It's funny how most WW2 military fans react when seeing a WW2 tank. When they see a Sherman, or a T34, they're somehow like "oh, that's cool", but when they see a Tiger, or a Panther, or any other German tank legend they're like "OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! Oh... damn I wet my pants by seeing this miracle of weaponry" :D And yup, I'm the second type :)
My uncle was a Cpt in the 1st Armored Div in WW2 and he said that he had nightmares 30 years later about seeing these tanks coming at them. He said that they scared the crap out of everyone when they appeared and opened up with that 88mm. To engage a Tiger in open ground was suicide. He said that the known weak spots were the side armor and the rear, But if the Tiger saw you before you could shoot at it you were done.
@Laabsi86 actually it comes from Henschel, there were prototypes by both, Porsche and Henschel but it was the Henschel one which was choosen for production ;)
@ceero643 Henschel usually made better prototypes of tanks than Porsche but surprisignly Porsche reached a small parity with the Jagdtiger; unlike Hensche the PORSCHE Jagdtigers were cheaper, lighter and easier to build although Henschel Jagdtigers had better wheel transmissions :) Then again Porsche makes some fine cars today...
@CaptainMan117 Tiger`s engine originally was V12 Maybach HL230 P45 petrol engine (700 hp @ 3000revs/min.), so it`s gasoline (and even don`t sounds like diesel). :)
@mikesndbs Surprising driving a tank like the Tiger I eh? You ever heard that the Tiger I's power system was actually derived from the Merrit-Brown system - but the control speeds were hard to maintain and reparing was a nightmare!
@HeirofGojira91 gasoline was cheaper and less difficult to get than diesel oil during second w w, so it was not so bad idea to use this engine. :) Diesel engines weren't so popular, as today, so diesel fuel also wasn't available everywhere (as opposed to gasoline).
@HeirofGojira91 and during the war Germans had to make gasoline from coal or use wood gas generators (especially in civil transportation). They were creative people. :)
@WendigoPL And of course - they also developed the famous FISCHER-TROPPH PROCESS :D
And in the testing of the Bengal Tiger tank - the factories of Henschel had to make do with bottle gas for testing! Although petrol was supplied for actual operations :)
Do you prefer the Tiger I, Bengal Tiger, Jagdtiger, SturmmTiger, Tiger I (Porsche), Panther or Jagdpanther?
@HeirofGojira91 But they used Bergius process to produce gasoline from coal. :)
IMO best German tank during the war was Panther. It was faster then Tiger 1 or 2 (better mobility), had better armor shape, than Tiger 1 (similar thickness), but was much lighter (lower quantity of materials needed). Only disadvantage was 75mm gun instead of tiger`s 88mm, but this gun was also very effective. Jagdtiger and Jagdpanther was very powerful but only defensive weapons...
@WendigoPL Hmm - the Jagdpanther deserves abit more credit - after all I personally reckon it was superior to a Panther tank - it did make an impression in Normandy and WWII - the armour was pretty good and the kwk 43 is VERY POWERFUL - plus Jagdpanther solved Elefants poor speed/high profile and Nashorn's poor armour/high profile :D - only problem was Jagdpanther had too few in number. Besides - it was design meeting demand so it inherited the Panther's advantage!
@HeirofGojira91 as i said: self-propelled at guns (tank destroyers) were only defensive weapons due to lack of turret. During offensive action this attribute was a big disadvantage (but was a big advantage, when in defensive mode- vehicle can be lower (easier to hide) and less complicated). Generally German equipment was produced in small numbers but was high end during this time- powerful and accurate but expensive.
@WendigoPL Bergius process? Wow - interesting. Panther wasn't actually too expensive compared to a Tiger I - but I thought molybdenum and nickel were expensive for its frontal armour? Which was why there were probelms for the Germans to obtain enough raw materials to get for the armour? The Panther's weakness was side armour, too few, complex engineering/engine - Panther Ausf G vs T-34/85? The 85mm is a bigger caliber and T-34/85 was faster but PaK 42 75mm was more accurate + superior optics.
@HeirofGojira91 You`re right. Supplies of rare metals was one of "narrow throats" of Third Reich economy. I heard, that sometimes they even had to use u-boots as a merchant ships to supply these materials from distant places...
@WendigoPL In 1942/43 the Germans made a material supply trade with Japanese submariners on a mini diplomatic good will mission! They exhcanged metals and some fuel - mostly metals such as tungsten, molybdenum and nickel and steel ores. They seemed pretty pleased in the picture - the Japanese and Germans even exchanged sovenirs!
@HeirofGojira91 I`ve seen one of those pictures and now i remember it, so you`re right, but i`ve also heard, that Germans had to use u-boots to supply some materials from/to Argentine and at the end of war some notable nazis even escaped there by submarines. There are rumors, that even Hitler himself was one of them... but this is another story. :)
@WendigoPL No - 'die Angel of Death' Mengle was one of the few who went to Argentina on the run plus Adolf Eichmann (though Eichmann would be executed in the 60's despite his pleas that 'he was only following orders') - what do you think of Nazi's whom 'claimed they were following orders only?' I reckon it was a bunch of Mickey Mouse, save for Speer whom repented.
@HeirofGojira91 I think, that "following orders" is just really poor justification... About escaping nazis: Approximately 150000 persons should be judged as a nazi genocide/war criminals. Only ~30000 were judged. Where gone the rest of them? Mengele & Eichmann are just most known of them. Skeleton of Martin Bormann was found in Berlin in 70's whole covered in red clay, that cant be found in local soil (mostly sands), but match perfect to few places in south america.
@HeirofGojira91 Furthermore: Did you heard about Walter Rauff or Gustav Wagner? Rauff were a inventor of gas vans (gas chamber mounted on truck), Wagner was deputy commander of the Sobibor extermination camp. Both of them lived many years after the war without any interruption in south america...
@WendigoPL Yes - briefly read about them - unrepentant SS Nazi's I hear...Speaking of Hitler there were rumors that he had a 'double-look alike' executed and he escaped and lived as far as 1992...but that is absolutely complete hogwash...
@HeirofGojira91 Today Hitler would be 122 years old, so -he escaped or not- he is dead now (or in worst case he is terrible old, but i think, he's dead already). Hitler probably had Parkinson's disease, which was incurable in those days, so it's very unlikely, that he lived, if escaped, until 1992...
@WendigoPL Well said my WWII colleague! :) Not just that but you read about his medical health? Apart from the theories of insanity and the what nots - it was said his personal 'quack' Theodore Morell was such a genius; he was said to have administered Hitler quite a bit of drugs that Narcotics and police officers would classify as Class A drugs such as Meth, Amph and Crack (this is not a joke). While cocaine was used medically in WWII Morell prescribed Hitler quite a bit of it...
@HeirofGojira91 Hmm... I've heard something about it. :) During the WWII narcotics were unknown... I mean it was not considered as narcotics, and Hitler was no exception in those days. In example Goering was addicted to morphine, Churchill to alcohol and (probably) to amphetamine... And "heroine" its a trademark of Bayer. ;)
Hitler was a "king", like Presley (rock&roll king) or Jackson (pop king), and had his own irresponsible doctor. :D
@WendigoPL And so Churchill liked to drink eh? I hear some Allied war leaders such as Premier/Commissarr Krushev himself loved a nice bit of Vodkha himself ;) - not to mention Stalin and surprisingly did you know Mao Zhe Dong himself was said to personally love spicy foods and espescially chilli peppers? Again this is not a joke.
@vuikenshtein My mistake - I wasn't referring to vodka actually I just wasn't sure what was the name but now that you mention it - yep that was the name of the wine from Geogia that I was trying to type in but I wasn't so sure about the name :)
@vuikenshtein Not that its a spot light but have you heard of 'Gan Jiu?' it was a local wine from a province in China I read that Mao Ze Dong personally liked to wash down his meals with.
