Greatest Tank Battles | Season 1 | Episode 10 | The Battle of Kursk: Southern Front

The Battle of Kursk comes to a climax at the Russian village of Prokhorovka in July 1943. This is the story of the largest tank battle in military history, as elite SS troops face off against Russian defenders determined to stop them whatever the cost.
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 #GreatestTankBattles #Tanks #BreakthroughEntertainment

[@saritar1000]

I really appreciate the inclusion of veterans from both sides. You don't see that in every documentary.

[@schwatzy6362]

In another video that I watched this Russian said he executed Germans that they took prisoner. The Interviewer confronted him with, "So you committed a war crime" he was speechless. I think he, the Russian, is and was full of crap.

[@rishz7857]

The communists kept that "mother Russia" talk up but what is a nation but it's people which they don't care about! They had even more ground to give to stretch the Germans out even further yet they sacrificed their people. Won a war of attrition & massive industrial output. Stalin wouldn't help defeat Japanese yet demanded a second front.

[@blooddixmond]

@@rishz7857 facts. The lies of communism my friend, overall, the “for the people” government is code for big government, gulags, deportation, relocation to Siberia, like Nazino island, and tyranny...

[@uigokublack9551]

@@rishz7857 Imagine not knowing everything and still going to comment about it... Look up USSR Vs Japan WW2 and you will see they fought them...

[@brahim119]

@@schwatzy6362 Stalin, regardless what he was, ordered his high officers the execution of any Red Army soldiers who commits rape and war crimes, there is a _Soviet Order Number_ that I forgot to retain it , I will post it when I retrieve it, but it does exist.

[@Roodski]

That poor guy at the end. All these guys who fought keep their lost friends memories alive even in very old age.

[@MrWolf-kd8yh]

My family has fought for the Wehrmacht during the war. The younger brother of my Grandfather was infantry and started off the war in the East as part of the the 439th Regiment of the 134th Division. He was at the battle of Moscow then later he was one of 9 survivors out of 1,000 men in his regiment to die in the battle of Kursk. He survived the end of the war as loader for the Jagdtiger in the 512th heavy tank destroyer battalion and surrendered to the Americans in May 1945. My Grandfather himself was captured along with thousands of men at Stalingrad and spent many years in Russian captivity. He ultimately lost 80 pounds of body weight post-war moving around different Russian labour camps before he came back home to Germany in the mid 1950s.

[@itok010]

P

[@brahim119]

*@Mr. Wolf.* Thank you for sharing. Glad that after so much suffering your granduncle made it back from hell, .

[@schwatzy6362]

I had 4 uncles in the Wehrmacht and one uncle in U-Boats Two died One fighting the Americans at Kassel and the other died fighting the Russians. They all were good men, doing their duty. Hitler and the Nazis are to blame for them going to war and for the two who perished.

[@dougismakis4828]

Goddam those were tough boys. Regardless of side much respect. I love Germans just not Hitler. Same with Russians today. Love them just not Putin.

[@lukemew7437]

Do u know if the younger brother of your grandfather fought in the north or the southern front of the battle of Kursk

[@mattlo6657]

Huge respect for putting this on youtube. This was the series that i watched as a child, that sparked my interest into history, and tanks.

[@saffronwarrior8253]

2000 German tanks and 5000 Russian tanks 😱😱😱 can you imagine the massive assembly of metal covering the landscape truly this is "MOTHER OF ALL BATTLES", I bet third world war won't come near to this

[@user-ze7xw5yu4i]

Here it must be clarified that 5000 Russian tanks are all the tanks on the Kursk Bulge in total. But not all of them acted in the direction of German attacks. Many Soviet separate tank brigades, regiments and battalions operated as part of infantry armies. In addition, some of these forces were originally part of the "Steppe Front", located behind the line of the Kursk ledge: in case the Germans did break through.

[@user-ry5mu8et3y]

As a Russian🇷🇺, I am very pleased that your Canadian historians are making documentaries about the great battles of our grandfathers, they made an excellent film👍. It warms the soul even more that such a film will be shown to children in your schools🇨🇦 and the feat of our ancestors will be known all over the world). I wish peace to all.

[@volvo1354]

the Soviets stood alone against Nazis for 3 years. thankfully they did get vital supplies from the West but by D-Day the Soviets fundamentally had already beaten the Nazis. the Russian show Soviet Storm from Star Media documents the Soviet war the best.

