Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: T-34-85, Episode 2

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Nicholas Moran continues his tour of the most interesting tanks. This time, he came to...Russia! Why? To finally tell us about a Soviet medium tank, the T-34-85!. How are its tracks designed? Why did the T-34 turn into the T-34-85? And how can you know that the tank was produced in Nizhny Tagil? You will find answers to these and more questions in the new episode of the "Inside the Chieftain's Hatch". Let's watch!
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  • @alexkeil3445
    @alexkeil34458 жыл бұрын

    In soviet russia, gear shifts you.

  • @ergbudster3333

    @ergbudster3333

    7 жыл бұрын

    Ya? In Nazi Germany Adolf sends you to your death to make bankers richer.

  • @brightworld1148

    @brightworld1148

    7 жыл бұрын

    Erg Budster no, lol, he hated bankers

  • @TackleTheDog

    @TackleTheDog

    7 жыл бұрын

    Alex Keil hahahaha

  • @vic4345

    @vic4345

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Erg Budster no thats us

  • @mrgeorgesteamuser6085

    @mrgeorgesteamuser6085

    6 жыл бұрын

    i just saw this comment and it made my day

  • @lindybeige
    @lindybeige6 жыл бұрын

    Tanks are great of course, but did we really need to have the annoying and distracting music?

  • @crosseightyeight

    @crosseightyeight

    5 жыл бұрын

    Not you too, Lloyd!

  • @SlavicCelery

    @SlavicCelery

    4 жыл бұрын

    I feel the need to suddenly love and embrace the music as an required aspect of the videos. That said, still love your videos Lindy (even though I have quibbles from time to time).

  • @pegging640

    @pegging640

    3 жыл бұрын

    How dare you insult the music of my childhood )-:

  • @JeremiahPTTN

    @JeremiahPTTN

    3 жыл бұрын

    Newer vids do not have the said annoying music. Funny it never annoyed me until you pointed it out.

  • @danielbuxton4493

    @danielbuxton4493

    3 жыл бұрын

    Exactly! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @SuzanneKowalski
    @SuzanneKowalski4 жыл бұрын

    23:55 - About the "protester" who stole a decommissioned T-34 in 2006, on the memorial day of the 1956 Hungarian revolution: that was actually a pretty old guy who used to serve the Hungarian (or rather: Soviet) army back in the day as a tank crewmember. His goal wasn't to attack the police, but to cause a bit more chaos, and, according to the guy himeself: "to have a little fun".

  • @ravenouself4181

    @ravenouself4181

    2 жыл бұрын

    I have to say it... that guy is a legend

  • @quinnthespin5407

    @quinnthespin5407

    2 жыл бұрын

    Also apparently he did it since he knew what he was doing and did not want someone else to take it not know what they are doing and hurt someone

  • @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren

    @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren

    Жыл бұрын

    @@quinnthespin5407 He's crazy but he's no fool. I respect him.

  • @imrekalman9044

    @imrekalman9044

    Жыл бұрын

    What I found disturbing or just weird about the whole event is a monument tank still having fuel in it. I can't remember if it was started up by battery or compressed air, but either is still weird to have in a monument.

  • @Space_Man909

    @Space_Man909

    Жыл бұрын

    Ivan the great tonk destroyer returns!

  • @oweneldridge8491
    @oweneldridge84918 жыл бұрын

    I wonder who thought that the music was a good idea

  • @markukrainetz5058

    @markukrainetz5058

    6 жыл бұрын

    it could be lowered a few notches

  • @enscroggs

    @enscroggs

    5 жыл бұрын

    Like, to zero, please? Not only does it occasionally obscure Nick's narration. it's f'king maddening!!!

  • @Stigstigster

    @Stigstigster

    5 жыл бұрын

    I struggled through but it was driving me mad too.

  • @HammyJamPants

    @HammyJamPants

    5 жыл бұрын

    "Hey guys, I finished that short intro music clip you wanted!" "Intro music? Naw, we're gonna play this on a loop for 25 minutes! It'll be great!"

  • @baobamarcopolo726

    @baobamarcopolo726

    5 жыл бұрын

    They should have put Soviet Union anthem hardbass or something like that

  • @kikihempelmann7890
    @kikihempelmann78908 жыл бұрын

    music. driving. me. nuts.

  • @dukenukem8381

    @dukenukem8381

    7 жыл бұрын

    TUTUDU TUTUDU TUTUDU TUTU TATTI TI TI

  • @betabilly

    @betabilly

    6 жыл бұрын

    Torture

  • @rosstheboss1014

    @rosstheboss1014

    5 жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @rosstheboss1014

    @rosstheboss1014

    5 жыл бұрын

    DUKE NUKEM 👌 perfect

  • @HammyJamPants

    @HammyJamPants

    5 жыл бұрын

    At this point, it's kind of hilarious that this lesson wasn't learned after the first time.

  • @lennykhaychenko8465
    @lennykhaychenko84652 жыл бұрын

    My father's tank from 1941 to 1945. Thank you very much.

  • @douglasfulmer5483
    @douglasfulmer54838 жыл бұрын

    It was hard to change gears because you did not have the amazingly easy to use Stalinium hammer that is standard issue for the Motherland's glorious tankers.

