Jag vill tacka Hilary Doyle för en intressant video. Man lär sig alltid något nytt och spännande om tyska stridsvagnar när Hilary Doyle gör sina videos.
Some details about this tank: - The two MGs were independently fired. The triggers were on the turret's rotation and elevation handles. They were connected to the MGs by Kardan cables. - The radio was a receiver (Fu 2). Only the Panzerbefehlswagen could transmit. - There were only two electrical items in the turret: an overhead lamp, and a socket for headphones.
A critical point that was not mentioned, is that the armor was welded. Most countries tanks at this time and frame and riveted. The frame adds weight, but not protection, and the rivets are a weak point. Learning how to weld armor plates was a key advantage.
As Mr. Doyle mentioned, already in the Spanish civil war, the tank proved it was completely undergunned, weakly armoured and the two-man crew insufficient. The fact that Germany resorted to using them in the attacks on Poland and France anyway (where they were very much outdated) came down to disagreement in German command, politics and industry on where to put the focus. Due to the goal of quickly having multiple tank companies, they ultimately went for producing more Panzer 1s and 2s - instead of creating fewer, but better armed formations. While less an issue against Poland, the war in France clearly showed that tanks from the early 30s had no place on a 1940 battlefield.
Have read in Spain the Germans used Captured Gun Armed Soviet T-26 armed with 45 mm Guns for ranged defence against enemy Armour. The Panzer I machine gun armament could knock out anything the Republicans had at short range but a counter to long range 45mm fire was needed. An attempt to mount a 20mm Gun in the Panzer I failed as they couldn't armour the turret face and the crew were then vulnerable to small arms and blast. Dates to a time when many Nations were thinking of Tanks as Light, Medium or Cruiser, and Heavy, all with different levels of mobility, armour and offense. Undoubtedly a good light tank, in service when people were starting to question their role. That said Carriers and Half Tracks were used for fire support till the end of WW II. Its hard to see how the Germans could have invaded Poland, France and the Low Countries without it, and even in Russia it was of some use.
I have seen photos of panzer I’s armed with the 20mm canon but the canon looks too long and unwieldy for this tank. I wonder if they could have successfully incorporated the 20mm canon had they designed it in at the start - with a wider turret and bigger turret ring - or would that have increased the weight too much ? I also wonder if they could have used the Italian automatic 20mm canon which had a disintegrating ammo belt.
@@Timehasfallenasleep Am not an expert, but think they took the front of the turret and MG mountings out then shoe horned in a 20mm Gun and some belts or magazines. It could be traversed and fired but the turret armour was replaced with wooden screenings. It was not popular with the crews as small arms could rip through that. Yeah I guess the answer was a larger turret ring with a two man crew. The Italians did a better job with the L3 cc mounting a 20mm Solothurn (Swiss) anti tank rifle, that has a slow rate of fire but could damage T-26/BT Series and any armoured Cars in Spain at the time. It was all developing technology at the time with no one really knowing quiet what they needed. Within five years there were tanks with 100mm thick armour and Guns that could sink a Battlecruiser.
At the start of the war, particularly in the campaign in France, the Panzer1 was used with the 'close support' elements of their division. These were Stuka and fighter Luftwaffe units in the air and the divisions own motorcycle battalions and artillery. Hence these tanks didn't need to be heavily armoured or gunned. And its light weight afforded it to be transported easily by road or rail. This was the lightening war (as opposed to the static trench warfare of WW1), and the forward panzers were not to be held up at any points, but keep moving ahead to the next objective, while the support took care of any resistance. The German panzer programme was done in series, to the demands of the different theaters of war.🐞
On the Aussie Arms and Armour channel they're rebuilding one of these and don't know what the bar bolted to the side of the tracks is for? Can anyone help? Doyle didn't mention it.
The Australian armour museum is in the process of rebuilding one of these and the degree of over engineering and the tolerances so fine it’s easy to see how Germany lost the war. The over engineering and tolerances were so fine, German industry really was at a disadvantage when compared to the US and Soviets.
