Taken at the American Heritage Museum, some general rambling and war stories.
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@MoraleIsHigh3 роки тому
The Chieftain's favorite things to look for in a tank: 1. Track tension 2. Crew comfort, mostly for tall people
@tbrown76626 місяців тому
As a 6'3", former 19K...all I can say is, "Thank God for the CVC helmets!!!" Saved my skull more than a few times inside of there!
@flyinhawaiian58484 роки тому
You can literally see the flood of memories coursing through The Chieftain's veins as he reacquaints himself with the Abrams. This bloke is the real deal.....
@czechmix2213 роки тому
especially after he talks about listening to music or books with his buddies
@aymonfoxc14422 роки тому
Yeah this was a nice and very humanising video
@nathanweitzman95312 роки тому
oof. Yeah, he held his own as a tanker, for sure.
@Sagetower72 роки тому
I don't blame him for tearing up, that life is an adventure and it forges some strong bonds.
@grizwoldphantasia50052 роки тому
I visited my old ship (USS Midway) after she became a museum ship, and the first thing that hit me at the top of the gangplank was the smell. Some combination of paint, grease, sweat, fuel, who knows what ... there was a second or two where I was really confused about when I was.
@cursedmonkey10335 років тому
"Here, have a bayonet." "Um, I've got a tank."
@mountainpass42553 роки тому
Marine Corps: "And here is your bayonet." Harrier Pilot: "How shit do you think I am?"
@Taisto-Perkele3 роки тому
Reminds me of an old 40k meme: *"Drive me closer! I want to hit them with my sword!"*
@TheSchultinator3 роки тому
@@Taisto-Perkele Does it count as a bayonet charge if the bayonet is 1.5 meters long, 10cm wide, and stuck on the end of a tank cannon?
@Taisto-Perkele3 роки тому
@@TheSchultinator I'd pay real money to see a group of tanks performing a charge like that. (With a screaming sword wielding officer at the commanders hatch of course)
@TheSchultinator3 роки тому
@@Taisto-Perkele Hahaha!
@XxBillyGoatNinjaxX5 років тому
When I dug a tank ditch for an Abrams I told the TC that i was more impressed with their tank than my dozer. He invited me inside and being a smaller guy I fit just fine in the turret. He let me take control of the gun and took me on a nice tour of the inside. Probably one of the coolest moments of my army career. I have the video of the tank and the ditch on my channel.
@masaharumorimoto47614 роки тому
Awesome! so rare for a poster to actually deliver :) Very cool
@John-mf6ky4 роки тому
Dope story, thanks for sharing man 👌
@kennethquesenberry26103 роки тому
My coolest moment, other than firing a 105-mm howitzer at a moving target, was a visit to the inside of an M114 scout vehicle. Totally unauthorized.
@smokeypuppy4173 роки тому
as tankers we always loved our 12b's the only mos that did their job without expecting us to help them or do it for them.
@solidtank79573 роки тому
Damn you weren't exaggerating, awesome video, thank you!
@TheTISEOMan5 років тому
>A video where The Chieftain has a mid-life crisis for half the video while he rambles somewhat about the Abrams This is the reason why I subscribed to this channel
@househive7075 років тому
Such a sweet guy, the moment around 25:15 when Chieftain reminisces about his old crew and his eyes tear up a bit. You know he's a good fellow.
@adamc23785 років тому
I miss my crew too. OUTLAWS 4!
@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin5 років тому
No, I was actually curious whether or not he was a sociopath until he teared up right then.
@johjoh45715 років тому
those few seconds broke my heart really quite badly. i wish there was something i could do for these guys
@pex_the_unalivedrunk67855 років тому
He's so humble...
@triumphant395 років тому
Your understanding of the word "sociopath" is sketchy. He often comes off as spartan, stoic, certainly, those are non synonymous with sociopath, just sayin'..
@angelomaset14413 роки тому
I remember sitting in my Stryker watching this on my last field problem before I left active duty and not understanding how being in a vehicle you spent so much time in could affect someone like that. Until a couple days ago when I got to show my girlfriend around what had once been my second home. I got to sit in the driver's seat and it was like I was an 18 year old kid who was more terrified of my VC than the enemy all over again. I would point out something and just break into a 30 minute story about it. It's a weird feeling that I now fully understand.
@TheChieftainsHatch3 роки тому
Yeah, it's interesting how it affects you.
@thegreat1548Рік тому
@@TheChieftainsHatch I've heard this tank is unstoppable did any crew members died in the abrams tank?
@catland88Рік тому
You never forget your vehicle
@Nitsua_Atayha8 місяців тому
@@thegreat1548messed up question to ask mate…
@si_vis_pacempara_bellum49065 років тому
He definitely had some significant emotional events in his tank.
@arieheath77735 років тому
It’s the US Army, it would frankly be unamerican to not give you a shotgun.
@archangelgaming24635 років тому
No such thing as too much daka
@theordinarytime5 років тому
It'd be unamerican to not give them more dakka than they'd ever need.
@l.a.xgunner5 років тому
they need a vulcan minigun
@adamdubin12765 років тому
The US Army has always been a big fan of when in doubt, MOAR DAKKA!
@l.a.xgunner5 років тому
@@adamdubin1276 reminds me of the M48 reaper. A M48 armed with two fifty cals. A Vulcan gatling gun stripped from a down jet.
@brendenwymer39765 років тому
You can really tell he enjoyed this. Just look at the amount of times he luaghed and smiled as he reminisced about the crew and the tank. You can tell he really had fun doing this
@Biker_Gremling5 років тому
He was very emotional at moments too. That was touching.
@chrisnewton51265 років тому
I dismounted off my last M1 in March of '86 and I've missed them ever since. It's a tanker thing.
@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin5 років тому
Yes, I too watched the video.
@zackbobby55505 років тому
I love how this video starts by him casually talking about how a full sized rifle round missed his head by a few inches. He calmly reminisces about how close some guy came to shooting him in the face. This guy is a legend lmao.
@KB4QAA5 років тому
Everybody in the military has their close calls. If it upsets you, you are in the wrong business.
@hobbitilius5 років тому
Not to downplay him, but it's not exactly a rare case. Not an unusual reaction either.
@shaywoodside5814 роки тому
My dads told me a lotta stories like that. Says if you cant get that dark humour or "squadie humour",where you can laugh at and downplay these things, you would go mad very fast.
