WE TAKE A TANK TO AN ARMY BASE!

We take Seb's Chieftain tank to Armour in the Dales at Catterick Garrison.
Thanks to the North East Military Vehicle Club.
This is the first time this tank has reached top speed in nearly 30 years!
Music
Infraction - Phonk Racing Sigma
Drone footage by Martin Robson

[@MrHewes]

What vehicle shall we take next year?

[@enfield5847]

deffo gotta see the AVRE in action

[@tayahwheatcroft]

King Tiger 😉

[@oldmanwith]

I got a bicycle that identifies as a Foden (yes of course it’s a serious suggestion and no, no amount of surgery will cure it) 😂😂

[@sebbrady8927]

A jeep I think. They’re pretty rare

[@JohnCarder]

Gotta be the Renault

[@user-nt1oo7me3j]

This is great to see. I am a former serving soldier from the Berlin Armoured Squadron. I served there from October 87 until July 92. This is one of our tanks that I will have worked on when still in service. I interestingly passed my track test at Catterick on a Chieftain in June of 1987. I am still connected to about 7 guys who served with me and this is like a blast from the past. We all served in Smuts Barracks in Spandau where this tank was kept. This was 4th troop, troop sergeants tank. There were 4 tanks in each troop, 4 troops in total. The was also an SHQ troop that had two tanks, 0B & 0C. Fantastic restoration and very well done for saving it from the inevitable scrap heap.

[@tacfoley4443]

I was in BRIXMIS from April 81 to December 83 - we used to play five-a-side at Smuts Barracks!!

[@Futureshucks]

Whoever was on the turret at 11:11, did a good job of tracking the vehicle. Bravo.

[@gusgone4527]

It's a remarkably accurate restoration lads. Right down to the frequent breakdowns, constant oil leaks and thick exhaust smoke. All performed to the unmistakable sack of hammers engine soundtrack. It's like being transported back in time to a BAOR exercise. I'm starting to feel all nostalgic, just not in a good way. Note to self: should have joined the RAF.

[@trampertravels]

Nice to see a Chieftain again, even one with the Berlin camouflage (blocks of colour for built-up areas). Breaking down as usual. Leyland bus engine designed to be a self-sealing engine, i.e. in order to function properly you do not clean them, you allow the engine to leak and self-seal. I served in The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars from 1971 to 1983 on Chieftain Mk1 to Mk 5 and later I became a Regimental medic and served on FV432. I gained my crewman on Chieftain and specialised as a gunner mechanic. It would be good if you could pair it up with a Thornycroft 'Antar' tank transporter, which were still used in Germany up to the mid 1980s.

[@gagatube]

"blocks of colour for built-up areas" - I'm glad you explained that, I was thinking digital cameras were so low-res in the 80's, that was state-of-the-art pixelation camo!

[@gerryg1056]

Loved the sequence at 11:00 with the gun tracking the white truck with the big red target on it!

[@MrHewes]

That was the range warrant officer in that truck 🤣🤣

[@gerryg1056]

@@MrHewes perfect target!!

[@CallumCosgrove]

Nice to see Allelys carting the beast around! They do a good job moving our Locomotives around in work 👌🏼

[@jimroberts3009]

It's nice to see these young lads being so knowledgeable, about old military vehicles, and keeping them running.

[@AndrewPayne]

Absolutely brilliant 👏 I would second the comment regarding personal microphones, however the visual footage and camera work is excellent. Loved the sound and watching that beast hurtle around Catterick training grounds. 👌

[@simonleach6632]

So the chieftain may have broken down a few times, but it looks bloody magnificent when it was running! Good to see the emotional support Foden was never far away in case of a big breakdown too!

[@RangieNZ]

Do fuel issues really count as a breakdown? Maybe a lack of cleaning prep beforehand. On petrol engines, putting a cup-full of pure alcohol in the fuel tank, is the normal way of solving water contamination - not sure you can send alcohol through a diesel engine through?

[@stuartlew1229]

its about time you got your own tank transporter

[@Eisen_Jaeger]

I'm actually a bit surprised they dont have one already.

[@judyrudd5089]

Please no they are bad enough driving off road . 🤪

[@markmcsharr8777]

Scammell commander

[@paoloviti6156]

I'm quite surprised too but I suspect it would be a heck of of bureaucratic major hassle...

[@stuartlew1229]

@@paoloviti6156 do you think they would care

[@zeberdee1972]

The Chieftain looks good , as for the break downs . Reminds me when we had to move 10 Green Goddess from the Barracks at Grantham to RAF Scampton , out of the ten only two made it in a oner . Luckily I was one of them . The Mechanic in the van was busy though !!!

