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- Comedian Al Murray of, Pub Landlord fame, came to The Tank Museum to choose his Top 5 Tanks. Let us know what you think!
Whose top 5 would you like to see next?
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This becomes even better when you see his bottom 5 tanks video
I just noticed that he literally listed the exact same tanks XD
@@Icetea-2000 well he did say in the bottom 5 video the lists were exactly the same *shrugs*
@@kraxus03 k
He has admitted on his podcast his list was motivated by winding trolls up
all along i was like: "What the heeeell" they got me hahaha
The #1 tank of all time is the one I drew when I was 6 years old. It was covered in spikes so no one could climb up on it. The spikes were also electrified, clearly indicated by all the lightning bolts shooting out of them. It was totally unbeatable and invincible and that's why it's #1.
Deff would have shortened the war
google Rrröööaaarrr
Did you make it in World Of Tanks?
I like how 2 years later, all of us decided to comment under this exact comment xD
@@intiotto3616 can confirm I waited 2 years to write this
You had me at Tiger
The Iron Armenian aka G.I. Haigs same
Which one of them? :P
Tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger tigertiger etc. Etc
Oh hi, and Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Tiger Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman
Eh, he would have had me if he said Panzerkampfwagon VI Ausf E...
Good thing Al Muray is British. Can you imagine a fellow German doing that Tiger bit... Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E, Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E, Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E, uuuuuuuuuuh Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E, Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E, Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E, Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E, Michael Wittmann, Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E, Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E, Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E, Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E, Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E, Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E, .......
Military Aviation History yeah some weird German guy did a video recently.... Oh hang on.
Lol
Love YOUR channel by the way.
Robert Cains
The tiger scene: "Take that you Jerry brute! And that! And this one as well for your impudence sir!"
Sonderkraftfahrzeug 181 Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausführung E...
You really think they called it by its full name in casual conversation...
He is completely fluent in German however, so he could have. :P
This is CLEARLY an imposter...
The real Al Murray would do this all with a pint and wouldn't sully his list with anything not British.
Using Al's own unique brand of pub landlord logic for a moment...
The British invented tanks for use in WWI, therefore any tanks built after that time are basically based on British tank designs and tank-building knowledge, therefore all tanks are basically of British descent, thus all tanks are basically British and so all are worthy of being considered for inclusion on Al's top 5 list of (British) tanks from around the world.
But you notice none of his top 5 is French...
Patrick Holt The French have tanks? Sure they weren’t some kind of advanced flagpole, specially designed for displaying the white flag to the Germans?
@@tomsimcox5066 correct, the French invented the mobile flagpole!
The Matilda I - beautiful British name!
Greatest explanation about tiger tank
It's all one needs to say really.
Yeah, the hand expand on the gun and "Hitler Like" captures the essence.
Bocage = Waffen-SS uses cheatware, needs permabanned!
www.google.com/search?q=MICHAEL+WITTMANN&rlz=1C1JZAP_enUS730US731&oq=MICHAEL+WITTMANN&aqs=chrome..69i57&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
...btw then USA hacked to allow passing through barriers en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhino_tank
and GB just used spammed w/ hacked account Canadians like they were expendable, as usual, and then didn't give them nearly enough credit, also as usual, judging by the War of 1812.
"If you havent enjoyed it, I've been Dan Snow" Oh i'm crying!
(BTW - Tank Museum! Dan Snow would be an awesome person to hear his Top 5 for)
He's clueless
He'd pick the T 34 for the top spot cos some Russian women crewed them, that will keep the PC crowd happy.
he is a lightweight so called historian with great connections, starting with his dad who got him the first jobs.
Dan Snow would be interesting, Mark Felton would be super interesting!
So glad I watched to the end just for the Dan Snow line. Brilliant.
Finally! Someone recognises the Cromwell!
Even the German Leopard main battle tank values the principals of the Cromwell, speed and firepower over armour.
Lindy Beige has highlighted one story in which a platoon of Cromwells escaped a field of flak 88s by *jumping over a 12 foot canal* despite one of them having a notoriously bad engine.
Cyar Skirata r u sure about that???