@jb613jb4 роки тому
did you know he's also tall? he never mentions it, but he's tall
@roninsct70174 роки тому
@@jb613jb ..you haven't been around him long enough or met him personally lol..
@johnferguson72355 років тому
"Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result." -- Winston Churchill
@looinrims2 роки тому
I don’t know, being shot at with inconclusive results seems a bit more pants shattering
@thomaskositzki9424Рік тому
@@looinrims From what I heard it gives you a huge adrenaline rush and euphoria - fits my experience, because mad laughing was my own reaction to nearly dying. Was being nearly run over by a car at high speeds working as a bicycle messenger. Misjudged the aproach speed of the car, I was to blame. He missed me by maybe 2-3 meters. Best time of my life. :) BTW: Basically all Winston quotes are 100% correct observations on life. Dude had it figured out, I adore him. Greetings from Germany
@Crash-To-Desktop5 років тому
You named your tank "The Barely Legal" when you were in service? Bravo.
@sethl66265 років тому
Christian Dudka I’m pretty sure it was just “Barely Legal” which is just as humorous
@sethl66265 років тому
LilStoops I honestly wouldn’t care. If they were that nit picky to be upset about the name of my tank they are looking for something to complain about
@spencermaisey75505 років тому
@@LilStoops probably not a lot. One of the tanks in my company is named atm
@JerzeyBoy5 років тому
Christian Dudka now add loli at the end.
@Jan_3725 років тому
@@JerzeyBoy or a Kanna Kamui sticker on the sides
@badnade48865 років тому
“Drive me closer! I want to hit them with my sword!”
@davidspurlock38365 років тому
LOL, Charge !!!!
@tahunkwai59795 років тому
You said it wrong it's "Drive me closer I want to beat them with my shotgun!"
@MortisLegio5 років тому
Beat me to it. Ave Imperator!
@axelmilan42925 років тому
**proceeds to get run over by his own Baneblade**
@flipdart5 років тому
Fix bayonets men!
@myles4goneРік тому
I can totally understand how a vehicle could bring back such memories. I'm 57 years old and I served on both the M60a3 and the M1A1 tanks, and I could vividly remember the majority of the things on both vehicles. For 10 years of my life I lived and breathed tank life. Those were the days, and I miss them.
@georgemcpherson85056 місяців тому
I am a Brit and served in the British Army of the Rhine first as section commander on an AFV 432 and then as a section commander in the Recce platoon using a Scimitar. I am now 66 years old, around 5 years ago I was in Las Vegas and decided to have a range day with my brother. We turned up at the range a little early, our instructor ex-US Army told us to wait and suggested we look around the armoured vehicle display they had. We duly did and came across a couple of AFV 432 and a Scimitar we spent ages going over them, it was as if we had just done it the day before. The instructor came across to find us and we spent the next 1 to 2 hours going over our vehicles. Turns out he had been in Germany around the same time on M60s. We missed the start of our range time, did we care did he care not a jot. It was a great 2 hours just telling tall tales and reminiscing. We went out for a meal and drink with him and his friends that night. I can't say our wives were impressed because they must have been bored rigid listening to our bullshit.
@liquidhyperion41895 місяців тому
@@georgemcpherson8505cool story, thanks for sharing.
@matchesburn5 років тому
7:35 [Irish man named after a British tank that drives an American tank discovers how Americans operate with firearms] "BUT, WAIT, THERE'S MORE!" (A literal Ginsu moment when they also give them bayonets) Honestly, it's almost humorous (well, surely, not at the time) how much stuff they expect tankers to be able to cram into a tank that wasn't designed to have in the first place. Give it time and tankers will be the first ones that learn how to fold space time in order to cram extra shit inside the tank.
@Shaun_Jones3 роки тому
Followed closely by the submariners, who will use the space either for more nuclear missiles, or an extra toilet.
@Justowner3 роки тому
@@Shaun_Jones The submariners will go for the toilet, so they can have a second pantry.
@gryph013 роки тому
Lol. Chieftain still serves is the U.S. Army
@IronViking885 років тому
You can also tell it's a Marine Corps tank because the people driving it thought Spawn was cool
@matchesburn5 років тому
To be fair, given it's an A1, it was probably put there in the early-to-mid 1990s and the Marines just kept redoing it because Top told them in no uncertain terms that they weren't allowed to draw dicks on the cannon (which must've really confused said Marines when they had any writing implement) and they had no idea what else to write/draw.
@jasonirwin46315 років тому
@@matchesburn yeah but I'm willing to bet that the museum had to clean dicks off of allot of parts on the inside.
@DiggingForFacts5 років тому
I also kinda looks like it was done with fist-gripped crayon
@TacticalOni5 років тому
@@DiggingForFacts I'll rarely stand up for the Marines but for this I'll take exception. The crew of this tank lost their TC in 2007 to an IED. The turret was pulled and the hull languished in Quantico for a while. When the turret you see here was put on, it didn't have the markings on it. Shortly after we shot the video with the crew here in the museum, the gunner (I think it was the gunner) noticed that the name was missing. So he came back and put the name on the tank again, just as it was in 2007. Great group of guys, and it definitely wasn't done closed-fist with a crayon. ;)
@gastonbell1084 роки тому
savage
@adamdougherty2165 років тому
Chieftain war stories made my day
@TheGouzy905 років тому
We need more of those !
@JimFortune5 років тому
Do you know the only difference between a fairy tale and a war story? A fairy tale starts: "Once upon a time... A war story starts: "Now this is no shit..."
@LmgWarThunder5 років тому
When he talked about almost getting his arm chopped off and he mentions going out to take a break it reminds me how the Chieftain is just so remarkably human and isn't ashamed to admit it. I love this man.
@benfennell68424 роки тому
Remarkably human. Unlike other humans, whom are merely somewhat human. Woah, that's human.
@ScottKenny19783 роки тому
It's actually a good thing for the whole crew to stop and get their heads back in the game after a close call.
@bumblebeebobРік тому
He had "a significant emotional event", and survived it. That's well worth taking a break and catching your breath and wits again.
@lukum554 роки тому
Speaking of old equipment: I was an artillery gun commander and my father was 4 years old when the howizer I commanded was built.
@bthestigman96674 роки тому
Try helicopters the 47s were buillt in the 60s and they are still going
@kennethquesenberry26103 роки тому
I was 18 when I enlisted in the army. My father was 28 when he was drafted. The old army literally was older.
@mowtow902 роки тому
Same goes to pilots of B-52s. That thing had its life extended to 2050.
