Puma - Germany's Devastating Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The German armed forces have been operating the successful Marder infantry fighting vehicle known as Marten IFV for over 40 years, and it has already begun to show its age.
Not wanting to stay behind other nations’ IFVs, the German army has been slowly replacing it with the Puma, a next-generation vehicle that has proved the perfect companion to Panzer Grenadiers and Leopard tanks.
Equipped with state-of-the-art interchangeable armor plates that can make it as heavy and bulletproof as a Russian T-72 tank, the Puma also lives up to its name by reaching speeds of more than 70 kilometers per hour and striking the enemy from where it least expects it.
Armed with a devastating cannon, machine guns, 360-degree situational awareness, and hunter-killer drone capabilities, its possibilities are endless, and recent news of a joint venture with the German army’s Future Soldier system could also have it controlling the skies…

[@whatsawigwag2590]

The German cross is a symbol that is feared and respected, it's still bad ass imo

[@brittakriep2938]

The cross version of wwll was the ,Balkenkreuz' / timber cross.

[@Iskelderon]

That symbol has seen a lot in its over 200 years of history!

[@davidburke8682]

Wen i see that cross i see symbol that led millions of germans to a violent death the millions more that it murdered. I also see a future brother in arms in our war against ironically nazi russian i know if i go to fight russia and i see a tank with that symbol its gonna give me a morale boost but also a chill

[@chrishamilton2559]

@@davidburke8682 Nazi Russia? Oh propaganda spewing mass media, are there no ironies you can't sell to the sheep?

[@brittakriep2938]

@@davidburke8682 : The ,Eisernes Kreuz' first appeared in 1813. When used as real Orden/ medal , it was only given in wartime, when the existance of Germany is in danger. This was 1813 to 1815, 1870/ 71, 1914 to 1918 and 1939 to 1945. The medal / Orden had to be renewed before every important war. In not so important wars, the ,Eisernes Kreuz' was not given . And under the sign of American Eagle, Stars and Stripes the USA killed thosands of natve americans, had slavery for 80 years, annexed Kingdom of Hawaii, .....

[@xybit4]

The spike lr is mainly for anti tank purposes. Its not really meant to be used against airthreats other than low flying helicopters

[@clanrobertson7200]

I would sure as hell take it over a shoulder mounted missile 97% of the time. Leave it up to the Germans to get the sense of a modular coordination system in the field. God help the people that are resisting without a great, and I mean great unconventional guerrilla warfare plan that has some kind of ace up the sleeve from a topographic/geological perspective. Can you say Johnny Weissmuller type Quick Sand? It’s a secret weapon that only us old guys know of, sorta like what real Cowboys and especially Mountain Men that our mothers didn’t protect us from, because they were our recent ancestors who fought to give us our VERY FIRST taste of freedom and real self rule in the Appalachian Mountain Wilderness where we could finally escape the tyranny of the Monarchial murder and being deceived through bribery and corruption as William Wallace found out before they distributed the case to everyone in the country. Just as the same people have lusted after the resources that our continent offers that has made us the Country that we are, but most of all, and no matter how much we have thought that we might have become friends, the perversion of un thwarted power has pulsed in their incestuous blood that has come to take on a life of it’s own. A life that has devolved into the most base part of our cranial matter known to all medical and psychological sciences, and yet after ions of it’s demonstration over and over through the blood of our fathers and sons, and even the ancient practices of abusing our children to the point of having the re-exposure of the most grievous practices publicly exposed, and yet they never pay the same price as the average citizens, weather it’s a Duke and Duchess, or a President like Clinton or his brother who has been masquerading as Hillary for several decades now. This is the genetic explanation of Chelsea! But it is not a laughing matter relative to the British Monarchy (and I love Great Britton and am a descendant) but the British Monarchy, as I was saying before the Clintons diversion, has maintained that Reptilian taste for blood that only the ability to force mass kneeling and obedience that only torture and death ☠️ can enforce, and they and the Rothschilds/Klaus Schwab Billionaire Industrialists along with the complacent Big Pharmaceuticals which wrung $3 BILLION FROM THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH LAST YEAR FOR A MODIFIED SARS2 FLU VIRUS THAT DR DEATH ☠️ FALCHI working hand in hand with patented key to their “vaccine” for 2015 and the genetic virus that doesn’t exist in 1997ish. Look it up. The President of Pfizer admitted it on Fox News Sunday with Maria Bartiromo. Meaning that they created the disease/virus/in theory only, and then created the psychological operations to sell the tonic water/vaccine. The old professor Live free or die! Death ☠️ to all tyrants, all tyrants foreign and domestic!!!!!! The truth will stand before God when the world falls. No Shit.

[@comsubpac]

but it can be.

