M3 Halftrack: Strength & Weaknesses (featuring Chieftain)
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In this video Nicholas "The Chieftain" Moran and I talk about strength & weaknesses of the M3 Halftrack, we also compare it to the German Sdkfz 251 Halftrack.
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von Senger und Etterlin, F. M.: Die Panzergrenadiere. Geschichte und Gestalt der mechanisierten Infanterie 1930-1960. J. F. Lehmans Verlag: 1961, München.
Chamberlain, Peter; Doyle, Hilary: Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World War Two. Revised Edition. Arms & Armour: London, UK, 1999.
Spielberger, Walter; Doyle, Hilary Lous, Jentz, Thomas L.: Halbkettenfahrzeuge des deutschen Heeres
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For a look at the German equivalent the Sd. Kfz. 251 be sure to check out this video on my main channel: czcams.com/video/60oHeCZHtvI/video.html
Hi, great topic for comparison. Do you and chieftain think, that there is an opportunity for a real comparison in the field, maybe at a reenactment? Would be interesting to see them performing offroad.
Dude - which region or country does Nicholas come from because I don't recognise his accent 🤔
@@superyachtchef Ireland, but living in the US for a long time.
A few points.. the much earlier german infantry carrier had basicly the same body style as the ww2 one but was wheeled... the committee that provided tracks only looked at the track unit.. not the overall design...
Early in the war the Germans used captured carrier track units to equip some trucks rear element... then all early pzr and any other tracked units they could get... they knew that the armoured carrier was overly complex but it was in production and they just manufactured everything they could non stop...
The carrying of material along the sides was more due to the fractional over match of machine gun rounds.. which could perforate the sides with about 1 or 2 mm to spare... then were trapped inside the hull by the oposite armour.. rather like a .22 headship. . This was well known.. and a fractional degredation in penetrative capacity made the armour reject the round...
"If you can't go into battle in style, what's the point?"
- Cavalry Officer
The Hanomag is much more stylish, but the M3 is also wicked cool.
"If I die I want to look good..."
I'm sorry but in my opinion the sexiest in style halftrack you can go into combat in is definitely the sdkfz 251. Very sexy
Every Pre Modern Army be like:
If one part of my model is missing, it was shot off, end of discussion
Similarly, if something critical just refuses to fit correctly: paint it burnt and claim it's a wreck.
@@Telamon8 That's exactly what I do with broken model train kits.
The Chieftain: *slaps roof of M3 half track* "this baby can fit so many GIs"
and stick .50 cals on it, A LoT oF iT!!
"This baby can fit so many different roles on it."
how r u no politics with a kekluger?
@@YourRealBestFriend it's a Bergmann, not a Luger. It's a reference to a great CZcams channel called Forgotten Weapons. Also Pepe isn't inherently political.
...what roof?
Part commonality is one of the most underestimated strength of the U.S war machine.
It used to be
I don't think there was a major part problem within the German half tracks. They were based on standard commercial truck drive trains. The rear wheel drive was replaced by a sprocket for the track to drive the front of the track. The steering wasn't complicated either. You turned the vehicle maybe +/-15 degrees using the steering wheel to turn the wheels past that point gentle braking pressure was progressively applied to the inside track. The pressure and angle was adjustable. I imagine it was a cam mechanism. So you simply had a separate brake for each side and a combined master for a common. A minor complication and in fact a lot less complicated than a US half track which was essentially a 4WD truck that required 3 differentials to be machined.
-The most common half track was based on the Opel Blitz Truck which in fact could share parts with the half track and captured GM vehicles.
-I suspect much of the running gear such as tracks, sprockets, suspension, idler wheels were shared between half tracks. The Germans put a big effort into standardizing these.
"If u cant go to battle in style whats the point?"
The French uniform in WW1 lives to this motto
I’m really enjoying these MHV/Chieftain crossover videos.
You seem to work really well each other, without talking over each other or there being any egos in the way. Brilliant.
My personal favourite moments: modelling rant and fooling the DMV 😂😂
I liked the Lindybeige/Irish guy crossover. They were funny.
They seem to have a genuine affection for each other which is nice to watch.
@@HavanaSyndrome69 Chieftain is the Irish Guy, which shows it was Lindybeige being the prat.
If only David Fletcher had been there.
i was at this event and got to meet them both. they are both really nice guys and were very nice to this crazy Ohio boy.
Wait, your telling me the Cheiftan doesnt drive to work everyday in a M4 Sherman? What kind of heracy is this?
he drives to home every day in a sherman
Wouldn't the Abrams be his ride?
