How To Knock Out a WW2 Tiger Tank 

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Ok👍🙏 I pray to god that all of you will be safe

My thoughts exactly

Or it’s an old man’s fading memory. There been plenty of research done and the odds of encountering a tiger tank were pretty low on the western front. There is however a lot of calling every tank a “tiger tank” Yes, I understand there is a Tiger 1 and Tiger 2. He is describing a Tiger 2 and I am talking about the Tiger 2. I don’t care what the video editor shows, my thoughts still stand.

Yep, but it's been a couple of years so I'm not going to hold it against him for getting detail wrong, either tank would have been a terrifying encounter, Panther too

​@gunsforevery1 dosnt mean he didn't encounter one

I think it’s the Jagdtiger personally, 72 tons is way too heavy for even the most outlandish king tigers Edit: I’m leaving this up so that even MORE people comment for me, it makes me feel important! Thx for all the attention MFs

Well, sadly, the time is moving, and all these vets already went through a tough times and lived quite a long life. I wish it could be longer, but I guess we all expire someday

Unfortunately, most of these videos posting up now are from interviews recorded 10 or more years ago. There just weren't that many vets who wanted to talk about the war, and were good speakers to deliver those stories so that we could understand them.

GOD bless you sir, thank you for your fine serve! SEMPER FI 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

It's a privilege, and we should honour them by not electing the up and coming hitlers of the future. The world is going to get dark, climate change assures us of that. Soon people will have to make a choice between what is easy and what is right.

He's the last one bro😢😢

Old & tired. They been through the financial depression. WW2, Korea, Vietnam, communist wars & religious wars, till the day they died. Their father much the same, if they survived WW1. They may have served in WW2, Korea & Vietnam. Some only WW2. They have watched the world learn nothing. Still killing each other over nothing. They die from exhaustion. So yeah they are soft spoken. No energy left after all those years!

​@@SinOjosWebturns out a lot of them may think we fought the wrong enemy. Can't say for a certainty what that future may have been, but siding with Russia against Germany did a big number on loyalism and patriotism abroad. We sided with a drunken bear against meth wolves. Personally we shouldn't have had any ww2 involvement let Europeans kill each other until they can fight for themselves. If this trend continues they will become an actual sheep country in need of saving from big scawy foreign powers. Despicable. I agree. I'd be soft spoken too if I realized we should have picked no sides. The outcome would be a sharper, more vigilant world. Instead, we are in this mess. Because instead of letting them do what they wanted we went nazis bad Russians good even though again one was a much, much worse enemy in the greater long run. Just think. Stalin and Mao killed more than Hitler did. Did we really pick the right side? At least Hitler wasn't all gung ho about sending his people to die until we put him into a state of desperation. Now we have putin. And Winnie the pooh. Great.

He's got nothing to prove. The man lived it.

@@logancleary374 You took the words right out of my head. One thing I've noticed with vets from all over. There's no b.s "swagger". No pretentious b.s at all. Completely real and to the point. They've seen up front n personal what would give most kids wrapped up in cotton wool these days heart failure. I've seen dismembered ,shot up, cut up bodies ,soldiers to civvies in how many doco's over time ,I dunno. But nothing could prepare for being in it, right there when it happens I'm sure. Seen one fella die in front of me in a car accident. Not the same next to a battle field I'm sure. They've survived the most brutal hell's and carnage this world can offer. Survived it. Nothing much going to phase them after that I'm sure.

"Speak softly and carry a big stick". A president said that, but it conveys the attitude of men back then.

Yeah true

Yeah true

amen brother.........

Yeah, exactly. And they also went through TERRIBLE things just to give us somewhat peaceful times.

They liberated Europe and North Africa from the Nazis. Just because there was no one else to do it. Now Lindbergh and Henry Ford thought it wasn't America's business what happened on the other side of the oceans. Their "America First" movement kept Roosevelt from sending his troops until 1942. Today there's a new "America First" movement that tries to stop even deliveries of old equipment from storage.

We need to make sure we make the most out of it. These men also heard the stories of the civil war from men who actually fought in the war.

Yes it's sad

Last ww1 soldier died in 2012... Not long time left. Estimated statistic here says by 2025 they will practically be all gone... The worst thing is, i never got to meet and talk to one about those times- and im from Germany.😢

​@@KoenigElessar😬 My guy, you might not want to hear everything.

​@@KoenigElessarmaybe don't look for WW2 vets there😬

Better than having to be in a Tiger Tank on the Eastern front

An M-26 was a match for a Tiger, but it did not see service till 45

whenever life gets tough, think about being a tiger tank crew member in 1944 where practically none of your air over exists anymore 😭

@@water1374 Naw, still better to be on the right side.

