Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: Get Inside Jagdpanzer IV Pt.1

[@kliforyou2271]

Thanks again Nicholas, please keep up the good work. And please remember - we germans have no problems pronouncing things like "Doppelkupplungsgetriebe" und "Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft" but a simple "squirrel" drives us mad :-)

[@DouglasJenkins]

skwee - rool

[@doronmangold6396]

Or Fussbödenshleifmaschinenverlei

[@marvinrazor597]

Aber Trockensumpfschmierung und Schnapper Magnet zünder sind schon spaßige Wörter

[@obelic71]

Yep Germans engineer everything to prevent their biggest nightmare from ever happening. no beer and currywurst in the BRD 😱

[@thecashier930]

@@marvinrazor597 des erste ist ja wenigstens noch ein schönes allgemeinverständliches Wort, aber das zweitehört sich für mich als Nichtmechaniker auch nur nach der sinnfreien Aneinanderreihung an.

[@planescaped]

The background music seems to finally be just right. :P You really notice how loud/repetitive it can be when watching a lot of old episodes.

[@xmanhoe]

I think the music is to stop others stealing any of their material to use in other videos?

[@chromiumphotography5138]

@@xmanhoe You can get the music on Audio Networks, it is called Superstorm.

[@chumleywarner586]

planescaped . Either Your an O,A,P or need ears syringed aka Cleaned! Smiles Xxx

[@knot3d_]

Yes ! My favorite WW2 TD ! The interior of the Jagdpanzer IV is not very well known - I hope this one still has authentic interior.

[@peppermill7163]

Me too!

[@paoloviti6156]

I really hope so too because I never seen the interior of the Jagdpanzer!

[@THX11458]

The Patton Museum had a mint condition Pz-IV/70(V) with complete authentic interior that was in running order twenty years ago (virtually identical to the Jgdpz-IV except for the main armament). Although now it's apparently stuck in storage at Fort Benning and from what I've seen looks pretty ratty.

[@paoloviti6156]

@@THX11458 I'm sorry to hear that but at least it is not rotting outside together with most of AFV and cannons as Aberdeen Proving Ground!! Any clues when they will open the new museum?

[@Wallabee63]

Any photos I've seen suggest we're in for a treat with prototype interior restoration. The most authentic JP IV interior though is probably the Saumur vehicle. The interior is unrestored with considerable surface rust but it is a time capsule, and you can make out the colours from small patches in good condition and colour demarcations are quite clear. That's one I'd love to see restored but the Munster team did a great job. Good job too, Chieftain...a Leinsterman in Munster? ;-)

[@anumeon]

The Chieftain. The worlds greatest used tank salesman.. :D I love these videos

[@nowthenzen]

would you buy a used tank from this man? You bet I would!

[@caroleansoldier382]

@@nowthenzen same

[@CMDRFandragon]

I would buy an Abrams from him =D

[@NuGanjaTron]

I think used tanks are now in high demand... 😕 He'd make a fortune!

[@docmike8601]

played WoT for years. Found you because of that, so it was sort of a reverse advert...Hope they keep you.

[@pavarottiaardvark3431]

"I didn't choose the Jagd Life..." just doesn't have the same ring to it....

[@iampete8692]

...I didn't choose the hunter life? Sounds fine to me. It's no Stug life, but not all bad

[@Legitpenguins99]

STuG lyfe son

[@lasressi8331]

This is a pun

[@christopherborges7929]

They're in a roll this year! So many episodes in quick succession, keep it up! Love it!

[@jacobs.9797]

Bless this series! The best tank reviewing content on KZbin. Right up there with The Tank Museum!

[@mss_01]

The continued production of your videos is literally the only thing that is making me seriously reinstalling the game. Love the vids!

[@billd.iniowa2263]

Thanx! I've been waiting ages for this TD to be featured. One of my faves, if for no other reason than I'm a Jagdpanzer 2nd Edition player, lol. Trying to mount the Panther's 75L70 gun on a Panzer IV chassis was kinda stretching the engineering. But it did work well for what it was designed to do. Kill enemy AFVs. It got the nickname "Guderian's Duck" because being so nose-heavy, it tended to sort of waddle down the road. I wonder how long those forward road wheels lasted before needing replaced?

