Test Driving A German Panther Tank Worth £14 Million! | Combat Dealers
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- After 4 years of hard work restoring this piece of living history, the crew are finally able to test drive a German Panther tank that’s now worth £14 million!
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every t34's and sherman's in a 40 miles radius when the panther's engine start: "i fell a disturbence in the force"
@@J0rdanIRL 1 Sherman for 3 Panther kills?
Also the guy was just joking
@@J0rdanIRL 1:3 is a bit optimistic, the British Army Operations Research found analyzed many tank on tank engagements that took place in normandy and found that on average the allies needed a numerical advantage of 2.2 to 1 to make a victory highly likely while the wehrmacht, which stationed effectively about 360 panthers, only needed a advantage of 1,5 to 1. Situations where numerical suggestions were wrong came down to one side having superior strategies or german machines breaking down mostly. Also it is important to note that there were rather few 76 shermans, probably less than one in 5 as fighting german tanks was pretty uncommon.
@@J0rdanIRL Who would have thought that how ever well your tank might be, it will still perform poorly when your crew has no experience and yeh... we all know bad the situation for Nazi Germany was: poor logistics, heavy equipment, lacking numbers, no air superiority, constant air to ground attacks, lots of inexperienced personal, poor coordination, destroyed railway network, constant defendning and retreating, you name it.
@@J0rdanIRL I was asking a question?
@@J0rdanIRL I was referring to the Wehrmacht and Panzerwaffe, not the American forces.
Definitely go through the McDonalds drive-thru in it..
Someone actually did that at a Wendys..with a M5 Stuart light tank. The lady at the woman said "I love your tank".
“Ein, zwei, drei? Ja Drei Sausage unt egg McMuffin...”
"I'll have a Big Maybach and some fried french please"
Or drive in poland with this
I think its not street legal
Panthers are so damn good looking!
what about the t 34
Not as good as the Tiger II
The Jagdpanther is my fav !
@@motorrebell yeah, that's a beast. There's just something about the angles of German WWII tanks that makes them look so cool
@@drpork1360 UwU
My greatgranfather in Canada told me these were the scariest things hes ever seen in his entire life.
He told me much but the ground shaking at the wave of sound hitting his chest when one fired near by. That's all he would talk about those.
Go to Bovington Tank Museum, the size of this beast is truely frightning.
Eh it's a big, fast tank and produced in large numbers. The gun is very high pressure for the time so I'm sure it shook your guts nice and proper.
It's a shame the rushed transmission and the bad optics layout held it back (Shermans nearly always had the first shot because the gunner had a panoramic sight AND an aiming sight, so the gunner could find the target called by the TC and then lay the aim down with the aiming sight. In the Panther, the TC called the target and the gunner had to play find Waldo with a super narrow field of view optic meant only for final aiming, not target acquisition.)
@@Galf506 weres waldo 🤣
@@Galf506 I get what you're saying, but it's easy to have that hindsight when you're not the poor bastard with a rifle close enough to feel the percussion lol
The condition of this tank is unreal. Brilliant restauration
Bet it never looked this good.
I am also a tank simp. What a gorgeous restoration. Wonderful job!
Me too, but I'm more of a Russian tank guy. KV2 supremacy
@@haachama-chama7179 german simp here
@@haachama-chama7179 German tankers: Oh mein gott
Im simping for the Panther, Bf 109 G10 and Fw 190 A8
Same
Man those tracks are brand new. The cleats aren't even worn.
if you watch combat dealers they had the tracks all made from new as they could not get any suitable wartime tracks
@@davidtuffley3483 Thanks for that detail. Do you know where they had them made?
@@wboquist The programme did not say what foundry cast the track links but gave the impression that it was somewhere not too far away from the workshop that was refurbishing the tank (Axis tracked systems I think)
@@davidtuffley3483 Thank you.
Would love to see a German WW2 Vet get a chance to visit this Tank
Yeah I'm here I'll love to visit it
All fun until he says “I can smell the Jews from here.. buckle up”
@@Redstorm1220 hahaha . I'm laughing so hard 😂 and I know it's wrong
Don’t think anybody wants to hang out with a nazi
Uh...a german vet maybe a little bit old for this..
