Well done, Lance. I don't think your criteria are all that silly, either. Experimentation, anticipating operational needs, and determining methods for incorporating new technologies have got to result in some dead-end results along the way. Your choices were representative of that process and I enjoyed learning about them.
Nothing like imitating and referencing the master🙂! It could have developed into a cargo carrier but the Weasel was developed during the war and effectively dominated that field for a decade or two.
What I really loved was how much I learned. Most of the other lists are made by people who are more or less specialized in just tanks, and contain mostly well known vehicles. But this one brought out obscure ones I'd never heard of.
I love it when guests take a different twist on the Top 5/Bottom 5 concept and The History Guy has never been just another historian so it fits perfectly.
BUT Its Monday. DAMN! No. It *really is* Tuesday. I remember because I play football on Tuesday and I still have my shorts on - Guess I lost a day along with my change of clothes. Yes please Matron, more custard - and don't spare the weasels this time!
@@THR33SIXX3MPYR That you imagine I am your brother in Christ might go some way to explaining why you are so literal minded 🙄 I *know* it was posted 11 days ago It carries a time marker [But glad you enjoyed the History Guy's excellent video - even if my humour didn't appeal]
I’d like to see a top/bottom five done by an artist or art historian based solely on aesthetics. What are the best and worst tanks by the criteria of visual design? It’s silly, but it would be interesting to look at it from that angle.
Ok, ok, I get it, but then there are tanks 2 through 5. Although it is not tracked, I have a fondness for the Daimler Ferret armored scout car. It’s a cubist sculpture on wheels.
Been a follower of THG for a long time. Glad the Tank Musuem invited him to "cross the pond" and stir some history American style! May we have more please sir? Cheers!
Really interesting episode, I really do enjoy the effort he puts into his shows. Thanks for having him back and hope everyone had a great time at Tank Fest. Charles
Great bottom 5 list, and each one had a great not-story to it. Timing is, indeed, everything in the case of these tanks. "A bunch of pie in the sky that never got baked" ... loved that expression.
"Despite that they invited me back " I almost choked on my coffee. Great opening. I regularly watch both channels and enjoy seeing the History Guy in the field.
History Guy and The Tank Museum. Oh boy, thank you! Plus his takes on his bottom five taught me a lot. Fun and informative. Keep em coming Tank Museum!
Radical departure from your usual format Lance - *Eminently watchable & highly informative as ever 'tho* Part of its charm is *exactly* because you highlighted Tanks which are intriguingly clever but hardly known to most folk. That BoarHound Armoured Car really impressed me BTW. Thanks
Most of the M103 Variants ended up with the US Marines as beach assault Gun fire support to block machine gun fire, wreck bunkers fast and shoot whatever was slowing the Grunts down. The ones in Europe operated in 3 tank Platoons as Rear overwatch fire support there were 72 in total assigned there.
Funny thing about M103 the US Army ones would be relocated to Fort Hood next to the Plum and Seek range. It was funny arguing about them and what they were. Then pulling out Janes and showing them what they were. Plus the Army never updated them the Marines would upgrade theirs.
My two favorite channels come together! Mister History Guy, I love your stories and your incredible knowledge of our history, and I appreciate those spats!
One of the reasons I love HG is he gets in to the nooks and crannies of history that have been largely overlooked and forgotten. Most of the history books, tv, and movies only show the big stories for much of my life. I love seeing exactly this kind of content.
My own personal No. 1 with this criteria would be the O-I, intended to be a bunker on tracks in Manchuria used by the Japanese. One prototype hull underwent maneuverability trials... and dug itself into the road surface that it was tested on. A single piece of track survives.
I am glad you visited Britain and the Tank Museum. If you come again and intend to give a lecture tour, please give us some advance notice. There are many British fans of THG who would willingly pay to hear you talk about any aspect of history you care to choose. That you were given access to the non-public areas shows the esteem you are held in. And if you were in Bovington drop into the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton. It is about 30 miles away. All the best.
Fantastic video. I love how The History Guy didn't just pick bad tanks. He stayed on theme and chose those with a forgotten story to tell. But can we talk about Lance's awesome wingtip shoes? They were almost the best part of the video!
