the 88mm anti-everything gun

@AKUJIVALDO

9 ай бұрын

That was a 88mmL71 and not 88mmL56. Much more powerful and deadly gun in 1943. 88mmL71 were mounted on Nashorns, Ferdinands, Jagdpanthers and King Tigers...and also were a anti-tank guns.

@jonowens460

9 ай бұрын

Rokk n Roll😂❤

@wirelessone2986

9 ай бұрын

​@@AKUJIVALDOAre you saying in 43 the L71 was more powerful or the L56?

@pkanne6057

8 ай бұрын

@@wirelessone2986L71 definitiv 🎉

@winter15motivation44

8 ай бұрын

Infantry??

The Nashorn used the 88 mm Pak 43, the same used on the KingTiger. The Shell had twice the propellant than the 88 mm shell used by the Tiger l. Was the most Powerfull AT gun of war. A real Beast.

@Absaalookemensch

9 ай бұрын

Correct. It's like comparing a .30 Carbine cartridge to an AK-47 cartridge. Both are .30 caliber, but the chamber size is much larger for the 7.62x39 AK-47 cartridge.

@kiowhatta1

9 ай бұрын

It used the 88mm Pak 43/1 L/71 and was lucky enough to receive sufficient tungsten carbide cored round, the Pzgr. 40/43, was capable of penetrating 190 mm of rolled steel armour at a 30° angle of impact at a distance of 1,000 m.

@kiowhatta1

9 ай бұрын

Despite only 494 vehicles being produced as a stopgap in 1943 before production switched to the jagdpanzer IV, they still managed to create six Schwere panzerJäger Abteilungen with 45 vehicles each. Having built a 1/35 scale model it is truly an awesome machine despite its armour vulnerability.

@kiowhatta1

9 ай бұрын

Well the Tiger I had a modified 88mm KwK 36 L/56 gun modeled on the Flak 36 which comparatively was slightly inferior to the larger 88mm KwK 43 L/71 mounted on the Tiger II and the Jagdpanther, Hornisse/Nashorn and Ferdinand/Elefant Panzerjäger‘s.

@jpmtlhead39

9 ай бұрын

@@kiowhatta1 The Nashorn hold the Record for the longest tank kill of the war . Almost 5 kms away he knock out a T-34/85. The sheer power of that gun had no match since is introduction on the Battlefield until the end of the war.

I can't remember how many times I've reread Panzer Aces, but Albert Ernst's story has always been my favorite.

@Rebellpanzer

9 ай бұрын

Probably the same as me, this guy was a 1st rate soldier and a good man

@couchwarrior2449

9 ай бұрын

I have read Infantry Aces. Great book.

@freddieclark

9 ай бұрын

Yes, a reasonably good book. Its a pity that Kurowski was such a nazi apologist and resorted to embellishment and outright fabrication in many of his works. many of his books focused on "hero-making" at the expense of historical truth.

@panzerivausfg4062

9 ай бұрын

I started the book two weeks ago but I'm still on Becke... Albert Ernt is the last one, starting in page 472

@nicktozie6685

9 ай бұрын

Incredible warrior

0:23 nashorn and marder in same frame ! Very cool to see

@Slamraptor

8 ай бұрын

The size difference is insane. Nice shot.

@vapormissile

2 ай бұрын

​@@SlamraptorPzJg-1 wants to play

Patience was everything to that commander.

@sonsofthewestredwhiteblue5317

8 ай бұрын

They say that ‘patience is a virtue’…. I guess when you’re smack bang amidst the most hellish mechanised warfare humanity could devise to that point and the consolation prize for ‘getting it wrong’ may well be an AP suppository which ruins you and your crews day with blinding sheets of molten steal as an appetiser. I’d max out my virtue stats in advance if were he too.

My Opa was a Panzerjager. He was in the 43rd Abteilung 1 company in the 8th Panzer Division. His vehicle was the Marder (which you can see in the opening scene of the video). He ended up in the Panzerjager IV L/70 towards the end of the war. He said his unit “borrowed” a Hetzer that never found its way home.

@wirelessone2986

8 ай бұрын

Did they take it from another unit?Never found its way back was it destroyed?