But.. if you are sucessful and get him into that beast beware of him starting the engine and yelling
" *5.45!!! EASTWARDS HO!!!* "
"Its too big"
Germans with there Tiger 1 :
**Laughs in removing track edges**
*Laughs in engine fire* wait no thats not supposed to happen
Did you know that it’s impossible to take out the tigers transmission?
It’s because it was made to break before the battle even started😂
@@periodicdragonflare5572 Tiger I had reliable transmissions.
@@Rudeljaeger I swear people kept making fun of the tigers transmission, or was that the tiger II
E-100 be like: you what
If I ever get the money I build my own Panthers and tanks and sell them for the people to buy
As its a human right to own a tank
its a Mans birthright to have weapons
I shall gladly buy them :D
Only if you live in Russia or America.
@@DZ477 But I do live in America
@@Richard-dz4pm bruh you can buy a tank america, i mean there is a sherman in my neighborhood
Der Panther ist einer der schönsten Panzer auf der Welt.
Der Panther,der Tiger und der Tiger II sind einfach wunderschön.
Yes..and Jagdpanther V .....very beautiful...
I'd love to watch a program where they focused on the tank, but they insist on faking drama with editing, just makes the whole thing feel artificial and undermines the work done on the machine to me
Probably used modern copy parts that undermines the engine
@@aliminhas5981 What, like a functional transmission?
Well said!
@@hoovyzepoot like the ones in modern cars that break after even less than 150 km?
I'd rather have me the original which was more durable and functional that most ppl give it credit for because I had issues initially like every Damm tank in the war including t-34s and shermans
S_I_L_E_N_C_E
The original transmission for these panthers pale in comparison to modern tank transmissions like those found on the leopard and Challengers tho.
This is great! We're getting a Panther! This might be the only Panther in Australia or Southern Hemisphere, so we deserved it. I'll take a trip to its museum one day.
It's in the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum in Cairns, QLD. Several hundred exhibits and approx 30% of them run. Well worth a visit.
@@stephenchapman4440 awesome! I was wondering where it went. Definitely going to do a trip to see it!
be happy your in japan... you should see what has happened to Australia now...
@Projekt Kobra that's not exactly what I was talking about but ok...
we never knocked out a Panther, but hey! we want one to feel good ;) O fuck, is that a western brown ?
Nice tank, bit overly dramatic though regarding the transportation. Im talking as a HGV driver, a tank is no different to any oversized load, how do they think the army transport challenger 2 tanks? Ah! They use trucks with trailers designed for the job! What a thought lol.
Have you seen the amount of videos of tanks falling off trailers during loading. And anyway they need drama. It is a tv show after all.
@@typicalraptor6463 Russia still has that problem, because they can't make any Flat Beds that can actually fully Fit tanks on it. That's why their T-72 Trumpeter and T-34-85's keep falling off the Trailers
I used to be in the Army . Signals , back in the nineties. These days I am an HGV driver.
We would load two 432 variants (439) on one trailer. That was the Scammel commander , back then . Awesome truck.
That was a trailer designed to take a tank, a Chieftain . Your standard civilian low loader isn't that wide.
Honestly , I thought it was a bit under dramatic. It was sweaty enough driving a 439 up the ramp, especially if it was raining . A 14 million quid Panther that was a bit too wide for the trailer?!?,.. Yikes !!
yup nothing special, grow up in southern lower saxony in 60s , 70s we had a big fairground in front of the house and during the autumn manouvres every year the brits unloaded and loaded their Centurions and early Chieftain marks onto Antar Tanktransporters, it looked like routine and took only minutes, no problem for the Tommys.
I played alot in this tanks during this time, i dont understand the Panther and Tiger hype my heros were Centurions , Chieftains , the sixxer series Saracen, Saladin and Ferrets
@tacfoley and that one french artillery piece
0:47
"Just a shame it was German"
Haha, what envious British propaganda, typically Tommy's with black humour ;-)))
Good to see a German sense of humour, stunning
Haha I love the British humour.
Wasn't meant to be malicious, just the Anglo v Saxon rivalry coming out to play
@@benwilson6145 Yeah, seems lacking from our perspective but having lived there in the early 70's I can say their sense of humour is different to ours, its there & its hilarious once you understand it.
