Hmm. strange. I always thought the stug III was alittle longer and less chubby.
To the people calling eachother nazis and the dumbass who said "nazi scumbags", the Russians killed twice as many jews during the purges and you're RAF is responsible for more deaths in France than the Waffen SS. Not only that, there was a SINGLE BATTALION associated with the death camps and the Russians took credit for all the mass murders which took place outside the victim's villages during the dragnost.
@redreaper2020 It was a retoricle remark son. Thats the trouble with you you kids. Can you point out your state on a map? By the way the US ran their tanks off water. On d-day they ran the shermans off water and onto the beach. So please go fuck yourself and play your animation games, for you little boy are a moron
@waynedaly100 . It' s right these are not tanks. They are StuG antitank assault guns /good in defense against T-34s/ , most probably attached to 5. Infanterie Division /fire back-up/ of IX Armee. Oder Front , April 1945 /certainly just before 16/04/45 Soviet offensive/ on this front.
@MacArthurDouglas1 yeh,i love them,im painting 7 of them at the moment in1/72 scale,for a diarama im building,is this footage during the soviet final drive to berlin? i remember this footage from the bbc show the war of the century,its very unique footage
@waynedaly100 . I think it's a unique film as well. Cause it was just filmed without obvious propaganda effects; just a cameraman took some pictures for newsreel and it's kind of unfinished. You are right they are last pictures at the Oder River, just before final Soviet drive direction Berlin. The German soldiers on the film were outnumbered /at this time/ proportion -> 10 Russians vs 1 German on this final clash. / about 1 mln Red Army vs 100 thousand Wehrmacht /with IX Armee/ They kept 3days
more important than the tank armor or gun size of German tanks was their crews who had communications so coordination, and good tactics. They faced better tanks and were outnumbered in France but still steamrolled them due to that.
Some people show some epic blind stupidity. Most of them were just the same man you or I are. Indeed every single American soldier thorws a puppy off a cliff?
A witness wrote about a bauer which was working at his field. A man was walking after his horse, as a german plane has flown by. Plane made two circles around and then fired at this poor man. He was shot dead at the place.
His family have probably had a surprise - daddy has not returned from work..
This is with dedication to all those who write stupidities like 'I pity the Germans'.
I pity, that this pilot has probably not ended at gallows.
See, yo uare confusing every German with some nasty individuals. By this time, 1944-45, were talking about kids & old men that had no hope of winning and were being sent to their deaths. Hitlers unfair and unreasonable demands resulted in many unneccessary deaths. The guys trapped in Stalingrad, the Falaise Pocket were not all evil monsters. They were brothers, uncles, fathers & sons conscripted into the army.
This looks like the Eastern Front? The terrain is open but the ground/soil doesn't look like North Africa and the vehicle colourings are not Desert camo.
@thestaggie - "Poor guys"? They were on the side of evil, of murder, rape, torture, mass genocide, fighting for a dictator and you say, "poor guys"?!!!!! +
lol you must be pretty ignorant to base all german soldiers as evil? If you actually did some research, most of the main german military(not counting ss,or hitlers special troops) were just soldiers fighting without knowing there country's evil atrocities, sure some did ignore it, as well as participate in the evil atrocities. But not all were evil. Do you get what im saying? To think all germans were evil, is really an ignorant thought, just as the same as iraqis thinking all americans are evil
Josef Stalin was a dictator. It's believed nearly 100,000 German women & girls were raped during Soviet occupation. It was estimated that 20,000 of them commited suicide. And what about the German 6th Army? Hitler refused to let them escape while they could. So, they froze to deat. Starved to death. Eventually surrendered. 60,000 taken prisoner & only 5,000 returned home from Siberian labour camps & Gulags a decade later.
its sad to think these men probably died in there tanks. I mean, just think about it.
All the ww2 footage of the germans side really shows the last days of those soldiers lives seeing as most of the german military either fought to the death or were captured.
But that can be said for all soldiers heading to the front. They all believed they were fighting for a just cause, defending their countries, their families. But for some reason I pity the Germans more. The regular German Heer were not the racist, oppressive Waffen-SS or Nazi's and they were punished so terribly by their captors.
@thestaggie Not, "all soldiers", were fighting for their families and countries. Good grief! The Germans were on the side of EVIL! They were NOT fighting because there country was being invaded! No, THEY were DOING the INVADING!!!!!!
Too much anti-German propaganda for you. Ever heard of the saying; "War is old men (politicians) fighting and young men dying.". And what about the Volksturm? Old men who were veterans from the 1st World War and boys as young as 13. Are they evil? This very video, pause at 0:06 and tell me if that young man smiling is a face of "evil"? The Soviets were just as brutal as the Germans too. I suppose you believe America & Britain were saints during the war? They done some stuffed up shit too.
That's right. Nothing more than artillery on tracks. Very formidable during a tank battle though due to the calibre of the gun and shells it spewed out.
That's true. I think Assault Guns were actually credited with more tank kills than any of the purpose built Tank Destroyers or they came very close to them in number of kills.
