Inside a German WW2 Tank Destroyer with Historian James Holland 

Bull: Get off MY pasture, pal! Jagdpanther: You wanna make something of it, eh?

Actually, they had a Big Texas BQ after shooting the video.

Is just a Bull Grenadier protecting the tank.

Looked like love to me.

That bull was very curious about what the hell that thing was. And apparently, it smelled very interesting🤣😂

Totally agree, Best looking Fighting Vehicle of WWII

Heh Heh, try replacing the transmission on that monster.

@@curtisbryce5096 oh the internet.=) just fyi, the transmission issues were with the Tigers. the Panther's issues were with the final drive. And in the case of the Jagdpanther, this final drive was reinforced and made the tank a LOT more reliable.

@@phil3114 It's not a transaxle?

@@curtisbryce5096 why

Actually that is COWmoooflauge!

@@stevefreeland9255 very clever! 😂😂

bull; 'i can take it!" bull 30 minutes later; 'blimey! what a beast!"

I think we all loved this bull checking out if he could have a ride on the Jagdpanther ❤❤❤🤣😂

Bull whispering to Jagd: "I heard there are newly arrived heifers at the next farm. Here's the plan Hans. You fake a stuck 4th gear and smash the fence as a distraction while I escape. I'll bring you a liter of synthetic motor oil for you when I get back."

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@Creator ah yes, that's the actual measurements, but it doesn't really give you the same sense of scale as a random bull does it? 😂

It's a very small bull.

Don't call it a tank. Thanks to its shape it was rated a super-heavy pickup truck.

Jagdpanzer ;-) Its the type of tank and means hunting-tank.

And Kubinka ?

@Over Drive LZMA. sorry if I'm replying so late, honestly I don't know if they have a Jagdpanter in that museum 🤔 but it has incredibly rare German tanks not to mention the Maus. If wasn't for the war I have loved to see it

And a running panther!!

@@mrDredd1966 yeah from Bruce C

@@kiwifruit27 bovington need to step up and get its panther running..😁

@@mrDredd1966 they said they won’t as it is original from the war so they won’t touch it

@@kiwifruit27 😱🤦‍♂️😭

I think I was present as well, they took the engine out because it wouldn't start. Started it without silencers. Loudest noise I've ever witnessed.

@@MrZauberelefant I only remember the Panther engine being outside the Tank and they started it off, which was crazy loud and I tried recording it with my phone but the audio on the video is just static noise because it was so loud haha. I think they had a Stug III, T-34/85, Jagdpanther, Panzer 38(t), Panther, Flammpanzer III, I think a Panzer IV, PzH Wespe and some towing vehicles.

I was in Munster recently. These machines were gigantic. Even T-34s and Shermans were massive. I was baffled.

He sounds (Mr Gibbs) from his accent, to be of South African origin, is that correct? Just asking ...

@@petersutherland7482 That’s what I thought too.

@@petersutherland7482 interesting that a white south african would have such an interest in the history of white supremacy....

@@11geosno Not sure how and where you got that idea ... But yes I had to grow up under apartheid, so know it well, and always objected to it and any racist ideology.

@@petersutherland7482 because I looked at his restoration site and 90% of it are Nazi vehicles I wasn't talking about you!

Technologically but not ideologically.

@@BlueZirnitra Well I am not so sure about that, the multiculti doesnt work that well at least not with MENA-people.

War always brings technology screaming forward in leaps and bounds. There are plenty of examples but an obvious one would be that the German would probably still be rolling around in panzer 2’s if ww2 didn’t happen or especially if the T-34 hadn’t made such a huge impact

​@@andreasfahlen4936 Neither does the nazi suicidal, genocidal, dictatorial approach to their problems. People of different cultures should not be forced to live together but they should not be forcefully separated either.

@@BlueZirnitra they were right about it all. From A to Z

Especially with those shell marks on that armor there, insane engineering marvel

That's why the Ukrainians want Leos, specifically the Leo 2 - sophisticated yet easy to maintain.

Technically this wasn't a 'tank destroyer' by German defintiion. The Germans had 5 types 1 Panzer (IE Tank) usually 5 man crew. 2 StuG or Assault Gun. This was a heavily armoured self propelled artillery gun which emphasised low profile. It was manned by artillery units and was designed to directly support troops. It has only 4 crew memebers and dispensed with the radio opperator hull gunner. The Germans had noticed that towed artillery often could not be brough forward till night falls seriously hampering infantry advances and so the STuG or armoured assault gun was created. 3 Panzerjaeger (Tank Hunter) this was a lightly armoured vehicle dsigned to be mobile but equiped with a powerfull gun. This is closest to the American concept of a tank destroyer but lacked the turret. The most famours is the Panzer 4 based "Nashorn" or "Rhinoceros" which had the long barreled 88mm PAK 43 gun. Again crewed by artilleryman they were meant to fire from out of range and under cover. One of these achived a kill against a T-34 at 4.2km. The Artillery trained crew know how to survey ranges and the commander often directed fire by microphone from 100 meters away from the tank. 4 Jagdpanzer like the JagdPanther which unnlike Panzerjaeger were fully armoured compard to the tank they were based on but had a more powerfull gun and often more armour. Jagdpanzer, jagdpanther and jagdtiger. Unlike StuG they had a full crew and even more.

