Here we have a fantastic example of a AMX-13 In this video we show you inside the vehicle and how to start and drive it!
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Apparently this tank served in the Dominican Republic(explains the Spanish in a French tank), then returned to France and bought by a Belgian dealer. Restored by a guy called Warwick Bolton. He even found a brand new engine and installed it.
@Shoorit Жыл бұрын
Aha, that explains why neutral is indicated in Spanish on the gear indicator. (In French "punto muerto" is "vitesse neutre".
@raytheron Жыл бұрын
@@raytheron We literally say "point mort" for neutral on a gearbox.
@corentinnaisse5350 Жыл бұрын
you are 100% correct, this same one was in two Wargaming videos where they interviewed Warwick.
@K1ngKrunch Жыл бұрын
Yo también soy republica dominicana
@luisdelacruz3399Ай бұрын
Just watched Joe and Jack in the mini French tank. Best episode yet. Jack is a star.
@johnsidebottom31992 ай бұрын
We still used them in the early 80"s in the Netherlands, took them to Bergen Hohne ranges. after firing these little bastards spit out the empty shell casing at the back of the turret. I witnessed a near miss of a warrant officer who thought the safest place would be behind the tank when firing LOL. but very accurate gun and powerful too, nice to see some are still moving.
@gerritvanderozenberg51663 ай бұрын
Jack extruding himself via the escape hatch, and slithering to the front of the tank, complete with surrender flag was epic hahaha. Your videos have got it all, top marks guys, keep em coming
@bobbroadhurst16484 ай бұрын
Honestly this was pretty funny watching them climb around an AMX-13 like that.
@andrews_lego_tanks_and_more8 ай бұрын
Absolutely awesome little machine, so carbureted, oscillating turret, so cool to see in real life. The chieftains "the Tanks on fire" drill looks like it still would work
@jamesocker5235 Жыл бұрын
I wouldn't share that opinion with Lindybeige, lol jk.
@jayklink851 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for showing the day to day of your incredible career. Gives a tank nerd like me something to drool over constantly.
@fancyultrafresh3264 Жыл бұрын
This tour of the interior is more informative than the tour that Chieftain guy gives.
@mitchellbennis92363 ай бұрын
the vids just keep getting better - jacks escape is epic - talk about a tight spot - if you were under attack, with fire smoke, probable leaking fuel, that would truly be one of the nastiest vehicles to escape from in a hurry - even if the thing was wrong side up, it be a pig to turn yourself around, and if it was on its side, getting out the port side with wheels and track closest might be a tad easier then being on the starboard side, nice tank, runs well, not built for comfort, but then how many were
@patchmack4469 Жыл бұрын
That makes me claustrophobic just looking at it.
@blackwolfspace-cowboy121 Жыл бұрын
Every up load gets better . Keep it up lads
@Icebuntrucker Жыл бұрын
The AMX doesn't have a boiling vessel it has a wine-rack.
@hammyh1165 Жыл бұрын
it will not stay full for very long in England.
@gregutdmglaucos37578 ай бұрын
You guys crack me up, British satire at it best, keep them coming lads, best bloody channel on YT!
@shrillcarderАй бұрын
I am always amazed how complex European vehicles are compared to the US ones (when I was in the Army in the 60's). The M48s and 60s were dead simple and the M113 was really a joy to drive and take care of.
@memikellАй бұрын
Blast from the past! I remember being trained on this back in 2007
@spartan8921 Жыл бұрын
We had those AMXs (hip fire guns) in the 1970s next to our Centurions. At first they were not allowed to fire across because they could fall over and later they were no longer allowed to fire at all because the turrets tore loose.
@tdub617811 күн бұрын
The hull escape hatch is there really in case the top hatches are blocked, like when the driver misjudges a bridge crossing and rolls it turret down in a river. It’s not so much intended to escape out of if the crew hatches can be opened, for all the reasons you discovered. It’s also handy also when you’re hosing out the hull.
