Inside the Chieftains Hatch: Panzer III, Part 1
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- Опубліковано 17 чер 2024
- The Pz III is one of those greatly overlooked vehicles, which is a bit of a shame as it was one of the best tanks of its time. (With one major flaw I mention in the video). Happily, Bovington's one is in pretty reasonable nick.
Man, I really hope we get a "oh my God, the tank is on fire" in part 2 with Chieftain squeezing himself through one of the side escape hatches.
Aye, hopefully there will be one available on the Pz III " Tank is on Fire, Bugger out!! "
‘’Oh bugger, the tank is on fire.’’
* remains seated knowing he can’t escape *
Those are side hatches? I thought they were sausage grinders!
there is no way he can fit in one of those, is there?
@@bogdanbogdanoff5164 Given the hatch size, I don't think you can even fit a human head through there.
Time to watch this again!
Fist I thought it was part 2, but then oh wait..
My thoughts exactly
I always forget to watch this on chieftains channel not on WOT
Saw it show up as a nee video I hand't watched and was confused. I saw this two days ago!
I do as the algorithm guides
That pose in the thumbnail
He knew he had to do it to em
He did it to them weeraboos
Merkel-Raute? Nein!
Moran-Rhombus? Ja!
He’s have way to a scholar’s cradle.
Back with the music. You're killing me, Chief.
I love the Pz III and IV...wonderful machines.
Inb4 someone is gonna call you a wehraboo, talk about transmission and tell you everything they like about the m4 sherman
I really love these videos.
They are really high quality, entertaining, educative and you actually get to see the tanks and not some old pictures of them.
Looking forward to the next one!
Turns out Krupp where the better tank builders. ;)
They had this strange concept of a special hatch to remove the transmission without completely disassembling the tank. This unlike pretty much every other German tank of the era. In general I think the Pz IV was the better overall tank to the point of making the Pz III kinda redundant. Very similar hull size with the Pz IV, same engine, same basic layout but the Pz IV had hatches for every crewmember, transmission and final drives, could mount a bigger gun and the vehicle itself was completed and in production sooner.
I don't know.
The panzer 3 with the extra front armor is a pretty good tank.
It has way more penetration then the Panzer 4s with howitzers and it has a higher rate of fire then the panzer 4s with anti-tank guns.
And several of them got quite good armor for their time with the spaced armor added to them.
And the panzer 4s with matching armor are heavy as heck so...
Yeah...
@@Luredreier I think he is comparing PzIV F2 and later models to the PzIII L.
@dbenson31 Well there is a reason most nations had 75-76mm as their standard battle tank caliber because its better. Rate of fire would only do so much, keeping in mind tanks fight infantry most of the time having a bit more power for you HE shells is way more important.
It'd better to fire 1 round that kills the enemy (75mm) than 5 rounds that don't penetrate (50mm).
+@@Deathbyreality1 Well, in that case the Panzer 3 L got better front armor then the Panzer 4 F2, a higher rate of fire and it's a smaller target to hit to boot.
Later variants of the Panzer 4 like the H model *does* have ok armor, but its horse power to weight ratio isn't as favorable as for the panzer 3 L...
So yeah...
I don't think that a Panzer 4 regardless of the model can be said to be outright superior to the Panzer 3 lineup.
They had different intended purposes.
And sure, there's tanks you'll rather face in a Panzer 4 with a long 75 then a Panzer 3.
But there's also situations where I'd rather be in a Panzer 3 then a Panzer 4.
As usual a well detailed, accurate and very interesting video.
Hat doffed to you.
And I’d just sat down with a cup of tea, too!
I visited bovington recently with my dad, and can throughly recommend it to anyone... but it’ll take more than a day to see it all properly. 👍
Extremely jealous, Being a filthy american though, it will take a small bit of effort to get across the pond. Eventually though!
Derek Frankovich I feel the same about all the awesome armour/ aircraft museums you have over there! 👍
That's one of the places I'd really love to spend a day or 2 documenting about. As a self-proclaimed tank enthusiast and designer I'd like to go around there with a big notebook and a high-res camera. I just hope that I'm allowed to do just that on my trip next summer to Parola Tank Museum in Finland.
