На Т-34 и другие русские танки обязательно нужно надевать танковый гермошлем чтобы сохранить голову от ударов об броню и иметь связь со своим экипажем. 😂😂😂
@@user-mx2sv1xq2iThat’s because the Soviet tank crews were smart. Similarly the Americans wore helmets also. There is no getting over ramming your head into a bolt’s head.
I served in the East-German army from 1983-1986 as a T55 commander. Since the engine and the drive train system of both are similar here is some advise: 1. You need urgently to align the mechanical rod system transferring the gear shifters positions into the gear box. Check a manual if you have. Readjust after a test drive. Yes, gear shifting is hard but certainly not like this. If you pull the gear stick into a position while the tank is in stop, and there is no screeching noise, then the transfer mechanism is not properly adjusted or the clutch is not 100% disengaged. Therefore check also next step. 2. Before adjusting the mechanism make sure the main clutch disengages 100%, otherwise you will never switch the gearbox smoothly (by Soviet terms). Rule of the thumb: Heavy to operate but without a screeching noise, then clutch, transfer mechanism and gearbox is properly adjusted. Remember, there is no synchro-mech, so you need always to double clutch. Driving the beast is hard work but if everything is mechanically sound also smooth. Make sure, your left foot always stomps the pedal all the way when trying to move the gear shifter. If not, you cannot change the gears (clutch is not disengaged properly). 3. Never ever start the T34 with the main clutch. Here is how it works: - Put in 2nd gear (very heavy load or terrain 1st gear) by pressing the main clutch and engine in idle. - Then pull the steering levers into stop (!!) position and release the clutch and have the engine a bit more gas (Diesel). The tank now still won't move because the two planet gears are holding it back while spinning internally. The whole tank probably will vibrate. Of course, you should not stop like this for too long to avoid overheating. So quickly.... - Now release both steering levers simultaneously slowly into Pos. 1 (planet gears are at 1:2 ratio), and let the engine rev up in this position to accelerate. - and then push the levers again slowly into pos. 2 (1:1 ratio) all the way forward. Tank rolls with enough momentum to run steadily. - Before switching into next upper gear, always accelerate to the full (pedal to the metal until max. rev), you need the tanks mass momentum to change the gear. Whenever possible, this even applies if you want to switch gears down (let's say to dive into a tank ditch). Here is the reminder: If you use the main clutch to drive off, it will very soon wear off and cause exactly this kind of gear-switching problems or keeps slipping constantly. Any T34 and a T54/55 must be driven off with the steering levers - NEVER with the main clutch. The main clutch is only for shifting the gears. 4. If you use the main clutch to drive off under heavy load like towing, climbing etc. you might wreck it with a very few attempts. The T55 drive train system was based on the T34 but already improved, so what applies to the T55 will certainly apply for the T34. Here is the tactical combat rule of thumb for the gears (similar to old-fashion truck designs of the 1930s/40s, from where the USSR designers copied / enlarged the drive train system): 1st gear: Only for towing, climbing and very heavy terrain 2nd gear: to drive off and for attack with accompanying infantry on your side 3rd gear: to attack with tanks only (without infantry walking side by side) 4th gear: long-distance march in light terrain or roads 5th gear: (some very late T34s had such): long-distance march on more or less flat roads This rule of thumb applies to a T54/55 too, with 2nd gear also being used for crossing rivers under water (like I did many times). PS: Seeing the temp gauge at 120 dgr. C is also not helping your tank: keep both reasonable warm, oil and water. And yes, always wear a helmet, head injuries are not nice but for certain if you don't. Hope, I could help a bit. Merry Christmas and Peace! from Dresden / Germany
I couldn’t stop laughing when Kurt tried to get into 1st gear on the T-34. It’s exactly the way it was always described: use full strength and it’s still not enough. Can you imagine driving this thing for hours, in the heat of the battle?
Ehhhhhhhh while this is true to the extent and OG T-34 had pneumatic servos to lighten the load (which had issues with air density changing during the winter thus having different parameters) russian museum ones are seemingly easier to drive. From engineering standpoint this was caused by them using a dry multidisc steel on steel clutch packs (more than 18! discs BTW) which are historically always had been a nightmare to properly calibrate.
@65cj55 well if the complete tank would have been built too the specs of the design YES but the Soviet industrial complex especially in the WWII era was known too not really give a damm f about so NO it is historically accurate the saying that the tank driver is identified by the slag hammer for the gear lever didn't just pup out of no way
I mean it's an 80 or so year old tank that was originally expected to work for 700 or so kilometers before failure and was not meant to be mended like something reusable. They do not have access to spare parts and it had steering issues and loose tracks. My grand grand father was a t34 driver in the Polish peoples Army. He fought in Pomerania and at Berlin. He was a thin, small dude, 168cm tall. 17 years old when he enlisted. Which was part of the reason they chose him to crew a t34. And he said that the t34 sometimes had trouble getting into gear but usually it didn't require yanking on the shifter, they went into gear quite easily. And steering did require manhandling but nothing like full force. If that started to happen, they immediately reported it, the tank was recalled into the battalion's rear repair depot and the whole transmission and linkage was replaced. They didn't bother with repairing it, just installed a new one. This happened twice or trice over his time during the war. He ended up with the rank of Chorąży (mix of OR-09 and OF-01) by the end of the war, and was a platoon leader at 18-19 years of age. After the war he stayed in the army and was an instructor for t55 drivers, and was designated by the command for higher education so he was allowed to become an actual officer/ Ultimately he reached a rank of Major.
Thanks for the story! And that's always been my gut feeling as well, that gear shifting and braking were probably much better when they were new, brake liners in good condition, clutch properly adjusted etc.
All the BT and T-34 tank drivers had a wooden mallet at hand to unstick the gear lever, it happened sooner rather than later. Steering levers also weren't easy, that's a lot of linkage to a rather primitive system. T-55 are supposed be much easier to drive but just as jerky.
@anderoo9260 I've heard from multiple sources that the T34 was known to be extremely difficult to change gears, even at the time. It is infamous for it. I am not saying that your Grandfather was lying or wrong, maybe his T34 had less issues than most. T34 quality varied a lot from factory to factory so maybe he had one of the better ones.
Kinda sad....your dad fought same people who invaded Poland in 1939 massacred thousand of Poles in Katyn and was part of a puppet regime that subjugated the Poles after the war. Was part of a r Not sure I would be proud of that, even if he was 17 when he joined and drove T34s.
@@ellagrant6190 my great grandpa was driving a t34-85. It was 1944-1945, not a regular t34-76. The 76s were almost never used in the polish army, maybe upon formation in the very beginning in 1943 but the equipment turn over rate was very fast. Unfortunately usually with the crews.. T34-85 introduced synchronisers to the transmission. It was much better with the whole shifting force. I suspect that was where the "quite easily" came from.
I think the track could need a lot of lubing to get it flexible again. The three segments were completely stiff, and I think that when the tank drove and you saw the first roadwheel lifting up again and again could also have been the stiff track. Maybe just undoing the track, rolling it up and laying it out flat again a few times would do the trick. Should not be a big problem, the track pins have no securing pins, they are shoved back by a ramp in when coming off the idler wheel at the back. I imagine the germans that transported their Tiger tanks by train whenever possible, and each time you had to mount the narrow transport tracks (and take off the mudguards) and then the wide tracks back on again. It cannot have taken too much time, too dangerous.
As you know the Chieftain, you probably know all this.
