Good Old Fashioned Tank P*rn

[Stefan Kotsch]

Thanks Stuart. Great sound, in every way. 👍

[Stuart Galbraith]

What I find most interesting, the Chieftain there is really flying. Fairly unlike the  ponderous way they were driven in West Germany. Not quite sure why, these should in theory be using earlier engines that had less horsepower.

 

There was also this, which I meant to link some time ago. Ive actually got a video of 20pdr indirect gunnery on VHS, unfortunately that doesnt seem to have been uploaded. I really ought to try and convert that someday.

 

 

[Mike1158]

Well that was, something.  I can chategorically state thaat we did not do ANY of that.  Had to laugh my 'arris off tbh.

 

Must have been Bovington.

[Erik1]

 

[Stuart Galbraith]

Well, judging by it being a chieftain 3/3 (I checked the registration, the NBC pack is missing making it look like a Mk5), which we were supplying to Iran in 1973, and that they dont have any helmets, im going to say this is probably somewhere between 1973 and maybe 1978-1980, when bone domes seem to have become more common.

[Erik1]

[Mistral]

Are these StuGs using wide tracks? Never heard of these being used before on them.

 

[Stuart Galbraith]

I 'think' they were standard tracks with grousers fitted on them, like M4's did.

[old_goat]

22 minutes ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

I 'think' they were standard tracks with grousers fitted on them, like M4's did.

Nope. Thats 100% Winterketten. 

[Mikel2]

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1415988552352606

[Tim Sielbeck]

 

[Mikel2]

[shootER5]

10 hours ago, Mikel2 said:

 

I remember seeing this photo for the first time in the Tillotson book on the M48, one of the first armor books I ever bought.

Chief Thomas K. Yallup, of Toppenish, Washington, chief of the Yakima Indian Tribal Council, visits his son, Cpl. Bill Yallup, who was in training with an Army armored unit at Yakima Firing Center.

[sunday]

"See dad? This iron horse is better!"

[shep854]

Sweet memories for our former Warsaw Pact members...

 

[Stefan Kotsch]

22 hours ago, shep854 said:

Sweet memories for our former Warsaw Pact members

Oh oh, that was always a nasty mess. 🤧 Everything oily and sooty, stuck with dust. In particular the tanks with good mileage. Later, the T-72 was a Volkswagen in comparison.  

[shep854]

29 minutes ago, Stefan Kotsch said:

Oh oh, that was always a nasty mess. 🤧 Everything oily and sooty, stuck with dust. In particular the tanks with good mileage. Later, the T-72 was a Volkswagen in comparison.  

And I grumble about changing the oil and filter on my Ford Escape...

[Tim Sielbeck]

On 5/30/2024 at 6:14 AM, Stefan Kotsch said:

Oh oh, that was always a nasty mess. 🤧 Everything oily and sooty, stuck with dust. In particular the tanks with good mileage. Later, the T-72 was a Volkswagen in comparison.  

 

[Damian]

Some action at Bemowo Piskie Training Area.

[Stefan Kotsch]

@Tim Sielbeck Oh, thank you.  😍

(🙃 - Oil dipstick bent towards the banana. The second measuring point for coolant water is somehow not mentioned. And not started with compressed air (main method!) ...)

Edited June 1, 2024 by Stefan Kotsch

[Tim Sielbeck]

You are most welcome.  

[Stuart Galbraith]

23 hours ago, Stefan Kotsch said:

@Tim Sielbeck Oh, thank you.  😍

(🙃 - Oil dipstick bent towards the banana. The second measuring point for coolant water is somehow not mentioned. And not started with compressed air (main method!) ...)

I dont know if you have seen this. Ill warn you, he isnt quite so complimentary as you are, but then he usually fixes Chieftains. Go figure.

 

 

[Interlinked]

For some reason he dismantled the cooling fan to reach the starter-generator and pull it out sideways from under the crossbeam in the middle of the compartment, which is probably the worst possible way to do it. The normal method is to dismount the radiator pack + roof unit and fish the starter-generator out vertically.

[Stefan Kotsch]

Vor 7 Stunden sagte Stuart Galbraith:

Ich warne Sie, er ist nicht ganz so höflich

😆

____

He probably doesn't have a crane to lift the deck with the cooler. Or was just too lazy. But it's nice to see it all again. By the way, the T-72 we had was pretty reliable.

Edited June 2, 2024 by Stefan Kotsch

[Interlinked]

Yeah, a difference here between civilian garage and intended military tank workshop conditions.