The 'War Horse' Tank | The Tank Museum

[@MrFishman55]

In no man's land, one early morn, at sixty in the shade, from out the british lines there came the famous tank brigade...

[@Zugh3]

Terrific! I had forgotten about this song and found it online. Thanks for the memory.

[@mrsolodolo5770]

@@Zugh3 Come on Jacob. You missed a sitter there

[@drax5872]

@Green good guy The Tanks that broke the ranks

[@Jack_Klash]

I love World War I tanks, they look so brutal.. They look "eviler" than regular tanks because they don't have the turret on top and the drivers don't pop out at all..They look like mindless killing machines..

[@M50A1]

Michael Chacon they look cool until they get stuck in mud or gets destroyed by a tank with a turret

[@tyler_bt3326]

Michael Chacon I love the look of the mark IV/V, and I love the Baneblade and all the other 40k tanks that follow the classic design

[@darryljones3009]

Interestingly, when Germans first saw them on the battlefield, many of them ran off shouting "the devil is coming!"

[@jackarmstrong8790]

Galaxy boy Trent he means they look more ominous

[@Corristo89]

I know what you mean. Their crude nature makes them more menacing than today's sleek and almost elegant tanks. It's somewhat reminiscent of steampunk design, married to the gory world of Warhammer.

[@briscollama2521]

Gotta love this...hats off to the prop company who made this beauty.

[@Zoydian]

Incredible replica, looks totally like the real thing; great job!

[@ludeman]

This could just be called another variant.

[@InFamXYT]

@@ludeman it's a replica

[@nighttrain1236]

@@InFamXYT It's a movie prop really. It's just a modern digger chassis with a space frame and then clad to look like a WW1 tank. It's got no business being in a museum.

[@InFamXYT]

@@nighttrain1236 yeah, a replica

[@nighttrain1236]

@@InFamXYT A prop replica would be a better compromise. A replica means a copy and this is a copy only in terms of superficial appearances. Look beyond the appearance and it's most defiantly not a copy inside.

[@Twirlyhead]

A film about a horse spawns such an amazing tank replica for just a few moments on screen. Now _that_ is commitment to detail.

[@ShadowOfMachines]

This was ten years ago now. I remember looking forward to the movie Warhorse, and I was really excited to hear this tank replica was going to the museum. Time really flies by.

[@Vulturefist]

Amen! Time flies! Feels like it's christmas once a week now...

[@north-polar]

А мне повезло побывать внутри настоящего такого танка . Это было очень давно в моем детстве . Он стоял как памятник в городе Архангельск в России. Он и сейчас там есть

[@kevinsullivan3448]

Considering how poorly most movie companies have 'simulated' WWII tanks [late WWII and Korean war American tanks painted like German tanks], this is pretty amazing.

[@jamesshunt5123]

Are you referring to "Patton" (1970) perhaps? The Germans using 1950's M-48 Patton tanks and the Americans M-47 Pattons both of which were in use during the 50's and 60's and way too advanced for the supposed 1943 setting. I guess the M3 Lee tanks he used in North Africa were neither imposing nor available in sufficient enough numbers by 1970. Interestingly enough Patton was perhaps the most responsible man for insisting on the M4 Sherman to be given top priority over any suitable heavy tank like the M26 Pershing. It was perhaps fortunate for him most heavy German tanks went to the Eastern Front and that allied air supremacy made German tank movement foolish during the day. No need to mention the fuel shortage crisis the Germans experienced which hampered their offensive ability. Not just the tanks were "simulated".

[@kevinsullivan3448]

James Shunt I'm refering to lots of movies where US tanks were used as German tanks and the politics of the day have nothing to do with it so take your argument and go somewhere else. No one cares what you have to say.

[@samuelkeller4745]

@James Shunt Experts like Steve Zaloga and Nicholas Moran have stressed again and again that Patton was NOT responsible for the M26 not being ready for D-Day or that he insisted that the M4 be given priority over the development of the Pershing. US Army field officers had no sway to dictate what Army Ground Forces deemed ready or suitable for use.

[@kstreet7438]

@@kevinsullivan3448 like the tiger in band of brothrrs?

