Super huge thanks to the American Heritage Museum for letting me interview Dick about the amazing restoration work on the Panzer 1 in the collection. Unfortunately due to complications with the engine when trying to start it it will not be operational for the debut on May 15th and 16th 2021. However the tank will still be on static display so you will still be able to see it. For more information on their collection and for directions check out their website: www.americanheritagemuseum.org/ I plan to be there for both days if possible so if any of you can make it keep your eyes out and say hi if you see me.
You probably know about this allready but if you don't you should look into militracks and the santa fe event in the warmuseum Overloon in the Netherlands. Last edition they had the konigstiger and a nashorn, stug and much more.
That engine modification screams eastern front to me, it would be handy to try and prevent molotov cocktails from being thrown onto the engine bay and burning into it. the other option is perhaps it was part of the french occupation force, and they welded that bit on to deny them easy access to the engine. if it was in france that could explain how it ended up in canada, captured by the canadian expedionary force, which would somewhat narrow down it's potential unit and history.
Honestly the Panzer 1 is really underrated, not in the sence that it was really good or well designed but in the fact that it was used to create the basis of the german core and develope German armor strategy expecialy with the event that happened during the Spanish civil war. I love how it looks it's almost brand new! Well done!
This is why I subscribed to him.He is a Legend! He litteraly helped restore an entire tank!Very Cool! Edit:Could the next cursed by Design be for the T35 or other Russian Multiturret Tanks aka Landbattleships
If the cursed by design would be about the multi turreted landships it should be about the A1E1 independent, the original all those tanks like the T35 and neubaufahrzeug were based on.
5:24 "the only one in the world" 6:29 "and again it's the only one that's going to run and drive" What? Isn't there a running Ausf. A as well in Germany in the Deutsches Panzermuseum? it even got featured in a show from the museum (here: th-cam.com/video/ZZb7P0AUMKo/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=Nemjit) and spent a while in the Musée des Blindés de Saumur in France once.
See the Inside the Chieftain's Hatch on the MkI. I believe that this is the tank you refer to. This tank runs, but the interior is incomplete and it appears that it has a different engine in it. So, it is a Panzer I, but it's not all there. My question is what happened to the Mk I at APG? There was a MkI there on static display outside, like the rest of the collection, rotting away in the Chesapeake Bay weather. Where did this tank go? Did it leave the US, or is it in a warehouse somewhere?
Seeing such a cutie getting restored warms my german Heart. You Americans care more for the preservation of german historic Artifacts than most of Germany. Thanks for that and your great Videos. May the Panzerstahl be with you.
When this vehicle was in the Reno Nevada area in 2019 my brother in laws father was working on it with the 'master restorer' mentioned by Dick. My BIL's father is retired and quite a good Mechanic and he knew that I was a WW2 history buff and a tank enthusiast and invited me and my father down to visit and check it out. This 'master restorer' guy was a really interesting character allegedly, he dragged his feet for quite a while on many aspects of the restoration such that simple things that could be completed in a matter of an hour were left on the 'to do list' so by the time I got to see it, it was only an empty hull without the superstructure and the 4-cyl air-cooled engine was on a mount ready to be lowered into the chassis. Glad to see that this tank is coming together and almost complete!
Like how the Panzer I has the early white cross that was remove after Polish invasion. Because the Polish gunners used the white cross to target and aim at because the white cross was painted on the flat parts of the panzers that Polish found was the easy parts to pen their guns at just like a bulls eye target
There's a Panzer 1 in the Swedish museum Arsenalen. Would be a true dream if they could get it running alongside the panzer 1 that has been beautifully restored at this museum
I am a docent at the museum and every week I walk into the shop just to see how the work is progressing. Pictures just do not do the level of detail in the restoration justice. Can't wait until it is on display and we can tell the story.
The American Heritage Museum in Hudson MA is a much see destination for any history buff. There’s also an air museum and a car museum at the same site. All the museum pieces except two are in running condition.
Will you only be there May 15-16 or will you be there other weekends cause I live like 40 mins from there but that’s like the only weekend that I’m not available
After looking at the Panzer 1 before the restoration it’s crazy how much they did to this. Looks like they just rolled this thing off the production lines
wew these tanks were in use in 1956 in spain? Geez they were SO outdated then wtf spain Im glad its being restored though, there probably wont be many of these early beasts left in some years
I can't put in a link to the Video but in Munster Germany there is a Running Panzer I they drive it at the event "Stahl auf der Heide" for the people who are intrestit
The panzer 1 doesnt not get enough attention for how important. Its the beginning of the german tank history and design. The roots of the german tank family tree.
