another obscure Hellcat factoid: The engine air intake was through the crew compartment. This was fantastic in summer as it meant the crew had an air conditioner that was always on. This was horrific in winter as it meant the crew had an air conditioner that was always on.
It's just a thing that happens every month or so where UA-cam wipes all the bots and such from subscriber counts. Jingles just happened to be hit hard. He's talked about it in a Mingles With Jingles last time it happened.
The director of the tank museum seems so passionate. I am sure that was a great guided tour, I just love listening to people who are that passionate about something.
21:33 Makes me think of that scene from Kellys Heroes when Clint Eastwood says, "Oddball! How the hell do you expect to make it throught enemy territory with a column a mile long!?" 😀
yesssss. I fuckin love it. the guys let me go up and in the stug they had and I was talking shermans for like an hour with this one guy while standing behind a sherman
Thumbs up for the accuracy of the live translator . A person would expect to have to pay a premium for services of such quality and you provided it free . Well done Sir .
*EDIT: ANSWERED ALREADY. THANK YOU ALL!* Jingles _(please, I beg you, salt mine lord)_, I have a question. How does WWII battleship/cruiser (catapult) launched aircraft... well, land? Do they land somewhere else, or on some part of the ship that I haven't heard of? If Jingles can't answer, anyone know?
YeOldeGamer Tried to do so, all results yield modern day aircraft carrier catapults. And, to note, destroyers/frigates of modern day carry helicopters, not jets. But hey, thanks for the information! But I've observed some other battleships/cruisers have planes that don't have amphibious landing gear. Is that observation correct, or do all WWII catapult launched aircraft have them?
The catapult planes were float planes for a reason. Their home ship would come to a halt and the plane would land on the water and taxi next to the ship. It would then be retrieved by the ship's crane.
Not commented on one of your videos before but I'm enjoying them a lot. I was the gunner in Havoc (the M4A1 Sherman that was at Armour and Embarkation and Tankfest). Just thought I'd drop a couple of bits of knowledge for the viewers interest. The camouflaged Sherman tank in the video is an M4A2 (fitted with twin diesel engines and actually served with the British army in North Africa, and is the actual Lucy Sue from the Brad Pitt film Fury. The M4A1 called Havoc is (like all A1's and standard M4's) fitted with the same engine as the Hellcat, an R975 9 cylinder radial aircraft engine. Anyone who was there for our unloading on Friday or early on the Saturday and Sunday mornings will have seen us crank the engine over. The reason for this is not to prevent it seizing up, although it is to spread the oil around the engine. What happens is the oil pools in the lower cylinders and if you try and start the engine in this condition then the lower pistons will try (and fail) to compress the oil and instead they will blow off the bottom cylinders. The engine will be blown apart and also possibly cause a fire. Incidentally British tank crews did have helmets (virtually the same as British motorcycle dispatch rider's helmets but with different liners) but these are so bulky and heavy that in a tank they actually get in the way more than they help. However I'll also note that British tank crews suffered more head wounds than US tank crews . . . make of that what you will.
That tank at 22:35, the Mark 4. Every year at my home town at the air show, there is always 2 of these buggers sitting on display. Not 2 sure if it IS infact a mark 4 as they both dont have the frame like the one in the video does. Also not sure if its a replica, but they both have working engines and usually drive around in the evening when alot of the crowd has disappeared. Puffin away. Beautiful tank
'' I wanna turn the volume up, so you can hear these machines as they bundle around the arena, as God intended.'' May the Lord bless you for saying that. It made my day xD
Woo-Hoo! Heavy Metal! Bovington Tank Museum! Look forward to these videos each year. Thanks Jingles for sharing this experience with those who are 100's, 1000's & tens of thousands of miles away and unable to be there.
It is not only Jingles. More (maybe all?) UA-camrs are affected. Quickybaby and Circon for example also lost subs. So it is probably either a bug or UA-cam is doing something like deleting inactive accounts.
Really love the audio quality. The engine sounds are nice and your voice comes across clearly with no crackles or pops. Very nice video, Jingles. Cheers from USA.
See how the rubber from the fourth wheel of the Titan flies of in 7:19 -. Interesting :D oh Jingles actually mentioned it I just paused the video before it... nevermind
Thank you for these Jingles. I would always love to attend but living in America poses some obvious problems and your coverage of Tankfest every year is a very incredible alternative to going. Thanks again.
Fantastic Jingles ! living all the way out in NZ I'm unlikely to ever visit Tank Fest however looking at it through your eyes was a real pleasure. The re-enactment looked like great fun, thank you Sir !!
All Non-modern tanks/vehicules: 22:17 Mark IV 24:17 M3 Stuart 24:30 M4A1 Sherman 24:40 M4 "Fury" 24:44 M4 Sherman 24:54 M18 Hellcat 25:50 T-34-85 26:01 Pz. III (maybe a Pz. III L version ) 26:15 Pz. VI Tiger 26:56 M5A1 Stuart 27:58 Jeep Willys MB 28:00 Half-track M3A1
Knobster Knob even if someone threw all the worlds money at the russians at kubinka, they would still not fix the maus. Because it is german, and we can not restore german vechiles can we? Those ruskies
In fact during ww2 in Europe there were few garands because they were so heavy and huge. Since the soldiers had to carry their weapons most of the time rather than shooting them most American soldiers preferred the m1 carbine, which was lighter, smaller and had a much lower recoil meaning that you could advantage more of its rate of fire.
And hell, the United States Marines in the Pacific theater often had the Springfield rifle, and not just scoped versions. But, frankly I'd rather have the Springfield rifle over an M1 Garand, on account of me being able to reload whenever I NEEDED. ...Or get an M1 Carbine.
+john smith yes but it didn't have as much hitting power as the 30-06 bullet. M1 carbines were usually used by support troops and other roles where you didn't need a full power battle rifle
Listening to those engines reminds me of the other day at an aviation museum where I heard the engine of a Spitfire spin up, well more like felt it and the tour of a Lancaster shortly before hand.
i lost around 20 so its not so bad, i feel like this is a good thing because you can get a lot more of an accurate number of active subs instead of passive ones.
the duch armed forces ar getting a sizable amount of funds soon so its reasonable to assume that wel see some of these beutys return. fingers crossed !