My uncle drove Panther tanks on the Eastern Front, and got knocked out once (maybe by a T-34), killing gunner and commander. The rest fled and returned to the command post - as they tank was still driveable, they ordered him to crawl back and drive the tank from the battlefield. It is somewhat weird that I belong to the generation whose direct forefathers were involved in the war. Most here talk about their grand- or great-grandfathers. My father was to hold up the approaching russian tanks in Schlesia in the Volkssturm, but when they came, like the others beside him he let his Panzerfaust be Panzerfaust and ran. He got a great 2 days belated 18th birthday present - the capitulation.
@TheSpylight unfortunately not. The majority of us were too slow to react, but some people did video it. I just got the video of hime exoting the tank looking very dumbfounded in front of all the officials. The worst thing was he drove into it, stopped, and instead of reversing, he drove forward again, stopped, and then once again drove over it. The 88 survived very well, considering he was driving a late model Russian tank. Apparently, the excuse was that he had never driven one of these before.
I knew someone would beat me here with a similar comment! I was thinking, "I'm Kurt from Aus Armour and welcome to "Breaking Tracks Tuesday", followed by, "Next time, we'll be covering repairing vintage T-34 drive trains...". I know I'm not the only one feeling the dread and tension vicariously with Kurt. I know why he was sweating, and it wasn't the heat! 😅 Very glad it all worked out for you Kurt, keep up the great work! 🎉
When Kurt said he would "dive" in, I pictured head first. I was both disappointed and happy that he didn't dive in the way I pictured. A very Merry Christmas to you, your families & subscribers.
Less winded, perhaps. relaxed? I don't know, he kept checking gages nervously and was really baby handling the tank, which he said so himself. With the t34 he had to use a lot of strength, but was much more happy about the feeling he got for the experience. also keep in mind that the t34 he was driving had steering issues which explain the excessive force needed to steer it. Especially right. And also it had loose tracks which ended with that little issue they had- not his fault.
I would say that the Tiger was the easiest to steer as it had a steering wheel instead of levers and the gearbox was semi-automatic. But you had to pay more attention to the engine revs because of the high weight
11:02 - он не отжимает предохранительную планку, которая прикрывает его мизинцы, эта планка наверняка ослабляет рычаг переключения передач и он готов к переключению ... то есть, он, по сути, сломал предохраняющий механизм рычага, чтобы переключить передачу🤣🤣🤣сила есть, ума не надо! 😹👏👏👏
I could only imagine what soldiers felt as they heard those tracks coming their way. Just a reminder that this equipment had a purpose. Very surreal experience.
we had to train exiting tank via the emergency hatch under the driver seat (T-72), the tank was driving. One of the most terrifying experiences in my life, more then jumping out of plane or being shot in body armor in combat.
It's hilarious. The subtitles say "Music" when tanks are moving and when Steve was trying to get the T34 moving again with all of his strength, it said "Applause". :)))))
Merry Christmas guys. My grandfather was an Alpino who fought with the Italian partisans in WWII. He conducted intelligence, counterintelligence and espionage operations behind enemy lines. I grew up without a father so he was my whole world. It was because of him I developed an interest in militaria, particularly WWII. I even joined the Australian Army in the infantry because of him. I lost him quite a few years ago and I still miss him every day. Particularly at Christmas. I feel closest to him when I’m watching stuff related to WWII. Thanks for helping to bring back so many great memories.
And they both weight nearly the same! Yeah two very contrasting building and design philosofies behind those two tanks, but they're both beautiful in their own way. One boxy, all vertical surfaces, the other one all sleek inclined planes
I have seen some "internet experts" say that the Soviets did not care about the comfort of their soldiers, but it looks like there is much more space inside the T-34 than in it's German counterpart. In Panzer IV you get almost claustrophobic just from watching! :)
Have you seen a different video? The T34 looks way more cramped inside that the Panzer IV. Take the Hatch for example. In the Panzer IV the Hatch is above his head and opend. The Hull Gunner has his own hatch. In the T34 you only have one Hatch in the front for both. Also os the Hull Gunner in the T34 right next to the drivers Elbow. In the Panzer IV they are seperated by the instruments. If you ever have the chance to have a view in both take the chance, you will clearly see the benefits of the spacing in the Panzer IV.
Comfort does not depend on the size, especially if the tankers are deliberately small in stature, but on how easy it is to control, how much effort is required, how easily the tank responds to control, how hot or cold it is inside, how good the view from inside the tank is, how easy it is to evacuate from the tank. Considering that they took short people there, they did not have as much strength as huge musclemen. And after a couple of hours, the driver was probably already exhausted. The fact that they were able to drive for 5 years, and even actively participate in battles - this is a huge miracle.
Ich verstehe nicht, wieso es dauernd dieses kindische "das war besser als das" sein muss 😂. Beide hatten ihre Vor und Nachteile. Der deutsche Panzer und der T 34 unseres russischen Freundes.
Best video ever! Thanks Steve for teaching us how to drive these classic WW2 tanks, er I mean teaching Kurt, yes teaching Kurt to drive em'. Hope there's more like this.
This is the secret of the T-34 armor, it was relatively light and mobile, but it could not be penetrated by Nazi cannon shells due to the rational angle of the armor, it doubled in thickness. The Nazis tried to repeat this trick in the Panther tank, but they were too late, the USSR used 152 mm guns. in the SU-152 and ISU-152 self-propelled guns, they penetrated everything.
Was ein oberflächlicher Kommentar. Der T 34 hat "keinen Krieg gewonnen" und seine Panzerungsdicke war auch nicht ausschlaggebend. Lustig: sie hätten den Krieg auch ganz ohne T34 gewonnen.
Read about rational angles of armor plate slopes, if you are interested. T-34 is one of the first tanks where it was constantly used. Due to this, even not very thick armor became effective. Plus, it reduced the weight of the tank, which increased speed and cross-country ability.
This is frigging AWESOME! Looks like this early T-34-76 first model with early BT style caterpillar tracks... later model had a mud self cleaning waffle pattern tracks.
Great work guys! My dad was a Tank Commander of a Mk 4 Sherman, Powered with the mighty Ford GAA V8 18 liter engine, with the 20th Armored Regiment of the NZ Army in Italy in WW2. The Sherman was a great tank to drive and command!
Для управления хороший, а для войны не подходящий. В России шерманы до сих пор из болот достают, потому что пойти на нем в бой это верная смерть. Слабая броня, узкие гусеницы, высокий, пушка слабая. Поэтому их просто топили в ближайшем болоте.
Excellent video! Thanks to all for giving us this driving experience. From initial nervousness, through the grinning Steve to the final elation! Very informative to see the 2 tanks compared.
@@SMGJohn The USSR lost 4 x as many tanks as we did. Ofcourse the life expancy of a german tanker was higher. Look at a list of the tank aces of WW2. Do you think they could rack up 200-300 kills if they would die as quickly as you made it up?
@@peterlustig6888 When you are constantly on the attack, you are always gonna loose a lot more then those who are dug in, thats warfare 101, its not a video game Timmy, you ought to realise that the real world is far more brutal in combat than those video games you play. The German tank aces were infamous for bloating their own numbers, and were already disproven in the 1950s, unless of course you really love the Germans, in that case you have other problems to worry about.
"hi im kurt from oz armor and welcome to my tanker initiation!" well don kurt! reminds me of learning to drive a stick shift combined with learning to operate a bobcat.
