Supersized StuG | Sd.Kfz.173 Jagdpanther

[@tommycooker3996]

The best looking TD of WW2!

[@starzkream]

I agree.

[@darkninjacorporation]

They’re just such sleek vehicles. That side profile is strangely beautiful. IMO looks more modern than it really is.

[@Cyan_Nightingale]

Yea but as a tank destroyer.. its silhouette is too tall & too large. I prefer Hetzer or Jagdpanzer

[@amptechron]

Yes!

[@darkninjacorporation]

@@Cyan_Nightingale I agree. It’s a huge vehicle for hunting, but I suppose if it was designed more for head-on direct confrontations it matters a bit less. Still, I agree a smaller silhouette would be wise.

[@Dark_Asteroid]

Super sized Stug? I'm in!

[@DeeEight]

The armor plate was thick and well sloped but of a significantly crappy steel alloy that left it prone to cracking and spalling from shots that SHOULD NOT have penetrated. In some british tests they were getting holes twice the diameter of the AP shells hitting it.

[@MrKawaltd750]

Best looking, with the 88 pak 43? My favorite afv.

[@leoleydekkers7024]

It is also known that some later versions of the jagdpanther were fitted with the improved AK7400 gearbox instead of the AK74200 gearbox which allowed a top speed of 55km/h

[@VikingTeddy]

It's a jagdpanther, it panthers jagds!

[@pavelslama5543]

More like a Panther that jagds...

[@VikingTeddy]

@@pavelslama5543 Ja, genau. But that wouldn't follow the word order set by the meme 😉

[@erniebubbert5995]

Yeah baby, good stuff in the morning

[@masudashizue777]

It's interesting that they angled the top instead of making it parallel to the ground. This is the first Tamiya military vehicle model that I built.

[@marcotritto4503]

Good video, about changes occured on the tank are not mentioned the roof, the saukopf, the collar and what later are known as G1 and G2 engine grills.

[@BHuang92]

One of Germany's best tank destroyers next to the Stug III.

[@aleksazunjic9672]

Actually no. Suspension problems inherited from Panther, and frankly unnecessary gun, especially in Germany's situation in late 1944/early 1945.

[@vladdrakul7851]

@@aleksazunjic9672 Bullshit it was the best AFV in WW II, with a reinforced suspension, very mobile (better than the tank whose weak side armor was a terrible weakness and with defense as the priority for the tank hunter and with JS II's and others around, the 88LL gun was NOT a waste except for the enemy tanks turned into scrap metal!!

[@aleksazunjic9672]

@@vladdrakul7851 😁 Ver few were actually available for fighting, due to constant mechanical breakdowns. It was actually worse than Panther, thus it was not produced in large numbers, or used after the war. 88mm L/71 was heavy and relatively difficult to produce. There were not that many IS-2s, and Jagdpanther was not used against them in any meaningful capacity. Overall, not very useful vehicle, especially in late war for Germany.

[@nctpti2073]

@@aleksazunjic9672 Very few were available for fighting since so very few were produced. And by that late in the war, the Tiger was not a better vehicle. Not sure why it would be worse than the Panther, since it is a simpler tank than the panther, having no turret.

[@aleksazunjic9672]

@@nctpti2073 Tiger I was decent heavy tank in late 1942/1943, but it was becoming obsolete in second part of 1944. It was specialized vehicle mostly used in heavy tank battalions. On the other hand Panther supposed to be main German tank serving in panzer divisions. As such, mobility was very important and Panther was not reliable mobile warfare. It is enough to say it had to be brought by rail to theaters of operation, because road marches were almost impossible. Jagdpanther inherited all deficiencies of the Panther. Compared to StuG III which was based on relatively reliable Pz III chassis, so it was reliable itself.

[@ant4812]

At 2:50 is the MNH factory in Hannover. It was the only plant that built Panthers & Jagdpanthers side by side. The photo was taken by the british in 1945.

[@MGB-learning]

The best Tank destroyer of the war.

[@Nedvesperec]

If we don't look at the production numbers, this is the best german td. Based on the panther G (best and most relieable version of the panther) had great armor and a really really powerful gun. The only problem is that it was produced in small numbers

[@joeobyrne3189]

Superb result, scratch one flat top.

[@dennisswaim8210]

It has always been my favorite Wartime German AFV.

