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Diamond Mining Electric Sherman Tanks of Namibia
Diamond Mining Electric Sherman Tanks of Namibia
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“Mick Wilson”
This is the story of the M4A2 Sherman tanks parked in Oranjemund, Namibia. How they came to be there, what they did at the diamond mine, mechanical electric conversions they had and what they look like now.
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Are these photos all AI generated? They look weird…
Earlier I watched a video on the dry docking of the Battleship New Jersey. They gave the weight as 47,000 non-metric tons. 132,000 non-metric tons is 2.8 New Jerseys. That's a lot of scrap. At 4¢ per pound that's over $10½ million 2024 American dollars! Just a few years ago steel scrap was 50% more at 6¢ per pound and about a decade ago it was 2x at 8¢ per pound.
At 6:30 what is the crankshaft looking thing at the right of the screen?
You should distinguish between when you are using AI generated content and historical photos
Hope they save them
whats up with the random ai slop images thrown in
Green mountain power had a tank for telephone pole installations
There's a similar, turret-less Sherman hull, up upon the Peaks of Derbyshire, precisely at Merryton Low on the border twixt here and looking down on Leek, Staffs.
My maternal grandfather was involved in the development of some of these machines.
He built the first scale model of the type shown at 2.22.
It unfortunately got badly damaged when heavy lumber fell on it and the wreckage was not preserved. There are still several photographs of his models and possibly of the machinery itself knocking around. My memories are lacking in detail (I was only four years old, so give me a break), but hopefully my mother can provide more information if you are interested.
Moths club, or M.O.T.H. stands for the Memorable Order of Tin Hats, an organization set up after WW1 by veterans of that conflict to meet and support each other, similar to the American VFW.
The MOTHS are still going here in SA, with veterans from WWII, Korea, the Rhodesian Bush War, the Angolan Border War, and police members eligible to join.
All those vehicles were not allowed to leave the Diamond Gebied, or Area, as diamond smuggling was a huge problem for de Beers.
If you were allowed to drive up there in your own car, you had to leave it behind!
There was a case of rogue South African Police patrols up there smuggling diamonds back in their hubcaps!
In your last minute of the video your shot is thru a double hole in the rear plate. That is the outlet holes for the double exhaust of the M4A2.
Namibian E mining in the 60´s
For the people of the world that see these antique beast in the wild, I am an American, as an American we do not get to see many of these old relics across the globe. Very little surplus of this caliber seems to have been sold here in the states. We have plenty of trucks and jeeps, but armor and other large pieces are far, few, and in between. I would love the opportunities to go out and hunt these relics down and learn their individual history.
Well at least they still exist
"Well I never knew that …" 🤔 Transitted many a time thru Oranjemund airport when I was working for de Beers offshore.
We in Poland are looking for our Shermans from the II Corps of General Anders, which was stationed in Italy after the capture of Monte Casino, and perhaps these Shermans were used by soldiers of the Polish Corps? It would be great if this could be determined. It is very sad that there is not a single original M4A2 Sherman in Polish museums, even though Polish soldiers fought on them during World War II, including in General Maczek's 1st Armored Division, which captured the German port of Wilhelmshaven. It is not in museums because after the British disbanded the Polish military units in 1947, even though the Polish government paid the British with Polish gold, for every rifle cartridge, every rifle, every car and every plane, tank and warship, the British government simply stole this equipment, and gave it to Argentina, Australia and his other allied countries! Poland, the British did not pay for several dozen thousand dead soldiers who fought for the freedom of England during a lonely fight in 1940, when only a Pole stood next to them in a life-and-death fight with the German army! Polish soldiers returned to the country only in what they were wearing, i.e. old, torn uniforms! Good luck restoring this tank and learning its history.
A mob I worked for had a centurian tank minus turret & top plates to cart a Warman 1500 drill rig around on top . . in hard country around Mt Isa Oz , the Meteor V12 petrol thirsty apparently
Hace 10 años atrás aprendí tanto de tanques contigo, hasta busque las localizaciones con Google. Después desapareciste. Me da mucha alegría volver a encontrarte de nuevo. Note pierdas. Un saludo grande desde Argentina.
People did all kinds of useful things with surplus I've seen other such tanks used for logging I operated a American armored scout vehicle with the bed removed for a home made fork lift. They even turned the steering wheel to face the rear
Did these tanks run on AC or DC voltage?
Here in europe was common after wwii the reuse of tanks as heavy equipment
Great video! This tops being used as yarders in the logging industry for weirdest post war Sherman use by far.
Thanks for sharing.
That single new track on the play park tank could be worth about $15,000 on it's own. A friend was restoring a Sherman a few years ago and bought a pair of new tracks in 2010. He paid £25,000 for them.
At least one has the double "I" type rubber track (WE210), mostly seen on vehicles used by the British.
Quite rare nowadays.
Lots of complete static display Shermans here in Canada. Legion halls, fairgrounds, museums. Still active military tank range up north. They have a nice collection as well.
How beautiful and well nerated, A special Thanks to the late Mr. Alfred Boehme snr and his son Alfred Jr, the video footage of the workshops wouldn't have survived, if it weren't for their prudent care .
Awesome ❤
Man I wish there were tanks lying around in the U.S. We would be able to just go around and claim them.