I'm glad you addressed the Elefant in the room.

@invincible6197

6 жыл бұрын

Philipp Stetter that is just brilliant.

@philippstetter5611

6 жыл бұрын

Invincible thanks.

@Adagamante

6 жыл бұрын

GET OUT

@hughmungus1743

6 жыл бұрын

👌

@TheNordhammer

6 жыл бұрын

Do not know why the myth of Soviet infantry swarming Ferdinands and destroying them continues. Panzerjäger Abteilung 653's & 654's combat histories list off the causes of lost vehicle-breakdowns(engine fires),self-destruction, mines,artillery,spg/at-guns. Hauptmann Henning, acting Bataillon commander of II./ sPzJägRgt. 656 after action report - 'The initial fear that the Ferdinand would prove extremely vulnerable to enemy infantry proved unfounded in practice. As a result of the loud report produced when the gun is fired, and the psychological effect on enemy infantry of the Ferdinand, no enemy infantry approached a Ferdinand during any of the days it was committed. The doctrinal prohibition against committing the Ferdinand ahead of the infantry therefore appears to be unfounded."

"I told mother we saw Panthers, Tigers and Elefants. She thought we were visiting the zoo!"

@pickeljarsforhillary102

6 жыл бұрын

Lowes, tigers and brummbars. Oh my.

@xGxPhantomZzz

6 жыл бұрын

The Löwe didnt exist in real life tho

@awfullygenericname6783

6 жыл бұрын

The Red Elephant We also see a Hunting panther (Jadgpanther) and Hunting tiger (jadgtiger)

@awfullygenericname6783

6 жыл бұрын

The Red Elephant Oh yeah don't forget the Crickets, (Grille) Wasp (Wespe) and the Tortoise, leopard (leopard, leopard 1&2), Wolverines, Rhinos (Nashorn), we also see a cute little mouse too (Maus)

@dereenaldoambun9158

6 жыл бұрын

phung tran. Lmao you kill me man.

When you overengineer a vehicle to the point the henschel tiger is the simpler option..

@Kyle-gw6qp

3 жыл бұрын

The Porsche design was abhorrent!

@tommyseabee2176

3 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile 50,000 Sherman’s are built.

@michaelstark8720

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kyle-gw6qp Porsche Tiger was excellent! It was fast, powerful 88mm gun and 10 of them that remained unchained one of them destroyed 50 T-34 in one engagement. If I had to chose I would take Porsche Tiger rather than giant slow cube that Henschel was

@gabutman6144

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelstark8720 you do realize the reason why they use Henschel tiger is because Porsche tiger caught on fire the moment that thing started to move

@michaelstark8720

3 жыл бұрын

@@gabutman6144 problems are always at beginning. Those problems were fixed soon. Porsche Tiger 10 of them that saw service preformed good and one was recorded to defeated 50 T-34. Also Germans should've use VK 3002 (DB) rather than Panther. It was by all specs better tank and lighter although only 1 was made and never saw combat. I do like Panthers and Tigers, but some tanks that never made in mass production were amazing and they don't get enough credit Porsche tiger had better design.

German tank engineers: "Let's build more turretless tank destroyers, they are faster and cheaper to produce." Also German tank engineers: "Of course we need three engines in it. What a question."

@jayrodmurderface

6 жыл бұрын

Methylimidazol 3 engines? Try Sentinel

@6272355463637

6 жыл бұрын

They were more like: "Hey, we have those hundred hulls just lying around because Porsche thought he would get a contract, what should we do with them?" The answer was simple: "Stick a gun on them and use them until they fall apart."

@WaffleWaffles

6 жыл бұрын

Germany was on the defensive from 1942 onwards, for the most part, tank hunters made more sense. Hide in a bush on a hill and get some kills.

@SvenTviking

5 жыл бұрын

Claudius They should have made 3 late model Panthers.

@mandernachluca3774

5 жыл бұрын

More like German engineers: How about a powerful, cost effective and simple design? Porsche: Hold on, you absolutely need to adapt my new complicated resource hungry and unproven drive train. Hitler: Make sure to constantly raise armor thickness and gun caliber and maintain an ecstatically appealing appearance. German engineers: How could we possibly make this not completely useless and overengineered.....

