How Formidable Was the German Tiger Tank During WWII?

One of the best Doc about the "Panzerkampfwagen VI / Tiger I.... most of the Docs i have seen overhyped or underrated the Tiger I.... Let's be honest after 78 years, the Tiger was an excellent Tank but, like all other Tanks, it was not made for all combat scenarios...

What a stupid question, ask all the guys on the other side that had to face them and shit their pants.

I had many family members who were in WWII. I heard first hand how much what they called the big 88's, and how much is put fear in their voice

It would take the German to build a tank like the tiger

Love the tiger tank it's was a most beautiful tank that ever built

Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what the orator was describing. Professional class A research project. Berlin didn't do a very good pre war espionage job. Suddenly encountering the Russian T-34 tanks. On the battlefield wasn't a good environment to encounter massive amounts T-34s.

Too big ,too heavy , too few .
The German offensive at the Battle of the Bulge failed because their Tanks weren't suitable for the task. General Montgomery said after the battle , if the Germans had British tanks they would have reached Antwerp .
They also proved to be found wanting in Italy . If damaged or broken down recovery was often impossible in the mountain terrain .
In wartime a weapon on any side will have the "Edge " for a brief period . Often those edges get blown out of proportion and become embroiled in myth .

However,however,however

Logically the best tank used in action. It's fear factor and inflicted damages remain unmatched by any other tank today. And German ww2 tank aces remain the best of the best even to this day, thanks to the Tiger.

I still have PTSD from the battle of Caen in CoD2 because of the Tiger 1

To few to late 😢

The main purposes was to use the Tiger in standalone battalions as fire brigades. That's why the number volume of Tiger was low as it never were inteded to be the backbone. The main issue was that they had difficulties to fully utilize it.

Good stuff👍

A tank is a tank is a tank.

Was this written and narrated by a bot?

what about the yahhhhhgteegah

So Formidable Germany couldn't produce enough of them.

It was eaten alive by the IS-2 and the T-34-85. It was a poor quality mess.

thank God that the Allied Forces had the Sherman and Gas and Oil and they served not for crazy criminals perhaps the Tiger was a good Tank ( looks at the End 1945 like Custer in the black hills ) but in Service for Assholes thousand Year Assholes and producing nothing than Bullshit

Many myths are associated with this tank, mostly out of jealousy from the British.

A beauty of steel.

WW2 lives on in the shape of avid keyboard debates by the descendants of those who were around at the time, safest way rather than real combat

The Tiger development started before the second front opened in the East. Its best features were its excellent communication systems, ergonomics, optics and aiming equipment. The engine was the most powerful of WWII and paired with a sophisticated transmission, it was very nimble and maneuverable. The ride was exceptionally smooth and off-road performance was excellent (it had lower ground pressure than the T34). The freezing of wheels in freezing mud was never an issue since any tank required the removal of mud when night frost is expected. The mud issue is Allied propaganda that has survived WWII.

A Sherman firefly could use a 17lb Sabot ap round could knock out a Tiger I at up to 2000 yards even hitting it's front armour. Pity there wernt more Fireflies available on 6th June

Tiger kill count vs. other tanks was high despite only around 1,300 Tigers being produced.
Effective? Yes.
Expensive? Yes.

Panzer 4F2 was better.

False they already knew, ah yes you mentioned it, they started that beast in 39 actually and after France knew they needed it and even upgrade the main gun to the 88 after exsperiencing french tanks....I know I was shocked too. Didn't even know France fought against the Germans at all....

The forerunner to the modern MBT.

The Tiger I was a very successful tank but mechanically unreliable and in very insufficient numbers available. Not a game changer...

Tigers in another country :🐅
Tigers in Germany:

The Tiger& King Tiger would have been unstoppable if they made as 30 to 40,000

The average time for a Sherman to be out of action after being hit was 3 days. When a tiger was hit it was out for the remainder of the war. Part of that was due to the fact that the allies were pushing forward overrunning destroyed tank. The Sherman was a lot easier to maintain and the Americans did a wonderful job of salvaging

Underated

So they produced 1347 and Lost 1715 ?

funny how german war thunder players think tigers are invincible and rush only to get one shot by a t34

Only 1300 Tiger tanks were built.
They had to be used on two fronts at once.
Reason why it was not as effective as it could have been.

king tiger was even nastier luckily they never really got it mass produced Tiger II or 'Konigstiger' (King Tiger)

German tank made by Audi BMW Porsche Maybach. USSR tank made by poor factory. USSR win the war

Just a few thousand Tigers were built. Still being talked about to this day. Nuff said.

Not even 30 seconds into the video and there's already a mistake. Tiger NEVER had more than 100 mm of armour, let alone 120 mm.

In wot i get banged when i play this tank so i think its over hyped

Germany preferred quality over quantity but ironically quantity is a quality in itself . German armor was the all around best as far as gun / armor and crews .

RAF rockets were primarily used to destroy tiger's not in a direct head on tank to tank battle as being portrayed one tiger survived 272 hits with damage to transition it travelled back 40 miles back to German lines

People forget that Germany only produced 1200-1400 tigers. Almost 2” of frontal armor, an 88 mm gun. A very formidable tank. Imho, anyone serving in the tank Corp on either side must have had balls of steel. I bet it was terrifying.

i often wondered why not aim for the tracks,you could do so at greater range also.

The Tiger was already in development before the T-34 and KV-1 were encountered. The Panther was developed in response the soviet tanks but the Tiger was already designed

That was the best tank back in the day

The biggest problem with the tiger they would run out of ammo