This was so cool to watch. I remember my first day I drove a tank in armor school (M1A2 SEP V2) and it was the best time I've had. Hope you had fun driving Kurt! I couldn't imagine how complicated it would have been back then, but I would assume the grin would be no less bigger
The Panzer IV had been our "Huricane fighter on the ground" at all frontlines. Reliable, doing quiet well. I had the honor as a young car mechanic apprentise in Mercedes-Benz dealer workshop in Hamburg in 1976 to join a master mechanic who showed me how to rebuilt marine diesel engines. He had been tank driver in the battle of Kursk. He had been the only surviver two times when their Panzer iV whre hit and destroyed. In his thrid Panzer IV in Kursk he joined a new crew with a very special commander and attitude of a wild west gunslinger. This time this tank and crew where not on the receiving side.
I was lucky enough to drive an Australian Army Leopard 1 at Monegeetta Proving Ground back in 1992. Amazing experience! I would give my eye teeth to drive a WW2-era armoured vehicle.
Soviet tanks were repaired in the open air, with a tarpaulin pulled over three logs tied together like a house and a blowtorch turned on in the tent even in severe frosts. By morning, having cleaned them of blood, welded up the holes, filled them with oil, fuel and ammunition, very young tank crews, 18-year-old snot-nosed kids, went into battle against the fascists and broke the back of the Nazis! And German tanks had to be taken to Europe for repairs, changing the tracks to transport ones, so that the tank would fit on a railway platform and it would be out of action for six months. That's the whole difference.
Yes, the fascists lost. And as every year goes by we realise what disaster that was. And no, I've never heard of German tanks having 6 month turn arounds back in Germany. As you must know tanks were never driven long distances like that, its all on the backs of trucks and trains. Just like today.
After 1943, due to massive air strikes on Germany's military industry, the time required to repair military equipment increased significantly, as did the time required to transport it from the battlefield to Europe and back.
@ I absolutely fully agree that German tanks, like other military equipment of that era, are an absolute triumph of engineering thought and from the point of view of comfort and convenience of the crew were undoubtedly the best tanks, but the task of a tank, as if it did not sound cynical, is to kill and be as simple as possible, both in use and in repair, and German tanks, despite their bulkiness and too high technology. They did not give in to repairs in field conditions in any case. Also, replacing the tracks of the field with transport ones also adds.
@@geraldcalderone5228-x2p And in regards to German cars, this is pure marketing. They now earn mainly not from sales, but from service. You should not be able to do repairs at home, otherwise top managers will not receive bonuses with six zeros.🤣
How wonderful to see Kurt out there catching some rays. 🌞 Recon he'll get a Tan ? What an amazing perk of the job to get a chance at driving these iconic Tanks. Have a good one.🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
Т34 был очень маневренным, не самым удобным внутри но это война, а не прогулка! Неприхотливый, быстрый и смертоносный танк! Первые его прототипы в 41 опережали немецкие танки во времени но их было не много, как и КВ. Но немецкие инженеры конечно крутые ребята и быстро выпустили, одни из эталонных танков того времени!
Nice video. A friendly guy (ethnic German from Hungary) who tiled the cellar in our house in the late eighties was in the Waffen SS during the war. I had a long chat with him about the war. He always said that the T-34 was a “modern” tank that he was jealous of. But you could easily destroy it by firing at the fuel tank.
This is an early model of the T-34. With a single hatch in the tower. A rare car. Unfortunately, I can see that the tank is not undergoing proper maintenance. It can be seen that the tension of the track is not adjusted. "Tankers". they don't know how to use levers properly. It seems that their task is to break something. Yes, for those. who says that the T-34 is not a convenient car. "Panther" is also inconvenient, although it was created later in Germany. In general, the task of a tank is not to provide comfort, but to fulfill a combat mission. Yes, you must complete the combat mission set by the commander, even at the cost of your life. And if you are still alive after the battle, then this is happiness! You know, when I served in the army, I was 18-19 years old and the UAZ-469 army jeep was the height of comfort for me, because there was a stove! Now I have a big expensive car, and I constantly find some flaws in it. And when I was 18 years old, I was ready to ride standing in the back of a truck, rather than walk 17 kilometers to a position in the rain and stormy wind in my face.
Both engines have very distinctive sounds, but the T-34 is much louder and would definitely alert defenders that enemy tanks were coming. The T-34 seemed to be more clunky and difficult to steer and driving it with the drivers hatch open is a cheat compared to driving the panzer using only the drivers slit is not a fair comparison. But still a thumbs up for the effort and the museum for having operable historical equipment. 👍👍💯❤
Hello. My dad was a driver of the T34/85 and T-54 tanks in the mid-1960s. He told me that the radio operator sitting next to him helped him change gears. He always had fond memories of driving the T-34.
Thanks for this. I can't recall ever seeing a Panzer IV being driven. Loved the tutorial on operating both. I recall being told the Soviets would keep a hammer handy to effect transmission shifts.
Well Curt, it was almost a lump of coal in your stocking for Christmas ... LOL ... what an experience, but that it the most fun of any restoration, playing with it! May you all have a Blessed Christmas and joyful New Year.
Me watching two guys getting a heatstroke while im under double blankets in a ~17C room, we truly live in a society lol. Also loved to see you struggle with that notorious t34 gearbox.
It's about time Kurt got to drive some tanks as a reward for his great efforts, at making the weekly workshop Wednesday videos. Merry Christmas guys and hope to get up to Cairns this winter to see the collection.
One off the few nice things about the T34 and subsequent vehicles was that the oil sprayed on to the exhaust system for a smoke screen was funamentally an optional extra. If it was moving it was making smoke.
He was supposed to press the smaller safety lever to change the gear at 11:02. Yet instead he used all his strength to override it and probably broke the safety mechanism. You were saying?
What a treat, and on a Tuesday in my part of the world. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Really looking forward to watching fireworks from what I assume is the Sydney bridge.
So - German Equipment needs a delicate touch; Russian Gear requires Soviet Hammer? Got it! I'm sure there are a few Russian Tankers out there smiling right now, eh? Kudos, & Respect
Спасибо за видео. Спасибо за бережное отношение к нашему Т-34. Пока я смотрел этот ролик, я каждый раз останавливался, чтобы несколько раз посмотреть. Я представлял своего пра-пра-деда. Который воевал на таком танке. Он был механик-водитель, и погиб в июле 1943 года в танковом сражении под Прохоровкой, "Курская битва". Только представьте, что 700 танков немецкой дивизии и 793 танков красной армии, был встречный танковый бой, на небольшом поле. Вот что рассказывал очевидец: "… Стоял такой грохот, что перепонки давило, кровь текла из ушей. Сплошной рев моторов, лязганье металла, грохот, взрывы снарядов, дикий скрежет разрываемого железа… От выстрелов в упор сворачивало башни, скручивало орудия, лопалась броня, взрывались танки. От выстрелов в бензобаки танки мгновенно вспыхивали. Открывались люки, и танковые экипажи пытались выбраться наружу. Я видел молодого лейтенанта, наполовину сгоревшего, повисшего на броне. Раненый, он не мог выбраться из люка. Так и погиб. Не было никого рядом, чтобы помочь ему. Мы потеряли ощущение времени, не чувствовали ни жажды, ни зноя, ни даже ударов в тесной кабине танка. Одна мысль, одно стремление - пока жив, бей врага. Наши танкисты, выбравшиеся из своих разбитых машин, искали на поле вражеские экипажи, тоже оставшиеся без техники, и били их из пистолетов, схватывались врукопашную. Помню капитана, который в каком-то исступлении забрался на броню подбитого немецкого «тигра» и бил автоматом по люку, чтобы «выкурить» оттуда гитлеровцев. Помню, как отважно действовал командир танковой роты Черторижский. Он подбил вражеский «тигр», но и сам был подбит. Выскочив из машины, танкисты потушили огонь. И снова пошли в бой." Они сражались за свою страну, за свою Родину. Они погибали молодыми ребятами. Они вели себя достойно. Мы храним медаль "За отвагу". Которую вручили ему посмертно, после окончания войны. И мне не важно, что вы думаете про мою страну. Я знаю, кто победил в той войне.
