Rare WW2 Panther Ausf.A footage - Postwar test footage - Panzerkampfwagen V.

[@stevenewman1393]

👌😎👍Very totally fabulously cool wonderful footage of the Panther Tank indeed!.

[@zhengguan6431]

Nice video! A very good reference that shows how well the mobility of the panther tank was!

[@PanzerInsight]

The Panther was a German medium tank developed in 1938 out of a project to replace the Panzer III and IV called the VK 20 series and design proposals were send in by Krupp, Daimler Benz and MAN. The VK20 design was abandoned as the requirements increased to a vehicle weighing 30 tonnes after he German army encountered the Soviet T-34 and KV-1 tanks. This would lead to the VK 30.02(DB) design, which would resemble the T-34 in hull and turret and i would also be powered by a diesel engine. The two designs were reviewed from January to March 1942. The MAN design embodied a more conventional configuration, with the transmission and drive sprocket in the front and a centrally mounted turret and the Daimler-Benz design was viewed to be superior to MAN's design. But because the MAN design used an existing turret designed by Rheinmetall-Borsig, and a mild steel prototype of the MAN design was produced by September 1942 and, after testing at Kummersdorf, it would be officially accepted. In January 1943 MAN produced the first production series Panther Ausf.D tank. It would be called the Panzerkampfwagen V Panther until 27 February 1944, when it was ordered that the Roman numeral "V" be deleted. The early Panther tanks were eventually send back in April through May 1943 for a major rebuilding program, because of major breakdowns. The first 250 Panthers were powered by a Maybach HL 210 P30 V-12 petrol engine, late versions would have got the Maybach HL 230 P30 V-12 petrol engine, but these first engines were plagued with mechanical problems. The engine was dangerously prone to overheating and suffered from connecting rod or bearing failures. Petrol leaks from the fuel pump and fuel-lines were also a problem and would produced fires in the engine compartment, this problem was never really solved and the Panther was the actual real Ronson tank. The Panther would see action with the Panzer Abteilung 51 on 9 January, and then Panzer Abteilung 52 on 6 February 1943, It would be seen as a necessary component of Operation Citadel, but the attack was delayed several times because of their mechanical problems, the same problems came back in the Battle of Kursk. Later versions of the Panther would be the A and G, and the last version was the F which would never see any action. Many features of the Ausf.D like the drum-shaped commander’s cupola and the thin rectangular hull machine gun port were still present on early production Ausf.A Panthers. They only changed mid production and not at the same time. Other modifications were introduced during the production run. Ausf.D and Ausf.A tanks were also upgraded with different features once they had been issued to a Panzer Division when they went to a maintenance or repair unit. Some changes to the Early and Late A tanks were changes to the turret and the gun mantle on the Ausf.A turret was wider than the one fitted to the older Ausf.D, the shape of the cast turret side had changed to a dish shape protrusion to fit the new seal for the gun mantle, three pistol ports were removed to make the armour stronger and of course the round drum like commander’s cupola, which would be replaced by a new dome shaped cast armor commander’s cupola. and in late November 1943 a ball mount Kugelblende with a spherical armoured guard was introduced onto the front glacis plate.

[@ulmevend2734]

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[@Mitch_N_Monty_get_fuked]

Wow such a detailed list

[@chrisvieke2559]

Great video and excellent music.

[@PanzerInsight]

Glad you liked it Chris. Nice profile picture, did you already see the new movie? 😂

[@michaeltelson9798]

The Panther at Cologne that was hit by a Pershing, you have the series of shells hilling it and the vehicle going on fire. It had a unit (Sherman tanks) pinned down originally, the Pershing circled around and caught it by its side.

[@dangerpowers5939]

The pershing was quiet Lucky as the panther commander didnt recognize the pershing siluette and thought it couldve been a german tank, so he told the gunner to hold fire.

[@richardgenesse6496]

Beatiful footage

[@kenc9236]

Another great video. I am working on pz kpfw v panther ausf g models in 1/72 scale. Your video's are amazing to me. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work.

[@PanzerInsight]

Thank you for the comment Ken and have fun working on the scale model.

[@davetorre1694]

Go to Google and type in "Panther G house of queeq.wordpress.com". You'll find 1/72 Panther G's painted in three different camouflage schemes from three different factories. All were in the Battle of the Bulge.

[@PanzerInsight]

0:05 German newsreel showing several Panther A and G tanks in a row. 0:21 Panther tanks in the Battle for Paris, although most of the armored tanks in this battle consist out of French captured tanks, there were a few Panther tanks available to the Germans, two of these vehicles captured that they by the French are still in the Saumur Tank Museum collection. 0:29 Panther tank crew seeming confused, not really knowing were the enemy is and not knowing that the FFI is even filming them. 1:14 Several Panther A and G on the move. 2:57 A Panther tank still returning after losing a track. 3:00 German training video with original sound. (edited music by me orginal unedited version available on Patreon or Buymeacoffee.) escapability

[@Akela-gl3mg]

Amazing video!!