[@kriztov265]

The engine note of the chief is something beautiful. While its actually running.

[@scottessery100]

Sounds so angry …. Lovely 🥰

[@Jayneflakes]

A beautiful film guys, plus the sound of the old girl is the same beautiful howl I remember from my youth so many years ago! Thanks for sharing 😁

[@zeberdee1972]

If that's the Tank training ground , I was there in the 80's as an Army Cadet . We Pretended to Ambush a Tank motoring along at some incredible speed with our old Enfield 303's and Bren guns . The Tank Commanders face was a picture , specially when Tom Blakey ran after him with his Bren . Tom who later became a Para and a Path Finder , good lad 🙂

[@johnedwards1685]

Great piece of video. Its got the lot: Great bunch of mates, taking the P while fixing gigantic breakdowns, fixing other people’s breakdowns while taking the P, and just taking the P. That Chieftain sounded pretty awesome, unique high-speed engine. It did the normal Chieftain thing of packing up like clockwork, but then it was first time out after rebuild so teething problems only. Lovely to see it belting along those range roads. I reckon it did it a power of good to get that run. That CVR(T) sounded absolutely lovely when you got it running again.

[@dc-4ever201]

She's looking great boys, all that hard work you put in really paid off.

[@paoloviti6156]

I think that you guys ought to be proud driving that beast around, doing technical stops to repair and having great fun 😂👍👍👍

[@Jimmythefish577]

I love that cammo scheme so much, so cool.

[@Gibbo919]

Sebs Cheiftain looks so good! Nice to see all the hard work the boys, girls and Ted put in put to good use and not just left in a shed somewhere! Would love to see a price breakdown of everything done so far, can only imagine Seb could have bought a lovely house instead!

[@tayahwheatcroft]

Sebs a baller and can have both 😎

[@jjojo2004]

Four Brits working on a broke down tank in the middle of the road goofing off and cutting jokes the whole time. I LOVE IT!!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mikeandhev]

Loved Joe asking if Adam had checked the governor oil level, saw an A Sqn Chieftain at Hohne have an engine runaway back in '76, my D+M instructor was there as well and told us about regularly checking the governor oil level because it failed to danger (engine runaway) not fail to safe if the oil level was too low. Fell over laughing when the A Sqn Chevvy's engine blew apart with the fans flying up through the engine decks, happy days!

[@slimflamer]

wow that’s some force to be able to smash through the engine decks

[@mikeandhev]

@@slimflamer You’re quite right. When a Leyland L60 has a runaway the cooling fans were the first things to fail and debris went everywhere.

[@ivor1689]

Had a similar situation in Bosnia going down a hill in a 432 the K60 had a runaway, it was bloody scary 😲

[@windy33a]

When I did my training there in the winter of '83 it was covered in snow and frozen solid. Lots of fun

[@ah-pf6cm]

Great job done, thank's for letting us take part. Kind regards from Munster in Germany (home of "1 Armoured Division Transport Regiment RCT 1978-1984")

[@stevelaw9410]

IT must feel so good to open it up finally and the foden sound the nuts on full chat

[@_daniel.w]

So glad I found this channel, great content! Keep it up lad

[@nigelcox7477]

That Chieftain looks and sounds like The Boss - seeing it coming over the brow of a hill towards you leading the group would make anyone think again…

[@ruuman]

That camouflage looks awesome, great work!

[@anthonyhunt6048]

I’d love to know everyone’s background, how you boys know each other. And Jack’s scars! Story please. Love your work. 🤔😀

[@MrHewes]

Jack did 3 tours of Vietnam

[@oldmanwith]

⁠@@MrHewes Just like the Chinese tourists round London, Jack leading from the front holding aloft a plastic appendage on the spike of an umbrella “and on your left the dmz, on your right Ho chi Min City, keep together everybody”

[@anthonyhunt6048]

@@MrHewes 🤣

[@wideyxyz2271]

Loving it chaps. Never a dull moment and tons of fun!

[@philsa9402]

Fantastic job lads 😊 your cheify looks right at home in Catterick..... just down the road from where I live .....she looks grand in her nice new coat of Berlin brigade camo 👌

[@tadpoles10]

Well done guys/gal, all your efforts from what can see paid off. You had fun along with the other 'entrants', turret movement was a real bonus. Thanks for sharing, it's most appreciated & very entertaining. atvb t ..

[@Bob-kb5pv]

The Chieftain looks and sounds great, and the gun looks so much better with the dummy thermal jacket fitted.