Great Seasonal video! If "Die Hard" can be a Christmas movie, ........? Loved the "temperature reports as the session progressed; good-old North Queensland! Beautiful one day: Torn apart by floods and cyclones, the next! Track stretch or running gear needs adjustment? Maybe one for the New Year.
Good job Kurt, you're so lucky to work at a job like this and get to drive these classics. I've driven the current M113AS4's which are a doddle, but these old things are a completely different game, well done, a great lifetime experience.
I had an away day driving tanks on an obstacle course. I selected a Scorpion for the first ride which a treat to drive. Then a Chieftain. The controls were relatively easy and the most impressive thing was the sheer weight of the machine. You feel unstoppable.
Amazing fun video to watch! And what a dream to drive those vehicles! Funny thing to see the difference of the smoothly running german panzer vs the rough Sovjet T34
Yeah, and then consider that the one they have there is not an average WW2 quality one. The average T-34 during WW2 was much worse. Especially the ones produced in factory 183. They were known for producing tanks with gunner sights that used polished metal for reflective surfaces instead of mirrors which made it virtually impossible to aim properly, not putting any rubber on the road wheels making for a very bad ride and top speed and for heat treating every bit of metal on the tank to an absurd degree. Meaning the metal was so hard it would shatter at the welds or spall when hit and making it so the transmission could shatter whilst driving since they even heat treated the metal used for that to an absurd degree. The design was pretty decent, but none of the tanks that saw battle during ww2 were produced to the quality intended in the design.
@@kartoitska8944 Yeah, the one they have looks like quite an early T-34, which were a lot better quality. I recall it was even something the Soviets thought of as an issue, they didn't want higher quality, as it was a waste of resources.
Happy Holidays to all you Aussies down under ! Kurt keep up the good work, You should do a second channel with edited content that didnt make it in the episodes .. Id watch it and many others would too. Ty for sharing as always God Bless
Having watched these since more or less the start Kurt has gone from being very green about these things to now understanding how they work and now drive. And seems to enjoy it all. And makes good content. Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to all the crew.
Эргономика у т34 не очень ты тут прав, однако немецкий т4 он делал как стоячего, а т34-85 выходили победителями даже с Пантерами и Королевскими Тиграми.
I go on leave for 2 weeks and Kurt steals the keys from my vehicle cabinet.... can't leave him alone whilst I'm not there..
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На Т-34 и другие русские танки обязательно нужно надевать танковый гермошлем чтобы сохранить голову от ударов об броню и иметь связь со своим экипажем. 😂😂😂
@@user-mx2sv1xq2iThat’s because the Soviet tank crews were smart. Similarly the Americans wore helmets also. There is no getting over ramming your head into a bolt’s head.
I served in the East-German army from 1983-1986 as a T55 commander. Since the engine and the drive train system of both are similar here is some advise:
1. You need urgently to align the mechanical rod system transferring the gear shifters positions into the gear box. Check a manual if you have. Readjust after a test drive. Yes, gear shifting is hard but certainly not like this. If you pull the gear stick into a position while the tank is in stop, and there is no screeching noise, then the transfer mechanism is not properly adjusted or the clutch is not 100% disengaged. Therefore check also next step.
2. Before adjusting the mechanism make sure the main clutch disengages 100%, otherwise you will never switch the gearbox smoothly (by Soviet terms). Rule of the thumb: Heavy to operate but without a screeching noise, then clutch, transfer mechanism and gearbox is properly adjusted. Remember, there is no synchro-mech, so you need always to double clutch. Driving the beast is hard work but if everything is mechanically sound also smooth. Make sure, your left foot always stomps the pedal all the way when trying to move the gear shifter. If not, you cannot change the gears (clutch is not disengaged properly).
3. Never ever start the T34 with the main clutch. Here is how it works:
- Put in 2nd gear (very heavy load or terrain 1st gear) by pressing the main clutch and engine in idle.
- Then pull the steering levers into stop (!!) position and release the clutch and have the engine a bit more gas (Diesel). The tank now still won't move because the two planet gears are holding it back while spinning internally. The whole tank probably will vibrate. Of course, you should not stop like this for too long to avoid overheating. So quickly....
- Now release both steering levers simultaneously slowly into Pos. 1 (planet gears are at 1:2 ratio), and let the engine rev up in this position to accelerate.
- and then push the levers again slowly into pos. 2 (1:1 ratio) all the way forward. Tank rolls with enough momentum to run steadily.
- Before switching into next upper gear, always accelerate to the full (pedal to the metal until max. rev), you need the tanks mass momentum to change the gear. Whenever possible, this even applies if you want to switch gears down (let's say to dive into a tank ditch).
Here is the reminder: If you use the main clutch to drive off, it will very soon wear off and cause exactly this kind of gear-switching problems or keeps slipping constantly.
Any T34 and a T54/55 must be driven off with the steering levers - NEVER with the main clutch. The main clutch is only for shifting the gears.
4. If you use the main clutch to drive off under heavy load like towing, climbing etc. you might wreck it with a very few attempts.
The T55 drive train system was based on the T34 but already improved, so what applies to the T55 will certainly apply for the T34.
Here is the tactical combat rule of thumb for the gears (similar to old-fashion truck designs of the 1930s/40s, from where the USSR designers copied / enlarged the drive train system):
1st gear: Only for towing, climbing and very heavy terrain
2nd gear: to drive off and for attack with accompanying infantry on your side
3rd gear: to attack with tanks only (without infantry walking side by side)
4th gear: long-distance march in light terrain or roads
5th gear: (some very late T34s had such): long-distance march on more or less flat roads
This rule of thumb applies to a T54/55 too, with 2nd gear also being used for crossing rivers under water (like I did many times).
PS: Seeing the temp gauge at 120 dgr. C is also not helping your tank: keep both reasonable warm, oil and water. And yes, always wear a helmet, head injuries are not nice but for certain if you don't.
Hope, I could help a bit.
Merry Christmas and Peace! from Dresden / Germany
@@Boni-i1l T-55's sound like absolute junk
I couldn’t stop laughing when Kurt tried to get into 1st gear on the T-34. It’s exactly the way it was always described: use full strength and it’s still not enough. Can you imagine driving this thing for hours, in the heat of the battle?
There's a reason why its designer died after completing it, after driving it across country, eh?
It needs fixing, it shouldn't be that hard.
Ehhhhhhhh while this is true to the extent and OG T-34 had pneumatic servos to lighten the load (which had issues with air density changing during the winter thus having different parameters) russian museum ones are seemingly easier to drive. From engineering standpoint this was caused by them using a dry multidisc steel on steel clutch packs (more than 18! discs BTW) which are historically always had been a nightmare to properly calibrate.
