My Grandfather was a tank commander in a US M24 Chaffee. He was part of the US 8th armoured division under the control of Patton's 3rd army. He was involved in numerous engagements. One of them being the Battle of the Bulge. His tank was ultimately hit by a German 88mm when some bad intelligence told them that the town ahead was lightly fortified. In reality is was an extremely heavily armoured fortress of a town called Rheinberg. My Grandfather survived because he was about 6 foot 2 inches tall and had to spread his legs apart to stay low in the tank so he didn't get picked off. When the 88mm hit his tank it went between his legs and killed the the two guys up front. My Grandfather remembered his training and bailed out of the tank before a second round was fired as did a second soldier. The other soldier was hit by machine gun fire and my Grandfather ran to a ditch where he was strafed by machine gun fire as he tried to crawl to the rear. He finally made it back to friendly lines and went to empty his boots of the rain water. When he emptied them he poured out his own blood. It was then he discovered the 88mm had grazed his leg as it came through the tank. More information can be learned about this battle here. m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/kY2Ik7BpcsmrlM4.html He and my other Grandfather who was involved in the Normandy invasion at Omaha Beach on the coast of France both survived WW2.

Your production values are amazing. Some really superb analysis with real historical value. Bravo! Will be sharing this.

@WargamingEurope

8 жыл бұрын

+Matthew Russell Thank you! We are very pleased you enjoy our videos.

@StaffordMagnus

8 жыл бұрын

+Wargaming Europe Agree with OP, though I do notice some audible distortion right at the start of the video when Richard begins his intro. Other than that, love watching these during my lunch break - keep up the good work!

@ChrisJones-yu9rz

2 жыл бұрын

@@WargamingEurope More than six years later, STILL awesome!!!

I've loved the Stuart tank ever sense I first saw it on Brothers in Arms: road to hill 30

@alexwest2573

2 жыл бұрын

There was a m3 Stuart that you would guide through town in Medal of Honor pacific assault, since then I’ve preferred the look of the m3 over the m5 Stuart

my father has a full command tank radio, meant for the m4 sherman in 1944 with full mounts, radio, spare parts, manuals, antenna, etc, all garage sale finds. he uses it for HAM radio but it's in amazing condition and he'd love to give it a new home

I damn love the Chaffee, I wish I had one :) Love it so much I use it in world of Tanks often.

@Daylon91

7 жыл бұрын

HeeroYuy911 yea that's because your weight class is put against similar classes but that wouldn't be in warfare

@Macaco23284

3 жыл бұрын

🙂🤝🇧🇷🇺🇸

Thanks again Richard for another good vid!

Absolutely awesome series love the challenger

Great video, i love these two tanks!

I LOVE these videos. They seem complete, full of interesting data/facts and very well presented. The presenter obviously loves armoured vehicles but does not get goofy about it by throwing adjectives all over the place. I think his presenting is spot on. But I wish you would tone down the 'bang' every time you change segments. The noise after the bang is cool. But the Bang itself is a bit jolting (unnecessarily, imo) - especially when you have headphones on (which I have to wear when watching these videos on my PC).

My passion is for aeroplanes, particularly WWII Warbirds...and then mainly the Spitfire. But watching these videos is getting me hooked into the World of Tanks.. excellent videos!

Nice vid Richard

I realized that it's seldom remembered but there was a minor conflict in the Pacific where the M5 and even the M3 give good service as infantry support. the M8 gun carriage based on the same Hull also did very well

The Chaffee really brought out the Philippine Army's fetish for light tanks...

@docterlancedamiray333

5 жыл бұрын

what do you mean?

@miked884

4 жыл бұрын

@@docterlancedamiray333 Korean war dude we used M24 chaffee and since then we bought light tanks our last was the M41 Walker Bulldog

@docterlancedamiray333

4 жыл бұрын

@@miked884 ...did you just respond to my 1 year question?

@gustavolemonke

4 жыл бұрын

And honduras Guatemala’s el salvadors too

@senoit7466

3 жыл бұрын

M41 Walker Bulldog was our latest tank

El Ejército Nacional de Uruguay operó el M3 Stuart hasta fines de los '90 como carro de instrucción, y hace muy poco se dieron de baja 17 M24 Chafee(que fueron modernizados y mejorados en los '90).

great video 👍 💯

Great video

A very nice review. Comparing the 2 light tanks was a great idea. Thanks.

