More than you want to know about the Panzer III

Panzer IIIs were common German tanks in WW2, and here I talk about them, and make a few general points.
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Another video (there will be more) from 'The Tank Museum' at Bovington. Why they changed the name is beyond me. I'd like to meet the branding guru who came up with that idea and administer several hard slaps. It's like changing 'Wimbledon' to 'The Tennis Competition'.
Anyway, here, in its particular shade of beige, is the tank (with a brief shot of one of its cousins), and I ramble on about various bits of it. It's all right for you - you just have to watch it once, but I had to edit this, which involves seeing each bit several times, and wading through all the footage of me droning on and on.
I use the word 'burn' to describe a H.E.A.T. round's penetrating a tank, and as several people have pointed out, this is not technically the correct word. They are right, although the word is often used in this context, and the temperatures involved are very high, but yes, I admit it: I should not have used the word 'burn'.
Yes, I am aware that the links on the end plate come in late. This is because KZbin has changed the system, which used to be flexible, to one that relies on limited templates. It doesn't enable the user to put picture links in except in the last twenty seconds of a video, and so because I added a little shot at the end, the links all start late. Possibly the new system is supposed to be more idiot-resistant than the old one. Unfortunately, this makes it an obstacle for the intelligent.
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[@Beriorn]

He's still in that museum? Someone get that poor man out of there before he starves!

[@Skinsfan819]

Keep him there and send some sandwiches.

[@Mr47steam]

he is starting to look like a homeless grandpa

[@NoName-bt3oy]

Lashings of ginger beer too?

[@diceman199]

I'm sure they have a cafe in there :-)

[@tommeakin1732]

He gets sustenance from merely viewing the tanks. The true sign of a tank nerd.

[@JagglyJames]

Some say Lindy has never left that tank museum.

[@anonnymousperson]

Some say his natural prey is the Centurion tank, and that he was bitten by a radioactive half-track as a child. All we know is he's called Lindybeige.

[@loc4725]

Yes, he doesn't actually live in a flat (apartment); he actually lives in a museum annex.

[@Aoderic]

Why should he leave anyway, if he has found heaven :)

[@legorenegade]

Continuing to give exposition to all passers by.

[@danielz4602]

Jared Lange his home is actually a room in the back

[@Blueboy0316]

"What if Tom hanks comes along with a Tommy gun and shoots the tank?" I have lived with this fear all my life...

[@yuurichito1439]

Shhhh calm down everything is ok there is a big glass block calm down

[@ClockworkAnomaly]

I wanna see someone try. I think a full mag might do It >_>

[@Blueboy0316]

@@yuurichito1439 I can't, everytime I close my eyes I see Tom Hanks come by with a beard and screams "fire!!! fire!!!"

[@yuurichito1439]

@@Blueboy0316 there is also a 20 mm plate if it is getting shot at etc

[@yuurichito1439]

And an mg 34 sooo

[@j.alexander7554]

Always be prepared for Tom Hanks

[@mwnciboo]

Except it was Tom Sizemore....details...

[@beersmurff]

@@mwnciboo No it wasnt. Watch the movie dude :-)

[@farmerman7947]

J. Alexander well, the tiger 1 doesn’t have ammo behind the driver, it was behind his seat on the floor, the bullet cannot hit the ammo

[@strikerorwell9232]

@@farmerman7947 You know my grandpa was born in Russia and fought in a T-34 in Stalingrad. What was so strange about this is that my grandpa had the gunner replaced by his own brother by pure coincidence? And it gets even stranger when my grandpas' mother was drafted into maintaining and preparing tanks for battle and his own tank among others. Then the driver was replaced with my grandpas uncle? So the my whole family fought together.

[@redpillscholar560]

A long student of the Panzerkampfwagen, when I saw that Tom Hanks scene the first time I laughed my ass off...😂😂😂

[@sebvanedom]

to be honest, you could upload a 5hour video of you just running around in the tank museum unedited and most of us viewers would still listen/watch it.

[@diceman199]

well he does have a very entertaining presentation style to go with an eclectic range of interests :-)

[@korstmahler]

+

[@TheGmodParty]

Svyde Evils can we make a petition for it? i'm out of things to watch

[@Blockio1999]

I would probably watch a 15 hour version of that

[@lemonflavouredquark]

Count me in

[@sufferingstilton1644]

Day: 78 Lindybeige now records and uploads in the tank museum. He gives tours in if people pay him camera batteries

[@michaelfoye1135]

Dan_The_Gamer Also being him some biscuits, he's starvin'.

[@HauntedXXXPancake]

"Will work for SD-Cards" :'D

[@dr.lexwinter8604]

I could picture this. "Tours for food and camera batteries." scrawled on a sign.

[@olliefoxx7165]

@@dr.lexwinter8604 I'd consider that a real deal for a tour from him.

[@jerrycheese1506]

We meet again

[@ac3clawx501]

Fun fact the mg34 in tanks was never replaced by the mg42 because the mg34 had a barrel that could be changed easily while sitting in the tank and the mg42 not.

