🇩🇪 Tiger Tank " Hand Crank Engine Start Up "

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  • Опубліковано 30 бер 2012
  • The crank starter, is the recommended way of starting a Tiger in cold weather conditions, because batteries in WW2 were not very reliable, the tank also has an electric starter. The hand crank turns a heavy flywheel at the rear of the engine, when it reaches a high rotation speed, a pin is pushed or pulled, this connects the spinning flywheel to the crank shaft, which spins up the pistons thus starting the engine.
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  • @doubleT84
    @doubleT84 10 років тому +4636

    First time that Brits cheered when a Tiger engine started running ...

    • @vanillagorilla3586
      @vanillagorilla3586 6 років тому +124

      doubleT84 that's a good one lol!!

    • @ReachForTheSky
      @ReachForTheSky 5 років тому +133

      @TheDragonOfPoe except for North Africa, Dieppe, the battle of the atlantic, the Pacific, Sicily, Italy, Greece, Crete, the second battle of France, and West Germany, you're right.

    • @davidb8625
      @davidb8625 5 років тому +41

      @@ReachForTheSky Yes, absolutely shitty and cowardly and had to weasel America into the war.

    • @ReachForTheSky
      @ReachForTheSky 5 років тому +43

      Even if the US didn't want to join the war (they were more than happy to aid the British war effort before then), do you think it would be better if Britain didn't appeal to America? Just allow Hitler and the Nazis the best chance possible to rule the world?

    • @davidb8625
      @davidb8625 5 років тому +48

      @@ReachForTheSky Appeal? ...Churchill knew Pearl Harbour was going to be attacked and the fat bloated pig decided not to warn America because he knew it was the only way they where going to get into the war. Pathetic and cowardly... couldn't do shit with your own shitty country so you had to get your daddy to come save you.

  • @paulknuff1555
    @paulknuff1555 4 роки тому +2896

    Those crafty Germans always make the best wind up toys.

    • @sandervanderkammen9230
      @sandervanderkammen9230 4 роки тому +112

      They also make push button electric starters, every Tiger was equipped with one.

    • @standardheat-fs8159
      @standardheat-fs8159 3 роки тому +12

      This is underrated

    • @islampolo4532
      @islampolo4532 3 роки тому +20

      Президент Америки рассказывает канцлеру Германии:- У меня есть три кнопки, нажимаю первую - Москвы нет, нажимаю вторую - России нет, нажимаю третью - нет России и Китая. На что канцлер отвечает:- У моей бабушки было три унитаза: золотой, серебряный и фаянсовый, но когда в Берлин вошли советские танки она наложила в штаны прямо в коридоре.

    • @vasylvasylenko9796
      @vasylvasylenko9796 3 роки тому +6

      It is not the best, the Soviet's T34, KB ( KV, in Latin) , those are the best. They have diesel engine, engine power/weight ratio better, speed higher, e.c.t. if wee take 1939-1945 Soviet's design and made best tank's in the world. And they have them so much in 1941, so can easily cruch all Europe. But Hitler take the first move.

    • @standardheat-fs8159
      @standardheat-fs8159 3 роки тому +14

      Vasyl Vasylenko Dude, it’s a joke

  • @elitemation
    @elitemation 3 роки тому +2429

    Lets be honest, no matter who’s side you are on or even none. The Germans are really impressive when it comes to machines.

    • @bigpjohnson
      @bigpjohnson 3 роки тому +186

      They make impressive stuff, but it is often their downfall as well. They wanted to make the most perfect tank and could only make a few, while everyone else slapped far simpler tanks together. In the end, quantity mattered far more than quality.

    • @randomname6974
      @randomname6974 3 роки тому +40

      yeah but their tank's transmission sucks

    • @TheRabbitFear
      @TheRabbitFear 3 роки тому +3

      Whose*

    • @seatdriver9133
      @seatdriver9133 3 роки тому +6

      Thank you sir I take the compliment

    • @stevebroughton4787
      @stevebroughton4787 3 роки тому +44

      Agreed. Forget the politics of that time. All sides had some amazing and awesome machinery.
      And before any one starts.....its not about glorifying war and death. We need need machines like this to keep running, so future generations can see and learn how destructive humans can be.

  • @davecrupel2817
    @davecrupel2817 3 роки тому +564

    For those who don't know, This is called an *inertial starter.*
    That pole would be connected to a gear inside that hole, which would be connected to a few other gears in a step-up fashion. (Gear reduction but the opposite way). The other end of that gear train would be a *heavy* gear that connects to the engine's flywheel (connected to the crankshaft). Now that gear is heavy for a reason.
    When you got that last gear up to a high enough rotational speed, the momentum, the driver would use whatever mechanisms to connect that gear to the flywheel. Then, the energy of the _inertia_ of that gear's fast rotation would go into the flywheel, turning it. It wouldn't turn it for long. But it would be just long enough to get the engine started. Which is why i love german engines. They barely make a full revolution before starting up. Which, even by modern standards, is damn impressive.
    Even as old as this big heavy Maybach engine is, it started up in no time at all! And in my book, the mark of a well-designed engine is the quick fidelity of it's starting process.
    EDIT: Maybach engine, NOT porsche. I always thought it was a porsche engine. Thanks for the correction!

    • @Salunikki
      @Salunikki 3 роки тому +35

      It has a Maybach HL230 petrol engine of a Tiger II.
      During WWII there was no german tank in series production fitted with a diesel engine.

