What should we call the dragon ? 🐉

@Rambogner

Жыл бұрын

Gavin

@swagmanexplores7472

Жыл бұрын

Puffter

@oml81mm

Жыл бұрын

Scimitar.

@julianpritchard2558

Жыл бұрын

Coral ! Thinking of Dr No …

@teamidris

Жыл бұрын

Idris. No reason :D

Old scimitar cmdt here, this is great.......up until you get through to the other side and find everything you have stowed on the outside (bergans etc) has been "removed" by the trees.....and yes ive seen it done!!

Good to see ‘Lieutenant Gruber’s little tank’ in it’s natural habitat 😁

@samleigh7817

Жыл бұрын

His little gun has fallen off!

As some others have pointed out, the T in CVR(T) stands for Tracked and not Tank. The companion vehicles, the Fox and Vixen, were designated CVR(W) for Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Wheeled)

dog in one hand, tank controls in the other, dude. livin a freakin cool one

I’ve worked on these at either Alvis, Alvis Vickers, BAE Systems…and love them to bits. Designed all the comms kit installations in the early 2000’s great memories!

@pavlzachary6999

Жыл бұрын

Lovely, perhaps you can tell me how the cable routing to and from the CB2d is supposed to go on the Spartan?

I’m so damn jealous. I miss driving these

When we were kids in ghe 70's the local posh kid had Action Man Tank like this. We were about 8 years old and during battle with Action Men, I think mine was a sailor with a Sten Gun, we decided to make it more authentic with a banger and a bit of turps out of his Dad's shed. End result was a mound of melted plastic, a badly scorched lawn and a thick ear. Great video, I am learning so much from your knowledge.

@HorsleyLandy88

8 ай бұрын

I shot my action man with an air rifle, if you hit them on the joints the limbs fly off.

@simonwoodward438

8 ай бұрын

@@HorsleyLandy88 🤣

@frustratedfriar9632

15 күн бұрын

@@HorsleyLandy88 Sadist! 😄

I'm a US Army Vet and a track mechanic, i really enjoy your videos! Keep them coming!

@lancsladgaming7146

Жыл бұрын

what is it with all US vets have to tell everyone they are a vet. Noone asked if you are a veteran so why do you all seem to want to tell everybody?

@Haveyy

Жыл бұрын

@@lancsladgaming7146 not a good take mate

@outcastmotorsports7425

Жыл бұрын

@@lancsladgaming7146 dude really, no one in the US can work on our shit unless your 3rd shop or military. By what I said I'm just merely saying it's Awesome that someone is on this platform showing there knowledge of track vehicles. Next question, can you drive/operate, TC, or command any of the track vehicles in a combat situation? If so I stand corrected. I wasn't being a smart ass but you are

@outcastmotorsports7425

Жыл бұрын

@@lancsladgaming7146 man I would give anything to jump on a plane, go over, and work on all the stuff they got with them, share stories etc.... That was my dream until an injury cut my career in the military extremely short

@ggale2721

Жыл бұрын

Keep your replies coming mate, ignore the ones who are jealous of your service.

Ever since I first saw them going into conflict in 82 as a 9 year old I knew if I ever had a tank it would be a Scorpion.

Greatest respect for returning with both wing mirrors still on.

I did enjoy my CVRT Spartan back in the day, the German motorists learned how to use their headlight dip switch (rapidly) courtesy of the coaxial mounted search light on thr machine gun mount. It was great.

Signs of a happy tank driver. Trees in the Teeth.

I love it. I work in public rights of way and I always used to joke with colleagues about how good it would be to have a Sherman bocage cutter to smash open footpaths and bridleways that are overgrown (or indeed deal with obstructions landowners have made in order to block rights of way because they have a foul strop on about something or other, lol.) I hope you use your tanks to keep your footpaths clear :-)

@FrontSideBus

Жыл бұрын

Greenlaning in a Scimitar would be awesome!

