Greatest Tank Battles | Season 1 | Episode 8 | The Battle of Arracourt

By September 1944, Patton's hard-charging Third Army threatens to breech the German border. This is the story of the largest tank-vs-tank clash of the Second World War, as Hitler masses hundreds of panzers in a desperate bid to halt Patton's advance.
The series show full heat of the mechanized war on screens, analyze arms, protection and tactics of tank troops, using realistic animation. Each series includes interview with participants of fights on both sides of battle. Military historians and other experts analyze tactics of fight and results of battles.
Stars: Robin Ward, Ralf Raths, Robin Ward #GreatestTankBattles #Tanks #BreakthroughEntertainment

[@edbair529]

Albin Irzyk. A true hero and warrior he was. When I was a kid (11-12 years old)I had a history project about Ww2 and watching Greatest Tank Battles as a kid I thought, " Wouldn't it be something to send a letter to Mr. Irzyk on TV and who knows maybe he'd send something back". So I wrote him a letter and sure enough he sent back a reply applauding my interest in Ww2 at such a young age. Also he sent me a signed copy of his book "A Warriors Quilt Of Personal Military History". It's one of my prized possessions to this day. That generation truly is the greatest and we should all never forget their heroics and sacrifice. Rest in peace Brigadier General Albin F. Irzyk

[@Autobotmatt428]

Awesome

[@kittycatcat6962]

That's a cool story

[@tomd6704]

This generation had about 96% of the world's Nazis of all time and this generation tried to tarnish the reputation of the boomers by publishing hit job articles on 'generation me' in times magizine. After the war when the allies and nazis became fwends they would sit around and talk about how they could fire up the human death ovens and camps and start throwing boomers in them and at no point would the selfish boomers rise up to stop it. Thats how great the ww2 generation was really.

[@tomd6704]

You would think that the greatest generation would have way way less nazis! This generation was the most evil!!!

[@spadehaze1541]

“The M18’s 76mm gun could go through the panthers front plate.” You hear that war thunder?

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Except it couldn't. Only at very close range.

[@marcusyoung2870]

@@lyndoncmp5751 "Only at very close range". So yes, it could pen the front plate.

[@dominicvucic8654]

And hvap

[@82dorrin]

Wehreboos: *Confused honking*

[@isaiasgonzalez2271]

War thunder 💀

[@jaydee0187]

I'm on my 4th straight episode and I can't stop watching these Tank Battles.I need a life

[@pierre-lucrousseau3652]

The same thing happen to me months ago. I would say that we have a life and that is what we chose to do with. But i get what you meant and i agree. Something more constructive would be better...just a last video before.

[@newelltimothy6488]

Those men deserve the highest respect for their life.

[@steffenritter7497]

My father was a Sherman driver in Patton's 3rd Armored Division. They were part of the relief column sent to Bastonge during the Bulge. Of course, when I became part of the 101st Airborne in Vietnam, my dad and I had interesting discussions about whether or not the 101st needed "saving"! Thanks for the video!

[@hetzer7366]

I smile at the thought of those conversations

[@manz7860]

Didn't need saving but fucken glad the calvary arrived lol

[@Psalm1101]

@@manz7860 Patton was the only one he used German tactics and said ok let's see who plays ball better. Supply and air support destroyed panzers and tigers go go go to Berlin 👍

[@thegreatdominion949]

3rd Armored Division was part of the U.S. 1st Army and later the 9th Army, never the 3rd Army, though I'm told that Patton liked claiming their victories for his own.

[@tertwigsmash356]

This series is a gift from god to me that's what be it feels like

[@sam8404]

Same. I'm a huge tank nerd so I would love like 10 more seasons of this.

[@lamejamus5141]

@@sam8404 I hope they make one about the Ukrainian war tank battles that would be cool

[@sam8404]

@@lamejamus5141 totally, I know there would be some amazing stories. I've seen Ukrainian BMP's taking out Russian T72's and T80's left right and center which I didn't even know was possible outside of War Thunder or Battlefield, also that video of a single Ukrainian T72 taking on a whole column of Russian T80's and BMP's. I also read on Forbes today that with all the Russian tanks and BMP's they've captured Ukraine now has more armored vehicles than before the war started.

