How to Pronounce MORE German Tank Names

[@MikeGoesBoom]

If any of these beautifully melodic names has inspired you to buy one of the premium ones, use my link *or else I'll haunt your dreams with A1A1A1A1A1A1A1A1* PS: Ahead of every vehicle I'm saying "The", not "Die", the proper prefix for most of these is going to be "Der". PPS: Ask me anything in the comments so I got something to do during my vacation or I'll go mad. PPPS: I love you ♥

[@F-104TorpedoBomber]

A1A1A1A1A1A1A1A1

[@daniel_f4050]

How many souls will I have to sacrifice to the Great Snail to get my hands on an E100? It’s the most gorgeous tracked bunker ever designed. 😍

[@MikeGoesBoom]

@@daniel_f4050 Depends on the Souls to Gaijin Coin exchange ratio

[@TheBlueAspect]

Tiger II Sla 16 when

[@gszabi9914]

Niiiice, thanks Mike for giving some spotlight to this awesome langmod! Maybe less people will "look at me weirdly" when I use these names in datamines like I've been doing for years lol.

[@MaticTheProto]

Unpopular opinion: our way of naming tanks is probably amazing if you are a mechanic having to work on these. You immediately know all components just from the name

[@Ikxi]

lovely opinion

[@kolper6799]

and its, fate and in witch star materials its made of originated 12.5 billion years ago while in first fusion.

[@j6moon15]

progen

[@MaticTheProto]

@@j6moon15 ye

[@kakagakakerger4165]

furry gross

[@hazedom6802]

Me as a German watching this: Interesting

[@VengineerGER]

s.I.G stands for schweres Infanteriegeschütz as far a I remember.

[@themigmadmarine]

That is correct

[@TheBlueAspect]

And modernized to SIG Sauer

[@The.Drunk-Koala]

And google translates that to Heavy infantry gun.

[@kloetzchenbauer1798]

is it "schweres" or "sturm" ?

[@wuestenfuchsxy]

@@kloetzchenbauer1798 it is "schweres" because there is an le.I.G. as well. "leichtes Infantergeschütz" light infantry gun.

[@darkeolas6587]

VK 45.01 the VK stands for "Versuchskonstruktion" translates as something like "test construction"

I would have said, that it stands for "Vollkette"=Fully tracked, as opposed to HK=Half track.

[@darkeolas6587]

@ could be both, all i could find in the short period as a reference is wikipedia, which calls it "versuchkonstruktion" too. but all listed VKs there are fully tracked. and if you switch to the english site they even mention both meanings.

[@darkeolas6587]

and btw like your channel, left an abo.

@@darkeolas6587 thank you, that is much apprecisted 👍 and yes it could be both. It was a big war with many peopel typing away on reports and naming things differently. As evidenced by the list of different namens for heavy german tank hunters in Spielberg and doyals book on them. It also remindes me of the misslabeling of the "BW" as Battalionsführerwagen (or something like that) as oppose to the correct "Begleitwagen" (Panzer IV)

[@entspannter-Held]

It means Volle Kette

[@mando_dablord2646]

I love how the Germans even have trouble pronouncing their German names. 😆

[@user-jw5yl1pb6n]

Never hear a german pronouncing it wrong😅and im german🤣

[@vermilion7777]

Wait till you see german numbers: Siebenhundertsiebenundsiebzigtausendsiebenhundertsiebenundsiebzig or 777,777. Almost as beautyful as gaelic words.

[@Leon_der_Luftige]

Nobody on a battlefield would say these names in real life. Those are the (sort of) complete technical designations. There is a reason all military vehicles have a official nickname. Also: Mike isn't that German so no wonder he struggles a bit. Ofc he's good but he struggles with pronouns a bit. I think he is Portuguese with a German backround.

