Pak-40 German 75mm AT Gun Firing 

"And they promptly rebuilt it because it is awesome". Ian - 2014

I want one for home defense.

The car alarm going off at the end was the icing on the cake.

Painted it pink and covered in flowers by an owner of an art gallery, this Pak 40 has gone through more hell than all of its brothers combined

Finally, the last missing piece for my Jagdprius.

One shot each 5 minutes 10 seconds to load the gun 10 seconds to acquire the target 10 seconds to aim *FIRE* 4 minutes to wait for the dirt to settle 30 seconds to confirm the kill

"I'll sell this to you, but you must PROMISE me to never fire it again!" Dude who bought it: haha big gun go boom.

I read once reports from an soviet tanker veteran who fought as a tank commander with different T34 Versions throughout the war. He wrote that they feared the Pak-40 far more than tanks, simply because the pak-40 had such a low profile when the gun was dug in and than the pak was so hard to spot for tank crews. The barrel was barely above the ground and the short visible rest of the gun was easy to conceal for the gun crew. In the usual moist weather conditions on the eastern front, there was no dust clouds and also no powder clouds visible after an pak-40 shot. A bunch of Pak-40 in camoflaged ambush positions would wait until a column of enemy Tanks droved into the killzone and than the Pak-Crews picked up the first and the last tank before the tank crews even realized that they got shot at. Imagine beeing a tanker panicky scanning the landscape to find what the heck is setting the tanks around you on fire, desperately searching for muzzle flashes while your comrades burning in the other tanks to death. Enemy MG fire aimed to the vision slits of your tank adding an additional stress bonus. Meanwhile the Pak crews cranked out 10 more shots out before your first round even left the barrel of your tank, most likeley only to miss the Pak position by far.

I don't care if your against war or not, something like this is a piece of history and deserves to be treated well.

Everybody gangsta until the PAK 40 aims at your Sherman

Girls when sneeze: **silenced pistol** Bois when sneeze: *shotgun* Dad's when sneeze:

You know your gun got some power when you hear a car alarm after firing it!

"Thanks for calling Progressive auto insurance" "Hi yes, an anti-tank gun blew the window out on my car. I'm covered for that right?"

Ian: It is German. Me: cool Ian:It is overly complicated. Me: you already mentioned that.

The muzzle blast on this thing is huge, now imagine the 88mm or 122mm

"We rebuilt it because it is awesome!" Could not have said it better myself

"Because it is awesome." Pretty much the best reason to own a weapon.

Guess it *wears sunglasses* Pak's a punch

Legend says that the guy who operated the PAK still hears all kind of chimes....

My old dad actually got to shoot one of those in the 60s (Finland still had some) and I remember one thing he said about it. When you push the shell into the breech the mechanism closes and throws your hand out - a hand which really should be a fist with the thumb inside the fingers less you want to lose that thumb. So if Ian ever gets one for himself, remember - thumb inside fingers when pushing a shell in!

that flash and shockwave is insane

"Oh, I'm afraid this Pak-40 will be quite operational. Now witness the power of this fully armed and operational battle station!" -Ian presumably, off camera

As a somehow typical german I am fascinated by machines. Machines are never good or bad but they may be a piece of excelent workmanship. Thanks for restauration of this gun. Giving us a bit of history and the opportunity to watch it doing its job. Thumb up!

I live near Kassel, Germany and Rheinmetall to this day is one of the leading companies in tracked and wheeled armoured vehicles, turret systems etc.

Gigantic anti tank gun painted pink by hippy, disarmed, and brought back to firing capability years later. Happy endings do exist.

Makes everyone else on the range look like they’re shooting a bb gun

I liked hearing the history of the gun. It’s amazing it’s still in one piece after it’s journey!

6:39 is the best profile picture one could wish for

The car alarm going off is just the icing on the cake. Love that gun

I wonder how the clerk reacted when he saw the permit application. "So what do you intend to do with this full-on war machine?" "A well regulated militia...."

"I will sell this to you but promise you will never fire it again" guy: "This is the Pak40 and every time we shoot it some one is gotta call the insurance company"

That damn Hippie almost destroyed a piece of history.

"Who promptly rebuilt it because it is awesome" Good man.

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The spaced frontal armor is actually really effective as opposed to just one plate to a lot of rounds. The round dumps most of it's energy in the first plate which quickly slows it down by the time it hits the second. It's an effective method even still used today.

That still frame of the dude's hair stretched out from the shockwave was a genius touch Ian. Thanks so much!!!

Lady: I'll sell it on the condition that it never fires again. Buyer: Yeah, sure. Buyer a few months later: IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIVE!!!!

youre not going to hide that muzzle flash... ever..

I love it when you guys go out and shoot there. It's just south of us and feels like home.

The history of that thing is amazing, Good video!

"I'll only sell it if it never fires again" "Okay... Hold my beer"

It is no longer a "evil weapon of war". Fortunately it is now an awesome piece of living history (that we dare not repeat).

That is just F'n awesome. Gives you an appreciation of the power and concussion of this AT gun. Totally unexpected! Can't imagine what the Pak 43/41 was like.

I watch you fire this thing over and over. What a gun.

I remember seeing this in Sedona, AZ when it was pink and had the flowers painted on it. I always wondered how come now one restored it and several years later it came to fruition. Glad to see it in its former glory.