Scammerovich sounds good to me!
Im sad enough that I came away with hundreds of pictures just of the welds on the tanks 😂
Went there 3 years ago, booked a room about an hours walk away, pretty much spent 2 full days there and yes we posed with the sentinel ;)
Can recomment Deutsches Panzermuseum, had a great time there too, aiming for Saumur or Parola next year :D
I always absolutely adore these videos, and seeing two of my favorites been done, this and the Soma, gives me hope to see my utmost favorite, the Vickers medium MK.II* some day on Inside the hatch.
You have no idea how long I’ve been waiting for this. 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
I could very well be wrong, but I'd say the wood in the side bin is to "protect" the bare metal from bending and over the long terme eventually breaking or having holes, the wood will absorb the shocks from inside (like an item moving around inside when the tank is moving)
Also possibly non conductive lining. However that would mean storing electric gear.... Which is weird for outside storage bin. Maybe spare radio parts.... Since germans put as many radios as they could fit in the tank.
Though more likely as you said is, that is is just light weight bulking up material. Main body of the box holding it together is wood and then just outer metal lining for environmental protection. Saves couple kg of the weight limits.
Exterior stowage for a first aid kit/rations.
I'd suggest it was for noise prevention.. there's nothing more annoying than noisy metal bits vibrating inside a metal bin, stowed on a vibrating thin metal wing.
Seems more likely to me that it was to protect whatever was inside? Noise prevention is an interesting possibility too. Too bad we can't look it up in a manual this time....
It would also be handy to not have the stuff inside the metal box freeze to the sides and floor of the box. That would be a nice feature on the Eastern front...
Fantastic - can't wait to see the interior
Been waiting a while for this.
Ahhh.. I love these video's! Who would have thought a war machine could reduce a crap day to an ok day. If part two was up, it'd be a GREAT day!
Yeah, he's back with another tank tour. 👍👍👍👍
I tought this was a reupload but i see its your channel
Oh well time to watch again
I saw this particular tank roving about in the arena at TankFest 2018. It's cute and in great condition. Can't wait for part 2 =)
Well... I've been waiting for this for about 4 years.
My favorite tank. I like the lines of this thing so much.
Looks better than the clumsy big tanks of the late war.
A sporting tank.
very nice i really like the pz 3 so it was nice to get some info i didn't know.
It is unfortunate that the panzer 3 and 4 and such is in the shadows of the panther and the tigers when it comes to popularity
Well I'm a III fanboi...super tank.
Agree on the Panzer 3. The Panzer 4, not so much. It only became the German mainstay tank because putting a long 75mm gun in it was the fastest way for the Wehrmacht to get a tank that could reliably kill the T-34 and the KV-1. It was slower, less armoured and less mass-produceable than comparable competing tanks like the T-34 and the Sherman.
Arius Krieg The Panzer III was also slower, less armored, and less produced than the Sherman and T-34
@@sirboomsalot4902 The Panzer III also wasn't the mid to late war workhorse of the Wehrmacht like the long-barreled Panzer IV was. Panzer III was a decent tank in the context in which it appeared and initially fought. The later models of the Panzer IV were an inefficient bandaid solution to the T-34 and the KV-1.
Size does make a difference 😂.
One of my favourite tanks! Another very enjoyable and interesting video. Thank you!
Love the tank, but what an incredibly inconvenient and difficult set up to replace the transmission. Must have been a nightmare of a job being an armour maintenance crew with it.
Again makes you realise why Chieftain rates the practical design of the Sherman built to facilitate "easy" and efficient maintenance and repair.
All german vehicles are a nightmare to deal with xD
Love the little history lesson at the start : )
Really nice. I can't wait for part 2. When is it out
Usually a few days maybe a week apart.
Soon(tm)
For some reason I thought that this video was an older Chieftain video that YT was spruiking. Maybe I just expected Chieftain to have done the Pz III before today. Not complaining, enjoyed it as always.
I was so excited when I saw this on my feed because I thought it was part 2 :(
Goddamn, I love ypur videos that I'll watch this again.
2 weeks! Where's Part 2?! You're killin us man.
Very detailed review , lots of human intrest stuff !
