@@matthewhoff3626 Eh depends on the tank. Some just suck like the T25, so in a situation where they can be used they aren't that scary since any tank can do what they do.
Its a fortress, until a veteran player pulls out his p47 and drops 2000 pounds of bombs on you. (Edit: Damn it's been a year since this comment, time flies. I hope if you see this you have a good year!
@@tankonaut Im pretty sure that German CAS is a bit more dominant than US. US CAS is mostly fighters with 2 bombs and a few HVARs while germany has that and aircrafts with guns that can pen Heavys quite easily. The closest thing the US has is the PBJ1 wich is very difficult to use and its 75mm gun fires slowly and has a slow muzzle velocity
@@yaialai98 yes but no. Bomb CAS is just way too good imo, if yiu have any skill its an EZ two kills. On the flip, gun CAS requires a small bit more skill. I am a firm believer that there should be a CAS free game mode though
@@tankonautTiger H1 have a weakness that the observation deck on the turret of the Tiger H1 is a little bit big so enemy can ez to penetration, it will kill the Tiger instead.
If you know the H1 well, you know that the anti-personnel launchers often force you to over angle slightly to get -10 degrees of depression. Sometimes you have to go with your instinct - I guessed he'd shoot my front plate as my side was partially obscured by the terrain. I went for the shot, bouncing the PT76 heat and killing him.
Thanks! Glad you enjoy the tiger too. I really enjoy playing it. I think the H1 at 5.3 BR really gets some good matchmaking too. You have to play her a little more delicately in full uptiers but the tiger really can be a monster
@@tankonaut dude the reason why you play the tiger its becouse its op and every german tank at WWII they were powerful and impenetrable, also it gives you an easy win every time. The German faction is for those who don't know how to play real tanks and want to win easy without worrying about the cost of repairs, which given by the tiger does not exceed 600/700 silver lions
easy solution is to buy the Heavy Tank No. 6 or Tigris, but then you also gotta grind a line up and neither italy nor japan is particularly fun to grind
This sometimes happens yes - but if you are using cover, and keep moving (never stay still unless you are shooting) you can mitigate a lot of these kinds of shots. The Tiger can be a volumetric nightmare when moving
@@tankonaut I'm also very unlucky most of the time where the enemy is hitting ridiculous shots on me, I remember getting sniped in a tiger 2 h from ~900 meters and they hit me smack dab right in the mg port lmao
Sherman main here, i usually ram an APHE shell into the cupola whenever i see a Tiger H1. When it is a Tiger E however i just break the barrel. Tiger mains out there should remember that enemies in this tier tend to get very experienced. Never take unnecessary risks, you are a heavy tank. One mistake means death.
@@tankonaut I have just downloaded War Thunder. I have played World of Tanks Blitz for years. I want to get the Tiger 1, Tiger 2, and KV2 in WT. Do you have any advice for a new player?
@@davidmullins1905 WT is so far from anything that WOTB is, you're pretty much playing a whole different kind of game. Biggest tip: accept the grind, and look into how to properly level crews
@@davidmullins1905Be prepared to be extremely disappointed in the KV-2 reload But its shell is basically a dopamine injection Tiger 1 requires constant angling to do good Tiger 2 has a Turret weakspot and is weak because of it
@@davidmullins1905 I have played WoT modern armor and you will probably know that STAYING WITH TEAM is key to victory. They can't easily beat you when you 3v1 them Of course if you're a sniper tank find a nice spot, or if in city try to camp in corners near middle with as much cover as possible If you're a heavy make a push for point assuming you have team behind you
U got lucky nobody used them range finder to locate you and aim your cupola, that's why I max out gunner accuracy and range find skill first on any crew, long shots (700m to 1.2km) require precision and have to be fast, so it's best to have those 2 skills all the way up so you don't miss the shot when you shoot.
Personally, I love to use the Pzgr. Shell. It might not have as much pen as the Pzgr 39 shell, but is has 200g of explosive mass, so if it does penetrate, it's basically an instakill.
@@aperson7266 Most of the time I try and plan a shot ahead of time - so if I kill a tank and I know there is a soft target near I load HE. Also, sometimes you don't kill a soft target first hit, so its always worth quickly hitting HE before your regular shell reloads. The last reason is that light targets can often be behind cover so you can kill them with HE to the roof etc. hope that helps
@@aperson7266 trust me it's super useful let's say you've got a breda 501 hiding just load HE and fire next to it or even on the wall also HE is just nice because you don't need to spend like 3 rounds just to kill a target because no armor is best armor load HE and bam he's gone and then you switch back to AP
@@tankonaut tbf, there is a bunch of bad tanks, that just feels out of place on their br, like german walker buldog, hanomag-henschel 4-5, ferdinand. After you play that against super pershing, is2\is3 t-54 and american t-30 you would feel like german are *weak* but yeah, german's heavy are great as well as MT
@@volodyan7780 i disagree, the jpz 4-5 is way better than its br. i still use it in my 8.0 lineup where really the only thing holding it back is the lack of rangefinder (easily fixable by using sights with mills.) the ferdinand for its br is somewhat mediocre but you really cant call it bad. the only thing that i can really say is bad is probably the M48 where it just lacks identity. its a medium but its not fast, its got armour but literally anything in its br is gonna pen through it. the gun is only slightly better than the jpz 4-5. there's really no other reason to play it other than as a backup. as for my jpz however, it eats IS and T tanks on a daily. heatfs punches straight through, smoke launcher is fairly decent, its fast so i can relocate quickly, costs nothing to spawn, its great.
