Why Zimmerit on Panzers & Testing

Zimmerit was a protective coating the Germans to put on their tanks to protect it from magnetic charges sticking to the armor plates. In this video we test a magnet on a Zimmerit coating and also look at the history behind Zimmerit, its composition, how it was applied, how many was necessary and why it was ultimately discontinued. DISCLOSURE D: I was invited by the Deutsche Panzermuseum in 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2023. https://www.youtube.com/c/DasPanzermuseum/featured DISCLOSURE A: I was invited by the Tank Museum at Bovington in 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2023. https://www.youtube.com/c/thetankmuseum »» GET BOOKS & VIDEOS «« » Stukabook - Doctrine of the German Dive-Bomber - http://stukabook.com » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com » Tank Assault - Combat Manual of the Soviet Tank Forces 1944 - http://stm44.com » IS-2 Stalin's Warhammer - http://www.is-2tank.com » StuG: Ausbildung, Einsatz und Führung der StuG Batterie - http://stug-hdv.de » Achtung Panzer? Zur Panzerwaffe der Wehrmacht - http://panzerkonferenz.de » Panzerkonferenz Video - http://pzkonf.de »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » YouTube Membership - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK09g6gYGMvU-0x1VCF1hgA/join »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized »» SOURCES «« German Bundesarchiv - Militärarchiv Freiburg Jentz, Thomas L./Doyle, Hilary L.: Germany’s Tiger Tanks: VK45.02 to Tiger II, Schiffer Publishing Ltd.: Atglen, PA, USA, 1997. Köhler, Frank (Hg.): Panther - Meilenstein der Panzertechnik: Bemerkungen über ein wegweisendes Waffensystem, Schneider Armour Research: Uelzen, Germany, 2014. Jentz, Thomas L.: Der Panther: Entwicklung, Ausführungen, Abarten, seltene Varianten, charakteristische Merkmale, Kampfwert, Podzun-Pallas: Wölfersheim, Germany, 1997. Fleischer, Wolfgang: Deutsche Nahkampfmittel Munition, Granaten und Kampfmittel bis 1945, Motorbuch Verlag: Stuttgart, Germany, 2018. Feldgrau 1957, Heft 3. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmer_%26_Co. https://panzerworld.com/zimmerit https://www.tankarchives.ca/2013/08/on-zimmerit.html https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/articles/tech/zimmerit-in-german-use/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitumen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barium_sulfate 00:00 Intro 00:18 Chronology 02:26 June 1943: Demonstration and Order for Troop Trials 03:32 September 1944: Discontinuation 04:09 Does it burn? 05:02 Did it work? Testing 05:44 Was it effective? 06:01 Composition 06:51 Composition according to Soviet Testing 07:46 Application 09:36 Different Patterns 10:55 Summary #zimmerit #ww2 #panzer #armor #tanks #archives