Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: Char В1 Bis part 1

In the new episode of Inside the Chieftain's Hatch about the French Char B1 bis heavy tank, Nicholas Moran will talk about why it required a certain kind of castor oil, why the French government lied about it, and why this tank is like Frankenstein's monster. Enjoy!

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  • @seeingeyegod
    @seeingeyegod6 жыл бұрын

    It's time to hear that damn song 50 times!

  • @kimberlyburnham964

    @kimberlyburnham964

    5 жыл бұрын

    Song is annoying. The program will be received without the bumper music.

  • @johnd2058

    @johnd2058

    5 жыл бұрын

    da na-nana nananana nana

  • @MrMarinus18

    @MrMarinus18

    5 жыл бұрын

    I really don't see the problem. I think it would be worse without a background theme. They could perhaps make it longer and make another one to alternate them.

  • @lsq7833

    @lsq7833

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@MrMarinus18 it would be worse without?! What are you 10 years old? Nothing can keep your attention if it doesn't have music, especially a documentary?

  • @MrMarinus18

    @MrMarinus18

    5 жыл бұрын

    ​@@lsq7833 Something being worse does not mean I'm suddenly unable to watch it. If it didn't have a background theme I could still watch it but I think it's better to have a background theme. Many people work better with music playing in the background. I do agree they should make the segment longer or perhaps make 2 more so that they have 3 to cycle between.

  • @Aettaro
    @Aettaro6 жыл бұрын

    This tank always amuses me, it's so strangely proportioned that I just can't help but think of it as a land-based submarine.

  • @TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs
    @TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs6 жыл бұрын

    Grabs popcorn, this is gonna be a good one

  • @dukenukem8381

    @dukenukem8381

    6 жыл бұрын

    can you land a cat , onto falling butter sandwich?

  • @SinOfAugust

    @SinOfAugust

    6 жыл бұрын

    “le popcorn” in the current context

  • @gopherasoda2492

    @gopherasoda2492

    6 жыл бұрын

    France better not only have solid shot. Or else Gopher be sad. I want aphe for french.

  • @EXG_BLU

    @EXG_BLU

    5 жыл бұрын

    How did I end up on this bad games channel?.... 😏

  • @Orb_Pilot
    @Orb_Pilot6 жыл бұрын

    Frankly I only started understanding the majesty of the B1 after I realized that someone somewhere once thought that running a tank of this size with a crew of four was a great idea. Can't wait for part 2 to see just how in god's green earth the hull gun is supposed to work.

  • @KevinSmith-qi5yn

    @KevinSmith-qi5yn

    6 жыл бұрын

    The driver shoots it. You have the Driver/Main hull gunner. The Commander/Top gunner/Radio Operator. The loader. And the guy in the back smoking a long cigarette while twirling his moustache wearing a beret.

  • @TNX255

    @TNX255

    6 жыл бұрын

    Kevin Smith Yeah that last one is just along for the ride, getting his adrenaline kicks.

  • @builder396

    @builder396

    6 жыл бұрын

    The 4th guy is basically the onboard engineer. If the tank breaks, he can fix it. No other tank has a crewmember 100% dedicated to that job. Tells you what the french thought about their drivetrain...

  • @jaaksootak318

    @jaaksootak318

    6 жыл бұрын

    Of those four only one was in the turret so he was simply overloaded with work, having to command the tank, load the gun, aim the gun and operate the radio. That is if you had one...

  • @Edax_Royeaux

    @Edax_Royeaux

    6 жыл бұрын

    Was the German A7V tank a better idea with its minimum crew of 18?

  • @zoperxplex
    @zoperxplex6 жыл бұрын

    This vehicle appears to be the product of somebody in the French high command saying "Let's take the Renault FT and combine it with the Saint-Charmond creating in the process the perfect tank".

  • @niclyx7970
    @niclyx79706 жыл бұрын

    "[the hatch] can only be opened from within the tank" (proceeds to open it from the outside) (Saw Gerrera voice) Lies! Deception!

  • @TheChieftainsHatch

    @TheChieftainsHatch

    6 жыл бұрын

    I went inside first to unlock it.

  • @Ktmfan450

    @Ktmfan450

    2 жыл бұрын

    Builds tank with hatch that can only be opened from the inside Scraps it immediately

  • @MrSebfrench76
    @MrSebfrench766 жыл бұрын

    you proudly wear your "croix de Lorraine" pin's .Nice gesture for the french audience.Thanks.

