Lindybeige | Top 5 Tanks | The Tank Museum

For the second in our Top 5 series we asked eclectic KZbinr Lindybeige, to come to The Tank Museum to run us through his Top Five Tanks...
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[@bashkillszombies]

The Tank Museum Please get this guy back to make more content, it's amazing!

[@roflcopterkklol]

@@bashkillszombies Get him back? Dear god man, last time he was there he was lost in the museum for 2 years

[@sprayink641]

24:37 That thing on the right, is it a cup holder?

[@thomasjamison2050]

The real secret to such podcasts is the speech qualities of the caster. Listen to Drachinifel.

[@kaxtorplose]

Right hand side steering for proper backward vehicles on islands containing the remnants of backward former empires. I do admire your use of the word ' festooned ', however. An excellent word. First time I've actually heard it said out loud by anyone other than myself, right here. If digital media counts as 'said out loud'. Regardless... try to include 'ubiquitous' somewhere next time. Another excellent word with far less use than it deserves.

[@dc3189]

The beauty of the Swedish S Tank was it's ability to be put together by one person using only an Allen key.

[@petesheehan6927]

D C, I nearly ruined my keyboard.

[@MrTrenttness]

Ha!

[@hankadelicflash]

Lol. Nice

[@davidbutler1366]

And the Allen key was in one of a few hundred flat packs. All of the instructions on assembly were in Swedish and in one of the flat packs, which all needed the Allen key.

[@billbolton]

The box says its a two man lift.

[@Lennart_Jensen]

Do not give Lindybeige more coffee and sugar filled cookies. He has enough energy for 2 persons.

[@raghnallmacaodh3220]

I second that....

[@warrenchambers4819]

No worries, after getting all sugared up like that he couldn't hold a cup of coffee or a doughnut long enough to get to his mouth anyway. SHAKEY SHAKEY Flying doughnuts anyone?

[@jenonfung7992]

3rd

[@scantrontheimmortal]

"who gave him sugar?!? great,now where gonna have 5 hours worth of footage and we'll only be able to use 35 mins tops otherwise we'll go over budget on this production!!"

[@baronmagroth758]

Who Gave Him Coffee they need a smack up side of the brain Box Lindy ..... dont need nuthin but tea nice bit of prince of whales black tea no more Caf or he will go off and invade India for the queen ....

[@007TisseTrold]

“messenger pigeon” is a funny word for emergency ration.

[@theblancmange1265]

Blackadder comes to mind.

[@Neithan02]

But what kind of pidgeon?

[@RetroAdzz]

@@Neithan02 a speckely one

[@Eddiee757]

@@RetroAdzz YOU KILLED MY SPECKLED JIM?

[@tomsoki5738]

@@Neithan02 a plump breasted one

[@paullowe4848]

My mother worked at Leyland Motors from 1943 to 1945 inspecting parts for Churchills and Cromwells. Meanwhile my dad was in France and Holland being supported by Churchills from 1944 to 1945. They met after the war and got married in 1956 but I like to think her tanks looked after him...

[@Oooo-bi7bi]

It sounds like they did.

[@KVRTKHS]

Amazing!

[@trevtink57]

All I can say about this bloke is ," growing old is inevitable,but growing up is optional." Stay young.

[@CraftQueenJr]

The greatest sign of maturity is knowing when to be immature.

[@CLL9262]

Well put!!

[@politicallyinaccuratetoast4757]

So with your logic dying is optional too?

[@agp11001]

All I want to see is David Fletcher waddling into frame, screeching and hitting Lindy with a broom for touching and climbing on his beloved babies. :D

[@striker8paints]

Mr. Pilgrim I'll go you one better, David Fletcher coming into frame waving his arms about wildly trying to herd Lindy Beige from crawling all over his babies while yelling at Jingles for drooling over TOG and risking her rusting! Now that would be perfect! lol

[@agp11001]

SCRAM, YOU DIRTY HIPPIE! GET OFF MY BABIES! REEEEEEEE! Oh my, that would be glorious.

[@striker8paints]

Mr. Pilgrim Praise Kek, that would be incredible!! Bovington have to do this!

[@465maltbie]

I dont see Mr Fletcher shouting and waiving his arms over much of anything...:) That would be too American, I would suspect he would handle things more British. :D

[@agp11001]

Saber and Martini-Henry, then?

[@YourOldUncleNoongah]

i love this guys enthusiasm. Hes the kinda person ya could sit with and talk for HOURS at a party and forget everything else going on around ya, because he'd just spew so much knowledge. Love it. also, he sounds like hugh laurie.

[@J.R8765]

I do this, my friends wanted to give me a time limit on tank talk

[@YourOldUncleNoongah]

@@J.R8765 COOL! I wouldnt limit you, id happily listen to someone who knows more n a certain topic than me.

[@matts5247]

I have same trait. I’m in sales lol

[@matts5247]

@@J.R8765 .

[@kieranh2005]

He also tends to wander off on tangents.

[@stevenroper6125]

Reminds me of a Top Gear presentation, but with tanks. Super knowledgable, but funny and entertaining at the same time. Wish they would have him do a mini video on every vehicle in that whole museum.

[@-PVL93-]

Let's name it Top Shell

[@kurdtcocaine0]

@@-PVL93- Or ''Top Shield'' for the medieval talks.

[@kingmike4444]

that sweater was made the same year as the tanks

[@MRAMX390]

Does this guy ever look in the mirror ? He has a bird's nest for hair. LOL

[@nedisahonkey]

@@MRAMX390 Are you bald? Because that's the only reason I can imagine causing an adult male to ridicule another man's hair.

[@MRAMX390]

@@nedisahonkey He has a very nice head of hair but if you were going to make a video for thousands of people to see would you not run a comb through it ?

[@nedisahonkey]

@@MRAMX390 Eh fair criticism I suppose. One of Lloyd's many eccentric qualities I would imagine.

[@ABNJIM10]

@@MRAMX390 that's not good Ricky/Mike i. That's bullying.

[@hurtylfc]

It’s always great listening to someone talk passionately about their interests

[@jonnytravelman]

Agree with you but, sadly two of his 'picks' are not tanks!

