Supersized StuG | Sd.Kfz.173 Jagdpanther

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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
  • The Second World War gave rise to a whole generation of tank destroyers. Combining heavier firepower in a more economically affordable package, tank destroyers were produced and used by all warring nations. As a result of it’s war situation, Germany became practically the most prolific user of tank destroyers, as it sought to counter the ever-growing armored columns of the allied powers. One such tank destroyer was the Jagdpanther.
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    Walter J. Spielberger; Hilary L. Doyle; Thomas L. Jentz (2007), Heavy Jagdpanzer: Development - Production - Operations, Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing
    Peter Chamberlain; Hilary L. Doyle (1973), AFV Weapons Profile No. 55: German Self-Propelled Weapons
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Комментарии • 49

  • @darkninjacorporation
    @darkninjacorporation 3 месяца назад +48

    They’re just such sleek vehicles. That side profile is strangely beautiful. IMO looks more modern than it really is.

    • @Cyan_Nightingale
      @Cyan_Nightingale 3 месяца назад +6

      Yea but as a tank destroyer.. its silhouette is too tall & too large. I prefer Hetzer or Jagdpanzer

    • @amptechron
      @amptechron 3 месяца назад

      Yes!

    • @darkninjacorporation
      @darkninjacorporation 3 месяца назад +2

      @@Cyan_Nightingale I agree. It’s a huge vehicle for hunting, but I suppose if it was designed more for head-on direct confrontations it matters a bit less. Still, I agree a smaller silhouette would be wise.

  • @tommycooker3996
    @tommycooker3996 3 месяца назад +40

    The best looking TD of WW2!

  • @DeeEight
    @DeeEight 3 месяца назад +22

    The armor plate was thick and well sloped but of a significantly crappy steel alloy that left it prone to cracking and spalling from shots that SHOULD NOT have penetrated. In some british tests they were getting holes twice the diameter of the AP shells hitting it.

  • @BHuang92
    @BHuang92 3 месяца назад +21

    One of Germany's best tank destroyers next to the Stug III.

    • @aleksazunjic9672
      @aleksazunjic9672 3 месяца назад +2

      Actually no. Suspension problems inherited from Panther, and frankly unnecessary gun, especially in Germany's situation in late 1944/early 1945.

    • @vladdrakul7851
      @vladdrakul7851 3 месяца назад +3

      @@aleksazunjic9672 Bullshit it was the best AFV in WW II, with a reinforced suspension, very mobile (better than the tank whose weak side armor was a terrible weakness and with defense as the priority for the tank hunter and with JS II's and others around, the 88LL gun was NOT a waste except for the enemy tanks turned into scrap metal!!

    • @aleksazunjic9672
      @aleksazunjic9672 3 месяца назад +1

      @@vladdrakul7851 😁 Ver few were actually available for fighting, due to constant mechanical breakdowns. It was actually worse than Panther, thus it was not produced in large numbers, or used after the war. 88mm L/71 was heavy and relatively difficult to produce. There were not that many IS-2s, and Jagdpanther was not used against them in any meaningful capacity. Overall, not very useful vehicle, especially in late war for Germany.

    • @nctpti2073
      @nctpti2073 3 месяца назад +2

      @@aleksazunjic9672 Very few were available for fighting since so very few were produced. And by that late in the war, the Tiger was not a better vehicle. Not sure why it would be worse than the Panther, since it is a simpler tank than the panther, having no turret.

    • @aleksazunjic9672
      @aleksazunjic9672 3 месяца назад +1

      @@nctpti2073 Tiger I was decent heavy tank in late 1942/1943, but it was becoming obsolete in second part of 1944. It was specialized vehicle mostly used in heavy tank battalions. On the other hand Panther supposed to be main German tank serving in panzer divisions. As such, mobility was very important and Panther was not reliable mobile warfare. It is enough to say it had to be brought by rail to theaters of operation, because road marches were almost impossible. Jagdpanther inherited all deficiencies of the Panther. Compared to StuG III which was based on relatively reliable Pz III chassis, so it was reliable itself.

  • @MrKawaltd750
    @MrKawaltd750 3 месяца назад +23

    Best looking, with the 88 pak 43? My favorite afv.

  • @Dark_Asteroid
    @Dark_Asteroid 3 месяца назад +6

    Super sized Stug? I'm in!

  • @erniebubbert5995
    @erniebubbert5995 3 месяца назад +12

    Yeah baby, good stuff in the morning

  • @VikingTeddy
    @VikingTeddy 3 месяца назад +38

    It's a jagdpanther, it panthers jagds!

    • @pavelslama5543
      @pavelslama5543 3 месяца назад +1

      More like a Panther that jagds...

    • @VikingTeddy
      @VikingTeddy 3 месяца назад +2

      @@pavelslama5543 Ja, genau. But that wouldn't follow the word order set by the meme 😉

  • @marcotritto4503
    @marcotritto4503 3 месяца назад +3

    Good video, about changes occured on the tank are not mentioned the roof, the saukopf, the collar and what later are known as G1 and G2 engine grills.