@@Wolfsschanze99 yep, Germans are actually hillarious when you know German
Imagine being one of the custom workers and having to make that call. “Dazo. Yea it’s bob. Yea mate we have a panther ready to ship across the globe. Yes I know we handle a lot of exotic animals but this isn’t an actual animal mate. Aye mate it’s a bloody tank. Yea is she good to go? Aight mate I’ll check. Ring ya back boss.”
"It's a Panther!"
"Not just any tank-"
"Yeah, it's a Panther!"
"It's a Panther!"
Wrong, it’s the PanzerKampfwagen V
@@periodicdragonflare5572 Panzerkampfwagen V*
@@Ypog_UA tanks
@@periodicdragonflare5572 all panthers are panzers. not all panzers are panthers
@@Gruxxan I know not all panzers are panthers but Panthers aren’t all panzers?
I have seen this tank at the Australian Armour Museum in Cairns, North Queensland. It is a monument to the skills of the restoration team.
This Panther used to feature at the War and Peace show every year as part of the German display. It was in pretty tired condition and static only. I’m absolutely thrilled that it has been restored to such fantastic condition. I don’t care about some back story peddled by an entertainment show. What I see is a careful and staggeringly expensive full restoration carried out by a skilled team as good as any in the world. I saw the Weald Foundation Jagdpanther running when it first came to Paddock Wood fresh from restoration and this vehicle is to that impeccable standard.
Am I sad that its going to Australia? No. They bought it, they deserve it. If we want a factory fresh rebuilt Panther in the UK then we have to put our hands in our pockets and give the Tank Museum enough money and encouragement and support to rebuild their one. Like we did with the Tiger, and that took twelve years not four.
Agree with everything you said. That Aussie museum is doing a fantastic job restoring further German armour and now they have a staggering collection. if you've not done so, visit their channel on here.
I know that you have one rebuilt Panther tank in Great Britain. It was found in a river and taken to the UK where it was totally restored. But I'm just mentioning old news that dates back to 2011 or so.
They got that tank fully running also.
I'm just glad though when they're able to revive the old Panther tanks period whether they are able to set them into running order or not.
A team revived a "Battle of the Bulge" Panther here not too long ago, and their work was outstanding.
Compton talks as though he bought it....it never was his. He was restoring it for an Australian who actually owns it.
Yep, Privately owned by a collector who has a Tank & Arty Museum in Cairns.
“The ship from Australia leaves soon, and it has to be on it” I think it’s just the context of this video that it seems like he acts like it’s his
when u work on something for so long u might forget its not yours lmao.
The only thing that could make it less believable if the village idiot Hus was involved in buying anything for it....now there is a soft lad🤣
Where in Australia can i check out this tank cause i live in Perth & wouldn't mind going on a little holiday soon
From the looks of it, the most well restored Panther tank in the world. Looks better than new. Super well done by the lads who restored it.
She looks too good. I doubt they came off the production line with this kind of a finish. A true labour of love and beautifully restored. Well done chaps.
@@fullmonty5722 Aight!
@@fullmonty5722 Agreed, a bit too pristine for my taste, like a model kit built by someone who has never learned weathering techniques.
It looks fantastic. Probably the best restored exhibit in the AAAM. It till look old, but it seems merely 20 years old not 80.
Bruce is important to the future memory of WW2. He has done it all from finding and rebuilding history for future generations to rediscovering lost engineering.