As someone who literally spent so much time on war thunder mobile, just for the tiger. It makes me happy to see that people like you can actually appreciate this piece of machinery and understand its potential.
Angling is the key....I used to die early too but now getting better at it as I angle more. Basically you need to keep few things in mind. 1. If there' s a vantage point ....try to get there first before the enemy does. 2. Do not rush blindly. 3. Make sure your flanks are well covered on all sides.... 4. Find your enemy first and get a fix on them....see first without being seen. And if you are spotted first then change positions...use the smoke shells. 5. Fire and manuever.
I use the tiger occasionally and i understand angling it and knew slightly about the intimidation factor, but i know more now, thank you for the information. You got a new subscriber
Tiger is ass. It has the same frontal armor of the br2.3 stug, basicallt the same gun and reload…. But hey now you have a turret. Hope thats whole 3 WHOLE FUCKING BR
After 6 years in WT i realized that Tiger is pretty effective from 500m away and have capabilities in long range fight Sherman is effective only in close range battle except M4A3E2 with its armor
Yes 500m is a perfect engagement range for the tiger - you have just enough pen to wipe most enemies and enough range to make your angled armor shine :)
Funny how angling something that was only done because crew knew its armor wasn't enough to protect them normally irl makes a massive difference in war thunder.
No, find a good area of cover that also providers great oversight upto at least 1km away, angle best you can, hunker the fuck down. That's what Tiger's are best at.
Pushing forward would be a good idea with its thick heavy armor but it would leave your flanks exposed and you would be so focused on the front you would not see anyone from your left or right and high caliber rounds such as the American m4a2 76mm and the is1,2 and t34-85 can easily penetrate right through the frontal armor
Haha, I think I've definitely got better over the last year or so. I find the more confident I play the tiger, the better I do. The tank always feels really powerful to me :)
Thanks for the tips, i just got the tiger h1 yesterday and almost got everything for it researched. It's truly a beast of a tank. It's just that you can't have fun with it due to the GODDAMN CAS
You're welcome bud. Congrats on the Tiger! Such a fun tank to play in all its variants :) - I actually just made a short vid on angling based on feedback. ruclips.net/user/shortsbBYz0j67qZw
Also use the rounds that has the highest explosive mass inside the shell so you can 1 shot most of the time Note. Usually these shell's can have less pen of the default one by like 10mm difference but it's better to get 1shots than trying to aim at the placement of crews in the enemy's tank
Whenever I use the Tiger, 99% of the time Gaijin sends me late cold war enemy team. That 1% of WW2 enemy team is extremely rare, it almost never happens. Combine that with enemy helicopters and jets with magnetic bombs. Cheaters/hackers are just another breed of sh8 that exists in the game.
@@oliverpetroski4205 And you wonder why war thunders play count continues to decrease while Gunner heat PC’s continues to rise and have almost daily updates that add new content every day 😂.
Also, it’s best to use the PzGr. over the PzGr 39, because while it may have a little less pen, it has over twice the explosive filler, meaning almost all of your shots will be one shots.
Sir, yes angling is very situational but you should be able to tank any 75mm Sherman and if you do it right, any 76mm Sherman - I pulled a basic guide here ruclips.net/user/shortsbBYz0j67qZw LMK what you think?
It is essential that new players don't think of it as a fortress. They will stay where they are thinking they'll never die, and immediately die to a smart player. My tip is to keep moving and don't do stupid shit
Yes sir - that comment was a bit of an over exaggeration. I was trying to stress the importance of angling, because I kill so many un-angled tigers who sit stationary during reloads. It's sad to see and I want to change that :)
I just can look at it the same after destroying literal hundreds of Tigers by shooting the right front plate. The weakness is so glaringly obvious once youve fought against them.
Yes, I find that the tiger can angle against about 50% of the enemies it faces if it can’t - it can still one tap anything else with that huge amount of TNT filler in the PzGr shell. In dowriers it can definitely be more aggressive / rely on its armor more but even in uptiers it can handle itself if played carefully ( see my Tigris vid )
@@WarHunter57 well the IS-2 is 6.0 and the IS-2 1944 is 6.3. In real Life these tanks were designed to kill tigers so the increased battle rating balances it out IMHO? I love tigers but if there weren’t tanks like the IS series they would dominate ;)
@@tankonaut im aware of that, but your advice could include at least a warning that close quarters should be avoided and if thats not possible then you do what youve done in the video
Don't forget to: -angle it simultaneously towards all directions where the enemy could possibly shoot you from. This may sound difficult, but once you manage to tap into 4th dimension it becomes very easy -retract your cupola so that enemy won't send you to hangar by shooting it -give your gunner some panzerschokolade so that he could turn your turret faster than 1° per eternity -put a force field generator on your massive muzzle brake so that you won't get your barrel broken 20 times in a single fight -avoid getting put against the big HE slingers that plague this br bracket, stuff with HEATFS like the M36 and the M-51, against the IS-2, the centurions... Pretty much against any vehicle other than the early shermans&t-34 and anybody with enough braincells to not consider jumbo a weak tank on its current br
If they added crew panicking sound effect it would be amazing, like when you and the t-34 were racing to who will kill the first one, it would be amazing to hear your crew screaming at each others
yeah I was slighty over enthusiastic back then ;) The Tiger has it's weakspots, and the cupola is one of the biggest but with careful play, angling and most importantly *never sitting still* you can mitigate them :)
@@tankonaut Though, Damage is a bit lacking. You can pen everything but at what cost…. Even worse with APDS, Pen E V E R Y T H I N G but gotta aim good.
