🇩🇪 Tiger Tank Turret Rotation Sound
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- Some rare footage of the Tiger Tank turret rotating, its a nice sound as it traverses form right to left. This is the only time i’ve seen the Tiger tank move it’s turret in many visits to see this awesome tank.
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Top 10 sounds your grandfather never wanted to hear:
Yes, my grandfather was a T-34 driver. I mean he got borned in Yugoslavia in 1953, but still. He would've creep out, if he sees a German Tiger
XD
My grandfather was in the tiger 1
Unless he was German.
By 1953 the Tiger tank was very, very obsolete haha. There were way way better tanks around by that time
still scary after more than 70 years
this man sacrificed himself for likes...
Karakoth lol
Leopard 2 - "lol"
@@TexasViking_INFP-t_5w4 - Tiger 1 and Leopard 2...Grandpa and grandson.
You know you made one intimidating machine, when 70 years after war ended people still recognise your tank and THE tank.
The sound of countless transmissions crying out in terror, and being suddenly silenced
Oh it's beautiful
XD
Buttered Toast you do know the transmission thing was a myth and was hugely inflated for propaganda right . -_-
@@scorchclasstitan6727 doesn't matter. It's a meme
A.T.U Soldat Data aside it doesn’t take a genius to figure out the massive mechanical problems of slapping a huge ass gun on a giant mechanically complex steel brick. It’s not allied bias either. The Churchill series, Pershing tanks, IS series, basically every single heavy tank ever invented regardless of the home country suffered from massive mechanical problems. Which aside from the invention of advanced anti-tank weapons and next generation air power, is why heavy tanks met the same fate as the Battleship.
Now all things aside the Tiger is still an iconic tank, even its mechanical problems can’t take that away from it. And at the end of the day I just made my original post for a Star Wars meme
Every sound it makes is just intimidating. Just imagine the gut wrenching feeling troops got each time they recognize those sounds coming closer.
Boy, I can already imagine the sound of those in 40 km/h. I would be stunned for a moment with wide pupils watching the direction of the sounds coming from.
But really though if you have a good position and the tank is really close you can take it out easily. The tank isn't really the problem, it's the infantry around it, but the tank will help those infantry so I guess it is pretty scary
@@farinafranqui check out this armchair general here folks, 45 confirmed tiger kills in WW2
@@farinafranquiyeah I don’t know about you but sometimes war isn’t just a video game. If I was infantry in a “good position” I’d still be worried about a tank shooting a cannon in my general direction, I don’t give a fuck if infantry is a “bigger problem” a massive tank is way scarier.
@@JetFromHell I agree, while AT weapons exist, it doesn't make an armored beast with 7.62 mgs and a pretty big main gun (I don't know it's caliber) would be scary to just about anyone who doesn't have a death wish.
I bet Wehrmacht soldiers never would think one of these would still be operational today
+BigRedChester Alternatively they were a bit surprised the 1000 year reich ended after like 12 years.
+Present Moment He knows that. What he's saying is that the soldier would be more surprised that they lost the war than a functional tank.
I was actually saying they would probably be amazed to see their finest tank in the year 2016
VeteranBloxerbot I don't think I've ever heard of a tank named the Tier 2.
If you're talking about the Tiger 2, it was even LESS reliable than the Tiger or Panther. So it's only better if it works.
+Air Chief Marshall Sir Hugh You're incorrect, the tiger 2 was more reliable that the panther but LESS reliable than the tiger 1. Note, that by the end of 1944 most issues with the tiger 2 had been resolved.
I'm amazed by the tank driver's skill. He could drive thru the narrow door in one attempt without hitting the doorframe.
i mean, if he did, it don't really matter because he is in a tank after all.
It's all thanks to the power steering in the Tiger.
Andrew Cai its a garage but I see your point
The trick is to turn AFTER the corner ;) feels so spastic, even in a modern abrams
Andrew Cai he use 3rd person view
Allies: _(Destroys Tiger 131's turret ring)_
Tiger 131, years later: *Are you sure about that?*
Did not destroy the ring. The shot either jammed a piece of metal of the shell between the turret and the hull or deformed some metal of the tank to the same effect. The first you can remove and the latter you can grind out. Or it knocked the mechanism out of alignment. What ever it was would not be hard to repair at a workshop. To jam that amount of weight only requires a little imperfection. Somewhere out there is a video of a Ferdinand/Elephant where a piece of shrapnel of a couple of centimetres got between the front sprocket and the hull, jammed it and took it out of action. That shrapnel basically gets forged welded on impact.
