Apparently, this is War Thunder.

Enacting Operation Unthinkable, maybe? xP

Well if the French panther waved a white flag then at least that bit would have been historically accurate 😂

Germans used a lot of captured tanks... maybe they would have some during the russian campaign ?

@@lonewanderer5515 They didn't because the Panther broke down before they could reach the field ;D

Ouch.

Yep, and the French Panther had its flag logos clearly marked on the front, so that the Germans would know not to fire on a surrendering tank.

Shame on the allies! Ruining our good friend Hitler's fun :(

*insert numerous cyka blyats*

Commissar: Nyet tovarisch. Tank is fine.

Yeah, I realised it was going to come across on the video, so I stopped after a few bars.

The Soviet Union might of been a oppressive and authoritarian regime, but they really know how to pick a kickass anthem

@@TheChieftainsHatch so it was the big man himself!

@@rays5073 Don't see how it could have been as he was talking while the humming was going on.

I couldn't tell that as the Soviet anthem, how did you know?

The climatic battle of that film was painful to watch. I very very quickly was rooting for the Germans. "For pity's sakes! Tell Hans to walk around the side and shoot it from the back!"

That actually does make sense, considering WOT paid for the Panther to be there.

Kyle H music to my ears!

Metal music

Soviet tanks show up. [katjusha plays]

Mine said "[Applause]", which was pretty entertaining.

@@PotentialHistory im actually watching your 'Germany could not win WW2' when notification for your comment popped up

Glad I’m not the only member of the TBLF here

I was about to say that! Looks like sturmling is repairing panthers now...

@@tigercat418 what do you mean?

@@tigercat418 Wut?

@@MrRenegadeshinobi Looks like either a misplaces comment or a trolling attempt via throwing a handgenade.

Thanks for pointing that out. Ive read about paint being used to disguise fireflys and wrote it off as a product of desperation that couldnt possibly be better than maybe marginally effective. Damn i was wrong. At a distance in the choas of war that would be pretty damn effective

@@Legitpenguins99 i wrote it off too "ehh thatd never work on me" till it did XD

How do transmissions create smoke?

I'd sign up for a team

I think they don't really care at worst. At they best they just laugh and have a good time. You have to understand that only nerds who never went to the field would react like that

TBLF for life!

For British purposes, apparently it didn't fit. Given that the 75mm didn't fit in it either, I can only assume that by happenstance the balance point on 17pr was such that it would work on the 75mm trunnion and not the 76mm. For American purposes, the gun came with way too many liabilities compared to what the 76mm was offering.

If they did that, surely something would break down in an awkward position. Enough stuff already breaks down. It's done that way it is to get enough stuff round as possible

These vehicles are 75 years old. You cannot put them under that much stress.

Optical illusion when tank tracks run, once they hit a certain speed it can look like the tracks are going in reverse with how your eye perceives it.

Not going back is a bit of an overreaction

@@TheChieftainsHatch They're not tank people, they're re-enactors. Different set of values.

There are some private museums which are functioning.

Correct, there are some that have a small livery of working vehicles, but none are to the scale of a Bovington, Musée des Blindés, or the Dutch Militracks event. I should have been more clear in my definition of "Functional" , I meant working/driving vehicles. Imagine if the some of the armored vehicles in the Army's Center for Military History vast collection were restored back to working condition. The US could have its own Bovington class tank museum/Tankfest.

It's a 75 year old piece of kit using parts that probably haven't been made for 75 years. You can't just pop down to Halfords for a spare if something breaks.

@@gwtpictgwtpict4214 Understood and im sorry if my question wasnt a touch more specific. My interest was in the effort of restoration , parts would be replaced and not just with the same part quality of the original surely ?

Italian.

Yeersss. I think Newtonian physics plays a part here, if you want the gun to recoil properly you're going to need a projectile of some sort going down range. Not a good idea in the circumstances.

Bang and smoke is fun for the kids. It is a day out for families and enthusiasts. Limited time, limited space, limited manpower and budget. A mix of education and entertainment. At least 20,000 peeps paid and attended and that allows them to do all of that other great work the rest of the year. The document archive is a wonderful resource for tankies, does it make money?

My wife believes so. National trait.

Well, if you put a Tank vs Tank battle that is purely only Tanks. Imagine that without Infantry. Although, during the War, Tanks needed Infantry Attachments because the Infantry see better and has a very small profile to sneak around to assist their Tank to kill their target. That usually happened on both sides, German Tanks of all variants heavily relied on their Infantry because their Tanks were very blind than the Allied Shermans. The Infantry only spots the Tank and assist them on the battlefield The Allies on the other hand only report to their Armored Fighting Vehicles of enemy armor moving on a certain areas. When they were only Tanks but no Infantry and anti-Tank teams Attachments were present, they give in the Shermans. When enemy Infantry is present, they bring in both Tanks and Infantry. At the Battle of Arracourt, American Scouts reported of Enemy Armor moving on certain areas. But the Panthers were usually blind due to the lack of situational awareness and traversable periscopes in which the Sherman manage to kill them off at mid-range, they went in without infantry support.