I believe camera operators try to keep the subject centered in the shot, and typically that's the person talking. The camera person probably didn't realize that the main focus should be the vehicle and that it was ok for Lindy to be at the edge of the shop. A brief conversation could have cleared this up I'm guessing. Lindy is nicely centered and with a good eyeline the entire shoot indeed.
@@omenran there is the one third rule. A narrator shouldn't be in the center, but when he is moving towards the camera. It is not that appealing, when the subject is on the center, but for educational purposes.
@@ragnarokgzlr8522 the shot composition is two thirds Hanomag 251 and one third Lindybiege and back wall of garage. the cameraman did a fantastic job 10/10
There is no excuse. The person holding the camera is not a cameraperson nor cameraman. That is the price of using someone who thinks camerawork is easy.
Sorry to be that guy, but this is not a Hanomag: “P.S. No evidence has been found in primary sources that these armored troop carriers were ever referred to by the name Hanomag - not even as a nickname by the troops. If the ‘Hanomag’ had been mentioned during the war to these troops, they would have thought that you were referring to the heavy trucks or buses for which this company was famous.” (Jentz, Thomas L.; Doyle, Hilary Louis: Panzer Tracts No.15-2 - mittlere Schuetzenpanzerwagen (Sd.Kfz.251). History of Variants, Production, Organization, Issue, Tactics, and Employment in Action from 1939 to 1942. Panzer Tracts: Boyds, MD, 2005, p. 15-2-1)
@@rat_thrower5604, to some extent that is true; however, it is what it is no matter what you call it. Things can have many names but typically have only one true name, in this case sdkfz 251.
His level of enthusiasm and knowledge make his videos both entertaining and informative. Doesn't mean I don't think he's a bit barmy. Observation, more than judgement. Keep on, sir👍👍👍
When I was stationed in Germany there was a Skdf251 at the post museum. A buddy and I climbed in it and had a look around. It is a highlight of my life to this day! The hanomag is my favorite half track to ever be built!
I just recently realized how fucking large this channel is and it's literally just a passionate guy talking about military history. Love it, goes to show UA-cam isn't all bad, there are good channels out there.
You want to visit Military History Visualised with Bernard also, the early videos of TIK (who has sadly gone a bit of the rails) and not least ScholaGladiatoris with Matt Easton.
@@PalleRasmussen What do you mean by TIK has gone a bit off the rails? His newer videos are still very enjoyable to watch. The only criticism I've heard, was that his lectures on economics are... somewhat unsatisfying and lacking the necessary depth the topic requires.
"Rather than show you the whole vehicle, my cameraman preferred to leave this space available for captions"... was the exact moment the coffee came out my nose.
The "primitive back door" on the late model falls open naturally thus shielding egressing troops. It's not a mistake and like ANY door or hatch one is expected to stay out of the way. A ramp (with expensive, precision actuators for a vehicle expected to have a short combat life before being destroyed) would be pointless while lightweight doors would be reasonably easy to close while offering some protection if left open. The interleaved road wheels made for a better ride but much slower repairs when an inboard wheel was damaged (tracks and wheels of the era were very short-lived). Long tracks throw easily so using front wheels was a good choice for the era. Half-tracks (as correctly pointed out!) were never intended as AFVs and using them as such is why US halftracks were called "Purple Heart boxes" despite being mechanically superior ( such that Israel used them until quite recently).
The interleaved (more complicated than overlapping) road wheels gave German tracked vehicles an enormous advantage. A Tiger or Panther moving over rough ground was so smooth it could fire reasonably accurately on the move. That was one reason for the system and in some ways held advantages over the Sherman's Gun Stabilization system (it stabilized the whole tank) You can see how smoothly these tanks moved in archival footage but other tanks bobbed up and down like a cork in the sea. Furthermore the multiple large diameter contact points meant that the peak ground pressure on German tracked vehicles was the lowest of any combatant. It's not all about mass over area. Peak pressure counts.
@@flyingrat492 Quite incorrect. The Panther proved to be very reliable and with its armour and excellent gun was very effective on the battlefield. The Tiger was the tank that had lots of teething issues and did breakdown in the middle of combat operations and its weight and size made it difficult to recover on an active battlefield.
@@fleuger99 Both had interleaved road wheels which were the point I was making about reliability There’s a million other reasons they were bad though 1. 4 panthers for every Sherman lost- doesn’t sound so effective 2. Final drive and engine reliability 3. Poor side and top armour 4. Poor external awareness due to thin vision slits and no non magnified gun sights 5. Fuel line setup made it easy to burn out 6. Bad HE round 7. Difficult to maintain due to the density of the engine and the process for removing the final drive 8. No close ready rack for the loader- having to grab shells from down in the hill meant the main gun had quite a slow sustained rate of fire The panther was an ok tank in the east but very vulnerable to infantry in the confined hedgerows of the western front and also definitely not very reliable due to its construction and crew. The fact that no major design elements from it were used post war and the French who used it in favourable conditions hated it tells you all you need to know about the quality of the design.
