The Waffenträgers: Germany's Gun Carriers | Cursed by Design

The word Waffenträger may cause you to shudder remembering a tank capable of wiping out an entire flank in moments. And while the real German designs may not have reached that level of sheer absurdity, they make up some of the strangest designs of the second world war.
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[@ConeOfArc]

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[@ConeOfArc]

And I apologise for the editing mistake during the thank you portion I didn't see it during my editing

[@lordzombey1337]

This Could be a TV Documetation! Great Job dude

[@Steve-rq7mj]

This really looks like a national geographic documentary... From the intro to the time you took doing research... Epic

[@krirthikdinesh7755]

Man have that in war thunder its damm good if u get a 5.7 or lower is soooo good over 200 mm of pin coneofark u should make a gameplay vid

[@tgc_-369_]

I have heard 126mm pak for artillery, anti-tank, and tank destroyer but not a 150mm pak for any vehicle or machine that had a V-auto loader six to four rounds. If the barrel of the diameter is bigger than 150 mm it is not called a pak for ground targets nor flak for sky targets it would be a like the sturmtiger or somthing else in german with a big gun on a tank design to destoyer heavy targets like bunke, navel ships, and light targets with a high explosive.

[@Kypsie]

The Flak Bus actually exists, this is revolutionary.

[@Micro-Lander]

Oh. No

[@tsarfield5835]

Well yeah by name, also as we see it in game but not as seen in this video.

[@ITSJustAGame-ro5ut]

Wait ypu didnt know that ??? Its old news mate

[@andrewn327]

pretty sure he meant the fact that there was a literal omnibus chassis with an 88cm

[@teddymenge9292]

Andrew N. Damn a 880mm gun that’s big, I thought a 8,8cm was big enough

[@yajamanvamsikrishna509]

WOT and WAR THUNDER contributed soo much for reviving intrest in tanks

[@mrducky179]

and i was one of them

[@brighton2477]

Wot blitz as well

[@mbweekes]

im glad there isn't too much of a "which is better" argue meant with WOT and WAR THUNDER

[@brute6896]

@Killerbug7 0 yeah like both games have their absolutely disastrous problems but they all have healthy player bases

[@brute6896]

@Killerbug7 0 I mean I still love the games but now a lot of games are just mindless games that don't too much thinking capacity

[@alexmihaigaming7129]

Ah yes.... WT auf E 100.... remember it like it was yesterday

[@christiangabriel9258]

I still have PTSD from facing that thing

[@KarczekWieprzowy]

So you played the gamemode just yesterday huh?

[@alexmihaigaming7129]

@@KarczekWieprzowy no,did an analogy

[@alexmihaigaming7129]

@@KarczekWieprzowy I did actually play it

[@KarczekWieprzowy]

@@alexmihaigaming7129 I know, it was just a joke

[@simonhumby323]

German tank and aircraft designers at the end of the war - 'keep drawing or we'll get sent to the Eastern front!"

[@kurt5490]

No. You just get assigned to the Volksturm when the Soviets are 50 kms away. Here's your panzerfaust. Now go kill a tank.

[@peppermill7163]

@@kurt5490 Yah, the eastern front comes to you

[@Zorro9129]

I really got to wonder how much of their job was because they were given demands to draw something up or because they just liked drawing up cool tanks.

[@pacificostudios]

Having been an engineer, I've wondered how much of this drawing was just intended to persuade the Nazis not to send engineers and technicians into combat. By 1944, they were some of the highest-aptitude personnel left.

[@jamesricker3997]

Albert Speer wasn't stupid he definitely knew what was going on

[@drsolo7]

"remembering a tank capable of wiping out an entire flank" Ah yes the Waffenträger ausf e100 or the "WTF e100"

[@m10tankdestroyer94]

*PTSD intensifies*

[@eugenvonbismarck5029]

Called WTF-E-100 not for nothing, it is cursed to be wtf

[@britishneko3906]

ah yes **dies from trauma**

[@AgentTasmania]

The Waffledragon

[@nicazer]

"Waffentager" old school wot player... i haven't heard that name in years, still sends shivers down my spine to this day. so many tier 10 heavies... gone...

