When One StuG III Crushed 24 T-34s in a Day: Ace Commander Hugo Primozic’s Hour of Glory

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When One StuG III Crushed 24 T-34s in a Day: Ace Commander Hugo Primozic’s Hour of Glory

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Күн бұрын

When discussing WWII tank warfare and German Panzer Aces, it's no surprise that the feats of commanders in the renowned Tiger or Panther tanks often steal the spotlight.
However, this focus on their achievements can overshadow the fact that the German army had numerous other tankers who achieved significant victories with more modest vehicles.
Among these was the Sturmgeschütz or StuG series of armored fighting vehicles.
While Tigers and Panthers have earned greater infamy, the assault guns collectively destroyed more tanks at a far lower cost.
StuG crews were selected from among the best candidates and were considered the elite of the Heer’s artillery units.
And over the years, the StuG arm produced plenty of its own brave and decorated commanders. Today, we'll introduce you to one of them: Oberwachtmeister Hugo Primozic.
#stug #ww2tanks #tankbattle

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@kaidzaack2520 2 ай бұрын

Outnumbered, outgunned…Hugo and StuG III: Hold my beer…

@catmancory 2 ай бұрын

I'm so fkinTIRED OF MEME CULTURE AND ALL MODERN CULTURE

@cocobot90 Ай бұрын

@@catmancory $TUG L!F3

@AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw 26 күн бұрын

Haha

@davidk6269 2 ай бұрын

Yes! Finally a video about the amazing Hugo Primozic! Thank you.

@AngriestAmerican 2 ай бұрын

Tiger, T-34,KV-1, Panther, Stugg, JS-1, all heroic and brave men.

@erikracz4162 2 ай бұрын

Not so, the German Army paid for itself, but Stalin actually solicited America, and Britain, for money, Weapons, trucks, and manufacturing know how. Apparently, he lacked the confidence that Russia could stand up to Germany alone, I have no respect for this mind set, We don’t owe him a living!

@janmale7767 2 ай бұрын

Factual point!; gun was not totally fixed had a reasonably substancial up- down traverse and a slight right-left traverse!

@Dexteritas55 2 ай бұрын

Only the Stridsvagen has such a fixed gun

@NedkaRokonokova 2 ай бұрын

It's fixed in the sence it has a casemate rather than a turret.

@janmale7767 2 ай бұрын

Point taken!

@catmancory 2 ай бұрын

Uh I think we know that RICHARD CRANIUM!!

@user-wf2lm3vi7o 2 ай бұрын

@@Dexteritas55and Hetzer Starr.

@gearbox3773 2 ай бұрын

The Stug was widely produced also due to its cheapest cost compared with regular tanks.

@leesaunders1930 2 ай бұрын

Yes as It was just a high velocity 75mm gun mounted on a pz3 chassis. Obviously they had to design the upper Hull to house the 75mm gun but the lower Hull and tracks and engine and transmission were all already designed coming from the pz3. That's very efficient.

@Icarus47249fd 13 күн бұрын

And yet possibly one of the best tank out there. A simple redesign of the ammunition from the from the front to the back would've made the Stug 3 an extremely reliable workhorse, better than the Sherman tank. The Tiger 1 and Ferdinands were utter waste of resource that could've been better utilized. They could've produced cheaper mobile tank killer with strong frontal armor, weaker side and back armor. It was beyond sufficient.

@g11-k60 11 күн бұрын

@@Icarus47249fd The Tiger was absolutely worth the cost, they always needed a way to mount the heavier hitting 88 on a mobile platform. The Tiger despite many problems certainly was a equalizer on the battlefield when heavier Russian tanks appeared, it was lessons learned from France (40) German armor wasn't capable of defeating the armored B1s.

@stevenrowlandson9650 2 ай бұрын

Michael Wittmann if I am not mistaken was in a STUG3 before commanding a Tiger tank.

