An Unofficial High-Speed Tour of The Tank Museum, Bovington, Part 3.

The VCC and a couple of little things in the parking lot. This will finish the tour. Again, the idea here is just to let you know what's there, not necessarily cover anything in particular. Feel free to hit 'pause' if something strikes your eye.

[@StuSaville]

Stealth Chieftain! Basically just a regular Chieftain without the cavalry hat.

[@TNX255]

And instead wearing a tin foil hat.

[@USAAmutual45]

No inside the hatch on the T14 because of radiation leaks.... Pretty good excuse, I'll give you that. Great video

[@skullhelmet1944]

Why is it irradiated ?

[@jpTankMan]

I believe it was for the same reason there was no proper inside the tanks for the KV-1. Some of the instruments inside the tank had radioactive components inside them that have leaked over the years. If there was nuclear testing done on it, the entire tank would have been irradiated, including the outside.

[@Striker-mq8wi]

Brings up a good question... How do you clean that up? And to what degree are we talking about with radioactive? Just above normal background levels or something higher?

[@sergarlantyrell7847]

Didn't stop the Aussies using one...

[@reesefobes867]

Ser Garlan Tyrell not just that, that same centurion is still on display :P

[@conhand.3578]

Very impressive collection indeed! I can't help thinking a stamp collection would take far less room though...

[@slitor]

What is the equivelant term for filathelist to tank collector?

[@mericagaming2956]

The Churchill guncarrige is sad

[@BriefMortal777]

Just a minor correction, the "Cromwells" outside are actually all Centaurs or Cavaliers, and like the Churchill GC were all range targets so there is very little left to salvage from them.

[@lkchild]

BriefMortal777 They are Cavaliers if I remember right. You can see the horizontal exhaust louvres on one of them as The Chieftain walks past.

[@RWJP]

They don't need to be salvaged. A few smaller museums and even private individuals have rebuilt vehicles from worse conditions than those. Take a look at facebook.com/StugIIIAusfDRestoration/?ref=br_rs to see a Stug III that was restored from a range hulk by a private individual, or this Hummel which is being rebuilt by a private Australian museum from a pile of blown up bits facebook.com/ausarmour/photos/a.550750361627896.1073741828.550740451628887/1292559980780260/?type=3&permPage=1 (every silver line down the side of the vehicle is a weld line! Shows you what kind of a jigsaw it was to start with. All of those could be restored by a museum as big as Bovington, it's just a matter of time and money.

[@chriscamfield7610]

Thank you! That was an amazing glimpse of the stuff we members of the general public don't get to see up close!

[@fabfabby]

9:03 No love for my poor little M548. Looked straight at it for several seconds and not even a word. Between Korea and Kansas, I spent around a year as a M548A3 driver with a Volcano mine dispenser in the back.

[@bingokitty5822]

Thanks Chief! This was just the perfect kind of video to get your juices flowing! an appetizer if you will, on the feast that is Bovington.

[@sergarlantyrell7847]

Bovi has more tanks in storage in this hall than most tank museums have tanks! PS Is that 5-wheeled one in the corner a FV 4202?

[@theminecartgaming]

yep

[@sergarlantyrell7847]

I wonder if they'll ever get around to restoring that one.

[@ijonus]

I wonder what is this strange tank stading opposite to FV4202?

[@jamessquires7662]

@@ijonus Its a gunnery target as far as i know.

[@five5105]

The Tank Museum seems to be absolutely tripping over T-54's, 55's, and their variants.

[@scottycollins131]

I hate watching videos on the internet. Even so, I have been mesmerized by these. Thanks.

[@MorningGI0ry]

11:19...is it possible for an m103 to hide anywhere

[@derrickstorm6976]

Behind two M103's :DD

[@usswestvirginia1]

I want an inside the hatch on all of these...like now I just want to see them all and your the perfect man for the job because your awesome. I shall wait.

[@usmcfutball]

All hail the mighty M103! Under powered...but she looked bad ass. Cheers!

[@reesefobes867]

Wait... Chief, you never did showed the FV4005 Stage II did you... THE SHITBARN NEEDS PUBLIC ATTENTION MAN, DO IT!!!

