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By the end of 1942, Soviet troops marching from Stalingrad had rushed towards Rostov to cut off the Germans' escape route out of the Caucasus.
The commander of the 16th Panzer Grenadier Division, Major-General Gerhard von Schwerin got instructions to pull his division back to Rostov by 10 Jan 1943.
The steel giants of Panzer-Abteilung 116 of the 16th Panzer Grenadier Division started to move out.
Part of this steel assault wedge were the Panzer IIIs of Oberfeldwebel Hans Bunzel's platoon.
Hans Bunzel was a seasoned soldier who had served as a tanker since the very beginning in 1934.
Shortly before the start of the campaign in Russia Bunzel became a tank commander and a section leader.
Bunzel's platoon would see fierce fighting against the Soviets with their T-34 tanks!
The panzer lll with the long 50mm gun, its a beautiful tank..
And all of this was done with the seemingly "inferior" Panzer III... Incredible.
Further proof Panzer III, Panzer IV and StuG IIIs were the very backbone.
5mm/L42 guns get higher muzzle velocity and the rate of fire is about 20 rds per min. Pz III Ausf J could handle a T-34/76. The only problem is the usual problem with videos like these. The text to speech software mispronounces words and names too much. I'd rather hear the pronunciation and deal with the accent.
@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217 You mean 5 cm or 50 mm.
@@GerbenWulff5cm means 50mm gun , is the same thing
Big guns doesnt mean nothing but superior technically mean evreything
I enjoy the stories of lesser-known soldiers. Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
I really love the stories you cover and seemingly less well known tank commanders and actions it’s a truly looked forward to upload when it comes from factbytes! Thank you
The PzIII... my favorite tank.
It just looks right especially with the 50mm.
Great video my friend. 👍🏽🇺🇸
Thank you🙌
@focke wulf the STuG is still one of my favorites, also the badass Elephant. I 3d printed a Tiger( fits in the palm of your hand) and hand painted my own woodland camouflage on it. Definitely made me miss building models lol.
@focke wulf I think I would too. Fantastic fighting vehicle
PzIV F2 was the best German tank until the Panthers got built. The Tiger is an upscaled version of the PzIV F2 and it breaks down way too often to use in battle. The King Tiger was an upscaled version of the Panther and it broke down more than any other Tank. The Tigers where a wasted effort…
@@anthonyiocca5683 They inspired their crews to overachieve great numbers of enemy tanks because they knew they were well protected if they presented their front armor to the enemy at the clash; yes they would break down but being a fortress on wheels they didnt have to move too much once in battle, but getting there, they were fucked if they had any real distance to cover!
You found a lot of good historic film footage to use with this video. Well done!
Excellent video. Great to listen and watch a Panzer Ace in action
Well done guys and thank you.
As a German I was always wondering why hHitler started Barbarossa.
After years with diifreent sources.. It much more clear now. If you want some sources... I would like to help
The Russian Army was 7:1 against Germany. And Stalin want to conquer Eastprussia. Like he did with Finnland Lettland, Litauen and parts of Rumania....
Suggest read books by Victor Suvarov. Also, look into what Trotsky was writing in exile, in Mexico shortly before Stalin had an agent murder Trotsky, despite leaving him in peace for many years.
nazi reason to invade russia ----->Lebensraum and slavic slaves.
Yeah the USSR where planning to attack Western Europe already years bevor. The Wehrmacht was just 1 month ahead from the Soviets with its military preventive strike. Thus why Barbarrossa was such a military success it was because Germany supriced an Gigantic army which where drilled and prepared for invasion and its generals would never believe or think that the Enemy already knew all their plans.
Because the SU was in a horrible state...
They had huge deficits on tactical levels and their economy was not competetive. The Germans had been well aware of these circumstances.
For instance, their agricultural sector was outmatched by Germany (and every other "leading" nation) on a far margin - also due to political reasoning (Lyssenkoism). Ppl in the SU started starving by the end of 1941. Without the existencial aid, provided by the Western Allies, it would have not stood a chance.
Ppl still tend to exaggerate the "mighty" power of the SU (and to an extent Russia), however corruption and missallocation of (human-)ressources & efforts - now and then - made it actually really weak in comparison to the European powers or the US.
Maybe they shouldn't have Kulak'ed their sources of food lol
lots of footage i had never seen before ,thanks for that
Excellent battle highlights. It would have been interesting to learn how the Germans were able to keep their Pz IIIs going during the 43' bitter cold winter. Especially since so many panzers were experiencing mechanical failures from the weather conditions. But so really great battle videos capturing the fighting that took place there.
Bro that and how tf did they manage to operate such precise operations with literally no food and starving. Truly divine strength is required for such actions
The Pz III was an exceptionally reliable tank, and because it was smaller, it consumed less fuel. By either preheating the engine, or simply keeping in running all night, the tanks would be ready in the morning.
