Tank Chats #82 Challenger 1 | The Tank Museum

David Willey, The Tank Museum Curator, discusses the development and deployment of the UK's Main Battle Tank from 1983 - 2001, the Challenger 1.
Challenger 1 was in service with the British Army and saw action during the First Gulf War. It remains in service with the Jordanian Army.
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  • @stevebettany8778
    @stevebettany87784 жыл бұрын

    Great video I’ll bet you were ready for a cuppa after that.

  • @InternetEntity

    @InternetEntity

    4 жыл бұрын

    There should be a -kettle- boiling vessel just behind you, Mr. Willey.

  • @InternetEntity

    @InternetEntity

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Brad Johnson No, no: it simply must be hot!

  • @FureyinHD

    @FureyinHD

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Brad Johnson No probs man the Challenger has a hot water boiler built in, so our crews get hot tea like it's a 60 ton vending machine.

  • @oneenglishbastard87

    @oneenglishbastard87

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Brad Johnson It's the source of all our power. We won't fight a war unless there's tea involved.

  • @user-ed6cf2ib7d

    @user-ed6cf2ib7d

    2 жыл бұрын

    สวัดดีคับ

  • @ODD_NUT
    @ODD_NUT Жыл бұрын

    I was a young REME Corporal in the Royal Hussars LAD when we received the first Chally 1's, in 1984. It Had a few problems with pack reliability or at least understanding it. The gearbox controller had issues as well , but we had full support and loads of VIP visists including Maggie Thacher. A few years later I was attached to the TOGS program next door at 7 Armd workshops, Stripping Chally 1, mk 1 and converting them to Chally 1 mk 2. Later and still posted in Fallingbostel, I went with the Scots DG to the Gulf war where the Chally 1, mk 3 with upgraded armour and extra fuel tanks and loads of extras really came to life and proved itself. A wonderful time to be a British Soldier, chally in the cold war theatre!!!

  • @Dalroi1
    @Dalroi14 жыл бұрын

    Excellent, absolutely loved the amount of historical detail in this one. Probably the best tank-chat yet.

  • @thetankmuseum

    @thetankmuseum

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Ste, glad you enjoyed it.

  • @coolminecraft1457

    @coolminecraft1457

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Tank Museum I didn’t really think about how Challenger came but now it might just be one of the most interesting stories for the development of a tank. Thank you definitely the most interesting Tank-chats yet keep up the great work 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @RichardHinds-qs2mi

    @RichardHinds-qs2mi

    7 ай бұрын

    Roger that, it was a great episode! I was an Abrams tanker (a1) after GW1. Always loved challenger 1 and 2. Thanks to the tank museum.

  • @allotment3275
    @allotment32754 жыл бұрын

    As a cadet, I drove a challenger 2 for 2 minutes at the age of 15. Amazing vehicle - thanks to the queens own hussars

  • @alucardtherealvampire6470

    @alucardtherealvampire6470

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @gusgone4527
    @gusgone45274 жыл бұрын

    Superb video! As a veteran of the 1991 conflict, I'm very pleased to confirm that those tanks give everyone cause to hold our heads high. In many ways it outperformed the M! Abrahams. A huge thank you not only to the folks who built it but also the civilian contractors who deployed alongside the troops and helped maintain the vehicles in the harshest of desert conditions. Some of whom became very ill as a consequence.

  • @Cloudman572

    @Cloudman572

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the info and your service. Always good to have a personal view added.

  • @jakem834

    @jakem834

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your service, Gus. The challenger 1 and its crews performed admirably during the 1st Gulf war - just showed what excellent training and courage can do.

  • @davidpotter6564
    @davidpotter65644 жыл бұрын

    Great video thanks. My uncle commanded a Challenger 1 in Iraq and I remember as a child visiting him in Lulworth and sitting in his tank. My favourite thing was looking through the Thermal Imaging sight, that was a great day!

  • @Chino56751

    @Chino56751

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'd feel pretty secure going into action in one of those. Challengers are built tough.

  • @mew357941

    @mew357941

    4 жыл бұрын

    Was it turned on? How was it? Need to know for research purposes.