[@Matamoros212]

@Baron Von Grijffenbourg Too bad they lost the war because they couldn't use the Bren gun in their tanks

[@raseli4066]

@@Matamoros212 you sir made me laugh

[@aidenswack7915]

another fun fact some tanks actually did have a mg42 like the Jagdpanzer IV

[@raseli4066]

@@aidenswack7915 where?

[@robertkubrick3738]

Yes. But what is the fun fact you were talking about?

[@NGC-7635]

“HEY! ..WHO STOLE MY THIRD MG GOD DAMMIT!?” *other Panzer crew trying to hold in laughter*

[@luigimrlgaming9484]

NGC 7635 have you watched ford vs Ferrari?

[@pietrokania8684]

@@luigimrlgaming9484 why?

[@luigimrlgaming9484]

Pietro Kania idk one of the guys for Ford during the race stole one of Ferrari’s watches

[@lucaswallace7476]

*Wirbelwind commander*; "HEY!..."

[@CWojcieszak]

When it comes to Panzers, there's no such thing as "too much knowledge"

[@christophersmall6130]

Silver Chariot is thinking the same thing

[@andrewshaw1571]

Was gonna say, thats a lot of info. with only 10 mins to present...

[@tommeakin1732]

*"KNOOOOOOWLEEEEEEEEDGEEEEE"*

[@nlforces2079]

Silver Chariot I expected at least 30 minutes of lindybeige :(

[@barackobama2295]

Silver Chariot yes there is if you think out of the box

[@BoarhideGaming]

"More than you want to know about the Panzer III" Lol, try me.

[@ilejovcevski79]

Amen brother!

[@rjfaber1991]

Now I want more than I want to know about that Crusader tank...

[@swagga7644]

@@rjfaber1991 fast desert boi nuff said

[@landonorris6]

*Big room of German tank designers* *One raises hand* "Yes...?" "But what about Tom Hanks...?" *Man looks into camera*

[@DZ-1987]

And that man was Tom Hanks. He silently said to himself: "Fuck, i'm too famous."

[@Legitcar117]

Communist 6 it’s the German version of the office called, Das Buro

[@landonorris6]

@Jake Jordan eh why?

[@landonorris6]

@Jake Jordan yeh but I'm an anarcho communist really

[@erikrigt4294]

@@landonorris6 I like ur style

[@sekrit4581]

"Hatches are typically weak point on a tank" - T-34: laughs histerically

[@SoupOH]

Cries in repair costs

[@fusososososo3507]

I love that u didnt even need to say that it's about war thunder

[@lfteri]

you and your honest titles, is this reverse clickbait?

[@gimnastiardarmawan6200]

it is called honest content I guess..

[@Strawberry92fs]

Lindybeige doesn't have time for click bait, he's still trying to find a way out of the tank museum

[@wahngott4711]

mpoumpz Like the mildly interesting subreddit

[@michaelfoye1135]

Caboose 92m More like dodging the security staff at closing time.

[@Sakkehattu]

+Caboose 92m All the signs say "A man turned this corner, you WON'T believe what happened!" "you'd NEVER guess where this path leads! Walk here to find out!"

[@econadept382]

You sir have officially angered my wife. "Dear God you are going to drag me there next time we are in England arnt you?". "Yes... Yes I am."

[@jackroe9012]

Econ Adept mo Jack is a

[@juliomanana3133]

Econ Adept en eSpañol

[@Misieq145]

Disregard females Acquire panzers

[@michaelcoulter1114]

Econ Adept Just tell her that it will make you happy, and she'll be GLAD to spend a day (possibly more than one) wandering around a museum full of tanks! What's that? No she won't? That's disappointing.

[@mattaffenit9898]

Han Lockhart ... But much there.

[@billyelliot4141]

I was there the day the new owner first opened the door to the museum and peered inside after buying it in an auction. Lindy was already in there talking to imaginary people explaining how the doohickeys worked and how they killed people better.

[@stevemiller7433]

The ballistic glass in the vision slits were removable. This was so if they were hit and cracked, impeding vision, they could be replaced... there were spares in the tank. It is not impossible to imagine running out of glass and having an open slit.

[@Schaneification]

yep your right

[@stevemiller7433]

What Tom Hanks joke?

[@justforever96]

"It is not impossible to imagine" ...so you are saying you COULD imagine a situation where they end up with open vision slits? Even so, it's better than nothing.

[@uegvdczuVF]

Yeah, but than again even without the glass you can still easily close the port from within the tank. So you still need a very cooperative German soldier tired of living to be able to do it. Which just goes to show that even the Germans liked Tom Hanks...

[@timbrwolf1121]

Tom Hanks starred in a movie in which the germans were in their last desperate attempt. An open slit is entirely possible with their poor late war supplies

[@chromicm6686]

German armour decision high command - "wait, what if Tom hanks comes along and pokes his Thomson into the drivers sight?"

