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A Trip to Tank Heaven

#eta320 #tanks #tankhistory #vlog
It has been said that there exists a place in which all of histories most important and influential tank designs rest, a place where the tanks are lined all the way to the horizon, somewhere that the mortal tank enthusiast can experience true enlightenment. For years we thought this place was only of legend, or The Tank Museum in Bovington, but now; I tell you that it is real, and it is here!
This is my 2nd trip to the Fort Moore (previously Fort Benning) Armor and Cavalry Collection down in Georgia where I got to see some of the most amazing and rare tanks in the world! This year was truly something special, and I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I've had making it!!
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Great resources to check out to learn more about some of the things I talk about in the video!
- M3 Lee/Grant book by David Doyle (I cannot recommend this book enough)
- Shermanator tank part 2 (ft. The_Chieftain) has really great mechanical deep dive on the M4A2 Sherman with the diesel engines • Is This a Real Tank? W...
- An amazing video on the history and development of the Ford GAA engine of the M4A3 Sherman • War Hemi: The Story Of...
- How to start a Stuart Tank • How to start an M3 stu...
- Dedicated video on the Mk V* we saw in the collection • Mark V* 9591- One of t...
- Origins of the Renault FT tank • Birth of the French Le...
- Walk around of a Renault FT and more cool information • Sneak Preview of the N...
- My own video where I talk a lot about French tanks such as the Somua 35 (further research links in that videos description as well) • A Tank Enthusiast Reac...
- Inside the hatch style video by Potential History on the Type 95 Ha Go tank • Inside the Wannabe's H...
- Another video by Potential History on Japanese tank development • The Japanese Tank Meme
- SENSHA blog on Japanese tanks sensha-manual.blogspot.com

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  • @IronSink
    @IronSinkАй бұрын

    Watching this while being eaten alive by probably new species of flies on way home from work

  • @MiikaVornanen

    @MiikaVornanen

    Ай бұрын

    #relatable

  • @obeliks_potowski
    @obeliks_potowskiАй бұрын

    I saw ETA touch the shermans inapropriately

  • @ADudOverTheFence1

    @ADudOverTheFence1

    Ай бұрын

    C'mon. Everyone here is guilty of that. No need to snitch

  • @Tactical_Gentleman
    @Tactical_GentlemanАй бұрын

    My personal tank heaven is the Deutches Panzermuseum in Munster, germany, only 10 hours of driving!

  • @ADudOverTheFence1

    @ADudOverTheFence1

    Ай бұрын

    Definetly beats the 16hr flight and the extra hour it takes for me to get there

  • @Ostalgie658

    @Ostalgie658

    Ай бұрын

    Dude same, it’s only around 2 hours from where I live and it’s amazing

  • @fabovondestory

    @fabovondestory

    Ай бұрын

    Sinsheim is auch krass

  • @o5council501
    @o5council501Ай бұрын

    Eta got the homeless man facial hair The tanks are cool too

  • @Foodconsumer2137

    @Foodconsumer2137

    Ай бұрын

    He's trying to look older to get more money from people on the streets in case youtube doesn't work out

  • @Ides_0f_March

    @Ides_0f_March

    Ай бұрын

    sgt.Oddball vibe

  • @strv81

    @strv81

    Ай бұрын

    ​@Foodconsumer2137 he can rob people with the gun behind him

  • @kitsune3752
    @kitsune3752Ай бұрын

    As an avid lover of the Type-95 Ha Go I will say that Eta is super brave for crouching right next to and then directly touching the massive ring of pure asbestos coating the roadwheels of the tank.

  • @azuresstuff2363

    @azuresstuff2363

    Ай бұрын

    yeah the Ha-Go is so cute and deadly (to its crew)

  • @TANK_LOVER-pb4hz

    @TANK_LOVER-pb4hz

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@azuresstuff2363 they are so well armored they can(T) stand 50.Cals!!

  • @KumaFall
    @KumaFallАй бұрын

    Honestly I have no issue if Eta makes these videos longer than an hour. It’s something to keep me interested while building model tanks

  • @Donir100
    @Donir100Ай бұрын

    33:55 blud didn't went inside the Ontos cuz he know it would fit him perfectly.

