Is that the best you can do? resort to small minded childish name calling like an 11 year old and attempt to waste my time with useless waste of time and effort insults? I've seen trolls worse than you do better than that. So stop wasting my time and hurting yourself by trying to think, your miserable at it.
Hiddo kramer actually panzer means armor and kamphwagen means vehicle so panzer kamphwagen (armored vehicle) but panzer can still be translated to tank.
***** While i'd agree they would have been better off producing more of the tanks like panzers panthers and tiger 1's i must admire the technology and power of this tank
***** going along with this logic, they should have built more panthers, judged by many experts as the best overall tank in WW2(6000 of them were built despite their complexity).
91plm Hitler had a hardon for things way way way ahead of their time there was probably not one allied tank the Panther couldn't knock out besides maybe a M26 ? Either way i'm glad he didn't! Cause we have these sexy tanks and hitler lost! (:
Sounds good for an old tank! It's hard to believe that at 700hp this tank was considered under powered! I think that's it important to have a running, rather than a static, model in a museum as it makes it more "real" to visitors. You get a real sense of history from this!
2:22 & 2:45 - Were those backfires... or were they perhaps the spirits of this tank's infantry attachment firing an honorary salute to this magnificent beast?
I think I would definitely be crapping my drawers if I stumbled into this beast. I would love to see these tanks in there glory running and functioning. I lived in Aberdeen Maryland for some time and would frequent the tank museum about once a month. I always loved looking at the German tanks, they just have something that makes you gravitate towards them......at least when they aren't shooting at you right!
The one in England is a longterm project. Its owned by Kevin Wheatcroft but rather than a complete example its a big heap of parts from all over the world. There is another tiger buried under a road in france that they intended to excavate but that has stalled.
According to Wikipedia: "The only working example is displayed at the Musée des Blindés, Saumur, France. It has the production turret and is accessible to the public. This tank belonged to the 1st Company, 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion. It was believed to have been abandoned by its crew on 23 August 1944, due to engine problems, at Brueil-en-Vexin, near Mantes-la-Jolie. It was salvaged by the French Army in September 1944 and then stored in a factory in Satory before being transferred to the museum in 1975. Believed to have carried turret number 123, Colonel Michel Aubry, the founder of the museum, decided to put 233 on the turret in honour of the Tiger II that destroyed his Sherman tank at the end of the war. Unlike other captured German vehicles, this Tiger II was never used by the French Army."
Mgrg Ahh I notice the cut now. But even 4-5 mins is well short of the 20-30 mins they need. In the field they would start them every few hours and let them run for 20-30 mins so that they were always "warmed up" in the event they had to move out. I am jealous that you got to see this in person :)
Stuka87 If the needles work then they should've warmed up until the water read in the low operating range and the oil pressure settled in. It's soooo much easier than having to treat the gas pedal (because cold) like a dirty slut and risk spinning a bearing or blowing a seal. Also cheaper than over heating the system for a relatively relaxed non combat situation where stored heat is not needed.
rui castro That's how you run just about every other machine if you actually care about not blowing out a seal with the cold oil pressure spikes or wrecking bearings that the oil hasn't gotten to yet. When an older engine is cold it likes to choke out a lot so warming it up just enough will save you from the scary power surge stalling shit that you get from going before it's ready. Stall and roll into something one time, cold start rush that engine one time and you'll know why I'm that cautious. What you break you fix and tank shit is major PTA (Pain in The Ass) to work on because it's either heavy or in a space under 10,000 wayyy over torqued seized up bolts meant for child laborers or both.
+Necrophite78 I thought it did get destroyed or cracked. You can hear a large bang while the tank is turning and there are some lines that looked like cracks in the asphalt
+Necrophite78 Nope, there's not enough friction between the tracks and the tar. Steel tracks don't do very well on hard surfaces, only a tar road in poor condition would be ripped up by a tank.
Excellent show!! In 2015, still German armor rolling in the streets of Paris, and shooting flames. It's like this one went through a loop in time. I still imagine the crew shouting German and getting ready to punch some holes...."Einsatzfähig" is the German almost meaningless but simple and scary state for this Beast from the past.
What a wonderful sight. Truly an awesome machine. I could not even begin to imagine seeing one of these coming at you back in the day, especially if you were in an Allied tank.
I was like when i saw the barrel "Oh baby what happened to you" in my head (My great grandfather served in the 101st heavy panzer divison and was a gunner in one of these beasts) He said that the first time he fired the cannon it felt like an earthquake inside of it. Greetings from Germany Deustchland Über Alles!
