German vs Soviet Tanks | Animated History 

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Tiger II: *breaks down* Germans: Well jungs, now we got a bunker with a large gun

The 1 Tiger against a horde of T-34s is like that one guy who has the premium tank in War Thunder

Real-Life Tanks when losing their track: “We’re screwed” War Thunder Tanks when losing their track: *”Tis but a scratch”*

Meanwhile in the Pacific Theater: “The most glorious thing a Japanese soldier can do is die for the Emperor- and if your Type 95 encounters a Sherman you certainly will!” -Imperial Japanese Tank Corps (basically)

14:18 “as the sole member of the group that didn’t break down on the way” absolutely hilarious.

Jeez the live chat on this video is insane. It’s like the Eastern Front all over again.

That little disclaimer was just him telling the nerds that he doesn't want to hear it.

“Where there is smoke, there is German armor” Couldn’t be more true in war thunder

Something that I realized from watching ww2 week by week is that by 1942, the Soviets were adapting and avoiding Germany's tactical maneuvers all the while the German high command and field commanders are left in shock as they continue to simply encircle empty fields, all the while Sevastopol and Leningrad eat up desperately needed reinforcements as Soviet defenses become more and more in depth as the Germans have no idea how to switch strategy and find urban brawls completely incompatible with blitzkrieg warfare and then of course Stalingrad happens and while the Germans adapt to the defensive well enough, its too little too late this became a war they would not win long ago.

War Thunder german teams taught me that all it takes is one T-34 or Sherman in a bush on a flank to bring down entire heavy tank collums driving blindly past their burning commrades without checking left or right. Ironic.

Tiger 1: *proudly arrives in battle* also Tiger 1: *the sole member of its group that didn't break down on the way*

The metal that flies off the inside of the tank due to a shell hitting the outside is not shrapnel. It's called spalling.

Seeing this series applies to tanks/vehicles has lots of potential, I’d love to see one comparing US vs Japanese carrier groups in the pacific

The animations and writing of these videos just keeps getting better. This has quickly become my favorite historical channel on this platform

3:22 - Early in the Second World War. *[ Outcome: Battle Draw ]* 11:08 - Middle of the Second World War. *[ Outcome: German Victory ]* 16:50 - Late in the Second World War *[ Outcome: Soviet Victory ]*

Can't wait for all tank experts to comment their enlightened opinion.

The only unrealistic part about this video is that the king tiger didn't burst it's transmission

"Armored bat out of Soviet hell" Ok that line was glorious lol

Some errors: The Battle of Prokhorovka was fought on the territory of the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic (not Ukraine). Baba Yaga wouldn't be used as a nickname for a male, it's an exclusively female character.

14:20 "The sole member of his group that didnt breakdown on the way" *Classic Heavy Cats trait*

Remember kids, IS-2s and king tigers are temporary, the Bob Semple is eternal

"Ah, what a beautiful day. The sun is shining, the breeze is perfect, the T-34's are coming over the hills-" "THE T-34S ARE COMING OVER THE HILLS?!" EDIT: 1.9K likes?! Calm down people! I just thought that scene was funny!😵‍💫

The chance of 5 king tigers actually making it to the battle without breaking down is pretty unlikely. Seeing a tiger was pretty rare so seeing a king tiger would be very rare.

