FORGOTTEN PANTHER TANK - Panther G in War Thunder - OddBawZ

The Panther G is probably the least played Panther in War Thunder. I actually see less of these than the locked Panther II. A shame really, it's such an AMAZING tank!
The Panther G is mixed bag of pros and cons. On one hand the mantlet offers good protection against shot traps but on the other it creates a larger weak spot on the turret face much more so than the Panther A and Panther D! In my own opinion it's a much worse design for War Thunder assuming we disregard its purpose in real life.
The chassis as well feels like a direct downgrade over the Panther A. Its reverse speed feels much slower, acceleration is pretty poor in comparison and it also has a Cupola the size of Jupiter.
This vehicle is almost completely superseded by the Panther A in every way in War Thunder but sits at a much higher Battle Rating. This just seems to be the way for German Tanks in War Thunder.
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INTRO (00:00)
THE FORGOTTEN PANTHER (01:14)
GAME 1 - BIG CAT BRAWLING (03:56)
GAME 1 - GROUND POUNDING HARD (10:53)
GAME 2 - PROWLING THE ENEMY (15:44)
GAME 2 - PICKING THEM OFF (21:38)
GAME 2 - GOING FOR THE WIN (25:52)
OUTRO (29:11)

[@OddBawZ]

WHO CAN'T WAIT TO FIGHT 4 DIFFERENT PANTHERS IN THEIR EASY 8 NEXT PATCH?! :)

[@BestGorillaJoke]

Our battle will be legendary

[@nealdolphin]

Woooot!

[@silverstacker635]

lol 😂 love your vids odd! can’t wait ‘til the next one

[@jester6809]

Me ma bro

[@stevenholsinger4899]

Fighting multiple vehicles in the jumbo is so much fun.

[@YourBasicPatriot]

One thing I learned over the years of Playing any game is that you can't rely on your teammates, which is a sad thing.

[@averagejohann8225]

Yeah especially if you play Germany, but in all nations your teammates are about as useful as your coaxial machinegun. P.S. It's which not witch

[@chitaumoua2396]

Germany is like a coin flip, you have a team who are good as Osstruppen or you have a team that are reincarnations of Michael wittmann and Otto Carius

[@derloweausmitternacht4136]

@@chitaumoua2396 there was a match I had where one of my teammates, in a Panther G, sat on the C point and held it for the entire game and had 18 kills and 5 assists.

[@johncee853]

Unless you are in Bo's gaggle! But sadly you're mostly correct.

[@chitaumoua2396]

@@derloweausmitternacht4136 I do remember a match in the map Berlin where half of our team flanked the enemy and camped their spawn allowing us to cap the point and win the match

[@jordyncollier919]

This has to be my favorite panther variant historically. Such a smart way to improve the shot trap dilemma. But it's made even better when Odd plays it lol

[@mephisto7549]

not every Ausf.G had the Kinnblende. It was introduced in the G Mid production and was only placed on every second-third tank. Thats why you can find plenty of late G´s without it. I guess the reason was that small parts like the mantlet where already produced and they had a big stock of those

[@jordyncollier919]

@@mephisto7549 notice how I said "this is my favorite panther variant historically" as in the specific showcase vehicle. I never just said "I love the Ausf G". Its the specific variant.

[@georgeklemens7577]

*Transmission breaks*

[@anhgia2921]

How about churchill mk1?

[@haezelroche]

Can I interest you in... All this T-34?

[@Strop2198]

17:46 every panther crew sooner or later:

[@stagiestpizza]

factory workers trying to get the panthers off the factory floor

[@kylespringer2355]

Panther G historically was an improvement over the panther A, but ironically it’s a downgrade in WT lol go figure 🤪

[@slothenthusiast5422]

because the game doesn't reflect the improvements namely due to you not needing to deal with the issues it fixed irl. Unless of course you want to deal with engine overheating, transmission breakdowns, poor driver visibility and even more shottraps. :)

[@Chapelrone]

@@slothenthusiast5422 as a germany ww2 main, I would die irl

[@pill_popin_pigeon4759]

@@Chapelrone I mean there isn’t that much driving on most maps so unless u get a very muddy map u should be good 👍

[@n.6075]

@@slothenthusiast5422 the shot trap thing actually happened to me a few times in game

[@SpaceAgent46]

@@pill_popin_pigeon4759bros only played 1.0 no hate but past 2.7 maps get really big

[@jeffreyzhao2227]

2:34 The Panther G in War Thunder does indeed have a weaker engine than the Panther A (iirc 600 hp instead of 700 hp) to simulate the engine governor that was installed to it that limited the HL230 to 2500 rpm.

