Feel like I need a 1/35 scale David Fletcher to stand alongside my armour models.

(2:06) "A car without a steering wheel is a bit of a waste of time." - David Fletcher, October 8, 2019 ;) We love you, David! :D

I get the feeling that an “Oh no, the cars on fire” test would not kindly look upon the removable steering wheel seatbelt.

I like the look of it. As you say it does look Daimlerish.

Cars without steering wheels are indeed a waste of time.

"It wasn't all that good but we'll get to that in a minute" I love it, straight to the point.

Naturally you need a kitchen sink for the enamel mugs and the teapot.

Removable steering wheel!? This was designed for the 1943 F1 championship.

"worth a............spit" XD I think he had the first two letters of that word differently in his head there before his mind pulled the emergency break :D

2:02 that s funny..that is exactly how a tamiya driver figure is going to enter a tamiya 1/35 scale tank and jeep model : Paint the figure, paint the jeep/car...leave the steering wheel out..until the very last moment when all is put in place..

A rare and interesting vehicle even if it was not used by Great Britain. Thank you David Fletcher.

The 75mm version looks awesome...

Daimler: "Who are you?" Coventry: "I'm you... but worse."

I wish I knew Mr. Fletcher. I love his British humor and his inside jokes and he's not a bad presenter.

enjoy Davids explanations very much...

I like this channel because they give honest and accurate assessments.

This Tank vids are the best, David Fletcher knowledge is second too none . Please Jeremy Clarkson or someone from Grand Tour do a video on Sir David Fletcher .

Cheers David Fletcher! I can listen to you guys talk all day about tanks! Nothing quite like the morning coffee and a tank chat!

Even the subscibe message at the beginning is exemplary - short, sweet and to the point. So many youtubers could learn from this.

The word "gallumphing" springs to mind when watching it porpoise around the test area....

Gods, I love Tank Chats series! Every time I think I'm done watching them all, there is always more!

I guess you could say that the crews got sent to Coventry! :) *I'll let myself out.

Yay! The king of Armour Vehicle information and mustaches, Mr. Fletcher!!

I love how laid back this guy is, great job. Well done.

I was having a not so good day and then... David's smiling face greeted me today as I tuned in to watch the latest Tank Chat! Thank you for having this man talk about one of our favorite topics! :)

David Fletcher. The grandad we all wish we had! Legend!

It might not have been very good, but it certainly looks great. I hope wargaming implements it with both turrets as options.

Merci pour ce commentaire, hommage à mon père qui a combattu dans cet engin en Indochine en 1946/48, et qui a beaucoup apprécié l'utilisation de cet armoured car et surtout la mitrailleuse Besa qui lui a sauvé la vie maintes fois. Cordialement JJ

This armored car does look nice. I think it has that contemporary look to it. It looks not too dissimilar to modern versions, or rather AFV's as they are known now. Maybe outdated, but it still looks kinda modern.

Looks perfect for the morning commute. A nimble little grocery wagon if there ever was one.

Nothing is more beautiful than a pak38 taking out a coventry!

I adore armored cars even when they are quirky. Thank you for the video.

A removable steering wheel? I'd like to see the Chieftain do an "oh my God the tank is on fire" from the drivers seat.

I just discovered this channel today, and i've already binged 65 of these tank chats Great work, I've already learnt so much, keep it up!

Another great tank chat. This an essential channel for any tank enthusiast in the world.

You can't help to like David Fletcher when he's talking about anything armored.

At 5:30 and on... showing the two side views, transposed on top of one another, to then help see the slight differences, was neat, that really makes a difference in helping my small brain see the topic at hand... Thank you for taking the time to add that bit of video slide comparison, I am sure it took so time to align them just right for the effect.... It was neat to see that...

Great video

I always liked brits arm. Cars especially the WW2 Humber and my No.1 the Ferret and No.2 the Saladin, we had many times per year the brits in our Villages, Field and Forrests and i enjoyed it as a young boy to play inside this Cars

I'm from and live in Belfast. Would be many a variant patrolled the streets here at the start of the troubles from 1969!

Always nice to see you, sir! God Bless!

Thanks for the great information you and your team did great I love seeing all the tanks and armoured fighting vehicles

Thank you , Mr Fletcher .

Oh joy, a new tank chat! Christmas came early!

This is my first video of yours that I have watched. And even with the good World War II content aside, just your personality, and the way you presented your video, was more than enough to have me like and subscribe. Keep up the good work, cheers and tally ho.

Low praise indeed for a British armored car to be sold to the French Army.

It may not have been as good ad its contemporaries but it was a good looking vehicle, and with a seventy five it would pack a fair wallop, if we had run short of Humber's and Daimler's then I think the Coventry's history may well have been different. While the two pounder may have been a bit lacking as an anti tank gun by then, there was plenty of other targets both lightly armoured and unarmored to shoot at, which is why the Daimler carried on using it to beyond the wars end, the Hercules engine was an interesting choice but as far as it being petrol, just about everything was run on it at the time so that should not be viewed as a negative point, the fact that the turret ring could take a seventy five was worthy of note as up gunning to that degree would have been a problem in many armoured vehicles, a Matilda with a seventy five would have been rather potent as would a Crusader. As I say if not for the Humber then it would have been seen in a different light.

Apart from a 6 cylinder Hercules engine, it also comes with bouncy castle suspension, look at it at 0:52.

I had a problem with stray cats so i got one of these & one blast from the 2pounder did the job.

Having to take the steering wheel off to get out, I hope you don't have to get out fast in an emergency 😀.

When David Fletcher tells me to like and subscribe, I do as he says. It's a shame I'm already subscribed :/ I want to support this channel more!

