Life Inside a WW2 Panther Tank (Cross Section)

[@Simplehistory]

World War Armies is the first true RTS on mobile. Hurry up and get your M26 Pershing tank together with a starter token pack: wwc.onelink.me/uDzy/simplehistory

[@JustaJackalope]

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[@tangyonions]

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[@tangyonions]

Sports

[@williamtang4905]

Please make an alternate history version of simple history, kings and generals did it aswell

[@sam8404]

it's in the game*

[@deltaomega2136]

That infrared scope sounds absolutely insanely advanced for 1940s technology.

[@christianmunsch5590]

also a night vision scope who was also invented by us back than.

[@Gary_The_Metro]

Funnily enough it wasn't, the US and even the soviets had their own early variants of night vision by this time too.

[@ardantop132na6]

​@@Gary_The_Metroaka, the version that need the Moon to operate.

[@Gary_The_Metro]

@@ardantop132na6 If you think the German's IR would be able to operate effectively without any additional light sources such as the moon or an IR searchlight then I have a bridge to sell you. The german NVG wasn't much more advanced than anything the US or soviets had. and even most night vision leading into the 70's still needed either an IR illuminator or additional light to be effective. Only the most modern night vision goggles give a clear picture without any IR illuminators or additional light sources such as the moon.

[@flycatchful]

The FG 1250 or Fahr- und Zielgerät FG 1250 (driving and aiming device FG 1250) was a German active infrared night-vision device mounted on tanks and other armored vehicles. It was developed by Ing Gaertner of the German optics company Carl Zeiss AG beginning in 1941.

[@T29Heavy]

When German Tigers and Panthers are more endangered than actual tigers and panthers

[@tyranozilla]

😂

[@2ndcomingofFritz]

Always have been

[@markcana2917]

😂

[@TsumyTsuny]

This video dropped as soon as i got Panther G in Enlisted broooo

[@destroyerarmor2846]

Yeah, Russia hunts these German cats

[@Ccdddttt]

Being a German reminds me of being a chef. I don’t care how much it cost or how many times we remake it, it MUST be perfect even if we have to close the restaurant. WWII was like a reopening under new management.

[@axiolot5857]

and in the end the chef made insane dishes...

[@TheGamingSyndrom]

and in the end you got 1 perfect steak with microcarrots and pouched potatoes, for 2000 customers storming the door, who then go to the kebabplace across the street instead

[@macobuzi]

​@@TheGamingSyndrom If you can charge the dish 2000 times more than a normal dish, then it's fine. Take a look at what insane dishes rich people are ready to buy.

[@Ccdddttt]

@@TheGamingSyndrom lol if I ever hear someone say lightly pouched potato they’re getting punched

[@Zelurpio]

Ich kann nur zustimmen: Wenn ich etwas mache, das nicht funktioniert, ist es mir egal, ich sorge dafür, dass es funktioniert, auch wenn ich dafür andere Dinge opfern muss

[@AudieHolland]

Angled armour was nothing new during WW2. The principle of sloping embattlements was put into practice in European fortresses that kept developing after the introduction of siege cannon. During the American Civil War, the CSS Virginia, the first ironclad ship, had sloping armour. The opposing USS Monitor had no sloping armour but its main turret was rounded, which also helped and its main hull was so low and close the water that it was impossible to target.

[@Cyril_2009]

why make the Chieftain, Centurion, M60, M48, the IS-Series, T-55, T-62 and T-64 if sloped armor is useless?

[@bobsjepanzerkampfwagen4150]

@@Cyril_2009i think he meant to say “nothing new”

[@macobuzi]

Slight-slopped armor is good. But over slopping can create many disadvantages. I think the slopping angle of Panther and Tiger 2 is perfect, T34's is a little bit too much.

[@AudieHolland]

@@macobuzi It's rather unfortunate you made same spelling mistake three times in a row. A bit sloppy.

