That threading on the outside of the barrel is for the bayonet.

Herzer irl: rolling coffin, horrible visibility, roughly designed Herzer in warthunder: death incarnate, crusher and driver of enemies, listener of lamentations

Hetzer basically means: someone who relentlessly hunts you down to exhaustion

That ceiling in the museum is absolutely fascinating.

"I think that one thing that keeps crews safe is the ability to see. Also, being on the side that is winning is quite handy..."

"It was a mobile coffin" "It did do the job" made me chuckle.

I have a friend who acquired a Hetzer from some museum in Europe. It was more or less intact - the pieces they had to remove to make it "demiliterized" were shipped separately. Via the internet he also managed to aquire a full set of manuals for it. They were in German, obviously, but he can read German fairly well, so that wasn't a problem. It took him about 4 or 5 years, but he completely rebuilt it. The canon and machine gun fire propane blanks, but otherwise its fully functional. He takes it around to military shows and WWII reenactments.

The jagdpanzer 38t wasn’t terrible once you’re given more context. It was a great defensive weapon, and was used as such. My ancestor was ambushed in the Hurtgen Forest by an entire platoon of these vehicles, and they performed quite well in the ambush role. You just can’t use them on the offensive.

Why do I get the feeling that Lindy just asked sone random passerby to hold the camera for him, then started rattling off about the Hetzer for the next 15 minutes

“It beats dragging a PAK through the mud” Hillary Doyle

The Hetzer was very cost effective. It had a good kill ratio. It was also hated by its crews.

In modern German, "Panzer" as a stand-alone word has taken on the exclusive meaning of "tank". The older meaning of "armor" has been entirely taken over by the words "Panzerung". The only exception I know of is the field of biology/zoology, where "Panzer" means "carapace", and thus could still be translated as "armor". But other than that - no, the German word "Panzer" does NOT mean "armor" these days.

Editor: what animation u want for "hetzer" words Lindybeige: YES

2:09 Guy in the background with the camera: "bloody hell this guy's here again"

"This was a mobile coffin, in many respects, but it was reliable..." In that regard, is how I view most tanks. An armoured box designed to get you just far enough into battle to hopefully survive the first four minutes without being forcibly immolated by unseen threats...

Tank: Has weakness WW2 Enthusiasts: Mobile Coffin

Normal Winnie Pooh: "Hetzer" Winnie Pooh With Tux: "Jagdpanzer 38(t)" Winnie Pooh with Wermacht outfit: "JAGDPANZER ACHTUNDDREIẞIG (TSCHECHISH)"

How many ways of the word "Hetzer" appearing on the screen do you want? Lindy: Yes.

Love the fact you mentioned the romanian prototype as the inspiration. Not many know ^^

My grandfather drove this tank as he was in the Wehrmacht. He told me some other stories about this tank. It was useful enough for some ambush tactics.

To be honest it was better than pushing around a pak-40 in the mud.

... what is an "Imperial Hour"? Like is it 60 minuts +5 minutes for tea?

My wife's uncle served in one of these in the Swiss Army after the war and has fond memories of it. Its role was that of a self propelled anti tank gun. It was protected by infantry and communicated with external spotters and the battery command post by means of telephone (which was linked to intercom) for which each vehicle had its own 600m cable drum. Using it as a tank is a ridiculous and unlikely idea, even in desperate times.

Anytime Lindy goes to a museum Tour guide: That’s my job!

With that attitude arguably every tank is an armoured coffin.

"Let's get to the tank museum." Heh, funny. He never left.

The weird thing is that he doesn't like the Hetzer, but he loves the Jagdpanther, which is basically just a bigger Hetzer.

