GERMAN TANKS - Technology, Development & History | Full Documentary 

haha i thought i'm the only one who saw it. looks like i'm not alone

Most german thing I ever saw.

It must be really dangerous where they are delivering beer with a tank! 👌😂👍🇩🇪

And this Technology is still sought after for some reason, every major western military power buys those stabilization tech from germany. Kinda confused that no one managed to replicate that in the US. But that applies to a ton of technologies. Always strikes me what and in which extend we export technology.

@@Intrepid17011 Cuz it is way cheaper to buy it than to invent and then turn into technology and then turn into prototypes. Manufacturing is the other thing cuz the design can be aplicable or opposite.

noice

lol true

Hmm. It's almost like War Thunder got their tanks from somewhere.

Spoken like a true , vidiot loser ... there's more to life video games

True XD 😂🤣

94% if im Not wrong. But the Real shit is that this Tank has a Hit propability of 60% over the 4km line

using hacks

Aiming lowers DPM

Let’s be real every Russian tank hits 100% because of their passive ability of simply existing as Russian

@@Epsilon-18 they also have 100% deflect chance because of Stalinium

Your right

At the beginning it was "Halt' mein Bier!" and then it evolved into "Hold my beer".

hahahhahaa

It literally holds a beer. Haha

Right? So true!

German engineering LOL

@@GodKing804 cops seeking

Brother?

Ja.

I SEE THE LEPEARD TANKS SENT TO UKRAINE ARE NOTHING BUT A HEAP OF ASH IN THE GROUND.

of the 18 Leopard 2A6 transferred to Ukraine, almost all are not combat-ready: there are those damaged in battle, there are (and quite a few) those for which there are simply no spare parts at the repair plant in Lithuania, or they were broken by Ukrainian mechanics in an attempt to repair the cars at home. At that time, a German delegation came to inspect this Lithuanian enterprise. Later, an addendum to the Leopard story appeared in Der Spiegel. Yes, spare parts are still in short supply in Lithuania, but more specific indications of breakdowns are interesting here. Firstly, there is a weakness of the tracks, which quickly lose tension. Secondly, cars wear out after tens of thousands of kilometers: journalists quote a German officer who participated in a military mission in Mali. And this is all against the background of the complexity of repairs, which need to be carried out only at the factory, and not quickly by rembat forces in the near rear. There was also a story dedicated to Leopard on the official TV channel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It compares the German Leopard 2A6 and the Swedish Strv 122A - a licensed copy of the Leopard 2A5, which in fact is not identical to its German counterpart. So, the Ukrainian tanker notes maneuverability and reverse gear among the advantages. Another colleague noted the spacious combat compartment. But there are more disadvantages listed. Firstly, it is a weak side armor. Secondly, the weak tracks and the "freeway" of the German are mentioned again. This tank, as it turned out, is afraid of dirt, which is abundant in Ukraine. However, Ukrainians stipulate that the Swedish version is more convenient to operate, better adapted to the climate and generally a "hard worker", and German cars are so difficult to repair that they even require different oils for different parts, which is especially "pleasing" to logisticians, whose tasks include finding and delivering consumables to the front line. If you look at it as a whole, then in front of our T-72B3, T-80BVM and T-90M Leopard 2 have an advantage only in maneuverability and reverse gear. The more massive, but also older Leopard 2A4 in the fire control system and optics up to thermal imagers turned out to be worse than Russian tanks, and the Leopard 2A6, as it turned out, are approximately equal. At the same time, the "German" is much more convenient as a target because of its huge size, and the operator of the "Cornet" or ATGM "Whirlwind" on the Ka-52, the difference in size and "style" of the tower with Soviet tanks is very striking. For the first time, the booking features of the Leopard 2A4 appeared in Syria, where Turkish Leopards of this type were burned by Kurdish ATGM operators in 2016. On its own, there are many times more threats to these tanks: This includes artillery, attack helicopters, and much more. Simply put, a tank does not live in the conditions of the battlefield on which it has to fight. There is not even dynamic protection, although Ukrainians sometimes hang the Soviet "Contact-1". Its armament is another controversial parameter. When it is necessary to fire a large number of land mines, the Leopard ammunition is slightly less than completely anti-tank, which narrows the field for its use to a minimum.

Greetings from "Schweinfurt" in Germany had lots of American friends in the 90s and early 2000s, because American Army was stationed here......

Thanks for your service, my mother told me a lot of stories about the US soldiers which were located near her house in West-Berlin. She miss you and your tanks ^^ Anyway i have great respect for anything you have done for us, god bless america!

are they any good and tough?

