Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: PvKv m/43

The unpronouncable m/43 (Pansarvärnskanonvagn) m/43 is a Swedish anti-tank vehicle developed in the middle of WW2, and missed it by that much. The vehicle on display in Arsenalen is an upgraded version. Based on the m/42 which has been covered in another video, this video more features the interior differences.
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[@ekscalybur]

The gunner doesn't get to say "Oh bugger, the tank is on fire!" He's stuck saying "This is fine."

[@robertzavala92]

@bob bobo, followed by several loud expressions best not mentioned here.

[@ratter88]

If you do your research, you'll find that not only were all our gunners short, they were also all the sons of diplomats, working tirelessly to preserve our neutrality in an attempt to preserve their beloved sons.

[@ravenouself4181]

@@ratter88 That explains a lot...

[@ravenouself4181]

@@robertzavala92 *Meanwhile in the Balkans* What I am trying to say is that Balkanians swear a lot, 3 curse words to 1 normal word.

[@oloflarsson407]

Kolsyreeldsläckningsaggregatet = Dihydrogen Carbonate fire extinguisher aggregate = CO2 extinguisher

[@tacomas9602]

Lmao thanks Olof!

[@Joelsfilmer]

The word aggregat in Swedish doesn't actually mean the same thing in English (with an E added at the end) in this context. The proper translation would be "assembly" or "unit".

[@rlosable]

Dioxy Carbonate? The should not ne any hydrogen in CO2...

[@andreipaul968]

Yea no thanks

[@Anfros.]

@@rlosable there is in carbonic acid which is what you get when you dissolve CO2 in water

[@lucajohnen6719]

This was the least professionally edited video you made yet. ... I love it

[@aceous99]

needs the music to keep the video poppin'

[@roymuerlunos2426]

"Oops... First 75 millimeter negligent discharge..." T-Shirt when?

[@Eleolius]

And on camera too :X

[@maxkronader5225]

I love how he makes a point of saying "75mm discharge". So there've been other accidental discharges in other calibers? 😁

[@ulvsbane]

"Kolsyreeldsläckningsaggregatet" is one of our compund words construted by putting 3 words together. "Kolsyre" or "kolsyra" (the "a" is replaced with an "e" when it is joined together like this) is carbon dioxide, "eldsläckning" or "eldsläckare" is fire extinguisher and finally "aggregatet" or "aggregat" would be unit. It is simply a "carbon dioxide fire extinguisher unit".

[@gideonokun5538]

If you look closer I think you will find there are 4 words put together.

[@alltat]

It's technically five words mashed together: kol+syre+eld+släcknings+aggregatet. Or six words if you count that the final "-et" means "the" if translated into English: "the carbonic acid fire extinguishing assembly". Swedish just figures that you can save time by writing that as thecarbonicacidfireextinguishingassembly.

[@SgtSteel1]

It is strange to me, that while some words in Swedish (to us English people) are SO complicated, others are immediately understood. Might just be me.

[@Revener666]

@@alltat well sometimes it makes a rather big differnce if you have written the words together or not. sjuksyster - nurse, sjuk syster - sick sister, skumtomte - foam santa/gnome (marshmallow ish candy), skum tomte - shady santa.

[@SinOfAugust]

the final letter there looks more like “f” to me...

[@Staghound]

can you imagine nobody ever having checked the breech was clear and the chieftain accidentally puts a new window in the museum

[@Bialy_1]

I can imagine that in some movie writen in Hollywood as they like to share lack of understanding of real world.

[@cascadianrangers728]

Nope i sure cant

[@KaptenN]

"Avtappas" is a verb, not the 0,15 litre content. The label reads approximately as follows: Break cylinder contains 6,4 litre To be emptied 0,15 litre Fluid contents: 60% chemically clean glycerin, 40% distilled water For every 8 litre water add 4,0 g KHCO3, 0,1 g K2 CO3 and 40 g Na NO2

[@shawnzeppimiller]

Hahah. Google translate got me this far: Break cylinder holds 6.4 litres. be dropped .15 liters. water composition... Should have skipped down to the comments before I wasted my time!

