" VEHICULAR FIRING OF THE M5 LIGHT TANK " WWII STUART TANK CREW GUNNERY TRAINING FILM 13854

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Originally restricted, this WWII training film "Vehicular Firing M5 Light Tank" shows a "preflight" readiness checklist performed by the crew, and then focuses on the role of the gunner, who is tasked with operating the 37mm gun. After a combat training exercise, the procedures for shutting down and stowing the tank are shown. The narrator focuses on the role of the Stuart in taking out enemy machine gun, anti-tank, and emplacement positions -- but notes at 1:40 that it was "never intended" to take out enemy heavy armor, especially at long ranges. The instruction provided is to close with 400 yards of an enemy tank, and then aim the highly-precise 37mm gun at an enemy tank's weak spot (such as the tread). At (2:15), a Stuart crew is shown at a practice range. The crew is described -- first the tank commander / assistant gunner / coaxial machine gunner is shown, the gunner, a bow gunner in charge of the bow machine gun and assistant driver, and the driver (3:00). At (3:15) steps to start the tank are shown including warming up the vacuum tube based interphone. At (3:52) the tank is buttoned up. At (4:15) the .30 caliber machine gun is inspected and made ready. At (5:12) the turret is unlocked and traversed. At (6:26) the gyro control unit is put to vertical and the gun freed. The stabilizer and stiffness of the gun is adjusted (7:00) to keep the recoil uniform. At (7;29) the gas line for the motor is opened. At (8:14) the 37mm gun is thoroughly checked out and the electronic firing controls inspected. At (9:27) the breech is opened and ammunition boxes inspected. At (9:56) the commander installs his periscope. At (10:11) the gun is aligned with the periscope sight by using a fire tower as an aiming point. The barrel of the gun is aligned by eye. Animation shows this more clearly. At (13:20) spare heads are also aligned (in case one is damaged in combat). At (13:40) a direct vision scope is mounted. At (14:39) battle conditions are simulated on the range, with the commander using a periscope to view the situation. Various commands are demonstrated, including loading of various types of ammunition, and firing range and position. At (17:20) the method of determining a target's range and position is demonstrated through animation. At (19:40) use of tracer ammunition is demonstrated, including use of the coaxial machine gun's tracers to help locate the target. At (20:30) methods of correcting aim are summarized. At (21:23) use of a lead table to hit a moving enemy vehicle is shown. At (22:44) the after-action procedures are shown, including unloading the machine guns, opening the hatches, refilling all the ammo racks and boxes, and securing the gun and turret.
The M5 Light Tank was an improved version of the American M3 Stuart/Light Tank M3. The M5 was created after the Cadillac Division of GMC suggested to the Ordnance Department to install twin Cadillac engines and a commercial Cadillac Hydramatic transmission in an M3. The idea was more or less proved after the tank made a 500 mile test run. Due to the always acute shortage of Continental engines, the modified vehicle was approved for production and standardised as the Light Tank M5 in February 1942. (It was originally to be designated Light Tank M4, but this was changed to M5 to avoid confusion with the M4 medium tank (Sherman), then going into production.) The M5 model ended up being quieter, cooler and roomier than the M3, and the automatic transmission greatly simplified crew training.
The M3 tanks first entered combat service in North Africa through the lend-lease program in 1941. In British / Commonwealth service the tank was known as the "Stuart" (after Confederate general J. E. B. Stuart) or more colloquially as the "honey" because of its cushy ride. Roughly 170 M3s were used by the British forces in Operation Crusader (18 November - 30 December 1941). M3s were the first American-crewed tanks to engage the enemy in tank versus tank combat when used in the Philippines in December 1941. The first American M5s to see combat action were part of Operation Torch. In the later years of WWII the M3 and M5 were used primarily for reconnaissance and screening. In all, 2075 M5s were produced (including British versions) during the war.
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[@jacquesmertens3369]

Step 457: check whether the enemy's location is still in the same country

[@nomadmarauder-dw9re]

Rest assured, upon going hot, 85.3& of that training film B.S. went out the window.

[@DM-qm5sc]

That or tend to wounded from the shell that hit 30 mins ago

[@gonebabygone4116]

In combat that guy draws three breaths between his butt hitting the chair and the first round going downrange :-)

[@danielpeton5500]

😄 🤣 😂 😆 😄 🤣 😂

[@ticotube2501]

Somehow it was depicted differently in "Fury".😂

[@gehlen52]

This remains my favorite tank of World War II, I grew up reading about the crew of the 'Haunted Tank', Jeb, Arch, Rick and Slim and their adventures. They ultimately switched over to a Sherman tank at which time I quit buying the comic, the life of the comic ended shortly thereafter anyway.