@eshelly4205

8 ай бұрын

@@wirelessone2986 I’m not sure. I have a photo of it. I couldn’t find it on the equipment allocation for Panzerjager 43 Abt. Maybe someone can shed light. It’s a very good question

@wirelessone2986

8 ай бұрын

@@eshelly4205 Well alot of the detail is lost after they die..my grandad was 3RD AD 83RD RECON and there is sooo much I would like to ask him

@eshelly4205

8 ай бұрын

@@wirelessone2986 absolutely my friend . I just wish I asked better questions when he was alive

@nathangillispie51

7 ай бұрын

Probably like it was in korea for my dad. Marines stole equipment from the army when they needed it.

We scale modelers thank you immensely.

The Nashorn was built on the III/IV Geschützwagen (as was the Hummel ) which married parts from both vehicles to make it a Sonderkraftfahrzeug ( special purpose vehicle ).

@JanHoellwarth

9 ай бұрын

Literally every German armored vehicle was designated a “Sonderkraftfahrzeug”.

@Furzkampfbomber

9 ай бұрын

@@JanHoellwarth Almost every vehicle build for the Wehrmacht was called 'Sonderkraftfahrzeug', armored or not.

@RobertoHernandez-cw1jn

8 ай бұрын

Germans and their way of bunching multiple words in order to make one long word.

The correct German pronunciation is “naz-horn”, which means “nose horn”, which is the German name for the rhinoceros. Yes, the Germans named it the rhinoceros, or rhino, presumably because the 88mm gun stuck out so far in front of the chassis. It could also have been because a charging rhino is so dangerous and deadly. Anyway, it is NOT pronounced like the English “sh” sound, as in “shape”.

@petermcgoldrick3872

9 ай бұрын

The Nashorn was named as such - or, rather, re-named - on Hitler's order, as he deemed its original suggestive name insufficiently aggressive. Its original such name was "Hornisse", or "Hornet", in line with certain other German armoured SPGs - e.g., Wespe (Wasp), Hummel (Bumblebee), Heuschreke (Grasshopper), & Grille (Cricket).

@cgross82

9 ай бұрын

@@petermcgoldrick3872 Yes, I can’t imagine that Hitler was too pleased with “Cricket”, LOL!

@mikepette4422

9 ай бұрын

yes i assume its a robot but its hurting my ears when is says Nash Horn lol

@dhss333

9 ай бұрын

The Brits pronunciation is ridiculous: "Shtalin, Geshtapo."

@cgross82

9 ай бұрын

@@dhss333 Actually, the Germans pronounce it “Geshtapo”. Anytime you see “st” in German it is pronounced “sht”.

I'd never heard of the Nashorn until now. Thanks for posting. From the old Aussie.

I've always thought these were some of the coolest tank destroyers of WWII.

There was a lot of WWII footage here that I've never seen before and I've seen quite a bit. Well done.

@opoxious1592

8 ай бұрын

I was also very suprised. Fantastic footage.

@randallturner9094

8 ай бұрын

Quite the mish-mash of vehicles in here though.

Thank you for this very informative vid. Never knew much about the Nashorn, let alone the ace mentioned. Learned a lot. 👍

@FactBytes

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Did exactly this in a game of Squad Leader in the 80s... I took out a whole column of T-34s with my three Nashorn! It was a great game that one...

@somerandomvertebrate9262

9 ай бұрын

Indeed it was. 👍

@kevinedwards7206

9 ай бұрын

i played squad leader.. and advanced squad lead.. great games❤

@ottobaym01488

9 ай бұрын

В реальной жизни все не так 😂😂😂

@ourshelties7649

9 ай бұрын

I still have all the squad leader games, and a few other Avalon Hill games.

@randallturner9094

8 ай бұрын

@@ottobaym01488ASL was pretty close, Otto. They got the “feel” right. Disclaimer - I was a cadet at West Point, we preferred chart driven miniature rules but the squad leader games were close, and led to fewer “you can’t see that!” arguments.

Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what/whom the orator was describing. Professional class A research project!!! Special thanks to the veteran tank crews. Sharing personal information/combat experiences making this documentary more authentic and possible. Fighting/perishing/surviving knowing certain death/debilitating wounds were often times possible. Yet still advanced forward regardless of the consequences. That's true grit style determination to succeed.

