Hs 129 vs T-34 - How Tank Busting Started During WW2

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BArch, RL 36 65, Kommando der Erprobungsstellen der Luftwaffe, Panzerbekämpfung aus der Luft, Rechlin, 23.3.1943

BArch, RL 36 242, GL/C-E-6 III, Beschußversuche auf russische Pz.-Kpfw. Mit 3 cm H-Pzgr.Patr.o.Zerl. bei Zloczow, 10. August 1942

BArch, ZA 3 282, Panzerjagd – und Jaboflugzeuge, GL-Besprechung 6 Oktober 1942

Handbuch der Flugzeugbordwaffenmunition, 1936-1945

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- Timecodes -
00:00 - Disclaimer
00:28 - Intro
01:09 - Introducing the firing test
01:33 - MK 101
03:25 - Ammunition 3cm H-Pzgr. L'spur o. Zerl.
06:28 - Firing test
07:55 - War Thunder Sponsor
08:05 - Sources in description
08:13 - Penetration results
12:35 - Test Conclusions
14:52 - Early lessons
16:17 - Scary self-promotion
16:37 - Tank 'busting' in 1942
19:00 - Why 'kill claims' are a bad metric
23:23 - Luftwaffe exploring tank hunting
24:35 - War Thunder: Sponsored Segment
25:32 - Outro

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