[@ivanpetrov6075]

@@volvo1354 What a BS communist propaganda. The USSR never fought alone. North Africa, Italy, the Pacific, strategic bombing of Germany, war at sea... It was Britain that fought alone for nearly 2 years, when the USSR was an ally of the 3rd Reich.

[@World-Music-Man]

They’re going to be making another doc about Russia, except this time it’s going to be about how Putin put Russians to be slaughtered in Ukraine in the current war that you’re only getting propaganda. Many Russian soldiers are coming home in body bags from Ukraine. Putin has lost his mind starting a war in Ukraine, fk his “special military operation”, it’s a WAR and the whole world is against Russia! Russia is going to be a LOSER!!!

[@World-Music-Man]

@@user-ry5mu8et3y There you go again with the propaganda you’ve been fed; US didn’t go to make Iraq part of the US as Russia is making Ukraine part of Russia. You’ll LOSE and if you’re not hungry now, ask your grandpa/ma about living under Stalin…you Russians do love dictatorship, you love to be controlled like sheep…enjoy it. Every country has its problems, it’s corruption, but Russia is in a league of its own, you better stock that fridge and buy a lot of canned food, you’ll need it, PUTIN THE TYRANT IDIOT WON’T DO IT FOR YOU!

[@jamesk5541]

​@@volvo1354 you throw enough bodies and eventually the enemy will run out of bullets~Soviet union1941

[@Bga1412]

It's impossible to imagine what these young men went through. I mean riding in a steel coffin, and shooting artillery at each other, sometimes at point blank is insane.

[@dougismakis4828]

Right? It would be crazy.

[@marcbarlow2274]

really enjoy these tank battle videos

[@NotLikethisComrade]

I also love this series everywhere! I first saw this series as "Tank Battles" on DMAX 7-8 years ago. Just pure nostalgia! ❤️

[@SJam491]

Brave men fought on both sides.

[@shaughnfourie304]

I agree it was the so called leaders who caused all the deathe and horror and suffering and they hardly ever face JUSTICE

[@dirtyd2316]

I cant even begin to imagine what it must of been like for these men. Just imagining how loud it must have been is enough to give you nightmares let alone what these men had to see.

[@stevesloan7132]

War is a terrible thing.

[@chrisjenkinson7059]

This documentary is superb. Well done.

[@badgerresistance4322]

The Russian silver hair man is so intense 👍

[@petel7418]

He's still So butthurt and angy that he almost falls of his chair.. 😂 .. The German vets In these docs are relaxed and share laughs etc..

[@schwatzy6362]

In another video he admits to executing captured German prisoners. The interviewer then said to him, "You committed war crimes". he went silent. I don't believe anything he says. he probably cowered in a fox hole.

[@petel7418]

@@schwatzy6362 Could be. And thats why hes So angy because he didn't have the guts to fight the war like his comrades or the enemy, and only thing he did do was killing them pows.. As i've mentioned, the German veterans are more relaxed and their speeches show some respect towards the russians even though they Lost the war and have seen/been through atleast as much as the russians. Even other soviet veterans are different than that old a-hole still full of hate..

[@user-te7px4fs5q]

@@schwatzy6362 Can I link to a video confessing the executions of prisoners of war?

[@schwatzy6362]

@@user-te7px4fs5q No I do not care to watch it. I have read enough from the diaries of German soldiers and from the experiences of my 5 uncles who all fought in the German Army of which two never returned home. Both sides, German and Russian treated prisoners harshly. The regular Wehrmacht in most cases did not execute prisoners. But in the times that did happen, it was retaliation for Russian torture and mutilation of German prisoners. The SS for the most part did not take prisoners as they most often were the shock troops and could not be hindered with prisoners in achieving their objectives

[@mikebe41]

History has always proven that the Defenders of one's Homeland will always fight more vicious than the oppressors

[@dso2805]

Fantastic Series. Thank you so much!

[@rafaelmartinez6784]

Thank you for such interesting documentary. Its easy to say that in this battle there were not real winners, except for those who survived this living hell in both sides.🧑‍🚒🚒🔥🔥

[@joseangelrodriguezlopez5217]

Goood deeem what a battle!! I think the must destructive tank battle ever!!

[@kristelvidhi5038]

Why didn't they put the part where Franz Staudegger fought 50 T34s with his one Tiger alone and won?