[@TB-zf7we]

Yes it can, just like the Ukrainian Stugna-P which has already shot down at least 2 helos (they were stationary over a forest)

[@Thor_Asgard_]

The Puma is the best IFV in the world by far. A Puma would smoke 10 Russian BMPs easily at once. First shot matters more then people realize and the Puma would always strike first.

[@2.Cuzzzz]

It has not even been in combat my guy. The cv90 or the bradley is a much better choice. Wanna know why? They have been in combat. They are combat proven compared to the puma. 🙃🇸🇪🇺🇸>🇩🇪

[@Thor_Asgard_]

@@2.Cuzzzz loool, so a dachia is a better car because it has allready been driven instead of the new bmw m4 thats coming out. your logic is flawwled in so many ways. Thats what testing trials are for.

[@2.Cuzzzz]

@@Thor_Asgard_ i like that you think my logic is flawed, even though you went from talking about IFV’s to cars lool

[@Thor_Asgard_]

@@2.Cuzzzz its called analogy. sry but thats how logic works.

[@2.Cuzzzz]

@@Thor_Asgard_ so you would choice a puma over something that has already been out in combat for 20+ years. Well that’s interesting 🤨

[@panzertank938]

76 year's later the Germans still develop one of the most technically developed and advanced Tank's and IFV's

[@Armin2012]

German quality, and more than plenty amounts of time to build them without interference. Cars, appliances and military equipment

[@omenxiii9229]

German engeering is still the best.

[@archersfriend5900]

@@Armin2012 they should send some to Ukraine.

[@archersfriend5900]

@@omenxiii9229 if they don't send them to Ukraine they are moral cowards.

[@slavaukrainifckputin4290]

@@archersfriend5900 we will. Marder IFVS and gepards are beeing refurbished and Ukrainians are getting trained on them. Sadly our rmilittary is very weak atm

[@somederp8915]

Germany: Let's turn our IFVs into Light tanks!

[@AckzaTV]

Stug3 ...

[@WAJK2030]

VJTF Puma only has 6 Dismounts due to SPIKE LR reloads. Also the Puma can withstand HEAT, older Apsfd and ATGMs at the front and sides (that’s why it weighs more than a T72B3 Main battle tank). It is a heavy IFV or HIFV.

[@emilsinclair4190]

It also has 6 discounts because its predecessor also has that number (more or less)

[@jonny2954]

Puma always had 6 dismounts. And Marder did most of its service life. Standard German Mechanised Infantry dismount elemt size is 6.

[@kosovoisserbia8937]

it cant stop and better apfsds than 3bm9 (50 y old tech that noone uses ) frontally let alone from sides ...

[@WAJK2030]

@@kosovoisserbia8937 *lookingAtRussianT62InCombat*

[@kosovoisserbia8937]

@@WAJK2030 T62 are used against light wehicles and even they are able to penetrate puma frontaly with apfsds lmao. from sides even t55 could pen it.

[@symbioticparasite6268]

I trained in Bergen, Germany. Nice vid, thanks. 👍

[@dernopenope2005]

I was litterally looking for a new video about the PUMA and damn you delivered that hell of a great video to this beautiful ifv keep it up ma man

[@oneshotme]

Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@halfevilhalfgood5738]

Another amazing vlog.

[@mixnmatchflavourbleach2313]

"The perfect companion" *I'm looking to adopt*

[@josephpacchetti5997]

Formidable Vehicle. 👍

[@julwiezdeghorz5089]

Impressive!

[@spezialzt]

5:15 WRONG stock footage

[@dermozart80]

hahahah omg I am dying!!!! AWESOME

[@claeslindgren2704]

Man now I want to make an IFV

[@Mr_Zoomy]

This man that narrates these videos is amazing, who is he??

[@teddy.d174]

Dark channels have some of the most informative, interesting content and the best narrator on KZbin.

[@jakemeyer8188]

That episode of Red vs Blue is starting to make much more sense now...

[@jmanj3917]

Good thing you didn't have to mention its chassis

[@richardsawyer5428]

Again, great video. You always link the modern stuff to their origins. How about the little known actions of the Royal Navy armoured car units during World War 1 or the long lived Rolls Royce armoured car? The Irish Army has a fine example of one. As for the "Puma", I associate that word with German sportswear of the 1980s, mullet haircuts and that country always beating us at football. 👍

[@jansix4287]

British armored cars didn’t fight alongside main battle tanks. The Hanomag 251 half-tracks were the first IFVs of the panzergrenadiers.

[@richardsawyer5428]

@@jansix4287 Something for the "Dark" team to shine a light on is the Royal Navy's use of armoured cars during the opening stages of World War 1, Antwerp and Ostende I think. Then their use against the Ottoman Empire. The Rolls Royce armoured car served up to the 1940s but by then in a second line role. It had an active career in "colonial policing".