Stupid Muppet the round didn't do any damage at all only got wedged in between the turret and hull under the gun mantelet one of the soldiers all he did was kick it out from the mantelet and it was perfectly fine the only reason the British captured it was the crew ran off and left it
Bart Hoving
Yeah that Ferdi (Actually it was an elephant but close enough) use to be like 12 miles from me. It was in Aberdeen Proving Grouds
you dont have workshops right next to the battle and mechanics can only patch up so much.
@@TheCarDemotic the ferdi is called an elephant
When a Tiger has 92 shells so you send 93 T-34s:
*TONKS*
Ramming always works! Especially with 57 tonnes against puny 27 tonnes!
1 T-34 in, the Tiger gets shot from the side and because it took a full shell load, it immediately explodes
@@TankDragonSherman thats why tanks have more armor on the front.
How the actual fuck a loud tank like T-34 will manage to get near side of a tiger?
@@salhb737tm2 Have you considered that combat isn't silent and with the sounds of gun/cannon fire, a tank sneaking up on another tank isn't out of the question?
Hhhh
There's 16 million dollars worth of gold in that bank, baby. Umhm. And all you and your men have to do to have an equal share is turn this turret around and blow a hole through that door.
lemmdus lol Kelly’s Heroes
Too bad they had to make a fake tiger for the kellys heroes
@@daltonjrhodes still better looking T-34/85 conversion to Tiger than in "Saving private Ryan"
"You! Zee american army"!
"No, we aint baby".
@@daltonjrhodes well there's only one functional Tiger 1 in the whole world so.............
Even after over 70 years, that is one hell of an imposing tank.
@Kurogane -sensei glad it's not just me.
I recently had the chance to stand next to a Tiger II which was impressive, but the most massive tank I stood next was a Merkava Mk I. I've never seen a tank of that magnitude..
I would agree if it didn't look like it was made of plastic, the gun in particular just looks like it's made form polymer or something.
How dare the museum owners actually keep their tanks well maintained and clean
During WW2 When you stop hearing Tiger tank turret rotations, you were in Valhalla all ready.
*cringe*
Either that or the drive stalled it when he was supposed to rev it up in time with the gunner demanding PTO torque.
@@manz7860 Salty
daAnder71 everyone knows that. My comment was based on title of the video, nothing else.
@@manz7860 No, you're cringe.
German Heavy Tanks: *exist*
Its transmission: ight imma head out
Maus, e100, P1000 ratte, and P1500 : *exist*
Transmission: end my life
The Maus and other super-heavy tanks were actually designed with an electric drive that bypassed the need for a transmission. The petrol engine was used to generate electricity for motors that moved the drive wheels.
The Porsche prototype of the Tiger also used this kind of drive but the design was rejected.
@@yallgotcheez6285 if only they existed
@Golden stick yes, I know. but the E-100 didn't, just a partially completed prototype. neither did the P-1/15000
@Golden stick that's literally what I said. blueprint = didn't exist. what's ur point
Man, its a dream of every guy to drive a tiger
Mine is IS-3. Goddamn that engine sound is so fucking powerful
I would like to drive a king tiger or a jagdtiger
ahhh, its getting hard to drive a JT :) there is only 1 or 2 left, and i think they dont run
I wouldn't pass it up given the chance, but not my first choice.
*****
well there is only one tiger running, and one tiger II!
"We did it! We shot the tiger on the turret ring"
The tiger:
The Tiger: *abandoned, captured, and took decades of hard work to get running again*
;)
Just Slowly turns around 😂
borderline BAHHAHA . Yea it’s better than being in a burning wreck . Like the Sherman and T-34s are now .
That turret treverses like no fucks are given
Allied soldiers:" Everytime I hear that sound, something terrible happens."
That was some skilled driving. He made that tight fit with that beast look easy. 😎
You see Tigers came with self park and a reversing camera
It's easy when you can turn on the spot, and you just know it fits.
You hear that? That's the sound of GERMAN ENGINEERING
*i cant hear you over the sound of the german engineering ja!*
But I thought they were all americans maintaining the beast?
AdBlock Fan british. still a german vehicle though :3
i wana drive this monster someday
pffff......
70+ years old and she still sounds as beautiful as ever and looks even better
What did you said about my mama
She?