    • @chub22g24
      @chub22g24 2 роки тому +1

      Gear ratio?

    • @thidassankaja8039
      @thidassankaja8039 2 роки тому +6

      it's a Maybach

    • @franciosdeaeruiu7555
      @franciosdeaeruiu7555 2 роки тому +2

      Yes but how hard would it be to mount a similar system as a backup starter on my old Ford. I've asked on countless automotive forums and nobody can give a concrete answer. They used to put inertials on old semi trucks too it can't be that hard right? Some fabrication work maybe but surely not as hard as totally rebuilding the engine

    • @killerjtjr3gaming
      @killerjtjr3gaming 2 роки тому +2

      @@Salunikki actually there were a few tiger 2s that had diesel engines but VERY few and were not all that useful because of shit transmisions

  • @user-mg1yx7db4g
    @user-mg1yx7db4g 4 роки тому +2128

    "Dad why is my sister's name Rosa?"
    "Because you mother loves roses"
    "Thanks dad"
    "No problem Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausführung H 1942"

    • @elmati6371
      @elmati6371 4 роки тому +112

      You deserve 88 likes

    • @newmiracle6365
      @newmiracle6365 4 роки тому +17

      Haha.. You deserve Das Eisene Kreuz 😁😁😁

    • @christedgetomas9696
      @christedgetomas9696 4 роки тому +5

      bad dad

    • @hullumati8989
      @hullumati8989 4 роки тому +11

      This is best of these so far :D

    • @hullumati8989
      @hullumati8989 4 роки тому +16

      Mother loves roses and his father loves tiger tanks and thats why he named "NoPanzerkampfwagen VI Ausführung H 1942"

  • @viraxo5474
    @viraxo5474 8 років тому +2887

    70 years and he still works. My 5 year old car not -_-

    • @reeeyxvi642
      @reeeyxvi642 8 років тому +44

      haha true😂😂😂

    • @caribbeancarchannel2
      @caribbeancarchannel2 7 років тому +194

      we in germany call that 'Deutsche Wertarbeit' :-)

    • @phgoil
      @phgoil 7 років тому +16

      Kennst du den Panther aus Munster? :D

    • @ogantanyldrr5416
      @ogantanyldrr5416 7 років тому +98

      It's german engineering's magic

    • @techmaniac43
      @techmaniac43 7 років тому +52

      thats why old is better :D new is garbage.

  • @AitoKurittaja48
    @AitoKurittaja48 Рік тому +88

    It is very respectable how good care you take from this Tiger 131 in there. It looks like it just came out from the factory.

    • @kirsch4572
      @kirsch4572 Рік тому +13

      As the only opperational Tiger I of the World should be taken care of that is pure history and Deutsche Ingenieurskunst

    • @Wally-H
      @Wally-H 5 місяців тому +1

      Apart from the obvious damage, which was caused when 131 was knocked out in Tunisia.

    • @vinculaomega5283
      @vinculaomega5283 2 місяці тому

      ​@@Wally-HI think we get it...

    • @Wally-H
      @Wally-H 2 місяці тому

      @@vinculaomega5283 Some sort of but that, obviously I didn't post that comment three times deliberately.

    • @vinculaomega5283
      @vinculaomega5283 2 місяці тому

      @@Wally-H I know. I'm just being facetious. :)

  • @SimonFS
    @SimonFS Рік тому +32

    I got to say it's so nice to see your "former enemy" working on a German tank and just enjoying the same passion about technic together. Besides its basically build for the opposite.

  • @BeforeTheNoose
    @BeforeTheNoose 4 роки тому +204

    Gear change was as smooth as an Egyptian whiskey

  • @Livedracersteve
    @Livedracersteve 4 роки тому +448

    I remember a time when my grandpa’s friend (who was much older then my grandfather) told me about his time in the army in WW2, he was a tanker and one night when there 3 tank platoon had set up camp, they were getting ready to sleep when they heard a group of tigers starting up in the night. His platoon hid in the dark because they wouldn’t be able to take on the group of tanks that had started up in the night. He told me the tigers had to be started every few hours to keep the engines warm and batteries charged.

    • @terragaia7092
      @terragaia7092 4 роки тому +14

      Man did they sabotage them? Sounds crazy when back then technology was not as advanced as of today had flaws of being exposed in war by simple living conditions of the soldiers.

    • @Livedracersteve
      @Livedracersteve 4 роки тому +47

      Terra Gaia no the tigers were in a camp if I remember, they woke up and pulled back to regroup with a larger force. And then when they approached the town the tigers were not there, my grandpa speculated that they pulled back to defend central Germany as it started getting later in the war.

    • @Walker_Avuze
      @Walker_Avuze 4 роки тому +6

      @@Livedracersteve or it broke down

    • @justsomeguywithasurprisede4059
      @justsomeguywithasurprisede4059 3 роки тому +15

      NEW OBJECTIVE: *_Survive_*

    • @user-vi3zj7qt8w
      @user-vi3zj7qt8w 3 роки тому +7

      Да, дружищще, не смотря на видимую совершенность, тигры были унылым говном

  • @michelangelosghost2707
    @michelangelosghost2707 3 роки тому +305

    Only a German gearbox could stand that kind of abuse after so many years. Incredible noise. A truly beautiful machine!

    • @lilcapo4002
      @lilcapo4002 3 роки тому +18

      I mean if the machine isnt put in a place where it could rott up then any machine would be good. Old abandoned russian tank was left in the woods and was resurected with one blow.This tank is kept in good condition

    • @michelangelosghost2707
      @michelangelosghost2707 3 роки тому +9

      @@lilcapo4002 A very good point. The staff have put a lot of work into this tank and every credit to them. I was just trying to emphasise what an incredible piece of engineering it is.