[@lordrumpel566]

Trust me the armor of an puma is better than the armor of an t-72 ^^

[@markdaniellegarcia1362]

maintenance would be a pain due to its weight

[@DJ1573]

We need a Video about the HX3 multi purpose logistics/artillery/radar/pioneer/AA truck! Rheinmetall

[@dynestis2875]

Would like to see it up against the Hanwa Redback.

[@TheBelrick]

IFV = tanks that can also carry troops internally.

[@zooot820]

ifv=infantry fighting vehicle

[@rezolorocisimo895]

Can you also make a video about the ASCOD 2

[@MrShoki44]

Why show a lot of WWII tanks instead of the Sdkfz 251 and the Sdkfz 250 infantry fighting vehicles?

[@jacobsetser415]

Go make your own better video?

[@twofindertr5192]

​@@jacobsetser415 Sd.Kfz. 250 and 251 is near equivalent of ifv on ww2. (first intend was infantry carry). That be much more accurate on objective. Like Stug's were tank destroyer and Panther's were medium tank.

[@randytaylor1258]

Or . . . the original Puma, which was a heavy, 8-wheel armoured car?

[@theowlfromduolingo7982]

5:14 Random WW2 re-enactment resembling the Bundeswehr in the 2000s 😂 Interesting video nonetheless

[@abraham2172]

Yeah, I was wondering about that scene too.

[@T0ghar]

Nothing on the Marder 2. The Bundeswehr had already a Marder 1 replacement in the works before the unification, but the changing world and the costs ended the Marder 2 project after some prototypes were made.

[@petter5721]

CV90 is my choice 👍🏻

[@dermozart80]

The rear department not only is air conditioned, it also fulfills the "Richtlinie Sicherer Arbeitsplatz für Schwangere" which roughly translates to "Safe Workplace Guidelines for pregnant Women".... yes German bureaucracy in a nutshell. The Puma as good as it is, is way to expensive. Which explains why Australia is not considering to buy the Puma, but it's (much cheaper) little brother the Lynx.

[@GecktronLP]

The Puma is generally fulfilling standards for a safe working place. Which includes that standard too. Its not specifically designed for that.

[@zhufortheimpaler4041]

btw that was a major bullshit blunder by "Die BILD" Rainbowpress magazine, as they mixed the Puma safety guidlines with Bundeswehr Office Safe Workplace Guidlines, from where the safety for pregnant women part came. Furniture, carpets etc can transpire mildly toxic fumes for the first 1-2 years after removing them from the package. Thats btw the reason why Ikea furniture has this specific kind of smell. These fumes can harm the unborn child.

[@justnsaliga8518]

you know you're good at Designing Armored vehicles when you can make the Crew compartment safe for Pregnant women.

[@zhufortheimpaler4041]

@@justnsaliga8518 read my answer then be enlighted

[@Kushfohead45]

Might be expensive but Germany puts out equipment that lasts

[@h.k.347]

please use the metric system since it is used by most, and not just a few. i'm refering to mp/h and km/h..

[@NilfNilf1972]

5:15 … sehen aus wie Römer auf dem Weg nach Gallien ;-)

[@michaelcaptain_williams79w68]

Australia is not looking at purchasing the Puma. They trialled the Lynx, which is a completely different vehicle.

[@Jonroy6969]

Australia will be getting either the Lynx or the AS21 Redback not the puma. I would of like to have seen the CV90 go head to head with these 2 in Land 400 being brand new platforms but hay we will be getting a very capable IFV either way.

[@wolflarsen1900]

nobody gets the puma. The puma is and will be only used by the german bundeswehr, its only developed for that. for export we have the other best infantry vehicle in world, the lynx and the not amphibian boxxer gtx. probably the most armies eitherway wouldnt want to buy it because its pretty expensive in comprehension to infantry vehicles.

[@curtsauce3947]

I think the bmp-2m needs to be nerfed.

[@ronaldwhite1730]

thank you . ( 2022 / June / 10 )

[@commandercody4180]

I feel like most people here are from war thunder lol

[@alphakky]

US Army names its armor vehicles after generals; Lee, Sherman, Patton, Abrams. Bundeswehr names theirs after... cats. (Panther, Tiger, Leopard, Gepard...)

[@timmetimme1360]

Not just cat´s thos are Deadly Predetor´s .

[@norbertderiro9458]

It's Bundeswehr actually ! Bundesheer is the austrian Army ...

[@alphakky]

@@norbertderiro9458 You are correct. I couldn't remember for a moment.

[@Wick9876]

The British (reputedly Churchill himself) gave the M3, M4, and M5 the names Lee, Grant, Sherman, and Stuart. The US then continued it.

[@KingSpittusFactus]

Not just cats but animals in general. Cobra Wolf Bieber Keiler Ozelot Wiesel and my favorite ones are Panzerhaubitze 2000 und mittleres Artillerie Raketen System

[@AndresGarcia-xw2ee]

Devastador para los pobres tripulantes, tan perfecto que se destruye él mismo antes de ser alcanzado por el fuego enemigo!