Hey Honey, I replaced your Stuart with a Chaffee...

@awfullygenericname6783

6 жыл бұрын

okrajoe Honey was an unofficial nickname for the Stuart

@vidribbin

5 жыл бұрын

And took a gun out of a plane and stuck it to a tank

@f14tomcata88

4 жыл бұрын

R/whoosh

I like the Chaffee, its a very neat and tidy looking tank! :)

Any chance we'd ever see the Chilean Army upgrade of the Chaffee with the 60mm High Velocity gun in game?

Great report Richard, well done.

Hey. Whats the song used at the start ? Sounds so epic

would love to see one of these remade with modern advances in machining and equipment.

It may be here or may not but the M-24 was still in use in Norway until the early 1990s. They were upgunned to a French low-pressure 90mm main gun and had the power pack replaced. The Norwegians saw this as a relatively low cost upgrade to a proven vehicle.

Krasa!

These are still two highly combat capable machines even today. The numbers produced alone speak *"volumes"* (so to speak.)

great

M3 Stuart was a scout tank and used in pacific campaign

@paulsteaven

2 жыл бұрын

As well as the main tank of the US Army in the Pacific until the arrival of M4 Shermans. The IJA also used captured US Army M3 Stuarts for also in defending the Philippines together with their own tanks and SPGs.

@filipfilip9717

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulsteaven yes, thank you

I was hoping that with your presentation of the differences between the Stuart and the Chaffee you would discuss the Tank Commander's Vane Sight that was mounted on the M-24, and how it was used for sighting the main gun. It you have any information about the "L-Shaped" sight I would be thankful if you could pass that along to me. I tried finding information on how TC's would use if for indirect fire, or helping with target acquisition for the gunner, but I have not found very much at all.

The Chaffee seemed a logical concept: A light, fast tank with a potent 75mm main gun. The drawback: light armor. As fast as the Chaffee was, I'd have felt confidant in one at WW2's end.

@artificialintelligence8328

8 жыл бұрын

The only way they could keep the tank below 20 tons was to keep armor at a minimum.

I love all these vids but more on there combat history would be good. It was just getting good. Challenger did not mention it also saw action with Pakistan during there wars with India. It also served in Chilli in modernised form until recently. More on combat history please or even better do a series.

M-24's look cool..........Saw alotta them in the Henry Fonda movie "Battle Of The Bulge" with Telly Savalas as Guffy the M-24 tank commander, Charles Bronson, and "Danno" from Hawaii 5-0 was a Lt.Robert Shaw was the German Tiger II commander trying to race to the fuel dumps to get fuel for his tank army. Good film, nice tank!

Why oh why did you nerf my M5 Stuart? I was a rolling nightmare on tracks for those "Artys" with the howitzer.

need the Chaffee as daily car, realy nice design

Both the Stuart and Chaffee had seen action in Korea

idk why, But its satisfying when i hear them talk about how america and uk worked together so well

@countercuIture

5 жыл бұрын

Fr America and UK are hella the best duo

Have this series covered the panther and king tiger? If not plz do these two soon Wargaming

@WargamingEurope

8 жыл бұрын

+Liam Morrison (Kirito Senpai) Nope, not yet. We are though planning on doing it.

@sammni

8 жыл бұрын

+Wargaming Europe Why was assault guns done away with? The STUG was such a success and cheaper to produce. I know the Swedes made the S Tank. But in these times of military cut backs are they not better bringing in a modern assault guns.

@StrelokNikitin

8 жыл бұрын

+sammni Turretless tanks cannot fire on the move. That's a huge deal breaker when we're talking about modern mobile warfare.

@ValentineC137

8 жыл бұрын

+sammni The S-tank is a MBT!

@lolololtaalasmaa5393

8 жыл бұрын

+deodorantdeath yes the can

Im new seeing all of this tank thing but how does the turret and the body of the tank works , like how the crew could get in and not get crushed with the turret?

I've seen 4 M24's here in Thailand. I wonder how much one is worth on the market?

