Under New Management | Panzer 38(t) Ausf.A Part 1

Prior to the war, the German Army was heavily engaged in expanding its new Panzer Divisions. For this purpose, great attention was given to the development of new types of tanks (Panzers). Due to German industry’s lack of production capacity at that time and despite great effort, the more desirable and stronger Panzer III and IV could not be produced in sufficient numbers. The Germans were instead forced to use a large number of the weakly armed Panzer I and Panzer IIs.
Luckily for the Germans, during the takeover of Czechoslovakia in early 1939, they came into possession of the Škoda and ČKD factories. With them, they obtained over 200 LT vz. 35 and, more importantly, some 150 (not all were finished by that time) LT vz. 38. While both would be put into service, the Germans were far more interested in the more advanced LT vz. 38, which was far superior to the German Panzer I and II and was a close match for the larger Panzer IIIs.
The LT vz. 38 would provide a great asset for the German Panzer Divisions during the first few years of the war. In later years, its chassis would be reused for a number of different modifications up to the war’s end.
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An article by Marko Pantelic
Narrated by Stan Lucian
Edited by Big Turn
Sound edited by Gabe

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

This tank is the one that Otto Carius was assigned as a loader in his debut during Operation Barbarossa. He was injured by enemy fire, and was reassigned to the Tiger I as a commander in 1943. He was injured again severely while doing a motorcycle recon, recovered and finished the war in the behemoth that was the Jagdtiger. During this 3.5 year career, his tank gun went from 37mm to 128mm and tank weight from 9 to 72 tons. Quite the progression for a guy who initially was turned down for being underweight!

[@neganrex5693]

The Jagdtiger was a wonder blunder, He should have asked for a Panzer 5 Panther tank.

[@samiamrg7]

Not only did they acquire the tanks, they also got the Czech factories that were set up to produce them.

[@i-a-g-r-e-e-----f-----jo--b]

And a massive cache of small arms and artillery weapons.

[@frisho2190]

ČKD said correctly good job XD. Also amazing video always love to listen about czechoslovak tanks

[@vaclav_fejt]

His Czech seems to be better than his German. :D

[@frisho2190]

@@vaclav_fejt well.... If I remember spelling and pronunciation in older videos where ČKD he spelled as ckd

[@tomfu6210]

LT-38 was designed for 4 crew members from scratch. Same as his bigger brother V-8-H (aka ST vz.39).

[@i-a-g-r-e-e-----f-----jo--b]

Thanks for the history video! I think the Germans were using this tank to account for over 20 percent of their forces against France 1940. BTW @16:04, that looks like Albert Speer so maybe its not 1939, Maybe he was looking at it to see what other variants the Germans could do with it.

[@amerigo88]

When moving large objects and when interested in acceleration, torque is much more relevant than horsepower. Wondering why tank guides always focus on horsepower - something much more relevant for aircraft and sports cars. At this point, it's most likely inertia.

[@kurt5490]

I dont get it either. Torque is what provides acceleration. Torque is what is actually doing the work. I don't know for sure but I suspect the word horsepower wad created to sell steam and then internal combustion engines to people of a horse powered economy.

[@Salamandra40k]

...its a tank. Torque is handled by the transmission which, unlike in a car, can be as big as you need it to be. The gear ratios are way different, thats why horsepower matters. You can start a tank off as slow as you want, but whats important is being able to get up to a good running speed. Having a steam engine at 1hp but with 9000ft/lbs of torque wont get you going 24mph. However, a 200hp engine with the right transmission will. Edit: on top of that, 24mph isnt 2nd gear like in a car. Thats like, 8th gear TOP SPEED going downhill on roads for a tank at that time. Torque doesnt matter when 1st gear is only supposed to get you going like, 2mph max. Again, gear ratios and stuff on transmissions as big as you are, not little wimpy car transmissions.

[@mikecanaday1631]

Torque governs acceleration, horsepower governs top speed, hill climbing ability, and in the case of tracked vehicles, turning speed.

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

But isn't torque defined as being proportional to horsepower divided by rpm?