@@chieftainmk_11 yeah I did a vid on the centurion mk1 the other day after the apds patch. I’m still not sure how I feel about it. As you say you have to aim really well or you can do small amounts of damage. The high pen is very good but yes, requires more skill/accurscy
@@tankonaut The motto for british players is “Pen everything, damage nothing.” The Normal solid shot AP is also still perfectly capable of destroying Tigers and have a lot more post pen damage though.
It turns into a fortress when your opponent is dumb Everytime I angle my tiger they either shoot my cupola or just have a stupidly large gun that just doesn’t care about angling
Haha. When uptiered save your tiger for 2nd or third spawn when the best enemies are dead and your armor works better against the weaker remaining guns
And then an American 76 slaps your commanders' hatch, and the commander, loader, and gunner all wonder why theirs some guy in a cart asking if they are awake.
The tigers turret has such a menacing ominous atmosphere around it I don't know why but it is just awesome. That would have been fear incarnate back in the day.
So true! It's really a very intimidating tank right? Lots of people have said "just shoot the cupola" but in an ACTUAL BATTLE I find 90% of people panic fire at the Tiger and mess up. This tank can scare people :)
I mean I do agree that tigers need more experience to work well than say a jumbo, but Germany has some of the best vehicles at low / mid tier BR ratings. I don’t know how much truth is in the “German teams are terrible” - maybe that’s just because of popularity?
heh, admittedly this was one of my earlier videos and I was a little over zealous in that description! ;) It's definitely a lot stronger when you angle but you need to micromanage the tiger a lot to get the best out of the armor. Also, in uptiers I generally choose to spawn a tank destroyer or panther first to deal with the tougher enemies and save the tiger for second or third spawn when your armor is so much stronger against the remaining weaker vehicles :)
Imagine your playing normally then, in the middle of the battle field you see a tiger and an IS-2 going at each other.... Russian and german mains are scary af, especially in they know what they're soing...
@@tankonaut Thank you for responding to everyone. You are a good-hearted person who cares about his/her followers. I wish you good luck in your career.
As a tiger player for years all i can say is BRAVO 👏👏👏 it is true that once an experience player plays his Tiger I and knows how to use it, is really scary as heck
heh, thank you. glad you enjoyed it - I get so many entertaining games in the Tiger H1 that I could make a channel on just that tank ;) Definitely my favorite tank of all time.
Now that we’ve learned how to effectively play tiger time for effective counter tiger strats 1: the gun to track to side combo, aim for the main cannon, if done correctly say bye bye to being one shot, next destroy the track, machine guns or cannons are fine, once immobilized flank it on its side and let it rip. 2: smoke rounds: the biggest advantage a tiger has is its range, use smoke rounds to either cover your approach or blind the tank itself in long or close quarters, this is especially effective at covered firing positions as it forces them to leave cover to attack or hope the enemy rushes in front of them 3: big armor piercing guns and ammo: self explanatory, anything under 75mm will struggle even hitting straight on, the bigger and longer the gun and it’s ammo the better as it gradually renders even corner facing useless.
A tiger player who understands his tank is scary af
you really can intimidate people with the tiger right?!
@@tankonaut yes
any person who understands the tank they drive and is competent is scary. the ones who are skilled and competent are terrifying.
Literally me fr
@@matthewhoff3626 Eh depends on the tank. Some just suck like the T25, so in a situation where they can be used they aren't that scary since any tank can do what they do.
Its a fortress, until a veteran player pulls out his p47 and drops 2000 pounds of bombs on you.
(Edit: Damn it's been a year since this comment, time flies. I hope if you see this you have a good year!
Yeah American CAS at this tier starts getting pretty dominant.
@@tankonaut Im pretty sure that German CAS is a bit more dominant than US. US CAS is mostly fighters with 2 bombs and a few HVARs while germany has that and aircrafts with guns that can pen Heavys quite easily. The closest thing the US has is the PBJ1 wich is very difficult to use and its 75mm gun fires slowly and has a slow muzzle velocity
@@yaialai98 yes but no. Bomb CAS is just way too good imo, if yiu have any skill its an EZ two kills. On the flip, gun CAS requires a small bit more skill. I am a firm believer that there should be a CAS free game mode though
@@TheOreoOverlord Agreed, it sucks when you're having a great game, pushing and getting all these kills and then you get killed by a goddamn PE8
@@tankonautTiger H1 have a weakness that the observation deck on the turret of the Tiger H1 is a little bit big so enemy can ez to penetration, it will kill the Tiger instead.
when you have a German commander shouting orders in the background your unstoppable
Good vibes
no you don't, you fuck up even more.
Cause you won't even understand a word
is there a mod for that?
@@TexanTemplar no if you play ground realistic battles you can hear the commander speaking german or shouting orders.
Richtig
-Angling is important
Proceeds to turn his side to enemy
If you know the H1 well, you know that the anti-personnel launchers often force you to over angle slightly to get -10 degrees of depression. Sometimes you have to go with your instinct - I guessed he'd shoot my front plate as my side was partially obscured by the terrain. I went for the shot, bouncing the PT76 heat and killing him.
watch the other player's barrel
@@tankonauthow do you get the number 211?
