The King Tiger's Big Brother - E-100 Mega Tank
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- čas přidán 24. 06. 2024
- Find out about one of the largest tanks ever made - the 137-ton E-100, and what happened to the one example built in 1945.
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Thanks: Tomas Del Coro
Why didnt they just put tracks on the Bismarck?
was in the ocean, or, I should say *under the ocean*
May as well add some wings and a rotor like a helicopter too xD
Ah you see the dismarch has the soul of dismarck magically kill or crush the tracks
this project existed at least for a tank using the bismark triple 280mm turret
Thus the birth of the schwerer Gustav
When your secondary gun is a 75mm!
made me chuckle pretty hard
The bridges... nobody thought about the bridges... not the ones too far, the ones not so strong...
They were just lazy, they could have layed down layers of big trees both directions on the bridges for extra capacity. Easy to just cross last and destroy bridge lol.
One of several major reasons why the U.S. never put much effort into building heavy tanks in WWII... bridges couldn't hold them.
Germany: * makes bigger and heavier super tanks *
Bridges: Ah shit, here we go again
I worked in Paderborn near Bad Lipspringe and one old man talked about monster E100 cause he worked on it. He was 95 years old in 2010. Incredible story
"over-engineered and expensive to run", there's no need to talk about BMW like that.
temperamental to run, you tried to quote him but got it wrong
"the engine would be same as the one used in the king tiger"
Ohnonononono
Exactly my thoughts.
The engine would be better. 1200hp instead of 700hp
Yeah, the E100 was scraped in the 50's and made into two carriers, six submarines, twenty personnel carriers and thirteen bridge upgrades over the Thames.
Soviet tanks after WW2: send em to asia and middle east
American tanks after WW2: send em to South America and middle east
German tanks after WW2: send some to middle east, put some on museum and scrap the rest
British tanks after WW2: scrap every single one
Says a lot about Britain's economic state. Britain had almost bankrupted itself within a year of fighting and sold almost everything not bolted to the floor.
Literally anything of any unique historical value whatsoever: Exists
The British: sCrAp MeTaL
No no it's "recycling" :)
If America’s cities were destroyed (or even threatened in the slightest) they’d be using any equipment they could find for scrap metal too. The war nearly bankrupted Britain while the USA profited from it.
*Socialism*
Like the dudes won a war, it's not like they wouldn't have the need of any resources except of human sense.
"In WW-II German tanks just got bigger and bigger"
German's enemies just got bigger and bigger too.
Viel Feind, viel Ehr'
but after the war at their homefront ;)
the more advanced the tanks got, the smaller their impact was
I’ve never thought about it like that, And I have to agree.
Ryan1305 Ironic...
mention than german developed first the hollow charge what pierced 30cm of armor
Sophistication =/= Supremacy
Same as in Nature.
(Sharks *cough*)
Would be interesting if you covered the 150 ton Japanese tank called 'O-I', armed with 1 15cm cannon and 2 47mm cannons. Tank Historian Seon Eun Ae has a good history about it on her blog.
their is many more giant in russian some gone in srvice before the warmention to french 2C
And whoever built that model… If you see this you did an amazing job!
hes smart as a german
This is the best channel for history and weapons enthusiasts.
Dude, the quality is great we all now that but now he's uploading every day
"Hans! Let's make a tank that can only be defeated by a lack of resources to supply it!"
"BRILLIANT!"
"Where are we going to scrap this thing?"
"Take it to Faslane, so they can get some practice before scrapping Vanguard."
Quality content as always
It really is hard to grasp the scale of these German tanks until you see them in the flesh. I recently went to Bovington and was amazed how big the Panther was always thinking it was rather smaller. Then seeing the Tigers you cannot help but understand why they were so feared. Even today they still have a very imposing aura about them, my jaw litterally dropped seeing them for the first time. So this E100 must have been a sight to behold if it makes a Tiger II look small! Great stuff as always Prof. Felton!
Meanwhile in Australia; *LET"S BUILD A REPLICA E-100 THAT WORKS*
3:26 "or perhaps even a flak tank" *flashbacks of getting killed by the Waffentrager E100 in world of tanks*
Mark, you said it best " a King Tiger on steroids ".
"Hans, Let's make a super-duper King Tiger."
"Ja, Helmut, Okay."
"And to keep production simple, we'll use the same under-performing engine and glass-fragile transmission, but make everything else heavier!"
