Test Driving A German Panther Tank Worth £14 Million! | Combat Dealers 

every t34's and sherman's in a 40 miles radius when the panther's engine start: "i fell a disturbence in the force"

Panthers are so damn good looking!

Definitely go through the McDonalds drive-thru in it..

The condition of this tank is unreal. Brilliant restauration

I am also a tank simp. What a gorgeous restoration. Wonderful job!

My greatgranfather in Canada told me these were the scariest things hes ever seen in his entire life.

Man those tracks are brand new. The cleats aren't even worn.

Would love to see a German WW2 Vet get a chance to visit this Tank

If I ever get the money I build my own Panthers and tanks and sell them for the people to buy As its a human right to own a tank

Der Panther ist einer der schönsten Panzer auf der Welt. Der Panther,der Tiger und der Tiger II sind einfach wunderschön.

"Its too big" Germans with there Tiger 1 : **Laughs in removing track edges**

This is great! We're getting a Panther! This might be the only Panther in Australia or Southern Hemisphere, so we deserved it. I'll take a trip to its museum one day.

Nice tank, bit overly dramatic though regarding the transportation. Im talking as a HGV driver, a tank is no different to any oversized load, how do they think the army transport challenger 2 tanks? Ah! They use trucks with trailers designed for the job! What a thought lol.

Imagine being one of the custom workers and having to make that call. “Dazo. Yea it’s bob. Yea mate we have a panther ready to ship across the globe. Yes I know we handle a lot of exotic animals but this isn’t an actual animal mate. Aye mate it’s a bloody tank. Yea is she good to go? Aight mate I’ll check. Ring ya back boss.”

I have seen this tank at the Australian Armour Museum in Cairns, North Queensland. It is a monument to the skills of the restoration team.

I'd love to watch a program where they focused on the tank, but they insist on faking drama with editing, just makes the whole thing feel artificial and undermines the work done on the machine to me

They faked a lot with this story. Basically, the Australian museum purchased the tank from Bruce's old friends the Cadman brothers, who used to run the War and Peace revival show in the UK (Bruce implies in the programme that he bought the tank for 1.5 million, but he never owned it. He never explicitly says he bought it but the terminology used in this and the original episode where he 'finds' the tank is clearly meant to mislead viewers into thinking that's the case). The tank was used annually at the War and Peace show in England as part of a static display, because it didn't run. This Panther was then used in a film, hence the strange paintwork when it arrived at Bruce's workshop. In the original 'Combat Dealers' programme, Bruce apparently finds a guy who just happens to have an original Maybach engine in his garage - the truth is, that man was Cadman's son - so, basically, the tank and engine came from the same family, and the whole 'garage find' thing was staged for effect. In summary, this programme was always full of half-truths to make it entertaining. Bruce did renovate it and the Panther did go to the Australian museum but the way the story was portrayed, was full of fibs. They made it sound like it was all spontaneous whereas in reality, the whole deal of Cadman - Bruce renovation as a contractor - the Aussie museum had been done and dusted before the tank turned up in this workshop. Sadly this practice of fabricating stories seems to be the norm in making television programmes these days. Now, I should stress that I am having a pop at the way programmes are made and not the restoration, which is incredible - I have huge respect for the guys who did this. For those interested in the tank's history, there is a very good article with some information here - the tank shown in the photos with the number 425 is this one, and it is depicted on static reenactment at the War and Peace Show in Kent, England. tank-photographs.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/panther-tank-panzerkampfwagen-V-425.html

0:47 "Just a shame it was German" Haha, what envious British propaganda, typically Tommy's with black humour ;-)))

This Panther used to feature at the War and Peace show every year as part of the German display. It was in pretty tired condition and static only. I’m absolutely thrilled that it has been restored to such fantastic condition. I don’t care about some back story peddled by an entertainment show. What I see is a careful and staggeringly expensive full restoration carried out by a skilled team as good as any in the world. I saw the Weald Foundation Jagdpanther running when it first came to Paddock Wood fresh from restoration and this vehicle is to that impeccable standard. Am I sad that its going to Australia? No. They bought it, they deserve it. If we want a factory fresh rebuilt Panther in the UK then we have to put our hands in our pockets and give the Tank Museum enough money and encouragement and support to rebuild their one. Like we did with the Tiger, and that took twelve years not four.

