Last German Panzer Battle - Six Day War 1967

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WW2-era German Panzers last saw combat during the Six Day War in 1967, when Syria used them against Israel on the Golan Heights. Discover how Syria was able to acquire so many WW2 German vehicles and how they fared in combat against IDF Shermans and Centurions.
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@retrogaminggenesis6102 4 жыл бұрын

Sad to think how people could scrap such a legendary tank in the 90's. I could understand the 50's but the 90's?

@LaughOutLoud696 5 жыл бұрын

The lack of a professional crew is the biggest problem.

@soundofeighthooves 5 жыл бұрын

i was about to say the same. a decent crew would have been able to knock out some shermans i guess

@25Crow25 5 жыл бұрын

probably manned by conscripted goat farmers with a few days of training

@julemandenudengaver4580 5 жыл бұрын

i saw a TV show about the yum Kapur war and the centurion could rise and depres it's gun so it shot down and op on the others but the Invaders tanks gun could not and they lost a lot on that account

@Tappettava 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah Syria shouldn't have cheaped out on the ace crews, they would have been well worth a few golden eagles.

@kevstermeister4662 5 жыл бұрын

True

@thevettegetsitwett 5 жыл бұрын

You could say the Germans were a bit more effective with them lol

@drevil9554 5 жыл бұрын

Urrrgh, when will they fix this MatchMaking, I sick of facing Centurions in my Pz 4!

@richarddoig1865 5 жыл бұрын

Welcome to World of Tanks! My tier 6 Sherman vs tier 8 anything! If I catch them from the flank or rear, I can chip the paint!

@thomaspendlebury4222 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love these little pieces of hidden history 👍🏻

@goodguy4life889 5 жыл бұрын

So true

@neganrex5693 5 жыл бұрын

Love the irony of seeing the Jews have the honor of destroying the last of them.

@alikareem3393 5 жыл бұрын

Iraq and syria has many of those pieces 😅

@Ty-yt3lj 5 жыл бұрын

"Frankenstein tanks". You missed a golden opportunity to call them Frankenpanzers

@mjoelnir58 5 жыл бұрын

A tank without well trained and experienced crew is worth nothing.

@Ivan-qf4mt 5 жыл бұрын

And any tank without support is just a fancy coffin.

@burtvhulberthyhbn7583 5 жыл бұрын

Panzer IV's vs. Centurions?? Absolute suicide.

@zoletajohneiner8388 5 жыл бұрын

if ww2 ended atleast a year later (1946), panzer 4's and other feline tanks would've faced against centurions, IS3"s and probably e100 is completed by that time too, to counter such allied tanks

@cgaccount3669 5 жыл бұрын

Especially considering the training and tactics used by Israel.

@jasondaniel918 5 жыл бұрын

I was aware Syria had Panzers during the 1967 war, but I had no idea of the numbers. I think it a little sad Hollywood could not get their hands on some of these machines. If they had, those Panzers would have been movie stars for decades.

@brianbecker2077 5 жыл бұрын

What irony the final battlefield for Nazi built tanks would be in Israel.

@insertname7583 5 жыл бұрын

Big oof

@insertname7583 5 жыл бұрын

@Kekistan Shitlord I mean they were used and manufactured by the nazi regime so they might have a little to do with the Nazis

@CARBONHAWK1 5 жыл бұрын

Wehraboos unite!!!

@xxfrosty609xx3 5 жыл бұрын

Kekistan Shitlord the tanks were manned by people fighting for the ideology.

@praeceptor 5 жыл бұрын

In the period of the first Arab-Israeli-War (1948) the Israelis received a lot of support by Czekoslovakia (initiated by Moscow, of course). Among the shipments were Avia S-199 planes, Czech post-war versions of the German Messerschmitt Bf 109. A lot of the parts had been produced before the end of the war. So in essence the beginnings of the Israeli air force are also marked by Third-Reich technology.

@TheScienceofnature 5 жыл бұрын

A tank is just a pile of scrap metal without an effective crew

@leary4 5 жыл бұрын

It sort of reminds me of Nixon's famous question to Moshe Dyan; Nixon-"They say you have the best army in the world" Dyan- "I don't know, we've only ever fought arabs"

@themigratingcoconut562 5 жыл бұрын

Like that polish guy with hundreds of personal kills as a mercenary I think: "Whats it like to take human lives?" "I wouldn't know, I've only ever killed communists."

