Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: M26 Pershing, Part 2

Part two of the first tank featured in the Inside the Hatch series, we go through the various crew stations in the M26 tank.

[TheChieftainsHatch]

White is a common colour for AFV interiors. It's not as if they have many windows, so they need to reflect as much light internally as possible so the crew can see what they're doing.

Also makes leaks very easy to spot.

[robertgordon]

Littlefield was a God. It is a shame that we lost him a few years ago. Seeing the pristine condition of his tanks is still mind blowing. The parts that are supposed to move, move.. those that don't, don't. I am sure Nick appreciated the difference with all the different tanks he has climbed in and out of over the years.

[TheChieftainsHatch]

It is, and the Panther's in fantastic visual appearance. The problem is that I can't understand the manual, so for the first couple of vehicles, before we go through too much effort on something we didn't know would be successful or not, we went with languages which I can understand.

[treadhead]

You can tell this is an earlier walk around as in the later ones the Chieftain added the much anticipated….OH MY...the tank is on fire, and how easy it is or isn't to exit.

[kerrydennison]

Ironically if you check the combat record of the Persian alongside all of the other NATO tanks in Korean war you will see it had a higher kill ratio even than it's supposed to replacement the m48 when I was inside the whole of one of these we had no fear of the t-3485 our worst fear was infantry swollen our tanks with explosive charges that is why we always covered each other's backs without 30 cal machine guns brings back a lot of memories thank you for doing this video

[Dcook]

Amazingly informative video, very well done, I would state though the music is distracting.

[gemyniraptor]

that tank looks relatively nice and roomy as far as the usual for that period. doesn't give you the feel of being shoved in a tuna can

[MrSebfrench]

am i the only one to think that he has something from Neil Hannon from the Divine Comedy?
This Pershing is a time capsule..The quality of the restoration is breathtaking.

[thecanuck]

Great series, Mr. Chieftain, keep them coming! I love tanks and these videos explain how everything works are just so fascinating!

[RobSmith]

This is just an AWESOME idea ... I know that some things can't be done with such museum pieces (such as loading the main gun with a dummy round to show what it was like) but it really does give an insight to the general operation on the tank. Hopefully you will be able to produce such videos for some of the other tanks found in the game over time.

[klingergary]

Thank you Chieftain, very knowledgeable, great series

[TheWoodStroker]

I learned a good deal about operating a tank. Tanks, Nick!

[natopeacekeeper]

At the beginning of the Korean War, there were no Pershing's in Korea which could deal with the T-34/85 the North Korean Army was equipped with. There were three Pershing's in Japan, but were in poor mechanical shape. General MacArthur had contracted with Japanese workshops to refurbish worn out vehicles, and an emergency rebuild commenced to get the Pershing's operational as quickly as possible. The three were finally rushed to Korea, but the fan belts were incorrectly fabricated, and all three Pershing's were put out of service. The Easy 8 Shermans with their high-velocity 76mm guns were capable to taking on the T-34/85s if being seriously under-armored and once General Matt Ridgeway got the 3.5 inch bazooka into Korea, the North Korean edge of their armor quickly went away.

[domEastCoast]

It's pretty cool looking back at these and seeing how far your presentation style has come. Rock on dude

[AaronB]

5:55 most important piece of equipment on any tank, the heater

[andyj]

Please keep them coming!!! I love these "nuts and bolts" type of videos.

[kalaharimine]

Great restoration, even the rubber on the wheels look good.

[pimpmoney]

im glad you decided not to have the music running in the background all the time in later episodes

[reddevilparatrooper]

A lot of the controls and concepts on the Pershing were used on later tanks all the way up to the M48s and M60s.Some of it still survives to the Abrams series.One thing about American tanks is they have losts of room even for tall guys.Back in WWII the tank corps back then like to pick short guys for better efficiency.

[DarkSplash]

This tank is one of the reasons I started playing world of tanks