@reccecs4 Жыл бұрын
Oh so theres a "the tanks turned over underwater "drill ooh no tanks
@jamesocker5235 Жыл бұрын
It was also used if the tank was pinned by small arms from the front and you had to sneak out the back
@dodge6984 ай бұрын
Bril!. Great laugh! Keep bringing/maintaining these old bits of kit back to life!. Nuff said!. 👍🍺
@robleary3353 Жыл бұрын
When i was a young ensign, i once sat in an austrian Kürassier with the same oszillating turret. And yes, same claustrophobia - i took caution, that nobody closes the hatch... Autoloader on the austrian Kürrassier was extremely fast, it could fire up to 10 precise shots a minute. Casings were thrown out the back of the turret.
@stefankaufmann8257 Жыл бұрын
That's interesting to know but was it precise as it has a the original 75 mm SA 50? Of course I didn't realise how claustrophobic it can be?
@paoloviti6156 Жыл бұрын
@@paoloviti6156 no, it was a 105mm from GIAT, later AMX 13 were also equipped with it. The A2 models had new electronic fire control systems and fired tandem HEAT.
@stefankaufmann8257 Жыл бұрын
@@stefankaufmann8257 thanks for the correction because I know little about the AMX-13! 👍👍
@paoloviti6156 Жыл бұрын
In Indonesia, we still have a AMX-13 but with modification. Even a modernized AMX-13 will approach "Tank Harimau" capabilities. I hope that in the future the "Tank Harimau" will replace the AMX-13
@OkazztheconquerorАй бұрын
The french saved your ass in Dunkirk during WWII. Thanks to the Channel you didn't had to face the nazi in ground battle. Well people who really know history to not mock the french for their surrender in 1940. Appreciate your videos any way. Cheers
@yokast62869 ай бұрын
Agreed The french took 240 000 casualties in six weeks which means that they were fighting and dying hard. Reality is that any army In front of the Germans and limited withdrawal space would either have to surrender irvorvget ob ships. Anybody could make the surrender claim against UK and Australia after the fall of Singapore with little fighting. Would also be unfair to the soldiers.
@knoll98123 ай бұрын
@@knoll9812 Hey don't bring us Aussies into this champ. We didn't surrender our country and the British Lt General Arthur Percival surrendered Singapore, not us.
@yobgow2 ай бұрын
@@yobgow sorry I didn't intend that. I said it would be unfair to the soldiers as definitely not their fault. Agree bad generalship. My point is the french soldiers fought and died and don't deserve the abuse.
@knoll98122 ай бұрын
Lighten up it’s only banter , 🙄
@anthonyg4671Ай бұрын
@@anthonyg4671except that it's always "banter", isn't it? Learn some history, and then some respect.
@JLongbowАй бұрын
Thank you guys we’d normally never get to see this much respect.
@marcusfenix8918 ай бұрын
You're not French...
@Solveig.Tissot7 ай бұрын
You guys do an awesome job
@bilbp41 Жыл бұрын
9:20 That looks to be the manual actuation for the autoloader. In case you don't have electrical/hydraulic power. Could also be a way to manually rotate the magazines for loading.
@pinkyfull Жыл бұрын
In French "point mort" is the neutral on a manual gearbox.
@denisvermeirre1024 Жыл бұрын
Guy keep the videos coming these are informative and hilarious , the banter back and forward with you all is great and you all have a laugh doing it, what could be better , ok so a massive heated workshop with cider on tap would help but hey its a life ……
@roderickmacgregor4867 Жыл бұрын
Funfact: Those cylindrical looking things at the front @ 00:47 and again @ 02:16 by the spare track are concentric springs. As found on the Grant and Sherman no less. How do I know this? I am am quite the admirer of the Australian Armour & Artillery Museum channel. Although I think Jack had nicked them by 02:32 (unless the Aussies had paid a visit).
@1chish Жыл бұрын
They do look like them as well. You can even see the large coil has the thinned part as it’s tapered to make them round.
@Shoorit Жыл бұрын
@@Shoorit Mr Hewes will now be on the lookout for a Sherman!
@1chish Жыл бұрын
Volute springs are their names
@danreed7889 Жыл бұрын
Your average French soldier starts smoking at age three and only grows to be 3' 7" tall as an adult.
@karachaffee33439 ай бұрын
Good video lads keep it up love the banter
@karldickinson2799 Жыл бұрын
Cracking video well explained on the pump yes just like the Mercedes unimog pump Keep the videos coming 🤠
@johngell4842 Жыл бұрын
Man AMX-13 is really one of my favourite, ce tank est merveilleux
@zephyro76 Жыл бұрын
Great job guys
@rodneysitler1526 Жыл бұрын
Top banter as always. Surprised it didn't have more reverse gears 🤣
@kippamip Жыл бұрын
Haha, it looks like a surrender flag.
