World of Tanks - Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: Panther. Part 2

In the second part of the legendary German Panther tour, Nicholas Moran talks about the features of the commander's cupola and gunner's position. He will also do the "Oh, bugger, the tank is on fire” test. Happy viewing!

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[joshengles]

Sad to hear the owner passed away. Thanks to him for the restoration of that beautiful machine.

[mvfc]

“okay you’re on the Russian front and a little bit of flame is

[KoeSeer]

"Significant emotional event" and "oh my god, the tank is on fire" should be modded into voice packs.

[rednoob]

Extra info about the chieftain: he was deployed to irak in 2000-2002 as a tanker then he fell in love in WOT and worked for WOT and also he served the irish calvary for three years.

[Greg-kurn]

Am I the only one that thinks that the azimuth indicator would be useful in this tank? Given that the gunner has a very narrow line of sight, the commander could call out the direction of a target and the gunner would know exactly what direction he needed to face the turret.

[vale.peru]

Probably my favourite moment of inside the hatch: “Oh my god the tank is on fire ... clunk donk bang! something felt which should not have fallen”

[carlosleboss]

I know I‘m late but regarding the commanders right leg getting in the way...I‘ve read about the commander placing his feet on the gunners shoulders and applying pressure to direct him to a target that the gunner might not yet have spotted. So in this way he makes the most use of his great view and legs don’t get in the way.
Specially as gunners view is lacking.

[pershing]

Just sitting here, feasting on Pringles and watching The Chieftain's Hatch.
It's a good life.

[dirtyd]

Seeing the inside of tanks like this gives you a whole new respect for tankers from ww2

[BrainStirmKZ]

German TC:"Never closes the hatch"
Russian Peasant: "Welcome to Molotov town!"

[Anlushac]

1)The Azimuth system was part of the night fighting system that was intended to be used on Panther. It was intended to allow faster engagement of targets in a direction when you didnt have identifiable external reference points in the dark. It was discontinued on a small number of tanks (I want to say about 40) and then put back into production. The vehicles produced without the azimuth system had the system retrofitted later. This would seem to indicate the Germans considered it important.

2) You can check multiple film clips of Panthers in combat, Cologne duel being one example, the Commanders did indeed almost always fight with the cupola in open and protected.

[alorikkoln]

As a kid, I had the opportunity, to talk to a tanker named Sigfried from the Panzer Division Großdeutschland. I asked him, what tank was better, the Tiger or the Panther, he thought about it for a while and told me, the Panther. Because it had an extremely accurate gun with a flat trajectory. He also added, because the armor was better, being angled and more modern.
I then asked him, what soviet tank was the most dangerous, and he replied, the IS-2, because it’s gun was basically a monster. He was a gunner in every German WW2 tank and rated tanks primarily according to their guns and secondly according to their armor.

[HostCellGoPop]

I would just like to not have to wait so long for each episode. It is so hard to wait a while on such a great show.

[robertcuny]

Listening to Mr. Moran comment on the hatch operation and watching the closing procedure immediately reminded me of the video of a Panther brewing up in front of Köln cathedral in the last days of the war - even before hearing his comments on the difficulties of bailing out.

[Maratusvolans]

7:50 That looks like the drivers direct vision port.

[templar]

How German over engineering happens
Factory production foreman:”Kommandant what should we put in the tank that might be useful?”
Tank development leader:”Yes”

[undertakernumberone]

1:03
i think it was for the Scherenfernrohr, a Periscope type binocular that could also be used as a rangefinder

[SageSegsPaths]

Great video! Will you also make an episode for Tiger II please?

So who's with me?

[thhseeking]

I read that the idea for the azimuth ring was that the commander would sight a target and turn his cupola to face it at say 3 o'clock, then tell the gunner to rotate to three o'clock, and the gunner would turn the turret until his repeater read 3, and find himself on target. The same was on the Tiger.

[matosvetlik]

Just a tip for future videos - music is too loud it's hard to understand the guy.