@@Alexander9924 The gun is pointed down; without checking the website of the Saumur museum, you can't tell from outside whether it's pointed down to make sure it doesn't catch on something, or because the elevation mechanism is broken (possibly by the crew during WWII before abandoning the tank to prevent it from being used against them).
This whole video is impressive, I mean the truck carrying those mass , the high quality asphalt , and this humongous old cat itself . 😮 The turret seriously intimidating 😮
Nothing like the smell of fresh exhaust in the morning. If I remember correctly it's a Maybach . Sounds good for a 70 year old, I'd puke and spit a bit also.......
A German Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore: »You smell that?« Soldier: »What?« Kilgore: »Tiger II exhaust, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Tiger II exhaust in the morning. (...) Smells like... defeat. Some day this war is gonna end.« As terrifying as those tigers may have been at the time, the Allies still won the war.
It`s amazing that such formidable tank were used in battlefields more than 70 years ago. It looks as if the Tiger II is still first-class tank even today. At least the Tiger II is much more reliable than North Korean tanks.
They didn't let the engine heat up for a while. I assume 15 minutes plus the initial unloading preparations would took to long. Those trucks and drivers don't want to waste time, rime is money, old kitty or not.
iv heard storys that they had to carry a hammer in the t34s to smack the gear shifter cause it could start acting up not to mention that the t34 had horrible air flow in the tank and caused more then one crew to suffocate to toxic gasses being ejected in to the tank by opening the gun breach you cant open up hatches to air a tank out in the middle of a battle at close range so a lot of the time it was the death of them (this happen for panthers as well but was corrected) I mean yea the panther had issues at the start but they sorted it out the whole idea of the Russian tanks was throw enough shit at the wall and some will stick not a good concept when your fighting for your life they also could not retreat or they would be shot
Something so intimidating and scary about this tank. To my mind it's like the bumblebee - you see it and it looks like it should be able to fly, same with the Tiger - you look at it and think, it's too big and heavy to move, and then it comes to life. It still demands respect to my mind. I only have to add, massive respect to the tank crews who went up against this beast and its ilk.
Everything about this tank is awesome. Great name (Kongistiger), killer gun, roaring Maybach engine and that design... modern tanks look so lumpy compared to this tank, it's so iconic. This and the Panther A are my all-time favorites.
I worked with a German, Otto Shaefer, who was a tank gunner in WWII. First thing he told me was that he was NOT a Nazi, but a German soldier. He had many stories, as you could imagine. He survived Russia in a Panzer 3 and 4. In 43 he was transferred to France and assigned to a new Panther tank .In the winter of 44 his tank was hit and burned. Otto thought he was hit by a fighter plane firing rockets. He was able to save one crewman but suffered terrible burns to his neck, arms and chest. He got out of the tank and fell into snow. He was captured by Americans and spent 6 months in an American hospital. He said the snow and the Americans saved his life. Otto was an outstanding machinist. Haven't seen him for about 15 years, hope he is still kicking but I don't know.
It has the wide battle tracks, but is missing the outer road wheels used with the wide track. Was this a decision to reduce weight for this exhibit, or do they not have them?
You are correct. It looks odd though, with the outer part of the battle track unsupported, and the extended axles. I wonder it it was originally intended to have outer road wheels.
It would make sense if they removed the ability to remove the tracks from the design since very few times anyone did. It was just something nice to have, but it was impractical and a bit unnecessary to manufacture.
Actually it has all roadwheels, Tiger 1 and Tiger 2 had different suspensions. you can see it after the drive wheel comes a outer road wheel than inner and so on
Sad that don’t have more of those to display for history of German engineering.My grandfather fought In US Infantry in WW2. War is terrible but it does have a few positive moments like this . Really cool piece of military history!!!
+Rainer Diabl Well they are not putting much pressure on it, they are being careful with it, I mean it's a bloody 70 ton tank that is 70 years old after all...
especially with full MG34s (AA MG34 around commander hatch I think, maybe on Panther) coaxial mg, and driver mg34, or possibly flamenwerfer. But tbh I’d prefer to be driving a Panzer II. Ausf.L (L variant looks like a mini tiger)
I mean, you would be the biggest badass of all time (shush I know modern tanks are far more powerful) but zombies sadly can't be intimidated and the 8.8 cm KwK 43, sadly, isn't made for killing zombies.
Tiger II didn't have the transmission problems the Panther did. Not that it mattered with so few of them produced and at a time where fields of Panthers sat at factories because there was no fuel.
