(1/5)TANKS! Assault Guns and Tank Hunters Sturmgeschütz

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Video Running Time 00:54:00 in 6 Parts


This episode of examines German assault guns and tank hunters.

German tanks fell short of dominating the battlefield after Stalingrad. To fill the huge gap of German armor vs. the huge numerical superiority of the Allies, Germany turned to a new revolutionary solution. The assault gun. A turretless armored vehicle with a high caliber gun with a low silhouette. Assault guns were cheap to produce and posed a difficult target to hit. The German Army became so desperately short of tanks that assault guns were used as tanks.

The Hetzer, Jagdpanzer and Jagdpanther were very successful tank hunters. All were very popular with their crews. All 3 had high velocity guns, with low silhouettes and slopped armor. The Jagdpanther was one of the most successful weapon designs of World War II. The Jagdpanther possessed the excellent L-71 anti-tank 88mm gun. The L-71 was the higher velocity L-56 88mm gun the Panzer VI Tiger used. The low silhouette and heavy slopped armour made the Jagdpanther the greatest of all the tank hunters.

The JagdTiger was the most powerful armored vehicle of World War II. However, it was underpowered and used 8 gallons of fuel per mile. Its 128mm gun could destroy any Allied tank at any range. The JagdTiger was nothing more than a moving fortress.




Enjoy this excellent episode of TANKS! Assault Guns and Tank Hunters.

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[StaffanGoldschmidt]

Ohaa here we go again, still no corection! Nashorn is pronounced NAS HORN not NASH ORN

[2bn442RCT]

@StaffanGoldschmidt Yes I know you keep repeating yourself.

[daAnder71]

The tank destoyer at 9:30 is a "Nas-Horn" not a "Na-shorn". If you want to have it pronounced "sh" in German, you have to spell it "S-C-H"!

[MisterNail]

Cool video.



[tarapita]

most of the time the narrator has no idea he's talking about... and/or vido footage shows smth really different, not to mention really horrible and inaccurate CG

[winchuni22]

Weeeeeeeeeeeeee guns!

[ThugCologne]

actually the range of the Sturmtiger wasn't that limited, the range was at least 5000 meters and thats not bad for a 149cm long and 345kg weighing HE-Round

[Tiger1AuasfE]

God i hate it when they say NASH-HORN....

[peyo001]

@ChaosTicket Correct they are not tanks, they are, as you pointed out, tank destroyers.

[BigAndTall666]

The first tanks had NO turrets, stug´s are tanks too!

[Tiny578]

Yes indeed it is called nashorn and not nashhorn. Note the differnce in the grammar settings. And I will be glad to come over to your house to tell you all about how it works... *trying to be funny*

[Theakker3B]

Well, "turretless tank" isn't really a proper name for the destroyers and assault guns.

[MrOrmesby]

The troops that knocked out a Sturmtiger wouldn't have 'breathed a sigh of relief'... they would have simply said..."My god... knocking that out was easy"...