Thanks for my new ringtone...

@RitaGamer

4 жыл бұрын

A man of culture.

@unbekannternr.1353

4 жыл бұрын

@Peter Möller Guten Tag Herr Möller und sonnige Grüße aus Berlin. I just take a mp3-recording from a video with my cell phone and chose this audiofile as a ringtone, please help Yourself.

@unbekannternr.1353

4 жыл бұрын

@Peter Möller Ihr Deutsch ist eher nicht schlimm, danke für Ihre Mühe!

@stevenmc56

3 жыл бұрын

Yes true

@quintensmodels5966

2 жыл бұрын

Top speed of the sherman firefly is 50kmh wich is very fast and the tank weighs 35 tons normal shermans weigh 31-33 tons Max so its 2 tons heavyer than all the other shermans the normal plane engine sherman weighs 31 tons and has a max top speed of 48kmh

Thank you for not putting music over this lovely engine's sounds.

@RitaGamer

4 жыл бұрын

No problem! Thanks for watching!

@pussycat6469

4 жыл бұрын

Zakiriel .

@drrocketman7794

2 жыл бұрын

What are you talking about? This *is* music

A Sherman firefly with the right gun is rare to find. A Sherman firefly with a Multibank engine is even rarer! I got you the Sherman Firefly that has both! Only the best tank porn for you!

@Krwekrw

4 жыл бұрын

I lost!

@RitaGamer

4 жыл бұрын

@@Krwekrw Missing you! Hoping to see you soon on Stream! (Getting my ass back into it!)

@Krwekrw

4 жыл бұрын

@@RitaGamer Possibly once i see you online :-)

@bradleyhancock8719

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Rita I understand why the engine would be ultra rare but why would the mark VII 17pdr cannon be rare as well? That multi-bank sounds great, I've read both good and bad accounts of that engine.

@RitaGamer

4 жыл бұрын

@@bradleyhancock8719 Not many fireflies have the right cannon

"if you want? we can start him up?!" how cool can a guy be :D *heartbeat raises*

@RitaGamer

4 жыл бұрын

Willem was a star!

A girl that likes tanks? Even rarer than the Firefly lmao

@RitaGamer

4 жыл бұрын

I genuinely had s sensible chuckle reading this. Thanks for watching! 😁👌

@RipCreditsFMJ

3 жыл бұрын

Girls und Panzer, there alot of girls(anime) , who like tanks

@lol-un6nl

3 жыл бұрын

@@RipCreditsFMJ drawings

@RipCreditsFMJ

3 жыл бұрын

@@lol-un6nl don t hurt me pls.

@RipCreditsFMJ

3 жыл бұрын

@@lol-un6nl lol

This engine been modified by our mechanical genius, Moriarty. This tank is faster than any other tank in the European theater of operations, forward of backwards. See we like to think we can get out of trouble quicker than we got into it.

@mr.m2556

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks oddball....I enjoyed the Kelly's Heroes nod.

@CarLos-yi7ne

4 жыл бұрын

That one was a M4A3 with a Ford GAA 😉

@B2091

4 жыл бұрын

“I only ride em, I dunno what makes em work”

@andrej325ci5

4 жыл бұрын

88mm Shell from Tiger was quicker, as we saw xD Piece if crap.

@kalgstol

4 жыл бұрын

🤣

That has to be the quietest tank I’ve ever heard

@JakeTheTankmaster

4 жыл бұрын

5 car engines put together

@JackG79

3 жыл бұрын

This is how they SHOULD sound. an awful lot of the stuff you see and hear now days either has new diesel engines in them, or they have peried correct engine that are on their last leg. not running correctly, and or have little to no exhaust left. It's amazing how many of these you see at shows that have period correct engines, but the exhaust manifold gaskets are blow out bad, and the actual pipes are rotted to hell. This is exactly how this machine should sound. Whoever maintains this machine is either themselves a dayum good mechanic, or they have assembled a great workshop/team to keep this thing in "Fighting Shape"

My father was a Sherman tank commander in the New Zealand Division in Italy, 1944/45. This would bring back some memories for him.

It makes sense that the Chrysler multi bank engine is considered one of the smoothest and best preforming. You in essence have a series of inline 6 cylinder engines running in tandem. The 6 cylinder is an inherently balanced engine with a long piston stroke providing low engine vibration and a smooth torque curve.

@Marc83Aus

4 жыл бұрын

@ Different models used different engines, some models used a radial aircraft engine, and later shemans used an 18 litre turbocharged V8.

@theone5716

4 жыл бұрын

@@Marc83Aus the V8 was a 18 litre Ford GAA. Not turbocharged, but fuel injected and DOHC

@Marc83Aus

4 жыл бұрын

@@theone5716 Oh I'm sadly Misinformed. I Watched a video recently where a turbo charger had been fitted to a GAAand assumed they were all turbo charged.