@vuikenshtein XD - Beats me actually - just read it in an autobiography of his. It was just a local wine produced in a local province and when Mao Ze Dong had Soviet advisers/visitors they'd occasionally bring some 'refreshments' and this included Gan Jiu wine and the likes. I might ask my friend haha - he's a bartender in training...
@HeirofGojira91 i doubt the bartender in training in US would know if "Gan Jiu" is grape or other fruit.All they know here is how to pitch a drink with cheap cocktail vodka or make a bloody mary:-) I know,i used to manage a bar for a year and a half.I did some research though.I think the right way to spell the name of that wine is "Huangjiu ".its made from rice millet and wheat. Am i right?
@vuikenshtein Yep - correct you are. Hmm - given Gan Jiu in the autobio said it was locally produced, it probably WAS indeed a variation of either Bai Jiu or the Huang Jiu :). Actually the guy's (bartender in training) from Singapoore haha - he hasn't been in America. He once joked to me he was going to 'toast' about some Molotov's which was kinda funny but silly. I personally ain't a drinker myself though haha. Though I am interested in the history of Bourbon, 'Mickey Finn', Cognac ...
@HeirofGojira91 Molotov cocktail is not really a drink though:-) it's a bottle filled with kerosine or gasoline with a cloth instead of cork.it's named after Soviet minister of Foreign affairs Molotov.it's the guy that signed that messed up treaty of "non-agression" between Nazi Germany and USSR.
@vuikenshtein Well I DID say the guy 'joked' he was gonna toast a molotov - besides its illegal to own or throw molotov cocktails unless you're a police officer doing training maneuvers or you've got a pretty damned good reason to do so :S Funny thing - Molotov got a cult of personality that he personally didn't like and the Molotov Cocktail was one, another being the propaganda 'Molotov's Bread Basket' for the Soviet RRAB-3 incendieary bomb :(
@WendigoPL Even Otto Skorzeny the legendary 'giant' who rescued Mussolini organized networks for escaped Nazi's following WWII and he himself prided in escaping and even giving an interview during the 80's to tell the tale! Funny thing of the WWII German Generals I like not Rommel or Rundstealdt (still good commanders though) but Model, Bittrich and Heinz Harmel. Too bad Hitler stupidly removed his good officers following '44 and replacing them with SS clowns... :(
@HeirofGojira91 It was not too bad for me, cause this (and others) wrong decision bring Hitler to final defeat. You know... Australia is at other "end" of the world, but for me Germany is in closest neighborhood of my country, and who knows, if we could talk today, if Hitler would not do his mistakes...
@WendigoPL The PaK 42 was actually a more powerful AT gun in AP penetration than the Tiger I's 88mm kwk 36 - the only trade off was a less useful HE BUT STILL the PaK 42 had a respectable HE shell against Allied vehicles - given it was accurate, had a generous charge, and flat trajectory.
""The PaK 42 was actually a more powerful AT gun in AP penetration than the Tiger I's 88mm kwk 36""
Are you talking about the Panther's gun? If so you would be right at ranges up to about 2,000 metres.
At ranges beyond though, the Tiger I's 88mm L/56 had superior AP and better accuracy so The Tiger's I's gun was more useful in engagements of 2,000m to 3,000m and Panther commanders often called on Tigers when REALLY long range hits were needed.
@LaughingGravy31 But the PaK 42 had a longer barrel? A flatter trajectory? I don't understand the concept - Kwk 36-> 88 x 56 = 4928 whilst PaK 42 75 x 70 = 5250 metres? Or was it the concept of the ammunition used and charge/powder design in the cartridge? Or was it merely more on velocity for the PaK 42 75mm gun? Yes I was refering to the Panther's 75mm PaK 42 - obviously not the PaK 40 AT-gun. Interesting then - was it common for Tigers and Panthers to work together though?
Yes Tigers often found themselves working together with Panthers. The Tiger battalions(though technically 'independent') often found themselves attached to Panzer Divisions (with Panthers) on lots of occasions.
For example, I can think of Tiger battalion 506 working with the Panthers of 23rd Panzer Division around Krivoi Rog in November 1943.
Most famously there was special regiment Bake formed in early '44 for the Cherkassy relief. It had Tigers and Panthers in one unit.
@LaughingGravy31 I've only read that Tiger I's originally were meant to be placed in special corps under the command of an Army Unit - or spacial battallions of 30 vehicles - though some SS Waffen divisions were given thier own Tiger batallion units? Or are my readings incorrect? But nonetheless the Tiger I's gun actually had a BIGGER HE content than a Panther's PaK 42...
@HeirofGojira91 ... and Sturmtiger was anti-bunker self-propelled heavy mortar using rocket-assisted projectiles. Incredible powerful, but had terrible low rate of fire, had only 14 very heavy missiles on board and just can`t fight effectively against tanks, so it was rather impractical in other roles, than bunker busting, and should not be compared with regular tanks, but this weapon was very original.
@WendigoPL But still - 150 mm OF armour sloped = Bengal Tiger's front. Very difficult to kill. Whats interesting is that they'd managed to make use of old Tiger I hulls yet drawing experience from assaults in Stalingrad...yet at the same time the Russians made use of the ISU-152, SU-152 and the ISU-122's...
Surprisingly the Sturmtiger DID manage to destroy 1 Sherman from its kinetic blast in '44 ;)
Then again we cannot dismiss the legacy of ALL Tiger variants. Have you heard of the Bergetiger?
Konigstiger was in fact very difficult to kill, but was also very slow, had poor cross country performance and only 487 were built.
Sturmtiger in fact had ability to tear apart every (or almost every) enemy tank, if it get closer enough (due to poor accuracy and rather low range) to hit this tank (or to hit close to it), but it had only one shot, cause reloading was slow process, even if whole crew was involved in it.
I`ve heard about Bergetiger. Another curiosity. :)
@WendigoPL And the interesting Bergepanther...they still wonder if the Bergetiger itself was actual or just some field modification of old Tiger I's - still wondering if they actually were used for engineering work. Only 3 or so were found from what I've read...And for Sturmtiger it unfortunately suffered what its Tiger cousins suffered...a sadder story was said comparable to the Jagdtiger or even Elefant :( - the Elefant atleast had good kill ratios and 200mm of armour is very hard to punch!
@WendigoPL But diesel = pollutant :( - hence we today try to work with bio-diesel such as corn starch or Leuvenic Acid :D Although production issues, cost, competition with food crops, resource requirments, costs and the future impacts of land use are another side of the coin for biodiesel :( but diesel in WWII had the advantage of being more resistant to the cold and less flammable compared to gasolene of the German panzers!
@WendigoPL PLUS clang clang clang - 250 000 Reichmarks, I guess some nom nom of RAW MATERIALS! HAHA - don't forget Tiger I is also VERY expensive to make hence nom some metals such as nickel, steel, engine, fuel and the what nots.
@mecawenl I hate to say this in a cruel way but more likely the German commander smokes his zigaretten casually and grins - going 'Ja, I get an extra few medals and Reichmarks for every Tommy Cooker I canned today Ja!'
@mecawenl Within Normandy, the Tigers scored victories out of proportion to their numbers. On July 11th, 1944, thirteen British Shermans were lost of out 20 with two more captured with no Tiger losses.
@vuikenshtein now, dropping the jokes, i think the tiger was a steel marvel of its time, no without its faults, but oh well, i think that hitler should have focused on the tiger I and upgraded it instead of going for the Tiger II, it was already freaking expensive, to just jump to the tiger II that was even more expensive and had even worse transmission problems. not that i have a problem with the God-Tank doctrine, but german industry couldn't keep up and that's what they've got :/
@mecawenl well,from what my grandfather told me,when their line of defence was attacked by 4 tigers entire batalion ran back to the second line where they had T-34's.My grandpa told me that every other man in batalion had shit himself.They were laughing at that at the time but when you see this machine coming at you - i think i'd shit my pants.