Ben Conway If we're talking about the Sea Fury I think we are, then yes. The one I'm thinking of was the carrier version of an advanced British prop fighter, relegated to the role of a very effective ground attacker due to the dominance of jets in fighter roles.
Wait... I literally just answered your question as though it was on a completely different comment thread, sorry.
Ben Conway Answering the question you're actually asking rather than the one I lazily assumed, the story was a first-hand account by the commander of the lead tank, and given the speed of the tank I don't doubt it. There are numerous photos of Cromwells jumping from dirt ramps, and with the slight lip the commander said was there it seems entirely feasible for a Cromwell to jump the distance as two roughly average height men lying head-to-toe.
The Cromwell with the bad engine is reported to have landed not quite fully on the edge, and torn down much of the canal's bank as it dragged itself to safety.
Pub landlord knows best
Michael Milburn the Cromwell, beautiful British Tank.
I didn't know who Al Murray was when I saw this. Now I've watched his standup and his sitcom, "Time Gentleman Please". Love this guy.... I'm not confused. 😂😊
'If you didn't like it, I am Dan Snow!' Brilliant, cheers!
"Super adaptable, bit flammable" haaaaahahaha
"If you haven't enjoyed it, my name's Dan Snow" very good.
I want to see the 'pub landlord' top 5. #5 British tank #4 British tank #3 British tank #2 British tank #1 British tank.
#5 Beautiful British tank #4 Beautiful British tank #3 Beautiful British tank #2 Beautiful British tank #1 Beautiful British tank.
Since tanks were invented in Britain, all subsequent designs are therefore beautiful British machines and as such anything with the destination "tank" is a beautiful British tank.
I love how it’s a Polish crewed Cromwell 😍 Al Murray is a legend. Definately my fav comedian and historian. He knows his stuff.
No matter how little weaponry they have at hand, it _is_ a bad idea to help yourself to Slavic homeland and start abusing the place.
We get reeeeeeeeally mean. You may come out on top, but you'll also be hurting and unhappy.
@@henrysokol3466 No. This is not what slave means. Watch the last few thousand years of history....slave.
@@Pepe_Silvia There's a couple clues in what you typed which indicate you kind of don't know what _either_ of us are talking about.
So I'll just note the sneering dehumanizing ethnic slur you've publicly slung at a total stranger for no real damn reason, and tell you to *get bent.*
@@Pepe_Silvia
Okay... I admit Slavic history has had plenty of bad and even humiliating periods to go along with good ones, and I let pride in my heritage go to my head so that I cherrypicked moments in history to draw conclusions from. But if that's wrong for *me* to do, why should *you* get to do the exact same thing in order to engage in what's essentially hate speech?
The phrase 'slave' is indeed derived from 'Slav'... but so what? The root is an archaic one derived from Slavs being carried away in bondage during the 9th century by Spanish Moors. It doesn't go any further back, and isn't the result of some sort of world consensus that we're natural born butt-monkeys. Like many other cultures that were forced to serve another in large numbers, our name became an alternate term our masters used for their human property, and by a quirk of history the word 'slave' spread beyond those kingdoms to become a more generalized term that's lasted the ages.
Speaking of which: 'the last few thousand years of history' at least _implies_ a timeframe far beyond where historians and archaeologists totally lose track of the Slavs and their ancestors. The farthest back anyone can be sure they even existed as a people is only around *two* thousand years ago.
Fun top 5 as usual. I'd love to see Sabaton's lead singer, Joakim Broden's, top 5 tanks.
me too!
I WANT AN AL MURRAY NETFLIX SPECIAL!
All Al? All the time?
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Isaac Plumbo u still have a Ugandan nuckle in ur profile pic
Well, that was amusing and educational too. Just because one is discussing deadly death dealing machines doesn't mean a little humor can't be used to lighten things up.
Brilliant,Al Murray never fails to put his point across with such informed prose as tiger tiger tiger tiger etc lol!
I didn't expect the Cromwell to be number 1. However I just visited the Tank Museum today for the first time and went on a tour guide about British Heavy Tanks of 1943-1945. The Cromwell was a really fast tank capable of doing 40mph however they had to restrict it to 30mph because it was hard to control. But a really interesting bit of information about British Tanks was this... We were not incapable of designing good tanks. The problem we had was making good tanks our industry was not geared up for it and to gear up for it we would have to stop making tanks for a while and we couldn't afford to do that. So what limited the Cromwell was we couldn't slope or curve its armour because of our industry limitations.
