For the people of the world that see these antique beast in the wild, I am an American, as an American we do not get to see many of these old relics across the globe. Very little surplus of this caliber seems to have been sold here in the states. We have plenty of trucks and jeeps, but armor and other large pieces are far, few, and in between. I would love the opportunities to go out and hunt these relics down and learn their individual history.
We have an M3 Lee medium tank sitting out front of a local VFW in Newark Delaware. It was the immediate predecessor to the M4 Sherman in WW2. You don't see many of them. There are also 2 separate M42 Duster anti aircraft tanks at 2 other nearby VFW posts. They were based on the M41 Walker Bulldog light tank, but fitted with an open turret with 2 - 40mm Bofors cannons for low altitude anti aircraft protection.. They were used in Vietnam to "mow down" enemy infested jungle areas.
My maternal grandfather was involved in the development of some of these machines. He built the first scale model of the type shown at 2.22. It unfortunately got badly damaged when heavy lumber fell on it and the wreckage was not preserved. There are still several photographs of his models and possibly of the machinery itself knocking around. My memories are lacking in detail (I was only four years old, so give me a break), but hopefully my mother can provide more information if you are interested.
We had a Sherman tank in a park I grew up near in Texas too. It was mostly in tact, when I traveled nearby though it was gone and nobody knew what I was talking about.
Lots of complete static display Shermans here in Canada. Legion halls, fairgrounds, museums. Still active military tank range up north. They have a nice collection as well.
Hace 10 años atrás aprendí tanto de tanques contigo, hasta busque las localizaciones con Google. Después desapareciste. Me da mucha alegría volver a encontrarte de nuevo. Note pierdas. Un saludo grande desde Argentina.
A mob I worked for had a centurian tank minus turret & top plates to cart a Warman 1500 drill rig around on top . . in hard country around Mt Isa Oz , the Meteor V12 petrol thirsty apparently
That single new track on the play park tank could be worth about $15,000 on it's own. A friend was restoring a Sherman a few years ago and bought a pair of new tracks in 2010. He paid £25,000 for them.
People did all kinds of useful things with surplus I've seen other such tanks used for logging I operated a American armored scout vehicle with the bed removed for a home made fork lift. They even turned the steering wheel to face the rear
There's a similar, turret-less Sherman hull, up upon the Peaks of Derbyshire, precisely at Merryton Low on the border twixt here and looking down on Leek, Staffs.
Moths club, or M.O.T.H. stands for the Memorable Order of Tin Hats, an organization set up after WW1 by veterans of that conflict to meet and support each other, similar to the American VFW. The MOTHS are still going here in SA, with veterans from WWII, Korea, the Rhodesian Bush War, the Angolan Border War, and police members eligible to join. All those vehicles were not allowed to leave the Diamond Gebied, or Area, as diamond smuggling was a huge problem for de Beers. If you were allowed to drive up there in your own car, you had to leave it behind! There was a case of rogue South African Police patrols up there smuggling diamonds back in their hubcaps!
How beautiful and well nerated, A special Thanks to the late Mr. Alfred Boehme snr and his son Alfred Jr, the video footage of the workshops wouldn't have survived, if it weren't for their prudent care .
Earlier I watched a video on the dry docking of the Battleship New Jersey. They gave the weight as 47,000 non-metric tons. 132,000 non-metric tons is 2.8 New Jerseys. That's a lot of scrap. At 4¢ per pound that's over $10½ million 2024 American dollars! Just a few years ago steel scrap was 50% more at 6¢ per pound and about a decade ago it was 2x at 8¢ per pound. At 6:30 what is the crankshaft looking thing at the right of the screen?
It sure was a lot of scrap, no idea what that part is could it be some sort of heavy duty electrical rotator switch? looks to be a few inside the tanks
@@514thmick If it really was a rotating switch, it was probably used to control power to the motor by switching different sections of the resistor stacks seen at 6:09, 7:04, 7:15 in series with the motor windings.
It appears that only some were converted to eclectic, most kept there original diesel engines, but it made the diesels more likely to be use in the building of the sea brake water wall, so none of them have survived. Why they converted some of them is a mystery.