"It's a Panther!" "Not just any tank-" "Yeah, it's a Panther!" "It's a Panther!"

Makes me all the more pissed about the German government nabbing that guy's Panther from his home several years ago.

Compton talks as though he bought it....it never was his. He was restoring it for an Australian who actually owns it.

This has to be the best restoration ever. Fantastic job all around. Congratulations to all involved. 👍👏

I have been waiting for 4 years for this moment and wow, she is a stunner. Well done boys 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

From the looks of it, the most well restored Panther tank in the world. Looks better than new. Super well done by the lads who restored it.

Bruce is important to the future memory of WW2. He has done it all from finding and rebuilding history for future generations to rediscovering lost engineering.

I absolutely love my career as a diesel truck mechanic. But I would drop everything in a heartbeat to work on these vintage warbirds and military vehicles. What an amazing job that would be

I'm a seafarer and a fan of german engineered tanks of ww2. So lucky thr crew of that Car Ship. They got to see a piece of history.

2:27 cleanest interrior

You guys are heroes for what you do keeping history alive!

I hope the guys who did such a fantastic job in restoring the tank got a huge bonus.

Such an amazing piece of equipment that deserved to be show cased in a professional and respectable way.... not by some irritating twat on some garbage reality TV show with falsified "drama"

Unreal. Gorgeous. Maybe the best resto yet.

My grandfather was a tank driver, a german tank driver. He drove the Sturmgeschütz III in the belgium ardennen war.

Whoooott?!?!? Forget about the panther, I had trouble believing this was shot in the UK... look at that beautiful weather!!

I will have the pleasure of looking at it & photographing it in August 2021 !!! A HUGE thank you to all who made this happen !!! Cheers & Best Wishes, & Stay Safe All. Ross from OZ down under.

Looking forward to climbing on board this panther at ausarmourfest in cairns this august!!

“See they did get to invade Australia” 😂

Used to love watching this show on Discovery channel. Very informative and Bruce is a character to say the least. Very rare to see a genuine Panther these days, no wonder it is worth so much. Don't think even Bovington have a working one certainly not when I last visited.

Every restoration or building show is always down to the last second. No one is ever done ahead of time.

What an amazing work these guys did.

Chaps well done! I enjoy the show enormously, I salute you.

I find this guy a bit irritating, always false deadlines for the benefit of the show .

Ahh yes, a video about test driving a tank which has less than 5 seconds worth of raw noise of the said tank with no music or commentary over it.

What a gorgeous beast. Money well spent.

It would be sick if it drove to the tank testing grounds and surprised the modern tank crews

6:18 "It must have been another lorry with a panther on it" :DD

imagine how confused and bewildered onlookers would be as a Panther rides along on a trailer

I saw this in Cairns, down under. Bloody impressive!

0:46 say that again in Sachsen If you dare

It’s a close tie between the T34 and the Panther ,both are just so iconic

You have a elite team don't ever let them go

Great video! Very interesting! Watching from Los Angeles, CA Thank you. Steve.

What an absolutely awesome job these guys have done, one of my favourite tanks ever! ❤

Glad to see the involvement of the The Australian Armour & Artillery Museum in this project. Cheers, guys!

1st episode of CD I saw was the delivery of this tank. Brilliant effort.

plot twist: the cargo ship sinks en route to its destination and the panther is never seen again

The British man in a jacket with an American flag drives a German tank. Yes.

Love these videos. This guy and his team really know their stuff and his presentation makes them so interesting....

