DRIVING A WWI TANK!
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- čas přidán 11. 05. 2018
- I recently visited the Norfolk Tank Musuem in the UK and was given the rare privilege of driving in 'Deborah II', their First World War Mark IV tank. What an amazing experience!
Visit www.battlefields.com.au for more information.
That tank is a tribute to the skill of the engineers and mechanics that built in, wow!
I agree. It’s pretty impressive!
@@MatMcLachlanHistory
I must ask is it a replica because surely a real one would be far too brittle.
Honestly, its a beauty a recreated Female Mk4, and you rarely see replica females anywhere! I love the look of it. Its beastly looking even today.
It beautiful to
@@jakethebritishpatriot I'm the 1st.
@@michaelmontano4280 wht u on about im talking about the beauty of the mk4 ww1 tank
It's terrific to see this relic piece of battle tank equipment running and cared for.
It's not. It's a replica
Replica or not it's still amazing while not as effective as later ww2 tanks and beyond I simply love the design 👍👍
@@warren9148 agreed
Its a replica sadly
It ain’t real
Armour piercing bullets didn't bounce off! The first uses of the tanks were stopped by heavy AP bullets.
Great video Mat.
As a German soldier imagine hearing then seeing that coming towards you for the first time! "Righto boys I'll see ya back in Berlin." But also frightening inside the tank, I read in one book that because of the uneven surface of a WW1 battlefield the crew would be sliding all over the place. And sometimes a crewman would hit his head on anything inside and get knocked out. Then machines guns and rifles firing at you, then mortar's trying to pick you out and on top of that artillery. God Bless the Tank Corps, Bloody Hell.
Thank you Mat! Used your video on school lesson about WWI to illustrate kids what tank warfare was about.
Glad I could help!
Like you said, there would be explosions going on around you in the tank and total chaos. But if you think about it, even that Lewis gun that would be operated from inside the tank would be extremely loud. So imagine trying to drive that with someone shooting constantly inside a metal box. Not fun.
Well said. Not a fun place to be!
Despite the rigorous and hostile conditions inside the early model tanks of WW1, they did ultimately lead the way to what would later emerge in the form of improved modern variations of the original concept.
This is the the mk IV that Guy Martin helped to build fantastic replica of Deborah D50 that fort in the battle of Cambrai 1917
ww1 tank comander called his tank fray bentos! the pie in a tin you can buy still
I have to agree with you about working conditions inside the Mark 4. Would have been a real nightmare inside the machine. Thanks for showing us all on CZcams the great tank museum also.
"Edwards release the pigeon!"
Virgin battleship:
-can't go on land
-sinks with a hole
-is gay
-navy sucks
Chad Landship:
-is a battleship on land
-can't sink because no water
-no homo
-royal tank regiment rocks
Cons of landship:
-will steal your wife
@@giorgiocaron9121 everybody gangsta till you pull at the disco with the landship and do the beat with the 6 pounders
@@giorgiocaron9121 Cons: Can sink in mud patches
You dont see many female mark 4s anymore. You dont see them in general even the replicas.
U.F.M.S -United Federation Morales very true.
Did you just assume the gender of that tank? ....
HOW VERY DARE YOU !!!
@@rainblaze. ooga booga durr, fezinameeee reeeee!!!
But anyways its a very rare item, it is impressive that a Mk.IV replica even existed let alone a female with 5 lewis gun, i want to see this driving around again
@@rainblaze. I'm guessing this is a joke but if not before the mark 5 there was a varient that had only machine guns that was called the mark 1-4 female while the male varient had 2 6 pounder guns.
@@404cheeseburgernotfound5
So you recognised it as a joke eh?
Nothing gets by you i warrant. But tell me .....
what gave it away ?
G'day Mat, did you know there was a Mark IV first World War tank in West Wyalong back in about 1916-1919. It was parked on the roadway outside where the Advocate Office now stands. I do not know why it was in town, but there is a photo of the event. To the left of the photo stands the Wyalong Star, Printing & Publishing Office next to the now Star Lane.
I had no idea Terry. Thanks for the tidbit!
if there was a ww2-era engine installed there, you could literally use it as a mobile house, like an RV (even better if guns are removed as well)
When I see these WW1 tanks and, even though their debut was not spectacular (except for the first day of Cambrai), I always try to envisage the reaction of the German troops when they saw them for the first time. Has any of them written this down in a diary, I wonder, those that survived ?
I think ive heard something in a documentary, the germans called it "iron devils"
@@kusada3035 I always find it ironic that nobody learned the lessons of tank warfare better than the Germans. They were the first to be confronted by it and I do wonder how much that first visceral shock contributed.
@@noelmajers6369 nothing short of "shitting my pants" kind of emotion
The first tanks used in battle weren't the best, they were unreliable and broke down and their weaknesses were quickly realised by German Command, but the first reactions to their appearance were of terror when bullets bounced off of them. Yeah, despite the tanks being really crap, they did prove the effectiveness of the tank as they did take a lot of ground.
Heinz Guderian wrote about it in his book on tank warfare "Achtung Panzer!". He pioneered German tank strategy in the second world war, being one of Hitler's top generals. The book is short and worth a read, and for anyone worried about reading a book penned by a prominent Nazi, it talks nothing of their abhorrent politics as it was written prior to the second world war and sticks to tanks and their usage in battle. Guderian does however have a notably pro-German slant in his depiction of WWI and his experience, which, well, that's kind of to be expected I suppose.