@timpatjoe he probably only looked like 12. but later in the war they really did draft 12 year olds.. my granddad got drafted at age 16 couple of weeks before the war was over but luckily he did not see any combat. lets pray it will never happen again
Just shut up and enjoy the color references shown by the Stug 105 mm Howitzers! Honestly this is valuable to the panzer modeler, so just shut up and paint that panzer!!! -It would be very "funny" and nice to see a late panzer in just plain Red Oxide Primer (but with markinge on it), that sight probably would confuse a lot of people! :-)
@AERO1779 - These aren't tanks. They are self propelled assault guns. Plus, we wouldn't want them on the side of the allies, as they were plagued with mechanical problems.
Nope. The Stug III assault gun was actually the most cost-effective armoured vehicle Germany produced during the war. They were the most numerous tracked fighting vehicle built and they killed many, many enemy tanks.
New reports from the former Soviet Union detail how effective the Waffen SS units were. Read especially about the Demynsk pocket and the retaking of Karkhov where relatively small numbers of Waffen SS troops performed nearly superhuman feats.Canadian reports about the bravery of young Waffen SS soldiers also back up the awe in which the SS were held by the allies. Even the non German Waffen SS volunteers performed well like the Norwegians, Dutch , Danes and Belgians fighting for the Germans.
Agreed. There is a very good book - if you can find it - called 'Soldiers of Destruction' about the birth, life and death of the Totenkopf (SS) Division. What they were able to do as the 'Fuehrers' Fire Brigade' - similiar to other SS divisions - but a more extreme case, under malnourishment, relentless Soviet attack and lack of replacements or relief - was nothing short of amazing.
It's one thing to fight when you have a chance of success but that the Waffen SS would continue to fight in the face of overwhelming enemy numbers when all ope is lost is nothing short of incredible. I believe a lot of this has to do with the character, professionalism and national psyche of the then German people. I don't believe we will ever see the repetition of such exploits as witnessed by Divisions such as Der Reich and Totenkopf..
At lot of imbeciles can't differentiate between the Waffen SS and the Algemeine SS.The Waffen SS were elite soldiers who performed near superhuman miracles in the face of overwhelming numbers of enemy troops and material.They were admired by even the most dedicated foe for good reason, History recalls the exploits of the Waffen SS who outperformed anything the allies tthrew at them-in the end they could not undue the disparity of resources despite all of their professionalism, courage and skills
the formation of the wafen ss , ended the war sooner rather than later , they drained the cohesiveness of the army
this unit (in the film ) is a very late war unit , ermm muchenburg or Hitler pz libe some political thing like that under the Reich minister of defence Dr Gobbles, Hitler having demoted ss pz div's for cowardice and ordered them to remove their Reich insignia.
mmm!! allies were always happy to see the SS , sooner they were broken them sooner the front would collapse
Waffen SS units were resented by the military because they drained resources that would have went to them you're right. But the overall performance of the SS Divisions speaks for itself.They would stand as a rock wall before enemies many times greater in numbers and equipment. In fact even all the Wehrmacht Generals began to praise the achievments of the Waffen SS. Most military historians say that they alone stablised the fronts, brought spectacular successes and prevented a German rout in end.
I don't argue about the different usage of the STUGs. My point is that what is shown on the clip are not panzers but self propelled guns. I mean those are STUGs, not tanks. Even the uniforms of the STUG crewmen were artillery uniforms rather than panzer uniforms. The difference is very significant.
Guys! what is shown on the video are not tanks (panzers) but STUGs, which are self propelled guns and are considered as a part of the artillery. There are neither panthers nor tigers shown on the video.
this bit of footage was indeed late war, like March 45 if i remember. it was shot for the German propoganga show Panorama, showing this field artillery battery engaging Russian lines on the "Zelo heights" (cant spell it i know but thats what the word sounds like)
The german panthers and tigers destroyed anything that got in their way. The allies destroyed the tigergrouppen by bombing them or destroying their supply lines so they ran out of gas and ammunition.
Don't think tanks can be immortal. It's realistic to think tanks broke down and were shot down. It just happens. However, germany took back most if not all of their broken tanks back for reuse.
They did destroy more than they lost though, you got that right!
Too bad this was the reason they started losing the tank battles late ww2. Not too good, but too complicated and over armoured tanks. Took too many resources and time.
In truth the Soviet machines such as IS-2 and heavy ISU-100, ISU-152 killed a number of Tigers and Panthers. One shot from the ISU-152 (the "Beast-Killer") was enough to take out the Tiger's turret clean.
rytis2005 , do you really think there were 1000 times more Soviet soldiers? What drugs are you taking? The military losses were comparable, actually, more in favor of the Germans early in the war and in favor of the Soviets at the end of the war.
They were good in combat, but they were expensive and they had often problems whit electronics or fuel leaks and stuff like that. That's why allies easy to produce and more reliable tanks won ...
They had great tanks...much better than the US and Brits...but the Russian T-34 was on par with any German tank...except perhaps for the King Tiger...but most of those simply ran out of gas.
T-34 was a good tank but Panther was better. But T-34 was much easier and cost efficient to make and maintain. Didn't matter how many tanks Germans knocked out there was always more on the way.
lol give me a break!!the panther was a better tank than the t-34!the tiger is far greater than the t-34.during one encounter a tiger was hit 236 times by various t-34 models and it still survived!!
