The OLDEST TANK at AusArmour: The Soviet T-26 (plus captured B variant!)

AusArmour Assistant Manager, Jason Belgrave, gives us a tour of the oldest tanks at AusArmour! The Soviet T-26 (plus a captured B variant!)
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[@Slayer_Jesse]

It looks like the driver of the dual turret model had a "significant emotional event"...

[@mangoman9290]

A holy vision

[@BigBoiLoses]

Didn’t the Cheiftan say something like that?

[@demonicsquid7217]

A headache to be exact.

[@thurin84]

@@demonicsquid7217 but not for long........

[@999torino]

@@BigBoiLoses Yes, he did.

[@PaperThinArmor]

So cool and weird to think that an Australian museum managed to get more less talked about early soviet vehicles such a long distance away from their place of origin. You guys even have a captured one to

[@RedtailFox1]

Australian museums seem to have a habit of that. I recall a British naval historian who was being interviewed a while back going on about how the sole remaining steam engines (ship engines in this case) from the Crimean war were in Australia and how our military museums seem to have some stuff that is the last of its type in the world etc When i visited the War Memorial in Canberra a number of years ago i remember a guide stating how the saying in WW1 was something to the effect of 'The British fought for Glory, the Germans fought for empire, the French fought for survival and the Australians fought for souvenirs' and if that is even remotely true (which usually is the case as the basis of stereotypes) then it would explain why we are do good at getting rare stuff lol

[@PaperThinArmor]

@@RedtailFox1 That definitely explains why you guys have the only German A7V lol

[@paulorchard7960]

@@PaperThinArmor The Meftisto was captured by a QLD Regiment after being abandoned by its German crew stuck in a shellhole during WW1. It was one of 20 built and one of 19 to survive the war. Transported to QLD Museum by ship and towed be steam roller from the wharf to its open air home at the old Bowen Hills museum! I clambered all over it as a kid in the 70s after it had at least a roof put over it! After EXPO 88 a new museum was built on part of the expo site and it was moved there, undercover but still outdoors! In the 2011 flood it was completely submerged and afterwards moved to the Ipswich rail museum for cleaning and was placed into a climate controlled cocoon to dry it out and conserve it! When the Bovington Tank Museum was set up in the early 60s the Poms realised they did not have an A7V as the 18 they souvenired after the great war were eventually scrapped so decided they would steal ours! The QLD gov at the time told them to F off, it ours and we are keeping it! After a few years of preservation work it was moved to the Canberra War Memorial and I thought, thats it, its gone! Our Prime minister at the time was Tony Abbott, a known royalist! He would have given it up in a heartbeat if the Poms had asked again but luckily they didnt! It now has its own gallery in the QLD Museum amongst other WW1 trophies and history! Its worth a visit if ever in Brisbane! 🇦🇺👍

[@kristoffermangila]

So true!

[@Sean-cz77]

Most of the paint jobs on their vehicles isn't original. They assemble them from parts, and restore them. You can tell from the surface of the metal on a lotta parts that its repainted from basically 'relic' condition. They're 'representing' a German capture. Unless theres another way to determine if that was captured by the 3rd SS TK

[@timriley302]

I can hardly wait until July- I will be visiting the museum- coming from Iowa USA.

[@entropyachieved750]

I really look forward to this each Friday night. Hello from Newcastle NSW

[@griffie84]

Fellow Novacastrian here.

[@paulorchard7960]

You need to watch workshop Wednesdays, thats the nuts and bolts stuff of what they do!🇦🇺👍

[@Isaac-ho8gh]

Nice to see a couple of fans from here too, I'm also from here lol

[@depleteduraniumcowboy3516]

I do like Jason's presentations as he seems very informed and has a lot of information to share in a short amount of time. I hope at some point I have the opportunity to visit AusArmour.

[@marktarrant1232]

I was lucky enough to visit in July last year, and Jason was working the counter. A very good bloke to talk to about anything armour related! He put me straight regarding The Chieftan's criticism of the Australian Sentinel tank, and I subsequently bought his book on the subject. I would rate the museum up there with Bovington in the UK and Saumur in France.