@GavinMFR Жыл бұрын
@@GavinMFRAverage Virgin Cringe Brainless Fatherless Anti France Troll Fanboy taking Copium over here ! ⬆️
@Solveig.Tissot7 ай бұрын
It's a shame after all these years that idiots are still perpetuating that "French surrender" crap. Like the UK would have had any choice whatsoever but to surrender if in the exact same situation that France had been in WW2. France showed that it could fight constantly in the worst conditions imaginable in WW1, and, despite arguably having the worst trenches, and the most ferocious discipline among the allies, fought from beginning to end. During the early "Battle Of The Frontiers" in 1914, the French army suffered somewhere around 22,000 fatalities, even more than the UK's often quoted 20,000 during the first day of the Battle Of The Somme. The Battle Of Verdun was the longest, most horrifying, and most deadly Battle of the entire war. The French continued fighting. So have some goddamn respect. I'm not French, BTW.
@JLongbowАй бұрын
@@JLongbow bravo for you're speech. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼.
@kippamipАй бұрын
Another cracking video! I’m surprised that cap Jack has on is not faulty by now!
@MikeDent Жыл бұрын
That is an excellent video!!!! Great fun.
@Qspecialman Жыл бұрын
I love the way they get on soo well lol
@karldickinson2799 Жыл бұрын
Keep it up love the content 👌
@2stroke_terrorist Жыл бұрын
Good job!
@palco87 Жыл бұрын
More Jack please!! Hes great! Lol.
@kevinmcmanis73358 ай бұрын
Je ne comprend pas le British, mais ça me renvoie tout de même aux années 65/66/67, pilote au 5em Cuir !! Bonnes rigolades Quoi que !!
@gerardsporli701928 күн бұрын
That's a cute little " pop"gun you have there guys ! Loved the 2CV style gear stick As you say you had to be knee high to a nugget to get in and out of there GOOD LUCK TO THEM !!
@NUTTER8291 Жыл бұрын
Tall and thin tankers ok. Maybe not that hard to find in France
@knoll98123 ай бұрын
Awesome little tank and very cool video. Totally subbed!
@brandonhamilton833 Жыл бұрын
That was great Thanks
@billcasso54284 ай бұрын
Brilliant
@ThrottleAddiction8 ай бұрын
It fits like a glove.
@curtisbryce50967 ай бұрын
@ 8:33 - a Dutch flag!? They have horizontal stripes - it's actually a French flag held upside down 😄. Jack was in great form in this video, the whole team combining for some welcome comic entertainment.
@hughvane10 ай бұрын
All I see is that the turret got this big goofy grin - once you see it you can't unsee it again. Like a grey Mr. Bloopy.
@ipanzerschrecku4732 Жыл бұрын
I read « Crains degun » on that baby beast and it’s funny because it means « fear nobody » in central France patois (langue d’oï). I really enjoy your videos.
@fredotcho Жыл бұрын
Brilliant..
@johnanthonycolley38033 ай бұрын
It looks nice!
@GavinMFR Жыл бұрын
Jack, you are too funny and someone forgot to take the flag down!
@mitchellbennis92363 ай бұрын
You lot are nutters. Keep it up!
@mikecleverly7021 Жыл бұрын
In french, when it comes to gear boxes, we say "point mort" for neutral.
@maxalfredjoelasemoule39934 ай бұрын
That was a great review....couldn't stop laughing....well done!
@MADMAX353Ай бұрын
When you are to lazi to reload the gun yourself so you install a self loading big rotating revolver with automatic ejection of the shell's casing in the back. Truly a work of art
@vinny.g57783 ай бұрын
okay, this is epic
@k4000 Жыл бұрын
In Argentina not long ago they were in service haha, it's not a bad tank for being light, but something tight in case you have a difficult time and want to run away
@alanantoniobre337 Жыл бұрын
Just the one reverse gear ?
@dennis38y Жыл бұрын
PUNTO MUERTO means NEUTRAL And all the best from glorious Northumberland big iain younger 💪✅👍🏻
@brushrescue17019 ай бұрын
memes aside, I do love the post war French dank designs...