Sometimes youre just having a bad day, sometimesyoure having a hard time getting past certain memories. sometimes you just need a semi soft spoken Englishmen to tell you about tanks

@klobiforpresident2254

5 жыл бұрын

"Sometimes you're having a bad day. Sometimes you see this thing rolling up."

@angrymetalhead

4 жыл бұрын

I hope you're doing better these days mate :)

@thomashambly3718

4 жыл бұрын

@@klobiforpresident2254 I think that would be a bad day in 1945

@mattw785

3 жыл бұрын

it's just the perfect accent for any kind of documentary

That moment when you tell your freinds that you have a porsche and you roll up in this

@fatdad64able

4 жыл бұрын

You know that Porsche built tractors in the 50s and 60s, don't you? Btw, Lamborghini still does.^^

@Cjoyce789

4 жыл бұрын

Bold of u to assume you’ll make it to ur friends house

@fatdad64able

4 жыл бұрын

Porsche built tractors in the 1960's

@pinecone9619

4 жыл бұрын

This thing would be a thousand times more impressive than an overpriced sports car

@JohnSmith-mk5jt

3 жыл бұрын

@Keniso S. Well, it's wartime. Countries all over the world stopped car production in favor of war industry. Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler all made tanks for the U.S. during World War Two. It's not that they didn't know what they were doing. It's that they wanted to help win the war. Besides, at that point, the Porsche car company didn't even really exist. Sure, he created the original Volkswagen Beetle, but the Porsche we know didn't exist until the 50s.

Caveman Henschel "I have invented the wheel!" Caveman Porsche "Too simple, I don't like it"

@simonzprahy9270

3 жыл бұрын

Caveman Porsche: "It needs a petrol-electric engine"

@williamchamberlain2263

Жыл бұрын

@@simonzprahy9270 and fire was invented when the wiring overheated

>Mid Engine - Check >Rear Wheel Drive - Check >Hybrid Engine - Check Its basically a 1940's McLaren P1.

@noxscotchxtape

4 жыл бұрын

918

@mitchfromtheinternet297

3 жыл бұрын

The petrol engine isn’t connected to the drive sprockets, they only charge the battery, so it’s more like a BMW I3 actually. The 918 and P1’s engine are connected to the gearbox obviously.

@creepergaming3280

3 жыл бұрын

But it's even worse

This tank was donated by the Aberdeeen proving grounds tank museum to the tank museum where it is being filmed here. The tank was actually lost in the woods of Aberdeen until a friend of mine, Joe Benson, while in the U.S. ARMY on a map exercise stumbles across THIS very tank in the woods. He notified his Sgt, who notified the 1st Sgt. and so on up the line. 2 days later there were crews with chain saws clearing around the tank to recover it from the woods, recovery took about a year. This tank was also featured on the TV series Tank Restoration. It's amazing to think that had Joe not stumbled across this tank it may very well be still lost in the woods of Aberdeen proving grounds.

@infernalzen

4 жыл бұрын

thank your friend from us!!!

@robertwittjr1198

4 жыл бұрын

strange how you can misplace something that size and only 1 of 2 in the world.

@Mr_Fancypants

4 жыл бұрын

@Russ Gallagher i mean, the U.S army lost a tank that was in the middle of an open field.

@yesman9094

4 жыл бұрын

Russ Gallagher when you think that there are nukes lost in the world its not that strange that a tank can get lost too.

@kimuvat2461

3 жыл бұрын

Didnt Pentagon lose 35 000 000 000 000 $ and dont know where it went...so one tank🤗

This vehicle was featured on an episode of "Tank Overhaul" where the crew at the U.S. Ordinance Museum team at Aberdeen Proving Ground did a partial restoration. During the process, they discovered what they believed was a disabling shot to one of the front wheels, which likely knocked off the tread. Amazingly, they were able to recover a piece of a round still embedded in the wheel and matched it to an M61 anti tank round. This round was used by the Sherman tank with the 75mm gun as well as the M10 and others. As you can see in various frames of this video, the Aberdeen team did not repair battle damage but rather painted it with a silver paint to highlight those areas. It's a great piece of history and I thank all involved for their work!

