World War 2 Top 10 Tanks (Videos)
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- Tiger II is the common name of a German heavy tank of the Second World War. The final official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B, often shortened to Tiger B. The ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 182. It is also known under the informal name Königstiger[6] (the German name for the Bengal tiger), often translated literally as Royal Tiger, or somewhat incorrectly as King Tiger by Allied soldiers, especially by American forces.
The Tiger II was the successor to the Tiger I, combining the latter's thick armour with the armour sloping used on the Panther medium tank. The tank weighed almost 70 tonnes, and was protected by 100 to 185 mm (3.9 to 7.3 in) of armour to the front.[9] It was armed with the long barrelled 8.8 cm KwK 43 L/71 anti-tank cannon.The chassis was also the basis for the Jagdtiger turretless tank destroyer.
The Tiger II was issued to heavy tank battalions of the Army (Schwere Heerespanzerabteilung - abbreviated s.H.Pz.Abt) and the Waffen-SS (s.SS.Pz.Abt). It was first used in combat with s.H.Pz.Abt. 503 during the Normandy campaign on 11 July 1944; on the Eastern Front, the first unit to be outfitted with Tiger IIs was the s.H.Pz.Abt. 501, which by 1 September 1944 listed 25 Tiger IIs operational. - เกม
This top is so hard, even KV-1 not included here.
M3 Lee:
At 7 hold bear🤣
Yea wheres a stug III
X-ray games KV-1 is not included cause after 1943 he couldn’t face tiger tanks at all, that’s why the soviets built the T-34/85 cause it had more firepower.The M3 Lee was very useful as a tank destroyer cause he could deal a lot of damage and he had thick armor. The Americans used the M3 Lee at the battle of Casserine Pass, that’s why the German and the Italian army had many problems.
Even kv2
*Hmm yeah wonder why there no fully functional Kv 1 (others are rebuilded using scraps) *
The one thing about tanks that videos can never portray is that fact that you dont' just see and hear them, you FEEL them.
The progress in tank design made over the course of WW2 is absolutely staggering. Freakin little Panzer I all the way to that monolith Tiger II in such a short time.
its not really a breakthrough in technology though, they simply realized more armor protects the crew better, and a bigger gun gets through that bigger armor, yes the engines were huge and sophisticated but its nothing compared to ERA, APFSDS, Composite armor, etc that happened right after WW2. All german tank designers knew was how to make things bigger, and for some reason they didn't realize that would make them unreliable as hell.
To be honest I'd say fighter aircraft made more of a breakthrough.
5/10 german Tanks. They know how to build tanks!
They lost.
10 million soviet deaths
Yes Germany is the best nation for build a tank
And Germany Enginers Know Lol
@@user-tw9fw5kr9t most tanks were still better then the soviet ones.
20 Million +
M3 lee hahahahahaha
what's so funny?
its not a tank, its garbage
BeyondOasys It was a successful interim Medium tank design. It served well beyond its expiration date.
Just because the M3 Lee is shit in World of Tanks (it isn't shit, it has more DPM than some tier 6-7 mediums), doesn't mean it's shit IRL
на практике танк получил крайне дурную славу, его даже прозвали БМ-6 - "братская могила 6", 6 - по числу экипажа. было бы как-то иначе, машина имела бы массу модификаций
i wasnt able to take this video serious as I saw the M3
Who could?
I'm guessing it's just because he had some good footage of it. I can't imagine why else he would have included it.
The M3 Lee wrecked everything in its way at the time it was introduced. The german tanks of the time stood no chance against it until necesarry improvements were made to the german tanks.
well of course, Everything is good until its outdated.
Not necesarrily. Some things are bad from the beginning on but simply the only things serving that special purpose
What I think is remarkable are the actual operational machines, still running after all these years.
Ис 2 - зверюга, шатал всех этих тигров и пантер. 👍
Согласен, ИС мощь
А на то, что Пантера была всеми признана лучшим танком 2 мировой, что ты скажешь?
@@Vot4er0 122мм орудие пробивало Пантер. Про лучшее и худшее не было сказано выше, было только о том что ИС-2 справлялся и уничтожал технику противника
@@Vot4er0 Не знаю что за люди с этим спорили бы, в бою 1 на 1 сделала бы даже тигра, но слава богу их было мало и косяков даже у них хватало.
KB-2
top 10 WWII tanks and you put the M3 lee WTF
The Russians called it a coffin fro seven brothers
@@mpananas1uss170 for six*
History talks, these tanks were regularly used against enemies in ww2 and it caused allot of damage to them.. thats why its top 10, whilst the other tanks such as IS-7, MAUS, T110Es all were prototypes and never used in war
I legit was like they didn’t just put
the lee here
The Lee in the clip doesn't have it's hull gun it's gone
The Panther was the best tank of World War 2. It combined an extremely accurate and powerful main gun with superb mobility and speed. The sloping frontal armor further added to its combat effectiveness and survivability. The Germans had learned valuable lessons in the tactical advantages of sloped armor from the Russians and wasted no time in exploiting it.
