the Panzerschreck was made better than the bazooka for two reasons, the shreck didn't require batteries, instead used a spring loaded electromagnetic system to fire and secondly the bazooka barrel was the same diameter as the rocket only a bit bigger, the schreck however had the barrel with three ribs going down the length of the barrel allowing for less friction on the rocket, and the ability to fire with a dirtier barrel or even minor damage say like a bullet or fragment hole as long as it wasnt on the rin
@@thereynaldosan7695 I can’t attest to that, however I know they had winter and summer versions of the rockets. And the ignition system was easier to work than the bazooka since it was a wooden block with a metal plug that was inserted into the ignition box on the rocket instead of wrapping wires around CPU’s like the bazooka
@@thereynaldosan7695 The Panzerschreck's rocket was simply bigger which gave a higher velocity but it didn't burn as fast as the American Bazooka (either the M9 or the larger M20 "Super Bazooka") which burned out entirely before it left the tube so no need for a blast screen.
Fun Fact: Hungary made their own copy of the Panzerschreck called Páncélrém (Tank Fear). It was much simplified with a caliber of 60mm and resembled more of the M1 Bazooka.
If only less websites and fans recommend Brotherhood first (and perhaps only). Seriously, one is better off watching the OG show and Brotherhood interconnectedly.
@@michaelandreipalon359 No. The best way to watch Brotherhood is to watch the 2003 series until Hughes. Then switch to Brotherhood. Everything in the original anime after Hughes does not follow the manga and is all filler. Brotherhood follows the manga but rushes everything up until Hughes (because everyone had already seen that part and they were trying to get to new material as quickly as possible.)
@@benn454 Well, yeah, but think of it as Patlabor: The Early Days+Movies 1 and 2 and The TV Series+The New Files all over again. Watch them both with the perspective of Multiverse Theory and alternate continuities in mind.
Another note: Since the rocket blast from the Panzershrek rocket can stain the viewing mica glass with its jettisoned smoke particles, the shield also had a special compartment that stored multiple mica glass visors for replacement
There is a recent video of Ukrainians using an NLAW against Russian armor at near suicidal range. It didn't look much farther than 100 meters. The newer shoulder fired anti-tank weapons are designed to fly just above the tank, and then shoot an injector down through the thin top armor. They seem to be effective in this latest conflict, but, as you point out, the crews are vulnerable to counter-fire.
I am from Sweden and our government is sending 5000 Pansarskott m/86 (otherwise more commonly know from the export name: AT-4) to Ukraine, Also 5k body armor and 5k helmets. These are quite advanced single-use weapons and could help against Russian armored forces. But I am kind of annoyed by our government that they did not send the longer-range weapons we have (talking about our Carl Gustaf). But I guess its better than nothing
@@drox3992 The AT-4s might be better in the anticipated urban warfare to come. I feel bad for Ukraine, but also for the regular Russian military who probably don't want to be there, and for the Russian citizens who will be hurt by sanctions long before Putin and the oligarchs.
The users of the Panzerschreck were instructed to never fire the weapon while laying, since the backblast would scorch your feet if you aren´t carefull.
wrong, there was a fairly easy fix for this problem ... soldiers just layed at an angle so that their feet werent in line with the tube. Those who burned themselfs with Panzerschrecks were mostly untrained civilians forced to the frontline defences (Volkssturm).
Well, thanks for featuring "The Red Beret" - a film I would have thought my father would have taken me to see back in the 50s but never did. I'll have to look it up now. :)
Nice work Johnny! You even mentioned the Panzerknacker, even I forgot about those. I like how you described the construction flaw & eventual material scarcity leading to paper like material. i can't nit-pick this one, well done!
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Looking forward to it! I could give boring minute detail about the German anti tank arms mentioned but no one would want to hear that. Especially endless translation from German high command text at the time. You mentioned just about all anyone could expect concerning the Panzerschreck. Mind I do think it is a bit of disservice to the Panzerfäuste as it really deserves a separate more in depth video. It's principal of operation is very different being both recoilless & propelled by gun propellent. not combustible fuel. Same role but completely different design philosophy The Panzerfäuste has more in common with a gun then a grenade discharger/launcher & especially a rocket propelled grenade like the M1A? bazooka or Panzerschreck. Though the German Shreck where inspired by the yanks their pulse jet for the rocket works on a very different mechanism as they had to work with what their local industries could produce, hence the greater flash as you mentioned but it did allow a considerably larger shell. i doubt any would want me to rabble on about technical features. The Panzerfäuste could be argued to be the 1st recoilless gun that fired a explosive shell/round. But that depends a lot on the semantics of definition that are not set in stone to this day.
The shield was added because of the fact that the rocket didn't extinguish in the tube. The shields were at first made by the soldiers then later on they were made with a shield already built on
It was definitely dangerous, but it beat the alternative tactics for relative safety and effectiveness. They tried axes, grenades, magnetic mines, and the Russians famously tried anti tank dogs with tragic results. Just about everything else required the foot soldier to get much closer to the tank and the closer you have to get the less likely you are to succeed and survive the encounter.
I was in the Australian Infantry and did several specialist courses and served in several different Specialist platoons. One was DFSW or Direct Fire Support Weapons, we used the Mag58 Machinegun in both direct and indirect fire using tripods and the same C2 sight as a mortar uses and the also used the 84mm Carl Gustav. DFSW was the amalgamation of two different platoons, SFMG (Sustained Fire Machine Gun) and Anti Armour platoon. We used to practice tank hunting with the 84. They used to weigh 16kg unloaded but now the new versions are only about 9kg I believe. Pretty sure the rounds averaged about 2.5kg each depending on what the were and each man carried 4 of them that's on top of our normal rifles. I once weighed my gear fully loaded for a 5 day operation and it weighed 71kg (156.5 pounds). Had to lay backwards on your pack then someone would roll you over then get to your hands and knees and either use a tree or your mates to help you stand up!!
