Tiger Tank 131 (Special ep)

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  • Опубліковано 24 чер 2020
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    June 28 at 16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
    Not many weapons, vehicles or aircraft of the World War Two Era have gained the iconic status that the Tiger tank did.
    It has a reputation that stands to this day.
    Just to see one of these beasts standing in a museum display is an experience.
    However, there is one that can be seen in action.
    It’s the last working Tiger tank in the World -’ Tiger 131 ‘ of the Tank Museum in Bovington, England.
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    Credit:
    Created by Daniel Turner
    Script: Dejan Milivojevic
    Narrator:
    Chris Kane
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    Sources:
    Fletcher, David. Tiger Tank: Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger I Ausf. E (SdKfz 181): Owner's Workshop Manual. Haynes, 2011.
    Jentz, Tom, Hilary L. Doyle, and Peter Sarson. Tiger I Heavy Tank 1942-45. Osprey Publishing, 1993.
    Forty, George. Tiger Tank Battalions in World War II, Spearhead, 2009.
    tankmuseum.org/

КОМЕНТАРІ • 3,2 тис.

  • @thebigsad9463
    @thebigsad9463 4 роки тому +6230

    The allies should have created a lion tank so we could have the most epic wildlife duel

    • @sapiensiski
      @sapiensiski 4 роки тому +228

      No need, the Sherman Easy Eight exists

    • @BjornBS
      @BjornBS 4 роки тому +604

      The Germans already had a tank going on with the name "Löwe" which means Lion.

    • @Chris-qc3qb
      @Chris-qc3qb 4 роки тому +39

      Lol

    • @alexandermeier3620
      @alexandermeier3620 4 роки тому +178

      The Germans had an Tank Project PZKW VII Löwe which was a superheavy Tank

    • @GIDonut
      @GIDonut 4 роки тому +114

      The germans made a sketch of the Pz.VII Löwe, which meant Lion, but the plan was abandoned in favor of the Maus.

  • @blackegret666
    @blackegret666 4 роки тому +1785

    Fun fact: Tiger 131 made a guest star appearence in th 2014 film "Fury" and was the first movie to include an actual tiger and not just a mock up

    • @saltyavocado7205
      @saltyavocado7205 4 роки тому +127

      Was that the same tiger tank that destroyed the 3 sherman tanks?

    • @blackegret666
      @blackegret666 4 роки тому +88

      @@saltyavocado7205 in the movie? Yes, not sure in real life though

    • @joshthemigpro1733
      @joshthemigpro1733 4 роки тому +88

      Black Egret its so unrealistic the shermans have no chance in irl unlesst they hit the sides less than 500 metres and a tiger wouldnt come out of concealment wen firing unleass it had to and it wouldnt shoot the last tank of the collum first they would shoot the first then the last to trap the other two

    • @mattb9910
      @mattb9910 4 роки тому +101

      royalty_risin538 you do realise 76 and 17 pounder Sherman’s could go straight through the front plate at range?

    • @blackegret666
      @blackegret666 4 роки тому +74

      @@joshthemigpro1733 it's a Hollywood film, if you want realism, watch a documentary.

  • @madmarvshighwaywarrior2870
    @madmarvshighwaywarrior2870 4 роки тому +2735

    "Come son, let's go see the Tiger..."
    "Yey Daddy, we're going to the zoo."
    Later...
    "Daddy, why are we in a museum?"

  • @Wolvenworks
    @Wolvenworks 4 роки тому +1517

    i always giggle whenever "World of Tanks" and "historically accurate" are attached together

    • @kkang2828
      @kkang2828 4 роки тому +57

      I’m right with you there

    • @joeskull1851
      @joeskull1851 4 роки тому +49

      But he means the tanks are historically accurate lol

    • @Wolvenworks
      @Wolvenworks 4 роки тому +110

      @@joeskull1851 most of them are, to a level, but recently WG has been introducing tanks that are MODIFICATIONS of tank blueprints. so the tank actually existed in blueprints, but WG has modified them to be commercially viable to the point they aren't when we put those changes into reality. so to the community, "historical accuracy" is more of a gag right now because that statement was only accurate for...a few months? maybe a year or 2?

    • @joe-xk8nl
      @joe-xk8nl 4 роки тому +22

      WoT sucks imo.

    • @buddy4445
      @buddy4445 4 роки тому +7

      Yeah WoT and War Thunder suck a lot

  • @abdullahagha6678
    @abdullahagha6678 4 роки тому +409

    damn this tiger tank is more endangered than actual tigers

    • @jeffreytindall6126
      @jeffreytindall6126 4 роки тому +9

      Tru

    • @amn2760
      @amn2760 2 роки тому +10

      At least hes one “Tiger” with the longest lifespan

    • @Oplot_M
      @Oplot_M 2 роки тому

      Luckily we can make more

    • @thedi-channel.7622
      @thedi-channel.7622 2 роки тому

      ok

    • @Oplot_M
      @Oplot_M 2 роки тому +1

      @EgX9 from berlin to Warsaw in one tank!
      -Volkswagen

  • @danieldaia8889
    @danieldaia8889 4 роки тому +785

    Russians are red
    My hands are blue
    We're stuck in Stalingrad
    Hans get ze MG42