[@matacka36]

poor chuchill gc :'(

[@tylernavarro4550]

Thanks for the great video! Btw, thank you for being a great person when I interrupted your family time on BART during Fleet Week. Sorry about that!

[@zac7386]

Great serie of videos !

[@Marian87]

Loved this series. :D

[@asadr9794]

thank you for this awesome trip chieftain

[@wikikomoto]

CRUSADER TURRETS ANRT FASCINATING!? YOU SHUSH!!

[@mgbrv8]

What is the story of the Radiation and the T14?? Dave

[@boonelukich3532]

The Mechanist my guess would be from luminescent dials

[@TNX255]

Yeah he said on the video it's due to the instruments, they used to use radium (if I recall correctly) on the dials to make them glow in the dark, just like in old pocketwatches, but of course that has its side effects.

[@derrickstorm6976]

4:55 You could have thanked the man!

[@roboticrebel8153]

how much does WG need to pay you for you to make an inside the hatch on a tank that has radiation leaks?

[@DeepPastry]

What, not a word on the M548; the tracked covered wagon between the "stealth Chieftain" and the Centurion BARV. It's one of the many variants of the M113 APC. In this case an unarmored 6 ton ammo carrier.

[@Whatismoo]

9:48 The enigma is fascinating. My gut said T-55M6 (A modified T-55 with 6 road wheels a side, a T-72B turret and more ERA than entirely practical, and my favorite way to confuse people who know too much about tanks) but the ERA is wrong and it retains the turret. So then I thought, huh. T-55M5? But the T-55M5, -MV and AMV all have different reactive armor. This looks like a T-80U with Kontakt-5, because it has the same general outline, but it's all wrong. Kontakt-5 is a chevron shaped block with a rubber skirt thing to make the shape a T-80U's turret does. And then the side ERA isn't Ru/Sov at all, it looks off of a TUSK Abrams Closer inspection reveals the ERA all over is made of what appears to be welded metal blocks. I don't know if it's applique, spaced armor or what, but it is clearly not ERA and is trying to be. My guess is either that it is a T-55 VISMOD to a T-80U, which is about the right size, so it makes sense, or someone who doesn't know what reactive armor is making a T-55 "Modern". I'm probably wrong, but it's quite interesting.

[@reesefobes867]

clareb15 it is another crazy middle eastern modification of a t-55, it is a command tank in one of those bloody countries. It has a crikipedia mage too. And I said it like that on purpose. But it is an entirely different upgrade of a t-55, and it isn't an 'official' glorified red star package, but it works.

[@Whatismoo]

reese fobes link?

[@reesefobes867]

clareb15 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-54/T-55_operators_and_variants Under the models and variants tab, scroll WAAY down to where the Iraqi variants are. The subheading is T-55 Enigma. They made several types of enigma too.

[@Whatismoo]

reese fobes thanks!

[@01Laffey]

Also, those boxes contained layered armor of steel, aluminium and rubber image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2014/46/1415740023-t-55-enigma-composite-armor-cutaway.png

[@craiga9492]

I'd want to spend all my time there in the shed and the shop if they would let me in lol

[@v22058]

well hello there Cougar you old boat, thanks for making feel old Chieftain!

[@DiggingForFacts]

Very sad to see that the Somua was moved into the shed. Still one of my favourite vehicles

[@haydenprewer8388]

It got moved back in

[@HighlanderNorth1]

They should restore and exhibit the Churchill Gun Carrier that's rusting away in the miniature jungle beside the building. Also, maybe a T14 review would be nice, since they've actually got one(which is probably pretty rare I would think).

[@ColBecket]

Ah yes that what i had in mind in my comment in 2nd part Really great job mr Chieftain

[@bingokitty5822]

Chief, these unofficial, high speed tours are great! Can you please do one of these series with what remains of the Jacque Littlefield collection in California? If his children will let you? I understand they are liquidating inventory so it would be imperative sooner than later before some of Mr. Littlefields more interesting vehicles go away to perhaps smaller collections/museums and disappear.

[@Masada1911]

A lot of the Littlefield collection ended up in the American heritage museum, and he has done a tour of that

[@tony-leebrizzell2654]

M103 "hiding" in the background 😂

[@sh60guy25]

LOL "M103 hiding in the back.".