The latter more complicated German designs had more teething problems, and interleaved roadwheels could freeze in the night. This was not an issue with the Pz III
@@danielhurst8863Good insight.
I love that video man now we're getting to the nuts and bolts of World War II
Great coverage of a less well-known Panzer ace. I saw some of the Panzer IIIs in that video footage were equipped with the 37mm main gun. I know that those tanks were no necessarily involved in the engagement described. But, just the same, I can't imagine what it would be like to take on T-34s with that "door knocker" 37mm instead of the 50mm gun that replaced it. And of course, the L48 75mm that was fitted to the StuG Ausf G and later variants of the Panzer IV would be even better.
Favorite tank of the war. And never heard of this guy!
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_von_Schwerin
I know it's futile to try and teach a computer generated voice correct German pronunciation, but here's some of it (phonetically): Hans Bunzel = Huns (like in "hunt") Boontsel, Panzer = Puntsah and especially Nashorn = Nas-Horn (nose horn) and Brummbär = Broomm Bear (growling bear). Otherwise a very interesting video. Thanks for uploading.
Great series of historical vids...As a bit of a self-made history buff, I enjoy learning about these kinds of actions that are a little obscure compared to the more popular ones most of us have been taught in school.
Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
Probably the whole crew should have received medals!
That’s my grandfathers cousin, and our last name. And it’s Schwerin as in shwearin. Edit - GREAT Video BTW - Cheers
I think that city was just one of the many cities taken from the Germans after WW2 and given to Poland as compensation, about 750,000sqkm. The population was dispossessed and ethnically cleansed and many murdered.
Brilliant video keep them coming.
EVERYONE IS NOT BORN A HERO IT COMEX WHITH EXPERIENCE .
Thanks for the video! I read a military history magazine story about a Pz III against two T-34s in Russia in 1944 and knew I could find some stories of similar action online. BTW, here is a military joke, What did the Panzer 4 say to the Panzer 3 at the tank camp? "My gun's bigger then yours."
The snow flakes during operations in mid of August are also great 😃😃 😃😃😃
Great video many thanks 👍
Wow, great video!
Very good 👍
Nice Work . !
To think that by 1941 the Panzer III was already obsolete and outclassed by the T-34/76 tank. And still managed to destroy its more modern enemy...
What should the Germans do? They had no other abilities than using their Panzer III. And they did it quite well.
@@martinbauer2510 Well, they came up with some other interesting tanks and tank destroyers: Panzer IV, Tiger I and II, Panther; Stug III and IV, Hetzer, Jagdpanther...
It did not end well for them. The tanks being gas did poorly in the freezing weather. The T34 might have been crude but it was very effective and production wins. The -50 degrees would be a nightmare situation along with what Germany stood for was bad.
@@mt1885 The Russians used pork lard to lubricate their tanks and weaponry which the Germans considered crude and barbaric. That's the difference in a winter war...
@@mt1885 wdym, Diesel engines have a harder time starting in freezing temperatures
Germans didn't use 3 tank platoons, the Russians did. Germans used 4 tank platoons. There is a lot of mis-information in the video.
They fought for Europe and the whole world
Yup u know it brother thank you so many can still NAzI(not see) the Allie’s are ALL LIES the truth literally is in the words for us to know lmfao gods sense of humor . Funny how we also learn our Vowels which is or vow to El(Elohim,god). AyE I Owe U (a e I o u) REAL EYES REALIZE REAL LIES
They fought cause they were betrayed... They never fought for Europe or the world lol they fought cause they had no choice...
Indeed...
true heroes. history will eventually remember them as such, sooner or later.
@@ilimes Indeed...
Hans banzel the great panzer ace
Hi guys! Just one mistake here...Since the beginning in 1934? Surely, it must be 1939?
.".... who had served as a tanker since the very beginning in 1934."
Refers to the beginning of Bunzel's military career here, which he started in 1933.
I stand corrected......Well done again Guys!
7.62 is a small arm projectile. The Soviet anti tank guns were 76.2 mm, not 7.62.
7,62 cm = 76.2 mm
Have another listen, he said cm not mm.
For the Germans, the caliber of guns was measured in cm.
the hacks at the history channel should pay you
Tebbe was an excellent PZ commander, throughtout the war.
Did he survived the war, an intersting fact to know ?
