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@jessur13 жыл бұрын
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@mats92b223 жыл бұрын
You did not talk about the panzerfausts that was used after WW2 by west germany like the panzerfaust 3
@vincentregler14243 жыл бұрын
The german Word Panzer means amour or amoured because the meaned vehicle is amoured. (Amoured Fist is a direct Translation). The english Word Tank means the project Name for the Mark (Tank), the first real amoured vehicle in Battle. (Tank Fist, I prefer it too) I hope you can read it, my english isnt very well But i hope i Could help you
@hothoploink15093 жыл бұрын
Late war joke of the german army west: Soon the use of the Panzerfaust will be forbidden since the backblast will hit our eastern front comrades ^^
@dallesamllhals91613 жыл бұрын
Oooh! Not a bad one :-D
@hothoploink15093 жыл бұрын
@@dallesamllhals9161 Yeah, had a good laugh when I first heard it. Came from a veteran, was my patient a few years back, told a bunch of war stories. 92 years old that dude was but mentally still really well put together. He said of the joke that younger soldiers didn't think it was very funny whereas older veterans thought it highly amusing.
@dallesamllhals91613 жыл бұрын
@@hothoploink1509 Almost killed my medic in Iraq(DANCON) early 2004 - with a CG. 84mm!...ALMOST = Why i'm laughing!? (Dark/gallows-humour i guess?) PS. We're still in touch aka He's still alive!
@Axonteer3 жыл бұрын
many panzers where fausted by this joke
@flailingelbows70733 жыл бұрын
Hahahah I like it
@jussim.konttinen49813 жыл бұрын
In a modern anti-tank company, every person has a heavy rocket and platoons have missile teams. Jaegers have mines and Light AT Weapons. Basically, modern light infantry is equivalent to WW2 era "heavy" infrantry.
@sol25443 жыл бұрын
This is because modern infantry is heavily professionalized. If we were to draft massively for a great war, things would change
@zachariahmorris8333 жыл бұрын
WW2 Troops dint have to wear plate carriers or the electronics we use today either. They just had to lug around massive balls while getting shot at with full length rifle cartridges.
@elogrejbjens43273 жыл бұрын
@@zachariahmorris833 yes ofcourse, because todays soldiers are total pussies and the guns that they use are peashooters.. Any other dumb comments?
@tony9peter3 жыл бұрын
@@elogrejbjens4327 he aint wrong tho, they didnt have plates and were using much more powerful cartridges
@aleksazunjic96723 жыл бұрын
@@sol2544 Actually, Panzerfausts were sometimes issued to "troops" which did not have even rifles of uniforms (various Volksturm units). Panzerfaust is easier to manufacture then a rifle.
@ОлегКозлов-ю9т3 жыл бұрын
"Looks really cheap and reason is it is really cheap"
@dmcarpenter24703 жыл бұрын
Thoroughly enjoyed Jens explaining, and demonstrating.
@el-gamer27733 жыл бұрын
Jens Spahn?
@dmcarpenter24703 жыл бұрын
@@el-gamer2773 Jens Wehner, he works for the museum in Dresden, and appears often in those videos, to good effect.
@el-gamer27733 жыл бұрын
@@dmcarpenter2470 Finally a good Jens.
@dmcarpenter24703 жыл бұрын
@@el-gamer2773 Watch the vid. Jens often shows up, always to good result.
@BuNUGly3 жыл бұрын
Agreed, he is thorough and always seems to find quick anecdotal ways to transition between the various specifications and actual details of the weapons themselves
@christopherwang43923 жыл бұрын
6:55 thru 7:22 For those curious, the 1959 West German film mentioned by Jens Wehner is called _Die Brücke_ ( _The Bridge_ ). The aforementioned scene demonstrating the dangers of the Panzerfaust's backblast can be seen in the 0:15 to 0:25 mark of the following KZbin clip: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJvUm2dmi9WbgZo .