@thomasshoff6512 2 ай бұрын

The reports of German heroic stands really speak to the Soviet generals who did not respect soldiers lives but were listening to Stalin who had a short view of failures. Soviets were brave but many were sacrificed in human wave attacks.

@fatihorkunss 2 ай бұрын

İt's not brave. Germans captured more than 5 million russian as prisoner. Yes they sacrificed humans like wood and stones with wave attacks. Their own citizens were worthless eyes of Stalin. There won't be a free Russia if Americans never involved the war. There won't be Russian threat for Europeans but well you know. Americans thinks for long period to use this power for their benefit politics.

@lindsaygaffney5426 2 ай бұрын

Russia still doing the same thing with its young men even now in Ukraine. What a waste & what stupity...

@pj1953a 2 ай бұрын

Who won the war?

@rogercude1459 2 ай бұрын

Plenty of manpower, the Soviets best weapon..

@stargazer1744 2 ай бұрын

That's why the enormous figures of Soviet casulties at the end of the war...they died by the MILLIONS ! as opposed to the German casualties, 5 times less than the Soviets' .

@donald8066 2 ай бұрын

Americans would make 20 movies over this battle, sadly this hero is forgotten. America create warheros in Fantasie Movies Germany had them in real.

@stargazer1744 2 ай бұрын

So true....In that regard the British in general were - and still are - more accurate in their war stories.

@donaldkroth2579 2 ай бұрын

You are incorrect in your analysis. War movies by all countries back then were made for propaganda purposes and lacked facts and truths. Because they were made by studios and directors that were far removed from what was really happening on the field. The newsreel films by all countries showed the real soldier, real combat, and what they had accomplished to be noted in real news footage. There's plenty of those that can be found out here on KZfaq. Including countless museums that create subjects on real history and those in it. You just have to look for it, that's all. Also, talk to a veteran they know more than anyone.

@Pablo-dw3wd 2 ай бұрын

Still lost to the Glorious Red Army

@ClovisPoint 2 ай бұрын

like the shit Fury

@donald8066 2 ай бұрын

@Harry-mp8vi America had at least 8 Generals that ordered or covert up War crimes. Incl. Eisenhower, Patton. England at least 10, incl. Montgomery and Bomber Harris. Sowjets everyone.

@ashleycampbell6825 2 ай бұрын

Fortunate outcome that he did get captured on the Western front, survived and then lived longer.

@lewcrowley3710 2 ай бұрын

Great video to go with the narrative

@FactBytes 2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@towgod7985 2 ай бұрын

RoboVoice is a colossal PAIN!

@Trust-me-I-am-a-dentist Ай бұрын

I've heard worse...🤖

@bashkillszombies 2 ай бұрын

Any German fighting a Russian is a bigger ally to the allies than anyone gives them credit for. As General Patton said at the end of WW2, we fought the wrong enemy.

@Shark-895 2 ай бұрын

And today German leopard tanks are showcased in the streets of Moscow. Some things never change.

@Anton-cr3gt 2 ай бұрын

1 tanks Leopard@@Shark-895

@whakatu4life285 2 ай бұрын

Lucky for patton or the war would have been lost had Russia not fought the Nazis

@freigeist2814 Ай бұрын

@@whakatu4life285Europe lost, under the leadership of Germany, against the British Empire and the Bolshevist Soviet Union. The US was a mere servant to the financiers of both empires.

@chelsblue7370 Ай бұрын

@@whakatu4life285 the US defeated Japan alone and decisively swung the balance against Germany. And the Soviets were always going to fight on a massive scale, it's just that the Germans preempted them on June 22, 1941 and thank God for that!

@jaydibernardo4320 2 ай бұрын

Proving once again it's a StuG Life.

@5co756 2 ай бұрын

Normally these crews started with a Stug or Pz4 and worked their way up , like Wittmann . He also was a Stug commander and then got a Tiger 1 , so you always have experienced crews in your best tanks . No rookie got a Tiger 1 or Panther I would say , well maybe at the end in 1945 they throw all kind of soldiers in tanks and planes .

