Back in the early '90s I visited the Panzer museum in Sinsheim, Germany where I came upon a Panther on display. Ever since I was kid I wanted to climb inside a Panther just to check it off my bucket list. Well, it was a cold Winter afternoon and there was hardly anyone inside the museum and the security guards weren't anywhere in sight, so I got onto the back of the tank and climbed thru the open loader's hatch on the back of turret and sat there in the loader's seat for about half-a-minute. My friend took a picture of me looking out the hatch. It was an awesome feeling just sitting there.

Even cut up she is such an aesthetically pleasing tank. I believe the Panther is the most photogenic tank ever manufactured, simply superb

*LOVE THE CUT AWAY, SEE THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE*

This tank was at the Aberdeen Armor Museum in Maryland. the sides were cut away to display the interior inside the museum, but after they moved it outside they didn't cover the openings only put screens on the outside to further allow viewing albeit exposed to the elements before being transferred to Georgia

@Panzerjager2344

4 жыл бұрын

I use to love viewing this when it was in MD

@mrwdpkr5851

4 жыл бұрын

I saw 2 panthers they had outside but don't remember this 1 .

@areyou0k98

4 жыл бұрын

Where in georgia?

Wow what a great "walk around"! Excellent music and views of the details-I was particularly in awe of the thickness of the armor and of course the inside shots.

A very sad video, specially with that emotional music.. amazing regardless of that, so many details, im impressed with how much of the interior is actually there, I hope they restore that tank, keeping the cuts, and put it on a museum where a lot of people can appreciate this wonder of technology

I built this one in scale 1:35 at the moment with a transparent turret, upper chassis and full interior. I’m excited about the result.

@d.j.divinedivineproduction8375

4 жыл бұрын

Gues its the Rye Field Model Catalogue # RM-5016 :-) kzread.info/dash/bejne/d6KEz8ybqsLQeco.html This is amazing to www.papirmodeller.com/review/jim/month1/month1.html Scale 1/25 paper panther with internals to !!!!! from-paper.com/en/news/military-equipment/halinski-2002-pzkfw-v-panther_eng.html

One of the best Panther walk rounds I've seen.

Just found your channel and had to say, the Panther is a fantastic looking tank! Also, my favorite in WoT, have nearly 300 battles in mine with 3 marks and a 62% winrate. That thing is just too good!

Glad they moved it inside. It was on outdoor display for a long time

Epic score Sofi, awesome.

I played on a tanks right next to it up in Aberdeen at the age of 9. Great video

Oh shit, the soundtrack, the cinematography and the knowledge that these things were once a monster that no allied tanker wanted to face yet inside were a crew every bit as terrified as an allied tankie. Thought provoking stuff Sofilein and thank you for it.

Wow. They are not kidding about the side armor being fairly thin.

Great vid..thanx for sharing....one of my alltime favourite tanks...

awesome music and description, I hope you make more in the future :D

Привет)) Как я мощь и красота. Немецкие танки технологически в своё время были на пять шагов впереди. Достойные противники.

Sofilein many many thanks for this powerful music and Video

Beautiful Medium Tank.

On a related note, I saw this Panther - and all it's brothers - when it was outside at Aberdeen. So sad. Glad they are all finally getting better treatment.

"Cut away" aka trying to figure out how the german welds so perfectly .

Great video, Sofi! Good to see the beast again since they closed the museum at APG. The Army cut this tank open as a learning aid for trainees. Several other Aberdeen vehicles were also similarly cut open for the same reason (T 34/85, Jpz38(t), for example). They were all left out in the Chesapeake Bay weather for decades. The army didn't much care about old German tanks, and there was never enough money to get them inside. It's nice to see these old friends finally getting some TLC.

@paoloviti6156

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I knew that together with other tanks it was open up for display...

@troll4445

4 жыл бұрын

I visited APG in the 80’s. I almost lost my mind, Panthers and Tigers and Brummbärs! Such a huge collection of armor in one place. Overwhelming! I even climbed inside the Tiger I through the loader’s hatch. That was a great day indeed!

@mjoelnir58

4 жыл бұрын

They should have given them back if they did'nt care.

A marvelous piece of history

As an Ex-crewman on a Leopard C2 and a 2A4MCAN this video saddens me, to cut up such a beauty....

@goldmanjace

5 жыл бұрын

exactly. WHY????