Almost all those hits on the Tiger were soviet Anti-tank rifle rounds which had NO chance of hurting it. It only took 15 hits from anything bigger then 14,5mm rounds, several of those were 4,5cm rounds which didnt stand a change. About 7 or 8 were 57mm or 76,2mm rounds which stood a change of killing the tiger.
Tiger survived true but the 76.2mm rounds damaged the gun recoil system and the tank was effectively disabled and thus inactive for the rest of the battle though it was recovered later.
Please, don't compare a MEDIUM tank T-34 with a HEAVY tank Tiger. T34 early in the war had no opponents and later in the war was primarily used to get into the broken enemy lines to rampage behind the lines. The Soviets had heavy IS-2, ISU-150 and ISU-155 to kill the Tigers. ISU-155 was called the "Beast-hunter" by the Soviet soldiers for being able to engage ANY German "animal" tank (Tigers, Panthers, Elephants, etc) - one hit with its gian shell was enough to destroy the KingTiger...
You have to realize also that the American's designed a tank that was meant to be used by cavalry units instead of horses. It was meant to be able to move fast and out maneuver any other tank which it did. They sacrificed armor and fire power for speed that's why so many of them got knocked out however the US always had more on the way they were expendable.
The Sherman and the T-34 were very,very close in speed except taht the T-34 could knock out a Tiger within 400 yards whereas a Sherman likely could not....
this doesn't seem to be combat footage , but very near the East front !! anywhere in germany was near the front this time March/April 45?
An Army unit may be Munchenberg ? having a last bit of shake down practice ! don't think most of the teenagers have seen the Soviet juggrnaught up close before . still seems like their viewing this as a game .
if any one has definite info on this clip shear it ta!!
Although it was named "Howitzer", I believe that technicaly it was a gun; it had a length of 28 calibres (105 L28) which is more than the maximum 25 calibre length (L25) of the "howitzer" category. However, I found it listed also as a "gun-howitzer", probably because it was used mainly as a low-velocity high-trajectory support weapon. I guess either name would be correct, although we might want to stick to the original manufacturer's "Haubitze" designation.
This newsreel was shot on the river Oder in March-April 1945 in preparation for a Soviet attack. In a few weeks these units will be swept away by the 1st Ukrainian Front charging for Berlin.
None of them are Panzer IVs. They are a combination of StuH (Sturmhaubitze) and StuG (Sturmgeschutz)IIIs, all based on the Panzer III - check the number of road wheels and return rollers. Comparatively few StuGs were built on the Panzer IV chasis.
In addition to which, none of the vehicles shown have a turret, thereby eliminating the possibility of them being "tanks", but are rather, as paratrooper6 stated, Assault Guns.
ja! über alles in der Welt! (diese Liedzeile bezieht sich übrigens auf die Heimatliebe eines Deutschen zu seiner Heimat...wer das nicht weiss, der weiss es nicht...lol -.- sprich: er ist ungebildet, dumm, rassistisch und leidet stark an der Begierde Vorurteile zu verbreiten ^^)
I am a Chinese! I konw a little German and English! I'm proud of being a NSMer ! Pay respects to our fuhrer ! Fight for victory ! Heil Hitler! Sieg Heil!
Hm, soweit ich weiß ist damit das Ideal der deutschen Einheit gemeint, da Deutschland damals in dutzende ziemlich unabhängige Fürstentümer zersplittert war.
In welchemJahr wurde dieses gefilmt ? - what year was this filmed ?
saturnfiverocket 6 months ago
for the fatherland
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MrChatItOut 8 months ago
Hmm. strange. I always thought the stug III was alittle longer and less chubby.
To the people calling eachother nazis and the dumbass who said "nazi scumbags", the Russians killed twice as many jews during the purges and you're RAF is responsible for more deaths in France than the Waffen SS. Not only that, there was a SINGLE BATTALION associated with the death camps and the Russians took credit for all the mass murders which took place outside the victim's villages during the dragnost.
whukid2 8 months ago
1945 Seelow Heights.
DJMikaelito 8 months ago
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Ionizap 6 months ago
@DJMikaelito I thought that was much closer to Berlin in areas that weren't open fields? Let me know if that's now true.
Ionizap 6 months ago
Hey german guy on the tank, it has a reason that your binoclair has a form like that lol
DutchTimepq 11 months ago
They they were good tanks. Would have been better if they ran on water rather than diesel.
farmer6987 1 year ago
@farmer6987 god you're stupid.
1, you cant RUN a 30-ton tank off of water. Or steam.
2, they were gasoline powered, not diesel. Only two countries used diesel tanks: Russia and Japan.
redreaper2020 1 year ago
@redreaper2020 It was a retoricle remark son. Thats the trouble with you you kids. Can you point out your state on a map? By the way the US ran their tanks off water. On d-day they ran the shermans off water and onto the beach. So please go fuck yourself and play your animation games, for you little boy are a moron
farmer6987 1 year ago
@farmer6987 ಠ_ಠ insulting me about a "retoricle" remark would be much more relevant if you could spell it right, mah boiiii.