[@gargantuanfish7187]

and why did they limit the engine's capabilities?

[@jeffreyzhao2227]

@@gargantuanfish7187 Reliability issues, I believe. The HL230 was prone to overheating and breakdowns so one of the measures they did to mitigate that was limit the engine to 2500 rpm.

[@gargantuanfish7187]

@@jeffreyzhao2227 sheesh can they just you know, install a cooler or something? Most German tanks are perfect on paper but then it broke down like hell

[@jeffreyzhao2227]

@@gargantuanfish7187 They did add additional ventilation later on, but the engine compartment was watertight so the Panther could ford rivers (in case bridges couldn't handle its hefty 45-ton weight) and so prone to overheating. Limiting the engine also helps improve its lifetime and slow down wear, and I doubt the 100 hp less power was an ultimately decisive factor in the combat performance of the Panther.

[@Suo_kongque]

@@jeffreyzhao2227 this is correct

[@carl5381]

"that shouldn't have killed him but it did". Pretty much WT in a nutshell.

[@hansiminator69]

Did he forgot that he have a Third bomb in the plane? xD

[@OddBawZ]

That middle bomb gets kept to save a team mate in dire need! :) It actually helps the plane stop being stupid wobbly too.

[@hansiminator69]

@@OddBawZ okay! have a nice day! ^^

[@jonathanallen3688]

@@OddBawZ idk I find it compresses so much with the bomb but have no trouble with it's horizontal performance or it's roll

[@spadehaze1541]

I love how odd has presets for most of the BR’s and one for “Recording” and another for “Fun” lol

[@Pcwarmachine]

Let me get this straight. Gaijin have made the first iteration of the Panther built in WW2 be a better tank than the late war G version which had all sorts of improvements to it's performance. Okay... makes total sense. Battle simulator my foot.

[@slothenthusiast5422]

Ground battles are as far from a simulated experience as you can get, so I don't know why that surprises you. Also the improvements made to the Panther G aren't improvements that apply in game, as a lot of them are to do with issues not present in the game such as reliability and visibility. With a better vision optic for the driver, more reliable transmission and a speed governor to stop engine overheating which was a big issue with the previous Panthers. Also given the engagement distances irl vs ingame the chin is much more valuable irl, and the game doesn't reflect that as you have to deal with more powerful guns and at closer unrealistic ranges.

[@roanferguson8873]

If I remember correctly, the D is FOR SOME REASON the initial version of the vehicle. It makes no sense, but germans aren't exactly efficient at all in hindsight.

[@23GreyFox]

@@roanferguson8873 Look who is talking...

[@Phoenix_Entertainment]

@@roanferguson8873 actually it’s the late war budget version

[@craigj5384]

that’s where you are wrong tho, the early war panthers performed much better than the later war models due to the metals Germany was using at the end of the war.

[@ShockwaveTheLogical]

0:10 That must be the most terrifying thing ever. Shooting someone and then watching as their turret slowly turns towards you.

[@nogodsnomasters7669]

7:38 thank you Animoo (opposing team) for killing that asshole in the 1st game who constantly spammed their MGs . It’s the lil things in life

[@canned__meat]

Muppets sitting on their MGs drive me mad!! Can't hear a damn thing! Completely agree!

[@canned__meat]

@BlueDracolich13 - oh I see. I didn't know. That same sound bug also sends tracer rounds off into other tanks and shubbery? Crazy bugs!!

[@UnicornstalkRGaming]

That machine gun firing during the first match is a glitch Until he either uses machine gun or gets killed you'll hear and see it Edit: That's why he didn't reload for like a solid minute

[@drexsol2312]

And it can get you killed because both sides see it.

[@keno2048]

10:39 - I'm going to have to disagree. The strongest armor in War Thunder would be tank optics glass. If they ever sheathed a tank in it, that thing would be unstoppable.

[@declanpm8578]

That's giving me PTSD of shooting at anything Russian. Yet every other nation the optics do fuck all.

[@cerdi_99]

optics do be impenetrable. Just took a look at Tiger H1 bc i was having some trouble penning them. Found out it's strongest point in the whole tank is the optics. Front plate is around 100mm thick, but somehow the optics say it has effective thickness of 300mm. Anyone would think that's a weak point as it isnt completely armored, there's a fucking hole in the middle but gaijin says "fuck u and ur logic" so it is thrice as effective to shoot directly at the front place instead of aiming for the "weak point"

[@samspeed6271]

@@declanpm8578 the Tiger I has impenetrable driver optics. Makes the T-34 look like an amateur. 300mm RHA equivalent, you need to have sabot or dart ammo or HEATFS to even consider trying to pen it.