@ashfox74983 жыл бұрын
Jens, a in glasses giving the Kubrik stare who looks like he's never told or laughed at a joke in his life holding a Panzerfaust; if he had been drinking a beer while giving his presentation he might have been the most German person possible.
@davidbrennan6603 жыл бұрын
The presentation of the presenter was satisfactory it would seem.
@ashfox74983 жыл бұрын
@@davidbrennan660 I thought he did a good job, just funny how many German stereotypes he fell into.
@grizwoldphantasia50053 жыл бұрын
I got a different impression: professional in his job, hiding a very interesting person with a good sense of humor. Witness his smile while describing the cheap rope sling. I think he would at the very least be a good fun neighbor.
@kmit91912 жыл бұрын
No mean to offend him, but the stare looks like a bit too much pervitin to me
@heinerheise7032 жыл бұрын
@@kmit9191 There is nothing like "too much" pervitin.
@johnsmith14743 жыл бұрын
Would have been nice to see the aiming & firing mechanisms "unfolded" and the device held in the ready to shoot position.
@jakobc.25583 жыл бұрын
He is handeling those panzerfausts with the white gloves for a reason. These are 70 year old throw away weapons. If not handled carefully they will probably fall apart.
@TallDude733 жыл бұрын
A fascinating look into the details of a weapon everyone take for granted. Thank you.
@Raptor7473 жыл бұрын
I don't think anyone takes it for granted. Hell, if anything, it's the other way around. The US Bazooka was the first shaped-charge anti-armor weapon (not necessarily counting hand-thrown grenades) fielded by infantry, and it directly inspired the Panzershrek.
@Nhosto3 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of a story I read about a Lithuanian hivi and his misadventure with a Faustpatrone. They were training is Pskov area to use these new weapons, but Lithuanian translator mistranslated German instructions - that if the warhead is not armed the weapon will not fire, so someone dryfired it and he was just behind. He caught fire and was severely burnt in belly area. His life was saved by a German surgeon performing a skin graft(still a new and rare technique) that another German soldier volunteered. Later he recovered and was sent to Courland pocket.
@Endorphins273 жыл бұрын
I Love your work. It is deeply appreciated. If I ever feel anxious or down I just watch one of your videos and it’s always helpful haha.
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you!
@johnqpublic27183 жыл бұрын
“Deeply appreciated” isn’t a complete sentence. Please try harder next time; or else I’ll become anxious.
@JustIn-op6oy3 жыл бұрын
I have to agree. When I feel an anxiety attack coming on, putting on a MHV or forgotten weapons video can keep my mind distracted long enough for it to pass. It doesn't always work, but I am quite thankful for the times that it does.
@aluminiumknight40383 жыл бұрын
@@johnqpublic2718 It is. "It is" is implied.
@MikaelKKarlsson3 жыл бұрын
@@johnqpublic2718 Ask your english teacher.
@parallel-knight3 жыл бұрын
13:45 the panzerfaust 250 looks just like the RPG-2 (not a surprise really)
@artificialintelligence83283 жыл бұрын
Don't people argue the AK-47 looks similar to a STG-44 but its entirely different inside?
@parallel-knight3 жыл бұрын
@@artificialintelligence8328 yeah but surely the panzerfaust inspired the RPG
@RaptorJesus3 жыл бұрын
@@artificialintelligence8328 Difference is, the RPG is based on the Panzerfaust, while the AK-47 and StG-44 are similar looking because an assault rifle tends toward a few general shapes as being most useful. And the actual firing mechanisms in the 47 and 44 are basically entirely different, while the RPG is truly just a further development of the same principles of the Panzerfaust.
@RaptorJesus3 жыл бұрын
@@parallel-knight Not just inspired, the Soviets based the RPG directly on it.
@parallel-knight3 жыл бұрын
@@RaptorJesus I thought so
@douglasstrother65843 жыл бұрын
Jens: How to shoot a panzerfaust while wearing a smoking jacket.