If you're wondering how the Russians fought the German heavy tanks: There were 2 types of ambushes, with the help of field and anti-aircraft artillery and with the help of tanks. 1) Artillery high ground: Field guns were positioned in a triangle, with a cape towards the rear. The gun farthest from the Germans (on the cape), led an enticing fire, and the rest (on the sides and closer to the Germans) were carefully camouflaged and silent. When enemy tanks drove closer to the enticing gun, the rest of the guns hit the side and stern of the German tanks. 2) Tank ambush: About the same thing. One tank (usually a high-speed BT or T-34) conducted a maneuverable battle, luring the enemy, and the rest of the tanks were camouflaged and waited for the enemy to turn to them sideways or backwards. A typical example is the battle of Stashov, when 8 T-34s (7 old T-34-76 and 1 new T-34-85) blocked the Oglendov-Stashov road and thus found themselves in the path of Tigers and Royal Tigers. (Later the field artillery came up.) The terrain was flat, the ground sandy. They had to disguise the tanks as haystacks. The T-34-85 of the youngest lieutenant Oskin then had to conduct flirting fire. Arkhipov ordered the young officer, when the command 307-305 sounds on the air and all guns start firing on the sides of the tigers, Oskin must hurry out of the battle. In the morning, the Germans appeared on the road. In the morning, the Germans appeared on the road.Oskin's T-34 opened fire on the lead tank. Hit, ricochet. A second shot set fire to a German tank. The Germans began to turn around on a lone T-34. By some miracle, Oskin managed to evade enemy shells. The cherished command 307-305 sounded! A hail of shells rained down on the German column. The brigade commander saw that the youngest lieutenant did not take the car out of the battle but continued to fire at the enemy. 76 and 85 millimeter shells ricocheted off the tigers' armor, tore off the cemerite coating, stunned the crew, disabled the tracks. Orchipov recorded all 3 destroyed tigers on Oskin. He risked more than others and fought almost point-blank. In the sides of all 3 tigers there were holes from their penetration by 85mm shells.

experienced tank platoon commander during later stages: *"SCHEIS AUF UNERFAHRENE BESATZUGSMITGLIEDER!"*

Can't wait for *British V German Tank Platoons* eventually. The Matilda was a 'great' early war heavy tank with a 'superb' two-pounder (40mm) gun (I find it even more hilarious HE ammunition couldn't be used for the two pounders)

(7:40) warthunder moment be like: "Don't worry Sergey were just red just shoot back at the noob using apcr"

Imagine if this was a WoT match. Every Soviet tank will just rush one Tiger and pen the sides, and one guy is gonna shoot a cupola

actually one of points in soviet commandship's orders says that straight duels between tanks without any reason are prohibited, as red tankers often lost their tanks, throwing them in this analogue of wrotunder and losing support of infantry. It makes more funny that fact: ISU-152, made for breaking fortifications and hard defence lines, often worked as tank destroyer, while ISU-122 made as TD, did function of ISU-152. usually tanks don't fight and they don't one-shot each other as it made in WT (with exceptions), but things during battle can turn in very surprising ways

7:44 : Critical hit. Gunner killed. Loader killed. A countdown appears as a guy from nowhere enters in the turret and takes the body of the gunner off the tank

German commanders when the Führer expects you to win in a 10:1 fight: ಠ_ಠ

None of them can be compared to the Arjun, the Bob Semple, and the Big Bob.

holy crap the live chat has had more arguments than my parents

I don´t really see the point this video is making? I mean the title is German vs Soviet tanks which would imply general statements but it simply consists of nitpicked extreme examples of tank duels which are already hardly the norm. But there are plenty of examples of Soviet tanks winning against equal or superior numbers that could have been chosen. In fact there are even examples of single or small number of Soviet tanks destroying dozens of German tanks like the battle of Raseinai. But the point isn´t that "oh see Soviet tanks are just as good". The point is that such anecdotes are completely outside the norm and useless for a good description of what combat was actually like. Because when we look at tank losses especially later in the war post 43 they aren´t that far apart.

The comments are really like: “German tanks were mechanically unsound” 3,000 angry weraboos in the replies say otherwise.

Video Title is German vs Soviet Tank Platoons. Literally every time it shows Red Army vehicles they are at Company strength or greater. A Red Army tank platoon is three vehicles (regardless of if the vehicles are heavy/medium/light tanks, or self propelled guns). Each platoon is led by a captain with the other two vehicles being commanded by a lieutenant, and the lowest ranking crewmen is a junior sergeant.

2:25 Hoi4 players explaining how Germany could have won ww2

The only unrealistic thing in this video is that the crews are not highschool anime girls

In a nutshell. Germans: Supertanks, good, ya ya. Let's make titans that will break down every 5 minutes and will cost like a small fleet of Ferraris each. USSR: Don't care about the comfort of tankers, war in general is a harsh thing. We will make them cheap and easy to repair, and we will release a lot of them. It should be a ride.

