Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: XM808 "Twister"

XM808 was a proof of concept vehicle created without requirement by Lockheed Missile and Space. Three were built for the Army for testing for lunar operations, the fascinating armed and armored version is found today at the US Army Armor and Cavalry Collection, Ft Benning, GA.
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I may not have been entirely serious about the lunar operations bit.

[@Activated_Complex]

Fuel economy: Awful. Ammunition supply: Low. Driver: Uncomfortable. TC: Concussed. Rolling up in a GI Joe vehicle: Priceless.

[@robertwarner5963]

Sub-contractors would love it! They would turn a huge profit selling spare parts.

[@durandol]

For everything else, there's Master Card.

[@jayfelsberg1931]

I am surprised a moon version of this was not developed. It would have been perfect for the Moon Nazis in "Iron Sky."

[@rabbitwithm2495]

Poor gunner is in a God damn Bonney castle during a avalanche XD

[@Beretta249]

I'd have hated Ad Astra a little less if the stupid moon guerillas had been in a firefight with this beast.

[@Nordern]

That's one vehicle i would really love to see running under it's own power and steering

[@jamesstrickland4622]

🤢

[@steffenrosmus9177]

Same principle as WW II German Sdkfz 234 or after 1956 Puma

[@KingBobBobBob]

Most agreed brother! They're cool. And better than the puma trolol

[@denseacat]

Will not drive far, he said that "fuel economy : Awful" Meanwhile fule literally waterfalling out the vic trhoughout the video, if you look at the floor under it :D

[@torlakkarstad4251]

@@jamesstrickland4622 Damn that’s crazy…

[@kevinsullivan3448]

Tall Irishman folds himself in half for your entertainment.

[@richardbell7678]

It would be interesting to see the Chieftain and Jeremy Clarkson square off and see who can fit into the smallest vehicle; although, Mr. Clarkson has set the bar very high with his review of the Peel P50 that sees him fit all 6'5" of himself into that tiny car.

[@BrianS1981]

@@richardbell7678 And the Chieftain that the bollix wouldn't dare punch for not getting him his coffee.

[@dmg4415]

@@richardbell7678 AMD Mr Clarkson was never so slim and fit as the Chieftain. I have a slight part of claustrophobia, I cringe every time he is going in through small hatches or in to cramped spaces. And in this case, the crew must have been no longer than 5ft4 and a weigh no more than 120 lbs.

[@pirig-gal]

@@BrianS1981 Why would a host punch his co-host for not doing a job that producers and staff should do?

[@buttahXD]

@@pirig-gal Why would a producer go get someone coffee? There's usually at least a couple staff that are hired to mostly do small stuff like that lmao.

[@KiithnarasAshaa]

The most devastating weapon against any vehicle: Budget Cuts.

[@ScottKenny1978]

Just ask the British.

[@demonprinces17]

@@ScottKenny1978 american also

[@joshuajoaquin5099]

Russian too

[@jimmydylan1472]

German too

[@TheFlatlander440]

France as well.

[@GeneralJackRipper]

"You see that mountain?" "Drive over it." "Yes, I said drive OVER it."

[@Ksportin]

It looks cool from the outside but the footage of it going over rough terrain was incredible to watch and made the vehicle much cooler in my book.

[@Wallyworld30]

My autistic brain gets off from watching something with that amazing articulation and number of wheel navigate terrain.

[@krissfemmpaws1029]

PJ a friend of mine worked on and help test this thing when he was in the Army. He said it was impressive for its mobility. After seeing video of it in action I'm impressed... my Toyota won't go where this thing will I know that.

[@petermoller6376]

@@Wallyworld30 q

[@M50A1]

@@Wallyworld30 same

[@Masada1911]

Looks like Chieftain has finally found a Transformer to do an inside the hatch on

[@moosemaimer]

You look at all the crazy stuff in the G.I. Joe toy line and it starts to make sense in context. Put a driver's position on the front hull and Cobra could have a vehicle that split in two.

[@shishoka]

It was called the M.A.G.G.O.T., it was tracked, and it split into three parts, two vehicles and a stationary artillery platform.

[@mastathrash5609]

Looks like an absolute death trap in combat(even as a concept), but I absolutly want one!

[@WildBillCox13]

The purpose of a wheeled vehicle, from the Marines' perspective, is to get it stuck somewhere it can't extricate itself from.