@@l337pwnage Ha, careful with that troll, there's plenty of mentally ill people out there who actually think the Nazis were the good guys even though ironically they'd be the first to get sterilized or put in a camp.

Totally agree with your comment, we have so much here in this country, that we take it for granted, and we’re doing things like trying to commit an insurrection, I’m trying to tear down our constitution, in our country is ridiculous.

​​@@moisesperez4605 Their sacrifices and horrors must not be forgotten, but America is a ticking time bomb, who knows if this country will still be intact in the next 100 years or so? We are running on fumes right now and unless the Government and constitution can be changed/revamped we will go the way of the Romans and fall apart. Remember, America is only 247 Years old and we already have a national debt in the trillions which we will honestly never pay off unless we wage a big war in the future. American society has degraded horribly because we are no longer the proud Republic that we once were, our own "Freedom" has tarnished law and order in our cities, inflation steadily climbing. There is a lot to be worried about for America.

​@@moisesperez4605did the government come to that conclusion for you or did you rub three brain cells together to create that spark all on your own?

@@lucamckenn5932 wow it seems you’re very knowledgeable about your situation, you’re saying rubbing two brain cells gets a reaction, maybe the government tells you what to do, interesting what a demented psychological small brain that you have, and I figure that there’s probably other things that are small as well.

​@@lucamckenn5932Awww is someone a salty little traitor?

Too bad he fought on the side of evil

​@@_Arugula_Salad_ even with you assuming what side he fought for, war in general is "evil" even if it is necessary

@@thefew.theproud.19Kilo Well, saying bronze star kinda gives it away, unless he fought in the Wehrmacht or Waffen-SS? "Best generation" also makes me think he fought for the Allies. I come from an American military family, but thankfully I resisted the temptation to join, because it doesn't serve the interest of the American people. Not trying to come off as patronizing, but there is a documentary called Europa the Last Battle. Its extremely thorough and illuminating as to what really happened back then. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend. You won't find it on Yt, and I would suggest using a VPN if you seek it out. The present day 'Ministry of Truth' does not want people learning this information. Best regards

@@_Arugula_Salad_ saving the Jews I wouldn't think that's the side of Evil. Hitler was the epiphany of Evil.

Russia and hamas is starting it all over again. I wouldn't be surprised if the rest of the world gets dragged into WWIII. Political bullshit on ALL sides DESTROYING the millions of innocent lives for miniscule gains.

It's crazy to think no one is alive to this day to tell the depressing tale of "the war to end all wars"

@@sweetsunnyvibes I don't say there's noone left, but there's this fact that it's been 79 years since the end of the war, how old are the people who fought that war now? I say he is at least 95

New generations are forgetting the losses and carnage, we are heading towards new wars without the people who actually have fought to tell us no.

@@ali_mbe9732the war to end all wars was WWI, which ended in 1918 making it near impossible to find people that can tell their stories

I was 1 of those Vietnam vets. I had a lot to learn also.

That's the real history!! Thanks to all the service men and women out there!!

Welcome home 🇺🇲​@@garys9694

I grew up working on a carnival in the 80's. We had vets mostly Vietnam and some Korean I never went to college I got a hard knocks degree with a masters in life is a MF it's worse when you're stupid was a course not in the usual curriculum. These great men fallen in the ranks of life were my professors and tutoring was not free I paid for every lesson and regret none of it You can't get the education I got in any book or on a campus. I grew up with heros the world treated like zeros. I will never forget them or what I learned from them.

College degree in 2023 is obsolete and watered down.

Haha this is great, truer than you think...

Czechoslovokia

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My granddad was in he British expedition force got evacuated of Dunkirk, went across africa then all the way to Berlin, he threw all his medals away and my uncle Howard saved them, he was ashamed of taking another man's life, and I'm guessing it was probably alot of men. My dad who married my mum who's dad it was said he was the the bravest man he's ever met, and humble. He was 5.4 and called Walter.

W grandpa

He might not know the weight accurately.

​@@Rudy97the Tiger 2 is literally ~70 tons

With slanted armor, and still tiger 2 is still a tiger​@@Fiberglass_Insulation

@@HyperNebulanot really it’s a completely different tank and there’s no shame in correcting it when it adds to the glory of this old man’s accomplishment.

Considering his age and nationality he’s using short tonnes

True story…the things were so over engineered and were not easy to fix in the field.

War is not only for profit, It's also for FUN!

What a HELL OF A STUPID COMMENT. SO LOSING A LOVED ONE IN WAR IS FUN.?? SOME PEEPS R THE MOST STUPIDEST LOSERS EVER.!!! Trolls need to go away.

