How To Knock Out a WW2 Tiger Tank
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- Опубліковано 26 гру 2023
- Wilbur Jackson “Jack” Myers was born in June 1923 in Williamsport, Maryland, as one of 13 children. In 1930, he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, a government work relief program founded during the Great Depression.
Myers was drafted in 1943 and was sent to Camp Hood in Texas for basic training. He joined the 692nd Tank Destroyer Battalion and traveled to Europe in September 1944.
Myers served as an antitank gunner and eliminated machine gun nests, observation posts and vehicles. He operated a three-inch anti-tank gun and later worked in a 40-ton M36 tank destroyer.
Watch Jack's full interview on our channel at the link in the Short!
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Ok👍🙏 I pray to god that all of you will be safe
72 tons armor slanted and thick that means this is a King Tiger
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
Becoming more a rarity to see ww2 vet speak in person. Appreciate these videos folks
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😢😢
How soft spoken these men are is beyond incredible
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.
Most veterans are an encyclopedia of knowledge and experience. Cherish them while we still have them. Honor them.
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.
Whenever life gets tough, think about needing to face off with a Tiger Tank.
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.
One of the last men on earth to tell his stories about this war
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
And there’s me complaining when my train to work is 5 minutes late 😩, this really puts things in perspective . It’s easy to forget what we have now and we owe it to guys like him
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?
This is what my grandfather did in WWII. Got the bronze star and made it home. I'm so grateful I got to meet him even though he passed when I was 12 I think of him often especially any time there's a show on the war. Best generation hands down thank you grandpa miss you!
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.
That’s cool to see these vets recount their experiences and we only got a few more years worth of these men
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😬
My grandpa after years of not speaking when I ask him to pass the salt:
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
I could listen to him explain war tactics forever
I remember waiting in line at the bank and overheard a vet talking about tiger tanks, and he said "we just sat back and waited for them break down and then blow them up"
True story…the things were so over engineered and were not easy to fix in the field.
At age 22 i started working for a company that made hiring veterans a priority. The WW2 guys were at the end of their career, Korean vets in the middle, and Vietnam vets in the beginning. I learned more from those guys in a year than I did 4 years of college .
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.
He must've been talking about a Tiger 2. It was the only one with sloped armor. The video clips are 50 ton Tiger 1
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
Thank you for helping preserve the testimonies(?) of these war veterans. That way the next generations will also be able to hear these stories and learn from them ❤
Thank you for your service sir. We are honored to have you.
“No wonder we couldn’t knock it out” he says, casually, about one of the scariest things in the war
Edit: I didn’t expect this comment to spark it’s own comment war, all I’m saying is if I was a guy without so much as even a chest plate and I saw that, it would be the scariest thing I’d ever seen
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 .
That man didn’t fight a tiger 1. That man is talking about a King Tiger. That is *levels* more dangerous.
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 🔥🔥🔥.
as another person with a great grandpa this old this man seems to be in great health for his age. he speaks very clearly and seems to still have his wits. love to see it. thanks for your service
Thank you, Sir, for telling us the stories. Tough men for tough times. You may not think much of it, but the rest of us need the inspiration.
I could literally sit and listen to this guy tell his WW2 stories all day. It’s just so different coming from someone who was there rather than a UA-cam video with a narrator who knows nothing of some of the things that happened there.
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 .
theres something simultaneously horrifying, calming, and intriguing about old guys explaining in depth war related stuff, because you can almost gaurantee that whatever horrors that they spoke of were real and actually happened, yet they have this nice narrative voice that makes it easy to follow along
Always nice having ww2 vets talking about their stories, gotta keep in mind that in 10-20 years there pretty much wont be any left to do so.
Mad respect to this man who fought for our country and defended many people 🫡
That Warrior said, You better be careful because you will get knocked out too. .. Such a hero....
That swivel 88!
Just like call of duty!
@@johngarcia2242😕
@@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.
Sometimes I think the peace today that all the brave men and women who fought valiantly for us is often taken so much for granted. The voices of and for these veterans really should be spoken louder and with great pride and respect.
