Development of the Panzer Arm to 1939 

A video that pushes Beck, Seeckt and especially Lutz in the spotlight and trims Guderian down to proper size? We're positively delighted!

Back when I started interviewing WW2 veterans on all sides in the 90s, I had a WW2 Panzer officer who fought with the 38t in France, Yugoslavia and early in Russia tell me "For what we paid for them- they were acceptable until you took fire"

I would attend every lecture the Chieftain held at a school if I could.

Ah, I love it when a collaboration comes together.

Chieftain and Indy sitting in a tree. T. A. N. K. ING.

I would really like it if you kept the photos/illustrations on screen a little bit longer. This is especially true when talking about things like how the turret design of the Grosstraktors influenced the Pz II/III/IV turrets.

If you want Lt vz. 35 and Lt vz. 38 inside hatch, those are usually (next to each other and yes, both in working order) in Lešany museum during a tank day (last saturday in august or first in september) and there are fine gentlemen in CS tank uniforms from that era who roleplay and talk about the machine / answer questions; pretty sure they would let you film whatever you need if you got in touch with the museum.

Looking forward to the episode about Czech tanks

Yay a Chieftain video. The only guy to make a watch paint dry video and make it awesome XD

Ah yes, a mention of the Magic Flak Bus.

_No 38(t) Inside the Hatch-rewiev in the pipe_ - and so, eternal sadness creeps onto this joy-forsaken land of emptiness. :(

Thanks, Chieftain! I look forward to watching each type of video you make, but more so the historical ones. I appreciate that you fill in the gaps of what I already know and dispel the myths and misunderstandings that have sprung up over the years. What you do is important. Keep up the good work. 🎺

Thank you for making this. Also, thank you for not adding any music to the background.

I love that you have the Maus in the background.

Cheiftan! Would you like to do a podcast with me sometime??? :-)

Great, the first cooperation video!

Oh sweet glad your collaborating with world war two channel

OMG!! OMG!! I'm gitty right now that you're working with Indy and the gang to make videos in collaboration with their WW2 channel! I can't wait for all of the videos that will come out!!! :D Thanks so much Nick!!

Thanks Chieftan. Love your work out.

One of your best. Looking forward to more like this.

Wow, much information and very informative. So watching twice is recommended. Thanks Chief!

Chieftain videos are always too short. You could make a 24 hour one and at the end I'd say "over already?". I really enjoy listening to you, thanks for your work over the years bringing these videos to the tank enthusiast community.

Awesome! I was hoping to see The Chieftain working with The WW2 channel! Best of both worlds!

This is a really great talk! It really connected a lot of the dots regarding German tank development for me. I would just like to ask to leave the images up just a bit longer when possible. I love the backdrop but having more time to look at the tanks would have my preference. Looking forward to the next one.

thanx mr cheiftain for clearing up a few misconceptions i had about the mitteltractors.very interesting.

Found your channel via WW2, very interesting content!

Thanks Chieftain, some good insights as always.

I really enjoyed your nuanced critique of the Sherman Tank and would love if you wrote a book on it.

I've read a lot about the development of the German armored forces and yet I still learned much from this video. Thanks for a well-done and informative presentation.

Even though my military background is as a radioactive snipe, I still enjoy your videos like this one on the history of armored warefare.

As usual a fantastic and well developed video. If only learning had been this interesting when I was younger

Excellent as always. Very interesting. Thank you.

"Internal debate was encouraged " Who would of thought that having a place of open discussion where people could freely express their ideas could lead to better tech.

Love this format of videos

Brilliantly researched, thank you.

thank you! I'm already expecting the next one, saludos from Colombia

I enjoyed this video and am looking forward to the next.

What a wonderfully informative video! Thank you.

Pointing out a mistake you made: German Navy during WWI wasn’t called “Kriegsmarine”, but “Kaiserliche Marine”. (Timestamp: 1:48)

Yes! Thank you, Chief!

Very informative video! I look forward to more!

That will be an interesting series of videos! Great idea!

Nice job! I actually learned quite a lot from it. My favorite part was when you talked about the German doctrine.

Faaaaantastic! Brilliantly insightful! Cant wait for more!

This is really interesting! Thank you.

Excelent! I allways enjoy this historicals reviews expressed in that friendly way that only the chieftain have.

Yey! A WoT Chieftain's hatch of the Panzer I coming up, along with it's much missed Background Music, Whoopee.

I am not going to say anything interesting but I let me say that I am impressed and admire your knowledge. It is both a pleasure and a challenge watching your videos. Good work.

Well done Sir! Very informative.

Oh btw, Otto Carius was a loader on one of those 38(t)s at the beginning of Operation Barbarossa. He'd later become the commander of a Tiger company on the Eastern Front and score hundreds of tank kills.

Have to say , Chieftain is exeptionaly good at telling story/facts in a manner is really interesting :)

This just adds such value to these discussions

Very nicely done. Thank you.

