at 0:10 / 0:11 you see a crewman comming out of the hatch and getting killed by machinegun fire. If you look closely you even see the rounds going his way and hit him. The other three got away.
Actually it appears that he rolled of the left side of the vehicle. The flash just following is another round from the Pershing which "brewed up" the Panther.
Hard to see with all the shaking and smoke but it looks like the Pershing pumped another shell into it right as another crew member was trying to escape out of the turret.
This Panther was knocked out in Cologne (koln) by a Pershing. One of the USA crew members of the Pershing describes this particular fight, and he was saddened at the fate of his fellow human beings in the Panther. The video of this USA tanker is on You Tube. You all should find the video and watch it and you may learn something of war, and loss and humanity.
Hallo blind mens! Look at this footage a few times and try to count. Panther has 5 man crew and everybody (the driver too) was abadoned tank. 2 via turret 3 via front hatch. 2 of them in one moment 1 a second after. They all are very quick! Impressive experiation in evacuation ;)
the panther in Kökn...one of the famous Panthers because of this video, but he killed a sherman, but this you can`t see because its the US-Propaganda and they show only the burning panther...PANZERWAFFE!!! Heeres Panzer waren die besten!!!
US propaganda? Dude you take this video too personally. You can find the full footage on youtube that includes the sherman being hit, the author here only bothered posting the Panther getting KOed part in as the title suggests.
hey pal, as I knew this happened in cologne, this panther appeared and was K.O. by a Pershing, using 2 shots and it's girostabilyzer, i eaven got a source, Death traps by Belton Cooper, on the middle pages you can see photos of the panther an the Pershing... so it's not proganda, because there was no propaganda about tanks like germany did in ww2...
Yes it is. Ammunition fires were the main cause of tanks burning up after hits, mainly because either the shell itself or the metal fragments thrown inside the tank by the shell would impact the cordite propellants in tank shells and ignite them.
The Panther itself often burnt up, mainly because the ammunition was stored on the side of the tank where the armor was the weakest and when most allied tanks had to hit it. When hit in the side the ammo was likely to be hit, just like in this video.
i dunno but what ever destroyed that tank hit it 13 seconds in you can see it go into the tank under the turrent where it connects to the body of the tank
i dunno if it was another tank didnt see any big explosions looked like the tracers hitting it were pierceing maybe it was a antitank rifle (just a guess)
They might have gotten away. atleast 2 of them came out of the tank and 1 of them is seen fleeing around the corner. The other one does look like het gets shot by mg fire but no way to be sure.
i answered u, dumbfuck. next time browse google before asking such noobish bullshit. u could have asked what tank there is in the video, but u wrote stupid crap instead.
it was a question u fuk hed no i dont wast my time googleing shit like this. i asked and u fucking idiot had to put your 2cents worth in fuck off u gay cowboy
ok ok look pal I have the utmost respect for every motherfucker who got his balls blown off for some other assholes idea (nations leaders) so lets not get that so twisted here bud. Ya know what I'm glad you recognize that RESPECT. So peace to ya in whatever ya do. These men had famalies, friends, maybe even some pussy to go home to. Its all too very fucking bad. When the ones that deserve to be burned alive are the ones who put these men here instead.
I would like to see you not flinch in the middle of that chaos. Those Hitlerites got what they asked for and exactly what was coming to them. I only wished they all had burned. Those who sow the wind will reap the whirlwind
YA know not every german soldier was a nazi most of them dint beileve in naziism but when your country is at war is dosent fuckin matter you help your people no matter what
You know what i find funny and sad at the same time is the man who killed those men had more respect for them than you do as he states in the video WW2 combat footage pershing vs panther
I sure wish the cameraman didn't flinch every time the Panther was hit. I think it was a Pershing that hit it in this video. Don't get me wrong the Pershing was formidable, but nothing like the Panther. The German crew here was obviously to blame, but it's still gut wrenching to see those flames knowing one or two didn't make it out.
Wow! Great Footage. I loved the part at the end when I realize that its right at the colonge Cathedral! I was stationed in germany in the early 80s and loved that town. The view from the top of the towers is awesome!
It always scares me when i see geniune free for all combat footage from world war 2. I cant imagine what it was like, so much bravery and fear for everyone.
La posibilidad de ganar para el Phanter era minima(casi nula), fue atacado por la parte mas debil del blindaje .... pienso que el resultado hubiera sido diferente con su blindaje frontal ubicado correctamente ... sindo asi ¡¡adios pershing!!!
OK, people, although this is the famous Pershing video footage of an M-26 taking out a Panther, it's not quite the Panther that everyone thinks it is. This is a prototype Panther 2, of which very few were made, and at the end of the war, even those were pushed into service. The give away is that the turret is set farther back on the hull because it is armed with a long 88, the kind found on King Tigers. Compare this with a regular production model Panther, and you'll see the difference.
It is a standard G model panther. it was knocked out by Clarence Smoyer infront of the colonge Cathedral and is very well documented due to the fact that this was one of only 26 documented armor on armor encounters made by the Pershing. Later this same day a M-26 was knocked out by a tiger I 3 blocks away with 3 shots to the left turret side at night. i would suggest reading the 2nd armored div unit histories or "death Traps" written by Belton Cooper.
The panther 2 was assembled in prototype form and captured the only surviving example is in the Patton Meuseum at Fort Knox KY It has a soft steel mock up of the "schmall turm" turret as well there.
Looks like a vid Ive seen of a pershing tank making kills but it could of been a Sherman Firefly that had a 17punder gun and the Panzer had only 50mm thick side armour and 120mm at the front.
Oh man, that Panther had no chance... He didn't even have his frontal armor facing the Pershing, but rather his weaker side armor, that's gotta suck..