@moo24251 5 жыл бұрын

lol

@binaway 5 жыл бұрын

My late father and another gunner had to train 8 Egyptians and man a heavy AA gun (gun crew of 10 required). Given the order to fire on an Italian reconnaissance aircraft the first shot was fire and then nothing. The 8 Egyptians all ran away. The same on a nearby gun. The 4 British gunners could only stand there shaking their heads. A while later the Egyptians returned shyly giggling. He was never surprised with Israeli success in it's wars.

@Defenestrationflight 5 жыл бұрын

@@binaway that is arguably what every human being should do. Let the fat fucks send their own sons to die.

@Yeeren 5 жыл бұрын

@@binaway While that is a funny story, it was kind of unofficial doctrine for Israel's short-lived towed-anti-tank units to fire once and run away before the dust cleared due to the fact that they knew they had zero survivability if engaged, and that it was impossible to remain stealthy due to every shot kicking up a large, noticeable dust cloud. AFAIK those units never actually saw combat before the towed AT guns were mothballed.

@agoprospov5984 5 жыл бұрын

Only £110,000 per tank with spares and ammunition?! That would be a steal today!

@MarkFeltonProductions 5 жыл бұрын

I wonder how much they are worth today in restored condition - a couple of million I should imagine

@agoprospov5984 5 жыл бұрын

If only! If all of those were in working order, you’d have more than enough for a panzer regiment of re-enactors, let alone to use in films rather than mockups!

@seanbissett-powell5916 5 жыл бұрын

@@MarkFeltonProductions There was one in full running order in the Littlefield Collection which came up for auction in 2014 - it didn't hit the reserve, but I believe was subsequently sold for $2.5m to Warbirds. Much of the collection was sold after Jacques Littlefield's death, in order to fund putting the rest into a museum. It would make for a fascinating video, the largest private collection in the world (some 220 vehicles), including some really interesting kit.

@JamesLaserpimpWalsh 5 жыл бұрын

I bet they are kicking themselves at scrapping those Jdgpz 4s if they did scrap them. They would surely be worth a fortune to collectors these days.

@oveidasinclair982 5 жыл бұрын

If they were not scrapped I wouldn't be surprised to hear that they were used against ISIS and Al-Qaida forces, maybe in a pill box fashion like they used the Stug III's

@fazekaslaszlo 5 жыл бұрын

Thats what I thought too, a decent Panzer will sell for 5 million pounds

@pokemongo-py6yq 5 жыл бұрын

James Horsey Walsh At the end of WW2 the US army carriers dumps hundreds of planes into the sea.

@nicholaspatton5590 5 жыл бұрын

The Syrian Big Oof.

@nicholaspatton5590 5 жыл бұрын

Not to mention the current, larger oof.

@chasebh89 5 жыл бұрын

Syria : *buys panzers to kill shermans* Isreal : hey britain can we get some of them cents? Britian : yah sure Syria : oh come on.....

@dearleader6789 5 жыл бұрын

When you put Dshks in a panzer IV so the untrained crew is even more cramped *outstanding move*

@MrMattMWH 5 жыл бұрын

Centurions versus Pz MkIV's?. Don't think much of the matchmaking 😛

@spudpud-T67 5 жыл бұрын

Not only the tank tier mismatch, but its tomatoes versus unicums.

@bigblue6917 5 жыл бұрын

More like a one night stand.

@howlerofthegrey9368 5 жыл бұрын

Pz IV: Nein! Why did I sign up for this Cent. : Hehehe...

@KM-hd9wx 5 жыл бұрын

Ha! The gun on the pz could probably go through side armour of the cent easily

@warrenchambers4819 5 жыл бұрын

Don't tell Gaijin that Haha. Happens very often in War Thunder. Can't tell you how many times playing Germany I've had my Tiger taken out by a Centurion.

@Paul42no 5 жыл бұрын

And during Israel's war of independence, the newly created Israeli Air Force flew Czech made ME-109's piloted by American volunteers versus the Arab air forces flying Spitfires.

