Of course Rita's in love with the Leopard. Most women struggle to find a man that'll leave her satisfied before they finish. She's found a handsome devil that satisfies her merely by strutting past.
Hey Jingles, I noticed that in this video there was a lot of "combing" or "weaving" of moving objects and when you pan the camera quickly. Check your camera and see if it's recording in 1080i (interlaced) 60P. If your camera can't record natively at 1080P (progressive) 60FPS then the combing will remain a permanent issue. If you can, try to figure out how or if your video editing software can de-interlace the video to make it smoother. If this doesn't bother you, completely disregard this message.
Well, the camera is and isn't an issue. Interlaced video is one of the standard video formats and it shouldn't be a problem working with it if you know what you're doing. Afaik the de-facto industry-standard deinterlacer is yadif, there's a good chance that your video editor has it as a filter or something. Alternatively you can use ffmpeg (or some ffmepg GUI like QWinFF) to recode it with appropriate parameter (-vf yadif or if want 60fps -vf yadif=send_field) before importing it into your video editor.
You should have gone to the Tankevent at Soesterberg in the Netherlands , they drove around a Centurion for you and a Leopard 1, Leopard 2a4 and Leopard 2a6 for Rita (and a Leopard 2 with the turret taken off and replaced by 6 seats which would take you around the arena, it made all the parts vibrate :D) And the Bovington Mark IV was also there.
As someone who has been living on military bases in Canada for most of their life, I have alot of fond memories of the Leopard C2, be it from climbing all over it and inside during days where the army decided to bring out some armoured vehicles for show in CFB Suffield, Alberta, or getting the chance to ride in it after an excercise. Although unfortunately I don't think I'll ever get the chance to see one fire in person, as even though I am now in the military myself, the Leopard C2 was replaced by the Leo. 2A6, which is still an amazing machine but it doesn't hold that sentimental value of a childhood experience.
In my few short years in the US Army, I got to drive M113, M577 TOC (Tactical Operations Center), got to gun a 25mm chain gun on a Bradley CFV, was a dismount on a Bradley IFV (and got to drive one around the motor pool a couple times), and weirdly, got to drive an M1A1 MBT from Barstow Railhead to Ft Irwin (National Training Center) after 15 minutes of "training" because they ran out of tank drivers....sorry to say I drove it like an old woman, happy to report both I and the tank made is safely. I will always love our American Turbine-powered tanks. The sound and the smell....like a turbo mixed with brownies. AMAZING! All of this and? I was a Stinger Missile gunner...FIM-92 Short Range Air Defense. Basically infantry with a big ass missile to hump around with me.
Jingles thank you for letting us hear these beast run and engines roar. Gearhead from over here in the states and military brat as well, never forget the sounds and the Leopard with the bass system I have actually managed to shake the phone off my computer desk and fall to the floor.
As a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, I am greatly pleased to see Memorial Service and the release of the "Buddy Poppies" at the end of this video. England is one of the 9 countries that use the Buddy Poppy to generate funds for their Veterans. (All 9 were allies during World War 1.) Freedom isn't free. What few people here realize, though... Other Nations have paid the price of Freedom, with the blood, sweat and tears of their young people in the firing lines. When a Veteran asks you to honor a Veteran and wear a poppy, that is more than just honoring a Veteran. It's remembering the price of the Freedoms you enjoy. And how many people have paid that price along the way! Jingles I have always respected your videos regarding World of Tanks. And this one video raised that respect to a whole new level. Many thanks for ending on that note! From one Veteran to another (Even though we served in different Nation's military) 07!
***** I dunno how typical of women that is mate ;) I mean, I'd love to have an Eagle Speedster, or a Singer 911, and they go for about £500,000 a pop. But let's just say that Rita definitely understands value when she sees it :P
So I went to the UK for vacation over the summer with my family, and I made sure we stopped a the Tank Museum. I didn't know this, but every day they have a small display of the tanks out on the arena, so I went outside and was pleasantly surprised when a Leopard 2 started driving around. The leo is a very nice tank :) I liked it even more when it suddenly fired its main gun without warning the crowd, scaring the crap out of me...
The Leopard ... I love. was crew member on a german 1A5 and now got all of them in very good condition in the german tank museum as a volunteer... and once per year we drive one of them.
I also saw the mark4, leopard 1 and 2, an m3 stuart pz 3 flamethrower and t34-85 in real life a couple of weeks back in the Netherlands, there was also an tank 100 type festival going on, it was great!
My wife complains that as a veteran, I have had the chance to travel a bit.. But I think I can breakdown and agree to going to the UK once with her if we go to Bovington.. Excellent video Jingle.. Thanks!
Before we switched to the Leo 2's I spent 2 years In the driver's seat of a Leopard 1 C2 with the LdSH(rc) regiment. Loved that tank... I enjoy your videos Jingles, much love from Canada.