Well, generally speaking, it would HAD to have been to make such large holes. The Sherman's gun, while it would be strong enough to get a kill shot at that range, it wouldn't have been as dramatic as this.
This video is tooken from a documentary and the actual gunner in the pershing who destroyed the panther in this video talks through it and you see footage of the pershing looking for the panther trying to find it i think it might be on youtube somewhere
After posting the comment I went on research and I found an entire page dedicated to that tank crew. Also with pictures of the Pershing. And film of the Pershing and Panther together :P Thanks anyways!
the germans knocked out a pershing too. It was in Cologne 1945 a Pershing from the 3rd Armored Division was knocked out at the distance of 250 meters with a single shot.. from a german tank destroyer(88mm)
the germans knocked out a pershing too. It was in Cologne 1945 a Pershing from the 3rd Armored Division was knocked out at the distance of 250 meters with a single shot.. from a german tank destroyer(88mm)
the panther tank was angled wrong in this situation they were hit in the weekest part of the body the flank over the runing gear if the panther was front on to its foe, it would have withstood more punishment as the frontal part of the panther was well armoured and mostly of all sloped for better deflection ,but any tank battle at this close range would do any tank a great deal of pain
Panther would have been equally as screwed frontally at that short range against the Pershing 90mm gun. WWII tanks didnt have hitpoints you know, the Panthers armour would have offered little protection at that range. Its glacis might have stood up better, but its turret could be holed pretty easily at that range.
But then thats tanking at its best, the Pershing crew flanked the panther and destroyed it from the side, not required given the power of the gun on it, but still smart tanking.
yes indeed you are right at that range all i can say is carnage no matter the size of gun or thickness of armour but the panthers strongest poin is its fron on stance the thick base at the gun of the panther even at that range was a hard nut to crack
Actually all the crew died. One of the crew lost his foot and fried in the fire, the others got a few feet away before being shot down by infantry or something else.
You can clearly see 4 make it out. 3 make toward the Cathedral the last runs right, behind the building. I Found out that three Crew members were found in a shelter near the Cathedral with other Civilians the last Who runs right unknown, and The Gunner Was killed by the first round.
jeje si pss al parecer este panther tuvo problemas mecanicos por eso lodejaron asi sin apoyo de inanteria. ademas lei ke un cazatankes aleman 88mm destruyo a un pershing cerca de colonia.saludos
Did I mention for example Tarawa or Iwo Jima, where the Japanese had over 400 pillboxes in the last quarter mile of territory? Where there were 99.9% deaths on the IJA side?
I guess you couldnt find a comparison anywhere in the EF or WF like that - not even Verdun or, Tobruk or Stalingrad.
George Marshall Army Chief of Staff as well as FDR realized Germany was the bigger threat than Japan And adopted the policy of "Germany First" The A-bomb was intially meant tobe dropped on Germany but they surrendered before the bomb was ready for use The hard part of fighting Japan was logistics due to the vast sea areas in between key Japanese strong points,some of which were entirely bypassed and left to wither on the vine
After Midway the Japanese Navy was virtually defeated and ineffective
No. FDR and Marshall knew that the Japanese were a larger threat but knew that before Operation Downfall they had to finish off Germany and stop the Soviets from winning wholesale the subsequent land grab.
The Germans were surrendering from 1943 (300,000 in Tunisia) and in the ETO it was only a matter of time.
The Pacific Theatre was much larger - as in China, Russian Far East, all the way to Australia and to India on the other side. Burma theatre itself is bigger than whole European fronts
The M-26 Entered the war to late to make any difference. It took the americans this long to make such a tank that could take on a tiger, even then who could say? I have only heard and seen a picture of one M-26 along side a tiger it knocked out. The tiger sparked fear into those who encountered it. Ask or read any veterans story and the will confirm it. Anyway its a panther thats in video.
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Theres one Panther that made a fine barbecue. That Nazis crew sure did'nt waste any time getting out of that burning oven. The commander looked like the first guy to bail out. Just wonder if they all made it out.
To be honest with you. The building of the atomic bomb ended the whole war. Hitler didnt even surrender he was a coward who shot not only himself but killed his wife also.
Great footage. Only 20 M-26 Pershings saw action in WW2...this is one of those 20.
It blew the crap out of that Panther, which it could, with it's 90mm main gun. An M-26 also knocked out a Tiger II (King Tiger).Had the war lasted longer, the M-26 would have proved the un-invincibilty of the Panther(seen here on fire) and the Tiger. And the myth as well.
Since mostly Tiger II's were produced after 11/44 I would doubt that no engagements between the 2 tanks ever happened. According to several tank, AFV websites, an M-26 did knock out a Tiger II. The Tiger II was not considered a very good upgrade of the Tiger I. With it's enormous weight and underpowered engine, it was a terrible tank to lead Germany's last great offensive, Operation Watch on the Rhine. They would have been better served with the much better Pzkw V "Panther" leading the assault.
""Since mostly Tiger II's were produced after 11/44 I would doubt that no engagements between the 2 tanks ever happened.""
Most Tiger IIs served in the east. Tiger II was a very rare tank in the west by the time the Pershing entered service, while the Pershing was even rarer.
Yes, Tiger II was not a good tank to lead the Ardennes offensive, but then the PZ IV and Panther fared little better also. It was simply terrible tank terrain in general and with the Germans lack of fuel (for every tank type, not just Tiger)then all those detours and struggles through unsuitable terrain and across bridges etc etc were the Panzer division's downfall.
Also, the Ardennes offensive played a small part in the Tiger II combat record. It's importance is overblown. Most Tiger IIs were used in defensive roles, mainly in the east (Hungary, Oder-Berlin front etc) and in this role the Tiger II was superb and took a verey heavy toll of enemy tanks. Even those Tiger IIs used defensively in the west performed very well.