@Lecruque

2 жыл бұрын

It’s on youtube. No interior restoration or engine rebuild though. Pitty.

@hoodoo2001

2 жыл бұрын

Nice story but just as likely these hits were "is anybody home?" shots taken after the tank was abandoned by the Germans. The M61 was I believe only used in 75mm Shermans and the M10 used the M79 AP shell.

@lyndoncmp5751

2 жыл бұрын

Hoodoo Texas This is probably the same Elephant that Karlheinz Munch details being lost in The Combat History of Schwere Panzerjager Abteilung 653, page 267. This Ferdinand was commanded by Uffz. Werner Kuhl. Kuhls Elephant came to a destroyed bridge and the driver tried to turn the Elephant around but it slid off the road into a ditch. A recovery attempt to toe it with a Tiger I of Schwere Panzer Abteilung 508 was tried but there was too much enemy firing going on so it had to be abandoned. One of the road wheels was shot up while the Germans were trying to recovery it. So it was definitely hit while already disabled.

@edwardk779

Жыл бұрын

I was taken on a tour of APG before it closed. That was the day the Elephant was in the paint booth during the restoration. I entered the booth while the staff were eating lunch. The tank was of course disassembled for painting. Seeing the massive size of the wheels, etc. was a thrill. You could clearly see where a shell hit the drive sprocket.

@Namtov

8 ай бұрын

I remember from the Tank Overhaul, that the pin in the tracks came out with no rust at all. The guys were pretty impressed with the german craftmanship ( Or perhaps Polish, Russian, Jewish. )

In 2003 I was a child living on Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, US and this EXACT tank was left next to a railroad track, grey and rusting. It was one of two left in the world. I'm so glad it got restored.

@haroldfiedler6549

Ай бұрын

They didn’t restore it. The inside is a total wreck. All that corrosion.

@MattC-jg1yb

Ай бұрын

@@haroldfiedler6549 didn’t know that, but if that’s true than it’s a shame. For what it’s worth, it was already greying with flaking paint when I saw it. Late is better than never, at least it didn’t rust and flake apart.

I've been waiting for this "Tank chat" since it ship over from America :D

@allzzzzz2000

6 жыл бұрын

i wish more work was done on the interior...

@datboi6776

6 жыл бұрын

I love ur channel

@bennikdk_4927

6 жыл бұрын

i will my tank back !!!!

@stevenwiederholt7000

6 жыл бұрын

Go To Your Room! :-)

@LoneWolf-kw3ol

5 жыл бұрын

Quit doing pullups on the barrel you're going to sweat on it and make it rust

80 years old and still look formidable

Lol, the original electric + gasoline Porche before the 918

@piRaufasertapete

6 жыл бұрын

Steve LaForce pretty advanced hybrid system to save fuel (not)

@ApfelmannYT

6 жыл бұрын

Steve LaForce porsche

@einverdutzterherr8569

5 жыл бұрын

Steve LaForce Porsche !!!! NOT PORCH OR PORSCH ITS P O R S C H E !!! It’s pronounced pɔʁʃə because it’s German

@KnorpelDelux

5 жыл бұрын

PORSCHE

@Psiberzerker

5 жыл бұрын

Mid-engine, too! Well, mid-engines.

I could seriously listen to David Willey talk about what he ate for breakfast for 3 hours. He's both captivating and methodical in the way he presents these videos. It just works.

@QqJcrsStbt

4 жыл бұрын

Shows that you do not need to add false excitement, distracting music and childish excitement to make a watchable docu. Perhaps it is for adults?

@edbecka233

9 ай бұрын

4:14 - "projectile case"...no.

@veloway

5 ай бұрын

I hate to say it but I am not as excited about their modern vids as I am to David here. I rewatch his vids over and over and switch off the newer ones 90 seconds in. I wish this was not so.