@@Arbiter099 no the abrams is his bathroom
I need .32 French Long
@@TheAir2142 can you settle for a villar perosa and some glisenti ammo?
Model making is supposed to be relaxing. Famous last words. My wife knows this all to well.
Battleship Marat is currently driving up my blood pressure
I blame Company of Heroes for etching the persistence that the M3 halftrack is always more brutal as a mobile AA gun with the quad M2s than some silly halftrack with an MG that gives the enemy its suppressing at a way harder time killing with the added bonus of the M2's ball ammo having this scary potential to give most forms of cover a gigantic middle finger
Lol how funny. Nice reference.
Time to boot up CoH again...
chances are an infantrymen in the vicinity of that halftrack aren't really equipped with AA guns :/
They really did use the thing that way in Korea though. Chinese got mowed by quad M2s.
I'm not sure what you just said, even though I play CoH. The quad 50 M3 was commonly used in ground combat in ww2. It was every bit as effective as you'd think it'd be.
To answer the question :
No. i know that guy pops weelies in halftracks, and i dont know how healthy that is
It’s fairly healthy actually. The burning rubber creates a smokescreen so viruses can’t find you.
@Zeh Crazy Gamer to be fair, hes referring to Nick Moran here popping a wheelie in an m3 halftrack because he had it in first gear. these things are really easy to pop wheelies in while in first gear. Generally it is best to start in second.
is there footage of that?
To answer the question;
Yes, yes I would
(If I could afford it)
Ditto
Hell ya I'd buy one. If I had a license that is.
I want the delux quad 50 version please!
You would discover that the Halftracks are a total pain unless off road, as even during the war, the crews preferred the trucks to the Halftracks...
Same here
My dad was lucky enough to buy tracks from Isreal for our M16 before they went out of stock. The trouble now is to figure out how to put them on with only 2 people.
Mistah Fox Iv done it. Tell your dad to put a brick between the large push bolt and the idler axle mount. This will really give you a lot of slack in the tracks and make it MUCH easier to slip the tracks on. Also, loosen up the tension spring adjusting nuts and drop a locking spacer between the outer boogie swing arm nuts so the boogies don’t dangle when you jack up the halftrack. It’s not that hard
So how'd it go?
Just a one word answer....... “Friends”
I halp
One of the few CZcamsrs who is honest about disclosing sponsorship. +1 integrity for that.
Um, the whole POINT of these vids is to advertise. Naming them is really the only way that advertising works.
I feel like after the first time I've lubricated every link on a 251 I would be incentivized to lose the thing to enemy fire.
Or friendly fire!
And then walk home under air burst artillery?
Great and all, but how does one exactly sink an Abrams?
you could ask a marine, but he is busy eating crayons.
Id say just try to use it as a boat.... voila.
Attempting to imitate Russian tanks.
Actually I’d strongly suspect that guy failed at being a submariner because rule no 1 is at the end of the day, the number of surfaces should equal the number of dives
Getting to close to the edge of the dirt embankment in the middle of Fuck Knows, Iraq and ending up in the irrigation canal will do it.
9:15 I think this is the most relatable thing I've ever heard Nick say, model making has caused me quite a few Insignificant Emotional Events so the second-hand frustration was very real. Well, it was real after I stopped laughing.
Agreed. I am stuck in the 80's as well. I was working hard to make a 1/35th M-24 Chaffee and had a revelation-- my models will never, ever be showroom quality, high speed, realistic and detailed representations of the real thing. But, I have fun making them-- and that's all that matters. My goal is to build every significant US tank from 1939 to modern days in 1/35th and every significant aircraft in 1/72nd.
My dad was in the 4th ID during WW2. The division started out with half tracks, but in France they traded in half tracks for trucks. A truck could carry more men than a half track. The division took up less road space in consequence. On the road the division was thus faster and more nimble. They calculated this to be more important than a half track's limited off-road capability.
-During operation Barbarossa the Germans attack was delayed by some months due to the need to rescue Italian Forces that had become stalled down in Greece due to a unwelcome (to the Germans) invasion of Greece by Mussolini.
-As a result the Germans became held up by the Raspadura or spring thaw. The mud caused an 8 fold increase in fuel consumption as half tracks had to be used to tow trucks through the mud.
-The Germans didn't have a fraction of the 6WD trucks of the US but they had some reasonable stuff with duel boggies and independent suspension, double rear wheels and Limited Slip differentials etc.