@lewis10659 ай бұрын
Pure quality content 😂
@Tom-ld1vr Жыл бұрын
Absolutely bloody hilarious!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@richardhunt1384 Жыл бұрын
The stale baguettes are the armour piercing ones.
@johnnunn8688 Жыл бұрын
The hesh rounds contain camembert
@knoll98123 ай бұрын
The old Betsy still works
@m2y8v6 ай бұрын
The only type of French vehicle I’d drive, great video yet again pal
@GP30277 Жыл бұрын
Great Stuff! Punto Muerto - Deadpoint
@strictlymacintosh7818 Жыл бұрын
Thé red command AT runners place are may be (and i'm sure of it) eletrical turret commands when engine is in function.
@jorickschaffef1461 Жыл бұрын
Man that thing looks like it fresh out of the factory like it just sat around. Lmfao 😆🤣🤣🤣
@liamterry5301 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant , one needs som pino noir for getting out , nice vid guys 👍
@davidgibbings6085 Жыл бұрын
A cute nifty little tank! A dumb question: can the turret system be hydraulically activated? I'm surprised how it is in such good condition and has all the periscopes in position! Really you guys are doing a great job 👏 👍
@paoloviti6156 Жыл бұрын
Episcopes !
@excellenceetserenite95413 ай бұрын
@excellenceetserenite9541 sorry, you right: episcope!!
@paoloviti61563 ай бұрын
I love it when brits are making fun of French great video!
@ThatStukaGuy Жыл бұрын
Those oscillating turrets are so cool! I'm 6ft 5in and wide too. I'd love to get in a tank but like my dream car (S2 Lotus Esprit) I will never realise that dream 😀 I suddenly became claustrophobic watching you climb under the gun to the (actually rather good) escape hatch.
@Rich77UK Жыл бұрын
The oscillator turret did make small. The designers planned a tank as small as possible
@knoll98123 ай бұрын
Meant turret did not
@knoll98123 ай бұрын
Great vid giys
@nathancorlett989510 ай бұрын
Point of dead, ''point mort'' is the term used in French to say that a mechanism is disengaged. In general it is used for a gearbox.
@HOMEGA10 Жыл бұрын
Adam is such the boy 🤣
@AgriVidsProductions Жыл бұрын
As a french this episode was so funny to watch ahah
@jujusaw76290 Жыл бұрын
Eh ben t'est maso toi, t'aime quand ils sortent plusieurs fois le drapeau blanc parce que l'engin est français est donc c'est la ''blague'' débile des français capitulards ? Moi je suis même pas français et je trouve cela d'une connerie monumentale.
@Balrog2005 Жыл бұрын
@@Balrog2005 cool
@clanka5509 Жыл бұрын
@@Balrog2005 bha, ils sont anglais on s'en fout
@frogfichtrlustr369 Жыл бұрын
It's the 2CV of the tank world.
@gusgone4527 Жыл бұрын
When I was in the army in 1973 with 101tank bat centurion we called an AMX and pistol on roller skates
@willemschlebaum.2467 Жыл бұрын
my dad used to drive one of those in the dutch army
@sjeeke46712 ай бұрын
A French-Spanish tank that must've been crewed by the Lollipop Guild. Now, that's a new one on me!
@Calamity_Jack Жыл бұрын
"As they say in France, 'Auf Wiedersehen'." Quality.
@cogboy302 Жыл бұрын
maybe a french tank, but "punto muerto" ist the spanish for Neutral, and the rest of the writing are also in spanish
@rubens.9335 Жыл бұрын
It's not a tank destroyer but it's indeed an hell of a good light recon veichal, even having decades of service it can be compared faced to face with the AMX10
@nunopereira265 Жыл бұрын
it wasn't a recon vehicle but an air-portable light tank. DESTROYER does snd good in the title but they make the point it is a light tank.
@Xyzabc9988 ай бұрын
it is a light tank, precisely their roles are reconnaissance, but as this category has disappeared among the Anglo-Saxons they are confused.
@gregutdmglaucos37578 ай бұрын
C'est un char dotant les régiments de cavalerie légère dédiée à la reconnaissance...en phase d'attaque de l'ennemi et un char antichar en position d'embuscade lors d'un retrait tactique !