[@Klaudett]

xbox 360 and ps3 still have to relive it

[@wotb4h413]

@@Klaudett actually it's just console wot that still has it

[@AgentTasmania]

There's still several waffentragers

[@chloeholmes4641]

I still remember the pz1c that killed the Waffentrager E100 before I went and started to play war thunder. Oh how the times have gone by so fast

[@weirdunknownperson2916]

Every veteran wot player seeing the thumbnail: *vietnam war flashbacks*

[@weirdunknownperson2916]

Thank u for heart :))

[@Drache191200]

Yeah, i have PTSD from that thing right now

[@weirdunknownperson2916]

KMS Bismarck Drache191200 something aint right about ur pfp and name...

[@Drache191200]

@@weirdunknownperson2916 what ya mean?

[@weirdunknownperson2916]

KMS Bismarck Drache191200 idk man u kinda sus

[@g1g3l]

4:20 That flak bus managed to take out 18 targets by the looks of those stripes

[@GubernareMens]

*Insert "Vorsprung durch Technik" slogan*

[@EstParum]

@@GubernareMens .... xD

[@annoyingbstard9407]

Actually it managed to travel 18km without breaking down.

[@Lorohn]

2:34 For the record, "Leichter Einheitswaffenträger" in this context would be better translated as "Light *Standardized* Weapons Carrier", as the "Einheits" in the name comes from the word "einheitlich", which means "standardized" or "uniformly".

[@ConeOfArc]

I saw it written as both but went off the translation in my source book

[@Lorohn]

@@ConeOfArc I understand, the translator probably mistook it for the word "Einheit", which means one unit of something.

[@dougalachi]

@@ConeOfArc fellow German speaker chiming in. Your book is badly translated. McScumbag is right.

[@markschoning5581]

Sir Douche McScumbag „Waffenträgers“ ist auch schrecklich! Deutsche Sprache schwere Sprache.

[@99smite]

I was about to write the exact same...

[@red42069]

hope this video series have dozens upon dozens of episodes

[@Kay_213_]

ye^

[@spatha2584]

Nice

[@Kay_213_]

Nice

[@lowryder3209]

We need that one thats based on a bus in war thunder(yes I know that we have the flak 88 but It would be cool to have this one as an event vehicle)

[@piscessoedroen]

An actual flakbus to replace the "flakbus"

[@PorWik]

You have the Italian meatball express that looks similar

[@lowryder3209]

@@PorWik I love the breda 501

[@FirstMetalHamster]

It's like the FlakBus, but longer and more unwieldy. But it sounds like so much fun.

[@goodboi6540]

The flak 8.8 metres

[@Commander_Koyke]

WoT player having PTSD And yea the skorpion G is an HE magnet

[@pencilgaming1233]

HE the skorpion or the skorpion will HE you

[@classyrassy1790]

Nothing makes a KV-2 player happier then seeing a full health Skorpion G in their sights.

[@ottovonbasedmark]

@@classyrassy1790 basically everything that is not a superheavy in the KV2s sights makes them happy

[@cdills3454]

Germany: Please stop we re running out of resources Rheinmetall: hehe tonk distroyer go pew

[@PorWik]

6:50 look at that climb. In war thunder you’d probably be sliding down that slope like it’s ice

[@dustyak79]

I commented too before I seen yours . Glad someone else is still annoyed by that even months afterwards. It’s like all your playing un spaded and no crew skill all over again. I’ve been killed way more times by being stuck or sliding off than I ever did by any player in a map exploited spot.

