Tank Chats #161 | Samaritan and Sultan | The Tank Museum

Check out this week's Tank Chat to discover why the Museum's Samaritan has a red cross painted on it? Join Historian David Fletcher and discover this and more for the latest Tank Chat on Samaritan and Sultan.

00:00 | Intro
00:27 | Samaritan
05:44 | Sultan

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[thetankmuseum]

Hello Tank Nuts! What do you think of Samaritan and Sultan - let us know if you have anything else to add.

[andybrown]

I was a radio Op in a Sultan, 50B Mortar platoon 2ic. There were only 3 of us, sheer luxury.😀

[reubensandwich]

"The 7 gears work in both directions. You can go forwards and backwards at roughly the same speed." 2:14. It's nice to see somebody listened to Oddball's insight that's great to get out of trouble just as fast as you got into it.

[PUBHEAD]

Perfect way to start my weekend. My morning cup of coffee sitting on my deck with Mr Fletcher to keep me company.

[GjVj]

"They expect us all to be six foot tall..." Regardless of height, you're a giant of a man, David, and we all look up to you!

[StutleyConstable]

What I like most about David Fletcher is that he is who he is. He seems very comfortable in his own skin and unaffected by the celebrity he has become.

[Giffriend]

Always a pleasure to find a video from everyone's favorite granddad

[sasquatchishere]

Thank you David. Great job as always. I could listen to you talk about vehicles all day long.

[michaelguerin]

Another informative and succinct video from the master! Thank you.

[samsona]

Only worked on a Samaritan once in the Gulf waiting to get fuel in my Samson. The carburettor body had come loose, common fault. Quickly repaired and a happy crew.

[erwinsegers]

I was a radio operator on Sultan in the early 1980's in the Belgian Army . As a radio operator we had several tasks besides manning and operating the radio's . Such as manning the.30 MAG gunner for close protecton and vehicle commander during mov. We moved in pairs (2 Sultans) during mov. On location the sultans were staged oposite to eachother so we could create real big command post with long range radio (morse code) and a short range radio for phonic interaction with the squadron commanders on the line. When 1 command post unit(2 sultans) was on location the second one was on mov to a pre selected coordinates position. My last NATO manoeuvre was in 1984 ' FTX ROARING LION' being part of the 2nd Jager Battalion stationed in Lüdenscheid . The Belgian sector in Germany was next to the British sector .

[StudioMedia]

So glad to see this ole chap still making videos. He's such a pleasant man to listen to.

[kbm]

I would love a Samaritan for a camper van. Cant afford the go go juice now though.

[gusgone]

One of the most spacious and easy to live with tracked vehicles, ever to have been in service with the British armed forces. Others hate them but not me.
If I had the money to buy run and maintain. I'd buy one just for the nostalgic pleasure of picking up the grandkids from school, plus a few well behaved friends. Sadly the pittance of a war pension can hardly finance a bloody Motability vehicle.
Wait a minute! In the current automotive supply shortage and lack of Motability vehicles. I wonder if the Motability Scheme would entertain a Samaritan with one careful owner from new?
Plenty of room for a wheelchair in the back, on the roof or strapped to the side.

[billestew]

We used to see train loads of these vehicles as well as scimitars and scorpions heading to BATUS in Suffield Alberta Canada, my workmates were always shocked to find out they were British and not Canadian vehicles in a province right next to the most westerly province in Canada hundreds of Kilometres from where they landed on the east coast.

[Mendomx]

David Fletcher is a national treasure!

[ripvanwinkle]

always wanted to own a samaritan
and make it into a holiday caravan

[gavincross]

Drove the scimitar in the 90's while on exchange with the Blues and Royals. (HHC). BV was interesting, very tight confines, and not a very robust vehicle. Solid soldiers though

[azwris]

I like that he ends the video by actually saying that this is an ambulance. Classic Fletcher!

[pex_the_unalivedrunk]

Thank goodness this international treasure is still alive and educating us about armored vehicles....a world without him would be less than ideal.

The word that escaped him was preselector, also used in modern day Unimogs.... first you pre-select a gear, then you press the pedal(which isn't exactly a clutch, but serves a similar purpose)

I love British vehicles, even though I'm a Yank....stay safe, my brothers across the pond.... troubling times these are, and I fear the worst is yet to come. Please stay reasonable, everyone. That's the best thing for us all to do under pressure.