@vuikenshtein hahahaha of course, if all i had to stop that monster was a shitty 75mm m3 gun from a little sherman, or similar, id seriously think about holding my position xddd
@mecawenl They still held the position.And advanced afterwards.One year later my grandpa took a piss on reichstaag:-) He said there were two scariest things he experienced at war - 1) hearing that medic proclaimed him dead,said "live him,he;s done"(That was in Austria,he was wounded and the only way they figuered that he is alive - snow was melting on him and not on other dead) and 2) the view of Tiger tank coming at you.He said there was something scary even in noise of their engines.
@vuikenshtein lol hearing a medic say to ppl to leave u there dying lol, even half dead id tell him to go fuck himself xd, but now u got me curious, how exactly did ur grandpa's unit disable that monster?
@mecawenl They never did.T-34 tankers counterattacked and after 30 minute fight six T-34 were destroyed,one of 4 Tigers had his track damaged so other 3 Tigers just retreated (one of them picked up a crue from damaged Tiger) My grandpa has a picture of him on that Tiger with a messed up track.But when i asked him - did you do this to Tiger - he said - no,T-34 tankers did this.
@mecawenl Actually the German High Command themselves requested an even bigger and better successor when the Tiger I had hardly reached service in the wake that the Soviets may be designing better tanks to tackle the Tiger I as well. Hitler himself also on many walks insisted German heavy tanks mount huge guns and have thicker armor and demanded a pretty stupid speed which would have screwed up the overall performance...
@HeirofGojira91 rushed designs, thats the true failure of germans war machines, i bet if the military engineering was under a more sensible leader/ commander, the war would have ended differently
@mecawenl YES - have you read at Kursk (or should I even say earlier at Leningrad) Tiger I's of the early production apparently were even rushed in the factory to the point they didn't even get tested properly which was why the Tiger I and even the Panther espescially had transmission/drive problems - worsened of course by Hitler insisting the Panther be deployed at the earliest possible moment when kinks were still being worked out - and of course same for Leningrad Tiger I's :(
@mecawenl And Hitler's extreme stupidity in another case where he was ingenius enough to insist the Me262 be used as a bomber rather than a fighter - I couldnt' believe it when I read this insistence - all because of 'pride' and the fact Hitler personally hated the word 'fighter' - and the story of the MP-44 - oh the list goes on besides leadership and the Tiger I tanks!
@vuikenshtein Plus Michael Wittmann who took out a British armored column taking out was it 25 vehicles/tanks before he was forced to retreat (his Tiger got knocked out though). Didn't the Jagdpanthers also do well? At the 30th of July 3 Jagdpanthers knocked out 10 Churchills before 2 were knocked out and abandoned.
@HeirofGojira91 My grandpa never encountered Jagdpanther.The only german armour he ever made fun of was the elephant.Twice as big as Tiger but no machine gun to ward off the infantry.it took almost 100 thousand dollars to built one but it took one drunk russian with a bottle of molotov coctail to take it out:-)
@vuikenshtein Elefant? It was the FERDINAND that had no MG-34. The Elefant is essentially a Ferdinand that survived Kursk and got retrofitted with a new cupola, some armor/engine upgrades and lastly it had the MG-34 installed. What is funny though was its got ridiculously thick armor that was its curse and its survival - at 200mm thick it was practically indestructible from most firepower, if you don't count sneaky assault teams hurling fuel bombs at it.
@vuikenshtein O.O interesting. Speaking of heavy vehicles have you heard of the mystical prototypes the Germans planned for the E-series AFV's? There was apparently to be another version of the Bengal Tiger - with a better turret and better gun/armor! There was even the proposed Jaguar/Krokodil or the E-90 super heavy tank! Yikes! And all would have firepower atleast - at the range of 88 - 105mm (128/150/175mm for the E90-E100 series)!
Actually after the Battle Of Kursk the Ferdinands performed exceptionally well during the defensive fighting at the Dnieper River in autumn 1943.
The Ferdinands were then re-fitted into Elefants. One company was sent to Italy while the rest still saw active service in Russia through 1944 and into early 1945.
So after a bad start at Kursk the Ferdinands/Elefants actually did very well when they were used properly in defence.
@LaughingGravy31 That is correct! Well Elefants had: MG-34 fitted, slightly better armor upgrades and slight engine upgrades plus other whatnot upgrades. The Ferdinand/Elefatn surprisingly well for ranged shooting - plus the fact they had incredibly thick as armor at 200mm - which in terms of sheer thickness exceeds that of a Tiger I or even a Panther's though probably not as good as the Bengal Tiger.
In the formations I just mentioned, the Panther commanders requested the Tiger I's to engage in the very long range shooting because the Tiger I's 88mm was more effective at 2,500 to 3,000 metres or more.
At Krivoi Rog in Nov '43 the Panther commander Gerhard Fischer of 23rd Panzer Division guided the Tiger Is of battalion 506 to an excellent position where they stopped and were able to knock out over 20 T34s well over 2,000 metres range while his Panthers moved forwards.
To be specific the regiment that Bake formed was called Schweres Panzer Regiment Bake and it carried out two missions in Jan and Feb 1944. It combined 34 Tiger Is of Tiger battalion 503 and 46 Panthers of 23rd Panzer Divison.
It was a very successful specially organized unit during Jan and Feb 1944. The Panthers and Tigers worked well together.
In the Balabanovka pocket battles in Jan '44 the unit destroyed 267 Soviet tanks for the loss of just 3 Panthers and 1 Tiger I.
@LaughingGravy31 AH - Korsun Shekensovsky and a battle during May '44 a Panther/Tiger squad helped destroy a larger force of T-34/85's and IS-2 tanks! :D It was due to tactical skill, maneuvering and superior German optics on thier guns they were able to defeat the IS-2 tanks despite the IS-2 tanks having armor that could withstand a shot or two off the Tiger I's at over 2000 yards. So much for a radical improvement over the KV-1 tank haha! IS-2 tank was still an interesting tank though.
""a battle during May '44 a Panther/Tiger squad helped destroy a larger force of T-34/85's and IS-2 tanks""
Yes the Battle of Targu Fromus involving the Grossdeutschland.
Here again, General Hasso von Manteuffel directed his TIGERS to start hitting the IS-2s at 3,000 metres range and not the Panthers, so it seems pretty clear that all German commanders were aware that the Tiger I's 88mm L/56 was more effective at very long range than the Panther's 75mm L/70.
As we talked about before, the IS-2 was not really a tank suited to 'tank v tank' warfare. It's gun was more or less a howitzer and it couldn't accurateky hit anything much beyond about 700 to 800 metres and it also had a very low ammo storage, just 28 rounds, of which less than a dozen were AP.Its rate of fire was slow and it had cumbersome 2 part ammunition.
In tank v tank slugfests at range the IS-2 was found wanting.It was better as a breakthrough tank against bunkers etc.
@LaughingGravy31 Hence IS-3 could be seen as honestly anything but useless - other than a propaganda tool to show the might of the Soviet Union at least during the early post-WWII years...a study in the 50's found that the IS-3 armor despite been 200mm so thick or having 'Rolled' plate still suffered poor welding at the seams and conditions were far from perfect in ergonomics :( Alas - perhaps it seems the KV tanks were better on legacy than the IS series tanks - if you don't count armor or guns
@LaughingGravy31 Hmm - not too long ago too I read that Soviet doctrine was different in engaging tanks compared to the Allies or the Germans - particularly tanks - they simply expected thier tanks to be jack of trades - but trending towards the assault/infantry role. The only good thing about the IS-2 was the sheer HE shell it fired - any idea how heavy a Tiger or Bengal Tiger's 88mm shell was? Because wasn't it the higher the velocity the more damaging it was not just HE?
