Lost to the Scrapyard, the E-100 | Cursed by Design

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  • čas přidán 22. 10. 2021
  • Despite all odds the E-100 was a Superheavy tank nearly completed by the German's during the second world war. However, the tank has since been lost to time...but could it still exist?
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Komentáře • 953

  • @ConeOfArc
    @ConeOfArc  Před 2 lety +577

    To add a little more to the mystery about the hull's fate, around 7 years ago a survey done of the area found a lot of stuff buried under the ground which was thought to probably be military vehicles. As far as I know the area the tanks were once placed is now part of a parking lot so its unlikely to be dug up anytime soon.
    If you still can't get enough E-100 in your life head on over to my second channel and catch the video uploaded just after this one showing some gameplay of this beast: czcams.com/video/5oyVzwpD3Qo/video.html

    • @gundam5281
      @gundam5281 Před 2 lety +21

      Can you do a video on both the rest of the Entwicklung series? Notably the E-50 standardpanzer and E-75.

    • @vermas4654
      @vermas4654 Před 2 lety +8

      @Dark Shade015 oh damn, I tried that once. Sadly I didn't have enough grey and/or green pieces :(

    • @SnowcatFan
      @SnowcatFan Před 2 lety +13

      Do you have instagram? I found a place in the scrap yard that matches the height and lenght of the E-100 hull. I made a screenshit to keep the location..

    • @jammygamer8961
      @jammygamer8961 Před 2 lety +11

      That would be a surprise if the E-100 was actually just buried. I Wonder if someone nearby is happy to scan the Area again?

    • @datonecommieirongear2020
      @datonecommieirongear2020 Před 2 lety +16

      It's just a parking lot... just dig it up and patch the hole.

  • @fisherguy8529
    @fisherguy8529 Před 2 lety +2380

    Everyone: haha how can the T95 be hidden for 27 years without being found
    E-100: *Heavy breathing*

    • @pinngg6907
      @pinngg6907 Před 2 lety +191

      Can't breath cuz it(E-100) is underground

    • @insert_username77
      @insert_username77 Před 2 lety +91

      We better start digging then

    • @betoviancitizen5646
      @betoviancitizen5646 Před 2 lety +52

      You forgot Gechützwagen Tiger/Grille 17, WT Auf Pz IV/V, Sturmtiger (P), JPanther 2

    • @aaronbasham6554
      @aaronbasham6554 Před 2 lety +58

      If they buried thousands of ET cartridges, then they can bury a single tank

    • @ragnarokstravius2074
      @ragnarokstravius2074 Před 2 lety +40

      @@betoviancitizen5646 Can't hide if you don't really exist.

  • @copperfox8695
    @copperfox8695 Před 2 lety +953

    Valentine near the e100 be like: Ah yes kids, this is the story of how I destroyed Germany's second heaviest tank.

  • @chost-059
    @chost-059 Před 2 lety +980

    The fate of the e-100 is quite sad like many of the other rare tanks captured at end of the war, everyone needed metal so into the melter they went

    • @ICECAPPEDSKY
      @ICECAPPEDSKY Před 2 lety +206

      It’s honestly pretty depressing. It would be pretty incredible to see the E-100 hull on display. I’m glad that the Soviets didn’t destroy the remaining pieces of the Maus Prototypes. Which they combined them back into one vehicle which is amazing to see.

    • @jammygamer8961
      @jammygamer8961 Před 2 lety +42

      if you watched the whole video you'd find the E-100 may of survived

    • @ICECAPPEDSKY
      @ICECAPPEDSKY Před 2 lety +79

      @@jammygamer8961 yeah but I’ll probably be decades before there’s even an attempt to find it

    • @Cemi_Mhikku
      @Cemi_Mhikku Před 2 lety +37

      Vehicles in general. The Germans went crazy with weird designs during the war. The BV 141 is another great example.

    • @puss_n_booze
      @puss_n_booze Před 2 lety +11

      i like to imagine an alternate e-100 that was finished and used by the allies.

  • @Gray_Gear
    @Gray_Gear Před 2 lety +350

    +Respect for the three Adler employees. 3 dudes working alone achieving so much progress on an experimental tank is absolutely crazy.

    • @davidtorre7370
      @davidtorre7370 Před 2 lety +52

      Probably motivated to work hard so they wouldn't have to go to the front.

    • @HSS_yt
      @HSS_yt Před 2 lety +16

      Ultimate tank haul episode

    • @CrimsonSoldat1311
      @CrimsonSoldat1311 Před 3 měsíci +4

      @@davidtorre7370Too bad for them since the front was coming to them instead 😂

  • @xxAntiOtakuxx
    @xxAntiOtakuxx Před 2 lety +378

    I think one major point that seems forgotten on why the Maus was chosen over the E-100 was that Ferdinand Porsche was friends with Hitler. The only reason the Porsche Tiger wasn't chosen during the Tiger I development was because the Porsche Tiger caught on fire during the live demo in front of the dictator himself. Hitler had no choice but to choose the Henschel design to save face.
    Ferdinand was so certain his relationship with Hitler would secure him the Tiger contract that he even started production of his Tiger before it was even decided. These Porsche Tigers were converted to the Ferdinand Tank Destroyers later updated to the Elephant.
    The disaster with the Porsche Tiger put the Porsche company in a hard spot, so Ferdinand solicited his friend Hitler with a new tank design and the dictator accepted it to help his buddy.