"I don't want to expose myself on the roof of this thing!" What's meant: A crewman popping out to reload the gun What I imagined: awkward nude solider on the roof of a Hetzer

Already six minutes into this video... And... Oof. Ouch. 1) Yes, the Hetzer was pretty blind as far as tanks go, but if Infantry got that close to any tank.... That tank is already dead anyway. 2) The MG on top was not just a "Blind fire spray and pray" weapon. It had a periscope equipped 3x zoom sniper scop mounted with it that was used to aim. 3) The gun sight is on top of the roof. Under that upside down U shaped bracket. Roof mounted sights are actually a good thing, as they allow you to be be able to see the enemy while behind cover or concealment. Perfect for an ambush vehicle like this. 4)The 7.5 Pak 40 was an excellent gun, and is capable of taking on any allied medium (majority of what the allied armies fielded. Shermans, T-34s, Cromwells) from a good distance away.

oh no he's stuck in the tank museum again. *puts on hat and grabs gun* 'don't worry lindy, i'll come save you'

" Also, being on the side that's winning is quite handy" Immediate sub

After seeing my fair share of ceilings, I do have to say that is one mighty fine ceiling! 👍

3:58 "You can't depress the gun enough to shoot him..." Tank commander: Shoot him you worthless piece of sheet metal! Machine gun: :(((

A coffin was never so cute and lovable.

Tbh your German pronunciation is pretty good. Greetings from Germany

one interesting thing about the hetzer is that they managed to churn out so many of them at such a late stage in the war, unlike most other vehicles.

I would prefer the Jagdpanzer 38 over any stationary classic AT gun any day, because thats what it meant to complement. You have at least a little bit of armour around you and not just one tiny armored shield, and after an ambush you can quickly retreat under armored cover. Imagine if you have to run away and leave your AT gun behind. That is not reasonable, especially at this stage of the war, when most combat of the Wehrmacht was delaying action against advancing armored forces. For that sort of engagement it is meant for, nothing else. That roof mounted machine gun is a nice gimmick indeed, since you have infantry support with you. Afterall you are in an infantry support vehicle. These vehicles were never meant to rely on its close defense weapons only. In fact, most armored vehicles are not meant to be deployed this way and only a foolish commander would do so. Going back to the retreat movement after the ambush and the following counter attack of the opposing forces: The driver does not have to turn the vehicle around in order to retreat, using the reverse gear only at first will do the job, until you found cover to actually reverse and retreat further. The driver does not have to see where he is driving, because the commander can assist and give direct orders about the directions via a light system, that indicates left and right to the driver. The commanders hatch is arranged in a way that he can see out over the engine deck while being fully protected from the front and sides. so he can give reliable direction orders to the blind driver. Meant as a pure ambush tank destroyer, exactly like a normal AT gun, the Jagdpanzer 38 was not well suited in other combat situations. Because of that it looks stupid when evaluated as an assault gun or a tank. It was just a more mobile AT gun with better crew protection against HE rounds and small arms fire.

I feel like Bovingdon is a random encounter location where you can come across a rare Lloyd npc

From some comments seems like a misconception has been spread: the hetzer is not a tank, it's operative role is not to confront tanks face to face. It's more like a tracked anti tank gun, it has to stay in defensive positions, hidden and almost not move, with close supporting infantry it doesn't need side visibility, otherwise why not drill a couple of holes on the side? In this role you need 1-concealment 2-firepower 3-possibly a good frontal armor, if you fire first not seen, you souldn't have enemy on the sides. Furthermore it was far cheaper than a PzIV so you can produce more with the same resources. Of course in action is not possible to choose the kind of engagement every time, the enemy doesn't stand waiting, for example in Kursk Elephants were used also in offensive role with generally bad results.

Oh man it took me 20 years to understand British humour, but so glad i did!

I submit that the Hetzer was the perfect "ambush" tank destroyer. The gun could defeat any allied tank except a churchill and it was very easy to hide.

Hetzer’d gonna hetz. No doubt.

Dude your german is good, like legit everything sounded as it was suposed to sound, you could definatly hear a strong acent and that you werent that confident but from the history youtubers you definatly got the best German skils

My uncle fought in a Hetzer during the Battle of the Reichswald. Go to museums of the Norfolk / Shrophire +++ Regiment or to Bovington and you will find City names like Cleve, Goch, Kervenheim, Uedem +++. My uncle survived in the Hetzer 38(t). He was forced to serve in the Waffen-SS and was only 165 cm - to small for SS but ideal for the Hetzer.