[@PanzerInsight]

Thank you 👍

[@dorinz5103]

Excellent material 🤔👍

[@PanzerInsight]

Thank you 👍

[@paoloviti6156]

Very interesting footage including those rumbling around in Paris! The couple of Panther Ausf.A were tested in Sweden, apparently they had 5 of them, and was part of a long footage tested in various conditions with some Shermans for reference but those US tanks didn't go very well both in the mud and snow. It is worth to see how well the Panther was handling in various conditions and seems that it didn't had much problems on the heavy snow! A cool tank indeed...

[@PanzerInsight]

What I find to be most interesting is that the Swedish video even fooled you, because if you look closely you can see the Panther fail several times but, before it really stops they cut away, I have no idea if this was done by the orginal editor or in the later stages.

[@paoloviti6156]

@@PanzerInsight oh, I didn't know that or better I was not observant as you! But I'm pointing out the the Swedish army didn't have powerful recovery vehicles and certainly couldn't work on the snow to tow the broken Panther to the shop to be repaired but I'm just guessing! But I do know that there was a Swedish Königtiger had to be chopped up as they couldn't tow it when it broke down. Now only the cannon survive by chance because they were ready to chop it up too not more than 10 years ago...

[@PanzerInsight]

I do think they had no problem towing it because seen several pictures of the Tiger with a Dragon wagon in front of it.

[@thebowshock7729]

​@@paoloviti6156 Panther was designed for the Eastern Front and it was its primary hunting ground. Panther as a tank is completely different to anything that the Germans had in use prior to that and it was a completely different machine reflecting the change in the German strategic thinking. Panther is a tank designed to be a deadly machine on its own (unlike the early blitzkrieg tactics relying on combined arms) and had the highest muzzle velocity gun for penetration. Its driving capabilities were designed for the muddy steppes of the Soviet Russia. The eastern front created Panther. Conversely, it didn't do as well in Normandy where there were not as much open space

[@richardbennett3368]

Shows why it is considered the best medium tank of WWII.

[@erichaheidrich4593]

Towards the end of the war, panzer crews consisted of inexperienced soldiers and were driven to the front without adequate infantry or air support. This is how, many Panthers ended up.

[@Hubbahubba480]

Panther is the best, and I looks fantastic also. Best looking Tank Ever

[@unknownxd4574]

best looking with shitty mechanical problems

[@davetorre1694]

@@unknownxd4574 They were, for the most part, fully solved by February 1944. It was announced fully operational then, and fought on the defensive, where the problems weren't so detrimental.

[@davetorre1694]

I wish some with the small turret had become operational; so that I could build a model of one.

[@Hubbahubba480]

@@davetorre1694 Absolutely, Done remember seeing and article that said One prototype turret was installed on a Panther Chassis

[@davetorre1694]

@@Hubbahubba480 I believe there is a Panther at Fort Knox with the next suspension system. It had one less road wheel per side, and the tread didn't overhang the sprocket.

[@Deguar75]

This tank was an improvement of the Soviet T-34 , as many already know here .... I think the germans managed to create a very good one and now is a legend forever and ever.. I like the Panther. Thanks for the video uauuu!!!😉🙂

[@PanzerInsight]

Thank you for the comment 👍

[@acersalman8258]

Beautiful tanks it is the best ❤❤❤❤❤

[@yattaran1484]

Amazing video !. Is that fighting scene real ?.

[@garyeastell3458]

Yes , the panther took out a Sherman and then it was hit multiple times by a pershing. I believe it took place in Cologne.

[@TheYeti308]

Must have found that guy sabatoughing transmissions at the factory.

[@Katzen24]

Sequenz 8:15 min ein Panther fährt im Gelände mit seinem Fahrwerk! Es gibt keinen Besseren!

[@tinslatee]

I wonder which tank desperate German infantry were happier to see roll up to support them. The tiger or the panther tank ?

[@mossbergshockwave9629]

You know the Russians would train dogs to under tanks by placing food under them. They had a bomb strapped to them and as they went under the tank the device would trigger by touching the tank and explode.

[@PanzerInsight]

Yes I have seen footage of this.

[@michaeltelson9798]

The dogs weren’t effective. They were either shot or since training under Soviet vehicles went to where the familiar scent was, Soviet tanks.

[@jean-christophemoreau3018]

👍

[@LeonardGarcia-yn2ej]

ERNST BARKMANN /BARKMANNS CORNER! RIP

[@oceanhome2023]

So do you still want to be a Tanker ?

[@АртурШаульский-ч5м]

По сравнению с американским Шерманом, проходимость у немецкого танка PzKpfw V "Пантера" хорошая. Но у русского Т-34-85 ещё лучше. Особенно по грязи, из которой он на показе с трудом её выволок. Толпа зрителей аплодировала)

[@MyChemtrail]

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[@KyleBounds-q5p]

Не хера у 34 проходимость не лучше клиренс у пантэты 560мм у 34 400мм сулило малолетнее не знаеш не пиши

[@KoKissaki]

They should have cancel the production of all other models and build 40k Panthers...

[@davetorre1694]

Never could have made that many. The Stug III was probably the most important armored vehicle in their arsenal.

[@DC_10]

Fake sound

[@PanzerInsight]

Every sound is fake on these videos filmed with the 30mm combat camera, but the sound at 3:00 is actually real sound filmed with studio cameras for a training video.

[@KyleBounds-q5p]

Пантэра лучший танк второй мировой