  • @minus7621
    @minus7621Ай бұрын

    Here ETA became a MAN by touching an M-51 :)

  • @blaise1016
    @blaise1016Ай бұрын

    I was just at the Rickenbacker air show in Columbus. Ohio and they had a reenactment with a hvss 76 sherman, a 75mm sherman and a Hetzer all running and firing their guns. Im sure the Hetzer was probably Czechoslovakian made but it was really cool to see one driving. They also had a 38mm 50mm and a 75mm pak gun. A M5 scout car also a Dodge jeep truck looking thing and a german half track gun hauler. It was really neat to hear them all move and shoot plus the pak guns shot as well!

  • @thedreamchasers7252
    @thedreamchasers7252Ай бұрын

    It was awesome to be able to experience this again. Might be my last for a bit. Thoroughly enjoyed gaining knowledge and having good conversations with both you and Taylor. The video is very well done!

  • @kunyaco11
    @kunyaco11Ай бұрын

    Im already planning my second pilgrimage to Bovington! Love the new content.

  • @lixiangdong9821
    @lixiangdong9821Ай бұрын

    I really like the video. As a tank fan myself, the only tank heaven I been to is the Tank Museum in Bovington.

  • @retteip8276
    @retteip8276Ай бұрын

    There is a nice tank museum in Saumur, France, it is called musée ee blindes

  • @zatpat13
    @zatpat13Ай бұрын

    I remember the first time I got to see the collection during basic such an awesome place

  • @azuresstuff2363
    @azuresstuff2363Ай бұрын

    I wouldn’t be opposed to having a video where Eta does go tank by tank giving a 15 minute history lesson on each tank

  • @eamonfitzmartin998
    @eamonfitzmartin998Ай бұрын

    keep the beard going, we need wizard eta

  • @TurbotheFurbo
    @TurbotheFurboАй бұрын

    round 1: T-54 vs M48 round 2: T-55 vs M60A1 vs Leopard 1A1

  • @Blader445
    @Blader445Ай бұрын

    I live in Georgia, and the Fort Moore Museum is amazing.

  • @EngineerJohn883
    @EngineerJohn883Ай бұрын

    The bf1 music as soon as the MK V land ship pops in is perfect

  • @AcesandArmour
    @AcesandArmourАй бұрын

    Love this kind of impromptu video. The only way it could have been is if it were longer 🔥

  • @GermanGuyTactical
    @GermanGuyTacticalАй бұрын

    Here, have your first like on this video :) Also, have you ever been to a German Tank Museum?

  • @spinosaurusiii7027
    @spinosaurusiii7027Ай бұрын

    You look so swag with the shades Eta

  • @sethl6626
    @sethl6626Ай бұрын

    I got to visit the collection going on close to three years ago, during my time in training at then Fort Benning. I’ve always wanted to go back after I’ve spent the intervening years on armor. Fun stuff.

  • @chrisbacon3071
    @chrisbacon3071Ай бұрын

    It’s tank bossu!!!

  • @bonkboytf2
    @bonkboytf2Ай бұрын

    Every video is a hit but the LA Noire music at the end makes them masterpieces #shermanking #eta320GOAT #fyp #funny #anime #eta #320 #eta320 #et #a3 #20

  • @commanderpondscc-4112
    @commanderpondscc-4112Ай бұрын

    You look tired boss 😆 Nah mate you should visit Aus Armor in Australia man! They've got an awesome collection there and they're rebuilding a lot of tanks, check em out here down under!

  • @ghilliesnipersrek2270
    @ghilliesnipersrek2270Ай бұрын

    Think I saw Eta on the way out at somepoint because I distinctly recall at somepoint seeing an OD jacket on a somewhat homeless looking man lol. Loved my time there though, was fun getting to just nerd out about tanks and feel the 120s from two Abrams go off at the later Live Fire Exercise

  • @lisaridener7514
    @lisaridener7514Ай бұрын

    7:00 poor dude got humiliated because he forgot that that wasn’t true

  • @bonkboytf2
    @bonkboytf2Ай бұрын

    Since im early i got a request, can we get more tanmk? it has recieved a big update that i think you will enjoy

  • @sargentleebeemcdonalds1727
    @sargentleebeemcdonalds1727Ай бұрын

    April 27th, you went to your favourite tank museum for the second time Same day (UK standard time) i went to the Bovington Tank Museum for the first time

