I've been beside a couple, with one being a bit over a hour drive from where I live and can attest to the rather large size of them. A bit more sleek, but not any smaller really than the few Sherman E8's I've been beside. Now a M103... That's a bulky tank. Got to get on one a summer ago, and that thing is impressive looking.
doonga-DOONGA-DOONGA-DOONGA-DOONGA-doonga-doonga-doonga-doonga-NUH-NUH-DA-NUH-NUH-DA-NUH "In 1943, a request was issued for a new tank design - " NUH-NUH-DA-NUH-NUH-DA-NUH (red graphics everywhere)
I feel like I am capable of at the very least starting the process of tensioning the tracks on just about every common AFV produced from 1940 through the mid 1950s thanks to the Chieftain. :D
My favorite light tank. As an old Armored Cav kind of guy I've always felt that a relatively light, air and/or sea transportable, fast tank, armed with at least a 90mm gun, a 105mm would be even better, would go a long way toward putting the Cav back into the Armored Cav....The Sheridan ARV came soooo close....But missed the mark with that damn gun/launcher....
You are definitely right about that bro, i also just wondering that if this type of tank's main gun would be replaced by a more reliable modern equivalent of 105mm tank gun turret were it can be loaded by modern multiple conventional type of rounds, perhaps this old, small but still magnificent armour gun platform, could possibly once again re-commissioned to the active service, to be at least become an Infantry fire support vehicle.
The M-41 was the tank that played both Sherman and Panzer lV or V in the 1960s tv series “Combat.” The M-24 Chaffee played the M-4 in movies. The M-47etc. played the Tiger tanks on the big screen.
M-41 Walker Bulldog has been my favorite post-WWII light tank ever since building the Tamiya model kit back in the early 1970s. I got a close-up look at one a few years later on display at the annual Fair.
There will most likely be a running M41 at the tankfest in Nokesville, VA on Sept 23-24 of this year. Well worth it. I actually met the Chieftain at a previous event there.
Yay! I've been waiting for this for ages..the NewZealand army replaced their centurions with about 8 of these that served until the 1980s when they were replaced by the Scorpion. There's one at Waioru museum & one at Puckapunyal museum.
The M41s didnt replace the Centurians. The M41s replaced the WW2 era Valentine tanks. The Centurians soldiered on until 1968. When most were sold to Australia.
I'm glad that Mr Chieftain makes new videos, yet I kind of feel bad I did not subscribe back when I first watched them. In general, I seriously think you should tour a King Tiger next time, especially if its the one in Saumur because it is in the best possible condition.
Thank you Chieftain. :) You are doing an awesome job with these videos. To do this on your own is even more impressive. Hope Wargaming can see how dumb their decision of terminating the the office in California, and reopen the office again sometime in the future. (Guess i ain't holding by breath for it tho...) Anyway. Thank you for making videos to fill up some of the vacant space in between my ears ;)
These actually did quite well as infantry support. Were not intended for that - supposed to be recon. Guatemala bought a total of 10 of these. Cadillac made one with the turret from the Stingray light tank - had a 105 mm. gun. Nobody wanted it. The Cuban Air Force was unable to knock any of these out at the Bay of Pigs invasion - they had no air cover for them. Then they went on to hold the airport and take down a mess of T34/85's before running out of gas.
You think you could get your hands on an early Abrams for one of these videos (an M1 or MIP)? I'd love to see such an in depth tour of one of those as it's my favorite tank, the M1IP in particular.
Xcaliber Trekker I've seen M1s in museums though. The ones that are in active service are the latest M1A2 modifications. If there any tanks still in their original form (M1) or M1IPs, then they'd likely be museum pieces.
Did the yanks know what low silhouette meant? M103 is a huge beast and that was also advertised as low silhouette.. a fricking light tank makes Chieftain look short...
Remember, to americans, any vehicle low enough to hide behind the Empire State Building has a low sillhouette ;) The corresponding USSR reference template for a low sillhouette vehicle is a 17th century single floor pesant house made of whickerwork walls and a bark tiled roof...