Significant increase is unlikely. You just sold out all of your modern tank fleet at a very generous price to Finland, and acquiring a correspondent force would take ludicrous amount of money. As a citizen of Finland, I must remind you that because of our friendly and nice neighbor Russia, we will be unlikely to cancel the trade. I feel sorry for the Dutch, but really, we need the tanks very much too.
Yes it's real. Almost all British AFV's have had a BV( Boiling Vessel), referred to by the troops as a "Bivvie", from pretty much the end of WWII to today, installed inside the tank. It's from a review carried out after the war which discovered that a significant proportion of tank crew losses were caused when crews were out of their tank, "brewing up" their tea or cooking food. It was determined that rather than risk the crews from being exposed outside the armour that was supposed to protect them, it would be made so that they could eat hot food and drink hot drinks inside the tanks, especially important as there was now the very real threat of NBC warfare.
I went over to the UK from NZ to see my parents but made sure to include Tankfest. I went both days and was hoping to get a photo with you. However on the first day I made it to the queue as you were about to leave and on Sunday I had to leave shortly before you arrived. Anyway the fest was a real blast. I am a lousy WoT player and more of a 1/35 modelling enthusiast so it was an unforgettable experience. It is the Mecca for any Tank nerds. The video is great to see as I missed some of the stuff going on in the circuit.
+Pyllymysli It costs less than a Chally 2, and it's exported to other countries, unlike the Chally 2 (Apart from the Chally 2 E, which was exported to Jordan). You could argue that the Leo's armour isn't up to par with the Chally's, same with the reliability. But, they have a lot of them.
+Pyllymysli It costs less than a Chally 2, and it's exported to other countries, unlike the Chally 2 (Apart from the Chally 2 E, which was exported to Jordan). You could argue that the Leo's armour isn't up to par with the Chally's, same with the reliability. But, they have a lot of them.
it was great to see you on Friday Jingles! also glad to see myself in the crowd several times. it was rather unfortunate that there were a couple of breakdowns on Sunday, but over all it was a fantastic holiday for us northerners.
As a german I am deeply concerned about the fact that we are upgrading Britians MBT. Since they have now left the EU who knows what they are going to do with their improved firepower. Maybe Britian will try to establish a new Commonwealth by force. Maybe they are going to start a war that leads to WW3. I hereby demand that on the slightest hint of an suspicious act of any of the british military branches or the government itself that there has to be an preventive strike executed against Britain and its allies to secure the peace in Europe.
The British public are massively divided over the EU referendum - we're more likely to descend into civil war than declare war on anyone else. We've got Scotland threatening to leave the UK, Northern Ireland isn't particularly happy and there are some calls to make a United Ireland. All this referendum achieved is destroying the UK (which ironically was the Leave campaigns main argument to leave the EU - to stop the UK from being destroyed) and polarizing the public/politicians - our 2 main political parties are in the process of ripping each other a part. As it stands we're in no position to wage any kind of war - the public have no will for it.
Yes, let's strike them where it hurts, down under! Grab a billion cans of bug spray and strike at the heart of spider country! *shudders* On second thought, I'm glad Tank Fest was before the referendum, we get to enjoy the show, imo the results (and the following days) would have painted a different image to all the foreigners going there. On a different topic, I hear that The Tank Museum got a 2 million pound donation to train new apprentices for vehicle maintenance, overhauling and expanding the buildings and so on. I had hoped one day I would be able to fork over the money and go there to visit, but I don't want to risk being spat in the face or punched silly just because I'm not a native. Then again, I could call myself American, carry a gun, and tell them I come to spread freedom and golf balls.
Nations selling weapons and equipment to other nations outside of normal political relations, is common place for many countries, including Germany. Both the Leopard 1 and the Challenger 1/2 were leased and sold to countries around the world, and no bad has come of it (at least to the parent countries). In any case with regards to war, the UK is only leaving the EU, it's NATO that decides military actions. So long as the UK remains a part of NATO (and it will), we can not declare war on anyone without approval from NATO leaders. Even this Gibraltar fiasco with Spain couldn't end in war, because firstly either Spain or the UK would have to leave NATO. Secondly, given that the US leads NATO, we'd both have them to answer to. We are and will continue to be close partners with Germany in this regard, there really is nothing to worry about here. If it's WW3 you're worried about, then you might want to turn your attentions to Russia. Ever since the Syria crisis, they've been making some ballsy moves, and if anyone has the guts to launch a nuclear strike, it'll be them. It is also for that very reason NATO has refused to get involved, despite the significant terrorist threat ISIS pose to its member nations. Could the recent bombings have been prevented? Yes, it is very likely they could have been. But unless we can strike a deal with Russia (and its highly unlikely to ever happen), it's time to batten down the hatches and be extra vigilant from now on.
Jingles i have seen a hellcat in person and there awesome and i can go see it at a Local Museum and from time to time they fire it up and drive it around in parades and things. The M-18 Hellcat Tank Destroyer was produced by the Buick Motor Division and is the only company to build the M-18. All of the Hellcat’s were built at Buick’s plant on Hamilton Avenue in Flint Michigan.
I've been to most of the Tankfest event, and every year you said you were attending I've had my eyes on the look out. Finally, 2016, i got the chance to meet you. Was a pleasure and thank you for signing my Peek-a-Boom T-Shirt. :)
Jingles say goddbye to UK. I bet in max 1 year there will be Scotland, Ireland, The City-State of London, England and Wales the main inhabitants of the islands.
That's what the EU used to be. It actually wants to, and is on the way to becoming, a single nation state where it will erase the cultural identity of the European nations, have complete control over all of the member nations, and have a single army that will be under it's command. And in case you didn't know, the top of the EU is called the European commission, which used to be call the High Authority when the EU was created, which a governing body that the European people don't even get to vote on, and they aren't held accountable for anything they do in the political world.