  • @PotatoIsNotCute
    @PotatoIsNotCute6 жыл бұрын

    Hall monitoring will never be the same. Great tank though! Love how iconic all of the French tanks look, from the Renault clones to stuff like the SOMUA and this one.

  • @johnmartin4639

    @johnmartin4639

    6 жыл бұрын

    re: Yamsmos iconic of what conflict provocation and defeat

  • @aitnaw5516
    @aitnaw55166 жыл бұрын

    When you think that this thing was conceived in 1926, it's actually really impressive!

  • @johnmartin4639

    @johnmartin4639

    6 жыл бұрын

    Aitnaw how so?

  • @aitnaw5516

    @aitnaw5516

    6 жыл бұрын

    john martin look at how thick the armor is!

  • @hansmueller3029

    @hansmueller3029

    4 жыл бұрын

    For 1 , without a full ammo load, a crewman or 2 if small can sleep

  • @beaglemanzzz

    @beaglemanzzz

    2 жыл бұрын

    The steering system is similar to ones use on tanks today

  • @DIEGhostfish
    @DIEGhostfish5 жыл бұрын

    "Let's undermine our own troops' confidence in their machines with a propaganda campaign just to keep enemies from copying us!" "MON DIEU YOU ARE A GENIUS PIERRE!"

  • @davidcorriveau8615
    @davidcorriveau8615 Жыл бұрын

    A very well designed and effective tank...for 1924.

  • @alexturnbackthearmy1907

    @alexturnbackthearmy1907

    Жыл бұрын

    Still good even in 1930`s or even 40`s. And if we remove silly one-men turret and hull gun and replace it with something like 75mm cannon we get...a KV. A lighter and more reliable KV.

  • @Exospray
    @Exospray6 жыл бұрын

    Anyone else been waiting for this episode for a long while?

  • @jonsouth1545

    @jonsouth1545

    6 жыл бұрын

    me for some reason I love this tank I know its not great but something about it

  • @MadnerKami

    @MadnerKami

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, me. My first ever tank model was a Jagdpanther, followed by a Firefly and then a larger Diorama with an FT17 and the B1. With this episode, the three tanks that founded my interest in tanks in general, are finally "videotized" (though the JP was explored by the Challenger). @TheChieftainWoT Thank you and your crew for all your hard work.

  • @alcibiadesW

    @alcibiadesW

    6 жыл бұрын

    I've also been fascinated by French WW2 tanks, without fully understanding why. This is the one I wanted to see then most.

  • @karoltakisobie6638

    @karoltakisobie6638

    6 жыл бұрын

    Great episode! I drove that tank in WWII online and it was very good machine as long as I could keep Germans in front of me and not to the side.

  • @agursell5670

    @agursell5670

    6 жыл бұрын

    Exospray i

  • @snsm6730
    @snsm67306 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU for taking time to do these tours. Many of us look forward to these because you show us the conditions INSIDE these vehicles. Many of us have only seen the outside of these at museums or in books. We may one with cut-aways to see in (rare) but little on the actual conditions INSIDE these. Had no idea where the hull loader sat in this vehicle for example...

  • @shocktrooper2622
    @shocktrooper26226 жыл бұрын

    Capitaine Billote's ride never ends!

  • @Edax_Royeaux

    @Edax_Royeaux

    6 жыл бұрын

    And so begins the German Army's Heavy Tank envy.

  • @SilentRazor1uk
    @SilentRazor1uk6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Mr.Moran, and his team, the museum etc etc..

  • @zorkwhouse8125
    @zorkwhouse81254 жыл бұрын

    I'd say, by the design, it looks like it was developed with WW1 style warfare still in mind. With its ability to clear pretty wide gaps (trenches) and a gun positioned low to address fortifications (bunkers, pill boxes and other trench related defenses, which will naturally be pretty low to the ground and perhaps below the lowest deflection for a gun mounted high on a turret - except for at significant range).

  • @taavikiisk
    @taavikiisk6 жыл бұрын

    A reference to the Rotatrailer never fails to bring a smile to my face.

  • @GeneralJackRipper
    @GeneralJackRipper6 жыл бұрын

    I believe the word "Iconic" applies here. THANK YOU!!

  • @Nexfero
    @Nexfero5 жыл бұрын

    Looks like a fine 1920s tank to me. Viva la France. 6cm of armour is alot for the time I think the Matilda had 8cm.