@mikehunt7977

5 жыл бұрын

@@goldmanjace Am against this but its for research probably

@gusgone4527

4 жыл бұрын

When one considers the ideology that produced it, perhaps it got off lightly. I didn't know this till recently but a whole lot of salvaged reconditioned German tanks were sold to Syria after the war. By France primarily but other countries too. They were used in combat against the Israelis who destroyed them piece meal with up gunned Sherman (105mm) and Centurions. Mostly Panzer IV and Sug III but some Panthers too. kzread.info/dash/bejne/f5abuZt8aaqWeJc.html

@jeffpeng1118

4 жыл бұрын

how is cutting it a sad thing? it's a tank... cutting it lets me see whats inside which is interesting

@VierenkillerK98

4 жыл бұрын

I am a Ex-Leopard 1 Mechanic, it hurts when I see this bad condition....

Goes to show you, how much a good theme song afects a scene. This was much more epic and interesting because of that song.

Excellent. I mean it, great video. Keep up the good work.

I saw this vehicle years ago at Aberdeen, glad its in a warehouse now. Looks like there is still enough left for restoring it to fully functional and running condition.

wow, thanks for the video 👍

It actually looks very good like this, the interior should be restored so everyone can see what’s inside, that was the purpose of those cut outs. We have so many panthers in perfect state, I think somewhere should be also opened up panther like this one. If they weld on new plates it will be such a waste!

@robertcogan7109

4 жыл бұрын

Spot on. According to Hilary Louis Doyle, this is very possibly the most internally complete original Panther.

@Extrasailor

4 жыл бұрын

You can imagine how IT looked when they got IT!

@Odessa45

3 жыл бұрын

No The armor should be welded and finished so it looks unmolested. Then the entire vehicle should be restored to running order. How can the world possible EVER have "enough" Panthers? No, the world needs as many complete, running Panthers as is possible. Same goes for all the other AFV's we've fielded. They should all be returned to running order and properly cared for. No excuse for anything else.

@ytkomar1141

3 жыл бұрын

@@Odessa45 It's funny. If there is a panther with exposed interiorlike this, than it should be preserved in it's current state. The best option for this vechicle is to be placed in a museum next to an uncutted panther, so that everyone can see complete vechicle and an interior of another of the same kind, just like panzer III's in bovington.

This really needs repainted, even show some of the mechanical aspects. Honestly I think the Panther is a very attractive looking tank. 🙃

@Panzerjager2344

4 жыл бұрын

Despite the rust, this tank is still good order which is why it is being restored... hopefully fully functional. After all they just restored the Elefant that was at Aberdeen sitting outside. I really miss that place.

@MarsFKA

4 жыл бұрын

"...the Panther is a very attractive looking tank". Said no Allied tank crew, ever. My father commanded Sherman tanks in the New Zealand Division in Italy in 1944/45 and said the Panthers gave them a hard time. On one occasion, they had to clear Rimini airfield and found it defended by a pair of Panther turrets that had been taken off their chassis and mounted at ground level. They took a bit of winkling out and my father's battalion lost a Sherman and its crew doing it.

@Chickenassable

4 жыл бұрын

@@MarsFKA Lol. Edgy eh? My great grandfather was 101st with the 327th. But I'm not going to tell "epic" stories. The Stug is also a very handsome tank

@MarsFKA

4 жыл бұрын

@@Chickenassable Perhaps your post doesn't translate well into English, because I had trouble trying to understand your "Lol" and "epic stories" comments.

The rusted relics of the conquerors always wind up on display in museum's.

I remembered my Uncle Jimmy who during the War was a M-4 Sherman Tank commander saying "I never feared a Tiger, I knew I could out run them". "Panther's were scary they could catch you."

Nicely done ✅

Wonderful Panther G

I just subscribed to the channel a few days ago, thanks to the Chieftain. The Panther is one of my favorite German Panzers ( who am I kidding, I love all the German Hardware, lol). WarGaming should really come out with a Tier VI Premium German Panther Ausf. G with the Chin Turret and the Original gun (7,5cm KwK 42/L 70). I bet they could make a lot of money with that. Love your work, keep it up.

@Tirpitz-lv2kt

4 жыл бұрын

You can have the whole panther family in war thunder😉😉 I play war thunder when it came out

this is a LATE version of the G series. the Chin Guard on the Mantlet was introduced a little late due to the Shot trap issue.

Beautiful

Awesome music!

