Tales of Cromwell tanks
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- War memoirs are filled with amazing anecdotes. Here I relate two, and ramble a bit about British WW2 tank units.
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I am likely to return to this topic - anecdotes from war memoirs. It is a rich vein of stories. These come from Troop Leader by Bill Bellamy, which describes the author's time commanding a trio of fast Cromwell tanks in World War Two, when fighting the Germans in Holland.
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Somewhere, sometimes there were loads of German soldiers telling the tale of how they once saw three British tanks jump a canal.
_At a reunion of German WWII veterans, present day. Fritz tells his story of the British Cromwell tank._
"Und so I point und yelled out 'You see zat, Hans?! Zet is why we are losing ze war! Zeir tanks can fly! Can you make our tanks fly, too, Mr. Smarty pants?'"
_He still tells his story one hundred times over to this day..._
My drunken state is pleased by your joke Valor. I shall give you land and nobility.
King Keif Thank you kindly.
*****
What about them ?
Great, yet another war thread hijacked by video game players.
You have such a talent for bringing history alive! Thanks so much!
+Uncle Edward -- He definitely does! He had me, quite literally, at the edge of my seat!
Those stories are amazing, and you are a damn good storyteller. Keep them comming!
So many videos recently! You're spoiling us, Lloyd, keep it up!
+NetheniahScrim Ikr? I love this! Tbh I just want him to ramble about anything, he's great to listen to.
Zack Horne Exactly, he could be rambling about the medicinal applications of dog hair an I would still happily listen.
So the stock Cromwell can easily hit 42 MPH on the flat in good going, which begs the question...... how much faster was the training tank??!! Also was the "Slow tank" in their troop one of the under powered Liberty engined Cromwells (actually a Centaur to be pedantic). Most Centaurs were converted to carry the 95mm. 32 Pounder howitzer (the first ever weapon to fire HESH ammunition on the battlefield..... in 1944!!) and used to deal with tough targets like pillboxes, fortified churches, etc. My son and myself wargame and given a choice between a Sherman and a Cromwell, the Cromwell is always chosen for Brit tank units.
I thought the 95mm was only given a HESH round post war, with the only real "in combat" use of HESH being from the 265mm AVRE?
The prototype was being tested flat out when it failed to make a corner and came to rest some distance away, the instrumentation onboard was found to have recorded 50mph
I doubt it was a Centaur. Most Centaurs were converted into Cromwells by simply changing the engine, since the Centaur and the Cromwell were identical apart from their engine.
My Grand-Uncle fought with the 7th Armoured (7th Hussars and later 5 RTR) in WW2, he died when I was very young but some of his stories have filtered down to me and they are mindblowing
Dear Lord that's a great story teller. More stories please! (Thanks.)
+Christian Hildebrandt Damn right!
thats amazing, this explains so much about why you would have to research the consept of blitzkrieg in heart of iron,
you definitely need to read more stories to us.
Well, that's funny...
There is a small chance that the motorcyclist you mentioned could have been my great grandfather. He was deployed to Arnem as a motorcycle dispatch rider, it's a small chance though.
What was his part of the story?
+Patrick De regil
I think he said: "Well thats funny!"
Patrick De regil He told the guy that his tank was a training tank, and to swap it for a real tank.
+Dentures Ventures What a strange coincidence that would be.
William Sanderson Unfortunately he died when I was quite young, and he was one of those guys that didn't like talking about the war. But I do know he was in Arnem on a motorbike, he may have also met my other great grandfather who was involved with operation Market Garden with the Green Howards.
Thanks for recommending troop leader it has been one of the best books I've read
Wonderful stuff, have noted book titles, author names.....thank you for the story telling energy!!
I have written to the publisher to ask if I can read from it..Hurls it behind him. Nice.
Hey, if those shells stuck in there, they must have been so hot that they welded themselves to the armor, so there you go, some kinetic penetrators for an additional 300mm of armor in very small spots.
Wish both those books you mentioned were back in print. £60 + on Amazon for used ones !
One stonking great error: we called them Cruiser tanks. There may be people who called them cavalry tanks, but the official title was cruiser tank.
