I really like the U.S. Army M5A1 light tank from WW2. The British were delighted with the original M3A1 because of the tank's mechanical reliability, speed, and agility. The M5 series was an improvement mostly in hull design. The M5A1 light tank was clearly obsolete by 1943 but well over 5,000 had been manufactured so there was no question of continuing its use which still proved useful for screening, flank security, and reconnaissance. M5 tankers still had to try their best to avoid duels with any German tank, easier said than done. Even several German heavy armored cars mounted lethal 50mm and 75mm high velocity cannon which proved detrimental to the M5A1's thin glacis hull armor. The more advanced, modern M24 Chaffee light tank, lauded by WW2 tank historians, was supposed to replace the obsolescent M5A1 but that did not happen due to time and limited numbers. Therefore both light tanks served concurrently in the ETO. The typical M5 tanker usually thought well of his Stuart tank. The biggest gripe was the light 37mm cannon, derisively referred to as, "The peashooter". One M5A1 tank commander remembered a tense confrontation when his tank crested a slight hill to look down on a Tiger I below trying to cross railroad tracks. The Stuart light tank fired 37mm shell after shell only to see the projectiles ricocheting up and away from the German tank. Finally a M10 GMC tank destroyer joined the Stuart and was able to knock out the Tiger I with its 3-inch anti-tank cannon. The U.S. Army quickly disposed of the M5A1 Stuart after WW2, many being transferred to Allies or friendly nations as military foreign aid. Several countries, attempting to rebuild their army or modernize it were delighted to obtain free M5A1 light tanks.
Hi! Yes there a cool little tank, the British named them Honeys. There also coming out with a crusader mk3 which I will be all over! Thanks for watching and saying hi! Means a lot to the channel. Have a great weekend!
Looking for advice from anyone who is knowledgeable, is there a quality difference between Heng long and Tongde? I have a few heng long but want to buy the Tongde M1a2 SEP
Hi The tongde stuff is exactly the same heng long electrics. The plastic is a bit more hard? The details are okay, they look a little soft, but I’m sure they can be modded. I also believe it comes with torsion bar suspension. Have a great weekend, and thanks for watching!
Hi! Actually yes, it’s cheap and you can learn on it. And sorry for not getting back sooner, the day jobs been nuts, and it has to come first! 🙂 Let me know how you get on. Have a great week!
It does not have three servos. The turret rotation device has only two wires connected to it. A servo needs three. Therefore the turret rotation device is a dc motor just like the heng long rc tanks use. So that means you could swap out the control unit with a heng long tk7.1 board
Liturally just ordered one, I think in the next six month or so we'll see some add ons and upgrades for this, louder speaker, better smoke unit, maybe metal wheels n tracks
Good luck, it’s a great little tank, a bit speedy but very well put together!. Mines on the back burner while im working on the cent. Thanks for saying hi! And have a great weekend
Hi! No, not yet, but if you check out this vid it gives the shaft size in mm. Have a feeling there some at any local diy store. ua-cam.com/video/tL6Bu0JLT04/v-deo.htmlsi=dFMNzhK60XsF2JY1 Have a great weekend!
Just wanted to say that your videos and our brief conversation finally convinced me to get a Leo 2A6 from Toucans eBay store. Went with one that has metal road wheels/idler, metal tracks with rubber pads, and a 360 degree slip ring turret. Have been really impressed with it since it’s arrival on Monday. A completely different experience compared to what I had 15 years ago with HL. Rough plan is to follow some of your videos for the view ports/optics and rough painting/screw hole filling. But I am thinking I might try to make it look like some of the Leo’s that have lots of tree branch’s and some black/colored tarp to break up the silhouette as seen on some of the videos showing Leo’s during training. Or I might try to make a Ukrainian leopard 2 with some Kontakt 1 ERA or try to make the one Leo that had slate armor around the turret that I believe was knocked out near Avdiivka and I believe was on display in Moscow for this years May 9th celebrations (I would of course do the pre-knocked out leo, though I would probably use some of the photos references of the destroyed tank). I did also have one question for you, is there any serious concern I should be having with running all those metal road wheels/tracks on a stock chassis that doesn’t have any internal bracing support? I plan to mainly drive it inside on hardwood flooring/very flat carpet and maybe some light driving outside on concrete/pavement with very minimal off road dirt driving.