[@depleteduraniumcowboy3516]

@@marktarrant1232 I am a bit jealous of your museum experiences. I was in Europe for a bit wish I would have visited Saumur. Had a flight change in UK and I should have take a couple days there. At this point I think Oz is more in the cards, but I suspect my wife would not be into spending all day in a tank museum. But I see AusArmour is on the coast so maybe that will help give us each something to do.

[@sailcat662]

This is my new favourite youtube channel. Would love to see more long form restoration vids! Thank you for posting your content.

[@jamessuman2151]

If you're new, check out the full restoration builds they've done, which are a couple of hours long and are a combination of all the individual videos in one cut

[@tdb7992]

Love these Friday afternoon explainers! They give me something interesting to watch on my train ride home. I hope the temperatures are cooling down for you blokes in Cairns. It’s cooling down here a lot in Perth. No idea how you guys don’t lose your marbles with all that humidity.

[@MichalKaczorowski]

Your collection is the most impressive in the Southern Hemisphere.

[@sadwingsraging3044]

Absolutely a gem of a historical vehicle and a well done video about them. The weight of the second version almost made it to 1976 Cadillac weight!😂

[@tedheath9018]

a big burst of joy when I see these come up.

[@revolvolution7372]

4:13 i always thought it was handrails for infantry to hold on too lol

[@michaelsmeltzer1105]

We will be there next month. Can’t wait to see your collection…

[@willmartin7293]

Great video! I'm so happy to finally get a clear look at a T-26. I've read so many WW2 histories which mention this tank, but I never saw any good pictures of it.

[@MGB-learning]

Always an Outstanding vehicle review.

[@user-so6zv6ew2d]

Спасибо, за обзор!🤝🏻🤝🏻🤝🏻

[@luvtruckin]

Jason your short clips are the best keep up the good work.

[@gerardhogan3]

Hello from Canberra. Very very interesting Jason. A great asset to preserve.

[@yattaran1484]

Always my pleasure to watch this channel ! 😊

[@AdamWeber-pi1gs]

Another great video from AusArmor. Thank You, Sir.

[@DavidTablet-nt8qy]

Another great day, from across the pond thank you.🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@markaxworthy2508]

How did the Museum acquire the T26s?

[@terribleauthority]

Acquired them directly from the Kommandant of the 3rd SS Panzer Division in exchange for two packs of cigarettes in mid 1945.

[@dukenukem8381]

1990s

[@markaxworthy2508]

@@dukenukem8381 Any idea from where? They are rare in the West and non-existent in the southern hemisphere.

[@glmm2001]

Spain and Finland have a few….😅

[@davidknight2220]

Brilliant always learn something new every time I watch your videos

[@Mag_Aoidh]

Thanks Jason!

[@kenskinner6948]

Excellent presentation, thank you.

[@russwoodward8251]

Most excellent. Thanks Jason.

[@paulday-lh5mx]

Thanks guys for the video. Looking forward to the next workshop Wednesday

[@SteveMichaels]

Another great segment ! Enjoyed it Much ! ty for sharing

[@quentinstacy35]

Great content Jason.

[@thurin84]

excellent! very informative, and very prime examples.

[@theemporersnewclothes]

Many tanks for the content

[@Ralphieboy]

Great little film about a much-overlooked vehicle.

[@andrewsteele7663]

Thanks Jason, that is truly gob smacking, how on earth did you get those vehicles. Unbelievable & fantastic, Cheers

[@alexbauer9634]

really nice

[@WTHAZZA]

Cool

[@BlastedBilly]

I love being able to instantly recognize tanks like this all because I used to obsessively play a game called World of Tanks

[@999torino]

A lot of us "used to" play that game.

[@scottburton509]

Love these short videos. Keep up the good work! One question: Is it a runner?

[@lukefriesenhahn8186]

Wow! I never knew you guys had these little buggers. 😊

[@timothywood4402]

Love these chats. How about doing the T-60 next huh.

[@shanechaffey9050]

I remember reading that when Charles Bean military historian mooted the Australian War Memorial his idea was to bring the war home and to show Australians what went on and that was the basis of why so much equipment was captured

[@bushyfromoz8834]

Not only that, the governmwnt funded extensive field trips after the war to recover battlefield relics after the war finished, and those relics formed the basis of the war memorials collection

[@Disbandeddeath1]

This is so cool too see a t26

[@janwitts2688]

Britain never used the vickers 6 ton (actually 7 tons)

[@AKUJIVALDO]

And how that is relevant? Other countries bought those from British company and had a run with those....