    • @thatdude3938
      @thatdude3938 Před 2 lety +4

      Hitler wasn't the only one deciding what goes on and what does not

    • @Dodgerambo100
      @Dodgerambo100 Před 2 lety +19

      Henschel already had a Produktion ready Tank in Stock at the time... and the Porsche-tiger was yet in development. The VK 3601 was proven funktional. So the Henschel-tiger was less likly to fail. The VK3601 hulls (where the Tiger1 was based on had already a Faktory usage as "Raupenschlepper")

    • @SnipR9
      @SnipR9 Před 2 lety

      Damnn i didnt really know that, thank you for sharing your insight thats amazing

    • @xalleem8117
      @xalleem8117 Před rokem +1

      And the average citizen has no idea about their relationship and how involved Hitler was in VW Porshe etc..

    • @MarkoMakela-mv8dt
      @MarkoMakela-mv8dt Před rokem

      The only and foremost reason in my mind too. Porsche had mede himself admired by Hitler even though his Ferdinand was proven almost useless in Kursk.

  • @cooldownboi3890
    @cooldownboi3890 Před 2 lety +162

    Porshe: _slaps transmission intended for a 40t tank_
    This bad boy can be used in a 150t Superheavy

  • @hauptmannerich
    @hauptmannerich Před 2 lety +281

    10:22 LMFAO
    Cone... You are Absolutely Madlad

    • @du_nut_tuch_me4230
      @du_nut_tuch_me4230 Před 2 lety +6

      lol

    • @humanhuman5024
      @humanhuman5024 Před 2 lety +62

      War thunder is more realistic but I do wish the turret was right

    • @Xyt_EliteMajor
      @Xyt_EliteMajor Před 2 lety +29

      #ripbozos #ripwarthunderdiehards

    • @vuxluongw
      @vuxluongw Před 2 lety +21

      i can hear war thunder fans screeching angrily when he said that lmaoo

    • @dawsonreum8096
      @dawsonreum8096 Před 2 lety +39

      @@humanhuman5024 that has never been questioned, this don't have a hitpoint bar, but what I will say is that while the mechanics are more realistic, they aren't true to real life, though they come close it is only a video game and the realism is limited to that. While a simulator (if one exists) would likely be more realistic, warunder is a good mix of realism and fun, which a simulator isn't for most people's opinions. Warthunder is more realistic, Wold of Tanks is arcade, whichever one is more fun is up to the player.

  • @LukeBunyip
    @LukeBunyip Před 2 lety +290

    'Reason' that the Jageroo's casemate should be further back could be for a better center of gravity, and ease of reloading with the drivetrain etc moved forward.

    • @Direwolf13PS3
      @Direwolf13PS3 Před 2 lety +30

      Its simple physics. The barrel weight and overhang along with stress on the suspension would make the front suspension give out rather quickly. Which is an issue when your tank is already expensive beyond reason.

    • @RedXlV
      @RedXlV Před 2 lety +14

      With such a long and heavy gun, it likely would've been necessary to mount it at the rear despite this requiring additional engineering work to move the engine to the front and redesign the drive train. A Jagdtiger configuration would've been *very* front-heavy.

    • @bjornthefellhanded5655
      @bjornthefellhanded5655 Před 2 lety +16

      So it actually could have been better to have the JagdPanzer E100 be designed similarly to how WarGaming interpreted it?

    • @Sammael66685
      @Sammael66685 Před 2 lety +7

      @@Direwolf13PS3 That's the main reason why is stated that the so-called "Krokodile" was totally fictional even as a potential proposal. Most of those designs were rendered by a french artist and later on got used by your friendly model brand Trumpeteer.

    • @jaroodthefab5669
      @jaroodthefab5669 Před 2 lety +6

      Yeah the huge gun and heavily armoured superstructure would put way too much weight on the front of the suspension

  • @seelenwaechter
    @seelenwaechter Před 2 lety +180

    "15/17cm Sturmgeschütz auf E100 Fahrgestell" - what a beautiful language. That designation is heavier than the Maus.

    • @skyscall
      @skyscall Před 2 lety +14

      I prefer "Tank, Combat, Full-tracked, 120-mm Gun M1A2 Abrams SEP v3"

    • @bobboo101
      @bobboo101 Před 2 lety +11

      @@skyscall silence American

    • @bobboo101
      @bobboo101 Před 2 lety +5

      Go eat some more burgers

    • @tippyc2
      @tippyc2 Před 2 lety +3

      Funny thing about that, the American accent makes German sound smoother than a native speaker.

    • @thefrankbsshow
      @thefrankbsshow Před rokem +3

      @@skyscall Psst... its a german license build gun Rheinmetall RH 120

  • @astrorick2910
    @astrorick2910 Před 2 lety +87

    I propose a fundraiser to send Cone to find the E-100 hull in that scrapyard with a whole crew equipped with GPRs

    • @jammygamer8961
      @jammygamer8961 Před 2 lety +21

      Yea i'd be happy to fund that

    • @herbo3437
      @herbo3437 Před 7 měsíci +3

      Give me the funds but ill keep the E-100

  • @roroliaoliao
    @roroliaoliao Před 2 lety +113

    More E-100, and Valentine tank either cursed by design or Forge in Battle.

  • @gundam5281
    @gundam5281 Před 2 lety +244

    Can you do a video on both the rest of the Entwicklung series? Notably the E-50 standardpanzer and E-75.

    • @stayhungry1503
      @stayhungry1503 Před 2 lety +22

      dont forget E-25!