@theone5716

4 жыл бұрын

@@Marc83Aus it's possible as many drag racers used those as an interesting (and more fuel burning) alternative to the 460 and 462 big block Fords. There's a 1969 Mustang dragster with a GAA tank engine and its on Google.

@skyraider87

3 жыл бұрын

@@Marc83Aus there was the Sherman with the Detroit 6 71 diesel in it.

Apparently the British loved the A57, and dispite the seeming complexity of it, was a reliable engine that gave them good service. Facts which have always surprised me. Thanks for sharing.

@nunyabidniz2868

4 жыл бұрын

If one L6 is reliable, 5 of them have to be 5 times as reliable, right? %-D

@572Btriode

2 жыл бұрын

AFAIK, The Americans fought shy of the M4A4 and the complexity of the A57 engine and I believe none were ever officially operated by the US army, all were sent to the UK as lend-lease for the British army fitted with the usual 75mm medium velocity gun, not all were converted into the Sherman VC "Firefly". Somewhere around 7,500 M4A4's were made and about 2,000 ~ 2,200 converted to VC Firefly configuration.

@standard-carrier-wo-chan

Жыл бұрын

It was almost literally 5 car engines welded together, so it acts like 5 separate engines that happened to drive one crankshaft. If two of the five "engines" fail, the tank would still get the crew into cover handily.

The first few seconds of this video appear to show a Sherman driving from the square around the corner where my dad's tank was blown up. (My dad was the driver; Tank commander Capt. McWilliams) the radio operator was killed in the attack. I believe dad's tank was a standard twin engined one (third engine was the 500cc starter engine) I have his original manual sucked away.

That laugh at the end really shows your joy at dealing with such an amazing piece of history.

@RitaGamer

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't even realise I had until I started editing the video! Armoured vehicles are my joy in life!

When you need a loan to change spark plugs

@jasonharmon7373

4 жыл бұрын

I think the worst thing for spark plugs would be the B-36 bomber. 6 28 cylinder Wasp Major engines with 2 plugs per cylinder = 336 plugs on one plane.

@beltfed4624

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasonharmon7373 I honestly did not know that, and can only pity the poor soul who was tasked with changing all those plugs.

I’ve worked on some of these engines before here in the states, (just the Chrysler 6, not the multi bank) its amazing how it kept such a recognizable sound in this application

I must say, it's odd hearing a 30 cylinder Chrysler engine running on pump-gas! Great video! Shame you weren't allowed inside!

@RitaGamer

4 жыл бұрын

Check this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nWh1k86qlNeeoJc.html I uploaded the inside of the Firefly before I did the engine.

@hisexcellencytrump855

4 жыл бұрын

How many gallons to a mile

@johnmagill1011

4 жыл бұрын

@@hisexcellencytrump855 Probably 2.

@nunyabidniz2868

4 жыл бұрын

@@hisexcellencytrump855 3

The American military didn’t like these engines because they thought they were far too complex and maintenance heavy. So they lumbered the British with them... who it turned out loved them because despite the complexity they were very reliable engines.

@SvenTviking

3 жыл бұрын

The British along with Chrysler, altered the position of engine ancillaries like the distributors and fuel, oil and water pumps and the various filters to make them easy to access and service and that sorted the motors out.

@ProctorsGamble

5 ай бұрын

This is a later version with one water pump. Earlier there were five and five drive belts! One for each bank.

I had a 55 Fargo truck sounded a fifth as good. :)

Wow. 30 cylinders. Didn't know about this engine. I guess the mechanics were in heaven. Thanks for sharing and recording its sound like you did.

@wingsken

3 жыл бұрын

its a multibank, so its not 1 engine with 30 cylinders, but 5 engines with 6 cylinders.

Sherman firefly: "Does anybody knows which direction berlin is?"

@lorrainebrown1601

4 жыл бұрын

Umm...yeah, you take the third Reich

The M4A4 Sherman and the Chrysler multibank engine deserve more credit than given. Those six cylinder engines were not built for military use but they were available. Chrysler engineers did a heroic job putting together the multibank engine to work in the Sherman. The British were even more heroic taking these unproven weapons and standing up to a better equipped enemy . Thanks to all those who fought for our freedom.

@RitaGamer

4 жыл бұрын

Well said sir!

Someone has put a lot of love in that engine, sounds beautiful.

@RitaGamer

4 жыл бұрын

Very much indeed sir!

@BeOz3

4 жыл бұрын

@no satisfaction Because it is the sound of liberation.

Wow. A very rare M4 with a working multi-bank engine. Cheers

@RitaGamer

4 жыл бұрын

Very rare indeed sir!