@NedkaRokonokova 2 ай бұрын

I know Kurt Knispel started in a Pz4. I don't recall reading he had any time in a StuG. Do you know?

@5co756 2 ай бұрын

@@NedkaRokonokova I don't think so , but I said Stug or Pz4 . I mean they started all in this early tanks and worked their way up , not all got a Tiger 1 or a Panther . But he stated that most people never mentioned these Stug commanders or crews , but that's because the Tigers and Panthers got these very experienced crews like Wittmann . And they did a lot of dmg , so everybody knows their storys .

@bingobongo1615 2 ай бұрын

In 1944 Germany‘s tank production peaked (so much for the strategic bombing campaign….) and I think something like 3k Panzers and 700 tiger 1 and 2s and something like 10k assault guns were build. Germany ran out of veteran tankers long before it ran out of tanks.

@NedkaRokonokova 2 ай бұрын

@@5co756 I'm a writer and am deeply interested in the topic. I try to gain a better understanding of each facet of the war. Videos like these help a lot.

@sjonnieplayfull5859 2 ай бұрын

@@5co756Wittman started on a Pz38 (t) before his STuG career. He learned to turn his tank instead of just the turret due to the STuG not having a turret

@Dan_TheCatman 2 ай бұрын

Thank God robot voices are getting better, makes a channel like this actually watchable

@fishpoem1433 2 ай бұрын

Excellent video. VouTube wwII vids often recycle the same old battle footage again and again. Not true in this video - much appreciated.

@FactBytes 2 ай бұрын

Glad that you enjoyed it!

@williamsmith6 2 ай бұрын

Heroes 😊

@just_one_opinion 2 ай бұрын

To some, 20 million dead russians would call them villains.

@allgood6760 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for this 👍🇳🇿

@FactBytes 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit

@khaldrago911 2 ай бұрын

Omg! It’s about primozic!!!!! *Groupie scream*

@TheLobohobo 2 ай бұрын

Pre Saukopfblende! 👋🏻😉

@itowmyhome797 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for posting a video that is far more factual than the usual propaganda posted by the winners

@FactBytes 2 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@NedkaRokonokova 2 ай бұрын

That war was and remains full of propaganda that still snows people.

@mohammedsaysrashid3587 2 ай бұрын

Enormous numbers of T-34 tanks and its fast mobile over run German tank qualities and its crew's talents ...nice introduction

@Kingmick58 2 ай бұрын

Great viewing. But the gunner has to take the most credit.

@user-wf2lm3vi7o 2 ай бұрын

I think it recognises that the Commander chooses location and target. Wrong location, may not get away to fight again.

@stargazer1744 2 ай бұрын

What a whipping the Soviets took from their outnumbered enemies...the T-34s were blowing up everywhere , and inside them were poor youngsters sent to die by the thousands on cheap armor that was no match for the German high quality weaponry, like the Panzer 4, Panther, Tiger, Stugs.... If Germany had been fighting just on the East Front and not everywhere, the USSR wouldn't have been able to halt the tremendous combined assault of the Wehrmacht divisions, and even with the material help from the Westerners by means of the convoys sent to Murmansk, the Bolshevists would have been on their knees in a month.

@neilbertuk1 2 ай бұрын

Ok, where to start with this one, 1941? The Germans were effectively fighting on a single front, my dad was chasing the Italians out of Libya but German involvement in North Africa was very limited. Everything the Germans had in 1941 was thrown against the Russians, and they advanced further, faster, killed more enemy and captured more enemy than any army in history. But it was not enough, by December 1941 the Germans already knew that they were fighting an un winnable war, before the first supplies reached the Russians in any volume. Russians begin wars terribly, but they do, slowly, learn.

