Hetzers Gonna Hetz' | Jagdpanzer 38 (Hetzer) part 1

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The Jagdpanzer 38 tank hunter was designed to have a very low profile which made it hard to target and easy to conceal. It was only 2.10 m (6 ft 10.6 inches) high which was ideal for ambush tactics. It was armed with a powerful high velocity 75 mm Pak 39 L/48 gun that could knock-out most enemy tanks. It was cheaper and quicker to build than a Panzer IV, Panther or Tiger tank.
It was not designed to be a close combat vehicle, used at the head of an attack like a tank. It was a self-propelled anti-tank gun that was intended to be deployed on the flanks to stop counter-attacks. A pack of Jagdpanzer 38 tank hunters would hide in a wood or thick hedgerow and pick off enemy tanks at long range. The sloping front armor gave the crew reasonable protection from frontal attack. So long as the driver pointed the front of the vehicle at any threat, the crew could expect to survive a hit from an enemy armor-piercing shell. The thin armor on the sides of the vehicle and at the rear meant that there was a risk of being knocked out by flank and rear attacks with armor-piercing shells. If there was a danger of being outflanked, the driver had to change to a different location quickly.
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Liechte Jagdpanzer by Walter J. Spielberger, Thomas Jentz and Hilary L. Doyle
Jagdpanzer 38 ‘Hetzer; 1944-45 by Thomas Jentz and Hilary L. Doyle
Panzerkampfwagen 38 Panzer Tracts No.18 by Thomas Jentz and Hilary L. Doyle
Panzer Production from 1933 to 1945 Panzer Tracts No.23 by Thomas Jentz and Hilary L. Doyle
Jagdpanzer 38 ‘Box’ at the Tank Museum, Bovington Archives
Romanian Military Museum Archives, Bucharest
British War Office Military of Intelligence M.I.10 ‘Illustrated Record of German Army Equipment 1939 - 1945, Volume III, Armoured Fighting Vehicles. ’
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An article by Craig Moore
Narrated by Stan Lucian
Edited by Turn

[@generacionmarttin]

I always liked the spare tracks mounted on the roof. It feels like a dinasour spike in the back

[@colson3050]

I feel like someone forgot to edit out the audio outtakes lol

[@brucermarino]

Great characterization about being able to dish out but not take punishment. Thanks again for a superb video!

[@Stripedbottom]

First time I've heard someone refer to these vehicles as "self-propelled anti-tank guns" because that's what they essentially were.Well done.

[@scottyfox6376]

I'm thinking that the Wehrmacht would issue some sort of oil so the crew could be deployed & squeeze into positions. Lol

[@vaclav_fejt]

Wait, the Prague uprising gunless Hetzer had a Panzerfaust instead?! How to barbecue the whole crew with one trigger pull.

[@highjumpstudios2384]

Maybe they just stuck someone out the hatch with the Panzerfaust?

[@vaclav_fejt]

@@highjumpstudios2384 You can see it sticking out the gun hole. 27:00

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

you do realize panzerfausts don't have backblast right? its specifically designed to fire from enclosed spaces like buildings, bunkers, trenches, etc. there shouldn't be an issue fireing it from a tank.

[@mondriaa]

@@matthiuskoenig3378 wow first time heard that. of course I never heard of that before because its a lie, there is even a stencil on the panzerfaust warning about the backblast kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3_GY416nNCpbbM

[@mondriaa]

the stuff coming out of the back must be what? kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXrQaKGFmsSGl8k

[@Mark-es7bn]

Oh boy the tank’s on fire

[@mr.gunzaku437]

I've read in two publications a long while back that the Maresal's gun was superior to the PaK 40. I like it's retrofuturistic look! It's the tank the martians would use if they invaded in WW2! lol! Wait...at 24:30...did you fart???

[@dwightehowell8179]

While the running gear of the Hetzer looks like the tank running gear they actually did a complete redesign as in almost _nothing_ from the tank would actually fit on a Hetzer. It is fair to state that the Hetzer running gear design is based on the tank design.

[@MGB-learning]

Outstanding video and presentation.

[@jackray1337]

Thank you for this informative video.

[@mylesdobinson1534]

A good video but some technical information was repeated straight after being stated the first time.