@scockery3 жыл бұрын
That how they put it on in the Ritzgrenadier Units
@douglasstrother65843 жыл бұрын
@@scockery :)
@wayneantoniazzi27063 жыл бұрын
Great presentation! The only thing I can add is that paratroop general James Gavin mentioned several truckloads of Panzerfausts were captured and put to immediate use by the 82d Airborne. The 'troopers were VERY impressed and liked them, a lot!
@ww2hungary8273 жыл бұрын
I personally found this very interesting. I found an aiming head in Hungary a number of years back (still had its original paint when I pulled it out of the ground!) and the top most aiming cut out has *80* on it ... now I know it was a panzerfaust 60 thanks!
@aspielm7593 жыл бұрын
I swear the god, if I get another warpath advertisement that is claiming that warpath is “historically accurate”…
@Delgen19513 жыл бұрын
of course it is historically accurate in a fantasy universe's.
@fluffyskunkboy45963 жыл бұрын
“Heavy tanks shoot powerful explosive grenades”
@Delgen19513 жыл бұрын
@@fluffyskunkboy4596 that will bounce off if 12 inches of battleship armor, Battleship main guns are 12 inch and up, destroy 4 inch armor of heavy tanks.
@fluffyskunkboy45963 жыл бұрын
@@Delgen1951 What?
@Al-jt3dw3 жыл бұрын
The worst ones are with the guy sitting by himself, talking to no one but himself going “you can’t fool me! I know that’s the German tanks were AKTSHOOOALLY the superior tanks. Stupid ass game thinks I don’t even fetishize German WWII military da fuck does it think this is”
@donisys2 жыл бұрын
I came and stayed because of our seeming similar interests but have come to really enjoy you wry German sense of humor. Thank you for what you do.
3 жыл бұрын
I always enjoy your videos, and the fact that you are constantly trying to better yourself by error checking etc, excellent work 👍🏻
@Salah.K.A3 жыл бұрын
wie immer, Sehr tolle Videos. Danke dir für deine Bemühungen.
@lwilton3 жыл бұрын
Given the similarity of these things and the Soviet RPG, one has to wonder if they were developed independently, or if the soviets saw these and decided to make something similar.
@Betrix50603 жыл бұрын
Well the RPG could be reloaded, so it's more like the Bazooka or Panzerschreck, only with an oversized warhead. I'm sure there was plenty of influence going around in all directions though.
@01derendorf3 жыл бұрын
@@Betrix5060 pzf250 was intended to be reloaded too, lik max 10 times
@paganshredhead5993 жыл бұрын
All Panzerfausts could be reloaded iirc, but it had to be done by an armourer, so couldn't be done in the field. Both the 250 and RPG 7 seem like amalgamations of Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck/bazooka, reducing the bulk of the weapon while sporting a decently sized warhead.
@jussim.konttinen49813 жыл бұрын
@@Betrix5060 M72 LAW was inspired by Panzerfaust, but it became a support weapon for infantry.
@looinrims3 жыл бұрын
They reverse engineered it from the 150 version
@turbografx163 жыл бұрын
Good video, I always enjoy when Jens is contributing.
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized3 жыл бұрын
thank you!
@williamkolina39883 жыл бұрын
Your the best.a historian that corrects his mistakes.that is why you are so creditable.you have dispelled so many myths I grew up learning.ie guderian. Thank you Bernhard
@neilwilson57853 жыл бұрын
Really nice video. The cutaway at 11:45 is excellent for showing how it works.
@Hubbahubba4803 жыл бұрын
Awesome so great to have this channel available , Thanks keep up the great work
@LazyLifeIFreak3 жыл бұрын
I believe the word you might be looking for during your explanation of how the hollow/shaped charge functions, would be - Plastic deformation. (?)
@daguard4113 жыл бұрын
Thank you, not only for this episode but for the corrections. Yet even I know that in a high stress situation, there are far too many things that occur that are too difficult to explain. If I may, when I was in Anti-Tank Assault, we were trained that there are three measurements to a successful mission. There is complete destruction, a mobility kill, and crew abandonment.