The photo of the burning ferdinand at 14.58 wasn't knocked out. The engines overheated, caught fire and burned the tank out.

@invincible6197

6 жыл бұрын

roger Rumble thus, knocking it out.

@invincible6197

6 жыл бұрын

Joshua Ngau Ajang yes, as the tank will be either immobilized or on fire, both of which will cause the crew to evacuate and the vehicle to be disabled or destroyed

@HarryBalzak

6 жыл бұрын

Disabling itself is worse than being knocked out by the enemy, IMO.

I saw this tank “in the flesh” at the Aberdeen Ordnance Museum in the early 1980’s. Very impressive vehicle. At that time, they also had a Tiger 1, King Tiger and JagdTiger on display. I would not have wanted to be an Allied infantryman and see any of these tanks coming towards me. I have an incredible amount of respect for those troopers.

@laurikotivuori1585

Жыл бұрын

It's not exactly a tank

@marcanglin7127

6 ай бұрын

I saw this machine, as well, at Aberdeen in September 1981. Plenty of good color slide photos of her. Amazing beast.

Most of what I took from this is that Porche shouldn't design tanks.

@bogomir67

6 жыл бұрын

Halinspark Actually Ferdinand Porsche shouldn't be left alone designing anything. He was notorious for not listening to caution or critique of any kind. A lot of people told him that his hull design was too complicated, but he insisted to the point that he made 100 hulls from his own money. He was lucky with the Beetle and some of his sports cars. But he still insisted on obsolete technology until he was overruled by the other part of the family (Pieäch).

@ninoschier9528

6 жыл бұрын

which kept on obsolete technology (aircooled and rear engined) until they were almost killed away themselves by thd same problem

@CallanElliott

5 жыл бұрын

Turns out sports cars and tanks are very distinct things...

@ricardosoto5770

5 жыл бұрын

All Porsche AFV sucked big.... he should have sticked to car designs.

@DaGleese

4 жыл бұрын

It begs the question why Hitler ever even listened to Porsche and kept giving him a shot with new tank designs.

I really hope that the Elefant is kept here instead of rotting outside in the US again

@Hibernicus1968

4 жыл бұрын

He says it's on loan, not donated. Sure enough, it was returned to the US in 2019. Given that the US army restored it, I don't think there's any interest in letting it rot.

@dougbrowne9890

2 жыл бұрын

This vehicle, along with just about all in the US, will be stored inside from now on. They are at the Ft. Benning (soon to get a new "woke" name) Armor school.

Good example of something that was going to waste being turned into something very successful. Post Kursk the Ferdinands proved highly effective tank destroyers in the defensive warfare of late 1943 and through 1944, with many still being around at the end of 1944. The Combat History of Schwere Panzerjager Abteilung 653 by Karlheinz Munch is an excellent work, and an eye opener to those who think the Ferdinand was a dud. It certainly wasn't. It had a long successful combat life and was well liked by it's crews.

It’s too bad the Aberdeen restoration crew only stripped the exterior and gave it a new paint job. The interior has really deteriorated from being on outside display for so long. These are historical artifacts and should be taken better care of.

@thomasneal9291

6 жыл бұрын

especially since it is one of only 2 left in the world.

@CallanElliott

5 жыл бұрын

Money

@georgeh.7238

5 жыл бұрын

I remember walking around this in 1982 when it was displayed at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds. It had a pinkish tan color. Much better now, but the interior should have been restored.

@CallanElliott

5 жыл бұрын

@Cody Sonnet Which hard facts? Ones from the Nazis themselves? Can't call bias one way without acknowledging it in the other.

@GoingRampant92

5 жыл бұрын

Yet, we have political groups destroying pieces of history just because they don't like the portion of history they came from.

I love seeing battle scars on these tanks. Each one holding its own story. I wish I knew what it had been through.

@JohnyG29

2 жыл бұрын

Someone shot at it with a gun. The end. What a great story.

@sshep86

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnyG29 Not a great story that. 👀

With a 10:1 K/D Ratio the Ferdiand was the most successfull vehicle of WW2. Nearly twice the K/d of Tiger tanks. A really impressive machine even if with mechanical troubles it did an outstanding job.