-The Half tracks really excelled at getting through the mud and also towing trucks through it. I don't think 6WD trucks would have worked. The mud could be nearly a meter deep.
I got my dolphins in 2012 and was able to serve on a "newer" Virginia class before leaving the service, but am now truly envious that I didn't earn my fish on an Abrams class!
Hello Bubblehead ! From a DDG / CG sailor , AKA Skimmer .
Bonus points to the TC who manages to say, 'give me one ping, Vasiley' onthe radio before ordering his crew to abandon tank.
@@victorwaddell6530 Hello! Have always admired the tin can sailors after hearing stories of you guys walking on bulkheads in heavy seas! Bubbleheads aren't used to that kind of beating. If we had to surface in even a mild storm at least 1/3 of the crew was blowing chunks all over the place haha!
@@duck_6983 But at least we could go out on deck and see the sun , the moon , the stars , a sunrise or a a sunset . Maybe smoke a cigarette if the smoking lamp was lit . I understand the chow was better on a sub than on a tin can . Submarine chow is almost like Air Force DFAC food from what Ive heard . Yes , Ive sailed some rough waters during my eight years at sea . Once a crewmember nearly got washed overboard . Thanks for your sevice . Ex OS2 USN , Over and Out .
My grandpa was a forward artillery observer in the Pacific, and one time there was a Japanese sniper in a dense thicket blocking their advance. They called for a tank to blow the guy out, but the tankers refused to come because they didn't want to expose themselves to Japanese fire. So they got ahold of a halftrack crew, and those guys immediately drove into an exposed position (in an open topped vehicle!) and blasted the thicket to pieces. He always had nothing but praise for the halftrack guys after that.
My neighbor has 2 of these. They are in great shape. A testament to the builders and its maintenance.
Halftracks were a great combat purpose vehicle to get troops and weapons to the battle. MY uncles loved them during WWll and Korea War. They were very reliable and easy to drive with good speed
You should have titled this 'MHV shoots the breeze with the Chieftain next to an M3 Halftrack'. I don't think it would actually hurt your view count!
My god, when the Chieftain went on his rant about model building, I pissed myself laughing with how right he is about every aspect of it! Yes man, I totally know what you are talking about!
Half tracks, and tanks can be Hyway legal here in NEW MEXICO U.S.A. As long as you rubber pads on the tracks or the rubber tracks(like the M3 style or M114....).
Tanks are basically legal to DD in the UK. People get a bit picky about the weapons though. ;)
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"Would I buy a used half track from this man"
I'd be more inclined to buy a half track from him than anyone else
does this sponsorship deal also give us free premium ammunition? no? ah well no deal then... rather play something that isn't as controlled by premium as world of tanks is like warthunder where i can actually earn premium vehicles by playing the game and I don't even have to abandon my job to do so I can just play a bit every few days and there we go! "event vehicle acquired".
good video tho MHNV
It be cool if Half-track was in World of Tanks
A buddy found an abandoned one near a forgotten WW2 bunker at the mouth of the Alsek River in Alaska. The seat fabric front and back was rotted out but the rest of the vehicle was remarkably intact and surprisingly very little rust. The rubber track was dry and cracked but it worked just fine after he got it running again.
Yes put together the Airfix Churchill tank with all the small pesky wheels, it became instantly clear why the T34 was such a wonderful tank.
As a former sailor, and, proud Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist, "bubblehead" IS an insult!
I hear that submariners adopted the term now though. It used to be an insult from what I'm aware of.
Nice shoutout to 'Model Railroader Magazine' didnt expect that!
Me neither, but then I didn't even know it exists :D
I was surprised to find out that the the M3's German counterpart, the SdKW 251 lacked the M3's front-wheel drive, which was quite a disadvantage.
Not a fair comparison, Sd.kfz drives like a tank while the M3/M5 drives like an improved truck
My great uncle drove one through Belgium during the war. He said the halftrack was
absolutely useless on ice and he had trouble with sliding off of the road or into obstacles.
He forgot to put the chains on.
MHnV and the Chieftains most Excellent Adventures.
Its also important to remmeber that German doctrine expected panzer grenadiers to fight from their vehicles while US armored infantry was expected to dismount well before seeing action.
Speaking as an infantryman who never got shot at, I'd rather be small and insignificant and not be worth a lot of attention than get shot at by things designed to kill armor.