I really love this early tanks. When Cobi published this model in a new design I was so happy. I am from Germany and I like the bigger tanks too but the Panzer I and Panzer II are totally underrated.
We actually do know the history of this vehicle back to the end of WW2 This vehicle was part of the Farley Mowat collection which was collected somewhere in northern Germany, it was brought back to Canada along with 700 tons of other German WW2 equipment, and went on display at the Canadian War Museum until traded with Littlefield, I’ve seen the paperwork which lists this vehicle at CFB Borden in 1946
Sounds like the tank had been withdrawn from frontline duty and was being used for training back at a panzer regiment depot. If the depot could be identified it should be fairly simple to ID a unit.
1:55 You missed some of the details that Spain was broke after the Spanish Civil War which they didn't had much choice in tanks and even some of their indigenous tank designs like the Verdeja were very limited. It is a bit incorrect to say that the Pz. 1 tank was not the only tanks used by Spain after the civil war. Soviet T-26 tanks captured after the war were predominately used as well as StuG III and Panzer IV tanks that were bought from Germany during WW2.
Relatable trying to figure out what’s true and what’s not. I hear so many stories about the museum ship that I work on, and so many of them are contradictory. It’s gets real confusing at times
Imagine being a spanish tanker if your country got attacked by the russians and you just see an IS-2 coming your way and its commander laughing his ass off while peaking through the capola XD
The few Spanish soldiers that fought against the Russians along side the Germans(some of them volunteers anothers forced to voluntering) were promised to be paid a lot of money by the german government if they could capture URRS tanks, so they used a big knife to kill the crews and not damage the vehicles.
That looks really good. Considering the previous pictures show a rusted husk of a tank, the team and Mr. Taylor (RIP) have done an amazing job at bringing this piece of armored history back to working condition. Thanks guys. Now I don't have to go to Germany to see a functioning Panzer I.
I've been to Collings before they had the AHM and I saw the AHM when it first opened. Now I need to get back out there to see this. It's a great museum and this is great publicity for it. I hope you can get more good interviews out of the staff there, always great to hear from people so involved in history and preservation.
The subject is interesting but you clearly doesn't know how to run an interview and the camera angle isn't great either. You should watch some online classes about that (and the idea of making interviews like that is good, just keep improving your skills :) )
@@ConeOfArc This is the worst part, I'm a photographer and videomaker for years now but I'm still uncomfortable in front of a camera too hahaha (so good luck with that 💪)
It’s really nice to see something like this being restored. A tank that brought many German tanks like panzer 3, 4, panther, tigers, to leopards. Really good video, enjoyed it so much
Greetings and Salutations . this vehicle should be easy to trace the royal Canadian tank corps should have records , this Panzer One might actually be from the tank training school near Minden or Iserlohn , Bielefeld , west Germany British and Canadian troops entered LUENEBURG in February 1945 i believe .
I don't want to be that guy, but Munster has a driving Panzer I. They drive it at Stahl auf der Heide every year. Also the front left fender clamps and fittings are very very wrong. I will have to contact them.
Watching the Cover in Front, steering gear below? It is so thin, merely bullet proof. PANZER SEEMS A HUGE OVERSTATEMENT. Where did they get the original Chassis from? SPAIN?
Really?! Dang I honestly can’t believe this! ITS AWESOME!!! Maybe a restoration project can be done on the Maus 😂😂😂😂. But seriously I want a restoration of the Maus 😡.
Holy shit. I thought Bovington's Panzer III was great looking. This is the best looking tank I've ever seen (in terms of being well-cared for). This thing is IMMACULATE.
"Chasing people with spears and axes"?! In which war 🤣?! OMG, guys, this tank was inferior to many tanks of the time. In Spain, it was getting thrashed by the soviet T-26, in Poland it got decimated by anti-materiel rifles and the Polish 7TP tanks. It's the large numbers, the tactics and the air support that made it possible to use this tank on the battlefield.
My wife and I live in Connecticut so we’re pretty excited watching your upload and getting a chance to see this little beast! Thanks for your upload & research! Ps would be cool to come up on the debut and hopefully say hey to you!