@KaitlynnUK

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a business opportunity, @MrHewes? :p

I would love to see you do the mc Donald’s trip. I played this video through my car speakers, the whole car was shaking like I was there right next to it. Top stuff enjoyed that 👏👍

Thanks for this film, always very interesting to be shown the size differences. And the superb engine sounds. Ted has the best job in the world. 😊👍🏻

Joe, you are a damn busy man! Keep up the good work!

Thoroughly enjoyed this, Sir.

Happy Easter mate. Thanks for the show. 🙂

Sounds awesome seems so maneuverable. Great video.

Excellent to see the CRVT driving through the brush; looked like a lot of fun!

By far the coolest vehicle you’ve shown us, fantastic little unit. Great video as well.

Awesome video thanks for your time and consideration 🇬🇧👍🇬🇧👍🇬🇧

Very interesting examination of CRV's. Thanks for posting. The Stormer is very cool!

Cool i love all of your videos, great job 👍🏽

“The CVRT is good for sneezing up to you in the woods” The CVTR in the woods: 0:22

@MrHewes

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

Was overtaken by a scimitar back in the 80s, whilst driving near lakenheath airbase, it was doing 55mile an hour on tarmac and didn't slow as it suddenly turned left and crashed straight through part of the thetford forest.very impressive.

Teds a brilliant tank commander enjoyed the video thankyou 🐕

Really enjoy ya videos. Keep it up fellas ❤

Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance Tracked (CVRT) FV107 Scimitar, Close Reconnaissance (CR) or Formation Reconnaissance (FR). Various turret options, the Belgian, the Fox, and others known only to 'Gary' from Vickers. All depending on the fit / location of the DOM10 reel and the fire extinguisher bracket on the turret. IIRC the bins are slightly different. As also the commander's optics (pre BOWMAN / BGTI). Fox turret has the big gap between hull and turret which yours does not have. The Rarden and chain gun seem to be missing, also the Commander's optics. So tricky blighter to correctly identify.

@patchmack4469

Жыл бұрын

damn sure i have a sight or two laying round, awaiting shipment to some mad foreign country alas, damn shame we can't get these things relocated in to vehicles such as this the old Stormer is a bit of a puppy, i nearly forgot how different they were, was it fitted with a starstreak and another with minelaying equipment, boyz and their toys

@mozki1

Жыл бұрын

Scimitar was never fitted with a chain gun . That would be a Sabre ( one of the 130 or so ex Scorpion hulls, fitted with a Fox turret mounted on a raised turret ring and domed crew hatches)

Very much enjoying these videos! Ted is still the star of the show.

That little recon vehicle looks fun to drive.

🤠 I love this channel, well done. I was in The Life Guards for a long time and they use all sorts of tanky things. I was Mounted Squadron all my time so didnt have the chance to play with he big toys. The Cowboy at the beginning of comment represents The Piccadilly Cowboy which was our Regimental nickname. Keep iyt up I really look forward to your items. - Tim

I live in Stoke-on-Trent (moving away soon, thank goodness), and our local newspaper (aka comic) often runs articles on Eddie taking his 'tank' to his local Petrol Station/McDonalds. For some reason whenever I read these I'm always reminded of Lieutenant Gruber from Allo Allo and his 'little tank' (which is actually a SdKfz. 222 armoured car). Shame you are not closer, would love to see you turn up there with a Chieftain :)

Was always jealous of my brother Rocks on CVRT Squadrons being on Rapier , loved the sound of the Jag engine , my mate sneaked me out in his Scorpion for a bash round the training area in Catterick which was a blast, but that engine on the stormer sounds lovely , here take my money take it take it

One of our Spartans lost a track at high speed , turned it 180 then flipped it on its roof , commander was lucky to get down inside before it landed on roof . Driver had to be dug out after a load of soil went in through hatch opening.

@alanpearson7554

Жыл бұрын

Always used to give me the willies going at high speed in 03FF15, happy days!

@patchmack4469

Жыл бұрын

similar thing happened to a mate in the RAF Reg in Belize - rolled over into a small ravine and filled with water, everyone survived but wet their panties, found a track on the road, a following vehicle radioed for backup while the officer made the lads get the track off the road in case some hooligan tried to scrap it

the Ukrainians absolutely love the 40 x CVRTs we have sent them. Great in softer terrain and can be in an out quicker than anything else. Keep the good work coming Mr Hewes ....