[@kendalljenkins9938]

I love the Windows-98 graphics. Excellent choice.

[@carlosmendez5427]

Love it

[@haroldmclean3755]

Hardcore 👍

[@joshualadejobi9073]

Nice.

[@user-zo2kl1pb4r]

I always enjoy history 👍👁🙏✌️

[@gillesguillaumin6603]

Je nourris pour les russes une admiration sans bornes. Ils ont fait preuve d'un courage inouï, "Le courage des fous" avait dit le général Bittrich (sic). Mais là, cela dépasse tout ce que l'on peut imaginer.

[@barefoofDr]

God Damm it speak Fucking ENGLISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@brucepeek3923]

Kursk was thee turning point of the war because after it- the Germans were forced onto the defensive with the Russians on the attack. And by 1943 the Russians had gotten enough british lend lease trucks and american studebaker duece and a half trucks that russian infantry were able to keep up with T 34 armored advance all the way to Berlin- which took another 19 months. best Bruce Peek

[@angrydoggy9170]

The lend lease program allowed The USSR to dedicate their industry solely on building tanks and other weaponry.

[@edwardjj4224]

Rudolph Ribbentrop Tiger get hit about 50 times Still remaining in the combat /Frantz Kurowsky Panzer Ace's/Hollywood studios should make moves about that instead making FURY That will be more realistic Thanks for posting this video Utube God bless You all

[@schwatzy6362]

Rudolph was not in a tiger. he was in a Panzer 4 with a long barrel high velocity 75 mm with muzzle brake. His Pan4 was the latest and had extra armor added too. most hits were from lightweight 50 mm and smaller anti-tank guns. Or very long-range hits from a T-34 The long range takes away from the effective punching power of the shell.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

I don't think there's much a market for Nazi Aces.

[@slapper360]

@@Edax_Royeaux not really lol Also there’s only one operational Tiger in existence and it’s very fragile.

[@thethirdman225]

Franz Kurowski was a propagandist. Half of his stories are invented. It's not an exaggeration to call them lies. He was well accepted after the war because he was a champion of the "clean Wehrmacht" claim, which was necessary in order to integrate West Germany - including former Luftwaffe and Wehrmacht members - into NATO. Take his story about Kurt Knispel: totally fabricated, according to his fellow squad members. That's not to discredit Knispel: just to point out that his anti-hero status was manufactured by Kurowski to do nothing more than sell books.

[@freddieclark]

Quoting Kurowski wont get you anywhere, he was a Nazi apologist who mixed fact with fiction. He repeated Nazi propaganda statistics and presented history devoid of any crimes by the Wehrmacht or the Waffen-SS.

[@ramaturuku863]

Imagine how terrifying it is, hearing the rumbling of 300 tanks engine coming to your position 😢

[@paulroberts3639]

You would think that there were only Tigers and T34s on the battlefield.

[@punisher3607]

Yeah, one of the reasons why Germany didn't last longer in the war was because Hitler was the one who was calling the shots, he was not a tactician, if he would have listened to his well trained generals he would have lasted longer and executed more thought out tactics. Hell of a tank battle though, R.I.P to men on both sides.

[@user-ze7xw5yu4i]

I dare to answer you. Hitler understood military matters much better than his generals. In the books of Basil Liddell Hardt, this is proved more than justifiably. Hitler's personnel problem was Keitel and Goering - unsuccessful creatures for high positions. But in general, the problem of Hitler and the entire German "war machine" was strategy and operation, not tactics. Everything worked perfectly for the Germans "from the private" to the division commander; the commanders of the corps and army groups were already weaker, and the command of the armies and fronts was completely non-existent. The German strategy worked due to the factor of surprise and the ability to create numerical superiority at the right time. When these factors were completed, it turned out that the Germans were not able to come up with anything other than palliatives (sometimes temporarily effective, but no more).

[@freddieclark]

@@user-ze7xw5yu4i Liddell Hart tended to blow his own trumpet to such an extent that much of his writing is suspect. AH managed to get one thing right: to dig in and not retreat during the Soviet counterattacks around Moscow, which convinced him he knew better than his generals. But his constant micromanagement (which go worse as the war progressed) did not help the German war machine in any way.

[@Tasteful_Edits]

music goes hard 🤤

[@tastygravy6880]

The image of hundreds of tanks charging headlong at each other must have been insane.