Just two linguistic notes: The first "k" in "Panzerknacker" is not a silent "k"; in German, it is audibly pornounced as "-Kn-". And at 2:13, the second "-zer-" in "Panzerzerstörtrupp" - i.e. "Panzer-ZER-störtrupp" was left out entirely. The way it is spelled here - effectively "Panzer-Störtrupp" - it would mean "Panzer Hampering Team".
Thank goodness someone still remember the doms and remembers that dom's bazooka is really the scale up version. In fact, many zeon's weapon is a scale up of many Axis weapons such as the stg assault rifle.
Thanks for featuring one of my favorite games Post Scriptum, it is a extremely realistic game & really well shows the experience of a WW2 soldier in combat, hell. They are old videos but glad the game got some attention from you, keep up the great work!
@@jantschierschky3461 That is exactly why the comment above says "Weapons of WW2", and the channel mainly focuses on weapons and vehicles developed during and before the war :)
The Panzerschreck was the Result of Germans capturing an American M1 60mm Bazooka during the Africa Campgain, and the 88mm Panzerschreck gave the Americans a Reason to Further Enlarge their Bazookas, which Gave way to the M9 Bazooka and the Largest Man Portable Anti-Tank Launcher used post World War 2 (At least in my Opinion), the 90mm (89mm) M20 Super Bazooka, probably my Most Favorite of the Launchers, what can I say? I Love Big Guns that go *BOOM!* and No one can Deny that a Flash of Light and Fire, giving way to an Earth Shattering Boom, is both a Frightening and Awesome Sight to Behold! And Seeing How the Panzerschreck was Used IRL (Via Training Videos) and in Movie, you can Really see it, that is more that Just Shoving a Rocket up the Metal Tube's Rear, but I guess its a Tiny Detail the Most Movies don't show because it quite Subtle and well in a way... Uninteresting... But to me, Tiny Details like that are Nice to see... Simply shows that Movie Makers have done their Homework. My Thanks, for another Informative Video Johnny! And Seeing the Red Berets again, since watching it when I was Little, was a Total Nostalgia Trip, not that a lot of the Film Clips used in this Video Didn't give me any Nostalgia Trips... In fact... I'm Overdosed in it, every time I watch your Videos! Keep up the Amazing and Informative Work, my Friend! Keep the Good Stuff Coming!
That part where they show actual German footage presents one minor, but very important detail that I don't think any movies or video games ever showed. That loading the rocket into the tube was not enough. You also had to connect it to the inbuilt battery, in order to fire it.
small nitpick: The Panzerschreck doesn't use batteries. Neither in the launcher nor the rocket. That's one of the main advantages over the bazooka. But the rocket is still fired with an electric impulse, which is why a cable needs to be connected from the rocket to the launcher. The electricity instead comes from a small electromagnetic generator. Forgotten weapons has a nice explanation, you can find the video here: th-cam.com/video/nllZnCcYy-w/w-d-xo.html
Bazooka, Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck are what I would call the "Hollow Charge Revolution". Prior to hollow charge weapons, the primary way to destroy a tank was: Fire a realy hard projectile, realy, realy fast. Just comparing muzzle velocity and callibre could tell you wich AT gun was "better" at penetrating armor across all ranges. "How far away could it penetrate X mm of armor" became the biggest factor in deciding how usefull a AT weapon was. Hollow Charge Weapons changed that. For them, projectile speed is _entirely_ irrelevant. Which is why they could be turned into human portable weapons, suitable for ambushes. Armor thickness is also largely irrelevant. Distance only maters for dodging and active defense AT guns basically have vanished now. Even tank guns changed. While there is still the odd kinetic penetrator, most AT projectiles nowadays are hollow charge weapons themself. The race for speed has ended. At the same time, Armor changed. "just a thick armor" became entirely useless. Spaced armor, Reactive armor - that is where it is all at now.
they changed armored warfare that is true , but todays MBT main ammo to fight other tanks are still kinetic penetrators such as APFSDS , while anything else basically uses hollow charge.
The Panzershreck was a heavy anti Tank gun and was effective in destroying the Sherman tank in one shot however due to it's heavy handling the soldiers had replaced it with the disposable panzerfaust to deal with tanks due to it's light handling
Thats not right at all. The panzerschreck was for special trained soldiers, it had a longer range and was more effective. The panzerfaust was for untrained or light trained users, like the volkssturm. The first panzerfaust only had a range of 30m, later 60 and more. The panzerschreck was effektive up to 150m. The second reason for the extensiv use of the panzerfaust was, that it was cheaper.
While not a movie, there's a henta where the girl compares the guy's member with a fully modeled FGM-148 Javelin. It was Wild Horse by Tomotsuka Haruomi.
Tragically, the effect of the back blast of, in this case, a Panzerfaust, can be seen in "The Ogre" when the young HJ member is standing behind one as it fires. Horribly burnt, he expires from his wounds while in the Lazarett. 😥
If i remember right there was also a Scene in the German Movie "Die Brücke" ..... or was that a Panzerfaust. Cant remember. I just remember that Movie having a terrible ending.