@pedror5985 років тому
25:17 Nick really liked his crew and tank
@jimbob97145 років тому
That may be the single best moment in any Chieftain video
@XShifty0311X5 років тому
That sudden look as the memory shoots forward and you're lost in it for a moment. Then the sadness upon the realization that it is indeed just a memory of days past.
@Thornbeard5 років тому
As a former M1 tanker I have to agree the memories never go away. Even though the movie Fury was set in WWII the sentiment is the same "Best job in the world"
@jeffho17275 років тому
Any job in the Army.. 15+ years RCEME. Cold, wet, working all night in cramped quarters (heater in a Leo 1 anyone) , knees shot, neck fused... Still, Best job I ever had... Smile of recognition on my face as I see Chieftain travel back in time...
@nvrumi5 років тому
I saw it too and recognized that look of nostalgia.
@rocketboyty5 років тому
Chieftan, start a series where you talk to crew members from the various different countries and tanks. Interview them in the tanks they served in, just like you, they will start remembering all the stories as you move about the tank and talk about the various systems. The different stories and perspectives about the tanks and crew experiences need to get recorded or they will likely get lost to history. Just like this video, it is infinitely interesting to hear how you spent your down time as well as action stories and all the mods you came up with along the way.
@RadarLightwave5 років тому
There's a UKposts channel like what your describing, but only for aircraft. Aircrew Interview is the name. Check it out, great stories of great men and their aircraft. It's beautiful honestly.
@Cthippo15 років тому
This. So much this!
@danieldunlap40775 років тому
Awesome Idea
@johnhmstr5 років тому
This would be a fantastic project to put in the pipline for Chieftain. Not enough tanks to do this forever.
@compoundfracture46615 років тому
That would be awesome!
@BloodyCrow__5 років тому
US Military: Run out of ammo? run them over! Run out of fuel? Fix bayonets!
@GWRProductions-kg9pt3 роки тому
there's nothing like re-enacting the battle of Rorke's Drift
@hudsondonnell4442 роки тому
I visualize myself hanging out of the commanders cupola swinging a Morningstar.
@twoguns664 роки тому
Watching you with this tank brought back memories of watching my dad when he got his hands on a water cooled Browning for the first time in many years after the Pacific. He had that same look in his eyes as if the intervening years had simply melted away and he was 23 again, thanks,
@justforever962 роки тому
A water cooled Browning? The last time they used those was in WWI, as far as I am aware. M1917. Air cooled M1919 was standard by WWII, and had been for 20 years. Unless you mean the M2 .50 shipboard AA gun.
@TheChieftainsHatch2 роки тому
@@justforever96 They were still in service in early WW2.
@looinrims2 роки тому
@@justforever96 tell that to the nasty girls in the Philippines during the ‘dark days’ of the war
@CheemsofRegretРік тому
@@justforever96 The USMC still used them in the early war.
@m2hmghb5 років тому
So Chieftain are you going to start doing a story time as well? I'd love to hear how you got one over on the Army and got through the height restriction.
@Mishn05 років тому
Getting a waiver isn't that hard depending on whether it's a "life or limb" issue or not. We had an F-4 RIO that was 6'6" or so (call sign "Too Tall"), way over the limit. He got waivered even though he was at risk of losing his legs from the knee down if he had to eject. He also spent 8 months on the boat stooped over. The overheads are at about 5'8" in most spaces, if you're taller you have to bend a lot or risk concussion. I've also got a friend who couldn't get a waiver for A-4s since scooters have tiny cockpits.
@drewschumann15 років тому
@Harold Jones
@jarink15 років тому
I knew a girl who stood about 4' 5". She was waivered for being under height.
@goetzliedtke5 років тому
I was deemed non-rated because my sitting height was to much- - it was 42"/107cm and the height of the widget on the seat that breaks the canopy if it doesn't eject before you is 38"/96.5. That meant if I were to eject and the canopy did not separate, the canopy would likely break my head or neck. In the wisdom of the Air Force, I could fly helicopters (they have no ejection and more room), but my vision was not good enough.
@goetzliedtke5 років тому
When women first were cadets at the Air Force Academy, I remember sitting at a dining table in Mitchel Hall when a female gymnast marched up to me and asked permission to join the table (late). I was looking slightly down into her eyes.
@luvr3815 років тому
Overcoming boredom is a soldier's most important skill.
@slateslavens5 років тому
Boredom can be deadly. Shortly after I got out in mid-95, my unit had a serious 'training accident'. An E5 on a Bradley had told a couple of spanking-new E1s that the 25mm round was 'safe' until it had traveled some distance from the barrel after being fired. Something he told the privates led them to believe that it couldn't be fired outside the gun. Sooo.. These two cherries grab a 25mm round, go out back of the M2, and set it off. One held the shell while the other took a hammer and screwdriver to the primer. One of them lost an arm, the other lost both hands. The sergeant was courtmartialed the next day and the two privates were chaptered out on medical. They were very lucky they weren't killed outright. Two object lessons here are: _boredom can be deadly_ and _be very careful what you tell a noob. They're going to field-test and see for themselves._
@Legitpenguins994 роки тому
@@slateslavens the Sergeant really shouldn't have been court martialed. I know hes supposed to watch over his squad but he cant watch them 24/7 like they are infants (i hear soldiers act like it sometimes but thats not the point). That will follow him his entire life
@slateslavens4 роки тому
I disagree. On a field exercise; or more importantly, a deployment, the sergeant's job is _exactly_ to watch over privates as if they are infants. When you combine the curiosity of a brand-new infantryman with the privates specifically testing what the sergeant had told them literally moments before, the outcome is all but inevitable. Yes, these pranks go on all the time in the army. I recall numerous times we sent privates, ignorant NCOs and even a few new officers out hunting for things like 'squelch grease' and 'lock washer keys', but an E5 serving on a Bradley crew for his entire military career should have absolutely known better.He should have known that a gun is a gun is a gun. A cartridge for _any_ gun is extremely dangerous when set off outside of the breech of the gun it is intended to be used in. There is absolutely nothing to contain the explosion/burn of the powder inside the casing. You wouldn't be stupid enough to set a fire cracker off in your hand, so why a 25mm shell?Yes, the cherries should have known better too if they had given half a second's thought to it, and doing so is honestly why it hadn't happened before. That said, the cherries just spent eight to eleven weeks being taught to a take an senior NCO at their word.All around, this was a learning experience for the entire post. The privates involved will spend the rest of their lives living with the consequences of 'not thinking shit through'. The NCO involved, along with all of his contemporaries, will give a moments pause before they ply a 'prank' on another soldier, especially one subordinate to them.
