Anti-Tank Chats #1 | WW1 | The Tank Museum

Welcome to Anti-Tank Chats, a brand-new series on the history of infantry weapons used in Anti-Tank warfare. In the first episode, Archive and Supporting Collections Manager Stuart Wheeler, explores the weapons used by Germany during the First World War when they were first presented with this cutting-edge weapon - the tank. Shoutout and thanks to @T. Hanks for inadvertently suggesting the name for this new series and all the others who enjoyed Stuart’s talk on the Pak 43/41. • Tank Chats Special | P...
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[@Ciborium]

David Fletcher isn't hosting this series because the thought of hurting his beloved tanks (except the Valiant) breaks his heart.

[@Nerdslayer09527]

We should crowdfund a reproduction simply so he can blow it straight to hell without destroying history.

[@F4Wildcat]

@@Nerdslayer09527 ...I think people would be surprised how much funds would be collected for that

[@maxkronader5225]

"Except the Valiant" Well done.👍😋

[@xenofoxx]

I'm sure Mr. Fletcher wouldn't mind seeing the Rota Trailer ripped to bits by a stick grenade. He may even help.

[@Ciborium]

@@xenofoxx That is true. Good point.

[@alexdemoya2119]

i would have assumed Anti-Tank Chats would have Fletchers evil twin

[@ulrichkalber9039]

that would be flavid detcher.

[@georgepatient7710]

@@ulrichkalber9039 who is seven feet tall, bald and has a beard with no moustache.

[@TrejoDuneSea]

Anti-Tank Chat: no tank chat allowed

[@Christopher-N]

To pun on a _Star Trek_ episode, we should call the _Anti-Tank Chats_ episode "Mail, Mail" (because it's armour).

[@timwhite4301]

@@georgepatient7710 and only talks about tanks from everywhere but Britain 😁

[@eksemgutten]

Yet another legendary Tank Museum series is born, amazing work!

[@TsiolkovskySportingLocks]

Totally fascinating first episode that shows the other side of the coin. Can't wait to see what the future of this series holds.

[@jonsouth1545]

totally agree

[@jaelsonnen5750]

The Chieftain is done for.

[@yaxxmaccina1153]

If you want more info on the T gewehr try C&Rsenal kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZ66loGEnqxsj7c

[@kippamip]

Excellent and informative as usual.

[@sunnyjim1355]

Indeed, a great idea for a series.

[@raidbandit1283]

12:06 I was expecting Stuart to say something along the lines of “now let’s see what this can do against the whippet behind me”

[@jonsouth1545]

A great episode looking at the way people fought against tanks

[@davidrace802]

You can kind of see why the Germans didn't really make many tanks of their own in WW1, given they were well aware of all the ways they could be knocked out. From my understanding it was the battle of Amiens and the use of tanks in combined arms that really made them wake up and realize how important they were. And by that point it was too late. Just goes to show that tanks, like any military capability, must be used as part of a system. Great Video!

[@MichaelGThomas]

They didn't make them because they lacked the industrial capacity to produce them in any useful number.

[@Kyle-gw6qp]

The Germans did make tanks. They only had the material for 20 though.

[@PHOBOS1708]

@@MichaelGThomas bs ... they lacked the material, especially rare metals. not the industrial capacity

[@BHuang92]

The Germans captured more of the British heavy tanks then they could make their own during the First World War.

[@shaider1982]

More like a money issue, as answered by great war channel host indy neidell in an old out of the trenches video.

[@TheAmazingCowpig]

They did it, they actually called it the Anti-Tank Chat!

[@catified2081]

I hope no tanks were hurt while filming this episode.

[@JustSomeCanuck]

I'll guess that the Whippet's pride was hurt while it was being used as a display stand for anti-tank weapons. No physical pain, though.

[@catified2081]

@@JustSomeCanuck I think it wet himself.

[@Slayer_Jesse]

I really hope you do an episode on the interwar stuff, its a period not covered enough.

[@Christopher-N]

While the *Drachinifel* WWI and WWII episodes are quite interesting, there's something to be said for the naval interwar period discussion.

[@ABrit-bt6ce]

That first tank charge must have been war ot the worlds stuff to those on the receiving end.

[@guypierson5754]

Not even the charge, least those lads saw it coming and had some stuff to hide behind. What about those lads in the back areas that got machine gunned by "Musical Box" and the like during those first break throughs. You've never seen a tank, don't know it exists, and you've no trench or bunker, just your tent and the cook hut between you and a metal machine spitting bullets as it roars towards you. You'd think the war was over. The way the German gunners started engaging and taking out tanks on the first days, I think on the ground in the trenches, they knew something big was coming, musta heard those engines start in the mist and knew this was what the Brits and French had been working on, they hadn't been waiting on the Americans, they hadn't been building concrete bunkers, they had been building steel ones that moved.