[@cwall9962]

I thought the tank they switched to after they lost their Stuart was a one-off mash-up of several different tanks. Not an M-4.

[@gehlen52]

@@cwall9962 The M-3 Stuart was replaced by the M-4 model Sherman along with a temporary appearance of the Ghost of William T. Sherman.

[@leeblake3989]

@@gehlen52 That is correct. The "Haunted Tank" was the first comic book I ever read. I stopped the same time you did.

[@Hey_you_______x]

M-88 is pretty neat, on a somewhat unrelated note.

[@danconverse9678]

I read Haunted Tank too, good friend! Also Sgt. Rock. Did not know they went to a Sherman tank. Good ole days late 70s early 80s reading comic books. Haha

[@erroneous6947]

The radio has time to warm up. We take so much for granted now.

[@KidMetairie]

I’m glad the German’s were polite enough to wait while we prepared to fire.

[@BELCAN57]

This is the "by the book" version. I'll bet there was an "Oh crap, Kraut tank!" process that skipped most of what's on the film.

[@donaldvincent]

@@BELCAN57 I doubt you took on any other tank in a M5 Stuart. They were more of an infantry support vehicle. Very small 37mm main gun and thin armor. Some of the Germans had 88mm main guns. I have a R/C M5 Stuart in 1:6 scale which work out to about 2 feet long and about 30 pounds. Before my wife got this for me about 15 years ago I had never heard of the M5. But thanks to the internet I was able to learn a lot and become a real fan of this light tank. They were fast and worked great as infantry support. Some were "Up-armored" with larger guns but not much larger. Crews also put larger diameter pipes over the barrel to appear like they had a bigger gun. Gotta make a good first impression.

[@thomasdragosr.841]

@@BELCAN57 That's what reverse is for. These things were death traps.

[@Tinblitz]

The Germans had similar training, but because German words are so long, the yanks had an advantage in getting the first shot off.

[@ralphjacobson8815]

The "by the book" procedures are similar on the Abrams. There's "by the book" and what's actually done in the field.

[@randallwong7196]

The film illustrates how important it is to have well trained dudes serving in a tank.

[@IntrospectorGeneral]

The next film in the series was called "M5 Light tank, duties of the crew". Sounds like that covers dudely duties in more detail for draftees who have never been in a tank before.

[@bluedragontoybash2463]

The game changer Challenger and Abrams tank are probably more user friendly. Ukraine super soldier only need 1 month to master those thing.

[@captaintoyota3171]

​@@bluedragontoybash2463nah abrams is complete different than any other tank. Turbine power requires different style of driving and its turrent system is unique

[@Hey_you_______x]

​@@bluedragontoybash2463Ukraine super soldier lol. You're killing us!!😂😂😂

[@Hey_you_______x]

​@@bluedragontoybash2463... and don't forget, the world famous, ghost sniper/ace top gun pilot Navy SEALs of snake Island!!😂😂😂😂😅

[@daveycrocket4873]

Now that the tank is ready to fire the war is over.

[@USNVA11]

Paraguay still has about ten Stuart’s in service in a training role. Pretty cool considering that they’re eighty years old.

[@gehlen52]

I also saw them in a documentary being used in El Salvador during the civil war, they were working narrow alley's and knocking down residential walls.

[@Hey_you_______x]

Um, ... I'm pretty sure Paraguay is a little older than 80.

[@jimeditorial]

By the time the crew is finished, they'll be ready for the Korean War

[@davidkiracofe644]

Make sure a smart ass rabbit has not stolen the Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator.

[@johnrudy9404]

The motor confabulator must be at exactly 67°. The gunner must relay his firing Solution to the driver for verification. Care must be taken to accurately assess the fuel mixture for optimum carburetor intake. Log each setting in triplicate and send a radio message to the Quartermaster. Now, choosing the round to be fired is accomplished through drawing straws......

[@bluedragontoybash2463]

confabulator is the key

[@ralphjacobson8815]

I learned to gun on an M48A5 and could slip right into the Gunner seat on this thing. It's really not that much different from the degraded mode gunnery we practiced on the Abrams as well. Very cool.

