Its not much better than a Panzer 2. In operation Barbarossa the 38t was pretty much a sitting duck for all the very capable Soviet AT guns. The riveted armor would fail spectacularly, and big chunks would break off and enter the interior causing a lot of injuries. I think Tiger ace, Otto Carius had a stint in one.....great read.
38(t) is a Czech vehicle, the 't' signifying 'Tschechoslowakei' in German. Letter suffixes were often added to equipment that was also captured by the Germans.
Except most of Panzer 38(t) produced were updated to German requirements, they weren't original Czech vehicles LT-38. German variants far surpassed originals, either as fighting vehicles or in production numbers.
@@LN997-i8x The panzer 38 and the Panzer 2 were the backbone of the Wehrmacht for the early war in 1939 and early 1940s, only when the Pz 3 and 4 finally started getting higher production numbers were they finally retired from a Frontline role and more on being scouts and getting rebuilt into tank destroyers
@@wernervanderwalt8541 Not really hijacked, they were kinda forced into adapting it. Because factories in ČSR lacked machinery heavy enough to manufacture heavier vehicles. Also they also put a lot of work into them as well, making these machines even better then original LT vzor 38.
what i like most, is this boys are not scare to fire up and run tank in the museum, in the middle of visitor, that how history must be keept, alive and running
Praga EPA or EPA/2 engine. Six cylinder inline, four stroke, 7,75 liter displacement, petrol engine. Either 120 hp at 2200 rpm (EPA) or 160 hp at 2800 rpm EPA/2.
Thanks Team, I needed a workshop fix. I am always amazed that you have a 38t is such brilliant condition. Considering that the vehicle was used for everything beside a light tank, as Its chassis was use in so many other configurations. Cheers and thanks,
Yeah, this was easily the best tank when the war started. Mobile, reliable, cheap and with enough firepower. (Many early tanks had only machineguns, supposed use like infantry fighting vehicle)
Flipping between this channel and the Asenalen tank museum video to confirm whether this is actually a Swedish built vehicle. The gap between the road wheels and the patched hole at the rear says it is. Which is really cool. The things you learn from the cool stuff all the different museums put out.
I love watching this show, and all of the guys who work on these age old machines. What a great job., ever since I discovered this channel, you peopole are wonderful and awesome, keep the videos coming.
Having tracks that are tight when it's not being used to cross country absorbs more power and puts a lot of strain on the drive and idler sprockets. It also stretches and thus wears the track out faster. About 1.5 inches is quite normal. (From an ex-tank soldier and maintenance instructor with about twenty years experience). 🙂
Yeah, there is no propaganda machine behind him. Germans did not say anything about using tank from untermensch. Soviets did not say anything about tank used by germans Allies will not say anything about tank from eastern europe ...and France is still thinking how these tanks spearheaded through their defenses.
To be fair, Czechia was quite heavily germanised by the 1930s, and many Czechs could speak German. They weren’t treated nearly as badly as their more easterly Slav neighbours.
@@sirrathersplendid4825 Bohemian kingdom was germanised since high middle ages when Bohemian kings invited germans to settle there to create wealth and prosperity. That is why modern czech population is the least slavic of slavic nations. We are basicly half-germans.
To have a 38t in a tank museum would be impressive but to have one in running order is amazing. Is the driving compartment as roomy as it looks in the video ?
Good old Thing ! Do You use Avgas to fuel them up ? We have the Problem with missing Lead and the modern Fuels desintegrate after 5 to 6 Month in the Tank. Super Plus or Avgas..what do you think is better. The availabel Alkydfuel (Aspen4) is no good. All the Sealings leak after some Time and must be replaced. That is a real Problem for old gasoline Engines. From Germany with kind regards, Rudi 👍
Great seeing it running, so few of them left now. Noticed the hull mounted machine gun is missing and blanked off, did this vehicle come like that or is a job to restate it at a later date?