Just brilliant. Great content, excellent context and loved the humour. Please do more!
Nice on Al. A Bren Carrier with a roof. Perfect.
Beautiful British tank
Hallam Crafer bew-tiful tank , British tank . Now a larger for the gent and a white wine for the lady.
Those are the rules.
And where would we be if there were no rules...?? France!
And where would we be if there were too many rules..?? Germany!!
There are no such a thing like a beautiful british tank... You might like one or too of them. But no british tank have ever been beautiful...
@@VonRammsteyn You aren't familiar with Al Murray are you
@@tyty1296 nop. But i was talking nonses... There are some brit tanks that i love, like the crusader. Is a kind of joke that we often make un my FB group... Like the stetic of a vehicle is going to be of some worth in the battlefield... I meant no offense.
That was awesome Al! Very much enjoyed your opinions! Solid grounding and really enjoyable..thanks for being a tank fan!
Quality !
More of this please.
The best, and most favourite Airfix model I built as a child was a Cromwell.
He said he couldn’t wait to see the comments because of what he picked but honestly I didn’t expect the Cromwell to be number one
I was expecting him to choose the Comet or the Crusader tbh (his choices favoured balance but an emphasis on speed) so not really surprised by Cromwell.
some didn't expect the Clement Attlee’s government authorised the export of 40 Rolls-Royce Nene engines to the USSR
but it do
I think this series is entirely ww. 2 based. Otherwise the challenger 2 would be in there. As the only mbt to never suffer loss In combat.
@@31tomcat not entirely true, one was severely damaged in Iraq not long after the invasion I recall due to an enormous ied striking the hull and killing 2 crew members. Derails may need clarification but I recall being very surprised by the news.
@@tracboy80 I may be wrong, but I think that particular tank was repaired, and went back into service.
My fav visit to the Tank museum was when my dad suggested don't watch the display... Go stand behind the tanks in the holding yard as they start them up to go in to the arena.
Stood behind the crommy as they started it up omg was awesome.
Also chatting to the volunteers that help keep all the armour running was fantastic.
This was the funniest vid untill now, they're all good but with this one i laughed my ass off!!.
*Jeremy Clarksons* top five next please!!!!!!
Stephen Keeler ohhhhh it would be so goooooood
Stephen Keeler best idea ever I bet he would choose the jagdtiger for being the tank equivalent of a sledgehammer
Imagine the Stig taking the Tiger for a spin round the test track :)
Stephen Keeler richard hammonds top 5:
m4 a1 sherman
m4 a2 sherman
m4 a3 76 sherman
m4 a3 e2 jumbo
m4 a3 e2 76 jumbo
and for the cherry on top
m3 lee
Oliver Mounsey Would that be the "jaaaaaaaaaaaagdtiger"?
Tiger Tiger burning bright, in the bocage in the night!
Jon-Paul Filkins Ah,yes. You left out its fearful symmetry. But well done nevertheless.
Sometimes less is more ;)
Well it’s Bocage for a start and very few Tigers were knocked out by Allied tanks, most were either destroyed by the crew or abandoned...read some history
MEHT43 You sir are an uneducated jackass. The host of the top 5 tanks is a British comedian. University educated by the way. The Tiger,Tiger,burning bright is the lead line from a poem that was taught in schools. I learned it in Grade 9 as a matter of fact.
I thought it was quite amusing and not a little apropos. I suggest a paper dictionary to look up the word apropos as using computers has clearly taught you nothing.
I will tell you the poets first name of William.
Do you deserve this condescending post of amused contempt ?
Well,the last line of yours was your feeble attempt at insult.
The real clue was to you my nonsensical post. You should have said to yourself, huh?
Maybe I should either say nothing or do some homework. Homework. Are you familiar with the word ? When did you drop out of school by the way ?
Jackass. There is homily. Look that one up too. Dates back to ancient Greece. Saying nothing may sometimes make you look like a fool,but opening it removes all doubt.
