This Famous Tank Was ALMOST Used In Fury

[@WorldWarWisdom]

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[@Brimestar]

Rich here, it was a pleasure meeting up with you, both, again this year and chatting about the collection. It is from people like you that will keep history alive and ignite the spark in the next generation.

[@HuLou]

It was great to meet you, and we hope to see you there next year!

[@MapleHillMunitions]

Based

[@WorldWarWisdom]

I appreciate that Rich. Thanks again for the great presentation, and I hope to see you in Conneaut again next year!

[@Brimestar]

​@@HuLouthanks for coming out. It's up to us to keep the history alive

[@Brimestar]

​@@MapleHillMunitionsour crew is out of Orlando if that is what you're asking.

[@ude_k]

For some reason, Shermans have been my favorite WWII tank ever since i started gaining interest in the War.

[@uraigroves7898]

My fave is the panzer 4 which battled the Sherman's quite a bit. Did you know the panzer 4 was the only tank to be in service at the start and at the end WW2?

[@ude_k]

@@uraigroves7898Thats actually sick, never knew that.

[@moomoo7706]

2:50 I think he just slipped up a bit here, but there was never a welded hull version of the M4A1 for it to be have A1 in its designation it had to have a cast hull My guess is the welded hull Sherman he pointed to is either a large hatch M4A2 or M4A3 with the 75mm gun

[@Brimestar]

And I also called "Rabbi" a priest in the beginning, but he's a rabbi 😉.

[@Pte.Fletcher]

It's more likely to be an M4, since the M4 and M4A1 share the same engine, but the engine deck or rear isn't shown, so I can't tell. It's not an M4A4 since no large hatch M4A4s exist

[@moomoo7706]

@@Pte.Fletcher I looked it up on their website. The welded hull Sherman in the video is "SCHMUEL" an M4A3 (75)W from Fisher Body. Fisher made their M4 sprocket wheels solid (Ford's had holes in them). None of the producers of standard M4's made M4A3s (other than Chrysler but only for 105 and 76 versions) though their is a lot of overlap with companies that made M4A2s. I haven't seen any pictures of a large hatch standard M4 (75) so I'd assume they are very rare.

[@Pte.Fletcher]

@@moomoo7706 Ah, fair enough. I couldn't get a good look at it since I was travelling while watching on my phone, and didn't have time to do that extra research. I just thought it was an M4 since I assumed they were getting confused because of the engine.

[@WW2Armor]

@@moomoo7706 We give Rich a pass for whiffing it. It's not as easy to think on the fly with a camera in the face! We know he knows, and wasn't trying to mislead anyone.

[@Pte.Fletcher]

I filmed a short documentary for a college project with an M4 (105) which belongs to Armourgeddon Tank Museum that was used in Fury. In the background of the scene where the crew are talking to the new guy in the camp, you can only just see it. It served post-war, was used as a target on a molotov cocktail range and then was restored by Armourgeddon about 14 years ago. Their M8 was also on the Fury set, and I've seen it before, but it wasn't on display when I went to film (or I just couldn't find it)

[@Front-Toward-Enemy]

WW2armor is peak reenactor goals. Imagine being able to crew a freaking tank or artillery piece as a hobby.

[@WW2Armor]

It never ceases to amaze our own members!

[@colinhertz]

My Dad was in the British Army Regiment of the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers (R.E.M.E.) in WW2, in Nth Africa, i.e. Egypt, Palestine, and Tunisia. He repaired, cannibalised and re-assembled Sherman tanks, among others. One or two horror stories to be told along the way.

[@A.Fancy.Man.]

Wow, what an unimaginable time to be alive. Thanks for sharing, and for your dad’s service. 🇬🇧

[@Nyllsor]

Thanks for sharing this! Really intresting, well explained and good filming/editing!

[@WW2Armor]

Wow! Thanks for the excellent shout out and for visiting us down at the beach! Keep up the incredible work!

[@Darkel45]

2:57 M3, M3 gun, the M3 is all you need.

[@CPTRailfan]

Spookston viewer ?

[@Darkel45]

@@CPTRailfanshall i repeat the famous phrase said by the all-mighty tank furry again?