![The Panzer 38(t) History and Development - Germany's Best Light Tank [ WWII DOCUMENTARY ]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/c3HVZbgDxWE/mqdefault.jpg)
I think the Panzer 38t is very underrated, thanks for this!
Compared to a Panzer I or II, it is quite the MBT.
@@davidorama6690 I also think the
panzer II is underrated too, same as the panzer I, they were both very effective in early blitzkrieg tactics
There is entire anime about tanks, and T-38 has main role.
The little Czech tank that could!
Yes...After Germans updated it to fit German requirements.
Thank you for that video. I enjoyed it very much. Lehký tank 38 is the best of Czechoslovak engineering.
I never realised before, that the 38t is so small against an StuG
To be fair, it's a light tank, and a pre WW2 design (not actually German, it is a Czech tank that was adapted by them).
It helps make you understand why the jagdpanzer 38t was so successful. Tiny little beast could hide anywhere yet still have a 7.5cm main gun.
Its not much better than a Panzer 2. In operation Barbarossa the 38t was pretty much a sitting duck for all the very capable Soviet AT guns. The riveted armor would fail spectacularly, and big chunks would break off and enter the interior causing a lot of injuries. I think Tiger ace, Otto Carius had a stint in one.....great read.
Panzer 2 armor, better speed and maneuverability with a panzer 3's main gun. @@wazza33racer
@@wazza33racer Of course the Pz IIIs at the time wasn't much better. The 38ts had the advantage of the being reliable and... simply available.
38(t) is a Czech vehicle, the 't' signifying 'Tschechoslowakei' in German.
Letter suffixes were often added to equipment that was also captured by the Germans.
That's what i intended to write. It's all correct.
LT vz. 38 Made by ČKD Praha
Except most of Panzer 38(t) produced were updated to German requirements, they weren't original Czech vehicles LT-38. German variants far surpassed originals, either as fighting vehicles or in production numbers.
The AA&AM is a world class armour museum.. The array of vehicles is truly amazing
A tank quite ahead of it's time in certain aspects.
For an interwar design, it's a spaceship
It's easy to see why the Germans kept them in production, it looks like quite the useful design.
@@LN997-i8x The panzer 38 and the Panzer 2 were the backbone of the Wehrmacht for the early war in 1939 and early 1940s, only when the Pz 3 and 4 finally started getting higher production numbers were they finally retired from a Frontline role and more on being scouts and getting rebuilt into tank destroyers
Greetings from Czech Republic. Its nice to see this vehicle restored and on the other side of the world. 👍👍👍
It runs so fast. Awesome to see this IRL. Also it's a bit more Czechoslovakian than German :>
Actually wholly Czech! LOL. The Germans just hijacked the project.😂
@@wernervanderwalt8541 Not really hijacked, they were kinda forced into adapting it. Because factories in ČSR lacked machinery heavy enough to manufacture heavier vehicles. Also they also put a lot of work into them as well, making these machines even better then original LT vzor 38.
The "t" in 38t indicates "Tschechoslowakei" - Czechoslowakia.
@@stanislavczebinski994 Yeah I know that.
I love the sound of tracks clicking and clanking like this
Agree. But imagine the fear it put into enemy infantrymen.
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@@jerryjeromehawkins1712 Oh ho it be glorious
Unless of course you are on the receiving end of it! Lol
what i like most, is this boys are not scare to fire up and run tank in the museum, in the middle of visitor, that how history must be keept, alive and running
What a nice tank!
And what a huge collection of armor there!
Must be one of the largest collections in the World...
Probably one of the but it's either that swede one or Bovington which is
@@bencurran3204 Don't forget Kubinka.
@@budwyzer77 true
I love this channel so much!
I also love how Daryl is always working in his shorts in a greasy workshop.
Shorts are more comfortable than sweating your ring gear out wearing trousers in the hot and humid Far North Queensland weather :)
@@mangoman9290 ... and if they are suitably tight the spiders can't get in.