[@LTPottenger]

And yet WOT still has less anti-german bias than hollywood and the media lol

[@concept5631]

@@LTPottenger True

[@arushreddi5419]

@@LTPottenger meanwhile in WoT blitz: Panzer 4G bounces a 122mm shell

[@cerealmilk1803]

@@arushreddi5419 superior German steel

[@thinklap6367]

gaijin what german players want: Balance what german players get: Get killed by cold war tanks

[@BigPapaKaiser]

German players: *G.91 goes PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

@@BigPapaKaiser ironic, turns out italy helped out germany alot

[@Predator20357]

Yah I’m not feeling sympathy as my US tanks can’t penetrate your damn Tiger 2s and such making my Pershing’s and Jackson’s almost pathetically worst.

[@friendlycomradeivan5393]

I just want a fucking playable Toaster that doesn't get hull broken by getting hit in the stupid canon breech

[@vemonousbytes]

@@friendlycomradeivan5393 toaster?

[@KarczekWieprzowy]

Little thing to add, the Cricket Panther version is in WoT aswell, it's named G.W. Panther

[@petermikus2363]

Yep

[@nightbird7208]

And arty is still cancer

[@Techn1kal]

@@nightbird7208 >arty mentioned

[@kellerweskier7214]

@@nightbird7208 WoT Artillery > WT ATGMs, Helis, any kind of aircraft, 1-taps, servers, MGs kill heavies, and Artillery.

[@serenisma3402]

@@kellerweskier7214 I hate artillery all my homies hate artillery

[@aetsmbotas8820]

Okay why does the intro say “failed projects” while showing the bob stemple tank?

[@dapperfield595]

Zombieroo kiwi propaganda

[@Chevroletmontecarlo]

Bob didnt fail, he was just created to intimidate

[@MAG_1204]

@@Chevroletmontecarlo Bob succesfully intimidate the Japanese

[@irishbattletoster9265]

@@Chevroletmontecarlo I think the only reason the Japanese dident invade was because the Bob semble was there And don't call my cousin a failure. Only I can do that

[@mohamedbaradji7504]

If New Zealand would've sent troops to fight the Japanese with the bob sample tank it wouldn't have stood a chance, even against the ho chi tanks. Failed tanks usually become failures because actual combat shows their weaknesses and drawbacks

[@LongNgo-eg4ft]

Ah yes the "i can clip any tank with my lazer canon" a.k.a WTF *E*-100

[@nightbird7208]

It was like an FV4005, but more dangerous. That minute-long mag reload felt like the scariest minute of My life tho.

[@TideFishing]

That intro… You make interesting history even more interesting with a horror effect at the same time

[@coolpilot7819]

A Japanese super heavy video would be awesome I just thought cuss it in the intro

[@ginch8300]

A fucking tonka truck would be considered super heavy by Japanese standards...

[@User-Seven-Teen]

Im a german and hearing you say waffenträger somewhat correctly makes me so proud

[@thurin84]

somewhat correctly? ssssiiiiggghhhh. oh how the fatherland has settled.

[@jackeyboy6538]

Waffle tauger

[@chrisi2348]

I love non-germans trying to pronounce german tank names. They often do a really good job but it sound so funny.

[@aniqkong6083]

We all be simping for the German

[@m1a1abrams3]

for the Panther Belle Delphine*

[@aniqkong6083]

For the hella *Thicc* Maus

[@tmfritz2112]

Im not only simping i AM German

[@hypedpanther6464]

I find the luchs hot

[@hypedpanther6464]

I find the luchs hot

[@jamesmerutka889]

You sir, are what the History Channel SHOULD be. I'm having my kids watch this, as well as other channels like yours. Thank you for the amazing content. I wish you many years of success.

[@tacomas9602]

Footage of a Panther and M4 in a muddy field is amazing.

[@sirspu]

I'm really liking this series! Keep up the excellent work!!

