When speaking with Dr. Roman Töppel he mentioned a very interesting detail about a major problem the Panzerwaffe endured during the War. There was a severe lack of spare parts and it could be that this was due to Albert Speer (Armaments Minister) focusing too much on tank production instead of producing spare parts. Also in the end we go a bit off-track. »» SUPPORT MHV «« » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » patreon - https://www.patreon.com/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » Book Wishlist https://www.amazon.de/gp/registry/wishlist/3LJIXNJIUXJES/ref=cm_wl_huc_view?language=en_GB »» MERCHANDISE - SPOILS OF WAR «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « Töppel, Roman: Kursk 1943. The Greatest Battle of the Second World War. Helion: Warwick, UK: 2018. Stahel, David: Operation Typhoon. Hitler’s March on Moscow, October 1941. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK, 2013. Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg, Band 4: Der Angriff auf die Sowjetunion. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt: Stuttgart, Germany, 1983. ENGLISH VERSION: Germany and the Second World War Volume 4. The Attack on the Soviet Union Pöhlmann, Markus: Der Panzer und die Mechanisierung des Krieges: Eine deutsche Geschichte 1890 bis 1945. Ferdinand Schöningh: Paderborn, 2016. Tooze, Adam: The Wages of Destruction. The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy. Penguin Books: United Kingdom (2006). Stahel, David: Operation Barbarossa and Germany’s Defeat in the East. Cambridge University Press: UK, 2009 » CREDITS & SPECIAL THX « Song: Ethan Meixsell - Demilitarized Zone #ww2 #Panzer #Panzerwaffe