Great video, loved the tanks. Yes, the tank was an oddity in WW1 - most of the hard gains in advances were thanks to complex infantry tactics combined with supporting artillery fire. Tanks had cemented its place on the battlefield, but it certainly was not the wonder breakthrough weapon in WW1...that would come 20 years later.
As always, Jingles a fantastic video to show us unlucky absentees what an awesome show Bovington Tank Museum put om. Many thanks And thanks for showing us Rita again.
Thanks Jingles having been to Bovington on a trip from Australia, it brings back great memories. I will have to coincide the next visit with a trip when they have an event. I have worked with the Centurion and the Leopard in the Aussie army years ago and love them. But that Challenger sounded fantastic.
Love your videos Jingles, keep up the good work! It never fails to move me when I think about just how big a sacrifice my grandparents and great-grandparents generations made during both the First and Second World Wars. Lest We Forget.
You and Rita should come visit the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (they have one of the remaining air-worthy avro lancasters) some time - Niagara Falls is a short drive from there as well!
I won a ride in it.. God would have been 30 some years ago when I was at the Hamilton Airshow. Best $20 I ever spent on a ticket. The noise is amazing!
Good to see a service and remembrance ceremony to remind people that war is a horrific catastrophe for humanity, that had brought loss and pain to so many. I hope weapons of war make it to museums without ever having to fire in anger and entertain us with their presence and action only during recreational and historical events.
Thanks for posting these tank museum videos Jingles. I will likely never get the chance to see the museum or these tanks in operation, they are amazing machines. Keep the videos coming, I always look forward to them with your commentary.
I don't often post a comment on a youtube-vid but I can't this one slip by, though: WW1 reenactment just gave me the scariest of chills. Seeing your video - captured in bright daylight with spots of green gras left - just imagine how it would be like: Beeing nineteen - dawn, 05:30 in the morning, twilight, mud-brown no-man's-land, covered with the mortal remains of your friends and comrades who died in the attack a day before. I am so glad I never witnessed or even took part in a war myself. And I sincerly hope, that my (potential) children and grandchildren do not have to either. Thx for the vid. Kindest regards Kas
Jingles, I would like to congratulate you on an absolutely fantastic video, the end was especially moving and I really appreciated the taste you showed by only commentating when you deemed it necessary. Great work my friend, great work.
You have to remember that the Challenger I is a underdog of all modern tank used by any world power. Being ranked last in the tank competition somewhere in the 80s, it scored a massive accuracy recognition that no tank could beat till now with a kill of 5.3KM during the 1st Gulf War, the longest tank kill of any war.
Hey Jingles, as a Canadian Armoured Crewman the C2 and the Leo 2 made my heart happy. I'm not a tanker, I drive a Coyote. But I still love the armour my country has. I have seen both vehicles go a lot faster than that too, and I have a tanker buddy who swears up and down that he's broken 100KPH in a Leo 2A6. I dunno whether or not to believe him but I like the idea haha. And yes, the sound is absolutely amazing. One thing I've noticed though, when you're in the field and look up to see a leopard 500 meters away pointed at you, I can honestly never say I have heard them coming first. Keeping in mind, I normally have my hatch closed while I am driving so I can't hear much haha Bloody eerie that is. Definitely hear them when they're moving ahead of you. I love the videos mate, and I love the support you give to the history even more. Keep doing the good work. I appreciate it a lot.
I would like to cross the pond and visit the Bovington Tank Museum! I wish the Patton Museum at Ft. Knox, KY were this good. Maybe it is now; I haven't been back there in years. Nice video!
Hey Jingles. If you really want to see tanks (and want to travel a little) there is a thing called Åben Hede (open heath) every summer in Denmark. Its a tank shoot, where the public can see some tanks shoot. Last year, it was the centurions, leopards (1 and 2) and many other vehicles. What is special, is that the public is within 50 meters of tanks doing live-fire and that you are allowed to climb into them, on the static display before the shoot. Rita would love it, since there was about 6 leopard 1's not counting bridgelayers etc ;) Give it a look.
Many years ago while on exercise with the Australian Army, we had a Squadron of Leopards driving up and down the road we were next to. I don't know about the others but every time one of them went past, with the ground, air and cardiovascular system vibrating with that glorious rumble, I looked at the tree I was sleeping next to and thought "It's the biggest I could find and it's not big enough".
Jingles, the Royal AF has its own C17s and they can carry a fully loaded combat ready M1A2 and that weighs almost twice as much as the Ajax. Plus the Ajax is the size of the Bradley fighting vehicle and those fit nicely within a C17
Very entertaining. Thank you so much. I had a great-great uncle killed on 15 Sept, 1916 in the battle of Courcelette. He lies in the Pozieres cemetery.