WW2: "knock down the tracks and thes destroy it from the back"
2024: "we played warthunder so we know where to shoot"
Imagine you're in a fighting hole with your buddies, or behind some very light cover and you see a 56 ton machine, with 3.90 inch steel plating, with two MG42's (7.92mm) automatic machine guns, with an 88mm cannon that could penetrate damn near every Allied tank from quite long distances. And its moving at 25mph at you. And if you were an infantry Soldier, all you had were short to medium range weapons and hope you hit a track
BRAVE men! Better men than ill ever be.
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.
Thank you for your service, sir. Glad you got home.
I didn’t know Hikhok45 was part of the army back then, jokes aside, hope he hade a good day, and a nice piece of information.
Thank you for the history lesson and altho im not American i want to give my respects to the soldiers who liberated us in the war thank you for your service
Bro omg i pay money to sit down with this man just listen learn.Not just war everything a walking time traveler filled with wisdom. 😢 God bless you sir Thank you for your service 🙏
These guys and bomber crews. So much respect. Inside metal and steel death coffins, but still went out and did their jobs.
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.
Even the King Tiger's Flashback is scaring this veteran💀💀💀
Thank you for your service sir!!! You are a gentle giant!!!
The older I get the harder it is to find those veterans who fought with my own father against the Axis. But I sat at the feet of those men often, and gave them my full attention. My gratitude to all of America's veterans. Indeed, all veterans who love freedom.
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
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
AND YOUR GENERATION OF HEROES
TRUELY THE GREATEST GENERATION
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
War thunder logic.
"The commander's been knocked out!"
*Crew knocked out*
It's very sad to see a generation disappearing. These soldiers are rare. 😢
Meanwhile in War Thunder a shell can go straight through my front armor
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
I have massive respect for American WW2 vets that served as tanks crews because of this reason
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.
man, I could listen to these ol skool vets talk ALL DAY LONG! BLESS YOU, BROTHER! TY for ur service.
My dad was a tanker. 748 tank battalion. Thank you sir, for your service!
Thank you for your service Wilbur 'Jack' Myers! God Bless. 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️
It’s amazing to think how this sweet old man was once a stone cold killer. Total badass to sit in a tank that was out gunned, out armored by the enemy and had to get behind them to kill it. It will truly be sad when the last of these national treasures are gone.
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.
This veteran is probably the most calm one I’ve ever seen.
I'm glad these interviews with our ww2 vets have been preserved..
This guy is full of positive vibes, man
What an unbelievable privilege it is to here a man say, "Now the tiger tank, was very hard to knock out", who has actually done it. I feel blessed just by that tiny role
Amazing first-person monolog of a Tiger Tank engagement from this War Hero I bow my head to you
You Sir are someone VERY SPECIAL. I take my hat off to you and your comrades that died.. Respect... and God Bless You.
Much respect to you, sir! My grandfather was in the Corps during the war. After 2 years he joined the Army Air Corps, after the war he was stationed in Germany and rose to the rank of full bird Colonel ! He passed away a year and a week ago today, Dec. 29th, 2023.
He passed 2 days before his 95th Birthday peacefully in his bed. We were happy for him as he lived a great life and accomplished much. Moreso we were happy he would be reunited with his wife, my grandmother who passed away in 2016.
Grandfather was a tiger 1 and 2 commander during kursk and the Ardennes, serving in the 503rd heavy panzer battalion then in the 506th
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.
I'm a Cree person but I think our relationship with our people 😢😢😢😢😢thanks you gave your life.
For reference an amoured Brinks truck is only 13 tons. Made for small arms fire only.
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.
I could listen to this man talk for hours. Man is a God amongst men.
My grandfather was in the 636 TDB. Don't see much about these guys thanks for this video!
Thank you sir for your service and your sacrifice 🌹🇺🇸♥️
Did I finally find a channel that gets veterans to tell war stories?!
I used to work with Jack, where I grew up in Hagerstown, MD. His TD battalion was originally 57mm AT guns towed by half-tracks, then M -10s. He received wounds from artillery and had a metal plate in his head.Told me that it wasn't uncommon for US troops to escort SS POWs to the rear during which some SS were "shot while trying to escape." Matter of fact local hero.
@@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
God bless you sir .thankyou . I miss the war stories . All my WW 2 peeps have passed
Thank you for your service ❤
Yep Tigers and especially King Tigers were nasty customers.
Imagine watching that big old turret targeting you....
You had to be faster than the man turning the turret.....
