The FV432 Armored Personnel Carrier | BRITISH BATTLE BUS! 💥🚌

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@_Matsimus_ 4 ай бұрын

What is your favorite Armored Personnel Carrier in the tracked fighting vehicle world? Let me know! Mine is.....FV432 lol! Have a great day! Also if you are interested in some cool features to add to your World of Tanks account, go to this link to use the code 'COMBAT for your chance to get some amazing bonus features for World Of Tanks!: tanks.ly/4dfqsio

@GBreezy57 4 ай бұрын

As former maintanence officer of the OPFOR unit at JMRC (Hohenfels) and was in charge of the maintenance of 90 of thoses (We called them M113s)... anything but them.

@TimothySielbeck 4 ай бұрын

While I have an affinity for the 113 I do like the return rollers on the 430s.

@iatsd 4 ай бұрын

AMX10P - criminally underrated series.

@SonsOfLorgar 4 ай бұрын

Pbv302 will always be the diamond standard of APCs in my book 😊

@VincentSmith-i7o 4 ай бұрын

In̈ Germany in the 1970s 6 field workshop R.E.M.E had about 6 of these fitted as recovery/maintenance vehicles fitted with a HIAB crane for doing jobs such as engine changes in the field. Brilliant vehicle

@Limescale12 4 ай бұрын

As a young American boy, I always thought these were just what M113's looked like when they're born in Great Britain

@Monkey-ud8bw 4 ай бұрын

There are people in the army now who are driving these, as their fathers AND grandfathers did. There are Bulldogs, but the majority of the existing 432’s are still the un-upgraded variants. Roll on Boxer.

@DH.2016 4 ай бұрын

First time I saw this vehicle, I was under 10 years old and it was sitting on a trailer. The British Army sergeant told me that whilst this was the future, he preferred the 6 wheeled Saracen. Next time I saw this, I was in my twenties and it was part of a military parade that passed by outside my office window. The driver kept pace with the marching Argylls. Then, in my sixties, I got to drive it and not only that, the Abbot also. An easy drive ... but what a difference driving the Abbot variant, with the extra weight of that 105mm gun and turret. Great experience (but would still like to drive that CV90, Matt!). 😄 p.s wouldn't say no to driving a Warrior either!

@psychoalpha2 4 ай бұрын

Not military myself, but drove two of them on seperate day out events, really fun to drive

@TomasFunes-rt8rd 7 күн бұрын

Here in Gold Coast, Australia, 2 of these things were purchased for about 5000 pounds each, about 20 years ago, converted by a club of mates into Shinhoto Chi-Ha tanks (only the number of road wheels being inaccurate) and used in various reenactment spectaculars ! At least until they blotted their copybook by converting one further into a BAD repro Pz 38t tank :(

@Del_S 4 ай бұрын

"Rhinos.... RHINOS! Our enemies hide in metal boxes!" But yeah, I feel like keeping simpler designs like this even just for training makes sense. This and the American cousin are just adaptable and dependable basic designs. In fact if it's just to train drivers to get used to tracks, you could convert them into EVs, make the environmentalists happy about the recycling and low emissions. The batteries and such can go in the troop bay instead of the passengers. :D

@FrostbiteDigital 4 ай бұрын

Love the Dawn of War reference!

@Del_S 4 ай бұрын

@@FrostbiteDigital I believe they used an FV432 to build a Rhino as a DoW2 promo. It or a replica is parked outside the GW HQ as a display now, repainted for the Ultramarines.

@Emperorvalse 4 ай бұрын

Definitely a role for these vehicles in a support service that is not going to be fighting up front but needs mobility and some armour protection. No need to have everything armored, gunned and sensors up unless you plan to take it up front to fight.

@AdmV0rl0n 4 ай бұрын

Nothing can replace the bulldog, other than a bulldog :)

@nl59 4 ай бұрын

That's awesome, didn't realise you went to Bordon barracks, my school bus went through there to Alton from 2002-2007, who would have thought I would be watching your videos years later but always driving past!