  • @Chino56751

    @Chino56751

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mew357941 " Enemy Prius spotted ! Fire ! "

  • @mew357941

    @mew357941

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Chino56751 on the way!

  • @Chino56751

    @Chino56751

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mew357941 "Target destroyed, tango uniform ! "

  • @jamesmosley1549
    @jamesmosley15494 жыл бұрын

    This has been my favourite so far. So much history and info 10/10

  • @thetankmuseum

    @thetankmuseum

    4 жыл бұрын

    Great to hear you enjoyed it.

  • @user-ed6cf2ib7d

    @user-ed6cf2ib7d

    2 жыл бұрын

    ไม่ใช่เทคโนโลยีนะคับมีคนไทยไส่ร้ายผมคับไม่ใช้มันมาจากพลังงานในตัวผมและความสามารของผมจะว่าไปก็1เดียวในโลกคือผมคับทำได้

  • @Vespuchian
    @Vespuchian4 жыл бұрын

    "Fair old bit of wellie behind it" is my new favourite description of engine locomotive power.

  • @joebudde3302
    @joebudde33024 жыл бұрын

    Excellent production, solid thumbs up, thank you.

  • @thetankmuseum

    @thetankmuseum

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Joe!

  • @roygardiner2229
    @roygardiner22292 ай бұрын

    Thank you. The tank's performance in the first Gulf War was, it seems, very, very impressive.

  • @WeirdSeagul
    @WeirdSeagul4 жыл бұрын

    lots of great footage of the challengers in combat. most gulf war docs are full of Abrams footage.

  • @gunner678

    @gunner678

    4 жыл бұрын

    A better truck than Abrams by far. I have operated with both and the absolute pain with M1 is the constant fuel resupp problem. It's been said that it fights with one foot in a bucket and despite its excellent technology (much of which is British and German) this is a big weak point. Still there are lots of them and that's reassuring I guess.

  • @elliswatanabe

    @elliswatanabe

    4 жыл бұрын

    @CAVKING19DELTA TEXAS wrong

  • @gunner678

    @gunner678

    4 жыл бұрын

    @CAVKING19DELTA TEXAS it's good to have pride in ones armed forces, but it should be tempered with a bit of research. Realistically, the crown has to go to the Israelis for that title. I have a bias other than that objective fact so it would be unfair to squabble with you. We are on the same side, thats the main thing.

  • @jacquesstrapp3219

    @jacquesstrapp3219

    4 жыл бұрын

    Matthew Dobbs Tank crew efficiency is a product of training and experience. In the late 20th century, the Israelis were definitely the most experienced. In the 21st century not so much. The US and UK armored force's experience in the Middle East has closed that gap. When considering training, a huge factor to consider is budget. The US has by far the largest training budget. The UK has a small professional military so the disparity in budget allocations is somewhat mitigated. A huge military budget should not be underestimated when considering training though.

  • @gunner678

    @gunner678

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jacquesstrapp3219 indeed good points. The old Russian saying 'quantity has a quality of its own' is quite true. Also the small professional part, very true. British armoured crews are pretty good, I have to admit.

  • @ZGryphon
    @ZGryphon4 жыл бұрын

    I love how the thing about equipping Challengers in '91 is exactly like someone was sitting at the loadout screen in _World of Tanks._ "Hmm, we might run into T-72s. Better pack a few rounds of premium ammo." :)

  • @Defenestrationflight
    @Defenestrationflight4 жыл бұрын

    Very nice to touch upon the rifled/smoothbore reasoning, so many people out in the wild come up with the wildest theories.

  • @stephen9869
    @stephen98694 жыл бұрын

    David Willey smashes another belter in the back of the net

  • @Cycling-through-cancer
    @Cycling-through-cancer2 жыл бұрын

    Former Chally 1 full crewman here. We ( QDG) did the last op deployment in the CR1 in Kosovo over the Millennium. A great wagon .

  • @flick_shot_5625
    @flick_shot_56254 жыл бұрын

    had the pleasure to meet David at the Dutch National Military museum at the Summer Offensive event. great guy, cant wait to go to bovington sometime!!

