Rare WWII Marder I - 7.5cm PaK 40/1 auf Geschutzenwagen FCM(f) - Footage.

During the German attack on France from May and June 1940, several guns, tanks and infantry weapons were captured. The fact is that in 1940 the French army had strong medium and heavy tanks in service that were generally well to very well armoured. Some medium tanks such as the FCM 36 were fitted in 1942 with an armored superstructure.
The FCM 36 undercarriages were fitted with the 7,5cm PaK 40/1.
A major advantage of mechanized guns was the fact that mobility increased and horses could be dispensed with. The vehicle was not very well armored.
Not only the FCM was used for this project, the H39 and the Lorraine Schlepper were also used.
The 7.5cm PaK 40/1 auf Geschutzenwagen FCM(f) Marder I were deployed in Normandy in June 1944. They were assigned to the Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 200 (part of the 21. Panzer-Division). Some examples were in service with the 8th Panzerartillerie Abteilung.
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[@michaelporzio7384]

"Sir, there is an anti- tank gun sticking out of the window of that barn!" "No soldier, that is a Marder I" Great content PI!

[@Ralphieboy]

Great to see such rare and obscure footage about vehicles that are not usually covered in other books and documentaries.

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

Marder I: when you need a slow tank destroyer with tinplate armor, which is visible from miles away, and which if it breaks down, has no spare parts except another Marder 1!

[@Ralphieboy]

They had to make the best of what was available.

[@hanzup4117]

That is a strange looking vehicle.

[@PanzerInsight]

Indeed, it's off looking.

[@panzerivausfg4062]

I find it somehow attractive for some reason. I like those type of open top tank destroyers

[@PanzerInsight]

During the German attack on France from May and June 1940, several guns, tanks and infantry weapons were captured. The fact is that in 1940 the French army had strong medium and heavy tanks in service that were generally well to very well armoured. Some medium tanks such as the FCM 36 were fitted in 1942 with an armored superstructure. The FCM 36 undercarriages were fitted with the 7,5cm PaK 40/1. A major advantage of mechanized guns was the fact that mobility increased and horses could be dispensed with. The vehicle was not very well armored. Not only the FCM was used for this project, the H39 and the Lorraine Schlepper were also used. The 7.5cm PaK 40/1 auf Geschutzenwagen FCM(f) Marder I were deployed in Normandy in June 1944. They were assigned to the Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 200 (part of the 21. Panzer-Division). Some examples were in service with the 8th Panzerartillerie Abteilung.

[@ConradWise-yl7bs]

Nice to see video of these rare vehicles.

[@allgood6760]

Thanks 👍

[@grimdesaye6534]

God Bless you this is a Super Channel! Thank you.

[@samiam5557]

Die Marder ist sehr gut.

[@claytonmcclain182]

Fantastic video 👍👍👍👍

[@davidcassidy5868]

@PANZER Insight: My bad on stating Schwerer Gustav remnants being sent to Aberdeen Proving Grounds, It was 2 Karl-Gerats; Eva and Loki. Love your site/ content 👍🍻

[@tomstamford6837]

I take nothing away from your channel, your videos are of high quality and I enjoy your content and eagerly await new videos, often watching them many times. I would like to ask, though, if you or anyone might know what happened to another channel called "Panzer Archeology"? They offered similar content of rare footage of German hardware. When I went to a bookmark a day ago, I found the channel was gone.

[@PanzerInsight]

The channel still seems to be online for me.

[@hanzup4117]

0:10 Way ahead of you ;)

[@PanzerInsight]

Thank You Bro.

[@tinslatee]

It was a quality. effective AT gun on top of a mobile chassis . I would guess dig in and ambush or shoot and scoot was the name of the game. Would need infantry support big time to not get flanked or over-run. But in the right defensive situations that gun would have been lethal and mobile. So not all bad.

[@billevans7936]

Nifty

[@a.t6066]

Was this thing any good? It must have been unnecessarily heavy and slow and cramped for what it was

[@PanzerInsight]

It's working with what you got, but it did pretty good in Normandy, but still it wasn't the best thing.

[@Alexproductions71]

@@PanzerInsight did the Fcm36 marder 1 saw combat?