"hetzen" as a German word means to hunt something to the prey's exhaustion, like run after it until it breaks down with exhaustion. A fitting translation of the verb would be to "hound something to death". Greetings from Austria. Love you, Lindy!!! :)

One thing that’s undeniable is that this tank looks really cool

Nice to get some recognition for the Marechal prototype! Thanks, Lindybiege! And best from Bucharest!

Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead actually bought one of those.

thank goodness we're not going to have another spandau naming scandal

"The Polish captured one of these and named it twat." My day has been made XD

It was definitely a smart buy for a defending army short on resources but with the tactical initiative. It was cheap, easy to hide, used little fuel, and could tank hits from the front. Hence the formidable performance in battle under the conditions of utter strategical failure.

> mobile coffin dreadnought.jpg "EVEN IN DEATH I STILL SERVE"

"I don't care if it's wrong I'll call it what I want" - Like a true Englishman, sir.

the gunners sight is on top of the vehicle like on a stug iii, it was a good sight you could aim with it even when the tank was covered

Hetzer is very easy to translate or explain. You hunt your pray until it's out of energy and it becomes an easy target. "Hetzjagd" you hunt down your pray, you race it until it collapses.

It was fantastic, it could defeat any allied tank on the battlefield with its gun and no need of sight! Oh, by allied I meant not the enemy.

Should have collab'd with The Chieftain: Can two tall blokes manage 'The tank is on fire!" exercise!

Lots of problems here: - For starters its vulnerability to infantry is not as severe an issue as you make it sound. Even ignoring the fact you claim its Mg-34 was "blindly fired" (whereas in reality it used an accurate magnified optic), it was almost exclusivley used too supplement the defense of infantry units. As such it was part of an integrated defense in which infantry units could protect it from infantry, just as it would protect them from tanks. Its not rolling through enemy infantry formations or fighting in armoured spearheads potentially isolated from infantry support like the other German panzers, it stays with the infantry and if they know whats good for themselves they aren't staying too far from it. -The armour protection is more then suffecient, you seem to be evaluating it on the basis that it is a tank, you need to think of it more in terms of a mobile Anti-tank gun, only unlike AT guns or the marders and light panzer jagers it helped supplement and/or replaced it could endure anything but a direct hit from the airstrikes and artillery barrages the allies were using whole scale at that point in the war. The fact it also had a chance at even taking a hit frontally from a tank made it exceptionally well armoured by the standards of light tank hunters of WW2 more then anything (for comparison it had even better frontal protection then the American M10 and m36 tank destroyers which were nearly double its weight, and nearly equivilant proection to the earlier Stug-3's of which it also weighed significantly less.) - Visibility was not as severe an issue as you make out, as a defensive vehicle it would generally be used in terrain that the officers in charger and hertzer commanders would have been able to familiazrize themselves with and the commander would often be able to operate with the hatch open anyway. it is an ambush vehicle, if its taking fire (ie. been spotted), then its only job is too pull back anyway, which it could do along paths the crew and commander are already familiare with and aware of.

More than anything, I'm convinced that Hetzer is a fine name.

"armoured coffin" *coffin dance noises intensifies*

That double periscope makes it look like Mr Krabs is inside.

I've never heard anyone butcher the word "kilometers" so expertly! Kudos to you!

A real pleasure to see your esci kits ! I have all of them also !

Ain't you a model historian there, huh. Great content, amazing job, and loads upon loads of intoxicating enthusiasm. Keep it on, mate, your stuff is worth the effort!

The tank rating system: Nation: How much resources does it cost us compared to the enemy? Soldier: How long will I survive in it? Three public: Does it look cool?

Moral of the story: hetzers gonna hetz, live the stug life instead?

Man you’re naturally funny without seeming to script anything that’s talent baybee

"They named it 'twat' which means bold and resourceful person" - Thanks Lindy, I'll remember that when I go to visit London next summer

4:00 Yeah but it was a infantry support vehicle, if enemies got that close, the tank should have already been abandoned

wow, he pronounced 38/achtunddreissig without accent!😍 now say ,,Saukopfblende" thats that slope thing.