[@ID-8491]

Thank you for your service.

[@Hey_you_______x]

​@@ID-8491you're welcome

[@1967davethewave]

The tank is in such new condition, it's really a treat to see in 2023.

[@frostedbutts4340]

Yeah probably a cherry straight off the factory floor!

[@MrPlankinton]

I wish the crew conversations had been recorded at the battle of Alligator Creek on Guadalcanal in August 1942

[@mark-ib7sz]

Grinding the little people with their tracks.

[@olddog6658]

I was inside an M48a3 in a few firefights, and we'd a been shot for language -- maybe. All that getting ready was eliminated by my day 1961-66 USMC "A" co. 2nd plt.1stMarDiv. Plus we had a very good optical rangefinder. The two bumps frog eyes on each side turret. 18 months in that thing every nite.

[@calebhermann7024]

Why do homework when you can learn how to fire a tank from world war two

[@brooksroth345]

Every tank wargamer should watch this to appreciate how it is done.

[@livingroomtheatre174]

Exactly and to see games are real life gunnery is very much different

[@bb5242]

I love those little tanks in War Thunder. The 37mm is so cute.

[@HM2SGT]

9:33 I bet there weren't many that end of the war with their lands and grooves so sharply delineated

[@leonmichaels2773]

Notice that the Track Commander was carrying a revolver, most likely an M1917, instead of an M1911.

[@HM2SGT]

🤔The M1911 revolver *_IS_* extremely rare... I'm quite certain you must be right that that is the M1917😏

[@LShapedAmbush]

Yes, a Colt 1917 .45 ACP revolver. I sat up and took notice when I saw that., complete with flap holster.

[@opieshomeshop]

They carried revolvers because they were Calvery. The horses were traded for tanks and armored vehicles. It was a proud tradition.

[@leonmichaels2773]

@@opieshomeshop If my failing memory is on track, it was I.D.White who suggested the tank and saber insignia for armor units.

[@opieshomeshop]

@@leonmichaels2773 Mr Armor himself. Would not surprise me.

[@HM2SGT]

*Rick can hit **_anything!_* The Haunted Tank gets kills every time!

[@LShapedAmbush]

Hahaha! All my life I have asked guys my age if they read "The Haunted Tank" comics. I think you are the only one.

[@stephenduffy5406]

I read them too, along with Sgt. Rock. Oddly, they are the only two comics that haven't been made into crappy films yet. Just as well.

[@ronaldrobertson2332]

​@stephenduffy5406 I heard many years ago that they were planning to make a "Sgt. Rock" movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the lead part, but it never got the backing.

[@wolverinesdreams9293]

Would have been a big help for the 7th Cavalry.

[@olddog6658]

Custer left the Gatling guns behind on his march----slowed them down he said.

[@ddraig1957]

For a small tank ,the M5 was surprisingly sophisticated.Why then wasn't it supplied with a simple optical device to put over the end of the 37mm gun to bore sight it ? After spending all that money on stuff like gyrostabilisers,they could do better than bits of string.

[@fryaduck]

They aren't calibrating the gun, they're aligning sights. The simplest method is always the best. It was also 80 years ago...

[@worldcomicsreview354]

Your optical lens can get broken, you can always fetch more string. I bet they used long grass sometimes.

[@erroneous6947]

Honestly that’s the same as bore sighting. Usually done with a laser these days.

[@juanmanuelparadacontreras9565]

Un video de época muy ilustrativo sobre este tanque liviano estadounidense, como fue el Stuart M-5 con su pieza de 37mm. Aquí en Venezuela recibimos muchos tanques ligeros de esa clase para ser parte de nuestra caballería blindada hasta muy entrando los años setentas del siglo XX.

[@henriquepereiradarocha3722]

Interessante considerando a idade destes tanques, sinal que é um projeto muito robusto.

[@Hey_you_______x]

Indeed the Venezuelan military is not to be trifled with, real men for certain. And proud, tough etc.

[@juanmanuelparadacontreras9565]

@@Hey_you_______x Ciertamente, mi estimado señor. Somos una casta guerrera de vieja data. Mis respetos y bendiciones desde acá al noble pueblo estadounidense.

[@davidbuck5864]

I trained on the Browning 1919A4. I can't imagine the bollocking I would have received checking the headspace that way. I guess you had to find some method of checking the headspace without partially disassembling the gun. Still seems a bit slap-dash to me though. Never heard of half-loading though. Must be a tankie thing. In my day the gun was either loaded or unloaded.

