@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.
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?
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
@@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.
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.
@@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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
+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 :)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
+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
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
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.
Despite the tank with the highest fire-power at the time is came into front operation (late 1942) is was notorious for being underpowered. The Maybach V12 engine was rated 700 hp but the weight was also tremendous, hardly less than a modern tank of the 21st century. So most Tigers were not lost by enemy fire but ended up with engine failures due to overheating and piston jamming.
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.
+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
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."!)
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.
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
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.
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.
its ironic how things are going now!, I bet that their fathers or grand fathers would hate to see a German Tiger starting up, But Hey these guys were enjoying...LOL! I I know the times are different now, but still, the irony persists .
If the Tiger was in their hands, then they'd have no problem with it starting up. And they did manage to salvage a damaged but still operational Tiger during WW2 from Africa, so its not like it was a ghost or anything. But yeah the Tiger was a horrifying sight for the allies, I wont deny that.
And remember that the only thing, that made the russians win, in Kursk was, that they knew the german offensive plans saying that you could easily win, and still the russians still manage to lose more tanks and more man than the germans !
Tiger Porsche version that was rejected in favor of this Tiger variant actually had hybrid engine. In 2016 we still don´t have that many hybrid cars, you would think they would be driven by everyone already, but they are still quite rare. And during muddy and freezing invasion of Soviet Union, Germans believed time had come for hybrid tank. Germans are just so notorious for making something way too complicated. Russians put together tractor, engine and gun and they call it T34 and destroy many German tanks with those, while Germans were over-engineering before they even had cars. Respect for sure. Those Porsche tanks did really work too. And it was not puny car, or light tank, or medium tank, but heaviest tank Germans had! There is just something seriouselly wrong with Germans. They conguered Rome, they were major political power in Europe long before German nation was born. Holy Roman Empire was basically European Union with Emperor. Prussia decided they did not need army for their nation, so instead their army had a nation - state budjet was 7 million thalers, 5 million went to military. And Prussia, tiny nation of 8 million men, fought off multiple world powers with tens of times their population, and won the war. In Napoleonic wars Germans did half the fighting of the war (if all Germans are put together), and at Waterloo big portion of Wellington`s army were Germans - and then came Prussians. Then Germans decided to fight each other a little and Prussian went on to fight France and form German Empire while Austria formed Austro-Hungarian Empire. Then Germany had to help their allies all the time and did most of the fighting in WW1, and fought off the world for 4 years. Came close to victory too. In WW2 Germany did far better, first fought off 2 front war and defeated Poland in a month, and France in bit longer time - where as in WW1 it took millions of casualties and 4 years and France was not defeated. Then Germans visited Balkans as they again had to help their allies, and invaded Soviet Union. There there were single battles with more losses than in entire western front. After fighting entire world and helping their allies for 6 years, Germany was divided in 2. And in 2016, 2 world wars were fought against Germany and here Germany is leading European Union, is major economical power, and despite being pacifist nation has one of the strongest armies in the world. Somebody should tell Germans what word "impossible" means. But i guess that would be impossible.
Nazi Germany attacked Poland on september 1st 1939, then on september 17 Soviet union attacked Poland from other side. (read Molotov-Ribbentrop pact - Poland was partitioned between nazis and soviets)
@Николай Полякова i just thought that this "joke" aint no joke and need to be straightened. Hitler wanted Poland to be his ally and attack ZSRR together but Poland refused, so Hitler atacked Poland. That joke bout Poland telling nazis that ZSRR not home.. Whats funny in this? I just think that people need to know the things the way they are, either way we end up believing in lies.
@@albik3016 You forget that before that, Poland and Germany divided Czechoslovakia. If you know about the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, you know about this historical fact.
@@dmitry.derbin as a non German I sympathize for the frustration caused by the leaders that are supposed to protect the core of German culture turned into disaster.
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.
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...
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?
Unfortunately there is no way not to do that. It isn't like the gearbox on a car, as it has no syncro. To shift, you have to rev-match it all the time. I suppose with time and practice, a driver would reach a point where he would be able to perform this smoothly. Other tanks of the time had crash boxes where every gear change was like this, but they were more resilient and simple to build.