[@AudieHolland]

@@bobsjepanzerkampfwagen4150 Thanks

[@tomawen5916]

The Panther, the PzKw V Ausf. G, was probably the best of the Panthers built by the end of the war. Where the PzKw V Ausf. F would have gone (with a special mantlet to allow it to mount the main gun*) is only speculation. The beauty of the sloped armor gave the equivalency of 140mm of steel armor protection (from the front only). I remember my first introduction was in the 1970's game of PanzerBlitz. Great video!!

[@rafaa4988]

To be best of the worst tank of the war. What an honor xd.

[@oberleutnanttai4343]

The panther F would never have been planned to use the 88. The panther f(Schmalturm), and panther 8.8 were separate projects. This also goes for the panther 2.

[@tomawen5916]

@oberleutnanttai4343 i stand corrected and have edited as such. As I think about it the special mount in the design still only carried the 75mm KWK 70 main gun??

[@tomawen5916]

@@rafaa4988 if i recall the highest rate of operational ability for the Ausf. G was 77% in the field. Compared to 32% when the Ausf. D was first introduced in 1943.

[@jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378]

​@@tomawen5916Imagine blaming a young Hitler youth for breaking transmission

[@hallamhal]

By all accounts, a very comfortable tank to operate for the time, which can't be underestimated

[@G_Ludwig]

Very comfortable indeed, it halts itself during combat for you to chill out beside the road, and keeps you warm during winters with engine fires

[@meyr1992]

yes lets spend more money on it and make it more complex for crew comfort. logistics? whats that?

[@sirbachelorboredmen1314]

It's comfortable when it's not breaking down every minute

[@PuellaMagiHomuraAkemi]

@@sirbachelorboredmen1314 Why would it? The only issues were with early variants as it was still a prototype sent to the frontline

[@Wubbeyman]

@@meyr1992hey crew comfort is not to be underestimated. Ergonomics are important and played a big factor into the design of the Sherman for instance. It was as tall as it was in part to accommodate the larger American men and to provide more space inside. The 76 mm was also not installed right away because it would have been too awkward and uncomfortable to work around.

[@HeisenbergFam]

Life inside Panther sounds like a vibe until you have to go in the middle of warzone

[@miniatureben3558]

I see you everywhere

[@Jack69_420]

@@miniatureben3558bot lol

[@henrikhilskov]

And the light is nort working. In the book "Panzer in the mud" they used petroleum lights so everything was covered in sod :-D

[@VanZanDerSchattenSiegfried]

You should do a video on the stug similar to this video. Much like how the panzer IV is described as being the workhorse of the German military, the stug was probably the most mass-produced and well utilised of all German assault guns and tank destroyers of the war. With the vehicle even seeing action employed by the finish and a few other nations during the conflict

[@lyndoncmp5751]

The Panzer IV was only the workhorse for one year. Mid 1943 to mid 1944. Before this the Panzer III was in greater numbers. After this the Panther was in greater nunbers.

[@kiowhatta1]

Finally an animated video that demonstrates exactly how an adv works both technically and practically! I’ve been waiting a long time to view a video that shows how each member carried out his job. Please do more of these videos on as many AFV’s as possible especially SPA, SPAA, SPRL’s, and APC’s etc. Would love to see a cross section of a sturmtiger, JSU-152, and much more. Danke!

[@kyletrav996]

This is definitely my favorite tank in the German army during WW2. I even remember that If I use the German army in Company of heroes, I always use Panther instead of Panzer and tiger😂

[@Swagmaster07]

Its a game so it dosent suck balls and suffer lack of fuel.

[@vernerreinumae]

Panthers and Pershing are my favorite WW2 tanks they just look beautiful.

[@raval87]

but did you know that Panther and Tiger are also called Panzer? Panzer V Panther and Panzer VI Tiger, or to be more specific PzKpfw.

[@raval87]

@VIPER5529 the world is full of people for whom there is a division into "Panzer" tanks, i.e. PzKpfw I, II, III and IV, and the so-called "cats", i.e. Panther, Tiger, Tiger II... I always prefer to keep this information straight.

[@zulu0489]

I don't want to crush your world, but the Panther was most likely the worst German tank in WWII

[@starwarzfan4993]

It was more around 135mm effective on the upper glacis, because of the 55 degree slope! Hope that helps!