    • @TheUprut
      @TheUprut 3 роки тому +1

      Made in Germany

    • @user-vi3zj7qt8w
      @user-vi3zj7qt8w 3 роки тому +1

      😆Actualy you wrong

    • @user-vi3zj7qt8w
      @user-vi3zj7qt8w 3 роки тому +3

      @Wehrmacht nazi deutschland best loosers

  • @__jarek__290
    @__jarek__290 3 роки тому +108

    Piękna maszyna. Choć w 44 r ,ich widok nas nie cieszył 😁

    • @IreallylikeWWE
      @IreallylikeWWE 2 роки тому +5

      Haha lol

    • @Andresvm1988
      @Andresvm1988 Рік тому +5

      Hahaha

    • @user-mm5lo8to6s
      @user-mm5lo8to6s Рік тому +6

      Ты душара ещё т92 и АРМАТУ не видел , Россия вперед .🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺

    • @wotblitz4118
      @wotblitz4118 Рік тому +9

      @@user-mm5lo8to6s это тут причём, он про вторую мировую говорит, гений в квадрате 😐

    • @user-mm5lo8to6s
      @user-mm5lo8to6s Рік тому

      @@wotblitz4118 да хоть про третью , мне по....Уй .

  • @Happykillerrr
    @Happykillerrr 8 років тому +128

    60 years later.. still an impressive machine.

    • @laalki80
      @laalki80 7 місяців тому +2

      It's fucking terrifying. 😶

    • @michaelhallas6450
      @michaelhallas6450 2 місяці тому

      This tank can still do a lot of damage to most anything, even though it’s 80yrs old . Very impressive.

  • @quepacho64
    @quepacho64 5 років тому +589

    Absolutely amazing, it even sounds like a roaring tiger!

  • @thomaswoll-vj1vf
    @thomaswoll-vj1vf Рік тому +6

    Welch ein Glück, das es noch betriebsbereite Fahrzeuge gibt. Ein Tiger ist natürlich ein besonderes Highlight. Toll!

  • @mihajlovucinic011
    @mihajlovucinic011 3 роки тому +50

    My poor grandpa would probably jump into the bushes if he heard that sound again :D

  • @EdinProfa
    @EdinProfa 4 роки тому +375

    "Are you crying mein Fuhrer?"
    "Nein."

  • @tonigrace7786
    @tonigrace7786 4 роки тому +208

    The Tiger is the sexiest tank of WW2❤
    Imagine trying to crank start that thing in winter outside Stalingrad!

    • @vanukas8783
      @vanukas8783 4 роки тому +4

      yousseff tarekk it doesnt matter wouldnt work anyway

    • @silvia_fuku0ka845
      @silvia_fuku0ka845 4 роки тому +23

      The fuel would freeze along with the soldiers blood

    • @tonigrace7786
      @tonigrace7786 4 роки тому +1

      @@silvia_fuku0ka845 Brrrr......!

    • @hedhunta3767
      @hedhunta3767 4 роки тому +5

      Most tanks would just freeze for good, some were kept running to still function but ran out of fuel in the end, rip anyway

    • @maxl308
      @maxl308 3 роки тому +2

      it runs with gasoline ( Benzin ) so I think possible anyways

  • @ktkt1825
    @ktkt1825 11 місяців тому +9

    Anytime you see people so close to the Tiger, it gives you an accurate perspective of it's size- what a beast!

  • @nathanielb5781
    @nathanielb5781 3 роки тому +40

    The German tanks of ww2 were technological marvels and dammit I can’t get over how gorgeous a Tiger H1 is

    • @felixbeutin8105
      @felixbeutin8105 Рік тому

      Not really the big cats where too heavy for their transmissions and they broke down quite easily they where also hard to work on in the field

    • @nathanielb5781
      @nathanielb5781 Рік тому

      @@felixbeutin8105 granted, but even given that they were amazing vehicles

    • @michaelwittenberg9339
      @michaelwittenberg9339 Рік тому

      @@felixbeutin8105 US and Rus broke down when tehy see a german tank ;)

    • @Joe_Spier
      @Joe_Spier Рік тому

      ​​@@michaelwittenberg9339exept for the M4A3E2 and T34 85 crews since they can destroy Tigers easily

    • @RichBatangKalye
      @RichBatangKalye Рік тому

      @@Joe_Spierit actually struggled to kill a tiger in real life

  • @Rhyno186
    @Rhyno186 8 років тому +921

    Must be a union job. One guy working, 7 guys standing around watching him work.

    • @user-us9nq6in6r
      @user-us9nq6in6r 7 років тому +77

      You can endlessly look at 3 things. How the water flows, how the fire burns and how the other person works. Did not you know that?

    • @arnoldthomsen6571
      @arnoldthomsen6571 7 років тому +21

      Slav wisdom

    • @kubaw7297
      @kubaw7297 6 років тому +7

      All slav jobs looks like this

    • @thilla007
      @thilla007 6 років тому +2

      Rhyno186 British....what else? v

    • @NickTasy
      @NickTasy 6 років тому +3

      Lmfao best comment

  • @joegardiner4220
    @joegardiner4220 6 років тому +68

    You can see why they felt invincible. Beautiful machine and probably driven by many brave young men

  • @josephdeschenes2477
    @josephdeschenes2477 3 роки тому +111

    The shift from first to second was brutal. Let go of the gas, double clutch, then shift. Man he just jammed it in!! It's not like you can find spare parts.

