There also is a version with a 5cm pak. It looks even more like a tiger

Nothing says "Get out of my lane!" like a 20mm autocannon. ;-)

30mm with Gold rounds is the way to go.

@@pickeljarsforhillary102 is that a thing in world of tanks?

@@apocalypticsurvivor1881 And soon to become a part of WarThunder..

@@brandmotivo Playing it with the MK103 is fun. However, the MK103 is not the historical MK103, as the minimum size of the belt ever fielded for the MK 103 was 30 rounds. The closest we get to the one in the game is the MK 101, which is the earlier gun, fires the same 30x184mm round, however it was loaded a little hotter in the powder load, getting about 100m/s faster velocity (and more penetration due to this). Again, it is closer but the smallest box magazine for this gun was a 10 round box magazine, and later had a 30 round box magazine for it. Due to the box magazine, it would have been much quicker to reload (about half the time shown in game). The 101 also had about 100mm of penetration, so this is out. Basically, while the gun in the game is fun, it is massively nerfed compared to real life.

It's a pretty cool looking mini Tiger wanna-be. I like it.

yeah, loved this thing in world of tanks, painful to grind at first due to being very slow with the stock engine and having somewhat of a poor gun selection, but once you got the top engine and 5cm auto cannon it became quite the quick little bugger and still able to damage heavier tanks and some higher tier tanks (most tanks with auto cannons are basically useless against anything above their own tier unless facing spg's and similar open top, lightly armored vehicles, being only useful for spotting targets and keeping them tracked long enough for heavier allies to take them out). this thing was a tier 4 vehicle and used to see up to tier 9 battles (mix of very late war and early cold war tanks like the jagtiger, m46 patton, t-54, and conqueror) much like the m5 stuart and tier 5 chaffee, before scout matchmaking was removed and it was added to the regular mix of vehicles it's own tier and max of tier 7.

@Niek Vels I don’t speak Dutch but it sounds fitting, at least in the sense that often words have more than one definitive meaning. In German when you call someone a “sturer Bock” it’s not exactly positive, you’re saying “you stubborn fool” basically. But in a way where sometimes negative things are twisted to be more positive there’s also the connotation that a sturer Bock doesn’t back down, doesn’t surrender, stands his ground. Also the animal is for sure considered to be tough, show off-e, and “manly”.

“Bock” is not “buck,” but “billy goat”.

@@mebsrea Yes you are correct. That's what I meant but I fell in a bit of a false-friend trap. I would only add another suggestion and that's that actually were I live there are a lot of Steinböcke so one could theoretically also translate it to stubborn Ibex.

Dear Santa i'd be ever so grateful if you could put a Luchs in my x-mas stocking this year.😇👍

The Germans are famous for being proud of their welding qualities. Many had extra welding to have more structure. The Russians… I’ll leave that to your evaluation 😅 A large portion of T-34 crew and tanks were destroyed by not penetration, but by sprawling and armor plates falling off.

@@jinpark8879 If you aren’t following the Australian Armor And Artillery Museum website take a look at their KZfaq videos on their Tiger 1 “restoration”. They were able to gather together some hull plates from various wrecks in eastern Europe (I think mainly Latvia). They fabricated out of mild steel what pieces they didn’t have. They then assembled everything to form a Tiger 1 shell for display. It’s not a real restoration in the sense that it’s just an empty shell. Anyway, it took a skilled stick welder two weeks of welding to put it together. They commented that the Germans would have used 600 Volt welding with very large welding rods and assembly would have gone much faster.

@@bobjohnston8316 Thanks for the information I will check out the Australian Tank Museum on YT 👍

Fun fact... 1930's N.S.D.A.P. Germany created a new welding process which Allies had no idea existed until they managed to examine German Panzers/AFVs. Their oxygen based welding process yielded not only the stoutest of welds but, too, made quicker the welding process time. Our subverted history.

@@DerSchleier Hitler known for his welding skills was he? Germany =/= nazi party

The only cute thing created in Germany at that time...

Beep beep

@@PobortzaPl The Panzer 1 is pretty cute too

Panzer II Ausf.J (VK 16.01)

Tiger: FEAR ME Luchs: *quietly* fear me too!

Rather better than the Stuart, excepting the gun.

@@lairdcummings9092 and the production numbers...

It's the one that would still find a place on the relatively modern battlefield. A low budget FV107 Scimitar. The vector to get the "man with the radio" where he needs to be. With a good chance of getting out of there in one piece.

Sadly, its successor, the VK 1602 Leopard never made it past the prototype stage. I too like the Luchs very much but I think the Leopard would've taken first place in my heart if it had gone into production. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VK_1602_Leopard

@@gusgone4527 I wouldn't turn one down 😂

Imagine if the Germans had an armored vehicle called the "Kitten"

@@alexdobma4694 Enemies would go "awwww" instead of fighting it or flee : ))))

If there was ever tank that could truly called "cute" I think it's this one. Love the damn thing.

