Tiger II starting, unloading and driving - Rétromobile 2015 

lmao, his life is complete now

what does that mean lol

Greyhound Warning, tank!

Greyhound it means "fuck off and go play some Medal Of Honor and learn some german like the rest of us" or maybe i slipped the translation...

"Attention, Tank!"

oh you

yea but it was in service in france

Че

TheVeteranGamer Wehrmacht den sowas? :P

TheVeteranGamer The Tiger II entered service in August of 1944, Paris was liberated in the same month... so while unlikely, it is possible.

Real Engineering

If I remember correctly, that's not the original Maybach that came with the tanks. It's a French engine they put in it after the war.

I don't know for sure if it has it's original engine but the french had many maybach engines after the war.

Masterpiece

_Dreamy true

must have pulled him out of his retirement lol. Probably been dreaming of those levers since '45

Tigers used steering wheels, not levers

didnt tiger 1 use levers?

NO.

Nope, it had a steering wheel.

Yossel Rozzy Roz German Engineering my friend ;)

***** I have to agree there. German tech was amazing, but the Americans just produced far faster than the Germans could blow it up.

***** While i'd agree they would have been better off producing more of the tanks like panzers panthers and tiger 1's i must admire the technology and power of this tank

***** going along with this logic, they should have built more panthers, judged by many experts as the best overall tank in WW2(6000 of them were built despite their complexity).

91plm Hitler had a hardon for things way way way ahead of their time there was probably not one allied tank the Panther couldn't knock out besides maybe a M26 ? Either way i'm glad he didn't! Cause we have these sexy tanks and hitler lost! (:

nothing, nothing and nothing you know that it means: watch out panzer (tank) coming, right?, its still kinda funny

I'm studying German as we speak so yes I know the official kramer :)

Hiddo kramer actually panzer means armor and kamphwagen means vehicle so panzer kamphwagen (armored vehicle) but panzer can still be translated to tank.

I know. It's just more common for people to say panzer because it's faster than saying panzerkampfwagen

nothing, nothing and nothing i told you, its still ok if you call panzer a tank

It's okay, the gun is bent... it won't kill anything~! XD

it might kill the crew if its bent

The gun isn't bent it's pointed down

+IBerkedItUp look at the manlet shroud in relations with the barrel, looks like it's bent there.

I removed the distractions with Photoshop. Decide for yourself wether the gun is bent or not, nerds! picload.org/image/rdgacdgo/tiger-gun-bent.jpg

She ,and yes, she's sexy as hell hehe.

Is that the best you can do? resort to small minded childish name calling like an 11 year old and attempt to waste my time with useless waste of time and effort insults? I've seen trolls worse than you do better than that. So stop wasting my time and hurting yourself by trying to think, your miserable at it.

+Lisa winn Lol look a hypocrite :D

LOL

I like the tiger 1 better imo cause of the design

Isn't it beautiful? Such a gorgeous piece of machinery

French museum of Saumur has plenty has plenty of working tanks.

French museum of Saumur has plenty has plenty of working tanks

+kenan pietri But none of them weigh 70 ton

+PzKpfw VI Tiger ausf. H1 They provided this kingtiger...And to be frank, i dont know the weight of their tanks even if there are some pretty big ones

Machine spirit demands blood of it's enemies

Obi wan Kenobi Yeah. As long as they weren’t, stuck in the mud, frozen, or broken down.

You may have a bigger gun, but how fast can you reload with 40 Sherman's around you

@@crappywifi3128 Quick enough, judging by how many Shermans were baptised by german at shells

@@ot1402 Fuel was a bigger problem. Even then most of them stood as stationary defense platforms, turning enemies into rubble

RENOVATIO Until their supply line was severed. Lights out.

The engine was capable of 690ghp at 3,000rpm. However it was governed to about 2,600rpm. The typical ghp was around 550 to 590 at 2,500rpm.

This thing is near 70 tons, thats the weight of a modernized abrams with a 1500 hp jet turbine engine. Still a beast though

That's probably why we admire real tigers and sharks so much.

Yep

In only 6 weeks lol.

@@holmanjag Still doesn't beat Napoléon's three weeks Tour of Germany in 1806 on foot

@@maloflory true that!

Hahahahaa

@@maloflory dont you mean on horse

+Bauke van dijk not a single person gonna rob me with that thing when they c that gun turning

+Zachary Sellers LOL

+Bauke van dijk very smart 👍

+Panzer - four you are mad

+Panzer - four Man, if I ever own a King Tiger, I would live in it and sell my house XD

Scot Team and then shit down thier trouser leg :)

Until it broke down and was abandoned lmao

@@beeterracing7024 You forgot the fact that they destroyed that tank to leave no evidence of its existence

Hi_I_Put_ Virus_In_Computer lol

"Tiger psychosis" is reasonably well documented, and arguably is largest contribution of Tigers to war.

I think people with German tanks should try fitting a modern engine in it to keep it working and display the true capabilities of this beast~!