[@lamejamus5141]

@@sam8404 yeah it’s crazy that the Ukrainians are able to take out so many Russia tanks even tho they are way better

[@user-tb2iy1gb8u]

Ha! Glad you like it. My friend produced this series and I directed a few episodes (including Arracourt)! Although the animation is dated, the stories remain awesome.

[@fierymongoose]

Love these videos, seeing the lesser known engagements is great. Everyone has heard of Stalingrad and the battle of the bulge so it’s refreshing hearing different stories especially from both sides.

[@solowali10]

Bypass and Haul Ass is my new life motto

[@mollysmoshingtankcrew9441]

This is what got me into tanks way back in the day. I became obsessed! after watching these. Even if they are a little inaccurate.

[@The_Sly_Potato]

Same! I can't remember exactly when this series came out on the History Channel, but I do remember that I was in late elementary or early middle school. This series was instrumental in developing my love for armored/vehicular warfare and in history.

[@lorenzbroll0101]

First time I have come across this one. Just shows that the Sherman and its crews were not so 'useless' after all as with all the negative propaganda would have people believe.

[@j.w.b5048]

They were not, but in a 1 vs 1 against the later German tanks, their chances went down to nearly zero. A single sherman had no chance against a panther, tiger etc. Not if he was seen before a few hundred meters.

[@baneofbanes]

@@j.w.b5048 Almost as if they were two completely different classes of tanks or something. Doesn’t make the Sherman a bad tank like werhaboos say.

[@douglasjones2570]

Shermans armed with the short-barreled 75mm rifle were utterly useless against Tigers and/or Panthers at any range beyond 600 yards. The Germans used to laugh at them, calling them Ronsons. American attacks had to proceed with what was called warfare by committee, wherein the Germans had to be completely softened up by massive airstrikes and artillery fire missions, lest any attack led by Shermans be bogged down in a grisly debacle of fire, blood and steel. American doctrine dictated that US commanders had to be prepared to lose 4 Shermans to destroy one Tiger. The Israelis got it right by figuring out how to shoehorn the brilliant British L7 105mm gun tube into that tightly cramped Sherman turret, thus creating the legendary Super Sherman, capable of killing a Russian T-55 out to ranges of 3,000 yards.

[@baneofbanes]

@@douglasjones2570 no

[@andrewkatai521]

@@baneofbanes yes

[@zulubeatz1]

Still these Tank films are good especially when they cover lesser known engagements.

[@kristelvidhi5038]

But they never made an episode about Kurt Knispel.

[@derrickstorm6976]

​@@kristelvidhi5038 ah yes a lesser known combatant indeed

[@kristelvidhi5038]

@@derrickstorm6976 how come most Historians won't give Kurt some attention since he's the best tanker in History?

[@wejuggernautentertainmentl3156]

Outstanding 🔥

[@gustavderkits8433]

A lot of this is regurgitated mythology. Very few 1:1 tank engagements occurred in comparison to mass engagements. The Sherman was designed for combined arms tactics. Abrams used them effectively.

[@timeisapathwalkingtounderstand]

Here in New York City listening thank you for posting this video and thank you for your stories to all the soldiers rest in peace

[@danielrosati5576]

Heros , all of them!!!

[@haroldadkins770]

Thank all of you so brave my heros may God bless you such great men

[@detsalb5789]

The idea of a tank destroyer is one I love. Sure you can kill 3 tds but if those three kill atleast one panther just on a material basis you come out on top

[@leewood331]

Kursk was the biggest tank battle of WW2.

[@Psalm1101]

Yes 3000soviet tanks and close tank to tank often ramming each other

[@andreroberson6554]

That was Dunbo

[@treverblanco]

Dubno

[@TrySomeFentanyl]

Hell yea man, I love when they do a 15 minute recap, of the last 15 minutes, every 15 minutes.