[@warhammer8867]

What's the Sam hell is a Puma.

[@irfanabbass]

Way better than the Bradley

[@FXGreggan.]

"as bulletproof as a Russian T-72 tank" doesn't fill me with confidence as we've seen in Ukraine :) j/k

[@danielschulze9106]

^^

[@phluxtersharpe4646]

Slowing down the video speed to 0.75 makes the robot narrator sounds like Napoleon Dynamite.

[@richard-os9jr]

Sounds good but what happens when those fancy cameras optics and such are destroying by MG fire?

[@jansix4287]

How many seconds before the Puma fires back with 30mm airburst munition? Killing the entire MG nest with its first shot.

[@Mirkon177]

...i guess it will be the exact same thing that would happen to the fancy camera optics and such of every other modern IFV!

[@pedrolistacarey4880]

@@jansix4287 .- ,,,and "Hasta la vista, baby !"

[@gentlemanzackp6591]

they havent mentioned, they have armored LIDAR now. it scans *everything* 42,600 times a second theres also automatic targeting. they peek their heads, PUMA sees it and rotates toward your hidey spot and turn it into a secondary, third and forth foxholes in same spot.

[@lahummer5759]

In W.T. The Puma is so BoBo O.P.

[@ittipongchantasarakham2279]

The PUMA in War thunder is kinda OP bruhhh

[@raymondwilliams2609]

The PUMA sound's ideal. Now I know what to put in my letter to Santa..... although I probably won't get one as I'm still waiting for delivery of the Lamborghini I asked for when I was seven. Bearded old fart.

[@tamzidkarim9402]

one question? what is the need of Lynx IFV in presence of Puma?

[@jonny2954]

Puma was developed for the requirements of the German Army, which are quite high especially in the protection department and make the vehicle relatively expensive. Lynx is a more affordable, more customizable option for export customers.

[@HollywoodMarine0351]

At 0:29, "...to make as heavy and bulletproof as a Russian T-72 tank..." Yeah, I seriously doubt they are. LOL

[@FulcrumK]

Could you please make a video about the Polish IFV called "Badger"?

[@teddy.d174]

Yes, please.

[@kristianmerk9733]

No one cared

[@swunt10]

Why are poles stealing the traditional german naming convention. Can't you come up with your own thing instead of stealing from others?

[@teddy.d174]

@@swunt10 Seriously? You sound like a petulant child.

[@metalmadsen]

6:45 a T55 😄

[@stephank9172]

It is a t64. Note the narrow roadwheels

[@Dainsleif_Rex]

These things absolutely slap in warthunder 🤣😂

[@adamsteele6148]

Into the motherland the German army march.

[@leonschroeder4771]

They lost though the polish Lithuanian empire actually got Moscow onece and ATM they're all on the same side

[@kmnhypnotizeme480]

@@leonschroeder4771 you are comparing modern warfare to 400 year old warfare XD

[@BasTSLA]

yea thats why it should be 10.7 br

[@edga321]

Whats the benefits or droback compared to boxer ifv?

[@WAJK2030]

The Pumas armor can withstand Tank shells and ATGMS on front and sides. Also the tracks give it better cross country mobility. The Boxer is very modular, but is more lightly armored, against max RPG7 and 35 mm machine cannon fire. It’s outstanding street mobility gives it the ability to march even towards far away areas on its own without trucks or trains.

[@edga321]

@@WAJK2030 So in a defencive war cenerio if a "surprise" attack would happen boxer would be one of the first to respond in defense, and wait for the tanks and pumas becoming more of a support viecle for a counter offensive ?

[@GecktronLP]

@@edga321 Pumas are the dedicated transport vehicles of the Panzergrenadiere (the heavy infantry), and are designed to work in tandem with the Leopard 2 for the heaviest fighting. While the Boxer carries the lighter Jäger units.

[@texasranger24]

While the Puma is more modern than other IFVs, it's by no means perfect or actually modern. It has black&white screens with prehistoric software for example. What they should do is a Puma 2.0 with the Mantis 35mm airburst CIWS gun/turret. Both IFV and anti air. Because if Ukraine has shown one thing, it's that you need anti air protection everywhere and at all times. And then put either 4 Javelin or 4 Stinger missiles on there. Because you need those too.

[@TheGermanSpirit94]

My IFV Puma aka BOSCH has fully colored screens/thermal view the 4 gen battle managing system armed with a 30mm Air burst ammunition machine cannon (thats basically the mantis just with a lower rate of fire for precision) like every puma able to penetrate round about 200mm steel plates with KETF. the ABM ammo is programmable in several different scenarios with 162 subprojectils and the tankbuster Spike LR aka MELLS. compared to the 50mm autocannonen of the Marder 2 project is this compromise perfect in form of loadout and fighting capability 2nd in command platoon leader and trained on Marder and puma *Nevertheless we are still freaking heavy mechanized infantry and no1 can beat a motivated infantry dude* Btw we did a drag race between a PUMA,M1A2 Abrams and a IFV Bradley the result was German engineering wins

[@leonschroeder4771]

@@TheGermanSpirit94 do you think it would be possible or viable to fit drone launchers to it to temporarily increase awareness ( as long as the drone is up)?

