Tank Chats #72 M3A1 Stuart | The Tank Museum

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Tank Chats #72 M3A1 Stuart | The Tank Museum

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Tank Chats playlist • Tank Chats from The Ta... David Fletcher talks through the next Stuart in the series and explains the differences between the variants.
The Stuart is an Second World War American light tank and was supplied to Britain and other Commonwealth countries during WW2 under lend-lease.
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@CharlesvanDijk-ir6bl 5 жыл бұрын

It made a loud bang and it frightened the life out of people. A true master of the English language.

@chrisneedham5803 5 жыл бұрын

Better known as the "British understatement" 👍

@lavrentivs9891 5 жыл бұрын

@DrakeIsSix And the terror of Stuarts was japanese infantrymen with long sticks (with an explosive charge on) ;)

@CharlesvanDijk-ir6bl 5 жыл бұрын

@DrakeIsSix to my knowledge the canister round was also utilised in Europe but there it was met by infantry AT systems. Oh yes a Greyhound Armoured car with the 37 mm gun even took out a King Tiger tank out. Every system has its Achilles Heel. Any tank is suitable for infantry support, some tanks are better in the TD role than others. The allies didn't have till the end of the war no main battle tanks. The Germans and Russians were moving in that direction since 1943. The British Comet Tank and the US Pershing were the answer in 1945. The US 76 mm Easy 8 was the closest and in the TD role superior to the T34/85. That was the experience in Korea but their superior training played a role too.

@Scriptedviolince 5 жыл бұрын

@DrakeIsSix the M3 stuart is sometimes jokingly referred to as the most powerful tank in the japanese army by tank nerds. In actuality, when the japanese were able to capture some Light M3s, they pressed them into service and found the american tank to be superior in every possible way.

@DepressivesBrot 5 жыл бұрын

@@CharlesvanDijk-ir6bl The Greyhound story is somewhat disputed, so take it with a grain of salt. Chieftain goes into it a bit in his recent video on the M8, apparently people aren't sure if it was really a King Tiger or just a misidentified Panther or something.

@lalucre1803 5 жыл бұрын

David Fletcher is the David Attenborough of tanks.

@JamesThomas-pj2lx 5 жыл бұрын

"nailed it."

@tigercat418 5 жыл бұрын

Brexit is wrong

@fuzzydunlop7928 5 жыл бұрын

@@tigercat418 Well, duh, but that's not got a whole lot of relevance here, does it?

@dannyseo6759 4 жыл бұрын

You never see them together. Coincidence, I think not!!!

@c.j.1089 3 жыл бұрын

We need a video that begins "In it's natural habitat, the Sherman tank..."

@minuteman4199 5 жыл бұрын

I'm 55 years old and I have books that I've had since I was a teen that were written by David Fletcher. He must be immortal.

@Strelnikov403 5 жыл бұрын

It will truly be a sad day for humanity when such monumentally important historians as Sir Fletcher are lost to the rages of time. We're already seeing the deaths so many of the remaining first-hand witnesses to the events of the Second World War, it will truly be a global tragedy when those documenting those events also start to die off. I was very worried when David fell ill a short while ago, glad to see he's okay.

@willatkins9686 5 жыл бұрын

Same here!

@Gerle71 5 жыл бұрын

He's about 77 years old, I believe.

@pollauritsabrahamsenjq1618 5 жыл бұрын

@Jimmy De'Souza that is a description of my life too

@stoneylonesome4062 3 жыл бұрын

@@Strelnikov403 David Fletcher is the new Charles Darwin.

@thetourettesgamer8851 5 жыл бұрын

A tank chat with David Fletcher on a Saturday morning! What could be better

@TexasViking_INFP-t_5w4 5 жыл бұрын

He's the best

@Calum_S 5 жыл бұрын

Was just thinking the same thing. Tea and a Tank Chat 👍

@903strikerunit 5 жыл бұрын

@@Calum_S I have biscuits Want some?

@Brahmdagh 5 жыл бұрын

How about TWO tank chatS with David Fletcher on a Saturday morning?

@uncletorino2645 5 жыл бұрын

I full heartedly agree. Hope thy weekend finds thee most well and groovy 🌞

@matthayward7889 5 жыл бұрын

Three things I admire about Mr Fletcher: his knowledge, his understatement, and, of course, the ‘stache. Legend!