  • @douglasfulmer5483

    @douglasfulmer5483

    7 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Monocle High class man I am sorry Komrade I have disappointed Stalin.

  • @douglasfulmer5483

    @douglasfulmer5483

    7 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Monocle High class man Will I be sent to the Gulag?

  • @petersimonpieters8814

    @petersimonpieters8814

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Douglas Fulmer Da, you socialist pig, your only use is for building of train rails.

  • @douglasfulmer5483

    @douglasfulmer5483

    7 жыл бұрын

    petersimon pieters I will pray to Stalin this day and sacrifice many goats in his name.

  • @Lo-tf6qt

    @Lo-tf6qt

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Douglas Fulmer that will not work comrade because we do not believe in sacrificing in great Mother Russia

  • @g2macs
    @g2macs8 жыл бұрын

    What made you think that twenty five minutes of intro music played in competition to the narration was a 'stonking' idea?

  • @stonks6616

    @stonks6616

    3 жыл бұрын

    I disapprove

  • @trainboi014

    @trainboi014

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@stonks6616 LMAO REPLY 4 YEARS L8TER

  • @stonks6616

    @stonks6616

    3 жыл бұрын

    Panzerkampfwagen Ausführung B e

  • @Average-Friday-Enjoyer

    @Average-Friday-Enjoyer

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@stonks6616 omegalul

  • @mikeroy9528
    @mikeroy95285 жыл бұрын

    I was a M551 driver for three years in the 70's. I never felt claustrophobic. My chest was tight just watching the view for the driver and especially the machine gunner. Yikes! My floor hatch was HUGE compared to that thing.

  • @mysticvirgo9318
    @mysticvirgo93188 жыл бұрын

    somone has to say it .. in Soviet Russia, Clutch depresses YOU.

  • @mysticvirgo9318

    @mysticvirgo9318

    8 жыл бұрын

    German didin't expect the Russian tanks to be manned by psychos, either :)

  • @peterson7082

    @peterson7082

    7 жыл бұрын

    More-so the KV-1. The T-34, not as much as media describes it.

  • @WildBillCox13

    @WildBillCox13

    6 жыл бұрын

    Pretty sharp.

  • @SkipStorm
    @SkipStorm7 жыл бұрын

    Really good video. But for gosh sake turn off the the repetitive music.

  • @stopthephilosophicalzombie9017

    @stopthephilosophicalzombie9017

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I don't mind little musical interludes/accents at the end of scenes but the constant blare of annoying guitar is atrocious.

  • @agwhitaker
    @agwhitaker6 жыл бұрын

    You are an honest, intelligent, informative, fellow with a great sense oh dry humor. I'd buy a used tank from you any-day.

  • @user-df4eg3uv8v

    @user-df4eg3uv8v

    23 күн бұрын

    😂

  • @johnfmather
    @johnfmather8 жыл бұрын

    Great but ... I had to watch it in stages. The endless guitar riff was just too distracting and annoying! Other than that this is excellent.

  • @sjoormen1

    @sjoormen1

    8 жыл бұрын

    same matter same for me, to loud music

  • @25foxbat1

    @25foxbat1

    8 жыл бұрын

    +sjoormen1 yes true,some soft music will do..

  • @broesilov

    @broesilov

    8 жыл бұрын

    +John Mather Music is annoying indeed.

  • @urabampot

    @urabampot

    7 жыл бұрын

    i reaaaally hope they get rid of the music while he's talking.... big mistake.... i wanna watch more episodes, but that music....GAWD!!! *and im a guitar TEACHER!!! haaaaahahahaaa

  • @Lo-tf6qt

    @Lo-tf6qt

    7 жыл бұрын

    you had to watch it in stages because you did not have Slavination , go get a bottle of Vodka and drink it , that will make you learn better ))))

  • @IvanMozgovyy1990
    @IvanMozgovyy19905 жыл бұрын

    "Large metal components interfacing with his head"

  • @CharlesvanDijk-ir6bl
    @CharlesvanDijk-ir6bl8 жыл бұрын

    Annoying background noise. Apart from that a great show.

  • @chrisbrent7487
    @chrisbrent74875 жыл бұрын

    There are actually a few remote places in the world where it is still being used. They are being used in the Yemen conflict. They run a cord from the manual firing trigger out the pistol hole and pull from the outside of the tank as the brass has been reused so many times they have ruptured shell casings occasionally when they're fired and you don't want to be in the turret when that happens.

  • @angusgillingham2323
    @angusgillingham23237 жыл бұрын

    I wish the background music was shot at by the 34's main gun . This constant racket of b g music makes it impossible for certain hearing impaired persons to understand the commentator. Tried to watch it but sadly, as I love this stuff, I had to quit trying to understand the commentator.

  • @theodore2067

    @theodore2067

    5 жыл бұрын

    Captions maybe?

  • @joeschmoe3630

    @joeschmoe3630

    5 жыл бұрын

    I loved the music.

  • @penapvp2230

    @penapvp2230

    4 жыл бұрын

    Joe Schmoe you are satan incarnate

  • @xtriplexvisionx

    @xtriplexvisionx

    4 жыл бұрын

    I never even noticed the music

  • @AVweb
    @AVweb5 жыл бұрын

    Outstanding, Nicholas.