+DIEGhostfish To be fair, USSR was a large country and had plenty of short guys to recruit themselves. All these descendants of Mongol riders are not that high.
General Walker had commanded 20th Army Corps in George Patton's Third Army WWII. He died of a Heart Attack during the rough fighting down to the Pusan Perimeter.
I still can't wrap my head aroun dthe lack of music. I actually ramped up the volume in the first 2 seconds, thinking the video was quiet or something, only to have The Chieftain's voice come at me excessively loud when he *did* start talking :D
I've got to say I love the videos and the presentation is excellent. One minor niggle is that the audio quality is a bit hit and miss throughout the video catalog. I'm probably not saying anything that wasn't known already and I do appreciate the difficulty of filming in the environment in which these videos are made , but I do feel the videos would be more enjoyable if I didn't need to squint my ears as often.
I know, so weird that they didn't upgrade it to an entirely new part doing the exact same job in the exact same way. You can't have parts _looking old_ after all. Totally a wise expense of money.
"So lets see if we ca do a little more depth this time... The paint for this section is aluminum based, with the aluminum being mined out of utah in the 1940s..." Although in all seriousness, can you show us how you remove outer plates to show the engine compartment? These sorts of details are important (at least to me)
We have M41 serial number 104 coming to the Hialeah Garden Museum Honoring Assault Brigade 2506. It’s coming from Alabama thanks to the U.S. Army as my group and I are closely working with CIA ultimate shadow warrior Mr. Felix Rodriguez. The tank will complement an original A-26 actual Bay of Pigs dual flight control variant of the A-26.
GIANT GASP OF AIR! yessssss this is one of my favorite tanks! Can't wait for part 2! Wonder how much it would go for I don't see them for sell too much either way I WILL have one one day!
This is a very pretty little tank, but a range of 100 miles sounds very limited for a reconnaissance vehicle.. And this was achieved on a road march with constant speed? Were there many M41's lost simply because they ran out of fuel in hostile territory?
Most tanks have pretty short range in general, tracks are aweful for fuel saving, their ground contact is huge, thus taking lots of power to move, wheeled recon vehicles have mostly replace the light tank.
At current exchange rates, it is not likely that you would get much change from the equivalent of two Czech wives (pre-divorce slightly used high 20's on the clock) and a Fort Knox or two.
What exactly was the problem with mufflers "overheating"? Only info I can found is that they started to glow red hot making the tank very visible at dark, but I don't think that is related to having the aux muffler on top of normal muffler
I dont design anything but I wouldnt have put an exhaust near another exhaust any day of the week . What day of the week was that thought came up ? Monday morning ?
I bet most tank commanders in combat would of loved to either get a simple .30 cal. machine gun in front of the TC hatch or convert the 50 cal. mount by shortening it.
I wonder if this tank had any influence on the evolution of light armored reconnaissance theory/doctrine in the USA... Regardless, love the video. Thanks for posting.
2nd ACR 1971 Germany. They had M114A1E1 which mounted a 20mm autocannon, and M551. Lots of nostalgia for their M41A1 light tanks. The gun is a USA 76.2mm version of the Panther 75L70 gun. Better ammunition and a high velocity for accuracy was missed. A lot.
Who is WG now paying you and giving you the music and cameraman for this? It's IN the game? By all means keep it all coming brother, love to see/hear the histories :)
I suddenly realised why I have been enjoying these rock island inside the chieftain's hatch over the WoT ones. no bloody background music.
tommy fred amen
Well the song is stuck in my brain now and it fills in the lack of music.
DUH
@@samholdsworth3957 duh bruh
I'm surprised to say that I miss the music, actually.
Wow seeing the Walker Bulldog next to a human makes it a pretty big tank, wouldn't expect that from a "light" tank!
Yeah, I've never really felt the US "understood" light tanks, post WWII.
I've been beside a couple, with one being a bit over a hour drive from where I live and can attest to the rather large size of them. A bit more sleek, but not any smaller really than the few Sherman E8's I've been beside.