Problem was, just like the Tiger series of tanks, they were extremely unreliable.
kill4money213
Agreed. The first models were quite disappointing yes due mostly to the simplified final drive that was installed to cut down on manufacturing time. Once this was almost completely rectified in the G model though...it was an impressive machine. By that time though, the Panther was hopelessly outnumbered and could not capitalize on its superior qualities enough to turn the tide.
thats incorrect... well maintained the Panther was as good or bad as any other ww2 tank...which were all unreliable by today standart... the only weak point of the Panther was the final drive... if the driver was carefully it was no problem... unskilled drivers could easy destroy it
+Propheth of Lego I wouldn't say so since the Russian had a lot of problems whit the is2 and they were not very well made
Propheth of Lego
The IS-2 was packed with problems early (1943till mid 1944) IS-2 had weak frontal hull armor (could be penetrated by almost every gun from 75mm/L43 upwards) that forced the USSR to a redesign of the complet hullfront (mid 1944) huge drawback was the 122mm gun of the IS-2... extrem low rate of fire and extrem inaccurate abouve 1000m most german tanks could outfire a IS-2 by 3-5 vs 1 shoot and given to its calibre poor penetration performance..that the IS-2 was more mobile than a Tiger2 is a mythos.. both had about the same power to weight ratio fully equipped (~11hp/to) with a slightly higher topspeed for the Tiger 2 ...the biggest problem of all, the IS-2 carryed only 28 rounds for the main gun(and now take into account the extrem inaccurate gun)... so he needed a constant supply line direct at the frontline..if the supply line was cut off, the IS-2 run pretty quick out of ammo... to compare Panther carryed up to 85 rounds, Tiger1 92rounds, Tiger2 86rounds the battlefield endurance of the German tanks was much better... tanks are more than paper numbers
Something about the T-34 blasting easily through the mud shows the Soviets got that one right for the time period.
Yeah it didn’t really. It too got stuck in mud.
@@brennanleadbetter9708 mud is often a winner in case of any tank, modern or historical. Though T34 deals with it better in most cases in comparison to any other ww2 tank. because other tanks are either a lot heavier or got some other disadvantages.
King Tiger looks beautiful, way beyond it's time, what an amazing machine. King Tiger looks beautiful, way beyond it's time, what an amazing machine.
For me, tiger 1 is the most feared tanks on ww2, and still now that beast gives me goosebumps
Königstiger
Laughs in Russian tds
Totally agree!
Laughs in 30000 T-34’s
laughs in titanium
King Tiger:*sees M3*
Also King Tiger:"hey do i have to babysit this guy now?"
The m3 lee never saw a tiger 2 or a panther.
@@jeremyjones453 he's obviously joking stupid
I love tanks. That Tiger 2 is amazing. Thanks for sharing!
Wherever there are tanks gathered in town, there are only two things that are inevitable: the Tiger and Yukarin blended with the crowd.
The Königs Tiger is so damn beautiful!!!
Yeah
My favorites. Number 1. Tiger1 ( although the tiger1 probably was the worst of the three tanks . I think their bad ass) , 2 Panther, 3 Tiger 2.
the king tiger was alot better than the tiger one
There is, Its a common mistake, Konig in german translates to "king" so Americans called it King Tigers multiple times. The named it correctely, the Royal Tiger.
Kyokai Ist Tiger 2. Nobody on german side called it "Königstiger"
Anyone, who puts M3 Lee anywhere near the top 10 list, knows absolute shit about ww2 tanks....
Why? Firstly it was opinion, secondly, though I agree it doesn't deserve Top 10, Top 15 more-rather, it wasn't the terrible tank people think it as.
Nathan Peterson Firstly, TOP lists are only things, that can, and should be objective, because you actually compare things, unless its "my top favourite" or etc. This list was, obviously, made by "ou, this looks cool. Also strong. ITS IN!" way, instead of actually comparing vehicles. Nobody comparing Tiger 2 and Panther, cant say Tiger 2 was better. Now i may seem too butthurt about this, but my grandgranddad(ya know. father of my grandfather) was a IS-1 commander in WW2, both my granddads were a T-55B and a T-54 commanders, during communism, and I am a T-34/85 commander, when it comes to remakig battle scenes(its about showing, that also young teenagers, were fighting, and killing eachother[BTW, that is one horrible machine. Seriously, T-34s are BAD tanks, even for ww2]), so we are family of tank commanders (:
Adam Chaffee Fair enough.
I'm not a tank expert at all but everyone knows the Lees sucked. The British had to use them against the Afrika Korps and complained about them constantly. I was surprised to see it on the list. And it's ugly as shit.
If they would be able too mass produce the Tiger 2 before it was too late... they could easily defend two fronts. That shit would murder every other tank at that time.. using rounds against Shermans and T 34-85 would have felt like a waste of rounds
Fantastic. Thanks.
No Firefly? No Jagdpanther?
M3 looks like a toy compared to the German tiger.
richies quest The M3 doesn’t break its transmission like the Tiger did.
@@flare9757 tiger doesn't explode into a flaming ball of metal after one hit and tiger doesn't jam it's turret like the m3 did
IdkHowToNameMySelfYT If you compare the cost of each vehicle to how well it did, the M3 is better. The Tiger was feared, but mostly because of its armor. Sure, it has a great gun, but the armor was what was best about it.
And at least the M3 crews didn’t have to take almost all of the roadwheels off the tank in freezing weather to kick mud off the tank so it could move.
@@ruzek115 Ferdinand burns down in (montée) idk
Wherse su/ius 152
Number 4: panther tank
Number 4: tiger
WTF?!
literally almost the same tank just panther is faster and tiger is stronger just like with the real animals.
@@walterholt9717 haha good one mate
@@Railrody Technically the Panther was a medium tank, but it weighed more than a Pershing or Churchill, and nearly as much as Russian KV. And it's still 90% the weight of a Tiger.
@@kkrummelrhs in Germany all that have >150mm gun is medium or light tank and
@@Railrody I'm guessing you meant 150mm armor? If yes since the Panther 100 mm armor (front sloped armor made this with effect of ~140).
It had the title medium tank, but the term is pretty loose as it weighed nearly 2x a Panzer IV.
A Panther with some more side armor could've done the Tiger's role just fine, but with better mobility
They are old, but these old beasts are beautiful. Salute to your service and bravery...
One thing the M-3 did that counts. It gave the allies something, anything to hit back with the 75mm. Especially in North Africa. At least a decent start. Panzer development didn't wait around.