You had me at "pull the turret"
Love the music 👍
I guess the one good thing about being in hospital means I can watch more Chieftain videos 😁
Get better soon!
@@girf4233 thank you very much 😁
Released tomorrow 😁
You are going to hit 100k soon. Could you also, (if u have) post some photos how you abrams looked like? I just got M1A2 Abrams model and would love to have one like you had
I liked the old intro(electric guitar one), but nevertheless a long awaited episode.
13:43 that is the look of a jealous man
great vid to have my coffee too thank you
Interesting explanation on fixing the transmission, lift the turret, split the hull by more lifting. So at least a day, no wonder they returned them to the factory to fix. 1939 to December 42 1414 Mark III returned to factories 909 fixed and 111 scrapped. That’s ok when your advancing and you can recover kit. When retreating, you have to leave and abandon. It’s operational madness, having thousands of vehicles in transit between fronts and factories because of complexity of maintenance you can’t fix them any other way. They continued this strategy with more complex equipment against the Allies who were focused on standardisation and cost reduction to improve quality and quantity. How many German tanks did the Allies get due to blown transmissions, loads.
Yep. They never planned on retreating. A couple quick invasions, and the war will be over. Russia?
Can you please tell me what that small helmet like thing is at 2:06 because I've searched the internet with "hooded headlamp" and all sorts of other key words but found no result as to what it is as I see this thing quite a lot in German tanks
Sasuke Uchiha hi have a look at this the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Panzer_III.pdf . The hoods are next to the lights, and have been Riveted to the front hull plate above the transmission. They have a bar attach between them which will support additional track, note photographs. Whether there is an additional purpose I don’t known. Suggest an email to the Tank Museum they will surely help. Also have a look at Panzer III: Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf. A to N (Sdkfz 141) (Haynes Manuals) (Owners' Workshop Manual).
@@SasukeUchiha-pv4xnon the front fender? I think is a blackout light, which only casts light directly on the ground in front of the vehicle so they arent as visible from the air in the dark. They were typical on WW2 vehicles, although the Allied ones looked a bit different. Basically a "hooded headlight" but that's not what they are called.
Except they didn't have to return them to her factory to do that. You set up a crane or sheerlegs or just a timber frame and some heavy chain falls in a clearing and you unbolt the top and lift it off and then pull the transmission or engine out. Plenty of photos of them doing this. You needed a crane to remove an M4 Mediums engine or gun as well. Any tank. It's just harder to get to the things on a German tank. They also had divisional and corps and army maintenance depots that were relatively well equipped for repairing and maintaining tanks. The ones that were sent all the way back to the factory were ones that were battle damaged to the point of being impossible to fix in the field (you can't weld a new glacis plate into an otherwise intact hull without factory equipment), or just older (a year at most) tanks that were so worn out that they needed to be totally rebuilt, and usually made more sense to just ship them back and rebuild them to the latest standard anyway. Otherwise you need to send basically a whole tanks with of new parts all the way to the front, as well as all the equipment to install it. And the trains need to go back anyway. It's either that or just abandon them and focus on only building brand new vehicles. Which doesn't make any sense when you are going to send them back as scrap anyway since 20 tons of high grade steel isn't just something to throw away. Tanks wear out very quickly in combat, and they need to be rebuilt. They also need frequent and extensive maintenance, there is no way they could possibly sustain the war if they had to return them to the factory every time they needed an engine overhaul or a new gun tube.
That said, the amazingly easy to repair M4 Medium? The M4A4 with the multi bank engine, it required you to pull the entire 6,000lb engine out every time you wanted to change spark plugs or adjust the carburetors. Yet the British used thousands of them. Didn't need to return them to the factory every time either. Which is good since that was on the other side of the Atlantic.
Those welds look gorgeous.
10,000 views and +1000 likes -- It's rare to see such a high percentage of likes with such a high number of views. Good stuff. :-)
First video cast to my new 55" 4k HDR television. Looks great!
Would love to see the Chieftain do an "Oh my God, the tank is on fire!" test through that tiny hull side hatch.
I imagine it would look something like the rhino scene from Ace Ventura Pet Detective...
I hope you keep the background music, it's giving awesome atmosphere for your videos.
The cracked driver's "window" reminds me of Nick's horrible unforgettable experience in Iraq....
