The Road to War… the Cruiser Mk III Tank
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HIGH SPEED TANK: the Cruiser Mk III A13-E1 (1937)
As the inevitable World War approached, Britain scrambled to reinvent her military to face the challenge from Nazi Germany. While the 1936 Spitfire clearly played a huge role in winning the war for the Allies, the Cruiser Mk III had less success on the battlefield. But it was a milestone in British tanks, an important pioneer.
Car manufacturer Morris was set the challenge of designing a high speed tank and they wisely bought a second hand tank from American fast tank pioneer, J. Walter Christie. With a Christie suspension, oversized wheels and a V12 340hp Nuffield Liberty aircraft engine, the Cruiser Mk III managed 30 miles an hour. Useful as the British Expeditionary Force retreated as fast as they could to Dunkirk.
TIMEWARP... When the first Mk III prototype was produced in 1937 Britain didn’t even have a tank division
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT... A great pioneer - the Mk III paved the way for the Mk IV, Mk V, Crusader and other tanks that had to be developed incredibly quickly during wartime.
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"I'm removing The Speed Limiters"
@snazzydazzy
4 жыл бұрын
"Hold onto the tea!"
@justarandomclonetrooperwit8119
3 жыл бұрын
Dear no anime police force, the plague of mediocrity known as girls und panzer has spread to youtube, i'm asking for backup,we thought only a niche group of people liked the show and the disease would only be in google images,it seems to be worse,every video on youtube about any tank has been infected with these soyboys, we may not be able to cure it, but we can prevent it. 1.Do not let people come into any sensory contact with GUP media This will lead to an instant infection of the mind,body and heart. Symptoms may include, growth of excess fat,uncessecary collection of model tanks and a parti 2.if come into contact immediate treatment is required Mainly through showing of a documentary or visiting a tank museum This will clense the body of any lies and propagnda the show is giving, mainly the functioning of tanks. 3. If they have made it past stage 1 and 2 and have discovered Girlsundshitposts *TERMINATE THEM*
@x3-LSTR-512
3 жыл бұрын
@@justarandomclonetrooperwit8119 you dont know how much i hate you quit being an elitist and let us be anime is nothing more than an artstyle and you bore everyone to exist
@SKPOOKY
3 жыл бұрын
CHAFFEE!!!
@gabutman6144
3 жыл бұрын
@@justarandomclonetrooperwit8119 cry more
I always believed this to be one of the best looking tanks. Must have looked quite modern in its day.
@inguspodnieks9028
3 жыл бұрын
Yea thats exactly what i thought, i thought ecerything british had looked like from 1911 or smthing, till i saw this
@guaporeturns9472
2 жыл бұрын
Tiny , narrow tracks
One of the best looking tanks of its day if nothing else.
"Dangerously unreliable" - a WW1 designed engine with exposed tappets being used in dusty conditions of the dessert - well that's hard to believe or predict.
@exxusdrugstore300
Жыл бұрын
Or the non-existent cooling system, which did not help the already dire situation.
LONG LIVE ROSEHIP!
@edwardaugustus9680
5 жыл бұрын
B E S T G I R L
@x3-LSTR-512
4 жыл бұрын
*WHEN ER WE ARE COMMANDED TO STORM THE PALISADES OUR LEADERS MARCH WITH FUSES AND WE WITH HAND GRENADES WE THROW THEN FROM THE GLACIS ABOUT THE ENEMIES EARS WITH A TOW ROW ROW ROW ROW FOR THE BRITISH GRENADIERS* (i know this from memory)
@SKPOOKY
3 жыл бұрын
YEAH!
@sarapmo171
3 жыл бұрын
A fellow culture I see
@kyrios443
Жыл бұрын
*drink tea intensively*
I've been looking for this clip for ages. Love the sound of that Nuffield Liberty.
I love these engines running and the sound of the tracks!
Yeah it's cool but where can i buy this remote control tank ?
Christie basically built tanks on wheels which could be fitted with tracks. In fact you could rhen them on their wheels like cars and race around, at least if you were running on flat ground like a paved road. The Crusader was a good idea on paper, making up for its weak armor with high speed. And it is difficult to track a fast tank with a slow moving anti-tank gun or a turret on another tank. But speed can't stop a shell if it hits and more speed usually comes with the price of mechanical problems. If that situation occured, then the Crusader was a sitting duck.