It was called the Maus (mouse) tank, it weighed 188 tons, and it's main gun was the 128 mm (just over 5 inches) caliber used in the JagdTiger tank killer (it also had a secondary 75 mm). The tanks hull had sloped armor to make badly placed shells bounce off, and was up to 7 inches thick. The turret front was 9.5 inches of steel (half of the Iowa class Battleships' turret face thickness).
All this was at the cost of a max speed of 8 MPH, and a range of 100 miles between refuels.
The Maus was unique and if it had have entered production, would probably never have been able to cross a single bridge in Europe - it was too heavy. Also, it would have run out of fuel in a couple of hours most likely.
Yes the Allies and VVS (Soviet Air Force) did a lot of damage to enemy armor and so did artillery. If you were an Allied captain and saw one of the big cats like the Panther you would usually order your men to bunker down and request artillery or air support to take it down.
The Maus was an interesting yet dissapointing waist of money and research.
It is common knowledge that the Germans should have concentrated more on refining the excisting models(mainly P4)and producing them in bigger quantities rather then experimenting with the Tiger and the Panther and superheavy tanks. And to all the talk about allied air- superiority; well didn't the Germans had just that in the beginning of all their campagnes? They had it coming!!
This is a part of a footage taken in the Battle of Cologne. The Panther tank you see getting shot up, has just disabled two Shermans down the road at which its gun is pointing. The Sherman crews has bailed out, but the commander in one of them has died of his wounds later. Then, a Pershing was called upon to knock out the Panther with its 90mm gun. This video shows the Pershing shooting up the Panther. Three of the five german tankers survived.
I taped a show featuring a story about the 3rd Armored division, which was nicknamed the Spearhead Division. They received a small number of these new powerful Pershing tanks to deal with heavier German armored vehicles. In the TV clip you can see one of the crew bailing out of his Sherman tank, missing his leg and bleeding to death !
wow allen u must feel very speacil ok now go and see if u can find out wat the mix of a panther and tiger is and every 1 i no the answer and it is a true tank
After considerable research....I believe this to be a Panzerkampfwagen V Panther. LOL, I'm no expert, so I spent half an hour looking up references and silouettes.
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This is famous footage from Koln. Observe how the panzer crew bail as quickly as they can. The german infantryman was very good at running away or surrendering at this stage of the war. Of course, if they were Imperial Japanese Army, it would have been a different story. This combat was largely civil compared to the tough battles in the Pacific...no buildings to hide in on a small island.
Yeah no good options. Apperently the German commander in the Panther lost his legs with one of those shots, burnt to death because he couldnt get out. Panthers were fairly notorous for brewing up, would have carried a gun like some first world war pilots for when the fire started and there was no way out.
Guys go to my youtube page...the same video is on my page but the amercian who did the fireing is being interviewed. They were i in a pershing tank. They fired on a german tank...I swear 100% just look at my page and you will see it!
Its a panther alright, cuz the germans are the only ones having an singel row of large "guiding and suspension" wheels where the tracks revolv about.(not reffering to the drive wheel). the tracks indicate its german aswell given they are slim but broad. Also, look at the commanders turret, the lid isnt upright, witch means its shuffed of sideways cuz crewmembers can get out, another thing indicating its german. Its a Panther alright, not sure witch AUSfuhrung(version),
after the two crew disembarked the tank fired one more round. Soon after the tank caught fire in the interior, although leaving no time for the other crew member to disembark the tank ...
One tiger Tank...and the americans could not take it out..without bombing the shit out of the city by plane...PUSSYS! Smart though...but the germans got balls...not the americans
You are stupid, stop typing words. Just stop. Disgrace to thinking period. The German's named the Marines Devil Dog in WW2. There was a reason. Unknowledgeable fuck.
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The sherman was a massively reliable vehicle and was easy to produce, combine that with production that could not be interupted by bombing and you can win a war! The shermans also used old dakota engines!
PANZER means ARMOURED in German. We call those vehicles tanks (from an old story from WWI when it was told that the design was that of a water tank, in order to conceil the new weapon design), but in German they were PanzerKampfWagen, (literally Armoured Battle Vehicle).
The main focus of the Sherman was mobility. They were meant to exploit infantry breakthroughs, not to fight other tanks. IIRC, the T-34 was arguably the best tank of the war. Panthers and Tigers were clearly the better option for tank vs. tank situations, but they were also slow, unreliable, and were (more or less) dependant on roads for travel.
actually if you talk to German panzer vets they will tell you that they had good armor and a good gun but they broke down constantly, they would only get about 100km or so, before they would need some sort of servicing
the Shermans would just keep runing forever
they were like hornets they might not kill right off, you but they will get you with their numbers
yeh, even a few generals thought that more mark IVs would be of more use on the eastern front than the small numbers of high maintenance mark Vs & VIs.
also, keep in mind that every kraut tanker you kill is one less they'll be putting on a new crew and right back on the front lines. They HAD to hit them again. The Germans did the same as a matter of policy, they couldn't afford to feed prisoners.
and is that the driver who got off scott free? I used to be a tank driver myself so I hope he did, the lucky bastard! On an Abrams it's quite often the drivers who don't make it out because of the way the turret is designed.
Must feel weird standing there pointing a camera at an enemy tank instead of a bazooka.
delta5297 6 months ago
I was wondering.. who was it that destroyed this panther? And with what weapon system?
blackreagan 11 months ago
Braves until the end...
