The Story of Canada's Last Sherman Tanks

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@ConeOfArc 5 ай бұрын

If you have trouble understanding parts of the audio be sure to enable subtitles. Hope you enjoy. This video was recorded as part of my trip to Aquino 2024 sponsored by World of Tanks. Check out more from this event here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5eVhGmNftGsjqs

@JonathanDolder-mo9gp 4 ай бұрын

Hey, ConeOfArc! I have a suggestion: you should make a video regarding the British A.38 Valiant. You mentioned one time how horrible that tank actually was, but a quick glance at this history revealed to me some pretty interesting things! I’d think it’d be a worth while video to explore was the Valiant was and why it failed and what succeeded from the failure.

@inductivegrunt94 5 ай бұрын

Very beautiful camo pattern for the last Canadian Shermans.

@Gunktrooper 5 ай бұрын

It looks like a cow

@BLACKOMAMBO 5 ай бұрын

@@Gunktroopercow are nice, you need some milk

@Maxislithium 5 ай бұрын

Yes. Canada won't replace equipment unless it's literally impossible to get parts.

@thejonathan130 5 ай бұрын

And then we cannibalise for parts before finally getting a replacement.

@AnneColleton 5 ай бұрын

As a Canadian I can confirm this. But when you look at our history I think it's to try and even out the battlefields

@fredorico41 5 ай бұрын

@@AnneColleton Australia is similar too 🇦🇺👍 Look at how long the RAAF had the F-111.

@AnneColleton 5 ай бұрын

@@fredorico41 lol Britain knew what it was doing making both countries 🤣🤣

@MaxwellAerialPhotography 5 ай бұрын

and then they'll keep them for another 10 because it will take another 20 years to procure a replacement.

@petergray2712 5 ай бұрын

When World War 2 ended in Europe and the Canadian Army began to be shipped home for demobilization, the majority of its heavy equipment was left behind in those areas where the Canadians had ended up before VE Day (mostly Belgium and the Netherlands). This was done to save money, as the majority of this equipment would still be discarded or demobilized even if it was shipped back to Canada. This included nearly all of Canada's tanks, which were reused by the reestablished Belgian and Dutch armies in their forces, scrapped for steel and other strategic materials (and various mechanical components) to assist reconstruction, or were converted into agricultural tractors. Thus, when the Korean War erupted in July 1950, the Canadian government resolved to send an expeditionary force to the peninsula. The Canadian Army found itself with an embarrassing shortage of heavy weapons and AFVs. The United States Army released surplus M4A2E8(76)W and M4A3E8(76)W tanks from their stockpile, which were then donated to the Canadian Army for Korean service under the Military Assistance Program (MAP). All of the Easy 8 Shermans seen in this video are from that consignment.

@gilliesiut2332 5 ай бұрын

We haven’t rearmed since. A couple hundred artillery guns, 85 operational outdated jets, 40 modernized and 40 outdated tanks and a few thousand APC’s and IFV’s, 0 air defence systems. There’s only enough equipment to field 30k combat effect troops as well although I don’t think we have the logistical capability to support that number.

@couchpotatoi 5 ай бұрын

As a Canadian, I love hearing about this :)

@scribble1259 5 ай бұрын

I was at the museum just last week whilst i was at canada, amazing stuff there!

@sawa-aya 5 ай бұрын

NIKJO hi niko ily nikjo

@DumbEpicGaming 5 ай бұрын

@@sawa-aya ?

@CommanderJoe1984 5 ай бұрын

Amazing video! That gentleman there is one of the main restorers of the Sherman tanks.

@ConeOfArc 5 ай бұрын

He was a pleasure to talk to and I definitely learned a lot from my conversations with him

@CommanderJoe1984 5 ай бұрын

@@ConeOfArc that’s great to hear. He’s very passionate about these tanks!

@_Matsimus_ 5 ай бұрын

Very unique camo style! Great video!! Love it

@sawa-aya 5 ай бұрын

holy heck two videos in like one week span we're eating so good.

@happilyham6769 5 ай бұрын

There is one on display in my town. Has been here for 50 years.

@BeanSauceMcgoo 5 ай бұрын

St Thomas?

@happilyham6769 5 ай бұрын

@@BeanSauceMcgoo Nope.

@PigEqualsBakon 5 ай бұрын

is it perhaps next to an M4A5?

@happilyham6769 5 ай бұрын

@@PigEqualsBakon It is not.