Everyone can hate the NAZI, but not with the one of NAZI's masterpiece!! Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. E, after 72 years later, he still walks with pride!!
They had great engineering indeed. Problem was they lacked manpower, so had to rely on technology to deal with human fodder Commies and Allies were throwing at them.
German Tank Commander: You- the American Army. Oddball: No, baby, we ain't. You know what's inside that bank, man? There's 16 million dollars' worth of gold in that bank, sweetheart. Big Joe: That's about 65 million Marks. Kelly: And Sergeant, all you have to do to have an equal share of this money, is to crank this turret around and blow a hole in that door.
First time that Brits cheered when a Tiger engine started running ...
doubleT84 that's a good one lol!!
@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.
@@ReachForTheSky Yes, absolutely shitty and cowardly and had to weasel America into the war.
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?
@@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.
Lets be honest, no matter who’s side you are on or even none. The Germans are really impressive when it comes to machines.
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.
yeah but their tank's transmission sucks
Whose*
Thank you sir I take the compliment
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.
Those crafty Germans always make the best wind up toys.
They also make push button electric starters, every Tiger was equipped with one.
This is underrated
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.
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.
Vasyl Vasylenko Dude, it’s a joke
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!
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.
Gear ratio?
it's a Maybach
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
@@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
"Dad why is my sister's name Rosa?"
"Because you mother loves roses"
"Thanks dad"
"No problem Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausführung H 1942"
You deserve 88 likes
Haha.. You deserve Das Eisene Kreuz 😁😁😁
bad dad
This is best of these so far :D
Mother loves roses and his father loves tiger tanks and thats why he named "NoPanzerkampfwagen VI Ausführung H 1942"
70 years and he still works. My 5 year old car not -_-
haha true😂😂😂
we in germany call that 'Deutsche Wertarbeit' :-)
Kennst du den Panther aus Munster? :D
It's german engineering's magic
thats why old is better :D new is garbage.
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.
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.
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.
@@Livedracersteve or it broke down
NEW OBJECTIVE: *_Survive_*
Да, дружищще, не смотря на видимую совершенность, тигры были унылым говном
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.
As the only opperational Tiger I of the World should be taken care of that is pure history and Deutsche Ingenieurskunst
Apart from the obvious damage, which was caused when 131 was knocked out in Tunisia.
@@Wally-HI think we get it...
@@vinculaomega5283 Some sort of but that, obviously I didn't post that comment three times deliberately.
@@Wally-H I know. I'm just being facetious. :)
60 years later.. still an impressive machine.
It's fucking terrifying. 😶
This tank can still do a lot of damage to most anything, even though it’s 80yrs old . Very impressive.
Gear change was as smooth as an Egyptian whiskey
That's a new one
as smooth as greek ouzo
Weeeell, british people in a german tank - what do you expect...😂
hahaha......
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.
Welch ein Glück, das es noch betriebsbereite Fahrzeuge gibt. Ein Tiger ist natürlich ein besonderes Highlight. Toll!
Absolutely amazing, it even sounds like a roaring tiger!
Maybach V12 ❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍
What kind of tigers you been listening to XD
It sounds like a tank, not a tiger.
Vrooom
@@sushimidnight9539 lol
Piękna maszyna. Choć w 44 r ,ich widok nas nie cieszył 😁
Haha lol
Hahaha
Ты душара ещё т92 и АРМАТУ не видел , Россия вперед .🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺
@@ВасяКонстантинов-н3щ это тут причём, он про вторую мировую говорит, гений в квадрате 😐
@@wotblitz4118 да хоть про третью , мне по....Уй .
The Tiger is the sexiest tank of WW2❤
Imagine trying to crank start that thing in winter outside Stalingrad!
yousseff tarekk it doesnt matter wouldnt work anyway
The fuel would freeze along with the soldiers blood
@@silvia_fuku0ka845 Brrrr......!
Most tanks would just freeze for good, some were kept running to still function but ran out of fuel in the end, rip anyway
it runs with gasoline ( Benzin ) so I think possible anyways
Only a German gearbox could stand that kind of abuse after so many years. Incredible noise. A truly beautiful machine!