The sherman sounds like a lawnmower
His engine is a plane's engine
@@the-equinox06ptitbiscuit60 -_-
@@Skikorski lol
@@the-equinox06ptitbiscuit60 the one in the video not it s an m4a3 with a ford gaa v8 engine
@@joopstaman2649 ok
BTW tank you for the vid
So the biggest slowest tank that spent more time being repaired than it did fighting is the best tank of World War II? Ok! Thanks for clearing that up!
M3 Lee vs Renault ft 17 would be a good Battle 😂
Ft 17 wins
How to kill a King Tiger:
Cut off its fuel supply.
Thank you for attending my TED Talk.
how to kill a Sherman or t-34, let it get stuck in mud.
thank you for attending my TED Talk.
Or have them try and take a King Tiger head on.
Smart ass...
@@BlankRegie just send 35 Sherman or t34 on 1 tiger
@@jacobkeeney7231 not the T-34 you know
Tiger 2:
Im superior in Firepower,Armor,Quality,
M4: and Weight
Tiger 2: what?
M4: there your fuel is gone
Tiger 2: Fuck!
9:19 the crew of Tiger 1 seems to be happy for their chosen ride. ;-)
The photo of the plain dark yellow King Tiger on the page front for this is one of my 1/4 RC Models. Cheers from Mark-1-Tank.
M3 Lee has a ridiculously high target profile and the it's hard for a tank commander to efficiently coordinate several guns
yeah, it has a large target profile, but it didn't have several guns, it had only two, and the commander wasn't completely overwhelmed just by adding a second gun
The Polish 7TPjw were good tanks and on the same technological level as the best German tanks in 1939! With the wz.37 37-mm gun the Polish 7TPjw tanks were able to destroy all German tanks from a greater distance which participated in the raid on Poland. The German Panzer III 37-mm gun tanks and Panzer IV 75-mm short gun tanks were not superior to the Polish 7TPjw-37 mm gun tanks. By the way, the 7PT " jw" was the single-turret 7TP version in contrast to "dw" which was the twin-turreted version of the 7TP. But only 24 of this twin-turreted 7TP infantry support tanks were still in use in 1939. The 7TPjw was of course clearly superior to the most used German tanks Panzer I and II in 1939. The Panzers I only had a machine gun and no anti-tank gun. The Panzer II had a 20 mm auto-cannon, but it was primarily intended for firing explosive grenades against infantry and the gun was too weak for combat against tanks. Therefore the Panzer II with its 20 mm gun was not dangerous for 7TPjw! By the way, the polish 7TPjw tank, was 1st tank with diesel engine in Europe. So this tank was with lower fire risk if the tank was hit. In the upgraded version, the crew compartment was larger and the air-conditioning system was improved. The Poles learned from their experiences with regular 7TPjw, when used in training exercises, that crew comfort was important. Also the Polish radio type 2N/C of the Polish 7TPjw tank was superior to the German radio at range with of 25 km. The radios used in German tanks had a range of 4 km. Tanks with radios were also fitted with an intercom for the crew, who were equipped with new type helmets with integral headphones. But only shortly before the war it was decided to equip all tanks with radio, but then it was already too late. Furthermore all polish tanks were equipped with the revolutionary reversible periscope G wz. 34. The Periscope was a revolutionary because it was the first device to allow the tank commander to have a 360-degree view from his turret. This was a decisive advantage due to a much better overview of the battlefield. Because if I see the enemy tank before the enemy sees me, I can destroy the enemy tank first. The German soldiers in the German tanks, on the other hand, mainly used five viewing slits to observe the battlefield. Americans and British have taken over the Polish tank Periscope then for their own tanks too! Unfortunately, the Germans also took over the Periscope from the captured Polish tanks after 1939. The Sowejtes did the same!
So, in summary, it can be said that the Polish tank belongs on this list.
@@GreatPolishWingedHussars lol, sure...
@@JeanNezMarre25 Only ignorant fools laugh at historical facts! In fact, the Polish 7TPjw battle tank was on par with the German Panzer III. Both tanks could destroy each other. Both tanks had an gun with a caliber of 37 mm. But the 37mm gun of the 7TPjw tank was more powerful. Compared to the 1939 Panzer III gun. Both tanks had a similar operational range and maximum speed. True, the Polish tank was less armored than the German tanks but the Panzer III Ausf A-C had the same armor as the Polish tank. Only from the Ausf D onwards did the Panzer IIIs have more armor. But other advantages of the 7TPjw made it clear that the tank was on par. And what use was the Panzer III's stronger armor if the Polish 7TPjw tank could destroy it. In contrast, the advantages of the 7TPjw were clear. All polish tanks so also the 7TPjw were equipped with the revolutionary reversible periscope G wz. 34. The Periscope was a revolutionary because it was the first device to allow the tank commander to have a 360-degree view from his turret. This was a decisive advantage due to a much better overview of the battlefield. Because if I see the enemy tank before the enemy sees me, I can destroy the enemy tank first. The German soldiers in the German tanks, on the other hand, mainly used five viewing slits to observe the battlefield. If the German tank commander wanted to have the same overview as the Polish commander in the 7TPjw with the periscope G wz. 34 he has to open the upper hatch and leave the protection of the tank with his upper body. Which could be very deadly. Americans and British have taken over the Polish tank Periscope then for their own tanks too! Unfortunately, the Germans also took over the Periscope from the captured Polish tanks after 1939. The Sowejtes did the same! The Polish 7TPjw tank had another advantage to the German Panzer III due to the diesel engine. The Panzer III, on the other hand, had a gasoline engine with a higher risk of fire.
Incidentally, the Polish 9TP tank was even heavily armored than the Panzer III Ausf.E. The Polish army ordered 100 of these newly developed tanks and 13 9TP had already been delivered and also in operation against the Germans. So since the tank had the same advantages as the 7TPjw against the Panzer III, the tank was superior to the German Panzer III.
I'm not understand on what principle the steepness of tanks was compared!
