Play Call of War for FREE on PC, iOS or Android: 💥https://callofwar.onelink.me/q5L6/MHV001 Receive a Unique Starter Pack, available only for the next 30 days! In this video we look at Bergepanzer (Gernan armored recovery tanks) of the Second World War. This includes the Bergepanther, Bergepanzer VI/Ferdinand, Bergepanzer 38, III & IV. It will be explained why the showed up rather late and why the Bergepanther came before the Bergepanzer III & IV. Finally, we also look at how effective they were. »» 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 «« Jentz, Thomas L.; Doyle, Hilary L.: Panzer Tracts No.16: Bergepanzerwagen - Bergepanzer 38 to Bergepanther, Panzer Tracts: Boyds, Maryland, USA, 2004. Jentz, Thomas L.; Doyle, Hilary L.; Friedli, Lukas: Panzer Tracts No.16-1: Bergepanther Ausf. D, A, G, Panzer Tracts: Boyds, MD, USA, 2013 Friedli, Lukas: Repairing the Panzers. German Tank Maintenance in World War 2. Volume 1., Panzerwrecks: Sussex, UK, 2010. Friedli, Lukas: Repairing the Panzers. German Tank Maintenance in World War 2. Volume 2., Panzerwrecks: Sussex, UK, 2011. Bergs, Christoph; Kast, Bernhard; Wehner, Jens; Töppel, Roman: Achtung Panzer? Zur Panzerwaffe der Wehrmacht. Military History Group: London, UK, 2022 (Veröffentlichungen des Bayerischen Armeemuseums 19). http://panzerkonferenz.de Spielberger, Walter J./Doyle, Hilary L./Jentz, Thomas L.: Halbkettenfahrzeuge des deutschen Heeres, Motorbuch Verlag: Stuttgart, Germany, 2012. https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/germany/bergepanzer-vi-ferdinand-elefant/ https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/germany/bergepanzer-iv/ https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergepanther https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sd.Kfz._9 https://www.nevingtonwarmuseum.com/bergetiger-i.html 00:00 Intro 01:05 Call of War 02:13 Counterintuitive Numbers & Production Dates 02:53 Why start with Bergepanther? No Bergepanzer I? 03:55 Bergepanther Schweres Abschleppfahrzeug V.Kz.3501 06:48 Bergepanzer VI Ferdinand 08:26 Bergepanzer III 09:34 Bergepanzer 38 10:14 Bergepanzer IV 10:43 Bergetiger 11:10 How effective? 13:11 Summary 13:55 Call of War #bergepanzer #recoverytanks #panzer #ww2 #bergepanther #armoredrecoveryvehicle