Tiger Tank: The Germany Tank That Almost Won WWII...
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- čas přidán 23. 06. 2024
- Many of history’s greatest armoured fighting vehicles emerged during the Second World War. These vehicles have not only come to symbolise the struggle of their respective armies in that titanic clash but, furthermore have transcended the battlefield to become ongoing symbols of their nation’s grit and determination in the face of the enemy. But while we may admire the classic lines of the M4 Sherman or the revolutionary shape of the armour of a T-34, in terms of instilling fear in its enemy, one tank stands head and shoulders above the rest - the German Tiger.
Despite a somewhat inauspicious start, when the heavyweight Tiger made its presence known on the battlefield, it sent shockwaves amongst the Allies, who quickly began to fear the prospect of facing off against waves of nothing but these powerful and resilient tanks which for a time appeared almost unstoppable. In this episode, we are going to examine the origins of this tank, explore its impact on the war, assess its drawbacks and look at its legacy in the annals of military history. Welcome to Wars of the World.
00:00 Introduction
01:33 Birth of a Tiger
07:54 Hitler's Cat Unleashed
13:15 Allied Response
19:09 A Flawed Beast
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Written & Researched by: Tony Wilkins
Edited by: James Wade
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The secret to win the war on the Eastern Front was not to build a few superior tanks but to build a very good tank in huge numbers. Rule number two- build all one type so they could be cannibalised on the battlefield and not have to be towed to workshops to a far location. The Russians grasped both these two rules whereas the Germans did not have a clue.
So many butt hurt people in the comments
Probably because of the clickbait title and misinformation.
They broke down too often.
The US never made a larger tank because of logistics. It was the largest footprint they could load on rail and ships........
no they did make heavy tank because since the parts are made in America they would need to be send over a ocean if it broke down and heavy tanks are really are to make not break down the only heavy tank that did not break down by its self was the is2 in ww2 and the sherman tank did not breakdown rendering the vehicle useless but what you said is true but not the whole truth
A new tank would not have won the war for Germany. They lost because of strategic mismanagement on nearly every level. Some tanks preformed incredibly at their intended roles, but not much else. While some weren't super impressive in any single area, but were perfectly capable at doing a wife variety of roles.....
Tldr: What criteria are you asking me to use as my metric?
That's what happens when a WWI shellshocked soldier who over the years became more and more delusional and insane leads your country based on WWI tank fears while surrounded by fanatics and not strategists
I'm not even going to watch, the title tells me all I need to know.
@VikingTeddy I did watch..... I hate the mythology built around Germany during ww2. They were inflexible, one trick ponies, that owed a good portion of their success to dumb luck. The more you study them, the more it becomes apparent that the Thrid Reich was a hoise of cards held together with duct tape and chewing gum.
@@JohnBrownsArmory Yes, I've studied my share too :). I just really dislike the title. Even if unwittingly, people learn from titles of videos they skip too. 90% of history videos already spread misinformation, don't need titles doing it too.
And yes, the mismanagement was impressive. Even if they'd ditched their "the next new thing" philosophy and stuck to tried and true, they would have failed. It was doomed the second Barbarossa started.
@@VikingTeddy It does seem sort of click baity
Tanks can’t stop 500 lb bombs
I agree with most of the comments here its ridiculous that one weapon system can turn tide in a war. If coombined with all the other weapon systems they were developing earlier maybe yes but not on its own. The Germans should have just concentrated on the Panzer III to Panther tanks with variations. Sadly i think we are all falling into the same trap with tank development now as seen in the Ukraine war.
I know it’s not a tank but the jagdpanther was very effective.
One weapon system did turn the tide of war in ww2, but it was used against the Japanese, the atom bomb
9:43 "As many as 92 rounds of ammunition for the 82mm gun..." I think you missed a fact check on the edit in there somewhere. Seems like a typo in script used for the reader program? It is definitely read correctly elsewhere in the presentation.
he also called the is2 122mm a 100mm gun
When one stands next to a Tiger Tank be it either model you feel a sense of power mixed with fear they were and still are magnificent machines.
The tiger tank had far too many mechanical problems. It was basically it's own worst enemy. It did have a good main gun, and armor. The engine and transmission were very unreliable.
"it oh better call Maaco"
most of you said is true but the main gun was good for 1942 standards like most tanks at that time only used a short 75mm
The Tiger tanks made little difference in the war. Germany only made around 1500. Way too little way too late.
Wrong, as early as 1 July 1941 German soldiers coined the term "tank fright"...german soldiers were TERRIFIED of the Russian T-34 and to a lesser extent the KV-1.
