"...nice big belt, rakish hat, cutlass on one side, pistol on the other. Get in the car, and let's have some fun." Yeah, I miss living in Detroit, too.
Boddington, absolutely fantastic museum. When I visited I noticed British ex servicemen were getting a special tour so I presented my Australian Veterans Affairs Gold Card ( for disabled returned soldiers) . Presto! Free admission and a personal guided tour “ you were a soldier of the Queen, mate” . Even as an Infantryman I really appreciated the value of this wonderful collection. Thank you very much to those wonderful volunteers, I really appreciate your hospitality. Cheerio, Bob.
In the epic 1962 movie 'Lawrence of Arabia' with Peter O'Toole, there are some epic shots of the Rolls Royce armoured car. It probably was a replica, but it looked impressive.
Indeed the Lawrence of Arabia 1914 RRAC was a replica, the give away is the single rear tyres each side instead of dual rear tyres on the real RRAC 1914. When the actor playing Lawrence bangs the body or turret in the movie to get the driver to advance, the sound is of very thin metal, probably 1.5 or 2.0mm thickness. Actual thickness of the WW1 RRAC steel panels is 8 mm and very likely manganese steel. I have visited the only remaining 1914 RRAC (which is in India) in 2001 and 2003 and reverse engineered it. David Willey very kindly allowed me access to the interior of Bovington's post War RRAC. I was also given unstinting assistance from David Fletcher, the then Bovington museum library. My thanks and gratitude to both of these men who have an infectious passion for all things armour.
A bit of Rolls Royce trivia: 1912 Rolls Royce cars failed badly at the "Katschbergstraße" during the annual "Austrian Alpine Rally". Back then, one of the most challenging car races. As they wanted their cars to be known as the best, they were quite upset and embarrased. (Other cars had less problems with the steepnes of the pass). After that, they built the "continental" model, with more Hp, better gearbox ratio, better cooling, more ground clearence etc. They even brought the car to Austria to test it beforehand. And when the 1913 race came, they were up to the challenge and managed to win most of the stages. In other words Rolls Royce started "modern car racing" by testing the car on the actual racing ground, modifying it for the specific challenge and fielding factory cars and drivers to win.
The 1912 or the 1913 model? both had the same engine size (7,4l inline 6) 1912: 60bhp 3speed manual gearbox, 1913: 75 bhp 4 speed manual, bigger cooler... The "emptyweight" of this line of RR was between 1223 and 1540kg (couldn't find exact data on that. In the english wikipedia you can find them by searching for silver ghost or rolls royce alpine eagles. Sadly the story is very shortcut there as is on the official RR website. I got my info from a few different car magazines and websites in german. (some were celebrating the 100th anniversary of the event and others dug up the info from their archives when RR showed a new model on the Katschbergstraße a few years back. The only english source that at least gives some info about the modifications id on Top Gear magazine) Oh and lastely: the 1913 winning car of James Radley still exists.
@nirfz How did they keep up compression for fuel? I know the model-T, has a fuel limit for hills; because the system is gravity fed getting below that limit kills the engine. The solution on the early Fords was to drive the car backwards up the steepest roads. I don't know the exact date when fuel pumps were added but I imagine it had to be pretty soon after the automobile was invented.
David Willy is an amazing story teller. He just opens his mouth and awesome comes out. I also like that Indy's ego isn't hurt by David kinda taking over and he just lets him talk without interrupting. Which is one of the many reasons this is my favourite UA-cam channel!
4:40 The two armoured cars here are part of the Irish Free State Army and were used in the Irish Civil War (1922 -23). You can clearly see the badge with the FF which is the symbol still used by the Irish Defence Forces today. It also says Oglaigh na hEireann on it which is Irish for Irish Army.
I have the old "made for movie" replica RR Armoured car used in 'Empire of the Sun' and 'Micheal Collins'. It still has the vinyl FF badges from the Michael Collins movie - mostly intact under a few coats of paint. I've just had the FF artwork made again.
You guys are my inspiration, you make me want to make my own history channel so much. Love this, and will be sad when it ends. But it's awesome that you guys are doing world war 2. You really are some of the best on UA-cam. I thank you guys.
they are starting WW2 months after the end of WW1 so that they dont lose there viewers. They are doing it smart and I support everything this channel does :D HI from Saskatchewan, Canada
More on style... Ever notice how in WW2, the German officers has sharp well tailored uniforms? While the Americans had baggy ill fitting uniforms. Our uniforms were drab. The color was called "olive drab", so this was intentional. Look at pictures of General Bradley, he looks like he slept in his uniform -- baggy, wrinkled. The German army lost the war, but they looked good doing it. We got their scientists after the war. We should have gotten their tailors.