@@bee_happy9969 haben Sie sich schon einmal gefragt warum die USA aber auch andere immernoch ihr Militär bei uns stationiert haben aber wir nicht in ihren Ländern?

@@Executioner566 worauf wollen sie hinaus?

@Proud Indian Doesn't seem many nations agree with your statement considering the many that use a Leopard tank.

@Proud Indian They really aren´t that complex and expensive, there´s a reason why 19 countries chose to buy the Leopard 2 in various models throughoutt the years. Something Soviet or Russian is going to be cheaper and less complex but arguably less quality and less protected

@Proud Indian In your order, the T-34 superiority in WWII is a myth, the earlier models where so unreliable the crews would strap a spare transmission on top of the engine bay when thers broke down, the optics where so bad gunners needed as much as double the ammunition to hit any target at distance compared to any other British American or German tank, the armor although sloped and eficient was made with low quality steel and etheir the forge was deficient or the welding poorly done meaning it crack or chipped if hit by high velocity rounds. The T-34 only started to be a rather good tank with the 85 model being produced in January 1944 and even then the high profile and exposed turret ring where obvious weaknesses. Now, Russia tanks not always used auto-loaders, only after the T-64 they did, the same for laser range-finders as they where only fitted in later models of even the T-80 wich only received a laser range-finder 2 years after being introduced at a time where NATO tanks where already having them from factory since the early 70´s. In regards to the Leopard 2 being better than the Armata or even obsolete i don´t know who said that because it certainly wasn´t me. But IF the Leopard 2 was better than the T-14 Armata, German wouldn´t start development of the Leopard 3, is as simple as that, Russia has reached a point where they have catched NATO tank development and as such the NATO tank development countries like Germany are starting the development of news tanks but even then the Leopard 2 in the A7 model is still not obsolete specialy with the continous development of ammunition wich Russia as also just catched by introducing long rod APFSDS ammunition as standard across the tank force while NATO haves those long rods since the 80´s and early 90´s as standard i must say

@Proud Indian How much better is a Leopard 2 compared to a T-72 ??

@@leandro9311 I think you just killed him with your words, good job. Nothing worse than people who don't analyze everything and only look at a sole tank line and think it's the best.

thanks dude

agree have a like

Grammar n@zi be like: Ze grammar !

thanks

Hahahahah another Hitler hahah

Mickey Mouse❗

🤣🤣🤣

Lol stop 😂🤣

trust me,iam german ... lol

auf jeden Fall Kamerad!!

Sadly before 18 you have to play with panzer 1 and 2s. Until you're w teenager then you get the panzer 3 and above

Cracking job I'd say

they never started a war but ok

@@Executioner566 based take

Many historians say, that there weren’t 2 world wars but only one, with a pause when the German population starved. Hunger and fear are good grow soil for fascism.

@@venkmanny4100 thats exactly right

guess you haven’t seen BMW water pumps

@@dotdashdotdash i mean its plastic and it gets warm

Obviously, you haven't seen the MB Benz's gearbox fucked itself up with a one foot pile of snow. The ML450 is infamous for this.

@@dotdashdotdash They are made in China ! LOL

I owned a Porsche. It was a piece of shit. Always breaking down, and ultimately it caught fire and burned to the ground because of a faulty leaking fuel line. I regret buying that car.

вероятно эти швы варили советские дети когда их родители были на фронте!

These are for us who can't pronounce their real name properly

@@rishabhmalhotra1542majority of the world. But still cool names nonetheless.

What about Panzer

@@number1forthewin panzer is synonymous in tank warfare history so yes i would say its a perfect name.

You forget Luchs and Puma ^^

its just a news channel here in germany mostly showing ww2 documentires the whole day, everyday..

Because people can't be trusted.Their nature is cruel than animals.Thats why digital or paper currency can be always manipulated what ever the technology is you may say block chain tech is even made by humans and can be manipulated when needed..

I noticed that its dope

Holy shit

imagined a graphic of a tank full of cartoon ducks as his voiceover was describing tanks

Next thing you know it... There's a sci fi tank with a bird crew

I noticed that too :)

yeah me too, i was like wait! that voice sounds familiar and then oh yeah the kurzgesagt man

Thanks bro 🇰🇷❤️🇩🇪

K2 black panther tank is also sexy

Denke mein Bruder 🇩🇪🤝🇰🇷

Sadly used under hazarian governs for committing war-crimes

Tell it to the Russian soldiers

@@user-pn1pt9qx9c those soldiers who left their tanks for Ukrainian farmers ?😂😂

@@user-pn1pt9qx9c btw ,glory to German military engineering ✊👏😊

@@JamesCagney434 Yes, with stuffing inside💩

they even engineered the best uniforms

_The post-war economy is a continuation of the war economy by other means._ Japan, Germany and America build their own weapons whereas Britain lend-leased their equipment and became a financial power instead of an industrial one.