@jensnimike176 5 жыл бұрын

Would be nice to see a video about this😊. The Avia s199 me 109's with a bomber motor. Terrible aircraft. And the arabs had spitfires, Macchi 205 and Fiat g55. I've heard that Hafez Assad, Bashar al Assad's father flew the Fiat G55.

@hynekdrazdil1563 5 жыл бұрын

These fighters were kind of frankensteins, because they were Me 109G airframes with engines from He 111 and they were not as good as normal Me 109s.

@randomcoyote8807 5 жыл бұрын

That would be worthy of another video in itself!

@anthonybanchero3072 5 жыл бұрын

Ironic.

@iyadli4645 5 жыл бұрын

Funny how evil have the same planes

@Dan0130 5 жыл бұрын

Bank : Now why do you want £110,000 loan? Me: reasons...

@deadmike73 4 жыл бұрын

israel "tried" to do a preemptive strike??? dude they did more than try, they wiped out egypts airforce on the ground in a surprise attack.

@thenevadadesertrat2713 5 жыл бұрын

When operating one of those training is as important as the machine itself. The German army did not let anyone touch one of those if not trained. They were very expensive to build.

@atomicbetrayal1 5 жыл бұрын

Wow even 22 years after the war we still had (at least at the start) shermans versing panzer 4s...

@PU8698 5 жыл бұрын

Are you syrian?

@simonkevnorris 5 жыл бұрын

I'm fairly sure the Israelis 'up-gunned' the Sherman tanks. The video mentioned high velocity French 75mm guns - it turns out these are Sherman M-50s and the 105mm equipped ones were called the Sherman M-51s. Both varients were used in the Six Day War.

@averagefilipino315 5 жыл бұрын

Simon Norris the Egyptians had shermans with amx turrets instead of the standard Sherman turrets

@alex-ragnarson3482 5 жыл бұрын

@@averagefilipino315 They were multiple type of French improvements for Sherman's The FL10 Sherman (Amx13 turret with the long 75), the m50 (75mm SA50 on the Sherman) and the M51 Super Sherman with the 105 high velocity French gun (Pratically the same as the Amx10 RC)

@KeeperOfTheSevenKeys. 5 жыл бұрын

Modernized Shermans vs unupgraded Panzer IVs though, the battlefield pictures of these tanks show they didn't even have the added front armor plating the Germans ghetto rigged them with in 1944 out of desperation. (they did on the turret sides for some reason though?) Not even a contest for the heavy sloped armor high-velocity 75mm Shermans.

@maverick-zj3jz 5 жыл бұрын

If u aren’t trained disciplined and fighting for something u are invested in no tank or plane will win the battle!!!!

@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge 5 жыл бұрын

True, and Arabs are well known to suffer from bad quality training and tactics.

@andrejansen9003 5 жыл бұрын

@@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge Good runners though

@F4Wildcat 5 жыл бұрын

@@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge Still do, always will.

@jamallabarge2665 5 жыл бұрын

@@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge Culturally they are more oriented to guerilla warfare than conventional warfare. Great at individual heroics. Nineteen of them got the US to start the War on Terror.

@systemhalodark 5 жыл бұрын

Sure did Japan a lot of good.

@theonepieguy9935 4 жыл бұрын

The Six Day War is just an average domination match in War Thunder

@HoH 5 жыл бұрын

Perhaps as a follow-up to this video, it is an interesting idea to create a video about how Israel managed to conquer the Sinai desert in Egypt during the Six-days war? To be honest, it is rather incredible that in 1967 35 German tanks were still 'active', in Syria of all places. Really enjoyed the video, as always!

@MrAwol007 5 жыл бұрын

Israel had night vision systems in there tanks and the Egyptians did not. ggwp

@schaihmansur8298 5 жыл бұрын

@@MrAwol007 Israel paid much money to have spyes in the Egypt army.... Nightvision my ass.

@AminadavGeller 5 жыл бұрын

@@MrAwol007 israel didn't have night vision in 67.....

