Did Germany have the BEST Tanks in WW2?

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  • čas přidán 8. 03. 2023
  • Original Video: • Tank Chats #47 King Ti...
    Tommy watches an in-depth analysis on some German tanks during WW2 and learns more about how German tanks were designed during WW2 and all the factors that went into it.
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  • @dudewithamustache5027
    @dudewithamustache5027 Před rokem +240

    I like how Tommy criticizes ww2 tanks by comparing them to modern day ones. Very insightful dommy, thank you.

    • @Oliver_McCombie
      @Oliver_McCombie Před rokem +12

      well yeah but look at the t34. Sloped armor isnt new, that was the main negative of the later panzers and esp the tiger 1 with its completely flat front plate.

    • @RandomAutist
      @RandomAutist Před rokem +11

      Dommy is a man of logic, of reasoning, he didnt read a book until he was already a man.

    • @mortache
      @mortache Před rokem +1

      @@Oliver_McCombie I always had the view that they copied some aspects of the T-34 exterior design when making the Panther and King Tiger after getting their asses kicked in the Eastern front with their flat boxes that are Tiger 1 and earlier Panzers. A panther basically looks like a complicated scaled up T-34

    • @Symmonso96
      @Symmonso96 Před rokem +2

      @@Oliver_McCombie the char b1 was designed in the early 20s with it too

    • @qwerty30013
      @qwerty30013 Před rokem

      “Just slope it even more”

  • @shamil6358
    @shamil6358 Před rokem +74

    I find it cool that the tank tommy designed is basically an IS-7 with a built-in jammer.

    • @MsPysoul
      @MsPysoul Před rokem +2

      It doesnt Look like is7 at all

    • @heresy7266
      @heresy7266 Před rokem +3

      @@MsPysoul it does

    • @Filthy_Freeaboo
      @Filthy_Freeaboo Před rokem

      That looks nothing like an IS-7
      It looks like this abomination: i0.wp.com/cdn-frm-eu.wargaming.net/wot/eu/uploads/monthly_11_2021/post-522622929-0-35611700-1638261273.jpg

    • @heresy7266
      @heresy7266 Před rokem

      @@Filthy_Freeaboo I have seen REAL IS-7 in REAL life and it looks like it

    • @sevvysweetsparkles6969
      @sevvysweetsparkles6969 Před rokem

      ​@@heresy7266 I don't believe you

  • @SanderDoesThings
    @SanderDoesThings Před rokem +50

    Guys, just wait until Tommy heard about Armour Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabots, maybe that's why angled armour works slightly less well nowadays, not saying it's not important

    • @salce_with_onion
      @salce_with_onion Před rokem +5

      It works perfectly nowadays, because the main problem for tanks is still mainly other tanks. What we see in Ukrain is death of ruzzian doctrine, not a tank

    • @FriedrichBarb
      @FriedrichBarb Před rokem +2

      @@salce_with_onion Advancements in drone/Air power technology has and will further make tanks irrelevant and useless in the next few decades, its inevitable

    • @nilloc93
      @nilloc93 Před rokem +1

      @@FriedrichBarb people have been saying that for decades.
      Even in WW2 tanks units would get annihilated when used wrong.

    • @FriedrichBarb
      @FriedrichBarb Před rokem

      @@nilloc93 Thats not the point, I meant from a cost efficient view they are economically not worth it, when a 78.000 cost missile from a drone or launcher can take out a 5+ million cost tank.
      Drones werent as deadly or sophisticated until the past 3 decades, its a new technology and will only get more powerful.
      Its not the 20th century anymore. Further you progress into the 21st century the more and more tanks will become inefficient.

    • @Oliver_McCombie
      @Oliver_McCombie Před rokem +1

      @@nilloc93 yeah like... France did have alot of tanks in ww2 but they used them really badly

  • @andrewcairo6299
    @andrewcairo6299 Před rokem +45

    If you think you can design a tank Tommy, get Sprocket. Sprocket is a game where you can design and test your own tank in very in depth detail.

  • @MsPysoul
    @MsPysoul Před rokem +28

    imagine being a ww2 games streamer and have no idea about ww2 technology and designs

  • @Filthy_Freeaboo
    @Filthy_Freeaboo Před rokem +16

    The problem with sloped armor is that it limits the available space inside the tank, making it more cramped and more difficult to fit in all the machinery and equipment you need for the tank to preform well and making the tank harder for the crew to operate. 55 degrees was the most the front plate could realistically be sloped with the technology of the time and is quite sufficient for enhancing protection to the level needed. Modern tanks only look the way they do because 70 years of constant evolution in tank technologies allows for it.
    Also Dommys tank design is so bad it hurts my eyes.