[@Slenderslayer351]

When you have Stevie boy directing a movie then it'll be good since the man has made amazing movies

[@s.31.l50]

This kind of dedication is what we need for SFX companies. Most film studios would probably just CG it.

[@madgeordie4469]

That is amazing. It looks like something from another planet. When it first appeared on the Western Front in WWI it must have been absolutely terrifying.

[@francesth85]

I think at that period in time and considering all the military and industrial vehicles and machinery that was built then, i.e. huge locomotives, earth movers, etc., for the most part people were at best awestruck by these fire-breathing machines and as you suggested, at worst terrified by these molten monsters. I would likely not have survived a battle having frozen in fear.

[@Steve20127]

What a fab replica! When I think of all of those Mark IVs that were scrapped at the end of WWI and in the 20's, I could weep. This latest addition at Bovington is just what they need to boost their already impressive stock. Can't wait to visit again and see this.

[@ArtMaknev]

imagine this monster driving towards you in the trench!

[@PimpMatt0]

Hijack it.

[@thecalibrationcore3871]

+Explicit Tech If the gunner doesnt see you first

[@aleramone23]

scary...

[@SykeGetJuked]

You'll hear Squeaking sounds coming from that monster

[@nikolaimikhail7774]

I would probably grab all the grenades I can get out of the trench go on top of the tank and through the grenades in it,then again I will probably be gunned down before the first step.

[@jder06]

That looks very cool, it's so nice that the museum was able to purchase the tank and add it to their collection for all to see.

[@chiefturion7134]

This is honestly my favorite tank of all time, modern tanks are nice but this one just looks so bad ass. Yeah they had their issues but I don't give a damn, the British mk series of tanks during ww1 was beautiful

[@historicstudios2708]

BeatsOnRye I agree 100%, modern tanks cool, but the mark iv and v were absolutely beautiful yet even more scary looking tanks. if I had a choice to drive either a modern day tank or a mark v tank. Mark V in an instant

[@kgkomrin]

Nah these tanks look hideous. A Pz 3 can beat it with her eyes closed. But well its your opinion I guess.

[@chiefturion7134]

@@kgkomrin obviously, a pz3 is a WWll era tank. That's like saying an M1A2 Abrams can beat a tiger ll.

[@kgkomrin]

@@chiefturion7134 I was taking about the guy above me. Like cmon. Mark V is cool in its own way but picking it over a modern tank (unless it's just for decoration) is kinda dumb. Also I was just kidding around when I said it was hideous. It is a unique and iconic tank I'll have to say.

[@chiefturion7134]

@@kgkomrin Oh, my mistake. Yeah I do agree with you on that; if I had the chance to drive a modern tank or a MK V I'm taking the modern tank. I love the Mk V, but modern armor is so much nicer

[@firebirddrumer]

The technology is still very impressive for its time, and its good to have things like that replica around for future generations to learn about as well as the war that tank was used in. Because as the famous quote goes, "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana

[@bogomir67]

I knew they had that replica, but I didn't know it was the movie prep. Great job on the model, and great that they sold it to the museum. That's exactly where it belongs.

[@Zoydian]

Amazing! One can see very clearly the level of care and craftsmanship that went into creating this amazing replica. Job well done!!

[@Lo-tf6qt]

Now , time to get 7 of my friends together and build a replica for paintball

[@sahhull]

@@mekhane.broken9678 Another keyboard kiddie paintball dreamer, tho it could have been done fairly simply out of wood

[@dancollier9837]

This has the feeling that it was created by enthusiasts making the film knowing how significant this vehicle was not only in the war but the future of warfare from that moment forward. A static object in the film wouldn't have done that justice. Plus it's also a massive thank you to this wonderful museum for letting them look and measure in detail their exhibits

[@daviniaoverton5013]

my grandfather saw those first tanks in operation at a place called Cambrai so he said, although I havent seen the film war horse yet I must agree that this replica tank certainly looks the part and its a truly amazing copy.

[@jhonmedina955]

Davinia where are you.?