As you said, the M103 was never used and are scattered around the US as displays. Three are within a 50 mile radius here in Ky: Radcliff, Greensburg and Campbellsville.
Awesome. Another history guy unique take on an aspect of history. I've seen a million videos about the tiger 1. Nice to see these oddball tanks, and get an idea about what goes on behind the main stage of history. Bravo!
I have never seen the "History Guy" talking about tanks. The jump suit and the bowtie and the shoes and spats were very interesting . As usual the History Guy amazes me. Carry on Sir!
The Panhard EBR and the Sd.Kfz. 234/2 have similar aesthetics. The EBR mounted turret variants of the AMX-13, and the Sd.Kfz 234/2 mounted a two man turret intended for the cancelled "Leopard" tank project.
Really love THG's Top and Bottom videos because he sees these from a very different point of view than the typical tank appreciator. In his love of a good story I'm only surprised he didn't find a way to relate any of these vehicles to piracy.
THG is probably the best historical YT channel. Videos aren't too long, he doesn't go over the same ground for 30 minutes that you'd understood after 1.
What a gem of man! Thanks so much for sharing amazing history that truly does deserve to be remembered! …And a shout out to your son, he was raised spectacularly by you and your wife. It is great that you have passed down your love of history to him, and are able to share a passion for history together, and share that history with the world on your guys podcast! Maybe I have missed it, but I would love to see him make his own channel as well, it is great to see young talent such as himself share his favourite stories from history with us all! If his fantastic storytelling on the podcast is anything to go by I’m sure his on camera stories would be just as fantastic! He has also done a fantastic job writing for you, he deserves all the love he is getting for his amazing work, and for the work ethic you have clearly instilled in him! I hope you two keep on living your passion, and sharing history with the world! I also really appreciate the fact you two tell interesting stories from all time periods, and subject matter! That’s one thing I really appreciate as it is never boring, and I’m always being exposed to parts of history I would never have dreamed of.
Only THG could carry off wearing a white shirt and cuff links under his smart coveralls, topped off with his trademark bow tie and some very snazzy shoes! Quite the example of sartorial elegance for climbing around on hunks of metal - careful THG or you’ll be seen as an eccentric Brit if you keep this up! Absolutely bloody marvellous in dress and delivery.
What I love about the tank museum is that i was standing behind the camera for number 1 and learning about that tank in person that I wouldn't have noticed due to it being my first time there shows how awesome this place is.
It's funny, I've been reading about projects like the T14 and Boarhound a bit lately, the American M7 tank (of which the turret was used for the Boarhound) and the Canadian Ram series of tanks fall under a similar category. Had they simply been completed a little earlier or under different circumstances they might have had their own service stories to tell. Now we can just speculate about them and I suppose in a way they are given notoriety in video games and other media.
You will notice from the markings on the M-103 that they did with it what the Army and Navy commonly did with things - (like the F7U Cutlass) that they didn't want - they gave it to the Marines ... The Marines were so underfunded that they pretty much took whatever they could get - and made it work. .
We used a number of the M-103 tanks as "hard targets". Shot to tiny little pieces in the 80s. We used the gun tubes from them as posts, cemented into the ground to keep people from smashing into the washracks. One of the stereo rangefinders was taken out by us and is currently whereabouts unknown.
There's a M103 on display at our local city park. It's an earlier model, with an air-cooled rather than the later liquid cooled engine. Quite impressive.
One of the "surviving" M-103 tanks is a park sentinel in Pioneer Park, Nacogdoches, TX. Came here out of a scrap yard in Longview, TX. In decent condition cosmetically. The British Contentious is very reminiscent of the US SPAT, which could easily have been substituted for it IMO.
I like your last comments a lot, which is, by my reckoning....'if you think you know tanks better than I do, then make a well researched video about them on this subject. Everybody on UA-cam is an expert, right? Until they have to back it up. Setting that aside, I always enjoy your videos. Thanks for your dedication to real history!