@@snipsoe Tiger II operational reliability rate was equal to the Panzer IVs. Panther however had a reliably rate far lower due to using a straight cut transmission final drive that was intended for a 30 ton tank not what Panther turned into.
I wonder how much prep needs to be done on the engine after decades of inactivity. Do the engineers/mechanics need to 'oil up' all the pistons and moving parts so there is no friction when it starts up?
Filthy Disgusting Ape 🙄. Every single piece of that tank was torn apart from the ground up. A complete rebuild. Every single piece had to be retooled back to original specifications. Either that, or it’s a facsimile of the real thing. Either way, they were undependable, underpowered, prone to break down, you could not swap out parts from one to the other, and probably only got 300-400 yards per gallon. At best.
Beautiful vehicle, and a pleasure to see her run and drive. But perhaps someone who knows a bit more about the Tiger II then I do can answer this for me. While watching the tank maneuver it didn't appear that the inboard set of wheels were rotating. Is this correct, and supposed to operate like this? Or am I simply missing something?
+sparkplug1018 i see that too.... i think they are only for better armor.. or disabled because on a roadd it dosen't need that mush suspension power... on mud,.. its different all whels think move
Well, you'll see them handling modern MBT's in the same fashion, the driver can't really see shit and if he hits something, anything, 60 tonnes once moving just doesn't stop like that. The second reason is that tracked vehicles are maintenance heavy, it's a pain enough to fix a modern and modular MBT with plenty of spare parts but a Tiger II... Oosh, you would not want to be the man to break so much a ball bearing on that thing.
I read that this tank is basically untouched from it's original configuration (which explains the stalls) which probably explains why they don't neutral-steer with it. Simply put, attempting to use the neutral steering functionality would break the gearbox.
25 years ago when I was a resident rotating through the buffalo VA I was interviewing a patient and asked him If he had any psychiatric problems he said “none except I still have nightmares about German tanks”.
2:52
"Achtung, Panzer!"
I bet this guy has waited his whole life to say this.
lmao, his life is complete now
what does that mean lol
Greyhound Warning, tank!
Greyhound it means
"fuck off and go play some Medal Of Honor and learn some german like the rest of us"
or maybe i slipped the translation...
"Attention, Tank!"
thats not the first time that tiger has been in paris if you know what i mean
oh you
yea but it was in service in france
Че
TheVeteranGamer Wehrmacht den sowas? :P
TheVeteranGamer The Tiger II entered service in August of 1944, Paris was liberated in the same month... so while unlikely, it is possible.
That Maybach is music to the ears
Real Engineering
If I remember correctly, that's not the original Maybach that came with the tanks. It's a French engine they put in it after the war.
I don't know for sure if it has it's original engine but the french had many maybach engines after the war.
Masterpiece
_Dreamy true
one of the better looking tank designs Germany built and a rare piece of working history, Still a damn sexy tank.
She ,and yes, she's sexy as hell hehe.
Is that the best you can do? resort to small minded childish name calling like an 11 year old and attempt to waste my time with useless waste of time and effort insults? I've seen trolls worse than you do better than that.
So stop wasting my time and hurting yourself by trying to think, your miserable at it.
+Lisa winn Lol look a hypocrite :D
LOL
I like the tiger 1 better imo cause of the design
German tanks rolling through france again. But this time they come in peace.
It's okay, the gun is bent... it won't kill anything~! XD
it might kill the crew if its bent
The gun isn't bent it's pointed down
+IBerkedItUp look at the manlet shroud in relations with the barrel, looks like it's bent there.
I removed the distractions with Photoshop. Decide for yourself wether the gun is bent or not, nerds!
picload.org/image/rdgacdgo/tiger-gun-bent.jpg
Love it when someone shouts "Achtung, Panzer!" at 2:52
nothing, nothing and nothing you know that it means: watch out panzer (tank) coming, right?, its still kinda funny
I'm studying German as we speak so yes I know the official kramer :)
Hiddo kramer actually panzer means armor and kamphwagen means vehicle so panzer kamphwagen (armored vehicle) but panzer can still be translated to tank.
I know. It's just more common for people to say panzer because it's faster than saying panzerkampfwagen
nothing, nothing and nothing i told you, its still ok if you call panzer a tank
Hard to believe such machines were built in the 1940s.
Yossel Rozzy Roz German Engineering my friend ;)
***** I have to agree there. German tech was amazing, but the Americans just produced far faster than the Germans could blow it up.