Hugo Boss actually didn't design the uniform, they produced it though. It's a common myth. I can't really remember the names, but it was actually two people that designed the SS uniforms. BTW, German tanker uniforms are designed by Guderian.
trust me,the germans were not stupid and what youre saying is silly,both american and german generals tried to blend in with the normal troops.youre talking about photo shoots,rem. patton and his ivory grip pistols? he didnt look like that on the front line.snipers look for generals
My grandfather was an officer in the Royal Air Force, posted after the First World War to Mesopotamia (Iran/Iraq) to keep the peace. His unit patrolled the desert with three of these armoured cars, named Lion, Tiger and Leopard. Imagine the heat inside these cars!
David Willey is a fantastic speaker, makes you think you are actually right there!!! It would be fascinating to hear his take on the German A7V Tank!!!
Can’t stop watching these fantastic videos. So fascinating, and makes me a true WWI history fanatic. Thank you Indy and team. Thank you. I agree with everyone else, WWI isn’t the end of wars and neither should it be the end of this channel! Particularly concerning events leading up to WWII, I would love this all to continue right past WWI and beyond.
Does anyone remember HistoryLine 14-18? It did have one or two scenarios in which the defensive deployment of armoured cars was definitely a key element in avoiding getting crushed by the initial German onslaught.
04:38 picture taken during Irish Civil War 1922. Central figure is Major-General Tom Ennis. The practice of nicknaming Armoured Rolls Royces was ended at wars end a year later. For a brief period in the Congo crisis 1960s, nicknames were applied to Irish Ford armoured cars.
with where the Vickers is positioned it looks like the driver is getting sprayed with spent brass. maybe some kind of bag was used to catch the spent brass, as was common on ww2 tanks?
i love this show, but one suggestion i would have when doing stuff like this from a museum is to get more close up beauty shots. i would love seeing more detail close up of things like the tires, mirrors, lights, grill, trunks, machine gun port ECT. when he was talking bout the ditching beams underneath it would have been cool to see them instead of seeing him talk about them. keep up the great work. i look forward to seeing more in the future
+DCP Pap You do realize that all of the Tank Museum content was probably shot in one afternoon, at most a day (If David has that much free time on hand). It is not like they fly over to Bovington every other week. I can however highly recommend checking out 'Tank Chats' also by David Willey and David 'The legend' Fletcher on the Bovington's channel (ua-cam.com/users/TheTankMuseum). If you really want to get in the smallest details and have hours to spare, you can always check out 'Inside the Chieftains hatch' (ua-cam.com/users/TheChieftainWoT) and 'The Challenger - Inside the Tanks' (ua-cam.com/play/PLslIWpE2CMxQWzLuTndHRpOvKkaTt0yDf.html).
I also highly recommend The Chieftain ua-cam.com/users/TheChieftainWoT he does a lot of what you're asking for. And as an added bonus, he's an actual US Army armor officer as well as a historian so he's able to review tanks from an actual tanker's perspective and go into more detail than just its specs on paper.
There is indeed; it is known as the 'Sliabh na mBan' and was one of a group of 13 supplied to the Irish Army by the British after Irish independence when the Irish Civil War broke out. At 4.40 in the video you can see a photo of two more 'Irish' RR's; one, 'The Big Fella' (named after General Michael Collins), decorated in the Irish Army cap badge. Check out the Óglaigh na hÉireann (Irish Defence Forces) website for more information.
@@Norvik_-ug3ge the Fianna Fail political party was formed after the Irish Civil War, the use of the 'FF' badge by the Irish Volunteers and then by the National Army pre dated that.
I understand these vehicles were very common during the Anglo/Irish War and later with the Irish Civil War in the 1920s. Afterwards the Irish essentially stuck with armored cars within their military.
The Irish Free State Army acquired thirteen pattern 920 Rolls Royce armoured cars after the Anglo Irish Treaty, thy still have one in perfect working order that they use for parades and exhibitions.
There was nothing glamorous in the War Ministry selecting the RR chassis. It, the RR chassis, was chosen because of it's exceptional strength. There were other chassis manufacturers used but RR received the highest acclaim because the vehicles were used, very successfully, in many theatres of war but in particular by TE Lawrence in Mesopotamia.
If anyone wants to see another example of this A/C come to Ireland. Our defense forces have an example which is in excellent condition. It is normally housed in The Curragh military facility in Co.Kildare. I have to say, it's in better nick than the one in this vid. It was present at one of the key moments in Irish history, the death of Micheal Collins.
The Irish army had dozens of these. They were goig to be scrapped and some officers got together and saved thre. They are great driving museum pieces and still lok cool.
To the members of the Great War, when will you guys come to Australia?, there are many re-enactment groups down here who do Australian First World War, if you guys come here that would be great.