German here, and i just want to say that i was genuinely impressed by your correct pronounciation of the "Sonderkraftfahrzeug". Also, thanks for your awesome and interesting content on your channel.
He’d have a 251/6 of course and would be behind the frontlines implementing his strategies he learnt from his airfix war games (recreated on the table) That way he could cut a hole in the roof and wear a helmet! (Which he would never do, but it’s a joke I used to say about a 6’10 Porsche driver I knew) Or hire a driver, which could double as his Batman!
Those compartments under the seats weren't meant for personal effects. Under either bench (there are two hinged and two static benches in each vehicle) there are fourteen slots for ammo cans. Each german ammo can was meant to carry 250 rounds, and 250 times 28 is 7,000 rounds of ammunition. These cans were meant to stay with the vehicle, but I'm sure they'd go missing from time to time in combat. The little white balls on posts above each wheel indicate the width of the vehicle at its widest point. If something knocks one of those balls around, it will hit the walls of the vehicle. Sometimes those posts were removed and replaced with rearview mirrors. Each 251 had a slot for a radio above the passenger seat, along with an 8 foot radio antenna that was stored behind one of the benches. All 251s had bars to support a cover in case of foul weather, though a cover makes the already cramped interior even worse on top of trapping heat like no other. My entire gruppe managed to fit inside one original Sdkfz. 251 D but it was incredibly cramped. I'd hate to have to get in or out of one in a hurry. Lloyd managed to figure out the "head first" approach on his first try though. Anyways, the OT-810s are even more cramped than the 251s if you can believe that. Original 251s ride smooth and run quietly too, compared to OT-810s or 251s with aftermarket engines. While in the 251, the squad leader would serve as the crew commander, giving directions to the driver, whilst the machine gunner would man the forward facing shielded machine gun. Depending on the unit's logistical situation, the gun (or guns if the vehicle had a rear pintle mount) would stay with the vehicle while the squad had their own machine gun. Sometimes the 251 would support the infantry's assault, sometimes it would serve as a resupply point, and sometimes it would get the heck out of Dodge. The Wehrmacht and SS were incredibly flexible fighting forces, and individual companies were granted a lot of autonomy, so more things were situational than not. I can't wait until Lloyd gets into any of the other million types of halftracks in German service during the war
@@Rick586 Which he only could do because he didn't actually consider the Russians he sacrificed en masse as his people. And neither did most of the leading Bolsheviks.
I have read that the nazis actually did factor style into some designs as part of psychological warfare. Apparently the SS dress uniform was designed by an opera costume designer to be a more dramatic and intimidating version of the standard German Heer dress uniform.
@@maxkronader5225 I've read somewhere that the Nazis put so much emphasis on proper style and aesthetics, because the good guys also needed to look the part. It's a controversial thesis in scholar circles though.
I spent seven years of my life in University. Really you're not missing all that much. Unless you're in some sort of practical field like STEM. But if you're in something Liberal Artsy then you can learn everything you learn in university by downloading some lectures from that Great Courses service Lloyd mentioned midway through the video. Just as effective and far cheaper.
@@KageMinowara I'm a chemist and now studying molecular biology so university is pretty necessary. There is no requirement to attend most lectures and I pay less for my university course than I would for the Great Courses subscription.
I remember my Tamiya 1/35 Hanomag model kit, complete with Panzergrenadier troops. I think a childhood of building models familiarized me with many historical military vehicles.
Lindy has clearly spent a lot of time on "The Great Courses Plus"! Not only has he become an excellent advertising agent, but he has even learned to do metric! The hanomag information was great too..
In some of the old movies they even used the Czechoslovakian Version which was produced after WW II, for example "The Bridge at Remagen" from 1969 or the German 1993 movie "Stalingrad".
So glad you have a small archive of footage from the before time when we could do sensible things like visit reenactment events 😄 Mildly ashamed how accurate the university student proxy was to my own fashion choices at the time 😂
The Ot 810 ended production in 62, when it was replaced with new design of apc. Some of them were converted into light tank destroyers and various support vehicles and remained in service during the 70s and 80s, by the end as trainers and with reseve troops
The funny this is that during the war, the Germans never called them Hanomags. Someone speculated mentioning that to a panzergrenadier might have him think of a bus. But nowadays it's not just English speakers who use that term, a lot of Germans in the 3rd millenium will know what you mean if you say Hanomag 251, but I suspect that's to do video game culture osmosis. Just like how lots of people who never saw Star Wars know a Death Star was a man made thing in the Star Wars universe the size of the real moon, an example of film culture osmosis.
Not only is Lindy's the only sponsorship I don't skip through, but I actively look forward to them! This was the best one yet! What an effort! Love the vids, every single one!
i really appreciate lindy beige. this is a fantastic and he never ceases to both entertain and educate me. the latter, something the world desperately needs. i wish more would find this channel. what a gold mine of wonders, this.
