Jacques’ team is currently working on the jewel of his collection, the extremely rare and coveted PANTHER. This one has been rescued from the bottom of a river in Poland and it has been –literally- blown to pieces. The damage and the mechanical complexity make this the toughest and most expensive job Jacques’ crew have ever done.

But the damage also contains clues that lead us back to the scene to reveal what really happened to tank and crew on their final day of battle.

Along the way, we’ll hook up with Jacques’ buddy in England, Kevin Wheatcroft, who happens to have the second biggest collection in the world; and who also happens be restoring two Panthers of his own. Their friendly rivalry is off-set by the need to co-operate in sharing the very precise and very expensive parts they have to manufacture to get the job done. No one wants to cut corners. These Panthers have to look like they did the day they rolled off the assembly line.

In each case their work reveals incredible innovations that have inspired modern tank-designs of today –which we show in explosive action-packed detail. Finally, we discover that as advanced as it was, the Panther had an Achilles Heel – if it ever broke down, it was a nightmare to fix. In the gruelling context of war, the mighty Panther was too sophisticated for its own good.