[@Dekujunge]

@@user-jw5yl1pb6n thats why we have animal names for them

[@user-jw5yl1pb6n]

@@Dekujunge man hat diese namen genommen weil sie einfacher sind😅aber realtalk wenn du deutscher bist ist das ganz einfach auszusprechen

[@noradrenalin8062]

You can't really appreciate the elegant beauty of the " Flugabwehrraketenradwagen1 - Ausführung2 auf _Maschinenfrabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg_ Lastkraftwagen 15 Tonnen militärisches Geländefahrzeug Ausführung1 mit Breitreifen 8x8 mit Flugabwehrraketensystem 'Roland' " until you spell out it's full name

[@carebloodlaevathein6732]

Mfw German language XDD

[@TheSuperSlavOfHistory]

It's a long name but literally describes EVERYTHING about the vehicle XD

[@Maximilian7992]

The Leopard A1A1A1A1A1A1A1 L/44 should be renamed to just Leopard 1A6 because that’s what it is.

[@Maximilian7992]

@@copybookspoon6744 the A1A1 L/44 does have thermals and laser rangefinder

[@Gentlespee]

Hey there, the Leopard 1 "A6" is a separate tank from the 1 A1 A1 with Rh120, what you think of the "A6" is actually VT-2 and VT-5 ( pictured here: i.imgur.com/jyLddy4.png ), nothing near what we have in war thunder. The actual 1 A1 A1 with the 120mm Rh120-44 cannon ( pictured here i.imgur.com/TOwLl1i.png ).

[@BurnInFerNos1]

In relation to the 'Flakpanzer 38' - the Germans continued production of the Pz 38(t) chassis beyond the 38(t) G, but only as weapons carriers. That specific vehicle is based on the Pz 38(t) L, but as it was never a combat tank, only ever a weapons carrier, it was designated Selbstfahrlafette - self propelled mount. In regards to the 234/3, the 'K.' stands for Kanone. The gun was a simple cannon, with no specific purpose (not AA, not TD, etc). For a short gun, kz. is used instead. For the Nashorn, you say it barely fits in the box. Funnily enough, THE BOX WIDENS TO MAKE SPACE :D For the German/Finnish KV-1, it's getting an overhaul for next patch. For the Coelian, the gun was called Flak-Gerät 334 (3,7cm Fla.K. 44), and the vehicle + the gun was the Flakpanzer-Gerät 554. The Panther II a fictional mess and send help Yes, MK is for Maschinenkanone. I think I broke MGB for the FlaRakRad D:

[@BurnInFerNos1]

Oh and VK is Vollketten, as there are halftrack projects called HK - Halbketten. Fully tracked and half tracked respectively. The first number is the weight class (provisional, it was ignored a heap), and the second number is the project number of said weight class. VK 45.01 (P) = Fully tracked vehicle of approximately 45 tonnes, first project, Porsche

[@darkeolas6587]

@@BurnInFerNos1 the panther II, there isn`t much to help with. as only one chasis was build. the used turret is a prototype for the panther I and nowadays the experts start to argue if it would have been used on the panther II. Oh and the Tiger II with the bigger gun is "fictional", too. there are only some some paper studies about it.

[@darkeolas6587]

for the Roland the "15t" stands for 15 tons of payload "mil" for militärisch (military) (( which means specialy constructed for the Bundeswehr) "gl" for geländegängig (offroad). There are "tmil" "teilmilitärisch"(partly military) vehicles too, mostly used for your common civilian truck with added all wheel drive and some offroad tires:-)

[@BurnInFerNos1]

@@darkeolas6587 The only part fictional about the two vehicles is the turret design for the Panther II. Paper concepts and blueprints were created, but not built in steel which is why people call it 'fake'. The Panther II in-game however, is a real Panther II armour-body, but with Panther F fixtures (If we were to say the hull is fake, then so is the M1A2 we have ingame, as it's a mixture of M1A1, M1A2, and various SEP models). The turret is a concept from Spielberger's earlier Panther book, and was debunked to be a false conclusion as in their earlier research they falsely combined information gathered on the Panther II, Panther F, and various schmallturm designs. The real Panther II is just an up-armoured Panther D (Panther I), with new automotive components and a new 'compact' turret. It would still use the 7,5cm Kw.K. 42, but in a smaller turret. See Panzer Tracts No. 5-4 for more information, especially the introduction where they explain the misunderstandings in the past.