[@apexsavage2711]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@n55Rob]

Bro funny to see you here…you just went up my nose a few hours ago…

[@samashkannejad8440]

As,Iranian,love it this docum

[@derekchristophernordbye7710]

By far, the best battlefield commander the Army had, General George S. Patton. HOOAH!!! The Germans, from what I gathered, literally, FEARED HIM!!!! Because, they knew they were gonna get nailed!!!!

[@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

They didn't fear him it's a myth.

[@freddieclark]

Read "Fighting Patton: George S. Patton Jr. Through the Eyes of His Enemies" which shoots down this myth.

[@derrickstorm6976]

Turns out most Germans had never heard of Patton, or any particular Allied general

[@darrellwhittington4645]

My dad was a tank commander in Patton's 3rd army all the way to the end of the war

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what the orator was describing. Special thanks to the veterans who shared their personal information. Pertaining to their experiences & activities serving in the tank forces.😉

[@animalyze7120]

Arracourt was a large tank battle but nowhere near the largest, I believe that distinction still goes to the Battle of Kursk in the WWII arena.

[@kristelvidhi5038]

Why didn't they show Franz Staudegger fighting 50 T34s with his single Tiger in that episode?

[@patrickevans3797]

The narrator did say, one of the largest, not the largest

[@kristelvidhi5038]

@@patrickevans3797 why was this show cancelled?

[@andreroberson6554]

No, that title goes to Dunbo

[@zulubeatz1]

I noticed making models that the Panther is huge. It's as big as the Tiger easily although you wouldn't think so. Not as heavily armoured or armed but a big tank for sure.

[@kanyewhite429]

Panther was better armored (sloped armor) and had a better cannon(190mm pen at 100m at 90⁰)

[@zulubeatz1]

@@kanyewhite429 Not the side and rear armour I think that was inferior to the Tiger. I will have to look it up.

[@kanyewhite429]

@@zulubeatz1 yeah 80mm vs 45mm(angled)

[@zulubeatz1]

@@kanyewhite429 I just read the Panther was weak at the sides. Also had a dodgy drive that was susceptible to breaking by in experienced crews. Great looking machine. My Step dad built me one from Tamiya in 1/16 scale.

[@zulubeatz1]

Not to mention the shot trap under the mantle. I think by and large I would still prefer to be in a Tiger lol. There's argument that Germany would have done better by just going with an up armoured PIV in larger quantity. The Panther could have been amazing given a bit more refinement I guess.

[@douglasjones2570]

It would be good to do a video on the M-10, M-36 and M-18 tank destroyers in combat.

[@chadrowe8452]

M-18 was a Cadillac lol and fast

[@TheKep]

I think there are a few episodes that feature those TD’s

[@dominicvucic8654]

@@TheKep there's an episode with m3 tank destroyers but those are half tracks

[@solowali10]

ye forreal every other episode is a sherman description. i get it. its 75 mm gun was low velocity

[@manz7860]

There is an episode featuring the hellcat

[@jerryumfress9030]

The Allies (USA) won the battle of production. The Germans had the quality, but not enough of it. The allies had the quantity. Of course when a P51 or a P47 drops a 500lb bomb on a Panther or Tiger, it's like popping open a can of soup

[@GB-tc4hr]

22:52, man they be getting whiplash with how fast the tanks turned

[@patrickschoenpflug]

Anyone who fights in a tank especially during WW2 are very brave but in my opinion a tank regardless if it’s the enemy or not is a METAL COFFIN, one needed absolute guts to fight in a tank….

[@bigskyscott4092]

I am suffering from severe depression. However, watching this video makes me realize that things can be much worse.

[@williamgill5286]

history has helped me alot because it shows me that things could be much worse all thru history ppl have done n went thru stuff i cant imagine

[@nesumhlanga8657]

Hope you doing much better now !!!!

[@manz7860]

32:42 it mustve been a huge lol moment because he genuinely laughed out loud when recalling a war memory that couldve got you smoked

[@manz7860]

18:30 my favorite bit of the show

[@kensmith8152]

From what I understand the Allied airplanes used not only napalm, but phosphorus missiles as well

[@danielwyvern8892]

Served with 1st Battalion 37th Armor from 1971-1974. Katterbach, Germany. Courage Conquers.