[@georgpauwen5944]

Очень хороший документальный фильм!

[@nestoralegre6125]

A day of days... so many things happening

[@ramaturuku863]

The first documentary was very great, why you edited that, please bring back the first version documentary.

[@yaheaataha5783]

وفي النهاية الكثرة تغلب الشجاعة.

[@miloss8189]

The war of the survival of all Slavs pretty much.

[@monikaalts3905]

I originally watched it on a dmax tv re-upload (german version/panzerschlachten)

[@sveu3pm]

they should have fortify the tank positions just like rest of battlefield. Germans were those who needed to atack. Prohorovka was gigantic russian mistake which almost costed losing of battle.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

Both tank formations unexpectedly ran into each other at Prohorovka. There would have been no time for entrenchment.

[@keithmuir5077]

Despite seeing several Kursk docos I still dont understand it one of the most complicated battles in history

[@nicshinde1209]

Sheer balls on Becca to put charges on t34 tanks

[@schwatzy6362]

Soldiers on both sides had training for that

[@georgesakellaropoulos8162]

Greetings to our comrades in Russia. It's not taught in schools in the United States that the sacrifice of the Soviet Union was as great as it was while stopping the Nazis. Those of us who care to read a little know the truth. Not to downplay our contribution, but we must acknowledge the toll taken on the people of Russia.

[@gillesguillaumin6603]

I do too. 👍

[@Beeve10189]

Honor all ww2 veterans. Remember history

[@MoltenUprisingMK]

All nations had to pay a price for victory. America, Britain, France, Russia. We all paid.

[@commoguru]

Why? they still deny that we helped them, even though we gave them massive amounts of material aid.

[@williamwatkins2538]

They soviets were never our friends, remember hitler and stallin actually had a truce and if hitler wouldn’t have been stupid, we’d all be speaking German and Russian

[@epicsardines6440]

Into the motherland the German army March

[@hachipanki8634]

Onward comrads! Onwards for the Soviet Union! Charge!

[@surangaperera7493]

@@hachipanki8634 da tovarich!

[@flint7277]

I have so much respect for the red army stood strong against the German Blitzkriege very strong country

[@mecho68]

Most people believe that dying in a tank is like a hit going through armor and you are done. Wrong, most tankers are dying by burning alive, horrible death. God rest the souls, both german and Russians who fought and died there.

[@gasperstarina9837]

6:12 its like Hitler/ Stalin communication H: are you ready? S: no, not yet H: josip are you ready?? S: cmoon Adolf wait another month H:ok S: okay we can start😂

[@justineallandevelos6491]

This is basically Company of heroes 2 before you start a match in multiplayer

[@kevincostello3856]

The Rus is unconquerable!!!

[@cjminnock9950]

whats the music from 2:12 to 2:48?

[@stephenmudiecastles.2938]

Why does this keep showing just Tiger tanks as if they were the only German tanks in WWII?

[@sado5040]

It showed panzer 4's, but yeah, at that battle mostly were Tigers.

[@artempapirovyy8773]

That's cuz tigers were made to take on the T-34s, all the other tanks were unreliable to take out the Soviet tanks

[@stephenmudiecastles.2938]

@@artempapirovyy8773 Upgraded Panzer IV,Panther,King Tiger and the long barrelled Stug's were all capable of taking out T34's.These videos are just concentrate on one type of vehicle as if it was the only one in the war.

[@brianjungen4059]

@@stephenmudiecastles.2938 because CGI was expensive for a TV show back when these were made and its easier to make one tank type instead of 10.

[@freddieclark]

@@sado5040 LOL, there were only a total of 146 Tigers at Kursk, out of a total of over 2400.

[@timothyhouse1622]

The majority of German generals thought that even if they succeeded, Kursk would have been a pyrrhic victory and they couldn't have exploited it. MOST of them thought it was just going to be an utter failure and just more of Hitler's idiocy. It went completely against EVERYTHING German doctrine taught. The first rule was to attack where the enemy was weakest. Kursk was the strongest point of the Russian lines.

[@pekertimulia125]

Many pack wrecked before being hit by Germany

[@pekertimulia125]

So close by as is.. 🙄🙄😭😁

[@FishHatcheryGuy]

Mark my words: the ending of this video is exactly how the Russo-Ukraine war will end.

