Swiss Tanks That Need Adding To War Thunder - World War II Tanks - video Dailymotion

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In this episode we start our look at Swiss tanks of the World War II era that need adding to War Thunder, ideally as a Swiss subtree in the French tech tree.  In these tanks we have some rather diverse designs, from Czech designed light tanks like the Panzer 39 to the domestically designed Nahkampfkanone 1 and unusual looking Nahkampfkanone 2 tank destroyers, before finally coming full circle to the Czech built Panzerjäger G13.  So join me today as we learn more about these Swiss tanks and why I think they would be good additions to War Thunder!  Intro: 00:00 Panzer 39: 01:10 Nahkampfkanone 1: 06:21 Nahkampfkanone 2: 13:13 Panzerjäger G13: 16:51  Sources Doyle, H. and Jentz, T. (2001). Jagdpanzer 38 'Hetzer' 1944–45. United Kingdom: Bloomsbury USA.  Ogorkiewicz, R.M. (1972). Swiss Battle Tanks. United Kingdom: Profile Publications Ltd.  Bishop, C. (2002). The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II. United States: MetroBooks.  Zaloga, S.J. (2014). French Tanks of World War II (2): Cavalry Tanks and AFVs. United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing.  Tanks Encyclopedia. (n.d.). Switzerland Panzer 39. [Online] Available at: https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2-switzerland-panzer-39/.  Czechoslovak Tank Development Map. (n.d.). [Image] Available at: https://imgur.com/fOXx4P0 .  Militaerfahrzeuge.ch. (n.d.). [Online] Available at: https://militaerfahrzeuge.ch/unterkategorie_26_34_333.html.  Tank Photographs. (n.d.). Bayeux Hetzer G13 Tank Destroyer. [Online] Available at: http://tank-photographs.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/bayeaux-hetzer-g13-tank-destroyer.html.  Yuripasholok, 2013, 'Nahkampfkanone 2', Yuri Pasholok's Blog, [Online]. Available at: https://yuripasholok-livejournal-com.translate.goog/4444819.html?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp  Social media links Twitter: https://twitter.com/Toreno17 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Toreno4 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/toreno5/videos Mastodon: Toreno17@mastodon.social Instagram: instagram.com/toreno170 Threads: threads.net/@toreno170  Game: War Thunder.

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00:00Hello everybody, Toreno here and today we

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00:49while France does have quite a few

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undefined:undefinedsome Swiss tanks!

01:10Switzerland had brought a number of tanks

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01:36However, as storm clouds gathered over Europe

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undefined:undefinedtank and opted to buy them from Czechoslovakia,

02:02who at this point were willing to

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undefined:undefinedfit most of their needs.

02:25However, the Swiss did ask for some changes,

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undefined:undefinedproducing tanks domestically.

02:45Unfortunately, only 24 tanks were able to

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undefined:undefinedwhich was later have been upgraded to a Tankbüchse

03:1041, both of which were anti-tank rifles.

03:14Penetration figures for these guns seem to

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undefined:undefinedused 6 round box magazines, meaning that despite

03:37having a fairly fast semi-automatic firing

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undefined:undefinedwhich was to the right of the main gun,

04:09while the Model 1925 gun was in a

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undefined:undefinedto be the driver, perhaps

04:25when the Panzer 39 was stopped, or maybe one

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undefined:undefinedbut not terrible if taking shots from the

04:49front, especially against low calibre rounds.

04:52Mobility was pretty good with a top speed

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undefined:undefinedthough both vehicles had the same top speed

05:20and power to weight ratio.

05:22Personally, I would suggest

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undefined:undefinedactually went beyond 1 prototype which

05:48was tested with a wooden mock up gun, though

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undefined:undefinedlike it would play like a worse armed Panzer

06:0838(t), though still able to do decent enough

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undefined:undefinedconquered like its neighbour France and it

06:34did its best to not provoke an invasion, it

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undefined:undefinedleft Switzerland with rather limited options

07:00in what weapons it could acquire from abroad,

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undefined:undefinedvehicles, which was hardly

07:25a match for the Wehrmacht.