Praga EPA or EPA/2 engine. Six cylinder inline, four stroke, 7,75 liter displacement, petrol engine. Either 120 hp at 2200 rpm (EPA) or 160 hp at 2800 rpm EPA/2.
The video quality is amazing and the restauration project of the Grant Tank was really well edited.
Your channel is worth being watched!
Thanks Team, I needed a workshop fix. I am always amazed that you have a 38t is such brilliant condition. Considering that the vehicle was used for everything beside a light tank, as Its chassis was use in so many other configurations. Cheers and thanks,
I was surprised how clean the exhaust is.. is that the original engine?
Modern fuel?
@@michaelostergren3516 Only the good stuff for that engine😺
My absolute favourite early war Axis tank. Thanks for the demo.
Bonus video, yay! Looking forward to some of the videos from the big day!
i love this old vehicle
One of my favs, for an early tank i think it is cool looking.
Great way to set the hypemeter for AusArmourfest! 🤩
Taking your tank walkies :)
The 38t was the first armor model I ever built so it has a soft spot in my heart! So cool seeing it tinker around like that.
A remarkable survivor that demonstrates the huge development of tanks during the War. 👍🏻🏴
Yeah, this was easily the best tank when the war started. Mobile, reliable, cheap and with enough firepower. (Many early tanks had only machineguns, supposed use like infantry fighting vehicle)
I love your channel and the work you all do to preserve WWII history.
Flipping between this channel and the Asenalen tank museum video to confirm whether this is actually a Swedish built vehicle. The gap between the road wheels and the patched hole at the rear says it is. Which is really cool. The things you learn from the cool stuff all the different museums put out.
Good work there lads.
The Panzer 38 is my favorite tank from WWII, it’s cool to see one in this good of a condition.
@2:30 "Be berrry berry quiet. I hunting for that T-34 again." /von Fund
It sure runs clean. I've never seen one rolling before. Thank you!
It looks so happy just to be rolling around.
I don't know what it is, but something about the 38t is so fascinating to me. Love the video!
That has got to be one of my favorite tanks built 2 for a model competition once and would build them again
People who do things like this are people who i cannot stop being jealous of
Thanks :)
Amazing
These guys have the coolest job ever
Sweet! Sounds surprisingly gentle.
I love the classic tank sound, the rattle as she moves, thanks boys👍👍🇦🇺sounds just like the old war movies!
Woo. Bonus video!
You guys do beautiful work their. Great to see these pieces of history.
If I ever make it to Oz, this museum is on my list of priorities.
I love watching this show, and all of the guys who work on these age old machines. What a great job., ever since I discovered this channel, you peopole are wonderful and awesome, keep the videos coming.
Ayoo a new videos 🥶🥶
Beautiful job
The museum has a very impressive collection.
Awesome, I use to have a 1/35 scale Tamiya model of the 38t in the late 1970s.
So did I! Maybe the first tank model I put together.
Incredible all the hard work and dedication you all share. Thank you for sharing. 👍
Great video!
All WWII Tanks were amazing feats of engineering.
Looks like they've got themselves a "runner". Helluva museum - look at all of that armor!
Was für ein Tolles Fahrzeug! ❤
A great little tank. The right track could do with a tighten perhaps.
Having tracks that are tight when it's not being used to cross country absorbs more power and puts a lot of strain on the drive and idler sprockets. It also stretches and thus wears the track out faster. About 1.5 inches is quite normal. (From an ex-tank soldier and maintenance instructor with about twenty years experience). 🙂
you guys blessed my ears
A totally underrated tank in the early war phase!
Yeah, there is no propaganda machine behind him.
Germans did not say anything about using tank from untermensch.
Soviets did not say anything about tank used by germans
Allies will not say anything about tank from eastern europe
...and France is still thinking how these tanks spearheaded through their defenses.
To be fair, Czechia was quite heavily germanised by the 1930s, and many Czechs could speak German. They weren’t treated nearly as badly as their more easterly Slav neighbours.
