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    June 28 at 16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
    Not many weapons, vehicles or aircraft of the World War Two Era have gained the iconic status that the Tiger tank did.
    It has a reputation that stands to this day.
    Just to see one of these beasts standing in a museum display is an experience.
    However, there is one that can be seen in action.
    It’s the last working Tiger tank in the World -’ Tiger 131 ‘ of the Tank Museum in Bovington, England.
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    Script: Dejan Milivojevic
    Narrator:
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    Sources:
    Fletcher, David. Tiger Tank: Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger I Ausf. E (SdKfz 181): Owner's Workshop Manual. Haynes, 2011.
    Jentz, Tom, Hilary L. Doyle, and Peter Sarson. Tiger I Heavy Tank 1942-45. Osprey Publishing, 1993.
    Forty, George. Tiger Tank Battalions in World War II, Spearhead, 2009.
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Комментарии • 3,2 тыс.

  • @blackegret666
    @blackegret666 4 года назад +1790

    Fun fact: Tiger 131 made a guest star appearence in th 2014 film "Fury" and was the first movie to include an actual tiger and not just a mock up

    • @saltyavocado7205
      @saltyavocado7205 4 года назад +128

      Was that the same tiger tank that destroyed the 3 sherman tanks?

    • @blackegret666
      @blackegret666 4 года назад +89

      @@saltyavocado7205 in the movie? Yes, not sure in real life though

    • @joshthemigpro1733
      @joshthemigpro1733 4 года назад +88

      Black Egret its so unrealistic the shermans have no chance in irl unlesst they hit the sides less than 500 metres and a tiger wouldnt come out of concealment wen firing unleass it had to and it wouldnt shoot the last tank of the collum first they would shoot the first then the last to trap the other two

    • @mattb9910
      @mattb9910 4 года назад +101

      royalty_risin538 you do realise 76 and 17 pounder Sherman’s could go straight through the front plate at range?

    • @blackegret666
      @blackegret666 4 года назад +74

      @@joshthemigpro1733 it's a Hollywood film, if you want realism, watch a documentary.

  • @madmarvshighwaywarrior2870
    @madmarvshighwaywarrior2870 4 года назад +2737

    "Come son, let's go see the Tiger..."
    "Yey Daddy, we're going to the zoo."
    Later...
    "Daddy, why are we in a museum?"

  • @Wolvenworks
    @Wolvenworks 4 года назад +1517

    i always giggle whenever "World of Tanks" and "historically accurate" are attached together

    • @kkang2828
      @kkang2828 4 года назад +57

      I’m right with you there

    • @joeskull1851
      @joeskull1851 4 года назад +49

      But he means the tanks are historically accurate lol

    • @Wolvenworks
      @Wolvenworks 4 года назад +110

      @@joeskull1851 most of them are, to a level, but recently WG has been introducing tanks that are MODIFICATIONS of tank blueprints. so the tank actually existed in blueprints, but WG has modified them to be commercially viable to the point they aren't when we put those changes into reality. so to the community, "historical accuracy" is more of a gag right now because that statement was only accurate for...a few months? maybe a year or 2?

    • @joe-xk8nl
      @joe-xk8nl 4 года назад +22

      WoT sucks imo.

    • @buddy4445
      @buddy4445 4 года назад +7

      Yeah WoT and War Thunder suck a lot

  • @Banjomanofcripplecreek
    @Banjomanofcripplecreek 4 года назад +2973

    Am I the only one who is glad he doesn’t put the sponser in the middle of the video

  • @thebigsad9463
    @thebigsad9463 4 года назад +6227

    The allies should have created a lion tank so we could have the most epic wildlife duel

    • @sapiensiski
      @sapiensiski 4 года назад +228

      No need, the Sherman Easy Eight exists

    • @BjornBS
      @BjornBS 4 года назад +603

      The Germans already had a tank going on with the name "Löwe" which means Lion.

    • @Chris-qc3qb
      @Chris-qc3qb 4 года назад +39

      Lol

    • @alexandermeier3620
      @alexandermeier3620 4 года назад +178

      The Germans had an Tank Project PZKW VII Löwe which was a superheavy Tank

    • @GIDonut
      @GIDonut 4 года назад +114

      The germans made a sketch of the Pz.VII Löwe, which meant Lion, but the plan was abandoned in favor of the Maus.

  • @dtbeagle
    @dtbeagle 3 года назад +258

    Tiger 131 is actually the Tiger used in the movie Fury. It was on a concrete slab and didn't turn for fear of damaging the tracks.

    • @panzerivausfg4062
      @panzerivausfg4062 3 года назад

      @@redred7289 Of course not

    • @EnjoyerOfCastle
      @EnjoyerOfCastle 3 года назад

      Yeah

    • @EnjoyerOfCastle
      @EnjoyerOfCastle 3 года назад +2

      They did use it

    • @itsdecz1190
      @itsdecz1190 3 года назад +14

      @@TheGameCamer360 it was Tiger 131 for most other movies they did indeed use Soviet/Russian and American tanks

    • @mynamesmatthew1551
      @mynamesmatthew1551 2 года назад +9

      @@TheGameCamer360 Tiger 131 was used for Fury, but in every other movie like Saving Private Ryan, they dressed t34s like them. But Fury actually had a tiger used in it and is probobly the only movie with a Tiger

  • @andero6476
    @andero6476 4 года назад +612

    "Seen the video about the tiger 131 by wargaming"
    Me: Sees the video about the 131 again
    "well its simple history "

    • @_____Z_____
      @_____Z_____ 4 года назад +2

      Bro I watched this tank in battle field game..... That mission called last tiger

    • @porg7373
      @porg7373 4 года назад

      Me: seen the actual tank 3 times

    • @bensherman103
      @bensherman103 4 года назад +2

      The tank in The Last Tiger is number 237. I had a vacation planned to go to England and I was going to see Tiger 131 but it got cancelled because of quarantine.