@wbnc66 5 жыл бұрын

The stache is epic, a stache above all others

@raymondrogers3929 5 жыл бұрын

M3A1: 1.75 inches frontal armor Stache is 2.00 inches frontal armor

@tamlandipper29 4 жыл бұрын

It's not solid though. It was fitted to defeat shaped charge rockets. I believe he still has one or two in there after Hezbollah took the school tour of the museum in 2006

@danieltsiprun8080 5 жыл бұрын

I have a phyisics test i need to study for but im watching David flatcher instead. I do not regret my decision.

@qmzp2 5 жыл бұрын

Funny enough I also have a physics test to study for

@danieltsiprun8080 5 жыл бұрын

@@qmzp2 i mean i had to study kenetic energy and i can study how much energy does the shell from the m3 stuart has when being fired so i guess its not a waste?

@whiskeytangosierra6 5 жыл бұрын

That 37 also fired a canister round, very effective against unarmored targets. I have never seen any information on what that did to the barrel, if anything.

@CharlesvanDijk-ir6bl 5 жыл бұрын

The 105 mm of the Centurion also fired canister rounds, combined with the HE shell there were not many survivors in a dwelling.

@amerigo88 4 жыл бұрын

The canister rounds from this gun/turret combination were very effective during the island hopping campaign in the Pacific. This turret was also mounted on many US Marine Corps Amtracs making them more effective at close support.

@John5209 3 жыл бұрын

South Africa used canister rounds in the Panard French designed armoured car with a 90mm low pressure gun during the Angolan war against Soviet supported troops trying to invade Namibia. The 90 mm canister was devastating against infantry, particularly when catching them in a road ambush.

@khrystree9233 3 жыл бұрын

Cannister shot tends to wreck the rifling of the bore , so a bit of a last gasp weapon - unless yr firing with a smooth bore . K

@saitoTK124 Жыл бұрын

the China attack Taiwan front island Kinmen at 1949, 3 M3 tanka（2 protect a malfunction one) stopped whole battalion Communist Army (almost a thousand) at beach.

@robinbrowne5419 Жыл бұрын

I missed this one 4 years ago. Thanks for re-posting it and thanks to David for narrating. The Stewart looks like a really handy little tank in tight spots. Cheers from Canada :-)

@hairy-dairyman 5 жыл бұрын

When the man speaks I shut up and listen. You should give him a glass of what he drinks and let him wonder. I'd watch that even if it were 3 hours long

@JamesThomas-pj2lx 5 жыл бұрын

"Rambles w/ stache"? just love him, living world treasure.

@Divert486 5 жыл бұрын

I find that no matter the subject, watching someone passionately talk about something they have a lot of knowledge about, it is interesting.

@jcorbett9620 5 жыл бұрын

David Fletcher MBE - Moustache of the British Empire, a 'tash so epic, it has it's own award.

@davidhasman6356 7 ай бұрын

When I was a boy there was a Comic book The Haunted Tank . The tank was a Stuart and the tank commander was named after General Jeb Stuart . The Ghost of the General would communicate with the tank commander and get him out of tough spots and always helped him knock out Tiger tanks from the rear 👍👍👍

@ishure8849 2 жыл бұрын

Such a pleasure to learn from a true expert in his field I'm helping an old mate restore his second Stuart ATM it was the first tank I ever drove .

@CybershamanX 5 жыл бұрын

(4:14) Mr. Fletcher is truly a master of understatement. I can imagine that it certainly _was_ an "undignified scramble" when trying to get out of a burning tank! ;)

@PavarottiAardvark 5 жыл бұрын

America: designs a pretty ok light tank Germany: haha, cute, but we can handle it America: builds 22,000 of them Germany: Ein Minute Bitte.......

@Bobobo-bo-bo-bobobo 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@f14tomcata88 4 жыл бұрын

Matthew Campbell may be less than the Sherman BUT THATS STILL MORE THAN MOST GERMAN TANKS

@alexspielberg4090 3 жыл бұрын

Andrew Campbell - "Ein minute bitte, vait until ich bin run avay"

@anthonyhayes1267 3 жыл бұрын

@@f14tomcata88 that's more than panzers 1 through 3 combined

@michaeldunne338 3 жыл бұрын

Funny, I always saw this as a tank for the Pacific theatre. But maybe because of earlier M3s Stuarts getting into scraps with various Japanese light tanks early on in the war?