  • @davidbigwood8450
    @davidbigwood84504 жыл бұрын

    This guy really knows his subject. I love this Tank Museum. Shame not to get there on my recent UK trip.

  • @frypan3315

    @frypan3315

    4 жыл бұрын

    David Bigwood definitely worth a visit

  • @malcpaul996
    @malcpaul9962 жыл бұрын

    I served in The Lifeguards LAD as C Squadron Tiffy in the late 80s and early 90s in Sennelager on CR1. During the Gulf war I went to Saudi with 8 Armd Wksp. Just before the war started, I was in charge of a great team of 4 to fit the extra Chobham on the sides and reactive on the front. I had something like six weeks to upgrade around 40 odd tanks, maybe more, I can't remember. Anyway, we worked our b*llox off and finished it in three weeks. And all I got was a lousy tee shirt!!! LOL

  • @TheCrowsClaw
    @TheCrowsClaw4 жыл бұрын

    Incredibly detailed and interesting story. Also, as much as I appreciate mr Fletcher, for a foreigner like me listening to mr Willey is just so much easier. The embodiment of an Englishman. Keep up the good work, Gentlemen!

  • @thewomble1509

    @thewomble1509

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lovely comment Marek. Well put.

  • @robdeathe
    @robdeathe4 жыл бұрын

    I loved that tank. Was a gunner with 2 RTR in the late 80's.

  • @rpm1796

    @rpm1796

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hey Robbie Compare her to what you think it would be being crewman in the Leo 2.........

  • @rayhan_2k841

    @rayhan_2k841

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@rpm1796 what a completely analog tank which was the leopard 2 in the 80s?

  • @leftnoname
    @leftnoname4 жыл бұрын

    As someone with the eastern block background I’d like to point out that Chieftain and Challenger (as well as Leopard II) were considered the most dangerous adversaries to our (Soviet tanks). In real combat conditions 3-part ammunition of the L11 gun was very fast to load and eliminated loading mechanism failures. It also added a crew member. Crew comfort level was a dream. Someone try to spend more than 15-20 minutes in T64 or T72 gunner or commander seat and tell the impressions :-) By the way, rifled cannon is a good thing.

  • @brucemacallan6831

    @brucemacallan6831

    4 жыл бұрын

    As an MBT crewman (Chieftain & Challenger 1) in BAOR in the 80's/90's we had been told our life expectancy in combat against MBT's of 3rd shock Army was 6.5 minutes. I certainly believed that. I guess it's a good thing we didn't actually have to find out!

  • @josephglatz25

    @josephglatz25

    3 жыл бұрын

    Assuming of course that the Chieftans have a functioning engine at the time.

  • @homer14lange28
    @homer14lange284 жыл бұрын

    hi from germany I love youre videos (and the British english just sounds amazing) nice video the Challenger I is one of my favorit tanks at the world thx for youre work :)

  • @EleanorPeterson

    @EleanorPeterson

    4 жыл бұрын

    What a lovely Comment! Have a hug! :-)

  • @frypan3315

    @frypan3315

    4 жыл бұрын

    Homer14 lange :D

  • @mtodd4723
    @mtodd47234 жыл бұрын

    Still is a Beautiful tank , A work of Art ! Great video , thank you .

  • @ReticentArc
    @ReticentArc3 жыл бұрын

    My step father was 2IC of the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars during the 1st Gulf war. He spoke highly of the Challenger tank and it's effectiveness. Hard to make out but he is in one of these photos.

  • @ritchie799
    @ritchie7994 жыл бұрын

    Again, a brilliant video with so much information on the development, technical advancement and detailed history of the Challenger 1 and 2. Outstanding presentation David. Hat doffed to you.

  • @thetankmuseum

    @thetankmuseum

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Ritchie

  • @stephengiles2873
    @stephengiles28734 жыл бұрын

    These tank chats just get better and better. The knowledge and enthusiasm are impressive please keep them coming

  • @WayneMoyer

    @WayneMoyer

    4 жыл бұрын

    Funny that you mention his enthusiasm. It did seem like he was more excited about this one than the others. It's not like he is bored in the others. It's more like he has more of an emotional investment in this one.