[@fortunatebum]

1:54 I got a really good question on them securing the Sherman’s on flatbeds, why are they using a nylon rope to secure the barrel when there’s a gun travel lock that they are flat out wrapping the rope around. The only excuse I could accept is to avoid scratching the paint of the barrel.

[@WW2Armor]

Reasonable question! Yes, there is absolutely a functional travel lock on that tank. It still works, but it's about 80 years old, and we know full well how things can fail. WW2 Armor is a very risk-averse organization, and we strive to ensure we operate and maintain these beasts as safely as possible. We implement redundancies like this to make sure we don't cause any undue harm or mayhem!

[@rzr2ffe325]

The Tank Museum has the Fury Sherman

[@creepermyeeper]

You should make a video or youtube short on the prototype M1E5 Garand rifle.

[@Justin_0241]

was it the Tanker Garand?

[@LAVODKA12]

Florida??? I'd hop in one of these and ride the hurricane out

[@ericcaldwell2074]

The music at the end really made the video!

[@rutgerfruit]

thats so crazy, Fury was genuinely such a great film

[@uraigroves7898]

Garbage movie. Esp the ending. Just absolute bs rubbish. But if it makes Americans feel better then by all means watch and cheer to the silly nonsense.

[@traviswebb5094]

Stop by Wright Patterson museum. Wonderful collection of WW2 Planes.

[@JeffreyCotle]

Sherman tanks were faster, could cross engineer bridges. And basically kicked the germans tanks buts. And for years built like a sherman tank was spoken around here for good reason. Best tank in WW 2.😊

[@CaptainChip501]

Well minus the side armour. You hit the side kaboom and same goes for the front. But good tank anyways.

[@skyraider87]

​@CaptainChip501 ehhh, crew still survives 85% of the time. That factors in early models with small hatches and no loaders hatch

[@Pte.Fletcher]

​@@CaptainChip501 The Sherman had about the same effective armour as the Tiger because of the angling, while being lighter (and therefore faster) and more reliable

[@flight2k5]

@@CaptainChip501the side armor on any tank is thinner 😂

[@MAYONNAISE__]

@@Pte.Fletcher not true at all, especially with the cast hull giving flat sides whenever the tank was angled at all towards the enemy

[@Usairborne1944FHSW]

Great video 👍

[@Nyllsor]

agreed!

[@patrickancona1193]

The myth about Ronson, lights first time every time? Ronson was invented after the war & not sold until late 40’s

[@ericcaldwell2074]

Excuse him, he ment tommy cooker.

[@ericcaldwell2074]

Excuse him, he ment tommy cooker.

[@apersondoingthings5689]

@@ericcaldwell2074that is another misnomer. The Germans referred to all British tanks as Tommy cookers as the British crews tended to overstock their tanks on ammo regardless of model

[@tellergaming5643]

I want that Grizzly tank so bad cause it was from Band of Brothers

[@thecatmaster348]

I’ve got one of the helmets used by a background character of fury

[@PATRIOT-Canada]

Never forget their Sacrifice!!!

[@WW2_X2]

Love ur videos

[@bakatzen6243]

is the main gun still operational or disabled?

[@JeffreyCotle]

Another thing with Sherman tanks. They were commanded by general Goerge Patton. He was feared by the Germans. For good reason. And the men in the Sherman's were the bravest and best tankers in WW 2. Bar non.😊😊😊

[@Infinitum13]

Does anyone know a place and/or website to get good, historically accurate M1 helmets?

[@Ridgerunner2270]

Great Video! M4 Sherman's are awesome.

[@Green-aider]

Would the 105 mm howitzer do nothing to the tiger as well just like the 76 mm did nothing to the Tiger in the real movie because the movies trying to say that the tiger is completely invincible from the front which is not true whatsoever

[@corsola9907]

the 105 could disable a Tiger with a well placed HE round (basically artillery) also the 105mm cannon had a HEAT round that was pretty good at going through armor so I'm sure that could do some damage too

[@Green-aider]

@@corsola9907 it was sarcasm bro

[@christopherholder9925]

"He was a Priest"? He was identified as a Rabbi, unless that was a given name, which seems a bit incredible.