[@thewomble1509]

"Do you have a jagd chieftain?"."No, not here" He's standing next to the bloody thing!!

[@TNX255]

Alright, next up, Kubinka! Right? ;) Oh, and while you're on your way there, you could stop by Parola in Finland and do a quick episode of the vehicles there as well =)

[@calska140]

"... known as 'the shed' for obvious reasons" Y-yeah obvious heh heh (it's not even filled with pesticides and gardening tools though???)

[@kendog84bsc]

Cool video!By the way, the way you said "The shed" reminds me of Monty Python's "Two Sheds" sketch.

[@norbertt11]

very nice

[@tuf_1041]

So many tanks..

[@Mac_0903]

When you’ve played war thunder from the very beginning up to now and know it all 😂

[@georgeclements__]

I need to go back when it's not tankfest because I missed almost all of these.

[@emilbjork2835]

8:22 that's a Swedish IKV91, I think you forgot to mention it :P

[@Sleepy.Time.]

thank you for the tour

[@BikeFitterErik]

I would love to see an Inside the Hatch on the Stealth Chieftain.

[@Peorhum]

Could you do an episode on the Ram like you did on the Australian Sentinel tank. :)

[@TheRandCrews]

Peorhum I agree the Canadians should get their turn, Ram or Sexton vehicle

[@snape1464]

You didn't watch the video did you? He said that it wasn't possible due to radiation coming from the instrument lighting

[@TheRandCrews]

Severijn van Lambalgen He said that about the T-14 not the Ram or Sexton

[@snape1464]

sorry, must have mixed them up. My apologies

[@TheFunkhouser]

This is why I like War of WarShips! >__

[@suzyqualcast6269]

First went there 85. Then, again, in 89, Lost a leg in an rta 86. Never been back. Crikey, its changed.

[@canary11141]

Churchill gun carriage is so cool.

[@ishouldgetalif3]

heyyy that was a Bandvagn at 5:21! not often you see those outside of sweden..

[@wot1fan885]

Hey chieftain thx for showing us this stuff its awesome . one question went you went outside and there was a few turrets I think it was the 2nd to last or so turret was that an Action X turret ????

[@lewis6419]

I like the way he picked up a curator there and then gave him a tour of his own museum

[@Kyle-gw6qp]

I think there's only one curator and that's Mr Wiley

[@brnesouthwest9915]

It would be great to see you do a video inside the Israeli Merkava IV and is it the tanker's dream?

[@CAP198462]

Can’t do an inside the hatch on the T-14 because of Radiation leaks, then it’s not a tank is it? It’s an 8 rad. Either way it’s a roentgen excuse.

[@MrJohanBD]

So I hear this and that tank is off limits due to radiation leaks quite often it feels like. But were does the radiation come from. Have they been part of nuclear tests? Or have tanks secretly been running on nuclear power all this time? xP

[@builder396]

On early self-illuminating speedometer needles they used radioactive components. Even got used on wristwatches to make them glow in the dark. Obviously got outlawed some time ago, but that doesnt make the stuff vanish from every tank that used it to make speedometers easier to read in the dark. Thats why tanks are radioactive sometimes.

[@MrJohanBD]

Thanks for the info! :3

[@catlee8064]

Yep...its Tritium

[@JustFamilyPlaytime]

Possibly not. Tritium is a low-energy beta emitter and when used in a radioluminescent paint formulation is low-risk. The beta particles won't get past the glass of an instrument dial. Plus with a 1/2-life of 12 years activity in a world-war 2 tank will be down to very low levels. Tritium decay products are not themselves radioactive, so the residue would be mostly harmless. Military were more keen on radium-based paints, at least till the 1950s. Radium emits gamma rays, which are penetrative and much more of an issue. Radium has a much longer 1/2-life of 1600 years, and its decay products are themselves radioactive. So I'd guess radium in some dials, and damaged instruments leading to a real radiation hazard.

[@karl0ssus1]

On a tank of that era, Radium is more likely.

[@babakzekibi315]

Awesome, thanks a lot.

[@collinfreese2987]

how did the T14 get the radium leak.

[@petearundel166]

Not a Beaverette, Old Chap, that was a Morris LRC.