[@erroneous6947]

Ya, I think that’s the best they could do in a tank. What with it mounted in place.

[@Hey_you_______x]

Slap dash tom foolery

[@brooksbrown580]

When I was USMC early 1980's our CO of our post was a Gun Collector, he had dozen's of MG's US .30's - M60, German MG42, and several Russian MG's he would let us shoot most of them at range, in those days you could buy Surplus Ammo for dirt cheap, he also had a WW1 British Vickers, that to me was the coolest MG ever! The US. 30 was fun to shoot, but that Vickers was I thought was the fun one ! He also had a Dutch Army Lewis Gun, now that was really Fun ! Those things were like firing a Rifle, super accurate and never jammed, locked up or failed to fire, The German 42 was a good gun but the barrels got so hot so quick, and if they jammed it was a pain in the A$% to clear.

[@reddevilparatrooper]

I think that a platoon of M5 Stuarts would be good to an armored infantry company along with a platoon of M4 Shermans in the rear. Once contact has been made with either infantry or the Stuarts if they spotted an enemy defensive line either enemy anti-tank guns, armor, or infantry positions. Armored infantry dismounts and moves forward for movement to contact to fix the enemy. Stuarts move to support fire positions. Artillery is called on designated target reference points with suppressive fire. Infantry moves in bounds as Stuarts take out weapons systems and machinegun positions. Infantry fixes infantry positions while other infantry platoons flank. Infantry company mortars bring down fire during the assault. Shermans flank the enemy positions and a flanking platoon or platoons of infantry follow the Shermans to fire on enemy infantry to assault. This requires coordination and good communication. Move, Shoot, and Communicate is the bread and butter of combat.

[@walterzoomie]

OK, Eisenhower. 😀

[@reddevilparatrooper]

@@walterzoomie 🤪🤪😜😜👍👍

[@stephenduffy5406]

Sudden knocking on the rear of the turret: "You vill let us know when you are ready, ja?"

[@randallwong7196]

He's not wrong about the gun being accurate, but for fighting in 1943 or later it is way underpowered.

[@silkyz68]

Agreed, but the M5 isn't for tank v tank, but for anti-emplacement like machine gun nests and AT-guns.

[@LegoBob4123]

Unless you're fighting Japanese tanks

[@markdavids2511]

The amount of messing about required was ridiculous

[@wes11bravo]

Pretty much a scout vic. Overwatch your dismounted element, help them break contact if needed then charlie mike. Agreed you don't want to be lockin horns with no Tigers. Always with them negative waves, Moriarty!

[@stump182]

@@markdavids2511 Welcome to the Army

[@justforever96]

Apparently the people complaining about how many steps it takes haven't seen many aircraft operating training films from the era. There was a lot of stuff to do to fly them. Even more to get a good shot on an enemy aircraft or ground target. But it takes a lot longer to describe the process and show it step by step to train a new beginner. An experienced guy can do all this very quickly and without even thinking much about it. Hell, have you seen what shooting artillery involves? It's not a simple thing to do. It's pretty complex to send an object at high speed from one place to hit another spot exactly at a distance. The video games make it seem like you just drive around and put your scope on things and pull the trigger and bang, job done. People who get sent out thinking that's all that it takes are the ones who get totally outmatched and wrecked in a fight. When you hear about untrained troops getting owned, that's the ones. The Italian tankers in WW2 who went out with two weeks training somehow got destroyed every time. Their tanks weren't as bad as all that, with better training they could have done better than they usually did.

[@RWildekrav66]

Have one of these tanks in front yard , made a planter out of it . Only tank to have a comic about it “The Haunted Tank “ …….Cooool !

[@worldcomicsreview354]

Look for Commando Comics!

[@HM2SGT]

Commander JEB, gunner Rick, loader Arch, driver Slim... boyhood pals who enlisted together and fought their way from north Africa to Europe. Until Arch & the M3 got killed- then they picked up Gus, put together the jigsaw tank (maybe a T 34 hull and a Jackson turret) in a junkyard and clobbered krauts in that until that was knocked out, then they mounted up in a M4. Sgt. Rock & the combat happy Joes of easy company were sometimes their dismounts.

[@richardjames1812]

All the checks and stuff. "set the recoil knob to 5" And the commander is the loader.