War is Crazy
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
Being a 60 year old in Pennsylvania I've always been amazed at talking to the average old fella that was in the Second World War and the things that they did and were capable of still amaze me sometimes it was somebody's mild-mannered grandfather that took out the Japanese with a flamethrower for weeks on end and still he was a decent man in the end God bless our veterans
You can tell he’s used the word “knocked out” before!😂 Thank you for your service sir!!
So cool! I was honoured to meet a Canadian D-Day vet and even a German vet 💯
*WW2 vet talks about fighting tanks*
Random E losers who have never seen a shred of danger: "nOt RiGhT tAnK nAmE"
Jesus, the fact that the armor was so tough that they had to knock the tracks out and then move around back.
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.
I was a 13 Bravo! 109 Howlexer crew member. I seen no war time 1980-83. Thanks to all that did. God bless you all...
This man knows from experience
Thanks to my grandfather and other veterans for serving in ww2 never got to meet my grandfather he passed before I was born.
The greatest generation right here. A true hero, a Real Men among us trying to be a fragment of what he is. I salute you sir I wish more generations were like you 🫡
When he says you got to be careful, what a balls have this brave man, careful means, not be killed, only one chance there is no respawn in real life.
Thank for your service sir.
Thank you sir for your service!! Bless you!! 😎🙏
Me vibing to the Sprocket music:
God bless you Sir you saved many lives taking out the tanks. I thank you and Love you and all who risked all and lost all to keep the wars off our soil.
Thank you for your service, and sacrifices Sir! God Bless you and yours.
God bless these old timers. They were real men at 18 y.o. thank you for your service sir !!
ThankYou SIR❤❤❤
Great to get these veterans experiences, include getting the rumors that they spread throughout their service and the decades after the war.
Only respect for this man. He is coming from a time when people was not crying 3 hours for a broken nail, he lived trough the worst this world has passed and doesn't complain.
Americans encountered Tiger I's all of twice the entire war.
First hand stories are amazing .I worked with lots of older Scottish .en who wete close to retirement .Their stories were always very short and shocking.From crafty tricks by the Arabs to liberating Belsen.Every single one of them hated the whole war.
Thank you for your service sir . We often take for granted the amount of fighting these guys did to give us the beautiful free country we live in today .As an American I'm super proud of our military.real bad asses
Thank you sir for your service. The world will always need men like you and the brave that we lost. God bless America
Thank you for your service 🙏 ❤
This man encountered oblivious German mains IRL.
Bet bro didnt even angle 🤦♂️
500% booster too
You make it look so effortless.
I can't imagine "ok the thing is dead in it's tracks. Let's get up close to it now to finish it"...literally the most insanely motivated crew fighting for their lives behind 72 tons of armor plating. The courage here is unimaginable.
GO, Army!
Go where?
@@jarraandyftm This is certainly an attempt at humor.
Things we learned from medal of honor
An absolute privilege to hear the Greatest Generation recount their stories of this war
Danke surfer your service you use cunning and the tools of hand to do your job well thank you sir for your service I salute you
Thank You Veteran, and God Bless You.!
My Grandfather was a WW2 Veteran also.!
IF YOU CAN READ……THANK A TEACHER.!
IF YOU CAN READ IN ENGLISH…THANK A WW2 VETERAN.!!!
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
🇺🇸🇺🇸! The Greatest Generation!!
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.
I could listen to these men talk all day.
Bless you sir... May your spirit forever embolden those that must carry on defending freedom
So the secret to killing a tiger tank is back shots😂
That is true because frontal shots don't work. The panther tank was almost as well armored frontally but when the Allies finally captured one, they found out it had a weak point directly under the panther's gun. I have no idea how many times it might have been successful, but that's what everybody was aiming for after that. It isn't a big target.
A couple M5's knocked out a Tiger 1 from the rear. They first raced around it like mounted Indians attacking a wagon train. The Tiger gunner could only attempt to track one so that allowed the second M5 to get close enough to shoot off an exhaust muffler to expose the exhaust pipe port in the rear hull. Then the M5 gunner sent a few rounds of solid shot thru the port that rattled around, taking out wiring, fuel lines and fan belts. Then the M5's took off for home since they were out on a recon patrol in contested territory.
Reminds me of your mum and me last night