  • @anvilmemetrooper
    @anvilmemetrooper 4 роки тому +893

    Nobody:
    British when they see an abandoned Tiger tank: *I T S C O L O N I S A T I O N T I M E*

  • @theagilespitfire3141
    @theagilespitfire3141 3 роки тому +471

    *The real “The last tiger” ending*

  • @Banjomanofcripplecreek
    @Banjomanofcripplecreek 4 роки тому +2975

    Am I the only one who is glad he doesn’t put the sponser in the middle of the video

  • @andero6476
    @andero6476 4 роки тому +611

    "Seen the video about the tiger 131 by wargaming"
    Me: Sees the video about the 131 again
    "well its simple history "

    • @_____Z_____
      @_____Z_____ 4 роки тому +2

      Bro I watched this tank in battle field game..... That mission called last tiger

    • @porg7373
      @porg7373 4 роки тому

      Me: seen the actual tank 3 times

    • @bensherman103
      @bensherman103 4 роки тому +2

      The tank in The Last Tiger is number 237. I had a vacation planned to go to England and I was going to see Tiger 131 but it got cancelled because of quarantine.

  • @ralphlawrencemananquil5927
    @ralphlawrencemananquil5927 4 роки тому +96

    *Sees a matilda*
    Me: Oooh, a toy!!!
    *Sees a Tiger 131*
    Me: Oooh, a better toy!!!

  • @dtbeagle
    @dtbeagle 3 роки тому +258

    Tiger 131 is actually the Tiger used in the movie Fury. It was on a concrete slab and didn't turn for fear of damaging the tracks.

    • @panzerivausfg4062
      @panzerivausfg4062 2 роки тому

      @@redred7289 Of course not

    • @EnjoyerOfCastle
      @EnjoyerOfCastle 2 роки тому

      Yeah

    • @EnjoyerOfCastle
      @EnjoyerOfCastle 2 роки тому +2

      They did use it

    • @itsdecz1190
      @itsdecz1190 2 роки тому +14

      @@TheGameCamer360 it was Tiger 131 for most other movies they did indeed use Soviet/Russian and American tanks

    • @mynamesmatthew1551
      @mynamesmatthew1551 2 роки тому +9

      @@TheGameCamer360 Tiger 131 was used for Fury, but in every other movie like Saving Private Ryan, they dressed t34s like them. But Fury actually had a tiger used in it and is probobly the only movie with a Tiger

  • @SpecOps2025
    @SpecOps2025 4 роки тому +297

    My name is Peter Müller
    "And I was there . . . "

    • @tilenstupar4659
      @tilenstupar4659 4 роки тому +19

      Hehehe bf5 campaign

    • @newspaperbin6763
      @newspaperbin6763 4 роки тому +3

      wasnt*

    • @olianythingchannels96
      @olianythingchannels96 4 роки тому +1

      Hi Müller it’s me kertz

    • @SpecOps2025
      @SpecOps2025 4 роки тому +4

      @@olianythingchannels96 Hello kertz don't die on me now

    • @Moonlight.Deadite
      @Moonlight.Deadite 4 роки тому +6

      It’s me Hartmann I was executed for desertion in 1945 I was just in my late teens when I was executed do you forgive me kommandant

  • @godzillamon2
    @godzillamon2 4 роки тому +1085

    Its kinda like memphis belle, they only remember the vehicle and not the crew

    • @frypan3315
      @frypan3315 4 роки тому +83

      But we don’t know much about the crew of the 131

    • @tacticalfall4505
      @tacticalfall4505 4 роки тому +19

      Tom Tom exactly.

    • @Ameritard
      @Ameritard 4 роки тому +61

      Read a couple years back that the driver of 131 was still around and would come see it at the museum but he wouldn't talk about the other crew members, not sure if he's still around considering how long ago I read that though

    • @k-874
      @k-874 4 роки тому +6

      Not much information about the crew :/

    • @MenGamer127
      @MenGamer127 4 роки тому +6

      The vehicle AND crew for the Memphis Belle.

  • @alexandermichaeler350
    @alexandermichaeler350 4 роки тому +164

    My grandpa saw 2 tigers in WWII, he told me it was the most impressiv thing he has ever seen.

  • @yulianhankim
    @yulianhankim 4 роки тому +155

    Fury: How did you end up here in Bovington, old timer?
    Tiger 131: ughhhh humiliation!

    • @shinkreytpuylap
      @shinkreytpuylap 3 роки тому +1

      Tiger 131 played in Fury lol

    • @paulgabrielbruma6712
      @paulgabrielbruma6712 3 роки тому

      fury is even weaker than a tiger . the tiger would shred the m4a3e2 fury

    • @averagepizza7873
      @averagepizza7873 3 роки тому

      @@paulgabrielbruma6712 what are you smoking

    • @ostra9594
      @ostra9594 3 роки тому

      @@averagepizza7873 he is right

    • @exmachina1405
      @exmachina1405 3 роки тому +1

      @@averagepizza7873 tiger has all the advantage over fury

  • @UNclear-sv1iq
    @UNclear-sv1iq 4 роки тому +428

    It's the story of a war veteran in his youth being shipped off to his first mission then captured by the enemy and being interrogated for information then after the war being sent to a veterans hospital and meeting former friends and foes
    Later on telling the tales to the next generation of battle tanks

  • @Teaspoon9205
    @Teaspoon9205 4 роки тому +360

    Everyone: *thanks the tank engineers for fixing it and bringing it back to life.*
    The German tank crew that brought it and abandoned it: .___.