@@tankonautcan you make a video on how to get the number 211 please
@@F1drift-x2m its a custom skin, you can get them on war thunder live
"Tiger is true king of its BR"
*KV-220 laughs in the shadow*
lol, I actually own the KV220 and only generally take it out for event grinding now - it's too OP! ;)
Bro I kill those things all the time in my tiger
The T34-85 gives me nightmares as a Tiger player. They just appear out of nowhere to one shot me 😂
@@sargonsblackgrandfather2072as a former t34-85 player the tiger is the easiest tank to kill
No noob KV-220 is trash
i kill KV-220 very easy with my Tiger H
When a tiger player on the other team is competent you start playing a survival horror game.
As a Sherman main can vouch.
This is true and also it would take the enemy team 3 players to kill it
@Harrierguy2022RBLX Irrelevant.
Until you shoot the barrel
@@OwOyvern first you need to shot it. But sometimes it still ain't enough
Once you get the feel for the tiger the words "It struck fear in the hearts of allied soldiers" really hits differently
Haha. Yes, there are definitely certain situations where this comes alive in the game! You can feel the intimidation factor of the tiger sometimes
@@tankonautor perhaps the scariest, an American main playing the tiger. You have to be good to play america, and the tiger is op. Scary
@@Im_that_guy61lmao, you have to be good to play Japan.
Japan got barely anything that's decent
@@I_want_White_Cheddar_PopcornI'll smoke you every time with Japan. Try me. BlackSheep10
Happy to see someone that can use Tiger, nice video
Thanks! Glad you enjoy the tiger too. I really enjoy playing it. I think the H1 at 5.3 BR really gets some good matchmaking too. You have to play her a little more delicately in full uptiers but the tiger really can be a monster
@@tankonaut dude the reason why you play the tiger its becouse its op and every german tank at WWII they were powerful and impenetrable, also it gives you an easy win every time. The German faction is for those who don't know how to play real tanks and want to win easy without worrying about the cost of repairs, which given by the tiger does not exceed 600/700 silver lions
@@RailRoader1225 i smell a skill issue on your part m8
@@tankonaut the VK is amazing as well, most fun tank to play in rank iii in my opinion with the t1e1, also an amazing tank.
the tiger is really good tank i love to use it
The real issue with Germany: Your forced to play with teammates playing Germany.
lol
Why is that the issue when you're playing Germany wtf
@@Goofynorwaymapper Germany has some of the worst players, since its the starting nation of most players
easy solution is to buy the Heavy Tank No. 6 or Tigris, but then you also gotta grind a line up and neither italy nor japan is particularly fun to grind
@@paulgramlich2265You should see my us teamates
Tiger: angles
Enemy Tank: Shoots your turret or cupola
This sometimes happens yes - but if you are using cover, and keep moving (never stay still unless you are shooting) you can mitigate a lot of these kinds of shots. The Tiger can be a volumetric nightmare when moving
@@tankonaut I'm also very unlucky most of the time where the enemy is hitting ridiculous shots on me, I remember getting sniped in a tiger 2 h from ~900 meters and they hit me smack dab right in the mg port lmao
Sherman main here, i usually ram an APHE shell into the cupola whenever i see a Tiger H1. When it is a Tiger E however i just break the barrel. Tiger mains out there should remember that enemies in this tier tend to get very experienced. Never take unnecessary risks, you are a heavy tank. One mistake means death.
Good advice, you always have to play like the enemy knows what they are doing
@@tankonaut I have just downloaded War Thunder. I have played World of Tanks Blitz for years. I want to get the Tiger 1, Tiger 2, and KV2 in WT. Do you have any advice for a new player?
@@davidmullins1905 WT is so far from anything that WOTB is, you're pretty much playing a whole different kind of game.
Biggest tip: accept the grind, and look into how to properly level crews
@@davidmullins1905Be prepared to be extremely disappointed in the KV-2 reload
But its shell is basically a dopamine injection
Tiger 1 requires constant angling to do good
Tiger 2 has a Turret weakspot and is weak because of it
@@davidmullins1905 I have played WoT modern armor and you will probably know that STAYING WITH TEAM is key to victory. They can't easily beat you when you 3v1 them
Of course if you're a sniper tank find a nice spot, or if in city try to camp in corners near middle with as much cover as possible
If you're a heavy make a push for point assuming you have team behind you
It’s scarier when it’s at range and more effective. I got 15 kills using the tiger as a sniper, it was basically invulnerable to enemy fire.
nice! sounds like a great game!
Its not. Enemy team is trash
U got lucky nobody used them range finder to locate you and aim your cupola, that's why I max out gunner accuracy and range find skill first on any crew, long shots (700m to 1.2km) require precision and have to be fast, so it's best to have those 2 skills all the way up so you don't miss the shot when you shoot.
@@elnewbie2611aiming a cupola at 1km? Are you crazy?
@@siphobrisloks8133 it's totally possible and I've done it myself, there's a little trick to it.