  • @TallDude73
    @TallDude73 3 месяца назад +2

    Great vehicles, with a fearsome gun and good protection. Only lack of logistics and poor training, as well as low numbers, doomed them.

  • @ant4812
    @ant4812 3 месяца назад

    At 2:50 is the MNH factory in Hannover. It was the only plant that built Panthers & Jagdpanthers side by side. The photo was taken by the british in 1945.

  • @leonardorodrigues827
    @leonardorodrigues827 3 месяца назад +1

    Very good indeed, could I make a video about the t-28 medium tank of the soviet union, I don't find many videos that talk about them, I saw about them on your website and in the tank archive, but I would be happy with a video about it please. Great video and as girl und panzer would say "panzer vor"

  • @Ly..-
    @Ly..- 3 месяца назад +1

    "This is a jagdpanther
    It jagds panthers!"

  • @KRAMPUS_G60_16V
    @KRAMPUS_G60_16V 3 месяца назад +2

    It was a beast!

  • @dennisswaim8210
    @dennisswaim8210 2 месяца назад

    It has always been my favorite Wartime German AFV.

  • @amptechron
    @amptechron 3 месяца назад +1

    Well done

  • @joeobyrne3189
    @joeobyrne3189 3 месяца назад

    Superb result, scratch one flat top.

  • @georgecristiancripcia4819
    @georgecristiancripcia4819 3 месяца назад +1

    From the battle of France nazi Germany realized it needed more powerful anti tank guns.Most standard guns germans had could not deal with the french and some british tanks.

  • @AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw
    @AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw 3 месяца назад

    One of fiercest looking tanks of war.

  • @MGB-learning
    @MGB-learning 3 месяца назад

    The best Tank destroyer of the war.

  • @AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw
    @AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw 3 месяца назад

    Death at a distance, heavy armour and fast

  • @comentedonakeyboard
    @comentedonakeyboard 3 месяца назад

    A concentration of trees? In a forest? Who could have seen that growing!

  • @AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw
    @AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw 3 месяца назад

    Beast

  • @drmarkintexas-400
    @drmarkintexas-400 3 месяца назад +3

    🏆🎖️💪🤗
    Thank you for sharing this

  • @wacojones8062
    @wacojones8062 3 месяца назад

    With better support it could be very nasty I have various books written by officers who commanded various types of units and vehicles the US M10 and the Jagdpanther both stand out as practical vehicles for what they were designed for. The US Designs were much easier to keep working and much faster to do repairs and engine replacements on.

  • @larry-three8225
    @larry-three8225 3 месяца назад

    I called this thank the "pyramid tank". The gun is nice. I wish it was turreted, though.

  • @kawaiiarchive357
    @kawaiiarchive357 2 месяца назад

    I don't understand how the Germans never learned to make good transmissions.

    • @Kalashnikov413
      @Kalashnikov413 28 дней назад

      It's not the transmission quality that was terrible (except for several cases like the Panther's early transmission), but rather it's the vehicle's weight that was the problem

  • @freedomfighter2054
    @freedomfighter2054 5 дней назад

    Its a jadgyboi

  • @Wien1938
    @Wien1938 3 месяца назад +2

    I would normally argue towards the usefulness of a vehicle but, in this case, I would argue that the JagdPanther was unnecessary and a waste of resources (and I like the vehicle!). Frankly, the Panther could kill most things that a JagdPanther could kill, had the advantage of a fully revolving turret and did not require separate establishments. I rather suspect the Germans got too caught up with the different arms of service (Panzerwaffe, PanzerJaeger, Sturmgeschutzen etc) and did not focus properly. But this seems to be a fault running though German industrial planning - currently reading the book on the Me 309 and I am astonished, not at the Luftwaffe but Messerschmidt's irresponsible and egotistical attitude.

    • @mathiasbartl903
      @mathiasbartl903 3 месяца назад

      The design philosophy after being outclassed by the unexpected t-34s and KVs was to continuously increase combat power of armored fighting vehicles, without waiting for actual need.

  • @ArvernesMiniatures
    @ArvernesMiniatures 3 месяца назад

    Are you sure about the removal of the pistol port ? I've never seen any photos with out it even on Jagdpanthers with the 2 pieces barrel.

  • @aleksazunjic9672
    @aleksazunjic9672 3 месяца назад

    Overall, not a very good design . Inherited problems with suspension from the Panther. Heavy and expensive gun that was not really necessary. Competing for a chassis that was in demand for tanks . Thus, never produced in sufficient quantity.

    • @tomhenry897
      @tomhenry897 3 месяца назад

      Germans couldn’t produce anything in quantity

    • @aleksazunjic9672
      @aleksazunjic9672 3 месяца назад +1

      @@tomhenry897 Not true. Example: StuG III ;)

  • @RetroGamesCollector
    @RetroGamesCollector 3 месяца назад +3

    Most of the footage was of Panthers whilst talking about Jagdpanthers.

  • @retteip8276
    @retteip8276 3 месяца назад +1

    New vid but i am at school😭😭