Do not offer insult when puzzling things are in front of you.
That is today's lesson. Although I doubt it will do any good. Ignorance may be cured with learning,but stupid is forever. When brains were being handed out,you thought they said trains and went and hid in the closet.
In the age of the internet I am crippled by 2 things.
I can't spell, I can't type. Thanks for the spelling correction.
As for the joke/pun, if it needs to be explained, ahh well, nevermind.
Superb work Mr Murray - loved your book on war films and loved this. Well done sir!
Great character bringing tank reviews to life..the passion is visible & I hope he reviews more tanks...
Over in swanage they have dive boats & they do dives on the Valentine tanks that sunk there...one I saw even has a turret still on..it was nice to see one in the museum with the skirt still on & in better condition.
i love als enthusiasm for the subject and his knowledge is immense , i would love him to get involved with a script for the " the great swan"
For me, the best one of these video's yet !!
I love Al's documentaries; one learns so much from them!
the tiger tiger tiger tiger part was absolutely hilarious, he just needed to jump around the thing hysterically
You are why I love British shows. Informative, humourous, and lively. And your number one was unexpected but you explained your self most enjoyably. Fire that guy who dragged you away.
Now I need a Pub Landlord's top 5.
Bret Higgins .
5 matilda 2
4 Churchill
3 comet
2 cromwell
1 centurion
Thats pub landlords list all British and all great it's in the name
Oh I think the MkIV Male would be there for the first tank on tank kill and Cambrais. Fruit based drinks for the lady tanks.
So I reckon
5: Matilda. Lovey tank, Shame about the Aussie name, would work great behind a bar.
4: Mk IV Male. It was never confused.
3: Churchill. It's in the name!
2: Cromwell. Had the best haircut, listens to Queen.
1: Centurion. World domination for the Empire! Of all the tanks, this is the only one that watched Where Eagles Dare.
Fantastic to see you Al! With your passion for military history, can’t you take over from where the great Richard Holmes left off. You’ve a fantastic talent for presenting ... and you love it.
Brilliant - well played sir!
"Cromwell? Beautiful British name."
''......okay, it was a bit flammable'' perfect comedy timing!
Brilliant vid, well done The Tank Museum and well done Al...!!
By far one of my favourite Top Fives ever. That line on Dan Snow at the end was hilarious.
Absolutely love al Murray. Also great picks. Love the centurion and the cromwell
Awesome video, love Al Murray he know a lot about history !!!
You think so? Just re-watch the part about M4 Sherman. Fflammable? Bad armor? It wasn't flammable at all and armor was effectively 4 mm thinner then armor on Tiger 1 or late Cromwell and something like 40 mm thicker then on T-34.
Stanisław Szczypuła the early ones were kinda flammable, the later ones definitely werent.
Stanisław Szczypuła, 1) all tanks are flammable and early Shermans worse than many- Al Murray correct. 2) tiger tank armor 60 to 80mm effective side armour, sherman 38mm effective side armour- Al Murray correct.
All the data I have seen shows T34 effective frontal armour the same as Sherman not 40mm less and better than Sherman on side armour. What is your source of data?
1)procentege of casualties in Shermans were lower then in other medium tanks of that era, there are records of soviet soldiers standing in puddle of fuel there was so much leakage and there was no anti-fire screen between engine and crew compartment in T-34. 2)who the hell care about side armor? its real life not World of Tanks, you either have your enemy in front of you or you are dead. There is a reason MBTs doesn't have good side armor either.3) T-34 had 45 mm angled armor effectively around 6o mm, while Sherman sloped armor was effectively 96 mm thick (later models way over 100 mm).
Stanisław Szczypuła well they got the nickname Ronson for a reason😃, and it wasnt for being impervious to a direct hit.
Lol thank you Al Murray for the Panther rant! Enjoyed every moment of it as well as your explanation of your other choices. 👍👍
I love this guy, simple and good explanations
Ah the Cromwell in the Polish 1st Armoured Division markings, just made my day.
