The Chieftain using the term "Dakka" has made my week.

"Pop-guns" lul, lost it there.

The man did shoot a 120mm for a living.

the Chieftain's pilot's license is for the A-40 flying tank, obviously.

The editing in these is so much better when it's not Wargaming doing it

"Insufficient dakka"
Is that a warhammer reference?
My god, is this Irish tanker a warhammer fan?

Germany: pretends that their whole army is mechanized with half tracks and trucks
The US: decides to mechanize their whole army with half tracks and trucks in order to keep up
Congratulations, you’ve played yourself.

Soon on forgotten weapons, Ian looks around mystified as a horn sounds

I was at the RIA May auction and got pics with that M16 half track, also met the guy that bought it. Fun fact: My grandfather was in Patton's armored division. The quad 50 mounts were electrically controlled. There were no service manuals available when they were shipped to Europe. They were in boxes in the US... If the M45 failed in the field, no one knew at 1st how to trouble shoot or  fix it in the field. Some big wig caught wind that my grandfather was an electrician as a civilian.  He was tasked to make field manuals with wiring diagrams, as well as how to make simple tools, such as a soldering iron from a carbon pile, a bit of wire, an alligator clip, and a 50 cal shell minus the primer and powder. It worked, and I gave 1 to my cousin as a keepsake. It was really neat to see 1 in person. Glad you did the vid on it!

Although the development of anti tank rifles and man portable anti tank weapons would be a really interesting topic for a crossover with Ian

Quality of the audio is so much better,  good investment.

An old friend of mine was in the Philippines.  A Japanese sniper had thier column stopped and the commander called one of these to the front to take out the treetops, where the sniper was supposed to be.
It comes up and let's loose, taking the tops off a dozen trees.
The sniper was found, half on the ground and the other half still tied to the tree about 20 feet above the ground.  His guts were still connected.
Them old guys can sure tell stories, but this one really bothered him for some reason.

I can just imagine the coast artillery sending a telegram to ordinance saying: “Yes, we would like twice as much DAKKA on our M13’s, please.”

20:54 joy is a severe understatement. At the tender age of 15 I had the privilege of controlling and firing an M45 quad mount. Only one gun was loaded, and with blanks at that, but the experience was truly awesome!

NASA uses Quad-50 mount turrets but with movie cameras on them to film launches.  Just FYI.

"We are under attack, quick take out the windshield glass"

That mount you were talking about with 4 20mm cannons AND dual .50's  sounds like just the ticket for clearing rush hour traffic.

My favorite WWII vehicle.  Because who couldn't love a half tracked vehicle with FOUR Ma Dueces?

"What if this but more dakka?"
"How much more dakka?"
"Eh can we double it?"
"Super easy, barely an inconvenience."

"As far as I can tell these are dummies but I've not doubt that some owner of a M45 somewhere has the appropriate permits and has put 4 live caliber 50 on it.  Sadly I cannot demonstrate the joy which would result."    LMFAO!

I was just driving my halftrack today. Using it to level a road with a drag box. Some additional facts: They have a early form of power brakes that use suction to help pull the brake peddle. This suction comes from both the intake and the mechanical fuel pump. That large steering wheel will rip your hand off if you hit a curb at a bad angle. You don’t need a crane to replace tracks. You just place a spacer block between two nuts to keep the boogies from dropping when you jack it  up. Loosen the tracks and pull off the rear idler ring. Me and my buddy did it. You are right about these things being simple and easy to fix. When I bought mine it was a rusted out mess, but many parts that looked beyond repair worked perfectly after cleaning. We really did build things better back then.Another fact. These beasts are sorta quiet on the outside, not like a tank, but loud on the inside! Also they are street legal