@@scockery If I was French I probably wouldnt be that gracious but there was plenty of blame to go around. There was enough history books available for the powers to know what happens when you excessively punish a beaten foe. France had it's own intrigues that brought it into conflict. If you play dangerous games you're gonna get hurt eventually.
I think that commercial you made may have been the funniest thing I've seen all week. Thank you Lindy for your years of entertainment without compromise.
As an American, I like our M3's. At least we can see where we're driving! Also, they were cheap and easy to mass produce. No supply issues with an M3. If I had to choose a vehicle to take me into battle keeping in mind that if it was broken I'd need to walk, I'd choose US vehicles. There was always a spare.
Lindy says he feels exposed in the halftrack, but he's also quite tall. I'd have liked to see how a man of average WW2 Landser height would have found the vehicle.
You'd be amazed how much soldiers can compress themselves when they need to get behind cover. This is huge compared to the Bren Carrier for example which also had (low) bulletproof (-ish) sides.
I have a corgi metal model and you have just told me it is a d series which I never knew and it is one of my most favourite toys from my childhood 👍👍😍😍
My Opa said the troops stayed in the hannomag during artillery attacks. The young guys wanted to get out and run but they found survival rate was higher staying in
Speaking about fake German M3 halftracks in 60s movies: actually the Afrika Korps used quite a few M3 in Tunisia. Jeeps as well. They found them properly parked and fueled at Casserine. They left them olive drab and just put on some hand-painted crosses. Generally, the Afrika Korps operated more British trucks than it had German or Italian ones. The pintle-mounted MG in the back was not part of the vehicle. It was the squad MG which could be mounted while on march. The driver usually had a steel helmet ...
Given how shallow the slope is on the hood/bonnet, I could also see a fair number of shots glancing off the steel and up into the driver's vision port. Really funneling the bullets directly into your face.
I've always wondered why Lindybeige uses the most questionable names for german WW2 materiel. First he calls the MG 42 the Rheinmetal 42, which I've never heard anyone use besides him, and now he uses Hanomag for the SdKfz which many suspect is only popular because Tamyia's kit was called an Hanomag.
Calling things by the name of the main company that produces them is frequent in both english and german. And in a hurry a german soldier would've shouted "Get in the Hanomag!" much more likely than "Get in the Sonderkraftfahrzeug zweihunderteinundfünfzig!". I know Hanomag to be a well known brand for tractors to the point where those 2 words almost mean the same. I can easily see soldiers in WW2 call it a Hanomag (or a half track perhaps).
Another interesting topic. The wide shots inside the museum were not bad in fact it was fun to view the other vehicles alongside the 251. 15,000 251's were manufactured during the war versus 53,000 M3's manufactured. I know the Germans wished for many more half tracks especially on the eastern front. The skill of your model painting is nothing short of amazing.
@@Geoduck. Apparently,combined production of all German half tracks from Sdkfz 6 to Sdkfz 251 makes over 67,000(only 15,000 of that is Hanomag 251) excluding Kettenkraftrad half tracked motorcycle and Sdkfz 4 half tracked rocket launcher.Almost 90,000 if you’d count Maultier,an Opel Blitz chassis converted to a half tracked personnel and supply carrier. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_combat_vehicles_of_World_War_II
This man typifies that kooky, disheveled professor type. He rides a bicycle, no question - we simply have to speculate whether or not it's a folding one.
12:04... 'Let me un-pop and un-drop eyes and jaw, respectively. I have just been privilege to the most engaging, enticing, inquiry enhancing, color splashing, thunder crashing promotion of The Great Course Plus in my not small entire The Great Courses Plus promotion experience ~ to date. Now I'm going to watch the rest of this also very informative, illustrated and fun video and forget about it... Oh... I'm being cruel, some kind of joker? 'But, the promo is truly, fabulously, excellent, and, it's Lindybeige. Wow(!)
The model-making nerdy types notice every detail and realize when movie companies try to take us for a ride. I remember "The battle of Britain" with its the Avro Lancaster style engine cowls on "Heinkels", the Unimog on an airfield somewhere and landing craft being towed by a Mack B and a Faun from the fifties. And then of course the bewilderment of my friends at the cinema about my pained groan when I spotted the disc-brake on Mutt's Harley in "The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull". On the other hand I could enjoy the action much better knowing that no real vintage motorcycle was harmed in the making of the movie.
I preferred my Panzer II with 20mm HE rounds. It's a cheap and effective way to control key areas and the enemy infantry absolutely hated me (as the amount of counter-fire I received clearly demonstrated)! Of course it didn't survive long once they got some proper support, but it sure delayed them (especially crossing bridges)! 😅 I still love how many speedy jeeps tried zipping across (they rarely got beyond the halfway point! 😄
@@kf7721 Yep, it was a decent game for a while, and then they put up false barriers on the bridges to block anyone from shooting them as they tried crossing it. I don't know what they were thinking! They took a decent game and turned it into a poor one... 😅
@@tyree9055 omg! I left a couple years ago, when I left they had screwed up the sound so a guy shooting 100 meters away sounded like he was right next to you, and they decreased the jumping height. What you say about making it safe to cross bridges, really pisses me off, that game was so great but they constantly made it easier and safer. The developers who bought the company are insane. I'm so sad the most realistic game now has invisible shields.