[@amerigo88]

The formula is: torque = horsepower x 5,252 divided by the revolutions per minute. Torque and horsepower are therefore two sides of the same coin. As someone commented, it's really about the tank's transmission. However, if it were my WW2 tank, I would prefer fast acceleration from a standstill (escaping a surprise attack, an incoming bombardment, etc ) over a high top speed that a 1940s suspension will likely make a miserable experience for the fleshy creatures operating the tank. It all goes back to the true output of the tank engine and choices in tradeoff between torque and hp. Reporting every tank in terms of its horsepower output without reference to either rpm or torque doesn't tell us the whole story. A focus on hp alone is just a convention that has been widely accepted among historians.

[@MrBayleaf69]

Keep up the good work!

[@thralldumehammer]

The original "alien" technology!!😁

[@wwmoggy]

wonder how well the parchment paper and Oil workerd for waterproofing

[@Chris-ev7xo]

@ 8:08 the pic said this is the air intake grille , well thats wrong the air intake is under the two engine doors/ hatches where the doors close just above the fenders . The grille in the pic is where the radiator fan blows it out of the engine compartment

[@aligaterr5137]

Czech technology here we go

[@AmbuBadger]

_Czechnology._

[@davasaurthereal4678]

Cool

[@daviddevries8242]

I love the site and was glad to TE uploading videos on KZbin. The narration in this video however, I find a bit annoying because of the emphasis put on the last word of every single SENTENCE.

[@leroyjenkins9730]

Panzer 38 t . Kinda cute for a tank. Most German tanks are so cute.

[@4tbf616]

HEY THE PANZER 38( *T* ) ISNT GERMAN, YOU JERK

[@Tempestora01]

Sehr gut, ja

[@paulthiessen6467]

If the French were producing some good tanks, why didn’t they keep those factories going too? They faced them in combat, they knew their worth.

[@TanksEncyclopediaYT]

Because 1 man turrets mostly. but it deserves a better look

[@pavelalexe9254]

Good point. The Germans did reuse most French tanks they captured, including the S35 and Char B1 Bis. However they did not like the 1-man turret tanks, and so many of those were converted to SPGs or TDs. Probably one of the main reasons the Germans did not keep S35s and B1s in production was their high price, but idk for sure

[@paulthiessen6467]

@@pavelalexe9254 maybe the Czechs could be more trusted to build tanks without sabotaging them?

[@IRONLORDMINK]

I put it down to issues revolving around cost. Of production and single man turrets on top of The overall poor quality of Tanks Like The H35. While the Char B1 wasn't much better and the S35 being equivalent to later models of Panzer III. Basically meaning thay captured vehicles were. Mostly converted used for internal policing with occupational garrisons or Given to. Minor axis allies as they did not fit German tank Doctrine. Though they did keep French factories active but they were used mostly to produce utility vehicles and engines and other components for other German Vehicles.

[@Sofus.]

This is something I would like to know as well. A limited production of vehicles took place in northern Italy (Republic of Salò 1943) without them being particularly amazing vehicles.

[@WildBillCox13]

Nebelkerzenabwurfvorrichtung. Smoke 'em if you got 'em.

[@casual_viewer1]

How can someone join your writer team?

[@TanksEncyclopediaYT]

Contact us through Discord (discord.gg/3VjQ8Zq) or email ([e-mail]). Usual procedure is trial by fire. Pick any vehicle you want and write an article draft on it. If we're happy with the quality of the writing and research, you're in and we'll help you with sources and further training.

[@Rubashow]

Those Germans owe everything to re-engineered Czech science.

[@MS-gr2nv]

Sounds about right, Czech industry and German Courage.

[@Rubashow]

@@MS-gr2nv There is nothing courageous in stabbing your neighbor's in the back.

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

@@Rubashow can't stabb them in the back when they build fortified borders with you. not justifiying the germans. just saying. also going to war always requires courage, even if its for the wrong reasons.

[@eidechsentyp1236]

Well they had tanks of their own...

[@dcross6360]

I read the British report on the tested t38. It is highly pessimistic and undeserved

[@aasphaltmueller5178]

My fathers Uncle drove one 38t into France and then Russia - unfortunately I do not know more.

[@Uncommon5en5e]

I sold my Pz. 38(t) and Leichtraktor in World of Tanks, and would be so happy to have them back 😭😭😭 anybody got a WoT account from pre-2019 that they'd sell? WILL BUY (Steadfast, Leichtraktor, Pz. 38(t) owned, among others)

[@avnrulz]

AH- 'eye vee' or 'four'?