Until around 2000, the 1914 pattern RRAC was considered by notables in the armoured museum world including The Tank Museum Bovington that no examples of the 1914 pattern Rolls Royce Armoured Car (1914 RRAC) existed anywhere in the world. At about this time, David Fletcher, the then librarian at Bovington, (now retired) told me about an author writing a book on the World's remaining RR Silver Ghosts had travelled to India to check out Indian owned Silver Ghosts. They told that author about a 1914 RRAC on display at an Indian military museum. In 2001 and 2003 I travelled to India on business and took time out to track it down. It is indeed an 1914 pattern and is located at the Ahmednagar Cavalry Training Centre museum. I took a taxi from Mumbai to Ahmednagar (5 1/2 hours each way!). At the time of my visit, there were 48 amoured fighting vehicle exhibits, some quite rare (such as a Sherman with mine detonating flails and a German SDFZ 8 wheeled armoured car). Of the RRAC 1914 pattern, anything of value has long been pilfered. Brass, German Silver, radiator, dash instruments, etc. It was in an unloved condition though received a coat of paint every now and then. During it's post WW1 service with the Indian Army, its wheels and balloon tyres had been replaced with solid disc wheels and solid rubber tyres. It must have been excruciating riding in one of these post war modified examples. I spent a lot of time at the museum in the two visits, reverse engineering the body. 8mm plate steel, probably manganese steel. The body is like a giant mecchano set. It is held together with 3/8" Hex head bolts, 3/8" counter sunk screws, and hex nuts. BSW thread. These were not standard (modern) BSW. The hex heads and nuts were thicker and larger than modern BSW 3/8" fasteners. Steel angle is used to connect many of the armoured panels. The only curved panels are the turret, the rear turret hatch and two rear body panels. Turret runs on plain steel bearings on standard mild steel, curved u channel. There is no winding mechanism to traverse the turret, it is simply man handled into position. The Vickers MG pintle allows for fine adjustment. The chassis/drive train is pure Silver Ghost with of course, dual rear wheels and tyres, and the standard Silver Ghost 7 leaf rear springs increased to 11 leaves, the lowest leaf is 3/8" thick, the remainder standard Silver Ghost leaf spring thickness. Each armoured steel panel has a part number stamped into it. When I was at the museum, this RRAC 1914 pattern was painted light blue but why I don't know. I tool hundreds of photos during the two visits and created a complete set of dimensional drawings. The finish of some of the armoured steel panels is crude with edges looking like they have been flame cut with no attempt to clean up the rough edge. Notably on the edges of the sloped roof panels on the turret. At the time, I owned a defence engineering/manufacturing business in Melbourne Australia specialising in manufacturing modern armoured fighting vehicle components for the Australian Army's then Leopard MBT, M113A1 fleet, and ASLAV fleet (LAV-25). In 2001 after returning to Australia, I purchased a project rolling RR chassis of the period and me and my workers commenced building a replica out of steel. David Willey and David Fletcher of The Tank Museum were very helpful with the project. Unfortunately, the business was sold before the project was completed. It was about 3/4 complete. The new owner broke up the body and sold the chassis with its original doctors coupe body.
To me it feels like the makers of ''Rise of Nations'' strategy game took their armored car design after this one. Glad to finally learn about how these cars were actually developed.
My father used to drive these 1921 to 1929 when he was stationed in India whilst in the Roal Tank Corps, I followed his footsteps and joined the Royal Armoured Corps.
What?!? No holder for a crystal flower vase?? I am shocked. Also, where is the wicker picnic basket?? I love the Brits. They knew how to bring style to war. Red coats, gold buttons, and shiny black boots, etc. We have only given the world ugly camouflage uniforms. Our military has no sense of style.
The Brits didn't invent any of that, if you want fancy looking fighting gear look at knights from basically any period, or the landsknecht. Or any professional soldiers from the Renaissance for that matter. Besides there was barely anything fashionable about the red coats back in the day, they used red dye because it was dirt cheap. And the Brits were also the first to use khaki and eventually dirty brown uniforms.
War is not a fashion show. The French learned the hard way in 1914 when they marched into German machine guns in bright red and blue uniforms. The Germans by then were wearing gray uniforms.
IslandThunder84 Those colourful uniforms did serve a purpose in their day, but when you have accurate repeating rifles, machine guns and artillery more devastating than ever before anything that gets you spotted can get you killed, shiny buttons, helmets etc. So yeah you can imagine what a red coat will do to you in a modern firefight.
Canada was the first country to have a real armoured motor car battalion in September 1914! I saw a real Canadian armoured car from the First World War at the Canadian war museum!
Adamast But not a unit the was officially organized to be just armoured cars and the Canadian unit was organized in August but the cars were ready in September. But it could be debated as to who was first so it might be a tie.
I wish he had fired up that engine and showed us what the exhaust delete did sound wise. That's really ingenious to be able to all the sudden make that motor extremely loud. In a policing type situation. Me and my father built a truck that does that on a switch. We drive it out of the neighborhood before hitting a butterfly valve switch that deletes the muffler.
