Why the Third Reich’s technology was not as good as we may think

Nazi Germany, while being possibly the most despicable regime to ever arise on this planet, is often hailed as the pinnacle of 1940s technological capability and prowess; but beneath the many examples of their supposed superiority lay a litany of problems that, in reality, make these weapons and vehicles much less successful than many would have you believe. While not awful by any stretch of the imagination, the Germans weren't as advanced as many claim, and certainly not lightyears ahead of the Allies contrary to the common understanding of their technology; but the number of advanced weapons they pursued are evidence of something very different about Nazi Germany toward the end of WW2. Sources: https://www.amazon.com/Planes-Third-Reich-Richard-Smith/dp/0914144278 https://www.amazon.com/Turbine-Development-1930-1945-Anthony-Hardcover/dp/B00NPONMVC https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/collections/messerschmitt-me-262a-2a-schwalbe-swallow/ https://web.archive.org/web/20090627211330/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/090625-hitlers-stealth-fighter-plane.html https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/why-the-v2-rocket-was-a-big-mistake#:~:text=Instead%2C%20the%20first%20V2%20crashed,war%20they%20had%20already%20lost. https://www.airzoo.org/wwii/airplanes-3/v1flyingbomb#:~:text=These%20were%20also%20known%20as,attitude%20measurement%20to%20control%20pitch. http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/epidemiology/hanley/bios601/Intensity-Rate/Evans2018AccuracyGeography.pdf https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/v-1-cruise-missile/nasm_A19600341000 https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-v1-flying-bomb-hitlers-vengeance-weapon https://tankmuseum.org/tank-nuts/tank-collection/panther#:~:text=The%20Panther%20was%20larger%20and,when%20travelling%20over%20soft%20ground. https://tankandafvnews.com/2015/02/08/from-the-editor-panther-reliability/ https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/horten-ho-229-v3/nasm_A19600324000 ​​https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/missile-surface-surface-v-2-4/nasm_A19600342000 http://www.digitalhistoryarchive.com/uploads/2/5/4/1/25411694/oro-t-117_survey_of_allied_tank_casualties_in_wwii.pdf https://www.cuttersguide.com/pdf/Military-and-Uniforms/1943-handbook-on-german-military-forces.pdf https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/mg-42-machine-gun https://www.amazon.com/Submachine-Assault-Aberdeen-Proving-Grounds/dp/0911964029 http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/fg42/index.html http://www.lonesentry.com/manuals/german-infantry-weapons/mg42-machine-gun.html#google_vignette http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/intelligence-report/use-of-mg42.html http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/recentdev/index.html https://archive.org/details/germaninfantrywe00bark/page/10/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/german-infantry-in-action-weapons-combat-troops-no-2-1984/page/15/mode/2up https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342260/wwii-mobilization-by-country/ https://www.nationalww2museum.org/students-teachers/student-resources/research-starters/research-starters-us-military-numbers https://archive.org/details/GermanInfantryWeapons/mode/2up https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313958145_A_Re-assessment_of_the_German_armaments_production_during_World_War_II http://www.lonesentry.com/tiger_tank_intel/index.html http://www.lonesentry.com/ordnance/ Chapters 00:00 Intro 02:05 Title Card 02:19 Sources and Such 04:38 Infantry Weapons 05:31 Production Numbers Matter 07:16 MG 42 08:59 StG 44 11:50 MP 40 13:58 Gewehr 43 & FG 42 16:00 Tanks 101 18:28 Tiger 20:35 Panther 22:41 Tanks 102 24:04 Wunderwaffen 24:25 Vergeltungswaffen 24:56 V-1 26:40 V-2 29:11 Horten Ho 229 "Stealth Jet" 31:52 Me 262 33:52 The Tragic Truth 37:26 Outro and Announcements What are you doing all the way down here?