Personally, I love to use the Pzgr. Shell. It might not have as much pen as the Pzgr 39 shell, but is has 200g of explosive mass, so if it does penetrate, it's basically an instakill.
nice! I do the same :) I normally take 20 x Pzgr, 4 x Pzgr 39 and 4 x HE. That Pzgr shell has double the TNT of the Tiger II's 88! Crazy good
@@tankonaut why would you take he? I know why it's usefull but by the time you switch to he the targets dead
@@aperson7266 Most of the time I try and plan a shot ahead of time - so if I kill a tank and I know there is a soft target near I load HE. Also, sometimes you don't kill a soft target first hit, so its always worth quickly hitting HE before your regular shell reloads. The last reason is that light targets can often be behind cover so you can kill them with HE to the roof etc. hope that helps
@@aperson7266 trust me it's super useful let's say you've got a breda 501 hiding just load HE and fire next to it or even on the wall also HE is just nice because you don't need to spend like 3 rounds just to kill a target because no armor is best armor load HE and bam he's gone and then you switch back to AP
@@tankonaut
U can overpressure light tanks with the he filler of the pzgr
Till a T34 just zooms in and ruins your day
T-34-85s are magic! :)
@@tankonautA t-34 😁
A T34 💀💀💀
@@MetrixGoatreal
Tiger laughs at T34
@@RS1Interviews wrong t34, the tiger laughs at the russian t-34-76 but not at the american T34.
I fear not the man who has played a variety of tanks in 10,000 times but i fear the man who has played one tank 10,000 times
haha, so true!
This is an amazing video. Glad to see someone who can actually use the tiger like the myth
Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed it. I really love the Tiger, it feels really incredible when you/or you see someone do well in it :)
The problem is when there are multiple enemies from diferent angles, things get difficult.
Luckily the OKW decided to make smoke grenades part of the Tiger's arsenal.
Sometimes turning tail and running away like it's late '44 does work.
smoke grenades are amazing, it's just a damn shame on the H1 that they screw with the turret depression at certain angles
@@tankonaut oh, those are not smoke grenades on the hull. They are fragmentation grenades for close quarters defense against infantry.
@@Jan_372 ahhh. I never realized that. Makes even more sense to remove them then ;)
@@tankonaut it would, but this is a Gaijin game. They decide what historical feature needs to be removed or added.
Germany mains dying immediately after not angling their tiger and then proceeding to say that Germany suffers
Heh, Germany is just so strong I don't understand why people think this :)
@@tankonaut por qué más del 70% de jugadores que usan a Alemania juegan cómo si jugarán CS:GO XD.
@@tankonaut tbf, there is a bunch of bad tanks, that just feels out of place on their br, like german walker buldog, hanomag-henschel 4-5, ferdinand.
After you play that against super pershing, is2\is3 t-54 and american t-30 you would feel like german are *weak* but yeah, german's heavy are great as well as MT
@@volodyan7780 i disagree, the jpz 4-5 is way better than its br. i still use it in my 8.0 lineup where really the only thing holding it back is the lack of rangefinder (easily fixable by using sights with mills.) the ferdinand for its br is somewhat mediocre but you really cant call it bad. the only thing that i can really say is bad is probably the M48 where it just lacks identity. its a medium but its not fast, its got armour but literally anything in its br is gonna pen through it. the gun is only slightly better than the jpz 4-5. there's really no other reason to play it other than as a backup. as for my jpz however, it eats IS and T tanks on a daily. heatfs punches straight through, smoke launcher is fairly decent, its fast so i can relocate quickly, costs nothing to spawn, its great.
As someone who literally spent so much time on war thunder mobile, just for the tiger. It makes me happy to see that people like you can actually appreciate this piece of machinery and understand its potential.
Haha - thank you :) The Tiger is my favorite tank :)
@@tankonaut 😁👍🏻
The short and long 90mm and also the 122mm cannon: allow us to introduce ourselfs
lol - scary guns!
Angling is the key....I used to die early too but now getting better at it as I angle more. Basically you need to keep few things in mind.
1. If there' s a vantage point ....try to get there first before the enemy does.
2. Do not rush blindly.
3. Make sure your flanks are well covered on all sides....
4. Find your enemy first and get a fix on them....see first without being seen. And if you are spotted first then change positions...use the smoke shells.
5. Fire and manuever.
Great tips!
@@tankonaut thanks !
Wow a really nice video! Angle is the key ⤵️
Thanks! Yep, really love tanking those shots in the angled tiger :)
Don't tell them this
It will be harder to kill them
Once a man know how to control his tank, became Michael Wittmann.
:)
This is some quality content, and very informative. Even though I play WOT, I can still draw some usefull information from this.
Glad you enjoyed! appreciate the feedback, now come play war thunder instead ;)
@@tankonaut I started the latest update yesterday night, will give it another try today ;)
Is-2, T28 and basically any other dominating vehicle that dominates tiger:Are we a joke to you?
Unfair sometimes
When u angle u become impenetratable fortres.
Cupolar hatch: im bouta end this mans whole career
Lol. very true! ;)
And obviously no tiger player in my team does all of that
Tiger mains be gangsta til the Greyhounds show up
lol
as a proud owner of a greyhound i cannot confirm this since i cannot play suffer simulator
Not when snail locks the greyhound behind a event then gives it a tech tree variant for *in Trump voice* CHINAAAA
@@justinkedgetor5949 i was lucky enough to get it for the 10th aniversary event 💀
Clip is awesome. Music is even better. Well done.
Thank you sir! :)
I use the tiger occasionally and i understand angling it and knew slightly about the intimidation factor, but i know more now, thank you for the information. You got a new subscriber
Amazing, thanks! Glad you enjoyed and appreciate the sub :)
"The tiger isn't bad. You just suck ass,... skill issue"
lol
Tiger is ass. It has the same frontal armor of the br2.3 stug, basicallt the same gun and reload…. But hey now you have a turret. Hope thats whole 3 WHOLE FUCKING BR
@Roniixx
Nice racism.