  • @quentintin1
    @quentintin1Ай бұрын

    ~ 28:00 afaik France didn't send any AMC 35S (SOMUA 35) to the USA for the simple reason that when the purchasing commission came to the US, the germans were kinda already breathing down france's neck, and deliveries were lagging behind the needs but what were sent were plans of the things to see if the US could produce the tank for France, the working theory is that since the tank relied on large castings (the hull is 4 huge cast parts bolted together + the turret), some materials relating to the production of such large casts were also sent, which the us drew on to develop the production processes allowing to cast major elements of the sherman also fun fact, Charles De Gaulle was part of the french mission to the USA, and him seeing the US production capabilities was one of the reasons that cemented his will to keep the fight, seeing the US as the allied manufacturing base from which materials could pour out to continue the fight and eventually liberate France the white roundel painted on the tank here isn't the AAPG symbol, but a recognition marking from one of the various notices pushed right before war were declared, as france was relying on very large reserves, many of which never saw those tanks before (the S35 was introduced in 1935 but real serial production really only starts 1938), and the GHQ was worried about blue-on-blue incidents from older personnel unfamiliar with the new equipment (also the reasons we saw things like large french flags painted on some tanks turret back)

  • @hammergon587
    @hammergon587Ай бұрын

    Wish you were able to show off some of the artillery they have as well. There's a very cool and obscure WW2 Japanese 105mm recoilless gun kept there that just about everyone sandbag's and ignores.

  • @certifiedhistorynerd
    @certifiedhistorynerdАй бұрын

    Oh M50 my beloved. We have one at the Museum of the American GI but we only drive it around, it doesn’t see any re-enactments, but it’s still cool.

  • @springone9837

    @springone9837

    Ай бұрын

    I love the thing I wish it was in Arma3

  • @guidingchaos1039
    @guidingchaos1039Ай бұрын

    i was there this and last year we very briefly met last year i wish i could have met you this year i even had a line and everything (when i saw you i was gonna say "oh shit look its a b-tier tank youtuber")

  • @mattsharkey311
    @mattsharkey311Ай бұрын

    Great video!

  • @thebigkahunski
    @thebigkahunskiАй бұрын

    I don’t know about anyone else, but I wanna see more of that camera man

  • @radimaltmann6013
    @radimaltmann6013Ай бұрын

    grand papa eta

  • @tigerboy977
    @tigerboy977Ай бұрын

    dude I thought I saw you there had gone down during my bday and was just on my way out. should have stopped to say hello.

  • @Springy05
    @Springy05Ай бұрын

    Eta, you have too much beard for the "kept you waiting" metal gear meme. Jokes aside, great vid m8

  • @kylecasimir8373
    @kylecasimir8373Ай бұрын

    BEARD! Good to see you again lmao

  • @theporschetiger
    @theporschetigerАй бұрын

    You look like my old Algebra teacher He was awesome

  • @jacobmoore6236
    @jacobmoore6236Ай бұрын

    We love you ETA

  • @AFVDatabase
    @AFVDatabaseАй бұрын

    FWIW, the lower rear hull on that GMC M36 is characteristic of vehicles modified in Yugoslavia to accept Soviet diesel engines.

  • @eta320

    @eta320

    Ай бұрын

    You’re right! The M36 in the collection was a former Yugoslavian tank, however the engine deck itself is still indicative to me of an original gas powered M36 tank

  • @AFVDatabase

    @AFVDatabase

    Ай бұрын

    @@eta320 yes, absolutely! :)

  • @pipsqueakfirepaw8899
    @pipsqueakfirepaw8899Ай бұрын

    Tank Tankman is back!

  • @Madduckk
    @MadduckkАй бұрын

    Eta should write the tank bible

  • @zwalada
    @zwaladaАй бұрын

    Ow nice. Aren't they also restoring a panther? Was looking on their social media and they have some crazy stuff.

  • @celticperspective5183

    @celticperspective5183

    Ай бұрын

    Found you from your most recent video, really good work on finding that Panther

  • @thurin84
    @thurin84Ай бұрын

    awesome video! wish i could visit ft moore.