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
@@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.
Made in Germany
😆Actualy you wrong
@Wehrmacht nazi deutschland best loosers
You can see why they felt invincible. Beautiful machine and probably driven by many brave young men
Until it broke down or ran out of fuel.
@@westlock That’s a Tiger, not a Sherman
@@patrickp.1001 lmao
@@patrickp.1001 how’s Argentina?
@@patrickp.1001 yes, precisely
Must be a union job. One guy working, 7 guys standing around watching him work.
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?
Slav wisdom
All slav jobs looks like this
Rhyno186 British....what else? v
Lmfao best comment
Anytime you see people so close to the Tiger, it gives you an accurate perspective of it's size- what a beast!
The German tanks of ww2 were technological marvels and dammit I can’t get over how gorgeous a Tiger H1 is
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
@@felixbeutin8105 granted, but even given that they were amazing vehicles
@@felixbeutin8105 US and Rus broke down when tehy see a german tank ;)
@@michaelwittenberg9339exept for the M4A3E2 and T34 85 crews since they can destroy Tigers easily
@@Joe_Spierit actually struggled to kill a tiger in real life
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.
German engineering is truly a thing of beauty. Sadly not many of these masterpieces are still around.
131 is the only true operational one if I remember correctly
@@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
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.
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
чему ты рад? этой куче металла которая чуть не поработила весь мир? сжечь фашистское наследие!
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.
WOW! You're my kind of Woman!
@@kitcarson7447 Thank you. How about the Heikendorf Panzer? Why is there nothing like that in MY basement?
Certainly different to a Kenwood mixer I suppose! :)
It’s rare to find a female mechanophile, but they do exist.
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.
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 ...
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.
+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 :)
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.
+Adrien Perié it's a Tiger, it must be petrol.
MacIn173
Yes, 23 liters of it.
Adrien Perié I was thinking compression release and flywheel
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.
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.
After almost 100 years, this wonderful war machine is still impressive.
I don't think they were around in WWI 😅
2:30 I think he change to second gear. ROLF!
The clutch is a bit rough.
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.
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
No, that's just the driver trying to let the clutch out before it gets into gear.
@@LazyLifeIFreak Yes, that would be 3rd or 4th gear.
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.
"Are you crying mein Fuhrer?"
"Nein."
😂
Kids have cakes on birthday, hitler won a heavy tank. Lucky bastard 😂
Ne dragi moj Henšele,smijem se,tako sam sretan.
people ran for their lives because that sound.
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.
Those were bad ass tanks
Terry Franks ahahah not only Russians
brakie44820 Glad you're uncle made it home. The allied tank crews that were NOT in tigers had the bigger balls
" 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) :)
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.
Specially if you're in a foxhole, they've seen you, then it backs up, top cappers pon exhausts. A nasty trick indeed.
Depending on which side you're on.
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.
Приезжайте в Подмосковье. Там стоит маус, его тоже немцы с чехами сделали. Теперь это экспонат трофеев СССР.
you can say what you want about hitler and WWII Germany, but their technologies were pretty damn good compared to other countries.
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.
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
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.
White Rose
didn't know that they used diesel (sounds german to me).
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.
As a former M1A1 crewman... I would love to be part of this team of men who keep these pieces of history alive.
You can’t join a team?
Nice
I always forget just how massive these tanks were until I see this video pop up every now and then
I never get tired of seeing the Tiger. It's such an awesome looking beast.
Tiger...
She drinks fuel like its beer
Its not for nothing a germanXD
Tigers were designated as male tanks
@@goldy_on_pc930 we refer to anything mechanical as "she", don't know why.
Ебали вас наши Деды ну и мы не ударим лицом в грязь коли Коснись повторим...
“Drive faster, Klaus”
“You drive like my mother”
The attack was a total surprise, the Allies never heard them coming.
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."
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.
Fu pootube Why? These jokers had bugger all to do with WWII.
petrol v12
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.
My poor grandpa would probably jump into the bushes if he heard that sound again :D
Bless him.
