How to kill a Panther Tank
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How to kill a Panther Tank? For this we look at the Panther of Panzermuseum Munster, the Panther G turret with "chin" of the MHM Dresden, British, Soviet and also German sources. This video covers the fundamental differences between the Tiger and Panther tank, particularly the polar diagrams from the Tiger and Panther Fibel (Primer). A look at firing trials and armor reports by British organizations like the School of Tank Technology and also Soviet sources on the weaknesses of the Panther. A British lessons learned report is compared to a German report about a Panther Battalion. Disclaimer I: I was invited by Militärhistorische Museum der Bundeswehr Dresden in 2019 & 2021. http://www.mhmbw.de/ Disclaimer II: I was invited by Deutsche Panzermuseum Munster in 2019 & 2020. German Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/DasPanzermuseum English Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX-plGhmq3j5tHCLXWVfX0A English Channel of the Panzermuseum: https://www.youtube.com/c/GermanTankMuseum German Channel of the Panzermuseum: https://www.youtube.com/c/DasPanzermuseum/featured Thumbnail: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panther_distrutto.jpg Colorization etc. by vonKickass Peter's Tank Archives Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLyP-qvaVUTv_q_mcZOXjtA Images for Thumbnail of After D-Day: Rommel's Perspective: Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1977-018-13A / Otto / CC-BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en, Generaloberst Rommel. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1977-018-13A,_Erwin_Rommel(brighter).jpg Colorization & Transitions by vonKickass. »» GET OUR BOOKS «« » 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 »» 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- https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « Moore, Craig: How to kill a Panther Tank: Unpublished Scientific Reports from the Second World War. Fonthill Media: Brimscombe, UK, 2020. Attack on Panther Pz.Kw. V and Tiger Pz.Kw. VI. School of Tank Technology: Chobham, UK, April 1944. Vulnerable parts of the German "Panther" tank and methods of combat against it. Directorate of Armored and Mechanized Forces of the Red Army. Military Publisher of the People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR, Moscow, 1943. Jentz, Thomas L.; Doyle, Hilary Louis: Panzer Tracts No.5-1: Panzerkampfwagen „Panther“ Ausfuehrung D with Versuchs-Serie Panther, Fgst.Nr.V2. Panzer Tracts: Boyds, Maryland, USA, 2003. Jentz, Thomas L.; Doyle, Hilary Louis: Panzer Tracts No.5-2: Panzerkampfwagen „Panther“ Ausfuehrung A. Panzer Tracts: Boyds, Maryland, USA, 2003. Jentz, Thomas L.; Doyle, Hilary Louis: Panzer Tracts No.5-3: Panzerkampfwagen „Panther“ Ausfuehrung G. Panzer Tracts: Boyds, Maryland, USA, 2004. Köhler, Frank; Verein der Freunde und Förderer der Wehrtechnischen Studiensammlung e.V. Koblenz: Panther - Meilenstein der Panzertechnik: Bemerkungen über ein wegweisendes Waffensystem. Schneider Armour Research: Uelzen, Germany, 2014. Jentz, Thomas L.: Germany’s Panther Tank: The Quest for Supremacy: Development, Modifications, rare Variants Characteristics, Combat Accounts. Schiffer Pub: Atglen, PA, USA, 1995. Jentz, Thomas L.: Der Panther: Entwicklung, Ausführungen, Abarten, seltene Varianten, charakteristische Merkmale, Kampfwert. Podzun-Pallas: Wölfersheim, Germany, 1997. #HowToKillAPanther,#Panther,#Panzer
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