@mr.m2556

4 жыл бұрын

I will be keeping my eye on you....so find us some more tanks.

In an old magazine Chrysler boasted I t could lose 2/3rds of its cylinders and still move the tank.

"sir the engine is no good" "THEN PUT 5 CAR ENGINE IN IT'

Beautiful sherman and amazing sound of the Chrysler multibank engine.

The thing I like to see the most when we enter a city with any WW2 vehicle is the faces of the citizens who doesn't know what's going on :) And of course for all big engine vhehicles where the sounds echo's through the streets...that's priceless !!!

Awesome restoration ,it has a magnificent sound. Thanks Rita for not adding music!!

One of these engines is on display at the auto museum in Rogers Minnesota

Thank you, Rita.

This here is our mechanical genius Moriarty. I was waiting for him to also talk about how fast it is in Reverse!

Who would have thought 5 straight sixes would sound that awsome?

This vid was the first thing to get me to genuinely smile in a few days, thanks Rita.

Very cool and very rare. Thank the guys for keeping this machine working. Thanks for sharing.

Very nice video of our Firefly Rita.

@RitaGamer

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you love!

Beautiful sound! The multibank engine was an amazing accomplishment using production passenger car 6 cylinder engines.

the A57 was so absurdly cool, I love that there are some still running.

Thank you for the great video of this very rare tank configuration. The engine sounds wonderful. It sounds like FREEDOM!

@RitaGamer

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words and for watching! 😊

Thanks for the great video! Sounds amazing!

That is one of the neatest engine setups ever! Thanks for sharing.

That is beautiful! Thank you for sharing!

That certainly stirs the blood.

Thank you YT for putting a video in my feed that I actually wanted to see. Thank you Rita for the great content, you just got a new subscriber.

@RitaGamer

4 жыл бұрын

Aww this is the first thing I read this morning! Thank you so much dear! Anything I can do to make Military vehicle lovers happy!

3:50 Cool to see the two of the Top-Dead-Center timing mark pointers (red triangle) on two of the crank ends. Thank you to the people who keep this history alive.

Wow that is a gorgeous sound, thanks so much for posting!

@RitaGamer

4 жыл бұрын

And thank you for watching sir!😊

Soo this is what *"Get some 5 car engines and put them together"* sounds like

Absolutely amazing find, keep the content coming!

@RitaGamer

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely! thank you so much for watching!

AHH I love the smell of tank exhaust in the morning !!!

@razor1uk610

Жыл бұрын

...just don't be using a camp shower...

The cam sounds a lot more aggresive than i thought it would've been

@JetsonRING

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think it was aggressively cammed, I think it was simply cold. My old Trans Am sounded like a dragster when started cold.

@Youtubeforcedmetochangemyname

4 жыл бұрын

@@JetsonRING I think it sounds that way because its a multi bank engine with separate ignition for each bank but a common central crank

@JetsonRING

4 жыл бұрын

@@KZreadforcedmetochangemyname When he started the engine, I too thought it sounded very aggressively cammed but it smoothed out as it warmed up.

@razor1uk610

Жыл бұрын

It sounds aggressive as each engine operates individually, but each cylinder of a bank effectively fires 24 degrees before the same cylinder of the next bank does, through all 5 engine banks; all running identical, normal firing patterns, just multiplied in staggered Parallel, = 30 cylinders of 7.5:1 compressive fun !

5 inline Chrysler 6 cylinder engines put into one big ole block case.

Awesome Rita Thanks so much friend

Always great to see rare surviving tank that can still operate.

1) The engine sounds beautiful. 2) I think this may be the first time I have ever seen a Sherman with the headlights on.

Wow! a tank with a fast acceleration, nice. makes me want to install a NOS system on it and see if it can drift also. thanks for sharing.

@B2091

4 жыл бұрын

Kathleen Shaw Fantastic story! Thank you for sharing it 😎

Very cool. Thank you Rita!

Beautiful, a firefly rolling trough the streets perfect!

Thanks for sharing this unique piece Rita

@RitaGamer

4 жыл бұрын

And thank you for watching!

hi rita just seen this great vid you done fantastic and wow what a growl from the engine great work keep it up all the best maxgothic

Rommel said: "The german panzer tank can destroy ten American Sherman's before being destroyed itself.... but the Americans have eleven."

@FMHikari

4 жыл бұрын

And are cheaper to maintain, recover and repair

@johnnymcblaze

4 жыл бұрын

@@FMHikari Plus the panzers are prone to malfunction and fuel issues. Source, Kelly's heros.

@JetsonRING

4 жыл бұрын

The USA could out-produce the Germans eleven to one.

@Metal_Tao

4 жыл бұрын

And make better tanks, more reliable tanks, and better performing tanks and more survivable tanks.