The name 'hetzer' was given to it by its crews! They liked how small it was, until they had to get in it.😋 By the way: the Germans tried to make an armored personnel carrier version of the 38t, the Vkpw 38t, or volkkettenpersonnelwagen: fully-tracked personnel vehicle. Think an M113 with a 38t's running gear. I've seen a picture of this: its look is remarkably modern!

Feeling really attacked by this one.

I can feel Lindybeige getting flashbacks from the Spandau video

our enemies hide in METUHL BAWKSES, THE COWAR- *75mm shell*

Lindy never misses an opportunity to put the boot in, whether it be the metric system or the Frenchies. Its a long running gag that NEVER gets old. His easy, natural, classic comedy style is just BRILLIANT... imho.

Informative and I thoroughly appreciate your style. Subscribed.

Armoured coffin....fitting description for most military vehicles. If you're well protected, you cannot escape. If the vehicle is easy to escape, it's because you aren't well protected.

11:20 "that's about 41 kilometres per imperial hour" 🤣🤣🤣

Thank you for mentioning our production of this tank :D

The face at the end was perfect

"Steered like a cow"; brilliant.

"Hetzer" is a quiet appropriate name: it comes from hunting, where "hetzen" means to hunt down, or better: to chase down the prey with hounds. So "chaser" is a good translation in my opinion.

An excellent video, Lloyd. I've re-watched this several times. Now off to re-watch The Chieftain's ramble over the Jgdpz 38(t) a.k.a. the Hetzer. :-)

My father-n-law was an enduser in 2. Kompanie, FBB, Hetzer was his favorite, having operated in Panzer III, Panzer IV, Tiger I, Panther and T-34. He said it was like driving a sportscar, the limited traverse wasn't an issue, between close quarters and the intercom, the Gunner would just tell the driver to pivot left or right X degrees then take it from there. But what did he know, right?

Even modern remotely controlled machines guns can't be remotely loaded. You still have to get out and load manually.

German senior officer: "So you have ze experience with tanks, ja?" Tanker: "Ja, mein commandant. I was commander of a Panzer V crew." German senior officer: "Well we have a new command for you. Some of the men call it a Hetzer." Tanker (looks at Hetzer): "Scheisse. We're losing, aren't we?" German senior officer: "Ja."

Well done. Thank you.

Nice beam work and ducting for the ceiling!!

I'm going to adopt a hairless cat and call him Hetzer

I can forgive using the name “hetzer.” I can never forgive Lloyd’s use of comic sans.

4:17 "Oh sh8t theyre recording" "ACT NORMAL ACT NORMAL"

‘Being on the side that’s winning’ is a good way of ‘keeping safe ‘ Gotta love it.

I didn't choose the Hetzer life i was drafted by the Wehrmacht.

"Steers like a cow" was a great reference

I think this videos ignores the fact that the Hetzer was hard as hell to be spotted and hit by enemy tanks (as you see in the video, it had a very low profile). It was made as a mobile ATG for the infantry, not a standalone destroyer like the Jagdpanther. This means it was called in to stop enemy breakthrough or stay in ambush covering infantry advance/retreat against enemy armor assault. And no, it wasn't completely blind, it had a periscope system for firing. But yes, once it was caught exposed or had to face infantry assault without any support, well, it became a coffin.

They really went all out with the effects with the Hetzer text at the start

All of the negative aspects of this makes perfect sense in this being assigned to INFANTRY units. Also, Germany was on the DEFENSE so, you would assume it's job is to HIDE, with its FRONT facing the enemy.

"Hetzen" as a verb refers to a form of hunting by chasing the game to exhaustion.

You have to give it this much, it scuttles beautifully. Nobody was going to drive off in that vehicle once its crew was done with it.

So happy I came back to this video since I found I had accidentallly DISLIKED a Lindybeige video. Happy to say this has been rectified sir.