Oh no ☹️
Dont assume tiger tank gender
The Germans preffered to call their tanks "boy" names not like the british. So I guess that is a boy
What I wouldn't give to see that tank for myself. Tiger 131, salvaged after being abandoned by her crew and is among the last few original tiger tanks in the world. What a legendary vehicle.
I had a choice , go to Paris with frau und kinder, or go to Tank Fest, for the day. Not a moment of regret ever. Tank Fest was amazing! Frau und kinder had got rained on with the frogs in Paris. Best day trip for me on our vacation in the U.K.
Great to see this old beast roaring around
Roarrrrttttr
Fuuuccckkkk
Unless you happen to be in a Sherman !
I think it’s the only one that can/does run
@jakob ming it is.
thank you UK and Tank museum for taking care for that beast 😍😍😍😍
Ty UK for not scraping this Tank too :D
@@gibu3296 would have been a shame to do so, since its the only functioning Tiger left in the world
@@gibu3296 why the hell would we scrap it you twat
Obi Wan Kenobi
Nah it wouldn’t be worth it
Better to see what once was
Hearing the roaring and clanking sound gave me the chills and goosebump!!
I'm adding this to my workout playlist
I will never forget watching Saving Private Ryan in theaters when the tanks were coming to the bridge and you could hear them coming in the distance. I've never felt a sense of pure terror quite like I did in that part of the movie. The sound of the squeaking steel monsters coming as they got closer and closer. Can't imagine how it must have felt to be facing off against one of these things.
And Saving Private Ryan didn't even use a real Tiger tank, imagine if they would've been able to have a real one.
They usually called in the air force and rocketed them.
And the rockets had almost no chance of hitting a concealed or moving tank. Rockets where used to strafe trains, long convoys of trucks and fortified positions. Things that either dont move, are vulnerable to close by explosions or move in a long predictable pattern. Nothing but myths and false propaganda concerning the efficiency of the airborne rockets. In reality, less than 4% of rockets hit their target and in reality those targets werent tanks. Maybe once or twice in a daring attempt, but over all, no. Would be a waste of rockets to try and hit a moving tank or a concealed tank. Besides, tanks on the attack had AA with them. Convoys were seldom protected by AA.
And on the western front, once they broke through, the allies moved so fast through France, that the airfields couldnt keep up and "calling in air support" would take at least an hour if at all possible.
Bombs are way more effective against tank formations. Just study the German StuKa. Plus, the Germans were one of the few major forces in WW2 to actually coordinate the army with the air force. US and Brits usually used planned strikes against depots, convoys and other things that hampered the Germans more than direct tank bombing.
@Dick Fageroni not really
This thing would start destroying you from ranges you didn't think ware possible
@Dick Fageroni The Russian's sure saw a lot of them.
187 M4 Sherman Dislike this
Lol
M26 pershing
Before or after this thing fucked them open?
More like 187 T-34s, since Tigers mostly operated on the eastern front.
T-34-85s and Sherman Fireflies: *Wants to know your location*
Imagine being in a building and hearing that right outside 😱
Love you Tank Museum. Thanks for keeping the Tiger purring 🖒
As long as it stays outside.
Just know you’re safe until you STOP hearing the turret rotating.
But what if u hear brrrrt sound from the turret at the same time
@@JOKER-tw3di hacks
That would be V1 rocket
Totally authentic sound of the Tiger tank on the move. Sounds kinda rough.
The sound is rough that's what makers iT beautiful
thats the sound of WWII tanks dude..
Commander Ethan Yep, they are 60-65 years old.
+Robert111 The WW2 tanks at WTS museum in Germany look and run much better...
+The real doktorbimmer But they haven't got a running Tiger.🤓
Whoever laid those pavers in front of the garage door.....can you come and do my driveway
I have 2 dreams in life, Drive in a Tiger Tank, and shoot an MG-42 Mauser, then I can die happy.
MC Laggin I'd love to fire a MG 42 myself..
Same and i wanna shoot a 20 mm aa cannon
Did you really just say an MG42 *Mauser?...*
@@davecrupel2817 "The MG 42 is a 7.92×57mm Mauser general-purpose machine gun" Maybe I simply misinterpret the name but that's what I call it
@@MCDesign199 Never heard of anyone call it a Mauser before. Interesting. Must be referring to the round typem
A Mauser is a bolt action rifle. Also German of course. And might i add, One of the most successful ones ever made, if not THE most successful. In terms of units sold and used.