Just search for jagdpanther wtd. Wtd is a German arms research facility and they also operate wwii tanks. They move it around quite fast. Which gives you a good impression of what the Panther was capable in terms of driving performance.

Me too, but given the Frankenstein nature of the vehicle, the general age of its components, and the delicacy of the design (even fresh from the factory in 1944), I think they have to exert an extreme level of mechanical sympathy when driving this vehicle. The pollution these things pump out at high revs is unreal, too. Might raise some eyebrows in that countryside setting. Remember, the French assessed/field-tested loads of Panthers after WW2 and concluded that 700km was the absolute best one could hope for before the engine needed re-building.... so if I were Mike Gibb, I would be driving that thing like Miss Daisy and hoping for 1400km before having to tear the whole damn back end down again....

​​@@Grantidge69 the wtd is driving its Panthers for 30 years now. There is a report about a Bergepanther who drove 4200km without any trouble including towing other german heavy tanks for 1000km. Maybe if the right metal alloys are used and beeing driven by a decent driver these things could last much longer than the average 1500 to 2000km they achieved in Frontline service mid 1944.

-Technically not really a tank destroyer though it is fair enough description. -The US had 'tank destroyers' which were lightly armored tracked vehicles, open top, fast and with a big long range gun. The idea is they could get to the front line very quickly to intercept an tank breakthrough, find cover and pick of the enemy tanks from a distance. The Germans did have tank destroyers: the Nashorn built on a Panzer IV chassis with Panzer III gearbox and engine with the L71 8.8cm would fulfill that role though lacked the turret. They had special long range optics and were manned by artillery crew and all of the special training that entails. One of these is credited with a tank kill at 4km against a T-34. The commanders often left the tank and directed fire from outside the Nashorn. -Jagdpanther and Jagdpanzer had more powerful guns and more Armour than their turreted counterparts achieved by removing the turret and sacrificing some mobility. -The StuG were different again: more self propelled heavily armored guns manned by artillery men and usually lacking a radio operator and having only one MG.

I saw it Aberdeen over 50 years ago. What an incredible place. So lucky to have parents who indulged my whim to go there.

I went to Aberdeen in the late 80's. My friend was impressed as I named the tanks before we got to them. Too bad they were moved to VA.

@@ourshelties7649 At least they are now being cosmetically restored, kept inside and not just rusting away out in the weather.

Does a very decent podcast also - the rest is history

@@extramild1 what's James Hollands podcast called mucker

@@extramild1 Are you sure you are talking about the same person? According to the description of said podcast, the host is Tom Holland, not James 😅

@@redskyatnight123 we have ways of making you talk with Al Murray. 500 episodes 😁

@@dfwarner84 thank you

nice bro

go on bro!

Glad you enjoyed it!

⁠​⁠@@HistoryHit This was a very well presented and informative video about this amazing, rare restoration. I’d like to see a video about how this specific vehicle aimed its gun, especially the traverse. It seems difficult to aim or hit moving targets. Great work!

WW3 vehicle???? 😂😂👍

@@samuelgordino Doubt there will be any of those left.

And a cameo appearance by a hound.

The Australian Armour and Artillery museum, for those who are wondering. Also known as just 'ozarmour'. They have a RU-vid channel. Fantastic videos.

@@Liamv4696 there’s doesn’t run yet. I think they are working on the interior.

@@Liamv4696 Workshop Wednesdays videos are great.

There is an interview Bernhard did on Military History Not Visulised with a German tank commander who mentions that the Wiesel (a 4 ton German tracked recon tank) left tracks in the grass that disappeared after less than a 1.5 hours. For a heavy vehicle that crushes the soil it would be days in some cases.

Nothing in life is free. What a twit you have to be to think such a stupid thought....

@@MrSvenovitch Were you kicked in the head as a child or what?

I know, you're right! Likewise, I'm amazed that people sometimes suggest they'd prefer to have lived in some other period of time But, we live like kings!! And, actually, I'd bet that a lot of kings would be envious of OUR lives!!!😀

@@sheltr9735 RIGHT! one word.. ELECTRICITY!

You don't get it for free. The viewer is the commodity