[@robertwarner5963]

Are you saying that "soldier proof" is difficult, but "marine proof" is impossible?

[@WildBillCox13]

@@robertwarner5963 I am. I have great respect for my marine friends.

[@Alfred-B228]

Yes but if you have enough PFCs and LCpls you can get anything out. If you got your vehicle stuck on a Friday they will have it out befor the end of the day.

[@sethp4002]

@@robertwarner5963 you win comment of the year for that

[@clothar23]

@@Alfred-B228 With or without the crayons ?

[@Adamski707A]

This thing is so funky looking. Could show up in a sci-fi movie and look futuristic even today imo 😅

[@mikearias2283]

I was thinking aliens colonial marines

[@WellBattle6]

I think I still prefer the French crab car for future design.

[@carloshenriquezimmer7543]

I am pretty sure that there was a GI-Joe's toy "tank" just like this one But with a gun turret very similar to the 105 mm on the Stryker IFV. Super cool BTW.

[@derrickstorm6976]

Definitely looks like 80s sci-fi lol

[@toddkes5890]

Made me think of the Landmaster from the movie "Damnation Alley" - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landmaster

[@prjndigo]

Two transmission shifters so you can put one in neutral. I'm betting they also hoped you could "trailer" the main body and run on the front engine only. The crew cabin would use the rear engine for electrical. So there are situations in which you'd be in rear-neutral idling to run the hydraulics and front engine in drive for roading. Makes it even crazier.

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

Fair point. Not sure how I missed that. I'm too used to transmission disconnects, I guess

[@stamfordly6463]

@hognoxious The four wheel drive one? Second engine in the boot IIRC.

[@MrTrilbe]

20:33 There's a plaque about single engine operation above the steering bypass, so i'd be willing to bet a one time use internet cookie you're right, I also want to know what not to stall check and why

[@wandersmann0]

An other interesting thing: it seems like the left transmission can only be put down to 3-4gear, while the right one can be put down to 1-2gear......

[@mpetersen6]

Operation on one engine if possible would also probably increase range

[@marinetech262]

Well sir, it struck me while observing you worming your way into the commander's position that should you decide to resign your commission, you certainly have a promising future as a professional contortionist or a yoga instructor. Might be an idea for a future video series. This week on Yoga with the Chieftain, I'm going to attempt to exit the XM808 in a hurry! Oh bugger, the vehicle's on fire! (begins to perform what appears to be him screwing his left big toe into his right ear.)

[@tommyfred6180]

:)

[@krissfemmpaws1029]

LOL! I lost it with your comment.

[@johnpatz8395]

🤣

[@christopherreed4723]

🤣

[@marinetech262]

@@christopherreed4723 Oh, you all know you'd watch it. :)

[@AllanSitte]

It reminds me of a logging skidder. If you have never seen a logging skidder, it is a very specific vehicle designed to drag or "skid" logs out of a forest. For this concept, they added 4 more wheels, changed the chassis a bit, added engineering for higher speeds, added a weapon mount, and painted it green. Still, if they took this concept and applied more current engineering technologies and safety/comfort features, I could see something like this being very handy for mechanized recon missions in places where good roads are a luxury. Thank you for going over this machine. I learned something new today for sure. :-)

[@mochaholic3039]

Log skidders are an interesting bunch, the early ones were literally steam locomotives on treads. The Lombard steam hauler had an unique tread system, a tread within tread to eliminate friction in the days before oil-based lubrication was available, and it worked pretty well. The thing moved at 4mph but could drag 300 tons worth of logs. I should mention I came across an abandoned Lombard deep in the forest I was hiking in some years ago, the thing was pretty intact despite sitting there for nearly 120 years and got me interested in log skidders.

[@CallanElliott]

I was just thinking, this thing with a 25mm, .30 cal or a .50cal would be pretty much the ideal recon vehicle. Could even put the weapons in an RWS and it'd still be fairly low profile.

[@justindunlap1235]

I've always thought about pulling off the skidder arm and arming a skidded with a reckless rifle of something.

[@jimnotter6046]

I actually built log skidders for J. I. Case. I believe they only built them a few years. Possibly because of high maintenance of that bearing that let the rear "twist" separate from the front. The articulated bearings worked just fine. The rear fenders (the part that you would pull a log into) were a half an inch thick. I dropped one on my finger (only about a two inch drop) and I can say, they are HEAVY!