[@VoidlessOfSpace]

y'know, italy in war thunder has a spg looks extremely alike the waffentrager auf e 100, like a younger brother, i dont remember the name but you will see it

[@devinapalembangsiimutpalem7548]

The 90 mm something

[@VoidlessOfSpace]

no i found its 90/53 m41m. i said younger brother. centauro is in modern age

[@devinapalembangsiimutpalem7548]

Marinda space i feel ashamed beacuase i used to main italy

[@VoidlessOfSpace]

@@devinapalembangsiimutpalem7548 italy high br is OK. it has high pen but barely any armor at all

[@luomodiroiano6829]

As an italian wt Player, i can say that the 90/53 is (for me) the best tank in the game: it s good at any br, great penetration and explosive mass, incredibly good and unexpected survivability, pretty small and sneeky Breeky. The only problem is * artillery*

[@InevitableD34th]

My tonk sweatshirt should be here either this weekend or next week! I'm so excited!

[@wunderwaffe6752]

RheinMetal still make weapons system

[@DeosPraetorian]

The Abrams' gun system is made by them

[@Horseshoecrabwarrior]

@@DeosPraetorian That's sort of a myth. It was designed by them, but made in the U.S.

[@ConeOfArc]

It's called license production the country or company pays for the ability to natively produce the weapon. So it's not a myth

[@Horseshoecrabwarrior]

Well, I've encountered people who have heard "the Abrams has a German gun" and thought, understandably, that the gun was manufactured in Germany and shipped over to the States. Because of that misconception, I think it's a distinction worth making.

[@frankpolly]

and one of their subcontractors/sub-owned companies is MAN who produced the first Panthers and is still making military equipment as well.

[@racingraptor4758]

This is my favourite series! Keep it up:) first time i heard about waffentragers was long time ago when my friend told me about WT E100 from wot and how powerfull it is.

[@alphasevenplays7046]

I love this series, keep it goin dude!

[@juancortapan7845]

It was so op that even wargaming had to remove it XD

[@AgentTasmania]

So fictional*

[@nudelmann8825]

The vomag one was built in my hometown, i think i saw it in a book we have laying around.

[@M3au]

This is as good as a Mark Felton video. Keep up the great work.

[@lolaminnit]

I like Mark's vids but i really can't stand his audio. It's sounds so monotone and boring. At least Cone pus some effort into his speech

[@p00dle82]

Boss ! I need that one .i mean that one.

[@jochumm6099]

Damn, very nice spoken and presented! Pls never stop my g

[@tankdestroyerno.2684]

I'm new to the channel, of course I subscribed because of your "cursed by design" videos but please, continue making more cursed by design tanks thank you

[@OuterHeaven210]

I’m about to leave for work. Been watching your cursed design vids since early this morning. It’s gonna be a good day

[@beast0339]

"The word Waffenträger may cause you to shudder remembering a tank capable of wiping out an entire flank in moments." ah yes, the "waffle-maker" E-100, I remember giggling like a schoolboy when I messed about with it in the supertests :p

[@steveweidig5373]

A little note for the video: You translated "leichter/mittlerer Einheitswaffenträger" as "light/medium unit weapon carrier", but it can also mean "light/medium unified weapon carrier". Which probably was also the actual meaning as Germany at the time tried to simplify it's productions.

[@jonasrauchfu6935]

When you explained the muzzle break ,, skorpion'' i already knew what you wanted to say without ever watched that video 😂 but when you named my all loved Waffenträger auf E100 i got tears in my eyes keep doing those great videos i like those information you give us stay healthy and especially stay home @ all 😁🙄

[@Straswa]

Great vid, I was wondering about the history of the Steyr WT. Thanks for answering my curiosity.

[@PedroCosta-po5nu]

next tank sugestion: EE t1(or t2) Osório

[@76456]

Osorio isn't cursed

[@Pilintra]

Oh. A brazilian.

[@PedroCosta-po5nu]

@@Pilintra salve

[@cenouraroxa9184]

FAAALA BRASILEEEEEEIRO

[@NietzscheanMan]

I approve of your avatar.

