Seeing that attempted barrel change does a good job of explaining why the two machineguns were necessary.

An Evening listening to Stefan and David Willey talking about Tanks & Tank Museums would be something I would pay good money for.

With that helmet cupola-thinige I guess you technically wear it. So that makes it an exoskeleton. Soo...it's not a tank, its a mech.

That cupola is more like an old-fashioned diving helmet...

2:20-2:35 Please tell me YOU DID NOT LAUGH AT THIS "Allo!,Allo!" moment SIGHT but would NOT WANT TO BE IN HIS PLACE ON THE BATTLEFIELD! heh heh! And the commander seat, looks like an ideal seat for the commander Grüber and "his little tank"! THUMBS UP! I mean, there are funny things inside but this thing is COOL to move-down Soviet Cohorts as long as there is no one manning PTRS-41 and 43 rifle or anti-tank guns!

I remember the video when The Chieftain folded himself into your tiny tank. I'm sure you needed some grease to get him out again (although someone shouting "Your tank is on fire" would probably serve as the same purpose). Thanks for your time and efforts in making this video for us :-)

"The barrels are red hot sir ! Time to leave the tank boys !"

Another death trap courtesy of 1930's era tank design. Great video. Thanks!

That was a truly fantastic Video. Thank you Stefan; amazing watching you do those MG strips & rebuilds. Chapeau!

The French tanks are envious of your opening cupola! Excellent video.

Great video, not only do we get an detailed view of the tank, bet we get to watch Stefan play with the guns.....if you have a tank you should be able to play with it.

Look, it's Stefan in his little tankette. Fantastic video Stefan, very interesting!

I like the design of this little tank, it has some very practical features. The machine gun in the AA role would be like a column coming off the road and camouflaged among trees. During WW2, these tanks were very usefull in rear areas doing policing work like guarding important factories, bridges, rail yards and also training cadets.

This as been my favorite episode from your museum series. I honestly cant wait for more. Keep up the fantastic work and late happy fathers day. :)

I love this tankette.

Yes, _precisely_ like a motorcycle helmet! ❤️😀 #SteamPunk I love this kind of super-detailed walk-around, thanks for making and sharing.

Great one! Thank You.

I have great respect for you guys for being willing to take stuff apart and give your tanks some love and use. On an unrelated note, this tank makes the Panzer I look downright roomy by comparison. I would not want to have to live out of that small a space for long deployments.

One of my favourite channels!

Thank you and I eagerly await the driving video.

Aloha; mahalo for the video - as always incredibly detailed and professional. Keep them coming!

Tackar, tackar

thank you great video

Ahh it's cute

Helt jävla strålande👍👍

Stefan is trying to take oder Ian's Forgotten Weapons :)

I am loving the content of these wonderful videos. The early machinegun tankettes are very interesting to me, because I rarely, if ever, have seen a water-cooled machinegun mounted on them. It strikes me that these tanks seem like a perfect opportunity to make use of water-cooled machineguns, since the tank will require water coolant anyway and they can likely bear the weight of the heavier water-cooling system than infantry can. Is there a particular reason that we don't seem water cooling on tank machineguns throughout history? I can imagine common war doctrine had shifted away from the idea of "continuous suppressive fire" that seemed so vital when the water-cooled machinegun was in its prime, or perhaps the logistics of "always requiring water" would have been a severe weakness in desert or frozen environments where water might be scarce or damaging if allowed to freeze.

Why am I reminded of a Dalek with that helmet feature?

Jag har ju träffat dig när jag var vid arsenalen medmotorcykel

Villhöver en sådan också .

Dunno, those MG barrels seem way easier to change than on a Browning…

A very interesting little vehicle, thanks for the detailed look around it. I find the MG's especially interesting as I have a case of the 8x63mm ammo. The ammo was imported to Canada a number of years ago, the importer apparently thinking it was 8x57mm Mauser. It would be interesting to hear from some expert in Sweden as to the ballistic performance of the 8x63 round as it's performance is, I believe, over rated in many English language sources.

After watching this, I feel I am qualified to crew it. Where do I sign?

Imagine having your head stuck in that cupola while every rifle, SMG and machine gun on the battlefield is having it as their main aiming point...!

Where was the stowage for spare barrels?

A cupola that infantry can use to break the neck of the TC seems a less than desirable feature. "Whoever designed this tank was not so clever." That statement is very interchangeable to many things, simply change tank to whatever military piece of equipment you happen to be cursing at the time. See also, every automobile ever built in Detroit.

Skulle gärna bygga den i skala 1/35. Finns den tro?

Vill ha en.

was the head stuck to the cupola??

Yeah! Thatsw WERY PRACTICAL!!! 18:40+ IMAGINE IT SEARING HOT WHEN A SPECIALIST HAS A PROBLEM DOING IT! You need to field strip your entire main weapon(s) to change the barrel!? AND EACH HAS A REAR SIGHT! Why not adopt the tank version of MG34 instead!? Cool history peace for the 30s and ERALY 40's but I don't see this anywhere but in the museum after WW2 or as the last-ditch weapon!

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Imagine being the gunner/commander and having your own side clamber all over your tank trying to break your neck.. The twin gun set up looks good until you see the problems they would have had in combat.