[@rider660r]

@@jimnotter6046 What knocks those center bearings (actually bushings) out is people not knowing how to drive them and turning until it slams into the stop pads.It was worse on the old skidders that depended on RPM to pump the hydraulic pumps fast enough to turn quickly.The old Timberjack is a good example of needing RPM's to turn it,one of the reasons those old 353 Detroits were called screaming Detroit Diesel because if you wanted to turn moderately quickly you need to have your RPM's up.I ran a old Tj 240 with aerial bucket for years,another crew had a 225,then later a JD 440 logging or clearing right of ways for power companies in 4 states.The Tj was a much better machine. BTW, running 25mph (moving from job to job down the road) in a stick steer TJ had a little pucker factor...lol If I remember right that Tj 240 was 12 tons without calcium in the tires.

[@silverjohn6037]

Seems like an application of the engineering 20-80 rule. Trying to get an additional 20% of performance you need an additional 80% of design complexity.

[@hannesromhild8532]

Also known as made in Germany.

[@ScottKenny1978]

@@hannesromhild8532 you mean Made in Switzerland.

[@hannesromhild8532]

@@ScottKenny1978 nah massive effort for little gain thats the German way of doing things. When the Swiss make something it just works like a Swiss watch.

[@ScottKenny1978]

@@hannesromhild8532 and every piece is hand machined and polished to a high gloss so it costs 10x more than it needs to.

[@ianturner7023]

Aka the Pareto Principle

[@JDK73772]

I absolutely love this vehicle for no other reason than the cool factor.

[@RexKarrs]

What's its Doug-score?

[@Warump]

21:53 Damn, those Group-B rallye races were insane back then

[@NitroNuggetTV]

Imagine a Group-A(...rmoured vehicle) class in the WRC!? That’d be awesome! Hahaha the group-B drivers would’ve been a lot safer in these... not sure about the spectators though lol

[@cynthash100]

That "Indicators!" was so adorable.

[@petedardis606]

My dad worked at Lockheed during this period. He would bring home brochures about these things full of artist’s renderings of them in action, firing away driving thru a swamp. Great stuff for a kid. 🤓👍🏼

[@Skorpychan]

Do you still have them in a form you can scan and upload?

[@MrHws5mp]

I've always loved this thing ever since I picked up the AFV Profiles book on it in a 2nd hand bookstore. Looking at the mechanical transmission complexity, this has to be a design that would benefit hugely from electric transmission, with the engines just driving generators and a motor in each wheel hub. The ENGASA company from Brazil had a patent on a slighty different form of walking-beam suspension, and sold large numbers of them, both on armoured vehicles like the Cascavel and Urutu, and also on unarmoured 6x6 trucks.

[@gleggett3817]

Scammell had walking beam axles on their trucks (lorries) for off road capability in the 1920s The range of motion on them is amazing. And a pivoting front axle too.

[@MrHws5mp]

@@gleggett3817 Indeed. There's a series of pics of the Twister climbing a vertical wall: all eight wheels are in contact with a horizontal or vertical surface the whole time.

[@WhiskyCardinalWes]

LOL, never to run again he says. It's the military, all the curator has to do is put out a "suggestion" to the major commands there that 'volunteers' would be welcome to come do grunt work clean up, and those wheeled and track mechanics would be most welcome. I know that instead of going to my motorpool and pulling PMCS on my Scumvee for the fourth time in four days I would have 'volunteered' to go to the on post museum and worked on their vehicles.

[@Zack_Wester]

problem is that I presume if a idiot fails putting the PMCS Scumvee then there is at least one person that know how to do it. this not so much. and ods are you spending more time decrypting old archive tombs then actuall doing anything.

[@durhamdavesbg4948]

Solver the labour issue, but as the video says, they don't make the wheels anymore for starters.

[@carlhicksjr8401]

Obviously, you've never had the joy of working on either a 151 Jeep [pretty easy] or a Gamma Goat [hard enough that Catholics call it 'penance']. My first job as a tank crewman in Germany in 1983 was crawling through the slush of a late winter snow to break track on my M1 Abrams. No sympathy here, pal! 😁😆

[@marvindebot3264]

@@durhamdavesbg4948 You can get similar tyres in the right size. If not, anything can be made in Taiwan for a surprisingly reasonable price.