    • @SMVB-cl6oc
      @SMVB-cl6oc 3 роки тому +4

      the tiger 1 had a hydraulically operated gearbox with "Dog Clutches". these are not friction coefficient clutches like a car one but physically need to be bashed together to click into place. just like a racecar gearbox with Dogs instead of synchro's. there's a cool read here www.alanhamby.com/transmission.shtml

    • @harvelein
      @harvelein 3 роки тому

      I'm not sure if a Tiger works like that...

    • @Murlockingqc
      @Murlockingqc 3 роки тому +1

      They had no idea how to operate it. Even the engine start was a failure, it wasn't spinning fast enough compared to other videos I've seen.

    • @tomgauntlestrange
      @tomgauntlestrange 3 роки тому

      Engine and transmission are cold. Also rad in earlier post Tiger was late foe display due to the starting problems and they didnt have time to let it properly warm up.

    • @PeteCourtier
      @PeteCourtier 3 роки тому +4

      It has a pre selector gearbox. No clutch pedal on this. I really think you should watch the tank museums videos to learn about how they preserve these vehicles. They are experts on the tiger and know exactly what they are doing.

  • @SpikeKastleman
    @SpikeKastleman Рік тому +1

    Dude! A video description that actually helps! Thanks. I was gonna comment wondering exactly how it worked, and your description is exactly how I suspected the hand crank worked.

  • @MrKeyboardCommando
    @MrKeyboardCommando 10 років тому +70

    The attack was a total surprise, the Allies never heard them coming.

    • @OKMX5
      @OKMX5 10 років тому +25

      You wouldnt joke after reading this: "Michael Wittmann is most famous for his ambush of elements of the British 7th Armoured Division, during the Battle of Villers-Bocage on 13 June 1944. While in command of a single Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger he destroyed up to 14 tanks and 15 personnel carriers along with 2 anti-tank guns within the space of 15 minutes."

    • @MrKeyboardCommando
      @MrKeyboardCommando 10 років тому +1

      Indy7272 Yes I would, because my whimsy, concerning a bunch of old geezers who should grow up, in 2013 has little to do with 1944. You should stop living in the past.

    • @MrKeyboardCommando
      @MrKeyboardCommando 10 років тому

      Fu pootube Why? These jokers had bugger all to do with WWII.

    • @rockobluhouse
      @rockobluhouse 10 років тому

      petrol v12

    • @TheEarldog
      @TheEarldog 10 років тому

      Fu pootube
      That may be the best way to put it I have heard.We do have a world of pussies ripe for the picking these days.

  • @360xxx_swagluvunohomosapie9
    @360xxx_swagluvunohomosapie9 6 років тому +409

    Tiger...
    She drinks fuel like its beer

    • @siemenivanciuc8986
      @siemenivanciuc8986 5 років тому +14

      Its not for nothing a germanXD

    • @goldy_on_pc930
      @goldy_on_pc930 5 років тому +37

      Tigers were designated as male tanks

    • @Marauder623
      @Marauder623 4 роки тому +18

      @@goldy_on_pc930 we refer to anything mechanical as "she", don't know why.

    • @user-hw1mh8zs1d
      @user-hw1mh8zs1d 4 роки тому +2

      Ебали вас наши Деды ну и мы не ударим лицом в грязь коли Коснись повторим...

    • @sage99274
      @sage99274 4 роки тому +11

      “Drive faster, Klaus”
      “You drive like my mother”

  • @ajjohn8729
    @ajjohn8729 3 роки тому +18

    There are some sounds that truly leave the feeling of horror in a soul. The sounds of war machines coming to life, in order to end life. Pure terror.

    • @suzyqualcast6269
      @suzyqualcast6269 3 роки тому +1

      Specially if you're in a foxhole, they've seen you, then it backs up, top cappers pon exhausts. A nasty trick indeed.

    • @motionless86
      @motionless86 2 роки тому

      Depending on which side you're on.

  • @plozikou
    @plozikou 2 роки тому +3

    After almost 100 years, this wonderful war machine is still impressive.

  • @TestECull
    @TestECull 10 років тому +40

    They have that Maybach V12 absolutely singing. Makes me wonder what that thing sounds like at full chat in top gear.
    Someone find Bovington a big enough field for them to let the Tiger stretch its legs! Also wouldn't mind seeing a war game between this thing and a Leo 2, just to demonstrate how far tank tech has come in the past 60 or 70 years.

    • @unfortunately_fortunate2000
      @unfortunately_fortunate2000 2 роки тому

      there is no upside to war gaming this thing against a leopard, you'll just end up exciting all the neonazis and that is not worth the issues it'd cause just to suck the army's dick more than the masses already do.

  • @briscollama2521
    @briscollama2521 9 років тому +19

    Ouch...rough shift. I will always appreciate the folks who keep pieces of history like this alive and working. Way better to see it "live" than reading about it in a book.

    • @Little_Sams_Top_Guy
      @Little_Sams_Top_Guy 2 роки тому +1

      Unfortunately there known to have poor transmissions when it steps into second gear they jolt like that but you cant start them in first because it will actually tear the trans out of them

    • @4to-proishodit
      @4to-proishodit Рік тому

      чему ты рад? этой куче металла которая чуть не поработила весь мир? сжечь фашистское наследие!