[@DIEGhostfish]

There had been armored cars before, but the trenches and craters and mud had taken them out of the front line fight early. It wasn't ENTIRELY new tech, just somewhere they didn't expect it.

[@bighobo7745]

@@guypierson5754 Pretty much like you said I think. Infantrymen eventually panic because they had no effective weapons or tactics at the time, artillery boyz decided they are just moving bunkers, their guns cracked bunkers just fine and went to work.

[@Wolvenworks]

Me: "I want to buy those books because I like tanks and so I can support the Tank Museum!" Wallet: "but do you REALLY want to pay the import tax from UK?"

[@DIEGhostfish]

Get a UK friend to ship it to you as a gift!

[@thunderK5]

Great stuff, especially about the German artillery. The only correct ion I would make is that the machine gun identified as that MG08 is actually the MG08/15, which was lightened and equipped with a bipod to make it more mobile.

[@colbeausabre8842]

I'm surprised no mention was made of "Lone gunner of Flesquières Ridge Another curious factor is the puzzling story of the ‘lone gunner of Flesquières Ridge’. The story centres around a gunner who remained with his battery and fired the only surviving gun single-handed, knocking out at least five tanks before he was shot down. The story was seized on by General Harper to prove that his infantry dispositions were not at fault under the circumstances, and was selected by Field Marshal Haig in one of his reports as an example of the courage of individual German soldiers and, it is said, to explain the disaster that had occurred. The Germans had never heard of this heroic act but concluded that it must refer to Sergeant Theodor Kruger, and in due course erected a statue to him. Philippe Gocrznski, in Following the Tanks also mentions Sergeant Kruger, saying that he was found, dead, alongside a gun of his battery but there is no evidence that he was ever alone. In the meantime the number of tanks knocked out by the ‘lone gunner’ had risen from five to sixteen. Gorczynski reckons that in all some forty tanks were knocked out although he attributes this to a number of batteries, not just one, let alone one gun. It is also interesting to observe that the British Official Report claims that the ‘lone gunner’ was an officer whereas the German version shows him as an N. C. O."

[@TheLazer3]

I once helped move a 7.7 cm field gun at a museum I worked at. It makes the most horrible noise ever over tiled floor, we also broke a dozen or so tiles.

[@vlr_1374]

Yo there was a guy who said that they should be called the anti tank chats in the pak something video

[@guypierson5754]

Most heros never get recognition.

[@viking1236]

@@guypierson5754 He's acknowledged below the titles by the Tank Museum

[@guypierson5754]

@@viking1236 Well I stand corrected, thanks.

[@matthayward7889]

9km range at only 16 degrees elevation Is pretty impressive, so’s 40mm armour penetration at 2km! 12:16 the damage on that tankgewehr could tell a story!

[@mur4592]

I was at the museum recently and it's stated that the damage was actually caused when it was taken as a trophy and strapped to the outside of a tank. Particularly damaged by the heat of tanks exhaust. Which says something about how uncomfortable it must have been inside

[@deeznoots6241]

The armour penetration is largely a result of it being a 75mm gun, at that point a simple solid metal shell will do a lot of damage, there is a reason why interwar anti-tank guns are usually 35-50mm, the extra penetration was unneeded until the more armoured tanks of ww2 came about

[@viridisxiv766]

its the series i didnt know i needed!

[@Lisztomaniac1022]

Great video. If you want a really detail history of the Tankgewehr m1918, C&Rsenal has a great video really recommend it or if your into WWI firearms in general.

[@chuckhaggard1584]

In the WW1 museum in Kansas City MO there is a Renault FT on display that was actually knocked out by the same type of 77mm gun he talks about in the first part of this video. Part of the display is parts of the shrapnel shell that were recovered inside the tank after it penetrated the armor. That crew obviously had a very bad day.

[@johncoffin9354]

The German 'stick' grenade, being an offensive grenade, had about five times the explosive charge of a Mills Bomb. The latter was made to spread fragments while the German grenade could be used to blow up wire entanglements, or generate lethal blast inside trenches. As such, even without the multi-head modification, they would have been a considerable threat to the underside and tracks.

[@chuckhaggard1584]

Which is why the British tanks often had a small roof or screen over the top of the tank to keep grenades from exploding directly against the armor.

[@anthonybowyer1874]

An excellent video covering a subject that receives insufficient coverage; cannot wait for the next episode.

[@mavfan1]

You had to wait, 7 months.

[@TheSpritz0]

AWESOME program, PLEASE do something on the PIAT Anti-Tank projector, there were so many Victoria Crosses awarded for actions by users!!

[@dawoudabdulaziz9920]

Yes! I enjoyed the Pak 43 video and now we get to see more. Many thanks! 😊

[@maxkronader5225]

WWI is not nearly as well known generally as WWII, yet there are many fascinating stories from that war. Thank you for the overview of WWI anti tank weaponry.

