Tanks Chats #124 | FV4005 Tank Destroyer | The Tank Museum

David Fletcher MBE explores the experimental FV4005, with original turret and 183mm gun fitted on a Centurion Mark 12 hull.
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[TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs]

What an absolute unit of a tank. There not many tanks will a full sized door on them.

[PHDarren]

7.2" gun, in naval terms that makes this a Heavy Cruiser.

[sentinelxcix]

"the other one had an autoloader"

WG and Gaijin: "Write that down, *Write that down*"

[olesyagodlike]

when your job is to destroy tanks, but you also want to hunt warships on weekends

[Chaosrain]

The British do their best work with blokes in a shed. Mount the shed to a tank chassis and you've got yourself a superweapon.

[Theogenerang]

When your kid puts a 1/35th scale turret on a 1/76th scale hull.

[fuferito]

Good to know that Mr Fletcher will take the museum tanks for a bit of fresh grazing when the weather is nice.

[vaclav_fejt]

When you build an anti-tank, anti-bunker, and anti-basically-anything shed on top of a Centurion.

[antihero]

"Of course Sir, we can put a 183mm gun in a tank turret. What did you say you wanted to destroy with it?"
"Yes."

[Fatspurios]

I watched this drive round the arena today. Amazing to see. Well done to everyone who contributed to the restoration.

[korbell]

Everyone: "We want to make our tank destroyers low silhouette so they can hide in the bushes and ambush tanks!"

Britain: "We want them to see what killed them!"

[ThatCGuy]

No kidding, looks like the Russian armored division in one tank. Huge gun, small body

[AsbestosMuffins]

"Its an interesting vehicle from a technical point of view because it has a 183mm gun." understated as usual when the tank involved is basically a piece of naval ordinance on a tank

[alexball]

Got to love the way that the historical photos appear to show the largest spud gun ever built and then the video cuts to a close up of the turret with the word "spud" written on it!

[stanislavkos]

British in WWII: Gun barrel shouldn't overreach the hull.
Also British, few years later: *Let's take the biggest gun we have and put it on Centurion hull so we can take out the russian armour.*

[rooster]

“Alright chaps, we have to come up with a new tank”

*looks at picture of KV-2 and a centurion*
“Hear me out...”

[norad_clips]

Holy frick! I have gone far too long in life not knowing this exists!

[justindeguzman]

I’d like to see Mr. Fletcher command and man this glorious tank, that would be a sight to see!

[gingsever]

ARDE: so what specs do you need the gun to do?
UK: we want the IS-3 to unexist along with any armor the gun is pointing at
ARDE: SAY NO MORE, MATE

[jonytep]

"...without anyone actually having to lift it."

*thank goodness*

I lost it at this point hahahah such a nice explanation! This man is awesome!