@eagle_and_the_dragon

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully they don't lose too many of them. Would be nice to get them back.

Worked for a subcontractor to both Perkins and Alvis back in the 90s making the odd small parts for these and the warrior AFVs but a lot of the stuff we did was for the saxon apcs

As a former M113A1 driver/turret mechanic, I don't know about "tank" per se, but certainly a "Combat Vehicle Recon Tonka" toy. :D

Gotta be one of my favourite Tanks

Nice shot of the messier damper. Remember modding an entire CVR(T) regiments worth of vehicles in ‘92 prior to deploying to Bosnia. When those drill bits bit in the ally armour you went round with the drill. Great times, loved CVR(T) above all else and the J60 purred like a kitten

@johnhughes8016

7 ай бұрын

That would have been my lot in Herford, Germany.... BSqn, 9/12L had them fitted as a rush job, just before we sent the, to be loaded on the boat to go, along with the Cheshires WR’s.....

Great toys!

I like that they've used Raleigh Grifter handlebar grips in the turret. 80s baby!

Did my track license in a cvrt. Love the 7 forward and 7 backwards. Was ace going up the A1 at top speed and still getting over taken by trucks lol

@paulfowell5253

Жыл бұрын

I did the same at my EOD course RAF Wittering in the 80s. Passed my test through Stamford on market day then onto the A1. Regards.

I like these, so much more room inside, as a claustrophobic person this would be the tracked vehicle of choice (Stormer)

That was REALLY interesting, And Ted is ACE....

That ‘Sssshh’ was perfect, properly laughed out loud 😂

Reminds me of the Universal Carrier as seen in the 1944 war movie set in the town of Chillingbourne. 🎥

That was fun. Hope the cold gets better

@MrHewes

Жыл бұрын

Cheers darn thing!

Nice video Joe

i like the way you look after Ted.

Good to see the commander on the vehicle on the drive back...

With that noise you could not sneak up on the dead, take care and keep quiet in the woods, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia 👍👍👍

@woods457

Жыл бұрын

Actually, i know its hard to believe but a good commander using the contours of the land, trees and building etc to mask his approach could get quite close. Many a time on exercise you could hear them coming from miles away but their noise would carry in the air so you would think they were coming from all directions and then suddenly they pop up and open fire with the chain gun (ours were Sabre's) or GPMG's for older Scimitar's..

Scrolling back on through all the videos I havnt watched waiting for the next upload..

Small tank all natural enjoy that almost put on in the garage instead of your car, enjoys it Michael

that sounds amazing

Bless you

@MrHewes

Жыл бұрын

🤣

Did my tracks licence in a CVR(T) as a jolly from the Blues and Royals in November 1992. The week Windsor Castle caught fire.

That was great

More, please!

We used to turf ours up….looked cool as

Need a CVRT dog attachment device, great Tank and Ted content!

joyment plus lovr learning about thr British tank

The trees is fine what's not fine is the ones you don't see and will often try and make you never see again if your extra lucky you get a lip whip and a clack on teeth really sets you up for a awesome day/day's 👌

Had the right tiller cylinder fail on my driving course, had to stop, hit reverse, and neutral turn left tiller to turn right! Lots of angry driver’s beeping their horns at the bloody learner. Also bloody gear linkage was missing a bolt and the previous driver had just bodged it up with 14 gauge, so gear changes were not smooth. Happy days in a Spartan.

Yer boi need more of this action

I served on these vehicles in the late ' 70's and you would be amazed at what we actually did with them and where we took them. They were not "tanks". Just reconaissance vehicles, hence the name CVR(T) for Combat Vehicle Reconaissance (Tracked).

one of the best tanks to drive

Hews neighbors "what the fk are you doing!!!" Hews "what does it look like im fkn weed wacking"

“It disguised itself” 😂 With all your tanks you could start your own army!

WHAT A GREAT DOG!!!!!