[@ArturdeSousaRocha]

That hatch to the couplings is where the turret monster lives, I'm sure.

[@WolfePaws]

My thoughts exactly. Someone's bound to get a finger or a boot lace in there.

[@zachsmith1676]

@Ulfhedinn Tyr You Swedes and your pickled herring...

[@jarmokankaanpaa6528]

The small text in the "CO2 fire extinguisher system" instruction panel tells you what to do AFTER the system has been used to put out a fire: 1. Open the engine hatch, 2. Quickly remove smoldering rags etc., 3. Exchange the emptied CO2 canisters for filled ones, 4. Remove possible fuel from the floor of the vehicle, 5. Ventilate the vehicle thoroughly so no fuel fumes remain, 6. Have a mechanic check for leaks in the fuel tanks and fuel lines and repair the possible defects that caused the fire, 7. THE ENGINE SHOULD NOT BE STARTED BEFORE THE SIX TASKS LISTED ABOVE HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT. The lower text deals with the periodical checking and replenishment of the CO2 cylinders.

[@kw9849]

Being able to disconnect the recoil system from your cannon sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. Not very soldier-proof, someone's going to eventually screw that up.

[@N-Word_Boi_3.0]

Yeah, i wonder if somebody fire the gun while the recoil-system was disconnected. That would have been "interesting" to see.

[@Floreal78]

It would be used during road/rail transport, when the gunlock and the bore evacuator was added it was removed.

[@UkrainianPaulie]

It's an antique. Not relevant anymore.

[@N-Word_Boi_3.0]

@@UkrainianPaulie We know(i live in Sweden).

[@vtbmwbiker]

@@N-Word_Boi_3.0 I'm sure they did. What's Swedish for either "I dare you..." or "Hold my beer..."

[@AdurianJ]

The Swedish Army knew the short 75mm on the m/42 was inadequate when they ordered it but the m/42 was the best medium tank that Swedish industry could produce on short notice

[@Matte76100]

Well, It's not the size that matters it's how you use it!

[@Alakazzam09]

The more I see of the Swedes design philosophy the more I like. Some really clever stuff being implemented here for the challenges involved. Respect bois.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Good thing all the ammo in the vehicle was inert ;) (light green on swedish ammo=inert, brown=full propellant, inert projectile, black=AP, yellow band=Live, yellow tip=HE, White=tracer/illumination, grey band=Smoke), there are also tactile complimentary markings to each colour for night time handling

[@vandansonkar7819]

Quite useful tbh

[@N-Word_Boi_3.0]

The long word are for the fire extinguisher."Carbonic acid(Kolsyra=CO2) fire extinguisher aggregate".

[@mandernachluca3774]

CO2 is not carbonic acidm it's a result of a reaction between carbonicacid and other components. However, as far as i know, extinguishers usually use compressed carbon dieoxide (CO2).

[@Decybello]

@@mandernachluca3774 in Swedish Kolsyra means both carbonic acid and carbon dioxide (not dieoxide), aaaaaaand i'll call your bushit out, cause in fire extinguishers CO2 is created from carbonic acid (at least in those days was), not "compressed" into the bottle, like you imagined

[@mandernachluca3774]

@@Decybello Well, you can call bullshit as much as you want buddy, doesn't make you sound any more knowledgeble ;D. To be completely exact, what you refer to is called chemical pressurization, what i refer to is called permanent pressurization. Both existed but permanent CO2 pressurization is the only one of the two used today, further more, chemical pressurization was used for, as the name suggests, generating the pressure gas, not the fire suppressing agent (wich often was water). Last but not least, read correctly befor you write, else you will make yourselfe look like an idiot. I did not mention with any word that i refered to old exstinguisher systems, i simply pointed out the nature of CO2 agent fire extinguishers ...

[@Kumimono]

That kolsyra thingybob is hiilidioksiditulipalonsammutuslaite. Oops, that came out in Finnish. :|

[@ineednochannelyoutube5384]

You mean a szénndoxidtűzoltókészülék? Arnt compound words just such fun.