The first 15 chassis that were built were also known as "Landwirtschaftilicher Schlepper (agricultural tractor). This was to disguise the fact that they were used by driving schools to train tank drivers.
That was an awesome video - really enjoyed it, thanks. There's some great content on this channel - even for those of us who don't game at all! Top quality. Cheers. 👍
I'm a ameriboo but agreed it's nice to see such a rare tank furthermore almost fully functional. Though it's sad to see how few functional axis tank exist compared to allied tanks.
Amazing...it looks factory fresh!! While most of us obsess on the later Panthers and Tigers, this is arguably much more significant historically. It was a huge step forward in armor development, tactics, and use. The battlefield history created by this small, relatively umderwhelming vehicle is the cornerstone of everything that followed!!! I am DEFINITELY on the wrong side of the country. Id love to be able to see this, and the other east coast collections. The museum looks great, the presentation is a cut above the "line of tanks" you mentioned... Def a stop on my "someday " list!!!
My favorite tank is the T26E4 Super Pershing. I'd love to ride in one and fire the main gun. I think riding in the Panzer 1, I would become stuck and claustrophobic in that tank, lol. Come out looking like "Martin Lawrence's" hand from the scean of him and Will Smith riding in his porcha when he drops the 🍟 and is told to clean it up. Saying that his hand would come out looking all deformed and misshapen.
I think its very intresting to talk about the infantry support armored vehicles of ww2 since they are very underrated.(the fact that you could document this pzkpfw.'s 1 restoration makes it even cooler) You should explore post ww2 or even interbelic era infantry aupport vehicles if there is any info available. Love the vids :))))
It is the panzers of the German panzers, Not at all underestimated!, It was used to the end, As a defensive shield against infantry, Or for exploration!, Really a great job and somehow proud that this "small" piece lives again, For the history 👊💪
Excellent job on your Panzer I.The Australian Armor and Artillery Museum is restoring to running condition a Panzer I. Sadly it will not have original engine and drive train but it will be a runner. 👍
the film footage of Pz.1s driving through mountains looks so much like a 1950s animatronics production with models in a diorama :) Pz.1 was never designed to take on tanks. It was effectively a mobile pillbox for use against infantry and in a scouting role, ideal as well for crowd control in urban areas because of its small size.
Yeah the restoration do be cool but...assuming that it is not a lethal weapon......hypothetically speaking......for an undisclosed reason....could I buy it and then register it as a car?....the purpose is not important; just the question.
Many countries are or have come full circle by designing/building light recon tanks that have no real AT weapons or anything, just a machinegun and at most a small autocannon. Just shows that you don't always need a heavily armored heavily armed tank and can actually benefit by using small light tanks that can move around and support ground infantry and also act as a scouting/recon vehicle. The Russians got it right with the BMPs, BTRs, and all their other armored personnel carriers and it took way too long for the US to do anything similar lol. Imagine how much better off US GIs would have been if they had light armor that could protect them from small arms fire and also give supporting fire with a light/heavy machinegun or autocannon in Vietnam in areas that they can actually use them. Hell just having a few around an FOB would make defending them from hoards much easier as the crew are fairly safe. The History of armored vehicles started with them being lightly armored and armed with MGs or small cannons, now we are going full circle.
An Pz.1 Ausf.A is really neat since it the primo maneuver warfare tank of the early World War 2. While I'm more biased on the C variant due to it's efforts in D-Day, seeing that relics that go back from the interwar running fills me with glee.
Super huge thanks to the American Heritage Museum for letting me interview Dick about the amazing restoration work on the Panzer 1 in the collection. Unfortunately due to complications with the engine when trying to start it it will not be operational for the debut on May 15th and 16th 2021. However the tank will still be on static display so you will still be able to see it.
For more information on their collection and for directions check out their website: www.americanheritagemuseum.org/
I plan to be there for both days if possible so if any of you can make it keep your eyes out and say hi if you see me.
I’ve been asking for this for awhile and it’s in you’re intro so yeah do a video on the Russian ww1 tank the mendleev
Panzer 1 pretty underrated not gonna lie
You probably know about this allready but if you don't you should look into militracks and the santa fe event in the warmuseum Overloon in the Netherlands. Last edition they had the konigstiger and a nashorn, stug and much more.