@LaughingGravy31 Did the IS-2 do well against softer targets or lesser tanks? I'm not talking Tiger I's or Panther tanks here - as I'm sure we've all seen pictures of smashed up IS-2 tanks that were not just the work of Tiger/Panther crews but the effects of ambush teams using panzerfaults/shreks or whatever they could lay thier hands on. I hear that even with the HE power of the IS-2 it still had ammunition powder problems - as the Soviet ammunition wasn't as good as German ammuniton...
King Tigers also worked in conjunction with Panthers.
Tiger battalion 506 was attached to 9th Panzer division in autumn 1944 along the German border during the fighting against the Americans.
On November 17th 1944 the King Tigers of 506, working with the Panthers of 9th Panzer Division destroyed nearly 60 American tanks of 2nd Armoured Division near Puffendorf, Germany (10 miles north east of Aachen).
Together the King Tigers and Panthers were very formidable.
@mecawenl And don't forget BLAST BLAST BLAST expensive Tungsten Shells and standard AP SHELLS! ;) - as the Germans/Axis countries didn't have as huge stocks of ammo unlike the Allies (particularly Japanese artillery in WWII) they'd have to make every shot count ;)
Every relic represents hundreds of thousands of lives, a story, a heroic act, a loved one that never returned from war. Sexy girls demo tanks and military helicopters to include the Hind 6 Russian helicopter.
Wow, the sound is outstanding. Its one thing to see pictures out of the past but hear this sound out of the past like this is special. I remember talking to a WWII vet and he told me that when he was in France and he heard the enemy tanks he was especially sick to his stomach because he know how deadly those beast were. I could only try to imagine what he was experiencing. This helps me understand better.
If you are watching this video and have any sort of knowledge of WWII history then you will realize what a rare and wonderful site this is. This tank, although now back in the shop and not running, was the only remaining tiger I in the world in running order, and that was due to the extreme hard work by those at the Bovington Tank Museum. This tank has been through a lot in it's history and it's so cool to see that it's been restored.
@DSVetDad And retains the original battle damage :D - unfortunatley in the past it had :( lost the original engine - they had to use a Bengal Tiger's engine in the '04 Tank Fest :D I do wish to see this tank in the future haha. I just got myself a mini-Tiger I diecast yesterday - its not a replica of 131 but it was of S01 and I love it :D
@DSVetDad It is slightly unfortunate this Tiger I was captured fairly soon by the British in 1943 - same with the Panzer III that appeared within in the Tank Fest. But again this is the ONLY Tiger I that functions out of the 6 inthe world - and this Tiger I's been dismantled before before in 1990 they dreamed of running it again and as of 04 08 and today it still functions :)
Even after all these years this is still an impressive machine. Imagine what it was like to be a soviet or alled tanker and encounter one. Of course there were never many. I think that a lot of allied troops thought that the mark 4 was a tiger because they do look alike especially if they scare the crap out of you and are coming towards you firing.
freakin badass .. german tanks ruled .. in ww2 .. but production wise there just weren't enough tigers ...to little too late... But that 88 mm gun was KING
impressive
Seekerism 4 days ago
did it came right from el alemein or what i mean al the sand.
sander878 1 week ago 2
Ah! A ride like that makes you feel like a man right? Like nothing can touch you.
1234gab4 2 weeks ago
I liked how at 3:08 it set off the car alarm. Must have scared the poor little thing.
pacifist11 2 weeks ago
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AT 3:08 the alarm on the green car turned on :P LOL.. What a beast of a tank! 100% super german engineering! :D
ollo1982 2 weeks ago
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ollo1982 2 weeks ago
Damn these things are fun too watch, and even more fun to listen to.
The sound of dat engine, dem treads.
Agora2021 2 weeks ago
3:00 with the rain is even more impressive
Smellthegrass 3 weeks ago
What a nightmare for our poor allied soldiers to see that thing on the loose.
MrAlsfan5 3 weeks ago
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Only zeh Germans can make small amounts of machines that turn into an entire threat to the enemies front.
jimmyxx3 4 weeks ago
What a beauty. I love the squeakiness coming off it. If a tank could give me a hard on this would be it! haha :D
finipops 1 month ago
What an amazing sight and sound, if there is one vehicle in the World I'd ever love to drive its a Tiger tank,
mattd28 1 month ago
@mattd28 i'd like to drive a Maus :DD
dunavidrava 2 weeks ago
It's funny how most WW2 military fans react when seeing a WW2 tank. When they see a Sherman, or a T34, they're somehow like "oh, that's cool", but when they see a Tiger, or a Panther, or any other German tank legend they're like "OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! Oh... damn I wet my pants by seeing this miracle of weaponry" :D And yup, I'm the second type :)
TransAmDrifter 1 month ago
Chuck Norris called, he wants his car back...
SilviWarrior 1 month ago
awsume ... Thanks for removing 1 item of my "bucket list" simply a amazing machine !
jackleboy18 1 month ago
driver:I FEEL POWERFULL!!!!
zorbaknecromancer 1 month ago
Christmas day and i'm looking at a tiger tank!
Fantastic
karlelv 1 month ago
Imagine being the cars at 2:00 and seeing that thing coming towards you!
hipcat13 1 month ago
this is a beautiful piece of history.
ww2enthusiest 1 month ago
Damn, what a masterpiece!
xStalkerxx 1 month ago
THE JEALOUSY IS TOO CONSUMING ARGHHHHHHHHHH
TalonMercenary 1 month ago
The wheels on the tank go cruch,crush, crush all day long
BigBangBoy677 1 month ago
It's so quite compared to T34!!!!
Keb0rg 1 month ago
Before I die. I will ride or drive this tank..
GravityHotelTv 1 month ago
Dear Santa...
SilviWarrior 1 month ago
Parking at your local grocery store has never been easier.
TheStrothers101 1 month ago
Kick ass!!
I want to drive one as well as see one in person!!
For now I'll have to drive my 1/16 scale Tiger I. =s
BCFB007 1 month ago
i want one
RSxB3aster99 1 month ago
sweeeeeeeeet!
RSxB3aster99 1 month ago
this is a beast of a tank
donoghue666 1 month ago
Превосходный танк!
Tag0684 1 month ago
@Tag0684
Вы правы!
Falke40lg 1 month ago
OMG I would die to have that I have heard driving a tiger is like driving a car hmmm. A car that is 60. Tons
222Totenkopf 1 month ago
Why the hell are the comments everyone posted so long?
Dreese941 2 months ago 7
I feel so jealous now... :(
Hiristis 2 months ago 9
what beauty, certainly my favorite tank in the world.
123Cranker 2 months ago
cars at 2:03 : shitshitshitshitshitshitshitshit
CannonRoadPilot 2 months ago
My uncle was a Cpt in the 1st Armored Div in WW2 and he said that he had nightmares 30 years later about seeing these tanks coming at them. He said that they scared the crap out of everyone when they appeared and opened up with that 88mm. To engage a Tiger in open ground was suicide. He said that the known weak spots were the side armor and the rear, But if the Tiger saw you before you could shoot at it you were done.
Gunfighter1b 2 months ago
sherman killer... :-)best WW2 tank, the tiger construction comes from Dr Ferdinand Porsche... ;-)
Laabsi86 2 months ago
@Laabsi86 actually it comes from Henschel, there were prototypes by both, Porsche and Henschel but it was the Henschel one which was choosen for production ;)
ceero643 2 months ago in playlist ceero643's favorites
@ceero643 Henschel usually made better prototypes of tanks than Porsche but surprisignly Porsche reached a small parity with the Jagdtiger; unlike Hensche the PORSCHE Jagdtigers were cheaper, lighter and easier to build although Henschel Jagdtigers had better wheel transmissions :) Then again Porsche makes some fine cars today...