[@ScottKenny1978]

@@durhamdavesbg4948 I'd be willing to be that a size close to that is still made in the agricultural shops for tractors. Maybe not as many plies, but low pressure and self cleaning cleats of the right shape.

[@JoeWalker98]

"Hinges need a bit of work" he says as he pushes em open with no lube, no extra leverage, without much trouble. 😂 Ive had car doors open worse than that with no where near the age and poor storage

[@spoeny]

They don't even scream like a demon from hell! Almost disappointing...

[@unevenelephant469]

Sure you have.

[@grognard23]

Wondered if we were going to get the start of the "Oh bugger, there's a wasp in my AFV!" series. That would be reminiscent (prescient) of the Steiner Scout Friedrich Three, "Mein Gott, there are bees in my cockpit!" spiel.

[@Vnx]

"Stealth is optional."

[@GeneralJackRipper]

That archive video is fascinating, I hope we see more such stuff going forward.

[@drleft2906]

i watch his videos over and over, and come to the same conclusion when he gets into small vehicles, Nickolas was an origami artwork in a previous life seeing how well he folds himself

[@dujecurlin6265]

To me it looks like a vehicle made for patroling on the surface of Moon and Mars, it has that futuristic vibe

[@kingwiththeax6880]

The main issue with this vehicle- we didn’t get to hear about track tensioners!

[@UberMax23]

This would be interesting in a modern take with maybe a diesel engine linked to a generator and electric motor wheel hubs. Remove all that drivetrain complexity and losses. And maybe replace it with heat problems..

[@ScottKenny1978]

I'm not sure how bad the heat would be now.

[@seanmcardle]

Just what I was thinking. Electrics would simplify so many of the drive train and articulation complexities.

[@flakstruk-8481]

My thought also

[@aaronleverton4221]

Ferry Porsche smiles at you from above, or below.

[@ScottKenny1978]

@@aaronleverton4221 he had a good idea, just the technology wasn't there yet.

[@bobsmith2815]

Full battle rattle ingress and egress dream on. Designed back in days your body armor was your starched utility uniform.

[@ScottKenny1978]

Flak jackets were a thing then.

[@roguedalek900]

Yea but 120 pound 21 year old GI can fit into some amazing places

[@ScottKenny1978]

@@roguedalek900 I think that's actually too light to enlist these days...

[@kylebrown2927]

782 gear was still pretty bulky and awkward if you kept all the crap on your belt/suspenders. Dont know how much load bearing stuff armor crew would actually wear though

[@EmergencyChannel]

I think the average G.I. used to be about 160lbs, now the average woman in the United States is 5'6" and 170lbs.

[@robertjohnson5484]

Thank you for the video. I actually got to drive the twister, in the tour video, at Fort Hunter Liggett in the 1970s. It was a blast to drive off road. One feature was that the steering hydraulics ran off of the front engine. There was a axle pump, on the rear section, that was a backup for the steering, in the event the front engine was not operating, that would provide hydraulic pressure to operate the steering once the vehicle was rolling about six miles an hour.

[@krissfemmpaws1029]

Hey Chieftain, thanks so much for doing this vehicle! PJ a friend of mine told me about working on and the testing of the Twister when he was in the Army. From what I see PJ was right about not a lot of room and servicing it was a major pain. He did say it was a hoot to drive and would go just about anywhere you pointed it within reason. I remember a comment about it would climb a tree if it had the traction. All I can say is... damn that thing is complex... I'll take a Gamagoat thank you. Yes they were still in service when I was in, most in the motor pool disliked them.

[@sim.frischh9781]

That "Twister" looks like it would be hella fun driving it!

[@kanamisprs4330]

Chieftains years of experiance of getting in and out of armoured vehicles seems to have given him a sixth sense of when and where to move his head. I would have knocked my noggin black and blue getting in that thing.

[@bruceinoz8002]

The Armoured Kar Ma Sutra?

[@julmdamaslefttoe3559]

I appreciate that there is no music, much better and more relaxing, also allows me to do other stuff while listening

[@johnsamu]

It looks like a field maintenance NIGHTMARE 😆 All those difficult to reach spots and nooks and crannies where all muck can find a safe haven.