  • @abdullahagha6678
    @abdullahagha6678 4 года назад +411

    damn this tiger tank is more endangered than actual tigers

    • @jeffreytindall6126
      @jeffreytindall6126 4 года назад +9

      Tru

    • @amn2760
      @amn2760 2 года назад +10

      At least hes one “Tiger” with the longest lifespan

    • @Oplot_M
      @Oplot_M 2 года назад

      Luckily we can make more

    • @thedi-channel.7622
      @thedi-channel.7622 2 года назад

      ok

    • @Oplot_M
      @Oplot_M 2 года назад +1

      @EgX9 from berlin to Warsaw in one tank!
      -Volkswagen

  • @anvilmemetrooper
    @anvilmemetrooper 4 года назад +892

    Nobody:
    British when they see an abandoned Tiger tank: *I T S C O L O N I S A T I O N T I M E*

  • @UNclear-sv1iq
    @UNclear-sv1iq 4 года назад +429

    It's the story of a war veteran in his youth being shipped off to his first mission then captured by the enemy and being interrogated for information then after the war being sent to a veterans hospital and meeting former friends and foes
    Later on telling the tales to the next generation of battle tanks

  • @Teaspoon9205
    @Teaspoon9205 4 года назад +361

    Everyone: *thanks the tank engineers for fixing it and bringing it back to life.*
    The German tank crew that brought it and abandoned it: .___.

    • @maxmuller8633
      @maxmuller8633 4 года назад +20

      You wouldn't like to be tortured with hot tea would you?

    • @anhbinhle2727
      @anhbinhle2727 4 года назад +2

      dit me 3que!

    • @kotjienkterbang
      @kotjienkterbang 4 года назад +1

      @@maxmuller8633 your profile picture makes it better

    • @cougar2k720
      @cougar2k720 2 года назад

      @@maxmuller8633 and biscuit/jam.

  • @alexandermichaeler350
    @alexandermichaeler350 4 года назад +165

    My grandpa saw 2 tigers in WWII, he told me it was the most impressiv thing he has ever seen.

  • @danieldaia8889
    @danieldaia8889 4 года назад +788

    Russians are red
    My hands are blue
    We're stuck in Stalingrad
    Hans get ze MG42

  • @jandzi4152
    @jandzi4152 4 года назад +309

    Imagine collecting all those ww2 things laying on the ground and then selling them 70 years after.
    STONKS

    • @33rdswifty82
      @33rdswifty82 4 года назад +16

      📈

    • @Wow22109
      @Wow22109 4 года назад +5

      Why sell them keep them in the end it will be history

    • @MattVanPerry
      @MattVanPerry 4 года назад +9

      Hassan Obeid or sell them over the odds to a museum then see it as much as you like without having to pay restoration costs either

    • @lowlife1368
      @lowlife1368 4 года назад +5

      Fun fact: stonk is a really word referring to mortar or artillery shells.

    • @Wow22109
      @Wow22109 4 года назад +2

      @@MattVanPerry you are right did not think about that

  • @ralphlawrencemananquil5927
    @ralphlawrencemananquil5927 4 года назад +96

    *Sees a matilda*
    Me: Oooh, a toy!!!
    *Sees a Tiger 131*
    Me: Oooh, a better toy!!!

  • @lasombra1469
    @lasombra1469 4 года назад +402

    Somewhere in North Africa:
    "That Tiger is destroying our Shermans,the 75mm gun can't pen it!"
    Meanwhile on the eastern front:
    "Don't worry Dimitri,we have more T-34's than the Tiger has shells"

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 4 года назад +14

      As well as air support and more fuel.

    • @imanin9972
      @imanin9972 4 года назад +18

      @@SantomPh russians would last without allied support

    • @NoveltyNova
      @NoveltyNova 4 года назад +13

      @@imanin9972 Yeah, and their country would probably fail afterwards considering the lack of support from allied troops would most likely mean the death of over three quarters and possibly more of their population. Just because you have people to throw into the grinder doesn't mean you HAVE to throw them into the grinder.

    • @punchdreadnought8101
      @punchdreadnought8101 4 года назад +10

      @@imanin9972 *coughs in ammunition, trucks and food.* Oh yeah remember when the Soviet economy prospered so much that they traded some submarines to Pepsi for capitalist soft drink ? Ah good times.

    • @sumvs5992
      @sumvs5992 4 года назад

      @@punchdreadnought8101 damn if only the USSR government spent all their money on the military

  • @NachtJaeger25
    @NachtJaeger25 4 года назад +301

    My name is Peter Müller
    "And I was there . . . "

    • @tilenstupar4659
      @tilenstupar4659 4 года назад +19

      Hehehe bf5 campaign

    • @newspaperbin6763
      @newspaperbin6763 4 года назад +3

      wasnt*

    • @olianythingchannels96
      @olianythingchannels96 4 года назад +1

      Hi Müller it’s me kertz

    • @NachtJaeger25
      @NachtJaeger25 4 года назад +4

      @@olianythingchannels96 Hello kertz don't die on me now

    • @Moonlight.Deadite
      @Moonlight.Deadite 4 года назад +6

      It’s me Hartmann I was executed for desertion in 1945 I was just in my late teens when I was executed do you forgive me kommandant

  • @yulianhankim
    @yulianhankim 4 года назад +156

    Fury: How did you end up here in Bovington, old timer?
    Tiger 131: ughhhh humiliation!

