Mjr. T. Mouat talks Otto Carius & Leopard 1 Design at Defense Academy UK 

Great to see the great Otto Carius mentioned here! I knew Otto as our friendly pharmacist in Herschweiller-Pettersheim, Germany, where my family lived from 1990-1993. He talked about being a tanker on the Eastern Front, but never let on to the magnitude of his accomplishments. Years later I was enthralled by "Tigers In The Mud", and feel even more privileged to have known Otto.

That must have been an amazing moment for the Major, meeting Otto Carius back in the day.

To show you the power of flex tape I sawed this leopard 1 in half. NOW. THAT'S A LOT OF DAMAGE!!!

Otto Carius' book is Tigers in the Mud. He was a pharmacist and his pharmacy was called Tiger Apotheke in Herschweiler-Pettersheim.

Wow, O my God. I worked with a German machinist named Otto Schaefer back in the 1990's. He was a panzer gunner in WWII. He was on the Russian front and ended up on the western front. He told me many of his experiences. I distinctly remember him calling the Russian T34's "Mickey Mouse" because of the way they looked with their hatches open, like Mickey Mouse ears. Otto was in a Panther when his tank was hit. He thinks it was from planes firing rockets. He ha terrible scars on his throat and arms from the fire as he rescued a fellow crewman and getting out himself. I often wonder if Otto knew some of these famous tankers.

I’m loving these videos that you’re making up close and interested in the engineering of the tanks. Keep it up.

What an amazing video. Imagine meeting Otto Carius

Nice view of the BMP. I delivered that to Shrivenham back in 1996, it was a gift from the German govt.

Very Cool cut away....slicing a tank in two....gives you an excellent view and better understand of the inside of a tank and Armor thickness....i enjoyed this...

Sofilein, your stuff is incredible. Talking about you jumping out of the tank in 3 seconds was nice.

Nice job, I like the perspective it's like we're standing right there instead of being talked at like an audience.

"To show you the amazing power of FlexTape- I sawed this tank in half!!!"

Wow, great to see this Details. I was sitting in a Leopard 1A5 for a few Years. Thx for the Vid! :-)

The real exit times and survival rate for a Panther crew can be seen in that Cologne video involving the Pershing . Not need to theorise where there is always room for error.

Tank battle badges were for engagements rather than kills, as the name would suggest. When Otto Carius was asked how many kills he had, he didnt know as he credited the gunners with kills but estimated he was involved in cica 100 kills, a phenomenal achievement. As is going from enemy to adviser.

Smart guy, this director, riding the line between the ideal and the possible.

Those cutaway models are amazing!

Dayum this guy's voice is sooo soothing

Where's Sofi? A day without Sofi is like a day without sunshine!

My real treat of the day is watching a British video and having to turn on CC. "So, why are these tanks only half there?" "Simple, Mate, the workers union called a strike."

Two Tigers defeating a entire russian brigade. So much for Hollywood and Russian war movies.

The hatch thing blew my mind.

Nice Michael cameo, good to see him in the wild. Guy deserves the travel.

Was this before or after Chieftain made a guess of how many turret ring bearings ? If after me thinks he's avoiding being wrong with his guess of (iirc) 135 .

Brilliant stuff. Thank you for sharing this with us.

that tank hatch on the leo is so cool

Ohhh Thank you! I really wondered how that hatch worked!

Oddly enough, I named my kitten Otto. He is very fast, hence his full name Otto von Speed....

"I very much trust the Mk. I eyeball"

Nice camera and camera work! Video stabilization makes it so easy to watch.

Sofilein: Try the British abbreviation for Major = Maj

Having tested tank driver trainers, one advantage of having a motion platform is the driver's senses are felt by his body. When you have a no motion system you are relying on vision only. Not all people do well with this.

Amazing! Can't wait for next part :)

The German Tank Ace Major T tried to remember was Kurt Knispel who was killed just as the war ended in April 1945 in Urbau, Czechoslovakia.

Sounds like those who made this video haven't read OC's memoirs... At one point in his Tiger 1 he momentarily bowed down to get a light (of his cigarette) from His gunner (Heinz Kramer) In that moment a Russian AT round took off the Commanders cupola. If he had not bent down to get a light at that moment, he would have been decapitated.

Love the cut aways!

Did they really just have that conversation for your camera or was that natural? Reminds me the type of conversation you have on an airplane and then never talk to that person again.

You and yer Channel are amazing

at 4:08 min ...so you have to decide between getting out alive after the tank has been shot at, and not get shot at at all?

Great video once again and a good edit as well

Amazing!!

Very interesting !

and now I have to figure out if Mowatt is the Anglicization of a French name or instead Mouat is the Francification of an English name. This is because wait for it I am not a mor*n! ;) Great vid!

Always wondered about the hatch on the leopards. I work on alot as REAME back in the day. Good on OTTO. Then we got Abrams which sucked to work on.

The only problem with X# of cameras...who cleans them? How do they KEEP clean? Dust & mud are hard enough to see through a vision block.....

excellent well done

'Snuffed it?' Chieftain have some respect..

Interesting info

Lince behind...

Eyeball 1.0 will always survives an EMP where electronics will not.

Carius didnt plan to get shot at. Unlike the sherman crew. Despite, most german panzer commanders always opened the hatch anyway. Unlike soviet crew. So, escaping was not a big problem to begin with.

The recorded sound volume level is too low. The narrator needs to wear a wireless microphone .

i never understand why the Leopard-1 has its driver on the right side? its not an english tank, maybe they thought they could sell it to england too?

Hey! Was that the WoTWeekly guy at the end of the video?

is there a part 2 ro this tour?