Now a M103... That's a bulky tank. Got to get on one a summer ago, and that thing is impressive looking.
wait... chieftain is human? I thought he was the living embodiment of a late 20th century MBT.
@@MongooseJakeNerf have you seen a Centurion?
BC that makes a Sherman look small.
Did when I was a kid. I'd like to see how it compares to the M60 and M103 that I've recently been on and around.
One of the cooler looking Cold War Tanks. Thanks for the walk-around.
Or should you say walker around, i'll join the baron .
@@Snellius78 Speaking as a white guy, these two puns are at true Dad joke level mastery. Congrats.
I guess you could say "TANKS for the walk-around."
Up top guys, yeah!
@@donniemontoya9300 "TANKS for the WALKER round"?!
no?... i'll see myself out...
It's actually a tank this time!
Does it come with a Door window regulator?
Hey those trucks and what not were key to winning the war so they deserve to be talked about.
No Kevin. But the radiator cap is forward of the hood.
@@pickeljarsforhillary102 Is Fort Hillary in Beghazi?
No music, YES! THANK THE GODS!
doonga-DOONGA-DOONGA-DOONGA-DOONGA-doonga-doonga-doonga-doonga-NUH-NUH-DA-NUH-NUH-DA-NUH "In 1943, a request was issued for a new tank design - " NUH-NUH-DA-NUH-NUH-DA-NUH (red graphics everywhere)
@@thedungeondelver
LoL! Too true...
It's not a War Gaming video...
Fucks given, zero. Seeing as you are hiding behind your profile, no balls either.
I want my Sweet Chieftain Transitions!
God bless RIa for all the entertainment they have brought me be it from Forgotten Weapons and now the Chieftain.
Finally, a vehicle at RIA that allows for your favorite topic, track tension!
I feel like I am capable of at the very least starting the process of tensioning the tracks on just about every common AFV produced from 1940 through the mid 1950s thanks to the Chieftain. :D
Oh, absolutely! If I ever end up owning a tank, I'll be able to tackle basic maintenance.
The M41's when kitted out for Vietnam were the sexiest and most badass tanks looking tanks ever, like the ones in Full Metal Jacket.
Which M41s? The only M41s that I know of in Vietnam were used by the ARVN. The US was using the M48 and M60 in Vietnam.
My favorite light tank. As an old Armored Cav kind of guy I've always felt that a relatively light, air and/or sea transportable, fast tank, armed with at least a 90mm gun, a 105mm would be even better, would go a long way toward putting the Cav back into the Armored Cav....The Sheridan ARV came soooo close....But missed the mark with that damn gun/launcher....
Mine was the M24 Chaffee. Which was replaced by the M41 Walker Bulldog.
You are definitely right about that bro, i also just wondering that if this type of tank's main gun would be replaced by a more reliable modern equivalent of 105mm tank gun turret were it can be loaded by modern multiple conventional type of rounds, perhaps this old, small but still magnificent armour gun platform, could possibly once again re-commissioned to the active service, to be at least become an Infantry fire support vehicle.
Massive thumbs up for dropping the music from previous videos. Cannot tell you how much nicer it is without the rock muzak.
The M-41 was the tank that played both Sherman and Panzer lV or V in the 1960s tv series “Combat.” The M-24 Chaffee played the M-4 in movies. The M-47etc. played the Tiger tanks on the big screen.
Knowing it’s up for sale makes me want to go out and buy a fist full of lottery tickets!
Whew! The suspense when waiting for the track tensioning was intense. I thought we wouldn't get it for a while...
Beautiful tank, and I wish it would be back in service for many more decades.
M-41 Walker Bulldog has been my favorite post-WWII light tank ever since building the Tamiya model kit back in the early 1970s. I got a close-up look at one a few years later on display at the annual Fair.
It's nice that the kit is still available at a great price. You can buy a bunch and do many variations.
You Sir, never cease to entertain and instruct. Looking forward to part 2. Cheers from Patagonia...
There will most likely be a running M41 at the tankfest in Nokesville, VA on Sept 23-24 of this year. Well worth it. I actually met the Chieftain at a previous event there.