  • @ebperformance8436
    @ebperformance84364 жыл бұрын

    Challenger 2 and m1 abrams are my favorite tanks...the challenge 2 is damn near Indestructible. And the British is very good with their cannon creation.

  • @AethelwulfOfNordHymbraLand2333

    @AethelwulfOfNordHymbraLand2333

    11 ай бұрын

    It's wrong to call the Challenger 2 'indestructible.' A Challenger 2 driver lost a foot to an RPG-29 round.

  • @ebperformance8436

    @ebperformance8436

    11 ай бұрын

    @@AethelwulfOfNordHymbraLand2333 a challenger, and M1A2 Abrams can run over a land mine, and have little to no damage.. A javelin probably can take one out. Abrams took a direct hit, and the shell didn’t do anything, I believe one was hit by a T-72, and it did nothing. The Only armor lost was 1 Bradley. This tank battle took place in Iraq.

  • @ianblewett3118
    @ianblewett31184 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff. I was deployed on Ex LIONHEART as an umpire to the 1RH BG. I was given a Mk 1 FV432 crewed by 1 RGJ. The new CR1s were very impressive and often left me in my petrol driven Mk1 miles behind!! The CR1 was markedly more capable then the STILLBREW Chieftains and ushered in a new aggressive era for Armd Corp regts in BAOR.

  • @paulhedges8490

    @paulhedges8490

    2 жыл бұрын

    just a shame that on Lionheart we were kept in the woods for the first 9 days and our CR1s were tucked away....

  • @martingardener90
    @martingardener904 жыл бұрын

    We were told that the Rolls-Royce designed Perkins built engine was derated from 1500 to 1200 bhp - as is customary on military vehicles to make them more reliable. On a reserves VM update course at Bordon we were shown this engine mounted on the back of a Bedford TM 8 tonner, for health and safety reasons we were made to wear ear plugs with ear defenders over the top - apparently due to the high pitched Turbo whistle. I remember when the throttle was "Blipped" the whole body of the TM twisted on it's suspension - there was so much torque!

  • @AWMJoeyjoejoe
    @AWMJoeyjoejoe4 жыл бұрын

    21 minute video about my all time favourite tank? But my birthday isn't till January!

  • @danieltsiprun8080

    @danieltsiprun8080

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lucky you

  • @Masada1911

    @Masada1911

    4 жыл бұрын

    Happy Birthday in advance

  • @neilwilson5785
    @neilwilson57854 жыл бұрын

    I'm no expert, but these tank chats are just wonderful to watch.

  • @willmarcheselli1986
    @willmarcheselli19864 жыл бұрын

    Couldn’t refuse the tank chat on one of my favourite tanks!

  • @keithmitchell6548
    @keithmitchell65484 жыл бұрын

    I can confirm the lethality of Challenger 1. They knocked out 2 of my troop's cvrt Spartans in Iraq...

  • @kurgan4656

    @kurgan4656

    4 жыл бұрын

    What happened Keith? I'm genuinely interested.

  • @EleanorPeterson

    @EleanorPeterson

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@kurgan4656 - Er... that's still classified. Come back 30 years from now for the answer. ;-)

  • @frypan3315

    @frypan3315

    4 жыл бұрын

    But Challengers are British too? I’m assuming it was a captured Challenger?

  • @tunazzz__677

    @tunazzz__677

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@frypan3315 probably a Blue-on-Blue Incident

  • @AWMJoeyjoejoe

    @AWMJoeyjoejoe

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@frypan3315 No challenger has ever been captured or lost to enemy action. It would have been a friendly fire incident.

  • @workingguy6666
    @workingguy66664 жыл бұрын

    Awesome presentation! Edit: Just finished it - possibly one of the best presentations ever given on The Tank Museum's YT channel. Wow.

  • @hecciethump
    @hecciethump4 жыл бұрын

    Every time I heard the phrase 'Hydrogas Suspension' I instantly conjured up an image of the Austin Maxi.

  • @tankdriver67m64
    @tankdriver67m644 жыл бұрын

    Saw the Challenger when we deployed for gunnery at the British range at Bergan.