[@allsetago5881]

love the return to highlighting favourite vehicles!

[@chonkerturtle8127]

Hope your day is going good odd and thanks for the video!

[@terrystearns1196]

Sounds like your feeling better. Keep up the content.... awesome

[@derloweausmitternacht4136]

Love the video Odd, keep up the great work

[@kolos0139]

Where DID the marder go? WHAT DID YOU DO TO IT ODD?! Love your content.

[@yanncoollapoub6069]

Thanks (again) 4 this demo! I painfully grabbed on it 50% of the enhancements yesterday and started to get desperate. Thanks you for the demo, cause now I'm ready to go back to get the 50% left (and to get killed;-) till 100% reached.

[@mortmortannon6640]

The evil empire music in the german intros is just hilarious. :)

[@PhillusionYT]

Was literally wondering when you'd make a Panther G video :)

[@Drummercommander]

That Marder joke at the beginning caught me off guard haha

[@delightedmammal1741]

God that Do is such a hell of an aircraft! As always another awesome vid bro! Keep em coming! 😎👊

[@jogrin]

Two great battles to watch - intense!

[@Pollefar]

The Panther G has thicker side armor. Its something i guess. It also has the coolest marketplace camo

[@rezaarfiandana1875]

Yes sir. What a monstrous and beast looking tank you got there, Sir. Always love your video and your channel. As always keep up the good work, Sir.

[@padd.240]

You have to love it when Odd says I'M DEAD...3 seconds later he kills like three people !

[@Casual-BeANs]

Happy birthday dude!

[@Duke-3508]

Love the music choice the pure nostalgia lol. And I love this panther. Just wish it was the same BR as the rest of them.

[@ExcavationNation]

Lol odd I think you forgot you had one bomb left that first game 🤣❤️

[@lukigensfm]

the lip on the mantlet made to remove the shot trap looks better than the normal mantlet

[@j-lly_4117]

Now this, is entertaining :)

[@rheasus3348]

No this is podracing

[@jasonharrop98]

Love your vids man

[@vishalbhat8602]

Day 82 of telling Odd his daily uploads are appreciated

[@michaelcenteno8724]

Day 82 telling Vishal Bhat that he is annoying and doesn’t need to keep reminding Odd he uploads are “appreciated”.

[@vishalbhat8602]

@@michaelcenteno8724 You can gladly ignore the comment instead of searching for the attention you never got as a kid :)

[@ambitiousworm1854]

@@michaelcenteno8724 I feel so sorry for you.

[@michaelcenteno8724]

@@ambitiousworm1854 Ok

[@universate5332]

@@michaelcenteno8724 lol

[@georges.patton4241]

Wish the jumbo 76 would go to 5.7

[@Darrow96]

Same

[@an_f-14_tomcat]

And the Jumbo 75 to 5.0

[@georges.patton4241]

@@an_f-14_tomcat yes

[@combatantezoteric2965]

@@an_f-14_tomcat nah its op

[@IceAxe1940]

@@combatantezoteric2965 Forgetting the KV1C is 4.7

[@andrewwillard5625]

The sound effects for the tank rounds are so much Better now

[@shanemacleod1727]

Happy birthday odd!

[@nadattila1633]

Hey Odd, i love your videos, next time please play with the panzer f2 and the He 112 B-1/U2. Have a great day Odd

[@Maggieismydog]

Another great vid Odd!! I enjoy the G as well, you make it look easy Mate. Happy War Thundering to all GLHF and please don’t spawn camp😃

[@asadchatha4184]

It's my favourite War Thunder KZbinr, StrangeTesticleZ !

[@negligentdesk2629]

Glad to know I'm not the only one with the floating panther bug

[@GeneraI_Motors]

Please play the 76 Jumbo Odd! As you might be able to tell from my pfp it is my absolute favorite tank in the game and I would love to see you feel the joy of playing it. Edit: I suggest bringing the F8F and AD-4 out with it, both fabulous planes for GRB (or the F4U-4B if you wanna go bankrupt)

[@zerrierslizer1]

the music in the intro. i've heard it somewhere before. i start thinking about Sniper Elite 4 when i hear it. is it the menu music from that game?? anyway, amazing video as always Odd. you make my days survivable in a sea of bullies and salty gamers that get me banned for having a good game... (yes, my account was banned for a week because of a salty enemy player claimed i was hacking. tho, Gaijin's reason for the ban was "continued racism and sexism in game chat" and that makes no sense, as i dont even chat with people in game lol.)

[@Kaneisback2]

Its been moved to 5.7 since, so fits really well in a 5.7 lineup.