Love the Chaffee

Personally I’ve always been drawn to the M3 tank. I suppose it was because of a comic book I think was named ghost tank, it was looked over bythe ghost of JEB Sturat I think the tank commander was related to him. However, Say what you want but the M24 Chaffee is a beautiful looking tank atleast on the outside. Was it any good, I don’t know but it’s still a winner in the beauty category.

bring the chaffie to blitz

@TheotherTempestfox

8 жыл бұрын

+popojoeexplode I dunno, the maps on Blitz are smaller and have less room to maneuver. And due to the clunky touch screen controls tanks that rely on mobility suffer.

@coraline7866

8 жыл бұрын

+Kevin Jack-Nunez Not for all light tanks

@five5105

7 жыл бұрын

That particular line is being introduced very, very shortly.

@yeetosyeeterofyeet1825

6 жыл бұрын

It's already here for a long time actually

@sobersnake4524

6 жыл бұрын

J Bautista check date of original post

11:22 Does anyone know what the intended use of the panel with the numbers is?

HVAP ammunition was scarce during the war and mainly allocated to tank destroyer units, so its penetration is not very relevant as a measure of the effectiveness of the Chaffee's 75 mm gun.

@joydiv0

8 жыл бұрын

Great video, though.

I really like this tank and I love it in war thunder!

The American factories flooded the battlefield with these along with the capable M 4 Sherman. Look at it like having hundreds of thousands of Chuckies (from the horror movie) rampaging through your Oktoberfest.

The M5 Stuart is my favorite tank

13:20 unless you have a TOW type missle launcher on side

Just got the m5 Stuart

To me the Chaffee is a great illustration of US tank progress. The Americans go from have no 75mm guns, to having a hull mounted one, to finally getting it on the turret of the Sherman, and then by the end of the war it's on the light tank.

Where do I find the one with the M3 Stuart

m 24 Chaffee is my favorite tank in WOT

@gonewiththewind8072

6 жыл бұрын

Narwhal Gaming PLAY WAR THUNDER

@trollcat_2245

5 жыл бұрын

My Chi-Nu is better

@scoot3367

5 жыл бұрын

Me tooo

@-slice-6103

4 жыл бұрын

Trollcat _22 I had a higher WR on Chaffee than I did with Chi-Nu. Not a fan of Japan’s tanks.

@-slice-6103

4 жыл бұрын

Trollcat _22 mt-25 >

+Wargaming Europe At 7:35 I can see that your not trying to get your finger prints on that Chaffee. :-P

Slightly off topic but does anyone know about fort Chaffee? The one near fort smith that was filled with asbestos in its barracks that “conveniently” burned down instead of a hazmat team coming down and doing it themselves. A whole lot of cancer started after in my family for those who lived near I wonder if the similar names have anything to do with each other.

10:30 easily penetrate the frontal armour of a Panzer IV..nice Too bad I only get in tier 7-8 match makings XD

@chrisr7341

8 жыл бұрын

6-8 ;)

@tomdibernardo1699

5 жыл бұрын

No problem with that in WT lol

I got a question why if the m5 replaced the m3 why did the marines still use it

What is the purpose of the angled projection on the right side of the M5 turret?

@tomdibernardo1699

5 жыл бұрын

what are you referring to ? the vision slit on the right side of it ? if not that it may just be angled armor to give some false sense of effective thickness. sloped is better then flat in any situation.

@4192362

4 жыл бұрын

It’s an armoured cover for the .30 calibration Browning. It swings down into the cover.

The m24 toffee:D

@mave2119

7 жыл бұрын

lol

I read somewhere that the British Military deny naming the Stuart "The Honey". They claim this is an Americanism. The British said that in the UK at that time honey is something you put on toast. It was never at that time something you called your girlfriend or wife. That was a pure Americanism.

Ahora que lo pienso...el Chaffee si se parecía bastante a los Panzer

What about BT-7 art.?

plz add in more tanks to blitz other than premium or limited time tanks like the anger Conner or the is3 defender

7:32 who feed annie?

Comment obtenir des pièces de rechanges pour APC casspir transport de troupe

I feel like he should do the M22

what about the m22?

rip chuckle

@vidribbin

5 жыл бұрын

Crude joke, i liked watching this video, thanks :)

What's the music ?