@Sen Se its because Hitoler arrested Rothchild and got rid of the international debt-based currency system and placed the value on the labor of the German people. They became self-sufficient within a year and thrived while the rest of the world was in soup lines.

@Sen Se get off the History Channel and do you homework. If you want some resources I will be more than happy to supply you with them. I even have newspaper clipping of Hitler arresting Rothcild, his banks being seized and shutting down the Freemason lodges in Germany and most of Europe. The international debt based currency system was replaced with the Reichsmark. The value of their currency thru national socialism was put on the labor of the Germany workers who got paid, free housing, healthcare and others. In the history of governments, Germany was the only nation to get Socialism right. From 1933 to 1939 Gemany was thriving. So much that Time magazine put Hitler on the cover as "man of the year".....twice.....keep digging..you might find the truth if you know where to look. Like the national archives.

But now they’ve gotten rid of all their nuclear reactors

True although I'm not into war/tanks

lol the guy who claimed A4 as one of the best tank in the world.

Hi

Tell it to the Russian soldiers

@@user-pn1pt9qx9c I told, they said the same

Still the best lol , there is no tank that can’t be destroyed get

@@robberhans9307 Merkava IV hasn't destroyed yet.

​​​@@dugzamilza5212Because it's fighting against poorly equipped insurgents and kids throwing rocks, if Isnt'Real fought against a peer nation there's gonna be plenty of Merkavas getting destroyed. Plenty of dumb Britbongers said th Challenger 2 has never been destroyed when all it did until this year was fight against poorly equipped and poorly trained insurgents with weapons from the 1970s now look at it, one got destroyed by a modern ATGM facing a peer nation making its turret pop off.

@@dugzamilza5212 Genocide tank.

How can they compare Tiger and T-34 if first one is heavy tank and second is a medium ? Russians had IS - Iosif Stalin heavy tank, it was similar to Tiger at most options 👍👍👍

@@numberone5332 because the tiger was made to counter the t34

@@numberone5332 but yeah they should have compared it to the is

@@howcanyoureadthistheresnop9244 well the Panther was primarily designed to counter the 34s, Tiger was an independent heavy tank design which incorporated the 88mm gun because of the guns field performance and to produce their first heavy tank

@@numberone5332 you

All that modern combat experience?

Blbe

@@rostinninn9171 no

Because people can't be trusted.Their nature is cruel than animals.Thats why digital or paper currency can be always manipulated what ever the technology is you may say block chain tech is even made by humans and can be manipulated when needed.

I don't remember any Germans on the Moon. And Von Braun admitted He was a Inspirational leader as the Technology had passed him by.

I heard these fairy tales for multiple times. About "1 german tank per 20 Soviet tanks". Still now Die Welt is continuing its Goebbels propaganda writing such articles as about the battle of Kursk. Germany "lost 6 tanks and the soviets - 300--400 tanks". The battle in which fascist Germany was broken its backbone and after which it just was not able to push forward. 70 years later and the fairy tales are the same.

@@vicdor1031 not a fairy tale, the Panther tank and crew was superior, but outnumbered and logistically distant led to their losses.

@@theducklover2652 after Kursk german troops were no longer able to fight in the east front but you talk about 13 tanks. Red army began going west. The same Goebbels' propaganda. Several german armies were destroyed under Kursk. Again losers always try to find excuses.

@@vicdor1031 Due to US-statistics from WW2: At the average 1 German Panther kills 9 T-34. Nice fairy tale too or what?

@@MM-fq9gi All in all, the Panther tank was fairly average

Ghost division

Erwinnnnn attack on Titan

@@boudaakaranis8608 7th Panzer division, the winner of the battle of france.

@@nyomanariawann9164 :)

ghost division

One of my favorites as well. Sad, sad moment in life.

That's a porshe Tank, but have some distinct aspects, more adjuvant than for decisives tasks.

Because the Wiesel is not considered a tank.

@@kurtwm2010 The schützenpanzerwagen Sd.Kfz. 251 isn't a tank either, yet it *IS* featured in this documentary.

There is a whole 50 minutes documentary about the Wiesel ... at least in german.

The “Hetzer” is not a tank neither is a German vehicle either.