Because, firstly, there are no universal tanks, each machine is designed for its specific tasks and needs of the time. Secondly, not only technical characteristics are important, but also cheapness and simplicity of production. German industry could not stand the production of their supertanks and choked. Those crumbs of the Royal tiger, which came to the front, nothing could change.
For me, in terms of characteristics, the IS-2 and T-34 will always be the best.
With that thinking an Fiat 600 is best than a Lamborghini Gallardo
@@masii22 i don't know about you, but i would bet that the side bringing ~50000 fiat 600s to a demolition derby would wipe the floor with the ~500 lamborghini gallardos
@@masii22😂. Good point, irrefutable.
@@energeticbombom328😂 Didn't think anyone could miss the point there, but you managed it. One on one, the only way to compare the aspects of a tank, the Tiger 2 has no contemporary equal
Damn, that Tiger looks like it would still be a force on a battlefield today!
5:30
Churchill: Ehh, Cmon grandson! ill show you what REAL tanking is!
Challenger: ...ugh, SHUT UP GRANPA, YOU OLD FUCK
Churchill: speak up sonny, i cant hear ya.
but for real, its amazing to see that over the course of 80 years, ONE human lifetime, weve gone from THAT (Churchill) to THAT (Challenger 2)
It would be better to compare aviation before the war with biplanes still in service and straight after the war with jet fighters such as MiG-15 and F-86. I think the progress was far more significant.
No. Even today's weakest anti tank weapons would go strait through the tiger
@@habe1717 I think they're supposed to destroy IFVS
Its nice to see a king tiger with only handful in running codition its amazing how they keep them running all the years and also amazing how they were captured but not destroyed you would be lucky if the crew abandoned it otherwise that 88 canon would probably shot you
To my knowledge, there is only one tiger I (in england) and one king tiger (in France) still in running condition
@@majormiller493 yeah
No, there are copies of tanks in the armored museum in Kubinka
@@user-tb4yi5wd8i the museum near Moscow where they got the only Maus?
@@user-tb4yi5wd8i im not saying there no copies im saying few are real
Absolutely amazing to see those old tanks in running order. Would love to see them run in person and even ride on them.
Yeah
I can dig it ...
The Shermann sounds Like my mowing machine
I wish I had the same mower that you have
Love the way the IS-2 hides itself with its own smoke screen. 🤣🤣🤣
Это мило для тебя или смешно?
Tiger looks by far the best by design
Panzer II and Tiger are the most iconic designs.
5:27 grand son following his grand father...
King Tiger looks beautiful, way beyond it's time, what an amazing machine
And too expensive
@@Alex-gt8rd It was fucking expensive and you could buy around 8 Sherman's for one Tiger 2 but I should mention that there are reports about the tank destroying 37 Sherman's.
@@lucav.k.4339 and 45 more would just apear down the road
Is2s better
@@bluepikmin4740 yes, because I am russian, lol
It's no contest. The King Tiger is the winner of that beauty pageant.
Being British... its hard for the words to come out of my mouth..... But how insanely awesome are the Tiger tanks. There's just something about them, that I'm sure would of made your blood turn to ice when you'd see them emerging from the forest or coming around a corner.
Right it was bad enough you were likely to not only run into Panthers and tiger 1s but a bigger more powerful tiger that was just terriffying kingtigers were scary defensive weapons.
being british means ALWAYS sitting in the worst possible tanks :)
even the PIII was better than any real british design(churchill/cromwell),if the crew was skilled and at close range....
we germans had the best designs,just not enough rare materials any more(specific metals) in order to produce the most strained parts like the front wheel supports,so that was always a breaking point even for the tigers...
@@christianfeider4939 Every tank had its Achilles heel, and we British were better at finding yours than you were finding ours
@@christianfeider4939 well apart from the Comet and the firefly . Plus it was pretty rare to see a tiger or panther on the western front . Unfortunately you Germans love engineering too much , that is why the Russians churned out thousands of T38 s
German tanks were lousy, too big, too heavy and too many maintenance problems talk about run before you could walk.
The magnificent Tiger has seen its day in the fields of WW2 and here. What a beast.
AKA the worst and most overrated tank of ww2
@@lunseren AKA the tank that couldn't drive for more than 5 minutes without a major technical issue
@@_MaitreuPanda___ 110/100% facts
@@_MaitreuPanda___ 110/100% facts
@@lunseren Tell that to the allies who faced Michael Wittman in his Tiger 1. Tiger 2 had some problems but the Tiger 1 was pretty awesome!
look at the happy grin on the crew's faces !! (tiger 1 ! )
Top 1～10までの戦車全部
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ばかりで驚きました❗
Крутые реставрашки! И только Т-34 по нормальной грязи проехались, демонстрируя отличную проходимость 👍👋
34 85 вроде до сих пор где то воюют
@@Imran_Zakhaev в Африке
Там в одном из луж, вообще водителя залило через открытый люк спереди, весело наверное ему было.
What about the Russian KV 2 ?. Definitely more worthy than the Lee.
not in the list becaus KV2 HE SHOT IS ILLEGAL
the KV2 wasn't a good tank for the long reload
@@jacopomurolo4450 And also for slow speed and a really easy target
Yassss kv 2 the besttt
Kv1 was good but kv2 was bad, the turret was so heavy, the anti-tank ability was bad. But the kv1 was very good
T-34: Best producrtion effectivity
Panther: Best battle performance
Sherman: Best reliability, crew survivability
I don't think so about Sherman. Crew survivability in Sherman tank???!
Sherman ? Really ?
The Sherman only ran into trouble when it ran into a Cat. Everything else was easy pickings. Also, it has a hatch for every crew member. Not many tanks at that time had that feature.
@@flare9757 yes you are right ! Only the drivers and the loaders hatch was too small to get out quickly and the panzer 4 wasn't an easy target for it as well
(The latest panzer 4)
András Király The numbers that Shermans moved around in could easily overwhelm a Panzer 4.