Thank you very much for this brilliant description of the Ferdinand. Cheers from Canada.

Only germans can think of the Henshel tiger as being simple and easier to product.

Love these chats .Wonderful museum.

I love this videos! So glad the Tank Museum does these

This was amazingly detailed! Thank you so much for this Tank Chats series!

I was lucky enough to visit the museum in May. The Tiger exhibition is very impressive. Highly recommended!

Excellent! I really enjoyed this longer, more detailed Tank Chat. I usually find them to be far too short and this was a nice change. Keep up the good work.

One of the best tank chats yet, great information and delivery, keep up the good work!

Thank you very much for the very detailed and extended tank chat!

This is soooo good. So interesting. Love this history. Rest in peace all who fought.

Seeing the inside of the tank made me heart sink

@vtr0104

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, as I understand, this was left outside in a forest so the corrosion damage on the inside is pretty horrible :( ...

I really-really like this whole series. Thank you very much!

Very nice video , great inforamtion

I spoke to a gunner of a Elefant in 1979 He served in Italy in 1943/44. He told me he got hit 16 times in one day. And it only got minor damage from it accept for the gun, they lost a track when they had to withdraw. They blew it up and surrendered to Italian partisans in 1944

@MatE-yr5ud

6 жыл бұрын

Must have been embarrassing to be captured by a country who was once your ally then turn against you because they were weak.

@klobiforpresident2254

5 жыл бұрын

A country who turned against the ally _while being under enemy occupation_ - that last part matters.

@Galf506

5 жыл бұрын

Italy should have never entered war. They went into an impossible war for them to sustain due to Mr. Big Chin wanting to recreate the Roman empire. Can't really blame the Italians for surrendering once they were occupied by the allies, I never really got what's the issue with that. Italy at that point lost the war, it was only logical for the country to split into axis in the north and allies in the south.

@aaronschut636

5 жыл бұрын

I've heard tell of tiger 1s that were hit over 200 times by shermanators and still being in serviceable order.

@crunch9876

5 жыл бұрын

Mat E kinda like the brits and Americans who where captured by French troops who where made to fight on the nazi side by the Germans after they where captured.

When germans had hybrid tanks with eco drive in ww2 😂😂😂😂

@maddogmcfly5504

5 жыл бұрын

@4121Z0N4 another unreliable porsche !!

@Blupyx1

5 жыл бұрын

Martin Maddog the only*

@maddogmcfly5504

5 жыл бұрын

@@Blupyx1 lol

@mikek4610

4 жыл бұрын

Pineaple Dracula over 90 years of tech....hybrids still suck balls

@Gazpacho8

4 жыл бұрын

"eco tank" is perhaps not the right name for a tank with two V12 gas engines in it.

This is *Pure Gold* - LOVE this channel !!

Thanks for the work you put into these videos. I love this channel

My grandfather was at the Anzio Landings, I wish he was still here to tell me more about what he did. I know he lost many friends there though, he would have loved to have seen this tank, he may well have seen it the day it was captured! Great Tank chat! Thanks David!

Good stuff as always. :)

@wojtek9395

6 жыл бұрын

SirCircon hi!

@ghu120

6 жыл бұрын

Hahhaha

@VoltigeurGT

3 жыл бұрын

I see you’re a man of culture Circon!

@whiskypapz6666

3 жыл бұрын

Sports car tank destroyer

@laszlogman2545

2 жыл бұрын

Leave it to the buetacrats

The Tank Chats presentations are interesting and informative. Thanks for posting !!

Excellent chat, thank you very much!

It's a mid engined porsche lol

@vaclav_fejt

6 жыл бұрын

The actual Porsche in WWII was the Kübelwagen, based off the Beetle concept, which, sporterised after the war, gave birth to the Porsche sports cars. And it's obvious all German firms and brands try to stay away from their war heritage (VW, BMW, Demag, Fanta...)

@dom69foco

6 жыл бұрын

Boss made SS Uniforms. Siemens made all sorts of infrastructure, including Holocaust equipment. To be fair, all German companies will have been part of the war effort. I don't know if any refused, but they would have been put out of business.

