Surviving Panzer V "Panther" Tanks

[@-TIGER_131-]

Nice to see that some of my relatives are in good condition

[@xahmadx6442]

How is your transmission

[@-TIGER_131-]

It is still in runing order

[@Heitusz]

@@-TIGER_131- Is it ?

[@germanydontsuffer222]

I want to meet you mr tiger plz . You are the best tank of ww2 ❤❤ .

[@xahmadx6442]

@@germanydontsuffer222 no it's not

[@deniseh6980]

Excellent video. Thanks for posting. What fantastic equipment. My husband climbed up on top of the one at the Sinsheim museum. He still talks about it.

[@Egeli70]

The basement panther’s location is an bundeswehr storage.

[@SurvivingHistory]

Thank you for the new information!

[@roadstarman58]

The first one still has at least a couple original 16 bolt roadwheels. They had trouble with the bolts breaking and the wheel coming apart, so at first drilled holes in between increasing the count to 32. Later they settle on 24 which is what about 99% of the surviving ones have.

[@MrTuftynut]

Excellent video - Next one should be for surviving Tiger & King Tiger tanks!

[@THX11458]

One Panther here that may appear rather unassuming which is actually quite unique is the trackless Ausf.G (Fgst.Nr.121455) at Fort Benning GA (ex. Patton Museum, Fort Knox TN) as seen here at 6:52. It's a final production version of the Pzkpfw-V Ausf.G manufactured in April of 1945. Tell tale features are -- small rings welded to each side of the turret for use of camouflage (foliage) attachment, the elimination of the AA-MG mount ring on the commander's cupola with a replacement pedestal AAMG mount in its stead. Interior changes (obviously not seen) would be the elimination of the loader's seat. Although missing now, the vehicle would have had each of its last rubber rimmed road wheel replaced with 800mm steel rimmed road wheels (photos of this vehicle at Fort Knox in the 1950s, when it was in better condition, confirm this). It may seem odd that it lacks the late war "chin" mantlet but that feature was never fully implemented for all Ausf.G's due to production shortages (I'd imagine by April 1945 the Germans were scrounging anything they could find to finish these vehicles).

[@sabrekai8706]

9:12 I believe that is the same Panther I took photos of in the winter of 1975 at Camp Borden.

[@zaynevanday142]

incorrect the Australian one is in Running condition plenty of video of it

[@Kadeicha]

Bei 3:44 handelt es sich um einen der wo aus einem privaten Keller geborgen wurde. Es gibt sogar eine Spiegel Report dazu. Ich glaube er wurde ins Deutsche Panzer Museum in Münster gebraucht.

[@yattaran1484]

6:59 One and only Panther 2 chassis with late G turret.

[@seangregorygurley8429]

Fantastic

[@tomkeh9511]

I' m pretty sure the two tanks between 2.47 and 2.50 are located in Sinheim Technik Museum. The one destroyed tank they didn't restore an let it how it was found and the second running model you can push a knob and chains are running including noise of engine.

[@pitt96ful67]

Unfortunately the Panthers which are in Belgium are in rather bad condition, although this partly explains the fact that these tanks were damaged during the fighting in the Balge Ardennes in winter 1944-1945, Houfalize's tank had fallen into the river and its crew drowned for example, however this famous tank is being restored, it should be back in 1 year

[@JuergenGDB]

Hopefully, we can get another classic WWII movie or series like Band of Brothers, with some epic Historically correct vehicles.

[@tsclly2377]

Loving the hard hitting 7.5cm in the form of the iconic German engineering design of the day..

[@moemaster1966]

I thought there where at one time a few in Bulgaria turned into bunkers….

[@h2overthinker]

panther A is my favorite tank i am glad some of them still exist today

[@teddystauffer4614]

The FINEST Tank design ever

[@ish2008]

Question: What is the name of the music in the beginning of the video? Edit: nvm its in dec

[@hereisaname8567]

Question: how do you differentiate an A from a G if there is no chin block?