Peter from Poland Rolls Royce has a history of military products before they were known for luxury. The rolls Royce engine in the supermarine spitfire being another example.
No, Rolls-Royce became famous for their luxury cars in 1906 with the 40/50. It wasn't until the start of WWI, almost a decade later, that they started manufacturing for the military.
Perhaps a better question is, wich carmaker didn't produce for the military? (Especialy if we include license production when normal production can't cope with military demand.)
"...nice big belt, rakish hat, cutlass on one side, pistol on the other. Get in the car, and let's have some fun."
Yeah, I miss living in Detroit, too.
SigEpBlue XD
I'd love to drive this beauty down Woodward at the dream cruise.
Yea i love doing drive bys with my *cutlass*
Lololol reminds me of when I lived in LA and Oakland xD
When you have to attend the royal dinner at 9 but have to charge the German lines by 10
Let's have some fun lads
🤣
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6:11 Jeremy Clarkson and i agree, "speed never killed anybody, suddenly becoming stationary, that`s what gets you"
Boddington, absolutely fantastic museum. When I visited I noticed British ex servicemen were getting a special tour so I presented my Australian Veterans Affairs Gold Card ( for disabled returned soldiers) . Presto! Free admission and a personal guided tour “ you were a soldier of the Queen, mate” . Even as an Infantryman I really appreciated the value of this wonderful collection. Thank you very much to those wonderful volunteers, I really appreciate your hospitality. Cheerio, Bob.
Indy: flo say samething!
Flo: Hiii!
Never gets old...
That's rich coming from Gary Oak lol
Eber Garcia agreed mate
If only they were as powerful in Battlefield 1.
Wish it worked like LAV's in BF3, where the driver could also use the turret
DANNYonPC me too Danny
Yes.
But they are still quite fun to drive, especially jumping over sand dunes!
Just have it be more armored and I'd be happy
I thought it very well-mannered and elegant of you to listen to David Willey with a care for what he had to say, well done indeed!
We could listen to David all day too.
I found your channel last month, and I'm working my way through the shows. It's history well done. Thanks much to you, your reserachers, and Flo.
In the epic 1962 movie 'Lawrence of Arabia' with Peter O'Toole, there are some epic shots of the Rolls Royce armoured car. It probably was a replica, but it looked impressive.
Indeed the Lawrence of Arabia 1914 RRAC was a replica, the give away is the single rear tyres each side instead of dual rear tyres on the real RRAC 1914. When the actor playing Lawrence bangs the body or turret in the movie to get the driver to advance, the sound is of very thin metal, probably 1.5 or 2.0mm thickness. Actual thickness of the WW1 RRAC steel panels is 8 mm and very likely manganese steel. I have visited the only remaining 1914 RRAC (which is in India) in 2001 and 2003 and reverse engineered it. David Willey very kindly allowed me access to the interior of Bovington's post War RRAC. I was also given unstinting assistance from David Fletcher, the then Bovington museum library. My thanks and gratitude to both of these men who have an infectious passion for all things armour.
A bit of Rolls Royce trivia: 1912 Rolls Royce cars failed badly at the "Katschbergstraße" during the annual "Austrian Alpine Rally". Back then, one of the most challenging car races. As they wanted their cars to be known as the best, they were quite upset and embarrased. (Other cars had less problems with the steepnes of the pass). After that, they built the "continental" model, with more Hp, better gearbox ratio, better cooling, more ground clearence etc. They even brought the car to Austria to test it beforehand. And when the 1913 race came, they were up to the challenge and managed to win most of the stages. In other words Rolls Royce started "modern car racing" by testing the car on the actual racing ground, modifying it for the specific challenge and fielding factory cars and drivers to win.
nirfz ..what are the specs of this vehicle. Engine, cut weight etc.
The 1912 or the 1913 model? both had the same engine size (7,4l inline 6) 1912: 60bhp 3speed manual gearbox, 1913: 75 bhp 4 speed manual, bigger cooler... The "emptyweight" of this line of RR was between 1223 and 1540kg (couldn't find exact data on that. In the english wikipedia you can find them by searching for silver ghost or rolls royce alpine eagles. Sadly the story is very shortcut there as is on the official RR website. I got my info from a few different car magazines and websites in german. (some were celebrating the 100th anniversary of the event and others dug up the info from their archives when RR showed a new model on the Katschbergstraße a few years back. The only english source that at least gives some info about the modifications id on Top
Gear magazine)
Oh and lastely: the 1913 winning car of James Radley still exists.
@nirfz How did they keep up compression for fuel?