Nashorn also took down the early deployed Pershing, just proves 88 was truly unrivaled at that time.

@winter15motivation44

8 ай бұрын

After all perishing was twice as armored as compere to Sherman tank German guns can easily blow up them in theroy in single shot in turret by panzer4

@jamesvetter4033

8 ай бұрын

was it a Nashorn or a Hetzer, which took down the Pershing...or did they both take down a Pershing or two? thanks!

@einundsiebenziger5488

Ай бұрын

@@winter15motivation44 After all, Pershing* was armoured twice as much compared* to Sherman. German guns could* easily blow them up in theory* ...

How a video with so much information even exsist is beyond me!! How the old Film and text became aviable is almost impossible!! So much details!!

@stargazer1744

4 ай бұрын

I often think the same when watching all this incredible WW2 footage we would have never seen if it hadn't been for this beautiful tool called Internet, and You Tube within it ! I keep downloading as many documentaries as I can , foreseeing the unfortunate possibility of Internet dissapearing from the face of Earth one of these days.... Just in case, you know.

@einundsiebenziger5488

Ай бұрын

... so many* details.

Never seen that footage of nashorn

Hummel and Nashorn An often forgotten Tank destroyer in ww2, overshadowed by something like Jagtiger, JagPanther and stugs

@williamzk9083

8 ай бұрын

The Germans had two types of tank destroyer. Panzerjaeger like the Nashorn which had light armour and hopefully a big gun and jagdpanzer which had heavy armour. The first jagpanzer was the Jagdpanzer IV. It was at first to be called “StuG IV never art” to emphasises the KwK 42 L70 gun but Guadarian had them renamed. There seems to have ben an argument over whether the artillery branch would continue to receive these or whether they were allocated to the panzerwaffe.

Good to see some different/new footage of the Nashorn and other AFVs. Some channels keep rehashing the same tank footage (eg a field full of King Tigers on manoeuvres), whether it’s relevant to the narrative or not. Nice job here, although not so keen on the AI voiceover.

@FactBytes

9 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Prounced as Nas-horn vs Nash-orn.

Thanks for the Update

When well employed and with good tactics the Hornisse was an outstanding weapon.

@coachhannah2403

9 ай бұрын

Vulnerable to artillery and air

@tyree9055

9 ай бұрын

​@@coachhannah2403Infantry, too, if they get close enough.

@coachhannah2403

9 ай бұрын

@@tyree9055 - Yes, thanks.

Man these guys had balls of steel! To sit in there in an open top TD with the engine off while shells rain down. It's incredible that when a round penetrates a tank, not everyone will necessarily die and they can fight on. There is a movie called T-34 Iron Fury where a round goes through and kills the bow gunner but they get it together and fight on and win.

@gerhardswihla1099

9 ай бұрын

At close range the 8,8-cm-KwK 43 could easily over penetrade a T-34. The explosive fillment in the tank shell did explode after it passed the enemy tank armor twice and didn't explode inside the tank as intended resulting in much lesser damage.

@Spartan902

9 ай бұрын

@@gerhardswihla1099 It was from a Panzer III I think firing a 75mm KwK 37.

@gerhardswihla1099

9 ай бұрын

@@Spartan902 How do you come to this conclusion? Mine references is to the Russian night attack where two t-34 responded firing beside being hit by the 88. Didn't noticed that a Panzer III Ausf. N was mentioned.

@Spartan902

9 ай бұрын

@@gerhardswihla1099 Sorry mate but I was referring to the tank in the movie I mentioned. Not on the documentary.

@stargazer1744

4 ай бұрын

Bolshevist propaganda...

The long barreled 88mm on the Nashhorns, Kraut tank killers were absolutely lethal to all Allied tanks at what deadly out to 3 000 meters.

Fascinating documentary story-telling here OP, also I think the editing job is right on the money as well. And repeatedly during the war on the Ostfront, a smaller number of German tanks were able to run large formations of T-34's in circles and blow them up one by one... so seldom is there a flattering picture of the expertise of Russian tank units big or small. But the Russian T-34, while an excellent tank overall, had many designed in impediments for most of the war. Maybe one T-34 in 5 had a radio, the rest had to play follow the leader. Also in the T-34, the turret floor did not revolve with the turret. This meant every time the turret was turned, the commander and gunner remained stationary and had to scootch in their seats, all the while trying to load, aim and fire! The T-34 saved Russia but of course, it was far from perfect.