[@Gotrovr]

The best Warthunder youtuber. Love you shirt btw

[@brentonbrudy4516]

Hi Odd love the content.

[@madguy8485]

When a Scott says the words, "nothing I can shoot at right now" That's not what it sounds like...

[@cbev1249]

I haven't been having a very good day but this made it a bit better :)

[@Mizone505]

Hey odds, Mate many thanks for the video. Can u do one explaining how u use the flaps on planes when dogfighting? C u do it and I am a newbie at 50 + and was wondering how it works. Cheers Ned

[@johncee853]

I thought you said that you would play the IKV 72 a few weeks back? Would love to see it!

[@mephisto7549]

it was literally the most produced Version of the Panther tho

[@rolweiss6077]

Have good days on your new home BawZ

[@raf74hawk12]

I think that Odd forgot that the Do has a bomb in its bomb bay with that loadout

[@exactinmidget92]

I dont know how you keep up with the br's. I still refuse to play the M4 105 because in my head its still 4.3.

[@jakeb6703]

You missing out, its still insane right now

[@NoName5589]

Yeah at 2.3 it's just silly and completely unfair

[@WarFoxThunder]

fun fact: the Lvkv 42 at 6:04 and 9:08 are the same player, HighCard and OddBawlz faced each other twice, in the same match, in the same tank, with the same results.

[@nicholashernandez4367]

Hey OddBawZ! I'm curious, what is your setup like?

[@fatman6263]

Is the sound track the old sniper elite sound track? Lol if so sounds epic with the panther

[@arilavanderboom4990]

Yeah i forgot it because i oblirated it with my is 2 122 mm cannon a lot of times

[@gusbeckley7220]

odd im gonna level with you i skip to the do 335 parts its so entertaining

[@pill_popin_pigeon4759]

This is easily my favorite tank irl bec it was the only panther to even really reach its full potential after pretty much all of its mechanical issues were solved

[@craigj5384]

and even then, Germany was using much poorer metals at the end of the war. so we never really did see the panther at full potential.

[@BIGmlems]

biggest dopamine hits when bombs are successfully dropped and hit their mark which is why I love CAS for ground realistic.

[@badaatdriving]

why do you use a lower br 109? is it because of turn time? love your vids!

[@Sreven199]

Thankfully, it's getting lowered to 5.7 soon with the new BR changes.

[@rodrigocardoso8522]

Not like the Panther A wasn't already very strong this thing will be almost impenetrable from the front when it goes to 5.7

[@combatantezoteric2965]

@@rodrigocardoso8522 110mm instead of 100mm on the small flat parts of the turret wont make any difference at 5.7. The panther f has 130mm of flat turret armor which was actually a challange for some tanks including the t34 85 with the first shell

[@daphydrake7899]

Yeah and the panther F is being moved back up to 6.0 which makes a lot more sense then it being the other way around.

[@rodrigocardoso8522]

@@daphydrake7899 agreed

[@dakotahondalock5621]

They should all be at 6.0 besides the the Panther D, it’s not right for the easy 8 and the T-34-85 to be the same br with something that shares similar if not better characteristics to the ARL-44 as a medium tank

[@slothenthusiast5422]

the reason the G feels slower than the A is because it had a speed governor installed to help with engine overheating, so it doesn't hit quite as high speeds.

[@nikhilsuri99]

true... i bought this tank but only found out i didn't crew it last month...during then i got the German bulldog and pattern and spaded hem along with the tiger 2's and unlocked the mouse XD

[@FNHerstal90]

Holding that one bomb in the Do335 in Normandy for the whole game was so stressful to watch.

[@OddBawZ]

That's a special bomb in case a team mate needs it.

[@last_dutch_hero258]

OddBawz : "Sees a KV-2" Also OddBawz : "is this a ASU?"

[@kushnberrygaming8243]

Ya know, I LOVE leaving you a like Odd! Keep being awesome my guy! 🤙🏻

[@Vormulac1]

"Am I invisible?" he says. I encounter a lot of invisible enemies in WT. Seriously one of the most irritating things in the game.

[@crazymixture57]

Don't worry hopefully it won't be forgotten for much longer when it finally goes down to 5.7 where it belongs, sometime this month. My favorite Panther look wise and all.

[@Fredericodolphino93]

poor M16 he was just having fun killing balloons and you just had to come along and say no no 30 cal for you

[@aldolol5176]

is it really worth it to play any other panther than panther D? because penetration is the same, armour is the same, dont know much about speed and rotation speed though but i think they all the same just different BR

[@EnterTheFenix]

The constant MG firing has to be a bug right? it goes on for too long with no reloads for it to be just someone mouth breathing

[@kandiseacres5274]

I have had a bt7m round bounce down into the hull killing the gunner.