[@danieltown2471]

What u think the Russians are gonna turn it around? I highly doubt that.

[@FishHatcheryGuy]

@@danieltown2471 no. In my context Germans=Russians and Soviets=Ukrainians.

[@MarMar-nq9ii]

The battle of Kursk lasted for many days and consisted of many battles. The battle of Prokhorovka was only one of them. Most of the Tigers and Panthers were destroyed not in tank duels but with the help of IL 2, Katyusha and artillery. Also, some tigers and panthers were captured intact with the help of special forces, who crept up on them unnoticed.

[@schwatzy6362]

Katyshusha's did nothing to Tigers or Panthers. many Tigers and panthers broke down, and were destroyed by their own crews. As one Stug commander said, "Don't worry about the Russians, they always miss the first shot". von Ribbentrop a Panzer 1V commander said about Prokhorovka who was credited with destroying 14 t-34's in one engagement, "it was our training and the fact that we had a commander that made us better" He was the platoon commander who started the day with 8 Pnz 4 tanks and they knocked out many many t-34's

[@isaiasgonzalez2271]

There were no special forces units that would creep up on tanks to take them lmao

[@freddieclark]

What 'special forces' did you watch a Russian movie?

[@fistingendakenny8781]

What I'd give for a KV 1 or 2 😅😂

[@shrshred2323]

29:22 Panzer IV´s at the sides c(-----___________-)

[@MoltenUprisingMK]

I don't know why the interpreters in this version are different from the one I watched years ago.

[@mariacorazondevelos7178]

Is it this same episode? Or did you watch the Northern front version of the battle of Kursk?

[@MoltenUprisingMK]

@@mariacorazondevelos7178 No I distinctly remember watching one with different interpreter voices. Same goes for the Golan Heights and Battle of the Bulge episodes. Maybe others, but I can't exactly remember which.

[@mariacorazondevelos7178]

@@MoltenUprisingMK if i remember right there are two versions of this show one was made by this Breakthrough entertainment the one we're watching here now and the other by the history channel a long time ago

[@kindviking7185]

They should've used the panzer pacman instead of the panzer Kyle.

[@rtasvadam1776]

I wonder if Operation Citadel had been a success what would that have really changed in the grand scheme of things.

[@jinkhazama4114]

'IF'

[@bthorn5035]

The battle was a stupid idea. The Soviets knew exactly what the germans were going to do and planned accordingly. The Germans knew this and went ahead anyway. Madness. This went against everything the had accomplished beforehand. With that said, the Germans did give a good account of themselves. The soviets had 6-8X the number of of losses the germans did. Thats pretty embarrassing considering they were on the defensive, had plenty of quality defensive positions already prepared, and had superiority in numbers. Some of the unsung heroes of this battle are the German mechanic teams who went out every night to repair and recover "knocked out" panzers. They truly worked wonders getting vehicles back into the fight.

[@chonqmonk]

The music's a bit loud.

[@alexsveles343]

SS panzer corps 330 tahks vs 5 Guard tank army 500 tanka Near Prokhoeovka...the image of the German corpal running around around (directing fire) without Any Pants...his pants got blown off

[@charlesgstudios5545]

July 1943 Russian Village

[@poweroftorque]

Ramming tank into enemy tank just another Russia thing

[@SJam491]

I have my doubts about the Russian tanks crashing into German tanks at this battle. I believe that it is exaggerated, to say the least.

[@lasandrenstormewalker5432]

First of all almost none of the t-34s were built the same. And you had Tootie I think it's a t-34 75 and t-34 85 which was developed in 1943. The later tank had a much heavier gun than the earlier tank with about 90 mm of penetration. However in both designs it was only a two-man turret so your tank commander had to take his eyes off the target to be the gun loader as well

[@bitreeillusion]

It's a show. Don't ruin it for other people please.

[@johnrettig1880]

Like North Africa . But with grass Big wide open

[@mjwally2112]

god bless the brave russians

[@kristelvidhi5038]

I take it this show got cancelled due to budget cuts?

[@ankitjain3760]

But why operation citadel was launched?

[@inigobantok1579]

To destroy the large bulge containing 640 K soviet troops and regain the initiative in the eastern front

[@karrpilot7092]

At the beginning of the war, Germany had 70 million people. USSR had 170 million. Simple math skills could have shown that outcome right away.

