Hetzer Rollng and Firing at FHCAM, August 2017

[@manuelcheung2917]

Hetzers gonna Hetz!

[@TheFishCostume]

Is it just me, or did the cannon set off a car alarm? In person, that must have been super loud...

[@thuringian1127]

Lol yea

[@romanokoneko]

it did

[@andreas_giove3800]

yo look at the wwindows in the back

[@bobstone9692]

Good observation, you are right.

[@bobstone9692]

@@andreas_giove3800 Another good observation....shock wave maybe? Must be some good shatterproof glass too if on a military range.

[@paoloviti6156]

A nice video of the Hetzer or better the Jagpanzer 38 having a lovely sound from an healthy engine! It seems very well restored but I do have a standing question: is it a very late production with the Czech made 75 mm cannon without the muzzle break or it is the Pzg. 13 that was delivered to Switzerland? The latter should have the treads on the cannon to fit an eventual muzzle break. Can anyone can help me?

[@aeroroldy]

This one is a post war Czech, the FHCAM keeps it in amazing working condition, as all the vehicles they have. Paul's Allen legacy... flyingheritage.org/Explore/The-Collection/Germany/Jagdpanzer-38(t)-(Hetzer).aspx

[@astrox9097]

@@aeroroldy hey its original tank or replica?

[@aeroroldy]

​@@astrox9097 it is a post war Czech, but they really put it up to 2WW standard, they even got an original MG38 for the top. It was amazing talking with the lucky guy that drives and maintains it! So crowded inside that the cannon cannot be in the center, not enough room at the sides for the crew!

[@countmorbid3187]

Looks like recorded in Switzerland ... one of the countries that kept them in service the longest.

[@aeroroldy]

Seattle, Washington, at the Paul Allen Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Collection...one of my favorite places in the world and sadly closed since covid started. We are not sure if it will reopen without Paul around... :'(

[@aeroroldy]

@@moefoe6827 Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum [phone] maps.app.goo.gl/J78yoxdhV9QMP9r66 One of the best museums. I hope they reopen. They used to do The Sky fair every summer. Worth every minute of the visit as they fly planes and drive tanks and even draft a ride in a half-track! I miss that place.

[@aeroroldy]

PS: or "Thanksgiving" if you only like tanks... ;)

[@Commander2173]

This is the best example for german technology! No tigers, kingtigers, panthers and all the other Heavy Battle Tanks, this small lightweight, but heavy weaponed poisonous beast was the future of Speer's productionplans, no other tank

[@snneakydevil]

iam so glad tuttel still dancing till this day

[@hanhi]

Needs to be total savage to shoot at this adorably cute little panzer.

[@delinquenter]

Careful, these things may look cute, but they also bite.

[@lolbroh]

that car alarm when shooting hilarious whahaha

[@MikeSHA2009]

Fun fact : this tank was never named "Hetzer" during WWII - the name was a misunderstanding between the Czech company and the German Waffenamt - the "Hetzer" was the planned E10 tank (a successor for the JgdPz 38(t)), this one here was named "Panzerjäger 38(t)" - they should produce both and mixed up the names. So after the war, everyone called this one "Hetzer", because the real one was never build. It was planned to build 2700 (per month !) at the end of 1945 (and only 50 -100 King Tiger per month) - Hitler called the Panzerjäger 38(t) the best tank development of the war !

[@aa1944-k2r]

i love this thing, although it must be tough for the crews inside with so little visibility...but imo, as long as it is used as a defensive weapon, you dont need to worry about getting flanked by infrantry or other things as much. not sure whether the remote controlled mg34 has a scope or not, if it has a scope, it would be pretty effective...the japanese ha go tank front hull machine gun actually has a scope so the gunner could actually aim

[@spinnetti]

Cute little thing. That's one tiny little playground. Hets looks in great shape. Its it a converted G13 or original?

[@cccc285]

Smallest blank I've ever seen a 75 mm fire

[@creebotthegreat4159]

Certainly one of the best tanks. Or worse, according to it's belonging ?

[@stationVgames]

It's a decent tank...it's got very good mobility...very manueverable...but the gun turning it absolute horrible,It can't turn at the right side and you must turn the whole tank to aim at your enemy that's on the right Edit:Just watch "Inside the Chieftain's hatch:Hetzer 38t"

[@creebotthegreat4159]

@@stationVgames ik ik

[@humik588]

@@stationVgames positivity - the front is the most armoured part, on flat land, can be very powerful

[@oscarsalesgirl296]

Looks like a Tesla Truck. The Germans were way ahead of the curve (no pun intended)

[@diegomr6969]

Q HERMOSA MAQUINA Y Q HERMOSA RESTAURACION. GRACIAS ALEMANES

[@lonewolfwildernesssurvival9443]

They really brought this tiny thing on the combat field

[@justnoobtoo6352]

You should see Italian tanketes from WWII

[@lonewolfwildernesssurvival9443]

@@justnoobtoo6352 I am going to check that out.

[@ETBONIFACIO]

1:38

[@perezpayeet845]

Hetz gon hetz

[@Ren-tq1hs]

I was looking for this lol

[@chilliking3424]

who use manual focus these days?

[@MrCosk]

Czechoslovakia technoligy💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@scorpio8716]

Awesome 👍🇪🇦

[@kevinthekid9623]

Hetzer gonna hetz

[@EEthanGao]

Nice hetzin' right there

[@completionofcomplex]

Ah yes lunchbox stronk

[@sinclair2469]

Is that orginal camo?