@martiniv8924 5 жыл бұрын

Great tank chat as usual, love the tanks that fought in the desert war , as it brings back memories of reminiscing with my father .

@MrKeys57 5 жыл бұрын

I think of all the men (and women) that bravely was fighting in ww2, my father was one of them, he often told me about disabling tanks by throwing Molotovs under the tracks, a scary job, they had to crawl pretty near to get a good hit, Levi from Finland

@StryderK 3 жыл бұрын

The 37mm also had a cannister round...Think of it as a enlarged buck shot. It looks like an enlarged buckshot too, with a very cylindrical body filled with hundreds of tiny ball bearings. The end result can be imagined. Now, the rifling reduced efffective range so only applicable at very short range engagement. But as those Japanese troopers on Guadacanal found out, you DO NOT want to be in front of this round when it fires!

@admiraltiberius1989 5 жыл бұрын

The 37mm could also fire canister rounds as well. That's a very nice feature in certain theaters.

@mattbrown9496 5 жыл бұрын

wow, cup of tea made and a new tank chat uploaded. were off to a good start today

@ShadowOfMachines 5 жыл бұрын

I love the M3 tanks! Thanks for making this Tank Chat, very much enjoyed it. :D

@UkrainianPaulie 11 ай бұрын

When I was OPFOR at Fort Chaffee AR (1991) there were 2 of them rusting in a forest. We stopped our movement, and explored those Stuarts. Still had the 37 mm, and tracks. Guess they could be restored today.

@Vlad_-_-_ 5 жыл бұрын

Mr.Fletcher, allways a pleasure.

@kcole-xi9km 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! New Tank Chats are the highlight of the day. But really, who is downvoting these? Seriously?

@ironwolfF1 5 жыл бұрын

WoT game devs angry that he isn't doing vids on Commie fantasy tanks crafted of hardened Stalinium... :-p

@eagletanker 5 жыл бұрын

Or just your average wheraboos and Americans who didn’t know that their tanks could suck

@kenbrown2808 4 жыл бұрын

tank designers who hate having their ideas criticized.

@ChairmanMeowNZ 5 жыл бұрын

I highly recommend Greatest Tank Battles DVD set, I saw this guy on that and am happy to have found this channel.

@fredericduriau6616 5 жыл бұрын

Mr Fletcher, you are a great story teller.

@adamdubin1276 5 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure there is a video of Nicholas Moran climbing out of a Stuart through the drivers view hatch, while doing an _"Oh bugger, the tank is on fire"_ test. That makes me think that the driver's assistant if properly motivated could probably climb out without having to go through the turret. Not recommended by the manual but I'm sure but it works... mostly.

@paulpritty7914 Жыл бұрын

Subtitles are brilliant, 'the lat gonna sits next to the driver' was my favourite.

@yuryskrip5500 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like all preserved Stuarts are model M3A1. I still have to see any videos on the original M3, the one British called 'Honey' with the original turret without the basket

@johnmachinemachine706 5 жыл бұрын

Good job as always David Thank you

@Rickenbacker69 5 жыл бұрын

I see David Fletcher talking about tanks - I click like!

@davidwright9335 5 жыл бұрын

It made a loud bang and frightened the life out of people. I just love you sir!

@JonMarvel 5 жыл бұрын

Always cool to grab a cup of joe and listen to a new tank chat. Cheers from the States, friends.

@johnlansing2902 Жыл бұрын

Thank you .

@vikingwarlord2453 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great video mate and your team.

@corey8420 3 жыл бұрын

I keep watching your video over and over, each time, as entertaining as the first.

@nickdanger3802 2 жыл бұрын

5,532 M3, M3A1, M3A3 Lend leased to British Empire plus 1,391 M5, & M5A1 page 8 Hyperwar Lend Lease Shipments Ordnance--General Supplies

@picardbs 5 жыл бұрын

The gunner wasn't "in trouble", he was dead!