Yeppp, almost. IS-2, Pershing were screaming like a little girls
lol you sure because the tiger could not penetrate the front of is2 and the is very well could and the is 2 did not breakdown at all unlike the tiger which would rarely make it to combat
and the pershing both had better armor and a gun than the tiger but it brokedown in hot weather but it brokedown less than the tiger so keep you misinformation to youself
This channel used to be absolutely amazing…now, sooo many factual errors, it’s like a bad wiki page…
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Droga učinila svoje !!
Wrong, they were never even close, 1500/2000 vs over 10,000 to start and around 30,000 a year or so in. Cup-pled with the poor fuel mileage and lackluster reliability they never had a chance. You should pick your topics more carefully
I think they never had more than 100 actively deployed at anyone time. Hardly a game changer against the Sherman or T34.
You are absolutely correct and those are only some of the tank's fatal flaws. Germany would have been far more successful if they simply cloned Shermans. This video is ridiculous propaganda. Tigers were a prime example of over engineered Nazi grandiosity. They were maintenance nightmares that gulped fuel Germany didn't have. A tank is useless when its offline. This video is just clickbait for Nazi fan boys
True, but if you were a tanker and were honest about it, which tank would you rather fight in, a Tiger or a Sherman? I've seen interviews with Allied soldiers and they said they wished they were in Tigers while German soldiers said they wouldn't choose another tank
@@John14-6... I wouldn't doubt it, but its a persistent myth that most tanks get destroyed by other tanks. I don't believe that has ever been true in any war. In WWII more Shermans were knocked out by infantry, anti tank artillery, other armored anti-tank vehicles, mines, aircraft and friendly fire than other tanks. The exception to that is battles in wide open spaces like deserts and the plains of the USSR. The Tiger was a great tank on paper, but in reality it just wasn't an effective weapon that served German interests as well as Shermans did the Allies.
The goal of the battle of the budget was to capture American fuel depot.
You totally are miss the point, who won? Your not see the big picture a weapon’s support system is part of the weapon not to mention more as many German tank simply broke down or got stuck due to the horrible engines. They all had the same under powered V8. Never were/ are good with the motor thing! Lol
tanks don t win wars first of all and stop spreading this much misinformation first of all the tiger has a lot of problems making it Rarely reach the battle field and the soviet 57mm high velocity gun could penetrate the front of the tigers armor with ease and the 76mm could also penetrate the tiger from the side and the is 2 was built to engage fortifications not tanks and it used a 122mm not a 100mm cannon the 100mm was used on the su 100 t44 100 and t34 100 and early cold war tanks the 122mm could take out tigers panther and king tigers with ease but the 122mm is not ideal for that because is uses a 2 piece ammo which made it had a reload of 20-30 seconds and the long 76mm can indeed take out the tiger from the front in normal combat ranges and does not need to get close
Germany engineering genius
But terrible reliability
it broke down a lot the armor was bad and it could be knocked out very with 57mm guns with ease like no German engineering is not good at all
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Kind of a clickbait title. The Tiger came nowhere close to winning WWII for Germany. Germany would have been better served to focus on the Panther and make as many of those as they possibly could. It wouldn't have made a difference to the outcome of the war but it would have been a better strategy in my opinion.
Nah man.... even the panther had a lists of problems, not to mention the low production rate in a war where the winner was often decided by who could pump ourlt the most shit.
panther was just as bad as the tiger the pz4 was the best one they had but it too was out dated later in the war and even if the germans made pz4 they would have still lost
Insufficient numbers and an underpowered engine flawed the promising German tank...
The most idiotic statement about WW2, The Tiger was produced in very small numbers about 100 per month against 4000 T 34 tanks per month. Russia had a whole city, Tankograd producing these tanks and more powerful tanks like the IS series some with 120 mm barrels which were lethal to a Tiger. Hitler lost the battle of Kursk waiting 3 months for Tigers to be produced and Germany only fielded 200 Tigers in that battle which made little difference to the outcome. In short that was the legacy of the Tiger in WW2, the biggest tank battle in history lost by Germany which allowed Russia to construct six lines of defence in those 3 months.
most of the things you said it correct but there were 1500 tiger produced in total not 200 but less than half of the tiger produced broke down but i don t think the rate was 1300 it more like to 750
@@darkmatteranimatoin1797 What I said was 100 Tigers produced per month and 200 Tigers at the Battle of Kursk. Not a total of 200 Tigers produced.
@@Jakez408 Germany lost battle of Kursk for a lot of reasons tho like the attack had no surprise element the luftwaffe didn’t ensure air superiority as they promised and the tanks they used broke down alot
The Russian T-34 tank, which was the best tank overall in firepower, lightweight, with sloped protection armor produced for minimal cost, didn't win WW2
Yes, the massive quantity produced T-34 tanks was a great offensive weapon used in mass quantity against the German Wehrmacht in operation Barbarossa, but it was not main reason why Germany lost the war.