@@matthewgillies7509 Of course not. he died of pneumonia
@65cj55 well if the complete tank would have been built too the specs of the design YES but the Soviet industrial complex especially in the WWII era was known too not really give a damm f about so NO it is historically accurate the saying that the tank driver is identified by the slag hammer for the gear lever didn't just pup out of no way
I mean it's an 80 or so year old tank that was originally expected to work for 700 or so kilometers before failure and was not meant to be mended like something reusable. They do not have access to spare parts and it had steering issues and loose tracks.
My grand grand father was a t34 driver in the Polish peoples Army. He fought in Pomerania and at Berlin. He was a thin, small dude, 168cm tall. 17 years old when he enlisted. Which was part of the reason they chose him to crew a t34. And he said that the t34 sometimes had trouble getting into gear but usually it didn't require yanking on the shifter, they went into gear quite easily. And steering did require manhandling but nothing like full force. If that started to happen, they immediately reported it, the tank was recalled into the battalion's rear repair depot and the whole transmission and linkage was replaced. They didn't bother with repairing it, just installed a new one. This happened twice or trice over his time during the war. He ended up with the rank of Chorąży (mix of OR-09 and OF-01) by the end of the war, and was a platoon leader at 18-19 years of age.
After the war he stayed in the army and was an instructor for t55 drivers, and was designated by the command for higher education so he was allowed to become an actual officer/ Ultimately he reached a rank of Major.
Thanks for the story! And that's always been my gut feeling as well, that gear shifting and braking were probably much better when they were new, brake liners in good condition, clutch properly adjusted etc.
All the BT and T-34 tank drivers had a wooden mallet at hand to unstick the gear lever, it happened sooner rather than later. Steering levers also weren't easy, that's a lot of linkage to a rather primitive system. T-55 are supposed be much easier to drive but just as jerky.
@anderoo9260 I've heard from multiple sources that the T34 was known to be extremely difficult to change gears, even at the time. It is infamous for it. I am not saying that your Grandfather was lying or wrong, maybe his T34 had less issues than most. T34 quality varied a lot from factory to factory so maybe he had one of the better ones.
Kinda sad....your dad fought same people who invaded Poland in 1939 massacred thousand of Poles in Katyn and was part of a puppet regime that subjugated the Poles after the war. Was part of a r Not sure I would be proud of that, even if he was 17 when he joined and drove T34s.
@@ellagrant6190 my great grandpa was driving a t34-85. It was 1944-1945, not a regular t34-76. The 76s were almost never used in the polish army, maybe upon formation in the very beginning in 1943 but the equipment turn over rate was very fast. Unfortunately usually with the crews..
T34-85 introduced synchronisers to the transmission. It was much better with the whole shifting force. I suspect that was where the "quite easily" came from.
From "never driven tank", to driving a T-34 and a Panzer!
That's a day to remember :)
No it isn't.
My dream too
I wish can steer king tiger too
@@lollipop84858 Is this a five minute argument or the full half-hour?
I sense Chieftain hovering around whispering “see, track tension”.
I think the track could need a lot of lubing to get it flexible again. The three segments were completely stiff, and I think that when the tank drove and you saw the first roadwheel lifting up again and again could also have been the stiff track.
Maybe just undoing the track, rolling it up and laying it out flat again a few times would do the trick. Should not be a big problem, the track pins have no securing pins, they are shoved back by a ramp in when coming off the idler wheel at the back.
I imagine the germans that transported their Tiger tanks by train whenever possible, and each time you had to mount the narrow transport tracks (and take off the mudguards) and then the wide tracks back on again. It cannot have taken too much time, too dangerous.
As you know the Chieftain, you probably know all this.
My uncle drove Panther tanks on the Eastern Front, and got knocked out once (maybe by a T-34), killing gunner and commander. The rest fled and returned to the command post - as they tank was still driveable, they ordered him to crawl back and drive the tank from the battlefield.
It is somewhat weird that I belong to the generation whose direct forefathers were involved in the war. Most here talk about their grand- or great-grandfathers.
My father was to hold up the approaching russian tanks in Schlesia in the Volkssturm, but when they came, like the others beside him he let his Panzerfaust be Panzerfaust and ran. He got a great 2 days belated 18th birthday present - the capitulation.
Imagine if modern silicone grease was used on the tracks, a nice improvement.
The last time I saw the "Chieftain" drive a tank at Aus Armour, he crashed it into the 88 they have on display.😂
@@nzmonsterman no fucking way :D do you have a link to the video?
@TheSpylight unfortunately not. The majority of us were too slow to react, but some people did video it. I just got the video of hime exoting the tank looking very dumbfounded in front of all the officials.
The worst thing was he drove into it, stopped, and instead of reversing, he drove forward again, stopped, and then once again drove over it.
The 88 survived very well, considering he was driving a late model Russian tank.
Apparently, the excuse was that he had never driven one of these before.
My deepest respect for the crews maneuvering these beasts threw rough terrain. Cool video!
"I'm Kurt from Aus Armor...
...and I broke one of our tanks."
Gotta give the lads work to record next year 😅😅
I knew someone would beat me here with a similar comment! I was thinking, "I'm Kurt from Aus Armour and welcome to "Breaking Tracks Tuesday", followed by, "Next time, we'll be covering repairing vintage T-34 drive trains...".
I know I'm not the only one feeling the dread and tension vicariously with Kurt. I know why he was sweating, and it wasn't the heat! 😅 Very glad it all worked out for you Kurt, keep up the great work! 🎉
When Kurt said he would "dive" in, I pictured head first. I was both disappointed and happy that he didn't dive in the way I pictured.
A very Merry Christmas to you, your families & subscribers.
I was thinking the exact same thing haha almost pleading "oh no this will end badly"
Grazie, Buon anno nuovo!
He certainly looked more relaxed driving the Pz IV. Lol.
Yes because t34 driver supposed to drink his and the commanders ration of vodka
Less winded, perhaps. relaxed? I don't know, he kept checking gages nervously and was really baby handling the tank, which he said so himself. With the t34 he had to use a lot of strength, but was much more happy about the feeling he got for the experience. also keep in mind that the t34 he was driving had steering issues which explain the excessive force needed to steer it. Especially right. And also it had loose tracks which ended with that little issue they had- not his fault.
@@anderoo9260 for the tank crew the t34 were really uncomfortable. Still effektiv but hell for the crew.
@obi-wlankenobi No WW2 tank was an easy ride but Sherman was probably the least demanding.
I would say that the Tiger was the easiest to steer as it had a steering wheel instead of levers and the gearbox was semi-automatic. But you had to pay more attention to the engine revs because of the high weight
11:02 - он не отжимает предохранительную планку, которая прикрывает его мизинцы, эта планка наверняка ослабляет рычаг переключения передач и он готов к переключению ... то есть, он, по сути, сломал предохраняющий механизм рычага, чтобы переключить передачу🤣🤣🤣сила есть, ума не надо! 😹👏👏👏
А ещё про наших людей говорят, мол не читают инструкции 😂
Танк просто старый ...
So mean.
Абсолютно верно! Это фиксатор рычага переключения передач для предотвращения самопроизвольного переключения от тряски и рывков. Курту не объяснили...
Ну да.Вы правы.Я пересмотрел.Поломал машину.Эх по рукам бы надавать.Не умеешь не мучай технику.
I could only imagine what soldiers felt as they heard those tracks coming their way. Just a reminder that this equipment had a purpose. Very surreal experience.