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@ceero643 ok you are right... "da hast wohl recht mein bester" ;)
Laabsi86 2 months ago
if its black....id love it
MQhelper 2 months ago
jesus, no wonder this scared the infantry sh1tless
brumajum90 2 months ago
that is a beauty :)
necessaryevil101 3 months ago
@CaptainMan117 sorry, i didn`t saw this, when i replied. Youtube it`s weird site, where spacetime isn`t the same as usually.
WendigoPL 3 months ago
Thats some sexy shit right there ...
Cottonboy88 3 months ago
@CaptainMan117 Tiger`s engine originally was V12 Maybach HL230 P45 petrol engine (700 hp @ 3000revs/min.), so it`s gasoline (and even don`t sounds like diesel). :)
WendigoPL 3 months ago
Death for T-34 and Shermans
napasganjubas 3 months ago
@CaptainMan117 None of German tanks had diesel engine.
napasganjubas 3 months ago
It has a steering wheel!! never knew that
mikesndbs 3 months ago
@mikesndbs Surprising driving a tank like the Tiger I eh? You ever heard that the Tiger I's power system was actually derived from the Merrit-Brown system - but the control speeds were hard to maintain and reparing was a nightmare!
HeirofGojira91 3 months ago
a bad ass tank
nadz109 3 months ago
I'm sorry Mr Traffic Warden, but say hello to my little friend
superalihare 3 months ago
Very cool man. Do you plan to do video's of other tanks?
Hedlum 3 months ago
S ovim bi rado došao u školu
azra00009 4 months ago
Awesome
azra00009 4 months ago
Tiger: OM NOM NOM NOM NOM Shermans..... :D
mecawenl 4 months ago 11
@mecawenl Tiger: OM NOM NOM NOM NOM (a lot of) gasoline. ;)
WendigoPL 3 months ago 7
@WendigoPL Perhaps the Germans should have thought of 'fuel-efficient' eh?
HeirofGojira91 3 months ago
@HeirofGojira91 gasoline was cheaper and less difficult to get than diesel oil during second w w, so it was not so bad idea to use this engine. :) Diesel engines weren't so popular, as today, so diesel fuel also wasn't available everywhere (as opposed to gasoline).
WendigoPL 3 months ago
@WendigoPL And yet now there's ethanol made from cane sugar/corn starch and means to produce biodiesel from algae!
HeirofGojira91 3 months ago
@HeirofGojira91 and during the war Germans had to make gasoline from coal or use wood gas generators (especially in civil transportation). They were creative people. :)
WendigoPL 3 months ago
@WendigoPL And of course - they also developed the famous FISCHER-TROPPH PROCESS :D
And in the testing of the Bengal Tiger tank - the factories of Henschel had to make do with bottle gas for testing! Although petrol was supplied for actual operations :)
Do you prefer the Tiger I, Bengal Tiger, Jagdtiger, SturmmTiger, Tiger I (Porsche), Panther or Jagdpanther?
HeirofGojira91 3 months ago
@HeirofGojira91 But they used Bergius process to produce gasoline from coal. :)
IMO best German tank during the war was Panther. It was faster then Tiger 1 or 2 (better mobility), had better armor shape, than Tiger 1 (similar thickness), but was much lighter (lower quantity of materials needed). Only disadvantage was 75mm gun instead of tiger`s 88mm, but this gun was also very effective. Jagdtiger and Jagdpanther was very powerful but only defensive weapons...
WendigoPL 3 months ago
@WendigoPL Hmm - the Jagdpanther deserves abit more credit - after all I personally reckon it was superior to a Panther tank - it did make an impression in Normandy and WWII - the armour was pretty good and the kwk 43 is VERY POWERFUL - plus Jagdpanther solved Elefants poor speed/high profile and Nashorn's poor armour/high profile :D - only problem was Jagdpanther had too few in number. Besides - it was design meeting demand so it inherited the Panther's advantage!
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91 as i said: self-propelled at guns (tank destroyers) were only defensive weapons due to lack of turret. During offensive action this attribute was a big disadvantage (but was a big advantage, when in defensive mode- vehicle can be lower (easier to hide) and less complicated). Generally German equipment was produced in small numbers but was high end during this time- powerful and accurate but expensive.
WendigoPL 2 months ago
@WendigoPL Bergius process? Wow - interesting. Panther wasn't actually too expensive compared to a Tiger I - but I thought molybdenum and nickel were expensive for its frontal armour? Which was why there were probelms for the Germans to obtain enough raw materials to get for the armour? The Panther's weakness was side armour, too few, complex engineering/engine - Panther Ausf G vs T-34/85? The 85mm is a bigger caliber and T-34/85 was faster but PaK 42 75mm was more accurate + superior optics.
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91 You`re right. Supplies of rare metals was one of "narrow throats" of Third Reich economy. I heard, that sometimes they even had to use u-boots as a merchant ships to supply these materials from distant places...
WendigoPL 2 months ago
@WendigoPL In 1942/43 the Germans made a material supply trade with Japanese submariners on a mini diplomatic good will mission! They exhcanged metals and some fuel - mostly metals such as tungsten, molybdenum and nickel and steel ores. They seemed pretty pleased in the picture - the Japanese and Germans even exchanged sovenirs!
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91 I`ve seen one of those pictures and now i remember it, so you`re right, but i`ve also heard, that Germans had to use u-boots to supply some materials from/to Argentine and at the end of war some notable nazis even escaped there by submarines. There are rumors, that even Hitler himself was one of them... but this is another story. :)
WendigoPL 2 months ago
@WendigoPL No - 'die Angel of Death' Mengle was one of the few who went to Argentina on the run plus Adolf Eichmann (though Eichmann would be executed in the 60's despite his pleas that 'he was only following orders') - what do you think of Nazi's whom 'claimed they were following orders only?' I reckon it was a bunch of Mickey Mouse, save for Speer whom repented.
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91 I think, that "following orders" is just really poor justification... About escaping nazis: Approximately 150000 persons should be judged as a nazi genocide/war criminals. Only ~30000 were judged. Where gone the rest of them? Mengele & Eichmann are just most known of them. Skeleton of Martin Bormann was found in Berlin in 70's whole covered in red clay, that cant be found in local soil (mostly sands), but match perfect to few places in south america.
WendigoPL 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91 Furthermore: Did you heard about Walter Rauff or Gustav Wagner? Rauff were a inventor of gas vans (gas chamber mounted on truck), Wagner was deputy commander of the Sobibor extermination camp. Both of them lived many years after the war without any interruption in south america...
WendigoPL 2 months ago
@WendigoPL Yes - briefly read about them - unrepentant SS Nazi's I hear...Speaking of Hitler there were rumors that he had a 'double-look alike' executed and he escaped and lived as far as 1992...but that is absolutely complete hogwash...
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91 Today Hitler would be 122 years old, so -he escaped or not- he is dead now (or in worst case he is terrible old, but i think, he's dead already). Hitler probably had Parkinson's disease, which was incurable in those days, so it's very unlikely, that he lived, if escaped, until 1992...
WendigoPL 2 months ago
@WendigoPL Well said my WWII colleague! :) Not just that but you read about his medical health? Apart from the theories of insanity and the what nots - it was said his personal 'quack' Theodore Morell was such a genius; he was said to have administered Hitler quite a bit of drugs that Narcotics and police officers would classify as Class A drugs such as Meth, Amph and Crack (this is not a joke). While cocaine was used medically in WWII Morell prescribed Hitler quite a bit of it...
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91 Hmm... I've heard something about it. :) During the WWII narcotics were unknown... I mean it was not considered as narcotics, and Hitler was no exception in those days. In example Goering was addicted to morphine, Churchill to alcohol and (probably) to amphetamine... And "heroine" its a trademark of Bayer. ;)
Hitler was a "king", like Presley (rock&roll king) or Jackson (pop king), and had his own irresponsible doctor. :D
WendigoPL 2 months ago
@WendigoPL And so Churchill liked to drink eh? I hear some Allied war leaders such as Premier/Commissarr Krushev himself loved a nice bit of Vodkha himself ;) - not to mention Stalin and surprisingly did you know Mao Zhe Dong himself was said to personally love spicy foods and espescially chilli peppers? Again this is not a joke.