Surprise surprises ! What The History Guy can teach us. Up until recent when Russia claimed to take back Alaska, I being Canadian always thought Alaska was sold by Canada to US for our protection from our great neighbor of the south. That was a myth and I would love to hear more about this story behind the story of Alaska. Thank You Lance and to your whole team as well
Russia never really settled into Alaska and did not profit from it. The King of Russia thought it was a waste of money and sold Alaska to the US to get something out of it.
Well that was a lot of fun, and an interesting way to think about a 'bottom 5'. For a while I was concerned you were going to pick the Conqueror - which is number one on my personal list of Top Five Tanks!
Thanks, THG. I travel to the UK on occasion to visit family. I need to find my way to the Tank Museum. I'm a WoTB player and they do a decent job of replicating some of these tanks in the game.
I went to the tank museum at Fort Knox a few years ago. They had two WWI French tanks. They found them in a junkyard in Afghanistan. Nobody there knew how they got there.
Hey, Tank Fans! What do you think about 'The History Guys' Bottom 5? Let us know what yours would be and why.
I will just go along with the History Guy’s top five for now 😎
Thank you for uploading.
The bottom 5 are usually far more interesting.
The top 5 are usually the Tiger, M4, T34, maybe Churchill or Comet and then some
Really enjoyed this one; the approach was fresh and some vehicles rarely and seen and one I'd never even heard of!
I’d like to see you get James May to do one of these videos.
Well done, Lance. I don't think your criteria are all that silly, either. Experimentation, anticipating operational needs, and determining methods for incorporating new technologies have got to result in some dead-end results along the way. Your choices were representative of that process and I enjoyed learning about them.
I almost felt sorry for the first little tank, that was almost David Fletcher levels of savagery from the History Guy.
Nothing like imitating and referencing the master🙂! It could have developed into a cargo carrier but the Weasel was developed during the war and effectively dominated that field for a decade or two.
My monocle almost fell out.
But David is sooo good at slashing something, I watch his vids just for that! 🤣
You said David Fletcher. We Love Him!
Nich tank like the funny tanks used in the invasion and never seen again
I must say, this is actually one of the more interesting Top/Bottom 5 episodes. Interesting stories behind each of these.
Agree :)
Yup
or the lack of story
The bow tie goes to Bovington - excellent! Nice to see The History Guy joining the jury on best/worst tanks. A very enjoyable video.
What I really loved was how much I learned. Most of the other lists are made by people who are more or less specialized in just tanks, and contain mostly well known vehicles. But this one brought out obscure ones I'd never heard of.
Yea he puts his own spin on history,
Not just a big game hunter.
I love it when guests take a different twist on the Top 5/Bottom 5 concept and The History Guy has never been just another historian so it fits perfectly.
A double dose of The History Guy this morning? What a wonderful way to start my Friday
BUT Its Monday.
DAMN! No. It *really is* Tuesday. I remember because I play football on Tuesday and I still have my shorts on - Guess I lost a day along with my change of clothes.
Yes please Matron, more custard - and don't spare the weasels this time!
@@Farweasel my brother in Christ this video was uploaded 11 days ago
@@THR33SIXX3MPYR That you imagine I am your brother in Christ might go some way to explaining why you are so literal minded 🙄
I *know* it was posted 11 days ago It carries a time marker
[But glad you enjoyed the History Guy's excellent video - even if my humour didn't appeal]
@@Farweasel my brother in Christ, addressing someone first with "my brother in Christ" is a meme among the youth
I’d like to see a top/bottom five done by an artist or art historian based solely on aesthetics. What are the best and worst tanks by the criteria of visual design? It’s silly, but it would be interesting to look at it from that angle.
Panther all day 😍
@@jarraandyftm I was thinking exactly the same thing!!
@@paoloviti6156 great minds…
Best aesthetic tank? Panther. Jagdpanther if we count TDs.
Ok, ok, I get it, but then there are tanks 2 through 5.
Although it is not tracked, I have a fondness for the Daimler Ferret armored scout car. It’s a cubist sculpture on wheels.
Tanks for posting this video!
Been a follower of THG for a long time. Glad the Tank Musuem invited him to "cross the pond" and stir some history American style! May we have more please sir? Cheers!
same on both counts
Really interesting episode, I really do enjoy the effort he puts into his shows. Thanks for having him back and hope everyone had a great time at Tank Fest. Charles
I love how you can always hear the excitment and passion for history in his voice.