Poor Jingles, he is so impressed by the sound of diesel engines that are about as as impressive as being at the entrance of the holding yard of a lorry delivery service. He will never have the thrill of standing upon the deck of a battleship as it lets loose with a full nine gun 16" broadside. Oh, how I miss that.
Jingles! The head of the miners has informed me that the prisoners are complain about the dullness of their pick axes. And the cook wants a promotion. And the minecart driver says he'll tell you the location of an escape route if you promote him to the TOG platoon.
Dear Jingles. Try to change the brightness settings of your camera manually when filming planes. Your cam is auto-adapting brightness to the sky, not the planes.
As dearly as I love tanks....nevertheless I have to say that its crazy how much money, ressources etc. is invested to built new ones. You have a masterpiece of mechanic and technoloy that is, usually, not designed to live very long because its meant to be used in war and as we all know, war is very destructive. If all the knowledge thats used to built war material was used in a peaceful manner...
Even though the Ajax is big for a reconnaissance vehicle, it's designed to conduct active reconnaissance like the recon variant of the Bradley. It will go and search for the enemy and engage them to ascertain the composition, disposition, and strength of the enemy force. The Scorpion and Scimitar are designed for passive reconnaissance which is sitting, listening, and watching. The only time they use their weapon systems is for counter-reconnaissance against the enemies recon assets or for self defense when trying to bug out from an OP (observation point, not over powered :)).
the great sound of the Leo1, is because the exhaust exits are on their flanks. When you hear a leo in the woods or in a field it makes it very difficult to locate it. especially at night. It's very funny when we do night driving on the training ground with our leopard pionier, and Leguan when the infanterie is there as well.They never know from which side we are coming. so they always put on their lights out of fear of being overrun. :) :) :) PS you should come to Belgium to visit the gunfire museum
Nice video Jingles. I got to see the MK IV at Horse Guards Parade next to the Challenger 2. It would be nice to see them live at one of these shows one day.
The first tanks also didn't ave the typical armour that WWII tanks had. It was boiler plate and rivets. The rivets themselves could become pretty deadly projectiles and even the fumes and heat from the engine could disorient and possibly kill if the crew spent too long inside
Great video for those of us not able to go there. Liked that they drove a Chiftain around, such a nice tank. Bit of a shame they did not take their prized tank out, Tiger 131, as it's one of the most famed tanks of WW II, but I guess they can't run the Tiger at every event, but it should have for this one imho.
Jingles you should go to Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, they have U-boat 505 there and it's the only one of it's kind still existing today. I heartily recommend the trip as it is incredible to see and to be inside of it. Plus there's loads of other information about the Battle of the Atlantic and Warship related stuff. The rest of the museum is pretty cool too, They have a model ship hall you should also visit.
Damn I love the challenger 1 most beautiful tank ever in my opinion. It just has this more edgy modern look and even today you would believe it is a brand new machine. Also just love how it is 1 continuous slope from the hull to the top of the turret :)
I love the silhouette of a SMLE with bayonet fixed. For me it's the quintessential emblem of WW I. Got an Aussie Mk III* which is also celebrating her 100th this year.
Bloody brilliant job as always Jingles, thank you very, very much for the hard work! But the real outcome or question this video raises is, "When can we have a serious talk to the gorgeous Rita about her choice of men!! Clearly she needs a chatting, lmao!!!! Thanks mate, cheers from downunder.
the leopard 1 is a very nice ride. i am rather tall, but i still could handle all pedals and get this thing over 60% slopes and through mudholes after 4min of briefing.
You make stronk video Jinkles!!! Keep up good work. (seriously thanks for another information packed fun video, Thanks to Rita for the guest appearances, I concur Tortoise FTW.
I happen to work in radio, and being in the US it's generally during work when I watch most of your videos. So, as a commercial production engineer, my studio is rather adequate for bass sounds. Just so happens as I was watching this, with the sound up and the door closed, and I had someone pop in wondering just what the hell I was listening to. I can also hear what sounds like the distant rumble of thunder!
hey jingles, have you ever thought of making a huge Q&A and answer the top 20 (or so) questions? (by making a poll or something). PS: you are the funniest old man on youtube and your laugh makes baby kittens smile :)
Jingles. If you ever want to visit the West Coast of America, I would highly recommend going to the Flying Heritage Collection, it's a private collection of WORKING WW2 planes. They do many days were they fly them. The collection includes the last FW190 "Dora" in existence and many others
I was there when this happened. I was standing below and a little bit to the left of the tower at 13:44 I could see little old Jingles on that hill. Too bad I never got a chance to speak with him cause I got distracted by the WW1 recreation after this :P
O btw Jingles conscription for the British was brought very late into world war one, Britain had the largest volunteer army ever known during World War 1 (And part of my history degree mainly focused around world war one and the development of the tank, so there are a few common misconceptions about the problems during world war 1).