@kennethquesenberry26103 роки тому
Oh, I'd say that avoiding the sergeant-major is pretty important.
@baka9x9493 роки тому
@@slateslavens I think the E5 meant that the warhead won't prime for HE shells before some distance, while the freshmen took it too literally, and decided that spanking a live round is a good idea
@_Matsimus_5 років тому
I want to do this!! 😭 I need a plane ticket!!
@gamingwolffox71215 років тому
Matsimus rip mat
@jehoiakimelidoronila65435 років тому
Hey it's Maximus!
@TheChieftainsHatch5 років тому
Mats, what’s a good way to reach you? PM on SB forum?
@urgi77035 років тому
Matsimus MATT RESPOND TO CHIEFTAIN GOD DAMN IT
@alanch905 років тому
Will you make a "inside the warrior"?
@Waltham18925 років тому
As a guy who cut his teeth on the M60, I was always impressed with the (relatively) low profile of the M1. 12 feet was a lot of tank to hide.
@cursedcliff75624 роки тому
Hold up until you see rhe russian tanks
@ScottKenny19783 роки тому
Yeah, the M60 is absurdly tall...
@JamsheedRpgGodBossРік тому
@@cursedcliff7562 until that ammo cooks off. Goodbye turret and auto loader
@Gearhead2218 місяців тому
@@JamsheedRpgGodBossAnd the crew.
@mtodd47235 років тому
I prefer the rambles , to the more scripted videos . Thank you for sharing .
@keithskelhorne39935 років тому
percussive maintenance,,,, love it!! British Army translation, "tool, fine adjusting, 14lb"
@havokvladimirovichstalinov5 років тому
In layman terms: when all else fails, tap it with a hammer
@carebear87625 років тому
"What the Brits call a 'spanner.'"
@urishima5 років тому
The Canadians call it the 'thumb-detecting nutfucker'.
@keithskelhorne39935 років тому
REME screwdriver I think you mean? lol
@Vlka_Fenryka5 років тому
In the Royal Navy it's an flat-headed air cooled adjustment tool.
@hekka72705 років тому
"they have welded the bloody thing shut" You don't want to hear that one when the battle begins.
@grabarcnr5 років тому
>"Let's not tell anyone about the side armor" >Proceeds to show picture of him wearing no side armor. GG no RE
@ts37875 років тому
25:27, smoke gets in your eyes. You won’t find that reading any military history books. Thanks for sharing.
@miro50315 років тому
Tigers in the mud, by otto carius, he does and u can feel it
@ts37875 років тому
@@miro5031 Hello. I will check your recommendation. Thank you.
@RockyRailroadProductions_B0SS5 років тому
David Fletcher looks a lot taller without his mustache.
@bjorn3015 років тому
Yes, and he sounds a lot more irish.
@Panzer4F25 років тому
When worlds collide ! That would be extremely interesting.
@orbitalair21035 років тому
TheKaisTzar; youtube might implode or something. but it would be worth it.
@americanmade69965 років тому
TheKaisTzar It’d be the worst. David Fletcher is excellent and scholarly. Lindybeige is a chauvinist hack who would tell you that the M1 Abrams was inspired by the L7 cannon, and that the Soviets never attacked NATO because they were afraid of the Bren gun.
@KSmithwick19895 років тому
David Fletcher looks like the old man from Beauty and the Beast: goo.gl/images/rvwsLw
@craigkdillon5 років тому
What I love best about Chieftain is his unsubtle direct simple telling of facts, observations, and thoughts.
@thomaskositzki9424Рік тому
Absolutely! I call that profound story telling, right to the core of the matter.
@knightlife984 роки тому
"Percussive Maintenance" Lol, I liked that one.
@chrisgibson52675 років тому
'Ah! And if you look carefully; you can see this magnificent specimen in his home environment. Despite his great height you'll note the grace with which he moves around the confines of his lair...'
@jasonirwin46315 років тому
The chieftain has found his long lost home the M1 Abrams.
@cullenseago15195 років тому
Never served in a tank, I was an infantry shmuck. I will always remember when we were working with tanks (part of what got me into them). Some mix up occurred and they got to the meet up before us. The tanks just went ahead and started the operation and had been operating for about an hour before we arrived and they had already killed over 100 enemy combatants!!!
@kennethquesenberry26103 роки тому
Fascinating! My son was a tanker (2/37 Armor) and I have a photo of him with a shotgun. However, he said they turned in their pistols and everyone got a carbine or rifle. The rifle was referred to as a musket. He was in Iraq for 15 months and for the last few months was attached to a Marine Corps unit. They also had Navy bomb disposal people. Being armor, he took his training at Ft. Knox, which was the same place the both my father and I took our basic training.
@dashsocur5 років тому
Sadly, the brass eventually caught on to the tactic of securing "unauthorized" items in vehicles before heading Stateside. By the time my unit headed back, all of the vehicles were sent directly to the manufacturers to be refurbished (and everyone was clearly informed that they wouldn't be getting the same vehicle back "so don't bother").
@Raskolnikov705 років тому
They must have gotten lazier in recent years. When we came back from Iraq in 1991 they had customs officers going over every little nook and cranny of our vehicles - opening everything they could open, fishing around in blind spots and fuel tanks with coat hangers, inspecting everything that got loaded onto them before loading it. Not sure how they'd miss an entire storage area!
@youtert3 роки тому
What kind of unauthorized items, hypothetically speaking?
@sololobos69692 роки тому
@@youtert Contraband stuff. Usually drugs.
@urishima5 років тому
Fix bayonets to the tank? A very 40k thing to do. The Komissar would be proud.
@konstantin881815 років тому
It's really interesting to watch you telling us about tanks. In other circumstances we could watch at each other through gun sights, which, I'm glad, didn't happen. Greetings from Russia=)
@WIRRUZZZ4 роки тому
Absolutely. Had it happened, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be around to watch this video, considering I'm sitting right in the middle of Germany. I've been working with a Russian guy for a couple of years now and we got along great, but to think that, had I been born earlier, I might have been drafted and ordered to shoot him (or fellow Germans) . . . I guess it would be great if we had leaders who'd try to not fuck it all up for us.
@p_serdiuk4 місяці тому
Comment aged badly I guess.
@konstantin881814 місяці тому
@@p_serdiuk Well, not quite, but it is as close as it can get.