And German tanks ran off of COMPRESSED AIR DURRR DURRR HRURRR!! /rhetorical
redreaper2020 1 year ago
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@redreaper2020 I really don't give a fuck what you think little boy your still a moron
farmer6987 1 year ago
the last coloured footage,made by a greman news reel team short bevor the russian
offence run....16.04.1945!
soibon 1 year ago
they are not tanks,they are assalt guns,no turret
waynedaly100 1 year ago
@waynedaly100 . It' s right these are not tanks. They are StuG antitank assault guns /good in defense against T-34s/ , most probably attached to 5. Infanterie Division /fire back-up/ of IX Armee. Oder Front , April 1945 /certainly just before 16/04/45 Soviet offensive/ on this front.
MacArthurDouglas1 1 year ago
@MacArthurDouglas1 yeh,i love them,im painting 7 of them at the moment in1/72 scale,for a diarama im building,is this footage during the soviet final drive to berlin? i remember this footage from the bbc show the war of the century,its very unique footage
waynedaly100 1 year ago
@waynedaly100 . I think it's a unique film as well. Cause it was just filmed without obvious propaganda effects; just a cameraman took some pictures for newsreel and it's kind of unfinished. You are right they are last pictures at the Oder River, just before final Soviet drive direction Berlin. The German soldiers on the film were outnumbered /at this time/ proportion -> 10 Russians vs 1 German on this final clash. / about 1 mln Red Army vs 100 thousand Wehrmacht /with IX Armee/ They kept 3days
MacArthurDouglas1 1 year ago
@waynedaly100 Larger version of this film /with infantry and artillery/ write ->" Wehrmacht Oder 1945" on You Tube.
MacArthurDouglas1 1 year ago
@MacArthurDouglas1 sweet,thats cool,thanks
waynedaly100 1 year ago
Nazi bastards
mad1966dog 1 year ago
@mad1966dog come on pommy bastard wanna fight? call my grandpa a nazi and ill shoot you in your fucking face
hardstyle905 1 year ago
@hardstyle905 ...Nazi fucking scum bag. Your grandpa watched your grandma being fucked by a Russian..
mad1966dog 1 year ago
Those tank crews are all smiles considering they're driving off to their death on the eastern front
ijl1i 1 year ago
Technically those are self propelled guns, or assault guns depending on which term you prefer. They're not actually tanks.
BDNeon 1 year ago
Non of the real kick-ass German tanks in this clips. Stugs and Mk-IV's.....what you would usually see at the front.
killingamps 1 year ago
more important than the tank armor or gun size of German tanks was their crews who had communications so coordination, and good tactics. They faced better tanks and were outnumbered in France but still steamrolled them due to that.
OlderG0ds 1 year ago
no it was there blitz kreig that took the world to defeat them
JesseusM 1 year ago
that tank looks beast
MegaGERMANFREAK 1 year ago
than tank looks BEAST
MegaGERMANFREAK 1 year ago
*smart ass-mode activated*
Didnt see any tanks .. just saw some self-propelled guns called Sturmgeschütz
*smart ass-mode disabled*
gnorts88 1 year ago
whats the music called
mrtuma123 1 year ago
Stalin was just as bad as Hitler simple enough. hitler killed almost an entire religion, stalin killed his people, and his political enemies.
Sigmarthetruthfull 1 year ago
Some people show some epic blind stupidity. Most of them were just the same man you or I are. Indeed every single American soldier thorws a puppy off a cliff?
matemanos12 2 years ago
I have just read memoirs from the WW2.
A witness wrote about a bauer which was working at his field. A man was walking after his horse, as a german plane has flown by. Plane made two circles around and then fired at this poor man. He was shot dead at the place.
His family have probably had a surprise - daddy has not returned from work..
This is with dedication to all those who write stupidities like 'I pity the Germans'.
I pity, that this pilot has probably not ended at gallows.
Gbdukk 2 years ago
See, yo uare confusing every German with some nasty individuals. By this time, 1944-45, were talking about kids & old men that had no hope of winning and were being sent to their deaths. Hitlers unfair and unreasonable demands resulted in many unneccessary deaths. The guys trapped in Stalingrad, the Falaise Pocket were not all evil monsters. They were brothers, uncles, fathers & sons conscripted into the army.
thestaggie 2 years ago
This looks like the Eastern Front? The terrain is open but the ground/soil doesn't look like North Africa and the vehicle colourings are not Desert camo.
Poor guys were heading into the fire.
thestaggie 2 years ago
I believe the footage is from the area around Seelow Heights. Easter front but in Germany.
Mcplkelly 2 years ago
@thestaggie - "Poor guys"? They were on the side of evil, of murder, rape, torture, mass genocide, fighting for a dictator and you say, "poor guys"?!!!!! +
Echeque5 2 years ago
lol you must be pretty ignorant to base all german soldiers as evil? If you actually did some research, most of the main german military(not counting ss,or hitlers special troops) were just soldiers fighting without knowing there country's evil atrocities, sure some did ignore it, as well as participate in the evil atrocities. But not all were evil. Do you get what im saying? To think all germans were evil, is really an ignorant thought, just as the same as iraqis thinking all americans are evil
Draidic 2 years ago 3
Josef Stalin was a dictator. It's believed nearly 100,000 German women & girls were raped during Soviet occupation. It was estimated that 20,000 of them commited suicide. And what about the German 6th Army? Hitler refused to let them escape while they could. So, they froze to deat. Starved to death. Eventually surrendered. 60,000 taken prisoner & only 5,000 returned home from Siberian labour camps & Gulags a decade later.
thestaggie 2 years ago
its sad to think these men probably died in there tanks. I mean, just think about it.