I learnt more than I was expecting here - especially about the early tank development. Good to see Guderain taken down a rung or two as well. That guy would have a serious PR consultant......

I would argue that LT vz.38 (Pz 38(t)) was never meant to be equal to PzIII so calling it a czech PzIII is a bit of a stretch. Maybe not called that in its early days, it was still a light tank hence its designation LT. As its competitor should be considered ST vz.39 (Praga V-8-H) which was medium tank with similar role on the battlefield as PzIII. But production of ST was cancelled after Munich agreement so it was not available. Germans tested the prototypes and came with conclusion that it had same armor protection as PzIII, but armor was riveted, it was a little bit less mobile and it had only less effective two-men turret. On the other hand ST vz.39 came with better firepower.

Whenever I hear Hans von Seeckt my mind immediately goes to the Sino-German Cooperation of the interwar years rather than his development of Blitzkrieg tactics

Such a privilege to learn from a man who knows what he is talking about..

I was wondering when the ww2 channel started how they were going to cover tanks. I was afraid that a lot of myths (the sherman comes to mind) would get repeated. But I can sleep easy now safe in the knowledge that the subject is in your capable hands :)

Very expansive and interesting good work sir.

Great video and I like the idea of using that Shillelagh missile as a hat rack.

Great Vid Chief!

As usual an informative video from The Chieftain. But please let the accompagning photos stay on screen for just a bit longer. It makes things a bit easier if you don't have to pause the video everytime there's a picture

Another good one, thank you.

Love that Royal Tank Regiment patch(?). Hope you guys collaborate again as the war goes on!

i like the series idea. gonna enjoy watching

Thank you for this great discussion of a very misunderstood issue .

Our Lord & Savior, His Excellency, Tank Jesus* Speaks Again! *Military Vehicles & Weapons Jesus

Hey, thanks for the videos you are creating. If you are interested in trying a Chieftan Hatch video with Czechoslovakian tanks, you can try Military History Institue in Prague's Military Technical Museum exposition in Lešany. It looks like they have a functional Lt. vz. 38, from the photos also, IS 2, ISU 152, SU 100, Leopard 1V... They are somehow partnered with WOT, so maybe that could help. But you probably are aware of that.

New half-hour Chieftain video: Yay! New half-hour Chieftain video that ties in with World War 2: YAY!!!

An interesting and useful video which teases out a knotty and little known element of military history. It might be improved by using flow diagrams to remind us which of the various "light traktors" and "heavy traktors" etc became which PzKfpw vehicles. Also, you refer to a comparison between the turret of the PzKfpw III and IV and a predecessor's turret - might be worth showing that as a pair of compared photos. Anyway, good and informative stuff all in all and I look forward to the review of the PzKfpw I.

Excellent lecture, thank you.

Fantastic video! :D

That's a nice collection of commander's coins in your background. Congrats.

The panzer 38t is one of my favorite tanks. I would love to see an inside the hatch for it.

German classes became much more fun when I was able to put my WW2 knowledge into use. Knowing stuff like "wespe" is wasp and "rad" (as in Sd.Kfz 231 6 rad and 8 rad) is wheel came in handy.

Great stuff, thank you.

Another great video.

Nice challenge coin collection. Would make a cool subject for a video or series of videos, depending on how much of a story goes with each one. :)

Thanks! Always interesting! Slight criticism of the video is the volume was pretty low... for my phone anyway. And the tank pics should have been full screen and visible a lot longer. ☺

Good video. You could slow the speed at which pictures are flashed on the screen. It’s nice to get more than a glance at them.

I loved the information given on this video. Not only do I play WoT on the NA Server, but I play table-top miniatures with a focus on early-war (WW2). My intent is to play Polish and French battles on the table-top. Really enjoyed this video.

Another excellent lesson, and once again...thanks!

Great video!

good video love your content first time i've ever seen or heard a balanced history of the panzer arm other than guederian thought of it all praise guiderian thans for that i learned a lot from this video keep the videos coming

Fascinating as always! 😀

more pictures plz great work!

Excellent vid!

Great video mate

3:35 that has to be one of the most German looking guy ever the Only thing that could make him even more German is if he had Pichelhaube

Thank you chief

Great Video - Thanks

Hello! Interesting and informative indeed! I especially appreciated the small myth busting stuff like the use of the 88s in AT role. Thank you.

Oh! Fancy meeting you here!

The Cheifatin. Most excellent to see you Mr Moran.

I've been looking forward to an Inside The Hatch on the Pz.I for a very long time. Hope you end up doing a II as well!

Amazing video

Nice video. Thanks. I find it interesting that while some armies later were trying to protect their mounted infantry , the Soviets were also using Tank Descents.. infantry riding tanks..often as "points" of columns .. and on Breakthrough units with heavier tanks. These were more effective than I would have expected un-armored infantry to function.The infantry liked the tanks and the tankers liked the infantry.

Excited for the pz I video

I think you're starting to channel Lindybeige, and It's great stuff.

Great stuff