[@TheCarDemotic]

I need no channel youtube! My brain can’t even begin to comprehend those words.

[@WildBillCox13]

Hehehe

[@gerdforster883]

Kohlensäurefeuerlöschsystem. Probably not how any german army would have labeled it, but still...

[@longinusc]

Torillako tavataan?

[@aussiebloke609]

I was really hoping for a "Bugger, the tank's on fire" moment as you vacated the gunner's seat. Yes, I'm an evil bastard. But it would have been fun to watch. :-P

[@petesheppard1709]

What, the struggle to get INTO the seat wasn't painful enough??😜 :p

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

LOL

[@mikkelskipper6969]

Funny to see such a detailed recipe for the hydralic brake fluid for the gun, now if only they had also put in the secret formula for fuel from household items they would be golden

[@SonsOfLorgar]

At the time this vehicle was in active service, Those chemicals could be readily bought at any gas station, hardware or countryside general store.

[@borjesvensson8661]

Think he said in the m42 video they ran on a wide range of ethanol/methanol/petrol mixes, if so just hunt down the local monshine destillers

[@Hiznogood]

7:17 Bränsle = Fuel, Kylvätska = Coolant or Anti-Freeze

[@ulrichkalber9039]

Kylvätska sounds similar to the german term Kühlwasser=cool(ing)water

[@7se7en24]

@@ulrichkalber9039 We have very similar languages :) vätska would be the more general liquid or fluid, rather then vatten, wich is Wasser.

[@Ammageddon89]

@@ulrichkalber9039 Kühlflüssigkeit wäre die 100%ige Übersetzung.

[@KaptenN]

Coolant is correct. Anti-Freeze is not. You usually put some Anti-Freeze in the Coolant though, so that it doesn't freeze in the winter.

[@WildBillCox13]

My spin on the gun retracting? Sweden has some tight corners, narrow roads, and tiny tunnels. Pull the gun in for travel, extend it again once in position.

[@Mark-ct8fk]

You just designed the STRV :)

[@matthayward7889]

Makes sense! I wondered if it might be for traversing down steep slopes ?

[@frankkrunk]

You nailed it. When design specs call for a maximum weight, length and width of a vehicle, it's not just for arbitrary bureaucratic reasons. Look at the problems heavy tanks had in the later years of WWII when crossing bridges. It doesn't matter if you have an elite tank regiment if it can't get to where the action is because all the bridges were built for horse carts in the 1700s. A lot of the roads at this time were single lane gravel roads, lined with telephone poles and deep ditches. And you have to be able to navigate the extremely dense pine forests too. Just think of the Bocage, and how much the narrow roads there slowed down the Allies.

[@hnorrstrom]

Forest... Ever driven a long vehicle with overhang in a forest and you understand.

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

Yeah, basically it's all about being best suited to the current infrastructure. Ofc, that might also come in handy if needed to be shipped on a barge across a body of water...those couple of feet of barrel length could mean the difference between shipping 3 tanks at a time or 6.

[@Activated_Complex]

I suspect the gun was also retracted into the hull during cold weather operations... You know, for better flotation on snow.

[@TheHellghast]

Just some shrinkage going on. Typical cold stuff.

[@rizalardiansyah4486]

I don't know why, but i'm laughing....

[@DeHerg]

I was actually searching this comment section for someone to make that joke. It did not disappoint.

[@sambatsford5620]

As a Welshman, I must concede, that is a long word...

[@Verdunveteran]

We have pansarvärnskanonvagn m/43 reg.number 80229 on display at Hässleholms museum. The pvkv m/43 is great fun to drive and ride in!

[@johnfisk811]

Attempting to pronounce Swedish is always so embarrassing when you are surrounded by Swedes who speak better English than the English do.

[@nissetorvang1709]

Just a quick reflection on your comment... I'm Swedish and I'm studying for a degree in teaching English. I admit that I sometimes mess up with the grammar, but still there have been several occasions during my studies where I have been forced to explain the course materials and/or the lessons we have attended to my classmates. This is because frankly, they are lacking the much of the lexica needed to comprehend the uni professors and the course materials... I'm the only Swedish student in the class, the rest of my classmates are Americans, British and South Africans!