All the ww2 footage of the germans side really shows the last days of those soldiers lives seeing as most of the german military either fought to the death or were captured.
Interesting huh?
Draidic 2 years ago 2
But that can be said for all soldiers heading to the front. They all believed they were fighting for a just cause, defending their countries, their families. But for some reason I pity the Germans more. The regular German Heer were not the racist, oppressive Waffen-SS or Nazi's and they were punished so terribly by their captors.
thestaggie 2 years ago
@thestaggie Not, "all soldiers", were fighting for their families and countries. Good grief! The Germans were on the side of EVIL! They were NOT fighting because there country was being invaded! No, THEY were DOING the INVADING!!!!!!
Echeque5 2 years ago
Too much anti-German propaganda for you. Ever heard of the saying; "War is old men (politicians) fighting and young men dying.". And what about the Volksturm? Old men who were veterans from the 1st World War and boys as young as 13. Are they evil? This very video, pause at 0:06 and tell me if that young man smiling is a face of "evil"? The Soviets were just as brutal as the Germans too. I suppose you believe America & Britain were saints during the war? They done some stuffed up shit too.
thestaggie 2 years ago
@Draidic What is, "sad", is the 50 million people in Europe that died because of Nazi Germany!!!
Echeque5 2 years ago
assault guns...
jjrr488 2 years ago
Stug3
SverigeDemokratern84 2 years ago
stug42
FallschirmjagerUK 2 years ago
0:07 cap backwards :D
alikill 2 years ago 14
and the trend begins..
benny704 2 years ago 4
@alikill likeAboss.
drinkbottle64 1 week ago
Good video, but none of these vehicles are tanks, all of them are assault guns, it's a big difference.
Florek112 2 years ago 4
That's right. Nothing more than artillery on tracks. Very formidable during a tank battle though due to the calibre of the gun and shells it spewed out.
Damo3445 2 years ago
That's true. I think Assault Guns were actually credited with more tank kills than any of the purpose built Tank Destroyers or they came very close to them in number of kills.
thestaggie 2 years ago
Sturmgeschutz...
dutchforces 2 years ago
ones of the guys on the first tank looks about 12,poor kid
timpatjoe 2 years ago 10
@timpatjoe - Indeed! Adolph Hitler was responsible for having MILLIONS of Germans MURDERED in order to support his EVIL INSANITY!!!
Echeque5 2 years ago
What was Stalins death toll? Oh yeah, he killed around 20 million Soviet civilians. Killed most of his officers. Killed his political enemies.
thestaggie 2 years ago
@timpatjoe he probably only looked like 12. but later in the war they really did draft 12 year olds.. my granddad got drafted at age 16 couple of weeks before the war was over but luckily he did not see any combat. lets pray it will never happen again
therealbamlee 7 months ago
@therealbamlee It probably will, judging by the way the world is going..
boyrichboy 4 months ago
excellent footage wish there was more thank you
aussiebluemax 2 years ago
Just shut up and enjoy the color references shown by the Stug 105 mm Howitzers! Honestly this is valuable to the panzer modeler, so just shut up and paint that panzer!!! -It would be very "funny" and nice to see a late panzer in just plain Red Oxide Primer (but with markinge on it), that sight probably would confuse a lot of people! :-)
BigAndTall666 2 years ago
I wish we had those tanks on the Allied side!
AERO1779 2 years ago
@AERO1779 - These aren't tanks. They are self propelled assault guns. Plus, we wouldn't want them on the side of the allies, as they were plagued with mechanical problems.
Echeque5 2 years ago
Nope. The Stug III assault gun was actually the most cost-effective armoured vehicle Germany produced during the war. They were the most numerous tracked fighting vehicle built and they killed many, many enemy tanks.
thestaggie 2 years ago
Excellent !
+ 5 !
Napo89350 2 years ago
New reports from the former Soviet Union detail how effective the Waffen SS units were. Read especially about the Demynsk pocket and the retaking of Karkhov where relatively small numbers of Waffen SS troops performed nearly superhuman feats.Canadian reports about the bravery of young Waffen SS soldiers also back up the awe in which the SS were held by the allies. Even the non German Waffen SS volunteers performed well like the Norwegians, Dutch , Danes and Belgians fighting for the Germans.
Shammwow 3 years ago 4
Agreed. There is a very good book - if you can find it - called 'Soldiers of Destruction' about the birth, life and death of the Totenkopf (SS) Division. What they were able to do as the 'Fuehrers' Fire Brigade' - similiar to other SS divisions - but a more extreme case, under malnourishment, relentless Soviet attack and lack of replacements or relief - was nothing short of amazing.
bobsteronic 3 years ago
It's one thing to fight when you have a chance of success but that the Waffen SS would continue to fight in the face of overwhelming enemy numbers when all ope is lost is nothing short of incredible. I believe a lot of this has to do with the character, professionalism and national psyche of the then German people. I don't believe we will ever see the repetition of such exploits as witnessed by Divisions such as Der Reich and Totenkopf..