[@ChenAnPin]

09:46 Ah, the What-The-Fuck E-100 truly the pinnacle of (game) design and balance

[@ish2008]

lol

[@Jonathan-fz4yu]

Great Video! I love this series

[@chrthiel]

I'm convinced most of these projects only existed to keep the designers from getting drafted into the army

[@zhufortheimpaler4041]

considering how much the NS weapons developement, production orders etc depended on party internal friendships, smearing honey around the mouth of speer, hitler, göring and co. it was just a mess of nepotism/favourism, privilege and incompetence. thats why so many strange projects made it into production.

[@LTPottenger]

There's nothing wrong with these designs and that is basically what was made later on. I wonder how much bribe money was involved in getting the sherman into the war. Endless officers in the US military go into defense industries making puzzlingly high amounts of money no corruption there at all lol

[@zhufortheimpaler4041]

@@LTPottenger well the road to m4 medium was a short and rocky one. the us isolationism and separation from the military technological advancements spawned several strange children like the m2 medium tank, the m3 (lee/grant) medium tank. they were strange at best and awefully designet. the m4 was the logical progression and developed in a hurry from the inadequate and awkward m3 to have a proper medium tank for the moment, when the land forces would clash with the germans and japanese. the m4 had a long list of teething problems, but matured quickly (under combat experience pressure) into a very fine tank. there are other more strange adhoc projects in the us army at that time

[@billwilson3609]

@@zhufortheimpaler4041 The US Army didn't bother with designing tanks between the wars since it was cheaper to purchase tanks made by other countries for testing and teardowns to analyze their systems. Ike and Patton did that together at the Army's first armor training base where they tore tanks completely apart (including the engines and transmissions) to examine each part and determine the difficulty of repairs during re-assembly while smoking cigarettes and drinking beer. Both were advocates for J. Walter Christie who produced produced innovative prototypes for the US Army. Once the US Army Arsenal and Ordnance started designing tanks they came up with designs that were superior to what others were using in 1941 and for the rest of the war.

[@zhufortheimpaler4041]

@@billwilson3609 no, not superior, often far from that. but easy to maintain, mass produce and for a war on the other side of the planet, so high interchangability of spare parts and easy logistics.

[@granttambeling2169]

Im having ptsd from WoT thanks Cone...

[@jasonz7788]

Great work Sir thank you

[@pencilgaming1233]

Mate I love the series keep it up!!!!!!!!

[@themechanic4592]

I like how you were talking about failed tanks and the bob semple appeared because that thing was an absolute success

[@funnyacres5078]

I can’t wait for this to get to things like the KV6, T28, and other super heavies

[@fredmidtgaard5487]

Very nice video! Congrats!

[@akiraalder]

I subbed as soon as I heard that intro 10/10!

[@purplenurp5590]

Jesus imagine going against a panther with a m3 lee

[@TCTheDS]

I feel bad for the panther crew they are screwed

[@philvanderlaan5942]

Fighting a panther in a grant/lee would be like dogfighting an A6M in a heavily armed Stepladder

[@limachello_4545]

I think it would be cool if militaries (or a group of enthusiasts) actually made the tanks from some of the 20th century blueprints just so we could see the actual size and terror that these beasts could have brought to the battle field

[@samuelyoung2671]

Gonna have to find couple hundred million in disposable income... be right back

[@tamlandipper29]

Not to be a downer, but you could spend those millions making a few thousand orphan kids terrifyingly happy.

[@DJ1573]

German here, Rheinmetall is producing the Waffenträger-System also known as HMMV HX series. Tge Bundeswehr just counts it as logistics and not a weapon system ;)

[@marlenkruger5104]

Thank you for this informativ and grate video.

[@hauptmannerich]

I though WT E-100 mean WaifuTräger E-100

[@the_victorious_1]

Or the Waffle Tractor E-100

[@flare9757]

I am curious. Do you think Ratte was an actual design? Or was it some joke that 2 engineers drew up while drunk, and pretended it was a real design after the war?