[@TheFranssiBrother]

Just a quick reply on my view. Im a finn, and I hecking hate speaking swedish. Simply because it's mandatory to pass it if you want to graduate from first degree education, and is continues to be compulsory no matter the field yougo to. swedes speak damn good english is better option than trying to speak swedish to them. Every swede I've talked to prefer that we speak english because our swedish sounds horrible. It doesnt help either that even if there's been multitude of times where swedish language has been demanded to make optional, it has never passed in our parliament, even if only less than 10% of the population speaks the dang language. Another reasons that have been argued against this change are 'muh internationality", the obvious Russia, and it would ruin our education system. Might as well make Sami languages mandatory because such minor amount of our citizens speak it in the first place

[@SonsOfLorgar]

@@TheFranssiBrother and sami languages are closer to Finnish than to Swedish anyway. /Greetings from Sweden.

[@steelhammer96]

those videos are getting better and better! Love'em

[@EwigWinterreich]

These videos are a real treasure! Thank you so much for your work Chieftain!

[@ThroneOfBhaal]

Great new video as always! :) Staying safe during these rather troubled times I hope! :)

[@justforever96]

No doubt they eliminated the retracting gun because the crew made mistakes and tried firing it without re-attaching the recoil system first. Although I definitely would believe the bit about overall length requirements. It may be that they finally got military vehicles exempted from them, since it was going to cost them the war in event of Soviet invasion, since it hampered their ability to design a decent tank so much.

[@MGB-learning]

Excellent video and presentation.

[@Telecasterland]

That was a fun trip. Keep it up sir.

[@maxkronader5225]

I nearly got claustrophobic during the sequence of squeezing into the gunner's position!

[@Zacharygundam]

Watching a big English speaking man trying to speak kindly as he try’s to fit in tight spaces is funny.

[@Knallteute]

He's not English he is Irish.

[@pdallen8355]

@@Knallteute He speaks English like most of his countrymen.

[@badcornflakes6374]

@@pdallen8355 Speaking English doesn't make you an Englishman

[@paavobergmann4920]

@@pdallen8355 I can clearly hear he´s Irish

[@RealCadde]

16:22 The sign reads Instruction plaque for . Tasks to complete after fire has been extinguished. 1. Open the engine bay hatches. 2. Remove ASAP smoldering lint etc. 3. Replace the emptied carbon dioxide canisters with filled ones. 4. Remove any eventual fuel at the bottom of the wagon. (tank floor) 5. Let air circulate thoroughly so that any fuel vapors cannot remain. 6. Call for a mechanic to check for leakage in fuel tanks and fuel lines as well as fixing any potential issues that may have been the cause of fire. 7. THE ENGINE MUST NOT BE STARTED UNTIL THE ABOVE SIX ACTIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. Etc... (Rest is just maintenance of the fire extinguisher tubes)

[@vikingwarlord2453]

Thank you for your great information.

[@laheu]

Great presentation, never heard of this vehicle before and had quite the laugh at the engine fill ports Here's to a more ergonomic vehicle next time!

[@kitten-inside]

If you ever get bored of tanks, you can become a contortionist. You clearly have the experience.

[@KaptenN]

I'm told that the reason the Strv m/42 had a short 75 mm was also because of the road legality.

[@omegalpha28]

Best I can find it had a muzzle velocity of between 810-890 ms. The 17 pounder was around 880 ms, while the 76mm was about 790ms. So he wasn't far off in comparison.

[@scipioafricanus6417]

Your pronounciation of "Pansarvärnskanonvagn" was not half bad!