"You do that; I'll sit here and study my German-English dictionary."
Well, it was going to have a better engine, if you notice Mark explained they only put the 800hp engine in the chassis because that's all they had on hand
The E-Series were supposed to consist of several tanks with common parts E-100, E-75 and so on.
Brilliant comment.
Bad news: E-100 tank scrapped.
Good news: enough steel to make a teaspoon for every child in the northern hemisphere.
There was a whole series of E tanks. They should succeed the old Panzers. The series began with the lught E 10 (10 to 15 tons), went over E 25, E 50 (New Panther), E 75 (new Tiger) up to the super heavy E 100. The series should have simplified and standerdized the whole tank production. A post war result of the development was the Kanonenjagdpanzer.
Got home from a long, stressful day at work, poured a scotch and fired up the computer to relax and unwind with some of my favorite history channels. (Okay, I'm a history nerd, I admit it.) I came to Mark Felton first, as I normally do because he is the best, and what do I find? Not one but TWO new videos, this one and the one about the Horton 229! Life is good and the stress is gone! Keep up the fantastic work, Mark. You are appreciated!
Scrapped! What a travesty! It would've been a magnificent display piece at Bovington.
Stalin: "We make enormous tenk: KV-2. Very stronk. Most big!"
Hitler: "Really? Here, hold my schnitzel."
IS1 IS2 IS3
Mark, I can’t thank you enough for putting out such interesting and never talked about facts of the war, with so many great clips. Your channel is one of the best on CZcams.
I love Mark's own special effects;
I can imagine Mark off camera with a Brodie helmet on with a toy Spitfire plane making machine gun noises with his mouth.
Best channel on youtube!
When there’s no point building a navy, you’re free to build super heavy tanks.
Mark, your "bite sized" documentaries are unrivaled and the unique topics keep me coming back. Keep up the good work!
“How big do you want your tanks?”
Hitler - “Yes”
Back at it again with the high quality content from mark!!
Appreciate the consistent uploads 👍
One of the best channels on CZcams for ww1 2 history, great clear narration and very informative, thank you Mark!
E-100, codename: Der weiße Elefant.
Love ❤️ the content ! Thank you so much Dr Felton.
You are a wonderful presenter of history. Thank you so much.
"scrapped in the 1950s...." **sigh** Too often! I guess I can understand that at the time, all those WWII vehicles/ordnance/equipment etc were just laying around and in the way, but today so much of it would be priceless!
The e100 was definitely more fit to fight in the fields of the eastern front than the mountainous urban areas of the west, which often had rivers and needed bridges to cross that couldn’t accommodate the sheer size of the e100/Maus
Fantastic video. Thank you
Bruh the Russians spent money and time reconstructing the Maus And the British took the E 100 and just scrapped it.
Another great vid!
Paper panzers are great especially in 1/35 size. Thanks Mr Felton for another great upload.
I vote for dr Felton to get an hour long slot on the history channel every week to go into even more detail. Amazing.
Hey Mark, just found and saved your channel, excellent and rare clips from WWII and the use of 1/35 models is really well done. Cheers from Sydney, AU. 👍
I did find it very interesting, never looked into the background of this vehicle. Only knew about it from the game WOT. Thanks Mark. Always a very informative0 video.
Mark, I gotta tell you, you make it simple and easy. When I see one of your videos pop up, I automatically give it a 👍before viewing it! I’ve never been disappointed, only briefed and entertained- thanks and keep up the great work!
Mr. Mark Felton you produce such great videos, i love your work so please keep it up . Many Thanks.
Interestingly, some historians suggest that the E-100 was a ploy by the Waffenamt to kill the Maus project. The idea is that the Waffenamt was well aware that Hitler was a sucker for whatever vainglorious nonsense Dr Porsche suggested to him, so they included the E-100 specification into the E series of designs in order to have an official competitor to the Maus project. Then, they used the Porsche's outsider status to have the Maus project shut down in favour of the "rationalised" E-100. Thereafter, a single prototype was slowly built at a very low priority in order to keep Hitler happy, while they focused on building what they really wanted - Panthers and King Tigers.
At least, that's the theory.
Nobody outside of the WoT community has ever heard about the E100. Until now. Fantastic work Mark! 👍
I think Hilary Doyle put it best in the Think Tank video "the Entwicklung were mostly busy work, it beats dying in a muddy hole on the eastern front"
3:58 Many will disagree The Sherman was a sensible idea But an ineffective thin armored Death Trap that have cost many lives..