+still_guns // So often we are told different things after a period of time, and from those who were in vastly different locations. Perhaps you've noticed this?
given that the Cromwell’s armor was inadequate anyway keeping their lucky training tank wasn’t such a difficult decision
THIS IS AWESOME
Hey lindybeige, if you are looking for great WWII books, especially from other perspectives, perhaps you should try and find a copy of As you were (Australian army - published 1947) or HMAS Mk I through IV (Australian navy - published 1943-1947ish).
All real stories written by men who were there during different battles/events.
I guess it goes to show that old war thunder phrase, "no armour; best armour", may be true
I now have visions of the officers thrashing the tanks to make them go faster.
Just brilliant!
Phar canal...... good stories
To be fair the extra speed was a fair trade off and if they got hit by an 88 or a Tiger then the extra armour wouldnt matter anyway.
I know you love these tanks but all I think of is the useless burned out hulks of the Calgary tank regiment on the shingle at Dieppe.
Wunderfull story! Just one thing. I presume the Scots don' t like it whe I wulld be telling I am driving through England when I am in the north of Scotland. And that's exactly what you do if you are talking about " Holland". North- and South-Holland are just 2 of the 12 provences in The Netherlands...
Endowment Effect! :-D They kept the tank because of the Endowment Effect. Haha! :-D
The real point to that last story is that even in 1944-45 British tanks lacked a good high explosive round for use against infantry and fixed targets. They should have had a Sherman in the troop.
+MakeMeThinkAgain the Cromwell had the same gun and shell as the Sherman.
Jay Bluff You're right. So why weren't they engaging soft targets like towed 88s? In the video he made it sound like they were pretty close but perhaps they were at a considerable distance and the 8.8 cm Flak guns would have had too much of an advantage. And I assume there was no artillery close behind them.
They were ambushed and the 88s had them dialled in. Stopping to aim would've got them killed.
+Jay Bluff Pretty much this. From the description, there would have been no time to make effective return fire.
+Sir Broadsword And to speculate, they might have had armour-piercing loaded.
Beautiful! :-)
World war 2 dukes of hazard
great story :D
could you make a video talking about and reccomending some books?
You should do some American gear also!
May I suggest the book Death Traps by Belton Y. Cooper.
Tanks roaming around alone in the ennemy disputed countryside with no infantry support... Wouldn't volunteer for that one...
@Lindybeige any thoughts on the movie Fury?
Hans shoot zhat tank!
Nien it is just a training tank.
Oh ja I see ignore it
Nien
:D:D:D:D
Small correction: no = Nein ;)
Oh ja
fresse
@@Khetamine I love the German word for 'Oh' cause it just sounds so absolutely German. It's Ach BTW
But wait...
Isn't a Cromwell tank 20ft long? So... a Cromwell can jump a Cromwell.
+Butterball
CRRRRRROOOOOOMMMMM
Crom, I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. No one, not even you will remember if we were good men or bad, why we fought, or why we died. No, all that matters is that two stood against many, that's what's important. Valor pleases you, Crom, so grant me one request, grant me revenge! And if you do not listen, then to hell with you!
Evel Knievel had a Cromwell.
jesus christ you're right
@@Halo4Lyf CROM COUNT THE DEAD!
I wonder what the Germans were thinking when they were confronted with the sight of three British tanks jumping the canal.. Explain THAT to you commanding officer when he demands to know why you failed to knock out those British tanks, while you had 4 88's and tons of infantry.. ''They jumped the canal, sir''
+Evildeathmonkey Herr Oberstleutnant, die britischen Panzer sind über den Kanal gesprungen und geflüchtet!
4N9AR Verdamt, die Englander brauchen Redbull für treibstof?!
(My German is terrible, sorry xD)
It would be interesting to explain to your commander that three British tanks just "Dukes of Hazzard-ed" their way out of a tight spot.
Well, do you remember that poor soldier who had to report Mad Jack Churchill? During Dunkirk evacuation this maniac used bow and arrows to kill few germans. The amazing part is when the german commanding officer stopped the attack for hour or two to investigate this because he didn't believe it first. He even said that he will execute the poor soldier who "came to tell him fairy tales".
@@illiminatieoverlordgurglek140 Red Bull verleiht Flüüüüüügel!
"Now them Cromwell boys was fixin to find themselves in a heap o trouble..."