[@iant720]

Always loved this style of tank.. just looks scary and steam punk ish. With the large tracks that wrap around the body, the raised front end... awesome

[@GraemePryce1978]

Yeah, they're fantastic aren't they? Imagine what a modern version of something like this would look like if tank design had stayed with the idea of this shape and the wrap around tracks. lol

[@Dill_Pickle1997]

Ian Thompson WWI was very steampunk, it was a new century, and with it came new and unusual technology

[@GraemePryce1978]

Versipellis the rogue Changeling Did you ever see the masks that WW1 tank crews used to wear? The had leather and glass goggles with chainmail hanging over their faces below them to protect from shells making bits of metal fly around inside the tank. They looked VERY steampunk! lol

[@collectorguy4379]

Lol when did the term 'steampunkish' arrive?

[@PpAirO5]

Looks like a giant metal caterpillar🐛 slowly crawling over trenches and soldiers.

[@okrajoe]

Very nice replica. The Tank Museum does great work.

[@Jmp5nb]

Extremely moving film, capturing the carnage of industrial scale warfare. The horse strangely enough is easier to feel sympathy for from the start of the movie because it is a participant with nothing to gain.

[@mattsmocs3281]

I just want to see all the operating original mark 4s and the operating replicas to all come together and do a single last drive of all of them together now that would be probably the most amazing event that could happen.

[@Hendo56]

Fine speaker. Good presentation.

[@ngauruhoezodiac3143]

I wonder how many of those Mk 1 tanks never made it across no mans land because of broken tracks.

[@GlockerG19]

The Patton Museum at Ft. Knox has a Mk IV tank in it. They are also in the process of building a new tank museum next to the national infantry at Ft. Benning that will house several tanks from WWII, but I didn't see any WWI tanks there in the restoration lot.

[@wanderingokamikitsune]

Started researching this tank once I had played as the Tank Driver of Besty in Battlefield 1. The Great War and World War II are my Special Interests, so I do bunch of research on them, learning everything there is to it. Need more Knowledge, must know! Amazing that the Special Effects Team had made a copy of it. I would love to see it in person, sadly though, I'm across the Pond, in the US. I actually rode in one tank when I was like 4 or 5 years old, when my dad was stationed in West Germany back in the 85-90. So loud and shaky too! Some US Army Family thing they had, so they gave free rides in a tanks and stuff. Cheers!

[@Orcwars]

I have been inside the one that had been at the Patton Museum. Fighting in one would have been brutal, loud, and dangerous. The engine, which has no cover, is close to the gun breaches.

[@gamesbraun7069]

last night I dreamt I was in an anti-tank unit, destroying North Vietnamese Mark Vs(!?) by throwing frozen chickens at them.

[@heemeshj9394]

the f you been smoking?

[@wullfsaxon2634]

Games Braun the.....fuck?

[@MrKirby2367]

I got nothin, there's a gag in there some where but jiggered if I can find it.

[@gamesbraun7069]

just an accurate description of a dream I once had. I play battlefield...

[@MrKirby2367]

Games Braun I once had a dream sitting in a shell crater in WW1 typing an essay with muddy water lapping my balls whist a Clydesdale was shooting at me from behind a bush. Which at the time I found unusual as they don't have opposable digits. No shit.

[@rubenskiii]

They are so good in preservation at the Tank Museum in Bovington that Mr. Willey still looks the same after all those years!

[@Sickofsociety1]

Couldn't skip over the add with the Marine that fought on Iwo Jima. Wow, I thank you Sir for doing what you did.

[@alphaadhito]

Tank you very much for uploading it here 😊

[@taboo7219]

war horse was a great movie

[@jasonz7788]

Thank you for the great work Sir

[@samanli-tw3id]

Beautiful water tank!

[@bjw4859]

What a great replica, such a high standard of workmanship.

[@carlwesternut2434]

There's one at the war memorial museum in canberra, with a cut out so you can see inside. Final drive looks big.

[@HalfDemonInuyasha]

Man, it's easy to forget how many of the powerful war machines we have today started out with such "simpler"/more delicate roots (compared to today). In as much as or little over one lifetime, going from things like the British Mark IV Tank to the M1 Abrams, Leopard 2, Challenger, etc, the Wright Brothers' first flight in 1903 with wood and cloth to achieving things like the B-2 Spirit, F-22 Raptor, etc, the Maxim machine gun to the many things we have today, and so on.

