Battle for Bakhmut: German-made PzH 2000 and Soviet Pion 2S7 against Russian troops 🔥 

had to google what you mean....anorak means parka in my language^^

@hpbnjelly anorak is used as a term for someone who is really into something. It was originally used for train spotters. You could see them standing at the end of the platform wearing an anorak and writing down the engine numbers. I guess you could maybe equate it to a nerd or geek.

It's the same kind of grin on the face of a pilot who is about to go to work, when that's what they wanted to do since they were small.

@@lornamorgan3575 Anorak means parka in Inuit. Seriously - it's a coat with a hood.

@Papaver Somniferum yeah, and trainspotters wear hooded jackets, aka anorak. Hence, it used to describe someone immersed in their hobby or interest.

Same

Yes 💙💛

I served in Stetten am kalten Markt in that horwitzer. I never could image that these engines will defend Europe in this astonishing way. Slava Ukraini!

yea, indeed. it helped Ukraine hold back Bakhmut. oh wait..

@@afzal1104 wait, Russias 3 days operation nearly over?

@Troe01 They haven't been so far so I don't see why they will be in the future when Ukraine is even better prepared.

Rheinmetall is building 3 new factories in Hungary and when the war is over there should be no problem with delivery of weapons from Hungary to Ukraine. Don't know how it looks with the 100 pzh 2000 ordered by Ukraine, if they are built in Germany or maybe assembled in Ukraine.

@@Ofasia777 the problem is, such a factory is pretty big and requires outside expertise, meaning technicians etc from western europe to train ukrainian personnel before it can start running. and there is the primary problem. Ukraine is a warzone and air strikes still happen. Russian Kinzhal missiles can strike the factory complex from belarus and you really cant intercept those missiles effectively. russia might not have many of them remaining, but in such a case they would spare 2-3

@@zhufortheimpaler4041 I‘ve heard that the german Iris-T System will shield the Rheinmetall Factory in Ukraine

@@Knnnkncht there are only 2 or 3 systems in ukraine and they dont have an 100% kill rate vs supersonic missiles.

who can blame him. The PzH is a beautiful piece of kit.

Pion put one big boom quite close to target and pzh put three boom to same hole if needed.

@@juhajuntunen7866 Pions are quite accurate and, IIRC, some UA ones might soon get better ballistic calculators and shell speed measuring radar. But PzH2000's semi-autoloader allows it to lob several projectiles in time it takes to load Pion for the next shot. So... both have their niches.

Does not quite match up to what the Russians are using.

@@firstnamerequiredlastnameo3473 It actually does and is way better then all of the russian counterparts. They are just not as numerous

@@firstnamerequiredlastnameo3473 you’re deluded

@@firstnamerequiredlastnameo3473 Which Russian-built artillery system does even come close to the PzH 2000? You must be joking!

@@eliasziad7864 Certainly not, the Akatsiya system is WAY less accurate than the PzH 2000 and has a much more limited range.

Yes and even if it gets Hit by a Kamikaze drone it survives. Others like the Ceasar, Paladin, Krab or etc get taken out. So the high maintanance pays off

I mean, these days, all howitzer artillery has no other choice than to be shoot&scoot capable.

@@nematube yes the M777 are a good addition but as we can see in the oryx blog a lot of them were destroyed or damaged

@@Texo333 your full of sh*t😂 all those other systems stand up very well to attacks😂

​@@eliasziad7864 yep sure they do😂

Maybe the focus on counterbattery fire with the arirval of more Pzh2000 is why we've been seeing higher daily number of destroyed Russian artillery systems lately. I didn't clue in that it also helps Ulraine with ammo consumption... meaning Russia fires X more shells per day to accomplish an equivalent task.

who is supposed to pay for that? I definitely don't

Their getting crushed on the other fronts

@@Ultra_Ego_Putin the Ukrainians are kicking your ass all over the place😂😂😂get real and get out of the Ukraine 😂😂😂

@@Ultra_Ego_Putin Erm, no.

Clown, slava Rossii, smert hohlam

Yes. Because Stronger Together 💪 people everywhere for 🇺🇦 ASAP!!!

Hope the come to you after plan Ost 2.0

Actually, both sides are already using original ww2 artillery guns.

Usa give 105 aritley original ww1.

Long Tom !!!!!

Not really. PzH2000's trick is, fire a bunch of shots, then move. By the time counterbattery fire arrives you're somewhere else. (Somehow, if you can pull it off, not being there when a bullet arrives if the key to survival... ;-))

England we love you ❤

nice spotting. I guess rubberpads are worn down faster on roads than in mud. Guess they are shipped back and forth between danger zones. If Ukraine can achieve artillery parity by using these systems (Pzh, but also archer and cheasar) this war will be un-winnable for russia.

The rubber pads are for preventing road damage when traveling over then. They're not strictly necessary. I saw them on tanks here in peace time and they left big black rubber marks after every turn. It's normal for these pads to wear off quickly.