***** While i'd agree they would have been better off producing more of the tanks like panzers panthers and tiger 1's i must admire the technology and power of this tank
***** going along with this logic, they should have built more panthers, judged by many experts as the best overall tank in WW2(6000 of them were built despite their complexity).
91plm Hitler had a hardon for things way way way ahead of their time there was probably not one allied tank the Panther couldn't knock out besides maybe a M26 ? Either way i'm glad he didn't! Cause we have these sexy tanks and hitler lost! (:
*_70 years_*! And still moves! Now _that_ is good gear!
Isn't it beautiful? Such a gorgeous piece of machinery
French museum of Saumur has plenty has plenty of working tanks.
French museum of Saumur has plenty has plenty of working tanks
+kenan pietri But none of them weigh 70 ton
+PzKpfw VI Tiger ausf. H1 They provided this kingtiger...And to be frank, i dont know the weight of their tanks even if there are some pretty big ones
She beauty
She grace
But most important
She send Shermans into space
Obi wan Kenobi Yeah. As long as they weren’t, stuck in the mud, frozen, or broken down.
You may have a bigger gun, but how fast can you reload with 40 Sherman's around you
@@crappywifi3128 Quick enough, judging by how many Shermans were baptised by german at shells
@@ot1402 Fuel was a bigger problem. Even then most of them stood as stationary defense platforms, turning enemies into rubble
RENOVATIO Until their supply line was severed. Lights out.
Sounds good for an old tank! It's hard to believe that at 700hp this tank was considered under powered! I think that's it important to have a running, rather than a static, model in a museum as it makes it more "real" to visitors. You get a real sense of history from this!
The engine was capable of 690ghp at 3,000rpm. However it was governed to about 2,600rpm. The typical ghp was around 550 to 590 at 2,500rpm.
This thing is near 70 tons, thats the weight of a modernized abrams with a 1500 hp jet turbine engine. Still a beast though
2:22 & 2:45 - Were those backfires... or were they perhaps the spirits of this tank's infantry attachment firing an honorary salute to this magnificent beast?
Machine spirit demands blood of it's enemies
I think I would definitely be crapping my drawers if I stumbled into this beast. I would love to see these tanks in there glory running and functioning. I lived in Aberdeen Maryland for some time and would frequent the tank museum about once a month. I always loved looking at the German tanks, they just have something that makes you gravitate towards them......at least when they aren't shooting at you right!
The German Panzer divisions won the first Tour de France
In only 6 weeks lol.
@@holmanjag Still doesn't beat Napoléon's three weeks Tour of Germany in 1806 on foot
@@maloflory true that!
Hahahahaa
@@kilachiki538 No, on foot. Large scale armies with a significant proportion of infantrymen never travel on horse, it would cost way too much.
Extremely beautiful beast, it really deserves to be called "The King Tiger".
Kudos to everyone at Saumur that keep their collection running
How many french people surrendered to it?
Aha we never surrend ! We sign armistice !
What you wrote was wrong, but it felt so good!
Yep.. I tried !
How could the French surrender to it?? They had already been invaded by the time the KT was produced.
Bristol Armoured Division I was speaking of modern day french people surrendering to this particular tank. Surrender is an honored french tradition.
There's something pretty intimidating about a machine that could easily kill you by accident, and even more easily kill you on purpose.
That's probably why we admire real tigers and sharks so much.
Yep
Still a mean looking tank to today's standards.
Nny Not really. Comparing it to "today's standards", it looks and sounds hopelessly outdated.
John Doe, your hopelessly outdated
Royal Tiger *you're
@@majorborngusfluunduch8694 You forgot capital letter.
@@holypotat0 He started his sentence with my former username, so capitalization is fine.
you're all forgetting about the driver, this dude can fucking drive a TIGER II
must have pulled him out of his retirement lol. Probably been dreaming of those levers since '45
Tigers used steering wheels, not levers
didnt tiger 1 use levers?
NO.
Nope, it had a steering wheel.
I hadn't realized that any Tiger II's had been restored to operating capacity...
I think people with German tanks should try fitting a modern engine in it to keep it working and display the true capabilities of this beast~!
Apparently there is one in Switzerland that is almost operational and another one in England that is in the works too.
The one in England is a longterm project. Its owned by Kevin Wheatcroft but rather than a complete example its a big heap of parts from all over the world. There is another tiger buried under a road in france that they intended to excavate but that has stalled.
