Greatest Tank Battles- Battle of Kursk | Shoot First

For more, visit http://military.discovery.com/technology/vehicles/tanks/tanks.html | On the northern front, caught in the cross hairs of two German Tigers, one soldier finds himself on deadly ground.

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[sethzky77]

Damn that dudes head exploded all over that guy. Wars fucking brutal.

[1337Jogi]

The biggest tank, that was actually used in war was the "PzKfw VIB Tiger 2" or "King Tiger".

The design of the Panther is not copied although its true, that the sloped front armor was inspired by the t-34. The rest was completetely different and motsly better but also expensive.

[wiibigfanguy]

WTF is pz III/IV doing on 2:06.He only existed in blueprints!!!!

[thenoobfactor]

@MrTacticalkilla Arty is not a threat to tanks unless it achieves a direct hit. And calling artillery on a moving formation is almost impossible. And air power then and there was not as big a factor as it is now, or even back then on the western front.

[MrTacticalkilla]

its actually funny how close those tanks are driving together......thats a deadly mistake is arti or AS is around

[BandOfBrothers25]

@RoranHawkins Its ashame you know all of this. Find out about yourself, and not a weapon that kills.

[Toni112007]

@BandOfBrothers25 No it was MAUS lol

[Scoutrussp7]

@duda7208

soviets lost 6k tanks? They totally had around 3000 on the frontline of operation Citadel :D

[RoranHawkins]

@BandOfBrothers25 On top of that, because it weighs so much, it would break it's suspension every 5 minutes or so, seeing that the tiger II and tiger I already had suspension problems.

And even better:

Allies tactics (when there was good weather) "Ooh, enemy heavy tank spotted" *ARTY/AIRFORCE* "Move along, there's nothing to see here."

The Maus would be a snack for allied fighter/bombers.

[RoranHawkins]

@BandOfBrothers25 The Maus never was operational. There were 2 Maus hulls produced, and only 1 turret with armament. But right after that the USSR captured the 2 models, of which one, the turreted one was destroyed. In real battles it would be useless anyways. Almost 200t of weight, it would have sunk into fields. Not mentioning the tiger II already had many trouble crossing bridges, this tank had no choice to just drive through the river.

[BandOfBrothers25]

@SkullKing11841 You are correct, sorry for that. Wouldn't the Maus be the "biggest" operational tank? I know that it was only produced once or twice but it could still qualify?

[SkullKing11841]

@BandOfBrothers25

No Germany's biggest operational Tank of WW2 was the King Tiger, The Jagdtiger is a Tank Destroyer not a Tank, Germany's biggest operational armored fighting vehicle was the Jagdtiger.

Just getting all technical :)