[@justinwilliams7148]

I do wonder if it would cause the glass to crack or otherwise become harder to see through with all of that lead and unburnt powder being deposited from that.

[@DepressivesBrot]

Driver would be pretty much blind and have to rely on commands from the rest of the crew entirely. Shouldn't take more than 3-5 rounds to completely cover that tiny viewport in cracks and fractures.

[@marchess266]

There were extra blocks of glass inside. The driver could change them out in a couple of minutes. Also, there is armor that would come down over the glass. Then the driver would would look through a periscope. Those are what the two holes above the vision port are.

[@jtravis3009]

A bucket of thick black paint or hot tar might cause more problems than a Thompson, in that particular instance? Especially if you could try to "glue" the now-obstructed glass into place so the driver couldn't change it out.

[@marchess266]

Possible to obscure the port but it would have to be a close, surprise attack. Even then the Tiger had an anti- personnel grenade launcher in top of the turret to keep people off of it. The commander's cupola hatch also latches. I think Spielberg was at a loss to figure a way to kill the Tiger. When we did Saints & Soldiers Airborne Creed, we tried to not make the same mistakes with the Pzr III kill.

[@brianholmes1812]

the Germans were very cautious when it came to Tom Hanks. if he were to be unleashed, the war would be as good as over

[@jaaksootak318]

Be careful Hans! We have reports that enemy might have Tom Hanks in the area!

[@Adumb_]

He could fuck up their tanks with just a 1911.

[@justalurker3489]

Brian Holmes Just aim for the buttocks, that's his Achilles Heel.

[@00Trademark00]

Well, I'd take Tom Hanks over Ace Rimmer any day!

[@sinistersergeant7821]

What about brad pit he makes a german captain give up his cover, range and amour advantages by closing the distance on more faster tanks and better paid actors whilst firing on the move which german tanks were trained to stop fire and keep going after. Oh and firget the tiger could turn on the spot (pivot on its axis)

[@krixpop]

3:53 Panzer III , small "shot trap" profile on the side of the turret ; big critique ... 7:28 shows the Crusader : the ENTIRE turret is surrounded by a "shot trap" profile ... meh ...

[@totallyaploy1824]

Part of the humor I think is that he glorifies British everything but I could be wrong

[@jackeyboy6538]

krix pop don’t need to worry about shot traps when you can be penned by a B.B. gun, 🤔

[@kristiankonig3195]

Noticed this as well. :D

[@luigimrlgaming9484]

Well the fact is the Paz III was medially armored and had a medium speed where as the crusader is a light tank and needs maneuverability and is less likely to be hit in the turret as well as the turret needs to rotate quickly so yeah

[@dr.lexwinter8604]

That's not a shot trap, the angle is too shallow.

[@tvanb8729]

Yes! I love your style, no stupid music, no pretending to know it all, no stupid weird accent, good humor and you are totally yourself. DO NOT CHANGE FORMULA!Sir, continue

[@Fiddleshtick]

racist

[@mrhale9440]

MightyGriffin what

[@KingdomOfApple]

Mr Hale “no stupid weird accent” Not really a fair way to assess if content is good or not, and maybe somewhat racist.

[@mbsb1376]

t. shit accented irishmen

[@darkdiddler1439]

He literally has an accent

[@madsdarre4486]

"i have to cut it short" wonder how much more information lindy had on the subject.

[@Strawberry92fs]

Lindybeige has forgotten more about tanks than we will ever know.

[@klobiforpresident2254]

More than more than we'd ever want to know, I guess.

[@Darlos9D]

At first I thought it was a gun barrel joke.

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

mads darre All of them.

[@SssagaBenches4U]

I salute you!

[@kylenetherwood8734]

Did people think the gun was 50mm long?

[@jaredadams6082]

Kyle Netherwood wouldnt surprise me...

[@ProVision3187]

i loled very hard after reading this.

[@mooneyes2k478]

Possibly, people thought the full barrel, rather than the interior diameter, was 50 mil.

[@silembochum3120]

I used to think the length not width of the round/shell

[@hugoesson2803]

I did too

[@omarrochet]

Legend has it he is still at the museum spitting Panzer Facts.

[@MyLateralThawts]

I’m not a welder, but I’m told welds are as distinctive as signatures. So in theory, if you only find a piece of armour with welding on it, you just might be able to identify the vehicle, date of manufacture and factory it came from. Something for the next generation of historians to consider.

[@Narcan885]

This is so obviously made up

[@MyLateralThawts]

@@Narcan885 Talk to ANY welder.

[@TheEngineeringTactician]

not really... they are rather distinctive, maybe not as distinctive as this guy says but you could definitely narrow it down to production block and factory it came from@@Narcan885

[@bensonfitch6697]

Not necessarily, you can sometimes tell by the composition, quality, and shape the side, time period, factory, and tank.