According to Wikipedia:
"The only working example is displayed at the Musée des Blindés, Saumur, France. It has the production turret and is accessible to the public. This tank belonged to the 1st Company, 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion. It was believed to have been abandoned by its crew on 23 August 1944, due to engine problems, at Brueil-en-Vexin, near Mantes-la-Jolie. It was salvaged by the French Army in September 1944 and then stored in a factory in Satory before being transferred to the museum in 1975. Believed to have carried turret number 123, Colonel Michel Aubry, the founder of the museum, decided to put 233 on the turret in honour of the Tiger II that destroyed his Sherman tank at the end of the war. Unlike other captured German vehicles, this Tiger II was never used by the French Army."
@@ydela1961 Looks like it still has the engine problems
Really surprised they didn't let the engine warm up first. They take quite some time to warm up, but run far better once they are.
Stuka87 actually, they let it warm up for 4-5 minutes, but I just cut out this part ;)
Mgrg Ahh I notice the cut now. But even 4-5 mins is well short of the 20-30 mins they need. In the field they would start them every few hours and let them run for 20-30 mins so that they were always "warmed up" in the event they had to move out.
I am jealous that you got to see this in person :)
Stuka87 If the needles work then they should've warmed up until the water read in the low operating range and the oil pressure settled in. It's soooo much easier than having to treat the gas pedal (because cold) like a dirty slut and risk spinning a bearing or blowing a seal. Also cheaper than over heating the system for a relatively relaxed non combat situation where stored heat is not needed.
+GhostsOfAzrael yeah cuz you have one ... xD
rui castro That's how you run just about every other machine if you actually care about not blowing out a seal with the cold oil pressure spikes or wrecking bearings that the oil hasn't gotten to yet. When an older engine is cold it likes to choke out a lot so warming it up just enough will save you from the scary power surge stalling shit that you get from going before it's ready. Stall and roll into something one time, cold start rush that engine one time and you'll know why I'm that cautious. What you break you fix and tank shit is major PTA (Pain in The Ass) to work on because it's either heavy or in a space under 10,000 wayyy over torqued seized up bolts meant for child laborers or both.
if i got any tiger tank i would be willing to spend hours cleaning it daily and id probably even sleep in i cause id love it to much :D
+Bauke van dijk
not a single person gonna rob me with that thing
when they c that gun turning
+Zachary Sellers LOL
+Bauke van dijk very smart 👍
+Panzer - four you are mad
+Panzer - four Man, if I ever own a King Tiger, I would live in it and sell my house XD
Best looking tank ever made.
nah
the bob simple is superior
maus
the Abraham is the best looking the tiger 2 is sexy af though
Tiger 1 is the show stopper.
Must have sent a chill down your average Soldiers spine when they heard these dragons moving towards them.......
Scot Team and then shit down thier trouser leg :)
Until it broke down and was abandoned lmao
@@beeterracing7024 You forgot the fact that they destroyed that tank to leave no evidence of its existence
Hi_I_Put_ Virus_In_Computer lol
"Tiger psychosis" is reasonably well documented, and arguably is largest contribution of Tigers to war.
I don't think this one would pass the fuel emission tests.
Edvard Johannes who cares if you can scare them with the 88 L/71?
In Nazi Germany, exhaust emission tests you
1000L Diesel for 100 km
Dont worry! Vw tested these engines and vouched that it would pass euro 6 without problems!
Master Chif 117 Master they have gas engines not diesels
I thought the asfalt would be destroyed when the King Tiger turned towards the hangar entrance, but it ain"t that bad!
+Necrophite78 I thought it did get destroyed or cracked. You can hear a large bang while the tank is turning and there are some lines that looked like cracks in the asphalt
+TheApollo1232 The bang came from a backfire ;)
Mgrg Ah okay!
+Necrophite78 If you can see the tank has huge treads they are big enough to distribute the weight evenly enough were it wont bust the ground.
+Necrophite78 Nope, there's not enough friction between the tracks and the tar. Steel tracks don't do very well on hard surfaces, only a tar road in poor condition would be ripped up by a tank.
It starts up better than my wife's Fiat!
i can work on your wife's starter too, bro. if you know what i mean (i am engineer)
Thomas Bögel Cause it's German.
Thomas Bögel
erh... everything start better than a fiat lol
Silverized84 Including my 1972 lawn mower (Briggs&Stratton 5hp)
Of course it does, your wife drives a Fiat. Anything starts up better than a Fiat.
Excellent show!! In 2015, still German armor rolling in the streets of Paris, and shooting flames. It's like this one went through a loop in time. I still imagine the crew shouting German and getting ready to punch some holes...."Einsatzfähig" is the German almost meaningless but simple and scary state for this Beast from the past.
There's nothing meaningless about "ready for use".