[@darkeolas6587]

@@BurnInFerNos1 yes, i think you misunderstood me, you wrote the thing i wanted to say way more better to understand .-)

[@darkeolas6587]

on the Kugelblitz, it is a "Maschinenkanone" , too. This MK103 is a variant of the plane weapon used in the Me 262 and others

[@vermilion7777]

WW1 is really missing here: A7V. Abteilung 7 Verkehrswesen (Department 7 Transportation) Best tank name ever.

[@The_Romanian_Terror]

If you think German is hard after this video remember Polish exist which is like German but somone gave up midway through and substituted with Russian

[@OneAngryVelociraptor]

Polish isn't a real language. Its a bunch of drunk people making random noises and pretending to understand each other.

[@graustreifbrombeerkralle1078]

Surprise Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz

[@type-10]

10:14 that one is something I actually can pronounce. The name panssarivaunu literally just translates to tank. It doesn't even specify that the tank is a KV-1, let alone the variant.

[@BurnInFerNos1]

It does exactly that actually. The Finnish military started using a short-hand registration system for vehicles after the Winter War. All AFVs were designated Ps. ### (Panssarivaunu ###), with each unique instance being a -#. So the first Ps. 272 would be Ps. 272-1. That being said, Ps. 272 was specifically KV-1 with addon armour, what most people call KV-1Es. Other vehicles in this list include the BT-42 (Ps. 511), KV-1 from 1941/42 (Ps. 271), Stu.G. IV G (Ps. 531), Converted Vickers E (Ps. 161), and many many others. In the next version of my mod the vehicle will be changed to 49 tonnin panssarivaunu KV-1B, Ps. 272-1 «Klimi», with the short name being simply Ps. 272.

[@type-10]

@@BurnInFerNos1 ah, thank you. I didn't know what those numbers on Finnish AFVs meant despite being a Finnish wannabe tanker.

[@wolfer3283]

If my Memorie serves right: VK stands for Versuchskampffahrzeug (Try-/Researchvehicle) and sIG Schweres Infanteriegeschütz.

[@BurnInFerNos1]

VK stands for vollketten (fully tracked), as there was also a design scheme that used HK for Halbketten (half tracked). You're right on the s.I.G. though :D

[@wolfer3283]

Hmm interesting. Never knew about the Vollketten/Halbketten thing. I always assumed due to some documents using Vs.Kfz. that VK would just be a further shortening of that designation. Thank you for sharing that

[@Oddball_E8]

I should do this but for the Swedish stuff :P It's surprisingly similar in structure (as both the German and Swedish military tend to have a hardon for names that are extremely descriptive).

[@chaosXP3RT]

Meanwhile the Americans: "M1" Meanwhile the Japanese: "Type 89, Type 90, Type 91, Type 92, Type 93, Type 94..." Meanwhile, the Brits: "Stuart, Sherman, Churchill, Pershing, Lee, Grant, Valentine, Matilda, Cromwell..."

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

_HE IS SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE OF THE GODS_

[@Tobs02]

ok cool im a god then or what ?

[@hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger]

@@Tobs02 You must be fun at parties.

[@Herbaciarz0_0]

VK is Versuchskampffahrzeug it's like Sd.Kfz term, but it stands for experimental/prototype vehicles

[@eddiestray4870]

The "Argentinian Medium Tank"s name is, actually, in spanish, not portuguese. Yet both languages are so close related you can almost mistake without that much trouble.

[@100dampf]

Wow, nice I learned so much German because this! I bet even for the postwar stuff more complicated names can be found. ;)

05:41 I recently did a Video on the Halftracks and for that read the Spielberger/Jentz/Doyle Book on them. The number von tons in the name of the halftracks does not denote the load capacity of the vehicles but the authorized towing capacity in medium difficulty ground (?)(Mittleres Gelände). The reason for this is, that they were not trucks, but towing vehicles = Zugmaschinen. The load capacity on the smaller ones is around 1,5 tons and the biggest one has 2,8 (from memory) And I would say that VK=Vollkette (Fully tracked) and HK=Half track (Halbkette) I seem to remember Hillary Doyle saying it in a Video by Sofilein or the Chieftain. And it makes sense. 14:01 MK means "Machine Kanon" and not "Motor Kanon" :) And the "official" long form Names of the German post war vehicles arent simpler :) I did a Video on the Gepard a while back and the official name according to the "Technische Dienstvorschrift" is true to german form. Cant remember it of the top of my head though :)

[@KoljaGamer]

Well written. :) People saying “Motorkanone” to “MK” might be, because of the Bf 109’s MK was designated as Motorkanone (Engine Cannon/Gun), because this 20 mm - or later 30 mm - Maschinenkanone was built into the engine (Motor).