[@michaelkarnerfors9545]

I agree! Not half bad. Pansar-värns-kanon-vagn. - Pansar = Paan(t)saar, two syllables that you glue together with an _almost_ t-sound. Short open 'a' as in 'hah!' or 'banzai'. - Värns = varns, with the 'ä' said like the 'a' in 'bad'. If you extend 'baaaad' you get the same sound as if you extended 'värn' to 'väääärn'. - Kanon = ka'noon, two syllables, real easy - Vagn = vangn. So if you combine 'b' with the 'a'-sound of 'hah', with the 'ng' of 'bang', and then just slide over into an 'n' at the end, you almost got it. Just replace the 'b' with a 'v', and Robert's your father's brother.

[@melangellatc1718]

The fact you do all or this without a helmet.... I am/was a strict Jedi tanker and would NEVER enter a tank w/o a helmet! Hurt yourself you will!

[@lepathewarrior4445]

all armies in the world dont even use helmets inside tanks, its not that special

[@Forodir]

@@lepathewarrior4445 Nearly every Army uses Helmet or a headgear to prevent head injuries, some even with ballistic protection.

[@genericpersonx333]

@@Forodir I think he meant to say not every army does or has. Certainly the smart ones do, but even today, you can and will see plenty of tankers with uncovered heads because helmets and headgear tends to make tight fits even tighter and stuffy tank interiors even more uncomfortable. Many tanks are simply too tight for rigid helmets to fit into all the spaces you would want, and even soft caps (like the Soviet pattern) are prone to snag on things or slip off your head unless you keep them very tight, at which point they become hot and distracting as most are excellent insulators thanks to the materials and padding. I challenge you to sit in a sealed-up T55 in the Sinai desert at the height of the hot season with your Soviet-type canvas-and-wool tanker cap tightly buckled on for 12 hours and still believe it is critical equipment. Long and short, tankers all over the world tend to hate helmets and caps despite the head trauma, and often use them only under compulsion. The smart tankers use them because fear of head trauma should trump discomfort, but people are people and they can and do disregard personal safety unless confronted with a clear and present danger.

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

LOL! You should never drink pilfered booze siting in the assistant driver's seat in a Sherman with out a helmet. My Dad was 6th Armored during WWII. A crew found some booze apparently it had been contaminated by someone. They handed the bottle to my Dad, he took a big slug! Dad said it about took his head off. He tried to jump out of the seat. The hatch was closed but not latched. Dad opened the hatch with his head and landed in front of the tank. Cursing the crew and going for his 1911, they cranked up the tank and cleared the area for a while. :-) True story. It happened in France near Metz. Dad would laugh and rub the top of his head in memory of the moment.

[@kemarisite]

@@genericpersonx333 the Chieftain has observed that the British suffered more casualties among M4 tank crews (per vehicle knocked out) than the US did, and conjectured that it is because of the difference in headgear.

[@MechaNick767]

I just love how Nicholas is trying to pronounce Swedish words. It gives me lots of chuckles. xD Great fun though! :)

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

I hope you are doing well with all that is going on! God Bless, be safe!

[@Bowhunter-ky3ez]

That’s the fun part of your videos , your always shooting from the hip No rehearsal

[@Jermster_91]

This model (Pvkv m/43 (1963) ) in the other tank game has the reload anywhere from 8 to 10 seconds.

[@cryptobox128]

“First 75mm negligent discharge” - makes me hop there haven’t already been any in OTHER calibers.

[@halliktom1]

Of course you got to put the brinsel (bränsle) in the correct place, it's what feeds the horses. And the good luck juice is to keep them from overheating. 😉

[@dodavega]

I often find myself getting short of breath watching him struggle through these enclosed volumes! Lol

[@bigblue6917]

You have to wonder what the recoil was like each time they fired that big gun on such a small tank. Also did it effect the accuracy of the gun if it jumped up each time.

[@donaldcampbell9219]

Whoooo, I thought we were going to be spending the next 45 mins waiting for you to find the release latch.

[@joe125ful]

7:58 Spring loaded and easy to open,well not that easy:) 15:42 Driver place is sooo small..realize gearbox get really hot... 16:20 Is say something about driving system? 19:27 Is that gunner position for dwarf?