@mikemcginley63095 років тому
It's something civilians and gamers don't get. The tank is your home, your crew is like family. Its not something you do for 8 hours and then go home. We would go for days without getting off the tank. And you got to know your crew intimately. I don't know if guys in different branches had the same commeradery.
@slateslavens5 років тому
I think Fury comes close to showing that side of armor
@annihilatingangel45885 років тому
ex artillery here. Gun crews were tight also. We worked hard and partied harder. Good memories.
@gregcall32415 років тому
Abn infantry here. We shared foxholes so...yeah, we were tight too.
@tomservo53474 роки тому
I can relate-albeit in a different vehicle. As a combat engineer my 'home' was an M113A3. Sharing that thing with your 7-8 man squad was pretty cramped-but we managed. The idea of 'personal space' does not exist. All the times I'd see guys snoring away with their heads rolled over onto the other guy's shoulder...no worries. I felt deluxe when I was picked to drive our platoon commander around-it was just me and him with a whole command vehicle to ourselves and it felt great.
@Chino567514 роки тому
Who says gamers don't get it ?
@Shepard_AU5 років тому
I think Forgotten Weapons may have taken a machine gun from one of the tanks at that museum
@bryanFDNY5 років тому
wasn't that a 30 cal.
@LionofCaliban5 років тому
From what I saw, it was. 1919 model tank, machine gun for turret mounting.
@xt6wagon5 років тому
I doubt they have a US built WWI tank there. also it was at an auction house.....
@TheSonic101605 років тому
No, it'd be a Browning M1919, which was made just in time for WWI to end before it could be mass-produced and instead it was jammed into pretty much every US armoured vehicle and used as the US's light/medium machine gun until the M60 came out
@K1W1fly5 років тому
They welded the breach of the 120 to stop Ian pulling it apart...
@hoilst5 років тому
Skippy's List #101: I am not allowed to mount a bayonet on a crew-served weapon.
@tangero34624 роки тому
YES! I'm so happy someone else read that site
@CallanElliott4 роки тому
*Sad Japanese noises*
@nikitamckeever5403Рік тому
I took my son when he was 9 to the Royal Artillery museum in Woolwich and I too was shocked to see the actual piece of equipment I worked with for 3 and a bit years sat there in all its glory . Am I a museum piece too I wondered , naw push me and find out methinks 😂 . 15 years later my son is a Irish Guardsman and has been for some years now . He’s already been to Iraq , Falkland Isles , Kenya twice , Thailand , Norway , did the last Trooping of The Colours for Her Majesty the late Queen Elizabeth , the state funeral too oh and did 2 years at Harrogate Military College . Saw your eyes well up there Chieftain and it’s nothing to be ashamed of . Thank you for your service .
@lavrentivs98915 років тому
War Thunder is currently implementing a mechanic where the loading speed depends on if you have ammunition in your ready rack or not (and if you're not in combat for a while, the loader will start to move ammunition from other storage to the ready rack). A nice feature I think =)
@DubiousFIN9 місяців тому
Otomatic moment :(
@AndyM_323YYY5 років тому
Sounds like somebody thought "asymmetric warfare" means one bloke with way too many small arms.
@JoeWalker985 років тому
Way too many? More like just enough, but could still use more dakka
@carebear87625 років тому
I only have two Abrams stories. Was doing a patrol on Pendleton crossing a road cut and heard a faint whine, we got out of the road into the bushes and an M1 came around the corner not 50 yds away, only then did we hear the mechanical track noises. That turbine is ghost quiet from the front. As it passed a few feet away the heat went from the normal oppressive to briefly frightening. My second involved my team "leading" an assault in Humvees (so-called "mounted reconnaisance") in 29 Palms. As we came out of the canyon after clearing for observers and ambush, hitting the lake bed with the things floored, we get a call from Bn to "get out of the fucking way, we're coming through." We veer off into the desert and an Abrams goes by balls out followed by LAVs and more tanks. At that point we were doing "mounted Recon follow in trail, watching taillights disappear in the distance." I liked the Desert Rat stuff, but not as part of an assaulting armored force, not equipped for that.
@carebear87625 років тому
As fast as we were willing to drive them at night while navigating a sandy desert track yes. Daylight across the flats? I dunno, Humvees aren't built for speed. The tanks are fast.
@jarink15 років тому
Artruis Joew, cross country they are much faster indeed.
@3rdrevant5 років тому
An M1 has a road speed of 40ish mph. The off road is like 25. If you're a WoT player that 70 and 40 kph respectively with about 24 power to weight. It really can move surprisingly fast for a 50 ton vehicle
@slateslavens5 років тому
M. Carberry Jesus. I forgot. I was out at Ft. Irwin back in the mid 90s with 24th ID, 2/7 Inf Bn as an M2 Turret mech. It was after dark on the live fire range with the satellite dish array in it. I was called forward to 'repair' an M2 turret taken out by OpFor. I was a back-seater in a turtle-back humvee and we were 'killed' just as we pulled up alongside the 'dead' M2. Now, understand that I did my reserve time _before_ going active duty as a 12B combat engineer and was snatched up by the scout platoon as soon as they found that out. I loved it. So I'm out on this live fire range as a 'KIA' in an unarmored humvee. I think I was a PFC at the time. The driver and Lt in the front were out cold and I was dozing a bit when someone called in a copperhead on a BRDM, or BMP or somesuch - I don't remember exactly. The grid they gave was dead on for our location. So I leaned waaay over and start slapping the Lt around to wake him up to check fire. He was pissed at me, of course, for 'manhandling' him, and had no idea what was going on. Once I got him to call in a check fire, I explained what was going on and the dude turned dead white. If he hadn't cooperated or woke up, I was planning on jumping under the Bradley beside us. I know it doesn't sound like much, but my hands are shaking typing this. I don't know how long it was between the call for the fire mission and him radioing the check fire, but I was sure it wasn't going to be in time. He wasn't my Lt. I don't even remember what unit he was from, but he was attached to us and the BMO stuck me and my gear in his humvee. He already didn't like me - we'd butted heads earlier that exercise after going out to fix a TOW launcher on the scout leader's track. I had fixed the launcher in short order and we left to return to the assembly area, and I crashed in the back. We were only a few clicks out so I expected we'd be back in twenty minutes or so. It was late evening, IIRC. I woke up _hours_ later. We were still driving around the desert looking for the AA. The two idiots - the Spc and the Lt were arguing where it was, and about where they were. I just looked around at the mountains, tapped the driver on the shoulder and said - "that way, about four k's". The Lt turned beet red and started chewing my ass about how I couldn't possibly wake up from a dead sleep and know exactly where we were. I pointed again and told the