

As an aircraft mechanic retired from the last days of piston-engined airliners, I must say that start seemed almost too easy. I wonder if a little pre-heating may have been involved.

[@germanmg4257]

Yeah exactly.... Like i pointed out, if i was running one them during the war with the intent of staying alive the last thing i would want is a engine that never starts right, runs like crap, an leaves a smoke signal for miles. Piss on that!!! Lol.... Ford GAA any day!!!!!!! lol

[@Jungleland33]

I believe the Russians took it a stage further and lit fires under the engines at night. 😃

[@evan8654]

@@Jungleland33 people do this in cold parts of the USA in 2021.

[@randomguyingasmask]

@@Jungleland33 In those temperatures, everyone was litting fire under the tank, even the Germans with their petrol powered tanks. It's a 1-2cm thick plate, you won't damage anything with the fire.

[@Colt45hatchback]

Do you think its got a decomp lever? Im wondering how you "pull it through" so you dont get a hydrolock from the oil in the lower cylinders. Assuming the engine is horizontal shaft and not mounted with it vertically

[@KASHYENKA97]

wow grampa took a long time to wake up

[@robertmcwhinney4596]

Man I'd love to have a couple of those bad boys!😎👍

[@gronthgronth2628]

from 0:30 sounds simmilar to "Yesterday night i ate a spicy mexican food and in the morning first thing i did was to smoke a cig"

[@wojciechszulzycki670]

chyba też zalicza łabiszyńskie spotkania z historią ;)

[@WestTNConfed]

King of WWII tanks right there

[@thomaslieven8447]

Stealth wasn’t a thing back then.

[@TR33ZY_CRTM]

It was, just ask the British SAS. Also, why would you bring a tank to a stealth mission anyway?

[@randomguyingasmask]

M4A2 and M10 were actually much quieter since they used diesel engines.

[@lector-dogmatixsicarii1537]

@@randomguyingasmask >Detroit 2 stroke >Quiet Yeah... Have you ever firewalled a loaded 6-71 up a hill? The sound is wild. Even God can hear you. Now consider the 6046 is two put together. The radial has much more displacement with a less restrictive exhaust, so there is that. Still the diesel sound is scary for little kids and the uninitiated. This tank driving by is pretty par for the day vs something with a potentially blown out exhaust throwing off a cloud of fire and brimstone that sounds like a beat up angry scalded demon [see the Ford L9000 on This Guy's Stuff and Stuff channel if you don't know how the sound can get]. You will historically be firewalling the M10 up some big ass grades riding right on the governor where you otherwise would overrev the radial to disaster.

[@randomguyingasmask]

@@lector-dogmatixsicarii1537 Well that's just what I heard. And also from the videos I saw where they roll up both kind of vehicles (Shermans and M10s alike), the radial and the Ford GAA just overshadows the diesel of the M10 in sound.

[@lector-dogmatixsicarii1537]

@@randomguyingasmask The radial is, but actually no... Maybe you aren't old enough to remember when the diesels were everywhere, but in person you would hear them pulling grade from miles out. If you operate them with any sort of straight through exhaust especially, wear your hearing protection unless you want to be like the rest of us with hearing loss.

[@war113]

magnificient beast

[@DrPiterarnett]

beast? joke ..real junk like all us tanks

[@agentkaos1768]

@@DrPiterarnett how so?

[@KyleSVT]

Epic

[@Coffreek]

Sure, I'm four years late. That is still a big 'ol cloud of "Murica, right there.

[@normfreilinger5655]

Bad ass !

[@HorsepowerDr]

Is that one of those Fire Fly Shermans with the 76mm high velocity main gun ? cuz the turret and main gun look bigger than a regular Sherman to me

[@klaasklapsigaar1081]

Was this particular tank in Arromanches (France) in 2015 during D-Day celebration?

[@TheKlink]

*Dankula Theme plays in the background...*

[@mho...]

Its insane how Dirrrty they Burn!

[@armaletalia3254]

Do you think they had hurl buckets inside the tanks?

[@shawnbrennan2583]

That cold start is definitely one of those "check the gas and fill the oil situations"

[@321GhostRider123]

Would love to drive 1 round around the block in a Tiger. Sadly they changed the law in my country, you can only drive a tank if you use it for Argicultural purposes... If that problem woulden't be there i would have bought a old soviet tank years ago :D

[@ololo9283]

Imagine driving a tank around on a farm and shooting rounds and then when the police show up saying "BuT ITs FoR dA vEgEtAbLeS"

[@flowgangsemaudamartoz7062]

@@ololo9283 Easy, make the rounds of compacted fertilizer.