I'm glad someone finally agrees with me that the Cromwell was a damn good tank
that was bloody awsome, thanks tank museum! :D
Love it! More Al Murray tank chats please. Entertaining and full of educational FACTS 😁
Best top five by a country mile. Spicy takes with logic and facts to back them up. Genuinely funny, and doesn't prattle on for ages about boring minutiae. Also great to see a Brit do something other than stan German tanks and throw the Challenger in as an afterthought.
1:29 the guy in the background is like "what the....."
Outstanding! Thanks Al - and interesting about the 'Great Swan'- never looked at it like that before!
That was great, loved the Tiger bit & Cromwell was a welcome surprise from the other top 5's - but Al's got a point. I reckon the Comet is it for me cos it's got all the Cromwell's qualities & the 17pdr gun. Am really enjoying this series, well done Tank Museum.
you definitely have to say tiger at least once more, you have not said it enough. ;).
the most important tank for "Blitzkrieg" was not the Panzer II but the Panzer 38(t)...originally built for the chech army, constructed by an (exiled) russian...but the best, most mobile and most reliable tank the germans had in poland and france. It was the panzer 38(t) that allowed guderian to "scout ahead in force".
Yeah. It's one of those crucial things that would have made Hitler's prospects very different if the Allies had gone to war to defend Czechoslovakia. The Germans would have had to fight the 38(t)s, instead of being able to fill their divisions with them.
Thankyou Al, always funny and informative. Now it would be great if someone made a film about the great swan breakout .
"... and I don't really like the idea of Russian tanks in France at all!"
But in all seriousness, propose it to Tom Hanks if you can. The man's got appropriate influence, and now seems fascinated with WWII history. There's even a decent conflict in the form of the badly overstretched Allied supply chain which resulted.
I love how the chappie at the end was like “Come on Al, times up!”
I can definitely get onboard with Mr. Murray's list. Good job Al, nice Top 5!
The History Guy should do a video about that Normandy breakout, I've never heard about it, and it's history that needs to be remembered! !.
Very funny. And I learnt something. Could be slightly better editted tho. But still well done. Possibly the best top 5 so far. Great condensation and great logic
Beautifully done, Sir! The Cromwell is my favourite tank as well!
Ugly as hell, though. It looks like someone slapped tracks onto a miniature 1860s ironclad.
@@henrysokol3466 Kicks *** in World of Tanks.
The comment at the end “if you haven’t liked it then I’m Dan Snow”. That cracked me up good for some reason.
Just like the Cromwell, the Centurion is very rarely mentioned, even though it was the greatest tank in the world for many years! Even then, it was only superceded by another British tank, the Chieftain. Sorry but a bit bias, but 🇬🇧 currently has the only undefeated tank in combat history, the Challenger! It may not have all the bells and whistles of other tanks, but it's pretty much indestructable! 🇬🇧💪
Britain also had a lot of inexcusably poor tanks at that time and before, like the Matilda I and TOG 2. Or the Covenanter, a tank flawed enough a large production run was never put into use despite desperate need.
Not to say by this the Challenger isn't excellent... merely not to read too much into its success.
@@henrysokol3466 **coughs in M1 combat car and M2 medium**
@@henrysokol3466
The backwards facing Archer 🎯
Excellent Mr Murray, that University of Oxford history education put to good use. Totally agree with you, indeed Generalleutant Fitz Bayerlin panzer Lehr also agreed with you, being very complementary about the Cromwell and he considered the general who drew up the Normandy plan, the greatest general in the history of Warfare and we know who that was. He considered the tiger and panthers unsuitable for Western Europe, he preferred the mark 4. Re the tiger against The firefly , Northamptonshire Yeomanry war diary, “Three Tigers in 12 minutes not bad business”, not a bad shot Mr Ekins. Also Villers-Bocage when 7th Armoured recovered from the ambush they knocked out his squadron of 4 or 5 tigers. Love to know Dan Snow’s 5 and indeed James Holland’s 5 top tanks
John Cornell Most of those knocked-out tanks could be repaired. But a Tiger? When those things were down, they were down for the count. From a strategic perspective, the Sherman and Cromwell were just better in almost every way. And the Second World War was decided through strategy, not small-scale engagements.