07:27So Switzerland was forced to produce the weapons

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undefined:undefinedvehicle rather resembles some German designs,

07:52like the Marder tank destroyers, though I

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undefined:undefinedonly capable of protecting against

08:10shrapnel and smaller caliber weapons,

08:12with the sides and rear armour maxing out

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undefined:undefinedgun, the 75mm L/49 Pak 44, which was based

08:40off of the Swiss built 75mm

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undefined:undefinedit in combat, there isn’t an

09:03awful lot of information on this weapon, at

09:05least in the English-speaking world.

09:07I’ve seen some speculation that the armour

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undefined:undefinedAA guns have a muzzle velocity in the low

09:30700 m/s, which is more comparable to the Kwk 42’s

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undefined:undefinedgood performance.

09:58Being built on the Panzer 39 chassis, it still

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undefined:undefinedactually 2 gunners and a loader,

10:24though in game it would be the

10:26former crew complement and I'm not really sure why

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undefined:undefinedcm Haubits m/40.

10:53However, it seems this involved a little more

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undefined:undefinedused a second vehicle for the testing.

11:12Now for the howitzer itself it

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undefined:undefinedits HE shells would have a similar

11:30penetration to other 105mm howitzers,

11:33so like the M4A3 (105), it would

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11:52moving on to its more advanced successor,

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undefined:undefinedwhich shells it has access to.

12:19If it only has HE shells, then

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12:38this variant should go at a

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undefined:undefinedtank destroyer and as Switzerland’s first

13:05domestically designed armoured vehicle I would

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undefined:undefinedfully enclosed fighting compartment.

13:31Indeed, the fighting compartment is one large

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undefined:undefinedwhich is helped by the shape of the resultant

13:57cast, though I’ve not found any concrete

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14:21in the region of about 120mm at 500m with

14:26APCBC shells, which is still

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14:50should the need arise.

14:52One other thing about the NK2 that surprised

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15:13so this isn't a massive vehicle all things

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undefined:undefinedsay about their being 2 gunners and a loader but

15:36in game it would definitely be 2 loaders.

15:38The NK2 was quite a good

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undefined:undefinedand test more weapons on it, including a 90mm

16:07gun, but ultimately with the initial impetus

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undefined:undefinedone of the more interesting looking vehicles

16:29in game, probably at a battle rating of 3.3-3.7,

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undefined:undefinedtank and definitely one of the Swiss tanks

16:50I’m most looking forward to!

16:51Of course, with the cancellation of the NK1

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17:18production facilities from scratch.

17:20Of course, Czechoslovakia hadn’t quite gone

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undefined:undefined“Toreno isn’t that just the Jagdpanzer

17:4338(t)?” and technically you are correct,

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undefined:undefinedits now the Stuk 40 rather than the Pak 39

18:08as used by the German Jagdpanzer 38 (t)’s.

18:12It is also fitted with a muzzle brake, helping

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undefined:undefinedmachine gun, which would help

18:38to bolster its firepower against unarmoured

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undefined:undefinedtop speed of 42kmh or 26mph, though of course

19:04being a diesel there should

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19:27than if the commander had been knocked out,

19:28though the chances of a shell exploding

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undefined:undefinedand these would go onto serve until the 1970’s,

19:57with many of the survivors being to be sold

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undefined:undefinedso should be placed at battle rating 4.3,

20:17where it would have the same strengths and

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undefined:undefinedit would be nice to see the vehicle represented

20:41in War Thunder and would hopefully bolster the

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undefined:undefinedon these Swiss tanks and whether there are

21:05any other vehicles you would like me to cover.

21:07I look forward to reading your comments below.

21:10Anyway, that’s it for this episode on Swiss

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Swiss Tanks That Need Adding To War Thunder - World War II Tanks

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