Comments by "Nattygsbord" (@nattygsbord) on "Germany's most feared tank destroyer" video.

  1. Jagdpanther was more than 6 decimeters taller than Stridsvagn-103, Hetzer, StuGIII and Jagdpanzer IV. So it was not as sneaky as the typical ambush tank sitting in a bush trying to get the first shot. Jagdpanther was very large. It was impressive in many ways with good armor, firepower, and mobility. The only disadvatages was the lack of a turret, the high siluette and the reliability problem with panther chassi. Otherwise was this machine a beast. The allies probably made a wise choice in prioritizing the bombing of the parts of the economy that built this machine, because had the Germans had many more of these machines then would the conquest of Europe have been slow, difficult and costly. I think the Stridsvagn-103 is more of a cleaver engineering than the jagdpanther. The S-tank got many more special features and it could be driver by only 1-2 men if needed. Its easier to hide. And it is a smarter tank overall. While Jagdpanther was not a revolutionary tank like the S-tank. It was more the result of evolution. The Germans picked the best parts of other tanks and put it on this tank destroyer. It got the best tank gun from the King Tiger and Nashorn. It got the excellent panther chassi with good mobility, low ground pressure and stabilization. And it got the excellent armor protection from the German cats, and the sloping of its armor reminds of that on TigerII, Panther, SU85 and Jpz4. And with all those best things got combined, then Germany got the best German tank of the war. A tank with mobility of a panther and the fire power and armor better than a Tiger I.
    3
  2. Jagdtiger and ISU152 was the most powerful :P No but seriously, I think the Jagdpanther had the best gun. Jagdtigers gun was powerful, but its gun barrel was so long and heavy that the pipe started to bend, which resulted in bad accuracy, so it was not a liked tank gun. Big guns also takes time to reload with big heavy shots. And you cannot carry many rounds of ammunition inside a tank if you gonna have a big gun. And it will also be a costly overkill to use a big round against weak target. Therefore do I think Jagdpanther got the best gun. Its powerful enough to reliably take out any allied tank at any distance with the first hit. The same 88mmL71 gun was used on the King Tiger and Nashorn, and there are many examples of those machines killing enemies at 3000-3500 meters - which I think says a lot how good the optics and precision of the guns was. It also did not take super long time to reload the gun and you could stack large amounts of ammo inside the tank. So good precision, good penetration, good reload time, good punch and the gun could be used against infantry. M36 jackson was good. It was like an American Tiger tank in firepower and armor. But it was slow. Jagdpanther on the other hand had the mobility of a panther medium tank and the fire power and frontal armor equal to a heavy tank like King Tiger. And unlike the panther and King Tiger so was this machine cheaper to build and took less time to produce thanks to its lack of a turret. The only disadvantages of this tank was probably its lack of a turret and its tall profile.
    1