  • @CPTRailfan
    @CPTRailfanАй бұрын

    Bro the nearest tank museum to me in hours away 😭🙏

  • @jdogpg925
    @jdogpg925Ай бұрын

    i love both the mbt 70 and the kpz 70

  • @td23asus
    @td23asusАй бұрын

    God I saw that M13/41 behind the Ha Go and was like oh I cant wait for Eta to get to that and then u moved on ;-;

  • @VelikanVLK
    @VelikanVLKАй бұрын

    I went there a couple of years ago on a visit to the US it was very nice. Also, do you ever plan on visiting Kubinka or the Royal Tank Museum?

  • @SVRSK
    @SVRSKАй бұрын

    Unbelievable

  • @deezeepeezee8917
    @deezeepeezee8917Ай бұрын

    35:34 M2 MEDIUM LETS GO

  • @DarkButz
    @DarkButzАй бұрын

    33:18 - Scared Centurion AVRE noises

  • @padascos
    @padascosАй бұрын

    As the local German, of which there is many I am sure, I shall defend the jagdtiger naming scheme. I shall rightfully declare, like the designers likely did, that it started with a Tiger on a drawing board, as such it shall be one. No matter how often it has been erased utterly. TECHNICALLY, it is correct. Now, you may consider that trivial and point out the amount of times in which we broke that rule, but thats besides the point I am making and would defeat my argument, as such it shall be ignored in true German Tank designer fashion. Good day to you sir. And may there be well rendered video game Shermans in your dreams.

  • @44mikatje
    @44mikatjeАй бұрын

    If its going to be a yearly pilgrimage, you better change your name to 'the tank messiah'

  • @gerfand
    @gerfandАй бұрын

    The reason why some Cavarly makes for better tanks in multiple ways is because Cavalry is not just Light Horse "we harass the back of the enemy line" Its also the Shock/Breakthrought idea. If you think about a Knight, a Kurassier, or other stuff, either Lance or later Pistol armed, those were the men that would charge into the thick of it. The problem with Cavalry tanks is that they need speed for it, so until you get good enough engines you can't do what you want... but then you get stuff like the Comet that is it. good armor and good gun because the engine is good enoug for them. Same happened with horsemen, you only had stuff like Cataprachs, later Knights, etc because the horses were bread to be strong and carry all they needed, but it took time. Ofc armor design gets better over time, but you would not be able to make a Knight out of a Early Republican Roman Equites Btw this is a opnion, but remember that Cavarly role was that as well.

  • @lastecho3130
    @lastecho3130Ай бұрын

    M14/41 my beloved

  • @titanic-theorys
    @titanic-theorysАй бұрын

    Theres a good tank museum in cairns, northan qld.

  • @ChickenInPants
    @ChickenInPantsАй бұрын

    the hoi4 music is crazy

  • @UrbanTomfoolery
    @UrbanTomfooleryАй бұрын

    Eta got the teddy k hair in the intro

  • @The_goonking1943
    @The_goonking1943Ай бұрын

    i could care less about how poorly i can hear him im just happy to have a guy yap to me about something i (and him) are grossly educated about

  • @strv81
    @strv81Ай бұрын

    Best tank museum ive been to is arsenalen in stockholm sweden

  • @andrewmencer916
    @andrewmencer916Ай бұрын

    On a reproduction m151 that we just bought I end up getting an American style jerrycan that look like the ones that were produced in world war II it might have been world war II production it might have not been because it doesn't have a year it was made but it does have a United States Marine core letters on it

  • @Commander9013
    @Commander9013Ай бұрын

    If I'm not mistaken. Isn't this museum's tiger scheduled to become the second running tiger in the world?

  • @zandrus9191
    @zandrus9191Ай бұрын

    29:10 Was that a cut or what? The dude in the back just poofed.

  • @HarveyAndToddTheWraith
    @HarveyAndToddTheWraithАй бұрын

    That medium tank with oscillating turret outside was T54E1 right? At first I thought it was T69 but then I remembered that T69 actually has nice paint.