[@carlweiss8942]

i can't believe you didn't end up in traction after this video, what sacrifice for the cause

[@tommyfred6180]

19:50 the chieftain becomes stuck can opener on standby :)

[@sigbauer9782]

It just cracks me up that military necessity takes a back seat to civil bureaucracy.

[@anumeon]

Tanks - Cars. In Sweden all vehicles are equal in the eyes of the law.. :D (unless you are in a truck and write Helicopter on the side of it.. joke that only a swede will understand)

[@einar8019]

Bron är sprängd sa ja

[@stanislavczebinski994]

Pretty much the same here in Germany...

[@Lazarus7000]

Policeman: "Do you know why I've stopped you?" Tanker: "Because I let you?"

[@DrLoverLover]

hörbarhet nolla

[@Nick-rs5if]

That is one hell of a good movie! :D

[@mrbeast85]

The sight markings are similar to those on the Centurion.

[@RealCadde]

14:15 The signs read... Left: >BOFORS> (logo) Aktiebolag Bofors (Bofors LTD / Bofors LLC) >BOFORS> 7.5 Centimeter pvkan = Pansarvärns Kanon (Anti-tank Cannon) m/43 nr 8 Right: The brake cylinder houses 6.4 liters. "detops" (drain after filling, possibly) 0.15 liters Fluid composition 60% chemically pure glycerin, 40% distilled water Per 8 liters of water, add 4.0 grams of KHCO3 (Potassium bicarbonate, almost like baking soda), 0.1 grams of CO3 (Carbon Trioxide) and 40 grams of Na NO2 (Sodium Nitrite) Bottom: (Hard to read) Delivered 2nd Oct 1946 Damages are to be reported to ... See TLA 12

[@TheDevilRisen5308]

That would have been a very bad day if that tank had been loaded :p !!! Thanks for the video chief!

[@genericpersonx333]

Seeing the description, Maxwell Smart wants his catch-phrase back. Please post it in an unmarked envelope in your nearest small desk drawer. Agent 44 will be waiting in there for it. Thank you, Mr. Moran.

[@kamikazers3562]

I love your work and I love Wargaming in general but.. I’m so thankful for these newer tank videos without the cheesy rock music in the background..

[@UnnamedSeeker]

Ok. Was the gun cocked before you got in there or you accidetally'd recoking mechanism while getting in there?

[@trasherhead]

A contextual translation would be: CO2 fire extinguishing dispenser/generator. The machinery that dispenses/generates co2 for extinguishing fire.

[@jamestheotherone742]

I guess we now know why there were boot scuffs on the casement wall.

[@josephburke7224]

Did I miss track adjustment? I do realize tank is on fire is pointless for a gunner and just about for the driver. Did have an actual abandon tank situation in an M60A3 one time. At 6'3" , I kept my commanders seat on the floor as I could see just fine standing. Gunner simply shoved me aside and over the breech to get out. I ended up last out. Driver kill all power said with clear urgency. Shout abandon tank 3 times with clear now or die command. 3 rounds had fallen out of the improperly secured ready rack during live fire and burst open when the turret monster showed up. Things ended up safely done. Happy crew took my orders serious. Also range had an ammo safety pit for bad rounds. EOD was happy to blow something up that day. Clean up was easy, sweep and dustpan all we could after 30 minutes, then pour a few 5 gal cans of water to thin out the rest. Gunner had also forgot to travel lock the turret rotation as hydraulic line had burst that day. Thus turret was being operated manually. A hard turn, unsecured ammo, unlocked turret was the cause of incident. Turret swung uncontrollably even in an easy turn if left unlocked. Turret monster was very active that day as a gunner in another tank got his ankle chewed up bad, commander failed to sound off "POWER" before rotating the turret. New LT. I recall LT's PSG had a private discussion in a buttoned up APC. Helmet required, wrench available, I refereed, ear plugs for me, just to make sure LT would be alive after. Felt sorry for the old steel brain bucket.

[@christianguzman8228]

Now the whole unit has to undergo PvKv m/43 retraining and Negligent Discharge retraining.