    • @maxmuller8633
      @maxmuller8633 4 роки тому +20

      You wouldn't like to be tortured with hot tea would you?

    • @anhbinhle2727
      @anhbinhle2727 4 роки тому +2

      dit me 3que!

    • @kotjienkterbang
      @kotjienkterbang 4 роки тому +1

      @@maxmuller8633 your profile picture makes it better

    • @cougar2k720
      @cougar2k720 2 роки тому

      @@maxmuller8633 and biscuit/jam.

  • @Soir27
    @Soir27 4 роки тому +83

    Can we just appreciate how the model of their tiger evolved so much?

  • @lesliemorshead4283
    @lesliemorshead4283 4 роки тому +2122

    Nobody: Allied Soldiers when they see an Empty Axis Tank
    *Its Free Real Estate*

    • @lesliemorshead4283
      @lesliemorshead4283 4 роки тому +46

      Same applies to Axis Soldiers as well :P

    • @Moonlight.Deadite
      @Moonlight.Deadite 4 роки тому +42

      Shut up Mussolini

    • @torlakkarstad4251
      @torlakkarstad4251 4 роки тому +2

      Be honest, wouldn’t you do or at least think the same?

    • @coolfungame8467
      @coolfungame8467 4 роки тому +13

      so if I read that correct, your saying nobody is an allied soldier who took an empty axis tank?

    • @kimjong-il1187
      @kimjong-il1187 4 роки тому +2

      @@Moonlight.Deadite Nah he's my favorite dictator

  • @Rug0s
    @Rug0s 4 роки тому +279

    "I told mama we'd see Elefants, Tigers, and Panthers. And she thought we were visiting Moscow zoo"-Company of heroes 2

  • @jandzi4152
    @jandzi4152 4 роки тому +308

    Imagine collecting all those ww2 things laying on the ground and then selling them 70 years after.
    STONKS

    • @33rdswifty82
      @33rdswifty82 4 роки тому +16

      📈

    • @Wow22109
      @Wow22109 4 роки тому +5

      Why sell them keep them in the end it will be history

    • @MattVanPerry
      @MattVanPerry 4 роки тому +9

      Hassan Obeid or sell them over the odds to a museum then see it as much as you like without having to pay restoration costs either

    • @lowlife1368
      @lowlife1368 4 роки тому +5

      Fun fact: stonk is a really word referring to mortar or artillery shells.

    • @Wow22109
      @Wow22109 4 роки тому +2

      @@MattVanPerry you are right did not think about that

  • @__chevytrucks__
    @__chevytrucks__ 4 роки тому +304

    Imagine if the ship that carried the tiger got U BOAT torpedo’d.

  • @erwinrommel5283
    @erwinrommel5283 3 роки тому +158

    That tiger belongs to me even after 74 years

  • @palosnes3147
    @palosnes3147 4 роки тому +276

    Fun fact. This was the tiger tank in the movie "Fury".
    I have personal seen it. In bovington. No regrets. And they also have the Sherman E8 tank used in the movie too with the iconic movie decorations

    • @Womb2DaTomb
      @Womb2DaTomb 4 роки тому +5

      Nice. I went too just after Fury was released and they had both out on parade. Amazing time one I'll never forget

    • @DanielFrederick_Main
      @DanielFrederick_Main 4 роки тому

      Did they use the same tank for Saving Private Ryan?

    • @maccabee3753
      @maccabee3753 4 роки тому +14

      WWII Whirlpool no, saving private Ryan just used a mock up tank. To this day fury is the only movie to use an actual tiger even if the movie was bs.

    • @SaifSheikh445
      @SaifSheikh445 4 роки тому +4

      Fury was as amazing movie.

    • @user-of3vr7je4n
      @user-of3vr7je4n 4 роки тому +8

      "Iconic" ...Fury was such a let down. I was so excited when I heard about the movie, but jeez did it suck, unrealistic, predictable writing...etc.

  • @insertnamehere6096
    @insertnamehere6096 4 роки тому +127

    The artwork has improved alot

    • @ex_t
      @ex_t 4 роки тому

      True

  • @panzergeneral2
    @panzergeneral2 4 роки тому +734

    Tiger tank: Being unstoppable
    Churchill tank: Takes a few shots at the tiger
    Tiger tank: Gets damaged
    Tiger tank crew: Jumps out of the tank
    British soldiers: Colonizes the tiger

  • @GeneralKennafa
    @GeneralKennafa 4 роки тому +27

    131 is my favorite number, the reason is this beast is still living this days

  • @vishgonur6570
    @vishgonur6570 4 роки тому +43

    Imagine a UA-cam channel that has entertaining content and has a way to make anything come to life - Oh wait that’s simple history

  • @lasombra1469
    @lasombra1469 4 роки тому +402

    Somewhere in North Africa:
    "That Tiger is destroying our Shermans,the 75mm gun can't pen it!"
    Meanwhile on the eastern front:
    "Don't worry Dimitri,we have more T-34's than the Tiger has shells"

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 4 роки тому +14

      As well as air support and more fuel.