Great stuff.
jumped on this video as soon as i saw it, been itching to know more about this monster ever since i learned of it's existance; and the information came in the form of a Mark Felton video! what could be better?!
Excellent graphics Mark! Very realistic.
They tried to put King tiger's transmission into even heavier tank? like WTF it was breaking from over-stress as it is! German engineers were MAD!
240pixel it was only temporary.. to test the tracks and suspension. Like Mark said, they’d have put a bigger engine and better, redesigned transmission in if they had completed the project.
Another great presentation Mark.
It was in the quantity, not the quality.
I believe earlier Tiger I versions were able to be fitted with snorkel devices and ford a river, quite necessary given it's great weight inability to use most bridges.
Love your uploads
You forgot to mention that the E-100,75 etc. were supposed to be a standardised series with common spare parts to ease maintenance
Thank you Mark for this review about the E-100 tank.
Can you also do a video about the concept wonder-weapon Landkreuzer P. 1000 "Ratte" (English: Land Cruiser P. 1000 "Rat")? I think the German company that was going to build it built the largest bucket-wheel excavator called the "Bagger 293."
Thanks for all your awesome work about military history and vehicles!
Love this video Mr F. !!!
Mark Felton you are a talented historian, keep up the good work
I subscribed whey your channel had only few thousand subscribes now it has over 484 thousand. Great job my friend.
These seems like more example of "Gallows" humor, the designers had to know there was no way these designs could have had any impact
That was a beautiful model you used there.
Nice vid Mark! Very informative, been wondering if the E-100 was real or not. Nice to see it was real.
Thanks Mark!
bloody good,thanks again!
Dude, I love your video's!
OMG scrapped, what a shame to destroy a one of a kind tank.
saddly you wasnt born and rich for buy it before
GREAT SHOW MARK.....
I'd really like to see a video about the Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte. I know that none were ever built and probably it would be an actual detriment on a battlefield, but the imagination that gave birth to the idea deserves to be acknowledged.
Again and again thanks for your great research work, some times understimated from some people
the thumbnail itself is a very interesting piece of artwork
With advances in metallurgy weaponry and targeting systems it would be interesting to see what a modern day version would be like. Very interesting video!
Nice the thumbnail is used as ilustration on the 1/35 scale Trumpeter - No. 00384 - German E-100 Super Heavy Tank model kit :D
Im a simple man i see e100 i click
Love your channel
No joke, I know mutch about the 2WW. But u Sir teach me a lot. I love your Videos.
Yes!! Thank you
Could you also do a video on the Panzerkampfwagen VII "Lowë"? I don't see enough info and discussion on it altho it should have come out before the Maus since it was the Mark 7 in the production list so to speak.
Fascinating. Thanks.
It's a shame this wanderfull work of engineering was scraped.
Great stuff Mark,the Germans were far ahead on Tank design & technology, along with many other technological marvels they had going on,there's nothing like a war for technology progress
Thanks fo doing this vid I thought this was a scetch
I have this tank on a game called world of tanks. It's the 2nd biggest tank in the game after maus. It's really slow too. Better suited for city battles. Good clip and interesting facts thx
The E100 model in this has the Maus turret on. Not a complaint, just an observation.
l know it's asking a lot but...You are so very good at making these video l wish you were able to make longer video cause Doc you are the best l have ever seen at doing these kinds of video...Non the less...Thanks very much indeed...!!!
I’m glad I saw the Tiger display at Bovington before it was dismantled
How would this tank fit in with the 'Entwicklung' series of proposed tanks? Maybe you could make a video regarding the Entwicklung tanks?
“Over engineered, expensive and temperamental to use” -- that pretty much sums up every German car.
😂😂😂😂
Allen Bournes : Porsche 911 is reliable, especially compared to other sports cars
you will only hear that line about German vehicles from a brit or merican try listening to the real German vets and you'll think this guy is a fruit cake.....
Would you be willing to cover the rest of the proposed E series tanks?
I went for some water and left the video continuing.
"...While Porche was developing the Maus..."
Me: A mouse?!
Amazing Tank!
"quite literally" is a bit in question here.
Always loved the brits for keeping technology and preserve it, but when i found out they scrapped tho only E-100 chassis I was very disappointed