@andrewallen9993

4 жыл бұрын

But like T-34 also :)

It is nice to see, the only working one from 2100 produced.

'Shall we start this engine?' ''Yeah, yeah'' She might be a keeper ...

wasn't this engine a bunch of Chrysler 6 bangers stuck together? sounds good!

@razor1uk610

Жыл бұрын

Yes, they all shared a common central casting as each of their own lower crankcase.

sounds wonderful

Excellent video Rita :)

@RitaGamer

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Scott! :D

Sherman driver I know hated working on them. Gotta be a genius to tune it he said.

This was interteresting machine, good video!

7,499 Sherman's were fitted with this engine along with 109 Lee's, the fact that something like that is rare says a lot about how much WW2 equipment got scrapped after the war, some of the engines probably wound up powering saw mills and the like.

Extremely cool! 😮😄👍👍 I shared this!

Funny how the variant with the most moving engine parts wound up becoming one of the most reliable. My fave will always be the Conti, but the Multibank is special and weird and has its own sort of magic. Love seeing them in action, and in the right tank no less!

I'm going to need a rag

If you look carefully you can see the hours of work that went into getting it running that smoothly. Very impressive on modern petrol.

30 cylinders.....running like a dream....I can't even get my POS 4 banger running right at the moment.

@MrS22222

4 жыл бұрын

To be fair, 5 of those cylinders could be dead and we wouldn't notice lol.

What a sweet sounding engine.

THAT SOUNDS BLOODY MARVELLOUS better than the old Detroit motor.

can we appreciate how good a sherman looks with a 17pdr

Oh wow. Amazing. Headphones! Thanks Rita.

@RitaGamer

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😍

Amazing thank you👍👍

@RitaGamer

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! 🥰

Gives you a sense of how vulnerable tanks are while fighting in city streets. They really depend on the infantry to keep their flanks clear. That multi-bank sounds so good at low idle.

Beautiful tank!

That that engine actually worked is amazing. I mean German equipment gets a lot of stick for beeing to complicated, but this is very complicated and worked anyway :) Also very nice of them to start it and very charming accents all around.

Rita you were giddy over this !! I know car girls are rare , but tank girls even more so !!

Very nice.

True sound of freedom.... along with the merlin

That vehicle in that location kind of sends a shiver up the spine.

(Very interesting) thank you Rita. Now this is history at its finest.

The idle sounds fantastic

imagine about to go to bed and you hear you grandpa scream “ *THEY ARE BACK!* “

awesome!

Fantastic.

How cool . torque must be outstanding !

Sounds like a drag car love it

You have a new sub this is amazing

@RitaGamer

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much ! Welcome! 🥰

@Youtubeforcedmetochangemyname

4 жыл бұрын

@@RitaGamer looking forward to more of your great content

Very Good!

Someone is bound to ask "Why use a bunch of 6-cyl engines? Why not V-8s?" Harry Ricardo figured it all out during WW1 and explained why the in-line 6 ["L6," the "i" is understood/silent... ;-) ] in his 1921 book _The High Speed Internal Combustion Engine_ [remember, at the time, 2k rpm was considered "hi-speed."] It all comes down to balance. This is also why the great water-cooled aero engines of the time were V-12s [two L6's in a V.] Anyway, aside from Ford (flat head) V-8s, all the car manufacturers were pretty much focused on building L6s. So that's why 5 of them in a multibank could fit in the same space as the (normal Sherman powerpack] of the air-cooled radial & use the existing production capacity for passenger car engines that was going unused since nobody was allowed to build/buy passenger vehicles for the war effort ["rationing;" also why all the new cars for the 1st couple years after the end of WW2 looked like pre-war models.] Also, since each L6 had perfect primary balance, it didn't matter that there was an odd number of them...

Nice one 👍

Great shot of that engine. You can see the different distributors for each engine with all the spark plug wires coming off them. Cool. Yeah - with as many Sherman's as they made they had a number of different engine types they used. A lot of the Marine Sherman's were diesels. .

What a brilliant video

@landenschooler6726

3 жыл бұрын

According to my late father at times the two cylinder banks at the bottom he would have to pull the spark plugs out to turn the engines over cuz the cylinders would fill with oil....

@EMTBAFV

3 жыл бұрын

@@landenschooler6726 that's what happened with the radial engines and alot of the Germans maybachs that's why they had to turn them over with the hand crank 60 time's before they could start the thing! Bugger that for a quick getaway eh!

Very good my friend! Congratulations from Brazil! 👏🇧🇷

@RitaGamer

4 жыл бұрын

De nada! Obrigado! :D

Look at that! Start's right up!

Oh Hell Yeah! That is Freaking Awesome!

Beautiful tank.