Rolling thunder.
we had to train exiting tank via the emergency hatch under the driver seat (T-72), the tank was driving. One of the most terrifying experiences in my life, more then jumping out of plane or being shot in body armor in combat.
Dang do tell more
I have driven a few armoured vehicles including a chieftain and it is something never to be forgotten!
I'm jealous and this is a good demonstration of the importance of correct track tension.
Im amazed as long as he has been there and all he has done this is first time he has driven the metal.... Awesome
Workshop Wednesday on a Tuesday! Christmas has come early
It's hilarious. The subtitles say "Music" when tanks are moving and when Steve was trying to get the T34 moving again with all of his strength, it said "Applause". :)))))
Merry Christmas guys. My grandfather was an Alpino who fought with the Italian partisans in WWII. He conducted intelligence, counterintelligence and espionage operations behind enemy lines. I grew up without a father so he was my whole world. It was because of him I developed an interest in militaria, particularly WWII. I even joined the Australian Army in the infantry because of him. I lost him quite a few years ago and I still miss him every day. Particularly at Christmas. I feel closest to him when I’m watching stuff related to WWII. Thanks for helping to bring back so many great memories.
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Seeing the two tanks side by side is pretty interesting. The contrasting design philosophies on display
These exact types didn't met on the battlefield, but type 4 and T34 did
And they both weight nearly the same! Yeah two very contrasting building and design philosofies behind those two tanks, but they're both beautiful in their own way. One boxy, all vertical surfaces, the other one all sleek inclined planes
Well, t34 proved that is better.
Although pz4 platform was pretty flexible for different modifications(SPAA,TD,SP assault mortar and etc).
@@LeantenantThere was much more loss of t34 than Panzer, t34 is not better
“Quantity has a quality all its own. “Joey Stalin. They produced a lot of T34s.
If you see a Panzer or T-34 with L or P plates on the rear, you know who's driving!
What an awesome experience Kurt.
I can never see too much footage of these classic tanks roaring around.
I have seen some "internet experts" say that the Soviets did not care about the comfort of their soldiers, but it looks like there is much more space inside the T-34 than in it's German counterpart. In Panzer IV you get almost claustrophobic just from watching! :)
Have you seen a different video?
The T34 looks way more cramped inside that the Panzer IV. Take the Hatch for example.
In the Panzer IV the Hatch is above his head and opend.
The Hull Gunner has his own hatch.
In the T34 you only have one Hatch in the front for both.
Also os the Hull Gunner in the T34 right next to the drivers Elbow. In the Panzer IV they are seperated by the instruments.
If you ever have the chance to have a view in both take the chance, you will clearly see the benefits of the spacing in the Panzer IV.
Comfort does not depend on the size, especially if the tankers are deliberately small in stature, but on how easy it is to control, how much effort is required, how easily the tank responds to control, how hot or cold it is inside, how good the view from inside the tank is, how easy it is to evacuate from the tank. Considering that they took short people there, they did not have as much strength as huge musclemen. And after a couple of hours, the driver was probably already exhausted. The fact that they were able to drive for 5 years, and even actively participate in battles - this is a huge miracle.
Ich verstehe nicht, wieso es dauernd dieses kindische "das war besser als das" sein muss 😂. Beide hatten ihre Vor und Nachteile. Der deutsche Panzer und der T 34 unseres russischen Freundes.
вы весело проводите время ребята, спасибо что взяли нас с собой!
What a Christmas present to us all.. Thank you for another year of great content.
Get over yourself
@lollipop84858 ???
@@lollipop84858lmao u ok?
I would love to drive a Pzkpfw. IV, I'm glad for you, having the chance to experience it.
And on T-34?
Merry Christmas! thanks for taking us on the tank drive!
Best video ever! Thanks Steve for teaching us how to drive these classic WW2 tanks, er I mean teaching Kurt, yes teaching Kurt to drive em'. Hope there's more like this.
That T34 armour looks so much thinner than I was expecting. Amazing these things won a war. Imaging the balls of steel those tankers had!
This is the secret of the T-34 armor, it was relatively light and mobile, but it could not be penetrated by Nazi cannon shells due to the rational angle of the armor, it doubled in thickness. The Nazis tried to repeat this trick in the Panther tank, but they were too late, the USSR used 152 mm guns. in the SU-152 and ISU-152 self-propelled guns, they penetrated everything.
its Т-34-76 version
Was ein oberflächlicher Kommentar. Der T 34 hat "keinen Krieg gewonnen" und seine Panzerungsdicke war auch nicht ausschlaggebend. Lustig: sie hätten den Krieg auch ganz ohne T34 gewonnen.
Read about rational angles of armor plate slopes, if you are interested. T-34 is one of the first tanks where it was constantly used. Due to this, even not very thick armor became effective. Plus, it reduced the weight of the tank, which increased speed and cross-country ability.
This is frigging AWESOME! Looks like this early T-34-76 first model with early BT style caterpillar tracks... later model had a mud self cleaning waffle pattern tracks.
That T-34 is really nice. Rubber on the road wheels and first gear is still in mint condition. Lots of fun. Thank you.
Amazing German engineering: "It felt fragile, like it was going to blow up." xDD
Hyvät Joulut kaikille.
Without translation, it sounds like a curse😆
Great work guys! My dad was a Tank Commander of a Mk 4 Sherman, Powered with the mighty Ford GAA V8 18 liter engine, with the 20th Armored Regiment of the NZ Army in Italy in WW2. The Sherman was a great tank to drive and command!
Для управления хороший, а для войны не подходящий. В России шерманы до сих пор из болот достают, потому что пойти на нем в бой это верная смерть. Слабая броня, узкие гусеницы, высокий, пушка слабая. Поэтому их просто топили в ближайшем болоте.
Driving a Sherman was better than driving a T-34.
love steve's "not one step backwards" HAHA and love the temp counter hahaha brilliant stuff kurt!
Excellent video! Thanks to all for giving us this driving experience. From initial nervousness, through the grinning Steve to the final elation! Very informative to see the 2 tanks compared.
What a treat! :)
Wish You all A very Merry Christmas and a Happy NewJear an the best Health. Please be safe.👍👍
Imagine having to drive that while everything surrounding you shoots at you, and you know your average life expectancy is about an hour …
Especially, in the T-34. Yeah no thanks!
@@detroitandclevelandfan5503
German tanks were no better life span mate unless you broke down which happened a lot.
@@SMGJohn The USSR lost 4 x as many tanks as we did. Ofcourse the life expancy of a german tanker was higher. Look at a list of the tank aces of WW2. Do you think they could rack up 200-300 kills if they would die as quickly as you made it up?
Why does everyone on UA-cam keep telling people to imagine things ????
@@peterlustig6888
When you are constantly on the attack, you are always gonna loose a lot more then those who are dug in, thats warfare 101, its not a video game Timmy, you ought to realise that the real world is far more brutal in combat than those video games you play.
The German tank aces were infamous for bloating their own numbers, and were already disproven in the 1950s, unless of course you really love the Germans, in that case you have other problems to worry about.
"hi im kurt from oz armor and welcome to my tanker initiation!" well don kurt! reminds me of learning to drive a stick shift combined with learning to operate a bobcat.
Well done Kurt,and Merry Christmas to everyone involved.
Upgraded Panzer lV with high velocity 75mm was practical for combat and good overall tank
Kurt- the Aussie Tank Destroyer!