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91 Stalin only drank georgian wine.Never vodka or brandy.He preffered the brand "Kindzmarauli". it really is an amazing wine.
vuikenshtein 2 months ago
@vuikenshtein My mistake - I wasn't referring to vodka actually I just wasn't sure what was the name but now that you mention it - yep that was the name of the wine from Geogia that I was trying to type in but I wasn't so sure about the name :)
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@vuikenshtein Not that its a spot light but have you heard of 'Gan Jiu?' it was a local wine from a province in China I read that Mao Ze Dong personally liked to wash down his meals with.
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91 never heard of it.is it a grape wine?
vuikenshtein 2 months ago
@vuikenshtein XD - Beats me actually - just read it in an autobiography of his. It was just a local wine produced in a local province and when Mao Ze Dong had Soviet advisers/visitors they'd occasionally bring some 'refreshments' and this included Gan Jiu wine and the likes. I might ask my friend haha - he's a bartender in training...
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91 i doubt the bartender in training in US would know if "Gan Jiu" is grape or other fruit.All they know here is how to pitch a drink with cheap cocktail vodka or make a bloody mary:-) I know,i used to manage a bar for a year and a half.I did some research though.I think the right way to spell the name of that wine is "Huangjiu ".its made from rice millet and wheat. Am i right?
vuikenshtein 2 months ago
@vuikenshtein Yep - correct you are. Hmm - given Gan Jiu in the autobio said it was locally produced, it probably WAS indeed a variation of either Bai Jiu or the Huang Jiu :). Actually the guy's (bartender in training) from Singapoore haha - he hasn't been in America. He once joked to me he was going to 'toast' about some Molotov's which was kinda funny but silly. I personally ain't a drinker myself though haha. Though I am interested in the history of Bourbon, 'Mickey Finn', Cognac ...
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91 Molotov cocktail is not really a drink though:-) it's a bottle filled with kerosine or gasoline with a cloth instead of cork.it's named after Soviet minister of Foreign affairs Molotov.it's the guy that signed that messed up treaty of "non-agression" between Nazi Germany and USSR.
vuikenshtein 2 months ago
@vuikenshtein Well I DID say the guy 'joked' he was gonna toast a molotov - besides its illegal to own or throw molotov cocktails unless you're a police officer doing training maneuvers or you've got a pretty damned good reason to do so :S Funny thing - Molotov got a cult of personality that he personally didn't like and the Molotov Cocktail was one, another being the propaganda 'Molotov's Bread Basket' for the Soviet RRAB-3 incendieary bomb :(
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@WendigoPL Even Otto Skorzeny the legendary 'giant' who rescued Mussolini organized networks for escaped Nazi's following WWII and he himself prided in escaping and even giving an interview during the 80's to tell the tale! Funny thing of the WWII German Generals I like not Rommel or Rundstealdt (still good commanders though) but Model, Bittrich and Heinz Harmel. Too bad Hitler stupidly removed his good officers following '44 and replacing them with SS clowns... :(
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91 It was not too bad for me, cause this (and others) wrong decision bring Hitler to final defeat. You know... Australia is at other "end" of the world, but for me Germany is in closest neighborhood of my country, and who knows, if we could talk today, if Hitler would not do his mistakes...
WendigoPL 2 months ago
@WendigoPL The PaK 42 was actually a more powerful AT gun in AP penetration than the Tiger I's 88mm kwk 36 - the only trade off was a less useful HE BUT STILL the PaK 42 had a respectable HE shell against Allied vehicles - given it was accurate, had a generous charge, and flat trajectory.
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91 You're right!
WendigoPL 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91
""The PaK 42 was actually a more powerful AT gun in AP penetration than the Tiger I's 88mm kwk 36""
Are you talking about the Panther's gun? If so you would be right at ranges up to about 2,000 metres.
At ranges beyond though, the Tiger I's 88mm L/56 had superior AP and better accuracy so The Tiger's I's gun was more useful in engagements of 2,000m to 3,000m and Panther commanders often called on Tigers when REALLY long range hits were needed.
LaughingGravy31 2 months ago
@LaughingGravy31 But the PaK 42 had a longer barrel? A flatter trajectory? I don't understand the concept - Kwk 36-> 88 x 56 = 4928 whilst PaK 42 75 x 70 = 5250 metres? Or was it the concept of the ammunition used and charge/powder design in the cartridge? Or was it merely more on velocity for the PaK 42 75mm gun? Yes I was refering to the Panther's 75mm PaK 42 - obviously not the PaK 40 AT-gun. Interesting then - was it common for Tigers and Panthers to work together though?
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91
Yes Tigers often found themselves working together with Panthers. The Tiger battalions(though technically 'independent') often found themselves attached to Panzer Divisions (with Panthers) on lots of occasions.
For example, I can think of Tiger battalion 506 working with the Panthers of 23rd Panzer Division around Krivoi Rog in November 1943.
Most famously there was special regiment Bake formed in early '44 for the Cherkassy relief. It had Tigers and Panthers in one unit.
LaughingGravy31 2 months ago
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LaughingGravy31 2 months ago
@LaughingGravy31 I've only read that Tiger I's originally were meant to be placed in special corps under the command of an Army Unit - or spacial battallions of 30 vehicles - though some SS Waffen divisions were given thier own Tiger batallion units? Or are my readings incorrect? But nonetheless the Tiger I's gun actually had a BIGGER HE content than a Panther's PaK 42...
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91 ... and Sturmtiger was anti-bunker self-propelled heavy mortar using rocket-assisted projectiles. Incredible powerful, but had terrible low rate of fire, had only 14 very heavy missiles on board and just can`t fight effectively against tanks, so it was rather impractical in other roles, than bunker busting, and should not be compared with regular tanks, but this weapon was very original.
WendigoPL 3 months ago
@WendigoPL But still - 150 mm OF armour sloped = Bengal Tiger's front. Very difficult to kill. Whats interesting is that they'd managed to make use of old Tiger I hulls yet drawing experience from assaults in Stalingrad...yet at the same time the Russians made use of the ISU-152, SU-152 and the ISU-122's...
Surprisingly the Sturmtiger DID manage to destroy 1 Sherman from its kinetic blast in '44 ;)
Then again we cannot dismiss the legacy of ALL Tiger variants. Have you heard of the Bergetiger?
HeirofGojira91 3 months ago
@HeirofGojira91
Konigstiger was in fact very difficult to kill, but was also very slow, had poor cross country performance and only 487 were built.
Sturmtiger in fact had ability to tear apart every (or almost every) enemy tank, if it get closer enough (due to poor accuracy and rather low range) to hit this tank (or to hit close to it), but it had only one shot, cause reloading was slow process, even if whole crew was involved in it.
I`ve heard about Bergetiger. Another curiosity. :)
Greetings
WendigoPL 3 months ago
@WendigoPL And the interesting Bergepanther...they still wonder if the Bergetiger itself was actual or just some field modification of old Tiger I's - still wondering if they actually were used for engineering work. Only 3 or so were found from what I've read...And for Sturmtiger it unfortunately suffered what its Tiger cousins suffered...a sadder story was said comparable to the Jagdtiger or even Elefant :( - the Elefant atleast had good kill ratios and 200mm of armour is very hard to punch!
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@WendigoPL But diesel = pollutant :( - hence we today try to work with bio-diesel such as corn starch or Leuvenic Acid :D Although production issues, cost, competition with food crops, resource requirments, costs and the future impacts of land use are another side of the coin for biodiesel :( but diesel in WWII had the advantage of being more resistant to the cold and less flammable compared to gasolene of the German panzers!
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91 Nobody cares about pollution during the war...
