WW2 Panther Tank Found in Ukraine
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I wouldn't be surprised if there are many other tanks left undiscovered out there. considering the number of tanks passed through those regions in the war and the swamps and bogs to preserve them
A metal detector would go off like crazy
@@matthewlok3020 Give it a few decades and they will be finding the remnants and full vehicles all over Ukraine in forest thickets, barns, and sunk in mud of swamps or rivers from the current war.
@@matthewlok3020 it would but you would also be highly likely to vanish when your shovel hits the signal
@@scrappydoo7887 Highly unlikely
@@ChickenNugget-dk9hp really. You don't have much experience with explosives do you
I’ve seen this tank with my own eyes. This museum also has a Ju-87 Stuka that was recovered from the Mediterranean, among a fantastic collection of civilian and military land vehicles and aircraft. Very much worth a visit.
Id like to go but ukraine is still on fire
@@mikecorleone6797 Sinsheim in Germany.
Been there several times as a kid, never long enough. Could not read German and had no idea about tank types, but I knew all the stories from the books. They probably acquired a lot since my last visit 30 years ago. And yes, it is in Germany, not in Ukraine
Edit: typo
@@sjonnieplayfull5859 i was there a week ago and they have everything now translated in english. Idk if it was the same back then, but now you should understand everything
@@endimverpeilt9770 Well, as a kid I could not read English either :D But thanks for the heads up. I do plan to go there again, preferably alone since I tend to read everything and want to see anything...
During the Cherkassy pocket battles Wiking Panzer crewmen raced in to plug a gap in the lines with their Panthers and Tigers on trains...being forced to drive directly off the train cars in Kowel and literally firing and maneuvering directly from the train cars. Cherkassy was also Belgian SS Officer and Rexist leader Leon Degrelles claim to fame where he won his Knights Cross and Close Combat Clasp in Silver.
Staging at railhead was always and issue for German units arriving in the area in Russia. Soviet switch yards and or rail sidings areas averaged about 28+ miles apart due to terrain and geography. The Reichsbahn lines had a much shorter about 15 mile switch yard intervals. German Planners did not realize Soviet rail yards/sidings were so far apart either to monetary issues of Soviet rail or just did not need stop points closer to the European norm. The Germans either had to disembark from the train early or ride the train up to the front in perilous proximity to the front action.
@@ericscottstevens where did you get those datas? Interesting topic
@@badbotchdown9845 I read an article about it a few years ago. I think it dealt with Ukrainian rail and grain points of embarkation during the Soviet farmer purges in the 1930s. Will have to look for it again.
@Uncle Sam Yes, they already knew the gauge size as German/ Soviet rail trade was quite common up to June 21st 1941. June 22nd was also coincided with the last Soviet export train that morning crossing over the border at Poland. That Soviet train literally passed within view of German tanks and equipment staging for attack in mere hours. Germany kept that last Soviet train by the way. Future tense AH had envisioned a much much wider size rail width for his future Reichsbahn/Russo super trains that would trek past the Urals in a great Germanic superstate.
@@badbotchdown9845 By knowing and interviewing dozens of Wiking and Das Reich Veterans who were there. By knowing personally and meeting Leon Degrelle, Otto Kumm, Heinz Springer, Sepp Lainer, Fritz Langanke, Heinz Harmel and many other SS Ritterkreuzträger that lived through and survived these amazing battles.
Glad that the panther was able to find Ukraine. Ukraine has been lost for such a long time so it's nice to see it finally be found.
lol
russian troll lol
@@cptpoell9113 its a joke mate, flew right over your head
😁
Dumb joke
I visited the sister museum in Speyer last Friday (about a 20 minute drive from Sinsheim). There you can visit one of the few remaining original Buran Space Shuttle and the only surviving BF109G4 (afaik). Can't wait to visit the Panther Tank as well. Thanks for the reminder, Mr. Felton!
I love sinsheim it used to be a family tradition to go pay a visit on our way to our vacation to italy
Well, technically it's not a Buran, that's a model that was used for atmospheric tests. On the plus side, it's the only one that got off the ground except for Buran's single space flight. Damn shame it was destroyed.
I remember it more being a 60 minute drive though hehe
@@Stormcloakvictory Eh, 40km distance, can do in 20 minutes with 200+ kph. Just kidding, I looked at the map and just guestimated.