[@aeroroldy]

Nope, the Flying Heritage restored a post war Czech Hetzer to look like a german one. The job is superb, as all their restorations!

[@sinclair2469]

@@aeroroldy It does, it looks really good

[@hetzer3316]

Facts

[@corruptedmember2568]

The most successful german tank! And honestly very beautiful to look at

[@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling]

I wouldn’t say “most successful”

[@corruptedmember2568]

@@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling it was

[@corruptedmember2568]

@@gotthelfschwab1272 In comparison to cost efficency and effect it was the best german tank, even its orginal from czech. Of course it was not comparable in combat to a Tiger 1 or 2 but unlike them it was much more reliable and differently usable then them. Its nearly same discussion as about the Sherman tank: One normal sherman tank was of course no 1 to 1 match to a late typical European or Russian Tank and yes we germans loved to laugh abut it, but to admit: The sherman was standardized, so you could produce a ton of them and all its parts are relativly approved in quality and function. Its weight was less, so it was faster, better to transport, could drive over many more bridges and worse terrain. A Tiger in compare was more or less individually manufractured and costed extreme much money and time to produce and the qualities was different. Some parts was new, untested concepts also, often resulting in mechanical problems. Its heavy weight gived it limits in logicstics (especially bridges) and it often stuck in moody terrain, the fuel consumption was horrible. About production quantities, i talked with an WW2 Tiger 1 Driver and he said on my joke "You could shot 10 Shermans with it", he answered me: "Yes and the American will then just send 20 more and once i shot them they would have sended 200." Never forget the economy and the capacity behind the lines. And there i see the big favours of the Hetzer too: If they had set more efforts into building such ones, they had less strong tanks, but much more of them also, which they had been better in logicstics, costs and less of mechanical issues. In a battle against other tanks it was also not a bad tank either, it cannon was strong and the front armor and the security for the crew strong also. It was a small tank, so also no big target to aim on and the machine gun was operated by a crew member from the inside, so the one wouldnt be openly exposed. We could discuss many different tank types to the bone, there was many good ones, a Panther or Panzer 3 was also not bad, but in my opinion the Hetzer was definitely worth its cost and doing its job, what maked it all about a very sucessfull tank at all.

[@corruptedmember2568]

@@gotthelfschwab1272 Wow thank you! Probably sometimes the biggest changes are brought by the smaller ones, sometimes underdogs are decisive dogs. Friendly greetings from germany my friend!

[@Erdbeerschorsch2011]

@@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling I wouldn’t say "tank".

[@xak100x7]

aşığım bu tanka

[@alf831969]

G 13 Swiss Army NOT German Hetzer

[@aeroroldy]

"The FHCAM’s Hetzer was built in Czechoslovakia after World War II, using parts of damaged and abandoned Nazi combat machines as well as new factory components." Not Swiss. Although it is no offense being Swiss ;) The very missed FHCAM restored it as much as possible to an actual Hetzer, they even purchased a MG38 to put on top. I was lucky enough to touch the thing, peek inside and talk with the driver/mechanic/conservator. Nice lucky guy. flyingheritage.org/Explore/The-Collection/Germany/Jagdpanzer-38(t)-(Hetzer).aspx

[@alf831969]

@@aeroroldy Oel-ablassschrauben Vorne und die verstärkten Abschleppösen sind nur bei der CH-Army. Auch der im Video gezeigte G-13 hat die kein Hetzer Auspuff. Sorry ist nun einmal kein Hetzer. Wie ja ein Königstiger auch kein Tiger 1 ist, obwohl es ja ein Tiger ist.

[@aeroroldy]

@@alf831969 I am by far not an expert, just quoting the museum curators that know everything about the restoration and are not known as liers: "The FHCAM’s Hetzer was built in Czechoslovakia after World War II, using parts of damaged and abandoned Nazi combat machines as well as new factory components." They did not take G-21 and remove the muzzle brake. By the way, you look like a WWII enthusiast. If you want to see something amazing, look at the Me-262 they were restoring to flying condition when Covid happened and they had to close and stop activities sine die. That broke my heart. I went to the Schwalbe presentation before the closure! No replica...I'll post a video. Those guys were amazing.

[@aeroroldy]

Hey, I just remembered another youtube user did a pro quality video of the event. A nice Brazilian kid with a youtube channel. Here is the whole thing. My videos are much shorted and less stable: enjoy! kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3KlnnaOrL2Si6M

[@adamstrix8319]

smol boi

[@PossumMedic]

1:38 - I think they hit a car! xD

[@kennethaliantluanga1370]

5 hetzer tank let's give it me need farm veng today need go 5

[@nightnovis]

Tutel :D

[@0Turbox]

Looks like a toy, try to hit that from a Km away.

[@bohemianmonk6222]

weak! Gun didn't even recoil that's how you know it was just a bullshit demonstration charge.

[@stevemiller7433]

Blanks don't recoil.

[@countmorbid3187]

If you had any knowledge about the Hetzer you would know it does not recoil.

[@jerryalbus1492]

I doubt even the legit hetzer guns from 1940 would even recoil, more like the entire tank recoils

[@exxusdrugstore300]

Sounds surprisingly nice