They faked a lot with this story. Basically, the Australian museum purchased the tank from Bruce's old friends the Cadman brothers, who used to run the War and Peace revival show in the UK (Bruce implies in the programme that he bought the tank for 1.5 million, but he never owned it. He never explicitly says he bought it but the terminology used in this and the original episode where he 'finds' the tank is clearly meant to mislead viewers into thinking that's the case). The tank was used annually at the War and Peace show in England as part of a static display, because it didn't run. This Panther was then used in a film, hence the strange paintwork when it arrived at Bruce's workshop. In the original 'Combat Dealers' programme, Bruce apparently finds a guy who just happens to have an original Maybach engine in his garage - the truth is, that man was Cadman's son - so, basically, the tank and engine came from the same family, and the whole 'garage find' thing was staged for effect. In summary, this programme was always full of half-truths to make it entertaining. Bruce did renovate it and the Panther did go to the Australian museum but the way the story was portrayed, was full of fibs. They made it sound like it was all spontaneous whereas in reality, the whole deal of Cadman - Bruce renovation as a contractor - the Aussie museum had been done and dusted before the tank turned up in this workshop. Sadly this practice of fabricating stories seems to be the norm in making television programmes these days. Now, I should stress that I am having a pop at the way programmes are made and not the restoration, which is incredible - I have huge respect for the guys who did this. For those interested in the tank's history, there is a very good article with some information here - the tank shown in the photos with the number 425 is this one, and it is depicted on static reenactment at the War and Peace Show in Kent, England. tank-photographs.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/panther-tank-panzerkampfwagen-V-425.html
Little late to the party I know but where did you hear all this?
@@AM-kf3pe The info is all over military collector forums. I also remember seeing the Panther at the War and Peace show, which is local to me.
@@Wally-H ah fair enough. What you might not know is that he also got two pretty much full sets of tracks in the deal which I’m pretty sure was left out of the episode as well
Thats true of many programmes and non specialist articles, story telling is always full of fibs to make abetter story but dont tell anyone ! Great rebuild btw.
Thanks for the full information. To be honest the background to the story that you told for me would have made the programme even better ie where the Cadmans found the tank and the history of what had happened to the tank since 1945. I would also have liked to see more of the rebuild of the tank. I love the work the twins. Yeah drama is added to make the show.
This has to be the best restoration ever. Fantastic job all around. Congratulations to all involved. 👍👏
I have been waiting for 4 years for this moment and wow, she is a stunner. Well done boys 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I absolutely love my career as a diesel truck mechanic. But I would drop everything in a heartbeat to work on these vintage warbirds and military vehicles. What an amazing job that would be
Makes me all the more pissed about the German government nabbing that guy's Panther from his home several years ago.
Guy: keeps it for a long time in mint condition
The government: oof it’s broken whatever that is now
@@TheDaltonius Did they ever figure out what happened to it after the Fourth Reich stole it?
@@TwinklesTheChinchilla if I remember correctly then ended up busting the tracks and overall messing it up, where it now sits rusting away somewhere
Such an amazing piece of equipment that deserved to be show cased in a professional and respectable way.... not by some irritating twat on some garbage reality TV show with falsified "drama"
Absolutely! Makes one appreciate the many high quality channels there are on youtube - 'The Tank Museum', 'Forgotten Weapons', 'The History Guy', 'Mark Felton Productions' etc, etc. where they just get on with it, instead of the made-for-TV style of stretching 15 minutes of film into 45 minutes by padding it with "coming up after the break... WILL IT START??" false drama bullshit.
The twat who put his time and money to do it so it is now there for all to see what have you done 🤫
@@bombardierboerboels the "twat" did nothing... the other two men did all the work on the tank and the owner in Australia paid for it to be done.....
Yep, we're in the era of 'quirky' characters and relentless guitar riffs because apparently we need to prompted how to feel. It's very annoying.
@@grantm6514 props for mentioning these channels! They are amasing, there is nothing more calming, than watching ian disassembling an old rifle, after hecktic day, its a meditation almost. Tv guys should keep up. This style is so outdated.
I'm a seafarer and a fan of german engineered tanks of ww2. So lucky thr crew of that Car Ship. They got to see a piece of history.
You guys are heroes for what you do keeping history alive!
My grandfather was a tank driver, a german tank driver. He drove the Sturmgeschütz III in the belgium ardennen war.
Sturmgeschütz ist kein Panzer.
@@skn6113 Ach ne. Was ist es dann? Es hat Ketten und eine Kanone.
@@townstar1 Ne gepanzerte Selbstfahrlafette.
2:27 cleanest interrior
I find this guy a bit irritating, always false deadlines for the benefit of the show .