+Austin Page You're talking out of your ass. EU, in its beginning, was nothing more than a iron ore and coal trade pact between France and Germany (See Elsass-Lothringen/Alsace-Lorraine issue since forever), with the primary idea being that if the trade is lucrative enough, maybe the French and the German can stay off each others throats for more than 20 years. So far that has worked, at least. There was no illuminati involved, but rather a bunch of irritated British and US politicians that tried to figure out how to keep peace. EU still is, and will be, predominantly commercial union that focuses on regularizing and controlling the economic fluctuations in European market, with admittedly mixed results. How do I know this? Well, EU budget is public and can be revised per country or as a whole. The European commission is elected by the MEPs, that's true, but that is for many countries an equivalent of their method of choosing the president. Currently, EU uses about 86,5% of its budget in various operations that are meant to either encourage economical growth and use of new resources or improving the sustainability and cost-effectivity of existing resource management. Another 1,5% goes to security and citizenship. This basically means making sure that people have appropriate passports and counter-terrorism funding. Administration, IE getting everybody to talk to each other, change crucial information and overall keep the union standing takes about 5,9%. This great "Cultural mass-exctinction" program of yours takes 5,8% of the budget and is, for example, currently negotiating tax-free trans-atlantic trading pact. europa.eu/about-eu/basic-information/money/expenditure/index_en.htm This has one instance of EUs budget on year 2014. In it's current state, EU does and could not have an unified military force. I know this for a fact, as I have received very recent and modern military training (I'm a citizen of Finland). The armies are dramatically differing in size, doctrines and capabilities and do not have an unifiable command structure. There's nato, of course, but do you realistically think that US will willingly let everybody out of NATO in order to form their own little military club? I don't think so. As a matter of fact, the balance of military power is extremely biased. Finland, for example, could easily capture and control all baltic states and Northern countries, because our army is way bigger than the armies of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania combined. Is there anything suggesting that Finland is planning a forceful takeover of all its neighbours? If yes, I have no more to say to you. If no, why would an even less organized political actor that is francly in a bad shape currently be trying to do the same?
Great video but I am surprised at the "Oh dear. Oh dear. We've just left the EU" comment. The majority of the British people have just said "Thank god we've left the EU" otherwise we wouldn't have any military at all. We'd all be admiring European armoured vehicles that go backwards faster than they go forwards and the Russians would be laughing ever harder than they already are!
+1ofa9TV Divided, yes. But the decision has already been made, unfortunate or not, I cannot say. Unless this 2nd referendum goes through, we're leaving...
+1ofa9TV Precisely. They do what they see fit. If it was a 80:20 vote, then it would've been definite, but as it was rather slim (Yes, 52:48 is rather slim), they also have decisions to make. Whether to impart article 50 or do whatever else.
thank you jingles seeing that showed me a preview of what my grandfather went through as he fought in ww2 in the army. Awesome video by far the best I've ever been privileged to see
Great video, enjoyed tankfest been a few years since my last visit.. Real good atmosphere.. Good to catch you Rita and Sofi during my goodie bags raid mission.. Enjoy the rest looked like you needed it.
so glad my cluster headaches returned after being absent for over a year, enabling me to miss out on Tankfest for another year, despite having a ticket this time :( still, looked like it was a beast of an event again!! gotta love bovvy
I took two of my kids to a USAF air show this past weekend. Was shocked when they had a Vampire flying in the show, and thought of you and Magz when it blew by. Great memory for my daughter, who actually asked if I would take a picture of her on the .50 cal in the Blackhawk. A Russian tanker for Halloween and asking for pictures on the door gun; good girl.
Im from the Ft Benning Georgia Area. They are currently in the process of building the National Armor museum which will be near the current newly built national Infantry museum. So most of the tanks at Ft banning aren't on display to the public at this point in time.
It was great at tankfest... My first time ever there, and in Britain in general... amazing to see all those machines up close. Didnt see you much, only a bit when you played the M3Lee at the world of tanks area :)
Interesting when you look at the Tiger standing near the Leo2 ... still flat surfaces, no obvious angling around the turret whatsoever... I know this changes with later models (Leo2 A5 I think)
The main armor in the later Leopard 2 models is still just as flat, they just added those wedges to slow down incoming rounds. The wedges themselves are so thin that they don't form a shot a trap as you might think at first glance.
The Chobham type composite armor is almost impossible to make in curved shapes, so modern tanks (Leo 2, M1A2, etc) are made with flat planes. It's a case of the design of the vehicle being driven by the capabilities of the materials it's being made from.
While that's true, there's no reason for the slabs to be set flat vertically, the M1 has Chobam armor as well but instead of being mounted straight up and down, its turret plates are angled.
I was there staying with Circon, Max, PHJ and of course with #blamebilly. Great weekend. You missed the flyover by the Spitfire and P40 - that was awesome esp on Sunday when the weather had cleared a little
I love these Tankfest-videos of yours. Otherwise I would never be able to see anything from Tankfest. I mean, we germans have "Stahl auf der Heide" at our Tank museum in Munster, but thats a) much smaller and b) it's always rainign. But who knows, maybe this year it won't rain. Maybe the could even get that Panther to work....
The hand cranking of Hellcat engine had to be done as the engine oil settled in the lower cylinders and could cause a hydro static lock resulting in cylinder heads being pushed off, so you have to crank engine over 50 times on handle which is equal to 1 complete engine rotation
A slight correction, dear salt mine overlord: the British did have a tank helmet. It shared its profile with the airbourne helmet and was around from 43 onwards. The thing about the British was that they'd not worn helmets before that and weren't too keen on needing extra headroom inside cramped fighting compartments
Well Jingles, you don't quite turn the engine upside down. The expression "turning the engine over" comes from radial engines mounted on aircraft; to clear the oil from the bottom cylinders before ignition, the crews would have to manually spin the props a few times, or turn them over, hence the expression. In the M18, there would likely be a manual crank handle in light of the missing prop.