[@Peru_Soldier]

And if that wasn’t enough germans didn’t even use their 100% because they still had to fight the British and Americans

[@johnhardin4358]

Out of those 70 million, Hitler killed 10 million. He more than decimated Germany before he went after anyone else. Stalin killed more Russians than Hitler did.

[@utkur765]

@@johnhardin4358 utter bull shit

[@utkur765]

You forgot that Germany conquered almost all of Europe, and it wasn't just Germany attacked USSR, and your American education failed you.

[@dkl9286]

@@johnhardin4358 Hitler's war killed 8.6 million Soviet soldiers. Stalin can't have matched that

[@christophernew2000]

Every two minutes and interrupts. Cant even get any context on the video. KZbin is really going down hill.

[@danielc6925]

It's unbelievable how stupid the Germans (OKH, OKW) were - they attacked where the Russian had the strongest defense position already prepared. Same mistake like Napoleon did at Borodino.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

It's a valid tactic. If you crush them where they are strongest, the weakest parts will rout.

[@user-bs5qr5ie4s]

No you should crush your enemy at their weakest point

[@barefoofDr]

God Bless Russia and God Save America.

[@Baz7575]

great 20 minute vid , shame it wasn't the full 47 mins , what with the constant repeating !!

[@pekertimulia125]

Nowadays Germany enter into 2nd generation of tanks

[@rtasvadam1776]

5:28 Bias

[@TheWaveGoodbye-Music]

He's got a point, was the first tank to use sloping but thinner armour to give it better protection as well as speed, the panther was the Nazi's answer to the T-34m and the T-34/85 in turn was the response to the panther

[@rtasvadam1776]

First mass produced! tank to use sloping armor

[@thethirdman225]

@@rtasvadam1776 Sloped armour had been used on any number of tanks, including pre-war ones. What was different about the T-34 was the faceting ad simplicity of construction. German tanks were boxy and difficult to build.

[@rtasvadam1776]

@@thethirdman225 yes Thank you. I forgot about those.

[@user-ci7fe1jj8x]

Президент Владимир Путин произносит речь по случаю 80-летия Курской битвы во Второй мировой войне, после чего посещает концерт.

[@zsoltlang2144]

it would have been great if they shoved us pz IV.s from the german side which are burnt out cause 55mm of pen is a joke against heavy german armor, and only the lighter ones could be penetrated, but I guess showing a tiger gives better visuals

[@zuperblue1]

boom boom cant hear the commentry poor audio mix

[@SJam491]

Keep in mind that even if the Germans took Prokhorovka, they still would not have been able to take Kursh without any help from the German forces on the Northern front. Not only that, but the Russians had practically unlimited reserves of men and equipment. One could not say that about the Germans.

[@illarionbykov7401]

Russia and Germany both had a population of around 70 million at the start of the war. The "unlimited manpower" was created as Nazi war propaganda to excuse German problems winning a quick war, as promised. That Nazi prooaganda was later picked up by the Anglo-Americans as Cold War propaganda (recycled Nazi propaganda)

[@funkypsycho1130]

@@illarionbykov7401 ...Anglo-Americans? That's a new one to me.

[@johnsmith-dx2ql]

Germany conquered almost all of Europe, and it wasn't just Germany attacking USSR they had ss divisions and volunteers from all over europe. manpower wise they were more or less equal

[@Edax_Royeaux]

There's no such thing as unlimited reserves of equipment. Russia in WWI once said rifles were more valuable than gold because of how critically short of guns they were.

[@SJam491]

@@Edax_Royeaux I said "practically unlimited reserves."

[@daveybyrden3936]

At 3:45 it says the Germans had 2500 tanks - and it shows an image of Tigers. There were only 151 Tigers at the battle of Kursk. This video exagerrates German strength.

[@waltermodel6647]

It said tanks, not Tigers specifically

[@daveybyrden3936]

@@waltermodel6647 But what it shows us, is far above the average.

[@thethirdman225]

How many pictures have you seen of PzKpfw IVs at Kursk? They don't figure anywhere near as often as this of Panthers, Tigers and Elephants.

[@daveybyrden3936]

@@thethirdman225 Counting photos is not a reliable way of counting tanks. In the German army, horses often outnumbered vehicles, but where are the horse photos?

