The Jagdpanzer 38 (Hetzer) - In The Movies
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An overview of the The Jagdpanzer 38 (Hetzer) including it's appearances on film.
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Movies/Games featured:
Captain Corelli's Mandolin 2001
The Liberation of Prague 1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming 1977
War Thunder (Bo Time Gaming)
T-34 (2019)
Girls und Panzer Movie 2015
Girls und Panzer Series 2012
1944 The Final Defense 2007
Battle of the Bulge: Winter War 2020
Saving Private Ryan 1998
Hanover Street 1979
#ww2 #tanks
For clarity the 38(t) chassis used by the Hetzer is a modified design to accommodate the weight and hull.
It uses the Same Parts and Leafspring Suspension that were already being Manufactured in Czech Factories . The Hull and Tracks are Wider and the Lower sides if the Hull was at an angle
“This is actually well shown in the anime girls und panzer, which has a mix of realism and otherwise” *flasback to the BT42 ambush and chase sequence*
(cue Säkkijärven Polkka)
@@Cliff_Dixon_42 *"DMITRY WHY ARE THE MINES NOT DETONATING?!? THEY'RE LITERALLY DRIVING OVER THEM!"*
@@TheDoctorFromArknights AND WHERE ARE THEIR TRACKS?!
Also, Ferry-chan (which is basically a love letter to the otherwise debatable comedy film 1941) and the wuxia-esque endgame in der Film, not to forget the StuG III vs. Semovente "swordfight" in the Anzio OVA (though to be frank, that one was actually based on certain similar incidents during the Korean War).
How was the porsche tiger even moving?
"A mix of realism and otherwise" is the best way I've ever heard GUP described. It's also why I love the show so much
You talking about that cringe anime p3do show?
@@fishjohn014 If you are looking at it as a pedo show, you're the one with the issues. And it would seem that you haven't watched it or you wouldn't call it cringe. So have a good one you closeted pedophile.
Found the groomer
@@fishjohn014 of all the anime you could call pedo you pick the one that is 99% tank porn and barely even features the humans ......
@@fishjohn014 Projection much?
In addition to acting as an effective tank destroyer, the Hetzer is also great comic relief in GuP
It's such a menace in that
A friend of mine was a huge fan of the Hetzer in World of Tanks. He sung it's praises to me everytime the subject came up. When I got my first 3D printer, I printed him a model of one. After he passed, we found it again sitting on his desk.
I have been hearing "Hetzer gonna hetz" in the World of Tanks community for about a decade. Nice to see a good analysis of it. Thanks, Johnny.
It’s got a similar community opinion in battletech, lovingly known with a similar motto. Or feared, if we refer to the famous ac/20 model that haunts the nightmares of any mechwarrior in a city.
I loved your description of Girls Und Panzer! That scene of it trying to overturn a Maus was amazing!
It's good fun!
Interesting Fact: Most Jadgpanzer 38(t) seen on films were postwar Swiss G13 tanks which were in service all the way up until the 1970s. Many of those tanks were sold to museums and collectors and converted them to visually resemble the WW2 scheme.
Fun fact the one in the movie battle of the bulge: winter war is an original.
Fun fact: You can't converted 38(t) to Hetzer likes in GuP.
I was crew on a Hetzer in a reenacting group. The Waffenamt was still present on the front glacias. She was captured while still on a railcar. We would back into it a wide ditch at Fort Knox. Throw some limbs over it, and they wouldn’t see us until we fired. Cramped inside, but a capable combat vehicle for that stage of the war.
What was your position in the Hetzer?
@@BHuang92 Primarily as gunner. I drove it once. Commander once. Loader once.
@@Blitz9H would you do gup reenactment aswell? 🤣 Especially the Maus ambush
@@NathanPa-xo3zj the hetzer would be smooshed :(
I read the first half and was like 'no way this dude just said he served during WW2' but then I realized that I'm dumb asf lmao
Note:-Swiss Army and Czechoslovakia were the only known post WW2 Users of Panzerjaeger Hetzer . Czechoslovakia used the flamethrower variant and also the ST-I designation,which altogether they retired . Swiss Army used the Panzerjaeger G13 variant till late 70s after which they were used as OPFOR in trainings and as target practice . There's also APC designs based on Hetzer .
The "girls und panzer" series is a great show for tank lovers. If I'm not mistaken, there is no deeper story in it, just tank fighting and strategies. It's like World of Tanks but Japanese and with cute characters.
