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Sandbags weren't really there to stop tank shells... It was useful against infantry-carried AT weapons (for example: magnetic mines don't work on sandbags, and something like the panzerfaust would most likely lose most of it's penetrating power against sandbags)

They probably realized it was faster to modify the panzer 4 model then make a panzer 3 model for the stüg

As a quibble, "panzer" literally translates to "armor" in German, and their tanks are called "panzerkampfwagen," which means "armored fighting vehicle." Nobody wants to say all that, so panzer is the slang term for tanks. In essence you were correct

As per usual, the stug 4 being an absolute historical abomination in game is down to large companies keeping their teams apart like the plague. You have the art and design team who do insane amounts of research on all their vehicles and decide on using some more under-represented vehicles of the war, most likely designing them with full intention of them going into the game as a standard form. Then the dev team comes over and says “hey we’re actually putting a tech tree system into the game for the vehicles so players have something to work towards while playing”. This of course makes the art team throw an absolute hissy fit and now they have to shoe horn some cursed designs into their beautiful historically accurate tank for the sake of gameplay

You mention the Japanese air force at 25:04, Japan actually didn't have an air force in the interwar/ww2 period. Air power was split between the army and the navy with the allocation of aviation resources and responsibilities being one of the many things the army and navy liked to squabble over.

Boy, when I seen the Stug. "Holly Jesus, WHAT IS THAT WHAT THE HECK IS THAT!"

I'm guessing, the reason why they added the Stug IV is because they wanted to add the Stug III and maybe didn't have the time due to a schedule or budget to make a whole new Model for it. Also no Panzer 38t no sdkfz 234?

Ima be honest on the Sherman sprocket From my great-grandfather... The people fixing the tank did NOT give an absolute shit where the sprocket came from. Just if it fit. He swapped a .30 cal coax with a .50 once, because they figured out a mounting system. The issue was more the ammo handling. They also mounted an MG42 in the hull, through some careful welding and cutting. The one thing he was most proud of doing, was in one tank, they put in a lot of shooting ports to take M3 grease guns. So imagine a Sherman... but any angle you attack it from, you get fucking shot at from an SMG out the ass end of the turret, or the side of it.

A quick note about the UK line: The Valentine is a Mk.3 unless you use a 6Pdr on it, as the Mk.3 had a redesigned turret to fit a loader so the commander can focus. The Archer, as you said, is quite literally backwards. It was used mainly as artillery and not as a tank hunter, which might be why BFV adapts it to drive as the game intends it to be used. The Churchill 3-inch Gun Carrier was never deployed, and it sucked so badly they'd rather stuff a 76mm gun on the sherman and cromwell variants than use that. The Cromwell is missing for some reason, perhaps because it would be too mobile, and able to hunt tanks and infantry with ease due to being able to access extra armor, and switch between the 6Pdr and the 75mm QF for taking down defenses and infantry. The damn thing's only flaw was not being on the early landings due to its low fording capabilities, and lost equipment at Dunkirk causing a major hiccup on the UK's logistics.

Back in Battlefield 2142 I remember vehicles having limited ammo, it's interesting to see it come back.

i think that foxhole is the closest game to actually give you the sensation that you are in a war, more specifically that you are in some conflict of the inter wars/ww2 despite being a fictional setting. yea the grafics are not the best but the feeling of you being this small cog in the larger machine that is unmatched

You forgot that there's actually a Churchill crocodile in game and the Sturmtiger (as well as some gun carrier vehicles)

I assume they used the StuG 4 because they already had a P IV chassis so it was cheaper to reuse that than create a P III chassis.

The Armory doesn’t actually show them but each faction actually has their own specific “super tank” that can be summoned with squad points. Germany gets the Sturmtiger, UK gets the Churchill Croc, USA gets the Calliope Sherman, and Japan gets a HaChi. (Also if you can I’d like to see you review the anime Girls Und Panzer)

For Germany you forgot about the Panzer 38t and the Puma, overall as a battlefield V player and avid tank fan I actually really enjoyed this! It’s very well done, you know way more than I ever could lol, Hope good things come for you! This channel has a very cool concept I’m sure people will like!

Ah yes. The tank version of Brandon Herrera.

I find it kinda funny that you didn't react at all to the "Valentine AA Mk I" considering IT WAS LITERALLY FICTIONAL. Yes it was a turret from the Crusader AA slapped on the Valentine hull.