The tracks on the German half-track series are maintenance intensive, as you have to lubricate each pin to reduce wear. Also, the steering is tied to the rear tracks, complicating the mechanisms.
Ah, glad to see you mention Rat Patrol. My dad watched it as a kid and I loved watching it when I was a kid too. Far funnier is how they used M7 Priests as German tanks, having them gunning around firing while moving lol.
I need to go to sleep.. But this is more important!
Same 😂😂😂
Yes!
if you don't watch it, it's heresy
It's 4 am for me
Yep
Ah, be grateful, poor cameraman was obviously trying to record you in your full grace :/
I believe camera operators try to keep the subject centered in the shot, and typically that's the person talking. The camera person probably didn't realize that the main focus should be the vehicle and that it was ok for Lindy to be at the edge of the shop. A brief conversation could have cleared this up I'm guessing. Lindy is nicely centered and with a good eyeline the entire shoot indeed.
Are you the cameraman? Be honest
@@omenran there is the one third rule. A narrator shouldn't be in the center, but when he is moving towards the camera. It is not that appealing, when the subject is on the center, but for educational purposes.
@@ragnarokgzlr8522 the shot composition is two thirds Hanomag 251 and one third Lindybiege and back wall of garage. the cameraman did a fantastic job 10/10
There is no excuse. The person holding the camera is not a cameraperson nor cameraman. That is the price of using someone who thinks camerawork is easy.
Sorry to be that guy, but this is not a Hanomag:
“P.S. No evidence has been found in primary sources that these armored troop carriers were ever referred to by the name Hanomag - not even as a nickname by the troops. If the ‘Hanomag’ had been mentioned during the war to these troops, they would have thought that you were referring to the heavy trucks or buses for which this company was famous.” (Jentz, Thomas L.; Doyle, Hilary Louis: Panzer Tracts No.15-2 - mittlere Schuetzenpanzerwagen (Sd.Kfz.251). History of Variants, Production, Organization, Issue, Tactics, and Employment in Action from 1939 to 1942. Panzer Tracts: Boyds, MD, 2005, p. 15-2-1)
aw shiet, here we go again
If it's come to be known as a Hanomag is it not a Hanomag?
Collaboration at its finest :D
Mommy and daddy are fighting ;)
@@rat_thrower5604, to some extent that is true; however, it is what it is no matter what you call it. Things can have many names but typically have only one true name, in this case sdkfz 251.
His level of enthusiasm and knowledge make his videos both entertaining and informative. Doesn't mean I don't think he's a bit barmy. Observation, more than judgement. Keep on, sir👍👍👍
His jumpers prove you have a point T.
When I was stationed in Germany there was a Skdf251 at the post museum. A buddy and I climbed in it and had a look around. It is a highlight of my life to this day! The hanomag is my favorite half track to ever be built!
Good grief
You know I think it is even today much safer than the BMP which is so bad troops ride on top.
I just recently realized how fucking large this channel is and it's literally just a passionate guy talking about military history. Love it, goes to show UA-cam isn't all bad, there are good channels out there.
You want to visit Military History Visualised with Bernard also, the early videos of TIK (who has sadly gone a bit of the rails) and not least ScholaGladiatoris with Matt Easton.
@@PalleRasmussen What do you mean by TIK has gone a bit off the rails? His newer videos are still very enjoyable to watch. The only criticism I've heard, was that his lectures on economics are... somewhat unsatisfying and lacking the necessary depth the topic requires.
It feels that way sometimes
@@sohnigersohn8777 sounds like Matt Easton on samurai swords he did recently.
They’re fucking tanks bro who doesn’t love tanks
The only man who has ever made a mid programme commercial promotion entertaining .
Check out Tim Dillon. His ad readings are quite dark and hilarious.
Internet Historian is also pretty good with his ad reads
Ad worth £40k to the company poor silly Lindy got a grand. Duh
There was more after that fabulous mind blowing add? I had to stop and pop my eyes back in. 'Took ten minutes to un drop my jaw. ;p
Internet Historian wants to know your location. Never mind, he already does. You could've avoided that if you had used Nord VPN.
"Rather than show you the whole vehicle, my cameraman preferred to leave this space available for captions"... was the exact moment the coffee came out my nose.
The "primitive back door" on the late model falls open naturally thus shielding egressing troops. It's not a mistake and like ANY door or hatch one is expected to stay out of the way. A ramp (with expensive, precision actuators for a vehicle expected to have a short combat life before being destroyed) would be pointless while lightweight doors would be reasonably easy to close while offering some protection if left open.
The interleaved road wheels made for a better ride but much slower repairs when an inboard wheel was damaged (tracks and wheels of the era were very short-lived). Long tracks throw easily so using front wheels was a good choice for the era. Half-tracks (as correctly pointed out!) were never intended as AFVs and using them as such is why US halftracks were called "Purple Heart boxes" despite being mechanically superior ( such that Israel used them until quite recently).