  • @deeznoots6241

    @deeznoots6241

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nexfero Matilda had about 6-7

  • @druisteen

    @druisteen

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@deeznoots6241 matilda have no firepower

  • @deeznoots6241

    @deeznoots6241

    4 жыл бұрын

    druisteen it had the very good for its time 2 pounder gun that was the standard British anti-tank gun at the start of the war, it’s very easy to forget that at the start of the war 37mm guns were extremely common for anti-tank work, the German 88 for example was an Anti-Air gun that had been quickly adapted into anti-tank use specifically to deal with such vehicles as the Matilda and the Char B1 that easily resisted the entirety of the dedicated anti-Tank guns used at the time, meanwhile the 2 pounder easily destroyed all German tanks until the later variants of the PZIV and the PZV(Panther) and PZVI(Tiger/Tiger II) came out

  • @Kyle-gw6qp

    @Kyle-gw6qp

    3 жыл бұрын

    It would be fine provided it was used in the 20s.

  • @searingstarart
    @searingstarart6 жыл бұрын

    3:10 - bless you

  • @isaacmcdaniel6278
    @isaacmcdaniel62786 жыл бұрын

    Chieftain! Hi! I swear you could talk about paint drying and it would still be massively entertaining.

  • @jaaksootak318

    @jaaksootak318

    6 жыл бұрын

    Isaac McDaniel Especially if he is too tall to fit in the jar of paint.

  • @davidcopplestone6266

    @davidcopplestone6266

    6 жыл бұрын

    Will he fit into the Char B???

  • @Dreachon

    @Dreachon

    6 жыл бұрын

    That's what we're all waiting for.

  • @SilentRazor1uk

    @SilentRazor1uk

    6 жыл бұрын

    +David Copplestone ...so long as it doesn't involve getting in and out of the 1-man turret and risk his family jewels (& other limbs) doing so.

  • @derptank3308

    @derptank3308

    6 жыл бұрын

    He LITERALLY made a video on paint drying

  • @paulchase7187
    @paulchase71876 жыл бұрын

    I thoroughly enjoy your videos. Keep them coming.

  • @derekmcmanus1423
    @derekmcmanus14236 жыл бұрын

    excellent as always looking forward to part 2

  • @davidspurlock3836
    @davidspurlock38366 жыл бұрын

    Great show! I love the information on the B1 Bis. Thank you.......

  • @charlieschleuger7949
    @charlieschleuger79496 жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite historical tanks! Been waiting for this one

  • @billbillington7996
    @billbillington79966 жыл бұрын

    Why doesnt wot have an option for tanks with a fixed gun and turreted gun like the b1 bis or the m3 lee to be able to switch between guns. The hull mounted gun for long range and the turreted gun for snap shooting and preventing being caught in the circle of death. To balance it you could have to reload each time you switch guns

  • @sparetime2475

    @sparetime2475

    5 жыл бұрын

    andrew decker same for warthunder

  • @thecursed01

    @thecursed01

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@sparetime2475 it's possible in war Thunder. Set in controls that trigger only fires main selected gun and then select keys to select main/secondary gun. I did that for the smk

  • @sparetime2475

    @sparetime2475

    5 жыл бұрын

    I did that after but thx anyway

  • @thecursed01

    @thecursed01

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@sparetime2475 it took me a long time since I started the game so I considered maybe some don't know this. it never really gets mentioned by the game itself.

  • @thunberbolttwo3953

    @thunberbolttwo3953

    5 жыл бұрын

    The muzzle speed of the hull mounted 75mm gun is 200 meters a second.making it worse than useless at long range.Plus since you cant turn it left of right makes it even more useless at long range.

  • @Woodninja099
    @Woodninja0996 жыл бұрын

    Can't wait for the next part!

  • @TheDesertTroop
    @TheDesertTroop6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the bloopers!

  • @1992sommer
    @1992sommer6 жыл бұрын

    Well ... we need MORE outtakes!

  • @matydrum
    @matydrum6 жыл бұрын

    I had a gig in saumure last summer during a tour with my band, and I was like " ho lets go to that museum"! and the others were like "ok... he seems prety excitetd about a tank museum", and then it got really weird when they saw the stupid amount quantity of random information I know and seeing that I knew every single tank lol. And then they catch me huging the king tiger.... he he! Anyway this museum is amazing, so many hidden gemes there, and its so quiet, I went 2 times, and it was almost empty, so I allowed myself to climb on quite a few! Great time!

  • @TINRFD

    @TINRFD

    6 жыл бұрын

    King tiger hug is best hug!