  • @brucemacallan6831
    @brucemacallan68314 жыл бұрын

    I remember the ‘muff coupler’ problems we had on Chally1. We used to get visits from the boffins from Vickers trying to sort it out. A 2RTR chally 1 ended up inside a pub at Fallingbostel because of the problem. I saw it.

  • @nadtz
    @nadtz4 жыл бұрын

    "Sometimes you dint get what you want, but get what you need" Hadn't known half the story behind this tank, this was excellent. Thanks!

  • @russwoodward8251
    @russwoodward82514 жыл бұрын

    A fascinating development history. Thank you for producing this, for all of the research and for the great narration.

  • @michaelsalt4565
    @michaelsalt45654 жыл бұрын

    Challenger 1 has a very interesting history and this video explained this well

  • @thewomble1509
    @thewomble15094 жыл бұрын

    This vid is going on my "saved" playlist. I will watch it again and again. I was about thirteen and already a tank nut when the FV4211 project and Chobham armour were starting to get the odd ,discreet mention in the press. Those pictures of it are gems! Many thanks to all involved.

  • @grahambaldwin9801
    @grahambaldwin9801 Жыл бұрын

    I worked with Chobham armour plate in a small way in the early 70s.In some ways it was the best job I ever had.It was much lighter than I previously thought of as tank armour due to the titanium content. It took a lot of processing but was beautiful material to work with.

  • @1337flite
    @1337flite4 жыл бұрын

    Yay! So looking forward to the modern generation videos!!! Thanks.

  • @stanmarks3950
    @stanmarks39504 жыл бұрын

    Just.... another great story. Great detail, fantastic. Thanks to the whole team, especially to David W.

  • @georgejudge6437
    @georgejudge64374 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this amazing presentation! I really enjoy them. Take care!!

  • @XCMRM80
    @XCMRM804 жыл бұрын

    Very fond memories of this vehicle and it’s successor. Great video, thank you 🙏

  • @BlairMaynard
    @BlairMaynard4 жыл бұрын

    Wow, no idea the Chally had such a complicated history.

  • @AdamMGTF
    @AdamMGTF4 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video. Odd thought....but if the tank museum were to field all their tanks, on the list of the world's armies. Where would they rank as an armoured force (based just on numbers) If you were to include all tanks back to the MK1 and all AFVs

  • @target844

    @target844

    4 жыл бұрын

    If you take the number on the web page "over 300 vehicles" and compare to www.globalfirepower.com/armor-tanks-total.asp I have no idea how accurate the numbers are. County number 54 of 137 listed have 300 tanks that is a shared number for Angola, Chile and Libya. If you estimate that 33% of the vehicles it not tanks they are equal with Italy at #63. In a combat situation the the tank museum likely have a huge disadvantage because I assume that the amount of live ammunition they have is likely zero. Even if the had crews and ammunition only a small amount of the tanke they have would be a serious threat to modern tanks so even Denmark with only 47 Leopard 2 A5 in service would certainly wing but poorer countries that might still operate only T-55 at similar number might be another have a more uncertain result. A thing to not is that the last 21 countries in the list have 0 tanks even relative large and better off then a lot of other like Mexico but a lot of poorer still operate quite old equipment is larger number then you might expect.

  • @nobbytang
    @nobbytang4 жыл бұрын

    All done off the cuff .....very impressive !!

  • @gunner678
    @gunner6784 жыл бұрын

    Great tank to have in support when on live ops. It has helped me on two distinct occasions, and I am grateful! Patrick Cordingly is a very nice chap and a great tank commander!

  • @jc-d6179
    @jc-d61794 жыл бұрын

    A fantastically well-structured presentation.

  • @anumeon
    @anumeon4 жыл бұрын

    God bless fridays. God bless Tank Chats!

  • @Corristo89
    @Corristo894 жыл бұрын

    1:01 "Britain and Germany get together and they form an alliance" Probably the strangest words coming from a man talking in a museum full of vehicles the British and Germans developed, built and used to kill each other.

  • @GARDENER42

    @GARDENER42

    4 жыл бұрын

    Historically the UK & Germany being on opposing sides is an anomaly, apart from the 1914-18 & 1939-45 conflicts we've invariably been allies, with France & Spain being the usual opfor.