driver "Go". he went. We got back well after full dark. We should have had our asses chewed, as driving after dark on Ft. Irwin was strictly forbidden at the time. Everything was weird though. Everything was 'off' at the AA. People were quiet and subdued, all the leadership from E6 and up were holed up in the command tent. It turned out that the battalion commander had order the scouts forward after dark to surprise OpFor. In the dark, two of the scouts' lead Bradleys had gone over the edge of a thirty foot deep wadi and landed on their lids. The two track commanders and gunners were dead, having been chest-high out of their hatches, and the rest of the crews were left sucking Halon for the better part of thirty minutes while rescue crews tried to get them out. Situations like this were specifically why driving was forbidden after dark. NVGs gave no depth perception, especially as crews got tired. I believe the battalion commander was sacked pretty much on-the-spot, but my recollection of that part is sketchy. These are just training mishaps. I can't even imagine what goes down in combat. Thank you, to all service members, for your sacrifice. Les Berg
@thomaszhang31015 років тому
Whispering Death
@captaincrazyhat5 років тому
I watch this and I have so many regrets and wish I had not gotten sick. I wanted to join the tank core, I was in college and I wanted to be a TC but I got fibromyalgia so that was the end of that. I never even got to ride in a tank. Now in the end I am disabled, my wife left, divorced me taking the kids, and I am in pain all of the time being often unable to walk. Watching this video I wonder what could have been and wish things had been different. I really wish I could have at least had the chance to ride in one and maybe fire the guns just once to see what a cannon that large going off was like. I wish I had know the feeling of having brothers in arms and having memories of them. I have lost all of my friends except one that I made later. I feel so alone having watched this and dream of what could have been. Nice video I really did enjoy it and it gave me a look into what life could have been like making me smile dreaming of a life that never was.
@zion6535 років тому
You are not alone, bud. In college, I was in Army ROTC and was looking forward to being an Infantry officer. I completed airborne school after my second year of the program and was looking forward to attending Ranger school after my graduation and commission. I was looking forward to being an officer in a Ranger or Paratrooper unit, or at least Air Assault. But, after my third year the program and just a few weeks before I was to set off for NALC, I was robbed at gunpoint and then shot in the neck while leaving a grocery store. The bullet hit my spine and left me with a diagnosis of quadriplegia and paralysis from the neck downward. All the guys that I spent many days and nights training with went on to pursue their officer careers, and I have not heard from any of them in many years. A few of them came to see me in the hospital, but after that, yeah… It is tough. Really tough. But, my only consolation is a continuing desire to move forward and be "something." I keep trying to learn new things, pursue different interests, and try to pursue some semblance of success and a "life." After 13 years, I finally got my first job post-injury with the local PD as an analyst, only to lose it a little over a year later (after a fire alarm incident, they saw me as a liability and wanted to get rid of me; so, they contrived some BS excuse to get the chief to sign off on my termination, sparing them from EEOC intervention). After another year of surgery, therapy, and recovery, I am back to throwing my resumes against the wall and seeing what sticks. So far, no takers, and I am back to stacking rejection and "we regret to inform you…" letters like they are trophies. I seem to get several every week, and at this point, it just makes me chuckle every time. I just wanted to throw my story to you to let you know that you are not alone. Interestingly, yours is the first story that I have come across that is, at least, somewhat similar to mine - similar aspirations and type of injury. But, we got to find some reason to keep moving forward. I just threw my name in the hat for law school. Will I get in? Well, let's see: I could only apply to ONE school, the school in my city, and I am competing against a ton of applications from 20-somethings who are a hell of a lot smarter than I am… lol.. But, hey, you do not know unless you try, right? Right… Besides, I could always use another "trophy." Stay strong, brother
@Silver50Snake4 роки тому
@@zion653 Hey man, I just saw this comment by chance. I would be happy to help any way that I can. I graduated law school a few years ago so if you need help or advice in that realm just send me a pm. Good luck to you brother, sometimes it takes awhile to find something meaningful in our lives.
@hades05724 роки тому
@@zion653 Fuck your story is grim mate, all the best and keep on keeping on. Did they catch the prick that shot you and if so what sentence did he get?
@barryrobinson10415 років тому
Yes I was one of the tall Tankers 6'4 1/2" . The hardest position for me to serve in was the Gunner and did that for 5 years, until I got promoted to SSG Tank Commander, knee pain was one of the main reasons for getting out of that Gunner's seat.
@georgelukach66376 місяців тому
Oh yeah!!!!
@Snuckster25 років тому
This is the best Chieftain video yet. You can see the love and reverence in his face the entire time. The moment where he was lost thinking about his crew was the best moment in this channels history.
@BufusTurbo925 років тому
A sabre taped on the gun tube can be a life saver when you have no ammo left and the enemy tank has a dagger taped to the gun, however
@AugmentedGravity5 років тому
Thank you for your service Nicholas, M1 crew and the deceased TC. RIP. Semper Fi.
@TheLoxxxton5 років тому
Man I've been watching all the old stuff. It's a pleasure to see the fond memories of a real tanker talking about tank stuff. You sir are welcome to ramble on in my house any day of the week
@shorttimer8745 років тому
I got kicked out of the house when I was 16 (going to school was such a bore) and signed up for the Army (RA) on my 17th birthday in 1971. I really really wanted to be a tanker, so I got a guarantee for 11 Armor, not knowing that 11E was not the only Armor MOS. After basic my orders for school said 11D, whatever that was (Recon / Calvary ) and spent the first part of my hitch in gun jeeps in the ground troop of an Air Cav squadron, and 2 years in M114A1E1's in Bamberg playing speedbump for the Soviets. Turned out to be a lot more interesting than being a tanker, when ever someone was needed for ANY type of job they used us, so we got out of the motorpool a lot more often than the line animals. But I still never got to be in an operating tank. This video makes up for that more than anything else I've experienced. I bet the comment about the wind detector would be for exactly the situation as when my sisters would send my outside to find the waldorf for the salad when I was a sprout. Thanks (as you might guess from the avatar, my gamer name is Shorttimer)
@raybrindos45145 років тому
Tony, when were you in Bamberg. I was with C co. 3/35 from 74 to 77.