@@alexdobma4694 The Kleines Kettenkraftrad HK 101 could almost fit the bill. At least to English ears. Shame ketten is not German for kitten. The love child of a panther and BMW bike. With those cat like overlapping wheels.

Tigerchen! But it wouldn't sound cute to a non-german speaker.

be sure yo include photoetch and stowage, lol.

what nonsense

Someone's drunk, just not Willey.

@@catzo_5762 Can't be me..

@@bongfuhrer nope, just the Germans

the Germans used Cm in WWII for gun calibre eg 7.5cm, 8.8cm, 12.8cm 15cm, 38cm

Germans would have called it 2 centimetres not 20 millimeters

It's absolutely worth it- I love the place!

I'm with @Arthur Hucksake - I've been many times as a kid and back as an adult, I'm not a museum or history kind of guy, but something about the place is just wonderful - try to visit on a day they are running the tanks on show. Bloody impressive!

It is worth a visit for sure! 👍🇬🇧

Gotta respect the British Intelligence Services. They had the Luchs' number.

I mean, in fairness, they were the ones who were blowing up the factories..

@13:00

You might be right.

I would recomment the title of the cutest tank for the Pz.I ausf F. What you have is a tiny 2-man tank, with 80mm of armour protection and just two MG 34 in the turret... It was nicknamed the Mini-Tiger and would pretty much act like a puppy trying to go though a doorway with a big stick in its mouth.

I think the Pz 38t is adorable myself. Looks like a cartoon tank.

M22 locust would like to know your location

I guess technically, the Hetzer is not a tank...

@@insovietrussiavodka That is a tough little midget! firearmcentral.fandom.com/wiki/Panzerkampfwagen_I_Ausf._F?file=Panzerkampfwagen+I+Ausf+F+rear.jpg Kind of an odd tank, slower and more sluggish than a Tiger, armed with only mg's, but can at least take a hit from light AT guns. I'll take the Luchs which is more than twice as "snappy".

There, there. I hope we get that one also.

relax when the tankmuseum gets one of those coldwar/modern felines in the tank museum they make a video of it. The Fennek (a dessertfox ) recon vechicle will one day also be a part of the museum. but that will go in the Canines section.

I think the Panzermuseum has a video on that. I saw that already. It’s nice. Made me want to buy one.

Here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kMVke8eZv8WXiXU.html

The Haunting tank know as " pissed off cat "

the Rheinmetall KF52 Orangenkatze (excuse my bad german)

"Psst. Hey buddy, wanna buy a tank?" ;-)

I couldn't agree more. I'd recommend changing the wording just in case. Why ask for more headaches?

@@marksimpson8577 -- Nah, keep it that way. Different ways of speaking denote different ways of seeing the world, and a diversity of those is nothing but good.

it lowkey wants to kill you tho.

Not really, an upgrade from the older panzer 2 and wheeled armoured cars but in no way going to make any real difference

Could have used the Leopards turret. Even though the Leo didnt see manufacturing, its turret was used in one of the sd.kfz. Puma models, sporting the very same high velocity 50mm PaK AT cannon. Would be a good way to improve its firepower, effective range and effectiveness against light enemy armour and emplacements. Not a T-34 killer by any means, but thats what the Panther and Stug are for.

@@BasedMan T-70 killer maybe?

Thatd be the VK16.02, prototype to replace this. Never entered production though (hence VK instead of Panzer)

Some versions did actually have a 50mm gun.

HA! Crowder fan, I see

Not a Tiger cub, but a Tiger Kitten. And the Lynx purrs nicely, but has sharp claws.

Nah IC is cuter

Luchs for life

The Murder Kitten, according to Jingles.

surprised I haven't seen him in the chat

Yea, they were pretty un-Luchy.

@@zeldov5735 Oh, well done!

@@zeldov5735 a pun of terrible beauty

@@zeldov5735 nice one!

@@brandmotivo Luchs like it could be fun.

Yep! Perfectly good enough to deal with enemy armoured cars as well.

*APCR belt goes BRRRRRRR*

By late 42 going into 43 there are not that many Soviet T26 and BT series left facing the Axis so its a moot point

@@chaz8758 They regularly face Panzer IIs with HVAP belts in the video game War Thunder, which I'm pretty sure the OP was referring to

@@PorktatoesSSRB up until the 3 or so rounds which actually were in the tank (if at all) ran out...

If you'd watched the video you would have seen it running

@@mathewkelly9968 If you had paid attention to the video, you would notice that the runner they show is a different vehicle. You can see that it's painted differently, and indeed the footage of the running vehicle is the Luchs from the Saumur Tank Museum.

@@mathewkelly9968 well Matthew, that a great reply, there's only two left in the world, the runner on the video is the other one, which is French, so my question still stands

He ... if thats the case ... better not think about the Panzer I Ausf. F - the other cute little tank, eh :D

The hull is actually entirely designed from scratch with new torsion bar suspension, interleaving wheels and slack track, very much like on Tiger and Panther. They classified it as Pz.II most likely due to its recon role, and as a direct successor to the previous Pz.II versions.

@@MERLK2 indeed