Eastern Front Enforcers | Panzer IV F in Hungarian Service

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6 ай бұрын

During the Second World War, the Germans could not do much to improve the heavy industries of their allies. In Europe, besides the Italians, only the Hungarians managed to put resources and time into actual tank production, albeit in limited scope. They did so under the leadership of Admiral Miklós Horthy, who aligned Hungary with Nazi Germany, partially motivated by Hungary's territorial ambitions. Despite having a limited pool of armored vehicles, the Hungarians managed to achieve success against neighbouring nations such as Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. Things turned out differently after the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. As the invasion progressed, the Hungarian armored units suffered extremely heavy losses and, by the end of the year, nearly all AFVs were lost. As the Germans desperately needed more men for the upcoming 1942 offensive, they supplied the Hungarians with over 100 tanks. These included 22 Panzer IV Ausf.Fs and, in 1942, these were by far the best tanks that the Hungarian Army operated.
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An article by Marko P.
Narrated by Alben Bloomfield
Edited by ‪@BattlehammerWoT‬
Sound edited by Alben Bloomfield
Music by ‪@WhiteBatAudio‬

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@Pownage244 6 ай бұрын

I've never seen such a detailed look at minor axis nation armor on the eastern front. Usually it's just technical specs and "they fought around Stalingrad before being wiped out."

@stanleysmith7551 5 ай бұрын

Hungary's involvement in WW2, especially that of the 2# army is actually well documented by Hungarian historians so there's plenty of sources to go by, the problem lies with the Hungarian language which is one of the most difficult languages in the world. 😏 Although newer works by Ungvári Krisztián and Romsics Ignác usually get English translations.

@pirotechnika3914 6 ай бұрын

Only the tank encyclopedia can make a full video about the most random facts

@panzer948 6 ай бұрын

Great video. I find the history of the "more minor axis powers" interesting and the fact that Hungary did have their own locally produced weapons makes them even more intriguing. I have a couple of books on Armored Forces of Hungary and your vid still gave me more facts that maybe I missed, especially the insignia facts (good for model builders). What is even cooler is the fact that Hungary was trying to produce a fairly competitive domestic tank in the Turan series.

@ptonpc 6 ай бұрын

I get the impression Hungary would have been stuffed either way.

@brealistic3542 6 ай бұрын

The Germans were big on training in every service even the Panzers. A crewman was suppose to learn every job in a tank. They also did far more live firing practice

@NativeLanguage02 6 ай бұрын

Your video narrations are improving making it more like a succesor to HC.

@markolysynchuk5264 15 күн бұрын

I really like these largely overlooked topics about the minor Axis countries' military equipment during WWII.

@t1t0s89 6 ай бұрын

I can't get over the bob semple in the intro ❤️

@melangellatc1718 6 ай бұрын

Good eye!!!

@randompillow5146 6 ай бұрын

Love the analysis of minor axis powers! Hard to find much content about them.

@smoessmee 6 ай бұрын

Very nice video, has me thinking of painting a Panzer 38(t) as a Hungarian vehicle :)

@SlaggyJoe 6 ай бұрын

Really good footage and editing for this one

@chriscarbaugh3936 6 ай бұрын

The 40M Nimrod looks a useful tank 👍

@Dragonman1OOO 6 ай бұрын

It was not really a tank, but a light anti-tank/anti-air vehicle.

@ati847 6 ай бұрын

It was not ideal against tanks, but it was one of the best anti-air vehicles.

@romaboo6218 6 ай бұрын

@@Dragonman1OOO armored tracked figthing vehicle with a cannon aka a tank

@toshibami 4 ай бұрын

@@romaboo6218You see, not every tracked armoured vehicle with a gun is a tank. Just look at the Stugs, Marders, Stuh, Bishop, Priest, SU/ISU tank destroyers and many many more.

@markuswied2619 6 ай бұрын

At 13:59 there's a wrong designation for the 10x Panzer III tanks (right side), they are also designated as being "10x Panzer IV G".

@tonyromano6220 6 ай бұрын

Nice video!

@StephenBaird-cp1fc 6 ай бұрын

They fought bravely and would have done a lot better if they had more better panzers

@lpanades 6 ай бұрын

Nice informations.

@drmarkintexas-400 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing 🏆🇺🇸🙏🤗

@tonyromano6220 6 ай бұрын

Brutal.

@chrism2027 6 ай бұрын

Echt sehr Interessantes Video, zur Ungarischen Panzer Waffe.

@CARL_093 6 ай бұрын

cool

@Eric-kn4yn 6 ай бұрын

Czechs and hetzer 2500 made of this excellent light tank

@poil8351 4 ай бұрын

they also had the turan 1 and later the turan 2 tanks.

@rickmoreno6858 6 ай бұрын

At 6:05 their is a video issue, you have 3 told is instead of 3 t38s should be reversed to 1 told, abs 3 t38s

@StephenFarrow-gx6qu 5 ай бұрын

Core Caysus, what the hell is that? Almost as funny as the mispronunciation of the German word for Senior Corporal - Oberg Freighter. You gotta love the Americans.

@zioalecpov1815 6 ай бұрын

Do you guys know if hungary ever used panzer 3 ausf n with the short howitzer barrel?

@markopantelic3088 6 ай бұрын

No, only the 5 cm armed version

@jlvfr 6 ай бұрын

"Other tanks"? At the time, there were _no_ other tanks available for the germans to supply. By mid-42/late 43, what they needed was 200+ Panzer IV with long 75, or Stug III with same gun, but that would have been impossible for germany to supply.

@ihorkorotchenko9732 5 ай бұрын

@Narses_the_aremnian 6 ай бұрын

Hungry panzer

@markholmphotography 6 ай бұрын

The Hungarians could not produce any tanks that could stand up to T-34s ( 76mm guns) or the KV-1s. That was the biggest issue Germany had with its’ allies. None of Germany’s allies in WW2 were capable of producing AFVs that could stand up to the AFVs produced by the US, UK or USSR - only German AFVs were able to do the job - so Germany who was already not able to produce enough AFVs for their needs - had to give/ sell armor to it’s allies - in order to fight successfully

@gabork5055 6 ай бұрын

Sure, because Germany already lost air superiority and they bombed our factories. The first Tas prototype was bombed too. Turan III-s were an equal match to the 76mm T34-s and slightly better at long ranges, about the same az a Pz. IV. That's the best 'domestic' tank we had along with the Nimród's which was basically like an upgraded L62 anti with HEAT. But if you compare everything to War Thunder then nothing beats Stalinium angled paper and mg ports, not even Stalinium shells.

@tamaspapai4921 2 ай бұрын

Don't think so. The Zrínyi self-propelled artillery was able to kill T-34's with their 105 mm gun as they did it so many times For example in 1944 near Torda, Romania, they destroyed 18 T-34 and lost only 6.

@tamaspapai4921 2 ай бұрын

Hungarian Royal Armed Forces = Magyar Királyi Honvédség. Armed Forces = Honvédség, not Honvéd. Honvéd = soldier.

@onegrumpyboi2914 6 ай бұрын

6:08 small slip up here 12:35, yes, but what 76.2 was it? you show footage of an anti tank gun then an anti infantry gun. there is also a 76.2 field gun. you need to specify, dude.

@atanasijesimic4651 6 ай бұрын

It wasn't specified in the source text though it was probably a ZiS-3.

@rickmoreno6858 6 ай бұрын

Please do the Rumanians next, pretty please!?!