[@stanislavczebinski994]

Maybe it is easier to get into the gunner's position when the breach is open and thus the lever out of the way ;-)

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

A bit, yes. I decided to use a bit more force on the handle on the way out. Still wasn't easy, mind.

[@mig1739]

The gunner seat made my feel claustrophobic

[@jakobc.2558]

2:44 Swedish Engineer: "Have you heared the latest news? Nuclear bombs have been invented and one of them can single handedly wipe out a major city. What do we do?" Other Swedish Engineer: _Blows a vape cloud_ "Put like 2 tiny plates on it. Dont worry, it'll be fine."

[@justforever96]

It is not for direct hits from nukes, it was for the very real blast pressure wave effect found anywhere within several miles of the weapon detonation. If the engineers thought large amounts of blast would be a problem for the open vents, they no doubt had good reason to beleive so, probably based on actual experiments. And those plates would be a perfectly feasible way to stop a blast pressure wave from entering the steering compartment, they dont need to be thick. No one was trying to make the tank 'A-bomb proof', they were addressing a very specific problem they found with the open vents for tanks in the _vicinity_ of a nuclear explosion.

[@maastomunkki]

"some men are longer than others.."

[@rtmiv2030]

Great video. I want to see that German Marder 2 you had in your sights!!!! When you pushed that trigger what if there was a live round in that gun? Now that would have been something.

[@justforever96]

Yes, it would. Not just because it would be very dangerous and reckless on Morans part for not checking, but because it would somehow mean there had been a fantastic series of mistakes, adding up to a one in ten trillion billion chance, that every single person who was supposed to have accounted for, deactivated, verified, certified and routinely inspected that gun when it was deactivated and transferred to civilian ownership as a non-functioning museum piece, somehow screwed up and not only failed to realize the gun was not only not deactivated and made non-functional as required by strict law, but was even left with an explosive artillery round chambered when it was transferred. It is too much to believe that every single one of those people could have failed so utterly. or maybe you thought the military just hands them functional artillery pieces after unloading them the last time?

[@SonsOfLorgar]

@@justforever96 most Swedish armored fighting vehicles in Swedish museums are, in fact, *not* deactvated as they aren't owned by the museums themselves but on loan from the national defence forces. That said, they are also not maintained to the point that would allow instant use but are slathered in preservative mineral grease that would require complete dissasembly, degreasing, reassembly and relubrication to work. And then you'd have to go go looking for old inert ammo to take apart and hand load to have anything to fire. And since the armed forces has had a tendency to use old casings and shells as commendation tokens, competition awards and retirement gifts and send the rest back to the brass foundries, it's almost as rare as rocking horse manure...

[@hart-of-gold]

14:00 Speculation: The rear resting position of the gun interfered with the newly installed fume extractor. edit: deleted repeated word

[@markyoung950]

Is that the loader's poisition or the lotus poisition? kolsyra eldsläcknings aggregatet - carbonic acid fire extinguisher assembly

[@hansmueller3029]

Nick I'm sure you're in good enough shape but you are making MY back hurt raising armoured engine decking.

[@gwiazdapioun2127]

Any chance for an Inside the Chieftain's Hatch episode on the Marder II visible in the background?

[@gusgone4527]

My experience of Swedish guys from university, is that they are taller than the european norm. Plenty of six plus footers. Perhaps they selected smaller men to drive the vehicle and the big strong viking type for the loader.

[@paavobergmann4920]

And a goblin for the gunner?

[@raseli4066]

15:59 then you haven't seen the closest thing to the longest swedish word! (Spoiler: you can just keep adding words to each other, so there is technically no longest swedish word)

[@social3ngin33rin]

OMG!!!! He can stand in this one?!?!?! :O!!!! Swedish for: carbonic acid fire extinguisher aggregated. They didn't add spaces?

[@fanert1]

was abot to "instruct" you about bränsle and kylvätska when you got to the kolsyreeldsläckingsaggregat and thought nope

[@raseli4066]

I wonder if he is going to make a video on the beautiful marder 2 in the museum

[@damnedbunny]

would have been a hilarious edit on the negligent discharge part. *thump* "we'll be right back" or "technical difficulties"

[@kriztov265]

Nothing worse than trying to find the bonnet catch on an unfamiliar vehicle... Word on plate at drivers left translates as " Please maintain track tension as per service manual !"