@haalstaag 4 ай бұрын

My Dad served in Munster in the 1970's with MK2's and I, in the 80's served in Minden with a MK1...that makes no sense what so ever

@StuSaville 4 ай бұрын

Australia trialled these against the M113 in the early 60's but ultimately chose the M113 due to its superior performance in jungle conditions.

@Shelldrakeaus 4 ай бұрын

Definitely keep it! As you explained, it's a great training vehicle. It's not like people ride in tracked vehicles every day, so they don't have a frame or reference of how tracked vehicles are driven and how they handle.

@BrianCharlesThomas-dp9du 4 ай бұрын

Excellent video, Mat.

@kieron3676 4 ай бұрын

I love it. My local paintball field has one. And it's always fun to ride along.

@EdgeZXY 4 ай бұрын

Man I would LOVE an APC, whether it be the FV432 or the M113. They just look like so much fun to drive around and take out into the wilderness to have some fun with. It seems like APCs got a lot of shit, especially the M113, but they're just so neat as a vehicle in general

@Del_S 4 ай бұрын

The M113 gets a lot of flak because it took a lot of flak. And AT. And autocannon fire. And IEDs. When something is cheap and common it will get used for things that no one designed it for at first. People began expecting IFV performances from them, especially after they upgunned them.

@TheShrike616 4 ай бұрын

It's sad so many Nato countries got rid of good useful pieces of kit because of peace dividends back in the day. It's utterly incomprehensible to see them do the same thing today without a replacement. Is Ajax going to replace the warrior?

@captjinxmarine9832 4 ай бұрын

Like always a good presentation Sergeant. Keep up with your videos, I always enjoy them.

@falanglao01 4 ай бұрын

Great story about smoking those teenagers. Reminded me that I did basically the same thing once when I was a light tank driver during my military service. The exhaust was angled upwards to the side so I timed it to push the gas pedal while slowly passing a civilian truck who had his window down, the driver was looking out and shouting something at us because our convoy delayed him. Great laugh, black smoke must have filled his whole cab. Too bad we moved on, we'd have loved to see his reaction.

@grantpratt299 4 ай бұрын

Yes more on the fv432

@Cammy1RHF 4 ай бұрын

Ex Armoured infantry here,drove a 432 in germany,14B,took me 10min to pass my test lol. final drives let me down every time😂

@iainreid9822 4 ай бұрын

As a young squaddie it was the first armoured vehicle I had ever travelled in. 2SG, Waterloo Barracks, Munster, West Germany 1978.

@appsstore11 4 ай бұрын

I drove one of these at a tank driving experience day in the UK near Leicester it was awesome fun I took it round the track twice and buttoned up and none with my head out,awesome experience,everyone should do it ❤

@tomsmith2209 4 ай бұрын

It's a metal box on tracks, they will always be useful to someone, somewhere at some time. I'd like to have one just in case I need to go into london/Manchester/Birmingham at some point.

@alangordon3283 4 ай бұрын

The good old 43 Banger

@marekohampton8477 4 ай бұрын

One Saturday afternoon, about 10 years ago, I heard a mighty roaring engine sound outside, so, naturally, I looked out of the window to see what it was. It was one of these beasts, parking up outside my neighbour's house across the road. Needless to say, it caused quite a stir, and pretty soon, had a crowd of people around, taking photos, kids were climbing on it and getting inside, I think it even had a de-activated Browning .50 machine gun on it.

@geodkyt 4 ай бұрын

I agree with you about their utility, and the need to keep them around. Yeah, they shouldn't be used for front line infantry, but then, a modern IFV generally makes a really poor GP armored transporter - which is exactly the role this class of vehicle was developed to excel at, even when they were also the best infantry transporters around. Sometimes you just need a big armored box with a lot of usable under armor space, capable of handling small arms fire and fragments from nearby artillery bursts. Not everything needs to be able to go nose to nose with another IFV or an MBT. Just like wheeled trucks. Oh, sure, you change up models every so often to incorporate the latest automotive improvements, but there will always be a need for a wheeled cargo truck with good highway performance and decent offroad performance, in the 2-6 ton range. Until we issue laser guns and have everything flying about in antigravity vehicles, the supply sergeant is going to be bouncing troops and supplies in the back of a large ugly off road truck, as he chuckles and aims for the holes in the road, with his webbing all tangled on the floor on the passenger side.