[@monostripeexplosiveexplora2374]

Hurray for track tensioning! I hope you all noticed that at 12:43 they actually locked the track tensioning spanner to keep the Chieftain from trying it out!

[@caroleansoldier382]

Imagine if that wasn't locked We could have seen the chieftain drove this Thing of beauty

[@paoloviti6156]

At last I'm seeing the Jagdpanzer IV Pak 39 L/48 that was produced until November then the production proceeded the Pak 42 L/70 variant. It is very interesting to see the 0-Serie preproduction vehicle, easily seen with the rounded sides at the front next to the early production variant coated with the zimmerit. For your info it is interesting that because the cannon PaK 39 was so low the muzzle break created too much dust betraying it's position so many crews removed the muzzle break. Looking forward to see the 2nd part and again you did a good job 👍👍

[@JoeKing-_i_am_not_joking]

The result when a Panzer IV and a Hetzer make love 😍😅 Its a awesome TD

[@bluntdanieldb]

Finally! I've been waiting for a review on this TD since I first started watching these videos. Always been my favorite, I have a picture of my grandfather posing with a knocked out one from the war...

[@creightonleerose582]

-Ive a photo in one of my reference books of a pretty ingenious battlefield upgrade modification to the Jagdpanzer IV's schurzen panels.... -A rail welded to the length of the vehicles casemate side plates/lower sponson's with all the schurzen hanging on a 1" round, steel "Curtain Rod" of sorts w/hole-punched brackets welded on the backside of the panels themselves. Somewhat, but not completely like a piano hinge. So if any work needed to be done on the front fuel tank filling-tracks-wheels-sprockets-idlers-bogie leaf springs, all ya had to do was lift & pivot the plates & rest them on the angled case-mate armor above. They may have even had safety latches @ the top to properly retain them IIRC?...Cool & effective mod none the less! -The case-mate angle is steep enough that I dont see them accidentally falling & ending the war early for some poor, unfortunate grease-monkey? Which, if said were to happen, might in fact be a blessing? -Considering the HORRORS those AMAZING recovery/repair company personnel faced when dealing with German AFV repairs!...;) -That particular mod most likely done when the crew had 2-3 days of downtime when large, more time consuming repairs & overhauls were being tackled n' accomplished by the PanzerWerkStattCo mechaniacs....

[@wvbygraceofgod5508]

Yay! I’ve been waiting for this one. I’ve liked his recent picks of tanks for Inside the Hatch. Keep it up Chief!

[@Ralph-yn3gr]

I'm downloading the game now. I tried it a while back and quit pretty quickly because I didn't understand it. Now, I'm going to try again. I understand it a tad better now thanks to Jingles, and his and your videos make me want to try again.

[@jamesrasp2713]

I didn’t choose the Stug life, the Stug life chose me.

[@obelic71]

when in France, the Stug just likes heading to the coast 😁

[@stevewallace853]

to the person who finally turned the bloody background music down a notch...you have my eternal thanks, i love you!

[@thrall1342]

Those Outtakes ... I was laughing so hard, I would have laughed through the whole 17 takes XD

[@jpmtlhead39]

You right with the muzzle brake,because the power of the gun is still there. And what power it was.

[@wollekemper8317]

And the Jagdpanzer IV was the inspiration for the Jagdpanzer Kanone of the Bundeswehr. (Which was then also used as Jagdpanzer Rakete later on ) . Unfortunatly for me , when it was my turn to do my Army duty the Jagdpanzer Kanone was phased out. I really wanted to be on it ....but he Leopard was not bad either :-)

[@blackbird8632]

Loyal player of many years, the chieftains hatch is what keeps me coming back.

[@WildBillCox13]

That awful moment when the Schweinfurt Raid comes back to haunt you . . .

[@DouglasJenkins]

I served a congregation in Charleston WV, which had a member who was the lead pilot on that raid! Only four of his squadron returned to base out of 15 taking off that morning. Two turned back due to engine problems, three landed at other bases, heavily damaged.