@Justin Wellington: Well yes, it's the orbiter prototype with 4 jet engines strapped on for the atmospheric test flights. Could not imagine how big this thing is. Too bad Buran was cancelled back in the days.
@@saschat.6607
BF109G4 "Black -1" (airworthy)
Virginia Beach military aviation museum.
This reminds me. There was a TH-camr called deep digger Dan, he would metal detect. Once while doing some in a Berlin park, he found a decent sized gun barrel sticking about a half a foot out of the ground. It was in a forested area and easy to miss. He didn't dig it up. The gun barrel looked too small for a tank. My guess is that is was a anti aircraft gun that was buried and forgotten
Isn't DD still an active searcher ¿?
@@suzyqualcast6269 He died while digging up a mine
@@suzyqualcast6269 He made his last video about 4 years ago and retired from TH-cam. He is alive.
Why didn’t he dig it up? What an idiot. That would’ve went viral
@@Carlton-B just checked and his last uploaded video is 2 years ago
This is literally the best ch on TH-cam. My great grandfather was apart of the Germany army during WW2, he was high ranking. When my great grandparents came to the United States after the war, they changed our last name from muller to miller. We still have so much of his stuff and diaries. I love WW2 history. Keep the good work up Mark.
Who was he?
@@spiderknight9893 If he’s high ranking then I guess at least a Major.
@@antoinesilva1527 I bet he was an oberst (colonel) or above, since he had to camouflaged their fams name, surely he was quite an important figure on the field...
@@arifnasfi801 I wouldn’t say he was anyone famous by any means. But enough that they wanted to cover the name some.
@@larrymiller1626 At that time when your great gramps emigrate to the US, NKVD and newly created Israeli counter intelligents are on the human hunt missions, even for personal-related grudge, they gonna use that as basis for prosecuted many German military personnels, including your great gramps, that's why for safety reasons he make that move...
This must be the "denazification" that Putin is talking about...
ikr azov battalion just pretend to be nazis for fun :) no harm
@@julmdamaslefttoe3559 Absolutely no harm intended.
@@julmdamaslefttoe3559 Yeah, Wagner group is so much better, right?!
The tattoos on a lot of those Ukrainian guys show a huge admiration for German WW2 leaders and associated symbols! MSM obviously not reporting these details funnily enough..
@@julmdamaslefttoe3559 i think your find Russia has a lot more Nazi's than the Ukraine. In fact they have 1 as their leader.
I was spellbound reading about the exploits of the Wiking Division’s commander, Karl Nicolussi-Leck, when two Panthers encountered over 70 Soviet tanks, including KVs, T-34s and Stalins. The Germans knocked out about half of the Soviets and then withdrew in good order. Amazing stuff.
Reminds me of the action of Erwin Bachmann during Nordwind. Learned about that one from Mark as well lol
@@matztertaler2777 Especially in CQC combat with the Soviets or any European partisans
@@matztertaler2777 True, but in this case more to do with the sloped armour of their tanks!
You are conflating two stories, the story of the battle of Kovel , which is the german victory in the defense of Kovel, and the story of evacuation of Kovel , which is due to the bigger picture being a German loss - the general retreat from Ukraine. Nicolussi-Leck being part of the effort to evacuate from Kovel. Its part of the Poleskoe offensive.while the russians believed it weak and hence confidently drove in. The germans were in their defensive position, as Kovel was good for defense. The russians surrounded Kovel, but their tanks were wiped out , as they could not attack in a safe way. No matter, the russians regrouped and tried again.. to be wiped out again. So the siege started, fortified Kovel vs russian with no tanks. Then the germans moved 9 divisions into the area, and Karl leads 19 tanks to create a path to evacuate Kovel. Karl and 5 tanks survive to reach Kovel, also showing how the area was good for the defenders.. Karl attacking into russian held territory. loses 14 tanks... But no there was not 70 soviet tanks for karl to wipe out, they had already been wiped out !!! Karl did not lead 19 tanks against 70 soviet tanks ??? Its not possible and not his mission, he did target a soviet strong hold, he targetted a german strong hold, and raced there to make use of the situation that just five tanks was enough to break the germans out of Kovel.
@@matztertaler2777 yeah thats why they won the war
Dr Felton... This year marks the 90th anniversary since the awful events of the Great Emu War. Will you please provide a documentary, that the events of this horrible, bloody campaign may never be forgotten? Thank you.