@matthiuskoenig3378
3 жыл бұрын
its 'weak armour' was actually fairly decent when it was designed and entered service. it had more armour than contemporary german and italian medium tanks for example (just because the former were able to upgrade to being better armoured doesn't take away from this fact). and the cromwell was plenty fast and statistically the most reliable medium tank of ww2 (yes it broke down and had issues far less often than even shermans) and stuarts were even faster than crusaders yet more reliable (hence they eventually got the 'honey' nickname). its not its speed that caused its reliability issues.
@28pbtkh23
2 жыл бұрын
@@matthiuskoenig3378 - you're not an engineer by any chance, Matthius? Your posts display a great deal of knowledge.
Wouldn't have thought that aero engines had great cooling or torque. So you'd need loads of cooling and heavy and complex gears.
Also suspensionand chassis of Soviet T34 and BT series was from Christie
It followed Jeremy Clarkson's philosophy on vehicles SPEED AND POWEEEEEER!!!!!!!!
the crusader wasn't that unreliable, it only got that reputation because the air filters kept clogging from the dust in Africa.
@111Sylvester
Жыл бұрын
And the dust filters being placed in the dustiest place of the tank, above and slightly ahead of the rear sprocket wheels.
Never let Darjeeling's precious tea go cold
"As World War II loomed, Nuffield, producing British Cruiser tanks, licensed and re-engineered the {Packard} Liberty {aircraft engine} for use in the A13 (produced as the Cruiser Mk III) and later Cruiser tanks." "The reconfiguration of the Mk. III Liberty engine into a flatter format to fit into the Crusader {Cruiser, Mk VI} engine compartment had badly affected the tank's water pumps and cooling fan arrangements, both of which were critical in the hot desert temperatures." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_L-12#Tank
British cruiser tanks are some of the best looking tanks
One of the MOST beautiful tank ever built the Crusader.....
what a guy
A lot of Tanks & Armored vehicles used Aircraft engines, or derived from Aircraft Engine here is a partial list. US M3 Grant/Lee - Continental R975 M18 Hellcat- Continental R975 M4 Sherman Continental R975 Early M3 Stewart Continental W-670-9A UK Cromwell -Rolls-Royce Meteor Challenger -Rolls-Royce Meteor Avenger -Rolls-Royce Meteor Comet -Rolls-Royce Meteor Centurion -Rolls-Royce Meteor Charioteer -Rolls-Royce Meteor Conqueror -Rolls-Royce Meteor USSR BT-7 Mikulin M-17 (Lic Built BMW-VI) T-28 Mikulin M-17 (Lic Built BMW-VI) T-35 Mikulin M-17 (Lic Built BMW-VI)
@peterson7082
6 жыл бұрын
Those are aircraft derived engines. Aside from the ones that used the Liberty, I cannot think of any engine of this time that saw service in vehicles used in combat that was an aircraft engine.
@gleggett3817
3 жыл бұрын
@@peterson7082 the Liberty was modified for tank use about as much as the R975
Rosehip brought me here
@astaroth_sasazaki_yt
7 жыл бұрын
Garupan Garupan Garupan
@NeginoSora
7 жыл бұрын
same here
@Dan-wh6fz
7 жыл бұрын
me too
@elishathomas0244
7 жыл бұрын
azalru yup
@bouncyseal8675
6 жыл бұрын
same
S M E G H E A D
Praises the engine through out the video. The last words said are "dangerously unreliable"
@jonsouth1545
7 жыл бұрын
the reliability issues were nothing to do with the engine more the shitty gearbox and the tracks being far too narrow
@Arrrbol
7 жыл бұрын
There is nothing wrong with the tracks, the tank is light enough that them being narrow isn't an issue. The main issues are the air filters being exposed at the back of the tracks and clogging up with sand constantly, the poor cooling system (common problem in the desert) and a lack of spare parts. When they were working they performed well.
@sean640307
5 жыл бұрын
@@Arrrbol true, especially after Nuffield sent a team out to make sure that they were getting prep'd properly. Also, later ones had addressed most of the issues and also had the 6pdr, but the reputation of the Crusader never truly recovered, which is a real pity.