[@zydg7787]

@@jonnytravelman not tanks but tank victims

[@_target_practice6255]

@@jonnytravelman Two of his picks? Pretty sure the Mk IV is a tank just saying

[@henrysokol3466]

@@jonnytravelman I'm not all that sad. Tank. APC, IFV, tank destroyer, armored car... just let 'em talk to me about some war vehicle. Hypothetically, if these guys had an armored sandwich truck I'd stick around to watch and listen.

[@henrysokol3466]

@@_target_practice6255 Due to its design, some don't consider the Stridsvagn a true tank. Some people consider tank destroyers like the Jagdanther not true tanks either.

[@iluvyummywaffles]

Took a vacation to London last year and asked him what he wanted to do. He said he wanted to got to this tank museum and the whole family loved it. Our son was our personal guide because he knew all the tanks and their names

[@nickaustin8334]

Very impressed by this guy's eloquence. His narrative rolls along brilliantly

[@greenleafe1238]

He goes on for an hour with no script

[@edmundkempersdartboard173]

I heard an actual englishman unironically say "give him what-for." I can die happy.

[@RicTic66]

Being an English man who as a child was "given what for" by my Dad for punching my sister. I can vouch that it is a none to pleasurable experience 😦

[@Zakalwe-01]

RicTic66 ooh yes. Not a phrase to be on the receiving end of in the U.K. I recall being given what-for by the headmaster, with the dreaded belt, at school. The crime was filling water pistols in the staff toilets...a daring but rather rash act. I was lucky he didn’t ‘have-at’ me as well 😁

[@RaferJeffersonIII]

Giving someone what for involves blanking them at the post office and not saying good morning in the street. Thug life.

[@icantthinkofausername2605]

@@RaferJeffersonIII Giving them cold tea

[@Milamberinx]

@@icantthinkofausername2605 don't be ridiculous, we're giving them what for, we're not barbarians.

[@TheShreddedSnorlax]

During the war my grandmother learnt to drive on Universal carriers. I remember driving with her once in her car and she said, just off hand in a tone of mild disgust. "This thing has worse brakes than my Bren gun carrier!"

[@Leader1623]

You should get her a good old Bren gun carrier before she passes.

[@TheShreddedSnorlax]

Too late sadly, but she was 92 so... she had a good run

[@Leader1623]

That's a good old age.

[@pflernak]

Well it is a nice acessory for a Bren gun.

[@martinan22]

I think that if the British had lost the ware, todays brits would have been safer than they are now.

[@LA_Commander]

This man is soooooo British! Love his mannerisms and accent. "Let's look at the bits!" "Go grab a spanner!" "This was brilliant!" Lol

[@Ryan-lx6oh]

Lindybeige's enthusiasm for the subject material of whatever he is speaking about is infectous, highly entertaining & informative. He's a natural entertainer and if you haven't subscibed to his channel go and have a look. Highly recommended!

[@TheUkearchy]

5 tanks, 1 turret. Classic Lindybeige.

[@LayneBenofsky]

the mk4 had two! ;)

[@Account037154]

Wait... doesn't the Stridsvagn count as an turret on tracks? :)

[@FloodExterminator]

Layne Benofsky those arent turrets...

[@Hello_there_obi]

Account03715 technically a tank is defined as having a "traversing turret" i.e. one that can revolve.

[@Raygun222]

Layne Benofsky I'm sure they were sponsons with guns.

[@aldorias]

Fun fact about the s-103 is that is was so defensive that they built a front hydraulic plow blade so it could bulid itself cover. It was a tank aswell as a bulldozer.

[@anthonyhayes1267]

The true killdozer

[@IncandescentDaD]

@@anthonyhayes1267 I remember that movie!

[@Wolham]

This is entirely incorrect. The plow was built in order to allow it to plow cover for infantry, and because it provided extra armor they decided to make it the default option for future tanks. The Swedish military doctrine for tanks was anything but defensive - to quote wikipedia, "The stated Swedish armoured doctrine contemporary to the tank describes an aggressive approach to armoured warfare, even in defensive situations. The design of the Strv 103, with its low profile, was based on protection rather than defensive battlefield behaviour.". Similarly, the contemporary Swedish field manual stated the following, transl. "When firing against tanks and other armored vehicles, surprising the enemy when opening fire and achieving local superiority when it comes to firepower are both very important. Strive for quick and well-aimed fire and to present the smallest possible target to the enemy. " There is a certain quote for the time which really emphasize the aggressivity of the doctrine, but I can't remember it word to word and I don't want to misquote it either. tanks.mod16.org/2016/08/19/stridsvagn-103-was-not-a-tank-destroyer/

[@viktordickinson7844]

@@IncandescentDaD that's not a movie. It's the true story of a man wronged by his corrupt government who took justice into his own hands

[@henrysokol3466]

@@Wolham Well... _had_ Swedish armored doctrine been static the design and dozer blade of the '103 would have been equally helpful. The thing looks extremely difficult to get a firing solution on and can really book it to a fallback position if at risk of being flanked or overwhelmed. And it's a forgivable mistake by the uneducated to think a design so reminiscent of static-defense tank destroyers would be used similarly.

[@AsbestosMuffins]

"they have everything back to the very first tanks!" no lindy, they have THE first tank (or at least a replica)

[@teaurn]

@Jim Barrows Psycho is talking about 'Little Willie' - the first prototype...

[@barryhumphreys2083]

No it’s real definitely real.

[@marvindebot3264]

Ah but we here in Queensland Australia have the only example of a first model German tank! I used to be in charge of it care and cleaning.

[@Clavers1369]

You mean Leonardo da Vinci's tank?

[@Kyle-gw6qp]

@@Clavers1369 That was never built.

[@tectorama]

What a great chap he is, he would make a great teacher. I'd love to be on a guided tour he was running. Such enthusiasm !!

[@TheGreatWar]

Except #3, these all look like Science Fiction to me.

[@TheBenrollo]

The Great War you're in 1917 that's hella deep

[@caelvanir8557]

TheBenrollo - Indy is actually trapped in 1917 and is sending the videos forward in time.

[@TheBenrollo]

Lord Caelvanir damn you'd think with that kind of power he'd have been able to stop the war by now...

