Actual Name: Panzerkampfwagen 38 für 2 cm Flak 38 (Sd.Kfz.140) Ausf.L ‘Flakpanzer 38(t)’ "Gepard"
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- During the latter stages of the Second World War, the Luftwaffe (German Air Force), struggled to maintain air superiority, leaving German ground forces increasingly vulnerable to relentless Allied ground attack aircraft. Among the hardest hit were the Panzer divisions, whose large vehicles stood out conspicuously, despite efforts to camouflage them with foliage. Due to the lack of fighter cover, the only thing often standing between a Panzer and a bomb was an anti-aircraft half-track. While useful, these half-tracks had a notable flaw: they were vulnerable to the very aircraft they were supposed to protect against. To address this issue, the concept of a tank-based anti-aircraft vehicle, known as a Flakpanzer (anti-aircraft tank), emerged as a solution. These vehicles offered the necessary survivability against aircraft machine gun and cannon armaments while retaining the mobility and parts commonality with tanks. By 1943, the 3.7 cm (1.45 in) Flakpanzer IV was in development, albeit at a relatively slow pace. In response to this delay, the Germans opted for a temporary solution, resulting in the creation of the Flakpanzer 38(t) in November 1943.
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An article by Marko P
Narrated by Sosoniaru
Edited by Daniele Notaro
Sound edited by Sosoniaru
I find it funny when people lose their minds over the full German designations while forgetting it's just their version of a big long full name of a US tank or something, though granted theirs tend to be longer. If you know German they're actually pretty logical if a little overdetailed. Edited to fix all the typos from typing on phone with no autocorrect
shortest german vehicle designation
At least you can say they don't leave any detail out 😂
Still gotta love that we used to name everything by all it‘s descriptors.
It may be very very unweildy (as everything done by the nazis) but you can always read the full name as a german and know what it is suppose to do with what types of capabilities it comes and thus don‘t have to know the vehicle in theory but can still utilize it if need be.
A „sherman“ if you don‘t know what it does cause you never saw one doesn‘t tell you shit ablut the vehicle. That could for all you know by the name be a gun not a vehicle. Especially since M1 or M2 or M3 or M4 could all be about 17 things that are very different and you habe to use the other name.
A german vehicle makes clear that it is a flak, which gun it uses and on what sort of vehicle it is mounted.
And there still is a name that would be used in the field cause no one wants to describe the whole fucking machine mid firefight
@@identity7536 I strongly feel that even the shorter names help a lot if they are based on an existing vehicle. If you see "Flakpanzer 38(t)" then you can guess that it will be using a lot of components from the Panzer 38(t) meaning they both feed off of the same supply chain for parts often times, thus theoretically simplifying logistics instead of having to memorize what a Gepard is. I am gonna somewhat correct you though because back then US tanks in any vaguely official context will be called M4 Medium or M5 Light or so on, maybe throwing "tank" at the end. Therefore one not familiar with the tank can at least imagine what it's roles and capabilities are based on other vehicles and their doctrinal use
proud I can read the name and actually understand what it means
The French background music is either cruel or genius.
onto another episode of wacky german vehicle
Crazy how in Warthunder all nations get standing crews, and france always gets full crews modeled. But the Flakpanzers are reduced to 2 crew. They should at least have there loader modeled so you would have 3 crew.
The snail is a terrible game designer. In reality I wish all vehicles got there full crew modeled. Instead of the inconsistent standards we have now.
BMM stands for "Böhmisch-Mährische-Motorenwerke" i think.
The names of these German tanks.
Russian tanks: T or KV or IS followed by number denoting series of design.
American: model like M4 followed by A1,A2, etc denoting things like engine then maybe the E for different guns or suspension
German tanks: abrldowbdpfjwirkcuwbeociwnrib sdkrfz 2028492018 ‘Leo’
Or Sonderkraftzeug 234/3 (Puma)
@@retteip8276this is why they call It Sd.kfz
Say it with me:
3.7 cm Flak 43/1 Selbstfahrlafette Schwerer Wehrmachtschlepper mit Behelfpanzersrung
Or in English:
3.7 cm AA gun model 43/1 on a self-propelled Heavy Army Carrier with improvised armor protection
Selbstfahrlafette: Self-propelled
Schwerer: heavy (Leichte= light, mitteler= midweight)
Wehrmacht= Army
Schlepper= Carrier
mit= with
Behelf= improvised, makeshift
Panzerung= armor
And my favorite German designation: 3.7 cm Keksdose-Turm Flakpanzer or "3.7 cm antiaircraft tank with a sardine can shaped turret (Keksdose-Turm)"
Jesus Christ, the title is the reason why the Axis lost.
Nah, that's nothing - actual law in German: Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz (law delegating beef label monitoring)
The American name would have been M1
@@jesper509 Or T1. Letter and number.
For British, I presume it'll be anti-aircraft version of a tank beginning with the letter C
@@jesper509Wich M1 you're talking about?
M1 Helmet?
M1 Rifle?
M1 Tank?
The other M1 Tank?
The M1 Grenade?
The M1 Grenade Adapter?
If you're talking about the rifle, which Variant?
The M1C, also M1E7?
Or the M1D, also M1E8?
Or the M1C (M1E7) in Marine Service, the MC52?
Or the M1C (M1E7) with the other telescopic sight in Marine Service, the MC52E2?
Or the M1E5 for Tank Crews?
Or the other M1 for tankers, the M1T26?
That's not only a German Problem😂
@@papaaaaaaa2625 "Bring up the M1".
"Which one? " 🤣
volume so low i have to put the subtitles...advertizing is twice the volume, very annoying
Hello. Please do a video on the Spanish Verdeja light tank series. These are largely forgotten and unknown, would be amazing to see a video on them.
It looks like it’s about to pop a wheelie. 😂
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Informative as always. But where did you get that background music? It sounds like the music you hear in a cheap restaurant.
estaría cool si tuvieras un canal en español
0:29 "We are a hedge. Please move along."
I personally doubt the claim of the SS crew who claimed to have brought down 5 Allied warplanes. With towed or emplaced AA artillery - especially the massive 88 mm flak shells - I could maybe believe a crew could reasonably claim one or even two specific downed aircraft, but mobile flak units were effectively firing from the hip - as far as I can tell - plus it was an SS crew; what kind of credibility do their claims have?
An 88mm gun was useless against low flying aircraft. The gun could not begin to traverse fast enough to track or lead a target flying at that high speed.
Guns like an 88 were designed to fire on mid to high altitude aircraft. Their fire was normally not directed at a specific aircraft. Rather, they fired into a designated area or box where they predicted a formation of aircraft would arrive. Much of the fire at night was done blindly. There are many wartime comments that AA artillery in cities was more helpful for civilian morale than damaging enemy aircraft.
I like the platform in games, but in real life it feels like it was about 3 years out of date when you have quad mounts available in 1940. Hell they start making Ostwinds and Wirbelwinds the next year even.