[@felixmaier9410]

In this example VK means Versuchskonstruktion not Vollkette

@@felixmaier9410 I had an interesting discussion about this with one of my viewers after I wrote this comment. According to spielberger/Jentz/Doyle Books and Wiki you are absolutly right. After much searching around this topic appears to be quite complicated. Particulary if you the look at the "HK" prefixed of half track pojects.

[@nemesys6837]

VK stands for Versuchskonzept, the first number (45 for the porsche tiger) is the weight of the tank in tons and the second number is the concept number (VK 45.01 so its the first prototype)

[@spanishorvanish222]

Can't wait to flex this knowledge of the German language on my visit to the Christmas markets of Nürnberg

[@maral2014]

3:33 iirc, S.I.G = "Schwere Infantrie Geschütz"

[@filli2429]

the VK stands for Versuchs Kraftfahrzeug but shortened down and so the names dont take to much space on blueprints they cut away the -fz. of Kfz.

[@kizi2213]

😂😂😂

[@GAarcher]

15:25 as a brazilian, I can say that you have a very good portuguese pronunciation

[@Ask3lad]

I have been waiting for this fo years... Can’t wait for part 3 in 2028 :D

[@sototalyatree]

"this is my flammenwerfer it werfs flammen" You gotta love it

[@TinyTank77]

Hearing Mike say infantry fighting vehicle just takes me back to that squire skit😂

[@czechcrusader6461]

Bro had to take a whole vacation after finishing this video. Good job, honestly.

[@cahdoge]

In the context of prototypes the VK stands vor Versuchskonstruktion or Versuchskampffahrzeug.

[@AvroLancasterB.I.R5868.S-Sugar]

Saludos desde Argentina 👋🏻🇦🇷

[@swaggynator3879]

I want that on a shirt. Already have the "you had me at" Selbstfahrlafette auf Fagrgestell Tiger I mit 38 cm. Raketenwerfer 61"

[@Thelazyweeb44]

I got interested in your channel when the first “how to pronounce german tank names” bc i was interested in german

[@venator5]

3:36 15cm s.I.G 33 Stands for "15cm schweres Infanterie Geschütz 33" Or 15cm Heavy Infantry Gun model 1933.

[@titenstudios2081]

german language: "sommens lucifer"

[@bepu4847]

thanks man for coming back

[@ChadTanker]

Me , a German, watching this: JAAAAA HANS! MEHR! 1 edit: s.I.G stands for "schweres Infanteriegeschütz" meaning: heavy infantry gun 2 edit: VK stands for "Versuchskampffahrzeug" meaning: testing combat vihicle

[@Tanker-1651mkf]

10:14 Translated to German from Finnish. Panzerwagen 272-1

[@vogelspione]

Im learning a bit of german, and im fearing for my life right now

[@wolfgangtheredbaron963]

also vk stands for fromVersuchs Kraftfahrzeug (research/experimental vehicle) or Vollketten (fully tracked)

[@sill7062]

Wunderbar

[@Kyleaalen25]

15:28 you got a breakdown here? I think? Hahaha😂😂 I always burst to laugh when i here you say the A1 from Leo's name hahahaah

[@themigmadmarine]

I think the probably best English equivalent (in a military or industrial context) for Zugkraftwagon would be "prime mover".

[@me262omlett]

Begleitpanzer 57 is actually suppost to ancomany infantry, not convoys. I didn't took off because an IFV has litterally the same purpose while carrying troops.

[@zu_232]

what about the Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausfuhrung B mit 10.5 cm Kampfwagenkanone?

[@cheesyfromindonesia9969]

Danke, MikeGoesBoom!

[@bulldowozer5858]

The Wartime German tank names read like Anime titles, where they put the entire summary in the title.