I know the model-T, has a fuel limit for hills; because the system is gravity fed getting below that limit kills the engine. The solution on the early Fords was to drive the car backwards up the steepest roads. I don't know the exact date when fuel pumps were added but I imagine it had to be pretty soon after the automobile was invented.
David Willy is an amazing story teller. He just opens his mouth and awesome comes out. I also like that Indy's ego isn't hurt by David kinda taking over and he just lets him talk without interrupting. Which is one of the many reasons this is my favourite UA-cam channel!
4:40 The two armoured cars here are part of the Irish Free State Army and were used in the Irish Civil War (1922 -23). You can clearly see the badge with the FF which is the symbol still used by the Irish Defence Forces today. It also says Oglaigh na hEireann on it which is Irish for Irish Army.
As an ex Irish Defence Soldier I copped that and wondered if anyone else had. Well spotted S Ryan. Cheers
Does it not translate literally into "volunteers of Ireland"? Would these men have been on the government/treatyist side? Thanks!
I have the old "made for movie" replica RR Armoured car used in 'Empire of the Sun' and 'Micheal Collins'. It still has the vinyl FF badges from the Michael Collins movie - mostly intact under a few coats of paint. I've just had the FF artwork made again.
@@TheBluetoo99
What type of chassis is it built on and what kind of motor is in it?
It is Gaelic for 'Volunteers of Eire'. Gaelic is not Irish.
You guys are my inspiration, you make me want to make my own history channel so much. Love this, and will be sad when it ends. But it's awesome that you guys are doing world war 2. You really are some of the best on UA-cam. I thank you guys.
I wanted to do the same thing, but an ancient history one, the people behind this channel do an awesome work and deserve a lot more.
When would they begin with ww2. 2039, 2033 or earlier?
Didn't realize a Star Wars YTP channel I'm subscribed to is also a fan of The Great War channel. Small world.
they are starting WW2 months after the end of WW1 so that they dont lose there viewers. They are doing it smart and I support everything this channel does :D HI from Saskatchewan, Canada
pallas100
Indy will be old af when that happens
love that car it's beautiful looking
More on style...
Ever notice how in WW2, the German officers has sharp well tailored uniforms? While the Americans had baggy ill fitting uniforms. Our uniforms were drab. The color was called "olive drab", so this was intentional. Look at pictures of General Bradley, he looks like he slept in his uniform -- baggy, wrinkled. The German army lost the war, but they looked good doing it.
We got their scientists after the war. We should have gotten their tailors.
There's a story (maybe apocryphal) that the SS uniforms were designed by Hugo Boss. Truly vile people but well turned out.
How much they loved their well tailored uniforms in Russia
Hugo Boss actually didn't design the uniform, they produced it though. It's a common myth. I can't really remember the names, but it was actually two people that designed the SS uniforms.
BTW, German tanker uniforms are designed by Guderian.
Craig Dillon
trust me,the germans were not stupid and what youre saying is silly,both american and german generals tried to blend in with the normal troops.youre talking about photo shoots,rem. patton and his ivory grip pistols? he didnt look like that on the front line.snipers look for generals
Love this channel !
so true love ww2 never got in to 1 before i started watching im now more intresten in ww1 then 1
My grandfather was an officer in the Royal Air Force, posted after the First World War to Mesopotamia (Iran/Iraq) to keep the peace. His unit patrolled the desert with three of these armoured cars, named Lion, Tiger and Leopard. Imagine the heat inside these cars!
Great that you are remembering him.
That guy speaks so well, very natural and easy to understand. great job! You guys just get better and better.
David Willey is awesome. Love this guy.
David Willey is a fantastic speaker, makes you think you are actually right there!!! It would be fascinating to hear his take on the German A7V Tank!!!
ua-cam.com/video/ztkKJUQB4rU/v-deo.html
HEY thank you so much Stu!!!!
I want a Doug DeMuro review of it
Doug, the type of guy who reviews World War era vehicle...
He already done a ferret so idk why he hasn’t
That's a nice Drivey Bang Bang Box
The Tank Museum again, Yes!
I can't get over how professional and captivating these videos are. Absolutely love them!
Can’t stop watching these fantastic videos. So fascinating, and makes me a true WWI history fanatic. Thank you Indy and team. Thank you. I agree with everyone else, WWI isn’t the end of wars and neither should it be the end of this channel! Particularly concerning events leading up to WWII, I would love this all to continue right past WWI and beyond.
Such a lovely wacky thing
DANNYonPC sup boyo
Daddy? Is that you?
After a south african bf1 montage video. I see Danny yet again, but this time he's watching a TGW video. You are everywhere bud
Dannyyyyy moar fox stevenson!
DANNYonPC OMG Its DANNY!!!!
Best Channel on UA-cam, quality, entertaining, knowdlege and well presented. Period!
Does anyone remember HistoryLine 14-18? It did have one or two scenarios in which the defensive deployment of armoured cars was definitely a key element in avoiding getting crushed by the initial German onslaught.
