Germany's Illegal Medium Tank, the Grosstraktor | Cursed by Design

Most people probably think of the Panzer 1 as being the first German tank after WW1. Although the name would logically bring you to that conclusion it was actually predated by several designs including the illegal Grosstraktor. Along with several other vehicles the Grosstraktor was built in secret under the Treaty of Versailles which forbid Germany from having tanks. Unsurprisingly this rule would not stop them from continuing to experiment with the concept of the tank. Social links: https://www.coneofarc.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Mgxa5SF Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/coneofarc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coneofarc/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/coneofarc Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/coneofarcs-merch Merch(Amazon): https://www.amazon.com/shop/coneofarc Sources: Panzer Tracts No. 4 Panzerkampfwagen IV. by Thomas L. Jentz (1997) The Tiger Tank and Allied Intelligence Volume 1: Grosstraktor to Tiger 231, 1926-1943. By Bruce Newsome (2020): https://amzn.to/3B9sGiB German Early War Armored Fighting Vehicles: https://amzn.to/3ipWp00 https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/germany/neubaufahrzeug.php https://www.tankarchives.ca/2019/11/first-try-at-medium-tank.html http://www.tankarchives.ca/2020/03/grosstraktor-amphibious-trials.html https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/history/de-grosstraktor.htm https://www.bundesarchiv.de/DE/Content/Virtuelle-Ausstellungen/Lipezk-Die-Geheime-Fliegerschule-Und-Erprobungsstatte-Der-Reichswehr-In-Der-Sowjetunion/lipezk-die-geheime-fliegerschule-und-erprobungsstatte-der-reichswehr-in-der-sowjetunion.html Things I use: Camera: https://amzn.to/2OppVnR Editing software: Sony Vegas 17 https://amzn.to/3kOwtIu PC Hardware: https://www.amazon.com/shop/coneofarc?listId=FB2IIKY3QKHE Recording Equipment: https://www.amazon.com/shop/coneofarc?listId=3VNUJY93THV7W You can check out more stuff I use on my Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/coneofarc Tank illustration in the intro done by David Bocquelet for the Tank Encyclopedia (https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/). Provided links are affiliate links which allow me to earn from qualifying purchases Want to send me something? ConeOfArc PO Box 305 Thompson, CT 06277 Or support the channel using Crypto: BTC- bc1qjs2fqh6zupnwzjhyd9kjvqfld728sqnea4r67s ETH- 0x5547e17113640c162Ded5B664155227058060C54 Thanks to my ConelyFans: Ivan Velazquez Sakura Prime Blue Knight Limmy K Ragnarok COL BEAUSABRE Claire Jaime Facco JJF Trkr JLS1001 Elijah Pass Paul Walsh will wilm Icosaedro Sean O D Sukoshi Tiger Marvin Mills Yuk-Luen Man MetaDave Flying Pachyderm pompomchan Braňo Kohút Become one today and get a Cone badge next to all your comments as well as other spicy perks! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1_oUtCGIqUMbIyRPeJsSyw/join Some music provided by Epidemic Sound. License music for your videos without fear of copyright claims https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/rghpao/ #history #cursedbydesign