Cukerno 2 years ago
at 0:10 / 0:11 you see a crewman comming out of the hatch and getting killed by machinegun fire. If you look closely you even see the rounds going his way and hit him. The other three got away.
thedutchace 2 years ago
Actually it appears that he rolled of the left side of the vehicle. The flash just following is another round from the Pershing which "brewed up" the Panther.
jhwood9 2 years ago
Hard to see with all the shaking and smoke but it looks like the Pershing pumped another shell into it right as another crew member was trying to escape out of the turret.
SunKing968 2 years ago
Watch this video on You Tube "WW2 Combat Footage - Pershing vs Panther".
christof139 2 years ago
This Panther was knocked out in Cologne (koln) by a Pershing. One of the USA crew members of the Pershing describes this particular fight, and he was saddened at the fate of his fellow human beings in the Panther. The video of this USA tanker is on You Tube. You all should find the video and watch it and you may learn something of war, and loss and humanity.
christof139 2 years ago
Hallo blind mens! Look at this footage a few times and try to count. Panther has 5 man crew and everybody (the driver too) was abadoned tank. 2 via turret 3 via front hatch. 2 of them in one moment 1 a second after. They all are very quick! Impressive experiation in evacuation ;)
kkmik0023 2 years ago
you can see the holes in the hull. looks like the tank was badly positioned. if it was facing the american tank frontaly, maybe it would not be KO
DrN0s 2 years ago
note that, one AP shot hit and penetreted the front of the turret. Usualy that part of the tank is the most heavily armored part
Railman122 2 years ago
awesome
Engelton182 2 years ago
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Engelton182 2 years ago
the panther in Kökn...one of the famous Panthers because of this video, but he killed a sherman, but this you can`t see because its the US-Propaganda and they show only the burning panther...PANZERWAFFE!!! Heeres Panzer waren die besten!!!
OlliS013 2 years ago 2
Das stimmt,er hat vorher einen sherman zerstört!
powerheli777 2 years ago
jo, aber das zeigen sie leider nicht immer, weil man da einen schwerverwundeten ami-panzersoldaten sieht, der auf dem Heck des Shermans stirbt...
OlliS013 2 years ago
*smacks forhead*
US propaganda? Dude you take this video too personally. You can find the full footage on youtube that includes the sherman being hit, the author here only bothered posting the Panther getting KOed part in as the title suggests.
Mcplkelly 2 years ago 2
hey pal, as I knew this happened in cologne, this panther appeared and was K.O. by a Pershing, using 2 shots and it's girostabilyzer, i eaven got a source, Death traps by Belton Cooper, on the middle pages you can see photos of the panther an the Pershing... so it's not proganda, because there was no propaganda about tanks like germany did in ww2...
Lasarus89 2 years ago
that fire coming out of the hatches is that the amunitions
Dominykas14 2 years ago
Yes it is. Ammunition fires were the main cause of tanks burning up after hits, mainly because either the shell itself or the metal fragments thrown inside the tank by the shell would impact the cordite propellants in tank shells and ignite them.
The Panther itself often burnt up, mainly because the ammunition was stored on the side of the tank where the armor was the weakest and when most allied tanks had to hit it. When hit in the side the ammo was likely to be hit, just like in this video.
Mcplkelly 2 years ago
PANZER TANK!!!!
kbk1061 2 years ago
prety freakin awsome, and they layed enough led on that poor german tank huh? but prety awsome!
tokorev747777 3 years ago
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the camera man sucked
lkwbforu 3 years ago
youre an idiot. he was in a combat zone, getting shot at, and the concussion from the explosions knocked him around.
CaptainAmerica322 3 years ago 3
lets see you try to get that close to bullets and explosuons..........
ironman3112 3 years ago
What happened to the panther crew?I read somewhere that driver killed instantly and some of the fleeing crew killed by gunfire but not sure...
umutferhat 3 years ago
They were gunned down, but I don't know if it was ever mentioned what killed them.
iusethistointernets 2 years ago
It Was a M26 Pershing
LWWolfenAce 2 years ago
You can see the Germans start running right when the second shell hits. I'd imagine that got them. The driver died instantly.
CaptainAmerica322 2 years ago
i know that some crew members ran away but they got shot
CookieRevenge 2 years ago
What is that church in the background?
VicVegas84 3 years ago
Cathedral Cologne
Kölner Dom
ocean735 3 years ago
war has changed
DonMasakoni 3 years ago
how?
CaptainAmerica322 3 years ago
my god where did you get this! It's awesome! :D
arkinoth 3 years ago
the tank burning is a German Panther being hit by a Pershing. it got hit 3 times. the one seen fleeing around the corner is its commander
6669990 3 years ago
Very impressive footage.
f1matt 3 years ago
i dunno but what ever destroyed that tank hit it 13 seconds in you can see it go into the tank under the turrent where it connects to the body of the tank
Redmond91 3 years ago
i dunno if it was another tank didnt see any big explosions looked like the tracers hitting it were pierceing maybe it was a antitank rifle (just a guess)
Redmond91 3 years ago
I believe this was the Battle of Calogne, My Grandpa fought there.
LoneWolf051 3 years ago
antitank rifle cannot penetrate heavy tanks like panther... they were efective only in early war
andreher 3 years ago 2
awesome footage
gage44422 3 years ago
holy shit what dod thay hit that panzer with i know no sherman killed it unless its the upgraded one but i mean damn !!!!
puremilitary101 3 years ago
All honor to that tank crewman, he died the hero death
Jotunspor 3 years ago 2
They might have gotten away. atleast 2 of them came out of the tank and 1 of them is seen fleeing around the corner. The other one does look like het gets shot by mg fire but no way to be sure.
diramonsky 3 years ago
IT's a bloody PANZER!!!!!!!PANZER PANZER PANZER you bloody oaf!!!!
sahutchinson 3 years ago
panther or panzer?
hollinsusmc 3 years ago
panzerkampfwagen V 'panther'. learn a little bit about equipment before asking.
protfl 3 years ago
i am learning by asking fuck wit and i wasnt having a go b4 u started..
hollinsusmc 3 years ago
i answered u, dumbfuck. next time browse google before asking such noobish bullshit. u could have asked what tank there is in the video, but u wrote stupid crap instead.
protfl 3 years ago
it was a question u fuk hed no i dont wast my time googleing shit like this. i asked and u fucking idiot had to put your 2cents worth in fuck off u gay cowboy
hollinsusmc 3 years ago
try asking ur mother who is ur father then.
protfl 3 years ago
not you u fucking fagg lmfao grow a dick and some teeth lmfao
hollinsusmc 3 years ago
Why are you so rude at him? He asked friendly and you go on a rampage for nothing... grow up seriously...