Matthew Carberry the germans rather have the ability to keep up with the tanks and to relocate quickly even if they were shot by nasty guns.
Anyone who stays in a German half track during a battle is just going to be toast. At a WW2 battle a couple of years ago, one of my buddies was alongside a track and fired his 12 gauge Winchester Model 12 over the top. The guy inside who had taken out his ear plugs came out swearing, saying that it rang like a bell. Now envision even a concussion grenade going into it from the top, people will be stunned for a long time. Dismounted is far better when there is no hard roof over your head.
@@0GreatMerlin Take a like for the Model 12. I too have one. Excellent shotgun.
@@0GreatMerlin sd.kfz 251 Halftracks was used to keep pace with tanks during assaults, then troops could dismount with some cover and also fire support, MUCH like modern IFVs. this was a tactic used, most effective in the soviet union.
They didnt ride into close combat throwing grenades at eachother. it wasnt call of duty.
I really enjoyed this video. You guys were honest, playful and went in depth. Very well done!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
7:14 "[were there M3's equipped] with rocket artillery?"
Indeed they were. There is a photo in the book 'M3 Infantry Half-Track 1940-73' published by by New Vanguard (page 35) of an M2A1 half-track equipped with 6 aircraft rocket tubes, and they have been fixed together and fixed on a pedestal mounting (rather than on the side like the Germans did with the sdkfz 251). The photo says this took place in Bengal Air Depot in 1944.
I seem to remember seeing a photo of a half track with a rocket pack. I havent the faintest idea as to where though.
I feel you concerning modeling. But what ever the reason for a moment of rage is, we carry on and enjoy the build.
Thank you guy for your awesome content.
After serving in WW II, in the 97th Infantry Division, in Europe, and in Japan as a member of the occupying forces, my uncle returned home to Maine. In 1947, while he was using the GI Bill, he drove his surplus jeep around Phillips Exeter Academy, and Harvard, until he graduated. During the summers my uncle used two army surplus half-tracks, he bought, to pull stumps and do other work around his home in Goose Rocks Beach, Maine. He said there were no stumps his half-track could not pull out.
Love to see both of you together, such great discussions
The Cheiftain's statement on obscure modifications reminds me of an image I saw of Canadian soldiers who created a rack of about a dozen PIATs mounted onto the back of a bren carrier to be used in indirect fire.
Never build models in a room with shag carpeting.
My dad owns 2 half tracks. One had most of the armor plating stripped and was being used as a dump truck or something similar at a rock quarry before he got it. The second still has all the original plating and he was told it served in Italy in WW2. There are 17 small indentations on the driver door and armor window flap from alleged enemy fire.
He also owns an M37 power wagon, and multiple Willy's Jeeps.
I enjoy your two working together on these videos. Two of my favorite CZcamsrs.
And yes i would buy a used half-track if i lived in a remote rural area and could afford one. They are the coolest looking vehicles ever made.
Model makers strive to make their subjects rusty and dirty and with a gritty texture while the real AFVs we see in museums and demonstrations are as free of rust and dirt as can be practical. But I digress. Thanks Wargaming for bringing these two together. They always have such good topics of conversation. We've got to start a campaign to get Chieftain a halftrack!
My mother’s father was a WW2 light tank crewman transferred to the infantry after North Africa, and he loved those half tracks.
so basically what your saying is the German halftrack was over engineered and needed a mechanic to fix if it broke down and the American halftrack was designed to be used and maintained by farm boy, sounds about right.
Shame the farm boys stayed home, apparently oz & nz troops found the gear abandoned, got it going and commenced battle .
@@MikeJones-oo7wi what are you going on about, trying to put down Americans? It was design I was commenting on. Are you so pathetic that you come out just to try and troll people a year later? How sad. During WW2 Americans used these as well as their allies on a massive scale.
There is a guy in my hometown who owns one of these vehicles in running condition . He's a Vietnam Vet Marine Combat Engineer who retired from the USMC Reserves . He got activated post Desert Shield / Desert Storm to clear unexploded ordnance . In the 1980s he had a business dealing in Milsurp vehicles , used to sell alot of Jeeps , many still in the crate . He has a fully restored Cold War era Jeep in the barn alongside the halftrack. The front room in his house is a mini museum of militaria. At times he would drive his halftrack in local parades and let a friend drive the Jeep . Sometimes he would take his halftrack out on the road during winter storms , pulling cars out of ditches and generally showing off .
I remember seeing a pair of Isreali half tracks still in use on the Goland Heights in 1990. At the time they were still being used for patrol and reconnaisance near the Syrian border.