[@caelvanir8557]

TheBenrollo - we're running off that interpretation of time travel where changing the past is impossible because it factors in you being there into the present. Indy's actually just there to make videos and deposit a lot of money into a bank to collect the interest when he gets back.

[@TheBenrollo]

Lord Caelvanir that's fair. But he wouldn't be able to do anything by that interpretation. I wish indy would chime In!

[@MilitaryAviationHistory]

Boys become men but the toys just get more expensive

[@joshualopes9754]

Hello there, Bismarck :)

[@MikhaelAhava]

Bismarck Aye

[@327legoman]

It's a Bismarck!

[@JamesWBarr]

I bet you're wearing pastel pants.

[@GloveSlapnz]

Martin Andersson weapons and toys.

[@dr.lexwinter8604]

Rumour has it he is still at the tank museum and has set up a green screen of his living room in a broom closet so no one catches on!

[@allosaurusfragilis7782]

You tube is brilliant at reminding us of our past, in many ways. I remember being very proud of my jagpather build, once id painted it in camouflage colours. Sometimes i would add bits of greenery from my brothers train set, for added realism. Pencils sharpenings for gun powder round the gun and felt tips for oil and mud effects. To be honest, i dont think ive applied that level of patience and detail to much else in my life!

[@Lowekinder]

I'm glad to see Lindybeige has gotten popular enough to have his very own dedicated haters.

[@rofln00b]

Like Marilyn Manson once said in an interview, it's not just about everybody liking you, it doesn't matter if people love you or despise you, if you as an entertainer can make them think about stuff for themselves and realize and express their opinions, that's the most important thing.

[@scobra6652]

Jim Ticka Nice oxymoron

[@tamlandipper29]

K_A - except that could justify trolls and serial killers.

[@seanrh4294]

I think he is cool. He is like the Bob Ross of war.

[@a.morphous66]

sean rh Bob Ross is the Bob Ross of war.

[@thoughtful_criticiser]

I'm so pleased that you included the universal carrier. My father crewed one across north Africa, through Italy and then France to Germany. He loved it.

[@rogerhudson9732]

Ytube have a good film of 27 carriers in New Zealand at a 'Carrier Club' run , still going strong.

[@sergiomanuel7500]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIW0k5yEq7-kl7s

[@TheMichiganMachinist]

He didn't include the anti tank variant

[@gasman6996]

My Gramps did the same journey . Never had home leave . Sadly Gran took up with a Polish airman but happily my mum was born.

[@kevin_1230]

Not a tank though.

[@brandonletzko2472]

I’m sure someone else has mentioned this, but I enjoy the irony at about 33:55 of the Churchill serial number starting with “T34”.

[@JohnMcMahon.]

I think when Lindy visited the Tank museum with his father as a 9 year old boy he looked exactly the same as he does now, minus the facial hair. In fact he was probably wearing that exact outfit.

[@liamhemmings9039]

My grandad spent a lot of WWII maintaining and repairing the universal carrier serving as a REME squaddie in Africa and Italy.

[@QoraxAudio]

13:53 "PIGEONS!" *Suddenly he conjures up a plastic pigeon inside a tank, like a magician using his high hat.* Priceless 😂

[@robertabilez1859]

They put three gouts into the tank and fired at, all they found three little feet.

[@athiftsabit1208]

Yea, I got goosebump too

[@komradblyat6983]

Suddenly, pigeons

[@danmc7815]

I realized this video is a couple years old, and in this age of COVID-19 museum visits may be fewer. But reading the comments, brought back a great memory from 2018 when I took my then 11-year-old nephew the the WWII reenactment in New Hampshire. He had a great time. And, most of the things displayed were the real deal. His smile when one of the guys handed him an M3 Grease Gun went from shocked wonder to "Wow! This is awesome!" That is one highlight of a great day. The museums are great, but add in the reenactments and it was wonderful. Stay safe!

[@jeffnossan1083]

I had a history professor just as lively and enthusiastic as this gentleman. I learned and I loved history because of him. I was a poor student but his delivery helped me to pass with a B. "A shell would have Happily gone through" my empty head in HS.

[@ppsh43]

Another advantage of the Swedish S tank is that it only requires allen wrenches to assemble.

[@apropercuppa8612]

ppsh43 It's drawback is it's missing some of its pieces.

[@Avakadoman1995]

But at least it was easy to mass-produce.

[@alexandermccarthy]

Delivered flat packed, no doubt?

[@mikereger1186]

LOL IKEA!!!

[@wn6886]

The problem is that unless you're an engineering genius you end up with the cannon breech and four track pins left over after building it and no idea how to put them together

[@CaptainBogroll]

"That's when the pigeons come in!" I dread to think what dear hun thought the very first time when the colossal box of doom heading towards him ejected a pigeon

[@HankLoremonger]

"Mein gott, zey have trained pigeons to operate death machines!!" XD

[@kirotheavenger60]

The German tank had pigeons as well :P

[@Gentleman...Driver]

Haha, best comment here!

[@TheSerbianEmperor]

Kirothe Avenger They clearly stole the designs !

[@kirotheavenger60]

If only they had, maybe their own wouldn't have sucked so much :P

[@smorgasbord9940]

“His Mark IV segment is the same as in his WW1 tanks video.” “You’re going to watch it again though aren’t you?” “You’re goddamn right.”

[@gasciotti]

I like the full description of the chosen tanks, and your capacity of putting yourself in the situation of the crew operating them and living inside them. Not usual in other videos in the same trend. Thanks!

[@imnotusingmyrealname4566]

YOU WENT TO A TANK MUSEUM ON A SCHOOL TRIP?!? Why can't my school do that?

[@kingbones2620]

freedom man here, my school went to an air force base

[@Alomoes]

I live in dense suberbia, there aren't military bases for miles. I did sleep on a battleship once though.

[@fakecubed]

Feminism.

[@Alomoes]

@Lord of Tanks Someone who doesn't know how to take a joke.

[@wisdomball4584]

@@Alomoes I slept in the battleship Texas once

[@PlatinumKrown]

"It's over Germans! I have the high ground!" -Churchill Tank

[@Legitcar117]

Kaden Wallis “you underestimate mein fuhrer”

[@joeblack363]

Yeah no..