Tiger see the M3 Lee "OH my breakfast is here"
The King Tiger may have owned the most powerful gun and strongest armor but it was also one of the biggest mechanical headache.
Yeah pretty much
The first place is absolutely undeserved the king tiger did not play any role in the war. he did not participate in any important or large-scale battles, all of them were abandoned due to breakdowns or blown up by crews during the retreat, an inglorious machine, an inglorious country
@@mauriciopittavino8772 Russian or not , you really need to look into the eyes . although the Anglo-Saxons and their sixes do not know how to do this
haha engine goes california
Only for the ones who could not handle it.
Now, if WT was to take this sounds and implement then in game, it would be awesome!
@ 13:02 Tiger 2 sounds like a train.. 🤣
and goes like one as well.......beautiful piece of machinery
It was a scary monster at that time
Sounds Gorgeous....
All aboard the train to Paris lol
Btw this is a joke if you get upset at this then I’m disappointed in you
@@cjw7924 Like a very slow freighttrain.. 😁
Great Video, good to see these tanks under their own power. The top ten looks good though I would have included M26 Pershing and put Panther above Tiger I
It’s because they have no idea what they’re talking about
I think the Pershing wasn't included because there just wasn't enough of them and it only appeared on the battlefield way too late to make any difference.
The best tank of the war is the tank that made the greatest contribution to the victory. and this is without T-34 variants
XDDDDDDD PANZER IV TİGER 1 AND KING TIGER LAUGHED AT T34
@@emirteimouri7150 под их глупый хохот советские т34 и ис2 и взяли Берлин
The Tiger 2s Turret which is shown in the video is a Henschen turret, not porsche.
Yes this is a Henschel turret Porsche turrets are very rare. Only 50 are bild whit the Porsche turret
Porsche turrets were replace by the Herschel turrets cause they more reliable and with Porsche turrets a problem was found it cause a shot trap. shot trap is when in coming shell or projectile bounces of the upper plate of the tiger and hitting the rounded front bottom of the turret and driving it into the turret ring which allows the turret turn left or right but that was least bad thing that can happen bits of shrapnel could injure or kill the crew and damage the breach or quite possibly detonating ammunition which most likely will blow the turret off the hull and send it about 5 to 10 feet in the sky and finally know why there only 50 build but Badass tank overall.
Thats is one of the commen explanations. Also said is that ""Two turret designs were used in production vehicles. The initial design is often misleadingly called the "Porsche" turret due to the belief that it was designed by Porsche for their prototype; in fact it was the initial Krupp design for both prototypes. This turret had a rounded front and steeply sloped sides, with a difficult-to-manufacture curved bulge on the turret's left side to accommodate the commander's cupola. Fifty early turrets were mounted to Henschel's hull and used in action. The more common "production" turret, sometimes called the "Henschel" turret, was simplified with a significantly thicker flat face, no shot trap (created by the curved face of the earlier turret), and less-steeply sloped sides, which prevented the need for a bulge for the commander's cupola, and added additional room for ammunition storage
+Anthony Daly wow, thanks for the explanation. I always thought they stopped using the Porsche turret because it was harder to manufacture with all the curves and angles.
Well you learn something everyday and I am glad you something from me :) but king tiger is great piece of German engineering but the Panther series of medium tanks is to me very special tank base on five easy reasons why its the best tank of the war 1. speed 2. armour 3. reliable 4.easy to fix and finally 5. all round beastly look and the Panther tank saw battle of Kursk to the battle of Berlin its design would help revolutionise tank warfare and tactics for ever.
Just wanted to say that the M3 Lee should not have been on here, they don't call it the metal coffin for nothing
It was a successful design that lived way longer than it should of, and spawned several great and famous vehicles.
Like the Ram Mk.II, Sexton, Priest, and so on.
Nathan Peterson, this is a video about the best tanks of ww2 not a video on the history of tanks, thru your logic you could say the Pz. 38(t) was a great tank because it's the cousin of the Pz IV...lol
OttoVon AceMan It was a successful design.
Neither purely on performance (well maybe the LT vz.38) would deserve Top 10. But Top 15 isn't out of the question.
Nathan Peterson it was a horrible design, its one thing for a tank to be successful, but is another for a tanks to just be produced so much that for every one M3 you kill 500 more come for you, not to mention that its main turret was fixed in place and its top machine gun turret couldn't pen a panzer 3
OttoVon AceMan It was design was purely meant as an interim until the very good and very successful M4 came along.
The M3 Medium's turret was not fixed in place... where did you hear that it was?
I feel like there should be either a sherman firefly or a super pershing in there somewhere.
Wow this King Tiger Combat Tank is huge
ドイツ戦車はマジでロマンの塊
Actually the vehicle, that knocked out the most tanks in WW2 was the StuG III
Someone has a brain
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Well, yes. Because it was produced in such extreme numbers.
@@riten0tajs623I wouldn't say 10000 is extreme
@@erwinrommel8422 it's extreme relative to the production numbers of other tanks. for example the tiger 2, only around 400 were produced. And no wonder the stugs took out so many. It's a tank destroyer that was used in a defensive war.
The T-34 has a V-shaped 12 cylinder diesel engine with an aluminum cylinder block and aluminum cylinder heads, DOHS, 4 valves per cylinder, direct injection, 500 hp. with. Developed in 1931-1939 in the USSR.
Developed by German scientists working in sovjet because of the versailles treaty my friend
@@homers5699 It started off as a Hispano-Suiza aero engine that an Italian engineer turned into a Diesel engine for a marine application who then sold the plans to the Soviets when nobody showed interest in it.
Aluminum from the USA
The B-2 was 50 years ahead of its time. In Western armies, such engines appeared much later. I don't mean laboratory specimens, but working serial models. The West has always liked to take credit for Russian inventions. The same thing happens with the B-2 myths.
@@craigclemens986 Then the USSR waged war with a united Europe - Hitler's Euroreich. But now, in peacetime, the United States is critically dependent on supplies from Russia.