+Rob Kinney I was just about to post this.
Just the Cromwell boys never meanin no harm'' Roscoe P Rommel- a ku ku ku
Just them cromwell boys, never meanin no harm, Just making their way, the only way they know how, but that's just a little bit more than the wermacht allows
This was basically one giant Dukes of Hazzard moment.
But would a Brit have a horn that plays Dixie?
So they went through the entire war in a training tank... so they were basically driving a Stuart instead of a Cromwell, then.
+Nicholas Carlisle With a 75mm gun.
yes... it's a Stuart that did a lot of time in the gym
+Lindybeige HEY, can you recommend me some WW1 books, ive read 1 about a soldier in the black watch and the one by Ken Follet, but im looking for a bit more first person, maybe a non fiction, action packed and such, please
+SirMan McDude For many UK tankers war started in D-Day.
EDIT: For all that want to reply me Im wrong, here are 2 British armored divisions that were formed in 1941, but were used only after D-Day:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guards_Armoured_Division
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)
Note how many morons said Im wrong and were wrong themselves.
+Paciat Except for the vast numbers that fought in North Africa and Italy you mean.
-"Hm. Well that's funny"
every time, everywhere.
you hear that, you know something is off.
Cromwell tank went 40mph, faster than a cavalry horse at full charge, indeed a worthy tank for the Cavalry.
And the training one was probably even faster.
Cavalry tank, and was named Cromwell. Clever, clever...
They had to put a limit on the engine, as the suspension would often fail, and the crew would literally Fall over at top speed.
Talk about suffering from success
Have you ever thought about starting a podcast? I'd listen to it. You could call it the "Beigecast".
+Pr0phet Of Fear this.
Heck
Sign me up
The canal jumping story it the type of story that, if you saw in a move, you wouldn't believe it.
I still don't believe it, and I was told about it by a scholarly british person!
+kokofan50 Well, in a movie, it would make tremendous jump like a stunt car. Back to reality - 20 feet is some 6 meters. If you take into account, that Cromwell could reach fairly high speed and it has some length - 20 feet is roughly same length as its hull has - it may work.
I am rather surprised that crew was not badly beaten after the "landing", that it could continue driving. No safety belts, lot of metal parts and some deceleration may be awful
+Mungo any landing you walk away from is a good landing lol
+Mungo when I'm not surprised by the ability to get three tank shaped masses across a 20' gap. What surprised me was he same thing that surprised you.
+zeke roach cromwell tanks could go 40mph , and it jumped 20 feet, which is pretty much 3 of you on the ground and they jumped from a higher point. it doesnt sound *completely* preposterous.
Really liked this. More WAR STORIES please!!
Yes! More of it plz!
Damn! More of these please. That was the most interesting 12 minutes I've spent on the internet in a long time.
Ditto
LindyBeige master storyteller
"This rousing reception lent us wings."
How can you not love the Brits!?
+Muppetlord
Always good to read a British commander's reaction to a bad situation.
+Muppetlord XD
+Muppetlord Opium Wars.
+Muppetlord Try living next to them. Wears thin after a few hundred years.
Jay F Good thing humans only have a lifespan of around 80 then :)
I love the dry British humor in that book XD
Instead of saying "We got the F*CK out of there!" it's the much more relaxed "we 'ad a bit of a steeplechase, we did."
I would imagine that would be an asset in war, to be that unflappable. Americans respond with aggression: "Alright you jerry sons-a-bitches! Let's DO this!!" Brits seem to be more "Well this is a sticky wicket, innit? Right, lads, combat maneuvers!"
+Miguel Cuervo I would pay good money to see that movie.
I hate to be "that guy," but Americans wouldn't have used the term "jerry." For Americans, I'm pretty sure the most popular term for Germans was "crout."
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go back to jerking off.
+Miguel Cuervo its dangerous I think we were at war in Egypt and the American commanding the brits asked how things were in some ditch type place, the Brit said its a bit of a sticky situation using the standard british tactic of somewhat downplaying situations, in reality they were getting massacred, the American kept them there not understanding what sticky situation actually meant ! it is fun though !