[@piscessoedroen]

Well it got the funny moustache man excited. I guess it's very real

[@thekingtiger8193]

well, this one's (theopenboats.wordpress.com/2015/08/24/lesprit-de-maginot-1927/) designer wasn't even drunk, prob high on drug

[@kecsek3496]

7:00 That turret looks like the casemate of the SU-152 with a longer ML-20 howitzer. :D

[@nynx808]

4:22 Notice the gun. There is little lines on it and those are kill marks. There is 18 lines which means 18 kills. That’s a lot considering this thing has no armor and can literally be taken out with a pistol.

[@danielburkett821]

Have you ever done a documentary about the Marder series of self propelled guns or the Wespe? I would love to see videos of those vehicles.

[@TheeGlocktopus]

Just incase anyone needs subtitles on this beast of a name: "105 milimeter leichte feldhaubitze 18/1 L'28 auf waffenträger wagon 4B" - The only tank that needs a breath and a drink of water to get through.

[@sturmi9783]

I got to see the Grasshopper as well as many other artillery pieces when I went through AIT last year, Got to see the 203mm Russian Mortar carriage up close too, the last M12 and Semovente 90mm

[@stefanusloloanpieterhutaba2744]

every single time i see a waffentrager e100 in WOT i just trun around and join another flank cuz i am not dying in the first few second's

[@everydayhero5076]

Great video! You have a new subscriber.

[@02suraditpengsaeng41]

German Gun Carrier tank Normal : Just Blueprint or War machine. WoT & WT player and special guy : A Bus with Mega size Gun.

[@Ato-3000J]

Suraditfcf Pengsaeng yes. Shooting PTSD to everyone it encounters

[@nimomemre9567]

So much ww2 innovation ideas comes into my mind but this is always the answer (that you also said in the end) We can't do much bcz history is already written. So TRUE

[@guppiapfeljustleopardthing8756]

Hey, could you make a video about the howitzer on the king tiger chassis where it was supposed to mount a long barreled 17 cm gun on a elongated tiger 2 hull (the hull of 1 was half completed)

[@oditeomnes]

Now here is an idea for a waffentrager they could afford: Take a chassis of a Borgward 4 and remove the 450kg explosives. Mount a 2cm KwK 30 and give one of those with a remote control to every infantry platoon that could make a use of it.

[@zachzhang4167]

HAHAHA, first sentence referenced the WT auf E-100 fur 12,8. That beast was OP

[@rickharrison1887]

0:55 low key, I wanna see a video of your books, I bet you have a super impressive collection

[@SomeOrdinaryJanitor]

i think the Ardelt-Krupp design was the best possible design, as it is essentially a self propelled flatbed with a standard 88 on a field mount. i think the Pz.IV Waffentrager could be a both cost and combat effective use for the remaining Pz.IV hulls after it was discontinued.

[@theflyinghetzer4335]

Great video, love the in depth info of each vehicle. What music did you use from1:10- 3:27

[@thatfemboyinyourbackyard7363]

Rheinmetall was the definition of "but wait, there's more!"

[@ballisticfuryau308]

8:00 arrr yes the good old Skorpion G that one tank that always somehow manages to blind shot me in Bushes

[@lesly9101]

Great selection of music! Matches perfectly with the visual Drama of the pictures! To whose is that Music used in the video?

[@TrickiVicBB71]

I don't remember when those were removed in WOT. But I watched a lot of videos of them, so OP.

[@ronpetticrew2936]

The best reference book for this subject is Special Panzer Variants by Walter J Spielberg's and Hilary L Doyle.