@@kaitan4160 Right, you are! I believe that the homeowner was trying to prevent one of the young soldiers from firing his Panzerschreck at the American tanks and thus save his house from being destroyed by return fire. He wasn't quick enough and wound up taking the back-blast in the face. 🤕😥
@@kennethrouse7942 Yeah i remember an older man with burned face rolling and moaning on the floor. And i do remember the "feldwebel" who was sorry for the Kids getting arrested and shot for desertion before coming back to them.
So you fired a antitank weapon and know what backblast is ? Awesome... you have no idea what you are talking about. You kids getting internet information from mostly garbage.. Tell you what.. come to a Vets Lodge or Legion... I may be there... There are a few of us left that can tell you the real deal. You may actually learn something.
Panzerschreck. Well pzf ist cheaper and more powerful, however you had very limited range max 150m , most be within 70-80m, ambush and sneak. Panzerschreck has a range of 400m, so for ambush, defence great. So both systems are very effective if used right hence production of both.
Even at the Cold War you can tell how Panzershreck couldve continue till to the late 60s even NATO made derivatives of it like the RL93 and the LRAC-50
Panzerschreck is the German version of the American M9 Bazooka, an anti-tank weapon using a small rocket shell in a disposable 88mm. tube launcher with a deflector shield and Panzerschrecks were used by the Wehrmact during WWII in both Western and Eastern European theaters, but these were very effective than the Panzerfaust RPG and can knock out Allied and Soviet tanks in the battlefields during the war, it became the basis of Light Anti-tank Weapons (LAWs) mainly Anti-tank missiles including the Javelin and many others globally.
77 Reichsmarks converts to about $3715 today. Assuming that we take the usual rounded 2.5 USD to Reichsmark conversion figure for 1941 (real was something like 2.497:1 or something).
What are the tanks shown in the clip from The Last Escape? They look like M41 Walker Bulldog tanks modified to look like some type of WWII German tank.
17cm?! Bro that's sick, no allied tank could stop that thing not even the pershing with 101mm of frontal armor Neither could the Soviet IS tank Just impressive
@@KaiserLandsknecht c)ZPU-4 14.5mm QUAD is 1949 technology a)M45 Quad uses the M2 browning the first .50 cal machine gun produced since 1923. a)M45 Quad out performs b)M53 DsHK Quad but the c)ZPU-4 14.5mm QUAD is stretch. You taliking 2 & a 1/2 decades of tech. You both are yanks I presume so have a bias for your quad mount & arms. mind as a Limey blight I honestly do not care. No way the m45 quad is better than ZPU-4 14.5mm QUAD in the anti air role as ZPU was designed for that purpose. The M2 browning was not purposely designed for the anti air but filled the role well enough as a cheap easy to construct means. The m45 would out do the ZPU in anti infantry of anti motorised due to the rate of fire, smaller system & incline angle. So not all bad! mind e ZPU would fill the 2 latter mentioned roles well enough.
Well, 1 Stielhandgranate 24 /43 contains about 165g TNT. If you bundle 6 of them to get the so-called "geballte Ladung" you'll end up with almost 1 kg of TNT. It was able to penetrate weak armor, although I don't have any official numbers regarding the thickness. At least the tank variants of the early years of WW2 could be damaged or even penetrated. It usually was meant to be used to disable the tracks, though. For comparison: Tellermine 35 / 42 (anti-tank mines) included about 5,5 kg of the same explosive and was capable of serious damage against tanks.
tanks can still be usefull, but perhaps no longer in the infantry support role, but rather to take out other tanks and ifv/apc/.... in the open field, as those would be better equiped to take out the anti tank teams
modern APS systems make anti tank weapons like atgms and rpgs useless. Mbts therefore remain relevant. thankfully the russians are too cheap and corrupt to have Aps systems. Only their t14 tanks potentially have it, if the money earmarked for those even made it to its destination lol
The first thing I thought of when I saw Panzerschreck as the title was the Dentist Sketch from Flying Circus. I am smiling like a stupid kid that the sketch was clipped in the video.
In the early years of the war the light-weight 37 mm anti-tank gun, in motorized units, was highly effective. Much more effective than the alternatives at the time. When light-weight anti-tank guns could no longer be effective and the effective anti-tank guns could not be deployed in adequate numbers because of a lack of transportation for them, then these AT team weapons and panzerfausts became ubiquitous.
Hey man the videos are amazing and maybe a bit of a late comment. I just wanted to mention that (im from Germany) panzerknacker translates more to tank cracker than tank breaker. But still awesome video
th-cam.com/video/mXWUCmeUF9o/w-d-xo.html Just asking, from this Swiss film about their armed forces and what not, they did use a Panzerschreck, right? Or is this a more "modernized" version for the time, or reproduction the Swiss made? Been wondering that for quite some time.
Use to counter allies tank effective range 150 > 163 base on the video Allies tank in CoH2 : effective again every target more effective while moving The panzerschrek : hit everywhere but tank Me : are you kidding me
0:45 - speaking of "easy to pronounce" the word "Raketenpanzerbüchse" obviously is not. For native-English speakers that is, since the sound the Umlaut-U stands for does not exist in English. For "Büchse" say "bick-suh", not "bush-uh". And for "Panzerknacker" ("tank buster/cracker"), be reminded that in German words starting with "KN", the "K" is never silent!
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq hey Johnny. Since you're here I just wanted to say that I like what you're doing here. The use of films and annotations for what's being shown is a very appreciated detail. Keep it up, and God Bless.