    • @imanin9972
      @imanin9972 4 роки тому +18

      @@SantomPh russians would last without allied support

    • @NoveltyNova
      @NoveltyNova 4 роки тому +13

      @@imanin9972 Yeah, and their country would probably fail afterwards considering the lack of support from allied troops would most likely mean the death of over three quarters and possibly more of their population. Just because you have people to throw into the grinder doesn't mean you HAVE to throw them into the grinder.

    • @punchdreadnought8101
      @punchdreadnought8101 4 роки тому +10

      @@imanin9972 *coughs in ammunition, trucks and food.* Oh yeah remember when the Soviet economy prospered so much that they traded some submarines to Pepsi for capitalist soft drink ? Ah good times.

    • @sumvs5992
      @sumvs5992 3 роки тому

      @@punchdreadnought8101 damn if only the USSR government spent all their money on the military

  • @itskingbeatz
    @itskingbeatz 4 роки тому +257

    Immediately thought of the "Last Tiger" story on Battlefield V

    • @britishguy339
      @britishguy339 4 роки тому +16

      It's KiNgBeAtZ very different stories. It’s likely most of the stuff in the last tiger was fictional, but boy were they epic last stands

    • @laeggingzeppelin2090
      @laeggingzeppelin2090 4 роки тому +3

      @@britishguy339 or different timeline?

    • @vesuvius115
      @vesuvius115 3 роки тому +4

      It's similar, the only difference is this was Tiger 131, and in game it was Tiger 233, not to mention they looked different and had different endings, one fake, one real.

    • @thefifthempire1529
      @thefifthempire1529 3 роки тому

      @@britishguy339 you should check Kurt Knispel story, he was pretty awesome

    • @saulgoodmansentme1992
      @saulgoodmansentme1992 3 роки тому

      @@vesuvius115 237*

  • @Sammieszmodicsbaby
    @Sammieszmodicsbaby 4 роки тому +321

    imagine if the tank just started moving on its own after it was captured...

    • @classicminer191
      @classicminer191 4 роки тому +15

      oh no

    • @akumaking1
      @akumaking1 4 роки тому +15

      I think that's a movie somewhere called "White Tiger"

    • @Adrian-cz2zk
      @Adrian-cz2zk 3 роки тому +4

      @@akumaking1 i saw that movie
      I mean just the part where The White Tiger attacks the t-34s

    • @goldenrodprime226
      @goldenrodprime226 3 роки тому +16

      That’s not a tank that’s a transformer

    • @stevenardian1485
      @stevenardian1485 3 роки тому +4

      So A Ghost Tank ?

  • @logger22
    @logger22 4 роки тому +349

    "When I was a boy, a group of kids robbed the local shop. My father was furious when he found out. I protested to him that I did not take anything. "Maybe...", he said, "but you were there."
    My name is Peter Müller, and I was there."

    • @lordmoneyshot9317
      @lordmoneyshot9317 4 роки тому +56

      The best war story of bfv

    • @gang_727_star4
      @gang_727_star4 4 роки тому +25

      @@lordmoneyshot9317 indeed it was
      2nd best was the African french story, gets emotional at the end

    • @Teaspoon9205
      @Teaspoon9205 4 роки тому +1

      OH YES.

    • @wackjack5667
      @wackjack5667 4 роки тому +14

      IDK if the quote also means that even though the SS are the ones who did the atrocities like the concentration camps and mass murders the wermacht soldiers are still getting hate because they are german and that they are just simply "there".

    • @potatojuice5124
      @potatojuice5124 4 роки тому +4

      @Wack Jack nope. It’s just exposition.

  • @v4d1m80
    @v4d1m80 4 роки тому +151

    FUN FACT:
    The Brits cheered when a Tiger tank started running

  • @charlessaint7926
    @charlessaint7926 4 роки тому +54

    Sherman crew comes upon a Kubelwagon, "A TIGER!"

  • @mikewest5529
    @mikewest5529 4 роки тому +19

    Imagine being in that tank taking all those hits!! Jeez!! Crazy! They all must have went deaf. And how did they make it away with all those people shooting at it? They must have been amazed they were all alive!!
    Wow! Nice vid!!

  • @eduardofontes8399
    @eduardofontes8399 4 роки тому +24

    I read the title as "Tank 131 Special Ed"

  • @BernieYoda
    @BernieYoda 4 роки тому +248

    Abandoned Tiger tank: *exists*
    British: it’s free real estate

  • @alanwestmoreland6152
    @alanwestmoreland6152 4 роки тому +80

    7:33 *the tank is being researched by top men*
    Indiana Jones: *who?*
    Top man: *_top men_*

    • @MrChiffre
      @MrChiffre 3 роки тому +4

      Don´t forget the slight pause in "Top..men..."

  • @gopniktanker6699
    @gopniktanker6699 4 роки тому +12

    Your animations are getting better and better, thank you for telling us this story, i am waiting for the tankfest stream :D

  • @ibbi32
    @ibbi32 4 роки тому +355

    When you are so fast that Hans doesn't scream the Russians are coming

  • @legomunable
    @legomunable 4 роки тому +926

    To be truthful, the German’s did have the sexiest tanks.