@shorttimer8745 років тому
Cool, another Armadillo. 72 to 74, first HHC 3/35 but then they spun off Recon along with Mortars, Redeye section, and Bridge Layer and put us in CSC (Combat Support Company. Had the cut section of fence all the cabbies knew as Gate 2 1/2 ever get patched?
@raybrindos45145 років тому
@@shorttimer874 when I left in 77, it was still there. 3/35 has a facebook page.
@musicmaster4175 років тому
at least Wargaming is giving us a free abrams(video)
@wisedonkey76445 років тому
*you already have a tank that can do lots of stuff*
@shorttimer8745 років тому
I believe this is one of his videos done on his own time with his own equipment. Note no annoying background music.
@RadarLightwave5 років тому
Boo hiss
@s.31.l505 років тому
Tier 15 tank pls lol
@rat4885 років тому
I am so glad that guy missed you Chief you really are the most knowledgeable person alive today regarding historic tanks and that is really something. If it wasn't you i don't know if anyone would have done what you have done for those interested in armored warfare in the historical community. Your service and what you do today is really great. Thank you for your hard work and I am very glad you took the time to talk about someone who wasn't as lucky as you to escape their brush with death and I am happy to see the museum is so accommodating to his family and battle brothers.
@TheChieftainsHatch5 років тому
I’m pretty glad as well, all things considered
@Alx-SG4 роки тому
"I miss them" - bless him.
@DaBunnanaKing5 років тому
Get a man that looks and talks about the same way like Chieftain does about the Abrams
@Beliserius15 років тому
*slaps the rear* This baby right here, can fit so many rounds.
@leepalmer12105 років тому
I'd tape a sharpened broom stick along the main gun barrel.
@nasanasa35 років тому
Tankity tank tank.
@TBoy2055 років тому
it’d be blown in half after the first round
@Wisewolf_of_Avalon5 років тому
@@TBoy205 it's about sending a message XD
@KarlfMjolnir4 роки тому
@@TBoy205 So you get wooden shrapnel also going downrange. I fail to see the problem! :P
@bobcoffman59964 роки тому
HE REMINDED ME OF “THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES.”
@docmike86015 років тому
you could have been the first tank commander in history to order "fix bayonets," missed your chance :)
@guiltyofbias88185 років тому
I've never seen the chieftain happier than in this episode
@EthanThomson5 років тому
i'd love a series where its just you talking about war stories
@EthanThomson5 років тому
attaching a sword as a bayonet? why is that a bad idea? everything needs a bayonet!
@vteckikdinyoo5 років тому
@@EthanThomson get this , what about a bayonet WITH ANOTHER BAYONET DUCT TAPED TO IT
@axelmilan42925 років тому
The greatest part of this video is that Nick sounds genuinely happy. It's that sort of happiness you feel when reflecting on good times.
@lqr8242 роки тому
The best episode there will ever be on this channel, both thanks to your personal insights and the flood of memories flooding back. Thank you so much for sharing the intimate moment. I've had maybe a taste of the same commeradier, with bands in the past, and with my team on trading floors, but obviously an order of magnitude or more removed from a year straight involving life and death experiences. What I'd personally like to see is a walkthrough of your own good self at some point: how you came to tanking, how apparently you came to the US Army as an Irishman; didn't know that was possible. And you might as well spill the beans on getting into tanks at your height. I simply can't see how an army would be built to allow such a thing.
@WeirdSeagul5 років тому
That poor rheinmetall 120mm welded :((
@Biker_Gremling5 років тому
#ThankYouATF
@MikaelKKarlsson5 років тому
That'll be the cockblock.
@majfubar53265 років тому
And for no real reason, since simply removing the firing pin assembly will more than adequately safe the gun.
@GCJT19495 років тому
Like we can go down to WalMart (TM) and buy 120 SABO and HE Geoff Who likes things that work...
@blackbird86325 років тому
Looks like it would be easily rectified.
@thedungeondelver5 років тому
"Oh bugger, the tank is on f-"HALON DUMP.
@erichelvie85245 років тому
I hated the HALON system, never bailed out of a tank so fast. The sensors were so sensitive
@thedungeondelver5 років тому
I read a story about an M1 that was on operations in Germany; they hadn't secured their antennas and drove under a low-hanging power line near a small town and everything bad happened, including tripping the HALON system.
@cgrant265 років тому
When a halon bottle pops, it goes off like a blast. The first thing you notice after the initial shock is that your voice is 3 octaves lower after that you unass the tank before you pass out.
@slateslavens5 років тому
Yeah, you need to move faster for the halon than you do for the fire.
@speed150mph4 роки тому
Am I the only one who is sitting here watching him talk about the TC position of the Abrams, and how everything is in reach of his excessively long arms, and how the hatch is perfectly eye level for his excessive hatch if he sits on the seat back and think “despite being over the maximum height limit for the tank, it’s almost like god built him to be an Abrams tank commander”
@palindari4 роки тому
As an ex-Army armor crewman - and at 6 ft I can empathize with you some - thanks for the walk through down that lane, brother.
@somedayreadings8465 років тому
No track tensioning details? Boo! Hiss!
@nichevo15 років тому
Nice hiss!
@josephburke72245 років тому
I served on the 105 version. No bustle racks. Also no azimuth wheel. Then when they did put a bustle rack on, not nearly big enough. The rear mounted APU. Guess my unit was lucky, nobody tore one off.
@piotrnod64894 роки тому
25:23 great moment feels kicks right in the guts F
@qcarr5 років тому
One of your best videos ever, Chieftain! Thank you for your memories and for your service!
@torbai5 років тому
"Hi, guys. Thanks for tuning in to another video of Inside the Chieftain's Hatch dot com. I am Chieftain, and I am here at the American Heritage Museum taking look at some of the vehicles they are going to be showing at their exhibition in April, 2019. What we are looking at today is a Tank, Combat, Full-tracked, 120mm Gun, M1A1, General Abrams..."
@Slayer_Jesse5 років тому
you're just making me want that corssover even more...
@seanf56345 років тому
Just curious if the you think the area below the gun and above the driver's hatch is a shot trap? The abrams has a great angled design up front, but I always wondered about that gap under the barrel.
@nightrise455 років тому
Shot traps aint a thing anymore, modern rounds don't bounce.
@deepbludreams5 років тому
Tanks fire at each other at thousands of meters now, a tank at 10X at that range just looks like a rectangle, hitting it anywhere in particular is difficult, it's why tank crews are trained to hit center of mass, aiming for weakspots is a video game thing.