Regardless of the scars of WW II, there are some great people out there preserving our History and Heritage. Many, many thanks.
A World War II Sherman tank crews' worst nightmare was seeing one of these opposing them.
Atleast pretty much tanks to it's reputation (pun intended).
Too bad it's basically a mosquito against modern panzers (and equally squishy).
***** Have you ever read anything about modern tanks?
A Tiger is NO match for a M1 Abrams, Leopard 2 or a T-90.
If a Tiger is suppsed to have a chance against them, then it would have to be modified so much it'll become a Tiger 10.
***** yes, in WWII it was good, and a pain in the ass to maintain.
without major upgrade to it's systems it would be destroyed before it could even find a enemy tank, unless those enemies are drunk.
Bring a Sherman Firefly crew and I'm sure they'll say we can outflank and kill it.
Kim Alexander Olsen the M1 Abrams is based of ths Tiger Tank. and against the T90, I would like to see that battle.
"Fire!" *splat*
" _That round's paint!_ "
*"...RELOAD"*
Mad respect to the guys that had to face these things in battle
Слава Советскому Народу - Народу Победителю!!
War Thunder Players: *panicked ricocheting noises*
This is very true
@GYPSY KING FURY I mean if you think my taste in video games has anything to do with my sexual orientation, then to you I would respond 'Unintelligent.'
*Laughs in the average Tiger players not knowing where to pen a Jumbo*
@@TankDragonSherman To be fair, it's a really small weakspot even for those who know where it is, and it doesn't always go through when you hit it.
@@lowesmanager8193 Even then, some guy did an experiment where he took the Jumbo out and just sat in front of a bunch of tiger players, most of them shot the turret and anywhere else on the tank
0:33 - When you hear PANZER.
- ehm... John?
- What?
- RUN.
WOW! Love these things. Wish more were saved.
After the war, more metal is needed to reconstruct everything. A functional railway is more important than preserving history.
Sorry, not how one wins war
I hadn't seen this beast up close before, and I didn't know that there was some nice, subtle camouflage paint there. It's SO cool for this grand dragon to be able to operate(mostly, of course; it'd be a nuisance if the smoke generators worked, and way too much trouble to get and keep the 88mm main gun working - although I bet they could outfit an old quarry with some stands, and people would pay to see it blow up old cars!) It's like Tiger 131 is an old friend, by now.
In the UK if the gun worked it would be illegal.
Sounds like it has seen better days but still an amazing sight, seeing a living legend
No, it sounds like they always did. The museum keeps her in tip top condition.
"My name is Peter Muller, Panzer Kommandant of Tiger #261... and I was there.."
The last tiger
Did you ever got to see the American tanks the super Persian with the 90 mm torrent i bet that shake a tiger tank
Denis Varela
Pershing’s were too late. The Super Pershing that you are thinking of (Prototype with add on armor) was sent into Europe very late and only has 1 or 2 accounts of running into enemy armor.
@@denisvarela66 M26 Pershing tank, No. 38, christened Fireball, the first Pershing to engage a German tank, Tiger 201 on the edge of Elsdorf.
The crew of Fireball were overconfident with their Pershing tank and pushed towards the Tiger, the Tiger fired 3 rapid rounds all hitting their marks and killed the Pershing and it's crew. Far too many people have only seen the confrontation between a Pershing and a Panther in Cologne and make the false assumption the Pershing had no equal.
A Tiger I was more than a match for a Pershing. That German 88 was capable of knocking out any allied tank at the end of the war.
@@TheCarDemotic I know and the Persian tank they were sent it to the city of cologne
That’s one of the most beautiful tanks I’ve ever seen and I would want to drive that tiger 1.
I deleted this comment so that the reply will no longer make any sense and out of topic to each other
I like this comment 😉☝️👍👍👍😂
Lol.
Their neighbour : *play the soviet anthem*
@@unixboy93 wholey sheet
Neighbour: *drives T34 through wall*
I hope everyone who’s standing 3 feet away from this beast knows that people watched from 500 yards away 80 years ago.
Not for long; the Tiger's gun range was usually in excess of a kilometer or more, and on the Eastern Front with its vast plains, Tiger crews racked up a LOT of kills.
The best way to look at a Tiger was after it was killed and burning.
I was stuck in heavy traffic today, oh what I could have done with this machine...
Not much because it was very slow
Luis, at least there wouldn't be any more traffic problems
With the way some idiots drive on the highways where I am, I frequently wish I had something to to takeout their engine block.
@@luismdgr The traffic was heavy Luis, meaning it was not fucking moving & when it did move it moved very very slowly...
Hold up
This thing is a monster!!! I would have loved to see it travelling at full speed.
That was full speed lol
@@cat_city2009 😲😆
10’ tall, 12’ wide, 127,000 pounds, that sound of the turret & the V-12 engine rumbling. I can only imagine a 19 year old private in a foxhole with a rifle hearing that beast coming. And being told to hold the line. Real heroes don’t need to wear capes
Good old 131 still looking bad ass and tough as nails.
0:45-0:56
Tiger Tired. Tiger will go to bed now. Tiger will eat Shermans tomorrow.
😂 Not bad tho
Tiger 131 in Tunisia: Oh no I've been barraged by multiple British guns, jammed in the turret ring and abandoned by my crew!
Tiger 131 a few decades later: Anyway, I just became a celebrity in a museum
Watching him drive back into his shed reminded me of watching the animals in the zoo heading back inside. A mechanical tiger in a mechanical zoo. Great video !
70 years ago a thing of terror.
Today a kids toy drone with a small munition on it can turn in into a smoldering pile of metal from miles away.
I MUST get to the 2017 Bovington Tank Museum for the Tiger Tank Show before it falls apart and dies. Bovington has the very last operating Tiger tank in existence. If I can only find a way to get the money...
ElfHighMage Just get a job...
ElfHighMage out of curiosity, where are you based?
One year later, she's still alive. Probably asleep, but alive.
In that regard I admire the Brits...they suffered the capabilities of this monster in North Africa, Italy and in late '44/45, and even so they crowd the place whenever the Tiger rolls out for an exhibition, and they look in awe at the tank as though it were a British product ! No hard feelings towards the former enemy, today a close friend...They really are sporting people. Bravo !
there 2 tiger that can drive
What you just saw drive by.... Was a legend
Definitely
it can beat 5 shermans though (possibly)
Commander Ethan 5? 5 shermans? you have no idea altough ive forgotten where and when later after a beach landing a Tiger took out almost a whole of a platoon of shermans if it wasnt for the shear number of shermans everyone on that platoon would have burnt alive, the Tiger was no toy people still underestimate it
TheMarineGamer IGGHQ There are 4 tanks in a Platoon...
+Commander Ethan Considering a Sherman tanks cannon wasn't strong enough to damage the Tigers frontal armour, it probably could take out a whole lot more.
What a *tremendous* honor this must be....
We've all seen Tigers in ww2 footage. We've seen imitation Tigers, and maybe an authentic one or accurate replica, used in movies, videogames and more.
But here we are, in the modern day, seeing an authentic, *original* Tiger Tank, in the flesh, driving itself around, turning it's turret, and doing everything short of shooting it....
Here is one, just doing it's thing. As if 70-80 years never went by.....
For a history buff like me, being there would be a dream come true.... I don't even care about riding it or driving it. I just want to see, hear, touch, and smell it with my own senses.
Yeah. Im that hardcore of a nerd for historical machinery. But no movie, video game, or recording can compare to that.
I don't think there was ever an authentic running Tiger I shown in a movie except 131 in "Fury".
@@flitsertheo ...Then there has been an authentic Tiger tank used in a movie. And my comment is entirely accurate....
It's astonishing that one of these beasts still runs. I have tiger tank goosebumps whenever I see this tank in war films. A brute of a machine but in some ways, beautiful to see a legend alive and well hungry ♥️
It maybe a piece of death machine, but also a beautiful design.
i am more amazed at how the driver can fit the tank through that door while not moving straightforward.
It's actually "easy" to steer as it has a normal driving wheel.
I had the honor of seeing this beast on April 20, 2019 during Tiger Day. The Fury Sherman tank was there too, with all the props still decorating it. My dad took me there as a late birthday present, and then we enjoyed some exquisite British Pub food and nachos. Oh, and a delicious breakfast buffet prior to the event.
That Tiger sure is one of the tanks ever made.
I piloted one of these in The Great Rodent War of 2027. Great machine, especially once we figured out it was capable of inter-galactic space travel.
Fun Fact: The left bay engine compartment is run by a cabal of semi-literate opossums who operate it independently of the rest of the tank.
Ah yes!
Good German "possum wheel" technology.
You know, if time travel was possible back to WW2, Germany would still lose the war from a sheer lack of interest thereof of modern Germans not wanting their country to win the war and miss out on all the Marshal Plan economic largesse that essentially modernized their industries and made the German Economic Miracle possible!
Legend has it that the tiger tank is still rotating its cannon to this day.
"It's a beautiful tank, Moriarity". - Oddball.
That sound struck fear into the hearts of thousands. Most times it was the last thing they heard before it lets out its mighty roar. So it goes.
This was exactly the sound all those soldiers heard. All the black & white clips, in real life this was the sound that was on it
Thats the "thousandsofmenshittingtheirpants"-sound :-). At least when it first appeared.
Maybe in eastern Europe.....
western europe that sound made everyone shit their pants about any sound ;) although they were especially rare on the western front. all the best toys went to the east
Kirothe Avenger go to US with this toys
There were about 16 Tigers in all of Western Europe. But everyone still had bowel control problems whenever they ran across a German tank for fear it might be a Tiger.
If I remember right there were only 3 instances on the western front ever of tiger vs enemy tank combat or something along those lines
Even after all these years the tank still looks bad ass.
Been 70 years, and she stills Sounds intimidating up to this very day
Damn I want one! Just don't look up the fuel consumption... Think its like 3L per KM...
Someone said that 1 Ltr of gasoline can propel a 50 ton tiger tank 100 yards.
Depending on the RPM, it consumed 800-1200L 87 octane fuel per 100km.
***** So about 3L per km... Like I said.
MrJimmyjam24
No, about 8-12L per km.
+Rainer Pott noe, 3L
So no one mentions how the driver got pretty easily into the hangar, though the entrance is very tight for the tiger? I know they helped him, still, I'm sure it's not that easy...
Experience
Well if he missed the entrance would be much broader...
What nobody knows is that Michael Wittmann drives it.
Believe it or not getting tracked vehicles in spaces like this is quite easy,I Remember driving over rail cars with the tracks hanging off,parking so close you couldn’t get a cigarette between the vehicles,of course you have to trust your ground guide.... JS
70 and still looks /sounds modern.
The sound that immediately signaled to every Allied trooper to get ready for one hell of a fight.
Or it just gets bazooka'd, bam fight over. The Tiger is one of the most over-hyped pieces of shit in history.
uhh right just like you guys handle the t34 at vietnam that shitty bazooka cant even pen the t34 front
@@alphaprawns You mean you would be destroyed before you could even get in the proper range
Honey I'm home
I would pay a considerable amount just to hear that idling engine. Beautiful
seeing old tanks like this still operational today makes me very happy
Strange how everyone in the comment section almost exclusively say it wrecked shermans, c'mon guys, be more inclusive, the T34's far more encounters with these guys.
True that... The T-34s were very fast...and would swarm on the big German Panzers...
T-34 lives matter!!
@Justin batchelar Russians ran untrained crews into mass produced tanks to counter the German invasion. Eventually numbers won but it was a ghastly cost in Russian lives that murderers like Stalin thought nothing of paying. War mongers like Churchill were happy to get things started and sit back and watch.
Dulguun Murun still did the same thing XD.
@Justin batchelar
When Operation Barbarossa began, the Soviets had around 10,000 tanks operational of which only 967 were T-34s. The majority of Soviet tanks were light tanks, T-28s (15mm armour) and BT-7s (22mm) with 45mm guns that could only penetrate German medium tanks armour at point blank. That's why the Germans won virtually every tank battle; the Panzer Divisions spearheading the attacks were equipped with Panzer III Es with 30mm of armour and 50mm guns with similarly equipped Panzer IVs intended to support infantry and lower velocity gun. They shrugged off Soviet light tank shells and could pierce the armour of those light tanks at as much as 2km. Germans tankers joked they just had to spit on a Soviet tank and it would blow up. And then they encountered the T-34 and KV-1.
Most of the 2,000 plus T-34s were knocked out by mechanical failure, having only been introduced the previous year and the design not having been refined. The Soviet tank crews also had not been trained to fix their vehicles at this point.
Their appearance however threw the entire German campaign into disarray because the standard German 37mm anti-tank gun had no effect on a T-34 and Panzer IIIs had to close to point blank to penetrate their sloped 45mm armour. The T-34 also possessed a 76mm gun which could do to the Panzers what the Panzers had done to the Soviet light tanks; kill them at 2km.
Together with the KV-1 and KV-2, they demonstrated that the Soviets possessed a vastly superior tank which they were now going to mass produce (They started Barbarossa with less than a 1000 and had lost 2000 by the end of year; demonstrating the Soviet ability to replace their losses and reinforce) Only heavy artillery (105mm) and 88mm flak guns could take on T-34s and KVs.
The T-34 directly resulted in the development of the Panther which featured the same sloped armour and sped up the deployment of the Tiger which resulted in that tanks many mechanical issues. It saw the Panzer III rendered obsolete and the hasty conversion of the infantry support Panzer IV upgraded into the anti-tank role. The Stug III assault gun was developed into a tank destroyer to take on T-34s.
It was 1943 before the Germans had closed the technology gap the T-34 had opened, and the Soviets promptly upgraded the T-34 with an 85mm gun. German heavy tanks were superior to the T-34 but the T-34 was always better than the German medium tanks. Hence the intention for the entire Panzer force to be replaced with Panthers, which due to production issues of course never happened. The Soviets also fielded the IS-2/3 which rivalled the Tiger. They also built 5,000 of them, compared to 1300 Tigers.
0:07 put an tnt overthere comrade cod 2
Love how people find a way to argue about anything 😂
What could truly be described as the ultimate expression of Physiological Warfare, Great Stuff!👍
man this is the reason i love this old tanks more than newer ones
because you know the classic cars? :D just like that This Tanks so classic and awesome to watch, especially the Panzers and Tigers and Maus
yea i know panzer means tank, PzKpfw IV was shortly called panzer IV
XXSefa All modern tanks look the same. Same with planes, weapons and uniforms. Modern warfare sucks.
yea , sadly they dont want make something like this but i am sure they can make a Tiger 3 with modern heavy armor it would look amazing! and Panzer IV/H with heavy armor too
@@growlanser5600 They all look the same probably because you dont see them alot. You will know an Abrams or a T-90 from a distant.
Fun fact: this was the same Tiger tank used in the movie Fury
The sound of that Maybach pack is golden to the ears ❤
Gotta thank that person who approved the production of this beast machines
Ahh yes... Now i know the reason why USSR and the USA used German engineer and German scientist in space race......
Me: *fails to rotate head*
Teammate: try to be faster!
Me: *fails to rotate head but faster*
Imagine seeing this beast for the first time in the battlefield and you don't have anything against it.
You know the operator has skills when they can skid steer over interlock without disturbing a stone!
War Thunder, switch to the actual sounds please. Wouldn't you guys love that?
For a lot of Germans, I'm sure hearing that sound meant their lives were back in their hands.
when the wehrmact soldiers heard that they were supportet by falshirmjager waffen ss or tigers Things looked a bit better
Actually, i as a german can say that the sound of the rouring engine is ear-porn for me:D
even in 2024 still a very fine piece of engineering marvel
You can see the overlapping road wheels very clearly. The intention was to make the absurdly heavy tank less prone to sinking into the mud by increasing the number of contact points with the ground. Sometime after the war, they actually tested it and found that the added wheels didn't do anything of the sort because they don't make direct contact with the ground; they should've just made the tracks wider. In fact, the added wheels just made the tank heavier which made the problem worse, on top of making it more expensive to produce and harder to maintain, as you'd have to take off all of the wheels in front of the one you wanted to repair or replace.
THAT is one beautiful machine.
That Sound is Sex on Wheels, on Tracks i mean....
Never heard a Rolls Royce Merlin then?
fyfuhh
O.G Autistler Fuck you merlin forever
Amazing, It was made almost 80 years ago, but looks like it is modern tank ready to battle our days.
Got that is an intimidating tank even to this day
German engineering. Impressive
Imagine this machine:
Downrange
Shooting your friendly armor
Supported by a shitstorm of machine-gun fire
Not taking any damage
And then the turret start spinning your way.
By the time the Tigers were used there were plenty of guns that would do considerable damage to it.
When I was a Marine back in '76 my barracks was right next to a tank trail. I used to get a shiver up my spine (no kidding here) when you could hear that metallic, high pitched squeaking sound coming your way. Best way to hear the very same sounds is in 'Saving Private Ryan' when they're waiting to spring the ambush as the German armor and troops are coming into the town.
The sound I associate with this is Tom Hanks yelling "HALF TRACK LEFT"
It seems everyone who drives one of these historical tanks can't do so without having a grin on their face.
I mean, why not? I'd probably wet myself from the excitement.