Tank Chats #75 M5A1 Stuart | The Tank Museum
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- Опубліковано 16 тра 2019
- Tank Chats playlist • Tank Chats from The Ta... David Fletcher on the last in the Stuart series. Known unofficially as Honeys, the M5A1 Stuart was an improved version of the American's M3 light tank. See David's other Stuart tank chats • Tank Chats from The Ta...
They were used by British armoured regiments and by most other Allied armies during WW2. They were fast, reliable and popular with their crews, but outclassed by the German tanks of 1944.
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Some time after WWIII: “The British Fletcher tank was not a terribly fast tank but was loved by its crew because of its pleasant nature. It can easily be identified by its large broom or “mustache” which was used to sweep away enemy troops”
Some shitty comments have more likes, unfortunately. You deserve more.
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#1 tank
But will there be any history recorded after WWIII?
@@perrylocke6037in some small nations yes. Not in Europe, china, middle east, European Russia, USA etc
Another excellent video by the only man to truly embody a British Churchill MkIV in human form: Prof. David Fletcher, PhD in Tankology of Bovington University.
Who knew the Church MkIV had such a dry sense of humor??
Don't forget the MBE.
He is NOT overrated and worthless, don't compare him to a British tank!
@@Pugiron You must be a very sad person.
Mr Fletcher is a national treasure.
He's the armoured vehicle equivalent of Sir David Attenborough.
@@Calum_S i think he would be a better wildlife journalist too
An international treasure! 😀
@@JohnyG29 no we will not share.
Boris S So true, he deserves a knighthood ...... Period
Guy has more knowledge in his mustache than Watson the IBM supercomputer. Also he probably never forgets what he had for supper from the night before
UA-cam's mustache of knowledge 1000% garanteed fake facts/news free 😁
Because it is always bangers, mash and turnips...
@@Ralphieboyoh yeah, Cumberland Sausage mashed potatoes turnip's and thick black gravy, now that's a good meal especially in the winter months! 😋😁
Mr. Fletcher is a national treasure, you Brits are lucky to have him.
I'm always amazed at how much he looks like the quintessential English boffin. I imagine legions of him wandering around Bletchley Park and other places like that.
I'm not even sure what this means but I laughed.
Silence please. The moustache is talking!
Everyone likes the moustache! He is my hero! :)
With great mustache comes great responsibility!
There was one engagement, Bogheim 9th December 1944 part of the Battle of the Bulge where Stuart crews hit one of the larger German Self propelled guns over 100 times without doing any significant damage. This was used as an example to build the case for replacing the Stuart with a better armed tank, but also demonstrates how aggressive light tankers could be even when greatly outmatched by heavily armoured and armed opposition. Undoubtedly the Stuart was useful for scouting, but it could also be a threat to Axis Infantry if they lacked Anti tank weapons.
light tanks arent designed to get into fights
@@EthanThomson Err they kinda are and they kinda did.
Theirs also the a story during the battle of the bulge where a m8 greyhound aggressively charged the rear of king tiger taking out the engine and starting a fire inside the tank
" This was used as an example to build the case for replacing the Stuart with a better armed tank, but also demonstrates how aggressive light tankers could be even when greatly outmatched by heavily armoured and armed opposition. "
It also demonstrates that a partially disabled SPG can't rotate to put your light tank in it's sights, and that you want to pin that sucker down even if your fire is ineffective, while you wait for something bigger to arrive. If you're lucky, your 37mm does manage to fully disable it, and they weren't lucky.
You're safe from the SPG's fire, but you haven't killed it, maybe can't kill it, but you're keeping the crew buttoned up inside so they can't do anything else...
Yeah, but while you're sitting there shooting that SPG, you're risking an enemy shell from another vehicle coming at you
The Stuart Tank. I remember it from the old Haunted Tank comic from DC. Before the crew recieved their Sherman, they originally used a Stuart.
I didn't remember that at some point they upgraded to a Sherman. Thanks!
I'd love to see David speak his mind/opinion on Soviet + Warsaw Pact Tanks from the Cold War Period (T-55's, T-72's etc..) Unless he's done something like that already, in which case could someone point it out to me please! :D Many thanks in advance
Albert Einstein talking about tanks, apparently.
Why this tank is automatic! *dun*
It's systematic! *dun*
It's hydromatic! *dun*
Why it's greased lightning!
@Ray I saw a documentary showing how the US WW2 tank destroyer could out pace a ww2 jeep, both from a standing start. The hydromatic system made a huge difference, providing masses of torque! Clever stuff.
LOL it was stranded at the drive-in branded a fool what will they say Monday at school
You’d want all that speed and torque. If any any Sort of German cannon got a good shot at that tin can you would be toast.
@@drizler But sloped armor is magical and impervious! T-34 fans told me!
Would be interested to see how that MG folds down into that shield.