Pz 1s are pretty cool an intresting conversion by the spanish is pz1 breda
That engine modification screams eastern front to me, it would be handy to try and prevent molotov cocktails from being thrown onto the engine bay and burning into it. the other option is perhaps it was part of the french occupation force, and they welded that bit on to deny them easy access to the engine. if it was in france that could explain how it ended up in canada, captured by the canadian expedionary force, which would somewhat narrow down it's potential unit and history.
It does my heart proud to see a museum taking care of these really historic machines and making sure they're kept running
Same
Same bro
And then there is kubinca... The interior of the Obj 279, Is-7 and many other one of a kind tanks has rusted out completely.
@@Gekiko7167 they probably extremely expensive, sadly
@@prussiankingdom1693 at least try to keep the inside in a non-rusty condition
Good too see a restored piece of history
agreed
Damn right it is
It's nice to see people that care to restore and maintain pieces of history
and have the facilities and funding.
Damn, it looks like seeing history rolling in front of me
Honestly the Panzer 1 is really underrated, not in the sence that it was really good or well designed but in the fact that it was used to create the basis of the german core and develope German armor strategy expecialy with the event that happened during the Spanish civil war. I love how it looks it's almost brand new! Well done!
I think the panzer 1 is a very important part in German tank history, It's just wonderful to see one of them restored.
the complete blitzkrieg doktrin was written from the experience made in spain and there was mainly the panzer 1 used
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There is one up And running in the Panzermuseun Munster near Hamburg Germany
@@tobiasbruckner373 and one in each Venlo, Brügge, Narvik, Anaheim, Kubinka, Warsaw.....
This is why I subscribed to him.He is a Legend!
He litteraly helped restore an entire tank!Very Cool!
Edit:Could the next cursed by Design be for the T35 or other Russian Multiturret Tanks aka Landbattleships
If the cursed by design would be about the multi turreted landships it should be about the A1E1 independent, the original all those tanks like the T35 and neubaufahrzeug were based on.
he's just an interviewer here.
he isn't at all related to the tanks' restauration
Glad such a miniature beauty is getting a second chance at life.
5:24 "the only one in the world"
6:29 "and again it's the only one that's going to run and drive"
What? Isn't there a running Ausf. A as well in Germany in the Deutsches Panzermuseum? it even got featured in a show from the museum (here: th-cam.com/video/ZZb7P0AUMKo/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=Nemjit) and spent a while in the Musée des Blindés de Saumur in France once.
maybe thats not running anymore because of ... whatever.
@@Armageddon_71 That's possible too!
See the Inside the Chieftain's Hatch on the MkI. I believe that this is the tank you refer to. This tank runs, but the interior is incomplete and it appears that it has a different engine in it. So, it is a Panzer I, but it's not all there.
My question is what happened to the Mk I at APG? There was a MkI there on static display outside, like the rest of the collection, rotting away in the Chesapeake Bay weather. Where did this tank go? Did it leave the US, or is it in a warehouse somewhere?
Seeing such a cutie getting restored warms my german Heart.
You Americans care more for the preservation of german historic Artifacts than most of Germany.
Thanks for that and your great Videos.
May the Panzerstahl be with you.
I find it amazing that we can see a piece of history up close and personal
Is it wrong that I think the Panzer ones are cute?
I thought the same...She iz Kutie;
thank you cone, very cool!
The restoration is stunning,simply beautiful,but im just sad for that guy who died befor seeing his magnificent work finished
I’ve found a source that states it was from the Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, before being given to Jacques Littlefield.
Ok when I try to post the link the comment disappears. Thanks TH-cam censorship.
looks like a new tank, and not restored!
Seeing a piece of history being restored like this really warms my heart
The panzer 1 is really interesting keep up the good work
When this vehicle was in the Reno Nevada area in 2019 my brother in laws father was working on it with the 'master restorer' mentioned by Dick. My BIL's father is retired and quite a good Mechanic and he knew that I was a WW2 history buff and a tank enthusiast and invited me and my father down to visit and check it out. This 'master restorer' guy was a really interesting character allegedly, he dragged his feet for quite a while on many aspects of the restoration such that simple things that could be completed in a matter of an hour were left on the 'to do list' so by the time I got to see it, it was only an empty hull without the superstructure and the 4-cyl air-cooled engine was on a mount ready to be lowered into the chassis. Glad to see that this tank is coming together and almost complete!