[@vanqselite8633]

2nd of sept.2021 I'm watching

[@liamryan6198]

13th November '21 here

[@TankZappa]

The V2 rocket which was supposed to save the German war effort killed more people in production than it did in actual battle... 😂

[@82dorrin]

Wehreboos: *Confused honking*

[@funkypsycho1130]

I don't fully understand this, but the phrase "confused honking" is curiously pleasing ^_^

[@82dorrin]

@@funkypsycho1130 Because Wehreboos are always droning on about how German tanks/planes/everything was vastly superior to everyone else's tanks/planes/everything. They weren't. They lost and all that.

[@brennanleadbetter9708]

@funkypsycho1130 The wehraboos he is talking about are those fatherless idiots who think the Sherman is useless

[@mrsparksjnr8731]

Just unlocked the maus gonna slap around fat American and soviet heavies

[@zulubeatz1]

For a German soldier in 1944 a sunny day wasnt something that made you smile. Why didn't they beef up their air defence more when they realised their air force was worn down? For the price of a Tiger they could have made a platoon of Flak panzers.

[@douglasjones2570]

They were fighting a two-front war, for one thing. Their factories were going night and day and stretched pretty tight. Slave labor, too.

[@zulubeatz1]

@@douglasjones2570 So lets make huge expensive and complicated Tanks that guzzle fuel and neglect the air force..Doesn't make sense.

[@frederickbays405]

it has to do with what factories u have they where turning out every machine of every type they could you ant build flak panzers in a tiger factory

[@infinitehazard5197]

@@frederickbays405 They could if the reused parts or something, just it wouldn't of been the main attention

[@frederickbays405]

@@infinitehazard5197 to which of my words are u replying I cant make heads or tails out of what u say

[@carlsmith2641]

the panther glazing is crazy in this one

[@derrickstorm6976]

Well it was also made like 15 years ago, they had a much lower production quality in everything back then

[@ktlarsen9244]

People talk crap about Patton, but the man was smart. I don't agree with everything he did, but let's not forget Russia after the war

[@brucepeek3923]

The biggest problem for the Germans was that by 1944 more and more of the German tanks were being built by slave labor which meant that the tanks that were not sabotaged were so shoddily built that they constantly broke down. Also worsening shortages of gasoline meant that the Germans had to stage their aircraft by pulling them with believe it or not Oxen and could not get enough planes into the air to challenge allied air superiority. Consequently the German armored units remained vulnerable to allied fighter bombers which when the weather was clear enough simply pasted the Germans. Patton being the first U.S. tanker- from the first world war- had always stressed fire and maneuver which was about the best tactic to use given the Shermans speed advantage , lighter armor, and mostly inadequate guns. best Bruce Peek

[@Ahmed-wb7ko]

also their tanks sucked

[@robertclark1669]

@@Ahmed-wb7ko No they didn't, tanks are rarely good or bad but thrown into situations where they cannot hope to possibly win. Take a Sherman, now add in a shortage of fuel, reduced crew training time, lack of spare parts and some poorly produced parts too, now tell me how effective that Sherman is? That's the situation the Germans were facing by the late war, the tank designs weren't the problem the Strategic situation was.

[@Ahmed-wb7ko]

@@robertclark1669 their designs still sucked, Panther D deflected shells that hit its mantle into itself xD

[@robertclark1669]

@@Ahmed-wb7ko And the Sherman had an extremely vulnerable ammunition storage what’s your point?

[@Ahmed-wb7ko]

@@robertclark1669 It did better than the tiger regardless of the ammo storage xD

[@joshuamiguelborines4494]

I'm starting to see that any army that has the number three are really good at fighting

[@babylov3r]

Yup.. u can see those all of these battle with any army or navy with number three are good among all army or navy in every country’s

[@zulubeatz1]

Hmm. 6 also I think.