To me for early WW2 machine gun tanks & light tanks are more logical as infantry support tanks with Medium Tanks supporting them followed by the heavy tanks being over all support & breakthrough. I know this isn’t the doctrine but it just makes sense to me.
Insert cybertruck joke. No, seriously, what stands out to me is the welded panels construction and the very sloped front armor. It looks very sleek compared to later tanks, where much of the development involves welding more and more bits of stuff to the outside of it (I guess reaching peak redicilous in 2024 with the russian "turtle tanks")
I find it curious that even though the Panzer I was found to be more or less obsolete in the Spanish Civil War, with other tank designs being found superior in many ways. The Germans were winning WW2 as long as the Panzer I was in the firing line on the battle fields. I always think of the Panzer I as the little tank that could..
Not quite. They were outnumbered by the Pz II. 973 Pz I vs. 1220 Pz II. There were also slightly over 100 command tanks (PzBefehlswagen) on the Pz I chassis.
I always thought they were a great vehicle, kind of a pocket STuG. I'm assuming their cost outweighed their obvious utility as a low level infantry support vehicle. The fUSSR had no ranged AT weaponry in infantry formations until 1942. Imagine a mobile, self-contained HMG that would draw ineffective small-arms fire and stand and deliver.
My grandfather, a German-Jew served in the U.S. Army during World War II as an MP because he spoke German. He interrogated the Afrika Korps soldiers who were captured in North Africa. He accompanied them to their POW camp in Alabama. It's strange that the German technology was far advanced past the American and British military. They were so intelligent yet so evil. Satan gave them much knowledge but it wasn't enough. The Jews had to survive and recreate the State of Israel.
As the proud parent of two queer kids, actually one transgender child and one pansexual child, it breaks my heart that all these tanks are sitting in museums while Ukraine is deliberately being starved of ammo and weapons. Don't you know that they are fighting for us?
@@PeterT-i1w Besides the fact that these museum exhibits would be worse than useless in Ukraine, the gender/orientation of your kids has no relevance here (and no one cares). As a TG person, you make us look bad doing this. Don't please.
huzzah! please continue with mr doyle's videos, thank you!
Any day with a video from Arsenalen with mr Doyle is a good day.
With decent pronunciation of German words too
A really modern tank - for its time, great lesson, thxx.
Best of health to you Mr. Doyle.
Of course. But does he suffer from health problems if I may ask?
@@j.1294 being old is the only one I'm aware of.
@@squelching Thank you. Cheers!
Always brilliant to hear from Hillary Doyle.
Jag vill tacka Hilary Doyle för en intressant video. Man lär sig alltid något nytt och spännande om tyska stridsvagnar när Hilary Doyle gör sina videos.
Howdy from TEXAS great Job 👍
Really great. Hillary Doyle is the best. Thank you!
Thx for your knowledge Mr Doyle. Keep the vids coming.
Some details about this tank:
- The two MGs were independently fired. The triggers were on the turret's rotation and elevation handles. They were connected to the MGs by Kardan cables.
- The radio was a receiver (Fu 2). Only the Panzerbefehlswagen could transmit.
- There were only two electrical items in the turret: an overhead lamp, and a socket for headphones.
Nice contrast with the Tiger II standing on the side
oh yeah, I love me good video featuring Mr Doyle.
A critical point that was not mentioned, is that the armor was welded.
Most countries tanks at this time and frame and riveted. The frame adds weight, but not protection, and the rivets are a weak point.
Learning how to weld armor plates was a key advantage.
Excellent video. Thank you.
As Mr. Doyle mentioned, already in the Spanish civil war, the tank proved it was completely undergunned, weakly armoured and the two-man crew insufficient.
The fact that Germany resorted to using them in the attacks on Poland and France anyway (where they were very much outdated) came down to disagreement in German command, politics and industry on where to put the focus. Due to the goal of quickly having multiple tank companies, they ultimately went for producing more Panzer 1s and 2s - instead of creating fewer, but better armed formations.