@stargazer1744

4 ай бұрын

Saved Russia...but bro, at what cost ! They must have lost thousands and thousands of them ! And - as usual with the Soviets - all the losses figures released by them after the war don't even remotely reflect the true figures they keep under 7 keys in the Kremlin's vaults !

Exciting narration had me in suspense.

Not like an Elephant, but like a Nashorn. ; )

Insightful look into the deployment of early TD's.

First shot kill from 1,800m. !!

Thanks guys for making these great videos!

@FactBytes

8 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

Vitebsk, notable in my mind for two other things -- During World War II, the city came under Nazi German occupation (11 July 1941 - 26 June 1944). During Operation Barbarossa, 22,000 Jews, or 58% of Vitebsk's Jewish population, managed to successfully evacuate to the interior of the Soviet Union, thus saving themselves from the impending Holocaust. Much of the old city was destroyed in the ensuing battles between the Germans and Red Army soldiers. Most of the remaining local Jews perished in the Vitebsk Ghetto massacre of October 1941. The Soviets recaptured the city during the June 1944 Vitebsk-Orsha Offensive, as part of Operation Bagration. Also, Vitebsk is where the Red Army intelligence services first discovered German archives detailing the heroic defence by its garrison of the Brest Fortress --- which was one of the places that took the brunt of the opening offensive of Barbarossa. Previous to this STAVKA in Moscow was unaware that the Brest Fortress held out much longer than they had previously thought.

I can not imagine the cold, maybe they just got used to it after a while

I believe a Nashorn scored the only kill against a Pershing tank on the western front. Was early 1945.

@chriscarbaugh3936

9 ай бұрын

Seem to recall that as well

@danielmccoy8875

9 ай бұрын

Uhhhh by that time most of the German armor was out of fuel or destroyed..the Nashhorn was deployed heavily on the Italian front..My uncle talked about the GERMAN Artillery

@pat5882

9 ай бұрын

@@danielmccoy8875 uhhhh, KZread: Mark Felton Productions Nashorn vs Pershing Germany 1945

@tattoojack1969

9 ай бұрын

According to Warfare History Network a Pershing of the 3rd Armored Division, a T26E3 named Fireball, was hit by three rounds from a Tiger and was knocked out on February 26 1945 in Elsdorf. Two crewmen were killed and the tank was later recovered, repaired, and returned to action.

@mikepette4422

9 ай бұрын

allegedly a Jagdtiger killed one too but there is some dispute as to what actually destroyed the Pershing many claimed it was a Pak Gun of some sort because there was no sign of the killer when the area where the shot came from was searched. I'm not even sure if this story is true or made up but I read it a few years back somewhere.

The tall siloette and thin Armor made it a dangerous vehicles in more than one way - the other dangerous thing was the 88/ l 71 gun - a real killer

@williamzk9083

8 ай бұрын

Low silhouette wasn’t any worse than the Showman and some of the American tank destroyers. It was still almost twice that of a StuG

@einundsiebenziger5488

Ай бұрын

The tall silhouette* made it a dangerous vehicle*

The German was a excellent warrior with there technology and fighting nouse they were a good foe!

I saw an 88 at the WWII museum, it was overwhelming.

Albert Ernst would live to be 73, He passed away in 1986. Why do you not include this sort of information?

Such a great Channel here !

Lesson learned. I been wondering why i had been so bad at WarThunder lately

Great account of the battle!

Great footage, awesome narration.

"Those things could put a round in your hip pocket. ' a comment on the accuracy of the 88mm from an old fiend who had the extreme bad luck to be under fire from them.

@patricksodders3745

9 ай бұрын

I heard the same comment from a WW2 vet in 1970, they could put a round in your hip pocket

@wbnc66

9 ай бұрын

@@patricksodders3745 it was probably their largest sniper rifle in inventory

@snacks1184

9 ай бұрын

Records show on average a 88 crew would fire 20 rounds to get one kill.

