The Sting Of The Panzer Divisions | Wespe

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

Always mystified that the British never did similar with their Vickers light vehicles. Yes, they later got the more capable/flexible Priest/Sexton, but early war, they were making Vickers lights at smaller manufacturers and those with no experience of making armoured vehicles as a training vehicle. As they were already engine forward, fighting compartment rear, it seems like a good candidate for a field gun. After all, they received some 900 75mm guns from the USA early war, would have made a good general purpose tank buster, self propelled arty.

[@ottovonbismarck2443]

Do you mean the Mk VI ? I can imagine the chassis being too weak compared to Pz I or II.

[@letoubib21]

@@ottovonbismarck2443 Germany converted some Mk IVs to GMCs with the old 10,5-cm Feldhaubitze 16 *. . .*

[@ottovonbismarck2443]

@@letoubib21 Thanks for the info ! Then the British were just lazy. :-)

[@TheLastSterling1304]

I'd assume it would have been caused by the Regimental System shaping doctrine of the British much in the Same way the Infantry Tanks didn't need to move fast. Plus there's there's the issue of the Royal Armoured Corps being overly possessive of Tanks much like how the RAF at the same time controlled the RN's own aircraft.

[@mausonahouse_1239]

It was probably too small for the big guns like the 76mm witch is what they needed at the time but early in the war they could have used the very affective 75mm but I can’t think of any other guns with the right amount of power for late war engagements with German tanks.

[@HamanKarn567]

Always loved these type of vehicles. Especially in strategy games.

[@WindHaze10]

This fella Mark is the best narrator you have.

[@parallel-knight]

This channel needs more love

[@angelogarcia2189]

I think that is actually a picture of the OKW. The OKH was the army (HEER) high command. fun fact; Germany in ww2 didn't have a unified command structure because of these two 'high commands'

[@Unfassbarer]

Danke!

[@TanksEncyclopediaYT]

Thank you!

[@shatbad2960]

Excellent presentation!

[@billd.iniowa2263]

Nice video, I learned alot. Including what Hummel means. I knew what Wespe meant, but it never occurred to ask myself what Hummel was, lol. -- Oh BTW, the reason the name Wespe was discontinued is because hilter didnt like it. Sounded puny to him. Maybe they should have named it GIANT Wasp.

[@robertsperti5926]

What about Murder Wasp??sounds pretty dangerous.

[@billd.iniowa2263]

@@robertsperti5926 lol Kinda sounds like a bad Bee movie. ;-)

[@parrot849]

If that’s the case, what was o’ Adolf think’n when he named the Panzer VIII, the Maus? The mouse!🐁

[@marksmith8928]

Actually, that is backwards. Colonel General Jodl ordered that the name Hummel was to be no longer used as the "bumble bee" name was thought to be not aggressive enough for a vehicle with such a large gun. Early 1945. There is documentation to prove this. Thought you might like to know.

[@wogelson]

02:02 that's what she said

[@PanzerdivisionWiking]

Have you guys done the Jagdpanther? It’s pretty good looking and lethal, I am aware that crews may have been less trained or ready by the time these rolled out, but all the same they are very interesting

[@TanksEncyclopediaYT]

We have a decent article on the Jagdpanther already tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/nazi_germany/jagdpanther.php However, one of our writers has expressed interest in rewriting it, so a new version with video might come in the future. Not very soon though.

[@PanzerdivisionWiking]

@@TanksEncyclopediaYT awesome thank you so much!

[@imablock16]

16:23 what a ride that must have been for that sherman crew lol

[@viniciusrodrigues121]

could make a video talking about versions of unique tanks: Flakpanzer T-34 and panzer 1 PaK-40?

[@TanksEncyclopediaYT]

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[@ottovonbismarck2443]

How many T-34 were converted ? I always thought this was a unique field conversion.

[@TanksEncyclopediaYT]

@@ottovonbismarck2443 2 AFAIK

[@ottovonbismarck2443]

@@TanksEncyclopediaYT Thx !

[@kiowhatta1]

Why they didn’t just refine the dicker max to have an enclosed superstructure mystify‘s me. Or just use the Stug with the 105mm.

[@jimcase3097]

Very good 👍

[@johnfrench1239]

Excellent thank you

[@athiftsabit1208]

Nice clear narrative

[@rm5902]

Excellent

[@Kyle-gw6qp]

It's like I always say, if you're vehicle isn't good enough, just make the gun really big.

[@Mate397]

More dakka never hurts

[@attaque71]

And a long winded designation to match.

[@GerardMenvussa]

3:30 What is this tank, with the small machine gun turret at the front?

[@sovietcat1972]

its a Neubaufahrzeug en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neubaufahrzeug

[@ricochettheprotogen4928]

@@sovietcat1972 I just wanted to say that

[@copter2000]

I think it's Neubaufahrzeug. The angle just make it look smaller.

[@2ndcomingofFritz]

It is a Neubaufahrzeug.

[@GerardMenvussa]

Thanks you, very interesting. I think I knew about these but totally forgot they existed.

[@mauriciomorais7818]

Was the Panzer II chassis cheaper to produce than the 38t ?

[@theassening4563]

this is not a comment, it is an offering to the almighty algorithm

[@davidhorn5771]

"Wasp" sounded puny to Hitler but he was OK with "Bumblebee?" 🤣

[@maxkronader5225]

Dont laugh unless you've been stung by both. The bumblebee has a significantly stronger and more painful sting than the average wasp. Although, I agree that a naming system based on something other than insects might have been more intimidating.