Nice torch work....plasma cutter. Needs a good sand blasting....but some like the....patina. Sand blasted..and repainted as is...would make a fine display.

Great Music! You Great Lady =)

Wow what a tank. And you get to play in them as well? Surely that's not fair 😁

Masterpiece

Very cool. I have seen a cutaway of many items including a WW1 U-boat in the Deutsches Museum in Munich (an exceptional technology museum). It is tremendously educational to have a cutaway view like this. Perhaps this vehicle can be restored and find it's way to the museum.

@Sofilein

4 жыл бұрын

I've been to that musuem as well and I agree with you. This vehicle will be restored and displayed in the new musuem at Ft. Benning which should be displayed this year! Great resource for teaching, which is why this cutaway was done after the vehicle was captured, to teach the soldier

Another killer machine

One of the most intense material of yours. No wonder 1/4mln of views.

At least it's inside out of the elements now. Lots of TLC needed!!

Beautiful footage, zee germans built and still build fabulous tanks, subscribed.

I know a couple of kids in the local welding school that could weld this thing back up and you wouldn't be able to ever tell it was cut up.

as soon as i saw the cuts in the hull and the decrepid state of this tank and the one next to it, i already knew it came from the Army Ordinance Museum.... before even reading the description

The best tank of WW II . What a beauty! 😍

@alwaysbvb2937

4 жыл бұрын

@That one historian on internet Sorry! It has been the best medium battle tank in WW II. The best tank has been of course the Tiger. No doubt! 😆

@alwaysbvb2937

4 жыл бұрын

@That one historian on internet You really didn't have a Chance against a Tiger, if it fired its 8,8cm Kwk. Just have a look at its kill ratio! And the Panther was almost the same. But if you prefer the most destroyed tank of WW II , the T 34, or well known "thommy cooker", the Sherman, it's your choice, but not mine. 😉

@alwaysbvb2937

4 жыл бұрын

@That one historian on internet Both of my grandfathers had been in WW II and my great-great uncle commanded the submarines. By the way, the IS II had a larger gun, than the Tiger. But it hadn't its accuracy. Further questions?

@alwaysbvb2937

4 жыл бұрын

@That one historian on internet Yep. Thanks! The Tiger tank couldn't have been war changing, because Germany hadn't enough of them. 😉 It has been better that way, because in the other hand we would live in a dictatorship today. The second world war has caused so many lives. We should pay respect to all the victims and all soldiers, who paid with their lives, so that we can live in peace and freedom. It has been a high price to pay. Let's learn from wach other in respect and with tolerance. Thanks! Greetings from Germany

@bluntcabbage6042

4 жыл бұрын

@@alwaysbvb2937 >we would live in a dictatorship today Yeah, no. Tanks like the Tiger only added to Germany's growing list of problems. It was an incredibly heavy tank that guzzled way too much fuel. Germany barely had enough fuel and steel to keep smaller tanks like the Panzer III and Panzer IV running on a meaningful scale, let alone tanks that weighed twice as much. You greatly misunderstand why the Tiger and Panther were failures.

Some original dark yellow on display!

Scary tank,monster

Beast of war! Rest in peace, steel monster. You served your time well.

Грамотно!Музыкальное сопровождение 5+ !

Execellent insight into the tank... almost impossible to destroy BUT Always a way to demobilise !! Can't see can't fight theory

Beautiful and Wonderful tank ever. Hahaha. It's the default model for the common battle tank design in present. Good performance, good reloading time and good firepower. It's the best tank ever build from Germany.

@wibo3218

4 жыл бұрын

Kitsada Nanaunkham good reload time? Wot isn’t real life. Reload time depends on the loader not the tank itself

Very cool to be able to see inside the tank needs some tlc though

@Panzerjager2344

4 жыл бұрын

It is being restored... Yay!

Hope they fully restore those Panthers.. Weld back new plates, new paint, interior and engine. This video is so sad!

@TheSaintArmando

4 жыл бұрын

Stfu you emo

@Martin-jc8kk

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheSaintArmando ...

@godzillaboe8897

4 жыл бұрын

TheCleansingx no man, just restore it and show it with the cutaway. It has some unique parts to be shown and it would be a shame if they took them out to just display them outside the tank. Watching the guts of this beast in a restored condition must be absolutely amazing

The music is "I will be your Knight" by Jo Wandrini

*UNBELIEVABLE ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION. CANNOT BE CLAUSTROPHOBIC*

Please link the awesome music Edit: found the song... - I will be your knight by Johannes Bornlöf

Panther: that damn super perishing took my armor!