It is a fortress until either bombs start falling or an IS-2 shows up and hits your turret.
yea but isn't the iS-2 at a higher br?
is2 is at 6.0 now
After 6 years in WT i realized that
Tiger is pretty effective from 500m away and have capabilities in long range fight
Sherman is effective only in close range battle except M4A3E2 with its armor
Yes 500m is a perfect engagement range for the tiger - you have just enough pen to wipe most enemies and enough range to make your angled armor shine :)
Every tiger gangsta until jumbo pulls up and destroys your canon and tracks
Jumbo vs tiger - I think both tank commanders need to work hard to win - a battle of the giants!
The only way to kill tiger with jimbo - is to shoot cupola, while on the tiger side literral shot in front plate oneshots
Or a r3 lol
@@LoktasGthe frontal plate isn't a one shot, the machine gun port is, but even then it's hard to shoot it when your target moves alot.
@@vothbetilia4862 watch panther's penetration map in front. Its all pen
Funny how angling something that was only done because crew knew its armor wasn't enough to protect them normally irl makes a massive difference in war thunder.
yes - they mention it in the actual tiger handbook :)_
@@tankonaut thats hilarious lol
right? :) I have an english copy. @@floofles9473
Usually when i see a tiger angled towards me, i either wait for it to turn its front agains me or flank it and die anyways
War thunder gives and it takes ;)
Love playing the Tiger. I won a talisman for my H1. It's always reliable
Nice idea. Yeah I really love the H1 most for some reason. Always have a great time playing it
True the tiger is good for long range engagements I think the way to use it is to angle fire and retreat or keep moving to new positions
I think you should just push forward
No, find a good area of cover that also providers great oversight upto at least 1km away, angle best you can, hunker the fuck down. That's what Tiger's are best at.
Pushing forward would be a good idea with its thick heavy armor but it would leave your flanks exposed and you would be so focused on the front you would not see anyone from your left or right and high caliber rounds such as the American m4a2 76mm and the is1,2 and t34-85 can easily penetrate right through the frontal armor
And if you get up tire you will get demolished
@@MCshadr217 true best to hunker down but sometimes it can be good to seek the opportunity to push and attack and be carful if they try to bait you
T-34/85 with Stalinium armour will fuck up any Tiger 1
Deffinitly one of my favorite tanks in WT
Same here. I love the H1 even more than the E for some reason.
Aha, but the problem you see is that I'm straight up bad at the game!
Haha. It can be a steep/brutal learning curve. I am just about getting happy with my average skill level after a few years of playing :)
"Average"
This guy casually play tiger as good as Witmann used it...
Haha, I think I've definitely got better over the last year or so. I find the more confident I play the tiger, the better I do. The tank always feels really powerful to me :)
This dude would be one scary ass dude to fight.
Haha - I have my good moments sometimes ;)
Bro your one of the best players ive seen
Heh, thanks - I am still learning and getting better. Some friends really helped me learn a lot over the last year.
I just got mine today. First match I got 6 kills because of this video. Thank you!
Whoop! Nice work :)
"Impenetrable fortress"
russian spg's: ☕️🗿
Yeah. As an IS-2 lover I know that this isn’t always true ;) I have definitely bounced 152 shells tho
@@tankonautKV-122 is a lower BR IS2 and is the king of 5.3 absolute German main wrecker.
British APDS: 🧐☕️☕️ or shell shattered
@@bumbumlog321 nah turret cheeks are easily penned
@@tankonautChad soviet spg players only use HE
The only tigers I’m scared of are the ones with the red or grey camo. Those are the experienced players.
Haha - good point! ;)
Having blind enemies and below 260 ping helps
Seems legit ;)
Yeah, I agree with you. Remember the powerful 88mm gun and the thick front armor when you angled makes it become the true king at 5.7
pzgr - one shotting everything ;)
@@tankonaut 👍
@@tankonaut Also 186g TNT go boom
@@HaiBenAviation haha thats just the explosive mass - its 215g TNT equivalent!!! Bigga BOOM! ;)
Thanks for the tips, i just got the tiger h1 yesterday and almost got everything for it researched. It's truly a beast of a tank. It's just that you can't have fun with it due to the GODDAMN CAS
You're welcome bud. Congrats on the Tiger! Such a fun tank to play in all its variants :) - I actually just made a short vid on angling based on feedback. ruclips.net/user/shortsbBYz0j67qZw
Tiger 1: facing its front hull at you 🙂
Tiger 1: hull Angled and the gun facing toward you 💀
:)
Me getting uptiered and seeing an IS-2 in my Tiger H1:
Look into his eyes and say hello sir
Jumbo: "nice coupla"
Yes, when fighting jumbos you've gotta work real hard.
Very intense video and I agree with it and just like then, they were often given to experience commanders like Wittmann him self..
Thank you sir! Yes, when you get some experience with the Tiger, the tank becomes so much more powerful! Appreciate the comment.
@@tankonaut No problem!
Never i would think that 1 type of tank would be the king and the most scariest one of all
Also use the rounds that has the highest explosive mass inside the shell so you can 1 shot most of the time
Note. Usually these shell's can have less pen of the default one by like 10mm difference but it's better to get 1shots than trying to aim at the placement of crews in the enemy's tank
This man knows how to Tiger ;) Yep use the PZGR round over the PZGR39 as your default. It has over 200g of TNT!