[@c3aloha]

My tanker friend called infantry “crunchies”

[@aebirkbeck2693]

I'm ex airborne and in some circles we referred to tanks as the Pak lunch

[@tacomas9602]

That little tiny howitzer is so cute 😍

[@Dave_Sisson]

When I was a child, there was a forgotten Krupp mini howitzer in an abandoned park on the edge of my home town in rural Australia, I used to climb all over it until it iced up with frost in winter and I hurt myself. They removed it about 20 years ago, I hope it wasn't sold as scrap metal.

[@Horse2021]

Excellent series. Enjoy seeing some of the other staff members of The Tank Museum.

[@timgosling6189]

Is that a bullet scar in front of the rear sight on the barrel of the TGewehr? Anti-tank troops didn't just dish it out!

[@guypierson5754]

I imagine when you fire a huge great gun, it makes a huge great noise and a giant flash. Pretty good way to make yourself unpopular in the neighborhood, and if that neighborhood is the Australian and Canadian advance, they are gonna have something to say about it.

[@crabbyjungle5670]

No, it was captured by a British tank and rested on the engine and got burnt

[@dean2930]

If you haven’t been to the tank museum, you must! What an incredible museum!! I went on the access all areas tour! Nothing like walking through a massive shed full of tanks not on display!

[@cestfixement]

Brilliant, I really appreciate your weekly videos, keeps me looking forward to Fridays!

[@MortRotu]

Great addition to the channel, loving the new Xmas ad as well, even if YT saw fit to show me it twice...

[@teaurn]

Really enjoyed this - looking forward to the rest of the series - keep it up! 👍😁

[@GandoStyles]

I appreciate the new format very much. Thanks and keep it going!

[@gypsyoutlaw2954]

Amazing work, thank you! Looking forward to more.

[@Dobington]

Great series looking forward to the next one. Thank you!

[@DH-nq1mu]

Fantastic episode. Really hope to see this series continue. Great stuff.

[@mikesmith2905]

Excellent overview. Look forward to the following episodes.

[@nashuf1492]

Great new video. Thank you for your continued hard work bringing the collection to life. Hope to visit again in the new year.

[@Zombie-fb5zf]

Love tank talks but this is one of the best talks on the channel great work

[@stephen9869]

Thanks for producing these excellent quality productions. It was a nice surprise to find this after a lousy day at work. It's great to see Stuart's presentational confidence growing too, keep up the great work!

[@Christopher-N]

This is an excellent addition to the _Tank Chats_ series. Thank you. We would definitely like to see more _Anti-Tank Chats_ episodes.

[@quintonb9870]

Just a heads up to those running this channel: The orange outline of the thumbnail on this video made it appear to me on my phone at first glance as though I already watched the video. I subsequently scrolled past it twice. Im glad I noticed I had in fact not watched. Great content.

[@patrickcortazzo6251]

Wow, this is going to be an exciting series to watch! Perfect host "Stuart " with interesting and often overlooked material. Well done, Bravo!

[@marrs1013]

Good to have you back Mr Wheeler! Very interesting topic, very well presented. Can't wait for the following episodes! Just opened a beer for my friday evening, and enjoying the show. Cheers, Mr Wheeler!

[@steveholmes11]

Welcome Stuart: It's about time the PBI had their own series.

[@leighharding5449]

What a fantastic idea for a series, looking forward to the next episode already

[@lmyrski8385]

Excellent job! Very interesting! Looking forward to the next part!

[@theodogeo]

This is amazing and extremely interesting. Thank you, waiting for more.

[@tyleradam9065]

Fantastic series, very well spoken host. Thank you for creating content like this.

[@cmdredstrakerofshado1159]

Thank you for these Anti-Tank Chats . They are very good and I enjoy videos on different yet related topics like infantry anti tank weapons. Great video.

[@mikewysko2268]

Facinating history presentation. Well done!

[@Kyle-gw6qp]

A really nice new series. Keep up the good work.

[@tomislavkefecek4443]

absolutely fantastic talk, balancing the tank with anti tank please do more

[@Footplate2012]

Fascinating. Looking forward to next episodes.

[@daraghaherne-clarke2910]

Bravo Tank Museum, I enjoyed this episode as I do them all.

[@M.M.83-U]

Absolutely fascinating! Great video.

[@francescob.7277]

Another beautiful series start today!

[@burtelli]

Wow, this is content I did not know I was looking for. Fascinating af!