[@Narcan885]

No, you can't. Claiming welds are like fingerprints only shows you have no clue what welds are and how they're made. Claiming you could identify singular vehicles , date and individual factories without using forensic tools is flat our embarrassing and videogame cluelessness territory.

[@emimoon1712]

*[Desire to know more intensifies]*

[@user-wv2rz1xj8x]

kek

[@Rofel_Wodring]

Would you like to know *more*? By the way hello there fellow pepes.

[@user-wv2rz1xj8x]

*PEPE INTENSIFIES*

[@johnbeauvais3159]

SpoonWraith The Germans had dead tracks, the US tanks of the time had live tracks

[@MadnerKami]

There's another reason why the germans generally put the transmission into the front and that reason is turret placement. By moving the transmission to the front, you can move the engine further to the back and the fighting compartment (along with the turret) more towards the middle of the chassis. This resulted in less (frontal) overhang of the gun of the tank, as the gun's barrel doesn't extend as far out as it does on tanks with the turret more towards the front (and the transmission to the rear). Outside of improving the stability of the vehicle (less weight to the front and main mass is more centerlined, as the turret usually is the second heaviest part of a tank) and thus reducing a number off issues (wear and tear on the suspension/tracks, as well as allowing better cross country stability), this also resulted in, theoretically, better maneuverability in tight places, like streets or woodland. Of course the later advantage got negated by the ever increasing length of gun-barrels, but the former advantage remained: Better weight distribution over the suspension, due to the second highest mass on the tank being located in the middle of the tank. Oh and that shot-trap? You'd have noticed it, if the turret wasn't facing forward. The part "cut out" of the turret, resulting in the shot-trap, was supposed to allow the turret to traverse fully or to the back of the vehicle. If that wedge wouldn't be there, the turret would bump into shit on top of the tank when traversing to or over the rear, e.g. cooling vents and whatnot on top of the engine roof. I dunno if that would be a problem on that particular version of the PzKpfw III anymore, but it was on the early versions, leading to that design-choice of the turret.

[@asadpuppy1259]

Oh look a paragraph. Too bad youre not lindy.

[@MadnerKami]

I know for fact, that Lloyd reads it and that is all the people I intended to adress. If others read it as well, good, if not, I'm not bothered.

[@Sparnee]

I read this in Lindy's voice. Perfect.

[@Lunkwow]

Isn't also easier to change gears with the transmission in the front?

[@b1laxson]

I was going to comment on the turret placement vs drive placement but you already have. Well done.

[@blairansellfraser]

The "I just spent last night sleeping in a Panzer" hairdo, just adds credibility to the documentary!

[@Camcolito]

'A great big shaft coming the whole length of the tank' - Reminds me of the time I got to sit in a Tiger 2.

[@dasirrlicht5415]

Lindybergs Tank-Museum-Report. Day 201, the Staff still didn't notice that i am not working here. Day 202, the Vending-Machine is empty, i need to seek anoter source of food. Day 203, Dave offered me to drive me home, he might be onto something.

[@darkynelp9777]

We germans could afford to have our sprocket wheels in the front because we have indeed quite big great shafts

[@henrikhilskov]

German Engineers recomended sprocket wheels in the back but Army headquater ordered them to put them in the front. However Army headquater had to admit it was a wrong decisions and long term plans was made to future designs to put them in the back.

[@gearandalthefirst7027]

Looks like someone didn't understand what you meant ;)

[@LayneBenofsky]

Heyy-oo!

[@Name-ps9fx]

LOL

[@DavidSmith-ss1cg]

- and do you carry them around in front of you, in a wheelbarrow? And where do the great big balls go?

[@mohammedcohen]

The PzKpfw III was the first 1/35th Tamiya kit I ever built - and my all time favorite (except possibly for the Stug III) - built on the same chassis

[@ShuRugal]

I love how frantically energetic your overview of this particular tank is, as compared to the Chieftan's more staid walkthrough of it.

[@Riceball01]

For those of you who have a hard time telling a PzKpwf III from a IV, like I once did, here's a simple trick, look at the road wheels and divide by 2. So PzKpfw III will have 6 road wheels and the IV has 8, so divided by 2 you get 3 & 4 respectively making it a quick and easy way to tell these two tanks apart since they're very similar in appearance.

[@kayraaa2646]

Riceball01 ...or just play war thunder.

[@Riceball01]

There's that I suppose, but I've found that counting road wheels to be the fastest and easiest way to tell them apart, esp. if you don't have a good shot of the turret where you can see the gun.

[@Detoyato]

Then suddenly you see a Panzer III B

[@Riceball01]

I just looked up the Ausf. B and it does throw a major wrench into the road wheel rule. I never realized that the PzKpfw III had so many variations in the number of road wheels, from 5 in the Ausf.. A to 8 in the B & some others.