@DanMcCudden
5 жыл бұрын
The drive plate is problematic. It comes loose and kills the crew.
@bryanmartinez6600
4 жыл бұрын
@@jonsouth1545 Bigger tracks would increase resistance and reduce the speed and acceleration.
Rimmer
@jeremypopham7205
7 жыл бұрын
wirda mirda Rimmer does tanks!
Complimenti bel Carro bel Restauro 👍
The meteor had the same displacement as the Liberty but nearly twice the power. I wouldn't give the British credit for using such an antiquated piece of technology.
I am a bit surprised the concept did not persist.
Ace Rimmer!
What TV show is this?
Мировое танкостроение о танке crusader в 1941: 1) Архаичная конструкция, клепка. 2) Слабое бронирование. 3) Aрхаичное наведение орудия с помощью плечевого упора. 4) Огромный расход топлива, малый запас хода. 5) Большое удельное давление на грунт. Низкая проходимость. 6) Ненадежность. 7) Слабое вооружение, отсутствие фугасного снаряда. Англичане: Он быстрый, лол
"Making it one of the fastest Tank of its day!" Never heard of the BT Tanks?
@Paranomasia12
4 жыл бұрын
"one of the" not "the"
@danschneider9921
4 жыл бұрын
Calm down comraedski... yes they were also fast, its a generic show produced for a local market....take your Valium
No mention of the chicken soup dispensers in those thanks? Weird.
by Arnold J Rimmer?
Old Gold tank
It wasnt so much the engine that was unreliable it was the very cramped engine bay which made maintenance difficult plus the Oil and Water cooling systems that were the problem, the cooling fans were driven by a Motorbike chain about 9 foot long which wore out and slipped causing the engine to boil up. The engine air intake filters also caused problems they were mounted on the track guards at the back above the drive sprockets exactly where all the dust and muck gets thrown up by the tracks. Not the best tank of the war but one of the most handsome and that engine noise
@guaporeturns9472
2 жыл бұрын
Right.. so the engine
@stuartburton1167
2 жыл бұрын
@@guaporeturns9472 Yes but once the cooling and filtration system was sorted out the Nuffield Liberty was a reliable engine. It was still in use in the late 1940s in the Crusader gun tractor when other cheap or free vehicles were available. You feed any engine a mix of hot dusty air it's going to fail rapidly. The Crusaders ancestor the Cruiser MkIII which had an earlier version of the Nuffield Liberty was considered very reliable in the desert.
@guaporeturns9472
2 жыл бұрын
@@stuartburton1167 Right ..I got it the first time , just being a smart ass… so the engine
A13 Mk II (Cruiser Mk IV) My favorite tank in War Thunder and World of Tanks, it's an amazing tank. Rozehip from Girls und Panzer liked this video.
What a name for a channel😂
Wait what, Rimmer likes tanks? Legend
@callumbaines1568
11 ай бұрын
I was surprised to see Chris Barry here at first
red dwarf brought me here (through space)
I love how they put “agility” on the turret left side. But “speed” would be even better
It's Rimmer!
"Call me Ace."
Rimmer!
OK, lovely video but it isn't a Cruiser MKIII but instead the up-armoured Cruiser MKIV, it has the spaced armour on the turret. Also the video thumbnail shows a Crusader III. The video name should be Early War British Liberty Engined Cruiser tanks.
@sirboomsalot4902
7 жыл бұрын
yereverluvinuncleber The tank in the beginning is a cruiser III with a IV turret, and the tank in the thumbnail is a Cruisader
I love the Crusader.
@sparrosity949
7 жыл бұрын
miffedmax me to
🥰My favorite🥰
2:54 ah good ol British oil leaks
@x3-LSTR-512
4 жыл бұрын
Tea leaks only on british land of the tea
it's the mark 2 a13 ok not mark 3
The Crusader would have been an effective weapon if, and only if, they had given it a larger turret ring.