Regarding the limited ammo capacity in Battlefield games, most recent games until BFV were remembered for having a sort of infinite, cooldown-based ammo system like BF3/BF4, but we can recall that the older games like BF1942, BF Vietnam and even BF2 actually had limited ammo for all its combat vehicles and specifically required their crews to return to base/checkpoints to designated resupply/repair points. Pilots in particular had to learn how to land their damn planes safely in order to refit and rearm; at least heli pilots only needed to hover as close to the ground to do the same, but you might as well land and rest your mouse-hand for a bit.

You should have seen the LVT in game, it can have a M24 Chaffee turret on it, a AA turret, and the only as far as I know real turret variant, a Howitzer turret from a M8 Scott

i think the reason they chose the StuG 4 is the "getting in the tank" animation is him opening a hatch to the driver's seat, which the StuG 3 didn't have (at least as visually prominent)

The reason they used the Stug IV is most likely to reuse the Pz IV model. Same with Valintine and Chrurchill. As for why the short 75 gun, gameplay, so everything had these upgrades.

the weird tan for the tiger can be seen in the tank museum on a early semi-prototype tiger 2 used for testing, alongside the fact that it has no markings and is as you said an early model we can assume that it is a pre production test variant

When BFV released the StuG I was so so excited. I then cried when it was a StuG4. The Jagdpanzer 38 machinegun turret was nice tho, and my buddies always made sure to crew it while I drove. Either way, was my favorite AFV to use, and it’s extremely good if upgraded properly

The Stug 4 was added later in the life cycle of the game, when the Panzer 4 already existed. That way they managed to reuse assets instead of having to remodel the entire vehicle ground up

The Badger quote after the USA part was hilarious.

Britain had actually 4 tank roles, infantry, cruiser, light and assault, the tortoise, a33 excelsior and t14 being the most notable assault tanks

When it comes to the sand bags, i have always heard the same from the elders, the shell goes right through, but the sand bags we’re just to stop any ricocheting machine gun rounds or fragmentation into the troops on, to the side, back or front of the tank.

Those videos are still so, so interesting, I love them. Really fun and informative work, keep it up man !

When I played this game I was actually surprised just how many japanes tanks are represented in this game

31:32 The British tested the solution with magazines, but after the tests it turned out that the soldier reloaded only slightly faster, but he paid with mobility and the number of ammunition, as a 10-round magazine weighed more than two cartridges with 5 bullets in each. This meant that the soldier had less ammunition, moved slower and carried more weight. To sum up, it was better to use 5-round cartridges than to replace the entire magazines

Is it that Bonple High School logo in the back. I'm glad someone also recognize that poland school theme

Your excitement for the Sherman shows a true tank enthusiast.

simply amazing

This is the first video I've seen by this guy and I think he's pretty dang cool already!

I had so much fun playing BFV with some of my friends. The amount of time I've spent on Iwo Jima is ridiculous. Also, I like how some of the maps that was originally Britain v Germany were swapped to US v Germany when the US was added. (I am still mad that we never got an M1/M1A1 Thompson... they are my favorites)

Bf5 was supposed to have the Soviets front but EA ended that for 2042 they also ended battlefront 2 for it.

I found this video randomly and my goodness this has been quite the watch! Absolutely love your enthusiasm!!! BFV has been one of my few favorite games as well as tanks in general! You've notched a lot in detail and I also learned a lot too!

i expected this video to have like 50k views and i see its only 600. great video, hope you gain popularity more :D subscribed