This was so cool to watch. I remember my first day I drove a tank in armor school (M1A2 SEP V2) and it was the best time I've had. Hope you had fun driving Kurt! I couldn't imagine how complicated it would have been back then, but I would assume the grin would be no less bigger
The Panzer IV had been our "Huricane fighter on the ground" at all frontlines. Reliable, doing quiet well. I had the honor as a young car mechanic apprentise in Mercedes-Benz dealer workshop in Hamburg in 1976 to join a master mechanic who showed me how to rebuilt marine diesel engines. He had been tank driver in the battle of Kursk. He had been the only surviver two times when their Panzer iV whre hit and destroyed. In his thrid Panzer IV in Kursk he joined a new crew with a very special commander and attitude of a wild west gunslinger. This time this tank and crew where not on the receiving side.
Not "ours", but "theirs" Huricane fighter on the ground. What relation do you have to the participants of that war? None.
Sounds like he's German, so some relation
Ja, PzKpfw IV war klasse !! LG nach Hamburg !
@@andreykaminskiy2391 did you even bother to read his post??
@@fs7699 yes
I was lucky enough to drive an Australian Army Leopard 1 at Monegeetta Proving Ground back in 1992. Amazing experience! I would give my eye teeth to drive a WW2-era armoured vehicle.
Soviet tanks were repaired in the open air, with a tarpaulin pulled over three logs tied together like a house and a blowtorch turned on in the tent even in severe frosts. By morning, having cleaned them of blood, welded up the holes, filled them with oil, fuel and ammunition, very young tank crews, 18-year-old snot-nosed kids, went into battle against the fascists and broke the back of the Nazis! And German tanks had to be taken to Europe for repairs, changing the tracks to transport ones, so that the tank would fit on a railway platform and it would be out of action for six months. That's the whole difference.
Yes, the fascists lost. And as every year goes by we realise what disaster that was.
And no, I've never heard of German tanks having 6 month turn arounds back in Germany.
As you must know tanks were never driven long distances like that, its all on the backs of trucks and trains. Just like today.
After 1943, due to massive air strikes on Germany's military industry, the time required to repair military equipment increased significantly, as did the time required to transport it from the battlefield to Europe and back.
@ I absolutely fully agree that German tanks, like other military equipment of that era, are an absolute triumph of engineering thought and from the point of view of comfort and convenience of the crew were undoubtedly the best tanks, but the task of a tank, as if it did not sound cynical, is to kill and be as simple as possible, both in use and in repair, and German tanks, despite their bulkiness and too high technology. They did not give in to repairs in field conditions in any case. Also, replacing the tracks of the field with transport ones also adds.
That’s why I dislike German cars. It’s their engineering philosophy. Overly complicated. “Why use four bolts when we can use ten!?”
@@geraldcalderone5228-x2p And in regards to German cars, this is pure marketing. They now earn mainly not from sales, but from service. You should not be able to do repairs at home, otherwise top managers will not receive bonuses with six zeros.🤣
Ребята с Рождеством вас, вы делаете полезную работу, знакомя нас с историей военной техники. Привет из Москвы
How wonderful to see Kurt out there catching some rays. 🌞
Recon he'll get a Tan ?
What an amazing perk of the job to get a chance at driving these iconic Tanks.
Have a good one.🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
Т34 был очень маневренным, не самым удобным внутри но это война, а не прогулка! Неприхотливый, быстрый и смертоносный танк! Первые его прототипы в 41 опережали немецкие танки во времени но их было не много, как и КВ. Но немецкие инженеры конечно крутые ребята и быстро выпустили, одни из эталонных танков того времени!
Но войну выиграли не эталонные танки😮
@@Наталья-ы6я2г конечно т34 это орудие победы, никто и не спорит
There's just something about these great people that makes them feel like friends. Happy New Year AA&AM!
What a great Christmas present for you Kurt. You did a great job! So interesting to see how it all works as a driver.
Happy Seasonal Thingy, Kurt! =3
My thoughts exactly. Season thingy is apt 👌
Well done Comrade Kurt! Good on you Steve. Merry Christmas guys
This was fun, and it was clear that you both did to, awesome, happy 🎄🎅🏻☃️
Nice video.
A friendly guy (ethnic German from Hungary) who tiled the cellar in our house in the late eighties was in the Waffen SS during the war. I had a long chat with him about the war. He always said that the T-34 was a “modern” tank that he was jealous of. But you could easily destroy it by firing at the fuel tank.
This is an early model of the T-34. With a single hatch in the tower. A rare car. Unfortunately, I can see that the tank is not undergoing proper maintenance. It can be seen that the tension of the track is not adjusted. "Tankers". they don't know how to use levers properly. It seems that their task is to break something. Yes, for those. who says that the T-34 is not a convenient car. "Panther" is also inconvenient, although it was created later in Germany. In general, the task of a tank is not to provide comfort, but to fulfill a combat mission. Yes, you must complete the combat mission set by the commander, even at the cost of your life. And if you are still alive after the battle, then this is happiness! You know, when I served in the army, I was 18-19 years old and the UAZ-469 army jeep was the height of comfort for me, because there was a stove! Now I have a big expensive car, and I constantly find some flaws in it. And when I was 18 years old, I was ready to ride standing in the back of a truck, rather than walk 17 kilometers to a position in the rain and stormy wind in my face.
WOW! What a great time that would be! What fun is driving a WW2 tank in temps less than 33°c?!! 😂
-33c? 🌨🥶☃ 😂
Well done Kurt, long overdue. 😁👍
As fascinating as it is, moving it is almost a pain. And it is amazing how the pilots at the time adjusted this while fighting.
Both engines have very distinctive sounds, but the T-34 is much louder and would definitely alert defenders that enemy tanks were coming. The T-34 seemed to be more clunky and difficult to steer and driving it with the drivers hatch open is a cheat compared to driving the panzer using only the drivers slit is not a fair comparison. But still a thumbs up for the effort and the museum for having operable historical equipment. 👍👍💯❤
idiot we saw the same video aswell
Hello.
My dad was a driver of the T34/85 and T-54 tanks in the mid-1960s. He told me that the radio operator sitting next to him helped him change gears. He always had fond memories of driving the T-34.
Thanks for this. I can't recall ever seeing a Panzer IV being driven. Loved the tutorial on operating both. I recall being told the Soviets would keep a hammer handy to effect transmission shifts.
What a fantastic experience! hopefully we'll get more ride guide videos in the future, this one was a blast. A Merry Christmas to all at Aus Armour!
I hope camera work doesn't suffer from Kurts new swagger. Merry Christmas, and thanks for the early content that just made mine.
Os sons deles em movimento são de arrepiar.imagina um desse vindo em sua direção cuspindo fogo
Excellent video thank you, I thoroughly enjoyed every minute 😁👍🇬🇧🌹
Merry Christmas everyone ♥️
Well Curt, it was almost a lump of coal in your stocking for Christmas ... LOL ... what an experience, but that it the most fun of any restoration, playing with it! May you all have a Blessed Christmas and joyful New Year.
This is so well done…I feel as if I’m the guy driving these things and having the experience.
Thank you!
It’s 11.30am and 100,000deg! Global warming must be real then. 😂
Happy Holidays to You!!! Driving those tanks would be a dream come true for me!!!!! Enjoy your videos!!!! Rock on!!!!!
That was freaking awesome. Good job Kurt!