[@mariacorazondevelos7178]

@@zulubeatz1 also 1st,2nd and 8th

[@tushartarat5983]

Every army has the no. 3

[@ThatGuyOrby]

I do somewhat loathe the fact they forget to mention that only some of those M4s were the earlier ones with 51mm thick frontal armor (they also forget to mention the extreme angle that made it close to 80mm effective) and that they also didn't all carry the short barrel 75mm gun M3. Patton's Third Army had it's fair share of M4A3E8 "Easy Eights" which had the thickness and arrangement of their frontal armor changed (upped to 63.5mm, sloped reduced for more interior space, finally effective armor close to about 92-95mm) and more importantly had the vaunted long barrel High Velocity 76mm gun M1A2, the same gun that armed the M18 Hellcats. They weren't the only ones carrying 76s either. They also had their fair share of M4A1s that were outfitted with the earlier M1A1 76mm gun, the only difference with the gun being the lack of a muzzle brake. For example I believe they got Abrams' tank completely wrong because at this time I believe he was commanding the tank he'd become famous for. Thunderbolt VII. And M4A3E8 Sherman not only with an M1A2 High Velocity 76mm gun but double the frontal armor of a standard M4A3E8 Sherman. They quite literally welded on armor plates off of knocked out or otherwise scrapped Shermans to increase their armor. And while the standard M4A3E8 had decent front armor despite what you might think, flat out doubling it was a whole other beast. This was basically making a homemade M4A3E2 (sometimes erroneously referred to as a "Jumbo" which was not a term used during the war) but ironically better because M4A3E2s only welded addition 32mm plates on the front and side of the hull and had a somewhat thicker gun mantlet. Most E2s also came standard with a 75mm gun. Thunderbolt VII however, like a lot of field modified M4A3E8s, not only had the gun...it had the armor to back it up.

[@thegreatdominion949]

I think it's a bit too early for E8s. They were just starting to come off the assembly line at the time of this battle. They didn't appear in any numbers in Europe until well into 1945. Besides that, 4th Armoured preferred the 75 mm Sherman and resisted use of 76 mm Shermans as long as they could, unlike some other armoured units, particularly those in 1st U.S. Army. 4th Armoured didn't come up against enemy tanks very often and therefore improved AP capability wasn't that important to them. The HE shell of the 76 mm gun was inferior in damage potential to that of the standard Sherman 75 mm. Consequently they didn't see any point in 'upgrading' at this point in the war.

[@quietbadger4331]

Every movie showing Nazis getting destroyed is a good movie ;)

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

Absolutely 💯

[@gregdzialo9998]

Every NAZI was a German, but every German was not a NAZI.

[@unitedwestand5100]

28 miles a day for 12 days until they ran out of gas. And where did that gas go? What interrupted their progress? Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the, then German-occupied, Netherlands from 17 to 27 September 1944.

[@nuancolar7304]

Is there any official account of Tigers being present at Arracourt? In the video he says there were a few interspersed among the Panthers and he could hear the 88s hitting the ground near him.

[@TTTT-oc4eb]

Not a single Tiger at Arracourt.

[@modest_spice6083]

@@TTTT-oc4eb There were many Panthers though, and the M4s ate them like breakfast.

[@daviscampbell9020]

I find it comedical at 25:26 that the sherman tank fires the whole round & case with the primer still intact.

[@Red-Devil-Dog]

This round is still in the casing 25:38

[@gordonfrickers5592]

An interesting video thank you. What I like least about many American information videos is the script regularly repeats a point as if we are to dumb to either get it first time or replay.

[@Tasteful_Edits]

Why does this music go so hard?

[@markhill7596]

they needed a few self propelled Artillery pieces. in complement

[@TheKep]

Heh when they showed the projectile the Sherman used they showed it flying through the air casing and all lmao

[@jamesmaddison4546]

Battle of Kursk was not only the biggest tank battle of ww2 but of all history to date. Just needed to correct that. Theres a show called generals at war, one episode is kursk. Does an amazing job. Hell every episode is incredible but that one is especially good. I wish that show lasted longer than it did, it gives amazing insight into operations at the General level

[@danieltown2471]

I was gonna say something as well but I mean look how old that guys is let him have his dream.