@Ferndalien 5 жыл бұрын

The 1973 Yom Kippur war is a lot more interesting. The Egyptian Army initially kicked the IDF's butt, the IDF came roaring back across the Suez canal and had the Egyptian Army by the balls AND the throat before the US and the USSR demanded a cease-fire, but in the end, Anwar Sadat won the war at the negotiating table. Syria got beat up badly, too, but the Jordanian Army just kept their heads down.

@noremorsewoodworking2258 5 жыл бұрын

@@schaihmansur8298 So you are saying that egyptians can be easily bought to betray their country? That is of course a much more palatable explanation than the egyptian army being ill-equipped and outdated.

@loaf4008 5 жыл бұрын

proof that Warthunder's matchmaking is trash

@nobleman9393 5 жыл бұрын

LOL

@DanT-dh8lz 5 жыл бұрын

U mean proof tha warthunder's matchmaking is realistic

@lovepeace9727 5 жыл бұрын

You mean realistic?

@maniacpanic666 5 жыл бұрын

The Arabs had no idea how to use a Pz 4.

@Rohilla313 4 жыл бұрын

The Pz IV was actually a good tank but only the Germans made good use of it. In this case it was a total mismatch. Against Centurions and Super Shermans manned by well trained crews it didn’t stand a chance.

@keithallver2450 5 жыл бұрын

I know most prefer the Panther or Tiger, but my favorite WW2 German tank was the up-gunned Panzer 4 models.

@terraflow__bryanburdo4547 5 жыл бұрын

Gotta love the Jagd IV and ole Stug III too!

@Collectorfirearms 5 жыл бұрын

Panzer 4 is my second favorite after the panther

@cissuperdroid 5 жыл бұрын

@@terraflow__bryanburdo4547 Don't leave out the forgotten StuG IV!

@randomcoyote8807 5 жыл бұрын

Agreed. The "cats" get all the attention but the humble PzkW-IV was the most common model and carried the bulk of the combat. Even up to the end they were, with upgrades, still fairly capable.

@dugclrk 5 жыл бұрын

Was a lovely looking tank, and ferocious with the big gun. Pains me to see them sitting atop a hill rusting away like that. I suppose Syria has bigger problems these days.

@kelvinh8327 5 жыл бұрын

Gotta love the French...Panzers to Syria, Exocets to Argentina, Naval ships (almost) to Putin. Ah, my friend is always the one with the gold.

@XxPlayMakerxX131 5 жыл бұрын

Its ironic to see the Russian t-34 and the German Panzer where they were enemies at a day They are fighting side to side in 1967

@allenatkins2263 5 жыл бұрын

But when I say I want a STUG III, my wife says, "What are you going to do with that?"

@evandotterer4365 5 жыл бұрын

Your knowledge and voice is very admirable I’ve watched almost all of your documentaries

@theodorkorner1497 5 жыл бұрын

The greatest irony is that the Israelis used a form of Blitzkrieg in the six-day war against the arabs and their german tanks😂

@killerkraut9179 5 жыл бұрын

The Israelis hase used The S199 Plane Tschechoslowakian version of Messerschmitt Bf109

@billmcfadden4791 5 жыл бұрын

Theodor Körner blitzkrieg was initially a British concept adapted by German army

@neurofiedyamato8763 5 жыл бұрын

@@billmcfadden4791 blitzkrieg was never a concept. Germany simply adopted the same style they had since the Franco-Prussian war. If you mean modern combined arms, then the French and British had done so during world war I. If you referring to pure mechanized formations, then both Germany and Britain had published papers on this subject which resulted in both copying off of each other. Germany further refined this during secret cooperation with USSR and eventually put it to the test during the Spanish civil war. Poland was actually a fairly traditional encirclement, but the aforementioned innovations are further refined. Then you have the French campaign where the Wehrmacht have matured in to the fighting force we know of today, although it would continue to adapt and change throughout the entire war, especially against USSR.

@apocalypticsurvivor1881 5 жыл бұрын

and it was at the start of ww2 and they used later versions were germany hade more of an defens war

@swunt10 5 жыл бұрын

@@billmcfadden4791 germans invented Bewegungskrieg along with Auftragstaktik during the napoleonic wars.