Yes he can be annoying, but he's just following the standard formula for these "reality" type shows. Everything's a crisis but always works out in the end. Has alot of neat iron here and there on the show
@@Litauen-yg9ut no way in hell he booked a shipping before knowing if the engine will run. he wouldn't be doing seven digit deals
@@flo__60 That's the added drama, ofcourse the tank was ready and up to go much much earlier, weeks, maybe months? but thats discovery for us.
@@legendareNz and that is why everyone talk trash about discovery... because it is
@@flo__60 the show itself is good, it’s just too much of a drama at times. You can basically guarantee they were actually at that boat with the tank hours before it was meant to leave.
Every restoration or building show is always down to the last second. No one is ever done ahead of time.
plot twist: the cargo ship sinks en route to its destination and the panther is never seen again
In my humble opinion the Panther and the Tiger II are the best looking tanks ever
Panther: *exists *
Transmission: aight imma head out
not on the G Model
you mean final drive? cause thats clearly a D model.
No matter the model, something is gonna head out
@@vermas4654 source?
@@soundofeighthooves ...you don't know about the inherent unreliability meme of the panther? Well sure then...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panther_tank
I will have the pleasure of looking at it & photographing it in August 2021 !!!
A HUGE thank you to all who made this happen !!!
Cheers & Best Wishes, & Stay Safe All. Ross from OZ down under.
Unreal. Gorgeous. Maybe the best resto yet.
The British man in a jacket with an American flag drives a German tank. Yes.
And off to us in Australia
Ahh yes, a video about test driving a tank which has less than 5 seconds worth of raw noise of the said tank with no music or commentary over it.
imagine how confused and bewildered onlookers would be as a Panther rides along on a trailer
“See they did get to invade Australia” 😂
Used to love watching this show on Discovery channel. Very informative and Bruce is a character to say the least. Very rare to see a genuine Panther these days, no wonder it is worth so much. Don't think even Bovington have a working one certainly not when I last visited.
What a gorgeous beast. Money well spent.
Looking forward to climbing on board this panther at ausarmourfest in cairns this august!!
PANTHER CREW: *FIRES A BLANK SHELL*
American veteran: WHY DO I FEEL A FORCE?!
Whoooott?!?!? Forget about the panther, I had trouble believing this was shot in the UK... look at that beautiful weather!!
It would be sick if it drove to the tank testing grounds and surprised the modern tank crews
I hope the guys who did such a fantastic job in restoring the tank got a huge bonus.
What an amazing work these guys did.
What an absolutely awesome job these guys have done, one of my favourite tanks ever! ❤
Sad to know that this tank is in Australia because the interior is just AMAZING , it's a brand new panther !
Some houso called Darren is gonna do skids in the first industrial area he can find
Mmh its just overrestored im a bit infuturated cuz its so fokin glossy :(((
You guys already have a heap of these vehicles. Its only fair.
Glad to see the involvement of the The Australian Armour & Artillery Museum in this project. Cheers, guys!
Chaps well done! I enjoy the show enormously, I salute you.
We want to see this alongside its newest version...Panther KF-51
I saw this in Cairns, down under. Bloody impressive!
6:18 "It must have been another lorry with a panther on it" :DD
I absolutely love the Panther. Truly lives up to it's big cat name along with the Tiger.
Love these videos. This guy and his team really know their stuff and his presentation makes them so interesting....
🙂= hey look a tank!
Me= WHAT?! Is not a simply tank, IS THE BLOODY PANTHER! A nice piece of art of german tanks. Show some respect 😡
@Lars 😳🥺🔥
so recently visted this tank is Oz (australia) i live pretty close to the museum so was easy, and the job these guys did is under appreciated in the footage, it looks amazing in person
0:46 say that again in Sachsen
If you dare
Absolutely correct, that's what the British should say in the East.
He wouldn't dare
in Sachsen, wo die schönen Mädchen wachsen..............
I love this tank, I want one like this for Christmas.
I wonder what it’s like to live next to these guys.
Not good 🤣
"Mum the crazy man next door has bought yet another tank and is aiming at our house."
Panther starts
Every grandfather in the 40 mile radius - you won't let me live. You won't let me die
It looks fantastic. Can we find a video of the restauration step by step somewhere?
1:37, I appreciate his honesty! XD
"Bad at mass production." I don't think mass production itself was a problem, but kinda hard to mass produce without ressourcess eh?
