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No I never heard of Zimmerit. I had noticed it though. I always thought that it was added welding beads to increase armor thickness. I thought it was also intented to deflect explosive effectiveness in that an explosion would ripple, partly, rather than an exact surface would be weaker. Interesting video. Thank you.
I love your videos they are entertaining and interesting you focus on the details of ww2 the zimmerith, the Stuka sirens, amazing work on the videos keep doing more please.
I never knew what it was called. I assumed it was some sort of rubbery coating to absorb/ disperse the impact of shell fire. It didn’t occur to me that it would make the steel less magnetic. Thanks for the explanation.
I had heard of zimmerit before this video, but not the reason for it's use; former sources suggested camouflage, not anti-magnetic explosives: thanks for clearing this up! 😎👍
Thanks for this knowledge I knew it wasn't paint job or Chemofläche stuff. But never knew what actually it is ❤❤. German minds seriously something yes its not mybe not needed but they were prepared for evrything. Genius Deutschland
I dont think we’d be speaking German now if they never started doing this to tanks but id imagine where that cash could have been spent instead and shudder
"Germany produced some of the best tanks of the second world war..." Literally in the first clip, proceeds to show _not_ a tank! Not going to enter into pointless arguments with anyone, but the Sturmgeschutz was not a tank! Not so premier my man.
@@delandel5496Are you talking to me? If you are then I repeat _your_ initial sentence back to you... Are you kidding me? If you cannot understand the point of my comment then you're not very bright. I'm not going to waste any more time explaining to you how dumb your post was. Besides, you can't even punctuate properly!
Gonna get technical here. The Germans referred to "tanks"as "panzers", so there was no real distinguishing between the two 😐! A stug as well as a Tiger were both panzers. They referred to each by their separate designation 🤗!
@@aaroncourchene4384 The problem is the translation from English to German , Panzer stands for everything that has armour or is armored . A turtle shell for example is also called Panzer in German , everything that is protected you can call Panzer or gepanzert . This word doesn't stand only for tank , so a Stug is also a Panzer like a Tiger 1 as you said . Technically a Tiger 1 is a Panzerkampfwagen , a " tank battle wagon " or car and a Stug is a Sturmgeschütz . A self propelled gun or "storm cannon " , but translating it that way doesn't make any sense .
Were you aware of Zimmerit before this video? Perhaps you just thought it was camouflage?
Welcome back! If you are new here make sure to hit subscribe to expand your knowledge on Military History and join the growing Premier History Community!
No I never heard of Zimmerit. I had noticed it though. I always thought that it was added welding beads to increase armor thickness. I thought it was also intented to deflect explosive effectiveness in that an explosion would ripple, partly, rather than an exact surface would be weaker. Interesting video. Thank you.
I love your videos they are entertaining and interesting you focus on the details of ww2 the zimmerith, the Stuka sirens, amazing work on the videos keep doing more please.
Thank you for your kind words Sajmonko1270, it’s really appreciated
25yo from Gundaroo Aus here - great video - thank you!
I never knew what it was called. I assumed it was some sort of rubbery coating to absorb/ disperse the impact of shell fire.
It didn’t occur to me that it would make the steel less magnetic.
Thanks for the explanation.
I wonder how a Zimmerit finish would look on my Nissan Xterra?
I had heard of zimmerit before this video, but not the reason for it's use; former sources suggested camouflage, not anti-magnetic explosives: thanks for clearing this up!
😎👍
I remember Simple History made video about Zimmerit few years ago.
A great history channel that one!
Indeed! @@PremierHistory
I fought it was a sort of anti spalding for walking infantry near the tank!
Always wondered what that look was thought it was jist how wealded or ot wqs
Did it work as a extra armor? ( at any detectable level )
It wasn't only effective against magnetic mines, but also it had an camouflage advantage and looked very cool!!!
I'm thinking the textured coating also benefited any infantry attempting to ride on tank exterior
Thanks for this knowledge I knew it wasn't paint job or Chemofläche stuff. But never knew what actually it is ❤❤. German minds seriously something yes its not mybe not needed but they were prepared for evrything. Genius Deutschland
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I dont think we’d be speaking German now if they never started doing this to tanks but id imagine where that cash could have been spent instead and shudder
Over application of technology. Too smart for their own good
You’re spot on there with that assessment
In general, this whole idea with zimmerit was useless and took up time and resources.
"Germany produced some of the best tanks of the second world war..."
Literally in the first clip, proceeds to show _not_ a tank!
Not going to enter into pointless arguments with anyone, but the Sturmgeschutz was not a tank!
Not so premier my man.
Are you kidding me.
German tanks were definitely not the best in the world.
They were bad until the very end.
@@delandel5496Are you talking to me?
If you are then I repeat _your_ initial sentence back to you... Are you kidding me?
If you cannot understand the point of my comment then you're not very bright. I'm not going to waste any more time explaining to you how dumb your post was.
Besides, you can't even punctuate properly!
@@delandel5496If they were that bad , why they have such a high k/d ratio ?
Gonna get technical here. The Germans referred to "tanks"as "panzers", so there was no real distinguishing between the two 😐! A stug as well as a Tiger were both panzers. They referred to each by their separate designation 🤗!
@@aaroncourchene4384 The problem is the translation from English to German , Panzer stands for everything that has armour or is armored . A turtle shell for example is also called Panzer in German , everything that is protected you can call Panzer or gepanzert . This word doesn't stand only for tank , so a Stug is also a Panzer like a Tiger 1 as you said .
Technically a Tiger 1 is a Panzerkampfwagen , a " tank battle wagon " or car and a Stug is a Sturmgeschütz . A self propelled gun or "storm cannon " , but translating it that way doesn't make any sense .