@LOLERXP2 жыл бұрын
Die Qualität ist echt erstaunlich. Mit nem Produktionsteam könnte das im Fernsehen laufen.
@Hedgehobbit3 жыл бұрын
A friend of mine's father fought in WW2. He had a story where he was riding in a halftrack and saw a Panzerfaust fired towards him. In the story, he stood up and used the rifle butt to hit the Panzerfaust out of the air, thus saving the lives of everyone on board. It sounds fantastic, but how fast did the shell of the Panzerfaust actually fly?
@ScumfuckMcDoucheface3 жыл бұрын
I think slow enough that that might actually be possible...? But it seems to me that the act of smashing a flying panzerfaust out of the air with a heavy wooden WWII rifle would cause it to detonate, no? I hate to call b.s. because hey, I wasn't there, I've never served, what the fuck do I know right? haha but Yeah, obviously that one smells a little... off. =)
@lwilton3 жыл бұрын
@@ScumfuckMcDoucheface With a shaped charge that may not matter, unless you were directly in front of it when it went off. A common armor against RPGs for modern tanks is to simply string wires several inches away from the tank armor. The shaped charge hits the wire and goes off and sprays the outside of the armor with hot plasma from several inches away, which scorches the paint and not much else. Now, if YOU were several inches in front of it when it went off it would probably toast a nice hole right thru you. But even thin armor won't much care.
@ScumfuckMcDoucheface3 жыл бұрын
@@lwilton Mhmm, agree with all you've said... the charge would seemingly create a good amount of shrapnel in all directions, that would put some serious holes in any near by meat bag haha
@alienvalentine3 жыл бұрын
148 ft per second, or 100 mph. Unless this guy later went on to be an All Star MLB batter, the story is total bullshit.
@jduff593 жыл бұрын
I once heard that a good "horse tale" is better than the boring truth. It's a story I'd love to believe, and some of the craziest sh*t happens in combat.
@charlesthepaperman3 жыл бұрын
The one dead giveaway for determining if it's a 60m or a 100m variant is the little screw on the underside. If it sits under the trigger assembly it's for the 60m single powder charge. If it is positioned behind the trigger assembly towards the rear it is for fixing the 100m double charge into place. Most 100m barrels seem to have it on the unserside but appearently there are also legit barrels with said screw placed on the top side.
@hermanlindqvist72383 жыл бұрын
Movie story Jens mentions about somebody standing behind the Panzerfaust is also depicted in the Finnish movie Tali Ihantala 1944 (2007 film)
@Kyle-gw6qp3 жыл бұрын
"Guys, this isn't Highlander..." OMG, I wish I could subscribe twice!
@karlhans66783 жыл бұрын
timestamp?
@ThatSlowTypingGuy2 жыл бұрын
@@karlhans6678 16:45 to 16:57
@AinsleyHarriott13 жыл бұрын
Jens explaining and describing weapons would make some very fun educational ASMR videos
@parallel-knight3 жыл бұрын
YES another thing that I find so interesting but can’t find much video content on! You’re just smashing out these really interesting videos. Keep up this work you’re a savour.
@destructionandregeneration2 жыл бұрын
One of my top picks for history channels on KZbin !
@kikichevy3 жыл бұрын
I remember reading one (if not the) biggest problems of AT grenades outside of the range is that they rarely hit the tank at the right angle to detonate. This was a huge issue which meant that even in the case you're close enough to throw it, you're not sure it'll even do anything.
@SilverLimey793 жыл бұрын
Great video! Such detail and information on the panzerfaust
@pegzounet3 жыл бұрын
First the suit, now the pro blue sliding name insert. This channel ooks more and more like a das erste news cut ^^ Thanks for the upload, great video !