    • @chinaoof
      @chinaoof Před 2 lety +18

      Chad E50/75 vs Virgin E25

    • @karolpetr9336
      @karolpetr9336 Před 2 lety +5

      E75 is basically a tiger II

    • @AgentTasmania
      @AgentTasmania Před rokem

      And the 5 and 10, but sadly there's very little to say about these as most of the E-series never exceeded the approximate proposal

    • @Jirioo
      @Jirioo Před 10 měsíci

      @@stayhungry1503 the E25 and E10 are fake

  • @tennessee3156
    @tennessee3156 Před 2 lety +121

    So the "historically accurate" E-100 with the maus turret is not accurate at all....
    Gaijin: impossible....

    • @ATankEnjoyer
      @ATankEnjoyer Před 2 lety +20

      @Siberian Snake tanks themselves are (mostly) pretty accurate. Some suffer from "Legacy" issues but models hold up. But when it comes to "paper" tanks, yeah it can be outrageous.

    • @Old_user123
      @Old_user123 Před 11 měsíci

      @@ATankEnjoyerwell the one in Warthunder is more realistic cuz it has a existing turret instead of a turret that didn’t exist ever

    • @lukav3509
      @lukav3509 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@Old_user123 cant make values for a turret that doesnt exist, thats why they took the maus one

    • @Old_user123
      @Old_user123 Před 10 měsíci

      @@lukav3509 IK

    • @russelltindale9428
      @russelltindale9428 Před 8 měsíci

      @@Old_user123 but it was too heavy, so not realistic?

  • @BlackWolfJa
    @BlackWolfJa Před 2 lety +76

    This is literally my favorite tank, packed with the Krupp turret and the 150mm gun
    It's so sad that it ended like this

  • @FirstMetalHamster
    @FirstMetalHamster Před 2 lety +38

    Get out yer shovel, my dudes...

    • @CN7810-X
      @CN7810-X Před 2 lety +11

      carpark or not we're digging.

    • @humanhuman5024
      @humanhuman5024 Před 2 lety +4

      I can bet it’s underground considering the weight of the tank and most likely no one will ever find it

  • @CMDRFandragon
    @CMDRFandragon Před 2 lety +8

    E100 even looks sexier than the Maus.

  • @RailsOfTheMidwest
    @RailsOfTheMidwest Před 2 lety +65

    Everyone grab your shovels, we gonna start diggin

    • @HSS_yt
      @HSS_yt Před 2 lety +8

      ....Up the whole parking lot
      edit: can't we use magnetometers? sounds good

    • @jaysontadlock1871
      @jaysontadlock1871 Před 2 lety +2

      EXCELLENT THINKING!!!

    • @k-874
      @k-874 Před 2 lety +4

      (grabs enchanted diamond pickaxe)
      I'm ready

    • @jammygamer8961
      @jammygamer8961 Před 2 lety +1

      @@HSS_yt Not a car parking lot.
      I don't know why you people keep thinking this

    • @HSS_yt
      @HSS_yt Před 2 lety

      @@jammygamer8961 the parking lot sits on top of the scrapyard. it was mentioned once,

  • @datpieceofbread9570
    @datpieceofbread9570 Před 2 lety +90

    Personal theory: Maus was mostly chosen due to the electric drive putting out more torque which would mean it would be less likely to get completely bogged down and less taxing to shift gears, and secondly, with the low potential top speed and the rapidly decreasing number of trained crews, being able to get it onto train and rail drive it was seen as more valuable than a tank that was lighter but too wide to fit through rail tunnels. Again, that's just my theory.

    • @Axquirix
      @Axquirix Před 2 lety +8

      I think the intention might have been that the Tiger-Maus was going to have narrower transport tracks and that the outer road wheels would be removed, similar to the Tiger and as suggested by the removable side skirts. Still a lot of work either end compared to the Maus' ability to just drive onto the rail car, though.

    • @TheArklyte
      @TheArklyte Před 2 lety +2

      Yuri Pasholok had a series of articles on both Maus, Porsche and E-100. They include german documents, soviet test reports of available vehicles, interviews with some designers or their memoires. If you don't know russian, you can still read them with Google translate, just post the ling to page and get whole article translated. It's not 100% ideal, but if you're aware of context and terms used, you can understand it.

    • @chaotixthefox
      @chaotixthefox Před 2 lety +1

      Imagine not watching the video to know that the wide tracks and side skirt were removable and the transport ones were much narrower

    • @TheArklyte
      @TheArklyte Před 2 lety +4

      @@chaotixthefox imagine not knowing how "great" all that removable track f//ckery worked out for Tiger...

    • @chaotixthefox
      @chaotixthefox Před 2 lety

      @@TheArklyte Irrelevant.

  • @vermas4654
    @vermas4654 Před 2 lety +15

    13:54 alright boys, I'll rent an excavator

    • @jammygamer8961
      @jammygamer8961 Před 2 lety +5

      I think it might be best you get metal detecting equipment first so you can reason with the owner of the cark park lol

    • @jammygamer8961
      @jammygamer8961 Před 2 lety

      After additional research its not a car park

    • @vermas4654
      @vermas4654 Před 2 lety

      Regardless, I'll just start digging

    • @jammygamer8961
      @jammygamer8961 Před 2 lety

      @@vermas4654 pretty thats against the law without permission and would potentially jeopardise the safety of the E-100 if it was to be found

    • @vermas4654
      @vermas4654 Před 2 lety +2

      @@jammygamer8961 I'll have an excavator. What are they gonna do?

  • @obamnaprismus
    @obamnaprismus Před 2 lety +116

    Military equipment with high historical value: **exists**
    The british with the E100: **high historical value scrap metal**

    • @marmite8959
      @marmite8959 Před 2 lety +26

      It's only high value to tank nerds. It had very little impact on the development of tanks from WW2 onwards, especially considering there were plenty of captured panthers in allied hands which conveyed similar design goals and technologies. Even the tank mad nazi regime didn't finish the E-100, and when the Soviets were building their superheavy tanks they went in a completely different direction from the German tanks with their IS-3s and so on.