WendigoPL 2 months ago
@WendigoPL PLUS clang clang clang - 250 000 Reichmarks, I guess some nom nom of RAW MATERIALS! HAHA - don't forget Tiger I is also VERY expensive to make hence nom some metals such as nickel, steel, engine, fuel and the what nots.
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91 Yeah, you`re right. It is the answer to question: "Why tigers/panthers/other german stuff was produced in rather low quantities?"
WendigoPL 2 months ago
@mecawenl I hate to say this in a cruel way but more likely the German commander smokes his zigaretten casually and grins - going 'Ja, I get an extra few medals and Reichmarks for every Tommy Cooker I canned today Ja!'
HeirofGojira91 3 months ago
@mecawenl Within Normandy, the Tigers scored victories out of proportion to their numbers. On July 11th, 1944, thirteen British Shermans were lost of out 20 with two more captured with no Tiger losses.
vuikenshtein 2 months ago
@vuikenshtein now, dropping the jokes, i think the tiger was a steel marvel of its time, no without its faults, but oh well, i think that hitler should have focused on the tiger I and upgraded it instead of going for the Tiger II, it was already freaking expensive, to just jump to the tiger II that was even more expensive and had even worse transmission problems. not that i have a problem with the God-Tank doctrine, but german industry couldn't keep up and that's what they've got :/
mecawenl 2 months ago
@mecawenl well,from what my grandfather told me,when their line of defence was attacked by 4 tigers entire batalion ran back to the second line where they had T-34's.My grandpa told me that every other man in batalion had shit himself.They were laughing at that at the time but when you see this machine coming at you - i think i'd shit my pants.
vuikenshtein 2 months ago
@vuikenshtein hahahaha of course, if all i had to stop that monster was a shitty 75mm m3 gun from a little sherman, or similar, id seriously think about holding my position xddd
mecawenl 2 months ago
@mecawenl They still held the position.And advanced afterwards.One year later my grandpa took a piss on reichstaag:-) He said there were two scariest things he experienced at war - 1) hearing that medic proclaimed him dead,said "live him,he;s done"(That was in Austria,he was wounded and the only way they figuered that he is alive - snow was melting on him and not on other dead) and 2) the view of Tiger tank coming at you.He said there was something scary even in noise of their engines.
vuikenshtein 2 months ago
@vuikenshtein lol hearing a medic say to ppl to leave u there dying lol, even half dead id tell him to go fuck himself xd, but now u got me curious, how exactly did ur grandpa's unit disable that monster?
mecawenl 2 months ago
@mecawenl They never did.T-34 tankers counterattacked and after 30 minute fight six T-34 were destroyed,one of 4 Tigers had his track damaged so other 3 Tigers just retreated (one of them picked up a crue from damaged Tiger) My grandpa has a picture of him on that Tiger with a messed up track.But when i asked him - did you do this to Tiger - he said - no,T-34 tankers did this.
vuikenshtein 2 months ago
@mecawenl Actually the German High Command themselves requested an even bigger and better successor when the Tiger I had hardly reached service in the wake that the Soviets may be designing better tanks to tackle the Tiger I as well. Hitler himself also on many walks insisted German heavy tanks mount huge guns and have thicker armor and demanded a pretty stupid speed which would have screwed up the overall performance...
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91 rushed designs, thats the true failure of germans war machines, i bet if the military engineering was under a more sensible leader/ commander, the war would have ended differently
mecawenl 2 months ago
@mecawenl YES - have you read at Kursk (or should I even say earlier at Leningrad) Tiger I's of the early production apparently were even rushed in the factory to the point they didn't even get tested properly which was why the Tiger I and even the Panther espescially had transmission/drive problems - worsened of course by Hitler insisting the Panther be deployed at the earliest possible moment when kinks were still being worked out - and of course same for Leningrad Tiger I's :(
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@mecawenl And Hitler's extreme stupidity in another case where he was ingenius enough to insist the Me262 be used as a bomber rather than a fighter - I couldnt' believe it when I read this insistence - all because of 'pride' and the fact Hitler personally hated the word 'fighter' - and the story of the MP-44 - oh the list goes on besides leadership and the Tiger I tanks!
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91 yep thats exactly what i meant, hahaha, those stupid choices meant big manpower loses and loss of tactical/technological advantages.
mecawenl 2 months ago
@vuikenshtein Plus Michael Wittmann who took out a British armored column taking out was it 25 vehicles/tanks before he was forced to retreat (his Tiger got knocked out though). Didn't the Jagdpanthers also do well? At the 30th of July 3 Jagdpanthers knocked out 10 Churchills before 2 were knocked out and abandoned.
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91 My grandpa never encountered Jagdpanther.The only german armour he ever made fun of was the elephant.Twice as big as Tiger but no machine gun to ward off the infantry.it took almost 100 thousand dollars to built one but it took one drunk russian with a bottle of molotov coctail to take it out:-)
vuikenshtein 2 months ago
@vuikenshtein Elefant? It was the FERDINAND that had no MG-34. The Elefant is essentially a Ferdinand that survived Kursk and got retrofitted with a new cupola, some armor/engine upgrades and lastly it had the MG-34 installed. What is funny though was its got ridiculously thick armor that was its curse and its survival - at 200mm thick it was practically indestructible from most firepower, if you don't count sneaky assault teams hurling fuel bombs at it.
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91 hmm...yes,u'r right, but he called them "slon" which means elephant in russian.
vuikenshtein 2 months ago
@vuikenshtein O.O interesting. Speaking of heavy vehicles have you heard of the mystical prototypes the Germans planned for the E-series AFV's? There was apparently to be another version of the Bengal Tiger - with a better turret and better gun/armor! There was even the proposed Jaguar/Krokodil or the E-90 super heavy tank! Yikes! And all would have firepower atleast - at the range of 88 - 105mm (128/150/175mm for the E90-E100 series)!
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@vuikenshtein
Actually after the Battle Of Kursk the Ferdinands performed exceptionally well during the defensive fighting at the Dnieper River in autumn 1943.
The Ferdinands were then re-fitted into Elefants. One company was sent to Italy while the rest still saw active service in Russia through 1944 and into early 1945.
So after a bad start at Kursk the Ferdinands/Elefants actually did very well when they were used properly in defence.
I believe 2 even made it back to Berlin.
LaughingGravy31 2 months ago
@LaughingGravy31 That is correct! Well Elefants had: MG-34 fitted, slightly better armor upgrades and slight engine upgrades plus other whatnot upgrades. The Ferdinand/Elefatn surprisingly well for ranged shooting - plus the fact they had incredibly thick as armor at 200mm - which in terms of sheer thickness exceeds that of a Tiger I or even a Panther's though probably not as good as the Bengal Tiger.
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
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@HeirofGojira91
In the formations I just mentioned, the Panther commanders requested the Tiger I's to engage in the very long range shooting because the Tiger I's 88mm was more effective at 2,500 to 3,000 metres or more.
At Krivoi Rog in Nov '43 the Panther commander Gerhard Fischer of 23rd Panzer Division guided the Tiger Is of battalion 506 to an excellent position where they stopped and were able to knock out over 20 T34s well over 2,000 metres range while his Panthers moved forwards.
LaughingGravy31 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91
To be specific the regiment that Bake formed was called Schweres Panzer Regiment Bake and it carried out two missions in Jan and Feb 1944. It combined 34 Tiger Is of Tiger battalion 503 and 46 Panthers of 23rd Panzer Divison.
It was a very successful specially organized unit during Jan and Feb 1944. The Panthers and Tigers worked well together.
In the Balabanovka pocket battles in Jan '44 the unit destroyed 267 Soviet tanks for the loss of just 3 Panthers and 1 Tiger I.