[@ricktimmons458]

the world revolves on ball bearings!

[@WildBillCox13]

@@ricktimmons458 Hehehe

[@haroldfiedler6549]

The Schweinfurt raid was a largely inconsequential event. It didn't affect German AFV production at all. Why you ask?? It's because the Germans had the ball bearing factories running at top speed years before the raid and had built up a huge supply of bearings that were distributed all over Germany. Secondly, the Swiss and Swedish made hundreds of thousands of high quality ball bearings for the Germans during the entire war. So the highly touted Schweinfurt raid became just target training for AA gun crews and German fighter aircraft.

[@niklas8413]

Its good to see that inside the cheftains hatch is back... i missed the series

[@henrikhilskov]

I am not absolutely sure. But I had been told that the reason the shifted StuG production from the Pzkmpf III hull to Pzkmpf IV hull was because the factory that build the hull for Pzkmpf III was bombed and they really needed as much "tanks" as posibble to send to the front so they have to change the production to Pzkmpf hulls even the hulls was really needed to real tanks as the Pzkmpf IV H/J. I guess it also make sence since the Panther was suposely to change thee main tank from Pzkmpf IV to Panters so I guess thats why there were a lot of Pzkmpf IV hulls leftover to made them as StuGs ect.

[@vincentrees4970]

I have indeed been playing the game 4 years on and off and that +these tank chats has cemented my dream of being a tanker

[@11Neh]

long-time World of Tanks player (since beta), and I love the Chieftain's Hatch... keep it going!

[@martinelliotedwards1883]

Grandpa came across a platoon of these in August of 1944. His Churchill tank was destroyed quite easily.

[@Sniper25899]

Greetings Chieftain. I love all your videos even watching every almost twice. And the really most important thing for me(and i think so for everyone else ) is that i am learning my favourite hobby: Tanks History. And thanks to you i have learned a lot. And now i am using this knowledge against my friends when we are playing World of Tonks. Speaking of which, that we are always calling our hate love. Well there are many Problems with the game: the RNG, Arty, wheeled vehicles and the Economy System just to tell a few things. We love to Play it and it makes even fun to play. But if in some matches, the arty always focus your tank and your RNG leaves you. Then you lose the desire to play the game any further I hope that you can follow with what i have written and i wish everyone else a good day and good hunting in WoT I'm a german so pls sorry if my english is not so good. (If probably anyone need a platoon , hit me up. With the new frontline, i am often online again, as long as my work permits. Just look at my nickname )

[@esmusssein4368]

this hits deeply in my

[@kommandantgalileo]

I love the Panzer IV, Jagdpanzer IV and Stug III

[@andriosz]

Installed and played this game because of your excellent videos. Keep them coming please :) And after so much time you've finally showed how this Pzkw IV suspension looks like - it's covered by road wheels from outside so that peek from under the tank chassis was needed :)

[@warrmalaski8570]

I would love to help you with the new account Chieftain. but have I have a 7-year badge.

[@thecashier930]

I've been playing on and off since April 2012. Sadlymy Graphics Card has been broken for quite some time now and I can't aford a new one so I can't play at the moment. Chieftains Hatch and Quickybaby are the things keeping me following the updates and keeping my interest up. In a few months I'll be joining in again.

[@bencejuhasz6459]

Somehow I expected Mr Doyle popping out from one of the hatches.

[@ramjb]