    • @britishneko3906
      @britishneko3906 Před 2 lety +1

      XD

    • @obamnaprismus
      @obamnaprismus Před 2 lety +9

      @@marmite8959 the thing with the soviets is that they got to live long enough to see the evolution of tank warfare reside in mobility and less in heavy armor

    • @garlkurzer
      @garlkurzer Před 2 lety +4

      How has it got high historical value?

    • @obamnaprismus
      @obamnaprismus Před 2 lety

      @@garlkurzer in short, more insight on the German Engineering™

  • @CMDRFandragon
    @CMDRFandragon Před 2 lety +89

    Krupp likes thier rounded turret fronts. I the E100 was ever made, they shoulda let Henschel make the turret,.

    • @astrorick2910
      @astrorick2910 Před 2 lety +17

      I guess you're saying this because of the Tiger II turret, but in that case both turrets were designed by Krupp

    • @jammygamer8961
      @jammygamer8961 Před 2 lety +6

      i always personally imagined the E-100 turret to be basically a big Tiger 2 turret

    • @DanielWW2
      @DanielWW2 Před 2 lety +4

      You do realise that Krupp designed turrets for all Tiger tanks right? So Tiger E and H (I) and both designs used for Tiger B (II).

    • @indoraptor3248
      @indoraptor3248 Před 2 lety

      I think that Krupp don't like rounded front turrets because of the fear of a chance of a trapshot

    • @astrorick2910
      @astrorick2910 Před 2 lety +1

      @@indoraptor3248 I don't think it was just a fear, in fact they changed the early production turret for the Tiger II, which had a rounded front, and made the final production turret which is a lot more squared. I do not know for certain, but they probably received reports of enemy shells that ricochet off the frontal armour of the Tiger II early turret and ended up through the roof of the hull, or, as you called it, a shot trap.

  • @itsnotwhatyouthink6863
    @itsnotwhatyouthink6863 Před 2 lety +47

    Love your new intro. Gives me some uncanny valley vibes I can't explain. Really fucking cool.

  • @quovadis71
    @quovadis71 Před 2 lety +42

    please, more E-Series stuff. great work!

    • @aquapool8294
      @aquapool8294 Před 2 lety +1

      E-series, T-series’ oldest enemy.

    • @sary2107
      @sary2107 Před 2 lety

      @@aquapool8294 yes, t-24, t-34, t-35, t-42, t-10, etc....

  • @patjo553
    @patjo553 Před 2 lety +29

    Many sources have claimed the hull went to Pounds, Portsmouth, others that it went to Belsize, Southampton. The name Tipner is new to me but the area shown is across the road from where Pounds is today.

    • @jammygamer8961
      @jammygamer8961 Před 2 lety +9

      Pounds is the second name of a person called John Pound who owned the tipner scrapyard. I have contacted an establishment owned by the city council about the sites current ownership

    • @nigelmyall3204
      @nigelmyall3204 Před 2 lety +3

      If the hull went to Harry Pound's yard there's further doubt about its location. At the time the hull was disposed of by the British Army Pound's yard was located in Portchester to the NW of the Tipner yard. Pound's yard was relocated to Tipner when the original site was sold to Vosper Thorneycroft. It seems unlikely that tanks for scrap would have been moved rather than being cut up but there's always a chance.

  • @wacojones8062
    @wacojones8062 Před 2 lety +8

    I visited with a hull Marked as a E-100 at Aberdeen Proving grounds in the US in the late 1970's. It looks the same as the hull in your photos when it was in British possession. I spent around 7 hours there walking line after line of Armor out in the open. I also visited with the Museum staff for a bit when looking at the 80cm projectiles and cartridge case then held at the time out behind the museum. They told me they blew all the tires off a Cross country fork lift trying to move the AP Projectile that was recovered from a test range in Germany. Heavier gear was brought in for the move later.

    • @trevorbrown1872
      @trevorbrown1872 Před rokem +1

      Hi this might sound mad but I have a link off the track belonging to the E100 and have no luck as you can say you spent time with it could you possibly identify the link or help me do this as if it is,,, who knows.. thank you

  • @jammygamer8961
    @jammygamer8961 Před 2 lety +65

    regarding the engine power issue i'm surprised the german just didn't try to fit in two HL230 engines as it seems the E-100 may of been wide enough

    • @ValentineC137
      @ValentineC137 Před 2 lety +13

      Twice the engines means twice the cooling and lets not even start trying to figure out a gear setup that would be reliably able to combine the power of the two and send it to the gearbox.
      One major issue that’s brought up on tankencyclopedia is the fact they couldn’t get a transmission that would be able to handle 1000+ horsepower

    • @jammygamer8961
      @jammygamer8961 Před 2 lety +10

      @@ValentineC137 "transmission that would be able to handle 1000+ horsepower"
      Oh dear. well thats my idea out the window
      Also even with two engines the power to weight wouldn't be that good. Unless HL234's got used then i guess the power to weight would be acceptable for a heavy tank

    • @gilbertley1309
      @gilbertley1309 Před rokem

      ​@@ValentineC137 Didn't expect to find From the Depths man here.