Oh my god the sound of that thing starting gave me goosbumps and made me smile and giggle like a child
It is a shame that there is only one working Tiger tank in the world.
There is a King Tiger that runs, in French museum.
+Wonkabar007 I thought the only working one was in the British museum.
+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.
+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
+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..
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
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.
I knew a girl who would change gear in her car like that!
bahahaha!
Koito rob 2:34 Like that part?
You got it!
Just one?
Lol .. like that.. only he missed to mention the clock..
poland here we come
English??
+chiaohong cheng just a tryhard troll
hahahahah xD
Don't panic, 15000-30000 Muslims live in Poland.
They'd tell Obama to stop it.
Despite the tank with the highest fire-power at the time is came into front operation (late 1942) is was notorious for being underpowered. The Maybach V12 engine was rated 700 hp but the weight was also tremendous, hardly less than a modern tank of the 21st century. So most Tigers were not lost by enemy fire but ended up with engine failures due to overheating and piston jamming.
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.
The engine starting reminded me of a roar of a Tiger.
German Engineering is the best in the World.
+Kowalski lmao shots fired
+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
hackearameuemaileagoravoulançarumsite SEKAI ICHI
когда трудятся для мирной техники
Maybe it was.... Look at VW , Mercedes and all the other big one's in Germany.
it is a shame !
Jesus! Starting one of the worlds most feared armored death machines like it's a music box........love it!
The Germans just used the electric starter, the hand crank was a backup.
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."!)
Deutsche Qualität
But not the best one
Nicolás Toro germans engines is the best that way new Supra have BMW engine 😂
Genau !
Yeah... How did that work out for y'all??
Dafür konnte man für die gleichen Kosten 10 T-34 bauen.
It would be my dream come true if I had one of these.
70 year old 60 ton tank just cold started it let’s just pop the clutch 😭😂😂😂😭😂😭😂
57.3 ton of pure love
@@norbertchmielewski3992
Not unlike my X.
i heard that second gear hitting in like the whole tank turned against itself.
I don't think, you can't stall it in first or second gear...
Ya man the second gear shift. He didn't even let go of the gas. Fire the driver!
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.
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
I'm not sure if a Tiger works like that...
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.
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.
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.
How many Englanders to start a tank, one to turn the crank and six to give instructions.
Bloody council workers!
These are absolutely amazing machines! Imagine seeing this beast rolling up on you in ww2
its ironic how things are going now!,
I bet that their fathers or grand fathers would hate to see a German Tiger starting up, But Hey these guys were enjoying...LOL! I
I know the times are different now, but still, the irony persists .
If the Tiger was in their hands, then they'd have no problem with it starting up.
And they did manage to salvage a damaged but still operational Tiger during WW2 from Africa, so its not like it was a ghost or anything.
But yeah the Tiger was a horrifying sight for the allies, I wont deny that.
MASSAD SPETSNAZOVICH SEALOV its history and a great piece of machinery for its time
It's nothing but a machine. And in this video, that machine is in the hands of men interested in the machine, and not in hurting anyone with it.
And its even the legendary Tiger 131, what an absolute beast and beauty.
Just look at it... how could Germany lost the battle of Kursk with this beast?
if its sourounded by t34s , some time one has to land a lucky hit
And remember that the only thing, that made the russians win, in Kursk was, that they knew the german offensive plans saying that you could easily win, and still the russians still manage to lose more tanks and more man than the germans !
they didnt have enough, and armor doesnt stop you from being bogged in a ditch
Airplanes? And the fact that russians knew exactly where Germans are gonna attack, and they dug in and build formidable defenses.
Not their land! Russians will defend their land to the end, no matter what beast you will bring.
Well deserved loss to fascism.
Tiger Porsche version that was rejected in favor of this Tiger variant actually had hybrid engine.
In 2016 we still don´t have that many hybrid cars, you would think they would be driven by everyone already, but they are still quite rare. And during muddy and freezing invasion of Soviet Union, Germans believed time had come for hybrid tank. Germans are just so notorious for making something way too complicated. Russians put together tractor, engine and gun and they call it T34 and destroy many German tanks with those, while Germans were over-engineering before they even had cars.