Bow tie, black coveralls, white spats. Pure History Guy. Gotta Love It.! Keep 'em Coming. I love these videos.
Lance Geiger, I have subscribed to History Guy for years and had no idea.
Great bottom 5 list, and each one had a great not-story to it. Timing is, indeed, everything in the case of these tanks.
"A bunch of pie in the sky that never got baked" ... loved that expression.
I laughed at that one so much that I wrote it down.
When he said "Pie in the sky..." I was wondering if he'd finish that it came out half-baked or overbaked, but not baked at all is most appropriate.
YEEEESS. My two FAVOURITE Channals, now in a crossover!!
"Despite that they invited me back " I almost choked on my coffee. Great opening. I regularly watch both channels and enjoy seeing the History Guy in the field.
History Guy AT LARGE! Excellent. As always. Thanks Tank Museum, for getting History Guy on your great show.
brilliant , History Guy at the Tank Museum
History Guy and The Tank Museum. Oh boy, thank you! Plus his takes on his bottom five taught me a lot. Fun and informative. Keep em coming Tank Museum!
Love it. The History Guy always has a great way of presenting interesting history.
The History Guy is amazing. He has an absolutely wonderful channel. Thank you for having him on your wonderful channel as well!
Best "Bottom Five" video yet. I think Lance put more thought into his selections than most have.
Radical departure from your usual format Lance - *Eminently watchable & highly informative as ever 'tho*
Part of its charm is *exactly* because you highlighted Tanks which are intriguingly clever but hardly known to most folk.
That BoarHound Armoured Car really impressed me BTW.
Thanks
It is impressive to stand on too- makes most armored cars seem like toys...
This was fantastic, Lance had more snark than he does on his own channel, and his reasoning is sound. This was a great video!
Nothing like a fantastic video on Tanks from The History Guy!!
Love the channel, great work as always! we appreciate everything the tank museum does.
Most of the M103 Variants ended up with the US Marines as beach assault Gun fire support to block machine gun fire, wreck bunkers fast and shoot whatever was slowing the Grunts down. The ones in Europe operated in 3 tank Platoons as Rear overwatch fire support there were 72 in total assigned there.
Funny thing about M103 the US Army ones would be relocated to Fort Hood next to the Plum and Seek range. It was funny arguing about them and what they were. Then pulling out Janes and showing them what they were. Plus the Army never updated them the Marines would upgrade theirs.
Coveralls and spectator shoes...bold style choice!
Great advert for the tank museum, as always The History Guy's quirky choice of topics and delivery make for entertaining viewing. 👍
An extremely interesting Bottom 5 tanks, some of which I was aware of, others were new to me. Also such a great criteria for selection. Well done.
Tanks for your pick’s, love of armor and history
Thank you Lance once again for another great video
My two favorite channels come together!
Mister History Guy, I love your stories and your incredible knowledge of our history, and I appreciate those spats!
"A bunch of pie in the sky that never got baked." Excellent!
One of the reasons I love HG is he gets in to the nooks and crannies of history that have been largely overlooked and forgotten. Most of the history books, tv, and movies only show the big stories for much of my life. I love seeing exactly this kind of content.
My own personal No. 1 with this criteria would be the O-I, intended to be a bunker on tracks in Manchuria used by the Japanese. One prototype hull underwent maneuverability trials... and dug itself into the road surface that it was tested on. A single piece of track survives.
There is also an amusing anecdote about the testing team trying to test run the chassis in a small town at night.
Great video! And always great to hear from Mr. G!
I am glad you visited Britain and the Tank Museum. If you come again and intend to give a lecture tour, please give us some advance notice. There are many British fans of THG who would willingly pay to hear you talk about any aspect of history you care to choose.
That you were given access to the non-public areas shows the esteem you are held in. And if you were in Bovington drop into the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton. It is about 30 miles away.
All the best.
Thank you! I did also speak at Tank fest, and we did try to advertise as best we could. I would be overjoyed to be invited back!