@kleinerprinz99

6 жыл бұрын

Do they really? The all still produce war machinery.

@kleinerprinz99

6 жыл бұрын

IBM delivered the hole card computers to the Nazis to make sorting out the jews in state census much easier.

@kleinerprinz99

6 жыл бұрын

Ah yeah and British Petroleum delivered oil to Nazi Germany up to the end of the war. Curious isnt it. If you take a closer look at the war you'd notice its a war of capitalists over control of markets and resources. And everyone made deals with everyone. Switzerland being neutral in both World Wars did not hinder them from selling guns and other war machinery to all sides.

This vehicle is now at fort lee VA on display very fortunate to see it in person. Always awesome to see old German technology in person

@roberthsieh8639

3 ай бұрын

So what mos are u then? Or did u visit during an open house?

@renster143

3 ай бұрын

@@roberthsieh8639 I'm a 91A I was a drill sergeant there on ordinance island we would take all of our new 91B ait students there.

Imo. This is the best by far video you've done,to date.

Wow....just wow! This is the one that got me interested in tanks when I was a kid. I wanted a model of the elephant to play with. LOL I hope I get to see it in person some day. Great video! This is one of my favorite channels.

These things were terribly difficult to move around. Given the reliability problems, it placed even greater requirements on transport infrastructure. Its enormous weight meant that it was restricted in where it could go (that even applied to the KV-1, which was about 20 tonnes lighter). When it broke down, it required _five_ Mk IV Bergepanzers to rescue it. The whole point is that on paper, it looked good with a massive gun and very thick armour but that's of no value if you can't bring it to bear on the battlefield. I agree: it was something of a failure, even at Kursk.

@gunner678

6 жыл бұрын

Xplosion51 smaller gun, same as the Tiger 1. So more reliable but not with the same reach!

@Dreachon

6 жыл бұрын

Jagdpanther carried the same gun as found on the Nashorn, Elefant and Tiger II, the 8.8cm L71.

@johnmartin4639

6 жыл бұрын

TheThirdMan german tanks did not have reliability problems...of course you'd know this if you actually did research instead of believing ignorant "authorities" such as the asshats in the video that gets many many things wrong

@thethirdman225

6 жыл бұрын

+john martin Well, at Kursk, the PzKpfw IV was about 48% reliable. The Tiger was 38% and the Panther 37% so ze Germans had plenty of reliability problems. The only reliable German tank at Kursk was the StuG III at 68% (source: "Armored Champion" by Steve Zaloga). The PzKpfw IV was generally better than that. These problems were partly addressed when the Germans did what the Soviets did and changed from straight cut final drives to herringbone in the Panther but that did not happen until late 1944. They still only managed about 50% reliability.

@Edax_Royeaux

6 жыл бұрын

It does seem like the Sherman Firefly was the smarter concept, mounting a giant gun on the mass produced, highly mobile tank that meant these 17 pdr guns could be brought to bare almost anywhere.

First saw this as a plastic model in a hobby shop when I was like 13 years old, a long time ago.I immediately bought and built it. No longer have it, but I still think this is some kind of steam punk super tank. It was just so overcomplicated and unreliable. Could have been totally fab, with that monster of a gun.

This guy is very good. Factual, descriptive and interesting. Well done tank museum Bovington.

Great video as usual...always one of my favourites the ferdinand!

Finally a good length and a PROPER video.

yay a new tank chats!

David's beard is the winner in this video. Glorious.

Awesome! I would love to see some 30+ min videos going further in depth with some of yalls collection. This one was the best to date

The statement that Germans chose Tiger because it was LESS complicated than this thing, is pretty much all one ever has to know.

@lyndoncmp5751

2 жыл бұрын

But the Tigers performed well overall and had an operational average not much different to the Panzer IV.

I much prefer this David. A much clearer and more confident style.

Thanks Muricans! Great chat again, Mr Willey

Thank You Very Much! Very well done! Oohraah!

“Complex and fails alot.” Sounds like my BMW.