[@TallDude73]

Great vehicles, with a fearsome gun and good protection. Only lack of logistics and poor training, as well as low numbers, doomed them.

[@leonardorodrigues827]

Very good indeed, could I make a video about the t-28 medium tank of the soviet union, I don't find many videos that talk about them, I saw about them on your website and in the tank archive, but I would be happy with a video about it please. Great video and as girl und panzer would say "panzer vor"

[@Ly..-]

"This is a jagdpanther It jagds panthers!"

[@brettphillips9949]

probably the best all around German tank destroyer big gun good armor and decent speed there's not much to complain about other than parts and reliability which was a problem for every other big German tank destroyer

[@amptechron]

Well done

[@AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw]

One of fiercest looking tanks of war.

[@AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw]

Death at a distance, heavy armour and fast

[@georgecristiancripcia4819]

From the battle of France nazi Germany realized it needed more powerful anti tank guns.Most standard guns germans had could not deal with the french and some british tanks.

[@MOTA_KRAMPUS]

It was a beast!

[@comentedonakeyboard]

A concentration of trees? In a forest? Who could have seen that growing!

[@drmarkintexas-400]

🏆🎖️💪🤗 Thank you for sharing this

[@AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw]

Beast

[@wacojones8062]

With better support it could be very nasty I have various books written by officers who commanded various types of units and vehicles the US M10 and the Jagdpanther both stand out as practical vehicles for what they were designed for. The US Designs were much easier to keep working and much faster to do repairs and engine replacements on.

[@Wien1938]

I would normally argue towards the usefulness of a vehicle but, in this case, I would argue that the JagdPanther was unnecessary and a waste of resources (and I like the vehicle!). Frankly, the Panther could kill most things that a JagdPanther could kill, had the advantage of a fully revolving turret and did not require separate establishments. I rather suspect the Germans got too caught up with the different arms of service (Panzerwaffe, PanzerJaeger, Sturmgeschutzen etc) and did not focus properly. But this seems to be a fault running though German industrial planning - currently reading the book on the Me 309 and I am astonished, not at the Luftwaffe but Messerschmidt's irresponsible and egotistical attitude.

[@mathiasbartl903]

The design philosophy after being outclassed by the unexpected t-34s and KVs was to continuously increase combat power of armored fighting vehicles, without waiting for actual need.

[@magicpsy1761]

Panther were assigned to Tankunits and Jagdpanther were assigned to special Antitankunits.

[@Wien1938]

@@magicpsy1761 I'm not sure what point you are making. Could you elaborate, please?

[@magicpsy1761]

@@Wien1938 the Jagdpanther was not unnecessary as you wrote. It was a mobile anti-tank device for units in special anti-tank units that could be used by higher command levels. They were also not allowed to be used for other purposes, for example as a replacement for tanks such as StuGs.

[@ArvernesMiniatures]

Are you sure about the removal of the pistol port ? I've never seen any photos with out it even on Jagdpanthers with the 2 pieces barrel.

[@freedomfighter2054]

Its a jadgyboi

[@larry-three8225]

I called this thank the "pyramid tank". The gun is nice. I wish it was turreted, though.

[@RetroGamesCollector]

Most of the footage was of Panthers whilst talking about Jagdpanthers.

[@aleksazunjic9672]

Overall, not a very good design . Inherited problems with suspension from the Panther. Heavy and expensive gun that was not really necessary. Competing for a chassis that was in demand for tanks . Thus, never produced in sufficient quantity.

[@tomhenry897]

Germans couldn’t produce anything in quantity

[@aleksazunjic9672]

@@tomhenry897 Not true. Example: StuG III ;)

[@arfshesaid4325]

@@aleksazunjic9672 not when facing 100 to 1 numbers, those odds were way too much

[@aleksazunjic9672]

@@arfshesaid4325 If your opponent produces 100 times more tanks than you, there is something significantly wrong with your design 😁In real life, Germans produced 2-3 times less AFVs than Soviets , so advantage was not so great.

[@arfshesaid4325]

@@aleksazunjic9672 face it things over all were just a wee bit over extended to say the least

[@kawaiiarchive357]

I don't understand how the Germans never learned to make good transmissions.

[@Kalashnikov413]

It's not the transmission quality that was terrible (except for several cases like the Panther's early transmission), but rather it's the vehicle's weight that was the problem

[@retteip8276]

New vid but i am at school😭😭