"I KNOW it's technically impossible to shoot a Panzershreck from an enclosed position! Don't read the fucking manual next time and you won't care so much!" ~German Panzergrenadier when ordered to garrison a building or structure, Company of Heroes 2
1:15 The correct translation of Panzerfaust would be "Tankfist" or "Tank Fist", not Armour Fist. The correct term for armour is "Panzerung", not "Panzer". It's the fist which crushes tanks, not their armour. The "Fliegerfaust" also translates to "Plane Fist". For reference. :)
@@marcmonnerat4850 That would be the first time I've heard that. The "Iron Fist" of Götz von Berlichingen is also not mentioned in the Wikipedia article about the Panzerfaust. Also it was called "Panzerabwehrrohr" (Tank-Defence-Tube, or better: Anti-Tank Tube) in the beginning and AFAIK the term "Panzerfaust" was coined by the press during the war.
good video but you sadly got 2 things wrong. the bazooker was a captured form the soviet they got it from the land lease. the second the püppchen and the panzerschrek only hva the warhead in comon the rocketmorter is diffrent. the pübbchen can be shot from close space becaus it was lock breach like a convential anittankgun
... bazooka* / lend* lease / the Püppchen and the Panzerschreck* only have* the warhead in common*, the rocket mortar* is different / like a conventional* anti-tank* gun* - Do not type like a decapitated chicken!
OMG please do a video on the American ww2 rifle grenade launcher. If yoy could talk about the fact that the M1 carbine also had a version of that m1 Garand launcher that would be really neat because there’s just no info on TH-cam about that. Tbh not much about the launcher at all.
I was trained a couple of times in using the M72 LAW though I don't remember ever firing one and fired a couple of rounds out of a 3.5" Bazooka in 1971 but never of course fired a Panzerschreck. They have a lot better weapons today ... .
the Panzerschreck was made better than the bazooka for two reasons, the shreck didn't require batteries, instead used a spring loaded electromagnetic system to fire and secondly the bazooka barrel was the same diameter as the rocket only a bit bigger, the schreck however had the barrel with three ribs going down the length of the barrel allowing for less friction on the rocket, and the ability to fire with a dirtier barrel or even minor damage say like a bullet or fragment hole as long as it wasnt on the rin
and the Panzerschreck's rocket is better too
@@thereynaldosan7695 I can’t attest to that, however I know they had winter and summer versions of the rockets. And the ignition system was easier to work than the bazooka since it was a wooden block with a metal plug that was inserted into the ignition box on the rocket instead of wrapping wires around CPU’s like the bazooka
@@thereynaldosan7695 The Panzerschreck's rocket was simply bigger which gave a higher velocity but it didn't burn as fast as the American Bazooka (either the M9 or the larger M20 "Super Bazooka") which burned out entirely before it left the tube so no need for a blast screen.
But the bazooka doesn't need a screen or provide a smoke trail to you
@@justarandomtechpriest1578 because the rocket has quit burning before it left the tube
Fun Fact:
Hungary made their own copy of the Panzerschreck called Páncélrém (Tank Fear). It was much simplified with a caliber of 60mm and resembled more of the M1 Bazooka.
Again, Fullmetal Alchemist. I can't help but smile anytime you use scenes from it. I mean, it's a fantasy anime with real life weapons. I love it.
One of my favorite anime shows ever.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Mine too
If only less websites and fans recommend Brotherhood first (and perhaps only). Seriously, one is better off watching the OG show and Brotherhood interconnectedly.
@@michaelandreipalon359 No. The best way to watch Brotherhood is to watch the 2003 series until Hughes. Then switch to Brotherhood. Everything in the original anime after Hughes does not follow the manga and is all filler. Brotherhood follows the manga but rushes everything up until Hughes (because everyone had already seen that part and they were trying to get to new material as quickly as possible.)
@@benn454 Well, yeah, but think of it as Patlabor: The Early Days+Movies 1 and 2 and The TV Series+The New Files all over again. Watch them both with the perspective of Multiverse Theory and alternate continuities in mind.
Another note: Since the rocket blast from the Panzershrek rocket can stain the viewing mica glass with its jettisoned smoke particles, the shield also had a special compartment that stored multiple mica glass visors for replacement
There is a recent video of Ukrainians using an NLAW against Russian armor at near suicidal range. It didn't look much farther than 100 meters. The newer shoulder fired anti-tank weapons are designed to fly just above the tank, and then shoot an injector down through the thin top armor. They seem to be effective in this latest conflict, but, as you point out, the crews are vulnerable to counter-fire.
I am from Sweden and our government is sending 5000 Pansarskott m/86 (otherwise more commonly know from the export name: AT-4) to Ukraine, Also 5k body armor and 5k helmets. These are quite advanced single-use weapons and could help against Russian armored forces. But I am kind of annoyed by our government that they did not send the longer-range weapons we have (talking about our Carl Gustaf). But I guess its better than nothing
@@drox3992 The AT-4s might be better in the anticipated urban warfare to come. I feel bad for Ukraine, but also for the regular Russian military who probably don't want to be there, and for the Russian citizens who will be hurt by sanctions long before Putin and the oligarchs.
NLAW have both top-attack and direct fire mode
@@drox3992 at-4 are only good against bunker and outdated tanks. They are useless against modern MBT
@@xavierlavoie9264 i think they are better use against other armoured vehicles rather than tank
The users of the Panzerschreck were instructed to never fire the weapon while laying, since the backblast would scorch your feet if you aren´t carefull.
wrong, there was a fairly easy fix for this problem ... soldiers just layed at an angle so that their feet werent in line with the tube.
Those who burned themselfs with Panzerschrecks were mostly untrained civilians forced to the frontline defences (Volkssturm).