I believe the correct term is "significant emotional event".
@@Andre_Kummel he's Irish. "significant" would be the same way "oh bugger, the tank is on fire"
Ethan Thomson グミ "Oh buggar, we do seem to be taking fire!"
@@Andre_Kummel oh, thanks for correction, thank you,
I play War Thunder, but these videos are still very interesting and helpful.
The reason the outer box was wood lined was to prevent moisture. Ive done it with storage boxes
Pz III is love, it kinda typifies all the compromises made by all sides pre-war and had to roll with during the ww2, yet with a general purpoose role too!
Dear Santa,
Can I please have part 2 of this video for christmas? Pretty please? I've been a good boy!
Please do Tiger 131 and the king tiger while your there. You add so much more interesting facts then other chats.
Could you do a video with those mechanics you speak of and various vintage tank engines? Can even show the younger folk how a strangle functions.
The radials used in U.S. armor did not need to be turned over by hand before every start, just if the engine had sat idle for over say, a couple of hours in colder weather. The handful of WW2 era armor I dealt with in the southwest, you only hand-cranked if it'd sat overnight/all day without running.
It also depended a lot on the starter itself. The J&H on the 975's had a clutch pack in them to keep from (possibly) damaging the engine in the case of a hydrolock. The Kaufmann cartridge units used in some M3 lights could bend things.
Thank you!
One of my favorites. :-)
Nice colour too. Although I am not sure about the shade... Looks more like Dunkelgelb, which they shouldn't have used in Africa.
I not buying your book until part 2 of the panzer 3, little slow coming, lets go
Thanks chief.
Swiggity-swootin', that's darn tootin'.
The welding looks good for most ww2 welding ive seen. That's my profession, its sometimes viewed as easier to make something that way (albeit more expensive and time consuming) so blond as your welders are skilled. These guys don't seem too shabby at first glance.
I´d be interested in seeing a modern welder doing better with the tools of the time, humans has degraded in IQ since then so thinking that modern man with all the toys is superior in any way to our grandfathers is pure folly.
in the chieftains hatch animation that has the tanks on the stands that is the one in between m1003 and I think is an is 3 it looks like a m4 Sherman got the hull squished so it stretched out lowering the profile
Tanks in the intro from left to right is FV214 Conqueror, Leopard 1, JS-3, M26, M103
Deja vú! I have seen this before! What the hell... Is the chieftain... I'll watch it again....
My god, 4 minutes dedicated to the history and backstory of the tank, yes please, more. I've been hoping for more backstory for the tanks for ages now.
Wood lined box hmm. One of the few models of tank to come with a standard humidor.
What's with the random shots of a Valentine tank? Great video though, gotta love the Panzer III.
Panzer Warfare on the Eastern Front. Its a book written by mostly German Army tankers fighting the Russians. It was written that the pz3 engine drew air in through the crew compartment and that a lot of crewmen froze and were bundled up so much they could barely move.
I love the panzer 3s =)
Half expecting Lindy to appear.
Chimonakimi I have no idea why people like that prat.
Blech319 That was unnecessary. He's entertaining, I don't understand why anyone would dislike him.
Bryan Sisco I wonder how they managed to pry him from the S-Tank.
@@qunt2742 people dislike him because his knowledge of most WWII subjects...especially tanks...is pretty bad. For example, in his StuG III video and Top 5 Tanks video he says a number of things which are completely untrue. His video with the Chieftain is the same.
He should have stuck his head out of one of the tiny escape hatches just to say hello.
Oh yeah.
Waiting for "Development of the Panzer Arm 1939-1945"
I was waiting for a German vehicle...thank you
Can i point out that the intro spot is literally an is-3 but there is not a is-3 inside the chieftains hatch video? Still love the vids tho.
You should come to ottawa we got an easy 8 with full interior if i remember correcly in the war museum
We have a lot of great vehicles in Ottawa and in Oshawa.
@@Panzermeister36 leo a1, pz2, panther and a shit ton of other
@@donoteventry4298 that panther isn't doing too well on the inside though. There are better panthers out there. And the Panzer II is pretty much a complete rebuild...hardly any of it is original.