You know, one of these days I hope that the US Army would offer up an Abrams to run around Bovington's ring. I remember back when I was a kid and seeing them tool around the range at Fort Knox on a Family Day for the old armor school. It really makes me mis the old Armor and Cavalry Museum (yeah I know, it got 'moved' to Georgia but they still haven't got any building set up for the collection)
Centurion at 12:30 minutes is probably a Mark 10 or maybe a Mark 9. The rear of the hull shows it's either a Mark 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 or 13 because it has a single gently sloped plate. The glacis doesn't show the lip (so the glacis has been thickened to 4.75 inches) that means it isn't a basic Mark 7 or 8 and can't be a Mark 7/1 or 8/1 because of the 105mm gun. It doesn't have the ranging gun or IR spotlight so it can't be a Mk. 12 or 13. That leaves Mk 9 or 10. The shape of the gun mantle is difficult to see under the dust cover, but appears to be flat rather than curved, which would make it a Mark 10, the commanders cupola also appears to be rotatable which may confirm that.
Still got my Gordon Highlanders kilt and glen garry from my school pipe band.. 'Bydand'. Still want, need, to visit Delville Wood.. That battle is still commemorated here.
"They're tanks, after all, they're built to take more punishment than a curious seven-year-old can dish out..." I think you underestimate the destructive power of a sufficiently determined seven year old :P
Of course Rita's in love with the Leopard. Most women struggle to find a man that'll leave her satisfied before they finish. She's found a handsome devil that satisfies her merely by strutting past.
XD well said my friend
Hey Jingles, I noticed that in this video there was a lot of "combing" or "weaving" of moving objects and when you pan the camera quickly. Check your camera and see if it's recording in 1080i (interlaced) 60P. If your camera can't record natively at 1080P (progressive) 60FPS then the combing will remain a permanent issue. If you can, try to figure out how or if your video editing software can de-interlace the video to make it smoother. If this doesn't bother you, completely disregard this message.
No it is an issue, I thought it was in the rendering but I think it must be the camera recording mode. I'll check it out.
Well, the camera is and isn't an issue. Interlaced video is one of the standard video formats and it shouldn't be a problem working with it if you know what you're doing.
Afaik the de-facto industry-standard deinterlacer is yadif, there's a good chance that your video editor has it as a filter or something.
Alternatively you can use ffmpeg (or some ffmepg GUI like QWinFF) to recode it with appropriate parameter (-vf yadif or if want 60fps -vf yadif=send_field) before importing it into your video editor.
el l'Hask Thank you for further elaborating on the issue. I only know the basics and wouldn't have known a potential fix like this.
i honestly didnt see anything at first
and ive seen some bad compression before
but yeah it feels a bit jaggy, the whole 1080i is such a weird format
Yes it kind of hurts the eyes a bit when you are panning the camera.
FYI, Jingles, the Centurion is an AVRE 105.
Thanks, I knew one of you would know. How can you tell it apart?
What? The AVRE version has a 165mm stumpy gun, a dozer blade, and extra armour. You got a link to an AVRE 105?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion_(tank)#Specialist_variants
Well I saw a mention of an AVRE 105 on Wikipedia, but I couldn't find a picture of it.
I looked it up on Google and Wikipedia. Also, it's very blink-and-you'll-miss it but at 5:40 you can tell it says "Centurion AVRE"
god damn it jingles, makine me get out of bed, closing my phone, and turning on my computer just to listen to the leopard 1!
Closing your phone? What is this, 2005?
Closing, letting it close itself, same thing...
+Comm Hetman Do you mean letting it turn off?
all phones will go to sleep after a while
I got a good laugh out of the shirt Rita wearing
why?
Pretty sure FUBAR means f*ucked up beyond all repair or something like that.
Fucked up beyond all recognition I believe
Yup, it's a old army term. Shits FUBAR
*F*cked up beyond all recognition* however in this case it could mean both since we're dealing with tanks
lepoard is cat-calling Rita. Watch out Jingles
lmao
It's Leopard-calling her...
Haitaka123
Mreow
Haitaka123 The Leopard is calling me if ya know what im sayin ;)
You should have gone to the Tankevent at Soesterberg in the Netherlands , they drove around a Centurion for you and a Leopard 1, Leopard 2a4 and Leopard 2a6 for Rita
(and a Leopard 2 with the turret taken off and replaced by 6 seats which would take you around the arena, it made all the parts vibrate :D)
And the Bovington Mark IV was also there.
As someone who has been living on military bases in Canada for most of their life, I have alot of fond memories of the Leopard C2, be it from climbing all over it and inside during days where the army decided to bring out some armoured vehicles for show in CFB Suffield, Alberta, or getting the chance to ride in it after an excercise.