@chickensforthechickengod9337 5 жыл бұрын

When your WW2 flashbacks start shooting at you

@michaelrizea3108 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah no kidding the Jews were probably rather unnerved

@robertbeermanjr.2158 5 жыл бұрын

I found this to be a particularly fascinating offering Dr. Felton. I really enjoy watching your series. Thank You. RB

@andraslibal 5 жыл бұрын

0:47 that is in the Yad La-Shiryon tank museum in Latrun, Israel, a Panzer IV displayed next to a Stug III. The Syrians also had T-34s and ISU-152s, the israeli tank museum has those as well.

@MrMenefrego1 5 жыл бұрын

It's all about TRAINING! Or, the lack thereof.

@SociatalEffecta 5 жыл бұрын

Not only is this so fascinating but you have an incredible voice, it's so classic

@1morrel 5 жыл бұрын

One of these former Syrian Panzer IVs was purchased by the American Armoured Foundation and is on display in their collection in Danville, VA.

@blazerocker1734 4 жыл бұрын

You just don't get this kind of history lesson in the public school system. New subscriber. - Great video.

@captain0080 5 жыл бұрын

I visited the Latrun tank museum with my family in 1990 and remember seeing the captured panzer IV with arabic markings among other decomissioned israeli and captured vehicles, my father may or may not have pictures of it, i only remember seeing a picture of me and my siblings next to some recovery vehicle and some weird locally converted m4 apc kind of deal.

@averagefilipino315 5 жыл бұрын

Pommy Pie we all do

@torestgard1681 5 жыл бұрын

These pretty unknown stories are are so unique and hold such quality that I've decided to support Mark Felton on Patreon as the only youtuber. He deserves it. May the good work continue!

@travisgamble8765 5 жыл бұрын

I love the history on these! I have been curious for some time about the Panzers use in the 6 day war and now I know fully! It might also explain where some of the more curious WW2 weapons in the current rebel conflict have come from as well. Excellent video Mark! Thank you again!

@nickthorp5790 5 жыл бұрын

Great video Mark, very well researched, narrated and edited.

@Granattaaaaaa 5 жыл бұрын

That was an absolutely brilliantly detailed video.

@atatexan 5 жыл бұрын

I am stunned to learn about this. Excellent research and narration, Mark.

@johnphillips4228 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the post, I really enjoyed it.

@brianrobson5208 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark

@Fran-fv6pf 5 жыл бұрын

I bet Bruce from combat dealers would love to strike a deal on the remaining tanks in the Golan Heights 😂😂 Cheers for the effort you put into your unique and captivating content. Peace and Love.

@snoozinghipo 4 жыл бұрын

wow, i love all the details you included here!!

@cvdheyden 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing, thanks for uploading this. Very interesting!

@doogleticker5183 5 жыл бұрын

Damn, you find some really interesting history...I'd sub twice if I could. You do excellent work Mark and I love it!! You have become my "go to" channel, the only one I have with an alert.

@stoneyll 5 жыл бұрын

1940's technology vs 1960's technology..(no contest)

@peanutlover5998 5 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for someone to make a video like this. Thanks.

@phillipmaasdorp9491 5 жыл бұрын

Mark Felton your documentary shows are of great historical importance, it's an absolutely amazing story.

@sarjim4381 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another interesting video. Syria was only in the Six Days War because of false reports that the IDF had been crushed and Egyptian forces were advancing n Tel Aviv. Not wanting to be left out of the division of territory after the war, the Syrian Army went into action. In addition to poor maintenance of its armored vehicles, they also had a plethora of types, from the Panzer IVs, Churchills, Shermans, and various Russian types, including the T-34 and T-54. Even though the Syrians had over 1,000 tanks on strength, less than 300 were operation on the first day of the war. Israel swifty destroyed two thirds of the Syrian air force on the ground, ending any hope of close air support. Israel's aircraft were free to roam the Golan Heights, and any tanks that showed themselves were quickly attacked. There were a few hard tank vs tank battles when the Syrians were able to mount an armoured attack before the Israeli planes showed up, but many Syrian tanks were either abandoned by their crews or swiftly withdrew behind Syrian lines. The infantry was poorly trained and led, and it tended to break and run at the sight of Israeli tanks. The constant attacks by aircraft, while not really doing much damage to the Syrian defense lines, demoralized Syrian soldiers and caused many units to surrender en masse, sometimes killing their own officer trying to prevent the surrender. Syria had gotten itself in a war based on lies, and in a war it wasn't prepared to fight. All the Panzers in the world couldn't have helped them in 1967

@phbrinsden 5 жыл бұрын

Not only were the Syrians duped by Egyptian false reporting but so were the Jordanians. The Jordanian Arab Legion was the only force on the Arab side that fought with honor and tenacity.