@matthiuskoenig3378
3 жыл бұрын
no, unreliability was its worse issue. one of the main reasons people forget about operation crusader is that the british were not able to fully exploit the victory as a result of the unreliability of the crusader. and the battle was almost lost in part due to said unreliability. its gun (especially on the crusader mkIII) was good enough against most of its contemporary opponents (remember tigers were super rare, and the 6pdr was plenty to deal with panzer IIIs, IVs and italian tanks. even the 2pdr was good enough against the lighter armoured versions of those tanks like the earlier pz IIIs and IVs). furthermore, the turret ring of the crusader was actually larger than that of the churchill, why they didn't bother makeing a 3-man 6pdr/75mm turret for the crusader went they did for the churchill (and the AEC mk II/III). simpl put the turret ring of the crusader was very good for its period of use, and had they been more reliable it likely would have soldiered on into north west europe as similar armed vehicles did.
CHAFFEE VS CRUSADER INTENSIFIES*
I have the cruiser 3 on world of tanks
See you in company of heroes 3
That tiny tank is adorable
i remember that guy he was in Red Dwarf!
@sieonigh
7 жыл бұрын
yes that character was called Arnald J Rimmer.
@mikepolley5325
7 жыл бұрын
that was a good show
@apropercuppa8612
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you. It was bugging me trying to remember.
@ronaldonmg
4 жыл бұрын
@@sieonigh wikipedia says: Arnold Judas Rimmer is a fictional character in the science fiction situation comedy Red Dwarf, played by Chris Barrie.
It's my favourite British Tank
username checks out.
Fast? I dont recall anything fast British (light tank).
@sean640307
5 жыл бұрын
then you'd be mistaken. The Crusaders and Cromwells were both fast tanks.
@matthiuskoenig3378
3 жыл бұрын
@@sean640307 and the comet
@sean640307
3 жыл бұрын
@@matthiuskoenig3378 very true, although wasn't it more "nobbled" than the Cromwell in a deliberate attempt to improve reliability and crew comfort much the same as the Cromwell ended up being, too?
@imperialinquisition6006
Жыл бұрын
That’s a you problem. Why be ignorant when you can not be
I just picked one up off of eBay. I got a pretty good deal but the shipping was a bitch!
Pov: u call it an high speed tank Pov #1: u just realized the Panther is faster even when being more than twice as heavy (Also the tank ur talking about is the crusader and not the cruiser mk III, idk how u messed that up cuz the cruiser III is an completely different tank with an different chassi and different turret)
After the Campaign left Africa, and went on to Italy and France, Nearly all british tanks were left in africa. The british mainly stuck with the reliable and decent , american made, sherman. Despite the rumors that the sherman is outclassed by german tanks, there were not many heavy tanks the sherman faced. (according to U.S army statistics, the sherman only faught 3 tiger2 tanks.
@johnfisk811
5 жыл бұрын
Crusaders became towed 17 pounder AT gun tractors in Europe.
The name of the channel
Ля, вот какого хуя в Тундре он всего 42 км/ч едет? В видео же говорится, что 30 миль в час по пересеченке, ну, то есть это 48 км/ч, а по шоссе так и вовсе 55 где-то должен.
Is this squires dad😃😃😃
@elliotdavie4072
6 жыл бұрын
Model Magician yeeaas
.. the whistling sounds of tanks....most tanks ..especially..after bruised n batterred..easy usual suspects..for adversaries..🤭😬.. I guess from the wheels..bearings?..or.. anybody?..where exactly?
but the reverse speed...
and why?..couldn't it be addressed?
Fast but the flat square front made it a sponge for AT
Hook that up to a steam catapult
Red dwarf meets ww2
For the might for the grace of the lord For the land of the holy!
Vampire Vampire Vampire Vampire
Родственник советского БТ.
Low profile and fast.
This is not a real high speed tank the Cromwell is a real fast tank
@Jan_372
5 жыл бұрын
That place the BT tanks took :D
28 cruiser mk111 tank supply me farm veng district let go I need to place my country
H ??? Heavy metal ? 🙂
I've been heavily invested in your game(s) since the beginning.....why can I not have a game once in a while that uses tanks from opposing eras? I have spent heavily in my favorites but they seem to always be over matched by tanks that are 30-40 years younger.....that is Ok, but once in a while why can't they be period appropriate? It seems totally silly when you present yourselves such tank enthusiasts....?
