A tank's rear-mounted phone gets a very modern nuisance call

The Tank Museum turns a Cold War design detail into a spam-call sketch, with viewers recognizing a Jurassic Park III ringtone.

Channel: The Tank Museum Story of October 14, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 177,927 views a day, 13 times a normal first day on this channel (14,096).

Did you know: Many cold war era tanks have phones at the back of them!

The caller wants WhatsApp. A museum staff member has crossed a tank-packed hangar and climbed onto an armored vehicle, only to hear an automated voice say: "Please add my number on WhatsApp."

The Tank Museum's staged comedy Short has drawn roughly 140,000 views in 15 hours, putting it on course for a first day more than twelve times its usual Shorts audience. Its title, "Did you know: Many cold war era tanks have phones at the back of them!", promises military trivia. The video delivers that through a distinctly civilian irritation.

Those exterior phones had a practical purpose: infantry outside a tank could speak directly to the crew inside. Here, the staff member opens the phone compartment and picks up the receiver beneath an on-screen caption framing the nuisance as a shared British experience.

Viewers are talking about the Jurassic Park III ringtone they recognize, making missed-call jokes about the Chieftain and comparing the message with unwanted calls of their own. The comments have already passed three times the museum's usual full-day total for a Short.

After hanging up, the staff member heads away, then climbs back to close and latch the phone box. Even a nuisance call doesn't excuse leaving the equipment unsecured.

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The numbers

The phone sketch is heading for an unusually large first day. The museum's channel-wide daily views are also well above their usual level.

the video's first day

usual first day here

14,096

this video

177,927

subscribers

1,400,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

554,794,301

views per day

495,874

typical day: 274,233

the video

views

141,728

likes

6,014

comments

87

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Skallagrim

1,630,000

TFB TV

1,590,000

Military Arms Channel

1,550,000

sootch00

1,540,000

Black Rifle Coffee Company

1,440,000

The Tank Museum

1,400,000

As of October 14, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.