Panther: The most Controversial Panzer
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Time to take a look at probably the most controversial Panzer of World War 2: the Panzerkampfwagen V Panther. When it comes to the Panther, you usually get very emotionally charged opinions. Even among experts like David Willey, Nicholas Moran, Ralf Raths, Dr. Roman Töppel and Dr. Pöhlmann. There is quite some disagreement going on. As such we look at the various strengths, weaknesses and assessments of nowadays, post-war - like the French Report - and war-time - like the Soviet assessment of the Panther. Disclaimer Ausf. D.: I was invited by the Tank Museum at Bovington to Tankfest 2019. Disclaimer Ausf. A.: I was invited by the Panzermuseum Munster to Stahl auf der Heide 2019. »» GET OUR BOOK: Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 German/English - http://www.hdv470-7.com/ »» 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 « Moran, Nicholas “Chieftain“: Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: Panther. Part 1. World of Tanks North America, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xKYicir_i8 Moran, Nicholas “Chieftain“: Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: Panther. Part 2. World of Tanks North America, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL2KO2maIkU Moran, Nicholas “Chieftain“: Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: Panther. Part 3. World of Tanks North America, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXYRQjzZZbk Tank Chats #16 Panther | The Tank Museum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rUocSj2dHc Singer, Mark: A French Assessment of the Panther Tank https://worldoftanks.com/en/news/chieftain/chieftains-hatch-french-panthers/ Tank Archives: Panther Trials, 2014. https://tankarchives.blogspot.com/2014/04/panther-trials.html Tank Archives: Noe More Frightening than the Cat, 2019 https://tankarchives.blogspot.com/2019/05/none-more-frightening-than-cat.html Tank & AFV News: From the Editor: Panther Reliability, 2015 https://tankandafvnews.com/2015/02/08/from-the-editor-panther-reliability/ DasPanzermuseum: Geschichte(n) aus Stahl: Liebling der Massen – der Panther (S02E04) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otRgdY6Chd4 Pöhlmann, Markus: Der Panzer und die Mechanisierung des Krieges: Eine deutsche Geschichte 1890 bis 1945. Ferdinand Schöningh: Paderborn, 2016. Töppel, Roman: Kursk 1943. The Greatest Battle of the Second World War. Helion: Warwick, UK: 2018. Jentz, Thomas L.: Germany’s Panther Tank. The Quest for Combat Supremacy. Schiffer Military History: Atglen, PA, USA, 1995 Spielberger, Walter J.; Doyle, Hilary L.: Panzer V Panther und seine Abarten. Motorbuch Verlag: Gerlingen, Germany, 2010 Zaloga, Steven: Armored Champion. The top Tanks of World War II. Stackpole Books: Mechanicsburg, US, 2015. Doyle, Hilary; Jentz, Tom: Panther Variants 1942-1945. Osprey: London, UK, 1997. #Panther #PanzerV #MostControversialPanzer
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