  • @enricob15
    @enricob15 4 роки тому +303

    Allies and Russians: destroys rare German tanks bc they don't care.
    Me in 2020: :/

    • @TheDaltonius
      @TheDaltonius 4 роки тому +7

      They destroyed it even tho it’s free real estate
      Also thinking about how many of these rare tanks are produced make them rare from the start

    • @pretzelbomb6105
      @pretzelbomb6105 4 роки тому +24

      It was an enemy tank they were actively fighting against, of course they wanted to understand it better.

    • @acai9130
      @acai9130 4 роки тому +25

      Yeah, let’s *not* shoot the tank that’s fucking ABOUT TO KILL US

    • @nikolaos6083
      @nikolaos6083 4 роки тому +16

      @@acai9130 EXACTLY. Lets PRESERVE IT so that the spoiled BRATS in 80 years can ENJOY LOOKING AT IT. :)))

    • @gabrielgarcia9822
      @gabrielgarcia9822 3 роки тому

      @@nikolaos6083 ah yes, we would rather shoot it and turn this tank into scrap to make some tires and guns.

  • @maxwelldalston8277
    @maxwelldalston8277 4 роки тому +8

    I remember when they were still renovating it, got to see see up close! It's huge in person

  • @024tf2
    @024tf2 4 роки тому +60

    This is what we all wanted

  • @kelp2697
    @kelp2697 4 роки тому +56

    Last time I was this early the fifth panzer division was still in Belgium

  • @ddrrobbo4796
    @ddrrobbo4796 2 роки тому +2

    I visited the Tank Museum, last week where Tiger Tank 131 and the Sherman Firefly, from the film Fury, are stored. Magnificent machines! You could see all the battle scars they had received from the war. I highly advise to anyone to go the museum and see them for yourself as well as many more other vehicles of war. Also being able to see Tiger Tank 131 in action when there are events when they drive the tank and many other vehicles around. As well as you can ride in some of them.

  • @harold5337
    @harold5337 3 роки тому +1

    Tiger 131 is a marvel of a machine, was lucky enough to see the working one at the Tank Museum. Truly a holy grail for Tank enthusiasts.

  • @azarth8805
    @azarth8805 4 роки тому +18

    I've seen 131 in real life a few years back, it was amazing, the engine sound really shook me, so much that I bought a tiger model set, painted it and labeled it 131.

  • @uh-60blackhawk99
    @uh-60blackhawk99 4 роки тому +577

    “What are you calling this tank?”
    German Tank Commander: “1-3-1”
    Edit: Wow I never expected this many likes, thank you

    • @arifcso6633
      @arifcso6633 4 роки тому +41

      Call of duty modern warfare reference

    • @mikaneous1140
      @mikaneous1140 4 роки тому +3

      @@arifcso6633 It is, but it isn't.

    • @Daniel-ef1mw
      @Daniel-ef1mw 4 роки тому +2

      @@mikaneous1140 Nearly but the middle number.

    • @filthyactataunreasonablepr21
      @filthyactataunreasonablepr21 4 роки тому +5

      Could it be that task 141 reference tiger 131

    • @janyogyog76
      @janyogyog76 4 роки тому +2

      That's cool. despite close to 141 Call of Duty Modern Warfare Reference

  • @sunnybang4575
    @sunnybang4575 4 роки тому +2

    I don't know why but I keep remember 'The Last Tiger' from BF5. It was a sad story.

  • @akino_xx
    @akino_xx 4 роки тому

    Oml im sooo proud to have seen ur animations grow from basic to greeeat i live to watch these videos and cant wait for more!

  • @rpe4115
    @rpe4115 4 роки тому +639

    GERMAN PANZERKORPS IN A NUTSHELL:
    "Let's call this big tank the Maus, aye?"
    "Aye!"
    "Let's call this Explosive Tank that's about 1.5 feet tall the Goliath, Aye?"
    "Aye!"
    (no one asked for this, just randomly was in my head.
    edit: im an idiot for saying this^^^, some people are mad.

    • @palosnes3147
      @palosnes3147 4 роки тому +23

      The maus (mouse) tank is the heaviest recorded land vehicle in the world at 188 metric tons.

    • @mikhailmarzook2165
      @mikhailmarzook2165 4 роки тому +24

      Let’s waste are oil aye

    • @Fae-Fey
      @Fae-Fey 4 роки тому +15

      probably to misdirect allied intel. Wouldn't it be obvious to name it other way around?

    • @bawicz0
      @bawicz0 4 роки тому

      ☹️

    • @imadethischanneltocomment767
      @imadethischanneltocomment767 4 роки тому +6

      im pretty sure you don't ask for comments anyways, why did you leave that in, its like editing your comment thanking everyone for likes

  • @thebigsad9463
    @thebigsad9463 4 роки тому +109

    Powerful yet few were actually produced and deployed on the battlefield (Unlike most world war II movies make you believe)

    • @Simplehistory
      @Simplehistory  4 роки тому +43

      very rare yes

    • @MST545
      @MST545 4 роки тому +12

      Then you gotta take into consideration how much of a chore it was to even front one of these beasts on the frontlines. Specially if you look at tank fights post-D-Day, the hedgerows made the Tiger hard to move around, and it didn't help the soft terrain during the rainy days would sink these heavies in the mud. But in terms of lethality the Tiger was an absolute demon to the allied armor.