@@diedampfbrasse98
Yes….. in the US advanced infantry training we were taught the same technique with our LAW, which is a single use launcher
... if you weren't* careful*.
That Kuromorimine advancing montage cracked me up, I admit.
Well, thanks for featuring "The Red Beret" - a film I would have thought my father would have taken me to see back in the 50s but never did. I'll have to look it up now. :)
It's decent! Worth a watch and shows some genuine aspects of the training
"FIYAH DA PANZASHREK!!" - Viktor Reznov.
Nice work Johnny!
You even mentioned the Panzerknacker, even I forgot about those.
I like how you described the construction flaw & eventual material scarcity leading to paper like material.
i can't nit-pick this one, well done!
No nit-picks on this?? Now I'm feeling cocky. I'll have to do a more challenging item in the next video.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Looking forward to it!
I could give boring minute detail about the German anti tank arms mentioned but no one would want to hear that. Especially endless translation from German high command text at the time.
You mentioned just about all anyone could expect concerning the Panzerschreck.
Mind I do think it is a bit of disservice to the Panzerfäuste as it really deserves a separate more in depth video. It's principal of operation is very different being both recoilless & propelled by gun propellent. not combustible fuel. Same role but completely different design philosophy
The Panzerfäuste has more in common with a gun then a grenade discharger/launcher & especially a rocket propelled grenade like the M1A? bazooka or Panzerschreck. Though the German Shreck where inspired by the yanks their pulse jet for the rocket works on a very different mechanism as they had to work with what their local industries could produce, hence the greater flash as you mentioned but it did allow a considerably larger shell.
i doubt any would want me to rabble on about technical features.
The Panzerfäuste could be argued to be the 1st recoilless gun that fired a explosive shell/round. But that depends a lot on the semantics of definition that are not set in stone to this day.
The shield was added because of the fact that the rocket didn't extinguish in the tube. The shields were at first made by the soldiers then later on they were made with a shield already built on
Oh, I thought it was so you could aim through a bulletproof shield.
Awesome! Alan Ladd and Anton Diffring participated in "The Red Beret" (1953) Anton Diffring often played the German officer with gusto.
It was definitely dangerous, but it beat the alternative tactics for relative safety and effectiveness. They tried axes, grenades, magnetic mines, and the Russians famously tried anti tank dogs with tragic results. Just about everything else required the foot soldier to get much closer to the tank and the closer you have to get the less likely you are to succeed and survive the encounter.
I was in the Australian Infantry and did several specialist courses and served in several different Specialist platoons. One was DFSW or Direct Fire Support Weapons, we used the Mag58 Machinegun in both direct and indirect fire using tripods and the same C2 sight as a mortar uses and the also used the 84mm Carl Gustav. DFSW was the amalgamation of two different platoons, SFMG (Sustained Fire Machine Gun) and Anti Armour platoon. We used to practice tank hunting with the 84. They used to weigh 16kg unloaded but now the new versions are only about 9kg I believe. Pretty sure the rounds averaged about 2.5kg each depending on what the were and each man carried 4 of them that's on top of our normal rifles. I once weighed my gear fully loaded for a 5 day operation and it weighed 71kg (156.5 pounds). Had to lay backwards on your pack then someone would roll you over then get to your hands and knees and either use a tree or your mates to help you stand up!!
Thanks for including Jo Jo Rabbit clips, the "paper like" line makes me laugh everytime :)
Just two linguistic notes: The first "k" in "Panzerknacker" is not a silent "k"; in German, it is audibly pornounced as "-Kn-". And at 2:13, the second "-zer-" in "Panzerzerstörtrupp" - i.e. "Panzer-ZER-störtrupp" was left out entirely. The way it is spelled here - effectively "Panzer-Störtrupp" - it would mean "Panzer Hampering Team".
The Dom Tropen from Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory also has version of this weapon called the Raketen Bazooka.
Thank goodness someone still remember the doms and remembers that dom's bazooka is really the scale up version. In fact, many zeon's weapon is a scale up of many Axis weapons such as the stg assault rifle.
Zaku 1 is just a hand held panzerfaust
Thanks for featuring one of my favorite games Post Scriptum, it is a extremely realistic game & really well shows the experience of a WW2 soldier in combat, hell. They are old videos but glad the game got some attention from you, keep up the great work!
Thanks so much. Very realistic game. Steep learning curve but lots of fun.
Thanks to you I see movies I was not aware existed. Thank you for what you're doing. Please keep labelling the clips with the titles and year
You got it!
Now all we need is the Bazooka, and we’ll round out the handheld AT rocket weapons of ww2
Plenty of newer systems around
@@jantschierschky3461 That is exactly why the comment above says "Weapons of WW2", and the channel mainly focuses on weapons and vehicles developed during and before the war :)
@@Lehr-km5be bit confused, however there are 100 different hand-held systems available, for now be best to send to Ukraine
@@jantschierschky3461 he's saying that we're almost done with every world war 2 era Anti Tank weapon on this channel.
@@jantschierschky3461 I have a feeling Jan that English is not your 1st language?
That might explain your confusion.
A model of clarity and brevity, Johnny, many thanks...good movie clips...E
FMA AND Girls Und Panzer? Man with excellent taste i see
What is fma
@@claytontate6269 full metal alchemist
My man has hit the peak with the Girls und Panzer footage! :)
I got you
no. no he has not
oh, sad "Dimitri! fire the Panzerschreck!" noises.