[@kirgan1000]

@@maxkronader5225 Its not worse then Deacon, Priest and Bishop. Then we have Farmer.....(but that is a anti-tank gun)

[@petermcquillan3298]

Bovington Tank Museum not have a wespe ?

[@joek6791]

Another example is in the US and used to be at APG

[@Alex_Guy1011]

I never knew that the Polish company that made tractors, Ursus, produced howitzers for the Germans during WW2.

[@explorer1968]

Them Germans just needed more and more Wespes against overwhelming enemy counterparts, but never kept up...

[@pavelgaming5470]

Why didn't you mention the German self propelled artillery based on the char B1?

[@TanksEncyclopediaYT]

Why would we? It's not significantly related nor that important. You can find an article about it on our website if you're interested.

[@pavelgaming5470]

@@TanksEncyclopediaYT thank you!

[@Katniss218]

Hello there

[@jakubvanek7250]

General Kenobi

[@PanzerdivisionWiking]

@13:24 is the Wespe in the front disabled? I can’t tell if the track is off on the rear

[@ottovonbismarck2443]

They are both disabled. I'd say they were either "killed" or abandoned and partly blown up.

[@PanzerdivisionWiking]

@@ottovonbismarck2443 okay cool, thanks for the reply!

[@matthewwaddington2777]

No wonder they lost! Can you imagine having to resource spare parts for all this stuff AFTER you’ve identified ‘what’s what’ in the supply chain😂!

[@markstone5597]

nice.

[@eugenet3142]

Ursus factory was and maybe still is located in Ursus, then near and now a borough of Warsaw, the capital of Poland, and not in Germany.

[@off6848]

At that time there was no Poland

[@dung2tranba134]

10.5 cm leFH 18M L/28 wespe cho tôi hỏi xuyên được bao nhiêu mm thép vậy

[@huantruonginh2946]

52mm ở 500m khi dùng đạn xuyên thép, 105 -115mm khi dùng đạn HEAT nhé.

[@mikepette4422]

FAMO is just said Famo fa-mo also MP submachine gun is redundant as you are essentially calling it a submachine gun submachine gun. I think you mean to say MP40 SMG's Neat to hear about the attack by the T-34's I had not heard that one.

[@TanksEncyclopediaYT]

Not everyone knows that MP=submachine gun. That is why it is good to say it.

[@Modusoperandicod4]

Hummel Next my dude!

[@TanksEncyclopediaYT]

We already have a very good article on the Hummel and we have no plans to rewrite it and make a video tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/nazi_germany/hummel-spg-15cm-s-fh-181-sf-geschutzwagen-iiiiv-sd-kfz-165/

[@WOTArtyNoobs]

Can you explain the subliminal photo at kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6jMnJmho5WtqZY

[@TanksEncyclopediaYT]

Probably the video editor making a pun based on Sus (the shorthand for suspect from Among Us)

[@Akren905]

Germans : ok so it needs to have a removable gun, it needs to be on a tank chassis, needs 360 degree aim Russians on milk trucks : dah, nine Fritz, mine *insert USSR anthem n a milk truck fly off a cliff firing* Also these SPG are in my ww2 board game n limited to 8 units. They do make a difference but planes = boom or real artillery.

[@pavelalexe9254]

At the beginning I thought he said Vespa lel

[@AdamMann3D]

it's the same word.

[@ppdntn1]

The Germans were maybe 20% mobilized, and often had inferior equipment. The cock on ejection 5 shot Mouser would hit one's face unless moved before cycling the bolt this meant having to regain one's aim each time, with notch sights. Stukas were obsolete when the war started, meat on the table for most any fighter. MK III Tanks had only a 50mm gun, the MK IV had a very short, low velocity 75mm (crews called the tank "the stub"). Both T 34, & Sherman outclassed these panzers. The FW 190, & BF 109 had very limited range. The Germans had too few transport aircraft that were already obsolete when the war began. There are many more instances of poorly designed weapons, but also major blunders by commanders that were not due to Hitlers meddling though that was another factor of bungling. The Germans went into Russia largely on foot, with horses, poor logistics, and as previously mentioned obsolete or poorly designed armor, aircraft, and other equipment. Hitler should have known from history (particularly Napoleon) the folly of fighting the Russians in the severely cold winters.

[@0Turbox]

A 10,5cm on a tiny Pz. II chassis, let's be honest, more bang for the buck you can't get.

[@danrees5516]

I can’t listen to you and read at the same time please stop that otherwise good videos

[@TanksEncyclopediaYT]

Then don't read. The captions are just describing the images, they're generally not needed for following the narration. Or, if you want to read, there's a big fat pause button at your disposal.

[@Galvars]

You are unable to read and listen at the same time? What a peculiar disability.

[@franciscofranco4520]

"A den of devils..." at 4:20 is an entirely inappropriate commentary for a video on a particular type of German equipment. You might be trying to be politically correct, but just go back to your specialty, tanks and related equipment.

[@Mate397]

Yea, really feels like censoring for the sake of political correctness...

[@TanksEncyclopediaYT]

Non esse consuetudinem Tank Encyclopedia accipere ab dictatorem conditionem

[@maximilienlonca7006]

And you had to rush to comment to protect their good name?

[@ottovonbismarck2443]

Said the man by the name of Generalissimo Franco, a fascist known for his dedicated understanding of human rights and democracy. Dig yourself a hole, get in it and have somebody fill it.

[@letoubib21]

@@Mate397 That poor, miserable Schicklgruber thing there! Nobody likes it, not even its dog Blondie *. . .*

[@localNPCboy]

Sus

[@jakubvanek7250]

First. I am soo happy now I can die peacefully.

[@randysurline4651]

Great video

[@Selvariabell]

7:53 Amongus