  • @jackofshadows8538

    @jackofshadows8538

    6 жыл бұрын

    matydrum Last time i went there was with a mate in about 2005. The whole place was dead as it was a Wednesday and in winter so i climbed inside as many tanks as I could manage to open. The PzIII, the WW1 rhomboidal was wide open - but i thought it was that way deliberately and plopped on the MGer's helmet with the anti-splinter [spalling?] chain mail hanging over your face. Er, I think the T-34 or was it KV? I really can't remember but nobody seemed to care, after all, they're bloody big steel monsters, wth was one little man gonna do to such a thing? Just climbing onto that PzIII was such a buzz. I felt like I was actually at Kursk, almost getting me arse shot off by a PakFront as the Tigers rolled on by. Pretty sure the King Tiger was a Porsche turret but after all the effort getting onto the engine deck i was too knackered to try getting inside it. I'm guessing you don't have that kinda freedom anymore? Isn't the PzIV there the one the Brits finally discovered why German tank stahl was so tough? Face hardened made a huge difference, especially in gun tests, but it was also quite brittle so not so useful for a Tiger I with all its right angles and box design but excellent when sloped. Either way, I couldn't get inside that bugger. The commander's hatch seemed locked in place and the escape hatches on the turret too. Just standing on those monsters was an amazing feeling. Couldn't be arsed with the French stuff.

  • @orbitalair2103
    @orbitalair21036 жыл бұрын

    Really enjoy these videos, please keep them coming.

  • @TheTallOne890
    @TheTallOne8902 жыл бұрын

    I remember fighting these in my mark V landshup

  • @JenoSnetrem
    @JenoSnetrem6 жыл бұрын

    Always appreciate these videos mate :)

  • @seansawyer580
    @seansawyer5806 жыл бұрын

    been waiting so long for this tank

  • @geoffwhite4530
    @geoffwhite45306 жыл бұрын

    Finally the Char B1, one of my favourite 'ugly duckling' tanks. Thanks Nicolas. G

  • @wilco3588
    @wilco3588 Жыл бұрын

    I always found that passage way hilarious it it's a submarine on tracks!

  • @davidwatson353
    @davidwatson3536 жыл бұрын

    Nice one I always look forward to your videos have been a tank fan since I was a kid keep them coming, please

  • @shivermetimberseh.248
    @shivermetimberseh.2486 жыл бұрын

    When I got the notification for this, I screamed with joy louder than I should have.....

  • @glord49
    @glord496 жыл бұрын

    As always brilliant video.

  • @homiespaghetti1522
    @homiespaghetti15226 жыл бұрын

    Always love this show

  • @Ha22austme77
    @Ha22austme776 жыл бұрын

    Yes yes yes. Just what I needed. I wanted to hear your beautiful voice. Xoxoxoxoxoxo

  • @imkluu
    @imkluu4 жыл бұрын

    This is an interesting tank that I have never heard of my self. It really does seem to be in interim tank with some older ideas and some rather later innovations mixed in.

  • @KMac329
    @KMac3295 жыл бұрын

    Cool tank, cool presentation.

  • @anotherrandomtexan25
    @anotherrandomtexan256 жыл бұрын

    Yes! :D cant wait to see the inside!

  • @RyanDillashaw
    @RyanDillashaw6 жыл бұрын

    Awesome a new inside the Chieftains hatch!

  • @d-cat8198
    @d-cat81986 жыл бұрын

    YES! Believe it or not I have been looking for more info on this particular tank and wondering why you never did an episode. The first that I had heard of this tank was when I was watching a Lego WWII channel that featured the Char B1 Bis...I know...color me embarrassed but the Lego animation was really cool. Ask and ye shall receive I suppose. THANK YOU!!

  • @Colinpark
    @Colinpark6 жыл бұрын

    yea!!! what an interesting tank to explore!!

  • @TNX255
    @TNX2556 жыл бұрын

    This is a very interesting tank. I like weird, odd and quirky ones ;)

  • @MrChiron12
    @MrChiron126 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely love the B1

  • @luuksp77
    @luuksp776 жыл бұрын

    I have read 2 books from steven j.zagola about french tanks of world war 2 (part 1 +part2) and i thought i knew all about the char b never heard of read about caster oil or a passage way to the engine . well i learnt something new thank you !!!

  • @luuksp77

    @luuksp77

    6 жыл бұрын

    those books are only 48 pages each ...but they say the naerder steering system was unreliable the book never mentions why . they only needed one sentence to explain it.