@wbnc66

9 ай бұрын

@@snacks1184 That might be accurate . I was just repeating as first hand account I got from a fellow who had been on the wrong side of the weapon.

God Bless Him!

@einundsiebenziger5488

Ай бұрын

Who is "him"?

Great job!

It had a hybrid Panzer III/IV chassis. The Hummel (150 mm gun) used the same chassis.

@williamzk9083

8 ай бұрын

The Hummel due to its 150mm gun was considered more valuable than the Nashorn. Little known is that the Germans did deploy APDS ammunition. The 150mm Gan could find something equivalent to in 88 mm FLAK 37 shell and, 105 mm guns goodbye something equal to 7.5 cm PAK 40. These didn’t use tungsten just ordinary steel.

Please observe is pronounced Nas-horn, not Nash-horn!!! Otherwise my favorite tank!!!

@darnaby4110

4 ай бұрын

Observe this video is in English.

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:03 🌄 *Introduction to Lieutenant Albert Ernst's combat experience* - Lieutenant Albert Ernst's excitement about his first combat experience in the Nashorn tank destroyers, - Description of the Nashorn tank destroyers and their mission in response to the Russian offensive. 03:06 🏞️ *Arrival at the Village of Vitebsk and battle preparation* - The arrival of Lieutenant Ernst and his platoon at the Village of Vitebsk, - Briefing and tactical planning for the upcoming battle against the Russian forces. 06:03 🚀 *Engagement with the approaching Russian tanks* - Ernst's decision to wait for the right moment before opening fire, - The intense engagement with advancing Soviet tanks, the precision of the Nashorn tank destroyers, and their impact on the enemy. 09:02 🔥 *Intensified battle and enemy retaliation* - The continued exchange of fire with enemy tanks, - The resilience and effectiveness of the Nashorn tank destroyers, - Escalation of the battle as enemy tanks retaliate. 11:09 🌌 *Nightfall, enemy regrouping, and second attack* - The transition to night, relocation of the tank destroyers, and collaboration with grenadiers, - The surprise second attack by enemy tanks and Lieutenant Ernst's quick response. 13:20 ⚔️ *Final clash and victory* - The final clash with enemy tanks, including the disabling of three tanks with a single shot, - The successful defense, resulting in the end of the enemy tank assault. 15:11 🎖️ *Aftermath and recognition* - Lieutenant Albert Ernst's remarkable achievement in the battle, credited with 14 tank kills, - His recognition and award of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Made with HARPA AI

Great video

@FactBytes

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit

Great video 👍🏻

I wish I was half as much of a man as my grandfathers were

Vitebsk isn't a village. It's a town/city.

"Unstoppable"? It is really light armoured and have a very high silhouette. They only had a chance at long range and/or in ambush position. Still a formidable weapon when used with its drawbacks in mind. There is one running Nashorn in the Netherlands (one of only three complete ones still existing).

@Cult1022

9 ай бұрын

As you say, consider your advantages and disadvantages. Do the same with your adversarys. Together this result in tactical guide how to engage. And if you can force it upon the enemy, you will prevail.

Flake 88 mm gun recorded a great and successfully printed finger designed gun during WW2

@alexhubble

3 ай бұрын

Well, quite.

It's not the Flak36/37 or Tiger 1's 88 mm, it's the Kwk43, like in the Jagdpanther or Königstiger

Great footage. The only remark - Vitebsk was not a village but a medium-sized town by that time.

@stargazer1744

4 ай бұрын

I think Vitebsk is located in Bielarus, although the narrator doesn't mention where.

nice

@FactBytes

9 ай бұрын

Thanks

Great AFV but too few were made. Also had no overhead protection, the VT fuse in an artillery barrage would have been a serious emotional event for the crew.

@randallturner9094

8 ай бұрын

First use of the VT fuse for artillery barrages was by the US in Battle of the Bulge, late 1944. It was never available to Soviet or German land forces in WW2, and don’t think operational for non-Western AA though Germans had some experimental designs. Just sayin’. Of course all open topped TD’s were vulnerable. Trade off is improved crew access to the gun, ie, rate of fire.

Interesting piece, even if the narration was awkward and poorly delivered. At least it was AI.