[@bertv.374]

@johnsamu You don't want to have this in repair in the field. For this you want a tow truck or crane and a lowloaderto bring it in a hall or place with a strong gentry crane. Some 30 miles behind the front.

[@ricardokowalski1579]

The list of grease zerks is as thick as a phone book

[@johnclausen9057]

Looks like a concept that would lend itself to being electric, would simplify the drive train a lot.

[@adamskinner5868]

I missed these vids and appreciate that they are still being made, excellent.

[@alistairbuckle3450]

This is the coolest vehicle I have ever seen! Exactly like the sort of thing I used to doodle as a child with flames coming out of the exhausts. Never knew such a vehicle exists and I want one - so thanks for making this amazing video!

[@micuu1]

After watching Cone of Arc's video on that insane design for a 'baby' assault tank, I can't help but think an armed and armoured production version of the Twister would have actually worked in that sort of role. Probably still not a worthwhile vehicle given the sort of conflicts the US was involved in or expecting, but an interesting vehicle none the less.

[@seansamurai1981]

"Start rear engine first" I reckon thats the one with the hydraulic pump and possibly generator/alternator/dynamo setup

[@breembo]

I am so glad you did a video on this. Finally I see something outside of a hunnicutt book.

[@Bochi42]

Fascinating vehicle and a great talk on it!

[@Captain_Coleslaw]

Imagine a swarm of these rushing at enemy infantry, with stabilized 20 mm cannons and 7.62 coax... That could be absolutely insane e

[@Famasmaster15]

Tank yoga and history lessons about armored vehicles that’s what this guys job is haha

[@candleman2123]

This thing looks great. Genuinely seems like something worthy of further investigation as a concept.

[@JoshuaC923]

That's pretty cool and interesting concept vehicle! That's for the great work you do

[@GARDENER42]

Looks like "oh my God, the XM808 is on fire" would be a bit of a bugger to get out of...

[@ozza1785]

Really want to hear the story of that little adorable XM800T standing nearby :P

[@317eltoro]

Thank you chieftain great video

[@trevortaylor5501]

That was indeed ahead of it's time. Fascinating.

[@chopper7352]

from 29:30 to 31:00 ...we're all very glad that "The Chieftain" always wears jeans & not "Short Shorts" ....otherwise the content could have gotten 'non-PG' several times ! :)

[@richardbell7678]

Given the number of gears in the rear portion of the vehicle, it is unsurprising how loud it would get while riding in it. To save costs, they would have been spur gears, so they would have been noisier than helical gears. Helical gears would have been less noisy, but the fuel economy would be even worse. This is one of the few vehicles which would have been better (not cheaper) if Ferdinand Porsche had designed the power train, as running electrical conductors to electrical motors in the wheels may actually be more efficient than all of those spur gears.

[@CallanElliott]

Literally just thinking about how this vehicle is almost built for an electric drive.

[@isakjohansson7134]

I think helical gears have less resistance than spur gears

[@EmyrDerfel]

Hub motors are bad. See replies to other comments.

[@griffinfaulkner3514]

@@isakjohansson7134 Nope, helical gears suffer slightly higher losses than straight-cut gears. Purpose-built race transmissions use spur gears both because they're stronger and more efficient, and they don't really care how loud the damn thing is.

[@isakjohansson7134]

@@griffinfaulkner3514 Musnt the fact that they are loud be an indication that they are inefficient? The noise takes energy to make. Also i think they are only used because their bearings dont have to be able to take any axial load hence making them lighter and cheaper.

[@ReloadingMoreAD1966]

Extremely interesting and informative. Walking beam suspensions are intriguing. Thanks for sharing.

[@tacticalmanatee]

So awesome to see you doing these little-known oddballs.

[@homelessEh]

this is not cheiftan folded into an amx elc episode i ordered lol

[@sealpiercing8476]

This is one of the cooler vehicles I've ever seen. Looks like a treat to drive, maybe even if you have to fix it afterward :P

[@shemaagh]

Excellent technical overview of a unique project for which there isn't much information available online - many thanks.

[@opticalecho119]

This is the best video series on KZbin

[@bren2385]

WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE A REDESIGN WITH MORE COMPACT MODERN ELECTRICAL ENGINE 😉👍

[@ticotube2501]

Since electric SUVs without any concern to max weight are all the hype, this contraption with a bit more luxury and a bling bling dashboard seems economically viable for most car markets ;)

[@ekscalybur]

Electric engine, so you want even worse range?