[@thethirdman225]

@@daveybyrden3936 Of course it's not reliable. But when you're making a video of German tanks at Kursk, you're probably limited to what the internet has to offer and the Tiger is overrepresented in available pics. That's not meant to be representative of anything in particular but it goes some what towards explaining why the content producer used Tiger pics. Besides, which do you think is going to attract more clicks? And yes, where are the horse photos?

[@takshaksingh7557]

in all these serieses i m fascinating why Russians did not change their gun on t34 by 100mm if it would happen , Germans would have destroyed much sooner .

[@owen368]

Needs to have enough space inside tank to handle larger gun. 25mm might not sound much but it increases the amount of recoil, the size of the round and so forth means fewer can be carried and take longer to load as more difficult to move around inside turret with the extra weight and crampt interior.

[@reznovnata3889]

Did Stalin release German POWs after WW2 ?

[@thethirdman225]

Some. Many did not survive.

[@pekertimulia125]

US trying to escape by giving a name as is Germany

[@jimfashik]

long live Deutschland 😎

[@pekertimulia125]

As far as I knew it was held in north Africa in between Rommel and Montgomery

[@gwmba1989]

The Russians produced 50 000 T 34s during WW2! Yes, 50 000 units of just one model of tank. The Americans also produced 50 000 tanks, but that total consisted of various models of tanks, mainly the Sherman but other types too. The Germans had better tanks but not enough of them. It was a simple case of quantity overcoming quality.

[@fatalmokrane]

It wasn't just quantity overcoming quality. By the way Soviet artillery was better than the german one, also soviet tactics were better.

[@grantbuchanan2953]

To many commercials !!!!!

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

Drag it fast forward to the end, press the restart circle.. voila, no ad

[@Peru_Soldier]

I don’t like this new video with those weird voices, old video was way better

[@compservink]

Way to many ADs bye bye

[@klolwtf6973]

"Russian" motherland?

[@laiqzada83]

U people have forgot tank fight between Pakistan and India (at chavinda) da graveyard of indian tanks. ..why man .and when you made a vedio on that tag me plz

[@veronelory8982]

this was nothing compared to the Gulf war tanks conflict , but there the coalition got obsessed with the airstrikes, weeks and weeks of bombing of the Iraqi tanks/ armed vehicles then you can hear the Americas .. Yessss!! the Abrams Is undefeatable , Iraqi run away, We are the greatest cowherds in the history of wars!!

[@thethirdman225]

Which "Gulf War"? There have been several.

[@zoltantarko320]

Battle of prohorovka or kursk WASNT the biggest tank battle in WW2 or t the easter front. 250-300 garman tanks fought against 600-800 soviet tanks. Never fought 2000-3-4 or 8000 tanks here its just soviet propaganda nothing more.. the biggest tank battle of ww2 was the battle of brody-dubno in 41 a little after the start of operation barbarossa. Approx 4000 tanks fought here and the soviets h terrible losses. This was the true disaster of the red army but always the winners write the history...

[@andrewkelly8894]

True but in the end the importance of this battle out shined that one

[@Vlad79500]

“How did the Russians manage to calculate so accurately? That was the question that tormented Seidemann and his officers. All precautions were taken on the German side and every known technique was used to keep the information secret. from Soviet agents surrounded by Hitler.Airfields, especially if they are concentrated in a limited area, it is unrealistic to disguise completely.However, the German Air Force High Command did everything possible to hide the concentration of 1,800 aircraft, about 19,000 heavy and light anti-aircraft guns and 300 searchlights directly at the front line. This took a lot of effort. In the end, it was necessary to advance to positions in the northern sector, in the Orel region, the 1st air squadron, and in the south, in the Kharkov area, the 8th air corps with 1185 aircraft and the 1st anti-aircraft corps, reinforced by an anti-aircraft artillery brigade. Only 1200 aircraft assigned to Manstein required 16 airfields near Kharkov. And this is already a dangerous concentration. The planes were packed in boxes as far from their destination as possible and covered with makeshift anti-splinter covers. Bombs and fuel were stored in trenches. The camouflage in nets and branches, checked daily from the air, should have made aerial reconnaissance difficult. Everything was painted in the smallest detail. Colossal forces were concentrated in a rather limited area, in a strip 50 kilometers wide, the 9th Army had 13 divisions at its disposal; Army Group South - 15 divisions for 80 kilometers, 16 more divisions were to join it on 9 July. None of the previous battles in the East knew such a concentration of military power and such a thorough preparation. Army Group South of Manstein had more than 1,000 tanks and about 400 assault guns, while Army Group Center Kluge had almost the same number, so about 3,000 tanks and assault guns were ready for the offensive. Eighteen hundred aircraft lined up at airfields around Kharkov and Orel to control the skies during Operation Citadel and provide air cover for tanks. To imagine the scale of this preparation, it is enough to remember that Hitler began his campaign against Russia on June 22, 1941, with 3,580 tanks and 1,830 aircraft. Hitler put everything on this card. Why? “The operation is critical. We need to succeed, swiftly and energetically. This will provide us with initiative for the spring and summer. The victory in Kursk will be a fanfare for the whole world. " Paul Carell "Hitler Goes East" "its just soviet propaganda nothing more." German, German propaganda. In general, from what finger did you suck the nonsense that you wrote in the comment?