[@noobynoob138]

Imagine if that had a casemate howitzer pointing forward... 120 mm and low velocity, like a demolition cannon. It'd look amazing.

[@ddraig1957]

Great piece of engineering. Looks just like the original .Bet it's a lot more comfortable inside though !

[@CRYPTfromCATACOMBZ]

I know this tank since my childhood and since i saw it for first time as a plastic or paper model i just simply felt in love. That shape, that simply desing and many other aspect are convinced me that, this is the BEAST. Just i was slapped in my face, when i got an info, that this tank came from WW1 and not WW2 (for me WW2 is more interesting than WW1, or honestly used to be, since i started to play BF1 hich is not accurate, but my interestwas focused on WW1 too!) Wonderful piece of murdering art. SUPPORT OUR TROOPS! And Heroes WW1,2 we will never FORGET!

[@hussar01]

I remember seeing a WW1 tank driving down to the tank museum back around 1974 from the RAC workshops when I was stationed at the spider huts JLR RAC

[@TestECull]

That would have been one of the originals. Must have been quite a sight...and sound...to see.

[@Semmius]

Such Beauty. Salute to the company who made this incredible tank.

[@anisocoro]

We must admit that this Tank is quite effective in his design, I have read that there were some mechanical troubles due to mud and water leakage while passing naural pools in Flanders, but it was sturdily built and at Cambrai they achieved a brief victory. They had got to shield infantry from gunmachines and so they did

[@collectorguy4379]

Brilliantly made by the look of it glad the museum obtained it. Yet just shows how much money is made in films to have this built for a few moments of actual footage!

[@sonnydean1617]

Very nice. Would love to visit The Tank Museum. Texas is too far to drive. :-)

[@theskrublords]

+Sonny Dean It's in Texas?

[@Generisimo]

+Sonny Dean america has the only serviving dehaviland mosquito. and some italian and japanese tanks. after visiting bovington soe time i wanna go to US of A

[@teli6350]

i think Bovington is somewhere in the UK.

[@Generisimo]

it is

[@colinburrows4375]

+Sonny Dean i'm going to tank fest in june where you get to see a lot of them running, but you tube videos don't do them justice you need to see them, sorry it's to far for you, but there are a lot of videos on line to get a taste.

[@MrShaunpg]

It runs during the live displays Simon they store it in the hanger in between. We where in West Bay a couple of weeks ago too.

[@Diver6106]

Hope to see more WWI movies using the vehicles for trench warfare as it was. My first memories were at the age of 4 looking into the Ossuary at Verdun. The horror of such warfare... and the many tombs of the unknown soldier.

[@sheepsfoot2]

thanks to this movie" war horse " we have a great working replica getting around...comes to mind.. in 1984 they made the movie "Mutiny on the Bounty" ..28 years on the replica they made of THE HMS BOUNTY is still sailing to this day ,in sydney harbour.

[@dextrous1524]

BATTLEFIELD 1? I knew the tank before.

[@qrosenfeld]

+Adam Downes same so I know what to expect lmao

[@alexweaver6994]

+Adam Downes Yeah, same here, I need to "reknowledge" myself.

[@lunalie6938]

teachers should use this strategy and make us play games about war and stuff

[@Ghost-ip3bx]

I knew it before too. :)

[@HypeMaster1473]

I saw something that looked like that but a bit different...hm... Now I remember...Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade...!

[@TheAmazingAdventuresOfMiles]

Would have been nice to see inside it too! To see all the digger running gear. It does look really good.

[@robvlob]

It would be interesting to see a video or slide show of this replica being made

[@gaius_enceladus]

Amazing! Looks like something out of a "Mad Max" movie!

[@temasek65]

I can only imagine the terror felt by opposing forces at the sight of this huge armoured sardine can approaching with canons firing??

[@SomeKrieger]

The British Mk IV may not have been the best tank but it’s easily one of my favorite tanks just for the look.

[@christianpearce579]

Most tanks have weak lower plates and a super strong upper plate... this tank has a very weak upper plate but a stupidly auto ricochet lower plate. Such amazing machines

[@wtacsmg]

Great piece of kit that brings to life the WW1 tank story which is why we build replica tanks.