+Miguel Cuervo Actually a major problem in the Korean War, American and British troops were working very closely and often the British had to call Americans for support. When the Americans heard 'we're in a bit of a sticky situation here,' they assumed 'well, they can hold on, we'll send reinforcements elsewhere.' In fact, the British meant 'we are outnumbered dozens to one and we just threw a load of canned food at the Chinese 'cause we were out of grenades and needed to make them duck.'
+TheJordanChronicles its "kraut" lmao. If you're going to be "that guy" don't be incorrect in the first place.
My Grandfather trained in either a Sherman/Cromwell, and fought in Africa/Italy in the other. I can't remember which way around.
He's told me stories of war so I found this video very interesting as I can somewhat relate to it.
The best story he told me was a time when he was the gunner (normally the driver but they took turns). They were firing at a German tank when the gun misfired. He pressed the trigger a few more times and nothing...so the commander ordered everyone out of the tank, everyone, except the gunner as it was his job to clear the gun. My grandfather pressed the trigger several more times with no avail. His next task was to remove the shell. When he opened the breech, the shell fell out with force but he managed to just about catch it and stopped it from hitting the floor, which would have likely set the shell off. Anyway, he caught it and began to lift it out of the hatch, placing it gently on top of the tank so he could climb out. His crew were hiding in a nearby ditch for cover. He jumped down, took the shell and went to another ditch to get rid of the shell. As he threw it into the ditch, he threw himself to the floor ready for an almighty explosion next to him...but no, nothing happened. He breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the tank with his crew.
One other brief snippet of his experience is that when your tank gets hit by an enemy tank shell, it makes one hell of a noise, like sticking your head in Big Ben when it's ringing.
Love the vids and would love to see more about WW2 tanks. Subscribed, cheers :)
Would be a sherman. We used cruiser tanks in africa up to the crusader. Cromwell came in 1943 i think.
Dylan Le Lerre In that case he trained in a Sherman and fought in a Cromwell. Thanks :)
I'd like if Lindy told more crazy war/tank stories like this. I don't really care if they are about british, russian or german crews. I just find Lindy's tell style amusing and entertaining so I'd love to see more of these videos.
About the fellows who wanted to keep their "lucky" tank, it goes to show you what a superstitious lot soldiers can be. My old man was in a USAAF bomber unit stationed in England during WW II. Late in the war, the command wanted wanted the camouflage scrubbed from their planes. The reason for this is that it takes many gallons of paint to cover a B-24, and with out this, the plane's cruising speed would improve by 5-10 mph. But the air crews protested violently, as they thought that the paint made their planes lucky.
Even 5 MPH sounds like a huge amount...
@@peterknutsen3070 the first 747s (I think it was 747s anyway.... might have been 707s) sold to china were sent over in primer... they were both faster and more economical due to the laminar flow than the shiny polished look of american airlines....
Well if you think about the large surface area of the wings it is definitely plausible, you could use up to over a hundred lbs worth of paint. And you have to think aswell, this would not be the only coat a way to prevent rust was to put paint on to keep a layer between the steel and the oxygen in the atmosphere. More and more layers of paint are added to bolster the previous layers which have flaked off as a part of maintenance so definitely a part of equipment degrading in effectiveness over time can be down to mechanical fatigue wearing down all moving parts, rust eating away at the structural integrity, and the paint adding on more and more weight above.
I don't know how effective it would be to shout "Driver, reverse!" In a British tank.
I feel like this is a joke and it hinges on the part about it being British, but I still don't get it.
Callmesir_ British tanks weren't made to o in reverse. 5 MPH max, although i think iits faster because its a Cromwell
I thought it was a reference to COL Martin. "The 75mm is firing but the 37mm is firing traverse round the wrong way. The Browning has jammed. I am saying 'driver advance' on the radio set and the driver, who cannot hear me, is reversing and as I look out of the top of the turret and see 12 enemy tanks 50 yards away. Someone hands me a cheese sandwich."
Hmm, pretty sure the Cromwell had a Constant Mesh 6 gear (5 forward 1 reverse) gear box, and could go a blistering 4mph* in reverse :)
* I base this on a guess that they were 4:1 ratio gears, and it could go about 16 (cross country) so 16 over 4 gives us about 4... For the cynic in me, that's 400% more than 1mph! (hehe)
Lord Xelous Yes, it only has one reverse hear going 4 mph. noy the most effective way of retreating.