[@hiimsmrt9663]

schwerer panzerspähwagen 7.5 cm sonderkraftfahrzeug 234/4 panzerabwehrkanonenwagen

[@ReaReaTheOne]

I had to take a nap half way through this video

[@catperson5203]

"stuck in a field due to transmission problems" has me ded 😂

[@Jojor2]

S.I.G. Ist Schweres-Infratrie-Geschütz

[@mementomori7825]

"If a FlammenWerfer werfs Flammen, and a Nebelwerfer werfs Nebel. Why does the Panzerwerfer not werf Panzers?"

[@WorldOfTanksFakeChannel]

Panzerwerfer is just nebelwerfer attached on panzers

[@TurnyPlays]

It really calls into question the German Tank naming systems, when even a German struggles to pronounce them 🤣

[@hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger]

8:00: This is my Wirbelwind - it wirbels Wind.

[@sgt.stacker2520]

GER: das VK steht für Versuchskonstruktion VK=Versuchs/Konstruktion, 45=das gewicht, 01 für die Variante/ VK4501. ENG: VK means experimental construction VK= experimental construction, 45 stands for the weight, 01 stands for the variant. VK4501

[@Captain_Dani]

s.I.G. = schweres Infanteriegeschütz (heavy infantry gun) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_cm_sIG_33

[@EVISYR]

7:55 Lol'd my a- off cuz of that reliability joke, but pretty sure that transmission is better the the starting RBPT transmission.

[@thescotishclonetrooperecho7773]

it's the numbers that get me, they can be quite confusing for me

[@wolfgangtheredbaron963]

s.i.g stands for schweres Infanterie Geschütz (heavy infantry gun)

[@winkeldorf]

As a German myself, I loved pronouncing these names while playing with my buddies on discord. They couldn’t even get through the first few syllables.

[@ejectionisanswer.7560]

Other countries: call it with nicknames Germany: A1A1A1A1A1A1A1A1...... Also Germany: trying to put all the information and functions in name

[@SammehEatWorld]

She schlepper my munitions till i Fahrgestell

[@Blackdragon271]

Love the stroke with the Leo A1 A1 A1 A1 and the Truck Roland

[@_spooT]

That one lady: "yell at me in german" Mike:

[@daniel_f4050]

And this is why it’s fun to have Mike’s smiling face on the front of your German tanks.

[@NeonBeeCat]

Hearing Spanish in a German-Portuguese accent is not something i knew i needed.

[@shaunfoo2332]

My water just turned to beer and lederhosen have mysteriously appeared in my closet

[@rudatkatzn9171]

s.I.G. means schweres Infantrie Geschütz, VK stands for Versuchskonstruktion = experimental construction

[@AFFEmitMACKE]

Some more things explained: The obsessive habit of calling almost ALL military vehicles of WWII "Sd.Kfz." -> "Sonderkraftfahrzeug" -> "spezial motorized vehicle" came from the shackles that where put on germany after WW1. Building heavy military vehicles, or large amounts of even lighter ones wasn't allowed for germany after the treaties of Versailles. So they initially tried to cover up the development of military equipment by obfuscating the project names, and also initialy many of the Sd.Kfz where officialy classified as agricultural vehicles like tractors or caterpillars Of course, later in the preparations for the war that didn't fool anyone anymore, but they stuck to the scheme. Ausf. # -> Ausführung # -> variant (indicating that this is a sub-variant or special version of the general vehicle. Sf(l). -> Selbstfahrlafette -> self propelled lafette (A lafette is a undercarriage explicitly made to carry weapons/guns. It's opposed to towed weapons on wheels). Fahrgestell -> like you said "chassis" or also "undercarriage". s.I.G. -> schweres Infanteriegeschütz -> heavy infantry gun. VK -> Versuchskonstruktion -> experimental design.

[@hansiminator69]

Hab lange drauf gewartet / waited long for it!

[@razvy6949]

4:52 That's exactly how I imagine a german officer from WW2 would sound like

[@Olivia_Wolfess]

God damn the original video Is 5 years old? God damn that's long ago.

[@luger4809]

German is such a relaxing language tbh, I love listening to German, more than listening to my parents yell at me in Russian that’s for sure

[@HeroBudu]

The upload schedule is real

[@SoeldnerJack]

sIG = schweres Infanteriegeschütz (heavy infantry gun)

[@nimibestgirl9649]

s.I.G. stans for schweres Infanterie Geschütz

[@Momiji_DOATEC]

sIG is schweres Infanterie Geschütz.