    • @shinkreytpuylap
      @shinkreytpuylap 3 года назад +1

      Tiger 131 played in Fury lol

    • @paulgabrielbruma6712
      @paulgabrielbruma6712 3 года назад

      fury is even weaker than a tiger . the tiger would shred the m4a3e2 fury

    • @averagepizza7873
      @averagepizza7873 3 года назад

      @@paulgabrielbruma6712 what are you smoking

    • @ostra9594
      @ostra9594 3 года назад

      @@averagepizza7873 he is right

    • @exmachina1405
      @exmachina1405 3 года назад +1

      @@averagepizza7873 tiger has all the advantage over fury

  • @godzillamon2
    @godzillamon2 4 года назад +1086

    Its kinda like memphis belle, they only remember the vehicle and not the crew

    • @frypan3315
      @frypan3315 4 года назад +83

      But we don’t know much about the crew of the 131

    • @tacticalfall4505
      @tacticalfall4505 4 года назад +19

      Tom Tom exactly.

    • @Ameritard
      @Ameritard 4 года назад +62

      Read a couple years back that the driver of 131 was still around and would come see it at the museum but he wouldn't talk about the other crew members, not sure if he's still around considering how long ago I read that though

    • @k-874
      @k-874 4 года назад +6

      Not much information about the crew :/

    • @MenGamer127
      @MenGamer127 4 года назад +6

      The vehicle AND crew for the Memphis Belle.

  • @Rug0s
    @Rug0s 4 года назад +280

    "I told mama we'd see Elefants, Tigers, and Panthers. And she thought we were visiting Moscow zoo"-Company of heroes 2

  • @Soir27
    @Soir27 4 года назад +83

    Can we just appreciate how the model of their tiger evolved so much?

  • @logger22
    @logger22 4 года назад +350

    "When I was a boy, a group of kids robbed the local shop. My father was furious when he found out. I protested to him that I did not take anything. "Maybe...", he said, "but you were there."
    My name is Peter Müller, and I was there."

    • @lordmoneyshot9317
      @lordmoneyshot9317 4 года назад +56

      The best war story of bfv

    • @gang_727_star4
      @gang_727_star4 4 года назад +25

      @@lordmoneyshot9317 indeed it was
      2nd best was the African french story, gets emotional at the end

    • @Teaspoon9205
      @Teaspoon9205 4 года назад +1

      OH YES.

    • @wackjack5667
      @wackjack5667 4 года назад +14

      IDK if the quote also means that even though the SS are the ones who did the atrocities like the concentration camps and mass murders the wermacht soldiers are still getting hate because they are german and that they are just simply "there".

    • @potatojuice5124
      @potatojuice5124 4 года назад +4

      @Wack Jack nope. It’s just exposition.

  • @vishgonur6570
    @vishgonur6570 4 года назад +44

    Imagine a RUclips channel that has entertaining content and has a way to make anything come to life - Oh wait that’s simple history

  • @theagilespitfire3141
    @theagilespitfire3141 4 года назад +472

    *The real “The last tiger” ending*

  • @palosnes3147
    @palosnes3147 4 года назад +276

    Fun fact. This was the tiger tank in the movie "Fury".
    I have personal seen it. In bovington. No regrets. And they also have the Sherman E8 tank used in the movie too with the iconic movie decorations

    • @Womb2DaTomb
      @Womb2DaTomb 4 года назад +5

      Nice. I went too just after Fury was released and they had both out on parade. Amazing time one I'll never forget

    • @DanielFrederick_Main
      @DanielFrederick_Main 4 года назад

      Did they use the same tank for Saving Private Ryan?

    • @maccabee3753
      @maccabee3753 4 года назад +14

      WWII Whirlpool no, saving private Ryan just used a mock up tank. To this day fury is the only movie to use an actual tiger even if the movie was bs.

    • @SaifSheikh445
      @SaifSheikh445 4 года назад +4

      Fury was as amazing movie.

    • @user-of3vr7je4n
      @user-of3vr7je4n 4 года назад +8

      "Iconic" ...Fury was such a let down. I was so excited when I heard about the movie, but jeez did it suck, unrealistic, predictable writing...etc.

  • @v4d1m80
    @v4d1m80 4 года назад +152

    FUN FACT:
    The Brits cheered when a Tiger tank started running

  • @panzergeneral2
    @panzergeneral2 4 года назад +735

    Tiger tank: Being unstoppable
    Churchill tank: Takes a few shots at the tiger
    Tiger tank: Gets damaged
    Tiger tank crew: Jumps out of the tank
    British soldiers: Colonizes the tiger

  • @insertnamehere6096
    @insertnamehere6096 4 года назад +128

    The artwork has improved alot

    • @ex_t
      @ex_t 4 года назад

      True

  • @lesliemorshead4283
    @lesliemorshead4283 4 года назад +2120

    Nobody: Allied Soldiers when they see an Empty Axis Tank
    *Its Free Real Estate*

    • @lesliemorshead4283
      @lesliemorshead4283 4 года назад +45

      Same applies to Axis Soldiers as well :P

    • @Moonlight.Deadite
      @Moonlight.Deadite 4 года назад +41

      Shut up Mussolini

    • @torlakkarstad4251
      @torlakkarstad4251 4 года назад +2

      Be honest, wouldn’t you do or at least think the same?