@Seth903 жыл бұрын
Caution: Panzerfaust punches both ways :3
@salty_armorer40273 жыл бұрын
That is exactly what the label should say
@genericpersonx3333 жыл бұрын
Remember reading in a book by the Doctors Hart and Hughes, describing the consequences of one three-week course of training with Panzerfaust for a unit of 150 men : four dead, twenty wounded. These were actual infantry recruits too, not Volksturm, so they were trained by professional instructors with proper supervision. Sort of explains why many of the Volksturm never actually fired a Panzerfaust before going into action: it was not to save ammunition so much as save the users from dying before they fought!
@myparceltape11693 жыл бұрын
Men interpret the name whichever way suits them.
@EnkaMexi2 жыл бұрын
Sehr interessant und gut erklärt, Danke! 🙂
@PaulScott_2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your hard work in producing these videos and sharing them with us. As for your comment near the end of the video regarding some peoples lack of life's experience - I will have you know that many of your detractors have played hundreds and hundreds of hours of Call of Duty - so there! 🤣😁 Thanks again and Stay Safe!
@piatpotatopeon83053 жыл бұрын
Great video! I loved the response/correction segment.
3 жыл бұрын
Another Excellent Video by the Blues Brothers :)
@laszlokaestner57663 жыл бұрын
I'm glad Jens pointed out that it was a dummy black power charge in that cutaway!
@jameslawrie38073 жыл бұрын
I always say, and I'm sure someone more learned has said it better, "everything changes with time and place"
@threeoeightwadcutter28203 жыл бұрын
Ein wirklich sehr gutes Video. Ich muss für den tollen Inhalt danken. Beste Grüße
@Ye4rZero3 жыл бұрын
Love that the title sounds like a early 90's sitcom family. "Quickly, change the channel, The Panzerfausts is on!"
@Hthewise2 ай бұрын
I LOVE Anti-tank weaponry and this video is what I needed this day!!
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized2 ай бұрын
Glad to be of service.
@eshelly42052 жыл бұрын
WOW a well done video
@pauliustau8883 жыл бұрын
Love your channel,very interesting
@GP-fw8hn3 жыл бұрын
I thoroughly enjoy your videos and appreciate your attempt to be as accurate as possible. The individuals who insist on nit picking the smallest details and arguing they are right or more frequently that you are wrong and thus your video is somehow not worthy, are just small minded individuals. I have learned over the years to simply absorb all the information presented by various sources, and then you can really begin piecing together all of these things and getting a fairly accurate picture of what was. So thank you and please continue your valuable work.
@salty_armorer40273 жыл бұрын
Ahhh yes, the Floridian's favorite weekend garage project.
@cheshire48563 жыл бұрын
I love everything you just said.
@alexbeau3483 жыл бұрын
what do you mean?
@salty_armorer40273 жыл бұрын
@@alexbeau348 With that one guy releasing the full build plans of the panzerfaust, I'm willing to bet more than a few Floridians have or will soon be building some homemade panzerfausts to arm themselves and their neighbors against tyranny and to just plain have fun with.
@alexbeau3483 жыл бұрын
@@salty_armorer4027 Why exactly Floridians?
@salty_armorer40273 жыл бұрын
@@alexbeau348 I live here. Believe me, people here ain't afraid to break the NFA on a whim.
@TheSunchaster3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: in Soviet documents and literature there are almost every time word "фаустпатрон" (Faustpatrone) and "Panzerfaust" rarely used. This influenced culture and mass knowledge of this weapon and still actual until this day. I think, first find of Faustpatrone and informing about this weapon "overshadowed" name Panzerfaust.
@ymishaus22663 жыл бұрын
Once again, in English this time, please.
@TheSunchaster3 жыл бұрын
@@ymishaus2266 the whole comment in English, what do you want?
@davidmeek80173 жыл бұрын
Aloha; well done! Outstanding presentation! Mahalo
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@b.elzebub92522 жыл бұрын
4:11 Very interesting to see the similarities with the later Soviet RPG-2 and RPG-7 designs.
