I want to share some of my experiences as a driver and commander of such a tank: Driving it was the most fun, it did up to 80 km/h on roads and not much less cross country. Extremely low power to weight ratio, but as you can guess, no armor to speak of. We were fighting from prepared, concealed positions, firing a few shots then going full speed reverse to the next prepared positon. Since I was stationed on the Netherlands border, there was not very much room for this kind of fighting. We were hoping for the Leo II to do its job in the Fulda gap, so we would not have to do ours..... God, to be 20 again... So here are a few ramblings of an old tanker... I will call it the tank because using Kanonenjagdpanzer all the time gets tedious.... Driving was the most fun. The drivers position can only be compared with that in a small sports car. Very low sitting position, legs stretched, small steering wheel (YES, no brake levers, a real wheel). Turning cycle was directly dependend on the chosen gear. In first you could turn on a dime, literally. If you moved the wheel full to left or right one track would move foreward, the other back, turning you on the spot. You could also get the full speed reverse, but since the drivers vision to the back was exactly nil (I don`t count the mirrors which vibrated so much that you could only see light or dark). The higher the gear the lower the turn radius, so that you would always gear down if you had to cut corners. Especially driving through towns was a nightmare (as in every tank) because cars and truck are extremly fragile (see video at the end), seen from a tank drivers point of view, not to mention the beloved "throw the curbstone" game, a track can play... When you press the accelerator at first nothing happens, then you hear a loud clang, when the wading valve of the exhaust is forcefully opended, and then some 20 liters of Mercedes Diesel show you the true meaning of torque. Driving cross country is the purest joy of driving, I ever felt. It is so exhilerating that you have to do it to understand it. Its a bit like in a speedboat, only overland. This tank is extremely fast. It throws earth like a snowplow if the consistency is right. The only encounter of the third kind I had, was, when a MAN 6x6 truck tried to overtake me crosscountry - also beasts in their own way. The combat aspects are less glaring, after all its only an old american anti tank gun (of M26 fame), that was already long in its teeth during my days. You could combat the older soviet tanks (T54-5, T-62) against the T-72 onward there was no chance. The ammo types were HEAT and HESH, no sub caliber ammo available. So any vehicle with Chobham or reactive armor was safe from our ministrations. Also the low hull was a problem (as it was a boon when hiding), giving only a very low view position for the commander. His position was equipped with a 360 persicope with up to 8x magnification. The gunner had NO gadgets whatsover available, only a monocular with an ancient taregting system, no laser or similar toys. You had to measure the dimensions of an enemy tank via markings in the lens and calculate the range in your head - this tank was made long before the event of the electronic calculator.... we are talking early 60ies technology. Funny renough my training made me an expert for WW2 tanks, because of the similar systems. Maybe the fact that the training of tank crews in Germany, had not really changed form those "other" days, did help, too. The "Zielansprache" has not changed a bit. "2 o`clock, enemy MBT, range 1.000 yards. 1 shot Quetschkopf (HESH) fire free" "Loaded" "Fire" clang. And then the loud howling noise from the tank commander who did forget to pull his left foot back, because the empty shell had a tendency to land exactly on the spot where the tip of the foot usually was. Inside the tank you do not really hear the gun sound, because the interior is overpressured during firing, so that the fumes are blown out of the barrel, instead of polluting the interior.

@roccomanfretto3232

5 жыл бұрын

I can subscribe the horrible speed on and off road, in which the off road was the real pleasure cause of the excellent suspension. And it has a huge inner space, room enough to invite comrades to party. Aiming the enemy tank was a bit tricky for the gunner, that's right. A good gunner had to know the dimensions of enemy tanks to aim and fire faster than the enemy. Fortunately i just had to proof my skills at a shooting range, not on the battlefield.

@taufiqa.farizi9103

5 жыл бұрын

nice insight man. this tank is my favorite in War Thunder!