The interleaved (more complicated than overlapping) road wheels gave German tracked vehicles an enormous advantage. A Tiger or Panther moving over rough ground was so smooth it could fire reasonably accurately on the move. That was one reason for the system and in some ways held advantages over the Sherman's Gun Stabilization system (it stabilized the whole tank) You can see how smoothly these tanks moved in archival footage but other tanks bobbed up and down like a cork in the sea.
Furthermore the multiple large diameter contact points meant that the peak ground pressure on German tracked vehicles was the lowest of any combatant. It's not all about mass over area. Peak pressure counts.
@@williamzk9083 doesn’t much matter how smooth the ride is if the tank can’t get into combat, and either way they were all pretty rubbish tanks
@@flyingrat492 Quite incorrect. The Panther proved to be very reliable and with its armour and excellent gun was very effective on the battlefield. The Tiger was the tank that had lots of teething issues and did breakdown in the middle of combat operations and its weight and size made it difficult to recover on an active battlefield.
@@fleuger99 Both had interleaved road wheels which were the point I was making about reliability
There’s a million other reasons they were bad though
1. 4 panthers for every Sherman lost- doesn’t sound so effective
2. Final drive and engine reliability
3. Poor side and top armour
4. Poor external awareness due to thin vision slits and no non magnified gun sights
5. Fuel line setup made it easy to burn out
6. Bad HE round
7. Difficult to maintain due to the density of the engine and the process for removing the final drive
8. No close ready rack for the loader- having to grab shells from down in the hill meant the main gun had quite a slow sustained rate of fire
The panther was an ok tank in the east but very vulnerable to infantry in the confined hedgerows of the western front and also definitely not very reliable due to its construction and crew. The fact that no major design elements from it were used post war and the French who used it in favourable conditions hated it tells you all you need to know about the quality of the design.
Here's a drink for a Panzer scholar 🥤
German here, and i just want to say that i was genuinely impressed by your correct pronounciation of the "Sonderkraftfahrzeug". Also, thanks for your awesome and interesting content on your channel.
The refusal to refer to Bovington as ‘The Tank Museum’ is very much appreciated!
Thanks for all your time always.
"Home of the Tiger"
The day when Lloyd learns that he is too tall to operate his dream tank.
Too much neck drive a tank
Depends, I think he's about the same height as the Chieftain.
He’d have a 251/6 of course and would be behind the frontlines implementing his strategies he learnt from his airfix war games (recreated on the table)
That way he could cut a hole in the roof and wear a helmet! (Which he would never do, but it’s a joke I used to say about a 6’10 Porsche driver I knew)
Or hire a driver, which could double as his Batman!
Obviously they needed a lot of Schrumpfgermanen for operating these mules.
It's time to go back and add a very crammed model figure into the driver's seats of his scale half-tracks.
The metric conversion is appreciated. Yours truly, a foreigner
Those compartments under the seats weren't meant for personal effects. Under either bench (there are two hinged and two static benches in each vehicle) there are fourteen slots for ammo cans. Each german ammo can was meant to carry 250 rounds, and 250 times 28 is 7,000 rounds of ammunition. These cans were meant to stay with the vehicle, but I'm sure they'd go missing from time to time in combat.
The little white balls on posts above each wheel indicate the width of the vehicle at its widest point. If something knocks one of those balls around, it will hit the walls of the vehicle. Sometimes those posts were removed and replaced with rearview mirrors.
Each 251 had a slot for a radio above the passenger seat, along with an 8 foot radio antenna that was stored behind one of the benches.
All 251s had bars to support a cover in case of foul weather, though a cover makes the already cramped interior even worse on top of trapping heat like no other.
My entire gruppe managed to fit inside one original Sdkfz. 251 D but it was incredibly cramped. I'd hate to have to get in or out of one in a hurry. Lloyd managed to figure out the "head first" approach on his first try though. Anyways, the OT-810s are even more cramped than the 251s if you can believe that. Original 251s ride smooth and run quietly too, compared to OT-810s or 251s with aftermarket engines.
While in the 251, the squad leader would serve as the crew commander, giving directions to the driver, whilst the machine gunner would man the forward facing shielded machine gun. Depending on the unit's logistical situation, the gun (or guns if the vehicle had a rear pintle mount) would stay with the vehicle while the squad had their own machine gun. Sometimes the 251 would support the infantry's assault, sometimes it would serve as a resupply point, and sometimes it would get the heck out of Dodge. The Wehrmacht and SS were incredibly flexible fighting forces, and individual companies were granted a lot of autonomy, so more things were situational than not.
I can't wait until Lloyd gets into any of the other million types of halftracks in German service during the war
Looks like this Panzer professor needs a glass of water and a cool wind.
I needed some lindybeige in my life today.
Only today?
Whether it be their uniforms, their firearms or their vehicles. The Germans knew that fighting a war wasn't good enough, they had to do it in style.