Obviously

you realize a lot of these guys also know nothing of some of the things there right no disrespect to them though they were some brave men

You are 💯 % right man .

M8 armored car destroyed a tiger 2 once

⁠​⁠​⁠@@cisarovnajosefina4525it was most likely a panzer 4 there was no tigers in that area according to German documentation and the ones that were around were missed by 2 days

Heat and sub caliber ammunation will have no problem with these machines, but at the time these were ferocious tanks no doubt.

@@cisarovnajosefina4525 that’s a long debunked claim my friend.

Literally the jaws of ww2 .

Knew something was off when he said 72 tons lol

Yeah the tiger 1s could be pierced from the front by the Sherman's 76mm gun, if the gunner got a bit lucky. And a lot of tiger 1s were actually disabled without being penetrated because German steel was so brittle that if you hit it from the outside with a high explosivbe shell it would cause armor fragments to burst into the tank and rattle around at the speed of a pistol bullet. This also worked sometimes on tiger 2 but their armor was SO thick it was much harder to make it work. Germans responded with the Schurzen, those big metal plates that hung off the side of the tracks, tey'd set off a low penetrating high explosive shell before it made contact with the main hull.. Americans responded to the same threat with a fibrous mesh inside the armor to catch the fragments when they broke loose, called a spall liner.

When it's in fighting condition which they were like twenty percent of the time.

Ahh yess the ferocious King Tiger. Whether it be mud, or dust or snow, or nothing at all, The King Tiger will destroy.......... Itself.

@@DarkIsToNight The war was almost over, the enemy had all but surrendered. But unfortunately for the Allies, just as they were on the cusp of victory, they heard the Grumble of an Engine That SHOOK the Earth, and caused sheer TERROR in their hearts. They looked over the horizon, across the hilltop, and to their absolute HORROR, they saw the 70 tonne BEAST, The Ferocious KING TIGER peek over the ridge. Flames and DESTRUCTION followed this BEAST, their hearts were gripped with ICY fingers the moment it crossed the ridge, as they saw in abject fear, its transmission break down and the engine catch fire 🔥🔥🔥.

Just like call of duty!

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​@@johngarcia2242Ah, yes, Cock of Dookey

I can imagine that’d be a much more dangerous situation than say a Nashorn or a towed gun because of far more mobility and armor.

imagine all that and theres no oil for u to get

Like in saving private Ryan lol

Don't forget you've got legs too if they're still working

Trolling be the answer trolls, ignorance being the subject in your cases, history is missing from your limited knowledge, unless you can expand???

@@simonkiernan9238 not being a troll, it's a mere fact if you didn't want to get shot or blown up. Your own ability of movement is necessary.

You have respect for war criminals who firebombed and genocided European civilians? That's sick

@stephennicholas4903 I'm going to assume you're talking about Dresden? If so, 25,000 people died in Dresden. What about the 6 million European Jew's that were slaughtered by Germans? What about the 3,900,000 to 6,400,000 Poles that were murdered by Germans? What about the 55,000 and 60,000 French civilians that were murdered by the Germans? What about the 40,000 Russian civlians that died in Stalingrad by the Germans? Worry about your pot addiction. If you dislike America and you live here... leave.

@@_Arugula_Salad_if this is your way of viewing vets-or people for this matter, you might as well not be in the same planet as us.

No - *my* generation is the greatest. Thanks.

@@Darius-uj1gvwhich generation 💀

@@Darius-uj1gvif your gen z your generation sucks and that’s a statement

@@CasualStrategist talkin' 'bout my generation.....

GERMANS ​@@CasualStrategist

It’s really a shame how it stopped being about freedom some time after 45

@@hickspaced2963 our world is in decline, no doubt. But Mans hope has never really been in Americas founding documents, but in the Bible.

It was NEVER about freedom. Destroying the Axis in WW2 was equal to the enslavement of Eastern-Europe by the Bolsheviks.@@hickspaced2963

Wouldnt say stone cold. Shooting a tank full of people with your tank has a different effect to the psych then say shooting a man with your gun. Also, 9 out 10 times a tank was evacuated upon any penetrative damage. So while he likely took out scores of tanks he might not have killed that many men He's a badass regardless, any ww2 vet is.

I was a tanker in the army. We weren’t necessarily trained to kill the troops inside the tank, It was to kill the tank. Fire and reload faster than the enemy tank because they’ll kill you. Your main goal is to stop the tank. We were trained to keep firing at the enemy tank until it “changed shape” (exploded) or you see the crew evacuate it. Going after the evacuating crew wasn’t a priority if there was another tank.