Jotunspor 3 years ago 4
hi anyone want to chat
wanting new friends H5
8830609 3 years ago
ok ok look pal I have the utmost respect for every motherfucker who got his balls blown off for some other assholes idea (nations leaders) so lets not get that so twisted here bud. Ya know what I'm glad you recognize that RESPECT. So peace to ya in whatever ya do. These men had famalies, friends, maybe even some pussy to go home to. Its all too very fucking bad. When the ones that deserve to be burned alive are the ones who put these men here instead.
blackreagan 3 years ago
I would like to see you not flinch in the middle of that chaos. Those Hitlerites got what they asked for and exactly what was coming to them. I only wished they all had burned. Those who sow the wind will reap the whirlwind
blackreagan 3 years ago
YA know not every german soldier was a nazi most of them dint beileve in naziism but when your country is at war is dosent fuckin matter you help your people no matter what
ninjaFAUST 3 years ago
yeah ok what the FUCK ever pal. YA know its too bad my country was'nt at war with you. Because I would definetly tuck you in for your dirt nap.
blackreagan 3 years ago
You know what i find funny and sad at the same time is the man who killed those men had more respect for them than you do as he states in the video WW2 combat footage pershing vs panther
ninjaFAUST 3 years ago 2
I sure wish the cameraman didn't flinch every time the Panther was hit. I think it was a Pershing that hit it in this video. Don't get me wrong the Pershing was formidable, but nothing like the Panther. The German crew here was obviously to blame, but it's still gut wrenching to see those flames knowing one or two didn't make it out.
panamajack7X 3 years ago
at least 3 crews escaped. or 2.. others were finished off.
FluffyDowny 3 years ago
excellent video clip.
fvw88 3 years ago
It burning like american tanks:) But I dont know...
foman17 3 years ago
is that in berlin?
fixelmox 3 years ago
Cologne
rcGHOST01 3 years ago
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Fake
peon22 3 years ago
Wow! Great Footage. I loved the part at the end when I realize that its right at the colonge Cathedral! I was stationed in germany in the early 80s and loved that town. The view from the top of the towers is awesome!
Airborne80 3 years ago
It always scares me when i see geniune free for all combat footage from world war 2. I cant imagine what it was like, so much bravery and fear for everyone.
ge1org1e 3 years ago
Now this is some awesome combat footage. Not too many clips like this.
jrpeters5 3 years ago
La posibilidad de ganar para el Phanter era minima(casi nula), fue atacado por la parte mas debil del blindaje .... pienso que el resultado hubiera sido diferente con su blindaje frontal ubicado correctamente ... sindo asi ¡¡adios pershing!!!
markatlet 3 years ago
i think its pershing shooting at panther tank
yazor3 3 years ago
OK, people, although this is the famous Pershing video footage of an M-26 taking out a Panther, it's not quite the Panther that everyone thinks it is. This is a prototype Panther 2, of which very few were made, and at the end of the war, even those were pushed into service. The give away is that the turret is set farther back on the hull because it is armed with a long 88, the kind found on King Tigers. Compare this with a regular production model Panther, and you'll see the difference.
flyontheguy 3 years ago
It is a standard G model panther. it was knocked out by Clarence Smoyer infront of the colonge Cathedral and is very well documented due to the fact that this was one of only 26 documented armor on armor encounters made by the Pershing. Later this same day a M-26 was knocked out by a tiger I 3 blocks away with 3 shots to the left turret side at night. i would suggest reading the 2nd armored div unit histories or "death Traps" written by Belton Cooper.
compaq2441 3 years ago 3
The panther 2 was assembled in prototype form and captured the only surviving example is in the Patton Meuseum at Fort Knox KY It has a soft steel mock up of the "schmall turm" turret as well there.
compaq2441 3 years ago
This is the famous tank battle scene in the Alte Stadt in Koln or Cologne in english. M26 pershing took this tank out and cut its crew down.
jjhays36 3 years ago
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not a panther, ignorats, that's a ferdinand, a small kind of german tank
DERZEEMAN 3 years ago
Umm, no that's definitely a panther..
zurich163 3 years ago 2
no you foolish ignorant retarded simple minded idiot its a panther.
rustydeathpipe 3 years ago
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idiot, your naked mother with 4 niggers in a xxx movie!
DERZEEMAN 3 years ago
Dumbass, thats a panther learn your tanks before you try to make yourself sound smart.
jrpeters5 3 years ago
Looks like a vid Ive seen of a pershing tank making kills but it could of been a Sherman Firefly that had a 17punder gun and the Panzer had only 50mm thick side armour and 120mm at the front.
YouFucked2 3 years ago
This footage is pretty sick...
fevershorty 3 years ago
Oh man, that Panther had no chance... He didn't even have his frontal armor facing the Pershing, but rather his weaker side armor, that's gotta suck..
zurich163 3 years ago
How you know it's fighting a Pershing? Just wondering because I can't see it :P
pwner9999 3 years ago
Well, generally speaking, it would HAD to have been to make such large holes. The Sherman's gun, while it would be strong enough to get a kill shot at that range, it wouldn't have been as dramatic as this.
