Give me more Panzers, Speer! | Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausführung H

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  • The introduction of the long 7.5 cm (2.95 in) gun-armed Panzer IV [ausführung] Ausf. G dramatically shifted the role of this tank type within the German Army, elevating it from a support vehicle to a primary combat tank. With its formidable armament, it possessed the capability to effectively engage most adversaries on the battlefield in 1942. Recognizing its exceptional performance, there was a surge in demand for Panzer IVs with enhanced firepower, leading to the development of the Ausf. H version. Essentially similar to the G, the H underwent minor modifications aimed at streamlining production.
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Komentáře • 84

  • @TanksEncyclopediaYT
    @TanksEncyclopediaYT  Před 4 dny +8

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  • @BHuang92
    @BHuang92 Před 4 dny +24

    The epitome of the Panzer IV.

  • @akula9713
    @akula9713 Před 4 dny +16

    For tanks, you need skilled crews, and most of all fuel. More PzkwIV’s or Panthers? End result would be the same.

  • @jackmoorehead2036
    @jackmoorehead2036 Před 4 dny +5

    Just seeing their proud production numbers makes one wonder how they ever thought they could win the war. 360 Mk IV, in a month? That's a days production of M 4s and T 34s.

    • @Joshua_N-A
      @Joshua_N-A Před 3 dny +2

      If their supply routes and airspace were heavily guarded, the factories would've been able to churn out 100 tanks a week. Sabotages also a concern when using slave labour from occupied territories.

    • @cosmoray9750
      @cosmoray9750 Před 3 dny

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  • @w0lfgm
    @w0lfgm Před 4 dny +6

    *F2, the same one tat Brithish designated Mar IV Special.... ith had a KWK 40 L/43.
    Pz IVG has more armor and differnt shape muzzle brake.

    • @TanksEncyclopediaYT
      @TanksEncyclopediaYT  Před 4 dny +6

      F2 was a very short-lived designation. From July 1942 to the end of the war, that tank was regarded as the Ausf.G

    • @w0lfgm
      @w0lfgm Před 4 dny +1

      @@TanksEncyclopediaYT anyway it was the 1st model with longer 75 mm gum. Only later models of Pz IV G had even longer KWK 40 L/48 gun.

  • @erwinsetyo1061
    @erwinsetyo1061 Před 4 dny +20

    At this point, the Sd.Kfz. 161 Panzerkampfwagen IV was already at the limit.

    • @maxo.9928
      @maxo.9928 Před 4 dny +1

      *Slopped armor would like to know your location*

    • @Ras_al_Gore
      @Ras_al_Gore Před 4 dny

      @@maxo.9928did you even watch the video?

  • @davidk6269
    @davidk6269 Před 4 dny +26

    The impact of this vehicle on the battlefield deserves a lot of recognition. It wasn't as "sexy" as the Tiger and Panther, but it was the backbone of the German panzers during the late period of the war.

    • @user-wx1iv1fw3d
      @user-wx1iv1fw3d Před 4 dny +1

      說什麼呢,他也是最德國的裝甲

    • @Ihavpickle
      @Ihavpickle Před 4 dny

      I think you're sexy

    • @AHappyCub
      @AHappyCub Před 4 dny +12

      It was definitely NOT the backbone, production numbers is too low for that, the ACTUAL backbone is the Panzer 3 iirc

    • @user-wx1iv1fw3d
      @user-wx1iv1fw3d Před 4 dny

      @@AHappyCub 不,三號中期就停產改突擊炮了
      應該說三號四號、黑豹、虎式,都是德軍主力

    • @alangordon3283
      @alangordon3283 Před 4 dny

      @@AHappyCubyou’re confused.

  • @billballbuster7186
    @billballbuster7186 Před 4 dny +5

    The PzIV was a good tank, well capable of taking out the Sherman at long range. But the Panther was the better tank and really was the last sensible word in German tank design. Many PzIV were reworked as SPGs mounting heavier guns.

    • @ironwoodnf
      @ironwoodnf Před 3 dny

      No panzer 4 redesign ever had more than an improved L/70 75mm. The jadpanzer 4 mounted an improved 75 and the stug 4 the L/48. But I am not aware of any that mounted a larger gun.