  • @trainboi014

    @trainboi014

    3 жыл бұрын

    lol reply 1 year l8ter

  • @jearlblah5169

    @jearlblah5169

    3 жыл бұрын

    didn't expect to see you here....

  • @mr.waffentrager4400

    @mr.waffentrager4400

    2 жыл бұрын

    No ...he was standing out in the previous video only !! This is a joke

  • @jims9406
    @jims94065 жыл бұрын

    I'm 63 and loved this complete video. Thank you very much to everyone.

  • @ruedigerbehr
    @ruedigerbehr9 жыл бұрын

    A great Video ! Very good ! Thank you. But one thing .... the music is horrible !

  • @lancelot1953
    @lancelot19539 жыл бұрын

    These are great presentations and on behalf of all the tank loving community (veterans, hobbyists, military history buffs, engineers, crazy guys like me, etc) I thank "World of Tanks" for such high quality videos. I appreciate your unbiased and factual descriptions of each feature (good or bad) of these combat vehicles regardless of their country of origin. I would just make a "little" suggestion, if I may. These videos as watched by many supporters whose native language may not be English, in which case, the music may interfere with their understanding of the more technical terms used in these lectures. I would suggests to just turn the music down a bit, thank you. Keep on the phenomenal work! Ciao, L

  • @lancelot1953

    @lancelot1953

    8 жыл бұрын

    ***** Hi Smith, yes that is a great idea, a music soundtrack from these countries would be more realistic and also more respectful of the what they are describing, after all, a lot of people died with/in these vehicles. Good point, Ciao, L

  • @callumfindlay4614

    @callumfindlay4614

    8 жыл бұрын

    +lancelot1953 also they have a lot of languages in the subtitles option

  • @lancelot1953

    @lancelot1953

    8 жыл бұрын

    callum findlay Hi Callum, I did not know about the multi-language feature in the options, thank you for informing me, Ciao, L

  • @Sammakko7

    @Sammakko7

    7 жыл бұрын

    lancelot1953 nope

  • @bigbrowntau

    @bigbrowntau

    7 жыл бұрын

    The music makes the commentary difficult to understand at times, and it needs a change occasionally. High paced music to generate excitement doesn't really match the detailed, sober analysis. The content is outstanding, and it's brilliant to see, but the music is making it almost unwatchable to this hearing impaired ex-soldier.

  • @karlish8799
    @karlish87998 жыл бұрын

    The life of a WW2 tanker must have been a pretty miserable buisness.

  • @maxmustermann-ie6ic

    @maxmustermann-ie6ic

    8 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @maxmustermann-ie6ic

    @maxmustermann-ie6ic

    8 жыл бұрын

    Bacon Space Program The poor poor loader. Sometimes it seems like the T-34 was made to hurt its own crew instead of the enemy.

  • @BaconSpaceProgram

    @BaconSpaceProgram

    8 жыл бұрын

    I read from both fiction and non-fiction books that even tanks as late as the T-72 had some bad design that could cause serious physical injury to the crew.

  • @pm7clips472

    @pm7clips472

    8 жыл бұрын

    +max mustermann The designer of this tank died from pneumonia he gained during 1000 km test run.

  • @baronungern4900

    @baronungern4900

    8 жыл бұрын

    +max mustermann Sherman was made to hurt its own crew .....

  • @mohammadqadri5065
    @mohammadqadri50658 жыл бұрын

    I never thought gear shifting was so complicated

  • @VRichardsn

    @VRichardsn

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, it was a staple of T-34 driving. It actually exhausted the drivers by quite a margin. Seeing this, one feels more inclined to approve the ergonomics one could find in, say, a Tiger, even if it makes more complex. Because tired people do not respond that well under combat.

  • @tankolad

    @tankolad

    6 жыл бұрын

    Richardsen The bow machine gunners often assisted the driver in shifting gears whenever the bow machine gun isn't needed, which would be most of the time.

  • @BungieStudios

    @BungieStudios

    4 жыл бұрын

    He wasn't gripping the johnson bar when trying to shift.

  • @HarryFlashmanVC

    @HarryFlashmanVC

    Жыл бұрын

    I wonder if the bow gunner helped with gear changing, I used to own a 1949 tractor that needed a helper( or a lump hammer) to change gear!

  • @HarryFlashmanVC

    @HarryFlashmanVC

    Жыл бұрын

    Decadent Irishman lacks correct level of Soviet malnutrition for correct tank operation, Mo! 😁

  • @octane781
    @octane7817 жыл бұрын

    "And it allows the round to fall to the floor, where the loader can then trip over it." GG Ivan xD

  • @pixelkatten
    @pixelkatten8 жыл бұрын

    Of course you're not gonna be comfortable, you're at least a foot taller than the maximum allowed height for a soviet tanker!

  • @toxicatto6074

    @toxicatto6074

    5 жыл бұрын

    Either soviets are that short or he's just too long... or both

  • @toxicatto6074

    @toxicatto6074

    5 жыл бұрын

    Actually even if you're right at the height, it's not made for crew comforts...