@raydematio7585 4 жыл бұрын

Want it British trained and led by a Brit? They agreed to an honorable peace and have worked for the good of all in the region since then. Much respect.

@geronimo5537 5 жыл бұрын

I always find it interesting to see where ww2 material ended up after the war. It's not like it just disappeared. Thanks for showing us more history. =)

@2weitesLeben 5 жыл бұрын

Really interesting, never heard of aspect. Homework done - good research. Nice footage (pictures, cutscenes; text and narrator). THANKS.

@dougmartin8664 5 жыл бұрын

Great video! Loved the description of the battle!

@Anvilarm07 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, I never knew this. Thank you.

@oldtimer5283 4 жыл бұрын

Wow pure eye opener Cheers for that..👍

@mattzeimys945 4 жыл бұрын

Love watching his channel - I’m a huge history buff but this dude enlightens me everyday

@XanderTheDutchGuy 5 жыл бұрын

As always, a great video. I've heard about Panzerkampfwagen 4's being used in and by Syria, but never anything with so much detail. Thank you for another great video

@GManmcaoidh 5 жыл бұрын

Why not list them on ebay? Pick up only.

@panzertracks 5 жыл бұрын

I never in a thousand years would I have imagine that Syria would be using captured Nazi Germany Panzer IV's to kill Israeli soldiers. WOW! I hope Syria still has one of those jagdpanzer in storage. Thanks for the video.

@nlb4329 5 жыл бұрын

@Usecriticalthinking no not isis ); poor panzer

@dasbubba841 5 жыл бұрын

Earlier in the Civil War, the Free Syrian Army used StG-44s. A few thousand of them too. No idea what has happened to them, since the FSA is all but defunct now.

@fatdad64able 5 жыл бұрын

Israel has at least one of the Syrian tanks in an open air museum. ^^

@Ivan-qf4mt 5 жыл бұрын

Well, Israel captured one of those i guess.

@panzertracks 5 жыл бұрын

@@fatdad64able Need to go and check this out myself.

@kitsouk1 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, very informative. Thanks, and keep up the great work.

@vernski1015 5 жыл бұрын

Well done Mr. Felton.

@cyberpimp29 5 жыл бұрын

Mark Felton FTW!

@flimsyjimnz 5 жыл бұрын

"Ok Panzer IV -you're matched with....... SURPRISE it's a CENTURIAN!!" -Tankies' blind date from hell.

@bomiller9005 4 жыл бұрын

Some of the best docs on youtube. Always good!

@aussievaliant4949 5 жыл бұрын

Fascinating- I knew a little about this, but no where near what you have presented. Many thanks.

@Xav-ky9js 5 жыл бұрын

They were used here? I didn't know that, thanks for the info

@MarkFeltonProductions 5 жыл бұрын

And some are still there today!

@stormydriver 5 жыл бұрын

@@MarkFeltonProductions we must save them

@bigblue6917 5 жыл бұрын

It had been speculated about for sometime. But there was no photographic evidence which could be used to back it up. Until now.

@danielhalachev4714 5 жыл бұрын

I don't understand how one can put a Stug/Yagpanzer which are without turrets and armour in static positions. Just easy pray, while also ineffective (15° arch gun traverse or something like that).

@maddogmcfly5504 5 жыл бұрын

they might have had problems maintaining them and to get some final use out of them placed them tactically to guard narrow approaches. the soviets buried lots of ww2 tanks and took their engines out so they could hold more ammo, effectively becoming pill boxes.