    • @billballbuster7186
      @billballbuster7186 Před 3 dny +1

      @@ironwoodnf The Jagdpanzers usually mounted the 7.5cm KwK.42 L/70 of the Panther, over 2,000 were built. A much more powerful weapon than the original KwK.40. There was also the Panzer III Stug mounting the 7.5cm KwK.40 of the PzIV with over 10,000 built.

  • @jasonz7788
    @jasonz7788 Před 4 dny +1

    Awesome thanks

  • @R3TR0J4N
    @R3TR0J4N Před 4 dny +2

    they're efin OP in Warthunder, i also love its looks

    • @chalion8399
      @chalion8399 Před 4 dny

      Panzer IV-H was my main vehicle when it was tier 3.It was fantastic in all aspects. After they reduced it to tier 2, I switched to the Sturer Emil and Panzer IV 70 (A), for sniping instead.

  • @christophervanoster
    @christophervanoster Před 3 dny +1

    Ah come on Tank Encyclopedia you’re killing me here. I cant wait for more videos on the panzer 3 models. We’ve gotten everything for the Germans even the 1s and 2s pleeeeeeeeease

  • @jayfelsberg1931
    @jayfelsberg1931 Před 3 dny

    3:48 - love the model

  • @300guy
    @300guy Před 4 dny +2

    Awwe the side view looks like an M4 and a Pzkf 4 had a 👶!

  • @TheYeti308
    @TheYeti308 Před 3 dny

    Good Job @ TE ; Proper Pronunciation Is Key To Learning . TY . !

  • @davidh25952
    @davidh25952 Před 4 dny +1

    Yes they should have upgraded all 4's to H standard while developing the sloped armour version, improving the engine and up gunning to the L70 version of the 75mm. A completely new tank but lighter and maybe less complicated than the Panther and Tiger series.

  • @alfredbernasek6761
    @alfredbernasek6761 Před 3 dny

    HERRVORAGENDES ZEITDOKUMENT🎉

  • @cybernetic_crocodile8462

    Germans should have focused on fully transistioning to Panther. It was just more capable and perpectivistic design. Panzer IV was already at its limits and as you said, bigger changes in it were deemed infeasible.

    • @Wien1938
      @Wien1938 Před 4 dny

      The problem was they didn't have the time to switch over fully. It was not until Feb 1944 that the Panther was declared fully fit for service ("front ripe") by Guderien as Inspector General of Panzer Forces.
      Given the losses of 1943, taking the risk of retooling the factories (and steel foundaries for the armour plate and guns) would have taken 40% of tank production offline just when new tanks were needed more than ever.
      Too much of a risk at that point.

    • @Vrooto
      @Vrooto Před 4 dny

      It was already too late in the war and the transmission breaks down quite frequently.

    • @jurassicturtle3666
      @jurassicturtle3666 Před 3 dny +3

      They did actually eventually produce more Panthers than Panzer IVs. The intent was there. It's just not easy to transition your production like that under the amount of limitations and difficulties the Germans were dealing with. Even then, their AFV production still increased every year of the war, despite the relentless air bombardment.

  • @manoskagiaftakis8084
    @manoskagiaftakis8084 Před 3 dny

    And also Grusonwerk manufactured Panzer 4.

  • @M65V19
    @M65V19 Před dnem

    That's why, folks, you should never skip legs day.
    Jokes aside, it is consequences of cancellation of improved chassis for Pz4 program in 1940

  • @leighrate
    @leighrate Před 4 dny +1

    They should have developed a bigger nastier version of the Stug. Made it a bit wider for better gun traverse, with a more powerful gun and significantly more armour on the front. Not having to manufacture turrets simplifies production, and gains you significant weight saving that can be employed elsewhere on the vehicle.

    • @Vrooto
      @Vrooto Před 4 dny +5

      That's really easy to say but not actually produce. Because making a tank isn't just words you've gotta figure out everything and then comes in the production and cost even if you were able to design it it would probably not be put in production as the factories would've been put in producing proven designs or have been bombed
      And the better StuG is called the Jagdpanther

    • @Ras_al_Gore
      @Ras_al_Gore Před 4 dny +1

      So the Jagdpanther

    • @THX11458
      @THX11458 Před 3 dny +1

      They did. The Jagdpanzer-IV was originally created as an improved up-armored replacement for the Sturmgeschütz series. Initially known as the "Sturmgeschütz neuer Art" it only became re-designated a Jagdpanzer under Guderian's orders who felt it better served as a tank destroyer under the Panzerwaffe rather than a Sturmgeschütz under the artillery branch. Later the Jagdpanzer-IV was itself upgraded with the more powerful 7.5cm Pak42 L/70 main armament and renamed the Panzer-IV/70(V), but its role remained the same.