Meanwhile, Stalin just figured the Nazis would run out of bullets before he ran out of people.
@@Rick586 Which he only could do because he didn't actually consider the Russians he sacrificed en masse as his people. And neither did most of the leading Bolsheviks.
I have read that the nazis actually did factor style into some designs as part of psychological warfare. Apparently the SS dress uniform was designed by an opera costume designer to be a more dramatic and intimidating version of the standard German Heer dress uniform.
I find most German kit ugly tbh
@@maxkronader5225 I've read somewhere that the Nazis put so much emphasis on proper style and aesthetics, because the good guys also needed to look the part.
It's a controversial thesis in scholar circles though.
This is possibly the most epic ad for The Great Courses ever imagined. Lloyd, you are my hero.
How much is 'The Great Courses Plus' paying you? Colossal budget used for that advert!
He probably had more fun doing the advert than the rest of the video.
Best sponsor shout-out I have seen in a long time :)
I really do like the walls and roof of the tank museum.
Quite lovely, some of the best I've seen in a video about armoured vehicles!
"Do you have three years to spare to go to university?"
Well... that's where I'm supposed to be right now...
Lol
I spent seven years of my life in University. Really you're not missing all that much. Unless you're in some sort of practical field like STEM. But if you're in something Liberal Artsy then you can learn everything you learn in university by downloading some lectures from that Great Courses service Lloyd mentioned midway through the video. Just as effective and far cheaper.
@@KageMinowara I'm a chemist and now studying molecular biology so university is pretty necessary. There is no requirement to attend most lectures and I pay less for my university course than I would for the Great Courses subscription.
@@Zestric How did you manage that? Paying so little for Uni?
@@KageMinowara Live in Austria.
I pay 20€ per year dues to the students organisation and university itself is free
I remember my Tamiya 1/35 Hanomag model kit, complete with Panzergrenadier troops. I think a childhood of building models familiarized me with many historical military vehicles.
Lindy has clearly spent a lot of time on "The Great Courses Plus"! Not only has he become an excellent advertising agent, but he has even learned to do metric! The hanomag information was great too..
It's much smaller than I thought. It always looks so big in games and movies.
In some of the old movies they even used the Czechoslovakian Version which was produced after WW II, for example "The Bridge at Remagen" from 1969 or the German 1993 movie "Stalingrad".
So glad you have a small archive of footage from the before time when we could do sensible things like visit reenactment events 😄 Mildly ashamed how accurate the university student proxy was to my own fashion choices at the time 😂
The Ot 810 ended production in 62, when it was replaced with new design of apc. Some of them were converted into light tank destroyers and various support vehicles and remained in service during the 70s and 80s, by the end as trainers and with reseve troops
Only 18 minutes long, what’s happened to Lloyd, I hope he’s OK.
The funny this is that during the war, the Germans never called them Hanomags. Someone speculated mentioning that to a panzergrenadier might have him think of a bus. But nowadays it's not just English speakers who use that term, a lot of Germans in the 3rd millenium will know what you mean if you say Hanomag 251, but I suspect that's to do video game culture osmosis. Just like how lots of people who never saw Star Wars know a Death Star was a man made thing in the Star Wars universe the size of the real moon, an example of film culture osmosis.
Not only is Lindy's the only sponsorship I don't skip through, but I actively look forward to them! This was the best one yet! What an effort! Love the vids, every single one!
That ad was amazing. I literally cried.
Hands down, the best ad ever! Not only on the channel? But in the history of adverts. Please make more like this!
i really appreciate lindy beige. this is a fantastic and he never ceases to both entertain and educate me. the latter, something the world desperately needs. i wish more would find this channel. what a gold mine of wonders, this.
I’m a big fan of half tracks. Had the opportunity to drive several types and they’re great fun.
YES ANOTHER LINDYBEIGE VIDEO
I know this gets tossed around a lot but the Germans really did know how to fight in style
Yes, and they are awfully sore losers, but in style.
@@jonathanenglish9146 I wouldn't call them sore losers. The WW1 victors weren't gracious winners.
@@olliefoxx7165 How gracious would you be if large swaths of your nation were occupied and ruined like France was?
@@scockery If I was French I probably wouldnt be that gracious but there was plenty of blame to go around. There was enough history books available for the powers to know what happens when you excessively punish a beaten foe. France had it's own intrigues that brought it into conflict. If you play dangerous games you're gonna get hurt eventually.
@@scockery it was just revenge for the napoleanic wars where Napoleon did the same to us. :)
so nice to see, if other countrys interested in our History 🇩🇪 greetings from germany🇩🇪
i never saw the Ambulance Version not even in any movie or documentary but cool to know they existed
That ad..... im lost for words.....
Yes, it was quite something wasn't it? Personally i prefer his off the cuff ones, but i admire him for the effort he made here.
@@morningstar9233 i wonder what the sponsor was thinking. I bet the sponsors themselves didnt see this one coming either!
You cut a fine figure in that Royal Artillery mess kit Lloyd! Another great brief. Danke.