[@marvindebot3264]

@@ticotube2501 He means diesel electric which would be perfect for this.

[@Anlushac11]

When the Chieftan climbed in there was a placard that said something about single engine operation. I could see a need for separate shifters if for instance one of the engines were inoperable you could shift that transmission to neutral and shift the other transmission into gear.

[@davidpippin3460]

love the outtakes!!!

[@MeshFrequency]

What a beautiful vehicle!

[@HyperBurner]

I wonder how this would do with a modern hybrid-electric or diesel-electric drive

[@sir0herrbatka]

Solves issues with transmissions and engines complexity but batteries are heavy and high mass is a liability when offroading.

[@ltcuddles685]

@@sir0herrbatka hybrids usually don't have much in the way of batteries.

[@ScottKenny1978]

@@ltcuddles685 depends on the car. A Prius has a pretty big battery pack. 100miles plus range on pure electric power if you've hacked the computer to let you run on pure electric.

[@ScottKenny1978]

Run it as a diesel (or turbine) electric series hybrid. Diesel (or turbine) engine spins at best economy speed all the time and just spins a generator that puts power to a battery pack. Then you just have electric motors at each wheel. No transmission per se, just power cables.

[@francesconicoletti2547]

@@sir0herrbatka why batteries ? Just keep the generator running from the engine. We can probably do that better now the Porche did in WW2.

[@whyjnot420]

Articulated vehicles have a simple "thats neat" factor that is inherent to their design. Personally one of the coolest things I ever drove was a bigass payloader (or front end loader if you prefer) with articulated steering and tires as tall as I am.

[@NellaCuriosity]

What an interesting vehicle! Fantastic video!

[@jasonz7788]

Great work Sir thank you

[@oldmangimp2468]

Hmmmm... XM808 Twister; designed by Lockheed. M561 Gamma Goat; designed by Vought. . Could someone please point me to the Army regulation that stipulates a ground vehicle designed by an aircraft manufacturer MUST include some type of articulation joint?

[@tarjei99]

Reminds me of a Bandvagn which of course is unarmoured, but can carry a load at a respectable speed on bad roads.

[@jonathancoetzer6937]

Absolutely excellent, I am staggered at how good condition it is in. Would love to see it run again, it make an interesting pr tool

[@edxcal84]

I've never even heard of this! Amazing vehicle! ... But the whole time I was staring at the XM800T next to you, waiting on a video for that!

[@bigbrownbagofcash]

Next up, the SheVa tank from John Ringos Posleen war books

[@shorttimer874]

Or the hovercraft ones from Hammer's Slammers

[@mpetersen6]

@@shorttimer874 Bolos

[@mbr5742]

@@mpetersen6 That would be intersting. He could actually interview the tank :)

[@gubulgaria5416]

Makes me think of vehicle from a Gerry Anderson puppet show It's the correct decade Just glad the wasp nest was abandoned. Would make a good replacement to "On no, my tank is on fire"

[@luciusvorenus9445]

Interesting vehicle. Thank you for showing us another prototype or experimental vehicle.

[@greghelms4458]

Outtakes are great.

[@atsiv12]

Is this lead up to US wheeled vehicals being added to World of Tanks?

[@cheyannei5983]

His job is to collect data on historical vehicles, he's done a lot of data collection that never went anywhere. So yes, but it's equally likely they just don't add them.

[@Ltdeathsquid]

Much more likely to see this in War Thunder

[@88porpoise]

Since there is no WOT branding on this video it almost certainly has nothing to do with them. This would be Chieftan's own decision to go there, pay the costs, and play with what he wants to.

[@cheyannei5983]

@@88porpoise I have no doubt that his entire trip was not possible without Patron funding. I also have no doubt he is collecting direct data for Wargaming. All said and done, making video solo does take a lot of hours, especially on a lot of different vehicles... and I have no doubt that Patron funding allows him to stick around for a few days or a week to make those videos. But at the end of the day, Wargaming NA pays his health insurance, and his duty to them is collecting and assembling historical information.

[@88porpoise]

@@cheyannei5983 And his vacation is equally his to do as he pleases, such as making content. Maybe he was looking at it for some reason associated with Wargaming, but at least as likely is just the vehicle was of interest to him personally. And if Wargaming was interested in this vehicle it likely would have been made in association with Wargaming and feature the World of Tanks branding like many of the Chieftain's Hatch videos. So I would not get my hopes up that this indicates something that is to come.