[@Detoyato]

What is visible from all angles on the Panzer III and IV that will give you a clear idea of which one you're looking at are the sponsons... Aka the bits on a Panzer IV that overhang the tracks and also the reason why it has a slightly larger turret ring... That is absent on the Panzer III

[@charlesdexterward7781]

I'll take Lindy's 10/10 enthusiasm and 9/10 accuracy over any dedicated historian's 10/10 accuracy and

[@shuriken188]

Enthusiasm > 10

[@CentLt]

"The Germans thought what if Tom Hanks comes along and pokes his tommy gun in" lol so many meannings

[@rustyshackleford7265]

Nope. Just one

[@Seelenschmiede]

@@rustyshackleford7265 nope, at least two

[@MrEazyE357]

@@Seelenschmiede Like?

[@GeneralKenobiSIYE]

He said "pokes A Tommy gun through" not "pokes HIS Tommy Gun through."

[@GarioTheRock]

Your sexuality is being put on trial Mister Panzergranate x)

[@IronDuke1815]

This was my first Lindybeige video, I've been binge watching his stuff ever since! So interesting!

[@skepticmonkey6923]

People are talking about Lindybeige being stuck in the museum but im more worried for the camera man...

[@CraftQueenJr]

spore bubu agreed.

[@3DiversionsDeep]

Get up and BANG! Lindybeige video published 40 secs ago! What a great start for the day!

[@Strawberry92fs]

Come on and SLAM and welcome to the JAM!

[@MKahn84]

There is damage to the tank, so my guess is the extra armor (armour for you from the Mother Country) for the turret was installed but removed after being damaged. For those who don't know, there is an actual escape hatch. You can see the front part of it (the hinge) at 6:22 just behind the first return roller (that's the name of the little wheels at the top of the track) when Lindybeige starts talking about the sprocket and you can see the whole thing at 6:28. As was pointed out, hatches are weak points in the armor and take extra effort to manufacture, so they stopped putting in the escape hatch in later models (the M model I believe). As a former tanker (peacetime only), I feel the correct place for the engine, transmission, and sprocket is at the front of the tank. Keeping the engine, transmission, and sprocket together simplifies things (no need for long prop shafts or long gear lever linkages), and the engine and transmission are big chunks of metal that provide extra crew protection up front. Israel's Merkava has that arrangement.

[@jerryudonneedtoknow3903]

I assume this is an Ausf. J1 Anyway during production, there were shortages on the extra turret armor piece so many were just shipped out to combat without it and you'd better hope that there were enough spares that they be delivered to your tanks Since there is a hull hatch, this is an Ausf. J or J1, the Ausf. L completely removed hull escape hatches and remained so in the M I would need to measure tank in order to see if it's a J or J1 but since that is a side hatch, it's a J or J1

[@JC-fy8wh]

Great video. I really like the just the visual commentary on the minor things, such as the folded antenna

[@markazade]

I'm glad German tank designers were considering what Tom Hanks was going to do with a tommy gun in the 1930s, cheers Lloyd.

[@johnlake3698]

1940s*

[@captainbaxter3658]

Panzer III was developed in the 30's

[@johnlake3698]

yes but he said what Tom Hanks was going to do the us didnt even enter the war till 1941 they were considering the idea possibly in the 30s but it wasnt what tom hanks was going to do until the 40s

[@sheeplord4976]

John Lake they might have removed the glass because it shattered. So it might have never worked

[@naguerea]

the destruction was caused by a British Mosquito ground attack plane . (a fabulous bit of filmography>

[@shuriken188]

6:16 The soldier closest to the camera looks like his schemes he has been working on for the past decade have all come to fruition all at once.

[@cletusmandeletusman2328]

“plan: make the leader of germany kill himself”

[@mezene99]

A cunning plan !

[@jimmertrzcinski1144]

More please, I really loved your reading video about the Cromwell, your wit and enthusiasm was very entertaining

[@veizour]

Another absolutely wonderful and intriguing video. Thank you for your time and dedication.

[@lupin2589]

Lindy + real tanks? It's a good day to be alive

[@komradetuniska2003]

I never enjoyed someone talking about a specific German tank like Lindybeige does.

[@burner572002]

Excellent video,love the style of presenting ,fast and informative

[@idahoanarmor9014]

First time watching your vids. I love that you not only know what you're talking about, but you enjoy it. Keep it up!

[@fritzrue]

What a great video! My dad served in the panzer III from '39 to '43, having two shot out under him and qualifying him for release from military service. Fascinating video!

[@tohopes]

If Britain has need to dig out the WW1 and WW2 tanks for use in WW3, Lloyd will be right at the front of the line of volunteers to operate them.

[@mwnciboo]

@Dieter Gaudlitz Ok Dieter....Ok....take them pills will you.

[@jammer3618]

Are you kidding me. This clown in a shooting war. Not likely.

[@mwnciboo]

@@jammer3618 only if the war happens in his mums basement.

[@user-tc9sk4ei9y]

@Dieter Gaudlitz don't worry, we got great tank museum. Join the dark side

[@TheNikkiBlack]

Not likely. He's too tall for most older tanks.