Hello Eita320, this is the first video I've ever watched from you, courtesy of KZfaq recommending it to me. You mention that the Japanese naming scheme is confusing, hopefully this will get your foot into the door for how their naming system works. The Japanese had long & short designation for each vehicle type, the long names would be for example Type 97 Medium Tank, while the short name would be Chi-Ha. Now a days people will just refer to the tank as "Type 97 Chi-Ha" as seen here in Battlefield V. The "Type" in the name is about equivalent to "Model" for US naming comparisons, and is always accompanied by two numbers; these two numbers are the two last digits in the year of acceptance into service. The Japanese at the time used the Japanese Imperial Calendar, and has the starting year on the founding of Japan in 660 BC. The Gregorian calendar year for 1937 would be the Japanese Imperial year 2597, which is where the Type 97 Chi-Ha gets the "97" from in its name. This system is still used to this day by the JGSDF, however the numbers are now based around the Gregorian calendar, so a Type 90 Main Battle Tank is named on the acceptance into service year, 1990. The second portion is the names such a Ha-Go, or Chi-Ha etc. So there are two name systems the Imperial Japanese used; originally you had vehicles like the I-Go, Ro-Go, and Ha-Go. This system is basically denoting that these are the First, Second, and Third vehicles by using the Iroha musical notes. With "I" being the first thing pronounced in the Iroha poem, followed by "Ro", and then "Ha". These directly translated would be A, B, and C. "Go" on the other hand doesn't translate as nicely directly, and would be "Issue" if translated from 号. This would mean that Ha-Go is A-Issue/First Issue, Ro-Go is B-Issue/Second Issue.... This system was quickly scrapped for splitting each short name into vehicle types; Ke denotes light, Chi is medium, and Ho is Gun tank for example. The Iroha naming system was kept, so whenever you see Type 97 Chi-Ha, what it literally means is that the vehicle is the C/Third Medium and its from 2597 (1937). It should be noted that the dash is important, since there are vehicles that use roman numerals such as the Ho-Ni I, II, and III (Gun Tank - D/Fourth (One, Two , Three). This distinction must be made as vehicles like the Ho-I, the "I" isn't denoting that its the first iteration of the "Ho" as its own vehicle, but in fact the first Gun Tank program (If you can understand what I'm saying). It should also be noted that the year given to a vehicle and the vehicle short designations may not line up, as the Type 2 Ho-I, and the Type 1 Ho-Ni seem to contradict one another, however short names are given upon the start of a program, where as the numbers are usually given on acceptance into service. The Ho-I program for example started prior to the Ho-Ni, but the Ho-Ni was adopted at an earlier service year than the Ho-I. Finally, if you ever see "Kai" attached on to a name, like the Type 97 Chi-Ha Kai, it simply means "Improved". Hopefully that is a helpful, if wordy crash course into Japanese tank designation convention. I enjoyed the video by the way, look forward to more.

Otto Carius talks about the early Tiger models in his book "Tigers in the mud". He talks about how the early Tigers commanders cupola had a hatch that flipped up instead of rotating out. He talked about the disadvantages of that hatch and how it made their profile/silhouette even taller and made for a pretty easy target to take out vehicle commanders. Pretty interesting book if you're into tanks and ww2 history.

36:00 as a WoT player, I have to wonder if you’ve played WoT. Modules exist in WoT almost the same as how I understand them in BFV (I haven’t played the game so idk for sure) where your tank has HP but getting hit in a certain spot can cause damage to modules and crew. In WoT, for the modules, you have tracks, engine, viewports, gun, turret ring, ammo rack, and fuel tanks.

10:36 yeah but sand bags did stop things like panzerfausts

We need more of this I just found this channel today and I am amazed at the effort he puts into these videos

So the reason for all the re-used hulls and chassis' was cause DICE just wanted to save money on making lots of unique vehicle models, so they basically recycled as many as they could. This is why we have so many variants of the same chassis or tank hull in game. This is why they chose the StuG-IV cause it has the same chassis as the Panzer IV, and thus saved them money (i mean if you're gonna use a Panzer IV hull, use the Jagdpanzer IV if anything!). And even created some non-realistic hybrids like the Valentine AA (which is literally a Crusader AA Turret on top of a valentine hull).

very cool video, and pretty interesting to listen to; enjoy the sub. i have a single gripe that i wanted to comment on: you mentioned that the german and american armies frowned upon shoving random stuff on the tank, but that's kind of semi-untrue from what I know both the germans and americans independently conducted studies on what happened when you strapped things like logs, sandbags and tracks to your tanks for 'additional protection', and it was found that they didn't do anything at all, and sometimes even made the problem worse (in the case of tracks), as you said. however, in the case of americans (idk about the germans, but i assume it'd be the same), they didn't really tell the crews that, and allowed them to put things like logs, sandbags and tracks on their tanks like that because it gave the crews peace of mind. they didn't tell them that it was useless, but it made the crews feel better about being in those tanks, so they allowed them to have it just so they'd perform better. i believe the british /did/ frown upon it though. so, it wasn't exactly frowned upon for the sole reason that it helped the crews mentally with how they felt about being in that tank. of course, they didn't tell the tank crews it wasn't helpful, and the average infantryman on either side wouldn't have known either, so when they see this tank covered in sandbags, they're probably going to shit themselves a little bit more - tank enthusiasts weren't really a thing back then, so noone knew this stuff. it's pretty interesting to delve into nicher topics like this in regards of tanks in my opinion, which is why i know this. might be inaccurate here and there, in which case, someone correct me please

Kinda refreshing hearing someone talk positively about Battlefield V, it's FAR from perfect. But it's still a fun game, and retains that cinematic battlefield energy in it somewhere despite all its flaws.

