Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: T28 Part 2

That last episode of Inside The Chieftain's Hatch was so informative that we had to split it up into TWO parts 🤯 Let's continue our journey into the T28, and see what's inside this magnificent machine! 👀

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[willfrankunsubscribed]

"You think if you were going to get lost, someone would notice before you got too lost." Said of the hide and seek champion, 26 years running.

[hyfy-trjy]

Seems the last person who drove this tank before it got lost understood bush camo mechanics at an epic level

[smonchie]

Wow, that looked a lot better inside than I feared. If the museum ever gets around to restoring it, I think it would be glorious if the Chieftain was given the opportunity to take it for a spin

[saladiniv]

You are asking how someone can loose a 95t tank. Well the swiss army managed to loose a bunch of m113, and by a bunch i mean nearly 400. That is not a typo, when they were declared obsolete all 550 the swiss army had were supposed to be destroyed and the material recycled. And they somehow managed to not notice that the majority never got sent to the scrappers. Years later when they decommissioned an old bunker someone finally noticed the giant fleet of armoured vehicles parked in the back of it.

[f-xdemers]

"Self propelled weight"
I can identify with that.

[annymusguy]

I love the sheer W I D T H of the interior

[donaldneill]

I saw this vehicle at the US Armor School at Fort Knox in the mid-90s, but only from the outside. Great to be able to see what it looks like inside!

[alexanderhartmann]

27 years have passed since part 1. Finally he found the tank again. Maybe it was camouflaged.

[MarcCuster]

My family saw it back when the T-28 was on display at the Patton Museum years ago. I didn't even know it existed until that visit. I can remember my girls trying to climb on it. Thanks for showing the inside.

[SandeepSirha]

lol…”this gun would make problems go away”…classic

[flite]

Driver has a compass to navigate so they don't get lost at 8mp/h. I guess then it's reasonable to assume they thought they'd use commissioned officers as crew commanders for these things. 🙂

[pontiacbubba]

Went to the open house last year and this thing was impressive!

[tonnywildweasel]

Very interesting to see the inside of this monster. Thanks 👍

[donwyoming]

You can find a lot of lost things hunting on military bases. Camp Lejeune is a treasure trove of lost things. 🤠

[tcofield]

Look at all the sleeping space. Spoken like a true tanker.

[sgador]

that little bush and WoT spotting mechanics XD

[zerstorer]

They really didn’t know how long it was going to take to get through the Westwall until they got there. On top of that, in March of ‘44, they didn’t know that the invasion of Normandy would succeed. If it failed, it would likely be years before they could try, again. Meanwhile, the Westwall might come to be further reinforced if the resources were available.

So, a heavy bunker buster like this could be one way to hedge their bets.

[YUriPup]

How would have these operated?

As a platoon within a company attached to a..corps? Army? What would the othet platoons be? Support, engineer, 2x security (1 armor platoon and 1 mech infantry)?

[el_tio_Harry]

I love how cheif can be so effortlessly humorous.

[silentrunner]

Love the mud dauber nest in the ammo box @ 4:56. 🙂