  • @johnkendall6962

    @johnkendall6962

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Nick Sambides Jr. Diesels make almost no CO, unlike gasoline engines

  • @Nedula007

    @Nedula007

    5 жыл бұрын

    In the video he mentions this, he states that a foot more of room wouldn't matter. The "floor" was uneven, and it's a cramped space. Did you watch the video??

  • @TSemasFl
    @TSemasFl5 жыл бұрын

    The music in the back round constantly playing, kills this video. Good walk thru, i seen plenty i didn't know about. Now i want to tinker more with my 1/6 scale T34

  • @torpaninternational8351
    @torpaninternational83515 жыл бұрын

    The best ww2 weapons documentaries i've ever seen. It was very thorough, however, the background music wasn't welcome

  • @agwhitaker
    @agwhitaker7 жыл бұрын

    Not just you, Nicholas. I have heard that T-34 drivers made a habit of keeping a hammer handy to assist in gear changes.

  • @hedgehogelite8573

    @hedgehogelite8573

    7 жыл бұрын

    its made of Stalinium, handed out by Stalin himself. -.-

  • @fulcrum2951

    @fulcrum2951

    5 жыл бұрын

    The hammer is mostly used on heavy tanks, particularly the kv series

  • @AndrewVasirov

    @AndrewVasirov

    4 жыл бұрын

    And the sickle to get out of the driver's seat! (joke)

  • @billwilson3609

    @billwilson3609

    2 жыл бұрын

    The bow gunner used the tank's sledgehammer to knock the lever where the driver wanted. The T-34's used an agricultural tractor transmission that the US Army automotive engineers rejected in 1921 for being too primitive to consider using. The same engineers were shocked to see it being used in the T-34 that Stalin shipped to the US so US engineers could determine why it was such a POS. Those engineers were amused when they saw it again in 1953 when a new T-34/85 abandoned in Korea by the Chinese was sent stateside for evaluation. In 1943 they sent Stalin a very long list of all the crappy components and found the same crappy parts on the 1953 model.

  • @AKUJIVALDO

    @AKUJIVALDO

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@billwilson3609 if only you weren't ignorant dumbo... There were no model 1953 of T-34-85...

  • @Sithus666
    @Sithus6669 жыл бұрын

    I think these would be a lot better if the music wasn't constantly repeating over and over again in the background.

  • @KermitFrazierdotcom

    @KermitFrazierdotcom

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sithus1966 ☆ Remember the "Mild Violence" warning label? That's for the endless loop mind control muzak. Just remember Stimpy grooving to "Muddy Mud Skipper" theme song

  • @zegunner7906

    @zegunner7906

    4 жыл бұрын

    @paradigm respawn lol XD

  • @matthewmyers267

    @matthewmyers267

    3 жыл бұрын

    that is Wargaming's music - it will ALWAYS be on any video uploaded that refers to them in any way

  • @hoboite1
    @hoboite18 жыл бұрын

    Couldn't watch anymore because of the music.... very good and informative

  • @trevoranderson7182
    @trevoranderson71825 жыл бұрын

    "We had a small incident with the memory card and the turret monster..." Goodness I have to hear this one.

  • @hansmueller3029
    @hansmueller30294 жыл бұрын

    Conversation goes like this : Western tanker : " this isn't comfortable. " Soviet commander : " get in the tank."

  • @Tf291
    @Tf2919 жыл бұрын

    Btw. the gear lever is hard to pull beacuse they havent had time to sand it so it has rough edges, like 90 degree so that why its hard to move it

  • @TheTraakon
    @TheTraakon9 жыл бұрын

    I like the longer video length. Would love to see an hour of "Moran Out Takes and Bloopers".

  • @hash-slingingslasher1374
    @hash-slingingslasher13745 жыл бұрын

    this series is so interesting, but jesus man, the background music is almost literally driving me mad... PLEASE REUPLOAD WITHOUT MUSIC

  • @WildBillCox13
    @WildBillCox137 жыл бұрын

    I would like to mention that this tank (the T34/85 is not alone in this, of course) has a significant shot trap under the mantlet-even worse than the earlier (M40 to M42) versions. Why the turret is sited so far forward is perhaps an engineer's best solution to some other proportion difficulty, but it makes the tank far more vulnerable to incoming fire, and front protection is supposed to be a tank's main defense. It seems to me upon reflection that the whole purpose of increasing armor on the turret front is negated by the creation of a serious shot trap caused by the overhang compounded by the shape of the mantlet. This is why the Panther G had its mantlet modified; to remove that very vulnerability. Should not a tank's front form a more or less perfect slope with no marked undercut? I would think that would be a major design paradigm, given the distribution of armor (specifically, its preponderance on the frontal vector of almost every tank ever made). But, here, any shot low on the turret front would be directed into the turret ring; would it not?

  • @PajamaMan44
    @PajamaMan449 жыл бұрын

    Can't wait until they implement gear-shifts in WoT.

  • @KorianHUN

    @KorianHUN

    9 жыл бұрын

    Ne-ver.