The Cromwell was already a pretty fast tank for its size. I can only imagine one with less armor but the same engine, would be much more nimble and haul ass. And since gunners learned how fast a target could go in order to hit it, a Cromwell going much faster than it should would have thrown off the aim of any decent gunner.
+FireSpark Well said.
I think hitting Cromwell in an open field would be difficult already because it is pretty squat and small tank. With speed and maneuver ability far greater than German tanks.
M18 Hellcat approves.
I am sorry but i couldn't understand what you were trying to say in German. You basically said "Achtung, Liefermilch!" (Caution, delivery milk!)
+Zajin13 When they should have been shouting "Actung, Hamburgerfleisch!"
Republiken Óh definetely. Or "Achtung, Käsebemmen!"
+Zajin13 I thought he said 'Attention, milk love" I laughed so loudly I woke up my wife, and explained it five minutes later after my laughter subsided.
Thomas Fejdasz Listening to English people trying to speak German is my main amusement. Not even meant to be insulting it simply is. ^^
+Zajin13 I thought he said "Achtung, Liebfraumilch!"
"...that's funny..." :D
+Peter Bočan Gotta love the vocabulary of an Englishman.
I remember that, about four months into my tour in Iraq, we (the company) were told to report to supply to help schlep the new gear, and then pick up the add-ons for our IBAs (body armor). Whilst we we signing them out, one guy strolls over and glances at my front plate, which I had removed. He looks at it, looks at me, says "excuse me," and walks away. Him and another guy muttered to each other, looking at me the whole time.
Next day, we're ordered to do the same thing, except now everyone must remove both of their plates. Some dudes with clipboards walked around the ranks, taking plates, and leaving little slips of paper to those now missing components. We were all issued new plates in exchange for the slips, front & back in my case, and were told to be about our business.
Turns out, all those armor plates were defective, and were basically paper weights. We'd already been engaged numerous times by then, but nobody had actually been hit.
Why is this not a film? =P
That's the best part. At the end when everyone is up in arms about the unrealistic tank Olympic long jumping simply put up the words 'This film is an entirely truthful reenactment of events'. That would shut them up :D
Why did they make Saving Private Ryan then? That was realistic...
urr they sent a group of guys to find another guy in the middle of a war, seems a bit unrealistic to me XD still one of the best films ever made, just made up
This sounds like it would be an amazing story for a film
Watch out for the new "Dunkirk" film coming in 2017, I'm pretty sure the Americans will pop over and give us a lift off of the beach... *harrumph*
Am I the only one who heard the Dukes of Hazzard theme song?
-"Well, them Duke troopers have got themselves into a whole heap of trouble. Three
Flugzeugabwehrkanones 8.8cm and a whole heap of Panzerschreks behind 'em and a Dutch Grand Canyon in front of them."
"and a Dutch Grand Canyon.." omg lol
Dukes of Perril
murican pie style garbage porn movie has a theme song. Nice
@@isoperuna2 What? Your comment made no sense at all
you are really a tremendous story teller :-) i enjoyed these 12 mins very much
+Herr Von Sinnen 12 minutes? Felt like three. I want more!
Am I the only one who constantly tries to scroll up to get the whole head in view?
+einarjh nope^^
Lindy likes showing off his sweaters.
I was doing the same thing. Poor UA-cam visual design combined with certain videos causes the subconscious urge to scroll to the top that is already there.
Dis was a gud 1
+Armoured Skeptic Skeptic!
Senpai watches the same channels as me :D
Where is your SQUUUUIREEEE
+Armoured Skeptic Huh, didn't expect to see you here.
+Armoured Skeptic Hey I know that guy..
It seems somebody tried to catch the tank at 2:50 by throwing a net at it.
It might have been one of the gladiator troops.
'Dammit Jim, again with it?'
Yeah but he, the net thrower, was killed rightly by a thrown pommel....
+Whitpusmc I wouldn't expect anything less!
+Whitpusmc Load the tank's main gun with a pommel. That'll end someone rightly.
+RuzzyShuya ok, I think we have beat this to death.... With a pommel...
Make a number of videos!!!! DO IT
Roads
GEORGE SWAGSTANZA what?