The Panzerschreck was the Result of Germans capturing an American M1 60mm Bazooka during the Africa Campgain, and the 88mm Panzerschreck gave the Americans a Reason to Further Enlarge their Bazookas, which Gave way to the M9 Bazooka and the Largest Man Portable Anti-Tank Launcher used post World War 2 (At least in my Opinion), the 90mm (89mm) M20 Super Bazooka, probably my Most Favorite of the Launchers, what can I say? I Love Big Guns that go *BOOM!* and No one can Deny that a Flash of Light and Fire, giving way to an Earth Shattering Boom, is both a Frightening and Awesome Sight to Behold!
And Seeing How the Panzerschreck was Used IRL (Via Training Videos) and in Movie, you can Really see it, that is more that Just Shoving a Rocket up the Metal Tube's Rear, but I guess its a Tiny Detail the Most Movies don't show because it quite Subtle and well in a way... Uninteresting... But to me, Tiny Details like that are Nice to see... Simply shows that Movie Makers have done their Homework.
My Thanks, for another Informative Video Johnny!
And Seeing the Red Berets again, since watching it when I was Little, was a Total Nostalgia Trip, not that a lot of the Film Clips used in this Video Didn't give me any Nostalgia Trips... In fact... I'm Overdosed in it, every time I watch your Videos!
Keep up the Amazing and Informative Work, my Friend!
Keep the Good Stuff Coming!
Although quick it's nice to see Girls_und_panzer featured here
That's a damn badass thumbnail you've got right there, buddy.
I knew you'd like it
Johny,your video ar the Best and i watched some of the movies presented by You.
Thanks so much!
Can we have a video about the pamzerfuast 3 and other post ww2 german weapons?
As Matt Damon's Private Ryan said, "PANZERSCHRECK!!!"
Ah, if only Treadstone/Blackbriar used one against him.
That part where they show actual German footage presents one minor, but very important detail that I don't think any movies or video games ever showed. That loading the rocket into the tube was not enough. You also had to connect it to the inbuilt battery, in order to fire it.
small nitpick: The Panzerschreck doesn't use batteries. Neither in the launcher nor the rocket. That's one of the main advantages over the bazooka. But the rocket is still fired with an electric impulse, which is why a cable needs to be connected from the rocket to the launcher. The electricity instead comes from a small electromagnetic generator. Forgotten weapons has a nice explanation, you can find the video here: th-cam.com/video/nllZnCcYy-w/w-d-xo.html
Man jojo rabbit was such a staggeringly funny, emotional, and clever movie. Instantly jumped into one of my top 5 all time favorites
Bazooka, Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck are what I would call the "Hollow Charge Revolution".
Prior to hollow charge weapons, the primary way to destroy a tank was: Fire a realy hard projectile, realy, realy fast.
Just comparing muzzle velocity and callibre could tell you wich AT gun was "better" at penetrating armor across all ranges.
"How far away could it penetrate X mm of armor" became the biggest factor in deciding how usefull a AT weapon was.
Hollow Charge Weapons changed that. For them, projectile speed is _entirely_ irrelevant. Which is why they could be turned into human portable weapons, suitable for ambushes. Armor thickness is also largely irrelevant. Distance only maters for dodging and active defense
AT guns basically have vanished now. Even tank guns changed. While there is still the odd kinetic penetrator, most AT projectiles nowadays are hollow charge weapons themself. The race for speed has ended.
At the same time, Armor changed. "just a thick armor" became entirely useless. Spaced armor, Reactive armor - that is where it is all at now.
they changed armored warfare that is true , but todays MBT main ammo to fight other tanks are still kinetic penetrators such as APFSDS , while anything else basically uses hollow charge.
"Panzerschreck! Time to unpimp his ride!"
I’m not sure if I missed if it’s been made but have you made a video about the maxim machine gun?
not yet hopefully soon!
The Panzershreck was a heavy anti Tank gun and was effective in destroying the Sherman tank in one shot however due to it's heavy handling the soldiers had replaced it with the disposable panzerfaust to deal with tanks due to it's light handling
Thats not right at all. The panzerschreck was for special trained soldiers, it had a longer range and was more effective. The panzerfaust was for untrained or light trained users, like the volkssturm. The first panzerfaust only had a range of 30m, later 60 and more. The panzerschreck was effektive up to 150m.
The second reason for the extensiv use of the panzerfaust was, that it was cheaper.
... due to its* handling (it's = it is)
I wish if you could make a video about the Tiger in Movies keep up the good work :)
It's cool to see footage from a more obscure game like Post Scriptum.
Great video mate
Suggestion: Javelin anti tank missile launcher in movies
While not a movie, there's a henta where the girl compares the guy's member with a fully modeled FGM-148 Javelin. It was Wild Horse by Tomotsuka Haruomi.
Tragically, the effect of the back blast of, in this case, a Panzerfaust, can be seen in "The Ogre" when the young HJ member is standing behind one as it fires. Horribly burnt, he expires from his wounds while in the Lazarett. 😥
If i remember right there was also a Scene in the German Movie "Die Brücke" ..... or was that a Panzerfaust. Cant remember.
I just remember that Movie having a terrible ending.
@@kaitan4160 Right, you are! I believe that the homeowner was trying to prevent one of the young soldiers from firing his Panzerschreck at the American tanks and thus save his house from being destroyed by return fire. He wasn't quick enough and wound up taking the back-blast in the face. 🤕😥
@@kennethrouse7942 Yeah i remember an older man with burned face rolling and moaning on the floor.
And i do remember the "feldwebel" who was sorry for the Kids getting arrested and shot for desertion before coming back to them.