Although unfortunately I don't think I'll ever get the chance to see one fire in person, as even though I am now in the military myself, the Leopard C2 was replaced by the Leo. 2A6, which is still an amazing machine but it doesn't hold that sentimental value of a childhood experience.
In my few short years in the US Army, I got to drive M113, M577 TOC (Tactical Operations Center), got to gun a 25mm chain gun on a Bradley CFV, was a dismount on a Bradley IFV (and got to drive one around the motor pool a couple times), and weirdly, got to drive an M1A1 MBT from Barstow Railhead to Ft Irwin (National Training Center) after 15 minutes of "training" because they ran out of tank drivers....sorry to say I drove it like an old woman, happy to report both I and the tank made is safely.
I will always love our American Turbine-powered tanks. The sound and the smell....like a turbo mixed with brownies. AMAZING!
All of this and? I was a Stinger Missile gunner...FIM-92 Short Range Air Defense. Basically infantry with a big ass missile to hump around with me.
Always love your trips to Bovington! Thanks Mighty Jingles and Lovely Rita!
Jingles thank you for letting us hear these beast run and engines roar.
Gearhead from over here in the states and military brat as well, never forget the sounds and the Leopard with the bass system I have actually managed to shake the phone off my computer desk and fall to the floor.
As a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, I am greatly pleased to see Memorial Service and the release of the "Buddy Poppies" at the end of this video. England is one of the 9 countries that use the Buddy Poppy to generate funds for their Veterans. (All 9 were allies during World War 1.)
Freedom isn't free. What few people here realize, though... Other Nations have paid the price of Freedom, with the blood, sweat and tears of their young people in the firing lines. When a Veteran asks you to honor a Veteran and wear a poppy, that is more than just honoring a Veteran. It's remembering the price of the Freedoms you enjoy. And how many people have paid that price along the way!
Jingles I have always respected your videos regarding World of Tanks. And this one video raised that respect to a whole new level. Many thanks for ending on that note!
From one Veteran to another (Even though we served in different Nation's military)
07!
Leopard confirmed best vibrator?
im guessing thats why rita fell in love with the leo
She'll absolutely adore the Leo 2 then ;)
Well isnt that typical woman ...loving expensive toys ;) Bless em :P
*****
I dunno how typical of women that is mate ;)
I mean, I'd love to have an Eagle Speedster, or a Singer 911, and they go for about £500,000 a pop.
But let's just say that Rita definitely understands value when she sees it :P
So I went to the UK for vacation over the summer with my family, and I made sure we stopped a the Tank Museum. I didn't know this, but every day they have a small display of the tanks out on the arena, so I went outside and was pleasantly surprised when a Leopard 2 started driving around. The leo is a very nice tank :) I liked it even more when it suddenly fired its main gun without warning the crowd, scaring the crap out of me...
The Leopard ... I love. was crew member on a german 1A5 and now got all of them in very good condition in the german tank museum as a volunteer... and once per year we drive one of them.
I also saw the mark4, leopard 1 and 2, an m3 stuart pz 3 flamethrower and t34-85 in real life a couple of weeks back in the Netherlands, there was also an tank 100 type festival going on, it was great!
My wife complains that as a veteran, I have had the chance to travel a bit.. But I think I can breakdown and agree to going to the UK once with her if we go to Bovington.. Excellent video Jingle.. Thanks!
Before we switched to the Leo 2's I spent 2 years In the driver's seat of a Leopard 1 C2 with the LdSH(rc) regiment. Loved that tank... I enjoy your videos Jingles, much love from Canada.
Great video, loved the tanks. Yes, the tank was an oddity in WW1 - most of the hard gains in advances were thanks to complex infantry tactics combined with supporting artillery fire. Tanks had cemented its place on the battlefield, but it certainly was not the wonder breakthrough weapon in WW1...that would come 20 years later.
As always, Jingles a fantastic video to show us unlucky absentees what an awesome show Bovington Tank Museum put om.
Many thanks
And thanks for showing us Rita again.
Thanks Jingles having been to Bovington on a trip from Australia, it brings back great memories. I will have to coincide the next visit with a trip when they have an event. I have worked with the Centurion and the Leopard in the Aussie army years ago and love them. But that Challenger sounded fantastic.
Thank you, this is a great review of the place and wonderful shots of the vehicles.
Thanks jingle. I always enjoy the videos from Bovington.
Love your videos Jingles, keep up the good work! It never fails to move me when I think about just how big a sacrifice my grandparents and great-grandparents generations made during both the First and Second World Wars. Lest We Forget.
Keep these coming whenever there are events. Maybe in a couple years I'll be able to get out to the UK for one of these myself.
You and Rita should come visit the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (they have one of the remaining air-worthy avro lancasters) some time - Niagara Falls is a short drive from there as well!
That's a beautiful museum, I love it.