  • @keithmitchell6548

    @keithmitchell6548

    4 жыл бұрын

    An alliance that worked well enough against Napolean...

  • @typxxilps

    @typxxilps

    4 жыл бұрын

    I can remember german units fighting for UK for example in defending Gibraltar. Therefore this unit got famous and got a band. This unit later fought in autumn of 1914 in belgium against british units...

  • @billycaspersghost7528

    @billycaspersghost7528

    4 жыл бұрын

    KGL ."Kings German Legion" a long standing unit of the British army in the 18/19th centuries. Hessian units were employed in the American war of independence. The sad history of the 2 world wars has skewed peoples views of Anglo-German relations.

  • @jacquesstrapp3219

    @jacquesstrapp3219

    4 жыл бұрын

    BillyCaspersGhost Excellent post. History is often ignored.

  • @BattleshipWarspite
    @BattleshipWarspite4 жыл бұрын

    My favourite tank ever ❤challenger 1❤

  • @XxBloggs
    @XxBloggs4 жыл бұрын

    I visited the museum on a day trip from London last week. Absolutely love my day there. It’s in a beautiful setting in a nice part of Dorset. The museum was astounding and interesting. I can’t wait to come back.

  • @rvail136
    @rvail1364 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant as always. Well done one and all.

  • @adamskinner5868
    @adamskinner58684 жыл бұрын

    Excellent as always, much appreciated.

  • @bubba9r
    @bubba9r4 жыл бұрын

    Fabulous video, great information about how this tank came into service. Keep up the great work.

  • @jarink1
    @jarink14 жыл бұрын

    I remember seeing some of these rolling around the desert back in '91 (I was with the US 1st ID). I do want to note that Challenger only had a range advantage over Abrams when using the external tanks. Of course, it's impossible to mount similar tanks on the back of an Abrams due to the high heat in that area.

  • @kimepp2216
    @kimepp22164 жыл бұрын

    Great presentation, thanks for putting it together.

  • @WadeJones-iu3uo
    @WadeJones-iu3uo Жыл бұрын

    My Dad was in REME. He worked on Challenger 11-B in the Gulf war.

  • @davepearce6359
    @davepearce63594 жыл бұрын

    Superbly interesting film. Thank you. 😊👍🏻

  • @adamjohnson6642
    @adamjohnson664211 ай бұрын

    Most excellent overview and presentation. Really enjoyed this film and the history provided, thank you.

  • @GARDENER42
    @GARDENER424 жыл бұрын

    I've been waiting for CR1 to be covered for some time. Thanks much for producing this video.

  • @landerviguera9575
    @landerviguera95754 жыл бұрын

    Nice to talk with you last tankfest David Willey....and thanks for the photo woth us. All the people of the museum were very attentive. Greetings from the basque country.

  • @tbwpiper189
    @tbwpiper1894 жыл бұрын

    Very informative and detailed, David. Thanks.

  • @geordie1032
    @geordie10324 жыл бұрын

    Very well presented. Thank you.

  • @rileygifford1596
    @rileygifford15964 жыл бұрын

    This channel has to have the best like to dislike ratio on there videos that I have ever seen! The proof is in the pudding, well done again on another great story / review! 👍

  • @andrewnielsen3178
    @andrewnielsen31784 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely the greatest vids full of information and well told.

  • @marcosacosta8109
    @marcosacosta81094 жыл бұрын

    Always the best channel of tanks on KZread, amazing video! Love it

  • @darson100
    @darson1004 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video, not only did I really enjoy it, I learned quite a few things. Particularly around the history of the program.

  • @shadowraith1
    @shadowraith14 жыл бұрын

    Quite a convoluted history. Tank evolution and variants are very interesting. Thanks for the presentation.

  • @garyneilson1833
    @garyneilson18334 жыл бұрын

    Loved the comment, that challenger is built for war not competition. It has been battle tested and it passed which is the sign of a good tank

  • @Lintary
    @Lintary4 жыл бұрын

    The Challenger 1 shall always be my favorite tank, it just looks right and the whole history behind it I always found intriguing.