@user-ns4zm8qe9p 5 ай бұрын

Haliburton?

@danielomalley4394 5 ай бұрын

Sherbrooke QC has the only Canadian Sherman tank to have fought from D-Day to V-E day. With the Sherbrooke Fusiliers during WW2, today it sits in front of the Sherbrooke Hussars armoury. It has always been known as ‘The Bomb’.

@SpartanA054Moose 5 ай бұрын

Love this museum, been going there for years, so happy to see it explode in popularity globally!

@jasonmccaslin821 4 ай бұрын

Your dedication to historical accuracy is so much appreciated.

@Jan-hx9rw 3 ай бұрын

Great story, and a great tribute to both the guys at the Ontario Regiment Museum, the Canadian tankers of the 40s, 50s, 60s, and early 70s in Ontario, and Sam McLaughlin himself. What a guy to fund the maintenance of those tanks...

@Tsirkon 4 ай бұрын

You know, while making the "weird t-34 variants" video you might as well do cold war era tanks too such as the T-54/55. Many unique variants out there...

@leonardorodrigues827 5 ай бұрын

You know two tanks I wanted to see in War Thunder the VK 30.01 (H) and the VK 65.01, I think their story is very good and it wouldn't be impossible since we have prototype tanks in War Thunder like the VK 45.01(P) and VK 30.02 (M). The 30.01 was rejected because it was considered an outdated armored vehicle and they preferred to give more importance to the Tiger, while the 65.01 was supposed to be the heavy that would face the French and British armored vehicles but Europe fell fast and they saw no need and both were made functional prototypes with turrets and all. Great video, very good. (Note: the Germans also did not accept the 65 because it weighed 65 tons and was difficult to transport and pass over bridges, which is quite strange to hear from the Germans since the Tiger 1 weighs 63 tons, Tiger 2 weighs 68 tons and Jagdtiger 71 tons).

@DasGamer127 5 ай бұрын

What does any of this have to do with the video

@captmoha3787 5 ай бұрын

The reason being for the 65.01being rejected over the weight was the relatively thin tracks, compared to the Tigers' wide tracks which spread the weight on the ground and gave it a lower ground pressure, which was why the vehicles had relatively decent mobility despite their very heavy weight, well when the transmission didn't break ofcourse.

@thexfactor8928 5 ай бұрын

Mike is an amazing guy and he can talk about Sherman's all day. Two years ago I did the Sherman ride around the arena and afterwards we talk for about half an hour. He's an awesome guy and really that matches the personality of everybody at the Ontario Regiment Museum.

@GarGhuul 5 ай бұрын

The last Saskatchewan Pirate rents these in the off season.

@minuteman4199 5 ай бұрын

I was an Ont R trooper on the early 80s. I remember stories from the older guys who had been around since the tank days.

@zata4ul 5 ай бұрын

Not a fan of WoT as a game for many years now, but these ads/sponsorships make me appreciate the game and company just tiny bit more. Very nice video, would love to see more like this in the future! On a sidenote, I guess I missed notification of this video somehow, but saw the community post, so thanks for always making them as a reminder and just know that they work. Plus, bonus for the algorithm gods \o/

@ConeOfArc 5 ай бұрын

Yeah this one didn't seem to get sent out to people as much as my other vids for whatever reason but its different from my other content so might just be that

@Disgaustang 5 ай бұрын

Never knew about this guy! Awesome stuff

@domingofung 5 ай бұрын

I have seen that camo on COH2! Lol

@JonNumbaTwo 5 ай бұрын

I am obsessed with Canadian armor. That Sherman looks so lovely, I'd love to paint a model in the scheme.

@iberiksoderblom 5 ай бұрын

It's quite a good disruptive camo.

@Username-wr6sc 5 ай бұрын

I saw you there at the tank weekend; it was crazy to actually have you there. It was an enjoyable surprise. I'm glad you're paying some attention to this museum. I've been going to it yearly. Was this your first time at this museum?

@ConeOfArc 5 ай бұрын

Yep it was my first time. Hopefully I'll be back next year

@mr.unoriginal5674 5 ай бұрын

Glad to see our history being shown not a lot of praise thank you 🇨🇦

@robertl6196 5 ай бұрын

The camo made me go cross-eyed for a few seconds. 😵‍💫

@zaneseibert 5 ай бұрын

I does a good job messing with the profile.

@lieutenantlymer203 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely beautiful camo, also if to have this skin in war thunder would be awesome.