[@bluemouse5039]

The technology in that Stuart tank looks 50 years ahead of Japanese tanks of that same era

[@johndowe7003]

Pretty much is

[@jameslawrie3807]

Japanese tanks were pretty much designed in the early thirties, this is an early forties tank and an evolution of the T1 Combat Car. The US was able to learn from and implement a lot of the hard lessons being learned in Asian and Europe without having to meet combat requirements prior to 1941. The tanks from Japan were optimised for lightweight bridges and had to be physically small to go over tiny backwoods bridges or to fit on the IJN landing barges. Due to the US embargoes the Japanese felt a technological slowdown in armour design in the mid thirties as they diverted resources naval and aerial units, land equipment was pretty much neglected and this showed badly at Khalkin Gol when the Soviets roughly handled the Japanese light armour which was slow, sluggish and whose infantry guns had marginal effectiveness against sloped armour. They even had a hard time against BT-5s and T-26s. The upgrades they got after this were primarily in speed. The limiting factor in tanks is the engine, forget everything else you hear. The USA knew they couldn't get a good tank engine with a power to weight ratio unless they used the German system of make a terrestrial aircraft engine. As the US used primarily radial engines at the time this is what they used which is why US tanks have such a high and wide profile which unfortunately means the armour envelope has to be larger. This is the primary drawback of the brilliant US light tanks; they weren't physically small until the M24 Chaffee (possibly the best light tank of the era). To be far, the Japanese 1940s designs were as advanced as this in many ways but it was too late, they'd lost the war at Midway and wunderwaffen wouldn't have made any difference so these things never left the home islands and were scrapped without seeing action. The divergence of technology and materiel to the strike arms of the Navy and Air Force meant that they tried to field early thirties designs against late forties allied vehicles even after the Japanese tanks had been shown to be no match for M3 Lees and Matilda IIs

[@bluemouse5039]

@@jameslawrie3807 The weapon's Japan should have invested in that would have given them more bang for the buck instead of any kind of tanks that could have been competitive in one-on-one battles against allied tanks would be focusing on better weapons for their army and navy, All of their infantry machine guns used a stripper clip or box that had held limited rounds that were slower and cumbersome to reload vs belt fed types the U.S and German military had which were more suitable to provide sustained cover fire for advancing infantry tactics which the Japanese used more than armor, they also needed a decent submachine gun and a light portable anti tank weapon like the bazooka or Panzerfaust ,

[@richardjames1812]

I was surprised by the technology inside also. Quite a lot of effort for a light tank. I guess the earlier M3 version was more basic and similar to 1930's light tanks.

[@PapiDoesIt]

I never was a tanker, but I do have respect for guys willing to ride in a tracked coffin.

[@flywheel986]

Wait until the enemy tank closes to 400 yards.... Which will be easy to do since you will be burning scrap from the enemy shot taken from 1200.

[@jameslawrie3807]

Yeah, the proper command is: "relocate the hell out of Dodge"

[@kablammy7]

At the first seconds - I wondered if the narrator was Burt Lancaster . The longer it played the more it sounds like him .

[@davidfisher12865]

The m5s weren't good against the Germans, but were great against the japanese!

[@randallwong7196]

The M5 could handle an armored car or light tank, maybe those early Czech designs too. An early tank battle against the Germans in North Africa ended up with both sides suffering badly, with the Germans retreating.

[@HM2SGT]

Shhh... don't tell the British! They loved the M3 so much they called it the honey!

[@michaelpielorz9283]

Tis little tank looked so cute That was his protection ,Tiger Mama wouldn`t shoot on babies !!

[@RobertStCyr-pe7ic]

At Szot Park in Chicopee Massachusetts there is a Stewart that was donated as a war memorial after the war. It's really tiny, especially in comparison to the nearby M-60.

[@johnbattista9519]

I’ll check it out next time I pass through that way.

[@jovialvulpes]

I love this

[@captain0080]

Very interesting.

[@tommiatkins3443]

"for accuracy, it's a honey". No. It's a Stuart.

[@Hey_you_______x]

1940's sighting in your tank, wow! Note to self, add black strings and wire to go bag next to time machine.

[@BELCAN57]

"The Haunted Tank"

[@c3aloha]

Until they upgraded to the Sherman and Jeb Stuart’s ghost abandoned them for awhile 😂

[@RWildekrav66]

@@c3alohaThose guys kicked everyone’s asses , even aircraft with the 37 mm ! 😅😅😅

[@HM2SGT]

M3 ➡️ Jigsaw ➡️ M4 👍 JEB, Rick, Slim, -Arch- Gus

[@LuciFeric137]

Hahahahaha. Yeah that 37 is sweet. Make sure to get within 400yds when attacking Tigers..