    • @coolfungame8467
      @coolfungame8467 4 года назад +13

      so if I read that correct, your saying nobody is an allied soldier who took an empty axis tank?

    • @kimjong-il1187
      @kimjong-il1187 4 года назад +2

      @@Moonlight.Deadite Nah he's my favorite dictator

  • @__chevytrucks__
    @__chevytrucks__ 4 года назад +303

    Imagine if the ship that carried the tiger got U BOAT torpedo’d.

  • @rpe4115
    @rpe4115 4 года назад +639

    GERMAN PANZERKORPS IN A NUTSHELL:
    "Let's call this big tank the Maus, aye?"
    "Aye!"
    "Let's call this Explosive Tank that's about 1.5 feet tall the Goliath, Aye?"
    "Aye!"
    (no one asked for this, just randomly was in my head.
    edit: im an idiot for saying this^^^, some people are mad.

    • @palosnes3147
      @palosnes3147 4 года назад +23

      The maus (mouse) tank is the heaviest recorded land vehicle in the world at 188 metric tons.

    • @mikhailmarzook2165
      @mikhailmarzook2165 4 года назад +24

      Let’s waste are oil aye

    • @Fae-Fey
      @Fae-Fey 4 года назад +15

      probably to misdirect allied intel. Wouldn't it be obvious to name it other way around?

    • @bawicz0
      @bawicz0 4 года назад

      ☹️

    • @imadethischanneltocomment767
      @imadethischanneltocomment767 4 года назад +6

      im pretty sure you don't ask for comments anyways, why did you leave that in, its like editing your comment thanking everyone for likes

  • @uh-60blackhawk99
    @uh-60blackhawk99 4 года назад +577

    “What are you calling this tank?”
    German Tank Commander: “1-3-1”
    Edit: Wow I never expected this many likes, thank you

    • @arifcso6633
      @arifcso6633 4 года назад +41

      Call of duty modern warfare reference

    • @mikaneous1140
      @mikaneous1140 4 года назад +3

      @@arifcso6633 It is, but it isn't.

    • @Daniel-ef1mw
      @Daniel-ef1mw 4 года назад +2

      @@mikaneous1140 Nearly but the middle number.

    • @filthyactataunreasonablepr21
      @filthyactataunreasonablepr21 4 года назад +5

      Could it be that task 141 reference tiger 131

    • @janyogyog76
      @janyogyog76 4 года назад +2

      That's cool. despite close to 141 Call of Duty Modern Warfare Reference

  • @GeneralKennafa
    @GeneralKennafa 4 года назад +28

    131 is my favorite number, the reason is this beast is still living this days

  • @erwinrommel5283
    @erwinrommel5283 4 года назад +158

    That tiger belongs to me even after 74 years

  • @azarth8805
    @azarth8805 4 года назад +18

    I've seen 131 in real life a few years back, it was amazing, the engine sound really shook me, so much that I bought a tiger model set, painted it and labeled it 131.

  • @itskingbeatz
    @itskingbeatz 4 года назад +257

    Immediately thought of the "Last Tiger" story on Battlefield V

    • @britishguy339
      @britishguy339 4 года назад +16

      It's KiNgBeAtZ very different stories. It’s likely most of the stuff in the last tiger was fictional, but boy were they epic last stands

    • @laeggingzeppelin2090
      @laeggingzeppelin2090 4 года назад +3

      @@britishguy339 or different timeline?

    • @vesuvius115
      @vesuvius115 3 года назад +4

      It's similar, the only difference is this was Tiger 131, and in game it was Tiger 233, not to mention they looked different and had different endings, one fake, one real.

    • @thefifthempire1529
      @thefifthempire1529 3 года назад

      @@britishguy339 you should check Kurt Knispel story, he was pretty awesome

    • @saulgoodmansentme1992
      @saulgoodmansentme1992 3 года назад

      @@vesuvius115 237*

  • @Chris-m-m02
    @Chris-m-m02 4 года назад +44

    My Great grandfather was present when this Tank was captured, he was part of the good ol' 2nd battalion Sherwood Foresters! However he later got wounded at Anzio by shell shrapnel but luckily survived the war

  • @kelp2697
    @kelp2697 4 года назад +56

    Last time I was this early the fifth panzer division was still in Belgium

  • @charlessaint7926
    @charlessaint7926 4 года назад +55

    Sherman crew comes upon a Kubelwagon, "A TIGER!"

  • @024tf2
    @024tf2 4 года назад +60

    This is what we all wanted

  • @legomunable
    @legomunable 4 года назад +926

    To be truthful, the German’s did have the sexiest tanks.

  • @BRFC.75
    @BRFC.75 4 года назад +321

    imagine if the tank just started moving on its own after it was captured...

    • @classicminer191
      @classicminer191 4 года назад +15

      oh no

    • @akumaking1
      @akumaking1 4 года назад +15

      I think that's a movie somewhere called "White Tiger"

    • @Adrian-cz2zk
      @Adrian-cz2zk 4 года назад +4

      @@akumaking1 i saw that movie
      I mean just the part where The White Tiger attacks the t-34s

    • @goldenrodprime226
      @goldenrodprime226 3 года назад +16

      That’s not a tank that’s a transformer

    • @stevenardian1485
      @stevenardian1485 3 года назад +4

      So A Ghost Tank ?