  • @nathanlariviere8016
    @nathanlariviere8016 Рік тому +4

    I always forget just how massive these tanks were until I see this video pop up every now and then

  • @Challenger2A7
    @Challenger2A7 2 роки тому +26

    All I can say is that although I'm a woman, I've loved this tank for years! Oh the sound of it starting up! It's impossible to explain why I love tanks in general, and 131 especially, people either understand or they just don't get it. Mostly they just don't get it! At least other commentators on this site will understand. My kitchen is full of tank photos, and I would buy one if I could.

    • @kitcarson7447
      @kitcarson7447 2 роки тому +3

      WOW! You're my kind of Woman!

    • @Challenger2A7
      @Challenger2A7 2 роки тому

      @@kitcarson7447 Thank you. How about the Heikendorf Panzer? Why is there nothing like that in MY basement?

    • @Woodworker1947
      @Woodworker1947 2 роки тому

      Certainly different to a Kenwood mixer I suppose! :)

    • @singleproppilot
      @singleproppilot 2 роки тому +1

      It’s rare to find a female mechanophile, but they do exist.

    • @Challenger2A7
      @Challenger2A7 2 роки тому

      I was taught by my father from a very early age to know the difference between the sound of a Vincent motor bike and a Square Four, then I got onto aircraft engines, then finally I found tanks. At the moment I'm in love with the Challenger 2 outside the Discovery Museum in Newcastle, not far from where I live.

  • @maxikoch6877
    @maxikoch6877 5 років тому +577

    Deutsche Qualität

    • @nicolastoro7846
      @nicolastoro7846 4 роки тому +2

      But not the best one

    • @6uznmnzfkkhklo719
      @6uznmnzfkkhklo719 4 роки тому +25

      Nicolás Toro germans engines is the best that way new Supra have BMW engine 😂

    • @einfucktus5684
      @einfucktus5684 4 роки тому +1

      Genau !

    • @olliefraga
      @olliefraga 4 роки тому +5

      Yeah... How did that work out for y'all??

    • @user-sr6pi5lp3q
      @user-sr6pi5lp3q 4 роки тому +3

      Dafür konnte man für die gleichen Kosten 10 T-34 bauen.

  • @panzerfaust5119
    @panzerfaust5119 8 років тому +319

    people ran for their lives because that sound.

    • @brakie44820
      @brakie44820 7 років тому +32

      Terry,I been told the first time some soldiers heard a group of Tigers they fled. My uncles platoon did just that since they had nothing but, their rifles to face a company of Tigers.Another uncle came home with burn scars on his body..He was a loader in a Sherman. His tank company was wiped out by Tigers.

    • @panzerfaust5119
      @panzerfaust5119 7 років тому +13

      Those were bad ass tanks

    • @Exjful
      @Exjful 7 років тому +1

      Terry Franks ahahah not only Russians

    • @FloatingCroc
      @FloatingCroc 6 років тому +3

      brakie44820 Glad you're uncle made it home. The allied tank crews that were NOT in tigers had the bigger balls

    • @robertmarian8947
      @robertmarian8947 5 років тому +5

      " if you saw me first i didn"t have a chance. if we saw you first the same"- american sherman tanker to a german tiger tanker.(vet"s) :)

  • @kiri0_
    @kiri0_ 3 місяці тому +1

    Beautiful cold start

  • @arthurvarc241
    @arthurvarc241 3 роки тому +2

    I really like the Tiger serie and will never forget when i watched the last Tiger II Henckel start at Saumur, France. You can not believe it can move by the cheer size of it.

  • @HomeCures
    @HomeCures 7 років тому +12

    This is an inertia flywheel starter. It was used during and after WW2 to start heavy motors. As an apprentice engineer on big compressed air machines I often came across them.

  • @koitorob
    @koitorob 10 років тому +173

    I knew a girl who would change gear in her car like that!

  • @Dboi9341
    @Dboi9341 3 роки тому +26

    1:17 When that tiger 1 started it literally sounds like a tiger roaring for its prey

  • @vikingraider1961
    @vikingraider1961 Рік тому +3

    Three of us got VIP tickets to tank day one year - during the day we had a 45 minute lecture about "how to start a tiger that's not been run for more than a couple of days"! Putting oil directly into places, removing plugs and manually turning it over - the whole thing would take hours (if you knew what you were doing). Or... you could restart the engine every couple of hours - so Oddball from Kelly's Heroes was dead right - restarting them every so often WAS standard procedure (and that "To a New Yorker like you, a hero is some type of weird sandwich, not some nut who takes on three tigers."!)

  • @TheShellshock67
    @TheShellshock67 9 років тому +441

    you can say what you want about hitler and WWII Germany, but their technologies were pretty damn good compared to other countries.

    • @MrMoon-cg2yy
      @MrMoon-cg2yy 9 років тому +19

      Yes that is true, but their manufacturing methods where sadly lacking, no mass production on the scale the allies used.
      It's been said by the Germans themselves that they produced each Panzer of all Marks pretty much by hand, one at a time.
      Only a little over 1500 Tigers were ever build, their best all-round Tank was the Panther too few of them.(about 7000 I think)
      And it was the excellent Russian KV-1 Heavy and T34 Medium Tanks that spurred the Germans to build the Tiger-E and Panther-D.

