Great job converting those T-34/85s to look like Tigers. Recently, I saw a Tiger I, and a Jagdpanther being driven around, on YouTube. The Jagdpanther fired its 88mm gun. Quite impressive. These were the REAL vehicles, too, not conversions.
@DarkMessi1 Not really. The 80mm thick sides were thinner than the 80mm thick rear since the rear was sloped. Makes for good movies though.
And Oddball doenst have the 75mm L/40. He has the upgraded Sherman with the high velocity 76mm gun. With that, he can puncture the Tigers front plate from about 300 yards. But hey, it's a movie.
When I watch Kelly's Hero's am I watching a war movie ? Then it turns into a comedy. then back to a war movie. Then it's part western near the end. This movie should get a nobel prize !! No other movie I have ever seen has this great turn of tides.
How fool the Tiger's commander was, all he has to do was reverse the Tiger a little bit, then the mighty 88 could turn backward and hit the Sherman in a blink.
That Tiger was trapped. Of course it was a easy prey. Also the armor on the back of the Tiger is weak. As with any tank. But I am quite shocked of the quality of the engineering the Germans came up with when it comes to their armoured divisions. They made TIgers from recycled tanks hence the German empire was tight on resources. I can't imagine what whould happen if the Germans had the same amount of resources as the allies during WW2. <.<
@EasyStations Yeah, Germans made V2 rockets. Germans had smart bombs in the end of the war. Nightvision on some panther tanks. They had the first jet-fighters which led to the Russian MIG-series. (When Germany lost, the plans and technological research was splitted to different allied countries.) And also that's where the Americans got the idea of stealth technology from. Germans truly had the technology on their side but not the resources
@atatyrknumber1 Yeah, but when you consider how many of their ideas were just batshit insane and unfit for real warfare (triflugel, He-162, their almost arcane approach to nuclear research, the Maus tank, the "Natter" rocket that fired wait for it... rockets etc), they're bound to come up with a few good ones as well. Even a broken clock's right twice a day. :D
Everyone's treating the Tiger like a tank-demigod when in reality its design had quite a few faults: the frontal armor was not sloped like the King Tiger's, the tracks had to be taken off to make the Tiger narrow enough for transportation via train, and we haven't even mentioned that it loved to randomly break down: almost all Tiger columns arrived to their destination with a few tanks lost and abandoned due to mechanical malfunctions. The Tiger was strong but unreliable.
@amitakartok Except the fact only 1300 were made, the kill ratio per Tiger was nearly 6 tanks per tiger lost, considering repairs. If used correctly many Tiger aces recorded upwards of 100 kills in their careers.
The sloped armour was only something the T-34 inspired the Germans to use, reflected in the Panther, a much more versatile and cheaper tank. Its true it was overengineered and expensive to produce, but there is little question to its effective nature, both tactically and psychologically
And as for the Sherman vs Tiger comments......that would be the case for M4's mounting the 75 and 76mm guns, however the later 76mm HV and 17pounder would tear holes in the Tiger from any angle.
huh, fromhe 1st SS panzer devision correct?
TheDesert92 1 month ago
The only way for a Sherman to kill a Tiger was to hit the side or the back....may happened that way
Superente1312 1 month ago
Its paint
Ooops *dives down in the tank*
AyoX96 2 months ago
Oddball is the man!
ToonandBBfan 2 months ago
Is that the same T(-34)iger from Saving Private Ryan? Looks like it.
happosai27 2 months ago
@happosai27 who knows ;d
rysio92 2 months ago
@happosai27 it was madefor the movie "The Battle Of Neretva"
Luka464 3 weeks ago
1:13 I seriously said "there ya go," out loud.
ZrazorRozenstrauch 3 months ago
Great job converting those T-34/85s to look like Tigers. Recently, I saw a Tiger I, and a Jagdpanther being driven around, on YouTube. The Jagdpanther fired its 88mm gun. Quite impressive. These were the REAL vehicles, too, not conversions.
brownjack56 3 months ago
There is only 1 way to kill a tiger with a sherman ... shoot in the back
DarkMessi1 3 months ago
@DarkMessi1 Not really. The 80mm thick sides were thinner than the 80mm thick rear since the rear was sloped. Makes for good movies though.