[@redandgreen3]

Well Done!

[@Ur_local_oklahoman]

Does it matter what year your helmet was made as long as it’s accurate

[@PVTLogan12]

Name your Favorite WWII tank----->

[@PVTLogan12]

Mine is the M4A3E8 Sherman Tank

[@corsola9907]

Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha

[@martinvokal3227]

LT Vz.35 and LT Vz.38

[@moomoo7706]

Panzer IV family If I had to choose just one model I'd say the Ausf. H

[@Srhnsfskztxzf]

M4A1 "Sherman", or the Panzer 4 Ausf. G

[@Bobby-g4l]

T Sherman's are the best

[@nizalmuhammad9689]

Sherman can kill tiger and panther, unfortunately lot of people still mock and insult this tank, even if you debate in social media they will laugh to you 😢

[@uraigroves7898]

Yes but they rarely did. The German tanks went thru the Sherman's like a knife thru butter. Stats prove this.

[@frankpolly]

@@uraigroves7898 stats also prove that Sherman crews didn't fight tigers as much as people think. Stats also prove other german tank models like the Pz4 and Stug3 were far more common to fight which the Sherman can defeat. Stats also prove the tigers had a lesser readiness ratio. Stats also prove the Sherman took a lot less time to maintain. Oh the tiger has an 88mm gun, how cool. Just add a bunch extra steel to the Sherman, create the Sherman Jumbo and the tiger and panther had trouble getting through it. meanwhile the Jumbo Sherman would still have all the benefits of crew comfort, the short stabelizer, the easy maintanance and ammo stored under the floor like all Shermans would have starting early '44. The Tiger gun argument also kind of falls short when you realise the only driving tiger today was disabled by a shot that barely penetrated but still knocked out the turret ring. There is a reason the US started killing Tigers with the 75mm by firing HE at it. Penetration of a tank gun is one of the least important factors, especially for the US who's doctrine is to use tank destroyers for tank on tank engagements and to use frontline tanks for infantry support.

[@uraigroves7898]

@@frankpolly no one said tigers were common. The quote was Sherman's "kicked the German tanks asses"...I'm saying they didn't in any general sense. Sone Sherman's knocked out some German tanks but the kill ratios were always in the Germans favor except in a few battles in late 44 in lorainne and parts of the bulge. You mention drugs and those actually killed more tanks than any other,crap on Russia. Again, the Russians lost 100,000 tanks on the eastern front and those losers included Sherman's. The Sherman was a good all around tank but not close to being the best.

[@conorbowens5254]

Cool

[@Tob-Balčiūnas]

What reenactments do you go to?

[@AlaskaRailroadGuy]

nice

[@TexasNationalist1836]

Please go down to drive tanks

[@ac9356]

The T-34 was the best tank of ww2 ad if u ask Google what is the best tank of ww2 it also saids T-34

[@flight2k5]

That’s not true

[@ac9356]

@@flight2k5 Google saids it it

[@flight2k5]

@@ac9356 ok and? Are you joking or serious?

[@ac9356]

@@flight2k5 about what

[@frankpolly]

Yeah because google still needs to update from the time when everyone was praising soviet tanks. The T-34 had a ton of issues, most of them from cheap and fast production during the war. The original design was amazing back in 1934-1935, but war time production meant that the T-34 was often rolled out of the factory with missing parts like missing seats, turret baskets, ammo storage bins, headlights, machine guns, sights etc. The wartime welding was also very poor as the welding was done by a lot of unskilled civilians meaning that even if the T-34 deflected an anti-tank round, the pressure of the round hitting the armor could break off entire armor plates. There is a ton of information out there about the T-34, however a lot of it comes from pre 1991 when sources on the T-34 during WW2 were unreliable as it came from the Soviet Union and was often very biased. The answer google gives you is really simple while the real answer is very nuanced.

[@TopsS.W.A.T]

Hi World War wisdom can you please send me a M1 helmet original from World War II with the inner helmet and the inner helmet liner

[@Thatduckcandraw-sl7mc]

Duck 🦆

[@uraigroves7898]

Fury was garbage.

[@North_south_buggy]

Your garbage