Yay! I've been waiting for this for ages..the NewZealand army replaced their centurions with about 8 of these that served until the 1980s when they were replaced by the Scorpion. There's one at Waioru museum & one at Puckapunyal museum.
That was stupid they replaced a late 40s mbt with a early 50s light tank.
@@benitomussolini7382 The M41 walker bulldog could probably wipe out all of Italy's tanks in ww2.
The M41s didnt replace the Centurians. The M41s replaced the WW2 era Valentine tanks. The Centurians soldiered on until 1968. When most were sold to Australia.
..there's one at the RNZAC memorial, QAMR, Linton Camp.
Thanks Chieftain!! I just bought the Tamiya kit about 2 weeks ago!!! Gonna open this box soon!!
Thanks!
Possible future video on the Alvis Stalwart? There is one in the background at 8:20.
Would like to see how he gets on with a Stolly
I'm glad that Mr Chieftain makes new videos, yet I kind of feel bad I did not subscribe back when I first watched them. In general, I seriously think you should tour a King Tiger next time, especially if its the one in Saumur because it is in the best possible condition.
I loved the M-41. I learned my gunnery lessons on this model tank.
Thank you Chieftain. :) You are doing an awesome job with these videos. To do this on your own is even more impressive. Hope Wargaming can see how dumb their decision of terminating the the office in California, and reopen the office again sometime in the future. (Guess i ain't holding by breath for it tho...) Anyway. Thank you for making videos to fill up some of the vacant space in between my ears ;)
Yeah WG realizing a mistake has never happened.
These actually did quite well as infantry support. Were not intended for that - supposed to be recon.
Guatemala bought a total of 10 of these.
Cadillac made one with the turret from the Stingray light tank - had a 105 mm. gun. Nobody wanted it.
The Cuban Air Force was unable to knock any of these out at the Bay of Pigs invasion - they had no air cover for them. Then they went on to hold the airport and take down a mess of T34/85's before running out of gas.
There more I look at it the more I find this tank aesthetically pleasing.
10:16 ian from forgotten weapons accidentally shot someone ??? :p
I refuse to believe that the gun Jesus would have a negligent discharge! Maybe just one person too many criticised his pronunciation of 'carbine'.
No it's pronounced Ga-ah-rund
:D
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@@Nderak
It's a reference to him and the Garand video
And no intrusive music looped in the background... massive improvement.
In my hometown there a guy who had one these seating in his front yard for like 20 years and has sign up no pictures allowed...
We at MOTAT use to run an engine up as it was on a test bed but we did not have a Tank
You think you could get your hands on an early Abrams for one of these videos (an M1 or MIP)? I'd love to see such an in depth tour of one of those as it's my favorite tank, the M1IP in particular.
That might be tricky given they are still in use and much of it is still classified info.
Xcaliber Trekker I've seen M1s in museums though. The ones that are in active service are the latest M1A2 modifications. If there any tanks still in their original form (M1) or M1IPs, then they'd likely be museum pieces.
Your right of course but those museum pieces have all been de- milled and anything top secret removed.
@@xcalibertrekker6693 The Abrams seems to have this mythical aura surrounding it, but I assure you that they're not that exotic.
Those are export models. They are not equipped in the same manner as the ones used by US forces.
Did the yanks know what low silhouette meant? M103 is a huge beast and that was also advertised as low silhouette.. a fricking light tank makes Chieftain look short...
I'd feel so vulnerable in this thing if I were a crewman who knew how little armour this tank has, as it's such a big target
Most tanks by this point would be knocked out anyways by the first of second shot anyways
If you ever seen human hamburger in knocked out tanks, you'd feel vulnerable too. Plenty of examples back in 04 in Iraq.
The coolest part about this tank: the Moapa Valley Library, just outside of Las Vegas, has one in front of their building.