  • @Dragoot
    @Dragoot Před rokem +12

    With such a slope, more metal spent and less usable space in the tank.

    • @Edo_Ginting
      @Edo_Ginting Před rokem

      The same sloping is used on modern tanks which is what Tommy is used to as a former soldier

    • @nilloc93
      @nilloc93 Před rokem +1

      @@Edo_Ginting those modern tanks are usually longer/wider than a tiger 2 while remaining in the same weight class.
      Modern tanks also did away with the hull gunner/radio operator and run 4 man crews which massively saves on internal space. Its the same thing as comparing the colossus computer from WW2 to a modern supercomputer and going "WOW why is is so slow"

    • @Edo_Ginting
      @Edo_Ginting Před rokem

      @@nilloc93 Which I agree with 100% It's just modern tanks is what Tommy actually understands with his experienve in the army. Which is why he incorrectly compares the tanks here, to the modern Leopards that he is used to.

    • @nilloc93
      @nilloc93 Před rokem

      @@Edo_Ginting Tommy doesn't have modern tanks, he literally said yesterday that he wanted to watch a video on the leopard because he doesn't understand it.

  • @theeternalsuperstar3773
    @theeternalsuperstar3773 Před rokem +5

    Tommy: "The Ukraine war proves that tanks are no longer meta."
    Also Tommy: "Tanks are still good if you have aerial superiority."
    Gee, it sounds like tanks work the same as they did in ww2; Russia has red air, the tank crews are poorly trained, the generals are eating rocks and Ukraine has an infinite number of anti-tank missile from NATO. No wonder they're losing a million tanks.

  • @Evasion381
    @Evasion381 Před rokem +13

    Pretty sure the tank museum has the only running Tiger and is used in tons of films like Fury

  • @Kafulu363
    @Kafulu363 Před rokem +6

    Tommy building his own tank? Sprocket when? Another dubby w vid

  • @RyanTheHero3
    @RyanTheHero3 Před rokem +3

    I love how tommy criticised them so heavily for using flat armour as if there was no reason for them doing that

  • @HansWurst1569
    @HansWurst1569 Před rokem +12

    the more of non hoi4 content I watch from Tommy the more I realise he's pretty.... Naive... to say the least.

  • @Wasker20233
    @Wasker20233 Před 8 měsíci +2

    17:20 german tank designer showing his future tank design to the German high command circa;1941

  • @tomlahsberg6896
    @tomlahsberg6896 Před rokem +9

    Das Deutsche Panzer Museum in Munster hat eine dreiteilige Video und Reihe über den Königstiger gemacht, wäre glaube ich auch eine Reaktion Wert.

  • @adeadmeme3209
    @adeadmeme3209 Před rokem +4

    I was curious. 351,000 Reichsmark is roughly 15 million usd today.

  • @nilloc93
    @nilloc93 Před rokem +2

    the tiger 2's front armor would get easily pierced by modern APFSDS rounds. Also don't be so surprised at weight, most western MBT's are 60-70 tons.
    Also tanks are still meta, just because the russians use them like idiots doesn't mean they're useless. Look at the soviets in WW2 their tanks were fine in 1941 but they got stomped by the germans, poor coordination leads to losses no matter the equipment. Also if tanks were useless why is Ukraine asking for them?

  • @pietpanzerpanzer5335
    @pietpanzerpanzer5335 Před rokem

    Panzermuseum munster is great, they also have a tiger 1 replica

  • @ChadwickMann
    @ChadwickMann Před rokem

    TommyKay should play Sprocket

  • @jandeusvult2920
    @jandeusvult2920 Před rokem

    Tommy and Age of empires would certainly be interesting.

  • @apex_blue
    @apex_blue Před rokem

    You should see LazerPig’s video of the Panther Paradox.

  • @df8340
    @df8340 Před rokem

    It can’t be more sloped because you need to fit people and things in the tank. Transmission is very big

  • @agridley1116
    @agridley1116 Před rokem +2

    If u want to design tank, sprocket is good

  • @ZR-cj2fm
    @ZR-cj2fm Před rokem +9

    No, the U.S. had the best tanks during WW2, and depending on what you need in a tank, they still have the best ones even today.

  • @spyfan62591
    @spyfan62591 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Imo no nation had had the best tank of ww2. I think each nation had their own best tank of ww2. IE germanys was the panther, the ussr's was specifically the t 34 85 variant rhe US's is a tie between sherman easy eight vatiant and the pershing. And so on, each tank had its own pros and cons. So at least imo, the quote and quote best tank of ww2 were many ties for the number one1 spot there is no one specific tank that's better than another

  • @simplypepe1732
    @simplypepe1732 Před rokem +12

    I would say no, while late war german heavies had good hard factors such has a good gun and thick armor, they were shit at soft factors like visibility, crew comfort and reliability. I think tanks like the Sherman were much more effective due to this.