@mikewinston8709 4 ай бұрын

I’m a former 2434 from 1974 - 1998. The 432 was a jolly good piece of kit. The key was its simplicity. It’s rather like a GPMG as an instance….70 years old and still works. Too easy.

@scottstirland4724 4 ай бұрын

I got to dive the FV430 in the UK. It was amazing fun and surprising reactive. If its cheap and gets the job done as a transport then why not keep them

@Guerrillakalle 4 ай бұрын

There were a Ton of These in the soltau Training area back then remember them all around when i was a kid

@mikesmith2905 4 ай бұрын

Always had a soft spot for the 432 (and the Stalwart). As a kid I liked making Airfix kits, they started doing 'modern' stuff (well a couple of tanks) and I wanted some 432s to go with them but I had to convert Roco Minitank M42 Duster (in 1:87 it scaled out nicely as a 432 in 1:72(ish). They were my first serious go at that kind of thing and I still have them in a box somewhere. The final drive train was a bit of a problem (always is on tracked vehicles) but modernisation plans never seemed to address that (same with Stalwart, the Mk.1 was essentially it, all they did was add a crane to the rear). Never had to use one but it always 'looked the part' to me. You didn't mention the variant with the Fox turret, a sort of semi-aifv but really more there for fire support.

@stephen7571 4 ай бұрын

My driver training at SEME Borden 1980. My instructor whilst driving told me through the comms head set ‘these are ancient, they won’t be around much longer.’ Seems pity not to make new ones, all round useful, simple and not delayed into service many many years ago like the Ajax?

@Madmedic6073 4 ай бұрын

I was the medic in the back of the AV432 not the F type as it was the ambulance loads of room and even better to sleep in once on exercise, I did hear a good number of years ago they were going to do a ambulance out of a Warrior but nothing came about, those 80 or so Warriors been scrap would be a perfect opportunity to convert them…cheers for the memories former Combat Medic RAMC..🇬🇧🇦🇲🇬🇧

@neildraycott5272 3 ай бұрын

3 AFA myself in the 80's I loved these things

@Madmedic6073 3 ай бұрын

@@neildraycott5272 was in 5AFA 1987-1993 until we all moved to Preston and became 5 Wheeled Field Ambulance until 1995 then attached to EOD for 3 years and the rest is a complete mystery oh sorry history IAF 🇦🇲

@stephen2429 4 ай бұрын

Bordon was where I also got my H licence on FV432. Mechanised in Germany, then we went Airmobile. Never used 432 till we went to Berlin and BATUS.

@JBob-qv2fd 4 ай бұрын

Felt like I was watching The Chieftain there. I hope we get to see more of this style of video in the future

@robertmarr3383 4 ай бұрын

Memories of back in 76 with 12 Mech HQ and Sig Squadron Osnabruck

@mylesdobinson1534 4 ай бұрын

I did my A licence training in a M113a1 in the Australian army. We trained at Tin Can Bay training area for two weeks before they let us road march back to Brisbane via Wivenhoe dam where we did our amphibious training. All good fun. As a side note they upgraded these in the 2000s with an add-on steel plate, lengthen them with an extra road wheel, MTU diesel, and new transmission. They had to de-rate The MTU as on the test version, they stripped the track off. 🇦🇺

@neildraycott5272 3 ай бұрын

They were loud to be uncomfortably cramped and hard to keep going, I loved every minute I spent in one.