@@viceralman8450 I'm not talking about the hetzer

👍👍👍

That's because in America documentary it is all about how good American products are and how superior there soldiers are no matter what real history has to say they will just change the history

This is a german documentary

Lol 🤣 Might be true

in was wondering why it sounds so familiar

@@Silver_o it is. The kurzgesagt team is German so it would make sense since he could translate.

That's why it sounded familiaaar 😆

@@maxanklowitz9888 kurzgesagt, what does the word mean?

Why no replies??

@@whyparkjiminnotridejimin because there isn't anything to reply about

Is he the guy that does simple history as well?

Could have started all wars. And finished them.

Germany and Sweden are two great industrial nations when it comes to war technology. Take a look at Sweden's Archer Howitzer, for example. The 40mm Bofors gun. Bofors is a town in Sweden.

There is a reason that the US captured german scientists to work on space programs and alot of their military tech.

Christopher Alvarez lmao you clearly have no clue. After the war the engineers where forced to educate the Americans about everything they knew. And many stayed there developing stuff for the Americans.

@Christopher Alvarez Right, they weren't caught because they went to the Americans themselves, nobody wanted to work for the Russians, I had the best history teacher, my great grandpa "SS-Hauptsturmführer Alexander Su *** SS-Jäger-Bataillon 500/501"

They still don't have an army regardless of the state of the art technology they successfully develop. That's why I always use the joke "now all Germany needs is an army".

I did have to chuckle when I was learning tank history and I saw the British, despite being the pioneers of the tank, completely devalued it and essentially handed the manual to Guderian. I can't remember if it was Hart, names escape me, but Guderian gives thanks in his book "Achtung, Panzer!", explicitly acknowledging that the core of the blitzkrieg was developed from a British idea. We threw it away, he put it to good use.

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Because people can't be trusted.Their nature is cruel than animals.Thats why digital or paper currency can be always manipulated what ever the technology is you may say block chain tech is even made by humans and can be manipulated when needed..

@@0lionheart Well I recall a British army exercise on Salisbury plain in the 1930's demonstrated how well the Tank concept the Germans used in WW2 would be.. sadly the British generals thought it bad form and chose to ignore the results..

Liddel Hart didnt write the best tank tactics book in the world. That was Rommel.

They were the scariest until the reinforced KV-1 and T34-85 appeared. There is nothing worse than a tank that almost does not break, is repaired in the field and rushes to the Reichstag without stopping

did you not watch that doco?

oh dear God no... are you alive?

@@herrbonk2211 yeah but in UK

They lost and they're not a world power wtf are you talking about? I'd take a Chevy over a Mercedes or BMW any day.

@@makegaminggreatagain3907 They lost because they're fighting in all fronts. Second, yes they're not a super power but they have the qualities of a superpower. Wtf, chevy aren't even in par with any german brand at all😏

Luke White they literally kicked the asses of whole Europe and destroyed the worlds biggest army in weeks (France). If it’s wasn’t for the the 25+ dead Soviets, everyone in Europe would be speaking German right now.

@@ServusIchBins Yawns.

German engineering = over-engineering, instead of optimal engineering. You can make 5 Shermans or T-34s for every Panther/Tiger. Had Germans just copied T-34/85 with minimal modifications, they might have done better.

Ah yes? LOL !!! The name of this tank is LEO PARD, not something funny like "Leppard".

@@kal.50bmg32 they actually arent. He just used the english pronounciation sometimes.

@@kal.50bmg32 This is because he is not saying the german term, but actually the english term. And this simply is the english pronouncation for "Leopard", which coincidentally is the same written word (just as "Tiger"). If it wasn't, they would still use the english term that the english target audience knows. Whenever the narrator actually uses german terms however, he pronounces them without any accent.

The treaty of Versailles was produced without the Germans to discuss the paragraphs. when it was presented for signature, Germany refused because of the conditions put there as well as the claim, that Germany was solely responsible for the war. Signature was only done because the resumption of war was threatened, where Germany ghad already surendered its weaponry and would not have been able to fight. Despite the versailles treaty definition, only germany reduces its army and meterial, all other signatory nations did not do so, USA and UK even increased their marine and airforce. It was clear that Germany would not hold still for long.

@@dschoas Just for the record, the US was not a signatory to Versailles. We contracted a separate peace.

And now the world forgot WW2, apparently. Here's their military industry in full swing. People were cheering when the Berlin wall came down, this is what it means.

Halt' mein Bier! ;)

The Treaty of Versailles was an unjust PRIME definition of Abuse of the entire country and the people. The Germans unfortunately didn't know what they got themselves into until it was too late after signing.