@excellenceetserenite95413 ай бұрын
@@gregutdmglaucos3757I think it is a tank destroyer of at least tank fighter. A reconnaissance tank doesn't need a huge cannon
@knoll98123 ай бұрын
spend a couple of months driving one of those around in the dirt back in 1979, I remember that before starting you had to reach back to a knob and turn it a couple of times and this was some sort of oil scraping filter. Correct?
@michelboots7133 Жыл бұрын
13:00 - now laughing out loud imagining 'The Chieftain' trying the escape hatch.
@profpep Жыл бұрын
Point of death (point mort) is the Neutral position of the gearbox
@g2eneko Жыл бұрын
Drivers reversing camera still working?? Great banter, the birth of Jack, does this mean he is now french.?
@petefisk Жыл бұрын
What a load of fun you had there!! Why don't other tanks have an escape hatch like this one???
@johndrew3202 Жыл бұрын
That's not an xscape hatch it's quick runaway where's surrendering hatch 🤩👍🇬🇧
@peterwall9896 Жыл бұрын
Some do.
@johnnunn8688 Жыл бұрын
@@peterwall9896 fool
@Fjodor.Tabularasa Жыл бұрын
"thats where you store all your Brie..." fuck you guys crack me up
@jdshqs Жыл бұрын
They were an autoloader too so there's lots of gubbins in the turret....which is a reciprocating one so even that is strange.
@dirtywetdogboatsandsailing6805 Жыл бұрын
Reciprocating turret allows big gun in a small turret
@knoll98123 ай бұрын
French experimented with the AMX 13 by building it using imperial measurements, unfortunately it had been designed using metric.
@PHDarren3 ай бұрын
Saw it on Inside the Tanks. Wargaming Europe. Cheers!
@MililaniJag9 ай бұрын
point of death in french is for the neutral on a gearbox ;)
@ibouhouret Жыл бұрын
Put my back out just watching this.
@mitchdaytonam3 Жыл бұрын
The name of the tank "Crains degain" is from the Provençal dialect (Nice region of south-eastern France for example) and means "fear no one".
@olivierpuyou36215 ай бұрын
point of death could be meaning disconnected/killed the power as it is neutral position
@leondamuni11 Жыл бұрын
C’etait tres bien mes enfants. Formidable 🇫🇷
@philipspencer1834 Жыл бұрын
Merci
@MrHewes Жыл бұрын
You're not even French...
@Solveig.Tissot7 ай бұрын
Reise immer has a video on his channel of two abandoned tanks in Germany maybe u can look into it and possibly make a deal
@scottcota4102 Жыл бұрын
Punto Meurto is Spanish for Deadpoint - Could mean "Dead Centre" in this meaning for the gearbox.
@Vakiiri Жыл бұрын
Punto Muerto is Spanish for Neutral gear.
@fedecano73629 ай бұрын
Bugatti engine, was also mounted on trains. beautiful mechanics but greedy in fuel, suspension by torsion bar I had to work on it in 78 at 153 RIM of Molsheim.
@pascalgiou6869 Жыл бұрын
I remember that you had to pump something first. Then a light when’d out and you could start the darn thing.
Apparently this tank served in the Dominican Republic(explains the Spanish in a French tank), then returned to France and bought by a Belgian dealer. Restored by a guy called Warwick Bolton. He even found a brand new engine and installed it.
Aha, that explains why neutral is indicated in Spanish on the gear indicator. (In French "punto muerto" is "vitesse neutre".
@@raytheron We literally say "point mort" for neutral on a gearbox.
you are 100% correct, this same one was in two Wargaming videos where they interviewed Warwick.
Yo también soy republica dominicana
Just watched Joe and Jack in the mini French tank. Best episode yet. Jack is a star.
We still used them in the early 80"s in the Netherlands, took them to Bergen Hohne ranges. after firing these little bastards spit out the empty shell casing at the back of the turret. I witnessed a near miss of a warrant officer who thought the safest place would be behind the tank when firing LOL. but very accurate gun and powerful too, nice to see some are still moving.
Jack extruding himself via the escape hatch, and slithering to the front of the tank, complete with surrender flag was epic hahaha. Your videos have got it all, top marks guys, keep em coming
Honestly this was pretty funny watching them climb around an AMX-13 like that.