Turning the engine over is common for many types of (large) non consumer grade engines. Not just aircraft engines either, big Diesels too. Simply because the moment of start is typically when most wear occurs, even if the engine doesn't seize, pressure lubrication takes a few seconds to get lube to the bearing journals and that is a rather bad thing in an engine which displaces several ten liters per cylinder and has combustion forces in the order of tons hammering the crankshaft.
The Polish T34-85 is putting out white smoke, which for a diesel engine is probably unburned fuel (it could also be steam, which is potentially a much more serious problem), so one or more cylinders isn't firing (which could have a number of causes). Black smoke signifies incomplete combustion, and blue smoke is engine oil (which is really bad, as anyone who's seen a diesel engine run away with itself will testify, if they managed to avoid the shrapnel).
Enjoyed your vid, spotted myself a couple of times, you had the better advantage point. I am just in front of the Leopards gun taking Photos. Great 2 days at my first Tankfest.
Jingles, T-34 tanks where notorious for being very loud and making so much smoke you could see them from a great distance. That T-34 preformed as expected. :P
another obscure Hellcat factoid: The engine air intake was through the crew compartment.
This was fantastic in summer as it meant the crew had an air conditioner that was always on.
This was horrific in winter as it meant the crew had an air conditioner that was always on.
What happens if the vehicle recovery vehicle breaks down?
Planet Earth explodes.
They have to go and get the vehicle recovery vehicle recovery vehicle of course!
Then we get an armored centipede =3
You have to call the vehicle recovery vehicle recovery vehicle. It's turtles all the way down.
Lifehack: pull the winch over the vehicle and winch yourself out. You're welcome
I see Jingles lost a lot of subs too; RIP
why did he loose subs?
UA-cam is being stupid to all YTers
what happened?
It's just a thing that happens every month or so where UA-cam wipes all the bots and such from subscriber counts. Jingles just happened to be hit hard. He's talked about it in a Mingles With Jingles last time it happened.
+The Shermanator i guess u lost subs too
The director of the tank museum seems so passionate. I am sure that was a great guided tour, I just love listening to people who are that passionate about something.
21:33 Makes me think of that scene from Kellys Heroes when Clint Eastwood says, "Oddball! How the hell do you expect to make it throught enemy territory with a column a mile long!?" 😀
I watched that movie at least a dozen times when I was ten years old. Still love it.
Well that part is easy, it just involves a band lol
+Cameron Leach Same, it is one of my favorites too. Many great stars in that movie.
Again with the negative waves man!
+josh Stocks Bridge scene - Oddball - "ITS STILL UP!"
BOOM!! BANGG!! CRASH SPLASH!!
Oddball - "No it aint"
Saw this video years ago. To this day still the reason why i love seeing the highlights for the yearly tankfest
You should come out to ww2 weekend in Pennsylvania
the reading airshow?
yesssss. I fuckin love it. the guys let me go up and in the stug they had and I was talking shermans for like an hour with this one guy while standing behind a sherman
+The Ghost of the Flying Dutchman ya those guy with the stug are awesome
+Eric Cartman it already passed tis year but next year it is the first second and third of june. just look at their website for more information
T_T-in south park-stop annoying Kyle.
Thumbs up for the accuracy of the live translator . A person would expect to have to pay a premium for services of such quality and you provided it free . Well done Sir .
I was personally hoping for subtitles.
*EDIT: ANSWERED ALREADY. THANK YOU ALL!*
Jingles _(please, I beg you, salt mine lord)_, I have a question. How does WWII battleship/cruiser (catapult) launched aircraft... well, land? Do they land somewhere else, or on some part of the ship that I haven't heard of?
If Jingles can't answer, anyone know?
You've got internet, why not google/bing/yahoo it?
Try this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Walrus
YeOldeGamer Tried to do so, all results yield modern day aircraft carrier catapults. And, to note, destroyers/frigates of modern day carry helicopters, not jets.
But hey, thanks for the information! But I've observed some other battleships/cruisers have planes that don't have amphibious landing gear. Is that observation correct, or do all WWII catapult launched aircraft have them?
The catapult planes were float planes for a reason. Their home ship would come to a halt and the plane would land on the water and taxi next to the ship. It would then be retrieved by the ship's crane.
they land in the water and the crane thing lifts them back into the catapult
I'm Amadeus Gosh darn, that's interesting! So, there is no such thing as WWII catapult launched aircraft without floaters?
Not commented on one of your videos before but I'm enjoying them a lot. I was the gunner in Havoc (the M4A1 Sherman that was at Armour and Embarkation and Tankfest). Just thought I'd drop a couple of bits of knowledge for the viewers interest.
The camouflaged Sherman tank in the video is an M4A2 (fitted with twin diesel engines and actually served with the British army in North Africa, and is the actual Lucy Sue from the Brad Pitt film Fury. The M4A1 called Havoc is (like all A1's and standard M4's) fitted with the same engine as the Hellcat, an R975 9 cylinder radial aircraft engine. Anyone who was there for our unloading on Friday or early on the Saturday and Sunday mornings will have seen us crank the engine over. The reason for this is not to prevent it seizing up, although it is to spread the oil around the engine. What happens is the oil pools in the lower cylinders and if you try and start the engine in this condition then the lower pistons will try (and fail) to compress the oil and instead they will blow off the bottom cylinders. The engine will be blown apart and also possibly cause a fire.
Incidentally British tank crews did have helmets (virtually the same as British motorcycle dispatch rider's helmets but with different liners) but these are so bulky and heavy that in a tank they actually get in the way more than they help. However I'll also note that British tank crews suffered more head wounds than US tank crews . . . make of that what you will.
Tanks and Jingles, what could possibly go wrong... oh wait.
That tank at 22:35, the Mark 4. Every year at my home town at the air show, there is always 2 of these buggers sitting on display. Not 2 sure if it IS infact a mark 4 as they both dont have the frame like the one in the video does. Also not sure if its a replica, but they both have working engines and usually drive around in the evening when alot of the crowd has disappeared. Puffin away. Beautiful tank
Dammit Jingles, it's 4:30 in the morning. I might as well not go to sleep at this point.
your not alone xD
Same here.