[@jamesmaddison4546]

@@danieltown2471 He won't know we said it 😂

[@danieltown2471]

@@jamesmaddison4546 true true. 😂

[@XC3758]

Yup Kursk was the biggest overall, but Arracourt was the biggest US battle at that time (then December and the Battle of the Bulge happened)

[@Hairy_foot117]

Conspiracy is that the us and Russian made a deal to split Germany and Paton said no way let’s take it all and let’s go further to Moscow. So the us cut his supplies to stop him.

[@damienreilly8061]

I've binge watched these and they are great education on the war but they all can't be the largest and deadliest tank battle of the war! He says that every time so how does that work? Lol!

[@__Man_]

He says "one of the largest tank battle of the war"

[@georgesilverman9218]

from a vet who knows, any battle your in is the largest / deadliest of the war !

[@pickititllneverheal9016]

I'm sure that to be in any one of those battles would sure as hell felt like the largest deadly tank battle of all time.

[@andreroberson6554]

@UN KNOWN Arracourt was the largest on the western front

[@pickititllneverheal9016]

War Thunder and Patton lead the way.

[@AdmRose]

“I can’t think of a larger tank battle” Eastern front: Hold my vodka

[@XC3758]

US Battle. Gotta think like a Yank

[@freddieclark]

@@XC3758 Except that would be the Battle of the Bulge.

[@benlaskowski357]

Ah. Creighton 'M1' Abrams.

[@darkelectric2024]

A terrible sight to see a human being burnt to death ... Did he visit any of the concentration camps after the war ?

[@manz7860]

My first thought was "good thing it wasn't human"

[@robert-ni4eo]

we own every veteran and military persons who hsve served or serving our country alot of respect especially the world War 2 generation The axis were winning in the beginning of the war if wasn't for the ww2 generation sacrifices we would have been under a facist world order

[@Nightwing690]

Wish there was an episode with Sherman Fireflies

[@jamesrowell6654]

@milos_s 13 2

[@greghostetter4906]

@@jamesrowell6654 ,,

[@zulubeatz1]

I hope so its a favorite tank. A classic fix up in a hurry that actually worked. Anglo American love child like half of Wiltshire.

[@mariacorazondevelos7178]

Perfect timing i was just using the Firefly earlier in WOT while reading this comment😂

[@zulubeatz1]

@@mariacorazondevelos7178 I play Arma3 ifa and have used a couple of fireflies of the Guards. I'm determined to build a 1/35 diorama featuring a firefly. My favourite Allied Tank definitely.

[@p.turgor4797]

4:28 T34/1942 east front.

[@Rzhevv]

American 34

[@douglasjones2570]

@@Rzhevv ????

[@jaanveermajhail6354]

You saw that too. 🤣🤣

[@douglasjones2570]

@@jaanveermajhail6354 😝😁

[@andyd7728]

45:48 The Battle of Kursk maybe ?

[@paulroberts3639]

Watching this and you could have the belief that the British weren’t matching the Yanks closer to the coast all the way.

[@ramal5708]

Nobody knew that this was largest tank battle in Western Front

[@tonymadden9021]

That’s because it wasn’t

[@Rockool52]

It was the largest tank battle the American had fought up until that time. The subsequent Battle of the Bulge eclipsed it in size and has drawn more attention! The British and Russians had fought larger battles against German armor!

[@1036Ganymede]

@@tonymadden9021 I think this is the largest tank engagement in a single area in western front. Scope of battle of bulge is huge and spread out in Belgium countryside

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Goodwood was far larger. Around 1,400 involved. Higher losses too. Around 500 knocked out or disabled.

[@TheShadow_2023]

If only Shermans guns were like this is war thunder… when a Sherman shoots you in the front plate of a panther tank in the game it always penetrates

[@manz7860]

16:10 good thing they weren't human

[@jeanhunter3538]

Hearing the Panther called the best tank of the second world war is funny.