Like before see!! To my eye, this was one of the most businesslike-looking tanks, thought it's a light
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love the blooper reel at the end Nick...
low silhouette? looks taller than a t-55
Remember, to americans, any vehicle low enough to hide behind the Empire State Building has a low sillhouette ;)
The corresponding USSR reference template for a low sillhouette vehicle is a 17th century single floor pesant house made of whickerwork walls and a bark tiled roof...
MatoVuc compared to the Stuart
Because it is taller than a T-55 - more than a foot taller to be precise.
To be fair, the Soviets had to open a portal to middle earth to find crewmen for their tanks.
+DIEGhostfish
To be fair, USSR was a large country and had plenty of short guys to recruit themselves. All these descendants of Mongol riders are not that high.
I love these things in Full Metal Jacket.
I like this tank. Seems like a lit of thought went into it.
Nice video.Nice tank as well.What I find funny is that dude sitting in the chair is always in your videos.
I love watching tanks not vehicles. Thanks so much for this video!
The gun/ turret on this reminds me of the "Frankenstein" esque tank the guys in "The Haunted Tank" concocted... "DC comics" produced it
My favorite tank of all time.
Opposed piston engine, I'd love to hear how this thing sounds.
Not very loud ua-cam.com/video/LHvssw20PI0/v-deo.html
Sounds like an old plane V12 and a V8 mixed in my opinion! Beautiful!
General Walker had commanded 20th Army Corps in George Patton's Third Army WWII. He died of a Heart Attack during the rough fighting down to the Pusan Perimeter.
Love the bloopers at the end :D
I still can't wrap my head aroun dthe lack of music. I actually ramped up the volume in the first 2 seconds, thinking the video was quiet or something, only to have The Chieftain's voice come at me excessively loud when he *did* start talking :D
I really like these older vids. Thanks!
“Hey, this is the Chieftan and this is Forgotten Tanks
The outtakes are simply the best, says. Tina Turner from the future!! 😂
I'm waiting for " oh my god, the tank is on fire " 😂 it's my favorite segment
I've got to say I love the videos and the presentation is excellent. One minor niggle is that the audio quality is a bit hit and miss throughout the video catalog. I'm probably not saying anything that wasn't known already and I do appreciate the difficulty of filming in the environment in which these videos are made , but I do feel the videos would be more enjoyable if I didn't need to squint my ears as often.
At the same time, Ian is recording a video for Marston pistol in an office in the same facility.
Damn....same blackout light on the M41 and current production HMMWV'S
I know, so weird that they didn't upgrade it to an entirely new part doing the exact same job in the exact same way. You can't have parts _looking old_ after all. Totally a wise expense of money.
The South Vietnamese loved these tanks since they were the perfect size for their smaller stature
Seems like a weird angle for the travel lock. Not forward or back, but off to the side.
That thing has been rebuilt a lot over the years I'd bet. The track looks like it came from an M113 APC.
According to their website, the price is an estimated 200-300K. Tempting, to say the least.
The Mugflers were replaced in block II vehicles with a turret top chute for . . . er . . . whatever it is that Aussie TCs do.
"So lets see if we ca do a little more depth this time...
The paint for this section is aluminum based, with the aluminum being mined out of utah in the 1940s..."
Although in all seriousness, can you show us how you remove outer plates to show the engine compartment? These sorts of details are important (at least to me)
We have M41 serial number 104 coming to the Hialeah Garden Museum Honoring Assault Brigade 2506. It’s coming from Alabama thanks to the U.S. Army as my group and I are closely working with CIA ultimate shadow warrior Mr. Felix Rodriguez. The tank will complement an original A-26 actual Bay of Pigs dual flight control variant of the A-26.
Why do I get the idea that you are at Rock Island Arsenal, in my old work space that we affectionately called the Tin Shed.
Any hope for Italian tank reviews
I’ve really wanted one since Ash used one to kill a giant Deadite in Ash vs. Evil Dead. And I would never have to shovel the driveway again!
should really take some of these out for a spin in the videos!
GIANT GASP OF AIR! yessssss this is one of my favorite tanks! Can't wait for part 2! Wonder how much it would go for I don't see them for sell too much either way I WILL have one one day!
