Tank Overhaul

Name: Tank Overhaul
Released: 2006-10-13T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary

Tank Overhaul invites you into a world where military enthusiasts, collectors, and restorers combine their know-how with 21st Century technology to restore the greatest battle tanks of all time to their former glory. Each episodes follows one tank's story, from the original salvage, to the rebuilding process, to the history behind the innovations that made each machine great.

2006 · 50m

EPISODE 1

The A34 Comet

Isle of Wight Museum Managing Director Dave Arnold and his team of restorers take on the task of refurbishing a 1944-era World War II British Comet rescued from an army ordnance firing range. Hoping to have it ready for the museum's Tank Fest, they have only 4 months in which to complete their task.

50m
EPISODE 2

The Panther

Tank restorer Jacques Littlefield labors to add a rare German Panzerkampfwagen V Panther to his collection of over 300 military vehicles. Recovered from a riverbed in Poland, the badly mangled hulk presents an incredible challenge to his crew of experts, but also offers clues to the events on the fateful day of its destruction back in World War II.

49m
EPISODE 3

The M4 Sherman

The Isle of Wight team attempts to pull off an unrivaled feat of restoration as they make one good tank out of two destroyed ones by rebuilding the damaged front quarter of a US M4 Sherman and welding on an intact hull section cut from a donor Sherman.

50m
EPISODE 4

The M18 Hellcat

Karl Smith and his military restoration experts at the Tank Workshop race to get a US M18 Hellcat tank destroyer up and running for a VE-Day celebration and surprise reunion with the US veteran who was the tank's crew commander over 60 years ago!

50m
EPISODE 1

The Centurion

The Centurion is one of the greatest tanks of all time. Meet two crews working on Centurions. The first has all the time, spare parts and manpower they need. The second relies on volunteer energy and miniscule budgets, hoping to finish in 10 years.

48m
EPISODE 2

The Elefant

The Elefant was the largest tank ever built. It was brilliant on paper, but under fire, the massive tank was easily disabled by Soviet fighters with a simple Molotov cocktail. Watch as a team restores the rarest surviving tank from WWII.

47m

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