[@jack_irl]

become a farmer ;)

[@calvinnyala9580]

Fit a scoop in front of your tank. Register it as a bulldozer for land flattening and you're all set

[@keithallver2450]

0:30 It's nice to see that the Sherman is an environmentally friendly Tank.

[@Big_John_C]

When the towns are burning from the hundreds of bombs dropped on them it's kind of a mute point, don't ya think???

[@agentkaos1768]

It is made from the 40s...

[@sixoffive]

My dad told me they didn’t always put radial engines in Shermans. Though I heard they tried two six cylinders and even a Cadillac V8, hearsay.

[@T34theAmericanheavy]

The most common engines were the continental radial, the twin gm diesels, and the ford gaa V8. The designations were A1, A2, and A3 respectively

[@toastrecon]

I kind of want the ability to start my truck like that. Battery dead? Get out the crank for the tire jack. Stick it in through an opening in the grill in front, wind up some starter, and then pull some release when you're behind the wheel.

[@knb9342]

I start my volkswagen bug with a tie down strap over the crank pulley all the time

[@toastrecon]

@@knb9342 I think I’d need bigger muscles and need a larger diameter crank in my truck to get it started with a pull rope!

[@ecomotive6158]

The best way to have dead-start capability in a vehicle is to have a manual transmission and push-start it if necessary. A crank starting system would need some sort of heavy flywheel, gearing and a clutch. Way too much added weight, bulk and complexity to be practical.

[@jerrywestaway9316]

Sounds Like Me When I Wake Up In The Morning

[@Reza-sl4jm]

It poked two nice holes in ozone layer

[@umeng2002]

Getting ready for the WWII DLC.

[@hamavery6476]

I don't know what it is about this video in particular but its just surreal to see this tank in real life (not in a movie or game, etc.) Maybe it's the lighting? Since it would've seen weather like this...i think lol.

[@xzqzq]

I also like the video of guys hand-cranking a Tiger.

[@kenney5454]

Looks and Sounds Great, Question: does it need Nav Gas or some high octane type fuel as a plane would with that motor?

[@MostlyPennyCat]

I think they were down rated so they didn't need precious high octane avgas.

[@capitaljushman5756]

yeah just lower octane gasoline was needed

[@MostlyPennyCat]

@@capitaljushman5756 if my understanding of the engineering behind this stuff is correct, high octane fuel is less susceptible to pre-detonation. As a result you can reconfigure the engine geometry to give you higher compression ratios, which means more power. If you're only going to use low-octane fuel it works, but you have to then reconfigure the geometry for a smaller max compression, otherwise it'll knock (pre-detonate) Less compression means less power but this can use the cheaper fuel safely

[@oliveryt7168]

Me on the toilet, after I had beans for dinner the day before...

[@iaminyourwalls479]

okay i know that sherman 76 was not as powerful as panthers and tigers until the germans were making low quality panthers after 1943. but man sherman looks cool and it was the best tank for new tankers. i love the sherman and all german tanks.

[@TheMcpele]

Jak się nazywa tego typu system rozruchowy ?

[@kenc9236]

Sounds like my 440 cold start.

[@cojoe4896]

I can smell the freedom from here in canada

[@Big_John_C]

You folks have no freedom, your communist leader decides what you can do

[@cojoe4896]

@@Big_John_C I mean we do have freedom but out leader is a sack of shit turning out once good country into a communist hell hole

[@MoistDredd]

Supra and r34's been real quiet since this dropped

[@MultiSteveB]

The Sherman is smaller than I thought it would be.

[@Phantom_Aspekt]

They're also tall and narrow, pretty dorky looking tanks to be honest

[@xzqzq]

Only a medium tank, made to transit European bridges, which the larger / heaver Tiger could not do...

[@Front-Toward-Enemy]

I guess this is the tank equivalent of morning voice.

[@xfirehurican]

Heading for the Polish/Belarus border!

[@janas266]

jak odpalam swojego diesla to wyglada identycznie tylko korba nie musze krecic

[@jeftips4956]

Inderdaad prachtich geluid, bij ons in de Ardennen staan nog verschillende Sherman Tanks. Vele met inpakt van 88mm

[@beniaodessckiy3396]

Чих пых,но может потягаца с современными танчиками еще в бою...

[@barneylinet6602]

This sounds just like my Indian FTR 1200s when i start it.

[@bwright3943]

Check out that freedom dispenser

[@fpstina]

the enemy will never know we're coming!

[@ninjadragon4667]

So that's where Conker went after disappearing from Microsoft...

[@ID-8491]

To this very day M4A1 Sherman is the backbone of the Polish armed forces.

[@vasiapetrov1051]

На постаменте ЗИС-2?

[@jochenheiden]

That thing is doing everything it can to NOT run. Jeez.