Pancerz 45-110 mm . Długość 8,86 m . Szerokość 3,43 m . armata 7,5 cm KwK 42 L/70 kalibru 75 mm. 24 km/h w terenie, 46 km/h na drodze.

@AKUJIVALDO

2 жыл бұрын

Fake. Length 6.87 Metres(with gun forward 8.66 M) Witdh 3.27 M(with skirts 3.42 M)

This is history.

Panther tanks during the Sekond world war ? ... Танк Пантера лучший танк Второй мировой войны ! Трофейные Пантеры давали только лучшим советским экипажам .

Polish Tank Museum in Poznan has T-34-85 with kinda similiar armor cuts. Interesting indeed.

As Aberdeen Proving Ground is closed years ago, when are they going to open the new museum? Of course this is the very late Panther Ausf. G and might have been produced in the final months of war but I can see that the rear torsion bars are sagging up but nevertheless it is still relatively intact with original interior ivory white colour. Wow...

@Leo-gc6ji

4 жыл бұрын

This is why this panther is alive :/ If it produce earlier this tank may cant see this years

@paoloviti6156

4 жыл бұрын

@@Leo-gc6ji undoubtedly but remember that most of the "opened" tanks has been left outside for years left to rotten under the rain or snow. It is almost a miracle is the tank is in this condition. Remember that most of the tanks still had the original wartime paint. Sad indeed....

@Leo-gc6ji

4 жыл бұрын

@@paoloviti6156 we are human, humans only understand something speacial when they lose them this is more distressing (i think)

@paoloviti6156

4 жыл бұрын

@@Leo-gc6ji exactly but I really wish that people realise before then after....

@troll4445

4 жыл бұрын

Don’t see alot of red oxide primer in the fighting compartments.

Very nice video. Sad the tank is cut up.

The Panther...What a beautiful machine At least...It was :((

Beside the cut of side armor, look the bad welding of all parts. It's clear that is from the end of war.

What a disgrace to cut away the side of this panther..😭 They should restore it to running order!!!!🤔

@rustykilt

5 жыл бұрын

YEAH... You foot the bill?

@blindmime5660

5 жыл бұрын

Theres like 3 other Panthers there that are being restored and they cut up the worst condition one as a museum piece.

@Drownedinblood

4 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see it run while still having open sides.

@PHDarren

4 жыл бұрын

The armour on this Panther can be put back and welded in if needed.

@d.j.divinedivineproduction8375

4 жыл бұрын

From the history point of view, this piece is amazing unique because it seems still in it original state. I did see a lot of Panthers in Europe from the inside. This one has still a lot of details. Amazing i did notice the tank Gun Sights, the Turmzielfernrohr TZF 12 its still in this tank. Also the original 75 mm holders for the Ammunition storage. Its cool to put it in a running condition. But this one is pretty unique. Better preserve the state as it is right now. There are a lot of project already . Like some running King tigers and some Panthers. This machine has a unique atmosphere. I would not change that cause it give you a really good impression how those big cats used to be . I see a lot of original details. It would be better to preserve the state as it is right now. I did use to be a owner of a TZF 9d from a Kingtiger II i did keep it to its original state. Now its at a museum in Berlin. If you change the original state, the originality will be gone for ever. That is my point of view. This piece is a one of a kind. A lot of history is inside. It would be a shame to destroy that. Then it will be gone for ever.

Sounded like a new conan movie soundtrack. If conan saw that tank he would say CROM!!!

I really dislike cutaways, especially of tanks as rare as the Panther. If it is at all possible to restore a tank to running condition, they should do that instead. If they want to do a cutaway, do it with mock-up or a replica.

@fernandoi3389

5 жыл бұрын

Is painful to see

@Martin-jc8kk

4 жыл бұрын

Yea +it's a Panther G with the rarer mantlet but anyway

@barryallenporter8127

3 жыл бұрын

Calm down Wehraboo these were all done 80 years ago when there were thousands to be had

@jederwieerwillabersojanuni3087

3 жыл бұрын

@J M / Ja das habt Ihr.

@TheMadMax1000

Жыл бұрын

@@barryallenporter8127 What are you even doing here fking dbag

Omg 💚 NICE 👌

It's older than me and in better condition, considering.