[@TheGermanSpirit94]

@@leonschroeder4771 Mikado is one of these drones used by some crews due to the fact its still under development and we are still testing to use smaller ones

[@emilsinclair4190]

35 mm would mean less shoots before you would need to reload and doubling the number of rockets seems like a slight overkill when this vehicles are mostly used with tanks. Black and white displays were used in some early models because they were the only monitors that could handle extrem temperatures

[@kmnhypnotizeme480]

this is just false information

[@hrvojegrgic5111]

I wonder why it did not get any orders other than german military... I guess mostly because of the cost.

[@jonny2954]

Puma is tailored for the requirements of the German Mechanised Infantry, which doctrine differs quite a bit from the Mechanised Infantry in other militaries. Notably smaller dismounted element size and higher level of protection.

[@0Turbox]

That's no Puma. Period.

[@KingSpittusFactus]

It is its called KMW Schützenpanzer Puma

[@stephank9172]

The stock footage on this video is a mess

[@spezialzt]

5:03 :)

[@Greg29]

Another infomercial.

[@simwil524]

5:14 that is not the Bundeswehr. seems to be actors with WW2 uniforms

[@fintonmainz7845]

Devastatingly bad.

[@hunter59650]

next the Jaguar?

[@danielschulze9106]

Grizzly

[@danielschulze9106]

Or the mangler !!!

[@petegbailey6231]

What about the first one, wheeled with a panthet turret, so cool. I know it was WWII but still a beautiful machine

[@Rendell001]

It wasn't a Panther turret, it was a compact turret originally developed for an advanced light tank design that was eventually cancelled. It was armed with a 50mm gun rather than the Pather's 75mm L70 gun.

[@CharChar2121]

I wish the US Army would just buy these or one of the Scandinavian IFVs.

[@mangrey2361]

Cv90 are they called, and battle provent too

[@ilaccci8032]

@@killdizzle Talibans had rpgs,atgm launchers so we can call it battle proven

[@emilsinclair4190]

@@ilaccci8032 nah don't realy consider it battle proven until it has fought against a nation on a similar level.

[@mill2712]

@@emilsinclair4190 But where will we find such a rival? None really exist now.

[@kiketve2]

THESE FIGHTING VEHICLES HAVE TO BE ABLE TO FIGHT OFF DRONES, AND HELICOPTERS, THEY NEED TO PUT A 50 CALIBER X98 CHAIN CANONLIKE THE ONE NORTHROP ALREADY DESIGNED, IF NOT THESE VEHICLES WON'T HAVE A CHANCE AGAINST OTHER RUSSIAN-TYPE FIGHTING VEHICLES AND TANKS, LIKE THE BRADLEY THEY HAVE TO CONTAIN ANTI TANK MISSILES LIKE THE JAVELIN FIRE AND FORGET TYPE

[@JoeOvercoat]

Thumbnail looks like a photoshop job on the misleading shot at 9:06

[@timbrwolf1121]

And its in warthunder for no good reason. Among cold war vehicles

[@rickvanderhulst1561]

Dude warthunder is just a idiotic game doesn't make any sense why mention it. Alright having said that time for some low tier matches....

[@chuxxsss]

Off course Australia pick the South Korean mod in the end.

[@smokestriker1258]

5:02 =)

[@jakemillar649]

"As bulletproof as a Russian T-72 tank" does not give me much confidence.

[@minimax9452]

than you have no clue. Against Puma - the breadly is cardboard.

[@lost7123]

the puma might be the same weight as the t-72 but it features much more advance composite Amor, withstanding rpg 7 even from the side when hitting in a bad angle

[@johnpaul3099]

@@lost7123 false every tank is vulnerable at the sides

[@eyyze]

@@johnpaul3099 Vulnerable? Yes, however RPG-7 is actually useless against the Puma, you'd need something like a Kornet ATGM, nothing hand-held will be really effective against the Puma.

[@johnpaul3099]

@@eyyze what about a Javelin?

[@billotto602]

At the risk of sounding pro-Nazi (NOT intended), Deutschland Uber Alas (sp?) ! I'm of German descent & proud of my heritage !

[@SirSeal]

DA ItCH ForSPRUNG TeCHNIC

[@robertyoung3444]

Uber Alles

[@nikitakhrushchev.4602]

Today's wars thanks like the leopard 1 and 2 is not match against anti tanks missiles like the javalin and the cornet, Image how will for German puma.