  • @Warhamer116

    @Warhamer116

    9 жыл бұрын

    Try war thunder simulator battle controls for tanks. You'll see that, quoting BohemianEagle aka "Mighty Jingles", you "should be careful for what you wish for realism, you might not like it"

  • @Dies1r4e

    @Dies1r4e

    9 жыл бұрын

    they wont do that! it would give disadvantage to glorious soviet tanks comrade!

  • @KorianHUN

    @KorianHUN

    9 жыл бұрын

    Appletank8 Yeah, and also it would be a DISADVANTAGE to them. Auto gear shift in game is just easier to play. And since 99.9% of players not played "simulator" battles, because WoT is an ARCADE game, those players can or will happily play War Thunder instead.

  • @jwenting

    @jwenting

    9 жыл бұрын

    same day they implement running out of fuel and having your tank break down because of random mechanical failure before it even gets to the front (though random disconnects might be seen as just that, but they don't happen nearly enough to realistically simulate reality)...

  • @kivitelezo
    @kivitelezo9 жыл бұрын

    Mr Nicholas Moran is getting better and better with each episode. It was informating and entertaining! :) Thx for the vid.

  • @cristian6766
    @cristian67664 жыл бұрын

    I don't know how many times i have watched this video. I love it. And Nicholas Moran is a great presenter. Love it! Goodbye all the way from Romania.

  • @vespelian5274
    @vespelian52745 жыл бұрын

    That music is melting my brain!

  • @HOrseshoeM
    @HOrseshoeM9 жыл бұрын

    Excellent!! This is the true 'Inside the Chieftain's Hatch' that we used to be seeing before those 'snapshots' episodes!.. Nice work, informative and amusing, keep up the good work Chieftain.. cheers

  • @youtubuzr
    @youtubuzr9 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff, but my god could you cut the music?

  • @bertramrottie4420

    @bertramrottie4420

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yea,the background 'music's irritable, advertisers use it in ads,I've got an MBA,marketing major...it's patronising..negative marketing..cunts

  • @ItzCammyBlake
    @ItzCammyBlake7 жыл бұрын

    thanks for the video, it was really, really good of them to let you start and move their vehicle. Thank you to both you and the museum for this

  • @Axemantitan
    @Axemantitan4 жыл бұрын

    The crews probably preferred revolvers so that they didn't have to deal with spent shell casings flying throughout the turret interior.

  • @lonesurvivalist3147

    @lonesurvivalist3147

    2 жыл бұрын

    That and most semi autos of the time had a reciprocating slide which I would think would be quite sketchy to stick up to or through a tiny whole in the tank wall...

  • @akmzd6938

    @akmzd6938

    3 ай бұрын

    And the Nagant revolver produced less recoil than the rather powerful semi-auto Tokarev. Probably not a deciding factor on its own, but something you would appreciate if you can't take a properly stable firing stance.

  • @Conserpov
    @Conserpov5 жыл бұрын

    T-34-85 does have commander's overrride. There was a second panoramic gunner's sight for indirect fire.

  • @jayoutdoors1534

    @jayoutdoors1534

    2 жыл бұрын

    You don't know anything

  • @dandavis1953
    @dandavis19535 жыл бұрын

    Love the vid, you could drop the nerve wracking music!

  • @longstreet0163
    @longstreet01634 жыл бұрын

    Love it !! The Chieftain looked quite worried as he was selecting the gears and almost guessing whether he was in neutral or not !!

  • @abrahamsds1277
    @abrahamsds12772 жыл бұрын

    the "ramp" for lining up the track pins back, and that turret traversing device, are the most briliant design features i see in this tank

  • @pawelek83bdh
    @pawelek83bdh9 жыл бұрын

    very nice and funny episode : D Nicholas looked nervous while driving t34-85, but its understandable. more or less this machine is relic.

  • @panzerking1218

    @panzerking1218

    9 жыл бұрын

    I think he was afraid he would run over something.

  • @pawelek83bdh

    @pawelek83bdh

    9 жыл бұрын

    ofc, that was I mean.

  • @pointlesspublishing5351

    @pointlesspublishing5351

    4 жыл бұрын

    This. Especially going backward without vision...against the wall...

  • @rckchp
    @rckchp7 жыл бұрын

    The verbal commentary is good info but the music background makes it hard to watch. Do this series again but lose the music.

  • @Wideoval73
    @Wideoval732 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Thanks. Very informative.

  • @Kaiser1254
    @Kaiser12545 жыл бұрын

    Very informative. Thanks so much!

  • @michaeldegginger7076
    @michaeldegginger70767 жыл бұрын

    Great channel with amazing vids. Could you possibly reupload without the music? I'm hard of hearing and the music makes the dialogue a bit muddled to me.

  • @ElephantRage
    @ElephantRage5 жыл бұрын

    I now officially suffer of claustrophobia. To go in battle in that deathtrap must have been an unspeakable anguish.

  • @oufdii7559
    @oufdii7559 Жыл бұрын

    Great job, thank you so match. Be happy❤

  • @Rokonroller
    @Rokonroller5 жыл бұрын

    Great explanation of operations! Kudos

  • @elektro_knete792
    @elektro_knete7927 жыл бұрын

    16:57 That moment when you see a Tiger 1 shooting at you.