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The fuck, they have cutaways of those?!

I wonder how high Otto can get his score on World of Tank?

Там что БМП стоит?

SQUAD TANK, T-72 Direct front, 300 meters AT MY COMMAND.....FIRE! Killing tanks with a TOW missile isn't simple like video games would show. Try tracking a tank in 115 degree heat, flies and sweat bees trying to get in any hole your body has and maybe you got a bad sinus inflammation coming on from driving at high speeds through a nasty storm. And all before you fire the missile you have to do a systems self check, make sure the night sight is collimate day to the day sight and God help you if you damaged the computer-traversing unit umbilical cable by jamming up one of the 50 small pins because you cross threaded it or didn't ensure it was clear of debris. Or you could be fighting in the middle of winter where you can barely feel your fingers because you're moving fast to get ready for the engagement and you only slept a couple hours in the past 3 days of fighting. And once I fire a missile, I must move my vehicle to the alternate then again after my next missile launch and after moving three times I need to withdraw because my luck will run out and the enemy by now knows my general position so I can expect an express delivery of indirect fire or CAS, either of which is contrary to good health. If a ZSU 23-4 gets wind of where I am it's a bad day, that thing is a priority kill and if possible, we need to engage it from the flank, that's why I hold my fire and ensure my wing man next to me has a flank shot because if I fire at its front, the crew is scanning forward and I'll give away my location. Even though the TOW has a smokeless ABOL motor (All Burn On Launch) there's still some small signature. And nothing with the TOW system is lightweight, it's a pain in the ass to move that thing around so if you're weak it only makes life worse. Anti-tank teams have to be almost as sneaky as a sniper team, we rely on concealment because we lack armor. When engaging a tank we aim for the turret ring, Soviet tanks use a single lip ring retention on their turrets so if you get a penetration the turrets pop off pretty easy as it brews up. If it doesn't penetrate, it'll usually distort the turret ring causing it to bind up and become a Stug. So I'd think it'd be a lot more realistic if these video games and simulators went a bit further on the simulation by cranking up the heat to where your balls are sweating off and you're scared to touch the exterior parts of the vehicle because it'll burn your skin! Then get a zillion flies and stuff those in your simulator box and let the fun begin! Lol.

Not for claustrophobics...

Jesus bless you

Hauptfeldwebel als Richtschütze? 🤣 Ich war Obergefreiter 1989/90 leo1a2

Some guerilla glue and you would never know it had been split in half.👍

The Danish are kings driving leppard 1 and 2....

that armour looks very very thin...

We want sofilein boooty

No turret lock, the turret would be on the ground ,no reactive armor needs updates just to be basic its life span as is is kaput

Get out of a Panther turret? That big hatch in the turret rear might be an idea...

Of your tank isn't seen, it won't be shot at, it won't be on fire. The chieftain is pretty self-centered.

Mjr?!? It's Maj you lunatic!

I'm going to give this a thumbs down and here is why. Anytime I see the chieftain interact with other people, even with Sofilein he immediately starts comparing "dick length". I don't know what it is with him. Everybody knows he has lots of knowledge on tanks, but he has to confirm "I already knew" any time someone explains something. This to me is extremely unpleasant behaviour. I too have my doubts whether it was Otto Carius coined the term "Mickey Mouse ears" on the T34's hatches, but for the sake of the vid. Let the man talk or don't post the vid at all if you're not happy with it. But please don't try at any given opportunity to impress or intimidate your counterpart with your knowledge and your "been there, done that" attitude. Secondly, whether or not Carius hat that many "confirmed kills" is questionable alltogether, because who kept counts? And what do you count? Usually as a Panzerkommandant you're not the one firing. I don't want to downplay their "achievements" , but they themselves repeatedly admitted that they had other things to do than keeping counts. Also, whether or not calling Carius an extremely nice guy is making me cringe. Many Nazis were extremely nice guys in day to day interaction. I live about two Kilometer (as the crow flies) from Herrschweiler-Pettersheim, where Carius had his Pharmacy "Tigerapotheke" over many decades. I met him some time in 1987, I believe, during my time at Bundeswehr. Still, after reading his book, which he admittedly wrote relatively shortly after WW2, it is without any doubt clear that he was a nazi ...at the time. Whether he had changed his mind leter on, I don't know. So these are the reasons for my "thumbs down". Nick Moran's unpleasant ways and Mjr Mouat's fanboy behaviour towards O.Carius paired with common Panzer anecdotes/ inaccuracies. The info on the hatch turning sideways was very interesting though. But if chieftain had similar issues he should consider not posting the vid to begin with. If you find any grammar, or orthography errors, you may keep them as English is not my native tongue.

Why Germans Always be good at Tanks and Subs ?

The comment about micky mouse ears and turret down positions should be compulsory viewing for tank designers. I look at todays tanks with remote operated weapons mounts, armour surrounding weapons mounts, active defense sensors etc etc and they all stick up so high above the turret roof that a good turret down position will be close to impossible to achieve.

Картонка а не танк

46 Tanks destroyd in an hour by 2 Tigers .. stopped an entire brigande attack by taking out the lead battalion.... and some antigerman Haters constantly try to paint the tiger (or german tank design as inferiour) bwhahaha - there you go ...

Why does The Chieftan talk about in his Panther walk around how most Panther Commanders used the Panthers commanders hatch in the open and covered position then constantly talk about how long it takes to open it from down and locked, when he just told us it was normally used in the open and covered position. And he does it again here, complaining about how long it takes to crank open the hatchfrom the closed position.

Very interesting but these guys need a life! 😅

200 kills? I don't think so :D

warthunder lol

It is not appropriate to talk about Otto Carius in Germany.