Little tidtit here: the implications of the nature of the weapon went beyond tactical use (which was a concern and obviously weighed in the consideration of the vehicle), but into the realm of the constant power struggles which were the common day-to-day reality of Nazi Germany. To the point: had the JgPzIV been labelled as a StuG, it'd been not only tactically deployed as such, it'd been crewed by artillery men, and it'd been under the absolute jurisdiction, administration and control of the Werhmacht artillery branch. The Panzerwaffe wouldn't have it that way no matter what - this fight had already happened years before when the fighting happened over the StuGIII and while the artillery got their way with that one, the leaders of the Panzerwaffe didn't take it lightly. As a junior service that during the pre-war years had to fight a very uphill struggle to remain as an semi-independent branch of the army when everyone was trying to get a hold on controlling the new weapon (infantry, cavalry and artillery being equally interested in having exclusive control over tanks), the Panzerwaffe had a strong sense of independence and, as usually happens to junior and/or newly created branches, a somewhat tangible complex of inferiority. In that scenario having an armored fighting vehicle taken away from their jurisdiction and being given to another branch was something they took very seriously. Guderian in particular was very active during the times of the StuGIII's inception arguing against the vehicle being crewed and controlled by the artillery, and (as with many other things) him not being exactly the most diplomatic personality, he took a crapload of flak for his insistence of putting that weapon under direct command of the Panzerwaffe instead. So, while there's little doubt that giving control of the Assault Guns to the artillery was the right one with the StuGIII, when this debate began all over again with the JgPzIV the Inspectorate of the Armored Troops (namely, Guderian), went full tilt about NOT having that one taken by the artillery aswell. Partly on very valid tactical reasons (the Panzerwaffe was severely outnumbered in numbers of tanks in all fronts already, while there were no lack of StuGIIIs, and having extra vehicles given to the panzer branch made a lot of sense), but mostly because Guderian would never allow for it for many reasons, a lot of them personal. And given that he had not only a direct line to the Führer, but his personal favor, it was a foregone conclussion this vehicle would end up being exactly what it ended up being. At any rate there was a StuGIV anyway too, so in the end the artillery also got their vehicles aswell, just in more limited numbers (around 1000 of those built by the wars' end against circa 2000 PzJgIV).

[@VK2FVAX]

I came here via the reverse. Discovered the game, and wanted to learn more about the damned tank that keeps knocking out my T34-85! Really enjoying the video. Hope to see more :)

[@MrGusmcg]

Played WoT for 5 years day in day out, it jumped the shark with the "wheeled" tanks. Always thought tracked vehicles came about as wheeled vehicles couldn't handle the terrain, but not in WoT. Used to have a Ferret armoured car when in the forces, trust me if you drove it like the "wheeled" tanks in WoT you would have broken bones, concussion and have turned turtle, farcically unrealistic so stopped playing. Keep up the very informative vids they are great.

[@jmy7622]

The stug 3 is the one Whittman sharpened his teeth on. Low profile .excellent vehicles.

[@MGB-learning]

Outstanding Video and presentation.

[@ChannelSho]

I'm kinda surprised at how short this armored vehicle is.

[@MongooseJakeNerf]

Love the video, but can't really do much to help with the end. My wife and I have already been playing since 2012! I do love the content, and in this case particularly so since the JagPz IV is one of my overall favorite vehicles to play and I've 3 marked the thing (along with nearly every other tier 5, 6, 7, and some tier 8 Germans). Thanks for the great videos!

[@neilwilson5785]

"Lift up the Schurzen" fnarr. Snort.

[@pikkozoikum8523]

"Schürze" is also the word for "apron" ^^'

[@desertfd]

Trockensumpfschmierung. XD Pretty cool Outtakes!!!

[@MGB-learning]

Great bloopers video at the end.

[@rrl4245]

You're in Munster, just have one of the locals say it!

[@warrmalaski8570]

The locals are brits.

[@0xA9F]

like the director of the museum as a dumb cameo

[@3458-s3q]

@@warrmalaski8570 Munster is in Germany

[@cianmac3934]

@@3458-s3q no it's in Ireland

[@3458-s3q]

@@cianmac3934 This is the Duetsches Panzermusuem Munster wich is a city in Germany, i literally live there. The Munster located in Ireland doesn't even have a tank museum

[@em4284]

Finally more german ww2 tanks! Sweet.

[@jasip1000]

Can’t wait to get inside that vehicle.

[@gusgone4527]

The panzer IV vehicles float my boat.

[@gordonjennings2138]

Just past 30,000 games. Have been a zipperhead, all my life. Love the game, videos are always informative. So many tanks, so little time. Thanks Chieftain. Oh yeah, my grandkids are always saying they don't know what to get me for birthdays, etc. Tank models and WoT premium vehicles are always a good choice. Cheers, mate!! o7

[@TopSecretVid]

A good and dear family friend was a Tiger I driver during the war...How cool would that have been?? WOW.