@@Panzermeister36 i mean they were just examples but from what ik the easy 8, t34 85 and paladin are complete
I'm the happiest when a anew chieftain video comes out, one can only be beaten if JonTron ever uploads again.....
Rewatching time :P
Why was the wood in the bin? To reduce the noise of metal on metal clanging. If they put repair tools in it's for noise and reduction of tool damage. If it held spare ammo it was to ensure the rounds would not go off or damage the ammo making the round a dud.
Damnit the music is back
Random question... When is part 2 coming???
Sir, what arw the sources regarding that the Director of Alkett was the one able to fit the 50mm L/60 gun to the Panzer 3? Thank You Very Much for the response in advance.
I have an only slightly related question: Could you, in some video, talk about WW2 tank ordnance? In particular, Why was the German long 75mm tank gun so good while the American 76mm was just okay? And why did that 76mm have what I've heard was a second rate HE shell?
For that matter, it seems like neither the Soviet 85mm or the American 90mm was the equal of the German 88mm. People are always talking about U.S.A. tank doctrine and the problems with USN submarine torpedoes, but it seems like the US Army Bureau of Ordnance also has a lot to answer for.
THE MUSIC IS BACK BOYS
THE MUSIC IS BACK BOYS
@The_Chieftain When is part 2 coming? It's almost a month since part 1!
@The_Cheiftain that stowage box on the back of the turret, I've hear it called the "Rommel box", when did it come into mainstream use by the panzertruppen?
They first started being added to Panzer III Ausf.H, and that coincides with the campaign in North Africa where Rommel played an important part. It's also "Rommel kit" not box.
I take it then that it was the British that came up with the Rommel appellation for it?
Wood liner in box? To reduce heat transfer to contents in desert/hot weather ops?
Part 2 pls!
Can you please tell me what that small helmet like thing is at 1:25 because I've searched the internet with "hooded headlamp" and all sorts of other key words but found no result as to what it is as I see this thing quite a lot in German tanks
Finalyyyyy
The 10 degree slope has always seemed like a bad idea to me, that it might actually have less effective angling than a vertical plate because of the ballistic arc of the incoming projectile, or at least be reduced to such small angle as to be irrelevant and you might as well have just let the factory cut right angles.
Better to have the stronger front hull plate angled back to meet the shell perpendicular, than to have the shell ricochet downwards off a vertical plate and into the weaker hull top armour....
Panzermeister36 ricochet straight downwards off an impact
I'm feverishly waiting on part two. When will you do the Tiger?
The Challenger, over on the WoT EU channel did a pretty good coverage of it, honestly. Low priority for me.
@@TheChieftainsHatch Yes, but no one does it like you.
More plz!! Part Deux!
How about you tour the Tiger and King Tiger I’m just curious what you make of their user ability given they were looked upon as almost invulnerable during the war. 🤷♂️
Bobby Wilson by who? No one looked at them as invulnerable.
Is this the particular tank which was basically the main antagonist in Saints and Soldiers: The Void?
That fucking music is back.
This with a PaK 40 and it's a really really good tank
He's come a long way from playing guitar in the Fine Young Cannibals.
Dude... Hurry up and get inside that tank!
Quick request: could you do the ram II?
Unsure. Haven't found one yet I can do. The Bovington one is converted to a range target vehicle, the one in Borden is a wreck. I doubt the one in Vancouver's in good condition, that only leaves Ottawa, I think, which I have not yet looked inside.
When is Part II going to be posted ?
wow! what hit it in the drive wheel? 6pdr?
Yet again, no notification from UA-cam of a new vid from you, even with the bell icon being clicked😡
When part 2 will be available ?
Love the "escape hatches", I'm very skinny and tall at 130lb. I couldn't fit through those even with sufficient motivation.
Is fire enough motivation gor you? I am sure some hanz got stuck there even through a significant emotional event
Off subject follow up Q......Did you get an informed answer on the "chute" design on the turret of the A/C I Sentinel?
Toss it in as a bonus in an upcoming Hatch video, plz.
I did not get anything confirmed. Cooling was the best option I've heard so far, but it requires that the chute be open on the 'wall' side, and I haven't been in the tank since to confirm it.
How can you dislike a ITCH video :(