"Engine Porn"??I'm suprised KZread didn't ban your YT account with such a name...
lol Rimmer
Its a crusader dud
My uncle was killed in one 30:12:41
Umm pz 1 c have 60 speed
@mnonke
6 жыл бұрын
Fox Vulpe Kid....Not everything is WoT
@masterolof138
3 жыл бұрын
THIS IS HILARIOUS
@FXV56
3 жыл бұрын
I was such a stupid kid 3 years ago
why your youtube chanel name engine porn
is crusader no cruiser mk 3
@1993Crag
7 жыл бұрын
Cruiser Mk.3 to begin with, the Crusader was the one shown running.
man thats a cromwell
@Hunter12396
7 жыл бұрын
the first vehicle is an A.13 Mark I Cruiser Mk.III with additional spaced armor on the turret normally seen on Cruiser Mk.IVs the second is an A.15 Cruiser Mk.VI Crusader
Crusader... Not cruiser
Nah! Bt-7 faster
@eraldorh
7 жыл бұрын
He said one of the fastest not THE fastest.
Unreliable, awful interior space(ok, this was common to a LOT of other tanks), insufficient main weapon (2pdr, not the 6), light armour, guess why was replaced by US' tanks? P.s. in the Mk III version the commander had to seat backwards, for lack of space, the 6pdr was too big for the turret.
왕립학교 초등부
Is this supposed to be a send-up of Top Gear? Who is this weird bloke? ... and the camera person is pissed too.
Yang sayang aku like yang cinta allah coment.
the M-18 Hellcat is faster
@Paciat
7 жыл бұрын
And it dosnt have that crappy Christie suspension. In 1941 Soviets were planning to change the production from T-34 to A-43 with torsion bars and only the war prolonged the production of T-34. USA and IIIrd Reich never bothered with it.
@lazarus2691
7 жыл бұрын
The crusader could get pretty close with the speed limiter removed. The speed governor really limited it. In the official tests it could go well over 65kph, but was limited due to the excessive wear and tear it caused. Some crews with removed governors unofficially clocked it at 89kph But the hellcat was unofficially clocked at 97kph, so yeah. Fastest tank of the war. Wouldn't surprise me if the later engine models of hellcat could break 100 running empty.
@eraldorh
7 жыл бұрын
Thats not a tank you plank.
@lazarus2691
7 жыл бұрын
eraldorh That's just semantics as a result of the naming scheme. You'd be hard pressed to argue the significant difference between a type 64 and a hellcat, yet one is considered a tank while the other technically isn't. The same could be argued of the wolverine vs the sherman. As far as it matters, it was a tank.
@eraldorh
7 жыл бұрын
+Brent Smith I wouldnt be hard pressed to argue the difference at all. A tank can engage all targets a tank destroyer can only engage tanks, m-18s were only equiped with AP rounds and had no mounted machine gun and had little to no armor and no roof on the turret so couldnt deal with infantry where as a tank can. Just because a vehicle has tracks doesnt make it a tank. The type 64 is from a different generation, had both ap and HE rounds and a mounted machine gun. Quite a few differences right there.
DEUS VULT
Ziemlich dünnes blech 😂
Говно машина...
hate to say it but the cruiser 3 is NOT high speed tank compared to Germany and Russia's counter parts... it's slower than their heavies
@Paciat
8 жыл бұрын
+Ian Shearer It is a high speed tank. 24hp/t. 50% more than any medium tank. If you were talking about the top speed, that was set at 30mph for safety and maintenance reasons. No army needed faster tanks. Look at the Comet for example. Britain was making a bigger Cromwell but they decided to set the engine governors at 52km/h - Wiki quote "to preserve suspension and engine components and to reduce track wear". Soviet concept of cavalry or cruiser tanks died with the BT-7. T-34 didnt need to go faster than 50km/h.
@daveshen0880
8 жыл бұрын
Crusader or cruiser?
@markcameron5719
7 жыл бұрын
The Crusader is a cruiser tank.
@imperialinquisition6006
Жыл бұрын
False
@Angelthewolf
Жыл бұрын
The tank in the video is not even an cruiser III, it‘s an crusader lol
english vehicle being unreliable how surprrising
A worthless piece of kit, like most British toy tanks.