3:48 here mate
XD
Little late, but yeah me too. xD
'' I wanna turn the volume up, so you can hear these machines as they bundle around the arena, as God intended.'' May the Lord bless you for saying that. It made my day xD
woah...wtf jingles is now UNDER 500k subs....
He is as well!
What heresy is this? Who have abandoned the Salt Mines?
No one its just the dead bodies being removed.
barnie sandals
Not enough stalinium was produced at the gulag
Great job Jingles. Thanks for ensuring that those of us who cannot get to Bovington also get a front row view. Much appreciated.
congrats on 497k subs.. been here since 525k :D
Woo-Hoo! Heavy Metal! Bovington Tank Museum! Look forward to these videos each year. Thanks Jingles for sharing this experience with those who are 100's, 1000's & tens of thousands of miles away and unable to be there.
YouNoob shows Jingles has 497 665 subscribers. WTF?
It is not only Jingles. More (maybe all?) UA-camrs are affected. Quickybaby and Circon for example also lost subs. So it is probably either a bug or UA-cam is doing something like deleting inactive accounts.
ive noticed that too
I think it's UA-cam this has been happening to all youtuber loosing subs i don't why but it's youtube foult
Wait.. what.. O_O but how... O_o
Maybe he mentioned brexit. :D
Great mix of humour and narration! You truly made something already interesting and a good watch truly entertaining and great to watch. Well done.
I wonder how much diesel is consumed at tank fest? I can't believe how old I am asking that question.
The M4 does 2 gallons to the mile.
I can't even imagine my little Hyundai Accent getting anywhere on that kind of mileage.
*****
Malyutkas?who developed that ATGM?Russian?US?
Really love the audio quality. The engine sounds are nice and your voice comes across clearly with no crackles or pops. Very nice video, Jingles. Cheers from USA.
See how the rubber from the fourth wheel of the Titan flies of in 7:19 -. Interesting :D oh Jingles actually mentioned it I just paused the video before it... nevermind
Thank you for these Jingles. I would always love to attend but living in America poses some obvious problems and your coverage of Tankfest every year is a very incredible alternative to going. Thanks again.
Lol I've just seen my self in your video.
Cheers m8
WOW
I was there a few months ago. Just a shame I couldn't be there this week :(
Hello, young George Takei! xD
Did you take a selfie?
Fantastic Jingles ! living all the way out in NZ I'm unlikely to ever visit Tank Fest however looking at it through your eyes was a real pleasure. The re-enactment looked like great fun, thank you Sir !!
Oh look, it's that time again. Late night Jingles at 3:00 AM.
8pm when I received the notification.
13 PM for me :3
A very comfortable 7pm : )
The BadChat 5 here
All Non-modern tanks/vehicules:
22:17 Mark IV
24:17 M3 Stuart
24:30 M4A1 Sherman
24:40 M4 "Fury"
24:44 M4 Sherman
24:54 M18 Hellcat
25:50 T-34-85
26:01 Pz. III (maybe a Pz. III L version )
26:15 Pz. VI Tiger
26:56 M5A1 Stuart
27:58 Jeep Willys MB
28:00 Half-track M3A1
Is the challenger 2 covered in barracuda comouflage?
yes
beautiful tank
Davide Valle I agree!
Ive been to the boring ton tank museum this year on Jul 24 and it was AWESOME
I'd love to see some uber rich dude throw shit tons of money to get a Maus running
or rebuild the e-100
*über
There is only one maus in the world that was completed the other one was half way done and it was never completed
Knobster Knob even if someone threw all the worlds money at the russians at kubinka, they would still not fix the maus. Because it is german, and we can not restore german vechiles can we?
Those ruskies
Or the grille 15
I always loved the tank's as I have served as t72 gunner. I have to say what a lovely day tankfest was. Definitely I'm going to be there next year.
hopefully dice will see how the mk4 moves and and make it that way in battlefield 1, instead of having it move like a challenger 2 in 1916-18
***** the length of this comment is intimidating
+Dakota Tucker (CarbonFrozen423) aye, but it is very true
Completely agree.
+ultraboy222 again you :)
Battlefield 1 as "realistic" only makes sense in the same way as the "secret weapons of WWII" expansion pack for battlefield 1942 was "realistic"
Amazing footage Jingles. Love the WW1 tank, really shows how far the technology has come. Didn't even know they had a working one out there!
The severe lack of any M1 Garands hurts me
There were a couple, but not many.
In fact during ww2 in Europe there were few garands because they were so heavy and huge. Since the soldiers had to carry their weapons most of the time rather than shooting them most American soldiers preferred the m1 carbine, which was lighter, smaller and had a much lower recoil meaning that you could advantage more of its rate of fire.
And hell, the United States Marines in the Pacific theater often had the Springfield rifle, and not just scoped versions. But, frankly I'd rather have the Springfield rifle over an M1 Garand, on account of me being able to reload whenever I NEEDED. ...Or get an M1 Carbine.
+john smith yes but it didn't have as much hitting power as the 30-06 bullet. M1 carbines were usually used by support troops and other roles where you didn't need a full power battle rifle
+Theoreviews oh no indeed. There are reports that clothing could stop m1 carbine bullets, saving the soldier underneath.
Listening to those engines reminds me of the other day at an aviation museum where I heard the engine of a Spitfire spin up, well more like felt it and the tour of a Lancaster shortly before hand.
Jingles... your subs??? What did you do now? #BlameBilly
ohhhhhhh
Lots of people lost subs today, the more you had the more you lost.
Well, guess he has a little more time now to organize his 500K event! XD
i lost around 20 so its not so bad, i feel like this is a good thing because you can get a lot more of an accurate number of active subs instead of passive ones.
I blame brexit
Thank you for the great coverage. Especially good for those who couldn't go!
I am so proud, look at 1 of the 13 Leopard tanks the Dutch have driving around there!
the duch armed forces ar getting a sizable amount of funds soon so its reasonable to
assume that wel see some of these beutys return. fingers crossed !