Tr0nMakesPr0n 3 years ago
This video is tooken from a documentary and the actual gunner in the pershing who destroyed the panther in this video talks through it and you see footage of the pershing looking for the panther trying to find it i think it might be on youtube somewhere
Ramerez491 3 years ago
After posting the comment I went on research and I found an entire page dedicated to that tank crew. Also with pictures of the Pershing. And film of the Pershing and Panther together :P Thanks anyways!
pwner9999 3 years ago
the germans knocked out a pershing too. It was in Cologne 1945 a Pershing from the 3rd Armored Division was knocked out at the distance of 250 meters with a single shot.. from a german tank destroyer(88mm)
g36c1 3 years ago
the germans knocked out a pershing too. It was in Cologne 1945 a Pershing from the 3rd Armored Division was knocked out at the distance of 250 meters with a single shot.. from a german tank destroyer(88mm)
g36c1 3 years ago
the panther tank was angled wrong in this situation they were hit in the weekest part of the body the flank over the runing gear if the panther was front on to its foe, it would have withstood more punishment as the frontal part of the panther was well armoured and mostly of all sloped for better deflection ,but any tank battle at this close range would do any tank a great deal of pain
rolficus 3 years ago
Panther would have been equally as screwed frontally at that short range against the Pershing 90mm gun. WWII tanks didnt have hitpoints you know, the Panthers armour would have offered little protection at that range. Its glacis might have stood up better, but its turret could be holed pretty easily at that range.
But then thats tanking at its best, the Pershing crew flanked the panther and destroyed it from the side, not required given the power of the gun on it, but still smart tanking.
Mcplkelly 3 years ago 2
yes indeed you are right at that range all i can say is carnage no matter the size of gun or thickness of armour but the panthers strongest poin is its fron on stance the thick base at the gun of the panther even at that range was a hard nut to crack
rolficus 3 years ago
Everyone in the Panthertank survived...You don´t see much of this close-to-fight material in combat footage.
888erkan888 3 years ago
Actually all the crew died. One of the crew lost his foot and fried in the fire, the others got a few feet away before being shot down by infantry or something else.
Mcplkelly 3 years ago
You can clearly see 4 make it out. 3 make toward the Cathedral the last runs right, behind the building. I Found out that three Crew members were found in a shelter near the Cathedral with other Civilians the last Who runs right unknown, and The Gunner Was killed by the first round.
Slovak84 3 years ago
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this is shit
g36c1 3 years ago
es cierto...pero fueron muy pocos los casos asi...acordate que muchos yankees salian corriendo ni bien veian el panther o tiger.
saludos!
sieg heil!
DERZWERGE11 3 years ago
jeje si pss al parecer este panther tuvo problemas mecanicos por eso lodejaron asi sin apoyo de inanteria. ademas lei ke un cazatankes aleman 88mm destruyo a un pershing cerca de colonia.saludos
g36c1 3 years ago
did anybody note the hole made by the 90 mm proyectile?up of the wheels?amazing video.
DERZWERGE11 3 years ago
well, at 0;30 you can see tree holes: one in the turret, one abobe the weels on the left and the one you mentioned
EAMR262 3 years ago
Did I mention for example Tarawa or Iwo Jima, where the Japanese had over 400 pillboxes in the last quarter mile of territory? Where there were 99.9% deaths on the IJA side?
I guess you couldnt find a comparison anywhere in the EF or WF like that - not even Verdun or, Tobruk or Stalingrad.
LordButtercracks 3 years ago
George Marshall Army Chief of Staff as well as FDR realized Germany was the bigger threat than Japan And adopted the policy of "Germany First" The A-bomb was intially meant tobe dropped on Germany but they surrendered before the bomb was ready for use The hard part of fighting Japan was logistics due to the vast sea areas in between key Japanese strong points,some of which were entirely bypassed and left to wither on the vine
After Midway the Japanese Navy was virtually defeated and ineffective
plutaris33 3 years ago
No. FDR and Marshall knew that the Japanese were a larger threat but knew that before Operation Downfall they had to finish off Germany and stop the Soviets from winning wholesale the subsequent land grab.
The Germans were surrendering from 1943 (300,000 in Tunisia) and in the ETO it was only a matter of time.
The Pacific Theatre was much larger - as in China, Russian Far East, all the way to Australia and to India on the other side. Burma theatre itself is bigger than whole European fronts
LordButtercracks 3 years ago
and he was right
DERZWERGE11 3 years ago
The M-26 Entered the war to late to make any difference. It took the americans this long to make such a tank that could take on a tiger, even then who could say? I have only heard and seen a picture of one M-26 along side a tiger it knocked out. The tiger sparked fear into those who encountered it. Ask or read any veterans story and the will confirm it. Anyway its a panther thats in video.
elephantslippers 3 years ago
I stand corrected. POBODYS NERFECT.
70bonnie 4 years ago
Just call it as I see it. Somebody got them first rather than the other way around. The humor aside; thats war.
70bonnie 4 years ago
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Theres one Panther that made a fine barbecue. That Nazis crew sure did'nt waste any time getting out of that burning oven. The commander looked like the first guy to bail out. Just wonder if they all made it out.
70bonnie 4 years ago
Bist du nicht ganz dicht? Nazis? Barbecue?
Du gottverfluchter Narr! So sprichst du über Menschen, die sinnlos sterben?
Wie alt bist du?
Lud0665 4 years ago
First of all bro, those are real people and that is a real thing so stop this foolish line about barbecue etc., real people died there...