Apparently there is one in Switzerland that is almost operational and another one in England that is in the works too.

The one in England is a longterm project. Its owned by Kevin Wheatcroft but rather than a complete example its a big heap of parts from all over the world. There is another tiger buried under a road in france that they intended to excavate but that has stalled.

According to Wikipedia: "The only working example is displayed at the Musée des Blindés, Saumur, France. It has the production turret and is accessible to the public. This tank belonged to the 1st Company, 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion. It was believed to have been abandoned by its crew on 23 August 1944, due to engine problems, at Brueil-en-Vexin, near Mantes-la-Jolie. It was salvaged by the French Army in September 1944 and then stored in a factory in Satory before being transferred to the museum in 1975. Believed to have carried turret number 123, Colonel Michel Aubry, the founder of the museum, decided to put 233 on the turret in honour of the Tiger II that destroyed his Sherman tank at the end of the war. Unlike other captured German vehicles, this Tiger II was never used by the French Army."

@@ydela1961 Looks like it still has the engine problems

i can work on your wife's starter too, bro. if you know what i mean (i am engineer)

Thomas Bögel Cause it's German.

Thomas Bögel erh... everything start better than a fiat lol

Silverized84 Including my 1972 lawn mower (Briggs&Stratton 5hp)

Of course it does, your wife drives a Fiat. Anything starts up better than a Fiat.

Nny Not really. Comparing it to "today's standards", it looks and sounds hopelessly outdated.

John Doe, your hopelessly outdated

Royal Tiger *you're

@@majorborngusfluunduch8694 You forgot capital letter.

@@holypotat0 He started his sentence with my former username, so capitalization is fine.

i was thinking to that lol.

ahahahaha

Watch out tank

XD

i would like to say achtung groß panzer!!

+Necrophite78 I thought it did get destroyed or cracked. You can hear a large bang while the tank is turning and there are some lines that looked like cracks in the asphalt

+TheApollo1232 The bang came from a backfire ;)

Mgrg Ah okay!

+Necrophite78 If you can see the tank has huge treads they are big enough to distribute the weight evenly enough were it wont bust the ground.

+Necrophite78 Nope, there's not enough friction between the tracks and the tar. Steel tracks don't do very well on hard surfaces, only a tar road in poor condition would be ripped up by a tank.

Stuka87 actually, they let it warm up for 4-5 minutes, but I just cut out this part ;)

Mgrg Ahh I notice the cut now. But even 4-5 mins is well short of the 20-30 mins they need. In the field they would start them every few hours and let them run for 20-30 mins so that they were always "warmed up" in the event they had to move out. I am jealous that you got to see this in person :)

Stuka87 If the needles work then they should've warmed up until the water read in the low operating range and the oil pressure settled in. It's soooo much easier than having to treat the gas pedal (because cold) like a dirty slut and risk spinning a bearing or blowing a seal. Also cheaper than over heating the system for a relatively relaxed non combat situation where stored heat is not needed.

+GhostsOfAzrael yeah cuz you have one ... xD

rui castro That's how you run just about every other machine if you actually care about not blowing out a seal with the cold oil pressure spikes or wrecking bearings that the oil hasn't gotten to yet. When an older engine is cold it likes to choke out a lot so warming it up just enough will save you from the scary power surge stalling shit that you get from going before it's ready. Stall and roll into something one time, cold start rush that engine one time and you'll know why I'm that cautious. What you break you fix and tank shit is major PTA (Pain in The Ass) to work on because it's either heavy or in a space under 10,000 wayyy over torqued seized up bolts meant for child laborers or both.

nah

the bob simple is superior

maus

the Abraham is the best looking the tiger 2 is sexy af though

Tiger 1 is the show stopper.

Edvard Johannes who cares if you can scare them with the 88 L/71?

In Nazi Germany, exhaust emission tests you

1000L Diesel for 100 km

Dont worry! Vw tested these engines and vouched that it would pass euro 6 without problems!

Master Chif 117 Master they have gas engines not diesels

There's nothing meaningless about "ready for use". Also, the MG 34 in the front is removed, so I wouldn't call it "einsatzfähig".

Aha we never surrend ! We sign armistice !

What you wrote was wrong, but it felt so good!

Yep.. I tried !

How could the French surrender to it?? They had already been invaded by the time the KT was produced.

Bristol Armoured Division I was speaking of modern day french people surrendering to this particular tank. Surrender is an honored french tradition.

Flashbacks incomming

lol I thought you meant the engine would cough XD

caus germans took over paris

hagamapama but tigerII we're never in Paris though

Are you sure?

yes I'm sure the first time they saw action was the battle of the bulge but that was near the Belgian border not France

Good catch. Thanks for the information.

I don't see it, what's wrong with the Cannon

Seven Sic respect to your grandfather!