RayVal53: Yes the Emu War was a terrible campaign: so much so that it has been deliberately left out of the history books!! Those who participated in it were traumatised for life from experiencing one of histories worst massacres of all time!! ....and yet despite all that bloodshed and loss of life, the aggressors finally admitted defeat and withdew, thereby giving final victory to the Emus - who never fired a shot in their defence!! This being a remarkable fact of victory in the history of warfare!! 🤣👍
@@tim7052 All the more reason for a Felton production!
@@RayVal53 Absolutely!! 👍
Panther may have been the most balanced model literally due to it's name. Albert Speer recounted it was given the name of an agile animal in order to counter Adolph's typical demands to overburden it with excessive armor and up-gunning.
Other than the over engineering that gave it reliability issues and the difficulty to produce them, the panther was a terrific tank
Panther was so good design that literally half of them caught fire and burned on their own during their debut at Kursk :D
@@aleksazunjic9672 I mentioned the reliability issues, the mechanical aspect of the tank was junk. BUT- the hull, gun, and ratios of the design were pretty good
Panther was an innovative design but in typical german fashion, it was over engineered and difficult to produce quickly.
It still astounds me that were not all speaking german today. The depth of their plans for the future and the advanced technology they developed could have overpowered the allies if deployed by a sane leader. Everything they manufactured from the Jerry can, to the mg 42, and panther was vastly superior to western weaponry at the time.
@@thetacticaldeer2792 I have a car that looks nice and have decent engine on paper, but something tends to break down every few miles 😁 This is a literal description of a Panther, and tanks supposed to do mobile operations behind enemy lines (Blitzkrieg).
I saw that Panther at the German museum. I was stationed at Spangdahlem AFB, which enabled me to visit many Battle of the Bulge, and other war sites. That museum is quite incredible. A Must-See for any military vehicle enthusiast.
also visit the Tank Museum in Saumur, France. Huge collection of all types of tanks including Panthers, Jadgpanther and Tiger 2. They even have WW2 German horse drawn cart.
The research you and your team must do is inspiring, thank you all for the hard work and excellent information.
Dr. Felton is a 1 man team.
He just regurgitates content if he isn't plagiarizing which he's been caught doing so that helps the speed
@@CaveJohnsonAperture And yet, here you are. Why, if you have such a bad view of Dr. Felton? Just to bust balls and be a prick? You do you then.
@@finnanutyo1153 All the more impressive.
@@CaveJohnsonAperture Every history channel regurgitates content. Can't make new things about history can ypu
VERY dramatic museum display!
I have to admit when I saw the title the first thing that crossed my mind was "Cool! An oil change, a tune-up, a fresh tank of gas and the Ukrainians can send it back into combat!" 🤩
Agreed, I thought once again the Panther will fight ruzzian tanks. Wonder how long it would survive..
You mean like that T-34 they pulled from some swamp?
It is hilarious that it was better preserved, and for a far longer time, than modern armour is in the Russian army.
I have heard rumors that up to 4 out of every 5 tanks the Russian army had in storage is found to be "unusable" now when they are pulling them out of storage.
But that T-34 was in a swamp for more than half a century, and all you had to do was clean out the mud, add some oil to the engine, and diesel to the fueltank, and it is ready to go!
@@Grubnar Its because of coruption, many of russian tanks arent useable cuz many electronics from them was stolen.
And if you put something in a swam, it will never go bad, so, its nothing suprising about that t34
@@Kexxey123 Good question! Even considering the Panther was a good tank in its day, its day was 75 years ago so I'd think it wouldn't last too long.
Then again, it's not just the tank it's how well the crews are trained in how to use it. From what I've seen those poor Russian tankers seem to be pretty deficient in training. Not their fault, it's the higher-ups that are to blame.
I'm reminded of the 1967 war when Israeli Shermans came up against Syrian Panzer IV's. On the surface it should have been an even match but the Israelis slaughtered those Syrians. The difference? The Israelis knew how to use those Shermans, Syrian training on the Panzer IV's was practically non-existant. What it amounts to is it doesn't matter how brave you are or how motivated you are if you're not trained on how to use your gear and tactics for the same you might as well stay home for all the good you're going to do.