The battle in the first movie at the amusement park was so over the top!! I loved it.
There is certainly a deeper story about familial relations and childhood vs adulthood themes. But the solid tank action and good natured humor are what keeps us coming back to it.
I don't want to see children looking girls in dangerous tanks
@@More_Row Then don't. To each their own.
There's also it being a love letter to sports anime and also a really good depiction of unabashed, passionate nerdism and fandomery.
Make way for Ooarai's student council Jagdhetzer 38, aka Turtle Team.
Kyle always knows what's up
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq That's right buddy. I'm always looking to make funny and smart comments on your channel friend. I'm always your guy guy.
Yeah! The Hetzer! One of the better tanks built late war by Germany. Small, fast, effective, the Hetzer was perfectly designed based off of its chassis, inspite of its design quirks. And another stellar use of the tank in Girls und Panzer, creative, effective, and not to be underestimated. Another great video, and use of Girls und Panzer scenes. Thanks for this, and while late, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Johnny!
The Jagdpanzer 38(t) is my favorite AFV of all time. I've adored it since I first saw it take out the Maus in Girls Und Panzer (which I am very happy to see here). It's something about what it was: a last-ditch effort weapon. It's cute shape and small size always entertains me. Thanks for making this video!
You forgot the commonly used phrase, Hetzer gonna Hetz.
It's so good to see Girls und panzer being featured in such quality analytical videos The Girls und panzer creators really did pay attention to the history and details of these vehicles it's the perfect show for tank lovers ,and I'd argue it's the best anime. Definitely my favourite episode of "in the movies" Edit: if your coming here to comment negatively piss off your kind is unwanted here
Agreed. G and P is awesome. 😉
Yes, sir! GuP stands at the very top for me among anime series because of that level of attention to details.
Oh, definitely, but they disregard a lot of it for the sake of plot armor. That Hetzer could of easily taken out the Jadgpanther's engine instead of the track. Rendering the unit disabled for Kuro. And after sneeking up behind them they could of just taken out the tiger one since everyone was focused on the siege. It's one of my main gripes with the series.
@@Jo-un6es but they’re schoolgirls. Cute, impractical uniforms, disregarding basic physics, but cute! Moe is justice!
The battle scenes are great and sometimes funny and cute especially the tanks drifting and their uniforms not fitting for combat. But don't dive into the community, it's the worst anime community I've seen so far
Glad you showed the Hetzer in Hanover Street. Its appearance seems very unlikely since the tank destroyer was not in service until well after D Day
Thanks for putting citations in the corners! Always helps when I see something cool.
Loved that you had Lemmy in this video!!
Love the Lemmy parts
Lemmy = the best!
This was actually really good for a Tank vs Media review and not some click-ad bait. Seen movie clips there of old that I had previously not or forgotten. Thanks for the show.
I always thought that this was a weird tank, with the fixed turret. I learned why now. Thanks.
Nice one Johnny, you picked a real winner here, shame it didn't appear earlier in the war it could have been a game changer. The cinematic list is great, MORE to catch up up on lol, thank you.
My favourite part of this excellent vid? For the Saving Private Ryan footage, Johnny just typed SPR, knowing his audience would know what that was!!
I like the Hetzer. I remember using it in World of Tanks as an assault gun, with a heavy howitzer as the modified primary armament, which anno one hits almost every tanks at its rank and the reload is the only punishment which is 8 seconds. But in War thunder...it gets a bit of chance but sadly for balancing the game often I notice an enemy and then got shot down by a T-34-85 or IS-1, maybe a Tiger I.
I remember seeing a weird TV movie in the late 70s that had a Hetzers (G13) in it as a kid. The bizarre thing was that the film was set in the present day and about Soviet special forces covertly capturing a US nuclear missile base in Alaska. At one point the US Army attempts to recapture the base with Infantry, M113 APCs and olive green Hetzers (G13) with US stars on them!
Fantastic video! very informative and interesting! have a happy new year, love your videos!
Superb review and on the point once more
There is a picture with my Dad in Warszaw where he is standing beside the Hetzer which was captured from the Germans by the Polish resistance forces in August 1944 during the uprise. It can be seen at 1.28 in this documentary and also while at repairs a bit later. It was renamed "Chwiat" by the Polish partisans.
Thanks for the mentioning of Marechal! Best from Bucharest!