Pretty good use of unused hulls. Objectively speaking it is a pretty good vehicle. Assault gun/tank destroyer role was fulfilled. A++ in that department. Problem was the German logistics and supply that were overstreched as always. Happens when you fight on 3-4 fronts. As for reliabilty issues...why do people act like tanks did not require daily if not hourly maintainance regardless of the nation? German reliability became a meme more than a statistic. War machines go through enormous amount of strain. Even jets and tanks of today have very short run time before next check up and repair. Even more so because of the high-end electronics and other systems that are very fragile.

@MrHogGamer

5 жыл бұрын

Could still knock out enemy tanks very successfully.

@Daniel-km5me

5 жыл бұрын

"HANZ ZE ENGINE HAS BURST INTO FLAMES AGAIN!"

@blackacidgaming5672

5 жыл бұрын

this tank couldnt drive up a hill to get too a firing position lol

@julemandenudengaver4580

4 жыл бұрын

The Germans didnt made enough spare parts to the tanks.. the factorys where pushed to make panzers so no really roam for the parts

@WilliamJones-Halibut-vq1fs

4 жыл бұрын

The gun was based on the powerful FLAK 42 gun, much more powerful than the KwK 36 which is based on the FLAK 36

A truly beautiful tank destroyer!

An absolutely outstanding review.

Amazing Elefant....i have one scale 1/16

So back in the 1940s hybrids were very heavy, unreliable and had a horrible mileage? :-)

@wille1811

6 жыл бұрын

Yes but also alot more fun :D

@zxbzxbzxb1

6 жыл бұрын

Still better than a prius ☺

@frenchguitarguy1091

5 жыл бұрын

Also the elephant couldn’t go up a hill without exploding its gearbox

@NT-to3fd

4 жыл бұрын

All About smiles per gallon

@Kyle-gw6qp

3 жыл бұрын

@@NT-to3fd *gallons per mile

I love these tank chats... excellent.

I'm loving the way he explained the history!

finally a good chat about tanks and not this wargaming bs!!

@wisedonkey7644

6 жыл бұрын

Amen

A classic porsche with mid-engine, offroad capacity like canyenne, and some scratches on the driverside windshield, i wonder how long it will stay at a local dealer

Beautiful report.. thanks a million

Me encanta vuestro canal y trabajo. Gracias por compartir…

Now persuade the Russians to loan the Maus from Kubinka!

@ADudOverTheFence1

4 жыл бұрын

It couldn't even get out of the building it is because when the museum was built the Russians built where it's exhibited around the Maus lol

@creepergaming3280

3 жыл бұрын

Plus how you're supposed to transport it from Kubinka to Britain it's 188 tons

@elroyscout

3 жыл бұрын

@@creepergaming3280 trebuchette :D

@elroyscout

3 жыл бұрын

@@ADudOverTheFence1 simple: get a T-90 up to speed and them ram it into the side of thr kublinka tank museum. Then remove maus from the hole then drive it to bovington (chunnel for cross channel transit). There are clearly no flaws in this plan

@AKUJIVALDO

2 жыл бұрын

@@elroyscout why use T-90? T-72 is more than enough, museum isn't armored LOL

Ohh mid-engine hybrid Porsche. We're getting there. :-D

My Grandfather was driver of the recovery vehicle pulling the last Ferdinand out of italy. Actulay, i found a picture of him in a book about the unit 653. Tank You for this Video!

Nice long chat, love to hear about the history of these tanks\gun platforms

man we can be glad this day that porsche really wanted electric drive, can you imagine if these things where more reliable and did not need work done to them and they could stay at the front lines continuously operating, things could have turned out very differently then...

Ugh, I hate it when I run out of copper. Always everything comes to a grinding halt until some can be pilthered from somewhere. This is why you *always* get your ressorce and production aligned first *then* go wage war.

Excellent, informative, as always.

Fantastic video (as always) - thanks for posting.

@John.S.Patton

5 жыл бұрын

Hi

The fixed turret makes it slow to respond to attacks from the flanks. It works better as a fixed position long range howitzer, not as a dynamic front line tank.