Absolutely awesome little machine, so carbureted, oscillating turret, so cool to see in real life. The chieftains "the Tanks on fire" drill looks like it still would work
I wouldn't share that opinion with Lindybeige, lol jk.
Thank you so much for showing the day to day of your incredible career. Gives a tank nerd like me something to drool over constantly.
This tour of the interior is more informative than the tour that Chieftain guy gives.
the vids just keep getting better - jacks escape is epic - talk about a tight spot - if you were under attack, with fire smoke, probable leaking fuel, that would truly be one of the nastiest vehicles to escape from in a hurry - even if the thing was wrong side up, it be a pig to turn yourself around, and if it was on its side, getting out the port side with wheels and track closest might be a tad easier then being on the starboard side, nice tank, runs well, not built for comfort, but then how many were
That makes me claustrophobic just looking at it.
Every up load gets better . Keep it up lads
The AMX doesn't have a boiling vessel it has a wine-rack.
it will not stay full for very long in England.
You guys crack me up, British satire at it best, keep them coming lads, best bloody channel on YT!
I am always amazed how complex European vehicles are compared to the US ones (when I was in the Army in the 60's). The M48s and 60s were dead simple and the M113 was really a joy to drive and take care of.
Blast from the past! I remember being trained on this back in 2007
We had those AMXs (hip fire guns) in the 1970s next to our Centurions. At first they were not allowed to fire across because they could fall over and later they were no longer allowed to fire at all because the turrets tore loose.
The hull escape hatch is there really in case the top hatches are blocked, like when the driver misjudges a bridge crossing and rolls it turret down in a river. It’s not so much intended to escape out of if the crew hatches can be opened, for all the reasons you discovered. It’s also handy also when you’re hosing out the hull.
Oh so theres a "the tanks turned over underwater "drill ooh no tanks
It was also used if the tank was pinned by small arms from the front and you had to sneak out the back
Bril!. Great laugh! Keep bringing/maintaining these old bits of kit back to life!. Nuff said!. 👍🍺
When i was a young ensign, i once sat in an austrian Kürassier with the same oszillating turret. And yes, same claustrophobia - i took caution, that nobody closes the hatch... Autoloader on the austrian Kürrassier was extremely fast, it could fire up to 10 precise shots a minute. Casings were thrown out the back of the turret.
That's interesting to know but was it precise as it has a the original 75 mm SA 50? Of course I didn't realise how claustrophobic it can be?
@@paoloviti6156 no, it was a 105mm from GIAT, later AMX 13 were also equipped with it. The A2 models had new electronic fire control systems and fired tandem HEAT.
@@stefankaufmann8257 thanks for the correction because I know little about the AMX-13! 👍👍
In Indonesia, we still have a AMX-13 but with modification. Even a modernized AMX-13 will approach "Tank Harimau" capabilities. I hope that in the future the "Tank Harimau" will replace the AMX-13
The french saved your ass in Dunkirk during WWII. Thanks to the Channel you didn't had to face the nazi in ground battle. Well people who really know history to not mock the french for their surrender in 1940. Appreciate your videos any way. Cheers
Agreed The french took 240 000 casualties in six weeks which means that they were fighting and dying hard. Reality is that any army In front of the Germans and limited withdrawal space would either have to surrender irvorvget ob ships. Anybody could make the surrender claim against UK and Australia after the fall of Singapore with little fighting. Would also be unfair to the soldiers.
@@knoll9812 Hey don't bring us Aussies into this champ. We didn't surrender our country and the British Lt General Arthur Percival surrendered Singapore, not us.
@@yobgow sorry I didn't intend that. I said it would be unfair to the soldiers as definitely not their fault. Agree bad generalship. My point is the french soldiers fought and died and don't deserve the abuse.
Lighten up it’s only banter , 🙄
@@anthonyg4671except that it's always "banter", isn't it? Learn some history, and then some respect.
Thank you guys we’d normally never get to see this much respect.
You're not French...
You guys do an awesome job
9:20 That looks to be the manual actuation for the autoloader. In case you don't have electrical/hydraulic power. Could also be a way to manually rotate the magazines for loading.
In French "point mort" is the neutral on a manual gearbox.
