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Why did SS tankers hate Panther tanks from Henschel factories at the end of the war? Story behind the scenes In the Third Reich there were several main concerns that produced tanks these were Porsche, Henschel, MAN and Daimler-Benz. They were at enmity with each other, it came to intrigues, however, in this struggle, the Porsche company, in spite of all its efforts, eventually lost more often, although it saved its factories to a great extent from the Allied bombing. The Hen...schel concern did not only produce Tiger tanks, but was also the main producer of the Panther tank, although orders at the end of the war were issued to other concerns. However, at the end of the war, these same Panthers became a huge disappointment for the SS Panzer divisions, which basically received them, and fought on these machines on both the Eastern and Western Front. First of all, despite the fact that the Germans began to install night vision devices, the machines were already not very suitable for war. First of all, the quality of optics, which the German tank was famous for, fell significantly, now it was not possible to destroy Soviet cars at long distances, due to weak instruments. In addition, as SS veterans recalled, if before the Panther broke down regularly, then at the end of the war tanks could come immediately broken, they might not have equipment, just, for example, they didnt install a walkie-talkie. The overall manufacturing quality of the tank dropped significantly, due to the fact that Henschel's plants were gradually destroyed under the blows of the Allied aircraft, and highly skilled workers gradually responded to the front, even Czech specialists could not save The situation turned out to be critical when, by the fall of 1944, Germany was finally knocked out of the territory of the western Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, and as a result lost non-ferrous metal deposits, because the Germans were able to make a huge amount of alloys in order to improve the quality of their equipment, now they have this was not possible. Non-ferrous metals tried to shake from Sweden, but this did not give real results. As a result, the German tanks lost even in defense, it remained only to fight on what is. Now, Panthers tried not to use in offensive operations, because even the frontal armor was vulnerable, to say nothing of weak sides. As SS veterans recalled, in the very last months they had already tried to fight on tanks until they hit them first, because even one hit could cause a huge number of fragments that the crews mowed at least that way
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