@christianschwab3804

4 жыл бұрын

Ja, Kamerad. Das war ein toller Panzer. Offiziell fuhr der ja nur 75 km/h. Unserer fuhr auf der Autobahn, als wir mal alleine waren locker 100 km/h. Da haben wir Enten (Renault Cv2) überholt.Vom Auspuff her dachte man da aber eher an eine Lokomotive, so kamen der Dampf und die Funken heraus. Der Lüfter hörte sich an wie eine Flugzeugturbine. Das fanden wir damals natürlich geil.. Hätten wir allerdings bei 100 km/h eine Kette geschmissen...Aber wer denkt in dem Alter schon daran. Du warst Kommandant? Das heißt, zumindest Uffz. Ich hoffe und denke, Du warst ein Besserer als mein Kommandant. Meinen hätte ich im V-Fall umgelegt. Mit Kameradschaftlichem Gruß. Ein OG (Richtschütze)

@inevitablecraftslab

4 жыл бұрын

what are you talking about ? "we where fighting ... " You are german you never where in any war you just fooled around. jesus christ ...

@PeterKreft

4 жыл бұрын

@@inevitablecraftslab My father might beg to differ...

What a machine! This is like a modern version of the Hetzer and the Jagdpanzer. I like the fact that the engineers and developers used the German WWII tank destroyers as basis of design, not being afraid to use a 'Nazi-era tank' as design. Too bad the tank destroyers era is long over.

@hansulrichboning8551

Жыл бұрын

When the soviets introduced T72 und T64 the 90mm gun became obsolete, 165 of them were converted/modernized with US TOW-missiles.Scrapped after the cold war.

I was a gunner on this Tankhunter. The shoot was incredibly. Wowommm.After 35 years I dont forget this "wom" Ok, it was WWII Technique.. Herzliche Grüße an alle Kameraden der Panzerjägerkompanie 100 in Pfreimd. `s mou gai !

@PeterKreft

4 жыл бұрын

440 Wuppertal

@reinerlodders314

2 жыл бұрын

PzJgKp 280 Dornstadt 1985

Wunderbar

Selbst gefahren 89/90! Der Sound von dem V8 ohne Aufladung ist/war einfach geil! Wobei die Leistung nicht überragend war🙈

@reinerlodders314

2 жыл бұрын

Dito 1985/86, PzJgKp 280. Leistung war genug da für das Leichtgewicht, finde ich.

Amazing, looks contemporary

Auf dem KaJaPa habe ich Führerschein gemacht. Im Gelände und auf der Straße ein schneller Panzer. Das brummeln des V8 Diesel ist immer noch klasse.

The iagtpenser kenonee.... :)

Hey isn't that based off the hull of the ru-251?

@p_filippouz

3 жыл бұрын

No, but the cannon is the same 90mm BK-90

Needs new track.

最後の無砲塔駆逐戦車だろうね。 S-103が退役し、L3試作車両も採用されず、今後駆逐戦車は造られないだろう。

Panzerjägerkompanie 40 Kassel 1982 - meine Wehrpflicht

what with the cross behind the tank?

@thetankchannel9370

6 жыл бұрын

We believe it was originally in service in Belgium

@potassiumcyanide3857

6 жыл бұрын

The Tank Channel no not that iron cross the cross on metal plate under her hull i notice it for long when using her

@panadatm

6 жыл бұрын

Potassium Cyanide It’s a convoy light used so that the vehicles can follow each other in the dark without their lights being on.

@frankb.4684

5 жыл бұрын

@@thetankchannel9370 No, originally a "Bundeswehr"-thing. The cross marks the headway in a convoy while nighttime. When the convoy tactically moves without lights.

@stef91614

4 жыл бұрын

Potassium Cyanide It's indeed a night convoy light. This JPK is the 1.6 of the first platoon from the Belgium 9Li tank killer regiment based in Soest Germany

best tank in wot

@Zeta_Reticulum

4 жыл бұрын

Best tank to lose battle

@bikelifewill6483

4 жыл бұрын

WOTS fucking shit

@idiedlongago2336

3 жыл бұрын

jagdtiger 8.8 anyone? 😁

IT IS NOT A TANK . IT IS A TANK DESTROYER . THERE IS A DIFFERENCE .