[@steamworks3823]

Always love the little corrections and extra information you add in with the text XD

[@panzermacher]

3:33 It's a compromise, the cutouts were necessary in order to keep the turret large enough to accommodate 3 crew members but still have a small enough turret ring diameter so that it didn't overhang the hull or more importantly the ENGINE COMPARTMENT HATCHES, while the cutouts did allow the Driver/Radio Operator to open their hatches should the turret be tiurned off center, this was only relevant on the PIV as the PZIII lacked such crew hates, the main reason for the cutouts on the PzIII/IV was still the need to open the Engine Bay Hatches, even then the Turret of both Panzers Still had to be swung to the 3 O'clock or 9 O'clock position to gain access to the engine compartment during regular maintenance (check any wartime photo of a Pz III/IV while undergoing maintenance) , there was already a persistent overhang on the Turret rear where the Commander's position was located which flat out prevented the Engine hatches from being opened, same IF the turret front cutouts were not present.

[@aapelikahkonen]

Lindy and a tank video! Life is good. :)

[@federicocogoli1454]

Lindy's tanks videos are best Lindy's videos

[@daanwilmer]

Lindy's tanks videos are also the best tank videos.

[@CommissarWallace]

Nah, the Tank Museum's 'Tank Chats' are the best tank videos. David Fletcher's moustache alone assures that.

[@MrMenefrego1]

There is one word that best describes this man: STAMINA! 👀

[@vinces7001]

Amazing orator whilst talking about my favourite subject! + Love the jumper

[@howardfortyfive9676]

Extremely interesting video Lindy. It is always such a joy to have an animated vibrant historian running at such high RPMs explaining all the nuances of a specific weapon platform. Museums have always been a favorite haunt of mine since I was a small boy.

[@Tired_Sloth]

>10min video >More than you want to know Hah.

[@fivenightsatfreddy2940]

ha like me ha

[@andrewmagdaleno5417]

I love the depth of these videos! Keep it up!

[@robertphillips6296]

Very informative as always. Thank You for posting.

[@overlord8880]

CLICKBAIT!!! I WANTED TO KNOW ALL OF THAT!

[@chewtag]

Wooooosh

[@applecore4720]

r/woooooosh

[@toastytacos702]

Woosh

[@hampter1279]

Going to the tankers r/wooooooosh Page

[@Dan-n-Duke-jr2ic]

What does woosh mean?

[@VilleKivinen]

We want more tanks! More models and more about the tactics!

[@charlesbell8299]

Video WELL DONE. Very interesting, it kept my attention from the first word. It wasn't just the content which I was interested in to start with, the man knew how to lay out the information he wished to inform us about.

[@pauldjacobs]

Wow, so confidently knowledgeable. So much information comes pouring out and so fast... Great work, keep the vids coming.

[@stephencostello8792]

He's been back to the Tank Museum for Tankfest and I was lucky enough to meet him. I would like to say Lloyd your a really friendly fellow and I was really grateful for your agreeing to commemorate the moment with several selfies taken by your extremely friendly friend (sorry sir I was too star struck to ask your name).

[@apainintheaas]

I heard the transmission placement also has to do with balancing the weight. If you put both engine and transmission in the back, the turret will be place farther to the front, which will make the tank front heavy. If you move the transmission to the front, the turret can be placed more in the centre. This tends to balance the tank more.

[@ExplizitDuester]

apainintheaas sounds reasonable

[@lindybeige]

It is a complicated problem, and there doesn't seem to be a simple explanation for the two ways of doing it. I am not convinced that the track-cleaning reason is the main one.

[@Nikarus2370]

Don't forget, there's also newer tanks that have both engine and transmission at the front, and the turret is at the back. (I believe the reasoning on this is so you can have more stuff between the front armor, and the crew, to increase crew survivability). As far as positioning the transmission there are a few more aspects to it. A rear mounted transmission is generally easier to service. Armor plates to the rear can have large access panels cut into them without compromising the combat effectiveness of the tank. A frontally mounted transmission on the other hand either needs access panels cut into the front armor. of course this provides weak points in the armor. The US M3 and M4 tanks, and the German Panzer 2-3-4 series do this.. You can actually see the access panels right on the top of the transmission housing on this panzer 3). Other way is you keep your front armor solid, but then are stuck removing everything from the front hull of the tank, and then pulling the transmission out to service it. It's quite time consuming, and was one of the chief problems with the Panther (The other being the fact that its transmission was built for a tank in the 30t range, not 45t. 2 problems combined with eachother caused a lot of panthers to spend more time hanging around a maintenance shop, than actually out fighting)

[@mikhailzavarov3166]

apainintheaas Moving the Drive sprockets forward entails having to run a bulky transmission unit under fighting compartment taking up precious space & usually resulting in taller vehicle overall

[@apainintheaas]

MikhailZavarov Nika Rus Both fair points, it has a lot of different pros and cons I guess.