And what do I spy next to this Panther? Tiger 332. It's been decades since my brother and I had our pictures taken in front of it at Aberdeen when it was painted a very ghoulish pinkish tan color. It was then restored and put on display at the Patton Armor Musuem. This Panther was also painted the same god awful pink tan color and the cut outs covered at that time Hopefully the Panther will finally get it's due and be restored. The Elephant was restored and is in England, but I lost the Tiger I also with the side cut outs.

Needs more wd40.

I'm here for the music.

The Ammo Storage was still stored in the Sponsons of the Panther 's sides, being a Sherman Gunner, they must have aimed at dead center when shooting the side armor.

@bluntcabbage6042

4 жыл бұрын

You would aim for center mass regardless to ensure a maximum chance of hitting the target. Outside of 400 meters it becomes very difficult to cherrypick weakspots.

It's a new approach; instead of thicker armour to stop the shot, big holes so it goes through without touching..

I always looked it as a baby Tiger.

Kolik stojí? Koupil bych ho a opravil ho. Dík za odpověď.

So, any plans to restore the interior, so that it doesn't look like a rusty, shot up wreck?

I remember seeing it at the Patton Museum years ago. Did someone leave it outside or is this part of the restoration?

@robertcogan7109

5 жыл бұрын

Hi John, you would have seen the Panther II at the Patton Museum. The PII is still in good shape, in fact it has been repainted only a couple years ago. This vehicle sat outside at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds for close to 60 years before it was moved to the Armor collection now at Benning.-Rob, Armor Collection Curator

@bigdave-vm3lx

5 жыл бұрын

@@robertcogan7109 Hello Rob thanks for your hard work,if i remember correctly this is the only surviving G model turret with the chin type mantlet

@robertcogan7109

5 жыл бұрын

@@bigdave-vm3lx actually we have two chinned G Turrets here. One on thus Ausf G and one on the Panther II prototype.

@Panzerjager2344

4 жыл бұрын

This one was at the Aberdeen Museum in Maryland. I took tons of pictures in and around this one.

Deadly machinen

What is that little turret above the big turret. No one ever talks about that and I been seeing them on different variations of these tanks.

@Sofilein

3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps you're asking about the cupola? Lots of different designs for those!

Atwater did a great job preserving history...

People who fought together. died together

Eu fico imaginando o sufoco que era pra guerriar dentro de uma máquina dessa. Rio de Janeiro

British tank Museum: restores tanks to full working order whenever possible and looks after the rest like a tank daycare American tank Museum: rusting tanks and poorly painted tanks sometimes cut apart left out in the elements for years with little to no maintenance

@bluntcabbage6042

4 жыл бұрын

Bullshit. There are some amazing American tank museums. The AAF tank museum in Danville, Virginia is an amazing example. Over 100 million dollars' worth of military vehicles and gear with a ton of tanks, all but a few are in fully working order (including a running M103, several M60s, M60A2 Starship, and T-72 among many others). Don't generalize based off of one video.

@smexyskelator3209

4 жыл бұрын

@@bluntcabbage6042 I'm gonna generalize and you can't stop me He-Man

@bluntcabbage6042

4 жыл бұрын

@@smexyskelator3209 And it'll only make you look like an ignorant fool.

It needs an acid bath to stop the corrosion. Thanks Sofi.

I am surprised. I always thought the turret armor was much thicker than that.

Where did you dug this legendary monster

Always thought the armor was way thicker on the turret.

옆에 Kin Tiger...Wow

The condition is just horrendous!

This tank needs some serious restoration.

Can someone explain the grandiose music ?

this is so sad

@BFVK

4 жыл бұрын

Why ? It's so great to see inside, many Panthers still exists, one can be cut to show his guts :-)

@opoxious1592

4 жыл бұрын

@@BFVK Many? I would like to know where?

@BFVK

4 жыл бұрын

@@opoxious1592 I saw at Saumur France, Kubinka Russia, Bovington UK, Munster Germany, and at Bastogne Belgium. I guess Aberdeen US too. In East Europe it's possible to find parts in storage for old rust.

@jwenting

4 жыл бұрын

@@BFVK Overloon, the Netherlands has one too. Maybe more than one, can't remember from the last time I was there. There may be a few more in other museums in the Netherlands. Most are rather mysterious about their collections on their websites.

@BFVK

4 жыл бұрын

@@jwenting You are true, I forgot Overloon, a video can be found on KZread to see this tank

Boom!