(3/5) TANKS! Assault Guns and Tank Hunters Sturmgeschütz

[stallion052]

where is the tank museum at? does anyone know?

[Vladek385]

WARNING! Assault midget or child on 4:06!

[notaire2]

The German ingenuity in making weapons is impressive.

[49bobbyk]

Hitler could have defeated the Soviet Union if he had been prepared, properly equipped, and had the Japanese support him. Hitler should have given Stalin a two front war.

[49bobbyk]

Very informative documentaries.

[xrt199]

If I'm not mistaken, I remember reading a book about American paratroopers who were issued gas masks. But they chunked them because they were so bulky.

[noblepuker]

roadkill,though i agree to some degree,your 'annoying fat american' comments reek of prejudiced bitterness. This documentary is far too interesting to be bothered by a fat american who only appears a few times.

[CoreMaster111]

04:06 is that weeman??

[Roadkill263732]

fat american still annoying and arrogant

[god4488]

The Hetzer had a remote controlled MG42 on the top.

[danbarnosu]

in what type of dibisions where the Stg's placed...in artillery divisions,panzer or infantry

[hylander611]

@danbarnosu The Sturmgeschütz Were primarily equiped with the Panzer Div. then as more of each model were produced, they were meted out to individual Inf. and "shock"Div..As they reached prod. lvls they would sent to the most needed Div.

The Sturmgeschütz  were used as "stop-gap" measures, to re-claim a front or Div. area of control.Very versitile weapon platform,able to rapidly respond to situations quickly.The Sturmgeschütz saw MUCH active duty on the Eastern front, and less the west.

[Peorhum]

Hmm-No army was able to do mass artillery during WWII but the US army eh? The Russians were very much able too as were the commonwealth armies. In some battles the commonwealth were able to call in at one time 300 guns onto an indirect target within minutes. He should read up on British history both for WWI and WWII-Mass artillery was huge in battle plans of the commonwealth armies. The Russians don't call artillery the gods of war for nothing.

[MokomaSusi]

@Peorhum

Russian artillery was very inaccurate.

[Peorhum]

@MokomaSusi Most artillery of old was inaccurate thats why you mass artillery. But from all I have read Russian artillery was not any worse then most.

[canadaloveswhiskey]

@MokomaSusi when you are able to basically oblerate a square kilometre with a Katusha rocket battery you don't need to be very accurate.

[hellspawn1488]

It would take at least an 88 to take out that fat bastard Atwater

[JAGDPANTHER20]

funny.

[MikeSavageguitars]

@hellspawn1488 Plump for sure, but he is one of the only people you see on the documentaries who seems to have his facts straight. He has one hell of a playground too!

[calimar28]

The Sturmgeschutz (Stug) is a hellava weapon. The "self propelled gun", later known as a "tank destroyer", but to some always a "tank", fullfilled many roles. It could attack along side with turreted tanks, or it could mount offensive or defensive actions with the infantry. It's low sillhouette made it ideal for "camoflauge warefare". It could hide in a bush and never be seen. This was a great vehicle that could "multi-role". Its value to the army was immense.

[xrt199]

Even if you hate what the Germans stood for, you have to give them grudging respect for their ability to wage war. If they had not started a front on the east and took care of business to the west and south first, all of Europe and Russia might very well have been under their control. And they did it without the resources of Russia or the US. Their advances in science are still seen today.

[noblepuker]

Much respect,I agree.Anyone but hitler would've concentrated on V2 and me262,,kept a few highly upgradable tank designs(instead of dozens they worked with),horded fuel,use 190s & 109s while secretly mass producing the me-262.The 262 alone,in large numbers,would controll the skies.Launch V3s into england for surrender.Where else could the usa mass invasion troops with england secured? Europe would be firmly in german hands.Meanwhile,russia would get stronger,so timing and secrecy would be crucial

[xrt199]

If Hitler had listened to his generals, the war might very well have turned out differently. He fancied himself a brilliant tactician because he fought as a lowly private in the first war. Most of his generals were too afraid to disagree or confront him. Being surrounded by yes men is a recipe for disaster.

[MokomaSusi]

"If Hitler had listened to his generals, the war might very well have turned out differently"

How is that? Even good generals can't make supplies out of nothing.

Most generals (and other germans) after war always blamed Hitler from mistakes and when something did go well it was always because of their smartness...

[xrt199]

Germany did not lose the war through lack of supplies. In fact, even at the end of the war, Germany was pumping out huge supplies of material ... even with the bombings. If Hitler had not started the war on two fronts, a move his generals tried to talk him out of, he would have taken care of business in the west and controlled all of Europe. The Russians were holding down his troops in the east. If those troops had been free to repel D-Day, there would have been a different turnout.

[noblepuker]

@xrt199 Yes,the germans might have stopped the allies,but doing so would've weakened defenses in the east.Russia wouldn't have allowed germany to control europe...this would've triggered a russian attack in 44'.Russia was allready preparing for invasion,and would've drove right through the weakened east front.Your plan MIGHT work,if the timing was perfect. The germans were fighting a losing battle anyway you look at it.

[konigtigertank]

@noblepuker

If Hitler had used his poison nerve agents, he could have severely put a dent in your hypothese. Noone else had them and there was no defense at the time against them. It also puts a dent in the theory Hitler was a "madman". Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

[noblepuker]

@konigtigertank Fair enough,nerve gas never entered my mind...good point actually.I don't think ANY soldier carried gas masks.I may have said he was a madman at some point....but he was a risk taker,which is a trait of a good leader.He was heartless when it came to his men,and people though.This kills his reputation.

[konigtigertank]

@noblepuker

Gas masks would not have worked on these agents at that time.