@Pablo-dw3wd 2 ай бұрын

The Soviets chased the Nazis all the way to Berlin and destroyed them

@user-oe3ee5mp5e 2 ай бұрын

Что же Вы молчите о плане ОСТ и как 3 рейх хотел поступить с населением СССР? Конечно порку, вся Восточная Европа была почти полвека в руках СССР, пока один недалёкий дегенерат по фамилии Горбачёв не поверил Западу и в результате этого НАТО сейчас стоит у наших границ, Югославия уничтожена, идёт война, а на Украине героям СС (уничтожили десятки тысяч гражданских) ещё до 2014 года стали ставить памятники. СССР поверил пакту о ненападении с 3 рейхом и был им обманут, мерзавец Горбачёв поверил байкам о нерасширении НАТО на восток и тоже был обманут. Ложь - это Ваша истинная натура.

@Trotler 2 ай бұрын

@@Pablo-dw3wdWhile losing half of their population. Ask yourself who really lost in that war

@stevenphillips3466 2 ай бұрын

Soviets Paid in blood and flesh . Germans in outnumbered Armor and low Fuel

@geoffballe8766 2 ай бұрын

A good man

@thomaslinton5765 2 ай бұрын

STUG gun was not "fixed.," although its range of movement was modest.

@MGB-learning 14 күн бұрын

Great video

@FactBytes 14 күн бұрын

Thanks for the visit

@ristorantanen5769 2 ай бұрын

Stugs, heros of all German Infantry More beloved then any of the big cats

@ristorantanen5769 2 ай бұрын

@Harry-mp8vi Nobody said they were But thanks for taking your time to point this out

@MrAndrew1953 2 ай бұрын

Incredible performance- nerves of steel.

@fantasia55 2 ай бұрын

Technically then, Little Willey, the first tank, was not a tank because it lacked a turret.

@JeepWrangler1957 2 ай бұрын

The Soviets suffered from soldiers not being allowed to show initiative or deviate from orders, unlike British, American, or Germans who urged individual actions of NCO’s and soldiers in the absence of officers

@AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw 26 күн бұрын

Stug is genius design.

@Bullgrimson 21 күн бұрын

StuG III

@jean-paulmangin4879 2 ай бұрын

Excellent reportage, petite erreur toutefois, les Stug étaient supérieurement blindés que les panzers III et IV, certains avaient même un renfort en béton sur le devant de la casemate.

@uio890138 2 ай бұрын

Victory happens when preparation, luck, and opportunity all meet at the same time.

@uio890138 2 ай бұрын

@Harry-mp8vi The video and my response speak of individual battle, not of total war. Didn't mean to go over your head.

@jeffadams9807 2 ай бұрын

Micheal Wittman Started Out On A STUG 3, Before He Was Given Command Of A Tiger Tank Platoon At Normandy...

@SebaztienHawke-ci5hm 2 ай бұрын

He deserved to survive the war; he should skill, bravery, leadership and loyalty to his men. The Germans probably made him an instructor not just to retain his experience, but to keep a propaganda hero alive as well. I use his model StuG in War Thunder, it’s literally one of the few German vehicles you have an even chance with against T-34s in that BR range.

@nor0845 Ай бұрын

8:11 Soviets still using flags for communication. A major disadvantage.

@chelsblue7370 Ай бұрын

There was only 1 radio in a tank company - in the commander's tank. The contribution of tanks to the Soviet victory is vastly exaggerated. Their best performing arm by a country mile was the artillery, which was superb.

@eugenemiya4935 Ай бұрын

Uncle Hugo.

@mercedesvan-doors34 20 күн бұрын

Making a stand like this takes more than skill, it takes ba11s of iron!

@howardvanhorn 2 ай бұрын

THE GERMAN ARMY STILL RULES THE BATTLE FIELD!

@thomasshoff6512 2 ай бұрын

I respectfully disagree!

@user-yf7zc2of1h Ай бұрын

Evektivstes Geschütze welches jemals gebaut wurde.