[@starwarzfan4993]

Also it's original top speed was 55, but it had a governor installed, limiting the top speed to 48 in 1943!

[@vinny.g5778]

Could we get a cross section of the Char 2C? I know there was little of them made but it's still a legendary tank as it is the first ever operational super heavy tank

[@NTAD]

And even when that engine broke down, you'd have a pillbox with amazing range. That L70 could reach out and touch someone.

[@CASA-dy4vs]

🤨

[@Norwagen]

Worst thing about the panther probably isn’t the engine, it’s just that the commander and gunner can’t see anything

[@macobuzi]

​@@Norwagen Why? The Panther had a commander copula with a clear view and a high-profile turret, how could the commander not see anything?

[@ArcticWolf00Alpha0]

@macobuzi Im not sure what he means about the commanders Copula, but I know that the Panther Gunner only has one single periscope and no other point of view, so his vision is extremely narrow.

[@dronn_]

@@NorwagenThis problem only exist on Ausf. D, the Ausf. A installed the cupola to eleminate this problem but it's too tall so the G version is using the shortened version of the Tiger E serienturm cupola.

[@Olliethesnowman]

We love the Panther tank!!

[@donbrashsux]

Love the cross section

[@jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378]

Just your opinion lol

[@mattsallows5896]

You have to admit, German tanks are not only visually stunning but effective. It's scary to think what they could have built if granted time and logistics

[@jackeman7514]

Not really, the panther’s engine and transmission were probably the worst of the war causing the crews to cannibalize other panthers to stay moving. To fix that extensive modernization would have to be done.

[@MeiPaul-pc4gu]

​@@jackeman7514kf51 panther:allow me to introduce myself

[@Dreachon]

@@jackeman7514 Such a claim is nowhere near reality but then today's pop-history nonsense makes it a point to bash on anything German as much as possible

[@thomasjones8588]

True, the Germans were great at engineering, but fortunately for us, not very good at winning wars.

[@NeputuniaNepp]

If they were given the time or logistics in WW2, by august of 1945, all the Citizens of Berlin would be cooked to well done.

[@abraxaseyes87]

'Tigers in the mud" has some good descriptions of life within a panzer on the eastern front. Good audio book here

[@jerryudonneedtoknow3903]

Correction on Overlapped and Interleaved Roadwheels Interleaved refers to multiple layers if wheels, more 3 or more, you can effectively think of it as weaving in a way. Overlapped refers to 2 layers of wheels, one layer over another, one overlapping another.

[@STHV_]

2:00 The Panther Ausf F was in production at the end of the war, one even saw combat fitted with an Ausf G turret. The Panther II was conceived during the design and early production of the Ausf D and was cancelled in 1944 as re-tooling all of the factories to produce it was not worth the effort. Elements of its design were incorporated into the Ausf G such as the "de-wedged" side armour. 5:25 It was not inspired by the T-34, sloped armour goes all the way back to the medieval times as it was used on helmets and breastplates etc to deflect blows. The T-34 merely showed that a sloped front glacis was worth the loss of internal space. 6:10 You have confused the Panniers with the side skirts. The panniers were indeed thicker on the Ausf G however you are describing and showing the 5mm thick side skirts that were present on all Panthers to stop the Soviet 14.5mm AT rifles from penetrating the lower side armour. Incidentally it was these side skirts that effectively killed off the Panther II project when they were introduced in April 1943. 7:22 It was connected to the gun via a metal bar, rather crude but it did the job. 7:36 The number of Panthers fitted with night vision was very limited and there are no real credible examples of it being used in combat. 7:40 It was not. This was mainly an order for the Panther Ausf F, it was designed to be IR night vision ready from the factory but for multiple reasons night vision equipment on Panthers never became standard issue, its performance was so poor that it was more of a gimmick than anything useable in combat.

[@محمداسماعيل-ك9ك5ج]

من هو صدام حسين ؟ Who is Saddam Hussein ?

