Does Chieftain Fit Into... an M22 Locust?

This has been one of the more requested vehicles to check out, so this ought to keep you satisfied until I can do a proper ITCH on it.

[MorningGIry]

The most important thing about the locust is that since it can be transported by air you could drop it on enemy tanks. This increases its anti-tank effectiveness by at least 200%

[boffinboy]

4:33
"Having forgotten he was in the tank, they discovered poor chieftain the next morning, cold, stuck contorted and babbling and ranting on about how Shermans are much easier to get out. With the help of some staff, some crispy bacon and a promise that he can go in the Abrams, the Chieftain is now recovering fast - although an advert 'Wanted: Short person, for slight physical work' has circulated"

[HereticsRight]

Some say that the Chieftain remains in that M22 to this day.

[JonManProductions]

...Meanwhile, in War Thunder, the angry swarms of the these buggers are a mythical plague that comes and punishes tier V and VI tanks for their sins every forth-match on a particular night when things go horribly wrong.

[DIEGhostfish]

If you hadn't fit in the turret they could have winched it off and lowered it on top of you.

[Quadrenaro]

I know someone that has an M22 in his garage. Still runs and everything. I've been in it, and it's obviously cramped. As far as I know, it's not listed amount known survivors, since he restored it from a junk yard.
Edit: btw, the barrel is just a steel pipe and the turret was removed last I saw it.

[drakecon]

There is something about him disappearing inside the Locust, hear the microphone being rubbed all about, expecting to hear something along the lines of I'm stuck, to hearing the squeaking of the driver's hatch lifing up to see him sitting somehow seemingly comfortably.
Tickles a funny bone too much.

[gpeters]

I was expecting "Oh my God, the tanks on fire"

[spideronco]

Came for track tension knowledge was quite disapointed

[AgriVidsProductions]

Just come to hear him say bollocks! 😂 😂

[malusignatius]

1st rule of tanking:

Make sure you can get out of the tank *before* you get in it.

[T--M]

-Hanz what's that?
-It's a cute little tank
-Should we shoot him?
-Nah he's to cute
* Locust destroys a Panther *
-Scheiße
-Scheiße

[qunt]

That bollocks right at the end, that is why I bloody love these bloopers.

[BWIENS]

This thing in War Thunder is hilarious

[fogas]

He is a cat confirmed
If he fits he sits

[eagles_can_fly]

The British during varsity used it. I think there were about 7-8 used. They put in them in gliders and glided them in. They all pretty much failed and I think only 2 made it to actual combat in the field (might’ve only been one). I do know one got slapped by a Panther, that has to be war crime

[marinetech]

OK, so yes, you fit in the tank, or I guess we could assume the tank fit on YOU.... I really expected you to stand on the turret and pull the tank on like a pair of trousers. Walking around the museum wearing it like some militant Fred Flintstone in his foot powered car.

[bighillraft]

"Just put it in sideways"
-Winston Churchill

[douglasmaccullagh]

The M22 Locust is one of my favorite tanks! Okay, not because of any military value of combat record, but because of the engineering problems they tried to solve. I came frustratingly close to buying an M22 hull years ago. You must admit it would be cool to have a tank parked in the carport, and the Locust is light enough to be "easy" to transport. (More trucks can handle 7 tons than handle 30 tons.). Yes, I would love a longer looks at optics, track, track tension, gearbox, steering, cross country performance, etc., so a second video would be welcome. But hey, it is the Locust, and I'll take anything I can get!

[pacificostudios]

The M22 Locust looks like a great light tank for doing recon in force. The problem is, the U.S. already had the M5 Stuart and the M24 was being deployed at the end of the war, so how did the M22 compare -- as a tank -- to the M24?