I won a ride in it.. God would have been 30 some years ago when I was at the Hamilton Airshow. Best $20 I ever spent on a ticket. The noise is amazing!
Ah that's incredible! Current going rate is $3,500 Canadian to have a ride in it. Someday soon, maybe.
Good to see a service and remembrance ceremony to remind people that war is a horrific catastrophe for humanity, that had brought loss and pain to so many.
I hope weapons of war make it to museums without ever having to fire in anger and entertain us with their presence and action only during recreational and historical events.
My family's company was the one that built that Mark IV tank for Warhorse but haven't seen it in action since, it's great to see it going again!
I rarely get the opportunity to visit one of these events, so i enjoy these vids you put up for everyone.
Thanks for posting these tank museum videos Jingles. I will likely never get the chance to see the museum or these tanks in operation, they are amazing machines. Keep the videos coming, I always look forward to them with your commentary.
I really appreciate the video posts of these tank events, Jingles. Thank you!
Such a fabulous show. I do love the Leopard 1 & 2. Your right, they build them fast.
I don't often post a comment on a youtube-vid but I can't this one slip by, though: WW1 reenactment just gave me the scariest of chills.
Seeing your video - captured in bright daylight with spots of green gras left - just imagine how it would be like:
Beeing nineteen - dawn, 05:30 in the morning, twilight, mud-brown no-man's-land, covered with the mortal remains of your friends and comrades who died in the attack a day before.
I am so glad I never witnessed or even took part in a war myself. And I sincerly hope, that my (potential) children and grandchildren do not have to either.
Thx for the vid.
Kindest regards
Kas
Jingles or dinner? How about Jingles for dinner! Wait...
Dinner with Jingles
that's better
+Jeremiah Gomes You mean that you would eat him?
i had sausage mash and beans while watching this video lol
TheHirokaraka I'm sure Rita already has...
(~_~)
Jingles, I would like to congratulate you on an absolutely fantastic video, the end was especially moving and I really appreciated the taste you showed by only commentating when you deemed it necessary. Great work my friend, great work.
Wonderful to see. Thanks for all the work, Jingles.
Wow! such an eye opener! Thank so much for sharing Jingles!
Good coverage as always. I'll have to make a point to stop by Bovington the next time I get across the pond to visit my mum's relatives in Sussex.
Always a pleasure watching your Bovington Tank Museum videos. :D
Yes, Jingles, I enjoyed the video. Your effort is really appreciated.
You have to remember that the Challenger I is a underdog of all modern tank used by any world power. Being ranked last in the tank competition somewhere in the 80s, it scored a massive accuracy recognition that no tank could beat till now with a kill of 5.3KM during the 1st Gulf War, the longest tank kill of any war.
Thanks Jingles, much appreciated you doing this!
Hey Jingles, as a Canadian Armoured Crewman the C2 and the Leo 2 made my heart happy.
I'm not a tanker, I drive a Coyote. But I still love the armour my country has.
I have seen both vehicles go a lot faster than that too, and I have a tanker buddy who swears up and down that he's broken 100KPH in a Leo 2A6. I dunno whether or not to believe him but I like the idea haha.
And yes, the sound is absolutely amazing. One thing I've noticed though, when you're in the field and look up to see a leopard 500 meters away pointed at you, I can honestly never say I have heard them coming first. Keeping in mind, I normally have my hatch closed while I am driving so I can't hear much haha
Bloody eerie that is.
Definitely hear them when they're moving ahead of you.
I love the videos mate, and I love the support you give to the history even more. Keep doing the good work. I appreciate it a lot.
I would like to cross the pond and visit the Bovington Tank Museum! I wish the Patton Museum at Ft. Knox, KY were this good. Maybe it is now; I haven't been back there in years. Nice video!
Hey Jingles.
If you really want to see tanks (and want to travel a little) there is a thing called Åben Hede (open heath) every summer in Denmark.
Its a tank shoot, where the public can see some tanks shoot. Last year, it was the centurions, leopards (1 and 2) and many other vehicles. What is special, is that the public is within 50 meters of tanks doing live-fire and that you are allowed to climb into them, on the static display before the shoot.
Rita would love it, since there was about 6 leopard 1's not counting bridgelayers etc ;)
Give it a look.
Many years ago while on exercise with the Australian Army, we had a Squadron of Leopards driving up and down the road we were next to. I don't know about the others but every time one of them went past, with the ground, air and cardiovascular system vibrating with that glorious rumble, I looked at the tree I was sleeping next to and thought "It's the biggest I could find and it's not big enough".
My composite surely goes rigid every time I see that beautiful Panther and Tiger II.
I'm part of The Gordon Highlanders ( doing the first world war Reenacting with the tank from war horse) Can I just say that was an amazing event!
very cool history. thank you for sharing all the things you are passionate about.