[@jfrorn]

The rubber on the wheels are made by Continental tires, just like my lambretta scooter I had years ago. Only mine were whitewalls...

[@jfrorn]

And the spares were Dunlop! I wonder where they were made...France?

[@JAGtheTrekkieGEMINI1701]

awesome.... i always liked the jagdpanzer 4 design!

[@zachsmith1676]

Could have used the defunct mg port as a periscope port for a wide angle periscope since it does look like he could drive with his head out

[@furikuri6585]

Awesome, just 3 days after I searched "jagdpanzer 4 chieftains hatch" and found nothig, you release this Clip about one of my favorite ww2 vehicles. Thanks a lot!

[@mr.pontifex7595]

"Time waster?" kinda feeling bad being a paying customer now...

[@Jan_372]

I wonder why they didn't armor up the cooler sides and backside with thicker plates to also kinda solve the front-heavyness problem.

[@foxmiller6772]

Keep the videos going chief the info is helpful and seeing the real thing is vary cool.

[@MattyK166]

Ye Gads The welds on the prototype near the vision port are truly hideous. They're in such stark contrast to other welds with a decent weave cap that it makes me wonder what on earth was going on when they fabbed up the prototype. @4.20. Maybe not enough power to weld properly, inadequate materials, faulty equip?

[@hellothere9167]

Idk why but the appearance of the tank just screams this is going to fk up your tank

[@gregkovacs6687]

Once again thanks for the excellent insight. I love the honesty about your German. 🤣

[@nazamroth8427]

There is a free presentation going on about the mysteries of tank design, and the rest of the visitors are not even facing the right way...

[@ollieklautmann3271]

About time you did this one

[@leevibyman2053]

Already play, but the videos add to the experience

[@teamidris]

Okay, fair is fair, the leaf springs are mental :o) I think the sliding action at the thin end is the damper?

[@evanwright1180]

Anyone else notice the Continental tires and Dunlop return rollers? Were those replacements or made under license?

[@aaronchapman5888]

Look at all those nasty welds.

[@larrybomber83]

Another great job. Yes, the language can be a mouthful sometimes. Thanks Chief.

[@OscarzProductions]

I loved the time wasting comment at the end of the video :D. Been playing this game for like 7 years

[@troelsmogensen7259]

Barely is the Pz IV videos up and then we get this treat. Almost makes you forget about that Corona business :)

[@hyfy-tr2jy]

The JPIV....the most underappreciated tank in WoTs

[@dronessential]

I'm currently playing it. I don't like it one bit.

[@hyfy-tr2jy]

@@dronessential you have to have it maxed out equipment wise and a good crew and it sings....more often than not top three every time on team

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

When the ad for the game is more fun than the game itself.

[@haroldfiedler6549]

There is one thing that I would have to disagree with you totally Nicholas. And it regards the muzzle brake on German guns. If you look, you can easily see that the hot gas is directed to the sides of the gun. This produced very little thrown up dust or debris. It also hid the shot in combination with low flash powder that Germans used. It's the guns without the muzzle brake that throw up the huge clouds of dust and debris. I've seen it myself many times at live fire tank ranges involving the M-60A1, A-3 and Abrams. The only reason that MBT's don't have muzzle brakes today is because advanced German innovations still haven't caught up to them. Don't believe me? When was shurzen first used on an American tank??? Around 1980, a full 35 years after the end of WWII. That was on the Abrams.

[@norrisplays1948]

Please do a Tiger 2 Inside the Hatch

[@mikhailzavarov4958]

Interesting a cupola was never designed for this vehicle but was featured on later model Stugs of the same production year

[@digitalincometactics9858]

Love your german my dad is Swiss German I tried learning regular german no chance! Being Canadian born...

[@longinusc]

Will you do one on the Panzer IV/70?