Respect for sure. Those Porsche tanks did really work too. And it was not puny car, or light tank, or medium tank, but heaviest tank Germans had!
There is just something seriouselly wrong with Germans. They conguered Rome, they were major political power in Europe long before German nation was born. Holy Roman Empire was basically European Union with Emperor. Prussia decided they did not need army for their nation, so instead their army had a nation - state budjet was 7 million thalers, 5 million went to military. And Prussia, tiny nation of 8 million men, fought off multiple world powers with tens of times their population, and won the war. In Napoleonic wars Germans did half the fighting of the war (if all Germans are put together), and at Waterloo big portion of Wellington`s army were Germans - and then came Prussians. Then Germans decided to fight each other a little and Prussian went on to fight France and form German Empire while Austria formed Austro-Hungarian Empire. Then Germany had to help their allies all the time and did most of the fighting in WW1, and fought off the world for 4 years. Came close to victory too. In WW2 Germany did far better, first fought off 2 front war and defeated Poland in a month, and France in bit longer time - where as in WW1 it took millions of casualties and 4 years and France was not defeated. Then Germans visited Balkans as they again had to help their allies, and invaded Soviet Union. There there were single battles with more losses than in entire western front. After fighting entire world and helping their allies for 6 years, Germany was divided in 2.
And in 2016, 2 world wars were fought against Germany and here Germany is leading European Union, is major economical power, and despite being pacifist nation has one of the strongest armies in the world.
Somebody should tell Germans what word "impossible" means. But i guess that would be impossible.
TheRomanRuler ich als Türke bin stolz auf euer Land und achte es mit Respekt
The amount of Wehraboo ass kissing here is unreal.
The VK 45.01P had an engine system that was deemed "too complex." Plus, its counterpart (the VK 45.01H) was easier to maneuver.
Hearing that gave me goosebumps.. could only imagine the fear the Sherman tank crews felt .....
Maschinenführer: "Triebwerk läuft, Herr Kommandant"!
Der Mann verdient einen Orden.
this is about 2 hours from my house here in Devon, England. I have sat on that tank!
Nick Kranick you drove it, I fired a shot with its cannon.
Хороший стартер...
Нажал на кнопку, весь в поту 😄👍
This is the last tiger working on earth And other tigers like souvenirs ripped many years in museums I like this tank
I just found my favorite vehicle sound
It's the TANK! It gives me goosebumps everytime it starts up
I want to hear the fire power of this tank
Sounding pretty good for a 71 year old.
that is one damn beautiful machine
Один из самых красивых танков на свете. Я не перестаю восхищаться его дизайном.
Poland: Germany come to me!
Germany: Nein, I am busy!
Poland: USSR is not home.
Germany: 2:31
В 1939 году тигров ещё не было.
Haha
Nazi Germany attacked Poland on september 1st 1939, then on september 17 Soviet union attacked Poland from other side. (read Molotov-Ribbentrop pact - Poland was partitioned between nazis and soviets)
@Николай Полякова i just thought that this "joke" aint no joke and need to be straightened. Hitler wanted Poland to be his ally and attack ZSRR together but Poland refused, so Hitler atacked Poland. That joke bout Poland telling nazis that ZSRR not home.. Whats funny in this? I just think that people need to know the things the way they are, either way we end up believing in lies.
@@albik3016 You forget that before that, Poland and Germany divided Czechoslovakia. If you know about the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, you know about this historical fact.
That's the way God intended tanks to sound. What a great piece of engineering!
I dunno a turbine Abrams sounds dope
Судя по некоторым восторженным комментариям, некоторым в жизни просто не повезло сгореть за германских нацистов в их хваленом Тигре.
11 years in 11 million views Excellent.
You could steer it with one finger. Otto Carius
You could start it with one finger too
@@sandervanderkammen9230 no you fvcking couldn't 😂😂😂😂 look at how much effort it took that man to get that inertial starter going!
Cool video. Look at that beast... i can’t imagine the faces of the allied forces when they saw Tigers come into their view.
lets not forget General Heinz Guderian.