[@johnsmith-dx2ql]

nice cope

[@moshoodoladokun9960]

Cope

[@mba2ceo]

how many NAZI tanks were taken out of YUKA ?

[@max7218]

Prochorovka is a contrived propaganda victory for the Red Army. The German 2nd Panzer Corps lost 10 tanks to a counterattack by the Russian 5th Panzer Army Gwardi, which lost 300 tanks that day. Somebody say it's a victory.

[@lifesignjohnson]

Don't fuck with the former red army!

[@pekertimulia125]

Ally tank as isn't match of Germany

[@tatin82]

German cars today have the same problems German tanks had during the war: Fancy over-engineered crap that's hard to build, maintain and repair.

[@jamessulem9076]

Stop

[@kaptainkaos1202]

Go

[@richardpomeroy9290]

No

[@mariacorazondevelos7178]

Germans: Nein! Russians: Nyet!

[@funkypsycho1130]

Hammertime

[@kbellanger4140]

"I love the T'-34 why? Because there was nothing better" Russian must be drunk, Tigers ruled

[@kirkkeinanen592]

Tigers were way to expensive and uncommon to be a huge factor. There may be an argument for the panther though.

[@punisher3607]

Lmao, okay wehraboo

[@thethirdman225]

*_"Tigers ruled"_* Really? How many Tigers were there left at the end of the war? How many T-34s?

[@user-bu4ut2li1m]

Can't rule much with broken transmission.

[@RedShipsofSpainAgain]

Very annoying how repetitive this documentary is. So much repeated.

[@bobsmith3560]

Kursk was a minor event in very big fight and most definately it was not significant enough to decide who would win the fight as the video intro says.

[@illarionbykov7401]

It was bigger than D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge and Midway and Leyte Gulf and Okinawa combined when it comes to sheer nunbers of men and equipment. But keep dreaming in your little kiddie crib, sweeetiepie.

[@bobsmith3560]

@@illarionbykov7401 Soviet/natzi figth total combined military deaths, 11 million+. Soviet/natzi kursk figth combined military death toll, 400k +. So, kursk accounts for just over 3% of all their casualties. Like I said, Kursk was a small event in a very big fight and not significant enough to decide the victor.

[@illarionbykov7401]

@@bobsmith3560 well, then every battle of WW2 could be characterized that way. No single battle decided the outcome of the whole war. But as single battles go, Kursk was one of the most significant of them all. Is your point that no battle was truly decisive? If so, then make that clear. Because countless videos and films and articles and books overglorify much less significant battles as "decisive" while pretending Kursk never happened, because mentioning Kursk would demolish their narrative.

[@bobsmith3560]

@@illarionbykov7401 Yes, terms like "the turning point" and "the beginning of the end" are too loosely applied by authors and specially youtubers to whatever battles they are talking about. That was the point of my original comment. Now as to the significance of Kursk. Soviet/natzi battles were at a whole other level than Anglo-American/natzi battles. Eight out of ten natzis died in the eastern front. So, from western eyes whose combined total ww2 death toll (600k+) bearly matches the Kursk battle (400k+) it is easy to why battles like kursk seem bigger than they really are. The significance of a battle does not depend on the numbers involved. It depends on the balance of power and power in ww2 was determined by oil and industrial production and the outcome of the battle of kursk would have little to no effect on that balance of power.

[@illarionbykov7401]

@@bobsmith3560 in that sense I agree. The outcome of Kursk did not change the outcome of the war, but the losses definitely accelerated the inevitable defeat for Germany.