John Cornell, interesting points, The latest view it could have been 4 or 5 by this troop destroyed lead by company commander of A Squadron, Captain Boardman, he took personal control of his 3d Platoon, of 3 MarkV a and the Mark Vc. There is also Sergeant George Dring, MC and Bar known as Killer Dring, who was very successful at destroying Tigers and Panthers, in Akilla his Firefly, A squadron Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry famous for a tiger and panther in one engagement look out for the photograph. There is also further evidence, that a Churchill 6 pound with APSD destroyed 3 Tigers before being disabled, and a Firefly destroying a Tiger 2 at close range. The issue is confirming the type of tank, the Tigers only engaged the commonwealth troops during Normandy, but perception was every tank was a Tiger, not helped by the later version of Mark IV which looked similar.
Undertaken by the latest work on the Heavy tank battalions Shedgehammers, “Of the nine Tigers that entered the town of Villers-Bocage throughout the day's battle, including Wittmann's Tiger, all but one was either damaged or destroyed.Whatever the exact number of tanks that were totally destroyed, it is indisputable that the 1st Company of SS-Heavy Tank Battalion 101 was combat ineffective by the end of the day. Far from being the resounding and overwhelming German success that many accounts portray, when looked at in total, although they undeniably did stop the British advance, the Germans' victory was essentially Pyrrhic. Further, the Tigers lost during this battle were never replaced throughout the remainder of the Normandy campaign. The losses of the British, however, were quickly replaced. For example, three days later, on 16 June 1944, the 4th County of London Yeomanry was issued replacement vehicles and manned them with reserve crews.”
This assessment quotes 133 engaged 3 survived, other figures quote 123 tiger 1 with 3 survived plus 47 Tiger 2 7 survived. These may be consistent with the 3 returned by Panzer Lehr before the battle. They left all their Tigers at the maintenance point, so they could get to Normandy from Le Mans quickly. Either way , the commonwealth army were responsible for the direct or indirect destruction of 94% of the tigers engaged, catching up with the rest during the Great Swan battle.
Bookhead714 you are correct, Miles Dempsey famously stated of Goodwood, tactical not a success, not reaching the objectives but Strategically an overwhelming success “has when German regiment were torn to pieces during these great battles, the survivors regrouped as KampfenGruppen. Admin, troops, cooks, engineers, signallers, Luftwaffe flak units, were quickly amalgamated, and with a couple of tanks, guns and mortars were once again a superb tactical defensive unit. “ Patrick Delaforce, The Black Bull. Strategically and operationally it spelled the end. Eisenhower’s greatest mistake was the broad front strategy and not to follow Montgomery’s suggestion to attack on a signal Northern front into the Rhine, General Blumentritt chief of staff for Field-Marshal von Rundstedt. See B.H.LIDDELLHART, the other side of the hill.
John Cornell thanks, the reference I have quotes Schneider, Wolfgang. Tigers in Combat Volume I & II. J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing, Inc., Winnipeg, Canada, 1998. I have noted losses are grouped by week not day.
John Cornell please see attach sherwoodrangers.org.uk/george-dring/4593810039 also Monty marauders Patrick Delaforce tank action, David Render, and An Englishman at War, The wartime diaries of Stanley Christopherson commanding officer of the Sherwood Rangers. It also covers how they captured a tiger which they kept for a short period, until they were ordered to hand it over.
great stuff! i actually loved your choices!
Marvelous and extremely entertaining commentary ... especially on the bloody Tiger!
When I get to the UK, I am going to the Tank Museum
I can just imagine wild packs of Cromwells hunting down herds of unsuspecting supply trucks.
Great vid very entertaining and enlightening. Interesting choice of the mark2 and number 1 worth waiting for. Looking forward to coming again for a quite coffee and loud tank. Now if we look at the later versions of the panther ......
The pub landlord has sobered up! Great video, and excellently presented by Al Murray!
Challenger Mk2, Best tank ever. None destroyed from service, one knocked out of action due to RPG damage. 30 minutes later back in action. Abrams, over 20+ destroyed since 1990
Doesnt hold a candle to the Bob semple, which also didnt lose any of their number or take any combat damage
Tiger Tiger Tiger Tiger Tiger Tiger Tiger
Joe Ekins liked the Tiger as well, specifically the 3 in his Firefly gunsight.