The top tanks are always the victorious ones
Period
Tiger Tank: **runs over small rock**
Tiger Tank transmission: *"I think I want to die."*
Nishizumi Maho: *"NOOOOOOOOO!!!"*
*Schieße! Hans, Ze Transmission Broke!*
Could be worse
Ferdinand: Oh look, a slight incline.
Ferdinand's engine: BURN IT ALL TO THE GROUND! *lights self on fire*
now you are just overdoing it, you are just jealous, lol, nothing in ww2 matches tigers
Or "guess I'll die
The M3 Lee/Grant, which was a truly shit tank does not belong, but the rest are a pretty fair call.
It wasn't shit at all. Not a great -or necessarily good tank, but a very successful one.
It was a stop-gap that was built in large numbers because of delays in producing anything better. How does that make it successful? It was under powered and not very manoeuvrable. The main gun was ordinary at best and positioned to one side of the hull, and that made it necessary to risk the entire vehicle to enemy fire. It had thin armour and it was RIVETED. A shell striking the front of the vehicle resulted in those rivets turning the crew into minced meat. Crews hated it for good reason.
The vehicle served well past its expiration date with the Soviets, Americans, Brits, Indians, and Aussies. Its chassis was used for a plethora of extremely successful vehicles.
The armor was not thin for the time it saw its glory days, and British reports saying "it could easily deflect 50mm PaK rounds" at normal combat ranges.
Its riveted armor was a let-down, but it was not the only tank to do that, and it did not by any means have a higher casualty rate than the other vehicles like the Crusader or any Italian or Japanese vehicle. Over 600 M3s had welded or cast armor (M3A1, M3A2 and M3A3).
I thought the same. The M3 was a failure of a design and any top 10 list that has it is questionable. The rest of the top are o-k, but the order is again questionable. Pick a design as your number 1 that had little impact and more were taken off the battlefield due to mechanical problems than enemy fire.... um.... But, if the top 10 was simply cool factor, King Tiger wins no doubt.. thing is awesome.
Dan Mosier How was it a failure?
5:00 Africa Corps 🥰
Tommy, *get the royal navy*
It seems many forget that the M3 Lee was never intended to go into battle. It was a stop gap interm design for training until the M4 was ready. The British took the M3 Into combat at Gazala 1942. Rommel said it was a nasty surprise because the Grant as the British version was called could out range almost all of the Panzers with its 75. Fast, reliable, and well armored for its time. Not bad for a training tank.
Watched d video like a 10 yo boy again 😍
Thanks for taking me back into the memory lanes .
Good work 👍
Keep it up.
Your mom: (whatever your name is)! Why the fuck are you watching this piece of shit?
Almost all the tanks in this video: * riding a straight road/flat surface *
T-34: What is that? Large puddle? Deep marsh? Tons of mud? OMG, I DON'T CARE! GO AHEAD!
That's why T-34 is the best
Андрей Зверев Dream Bro 😂. THE Panther is In much ways better than 80% Of T-34 and T-34-85 you need more informations Panther had good Gun 50/50 Good Armor Not the best but Good Mobility ! It give so much points mire for Panther 😂 Dream Anymore ..
Cool
7:08, i think the driver regretted having his hatch open 😂
As for the PzKw III, I'd say it's one of the most important of the war from an historical point of view, but not one of the best for sure.
It was debatably THE BEST tank at the start of the war, but the chassis was too weak to mount a better gun in the later years of the war.
@@jeremyjones453 It wasn't the Chassi but the turret ring was too small the last models they did manage to fit the 7.5 cm L24 gun used on the early MK-IV's. The Russians had to enlarge the turret ring to put the 85mm gun in the T-34. The 1st MK-III's were armed with the 3.7cm gun had they started with the 5.cm gun they would have been the best starting tank. By the way all the 1st tanks sent to Africa with Rommel were 3.7cm models in the work shop waiting to be up gunned
@@markbrandon7359 the turret ring was too small to fit the early mk IV turret, but the chassis was too weak to fit the later mk IV high velocity gun.
Fun fact the M3 Lee you showed is actually a grant and also it’s a command grand because if you take a look at the hull gun it’s actually a door with a pipe on it. The brits did that with that command grant so it looks like a grant from a distance
Not a Grant. A M31 made to look like an M3.
The Polish 7TPjw were good tanks and on the same technological level as the best German tanks in 1939! With the wz.37 37-mm gun the Polish 7TPjw tanks were able to destroy all German tanks from a greater distance which participated in the raid on Poland. The German Panzer III 37-mm gun tanks and Panzer IV 75-mm short gun tanks were not superior to the Polish 7TPjw-37 mm gun tanks. By the way, the 7PT " jw" was the single-turret 7TP version in contrast to "dw" which was the twin-turreted version of the 7TP. But only 24 of this twin-turreted 7TP infantry support tanks were still in use in 1939. The 7TPjw was of course clearly superior to the most used German tanks Panzer I and II in 1939. The Panzers I only had a machine gun and no anti-tank gun. The Panzer II had a 20 mm auto-cannon, but it was primarily intended for firing explosive grenades against infantry and the gun was too weak for combat against tanks. Therefore the Panzer II with its 20 mm gun was not dangerous for 7TPjw! By the way, the polish 7TPjw tank, was 1st tank with diesel engine in Europe. So this tank was with lower fire risk if the tank was hit. In the upgraded version, the crew compartment was larger and the air-conditioning system was improved. The Poles learned from their experiences with regular 7TPjw, when used in training exercises, that crew comfort was important. Also the Polish radio type 2N/C of the Polish 7TPjw tank was superior to the German radio at range with of 25 km. The radios used in German tanks had a range of 4 km. Tanks with radios were also fitted with an intercom for the crew, who were equipped with new type helmets with integral headphones. But only shortly before the war it was decided to equip all tanks with radio, but then it was already too late. Furthermore all polish tanks were equipped with the revolutionary reversible periscope G wz. 34. The Periscope was a revolutionary because it was the first device to allow the tank commander to have a 360-degree view from his turret. This was a decisive advantage due to a much better overview of the battlefield. Because if I see the enemy tank before the enemy sees me, I can destroy the enemy tank first. The German soldiers in the German tanks, on the other hand, mainly used five viewing slits to observe the battlefield. Americans and British have taken over the Polish tank Periscope then for their own tanks too! Unfortunately, the Germans also took over the Periscope from the captured Polish tanks after 1939. The Sowejtes did the same!