[@eduardoaugusto8837]

The side armor on this one in particular is also thicker than the Panther A, so it means you can sidescrape with it. Sidescraping in a Panther A is risky, since its thin armor can be very easily overmatched

[@TheT-90thatstaresintoyoursoul]

Thicker by 1mm, yes

[@jacobdonnely2608]

It's like you refused to drop your last bomb in the DO 335

[@toverirauhala6137]

panther g not gone but forgotten :D

[@smileyface1594]

I just got this tank a few hours ago :)

[@jeremyyiu1481]

Hey Odd, any chance you can make a CAS vid with the AU-1?

[@RogueAgentX]

I really need to try k/b mouse on this. Hard to aim quickly and accurately with controller sometimes

[@isdrevenge8764]

0:08 Ohhhh thats why I love the Panther XD

[@atlejosde]

Those machine gun going off at the start of the game hahaha, I guess they cant contain their excitement lmao 🤣😂 I'd do the same though. Love ur gameplay ODDBAWZ❤

[@kuninagako9035]

Aced the and 150 points in it makes it really good still not as good as A but still really good because it's armor gets +10 on the sides helps a bit.

[@christopherdewitt5868]

I really like the panther a and g 2 of my favorite tanks in war thunder

[@alphamercstudios]

The arcade plane sounds should be in arcade not realistic or sim, change my mind

[@tooler8689]

Shoulda waited till next patch to play this thing, it was gonna go down to 5.7, but great video regardless!

[@ii_dynasty]

Lmao the tigers and panthers in rank 3 deserves a 6.0 BR.

[@abroamg]

@@ii_dynasty guess it's a skill issue if you can't counter them

[@ii_dynasty]

@@abroamg I have an is-2 their not an issue at all.

[@ii_dynasty]

@@abroamg those tanks are fully capable of fighting the t44 which I own aswell don't understand how they got a lower br then the t34 85.

[@christopherjohnson5432]

@@abroamg it’s damn near impossible to kill a good panther player without catching them off guard which is difficult if they have awareness. I just got the panther because I was tired of being killed by it, it feels like playing the game on easy mode. The only complaint I have at all is that the turret traverse is kinda bad, but that’s it. I’m sorry but i just fucking hate when people throw around the word skill issue without thinking. It’s not a skill issue, it’s unbalance and bullshit.

[@Damian-03x3]

2:15 Panther A has pretty much the same copula tho.

[@duke0salt717]

I think i like the f variant the best, i play all my panthers including jagd panther at 6.0 panther does alright in an uptier and is a monter in a downtier. I rarely get 7.0 or even 6.7 games the only thing I'd say I'm afraid of are American thick bois and IS 3

[@pill_popin_pigeon4759]

After the A’s speed nerf and the G’s front armor boost and being moved to 5.7, the panther G is easily the best panther

[@zzgonnazz6893]

What do you tink about the F variant ?

[@pill_popin_pigeon4759]

@@zzgonnazz6893yeah I forgot about the F which is definitely the best but I think the chad chin on the G makes it look so much better

[@rainman7992]

in this corner we have Oddbawz...in the opposing corner we have the other team.

[@fabiusmaximuscunctator7390]

The reverse of the Panther I models is so atrocious. I don't get why it's that slow. You are crazy good, really impressive to watch. 👍🏻

[@AFT_05G]

Because it has only one gear for reversing,that’s all.

[@fabiusmaximuscunctator7390]

@@AFT_05G I know that's just me raging

[@emirkaplan7384]

panther G is no longer a forgotten tank cuz gaijin add this behind the leopard i researched leo but i cant open because of panther G

[@craigj5384]

what’s strange is that the panther G came out of the factory with both the rounded mantlet and the upgraded chin mantlet, it should be a modification option to use the chin or not.

[@The_Faded_Phantom]

Hey odd you should mess around in low tier with the pz. II C DAK. HVAP Belt 66mm pen a 1.3

[@HarlequinSM]

wow if i drive around that yolo on the map, i would be dead after 30 sec.....

[@viper.king1mcneill310]

I have a question how are you so good at the German tanks I'm soo bad I'm right now on the pz f1

[@keiyoshi5232]

This lad is killing the entire enemy team @-@

[@HoustonReed-fy1hv]

The panther g made up most of the production numbers of the panther at around 3,000 of 6,000 made but is not covered as much 😢

[@justinw.7045]

8:45 August 6th 1954 would agree.