The Heavy-Duty Beast that Remained in the Shadows ▶ The Sterling T26 8x8 V12 Story

[@fraserhenderson7839]

Also known as "Draggin' Wagon". The armor was a late add-on and was deleted pretty quickly as it heavily overloaded the front suspension and sterring parts. The idea was: don't do recoveries under fire... Tamiya produced an amazing model of this super carrier, extreme detail and function.

[@brianb-p6586]

The M25 was the "Dragon Wagon" (obviously a pun on "draggin'").

[@armoredsaint6639]

I have the dragon wagon by Tamiya as well! Very cool kit!

[@codyfoster7981]

Just watch the video to see how stupid your comment is

[@CarLos-yi7ne]

The M26 had no "add on" armour: the armoured cabin was there from the start of production (1943). Lateron (1944) they switched over to an unarmoured cabin (M26A1) because it was found that the armour was not needed.

[@josephlannert969]

As ex military I can confirm that cutting programs with enormous potential like this is still a reoccurring theme...

[@rogueinvestor2375]

And the money goes overseas, to so-called allies.

[@mottthehoople693]

only repugs...remember that at voting time

[@ralphllivrah9551]

Everything has potential

[@Overthinker_No.1]

Good thing the memory, history, and more importantly schematics remain 😉

[@ralphllivrah9551]

@@Overthinker_No.1 Don’t worry it’s genetically coded in us to be inspired by war. Our creativity goes through the roof when it comes to building `weapons. Look what we did when we split the atom. Women actually become more fertile during war. What does that say about us.

[@Trucksusa]

Love these giant machines!

[@davidduro974]

This Truck Looks so cool with its 8x8 double tyres and complety ahead of its time it Looks like From the 70s or 80s and still modern… the MAN Military Trucks got pretty much the same optic and are great truck too but they came out in the late 70s and this Truck is from 1943 !

[@philsalvatore3902]

Tatra made the 8x8 truck practical with the model 813

[@acersalman8258]

Good machine so much specialy

[@robertoinsaurralde2494]

VERY GOOD

[@lewiemcneely9143]

Ended up with 6x6, 10-ton tractors and same Draggin Waggon trailers. Favored the G.I. 2 1/2 and 5-ton trucks but bigger. 903 Cummins V-8 with a 5 speed behind it with hi/lo range and an air controlled p.t.o. Garwood winch on each side right behind the cab for pulling tanks from each side up on the trailer. The trailers had extensions at the front with pulleys on top for the dual winch lines to run through so it could load from both side with equal pulling. Engineers had them.

[@dalekrinke2674]

Very interesting. I was working in the arctic in the 1960 s to the late 1970 s. Around 1975 the oil company we were working for brought in a giant sized 8x8 machine called a Dragging Wagon?? Not sure if was this machine ?? They used it for a very short period of time for pulling freight sleighs. Then it disappeared and I never saw it again!

[@fooseballs308]

There was a machine called a Dragon Wagon but it wasnt 8x8.

[@fraserhenderson7839]

Draggin' wagon was the first vehicle, the American M25 / M26. It had a lot of unique engineering and excellent self loading and carrying chops. It was engineered for easy maintenance in the field and mechanical redundancy. It used one enormous differential and independent sacrificial drive chains for each rear driving wheel

[@brianb-p6586]

They were probably applying the military name to an unrelated industrial machine. If it had extremely wide tires, it might have been something like a Rolligon Brute.

[@generaldisarray4146]

I actually drive one of these in a game called Snowrunner. Very interesting truck.

[@scpvrr]

Much better narrator. Thank you.

[@celtisafricana4984]

But still saying "litters" of fuel!👎🏻

[@marcleblanc3602]

Merci, intéressant, les jouets des hommes.

[@GearTechHD]

Merci ! Oui, tout à fait, les jouets ultimes pour les grands. Heureux que vous l'ayez trouvé intéressant !

[@christopherallen9615]

They do obstacle courses in mud runs with these trucks in russia. You guys should look it up it's cool.

[@Freesavh1776]

I would love to find & own a dragon wagon. I hate it when you hear none survived. 😢

[@SF-fm9hs]

there around. But I've only seen maybe 2or 3 in the past 20 years come up for sale. More are over in Europe.

[@brianb-p6586]

M25 Dragon Wagons are presumably still around; the T26 is not.

[@philsalvatore3902]

@@SF-fm9hs You probably saw Tatra 813s or 815s.

[@CockadoodleDont]

The T26 8x8 is extinct since only a few were built. The M26 dragon wagon is still around I’ve seen a few, plenty of videos of them on KZbin as well

[@CockadoodleDont]

@@philsalvatore3902There are a few dragon wagons in France

[@deborahchesser7375]

Form follows function and these HD spec built trucks are beautiful. I learned in square fender all steel Mack’s, very spartan and strictly business but redundantly built and ever capable. By the time you hit top gear you needed a break and a samich 😂

[@ozzy7763]

Great video. I had never heard of this vehicle!