So, in summary, it can be said that the Polish tank belongs on this list.
This tank earned the unflattering nickname "mass grave for seven" among Russian tank crews. Unlike the M4, which generally enjoyed recognition, since although it had its weaknesses, at the first stage of the war it coped well with its tasks even with a relatively weak base gun.
Panther Combat Tank is amazing
so good
Kv-2 king of derps, but I have to say what a good looking tank tiger 2
Tony Nagy KV-2 isn’t even a tank. It is a SPG.
@@flare9757 its just a giant fridge
Imperial shocktropper it's a heavy tank destroyer in my opinion
Heavy assault gun more like
Its more of a meme and i love it
7:09 splash on the drivers face
People having worse day than you part 1.
A very skilled driver in the panzer III going backwards with no help. Dedicated maintenance crews I'm sure.It doesn't mention the flame-thrower that could be fitted to the Churchill with a fuel bowser towed behind it.Saw a TH-cam video about a T34/85 being dug out of a swamp, in Poland I think, and after being washed off and a new battery fitted it started first time!
all Russian military equipment is simple , cheap , reliable and extremely effective ))
And fill it with vodka
@@thelukys202 and the crews are bears
Vodka addicted bears
@@MrSTALINGRAD34 german tanks were more effective but haven' been made in the right quantaty.
But in one thing you are right.The AK 47 or AKM.But we had that earlier too...😄
All these people being salty, they probably don't realise this list factors in how they actually performed during the war.
T34 amazing performance in this video!
😂 Driver Get Splasht from Mud 😂
the Tiger 2 was way ahead of his time,,,,,,way ahead
No it was not.
panter was .. if u look at it design u will understand why and how
klaabu99 No it really wasn't any more than most other allied vehicles introduced.
It was a great tank ,used in not the best time to do it .
He never had the chance to prove its valor .
Panther was even better .
Nathan Peterson the tiger II's turret rotated so fast and the max pen of an 88mm cannon the tiger II long barrel did 235mm of armor standar shell the Apcr shell did pen 272mm of armor
and the tiger front hull had 150mm of armor sloped did have efective thickness over 223mm and the turret had 185mm sloped at 6 deg had 186mm of thickness
armor detail
189mm turret
300-200mm cannon sheild
150mm hull
100mm down hull
side of the tank
80mm turret side
80mm side hull
65mm protected by 5mm side extra armor
the top of the tank 40mm turret
40mm armor on the top hull
and 40mm floor hull
so stop say things you don't may know
the king tiger was feared by the allies becuse of it's gun and armor and how it looked
The old german tanks are looking really nice
Т 34 лучший. даже видно по уверенному движению по грязи. Другие так не могут.
,🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ой блядь 1 к 5 менялись с тирами достойный результат для луТших
in my humble opinion this list is crap, this list may be your top 10 favorite tanks, but certainly not a top 10 best tanks. where is the pershing? and where is the comet? and the firefly? and what the hell is a m3 lee doing here?!?!? sorry but i think you should really reconsider this list
+Sol ! yeah so what, it still isnt a good tank compared to the ones i mentioned. you could have made a video about tanks that had a really important role in ww2 but then you shouldnt name your video best tanks of ww2. btw i dont get any info from wot or wt as 2/3 of wot tanks were prototypes
The first shipment of 20 Pershing tanks arrived in Antwerp in January 1945. It has no effect on the war.
The Firefly is basically a Sherman whit a 17-pounder gun, made by the British.
An the Cromwell yes it was a god tank, but the Sherman remained the most common tank in British and other Commonwealth armoured units in Europe. Cromwells were used as the main tank in the armoured brigades of only the 7th Armoured Division, although the Cromwell was used in the armoured reconnaissance regiments of the other British armoured divisions (Guards Armoured Division and 11th Armoured Division) in North-west Europe, because of its speed and relatively low profile.
+Mrbaliandras if we are talking about the best tanks you should mention the pershing even though only 20-30 were used. the firefly was the only tank in the west that could kill a tiger from range. i mentioned the comet, not the cromwell, wich was essentialy a upgunned and uparmored cromwell with the 17pdr. gun wich again could kill a tiger from range
+Lennart Hoek and 2000+ sherman firefly were used
Yes it's true, but the firefly is a variant from the Sherman. This list is a Opinion from me. Other people has a other opinions and this is god for me because I can see a other aspect .
I saw that king tiger in the netherlands last year
At militracks?
thanks .
That king tiger looks unstoppable.
I love listening to all these arguments over who had the best this or that during WW II - whether talking about tanks, planes, ships or whatever. Don't people realize that technology during the war was a constant game of leapfrog between sides? One side might have the best tank at the beginning of the war but a week later the other side would come out with something that made it second best, and then the first side would counter again, etc, etc. Finishing the war with the best weapon of a particular category didn't mean that one side's technology or culture was inherently superior - it often just meant that that side had taken the most recent leap when the war came to an end. In many cases it was also an indicator of which side was most desperate at the end. Each one of the tanks in the video, had their moment in the sun, sometimes very briefly, even the lowly Lee had some success in North Africa, but I wouldn't list it even in the top 20. Even the often maligned Sherman did pretty well against enemy medium and light tanks. Patton used their speed pretty effectively charging from southern France towards Germany but as the Allies got closer to Germany they started encountering German heavies for which they were no match. In the end, Germany probably had the best tanks but they were often mechanically finicky. Russian IS tanks were also among the best IMHO.