@captiannemo15875 років тому
Yes, its technically a shot trap but since tanks sling APFSDS all the time any more and at massively long ranges most of the time... its not really considered a problem.
@Biker_Gremling5 років тому
3 hour long inside the hatch incoming... will watch every second of it.
@Fragtastik5 років тому
Watched this along side a buddy who was an M1 Driver and it took an hour to get through as we paused for him to explain every part right before you did. Also, he nearly died laughing when you mentioned warming the crosswind sensor.
@wurzel96712 роки тому
Could you explain the crosswind sector bit?
@Tinblitz4 роки тому
Easily one of your best videos. The emotional connection to this machine was so visible, and your little anecdotes and stories were so entertaining.
@wlewisiii5 років тому
Running around in a M-60A3 was pretty damn good too ;)
@MkYoung6665 років тому
Indeed it was.
@TreverSlyFox5 років тому
The M48A2C wasn't bad either, but I do wish it had been an A3 with the diesel.
@kilo-mn5md5 років тому
TTS was good on the a3 , Gotta give some credit to the m48a5 , good tank for its time, was my first
@rph1117455 років тому
I did AIT on the M48A3 then four years on an original "slick" M60, "Best job I ever had"
@MkYoung6665 років тому
I actually liked the TTS better than the TIS.
@shadowfoxcorp5 років тому
Bless the desighners for being detail orientated.
@adamskinner58685 років тому
that was great, really enjoy these talks with the personal connection and the great stories, please do more as I know you will. I'm making no judgements about Irishmen having a tendency of spinning a good yarn.
@Daehawk4 роки тому
Might be my favorite Hatch ep. Now days its like "You have a girl in your crew?"..."Thats not a girl thats my loader"
@drrocketman77945 років тому
Crosswind sensor warmup...the BOOM test for the main gun, or my favorite, making sure the turret is screwed on right when you pick your tank up from the depot...
@petesheppard17095 років тому
How many turns, in which direction, to unscrew the turret on your tank??
@SgtBones5 років тому
And make sure the new guy checks for armor soft spots and while he`s at it a box of grid squares and sqeulch grease!
@drrocketman77945 років тому
@@SgtBones I lol'd here! Or "make sure you don't forget to take an exhaust sample!"
@majfubar53265 років тому
Reticle batteries, it works even better since you can reach around and feel a small compartment on the back of the LRF.
@drrocketman77945 років тому
@@petesheppard1709 I'd heard it takes 42 turns clockwise to get the turret on, then you back it off 21 turns so it can traverse back and forth without a stop in one direction or screwing the turret clean off in the other direction...
@rahbaralhaq5 років тому
26:38 So the Abrams Turret weight more than a freaking Panzer III !
@legogenius16675 років тому
Are you really surprised? :)
@RadarLightwave5 років тому
And the Tiger II's turret weighed more than a Hetzer, and probably used up more resources at that.
@Appletank85 років тому
@@RadarLightwave what if the Tiger turret was replaced with a hetzer?
@phased-arraych.91505 років тому
Especially with DU armor.
@GrowthCurveMarketing3 роки тому
So wonderful to get a tour informed by a former crewman, no less tank commander! Gotta loves some Chieftain...
@bucknertarsney76745 років тому
Man, what a great video. You are such a blessing to the preservation of the history of these machines. Thank you for your service too.
@midmissourirailroad5 років тому
As a guy whose gonna join the army as a 19K, that bit with the sensor is very useful. Thank you!
@ThroneOfBhaal5 років тому
Drive me closer, I need to unload half the weapons made by mankind on them. I would have though the M4 and your sidearms would have been perfectly sufficient. What did they think you'd be doing? Boarding actions?
@sololobos69694 роки тому
More like if the tank got knocked out, or they set up a camp around their tank. A buddy of mine was an abrams tanker, and he told me that they built a makeshift outpost out of their abrams. (Tied camo netting to it and basically made a tent)
@ScottKenny19783 роки тому
They were called "TWATs": Tankers without a Tank. Doing foot patrols outside the track.
@looinrims2 роки тому
@@ScottKenny1978 more like “we need infantry but don’t want to have extra but do want them so we’re forcing you to be infantry since you have legs and a rifle”
@ScottKenny19782 роки тому
@@looinrims that too. I mean, having a gun for each hatch on the turret is good. IIRC, the Israelis put a .50 coax, .50 on the TC's hatch, Mk19 on the loader's hatch, and FN MAG on the gunner's hatch (or Mk19 on the gunner's hatch and MAG on the loader's). Downside is that the hatches are open so crew is exposed to use them. But giving the tank crew all the same guns as an Infantry fireteam is a terrible idea. They're tankers, they are not trained as infantry!!!!
@ddezendorf4 роки тому
You always remember your fist crew. I was an M60-series tanker in the 70s and an M1A1 tanker in the late 90s. Good times.
@Motoruven5 років тому
The part when described all of the sidearms and other weapons they had to bring along was hilarious.
@sfs20402 роки тому
When you crew an M1 anything not the 120 is a sidearm
@tbrown76626 місяців тому
We didn't get the M249, but we DID have a case of frag grenades we kept in that same place...
@di4bel19895 років тому
I did like this unscripted talk much more than typical inside the hatch.
@lhkraut5 років тому
What a fantastic story and video. You could feel The Chieftain going back in time. It was heartbreaking to hear about the TC. Another true hero in my prayers. I can not imagine how the crew felt when they saw their second home again.
@alantrail16475 років тому
Awesome show! Thank you for taking the time to do this.
@anttihuhtala58405 років тому
This was one of the best if not the best you have done so far! More please! and more stories!
@d17a2dude5 років тому
That bit about the cross wind sensor was too funny. It reminded me of my carrier days. Once, while in port, I sent a couple junior airmen onto the flight deck to calibrate the plat camera (black and white video feed you've seen of planes landing at sea on a carrier.) It was so funny watching my junior sailors on the flight deck, pointing and flashing the island with a flash light. XD
@terrygardner30315 років тому
Or sending someone out to get some prop wash
@hicapclipazine60005 років тому
Quartermaster: "Sign for your bayonets." Chieftain: "What? I have a tank!!"
@looinrims3 роки тому
Quartermaster: “did I fucking stutter?”
@torpaninternational83513 роки тому
Rather good to admit some of his personal details --- just imagine him explaining the road wheels of the prams configurations.