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_von_Schwerin
I am surprised that the 50mm, the most powerful gun option for the Panzer III was sufficient against the T-34. The Panzer IV had the optional 75mm high velocity, which was just enough fire power to deal with the sloped armour of the T-34. I know that when I am building my Army for "The Russian Front" Close Combat. I love and use the Panzer III in it's Stug variant. It has the snub nosed 75mm gun. Ideal for traveling with my heavy infantry and being tasked with anti personnel and high explosive shells used to flatten infrastructure, bunkers and hardened defenses. I am curious as to the means of success utilized by the undergunned Panzer III's in their documented T-34 kills. The one description of the round striking a T-34 where the hull and turret meet makes sense to me, but having prolific T-34 kills can't be all attributed to that pin point accuracy. Thank you for the great content FactBytes (algorithm snack). I like and subscribe 🤟🍻🇨🇦
Iirc, the turret-ring of the Panzer III can accommodate the 57 mm L50(/52) gun [like the British 6-pounder], that offered significantly better pen
Since the armor quality on the T-34 was so bad, you didn’t really need a big gun to break it. The 37mm PAK gun the Germans had was able to cause the armor to crack and break. On the inside of the tank a high velocity impact like that of a anti-tank gun would cause the armor to spall and shoot hot shrapnel into the crew compartment without actually penetrating the armor.
Is Hans any relation to Barth Bunzel?
The panzer 3s might have been out gunned but they did kill a lot of T-34s due to weak points and manufacturing faults
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Why add snow to this clip?
And German tankers were better trained than their Russian counterparts, nearly until the end of the war. And Count von Schwerin's 16th Motorized Infantry Division/Panzer Grenadier Division/116th Panzer Division were elite Heer troops by deed. Truly the "Windhunds".
and what happened to him later??
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_von_Schwerin
Cool story, the AI narration kills it for me though
Damn Russians
The T-34 is the most overrated thing since Tom Brady.
Almost useless for so many reasons (perhaps the chief of which is that it's occupants were almost totally blind in combat).
If they had the resources we would all be speaking German
You'd be speaking it as a second language at worst. The Germans were planning a 'breitsphurbahn" or a "board gauge railway" of 3m (10ft) wide track which allows 6m (20ft) wide carriages. It was hoped to take it all the way to Siberia and then on to Alaska. This was not a matter of conquest. The Germans knew they didn't ha e the manpower to conquer the Soviet Union and basically had a line that ran through just past Moscow down to Black Sea. The rest was supposed to just collapse Politically and expand commerce.
-I find this railway fascinating. It would have allowed rail to compete with ships in efficiency. It is just one of the things the world economy missed out on due to the Soviet Union.
@@williamzk9083 Yes, the Soviet Union again interfered with such an "excellent" business project.
World domination was never the goal.
All these WW2 history videos on TH-cam are from German perspective.
Another “Great German”warriors stories. Just wondering why Bunzel had no descriptions on how they left Samodurowka couple of times? Only heroic offensives of SS brave soldiers. Sick of these stories never being true.
Where is that brave german aces? Russian Army took german capital - Berlin on may 1945! That is real !
Фашисты были сильным врагом, на момент Сталинградской битвы экономическая мощь всей нацисткой Европы, и тем более с поддержкой американского капитала, превосходила СССР. В военном плане немцы так хорошо "научили" нас воевать, что СССР разбил японскую Квантунскую армию (по сути - группу армий) классическим блицкригом, и всю Европу могли завоевать если бы американцы не подоспели (как всегда - к дележу добычи))).
Not thwarting the Soviet leadership, fighting Soviet soldiers, that had minimal training and at a clear disadvantage.
These are not heroes but villains, try a new script, and forget your American programming.
Stalin is responsible for more deaths than any other man in history. The Red Army purge for example... his own people.
The Soviets invaded Poland in 1939 from the East, Germany from the West. Stalin immediately began shipping off to the infamous Russian Gulag System Polish jews, teachers, politicians... anyone he considered an undesirable. THAT is a "Villian" as you say.
Prewar Germany was roughly the size of the state of Montana in the United States going up against one of the world's largest countries... you should be embarrassed Mtsensk.
American programming?? Seems to me you are enjoying plenty of American inventions correct?? But... I'm guessing your C ommunist programming went well, lol. 😅
Btw... Russia waited to declare war on Japan until the next to last day of the war. Why? Just so Russia could take over two Japanese owned islands they wanted.
Stalin begged Roosevelt to open up a second front to take the pressure off of his forces... that is why the Americans landed in Italy in 1943. German had to take many men off the Eastern Front to combat this.
Russia was just as much a villain during ww2 as Germany. After the war?? Russia never stopped k Illing.
Once again... you should hang your head in shame!!
Btw... the suspension on the t34 tank was invented and developed by an AMERICAN named J. Walter Christie!! 😅
jew spotted
@THEreichKID commies dont like true stories, especially when its about them
Turns out that murdering most of your most competent and innovative officers negatively affects operational readiness.
I'm sorry, but the writer of this text sounds like an amateur. Sounds like a 15 year old wrote it, I know, I wrote like that when I was 15. Hopefully, you'll mature and improve. People have told me that I did. My trouble now is that I'm a geezer. If it's not one thing....8-)
Its lost 😢