I have to disagree with you that he was heartless; the war affected him deeply, he aged greatly during it; he could appear heartless as "the Fuhrer", but in private, he felt some pity. He even refused anaesetics for minor operations on his ear and throat; gave up watching movies, goin on picnics, and he lived a fairly frugal life style during the war to show his solidarity with his troops and also visited the wounded~

[noblepuker]

@konigtigertank Hi tiger,i've seen your name many times under WW2 vids.Your comments are allways respectfull,and sound...thank you.My hitler being heartless comment stems from his refusal to let beaten,exhausted,and sometimes starving troops from retreating...and his refusal to surrender near the end of the war.He could've saved tens of thousands of lives...but he let them suffer.I didn't know about his private life,maybe he did have a heart,a small heart.

[konigtigertank]

@noblepuker

Thank you. I agree with you, esp. where Stalingrad is concerned. The blame for that catastrophy can't be laid at some generals door. However, in the terminal phases of operation "Barbarossa"(Dec 41), had his iron will wavered, there could have been a total collaspe of the German war effort.  After his assissination attempt in July 44, Hitler offered a "conditional surrender" deal thru Stockholm Sweden to the Allies. It was rejected. So, the continuation of the war can not be...

[konigtigertank]

@noblepuker

solely laid at Hiter's doorstep. The Allies were trying to play a General Grant and insisted on "Unconditional Surrender"!! This obviously was unacceptable to Der Fuhrer, German keen sense of honor and pride, and he afterwards forbade any further peace negotitations...

[konigtigertank]

@noblepuker

on his birthday.... heartless, not really!

[xrt199]

@noblepuker You may be right. We'll never know.  It was always in Hitler's plans to attack Russia, but I have never read anything about Russia's plans to attack Germany.

[hetmanbasza]

@MokomaSusi

Yes! It would turned out different!

Hitler did exactly everything opposite of what his generals considered "common military sense" . He overruled them frequently and to everyone's suprise he was mostly succesfull especially during 39-43. Today, we call that "unconventional warfare". He liked that and rewarded anyone who showed bravado and some balls under fire.

Early on, his addvice to an up and comming local Natzi leader was: "Just take it over and become local "furher"!

[hetmanbasza]

@xrt199

You are falling victim to history written after the war. Logically see the situation as it was in 33.

He intimidated, bluffed, bulied or conqured practically All of Europe. The rest signed on with him except England.

Prime minister of Chechoslovakia had a heart atack in his office when forced to sign over Sudetenland, FDR held him in something of a aw and Time magazine called him "Man of the year in 38".

Damm!, I'll say he was doing something right for a few years.

[hetmanbasza]

@noblepuker

Loyalty is not equivalent to brains. Goring had the first jet propelled aircraft presented to him in 1938 and the only thing he said was: Eeee, no future in it...

Lesson learned: Don't send your beer buddy to evaluate future of aviation!

Biggest blunder: Declaration of War against USA. That was insane!

[hetmanbasza]

@xrt199

Strongly dissagree! Hitler got 56% of all of his war materials from Stalin starting from sept 1 untill first day of Barbarossa.

As a payment, Stalin wanted: Tanks, Aircraft and latest tech.

Brits/American intel could not understand how was he able to cotinue military buildup with domestic supplies.

Pre war estimates told them that he had only 18mo worth of "stuff" in Germany.

Hitler's problems started the day he went to 2 fronts.

[SiriusAeon]

thanks for the vids. here in germany you will never see that documentation of tanks.

[taintedhistory2]

There isnt even normal programming like this in Germany? Does the government consider a program (such as this for ex)on history propaganda? That's pretty extreme imo.

[SiriusAeon]

many people in germany would think: this docu is a glorification of the 3rd reich

most of the programs in germany only shows the brutality and the crimes of wehrmacht, ss troops etc.

nothing about tactical or weapon technnology themes.

[Bereft008]

It's a shame really. The Wehrmacht was the most efficient military machine in WW2, they held the ground against overwhelming odds. They were professional soldiers. In any country with a healthy national spirit that is cause for pride.

[taintedhistory2]

It's understandable yes (not to glorify war) but the allies are not completely innocent either. I'll leave it that so this thread stay's to topic.

[taintedhistory2]

Yes these are very good docu's. The narrator is excellent. His voice meshes perfectly. Great information as well.

[HoustonGD]

I agree Love the chubby English guy from Bovington.

[taintedhistory2]

hehe yes, he's good too. Someday I need to take a vacation and visit the Bovington tank museum.Also, rare Speer factory footage in this video.

[DecoratedSPLATTER]

@HoustonGD i do agree i love watching the english gentleman from bovington, such a wealth of knowledge he's just interesting to listen to

[DecoratedSPLATTER]

@HoustonGD  i agree he is quite a wealth of information i wonder if there's anything he doesn't know about tanks of WW2

[Assaultpredator]

@HoustonGD

He's also on the Weaponology show, and he does a great job in that as well

[Bereft008]

I think some important information is missing. Like the armor penetration of the guns used, the slope of the armor plates, and of course the countermeasures the Allies did, if any. And when I hear things like "the running gear is shaped very oddly" I would like to know why the German engineers did it so. Nonetheless I watched these videos many times, they get me every time :-)

[curufinwe03]

@taintedhistory2

I also like the music of these excellent documentations. It creates the right atmosphere.

[landseerromeo]

@taintedhistory2 Think what you want. The narrator is Patrick brother from Spongebob.

[TheDarwiniser]

@taintedhistory2

the best part is how it isnt a huge american butt kissing exercise.

its probably the most neutral doc ive seen.

[abyssio]

pride of the fatherland

[badassbaca]

nice video! congratulations. keep up with the good work.:)

[jamesjcg]

this is such a good doco, thx for uploading it! im enjoying every second