We in Poland are looking for our Shermans from the II Corps of General Anders, which was stationed in Italy after the capture of Monte Casino, and perhaps these Shermans were used by soldiers of the Polish Corps? It would be great if this could be determined. It is very sad that there is not a single original M4A2 Sherman in Polish museums, even though Polish soldiers fought on them during World War II, including in General Maczek's 1st Armored Division, which captured the German port of Wilhelmshaven. It is not in museums because after the British disbanded the Polish military units in 1947, even though the Polish government paid the British with Polish gold, for every rifle cartridge, every rifle, every car and every plane, tank and warship, the British government simply stole this equipment, and gave it to Argentina, Australia and his other allied countries! Poland, the British did not pay for several dozen thousand dead soldiers who fought for the freedom of England during a lonely fight in 1940, when only a Pole stood next to them in a life-and-death fight with the German army! Polish soldiers returned to the country only in what they were wearing, i.e. old, torn uniforms! Good luck restoring this tank and learning its history.
The Poles got shafted during and after WWII. I am not 100% sure that all the blame falls on the British government though. Would the Soviets have allowed any reminder of Polands efforts to fight the Nazi's? No. Strictly speaking, the Brits and French governments should have declared war on the Soviets after the 17 September 1939 invasion of Poland. Furthermore, the Poles were abandoned by the Western Allies in 1945, allowing the Soviets to take over. The invasion of Poland started the war, which only really ended for Poland when the occupation forces of the USSR left in 1993. No wonder most Poles support Ukraine today. Unlike the Soviets, who received equipment under the Lend-Lease scheme like the British did, the British actually paid back their debt while Stalin had leased aircraft, tanks, vehicles and weapons buried to avoid paying that debt. If I am not mistaken, Polish soldiers were given a choice of staying in England after the war, although that may only have applied to officers. The British like to boast about deciphering the Enigma Codes, but neglect to mention the absolutely vital Polish contributions that made that breakthrough possible. Sometimes our friends aren't so friendly.
@@robert-trading-as-Bob69 Thank you for your kind words, buddy! Maybe they could have stayed, but then there were millions of people like them who no one wanted there anymore because they were starting to become a big problem because the arms industry had fired millions of people and there was a big problem with finding work for the local population. After demobilization, our commander of the 1st armored division, General Maczek, was a bartender and General Sosabowski, a hero from Arnhem, was a warehouseman. This is what happened to our soldiers. But it was better to be a waiter in England than to be arrested in Poland and, after a long and brutal investigation, shot in some dark UB dungeon, so many who returned to Poland with the hope of a normal life.
@@skierbek72 My Grandfather had several drinking buddies in Wrexham who he had met during and after the war. I shook hands with some of them who decided to not return to Poland. The UK had many Polish veterans clubs all over the country, I saw several in various towns.
Hardly, reliable and trustworthy, later models such as the Easy Eight with alot of armour and the Firefly with a great 17pounder took it to the Germans. Need to read more.
For the people of the world that see these antique beast in the wild, I am an American, as an American we do not get to see many of these old relics across the globe. Very little surplus of this caliber seems to have been sold here in the states. We have plenty of trucks and jeeps, but armor and other large pieces are far, few, and in between. I would love the opportunities to go out and hunt these relics down and learn their individual history.
And bring them home
There still seems to a fair few out in the extremities where 🇺🇸 troops went into action, or where their lend/lease supplies ended up....
We have an M3 Lee medium tank sitting out front of a local VFW in Newark Delaware. It was the immediate predecessor to the M4 Sherman in WW2. You don't see many of them. There are also 2 separate M42 Duster anti aircraft tanks at 2 other nearby VFW posts. They were based on the M41 Walker Bulldog light tank, but fitted with an open turret with 2 - 40mm Bofors cannons for low altitude anti aircraft protection.. They were used in Vietnam to "mow down" enemy infested jungle areas.
I’ve seen two total that run
Well, then you should visit Europe. Plenty of Shermans but not many in running condition.
Regards from The Netherlands.
My maternal grandfather was involved in the development of some of these machines.
He built the first scale model of the type shown at 2.22.
It unfortunately got badly damaged when heavy lumber fell on it and the wreckage was not preserved. There are still several photographs of his models and possibly of the machinery itself knocking around. My memories are lacking in detail (I was only four years old, so give me a break), but hopefully my mother can provide more information if you are interested.
Great film!! I grew up in Orajemund in the 70's and 80's, We lived in 9 th avenue, next the tank in the park. Thanks for the memories!!