[@henrikhilskov]

@@محمداسماعيل-ك9ك5ج ask your mother! :-D

[@Saltasaur]

Ya got sources my dude?

[@STHV_]

@@Saltasaur Yes! If it didn't need correcting I wouldn't have commented. Unfortunately this is another channel that just does a 5min Google search for all their info without actually verifying anything properly. The main ones are the Panzer Tracts books by Hilary Doyle, editions 5-1 to 5-4. You can also check Panther and it's Variants by Walter J Speiberger although you will need to make sure you are reading a post 1993 edition as the early ones have some errors surrounding the Panther II caused by a misdated document which messed up its entire history.

[@henrikhilskov]

A tank commander from Nordland division told they get some of the Panthers with nightvision early 45 but found them without any value and removed them. I don't think it is correct that that the gunner was without infrared sight however he was dependent of halftracks equiped with a much bigger infrared light for aiming. The commander only have the small one to ensure that he was able to command the tank even the bigger spotligth on the halftracks wasn't pointing in his direction of view to command the tank. So when engaging an enemy he need radio communication with the crew on the halftrack to get to point their device on the target he wanted his gunner to combat.

[@SnoopEastwood]

I just saw the only working panzer tank in north America in Massachusetts. It's awesome

[@billyyank2198]

Tanks with cut-out sides are often vulnerable on the battlefield.

[@gutholz4443]

no, it allows the enemy shell to pass harmlessly through

[@EnemyAtom65]

Eliminate all shrapnel

[@billyyank2198]

@@gutholz4443 I never thought about it that way!

[@Vmaxfodder]

Enemies are always wise to this ,and never take advantage of such egregious flaws when their Enemies are not able to afford to build the rest of their armored tanks ! An enemy that is brave enough to go do battle with an unfinished Tank is too brave to stand against! Just lay down and admit defeat!

[@3starperfectdeer233]

0:31 That tank is so good it was given marks of excellence before it even saw combat lmao

[@korbell1089]

designer #1: "Instead of designing a new tank, why don't we just copy the T34?" designer #2: "Mein Gott, are you kidding? Do you realize how simple a design the T34 is? As Germans, the one thing we don't do is simple!!"😂😂

[@SnoopEastwood]

I hate nazis

[@2003AudiS3]

The t34 was a garbage tank

[@rafaa4988]

​@@2003AudiS3yes, but as well as panther. Two most overhyped tanks of the war.

[@andrewvo2155]

@@rafaa4988 not really, the first generations sure, but every tank goes through that phase. By the later versions, it had the best reliability of any German tank as well as being only just slightly more expensive than a panzer 4. All of this done in a few years rather than the longer time every other tank had to work out the kinks.

[@hi-Larry-ous]

​@2003AudiS3 the German captured ones are nice

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

Ah, the tanks known to us as The Tiger and Panther Tanks, such magnificent beasts like their namesakes.

[@Kidgermodsout]

Do you plan to do a cross section look at the Tiger 1 and 2? Both are quite iconic and it would be an interesting look at the two

[@satadrudeyviii-a-5366]

One of my favorite tanks

[@AudieHolland]

Thank you for explaining what M.A.N. stands for. For years I have seen the name when travelling though Germany and on German trucks. But when I first noticed them, it was so long ago the internet didn't exist yet so I couldn't google them. And later I never thought about looking them up again. I just figured, it's a German truck manufacturer named MAN, just like our Dutch truck manufacturer is named DAF (Van Doorne's Automobiel Fabriek heh). So now I finally know what MAN stands for: Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG Oh, and AG stands for Aktiengesellschaft which means stock corporation or shares corporation. Incidentally, Nürnberg is the German name for Nuremberg in English, you know, where the war crimes trials were held following the end of WW2.

[@kingwolf687]

I, as a german, only learned this today aswell. I guarantee you, a majority of germans won't know what MAN stands for.

[@rosaria8384]

Same. Saw many trucks under the MAN logo. Learned the full name today

[@tardarsauce1842]

Finally a video about the Panthers and not making jokes or memes about the "transmission broke"

[@TheArklyte]

Once again I'm being reminded of Panther model kit standing on the shelf and how I once though if I should make either post war french one out of it or kitbash it into hypothetical "IDF Panther" by doing the same thing to it as they have done to their M4 Shermans...

