I would love a video about St Nazairre - the whole history of it during the war was incredible, from the allies evacuating, the sinking of the Lancastria, Operation Chariot, the American bombing, and the German pocket after D-Day. Would have to be a long video to fit all that in!
I am so glad to see a well preserved and still rolling German built, World War 2 Panther battle tank. Once again this is one of the best video a great thanks to mister Mark Felton for sharing us this wonderful vlog.
The thing that bothers me is that the French officially adopted the ARL 44 for patriotic reasons despite the ARL 44 being outdated and unreliable; even more prone to breakdowns than the Panther which is saying something.
The ARL 44 was more of a way of letting French tank designers imaginations run wild post war since they were occupied and unable to do anything until late 1944, they knew it was out dated from the word go but as you said, it was mainly for patriotic reasons as to why it was designed and built
The tank was meant to rapidly fill the gap between the moment of France not having any tanks and the moment where they had done the required research and rebuild the infrastructure to build a well designed tank .
The ARL was created likely as a means to keep factories working, because if they had ceased all production of any tanks, it would be highly possible that politicians would re-purpose the factories for other uses, hence leaving no factories left to use after tank production and design is kicked back up again in France.
Note that the video of the panther that open and close this video are from the Saumur Museum's Panther, which is precisely an ex-french army panther. If i remember correctly, it's maintained in running condition since the war with its original maybach engine.
The fact that some Panthers had a far longer service life with the French than with the Germans is fascinating. If only they'd spent some time trying to iron out some of the mechanical faults themselves, such as the final drives.
It always makes me sad to hear about how so many tanks were scrapped after the war. If they'd just been stuck in some warehouse for a few decades, then museums around the world could have working examples today....
Just the facts. The Panther, Panzer four and Stug III lived on as useful vehicles after the end of WWII. Whereas both the Tiger and King Tiger did not, except in Museum's. Which is rather revealing from an historical viewpoint. Exposing the Tiger tank as the hugely impractical blunder that it really was in hindsight.
Love your videos on WW 2 history. Can you do a video on what you mentioned in this video about the late surrender of German forces at St Naziere U boat pens.thx
Weren't a lot of these recovered Panthers & Tiger & Panzer iv tanks, sold or given to Syria ? where they were defeated by the Israelis in in the 1967 war?
German Panzers were notoriously unreliable. With all the mystique about the high quality of German engineering, that statement sounds so ironic. But, war influences many things.
Too bad some forward-thinking Hollywood mogul didn't scoop up a few f them to use in movies; then we would not need to use vismods or repainted M-48s. Of course, on the other hand, people might comment on how odd it was that every German unit portrayed in movies seemed to be lavishly equipped with Panthers... oh, well.
Germans in WWII: The Panther is pretty good. Feels safer than allied tanks. Americans in WWII: The Panther is great and is to be feared. Soviets in WWII: Okay tank, will use until transmission breaks or we run out of ammo. French after WWII: It's a decent tank. We will incorporate some of its designs in our own tanks. British after WWII: We lost a lot of tanks to them but when we built some of them ourselves, without any blueprints and using parts from a bombed out factory, they were total garbage. People decades later who never served in WWII: The Panther is complete trash, Reeeee
Sad but true, far too much jerking and counter-jerking going on thse days. It is almost impossible to have a civilised and informative discussion about German tanks.
Everything used in battle by US and UK forces and many other army's today its really easy to see they copied the German forces, best aircraft, best artillery piece,best tanks best weapons far ahead of the allies best soldiers too, I'm British but you have to admire the German soldiers, SS commited terrible atrocities but men like pieper have great reputations as soldiers was it his unit that killed US soldiers at the bulge.
The panther may of been the best afv of ww2, but calling the tiger impractical? It was a destroyer of yank, Brit and red armour, and wrecking the Reds was important (would of been a better idea than wrecking the Nazis in my opinion, the Reds murdered a lot more people than the Nazis killed) the tiger even though slow, could of took on soviet is-2/is-3 tanks, possibly t-54's and definitely all lighter soviet vehicles, Tigers has a 11-1 kill ratio at the battle of Kursk, where the soviets mainly used t-34's, which were still in frontline service in the soviet army in the late 50's early 60's, and wer used by reservists till the 80's and for a airfield defence, and are still used in a reserve, training or police role by many communist and 3rd world counties today, North Korea (reserves/training) Cuba (police, some have water cannon instead of main gun) Angola (reserves) etc. What happened to the Swedish King tiger was criminal (hard target) and the Tigers should of been used by the French and the west Germans. But I guess the yanks wanted to take them away from their Wehrmacht past, giving them m1 helmets and m1 garands. Sinful to kill Prussian tradition and give them American styled uniforms, weapons and even the culture, which was the biggest crime at all, east Germany may of been a totalitarian red nightmare, but at least they still had German pride, culture, and Prussian military tradition. It's sad when Sweden and Chile have more in common with Prussia than the Bundeswehr, should still be the Wehrmacht and have ww1/Prussian style tradition, I understand removing Nazi stuff, but removing Germanness was sinful.