And Oddball doenst have the 75mm L/40. He has the upgraded Sherman with the high velocity 76mm gun. With that, he can puncture the Tigers front plate from about 300 yards. But hey, it's a movie.
calimar28 2 months ago
THATS PAINT!!!!!
patton9 3 months ago
Oddball was my favourite character
ToonandBBfan 4 months ago
one of th best movies ever.
KurtMeyer1943 4 months ago
When I watch Kelly's Hero's am I watching a war movie ? Then it turns into a comedy. then back to a war movie. Then it's part western near the end. This movie should get a nobel prize !! No other movie I have ever seen has this great turn of tides.
x42b 4 months ago
oddball you crazy bastard...
geover330 5 months ago
How fool the Tiger's commander was, all he has to do was reverse the Tiger a little bit, then the mighty 88 could turn backward and hit the Sherman in a blink.
LerhChang 5 months ago
That Tiger was trapped. Of course it was a easy prey. Also the armor on the back of the Tiger is weak. As with any tank. But I am quite shocked of the quality of the engineering the Germans came up with when it comes to their armoured divisions. They made TIgers from recycled tanks hence the German empire was tight on resources. I can't imagine what whould happen if the Germans had the same amount of resources as the allies during WW2. <.<
atatyrknumber1 7 months ago
@atatyrknumber1 They would spend it all on experimental shit. They loved to experiment
EasyStations 7 months ago
@EasyStations Yeah, Germans made V2 rockets. Germans had smart bombs in the end of the war. Nightvision on some panther tanks. They had the first jet-fighters which led to the Russian MIG-series. (When Germany lost, the plans and technological research was splitted to different allied countries.) And also that's where the Americans got the idea of stealth technology from. Germans truly had the technology on their side but not the resources
atatyrknumber1 7 months ago
@atatyrknumber1 Yeah, but when you consider how many of their ideas were just batshit insane and unfit for real warfare (triflugel, He-162, their almost arcane approach to nuclear research, the Maus tank, the "Natter" rocket that fired wait for it... rockets etc), they're bound to come up with a few good ones as well. Even a broken clock's right twice a day. :D
xylaphonemaster 6 months ago
@atatyrknumber1
Everyone's treating the Tiger like a tank-demigod when in reality its design had quite a few faults: the frontal armor was not sloped like the King Tiger's, the tracks had to be taken off to make the Tiger narrow enough for transportation via train, and we haven't even mentioned that it loved to randomly break down: almost all Tiger columns arrived to their destination with a few tanks lost and abandoned due to mechanical malfunctions. The Tiger was strong but unreliable.
amitakartok 5 months ago
@amitakartok it a=was demi god enough
StargateMunky 5 months ago
@amitakartok Except the fact only 1300 were made, the kill ratio per Tiger was nearly 6 tanks per tiger lost, considering repairs. If used correctly many Tiger aces recorded upwards of 100 kills in their careers.
The sloped armour was only something the T-34 inspired the Germans to use, reflected in the Panther, a much more versatile and cheaper tank. Its true it was overengineered and expensive to produce, but there is little question to its effective nature, both tactically and psychologically
dblancer 5 months ago
And as for the Sherman vs Tiger comments......that would be the case for M4's mounting the 75 and 76mm guns, however the later 76mm HV and 17pounder would tear holes in the Tiger from any angle.
Malakhi75 7 months ago
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Love this film......
Malakhi75 7 months ago
thats not a tiger 1 track it looks russian
LtJim007 8 months ago
@LtJim007 There's like only one working Tiger in the world right now, in movies they always take another tank and make it look like a Tiger.
xCrimsonGear 7 months ago
If that was and equal oppurtunity for each tank, Tiger would rip that sherman apart
Povilas7 9 months ago 2
@Povilas7 Everybody knows the tiger would rip the sherman apart, Thats why the americans played it tactically and hit the famous tiger from behind.
TheRollinss 8 months ago