Johnny got the 100k, yay! Well done, what a good sign-off for this year & off to the next 100k next year!
Ya man! Pumped to have finally made it 🙌
SUPER NICE, hope to see more Girls und Panzer clips
Great video as always 😊
The remote controlled machine gun is greatly featured in the mobile game called Tank Physics Mobile Vol. 2 where in this game you can play in different tanks and it has realistic tank tracks physics
Happy Holidays Johnny! Thank you for the great content!!
You too!
My hometown, St Louis, as a kid I remember going to the VE Day celebrations at Jefferson Barracks. Someone had a Hetzer that was used there for the battle reenactments.
My favorite tank from playing the company of heroes series. 👍🏻 Another banger
Great again. You may want to mention AFVs with comparable armour thickness otherwise to most it'll just be numbers. Merry Christmas!
I personally liked the hetzer, since I personally seen one at bovigton and used it in war thunder
heck ya! I got to see the same one!
I must give credit for including the Godfather of Heavy Metal, Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead, standing in front of a Hetzer (at about 0:37). RIP, Lemmy.
The Hetzer's machine gun mount was a pretty polarising topic back in the day. Many officers in the chair force (Stuhlwaffe?) didn't like them, thinking that compared to a normal mount they were less accurate, and that the protection it offered encouraging soldiers to use it more (Hetzers are supposed to stay hidden)
Keep up the good work
About remote controlled Mg - some series of late production StuG's also got this feature. Also nice for including footage of "Chwat" from Warsaw Uprising.
And Jagdpanzer IV received it too
nice one johnny happy new year
You too Martin
3:08 No it was build using similar parts but most things are not interchangable. They have been upscaled for the Jpz.
Lemmy had his own cufftitle! Motörhead Lemmy's Cuff title looks like an SS cufftitle.
The Jagdpanzer 38 does not use a Pz 38(t) chassis. Hence why there is no (t) in the name. The Jagdpanzer 38 uses a wider and longer hull. The side walls are also sloped outwards. The front negative slope is shallower. The suspension is the same system, but larger and with completely new bogeys due to the sloping hull walls. The drive sprockets, idler wheels, and tracks are of new design. The only interchangeable component between the Jagdpanzer 38 and the Pz 38(t) is the road wheels. The new hull design is the reason why the vehicle is called Jagdpanzer 38, and not Jagdpanzer 38(t). The "t" represents a vehicle using a Czech-designed chassis, as in Pz 38(t).
Thanks for adding this. I only meant built on the design but more clarity is always better.
Wow I'm really late but still keep up the good videos johnny :)
Johnny, s back....Achtung baby....well done..an often overlooked self propelled gun...
I'm baaack! Hope you had a good Christmas E.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq we,re safe and well, sadly a dreadful incident in Wallasey village...heartbreaking..
Oh goodness I just looked that up. Doesn't seem like a thing that would happen there..
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq to quote our Chief Constable...petty disputes between criminals affecting innocent people.....
Praga TNH (Panzer 38t) chassis was still in service until 1971 btw, forming the basis of the Pansarbandvagn 301.
nice job
The hetzer in the battle of the bulge: winter war 2020 movie is an original and was on the factory floor when the war ended. It will also appear in a new movie called come out fighting.
761st battalion?
Lemmy had his own Jagdpanzer? Awesome
Love your video
Merry Belated Christmas and a Forthcoming Happy New Year 2023. Make sure to read terms and agreements for 2023 before stepping on a mine.
And to you!
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq I am riding into 2023 with a Casspir MRAP.
Mr Bean plays with a Jagdpanther toy in the Christmas episode of his original series. I never realised this as a kid (being too excited over him playing with a dalek toy too) but after rewatching it recently all these years later I was like omg! I need to come back here and tell Johnny 🤣
maaaan that's totally my style. Where were you when I was making this video....
Fun little Tank in Games Had fun in this Tank in World of tanks PC and World of Tanks Blitz... Haven't reached it in WT, because the Game was too much for my Old Ass Hand me Down Laptop.... But yeah its quite Under appreciated and rarely portrayed in Media and Game, Glad you Tackled on This Interesting but Overshadowed and most likely Forgotten little Tank that Can! Thank you for that. Fun Fact I learned this was Called the Jagdpanzer 38t before I knew its Nickname... Of which after I knew I believe it was its actual name Briefly, until I was Proven Wrong of course... I was a Young, Stupid and Learning Child back then... But such is Life... We learn New Stuff Everyday! Once Again, keep up the Amazing Work Johnny!Knowledgeable and Enjoyable as well! Keep the Good Shit Coming, my Friend!