@zxbzxbzxb1 5 жыл бұрын

Agreed it does sound crazy. Call me Mr Sniffy but I suspect the Syrian and Egyptian armies could have T-90s and would still find a way to get totally mashed lol

@JamesLaserpimpWalsh 5 жыл бұрын

True. They were shoot and scoot machines. Butcher and bolt etc etc.

@bigblue6917 5 жыл бұрын

Not what you could call joined up thinking is it.

@OltsuSuomesta 5 жыл бұрын

If they are disguised well, they can deal some serious damage. They also aren't too hampered by the lack of turret, as they can actually turn rather fast. The main point to them is eithe crazy powerful guns or cheapness. They also usually have better front armour than the original tanks IIRC.

@edwardtsaiawoen 5 жыл бұрын

EXCELLENT DOCUMENTARY. MY COMPLIMENTS,M MARK FELTON

@theirishshane2914 5 жыл бұрын

love the video. keep up the good work.

@bigblue6917 5 жыл бұрын

I have in the past read about Panzer IVs fighting for Syria but it was always a case of having no proof and some doubt as to whether or not it was true. Then a couple of years ago I came across an article about the Golan Heights and there was a Panzer IV. And now, thanks to this video, I see it was much more extensive then I thought. Well done

@BigHorseFilm 5 жыл бұрын

Mark's next video - "Yet another last German panzer battle".

@irishtino1595 5 жыл бұрын

Very educational, thank you for posting.

@MatSpeedle 5 жыл бұрын

I had no idea these tanks saw active service in the 60's absolutley facinating stuff! Great video thanks for sharing this little gem of hidden history!

@gemini_1085 5 жыл бұрын

the 28 dislikes are egyptians that still think they won the 6 day war

@abejones9218 5 жыл бұрын

Incorrect, most of the dislikes are because it's a pretty piss poor History Channel level documentary

@ironwill8596 5 жыл бұрын

Should have hired some ex German tank commanders

@francisbusa1074 4 жыл бұрын

Great documentation Mark. Thanks.

@pbj9883 5 жыл бұрын

Great little piece of history, thank you Mark!

@Linerax 5 жыл бұрын

Having Centurions participate in the Six Day War was just adding salt to the wound for the Syrians.

@oceanic8424 3 жыл бұрын

IDF tank crews have always trained to shoot accurately at the extreme ranges of their main guns. They can therefore knock out enemy tanks usually well before the enemy can engage. In most tank battles, who shoots first, most accurately gets the kill.

@manilajohn0182 5 жыл бұрын

This video is just another example of continued excellence on the part of the author. Many thanks for posting it, and I look forward to many more...

@JackDionne 5 жыл бұрын

Very informative. Great job!

@avion195 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. Never knew this.

@MrZpeppers 4 жыл бұрын

The British were like, “these chaps have panzer 4’s you say?”

@eisenhertz 5 жыл бұрын

what a story,unbelievable.thanks Mark!

@TheGearhead222 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, as always, Mark!:)-John in Texas

@MakayevR29 5 жыл бұрын

Man,those panzer 4s were amazing machines.How many other mid 30s designed tanks were still front line tanks at the end of ww2,not to mention just how adaptable the chassis was for a variety of other tasks.Definitely one of the best tanks of its era.

@roscoewhite3793 3 жыл бұрын

The French and the Czechs share the distinction of supplying both Israel and Syria, as it turns out, and the materiel that Israel received from Czechoslavia included 23 Avia S-199s, Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters fitted with Junkers Jumo 211F engines instead of Daimler-Benz DB 605s (something for a future Mark Felton video, perhaps?), which served briefly alongside B-17s, Beaufighters, Mosquitoes and Spitfires.

@homunculous007 5 жыл бұрын

We scale modelers thank you very much for this video. It will inspire countless models and dioramas.

@survivalcomms 5 жыл бұрын

One of these captured PzKw IV's is part of the collection at the AAF tank museum in Danville Va. Thanks for sharing !

@windalooman 3 жыл бұрын

I am from Czech republic and I did not know we sold panzers to Syria. Before communist party ruled the country in 1948 we also sold some Messerschmitt bf 109 and Spitfires to Izrael. Theese planes we were used after WW2 in service.