@lucdeluc6577 2 ай бұрын

Primozic is a Croatian surname. Interesting.

@FactBytes 2 ай бұрын

Hugo Primozic was born in 1914 in Württemberg, Germany to a German mother and a Slovenian father.

@TyronSmith-yo5tt 2 ай бұрын

Kv1 at Prokhorovka.

@jamescrydeman540 2 ай бұрын

And while that was happening the Germans built how many tanks of their type whilst the Russians built how many T34s?

@reginaldmcnab3265 20 күн бұрын

2:44 Fame

@AlexejSvirid 2 ай бұрын

The problem is Devil runs the world. He is lier and murderer. This is the reason why liers and murderers feel good while righteous persons are persecuted. This is the reason why Hitler got the power, but Christ was executed as "blasphemer" and "rioter" by denunciation of clergy. That's why we've got the Gospel about the God's kingdom. Jehovah would put everything in order. The dead will be resurected and we'll meet our beloved ones again! :-)

@brealistic3542 2 ай бұрын

The T34 over came German Tanks by numbers. It was actually a very poorly built tank and the crews rushed into a minimal amount of training. After the war T34s were built much better. These are the ones that are featured at WW2 armored events.

@Fkp.777 27 күн бұрын

Yes definitely. But what we heard from veterans and from many diaries was that the Russians were also really good and very smart soldiers. The Landser had a lot of respect for the tricky strategy. But higher up it was commanded by amateurs, well everyone knows Stalin and his ways 😅

@catmancory 2 ай бұрын

A PANTHER could do 50!!!

@catmancory 2 ай бұрын

@Harry-mp8vi that's funny I heard a russian T34 tanker say they had hell destroying tigerrs and panthers in it sir...

@catmancory 2 ай бұрын

He must have been talking about the 1st t34 with the 75 or 76 mm

@Fkp.777 27 күн бұрын

That... and then the Germans in American films and series 🙄

@AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw 26 күн бұрын

Big #'s

@thomaslinton5765 2 ай бұрын

And it was not a "tank."

@thomaslinton5765 2 ай бұрын

"strum," not "storm."

@slimbim77 2 ай бұрын

nope it's "sturm"

@thomaslinton5765 2 ай бұрын

@@slimbim77 So you agree with me. Thank you.

@Enhancedgenetics 2 ай бұрын

Didn't Germany lose...russians beat Germany 😂

@colder5465 2 ай бұрын

Jagderzählungen

@g-man7938 2 ай бұрын

Nice to listen and not have to hear that annoying British accent like 99% of these documentaries.

@midnike8783 2 ай бұрын

And there are fools who believe in such unsubstantiated fairy tales.

@mihaipopescu5598 2 ай бұрын

D day???

@victordunord7261 2 ай бұрын

et pourtant les fridolins l’ont eu dans l’prose bien profond avec leurs supplétifs ukrainiens…

@AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw 26 күн бұрын

Stug best. Hertzer ok

@infolover_68 2 ай бұрын

A midget Stug III was an avocado's seed for KV-1 giant tanks!!

@chelsblue7370 Ай бұрын

KV1's may have been larger in size but their gun was pitifully inferior compared to the 75 mm AT gun mounted on the Stug III... as thousands of Soviet tankers found out first hand.

@thomaslinton5765 2 ай бұрын

Cut the malarkey, Joe. Retire.

@matematic4837 2 ай бұрын

Its obvious from his surname that he is slavic

@joszoet4003 2 ай бұрын

Nu far.. Most aces died...

@michaels5582 2 ай бұрын

The mispronouncing is killing me

@NedkaRokonokova 2 ай бұрын

Video producers could do a quick check with an actual human being to see how words are pronounced.

@NedkaRokonokova 2 ай бұрын

@Harry-mp8vi Yes, adding to the woes. They could just ask someone. I'm sure there are plenty of WWII's fanatics who would love to do the voice-over for free.