When use correctly light tanks are highly valuable. The light tanks use less fuel they can exploit flanks and generally harass the enemy better than the fuel hog heavy's. Light tank armor should only be expected to protect the crew from rifle fire and shrapnel. The speed of the light tank is it's advantage. The M3 Stuart was very capable with the 37mm gun to take advantage of flanking enemy tanks. Fighting head on would not be the way to use light tanks, they would not survive frontal assaults. Hit and run, never trade punches with any other tank. It is not practical to engineer tanks to take more than it can dish out, but that is what has been done. The Chaffee with it's 75mm gun was a worthy replacement for the Stuart. The 37mm lost the confidence of tankers because it was the smallest gun on the battle field. The controversy of small hole -vs- big hole, the big hole gives better odds of a one shot kill but reloading is slower so if a miss is scored the smaller faster reloading gun is favored. That gave way to the slow heavy M6 mounted with both a big hole maker 76mm and a small hole maker 37mm. The 76mm M18 tank destroyer filled the flank and harass role best, it just needed a lid on the turret.

What was the most comfortable tank of WWII? Which was the best just sitting and moving around in? Which had the best cross country performance?

@Lde790

8 жыл бұрын

Believe it or not but the tiger had an amazing suspension that provides great comfort when going over rough terrain.

@peterson7082

8 жыл бұрын

+Tizer m8 Amazing suspension for the crew, not the mechanics.

@dennis-_1753

8 жыл бұрын

Hellcat

@johnburns4017

7 жыл бұрын

Crews loved the Churchill as it was spacious and the armour of a Tiger.

@peterson7082

7 жыл бұрын

***** Well for the Churchill VII true, anything prior no.

can you amagin one of those rolling down youre street

@jamesleon457

8 жыл бұрын

Well, I do live in San Diego, and there was that incident with the M60.

I didn't know barry chuckle was into tanks

M5 Stuart tank♡♡

Whats the best way to avoid bieng penetrate by german tank!

@tomdibernardo1699

5 жыл бұрын

Don't get seen by one lol. Not even sure in Wot or WT if angling would help much. In WT Ive managed to occasionally bounce a round, but it was likely a poorly aimed shot to begin with at an extreme angle. With armor that thin 50cal HMG's can go through your sides, best advice avoid getting spotted or fired on first, use its speed and maneuverability to evade shots or get behind cover.

why can we use the machine gun?

light tanks in the modern era will be turned into recon vehicles,but what about light tanks turning into tank hunters?

3:26 That is a Matilda...Not an M3.

Im Here Coz I Using M5 Stuart for a Long Time Without Upgrading for a Large and Better Class in World Of Tanks Game..😅😅

we need more tanks movie plz!!!

@capueanjoulis

8 жыл бұрын

+Safwan Joulis btw,i loved the m5a1 stuart,had like 62% with 150+ battles

@someguyontheinternet6441

4 жыл бұрын

Why did you reply to yourself?

steel coffins

Is 7 plzz

Add them to next upadate

@jakubsentivan5141

8 жыл бұрын

Yes

@The3Lego3Freak

8 жыл бұрын

You guys are idiots! M2 M3 M5 and M24 Chaffe have been in WoT for ages

@mohamedkh4024

8 жыл бұрын

Yes bro...... But not in blitz ** ....... Behave btw

@peterseagrave4051

8 жыл бұрын

+Mohamed Kh I don't mean to be rude, but perhaps you should've specified.

@mohamedkh4024

8 жыл бұрын

+Peter Seagrave , im with you in this point, but its not his right to say , thanks for your note anyway :)

I wonder how the the armor of the stuart and the chaffee would have stood up to the anti armor and anti personnel mines of the nva and Vietcong back in nam.?

@tomdibernardo1699

5 жыл бұрын

Likely very poorly, it wouldn't have stood up to WW2 anti armor weapons and mines.

@mbr5742

5 жыл бұрын

Lousy. Read books like Praying for Slack or Tank Sergeant about M48A3 in Vietnam. Even they where vulnerable

@tomdibernardo1699

5 жыл бұрын

@@mbr5742 yup by the time the Shermam hit Nam they were little more then a IFV. far too past their prime.

@mbr5742

5 жыл бұрын

@@tomdibernardo1699 M48 is Patton, Sherman is M4. Totally different tanks even different design Linde with M48 coming from the M26 Pershing

@tomdibernardo1699

5 жыл бұрын

shit your right i misread that as an easy 8 coding, we i was still correct, they did still use them till they fell apart, up to nam@@mbr5742

Man I know there is already a video on the Sherman, but I would love to see a video for this series on the most feared Sherman, the Sherman Firefly.