[@rvail136]

Love these...you guys should look into putting these onto the History Channel as a show. After the past 7-8 years, you should have a couple of seasons worth of shows. I've been playing WoT's since open Beta. I have roughly 100 premium vehicles and until last fall, I was a premium time player for the entire time. redwing6, NA Server.

[@boarzwid1002]

A few years ago they dug up a sturm it was upside down with winter tracks . Still combat loaded. Could the Chieftain do a podcast on this stug ,

[@JazzJaRa]

I was playing World of Tanks for a very long time, and after some years i looked at my stats and noticed that my average dmg went up, total kills went up and yet my win ratio dropped... so no matter how good i played my win ratio kept dropping. And after some time i got frustrated and stopped with WoT. But Inside the Chieftain's Hatch is great :D

[@ARCNA442]

That's actually a common occurrence for players as they start getting better - basically you're learning how to stay alive longer so you're getting more damage and kills towards the end of the game, but that extra damage isn't actually helping you win because you're getting it after one team has already gained a decisive advantage. WoT is one of the most complex strategy games out there and winning requires understanding exactly when you need to take risks and when you need to sit back and wait. I'd definitely encourage you to try the game again. Check out some KZbin channels like LemmingRush and skill4ltu to pick up tips on better gameplay.

[@JazzJaRa]

@@ARCNA442 Well you can't win when half of your team is going to a complete useless spot. You can either join the Lemming train while the enemy captures your base, or you act smart but alone while your team gets wiped.

[@stephenbrand5661]

Those cone-shaped covers on the firing ports are my favorite part !

[@wirelessone2986]

Beautiful elegant vintage military works of art for an evil empire...the story these tanks tell would be ear splitting with an intensity that echoes through the ages.

[@ericshelly2518]

My Opa, who was a Panzerjager, said when they attempted to fire thier L70 gun it malfunction because a switch was still packed with grease. He said they disassembled the switch cleaned it and reinstalled it. What switch was he talking about?

[@TheCreative01e]

It’s the turn of the Flatpanzer? I didn’t think Id see the day

[@davidprice7162]

This guy is so much more interesting than the war gaming Europe guy.

[@iron60bitch62]

I wish somebody would post the information about the T 34 I’ve read a couple of translated articles that almost 30% of the T 34 is coming off the line during World War II the church were basically frozen because of the op armor and the increased gun that was placed on top of that Turret

[@apanda2087]

After the jagdpanzer2 can you do the marder 3

[@richardtstockton5059]

It would be nice to see some mobile command post vehicles or something on how the communication process went between the different organizations - like the US M577 I was in a Tank BN. in 75 that used it 4 different way, the Radioteletype was the most interesting

[@sassysaddles9981]

Pretty underrated TD

[@apokalipsx25]

After the WW2 americans started to translate the german science documents. After the first month they found out that they need a new language to translate them. Only to translate the documents after back in to english. True story.

[@beekaa5]

Love the Vids! Great addition to the game Nicholas! your german is okay if you try your best haha. Gr from Holland!

[@lawrence500]

11:30 Hochleistungsmotor mit Trockensumpfschmierung und Magnetschnapperzündung?

[@kurtb2522]

I would love to visit the museum. Where is Munster? (There is an annoying habit of giving several towns or cities the same or similar names. I lived in one of 55 or 6 Oberhausens. Go figure.) Cheers, Kurt

[@libertycowboy2495]

outstanding vid! hope you do the sdkfz 222 someday!

[@alexandrov_1342]

Can make a video inside Jg.Panther II?

[@americanpatriot2422]

Great video!

[@extremefungaming9542]

Topic: Inside the jag panzer iv Video: External tour Me: ....

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

You're new here, aren't you? :P

[@extremefungaming9542]

@@TheChieftainsHatch Yes that is a Valid statement ;)

[@labber9460]

please make KV-2 inside the Chieftains Hatch please

[@rb4863]

I read that title with the same energy as "get in the f*king robot Shinji!"

[@bremnersghost948]

Curious why the Germans didn't just put a Fat Dozer blade on the Rear kill 2 Birds with 1 Modification, Then they could dig out their own Fighting positions and balance out the extra Armour on the Bow