@@Alexander9924 The gun is pointed down; without checking the website of the Saumur museum, you can't tell from outside whether it's pointed down to make sure it doesn't catch on something, or because the elevation mechanism is broken (possibly by the crew during WWII before abandoning the tank to prevent it from being used against them).

Its an old tired cat. Give him a break ;)

They didn't let the engine heat up for a while. I assume 15 minutes plus the initial unloading preparations would took to long. Those trucks and drivers don't want to waste time, rime is money, old kitty or not.

Paul Difflipp Maybach engine does not produce sound ,but music !

A German Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore: »You smell that?« Soldier: »What?« Kilgore: »Tiger II exhaust, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Tiger II exhaust in the morning. (...) Smells like... defeat. Some day this war is gonna end.« As terrifying as those tigers may have been at the time, the Allies still won the war.

^ω^

Sagara Sousuke True the Tiger 2 is the fix of the fuck ups of what the tiger 1 had

Except for the engine and gearbox.

doctorno0070 Surprised it didn’t break down.

@@ot1402 No kidding. The folks who operated these are long gone, but the machine still chugs on. put put put put.

doctorno0070 Yeah.

reicho 3

+Viperus87 not a VW engine xD

Viper87 5:40 youre welcome

+Rainer Diabl Well they are not putting much pressure on it, they are being careful with it, I mean it's a bloody 70 ton tank that is 70 years old after all...

Obviously. Wasn't meant to talk the tank down or something. :)

+Rainer Diabl it could go 40kmh on a road.

@@I_hunt_lolis can you give the accurate weight

@ Tiger II - 69.8 Ton

Wer schön wens nochmal passieren würede

yaiyleyassir jackson the zombies would here it and trash it so much

especially with full MG34s (AA MG34 around commander hatch I think, maybe on Panther) coaxial mg, and driver mg34, or possibly flamenwerfer. But tbh I’d prefer to be driving a Panzer II. Ausf.L (L variant looks like a mini tiger)

It will break down before you even spot a zombie your much better off with a m4a2 with a flamethrower

Yup. It would break down and is too heavy to be effective. Don’t forget it takes A LOT of fuel.

I mean, you would be the biggest badass of all time (shush I know modern tanks are far more powerful) but zombies sadly can't be intimidated and the 8.8 cm KwK 43, sadly, isn't made for killing zombies.

Murad Alizada its not a maybach in this Tiger

What is it then??

Murad Alizada a more powerful 1000 PS Diesel engine from the french because they used Tiger IIs after the war

Oh, I see. It still sounds beautuful though

Murad Alizada yep :D

KonIGstiger

+Retired AF CE and I totally agree. send it home where it belongs.

+KillgoreES88 But no model, which is capable of driving. The only functioning Tiger I is the 131 in England.

+Retired AF CE if anything is should go to some country where muslims won't destroy it.

kabzebrowski I agree. It seems like they love to destroy anything not with Islam.

+kabzebrowski Muslims can't destroy it! It's a solid 70ton metal brick :)

Mystery Man 🙄

Photoshop it, partner.

Tiger II didn't have the transmission problems the Panther did. Not that it mattered with so few of them produced and at a time where fields of Panthers sat at factories because there was no fuel.

@@Cragified The tiger II had transmission problems like any ww2 tank that weights 50-60 tons

@@snipsoe Tiger II operational reliability rate was equal to the Panzer IVs. Panther however had a reliably rate far lower due to using a straight cut transmission final drive that was intended for a 30 ton tank not what Panther turned into.

@@Cragified Well if the transmission dosen't fail the engine will most likely catch on fire anyways

Maybe tiger 2 have problem with its engine

Tank *what?*

It's an original Maybach HL230, but I don't think it the original engine the tank left the factory with ;)

It is a massive, cold petrol/gasoline/benzin engine. I guess that thing takes some time to reach a proper operating temperature.

an engine of this size With no fuel injection will stall if the RPM get too low

0utc4st1985 this Tiger was used by france after war and it got a better 1000 PS engine

iv heard storys that they had to carry a hammer in the t34s to smack the gear shifter cause it could start acting up not to mention that the t34 had horrible air flow in the tank and caused more then one crew to suffocate to toxic gasses being ejected in to the tank by opening the gun breach you cant open up hatches to air a tank out in the middle of a battle at close range so a lot of the time it was the death of them (this happen for panthers as well but was corrected) I mean yea the panther had issues at the start but they sorted it out the whole idea of the Russian tanks was throw enough shit at the wall and some will stick not a good concept when your fighting for your life they also could not retreat or they would be shot

Yup not once in the entire war was a Tiger II destroyed from the front.

+ludeman Best? No. Most powerfull - yes. Panther was a better tank...

PzKpfw VI Tiger ausf. H1 Yeah but the panther broke down a lot! In reality it would have to go to the Mk IV, T-34 and then the Sherman.

Yeah, Pz IV and Stug III were successful vehicles, that long barreled 7.5 cm l48 was no slouch

+ludeman si that why all 492 of them wheir ether compleately destroyed or disabled?