@@Grubnar It goes to show you there's something to be said for keeping it simple.
The German Wiking Division was a very well trained unit. Though it fought valiantly it could not stop the Russians' assault. This exhumed tank is a piece of history on the ferocity of the battle taken between two forces. Kudos Mark, you have done it again!
Soviet assault, especially given resent events it best not to treat the Union as Russia.
@@SirAroace They were Russians. It's quite simple,
Wiking division was mostly various rabble from Scandinavian countries, that mate they doom at Korsun pocket (2/3 of soldiers destroyed there). Overall, considering the equipment they had not much combat value, but they were good at terrorizing local population.
@@Sam-lj9vj Not every member of the Red Army was Russian in terms of ethnicity or contemporary nationality. There were many Ukrainians, Kazakhs, Turkmen, Azeris, and Belarusians who served in the Red Army. Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Belarus are not part of the Russian Federation, and their people are about as Russian as your average Austrian can be considered a German.
@@Sam-lj9vj erm. actually, its not and they were not. Was more none-Russian recruits in ww2 soviet army than there are Russians.
Just amazing that you keep finding these historical tidbits! Fantastic find thanks Dr Felton!
Mark, a really great story. The WW2 battle damage tells a story. Now it has become an "anti-war" work of art!
Which is ironic as the Ukraine is again a battlefield.
Ukraine has been a central axis battleground for centuries. And
will be probably be a pathway of
war for centuries more!!!
I concur. Too bad the leader of the orcs didn't heed the message though. Me shaking my head in 😞 utter disappointment. THIS time Ukraine 🇺🇦 is in control of her own destiny. "Zelenskyy was born for this."- Sean Penn
Glory to 🇺🇦 Ukraine 🇺🇦 from 🇺🇸!!
@@brandyf4088 he was born to bury into the grave banderas Ukraine.
My pleasure to provide the footage of the museum vehicle! Great video Mark, it is interesting to hear about the fate of one individual vehicle in such a massive war.
24 minutes after Mark posts this, he has nearly 9k views. It speaks volumes of his talent and his ability to keep educating us.
Thanks DS!
I was kind of hoping a Panther had been found after 77 years in a Ukrainian garage fully fuelled, ammoed and ready to go.........
I’ve seen this tank. Marvelous display. When you walk up on it you don’t see the damage at first. As you move around it the damage become evident.
I can see the advertisement now: "For Sale vintage German Panther tank, one owner, original paint, ran when parked."
Thank you, Mark, for another fascinating historical video.
Absolute rubbish, contradicting himself constantly and using video content not anywhere near associated with the campaign in question
@@meht43-BringitBadger When did he contradict himself????
@@meht43-BringitBadger where on this video are the contradictions you are claiming about. I searched for them but found none!!
@@meht43-BringitBadger what have you done for the people? What's your contribution?
Good grief, that must have been some blast! To rip apart a Panther like that it had to be. Astonishing! Thank you for another excellent video Dr. Felton.
Panther side armour was only 45mm. All the ammo going off was really overkill.
Enclosed space + high explosive. It's amazing what air pressure can do.
I’ve seen this tank a few years ago on a visit to that museum. Thanks for the back story.
Finding a tank in Ukraine with the turret still attached is an accomplishment in itself!
German quality.
Indeed another excellent history video from Mark , always look forward to his content , the Himmler series was excellent! Watched it at least 5 to 6 times.
I was astounded when in 2014 I watched a battle rage next to a monument to a WWII tank battle in Ukraine. I could not conceive that there was a war however limited being fought in Europe... very disheartening.... 8 years later that frozen conflict has reignited...
Blame that Obama
@@optimusprinceps3526rasPutin is the only one to blame
@@optimusprinceps3526 If your neighbor is burglared and assaulted, would you blame the intruder or police chief living halfway across the city who heard rumor that the criminal would do something like that soon but wasn't allowed to arrest him before anything happened and was told to not arrest him after it happened, because the criminal had powerful friends?
@@optimusprinceps3526 That is probably the stupidest take ever.
@@Robbini0 Spot on.
Mr Felton sir you never miss! Get this man a TV show! These are amazing and well done videos on fascinating stories!!! Seriously !
Thank you for this wonderful content Mark!
The numbers the Germans lost are huge, numbers they really couldn't absorb. I'm delighted this tank has been recovered. I wonder how many more are out there?