Hi! Yes there so much better than 10 years ago, night and day!. And no, if you magnetise the hull, you may need braving because the screw bosses have male and female, which when screwed together stops all the twist (well 90%) if you watch my t-72 running vid, your see the hull twist, and that’s just hull magnets. There quite fun ranks now, and sorry for not getting back, works still nuts. Have a great week!
Once again, I would like to thank you for taking the time to do these videos. I am still inspired to complete my T-90. With the summer heat here, it's sometimes to warm to work on it. Hit 37 C here atm.
Hi! Don’t be silly, thank you for watching my nonsense! And that’s really hard to spray paint in, it drys before it hits the model. Sorry for not getting back, work is still nuts, I’ve done no modelling, the unboxing is soooo much easier to do, I just talk nonsense! 🙂 Have a great week, and in GB it’s flipping strange weather, one minute really hot then it chucks it down for a week! 😂
Thanks so much for the video! It was very helpful, especially with the adjustment of the gun elevation. Personally, I think this little fella would have been the perfect tank if they could just slow down the running speed and get the sound to work properly...but hardware wise, it is definitely top notch。
No thank you for watching my tat! And yes, it’s a tad fast…..😂 I’ve been contemplating seeing how many hot wheels it will jump!. But all the servos are great, I wonder if you could change the drive motor in the box?? Thanks shading and have a great week!
Me and my dad have one each and the gun on ours is set at the same elevation and sometimes the barrel is set in recoil position and needs to be pulled out
Have a fiddle with the servo, and make sure there’s nothing stuck around the barrel going into the mantlet. I’ve not had any issues with the recoil, just the excited barrel position! Thanks for saying hi, and sorry for not getting back sooner, works been nuts. Have a great week.
Great video I pre ordered one and got it a few weeks ago and love it And the bloke who runs Coolbank used to work at heng long and then went out on his own I have been in contact with him and he’s really good to deal with
Hi! If he takes as much time and care with his release I’m really looking forward to what’s to come. Thanks for saying hi, and sorry for not getting back, works nuts! Have a great week!
Culin Hedgerow Cutter. Hopefully you can adjust the slack out of the tracks by dropping a few links. I wonder if their Leo 2A6 has the same design - thinking I could perhaps gut the Coolbank and put it in the Tamiya?
Hi! No the Leo is tongde, sold by cool bank, the Stuart is built by cool bank, fricking confusing!!!! And yes that’s the one, I have sod all knowlage of US 2ww tanks 😂
Hi! It’s Banggood or AliExpress [£99.63]COOLBANK M5A1 1/16 2.4G RC Tank Sound Recoil Shooting Simulated Vehicles Models RTR Toys RC Vehicles from Toys Hobbies and Robot on banggood banggood.onelink.me/zMT7/lmychmj8 But the link might not work in Russia. Thanks for watching. And have a great week!
ya i like the obscure light tank models and this one is RC? ill be getting one soon
I cant wait for the crusader mk3 thanks for watching, means a lot to the channel 🙂
Have a great Sunday
I really like the U.S. Army M5A1 light tank from WW2. The British were delighted with the original M3A1 because of the tank's mechanical reliability, speed, and agility. The M5 series was an improvement mostly in hull design. The M5A1 light tank was clearly obsolete by 1943 but well over 5,000 had been manufactured so there was no question of continuing its use which still proved useful for screening, flank security, and reconnaissance. M5 tankers still had to try their best to avoid duels with any German tank, easier said than done. Even several German heavy armored cars mounted lethal 50mm and 75mm high velocity cannon which proved detrimental to the M5A1's thin glacis hull armor.