[@shitheadmachin]

I did wounder where all the captured Iraqi vehicles went! I remember some Cromwell and Churchill tanks being removed of Salisbury plain training area in 2008 I wonder if they are the shot up wreaks at the end of the video?

[@Avalon304]

Im still angry about the 4202 (P) in game... Nick you need to get that fixed... :D

[@stijnVDA1994]

God i love the halftrack land rover! I would love to own one of these if these are no longer with tax age, meaning that when a vehicle gets to a similar number as 30 years of age then you do no longer need to pay tax for it...

[@timothyhayes9724]

I said "WAIT, What was that?!" so many times in this video. I want to know about every single vehicle and the history behind all of them like yesterday

[@bigbob1699]

It must be noisy in there when they turn over all the motors at once !

[@Kilroy95]

Great video! As always. If I may ask, I'm part of a mod team developing a WWII mod for arma 3. I plan on visiting Bovington in the next year or so, do you think I could get access like this or would I need to be apart of a more credible group?

[@kpwnage97]

Everything seen in the video is available with your ticket.

[@TheREALJetCannon]

Are people only allowed downstairs on certain days? When I was last there I couldn't get down. :(

[@amaethon2117]

Imagine if they added the jagdchieftain to world of Tanks. Tier 8/9/10 TD.

[@Hjalie]

I didn't know they have the YP-408 there.

[@loganb7059]

What is the white/grey colored tank in front of the FV4202? (4:00) I would be like a kid at a candy store if I were in there.

[@industrialdonut7681]

I just wanted to say that I love you

[@dongdynamics]

So why does the T14 have a radiation leak issue? I'm confused

[@ShockAndAwe417]

Was that turret (in front of the turret with the hexagonal light housing) for an FV4204 or the Cent. AX?

[@BriefMortal777]

If you mean the one outside, I believe that's the Centurion one, since it has the overhang at the back which the 4202 turret lacks.

[@brettrogers7138]

Is there an m1 abrams in that museum?

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

There is not, no. Not that they aren’t trying to get one.

[@xmeda]

Drone would be nice in this storage

[@RJ7651]

nice video! quick question, has anyone told WG that their model for the fv4202 is wrong? it looks far too tall and narrow compared to the real thing

[@Sammakko7]

FloatyMexican all War Gamings models are wrong. Panzer 1 with A 20MM FOR FUCKS SAKE! And a Tiger H.. i mean Tiger 1 like in that Scheiße game with a superbly wrong turret. A Panzer V with a Panzer IV turret? ...

[@KermitTheGamer21]

@Richard James Lengthon 5-year-old comment, but ironically all of your examples actually existed. During the Spanish Civil War, at least two Panzer 1's were modified with 20mm guns to give them better combat capability against the Soviet-supplied T-26. The H2 turret on the Tiger I was a prototype from the early days of the Tiger project when it was still planned to be armed with only the L/70 (same gun as Panther). The Panther with a Panzer IV turret also existed. It was created by Schwere Panzerabteilung 653 around the time of the Battle of Kursk, and used as a command vehicle. It was originally a Bergepanther recovery vehicle, so it never had even a Panther turret. The one thing WoT gets wrong is that the Panzer IV turret was bolted down to the hull in this case and could not rotate.

[@bigbob1699]

I want to see the basement !

[@MrGeoffHilton]

I must visit this place, how many days do I need to see everything?

[@Zwockel95]

Wasn't there a Panther Ausführung F turret ("Schmalturm") in Bovington?

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

It was between the Panther and Jagtiger in Pt 2.

[@stalkerfan86]

I wish I had your height, I'm too small to peer inside tanks and canons with ease.

[@JonesyMcDanes]

It's a mighty great shame to see alot of these tanks growing rust or sitting out in the rain.

[@shoji_3440]

Poor churchill 2. They should get it inside

[@vickissock2841]

served bovy 1957 the tank museum was nothing like this

[@plaguedoctor2.026]

Radiation leak on the t-14 ? Or am I just missing the joke it's been a long day

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

The dials are painted with radium to be visible in the dark. Apparently British Health and Safety considers this to be a hazard.

[@plaguedoctor2.026]

@@TheChieftainsHatch I honestly forgot about radium and the fact that they used to make watches and gauges out of it well use it as a component

[@antiochusiiithegreat7721]

I could live in the shed.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thanks, well ejoyed the mooch about ,

[@DMW-iq2ie]

The Schützenpanzer is the basis of the SP I C right?