[@dillonpierce7599]

Enjoyed this. Looking forward to more of them 👍

[@SA-qm3bp]

Excellent documentary, all sorts of stuff I had no idea about

[@1961OnRock]

Good video. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

[@darrenk920]

Another great video, and the start of another very interesting series. A suggestion for another future series, the people who manned the tanks. There are plenty of stories that could be told, and the museum may have examples of the tanks they fought in. For example the story of the crew of Fray Bentos

[@thegodofhellfire]

great idea, can't wait to watch the rest of these!

[@michaelcouch66]

Well done, looks like the start of another very interesting series. I'd like to echo the call for a view of development/thought behind anti tank weapons in the interwar years.

[@66kbm]

Newton states that each action has an equal and opposite re-action. Tank...Anti-Tank. Great start to what i think will be wonderful new series. Well done.

[@kw9849]

13:13 Firing prone would make the recoil even worse!

[@JosipRadnik1]

I was about to say the same - prone is worse. If you are standing, it is much easier to absorb the recoil as your body would just bend back as much as it needs to dampen the effect which isn't working so well when your whole body stays inflexible on the ground and you have nothing but the little travel that the natural flexibility of your shoulder offers. Apart from that, I doubt the number of 5 times the recoil of a Lee-Enfield is correct. In theory probably, if you compare the amount of propellant - but not if you compare the much greater weight of the T-Gewehr itself which counters the recoiling force.

[@joelvca]

@@JosipRadnik1 "5 times the recoil of ..." The question is what metric are they using, recoil energy, recoil velocity, or some sort of felt-recoil metric?

[@biggerhammer]

If you have fire coming in, Prone makes you a smaller target. the bipod (necessary with such a huge weapon, also needs to be used from the prone, (can't shoot it standing, kneeling or sitting)

[@JosipRadnik1]

@@biggerhammer exept if you are in a trench or in a bomb crater - in that case you CAN fire it standing by simply resting the bipod on the elevated part of the terrain while standing in a depression. However - the claim was that soldiers had to fire the T-Gewehr from a prone position to somehow reduce the effect of the recoil and this is factually wrong just as EF already noticed it. I know from personal experience that firing from a prone position actually increases the recoil effect rather than reduce it.

[@n.b.barnett5444]

This is a great series. Fascinating!

[@grumples1517]

Big fan of this series!!

[@XxBloggs]

Great video, looking forwards to the next episode

[@Tordogor]

Hurrah!!! I love AT weapons technology. And as always, the video is amazingly informative and entertaining.

[@ginvr]

You did not disappoint. Another great video

[@jmc7034]

Very interesting. Thank you for producing it

[@tarjei99]

Excellent. Even the sales pitch at the end is very welcome.

[@oldthrasbarg641]

Really good episode. Enjoyed it.very much.

[@RonI-qz2tz]

Great video! Thank you

[@janwitkowsky8787]

Great video. :) Made me spend a couple of hours researching on my own about WW1 weaponry and ammunition. Also, going through the Tank Museum online shop, I decided to make an account so I can start wish-listing someting. As I made my account and was done activating it, I had used my home address and it was saved in your system, so my account listed the purchase I made back in July. That's great database management; and as a IT-guy, I have to give my kudos for that. ^_^ Keep up the good work. ^_^

[@gilanbarona9814]

I like the part where it is said, 'If he can hold his nerve...' I fought guerrilla insurgents who had no tanks, and while they posed their own challenges, we have never had to face down an enemy tank. This presentation adds much to our knowledge. It is a great new series. Thanks and Merry Christmas, Tank Museum.

[@Crissy_the_wonder]

Looking forward to this series!

[@darylskene1360]

brilliant episode on a great subject

[@richardcharay7788]

Enjoyed, thanks!

[@jayklink851]

Love this series! keep it up

[@MattAndrusAntares]

Very fascinating! Keep them coming!

[@davidfernandes920]

Fascinating. Always a game of action/reaction.

[@alwayscrabby7871]

Great video. Thanks.

[@royalhero4608]

What a great job, so envious

[@ATomRileyA]

Some great content cant wait for the next episodes

[@lkmh3223]

As a member of the Tank Museum, I really enjoyed this historical angle. Hope to see more. Thank You

[@lkmh3223]

keep up the great work

[@north61]

Ok..Love this series. Thank-you

[@CommanderKauz]

very excited for this series

[@vasili1207]

need more of this guy ...... he just flows

[@IHUTCHI]

Great idea! I cant wait for more!!!

[@kistler1994]

Finally some ww1 content on KZbin. Thank you!

[@basichistory]

Cracking new series of Tank Chats

[@cyclingnerddelux698]

Super episode.

[@kylehardman9135]

oooo very fascinating thanks guys can u do more mini series like this

[@EleanorPeterson]

Quality content, classy presentation. Thank you. :-)

[@Nat3ski]

Great video! Would love to see a ww2 anti tank video when you're done with ww1.

[@JohnnoDordrecht]

Great serie !

[@jacobrichards5141]

Great videos please continue the series