  • @jonsouth1545

    @jonsouth1545

    6 жыл бұрын

    I know with the later B1Bis an the B1ter prototype they got rid of the Naeder system and gave the howitzer 10 degrees of traverse instead as it was allot cheaper and easier to mass produce part of me has always wondered what would have happened if Renault had just ditched the howitzer put a bigger turret on it and replaced the crappy oversized and underpowered engine they built with one of the 3 most likely off the shelf alternative engine i.e. Engines like with Gnome Rhone Mistral Major or the Hispano Suiza 12X which in which the French had since 1929-1930 as it was almost 2 times as powerful more reliable and smaller than the Renault engine as well as being mass produced the were both capable of doing 500 hp with no supercharger a move that was done to the Rolls Royce Merlin to create the Meteor hell they could have done what the British did with early tanks and the Liberty Engine which would have got you at least 350 hp and nd if tuned properly 410 for some reason the French never went down the route of putting a modified Aircraft engine into a Tank and thus had major problems developing tank engines and they were always a bit shit despite having a great Aircraft Engine industry. With removing the howitzer and just keeping a simple steering system you could easily offset the weight of a larger turret with say the French 75mm a gun with comparable performance to 75mm on the M3 Grant/Lee the and with a Liberty running at say 350hp you could have increased power to weight to 12.5hp per tonne far superior to the 9.7 it had in reality and with the Mistral Major or the Hispano Suiza a Power to weight ratio of over 17.8hp per tonne would have been possible although I doubt much would have about the top speed due to the suspension probably maxing out at about 35kph it would have been allot more responsive they could have made a very effective interim tank until some of the great potential projects like the G1R are ready that would have outclassed not only the German tanks but also the KV1 well If anyone ever gives I time Machine I'm totally gonna go back to the early 1930s and bitchslap Louis Renault until he makes me one. And before everyone calls me a mad fool allot of these modifications are actually less extreme than those done to the same chassis to create the ARL44 (hell the ARL-44 used pre war technology)

  • @jonsouth1545

    @jonsouth1545

    6 жыл бұрын

    every one of the proposals made was considered and design started by the Vichy Government as part of their clandestine plans however they cancelled the project after liberation as the proposed tank was not quite as good as the Sherman which they were getting for free they did, however, use it as the basis for the ARL44

  • @pukalo
    @pukalo6 жыл бұрын

    FINALLY!!!! Do the Ram II next!

  • @andrewdurand339
    @andrewdurand3394 жыл бұрын

    Countries like to design their tanks in a similar way. The French like theirs slow, heavily armored and rather dated looking, often seemingly unreliable when in fact they do work just fine, and deserve a better reputation than they get. The British like theirs a bit on the smaller side, and rather dated, often unreliable, underarmored and undergunned, but overall decent. The Germans like big, fast tanks, with big guns, and high quality. The Americans like big tanks as well, with good armor, reliability and crew comfort, and tend to be pretty well-rounded, even if not exemplary in terms of speed and armament, but that's not to say they're insufficient. The Russians like simple, robust designs they can build a lot of, that can pack a big punch, with crew comfort and outward appearance being secondary concerns. The Swedish like high quality, well-designed vehicles, even if they lack the economic resources to develop ones that are fully on par with the world's best tanks of the day.

  • @puebespuebes8589

    @puebespuebes8589

    Жыл бұрын

    The russian tank are more like cheap unreliable and shitty tank that can be easily replaced after 1 or 2 day of just driving, And the french changed tactic after ww2 to fast tank packing a punch and with advanced tech British alway used a mix of the two and the german changed tactic for similar tank to the french after ww2 america switched to heavy all rounder tank after ww2

  • @murphy7801

    @murphy7801

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah I'm sorry russian tanks mostly didn't make it to battle Field they where so unreliable.

  • @murphy7801

    @murphy7801

    Жыл бұрын

    @@puebespuebes8589 yes french very much learnt lessons from ww2 and became a very agile reactive force.

  • @Drakeonius
    @Drakeonius5 жыл бұрын

    I would not be suprised to see a nation state return to the elongated tank design in the future with perhaps a better suspension. There are some good large caliber options to a long frame also longer vs wider fits railcars. It also would be interesting to use a longer tank if they were going to shoot off missile packs instead of actual shell based ammunition.