Lemmy riding a Tank Destroyer how cool is that?
In micie warshow 44 is also hetzer in back off the phanter tank during hause defend scene
Could you do a separate video for that machine gun mount?
Cool idea! I'll have to see what I can dig up
Battletech Rebuilt in 2887 as a wheeled vehicle Armored with starslab/6 armor. Armed with an AC/20. 3 man crew. 7 variants during the succession wars and clan invasion. 1 experimental variant during the blakist jihad the jagdpanzer II.
The model even lools like the ww2 hetzer!
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
The Hetzer's remote machine gun turret is the ancestor of modern remote weapons stations, or RWS.
The best way to truly describe the struggles of the poor Hetzer (which is a fake name that was never used by the germans) is: "it was there to die so the StuG could be elsewhere at more important engagements". in short it was well known it was in every way but size a inferior rushed design that was mainly intended to make up in numbes and cheap cost what it lacked in NOT being a proper Stug. Aside for the loss of Stug production, the Hetzer the was also largely a product of the HUGE numbers of soviet tanks that these things spend most of their time sniping, there where so many T-34's and they where so easy to repair or replace by that point you needed every self-propelled AT gun you could get. the Hetzer had a lot off issues and it was essentially an expendable design that if they got even one real tank with it had already paid itself off. it had extremely cramped space for its 5 man crew, the gun they somehow wedged in was powerful but it took up most of the limited room inside and had poor traverse even for a casemate mounted gun. to top it all off the crews where usually well aware of the true nature of their vehicles as expendable rolling coffins that where there to die so the Stug didn't have too.
Didn't Lemmy from Motorhead have one? you've got a pic of him with one at the start. I thought I remember reading about him owning one.
I think it was just an interview with him trying one out. I couldn't find much on the background of that interview but it's pretty cool. The guy loves tanks.
I love the way the Jagdpanzer 38 looks, but no way I'd want to get in one!
Johnny if you at one point venture back to melee weapons could you by any chance cover balisong/butterfly knife? One of the more flashier "bad guy" knives around according to media.
Yah that'd be fun! I will. And brass knuckles too
Hello Johnny Johnson. If you see this or not. But i have a Cobi model of the Hetzer.
my only critique here is that you didn't mention that the armor was Siemens-Martin style non face hardened steel. It was not to the quality of a proper tank or StuG. It had the approximate stopping power of a 14.5mm face hardened plate found on a 251.
1:35 Makes me laugh with that evil grin 🤣🤣😈😈
*sees Johnny made a video about the Hetzer* cool, i wonder if he's gonna put some footage of Lemmy rolling around in his Hetzer in this *sees footage of Lemmy and his Hetzer less than a minute into the video* my man Johnny \m/
Haha he deserved to be there 🤘
The Panzerkampfwagen 38(t), which the 'Hetzer' was based on, was the best tank used by Germany in the Battle of France. The Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) was a Czechoslovakian tank the LT vz. 38 Lehký tank vzor 38, Light Tank model 38). In fact the (t) stands for tschechisch, the German word for Czech. So the best tank used by Germany was in 1940 was Czech. It would be used again in Operation Barbarossa but with the German tank crew watching their 37 mm AP round bouncing of the T-34 they decided it was not up to the job. Some would, as you pointed out, be converted to the Marder III with the use of captured Soviet 76.2 mm F-22 divisional field guns or the German 7.5 cm PaK 40. The 'Hertzer' used the 7.5 cm PaK 39 L/48. There were several other modifications carried out, including the Flakpanzer 38(t) anti-aircraft gun carrier, of which about 140 were produced. The Aufklärungspanzer 38(t) (designation Sd.Kfz.140/1) was a reconnaissance vehicle which used the turret from the Sd.Kfz. 222 armoured car. And a support version armed with a 75 mm KwK 37 L/24 (and MG 42) gun mounted in the modified superstructure was also designed of which just two were built. The name 'Hetzer' (German for "chaser") seems to have been added later post war addition. Chaser does seem to be an odd name for something which was best utilised as an ambusher. In one version or another the Panzer 38(t) was used throughout the war.
Well put sir....
The Germans sold some Pz. 38(t)'s to Hungary, Slovakia and Romania.