@ashika1009 5 жыл бұрын

Wish I could tool about in one of these. One of my favorite tanks.

@panchonuts7059 5 жыл бұрын

What a Honey of a presentation!! Thanks David!!

@NorceCodine 7 ай бұрын

It looks like a cute little locomotive with tracks!

@YellowBaboon2003 2 ай бұрын

I love this tank, I might incorporate it in a book about a fictional colonization efforts by fictional countries

@punchyMiddleEarth 10 ай бұрын

These are great in the Bolt Action tabletop wargame 😎 possibly the best valued tank in the whole game.

@ryancrouch9584 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video Mr Fletcher, I have never seen the A1 version.

@ogscarl3t375 5 жыл бұрын

Yesssssss the M3A1 my favorite variant of the Stuart a close second is the M3A3 :)

@Disciple0fMetal 5 жыл бұрын

Didn't even let the video load, saw a mustache and liked right away. Good day sir.

@Legitpenguins99 5 жыл бұрын

You forgot about case shot. From what i hear it was a very effective anti infantry shell compared to the anaemic HE

@martinrudolf3361 5 жыл бұрын

Dear D.F. super video. Next big thank/tank you from CZ/Prag.

@ohhellothere3217 5 жыл бұрын

"But amind an undignified scramble with the place on fire you want to get out as quick as possible."

@loupiscanis9449 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you , Mr Fletcher .

@coolminecraft1457 5 жыл бұрын

Dang perfect timing the notification came up right as I woke up

@lostinpa-dadenduro7555 5 жыл бұрын

I love the Stuarts.

@PMGF 5 жыл бұрын

Last time I was this early Czechoslovakia still had the Sudetenland.

@georgedoolittle9015 Жыл бұрын

Not "accepted" by either Great Britain or the USSR despite at one point having 2 Cadillac Engines and an automatic transmission at one point! Great news for everyone else in particular the USA which desperately needed these machines upon both the Pacific Theater then later the Italian Campaign then remarkably after that even the drive up the Rhone Valley and across the Rhine. Range wasn't much of a factor upon any of these Campaigns given how close combat was from literally one Town to the next being just miles away. Remarkable oversight for the British Commanders but was great news for troops fighting on behalf of the War effort from Australia and New Zealand against Japan. I think this article saw use in Burma as well. Japan certainly captured more than a few but apparently learned nothing from that.

@andrewwoodhead3141 4 жыл бұрын

what a beautiful paint job

@mathewkelly9968 5 жыл бұрын

5:35 Australian Stuarts in PNG

@tadget0566 2 жыл бұрын

Made a loud bang and frightened the life out of people 😆😆😆 brilliant

@thecollierreport 5 жыл бұрын

Very cool little tank

@Daniel-S1 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@americanpatriot2422 Жыл бұрын

Great video

@montes3d 5 жыл бұрын

I'm a simple man, I like every time I see the guy with the moustache

@craigjones2878 8 күн бұрын

Those Stuart’s used in the Guadalcanal campaign are still there, they are not far from where the battle of alligator creek occurred.

@AmazingAce 5 жыл бұрын

tanks for the vid!

@gav2759 5 жыл бұрын

I'm not very interested in tanks, but I never miss an offering from David Fletcher.

@stevemiller7433 5 жыл бұрын

I love this tank. Thank you.

@madox76 5 жыл бұрын

Every garage should have one of these go getters!!!

@dot2562 Жыл бұрын

Fletchers hair grew about 5 inches between the thumb nail and video 🤔🤣🤣🤣

@randomperson5970 4 жыл бұрын

M3 stuart M3 lee M3 carbine M3 flack helmet M3 half track M3 75mm M3 grease gun Am i missing any

@jasskeeper8152 4 жыл бұрын

This tank looks sooo steam punky, i love it.

@davidwhite8168 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@mastathrash5609 5 жыл бұрын

I see the mustache, I see the tank, I click.

@Reymundo____ 5 жыл бұрын

one of the cutest tank design..