Guy keep the videos coming these are informative and hilarious , the banter back and forward with you all is great and you all have a laugh doing it, what could be better , ok so a massive heated workshop with cider on tap would help but hey its a life ……
Funfact: Those cylindrical looking things at the front @ 00:47 and again @ 02:16 by the spare track are concentric springs. As found on the Grant and Sherman no less. How do I know this? I am am quite the admirer of the Australian Armour & Artillery Museum channel. Although I think Jack had nicked them by 02:32 (unless the Aussies had paid a visit).
They do look like them as well. You can even see the large coil has the thinned part as it’s tapered to make them round.
@@Shoorit Mr Hewes will now be on the lookout for a Sherman!
Volute springs are their names
Your average French soldier starts smoking at age three and only grows to be 3' 7" tall as an adult.
Good video lads keep it up love the banter
Cracking video well explained on the pump yes just like the Mercedes unimog pump Keep the videos coming 🤠
Man AMX-13 is really one of my favourite, ce tank est merveilleux
Great job guys
Top banter as always. Surprised it didn't have more reverse gears 🤣
Haha, it looks like a surrender flag.
@@GavinMFRAverage Virgin Cringe Brainless Fatherless Anti France Troll Fanboy taking Copium over here ! ⬆️
It's a shame after all these years that idiots are still perpetuating that "French surrender" crap. Like the UK would have had any choice whatsoever but to surrender if in the exact same situation that France had been in WW2. France showed that it could fight constantly in the worst conditions imaginable in WW1, and, despite arguably having the worst trenches, and the most ferocious discipline among the allies, fought from beginning to end. During the early "Battle Of The Frontiers" in 1914, the French army suffered somewhere around 22,000 fatalities, even more than the UK's often quoted 20,000 during the first day of the Battle Of The Somme. The Battle Of Verdun was the longest, most horrifying, and most deadly Battle of the entire war. The French continued fighting. So have some goddamn respect. I'm not French, BTW.
@@JLongbow bravo for you're speech. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼.
Another cracking video! I’m surprised that cap Jack has on is not faulty by now!
That is an excellent video!!!! Great fun.
I love the way they get on soo well lol
Keep it up love the content 👌
Good job!
More Jack please!! Hes great! Lol.
Je ne comprend pas le British, mais ça me renvoie tout de même aux années 65/66/67, pilote au 5em Cuir !! Bonnes rigolades Quoi que !!
That's a cute little " pop"gun you have there guys ! Loved the 2CV style gear stick As you say you had to be knee high to a nugget to get in and out of there GOOD LUCK TO THEM !!
Tall and thin tankers ok. Maybe not that hard to find in France
Awesome little tank and very cool video. Totally subbed!
That was great Thanks
Brilliant
It fits like a glove.
@ 8:33 - a Dutch flag!? They have horizontal stripes - it's actually a French flag held upside down 😄. Jack was in great form in this video, the whole team combining for some welcome comic entertainment.
All I see is that the turret got this big goofy grin - once you see it you can't unsee it again. Like a grey Mr. Bloopy.
I read « Crains degun » on that baby beast and it’s funny because it means « fear nobody » in central France patois (langue d’oï). I really enjoy your videos.
Brilliant..
It looks nice!
Jack, you are too funny and someone forgot to take the flag down!
You lot are nutters. Keep it up!
In french, when it comes to gear boxes, we say "point mort" for neutral.
That was a great review....couldn't stop laughing....well done!
When you are to lazi to reload the gun yourself so you install a self loading big rotating revolver with automatic ejection of the shell's casing in the back. Truly a work of art
okay, this is epic
In Argentina not long ago they were in service haha, it's not a bad tank for being light, but something tight in case you have a difficult time and want to run away
Just the one reverse gear ?
PUNTO MUERTO means NEUTRAL And all the best from glorious Northumberland big iain younger 💪✅👍🏻
memes aside, I do love the post war French dank designs...
Pure quality content 😂
Absolutely bloody hilarious!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The stale baguettes are the armour piercing ones.
The hesh rounds contain camembert
The old Betsy still works
The only type of French vehicle I’d drive, great video yet again pal
Great Stuff! Punto Muerto - Deadpoint
Thé red command AT runners place are may be (and i'm sure of it) eletrical turret commands when engine is in function.