Fun fact. The average lifespan of a Russian t-34 was not even one full tank of fuel. That's right, on average, t-34s were destroyed or incapacitated via breakdown on average before they consumed one full tank of diesel

My grandfather died at Auschwitz. He fell out of the guard tower.

@hashteraksgage3281

4 ай бұрын

Mine died from typhus

The Nashorn has the longest tank kill record.

@geroldfirl

9 ай бұрын

How was the gun aimed side to side?

@Zach-bu6dv

9 ай бұрын

​@geroldfirl they would have to move the tank left to right entirely, since it was a fixed turret.

@geroldfirl

9 ай бұрын

@@Zach-bu6dv Seems like it would be hard to get any kind of accuracy with such a crude aiming mechanism.

@Zach-bu6dv

9 ай бұрын

@geroldfirl in a fixed defense and ambushes is where the excel. They just have to traverse the tracks, but most assault guns or fixed turrets like that, have a tiny bit of room they can move the barrel. Just depends. They're actually very useful. And they still use fixed turrets like that today. Maybe not always for tank to tank engagements though...

@geroldfirl

9 ай бұрын

@@Zach-bu6dv Yes I would think a fine adjustment for barrel traverse in addition to the coarse adjust using the tracks would be necessary for precise gunnery.

Pz IV engine could not be described as powerful.....but great video 👏 with good narrative.

@hashteraksgage3281

4 ай бұрын

The tank had a good power to weight ratio, that's why the engine was powerful.

A: What shall we call our new tank destroyer? Admittedly, it looks a bit like an elephant. B: Ok, then let's call it rhino.

@einundsiebenziger5488

Ай бұрын

The Elefant was the name of the later versions of the Ferdinand tank destroyer, and the word the authors of this narration were looking for is "mammoth". Still completely different from a rhinoceros.

I appreciate the work that people put into making these videos possible. My chief complaint is that I'm sick of AI voices. I would rather hear a human being fumble and bumble, delivering the best narration he/she can. Maybe other people will agree with me when I say a genuine effort sounds better than a computer. I would be happy to lend my voice.

A "prehistoric elephant" is called a mammoth (Mammut in German). A Nashorn (rhinoceros) is a contemporary animal. And "S" and "H" are always pronounced separately in German. What is "SH" in Englisch is spelled "SCH" in German.

I would say the Nashorn resembles a triceratops rather than an elephant. Otherwise, excellent work.

Nice film. What was the point of the Elefant/Ferdinand? Was that not essentially the same thing on a heavier, less reliable chassis.?

@tomhoffa2681

8 ай бұрын

hello dan the Ferdinand was built on Porsches chassis of the Tiger 1 tank that was cancelled for the Henschel design. i believe wikipedia may have some info on the Porshe Tiger with its odd twin motor electric rear wheel drive, and did originally use the same turret and gun as the Henschel tiger 1.

@randallturner9094

8 ай бұрын

Completely different missions though.

@keithbrown7685

7 ай бұрын

The Elephant was best at plowing. The weight of that thing... oiii

@einundsiebenziger5488

Ай бұрын

@@tomhoffa2681 Porsche*-Tiger. Designed by Ferdinand Porsche, founder of Volkswagen, and later of the namesake sportscar company.

Great video mate👍🇦🇺👍

@FactBytes

3 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Strangely the Germans thought the Nashorn was not a Successful design, could have made thousands of em instead of big Cats.

It’s not NASH HORN, it’s NAS HORN, translated Nose Horn, the German word for Rhino.

Fascinating account!!

Less than 500 Nashorn were ever produced. Like everything with late war Germany not enough produced, not enough spares, not enough fuel, not enough aircover. When knocked out or abandoned rarely recovered and lost.

Ernst's feat in here is featured in PSX game Panzer Front. You can play as him (Falken Unit) with the Adler/Eagle unit, although the Buzzard is nowhere to be found.

@donrolo6499

9 ай бұрын

Bussard

@ottobaym01488

9 ай бұрын

Какой подвиг он нацист😂

@hededcdn

7 ай бұрын

Loved that game!

When u as a WoT player find out the nashorn was actually an op tank😂

@RobertoHernandez-cw1jn

8 ай бұрын

Every german tank in WoT is mediocre compared to everyone else, fielding experimental trash and such thay is OP compared to the obsolete germans. .