So you fired a antitank weapon and know what backblast is ? Awesome... you have no idea what you are talking about. You kids getting internet information from mostly garbage.. Tell you what.. come to a Vets Lodge or Legion... I may be there... There are a few of us left that can tell you the real deal. You may actually learn something.
That soldier in the front of the camera at 8:22 has an mp35, cool
Search YT for "Danger 5 - Final Battle" for the most historically accurate depiction of a Panzerschreck ever in a television show.
I got fooled!
The way how you said panzerschreck hat mich so sehr zum Lachen gebracht
lol I tried my best...
Yorkie: JOJO! *panzershreck hits the building everyone is screaming* yurki : oh god.
In essence, like almost any german ww2 innovation, "Good idea, but 5 years too late"
Great video Johnny! Could we get something like a ww2 exotic weapon? Like I don't know a welrod or a delisle carbine? Pretty please!!!!
Focus on a weapon that is as dangerous to use for the operator as its use is for the intended target highlights the sacrifice of the common soldier.
Well disagree, many weapons are very risky for the soldiers. Because the rocket used was very powerful, it caused issues, a solution was found.
So which one better panzershereck or panzerfaust
Panzerschreck. Well pzf ist cheaper and more powerful, however you had very limited range max 150m , most be within 70-80m, ambush and sneak. Panzerschreck has a range of 400m, so for ambush, defence great. So both systems are very effective if used right hence production of both.
2:39 when she says put the fire out and he responds with SIR im sitting thinking what an idiot
The origin of the phrase “get shrecked”
Even at the Cold War you can tell how Panzershreck couldve continue till to the late 60s even NATO made derivatives of it like the RL93 and the LRAC-50
0:28 that isn't a panzerschrek, that is Dio. He reacted when he heard the name JoJo
Panzerschreck is the German version of the American M9 Bazooka, an anti-tank weapon using a small rocket shell in a disposable 88mm. tube launcher with a deflector shield and Panzerschrecks were used by the Wehrmact during WWII in both Western and Eastern European theaters, but these were very effective than the Panzerfaust RPG and can knock out Allied and Soviet tanks in the battlefields during the war, it became the basis of Light Anti-tank Weapons (LAWs) mainly Anti-tank missiles including the Javelin and many others globally.
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I'd like to see more clips of this good movie
ayyy Girls und Panzer! ngl thats the best anime Ive watch and I adore it
It's good fun and great animation!
Very nice, I always love to see little clips from the beast, amazing movie
77 Reichsmarks converts to about $3715 today. Assuming that we take the usual rounded 2.5 USD to Reichsmark conversion figure for 1941 (real was something like 2.497:1 or something).
Can you do video of suomi kp m31
I'm in a reenactment group who has an original. I can attest that it would make an excellent stovepipe.
What are the tanks shown in the clip from The Last Escape? They look like M41 Walker Bulldog tanks modified to look like some type of WWII German tank.
The shot of the b 10 recoiless rile is from the beast 1987
Are you making a video on the ak 47 ?
On the list but not for awhile as it will be a big project.
I cant stop thinking bout panzershrek
please a video about the german Stielhandgranate 43 (stick granade 43 or 24)
“Dimitri, fire the panzerschrek!”
Panzerschreck*
17cm?! Bro that's sick, no allied tank could stop that thing not even the pershing with 101mm of frontal armor
Neither could the Soviet IS tank
Just impressive
a tank buster to be certain
i think the super pershing could take a shoot because it had spaced armor
Spaced armour and angled armour
Which One is the deadliest Quad of all Times?
a)M45 Quad
b)M53 DsHK Quad
c)ZPU-4 14.5mm QUAD
d)Polsten-4 20mm
m45 meat grinder
@@KaiserLandsknecht c)ZPU-4 14.5mm QUAD is 1949 technology
a)M45 Quad uses the M2 browning the first .50 cal machine gun produced since 1923.
a)M45 Quad out performs b)M53 DsHK Quad but the c)ZPU-4 14.5mm QUAD is stretch. You taliking 2 & a 1/2 decades of tech.
You both are yanks I presume so have a bias for your quad mount & arms.
mind as a Limey blight I honestly do not care.
No way the m45 quad is better than ZPU-4 14.5mm QUAD in the anti air role as ZPU was designed for that purpose.
The M2 browning was not purposely designed for the anti air but filled the role well enough as a cheap easy to construct means.
The m45 would out do the ZPU in anti infantry of anti motorised due to the rate of fire, smaller system & incline angle.
So not all bad! mind e ZPU would fill the 2 latter mentioned roles well enough.
Just currious, how well did that grenade bundel do on tanks?
I'd wager not great but probably decent at knocking out tracks if you were a good throw.
Well, 1 Stielhandgranate 24 /43 contains about 165g TNT.
If you bundle 6 of them to get the so-called "geballte Ladung" you'll end up with almost 1 kg of TNT. It was able to penetrate weak armor, although I don't have any official numbers regarding the thickness. At least the tank variants of the early years of WW2 could be damaged or even penetrated. It usually was meant to be used to disable the tracks, though.
For comparison: Tellermine 35 / 42 (anti-tank mines) included about 5,5 kg of the same explosive and was capable of serious damage against tanks.
@@zahgurim7838 thank you.
Hey man LOVE your content keep it up. Can you do a vid on the German Kar98???