@alfiealf9707 4 ай бұрын

As a format javelin operator the thing I loved about these was the thermal signature made them so easy to identify. The exhaust system made them look like a helicopter

@omarrp14 4 ай бұрын

From my understanding they weren’t just scrapping the 80 warriors. They are going to cannibalize them for parts to help keep the rest of the fleet running till Boxer/Ajax/other are in large enough numbers.

@petesheppard1709 4 ай бұрын

A good, solid piece of kit, even though the driver's on the wrong side...😜 As long as parts hold out and repairs are fairly economical, it should continue to be used where a simple armored 'pickup' is helpful.

@chalky3320 4 ай бұрын

Last time i saw 1 was on medman 2 in 92 at batus. Was providing medical cover and was flown out by helo to recover a lad who had been crushed between two 432's doing resupply to the battle group. Unfortunately he was doa and we had to bag him up. 2 weeks later on return to the UK I was sitting next to 1 of his mates on a tristar

@norb0254 4 ай бұрын

I was going to say about your mates 43 ,as i say the kidney plate on the side ...Did my test on the 43 in Hohne .i also had to do the reverse around the cones ,then the emergenvy stop then drove for about a mile and passed Perk of being the BFG inspector in the unit mi think they where scared to fail me ...Strange how Warrior is being binned yet the 43 is being retained ..Biggest issue with it was heat exchangers then muppets leaving the bungs in where the coolant pipes went ..Personally i think they should be retired ..They should have updated warrior and made a replacement for the 43 series

@exploatores 4 ай бұрын

In my own country if was PBV 302 that did this work. I kind of think It´s good to have some kind of APC. for when a IFV isn´t necesary.

@JohnJackson-e9z 4 ай бұрын

Armored Personal Carriers move people from the rear close to the front but are not for fighting the enemy. Mostly transporting men and supplies. Infantry Fighting Vehicles are used in direct action against the enemy.

@ianjardine7324 4 ай бұрын

I got flashed by two very attractive young ladies in a range rover driving down to Portsmouth in one. Later became an H cat instructor and taught in them. Great little beasts but the engine and steering system needed replaced badly. The K60 like all multi fuel engines was cranky unreliable and a bloody nightmare to fix and anyone who understands the steering system knows the designer was clearly smoking crack. If one of the oil cooled friction bands snapped while driving you have no way of stopping the vehicle and can only steer in one direction until it stops on its own nightmare fuel for any driver or nearby cars or pedestrians.

@replica1052 4 ай бұрын

(works even better in reverse - you get rear sprocket drive and better weight distribution )

@Max_Flashheart 4 ай бұрын

You can drive them on the Roads here in New Zealand with the correct road worthiness and registration certs

@karstenjackson-lange5516 4 ай бұрын

I loved driving that but I never had a helmet as a driver

@MaxTSanches 4 ай бұрын

Driving to The Tank Museum in Bovington UK I came upon a turretless Challenger with a box structure on top with a few trainees and a sergent yelling at the young driver. This would have been fun, except it was coming towards me down the road at a good clip and it had a very large 'L' on it. Terrifying - for both me and the driver.

@thewomble1509 3 ай бұрын

That's the Challenger DTT, (Driver training tank).

@skylongskylong1982 4 ай бұрын

In the eighties we used to call it the British Leyland Marina of the AFV world !

@SSGT739 4 ай бұрын

Drove the 432 when it still had a petrol pack, stunt machine. Then sadly we went diesel😔 stunt mahine 😁🤙🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@Kendoe0341 4 ай бұрын

I nearly bought one back in early 2000

@accesszero4803 4 ай бұрын

Ive spent many hours driving around germany in one of these

@muskett4108 4 ай бұрын

With the attrition of armoured vehicles becoming increasingly high, then maybe something cheap and simple might see a return? Not much is going to stop a Javelin or 40mm cannon armour piercing, so why try? Just needs to stop air burst, grenades, and artillery fragments. Shouldn't be difficult to put a 432 together again?