    • @ValentineC137
      @ValentineC137 Před rokem

      @@gilbertley1309 Didn't expect to be recognised in a comments section :)

  • @gunmasterx1164
    @gunmasterx1164 Před 2 lety +23

    I hope someone tries to find the E-100 hull in the future

  • @Bigheadguyfromsmolmovie
    @Bigheadguyfromsmolmovie Před 2 lety +168

    The E100 is pretty good in world of tanks blitz too. Great alpha and decent armor. (Dont hate me for playing World of Tanks Blitz. Im on mobile so this is the best tank game i have)

    • @De_Man
      @De_Man Před 2 lety +5

      Wait what? I thought th E-100 got a strong armor
      What gun alpha? The 150 or the 128?

    • @britishneko3906
      @britishneko3906 Před 2 lety +12

      DECENT ALPHA?! IT HAS A 640 ALPHA!!!

    • @bigcratey1344
      @bigcratey1344 Před 2 lety +19

      @@De_Man in wot the top gun is the 150 mm. And the armor ingame isn't so thick, Maus is way trickier to try and penetrate. And then in the PC version there's also those Japanese heavies, so yeah.

    • @danishkfd
      @danishkfd Před 2 lety +6

      Mate 640 ALPHA IS DECENT FOR YOU?

    • @De_Man
      @De_Man Před 2 lety +9

      @@bigcratey1344 i never see someone pen a E-100 upper armor
      And also we are talking about wot blitz

  • @carol7311
    @carol7311 Před 2 lety +26

    Come on Cone we need the rest of the E-100's story told!

  • @plagu3tank836
    @plagu3tank836 Před 2 lety +23

    Great video! It's always nice to learn more about these hidden gems of behemoths the E-100 and the Maus have been.
    About why the Maus was chosen rather the E-100: I assume it was less the issue of production value or material cost. Ferdinand Porsche was at that time a close friend of Hitler and as such the Führer prefered the designs of his company much more than others. It's the same with the Tiger Porsche and Tiger Henschel, since Hitler didn't show any interest in the Henschel design during the presentation of both Tiger designs. The only reason why the Porsche design didn't make it was that the tanks engine immediately burst into flames during demonstration and with that the Henschel got his chance to prove himself.
    So yeah, I think it was the typical political game of the Third Reich that killed the E-100's support.

    • @waywardscythe3358
      @waywardscythe3358 Před 2 lety +6

      To add on to this, the German bureaucracy was very inefficient at best. Even before the war, hitler would order redundant departments to be made and have them compete with each other for funding and relevance, sometimes on purpose. Many military projects were accepted or declined based on personal preference of higher ups. Cone actually touches on that a little when he mentions Krupp went over Speers head to try and get personal approval from hitler himself.

    • @thatdude3938
      @thatdude3938 Před 2 lety

      @@waywardscythe3358 like it was different in USA at the time. I recall the story of Mk14 torpedo that was fixed only after Admiral King was involved

    • @waywardscythe3358
      @waywardscythe3358 Před 2 lety +1

      @@thatdude3938 it was quite different in Germany though. Sometimes Hitler would order an identical department be created to solve a problem that fell under the other department and just never tell the finance ministers which version of the department was authorized to receive funding, and sometimes even without making clear which ones had legal authority. Imagine having two FDAs, neither of which know if they have the authority to regulate food, neither of which share any communication, and neither of which know if they're the FDA that's supposed to be funded. Frankly it's kinda amazing the German government functioned at all during that time.

    • @thatdude3938
      @thatdude3938 Před 2 lety

      @@waywardscythe3358 I like this concept, it prevents concentration of too much power in the hands of certain bureaucrats
      And if something has to be done with absolute certainty, Hitler will order it personally

    • @waywardscythe3358
      @waywardscythe3358 Před 2 lety

      @@thatdude3938 A. Almost everything Hitler ordered was terrible for Germany from war crimes and the Holocaust to intercontinental bombers to favoring specific contractors.
      B. You dont limit bureaucratic power by making them waste money and be bad at their assigned tasks
      C. Its started to sound like you really like the nazis

  • @kampfgruppepeiper501
    @kampfgruppepeiper501 Před 2 lety +10

    I was very impressed with the amount of research and diagrams you came up with for this video very interesting one of my favorites!

  • @exoticdachoo007
    @exoticdachoo007 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Let's start a GoFundMe to buy the parking lot where the E-100 might be, then we start digging

  • @KnightFilms32
    @KnightFilms32 Před 2 lety +13

    When i was at bovington, I talked to one of the Veterans (it was someone who used to be in combat with a chieftan), he talked about the E 100, saying in the 1950’s that it was the end of the war and they no longer wanted any reminded of the war, so it was scrapped, even though there was plans for it to be brought into the Tank Museum

  • @Evaunit98
    @Evaunit98 Před 2 lety +8

    Imagine if we found this thing and restored it? It’ll likely never happen but it’s fun to think about

  • @MightyAllen1995
    @MightyAllen1995 Před 2 lety

    More of these please ConeOfArc!!! Keep up the good work.

  • @zondazerda2230
    @zondazerda2230 Před 2 lety +32

    The scrap yard looks very clean of scraps to me, I don't know how exactly is the E100 is buried somewhere if the yard has barely any scrap. And please if possible, do a follow up video on the E100. It is very interesting, reasonable super heavy tank.

    • @jammygamer8961
      @jammygamer8961 Před 2 lety

      yea it appears to no longer be in use

    • @hdgaming4563
      @hdgaming4563 Před 7 měsíci

      The scrap yard is no longer in use and they are planning to build a housing estate where they scrapyard used to be

  • @pilotbug6100
    @pilotbug6100 Před 2 lety +3

    I can say as someone who loves Narrow Gauge railway stuff
    The E-100 sounds a LOT like the L&B's locomotive "Lew"
    Supposedly lost to time, just like the E-100 Lew's exact fate is unknown, she was sold off after the L&B closed, to South America, that is all we know.