*Taxes go up by 5%*
totally worth it
Significant increase is unlikely.
You just sold out all of your modern tank fleet at a very generous price to Finland, and acquiring a correspondent force would take ludicrous amount of money. As a citizen of Finland, I must remind you that because of our friendly and nice neighbor Russia, we will be unlikely to cancel the trade. I feel sorry for the Dutch, but really, we need the tanks very much too.
when i was there i talked to the ducth guys and i even could take a look in the leopard
was there on Saturday as part of my stag and loved it,cant wait to go again
Wait, so the joke about the British have tea making facilities in their tanks is real?
We don't joke about tea.
+chap0syoutuification i always wondered whys british so fond of their tea
+Jrs Bry that is just a typical stereotype of Britain.
Yes it's real. Almost all British AFV's have had a BV( Boiling Vessel), referred to by the troops as a "Bivvie", from pretty much the end of WWII to today, installed inside the tank. It's from a review carried out after the war which discovered that a significant proportion of tank crew losses were caused when crews were out of their tank, "brewing up" their tea or cooking food. It was determined that rather than risk the crews from being exposed outside the armour that was supposed to protect them, it would be made so that they could eat hot food and drink hot drinks inside the tanks, especially important as there was now the very real threat of NBC warfare.
+J Corbett it's not a 'bivvie' that is the small crew shelter that goes on the side of the vehicle. It's referred to as bee-vee
I recently went to the Yorkshire Wartime Experience in which I saw that M5 Stuart and there was a fully restored and functional StuG 3 Ausf D.
I kept looking for Hat Films in the background..
Haha same
I went over to the UK from NZ to see my parents but made sure to include Tankfest. I went both days and was hoping to get a photo with you. However on the first day I made it to the queue as you were about to leave and on Sunday I had to leave shortly before you arrived. Anyway the fest was a real blast. I am a lousy WoT player and more of a 1/35 modelling enthusiast so it was an unforgettable experience. It is the Mecca for any Tank nerds. The video is great to see as I missed some of the stuff going on in the circuit.
US soldiers with Mausers?
that is a sprigfield bolt action.... still used by us in ww2
dana696dana Ss Not the springfield, I'm talking about the guy with a Karabiner 98k sniper.
well i saw p 14 there as well.... well soldiers often picked up captured weapons.... so it is not that out of the realm of posibility
dana696dana Ss It's not, unlike that M4A3E8 in Tunisia 1943 ;)
oh well it is just a show.... lets be happy that these machines still run
Thank you for sharing your experience with us!
If the challenger is so good why is everyone using leopard 2's or copies of it? :----)
Not everyone needs a portable kitchen in the tank. Some prefer to blitz their way to the battlefield and get back in time for lunch.
I forgot that an average brit is unable to function without steady tea refills so this is a perfectly acceptable explanation. Thank you.
because it costs like 5 times as much as one leopard.
+Pyllymysli It costs less than a Chally 2, and it's exported to other countries, unlike the Chally 2 (Apart from the Chally 2 E, which was exported to Jordan). You could argue that the Leo's armour isn't up to par with the Chally's, same with the reliability. But, they have a lot of them.
+Pyllymysli It costs less than a Chally 2, and it's exported to other countries, unlike the Chally 2 (Apart from the Chally 2 E, which was exported to Jordan). You could argue that the Leo's armour isn't up to par with the Chally's, same with the reliability. But, they have a lot of them.
03:53 Actually, the RNA still operates about 18 Leo2 as part of the German/Dutch 414th Tank Battalion.
Greetings from Finland o7
JINGLES TORILLE??
Torille.
it was great to see you on Friday Jingles!
also glad to see myself in the crowd several times.
it was rather unfortunate that there were a couple of breakdowns on Sunday, but over all it was a fantastic holiday for us northerners.
As a german I am deeply concerned about the fact that we are upgrading Britians MBT. Since they have now left the EU who knows what they are going to do with their improved firepower. Maybe Britian will try to establish a new Commonwealth by force. Maybe they are going to start a war that leads to WW3. I hereby demand that on the slightest hint of an suspicious act of any of the british military branches or the government itself that there has to be an preventive strike executed against Britain and its allies to secure the peace in Europe.
The British public are massively divided over the EU referendum - we're more likely to descend into civil war than declare war on anyone else. We've got Scotland threatening to leave the UK, Northern Ireland isn't particularly happy and there are some calls to make a United Ireland. All this referendum achieved is destroying the UK (which ironically was the Leave campaigns main argument to leave the EU - to stop the UK from being destroyed) and polarizing the public/politicians - our 2 main political parties are in the process of ripping each other a part.
As it stands we're in no position to wage any kind of war - the public have no will for it.
Yes, let's strike them where it hurts, down under! Grab a billion cans of bug spray and strike at the heart of spider country! *shudders* On second thought, I'm glad Tank Fest was before the referendum, we get to enjoy the show, imo the results (and the following days) would have painted a different image to all the foreigners going there. On a different topic, I hear that The Tank Museum got a 2 million pound donation to train new apprentices for vehicle maintenance, overhauling and expanding the buildings and so on. I had hoped one day I would be able to fork over the money and go there to visit, but I don't want to risk being spat in the face or punched silly just because I'm not a native. Then again, I could call myself American, carry a gun, and tell them I come to spread freedom and golf balls.
Yeah, Britain starting WW3... I wouldn't worry if I were you...
Nations selling weapons and equipment to other nations outside of normal political relations, is common place for many countries, including Germany. Both the Leopard 1 and the Challenger 1/2 were leased and sold to countries around the world, and no bad has come of it (at least to the parent countries).
In any case with regards to war, the UK is only leaving the EU, it's NATO that decides military actions. So long as the UK remains a part of NATO (and it will), we can not declare war on anyone without approval from NATO leaders. Even this Gibraltar fiasco with Spain couldn't end in war, because firstly either Spain or the UK would have to leave NATO. Secondly, given that the US leads NATO, we'd both have them to answer to. We are and will continue to be close partners with Germany in this regard, there really is nothing to worry about here.