[@janwitts2688]

@AKUJIVALDO Try learning English so that you can ask a meaningful question. If you were referring to the fact that Britain did not use them.. then this is in relation to him saying in this video that the British used them, which is wrong. If its about the tanks weight being 7 tons but it's called the 6 ton, that is also a fact that needs explained... maybe if you had grasped the language enough to understand the contents then you would also be capable of understanding my comment.

[@AKUJIVALDO]

@@janwitts2688 maybe if you learned that long ton/short ton is different from tonnes... Also, Vickers 6 ton is a product name, not a perfect description of the thing. Also also, Vickers sold those tanks to other countries. Soviet Union in particular took the tank and concept and ran with it. Now, if you actually learned to read and comprehend before letting hot air out of your breathing hole...

[@janwitts2688]

@AKUJIVALDO Troll off sh art ball...

[@clockmonkey]

For about six months or so the T-26B was the best Tank in Spain, fighting German and Italian Tanks armed with machine guns.

[@glmm2001]

It was the best during the whole conflict, as the Germans and Italians only sent Pz 1s and CV-33 tankettes. Well, until the BT-5 arrived in 1937. The rebels fielded all the captured T-26s in their armored units. Unfortunately, tactical use was terrible

[@clockmonkey]

@@glmm2001 think the first T-26Bs' arrived in October 1936 and were in action by the end of that Month. The BT-5 didn't arrive until August 1937, and there was a delay before they were committed to Battle. Its a tough call whether the T-26 was a better Tank than the BT-5 the Red Army thought it was, in terms of armament and protection there were very similar with the BT series only ahead in mobility. I said six Months, its probably closer to a year. Was half expecting someone to point out the Panzer I was more likely to be radio equipped and to go on about the tactical organization of the German Armour making it more effective, a view not held by crews at the time! Think the Nationalists handed over captured T-26 to the Germans who got some running and allocated one to each Company/Platoon subject to availability as a counter to Republican Armour. Generally though they relied on 37mm or 47 mm Anti Tank guns to counter armour. Not a period of History I know much about!

[@juanalbertoperezfuentes5307]

Muy interesante y informativo 👍

[@Colinpark]

Just saw one of these "B" variants at the Army museum in Toledo Spain, it did not have the vent guard he showed.

[@glmm2001]

That was applied to Soviet tanks, not Spanish ones, based on the SCW experience

[@ronsteelable9405]

$4200 in 1930's GBP converted to 2020's USD is roughly $390,000. Just an FYI for anybody curious!

[@pkerep1]

Greetings from Croatia !!!! Will we see a Supercut of STUG III G & or French AMX-13 RESTORATION

[@alanstanley9465]

Are you close to the cruise terminal, as i am coming for my first Australian visit early next year and would love to visit ?

[@markmelb5732]

Not super close but I took a bus from the city centre out to the museum when we were there on a cruise.

[@CthulhuInc]

i've got 1/35 kits of these 😊

[@kenbetthauser4226]

Hello. Would love to tour in person, but not in the budget being from the US. Great to have the opportunity to tour via KZbin. Are there WWII era Japanese tanks in the collection?

[@michaelmclachlan1650]

A Type 95 light tank, also 105mm Type 91 Howitzer, 75mm Type 31 Mountain gun, 70mm Type 92 Light Howitzer, 75mm Type 94 Mountain gun & 75mm Type 88 Anti aircraft gun.

[@kirankrishnars9089]

❤❤

[@ianatkinson8464]

😎👍

[@HK94]

👍

[@PixelSchnitzel]

Was armor really that pitted out of the factory or in use? Or is that just not addressed during restoration?

[@sirbachelorboredmen1314]

This is like having a rare toy without even knowing

[@Eisen_Jaeger]

From those holes in the drivers section, someone had an extremely bad day.

[@dylanvandertorre7152]

The markings show that in German service this vehicle was used in a motorised light engineer company. What would have been the role of such a vehicle in an engineer company?

[@CommissarBooks]

Why is J Stalin written on the turret in latin script rather than cyrillic? Is it a Spanish civil war thing?

