Raupenschlepper Ost RSO/PaK 40 - STRANGEST Anti-Tank Vehicle of the German Army (’43 - ‘44)

[@BoxxArt]

When I used to walk to primary school there was a fully restored one sitting in someone's driveway. I never saw it move. So these vehicles have a fond memory for me. This was in the north of Scotland. Very unusual to see any vehicles like this up here.

[@wfp9378]

Plastic Soldier kit company makes 1/72 and 15mm variants of this with the option to make either the tracked truck, or the self propelled gun version. 😊

[@MrMenefrego1]

A fascinating look into an odd project, thank you.

[@MrCraigulator]

Lets go Tamiya! So adorable. I need one. Great vid as usual. Thanks.

[@lllordllloyd]

Italeri are your friend on this one.

[@christopher959]

MiniArt coming to the party this year.

[@Charles-q4t8y]

Built one from "Italeri" if I remember correctly 😮Kool little Machine 😍had both, truck version and this one, great kits from them😂

[@blaze1148]

Very interesting !

[@xedaslopes3975]

great video

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

I never heard of this after 60 years of interest! Thanks for your great channel.

[@Vankel83]

First time seeing this pak 40 set up.

[@CZ350tuner]

The Germans also mounted the PaK.38 5cm. anti-tank gun onto the Sd.Kfz.11 half track, in a similar arrangement. Some later variants also mounted the PaK.40. These unarmoured mobile anti-tank guns were nicknamed, "PaK Wagen", by the troops and were of dubious use as tank destroyers.

[@Th.G.M.]

Great pictures!

[@TreeOfWisdom2]

RSO + flakvierling, I wonder how this combo would fare.

[@MichaelKalb-vn6gg]

Not well, it was trialed and found lacking space for the loaders/ancillary crew. Which is funny considering the vehicles they applied the Flak unto.

[@KManXPressTheU]

They actually Mounted A Single Flak 30/38 on them.

[@Mal0Imperzia]

Least insane makeshift german “tank destroyer”

[@davecopp9356]

The russians used this as blueprint for their arctic expedition vehicles.

[@thexxx63]

Wrong, the German Raupenschlepper Ost, is a blueprint from the Russian STZ5. They start it in 1937.

[@grantm6514]

I'd say it was almost certainly the other way around and the RSO was a response to the Soviet STZ-5 (and the bigger Komintern) gun tractors which had been around since the mid '30s. The Germans would almost certainly have tested captured examples and found them useful in the mud.

[@KManXPressTheU]

They mounted the Pak 40 on Any Vehicle that could carry it.

[@whiplash8277]

In theory, a great idea. Wider wheelbase needed. Instead of placing the vehicle on top of the tracks, install the tracks on the sides of the vehicle...lowers entire vehicle by a great amount, gives better stability and more protection for crew. It was a neat idea.

[@obsidianjane4413]

It has a high ground clearance for its off-road or mud-road capability. Reworking the chassis to lower it would have defeated the purpose of a "just put the gun in the back of the truck", low cost easy SP ATG.

[@abellseaman4114]

Nazis did not have the resources to make such an improved machine with wider wheel base etc............ if there had been resources to spare then Nazis would not have been looking for cheap and easy alternatives to building actual tanks!!!!!

[@vordenkerkatastrophe9863]

Very interesting informations. Top. 🍀🇩🇪🍀👍👏👏👏👍

[@MrMenefrego1]

"informations" Plural of information?

[@vordenkerkatastrophe9863]

@MrMenefrego1 A child send me a message ! Stupid ! 😅😅😅😅😅

[@AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw]

Super cool

[@Red72618]

Small but lethal. Edit: Why not they pick the 8.8 cm Raketenwerfer 43 for small and lighter to carry the weight?

[@alekjanowski9847]

Yeah... The "Puppchen" was a rather underused concept in my eyes, as it had a larger range than the Panzershreck, and could be used pretty well in several other projects.

[@mammaliturchi54]

very interesting

[@koenvangeleuken6544]

obviously, this was an emergency "solution" to the extreme mobility problems the germans had.......the later Jagdpanzer were more serious vehicles.

[@mmaek755]

can't wait for it to be added to War thunder

[@adcaptandumvulgus4252]

I play world of tanks in this reminds me of the tier 7 premium scorpion tank destroyer except it's not German but other than that it's pretty similar if you stick it on a panther chassis and put a gunshield on it you have yourself a scorpion g

[@rizerburnz]

The Hilux of the Wehrmacht 😉

[@horeageorgian7766]

How did they manage to make an AI voice with Hungarian accent?

[@tech42long35]

ALWAYS !!.. such Awesome information and work by this channel.. really really cool. Great Narration we all love that commenter.. : )

[@rusticbox9908]

An absolute glass Cannon!

[@peterkung6793]

If your machine is targeted by a gun more than 50mm diameter, it makes no different either your machine have armor less than 75mm thick or none. It is better to have a small(hard to be observed), fast moving, easy maintenance, small fuel consumption(much silent) & cheap to produce machine. Therefore I like this war machine.

[@grantm6514]

Sure, if it's a direct hit armour won't help you, but for shrapnel *any* armour is going to give you a better chance, instead of rattling on the outside it's going through you.

[@BoyKhongklai]

Ich brauche eine Raupenschlepper

[@DarkAzreal77]

Do any survive today?

[@100cele]

According to Wikipedia, there should be one fitted with the Pak 40 at the Panzermuseum in Munster: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raupenschlepper_Ost

[@89volvowithlazers]

fun fact the US produced some 560, 000 gm 2.5 ton trucks during the war, the produced number of all variants of the topic vid raupenschlepper was 23,000 thru 1944, only 60 pre production anti tank variants for the pak40 model were ever delivered. clearly they needed more of these and fewer horses. am i right or what huh give it up cmon now, nice vid though we rarely see this vehicle any where as a feature let alone the star of the video

[@charlesangell_bulmtl]

Strangest?🤨 Whatever, sounds like a good tool...

[@OK-GV888OD]

😎😎😎

[@vghit921]

Don’t let War Thunder see this!

[@mineown1861]

Take the low profile pak40 and stick it on a raised open platform , what could go wrong ? Had the rasputitsa been the only enemy to overcome it would have been a winner , unfortunately there was more than mud out to get them . Cursed by design . Reminds me of the ontos .

[@matovicmmilan]

The too narrow wheelbase makes it extremely tall/visible target, unstable, and unarmored platform not good enough to replace the towed artillery.

[@lewcrowley3710]

Uh, so much wrong with this video. First off, towed Pak 40 did not like this vehicle for towing. It was loud, tall, and had mechanical issues. And this half-assed 'Marder' was not considered for full production. Do some research. Your videos are flawed.