Like how the Panzer I has the early white cross that was remove after Polish invasion. Because the Polish gunners used the white cross to target and aim at because the white cross was painted on the flat parts of the panzers that Polish found was the easy parts to pen their guns at just like a bulls eye target
That’s a cool tidbit of history thanks for that 👌🏻
Ok this is sick you are a lucky man.
The fact that they could restore something so old and forgotten is truly amazing
There's a Panzer 1 in the Swedish museum Arsenalen. Would be a true dream if they could get it running alongside the panzer 1 that has been beautifully restored at this museum
This man ready to roll through polish farm fields
Pz1 from the Canadian War Museum Ottawa
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My favorite tank AFV ☝🏻 good pick
@@kampfgruppepeiper501 poggers
I really love what this channel has become over these past few months. Keep the hq content coming Cone !
I wish some companies started producing (not just restoring) historical tanks (and others) for exhibition and museum purposes
@@theeggman1199 buying tanks? I'd build one too for myself
Makes me wonder why they decided on dual MGs instead of a small cannon and an MG. Hope the restoration goes well
Another great video although the ending felt awkward as hell.
Well, I would act just like him if I do it.
I am a docent at the museum and every week I walk into the shop just to see how the work is progressing. Pictures just do not do the level of detail in the restoration justice. Can't wait until it is on display and we can tell the story.
it looks absolutely mint, everyone involved should be proud of their work.
The American Heritage Museum in Hudson MA is a much see destination for any history buff. There’s also an air museum and a car museum at the same site.
All the museum pieces except two are in running condition.
Will you only be there May 15-16 or will you be there other weekends cause I live like 40 mins from there but that’s like the only weekend that I’m not available
I wanna say I appreciate your love for history. When I Express my love for German history I get called the other n word. Keep it on man!
After looking at the Panzer 1 before the restoration it’s crazy how much they did to this. Looks like they just rolled this thing off the production lines
wew these tanks were in use in 1956 in spain? Geez they were SO outdated then wtf spain
Im glad its being restored though, there probably wont be many of these early beasts left in some years
Military history visualised did a video on why the panzer I is the most underrated germand ww2 tank. Good to see its legacy being revived.
I can't put in a link to the Video but in Munster Germany there is a Running Panzer I they drive it at the event "Stahl auf der Heide" for the people who are intrestit
So they're restoring enough to where it can run? You almost never see anything like that. I really hope I can see it in person someday.
Everyone gangsta until the Panzer 1 starts rapid firing the machine guns
The panzer 1 doesnt not get enough attention for how important. Its the beginning of the german tank history and design. The roots of the german tank family tree.
I really love this early tanks.
When Cobi published this model in a new design I was so happy.
I am from Germany and I like the bigger tanks too but the Panzer I and Panzer II are totally underrated.
Great to see some American restoration and caring. Most often such stuff is done in Europe or Australia.
I am really interested in Pz.I and this video comes out! Yay!
“WhAts eNlisTed?”
(Nics panzer)
It is almost too perfect. And indeed, overrun by Sherman's, Panzer 3s and T-34s in museums. Rare tank indeed.
Another video well done Cone!
Looking forward to the next!
I tink the restoration is wery good and important bc it was such a mayor tank of the blitz
I think that any reproduction of an old tank is good cause we can see how much engineering has advanced
Seeing a Panzer 1 getting love like it’s bigger counterparts is cool. These mini-monsters don’t get the credit they deserve.
I hope this will be added in enlisted, maybe in a battle of france campaign!
We actually do know the history of this vehicle back to the end of WW2
This vehicle was part of the Farley Mowat collection which was collected somewhere in northern Germany, it was brought back to Canada along with 700 tons of other German WW2 equipment, and went on display at the Canadian War Museum until traded with Littlefield, I’ve seen the paperwork which lists this vehicle at CFB Borden in 1946
Sounds like the tank had been withdrawn from frontline duty and was being used for training back at a panzer regiment depot. If the depot could be identified it should be fairly simple to ID a unit.
1:55
You missed some of the details that Spain was broke after the Spanish Civil War which they didn't had much choice in tanks and even some of their indigenous tank designs like the Verdeja were very limited.
It is a bit incorrect to say that the Pz. 1 tank was not the only tanks used by Spain after the civil war. Soviet T-26 tanks captured after the war were predominately used as well as StuG III and Panzer IV tanks that were bought from Germany during WW2.