[@vanguard9067]

4 yds

[@c1ph3rpunk]

Pull up to the front of the Tiger, knock on the hatch and kindly ask them to lower their barrel. Once lowered, pull forward, slowly, and aim directly inside their canon, with yours, making sure you provide adequate warning for the enemy crew.

[@vanguard9067]

@@c1ph3rpunk I would make sure to use the magic word too:-)

[@carlpretorius1584]

Exactly! Far better to get blasted to smithereens from nearby than being maimed for life from afar...

[@asteroidrules]

The crew of an M8 Greyhound (also equipped with a 37mm gun) did claim a kill on a Tiger. They got behind it and pumped a round into the engine deck inside 100 yards, fuel ignited and the tank went up like a roman candle.

[@jeffh4489]

A good tank in the Pacific. I can imagine the horror in the crew if they came up against a Tiger or even a Panther. Wow..

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

Warthunder says you just circle around them constantly and shoot under the side skirts through the wheels or the lower, rear glacis. /s

[@ronaldrobertson2332]

The Stuart was mainly used as a scout tank, taking on infantry only if feasible. Mostly, just shoot and scoot.

[@jeffh4489]

@@ronaldrobertson2332. Agree. But there were times they unfortunately came across more then they could handle.

[@paulscountry456]

We had no tank or tank destroyer that could for sure knock out a Tiger from the front, when the Tungsten rounds came out late in the war it helped on penetration but deflection was common from sloped frontal armour on turret and glacis plate.Our main battle tanks in ww2 were old outdated junk really and the tank destroyers that came out later were better bang for the buck but they were not great.

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

@@paulscountry456 They were not "old outdated junk really". The Sherman was newer than the PzI, II, III, and IV, it's even newer than the T-34. If we'd gone into WWII with the M2 Medium, *then* it would be 'old, outdated junk'. The TDs we used were all, guess what, built on the Sherman lower section too. Just like the M3 Lee/Grant.

[@brooksbrown580]

My Great Uncle's both in WW2 One was Gunner on Stuart Tank, was in North Africa he said The Stuart was a great Tank, The Crews loved them! for a small Tank there was room to move, they were comfortable, and were much faster than Sherman's The 37MM was as deadly as it gets, he said they took out several German MG Positions with on shot! He also said they crammed as much Ammo as they possibly could get in the Tank, and also carried several cans of .30 Cal on the out side, they had an additional .30 on the top of the Tank, fired by The Tank Commander, He said they had Tarps and sleeping bags strapped on the Tank, and carried lots of water, and C- Rations, After Africa they were sent to Southern France, My Other Uncle was on an Lee Tank converted to a repair and maintenance vehicle he was wounded in 1944 and sent home.

[@michelezeszutko9933]

What are the Germans - Italians - or Japanese doing while all of this is going on?

[@user-xs1yx9tc9m]

Is there any 'aid' to estimating the range of the target ?

[@hawlikd]

By the time they got a round down range, the German Tiger Tank just blasted them into the next field.

[@GaudiaCertaminisGaming]

I thought you just jumped in and turned the ignition.

[@NoName-dn8nv]

Bragging about the 37mm is funny

[@JasonFlorida]

By the time the stuff warms up and they check everything they will be fired upon

[@HM2SGT]

9:49 13 rounds and that ready rack? I bet they only kept 12- you get superstitious and you take every advantage you can manufacture, even triskaidekaphobia.

[@jr5469]

I wonder how many crews forgot the string on the muzzle and blew up the whole tank when firing !

[@RWildekrav66]

😅😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂

[@worldcomicsreview354]

We lost a tank, the armour piercing round couldn't get through string.

[@carlpretorius1584]

Thanks for the tip! I will write an extra procedure, taking no less than a half-hour to perform, to prevent the tank from blowing up. By the the time when my crew is through that, we would have missed any action and thus increase our chances to survive the war!

[@HM2SGT]

*I bet most folks these days don't know what a fire tower was*

[@bluedragontoybash2463]

What do they use nowadays ? drone watching on station ?

[@HM2SGT]

@@bluedragontoybash2463 that story was from 2019 and says that watch men in fire Towers are being replaced by satellites, remote cameras, & drones.