[@Wyrsa]

While i love seeing all the vehicles that Chieftain covers, there are not that many that I go "I WANT ONE" This though is one of them.

[@XLA-zg1nn]

Awesome, Great video. Never heard of any of these

[@dirtydave2691]

Fascinating. As usual great information with a bit of humor. I started my career at Fort Benning in 1987. My oldest is son is currently a Drill Sergeant there. This vehicle, at first glance, looks a bit like the South African multi wheeled armored systems but with all the comfort and quality of a used BTR 60!

[@carrotsix]

From the front it looks like a Saracen photographed through a fisheye lens

[@guidor.4161]

Wouldn't steel applique on aluminum cause corrosion? Via the connecting bolts, unless they managed to completely electrically isolate the armor components (e.g. with the "adhesive"). You see this on old land rovers which have aluminum doors but steel hinges.

[@tgapmax4051]

They'd probably add zinc sacrifice strips like in boats.

[@Shaun_Jones]

Like he said, this was a concept vehicle, an actual armored version probably would have had an all-steel structure.

[@ScottKenny1978]

Cadmium plated bolts, plus that's partially what the glue is for.

[@demonprinces17]

@@Shaun_Jones think would go for aluminum for weight saveing

[@social3ngin33rin]

Very cool vehicle :O!!!!!! For being outside for 50 years, I think it looks quite good

[@Ingens_Scherz]

Wow. That looks so cool. Wish I had one!

[@nougan_tanker]

Hi Chieftain, are you trying to give WG idea to add a US wheeled LT line which can swim (submerged) and climb to places usually not accessible by other tanks??? ;-)

[@noscopesallowed8128]

Shhhh don't give them any ideas

[@sethp4002]

this is an AFV no light tank

[@Zombine45]

Does "Oh a wasp nest" warrant a similar response to "Oh god the tank is on fire"?

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

Might be if it were inhabited

[@Zombine45]

@@TheChieftainsHatch Ahh i see, that explains why you were so nonchalant about it.

[@Claymore5]

I love the XM 808 - it looks like it's come straight out of a movie. Stick it alongside a Gamma Goat and a Teracruzer - the army of the future - yesterday!

[@Foamypeon]

Awesome vehicle! These kinds of wheeled vehicles are so neat

[@cirian75]

So, it was the army concept for a hot rod/drift/rally car

[@RexKarrs]

If nothing else, it would make a heck of a recruiting tool.

[@ScottKenny1978]

That basically is what a scout car is. An armored rally car.

[@brianj.841]

For fighting off space aliens? Recoil would be a bitch, but the ballistics! ("Range 10 klicks, set your lead, boys.") ;-)

[@Idelacio]

I bet they liked it, it looks a hell of a lot of fun. XD

[@Wastelandman7000]

Fascinating Chieftain....

[@donjones4719]

0-60 and quarter-mile times are about what my family's VW bus could do, even with only 2 people. An advanced 1970 model, woo-hoo!

[@Shaun_Jones]

Yea, but your VW bus doesn’t weigh 10 tons.

[@ScottKenny1978]

Amazing what a pair of Chrysler 440s could do.

[@Gpower441]

Quick! Someone make a mod of this in Snowrunner! I want to drive this on Mars or Russia!

[@mpetersen6]

Russia's a planet?

[@durandol]

@@mpetersen6 Vostroya!

[@joebfnl1079]

This vehicle has always interested me from when I was a kid!.

[@Favk21]

That thing looks cool as hell!

[@samholdsworth3957]

I'd like to play twister with Nicholas lol

[@jacobszymczak9323]

Honestly considering one Chrysler 440 will get like 8-10 mpg in a road car/truck having two of them with that crazy powertrain getting 2 isn't that awful

[@pattime2laugh599]

Great video.

[@elizbararchvadze7619]

Thank you sir

[@T51B1]

US wheeled tank line incoming to WoT! Very informative, thanks for the video chieftain

[@KnifeChatswithTobias]

That is one cool looking vehicle!

[@PrimalGemini85]

Always cool to see a prototype like this.

[@MisteriosGloriosos922]

Amazing!!!