I think that commercial you made may have been the funniest thing I've seen all week. Thank you Lindy for your years of entertainment without compromise.
This man is STILL at the tank museum!
I love how you can't tell from the Thumbnail if the video is 1 day or 10 years old
In Kellys Heroes, they actually used an American halftrack as an American halftrack.
Well spotted
Returned to LBs channel after not watching for a while. Glad I did.
As an American, I like our M3's. At least we can see where we're driving! Also, they were cheap and easy to mass produce. No supply issues with an M3. If I had to choose a vehicle to take me into battle keeping in mind that if it was broken I'd need to walk, I'd choose US vehicles. There was always a spare.
Lindy says he feels exposed in the halftrack, but he's also quite tall. I'd have liked to see how a man of average WW2 Landser height would have found the vehicle.
You'd be amazed how much soldiers can compress themselves when they need to get behind cover. This is huge compared to the Bren Carrier for example which also had (low) bulletproof (-ish) sides.
Theres no records of the sdfz 251 being called the hanomag by German soldiers
7:04 must be where Tamiya got the idea for the figure poses of the guys that came with their first hanomag kit.
A Lindybeige video only 18 minutes long? He must be ill.
Nah, he just had a hard time steering off-course xD One might say he ... didn't get sidetracked
Alright, we need more of these commercials. This was amazing.
The half tracks we're cool too but that commercial though.
gotta appreciate a thoughtful cameraman
I honestly thought he was going to advertise green screen picture services lol
That has to be the best-sponsored content ad ever.
I have a corgi metal model and you have just told me it is a d series which I never knew and it is one of my most favourite toys from my childhood 👍👍😍😍
I have petitioned Webster’s dictionary to include Hanomagitudinous as soon as possible
Absolutely brilliant The Great Courses Plus ad! 😄 The sponsors must be very happy with it.
BEST advert ever!!
I already have great courses plus, but my god I'd have purchased it based on your promotion!
that "Czech factory" was in Slovakia (at that time part of Czechoslovakia). Detva is the name of the city. :)
a Czechoslofactory if you will
I love your term “Hanomagtudeness”! Dang, it’s going to be hard to insert that in everyday conversation!
Easy. “ My cat is so cool, he has Hanomagtudeness.”
Thank you, As an USArmy Infantry veteran who served three tours in West Germany I truly appreciated the information and visuals.
Lindybeige the perfect UA-cam channel. Excellent Commentator, good videos and witty comments.
My Opa said the troops stayed in the hannomag during artillery attacks. The young guys wanted to get out and run but they found survival rate was higher staying in
Only advertising I have ever watched on UA-cam 👏👏👏
Late at night to be releasing this video!
What I was thinking
Perfectly available at 0220. Nice.
6:11 - "Hanomagitudinus." 2021's word of the year!
i don't know which is better, the ad or the actual content.
Speaking about fake German M3 halftracks in 60s movies: actually the Afrika Korps used quite a few M3 in Tunisia. Jeeps as well. They found them properly parked and fueled at Casserine. They left them olive drab and just put on some hand-painted crosses. Generally, the Afrika Korps operated more British trucks than it had German or Italian ones.
The pintle-mounted MG in the back was not part of the vehicle. It was the squad MG which could be mounted while on march.
The driver usually had a steel helmet ...
Given how shallow the slope is on the hood/bonnet, I could also see a fair number of shots glancing off the steel and up into the driver's vision port. Really funneling the bullets directly into your face.
Is Lindy’s camera person’s position going forward in jeopardy I wonder...
It was probably just a random person working at the museum.
I wonder if it's Eddie from Jingles's channel?
Internet Historian and Lindybeige are both phenomenal at making commercials entertaining
10:12 This is the best advert I have ever seen
I've always wondered why Lindybeige uses the most questionable names for german WW2 materiel. First he calls the MG 42 the Rheinmetal 42, which I've never heard anyone use besides him, and now he uses Hanomag for the SdKfz which many suspect is only popular because Tamyia's kit was called an Hanomag.
What? Can you rephrase please, I don't understand.
knowledge is not neccessary to do a YT channel!!
Calling things by the name of the main company that produces them is frequent in both english and german. And in a hurry a german soldier would've shouted "Get in the Hanomag!" much more likely than "Get in the Sonderkraftfahrzeug zweihunderteinundfünfzig!". I know Hanomag to be a well known brand for tractors to the point where those 2 words almost mean the same. I can easily see soldiers in WW2 call it a Hanomag (or a half track perhaps).
@@Rasta8889 or some dirty nickname. That what soldiers do since the begging of time
I've been watching too many sci-fi movies.
On the thumbnail I thought I saw a giant android chasing a tank.
Me too.
Me three
glad i´m not the only one who thought WTF? for a second :P
I like how much effort you put into the "add" for your sponsor. Very amusing and informative too, great style. You have always been original and fun.
Excellent video, as usual. Not that it needs to be said, but your advertisement was quite enthusiastic and definitely an experience.