Ted doing Tripple duty: Workshop manager, vehicle commander and lookout.

I used to command/drive the CVRT petrol version (detuned Jag engine), it would get so hot if you weren't careful your camo caught fire!

Australia took the Scorpion Turret and mounted it onto M113's and they became our 2nd version of our Medium Reconnaissance Vehicle. There is no way we couldn't drive our MRVs in wooded areas like that, the combination of the M113 & Scorpion Turret made it a little too tall at about 3m. But would had loved to have tried a FV101 Scorpion during an exercise in-place of the M113 MRV's in the Reconnaissance role to see if it would had been a better platform in our Reconnaissance Role rather then the M113.

@ReHerakhte

Жыл бұрын

As far as I'm aware, the M113 with Scorpion turret was the 1st to be designated as MRV (Medium Reconnaissance Vehicle). The M113s fitted with the standard T50 turret were designated LRV (Light Reconnaissance Vehicle). The M113 fitted with the Saladin turret was designated as FSV (i.e. Fire Support Vehicle) and was not issued to Armoured Reconnaissance units

Stick a mulcher on the front and it would be perfect for clearing scrub 👌

1970s kit was good in its day but the German army brought out the Wessel light tank which was underrated I think, but they have now brought out an even better version to replace it. if you could get your hands on one that would make a great video.

CVR(T) The T in brackets stands for "tracked".Not "tank".

@martingardener90

Жыл бұрын

Yeah - wonder what he thinks the W in CVRW stands for?

@sebbrady8927

Жыл бұрын

Wanker 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@MrHewes

Жыл бұрын

Think you might have missed the joke 😉

@martingardener90

Жыл бұрын

@@MrHewes Oh - I seeeee.

What would super cool would be a series on an ambulance apc or recovery version being converted into an overland camper or hunting RV.

@patchmack4469

Жыл бұрын

we just sold our Samaritan, was an ok runner for a while, gone to a new home where it can be looked after

@sathos

Жыл бұрын

The majority of any hunting done in the UK is for a place that makes a decent cup of tea 😂 You wont usually find us worrying about what makes a “hunting rv”

The British army are planning to use the Boxer for reconnaissance 😂 its 37 tons and huge!

Ted, a true gun dog

I always loved how Simmy's have a sweet, innocent and gently startled look with those round Mini headlights whilst thrashing round through the bushes. God I miss that whiny engine 🙂 Awesome stuff as always, thank you so much for the maffis smile on me mush!

My C90 had heel and toe so I'll be able to drive that no sweat!!!!

Goggles. Great idea!

Teds a natural Tank Commander

Tell us more about the engines that are in the tanksu try out. Power output and cyl etc 🙏🏻

Nice to see Edd China checking fluids for you 😂 👍

sneaking !!! thats flipping noisy ,what a lovely little beastie though

If you wanted to take these out on the road.. what sort of insurance cover would you need? “Hello, Admiral insurance” “Yes, I’d like a quote please” “What car is it sir?” “It’s a Chieftain tank” click brrr

@MrHewes

Жыл бұрын

Cherished military vehicle insurance

Joe please do a tour of your whole place

Bloody hell, I thought I'd stumbled into Doggers UK - Military edition, for minute!!...........

Love the dig at Eddie hall 😂

Love to see Ajax trying that.

Not a Tank, Challenger is a tank the CVRT is a light armoured reonnaissance vehicle, I am ex Queens Own Hussars and ex Chieftain crewman/driver, love the videos keep up the good work

Ted has bragging rights now 😂

I liked this video purely for that cheeky intro.

The first tracked vehicle I learned in the US Army was the M113. Probably about the same size as the FV432. That second vehicle was interesting, but I didn't catch the name of it. Was it an artillery ammunition carrier, or an anti tank missile vehicle? That rack system in the crew box looks a lot like our M3 Bradley TOW missile racks. Great channel, thanks for the info!

Small enough through the forest, brave enough in the Falklands

Deffinetly hear it coming reconnaissance my arse

Tanker Ted, death or glory.

Not only the periscope, but the 30mm is gone too😮😂