@WargamingEurope

8 жыл бұрын

+Eblank3218 Noted :)

@tomdibernardo1699

5 жыл бұрын

It's just a Sherman up gunned with a 17 pounder, nothing special about it.

@oxide8696

5 жыл бұрын

Cough Cough Jumbo Sherman.

And both are still use in manny or same Latin American State today.

AMX ELC bis

5:00 So it was faster off-road than on the road? Wtf Wargaming...

@HaxGamerr

8 жыл бұрын

+Marc L. 36km/h on-road and 18km/h off-road. Listen again.

@jaumeferrer4868

8 жыл бұрын

+Hax ja Mix and 64 in game lol

@marcl.1346

8 жыл бұрын

Hax ja Mix I hear 80/eighty time and time again

@Paciat

8 жыл бұрын

+Marc L. I think it means marching speed. A speed that a tank can maintain for at least 5 hours.

@TheotherTempestfox

8 жыл бұрын

+Marc L. turn subtitles on then. he says 18.

The game brought me here. Getting bored with Fifa16 and Black Ops3 on XBOX1. Cool video.

Thanks for turkish language translate.

@WargamingEurope

8 жыл бұрын

+Burakahmet DH Will pass your thanks to our Turkish Team :)

@FourCrevTR

8 жыл бұрын

+Wargaming Europe Türkish languege taranslete thankyou:)

Wait, M24 has an autoloader? Why in war thunder it doesnt??

@tomdibernardo1699

5 жыл бұрын

it wasn't an auto loader gun.

Then simple make a even FASTER tank!

What does HVAP mean?

@WargamingEurope

8 жыл бұрын

+Spyronite913 High Velocity Armour Piercing

@mohamedkh4024

8 жыл бұрын

+Wargaming europe ,you also answer people, thats why we like you! , i tryed wg for 5 years, i just see respect , fun ,surprise over surprise....... Good work wg..... I hope you always go forword!

@Spyronite913

8 жыл бұрын

Wargaming Europe Thank you very much! It's nice that you answer people ^^

@WargamingEurope

8 жыл бұрын

+Mohamed Kh What a nice comment, thank you sir appreciated, Challenger

@johnsavage490

8 жыл бұрын

+Mohamed Kh you are sick !!! ahahhh respect from WG ?

I’m sorry, undergunned? This tanks gun penetrated pz lll and lv like butter.

@tomdibernardo1699

5 жыл бұрын

The 3 yes the 4 not so much, the 4 has 80mm frontal armor, the best M3 37mm shell had 61mm of pen, unless it was a side shot it wasn't going to have much chance of penetrating a panzer 4

Bazooka is bigger than its cannon.

Excellent video as always. But the game itself (World of tanks) is way inferior compare to Warthunder.

@blaster112

6 жыл бұрын

TJ D they are designed completely differently. They main place for comparison is graphics. Which atm I'll agree WT looks better, but the Hd maps coming into wot are gorgeous. In terms of gameplay Wot is much more arcade style, while WT focusses much more on realism. Comparing it is like comparing Mario kart to F1 2017 (or a similar game focussed on realism).

🙂🤝🇧🇷🇺🇸 In memory of your heroes

Here because of Enlisted.

日本語字幕が有るのはありがたい。

I'm playing world of tanks and I'm in a m3 Stuart

Why did people in the field mistaken the Chaffee for a German Tank? It looks uniquely American. Where they like, Hey that tank doesn't have a high profile, it must be an enemy?

@elderscrollsaddict1142

8 жыл бұрын

+-T-X-M- then how did they fit in other light tanks you idiot

@elderscrollsaddict1142

8 жыл бұрын

+-T-X-M- not all

@elderscrollsaddict1142

8 жыл бұрын

+-T-X-M- so you can have better armor or fit fat lords inside

@elderscrollsaddict1142

8 жыл бұрын

+-T-X-M- part of that is true because Americans where physically bigger. Now Americans are just fat.

@elderscrollsaddict1142

8 жыл бұрын

+-T-X-M- how about you read up on stuff. Ww2 books literally SAY physically