    • @UFCMania155
      @UFCMania155 4 роки тому +5

      1500 were made...not that rare. But unfortunately, they were too massively outnumbered by allied tanks...by more than 10-1

    • @GlitchedBlox
      @GlitchedBlox 4 роки тому +2

      It's almost extinct like the real tiger

    • @voin5371
      @voin5371 4 роки тому +6

      @@UFCMania155 Rare in actual sighting, when you consider the amount with mechanical issues and logistical problems, you'd probably see around a third of the tigers and even then, compared to something like the Panzer 4 which had around 8,500 produced (Variants included) fighting on multiple fronts and spread out among kilometres of land, with this in mind, you can truly understand the perspective of hearing about the "legendary tiger tank".

  • @Wuelfheze
    @Wuelfheze 4 роки тому

    These animations are progressively getting better, I'm loving to very slight but noticable increase in detail in every video.

  • @marcusmanibog5117
    @marcusmanibog5117 4 роки тому +16

    The tiger tanks mind is probably like
    “Man this is gonna be a great vacation”

    • @Farm172DII
      @Farm172DII 2 роки тому

      but no he would just be a statue for more than a decade

  • @primal_guy1526
    @primal_guy1526 4 роки тому +280

    At least Tiger 131 was spared the fate of an engine failure.

    • @andrewwoodhead3141
      @andrewwoodhead3141 4 роки тому +10

      It is a Tiger tank. The transmission was never especially unreliable. The myth of an unreliable transmission largely surrounds the Panther tank , which was somewhat "front heavy'' and did have some related issues. Even these problems have been grossly exaggerated however, mostly by members of the online war gamming community.
      In the Case of Tiger 131 there has never been a recorded transmission failure. Engine failures have been surprisingly common however, not just during the recent restoration process , but also during the post capture examination process during which many of the engines were effectively tested to destruction. She went through several engines and many engine rebuilds during the war. Not one transmission failure.

    • @primal_guy1526
      @primal_guy1526 4 роки тому +6

      andrew woodhead I was trying to make a generic German tank joke...

    • @primal_guy1526
      @primal_guy1526 4 роки тому

      andrew woodhead Also, fine, you happy now?

    • @halojoe21
      @halojoe21 4 роки тому +1

      @@andrewwoodhead3141 "grossly exaggerated" Really? 36 percent readiness rate for tiger tanks in late 1943 says otherwise. As opposed to 48 percent for the Panzer IV and 65 percent for the StuG III
      Source: Zaloga, Armored Champion (2015)

    • @mr.onbekend7959
      @mr.onbekend7959 4 роки тому +1

      @@halojoe21 and where does it say its all about the transmission?

  • @ArcticWolf00Alpha0
    @ArcticWolf00Alpha0 4 роки тому +200

    People: The Tiger tank is slow and Unreliable
    Tiger 131: mmmmmm...no.

    • @seeeddie850
      @seeeddie850 4 роки тому +11

      Tiger: No the Ferdinand

    • @ethanstang9941
      @ethanstang9941 4 роки тому +7

      Tiger 131: watch this.

    • @parodyclip36
      @parodyclip36 4 роки тому +1

      Must have been different on eastern front. Y know actually seeing service with logistic of a country at war

    • @bobsjepanzerkampfwagen4150
      @bobsjepanzerkampfwagen4150 4 роки тому +3

      Thats a myth one of many myths about ww2

    • @ideafountain4649
      @ideafountain4649 4 роки тому +1

      Tiger 131 hold my fuel, challenge accepted

  • @finchy5334
    @finchy5334 4 роки тому +1

    When I went to Bovington for an insider of the RAC which I start In September. I was lucky enough to see it as well as it moving into the museum. Just seeing how big it was, was scary itself.

  • @amieloreta8055
    @amieloreta8055 4 роки тому +10

    imagine of the crew survived and after the war. drove again the tank. that would be epic.

  • @cuaumendza13
    @cuaumendza13 4 роки тому +44

    Min 0:05 Rommel commanding his tanks in north Africa and Normandy colorized. XD

  • @admiraltrung-ankancollepla2201
    @admiraltrung-ankancollepla2201 4 роки тому +39

    This tank also used for Hollywood. Including Fury, where this Tiger tank engaged 3 Sherman tanks during the battle

    • @KiwiImpactSaint
      @KiwiImpactSaint 4 роки тому

      Actually 4, 1 was knocked out before knowing what’s coming. Though Fury’s gun should’t have problem piercing Tiger’s frontal armour, the movie had to end with a close engagement.

    • @maccabee3753
      @maccabee3753 4 роки тому +3

      @Derrick Liu actually Fury should have been the first to die. If you watch the movie you would see that fury is in the front and by German tactics you would destroy the front tank and then the back tank of the column. And fury should have stuck out like a sore thumb to the tiger for having the 76mm which all German tank commanders feared and would go out of their way to kill first.

    • @silentsliver7192
      @silentsliver7192 4 роки тому

      Just to add on to what you said even if fury was second or third tank usually or an experienced German tank crew would target fury first since it could pen the tiger front armor. The rest where 75mm cannons. Another fun fact most tank Sherman tank crew should have the 76mm gun at this time in the war but most crews turn down the government offer because they where used to the 75mm guns and they felt that the 76mm guns would not work for most crews.