Seems like a good size and good fighting shape. The vehicle shape doesn't look obsolete the gun might be, if the suspension tires upgrade would be great for that fighting weight

I love the design and look of this armoured car.

Great vid David.

Both interesting and funny! Thanks for the video! An armored car with a kitchen sink? Sounds like a good idea.

David. Please do a chat on the Staghound soon. Thanks for the chat on the Coventry.

Love a good tank chat well done!

I need one of these for Traffic … boom get out the way. “ I’m driving here”. Lol

David is the best !!! 👍👍👍👌

Hey the idea is that you're not exactly sending this against Tigers, and the German's own lighter stuff like half-tracks and their own armoured cars would still be vulnerable to a 2-pounder

David Fletcher always reminds of The Professor from Felix the cat

David Fletcher=Instant Like

neat looking vehicle.

Thanks.

I would have loved to see a kitchen sink fitted into this. Hahaha

Again thank you for a great video

Employment was in everyone's mind to knock out a "enemy tank", if they would have made a HE round it would have been a good support for advancing infantry against soft skin vehicle's and dug in troops, other tank killers were in use and the full use of the Coventry was not put to the test in Europe after 1944. Great Video Sir David

Good show

Good job.

I want a Fletcher action figure !

David Fletcher is the history teacher I wished I had in school.

I love this guy, I can see him in a British comedy.

4:28 It couldn't fire HE worth a - thinking about appropriate term, then finding one - spit.

Sir David, I will and have subscribed.

It probably would have really come in handy during the Italian campaign, battles like Ortona etc...

Very cool.

i Love tank chats

The odd thing is that the Coventry was regarded as a failure. Often, when something looks right, it is right, and the Coventry looks right. The size is fine. It is bigger than the Daimler and the US M8, both very successful designs, but it is smaller and lighter than the very successful US built, Commonwealth used, Staghound and the British AEC, also regarded as a successful design. The engine is the US Hercules RXLD of around 175 horsepower. This was used because the Brits simply did not have a suitable petrol engine available at that time. The RXLD was a proven and reliable, pre-war design, inline six; nothing wrong with it. The suspension was independent all-round and, as can be seen on the video, with excellent wheel-travel. I am not sure but I believe that the Coventry did not have the H-type drive line lay-out of the Daimler but rather had a central differential on each axle. Nothing wrong with that either. Still today the most common type of independent suspension used today. The two pounder gun was silly though. It was obsolete by the mid-forties, was no longer effective against the tanks at that time and, even worse, did not have an effective HE shell. IMO ithe car should have been built in 2 configurations: ons armed with a Polsten gun, or even the 15 Besa, and the other with the 6 pounder or 75mm. I think the main problem with the Coventry was that it came at the wrong time. The war is Europe was winding down and the smaller armoured cars then in use were seen as adequate for the reconnaissance role. The European war had also become a tracked vehicle war. Big armoured cars were neither fish not fowl: big enough to be easily seen and hit, yet poorer mobility and armament than tanks, and lightly armoured. A slightly reworked Coventry would have been an excellent competitor to, for instance, the Panhard AML during the post war years when armoured cars became more popular again. It was simpler and cheaper to build than the excessively complex Saladin and it could take a larger turret ring.

the first gen hummer also had a wide track to follow in the ruts of tanks

This guy is already a legend

Thanks.👍

Since aluminium/aluminum metal was first discovered (smelted from the common compound alum) by Danish and German scientists, I think that earns them the naming rights. That makes “aluminium,” the preferred Danish and German spelling, the preferred one.

I heard Wargaming are working on British Light wheeled vehicles....

I take it the French used the rear driving position all the time?

Having had experience of Coventry Climax fork trucks I can say "lucky it never saw action".

nice one diddy ,i been wantin to know about that coventry ,cas i got george fortys book on armoured cars an it tells you nuttin about service of that ,only in french service nuttin about british service !

Hope to see these in WoT... maybe it'll balance out the horrendous current brit light line. And some competition for the froggies new lights.

"Why don't subscribe to The Tank Museum channel abd watch them all?" "Because I've already done that a thousand times, sir Fletcher!"

I kind of love the looks of it though.

Why is there no model of David Fletcher Mk1 housed in the Tank Museum? There should be 👍

It's actually not quite true to say that the Coventry never saw service, as the French used them extensively in the Indochina war, initially as amroured cars, and the turrets ended up on fortifications and the various riverine monitors produced in Indochina.

I imagine reversing out of narrow hedge lined lanes was the reason for the dual driver position. Almost impossible to turn around on the spot.

Hey the tank Museum! Can you do a tank chat on the Kanonenjagdpanzer?

Great bush basher

I mean you wonder why it isn't 16mm of armor but said right after that's its heavy for an Armored Car at 11.5t. Maybe that's why.

No idea why but likewise famous James May I can listen to Mr Fletcher 4 ever and in any topic, in fact. Of course most likely about... II WW and it*s tanks stories.

Armored cars with rear driving positions never made sense to me. Internal volume is at such a premium it seems like a waste for the rare times when it is faster to have a turret crew member squeeze back and take over rather than just have the regular driver quickly turn around, or reverse a little more slowly (but virtually immediately) with help from the commander looking through the cupola. Also, shocked someone thought a nut on top of a steering wheel was a good idea.... would love to see the Cheiftan give that position the "Oh bugger the tank is fire" test.

It seems to me that you can add a slat cage, swap the gun for an automatic grenade launcer, and that would make it ideal for the low intensity conflicts going on nowadays.

David Fletcher is so epically British.

My father did two tours of duty in Vietnam. He told me there was a WW2 armored car used by one of the ARVN officers. The vehicle had at some point lost one of its original tires and had a tire from a civilian vehicle in its place. I wonder if that was one of these Coventrys