  • @MisteriosGloriosos922
    @MisteriosGloriosos922 Před 2 lety +2

    *I was very impressed with the amount of research and diagrams you came up with for this video!*

  • @danepatterson8107
    @danepatterson8107 Před 2 lety

    I really enjoyed your video here. I liked the focus on design and process rather than specifications

  • @Pyrokinesis96
    @Pyrokinesis96 Před 2 lety +6

    Some day, If I ever get the money and resources, I might make my own E-100.
    It's one of my favorite German WW2 prototypes, and I'd love to have one in my possession, even if it's a replica.
    Some day...

  • @Geniusinventor
    @Geniusinventor Před 2 lety +9

    What If we start a program finding E100 . We only need a excavator and 5 to 10 people to find it and we have a location here to 13:40

    • @jammygamer8961
      @jammygamer8961 Před 2 lety +3

      Already on it. Not even a excavator is needed. The main problem (ignoring the fact permission to dig needs to be aquired) is that even when dug out the very heavy tank would need to be towed out of the hole

    • @Geniusinventor
      @Geniusinventor Před rokem +1

      @@jammygamer8961 hay man did you fine anything

    • @jammygamer8961
      @jammygamer8961 Před rokem

      @@Geniusinventor i found the owners and they assure me nothing is under the soil and don't want anyone digging there.
      which is a shame

    • @Geniusinventor
      @Geniusinventor Před rokem

      @@jammygamer8961 hmm I think they are lying 🤥 who wanna give out 100 ton Tank from ww2 for free

    • @jammygamer8961
      @jammygamer8961 Před rokem +2

      @@Geniusinventor tbh i wasn't expecting them to give it for free i just wanted for the vehicle to be found or confirmed with certainity that its gone

  • @misterpepe118
    @misterpepe118 Před 2 lety

    And you finally did this video, great job man, I love it :D

  • @JoeOvercoat
    @JoeOvercoat Před 2 lety

    I think you have a great balance of story and technical detail in this video.

  • @adyatma1
    @adyatma1 Před 2 lety +21

    10:20 oh you don't know how many times do i have to tell those in an E-100 discussion

    • @Darilon12
      @Darilon12 Před 2 lety +7

      At least twice a day.

    • @humanhuman5024
      @humanhuman5024 Před 2 lety +3

      What like none?
      Because it’s not really about the video games it’s about the people you talk about because I love war thunder way more the wot because in wot there are no modern tanks no planes, helis, and boats and the rng system is kinda gay but war thunder does not have those problems
      That being said anyone very interested in tanks and the e100 know the turret is (most likely) wrong in war thunder

    • @g-manalt2709
      @g-manalt2709 Před 2 lety +6

      @@humanhuman5024 we’re talking about the e100 not modern tanks buddy

    • @humanhuman5024
      @humanhuman5024 Před 2 lety

      @@g-manalt2709 read carefully

    • @adyatma1
      @adyatma1 Před 2 lety +5

      @@humanhuman5024 you are kinda wrong lol, there is so many people saying just because war thunder is realistic all the tanks are realistic
      Also G-man read carefully, there is no connection beetween the modern tanks and planes to the point you're making

  • @joshDammmit
    @joshDammmit Před 2 lety +3

    Hitler was buddies with Porsche, thus, he favored his designs.

  • @armouredbrick5366
    @armouredbrick5366 Před 2 lety +2

    i love the new intro animation, great addition to the video!

  • @gustavozorzin9412
    @gustavozorzin9412 Před 2 lety

    6:32 The head of the Germy Army made me chuckle a bit. Great video as always!

  • @baryonyxwalkeri3957
    @baryonyxwalkeri3957 Před 2 lety +6

    Extremely intriguing to know htat the E-100 might have survived - if I ever get enough money together, I will try to send an archeological expedition there.

  • @MarshFlyFightWin
    @MarshFlyFightWin Před 2 lety +5

    This was an awesome video, would love to see you do another video on the E-100 going into more detail.

  • @drewstevens2244
    @drewstevens2244 Před 2 lety

    Love the video and excellent research. Job well done. I like many love the in depth history of tanks.

  • @Legiondude
    @Legiondude Před 2 lety +2

    From what I remember of the talk about the Jagd E100's introduction to WoT, the justification WG used for using a rear mount vs a center mount was the engineering solution mirroring that of Krupp's Jagdpanzer IV and Jagdpanther 12.8cm designs. By mounting in the rear the weight is distributed across the whole chassis and potentially allowing more crew space

  • @galacticthreat1236
    @galacticthreat1236 Před 2 lety +12

    Great video! How about a Cursed by Design on a postwar French vehicle like the AMX 50?

    • @viktormark4250
      @viktormark4250 Před 2 lety +2

      oh yeeesss that would be great there are not many videos about those tanks, I could also make a video of the American heavy vehicles like the t57, t58 among others

  • @RedXlV
    @RedXlV Před 2 lety +5

    With regard to the StuG E-100, a centrally mounted casemate as on the Jagdtiger would certainly be preferable since it wouldn't require moving the engine and redesigning the drive train. But the weight and length of the 17cm gun might've made that too front-heavy. So a rear-mounted casemate like World of Tanks depicts it might have been necessary.

  • @diegorincon4673
    @diegorincon4673 Před 2 lety +1

    Get out your shovels boys, we’re digging that tank up.

  • @aymonfoxc1442
    @aymonfoxc1442 Před 2 lety

    A very good video and an interesting story. Fine work sir!