My dad drove a commanders halftrack of a light armored outfit in the Korean war. He said the Navy saved them by firing huge shells over them, keeping the Chinese from overrunning them.
Slaps top of half track, this can fit so many yanks in it!
Shes cherry, Only driven to berlin once.
Would the M2 browning come with it if I bought it from this man?
Name one thing in life that isn't negotiable.
@@thelittlestmig3394 The fact we all die
@@weak1ings If one is killed, they didn't die.
Also emerging technologies such as digitizing human mind, cell/body replacement, genetic diddling to make lifespan longer til infinity and so on.
@@thelittlestmig3394 Nah, whether you find a fly dead in the closet or you swat one and kill it, it still is dead and has died. Murder and killing is not a ways to prevent death. This fact is non-negotiable. The means may be, but the effect cannot be negotiated away.
Basic math on why immortality does not prevent death:
Being immortal just means you won't die from old age, death will find a way eventually, just think of it mathematically: If theres a 0.00001% chance of death every year, what if you live 10 million years? These odds might sound good but statistically even at that rate theres a 100% chance on average, of death. It will find a way whether one eats some bad food, trips tragically, gets in a car wreck, is murdered, dies in a war, etc. Its unavoidable even if we extend our lives; which I might add is still not here yet!
As long as you live theres a chance of death, any chance carried on infinitely will happen.
It depends. If the M2 is a model or not full auto then it will probably be around $1000 or so. If it’s a legitimate M2 it’s probably selling for $30k tbh.
I was once up close & personal with the quad-50 variant (my favorite!). This was at a military vehicle show in 2000. I almost fainted. Like a 12 year old girl running into Paul McCartmey in 1965.
9:45 My uncle registered a trailer house as a motor vehicle. He's a farmer and built a crop sprayer out of a trailer house frame. He used the trailer house VIN to register it with the state DMV.
Great fun! Thank you both.
Hehe, in Sweden they strapped a recoilless cannon to a freaking Jeep for tank hunting purposes. XD
The reasoning being: you don't need armor to fight tanks. You just need mobility and being able to spot the tank before it spots you.
Plus it's cost effective and easier to field in great numbers.
This setup sounds a lot like the Jeep mounted M40 105 mm recoilless rifle that the U.S. Army used during the Vietnam era. For antitank work but also for blasting away at targets in general.
Used into the 80's when replaced by the TOW
eh.."only" the swedes ???
@@oddballsok: Did I say that? No I don't believe I did. So why even ask?
Nothing beats Vespa with recoilless gun.
It was meant as AT for paratroopers.
It was cool to see the Chieftain at the D-Day Re-enactment at Conneaut, Ohio this past summer where this footage was taken. Great videos.
This is fantastic thank you
2 of my favorite historians on one show! Thanks!
A model railroader here, I know all about "a prototype for everything". Also, when building a model for an NMRA contest it's encouraged to have a picture of the prototype. I've heard of cases where the judges would have deducted points for some oddity on the model if it wasn't also on the prototype in the picture.
I’m still making models like I did in the 1970’s so you’re ahead of me! Great video and great rambling
Howdy Bernard. Du lebst meinen Traum! Wie immer sehr informativ. Gruss
This keeps appearing in my feed, and all can think is, it’s not like there are new halftracks out there to buy.
*slaps the roof of the half-track*
This bad boy can fit so many GIs in it!
We need more Model Kit ramblings from both of you.
*15y old me and the boys riding in a half track*
US army: "Now this is an avengers level threat"
i can totaly relate to the modeling,frustrating sometimes,but also satisfiying from time to time
Good stuff!
What a nice conversation
Yes. I love the design and tough build. If I could find one.
As to you comment on M3 Half Track mounting rockets, I believe that the Israel's mounted the French SS-11 Anti tank missile on a traversable rack above troop compartment. That being said the US and Canadians also mounted the SS-11 anti tank missiles on UH-1 helicopters.
The rambling was some of the best stuff.
Love the M4A3 (105) with HVSS in the background!
Just had to comment saying the thumbnail text for this video made me crack up. Good sense of humor!
Great video.
A timeless piece of history, and a damn stylish one too.
8:50 That´s PLASMO. Great models, great chanel!
My dad and I restored 2 scout cars. Basically a wheeled half track. 1 is now in a museum in CA.