Shammwow 3 years ago
Before the Obama-Nation Foreign Occupation Starts, if it is not prevented by last minute JUSTICE, I wish everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS.
Fröhliches Weihnachten
Fröhliches Weihnachten
Fröhliches Weihnachten
Blevins1961 3 years ago
Why don't you go to HELL, idiot?
redwolftide77 3 years ago
You should go to Hell punk, and the only idiot here, is you.
Blevins1961 3 years ago
actually, you ARE the idiot.
JamaicanMan18 3 years ago
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If you were NOT hiding behind a computer screen, you would be dealt with, without any legal recourse.
Now, get lost FAGGOT.
No gays are wanted here.
Blevins1961 3 years ago
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JamaicanMan18 3 years ago 2
Are you 18 years old punk?
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Blevins1961 3 years ago
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You go to Hell Faggot.
Blevins1961 3 years ago
My grandfather was in the waffen ss but he didn't kill any jews or any other race.
peterhawkfan 3 years ago
At lot of imbeciles can't differentiate between the Waffen SS and the Algemeine SS.The Waffen SS were elite soldiers who performed near superhuman miracles in the face of overwhelming numbers of enemy troops and material.They were admired by even the most dedicated foe for good reason, History recalls the exploits of the Waffen SS who outperformed anything the allies tthrew at them-in the end they could not undue the disparity of resources despite all of their professionalism, courage and skills
Shammwow 3 years ago
the formation of the wafen ss , ended the war sooner rather than later , they drained the cohesiveness of the army
this unit (in the film ) is a very late war unit , ermm muchenburg or Hitler pz libe some political thing like that under the Reich minister of defence Dr Gobbles, Hitler having demoted ss pz div's for cowardice and ordered them to remove their Reich insignia.
mmm!! allies were always happy to see the SS , sooner they were broken them sooner the front would collapse
felixzs 3 years ago
Waffen SS units were resented by the military because they drained resources that would have went to them you're right. But the overall performance of the SS Divisions speaks for itself.They would stand as a rock wall before enemies many times greater in numbers and equipment. In fact even all the Wehrmacht Generals began to praise the achievments of the Waffen SS. Most military historians say that they alone stablised the fronts, brought spectacular successes and prevented a German rout in end.
Shammwow 3 years ago
Very late because the footage is taken just outside Berlin on the Sellow Hights.
flute4hire 2 years ago
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Heil Hitler
SauronMouth 3 years ago
One shot from the IS2 at a close range yeah...but from 3,000 meters away forget it. However, the Tiger could destroy an IS2 at 3000 meters.
calimar28 3 years ago
I don't argue about the different usage of the STUGs. My point is that what is shown on the clip are not panzers but self propelled guns. I mean those are STUGs, not tanks. Even the uniforms of the STUG crewmen were artillery uniforms rather than panzer uniforms. The difference is very significant.
banker571 3 years ago
Yeah. Didn't know about the uniforms though.
General public calls it a tank though. Just like how they call a smg a machinegun. :|
I understand why you made a comment on it though, because if you didn't, i would. :P
samipso 3 years ago
Guys! what is shown on the video are not tanks (panzers) but STUGs, which are self propelled guns and are considered as a part of the artillery. There are neither panthers nor tigers shown on the video.
banker571 3 years ago
While this is true, they were still used as tanks at the time this video was shot (skirts indicate later time period).
samipso 3 years ago
this bit of footage was indeed late war, like March 45 if i remember. it was shot for the German propoganga show Panorama, showing this field artillery battery engaging Russian lines on the "Zelo heights" (cant spell it i know but thats what the word sounds like)
ck002 3 years ago
You mean sealow heights then i think.
Thanks for the cool extra info's. Nice to know.
samipso 3 years ago
The clip shows German preparations (live fire training) on the Oder river before a major Soviet attack in March-April 1945...
redwolftide77 3 years ago
goot
itschris1821 3 years ago
The german panthers and tigers destroyed anything that got in their way. The allies destroyed the tigergrouppen by bombing them or destroying their supply lines so they ran out of gas and ammunition.
BlankoPie 3 years ago 4
Don't think tanks can be immortal. It's realistic to think tanks broke down and were shot down. It just happens. However, germany took back most if not all of their broken tanks back for reuse.
They did destroy more than they lost though, you got that right!
Too bad this was the reason they started losing the tank battles late ww2. Not too good, but too complicated and over armoured tanks. Took too many resources and time.
samipso 3 years ago
In truth the Soviet machines such as IS-2 and heavy ISU-100, ISU-152 killed a number of Tigers and Panthers. One shot from the ISU-152 (the "Beast-Killer") was enough to take out the Tiger's turret clean.
redwolftide77 3 years ago 2
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it doesnt matter how good your tank is justice and humanity always wins at the end!
vincevince801 3 years ago
shut it hippie....
Nordland45 3 years ago 2
Just young boys, the army had lost all it's men... wonder what their loss was, probably over run by the soviet untermeschen soon after this film.