@crowbirdryuell

8 ай бұрын

russian bias after all

@sirhoopalot1

7 ай бұрын

Years ago, the Nashorn was a pretty damn good TD in WoT. Still have my highest score and 8 kills in it. Nowadays, it's crap because WoT never updates its older tanks, they just keep adding clown cars, rocket engines, and autoloaders.

@SweatyFeetGirl

6 ай бұрын

russian bias? far from the truth. @@crowbirdryuell

Don't you mean prehistoric Rhino not Elephant?

Do you have a favorite Tank,Tank destroyer or AFV?

@FactBytes

9 ай бұрын

Yes. My Favorite is the Sturmgeschütz. What is yours?

@zerothm1

9 ай бұрын

Jagdpanther. Ultimate.

@zerothm1

9 ай бұрын

​@@FactBytes10.5cm, or 7.5cm?

@FactBytes

9 ай бұрын

7.5 cm, L/48.

@marcoherrmann1820

9 ай бұрын

@@FactBytes my favorite is also the Sturmgeschütz,specifically Stug III

hell ya

just a small correction: Nashorn is the German name for rinoceros, and its pronounced nas horn, where letters s and h are pronounced distinguishly, and not as sh.

@wyomarine6341

9 ай бұрын

Everyone is an internet expert on the German military, and yet make no effort to try and speak German properly. After all, it's just some stupid foreign language. Mein Vater war Fallschimjager von 1939-46. (2 jahre Ami gefangenschaft)

@einundsiebenziger5488

Ай бұрын

... are pronounced separate* from each other. distinguish = tell apart from each other, distinguished = outstanding/special, "distinguishly" = does not exist.

There are several stories of Herr Ernst and his men .

How similar was the Nashorn to the Hummel? Could they have created a universal gun carrier for both howitzers and antitank weapons?

@einundsiebenziger5488

Ай бұрын

They indeed were basically the same (Panzer 4 chassis). The Nashorn got the 88-mm flak/anti-tank gun, the Hummel was armed with a 150-mm howitzer.

@leestewart72

Ай бұрын

@@einundsiebenziger5488 The reason I was asking is because the Hummel is generally considered a very good vehicle, but the Nashorn catches a lot of grief for not being very good.

At the start of video a t34 was running along it sounded like it was runing very smooth purring right along

@einundsiebenziger5488

Ай бұрын

... like it was running* very smoothly*

Nas - Horn.....Nose - horn....:)

Anyone else here love the Nashorn on World of Tanks? I did!

Fantastic clip thanks, kind regards roy Bennett from Wollongong Australia

@FactBytes

9 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Vitebsk, one of the oldest and fourth-largest Belarus city (fouded 974 AD) is not a village, nor was in 1943.

Isnt the Nashorn an artillery piece in the first place? Quite conveniant if you can turn it into a tank destroyer.

@wanderschlosser1857

4 ай бұрын

No that was the Hummel, same chassis different gun and purpose.

@einundsiebenziger5488

Ай бұрын

convenient*. If you consider that the 88-mm cannon was originally an anti-aircraft gun, this assumption is not wrong.

Trivia: "Nashorn" is German for "rhino". Get it? One big horn sticking out the front to hurt people.

Ah yes, the famous Naah-Shoorn.

My time to shine

Outstanding work. Shame the didn't have better leadership.

The Nashorn looked like an elephant.. which is odd for something called a Rhino.....

Monstro

Though their gun was awesome,they stood really unprotected to shelling or airbursts,and their armour could ony protect them from small infantry projectiles.Not a mean feat of courage.Distance and sloping was their main advantage.Very useful in open European plains.Mostly useless at close quarters.Can't but stand in awe to their courage,marksmanship and professionalism.

@einundsiebenziger5488

Ай бұрын

Speaking of professionalism: You show none in your punctuation.* Commas and fullstops are always followed by a space.

I like to see the white uniforms, they look cool and clean.

AI commentary ?

Este vehículo era servido por tanquistas o artilleros?

@stargazer1744

4 ай бұрын

Tanquistas.

I mistook this thing as a mobile howitzer cause it looks like the Hummel

They were the best

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