Fantastic video. I love how The History Guy didn't just pick bad tanks. He stayed on theme and chose those with a forgotten story to tell. But can we talk about Lance's awesome wingtip shoes? They were almost the best part of the video!
Excellent choices in the bottom 5 tanks! Thanks for sharing this.
Love THG, so glad to see him back on the channel. Fascinating choices, mostly new to me
As always History Guy, This was interesting, enlightening and entertaining. Thanks
As soon as I saw "The History Guy" in the title I knew this video was going to be informative and entertaining.
Fascinating- I love it when presenters make their own criteria. I see I have to check out this guy's channel too...
As you said, the M103 was never used and are scattered around the US as displays. Three are within a 50 mile radius here in Ky: Radcliff, Greensburg and Campbellsville.
Very thoughtful way of evaluating tanks. I would just go by mobility, protection, and firepower.
How many times do you want to see TOG as a bottom 5.
Great video! I love the History Guy. Thank you for bringing to life these lesser known tanks!
Excellent! That was a very creative set of criteria Mr. History Guy came up with, and his presentation was (as usual) superb.
Awesome. Another history guy unique take on an aspect of history. I've seen a million videos about the tiger 1. Nice to see these oddball tanks, and get an idea about what goes on behind the main stage of history. Bravo!
I have never seen the
"History Guy" talking about tanks.
The jump suit and the bowtie and the shoes and spats were very interesting .
As usual the History Guy amazes me.
Carry on Sir!
Two greats, working together, just great!
The boardhound really is unique.
I've never seen a car with a tank turret before, but I love the aesthetic.
The Panhard EBR and the Sd.Kfz. 234/2 have similar aesthetics. The EBR mounted turret variants of the AMX-13, and the Sd.Kfz 234/2 mounted a two man turret intended for the cancelled "Leopard" tank project.
Geez. I do so love your enthusiasm
History Guy delivers without a teleprompt :-)
Very well done History Guy. You were right on with all your reviews.
St. Louis in the house, love ya History Guy
Really love THG's Top and Bottom videos because he sees these from a very different point of view than the typical tank appreciator. In his love of a good story I'm only surprised he didn't find a way to relate any of these vehicles to piracy.
THG is probably the best historical YT channel. Videos aren't too long, he doesn't go over the same ground for 30 minutes that you'd understood after 1.
No doubt! I've been a fan since forever, love the guy's channel.
Him and Dr.Felton
What a gem of man! Thanks so much for sharing amazing history that truly does deserve to be remembered!
…And a shout out to your son, he was raised spectacularly by you and your wife. It is great that you have passed down your love of history to him, and are able to share a passion for history together, and share that history with the world on your guys podcast!
Maybe I have missed it, but I would love to see him make his own channel as well, it is great to see young talent such as himself share his favourite stories from history with us all! If his fantastic storytelling on the podcast is anything to go by I’m sure his on camera stories would be just as fantastic! He has also done a fantastic job writing for you, he deserves all the love he is getting for his amazing work, and for the work ethic you have clearly instilled in him!
I hope you two keep on living your passion, and sharing history with the world! I also really appreciate the fact you two tell interesting stories from all time periods, and subject matter! That’s one thing I really appreciate as it is never boring, and I’m always being exposed to parts of history I would never have dreamed of.
Two top channels get together.
I enjoyed this video. Always like hearing from The History Guy
I love your criteria for these videos sir. You approach it completely different from everyone else who has done them.
Another entertaining and genuinely interesting look at history, thanks Lance. 😉👍🏻
Not at all the ones I was expecting, but I like the video. A nice, refreshing, take on the list.
Thoroughly enjoyed this one, just like everything else by the History Guy.
Only THG could carry off wearing a white shirt and cuff links under his smart coveralls, topped off with his trademark bow tie and some very snazzy shoes! Quite the example of sartorial elegance for climbing around on hunks of metal - careful THG or you’ll be seen as an eccentric Brit if you keep this up!
Absolutely bloody marvellous in dress and delivery.
What I love about the tank museum is that i was standing behind the camera for number 1 and learning about that tank in person that I wouldn't have noticed due to it being my first time there shows how awesome this place is.