LaughingGravy31 2 months ago
@LaughingGravy31 AH - Korsun Shekensovsky and a battle during May '44 a Panther/Tiger squad helped destroy a larger force of T-34/85's and IS-2 tanks! :D It was due to tactical skill, maneuvering and superior German optics on thier guns they were able to defeat the IS-2 tanks despite the IS-2 tanks having armor that could withstand a shot or two off the Tiger I's at over 2000 yards. So much for a radical improvement over the KV-1 tank haha! IS-2 tank was still an interesting tank though.
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91
""a battle during May '44 a Panther/Tiger squad helped destroy a larger force of T-34/85's and IS-2 tanks""
Yes the Battle of Targu Fromus involving the Grossdeutschland.
Here again, General Hasso von Manteuffel directed his TIGERS to start hitting the IS-2s at 3,000 metres range and not the Panthers, so it seems pretty clear that all German commanders were aware that the Tiger I's 88mm L/56 was more effective at very long range than the Panther's 75mm L/70.
LaughingGravy31 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91
As we talked about before, the IS-2 was not really a tank suited to 'tank v tank' warfare. It's gun was more or less a howitzer and it couldn't accurateky hit anything much beyond about 700 to 800 metres and it also had a very low ammo storage, just 28 rounds, of which less than a dozen were AP.Its rate of fire was slow and it had cumbersome 2 part ammunition.
In tank v tank slugfests at range the IS-2 was found wanting.It was better as a breakthrough tank against bunkers etc.
LaughingGravy31 2 months ago
@LaughingGravy31 Hence IS-3 could be seen as honestly anything but useless - other than a propaganda tool to show the might of the Soviet Union at least during the early post-WWII years...a study in the 50's found that the IS-3 armor despite been 200mm so thick or having 'Rolled' plate still suffered poor welding at the seams and conditions were far from perfect in ergonomics :( Alas - perhaps it seems the KV tanks were better on legacy than the IS series tanks - if you don't count armor or guns
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@LaughingGravy31 Hmm - not too long ago too I read that Soviet doctrine was different in engaging tanks compared to the Allies or the Germans - particularly tanks - they simply expected thier tanks to be jack of trades - but trending towards the assault/infantry role. The only good thing about the IS-2 was the sheer HE shell it fired - any idea how heavy a Tiger or Bengal Tiger's 88mm shell was? Because wasn't it the higher the velocity the more damaging it was not just HE?
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@LaughingGravy31 Did the IS-2 do well against softer targets or lesser tanks? I'm not talking Tiger I's or Panther tanks here - as I'm sure we've all seen pictures of smashed up IS-2 tanks that were not just the work of Tiger/Panther crews but the effects of ambush teams using panzerfaults/shreks or whatever they could lay thier hands on. I hear that even with the HE power of the IS-2 it still had ammunition powder problems - as the Soviet ammunition wasn't as good as German ammuniton...
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91
King Tigers also worked in conjunction with Panthers.
Tiger battalion 506 was attached to 9th Panzer division in autumn 1944 along the German border during the fighting against the Americans.
On November 17th 1944 the King Tigers of 506, working with the Panthers of 9th Panzer Division destroyed nearly 60 American tanks of 2nd Armoured Division near Puffendorf, Germany (10 miles north east of Aachen).
Together the King Tigers and Panthers were very formidable.
LaughingGravy31 2 months ago
@mecawenl And don't forget BLAST BLAST BLAST expensive Tungsten Shells and standard AP SHELLS! ;) - as the Germans/Axis countries didn't have as huge stocks of ammo unlike the Allies (particularly Japanese artillery in WWII) they'd have to make every shot count ;)
HeirofGojira91 2 months ago
@HeirofGojira91 shot counting doesnt win war. zerg rush does
uzickimajmunac 2 months ago
is this on e-bay?
bry6542 4 months ago
Dear Santa...
SpadesNeil 4 months ago
Sometimes I have a fool who illegally parks in front of my driveway.
I wish I had something like this to unblock junk cars.
m9078jk3 4 months ago
Funny to see !! the roadwheels was the biggest weakness in the field.
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RDIGlobal 4 months ago
Wow, the sound is outstanding. Its one thing to see pictures out of the past but hear this sound out of the past like this is special. I remember talking to a WWII vet and he told me that when he was in France and he heard the enemy tanks he was especially sick to his stomach because he know how deadly those beast were. I could only try to imagine what he was experiencing. This helps me understand better.
Klendathue 4 months ago in playlist More videos from PZSIX131
awesome machine.. love it :)
Bosnyanboy 4 months ago
Do you ever take it over any sweet jumps?
muttkahuna 4 months ago
well can it still use the canon??
Selmak24 4 months ago
@Selmak24 no. that is illegal in most countries.
goreziad 4 months ago in playlist Engines
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imlost19 4 months ago
@imlost19 that comment is overused not funny anymore!
weaklypaskaa2 4 months ago
@weaklypaskaa2 thanks for the update!
imlost19 4 months ago
...and the Tiger can still crush cars as it drives over. :3
lefant0m3 4 months ago
I just ejaculated at the sight of this running Tiger.
ZackMyslinski 4 months ago
FUCK YOU MR. TANK I HAVE A YELLOW VEST ON...BACK THE FUCK OFF!
iggy151 4 months ago
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patton395 5 months ago
If you are watching this video and have any sort of knowledge of WWII history then you will realize what a rare and wonderful site this is. This tank, although now back in the shop and not running, was the only remaining tiger I in the world in running order, and that was due to the extreme hard work by those at the Bovington Tank Museum. This tank has been through a lot in it's history and it's so cool to see that it's been restored.
DSVetDad 5 months ago 7
@DSVetDad And retains the original battle damage :D - unfortunatley in the past it had :( lost the original engine - they had to use a Bengal Tiger's engine in the '04 Tank Fest :D I do wish to see this tank in the future haha. I just got myself a mini-Tiger I diecast yesterday - its not a replica of 131 but it was of S01 and I love it :D
HeirofGojira91 3 months ago
@DSVetDad It is slightly unfortunate this Tiger I was captured fairly soon by the British in 1943 - same with the Panzer III that appeared within in the Tank Fest. But again this is the ONLY Tiger I that functions out of the 6 inthe world - and this Tiger I's been dismantled before before in 1990 they dreamed of running it again and as of 04 08 and today it still functions :)
HeirofGojira91 3 months ago
@DSVetDad Because we blew the fuck out of the rest. lol
jordanlc218 3 months ago
a masterpiece!
Panzer883 5 months ago
Even after all these years this is still an impressive machine. Imagine what it was like to be a soviet or alled tanker and encounter one. Of course there were never many. I think that a lot of allied troops thought that the mark 4 was a tiger because they do look alike especially if they scare the crap out of you and are coming towards you firing.
scottduncan44 5 months ago 3
I think it set a car alarm off at 3:08...
Ollie100111 5 months ago
bet the people in the on comming cars were like fuck....
Nigelmalibu 5 months ago
sounds fantastic!
luckytrigger0 5 months ago
imagine if u just saw that driving down the street one day...
B0eing1992 5 months ago
@B0eing1992
I would be very glad XD
DonKecskemethy 5 months ago
Ебануца можно сколько он бенза жрёт... порядка 500 литров на 100км.
AlexandrFarEast 5 months ago
maybach
wlh1usa 5 months ago
who stole my car?
gtazocker312 5 months ago
such nice car
chiwing1993 5 months ago
you should drive on the freeway. you would have the whole road to yourself. lol
LukeSidler2005 5 months ago
Good lord the noise inside that thing! but very impressive! you can get good RC models now!
mikesndbs 5 months ago
freakin badass .. german tanks ruled .. in ww2 .. but production wise there just weren't enough tigers ...to little too late... But that 88 mm gun was KING
Marktheshark3022 5 months ago
@Marktheshark3022 exactly.. under 2000 tigers built by germany, over 50 000 shermans built by the US alone
101andrewj 5 months ago
Power steering FTW, Nur deutsche technik
SSUstufRudel 5 months ago