The more advanced, modern M24 Chaffee light tank, lauded by WW2 tank historians, was supposed to replace the obsolescent M5A1 but that did not happen due to time and limited numbers. Therefore both light tanks served concurrently in the ETO.
The typical M5 tanker usually thought well of his Stuart tank. The biggest gripe was the light 37mm cannon, derisively referred to as, "The peashooter". One M5A1 tank commander remembered a tense confrontation when his tank crested a slight hill to look down on a Tiger I below trying to cross railroad tracks. The Stuart light tank fired 37mm shell after shell only to see the projectiles ricocheting up and away from the German tank. Finally a M10 GMC tank destroyer joined the Stuart and was able to knock out the Tiger I with its 3-inch anti-tank cannon.
The U.S. Army quickly disposed of the M5A1 Stuart after WW2, many being transferred to Allies or friendly nations as military foreign aid. Several countries, attempting to rebuild their army or modernize it were delighted to obtain free M5A1 light tanks.
Hi! Yes there a cool little tank, the British named them Honeys.
There also coming out with a crusader mk3 which I will be all over!
Thanks for watching and saying hi! Means a lot to the channel.
Have a great weekend!
Looks pretty cool. The only thing I would change are these unnaturally huge hatch hinges.
Looking for advice from anyone who is knowledgeable, is there a quality difference between Heng long and Tongde? I have a few heng long but want to buy the Tongde M1a2 SEP
Hi
The tongde stuff is exactly the same heng long electrics. The plastic is a bit more hard? The details are okay, they look a little soft, but I’m sure they can be modded.
I also believe it comes with torsion bar suspension.
Have a great weekend, and thanks for watching!
@@mrtankalotrctankschannel good to know, thank you so much!
My pleasure!
Great video, looking to get my first RC tank, would you recommend this particular model? If not what would you suggest?
Thanks and subbed
Hi!
Actually yes, it’s cheap and you can learn on it.
And sorry for not getting back sooner, the day jobs been nuts, and it has to come first! 🙂
Let me know how you get on.
Have a great week!
Like the tank except the speed is RC car not tank. Thank you for taking it apart and being through in your review of the tank.
Hi!
No thank you for watching, and it is nuts, i think those bogeys break because the full weight of the gearbox is on them.
Have a great weekend!
It does not have three servos. The turret rotation device has only two wires connected to it. A servo needs three. Therefore the turret
rotation device is a dc motor just like the heng long rc tanks use. So that means you could swap out the control unit with a heng long tk7.1 board
Hi!
Must be in a servo case, but it’s a good way of doing it!
Thanks for watching 🙂
The real Stuart had 2 Chrysler 8 cylinder engines, not a radial!!!!!
As stated I know sod all about US ww2 tanks! 😂 thanks for the info.
Have a great week!
Liturally just ordered one, I think in the next six month or so we'll see some add ons and upgrades for this, louder speaker, better smoke unit, maybe metal wheels n tracks
Good luck, it’s a great little tank, a bit speedy but very well put together!.
Mines on the back burner while im working on the cent.
Thanks for saying hi! And have a great weekend
Have you found bolts for the track bogies yet and if so where?
Hi!
No, not yet, but if you check out this vid it gives the shaft size in mm. Have a feeling there some at any local diy store.
ua-cam.com/video/tL6Bu0JLT04/v-deo.htmlsi=dFMNzhK60XsF2JY1
Have a great weekend!
Whens the crusader coming out? Mk4 i hope!🎉
Just wanted to say that your videos and our brief conversation finally convinced me to get a Leo 2A6 from Toucans eBay store. Went with one that has metal road wheels/idler, metal tracks with rubber pads, and a 360 degree slip ring turret. Have been really impressed with it since it’s arrival on Monday. A completely different experience compared to what I had 15 years ago with HL.