There was a variant of the Soviet T-26 that had the 45mm canon replaced with a flamethrower.

Due to the fact that both of us enjoy tanks, I shall be subscribing to this channel

Make a pt2 with the “light vehicles” of the game ie Staghound, 38(t), Greyhound. Also include the exclusive faction tanks you can earn throughout the match.

Man i am so glad i found this channel. Despite your subscriber count you still make some of the best tank content on youtube.

As the only fan of the Churchill gun carrier in existence, I must admit to nobody in particular that I was very excited to see it in a mainstream game spotlight.

Sandbags were used to counter HEAT ammunition used by handheld launchers like the PanzerFaust, PanzerSchreck and the Bazooka.

10:50 I just wanted to note that I believe alot of tankers did it as a counter to infantry-manned weapons, such as the british PIAT or the japanese "mine-on-a-stick" as they used high-explosive warheads which could be countered by layered armor

I get the feeling you and Johnathan Ferguson will get on very well xD

fun fact the type-59 Ha-Go had a doorbell on the back disguised as a bolt

Dude your into is so slick, I know I talk about it all the time but… I just can’t help myself. Also you started with the British first so you get my thumbs up! ;)

WOWEE! !

15:42 As cool as it would be to think that they did their research for a largely unknown model of the StuG, I have to say that I think it was an attempt at streamlining production of the model for the game based on how the British tanks are just Valentine and Churchill variants.(Except for the Staghound of course)

I have never really been that interested tanks, but I am really enjoying your longer videos, so keep up the good work, you deserve all the attention this vid is getting!

A point about flamethrowers on the Sherman: The variant with the turret mounted flamethrower was incredibly rare and saw (as far as I know) only limited service in the pacific theatre of WW2 but mainly later in the Korean war, yet somehow it made its way into mainstream WW2 games, maybe thanks to Company of Heroes (and because it looks cool). The other variant where the flamethrower replaced the hull machinegun carried the flame fuel internally. The variant with the fuel trailer had an externally mounted hull flamethrower - this conversion was done by the British for the Americans, the trailer was the same as used with the Churchill Crocodile.

Great Video! As a virgin tank enthusiast, I'm really glad to have stumbled upon this video. I think you missed a couple tanks though... Subbed 👍

Quality content. Definitely deserve a ton more subscribers. Keep it up, b

The sandbags that were added onto tanks actually helped more with artillery shrapnel, shaped charges and mine blast protection (Some crews put sandbags on the hull floor). And the sandbags were quite effective against the 14.5x114mm anti-tank rifles the Soviets were quite fond of, since the hull sides were vulnerable to them in an ambush. Pretty much the same effect as the Schutzen plates on the sides.

The imagery of someone reloading a gun and as they pull a new magazine out, insert it, and chamber a new round, all the cartridges (or casings, in this case) are just flying out is hilarious.

This is a really good analysis, great video dude!

Recently found this channel, and I absolutely LOVE your content. Glad to see a fellow enthusiast, not to mention the ATF Winter Combat Jacket. Also anothe gripe with the Sherman's Direct Vision ports. HOW COME ITS ONLY ON THE ASSISTANT DRIVER'S SIDE. Happy New Year to you!

my personal take on the anachronisms of that sherman, field repair with parts of whatever other shermans happened to be around.

I really liked this video with all the information you shared people learn even more than a traditional history lesson about WW2. I hope you will do a Battlefield 1 tank reaction in the future!

Thank you KZfaq for recommending me yet another random video that made me quite like, bit saddening to not see any talk of the others like the Wirbelwind, LVT, etc. Hopeful for a part 2.