[@davasaurthereal4678]

Yes

[@SooSFan]

The Hetzer is such an awesome tank in a sense till you hear about the armor thing then u begin to ask yourself if its even a good tank

[@TanksEncyclopediaYT]

Definitely a horrible tank given the fact it wasn't a tank :D

[@SooSFan]

@@TanksEncyclopediaYT If we get into semantics than no armored vehicle is a tank unless its also a container for mostly fluids or gases Besides that if Little Willie is the first tank than not even a weapon is neccessarcy for a vehicle to be classed a tank in fact only armor (atleast more than needed for structural integrety ) an Engine (fuel etc ) and Tracks in order to better cross even muddy terrain and or cross trenches Anyway perhaps not worth a full video but i think it might be a good idea for you to make a video about face hardend armor and if only germany had them and what effect it had and if there were also negatives to it . Games like Warthunder and Wot make you think that many of the german vehicles were actually quite weak armored for a variaty of reasons yet none of them have a face hardend mechanic. It would be nice to hear about that (except maybe the cast or rolled homogenous armor type in WT )

[@TanksEncyclopediaYT]

Ooo, we're doing this. First off, Little Willie was meant to be armed, it would have had a 2 pounder gun in a rotatable turret along with a number of machine-guns fitted to the hull. Second off, there's a lot of things that are tanks, the definition is mostly doctrinal and not structural (it's about how you use it, not how it looks). Articles on armor types would be amazing (as well as on shell types), but we currently have no one brave enough to do one of them. Maybe in the future. But yes, we would so want it.

[@SooSFan]

@@TanksEncyclopediaYT Yeah David Wiley in the S-Tank Tankchat also rather refers to the S-Tank as a (self propelled gun / tank destroyer / tank hunter What ever ) instead of the swedish designation of Tank or main battle tank etc. So i think looks is just as valid a designation for tank terminology as intended usage. To be honest i think my or Tank naming in general is really a bit fluid since the reason for the best designation for a vehicle can change from case to case and tank is for me more like the lowest common denominator

[@Kalashnikov413]

@@TanksEncyclopediaYT when you say it wasn't tank, it really offended me

[@aaronlea9559]

Quite like these!!

[@oleriis-vestergaard6844]

As George FORTY first saw the Maus panzer sitting in KUBINKA back in 1982 i also saw a video of an old forgotten garage full of Hetzer somewhere hidden in Bavaria - it was the only information about it and i personelly thinks they must be in a remote army proving grounds not alloved acces to civilians .

[@dwightehowell8179]

If you use the inside of a car as a sound studio to record you can get rid of some of the bad audio.

[@enysuntra1347]

BTW, it is Nas-Horn, not "Nash-orn", from "die Nase" - the nose and "das Horn" - the horn. "Nose-horn" is the direct translation of it, meaning "rhinoceros".

[@vaclav_fejt]

Stan's pronunciation of Czech words is also interesting - from the impeccable "Brno" and "Škoda" through questionable Vítkovice [veetkoviche] (the correct way is [veetkovitse]) to the sad Chomutov (the "ch" is like a German or Russian one).

[@TanksEncyclopediaYT]

Stan, not Steve :) Second off, while I thank you for the feedback, you guys do realize I don't speak neither German nor Czech. I'm doing my best, I'm not an English native speaker and juggling two foreign languages at the same time (one of which has no relationship between how it is written and how it is read) is kinda hard. So don't shoot me, teach me.

[@davasaurthereal4678]

@@TanksEncyclopediaYT lol we love you Stan : )

[@vaclav_fejt]

@@TanksEncyclopediaYT Oh, I am sorry, Stan, for getting your name wrong. I can see you're doing your best and I praise the effort. As you said, I try to teach some bits. :) That still pales in comparison to the amount of information you provide.

[@TanksEncyclopediaYT]

@@CzechMirco I was referring to English. I am Romanian

[@1joshjosh1]

What a great Channel

[@vaclavholek4497]

Whilst this mod was done by the Germans, we Czechs have a nickname for our ability to rig things together, "Zlaté české ruce" - Golden Czech Hands 😉 Just watch our cartoons: Pat & Mat

[@LudosErgoSum]

I thought "Golden Czech Hands" were used about another industry czechs are known to excell in😉

[@MrPHAELAN]

czech crafmanship is well renowned in my country for hundreds of years!

[@juliusdream2683]

Hard hitting and very low profile. Pretty decent ambush vehicle. I like the little bastard.

[@themodernwarfarehistorian825]

21:34 Well We all knew that the germans had good optics and precise guns..... but 20'000 meters of range seems juuuuuust a bit off :D

[@TheKingofbrooklin]

In my opinion the most cost efficient armored vehicle of the war.

[@frisho2190]

Me: opens book on how to kill panther First page: just wait for final drive to break down LMAO.

[@adcaptandumvulgus4252]

... And the inspiration for the e10 prototype blueprints?

[@johnd2058]

0:50 Can I swear at you anyway? Wherever you're recording could use more (f-ing) carpet or books or sofas to absorb sound. There, got it out of my system and kissed up to the algorithm.