Please donate to Patreon so Indy can get a new pair of pants.
captainbadd, I vote for kilt.
captainbadd lol
Reggie Buffat: The Clan Neidell? (Rumoured to have been part of Blackadder's 'advancing orange hedge'.)
Trousers*
Enjoy all your videos! History is so Important to keep alive!
Absolutely brilliant. Love history and you make it interesting .
The cars in the photo at 4:38 appear to be in service with the Irish Free State Army
The massive logo is a giveaway
"David, tank you very much"
Mage craft ....Here is another comedian!
Great episode!I've always had an intest in armored cars,it's always great to hear from Mr. Willey!
Thanks Indy. Enjoyed the program.
04:38 picture taken during Irish Civil War 1922. Central figure is Major-General Tom Ennis. The practice of nicknaming Armoured Rolls Royces was ended at wars end a year later. For a brief period in the Congo crisis 1960s, nicknames were applied to Irish Ford armoured cars.
with where the Vickers is positioned it looks like the driver is getting sprayed with spent brass.
maybe some kind of bag was used to catch the spent brass, as was common on ww2 tanks?
Possibly. Or it was just uncomfortable for the driver, like other WWI vehicles.
I've always wondered how it looked battlefield 1 told me inside every vehicle is a dark abyss.
This is the episode I've been waiting for, excellent as always.
i love this show, but one suggestion i would have when doing stuff like this from a museum is to get more close up beauty shots. i would love seeing more detail close up of things like the tires, mirrors, lights, grill, trunks, machine gun port ECT. when he was talking bout the ditching beams underneath it would have been cool to see them instead of seeing him talk about them. keep up the great work. i look forward to seeing more in the future
+DCP Pap
You do realize that all of the Tank Museum content was probably shot in one afternoon, at most a day (If David has that much free time on hand). It is not like they fly over to Bovington every other week. I can however highly recommend checking out 'Tank Chats' also by David Willey and David 'The legend' Fletcher on the Bovington's channel (ua-cam.com/users/TheTankMuseum).
If you really want to get in the smallest details and have hours to spare, you can always check out 'Inside the Chieftains hatch' (ua-cam.com/users/TheChieftainWoT) and 'The Challenger - Inside the Tanks' (ua-cam.com/play/PLslIWpE2CMxQWzLuTndHRpOvKkaTt0yDf.html).
I also highly recommend The Chieftain ua-cam.com/users/TheChieftainWoT he does a lot of what you're asking for. And as an added bonus, he's an actual US Army armor officer as well as a historian so he's able to review tanks from an actual tanker's perspective and go into more detail than just its specs on paper.
He should have worn different pants.
awesome thanks for the suggestion! subbed to them now :D
FINALLY I'm caught up. That was an interesting few months of bingeing. Looking forward to the rest!
damn runflatts in WW! AMAZING, here I was thinking that runflats were a modern thing
I'm so excited for WW2 project. More visits to the tank museum, more tanks!!!!
Another great video guys! Really interesting, straight to the point and well put together! Salutes from The Netherlands.
There is a RR armoured car in Ireland in the curragh camp
There is indeed; it is known as the 'Sliabh na mBan' and was one of a group of 13 supplied to the Irish Army by the British after Irish independence when the Irish Civil War broke out. At 4.40 in the video you can see a photo of two more 'Irish' RR's; one, 'The Big Fella' (named after General Michael Collins), decorated in the Irish Army cap badge. Check out the Óglaigh na hÉireann (Irish Defence Forces) website for more information.
They have it because it’s the one Collins died in
@@seanmccann8368 Is that not the 'FF' badge worn by Fianna Fail loyalist army recruits in 1932?
@@Norvik_-ug3ge the Fianna Fail political party was formed after the Irish Civil War, the use of the 'FF' badge by the Irish Volunteers and then by the National Army pre dated that.
@@seanmccann8368 I was mixing it up with the cap badge that the new Fianna Fail army recruits in 1932 wore.
Got a photo of my great great grandfather with one of these cars. Love seeing the history in the photo brought to life here in this video.
Excellent presentation, brilliant.
incredibly stylish things. it's basically a classic luxury car, they did nothing to hide the shape.
Absolutely beautiful thank you for your videos in for teaching us everything you know about war
Hristos se rodi, Indy and crew. Thank you for nice Christmas present.
I understand these vehicles were very common during the Anglo/Irish War and later with the Irish Civil War in the 1920s. Afterwards the Irish essentially stuck with armored cars within their military.
The Irish Free State Army acquired thirteen pattern 920 Rolls Royce armoured cars after the Anglo Irish Treaty, thy still have one in perfect working order that they use for parades and exhibitions.
*they still have one
Flo shouting in the background of videos is like, one of my favorite things.