[@nacholibre9929]

Great video

[@foxxy46213]

wirbblewind was always my fave German mounted gun

[@kiowhatta1]

What is extraordinary is that the Panzer truppen already had the basis for successful heavy self-propelled guns of the heavier calibre in the Dicker Max and the Sturer Emil. Had the Sturer Emil been redesigned with an armoured casemate around the gun it would have still been light enough to be mobile. The jagdpanther was a perfect TD mounting the 88 Pak 43 L71, with the Panther and Pz Iv carrying the highly effective 75mm Pak 40. The entire tiger serious was superfluous and a waste of resources. Had the Germans standardised their tank force down to just two-three chassis and wheel configurations, then production would have soared, and maintenance far easier. The Russians Basically used the T-34 and KV designs for all their later medium and heavy tank and assault gun designs, making it far easier to find spare parts. The problem for the German designers was they just didn't know when to stop experimenting to find the perfect design and kept building bigger and heavier vehicles with ridiculous armour protection. So many were lost to break downs and minor damage that it was a travesty to see a fresh King tiger with a broken track simply abandoned because of a track problem.

[@honzapivovar591]

2:59 i know im not some tank pro, but there i didnt saw borsig version where are 2 hetzer smashed up together (the wot borsig)

[@jar407]

some crazy ideas, some good but if the ruling lunatic didn't like ever the best weapon it didn't get used unless the generals risked his rath. one part of the defeat

[@saintmichaelsarchangel2644]

I might get to see the first tank at Sill, I’m going there for BCT AIT in June

[@matthewkabanuk443]

This is why I subscribed.

[@comatose3788]

I've been playing this tank in World of Tanks for 9 years. It's by far my favorite tank. You have to be very careful as it has no armor. But, the gun is a true sniper. 300 yard shots are nothing for it. I never knew it was a paper tank till now.

[@saschawagner5167]

Given that that the german 75mm killed everything the allies fielded in significant numbers the only point of a wafenträger would deploy a number of field fortifications in a somewhat hot zone, the only advantage of a wafenträger vs a towed ATG that it can use the gun while heading for the deployment zone so its no wonder that none were produced in number. and given the base vehicles used for the most parts probably the Stug III could do most of its role much more cost efective (wich showed in its service record)

[@jackharter660]

I used to carpool with a man that was drafted in 1939 trained to drive tank and sent to the Eastern Front. He knew the war was lost when they would *ration gasoline before the jump off point even before a attack* At the end of the war he was in the hospital recovering from a wound to his leg he got when this tank was knocked out. He decided to deserter even though every Street Lamp had a body hanging from it saying coward deserter He was going to be sent back into the fight with a foreign made bolt action rifle and eight bullets.

[@jakeharrison2128]

The machining tools to make these gorgeous creations are just... Chef's kiss.

[@milanondrak5564]

I can't figure out why it was considered that stationary artillery delivered by tracked vehicles is a better tactical asset than mobile artillery mounted permanently on a tracked base.

[@joavisr5011]

they were not dismounted fron the hull

[@evanmorandini9450]

Console version of WoT still has the WT auf E100 and it causes so much anxiety when you see it on the enemy team list

[@harryballsacky]

YOUR GERMAN IS GETTING BETTER......LOVE YOUR CHANNEL

[@syruswilliams3661]

Is the opening few seconds random stock footage because I just saw that on a history channel documentary

[@panzer-schreck7032]

What is with the Pak 40 auf RSO (Raupenschlepperost)

[@shanefranklin8733]

I'd love to see a CbD video on the early-war Russian T-28 medium tank

[@af8312]

reminds me of some of the late war japanese tank projects, especially the 75mm Type 4 AA (which eventually became a semi-autoloaded AT with the designation type 5 75mm). The type 5 guns would've found their way into late war japanese tanks such as the chi-to & chi-ri had it's prototype been completed. I would like to see an overview of it at some point, as while the stationary AT gun would've featured an autoloaded, it's unknown whether it would've made it into the chi-ri, and it didn't make it into the chi-to for sure. Those late war tanks had the ability to become some of the only well designed japanese tanks.

[@KarlKarpfen]

"Leichter Einheitswaffenträger" could be theoretically translated in two ways, the way you did and the way Einheits-something is used in German: It's the "light universal weapon carrier".

[@termike55]

nice! Thanks!