[@franzferdinand9093]

LegitGrantham20 ( Shoots Solid shot at the Tigers Commanders Hatch )

[@virajkadam1684]

After Treaty of Versailles, I HAAATE YOUUUU.

[@secretbaguette]

"You underestimate my power. *tourtured schreeching of a self-destructing transmission*" -Tiger I

[@raythomas7999]

When you make models of tanks as a boy you do indeed tend to develop a more in depth knowledge of those tanks and a level of affection for them. Although I made many models of the Churchill I never developed a liking for this tank at the time, it looked so old fashioned, even by the standards of the day, was relatively underpowered and mounted that peashooter 75mm. However this tank chat has helped to put its usefulness into perspective, so well done sir and congratulations on being such a great storyteller.

[@TeatimeAndy]

The boss of a steel works factory recently told me that tanks got there name from when in secret early development, parts were individually ordered the job sheet would say "tank". As the British steel industry was coming from the steam age it wouldn't be unusual to be working on parts for a tank

[@threestepssideways1202]

''We had a wonderful time counting all the rivets''. Yep, that's our Lindybeige alright.

[@AndersJackson]

That was like that being a child back then. I remember events like that. Or counting cars, on to of the cargo in a SAAB 95, reading magazines while travel a 300 km in the summer. :-)

[@Tsumami__]

Anders Jackson I mean I’m fairly young still and as a child I leaned all the engineering aspects of the titanic including the rivet count, when every other girl my age was obsessed with the film only. Then again that’s just how a mind suited to engineering works. Although I didn’t go with mechanical, I still acquired an engineering degree . I would think Lindy has the mind of an engineer, as well.

[@mwnciboo]

Quite literally, Weaponised Autism.

[@davidbutler1366]

@@mwnciboo I am on the Autism Spectrum and am offended by your comment. Autism is not a joke.

[@klen4569]

David Butler it can be

[@daisyruin]

Thank you for combining two of my favorite things.

[@gonzaloayalaibarre]

Lindybeige and Lindybeige.

[@sakesaurus1706]

Lindy and beige

[@geoffhusband6594]

45 year ago I worked at a warehouse and my foreman used to be a tank seargent in about 1950. He remembers driving along in a column of Churchills and not realising one of them had left the side escape catch open - as it 'progressed' it snapped off and flattened every lamp-post down the street.

[@supermickey6196]

What I like watching this is that he’s almost like a little kid explaining to you his favorite toys and it just feels so engaging

[@Peorhum]

The Churchill actually did get off the beach at Dieppe. It was that the infantry could not follow and the tanks could not take out what was killing the infantry. SO to help the infantry the Churchills returned to the beach and positioned themselves to help the infantry, which is why you see the churchills on the beach turned side ways. I hate hearing people saying they did not get off the beach when I have hear tankers from dieppe saying they did and read in books on dieppe saying they did.

[@minuteman4199]

That was The Kings Own Calgary Regiment, from Alberta, Canada.

[@MrBropocalypse]

Rampant misinformation.

[@Peorhum]

During WWII Canada had a red flag...it was called the Canadian red ensign. I expect what you said Bash is making them turn in their graves more then bill C16. Not that I am in favour of the bill, I think it is stupid myself. You just need to get a sense of proportion.

[@jugganaut33]

Nice bit of knowledge! Nice to see you stand up for what you believe!

[@billythedog-309]

Interestingly, the population of Dieppe was commended by the German commandant for not helping the allies in any way and granted special privileges to the town. Now there are several commemorations for the Canadian forces including a Rue des Canadiennes, though nothing to mention the British. Who'd have thought?

[@SssagaBenches4U]

Word ''tank'' means harmless thing. Said no one ever after 1916.

[@samevans8922]

Sssaga Benches Except for you just now

[@shimozukachi5887]

panzerkampfwagen

[@simonrichard9873]

Literally armour combat car

[@AndersJackson]

Pansarvagn. Infanteripansarvagn. Kranvagn ( :-) )

[@mottthehoople693]

actually water tank...the name was a disguise,en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank

[@landm9446]

It is always an intense pleasure to see a homeless man with such a comprehensive understanding of tank history.

[@lionelmerbles9375]

Ouch!

[@Rainwarlord]

Lindy says tanks don’t work well in video games because it is a cooperative effort, between driver, gunner, loader etc. Me laughing in Post Scriptum while I yell curses at my driver 😂

[@mcbrite]

Lindybeige may LOOK like a crazed homeless heroin-addict, but I really like him talking about all kinds of history... ^^

[@HieronymousLex]

What a backhanded compliment. Do people have no tact anymore?

[@mcbrite]

@@HieronymousLex tact yes, humor I'm not so sure...

[@tardvandecluntproductions1278]

He's not homeless, he lived in that museum for a while!

[@russmayos3694]

Hieronymous Lex rekt

[@andreizav7040]

And judging by his choices it would appear that he actually is a crazed homeless heroin addict 🙈

[@CB-fn3me]

About the S-Tank. The driver did not move to the back. It was the radio operator who occupied that seat and drove the tank in reverse. He doubled as a highly intelligent rear view mirror. The S-Tank was just as fast going backwards as forwards and with this clever seating arrangement they could get out of harms way in seconds and live to fight another day...

[@normanboyes4983]

That really does sound like the top Italian tank.

[@KrillLiberator]

Stupidly resilient to explosives as well. Seen the vid where they repeatedly blow one up with mines and all sorts... and it's kind of okay-ish afterwards. You'd have probably been able to bail out if you weren't rendered insensible by the concussion. Hell, You *might* even have driven away?

[@Rumble625]

Norman Boyes //. Wise words to live by. “Sometimes better to lose face, save azz”.

[@johnwilson1094]

Tra1aW_PC he’s making a joke about retreating.

[@johnwilson1094]

I forget the model number of the German armored car, but it had a driver and steerable wheels at each end of the car for similar reasons as the Swedish tank.

[@trob1173]

I never thought of the Churchill as a 'Top 5' tank. But that seals the deal for me if it's the most survivable... Getting the crew home alive should be a priority. Great video.