They never built a lot of Tigers and most were destroyed. Of the few survivors a majority would have been in the the east and in the West the other Allies wanted their share as trophy's and for study. To few serviceable examples would have been available to make them practical in the post war French army.
I would love a video about St Nazairre - the whole history of it during the war was incredible, from the allies evacuating, the sinking of the Lancastria, Operation Chariot, the American bombing, and the German pocket after D-Day. Would have to be a long video to fit all that in!
French sold a lot of their Stug and Panzer IV to Egypt and Syria. Some might still be rusting away in their warehouse.
I am so glad to see a well preserved and still rolling German built, World War 2 Panther battle tank. Once again this is one of the best video a great thanks to mister Mark Felton for sharing us this wonderful vlog.
The thing that bothers me is that the French officially adopted the ARL 44 for patriotic reasons despite the ARL 44 being outdated and unreliable; even more prone to breakdowns than the Panther which is saying something.
BHuang92 thy actually built only 50 of them, as it was already outdated
The ARL 44 was more of a way of letting French tank designers imaginations run wild post war since they were occupied and unable to do anything until late 1944, they knew it was out dated from the word go but as you said, it was mainly for patriotic reasons as to why it was designed and built
The tank was meant to rapidly fill the gap between the moment of France not having any tanks and the moment where they had done the required research and rebuild the infrastructure to build a well designed tank .
The ARL was created likely as a means to keep factories working, because if they had ceased all production of any tanks, it would be highly possible that politicians would re-purpose the factories for other uses, hence leaving no factories left to use after tank production and design is kicked back up again in France.
I told mama I would be seeing elephants, tigers and panthers she thought I was visiting Moscow zoo
CoH 2 chatter. LoL xD
Note that the video of the panther that open and close this video are from the Saumur Museum's Panther, which is precisely an ex-french army panther. If i remember correctly, it's maintained in running condition since the war with its original maybach engine.
You are providing a valuable service to those of us who cherish history, particularly the First and Second World War. Thank you
I like hearing these little know facts, great video, many thanks.
Very informative and well documented as usual. Thanks.
The fact that some Panthers had a far longer service life with the French than with the Germans is fascinating. If only they'd spent some time trying to iron out some of the mechanical faults themselves, such as the final drives.
Soldiered on in the French army until 1950, at least a regiments worth.
the winner takes it all,thanks mark!
Love your vids Mark your a legend
Another reup? Whats going on my man
Yes, tech issue
Mark Felton Productions it’s ok, we just like them again
Mark Felton Productions oh ok. So you’re not in any danger of getting banned or anything right? Would be a real shame
Nobody:
Wargaming: *"Is ThIs A NeW PrEmIuM??"*
2:30 the yellow truck was like oh a German tank let attack him
This channel has really grown a lot
First to this AWESOME CHANNEL!!!
Somehow, it seems like I've seen this before a few weeks ago. seems like deja vu
Reupload.
hey mark, can i just say that i love your uploads and your knowledge ....thanks
I love you're videos :) so many interesting things about them
Ah yes, a Mark Felton video before bed.
need 2 length documentaries and mixlist !
I would like to know more about the u boat base.
Keep up with these interesting videos!
got so fucking excited but re-up
2nd reupload in one day? Nothing wrong with the video, I wonder why TH-cam took it down.
Great video, great tank!
Sir can you do a video on osa class missile boats
The Panther despite its mechanical problems was one of, if not the best tank of WW2
It always makes me sad to hear about how so many tanks were scrapped after the war. If they'd just been stuck in some warehouse for a few decades, then museums around the world could have working examples today....
how many were built after the war in the brit zone factories?
I didn't watch this; just saw the photo. I have to ask in what war torn location would blue and pink be considered appropriate camouflage?
Just the facts. The Panther, Panzer four and Stug III lived on as useful vehicles after the end of WWII. Whereas both the Tiger and King Tiger did not, except in Museum's. Which is rather revealing from an historical viewpoint. Exposing the Tiger tank as the hugely impractical blunder that it really was in hindsight.
Can you do a video on the swedish panther?
The Swedes would have worshipped the German Tiger Tank with the Nazi insignia !!!
Love your videos on WW 2 history. Can you do a video on what you mentioned in this video about the late surrender of German forces at St Naziere U boat pens.thx
I wish that the french panther tank was a premium in war thunder
I'm getting a sense of deja vu today...