[@jeffgaboury3157]

I wonder if "intermediate" between the U.S. 76 and the British 17 pounder would give ballistics similar to the British 77mm? Just a guess.

[@Ragedaonenlonely]

I don't think that the length of barrel not protruding past the front of the hull was so much illegal, as it was a requirement for it not to when designing vehicles. Sweden has a lot of forests and a lot of hills and as such a long barrel protruding out the front of the tank makes operating in Swedish terrain quite tricky. It's the same reason they chose the 75mm gun instead of the lower caliber 57mm guns for strv m/42, it was a lot easier to operate the tank and turret in forests with a shorter gun.

[@paavobergmann4920]

I think, having the vehicle shorter and less nose-heavy to move around narrow gravel tracks in dense forest is a huge advantage.

[@explorer914]

Avtappas is Swedish for draining. :)

[@billmmckelvie5188]

Hi Nicholas, I appreciate you predominately do tanks and its mechanised support, but I wondered if ever would do a review of the Irish heroes of 'A' company of 35th Battalion of the UNOC and the vehicles if any they used at the siege of Jadotville in 1961 and the fallout that followed? Thanks.

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

I have a line on a Ford MkVI such as used at Jadotville in Ireland next time I'm there with filming time to spare.

[@donaldhill3823]

The Navy makes use of Sound Powered phones. Was that what was used for the external phones on tanks?

[@alvarohernani6645]

How does having heavier wheels help with the valance?

[@tarjei99]

Any idea if the main gun might be based on the M1897 or a KWK?

[@peterwillemoes4824]

Can you do a video on the Ikv 91? :)

[@anilingus]

Came here to hear an Englishman trying to pronounce pansarvärnskanonvagn, got kolsyreeldsläckningsaggregatet as a pure bonus.

[@ZGryphon]

Well, that's quite awkward. He's Irish, you see... (It's kind of like calling a Swede a Norwegian. :)

[@joeblow9657]

What boots are you wearing in the video Chieftain?

[@mooneyesplays7]

"Recoil cylinder holds 6.4 liters. 0.15 liters is tapped off. Liquid consists of 60% chemically pure glycerin, 40% distilled water. For every 8 liters of water is added 4 grams KHCO3(potassium bicarbonate), 0.1 grams CO3(carbon trioxide) and 40 grams of NaNO3(sodium nitrate)."

[@davefranklin7305]

Hey Chieftain, are you sure the Swedes didn't know you were coming, and decided it was an opportunity for an elaborate practical joke?

[@timothyhouse1622]

Is that a Marder II in the background?

[@woochang405]

Is it me ? I find it so funny when The Chieftain slips or bangs his body parts😀

[@47katt]

oh my God,call fire and rescue! my leg is paralized so I cannot egress from this vehicle ! how in the heck did I get in this thing?

[@swedishperson7979]

For anyone wondering, the long word translates roughly into carbon dioxide fire extinguisher unit.

[@stijnVDA1994]

Omg my favorite tank, you can make it seem it stil fires🤣😈

[@Colinpark]

Åh herregud, tanken är i eld

[@nicolatesla9429]

Why do I have the feeling that legal length bit is bogus, and the people from the museum just want to pull Nicholas' leg, and were collectively lauging their arses off hearing it back.

[@Dennan]

na sweden had laws against turrets protruding from the chassie, ofc its removed now, but back then we had it.

[@MortisLegio]

I probably wont get a answer for this, but I figured I would ask. "What is a good source (books mostly) for getting information (Designs, Development, Use, ect) on tanks/military vehicles from about the 1920's through about the 50's (hopefully including images)?" Any help would be appreciated.

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

No images, but this might be what you are looking for. www.amazon.com/Tanks-years-evolution-Richard-Ogorkiewicz/dp/1472829816