AbjectBlitz 3 years ago
Fuck, make a guess who killed off all of those German "supersoldiers"...
redwolftide77 3 years ago
maybe 1000 simple soldiers agains 1 supersoldier?
rytis2005 2 years ago
rytis2005 , do you really think there were 1000 times more Soviet soldiers? What drugs are you taking? The military losses were comparable, actually, more in favor of the Germans early in the war and in favor of the Soviets at the end of the war.
redwolftide77 2 years ago
sturmgeschütz rulezz
scholtenzy 3 years ago
nice
jws54 3 years ago
German tanks was simply the best, tookt the whole world to defeat them
ScottBrown88 3 years ago 18
They were good in combat, but they were expensive and they had often problems whit electronics or fuel leaks and stuff like that. That's why allies easy to produce and more reliable tanks won ...
suomunkrisu 3 years ago
..and maybe because the brave germans fought against a whole world of enemys...
but youre right, the Panzer VI needed a few hundred liters of fuel for only 100km...
ScottBrown88 3 years ago
They had great tanks...much better than the US and Brits...but the Russian T-34 was on par with any German tank...except perhaps for the King Tiger...but most of those simply ran out of gas.
enverpasha55 3 years ago
T-34 was a good tank but Panther was better. But T-34 was much easier and cost efficient to make and maintain. Didn't matter how many tanks Germans knocked out there was always more on the way.
SilenceYouFool 3 years ago
lol give me a break!!the panther was a better tank than the t-34!the tiger is far greater than the t-34.during one encounter a tiger was hit 236 times by various t-34 models and it still survived!!
poolofelectrium 3 years ago
Almost all those hits on the Tiger were soviet Anti-tank rifle rounds which had NO chance of hurting it. It only took 15 hits from anything bigger then 14,5mm rounds, several of those were 4,5cm rounds which didnt stand a change. About 7 or 8 were 57mm or 76,2mm rounds which stood a change of killing the tiger.
Tiger survived true but the 76.2mm rounds damaged the gun recoil system and the tank was effectively disabled and thus inactive for the rest of the battle though it was recovered later.
Mcplkelly 3 years ago
Please, don't compare a MEDIUM tank T-34 with a HEAVY tank Tiger. T34 early in the war had no opponents and later in the war was primarily used to get into the broken enemy lines to rampage behind the lines. The Soviets had heavy IS-2, ISU-150 and ISU-155 to kill the Tigers. ISU-155 was called the "Beast-hunter" by the Soviet soldiers for being able to engage ANY German "animal" tank (Tigers, Panthers, Elephants, etc) - one hit with its gian shell was enough to destroy the KingTiger...
redwolftide77 3 years ago
exscluding the soviets the germans wher the mastermind behined tank building of ww2
thebritish25 3 years ago 3
You have to realize also that the American's designed a tank that was meant to be used by cavalry units instead of horses. It was meant to be able to move fast and out maneuver any other tank which it did. They sacrificed armor and fire power for speed that's why so many of them got knocked out however the US always had more on the way they were expendable.
Phelps852 3 years ago
That is Very true But the Panzers where very fast
but what whould you say was faster the US Shermans or the Soviets t34 modles??
thebritish25 3 years ago
The Sherman and the T-34 were very,very close in speed except taht the T-34 could knock out a Tiger within 400 yards whereas a Sherman likely could not....
erwintommy 3 years ago
I assume this is footage from the TV programme "Third Reich in colour"?
The Music is spine tingling and quite moving.
ToonandBBfan 3 years ago
this doesn't seem to be combat footage , but very near the East front !! anywhere in germany was near the front this time March/April 45?
An Army unit may be Munchenberg ? having a last bit of shake down practice ! don't think most of the teenagers have seen the Soviet juggrnaught up close before . still seems like their viewing this as a game .
if any one has definite info on this clip shear it ta!!
felixzs 3 years ago
the germans had the coolest uniforms especially the panzergrenadier
23rec23 4 years ago 2
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I think the americans have the best uniforms expecially the Airborn^^
Kuemmel234 4 years ago
Nothing better than a Soviet officer corps uniform, especially in cavalry!
steppenwolf1945 3 years ago
we can still remember how the germans saved our country from the russians. we are thankful of that but we did not support hitler.
reissumiesss 4 years ago 4
Very interesting comment. I appreciate your candor very much. Your countrymen during WWII were impressive to say the least.
Stukadriver 3 years ago
yep this lot was about to get the chop!!! taken for the nazi panorama news reel series right at the end of the war...
cool how the crew wear there field caps back to front , like American teenagers!!!
seems pretty flat for seelow but thats not to say it isn't
peace
felixzs 4 years ago 2
They wear the field caps back to front, because they could better see through the optics then...
DJDoener 3 years ago
that would make sense !!
but notice in the clip the only crew member using a stereo optical range finder has his field cap the right way?
but that doesn't mean your wrong
felixzs 3 years ago
im sorry for my crappy english^^
i meant the optics in the tank.... for example the gunner optics!
