Panther v's M26 Pershing The Battle of Cologne (Köln)

German Panther tank vs M26 Pershing - The Battle of Cologne (Köln)

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[Matt Patt]

Anyone know the name of the song that starts at 1:01

[spottydog4477]

Hi Matt, It's titled - "ich hatt einen kameraden" (I had a comrade)

[ronvnelalencia]

"During the summer and autumn of 1940"(Battle of Britain)

Beginning on 22 June 1941 (Operation Barbarossa)

Before Ops Barbarossa, Germany actually tried to takeout the UK and failed i.e. UK's Spitfires/Hurricanes are 1st rate designs.

"During the summer and autumn of 1940", it's basically UK vs Germany and the UK was out-building Germany in aircraft production.

UK is also gearing up it's aircraft carrier fleet. UK's WW2 navy ultimately mirrors the Japanese WW2 naval fleet composition.

[ronvnelalencia]

Germany was attacking the UK before it attacked the USSR. Germany didn't attain air superiority and UK was out-building Germany in aircraft production.

Like the battleships, tanks are also vulnerable from the air. USA's P-38 Lightning is an effective tank killer and influenced A-10 Thunderbolt.

[YksiSuomalainen]

The Soviet Union would have still attacked Germany. In 1940 the Germans had about 4000 tanks, the Soviet Union about 20000. The Soviet Union was arming for massive war and it had moved its armies and airforce directly to the border next to Germany and Romania. It was just a matter of time who would make the first move. The war between the nations was inevitable. The only wars what could have been avoided were the wars vs the Western nations and Poland, but all of the leaders wanted war.

[Fritz Witt]

God Bless the Tankers Who Died and were wounded on both sides. R.W.M. 2/33 Armored Regiment.

[NusMEsa]

ur clueless bro... only reason germany lost the war is because they attacked the USSR. if they stayed allies with the USSR they could have taken UK easily and US couldn't do nothing...

get your facts straight...

[Sindrie1]

The gunner IIRC of the tank gave an interview to history channel and they asked why he fired so many times and he said it was standard practice to shoot the tanks multiple times because otherwise if they fall back and the Germans get that land again they will just repair the tank and send it back out. He also said after they destroyed the tank they just drove past it and never bothered checking it out because he did't want to know if he killed anyone or how many.

[Varpushaukka82]

Humanity, most fucked up species on the earth, killing each others for thousands of years... I wonder if the killing ends only when there is one person alive and he/she probably does suicide.