[@whistledawg7206]

Nicely done, crisp, concise, very informative!

[@harley419]

Go for it Lindy, glad to have you back in my recommendations

[@velikiradojica]

Very hot gas coming out of HEAT rounds? I think you mean very fast metal.

[@Nikarus2370]

And what state of matter is that metal?

[@velikiradojica]

Something between liquid and solid, it doesn't translate well to English and I don't know the specific term.

[@nuclearsnek3749]

Plasma?

[@velikiradojica]

Not plasma. It's more like honey. Only it's going really fast and is much denser.

[@wolf310ii]

Solid Metal that act like liquid

[@tor9027]

When your pants match your tank #outfitgoals

[@JaegerMatthias]

His "pantzers", maybe?

[@chaplainjamesthicc305]

+Matt Redman Pantzerhosen

[@davidwormell6609]

I did not know about the track cleaning properties of the front sprocket, thanks Lindy.

[@wilczur335]

"The tracks broke quite often." Every Men of War AS2 player: "Yeah ..."

[@krakow0457]

Awesome. Well done. Keep up the great work!!! Pls do more tanks!

[@liamobrien9451]

Heat doesn't burn though. It has nothing to do with temperature, all to do with kinetic energy of the jet of copper

[@ineednochannelyoutube5384]

Presumably thats why they use hugh specific heat ceramics to counter it.

[@pingun96]

To be quite fair i think HEAT has changed a bit in principle and all over the last 7 decades. HEAT today use different methods and 'components-ingredients' than they did in the past. We've gone a long way from the basics we noticed and all that.

[@RMMLz]

True. It works by kinetic energy, but it is independent of the speed of the projectile . I think that's why many people make this mistake.

[@jdrmurphy4141]

Thats the dumbest thing ive ever heard,

[@jdrmurphy4141]

Heat rounds ate NOT kinect weapons.

I have to say...I really enjoy your videos, speaking style and the way you convey information! Sure, you're not all over the tank, telling us about track tension...but I far more enjoy your videos. Keep it up!!

[@americanpatriot2422]

Outstanding video and presentation.

[@thetntsheep4075]

The Germans were so creative with their names. I mean, tank 3. They must have employed professional brainstormers

[@tedarcher9120]

The TNTsheep no, it's actually called " armored battle cart model 3 with 50mm tank mounted gun model 39 year with 60 caliber long barrel"

[@DepressivesBrot]

You mean compared to the Americans calling their tanks 'Medium Tank, Model 3', 'Medium Tank, Model 4', 'Light Tank, Model 3' and so on?

[@mikeromney4712]

Sonderkraftfahrzeug....:)

[@ralphbernhard1757]

The TNTsheep I guess "Mathilde" or "Hitler" didn't quite have the same ring as "Matilda" or "Churchill" :-)

[@kyle857]

The TNTsheep I kind of like those types of naming conventions. Let's you look back and know where you stand.

[@Nygaard2]

Unless a Panzer III is having an affair with my wife, that headline is plain wrong!

[@Nygaard2]

But I'll watch to make sure... My wife HAS been gone for most of the day...

[@darklighter8968]

You sir, made my day!

[@michaelcoulter1114]

Magnus Nygaard Well, I'm going to bet that the tank is better hung than any human male, so you shouldn't feel any sense of inadequacy.

[@randall6666]

Great video! I enjoyed your presentations!

[@timmy3822]

Cracking video :). Would be interesting to see one like this on the Pz.IV or the Panther.

[@chromaspark1257]

"What if Tom Hanks comes along.." XD

[@frankquevedo6001]

Not to worry last time I saw him he was on the bridge of a USN destroyer. YOU KNOW WHAT? He had a hell of a lot machine gun, cannons & depth charges! 🤕

[@panzerkampfwagenvpantherau5770]

A little correction here, the gasses in HEAT aren't meant to "burn" their way through anything, the compression of gasses is a purely kinetic force that punctures the armour.

[@leojohn1615]

correction of the correction its not gasses its copper that although not melted behaves like a stream of fluid cause of have fast its going

[@johnnyzippo7109]

The fit & finish and that includes those slide of dimes welds , absolutely Swiss watch type of craftsmanship in these tanks .

[@pattonkesselring4247]

You my friend have got to be one of if not the most British people I’ve ever seen on KZbin, and I love it. You and the mighty jingles should totally do a collaboration video

[@hippiehobo]

Lies! This was less than i wanted to know!

[@shuriken188]

I want a detailed history of the design and usage of every bolt, every plate, and all the doctrine involved. Any mechanical parts must be described in full detail down to the individual pieces.

[@RobertS122]

I would watch that.

[@WulfgarOpenthroat]

HEAT warheads don't kill tanks with hot gas, they project a hypervelocity jet of liquid metal. IIRC it's also not a thermal effect, but a kinetic one, with the explosives shaping and accellerating the material, which impacts at such speed that solid armour essentially behaves as a liquid when struck.