[@samdigiorgipo]

Great German tanks , , , but young , inexperienced crew , , , ,

[@pappap1702]

As an average only 1 tank crewman was Kia or wish for each tank destroyed. I thought it would be much higher but still its about 20%.

[@RAEJDER]

Youre talking about the Sherman US tanks I assume? Yep, they had great survivability, way easier to escape from compared to others. Real workhorse.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Occlusion Specialist, This is a myth perpetuated by The Chieftain. In the footage from Cologne, the Panther crew managed to escape their burning Panther just as quickly as the Sherman crew did, and more of them survived.

[@ltcarlsen2152]

@@lyndoncmp5751 Your using one Battle as an example.

[@derrickstorm6976]

Hah love how bad the Tiger 1 model was

[@patrickgjorven7832]

What's the absolute loudest sound in the world? A "click" instead of "boom"!

[@kasod2273]

38:27 I think he means Panzer IVs because americans always confuse them with tigers

[@dominicvucic8654]

Probably

[@rightnow777]

I dont understand how the 5o Cal could take out a tank ?

[@viking4130]

The round is the only thing that leaves the barrel. Take the extra few moments to program your computer to not send the round still encased in its shell downrange please. Showing the round and shell leaving the barrel flying towards the opposition looks so fake. The more real your videos look the more we appreciate your hard work. Thanks.

[@RonBachert-kh9sy]

Why is the Syfy, with all of the fact?

[@anamiacdm]

There were 10 things a tank needs: 1. Producability / low cost. 2. Reliability 3. Speed 4. Efficiency - good miliage 5. Good at taking out infantry in trenches & foxholes 6. Good at going around static defense (bunkers). 7. Good at avoiding or destroying enemy artillery 8. Good at destroying enemy tanks at close range 9. Good at destroying enemy tanks at long range 10. An anti-aircraft weapon. The Sherman had 9/10. It absolutely sucked at #9 though. Fortunately, the US airforce existing forced the Germans attack at Arracourt to occur in the fog, which turned it into a close range knife fight instead of a long range slugfest.

[@rishz7857]

11. Crew protection?

[@ltcarlsen2152]

@@rishz7857 It did. when a sherman is knocked 4/5 times all of the crew survived

[@dominicvucic8654]

I mean against hetzers stuggs pz 3s pz 4s the 75 was good at it's job the 76 just evened the playing field

[@chrissmith2114]

The American tankers barely met any of the best German tanks in Europe, it was the British and Canadians that met up with Tigers and Panthers... Those tanks could kill Shermans very far out. The only Sherman that could kill those tanks were the Firefly whose 17 pounder British gun could pierce 170mm of steel armour.

[@modest_spice6083]

Yet the Shermans in Arracourt destroyed many Nazi heavy tanks.

[@doolittlegeorge]

"Time allows for the creation of French Armies to attack Germany" as well. Might want to mention that next time.

[@unitedwestand5100]

The French Army was already there. They were Vichy French. Allied to Germany after France signed the Armistice. We just took over supplying arms and ammunition to them. Some came with De Gaulle from England, but most of them were picked up in N Africa, and later in Southern France after Operation Dragoon, and were attached to the US 7th Army! Part of the problem with them during Operation Torch was that they didn't want to fight with/under British Command. (Something about retreating from Dunkirk. Lol.) They werent too happy with De Gaulle either, but the British, and Eisenhour forced him on them.

[@RacerX1971]

I thought the Battle of Kurst was the biggest.

[@drrafeeqatif8961]

Biggest tank war in wwII he said , that was really wrong 🙄 maybe biggest for him ..

[@rodyates4771]

Kursk

[@andreroberson6554]

Kursk wasnt the biggest ok

[@andreroberson6554]

@@rodyates4771 nope, Dunbo

[@ReginaldJKornblow]

I take it no one in this video has ever heard of Kursk where not hundreds but thousands of tanks battled it out?

[@iammelon7803]

Remember, this was made and aired in America, they don’t like talking about the important battles the Soviets fought during the war.

[@peterson7082]

@@iammelon7803 It was made in Canada. And they did both _Zitadelle_ and the later counteroffensive in the prior season.

