Chieftain tank Exclusive footage at Tankfest 2010

[RogueBrit]

I dont miss the job but I miss the vehicles

[cammander263]

is thedrivers seat adjustable on the chieftain tank

[TankNutDave]

@cammander263 Yes, we inveted it and first tank to use it :p

[m60a3ttsmilwaukee]

5-stars!...excellent tank! (it lacks a winter heater!) the shah of iran bought about 1000 of them! they were used up by islamic shit iran vs iraq war 1980-1988!...study the big tank battle at susangerd jan 1981...300 chieftains attack iraqi t-62 tanks!...iran lost 250 chieftains in this battle! honest!

[kullas924]

looking closly t-64 looks little similar but I still think chieftan is much better on thing the britsh never get wrong is amrored desgian you build suprior armor like this beauty to bad it never got to face its soivet counterpart

[kullas924]

the apc at the begining do the infantry have the britsh fal L1A1 and were do they get them i thought ownership any kind firearm real or not was ilegal

[TankNutDave]

@kullas924 decommisioned mate and dont forget these guys who operate and look after them are for the most part ex tank crewman, but they are decommisioned.

[Artist334]

were there any wwii tanks. I would like to visit in tankfests some year and see tiger running

[TankNutDave]

@Artist334 yer there were, Tiger wasnt running as the engine has seized, but they have raised the £40K to fix it so its happening soon mate. I'll be adding a couple of more videos like this tonite if i can stay awake :P

[cedricalien]

M60 vs Chieftain who will win in a ground war?

[projectdalpha]

umm Dave after watching this i decided to buy a and make a Chieftain model

[TankNutDave]

@projectdalpha nice, will you do the same from my shop when you see my Challenger 1 video ;-)

[projectdalpha]

@TankNutDave don't see why not, s it from Tamiya?

[TankNutDave]

@projectdalpha ooo yes, tamiya mk3 :-P can post to the USA all done through the Paypal, just rember to scroll down and purchase US postage :-)

[projectdalpha]

@TankNutDave righteous, i already got track link from friulmodel (metal links) looks absolutely gorgeous, i buy from them tracks because they add a lot of realism ie. sogging etc. i got it from ebay, they shipped it to me from some place in Poland

[TankNutDave]

@projectdalpha I think they look great on WW2 tanks, but modern tanks front wheels adjust so you dont get the sagging :p

[projectdalpha]

@TankNutDave :) oh yes you do, should have seen challenger model i've seen , plus i learned one trick if you put them in the water and let them rust a little , you'll get another great effect, but another problem is that modern tanks have lots of side armor (skirts ) which covers lots of tracks

[Xx69roadrunnerxX]

Great footage and tank!! Awesome to watch! Does it still have the Leyland L-60 mutli-fuel diesel engine?

[TankNutDave]

@Xx69roadrunnerxX yes it does :-)

[Xx69roadrunnerxX]

@TankNutDave Hows the engine held up? Ive heard some not so good things about the L-60's. Like a 90% failure rate. Any truth to this?

Thanks.

[TankNutDave]

@Xx69roadrunnerxX not 90%, but there was problems, im going to write what those are in annotations in a few minutes, so check back in or go to the site, a famous author on the Chieftain helped me with my Chieftain page mate on my Chieftain page :-)

[Xx69roadrunnerxX]

@TankNutDave Cool, I will check your site.

[USMCjunior117]

OMGZ 5/5

[TankNutDave]

@USMCjunior117 Cheers dude :-)

[USMCjunior117]

@TankNutDave This is my cup O tea,if ya know what I mean :D