If it's WW3 you're worried about, then you might want to turn your attentions to Russia. Ever since the Syria crisis, they've been making some ballsy moves, and if anyone has the guts to launch a nuclear strike, it'll be them. It is also for that very reason NATO has refused to get involved, despite the significant terrorist threat ISIS pose to its member nations.
Could the recent bombings have been prevented?
Yes, it is very likely they could have been. But unless we can strike a deal with Russia (and its highly unlikely to ever happen), it's time to batten down the hatches and be extra vigilant from now on.
What upgrades ? the smoothbore and engine programmes are dead already
Jingles i have seen a hellcat in person and there awesome and i can go see it at a Local Museum and from time to time they fire it up and drive it around in parades and things. The M-18 Hellcat Tank Destroyer was produced by the Buick Motor Division and is the only company to build the M-18. All of the Hellcat’s were built at Buick’s plant on Hamilton Avenue in Flint Michigan.
so the british have a trojan and a titan.
*lenny*
+Против Глобал what is nob?
I've been to most of the Tankfest event, and every year you said you were attending I've had my eyes on the look out. Finally, 2016, i got the chance to meet you. Was a pleasure and thank you for signing my Peek-a-Boom T-Shirt. :)
Jingles say goddbye to UK. I bet in max 1 year there will be Scotland, Ireland, The City-State of London, England and Wales the main inhabitants of the islands.
goodbye*
+MunroM84 LOL, do you even know what the european union does?
That's what the EU used to be. It actually wants to, and is on the way to becoming, a single nation state where it will erase the cultural identity of the European nations, have complete control over all of the member nations, and have a single army that will be under it's command. And in case you didn't know, the top of the EU is called the European commission, which used to be call the High Authority when the EU was created, which a governing body that the European people don't even get to vote on, and they aren't held accountable for anything they do in the political world.
+Austin Page You're talking out of your ass.
EU, in its beginning, was nothing more than a iron ore and coal trade pact between France and Germany (See Elsass-Lothringen/Alsace-Lorraine issue since forever), with the primary idea being that if the trade is lucrative enough, maybe the French and the German can stay off each others throats for more than 20 years. So far that has worked, at least. There was no illuminati involved, but rather a bunch of irritated British and US politicians that tried to figure out how to keep peace.
EU still is, and will be, predominantly commercial union that focuses on regularizing and controlling the economic fluctuations in European market, with admittedly mixed results. How do I know this? Well, EU budget is public and can be revised per country or as a whole. The European commission is elected by the MEPs, that's true, but that is for many countries an equivalent of their method of choosing the president.
Currently, EU uses about 86,5% of its budget in various operations that are meant to either encourage economical growth and use of new resources or improving the sustainability and cost-effectivity of existing resource management.
Another 1,5% goes to security and citizenship. This basically means making sure that people have appropriate passports and counter-terrorism funding.
Administration, IE getting everybody to talk to each other, change crucial information and overall keep the union standing takes about 5,9%.
This great "Cultural mass-exctinction" program of yours takes 5,8% of the budget and is, for example, currently negotiating tax-free trans-atlantic trading pact.
europa.eu/about-eu/basic-information/money/expenditure/index_en.htm This has one instance of EUs budget on year 2014.
In it's current state, EU does and could not have an unified military force. I know this for a fact, as I have received very recent and modern military training (I'm a citizen of Finland). The armies are dramatically differing in size, doctrines and capabilities and do not have an unifiable command structure. There's nato, of course, but do you realistically think that US will willingly let everybody out of NATO in order to form their own little military club? I don't think so. As a matter of fact, the balance of military power is extremely biased. Finland, for example, could easily capture and control all baltic states and Northern countries, because our army is way bigger than the armies of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania combined. Is there anything suggesting that Finland is planning a forceful takeover of all its neighbours?
If yes, I have no more to say to you. If no, why would an even less organized political actor that is francly in a bad shape currently be trying to do the same?
You are an idiot then.
First time I've been to Bovington, it was awesome. So much to see I will definitely be back.
We left Europe? OMG WTF!
Skidboy7 So we're going to be our own continent then?
You will be the United Wales and England xD
+Joe Randella we are leaving EU
More like EU. EU =/= Europe.
Ramzan Bachaev so it's not England leaving Europe?
Just dawn on me It's been following Jingles for 4 years.Thank you for getting me through university and all the videos you upload.
Great video but I am surprised at the "Oh dear. Oh dear. We've just left the EU" comment. The majority of the British people have just said "Thank god we've left the EU" otherwise we wouldn't have any military at all. We'd all be admiring European armoured vehicles that go backwards faster than they go forwards and the Russians would be laughing ever harder than they already are!
that's not completely true, Britain is really divided over the topic
52% is barely the majority. Not to mention how a significant number of leave voters are now saying that they regret voting leave.
+1ofa9TV Divided, yes. But the decision has already been made, unfortunate or not, I cannot say. Unless this 2nd referendum goes through, we're leaving...
+TheBritishBrit the thing is your government has the final say on whether to enact article 50, this was not a binding vote.
+1ofa9TV Precisely. They do what they see fit. If it was a 80:20 vote, then it would've been definite, but as it was rather slim (Yes, 52:48 is rather slim), they also have decisions to make. Whether to impart article 50 or do whatever else.
Great job Jingles! fantastic editing & sound and some great information too! Thanks for the effort that went into this.
thank you jingles seeing that showed me a preview of what my grandfather went through as he fought in ww2 in the army. Awesome video by far the best I've ever been privileged to see
Tank Fest this year was awesome and i can't wait for it next year
One thing we do miss out on is the vibrations that these tanks make when driving by, its a absolutely amazing experience. Great video!!