[@iammelon7803]

@@peterson7082 I know, I was just making a joke about people in schools not being taught how much the Soviets did to help end the war. I know my history class was pretty much, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge, and the Pacific Theater. They skipped so much its ridiculous. I didn’t know that the show was made in Canada though.

[@andreroberson6554]

You dont know anything

[@user______1]

@@iammelon7803 one of you idiot he said one of largest tank battle

[@JL-go3]

War does not make one great... The most effective tank is more accurate.

[@MoltenUprisingMK]

Bypass, haul ass...then you run out of gas.

[@thewhiteknightman]

Joe: Ah damn, we just ran out of gas after 100 miles! Nigel: Oi you went 100 miles? We only had enough for 50! Hans: Wait, you guys had gas?

[@vikingjohn9813]

It was going well till they showed the graphics of a round being fired from the sherman..... rounds don't look like that the whole case does not get fired lol good documentary tho

[@masonjordan7901]

“German soldier it was terrible seeing a person burned alive* my thoughts (what if he told hitler that as a German soldier)😂😂

[@unitedwestand5100]

I've said that too. After Operation "Just Cause." It's terrible. Some got physically sick, but I found it completely fascinating. It's a terrible sight to watch someone die by burning, but I was fascinated to the point of not being able to look away. I almost want to say it was an amazing sight, but I think fascinating is a better description of what I felt. I think it might have been different if it were Americans burning, but maybe not. I didnt think about putting them out, or even shooting them. I just watched/stared in silence. I couldn't turn away. I hope I never see it again, but,,,,,

[@billballbuster7186]

Arracourt was not the biggest tank battle in the NW Europe Campaign. It came after 8 Panzer Divisions had been destroyed in the battle of attrition around Caen. Also the US 8th Air Force took credit as many German armoured vehicles were destroyed by air attack rather than Patton's Shermans.

[@brianwilling9403]

Bypass and haul ass!

[@TheKertog]

Only issue I have with these videos is the constant repeating of what is happening.

[@marcussewell7678]

errrrmm was not the biggest battle at kursk ??

[@Khalifrio]

This show would be a third longer if they didn't waste time spending two minutes to recap what happened in the previous five minutes. Over and over again.

[@sychrovsky]

These cartoons have ways to go

[@Anthony_in_Bloomington_Indiana]

. You must be a teenager. The graphics were state of the art when they made this documentary. Your parents grew up without portable telephones. Did you know this? .

[@davidwhittington7638]

The American's had "shot their bolt" out of the Falaise Pocket, heading for Germany. Which happened due to the rivalry of Patton & Montgomery. Montgomery changed Patton's plans for the invasion of Cecally, because the Germans had worked out Patton's plan, & because Patton had been suspended from duties for hitting a man, with PTSD. Patton, big on gestures, crap at logistics.

[@keithchapman109]

Sicily you mean?

[@markgarrett3647]

Monty changed and then violated it because it literally got in his way.🤣

[@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

@@markgarrett3647 No, Monty was the one who suggested Patton take Messina.

[@zekirjakashtanjeva6564]

Germani strong

[@user-zr8eg6cj4l]

Sherman=Coffin. Thanks Gen. Marshall, shit4Brains.

[@brennanleadbetter9708]

Nah

[@manz7860]

Had the highest survival rate of all metal coffins in ww2

[@derrickstorm6976]

Can't believe that in 2024 there's still shit-for-brains internet historians believing garbage spewed 50 years ago

[@osmanahmed8185]

Nawaz be squarely held responsible for lowering the estimation of Army in the heart and soul of the electorate and. Awam, on his blurred deals attempt of PM.

[@abizard5899]

peralatan militir ku tak tsk tersesat jln .kembali ke jln ku...srmua

[@7Starslayer7]

biggest tank battle of WW2? 50 Tanks? what? How about Kursk? All the big stuff happened on the eastern front!

[@abizard5899]

tak ada yg tersesat jln peralatsn rmilitr ku kembali ke jln ku...

[@benoni5104]

Patton was a dimwitt. But the americans had airsuperiority