Wow...Just sitting in the shop, with shiny tracks... it IS.... looking... Gorgeous! Well done Twins & Bruce!

I absolutely love the Panther. Truly lives up to it's big cat name along with the Tiger.

Panther: *exists * Transmission: aight imma head out

one of only 6 working panthers, and it only costs 14 mil? Sounds like an amazing deal

We want to see this alongside its newest version...Panther KF-51

Sad to know that this tank is in Australia because the interior is just AMAZING , it's a brand new panther !

It looks fantastic. Can we find a video of the restauration step by step somewhere?

It was awesome to watch as a tank that was dead comes to life again well done lads good work and thanks for letting us witness it in the making.

Absolutely Brilliant 😊 Bruce, well done to you and your team Magnificent, What an achievement, Excellent stuff 😊 for future Historian's as well, I met you at Bovingdon Tank fest once, you are a top man. Cheers Paul Foster

"Bad at mass production." I don't think mass production itself was a problem, but kinda hard to mass produce without ressourcess eh?

0:47 That sentence tho...

So wholesome to see the crew of the ship just checking the panther out

Well done Bruce and crew. Love your program.

PANTHER CREW: *FIRES A BLANK SHELL* American veteran: WHY DO I FEEL A FORCE?!

I live just out of Cairns! I cant wait to go there one day!

And several days ago the new Panther was announced from Rheinmetall! 🤗

I didn't know PENFOLD ,from Danger .Mouse new so much about German Tanks !😂

Imagine that on the roads of Berlin. *grandpa gets flashbacks*

🙂= hey look a tank! Me= WHAT?! Is not a simply tank, IS THE BLOODY PANTHER! A nice piece of art of german tanks. Show some respect 😡

I'm so bloody happy I live about 40 minutes down the road from these Beauty

I love this tank, I want one like this for Christmas.

That is the most sexy tank I have ever seen. Nuff said.

SHE IS ALIVE!

ha! i clicked on a random youtube video and realized I've seen this tank in person at the Cairns tanks museum in QLD Australia a few months ago. Its a beautiful tank, amazing job done to restore it :)

"Hans start ze panzer" "do u mean Panther?" *"ja"*

that's very good video and very informative

Imagine if Panthers had the same production rate as the T-34

That is one sharp looking Panther. Well done guys.

"must be an other lorry with a panther on it" that got me laughing😂

I wonder what it’s like to live next to these guys.

It was never owned by Compton, Rex Cadman who ran the War and Peace show owned it until he sold it to Australia.

In June 1959 a Panther tank was found in the Maas after a skipper had lost his anchor. 3 German soldiers were still in it (Their skeletons I mean). In November 1944 the tank fell into the mesh. The 3 Germans were buried in the Ysselsteyn military cemetery. But then Ment scrapped the Panther. its a shame, but there is nothing to do about it.

Listen to that Panther purr. It sure dose. Cute kitty 😊

That’s a lot of squid.

I need to get to Cairnes to see it now. I think they are having a Tankfest later this year.

Quite new to the show but cant get enough lol what a lovely bunch of jack the lads. Did'nt think id like it but they do have a laff snd amazing interest in war equipement. Great show guy's.

1989 i was able to join all Tanks behind the scene in Munster Panzermuseum as a german Officer, a great time

I think it's the coolest and most complete tank out of the many tanks that appeared in World War II. Because of the excellent driving performance, the powerful firepower of the main gun, and the ability to protect the crew due to the strong armor, I think the best tank is the Panther.

I can only image how it felt for those two to see their 44 ton "baby" being shipped of to Australia 😅. They definitely have done an outrageously good job restoring that tank. It is a real shame that it goes to Australia (I am German 😉).

did not know all that was taken care of. thanks for the information! is really a good looking tank.

so recently visted this tank is Oz (australia) i live pretty close to the museum so was easy, and the job these guys did is under appreciated in the footage, it looks amazing in person