    • @maccabee3753
      @maccabee3753 4 роки тому

      @SILENT SLIVER yeah absolutely, there was no need for any of the tanks to charge because even at that range the 75mm could still do some damage. And I just rewatched that scene and what happened to the tigers loader? It had a really high rate of fire to just a few final shots that seemed to take for ever to load.

    • @cheesuschrist8248
      @cheesuschrist8248 4 роки тому

      @@KiwiImpactSaint the movie ended with almost everyone dead

  • @quebec__12
    @quebec__12 3 роки тому +5

    "Kertz! Kertz!"

  • @dasboot5903
    @dasboot5903 3 роки тому

    What's an amazing storyline, of the one of the most beautiful but deadliest piece of weaponry of the ENEMY !!!! Thank you for producing of this video and for uploading it here !!!!

  • @Chris-m-m02
    @Chris-m-m02 4 роки тому +44

    My Great grandfather was present when this Tank was captured, he was part of the good ol' 2nd battalion Sherwood Foresters! However he later got wounded at Anzio by shell shrapnel but luckily survived the war

  • @allfatherodin-officiallyun1107
    @allfatherodin-officiallyun1107 4 роки тому +6

    I witnessed a King Tiger tank being started a few years ago in Overloon. I will never forget the sound of the engine or how much the ground trembled. It was amazing to see

  • @Walker_62638
    @Walker_62638 3 роки тому +11

    This is basically the brits VS the Bismarck : Ground version

  • @MrFukmor
    @MrFukmor 4 роки тому

    By far one of the best videos yet!

  • @syahareensharani6869
    @syahareensharani6869 4 роки тому +33

    Commander: Turret Jammed
    Commander: Main gun is destroyed
    Commander: Gunner is dead we're shooting blind

    • @mgapryt4930
      @mgapryt4930 4 роки тому +4

      lol world of tanks blitz reference there

    • @Cobretsov2022
      @Cobretsov2022 3 роки тому

      Mgapr PlayzYT
      It’s more likely a war thunder reference.
      ‘YOU’VE GOT A HOLE IN YOUR LEFT WING’ *Game Intensifies*

    • @t.i.t.f5116
      @t.i.t.f5116 3 роки тому

      In war thunder this is a beast if you angle your tiger correctly it cant be penned

    • @berzebu
      @berzebu 3 роки тому

      @@t.i.t.f5116 apperently it is too much to ask tiger players to use one fourth of their brain

    • @cowgoesmoo3850
      @cowgoesmoo3850 3 роки тому

      @@Cobretsov2022 actually no it's not. World of tank says that saying exactly..

  • @FrehleyFan3988
    @FrehleyFan3988 4 роки тому +38

    It would have been awesome to see a flamethrower tiger tank

    • @i_critique_your_vanity7216
      @i_critique_your_vanity7216 4 роки тому +6

      Wouldn’t have been a point. The tiger was designed with long range in mind with its nominal combat distance to be around a kilometer. Flamethrower tanks (named crocodile by allied standard) had engagement ranges of 150m or less.
      Would have been a death sentence for the vehicle.

    • @seeeddie850
      @seeeddie850 4 роки тому +3

      Apparently this exists:
      tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2-germany-schwerer-flammpanzer-auf-tiger-i/

    • @FrehleyFan3988
      @FrehleyFan3988 4 роки тому +2

      @@seeeddie850 I've seen the flammpanzer III before. I immediately fell in love with it

    • @sargonsblackgrandfather2072
      @sargonsblackgrandfather2072 4 роки тому

      Terrible idea, it’s a long range sniper tank. It doesn’t do well facing infantry at close range.

    • @i_critique_your_vanity7216
      @i_critique_your_vanity7216 4 роки тому

      Seeeddie Gaming amazingly, the article mentions exactly the problem I said. Lol

  • @Cookie131_
    @Cookie131_ Рік тому +1

    I recently got the opportunity to see this tank in real life and it was magnificent. I would happily do it again any day

  • @styro1203
    @styro1203 4 роки тому

    I live near the tank museum and have seen the tank itself and seen it working its a great visit and I highly recommend it.

  • @coldshadow_yt9708
    @coldshadow_yt9708 4 роки тому +13

    1:06 when the sponsor ends :)

  • @yumechan89
    @yumechan89 4 роки тому +10

    Kim Kardashian :- I'm ThiCC
    Tiger :- Hold my tank commander

  • @CKr14
    @CKr14 4 роки тому

    Love the videos! I've been watching for years.

  • @markusdupree5317
    @markusdupree5317 3 роки тому

    I’ve been to the tank museum and the the Tiger was the only tank that I took like 30 photos of. It is an amazing tank, you can really see how heavy and well armoured it is, and the muzzle is as big as my head !

  • @elliottclark-dyson2516
    @elliottclark-dyson2516 4 роки тому +96

    Hello simple history 😀😀😀

  • @DeadChannel420
    @DeadChannel420 4 роки тому +99

    Tiger Tank = *A Tank Which Is Owned By The Ugandan Tiger Mafia*

  • @_nakari
    @_nakari 4 роки тому

    Literally playing WoT looking at my Tiger 131 watching your other video about the Tiger 1 and wonder to myself “Did they make a video for the 131?” Clicked your profile and boom what do I see? Subbed!