Согласен! Всё решали люди. К примеру на начало второй мировой лучшие танки были у великобритов. Однако люди в этих танках были слабы духом, поэтому пришлось драпать в англию ( дюнкерк, 1940 год)
Der Tiger ist immer noch am geilsten! ;-)
Sindbad der Seefahrer der Tiger 1 oder 2 ?
albanischer SS - Soldat КОСОВО ЈЕ АЛБАНИЈА beide
spakendi ditch shiza coph
Ist ja auch deutsche Technik.
Natürlich aber der Tiger 1 und Tiger 2
I believe the Tiger I, especially late war versions, were okay overall, but the Panther G late war was by far, the single best tank of the war. Of course, one can make the argument that other tanks were better verses those two tanks, but quite literally, these two tanks set the benchmark extremely high. Yes, they were both very over engineered and yes, both were heavy for bridges and in field repairs were mostly problematic. However, except for Sherman Fire Flys and overhead bombardment, these two particular tanks were very nearly invincible for the most part until the allies became less fearful and better equipped to deal with these two very dangerous German tanks.
Obviously, a 500 lb or 1000 lb bomb could obliterate any German tank or allied tank. That was their overall weakness. But in battle and on open terrain, the German 88mm was extremely accurate and quite simply put, the most feared gun of WWII.
Despite the diminutive size of the M4 Sherman and its more powerful sister, the Fire Fly, they were quite capable of out maneuvering most larger German tanks. And in doing so, could strike in the rear area, disabling these large monster tanks.
Personally, I'd rather have taken my chances in a Tiger I because of the superior armor plating in front and the 88 mm main gun. Even allied tank crews respected the Tigers roominess and overall protections afforded its crews. It wasn't a perfect tank, but clearly, until the allies controlled the skies over most of Europe, the German tanks ruled the roost. But big doesn't always translate to superior. Again, bridges couldn't support such gargantuan weights. Also, both the Tiger and Panther were horrible in city / town environments. Too big. Too easy to spot. Easy to incapacitate or destroy. In open country however, no other two tanks commanded such respect by both axis and allies combined.
Lastly, the King Tiger, though very cool looking and yes, sloped armor, better guns, it's achilles heal was weight combined with excessively poor fuel mileage. In open country, one simply didn't have a chance if the crew was good or exceptional with a King Tiger. Germany over engineered many of its later tanks. The initial Panzers, like the IV, were likely the overall best tanks in early war.
KB
Agree!! Greetings from germany ;)
The cost of one King Tiger was three times higher than the IS 2 tank... while it had a gun less powerful than the IS 2. You don't have to talk about maneuverability at all. Simplicity, efficiency, reliability and cheapness win the war. This determines the mass production. For the war, complex expensive non-practical designs are fatal in the end.
@@MrSTALINGRAD34 the cannon of the IS 2 was not able to shoot down the German tanks of the same period (because it was an artillery gun, slow to load and not very precise and not very effective), in fact it was only used to destroy the fortifications.
sources: Wikipedia, some experts on TH-cam
My favorite is Tiger l, what a beast!
Т34/85 самый маневренный , работал на любом топливе , и самый не дорогой танк в отличии от немецких. Собирали их в основном женщины и подростки.
Чтото наши танки дымят и очень сильно враг эти облака за пол км наверное видел и готовился
@@user-lq8gs6sh1r хорошо готовился, что до Берлина дошли.
Churchill was a mistake
The Churchill was a happy mistake. It ended up being very useful in the end both as a mainstay British tank and it's many variants.
the remodel the black prince was not that bad
at least they got one thing right. the churchill was actually a better tank than the m4 and it stood a better chance of defeating a tiger or panther than the m4 did.
They probably never met a Tiger. The British advance was not built around the idea of their tanks stopping to fight German tanks. That would have been stupid. Why would you do that?
TheThirdMan there was actually an incedint where churchills fought a tiger. The Bovington tank museum in England have the very last functioning tiger from ww2 tiger 131. A platoon of churchill tanks got a lucky shot and knocked out the tigers gun then the tiger was brought to the UK for studying.
SUPER!!!!!!!
Regardless of what your opinion of the tanks in the video are, just to see the size and hear them is awesome. I know the tiger has it's lovers and haters but that in the end, is a scary machine. The size of the thing is ridiculous, god bless anyone having to go up against any of those mechanical monsters
This just makes me wanna play war thunder.
The King Tiger was s beautiful machine and a worthy concept but it was a mechanical disaster.
Most broke down after a hundred miles and off good roads it was little more than a moving pillbox.
It was rushed into servive using the same drivetrain as the Panther....30 tons lighter.
The Panther was the best one on one fighting tank of the war. But the T-34 was a true war winner in every way.
Just numbers, if germans had just as many panthers and tiger 1s as russians had t-34s or americans had shermans, europe would be speaking german and maybe the rest of the world
90% of russian t-34s were nothing but guns on tracks with little to no protection and a couple of panthers/tigers were able to dispatch ten enemy cyka blyats before they even got to their firing range.
Yep
Kv-1 too
Remember once and for all! T-34 is a medium battle tank and Panther is HEAVY! They cannot be compared at all. But if we take heavy Soviet tanks, then the IS-2 and IS-3 easily dealt with any Tigers and Panthers.
@@AndreyPetroff пантера средний танк,чайник.ис3 после войны был выпущен вообще.т34 по всем показателям проигрывал пантере,чисто массовостью своей задавил вот и все.пантера и тигр выпусти их в количестве 50 тысяч штук ))))ты сам знаешь кто бы выиграл войну
Up gunned, kv2, kv3 panther2? Nice compilation
Panzer IV still looks striking to this day