There are two wartime documents which prove the Germans themselves called the Jagdpanzer 38 the "Hetzer". Another important distinction is that while the Marder III, Grille series, Awfklarungspanzer 38(t), and Flakpanzer 38(t) used the actual Pz 38(t) chassis, the Jagdpanzer 38 does not. The hull is an entirely new design -- longer, wider, with sloped sides and a shallower front slope. The suspension bogeys are redesigned, as are the drive sprockets, idler wheels, and the tracks. The only interchangeable component between the Jagdpanzer 38 and the Pz 38(t) is the road wheels. The new hull design is the reason why the vehicle is called Jagdpanzer 38, and not Jagdpanzer 38(t). The "t" represents a vehicle using a Czech-designed chassis.
What a giga chad you are dude, many of your videos have scenes from Girls und Panzer and you also talked about the Kettenkrad in Girls' Last Tour, you're a chad lmao.
Lol thanks! Some people judge me for liking anime but it's my channel so I'm using it lol
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Don't pay attention to them, I also got judged for reading mangas and watching animes but these people won't change our taste tho, we're still gonna watch animes and I'm patiently waiting for GuP Das Finale part 4. ^-^
Waiting on a AH1 Cobra video!!
I'll do that one for sure... hopefully in about two weeks...
What anime name is that?
I love Bo tie gaming and the hetzer I call it the lunchbox
Johnny, if you haven't already, could you do the Churchill in the movies? Because I feel as if it is a very over looked beast we designed. Thanks
I love the Churchill! It's almost nowhere to be found, though, but I should be able to at least get some decent gaming footage.
@Johnny Johnson thanks mate, if you need any gaming footage from other games, just give us a comment on any of my videos. Better than giving away my Email or discord in a public area. Oh also the battle for Hill 112 in France was good history for the Churchill
Apart from period newsreel,the only time a churchill has appeared in a movie was a brief appearance of a single tank in the longest day movie.
I have never seen the hetzer in movies wtff this is new to me
Another fact is that because of it's small size, the engine and the crew compartment were close together so the crew was exposed to the heat of the engine. At winter that was a great advantage for the crew who stayed warm but in the summer months, it was unbearable....
Excellent fact thank you! 🙏
Doubt that any German Hetzer saw summer times.
When you talk about the stug, do you also include stug IV, or only III? Also do jagdpanzer IV.
StuG IV was created specifically on Hitler's order due to the success of the StuG III G combined with the bombing of the Alkett factory (as mentioned in this video) which was the largest StuG III assembly plant. Basically Hitler wanted more StuGs, so he had them place the superstructures on Pz IV chassis. So it would make sense to include both in the same video.
Thanks as usual sir
I would like to combine that with both Stug III and M3 Grant Tank.
3:07 it uses a lot of parts from the 38t but not built on it. The hetzer hull is about 2 inches wider and 4 inches longer then the 38ts
Thanks for adding this. It would have been more accurate for me to say built on the design, I suppose. 🙏
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq yeah.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq it's one of those things of where you don't notice it unless your looking at the specs or have them side by side
every time we rent a car from Hertz i always wish they would have a rent a tank division.
Hetzer's gonna Hetz!
My little Emil!
Jadgpanzer = Panzer Abwehr Kanone mounted on chassis with plating.
Oh yeah, one of my favourite littke beasts ;)
ah, no tank related video on this channel without an clip from girls und panzer
GuP has the visuals and I have no shame. A perfect match.
Squire: BLOODY LUNCHBOX
4:28素晴らしいなこれは
now that we have the Hetzer we need the Panzer IV
Is in 1:56 Hetzer or Maresal?
Hetzer
U missed the engine part
'Hetzer gonna Hetz'
damn remote control turret in hetzer never knew that german was ahead of its time... as we see on modern LAVs and humvees etc..
Didn't think GuP could be so educational 😆
I am surprised you are forgetting the most notable engagement involving Hetzers, in which a column led by Hitler himself was annihilated by Gotenks in DBZ Fusion Reborn.
Hahaha. Lemmy, always with a ciggie.
Makes me wonder, would it be count as czechoslovakian tank, since it was built on it's chassy?
Tho czecho-slovakia planed to use v12 Tatra diesel engine with 200hp instead 160km inline 6 inline-six But no any info about aby was producent that way. Little shame probably willa be less be likley to catch fire and have better mpg
The lunchbox panzer. 😂🦖🐾