Now play it facing Cold War tanks like everyone else.
Wow heat fs be apon u
well he did say "in its br"
Whenever I use the Tiger, 99% of the time Gaijin sends me late cold war enemy team. That 1% of WW2 enemy team is extremely rare, it almost never happens. Combine that with enemy helicopters and jets with magnetic bombs. Cheaters/hackers are just another breed of sh8 that exists in the game.
@@oliverpetroski4205
And you wonder why war thunders play count continues to decrease while Gunner heat PC’s continues to rise and have almost daily updates that add new content every day 😂.
Also, it’s best to use the PzGr. over the PzGr 39, because while it may have a little less pen, it has over twice the explosive filler, meaning almost all of your shots will be one shots.
yes 100% this :)
Angling is essential and turns me into a fortress until my turret is shot front on by any Sherman
Sir, yes angling is very situational but you should be able to tank any 75mm Sherman and if you do it right, any 76mm Sherman - I pulled a basic guide here ruclips.net/user/shortsbBYz0j67qZw LMK what you think?
@@tankonautits a paper tiger that dipshits faun over
This very video got me into war thunder and im still playing till this day
That's amazing to hear! The Tiger is my absolute favorite tank and I play it daily and have heaps of fun. Hope you're enjoying WT :)
It is essential that new players don't think of it as a fortress. They will stay where they are thinking they'll never die, and immediately die to a smart player. My tip is to keep moving and don't do stupid shit
Yes sir - that comment was a bit of an over exaggeration. I was trying to stress the importance of angling, because I kill so many un-angled tigers who sit stationary during reloads. It's sad to see and I want to change that :)
I just can look at it the same after destroying literal hundreds of Tigers by shooting the right front plate. The weakness is so glaringly obvious once youve fought against them.
yes 100%, if I see an un-angled tiger head on, that right ufp is an almost guaranteed kill shot
What are u using to pen it?
@@poporaidz1174 anything from a 76 mm upwards can pen a straight on tiger front plate
It's not the tiger is trash but depends on the player who used it
Exactly!
*ISU-152 enters the chat*
“What is an angle?!”
Haha - 100% check my isu-152 video ;)
Until you encounter a M-51 with 400mm of penetration, the tiger angled is virtually invincible against players who don’t know the weak spots.
To be fair, you can kill a M-51 just as easily it can kill you
Yes, I find that the tiger can angle against about 50% of the enemies it faces if it can’t - it can still one tap anything else with that huge amount of TNT filler in the PzGr shell. In dowriers it can definitely be more aggressive / rely on its armor more but even in uptiers it can handle itself if played carefully ( see my Tigris vid )
I'm not a German player, but a Soviet one, and I confirm that I always see Tigers I in my IS-2, show my engine and they're free kills.
Haha - yes IS-2 is the nemesis of the Tiger!
@@tankonaut yeah, the fact is that the IS-2 is stronger than Tiger I, so, that's the problem
@@WarHunter57 well the IS-2 is 6.0 and the IS-2 1944 is 6.3. In real Life these tanks were designed to kill tigers so the increased battle rating balances it out IMHO? I love tigers but if there weren’t tanks like the IS series they would dominate ;)
@@tankonaut hm
Good taste in music. I didn't expect hearing Dunkirk's Supermarine by Hans Zimmer on a WT video.
Glad you liked it! :)
Tigers: Were designed to snipe and use superior range to outgun the enemies. 80% of this video: close range city brawls
yep - because a lot of War Thunder's maps force you into brawls - so you have to adapt :)
@@tankonaut im aware of that, but your advice could include at least a warning that close quarters should be avoided and if thats not possible then you do what youve done in the video
They were originally designed to be "heavy breakthrough vehicles", but alright.
@@AurelionSass Yes they dont serve only one use do they. That was later when they noticed theyre untouchable at longer ranges.
Don't forget to:
-angle it simultaneously towards all directions where the enemy could possibly shoot you from. This may sound difficult, but once you manage to tap into 4th dimension it becomes very easy
-retract your cupola so that enemy won't send you to hangar by shooting it
-give your gunner some panzerschokolade so that he could turn your turret faster than 1° per eternity
-put a force field generator on your massive muzzle brake so that you won't get your barrel broken 20 times in a single fight
-avoid getting put against the big HE slingers that plague this br bracket, stuff with HEATFS like the M36 and the M-51, against the IS-2, the centurions... Pretty much against any vehicle other than the early shermans&t-34 and anybody with enough braincells to not consider jumbo a weak tank on its current br
LOL - someone doesn't like the Tiger! ;)
My boi coming straight out of world of tanks with all that skill
:)
Its a Fortress, until a veteran player pulls out a Chi-to and shoots Type-4 Kou at you
My Tiger isn't afraid of Chi-Tos! ;)
If they added crew panicking sound effect it would be amazing, like when you and the t-34 were racing to who will kill the first one, it would be amazing to hear your crew screaming at each others
haha - that would be epic!
Until they shoot the coupola and it knocks out your commander and gunner in one shot
Yep, those cupola shots are the Achille's heel of the H1. I just try to wiggle and keep moving to pressure the enemy into missing their shot if i can.