  • @keolath1343

    @keolath1343

    Ай бұрын

    I believe so, i know the T69 in indoors

  • @moumoulfrite2634
    @moumoulfrite2634Ай бұрын

    23:43 actually if we follow what the Saumur tank mueseum culutural mediator, Romain, said, the "FT-17" is not a right name at all, the "17" has been added by a german writer during the interwar, who wanted to do like a tank encyclopedia. You probably know that FT doesn't mean anything, but during the WWI, "Char Renault FT modèle 1917" was never a thingn just like the Chenillette Renault UE, these letters are just code, FT doens't mean "Franchiseur de Tranchée" (trench crosser) or "Faible Tonnage" (light weight), it's just FT, bcs FT

  • @captainvin698
    @captainvin698Ай бұрын

    Yeah i was waiting 7 DAYS HOW DARE YOU

  • @maxmachac9756
    @maxmachac9756Ай бұрын

    Bro really starting to look like Sherman Jesus

  • @Lalano.
    @Lalano.Ай бұрын

    I'm going there to

  • @billy4225
    @billy4225Ай бұрын

    i just realized how much you look like christian bale

  • @provinsky
    @provinskyАй бұрын

    Shoveel

  • @braedancross5367
    @braedancross5367Ай бұрын

    What's not there.... the av7 cause we have the last one

  • @Sturmi320
    @Sturmi320Ай бұрын

    mbt 70 kneeling forwards slightly there shermna in finland andd bt42 you dont have there hehe

  • @AevisPrime
    @AevisPrimeАй бұрын

    ahem.......benning

  • @wdubbelo
    @wdubbeloАй бұрын

    just looking how this mans beard is growing is making me realize the passage of time i do not like this XD

  • @Hi-6969
    @Hi-6969Ай бұрын

    Of course it's the hoi4 music

  • @xTortellini
    @xTortelliniАй бұрын

    28 views in 2 minutes? eta you really fell off.... (ps. love your videos, can you play a ship game?)

  • @salieri_sg9413
    @salieri_sg9413Ай бұрын

    What day was the video taken on?

  • @angryeliteultragree6329
    @angryeliteultragree6329Ай бұрын

    M60 AOS based

  • @__Pomni__
    @__Pomni__Ай бұрын

    Go to kubinka in Moscou

  • @pij_
    @pij_Ай бұрын

    IS-7 when?

  • @Mon-gm7rk
    @Mon-gm7rkАй бұрын

    weird question: when did you get that beard? I was like 12 when my beard started to appear, but I would always use a razor to still look beardless. when I was like 15 I started letting it grow. nowadays (20yo) I have a full beard, but my mustache never connected to it. idk if its weird, but my brother, my dad and my grandad had full beards with connecting moustaches and mine never did. idk how to make it do that lol. I envy yours hehe.

  • @eta320

    @eta320

    Ай бұрын

    I started growing facial hair in my last year of High School, but it was scraggly and patchy and didn't look good. Right after I graduated, I interviewed for, and got, my first IT job. For that process I completely clean shaved. Once I started working, I let my facial hair grow back, and for awhile it was still High Schooler patchy scraggly beard but I just kept going and maybe half a year in I had it looking good. I have not gone clean shaven since.

  • @James-ne1nl
    @James-ne1nlАй бұрын

    IDK thw kzp 70 is cool

  • @bernhardtbruzzel5
    @bernhardtbruzzel5Ай бұрын

    What kind of tanker jacket is Eta wearing?

  • @christianwilson5956

    @christianwilson5956

    Ай бұрын

    I believe it's a replica WWII tanker jacket from at the front.

  • @potatocat9448
    @potatocat9448Ай бұрын

    hi

  • @finnwarner2977
    @finnwarner2977Ай бұрын

    Is Eta20 a Georgia boy 🤔

  • @spinosaurusiii7027

    @spinosaurusiii7027

    Ай бұрын

    Virginia iirc

  • @billlhooo6485
    @billlhooo6485Ай бұрын

    Now build a tank in real life.

  • @garaidaniel2166
    @garaidaniel2166Ай бұрын

    now go to kubinka😶

  • @SuperBuildsInMC
    @SuperBuildsInMCАй бұрын

    Needa shave that beard a little lol, you're looking 50 years old with that fade

  • @renesansownik9450
    @renesansownik9450Ай бұрын

    No! You're not Solid Snake! Stop inpersonating him!

  • @ThatRandomEstonian
    @ThatRandomEstonianАй бұрын

    the 4 dislikes are Russians because their tanks werent mentioned in the first 9 minutes of the video, i must note i did skip ahead rather than watching half of the video

  • @ramranch18
    @ramranch18Ай бұрын

    7 views in 24 seconds smh you fell off