[@abraham2172]

Thats why western armies have infantry teams covering their tanks and IFVs.

[@RichelieuUnlimited]

Kind of older video/comment, but a Leopard 2A6, I think the A2 sub variant, tanked two direct Kornet hits in Ukraine. Puma is equipped with Igelpanzerung - hedgehog armor - as seen on the PzH 2000 that survived a Lancet strike, MUSS APS and CLARA ERA, so I doubt Puma crewmen and dismounts have to be particularly worried about Kornet or Javelin.

[@dropdeadinc.customtattoo2537]

Funny how politics have changed since WW2 particularly with Germany, Japan and now what is Russia

[@TheCarter_Show]

This thing is a fuckin monster….meanwhile the US is still trying to field a Bradley replacement (don’t yell at me I’m an American Soldier lol)

[@jonny2954]

This was actually a candidate for Bradley replacement once.

[@alexanderm2220]

10 of these of different armour classes could wipe out 10,000 men

[@bluetrue6062]

Wish we 🇺🇸 would buy the Puma from the 🇩🇪. Just do it.

[@minimax9452]

It is no battle taxi like m113 or brandley - it is supposed to fight

[@bluetrue6062]

@@minimax9452 I was in the M113...basically an aluminum box on tracks. The Puma looks like an outstanding design for today's threat environment. Never saw a Bradley.

[@minimax9452]

@@bluetrue6062 german infantry doctrine is different, not only to bring the troops on the front. they have to go into the fight. it is also acWLAN box on steroids, because every infantrist is connected with each other. the turret is unmanned.

[@marchenze6856]

Best feature of the Puma is that even pregnant soldiers can now also take a seat without worrying about toxic exhaust fumes ... lol 😆

[@rautamiekka]

They just had to use the same name used in WW2 ? -.-

[@KingSpittusFactus]

You cry about that but not about Panther Tiger or Gepard. Stop crying

[@rautamiekka]

@@KingSpittusFactus Unrelated to the vid, asshole, and I do complain about those too. Fuck off.

[@muschelmann7561]

Why are there Wehrmacht soldiers in the video???

[@lifeofjoyandcreation]

It is self explanatory if you just watch.

[@whisthpo]

@5:15 shows poor attempt by local wannabbe WWII Re enactors... You can be better than than that DT! I will let you off, of course....

[@konradadenauer7005]

Was soll die Wehrmacht in Minute 5.10 ? Gehört doch nicht in diesen Bericht ;( .

[@rmorris3722]

It needs 3 more guns!

[@ron9320]

5:15 why do you display a re-enactment group resembling the Nazi Wehrmacht while talking about the Bundeswehr which is the army of a democracy?

[@tomsommer8372]

It‘s what Americans do.

[@omlandthegreat]

if it's so good why does it fail the bundeswehr acceptance tests.

[@talkfahrt4704]

because the puma has a lot of technical teething troubles!

[@Fief13]

bro your car wouldn't meet German standards lmaoo

[@jonny2954]

It passed last year.

[@martialme84]

Considering the flaccid russian performance on the real battlefield i can not help but wonder if systems like this puma would maybe suffer a similarly embarrassing encounter with reality. I don't know.... I of course hope the German army and the other western armies would fare better, but the nagging thought remains.

[@reecebethel7918]

It’s about doctrine: Russia has for some reason pushed their BMPs and tanks into urban battlefields with 0 troop support which Means NLAW or ATGM field day. Western doctrine already knows troops move alongside armour to provide sweeping support. Bradley’s and puma’s are beyond powerful when used correctly

[@martialme84]

@@reecebethel7918 It is not just about doctrine. It is also about break downs of equipment and lacking logistical support.

[@reecebethel7918]

@@martialme84 for sure, something the west has proven to take just as seriously as the fighting force: in the UK and US logistics teams are treated like kings and queens. Modern warfare is different but similar to past warfare and the western countries have a broad spectrum of knowledge at their availability and it shows.

[@lloydzabaroni4644]

Has anybody seen the documentary called the greatest story never told by Dennis wise

[@2.Cuzzzz]

Just buy the CV90........................

[@jonny2954]

They wanted to. Tested it and rejected it due to insufficent protection and growth capability. Only after that they decided to develop the Puma.

[@2.Cuzzzz]

@@jonny2954 bruh the Cv90 has more armor then the Puma for sure, atleast the newer version has much better armor.

[@jonny2954]

@@2.Cuzzzz It doesen't "bruh". The 31 ton configuration of the Puma is already better protected than the latest CV90 variant, the 43 ton configuration add another 12 tons of composite armor. I see you like the CV90 but claiming something like that is a little ignorant.

