"not masses of room"- one of the roomiest tanks of WW2 by far

I knew a guy in my hometown who was an WW2 Army mechanic in Europe and one of his jobs was cleaning out damaged tanks brought back from the front. We can never forget the sacrifice was very real.

thank you for saving history.

Thank you Alex for sharing this. My father was a Tank Commander during the Battle of the Bulge and it very nice to see what he experienced. Liked and subscribed.

That’s why the later tanks had a hatch for the loader as well.

Thanks, my Father was the Kiwi Commander of a Sherman tank who planned and was granted permission to contact a sole effort. In stripped down mode, loaded with armour piecing ammunition broke the Gothic Line at Rimini Airfield by sneaking up and with seven hits destroyed the embedded Panther Turret that had caused utter havoc knocking out many Tanks, especially Canadians. He was awarded an immediate Military Cross.

Later versions had actual small "Lights" that you could turn on when it was dark and the turret was motorized.

This sherman tank is the kind of toy i want for my anniversary .

Two things #1 there came a point when the crew would scrape off the white stars as the German's used them for bullseyes and the hull star just happened to line up with an ammo storage bin #2 he mentioned small hatch but fact is the sherman had the highest crew survival rate as it was easy to get out of. I can't tell if this is a small hatch or the larger hatch version that had a decrease angle on the frontal armor and a spring on the hatch to open it faster

I've always preferred the sherman, even as a kid, even though there are larger tanks, I just love the shape, speed, maneuverability, reliability and in the hands of a very experienced crew, I believe it was undefeatable even against a tiger.😳🤠👍

this is by far the best video of inside a Sherman tank- great job!

That actually Sherman tank with the 105mm howitzer gun, it was to support infantry, still rare a Sherman variant and good look inside. But yeah that Sherman with the 105mm howitzer gun.

Visited the museum last year. Really wanted to take a look inside so glad this video has been uploaded!

Great review and I didn't know that there was a 105mm version. 👍

"As you can see we are moving" *Cling* "......good thing that wasn't live" then all of a sudden the last thing the camera records is the sound of the tank blowing up

awesome!. amazing to get a first hand perspective of the INSIDE of one. From my computer! Thanks so much fo doing this. maybe do the same on the other vehicles. and an outside walk around tour too would be nice.

Thank you for your wonderful presentation of this piece of history.

Excellent, just what I need to scratch build the interior for a M4A3(105)/HVSS scale model.

Thank you for the tour.

Wow... i never imagined that the periscopes of the driver is so tiny. I thought it has a wide angle of some sort

Cool! I watched the movie and was curious to see inside the tank, thanks for shared!

Back in 1975 I was lucky enough to climb inside a Sherman left abandoned in the woods near Ettelbruk, Luxembourg. The top hatches were welded closed but I was able to enter from the bottom. My lasting impression is how little room there was for a crew to operate inside. I could see why so many tankers died. There's no way you could get out quickly.

Canada had a lot of wide tracked Shermans in the Italian campaign

I just cringed when I looked at the inside front glacis,solid steel. They hadn't figured out the concept of spall liners yet. A round coming through the tank armor is going to splatter molten metal shards all through interior, those poor guys inside. What hell is like. I worked in the early 70's with a number of former WWII vets. One of them was a Sherman tank driver. He never said much, he just cringed and shook his head when asked what tank warfare was like. If not his tank, seeing other tanks "brewed up" and witnessing the charred ,mangled remains of fellow tankers after getting hit. These young men lived through their own hell, the same in every war. I wanted to be a tank commander, when I was going through the Army Induction Center in 1970. I still love tanks.

Love the Sherman, thanks for sharing.

Simply Awesome and Thanks! Bet you wouldn't Swop Places! Smiles Xxx

I have been there, great little museum and well worth a visit.

Excellent piece of film. Very informative. ☘️☘️

Neat inside the tank. I have been by the arsenal that the gun was made at!

Very Good Alex 👍

Very interesting and informative video. You now have a new subscriber.

There was a 105 in fury? I gotta watch it again lol

Pretty snazzy... good job.

My Dad was a sergant in Sherman Tanks that after the breakout at El Alamein went up thru Italy with the NZ Division. He was at cassino and got shrapnel in the head while crossing the Sangro River..

"rare" seems a bit of an overstatement. Still, always good to see more details.

Thanks for video I have been a WW2 war buff ,most my life

Best job I ever had.

Thank you!