[@philash824]

I recommend getting hold of a copy of mailed fist that he mentioned, brilliant book that changed my opinion of Churchills. Don’t know if it’s been reprinted recently, my copy is 22 years old 😂 I’ve just had a look online and the imperial war museum has reprinted it

[@sleat]

You might enjoy a visit to the museum that used to be in my old home-town, the US Army Ordnance Museum. It has been moved to Fort Lee, Virginia, and it is essentially "The Noah's Ark of old tanks" (apcs, artillery, etc) occupying a giant acreage. We gad our very own V-2 and V-1 examples. Spent many a happy childhood hour among all that steel. I remember marveling at the ingenuity of the "stank" as we called it, as much as I marveled at the ingenuity of the Draken and Viggen in those days!

[@Ethnarches]

I've never heard of this fellow before, but man he's really entertaining. Love the energy, especially the part when he's whizzing around the inside of the MK IV!

[@ThaLoser]

Sovrano you should check out his channel. He's pretty much always like that

[@Ethnarches]

Andrew Holmes thank you, I did and subscribed. Interesting and entertaining videos on a diverse variety of topics!

[@sharlin648]

You'll like Lindy, he's informative and funny and mor than a wee bit manic :p

[@Ethnarches]

Thanks, I have very much - I've watched many videos already. :)

[@treyriver5676]

Sovrano he provides data I don't know that would always call it information possibly misinformation from time to time but he's energetic I'll give him that

[@jaaksootak318]

Those of you who are saying that he is "not a real historian" and "doesn't know anything about tanks". Think about it for a minute. Sure he doesn't know everything about tanks. Nobody knows! Exept for David Fletcher. And he makes mistakes. We all make mistakes! But he is clearly a very smart man and has a very entertraining style. And that's why we love him.

[@mudcrab3420]

(spends minute) (thinks) Lindy doesn't 'doesn't know anything about tanks', Lindy doesn't know anything at all. On the other hand he LOVES his topic and bounces around loving his topic clearly having a wonderful time. Personally he annoys me but I am not everyone.

[@Halinspark]

Jaak Sootak Anything David Fletcher doesn't know isn't worth knowing. Must not be terribly important.

[@jaaksootak318]

Mud Crab He is sertainly a very controversial person. I think he actually knows a lot just the way he presents may sound like a bit false. Anyway this video isn't about learning sertain facts, its about finding out someones opinion.

[@DanBray1991]

He doesn't know anything outside of re-enactment theories. Akin to two re-enactor hermits sitting around a campfire arguing about how to use a weapon ignoring all historical documents directly describing what they're talking about or ignoring ancient weapon martial artists who have spent their whole life trying to understand the weapons. I used to enjoy his video's, however once I saw a video around roman equipment and another on spear usage, and it was obviously apparent he didn't have a clue what he was talking about. Never mind the famous Spandau video. It's like in the video, the Russians were afraid of the S Tank, thus it was a success.... where did he get that conclusion from? And the Jadgpanther... mostly knocked out by typhoons and ground attack aircraft.... *facepalm*

[@DanBray1991]

In all honesty if you watch him for his entertainment value, fair enough. But I do like watching people who actually know about the stuff they make content about. This video is ok seeing they're just asking a well know you-tuber their favorite vehicles in the museum.

[@MostlyPennyCat]

I love _love_ _LOVE_ the Bren (Universal) Carrier. Being able to get your head down and get yourself to the fighting while being fairly bullet proof must have been a godsend. If have though a higher front shield would have been in order, but who doesn't like a light machine gun rocking up behind you a and disgorging a mortar team 5 minutes after you picked up the radio? Wonderful thing, I wish more had survived so I could own one. Maybe I'll make one, restomod tankettes, I'll sell a million.

[@pinkitoburrito3978]

I love the jagdpanther! I have i bias because my great uncle got me a model for my birthday when i was younger, its got a really interesting shape and i always liked the look of it, different from my general idea of what a tank looked like back then

[@SquireComedy]

Bravo!

[@bigg4319]

Squire by joe, Squire sir its BRILLIANT to see you here!

[@Sreven199]

Squire Please! sir, tell us you'll be up next in line for this series!

[@SquireComedy]

*Winks*

[@hardassponge9018]

Squires top 5 tanks!

[@timdeboer7400]

HardAsSponge that would a waste of time as we all know that tanks are simply inferior to the utterly br(rrrr)illiant RAF. Tanks? No thanks indeed!

[@77goanywhere]

Ahhh the British military mindset! Let's make a tank so heavy and slow that it can't run away and leave the infantry behind!

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

@Tabourba Certainly not for the folks in the tank. lmao

[@spookyengie735]

what a tank ?

[@saturn5mtw567]

That's almost as good as the American military's mindset in ww1, "we won't give our pilots parachutes, because if we did, they might bail out of their planes"

[@CommonCanc]

For some reason i read it as if i were squire

[@Phantomrasberryblowe]

Steve Koschella Yeah that Cromwell tank was sure was slow; and the Centurion was useless. Stevie boy seems totally unaware that every nation that took tanks seriously in WWII had different categories of armoured vehicles. Every single one of them - French, German, Russian, Italian, British, American and even Japanese - had armoured cars for scouting; light tanks for more combat intensive reconnaissance and pursuit; medium tanks for open warfare and pursuit; and most had heavy tanks for infantry support and breakthroughs. Almost everyone else had the same division of Infantry and Cruiser tanks. The Germans had Panzer III cruisers, and the early Panzer IV's with low velocity short barrelled guns as infantry support vehicles. Later this division was the Panther - whose 75mm high velocity high explosive shell lacked punch for anti-infantry or anti-artillery work - and the Tiger - the 88mm high explosive shell having much greater punch: but the principle was the same. The French had the Somua 35 for cruiser work, and the CharB for assault work. The Russians had a variety of heavy and medium tanks throughout the war on the same principles. This would be the same British military mindset that Guderian and the Nazis copied for Blitzkrieg. Not the brightest are we Steve?

[@literallyasneeze2135]

"Something harmless, like tank." When I hear tank I cry in fear

[@Tutel9528]

Love the Jagdpanther,one of the most aesthetically pleasing vehicles ever built.

[@MrTigerlore]

Wow, learning about the Mark IV was so fascinating. What a crazy blend of the old and the new. I can’t believe they had a pigeon box in the tank to send out messages.

