Evolution of The Churchill Tank | "No Damn Good"?

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  @Biker_Gremling · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXH1vAT8VC8&amp;t=516">8:36</a> Nick naming one of these &quot;Speedy&quot; must be the best display of British Humor I&apos;ve must ever witnessed 😂

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• AD

  @admiral_franz_von_hipper5436 · 2 years ago

  The Black Prince because of its extra width, just looks proportionally nicer than the regular Churchills.

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• JO

  @jonathanhoward8220 · 2 years ago

  My dad was in the Guards, co-driver/BESA gunner in a Churchill VII. He had a lot of stories, including how one Churchill in his platoon was hit mid-glacis at close range by a concealed 88. The infantry swarmed the German position and, when it was safe, the tank crews went to investigate the stricken tank. The shell had gone clean through, but lacked enough energy to get out again, so it had ricocheted around inside, killing everyone but the driver. He was physically untouched, but in deep shock and had to be carried out by the side hatch. My dad said he&apos;d always thought the phrase &quot;to turn green&quot; was hyperbole, but the poor feller was a horrible shade of it. <br>I don&apos;t think my dad ever went out of his way to dissuade me from the idea of the &quot;glory&quot; of battle; his experience was that combat was frantic, terrifying, and arbitrary, and communicating that reality was enough to do the trick.

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• RE

  @Rekaert · 8 months ago

  I&apos;ve always liked the Churchill&apos;s aesthetic. It has that, &quot;not sure which world war I should be in&quot; look to it.

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• SA

  @sammni · 2 years ago (edited)

  Remember my grandad saying he seen one of these going through the side of a shop in Belfast because it slipped on the cobblestones (he was in the navy as an engineer)

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• CH

  @chrisbeauchamp5563 · 2 years ago

  Please go into the Funnies. My Grandfather was a flamethrower gunner in the Crocodile. He claimed they saved many lives as the Germans were terrified of it and a warning shot would often have hardened defences surrender or abandoned.<br>I would love to see a video on this tank.

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• CH

  @chrishieke4109 · 2 years ago

  My father served in the Czech Independent Armoured Brigade. He was in tank recovery and repair. I remember him telling me the Sherman was faster and easier to work on, but the Churchill had better armour and a better gun. His two elder brothers were tank drivers!

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• KR

  @krotma · 2 years ago

  This must be one of the best an most informative videos the Bovington lads have made thus far! Brilliant stuff!

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• RR

  @rrhine · 2 years ago

  If I recall, one of the issues encountered at dieppe was the beach itself. It’s made of smooth rocks, not sand and the tanks had great difficulty getting traction to move in an effective manner.

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• WB

  @wbertie2604 · 2 years ago

  When originally issued the Churchill came with a sheet listing several dozen known issues, explaining that they would get fixed but not to report those issues.<br><br>One issue some versions suffered was that the turret ammunition ready rack was in the perfect spot to act as a footrest when entering the tank but had no lid so a hobnail on a boot could potentially detonate a round. A cover was soon fitted.

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• M8

  @m8rshall · 2 years ago

  &quot;And they fitted mudguards which were a godsend&quot; - numerous times I remember hearing that the very first thing my grandad and most other drivers did with their Mk7 was rip them off as they always got broken, we&apos;re in the way, and we&apos;re more hassle than they were worth

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• BU

  @BUNNIl_o · 6 months ago

  There’s something so British with the look of this tank. This tank would definitely wear a hat &nbsp;if tanks could wear hats

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