[@terriblecontent4408]

They need to spruce up that Churchill gun carriage

[@laurensvandeventer2483]

8:46 is a Dutch DAF YP408

[@gravemindpenis]

1:58 welp time to get the radiation suit

[@newtypev2]

dammit this was a section i missed out because i had to go back to london by 3pm

[@BFBC2Tankbuster]

So what's up with the amx 30 not being In the museum?

[@damage_inc816]

you said about the T-14 radiation, where does the t14 get radiation from?

[@ArfurFaulkesHake]

might have been used in a nuclear test as target?

[@willcoleman9691]

Same the the Bovy KV-1 the speedo needles

[@nytenjin]

Was it tritium? Because that clearly hasn't been banned.

[@get953]

M Johnsen The first generation used radium, which emits alpha radiation. As you noted alpha particles cannot travel far enough to cause the damage to the skin through the thickness of a watch or even air. The problem with radium is that chemically it is similar to calcium, and the factory workers exposed to radium paints accumulated it in their bones instead of calcium, thereby having direct exposure to radioactivity, and suffered from cancer and other effects. The next generation used promethium, which is a beta emitter. Beta particles are simply electrons, and are also used in all CRT screens that use electron guns to make the phosphor glow. Promethium's beta particles can cause X-rays when interacting with certain substances, and is therefore a health hazard. It does not replace calcium in the bones, so is safer than radium in that respect, although the radiation is more dangerous. The third generation used tritium (an isotope of hydrogen), which is also a beta emitter. Its kind of beta particles cannot cause X-rays, can travel only about 1/4 inch in air, and can't penetrate beyond the thin dead skin layer. This is the safest permanently glowing technology. The modern glow in the dark compounds use an entirely different principle. They have molecules that can be excited to an energized state by the visible light and then due to the laws of quantum mechanics get stuck in such state for a long time. As they after a while come down from this energized state to the ground (lowest energy) one they emit the excess energy as visible light. There is no ionizing radiation involved, so if you don't ingest or inhale such substances they are safe for handling in the longest term. The drawback is that the need to be charged in the light, as there is no internal source of energy for glowing.

[@Xr-pd2oi]

Should be perfectly safe in another 50 years time. we just need to be patient:-)

[@LordSteve3565]

Did the t14 have a radioactive element in the paint or something?

[@tmanoutdoors8277]

Darth Grumpy let me put it this way. They tried to make the panels glow in the dark

[@corninmypoo]

Do you know if there are any existing models and prototypes of the T26E4 SuperPershing?

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

One still exists, outside of the 1st Infantry Division Museum in Cantigny. farm4.staticflickr.com/3212/2973267178_26fd847da9_o.jpg

[@tasman006]

I would like to thank you for doing these tour video series of the Bovington tank museum being in Australia its hard to get to maybe one day. It was awesome tanks a lot. It would be nice if you continued with the series with other tank museums around the world. All I've seen is Matilda tanks in a parade one of our Centurion tanks and M113 APC from the Vietnam war a Sentenial Mk1 tank all at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra(It has a museum as well.). And the genuine German WW1 A7V in Brisbane.

[@imbeauski8872]

Oh wow, I've stood on an one of a kind Super Pershing without knowing it.

[@scottiebarnes21]

Thought cromwells are not well

[@Colinpark]

must win lottery and bribe my way in......

[@WildBillCox13]

"M103 hiding in the background . . ." Isn't that an oxymoron? An M103 hiding?

[@Handle423]

What was that in front of the FV4202 and btw. does the FV4202 actually have a name?

[@ohslowpoke4720]

That is a "Centurion Target Tank" which was used for gunnery or missile practice, I cannot remember specifics. The FV4202 never got a name, no, it's just called that, and that's it.

[@Handle423]

OhSlowpoke​ Thanks

[@ncrtrooper5526]

Why there's a radiation leak in the t14?

[@petethebastard]

My I suggest another "high-speed tour" for the Australian ArmoUr and Artillery Museum in Cairns?

[@roflcopterkklol]

There is a half track ute in there and i want it.