[@bluedragontoybash2463]

@@HM2SGT oh.. yes. Satellite and remote cameras would be more effective than fire towers

[@AussieStandsWithRussia]

400 yards

[@Skoko-oh2fz]

This thing got the wrong tank crew killed

[@robertengland8769]

Restricted? Na, educational.

[@steveturner3999]

I wonder how often they followed every step in the field prior to engagements.

[@xavierdionne6514]

Those who did probably just did it once.

[@steveturner3999]

@@xavierdionne6514 I feel like they learned (if they lived long enough) the gun and how to fire it fairly accurately based on experience once they bore sighted it.

[@mcallahan9060]

Yeah, I'm thinking that oil never got checked IRL lol

[@jamesricker3997]

With a trained crew, every time. Their lives depended on it. They also did it extremely fast

[@asteroidrules]

I get the distinct feeling that a lot of these steps like checking the oil levels and loading the MGs were probably done when mounting up.

[@trainnerd3029]

23:31 there always seems to be a “red button“…

[@hellgato777]

"Best job i ever had"

[@mohinderkaur6671]

Happens in every American city! Daily occurrence!

[@mcallahan9060]

"Make sure you set the aimbot to ON"

[@francopasta3704]

Plenty of engineering into that machine..

[@wyattsdad8561]

Jesus Christ, that’s a lot of setup before you can shoot

[@kidkique]

"To do a job on one of these big babies..."

[@MM22966]

Vehicular firing? What other kind of firing are you going to do with a tank?

[@geraldmoore46]

Maybe the enemy is learning about their own stuff sure hope so

[@michaelpickering7199]

Oh all very nice nut in real battles these small US tanks where swatted like flys

[@matanuistoryteller3414]

Notice this thing has gyrostabilizer 80 year ago, but looks like it doesnt work very well.

[@frostedbutts4340]

Yes it's for very low speeds and relatively smooth terrain. Possibly wasn't worth the complexity, nobody else seemed to use them

[@fighterpilot5105]

With enough punch to poke through a cardboard cutout at 1000 yds...

[@brockbeckstedt6483]

🇺🇸 American made American know how! 🇺🇸

[@AndthenthereisCencorship-xc6yi]

M% was a light tank.

[@brooksroth345]

This film is pure propaganda. It was films like these that cost a lot of lives. They had crews of Shermans and Stuarts thinking that their tanks were better than they were. Very interesting and a great part of history.

[@johnrudy9404]

German tiger tank commander once said in a post war interview,... "My Tiger could take out 10 Sherman tanks.....but you guys always had an 11th."

[@TheSaturnV]

And less than 1,400 built for the entire war effort. Good thing those resources didn't go into StuG's or Panthers.

[@worldcomicsreview354]

Or as a Japanese officer said, "Never start a war with a country that builds more cars than you"

[@michaelpielorz9283]

But you must also know germans could not count to 11 they just soot until no enemy tank was moving ! (.-)

[@roydrink]

This would have been better with anime high school girls. (Girls und Panzers - look it up it’s great)

[@francopasta3704]

Tissues included…??

[@hawlikd]

Where is Brad Pitt . . . War Daddy?

[@kwhp1507]

I find the shell size laughable compared to modern tanks

[@jameslawrie3807]

Although to be fair the high velocity 37mm was considered the very smallest gun they could get away with that did anything more than scratch paint. 37mm (1½") was the smallest exploding shell permitted by The Hague Conventions and this thing was supposed to be a reconnaissance vehicle. The late war 90mm M1 gun was a respectable heavy weight

[@vanishingfolklore]

37mm

[@eshelly4205]

These tank crews were so out matched.

[@grumblekin]

I guess the M5 was an attractive and convenient coffin for the crew. Saved a lot of time for the grave digging detail.

[@wdobni]

just propaganda....the 37 mm in the light tank was nothing....a useless deathtrap

[@joepeanut6827]

OH CRAP, 5:06, Who sent this to jiffy lube, I told you to send it to oil can henry's,.we are out of oil sir. 7:27 Who was in charge of Fuel?? were out of gas also .

[@gyshalom]

they were such fodder for german tanks

[@frostedbutts4340]

No, because they were never ideal for fierce tank combat. Perfectly useful for recon, patrolling roads, use in tight terrain etc. German commanders would have killed for thousands of these, they save fuel and wear on heavier tanks.