[@richardjackson4908]

Sounds like an angry dinosaur with toothache that's stubbed it's toe! 😅

[@johndrew3202]

What an incredible sight!! Seeing the Chieftain going strong along tracks it may well have been on earlier in its life. OK so it was not without incident, they make the trip interesting and prove you know your kit. Are those events open to the public? Wonderful vlog.

[@theackshow5048]

12:28 A Pinzgauer 710K! I once owned it's brother - a 710M Troop carrier. What a marvelous off-road vehicle! My favorite moment was during a company Christmas party at Arrowhead Stadium (home of the Chiefs!) when a security guard interrupted the party looking for the owner of a military truck parked on the pavement next to the a gate entrance instead of in the parking lot... I guess I was a bit excited about my new toy having driven it 500 miles that day across the frozen Kansas landscape (aircooled engine in near zero F temperatures) from the dealer in Denver, Coloardo to get to the company party... Awesome machine!

[@ivor1689]

Brings back memories when I used to take the troops driver training on the circuit at Catterick on the 432.

[@darthgator639]

Great job guys! She looks wonderful and combat ready 😁

[@arth00ro16]

8:20 Holy cow, that engine sound is hot 😍

[@JobBorn86]

13:52 epic shot, looks so good

[@ownage11445]

What I love about working on any vehicle with friends is the frustration, jokes, and laughing. Just watching these guys do just that is wonderful.

[@cogboy302]

Awesome sauce. Unless boys are ruthlessly taking the piss out of each other, and calling everyone a bunch of cunts, we aren't really communicating with each other. I knew a lad whose ex-brother in law decided that he wanted to be a split-arse. He/she threw a paddy one day and my mate said, "Being a woman isn't all kittens & make up you know." That wasn't received too well.

[@wilsonlaidlaw]

I bogged down a Daimler Armoured car almost up to its turret in a marsh at Catterick ,when there at university annual OTC camp. I was not Mr. Popular. I had a puncture while driving the Daimler up to Catterick on my own, the others having gone ahead in the Ferret. I had to call the AA out to help me change the tyre, as it sat at 30º up underneath the hull side.

[@gavinferguson]

wow you guys are living my dream god knows how much all this fun costs

[@Wayoutthere]

Greta Tears, quite valuable.

[@rhydtuned]

All free, with gifts on top 😂

[@richardhunt1384]

Thing goes like stink, awesome result getting it looking and driving so well and the turret moving adds the icing to whole tank as well!!!! 😀😀😀😀

[@litz13]

Well, one thing’s for sure - tank mechanic speak (e.g. “language“) is well mastered.

[@OutofTownwithRobinBell]

what a team if I was in a battle field operation I would want your team as back up great job guys

[@paulwalker427]

splendid chaps & chapess

[@muha0644]

Next video idea: WE INVADE ANOTHER COUNTRY WITH OUR TANKS (You will _not_ believe what Luxembourg did next!)

[@DRUNKRUSSAIN2]

This could either go reeeaally really bad or really really well

[@lablackzed]

Pity the gun's not functioning would have been great to see a live fire down range.💥

[@ehamster]

I was waiting for Hawkwind dude to properly lose his sh*t. Top work on the extreme winding up.

[@davidwilliams5662]

Fucking amazing takes me back to when I did my 10 weeks up in Catterick camp with the RAF Regiment, that was around March 1976. Nowa days it's an army camp.

[@kippamip]

Did you do a five miler of death.

[@kensherwood4866]

Fantastic video work, great show of the Chieftain in its new paintwork, sadly it did try to spoil your fun, but collectively the team spirit overcame the issues thanks for sharing

[@michaelreynolds1904]

Looks like loads of fun!

[@Sledgie555]

That looks like just about as much fun as you can have with your clothes on !! Looks like the wet vac of the fuel tank didnt go well ? chewing through fuel filters. I might have a centrifugal fuel filter I can point you towards.

[@johnbishop2342]

How about you invest in a couple of personal microphones so that we can catch your pearls of wisdom??

[@MrHewes]

We ordered some 3 weeks ago nothing has arrived 🥲

[@Spooki3Spir3]

Yes please I hope you guys get em soon

[@samleigh7817]

You might need a heavy industrial bleep machine too!🤬🤬🤬😂🤣

[@teeslunk]

Did I just hear him call out nonce a couple of times??

[@nudebaboon4874]

A lot of the humour/banter is difficult to make out in the vids, and that is with the sound coming out of my hifi! Thanks Joe for addressing the problem with personal mics.

[@miketurner3964]

This reminds me of clubman rallying in the 80’s the p take was more important than the rally.