Rough plan is to follow some of your videos for the view ports/optics and rough painting/screw hole filling. But I am thinking I might try to make it look like some of the Leo’s that have lots of tree branch’s and some black/colored tarp to break up the silhouette as seen on some of the videos showing Leo’s during training. Or I might try to make a Ukrainian leopard 2 with some Kontakt 1 ERA or try to make the one Leo that had slate armor around the turret that I believe was knocked out near Avdiivka and I believe was on display in Moscow for this years May 9th celebrations (I would of course do the pre-knocked out leo, though I would probably use some of the photos references of the destroyed tank).
I did also have one question for you, is there any serious concern I should be having with running all those metal road wheels/tracks on a stock chassis that doesn’t have any internal bracing support? I plan to mainly drive it inside on hardwood flooring/very flat carpet and maybe some light driving outside on concrete/pavement with very minimal off road dirt driving.
Hi!
Yes there so much better than 10 years ago, night and day!.
And no, if you magnetise the hull, you may need braving because the screw bosses have male and female, which when screwed together stops all the twist (well 90%) if you watch my t-72 running vid, your see the hull twist, and that’s just hull magnets.
There quite fun ranks now, and sorry for not getting back, works still nuts.
Have a great week!
Once again, I would like to thank you for taking the time to do these videos. I am still inspired to complete my T-90. With the summer heat here, it's sometimes to warm to work on it. Hit 37 C here atm.
Hi!
Don’t be silly, thank you for watching my nonsense! And that’s really hard to spray paint in, it drys before it hits the model.
Sorry for not getting back, work is still nuts, I’ve done no modelling, the unboxing is soooo much easier to do, I just talk nonsense! 🙂
Have a great week, and in GB it’s flipping strange weather, one minute really hot then it chucks it down for a week! 😂
Thanks so much for the video! It was very helpful, especially with the adjustment of the gun elevation. Personally, I think this little fella would have been the perfect tank if they could just slow down the running speed and get the sound to work properly...but hardware wise, it is definitely top notch。
No thank you for watching my tat! And yes, it’s a tad fast…..😂 I’ve been contemplating seeing how many hot wheels it will jump!.
But all the servos are great, I wonder if you could change the drive motor in the box??
Thanks shading and have a great week!
Me and my dad have one each and the gun on ours is set at the same elevation and sometimes the barrel is set in recoil position and needs to be pulled out
Have a fiddle with the servo, and make sure there’s nothing stuck around the barrel going into the mantlet.
I’ve not had any issues with the recoil, just the excited barrel position!
Thanks for saying hi, and sorry for not getting back sooner, works been nuts.
Have a great week.
Great video I pre ordered one and got it a few weeks ago and love it
And the bloke who runs Coolbank used to work at heng long and then went out on his own I have been in contact with him and he’s really good to deal with
Hi!
If he takes as much time and care with his release I’m really looking forward to what’s to come.
Thanks for saying hi, and sorry for not getting back, works nuts!
Have a great week!
Culin Hedgerow Cutter.
Hopefully you can adjust the slack out of the tracks by dropping a few links.
I wonder if their Leo 2A6 has the same design - thinking I could perhaps gut the Coolbank and put it in the Tamiya?
Hi!
No the Leo is tongde, sold by cool bank, the Stuart is built by cool bank, fricking confusing!!!! And yes that’s the one, I have sod all knowlage of US 2ww tanks 😂
@@mrtankalotrctankschannel Ah thanks for getting back to me.
My pleasure
Pretty good video.
Thanks! 🙂
Приветствую! Где купили? У нас в России (Сибирский федеральный округ) - таких пока не видел. Аж завидно...)))😊👍
Hi!
It’s Banggood or AliExpress
[£99.63]COOLBANK M5A1 1/16 2.4G RC Tank Sound Recoil Shooting Simulated Vehicles Models RTR Toys RC Vehicles from Toys Hobbies and Robot on banggood banggood.onelink.me/zMT7/lmychmj8
But the link might not work in Russia.
Thanks for watching. And have a great week!