From the picture, he was in an M10 tank destroyer. The only way to fight a Tiger or King Tiger with an M10 is to flank and use the terrain to get close.

He was not. He was shittimg his pants and still did his job.

Did he ever write a book of his experiences?

@timharnans just a journal really

Cool

Bruh how did he survive kursk or eastern front on that matter thats some devils luck

He saw horrible things. He was serving his country. I hope he had peace, a family, love, and became part of a new Germany. I served three years in West Germany in the 70s. God bless your family.

Because he’s talking about a Tiger 2 and also War Thunder is a game based on balance, if you’re not angling with the Tiger then that’s just a skill issue

​@@elkrumb9159replies to a joke with 'skill issue'

​​@@Captain_Matias_Torresshorts commenters try not to respond "skill issue" to literally every challenge (impossible) (gone wrong) (gone sexual) (they don't even try)

Because they could knock a tiger out at close distance

@@Captain_Matias_Torres yes

Echt also ich nicht kein Stück wieso auch.Die haben gegen 16 Jährige und 60 Jährige gekämpft.Als der Krieg Entschieden war.Die Drecksarbeit und den Blutzoll haben mit 27 Millionen Opfern die Russen bezahlt nicht die USA und schon garnicht die Tommis. Die waren Stehend K.O.und haben gebetet das ihnen die Amis helfen.

Yeah, if you have armor piercing rounds you can knock them out from the side. But you best not miss! If you do you may not get a second shot. The tanks they have nowadays are about 70 tons as well. And they can move at about 35- 40 mph and have very accurate fire while moving at speed. A modern marvel for sure.

@@Rain-on-Water none of the Allies were known for taking SS prisoner all the time, it was in retaliation for SS being known for killing those attempting to surrender among many other atrocities. Paratroopers also tend to not take POWs since its kind of tough to.

What unit was Jack part of? My grandfather ( also “Jack” ), went through Fort Hood and ended up in the 809th TD

If it's the late german tanks, you probably can.

Not like they were a common occurrence

Even tho it’s turret was motorized and there was like only 2 ever made bro never saw a king tiger once

@@DoTheCrunk 492 King Tigers were produced. One captured on Christmas Eve, 1944 is on display at Fort Benning, GA.

​@@DoTheCrunkFrance has a working king Tiger

That’s the entire point of the tank. Same thought with the jumbo.

Depends. If the picture they are showing is his tank then they could have knocked it out from the side.

@lurtzy_ Both have 80mm of side armor.

​@@Hadrian9707 Isn't the Tiger I front plate sloped at like 11 degrees? He does seem to be describing a Tiger II but its still a "tiger tank", no idea why people in the comments whose only hardship in life is what flavor starbucks to get are arguing over it though, like the dude as a tanker wasn't trained to recognize possible enemies he could encounter at the time. Its baffling.

@@arc00ta Nah, it aint 11 degrees. If it was perfectly straight it would be 90 degrees. It's slopped a very VERY tiny bit, but it still aint considered slopped armor since it aint anything like slopped armor we see on the Panther variants, T-34 variants, Sherman variants, and etc. People like me aren't complaining about what the WW2 vet said at all. We're talking about how the uploader of the video is showing Tiger I tanks when the WW2 vet is talking about a Tiger II (King Tiger.) It's like having a vid on German Shepherds and showing pics of Belgian Malinois. They're both dogs, but not the same one at all. "no idea why people in the comments whose only hardship in life is what flavor starbucks to get are arguing over it though" That would be white woman and homosexual men you're thinking of right there. I just drink straight water, bud. Haven't had coffee in years and if I did ever have any again; I definitely wouldn't pay no $4-$6 for some coffee.

Bet bro didnt even angle 🤦‍♂️

500% booster too

Go where?

@@jarraandyftm This is certainly an attempt at humor.

Imagine having an irrational fear of being occupied by the Axis (there is NO way that can happen), except for the efforts of these "brave" men.

@@fidjeenjanrjsnsfh”brave”? Are they lot brave?

@@fidjeenjanrjsnsfhthis man comes from stupid town where they dont teach the amount of deaths on each side

@@fidjeenjanrjsnsfhimagine not thinking that the downfall of the axis was an incredibly good thing which we should celebrate from all angles

No just another generation sent to war no better or worse than anyone else sent to war

Arguable

​@@parrotcraft7503I'd say it the most courageous and brave generation in American history

​@@CrunchyCrayons_more men volunteered for vietnam than in ww2

@@fidjeenjanrjsnsfhand sadly some died for no purpose , other than fighting to contain communism.