Amazing video on the museum.
I could have seen you, Jingles! It was a great event and worth travelling to see as a Tank Enthusiast.
Jingles, the Royal AF has its own C17s and they can carry a fully loaded combat ready M1A2 and that weighs almost twice as much as the Ajax. Plus the Ajax is the size of the Bradley fighting vehicle and those fit nicely within a C17
Thank you for sharing this with us Jingles, I loved the Canadian Leopard :)Cheers from Canada
Very entertaining. Thank you so much. I had a great-great uncle killed on 15 Sept, 1916 in the battle of Courcelette. He lies in the Pozieres cemetery.
I got to go into various tanks at my local museum. It was awesome. One of them was a t-49
Poor Jingles, he is so impressed by the sound of diesel engines that are about as as impressive as being at the entrance of the holding yard of a lorry delivery service. He will never have the thrill of standing upon the deck of a battleship as it lets loose with a full nine gun 16" broadside. Oh, how I miss that.
Thanks Jingles, that was great! Good to know your OK!
Jingles! The head of the miners has informed me that the prisoners are complain about the dullness of their pick axes. And the cook wants a promotion. And the minecart driver says he'll tell you the location of an escape route if you promote him to the TOG platoon.
Dear Jingles. Try to change the brightness settings of your camera manually when filming planes. Your cam is auto-adapting brightness to the sky, not the planes.
ahhh i love your humor jingles. Also, the engine sounds are awesome, thanks for cranking the volume up :D
As dearly as I love tanks....nevertheless I have to say that its crazy how much money, ressources etc. is invested to built new ones.
You have a masterpiece of mechanic and technoloy that is, usually, not designed to live very long because its meant to be used in war and as we all know, war is very destructive.
If all the knowledge thats used to built war material was used in a peaceful manner...
Real live legendary tanks *and* the lovely Rita, cool x 10!!
Even though the Ajax is big for a reconnaissance vehicle, it's designed to conduct active reconnaissance like the recon variant of the Bradley. It will go and search for the enemy and engage them to ascertain the composition, disposition, and strength of the enemy force. The Scorpion and Scimitar are designed for passive reconnaissance which is sitting, listening, and watching. The only time they use their weapon systems is for counter-reconnaissance against the enemies recon assets or for self defense when trying to bug out from an OP (observation point, not over powered :)).
the great sound of the Leo1, is because the exhaust exits are on their flanks. When you hear a leo in the woods or in a field it makes it very difficult to locate it. especially at night. It's very funny when we do night driving on the training ground with our leopard pionier, and Leguan when the infanterie is there as well.They never know from which side we are coming. so they always put on their lights out of fear of being overrun. :) :) :)
PS you should come to Belgium to visit the gunfire museum
Nice video Jingles. I got to see the MK IV at Horse Guards Parade next to the Challenger 2. It would be nice to see them live at one of these shows one day.
i have been in the Netherlands at the tank event for 100 years there also was the mk I from bovington and a guy from bovington
why is it never okay to point a gun at someone until its a 105 millimeter tank cannon
If I could choose, I would rather die from tank shell than bullet. Absolutely.
Dankecration hell yeah dude i guess thats why its not frowned upon
I'd rather have an experienced tank crew aim a 105 mm at me then some gunny aim a rifle at me. :^)
Because at that point there is really no place to argue...
go to North Korea, they execute people with a flak
The first tanks also didn't ave the typical armour that WWII tanks had. It was boiler plate and rivets. The rivets themselves could become pretty deadly projectiles and even the fumes and heat from the engine could disorient and possibly kill if the crew spent too long inside
Great video for those of us not able to go there.
Liked that they drove a Chiftain around, such a nice tank.
Bit of a shame they did not take their prized tank out, Tiger 131, as it's one of the most famed tanks of WW II, but I guess they can't run the Tiger at every event, but it should have for this one imho.
Jingles you should go to Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, they have U-boat 505 there and it's the only one of it's kind still existing today. I heartily recommend the trip as it is incredible to see and to be inside of it. Plus there's loads of other information about the Battle of the Atlantic and Warship related stuff. The rest of the museum is pretty cool too, They have a model ship hall you should also visit.
Damn I love the challenger 1 most beautiful tank ever in my opinion. It just has this more edgy modern look and even today you would believe it is a brand new machine. Also just love how it is 1 continuous slope from the hull to the top of the turret :)
I love the silhouette of a SMLE with bayonet fixed. For me it's the quintessential emblem of WW I. Got an Aussie Mk III* which is also celebrating her 100th this year.
Leopard 2C gets the ladies xD and enjoyed the video jingles ! Thx for filming all of it!
Bloody brilliant job as always Jingles, thank you very, very much for the hard work! But the real outcome or question this video raises is, "When can we have a serious talk to the gorgeous Rita about her choice of men!!