Wasnt that MG folded because it operated in the jungle? I think it wasnt bullets that this armor was protecting that MG from. It was tree branches.
It pivots directly backwards so it ends up upside down behind the cover. If you imagine pointing the barrel backwards and then swivelling the whole lot including post backwards and under you can see how it fits.👍
I 'spect you disengage a lock and it just pivots back and down. Not going to mention what likely happens to the ammo box or belt.
@@johnallison820 That is literally what I already said. You detach ammo can first.
Especially as the bottom of the shield is not there and the turret is separate from that space completely
Outstanding little tank and as always great talk by mr. Fletcher !
Keep up the good work
I'd refer to him as Sir David. An MBE ain't nothing. QEII chose a good one.
Excellent! David Fletcher and his dry whit, a great pick me up as I start my Friday work day.
Tank Einstein speaks. You listen.
The Stewart is my favorite tank as it was the first tank I ever saw up close. THanks for this summary of the Stewarts, I will watch it again, both to better remember the various versions, and to listen to Mr. Fletcher over again.
How this site does not have 1 million subscribers is sad. This site is brilliant.
they're over a 5th of the way there, and 200K plus is fantastic by any means
For once there is an emphasis or presumption of education and erudition and not themepark gratification and mindless excitement.
SUSH! All sit in a circle and watch Mister Fletcher in awe!
I’m a simple man. I see David Fletcher - i’m clicking LIKE.
I love these videoes! Thank you for making them.
Glad you enjoy the content Hallvard! You may wish to consider supporting us on patreon; www.patreon.com/tankmuseum Thanks!
A real pleasure to listen to these chats. Many thanks.
I wonder how David feels if he ever reads the comments about the cult of personality around him and his mustche.
Edit: Wait i got a heart from the tank museum dies that mean David actaully read my comment or some one from the crew laughed at it?
He looks like Mr Pastry (Google the name )
He doesn't need to read them. He just knows...
The 'stache abides.
It’s cringe. 90% of the comments are made by pseudointellectuals that sip wine and use the words ‘thus’ and ‘ergo’.
@@KC-bg1th You seem quite sad. Or angry.
Another lovely chat from Mr Fletcher. Loving all the wartime photographs and footage of Stuarts in action.
I’m 28 and I just inherited a 1939 LaSalle ( Cadillac sub-division of General Motors ‘27-1940 ) and it has the engine that was used for this tank. I can say it’s one of simplicity and extremely reliable even today in a passenger car. I find it fascinating that Cadillac-LaSalle could just stop making cars and pluck a V8 off the assembly line, adapt it to 24Volt power and put it in a tank no problem...I really don’t see that ever happening again. thank you so much, I love this series!
These vídeos are always here to greet me when I come back from a Friday night out. Thanks got making them so good.
Thank you Mr. Fletcher.
I'm (slowly) building a 1/6 scale RC Stuart M5 A1 using the 21st Century Stuart version as the base vehicle. Lots of folks have done this and it is a lot of fun. Very nice to see the tank featured in a current video from the Tank Museum. ;o)
Yet another enjoyable and educational video from my favourite tank historian who explains the who, what, where, and when like no other!
I'd love to see Sir David team up with the Mighty Jingles for a TOG*II video. That would be epic.
Great stuff folks, really enjoying this channel!
Thank you for your great work and your team for the great information on the tanks
I'm delighted with this gentleman videos, good job, sir :)
Compact little truck this....the Indian army used these to great effect in the kyber pass post WW2. Great video as ever!
Can you folks build another M3/M5 Stuart variant so David Fletcher can talk about it?
Ask the brazilians. The Bernardini X1A2 tank was the last tank to be developed from a Stuart. (90 mm gun, extra sloping, Scania diesel engines, extra bogie due to elongated chassis)
Need to find an M8 or an M8A1
Always liked the Stuarts. Thanks for another great vid.
Thank you , Mr Fletcher .
American Legion near my childhood home had one, back in the days you could just climb all over it, and play war. Decades later, the Legion next to the first house I owned had a Pak 38. Two old enemies.
Brilliant video and so much interesting information, especially about the design.
Thank you David.
Thanks Ritchie, your feedback is much appreciated.
M5A1 is one of my favourite US tanks in War Thunder, it means a lot that Mr. Fletcher approves of it.
It always surprised me how late the turret basket was introduced. You'd think it would've been there from the start of turrets. And love the Stuart.
Great series. Keep it up
One of my favorite tanks.
Thanks for your videos
My Grandad started his service in WWII driving a tank transporter that carried what he called a "Honey tank"; always wondered what that was and now I know! Just wish he was still around to show this to him... But, thank you anyway Mr Fletcher for enlightening me 🙂
I love to ear Mr. Panzer talk about tanks!!