One of the best tank commander of ww2.The person responsible for initial victories over soviet union
Those tanks were chads on the battlefield
Tiger pls come Home.... we need u
Marc Nestler for what ?
@@desertigel3811 Make Germany great again ;)
@@HIQFlag I think it's bad idea..
@@dmitry.derbin I think it's a great idea
@@dmitry.derbin as a non German I sympathize for the frustration caused by the leaders that are supposed to protect the core of German culture turned into disaster.
The Brits still trying to figure out how the Germans build that machine :D
Youmer Hasan simple you take a bunch of short cuts and you get a machine that brakes down every 6 hours.
We're talking about the Germans not the Russians lol. Every 6 hours my ass.
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.
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...
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?
2:33 Lol, powershifts it into second
Unfortunately there is no way not to do that. It isn't like the gearbox on a car, as it has no syncro. To shift, you have to rev-match it all the time. I suppose with time and practice, a driver would reach a point where he would be able to perform this smoothly. Other tanks of the time had crash boxes where every gear change was like this, but they were more resilient and simple to build.
TheAssassin650 lol
VTEC just kicked in, yo!
This really brings the size of a tiger tank into perspective
1:17 When that tiger 1 started it literally sounds like a tiger roaring for its prey
"FEED ME SHERMANS!"
And the prey were shermans
He want shermans
What a beautiful machine :,)
Whenever i fall in depression i watch a running Tiger for starting again.
*"The growls of it's engine... the roar of it's turret... a true and unforgettable nightmare for every tankers in the battlefield.."*
Pure 'Eargasm' - it's sound! 😍😍😍
Tiger com aproximadamente 80 anos 👏👏 .
Made in germany .
🇧🇷
Muito bem conservado
Exposición del museo. y el T-34, sus pares, todavía luchan, no solo en museos
Not on the eastern front
И пизды получили вместе с джермани и совсеми своими не джермани!!!! Не суйтесь и живите мирно с Россией!
El tiger Es una bestia brutal
Que a la fecha
Si hubiera una guerra, crearia un panico y terror
Esta muy padre. Ese tanque restaurado
2. Vites e geçişi baya sertti. Günümüzde bile ZF şanzıman kullanılan bazı traktörler böyle. Ama helal olsun 70 yaşında ve ayakta.
Extraordinariamente majestuoso!!!👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👌
Everyone can hate the NAZI, but not with the one of NAZI's masterpiece!!
Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. E, after 72 years later, he still walks with pride!!
Never knew that the NSDAP designed tanks... learn something every day.
I despise commies far more than Nazis tbh
Kebo Biwa today I learned tanks can walk despite not having any legs
Kebo Biwa Atomic bombs on your nazis ' faces ...
Там ис-2 за поворотом стоит), уступи дорогу не забудь... А то как бы чего не вышло...
А что будет, дурачёк?
Ты чтоль на ис-2 подъедешь? Герой хуев!
@@АлександрШуваловский судя по комменту, на диванного героя похож ты больше, а по отсутствию юмора и мозгов наверно заподЭнец)
@@МаксимД-э6п в 10 км от Зеленограда живу! Плоский юмор у вас у пацреотов!
супротив танка Рустика даже ис-2 не устоит, а теперь все триразово СУХС !
The sound of that engine and tracks coming towards must have been truly terrifying to allied tankers and troops.
“Superior german Engineering at it’s finest”
They had great engineering indeed.
Problem was they lacked manpower, so had to rely on technology to deal with human fodder Commies and Allies were throwing at them.
@@gc99289 um. I kinda missed how that was bad ?….
German Tank Commander: You- the American Army.
Oddball: No, baby, we ain't. You know what's inside that bank, man? There's 16 million dollars' worth of gold in that bank, sweetheart.
Big Joe: That's about 65 million Marks.
Kelly: And Sergeant, all you have to do to have an equal share of this money, is to crank this turret around and blow a hole in that door.
Tiger is like "just how many times you guys wanna see this old man managing to move?"
Perfect management style. One guy cranking up and 6 guys watching him!