[@richardwells4370]

Brilliant, do your parents know your having this much fun , great vid , more please 👍

[@JackosJingles]

I was at Cambrai Barracks in the early 80s as part of the training Regiment after I had been in Berlin. When I moved I ended up in MT Troop one of the jobs was driving around following the tanks training routes picking up any thrown track pads,

[@traumgeist]

Turret traverse lookin smart boi.

[@robertprice6163]

I USED TO WORK ON THE RADIATORS FROM SOLDERING UP THE BLOCK TO BOLTING THEM TOGETHER, I MIGHT JUST HAVE BUILT THE ONES ON THIS TANK.

[@screwthecabal6453]

That is soooooo cool! Right on! Nice entrance!

[@robleary3353]

Looking good!. Nuff said!.

[@dominicbaylis2538]

I love the skills on fixing things 👍

[@bic_boy]

Love the content bro keep it u

[@Herbybandit]

The Berlin brigade camo is really effective in those conditions.

[@porkpie9999]

awesome! well done guys

[@Thatsoverrated]

She's a monster compared to the other tanks attending.

[@84parsons]

Absolute beauty the banter is just hilarious 😂😂 crying here 😂😂

[@Knut528]

Really impressive Thumps up

[@jessen00001]

Awesome ❤ Thanks ❤

[@ianb6595]

You wouldn’t be tanking if it didn’t break down! Great job , good footage and its with the ones who made it, Top job😊

[@jamesocker5235]

A panzer mutz P 58 awesome, that’s a festival, most excellent video

[@paulwbakerphotography]

Ex 14th/20th King’s Hussars. The last regiment I. Berlin and Stillbrew armour. You need to put a 1420H sticker on its searchlight. Question, thought you had the GUE working? Does the gun kit not work or is it you do not know how to work it? Well done guys

[@johngell4842]

Well done gang super job getting it to catterick we could here the leyland howl back at the lower camp Fantastic weekend was had

[@Sarge084]

Despite years of loading tracked vehicles onto C130's (Mostly tracked Rapier at Benbecula.), and had promises of a go at driving, I never managed to get my chance of a drive. I could pay for the experience but I'm bollocksed if I'm going to do that!!!! I'd happily supply a slab of Thatcher's for a go in one of yours!

[@DullJellyfish]

Yay, more tanklady!

[@simonflanders4462]

Looks like an awesome time.👍

[@peterwall9896]

Looks like great fun was had by all 👍👍👍👍❤️❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@rodkennedy9800]

Someone mentioned you guys should get your own tank transporter…what about a trailer for the Foden big enough for tanks/heavy plant. Business opportunity???

[@zeberdee1972]

Cool video , thanks

[@stephengunrunnerhanson3550]

Great video and it goes well untill it break teething troubles take care

[@johnfirth6809]

Great to see you always have a towing vehicle behind you 😂😂😂

[@Calamity_Jack]

11:08 was waiting for the "BOOM!" 😂

[@michaelcartmel722]

Great sound love that beast. I would show how to drive that beast as it should be driven👍

[@Anolbea]

One day you'll get a load of miserable gits in high vis slow walking the circuit and throwing tofu at you. Great video chaps and chapess.

[@awesomeboy4353]

Is there an inbuilt kettle in the chieftain to make tea

[@philleeson7835]

What a stupid question.its a british army tank if there was no where to mash up there would be an amazing amount of trouble and agro.😂

[@sebbrady8927]

There is and it does work!

[@hydrosonic]

I'm only 4:13 mins in and I already love it.

[@jamesocker5235]

Gorgeous

[@jonathantarrant2449]

Spot on re-enactment with british kit, needs to be followed by recovery vehicle.

[@solobushcraft1]

Class 👍

[@jc-d6179]

Very nice!

[@barryfoster4557]

The Foden sounds mint👌 Are you taking any hardware to Welland at the end of August?

[@martiniv8924]

Not just any Tank…. The Chieftain 👌🏻😎🇬🇧

[@Kresnov]

I came for tanks and stayed for the banter

[@mouthfullofbeesseppl9507]

came for the tanks, stayed for the banter

[@BrumKid]

Buy from Cowboys you get dodgy goods 🤣🤣🤣🤣 love this channel.

[@24473878]

I used to be in 3RTR.and it’s great to hear that some chieftains are being looked after.where did you learn about them ?

[@kevhunta]

cracking video so funny,

[@mikewingert5521]

Memories….the sound of the GUE and the main engine…..delicious

[@lecirus2140]

Sympa la rencontre ! mais il fait pas chaud !