[@andrewmontgomery5621]

One for many Panzers of choice for the Kuromorimine Girls' Academy in the Girls und Panzer anime and also one of my favourite tanks along with the Tiger and King Tiger.

[@reconzero5699]

Wtf is that

[@yourcasualfinn2213]

​@@reconzero5699Some game where anime girls use ww2 era tanks, i know, fucking weird

[@filipvandel237]

A fellow man of culture I see.

[@graustreifbrombeerkralle1078]

@@yourcasualfinn2213 It's not a game, it's a manga and an anime.

[@yourcasualfinn2213]

@@graustreifbrombeerkralle1078 Which also has a game about it, look it up

[@tomservo5347]

I was always impressed at the Germans realizing a 5-man crew was best to divide up responsibilities so as not to overwhelm the commander-instead letting him focus on scanning for threats and targets to give to the gunner and loader the azimuth and correct type of ammunition. I also like their early version of LASP-microphones that went on the throat that directly picked up vocals and helped filter out background noise. They pioneered using state-of-the-art FM radios which was a big factor in their early spectacular successes. But the piper always get his dues.

[@Ausf.D.A.K.]

I love these series ! Keep them up !

[@thunberbolttwo3953]

The Panther II was cancelled because it was found that installing a Schurzen armoured skirts on the panthers side was a better option. Since that was a cheaper option. That also did not disrupt production of Panther tanks.

[@PitFriend1]

Another flaw of the Panther was the loader’s position. It was on the right side of the turret meaning the majority of loaders would be using their off hands to load the gun. It was also somewhat cramped which required the loader to bring the long shells up and over the breech to load it. While not catastrophic this reduced the rate of fire of the main gun.

[@ivvan497]

Everyone quoting chieftain like a holly gospel when the guy is like 2 meters tall and varely fits even in modern MBT.

[@henrikhilskov]

You are not right regarding the loader. Most of the time his position was turning his back toward the gun to pick up ammunition from the storage bins. His RIGHT arm the strong one was under the bullet holding the majority of the weight and only using the left arm as guide and to balance the bullet. Then turning AROUND to put the grenate into the gun still holding the right arm below the grenate and when the front of the grenate was in the gun then he removed the right arm and pushed with the left arm the grenate into the gun. End of story. Next Even the grenate for the 88 mm L/71 gun "only" weith 20 kg. and most soldiers at that time was trained for manual work so they were in average much stronger than today soldiers and because they also was shorter there were actual more energy pr m2 muscel than an soldier today have.

[@richardsawyer5428]

No matter how good the panther was when you've a country with the resources to create shipyards out of swamps and get vast quantities of kit just about anywhere or an island nation where the head politician can be challenged in his tactical and strategic thinking by those with more experience or general with the genius of Zhukov, sooner or later, you're going to be in that bunker doing what you should have done years ago. Germany had some interesting bits of kit, much of it over engineered when their resources were already ebbing away. I'm with James Holland and Al Murray on this; logistics is the key.

[@InBlackUA]

Nice video, thank you! 🎉🎉🎉

[@renatocamurca2713]

Thank you for your absolutely clear and extremely informative exposition.

[@Gruntilda-Winkybunion]

i saw a Panther in Munster! i adore its design, thank you for this video

[@tss77]

Danke Simple History! My personal favorite German Fighting Vehicle.

[@CRENOKOGOD]

Would love a panzer 4 version of this series

[@nyotamwuaji6484]

Shes a beautiful tank, wonderfully crafted, but yes, in some cases, quantity can overpower quality. If the enemy can pump out 10 tanks for every 1 you produce, while your 1 may be superior in quality, it is going to get overrun eventually and when its lost, you now have to make another one.

[@oskarrmason9617]

Kurt Knispel was the highlight scouring tank ace during WW2. Knispel is created with 168 tank kills while commanding a Panther.