Believe me, my Grandfather served on a Panzer IV and told me that ;)
DJDoener 3 years ago
yes dj i gathered that !! i think your right , by the way!!
your english is good ... (mind you thats " served in a panzer IV" unless the Panzer IV had a name then its "served on Rupert the panzer IV')
were field caps usual tank crew issue !! though technically stug crews are in the artillery huh!!
felixzs 3 years ago
Mostly German StuGIII w/75mm, but the vehicles in the beginning had much shorter ordnance. Any differing names for these vehicles?
dyrge86 4 years ago
It's a StuH 42 (Sturmhaubitze) with a 105 mm gun - without the muzzle brake
sotchris 4 years ago 2
Correct, but it is equipped with a 105 mm howitzer, not a gun. ;-) You could find them with and without the muzzle break.
JoeFestus 4 years ago
Although it was named "Howitzer", I believe that technicaly it was a gun; it had a length of 28 calibres (105 L28) which is more than the maximum 25 calibre length (L25) of the "howitzer" category. However, I found it listed also as a "gun-howitzer", probably because it was used mainly as a low-velocity high-trajectory support weapon. I guess either name would be correct, although we might want to stick to the original manufacturer's "Haubitze" designation.
sotchris 4 years ago
Does anybody know the music?
THX in advance!
Smaug587 4 years ago
* tanks in advance !
(ohhh its xmas therefore dad jokes are around)
JemmyBubbles 4 years ago
Thank you so much for this helpful comment :p
Nevertheless I found the music.
I think it must be the soundtrack of the movie "The thin red line"
Smaug587 4 years ago
bueno
angracidrain 4 years ago
Stug sucks
MajorHoward7 4 years ago
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HOW WEAK..!!! ALL NUKES & WEAPONS OF HUMANS CANNOT EVEN DESTROY EARTH.. very very weak weapons..!!!
earth must be planted of super bomb also the universe must be destroyed...!!!
zudunow 4 years ago
brave guys
Wittmann73 4 years ago
That footage was taken on the Seelow's Highs east of Berlin. It shows one of the last defensive fights against the russian army in 1945.
Olliminator 5 years ago
This newsreel was shot on the river Oder in March-April 1945 in preparation for a Soviet attack. In a few weeks these units will be swept away by the 1st Ukrainian Front charging for Berlin.
redwolftide77 3 years ago
then i stand corrected. i was going by what the documentary "3rd Reich in colour" was saying about the clip
ck002 3 years ago
Seemingly, that was eqquiped with 105mm gun, instead of 75mm.
truthquest 5 years ago
Slt/hi
This film made after 1942 (see a panzerfaust) on east front??
lapassoire 5 years ago
StuG III, StuG IV and StuH 42.
RetuPhilio 5 years ago
karl zeiss optics
watchthink 5 years ago
jawohl
hanhi 5 years ago
cool video, you don't see color nazi army films everyday.
verbusen 5 years ago
video added to the reich group.
hildergarn 5 years ago
The first tank is a "Panzer IV"
KhaosInWorld 5 years ago
None of them are Panzer IVs. They are a combination of StuH (Sturmhaubitze) and StuG (Sturmgeschutz)IIIs, all based on the Panzer III - check the number of road wheels and return rollers. Comparatively few StuGs were built on the Panzer IV chasis.
cockneybloke 5 years ago
In addition to which, none of the vehicles shown have a turret, thereby eliminating the possibility of them being "tanks", but are rather, as paratrooper6 stated, Assault Guns.
Vlashchenko 5 years ago
was the lad with ear phones a dj on the decks?
GBdefender 5 years ago
That last one is a command Stug, check out the antenna on the engine bay deck, very nice original video!
nachtjager77 5 years ago
that seem to be a film from the end ,..seelower höhen....arme schweine is the right description for it.
Bonkowitz 5 years ago
Sorry but they are technicly not tanks but assult guns (StuG)
paratrooper6 5 years ago
cool
xnizarx 5 years ago
Haha!Forget it!
AdolfBonapate 5 years ago
Wunderbar (Wonderful)
matadorbr 5 years ago
Wonderful!
AdolfBonapate 5 years ago
nice
panzertank3945 5 years ago
beaux stugs et en couleur!
fagnard 5 years ago
arme schweine
tgp0 5 years ago
jaja, mein Großvater war ein toller Mensch!
towelie86 5 years ago
Ya Ya ! Deutschland uble alles in der wert! I am Chinese!
AdolfBonapate 5 years ago
ja! über alles in der Welt! (diese Liedzeile bezieht sich übrigens auf die Heimatliebe eines Deutschen zu seiner Heimat...wer das nicht weiss, der weiss es nicht...lol -.- sprich: er ist ungebildet, dumm, rassistisch und leidet stark an der Begierde Vorurteile zu verbreiten ^^)
towelie86 5 years ago
???I don't quait understand your words!
AdolfBonapate 5 years ago
how many langs do u speak
towelie86 5 years ago
I am a Chinese! I konw a little German and English! I'm proud of being a NSMer ! Pay respects to our fuhrer ! Fight for victory ! Heil Hitler! Sieg Heil!
AdolfBonapate 5 years ago
oO ?
towelie86 5 years ago
Hm, soweit ich weiß ist damit das Ideal der deutschen Einheit gemeint, da Deutschland damals in dutzende ziemlich unabhängige Fürstentümer zersplittert war.
lilbrothaaa 5 years ago