Man that thing looks like it fresh out of the factory like it just sat around. Lmfao 😆🤣🤣🤣
Brilliant , one needs som pino noir for getting out , nice vid guys 👍
A cute nifty little tank! A dumb question: can the turret system be hydraulically activated? I'm surprised how it is in such good condition and has all the periscopes in position! Really you guys are doing a great job 👏 👍
Episcopes !
@excellenceetserenite9541 sorry, you right: episcope!!
I love it when brits are making fun of French great video!
Those oscillating turrets are so cool! I'm 6ft 5in and wide too. I'd love to get in a tank but like my dream car (S2 Lotus Esprit) I will never realise that dream 😀 I suddenly became claustrophobic watching you climb under the gun to the (actually rather good) escape hatch.
The oscillator turret did make small. The designers planned a tank as small as possible
Meant turret did not
Great vid giys
Point of dead, ''point mort'' is the term used in French to say that a mechanism is disengaged. In general it is used for a gearbox.
Adam is such the boy 🤣
As a french this episode was so funny to watch ahah
Eh ben t'est maso toi, t'aime quand ils sortent plusieurs fois le drapeau blanc parce que l'engin est français est donc c'est la ''blague'' débile des français capitulards ? Moi je suis même pas français et je trouve cela d'une connerie monumentale.
@@Balrog2005 cool
@@Balrog2005 bha, ils sont anglais on s'en fout
It's the 2CV of the tank world.
When I was in the army in 1973 with 101tank bat centurion we called an AMX and pistol on roller skates
my dad used to drive one of those in the dutch army
A French-Spanish tank that must've been crewed by the Lollipop Guild. Now, that's a new one on me!
"As they say in France, 'Auf Wiedersehen'." Quality.
maybe a french tank, but "punto muerto" ist the spanish for Neutral, and the rest of the writing are also in spanish
It's not a tank destroyer but it's indeed an hell of a good light recon veichal, even having decades of service it can be compared faced to face with the AMX10
it wasn't a recon vehicle but an air-portable light tank. DESTROYER does snd good in the title but they make the point it is a light tank.
it is a light tank, precisely their roles are reconnaissance, but as this category has disappeared among the Anglo-Saxons they are confused.
C'est un char dotant les régiments de cavalerie légère dédiée à la reconnaissance...en phase d'attaque de l'ennemi et un char antichar en position d'embuscade lors d'un retrait tactique !
@@gregutdmglaucos3757I think it is a tank destroyer of at least tank fighter. A reconnaissance tank doesn't need a huge cannon
spend a couple of months driving one of those around in the dirt back in 1979, I remember that before starting you had to reach back to a knob and turn it a couple of times and this was some sort of oil scraping filter. Correct?
13:00 - now laughing out loud imagining 'The Chieftain' trying the escape hatch.
Point of death (point mort) is the Neutral position of the gearbox
Drivers reversing camera still working?? Great banter, the birth of Jack, does this mean he is now french.?
What a load of fun you had there!! Why don't other tanks have an escape hatch like this one???
That's not an xscape hatch it's quick runaway where's surrendering hatch 🤩👍🇬🇧
Some do.
@@peterwall9896 fool
"thats where you store all your Brie..." fuck you guys crack me up
They were an autoloader too so there's lots of gubbins in the turret....which is a reciprocating one so even that is strange.
Reciprocating turret allows big gun in a small turret
French experimented with the AMX 13 by building it using imperial measurements, unfortunately it had been designed using metric.
Saw it on Inside the Tanks. Wargaming Europe. Cheers!
point of death in french is for the neutral on a gearbox ;)
Put my back out just watching this.
The name of the tank "Crains degain" is from the Provençal dialect (Nice region of south-eastern France for example) and means "fear no one".
point of death could be meaning disconnected/killed the power as it is neutral position
C’etait tres bien mes enfants. Formidable 🇫🇷
Merci
You're not even French...
Reise immer has a video on his channel of two abandoned tanks in Germany maybe u can look into it and possibly make a deal
Punto Meurto is Spanish for Deadpoint - Could mean "Dead Centre" in this meaning for the gearbox.
Punto Muerto is Spanish for Neutral gear.
Bugatti engine, was also mounted on trains. beautiful mechanics but greedy in fuel, suspension by torsion bar I had to work on it in 78 at 153 RIM of Molsheim.
I remember that you had to pump something first. Then a light when’d out and you could start the darn thing.