And on the other end - It wasn't the advent of the sophisticated, brilliantly engineered Tiger and Panther tanks, which were great assets and more than did their designed military purpose that cost Germany the war due to the massive financial costs, labor intensive work, and material expenditure they were limited in, in fighting the war against Stalin-Russia's T-34s, KV-1, it was the military strategic decisions made by Hitler overriding his greatest Military Generals from properly conducting the war they knew what needed to be done from taking Moscow as soon as possible, not dividing up forces where concentration was needed, etc
If German Wehrmacht Generals, who were the best from Heinz Guderian to Rommel to Von Manstein, etc, had full and total complete strategic and tactical decision making control in Operation Barbarossa, Moscow would have been taken, Stalingrad would never have happened, as well as the Battle of Kursk would never have been fought after their defeat and destruction of the 6th Army at Stalingrad
From day one of Operation Barbarossa against Russia, Hitler's meglamania belief in his invincibility as Fuhrer, a Ceasar complex, which was inflated in his German Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe complete and utter successful blitzkrieg military conquest of Western Europe, allowed him in his mind to think he was infallible as a military strategist, to play warlord, ignoring and overruling his best Generals advice and strategy, and his Military Generals - Heinz Guderian, Rommel, Von Manstein, etc
If Hitler had allowed his Military Generals to conduct the war against Russia without his interference, Germany might have defeated Russia, hence militarily might have won WWII
did not almost win the war. a leap frog game with armor which germany lost.there was a reason why they stopped making them in 1944. the tiger could only be a stop gap for the impending doom that could not be stopped.germany bit off more then it could chew.
hard to believe that they started the war with a outdated tank
the tanks they had were quite consistent with blitzkrieg tactics the new panther and tiger tanks were unreliable at the time of release and there would have been no blitzkrieg with them. there were mistakes in tactics and involvement in a long-term war. the equipment of the army corresponded to its era
Simple answer: No
The tank that makes communists quake
I mean the Soviets had a chance in front of tigers
But American Shermans😂
@@radon1671 The Sherman Firefly was perfectly capable of taking out tiger tanks....... if it didn't get hit first.
@@JohnBrownsArmory They made a lot of noise and light
And i mean overall, during the ww2 Soviet tanks were considered as the best(Specially the t34)
it does not the tiger was a weak tank in reality
If they 1. Got to the battlefield in working order, and 2. Only when they were able to ambush units. Even modern Abrams could be taken out with some WW2 era equipment, you really think the soviets didn't have the Artilery to take these things out? Hell even tank rifles, while certainly not penetrating the main armor, could fuck up the tracks and render it stationary in a firefight.
First?
Panzer I
@@gmnotyet A7V
panther was best
it brokedown alot and it was expensive
The Tiger is very very overhyped, do better please
yahhhgtiga
Overhyped in what aspect?
Add some context and the credentials explaining your field experience looking down the dangerous end of its barrel
My great uncle was a Sherman driver after dday. He would disagree
Your literally crazy
@@davidthomspson9771 you're* and metaphorically
TIGER 2 was the best
it was one of the worst next to the land battle ships of ww1 and ww2
The tiger tank is the most feard tank of all time you must remember Fran's star dagger was in charge of this tiger tank he destroyed 50 t-34s in one day they were no match for the tiger tank did the tiger 2 get destroy a is-2 so easy the Germans had better tanks than everybody Panthers and the panzers let us not forget the Moss it's an awesome thing the drug 3 is number one on the top 10 list for being a tank killer not even the Abrams M3 can even come close to the strug 3 German still make the best tank for leopard 72-a look up the history history will tell you the Germans have way better tanks but they lost the war with the sheer number of Sherman tanks and Russian tanks but the Germans didn't have enough metal to build tanks if they had the metal to build tanks we would have lost the war and so would have the Russians I'm sorry I must correct myself I made an error the Jag panther is the number one tank killer of all time on the top 10 list even today no one could match the Jag panther it had a pack 43 Canon it was one of the most devastating cannons back in world war II
nothing you said was even correct
This is brain rot
Stupid title.
boooooo bad video
which part because most things he said is misinformation but in the end there was a litte truth
The tiger 1 was not 45 tons the panther was 45tons the tiger 1 was closer to 60 tons and tiger 2s were 70tons
What a stupid and misleading title !! You should make videos on different topics because you don't know diddly about WORLD WAR TWO .
he know there are a lot of nazi wannabe so he made this video to make a guick buck
Wth is that title, ragebait for nerds 😅? Just downvote and move along, nothing to watch here
he is spreading misinformation