@@sirrathersplendid4825 Bohemian kingdom was germanised since high middle ages when Bohemian kings invited germans to settle there to create wealth and prosperity. That is why modern czech population is the least slavic of slavic nations. We are basicly half-germans.
Beauty machine...
It be unreal to see these talnk in action at this year's Australian armoured artillery museum tank fest 2023
The tank is marked from the 7th Panzer division commanded by Rommel during the invasion of France and mostly equipped with 38ts.
Nice!
Just love the crew comforts……………😂
Well done absolut amazing😊😊😊😊😊
A yes the good old 38T the original back bone of the German panzer divisions along side the panzer 1 and 2
It’s sad because this tank was designed and produced as a counterpart to Panzer I, II and early models of III.
🏆🙏🤗🇺🇲
Thank you for sharing
cool tank
it just has to one of the best perks of the job there: drive around in all those vehicles!! Has to beat any lease car!! ;)
looks like the chassi from a Swedish sav m/43 that is built on the strv m/41 chassi that is based on the Czech TNH tank .
man I would love to have one of those
Hey AusArmour. Love your work 👍
A big noise for such a wee beastie, and great to see it running.
Nice engine sound. Suprizing heavy for such a small tank.
10 tons of steel
Definitely my favorite early WW2 tank. How many runners are known to exist?
To have a 38t in a tank museum would be impressive but to have one in running order is amazing. Is the driving compartment as roomy as it looks in the video ?
The main gun looks similar to the IJA tank Ha-Go main gun... Neat!
It's beautifull 🤩👌
that engine sound is so damn good, when will we get an official aus armour engine asmr video?
remarkable you have a running early war tank
Before the turret was moved, it looked like you were taking a salute as you ran down the line.
I thought the same about that😅
To me the footage that starts at 2:56 is the most beautiful ive ever seen om youtube
The Tracks got a little bit stiff? Nice to see it running! Greetings from Germany! 😊
When will the next tiger 1 update video come out?
Looks simple enough that I could build one in the shop, but with a welded hull. :D
I'd like to bid on the 38T.
Will the tiger 1 be on display during Ausamour fest?
I didn't expect that thing's exhaust note to sound so mean! In a good way, of course. Diesel engine or petrol?
stug is looking fresh
Sounded like a pissed off cougar when trying to start up! Glad the beast was tamed 😅
Is this tank started fairly frequently? I didn't see it blowing any oil smoke on start-up.
Good old Thing ! Do You use Avgas to fuel them up ? We have the Problem with missing Lead and the modern Fuels desintegrate after 5 to 6 Month in the Tank. Super Plus or Avgas..what do you think is better. The availabel Alkydfuel (Aspen4) is no good. All the Sealings leak after some Time and must be replaced. That is a real Problem for old gasoline Engines. From Germany with kind regards, Rudi 👍
Nice!😋
Great seeing it running, so few of them left now.
Noticed the hull mounted machine gun is missing and blanked off, did this vehicle come like that or is a job to restate it at a later date?
It was quite commonly done in service
This was probably a command tank hull that they used for the restoration. Those were the most likely to have the bow MG mount blocked off
@@tomhouman3 Like I said
sounds like the mesh between the starter and flywheel ring gear is a bit to tight
Thank you for posting every interesting videos !. Wondering what are those track links on this 38t tank ?. They don't look like the original one.🤔
it looks like the drivers side track needs the tension adjusted a tad.
Same class as the M3 Stuart
Cute little baby tank Panzer 38(T). One of my favorites, with a cute design! but i have a question … What versiin of this 38(T) is this?
You could use that as your daily drive. Great little tank.
Just the thing for a relaxing drive through the French countryside.
It would be great in today's traffic, not having to worry about electric scooters scratching your paint
It's sounds like blitzkrieg ^^ beside to the hetzer, wich is PZ 83 (T) based, we can see the amount of modifications the germans did to make it a TD
Looks like y'all need to do a little bit of track tensioning, right side looks a bit slack.
Look at her motor down the lane! She moves very well for her age.