Black Prince: The Secret Tank the Germans knew
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I found an entry for the Black Prince (A43) in the German Archives, which is weird, since the tank never saw action and only 6 were built in total. DISCLOSURE: I was invited by the Tank Museum at Bovington in 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2022. https://www.youtube.com/c/thetankmuseum Cover Design: vonKickass. »» GET BOOKS & VIDEOS «« » Stukabook - Doctrine of the German Dive-Bomber - http://stukabook.com » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com » Tank Assault - Combat Manual of the Soviet Tank Forces 1944 - http://stm44.com » IS-2 Stalin's Warhammer - http://www.is-2tank.com » StuG: Ausbildung, Einsatz und Führung der StuG Batterie - http://stug-hdv.de » Achtung Panzer? Zur Panzerwaffe der Wehrmacht - http://panzerkonferenz.de » Panzerkonferenz Video - http://pzkonf.de »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » YouTube Membership - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK09g6gYGMvU-0x1VCF1hgA/join »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized »» SOURCES «« Bundesarchiv Grant, Neil: Tiger vs Churchill North-West Europe, 1944-45. Osprey Publishing: Oxford, UK, 2022. Armoured Archives: A43 "Black Prince" - Tank Design & Development - Rare Images https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsmPbfj6QIY The Tank Museum: Tank Chats #80 Black Prince | The Tank Museum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERH8weJZaB0 https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/gb/a43-black-prince https://warspot.net/316-black-prince https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205206632 00:00 Intro 01:08 Black Prince vs Regular Churchill Tank 04:17 German reports 07:34 How and Why? #blackprince #churchill #tanks #germanmilitary #ww2
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