[@2.Cuzzzz]

@@jonny2954 I see you like the Puma so here's a hole novel on why the Puma is shit and the CV90 is the New viking beast of the 21st century. Let's begin. The Puma (A) weighs 31,4 tons meanwhile the more modern version of it weighs 43 tons. The latest CV90 version weighs 37 tons, so basiclly 6 tons more to brag about. The CV90 is/was designed to take on the cold Swedish winters with rough terrain it needed to be able to drive though. The Puma on the other hand have those BIG German field's with some flowers being a direct threat to it's moverablity. I mean if the Finns use the CV90 it got to have good moverablity! The main gun on the Puma is a Rheinmetall 30 mm MK 30-2/ABM (Air Burst Munitions) autocannon, which has a rate of fire of 200 rounds per minute and an effective range of 3,000 m. This is a TINY gun compeard to the CV90s mighty 40MM bofors that has more POWER and can there for shoot longer and hit harder. A big problem with the Puma is that when the mag is empty it would force the Puma off the battlefield to reload the unmanned turret. This is not a Problem in the CV90. The only user of the Puma is Germany ofc and Croatia, but that's it. Meanwhile the CV90 (ahh a long list ) is used by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands. So the CV90 is being used more, because of a simple argument, it works and it has been proven to work, Both Danish and Swedish freedom forces used it to fight the Talibans in Afghanistan. But it's first use was by the Swedish UN forces in Liberia 2004, where 13 Stridsfordon 9040C were deployed. In February 2010, Denmark sent ten CV9035DKs to Afghanistan in order to bolster their contingent in Helmand Province. The Danish contingent had suffered numerous casualties since they began operations in the province in the autumn of 2006. In the Helmand Province. By April 2010, two of the ten vehicles had been hit with IEDs, in both cases protecting the crew and passengers from personal injury .SO its COMBAT PROVEN, something the Puma could only dream about being. The cv90 does also come in different versions, there is the cv9030, cv9035, cv90120-t, cv90 CZ, cv90 CZr, the Armadillo, CV90RWS STING, CV90RWS Multi BK, CV90 MkIV and CV9035NL MLU. The puma only comes in 2 versions as of this moment. To conclued all of this, The cv90 is combat proven, the cv90 comes in all different versions, there is more Countries using the cv90. It weighs 37 tons. It's a IFV..... The Puma on the other hand is only used by Germany and Croatia, it has not yet been in combat, It weighs 43 tons (newest) and is also a IFV. Im not trying to insult anyone or be unfriendly, And in my original statement i claimed that the CV90 weighs more and it Clearly doesn't, but i also said that "" cv90 has more armor then the Puma for sure"", that for sure can both mean im sure OR im not sure on this but i gotta be right. So i was NOT stating it like it was a fact. The Cv90 looks more bulked compeard to the Puma and that is why i thought it weight more/armor. Just wanted to point that out. Anywaysss have a good one :)

[@jonny2954]