@randyhavard60843 жыл бұрын
The panzerfaust 250 looks like the Soviet RPG. Maybe it was completed by German engineers in Russia
@philippkuhlmeyer97603 жыл бұрын
7:00min. Sehr schön das sie den Film auch kennen und erwähnen
@kevinarndt20112 жыл бұрын
I love your work! However, when it comes to the effectiveness of this weapon and based on some of your other videos I would say that overall this likely had a significant effect when it came to the moral of the troops. The overall psychological aspect this would have when given to units in the field would likely mean they would fight harder and be less likely to retreat.
@JugheadJones033 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this. Learned a lot about the weapon. : )
@Otokichi7863 жыл бұрын
7:31 Years ago, I saw a World War II training film about anti-tank weapons used by German infantry and irregular forces. The first weapon used was a warhead that attached to the outside muzzle of a pistol, and was fired level at the target. (Was this the Fistpatrone?) Molotov cocktails, satchel charges, and even dug up land mines were thrown/placed on the "T-34's" rear/engine compartment. These were shown to be as dangerous to the soldiers as the tank since these were "point blank"/range zero weapons. The Panzerfaust was used sucessfully, and the soldier lived to fight another day.
@ChrisS-fh7zt3 жыл бұрын
Like that the museum has both colors for them as far too many people think these things only came in medium yellow. They came in that, the olive drab green and a sort of grey blue type paint, it really was dependent on when and where they was made for the paint they sported.
@MGBandit753 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video. Also thanks for the helpful visuals.
@skelejp99822 жыл бұрын
Hello, thanks for interesting Video. I play a WW2 game , and we also have Brandfaust, Flammfaust, Panzerfaust 250 (with fragmentation warhead) , and Faustpatrone 42 !
@patriotenfield32763 жыл бұрын
Don't know if my comment will be noticed or not this late but still here's my opinion the Panzerfaust 150 and the supposed Panzerfaust 250 have been captured and used extensively by Soviets and Yugoslavians who after the war went on to make 3 indirect Descendants of them, Namely 1)RPG-1 (Prototype) and RPG 2 (improvement over RPG-1) for the Soviet Union and 2)RB M57 and RB-M58 ( M58 is basically an M57 with RPG-2 rounds sort of ) 44mm Anti Tank Rocket Launchers for Yugoslavia SFR. Some Influences however are also taken from other AT weapons of that time like the M1 Bazooka ( Safety trigger and Grip for both RPG and RB series ) . and a trigger mechanism based on cocking the hammer placed behind the trigger and pulling the trigger to release the hammer which then will strike the pin in the tube that in place will ignite the primer that is highly sensitive to sudden rapid physical change (kinda percussion cap like). it is a combination from Panzerfaust trigger mechanism placed upside down along a PIAT trigger and designed on the basis of revolver hammer is to be cocked and released. sorry for my bad way of describing but I am not that expert when it comes into firearms.
@lkjh8613 жыл бұрын
As someone who has served in the military, even as an anti-gunner - [5:05] has got to be THE gentlest, most soft-spoken and almost-empathetic instruction on a weapon system I have EVER had... so soft in fact, that will begin to refer to the Panzerfaust as the... PanzerHUG... instead 🚀💘🐢 🤗
@MGB-learning3 жыл бұрын
Outstanding video and Presentation.
@radiofm42653 жыл бұрын
Thank you, the next time i see a T-34 i now know what to do with my panzerfaust
@coletanner14263 жыл бұрын
I now know more about man-portable anti-tank weaponry. What did you do in your Sunday?
@PatGilliland3 жыл бұрын
Great episode - thank you
@obi_wanshinobi3 жыл бұрын
I’m currently binge-watching videos on this channel.
@fredbloggs71313 жыл бұрын
The twin firing charge is similar to how modern ejection seats work. One large charge puts too much strain on the body but multiple small charges eject just as quickly without that strain.
@99IronDuke3 жыл бұрын
A good video. I learnt some things I did not know.