Also, the MG 34 in the front is removed, so I wouldn't call it "einsatzfähig".
2:52 "Achtung, Panzer!" :P
i was thinking to that lol.
ahahahaha
Watch out tank
XD
i would like to say achtung groß panzer!!
That Maybach is awesome . The sound of that machine coming thru the fog shrouded forest must have instilled so much fear on the men in the trenches .
What a wonderful sight. Truly an awesome machine. I could not even begin to imagine seeing one of these coming at you back in the day, especially if you were in an Allied tank.
4 words that will make you cry
HANS ZE TRANSMISSION BROKE
What a machine, even after 75 years it’s a spectacular creation.
Man, that is awesome!! I'm not gonna lie, I would have loved to hear the turret move for a view seconds after the Tiger came to a halt!
Now that's a REAL tank! Stunning!
Dat poor kitty sounds like sick.
We need to hug him together)
The Tiger II. What a magnificent machine!
It's hard to really understand how big these things are until you stand next to one.
I was like when i saw the barrel "Oh baby what happened to you" in my head (My great grandfather served in the 101st heavy panzer divison and was a gunner in one of these beasts) He said that the first time he fired the cannon it felt like an earthquake inside of it. Greetings from Germany Deustchland Über Alles!
I don't see it, what's wrong with the Cannon
Seven Sic respect to your grandfather!
@@Alexander9924 The gun is pointed down; without checking the website of the Saumur museum, you can't tell from outside whether it's pointed down to make sure it doesn't catch on something, or because the elevation mechanism is broken (possibly by the crew during WWII before abandoning the tank to prevent it from being used against them).
the luckyest guy is that one who drive this monster
No smoke from engine ? EURO 5 ?
reicho 3
+Viperus87 not a VW engine xD
Viper87 5:40 youre welcome
Not the first time one of those has driven on the streets of Paris!!
caus germans took over paris
hagamapama but tigerII we're never in Paris though
Are you sure?
yes I'm sure the first time they saw action was the battle of the bulge but that was near the Belgian border not France
Good catch. Thanks for the information.
Wonderfull German technology! 70 years - still working and even CO2 emissions simmilar to the recent VW TDI!
There is something so uplifting about hearing old tanks purr after all these years
This whole video is impressive, I mean the truck carrying those mass , the high quality asphalt , and this humongous old cat itself . 😮 The turret seriously intimidating 😮
After all these years it's returned to its "stomping grounds"
GLORIOUS!
Gorgeous machine. Somehow, the cough at 6:44 seems appropriate.
;o)
lol I thought you meant the engine would cough XD
Hands down the Tiger II is the best looking tank ever made. What a beast.
Mustve been terrifying facing these back in the day. Love that Henschel turret, a beautiful machine.
What a beauty
^ω^
Sagara Sousuke True the Tiger 2 is the fix of the fuck ups of what the tiger 1 had
Except for the engine and gearbox.
what a beast! the sight, the sound - legendary
Nothing like the smell of fresh exhaust in the morning. If I remember correctly it's a Maybach . Sounds good for a 70 year old, I'd puke and spit a bit also.......
Paul Difflipp Maybach engine does not produce sound ,but music !
A German Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore: »You smell that?« Soldier: »What?« Kilgore: »Tiger II exhaust, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Tiger II exhaust in the morning. (...) Smells like... defeat. Some day this war is gonna end.« As terrifying as those tigers may have been at the time, the Allies still won the war.
It`s amazing that such formidable tank were used in battlefields more than 70 years ago. It looks as if the Tiger II is still first-class tank even today. At least the Tiger II is much more reliable than North Korean tanks.
Лучший танк второй мировой войны. Их было выпущено за годы войны всего 1200 штук, но они оставили громкую славу и гордость немецкого вооружения !
That is one grouchy Tiger. She did NOT want to play that night.
Its an old tired cat. Give him a break ;)
They didn't let the engine heat up for a while.
I assume 15 minutes plus the initial unloading preparations would took to long. Those trucks and drivers don't want to waste time, rime is money, old kitty or not.
what a wonderful beast of a machine
I wonder, is that the original engine or a replacement? Either way it sounds like it needs some major work.....