  • @admiraltrung-ankancollepla2201
    @admiraltrung-ankancollepla2201 4 года назад +39

    This tank also used for Hollywood. Including Fury, where this Tiger tank engaged 3 Sherman tanks during the battle

    • @KiwiImpactSaint
      @KiwiImpactSaint 4 года назад

      Actually 4, 1 was knocked out before knowing what’s coming. Though Fury’s gun should’t have problem piercing Tiger’s frontal armour, the movie had to end with a close engagement.

    • @maccabee3753
      @maccabee3753 4 года назад +3

      @Derrick Liu actually Fury should have been the first to die. If you watch the movie you would see that fury is in the front and by German tactics you would destroy the front tank and then the back tank of the column. And fury should have stuck out like a sore thumb to the tiger for having the 76mm which all German tank commanders feared and would go out of their way to kill first.

    • @silentsliver7192
      @silentsliver7192 4 года назад

      Just to add on to what you said even if fury was second or third tank usually or an experienced German tank crew would target fury first since it could pen the tiger front armor. The rest where 75mm cannons. Another fun fact most tank Sherman tank crew should have the 76mm gun at this time in the war but most crews turn down the government offer because they where used to the 75mm guns and they felt that the 76mm guns would not work for most crews.

    • @maccabee3753
      @maccabee3753 4 года назад

      @SILENT SLIVER yeah absolutely, there was no need for any of the tanks to charge because even at that range the 75mm could still do some damage. And I just rewatched that scene and what happened to the tigers loader? It had a really high rate of fire to just a few final shots that seemed to take for ever to load.

    • @cheesuschrist8248
      @cheesuschrist8248 4 года назад

      @@KiwiImpactSaint the movie ended with almost everyone dead

  • @thebigsad9463
    @thebigsad9463 4 года назад +109

    Powerful yet few were actually produced and deployed on the battlefield (Unlike most world war II movies make you believe)

    • @Simplehistory
      @Simplehistory  4 года назад +43

      very rare yes

    • @MST545
      @MST545 4 года назад +12

      Then you gotta take into consideration how much of a chore it was to even front one of these beasts on the frontlines. Specially if you look at tank fights post-D-Day, the hedgerows made the Tiger hard to move around, and it didn't help the soft terrain during the rainy days would sink these heavies in the mud. But in terms of lethality the Tiger was an absolute demon to the allied armor.

    • @UFCMania155
      @UFCMania155 4 года назад +5

      1500 were made...not that rare. But unfortunately, they were too massively outnumbered by allied tanks...by more than 10-1

    • @GlitchedBlox
      @GlitchedBlox 4 года назад +2

      It's almost extinct like the real tiger

    • @voin5371
      @voin5371 4 года назад +6

      @@UFCMania155 Rare in actual sighting, when you consider the amount with mechanical issues and logistical problems, you'd probably see around a third of the tigers and even then, compared to something like the Panzer 4 which had around 8,500 produced (Variants included) fighting on multiple fronts and spread out among kilometres of land, with this in mind, you can truly understand the perspective of hearing about the "legendary tiger tank".

  • @alanwestmoreland6152
    @alanwestmoreland6152 4 года назад +80

    7:33 *the tank is being researched by top men*
    Indiana Jones: *who?*
    Top man: *_top men_*

    • @MrChiffre
      @MrChiffre 3 года назад +4

      Don´t forget the slight pause in "Top..men..."

  • @eduardofontes8399
    @eduardofontes8399 4 года назад +24

    I read the title as "Tank 131 Special Ed"

  • @BernieYoda
    @BernieYoda 4 года назад +247

    Abandoned Tiger tank: *exists*
    British: it’s free real estate

  • @ddrrobbo4796
    @ddrrobbo4796 2 года назад +3

    I visited the Tank Museum, last week where Tiger Tank 131 and the Sherman Firefly, from the film Fury, are stored. Magnificent machines! You could see all the battle scars they had received from the war. I highly advise to anyone to go the museum and see them for yourself as well as many more other vehicles of war. Also being able to see Tiger Tank 131 in action when there are events when they drive the tank and many other vehicles around. As well as you can ride in some of them.

  • @ArcticWolf00Alpha0
    @ArcticWolf00Alpha0 4 года назад +200

    People: The Tiger tank is slow and Unreliable
    Tiger 131: mmmmmm...no.

    • @seeeddie850
      @seeeddie850 4 года назад +11

      Tiger: No the Ferdinand

    • @ethanstang9941
      @ethanstang9941 4 года назад +7

      Tiger 131: watch this.

    • @parodyclip36
      @parodyclip36 4 года назад +1

      Must have been different on eastern front. Y know actually seeing service with logistic of a country at war

    • @bobsjepanzerkampfwagen4150
      @bobsjepanzerkampfwagen4150 4 года назад +3

      Thats a myth one of many myths about ww2

    • @ideafountain4649
      @ideafountain4649 4 года назад +1

      Tiger 131 hold my fuel, challenge accepted

  • @cuaumendza13
    @cuaumendza13 4 года назад +44

    Min 0:05 Rommel commanding his tanks in north Africa and Normandy colorized. XD

  • @harold5337
    @harold5337 3 года назад +1

    Tiger 131 is a marvel of a machine, was lucky enough to see the working one at the Tank Museum. Truly a holy grail for Tank enthusiasts.

  • @primal_guy1526
    @primal_guy1526 4 года назад +280

    At least Tiger 131 was spared the fate of an engine failure.

