I’ve always been fascinated with this vehicle. The L70 while potent, looks to be a drivers nightmare especially if negotiating a forest or urban. Thanks Sofi and Hillary!
I appreciate Hilary's extensive knowledge, but he didn't tell Sofie WHY the L/70 was so good - he just told us about alternative guns and fitments. Was it the calibre length of the tube? Metallurgy? Barrel profile? Was the bore slightly tighter because of that? Was there a coating on the inside of the bore? A sleeve? Rate of spin? Recoil control? Was the ammunition superior? Why was the traverse mech so good?
Rudolf Roy had a lot of success with the L/48 Jagdpanzer. Sticking an L/70 in there is a bit much. The L/70 had to kill the handling. It's like a fishing rod sticking out of a wall. Thats an ambush vehicle I dont think its going to take 18 rounds with a good Gunner. That L/70 has higher penetration than the gun on the Tiger 1.
Nonsense, L70 was only 250Kg heavier and 1650mm longer. Yeah, it was bit more awkward to move with gun sticking out more but weight issues was more likely imaginary than real.
@@AKUJIVALDO Not nonsense at all, the vehicle was already to front heavy. Once the L/70 was addded Waffen Prufen Amt 6 suggested moving the suspension forward by 100mm to change the center of gravity. They almost reduced armor thickness to solve the problem. One of the things they did do was make the front two road-wheels on each side steel rimmed. And use lighter track. These mods were introduced in Sept. 44. I would refer you to Panzer Tracts No. 9-2, page 9-2-40. Doyle covers the issues exacerbated by the L/70.
@@jimmylight4866 see, "the vehicle was to("too" instead of "to" - my correction) front heavy" with 75mmL48. So they put it in production without proper testing. Not my fault that designers fooked UP. 75mmL70 gun weight difference(250Kg) was less than 1% of whole AFV. So I'm right. Tata.
So happy to listen to Mr.Doyle's talk. Very informative !.
I’ve always been fascinated with this vehicle. The L70 while potent, looks to be a drivers nightmare especially if negotiating a forest or urban. Thanks Sofi and Hillary!
Excellent. Thanks Hilary and Sofi.
Always an Outstanding video and presentation.
Thank you!
Wow some cool info about the 75mm L-70👍
I appreciate Hilary's extensive knowledge, but he didn't tell Sofie WHY the L/70 was so good - he just told us about alternative guns and fitments. Was it the calibre length of the tube? Metallurgy? Barrel profile? Was the bore slightly tighter because of that? Was there a coating on the inside of the bore? A sleeve? Rate of spin? Recoil control? Was the ammunition superior? Why was the traverse mech so good?
Level trajectory over long distance.
@@bobbylee2853 yes, but that's only part of the answer. That's the effect of whatever upgrades were brought to the L70. What were the upgrades?
Criticizing the grand master of german ww2 armor? Read his book.
That’s interesting about the average multiple times it would take to immobilize a vehicle from range!
Sound issues?
Rudolf Roy had a lot of success with the L/48 Jagdpanzer. Sticking an L/70 in there is a bit much.
The L/70 had to kill the handling. It's like a fishing rod sticking out of a wall.
Thats an ambush vehicle I dont think its going to take 18 rounds with a good Gunner. That L/70 has higher penetration than the gun on the Tiger 1.
Nonsense, L70 was only 250Kg heavier and 1650mm longer. Yeah, it was bit more awkward to move with gun sticking out more but weight issues was more likely imaginary than real.
@@AKUJIVALDO Not nonsense at all, the vehicle was already to front heavy. Once the L/70 was addded Waffen Prufen Amt 6 suggested moving the suspension forward by 100mm to change the center of gravity. They almost reduced armor thickness to solve the problem. One of the things they did do was make the front two road-wheels on each side steel rimmed. And use lighter track. These mods were introduced in Sept. 44.
I would refer you to Panzer Tracts No. 9-2, page 9-2-40. Doyle covers the issues exacerbated by the L/70.
@@jimmylight4866 see, "the vehicle was to("too" instead of "to" - my correction) front heavy" with 75mmL48.
So they put it in production without proper testing. Not my fault that designers fooked UP. 75mmL70 gun weight difference(250Kg) was less than 1% of whole AFV. So I'm right. Tata.