One thing he notes very early on, and would become famous for, is that the English use of tanks in the first world war impressed him, but once adequate countermeasures were developed to combat them they lost much of their fear factor and utility. He believed they should have been fielded in far greater number, in fact arguing that they should have formed the main body of the army, with the infantry as a supporting force for the tanks, rather than the tanks being a supporting force for the infantry as was the case in WWI. This of course, would be what he bought to the table for the German blitzkrieg/bewegungskrieg during the second world war.
Initial German reaction to English tanks in WWI was mostly panic and fear, as they had no reasonably timely way of dealing with them at first, particularly for frontline infantry who really had nothing in their kit that could do anything against a tank. Very quickly strategies, weaponry including field guns, and fortification techniques were developed, as well as Germans fielding some tanks of their own, which took much of the scare away from tanks during the first world war.
I wanna crank start one of them
I'm not from the uk but that is brilliant love it . I think I have seen some video of the build of that tank and it was amazing.
That is one of the best interiors of a recreated landship I've ever seen!
good doc but surely there should be more fumes and smoke inside the tank lol :)
Fair point!
2:50 WOAH some one give this guy a speeding ticket
😂😂😂
@@MatMcLachlanHistory XD
@@MatMcLachlanHistory i wonder if these tanks can still be produced(customized)?
PS: Would love to own one.
It would take nerves of steel to serve in one of those.
I bet it still handles better than my 2007 ford S-Max.
I have a dream:
Having enough money to recreate a fully operative Mk IV male landship (complete with working 6 pounders and Lewis guns). I know, it's a waste of money, I know, having that beast is dangerous, I don't care
I like it! 👍🏼
But it will be worth it
Good luck!
@@Hans-uh1hz agreed
No country on earth would allow working Lewis guns, and the 6 pdrs don't exist anymore.
Tank 1 End of Somme battle0. Great short video.
Is there a video on how to drive that?
Excellent👏👏👏..ide love to have a little drive in that...but one thing i always wanted to do.above all...fire a vickers machine gun..(live rounds)..theres somethin about a vickers..its iconic shape....ime not drawn to a lewis gun..but deff a vickers
I agree Chris.
At least it doesn’t squeak.
Sloped armour in ww1 already🇨🇦🤠
Randy Schaff eyy another Canadian
It looks way more menacing then the newer tanks
I agree! Terrifying!
@@MatMcLachlanHistory and to think what the soldiers felt when they saw a tank for the first time…
Is this original Daimler-Foster 6-cylinder in-line engine ? .
Can you show us how you drive it
Like a kid in a candy store!!! 😅😅😅 But, like you say, the noise, and the heat/claustrophobic environment, not to mention being under horrendous battle conditions... impossible to really imagine what the soldiers experienced for hours at a time, over days at a time.
How much would one of these cost with shipping? Asking for a friend
Smokin fast
Mat reminds me of edwards in battlefield 1
how did you build it? did you followed the original schematics?
Yes, it was made strictly to original plans.
Watch the program Guy Martin's tank. It was built with assistance from JCB
just get a local airsoft guys to shoot on it. maybe not as realistic, but the ping sound is there
It looks like black bess to me.
What kind of engine does this thing have?
It’s a diesel tractor engine.
@@MatMcLachlanHistory thats rather fitting, i suppose its 6 cylinder?
Hmm, good question! I’m not sure.
The original had a Daimler 6 sleeve valve engine, 100hp
Living History I think it was actually a gasoline enigne
Its the female version 😁
Are you sure it’s a mark IV and not a mark V female?
Yes, it’s a Mark IV Female replica.
The reason I suggested it might be a mark v female is because the mark v female had only machine guns unless they said it’s a mark IV
The Mark IV also came in Male (cannon) and Female (machine gun) versions. This is a Mark IV, as was the original ‘Deborah’ it was modelled on.
Oh ok, still as cool, just wish they made them with more significant differences so they couldn’t be misidentified
Oh look at this a random CZcamsr commenter thinks they know tanks better than the fucking tank museum. Oh the stupidity.
не подумайте,что я пытаюсь сумничать и поблестать чешуёй на фоне сложившихся обстоятельств, но мне действительно кажется, хотя я тоже могу заблуждаться, как и любой из нас. но тем не менее я не опротестовываю чьё-либо мнение и с уважением отношусь ко взглядам каждого человека и к его личному мнению,а так же осознаю и в какой-то степени разделяю его позицию.и учитывая все аспекты,всю концепцию и разность мировоззрения,допускаю мысль,что.... офигееееть: забыл нафиг,что и сказать-то хотел
Wow!
It sure was a great experience!
Почему-то название переведено на русский как "ВОЖДЕНИЕ ТАНКА ВОВ!". ВОВ - Великая Отечественная Война, т. е. Вторая Мировая для СССР. А это танк Первой Мировой.
How odd. It’s definitely a World War 1 tank.
Tjats a mark v
Nope, it’s a replica of Mark IV ‘Deborah’ that was knocked out at the Battle of Cambrai in 1917.
Its a fake one. Real ones were so so so loud u could literally not hear even someone shouting inside your ear. Like really too loud.
Umm, yes as I say in the video it’s a new reconstruction built to the original plans.
@@MatMcLachlanHistory hopefully minus the loud bits save your ears lol
Yeah because they'd never let anyone drive one of the original Mark 5 or 4 tanks because of how fragile they've become over the years despite being in excellent working order
Still pretty loud, but not like the original!
@@MatMcLachlanHistory I know, Originals must've been noisy bastards