@@2.Cuzzzz You might have choosen the wrong person to do this with lol "The Puma (A) weighs 31,4 tons meanwhile the more modern version of it weighs 43 tons" The 43 ton version is not more modern. They were developed at the same time. In fact, the 31 ton version isn't really a "version" at all, it's just the 43 ton version with the side armor modules removed for rail and air transport by the A400M military aircraft. The 43 ton version is standard, the Puma will not enter battle with the side armor modules removed. For weight-protection ratio, there is more to take into consideration. The CV90 was developed in a time where composite armor was not the standard on IFVs, the first versions of the CV90 relied on steel armor only. Later versions retrofitted composite armor on top of the steel armor as an afterthought. The Puma on the other hand was developed to use composite armor as it main method of passive protection from the very beginning. Means, unlike the armor steel hull with composite bolted on, the Puma uses a much lighter construction steel hull, which saves weight on steel to create weight reserves that can be used on more composite armor. Less steel, more composite. Why? Easy: Steel armor has a much lower weight efficency than composite armor. In case of the Puma, the used AMAP-B and SC composite armor has a 5-6 and 8-10 times higher weight efficency than steel armor against kinetic energy and shaped charge threats respectively. While later CV90 variants also use the same composite armor as mentioned above, they use much less of it because they still retain the heavy armor steel hull underneath, lowering the weight-protection ratio in comparison to the Puma. Thanks to the unmanned turret the Puma also has a smaller protected volume than the CV90. Reduced protected volume results in less external surface that needs to be armored. Meaning Puma has less surface to cover with armor, allowing it to make the armor thicker at the same total weight. "This is a TINY gun compeard to the CV90 mighty 40MM bofors that has more POWER and can there for shoot longer and hit harder" Except that's not the point of a IFV gun. It's the point of a MBT gun. Sweden is the only nation that opted for the 40 mm gun on the CV90 because of their doctrine. They wanted to be able to penetrate the sides of older soviet-era MBTs with the autocannon, and didn't want to mount ATGM. The problem with this is the 40 mm is now unable to penetrate the sides of more modern or upgraded russian tanks, providing little to no benefit over a smaller caliber autocannon. Actually, there are more disadvantages with the caliber now, that's why every other CV90 user nation has decided against the 40 mm in favor of either 30 or 35 mm. Because the bigger the round, the less rounds can be stored: CV9040: 24 rounds ready to fire (three 8-round clips), needs to be manually reloaded in 8-round clips from a 24 round ready rack in the turret, total of 234 on the vehicle. CV9035: 70 rounds ready to fire (two 35-round belts), belt fed, total of 203 rounds on the vehicle CV9030: 160 rounds ready to fire (two 80 round belts), belt fed, total of 400 rounds on the vehicle Puma: 200 rounds ready to fire (mission variable KE to ABM load, usally 120/80), total of 400 rounds on the vehicle Nowadays customer tend to go for a 30/35 mm +ATGM combination, the autocannon against dismounted targets and light armored vehicles, the ATGM against heavy armored targets. "The only user of the Puma is Germany ofc and Croatia" Croatioa does not operate Puma IFVs. Germany is the only user of the Puma, and it will likely remain that way. Not because the Puma is bad, but it was tailored to very specific requirements of the German Army which most other nations do not share. German mechanised infantry works in smaller teams in closer cooperation with their vehicles, that's also why the German Army demanded a higher than usual protection level for an IFV. "So the CV90 is being used more, because of a simple argument, it works and it has been proven to work" The CV90 has also been around for two decades longer than the Puma. Also, popularity does not make a vehicle better. The BMP-2 is used by more than twice as much nations than the CV90. Does that make the BMP-2 a better vehicle? I don't think so. "The cv90 does also come in different versions" As stated before, because it has been in service for 2 decades longer. Also the German military utilizes the Leopard 1/2 hulls as a platform for support vehicles, not a IFV hull. Also protection levels aren't as secret as you think. You can literally look them up on the manufacturers websites. The latest CV90 MK IV meets STANAG 4569 level 6 frontally and 5/5+ on the sides, the Puma exceeds level 6 (the scale ends at 6) frontally and meets 5/5+ at the sides aswell, but in the 31 ton config. The 43 ton config adds another 12 tons of composite armor, bringing the sides to a equivalent to the front armor exceeding level 6 aswell.

[@heygeggan]

Great videos but you guys should hire a voice actor

[@auro1986]

have sent all these tanks to ukraine?

[@zhufortheimpaler4041]

nope, and its not going to happen anyways. To advanced and includes technology wich is deemed military secret/state secret wich germany does not want in russian hands

[@manxman8008]

pwema not poooma

[@alphakky]

Oooohhh! 70 kph. Wait, that's only 43 mph. Pfft.

[@jansix4287]

It’s the standard speed of all tracked armored vehicles. For 100+ km/h look for wheeled IFVs, like the Boxer.

[@3211SD]

What is with the NAZi ww2 larp at 5:15 ? Couldn't you find any video of modern German soldiers? Or did you sneak the Nazi's in for a laugh

[@TheBelrick]

thats a shot of the ukrainian army today

[@Heroesbleed]

Gonna need them, in volume, against the future Russian invasion.

[@thokim84]

Russian armies are ineffective outside their own territory. The Russian Army since the Soviet days has been a force designed to stop revolutions.

[@Heroesbleed]

@@thokim84 You may know that, I may know that….Putin refuses to know that. Produce as many Pumas as possible.

[@Alex-cf9me]

Thnere will be no future russian invasion

[@Heroesbleed]

@@Alex-cf9me Putin has an insatiable desire to reestablish Soviet pride….he doesn’t care how many Ukrainians have to die to get it. Germany and Poland should modernize and expand their militaries.

[@bunnyniyori6324]

Nice looking vehicle. I bet the Russians would like a few :)

[@jonny2954]

If you are stuck with a BMP-2 as your daily ride you'd want *any* western IFV.

[@AlexT74]

As bulletproof as a T-72 tank... Ukrainians proved this is not necessarily a good thing.

[@JohnBeauchemin]

bullet proof, not AT warhead proof

[@potatosinnato1767]

that level of protection is good for a ifv not necessarily a modern mbt

[@1337fraggzb00N]

Additional to the armor, the Puma also has the so called Multifunction Self Protection System which is able to detect and destroy incoming rockets. The front armor is able to withstand the direct hit of a RPG-7. Not perfect but also not bad. Always keep in mind, that the Puma is not a battle tank, it is just an APC.

[@nickkerr8775]

Yet Ukraine has lost more than double armoured vehicles and tanks ,Russia just took several towns last night and shot down 2 Ukrainian jet fighters a helicopter and cargo plane during a big operation last night , Ukraine troops have been retreating an deserting in mass so bad , that the Ukraine parliament is considering making a law to execute soldiers on site who retreat without permission.

[@tangofoxtrott4695]

@@nickkerr8775 the law has already been rejected a few days ago