    • @TheShellshock67
      @TheShellshock67 9 років тому +9

      well todays products explain why mass production isn't alwasy good. i prefer things that are handbuild. nonetheless im happy how the war turned out :P

    • @DoctorRobert64
      @DoctorRobert64 9 років тому

      M.r. Moon It's almost like every G.I was issued a Sherman when he was sent to Europe. We had the numbers. We could afford to sacrifice the two or three it would take to take out, or try to take out, one Tiger. Awesome tank. Even by todays standards.

    • @TheShellshock67
      @TheShellshock67 9 років тому

      White Rose
      didn't know that they used diesel (sounds german to me).

    • @theboofin
      @theboofin 9 років тому +2

      White Rose It's a petrol engine according to the review of this tank elsewhere. I'm pretty sure the aircraft engines were not diesel.

  • @sal1701
    @sal1701 10 років тому +9

    As a former M1A1 crewman... I would love to be part of this team of men who keep these pieces of history alive.

  • @Julien_22_
    @Julien_22_ 3 місяці тому +1

    And its even the legendary Tiger 131, what an absolute beast and beauty.

  • @plump1
    @plump1 Рік тому +2

    Хороший стартер...
    Нажал на кнопку, весь в поту 😄👍

  • @adrienperie6119
    @adrienperie6119 8 років тому +171

    Its not actually a hand crank, no human would be strong enough to crank over a Tiger I's engine, no way in hell. This is an inertia starter, used on planes and tanks for ages, its a big old heavy flywheel that is slowly accelerated by an electric motor or human power, and once it is spinning fast enough it is engaged with the crankshaft and cranks the engine.

    • @valdasvalintelis5867
      @valdasvalintelis5867 8 років тому +11

      +Adrien Perié Still - people are strong enough to crank over this engine, though not powerful enough to do it directly, without accumulating the power in spinning flywheel :)

    • @adrienperie6119
      @adrienperie6119 8 років тому +4

      Valdas Valintėlis
      Yes and also with use of leverage and mechanical advantage, but the puny human's power output is never enough at any one time to crank over the engine, not close either, try and crank over a diesel engine, any diesel engine, and you'll see. Gasmoline engines are more forgiving because of the lower compression ratios.
      But yeah in theory if you accumulated all the kinetic energy you produced and liberated in the environment after it was brought to you by the sun more or less directly through organic chemistry in chemical form, you might have quite a bang, someone must have estimated that number somewhere.

    • @MacIn173
      @MacIn173 8 років тому +1

      +Adrien Perié it's a Tiger, it must be petrol.

    • @adrienperie6119
      @adrienperie6119 8 років тому +2

      MacIn173
      Yes, 23 liters of it.

    • @jagerstrand7892
      @jagerstrand7892 7 років тому

      Adrien Perié I was thinking compression release and flywheel

  • @RDCST
    @RDCST 4 роки тому +275

    2:30 I think he change to second gear. ROLF!
    The clutch is a bit rough.

    • @LazyLifeIFreak
      @LazyLifeIFreak 4 роки тому +62

      From what I understand the clutch and gear change from 1 to 2 has a massive amount of torque used mainly for climbing hills or over all the smoldering wrecks of Allied tanks. Then the gearbox breaks ofc.

    • @dandtfarms5973
      @dandtfarms5973 4 роки тому +32

      In synchronized transmission....even with the clutch in the transmission must be moving at same speed as crank....this is why he revved it up before changing gears....some big rigs are the same way

    • @michaelgatti8642
      @michaelgatti8642 4 роки тому +4

      No, that's just the driver trying to let the clutch out before it gets into gear.

    • @michaelgatti8642
      @michaelgatti8642 4 роки тому

      @@LazyLifeIFreak Yes, that would be 3rd or 4th gear.

    • @thoriated
      @thoriated 4 роки тому +30

      The driver only uses the clutch when starting out from a dead stop. From there, the clutch and shifting is semi-automatic. The driver pre-selects the next gear then pushes the lever to actuate the shift. Clutch actuation and gear shifting is done by a hydraulic system. It appears 131 needs some adjusting. Gearbox issues were a common problem for Tigers.

  • @Craigsplaysgames4u
    @Craigsplaysgames4u Рік тому +1

    Excellent description

  • @Lordsevan
    @Lordsevan 3 роки тому +1

    This puts a smile on my face

  • @ezragonzalez8936
    @ezragonzalez8936 5 років тому +32

    Thats what you call Beauty and the best in heavy metal .. as freighting as it is beautiful what a gorgeous tank this Tiger was and is ...

  • @TorontoChannel
    @TorontoChannel 9 років тому +24

    Love Tiger 131. Always in awe of it when I see it at Bovington. The sheer size of it is mind boggling when compared to allied tanks.

    • @user-oj7ej8eh7x
      @user-oj7ej8eh7x Рік тому

      Приезжайте в Подмосковье. Там стоит маус, его тоже немцы с чехами сделали. Теперь это экспонат трофеев СССР.

  • @tomtom291
    @tomtom291 Рік тому +1

    Maschinenführer: "Triebwerk läuft, Herr Kommandant"!
    Der Mann verdient einen Orden.

  • @m41_doggy62
    @m41_doggy62 Рік тому +1

    I just found my favorite vehicle sound
    It's the TANK! It gives me goosebumps everytime it starts up

  • @sartainja
    @sartainja 8 років тому +327

    It is a shame that there is only one working Tiger tank in the world.

    • @Wonkabar007
      @Wonkabar007  8 років тому +57

      There is a King Tiger that runs, in French museum.

    • @sartainja
      @sartainja 8 років тому +9

      +Wonkabar007 I thought the only working one was in the British museum.