  • @SabraStiehl
    @SabraStiehl8 жыл бұрын

    According to the opinion of the American tank experts at Aberdeen Proving Ground who investigated a T-34/85 without treads built in late 1945 and captured in Korea during the war there in the early '50s, the transmission was without synchronization and the method used to deal with that was termed crash shifting. With less than 500 miles on the odometer the gearbox oil in this particular tank had accumulated about half-a-cup of metal torn from the gear teeth in it. They also reported that the turret, unlike almost all other tanks of the era, had no bottom to the basket, which meant that a crewmember out of his seat during turret rotation would have to step among extra ammo, spent brass, or whatever else might be in the bottom of the tank as the turret turned or else be dragged along and likely injured as the turret rotated. I've often wondered how the Soviets got the diesel engines in those things started during the Russian winter while the Germans were failing to get their gasoline-powered tanks cranked. I owned a diesel-powered 1978 Mercedes 300D for many years, which would only crank in cold weather after the glow plugs warmed the cylinders for 15-30 seconds or so, so I guess that's how they did it, but I still wonder. Maybe they also used block heaters, which my old Mercedes could have been retrofitted with. Using diesel fuel was smart, not only because it's less dangerous than gasoline, but it has 6% more energy per gallon.

  • @josemigarrido

    @josemigarrido

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Sabra S That is the reason of the compressed air auxiliary starting device, that he talks about in the video.

  • @3DBlockBuster

    @3DBlockBuster

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Sabra S How to start diesel engines in a cold weather? Per Eric Hartman(top German ace) when they captured a Russian mechanic, he showed that they pore gasoline into an engine oil pan, then light the match and that usually do the trick..., but that is for airplanes. May question would be how in the world did they keep diesel fuel from gelling up in those temperatures!

  • @pm7clips472

    @pm7clips472

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Sabra S I don't know about the tanks, but two techniques were widely used for trucks: Not turning engine off, and setting a small fire under a fuel tank - as long as there was no leaking, or the fire didn't damage some rubber wires, there was no big danger of setting whole thing on fire.

  • @gautamon

    @gautamon

    8 жыл бұрын

    +3DBlockBuster I guess they were using additives. Soviets had big problems with their tanks freezing in the Winter War and have learned hard lesson.

  • @michaelcoulter1114

    @michaelcoulter1114

    6 жыл бұрын

    I've read articles that say that crews would light fires under the engine bays of the tank when they stopped for the night, and keep them going all night. The crews would be sleeping on the engine decks, so it also kept them from freezing to death in Russian winters. Or, I guess, they could just keep them running all night.

  • @jimyoung7090
    @jimyoung70906 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the comments on crew training.

  • @tonyorabona594
    @tonyorabona5945 жыл бұрын

    Great Work...Truly enjoy your vids.....

  • @thebgpikester
    @thebgpikester5 жыл бұрын

    Not sure if the music loop or the gear stick were worse, but this was extremely entertaining, thank you WG.

  • @franzkoviakalak6981
    @franzkoviakalak69815 жыл бұрын

    these are very enjoyable, thank you. music is however distracting and unnecessary.

  • @ToddWPerry
    @ToddWPerry5 жыл бұрын

    Great detail, great knowledge, I just subscribed due to how awesome your video is, thank you!

  • @gunnerbhb50
    @gunnerbhb5016 күн бұрын

    I was in a convoy near Herat Afghanistan and sitting behind a building was a T34-76 which I was later told was still operational but no ammo, this was in 2007-08

  • @Darksylmoran
    @Darksylmoran8 жыл бұрын

    The music! OMG! the most irritating, psyko rage it brings!

  • @KermitFrazierdotcom

    @KermitFrazierdotcom

    4 жыл бұрын

    Darksylmoran ☆ That's the Reason behind the "Mild Violence" warning. You may feel compelled to go step on some ants, later. Uncontrollable Urges.

  • @ichko3
    @ichko39 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video. Just a tip, to put it into first or reverse, pull that little spoon thingy of the gear leaver (don't know the English word) to do so. Otherwise, awesome.

  • @Orb_Pilot

    @Orb_Pilot

    9 жыл бұрын

    How do you know that? Just curious where you've learned that.

  • @ichko3

    @ichko3

    9 жыл бұрын

    GorkaMorka92 My father drove a t34 in the army (yes, Bulgarian army fielded t34's 20 years ago, much to our shame) and I showed him the video and he laughed at how he struggled.

  • @Orb_Pilot

    @Orb_Pilot

    9 жыл бұрын

    Well, our army still had Panzer IV:s as training vehicles back then. Rather unsurprisingly replaced by Leopards when I was in service, but still.

  • @justforever96

    @justforever96

    6 жыл бұрын

    Duh, I didn't even notice that. Obviously, it's a safety interlock. I'm surprised he could shift at all without squeezing that. It's supposed to prevent you from shifting into reverse by accident, although if I recall on the T-34 it was supposed to lock the gear in place to keep it from popping out. Not sure how it's set up, but apparently it can still be shifted without it, just not easily. I'm surprised that he didn't know that, and that no-one mentioned it to him. They've been using those on various machine controls since the 19th century. Some downsides to being used to modern equipment. Still, most modern truck drivers would know what it was for, or at least ask! It's not for looks!