"If you can't go into battle in style; what's the point?" Which is exactly why I want to have a look at a german halftrack ;)
Cool to see so many vintage vehicles in one place
I would buy one i love em..keep up the good vids..
Epic collab
It is more relaxing to look at completed models than to build them.
Great vid! Be interesting to compare the initial production cost of the M3 vs Sdkfz 251 Halftracks? Thx!
Chieftain and MH(n)V in the same Video - yes!!! :-) Always a true pleasure to watch.
The KV2 modeler is Plasmo! Good stuff.
Agree with you about long wanting an M3 Scout Car to drive on the street, ever since I built my first 1/72 Esci kit more than 40 years ago.
Yup! You perfectly described me about model making!!!
Yaaay Nicholas!
If you compare the M3 with the 251 you see that the the 251 bears most of its weight with its tracks while the M3 carries a lot of its weight withe the wheels. The 251 is more a tracked vehicle with wheels while the M3 is more like a wheeled vehicle with a "tracked wheel". So a powered wheel does not make any sense on the 251, it would make it only expensive to build and hard to maintain. Even on the M3 I do not see why you power the wheels when most of the traction power comes from the tracks anyway. On roads the M should be better to handle, offroad the 251 should be better to handle. Just guessing, I am not an expert.
Powering 4he front wheels on the M3 is useful because of the weight distribution that you already mentioned. Just imagine, that the M3 has to drive through deep mud, there is a lot of resistance on unpowered front wheels as they essentially push the mud infront of them.
Now the powered front wheels could make sense, simply to reduce the ground resistance on muddy trails.
251got less power than the M3/M5, but I think maintenance is really what may piss every engineer off....
@@zidan1hao917 the m3 is 2,5 tons heavier, while offering less armor protection. You haven ten guys riding that thing. Lubrication of the tracks could be that much of a problem with this combined man power:)
Powered front wheels are more effective at steering then non-powered front wheels. And a front wheel drive chain was cheaper and general more mature technology than a individual speed track gearbox.
Four wheel drive provides superior cross country mobility plus better traction on muddy and icy roads. The USA automakers led the World in the production of commercial/heavy duty trucks that had 4 wheel and 6 wheel drives that were used in agriculture. mining and logging operations. J. Walter Christie invented rubber band tracks for use on trucks that had twin rear axles with the band being slipped over the wheels so those had better flotation and traction on muddy logging roads. The US Ordnance Dept. decided to base the scout car and halftrack on a proven GMC heavy 4x4 truck design with the only changes made to the body, fuel tank placement and beefing up the frame and suspension. Their parts were produced by GM and a few other companies (Checker Motors of taxi cab fame made body panels) then shipped to the heavy truck manufacturers who took turns assembling the M3 between their own production runs of their own vehicles that were mostly left unchanged for use as tow trucks, dump trucks and heavy trailer tractors. All of the M3's used the same components except those slated for Lend-Lease. Those M3's were manufactured by International Harvester using their own designed components.
8:33 Love that reference!
LOL yeah the "Model Railroader" had a series like that and my favourite railroad was shown lots, "The Rock" did some crazy things with the locmotives and rolling stock!
5:50
"This is the Americans doing what the Americans do best. Take something that already exists , they adapt it, they modify it improve upon it and off you go."
Yes.
Or they ruin it
PLASMO is the model channel at 9:05 he was talking about. best model channel.
GOOD VIDEO!!!!!
My grandfather worked on these as commander motor pool Ft Knox in the late 30s. He told us that in North Africa German rounds would come in one side, bounce off the other side and rattle around a bit causing a lot of hurt. Grandpa also helped mount the 75s in the first place.
I can never decide if I like the look of the American or German halftracks more, the german ones do look a bit more menacing with the extra angles, though that may be colored by their association with the aggressive wars of the Nazis. American ones do have those cool louvers on the grill and just look square jawed and manly. Plus they mount .50s, which is always a plus..
I know I'm a little late, but that modeling statement about missing parts. Somehow, someway, I managed to loose a tire for one of the wheels on my Semi trailer. Have no clue where it went. That model went from being a "new for sale truck and trailer" to "tire blow out on the side of the highway" 😂
Kudos to PLASMOs CZcams Channel 🤗
ALLONS!!! Good to see you Sir!! Major Chieftain!!!
Hallo!
@@TheChieftainsHatch. OUTSTANDING SIR! I used to be in Bravo and later in Delta Troop before you guys deployed for Iraq and the Stan. ALLONS!!!!
Currently building an early trumpeter kit, everything stated is so true.....