Tiger. Tiger. Tiger. Tiger. Michael Witman! Tiger. Tiger. Tiger. Tiger.
@John Cornell you have no sense of humour do you? Stop ruining people's fun. The more I see your comments, the more I'm convinced that you're a Wehraboo.
I still think that Cromwell tank's most amazing feature is it's name. Naming the fastest tank of the war after cavalry commander was a stroke of genius.
very good selection, made with knowledge and taste
Nice dig at that egotist Patton. Good logic on making Cromwell your number 1.
Better to have solid tanks when and where you need them, rather than a great tank stuck in the shop or in the wrong location.
Mugdorna yes to the first, maybe to the second. I still think the centurion should be number 1
David Lee, centurion is as much a WW2 tank as the IS3. Technically yes but in reality no
Joel Walmsley there was no mention that the list was restricted to ww2 tanks
Joel Walmsley not specifically a ww2 list, just happens that Al chose them
That's true guys. I'm glad he picked the Cromwell, it's my favourite British tank of the era
It's great to see that he's a funny guy even when he's not in his pub landlord persona
First i find the tiger segment kinda silly... But then i remember all the comment on any Facebook ww2 group every time you post a picture of the panzer VI and i understand the man's actitude... I like the thinking of this top 5.
@John Cornell except the Spitfire and P-51 were successful and reliable. They were war winning machines. The Tiger was an over-engineered, complicated machine and did nothing to help Germany's war situation.
I reckon this was the best and most thought through 5 tanks of WWII yet.
The man's got a point; Cromwell was indeed a very good tank, and is too often overshadowed by tanks that were more glamorous, though not as good
560km doesn't sound far, easily driven in a day, but to achieve such a speed under such resistance is incredible.
Its nice always finding out new facts about ww 2. Good video.
This was the best top 5 so far. Brilliant!
Hey! I'm not British and I love the Crommy... :P
ALAPINO I AM British and I like the Cromwell but love the centurion more
Sure, but who doesn't love the Centurion?
ALAPINO true, I love them so much I have a cobi(like Lego)one, several afv club kits and a big tamiya kit too
This man is a legend. All hail to the ale. His knowledge is amazing hope he does more on the war.
He had his own show covering WW2. Look him up.
@@seeker1432 al murry road to berlin
been waiting for this one :)
Interestingly, at least I find, with regards to his Cromwell comments. I had a relative that served in Tanks throughout Normandy. At the Breakout of Caen, the Falaise Pocket, Belgium and served up in the Netherlands. They fought in Sherman's and Cromwell's. I was fortunate enough to get the book on the history of the regiment - going into great depth of what they experienced. If anyone is interested, the unit he served in 44th RTR, are represented (poorly) in Band of Brothers - Replacements. Battle of Nuenen. The Cromwell's that get knocked out by the Tiger and Jagdpanther (both of which weren't there) is 'B Company'. Historically, however, it was a much different story.
I've just had a thought. What would Al Murray be like as a Top Gear presenter? Could be worth a trial punt.
Hope you do a top 5 tanks with Morrissey
lol, bit of fun. enjoyed that.
Thanks you have made me Smile although I question your choices! Cheers Vi
Laughed so hard at Al Murray slamming Dan Snow. Both great guys.
I am from Romania and even here we love the Pub Lord.
Made me smile ...Loved it !
Finaly someone that recognized the Cromwell. I like this top 5 list
Why the shortened format in the last two installments? (I want more.)
Robert Cains he is a busy man
*Al Murray!?*
Tom Meakin he’s a British comedian
I was expressing my shock that Al Murray was appearing in a Tank Museum video ;P
Lego Batman I think not. He is extremely funny as the pub landlord
Alistair Shaw Just as well because he comes across as a complete halfwit. 1:25
Steve Hoskins he does know what he is talking about
I'm genuinely, this gave me a laugh much needed after a shocker of a week. thanks for this one.
I gigged with Al many years ago at the Frog & Bucket in Manchester. I had no idea we shared an interest in fighting vehicles.