[@alexiaNBC]

Happy 100 year birthday, tanks

[@J_C_CH]

Plus, they should have made it fire offscreen as it was moving. That would have been awesome for a reenactment at the museum. Maybe not enough time.

[@isaacbridges1892]

I would love to go to this one day!!! Love that time era and all the forgotten history. Help out as well as friends of mine at a WW1 (the great war) in Kingsbury Texas called Pioneer Flight Museum that they do both ww1 aircraft as well as cars, ambulance, bus, and bikes from that era. The guys there are amazing and do great things expanding the place. Also have old equipment and a small tank they built themselves out of plywood then painted it and put a motor. Thanks for posting this video, really enjoyed it and will share with the museum buddies 😁

[@alexbowman7582]

Imagine if the British had made a reliable functional tank, they produced it in numbers and they attacked in dry weather advancing to seize and hold strategic towns behind the front to trap German infantry retreating.

[@TrevorMcBever2596]

He's not preaching to anyone. He's just voicing his opinion. There's a difference.

[@acatinatux9601]

such a shame Spielberg made a ww1 but made it about a freaking horse smh

[@50zcarsman]

Not only does this Mk IV have a timeless "steampunk" vibe (the riveted hull, rhomboid shape, ship-style gun sponsons sprouting here and there), but it's a good example of the rapid adaptation of automotive engineers to operational requirements under the press of war. It had to be able to keep up with -- but not outrun -- the infantry it supported, plus "creeping" friendly artillery barrages; cross a 2.4m wide trench without special preparation, break through (flatten) wire, and kill by fire.

[@OVERKILLxxPro]

A few months ago someone was selling a replica mark iv tank for £30,000. The link was on the Landships website but I'm guessing it has been sold by now!

[@hoodoo2001]

Impressive by any standard. Replica's like this,even if not "perfect" perform a huge public service by bringing history to life, which supplements the "real deal" on display. My bucket list project is building a working FT 17 tank (externally appearing "replica") similar in concept to this for our living history museum in Kingsbury, Texas. We build WWI airplane replicas, why not a tank? Oddly, turns out a real FT-17 WWI veteran is being restored to running condition in College Station Tex.

[@0ddba1l]

Nice job on the replica and good video, I wish I had the space to build stuff like that just working on making a Daimler Dingo at the moment.

[@clifforddodson5459]

If I ever come to England I would love to visit this museum.

[@Fishfingers232]

A Tiger I cost around 250,000RM, which was around $100,000USD in 1941. Which equates to around 1.3+million dollars nowadays.

[@timhuffman5311]

Is there a video with details of the interior of the actual tank?

[@hanzkranz1319]

No loud engine sound, too :(

[@kalebcleveland7128]

They were hot as hell, too.

[@812guitars]

Very cool. But does it have cupholders?

[@bud467]

these thinks broke down so much! but you have to love them!

[@trackhoe23]

That's a loooong track and lots of track rollers!

[@axerxes3981]

Is this available in a Kit?? What's the scale and price in US$, shipped??

[@YamacKocovali7]

2:05 Edwards! Stay out of the mud! But honestly, it's very cool :)

[@MiNiSamster101]

Can't wait to see it at tankfest this year, its gonna be awesome.

[@davesstuff1599]

That must be about the best special effects working model there is.

[@hoodoo2001]

This is very appropriate for a museum to do this. I want to build a replica FT-17 (at least externally) for our museum in Texas, something we can run in parades, events, and such. Just have to wait to retire to make it happen and that day is coming tantalizingly close.

[@Rushmore222]

What a brilliant idea tracked vehicles was. Concerned about rough terrain for a wheeled vehicle? Then provide a built in road upon which to move the vehicle.

[@charliepayy]

I saw this guy walking around the museum!!

[@malcolmtaylor518]

Love the videos. Great advert for the museum. Will get there hopefully after the current madness.

[@isthiswhereitype1]

That's amazing! Good job!

[@50zcarsman]

The wheel-less track-return system resists innundation/derangement by mud, the ship's steel plate sections could be turned out by British industry using existing processes, it was wide enough to shelter a platoon of British infantry trudging along in its wake, and the "conning tower" at front top was high enough to permit OK forward visibility. We can do al ot better today, but our requirements for AFVs have tot. changed. They did very well with what they had -- scary dickens, this, even now.