***** Im all for roads, the oligarchy uses private companies anyway but instead of choosing the best choice they use their stolen money for the cheapest day laborers. Competition in road production would make the quality much better and the price much cheaper in comparison to the gun to the head model now. And hey, as a bonus its completely voluntary.
The downside is that it requires a responsible non-victim culture that is capable of critical thinking in order to make these complex adult decisions, instead of lazily sending their pet government out for shakedowns.
Ancap/ voluntaryist here; kind of wonder if it was a taunt or what. Wasn't very clever.
But I'd love for lindy to talk more on this topic, to get back to the original point.
farmerboy916 Obviously a jabbed programmed into his soft skull by some other progressive authoritarian.
09:28 "Achtung! Liebfraumilch!" :-)
We shall adopt this in the office as code for 'boss coming in'.
it's incredible how well he tells this story lol more action than there was in Fury
IndustrialDonut - Probably because this action actually happened.
if he had have directed fury. it would have been an amazing movie
you rock! love this channel
make this the top comment
+Solaire praise the sun
+rupert kiler (destroier07) praise the beige!
If I may suggest this interesting book . It's title is " Flame Thrower".
It's author is Andrew Wilson. It's the story of a tank commander of a Churchill Crocodile. The British flame thrower tank. I found it a very good read.
“The 75mm is firing but the 37mm is firing traverse round the wrong way. The Browning has jammed. I am saying ‘driver advance’ on the radio set and the driver, who cannot hear me, is reversing and as I look out of the top of the turret and see 12 enemy tanks 50 yards away someone hands me a cheese sandwich.”
+Mechanical Turk Just what you need when you see 12 enemy tanks, a nice cheese sandwich.
Don't know what this is from but I thoroughly enjoyed it... Wot... no cup of tea in the story?
Grant was a lovely tank. So important in Africa. Built all kinds of wrong, but relatively a heavy against germans when it mattered.
dog... w.t.f.
@@sirierieott5882 Some research indicates that this is a quote from Lieutenant Ken Giles, found in The Tank Museum archives.
You are a good storyteller, I would love more videos about more modern soldiers.
you can just see his passion and having a fun time explaining what he read
and that is why i watch this video :)
+김영범 - Yes, he combines knowledge, passion for the subject, humour and fun to make excellent videos.
I used to be a tank troop commander (in the 1980's, not ww11) and I have also read a lot of this type of book. The one that immediately jumps to mind after seeing this is one called "Brazen Chariots", By Robert Crisp. He ended the war as a battalion commander in the RTR, but the book covers time spent in North Africa as a troop commander. It is one of the best of this genre.
Another really good book is called "Warriors for the Working Day". Although it is a novel, it is based on the experiences of the author Peter Elstob, who was a tanker in WW11.
If I looked trough my book collection I could find a lot more, but these are two that stick in my mind after 30 odd years.
+Minute Man Thanks for the tip. Just bought it on Ebay.
Just like to add that 'cavalry tanks' are also known as 'cruiser tanks'.
What a great story! I could listen to you all day. As a matter of fact, I have! Onto video number 12, Desert Boots...
If you're into WW2 memoirs, I quite enjoyed The Guns of Normandy - written by a Canadian artillery officer, talking about his experiences in the second half of 1944.
Also, those stories are fantastic.
Lloyd seems like a really cool guy to hang out with.
+Mike Rotella I'd buy him a beer if we ever met.
+Mike Rotella He does seem very pleasant, but I'd get into a heated discussion with him in about a minute over his anti-science stance on climate change.
+Finkeren My stance is strongly pro-science. Science is ace.
I suppose a heated debate on the science of climate change.
Well that would be fun to watch, people arguing with facts and evidence.
Doesn't happen much in the US anymore. : /
The vocabulary is still there. Troops getting into vehicles are "mounting up". Getting out - "dismounting". Applies both to infantry loading into transports and crews getting into their vehicles.
+BWCMakro Same here in Sweden.
Same here in Germoney
+BWCMakro In the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps regiments, we still call maintenance duties on the vehicles while in garrison "stables", so there is that.
Mr Beige I have a few questions: Are you wearing the same shirt all the time or do you have a wardrobe full of those strange collared medieval looking shirts? Also, if you have or ever had a job, does or did your boss let you come in in semi-cosplay? Genuine questions btw, just out of curiosity.