Went there a few years ago with my Grandad, God bless his soul. Great day out.
liked the vid,was 63c20 ,1970 thru 1990 U.S.A. worked on almost all U.S. tracked and wheeled vehicals. Thanks
Great video, enjoyed tankfest been a few years since my last visit.. Real good atmosphere.. Good to catch you Rita and Sofi during my goodie bags raid mission.. Enjoy the rest looked like you needed it.
so glad my cluster headaches returned after being absent for over a year, enabling me to miss out on Tankfest for another year, despite having a ticket this time :( still, looked like it was a beast of an event again!! gotta love bovvy
For my graduation gift I asked to have a trip arranged to the Tank Museum.Can't wait!!
Thank you for sharing this. It was really good to watch.
I took two of my kids to a USAF air show this past weekend. Was shocked when they had a Vampire flying in the show, and thought of you and Magz when it blew by. Great memory for my daughter, who actually asked if I would take a picture of her on the .50 cal in the Blackhawk. A Russian tanker for Halloween and asking for pictures on the door gun; good girl.
Jingles, the Dayton airshow was amazing it was worth the hour and a half trip :)
Thank you jingles For the Highlights, Missed This years Tankfest due A Kidney Transpant(kidney still ~Asleep~) Thanks Again !!!!
10:43 No, that's an M109 Paladin that the British bought and renamed it the AS90
No, it isn't. It's of a seperate and design and build of the M109, it even replaced it in many cases. They just look slightly similar.
TheBritishBrit Slightly similar? Very very similar... to similar
+Champion Gundyr The point being, they're not the same.
Im from the Ft Benning Georgia Area. They are currently in the process of building the National Armor museum which will be near the current newly built national Infantry museum. So most of the tanks at Ft banning aren't on display to the public at this point in time.
It was great at tankfest... My first time ever there, and in Britain in general... amazing to see all those machines up close. Didnt see you much, only a bit when you played the M3Lee at the world of tanks area :)
Back at it again, with another great video! Thx Jingles
I was there! Spotted myself in the crowd a couple of times xD Fantastic day, definitely need to come back again next time!
+The Mighty Jingles, Great comments on US - UK rivalry. Straight on.
22:16 when that started rolling in Jingles voice just faded away, the only thing I heard was "Bring me Solo and the wookie.."
Thanks so much for recording this! Its on the other side of the world from me, but would really love to go to this some day.
Interesting when you look at the Tiger standing near the Leo2 ... still flat surfaces, no obvious angling around the turret whatsoever... I know this changes with later models (Leo2 A5 I think)
The main armor in the later Leopard 2 models is still just as flat, they just added those wedges to slow down incoming rounds. The wedges themselves are so thin that they don't form a shot a trap as you might think at first glance.
Angling is overrated, since angled armor requires a longer piece to cover the same vertical surface, plus APFSDS cant be deflected anymore.
The Chobham type composite armor is almost impossible to make in curved shapes, so modern tanks (Leo 2, M1A2, etc) are made with flat planes. It's a case of the design of the vehicle being driven by the capabilities of the materials it's being made from.
Thanks all for your replies :)
While that's true, there's no reason for the slabs to be set flat vertically, the M1 has Chobam armor as well but instead of being mounted straight up and down, its turret plates are angled.
Looks like a nice event. Maybe we visit Bovington next year. This year we're going to the war and peace show coming July.
Great video, Jingles. The level of commentary is just right, as far as I'm concerned.
Wish I can eventually go to that museum even if there are no events going on look so awesome inside.
Awesome vid Jingles! Would love to go see the Museum someday.
I was there staying with Circon, Max, PHJ and of course with #blamebilly. Great weekend. You missed the flyover by the Spitfire and P40 - that was awesome esp on Sunday when the weather had cleared a little
I love these Tankfest-videos of yours. Otherwise I would never be able to see anything from Tankfest. I mean, we germans have "Stahl auf der Heide" at our Tank museum in Munster, but thats a) much smaller and b) it's always rainign. But who knows, maybe this year it won't rain. Maybe the could even get that Panther to work....
Great vid as always!! Hope to see you there next year.
Thanks for the video Jingles. Hope I can make it there next year.
The hand cranking of Hellcat engine had to be done as the engine oil settled in the lower cylinders and could cause a hydro static lock resulting in cylinder heads being pushed off, so you have to crank engine over 50 times on handle which is equal to 1 complete engine rotation
A slight correction, dear salt mine overlord: the British did have a tank helmet. It shared its profile with the airbourne helmet and was around from 43 onwards. The thing about the British was that they'd not worn helmets before that and weren't too keen on needing extra headroom inside cramped fighting compartments
Thank you for filming this for us, it was a good watch! 👍
Well Jingles, you don't quite turn the engine upside down. The expression "turning the engine over" comes from radial engines mounted on aircraft; to clear the oil from the bottom cylinders before ignition, the crews would have to manually spin the props a few times, or turn them over, hence the expression. In the M18, there would likely be a manual crank handle in light of the missing prop.
That was definitely worth the trip from Germany. Awesome show.
Turning the engine over is common for many types of (large) non consumer grade engines. Not just aircraft engines either, big Diesels too. Simply because the moment of start is typically when most wear occurs, even if the engine doesn't seize, pressure lubrication takes a few seconds to get lube to the bearing journals and that is a rather bad thing in an engine which displaces several ten liters per cylinder and has combustion forces in the order of tons hammering the crankshaft.
The Polish T34-85 is putting out white smoke, which for a diesel engine is probably unburned fuel (it could also be steam, which is potentially a much more serious problem), so one or more cylinders isn't firing (which could have a number of causes). Black smoke signifies incomplete combustion, and blue smoke is engine oil (which is really bad, as anyone who's seen a diesel engine run away with itself will testify, if they managed to avoid the shrapnel).
Thanks Sir, enjoyed it very much!
Hey jingles may remember me from the line I had the bright yellow hat
I wanted say that's you began my love of history and tanks THANKS
Enjoyed your vid, spotted myself a couple of times, you had the better advantage point. I am just in front of the Leopards gun taking Photos. Great 2 days at my first Tankfest.
Jingles, T-34 tanks where notorious for being very loud and making so much smoke you could see them from a great distance. That T-34 preformed as expected. :P