@devlintaylor9520 5 ай бұрын

Cant find it as a skin yet. Edit: i found a skin for it a min after i commented

@lieutenantlymer203 5 ай бұрын

@devlintaylor9520 sweet, How much? Lol

@nogard015 5 ай бұрын

It’s already in the game as marketplace camouflage

@devlintaylor9520 5 ай бұрын

@@nogard015 oh lol, I never check that bc why pay for a skin

@SaberViper 5 ай бұрын

I can, in fact, believe the camo pattern.i used to live about an hour away from the regiment museum. I discovered it when a friend and I got lost driving some country roads in the dark and when we stopped to check our directions we both noticed a cannon barrel pointed at us.

@tazionuvolari8142 5 ай бұрын

I have Canadian Sherman camouflage for M4A3 (76) W in War Thunder.

@Armageddonsteellegionioneri 5 ай бұрын

Went to the aquino days it was awsome

@bryankerr9174 5 ай бұрын

Great stories. Thank you.

@brennanleadbetter9708 5 ай бұрын

Pretty cool camo pattern.

@311pique 5 ай бұрын

I have that skin in war thunder. I love it, very interesting shape

@dw-bn5ex 5 ай бұрын

That explains why there are so many static display Shermans in small towns all over Ontario.

@natecondy4125 5 ай бұрын

There’s a Sherman tank by the YMCA in Owen sound Ontario

@Aulsalt 5 ай бұрын

I really wanted to go to the ontario tank museum for their summer events but I couldn’t :< hopefully next year!

@Jw15918 5 ай бұрын

Sherman got drip🗿

@ThemightyEnterprise 4 ай бұрын

Ngl that is a pretty cool camo, might put it on a 1/100 scale Sherman

@Cekkkko21212 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, remember the Panzer of the Lake? I narrowed its location down to 100km

@briantoner5247 4 ай бұрын

Very wholesome

@calebr908 5 ай бұрын

My grandfather was in the armor (Kings own Callgary Regiment) in the 60s. He joined the military underage with the help of someone in the military. He told me he was allowed to drive underage as a result which led to some funny stories.

@314299 5 ай бұрын

Great story!

@greyskull1944 5 ай бұрын

I’m surprised Canada even used Easy 8’s. I only knew they had fireflies.

@briantoner5247 4 ай бұрын

That’s definitely interesting too!!

@Hybris51129 5 ай бұрын

Noisy Chieftain: "Oh my God the tank is on fire!"

@gooooooooooooooooooooose 5 ай бұрын

Ay yo you were like 5km away from me

@Dumb-Spic 5 ай бұрын

This feels like a Forgotten Weapons video for some reason

@foamer443 5 ай бұрын

Without Ian.

@Armada-1935 5 ай бұрын

I can already see gaijin putting this in the British tree as a premium 😂

@GerardMenvussa 5 ай бұрын

Having bad audio for an interview with Mic is ironic :)

@JustGreatRight 5 ай бұрын

Can you do a video on the obj 416?

@williamxd9749 4 ай бұрын

Can you make a video on the Swedish Kranvagn please?

@mpg-darcen 5 ай бұрын

Video Suggestion! How about making a vid about the 2B1 Oka

@subdawg1331 5 ай бұрын

back when units had tanks QYR had them as well

@user-cc1hs5tp3i 3 ай бұрын

I ask for this here because it's the last video. ¿Can we get history of KV-3, KV-4 and KV-5?

@daskriegsman7013 5 ай бұрын

Chieftain just doing Chieftain things in the background

@BasTSLA 5 ай бұрын

Can you make about object 279 please

@FMKeb 5 ай бұрын

Whats different between an M4A4 and an M4A3

@ConeOfArc 5 ай бұрын

Hull is slightly different to fit a different engine

@nizalmuhammad9689 5 ай бұрын

A4 have longer hull

@petergray2712 5 ай бұрын

M4 Engines by A- number: M4/M4A1/Ram: Continental R-975 radial M4A2: General Motors G-41(×2) M4A3: Ford GAA V-8 M4A4: Chrysler A57 Multibank M4A6: Caterpillar D200A radial

@davey7452 5 ай бұрын

M4a3 is the model adopted by the US army using a 500 hp gasoline engine, the M4a4 is a Sherman made for lend lease export never adopted by the Americans it features a special mount housing 5 v8 engines British and Canadian tank units operated these in Northern Europe and Italy.