I wish you would do the PT-76.
Where's the The Chieftain x Forgotten Weapons crossover episode!?
I'm waiting on that as well lol.
They need to get Nick, Ian, Karl and Steve together to go over a ton of different weapon systems, vehicles and then sit down to try some MREs out! :D
Imagine owning this and pulling up to a gas station for a coke and hotdog an oh yeah a fill up. The kids would love it as the soccer mom gawky.
This is a very pretty little tank, but a range of 100 miles sounds very limited for a reconnaissance vehicle.. And this was achieved on a road march with constant speed? Were there many M41's lost simply because they ran out of fuel in hostile territory?
Most tanks have pretty short range in general, tracks are aweful for fuel saving, their ground contact is huge, thus taking lots of power to move, wheeled recon vehicles have mostly replace the light tank.
In Denmark we called this tank, the 'self-propelled pistol'
_Rock Island Auction_ -- Have you run into the +Forgotten Weapons guys filming small arms videos there? :o
This tank is quite large for a light tank
Finally, another tank!
RIA?! You and Ian from Forgotten weapons should team up and give us so much knowledge
Ok how much do i have to spend for this beauty ?
At current exchange rates, it is not likely that you would get much change from the equivalent of two Czech wives (pre-divorce slightly used high 20's on the clock) and a Fort Knox or two.
Actually, I'm thinking you can get this for under a quarter million.
Hm thats a little bit over my savings. Maybe i should steal it. Who would stop me ? I would have a tank.
Lots of things.
catch 22, you need the tank to rob the bank, but you need the dosh to buy the tank. Tough eh?
Finally a full inside the bulldog
I was hoping he'd give the entire starting monologue while just barely visibil, hiding behind the tank.
Attempts to... *clang!* Clang has returned!
Now I want Ian to do vid on this tank too, I want to see him disassemble and reassemble it XD.
What exactly was the problem with mufflers "overheating"? Only info I can found is that they started to glow red hot making the tank very visible at dark, but I don't think that is related to having the aux muffler on top of normal muffler
I feel like this tank can still be used in counter insurgency ops or scouting ops...
I dont design anything but I wouldnt have put an exhaust near another exhaust any day of the week . What day of the week was that thought came up ? Monday morning ?
Love your videos. Wish I had the money to buy a tank
That is a good looking tank.
I bet most tank commanders in combat would of loved to either get a simple .30 cal. machine gun in front of the TC hatch or convert the 50 cal. mount by shortening it.
Why were the fenders changed later on in to production?
Tommi Ridanpää The tracks looked a bit big in it and the tank felt self conscious.
I would guess to protect them from damage?
This tank is now in the hands of the Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison TX
Wot is difference from the chafee? It looks the same with a stretched out turret.
I wonder if this tank had any influence on the evolution of light armored reconnaissance theory/doctrine in the USA...
Regardless, love the video. Thanks for posting.
2nd ACR 1971 Germany. They had M114A1E1 which mounted a 20mm autocannon, and M551. Lots of nostalgia for their M41A1 light tanks. The gun is a USA 76.2mm version of the Panther 75L70 gun. Better ammunition and a high velocity for accuracy was missed. A lot.
You need to do more lawn armament videos
Oh man I have been waiting long for this one
This thing seems pretty wide given its size, I wonder if getting high centered was a problem.
I dig the jammin' music on the others
I'm assuming that moving the mugfler had only positive effects?
I like when you open stuff without the magic of editing.
Beautiful tank I would buy this one
Who is WG now paying you and giving you the music and cameraman for this? It's IN the game?
By all means keep it all coming brother, love to see/hear the histories :)
That thin armor, that high velocity gun - just take the roof off the turret and call it a tank destroyer.
Cool I like this tank, also I dropped a video about swords for this
Xíren Seo were you watching a bearded man who pioneered ending them rightly?
HOW DID YOU KNOW
Well there aren't many other notable sword videos out recently
Because I'm about to watch him and he just also recently posted.
That cthulu guy that makes giant swords did appear on my recommendations even a day late tho