  • @americanpatriot2422
    @americanpatriot2422 2 роки тому +1

    Outstanding video!

  • @IronLord2014
    @IronLord2014 4 роки тому +74

    The tank that the allies should have used in D-Day. The German would be like:
    “WAS IST DAS?!”

    • @breizhrudie4757
      @breizhrudie4757 4 роки тому +7

      @@crashtestbillz108 It wasn't that unreliable, it would with unexperienced crews and lack of proper maintenance.

    • @radar476
      @radar476 4 роки тому +2

      Breizh Rudie it was very unreliable, the transmission was just not enough for the weight among other issues.

    • @PalyBiker
      @PalyBiker 4 роки тому

      @@breizhrudie4757 True, bud dont say it to nowadays heroes that think they will never be afraid of a tiger.

  • @samsmotzzz2171
    @samsmotzzz2171 4 роки тому +15

    This is when people spam "FIRST"

  • @jeremiahigbalic8873
    @jeremiahigbalic8873 4 роки тому +2

    I love WoT ❤️ I almost play that game for almost 7 years and Everytime I see that tank on the game it's just like a standard tiger on the the tech tree.

    • @Kat-dg8ec
      @Kat-dg8ec 2 роки тому

      Stay on WoT dont go to WoT Blitz

    • @Kat-dg8ec
      @Kat-dg8ec 2 роки тому

      Irs some horrific nightmare shet in WoTB

  • @lioubastoupakova3770
    @lioubastoupakova3770 4 роки тому

    It’s so cool to see photos of the crews too

  • @EthanJewellDrones
    @EthanJewellDrones 4 роки тому +14

    “My name is Peter Müller, and I was there.”

  • @Magzzii
    @Magzzii 4 роки тому +6

    It’s amazing I’ve seen this tank in person, looking back at the picture I took of it it’s crazy to think about it’s history.

  • @haruashikaga4629
    @haruashikaga4629 4 роки тому +1

    Just Joined as New membership and i love your Videos :)

  • @matthewnash9580
    @matthewnash9580 4 роки тому

    I've seen 131 running in person, it's a real beauty and seems so much bigger in person. Such a beauty of a tank

  • @countdooku6988
    @countdooku6988 4 роки тому +15

    Sponsor ends at 1:07
    Please don't thank me *I serve the soviet Union*

    • @starz6315
      @starz6315 4 роки тому

      WE serve the soviet union.

    • @countdooku6988
      @countdooku6988 4 роки тому

      @@starz6315 *OUR* Apologies commander

  • @SirStalingrad
    @SirStalingrad 4 роки тому +3

    It’s amazing to see how Simple Histories art design has come so far to make this Tiger tank, look so real.

  • @piirakkaliisa8340
    @piirakkaliisa8340 4 роки тому +5

    First time ever i watched a youtube commercial...little girl banging drums on Ace Of Spades \m/

  • @rainredfox
    @rainredfox 4 роки тому +19

    “Hanz, ze transmizzion is broken!”

    • @Anonymoose345
      @Anonymoose345 3 роки тому

      “And ze engine caught fire and vere stuck”

  • @Marcosher
    @Marcosher 4 роки тому +8

    Been playing World of Tanks for around 8 years now. Recommended 10/10

    • @joshthemigpro1733
      @joshthemigpro1733 4 роки тому +8

      Should try war thunder its better

    • @jasonmcleod8914
      @jasonmcleod8914 4 роки тому +2

      @@joshthemigpro1733 that like telling someone who likes to pay GTA, that they should try Gran Turismo. Both have cars, two totally different games.
      WoT and WT are both well put together, but they aren't the same game... can't be compared.

    • @n-gaming4056
      @n-gaming4056 4 роки тому

      royalty_risin538 warthunder sucks

    • @britishguy339
      @britishguy339 4 роки тому

      N - Gaming world of tanks sucks

    • @joshthemigpro1733
      @joshthemigpro1733 4 роки тому

      N - Gaming have u ever played it

  • @jamieolberding7731
    @jamieolberding7731 4 роки тому +3

    Simple History
    2.79M subscribers Thank you for doing a video on the famous Tiger 131 German Tiger 1 Tank that also became a popular movie star in "Fury".

  • @luishuerta2505
    @luishuerta2505 Рік тому +1

    That tiger tank is legendary and will always be the best time in legendary times

  • @MajorEasley
    @MajorEasley 4 роки тому +1

    The most beautiful tank ever to have been built. 👍👍

  • @koyonafri
    @koyonafri 4 роки тому +7

    -Thanks- Tanks to Simple History for keeping us educated while in quarantine.

  • @silakkalaatikko
    @silakkalaatikko 4 роки тому +7

    Wow, last time I was this early our Panther was still working

  • @ilikemathematics1590
    @ilikemathematics1590 4 роки тому

    I love the thumbnail, 3D and in a great art style!

  • @Louis-nj3qk
    @Louis-nj3qk 4 роки тому

    I went to see this tank in action on the 31st of March 2013 at bovington. It was incredible!