    • @andrewwoodhead3141
      @andrewwoodhead3141 4 года назад +10

      It is a Tiger tank. The transmission was never especially unreliable. The myth of an unreliable transmission largely surrounds the Panther tank , which was somewhat "front heavy'' and did have some related issues. Even these problems have been grossly exaggerated however, mostly by members of the online war gamming community.
      In the Case of Tiger 131 there has never been a recorded transmission failure. Engine failures have been surprisingly common however, not just during the recent restoration process , but also during the post capture examination process during which many of the engines were effectively tested to destruction. She went through several engines and many engine rebuilds during the war. Not one transmission failure.

    • @primal_guy1526
      @primal_guy1526 4 года назад +6

      andrew woodhead I was trying to make a generic German tank joke...

    • @primal_guy1526
      @primal_guy1526 4 года назад

      andrew woodhead Also, fine, you happy now?

    • @halojoe21
      @halojoe21 4 года назад +1

      @@andrewwoodhead3141 "grossly exaggerated" Really? 36 percent readiness rate for tiger tanks in late 1943 says otherwise. As opposed to 48 percent for the Panzer IV and 65 percent for the StuG III
      Source: Zaloga, Armored Champion (2015)

    • @mr.onbekend7959
      @mr.onbekend7959 4 года назад +1

      @@halojoe21 and where does it say its all about the transmission?

  • @syahareensharani6869
    @syahareensharani6869 4 года назад +33

    Commander: Turret Jammed
    Commander: Main gun is destroyed
    Commander: Gunner is dead we're shooting blind

    • @mgapryt4930
      @mgapryt4930 4 года назад +4

      lol world of tanks blitz reference there

    • @Cobretsov2022
      @Cobretsov2022 3 года назад

      Mgapr PlayzYT
      It’s more likely a war thunder reference.
      ‘YOU’VE GOT A HOLE IN YOUR LEFT WING’ *Game Intensifies*

    • @t.i.t.f5116
      @t.i.t.f5116 3 года назад

      In war thunder this is a beast if you angle your tiger correctly it cant be penned

    • @berzebu
      @berzebu 3 года назад

      @@t.i.t.f5116 apperently it is too much to ask tiger players to use one fourth of their brain

    • @cowgoesmoo3850
      @cowgoesmoo3850 3 года назад

      @@Cobretsov2022 actually no it's not. World of tank says that saying exactly..

  • @mikewest5529
    @mikewest5529 4 года назад +19

    Imagine being in that tank taking all those hits!! Jeez!! Crazy! They all must have went deaf. And how did they make it away with all those people shooting at it? They must have been amazed they were all alive!!
    Wow! Nice vid!!

  • @ibbi32
    @ibbi32 4 года назад +355

    When you are so fast that Hans doesn't scream the Russians are coming

  • @allfatherodin-officiallyun1107
    @allfatherodin-officiallyun1107 4 года назад +6

    I witnessed a King Tiger tank being started a few years ago in Overloon. I will never forget the sound of the engine or how much the ground trembled. It was amazing to see

  • @sunnybang4575
    @sunnybang4575 4 года назад +2

    I don't know why but I keep remember 'The Last Tiger' from BF5. It was a sad story.

  • @FrehleyFan3988
    @FrehleyFan3988 4 года назад +38

    It would have been awesome to see a flamethrower tiger tank

    • @i_critique_your_vanity7216
      @i_critique_your_vanity7216 4 года назад +6

      Wouldn’t have been a point. The tiger was designed with long range in mind with its nominal combat distance to be around a kilometer. Flamethrower tanks (named crocodile by allied standard) had engagement ranges of 150m or less.
      Would have been a death sentence for the vehicle.

    • @seeeddie850
      @seeeddie850 4 года назад +3

      Apparently this exists:
      tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2-germany-schwerer-flammpanzer-auf-tiger-i/

    • @FrehleyFan3988
      @FrehleyFan3988 4 года назад +2

      @@seeeddie850 I've seen the flammpanzer III before. I immediately fell in love with it

    • @sargonsblackgrandfather2072
      @sargonsblackgrandfather2072 4 года назад

      Terrible idea, it’s a long range sniper tank. It doesn’t do well facing infantry at close range.

    • @i_critique_your_vanity7216
      @i_critique_your_vanity7216 4 года назад

      Seeeddie Gaming amazingly, the article mentions exactly the problem I said. Lol

  • @Marcosher
    @Marcosher 4 года назад +8

    Been playing World of Tanks for around 8 years now. Recommended 10/10

    • @joshthemigpro1733
      @joshthemigpro1733 4 года назад +8

      Should try war thunder its better

    • @jasonmcleod8914
      @jasonmcleod8914 4 года назад +2

      @@joshthemigpro1733 that like telling someone who likes to pay GTA, that they should try Gran Turismo. Both have cars, two totally different games.
      WoT and WT are both well put together, but they aren't the same game... can't be compared.

    • @n-gaming4056
      @n-gaming4056 4 года назад

      royalty_risin538 warthunder sucks

    • @britishguy339
      @britishguy339 4 года назад

      N - Gaming world of tanks sucks

    • @joshthemigpro1733
      @joshthemigpro1733 4 года назад

      N - Gaming have u ever played it

  • @enricob15
    @enricob15 4 года назад +303

    Allies and Russians: destroys rare German tanks bc they don't care.
    Me in 2020: :/

    • @TheDaltonius
      @TheDaltonius 4 года назад +7

      They destroyed it even tho it’s free real estate
      Also thinking about how many of these rare tanks are produced make them rare from the start

    • @pretzelbomb6105
      @pretzelbomb6105 4 года назад +24

      It was an enemy tank they were actively fighting against, of course they wanted to understand it better.