I was watching Battleline on operation Barbarossa. The narrator said that even the Germans were amazed at the number of Russians lost. The Russians used their own troops at gun point to march through mine fields. They threw Russian troops away like we through out trash. Sad…….
@@jimwiskus8862 I've seen that, numbers and an ability to absorb the cost of losses. Something Germany didn't have. Russia was ruthless in its desire to win
@@Ob1sdarkside Russia always has been a barbaric nation, and still is, see the current war. They did produce a few works of art, but in general they are just vulgar proletarians
@@PepeLePewPew-qy3en I meant it in the meaning of 'vulgarian'
@@Blackadder75 Don't judge a nation on the actions of its leaders.
Hamilkar!!! Well done buddy!
incredible video footage of the troops walking away as behind shells explode and trees fall
0:11 WW2 PANTHER TANK FOUND UKRAINE.
Yes, it's been driving around lost for 78 years, but finally made it to the front, only to find that now it's a different war.
such a legendary tank!
Legendary look, not legendary range per transmission service.
Really a rush job but they did not have much choice.
Lol such a bad tank too.
Legendary : 1 of, described in, or based on legends. 2 remarkable enough to be famous; very well known.
Reliability isn’t in that definition. What part of that isn’t true for the Panther?
@@AKguru762 I think legendary in the sense of design and crunch time of AH demanding a new heavier tank. It was worthy to a point that is was not a complete dismal utter failure, abandoned worthy. That chin mantlet shot trap doomed a lot of drivers underneath it. The lack of planetary gears or spline gears in the transfer case was horrific underperforming situation. As it was for the mid to late war era, the StuGs were the backbone of the Panzerwaffe.
@@ericscottstevens Yeah if I was stuck in the Panzer arm on the Russian front I would hope to be in a STUG
I was able to see that tank in that museum about 12 years ago. Amazing.
If I'm ever a history teacher, I will let you do all the work!
Visited it 3 times myself, it’s a really impressive display of such an historic vehicle, well worth a visit.
As always, great video!😃
@Mark Felton Productions i guess we got a fake account here unfortunately, can you do something about it Mr. Feltons You Tube Team?
dr felton always hitting us with that quality
The consistent quality of contents is what glued me to Dr Felton’s channel
Holy crap was my reaction when I saw Dr Felton’s video for the first time.
BTW Dr Felton’s other channel is also excellent
@@matthewlok3020 im subscribed to that aswell
Another little gem of military history presented by Mr. Felton. I enjoy the dramatic intro music as well as Mr. Felton' s excellent pronounciation that makes the comment very easy to comprehend also for non-English audience (in sharp contrast to the blurred stammering of e.g. "Dark Docs").
I love that more history was found and preserved. Not much of that happening today. Thank You for the story.
Absolutely fascinating as ever. Professor Felton, Thank you, always thorough, full of detail and brilliantly told.ATVB2U. Scott Somerset
Sir, Your content never disappoints
Always a great video from Mark Felton!
Great video and many thanks for Hamilkar Barkas ! I am follolwing his content about modeling world war 2 vehicles for quite a while now.
We know Germany's a bit flip-floppy on supplying modern arms to Ukraine but this is ridiculous.
My first thought when I read the title of this video was "bloody hell the Russians must be getting desperate if they're using museum relics!".
I’ve seen this tank in person. Note in the final clip there is a slide that comes out of the ceiling. That exits one of the planes that is mounted on the roof of the building. Thanks for posting the Mark as I had no idea of the origin of this tank!
I saw that in the museum. Your description is a lot more information than is available on the display. Thanks.
Wow the fact that it had its original paint and markings still on is impressive.
Bogs have little oyxgen. Rust doesn't take hold.
@@louisavondart9178 I know it's just that the paint is still there.
Another exciting episode from the man who knows more about WWll than anybody, I'm always waiting to see his new vedios, he has been a treasure trove of historical information thanks for all your hard work!!
Sigh
I always enjoy the factual historical information that your channel provides.
That’s a really nice looking display, IMO. Keeping everything original really emphasizes how much time has passed, but still how relatable the wreck is.
Based on the video title I was expecting a report about a Panther still in Ukraine, and how they were sending it back into action.
If only..........
Wiking div. would march to mosk today.