„Ein Pfund Blech und ein Pfund Lack, fertig ist der Hanomag“
„Behüte mich vor Eis und Wind und Schlepper die von Mannheim sind“
Another interesting topic. The wide shots inside the museum were not bad in fact it was fun to view the other vehicles alongside the 251.
15,000 251's were manufactured during the war versus 53,000 M3's manufactured. I know the Germans wished for many more half tracks especially on the eastern front.
The skill of your model painting is nothing short of amazing.
@@AFT_05G Very true. Germany had a number of half tracked prime movers and others.
@@Geoduck. Apparently,combined production of all German half tracks from Sdkfz 6 to Sdkfz 251 makes over 67,000(only 15,000 of that is Hanomag 251) excluding Kettenkraftrad half tracked motorcycle and Sdkfz 4 half tracked rocket launcher.Almost 90,000 if you’d count Maultier,an Opel Blitz chassis converted to a half tracked personnel and supply carrier.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_combat_vehicles_of_World_War_II
Your jumper is glorious, just had to mention.
This man typifies that kooky, disheveled professor type. He rides a bicycle, no question - we simply have to speculate whether or not it's a folding one.
12:04... 'Let me un-pop and un-drop eyes and jaw, respectively. I have just been privilege to the most engaging, enticing, inquiry enhancing, color splashing, thunder crashing promotion of The Great Course Plus in my not small entire The Great Courses Plus promotion experience ~ to date. Now I'm going to watch the rest of this also very informative, illustrated and fun video and forget about it... Oh... I'm being cruel, some kind of joker? 'But, the promo is truly, fabulously, excellent, and, it's Lindybeige. Wow(!)
you sound like a polite version of gordon ramsey if someone listens the video in the background.
I totally love your videos, keep it going
not only have i not skipped the ad... im watching it the 3rd time!
"I asked the owner if I could go inside."
Imagine the great sadness if he had refused. :)
The model-making nerdy types notice every detail and realize when movie companies try to take us for a ride. I remember "The battle of Britain" with its the Avro Lancaster style engine cowls on "Heinkels", the Unimog on an airfield somewhere and landing craft being towed by a Mack B and a Faun from the fifties.
And then of course the bewilderment of my friends at the cinema about my pained groan when I spotted the disc-brake on Mutt's Harley in "The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull". On the other hand I could enjoy the action much better knowing that no real vintage motorcycle was harmed in the making of the movie.
9:23 This is not a SdKfz 251. It's a sWS (Schwerer Wehrmachtschlepper), an artillery tractor with mounted anti-aircraft guns.
Hanomags, depending on the time of the war, were in fact used as AFVs, with the Panzer Grenadiers giving fire from the vehicle
I’d just like to commend Lindy on the exquisite Great Courses Plus ad. Good show, chap.
The factory is actually located in Slovakia
AFAIK OT-810 was produced till 1963 and was withdrawn from service in early 1980.
Best UA-cam advert ever
6:15 I'm going to try to work the word "Hanomagitudinous" into casual conversation this week.
That’s how you do a commercial!!!!
Hell yeah i used that in the game Heroes and Generals before they nerfed it
Actually I think i have a video on my profile using it where the game messed up while I was driving around
I preferred my Panzer II with 20mm HE rounds. It's a cheap and effective way to control key areas and the enemy infantry absolutely hated me (as the amount of counter-fire I received clearly demonstrated)! Of course it didn't survive long once they got some proper support, but it sure delayed them (especially crossing bridges)! 😅
I still love how many speedy jeeps tried zipping across (they rarely got beyond the halfway point! 😄
@@tyree9055 good times
@@kf7721 Yep, it was a decent game for a while, and then they put up false barriers on the bridges to block anyone from shooting them as they tried crossing it. I don't know what they were thinking! They took a decent game and turned it into a poor one... 😅
@@tyree9055 omg! I left a couple years ago, when I left they had screwed up the sound so a guy shooting 100 meters away sounded like he was right next to you, and they decreased the jumping height. What you say about making it safe to cross bridges, really pisses me off, that game was so great but they constantly made it easier and safer. The developers who bought the company are insane. I'm so sad the most realistic game now has invisible shields.
The tracks on the German half-track series are maintenance intensive, as you have to lubricate each pin to reduce wear. Also, the steering is tied to the rear tracks, complicating the mechanisms.
Swaggersouls tweeted about this channel and now I’m hooked
....I loved that Tamiya kit also...
Ah, glad to see you mention Rat Patrol. My dad watched it as a kid and I loved watching it when I was a kid too. Far funnier is how they used M7 Priests as German tanks, having them gunning around firing while moving lol.
I always wondered about the back injury that the guy in the opening credits must have sustained when they crested that dune.
Lindybeige who is your camera man?
I would quite like to hire him to film some warehouse back walls and ceilings.
Does not seem very comfortable to steer / drive. Despite that it is a beautiful vehicle 👍👍
Hanomag may have been a postwar name for the halftrack, MHV's vid on it is also informative as heck