[@aebirkbeck2693]

look up the "history Guy" on you tube he did a fascinating video about carrier pigeons you will be surprised how long the lasted in use

[@jamesharding3459]

Lindy, Lindy, no one here would hurt you. They’d just complain in the comments section for the next decade.

[@zombiehyperdrive4904]

It’s 2019 ... imagine an Abrams M1A1 tweeting around updates on the HQ handle in the middle of a fight... least expected, right? Same with the whole pigeon episode with the Mark IV a hundred years ago

[@ifitsnotbrokenfixit1193]

Yes i know this is an older video. I really like listening to him talk. His enthusiasm is perfect.

[@AssassinAgent]

Lindy and tank museum in the same video? I need new pants =3

[@TopHatHat]

*Hands new pants*

[@lancaster5077]

Trousers type pants or undies type pants ? (readies or shreddies) Hence maybe Pants-er-tanks

[@user-nkmaretsik]

Agree man, tanks are awesome and Lindy is the teacher every wanted in history lessons

[@lancaster5077]

I Lindy especially as he has corrected misunderstandings about The Churchill that was really a very good tank, in the end, when it was sorted out.

[@Slayer_Jesse]

no trumpets at the end? i feel cheated.

[@musicalaviator]

Slayer Jesse Lindybeige music isn't trumpets! It's a british brass band! Cornets, tenor horns and Euphoniums, not a trumpet in sight!

[@musicalaviator]

and drums? :P

[@wierdalien1]

musicalaviator not forgetting Baritones, tubas and eb basses and thoses weirdos the Trombones.

[@joesphistalin2800]

I wish there were trumpets but it wasn't Lindy's video so all is forgiven.

[@jonskowitz]

I think I would love to see a Lindy Beige video just going through "Manual of Arms, Tank, Mk IV"

[@mikealphapappa2491]

The nr. 2 vehicle is widely known as at the Bren carrier or Bren gun carrier in our parts. My dad “revived” one, and it’s fast and fun to drive. Nice 6 cilinder engine that makes quite the noise and produces loads of heat, but it probably has the best gas/milage ratio of any armored vehicle around

[@mlucc5]

I love how the one top five tanks made with the rambler LindyBiege is almost 30 minutes long while most are only 8.

[@tetragon2137]

This one is about on par with The Mighty Jingles and the video he did about his top 5. Take a wild guess what Jingles' favourite tank is...

[@scoutobrien3406]

He had one video where he explained he tried to stay on topic but he'd had to re-film everything because he'd talked for 33 minutes. The new version was like 29

[@Svenmpa]

Love you Lindeybeige, but as a Swede I have to point out two things: 1 - You make it sound (probably just your phrasing) like the driver of the Strv would switch places to drive backwards. That was not the case as it was the radio operator who did the rearward escape driving if necessary. 2 - As you say the Strv was the Swedish MBT for quite some years, nevertheless it is very common to hear that it was a tank made purely for defence. That might be true in the overall design of the tank but it sure wasn't the case of the tactical doctrine of the armed forces. The tank was considered an MBT and not a tank destroyer and thus would often play the role of attacking the enemy, whether it was other tanks or threats such as infantry. Nevertheless, great seeing you on this KZbin channel as well.

[@lindybeige]

Yes, there were two driving positions. With a full crew, someone else could drive the tank backwards. I do say that it was the Swedish MBT, and that's what makes it so impressive: that they put their faith in such a radically new design.

[@doktormusmatta]

Don't forget the Centurion, which remained in Swedish service until 2000. Not that that's necessarily a good thing.

[@henrysokol3466]

Ever since a first saw a picture of a Stridsvagn 103, I was fascinated. It looked so *odd* for a tank so modern. The Tank Chat made me admire the design lot more. It took a highly unconventional and risky approach, and _made it work!_ So what if armor was thin... its one noteworthy drawback at the time it was created? Good luck scoring a solid hit on a Stridsvagn at a range it couldn't easily toast opposing tanks first! It was like some sort of futuristic Jagdpanther... one that switched its defense strategy to hit avoidance and eliminated the problems of its ancestor. But the 'future' the finished design debuted by was only 1967!

[@danielteeboom]

The quality of these shows is amazing.

[@johnwilson1094]

A wonderfully thorough, clear, pertinent and enthusiastic video. About being slow as a good for infantry support during an artillery barrage: a friend told me how his French Language teacher had been assigned to a British infantry regiment in WW2. The Breakfast they served the troops was apparently heavier than he was used to, and he said, “You had to stand and fight. You could not run away.”

[@SMC01ful]

God, I love this blokes humour and energy. Not scared of being himself.

[@ilikecats830]

That's our lindybiege

[@blifi77]

The Churchills "licenseplate" starts with "T34" lol

[@jordycalvin8272]

Another thing about the Churchill tank is that out of all the tanks that were lend leased to the USSR, the Churchill III was the only tank, the Russians genuinely loved, they hated how slow it was but were extremely impressed by its protective capabilities

[@LilacMage]

I wish tank rally cross was a sport. imagine 5 or 9 tanks racing around the track. maybe there is a shooting range per lap like in skishooting. oh god the noise! and how nice the team paterns and racing colours could be.

[@starlite1100]

ThekaisTzar - and that would be???

[@starlite1100]

ThekaisTzar - shame I'm not one for anime

[@tostie3110]

Panzer vor?

[@WFVrorag]

You mean like this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHaVqq13ptubgMU

[@ohne_zwiebeln]

Yeah, but without Russians winning by default :)

[@MrKeys57]

"Pidgeons" in a tank? really? - i know pidgeons were used in both wws, but in a tank? - this man Lindybeige does explain everything in a nice and huomorus way! - reminds me of the Monthy Pyton way of acting! he is really good! - and excellent presentation of the tank! - greetings, Levi from Finland

[@Milamberinx]

Remember that was more than a hundred years ago, radios were big, heavy, and fragile. Pigeons were small, light, and resilient.

[@MegaRazorback]

@@Milamberinx Both sides during WW1 caught on really quickly unfortunately to the fact that each side was mainly using birds as messengers to carry orders and in an effort to stop that they often shot at any flying bird they saw in the hopes of killing it due to its potential of carrying a message.

[@belliott538]

In a pinch the Pigeons could be eaten... or used as Feather Dusters... and Then Eaten.