@@jurgenteuer4786 we need them back!
THe only supprising thing about this story was that the panther wasn't being driven by Russian conscripts.
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What really stands out for me is that the ammo went off but the turret stayed on. They don't build 'em like that no more.
Side armour was only 45mm. It blew out easily.
Astounding all the History you are able to dig up Dr.!
Another great video from mr Felton
👏 great video mark
I really like it when people go to the effort to recover an old military vehicle lost to time to display it in a museum, restored or not. Preserving our history is important so we can teach future generations against repeating mistakes of the past.
Dream on. The pot is boiling and it won't be long.
This just keeps getting more interesting, incidentally, my relatives came over from Minsk, Russia to escape the Nazi’s who had gained power. Thank you for this interesting piece of Soviet history. Keep it coming Dr. Felton.
Been waiting for this video as long as the Germans waiting for Steiner's attack
Hamilkar Barkas channel is great and I am sure it would be of interest to a lot of viewers of Dr. Felton. Check it out.
Nice to see history put together instead of being dismantled & destroyed…..
The museum is really worth a visit. Lots of amazing displays
Here I thought someone just discovered it during the current fighting... I've seen stories on this tank before. It would be neat if a Panther or Tiger or T-34 was found because of the current day fighting.
I wouldnt be suprised if many shell craters throughout ukraine have relics and even forgotten soldier remains in them, thats a good reminder as to the men, what the last major war fought there caused
You're more likely to see operational ww2 vehicles in Syria. I remember the rebels in southern Syria had a Stug/Stuh around 2015, there was footage of it in combat as well but the glorious censors of the TH-cam Soviet have wiped pretty much all of the Syria stuff off. I mean there was some -extremely- graphic stuff but a lot of future historically valuable footage as well. Couple of operational t34s saw action as well.
@@behemothfan1990 A Stug ?! Wow!
Just for a moment, I thought that you were going to say a Panther had been found in Ukraine and went into action against the Russians
I thought it was going to be about one squirreled away in the back of a Ukrainian farmers barn
Many panthers were used tk destroy
Germany. Many nations fought throughout Europe before during and
after WW1 WW11 until today!!!
Correction.
Panthers were not used to destroy Germany. Russian t 34 and German
tanks fought each other.!
Again we praise Mark Felton for
excellent WW11 restorations.
Does anyone else get an odd overwhelming emotion from old unrestored relics?
I've seen this one up close. Immense damage. Lots of great artifacts at that museum. They have a complete Panther on a plinth and if you drop a Euro in a little machine you can make the tracks move and elevate the gun a little. Kids love it. I LOVE IT TOO!
3:16 It's interesting how I think this cracking and shattering damage might be indicative of the dubious quality of late-war German armour. While full ammunition cook-offs can obviously be colossal, that kind of complete shattering of armour plates isn't normal
Extensive edit for clarification lol: Any tank would obviously be devastated from it's ammunition detonating. I'm making observations about the nature of the damage. Pressure finds weak points. In a ww2 tank, a couple of those obvious weak points are the hatches and the turret ring (turret is primarily held down by it's own weight). Once one area fails, it relieves pressure from other areas. After that you might expect the connections between plates to fail. excessively
You seem not to know very much about explosions in closed quarters
Even though you arent to wrong about the dubious quality, a full blown cook off could have done that for sure! Explosions in nearly completly closed quartes with few room for venting can be terrible.
@@theonlymadmac4771 I'm interested in the subjects surrounding this and have seen rather a lot of pictures of tanks that have experienced some form of ammunition cook-off. I'm not an expert.
From what I understand, well made armour plate typically tears and bends when exposed to extreme stresses like shell impacts and huge explosions.
I suspect they used HE not just a mere cook off
@@derwolf3006 I'm not suggesting it shouldn't have torn the tank apart or something, I'm focusing on how the armour plates have shattered like glass. This is not the sign of good armour quality. If you look more closely at pictures of tanks that have experienced ammunition detonations, you see plates tear and bend, often separating from the vehicle at connections between plates like welds
The Cherkassy pocket was cost the Germans dearly.They barely escaped. Those that survived that is.Thanks Doc.I found the video fascinating especially the old heavy war tank.
Doing excellent work Mark - thank you kindly 👊
I get excited Every time I see that you have posted something new! Best history teacher out there!