    • @PrinceDaemonTargaryen
      @PrinceDaemonTargaryen Před rokem +4

      Not too much how easy the sherman was too manafacture compared to its counterpart the panther

    • @matteo.v3758
      @matteo.v3758 Před rokem +2

      visibility was quite good and the optics were great. the only issue was the reliability

    • @simplypepe1732
      @simplypepe1732 Před rokem +3

      @@matteo.v3758 I heard the commander of a panther couldn't see the back of the tank without opening the cupola. That's why I said this but I don't really have anything to post as reference so I may be wrong.

    • @w33d_nose55
      @w33d_nose55 Před rokem +3

      ​@@simplypepe1732 the panther also had a terrible final drive and over pressured suspension with weak side armor

    • @w33d_nose55
      @w33d_nose55 Před rokem +1

      ​@@simplypepe1732 transmission*not suspension. The suspensions was alright as far as I know

  • @mortache
    @mortache Před rokem +1

    Someone show him the Objekt 279 lol slopes for days

  • @pingviinipelaa9531
    @pingviinipelaa9531 Před rokem

    slope like the merkava

  • @Privat2840
    @Privat2840 Před rokem

    They may have been better, but they couldn't make anywhere near enough to match the allies production.

  • @cl570
    @cl570 Před rokem +2

    There is no doubt that the tanks were fearsome in terms of firepower, and the King Tiger was actually decently mobile despite its size (look up any videos of it moving), but the problem is that they were too prone to breakdown, and too complicated for any crew to reasonably fix it on the field. For that simple factor alone they did not sport the best tanks of the war.

  • @JimBrodie
    @JimBrodie Před rokem +1

    The Paper Panzers are fascinating, but there's a lot of bullshit to step in.
    It was nice of WT to include some of them, but even then, they were not accurate to the source drawings and basically plucked from thin air, quelle surpreeze.

  • @Swagmaster07
    @Swagmaster07 Před rokem +2

    Actually tommy i think you should infact design your own tank in Sprocket and test them out in the missions it would defo be very entertaining.

  • @kohrona7356
    @kohrona7356 Před rokem +2

    this video is basically 🐵sloped armor good 🐵

  • @trismica
    @trismica Před rokem

    ye probs

  • @Mmjk_12
    @Mmjk_12 Před rokem

    German tanks were good but overengineered, also were logistical nightmares because there were so many variants, Soviet tanks were well designed but terribly built. American tanks were mid but well built and easy maintenance. Japanese tanks were straight ass and British tanks were actually quite good but had nothing particularly noteworthy.

  • @panzerloli2719
    @panzerloli2719 Před rokem +1

    If tanks were useless ukr wouldnt want so many now would they? Tanks are still very versityle war machines and yet there is no machine who can do everything a tank can as good as a tank

  • @freddyguldhammer3288
    @freddyguldhammer3288 Před rokem

    Is it just me why does he say rockets there were not Any rockets in ww2 it just has to bounch an ap sheĺl

    • @Basebidet0
      @Basebidet0 Před 5 měsíci

      have you never heard of a bazooka or a Panzerschreck or panzer Faust or Katyusha there were plenty of rockets in ww2

  • @callumbaines1568
    @callumbaines1568 Před 5 měsíci

    Well yes but actually no

  • @sahari16
    @sahari16 Před rokem +5

    German tanks were overcomplicated and ureliable. King Tiger was trash, Panther was unreliable as well. Panzer IV was probably the last good german tank of that era

    • @w33d_nose55
      @w33d_nose55 Před rokem +1

      Panzer iv wasn't that good but it's up there with better German tanks of the war. It was good in the beginning but later on it was far less effective

    • @sorrymabbad
      @sorrymabbad Před rokem +1

      The Panther was a step in the right direction, with them starting to learn to standardize each variant, but thankfully it never reached it's full potential.

    • @Kalashnikov413
      @Kalashnikov413 Před rokem

      Early Panthers were unreliable as heck, but later on it became more reliable and cheaper

    • @w33d_nose55
      @w33d_nose55 Před rokem

      @@Kalashnikov413 true at some stage becoming easier to produce than panzer ivs but some issues like the overpressured transmission remained

    • @daskollektiv4593
      @daskollektiv4593 Před rokem

      @@sorrymabbad panther was a step backwards

  • @historybuff8908
    @historybuff8908 Před rokem +1

    I like tommy but my god these were for the most part awful takes.

  • @jeremiahkivi4256
    @jeremiahkivi4256 Před rokem +1

    Short answer: No
    Long answer: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO