Hilary Doyle PanzerTalks - The Tiger II - Part 1

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  • Опубликовано: 3 янв 2025
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    Hilary Louis Doyle, Weald Foundation Trustee, visited the Arsenalen Tank Museum. In the video, he discusses the Tiger II tank. This tank is officially named Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B and is also informally referred to as the Königstiger, or King Tiger.
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Комментарии • 36

  • @Kuschel_K
    @Kuschel_K Год назад +10

    If Krupp built the turrets for either Henschel or Porsche Tiger II, then they weren't really repurposed. They just switched to a more effective and easier to produce turret after the first turret design. Right?

  • @brutter602
    @brutter602 Год назад +10

    The wear rate on the normal/standard track was very high. The drive sprocket having half the number of teeth compared to the late track shown would wear our out very quickly because the loading was double on each drive tooth compared to the late track.
    I have seen many examples of this having worked on King Tiger components for many years.
    Hi Hilary, hope you are keeping well. Another great video.

  • @joebudde3302
    @joebudde3302 Год назад +8

    Two very knowledgeable experts of armor.

  • @Chris-ev7xo
    @Chris-ev7xo Год назад +2

    I knew they had to take the tracks off of this tank and tiger , but first time I'v ever heard about the fenders having to be removed . Does anyone have photos of railcars with the fenders stored . Did they just disregard shipping the fenders. Perhaps thats the reason for so many tiger & king tigers without fenders mounted. I would have loved a picture of the king tiger next to the panzer I beside it is.

    • @wealdfoundation
      @wealdfoundation  Год назад +2

      Yes, there are several photos of them loaded into railcars without the fenders, so they could it in tunnels, etc. The fenders go over the track, so in the same way the tracks are "to big" for the railcars to be able to over on a tunnel, the fender would also be on the way.

  • @drmarkintexas-400
    @drmarkintexas-400 Год назад +3

    Thank you for sharing
    🏆🇺🇲🙏🤗

  • @petergarofolo9385
    @petergarofolo9385 Год назад +2

    My father called it the Tiger Royal. Excellent video. Thank you

  • @AKUJIVALDO
    @AKUJIVALDO Год назад +5

    8:25 where, just where I can find that elusive "mud freezing between Tiger/Panther wheels" reference?
    Everyone "cites" it, but no proofs provided at all...

    • @Eric-kn4yn
      @Eric-kn4yn Год назад

      Yes even if so tanks powerful enough to overcome Froben mud and move off ??

    • @Wien1938
      @Wien1938 Год назад +1

      It probably originates in an extensive report by the Inspector General of Panzer Troops in March 1944 on the Panther in service. I don't recall seeing it quoted but that report is quite detailed about improvements and problems in service, so *most* likely that is where it comes from. Jentz's book may have the quote but I don't recall it.

    • @trappenweisseguy27
      @trappenweisseguy27 Год назад +1

      I saw a bulldozer frozen to the ground in 1974. They were putting fires around the tracks when I passed by.

    • @cowboywoodard2569
      @cowboywoodard2569 5 месяцев назад

      ​@trappenweisseguy27 yes when I was in Alaska a D7 frozen on the concrete floor,we use charcoal to heat the tracks and 2 # rose buds

  • @HerbertAckermans
    @HerbertAckermans Год назад +1

    The sprocket on V2 is the first version 18 teeth one, not the later modified one for the Kgs 73/800/152 single link tracks.

  • @mikael5938
    @mikael5938 Год назад +1

    man i was just there! missed it!

  • @theonlymadmac4771
    @theonlymadmac4771 Год назад

    Very good video about a legendary tank

  • @theblytonian3906
    @theblytonian3906 Год назад +2

    Porshe turret version. That shot trap just looks scary!

  • @Eric-kn4yn
    @Eric-kn4yn Год назад

    I can see emergencies in transport tracks combat is it unique to KT x 2 traxs

  • @paoloviti6156
    @paoloviti6156 Год назад +3

    official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B but although improperly I do prefer to call it Königtiger as it is easier for me to to pronounce! That said it is safe to say that the Tiger B was a much heavier tank fitted with more powerful 8.8 cm KwK 43 L/71 than the Tiger I fitted with the 8.8 cm KwK 36 gun. If possible the great issue was that it was powered by the same Maybach HL230 engine, sufficient for the Tiger I but hardly moving the Königtiger. Very interesting video as always 👌 👍👍

    • @HerbertAckermans
      @HerbertAckermans Год назад +3

      FYI:
      Date Organisation Designation
      16 april 1942 Wa. Prüf. 6 VK 45.02 (H)
      18 september 1942 Wa. Prüf. 6 Tiger II für VK 45.02 (H)
      12 october 1942 Wa. Prüf. 6 Tiger III (VK 45.03)
      28 october 1942 Henschel VK 45.03
      10 december 1942 Henschel Tiger III
      8 january 1943 Wa. Prüf. 6 Henschel Tiger B
      2 february 1943 Henschel Tiger 3
      2 march 1943 Henschel Tiger II
      3 march 1943 Wa. Prüf. 6 Tiger II für VK 45.03
      5 march 1943 In. 6 Pz.Kpfw. Tiger (8,8 cm Kw.K L/71)(Sd.Kfz. 182)
      8 march 1943 Henschel Tiger 2
      2 june 1943 Wa. Prüf. 6 Pz.Kpfw. Tiger Ausf. B
      2 June 1943 Wa. Prüf. 6 Pz.Bef.Wg. Tiger Ausf. B
      11 december 1944 Reichsministerium für Bewaffnung und Munition Königstiger

    • @AKUJIVALDO
      @AKUJIVALDO Год назад +1

      40 Kilometres per hour isn't "hardly moving"...

    • @paoloviti6156
      @paoloviti6156 Год назад

      @@AKUJIVALDO the Tiger I and the Tiger B both shared the semi-automatc hydraulic gearbox, but not the same to accommodate the much heavier Tiger B. That said 30 km/h wasn't, possibly only the Comet and the M18 Hellcat was really fast!

  • @minimax9452
    @minimax9452 Год назад +1

    this tank is a beauty - designed in a wind tunnel ;-)

    • @Eric-kn4yn
      @Eric-kn4yn Год назад +2

      The porsche turret had steeper Àngles than the henschel turret thats why the TCs coupla protrudes henschel turret was wìder and cover TCs coupla

  • @andrewdowns3403
    @andrewdowns3403 Год назад

    More to come ??

  • @HerbertAckermans
    @HerbertAckermans Год назад +4

    Oow, come on Hilary, you know better than that!
    Krupp designed the turret for both the Porsche AND Henschel successors of the Tiger Ausf. E. Porsche entered work for that earlier than Henschel because they were not producing their Tiger Ausf. P, but Krupp stated in their financial report 1942/1943 that the turret was for both the Porsche and Henschel chassis being developed at that time.

    • @Chiller11
      @Chiller11 Год назад +1

      Demonstrating a touch of grace and respect is a more effective strategy when you pick your nits.

  • @cedhome7945
    @cedhome7945 Год назад

    Surprising that the remaining models didn't get a diesel engine upgrade and get used after all the French used panther after ww2 for some years

  • @Eric-kn4yn
    @Eric-kn4yn Год назад

    Porsche turret sharper sloped than henschel thats why.TCs coupla sticks out

  • @Chilly_Billy
    @Chilly_Billy Год назад +1

    Compare the Tiger II with the Panzer I sitting next to it. 😆

  • @MOTA_KRAMPUS
    @MOTA_KRAMPUS Год назад +1

    True WWII monster

  • @tolik5929
    @tolik5929 Год назад +2

    Field commanders hated these tanks . They actually were more of a burden , than a help . They used too much fuel , they were slow , they were very limited to what bridges they could cross , they were prone to break downs . They would have been far better off to design a good , simple , easy to produce , medium tank , like the Sherman , or T34 . Then they would have had a chance to keep armored units equipped , and in the field , where they were needed .

    • @lawLess-fs1qx
      @lawLess-fs1qx Год назад +1

      1 king Tiger was the same cost as 18 stugs with the long barrel 75. Any Panzer division would have taken 180 stug's over 10 King Tigers but Hitler loved his wonder weapons.

  • @MarineCorpzor1
    @MarineCorpzor1 Год назад

    Well maybe next time Sweden don't destroy the Tiger 2 you have, you don't rate to have such history that you do not even respect in the first place.