I wasn't doing an indepth coverage of the history. Like I said, I'll do that in a future video.
Please show some respect to this machine by at least calling it by it’s real name
smol boi
Relatable trying to figure out what’s true and what’s not. I hear so many stories about the museum ship that I work on, and so many of them are contradictory. It’s gets real confusing at times
Awwww, The Baby Panzer
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Imagine being a spanish tanker if your country got attacked by the russians and you just see an IS-2
coming your way and its commander laughing his ass off while peaking through the capola XD
The few Spanish soldiers that fought against the Russians along side the Germans(some of them volunteers anothers forced to voluntering) were promised to be paid a lot of money by the german government if they could capture URRS tanks, so they used a big knife to kill the crews and not damage the vehicles.
You’ve fallen for my trap card! By seeing this comment you HAVE to give me premium pack!
Oh yeah also having chunkasaurus armour on a pz1 seems so f*cling stupid unless you are fighting against king kong
time to v i s i t
That looks really good. Considering the previous pictures show a rusted husk of a tank, the team and Mr. Taylor (RIP) have done an amazing job at bringing this piece of armored history back to working condition. Thanks guys. Now I don't have to go to Germany to see a functioning Panzer I.
I've been to Collings before they had the AHM and I saw the AHM when it first opened. Now I need to get back out there to see this. It's a great museum and this is great publicity for it. I hope you can get more good interviews out of the staff there, always great to hear from people so involved in history and preservation.
When two tigers love eachother to much...
The guy is so lucky!!!!! I wish it was me!!
Panzer 1 is such a cool tank in my opinion, the fact that it was used in so many historical events makes it incredibly underrated
Its a very smol tank and is cute thoes 20 mm is so nice and i think the museum did a Amazing job
7.92x57 mg. It's the panzerkampfwagen 2 which had a 20 mm gun.
There’s something about the Panzer 1 that’s so cute for some reason, I think it’s the size.
The subject is interesting but you clearly doesn't know how to run an interview and the camera angle isn't great either. You should watch some online classes about that (and the idea of making interviews like that is good, just keep improving your skills :) )
This is the first time I've done one and I'm still getting used to my camera.
@@ConeOfArc This is the worst part, I'm a photographer and videomaker for years now but I'm still uncomfortable in front of a camera too hahaha (so good luck with that 💪)
It’s really nice to see something like this being restored. A tank that brought many German tanks like panzer 3, 4, panther, tigers, to leopards. Really good video, enjoyed it so much
Do a video on the AC III sentinel
She looks Amazing!!!
Beautiful! A lovely Little tank
Greetings and Salutations .
this vehicle should be easy to trace the royal Canadian tank corps should have records , this Panzer One might actually be from the tank training school near Minden or Iserlohn , Bielefeld , west Germany British and Canadian troops entered LUENEBURG in February 1945 i believe .
I don't want to be that guy, but Munster has a driving Panzer I. They drive it at Stahl auf der Heide every year. Also the front left fender clamps and fittings are very very wrong. I will have to contact them.
Just here reiterating how wrong the fittings are.
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We have one in the UK and I have to say your PzKpfw I is pristine. Absolutely magnificent.
Watching the Cover in Front, steering gear below? It is so thin, merely bullet proof. PANZER SEEMS A HUGE OVERSTATEMENT.
Where did they get the original Chassis from? SPAIN?
Really?! Dang I honestly can’t believe this! ITS AWESOME!!! Maybe a restoration project can be done on the Maus 😂😂😂😂. But seriously I want a restoration of the Maus 😡.
Holy shit. I thought Bovington's Panzer III was great looking.
This is the best looking tank I've ever seen (in terms of being well-cared for). This thing is IMMACULATE.
"Chasing people with spears and axes"?! In which war 🤣?! OMG, guys, this tank was inferior to many tanks of the time. In Spain, it was getting thrashed by the soviet T-26, in Poland it got decimated by anti-materiel rifles and the Polish 7TP tanks. It's the large numbers, the tactics and the air support that made it possible to use this tank on the battlefield.
My wife and I live in Connecticut so we’re pretty excited watching your upload and getting a chance to see this little beast! Thanks for your upload & research!
Ps would be cool to come up on the debut and hopefully say hey to you!