Glad you liked it
We had a Sherman tank in a park I grew up near in Texas too. It was mostly in tact, when I traveled nearby though it was gone and nobody knew what I was talking about.
Lots of complete static display Shermans here in Canada. Legion halls, fairgrounds, museums. Still active military tank range up north. They have a nice collection as well.
Great video! This tops being used as yarders in the logging industry for weirdest post war Sherman use by far.
My family lived in one of the house right next to the tank in the park. We moved away in early 1980
Hace 10 años atrás aprendí tanto de tanques contigo, hasta busque las localizaciones con Google. Después desapareciste. Me da mucha alegría volver a encontrarte de nuevo. Note pierdas. Un saludo grande desde Argentina.
Thank you for you kind words, I will try to keep them videos coming
A mob I worked for had a centurian tank minus turret & top plates to cart a Warman 1500 drill rig around on top . . in hard country around Mt Isa Oz , the Meteor V12 petrol thirsty apparently
That single new track on the play park tank could be worth about $15,000 on it's own. A friend was restoring a Sherman a few years ago and bought a pair of new tracks in 2010. He paid £25,000 for them.
They are not cheap that's for sure.
At least one has the double "I" type rubber track (WE210), mostly seen on vehicles used by the British.
Quite rare nowadays.
I think its old British Grant track?
@@514thmick Yes mostly, also used on Sexton's.
I think all Grant/Sherman based vehicles in Britishe use could have run them.
People did all kinds of useful things with surplus I've seen other such tanks used for logging I operated a American armored scout vehicle with the bed removed for a home made fork lift. They even turned the steering wheel to face the rear
"Well I never knew that ..." 🤔 Transitted many a time thru Oranjemund airport when I was working for de Beers offshore.
There's a similar, turret-less Sherman hull, up upon the Peaks of Derbyshire, precisely at Merryton Low on the border twixt here and looking down on Leek, Staffs.
The tank hull on the Derbyshire peaks is a Canadian build Ram tank, very similar but not a Sherman as such. But thank you for the info.
Moths club, or M.O.T.H. stands for the Memorable Order of Tin Hats, an organization set up after WW1 by veterans of that conflict to meet and support each other, similar to the American VFW.
The MOTHS are still going here in SA, with veterans from WWII, Korea, the Rhodesian Bush War, the Angolan Border War, and police members eligible to join.
All those vehicles were not allowed to leave the Diamond Gebied, or Area, as diamond smuggling was a huge problem for de Beers.
If you were allowed to drive up there in your own car, you had to leave it behind!
There was a case of rogue South African Police patrols up there smuggling diamonds back in their hubcaps!
Yes i uncovered some great stories about the place, not relevant to the tanks so missed the vid, but great stories
How beautiful and well nerated, A special Thanks to the late Mr. Alfred Boehme snr and his son Alfred Jr, the video footage of the workshops wouldn't have survived, if it weren't for their prudent care .
Thank you for your help with the video Naftel, you was a great help.
In your last minute of the video your shot is thru a double hole in the rear plate. That is the outlet holes for the double exhaust of the M4A2.
Correct
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Well at least they still exist
Earlier I watched a video on the dry docking of the Battleship New Jersey. They gave the weight as 47,000 non-metric tons. 132,000 non-metric tons is 2.8 New Jerseys. That's a lot of scrap. At 4¢ per pound that's over $10½ million 2024 American dollars! Just a few years ago steel scrap was 50% more at 6¢ per pound and about a decade ago it was 2x at 8¢ per pound.
At 6:30 what is the crankshaft looking thing at the right of the screen?
It sure was a lot of scrap, no idea what that part is could it be some sort of heavy duty electrical rotator switch? looks to be a few inside the tanks
@@514thmick If it really was a rotating switch, it was probably used to control power to the motor by switching different sections of the resistor stacks seen at 6:09, 7:04, 7:15 in series with the motor windings.
Awesome ❤
Thank you! Cheers!
My dad's brother, my uncle Bill was a tank commander in France in 1944.
5:20 Isn't that the hull number right there?
No, the hull number is on the rear towing eye, your seeing a casting number
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Curious the decision to convert to electric.