  • @MightyBjorn
    @MightyBjorn6 жыл бұрын

    Sweet finally up

  • @desroin
    @desroin6 жыл бұрын

    Call me crazy but I think the B1 is actually a rather beautiful tank... well for how beautiful a tank can be at least :D

  • @johnmartin4639

    @johnmartin4639

    6 жыл бұрын

    DesRoin Panther, JagdPanther , Tiger and King Tiger are all much more beautiful and sexy

  • @broadbandislife

    @broadbandislife

    6 жыл бұрын

    Tiger is basically just your prototypical "box with turret onnit" though. Big roadwheels on the sides too - as one book on the Cromwell put it, "not unlike a child's sketch of a generic tank". The sloped jobs at least have a certain sleekness to them.

  • @kyle857

    @kyle857

    6 жыл бұрын

    DesRoin No accounting for taste I guess. I find the turret to look ridiculous.

  • @broadbandislife

    @broadbandislife

    6 жыл бұрын

    Prewar turret designs were often pretty ridiculous from a functional standpoint, but visually interesting. The APX series is actually decent enough - just *small*.

  • @shawngilliland243

    @shawngilliland243

    5 жыл бұрын

    @DesRoin - I am with you; I also like the looks of the B1

  • @keithpennock
    @keithpennock2 жыл бұрын

    Please do a series with graphics & animations on tank suspensions and all the different types. Perhaps framed as the evolution of tank suspension showing their divergences and cgi of how they (bogeys, springs, torsion bars [lateral & longitudinal] & hydropneumatic) work.

  • @gmat6441
    @gmat64416 жыл бұрын

    Enjoy your videos. One thing you didn't do that you did for the SOMUA was illustrate the actual suspension. I've looked at many references and sites but haven't found any good pics or drawings. Thank you very much.

  • @Martin-fu6fc
    @Martin-fu6fc6 жыл бұрын

    Hello, for the next episode, can u do an easy8 Sherman? HVSS suspensions, 76 mm gun, ... It’s my favorite tank😃 Go check, there is an M4A1E8 in running condition at Bastogne barracks in Bastogne, Belgium.. Thanks!

  • @johnmartin4639

    @johnmartin4639

    6 жыл бұрын

    Martin 610050 ugh just a crappy tank

  • @jeremy1392
    @jeremy13926 жыл бұрын

    Any chance you could get inside an ARL-44?

  • @sucellus5452
    @sucellus54526 жыл бұрын

    amazing vid jeanne d'arc a B1 bis took 90 flat shoot from 88mm FLAK before to collapse. only FLAK in flat shoot in german weapon could perforated his armored at this time.

  • @johnmartin4639

    @johnmartin4639

    6 жыл бұрын

    TOTO CACA what??...the PaK 38 was able to defeat the char but they weren't available in quantity...

  • @sucellus5452

    @sucellus5452

    6 жыл бұрын

    Pak 38 in service 1941 french campaign 1939 to may 1940. The Pak 38 was first used by the German forces in April 1941. When the Germans faced Soviet tanks in 1941 during Operation Barbarossa. during french campaign they used Pak 36.

  • @perrinayebarra
    @perrinayebarra6 жыл бұрын

    Love this tank!

  • @TheBrewjo
    @TheBrewjo6 жыл бұрын

    I noticed on the screws around the idler access port.... they were spot welded, the era before loctite :)

  • @johnmartin4639

    @johnmartin4639

    6 жыл бұрын

    TheBrewjo I think that was more a modern way to dissuade potential acts of theft and vandalism

  • @jonathanbaron-crangle5093
    @jonathanbaron-crangle509310 ай бұрын

    8:45 the only tank & trailer combination to work as advertised was the Churchill Crocodile.

  • @RaeSyngKane
    @RaeSyngKane6 жыл бұрын

    Yay! It's my favorite tank!

  • @iivin4233
    @iivin423311 ай бұрын

    Take the hull gun out of 3/4ths of them. Take the turret off of the remaining 1/4th. Give that 1/4th of turrets back to some other vehicle--perhaps the Italianized FTs--and the remaining hull guns to whoever else needs them. With some added seating, what you are left with is a division of IFVs with enough mobile direct fire support guns for every squad, enough turrets left over to arm a scout squadron and a bunch of leftover hull guns to do hull gun things with.

  • @gabrielbaranowski2083
    @gabrielbaranowski20836 жыл бұрын

    nice

  • @Irskin
    @Irskin6 жыл бұрын

    Great video as always, but your audio balancing needs work. Nick’s dialogue is quiet, and the intro and transitions are deafening.

  • @inisipisTV

    @inisipisTV

    6 жыл бұрын

    Irskin - They seem to have fixed it, sounds good now.

  • @LtHades
    @LtHades6 жыл бұрын

    when are you going to do part 2?

