If War Thunder's Panzer IV was historically accurate

Developed during the mid 30s and seeing mass production in 1939, the Panzer IV was developed to compliment the Panzer III medium tank. The Panzer IV would provide infantry support with its 75mm howitzer while the Panzer III would use its 50mm cannon to engage armored targets. Eventually this concept started to falter as newer and heavily armored allied tanks began to appear. Since up-gunning the Panzer III was out of the question, the Panzer IV was given a long 75mm gun and forced into the anti-tank role, becoming a true multi-purpose medium tank. The addition of more armor pushed the Panzer IV past its weight limit, which began to have a pretty severe impact on its suspension. The Panzer IV would continue to be the backbone of the German military up until the end of the war, and was the only German vehicle to be produced for the entirety of it.

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Songs used (in order from first to last):
Halo: CE - Perilous Journey
Halo 3: ODST - Rain (Deference for Darkness)

Sources:
Panzer Tracts No.4 by Thomas L. Jentz and Hilary L. Doyle
Panzer IV & Its Variants by Walter J. Spielerberger
Panzer IV by Kevin Hjermstad
Panzer IV vs Sherman by Steven Zaloga and Richard Chasemore

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#tanks #tankhistory #warthunder

[frankdrebin]

Armor Plates: *exist*
Transmission: *A u f w i e d e r s e h e n*

[Isjamieinnit]

Spooky: makes historically accurate video

Transmission: *Aight, I’m bout to head out*

[DerpyTurtle]

Side skirts on Panzer IV's: *Are literally made to protect it from 14.5mm rounds*
Gaijin: "LOL how 'bout no"

[looinrims]

“In German teams being smaller overall” stop spooky don’t give snail more spook ideas

[NTAD]

It would also have an Anglerfish on the side and pop out a white flag when a kill shot is received.

[barrybend]

The video's transmission broke like the Panzer 4's.

[Ccofi]

Nobody:




Every single tank in the world: *suspension breaks down*

[PablitoAndCo]

"While the Pz IV was produced in large quantities, later in the war they couldn't produce enough to replace what they were losing. This results in late german teams being smaller overall."


*Oof*

[davidecarucci]

Panther next time, i want to hear "hanz ze transmission broke"

[masonmayes]

The whole 4.3 german loadout is on a panzer 4 hull

[connormclernon]

Drinking game: Go through the entire “If war thunder’s x was historically accurate” series and take a shot every time there’s a problem with the suspension

[Ethzed]

If War Thunder's Panzer IV was historically accurate:

_Enter, Enter Mission, Haiyaku~_

[gabevietor]

Panzer IV: Exists
A mild change in terrain height:
*Y O U R F R E E T R I A L O F L I V I N G I S O V E R*

[MikeBison_]

If those little armor plates caused issues, then I can only imagine the agony the suspension would've gone through if they went with the idea of adding the Panther's Schmalturm to it <:v

[Helix]

This video is missing an important fact, there was a cartoon anglerfish painted on the side, and late-model Pz 4s were crewed by young high school girls leading to a permanent debuff in the overall performance of the tank.

[exseque]

Suspension- *Exists*

Driver- Why are you gay?

Suspension- Who says I’m gay?

Suspension- *Shits itself*

Driver- You are gay.

[Joaosantos]

*"Panzer IV, ready for service!"*

[SomeRandomVietDude_]

Me: so how many tanks problem happened back then?
Transmissions: *yes*

[SatiricalCookie]

Spookston: Releases a video

Transmision: *chuckles* Im in danger

[Hyper_]

I'd love to see a video on the vehicles of Metal Gear Solid, as apart from the Metal Gears themselves there are some really good AFV designs. The tanks and apcs from Mgs5 and the shagohod from 3 would be interesting.