@meanmanturbo3 жыл бұрын
Would be very interested to hear what training manuals (if any existed) said about hitting moving targets. I have to assume the effective ranges are given for stationary targets since whith such slow moving projetiles you have to lead the target alot. Also I wonder if it said anything about range estimation since that is also very important for such slow projectiles. Having a good range is still the most important part of hitting with more modern systems like the AT-4 or the Carl Gustav (original is from 1948, so not that much more modern). The sight-holes of the panzerfaust 100 has me a little stumped since it goes small-big-small as they go up in range. I would have excpected the sight big-small-smaller since you could use the "if the tank fills this hole in the sight you are at this range" method.
3 жыл бұрын
I thought the same, but would guess that the 100 meter one is the biggest because they wanted peopel to use it at its "optimum" range and not at the maximum. They were dealing with badly trained troops after all.
@billd.iniowa22633 жыл бұрын
@ I'll buy that for a nickle. I think you nailed it.
@JW-zx5dr3 жыл бұрын
Very intriguing, the Panzerfaust is a very cool weapon
@gartzenlopez5161 Жыл бұрын
Really interesting information, however your pronunciation is quite challenging, at least for me!, Thank you for excellent work
@paweflaytec45072 жыл бұрын
The range can be increased up to 5x ... Pancerfaust 30 will fly up to 120m with ordinary grass, straw ... enough to push straw, mowed grass, paper strips into the pipe at the back ... this effect was only known after the war. If the Germans knew about it, stuffing anything into the pipe would be 120-200m !!!
@thefirstkingdogo1126 Жыл бұрын
Yea but its not effective becas it was very difficult to aim like that.
@BELCAN573 жыл бұрын
Excellent presentation.
@michaelguerin563 жыл бұрын
Thank you . Great video. Good information.
@stalkingtiger7773 жыл бұрын
Wow a Highlander reference. That was unexpected!
@johnmcgarvey47583 жыл бұрын
Thank you and well done.
@Seygem3 жыл бұрын
That's funny, as soon as he started talking about the backblast I thought about the scene in the movie. One of the best anti war movies ever made.
@thebigone60713 жыл бұрын
You’re the best of all time Bernhard!!!
@sammyd50983 жыл бұрын
Awesome video :)
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@sammyd50983 жыл бұрын
@@MilitaryHistoryVisualized I have been subscribed for a while, and realised I haven’t been getting notifications, found out that for some reason something unsubscribed me, glad I’m back though, great vid 😊
@ironwolfF13 жыл бұрын
Actually, the scene in the movie "The Bridge" involved an American soldier, who tried to verbally stop the Hitler Jugend soldier from firing...and yes, it ended badly for the GI. An excellent film, BTW...good luck on finding it nowadays though.
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized3 жыл бұрын
nah, it was an old man. There was also a GI that, but he was shot with a rifle, pistol or MG.
@dicorsak44363 жыл бұрын
I love all the safety warning written right on the weapon, its like they had to pass a OSHA review or something.
@osmoahma2 жыл бұрын
I recall reading about case where Swedish voluntary soldiers joining war with us Finns to aid us, didnt quite understand the finnish spoken lessons of using Panzerfaust and launched them with no idea of the safety distance behind the weapon, causing some injuries or death even.
@TheCloudhopper3 жыл бұрын
I appreciate these videos, where people that we wouldn't even meet if we were visiting the museum share their specific knowledge. This is great and really intersting. Danke Jens!
@martinh.64043 жыл бұрын
Excellent video!
@gerhard61052 жыл бұрын
Nice video. It would have been interesting to see an animation of the firing inside the tube. So, what happens in the tube, and then what happens when the charge hits armor. Regards from das Ardennenschlacht Gebiet. 🇧🇪
@terrystephens11023 жыл бұрын
Thank yo for an excellent presentation 😃👌👌👏👏👏👏
@BoeserWolf19773 жыл бұрын
When looking at the warhead details: Was the Panzerfaust effective as a general grenade, too (as often shown in movies)? From the description I would assume, that it is generating more or less only a slim metal jet in the front direction instead of a significant explosion?