What a handsome automobile! It’s like a knight in shining armor.
There was nothing glamorous in the War Ministry selecting the RR chassis. It, the RR chassis, was chosen because of it's exceptional strength. There were other chassis manufacturers used but RR received the highest acclaim because the vehicles were used, very successfully, in many theatres of war but in particular by TE Lawrence in Mesopotamia.
According to T.E. Lawrence, "A Rolls Royce in the desert is worth it's weight in gold."
My favourite piece of kit! I was first enthralled by it when I read Wilbur Smith's novel "Cry Wolf" at age 16.
Thanks for this outstanding video.
You guys ever gonna make an episode on the a7v behind this car
i think there is an episode about it, where he was at the german tank museum
If anyone wants to see another example of this A/C come to Ireland. Our defense forces have an example which is in excellent condition. It is normally housed in The Curragh military facility in Co.Kildare. I have to say, it's in better nick than the one in this vid. It was present at one of the key moments in Irish history, the death of Micheal Collins.
WOW what a great collection around them.
For Christmas I got the Haynes guide to the armoured car it's an amazing book
Thanks David !
BOVINGTON TANK MUESEM LOVE THAT PLACE. Never been but I want to go soooo bad!!! (I’m in the US)
never say never
Hope you to come over to the U.K. and get to visit. We always welcome our american cousins and our clisest ali
Props to the camper guy making that looks smooth and transitional insted of Rocky jump into the back of that truck
@4:37 Not a picture of the British army, but a picture of the early Irish army.See the large Fianna Fail signs on one of the cars.
A Magnificent Contraption.
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The Irish army had dozens of these. They were goig to be scrapped and some officers got together and saved thre. They are great driving museum pieces and still lok cool.
Another great video as always.
It took a while to figure out the whole tank / armored car thing. This vehicle was ahead of its' time.
Will you also make a special about the Whippet? It's like the most forgotten tank of the war...
When we are back in the museum, yes.
I forgot how many times I was rolled by one of those in Sinai Desert in BF1
I like that they have real vehicles in battlefield but they still have the unrealism that all bf games have
If you listen to the video without looking at it it's literally like watching Jay Leno's Garage
very interested, thank you for this video
To the members of the Great War, when will you guys come to Australia?, there are many re-enactment groups down here who do Australian First World War, if you guys come here that would be great.
are you paying for the flights and getting around?
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I like the way he says “Empire.”
Until around 2000, the 1914 pattern RRAC was considered by notables in the armoured museum world including The Tank Museum Bovington that no examples of the 1914 pattern Rolls Royce Armoured Car (1914 RRAC) existed anywhere in the world. At about this time, David Fletcher, the then librarian at Bovington, (now retired) told me about an author writing a book on the World's remaining RR Silver Ghosts had travelled to India to check out Indian owned Silver Ghosts. They told that author about a 1914 RRAC on display at an Indian military museum. In 2001 and 2003 I travelled to India on business and took time out to track it down. It is indeed an 1914 pattern and is located at the Ahmednagar Cavalry Training Centre museum.
I took a taxi from Mumbai to Ahmednagar (5 1/2 hours each way!). At the time of my visit, there were 48 amoured fighting vehicle exhibits, some quite rare (such as a Sherman with mine detonating flails and a German SDFZ 8 wheeled armoured car).
Of the RRAC 1914 pattern, anything of value has long been pilfered. Brass, German Silver, radiator, dash instruments, etc. It was in an unloved condition though received a coat of paint every now and then. During it's post WW1 service with the Indian Army, its wheels and balloon tyres had been replaced with solid disc wheels and solid rubber tyres. It must have been excruciating riding in one of these post war modified examples.
I spent a lot of time at the museum in the two visits, reverse engineering the body. 8mm plate steel, probably manganese steel. The body is like a giant mecchano set. It is held together with 3/8" Hex head bolts, 3/8" counter sunk screws, and hex nuts. BSW thread. These were not standard (modern) BSW. The hex heads and nuts were thicker and larger than modern BSW 3/8" fasteners. Steel angle is used to connect many of the armoured panels. The only curved panels are the turret, the rear turret hatch and two rear body panels. Turret runs on plain steel bearings on standard mild steel, curved u channel. There is no winding mechanism to traverse the turret, it is simply man handled into position. The Vickers MG pintle allows for fine adjustment.
The chassis/drive train is pure Silver Ghost with of course, dual rear wheels and tyres, and the standard Silver Ghost 7 leaf rear springs increased to 11 leaves, the lowest leaf is 3/8" thick, the remainder standard Silver Ghost leaf spring thickness. Each armoured steel panel has a part number stamped into it. When I was at the museum, this RRAC 1914 pattern was painted light blue but why I don't know. I tool hundreds of photos during the two visits and created a complete set of dimensional drawings. The finish of some of the armoured steel panels is crude with edges looking like they have been flame cut with no attempt to clean up the rough edge. Notably on the edges of the sloped roof panels on the turret.