Thanks Alex! I promise it's on my to do list
Can you do the panzerFaust
tanks can still be usefull, but perhaps no longer in the infantry support role, but rather to take out other tanks and ifv/apc/.... in the open field, as those would be better equiped to take out the anti tank teams
modern APS systems make anti tank weapons like atgms and rpgs useless. Mbts therefore remain relevant. thankfully the russians are too cheap and corrupt to have Aps systems. Only their t14 tanks potentially have it, if the money earmarked for those even made it to its destination lol
You should do one on the springfield 1903
The first thing I thought of when I saw Panzerschreck as the title was the Dentist Sketch from Flying Circus. I am smiling like a stupid kid that the sketch was clipped in the video.
Well you'd be happy to know the clip inspired me to make this whole video lol
In the early years of the war the light-weight 37 mm anti-tank gun, in motorized units, was highly effective. Much more effective than the alternatives at the time. When light-weight anti-tank guns could no longer be effective and the effective anti-tank guns could not be deployed in adequate numbers because of a lack of transportation for them, then these AT team weapons and panzerfausts became ubiquitous.
Hey man the videos are amazing and maybe a bit of a late comment.
I just wanted to mention that (im from Germany) panzerknacker translates more to tank cracker than tank breaker.
But still awesome video
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Just asking, from this Swiss film about their armed forces and what not, they did use a Panzerschreck, right? Or is this a more "modernized" version for the time, or reproduction the Swiss made? Been wondering that for quite some time.
Also when you fire one it's best to shout "What Are You Doing In My Swamp?"
Great video!
Some of these weapons are military movies series and books and video games
Use to counter allies tank effective range 150 > 163 base on the video
Allies tank in CoH2 : effective again every target more effective while moving
The panzerschrek : hit everywhere but tank
Me : are you kidding me
Hi would be intrested to make a video about the famous italian Beretta-M38 Smg ? (also quoted as one of the best sub-machine gun of the war)
Yes absolutely! I'll see what I can do
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq thank you very much sir 👍
The "ü" is spoken more like an english "u" except higher and sharper. Clean editing many kudos
0:45 - speaking of "easy to pronounce" the word "Raketenpanzerbüchse" obviously is not. For native-English speakers that is, since the sound the Umlaut-U stands for does not exist in English. For "Büchse" say "bick-suh", not "bush-uh". And for "Panzerknacker" ("tank buster/cracker"), be reminded that in German words starting with "KN", the "K" is never silent!
I try my best with Zee German but I struggle it's true.
"Please add any knowledge or experience you have on the subject."
Y'know I was a panzer shrecker back in '44.
🤣
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq hey Johnny. Since you're here I just wanted to say that I like what you're doing here. The use of films and annotations for what's being shown is a very appreciated detail. Keep it up, and God Bless.
"Rocket armour rifle-(pipe?) 54" would probably be more accurate but also a lot more confusing
wait what kind of tank was that in one of the movie clips
The iconic tank fist i hope you talk about another iconic weapon the 50 cal machine gun
"I KNOW it's technically impossible to shoot a Panzershreck from an enclosed position! Don't read the fucking manual next time and you won't care so much!"
~German Panzergrenadier when ordered to garrison a building or structure, Company of Heroes 2
I like how the Battlefield 2042 clip was set in German so its 100% German
...I don't think that's that terribad Battlefield game.
Sgt Steiner mit tellermine. Iron Cross movie
1:15 The correct translation of Panzerfaust would be "Tankfist" or "Tank Fist", not Armour Fist. The correct term for armour is "Panzerung", not "Panzer". It's the fist which crushes tanks, not their armour.
The "Fliegerfaust" also translates to "Plane Fist". For reference. :)
Is it not a reference to the 'Eiserne Faust' (Götz von Berlichingen)?
@@marcmonnerat4850 That would be the first time I've heard that. The "Iron Fist" of Götz von Berlichingen is also not mentioned in the Wikipedia article about the Panzerfaust.
Also it was called "Panzerabwehrrohr" (Tank-Defence-Tube, or better: Anti-Tank Tube) in the beginning and AFAIK the term "Panzerfaust" was coined by the press during the war.
can you do all firefly tank in movie
I can't think of a movie with a firefly besides maybe girls und panzer. I have a Sherman tank video though.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq can you do all mistake in ww2 movies
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq A Bridge Too Far had some(or probably mockups)
Marvel's Captain America: The First Avenger also had one
Anyone can tell me what the game is at 4:25 ? Thanks 😊
Battlefeild portal
good video but you sadly got 2 things wrong. the bazooker was a captured form the soviet they got it from the land lease. the second the püppchen and the panzerschrek only hva the warhead in comon the rocketmorter is diffrent. the pübbchen can be shot from close space becaus it was lock breach like a convential anittankgun
... bazooka* / lend* lease / the Püppchen and the Panzerschreck* only have* the warhead in common*, the rocket mortar* is different / like a conventional* anti-tank* gun* - Do not type like a decapitated chicken!
5:50 is that ur cursor on the top left lmao
you cant mute it because its a voice command
I'm surprised you haven't done anything on the M2 Browning 50. Cal
bit project. Saving it for when I have some serious time to poor through a crazy amount of history and video haha
OMG please do a video on the American ww2 rifle grenade launcher. If yoy could talk about the fact that the M1 carbine also had a version of that m1 Garand launcher that would be really neat because there’s just no info on TH-cam about that. Tbh not much about the launcher at all.
Will do! Might be a few weeks
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq hey I appreciate all the videos you’ve done. If you can do that video that would be amazing but if not keep them coming otherwise
I was trained a couple of times in using the M72 LAW though I don't remember ever firing one and fired a couple of rounds out of a 3.5" Bazooka in 1971 but never of course fired a Panzerschreck.
They have a lot better weapons today ...
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