While less an issue against Poland, the war in France clearly showed that tanks from the early 30s had no place on a 1940 battlefield.
The Skoda 35 and 38t were critical in 40/41
Excellent video. Thanks.
Great video on the PzKpfw I with Hilary Doyle! Thanks for showing!
This is great. Thank you for your time on this.
Well executed description of subject matter. Presenter clear concise. Camera excellent. Nice. …………and I’ve met a new tank. Cheers
Thanks again Mr D.
As a lad, passed right over this important Panzer, I learned as I grew up. Mr Doyle has broadened my interest and knowledge.
Many thanks, Sir .. Respect for your knowledge and presentation
Fascinating 😊
Amazing how roomy that tank looks with HLD in it instead of the Chieftain.
Great video. You could see the overworked commander (gunner, loader and radio operator) in this vehicle.
8:50 Somehow I expected him to say "And this is the bunghole to take a pee"
Yes!
Great video
8:33 They were loaded with ordinary MG13 magazines not drums. There are loads of stowage for them on your right
If they were MG13s, most Pz Is were armed with MG34s.
Your awesome and awesome video be safe out there big fan of tanks
Excellent
Great presentation. I’d love to be there in person for it.
Excellent 👍
Great video, keep it up
Fantastic.
Have read in Spain the Germans used Captured Gun Armed Soviet T-26 armed with 45 mm Guns for ranged defence against enemy Armour. The Panzer I machine gun armament could knock out anything the Republicans had at short range but a counter to long range 45mm fire was needed. An attempt to mount a 20mm Gun in the Panzer I failed as they couldn't armour the turret face and the crew were then vulnerable to small arms and blast. Dates to a time when many Nations were thinking of Tanks as Light, Medium or Cruiser, and Heavy, all with different levels of mobility, armour and offense. Undoubtedly a good light tank, in service when people were starting to question their role. That said Carriers and Half Tracks were used for fire support till the end of WW II. Its hard to see how the Germans could have invaded Poland, France and the Low Countries without it, and even in Russia it was of some use.
4 PzKpfWg I were armed with Italian 20mm guns.
Further reading: Blindados alemanes en el ejercito de Franco (1936-1939)
I have seen photos of panzer I’s armed with the 20mm canon but the canon looks too long and unwieldy for this tank. I wonder if they could have successfully incorporated the 20mm canon had they designed it in at the start - with a wider turret and bigger turret ring - or would that have increased the weight too much ? I also wonder if they could have used the Italian automatic 20mm canon which had a disintegrating ammo belt.
@@Timehasfallenasleep Am not an expert, but think they took the front of the turret and MG mountings out then shoe horned in a 20mm Gun and some belts or magazines. It could be traversed and fired but the turret armour was replaced with wooden screenings. It was not popular with the crews as small arms could rip through that. Yeah I guess the answer was a larger turret ring with a two man crew. The Italians did a better job with the L3 cc mounting a 20mm Solothurn (Swiss) anti tank rifle, that has a slow rate of fire but could damage T-26/BT Series and any armoured Cars in Spain at the time. It was all developing technology at the time with no one really knowing quiet what they needed. Within five years there were tanks with 100mm thick armour and Guns that could sink a Battlecruiser.
Great information as usual Hilary. Can you a talk about the Puma SDKFZ234 ?, the most technically advanced armoured car of WW2 , please.
At the start of the war, particularly in the campaign in France, the Panzer1 was used with the 'close support' elements of their division. These were Stuka and fighter Luftwaffe units in the air and the divisions own motorcycle battalions and artillery. Hence these tanks didn't need to be heavily armoured or gunned. And its light weight afforded it to be transported easily by road or rail. This was the lightening war (as opposed to the static trench warfare of WW1), and the forward panzers were not to be held up at any points, but keep moving ahead to the next objective, while the support took care of any resistance. The German panzer programme was done in series, to the demands of the different theaters of war.🐞
I’ve been a “tanker” here on RUclips for a few years now. How has it taken till now to add this channel to my friends Mr. Hewes and Aus Armor?