+demonstructie He made a video about it. He buys a lot of shirts and modifies the collars himself.
+demonstructie I seem to remember him doing a video about his shirts. Short answer, he has a lot of them and he has modified them himself if I remember correctly. Edit: Eh, ninjaed.
ACHTUNG LIEBFRAUENMILCH!
Dragon7722 "Love women's milk" lol
catandfishfc fwiw it's a type of semi-sweet wine from Germany. =)
It's also a brand of (low quality) wine here in the UK
So the English equivalent would be something like, "Look out! Barely acceptable plonk!"
@@BazilRat We have it here in Denmark; though we sometimes get batches that are very high quality, and low priced as well. -If I find Spätlese (late load, as in grapes collected when night frost might have arrived), then I know that that is one for me. -And often, when it was a good bottle, the rack will have been cleared out by a more enterprising person than me, who either only had a sip, and not the whole bottle, got up early and bought everything that was meant for me; while I was at home and inanimate.
Also, I like reading up on what the producers doth scribble about their produce, while imbibing; and I just can't read French :3
These memoirs are awesome! I think I might buy it if I can order it in english. Thanks!
I would hope you could order them in English.. they are British memoirs.
this was great. more memoirs!
Where has this channel been my entire life?
youtube? depends how old you are :P lol
Don't understand why you would scout with a huge hulking noisy tank...
+aceblazer25 Because they have radios, are bullet-proof, and are much faster than walking.
+aceblazer25 They do better than the even bigger even slower other tanks.
+aceblazer25 with bit tanks, due to weak engines till the meteor came out.... it was either armored and slow.... or light and fast.
the Cromwell was light, but had enough armor to pick on short barrel 75mm guns. IIRC it was upgraded with the meteor
+kain hall The Cromwell always had the Meteor engine. Its immediate predecessor (the Centaur) was very similar but had the much less powerful Nuffield Liberty.
The Cromwell also had much better armour than previous cruisers, roughly comparable in protection to that of the Sherman or Panzer IV. Later models had the front plate thickness increased to a little over 100mm, putting it roughly on par with the Tiger 1 as far as frontal armour was concerned (the Tiger of course had much thicker armour on the sides).
+aceblazer25 Same reason you'd scout with a huge noisy horse instead of some dude scampering between trees.
i love this guys nerdy enthusiasm. He should be a history teacher
Lloyd is a fantastic story teller.
When he said that they got hit by something much larger i thought it was a german tankdestroyer.. but then again.. they probably wouldn't tell any stories about that encounter
Totally survivable cept the punchline would be "and that's how i lost my legs"
You should tell the story of the battle of Raseiniai where one KV2 held up the 6th Panzer division for a day.
+Ken Morgan I googled that after you mentioned it. 245 German tanks vs 749 Russian tanks. The Russians lost over 700 tanks by the end.
+lukutiss1324 Yeah, overall it was a massacre and germany lost the war but battle for Raseiniai includes this battle for one road junction where single KV-2 held strong against overwhelming numbers. That single tank fought whole day until they ran out of ammunition. Germans did hit that tank with everything they got and barely damaged the beast's paint.
So Girls und Panzer didn't lie...
+hedgehog3180 And you can drift those suckers too.
That show is weirdly accurate. You can see that they were big tank enthusiasts. My dad actually watched it, he was a tank commander in the GDR and was very interested in tanks in general, and he was like "They get more stuff right than a lot of" historical"shows and movies. "
@@Siegmernes Your dad is a cultured man
@@Siegmernes ok you've convinced me to watch GirlzUndPanzer, as much as I watch anime I was afraid to pick it up fearing it'll be grossly inaccurate and will inadvertently scar me and my interest in armored ware vehicles.
9:28 Attention... dear mother's milk. Ha!
+ReinhardvonHolst Was just thinking that! Paused the video to see if anyone else had picked up on it lol
+Robert Jones I laughed and had to rewind too, the first time I heard it. thanks.
I strongly recommend that you cross reference with the UA-cam channels of the Bovington Tank Museum. They have a series of "tank chats" with David Fletcher. Also look into videos by Nicholas Morran aka The Chieftain's Hatch. He has a lot of well researched material.