  • @StephenBaird-cp1fc
    @StephenBaird-cp1fc Před 4 dny

    More and better panzer iv

  • @christopherwebber3804
    @christopherwebber3804 Před 4 dny +1

    No mention of the Pz IV J?

  • @slobodanmitic1354
    @slobodanmitic1354 Před 2 dny

    As always, german exagaration with kill/loss ratios and numbers is insane...

  • @manoelalmeidajunior6203

    Would sloped armor only be viable if there was time to reformulate the design and postpone the start of production until - say - the autumn of 1943?

    • @chalion8399
      @chalion8399 Před 4 dny +5

      The main reason I see with the way the flat armor was used is it was easier to make and gave more room to take stress off the crews. To make the Panzer IV have sloped armor would either added tons of weight to an already over burdened vehicle, or reduce in the internal spaces, so limiting the amount of ammo, room for crew, and new difficulties producing it. Remember, there's no internal framework(chassis) to mount to, so all the armor plates held the vehicle together.
      I'd suggest watching the STUG III rebuild that the Australian Armor and Tank Museum is doing. You would see EVERYTHING was mounted to the hull and armor. (AUSARMOR)

    • @manoelalmeidajunior6203
      @manoelalmeidajunior6203 Před 4 dny

      @@chalion8399 tks!

    • @Ras_al_Gore
      @Ras_al_Gore Před 4 dny +2

      Easier to just make Panthers

    • @chalion8399
      @chalion8399 Před 4 dny +1

      @@Ras_al_Gore That's what happened yes.

    • @manoelalmeidajunior6203
      @manoelalmeidajunior6203 Před 3 dny

      @@Ras_al_Gore
      Well, if there had been time (something Germany didn't have in 1943), it wouldn't have been a bad idea to have 3 platforms: Medium (IV-H with sloped armor), heavy (Panther) and super heavy (Tiger)

  • @1joshjosh1
    @1joshjosh1 Před 4 dny

    I once bought an apple and a stick of deodorant at a grocery store that was managed by a guy who had a neighbor with only one leg whose grandfather drove a PZ IV in the last world war.

  • @joebronxer1204
    @joebronxer1204 Před 4 dny

    The sound is toooo low.
    Commercial tooo long.

  • @sneakycactus8815
    @sneakycactus8815 Před 3 dny

    extra panthers or tiger tanks wouldn't have helped at all with dwindling fuel supplies. if anything, it would've made the problem worse. germany lost before the war even began. "more this, less that" is just fantasy.

  • @janwitts2688
    @janwitts2688 Před 4 dny +2

    It wasn't a third machine gun.. if mounted it was the coaxial one repositioned ..

  • @gorbalsboy
    @gorbalsboy Před 4 dny

    Its great that the mighty germans really were rubbish when it come right down to it , especially that character Rummel's

  • @baronvonbeedy7987
    @baronvonbeedy7987 Před 4 dny +2

    The Germans should never had started Barbarosa until they had armed the majority of their Pz IVs with 75L43 or 75L48 guns. The Tiger should have been developed, but in very small numbers reflective of the waste of material that it was and its operational limitations. More good tanks, means more good barrels. The Panther. Design it to replace the Pz IV, but only after its bugs are ironed out. Tiger II ....don't even start. Additionally, the Pz IV could have had a front angled plate attached like skirtzen to increase its combat life one last time.

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 Před 3 dny

      They didn't even have the L/60 on the Panzer III for Barbarossa.

  • @issacfoster1113
    @issacfoster1113 Před 4 dny +2

    Panzer 4s are basically sitting ducks in the Close range fighting on the Western front especially on the Buldge. So no having more Panzer IVs wouldn't not help the Germans at all.

  • @filipzrilic596
    @filipzrilic596 Před 4 dny +3

    Funny thing... In second part of video when talking about fronts where pz IV H fought...
    When talking about east/Soviet front it is always repoeted how many soviet tanks and anti tank guns were lost.
    But, when talking Italy, northen France its always mentioned how many pz IV H Germans lost fighting Allies. No Allied losses vs pz IVs... no, not hipocritical at all.... Just plain stupid, non proffesional and political