If you put your ear close to a 75mm shell casing and listen carefully, you can hear a strange hippy lady crying.

probably the most fun you will ever have in you life is hanging out with people like this

I read the combat report leading to Geord Budahl getting his knights cross in 1944. He used one of these to knock out scores of Soviet tanks. His comrades were woulded or killed around him, and he kept on operating it and knocking out tanks alone.

"An impressive concussion, You'll get a kick out of that."

"It is German. It is overly complex." This is what we call a tautology.

Ian I felt like I was at Knob Creek, the muzzle blast on that gun would be darn hard to even describe, good job and a pretty amazing gun!

The most handsome and awesome anti-tank gun ever designed! What a beaut! I just would have liked to see the IMPACT!🎯

The only Western front tank that had a decent chance against this at typical firing ranges (500-1000m) was a British Churchill which had 152mm of frontal protection (for the 1944 version). If i was a Churchill driver i still wouldnt fancy getting shot at by one of these though. As the Chieftan would say having one of these hit would be a significant emotional event even if your armour did hold.

I hope the lady who painted it pink with flowers sees this video.

Amazing piece of equipment. Brilliant demonstration of this powerful gun.

love the continuous gun fire and explosions in the background

I suspect the German veterans who actually used this are very hard of hearing.

everyone with a gun: im going to go to the range Forgotten Weapons: im going to bring a whole Pak-40 75mm AT gun. everyone with a gun: :o

„It’s a evil weapon of war! I sell it only under the condition, that it will NEVER be fired again!!!!“ Insert Trollface at 6:39 min.

the historical accuracy y is impressive. Kudos!!

Perfect German Engineering

Owner: *Restores it to Fireable condition* Lady: wait that’s illegal

The way the gun recoiled with the dude behind it made me think it would take his arm off in one foul movement.

That was awesome. Great job on the restoration.

Seeing this fire just made me realize how much dust the Germans and the Brits had to deal with in North Africa. If 1 round kicked up that much dust, imagine firing dozens if not hundreds in a day.

and no hearing protection. WHAT?! I SAID: NO HEARING PROTECTION!!

Germas: so how big a cassing should we make for our PaK 40 Reinmetal: yes

Damn. Thanks Ian. A truly amazing, kick ass gun.

6:40 Probably the pinnacle of German WW2 awesomeness. These guys lost the war, but they had the most badass looking uniforms and the most awesome weaponry known to mankind!

I love the story, it's essentially a "rescue" gun.

Most impressive, love it! Love this channel!!!

I remember seeing this gun. It was purchased and restored by Hamilton and sons firearms when they had their shop in Sedona AZ. God bless Dan. A very talented person gone too soon.

Subscribed, couldnt stop laughing when you were trying to talk and the machine gun was making noise in the background :D

R.I.P. to all the souls who were on the receiving end of that gun.

This guy does an awesome job of explaining these historical weapons.

Good stuff! Thanks for your very informative videos.

"rusted, covered in pink, and flowers place on it" NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

we in Germany would say its a the Pak-40 and the video would be 2 seconds long.

Hohoho, now im jealous! This is one of the most powerful AT guns of ww2, not as much as for the caliber as for the projectile velocity and size (also type of round designed by the germans), only passed by its big BRO the 88mm high velocity AT/AA gun. Thank you for showing us this beauty, only in USA! 🤘

Nice to see that it's back in good condition👍

The "gun-hating hippie not getting her way" story brought a smile to my face. I sincerely hope she found out that the weapon is functional again.

6:39 this guy is now deaf.

4:15 “who promptly rebuilt it.... because it is awesome”

Sounds a lot different when firing to AT guns in the movies. Its awesome, big up to the people who restored it

I honestly would've kept it pink with flowers because firing something like that would be funny as hell

Meine Herren, die Kanone macht Alarm. Alle Mann in Deckung ☝🏼, und nicht den Kopf raus strecken

Great job as always

The white Rings on the end of the barrel were necessairy when thransporting the gun. The driver could detect where the end of it goes while driving a curve. So it does not get stuck in narrow situations...

Made in Germany

German engineering at its finest

The machine gun, small arms and other ordenance being shot off gave some dramatic effect that was just perfect.

Thanks that shock wave was spectacularly rewatchable !

i like how he gets interrupted multiple times by automatic fire lol

I like to imagine that this was filmed in an actual warzone, and Gun Jesus is just casually demoing a gun while their position is being attacked by the enemy

Thanks for showing this. These guns were mounted on German Panther tanks and also some German tank killers made by Skoda.

That gave a pretty good demonstration of the "dust" problem with larger guns in certain environments. The moment you shoot it, everyone around can see exactly where you are.

M82: I have a huge muzzle break and recoil! Pak-40: Keep talkin'. Insane gun, love it. Even better was the 8.8 FlaK.

I like how he casually stands and talks while it sounds like ww3 is starting right behind him

When these AT guns were dug-in properly for defence, they were lower than ground level in a shallow camouflaged pit. THere may well have been sandbags to the front and sides of the pit to protect the operators more. Connected to the pit were deeper trenches for the men and for ammo storage, and side trenches from which the men could fire weapons including man-packed AT weapons (panzerschreck, panzerfaust). The thing about the Pak 40 is that is was so much heavier and more cumbersome than earlier AT guns, so it could not be used as flexibly. Such heavy weapons were often abandoned when German positions were in danger of being over-run and the men withdrew. The use and design of a weapon can only really be understood in the context of the tactical systems and doctrines of the army using it.

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