[@Mizone505]

Hey do you have a scimitar and or all the fv family ? Cheers

[@jasonbelgrave2831]

We have a number of British CWE vehicles...Sabre and Spartan in the CVRT class, Fox, Saladin, Saracen, Ferret MkII and the Fv430 FOV

[@Mizone505]

@jasonbelgrave2831 thanks Jason, I saw those when we where up there last September. Didn't think I saw a scimitar or anything in that line except for the run around out back. Love the chieftain, would like to see that running. What Mark is it ?

[@bebo4807]

I’m visiting Austria in June! Is this museum near Vienna? Looks like a great place and I’m really looking forward to seeing the tanks and saying hello to Kurt.

[@johnnewman366]

Austria? No. Australia? Yes. I think you need to have a very close look at a world atlas, you do know what an atlas is?

[@bebo4807]

Huh? I looked up Charles Atlas who was a muscle man. I don’t know what your weird statement means.

[@johnnewman366]

No good hey? This time get a dictionary, look up the word ‘Wanker’, stand in front of a mirror and repeat the definition over and over to yourself, ok?

[@bebo4374]

@@johnnewman366 I’m a follower of the anabaptist Hutterite faith and mirrors are considered idolatry.

[@realgrilledsushi]

Oh man, these tanks were used in the Spanish Civil War.

[@eskel9175]

this tank is very similar to the Polish 7TP tank with two turrets.

[@glmm2001]

The 7TP is another Vickers 6 ton offspring. This was probably the best 1930s design and the suspension lived on the Valentine well into WW2

[@obsidianjane4413]

@2:32 "a lot of the water..." Yeah, water. The flammable kind that is thrown in a bottle. ;+/

[@boxhawk5070]

T26 was arguably the best tank in the world during the interwar period.

[@CT-045]

KMT early tank doctrine

[@pusmblb]

How old is the cannon at the front door?

[@jasonbelgrave2831]

It is a King George II around 1760 give or take a year..

[@pusmblb]

@@jasonbelgrave2831 thank you for informing me of the history of the cannon Jason

[@davidwatt4132]

Number 44?

[@kirkstinson7316]

Now wait a minute. Sloped armor you say? In the early 30s ? But. But. But. The T34...... LOL

[@glmm2001]

Not really, as the casemate was vertical; construction technique similar to later Pz 3&4. The steel was quite brittle and Ìve seem the hull side plate cracked in some survivors due to stress

[@Hauke-Klindt]

Is that Tank really called „Mistbiene“?😂

[@GeneralGayJay]

I wonder what would happen if you put a modern tank engine into that tank.

[@jamessuman2151]

Man whoever was driving that twin turret one had a BAD day. I thought we werent allowed to display the "Super Spicy" logo on the front of the German captured one in Australia anymore, both in public and on a video?

[@jecksanders8060]

Remove the video about the KV-1C tank

[@PantalonesGrandes-px1io]

Ah its German tank 44 I see.

[@MrCrystalcranium]

The Brits had such a long and sorry history of putting absolute dogs for engines in their military vehicles. Eighty horsepower in a tank. Ridiculous. I'm glad they realized their mistake and upgraded...to a 90 hp version!

[@glmm2001]

The worse part was the 50h engine life between REBUILDS, not standard maintenance…..

[@54mgtf22]

Vladimir just called. He’s running out of armour so fast in Ukraine that he needs the T-26 on the front line.

[@michaelmcclown5593]

Last time I tried this joke all the sooks came out and I got hammered, hope you have better luck 😁.

[@tutzdesYT]

I was surprised for a moment but then I realized that Zelensky is also Vladimir.

[@dickdegraaff5452]

Dear Guys, Thanks a lot for explaining some more of tanks in your collection. It’s for alway amazing to see what a wonderful collection you have. In the UK or in other countries in Europe you’ll find a lot of similar museums but as far as I know non of them has such a huge collection of tanks. I look forward to your next vlog and send you love from the Netherlands

[@sniper1251]

American had that to

[@stevanradic4387]

J. STALIN...in latin alphabet? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ It's not even J. It's I. His name was not Joseph but Iosif. 🙄

[@gregchijoff9959]

Zelensky will steal them!