[@MrKeys57]

@@belliott538 "sorry, no messages today, into the oven you go now, chop,chop" 😆😆😆

[@belliott538]

Pierre! What did you do with the Pigeons?!? Pierre: MERDE!!! Someone Grab the Pudding off the top of the Engine! I hope she has not Burned! We are out of Pidgeon and I have no more Basal!!!

[@rcgamingwithdrew9403]

When you were talking about how the universal carrier steered, that tube that was just behind the main drive wheel would another wheel go there to keep the track on when steering

[@jackmoorehead2036]

Only Lindy would say " Give me a slow tank, its good for the Infantrys morale."

[@Sreven199]

Sees the video *freezes* *heavy breathing* *clicks*

[@renardgrise]

ditto, haha.

[@Nick-mh8uv]

The Badass Bassist I saw you post this same thing on jingles war thunder vid lol

[@mattie4938]

The Badass Bassist why ? Hahaha

[@Sreven199]

Because its Lindybeige, the internets most excitable hermit, and TANKS. What's not to love?

[@samevans8922]

The Badass Bassist #bassclef

[@dorpth]

My #1 tank is the one I designed when I was six years old. A kid in our class would make up a story how his uncle worked for the army, and would look at kids' drawings to make the best ones into real tanks. It was a great lie to become popular. We were all gullible and believed him. My design was this giant tank with metal spikes all around it. I drew lightning bolts coming out of it to show that on top of the spikes, it was electrified. I figured the #1 weakness of tanks was people climbing on top of it, so spikes would stop that and if the spikes didn't stop them, the electric shock would! If no infantry could climb it, how could anything possibly stop it? THEY COULDN'T! My giant spikey electric tank (that I think I named "Electro Porcupine Juggernaut") was completely invincible and would have revolutionized warfare.

[@WhiteIkiryo-yt2it]

Pretty sure you could "convince" the North Koreans to buy the design and it doesn't count as aiding a rogue nation if the design is utterly impractical.

[@ajohnymous5699]

Ok but if it's got spikes and electric fields keeping people out, how do you get in and do maintenance?

[@dorpth]

@@ajohnymous5699 by sliding down the Bat Pole in the Bat Cave. duh

[@paulphilipempey1]

Very enthusiastic, interesting and informative talk. A very charismatic narrator, who does look similar to my geography teacher (just missing Nature Trek shoes and elbow-padded sports jacket) from high school. Thank you for the upload.

[@nathanherber1225]

Love your passion for this subject Lindy, well done!

[@theohercules1943]

'1.5 metres if you're French.' *Hon hon sacré bleu baguette fromage*

[@Milamberinx]

Omelette du fromage et escargot dans les nuits, oui?

[@classifiedamphibian4649]

Oui Oui Monsieur

[@HueyPPLong]

Les hommes pomme de terre

[@pencilgaming1233]

Oui oui baguette croissant Eiffel tower

[@sulc4092]

@@pencilgaming1233 Imma be honest i wasn't expecting you

[@82dorrin]

Jesus... I have a new respect for WWI tank crews...

[@julemandenudengaver4580]

and some where worse..rhe saint cemont ,(not spelled right) ia a good example, one tog his sidearm revolver and shot right through the armour

[@ohnenamen2843]

The Germans had it even worse

[@kylenetherwood8734]

@@ohnenamen2843 That's what they get for having nicer trenches.

[@ohnenamen2843]

Kyle Netherwood Thats right

[@ServantofBaal]

WWI sucked for everyone

[@johnnyzippo7109]

You did an incredible job conveying the conditions inside the WW1 tank , I always knew about it , however , hearing it described as such while in the fighting compartment , well done sir.

[@machfiver753]

I was going to say that a top tank is different depending on what your criteria for top is. Production or engineering excellence or reliability over time or armor or firepower or mobility or whatever else.

[@deniskalev5805]

Lindybeige is confirmed as a space ork, his machine guns go "daka daka daka"

[@Seelenschmiede]

@Salivar Ravilas So a Mechboy...

[@justincresswell-beer4509]

WAAAAAGHHH!!!

[@bobstanden6788]

As a boy in 1963 I had the pleasure to climb into the only surviving WW1 tank of it's type in the world a German A7V, it was kept outside the Queensland museum under a shingle roof with a white picket fence around it. That was no deterrent to a 10 yo boy, entering it was like an adventure, so cramped, so cluttered with bits of machinery and smelt of oil and grease. I had no idea it was built to house 18 men as I could hardly move around inside, in retrospect they must have been smaller than me to fit in let alone move around inside. The huge motor took up the centre space lengthwise, it was exposed and the heat, noise and stink must have been terrible. I tried to imagine being inside looking out the front ports next to the canon in wartime, it must have been a life altering experience for anyone to go through. It is now under protection being restored but never again will a child be able to sit inside it and daydream of the horrors and madness of war. Both of my Grandfathers were ANZACs, my mother's father after being shot at Gallopi was sent after recovering into the trenches in France to face this monster, he was gassed and sent home. Mephisto The A7V Sturmpanzerwagen known as Mephisto was immobilised in an area close to Villers-Bretonneux called Monument Wood. In July 1918 a detachment of soldiers from the 26th Battalion, mainly comprised of Queenslanders, helped recover the abandoned tank and drag it back to the allied lines. It was sent to Australia as a war trophy, arriving at Norman Wharf in June 1919 where it was towed by two Brisbane City Council steamrollers to the Queensland Museum, then located in Fortitude Valley. It remains the sole surviving A7V tank in the world.

[@kushan101]

This is the problem of coming late to the youtube comments party - great comments like this are buried away!

[@CraftQueenJr]

Bob Standen They would have been smaller than a ten year old?

[@bobstanden6788]

Hi, I as a big 10 yo boy, I was maybe 5' 6". By my mid teens I was 6' 2". So the 16 men inside would have been picked for their size maybe 5' 1" and skinny built.

[@NadimSadeeq]

Bob Standen Judging by their rations they probably were very skinny

[@CraftQueenJr]

Bob Standen aa

[@raysmyth8596]

Lindybeige for me is the image of the quintessential, eccentric and charming English gentleman. Which is essentially camouflage, as he is clearly smart, well prepared and knowledgeable. I enjoy his videos greatly.