Kinda useless without fuel or manpower
Throughout all the video's in this series I've seen a lot of comments putting the twins down - to all the dropkicks that can't say a good word, you may be excellent at one thing eg welding, fitting and turning, but these guys are GOOD at a hundred things. I know who I'd prefer to be with in the trenches.
Imagine that on the roads of Berlin. *grandpa gets flashbacks*
That is one sharp looking Panther. Well done guys.
Imagine if Panthers had the same production rate as the T-34
stationary targets as the germans didn't have the fuel and logistics for such a massive tank army
1st episode of CD I saw was the delivery of this tank. Brilliant effort.
0:47 That sentence tho...
In June 1959 a Panther tank was found in the Maas after a skipper had lost his anchor. 3 German soldiers were still in it (Their skeletons I mean). In November 1944 the tank fell into the mesh. The 3 Germans were buried in the Ysselsteyn military cemetery. But then Ment scrapped the Panther. its a shame, but there is nothing to do about it.
I live just out of Cairns! I cant wait to go there one day!
Its worth it.
I'm so bloody happy I live about 40 minutes down the road from these Beauty
When someone tries to act like they know alot about tanks
You have a elite team don't ever let them go
SHE IS ALIVE!
one of only 6 working panthers, and it only costs 14 mil? Sounds like an amazing deal
Great video! Very interesting! Watching from Los Angeles, CA Thank you. Steve.
Wow...Just sitting in the shop, with shiny tracks... it IS.... looking... Gorgeous! Well done Twins & Bruce!
That is the most sexy tank I have ever seen. Nuff said.
british WW2 tankmen vet in the neighborhood: wait why do i hear boss music again?
I need to get to Cairnes to see it now. I think they are having a Tankfest later this year.
They have it every year on Father's day, hopefully this year we can jump in the tanks because of covid
Its the 27th, 28th, 29th of August this year, cant wait
@@glenn2512 absolutely, I can walk around in my British uniform
It was never owned by Compton, Rex Cadman who ran the War and Peace show owned it until he sold it to Australia.
He should have kept it,what an investment
It’s a close tie between the T34 and the Panther ,both are just so iconic
I can only image how it felt for those two to see their 44 ton "baby" being shipped of to Australia 😅. They definitely have done an outrageously good job restoring that tank. It is a real shame that it goes to Australia (I am German 😉).
Don't worry, nothing to miss, if you are a German, you are a killing machine of you own
It's in the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum in Cairns, QLD. Several hundred exhibits and approx 30% of them run. Well worth a visit.
Keine Sorge MoDX. Das Kampffahrzeug wird in der Naehe meiner Heimat Stadt Cairns im Lauf der Zeit aufgestellt. Hier gibt es eine der groesste Sammlungen gepanzaerte Fahrzeuge und Feldgeschuetze alle Typen der Welt. Cairns befindet sich im tropischen Gebiet dicht am Korallen Meer....und noch was. 8% der Bevolkerung diese Stadt entwieder direkt aus Deutschland stammen oder eine Deutsche Abstammung haben !!! Der Panzer V wird immer gut gepflegt.
Les Griffiths
So wholesome to see the crew of the ship just checking the panther out
"Deutsche Qualität"
except the transmission lol
@@zach6643 LMAO
Laughs in final drive
"must be an other lorry with a panther on it" that got me laughing😂
I think it's the coolest and most complete tank out of the many tanks that appeared in World War II. Because of the excellent driving performance, the powerful firepower of the main gun, and the ability to protect the crew due to the strong armor, I think the best tank is the Panther.
Je ne suis pas anglophile mais j’aime beaucoup cet homme et son équipe belle restauration bravo
Show us more of the tank, less of the old geezer 😉
Just imagine being on the highway and seeing a panther on a trailer next to you
That’s a lot of squid.
It was awesome to watch as a tank that was dead comes to life again well done lads good work and thanks for letting us witness it in the making.
I love how so many people think the panther is good. The transmission broke after 150 kilometers.
Panther was amazing at what it did. Nothing except perhaps the Tiger struck fear into Allied hearts like the Panther did. I'll take their opinions, the ones that actually had to face it, over yours.