"Achtung! Liebfraumilch!" LOL
I laughed so hard...the exakt contrary to an enemy tank is: Liebfrauenmilch...^^
For all people which are not know this term:
Its a sort of whitewine in Germany and could be translated as "gentle wife milk"...^^
+Mike Romney I always assumed it was German for "wine we don't like" .
+Edward Corran Liebfrauenmilch is a medium sweet quality wine which Germany mainly exports, so yes, it seems we don't like it :P
+Edward Corran but why say sth about wine ? why not hey enemy tank
+Leonelf no, we don't like it at all do we?
I want to see this episode of the Dukes of Hazzard.
Never forget to declutch
Jumped a dead badger on my 125 kmx that was in in the road. Did not know to declutch. Bike went sideways. Huge amounts of opposite lock. Regained control. Got home. Got of the bike. Led next to the bike until I calmed down!!
Have you read the Spike Milligan war memoirs? Absolutely brilliant.
Rommel? Gunner Who?
Is cromwell that fast and light that it could jump a 20ft canal? Dam
+Anthony Vang Its a cavalry tank, after all :)
+Anthony Vang Is cromwell that fast and light that it could jump a 20ft dam? Canal
+Anthony Vang It could with an 88 up its arse...
Most fast tanks can jump their own length. The BT tanks could do more, but they were much lighter than the Cromwell. A thirty-ton tank driving at 40 mph can jump about 20 feet, which is about the same length as the Cromwell’s hull.
Haha, great story. I love WW2 Lindybeige. Looking forward to this series. Great video, as always.
Lol, I was thinking he's going to tell us something about a tank that was made in Cromwell's age!
"This rousing reception lent us wings" What a typically older-generation English thing to say lmao Had it been an Irishman he'd of said something along the lines of "Get to fuck!!"
+iancoheekelsey I also don't think the irish would enjoy the name of the Cromwell tank either!
I think considering most Royal Irish Army members were pretty Loyalist in sympathies, that wasn't much of a problem. Now a Southern boy from Atlanta, GA USA might have taken issue with being in a Sherman tank lol
iancoheekelsey lol true
+iancoheekelsey gets us in trouble somtimes, when the Brigade commander at the battle of the imjin river told the America Corps commander when asked how he was doing "things are a bit sticky down here sir" so the Americans assumed it wasn't to bad, In fact the bulk of the 1st Glouster regiment was stuck on a hill and surrounded by the Chinese, 650 vs 10,000. They held for 3 days in total before forced to surrender what was left of them.
Older generation English things where and are very much lost on the Americans, which is trickey when you really need supprt. :)
+Delogros Read about Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in the battle of Kapyong (not 100 percent sure but I think it was part of the same general battle) Same odds, but they Canadians marched out with relatively few casualties.
Thanks so much. Always looking for a good read. The subject of WWII tanks is particularly interesting to me. I had a great uncle who was a Lance Sargent in one. Unfortunately he didn't make it past June 5th when the Canadians broke out of the Normandy beachhead and met heavy Panzer resistance. By complete coincidence my great uncle's division the Sherbrooke Fusiliers gave my wife's grandfather's division the North Nova Scotia Highlanders (infantry) a ride on their tanks that morning. Since learning of that coincidence I have craved a better understanding of what it would have been like in a WWII tank.
+Kevin Outdoors June 5th‽‽‽‽‽
Better recheck that date.
+Condor Boss Yes I should. I probably also shouldn't drink beer while watching UA-cam. I meant to say June 7th. D-Day +1 not -1.
Do you have reliable information on the Sherbrooke Fusiliers’ Tank markings? I’m doing both Bolt Action and Flames of War as Sherbrooke. I know there’s a tank monument. Might get up during July. Thank you in advance if any information. Also for support vehicles since my troops are all going to be Sherbrooke but haven’t decided on arty or infantry. Best wishes.
@@kev_mclernon_family_channe4745 No sorry, I don't have any expert knowledge on this. I have found numerous photos online. Usually I see a large white number on the back of the turret, probably identifying the individual tank. And a small white maple leaf on the rear left of the tank. Other than that I don't know much.
Love the immersion to your story! More videos like this and I will be a happy man.