Me watching two guys getting a heatstroke while im under double blankets in a ~17C room, we truly live in a society lol.
Also loved to see you struggle with that notorious t34 gearbox.
I would love to have a panzer 4. If i ever win the lotto, im going to buy one!
It's about time Kurt got to drive some tanks as a reward for his great efforts, at making the weekly workshop Wednesday videos. Merry Christmas guys and hope to get up to Cairns this winter to see the collection.
Much like the KV-1's you need to have a mini one handed maul in the drivers seat to help smash the shift lever into gear(s).
One off the few nice things about the T34 and subsequent vehicles was that the oil sprayed on to the exhaust system for a smoke screen was funamentally an optional extra. If it was moving it was making smoke.
14:18 This is why Soviet Russian T34 and KV drivers always carry a sledge hammer for this situation.
He was supposed to press the smaller safety lever to change the gear at 11:02. Yet instead he used all his strength to override it and probably broke the safety mechanism. You were saying?
What a treat, and on a Tuesday in my part of the world. Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year. Really looking forward to watching fireworks from what I assume is the Sydney bridge.
El T-55 es igual de duro en los mandos...saludos desde Perú.
Great workout. Stick to the Camera Kurt !! See you all next year. Thanks for all the videos.
by the way the t34/76 looks beautiful.but i like panzer4 better😂.
Kurt so good to see you get the experience. I remember the first time I got to run a Steam traction tractor.
So - German Equipment needs a delicate touch; Russian Gear requires Soviet Hammer? Got it!
I'm sure there are a few Russian Tankers out there smiling right now, eh? Kudos, & Respect
Wow...great video! This is the first test drive of WWII tanks I've ever seen. I would love to see them do a Tiger and Panther.
Спасибо за видео. Спасибо за бережное отношение к нашему Т-34. Пока я смотрел этот ролик, я каждый раз останавливался, чтобы несколько раз посмотреть. Я представлял своего пра-пра-деда. Который воевал на таком танке. Он был механик-водитель, и погиб в июле 1943 года в танковом сражении под Прохоровкой, "Курская битва". Только представьте, что 700 танков немецкой дивизии и 793 танков красной армии, был встречный танковый бой, на небольшом поле. Вот что рассказывал очевидец:
"… Стоял такой грохот, что перепонки давило, кровь текла из ушей. Сплошной рев моторов, лязганье металла, грохот, взрывы снарядов, дикий скрежет разрываемого железа… От выстрелов в упор сворачивало башни, скручивало орудия, лопалась броня, взрывались танки.
От выстрелов в бензобаки танки мгновенно вспыхивали. Открывались люки, и танковые экипажи пытались выбраться наружу. Я видел молодого лейтенанта, наполовину сгоревшего, повисшего на броне. Раненый, он не мог выбраться из люка. Так и погиб. Не было никого рядом, чтобы помочь ему. Мы потеряли ощущение времени, не чувствовали ни жажды, ни зноя, ни даже ударов в тесной кабине танка. Одна мысль, одно стремление - пока жив, бей врага. Наши танкисты, выбравшиеся из своих разбитых машин, искали на поле вражеские экипажи, тоже оставшиеся без техники, и били их из пистолетов, схватывались врукопашную. Помню капитана, который в каком-то исступлении забрался на броню подбитого немецкого «тигра» и бил автоматом по люку, чтобы «выкурить» оттуда гитлеровцев. Помню, как отважно действовал командир танковой роты Черторижский. Он подбил вражеский «тигр», но и сам был подбит. Выскочив из машины, танкисты потушили огонь. И снова пошли в бой."
Они сражались за свою страну, за свою Родину. Они погибали молодыми ребятами. Они вели себя достойно. Мы храним медаль "За отвагу". Которую вручили ему посмертно, после окончания войны. И мне не важно, что вы думаете про мою страну. Я знаю, кто победил в той войне.
Thanks for the video. Merry Christmas to all of you. Good Job Kurt.
Great Seasonal video!
If "Die Hard" can be a Christmas movie, ........?
Loved the "temperature reports as the session progressed; good-old North Queensland! Beautiful one day: Torn apart by floods and cyclones, the next!
Track stretch or running gear needs adjustment? Maybe one for the New Year.
U guys are making history... thank you and please keep the videos coming 🙏
What a Christmas Prezzie!
Good job Kurt, you're so lucky to work at a job like this and get to drive these classics. I've driven the current M113AS4's which are a doddle, but these old things are a completely different game, well done, a great lifetime experience.
Soviet tank drivers must have been bloody exhausted.😃 Merry Christmas to everyone at the museum.
Heck No just add more Vodka
А немецкие танкисты были, изнежены и проиграли войну с русскими.
I had an away day driving tanks on an obstacle course. I selected a Scorpion for the first ride which a treat to drive. Then a Chieftain. The controls were relatively easy and the most impressive thing was the sheer weight of the machine. You feel unstoppable.
If Soviet tankers has had a Makita fan, they would have reached the English Channel before the Americans landed in Normandy.
The T34 reminds me of the Lada my mate used to have, absolute brute of a thing to drive. Well done Kurt.
He tried to make Kurt prevent driving before the barrel of the 88, lovely
Amazing fun video to watch!
And what a dream to drive those vehicles!
Funny thing to see the difference of the smoothly running german panzer vs the rough Sovjet T34
16:22 Doing that in a combat situation where you'd want to control the tank precisely looks like it would be a form of hell for any tank driver.
I would reason the rough handling contributed to the astronomical T-34 losses. Looks exhausting.
不，一個優秀的坦克沒有問題
Yeah, and then consider that the one they have there is not an average WW2 quality one. The average T-34 during WW2 was much worse. Especially the ones produced in factory 183. They were known for producing tanks with gunner sights that used polished metal for reflective surfaces instead of mirrors which made it virtually impossible to aim properly, not putting any rubber on the road wheels making for a very bad ride and top speed and for heat treating every bit of metal on the tank to an absurd degree. Meaning the metal was so hard it would shatter at the welds or spall when hit and making it so the transmission could shatter whilst driving since they even heat treated the metal used for that to an absurd degree.
The design was pretty decent, but none of the tanks that saw battle during ww2 were produced to the quality intended in the design.
@@kartoitska8944 Yeah, the one they have looks like quite an early T-34, which were a lot better quality. I recall it was even something the Soviets thought of as an issue, they didn't want higher quality, as it was a waste of resources.
Well done, Kurt!👍 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all the lads there.🍺
3:06 aaand that confirms my suspicions that the T-34 had a horn
Kurt that was totally epic! Thank you both, as I have a newfound respect for the men that drove those beauty's in WW2 after watching you lol.
Happy Holidays to all you Aussies down under ! Kurt keep up the good work, You should do a second channel with edited content that didnt make it in the episodes .. Id watch it and many others would too. Ty for sharing as always God Bless
Having watched these since more or less the start Kurt has gone from being very green about these things to now understanding how they work and now drive. And seems to enjoy it all. And makes good content.
Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to all the crew.
The T34 looks like a ergonomic nightmare 😂
On the bright side, if you survived the war, your core strength would be 10/10
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It's almost like they intentionally made the ergonomics bad lol
@@mattmopar440I can see why Russian tankers wear those padded helmets
Эргономика у т34 не очень ты тут прав, однако немецкий т4 он делал как стоячего, а т34-85 выходили победителями даже с Пантерами и Королевскими Тиграми.
That's de nicest t 34 interior i have ever seen...😊👍