[@SurvivingHistory]

What I've noticed when differentiating a Panther A from a Panther G is that a Panther A will have a tiny driver view slit on the UFP of the tank while a Panther G is usually missing said view slit. Of course this tactic may not work for every Panther A and G, but it should *usually* be the key to identifying the model if the chin block is missing.

[@THX11458]

There are five primary ways of determining an Ausf.A from and Ausf.G: 1) An Ausf.G has no driver's visor on it's glacis plate, instead it has a single rotating periscope atop the front roof, (Ausf.A has a driver's visor with two fixed periscopes on the front roof) 2) The Ausf.G has single piece upper hull side plates sloped at 30 degrees (the Ausf.A has two piece plates sloped at 40 degrees for the upper part and vertical for the lower rear), 3) The Ausf.A has a stepped underside to its pannier, (the Ausf.G has a single flat plate) 4) The Ausf.G has squarish, hinged driver/loader hatches that open out like doors while the Ausf.A has more rounded driver/loader hatches that pivot up and over. 5) The Ausf.G will have its headlight mounted on the front right mudguard/fender (if facing the vehicle), while the Ausf.A will have its headlight mounted on the upper right side of the glacis plate next to the driver's visor (if facing the vehicle). I hope these clues aren't too confusing and help you identify the differences between the two models.

[@hereisaname8567]

@@THX11458 ty mate

[@paulflak2823]

If you want to create a video of rare tanks, start with a Italian M13/40 at CFB Wainwright. If you can get into Iraq there is a massive collection of allied and axis tanks which I saw in 2004 just sitting in a open field outside of Baghdad..

[@Tritceon]

Imagine your Panther getting "Confiscated by the german police". This has to be heartbreaking. They probably srapped it.

[@Jgasporrap]

Was that the one the guy had in his basement? Basement must have been bigger than the house. Yeah the govt took it away, gun was in firing cond. Hopefully not scrapped, so many museums would love that beast.

[@THX11458]

@@Jgasporrap Yeah, it was that guy. He also had an 88mm FLak36 and a U-boat torpedo.

[@THX11458]

It's not scrapped. The German courts fined the guy €250,000 and ordered him to sell or donate his collection. It's reported that there's a private buyer for the Panther in the US.

[@Jgasporrap]

Yeah heard something about that. I'm more interested in the basement...I wanna see it !

[@eue073]

At 2:15, the Panther at Münster has number 210767

[@ricostos]

great video,the most best tank is the second war,thats it

[@conceptalfa]

👍 👍 👍!!!

[@Heitusz]

Where is it running to ?

[@kevinkent6184]

How many panthers are actually in running order

[@SurvivingHistory]

There are seven Panther Tanks in working condition around the world. (one has been modified for remote control use.)

[@kevinkent6184]

@@SurvivingHistory thanks for the reply and update much appreciated cheers 🍻 👏

[@Andre-cd2ib]

Da kann man sehen wie weit voraus, wir Deutschen gegenüber der Welt waren.

[@ОлегФедоров-ы2х]

Были....Только забыли где закончилась война.

[@deltanox745]

@@ОлегФедоров-ы2х Благодаря помощи Америки

[@ОлегФедоров-ы2х]

@@deltanox745 да уж куда там,без Америки бы точно не справились,учитывая,что Второй фронт в Европе был открыт в 1944г и Вермахт наступал как ВСУ в обратную сторону.И напомню -помимо Америки в антигитлеровскую коалицию входили еще страны.А всю тяжесть боев с Германией вынес на себе Советский Союз,правда теперь об этом не принято говорить....

[@innerlight7018]

Blöder Spruch.

[@Andre-cd2ib]

@@innerlight7018 aber die Wahrheit.

[@bobkohl6779]

The Bovington Panther was built after the war. The Munster Panther has a diesel engine

[@alexvisser5913]

Gerüchte zufolge wurde der beschlagnahmte panther zerstört

[@asc.445]

Why such an unnecessarily long intro?