Pusztuljka 4 years ago 6
right
niar6 3 years ago
Yeah, better to drop that punk-attitude.
Skilppari 4 years ago 4
Incredible footage.
capetown99 4 years ago 3
fuckin crazy machine...
RadekEU 4 years ago
Attack from a M26.
Plastrio 4 years ago 2
Hitler didn't kill Eva, she killed herself with a cyanide pill. He shot himself
zzsql 4 years ago
Wait, apparently Linge shot hitler after he took a cynaide pill.
I'm reading this book called "The Hitler Book" generated by interviews of Hitler's staff after the war. Very interesting reading.
zzsql 4 years ago
To be honest with you. The building of the atomic bomb ended the whole war. Hitler didnt even surrender he was a coward who shot not only himself but killed his wife also.
Armageddon360 4 years ago
the tank is a panther rather
Ilissill 4 years ago
It would really suck to be traped inside that tank and burn alive.
Ilissill 4 years ago
this is cologne battle I watched in a documentation
MAVERICKALP 4 years ago
This is just amazing footage!!! im really impressed! 5/5!!
Awsome!!!
Akula23 4 years ago
Great footage. Only 20 M-26 Pershings saw action in WW2...this is one of those 20.
It blew the crap out of that Panther, which it could, with it's 90mm main gun. An M-26 also knocked out a Tiger II (King Tiger).Had the war lasted longer, the M-26 would have proved the un-invincibilty of the Panther(seen here on fire) and the Tiger. And the myth as well.
plutaris33 4 years ago
""An M-26 also knocked out a Tiger II (King Tiger)""
Not so. No M-26 ever knocked out a King Tiger (or vice versa).
There are only two documented proven Pershing/Tiger engagements and that was with the Tiger I. Both tanks scored 1 ko each.
Mangani245 3 years ago
Since mostly Tiger II's were produced after 11/44 I would doubt that no engagements between the 2 tanks ever happened. According to several tank, AFV websites, an M-26 did knock out a Tiger II. The Tiger II was not considered a very good upgrade of the Tiger I. With it's enormous weight and underpowered engine, it was a terrible tank to lead Germany's last great offensive, Operation Watch on the Rhine. They would have been better served with the much better Pzkw V "Panther" leading the assault.
plutaris33 3 years ago
""Since mostly Tiger II's were produced after 11/44 I would doubt that no engagements between the 2 tanks ever happened.""
Most Tiger IIs served in the east. Tiger II was a very rare tank in the west by the time the Pershing entered service, while the Pershing was even rarer.
The two tanks NEVER met in combat.
Mangani245 3 years ago
Yes, Tiger II was not a good tank to lead the Ardennes offensive, but then the PZ IV and Panther fared little better also. It was simply terrible tank terrain in general and with the Germans lack of fuel (for every tank type, not just Tiger)then all those detours and struggles through unsuitable terrain and across bridges etc etc were the Panzer division's downfall.
Mangani245 3 years ago
Also, the Ardennes offensive played a small part in the Tiger II combat record. It's importance is overblown. Most Tiger IIs were used in defensive roles, mainly in the east (Hungary, Oder-Berlin front etc) and in this role the Tiger II was superb and took a verey heavy toll of enemy tanks. Even those Tiger IIs used defensively in the west performed very well.
Mangani245 3 years ago
Yes, they were used defensively on the Eastern Front, the Germans mostly dug them in.
Germany even had a larger tank in production, I believe one or two were partially completed and captured by the Allies. It was over 100 tons.
plutaris33 3 years ago
It was called the Maus (mouse) tank, it weighed 188 tons, and it's main gun was the 128 mm (just over 5 inches) caliber used in the JagdTiger tank killer (it also had a secondary 75 mm). The tanks hull had sloped armor to make badly placed shells bounce off, and was up to 7 inches thick. The turret front was 9.5 inches of steel (half of the Iowa class Battleships' turret face thickness).
All this was at the cost of a max speed of 8 MPH, and a range of 100 miles between refuels.
TygrysBengalski 3 years ago
The Maus was unique and if it had have entered production, would probably never have been able to cross a single bridge in Europe - it was too heavy. Also, it would have run out of fuel in a couple of hours most likely.
LordButtercracks 3 years ago
It would also have been sitting duck for allied planes like Sturmovik.
MokomaSusi 3 years ago
Yes the Allies and VVS (Soviet Air Force) did a lot of damage to enemy armor and so did artillery. If you were an Allied captain and saw one of the big cats like the Panther you would usually order your men to bunker down and request artillery or air support to take it down.
LordButtercracks 3 years ago
The Maus was an interesting yet dissapointing waist of money and research.
It is common knowledge that the Germans should have concentrated more on refining the excisting models(mainly P4)and producing them in bigger quantities rather then experimenting with the Tiger and the Panther and superheavy tanks. And to all the talk about allied air- superiority; well didn't the Germans had just that in the beginning of all their campagnes? They had it coming!!
ZerokillerOppel 3 years ago
the maus proyect was a shit! Im a pro-german but that design was a shit.a waste of effort.
salute from argentina
DERZWERGE11 3 years ago
This is a part of a footage taken in the Battle of Cologne. The Panther tank you see getting shot up, has just disabled two Shermans down the road at which its gun is pointing. The Sherman crews has bailed out, but the commander in one of them has died of his wounds later. Then, a Pershing was called upon to knock out the Panther with its 90mm gun. This video shows the Pershing shooting up the Panther. Three of the five german tankers survived.
mzj91 4 years ago 3
I taped a show featuring a story about the 3rd Armored division, which was nicknamed the Spearhead Division. They received a small number of these new powerful Pershing tanks to deal with heavier German armored vehicles. In the TV clip you can see one of the crew bailing out of his Sherman tank, missing his leg and bleeding to death !