Have you seen tinkering Tuesday with the Norfolk tank museum
The rubber on the road wheels looks brand new. Were you able to source replacement tires, or did you have it custom-made?
On the Aussie Arms and Armour channel they're rebuilding one of these and don't know what the bar bolted to the side of the tracks is for? Can anyone help? Doyle didn't mention it.
9:46 Can you imagine walking around a tank museum and finding Hilary Doyle himself clambering around on a Panzer?
Doyle the best
In World of tanks this Pz 1A is such fun in the low tiers. Just run around the enemy pat them in their backs. Much too fun.
Hilary Louis Doyle + Jagdpanzer 38 ! Enlighten us about the E22 Steel Armor
The Australian armour museum is in the process of rebuilding one of these and the degree of over engineering and the tolerances so fine it’s easy to see how Germany lost the war. The over engineering and tolerances were so fine, German industry really was at a disadvantage when compared to the US and Soviets.
To me for early WW2 machine gun tanks & light tanks are more logical as infantry support tanks with Medium Tanks supporting them followed by the heavy tanks being over all support & breakthrough. I know this isn’t the doctrine but it just makes sense to me.
Insert cybertruck joke.
No, seriously, what stands out to me is the welded panels construction and the very sloped front armor. It looks very sleek compared to later tanks, where much of the development involves welding more and more bits of stuff to the outside of it (I guess reaching peak redicilous in 2024 with the russian "turtle tanks")
I have seen photos of a Pz I chassis with a Pak 40 mounted. Something I would call a waffentrager too far.
I find it curious that even though the Panzer I was found to be more or less obsolete in the Spanish Civil War, with other tank designs being found superior in many ways. The Germans were winning WW2 as long as the Panzer I was in the firing line on the battle fields. I always think of the Panzer I as the little tank that could..
😊👍
Why did some tanka have two machineguns in the same place?
Tell me if I'm wrong but weren't they the most prevalent when german invade Poland
Not quite. They were outnumbered by the Pz II.
973 Pz I vs. 1220 Pz II.
There were also slightly over 100 command tanks (PzBefehlswagen) on the Pz I chassis.
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The front and rear mudguards are not OEM 😲😲😲
The FT was a machine gun tank? So all those armed with the 37mm are just a figment of the imagination?
I always thought they were a great vehicle, kind of a pocket STuG. I'm assuming their cost outweighed their obvious utility as a low level infantry support vehicle. The fUSSR had no ranged AT weaponry in infantry formations until 1942. Imagine a mobile, self-contained HMG that would draw ineffective small-arms fire and stand and deliver.
To appreciate the technology you can just look at an auto from 1934 or so.
The only time Germany was on par with Italian tank design.
THE CHINESE PANZER 1A WAGED THE BATTLE OF NANJING, 1937
My grandfather, a German-Jew served in the U.S. Army during World War II as an MP because he spoke German. He interrogated the Afrika Korps soldiers who were captured in North Africa. He accompanied them to their POW camp in Alabama. It's strange that the German technology was far advanced past the American and British military. They were so intelligent yet so evil. Satan gave them much knowledge but it wasn't enough. The Jews had to survive and recreate the State of Israel.
Can't listen to this presenter.
As the proud parent of two queer kids, actually one transgender child and one pansexual child, it breaks my heart that all these tanks are sitting in museums while Ukraine is deliberately being starved of ammo and weapons. Don't you know that they are fighting for us?
are you ok?
@@Yordleton not really, because of the mentioned reasons
@@PeterT-i1w Besides the fact that these museum exhibits would be worse than useless in Ukraine, the gender/orientation of your kids has no relevance here (and no one cares). As a TG person, you make us look bad doing this. Don't please.
@@PeterT-i1w why don't you start treating people that are different than you like human beings
@@PeterT-i1w i hope you actually don't have kids