At the time, I owned a defence engineering/manufacturing business in Melbourne Australia specialising in manufacturing modern armoured fighting vehicle components for the Australian Army's then Leopard MBT, M113A1 fleet, and ASLAV fleet (LAV-25).
In 2001 after returning to Australia, I purchased a project rolling RR chassis of the period and me and my workers commenced building a replica out of steel. David Willey and David Fletcher of The Tank Museum were very helpful with the project. Unfortunately, the business was sold before the project was completed. It was about 3/4 complete. The new owner broke up the body and sold the chassis with its original doctors coupe body.
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The 11th Hussars were still using these in small numbers in 1940-41 in the desert against the Italians.
Great Video!
Love when David Willey talks bout the vehicles in his care at the Museum. Great stuff!
I've been to the tank museum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WOOOO Britain!
To me it feels like the makers of ''Rise of Nations'' strategy game took their armored car design after this one. Glad to finally learn about how these cars were actually developed.
Minerva, Rolls being a former Minerva dealer, did build similar armored cars one month earlier and then stopped due to the German advance.
These things get one shot by field artillery in BF1
even for today's fashion, this style is very eye pleasing.
My father used to drive these 1921 to 1929 when he was stationed in India whilst in the Roal Tank Corps, I followed his footsteps and joined the Royal Armoured Corps.
What?!? No holder for a crystal flower vase?? I am shocked.
Also, where is the wicker picnic basket??
I love the Brits. They knew how to bring style to war. Red coats, gold buttons, and shiny black boots, etc.
We have only given the world ugly camouflage uniforms.
Our military has no sense of style.
The Brits didn't invent any of that, if you want fancy looking fighting gear look at knights from basically any period, or the landsknecht. Or any professional soldiers from the Renaissance for that matter. Besides there was barely anything fashionable about the red coats back in the day, they used red dye because it was dirt cheap. And the Brits were also the first to use khaki and eventually dirty brown uniforms.
War is not a fashion show. The French learned the hard way in 1914 when they marched into German machine guns in bright red and blue uniforms. The Germans by then were wearing gray uniforms.
IslandThunder84 Those colourful uniforms did serve a purpose in their day, but when you have accurate repeating rifles, machine guns and artillery more devastating than ever before anything that gets you spotted can get you killed, shiny buttons, helmets etc. So yeah you can imagine what a red coat will do to you in a modern firefight.
IslandThunder84 I love it when people take me seriously.
Craig Dillon I know right some people take things to seriously I wish they would just calm down huh
Wow what a collection.
The Classiest of War Machines. When shown from the front, you can just about make out the silver chromed Rolls Royce radiator cover
Currently building the 1.35 scale meng model kit, using haynes & osprey reference books bought at the tank museum shop.😊
Canada was the first country to have a real armoured motor car battalion in September 1914! I saw a real Canadian armoured car from the First World War at the Canadian war museum!
The Belgians had armored cars in active duty from august on.
Adamast But not a unit the was officially organized to be just armoured cars and the Canadian unit was organized in August but the cars were ready in September. But it could be debated as to who was first so it might be a tie.
The two armoured cars at 4:40 are shown in service with the Irish Army in about 1922.
You should really do an episode on the RNAS and their early experiments with aircraft carriers - an important development in modern war.
I wish he had fired up that engine and showed us what the exhaust delete did sound wise.
That's really ingenious to be able to all the sudden make that motor extremely loud. In a policing type situation.
Me and my father built a truck that does that on a switch. We drive it out of the neighborhood before hitting a butterfly valve switch that deletes the muffler.
Hey, I know that guy from the Age of tanks documentary!
I'm pretty sure the tank in the background was used in India Jones and the last Crusade.
it's actually a prop from the movie war horse
Oh, the wrong Spielberg movie then. But it looks the same as the one from Crusade.
Karl Karlos
The one from the last crusade had a turret on it
Derptank
Yeah, I think you're right.
The tank that was built for and used in the Indiana Jones movie is standing in Disney World, Florida, at the Indiana Jones stunt show.
Love this. The best.
A Rolls Royce Car used in a War? Who would of thought...
Peter from Poland Rolls Royce has a history of military products before they were known for luxury. The rolls Royce engine in the supermarine spitfire being another example.
No, Rolls-Royce became famous for their luxury cars in 1906 with the 40/50. It wasn't until the start of WWI, almost a decade later, that they started manufacturing for the military.
You got to have a car that can take the weight. It´s not like you have many candidates.
Perhaps a better question is, wich carmaker didn't produce for the military? (Especialy if we include license production when normal production can't cope with military demand.)
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Awesome hes very well spoken.