2:26 I hope the guys in the General Staff never get a headache.

Don’t forget, it’s mainly the experience of the crews that decided who will be the victor, not the tanks themselves.

3:36 All great, thanks for the video, but, there is one mistake. Red Army didn't use any shoulder shoulder straps at all, (When it transformed in Soviet Army) until 1943, Red Army, including tank squads, used the alternative system of rank insignia. All because in Soviet Union shoulder traps for a long time were linked with White Army's and Tsar's army. Thank you for attention, with love from Russia!

Kaiserschlacht (Spring Offensive of 1918) fron the German perspective will make a good video.

"This isnt war- this is sport" ah, yes, a certain potato dwanf would agree to that

The artist is amazing, its like a movie!

I was waiting for this video so long!!!

Germans:" Ah what wonderful day we're having in the nice fields of prakarovka the sun is shining a gentle breeze pass by the T-34s are coming over the hills"

I love videos like this. Wondering if you guys will do ones about planes and ships

The problem with the Tiger 2 was the poor quality of the armor. The hit of 122 mm shells did not penetrate, but broke through the frontal armor. And even non-penetration formed secondary fragments from the inner part of the armor. As far as I know, it was recommended to avoid tank combat with the IS-2. Their effectiveness in video is underestimated.

"knocking him out cold in one strike." Honestly, if I'm going to be knocked out, "in one strike", would be my preferred method. Don't need that taking all day.

7:43 This scene brings back memories of losing at War Thunder

This was just phenomenal. I really look forward to more of these. Glad I caught it live too. Really like the community here.

11:09 "It's a fine summer day, in the fields of Prokhorovka" *SABATON SABATON SABATON!*

Every video from Armchair Historian is another declaration of pure premium quality

The animations get better with every video. It's amazing to see how far this channel has come. Keep it up

Honestly I would have loved the last one to have an bIaS-3 in it just to have the king Tiger commander yell “Gott im himmel” at the impervious Is-3

Oh BOY I can’t wait to see German vs American or American Vs Japanese tank platoons, And how confused the tripartite part is when the see the alpha chad m3 roll out

"We'll be at Moscow by summer."

This was really good. I really enjoy great WW2 Storytelling. And this is some of the absolute best!!

70 T-34's: "We have you surrounded!" 1 Tiger: "I ran out of fuel"

I love that you're doing armored battles now. I look forward to future videos of the same caliber ❤

14:18 "As the soul memeber that didn't break down" Im not sure If I should be laughing

Amazing video!! Loved the different scenarios!

20:52 German gunner seems to read mind of his commander

15:30 lol well, at such a distance, there were definitely shells for 76 mm guns that would calmly penetrate 100mm of tiger hull armor

German tank names in 2075: Panzerkamphagendeutchlandshittencrappen mk2

"I realized how much he says S and C alot lol" Now you can't unhear it

This video series seems to have potential. I love to see a video on American n German tank platoons. Or even one on American n Japanese tank platoons. I think they would be quite informative. Great video.

Bro i dont know how this guy always makes the endings of his videos like a freaking movie lol

I really appreciate all the effort they put into the animations

Oh, simple: the Soviets are annihilated. Than another platoon appears, to be annihilated in similar fashion. Then a third one, ditto. Then the fourth eventually smashes by sheer numbers through the depleted Germans. Or so the Wehrmacht enthusiast that fed us military history all through the Cold War and beyond told us.