It's an original Maybach HL230, but I don't think it the original engine the tank left the factory with ;)
It is a massive, cold petrol/gasoline/benzin engine. I guess that thing takes some time to reach a proper operating temperature.
an engine of this size With no fuel injection will stall if the RPM get too low
0utc4st1985 this Tiger was used by france after war and it got a better 1000 PS engine
iv heard storys that they had to carry a hammer in the t34s to smack the gear shifter cause it could start acting up not to mention that the t34 had horrible air flow in the tank and caused more then one crew to suffocate to toxic gasses being ejected in to the tank by opening the gun breach you cant open up hatches to air a tank out in the middle of a battle at close range so a lot of the time it was the death of them (this happen for panthers as well but was corrected)
I mean yea the panther had issues at the start but they sorted it out
the whole idea of the Russian tanks was throw enough shit at the wall and some will stick
not a good concept when your fighting for your life they also could not retreat or they would be shot
Something so intimidating and scary about this tank. To my mind it's like the bumblebee - you see it and it looks like it should be able to fly, same with the Tiger - you look at it and think, it's too big and heavy to move, and then it comes to life. It still demands respect to my mind. I only have to add, massive respect to the tank crews who went up against this beast and its ilk.
Everything about this tank is awesome. Great name (Kongistiger), killer gun, roaring Maybach engine and that design... modern tanks look so lumpy compared to this tank, it's so iconic. This and the Panther A are my all-time favorites.
KonIGstiger
Great footage of the tiger II and good quality as well since footage of these tanks are usually potato quality :)
For something that,s over 70 years of age it still looks truly menacing.
Tiger:"I remember that place" XD
Flashbacks incomming
WOW! After 75 years, still intimidating and impressive.
doctorno0070 Surprised it didn’t break down.
@@ot1402 No kidding. The folks who operated these are long gone, but the machine still chugs on. put put put put.
doctorno0070 Yeah.
I worked with a German, Otto Shaefer, who was a tank gunner in WWII. First thing he told me was that he was NOT a Nazi, but a German soldier. He had many stories, as you could imagine. He survived Russia in a Panzer 3 and 4. In 43 he was transferred to France and assigned to a new Panther tank .In the winter of 44 his tank was hit and burned. Otto thought he was hit by a fighter plane firing rockets. He was able to save one crewman but suffered terrible burns to his neck, arms and chest. He got out of the tank and fell into snow. He was captured by Americans and spent 6 months in an American hospital. He said the snow and the Americans saved his life. Otto was an outstanding machinist. Haven't seen him for about 15 years, hope he is still kicking but I don't know.
It's only when you've stood next to one you realise just how massive these things were.
Most badass tank of all time
I Love that Maybach V12 sound :D
It has the wide battle tracks, but is missing the outer road wheels used with the wide track. Was this a decision to reduce weight for this exhibit, or do they not have them?
Are you sure about that? Don't you mix up with the Tiger 1? The Tiger 2 didn't have such outer road wheels, did it?
You are correct.
It looks odd though, with the outer part of the battle track unsupported, and the extended axles. I wonder it it was originally intended to have outer road wheels.
It would make sense if they removed the ability to remove the tracks from the design since very few times anyone did. It was just something nice to have, but it was impractical and a bit unnecessary to manufacture.
Actually it has all roadwheels, Tiger 1 and Tiger 2 had different suspensions. you can see it after the drive wheel comes a outer road wheel than inner and so on
Sad that don’t have more of those to display for history of German engineering.My grandfather fought In US Infantry in WW2. War is terrible but it does have a few positive moments like this . Really cool piece of military history!!!
Has there ever been a picture of a Tiger (cat) sitting atop of a Tiger (tank)? Think that would be awesomest of awesome picture.
Photoshop it, partner.
It drives like an old man walks. But it sounds like beast. :D Thanks for posting, good sir!
+Rainer Diabl Well they are not putting much pressure on it, they are being careful with it, I mean it's a bloody 70 ton tank that is 70 years old after all...
Obviously. Wasn't meant to talk the tank down or something. :)
+Rainer Diabl it could go 40kmh on a road.
@@I_hunt_lolis can you give the accurate weight
@ Tiger II - 69.8 Ton
its like watching Jurassic Park !
Human engineering at it's finest. Legend status
Man! Shes a beauty! And runs great! Hats off to the people who take care of it!
Tiger must be thinking
"When did I become the guest of honor in Paris?"
Hehe, deutscher Panzer rollt wieder in Paris :D
Wer schön wens nochmal passieren würede
you have let that engine heat up a bit
Finally someone who I can agree with. That engine was COLD AS FUCK!
those maybachs didn't idle very well
It was cold man, they just brough it and they moved it into position. You need to love a bit the old lady.... for a few minutes :)
the old girl needs a better home that ass wad is going to have her in a trash heap in 10 years if he keeps running her like that
well the best way to warm up an engine is to gently rev up, but if they did not do so maybe it wasn't possible the have to know what they are doing ;P
Such a molothic fortress of steel prowls along with such elegance and grace it really is a tiger
Very sweet, what a beast!