@00yiggdrasill00 4 ай бұрын

Not military though I've studied a fair bit, but I imagine that not even trying would be bad for moral. Add that having a vehicle capable of dealing with as many weapons as possible means those counters must be used is also useful in ways. From what I've gathered missiles are not cheap or easy to build, and just the threat of an advanced armoured vehicle would mean they need to be ready to counter it. But someone in the military would know far more than me and I could be completely wrong. Study is one thing but living it is entirely another as it's said.

@muskett4108 4 ай бұрын

@@00yiggdrasill00 Development costs are eye watering when designing anything military, especially "intelligent" missiles. The actual manufacturing for volume isn't, as most can be automated. Really depends on how many you want. There just isn't much profit, or jobsworth, in selling simple cheap items. Since iron ships made wooden navies redundant overnight, the need to keep apace of developments is The priority. Drones are the "in thing" at present, however counter measures will be along soon enough. A cheap armoured well engined tracked box may well be useful to taxi the anti drone stuff about. Heck, a remote, no driver, cheap box would do. Anyone who doesn't keep up is toast, and then it comes down to politics. Religions and ideologies are far harder to tackle. The FV432 has been replaced with wheeled APC's as roads become more common, and even government's look at running costs. Wheeled is far cheaper and faster than tracked on tarmac. Get off the road then tracked wins every time unless too heavy.

@Woodn509 4 ай бұрын

The Warriors coming out of service are currently being stripped to support those remaining in service for another couple of years.

@Sir_Godz 4 ай бұрын

there is just never a time when a tracked box isnt needed in the army

@johnbastien3872 4 ай бұрын

I get that m 113 vibe. I guess on the right trail it works as a puke box also. Lol.

@ronboe6325 4 ай бұрын

It's got tracks, what's not to like?! As far as keeping in service - well, war is changing what with the drones and rockets so I'm afraid its' time is passing. But that is the way of war isn't it?

@chillygilly939 4 ай бұрын

These are only good for indirect artillery/mortar protection, anything direct will obliterate it but that’s the whole point of these if I’m correct ?

@ButcherFella 4 ай бұрын

I live in Greatham near bordon small world.

@Turn-the-light-off 4 ай бұрын

Matt would it be too much to say let's go for a drive to Tim Hortons. 😂

@_Matsimus_ 4 ай бұрын

If youre coming to pick me up in a FV432 then sure lol

@BHuang92 4 ай бұрын

A popular basis for the Panzer 3 reproductions

@vincentcondron588 4 ай бұрын

It would be nice if you did an in depth video of the fv432 in fact it would be great thank you

@puffintheshed 3 ай бұрын

If you put ration tins down the exhaust pipe while it was ticking over, let them heat up and when theyre done hit the accelerator pedal to eject!!

@mikeainsworth4504 4 ай бұрын

The Union Flag mounted on the FV432 in your thumbnail is upside down 🤦🏻‍♂️

@trigger1471 4 ай бұрын

its like Marmite

@Echo_Mike 4 ай бұрын

That’s not a FV4300 that’s a Rhino armoured transport of the Space Marines brother

@billmmckelvie5188 4 ай бұрын

So what's the difference between the British FV 432 and the American M113. Finally, is the Warrior superior to the Bulldog?

@thewomble1509 3 ай бұрын

Warrior was the replacement for 432's in the troop carrying role in the British Army. It's bigger, better armoured, much faster, has more internal space, and sports a turet with a 30mm Rarden cannon. FV432's in the APC role just carried a GPMG on a pintle mount.

@billmmckelvie5188 3 ай бұрын

@@thewomble1509 Thanks.

@outis7080 4 ай бұрын

MEHTAL BAWKSES!!!

@williamforbes6291 4 ай бұрын

Emailed my local MP to request and support sending the fv432s to Ukraine rather than wasting them needlessly Thanks for the info mat

@williamforbes6291 4 ай бұрын

Warrior* lol finished the video before commenting sorry

@biscuitcrusader 4 ай бұрын

I reckon the warriors would've been a huge help in ukraine, I don't see why they don't just ship them off instead of sending other stuff which reduces the capability of the army