[@vale.44peru]

13:50 FlaRakRad: “hold my beer”

[@herrfingerknacks4970]

Happy German noises🤣👌 Mike why didn´t you say Maschinen-Fabrik Augsburg- Nürnberg [MAN] great do it a second time XD

[@ODST_Parker]

So, why exactly is the Leopard A1A1 (A1A1A1A1) not just the Leopard 1A1, like all of the future variants? The 1A2, 1A5, 2A4, etc.

[@BurnInFerNos1]

The Leopard A1 A1 is the first modification of the Leopard 1 A1. Some other vehicles even have A1A1A1. If they were to use unique A numbers for each of them, it'd get out of hand quickly. Here's an incomplete list; KPz Leop 1 KPz Leop 1 A1 KPz Leop 1 A1 A1 KPz Leop 1 A1 A2 KPz Leop 1 A1 A3 KPz Leop 1 A1 A4 KPz Leop 1 A2 KPz Leop 1 A2 A1 KPz Leop 1 A2 A2 KPz Leop 1 A2 A3 KPz Leop 1 A3 KPz Leop 1 A3 A1 KPz Leop 1 A3 A2 KPz Leop 1 A3 A3 KPz Leop 1 A4 KPz Leop 1 A5 KPz Leop 1 A5 A1 KPz Leop 1 A6 (1st trial) KPz Leop 1 A6 (2nd trial)

[@KoljaGamer]

@@BurnInFerNos1 Exactly. You can add to your list: Leopard 2A6M Leopard 2A6M A1 Leopard 2A6M A2 Leopard 2A6M A3 Leopard 2A7 Leopard 2A7V :)

[@flopjul3022]

now for the dutch vehicles... : Fokker D.XXI(D standing Doppeldecker, meaning double decked/biplane but changed meaning into just meaning fighter/attack aircraft without a different name. while the XXI stands for the number in roman numerals, 21 in this case)

[@SoeldnerJack]

VK = Versuchskonstruktion (experimental construction)

[@Snepcheese]

VK - Vollketten. Fully tracked.

[@Thelazyweeb44]

Btw sIG is schweres infanterie geschütz

[@smoreee5148]

3:34 I think s.I.G. stands for „schweres Infanterie Geschütz“

[@minisimian]

Sheise . That's a lot of Consonants

[@TheJudge2017]

Germans taking 10 minutes to say the name of a tank while they are pushed by a T-34 seems really efficient

[@snowsoldier_9775]

This taught me more German that Duolingo

[@kleinerfarmer1]

I am German, why do I watch this?

[@Tobs02]

The VK stands for Versuchskonstruktion (Experimental design) btw

[@sniperloic2904]

impressive was waiting for the SCHEWERER PANZERPÄHWAGEN ZIEBEN COMMA FUNF ZENTIMETER SONDERKRAFTFAHRZEUG ZWEIHUNDERVIERUNDREISSIG VIER PANZERABWEHRKANONENWAGEN The "234" should still have mistakes in it... can't remember it even 2 years later

[@kailob3279]

ich bin ja dafür wir nehmen den richtigen BW internen namen vom Gepard. "Panzer, Flugabwehrkanone 35mm mit Such- und Zielradar Energie und Feuerleitanlage Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer 1 Gepard". Die genaue bezeichnung der WTD61

[@laffey3581]

Ein Volk, eine Nation, eine Kommentarsektion

[@Hentendo-h8d]

11:30 Vk stands for "Versuchskonstruckt"

[@Broxyc]

ich denke s.I.G ist schweres Infanterie Geschütz (heavy Infantry Gun)

[@GriffinDouglasDunstan]

As a german, i can proudly say i can pronounce these tanks with no stutter.

[@theredgamer9336]

s.I.G = schweres Infanterie-Geschütz

[@German_Reichtangle_empire]

I am American and i play war thunder but i can only say a few german tank names. Panzerkrampfwagen and Panzerjäger, Sturmmöser.

[@araflohd]

VK could be Versuchskraftfahrzeug oder Versuchkampfwagen