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Tank Overhaul
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| Tank Overhaul | |
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| Format | Documentary TV Series |
| Created by | Christopher Gagosz John Moores |
| Narrated by | Andrew Pifko |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executiveproducer(s) | Stephen Ellis |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Military Channel |
| Picture format | 525i NTSC |
| Original run | February 6 – April 2, 2009 |
Tank Overhaul is a Canadian documentary television program broadcast on the Military Channel starting in 2007. Episodes are filmed at the Isle of Wight Military Museum as well as other organizations specializing in military history vehicle restoration and preservation.
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[edit]Episodes
[edit]Season 1: 2007
| Title | Military Channel Original Airdate | Episode # |
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| "A34 Comet" | February 6, 2007 | 1 |
| Isle of Wight Military Museum Managing Director Dave Arnold and his team of restorers take on the task of refurbishing a 1944-era World War II British Comet tank rescued from an army ordnance firing range. Hoping to have it ready for the museum's 2006 Tank fest, they have only 4 months in which to complete their task. | ||
| “PzKpfw V Panther" | February 13, 2007 | 2 |
| Tank restorer Jacques Littlefield labors to add a rare German PzKpfw V Panther tank 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. | ||
| "The M4 Sherman" | February 20, 2007 | 3 |
| The Isle of Wight team attempts to pull off an unrivaled feat of military restoration as they endeavor to make one good tank out of two destroyed ones. Their ambitious undertaking involves rebuilding the damaged front quarter of a US Army M4 Sherman by welding on an intact hull section cut from a donor Sherman. The program also examines the strengths and weaknesses of the Sherman design, which while being the most numerous World War II tank type fielded was both praised and reviled. | ||
| "M18 Hellcat" | February 27, 2007 | 4 |
| Karl Smith and his military restoration experts at the Tank Workshop in Tooele, Utah race against time to get a US M18 Hellcat tank destroyer up and running for a VE-Day celebration being hosted at their facility, which boasts the largest World War II vehicle collection in the US. Their secret ambition is to surprise a special guest invitee to the occasion, a US veter | ||
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