  • @davidca96
    @davidca964 жыл бұрын

    B1 Bis was a beast...for 1930's tank fighting. It lost that beast mode once 1940 hit and got left behind. If the French had built a bunch in the 30's and the Nazis only came into France with Panzer 1 and 2's, it would have dominated them.

  • @erichvonmanstein1952

    @erichvonmanstein1952

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same for Germans,if they introduced their Panzer 3s and 4s with long barrel 50-75mms in 1930s and mass produced that tanks German victory would be in 2-3 weeks.

  • @tvgerbil1984

    @tvgerbil1984

    4 жыл бұрын

    Conceptually, the Char B1 Bis was very similar to the Assault Guns used so successfully by the Germans much much later. So in contrary to what many people saying, the Char B1 Bis was not obsolete but actually well ahead of its time at the beginning of WW2.

  • @mericagaming2956
    @mericagaming29566 жыл бұрын

    Could you do a tour of the t95 super heavy tank

  • @Slayer_Jesse

    @Slayer_Jesse

    6 жыл бұрын

    IIRC its a gutted shell but planned to be restored.

  • @Battleship009

    @Battleship009

    6 жыл бұрын

    The Maus was gutted but not the T95, but it did go into a ditch and doing repairable damage to it. facebook.com/NationalArmorandCavalryMuseum/photos/a.282162831847995.72829.247082475356031/1419707518093515/?type=3&theat

  • @EthanThomson

    @EthanThomson

    6 жыл бұрын

    so was the maus. another episode of outside the chieftans hatch?

  • @rednoob8954

    @rednoob8954

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ethan Thomson グミ wait didn't he did it already?

  • @EthanThomson

    @EthanThomson

    6 жыл бұрын

    *another* episode

  • @matthayward7889
    @matthayward78896 жыл бұрын

    That engine must have been pretty compact to fit a passageway alongside it!

  • @jon-paulfilkins7820

    @jon-paulfilkins7820

    6 жыл бұрын

    lets wait and see inside, it might be the passageway that's tiny!

  • @juk-hw5lv
    @juk-hw5lv5 жыл бұрын

    Nice to hear something good about French tanks, especially after (unfortunately) taking most of my knowledge from armchair historians like, ekhm ekhm, author of the Failed Tanks series

  • @dwightehowell8179
    @dwightehowell81795 жыл бұрын

    For reasons that escape me KZread has me running in a loop on this tank.

  • @joako2706
    @joako27066 жыл бұрын

    BTW guys since you're in Saumur , could you do the Tiger II ?

  • @donneale7555
    @donneale75554 жыл бұрын

    is there any particular benifit or deficit in having your track roll all the way around the tank vs the half body that everyone went too? besides the obvious need to have far more links that is

  • @joeTheN

    @joeTheN

    3 жыл бұрын

    Tracks running front and back = Trench and obstacle crossing. Most tracks were as long as possible t help provide surface and reduce ground pressure. The Churchill was able to climb places considered "tank proof" (rugged, steep sides).

  • @wilco3588
    @wilco3588 Жыл бұрын

    Was it castor oil or was it glycerin that was used in the hydraulic system I know there were two versions and if you put the drugstore version in the tank the steering would screw up.

  • @aojpictures
    @aojpictures6 жыл бұрын

    Any idea on how good the howitzer was for use as self propelled artillery?

  • @hansmueller3029

    @hansmueller3029

    4 жыл бұрын

    No proper elavation

  • @brendancrummey5723
    @brendancrummey57236 жыл бұрын

    Will you be doing a inside the hatch episode on the conqueror

  • @TheChieftainsHatch

    @TheChieftainsHatch

    6 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/mKlmx7GHmJWtfNY.html

  • @carlwesternut2434
    @carlwesternut24343 жыл бұрын

    Any chance the chieftain can do a video on the Russian PT76 light tank ?

  • @linadimois
    @linadimois6 жыл бұрын

    Hey, since you are there, why not an “inside” episode on AMC35? I’d love to see that machine inside out! 😇

  • @videocomentaror322
    @videocomentaror3226 жыл бұрын

    When patrt 2 is comming out?

  • @rileyatkinson6737
    @rileyatkinson67376 жыл бұрын

    watching this whilst playing war thunder

  • @PilotB
    @PilotB6 жыл бұрын

    Do the 50b after the char! French heavy tanks from beginning to end

  • @DarkSplash99
    @DarkSplash996 жыл бұрын

    Which is next H35, Somua S35, or the ACG 1/ AMC 35?