[@daveybyrden3936]

I don't think that Knispel ever crewed a Panther. He got a lot of kills as a gunner in a Tiger, and later he was commander of a Tiger II. Where did you get your info?

[@Sturmovik82]

and of course this is not a real number, the way the German "aces" confirmed it was only from their words, which were then multiplied by propaganda

[@ivvan497]

​@@Sturmovik82and of course you have the same source as him: "trust me bro"

[@Sturmovik82]

@@ivvan497 and of course you can come to this by yourself just by reading a lot of German memoirs how the counting was done

[@TheGamingMotionTGM]

We should give him a KF-51 with its manual, new crew guide or something to made him familiar with it. Plus points if he beat his own kills.

[@SmokinLoon5150]

Don't forget its optics. German main gun optics were the best throughout the war, and the Panther was no exception. The TZF 12 sight was an excellent sight, coupled with the 7.5cm KwK 42 L/70, the Panther was unmatched in long range engagements. Not even the fabled Pershing with it's 90mm main gun could compete. Most people don't realize that the US's 90mm acted more like the German 88mm than anything else (obviously quite impressive in its own right).

[@henrikhilskov]

The original plan was that an 60 mm gun would had been sufficient for german tanks with subcaliber ammunition using tungsten core. However the shortage of tungsten forecd the germans to upgrade to a bigger caliber to get more speed on a bullet using steel as a core.

[@kevman2296]

The Cross Section of tanks is a great idea!

[@starzkream]

The origins of much modern technology can be traced back to the Second World War, from jet (and by extension, space) technology to computer science. It is pretty amazing to think that most of the development was done in just a few short years.

[@joelevers7627]

the interleaved wheels are more of a liability than 'evenly distibuting' the weight, thicker and larger wheels like the t-34's are just as good on that aspect

[@MGB-learning]

Great tank, video and presentation.

[@عمار_طواف]

dude that thing is hard to kill in warthunder, cant wait to get the APDS in warthunder centurion mk1

[@Callsign_Baru_]

just shoot it on the side

[@Cyril_2009]

shoot the mantlet

[@Agulito]

bro your narrative is another level

[@jensole8939]

pretty sure ther panthers frontal hull could be 130mm on averge and depending on the shell i think regular ap it would be around 160mm and 180mm.

[@capdetigla]

A video on early cold war french tanks would be nice

[@G_Ludwig]

True

[@Someone-k2o6f]

Can you do the Tiger next?

[@nopro1510]

Simple History have tiger video

[@Someone-k2o6f]

@@nopro1510 with cross section?

[@meyr1992]

why do people only ask for german tanks, they lost the war for a reason

[@fleuger99]

Awesome vid with interesting info. I'd never heard of the infrared tech on tanks before. I'd read of it being used in limited numbers on German half tracks in the Ardennes Offensive.

[@sneegsnaag4635]

If you look closely the Panthers cupala hatch is open this was common as the hatch had a handle that had to be rotated to open it so panther commanders would leave the open so if they got hit and there was a fire the commander could easily get out

[@astrorick2910]

6:16 no, the side skirts protected the lower hull from anti-tank rifles and shaped charges. 7:36 you put the track sprite over the hull sprite...

[@owwffenham3315]

thanks for featuring my favorite tank

[@jasonhasenfus6090]

I have a suggestion. Can you do a video about mercenaries and their role in warfare.

[@dariuscolbert9177]

They even found cigarette butts and other things inside of the panthers working parts, ie transmission fuel line etc from force labor building the tanks. They did that to help try and break them down more in the field

[@henrikhilskov]

I dont think it was a common thing to use cigarette butts at that time. Next it was slave labour there dont have any cigaretts...

[@patrickkaiserliew3691]

The Germans are genius in weaponry. Their innovative designs & way ahead technology really sends shivers done the spine of the enemies. Real force to reckon with.

[@flycatchful]

They still lost.