Mark, in my point of view there's no chance of the crews survive. But the tank is still standing, witness of those heroes. Yes they are heroes even germen are even the soviets. always kept their life on the line. Thank you mark.
German* there is no thing called "Germen". Its not "Ger-man" and "Ger-men"
Twenty years ago I was doing business in Hungary and heard of two light weight tanks. They were skuttled into lake Balaton by the retreating Germans because of a lack of fuel. The Germans did not want the tanks to fall into the hands of the advancing Russians. This was reported to my by an old man who had lived in the area during the war. As far as he knew the tanks had never been salvaged .
600k waiting for you there
Dr Cornelius LOL 😆 it would take more than that to get me to ever go back to Hungary.
@@gaborkorthy8355 Man. That hurt. :( You had bad experience?
Rivera Harper I have had adult Hungarians make fun of my American accent to my face. Business partners lie,cheat and steal, officials that expect bribes. My experience was very few people showed any business ethics. Many years ago I decided to no longer do business in Magyar orszag.
@@gaborkorthy8355 my father is from transylvania he went in hungary long ago and happened the same with the language they were refusing to sell in a store cause of the language guessing some people are how they are what im guessing is that they see hungarians from outside as traitors or less than them i dont know , i had family from hungarian side that went to US when world war two started and hungarian grand grand father had to fight for romania cause family is from bottom side of transylvania and was shot two times ... anyway im planing on going to hungary when im older but im half romanian too soo i will have it rough but we need to overcome things and looking at how is America and europe hungary is the best place right now to live ,long text damn have a good day sir !
I saw that tank a few years back. The Sinsheim museum is a great experience for anyone into cars and militaria.
Thanks for another great video Dr Felton. Absolutely fascinating. 👍
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It was an ice ax.
Those pesky bogs do a great job of swallowing and preserving WW2 tanks.
I half expected you to tell a story about "well, we were short on tanks, and we found this in a barn..."
5 gold stars for your choice of words at the end Dr Mark
A WW2 tank founded a whole country? Amazing
God this channel is so good 🙏
I've been skeptical ever since someone made a response video to Marks video on the Liberator being considered for the nuke.
I remember seeing that tank at the museum a couple of years ago. It's pretty surreal to hear the full story of the life (and death) of that incredible machine!
Thank You Dr.Felton
Always Enjoy Your Videos
There is of course Sabathon song on Tcherkassy pocket 1944
Korsun cherkassy pocket why yall forget to include korsun
I’m sure they’ll be finding lots of things from WW2 in the coming months and possibly years ahead.
Rumour has it perhaps a load of nazi gold.
they already do, and have been for many years.
July 26, 2022 - The WWII Panther Tank is one of my all time favorite tanks. I think that it probably could have held its own against tanks that were made ten years after WWII. Great lines and a powerful gun, plus other details I'm probably not aware of. I put together a really nice plastic model of a Panther from a kit back in the mid 1950's along with a lot of other military models. Interesting how many people are familiar with the Tiger tanks, but I doubt many know about, or have heard about the Panther.
Another wonderful video, Mark. Gettin' close to that 2 million.
thank you for another accurate history lesson; those are hard to find anymore
I hope the crew made home.
Absolutely fascinating. I’m so happy to see that these War machines are being taken good care of. I hope to one day be able to see them in person.
Great video Dr. Felton another piece of history preserved and a remarkable video of brave men fighting an impossible battle 👍😎
Very interesting as my mother was born in KREMENCHUG POLTAVA OBS TAKEN IN 1942 by the GERMAN'S FOR FORCED LABOUR TO FIRST POLAND THEN TO KLAGENFURT AUSTRIA WHERE I WAS BORN IN 1946 we came to ENGLAND IN 1947
Tanks for the content!
Just keeping you on track.
Thank you Mark, really enjoyed that one.
There is a similar display of a damaged Sherman at the Bastogne museum in Belgium. Amazing museum.
Wait it found ukraine?
Ukraine was occupied by imperial Russia and then Soviet Russia and now the Russian federation, it has never been a part of Russia.
9/10 mental gymnastics lol
@@Buckminsterfulleren0 have you considered end hero? It would fit you.
I had the opportunity to see this tank in person in 2019, never knew this part of the back story though
I remember seeing this tank in the museum as a kid, awesome to find out its history