  • @Danspy501st

    @Danspy501st

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hristo Balabanov Cant we call that thingy as a second clutch? I think I think it works in kinda the same way. Not sure. Btw greet your father (if he still alive) from me. I will salute him for his work in the army and I do think that the T-34s wasnt easy to controll as a driver. Im from Denmark btw, but I like history and WW2 and highly looking up to T-34, as I knew what it was made for during the war. I do like to drive a T-34 myself, but I had never driven a tank before, let alone a tracked vehicle. And Im abit large, so Im not sure if I can squeeze meself through the hatches

  • @xploriatv890
    @xploriatv8908 жыл бұрын

    Great Video, thank you for sharing.

  • @digitalincometactics9858
    @digitalincometactics98588 жыл бұрын

    very interesting learned some details about the vehicle thanks Nicholas Moran!

  • @montysandor8362
    @montysandor83625 жыл бұрын

    why the music? are you in a disco

  • @jamesdunn3864
    @jamesdunn38645 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant video! Am I right in thinking that the T-34 was ahead of most other tank designs in WWII in as much as it used a diesel engine and thereby had a much reduced risk of caching fire?

  • @thegrayknight71
    @thegrayknight718 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video. Thanks.

  • @kevincoombes5949
    @kevincoombes59494 жыл бұрын

    Excellent presentation and very interesting and informative.

  • @grey9191
    @grey91919 жыл бұрын

    Great video. I am in awe of these Soviet tankers. I have heard that there was a height restriction - and they could be no more than 5'4' tall. After seeing this video I can believe it. But please, why, why, why the droning bloody awful background music! for 25 minutes!! nearly drove me mad. Remove it please.

  • @ThePaulfullTruth

    @ThePaulfullTruth

    4 жыл бұрын

    And anyone know how tall our host is?

  • @TES99911

    @TES99911

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ThePaulfullTruth he is 6ft8

  • @Spearfisher1970
    @Spearfisher19709 жыл бұрын

    It strikes me that while we all know out ancestors were shorter (and young 17 year olds are always more nimble to get in and out of a tank like that), the confines of some Soviet tanks may have been part of the reason - beyond that of just using everyone - of female tankers. They'd be even shorter, in general, than the male tankers. I've often read about Soviet tankers using big hammers to get them in and out of gear, and for gear shifts, and this sort of shows why. The tanks were great, but blunt, tools for the job. Nick, this may not be your job, but with your Russian contacts it may be a great business advertisement to gather up good parts about the history of some of their female tankers and to present it as a WoT video. All of us in the west have read parts of the stories, but I'm positive there are better and more stories the Russians would have access to. it would be a great history lesson, and may appeal to female gamers' interest in the game. Presented by you, or a female staff member of War Gaming, it could be a very interesting video.

  • @Thelothuo

    @Thelothuo

    9 жыл бұрын

    Spearfisher1970 Female Soviet tankers? Haven't heard of that one before. Seems interesting, nevertheless. I'm sure the feminists in the US would enjoy it. Maybe they'll all move to Russia. [Do note that I, personally, have no quarrel with the idea of equal rights for all genders. It's the feminist extremists that I do not enjoy.]

  • @keithsmith4656

    @keithsmith4656

    9 жыл бұрын

    Thelothuo They had female sniper's and combat pilots too, especially in the 1941-1943 time frame when they were extremely desperate for anyone who could fly, drive or pull a trigger.

  • @drchiefnska

    @drchiefnska

    9 жыл бұрын

    And some of those women even became part of the aces of the soviet union

  • @TheChieftainsHatch

    @TheChieftainsHatch

    9 жыл бұрын

    Spearfisher1970 If I do something of that nature, it will likely be in the form of a written Chieftain's Hatch article on my column, as opposed to a video.

  • @cccpredarmy

    @cccpredarmy

    9 жыл бұрын

    Keith Smith judging from your words it sounds like none of those women had even one simple argument to join the army

  • @The1piotr
    @The1piotr5 жыл бұрын

    ładnie opowiedziane , ładnie pokazanie ... dziękujemy

  • @debo2128
    @debo21282 жыл бұрын

    Fighting in that thing is just hell on earth

  • @townsville69
    @townsville696 жыл бұрын

    Love these tank vids. Great work. The music track does detract some what. Overly repetitive and drowned out the sound of the engine. I want to hear the tanks diesel song.

  • @vladbcom
    @vladbcom5 жыл бұрын

    Seriously, cut the music out guys. It hurts. I feel traumatized, actually TUTUDU TUTUDU TUTUDU TUTU TATTI TI TI

  • @b-rad344
    @b-rad3447 жыл бұрын

    excellent video, thanks.

  • @oveazeus1
    @oveazeus19 жыл бұрын

    Great video, great sense of humor

  • @ex59neo53
    @ex59neo539 жыл бұрын

    Music should have been turned off while driving the tank .

  • @mandolinic
    @mandolinic5 жыл бұрын

    Interesting, but I couldn't watch all the way through, because the music was driving me mad! Interesting content doesn't need background music,

  • @richgg2
    @richgg25 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Really informative!!!

  • @oxxnarrdflame8865
    @oxxnarrdflame88655 жыл бұрын

    Great video, I do feel claustrophobic watching you inside the tank.

