Swedes Test WW2 Tank Offroad Capabilities (1 Viewer)

[bradleyl30]

Interesting video on Swedish demonstrations of the offroad capabilities of Sherman, Churchill, Panther and other light tanks.

 

[lancer]

Hmmm, seems the Panther was something of a beast.:wink2: -- Al

 

[TomNT]

Yeah, the Panther wins hands down! The allies or the Swedes should have gotten the blue prints of this tank after the war and continued manufacturing them.

The poor old Sherman didn't fair well, no doubt that's why the easy 8 model was introduced with better tracks and suspension, not to mention armour and main gun upgrades although the model tested did have the British 17 pounder.

Wonder what happened to the Churchill in the later part of the video. I wouldn't be surprised if it broke down!

Tom

 

[Martin Tabony]

It's a shame the Churchill wasn't in all of the film. It only stayed in service because of it's cross country reliability. That's why it was used for the "funnies".
The Panther was a very good tank, but not without fuel.


Martin

 

[larso]

There were about a dozen panthers/Jagdpanthers made after the war under Allied supervision. They were used for various tests. There were enough survivors and captured examples for the French to have an armoured regiment (or two?) into the 1950s.

 

[Ivanhoe]

'Very' interesting video !

Thank you

 

[DMNamiot]

Hi Guys,

Larso is correct on the Panthers being used by the French Army into the 1950's I believe they were then sold to Jordan or Syria. That was a great vehicle it did have some issues but it was pretty sound mechanically. I also remember seeing video while I was training at FT Knox of the Swedes testing a 76mm gun in the 80's on some Soviet tanks. It was amazing to see how deadly it was with the new advanced technology sabot kinetic energy rounds and H.E.A.T. rounds of that time. Made me a believer in bigger is not always better...:salute::


Dave

 

[TomNT]

Hi Guys,

Larso is correct on the Panthers being used by the French Army into the 1950's I believe they were then sold to Jordan or Syria. That was a great vehicle it did have some issues but it was pretty sound mechanically. I also remember seeing video while I was training at FT Knox of the Swedes testing a 76mm gun in the 80's on some Soviet tanks. It was amazing to see how deadly it was with the new advanced technology sabot kinetic energy rounds and H.E.A.T. rounds of that time. Made me a believer in bigger is not always better...:salute::


Dave

I wonder if there are any left in Jordan and still in reasonable nick and not destroyed in the 1967 war against Israel. The Jordanians would have some good money spinners if they did have some left. If any made there way to Syria then I think they would be blasted to smithereens or rusting hulks lying around the countryside

Tom

 

[OzDigger]

Interesting video, the Panther sure was a versatile tank.

 

[lancer]

I wonder if there are any left in Jordan and still in reasonable nick and not destroyed in the 1967 war against Israel. The Jordanians would have some good money spinners if they did have some left. If any made there way to Syria then I think they would be blasted to smithereens or rusting hulks lying around the countryside

Tom

I don't believe any Panthers were ever sold to Syria via France. The Syrians did have several different German armor types at the time of the 1967 war. They had The Mk. IV H, the Stug. III G, the Jagdpanzer IV, and some Hummels. Several countries, besides France, made use of the Panther after WW2; Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Yugoslavia. -- Al

 

[TomNT]

I don't believe any Panthers were ever sold to Syria via France. The Syrians did have several different German armor types at the time of the 1967 war. They had The Mk. IV H, the Stug. III G, the Jagdpanzer IV, and some Hummels. Several countries, besides France, made use of the Panther after WW2; Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Yugoslavia. -- Al

Thanks for the info Al. I knew that a number of Mark IV's were delivered to Syria and unfortunately are now rusting hulks lying around the countryside but I didn't know about the other armour that you mentioned.

I wonder how many of the Panthers that were delivered to Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Yugoslavia still survive.

Tom