ToySoldier2007 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
wow allen u must feel very speacil ok now go and see if u can find out wat the mix of a panther and tiger is and every 1 i no the answer and it is a true tank
depaepe14 4 years ago
After considerable research....I believe this to be a Panzerkampfwagen V Panther. LOL, I'm no expert, so I spent half an hour looking up references and silouettes.
allen1117 4 years ago
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This is famous footage from Koln. Observe how the panzer crew bail as quickly as they can. The german infantryman was very good at running away or surrendering at this stage of the war. Of course, if they were Imperial Japanese Army, it would have been a different story. This combat was largely civil compared to the tough battles in the Pacific...no buildings to hide in on a small island.
LordButtercracks 4 years ago
Well would you stay in that burning oven and wait for the finishing shot to come or try to run for it?
ZerokillerOppel 4 years ago 3
Yeah no good options. Apperently the German commander in the Panther lost his legs with one of those shots, burnt to death because he couldnt get out. Panthers were fairly notorous for brewing up, would have carried a gun like some first world war pilots for when the fire started and there was no way out.
Mcplkelly 4 years ago
I would be smarter than to join the Heer. Even U boat crew had a better chance of survival.
LordButtercracks 3 years ago
Ja, it is a Panther that is hit and that burned up.100%! Must be in Colone when i have a look at the twin tower church.
Fritztoons 4 years ago
Guys go to my youtube page...the same video is on my page but the amercian who did the fireing is being interviewed. They were i in a pershing tank. They fired on a german tank...I swear 100% just look at my page and you will see it!
robison87 4 years ago
Pershing tank M 26
look it up here at youtube or at google...
Its clearly a Pershing under the 3'th us army
i was wrong..it was not british or canadian
85Barbarossa85 4 years ago
wana bet??? look at the belts...the run weels. A Panther does not have such run-weels in the belts. I also see it on the turret.
Panther...my ASS
85Barbarossa85 4 years ago
Its a panther alright, cuz the germans are the only ones having an singel row of large "guiding and suspension" wheels where the tracks revolv about.(not reffering to the drive wheel). the tracks indicate its german aswell given they are slim but broad. Also, look at the commanders turret, the lid isnt upright, witch means its shuffed of sideways cuz crewmembers can get out, another thing indicating its german. Its a Panther alright, not sure witch AUSfuhrung(version),
Akula23 4 years ago
It's Auf. A. You can see it on the side the hull.
Holztransistor 4 years ago
have you noticed?
after the two crew disembarked the tank fired one more round. Soon after the tank caught fire in the interior, although leaving no time for the other crew member to disembark the tank ...
sobr21azzaro 4 years ago
One tiger Tank...and the americans could not take it out..without bombing the shit out of the city by plane...PUSSYS! Smart though...but the germans got balls...not the americans
85Barbarossa85 4 years ago
You are stupid, stop typing words. Just stop. Disgrace to thinking period. The German's named the Marines Devil Dog in WW2. There was a reason. Unknowledgeable fuck.
TequilaKG 4 years ago
Speaking of 'Unknowledgeable fuck'...
The USMC got the nick name "Devil Dog" or "Teufelshunde"
after the battle of Belleau Wood,in World War I.
orbitaldynamics 4 years ago
Correction Google provided you with information on when, neither the less, the reputation was enforced solidly in WW2.
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jobu88 4 years ago
Taken out by M26.
MokomaSusi 4 years ago
The sherman was a massively reliable vehicle and was easy to produce, combine that with production that could not be interupted by bombing and you can win a war! The shermans also used old dakota engines!
actonlion 4 years ago
call me stupid but... isn't it called a "panzer" tank?
diedreich 4 years ago
Panzer simply means tank in German, a Panther is a specific tank.
Gruppob 4 years ago
PANZER means ARMOURED in German. We call those vehicles tanks (from an old story from WWI when it was told that the design was that of a water tank, in order to conceil the new weapon design), but in German they were PanzerKampfWagen, (literally Armoured Battle Vehicle).
Regards
rva1945 4 years ago
you had one named Panzer VI...
85Barbarossa85 4 years ago
The main focus of the Sherman was mobility. They were meant to exploit infantry breakthroughs, not to fight other tanks. IIRC, the T-34 was arguably the best tank of the war. Panthers and Tigers were clearly the better option for tank vs. tank situations, but they were also slow, unreliable, and were (more or less) dependant on roads for travel.
hoshkins 4 years ago
I wouldn't go so far as to say they were crap. Heavily armored, slow-moving tanks didn't really fit in with the U.S. military doctrine at the time.
hoshkins 4 years ago
US and Soviet tanks were mass produced crap.
German tanks were less but quality products.
QuickSixx 4 years ago
actually if you talk to German panzer vets they will tell you that they had good armor and a good gun but they broke down constantly, they would only get about 100km or so, before they would need some sort of servicing
the Shermans would just keep runing forever
they were like hornets they might not kill right off, you but they will get you with their numbers
mikes47jeep 4 years ago
yeh, even a few generals thought that more mark IVs would be of more use on the eastern front than the small numbers of high maintenance mark Vs & VIs.
ozdezsez 4 years ago
and the most famous was field marshal Guderian ;)
leviathanmk3 4 years ago
also, keep in mind that every kraut tanker you kill is one less they'll be putting on a new crew and right back on the front lines. They HAD to hit them again. The Germans did the same as a matter of policy, they couldn't afford to feed prisoners.
buffleheadcabin 4 years ago
and is that the driver who got off scott free? I used to be a tank driver myself so I hope he did, the lucky bastard! On an Abrams it's quite often the drivers who don't make it out because of the way the turret is designed.
buffleheadcabin 4 years ago