[@megatwingo]

I'm a German and I know the meaning of the word "Hetzer", of course. But what does the "gonna hetz" part of the "Hetzer gonna hetz"-expression mean?

[@TanksEncyclopediaYT]

Nothing. It just sounds good.

[@megatwingo]

@@TanksEncyclopediaYT Thanks for the reply. Interesting. I thought at first it might be a game of words with some English expressions.

[@megatwingo]

@@CzechMirco Ah, I understand. Thanks for the explanation! :)

[@markdollery2325]

Find this question 2 years too late. Es ist ein Wortspiel, it's a play on words,"Haters are gonna hate. "

[@megatwingo]

@@markdollery2325 Thank you for the information! :)

[@tijotypo5252]

called me stupid but why not rotate the canon?????

[@raymondkisner9240]

The little stug brother that got fame as the cute little one

[@brooksroth345]

The name is similar to the Sherman, the Americans revered to it as the m4 not Sherman. The British called it the sherman.

[@raymondcoventry1221]

ahhh, the 'Hetzer' either the bestest light tank destroyer evar or a thin metal coffin, useless and dooming it's crew to a blind fiery death

[@janwitts2688]

2 months to replace factory cranes with ones ordered in advance then make stug .. sorted

[@adcaptandumvulgus4252]

What's wrong with hunters gonna hunt?

[@omalley854]

Harold the Hetzer

[@mikepette4422]

So everyone please... NASHORN is said NAS HORN not nash horn

[@1joshjosh1]

This vehicle sounds like a pain in the ass.

[@JeanLucCaptain]

when you so desperate to stop those T-34's you just put a gun on anything.

[@ColinFreeman-kh9us]

Ace Destroyer ? Perfect narration as usual mate

[@gillespriod5509]

werhaboos gonna wehr

[@hyrulehero7834]

Let’s go no views

[@jaroslawwalczak2855]

Das is kein Hetzer!

[@derf-vr1fc]

How to kill a Panther?? Just let it run full speed up to 500 kilometers.

[@janwitts2688]

Most hits to any tank are listed as turret.. so tiger 1 had 120mm

[@QuizmasterLaw]

it's a trap!

[@Oroberus]

A Panzerschreck is not a Panzerfaust, please get your facts rights :(( If you call a Panzerschreck a Panzerfaust/Bazooka, then you can also call the PIAT and the PTRD-41 a Panzerfaust/Bazooka but why stop there? Let's just call all Sd. Kfz. PzKpfw too! xD

[@dryflyshaman]

The audio is horrible get rid of that echo. I think you're trying to speak English but I can hardly understand a word

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

Sorry, but you just lost a subscriber. Historians are able to help fix misconceptions, and to reinforce one stinks of click bait as opposed to historical accuracy. No, the Jagdpanzer 38 was NEVER called "Hetzer." But you know that.

[@luckyblockyoshi]

Did you watch the video or read the article at all? There’s an entire section about “Hetzer” being used as an unofficial nickname during the war, with documents showing it

[@slavicdudeasiandude6943]

its almost similar to americans where they nickname their tanks like sherman, greyhound, wolverine, chaffee, etc.

[@TanksEncyclopediaYT]

Well, here's a bit of an overreaction :)) First off, almost the first sentence in the video is saying that we'll talk about the designation later in this small series, don't jump to conclusions. If you do want to jump to conclusions, check our article on the Jagdpanzer 38 first, where we explain that the Hetzer was never an "Official" name for this vehicle, but that it did get used by at least a part of the German troops. How do we know that? Because we have a number of German official wartime documents using it. Including an official report from Guderian to Hitler saying that 'Hey, the troops are using the name Hetzer for the Jagdpanzer 38'. Don't believe me? Go here and you have the documents scanned lower in the article tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/nazi_germany/jagdpanzer-38_hetzer.php Did we clickbait? Yes! Why did we do it? Because we wanted to clickbait overly confident people, such as yourself, into raging about it and then showing them, WITH OFFICIAL WARTIME DOCUMENTS, that they're mistaken. General advice in life: Listen first, shoot second. Otherwise, sometimes you might be walking into a trap.

[@TanksEncyclopediaYT]

@Robert Gräfe No, this is a provocation to get people to learn something and to stop yelling at people when they don't know well what they're talking about

[@pavelalexe9254]

Oh no, they lost a subscriber...shiver me timbers

[@teerthrajtirpude1950]

P* British soldier looking at Craig Moore for being many many years late publishing a book on killing a panther tank * 🪖 😡

[@TanksEncyclopediaYT]

www.amazon.com/How-Kill-Panther-Tank-Unpublished/dp/1781557969