Yes, tech issue
free tanks, grab what you can
Quiet afternoon. Great weather. This.
I think one of the restored Panthers came from a French scrap yard,if I remember correctly.
I absolutely love the design of German tanks.
Hahaha, what a story Mark! 😋
*confused Erika/Onion March mix plays in background*
Can you do Panther G Barkmann plz
You prob gave some poor vet ptst driving those tigers around.
Some ol french fighter just flipped a table in a local cafe getting ready
Christ, never thought of that.
"At last, here are our new tanks!"
*squints*
"RUN AWAY!"
is this a re-upload
Yes, tech issue
It would seem so
Le véritable char allemand
Weren't a lot of these recovered Panthers & Tiger & Panzer iv tanks, sold or given to Syria ?
where they were defeated by the Israelis in in the 1967 war?
The Germans should've broken the reverse gear on those tanks
1:56 hahahah nice trick dude, its modern video shot but you change to black and white film.
too bad grandpa´s army have not had fingerprintsensors at this time ;=)
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Did some of the tanks end up in Syria ?
This film reminds us that some French fought for the allied side.
With good spares the Panther wasnt unreliable.
panzer-elmito.org/tanques/panther/documentos/Leistungen%20Bergepanther-Fahrer.jpg
keep up the great WWII work
love from RUSSIA
150km
Panthers suspensions: dead
German Panzers were notoriously unreliable. With all the mystique about the high quality of German engineering, that statement sounds so ironic. But, war influences many things.
Too bad some forward-thinking Hollywood mogul didn't scoop up a few f them to use in movies; then we would not need to use vismods or repainted M-48s.
Of course, on the other hand, people might comment on how odd it was that every German unit portrayed in movies seemed to be lavishly equipped with Panthers... oh, well.
Germans in WWII: The Panther is pretty good. Feels safer than allied tanks.
Americans in WWII: The Panther is great and is to be feared.
Soviets in WWII: Okay tank, will use until transmission breaks or we run out of ammo.
French after WWII: It's a decent tank. We will incorporate some of its designs in our own tanks.
British after WWII: We lost a lot of tanks to them but when we built some of them ourselves, without any blueprints and using parts from a bombed out factory, they were total garbage.
People decades later who never served in WWII: The Panther is complete trash, Reeeee
Sad but true, far too much jerking and counter-jerking going on thse days. It is almost impossible to have a civilised and informative discussion about German tanks.
Poor french steel German Tanks to have anything 😂
First
Sex Panther: 60% of the time it works every time!
Again
6th
1 st
any french army tank has 1 speed forward and 5 reverse for fast retreat and are equipped with a white flag launcher to signal surrender.
Everything used in battle by US and UK forces and many other army's today its really easy to see they copied the German forces, best aircraft, best artillery piece,best tanks best weapons far ahead of the allies best soldiers too, I'm British but you have to admire the German soldiers, SS commited terrible atrocities but men like pieper have great reputations as soldiers was it his unit that killed US soldiers at the bulge.
The panther may of been the best afv of ww2, but calling the tiger impractical? It was a destroyer of yank, Brit and red armour, and wrecking the Reds was important (would of been a better idea than wrecking the Nazis in my opinion, the Reds murdered a lot more people than the Nazis killed) the tiger even though slow, could of took on soviet is-2/is-3 tanks, possibly t-54's and definitely all lighter soviet vehicles, Tigers has a 11-1 kill ratio at the battle of Kursk, where the soviets mainly used t-34's, which were still in frontline service in the soviet army in the late 50's early 60's, and wer used by reservists till the 80's and for a airfield defence, and are still used in a reserve, training or police role by many communist and 3rd world counties today, North Korea (reserves/training) Cuba (police, some have water cannon instead of main gun) Angola (reserves) etc. What happened to the Swedish King tiger was criminal (hard target) and the Tigers should of been used by the French and the west Germans. But I guess the yanks wanted to take them away from their Wehrmacht past, giving them m1 helmets and m1 garands. Sinful to kill Prussian tradition and give them American styled uniforms, weapons and even the culture, which was the biggest crime at all, east Germany may of been a totalitarian red nightmare, but at least they still had German pride, culture, and Prussian military tradition. It's sad when Sweden and Chile have more in common with Prussia than the Bundeswehr, should still be the Wehrmacht and have ww1/Prussian style tradition, I understand removing Nazi stuff, but removing Germanness was sinful.
They never built a lot of Tigers and most were destroyed. Of the few survivors a majority would have been in the the east and in the West the other Allies wanted their share as trophy's and for study. To few serviceable examples would have been available to make them practical in the post war French army.
"French army"??? Whats that?