  • @nagmashot
    @nagmashot Před 2 lety +14

    its always amusing to hear about Germanys silly superheavy tanks...
    TOG I
    TOG II
    Tortoise
    T-28
    Char 2C
    ARL tracteur C
    AMX tracteur C
    O-i
    KV4
    KV5
    every big tank producing nation researched into super heavy tanks...and Maus and E100 were not the only Prototypes being build

    • @jacksteel1539
      @jacksteel1539 Před 2 lety

      For the allies some these super heavy tanks could have had actual uses, the Maus or E100 would have just been hit by air power and it really wouldn’t have been able to do anything about it

  • @Norrikan
    @Norrikan Před 2 lety +8

    _"The only _*_logical_*_ reasoning behind this reasoning I can see [...]"_ - I mean, look who we're talking about. Logic went out the window a good while ago.

  • @lesterbuckman5493
    @lesterbuckman5493 Před 2 lety

    Very informative well done great narration

  • @kilianfirebolt
    @kilianfirebolt Před 2 lety +2

    I would absolutely love to see videos about the E-25, the E-50/M and the E-75! Each one in a seperate video if you can find enough data on each to make a full video

  • @nevanbowman-wilson9592
    @nevanbowman-wilson9592 Před 2 lety +4

    Would love to see a cursed by design on the t29, t30 and t32

  • @Ostalgie658
    @Ostalgie658 Před 2 lety +7

    Another video would be cool, but it would be so cool if they could find that hull and actually make an E-100

    • @tofita7amed168
      @tofita7amed168 Před 2 lety +3

      And Imagine if they made a replica of the maus 2 turret and fitted it on top of it too

  • @WelcomeToDERPLAND
    @WelcomeToDERPLAND Před 2 lety +2

    Always up for more obscure information about various tank related things.

  • @Subcher
    @Subcher Před 2 lety

    Awesome video ! Keep doing !

  • @CarmineKar98K
    @CarmineKar98K Před 2 lety +8

    Is there still a fund raiser in Australia to make a full working scale replica of the E-100?

    • @ExcelsusDev
      @ExcelsusDev Před 2 lety +2

      Idk

    • @alanm1121
      @alanm1121 Před 2 lety

      I remember seeing it back in 2014. It was surmised that it was most likely a scam.

  • @Oliver-uk3tc
    @Oliver-uk3tc Před 2 lety +3

    That's interesting, I've been in Portsmouth Park and ride meny times, I wounder if I've walked over the e100.
    On another note there used to be a couple of old abandoned army trucks near the car park.

  • @amiigaf4476
    @amiigaf4476 Před 2 lety +2

    E100 with Maus turret looks so cursed

  • @KRAMPUS_G60_16V
    @KRAMPUS_G60_16V Před 2 lety +2

    I loooove German HTs and TDs in WWII :) Great video, thank you!
    (You could mention that maus is 188t :) )

  • @____admin
    @____admin Před 11 měsíci +4

    I will find this hull one day

  • @stoob.5767
    @stoob.5767 Před 2 lety +7

    I would love to see a video on the remaining "T" american heavy tanks as a continuation of the M6 video you made

  • @MOrab46019
    @MOrab46019 Před 2 lety

    Great video. Thank you.

  • @captiannemo1587
    @captiannemo1587 Před 2 lety +2

    As for not going with the Tiger-Maus in 1943. One might consider the negative impact it would have had on Tiger II production. One could also look at the US M4/M26 production problem. SPGs were to be made with the M26 chassis but that was dropped due to the need for every single M26 tank off the line. So M4 chassis were used for the M40/43s.

  • @zyagard8962
    @zyagard8962 Před 2 lety +3

    Danm this video is gonna be fun

  • @rokinz3270
    @rokinz3270 Před 2 lety +3

    Wow never thought the design left the drawing board or got anywhere close to being built. I hope someone goes looking for it one day

  • @MrSv7dzg
    @MrSv7dzg Před 2 lety

    I have been looking forward to this

  • @t10god
    @t10god Před 8 měsíci

    the fact there's footage of the E-100 hull is awesome enough

  • @SnowcatFan
    @SnowcatFan Před 2 lety +10

    What is the name of the Scrap yard that bought the hull?

  • @stayhungry1503
    @stayhungry1503 Před 2 lety +8

    its so weird because even the jagdtiger and kingtiger were quite underpowered so the e100 and maus would probably have been even worse.

  • @DoeJohn887
    @DoeJohn887 Před 2 lety

    I would like another video on the E-100. Also, I liked this video despite it being different from your other ones.

  • @wheels-n-tires1846
    @wheels-n-tires1846 Před 2 lety

    Fascinating!! All around awesome video!!! E-100 looked like the better choice, and its interesting that it was passed by. Politics and personalities, I imagine. I love the rendered look...has a rounded and smooth 1950s vibe LOL, but I wonder how much more of a hassle track r&r would be with the overhanging armor(??)
    Again, great video, keep it up!!

  • @comradevlad7459
    @comradevlad7459 Před 2 lety +3

    I mean the us lost the t95 in a field behind a bush for 27 years so it could be entirely possible that the e100 was buried and left behind.

  • @atichatsai01
    @atichatsai01 Před 2 lety +5

    Your logical reason was right. But I'd say that Hitler really influenced these kind of tank building. He want biggest tank in his arsenal so it's easy to see why they would drop smaller more economic friendly tank. Just to have something to show off his big ego.