Thank you sir. You are an asset to bovington and the UK. I hope that the government will give you an appropriate baronetcy.
I am currently building a 1:35 scale model of this tank. I found this video very helpful. Thank you!
Glad it was of help.
Thanks.
Would it be cheeky to recommend professor Fletcher’s glorious mustache get it’s own channel? I thoroughly enjoy the series sir! Keep up the excellent effort.
Excellent.
Love the pic of a M5 driving past a dead Panther at the end. Its like the M5 is doing a road runner 'Meep Meep' before zooming off.
Mr fletcher really is a great man!
I love playing this tank
I love this man!!!! Glory to his mustache!!!!!
i just want you guys to know i really enjoy these vids there great get to learn about the monsters of the old wars keep up the awsome content i know yall dont really get alot of views or subs so i just wanna say thanks alot 😃
Love the Stuarts!
Jolly good show old chap..
Always wanted a Cadillac, this would make a great vehicle for my commute.
Always enjoyable. Information you never knew you needed, but thankful to have.
Great video
I always wondered what the section of armor hanging off the side of the turret was.
It was smart to go M5 instead of M4 because in the heat of battle you don't want to mistake what pieces you have on the board.
First rate as usual.
Many thanks and regards
Good info
I find your videos extremely interesting and entertaining sir, I wish you good luck and good health. Regards, Adam
There used to be two M5 Stuarts sitting in front of the court house in Richmond Indiana. A few years back they removed them. I've always wondered where they went. They were in dire need of refurbishment as they were really starting to show the rust and damage from vandals.
The both of them are now located at the Wayne County Indiana Veterans Memorial Park, Richmond, Indiana. www.veteransmemorialpark.org/photos.html
Always great to see Mr. Fletcher. This video series is very enjoyable. I always learn from them, and the facts, period footage, and humor are great. I sometimes wonder how effective the 37 mm gun is. Certainly it would be fine against unarmored truck convoys or light armored vehicles. Probably ok against pillboxes and such too. If they carried some rounds of case shot, it would be good against infantry as well. I know Chesty Puller thought well of the USMC crew served 37mm guns with case shot in the island campaigns. That is a good endorsement. Anyway, i wonder what the armor penetration abilty of the 37mm was.
The 37mm by 1943/44 was totally inadequate for anti-tank use. It was there to give recon crews some sense of security incase they ran into lightly armored vehicles like trucks and half-tracks, but was useless against most tanks being used by the Germans. The 37 could penetrate about 35mm-55mm of armor at 500 yards depending on the angle of armor and ammunition type. A Panzer IV had 50mm of frontal armor and 30mm of side armor, later ones were up armored to 80mm of frontal armor so 37mm guns were nearly useless. If you ran into a Panther or Tiger, you were even more hopeless. The M24 light tank got a 75mm, it was a lot better.
Interesting modifications.
God I love this man
I just bought Mr Fletcher's book on Churchill tanks. Pure treasure.
How's the read?
@@thetankmuseum It's everything I hoped for and more! It's like having my own personal tank chat that I can enjoy outside with my several cups of coffee every morning. All the details one could hope for and delivered with the wit and humour that only Mr Fletcher can provide. If there's such a thing as "the Churchill Disease" then I'm sure I have it, and this book is a must-have for any Churchill fan (the tank not the person). My only criticism is that a few of the pages are faded but I'm sure that's just a publishing glitch.
@@rickcheyne Glad to hear it!
At 6:03 - that picture of it next to the Cromwell is an interesting one. Cromwell being better armed and armoured with a lower profile also faster and more mobile despite being heavier with an also small volumetric size. Both reliable tanks.
I don't mean to be disagreeable, but the Cromwell was not very reliable. Many issues with cooling, clutch, and steering, for a start. Chieftan did a piece on British documentation of the flaws VS the M4. Cheers!
@@999torino The Cromwell's Rolls Royce Meteor engine was highly reliable.
@@TwirlyheadAs I recall, the problems were not so much the engine, but ancillary items like the drive for the cooling fan. I do not wish to start any uncivil back and forth, if I had a link to Chieftains lecture on the subject I would put it here. You may want to dig it up, it was actually very interesting and informative, using original source material from the British army. Again, cheers.
EDIT, the following link refers to the documentation of "exercise "Dracula" where the British extensively tested various tanks. This is the document to which Chieftan refers, and goes into much detail over. I still cannot find his presentation. ;(
ua-cam.com/video/mJrKMqGFtZ0/v-deo.html
The moustache is back! Hooray!
Also, right now: 1k likes, _zero_ dislikes! Record?
At 1.2k, no Germans dislike this.
1.4k still no dislikes
1.7k !
1.8k and 0 currently!
2k and still 0 dislikes.
I love him 3000.
very interesting video
The best part of waking up is David Fletcher on the laptop and Dunkin Donuts coffee in my cup (with acknowledgment to Folgers).