Clearly she needs a chatting, lmao!!!!
Thanks mate, cheers from downunder.
the leopard 1 is a very nice ride. i am rather tall, but i still could handle all pedals and get this thing over 60% slopes and through mudholes after 4min of briefing.
and yes we like them fast and sexy
And judging by its lack of armour, barely dressed :D
well leo 2 is properly dressed. with a free back. leo 1 doesnt have that much clothing
I was at the tank museum about six weeks ago it was great I would recommend a trip down
The acceleration on the Leopards, wow!! Now you see, if the British would just use turbocharged engines they too could have that power!
You make stronk video Jinkles!!! Keep up good work. (seriously thanks for another information packed fun video, Thanks to Rita for the guest appearances, I concur Tortoise FTW.
Hey jingles I have been in the Australian army's Abrams tank , and they started it as well they are so cool
I have got to get my arse down to bovington at some point...the curse of living up north...i feel a family camping weekend coming on!!
I happen to work in radio, and being in the US it's generally during work when I watch most of your videos. So, as a commercial production engineer, my studio is rather adequate for bass sounds. Just so happens as I was watching this, with the sound up and the door closed, and I had someone pop in wondering just what the hell I was listening to.
I can also hear what sounds like the distant rumble of thunder!
Tiger 2 looks so majestic!
hey jingles, have you ever thought of making a huge Q&A and answer the top 20 (or so) questions? (by making a poll or something).
PS: you are the funniest old man on youtube and your laugh makes baby kittens smile :)
Jingles. If you ever want to visit the West Coast of America, I would highly recommend going to the Flying Heritage Collection, it's a private collection of WORKING WW2 planes. They do many days were they fly them. The collection includes the last FW190 "Dora" in existence and many others
I was genuinely surprised with how fast the Leopard 2 moved. Was no expecting that.
I was there when this happened. I was standing below and a little bit to the left of the tower at 13:44
I could see little old Jingles on that hill. Too bad I never got a chance to speak with him cause I got distracted by the WW1 recreation after this :P
I am going to Tankfest after my final testweek of my school in 2 years hopefully.. I am SO exited to see the M24 Chaffee!! It's my favourite tank :)
I have bass built into my headset and when the leopard 1 passed I got a very nice head massage.
O btw Jingles conscription for the British was brought very late into world war one, Britain had the largest volunteer army ever known during World War 1 (And part of my history degree mainly focused around world war one and the development of the tank, so there are a few common misconceptions about the problems during world war 1).
Holy crap Jingles you dirty old man, well done keep it up.
You know, one of these days I hope that the US Army would offer up an Abrams to run around Bovington's ring. I remember back when I was a kid and seeing them tool around the range at Fort Knox on a Family Day for the old armor school. It really makes me mis the old Armor and Cavalry Museum (yeah I know, it got 'moved' to Georgia but they still haven't got any building set up for the collection)
My subwoofer smiles when the Leopards are driving arround ... :)
Hi jingles great footage of the tanks thank you, The Ajax is being built up the road from me in Ebbw Vale S Wales.
Seeing the AJAX and hearing about it's purpose reminds me of the movie "Pentagon Wars"
Centurion at 12:30 minutes is probably a Mark 10 or maybe a Mark 9.
The rear of the hull shows it's either a Mark 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 or 13 because it has a single gently sloped plate. The glacis doesn't show the lip (so the glacis has been thickened to 4.75 inches) that means it isn't a basic Mark 7 or 8 and can't be a Mark 7/1 or 8/1 because of the 105mm gun.
It doesn't have the ranging gun or IR spotlight so it can't be a Mk. 12 or 13. That leaves Mk 9 or 10. The shape of the gun mantle is difficult to see under the dust cover, but appears to be flat rather than curved, which would make it a Mark 10, the commanders cupola also appears to be rotatable which may confirm that.
ArmoredGaming Maybe, but am I wrong? :)
+ArmoredGaming how
And you're an idiot! Funny how the world works isn't it...
its either a mark 9 or 10 and if you look it has mounting rails on lower front plate so its a 105 AVRE
According to the museum's vehicle record, it's a Mark 12 converted into an AVRE 105.
Well, I have been to Ieper, few times and the Menem and Passendale region in Flanders as well, very impressive, makes you think ! ! !
Jingles you are making a deaf slightly aged man sentimental about the Leopard C2! And yes that beast is a hoot to drive.
Still got my Gordon Highlanders kilt and glen garry from my school pipe band.. 'Bydand'. Still want, need, to visit Delville Wood.. That battle is still commemorated here.
Thanks for an excellent video!
That Leopard 2 sounded like an airplane flying past o.o good god...love it
"They're tanks, after all, they're built to take more punishment than a curious seven-year-old can dish out..."
I think you underestimate the destructive power of a sufficiently determined seven year old :P