    • @ultimate2635
      @ultimate2635 8 років тому +34

      +Jeff Sartain this is the tiger I, the one the other guy is talking about is the king tiger, which is the tiger II I believe.

    • @pauladler1308
      @pauladler1308 8 років тому +15

      +Jeff Sartain There are only a few coz german do everthing to denfend it so many det destroyed and only a few get captured.... such a same that we in german don t get anyone of that nice things

    • @peterf.229
      @peterf.229 8 років тому +7

      +paul Adler a few have been pulled out of mud in Russia Belarus. (most of the war in Russia was fought in Belarus, and not Russia itself now..

  • @largol33t1
    @largol33t1 7 років тому +5

    I never get tired of seeing the Tiger. It's such an awesome looking beast.

  • @kirkswanum7729
    @kirkswanum7729 Рік тому +3

    Like city workers. 5 guys in vests supervising 1 worker. Lol

  • @prateekpreetamdhal2491
    @prateekpreetamdhal2491 Рік тому

    This is very helpful. I had a lot of problems starting mine.

  • @superrf85
    @superrf85 4 роки тому +62

    German engineering is truly a thing of beauty. Sadly not many of these masterpieces are still around.

    • @MrTorchboss
      @MrTorchboss 2 роки тому +6

      131 is the only true operational one if I remember correctly

    • @unfortunately_fortunate2000
      @unfortunately_fortunate2000 2 роки тому +6

      @@MrTorchboss indeed it is, even has the scar from where a chuchill penetrated the top of the driver compartment which panicked the rest of the crew and caused them to abandon the tank and their dead driver.
      interesting representation of history this tank

  • @chiaohongcheng
    @chiaohongcheng 8 років тому +1749

    poland here we come

  • @chen8578
    @chen8578 3 роки тому +4

    Pure 'Eargasm' - it's sound! 😍😍😍

  • @moto2663
    @moto2663 Рік тому +1

    This really brings the size of a tiger tank into perspective

  • @devin3156
    @devin3156 5 років тому +310

    70 year old 60 ton tank just cold started it let’s just pop the clutch 😭😂😂😂😭😂😭😂

    • @norbertchmielewski3992
      @norbertchmielewski3992 4 роки тому +11

      57.3 ton of pure love

    • @Pynaegan
      @Pynaegan 4 роки тому +6

      @@norbertchmielewski3992
      Not unlike my X.

    • @hullumati8989
      @hullumati8989 4 роки тому +28

      i heard that second gear hitting in like the whole tank turned against itself.

    • @MS831985
      @MS831985 3 роки тому +5

      I don't think, you can't stall it in first or second gear...

    • @josephdeschenes2477
      @josephdeschenes2477 3 роки тому +4

      Ya man the second gear shift. He didn't even let go of the gas. Fire the driver!

  • @davidschlieber2543
    @davidschlieber2543 5 років тому +19

    The engine starting reminded me of a roar of a Tiger.

  • @MuhFreebrams
    @MuhFreebrams Рік тому +2

    What a beautiful machine

  • @lumtaroc
    @lumtaroc Рік тому

    awesome tank and engine sound.

  • @unkono
    @unkono 8 років тому +191

    German Engineering is the best in the World.

    • @step0verJr
      @step0verJr 8 років тому +2

      +Kowalski lmao shots fired

    • @OldSchool-px1xk
      @OldSchool-px1xk 8 років тому +13

      +Kowalski Indeed it was rushed to the front way before development was completed. My grandfather was a tank commander in WW2 and he has left me memoirs stating his division commander even protested against the assignment of a Tiger group to his division because he regarded them as a useless burden. They suffered heavily from the harsh climate in Russia and later were mostly relocated to France

    • @dachoobs
      @dachoobs 5 років тому +2

      hackearameuemaileagoravoulançarumsite SEKAI ICHI

    • @lvanschitz
      @lvanschitz 5 років тому +2

      когда трудятся для мирной техники

    • @Temsys
      @Temsys 5 років тому

      Maybe it was.... Look at VW , Mercedes and all the other big one's in Germany.
      it is a shame !

  • @squiggleyou
    @squiggleyou 10 років тому +4

    WOW!!!! that is truly a beast, its kinda eerie watching it move knowing its history, what it must of been like to see a bunch of these heading towards u. amazing restoration - a credit to those who keep it alive

  • @hellyea489
    @hellyea489 Рік тому

    seeing that thing move sent shivers down my spine

  • @nigel900
    @nigel900 3 місяці тому +1

    Both Awesome and Menacing. 👍🏻

  • @nathanaelgodson3994
    @nathanaelgodson3994 5 років тому +6

    Oh my god the sound of that thing starting gave me goosbumps and made me smile and giggle like a child

  • @David-xl8zf
    @David-xl8zf 7 років тому +3

    Shoutout to the mechanics and Bovington Tank Museum. Awesome guys ^^

  • @j.lietka9406
    @j.lietka9406 8 місяців тому

    Still running strong! Danke!

  • @Lamfarum
    @Lamfarum Місяць тому

    Один из самых красивых танков на свете. Я не перестаю восхищаться его дизайном.

  • @patrioticconstitutionalist735
    @patrioticconstitutionalist735 5 років тому +12

    Jesus! Starting one of the worlds most feared armored death machines like it's a music box........love it!

    • @sandervanderkammen9230
      @sandervanderkammen9230 4 роки тому

      The Germans just used the electric starter, the hand crank was a backup.