[@gnuzwo1lk909]

⁠realistically, it lost because the *WHOLE* world was against them

[@Nuseeker]

Very professional, well done. Thanks

[@TTTT-oc4eb]

"...like most german tanks they were much more complex and unreliable than their allied counterparts..." A myth that never dies. With the exception of the early Panthers, which were sent into combat long before they were ready, all German tanks were reliable by WW2 standards - from Panzer I through Panzer VIB. All WW2 tanks broke down en masse during road marches, the Sherman too. This is 1944, even your vanilla family car could be expected to break down at any point - and cars have always been much more reliable than tanks.

[@foxymetroid]

Shermans were pretty reliable. They were designed with reliability in mind since their factories were thousands of miles away.

[@ooo_Kim_Chi_ooo]

FYI there was sloped armor way before the T-34. Castles were sloped for a reason.

[@thorbjrnchristensen4466]

I'd love to see more videos like this but with other tanks. Great video, keep up the good work

[@KenilworthUCCOfficeManager]

Great video!

[@Ascariedeus]

When you hear the voice-over's voice without seeing his face for so long, you feel like the person talking in the video is not even him.

[@whatamidoinganymorebro]

did you also know that The Panther tank, officially Panzerkampfwagen V Panther (abbreviated PzKpfw V) with ordnance inventory designation: Sd.Kfz. 171, is a German medium tank of World War II. It was used on the Eastern and Western Fronts from mid-1943 to the end of the war in May 1945. On 27 February 1944 it was redesignated to just PzKpfw Panther, as Hitler ordered that the Roman numeral "V" be deleted.[citation needed] In contemporary English-language reports it is sometimes referred to as the "Mark V". The Panther was intended to counter the Soviet T-34 medium tank and to replace the Panzer III and Panzer IV. Nevertheless, it served alongside the Panzer IV and the heavier Tiger I until the end of the war. The Panther was a compromise. While having essentially the same Maybach V12 petrol (690 hp) engine as the Tiger I, it had better gun penetration, was lighter and faster, and could traverse rough terrain better than the Tiger I. The trade-off was weaker side armour, which made it vulnerable to flanking fire and a weaker high explosive shell. The Panther proved to be effective in open country and long-range engagements.[8] Although it had excellent firepower, protection and mobility, its reliability was less impressive.[9] The Panther was far cheaper to produce than the Tiger I. Key elements of the Panther design, such as its armour, transmission, and final drive, were simplifications made to improve production rates and address raw material shortages. Despite this, the overall design has still been described by some as "overengineered".[10][11] The Panther was rushed into combat at the Battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943 despite numerous unresolved technical problems, leading to high losses due to mechanical failure. Most design flaws were rectified by late 1943 and early 1944, though the bombing of production plants, increasing shortages of high-quality alloys for critical components, shortage of fuel and training space, and the declining quality of crews all impacted the tank's effectiveness. Though officially classified as a medium tank, at 44.8 metric tons the Panther was closer in weight to contemporary foreign heavy tanks. The Panther's weight caused logistical problems, such as an inability to cross certain bridges, otherwise the tank had a very high power-to-weight ratio which made it highly mobile. The naming of Panther production variants did not, unlike most German tanks, follow alphabetical order: the initial variant, Panther "D" (Ausf. D), was followed by "A" and "G" variants.

[@joshlesure3196]

Excellent video!

[@d3rnoobspi3ss21]

Nice video thanks, only one thing, the Panther G you're showing in your vid is a late war production with the modified gun mantlet,. Most of the production of Panther G's had the gun mantlet used for the other variants. The rear sides of the Panther G were also modified to protect the fuel tank. In Normandie, photos show mixed variant of this vehicle, like a turret of Panther D placed on a hull of the A variant.

[@h.d.mech.mortenson2098]

Great video and great animation as well.

[@joshmeads]

Great video but there are several mistakes. The Panther 2 production did not run out of time. It was originally developed to have stronger side armour to defeat the Soviet anti tank rifle. They found out that adding schurzen to the side of the normal Panther did the same job, so there was no need for the Panther 2 to go into production. The effective armour thickness of the Panther's front armour was 138mm. The main defect with the Panther was the reliability of it's final drive.