@t26e4

3 жыл бұрын

It was a long range sniper. The fixed casement was a proven design for that defensive role. Also a "howitzer" is a plunging artillery round. The Ferdinand/Elefant had a flat trajectory 8.8cm KwK 43 --- meant for killing enemy armor. One of the best fielded during the war.

The Ferdinand/Elefant had a kill ratio of about 13.5 to 1. I believe this is the highest of any afv in the war.

@herecomesthatboy1961

5 жыл бұрын

yeah but at 90 tanks that's only 1,215 tanks (which is nothing compared to the amount the allies made)if every Ferdinand got 13.5 kills, and in reality most of those 90 didn't contribute either to tank kills or losses as they broke down before reaching the action.

David Willeys and David Fletchers knowledge is amazing. I hope to get to Bovington not too far in the future to meet one of them or even both.

As an ex Tanker myself, (M60) it seems like an almost perfect Tankers Nightmare. Cramped, over complex, not able to defend itself against earth pigs. (Oops) but the thing that really got me was those torsion bars, did anyone at Porche give a moments thought to field maintenance, or the fact this thing was supposed to be out in the dirt, probably getting shot at!. Thanks so much for the Series Dave; they are Magnificent machines. Fortunately I crewed my beast in the 80s and never fired a shot in anger.

This tank is irrelefant

@Methylimidazol

6 жыл бұрын

I find it elefantastic.

@c.9900

6 жыл бұрын

Outstanding!

@jacobkeeney7231

6 жыл бұрын

Your irrelevant

@XxSilverHawkzxX

5 жыл бұрын

Anal.

@patricky823

4 жыл бұрын

It can't be irrelefant. Irrelefant has a trunk.

If you have a chance to go to the Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Grounds it is worth it. They have the very rare Pz IV hydro.

@t26e4

3 жыл бұрын

The "Mile of Tanks" at APG was moved in 2011. Nothing much there any longer.

This is my favorite tank channel. The presentations here are so much more educational than the sensationalism offered on History Channel documentaries.

loving your chats on the german tanks..i deffo want to come down and go see them for real next year :)

3:00 - When you tank design is even more complex and less reliable then the Tiger I... lol

Hitler loved the idea of a massive tank capable of taking out enemy tanks with one shot. The problem was that this tank destroyer (it's not a tank (no rotating turret, not intent for leading an armored assault)) didn't fit into the concept of blitzkrieg, which was based on the combination of rapidly advancing tanks and the airforce softening up the defenders from the air while providing target information. But it was good for defensive battles where the enemy was coming towards the vehicle, which was what German forces were involved in more and more as the war turned against them. These tanks in the hull-down position on open terrain would've annihilated anything the Soviets could throw at them.

@MatE-yr5ud

6 жыл бұрын

Hitler never realized it wasn’t him who conquered france but his Generals on the ground like Guderian with his revolutionary doctrine of blitzkrieg. When he strayed away from the advice of his generals and did things his way, the war started falling apart. How would an avg soldier in WW1 with no strategic training know the best actions in a entire front let alone 3. It’s madness to think Hitler fired guderian twice who was key to conquering france in 3 weeks..

@Damo2690

5 жыл бұрын

@@MatE-yr5ud There was no deliberate "Blitzkreig" doctrine, much the same way the ",phoney war" wasn't a doctrine. Its just a term people applied

Great report on a monster of a Jagdpanzer.

Free history lessons from the tank museum 👍👍👍

It boils down to the Russian employed the KISS principle, and the Germans didn't.

Now I know why my damn Porsche spends so much time in the shop....

@tobiasburen8340

6 жыл бұрын

Mac Anix If you had one, you don't say that. It's one of the best Sportscars. But I don't like them. I prefer british. (I'm german)

Thank you. Good job. Very interesting.

Excellent Quality doku, keep up the good work

I visited that vehicle when it rusted away for years at Aberdeen Proving Ground. The interior is a mess.

I could listen bout German tanks all day long.... :)

Fantastic video. I love the longer length.

The production value and knowledge in these videos is bar none.