[@TheRealMathewcane]

You sir, are amazing! Keep up the high quality work! Cheers from Denmark! :)

[@MrSnapy1]

Read many books watched many videos on the Panzer 3. First I have heard about the shot trap and the reason for weird angles on the turret. Seriously thank you for the education! Must sub...

[@alanpassat6759]

The rear sprocket enables the use of a "powerpack", an integrated engine and transmission, which facilitates fast easy in field powerpack changes

[@soepkip1326]

About a week ago me and my class went to the dutch army museum and when we arrived there was a leopard1. So I started to talk about the tank with my classmate. My teacher heard me talk about the tank and said to me: "explain to the class how it works". So I did and after that I basically gave a tour for my friends. I haven't been there before.

[@MaverickCulp]

soepkip13 Haha that's how I was at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum!

[@cocktailpost]

Man this is the best, the most compelling video title. Ever! hahaha. Well, this kind of stuff only come from the head of an authentic host. And besides the content *that is great* we are susbcribed to this chanel (am I wrong?) because you are authentic, man. Cheers from the desert!

[@rubybrady7051]

Well spoken, very interesting. Great detail.

[@peniskopf653]

thx so much for more uploads lindy ^^.....i love tanks too

[@nicktohzyu]

HEAT rounds work kinetically, the temperature of the jet has little effect. This has been experimentally tested and can be found on the wikipedia page for HEAT rounds and shaped charges en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaped_charge#Munroe_effect

[@NavidIsANoob]

nicktohzyu I'm sure Lindy just misspoke.

[@gundenordstrom8123]

I think he meant to say HESH (High Explosive squash Head

[@iatsd]

+Gunde Nordström No, he didn't. He simply doesn't know what he's talking about. Lloyd really isn't that bright beyond what he thinks he learned via Commando comics. And HESH doesn't work that way either.

[@NavidIsANoob]

Iatsd, types of explosives used by armored vehicles is really basic knowledge when it comes to warfare. Lloyd just misspoke. No need to insult the man.

[@iatsd]

NavidIsANoob is not an "explosive", it's a type of ammunition. and he didn't mis-speak: he genuinely doesn't understand how it works. the problem I have with Lloyd is that he holds forth on many subjects, but he usually doesn't have actual knowledge. he certainly *thinks* he does, but he's basically just full of crap. look at his BS surrounding what he laughingly tries to justify calling a "Spandau". No one​ with a sense of intellectual honesty would have tried to push the steaming pile of shite that he was shoveling.

[@davidschroeder3272]

That was an outstanding presentation, thank you. I built a crude 1/12.5 model of the PzKw3, the lower hull being made of steel, and the upper hull of aluminum. I had two plastic models to work with; one being 1/25 scale with which I simply doubled the dimensions. The 1/25 model was actually a Stug 3, but after finishing the lower hull, suspension, and track, I decided to make it into a PzKw3 with rotating turret, using a 1/37 model. I have a picture of the 1/12.5 scale tank on my desk top, but am not sure how to upload, and post it here. The tank is not finished yet, as I hadn't figured out the best way to fabricate the cupola on top and the hatches on the sides of the turret. Additionally, I was unable, with my limited metal working skills, to replicate the track and drive sprocket of the original tank. So I fabricated a single drive sprocket that engages the track in the center, and the track is based on a bulldozer track design. However, each of the 12 road wheels is torsion bar suspended. Also the track segments, totaling 56 per side, are made of steel, and each track loop weighs 5 pounds.

[@netslum12]

Love the informational format of this. Not just COOL TANK

[@BNRmatt]

I've heard elsewhere that HEAT weapons worked by penetration, not burning.

[@a.morphous66]

It uses a jet of molten metal to essentially melt through the hull. It doesn’t use heat itself for that effect, rather it liquefies the area through extreme pressure.

[@habe1717]

There is nothing molten when a HEAT round goes off. It merely shoots a bit of copper out at a very high speed to penetrate armor.

[@GizmoMaltese]

@@habe1717 The copper is molten and it liquifies the armor. So everything is molten. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3nFl2B7l5irl80

[@DZ-1987]

So... from what i'm gathering here, HEAT shells are just cooked AP.

[@besavagenotaverage6726]

Pz III is so cute

[@a.morphous66]

The Panzers all have their charm. I: Tiny and adorable. II: Just charming. III: Cute but rugged. IV: Reliable and strong. V: Sleek and majestic. VI: Huge and tough.

[@geminiXXX]

And you should see it in pink, it is FABULOUS!!!

[@aseemsharma6464]

You should Google "Bob semple" tank.. it's the cutest tank ever 😄

[@breizhrudie4757]

Aseem Sharma What, you mean that horrific creature ?

[@aseemsharma6464]

Breizh Rudie yeah.. exactly.. the tank with which New-Zealand dreamed of world domination 😂

[@hanzup4117]

Would love to see more of these.

[@williampagdon4822]

Another great Video. Thank you Sir.