Coming back to this video after a year, “angling basically turns you into an impenetrable fortress” the cupola in question:
yeah I was slighty over enthusiastic back then ;) The Tiger has it's weakspots, and the cupola is one of the biggest but with careful play, angling and most importantly *never sitting still* you can mitigate them :)
That one BR412B shell flying at you from across the map like a guided missile 🥸
lol mini nuke
Angling and ambushing on tiger makes enemies go crazy
Haha. Yes when an angled tiger in cover ambushes you, that’s when you know you’re in trouble! :)
It’s a fortress until a 17 pounder shows up with Sabot and whoops your ass even when you angle.
Fair point. A 17 pounder on a firefly killed Wittman after all.
@@tankonaut Though, Damage is a bit lacking.
You can pen everything but at what cost….
Even worse with APDS, Pen
E V E R Y T H I N G but gotta aim good.
@@chieftainmk_11 yeah I did a vid on the centurion mk1 the other day after the apds patch. I’m still not sure how I feel about it. As you say you have to aim really well or you can do small amounts of damage. The high pen is very good but yes, requires more skill/accurscy
@@tankonaut The motto for british players is “Pen everything, damage nothing.”
The Normal solid shot AP is also still perfectly capable of destroying Tigers and have a lot more post pen damage though.
nahh bruh not the Dunkirk soundtrack giving me the most severe fkn anxiety rn
Sorry to hear that!
Great use of the Supermarine soundtrack!
haha, glad you enjoyed it - it's a great track!
It turns into a fortress when your opponent is dumb
Everytime I angle my tiger they either shoot my cupola or just have a stupidly large gun that just doesn’t care about angling
POV ur shot doesn't penetrate in a brawl💀
Tiger when downtier: 😈
Tiger when uptier: 😰
Haha. When uptiered save your tiger for 2nd or third spawn when the best enemies are dead and your armor works better against the weaker remaining guns
The day they remove those hull schmoke launchers >>
Omg right? That first engagement I had to overangle like crazy to make that shot on the t-34-85 and PT.
These need to be the real war thunder loading screen tips
lol thanks :)
And then an American 76 slaps your commanders' hatch, and the commander, loader, and gunner all wonder why theirs some guy in a cart asking if they are awake.
lol
I love how this isn’t a true tiger experience. You are always upterierd
Check my Tigris video for playing tigers in a full uptier - you can still do well but need to play differently
The tigers turret has such a menacing ominous atmosphere around it I don't know why but it is just awesome. That would have been fear incarnate back in the day.
So true! It's really a very intimidating tank right? Lots of people have said "just shoot the cupola" but in an ACTUAL BATTLE I find 90% of people panic fire at the Tiger and mess up. This tank can scare people :)
Great short & gameplay 😊
I live in Canada. 211 is a phone # for emergency food help line.
Glad you enjoyed :)
thats when the player knows how to use them correctly
yep, tiger needs a bit of micromanagement to make it work - but its worth it! :)
That giant muzzle break is shell magnet
very true. much easier to hit than a jumbo wihtout s muzzle break
we need a series called "How to properly play Germany: German Main 101" Germany gets so much backlash because it has confusing game tactics
I mean I do agree that tigers need more experience to work well than say a jumbo, but Germany has some of the best vehicles at low / mid tier BR ratings. I don’t know how much truth is in the “German teams are terrible” - maybe that’s just because of popularity?
Got excited to play after watching this. "Impenetrable fortress" gets one shotted on the spawn in first minute lol
heh, admittedly this was one of my earlier videos and I was a little over zealous in that description! ;) It's definitely a lot stronger when you angle but you need to micromanage the tiger a lot to get the best out of the armor. Also, in uptiers I generally choose to spawn a tank destroyer or panther first to deal with the tougher enemies and save the tiger for second or third spawn when your armor is so much stronger against the remaining weaker vehicles :)
Tiger was one the most feared tanks in ww2
totally! :)
Imagine your playing normally then, in the middle of the battle field you see a tiger and an IS-2 going at each other.... Russian and german mains are scary af, especially in they know what they're soing...
Haha. Battle of the giants!
"Attack the D-Point" 💀
D-Point best point!
@@tankonaut Thank you for responding to everyone. You are a good-hearted person who cares about his/her followers. I wish you good luck in your career.
Appreciated :)
As a tiger player for years all i can say is BRAVO 👏👏👏 it is true that once an experience player plays his Tiger I and knows how to use it, is really scary as heck
heh, thank you. glad you enjoyed it - I get so many entertaining games in the Tiger H1 that I could make a channel on just that tank ;) Definitely my favorite tank of all time.
@@tankonaut me too mu favourite tank also but i kinda hate cuz they always shot my barrel dang it
He is called tiger for a reason🐅🐅🔥🔥
:)
The Pe-8 on his revenge kill pack after you defy Russian bias: 🍷🗿
lol we all get "balanced" by Pe8s ;)
Now that we’ve learned how to effectively play tiger time for effective counter tiger strats
1: the gun to track to side combo, aim for the main cannon, if done correctly say bye bye to being one shot, next destroy the track, machine guns or cannons are fine, once immobilized flank it on its side and let it rip.
2: smoke rounds: the biggest advantage a tiger has is its range, use smoke rounds to either cover your approach or blind the tank itself in long or close quarters, this is especially effective at covered firing positions as it forces them to leave cover to attack or hope the enemy rushes in front of them
3: big armor piercing guns and ammo: self explanatory, anything under 75mm will struggle even hitting straight on, the bigger and longer the gun and it’s ammo the better as it gradually renders even corner facing useless.
Good points!
Basically its not the tank it's just the player 🗿
Yes, a good tank can be made amazing by the way you play it :)