Really nice with this kind of "show's"
あなたは素晴らしいプレゼンターです, Sir Fletcher MBE
That is a big tank and a beautiful tank
I bet you say that to all the girls
@@chrisneedham5803 haha
I just have to add this. Go to Postmodern Jukebox channel here on YT. All About That Bass specifically was written by a big beautiful girl. Would be fun to play that and watch some period footage of a big beautiful beast.
@@paulmanson253 .......👍🍺🍷👍 will do
@@chrisneedham5803 Let me know if you enjoy it. The careful laid back choreography is my favorite of the production,but all parties were having a ball. Terrific little video.
Those tanks served around the world for decades after the war. Today, they stand silent vigil in countless city parks and before veteran's associations halls.
It should have been equipped in two othervariants: an infantry attack support tank with triple stack .50 HMGs coaxial main gun (3 x .50 guns stacked vertically), and
a tank destroying tank with a 57mm anti-tank mantlet main gun.
I think this is one of the only times I've seen a video with 1.4k likes and *literally no dislikes*
1.7k now lol 😂
Saw an M3 (might have been an M5) in a country machinery display in Australia. They were sold after the war for 5 pounds and used as farm vehicles....
DIDDYdave is still the bestist geeza on these tank chatz yessum diddy dave the rave !
That left ear attack.
I want to adopt this man as my uncle.
I want an ASMR from this gentleman voice
The only problem with this vid is it is a little too short. The more this man speaks the more I learn.
Wait, wasn't this the bloke who was in that movie..about that flying car? Or the chocolate factory? Never mind not important. Wonderful talk as always good Sir..
Of course everyone thought the triple automatics would be unreliable.
People always doubt automation will be trustworthy.
Automation usually is more unreliable. More moving parts means more potential for failure. Automation can be more effective but it's never more reliable, think a group of 25 men with shovels vs a excavator. The excavator is better in almost every way until it breaks down and needs repaired.
@@EmergencyChannel You're ignoring the fact that people 'break down' too. We get sick, we get hurt, etc. Machines always do simple jobs better than humans, and a human + a tool is usually better than five humans alone. And even ignoring that as you did, that excavator will generally get the job done faster than the group of men even counting the setbacks from any possible maintenance issues, because it works that much faster and more effectively. Not to mention that hiring an equivalent force of guys (try at least 100) to dig a ditch instead of an excavator would actually cost dramatically more than the maintenance and payments on the machinery.
Automation is usually only more unreliable until you work the rough edges out. Otherwise most of our products would still be made ENTIRELY by hand, but that's been going the way of the dodo for almost 200 years now, to the point the consumer is often the first human hand that touches a product. And that will only get more common.
I could go on and on and on and on, but what I'm saying here is that you are making a neo-Luddite argument, and that it's a complete non-starter and based on very negative wishful thinking with less basis in fact than claims about skull shape meaning anything about our future or worse...
Something something tank. Moustache.
Hmmmmm.... Those hair curls...
Could sir David fletcher be imitating the British Parliament wig?
Well he IS the Authority on tanks 👌
I do believe that it is the Parliament that is imitating Sir David Fletcher~
He is the Einstein of armour.
Late, but I see Edgar Allen Poe the most.
The M3 used a Continental R-670 engine. I was curious to why there was a huge demand for these for aircraft use - it's rather small for a WW2 aircraft engine, the only sizeable use for it was in the PT-17/N2S Stearman biplane trainer, and there were only about 5,400 built using this engine (there were many others using other engines), compared to almost 9000 M3s. I suppose 5.400 is a sizeable number, there were "only" 20,000 Spitfires ever built..
You just want to hug mr fletcher and call him grandad😊
Literally zero dislikes.
No mention of welded hull and sloped armor!
Einstein lives , great vid
The engine upgrade possibilities with todays tech has me curious how it would perform with say a pair of Holley sniper EFI setups and better cooling.
The M3 was the Honey. Also the Ronson because it lit up every time.
Someone needs to watch Chieftains Myths of American Armor talk, lol.
They tried to advance the stuart design again, increasing the armor and mounting a 75mm gun, and came up with a working tank, the M7, which started as a light tank but as development progressed was reclassified as a medium.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_Tank_M7
Easy to see the Stuart lineage in the M7, and the tank worked perfectly and would have made a good medium tank. The problem for the M7 was that the US already had a successful medium tank and while the M7 offered superior performance in some respects, such as speed, they decided not to overcomplicate their logistics by accepting a second medium tank into service.
If only the Stuarts had such equipment during the War of the Roses!
Sigh. Only about 120 years too early there
That's a strange photo at 4.01 mins in of the m3 sloppy Joe it looks like a witch pushing a buggy in the background with a witches like hat haha!
David Fletcher has spoken, the rest is silence.