I worked in a park that had one on display and I managed to get inside because someone removed the original bottom of the tank and replaced it with thin sheet metal and a hole had developed from years of rust. I suppose it was to reduce weight. But I was amazed how there was literally nothing left inside. It was like being inside a balloon. Now they want to get this hunk of metal running again. How is it even possible?:)

I never noticed that the movie used 105 howitzer shermans. I thought it was all 75mm and 76mm

Fantastic video

I did this before and there is still a tank at Lexington NE there’s a tank museum there

Wow, wicked.

nice video my dad was a commander , he stood 6 foot 3 and hated to ride buttoned up , he was in the first Armored division , served in North Africa Sicily and Italy . I wanted to crawl inside A Sherman for as long as I can remember .

Go on alex 🤙

Awesome👍

0:38 not the most room?! That’s like a Cadillac compared to some tanks

Would love to see a jumbo

Thank you for the Tour . Is that Watervliet Arsenal on the Breech ?

The Shermans were medium tanks. Against Panzer IIIs and IVs it dominated them. Heavys Panthers and Tigers were another matter. Until Firefly s and M-4 A8s they had to wait for Tank Destroyers or P-47s with 500 lbs bombs or try to gang up on them.

Now I know how my War Thunder crew feels

Cool

I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to crawl around inside of a Sherman when I was a kid but unfortunately it was so long ago I barely remember it.

Claustrophobic? Have you ever seen modern tanks and IFV's? This sherman is like a living room.

In warm climates where the humidity was high it must have been horrible inside I bet they all smelled great lol

Got the chager for smartfon inside cabin?

I can tell your heart stopped when that shell dropped

Is the periscope movement independent of the coaxial machine gun or do they both move automatically?

This is great, Thanks... This guy collects old things like Christmas trees?

When I was a kid we had a Sherman Tank at our American Legion in the small town I grew up in! We use to play Army on and In that Tank, it was open so we could get in it! It was small even for us kids, I don't know how men could work in there?

Good..

What is the reason to reverse the installation of the left track?(T54E1).

seemed like the wrong model of Browning 1919's (and get some oil on that 50) I was an armorer for 16 of my 18 years in the US Army.

Clean that 50 cal up and blue it so it becomes a little nicer

Nice M4 Sherman I'm From Indonesia

Yeah, STD armament was a 75mm medium velocity gun

I'm trying to find out what colour the under side padding of the loaders hatch was, I can't find it in any walk around video's it's one tiny thing that's important for us armour modeler's having the hatches open u think they would be black leather but so many do them Brown!

I think the main “fury” tank was an A3 with better float suspension and the big gun.

Anyone know how many smoke shell's they had????

If a privateer got his hands on a sherman and was license to purchase ammo. How much would it cost each time they shot at a target? How much would each round cost? Just wondering.🤠👍

Early WWII Shermans had 75mm guns. Later ones had 76mm guns with more velocity. I've never heard of a Sherman with a 105mm.

5:33, oh my god

It's not the M4A3E8 "Fury" its M4A3(105)

My father was a tank commander for General Patton...had such stories...ps M4 main gun was a 75mm not a 105mm.

I think the name you are looking for is a bump helmet.

Nothing like an old purple heart box

Thats a 105mm sherman it has a modified hull

5:31 **Ammunition Load Exploded**

the WW2 M4 sherman used a 75mm M3 cannon

Question The 105 Sherman you had was hand cranked?

since when did Sherman pack a 105mmm cannon?

105MM? When was an M68 canon installed on a Sherman?

Is your museum in London or the UK

Left side track is on backwards.

You said they were 105 mm main gun. I thought they were a low velocity 76mm except the later production “Fire Fly” which had a higher velocity 76 and longer barrel. ????????

In modern day the Abrams isn’t any roomier!

I had to laugh out loud, literally, when they showed the "interior" of a supposed M1A1 Abrams in the first episode of The Walking Dead (the one where Rick Grimes was trapped inside?) as it showed an expansive smooth floor and LOTS of room! LOL Hollywood at it's "finest"...

This tank isnt in fury but the easy 8, m4a1 76, m4a1 and the m4a2 was this an m4a3 105 sherman

Sorry for my stupid question, what happened if someone really needed to use the toilet, so to speak. I'm assuming in action it was just do it.

Who was the commander of the tank in fury Peterson big cowskie or davis

Some how i feel if i was in a battle zone id rather be outside of a tank.

pitt was in a 76mm sherman(either the easy8 or the jumbo)not this tank this tank has a 75mm gun

But does ithave cup holders?

Brad Pitt's "Fury" was an M4A1 with a 76mm Gun. Not the 75mm shown in this video. The M4A1 had a larger Turret, it would be nice if the people doing these kinds of videos also did a lot more research into the equipment used in the movies they are explaining. (Free Tip from US Army Paratrooper) Still gave you a thumbs up.

did not know Shermans had a 105 think he meant 70 or 75 mm gun

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The real fury tank is in the museum in Britain

It must have been bed wetting during battle. Just imagine being in the sight of King Tiger or Panzer Mark 4

105 mm?

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