  • @ishouldgetalif3
    @ishouldgetalif36 жыл бұрын

    Hell, it's about Time...

  • @Warwolf2
    @Warwolf211 ай бұрын

    3:55 best voicecrack

  • @robbleeker4777
    @robbleeker47776 жыл бұрын

    The whole way of thinking about placing the main gun so low on the tank sounds as something very primitive. I need to add that the use of tanks was quite new at that time and many generals were still dismissing the use or seeing the purpose of tanks....on the battle field(s)

  • @broadbandislife

    @broadbandislife

    6 жыл бұрын

    Estienne was the guy who basically created the French tank arm though, and (highly) approved of the Reno FT which set the gold standard for tank layout. Given that this was originally an early Twenties assault gun project though... well. Let's just say that period automotive engineering placed very serious limits on what you could reasonably expect AFVs to be capable of.

  • @James-nl6fu
    @James-nl6fu11 ай бұрын

    People laugh at this tanks obvious shortcomings. But most of the German tanks it met were Panzer mk1s,mk2s and mk3s with much smaller guns and above all. Armour thickness. You might not win the war but you'll probably survive long enough to talk about it. ❤️

  • @hanfpeter3742
    @hanfpeter37426 жыл бұрын

    Why is the barrel of the 75ml so thick? Looks like 2" per side...

  • @dubsy1026
    @dubsy10266 жыл бұрын

    Ooooh

  • @chrissieler1377
    @chrissieler13776 жыл бұрын

    YES! YES! YES!

  • @larryrogers8237
    @larryrogers82376 жыл бұрын

    how about doing a sherman easy 8 inside the hatch

  • @animenut69
    @animenut696 жыл бұрын

    Looks like it took a shot through the lower front plate where the fix gun is.

  • @i_nameless_i-jgsdf
    @i_nameless_i-jgsdf6 жыл бұрын

    please can you do some episode on japanese tanks? anything is fine.

  • @rabidseabee7229
    @rabidseabee72296 жыл бұрын

    TheChieftainWoT I like the bloopers reel because it adds some humor to the videos. So I take it the Panzer B2 was Nazi Germany stealing the B1 design and creating their own version of a mark 2 mock up? I notice the B2 also has the radiator panel on the left rear just like the B1.

  • @AndreasMarx

    @AndreasMarx

    6 жыл бұрын

    IIRC "B2" is just the German designation for the B1 bis. They did make some changes though, like adding that hatch to the cupola.

  • @Sarfanger

    @Sarfanger

    6 жыл бұрын

    Not stealing and they didnt create their own tank.Pz.Kpfw. B2 740 (f) was German designation to captured B1 tank. Germans captured about 160 B1 Bis tanks.Germans weren't really satisfied by B1 Bis so they upgraded all and this upgrade was called B2 740 (f).

  • @rabidseabee7229

    @rabidseabee7229

    6 жыл бұрын

    McPuff Andreas Marx Sarfanger FIN Wow this is all very interesting!

  • @solace6633

    @solace6633

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yea as others said, the b2 is the b1bis for the Germans and they added a cupola but that was it. They didn't make any but just used captured ones

  • @Marc83Aus

    @Marc83Aus

    6 жыл бұрын

    Quite a few of the captured B1's were used by the germans with 10.5 cm artillery installed in place of the turret. www.ww2incolor.com/d/348030-4/bild53 , and the B1 at bovington was actually pressed into german service before being recaptured by the allies.

  • @zTheMonsterz
    @zTheMonsterz6 жыл бұрын

    Good ole Mallard Team.

  • @foowashere
    @foowashere6 жыл бұрын

    Oh yes!!

  • @gonun69
    @gonun696 жыл бұрын

    4:48 - I'm pretty sure that number is a 82, not 81. XD Great video as always though

  • @TheChieftainsHatch

    @TheChieftainsHatch

    6 жыл бұрын

    The 81 is etched into the hull below the builders plate.

  • @tigercat418

    @tigercat418

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@TheChieftainsHatch don't assume his gender

  • @SahnigReingeloetet
    @SahnigReingeloetet6 жыл бұрын

    Last time I was this early, Just a joke, I never was this early

  • @MrDgwphotos

    @MrDgwphotos

    6 жыл бұрын

    Really? I thought you were quite serious? ;-)

  • @SahnigReingeloetet

    @SahnigReingeloetet

    6 жыл бұрын

    MrDgwphotos I am quite cereals

  • @alex_zetsu
    @alex_zetsu2 жыл бұрын

    Will we ever see the Hotchkiss h35?