Looks like the inside road wheels were not rolling.
I love the sound of Maybach V12!
Murad Alizada its not a maybach in this Tiger
What is it then??
Murad Alizada a more powerful 1000 PS Diesel engine from the french because they used Tiger IIs after the war
Oh, I see. It still sounds beautuful though
Murad Alizada yep :D
imagine riding these in zombie apocalypse.
yaiyleyassir jackson the zombies would here it and trash it so much
especially with full MG34s (AA MG34 around commander hatch I think, maybe on Panther) coaxial mg, and driver mg34, or possibly flamenwerfer.
But tbh I’d prefer to be driving a Panzer II. Ausf.L (L variant looks like a mini tiger)
It will break down before you even spot a zombie your much better off with a m4a2 with a flamethrower
Yup. It would break down and is too heavy to be effective. Don’t forget it takes A LOT of fuel.
I mean, you would be the biggest badass of all time (shush I know modern tanks are far more powerful) but zombies sadly can't be intimidated and the 8.8 cm KwK 43, sadly, isn't made for killing zombies.
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It spits fire too!
I find myself coming back to this video from time to time.
I can imagine the sound of that engine wasnt a very welcome one for the Allies back in the war.
German Panzer in France ? Again :-)
I hope there scared
Hes lucky the Transmission didnt break
Tiger II didn't have the transmission problems the Panther did. Not that it mattered with so few of them produced and at a time where fields of Panthers sat at factories because there was no fuel.
@@Cragified The tiger II had transmission problems like any ww2 tank that weights 50-60 tons
@@snipsoe Tiger II operational reliability rate was equal to the Panzer IVs. Panther however had a reliably rate far lower due to using a straight cut transmission final drive that was intended for a 30 ton tank not what Panther turned into.
@@Cragified Well if the transmission dosen't fail the engine will most likely catch on fire anyways
Maybe tiger 2 have problem with its engine
I wonder how much prep needs to be done on the engine after decades of inactivity. Do the engineers/mechanics need to 'oil up' all the pistons and moving parts so there is no friction when it starts up?
Filthy Disgusting Ape 🙄. Every single piece of that tank was torn apart from the ground up. A complete rebuild. Every single piece had to be retooled back to original specifications. Either that, or it’s a facsimile of the real thing. Either way, they were undependable, underpowered, prone to break down, you could not swap out parts from one to the other, and probably only got 300-400 yards per gallon. At best.
Beautiful vehicle, and a pleasure to see her run and drive. But perhaps someone who knows a bit more about the Tiger II then I do can answer this for me. While watching the tank maneuver it didn't appear that the inboard set of wheels were rotating. Is this correct, and supposed to operate like this? Or am I simply missing something?
+sparkplug1018 i see that too.... i think they are only for better armor.. or disabled because on a roadd it dosen't need that mush suspension power... on mud,.. its different all whels think move
France surrendered thath night. An just a question? Can I go to poland with this beast?
Only if its on your way to Moscow with it.
Nathan DaMaren I agree
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king tiger? more like slow tiger...
Well, you'll see them handling modern MBT's in the same fashion, the driver can't really see shit and if he hits something, anything, 60 tonnes once moving just doesn't stop like that. The second reason is that tracked vehicles are maintenance heavy, it's a pain enough to fix a modern and modular MBT with plenty of spare parts but a Tiger II... Oosh, you would not want to be the man to break so much a ball bearing on that thing.
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Drive a Tiger II ( weighs 69t ) into one of those support pillars at high speed and see what happens to the building.
Operati
look at the road hahaha, nice 70 tons
I read that this tank is basically untouched from it's original configuration (which explains the stalls) which probably explains why they don't neutral-steer with it. Simply put, attempting to use the neutral steering functionality would break the gearbox.
I'm sure the owners of the building were very happy about the permanent track markings in the concrete...
ah nice, they found a solution to not have to crank the engine all the time manually
Man I would a lot more confident fighting the enemy with one of those by my side.
Mystery Man 🙄
Nice Kingtiger (H) Henchel. thats a tank!
70 years old and yet it has more suspension than any of the cars we have today. Good job WWII engineers!
That German engineering for ya
25 years ago when I was a resident rotating through the buffalo VA I was interviewing a patient and asked him If he had any psychiatric problems he said “none except I still have nightmares about German tanks”.
This is pure tank porn! Awsome!
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