[@chriszumsch47]

Only 56kmh?? its very fast for such a vehicle at this time!

[@Freesavh1776]

It wasn't going anywhere in a hurry, now was it?😂 But it's still a beast of a truck.

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

​@@Freesavh1776 100 liters per 100 kilometers, it was not exactly the most economical military truck either. 😁

[@friktionrc]

@@V8AmericanMuscleCarhahaha yeah, I think being designed to carry stuff at times of war, being environmentally friendly and fuel efficient wasn’t high on the list 😂

[@karlk6860]

Got my answer it was chain driven! thats NUTTS!

[@deborahchesser7375]

The designer said there was no metal tough enough to make driveshafts out of ? With the Ford GAA Sherman tank motor it made 500 hp and 1100 torque that’s beastly as F especially for 43’

[@piperp9535]

Just wanted to point out that a tank being classified as a Medium tank does not mean that's it's intended role is Infantry Support.

[@tristanconnolly5675]

Nice.

[@meltdownshark8812]

yay

[@Siddharth_joshi_Abhivachan]

Damn that truck looks monstrous 😍 enemy would loose half a battle if they see this bad boy coming at them growling

[@CowboyLeo1900]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@karlk6860]

If you look at the pics of the axle assemblies on the T26 it sure as heck looks like it was chain driven? Is this a driving chain or is it to run something else?

[@jacksmith7726]

So you didn't listen to the video then ? Because he says that

[@karlk6860]

I listened to it and heard it was fully chain driven. Seems an insane way to do it.

[@alangordon3283]

Try watching it

[@CockadoodleDont]

The M26 dragon wagon they were using had chain drive for the rear axle. The plan for the T26 was to have the front and rear axles chain driven since they were both double axle in the front and rear on the prototypes. They used sprockets and chain to drive the 2nd axle off of the main driveshaft/gear driven axle.

[@adriantowe278]

I love it i want one as soon as I seen it i turned in to a kid going i want one i want one anybody else want one

[@najlitarvan921]

now i kinda wanna see this in snow runner

[@ابوسارةابوسارة-ز6د]

Snowrunner please add❤ ‏‪0:52‬‏

[@staremmitor7946]

My cook dish, allows the🌄 concentration of sunlight to melt a beautiful cave smooth&samitary, anywhere 📻🎶

[@fredtedstedman]

I think you got the wrong channel !!

[@fredtedstedman]

.....wrong planet maybe ......

[@jethro784]

Snowrunner please add

[@brianb-p6586]

It's too bad that there are none surviving, so only historical images can be used. It would be interesting to see how the drive gets from the transmission through the bogie pivot to the front axles. The front bogie is shown at 3:25, without the chains and with a bogie-mounted sprocket, but the drive connection between the bogie and the rest of the truck is not apparent. I assume that there was a vertical shaft through the bogie pivot axis. Regardless of the details through the bogie connection, the system was obviously chain final drive, not entirely chain drive.

[@BEHNAZahmadi-pk9ht]

Ok .❤❤

[@jamesrecknor6752]

I want one if it has cup holders and USB ports

[@GearTechHD]

Absolutely, and it even syncs with your playlist for that V12 bass boost! 😅

[@Colorado_Native]

It carries its own cup holder factory. How many did you want. Now, about those USB ports...

[@Apoc_Bone_Daddy]

😮 it's so sexy I wish they made more

[@cesarcardenas3893]

👍 solo si sus cadenas delanteras estuvieran totalmente cubiertas y tuviera reductor de fuerza/rueda libre en las ruedas de dirección, hubiera sido una máquina muy fuerte y durable

[@Colorado_Native]

They had a lieutenant driving. I was expecting a grizzled sergeant.

[@paulinosantana2490]

E verdade

[@haidenthomas6002]

It looks like something ive built in crossout

[@stevecallagher9973]

the subtitles on your videos are annoying, you should make them an option going forward.

[@sylvanos44]

why they dont put a detroit diesel in it?

[@jamesocker5235]

Chain drive front end would have been problematic wear item in mud

[@arjancornelissen9634]

It's not even clickbait? LOL

[@AncientRylanor69]

w

[@Neil-ru7kw]

That piano player on the AAA commercial is disgusting . Tell KZbin .

[@BEHNAZahmadi-pk9ht]

🇮🇷

[@scottbaker4314]

This video is not a 100% accurate.. I know a guy that lives in Nevada who got one from a "Disposition Service company it's stored in a building setting on n big steel stands the entire truck minus most of the cab and tires are all rusted away but he has a set of mechanical drawings and pictures of it being built by the military

[@bm4751]

Sterling, hardly. Seems a waste of sterling

[@bodgaard]

What’s with all the metric BS ?

[@sophiaherschel567]

Ridiculous vehicle.

[@IgrejaBrasilBendito8193]

BR trans-cargas. 💛 💚 🤍 💙