[@rolandhunter]

The reliability of it's final drive was fixed in mid 1944. (april-may)

[@Inefa_Fohaust]

Thank you for this vid ❤

[@huhuboiz4193]

1.55 is that sounds track from king and General? Cuz it sounds familiar😅😅

[@jamesblake1848]

Cool video 👍😎

[@RamsonHoliday]

Legacy part why is the scope of the Tiger II used on a Panther?

[@Il_Principessa]

"Tank that struck fear on the hearts of the allies" Meanwhile Sherman firefly and T34-85 crews: How cute

[@rp1645]

Thank you for this history on Germany Tank design 😊 I think it was very smart of Germany to get a captured Russian tank and design a main gun around what it takes to disable a Russian tank. Testing of what main gun needs to go through Russian armor on Tank 😊 something that I think American Tank building lacked.

[@announcerspeakerboxbfdi4966]

What the? what happened to the sprocket and Idler In the opening shots? they are off centered

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

One of the first concepts of a main battle tank.

[@orphielalompuiidarnei8970]

Fun fact-in 1946 a test was conducted between the panther and the sherman firefly and the panther dominated in almost every aspect and also the panther was tested with the m3 lee but i think that was stupid because its like comparing a iphone 6 to the iphone 12

[@bbfissingle1715]

Perfect timing! I was just about to start up War Thunder!

[@mgarcia12359]

I just seen this and know it will be a awesome video

[@Pawcio2115]

My great grandfather told me that if the Panther had a better powertrain, it would have been the best tank at the time.

[@tuckerclark438]

@simple history, do a tiger 1&2 tanks version video, too. I am just asking if you guys are doing one in the future .

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

Early model Panthers: Pine Needles...Tank Fuel... 🔥🔥🔥 Later Models: This really cost too much per unit...and 120mm is the new 80mm.(armor thickness like orange being the new black). Also, also... remember that time an M5 Stuart shot a Panther in the side 5 times and lit it up before it knew what hit him? Ofc, the Stuart got hit up the rear with a panzerfaust and the crew buggered off, but...still though.

[@rexkwandoe320]

Y’all should make a video like this for the tiger tank

[@michaellynes3540]

You should do a remake of the Tiger Tank.

[@LarsAgerbk]

I could imagine driving a tank with interlocking wheels, servo-steering and night vision. Better accuracy due to the long barrel. No wonder many Germans believed in a final victory all up to the end of the war.

[@nikischaffer9670]

Can you make a video about the austrian burstyn tank? It was developed bevor WW1

[@carlosferreira6420]

6:07 ehh guys... Is a fury refernce?

[@SuperBuildsInMC]

Yes

[@lzxp7943]

This tank is not green at all; they should be using renewable energy. Just by seeing it driving on European roads, I can hear echoes of Greta's words, "How dare you!"

[@diazkachannel926]

I wonder if you adding video about Boshin War

[@cordingdesert9566]

Did that 76 Sherman just bounce a panther at point blank?

[@franciscojaviermartineztor9745]

Good video. 👍🏻 Just one detail: The total ww2 number of built T34s is not exact. That was about 55.000, and lost about 45.000. this given number of 84.000 is with the postwar built in different countries such as Soviet Union and Warsaw pact countries as Poland and Checoslovaquia. Best regards

[@ezrabrooks12]

Good Video/Info.

[@masok600]

Those tanks including the Tiger were put in production assuming Case Blau would succeed in augmenting Germany's oil supply. They were incredible gas guzzlers that needed that oil to continue the War of Movement... but as we saw the situation wasn't what was hoped for when they came into production by 1943. This is why the mismatch also costed a great deal to the Wermacht in basically sophisticated moving Pillboxes for a static war of attrition Germany couldn't win given its limited resources.

[@alexchainey.]

I never could have imagined the Narrator with that face.

[@thenerdyminifigure]

6:28 I read this as 285 miles per hour and I was utterly confused for a second lol

[@Nafets247]

It's all too easy to be confused between KRUPS (the company known for its kitchen appliances) and KRUPP, which is remembered more for its heavier appliances 😉

[@mynamesjeff83]

LOVE YOUR VOICE!