  • @alanwoods2010
    @alanwoods20104 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video. Thanks!

  • @hydorah
    @hydorah4 жыл бұрын

    What a great machine. A lot of info packed into that video!

  • @Fastidious1970
    @Fastidious19704 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant! Thank you.

  • @Bradonomous
    @Bradonomous4 жыл бұрын

    Amazing solid talk, great production. Well done!

  • @McRocket
    @McRocket4 жыл бұрын

    Wow...TONS of interesting info. Thank you for this video.

  • @mitchellmilbourne4861
    @mitchellmilbourne48614 жыл бұрын

    Great production and editing, and very interesting 👌🏻

  • @bremnersghost948
    @bremnersghost9484 жыл бұрын

    Curious if Bovington has/plans to get the Tank that holds the longest kill record in the collection? I think that would be a very cool addition

  • @iatsd

    @iatsd

    4 жыл бұрын

    Only if Jordan sells it back to them.

  • @blxtothis
    @blxtothis4 жыл бұрын

    More interesting stuff from Bovington, can’t quite understand why anybody would thumbs down this!

  • @erik8231
    @erik82314 жыл бұрын

    Still one of the best looking tanks ever made!

  • @bolacapoeira
    @bolacapoeira4 жыл бұрын

    Those 12 extra rounds are the Number 2 Key ;)

  • @Pincer88

    @Pincer88

    4 жыл бұрын

    Aha...a WoT player? 😁

  • @StaffordMagnus

    @StaffordMagnus

    4 жыл бұрын

    Filthy gold spammers!

  • @bolacapoeira

    @bolacapoeira

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Pincer88 yap ehehe

  • @bolacapoeira

    @bolacapoeira

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@StaffordMagnus absolutely eheheh these days, it's not 12 but the full set of ammo

  • @malcolmtaylor518
    @malcolmtaylor5184 жыл бұрын

    Tank museum please keep these excellent lectures going, they are very interesting and informative, and bring the exhibits alive. Thank you lecturer, don't know your name, for concise and well delivered presentation. Would love to see a lecture on the development of British tanks in the between war years 1918 to 1940.

  • @dpb1997
    @dpb19974 жыл бұрын

    Excellent!

  • @matthayward7889
    @matthayward78894 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic presentation 👌

  • @suryia6706
    @suryia67064 жыл бұрын

    Wow!! Great video. Thanks

  • @loupiscanis9449
    @loupiscanis94494 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @kylegoodman5196
    @kylegoodman51964 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video, Mr. Curator! When we getting a Tank Chat on the T-72?

  • @HanSolo__

    @HanSolo__

    4 жыл бұрын

    Now THIS would be probably 2 parts story :)

  • @wekker090
    @wekker0904 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the great video on the Challenger 1

  • @thetankmuseum

    @thetankmuseum

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not to worry, glad you enjoyed!

  • @timothymarchant9079
    @timothymarchant90794 жыл бұрын

    Top stuff! Really enjoyed this video.

  • @LeoLeentvaar
    @LeoLeentvaar4 жыл бұрын

    Although my main interest goes to older stuff, I enjoyed watching this bit of more recent history. Thanks of rtaking the effort making those stories. I suppose a 20 odd minute talk probably requires hours and hours to prepare the narrative. All I can say: keep them coming David and David.

  • @USALibertarian
    @USALibertarian2 жыл бұрын

    That beautiful long gun...

  • @SportbikerNZ
    @SportbikerNZ4 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting and my compliments for an excellent delivery.

  • @DetailedFour
    @DetailedFour2 жыл бұрын

    this was great commentary

  • @sinisabalentovic9617
    @sinisabalentovic96172 жыл бұрын

    As a non british person i can confirm that chalenger is best tank in the world and also best looking one also!!!

  • @1961kickboxer
    @1961kickboxer4 жыл бұрын

    What a beauty tank.

  • @joeblow9657
    @joeblow96574 жыл бұрын

    This video was excellent!! On target I must say

  • @garethfairclough8715
    @garethfairclough87154 жыл бұрын

    Ooh! Chally 1! My favourite tank!