  • @samuraifool912
    @samuraifool912 Před rokem +1

    Thx for uploading this Video, being a Model maker in 1/35 scale.
    I tend to NOT build 'PaperTigers' or something that never made it Past the Blueprint stage.
    So now Knowing that the
    E 100 actually made it to Chassis Stage, I may buy a Kit of this. Even though it Never made it into the Field or Completion.
    Thx for your Efforts, if I haven't Subscribed already, I will amend that oversight.
    Cheers kim in Oz. 😎
    P.s. I did wonder, How you managed not to mis-speak,
    the Words 'Mouse Hull' as opposed to MouseHole..!
    The thought made me Giggle a Tad at my Mis Heard. 'Mousehole..!'
    Which made me think of a Town in Cornwall called 'Mousehole.'
    (My 67 yr old Brain does fly off in Odd Tangents these Days..!)
    And having Driven through it's Town centre, years Ago. It truly lives up to it's name..! 😂
    Not a place to visit in a Big Car or Worse Big Tank.!
    Cheers Again, thx for the Info.
    😎 Apols for the Tangents.

  • @agentm0368
    @agentm0368 Před 2 lety +1

    Buried somewhere…
    Boys get the shovel it’s time for the revive the project.

  • @toab5541
    @toab5541 Před 2 lety +3

    What if someone somehow got the blueprints for both E100 and Maus and built it

  • @BenedictF79B
    @BenedictF79B Před 2 lety +5

    What if?...,E-100 captured by the Soviet?.....

    • @danishkfd
      @danishkfd Před 2 lety +1

      Probably in museum or taken to 'deep testing'

  • @TheoHawk316
    @TheoHawk316 Před 2 lety

    I've been waiting for this one :)

  • @paoloviti6156
    @paoloviti6156 Před 2 lety +1

    I know quite well the story of E-100 and that it was never completed including the turret and the cannon. I didn't know that place was the same place where all the battleships, and much more, was scrapped there and now it has been transformed in a parking lot. It is sad that they never did a serious research or digging. We shall never know for sure if the remains of this tank is still there. Sad indeed 😢! Good job and looking forward to see your new videos 👍 👍👍

  • @Darilon12
    @Darilon12 Před 2 lety +7

    10:22 Technically either turret is unrealistic as in reality no turret was ever fitted.

    • @startingbark0356
      @startingbark0356 Před 2 lety +1

      The maus turret was fitted but it broke the suspension if im right

    • @jammygamer8961
      @jammygamer8961 Před 2 lety +1

      @@startingbark0356 i'm pretty sure that was just your mom sitting on the tank for 0.000001 seconds

    • @startingbark0356
      @startingbark0356 Před 2 lety

      @@jammygamer8961but that was your mom

    • @jammygamer8961
      @jammygamer8961 Před 2 lety

      @@startingbark0356 oof

    • @Darilon12
      @Darilon12 Před 2 lety

      @@startingbark0356 only one prototype was built. Consisting of a hull, suspension, tracks and a tiger ausf b drive train. As it could be test driven by the British after the war I doubt the suspension was wrecked. And as there were no spare Maus turret going around and literally only three mechanics/engineers were working on the project, it's unlikely that there ever was any turret put on that prototype.

  • @vanngocthien
    @vanngocthien Před 2 lety +4

    We need more information about the E100, it deffinitely sparked my interest.

  • @kylegarner6753
    @kylegarner6753 Před 2 lety

    Liked this one. Wouldn't even mind if you made several videos for each one

  • @phannghiaorigami5455
    @phannghiaorigami5455 Před 2 lety +2

    This make me remember that kind of competition happened again recently, when the American Fighter YF-23 lose the place to YF-22 Raptor

  • @vermas4654
    @vermas4654 Před 2 lety +3

    Can the E100 actually be considered the more reasonable Maus? Because that's always how it seems to me. At least, if you consider a new possible engine.

    • @jammygamer8961
      @jammygamer8961 Před 2 lety +1

      Yea i personally consider it the more reasonable maus.
      It weighed less
      had better front hull armor
      had better side armor once the side skirts got added
      and it had a lower profile

  • @mikeyonezeroonetwothreefou6563

    The reason why I like War Thunder more than the World of *insert vehicle* game franchise is because, although the World of game franchise has more vehicles(I think it is because they have multiple games for each vehicles so they can work more on different vehicles), War Thunder includes all types of vehicles into one game and you can have a game with all vehicles.

    • @CN7810-X
      @CN7810-X Před 2 lety

      still no Sturmtiger where as world of tanks console just recently got the Sturmtiger as an official tech tree tank

  • @LesWalker2023
    @LesWalker2023 Před 3 měsíci

    Amazing story! I just finished building and painting up a model I bought of an E100 nearly 30 years ago. I found it and built it before seeing this video. I might have approached it a little differently, but I too note that the Maus turret, which this kit uses with the hull, is way too big. It would just bog down and slow down anywhere. I figured that out before I saw this video. Still, some really cool ideas presented here, and the mind boggles that, if the war had gone on a year or more, we would have had big troubles no matter what form of tanks Germany used!

  • @dimtiridiasdonascimento2801

    I don't know why, but thanks for pt-br subtitles, me and my friend like tanks, but he doesn't speak English. Btw i love the format of the video with a lot of FACTS.

  • @sheesh816
    @sheesh816 Před 2 lety +6

    Yes the e 100 and I saw the hull armor be like: yea that is a e 100 body I'm stupid baby

  • @bobdickens3674
    @bobdickens3674 Před 2 lety +4

    If you do cover the E series, I’d like to know the logic and thought process behind the E75. It honestly feels kind of pointless as the heavy tank role was already covered by the E100 and other lighter roles were covered by the E50

  • @hunterwheaton2982
    @hunterwheaton2982 Před 2 lety

    Great video

  • @koalaforresttankeryschool6331

    What happened to maus build mondays