@Oliver Viehland it’s definitely worth the drive and visit? Just curious do you know the admission cost?
The first 15 chassis that were built were also known as "Landwirtschaftilicher Schlepper (agricultural tractor). This was to disguise the fact that they were used by driving schools to train tank drivers.
That was an awesome video - really enjoyed it, thanks. There's some great content on this channel - even for those of us who don't game at all! Top quality. Cheers. 👍
Can you make one on the L3 tankettes?
What about the CV 33?
Bruh if they had filmed the restoration of it that would have been sick but I would still love to go there and see it
You can see some of the restoration on their Facebook page.
As a wehraboo, i love it that there is still hope for these endangered species
I'm a ameriboo but agreed it's nice to see such a rare tank furthermore almost fully functional. Though it's sad to see how few functional axis tank exist compared to allied tanks.
Amazing...it looks factory fresh!! While most of us obsess on the later Panthers and Tigers, this is arguably much more significant historically. It was a huge step forward in armor development, tactics, and use. The battlefield history created by this small, relatively umderwhelming vehicle is the cornerstone of everything that followed!!!
I am DEFINITELY on the wrong side of the country. Id love to be able to see this, and the other east coast collections. The museum looks great, the presentation is a cut above the "line of tanks" you mentioned... Def a stop on my "someday " list!!!
My favorite tank is the T26E4 Super Pershing. I'd love to ride in one and fire the main gun. I think riding in the Panzer 1, I would become stuck and claustrophobic in that tank, lol. Come out looking like "Martin Lawrence's" hand from the scean of him and Will Smith riding in his porcha when he drops the 🍟 and is told to clean it up. Saying that his hand would come out looking all deformed and misshapen.
I think its very intresting to talk about the infantry support armored vehicles of ww2 since they are very underrated.(the fact that you could document this pzkpfw.'s 1 restoration makes it even cooler)
You should explore post ww2 or even interbelic era infantry aupport vehicles if there is any info available.
Love the vids :))))
Ayeee yo Virginia I got to go see it
It's just beautiful.
Sdkfz. is a abbreviation of Sonderkraftfahrzeug (non-standard power vehicle) ;).
It is the panzers of the German panzers, Not at all underestimated!, It was used to the end, As a defensive shield against infantry, Or for exploration!, Really a great job and somehow proud that this "small" piece lives again, For the history 👊💪
Excellent job on your Panzer I.The Australian Armor and Artillery Museum is restoring to running condition a Panzer I. Sadly it will not have original engine and drive train but it will be a runner. 👍
Me, 14 minutes and 2 seconds ago: "fine I'll watch it just for the Enlisted bundle"
Me now: "the Pz 1 is the only tank I like, actually"
the film footage of Pz.1s driving through mountains looks so much like a 1950s animatronics production with models in a diorama :)
Pz.1 was never designed to take on tanks. It was effectively a mobile pillbox for use against infantry and in a scouting role, ideal as well for crowd control in urban areas because of its small size.
Yeah the restoration do be cool but...assuming that it is not a lethal weapon......hypothetically speaking......for an undisclosed reason....could I buy it and then register it as a car?....the purpose is not important; just the question.
Many countries are or have come full circle by designing/building light recon tanks that have no real AT weapons or anything, just a machinegun and at most a small autocannon. Just shows that you don't always need a heavily armored heavily armed tank and can actually benefit by using small light tanks that can move around and support ground infantry and also act as a scouting/recon vehicle. The Russians got it right with the BMPs, BTRs, and all their other armored personnel carriers and it took way too long for the US to do anything similar lol. Imagine how much better off US GIs would have been if they had light armor that could protect them from small arms fire and also give supporting fire with a light/heavy machinegun or autocannon in Vietnam in areas that they can actually use them. Hell just having a few around an FOB would make defending them from hoards much easier as the crew are fairly safe. The History of armored vehicles started with them being lightly armored and armed with MGs or small cannons, now we are going full circle.
The Australian Armour and Artillery Museum in Cairns, Australia is also nearing completion of a driveable Panzer 1
Preserving things like these helps make history seem less distant. Feel more real than just reading on stuff taht happened from a book
An Pz.1 Ausf.A is really neat since it the primo maneuver warfare tank of the early World War 2. While I'm more biased on the C variant due to it's efforts in D-Day, seeing that relics that go back from the interwar running fills me with glee.