Rare WWII Marder I - 7,5cm PaK 40/1 (Sf) auf Geschützwagen 39H(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 Hotchkiss H39 were fitted in 1942 with an armored superstructure with a maximum thickness of 20mm steel. The fuselage was fitted with 22mm (rear) to 34mm steel (front). The Hotchkiss H39 undercarriages were fitted with German 10.5 cm howitzers and 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 H39 was used for this project, the FCM and the Lorraine Schlepper were also used.
The 7,5cm PaK 40/1 (Sf) auf Geschützwagen 39H(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.
Join this channel to get access to perks:
/ @panzerinsight
■ So want to help keep me and the channel going?
Support me on Patreon will get you access to extra content for three channels in total.
■ Support me on my Patreon / panzerpicture
■ Or buy me a Coffee on www.buymeacoff...
■ Store: panzerpicture-...
■ Information obtained from several sites.
■ Wikipedia
■ tanks-encyclopedia
■ the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Panzers
■ preservedtanks
■ pantser.net
■ the.shadock.free.fr/Tanks_in_France
■ Some music is from the KZbin Audio Library.
■ Music used:
EpidemicSound.com
Copyright fair use notice
All media used in
this video is used for
the purpose of education
under the terms of
fair use.
All footage and images
used belong to their
copyright holders.

[@zhengguan6431]

Marder I 39h is my favourite Marder

[@Roulandus-le-Fartere]

Love the scene at 5:26 where the loading ramp is being repaired WHILE the tank destroyer is rolling up it and onto the flatcar. Not a minute to waste!

[@PanzerInsight]

Fast way of solving a loading problem

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

1:53 "Eye protection? NEIN!"

[@whiskeytangosierra6]

Nice to see footage of the Marder I, rare, indeed.

[@PanzerInsight]

It's really one of my favorite footage.

[@jamesfarmer3676]

Thank you for great job and video, I haven't seen these films before, just great.

[@PanzerInsight]

Glad you enjoyed it James

[@johnlansing2902]

Thank you for a view of history that is really unique .

[@PanzerInsight]

You're welcome.

[@ilmagnifico82]

I like the FCM 36 with PaK 40 also!

[@jimmccoal2693]

You always seem to fiNd great unseen footage.

[@letoubib21]

_Okay, that did be the famous "Baukommando Becker" _*_. . ._*

[@paulcateiii]

nice footage as usual

[@PanzerInsight]

Glad you liked it 👍

[@fridayray8891]

Very nice..very informative

[@robertoinsaurralde2494]

very good

[@fridayray8891]

Repurposing poorly used Enemy chassis..Adapt, overcome and poof those turrets

[@brooksallenyoung]

pew pew

[@alwoo5645]

2:22 proper chap grinding a tank with no googles while smoking a pipe

[@PanzerInsight]

You should see the Russian woman welding without any protection in the WWII factory footage 😂

[@kevinmiele5289]

I am here for the music ]

[@agustindiaz1832]

Los increíble cazatanque

[@majorkursk780]

I noticed something out of place in this video...time stamp 6:42 shows the gun breach open to the right and at 6:57 the gun breach is now open to the left. Maybe they were testing two different types of gun types during testing?

[@PanzerInsight]

Seems to have been mirrored in the original reel. I did not notice this before.

[@deraltesachse]

at the end „build our own weapon“ was an act of desparation by the exhausted german troops, they just had not enough good tanks, must create such vehicles with armour protection only against infantry weapons, one hit by an enemy tank and finish

[@007bigrob]

It would have been nice to see some of the guys at the start of this vid wearing safety goggles…

[@sturmpanzer0473]

what Hotchkiss tank variant is it at 5:24 ? it does not appear to be in the shape of standard a 7,5cm PaK 40/1 auf GW 39H(f)

[@PanzerPicture]

You mean the one with the tent on it? They have a special harnesses to cover the top and the gun.

[@sturmpanzer0473]

this one yes! However, it seems that there are some sort of rectangular plates on the side (covered by the tent) which are of a different shape from the other GW 39h(f), could this be a unique Becker prototype? or maybe it's a visual illusion created by the tent?

[@PanzerPicture]

@@sturmpanzer0473 it looks like some short of tool rack under the tent, which makes it look funny.

[@sturmpanzer0473]

Oh ok ! Indeed it looks very original !

[@daleyhanson5889]

General Rommel at 7:26 inspection,,?

[@PanzerInsight]

Indeed.