[@chaezaesperanza8113]

Aberdeen Proving grounds also has a great tank museum It was cool to check out when I was stationed there.

[@jhonmedina955]

Chaeza where are you.?

[@KoobLis100]

If I remember right, the first time this tank was used in combat - it was created such a stir in the German lines at first sight; however, the Germans soon realized that they were nothing but easy artillery targets.. This tank killed more of its crews than saved lol. Very cool looking design and I bet at the time - very scary looking also..

[@jamesshunt5123]

+Kong Lee Not particularly easy targets when they were moving. WWI artillery was designed to fire at fixed positions and designed to deal with troops and trenches primarily. By the final two years of the war German generals admitted the tank had defeated them in some battles and understood that it would be even more decisive in future wars. The Germans used tanks themselves, almost exclusively captured ones since they started developing their own late and didn't have the required metals to manufacture them or enough fuel to use them anyway. By 1918 France and Great Britain were producing so many tanks they were getting more and more difficult to deal with it. Bear in mind that there were no practical anti-tank weapons fielded by the infantry in WWI and that the developed anti-tank rifles didn't necessarily knock out a tank permanently. In WWI there was no portable radio the infantry could use to report to their own artilelry where exactly the tanks were. There also were no attack aircraft able to knock out tanks so they didn't have to worry about hiding from airplanes either - unlike in WWII. A considerable amount of tanks actually broke down while driving and while the tanks themselves made it across the no-man's land the supporting infantry wasn't as impervious to the rifle and machine gun fire of the defenders. Being surrounded by infantry approaching from blind angles was a serious drawback. The French solved that with their 360 degree rotating tower of the Renault FT17. The British Whippet tank had machine guns facing all directions and proved useful in its breakthrough role. The WWI tank crews did sit in a bad place, but at least they were safe from small arms fire, grenades and shrapnel, and also could fire back while moving. The infantry that moved across no-man's land had nothing protecting them.

[@christhompson4950]

Looks like a creature that just wanders around and kills things. Edit: I saw another comment saying this after I wrote it

[@mrReoman]

A very interesting film about the tank. Congratulations on acquiring it

[@trainman071]

sweet i would of never guessed that was a replica. nice job excellent presentation.

[@simonc586]

Went to Westbay on Sat for a quick weekend getaway and went to the museum while I was down there, I think I saw this is the restoration hanger I think it's called along with a pretty sorry looking T14 heavy that would be been amazing to see up close

[@鎌田英明-c6f]

スピルバーグの映画にビックリ！たくさん出てきて欲しかったなぁ⚠️

[@ramairgto72]

Rubber tracks, a 6BT Diesel and down to the DMV to get it titled.

[@matts1166]

In my state it would be good as-is. Just call it a tractor.

[@sahhull]

@@matts1166 You own a state? Since this is the UK and its built off a vehicle, it can use the registered base vehicle it was built on. We dont have the DMV nightmare like you merican guys.

[@LAPGOCHINSTRUCTOR]

Great video - thank you for posting

[@wiggleie]

What do the white red white markings on the front of the tank mean? 1:13 shows em.

[@tasman763]

I suspect there are issues with parts that can no longer be obtained ( or even manufactured . The tracks for example . And I think engines, gearboxes , clutches etc etc....any one of which could give up the ghost . I am a bit sad they feel they cannot risk running them , but I do appreciate their perspective , and I accept their opinion . I suffer the same way with a Lancaster bomber we have in a museum . At least I can still crawl through it. ( and I am 53 :-)

[@oceanpacific886]

“The spirit of cavalry lives on in Armor” i recall reading thay in a Ft Knox publication

[@michael_iansmiththeMHistorian]

There’s something different about the tanks of world war 1 that make them quite unusual. Is it the fact that the tracks wrap around the tank? Is it the lack of the turret, but instead used 2 boxes that either contained a howitzer or a machine gun? Is it the technology at that time that made these so terrifying? I’m not sure. However, this tank is pretty great.

[@nateharder2286]

I want to see inside!!!

[@thetankmuseum]

Take a look... kzbin.info/www/bejne/aH6mnn6om55kpZY

[@military-vehicles]

Great information about a wonderful machine!