3 жыл бұрын
The nice thing about a tank as opposed to for example a warship is, that next to everything behind armour in a tank is really important. So a burning/melting hot stream of material punching into your tank would hit something vitel at most times. Crew, Ammo, Engine. And of course without this the infantrie would not have any recourse against tanks at times, so this is better then nothing. And the crew of the tank would likely not want to hang around after having been penetrated once, even if the hit was not fatal.
@Kyle-gw6qp3 жыл бұрын
@ He means that in movies, people sometimes fire Panzerfausts at infantry, and in the film's there is a big explosion and it is very effective. In reality, however, how effective would the Panzerfaust actually be as a generally high explosive weapon against non-armoured targets?
@BoeserWolf19773 жыл бұрын
@@Kyle-gw6qp exactly. Thanks for the clarification...
@aleksazunjic96723 жыл бұрын
Yes it was because, ironically, metal jet stream was not so focused in these early weapons as opposed to later . For example, RPG-2 was more feared then RPG-7 in Vietnam war .
@raymow96833 жыл бұрын
Ahhhhhhhh Printed on the fausts. I bought a case of these last month and was wondering why there were no instructions included.
@Radishindependent6 ай бұрын
dude your voice and face do not match what i previously imagined from your animated videos, btw i find your accent very cool
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized6 ай бұрын
Thanks! Curious, how did you imagine me? I have the same with like 80-90 % of the creators I watch btw. :D
@noah-gs8tl8 ай бұрын
i made this joke everyone ( based on when the tree’s start speaking Vietnamese). “ when the hedgerows start speaking German”.
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized8 ай бұрын
Ja!
@noah-gs8tl8 ай бұрын
@@MilitaryHistoryVisualized danke for hearting the comment.
@jackmcfann2 жыл бұрын
The Panzerfaust 150 and Panzerfaust 250 seem somewhat visually similar to the later Panzerfaust 44.
@JoshuaBenitezNewOrleans3 жыл бұрын
He is just slaying this new suit look
@zstewart3 жыл бұрын
Is the propellant really black powder? As in sulfer + carbon + potassium nitrate? I'm particularly curious because afaik black powder is much more susceptible to water than modern nitrogen-based explosives, so I'm curious as to either how the charge was protected from water or if you have any documents on issues with handling or using the panzerfaust in rain and other adverse weather.
@MilitaryHistoryVisualized3 жыл бұрын
yes, I was also surprised.
@demonprinces173 жыл бұрын
Probably easy to make
@autolykos98223 жыл бұрын
@@demonprinces17 Is it, though? Nitrocellulose is really cheap to make industrially; cellulose is mostly agricultural waste material, and sulfuric and nitric acid are some of the most common chemical feedstocks. Black powder is easier to make in your garage (and arguably safer, because no concentrated strong acids and no fumes), but the raw materials are more expensive to produce and harder to store. Also, mixing explosive solids on industrial scale is much more dangerous than liquids (because of friction). Black powder does have the advantage that you can easily make mixtures that burn slower, which is probably better for rocket engines.
@demonprinces173 жыл бұрын
@@autolykos9822 needed the better stuff for ammo, middle of the war running out of stuff
@jrd333 жыл бұрын
I assumed black powder was used because you need a slow-burning propellant but I'm no expert.
@chiphailstone589 Жыл бұрын
You should mention that the tube on the PZF 60 was 44mm Inside diameter, and 50 mm in outside diameter and then increased the wall thickness of the tube to an outside diameter of 60mm while using the same caliber of warhead.
@privadoentrevistas3 жыл бұрын
Great video. Thanks a lot!
@Gjldo3 жыл бұрын
it's not the velocity of the jet, it's the combination between the extreme pressure and temperature of it, thats why ceramic inserts are used to counter heat ammo
@GunRunner1063 жыл бұрын
i think "Tankspook" is a better fitting english word for the Panzerschreck, but thats probably just me....