What a good thing to watch before work. Perfect timing

feels good to understand all three languages ​​here! :))

The Armchair Historian you are right in saying by the end of the war the Germans were fighting a defensive war with ill-suited tanks, and that the Tank crews were inexperienced but what I would also like to add is that the 50% of German Tanks were destroyed by their own side rather than the enemy. This was because of a lack of fuel. One such example is in the battle of the Bulge where Hitter had instructed his army into a blitzkrieg in late 1944, hoping to get into Antwerp where they would hope that they would use some of their enemies oil, even though they used a completely different fuel than they do. The German generals who were already opposed to the battle was urging Hitler to withdraw, but he told his soldiers to continue advancing. By the end of the battle, their advance stalled because of a lack of fuel, and so so few fuel that they could not withdraw even if they wanted to. So many Germans either surrendered or died, with war ending literally months after the failed battle. It is estimated that the same number of German tanks got destroyed by their own side than the enemy. So in reality their tanks, certainly in 1945 were as good as useless.

I'm sorry. T-34s are better than Pz III Js shown here. Faster, thus making them able to find the best spots before the enemy, and with a nice slope to their armor, we have to consider EFFECTIVE armor, vs just thickness here. The Pz III J can be instantly destroyed by a well placed turret shot, and the T-34 can be easily destroyed by a good Pz III round. It all depends on positioning in this case, since both can destroy each other with the shots they have, and in this aspect the T-34 has the clear advantage. T-34 can hit 33MPH according to Wikipedia, and Pz III J can hit 22MPH. The T-34 also has better maneuvering and turret traverse.

Yo make a game with this animation it would be so good. I do have a question though during the 2nd fictional battle. When the T-34s were coming over the hill they had (1942) turrets. When the board shows that they’re (1941) varaints. And then later on when the Tiger appears they all have 1941 turrets. Though it might be done to save time I thought you had both models with animation specific to those models. No rush though but I would like a video about the Naval scene of WW2 since we have gone through infantry, tanks, and aircraft . So it makes sense we do the last and final wing of the military.

Always nice to see another tank vid. Still waiting on the history of American tanks

Since you guys are doing vehicles, could you do "American Aircraft vs Japanese Aircraft?"

You could do British vs Germans/Italians in 1940? It's a different time and a different battle, could be interesting

“The Germans must be getting desperate, they’re sending tank crews who can’t shoot” *Got damn*

Some said that the King Tiger was the best tank during WW2, others said it was the T34 but legends know that it was the bob semple tank who is the best tank to ever rolled in the battlefield during WW2.

I can sense wehraboos angrily typing

Infantry Squads + Tank Squads = Air Force squads next?:)

Everyone is talking about how you should make a video about other WW2 tank engagements,but i for one suggest a video about german A7Vs and British Mark Vs,that would truly be an interesting video.

Amazing video, the animation was insane and loved all the details. Keep up the good work :D

15:03 сидишь ты и придумываешь "как же ещё выставить советских солдат даунами?" О придумал он удариться лбом об приборы наблюдения и сдохнет! Да но нет же у него же есть специальная на этот случай шлем который защищает от такого ! (и можно вопросик? Почему когда он ударился об приборы наблюдения звук был такой же какой и от пробития снарядом брони?)

The difference between german and soviet tanks summed up: Soviet tank - made to win wars German tanks - made to win battles

I haven't even started the video yet and I already feel like this is gonna upset some wehraboos

Your Videos are awesome , every frame is a Masterpiece 👋 Thank you 🙏 Greets from Germany

Also fun fact … fist time tiger 2 was send to the front company of 2 of them was destroyed by 3 t34-85

Germans: We HaVe ThE gReAtEst TaNks iN tHe WoRlD! Soviets: Hahaha, T-34 go vrrrrm!

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Around 57,000 T-34 were made during WW2 and 44,900 were destroyed during the WAR from that number alone you know how capable those German tanks are

Would it be possible to do fleet battles? Maybe German U-boats V. British convoy defense?

11:07 to 15:50 is a brilliant and exciting short story worth the skipped ads alone!

"German tanks were ill-suited for defensive operations" is a bit of a weird claim, since they were rather great at it. A dug in Konigstiger or Jagdpanter is a formidable obstacle.

I'm a simple man, I see a video on Soviet tanks I press watch...

If you guys make another fire and maneuver game, please make it WW2 era tank battles.

20:04 "Left track" Proceeds to sow the right track