@@vincentkuipers9577 I know what the rubber pads are for. I was a tank driver on a Leo 2A4 in the 90s in Germany. The pads on the Leo tracks are the same. The rubber pads are not only to safe paved roads from damage but provide better traction on paved roads, especially when braking these steel monsters, moreover they also protect the metal parts of the tracks from extreme wear. In the condition shown, the pads can no longer simply be changed with a sledgehammer in the field to renew the tracks in the easiest way possible. The metal parts underneath will soon be so damaged which will make it necessary to replace the entire tracks. I hope the appropriate replacement tracks will be available then and the howitzer will make it to a maintenance base where they can be changed. One of the main advantages of the PzH 2000 is its high mobility, but if the rubber pads or the entire metal tracks below are ruined in such a way, the high degree of mobility will be gone.

I read a newspaper report that said the barrels and recoil mechanism were being shot out by massive use.

@@edwardd9702 Well the Panzerhaubitze wasnt designed for 100 Rounds a day.

I´d rather dub it "Old Shatterhand" ...

at least for me as a German, Panzerhaubitze 2000 sounds good enough. Don't really see the need to give it some fancy made up name to make it sound more "bad ass".

Traditionally german mobile howitzers were named after insects (e.g. Hummel (bumblebee), Wespe (wasp), ...). So Schmetterling makes sense in terms of that convention.

The word Haubitze originally came from the czech haufnicě during the Hussite war (1419 bis 1436) The German Haubitze has been used since 1700. I guess the English Howitzer is another "butchered" version of an original german term / name to suit the English tongue

Panzer - panzerung - armor It has a different meaning than tank.

Thank your country for the howitzers but there are too few of them(and other western artillery systems) to give desicive advantage to Ukranian artillery over the Russian ones.

@@Fighter-ff5xl Yes, I kow. I hope western politicians will fix this somehow 😑 Our military has received less and less money over the past 30 years, which is exactly what the state and population wanted. So they can't give much. Now everything is up to the manufacturers and the politicians who have to sign contracts and permits.

Amen....

Was grandpa a gestapo man or an SS sheep?

Desperate Putlertroll justifying Stalinist massmurder .😂

I only wish we would finally start producing larger numbers to equip our own and our ally's troops sufficently. Compliments to Poland for their effort and stay strong Ukraine! 💙💛

As a german nice to read this, but the world isn't black or white. And especially as a german you know that fact.

@@scr2k True that there is no black or white. But it is obvious that our own army is underequipped right now and Poland for example chose a Korean tank as their new equipment because of our government's hesitation. Of course everyone can see it differently.

man i know its off topic, but its so amazing to see most European countries working together now. Pretty sure a few generations ago no one wouldve believed to hear that Poland and Germany would be working together to send weapons against a shared foe. Hell you could even say it about pretty any European nation. We went from fighting eachother every few years to a long peace and working together as allies in NATO and economic allies in the EU (even though we have our differences in how the EU should work)

Together despite EU internal disagreements. Together for Ukraine's people, their freedom and the security of OUR region ( this is not russias realm anymore). Together with the polish Allies and the help of our other NATO allies ukraine will win 💪

I hope the AS-90s being sent make others just as happy... about a decade older, but British... so there's on-board tea-making facilities to compensate for not having all the PzH 2000's sexiness. 😉

@@jajabez8379 Who wants to drink tea? Give me a strong, black coffee.

It's a little ironic that we want Germany to build up their military just in case they need to cross Poland to fight the Russians.

the word “thunk” is so funny 🤣🤣🤣

It's remarkable how much Europe has changed since the Second World War. Russia, on the other hand is still up to its old imperial ambitions.

​@@dxcp It's not even a real word, is it?

@@snapdragon6601 It is, but not as a past participle of ‘think.”

It is big, and has a long barrel, that is why.

It's big, old, slow and russian scrap... WW II Technology

Ukraine has it already: the COBRA.

trained and experienced yes, equiped i dont think so

@@impaugjuldivmax definitely very well equiped as there will be a lot of downsizing after the war

@@impaugjuldivmax Why not equipped. They are certainly getting armaments from all over.

@@impaugjuldivmaxpretty sure after this, no matter which way it goes in the east, there’s going to be much more serious weapons pointed at russia

@@impaugjuldivmax After the war Ukraine will be one of the most militarized states in the world. They will get a lot of equipment from the west, plus purchase equipment themselves, plus remaining soviet equipment.

They are they already ordered 30 more but it takes time to produce them this is not ww2 anymore were you can make a tank or howitzer in just a few months with all the high tech stuff and armor

Legend's most definitely!

Great content, Yes. ❤

Go for your money

Russia? Advancing?

Sure not all 2S7 were retro-fitted by the orcs. Maybe compare that with german gepards. Original they had up to 500 of those. in early 2000 years only a couple of them got that upgrade to PLC. these are the ones they sent so ukraine last year

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Ja und Haufen Steuerzahler Geld

@@es3269 Ist ja nicht mein Problem

​@@es3269 Es gibt sinnlosere Arten, das Geld des Steuerzahlers auszugeben.

@@es3269 Ist billiger als die Faschisten weiter westlich abwehren zu müssen