[@ROBERTN-ut2il]

A lot of the vaunted German panzers were Czech

[@ROBERTN-ut2il]

@@AKUJIVALDO Whole divisions in 1940 - Rommel's &th Panxzer, for example

[@1joshjosh1]

Are you guys Serbian? Or maybe Greek. My Slovenian father spells his name Marko with a K.

[@TanksEncyclopediaYT]

Marko, the author of this article, is Serbian.

[@harryjohnson9215]

Every Serbian I have met is kind.

[@mikepette4422]

I still say that it was the weakness of Chamberlain's policies in appeasement that actually allowed the invasion of Poland and subsequently The Low Countries and France. Letting Germany take Austria was one thing but just letting them walk into Czechoslovakia was another. That Czech arms industry actually added real capability to the Nazi war dreams. They couldn't have done anything without all that loot and resources. I do blame the Czechs too they treated their Slovak partners like shit and after spending massive amounts on building a military just gave up without a protest. Had they fought back immediately the French would have come and then the Brits as well the war would have either never happened at all and Hitler disgraced and deposed soon enough or the War would have started in 38' way way too early for Germany to really be successful and they would have had to sue for a way out after being unable to take over Czechoslovakia.

[@Doman9191]

Lies, France and UK refused to help Czechoslovakia if they would fight.

[@cisterna95]

@@Doman9191 do you have proof about that ?

[@nemos9856]

@@cisterna95 Its called Munich agreement XD

[@DOMINIK99013]

What was that shit treatment of Slovak partners? Partners in what? It was one country.

[@theEWDSDS]

​@@DOMINIK99013 , it was one country, but the Czechs were much more "equal" in it than the Slovaks.

[@Saturnus_Ouranos]

Why the British were unimpressed by the LT vz.38? Was it being unfit for the Brit army doctrine, or something else? Edit:grammar

[@TanksEncyclopediaYT]

We'll get to that when we write our articles on the TNH series.

[@Saturnus_Ouranos]

@@TanksEncyclopediaYT I see

[@Katzbalger001]

It probably didn't break down often enough...

[@tomfu6210]

Considering Britain entered war with about 300 tanks of questionable quality... Medium tank V-8-H (vz.39) was also tested and as I remmeber, Brits were more impressed by it.

[@asambi69]

Didn't have tea making facilities...Unfit for purpose lol.

[@stefanoristicano6902]

czechnology at its finest

[@verde629]

Bf5 anyone ?

[@GeneralGayJay]

Could anything in Germany have been produced in sufficient numbers 🥴

[@TanksEncyclopediaYT]

For a prolonged World War against basically half the planet? No

[@PanzerkampfwagenausfTschechosl]

Still think I’m better then 38

[@jirja3192]

Forgot your pneumatic system issues?

[@PanzerkampfwagenausfTschechosl]

@@jirja3192 if you review the footage frame-by-frame and do the math...

[@4tbf616]

Well, was a tank destroyer ever based off of you?

[@Chky40]

frist

[@kieranh2005]

@Robert Gräfe shouldn't that be 'sconde', based on the spelling of the frist comment?

[@Lord.Kiltridge]

Hello narrator. Please don't use Britain and England interchangeably. Unless you are referring to a specific place, you say Britain or the U.K. '(A Vz.38) was actually shipped to Britain' *_or_* '(A Vz.38) was actually shipped to Bovington, England.' If in doubt however, you can always default to Britain. London for example, _is_ in Britain _and_ England, whereas Edenborough is in Britain but _not_ England.

[@9_19Ming]

Bad playing !!!!!! Pz.Kpfw. 38(t) is my ultra biggessssssst love. I got 11 kills ever in RB with 1 life . you dont suit to use it!!!!

[@MS-gr2nv]

To MSM it was a PUPPET state, to us it was the first time Slovakia was a FREE COUNTRY, not OWNDED but Hapsburgs, or Poles or Czechs.

[@TanksEncyclopediaYT]

You have a very interesting definition of free.

[@SC0RCH3er]

I understand Germans, Hungarians and even Poles being salty about ČSR, but I can never understand Slovaks having that attitude.

[@robertdelacruz2951]

Your videos are too long, and overly concerned with hyper-techinical explanations.