@user-fk1ov8rf5n 5 жыл бұрын

Look at that thumbnail, the Tank Museum knows what we're all really here for

@tullskull 2 жыл бұрын

It would be fantastic if one of the newer model companies would make an accurate Honey and H8. I've been waiting since that lame Academy copy of the old Tamiya came out. I fear I will die before one is produced.😊

@barrythatcher9349 7 ай бұрын

There is an updated Aixfix kit, but it's pretty rare to get it.

@khrystree9233 3 жыл бұрын

' made a loud bang - frightened the life out of you if nothing else ' :) 3.22 lovely quote on 37mm HE round ! K

@khrystree9233 3 жыл бұрын

Great little tank , very useful in reconnaisance, reliable and easy to hide . K

@wolverinesdreams9293 Жыл бұрын

Neat!

@robertjohnson8938 3 жыл бұрын

I guess it served it’s purpose

@jakedee4117 5 жыл бұрын

Is the lovely lady @ 3:36 installed at the factory or was that an optional upgrade ?

@pedror598 5 жыл бұрын

Probably an upgrade made in the field: +10 Morale ; +5 Reload Rate ; -3 Target acquirement

@SlyPearTree 5 жыл бұрын

I'm sad that I never got to see a working tank in person. I'm very happy about that at the same time.

@igr4437 5 жыл бұрын

David Fletcher RULES!

@dekuzilla91 5 жыл бұрын

I love the Stuart its cool little tank.

@andrewcombe8907 4 ай бұрын

Used as a recce tank in Europe until the end of the war and saw extensive service in the Pacific.

@tarjei99 5 жыл бұрын

Always interesting!

@jasons44 4 жыл бұрын

8 am digging the mustash

@derelict33 5 жыл бұрын

I'm a simple man, I see David Fletcher I click on David Fletcher.

@peppermintbutler9059 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent

@theprfesssor 5 жыл бұрын

I like it......but I like the M5A1 more Ergo next tank for a tank chat should be a the M5 Stuart the chariot of the gods

@mebsrea 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder why the British didn’t rearm these with the 2-pounder? Slightly better armor penetration, and - more important - standardization of ammunition supply with all the other tanks in the British inventory.

@colindols4112 5 жыл бұрын

i want David Fletcher to never age

@b33lze6u6 5 жыл бұрын

This mans moustache is very perplexing to me

@Twirlyhead 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, but the 2pdr _could_ fire HE rounds the problem was they never issued many of them.

@Ocrilat 5 жыл бұрын

Not 'many', any. British tank doctrine held that a tank's job was to fight other tanks, not fight infantry. Some HE rounds are said to have been issued to towed 2-pounder AT units, but that's it.

@Twirlyhead 5 жыл бұрын

@@Ocrilat "Some HE rounds are said to have been issued to towed 2-pdr units" - so you're agreeing with me then: "not many".

@Ocrilat 5 жыл бұрын

@@Twirlyhead Oh, I though you meant 'not many HE rounds' went to the tanks. My bad.

@Masada1911 5 жыл бұрын

We are being spoiled lately!

@coolminecraft1457 5 жыл бұрын

Masada1911 I have to agree

@ConstantineJoseph 5 жыл бұрын

Back in ww2 the average US soldier height was 5'9. These days it is at 5'10 - 11. Hence the crews were smaller and would fit the M3 scout tank

@DeepPastry 5 жыл бұрын

The M3 stabilizer was operated by two types of tankers; those very few units who had acquired training on its use and maintenance who all liked it, and the vast majority of tankers who hated it and also didn't receive any training on it because it was a classified system. Or how badly can idiots with power screw over your military; loads, they can screw you over loads by not properly using that whole "need to know" aspect of all classified subjects.

@Willgler 5 жыл бұрын

Always the best

@nicko7841 5 жыл бұрын

The UK should name its next tank after Sir David Fletcher

@markreeter6227 5 жыл бұрын

Nicko78 Where would they mount the mustache?

@joeblow9657 5 жыл бұрын

I liked this video just for the mustache

@spoonwithoutleg Жыл бұрын

PArt about range made me thing of Benny Hill for some reason👍

@The_Bookman 5 жыл бұрын

@andychantrey9582 3 жыл бұрын

David Fletcher- MBE (Mustache of the British Empire)…a honor entitled upon people with a healthy looking amount of facial hair on the upper lip and knows how to flaunt it in public…