It appears that only some were converted to eclectic, most kept there original diesel engines, but it made the diesels more likely to be use in the building of the sea brake water wall, so none of them have survived. Why they converted some of them is a mystery.
@514thmick Well, Sherman tanks did originally have quite a variety of powerplants - can't have been easy keeping them running
Green mountain power had a tank for telephone pole installations
Hope they save them
Man I wish there were tanks lying around in the U.S. We would be able to just go around and claim them.
They are! There are Sherman tanks at VFWs and Rural Country Clubs all over, still.
Did these tanks run on AC or DC voltage?
at 1:10 the narrator says: "60 horse squirrel cage motor" i.e. a type of three-phase AC motor.
Namibian E mining in the 60´s
Someone somewhere could identify those, still some hope they will be saved, very little but still
'Promo SM' 🙋
Are these photos all AI generated? They look weird...
The photos have been given the look of movement with Ai, and have not been changed apart from that. But Ai will do that, I like them.
You should distinguish between when you are using AI generated content and historical photos
They are all historical photos that have been given the look of movement with Ai, photos have not been changed apart from that.
We in Poland are looking for our Shermans from the II Corps of General Anders, which was stationed in Italy after the capture of Monte Casino, and perhaps these Shermans were used by soldiers of the Polish Corps? It would be great if this could be determined. It is very sad that there is not a single original M4A2 Sherman in Polish museums, even though Polish soldiers fought on them during World War II, including in General Maczek's 1st Armored Division, which captured the German port of Wilhelmshaven. It is not in museums because after the British disbanded the Polish military units in 1947, even though the Polish government paid the British with Polish gold, for every rifle cartridge, every rifle, every car and every plane, tank and warship, the British government simply stole this equipment, and gave it to Argentina, Australia and his other allied countries! Poland, the British did not pay for several dozen thousand dead soldiers who fought for the freedom of England during a lonely fight in 1940, when only a Pole stood next to them in a life-and-death fight with the German army! Polish soldiers returned to the country only in what they were wearing, i.e. old, torn uniforms! Good luck restoring this tank and learning its history.
The Poles got shafted during and after WWII.
I am not 100% sure that all the blame falls on the British government though.
Would the Soviets have allowed any reminder of Polands efforts to fight the Nazi's? No.
Strictly speaking, the Brits and French governments should have declared war on the Soviets after the 17 September 1939 invasion of Poland.
Furthermore, the Poles were abandoned by the Western Allies in 1945, allowing the Soviets to take over.
The invasion of Poland started the war, which only really ended for Poland when the occupation forces of the USSR left in 1993.
No wonder most Poles support Ukraine today.
Unlike the Soviets, who received equipment under the Lend-Lease scheme like the British did, the British actually paid back their debt while Stalin had leased aircraft, tanks, vehicles and weapons buried to avoid paying that debt.
If I am not mistaken, Polish soldiers were given a choice of staying in England after the war, although that may only have applied to officers.
The British like to boast about deciphering the Enigma Codes, but neglect to mention the absolutely vital Polish contributions that made that breakthrough possible.
Sometimes our friends aren't so friendly.
@@robert-trading-as-Bob69 Thank you for your kind words, buddy! Maybe they could have stayed, but then there were millions of people like them who no one wanted there anymore because they were starting to become a big problem because the arms industry had fired millions of people and there was a big problem with finding work for the local population. After demobilization, our commander of the 1st armored division, General Maczek, was a bartender and General Sosabowski, a hero from Arnhem, was a warehouseman. This is what happened to our soldiers. But it was better to be a waiter in England than to be arrested in Poland and, after a long and brutal investigation, shot in some dark UB dungeon, so many who returned to Poland with the hope of a normal life.
@@skierbek72 My Grandfather had several drinking buddies in Wrexham who he had met during and after the war. I shook hands with some of them who decided to not return to Poland. The UK had many Polish veterans clubs all over the country, I saw several in various towns.
whats up with the random ai slop images thrown in
Not random, showing photos of the tanks in the 1950's but with no video footage.
Worst tanks made
Were they? read about the British Sherwood Foresters Regt and the use of their Sherman's from D-Day to Berlin and you may change your mind
Hardly, reliable and trustworthy, later models such as the Easy Eight with alot of armour and the Firefly with a great 17pounder took it to the Germans. Need to read more.
Reliability was one of the Sherman's best qualities