    • @acai9130
      @acai9130 4 года назад +25

      Yeah, let’s *not* shoot the tank that’s fucking ABOUT TO KILL US

    • @nikolaos6083
      @nikolaos6083 4 года назад +16

      @@acai9130 EXACTLY. Lets PRESERVE IT so that the spoiled BRATS in 80 years can ENJOY LOOKING AT IT. :)))

    • @gabrielgarcia9822
      @gabrielgarcia9822 3 года назад

      @@nikolaos6083 ah yes, we would rather shoot it and turn this tank into scrap to make some tires and guns.

  • @IronLord2014
    @IronLord2014 4 года назад +74

    The tank that the allies should have used in D-Day. The German would be like:
    “WAS IST DAS?!”

    • @breizhrudie4757
      @breizhrudie4757 4 года назад +7

      @@crashtestbillz108 It wasn't that unreliable, it would with unexperienced crews and lack of proper maintenance.

    • @radar476
      @radar476 4 года назад +2

      Breizh Rudie it was very unreliable, the transmission was just not enough for the weight among other issues.

    • @PalyBiker
      @PalyBiker 4 года назад

      @@breizhrudie4757 True, bud dont say it to nowadays heroes that think they will never be afraid of a tiger.

  • @yumechan89
    @yumechan89 4 года назад +10

    Kim Kardashian :- I'm ThiCC
    Tiger :- Hold my tank commander

  • @maxwelldalston8277
    @maxwelldalston8277 4 года назад +8

    I remember when they were still renovating it, got to see see up close! It's huge in person

  • @elliottclark-dyson2516
    @elliottclark-dyson2516 4 года назад +96

    Hello simple history 😀😀😀

  • @gtbest5417
    @gtbest5417 4 года назад +7

    Dude, just imagine the horror of the tank crew when they getting fire from different direction every rounds of rifles, PIAT, and canon. All of it fires and you hope to god the armor protect you from it.

    • @joshthemigpro1733
      @joshthemigpro1733 4 года назад

      If it hit the frontal armour would just bounce of

    • @heatsyncope2859
      @heatsyncope2859 4 года назад

      @@joshthemigpro1733 take account that the tiger was fired upon from all sides

    • @pepperlee2009
      @pepperlee2009 4 года назад

      In BFV, you would have died in 5 seconds.

  • @Cookie131_
    @Cookie131_ Год назад +1

    I recently got the opportunity to see this tank in real life and it was magnificent. I would happily do it again any day

  • @Magzzii
    @Magzzii 4 года назад +6

    It’s amazing I’ve seen this tank in person, looking back at the picture I took of it it’s crazy to think about it’s history.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 4 года назад +97

    This is German engineering at its finest

    • @rommelthebreton
      @rommelthebreton 4 года назад +25

      The Tiger consumed huge amounts of fuel, was incredibly unreliable, and very difficult to repair. You sure, bud?

    • @sapiensiski
      @sapiensiski 4 года назад +22

      @@rommelthebreton not to mention the transmission, and the abysmal frontal armor for its weight

    • @Celestial1000
      @Celestial1000 4 года назад +5

      Do you have a life? Just asking.

    • @nogo_zone
      @nogo_zone 4 года назад +1

      Just some guy without a mustache I SEE YOUR COMMENT EVERYWHERE

    • @trazkey
      @trazkey 4 года назад +1

      Ja das ist wahr! Germans are ze best!

  • @amieloreta8055
    @amieloreta8055 4 года назад +10

    imagine of the crew survived and after the war. drove again the tank. that would be epic.

  • @DeadChannel420
    @DeadChannel420 4 года назад +99

    Tiger Tank = *A Tank Which Is Owned By The Ugandan Tiger Mafia*

  • @coldshadow_yt9708
    @coldshadow_yt9708 4 года назад +13

    1:06 when the sponsor ends :)

  • @marcusmanibog5117
    @marcusmanibog5117 4 года назад +16

    The tiger tanks mind is probably like
    “Man this is gonna be a great vacation”

    • @Farm172DII
      @Farm172DII 3 года назад

      but no he would just be a statue for more than a decade

  • @clouddoge5560
    @clouddoge5560 4 года назад +31

    Soviets are red
    My tank’s stuck in the mud
    At the battle of Stalingrad, I spilled much blood

  • @EthanJewellDrones
    @EthanJewellDrones 4 года назад +14

    “My name is Peter Müller, and I was there.”

  • @joe16730
    @joe16730 4 года назад +1

    The fact that it took a Churchill heavy tank, a french artillery cannon, ANDD a platoon or so of British soldier with Grenade launchers and mortars to just disable(Not Destroy) the tank says alot about the Tiger

  • @Walker_62638
    @Walker_62638 3 года назад +11

    This is basically the brits VS the Bismarck : Ground version

  • @silakkalaatikko
    @silakkalaatikko 4 года назад +7

    Wow, last time I was this early our Panther was still working

  • @piirakkaliisa8340
    @piirakkaliisa8340 4 года назад +5

    First time ever i watched a youtube commercial...little girl banging drums on Ace Of Spades \m/

  • @countdooku6988
    @countdooku6988 4 года назад +15

    Sponsor ends at 1:07
    Please don't thank me *I serve the soviet Union*

    • @starz6315
      @starz6315 4 года назад

      WE serve the soviet union.