It's funny, I've been reading about projects like the T14 and Boarhound a bit lately, the American M7 tank (of which the turret was used for the Boarhound) and the Canadian Ram series of tanks fall under a similar category. Had they simply been completed a little earlier or under different circumstances they might have had their own service stories to tell. Now we can just speculate about them and I suppose in a way they are given notoriety in video games and other media.
You will notice from the markings on the M-103 that they did with it what the Army and Navy commonly did with things - (like the F7U Cutlass) that they didn't want - they gave it to the Marines ... The Marines were so underfunded that they pretty much took whatever they could get - and made it work.
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Always interesting, thank you.
You always bring something good to the table. Thank you again.
I have a new insult added to my collection,,, "Pathetic Little Guppy"!! cant wait to use it :D . Thank you HG and the Tank museum.
great to see someone talk about some different machines from a different angle
The entire look and name of the boarhouhnd is peak GI Joe. I love it.
History rules and so does the History Guy!
Thank you - great presentation. Appreciate you coming back 😃
This is great! Thanks histoiry guy!
This was super-enjoyable and delightfully informatiive-
This has to be the most entertaining vid I've watched on UA-cam for a while.
Thanks!
When THG got to #1 I thought "looks like a British version of the Ontos concept." Then he called it a "Thing."
Great job History Guy!
Always a treat to see the history guy! =)
We used a number of the M-103 tanks as "hard targets". Shot to tiny little pieces in the 80s. We used the gun tubes from them as posts, cemented into the ground to keep people from smashing into the washracks. One of the stereo rangefinders was taken out by us and is currently whereabouts unknown.
The "Contentious" prototype looks like the offspring from one wild night between a Universal Carrier and an S-tank.
There's a M103 on display at our local city park. It's an earlier model, with an air-cooled rather than the later liquid cooled engine. Quite impressive.
They certainly are intimidating. One upside of their limited service is that many were well-preserved as gate guards.
One of the "surviving" M-103 tanks is a park sentinel in Pioneer Park, Nacogdoches, TX. Came here out of a scrap yard in Longview, TX. In decent condition cosmetically.
The British Contentious is very reminiscent of the US SPAT, which could easily have been substituted for it IMO.
Brilliant mix..
Thanks Lance for (in so many words) telling us why you shouldn't bring knives to a gunfight!
Lance , you have the Coolest Job ! I love every single one of your episodes , please make more !
glad to see History Guy collab on another history oriented channel!
Hey Lance, Tanks a Lot!
I was hoping that you were going to say, "Yes, my bottom 5 tanks went nowhere, but still, deserve to be remembered."
I like your last comments a lot, which is, by my reckoning....'if you think you know tanks better than I do, then make a well researched video about them on this subject. Everybody on UA-cam is an expert, right? Until they have to back it up. Setting that aside, I always enjoy your videos. Thanks for your dedication to real history!
Surprise surprises ! What The History Guy can teach us. Up until recent when Russia claimed to take back Alaska, I being Canadian always thought Alaska was sold by Canada to US for our protection from our great neighbor of the south. That was a myth and I would love to hear more about this story behind the story of Alaska. Thank You Lance and to your whole team as well
Russia never really settled into Alaska and did not profit from it. The King of Russia thought it was a waste of money and sold Alaska to the US to get something out of it.
Russia sold Alaska to the US because they feared they couldn’t protect it from Britain.
Love the History Guy's shoes.
Well that was a lot of fun, and an interesting way to think about a 'bottom 5'. For a while I was concerned you were going to pick the Conqueror - which is number one on my personal list of Top Five Tanks!
Sure has an interesting profile.
Really enjoyed this run through - very unique and all the better for it!!
One step closer to a History Guy, Chieftain team up.
Maybe Chieftan could get him drunk.
Thanks, THG. I travel to the UK on occasion to visit family. I need to find my way to the Tank Museum. I'm a WoTB player and they do a decent job of replicating some of these tanks in the game.
I went to the tank museum at Fort Knox a few years ago. They had two WWI French tanks. They found them in a junkyard in Afghanistan. Nobody there knew how they got there.