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Published 20 Nov 2020Join The Tank Museum’s Historian David Fletcher as he discusses the Sherman M4A1 (76) W, a late war variant of the Sherman M4A1 which was introduced into service in the summer of 1944. The M4A1 (76) W still had a cast hull, but improved frontal armour, a more powerful version of the Continental radial engine and was up-gunned from the original M4A1, with a 76mm gun.
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June 16, 2021
Tank Chats #111 | Sherman M4A1 (76) W | The Tank Museum
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June 11, 2021
Tanks Chats #110 | T-72 | The Tank Museum
The Tank Museum
Published 13 Nov 2020Join David Willey as he discusses the T-72, a Soviet era main battle tank which first entered production in 1971. The T-72’s service life has proven to be extremely successful. With about 20,000 produced, it has seen service with over 40 countries, and thanks to refurbishment, is still in service to this very day.
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June 4, 2021
Tank Chats #109 | Scorpion & TV15000 | The Tank Museum
The Tank Museum
Published 30 Oct 2020Join The Tank Museum’s Historian David Fletcher as he discusses the TV15000, the unique prototype of the FV101 Scorpion armoured reconnaissance vehicle. David examines its development and how it came to be the production Scorpion we know today.
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May 28, 2021
Tank Chats #108 | M48 | The Tank Museum
The Tank Museum
Published 23 Oct 2020Tank Museum Historian David Fletcher discusses the M48 “Patton”, an American first generation Main Battle Tank introduced in 1952. Throughout its service life, the M48 has been very successful and has seen service with many countries including the Americans in Vietnam and the Israel Defense Forces.
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May 23, 2021
AF is short of fresh water – WW2 – 143 – May 23, 1942
World War Two
Published 22 May 2021Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov arrives in London to meet with Churchill, but at home in the USSR the Germans have launched an instantly successful offensive. In North Africa and Malta the British are building up, unaware that Erwin Rommel is just about to strike, and an American ruse discovers secret Japanese attack plans.
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May 21, 2021
Tank Chats #107 | T-62 | The Tank Museum
The Tank Museum
Published 9 Oct 2020Here The Tank Museum’s Curator David Willey discusses the Soviet T-62, including its development and service life. Introduced in 1962, it was a further evolution of the T-55 series, which David discussed in Tank Chat #104.
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May 14, 2021
Tank Chats Special | Pak 43/41 Anti-Tank Gun | The Tank Museum
The Tank Museum
Published 18 Sep 2020The Tank Museum’s Archive and Library Manager Stuart Wheeler presents this Tank Chat Special on the Pak 43/41. Find out the history behind the infamous anti-tank gun and the story behind how it came to be in The Tank Museum’s collection — from its time as a gate-guard, to its restoration, and finally its display in the Museum.
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May 7, 2021
Tank Chats #106 | Panzer IV | The Tank Museum
The Tank Museum
Published 11 Sep 2020Join The Tank Museum’s Curator David Willey as he discusses the Sd.Kfz 161, better known as Panzer IV: the most numerously produced tank by Germany during the Second World War.
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April 29, 2021
Tank Chats #105 | Saladin | The Tank Museum
The Tank Museum
Published 4 Sep 2020David Fletcher is back! Join him as he discusses the FV601 Saladin — a six wheeled armoured car developed by Crossley Motors and later produced by Alvis. The Saladin has had a long service life and despite its dated design, is still in service with some countries.
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April 21, 2021
Tank Chats #104 | T-54 & T-55 | The Tank Museum
The Tank Museum
Published 14 Aug 2020Here Curator David Willey discusses the T-54, and its successor the T-55, tanks which can source their roots back to the Second World War and are probably the most produced tanks of all time.
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April 18, 2021
Boys Mk I Anti-Tank Rifle at the Range
Forgotten Weapons
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(Edit: Tungsten carbine is, of course *denser* than steel, not lighter. Sorry.)
I have done several previous videos on the Boys antitank rifle, but never actually fired one — until today! We’re out at the range with a MkI Boys and five rounds of its .55 Boys ammunition. So let’s see if it’s as painful to shoot as people say …
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April 6, 2021
Tank Chats #102 | Crossley Armoured Car | The Tank Museum
The Tank Museum
Published 8 May 2020David Fletcher looks at the Crossley Armoured Car, an inter-war vehicle. Only five were built and sent to Egypt, where they were unable to cope with the sand.
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March 30, 2021
Tank Chats # 101 | Irish Leyland Armoured Car | The Tank Museum
The Tank Museum
Published 9 Apr 2020Here David Fletcher discusses the Leyland Armoured Car which was produced in the 1930s for the Irish Army, but with some alterations, saw service right through to the 1980s.
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March 26, 2021
Tank Chats #100 | Rolls-Royce Armoured Car | The Tank Museum
The Tank Museum
Published 6 Nov 2020The 100th Tank Chat milestone has been reached as the Rolls-Royce Armoured Car turns 100 years old! In this special edition, everybody’s favourite moustachioed tank historian David Fletcher examines his favourite vehicle in The Tank Museum’s collection: the Rolls-Royce Armoured Car, on its 100th birthday.
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March 16, 2021
Tank Chats #99 | StuG III | The Tank Museum
The Tank Museum
Published 2 Apr 2020Here David Willey discusses the Sturmgeschütz III Self-Propelled Assault Gun, better known as the StuG III, Germany’s most numerously produced fully tracked Armoured Fighting Vehicle of the Second World War.
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