    • @countdooku6988
      @countdooku6988 4 года назад

      @@starz6315 *OUR* Apologies commander

  • @samsmotzzz2171
    @samsmotzzz2171 4 года назад +15

    This is when people spam "FIRST"

  • @unusual_username8683
    @unusual_username8683 4 года назад +45

    “It’s the only working tiger tank”
    Some people: *In FrAnCe ThErE iS a TiGeR 2*
    Me:so there different tiger 1 was deployed to France Poland and the eastern front as tiger 2s were not in production yet

  • @alexboehm3919
    @alexboehm3919 4 года назад +24

    “My name is Peter Müller, Commander of Tiger tank number 237”

    • @DeutscherKaiser
      @DeutscherKaiser 4 года назад

      Alex Boehm trash story

    • @alexboehm3919
      @alexboehm3919 4 года назад +8

      Deutscher Kaiser Nah man, the last tiger was easily the best war story in game

    • @undeadjohnmarston4661
      @undeadjohnmarston4661 3 года назад

      @@DeutscherKaiser your mom story is trash

    • @rayjin7448
      @rayjin7448 3 года назад

      And comes Schroder nitpicking on every crew member.

  • @grotesque.
    @grotesque. 4 года назад +6

    3:00 that sound.....ahhh memories

    • @Shadowhunterbg
      @Shadowhunterbg 4 года назад

      the music?

    • @grotesque.
      @grotesque. 4 года назад

      @@Shadowhunterbg the sound the tank makes I've heard it before in cod2

  • @luishuerta2505
    @luishuerta2505 Год назад +1

    That tiger tank is legendary and will always be the best time in legendary times

  • @randomletterhead6681
    @randomletterhead6681 4 года назад +7

    I had I dream that I was driving a tiger tank looking through the gun signing I AM THE EYE OF THE TIGER.

    • @linkfreeman1998
      @linkfreeman1998 4 года назад +1

      When you mix Katy Perry with Peter Muller.

  • @OfficialRaaja
    @OfficialRaaja 4 года назад +20

    Advert: "Historically Accurate Tanks"
    Warthunder: *Am I a Joke To You?*

  • @janys6502
    @janys6502 2 года назад +1

    I like how when they got it Churchill just went 'pog, I wanna see it'

  • @buckminsterizanagi595
    @buckminsterizanagi595 4 года назад +15

    When you said the word "TIGER" in front of your Great grandfather"
    Great grandfather: *WW2 Flashbacks intensifies*

    • @residentelect
      @residentelect 3 года назад

      Yes... Because post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression, and being unable to sleep soundly for the rest of your life are all incredibly funny.
      (For youngsters who have only gone to war via their PlayStation/Xbox/PC)

  • @nafreal
    @nafreal 4 года назад +7

    -Thanks- Tanks to Simple History for keeping us educated while in quarantine.

  • @lifeinphilippines494
    @lifeinphilippines494 2 года назад +1

    This tiger Has a TRACKS WHEELS a GUN
    Originals tiger: YOU ARE NOW MY KING

  • @gopniktanker6699
    @gopniktanker6699 4 года назад +12

    Your animations are getting better and better, thank you for telling us this story, i am waiting for the tankfest stream :D

  • @simulify8726
    @simulify8726 4 года назад +26

    "Patrolling the Mojave always makes you wish for a nuclear winter" - _an Unknown NCR soldier or Ranger_

    • @raylongoria3565
      @raylongoria3565 4 года назад +1

      We won't go quite, the legion can count on that

    • @sampackman69
      @sampackman69 4 года назад

      When the legion attacks, I'm saving 1 bullet for me

  • @randied603
    @randied603 2 года назад +1

    131 is probably just another built number. But Tiger 131 was special since it was still alive and working.

  • @owenculp6782
    @owenculp6782 4 года назад +31

    Bro iv never been this early, 5 secounds...

  • @quebec__12
    @quebec__12 3 года назад +5

    "Kertz! Kertz!"

  • @JazzJaRa
    @JazzJaRa 4 года назад

    There was a Tiger I from 503 rd heavy panzer battailon which got 227 hits from anti tank rifles, 14 42mm gun hits and 11 hits from a 76,2mm gun. None of them penetrated the armor but it lost some road wheels and had a damaged tracks from driving over 3 mines. It drove 60 more kilometers back to a german workshop!

  • @jeffhistoryrogers5544
    @jeffhistoryrogers5544 4 года назад +27

    Don’t forget that they used that very same tank for the movie FURY.

  • @anonymousturtle8562
    @anonymousturtle8562 3 года назад +10

    "Still not as good as a 75mm Sherman"
    _-the Chieftain_

    • @user_698
      @user_698 3 года назад +1

      Angry Tiger noices

    • @benwall9564
      @benwall9564 3 года назад

      No its better than the Sherman

    • @chaosXP3RT
      @chaosXP3RT 2 года назад

      "The Sherman 75mm can't penetrate the Tiger"
      An old French 57mm gun: "I'm about to humiliate the Americans"

  • @stefanlichtenhagen6100
    @stefanlichtenhagen6100 2 года назад +2

    1:37 Germany: Hey thats my tank give it back

  • @aggressor6609
    @aggressor6609 2 года назад +3

    There’s a Tiger in the north of the Swedish west coast. Sat outside an auction for some years and then got bought by an enthusiast, saw it sitting in a small garage about 4 years ago. I have never heard anything about it and never seen it since then. I don’t know if it’s just a hallucination lol

    • @aggressor6609
      @aggressor6609 2 года назад

      Found a video on it. It’s just a replica based on a T-55… but it’s still pretty cool ruclips.net/video/v3FHwBbWbSg/видео.html