  • @masterspieces5635
    @masterspieces56358 жыл бұрын

    Amen to the music comments. Please, in future, lose it. It is intensely irritating, especially in the longer presentations. That said, as a former Cold War tanker...this stuff is great!

  • @BungieStudios

    @BungieStudios

    4 жыл бұрын

    They've been using the same song for over 4 years now.

  • @theTutenstien

    @theTutenstien

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BungieStudios i dont mind it having the music as a bridge to another section but wtf is the poin having it for 25 minutes while someone is talking

  • @Zamolxes77
    @Zamolxes779 жыл бұрын

    The music dubbed on the video is a distraction, very annoying. Also you really get a feel of the thing, people operating it must have been very small.

  • @leonst.7471
    @leonst.74713 жыл бұрын

    Going back to older episodes of those iconic tanks is pretty interesting to see

  • @chuckwillis9271
    @chuckwillis9271 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Very interesting.

  • @freshcancer713
    @freshcancer7138 жыл бұрын

    dear santa...

  • @raiben4437

    @raiben4437

    6 жыл бұрын

    Gary Slovenskov Don't need no santa all you need is atleast $60000-$40000

  • @fulcrum2951

    @fulcrum2951

    5 жыл бұрын

    Stalin*

  • @thomasbernecky2078
    @thomasbernecky20785 жыл бұрын

    After watching and enjoying your videos, the audio really becomes annoying. Perhaps having to listen to the same song over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over might have something to do with it?

  • @deanmacka4975
    @deanmacka49755 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff mate

  • @ricksadler797
    @ricksadler797 Жыл бұрын

    Great video thank you 😊

  • @PPC4
    @PPC45 жыл бұрын

    Could you please turn the music volume down, or off it's getting too intrusive and drowning out your voice a bit. Thanks.

  • @spikeguy33
    @spikeguy339 жыл бұрын

    Awesome. Loved it. Terrible-for-crews tanks are my favorite :)

  • @AtomicHombek

    @AtomicHombek

    9 жыл бұрын

    Same here. Don't twist a knee Chieftain! Torn ACL's are horrible!

  • @Pasteurpipette
    @Pasteurpipette5 жыл бұрын

    *Dog barks* Ten seconds later: "Oh my god, the tank is on fire!"

  • @joshuakozee5719
    @joshuakozee57193 жыл бұрын

    That background music is a really cool tune I love it

  • @tsimon1234
    @tsimon12349 жыл бұрын

    I realise that, cos this tank is old and a museum piece, it's working parts are gonna be a lot tougher to use than on a "young" T-34-85... but all the same, that thing looks like a pig to drive!

  • @TheChieftainsHatch

    @TheChieftainsHatch

    9 жыл бұрын

    tsimon1234 I've driven some very pleasant museum pieces as well. I would probably have to take a sample of T-34s for a firm conclusion.

  • @Jayui22

    @Jayui22

    9 жыл бұрын

    TheChieftainWoT Yeah, T-34 components (especially the gear stick) were not supposed to be that hard. They weren't very light either, but you were able to change gears with one strong pull or push, as opposed to suffering from this.

  • @jwenting

    @jwenting

    9 жыл бұрын

    TheChieftainWoT  probably someone forgot to lube it recently, or the lube used was too thick for the weather conditions so it doesn't work properly (had that once with my car. It'd been delivered from the factory in Spain with lubricants appropriate for Spanish summer weather, 30+ Celcius. In the northern European winter it started to congeal making the doors open sluggishly. Remains that it wasn't designed with crew comfort in mind, especially for people who were a bit taller than short, as the video shows. Then again, I'd not be surprised if a lot of Soviet crews were relatively short. The 1920s in the USSR were characterised by famines. Famines cause children to grow slower, leading to an adult population 15-20 years later (so right around the time of WW2) that is shorter than it would have been without that famine. If the T-34 were designed for the average height of the Soviet late teen/early 20s aged male of the time (as seems likely, why deliberately design something people will have trouble using) it wouldn't be a huge stretch to conclude that that average male was relatively short based on those two pieces of historical data. Having met several Soviet WW2 veterans over the years, they indeed all do seem rather short, corroborating that even further.

  • @deadpan237

    @deadpan237

    9 жыл бұрын

    jwenting i'm told russian military drafts shorter men specifically for tank duty.

  • @justforever96

    @justforever96

    6 жыл бұрын

    I thought of that too. Although he also wasn't squeezing the gearshift locking lever to disengage it, which probably didn't help.

  • @clintonscottwalsh
    @clintonscottwalsh7 жыл бұрын

    I would love to see a show like this but on tanks been hit by anti tank weapon, and see the damage and the science to it all.. anti tank weapons vs armour

  • @HarryFlashmanVC

    @HarryFlashmanVC

    Жыл бұрын

    Suspect that 'crew turned into charcoal by white-hot metal squirting into tank before ammo cooks off' might work?

  • @douglaswaggoner7487
    @douglaswaggoner74874 жыл бұрын

    Total respect for the tankers!

  • @drTERRRORRR
    @drTERRRORRR5 жыл бұрын

    Love the anegdote about starting up the monument.

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