"Snake launcher?" My disappointment that they were rocket tubes and didn't launch snakes at the enemy

I really love your chanel, im from Brazil and I don't ever meet someone here that also likes tanks like me... some friends says that I have "tank fetish" because in every game that have a tank... this will be the first thing that I'm gonna rush to have/buy/steal...

first time i see this vide, you just pop out on recommended, and i have just fallen in love

another reason why threaded barrels work better for hesh (i found out from another video) is that because of the spin, the explosive paste gets spread out more

A note on the Sherman sprocket type. It could be explained away just by saying that the crew once the original sprockets where worn out, they pilfered a set from a broken down sherman that was of Chrysler production. Or it was their mechanics in the back line doing it either way.

Sand bags should work against HEAT grenades, like from the Bazooka or Panzerfaust. The Germans put the side skirts onto some of their tanks primarily to protect the weak sides against anti tank rifles, but again, they also work against HEAT.

Stug 4 is one of my fav tanks lol

my fav sherman will always be the M4A3E2 jumbo

24:53 incredible how the absolutely insane french designs just dont exist to him like the b1 or the 2c

this is the first vid i've seen of you, but i'm so jealous of your lee enfield and your panzerfaust. imma give a sub !

Genuinely surprised you don't have more subs, these videos are great!

What- Eta, you're a legend, the Night Court theme?! LEGENDARY.

great video , and i love the bonple poster on the wall behind you

my guess as to why they included the StuG 4 instead of the 3 is because they wanted to keep the german chassis they used to panzer 4 and tiger 1 in the same way the brits were limited to the churchil and valentine, so they gave the germans the StuG 4 and Wirblewind/Ostwind which were built on panzer 4 chassis

The sandbag thing is because the crew got the comforting feeling of having additional armor therefore the feeling of bigger protection

This guy got a Panzerfaust in the background. Don’t break into his house unless you wanna be turned into red mist

the fact a Sherman with the stubby 75 can damage the Tiger 1 in the game, it makes my skin crawl and my mind race as it is incredibly aggrevating, as it was just not possible.

I dont understand how you only have 3k subs. Watched the video and subbed, really enjoy your content so far.

20:35 except one case where the french refurbished all their m4a4 shermans, swapped them mutlibanks with radial aircraft engines

Bro got the 303. Rifle in the back bluds about to go toe to toe with tea against those jolly good jerries in the trench across the way

i love the idea of jonathan ferguson type videos but focused on tanks

Bit of historical context, When it comes down to Japan adding more armor would have left their tanks being suck in soft terrain, which is often why they were lightly armored, most tanks in engagements were usually the Stuart at best. You did see some M24 and Shermans weren't as common as the Stuart were. So as they years go bye, there later war tanks were designed to engage at range rather than closer quarters like there Infantry support tanks.

Not gonna lie, that No.4 of yours looks sharp with an American sling on it.

Eastern Front was gonna be added, but it got canceled. This makes me so sad. I imagine something like Stalingrad, Kursk (Prokhorovka), Kiev, and Smolensk, using the Mosin, PPSh-41, DP-27, the T-34, T-26, KV-1, or IS-2 with the BFV mechanics. Could’ve been some of the best shit ever.

Dude, I just found your channel, watched a couple of videos, already subscribed! I got a feeling, I'm one of the first fans of a huge KZfaqr, right before he blew up. I'm not jokin', got the same feeling when I started following jshlatt's channel, he had 800 subs at the time I believe.

As someone who greatly enjoyed BFV from beta, launch, all the way until they stopped support for it (at peak hype, mind you) it brings me great joy to hear of someone finding love for the game, even after a bad first impression.

that tiger als is a bit of a mich mash of a late and early tiger. its got the hatch of the early tiger but the road wheels dont have the rubber making it a late war version

21:16 First time seeing someone called a sherman w/ flamethrower a crocodille ive been calling it zippo since i can remember

Didnt know that the variety streamer also makes tank videos,very cool would watch again.

If you ever do Enlisted, you will find that all tanks have some kind of Anti-Tank round or Anti-Infantry round, some tanks can get AP and HE others can get HEAT and HE, the game has Germans, Russians, Americans, Italians, and the British as playable factions, and I do believe that the game has the Lee Einfield No. 4. It has 6 campaigns: Battle of Moscow, Battle of Tunisia, Battle of Stalingrad, Pacific War, Battle of Normandy, and Battle of Berlin.