  • @jimbienkowski3883
    @jimbienkowski3883 10 років тому +3

    Thanks for keeping one of the coolest peices of history in running condition!

    • @Wonkabar007
      @Wonkabar007  10 років тому

      This year is the tenth anniversary of Tiger 131 first public appearance, the folks at the tank museum have done a great job keeping it running, can't be easy getting hold of Tiger tank spark plugs these days.

    • @hlyautey
      @hlyautey 10 років тому

      Diesel engines have spark plugs?

    • @WheelZeal
      @WheelZeal 10 років тому +1

      hlyautey German WW2 tanks did not use diesel engines.

    • @thebug4046
      @thebug4046 10 років тому

      hlyautey
      no

    • @mountainguyed67
      @mountainguyed67 9 років тому

      WWII German tanks did use Diesel engines. German tank crews called Sherman tanks "lighter" because the aircraft grade gasoline was so flammable they would burst into flames when hit.

  • @Evaunit98
    @Evaunit98 Рік тому

    Hearing that 12 cylinder monster start up is just fantastic

  • @eireman51
    @eireman51 2 місяці тому +1

    The sound of that engine and tracks coming towards must have been truly terrifying to allied tankers and troops.

  • @VAHOSS
    @VAHOSS 6 років тому +4

    These are absolutely amazing machines! Imagine seeing this beast rolling up on you in ww2

  • @ShizukuSeiji
    @ShizukuSeiji 10 років тому +13

    Sounding pretty good for a 71 year old.

  • @1946nimrod
    @1946nimrod 4 роки тому

    Give the man a medal!

  • @duncanweaver1740
    @duncanweaver1740 3 роки тому +1

    Beautiful machine 👌

  • @mattd5147
    @mattd5147 10 років тому +7

    that is one damn beautiful machine

  • @42lookc
    @42lookc 8 років тому +3

    What an impressive device an inertia starter is! It's like an old siren without the sound maker; all momentum.

  • @datcrow1911
    @datcrow1911 3 роки тому

    that engine roars like a tiger. Awesome!

  • @jamesdubois4425
    @jamesdubois4425 Рік тому +1

    80 years later, that thing is still terrifying.

  • @TRC98
    @TRC98 10 років тому +6

    this is about 2 hours from my house here in Devon, England. I have sat on that tank!

    • @pat20245
      @pat20245 9 років тому

      Nick Kranick you drove it, I fired a shot with its cannon.

  • @-cinnamaon_studios-7646
    @-cinnamaon_studios-7646 5 років тому +15

    It would be my dream come true if I had one of these.

  • @rox6969
    @rox6969 3 роки тому +1

    After 70 years... what a Monster!!!

  • @dougjamesvandals
    @dougjamesvandals 2 роки тому

    The size of that tank! The design amazing..

  • @worldoftanksmajkac9104
    @worldoftanksmajkac9104 5 років тому +3

    I honestly love that sound!!!

  • @Rickster5176
    @Rickster5176 10 років тому +7

    That's the way God intended tanks to sound. What a great piece of engineering!

  • @austingoleman9431
    @austingoleman9431 3 роки тому

    Man that machine is a monster

  • @opfor8465
    @opfor8465 Рік тому +1

    the absolute size of it is as amazing !

  • @yousefalbrighton1338
    @yousefalbrighton1338 5 років тому +129

    This Beast Never Surrender 🇩🇪🇩🇪✌️✌️

  • @beslemeto
    @beslemeto 9 років тому +672

    The Brits still trying to figure out how the Germans build that machine :D

    • @odisy64
      @odisy64 9 років тому +47

      Youmer Hasan simple you take a bunch of short cuts and you get a machine that brakes down every 6 hours.

    • @jdogrulez5014
      @jdogrulez5014 9 років тому +89

      We're talking about the Germans not the Russians lol. Every 6 hours my ass.

    • @odisy64
      @odisy64 9 років тому +22

      Justin Haas the panther tanks had also been struck by the misfortion of being made by Germany, the tank was built then deployed without proper testing and half of them broke down before they could even start combat, the Russians built the sturdy T34s wich did not run on gas like most of the German armor and did a good job at countering German armor.

    • @beslemeto
      @beslemeto 9 років тому +19

      odisy64 The German Tanks were too heavy for those days technology.They had really big powerful weapons,but were too slow which is a big disadvantage at the battlefield.They were very hard to repair as well...

    • @odisy64
      @odisy64 9 років тому +4

      Youmer Hasan we have engines and steel today that could handle 60 ton tanks and drive them at 60kmh, what do you mean they where to heavy for today's technology?

  • @manyfaces2614
    @manyfaces2614 Рік тому

    On my bucket list to see in person

    • @Wonkabar007
      @Wonkabar007  Рік тому

      This is when the Tiger is next going to be runtankmuseum.org/events/tiger-day-spring

  • @tgc_-369_
    @tgc_-369_ Рік тому +2

    11 years in 11 million views Excellent.

  • @jetstryker530
    @jetstryker530 6 років тому +7

    What a beautiful machine :,)

  • @jamesward3414
    @jamesward3414 4 роки тому +3

    In my mind the tiger is the best looking tank ever

  • @SuperDarkSamurai1
    @SuperDarkSamurai1 Рік тому

    That sounds just beautiful

  • @averycommitspiracy4822
    @averycommitspiracy4822 8 місяців тому +1

    *"The growls of it's engine... the roar of it's turret... a true and unforgettable nightmare for every tankers in the battlefield.."*