[@kaiserofgermania5236]

13:55 I love that they have plastic pigeons in the tank😂😂

[@packetdrinks9215]

“And they have these pigeons” *Pulls out a shitty plastic mould pigeon just ya know, just lying around in a world war 1 tank* “Just like these, and they would......”

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

That "UNIVERSAL CARRIER" looks like it might make a good civilian off-road vehicle.

[@SIXITHS]

Thousands of them ended up in logging camps and farms after the war for that exact reason.

[@skyethegoose]

In a way, it was like the American Jeep and the German Kettenkrad, they were used to move a few guys or a little cargo over damn near any terrain, which is quite convenient for farming.

[@inlovewithgoats1092]

When I saw the title I legitimately started screaming like a little girl!

[@suze816]

Thank you !.. That was fun ! Never knew there was a tank that was crank started ! (#3) I have to say my favorite of those 5 is the Churchill (#1) .. Absolutely Outstanding Flame Thrower ! ... I want one ! :-) .. , plus the tank could keep going even if up to 3 wheels on one side were blown off ! Just awesome !

[@tomassey123]

love the enthusiam. what a fountain of tank knowledge this guy is!

[@MsCharlesbets]

What's nice about the Churchill is the co-axial gun, which as we well known, if you load up that machine gun with tracer rounds, you can use it to pinpoint an enemy and then just fire your main gun and hit the target.

[@PoorFoxface]

My top 5 tanks, in no particular order: the Cromwell Cruiser Tank (British), the Char B1 Medium Tank (French), the Type 95 Ha-Go Light Tank (Japanese), the M10 'Wolverine' Tank Destroyer (US), and the Valentine Infantry Tank (British). The Cromwell was fast, adequately armoured and fairly well-armed for its size, which made it very useful as a tank for scouting, flanking manoeuvres and rushing through broken enemy lines, amongst other things. I also like how utilitarian it is in looks, a very boxy and no-frills design which is unmistakeably a tank. Many people assume that the French tanks must have been bad because they lost the Battle of France, and the Char B1 is always my go-to example to disprove that theory. On 16th May 1940, Captain Pierre Billotte's Char B1, nicknamed 'Eure', attacked and destroyed 13 German Panzer III and IV tanks in a matter of minutes. The German tanks, which had been lying in ambush at the town of Stonne, were found to have fired 140 rounds at 'Eure' and not penetrated its armour even once. While one anecdote isn't going to prove my point on its own, I think it gets across why I'd be a fan of this tank. The Type 95 is not a tank I expect sits on many people's favourites lists, if they know what it is at all, but I still like it, and for the same reasons that many people think it rather rubbish. The Type 95 was considered one of the best light tanks in the world in 1935, when it was first built, but by the Second World War, it was a badly outdated design. The Japanese Army didn't have the kind of funding the Navy did (which had enough to build Battleships like Yamato and Musashi) and Japanese doctrine didn't really value tanks as much as other nations did, so progress on replacing the Type 95 was slow, and as a result it served all the way to the bitter end of WWII. By the mid-to-late forties, the Ha-Go was facing increasingly superior American (and Russian) tanks, but the Japanese kept on using them because they were the best they had, and with Japanese ambush and flanking tactics, they could still be useful. Some of the Type 95s had been in service for nearly a decade by the end of the war, but were still functioning well enough to do the job, which shows the kind of reliability the design had. I won't lie, I mainly like this tank because I have a thing for the underdog, and if a decade-old light tank that still went up against modern Shermans and Russian IS-tanks isn't one, I don't know what is. The M10 was a rush project, designed and produced when the Americans realised in a panic that they badly needed a tank destroyer, and soon. Based on a lightened, redesigned Sherman hull, with a large open-topped turret mounting a 3-inch anti-tank gun, the M10 was well-armed and mobile, capable of taking on most German tanks without much trouble, and even capable of bringing down the dreaded Tiger I if its gunner could find the right angle. Until the purpose-built M18 Hellcat came along, the M10 was the forefront of American anti-tank operations, and for a design rushed into service, I think it did rather well for itself. Also, an interesting anecdote about the M10: post-war, the Chinese redesigned their M10s, modernising them a little and rearming them with, of all things, a Japanese 105mm howitzer. So there you have it: an American tank destroyer with a Japanese gun, built and used by the Chinese. Lastly, the Valentine. This tank, introduced in 1940, accounts for a full quarter of British wartime tank production, and saw service right to the end of the war and beyond, serving in some countries until 1960. Small, slow and lightly-armed, the Valentine doesn't seem like much, but its small size and relatively tough well-angled armour made it an unexpectedly difficult tank to destroy. They were also reliable and cheap to produce, which made them a very efficient tank design, and their reliability served them well in the deserts of North Africa, alongside their fellow Infantry Tank, the Matilda II, known as the 'Queen of the Desert'. Later variants had a 3-man turret which replaced the original 40mm gun with the same 57mm cannon used on mid-war Churchill and Cromwell tanks, and the 1944 Mark XI fitted the Churchill VII's 75mm gun. The Mark XI was built as a command vehicle for groups of Archer self-propelled guns during the D-Day landings and the invasion of Normandy, and served that purpose admirably until the war's end. The Archer, incidentally, was built on a modified Valentine hull, with its powerful 17-pounder gun (capable of destroying Tiger Is from the front) pointing backwards so that it didn't get clogged with mud while the Archer drove cross-country. The vehicle would turn around when at its desired position, acting as a stationary anti-tank gun until it was time to move. Since the Archer and Valentine used the same hull, they could share parts for repairs and travel together safe in the knowledge that the command tank was no faster than the vehicles it was commanding. My god, this comment got long. Sorry for rambling, and thanks for reading.

[@KingOhmni]

_applause_

[@Simon_Nonymous]

A good analysis; also the Valentine was privately funded and ready to roll, so minimal R and D costs, and also I believe it was quite easy to drive for the time - something we tend to overlook in these World of Tanks days.....

[@timg2088]

I agree about the tank prototypes that "never got off the drawing board" or never saw action, aren't nearly as interesting as the actual machines used in combat. I'm glad I'm not the only one! 😂

[@doomguy.23frommars60]

Unless its cursed by design