The Tiger Tank That Wouldn't Die
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- Discover the almost unbelievable story of Tiger 231, the tank the Soviets could not kill at Kursk, no matter how many times it was hit by anti-tank shells.
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Tiger 231: Hey guys are done shooting ??
Russians: Yeah
Tiger 231: *Ok I have to go now, thanks for the time*
Tiger: "Alright, it's been six hours. I gotta get gas, see you tomorrow?"
Imagine the Russians morale when they saw/heard of the tiger they spent 6 hours shooting 300 times simply drove away lol
It's like the Tiger caught someone in the bathroom cuz they didn't lock the door. And he's all oops, sorry 231 here and I'll be moving back my apologies.
They just heard about it now.
Oh my god! What are all of us allies against ? - ( I imagine Churchill for some reason asking His secret service members that just got this info)
He gets a response from a member : - Cheer up Sir! It did not just drive away, it had some serious difficulties after 162 hits. And You should have seen Him running away after 252. He could not even aim properly after that. Last few Russian tanks He took out were lucky shots basically.
Jason2743 then they said we must shoot 700 times Comrade
Fucking lol!
Soviets: “our KV-1 is hard to kill.”
German Tiger I: “Halt mein bier.”
Gamer: "I hate bullet sponge boss fights. So unrealistic, nothing could take that many hits and still be moving."
Tiger: "You called?"
Hold my beer
Imagine:
- You are a German Soldier in that tank and you have to endure all those hits in the middle of battle.
- You are a Russian Soldier and you shoot everything including the kitchen sink on that tank and it just refuses to die !
There is a Russian movie by the name of "White Tiger", a kind of ghost tank. Maybe the movie was inspired of what Dr Felton told us today.
the German tankers had to change their underwear after the battle.
That Tiger crew must have had fearsome headaches for ages afterwards ! Six hours of continuous hits ? Nobody nowadays can even imagine what that must have been like to go through, and the Russians must have doubted their own eyes when the Tiger drove away from the battle ! 😲
The only thing the Russians didn't do to the tank is try to kill it with there bayonet's
They must of been shooting potatoes at it
The crew was the most valueble on the tank. So the Tiger fullfilled this main goal.
Well, not really. It's main goal was to sperhead the attack and breach the soviet defenses, wich it failed to do.
It's better to call of an attack and reatreat than to die obviously, but it's a failure in both cases.
Not sure if that was the case during WW2.
I thought my phone was broken but it was just your profile picture -_-
While it did a great job of keeping the crew safe - this was NOT the main goal of a tiger (or any tank). Tigers were made to destroy enemy tanks at a superior distance - it did not destroy a single enemy tank in this engagement, hence it failed in its main goal.
@@darrylleeroberts You mean, it was not talked about it, right?
Russian Soldier : "Why won't you die ?!"
German tank crew : "Krupp Steel son"
The tank was a total loss. But it kept it's crew alive which was far more important. The Germans could replace the tanks albeit slowly, they could not really replace experienced crews so quickly.
At this stage of war Germans could not replace lost tiger easily.
An often overlooked fact.
Heros never die
A good point about Sherman tanks as well. A Sherman is very easy to exit and pretty much all of the crew had their own hatches. This was part of the reason that they were so survivable compared to Panzer 3s or 4s that took similar hits.
This is true. A lot of people overlook it, to my surprise, and it's also an important fact in the whole debate on German tanks. One of popular myths is "they should just build more PzIV and StuGs". Even if that way they would manage to keep up with amount of tanks allies produced (which they couldn't, unless we talk about economy in alternate reality), then how would they get more well-trained crews to man them and keep up with higher losses? You can't make men in factories. Manpower was scarce, and well-trained crew is worth more than a tank. Increasing their survivability was crucial. Quantity over quality in tanks works only if you have people to operate them, if not, attaining technological advantage is not a choice but necessity.
I want to see this movie instead of Fury
It would be rather boring dont you think? Watching a tank being shot at for 6 hours while the soviets complain and the Germans just sigh then drive off
not politically correct, the closest thing anybody ever made was "Cross of Iron" from 1977.
@@audileyeti4478 but watching a medium 76mm Sherman tank battling for 12 hours against all odds is far better
AudileYeti Sounds like a helluva a lot of fun. Plus plenty of deafness for days.
AudileYeti they can make it a lot more interesting than just that. Character stories. I mean hell.. make a good ass movie about Kursk and just include 231 as one the movies highlights.
U know when u hear Mark's intro music Shits about to get Real.
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*When you hear Mark's intro music, you know shit is about to get real.
Everytime my woman hears that music she sighs and leaves the room muttering, "Well, I guess your busy..." I tend to watch Mark's videos in marathon once one catches my eye. Cheers!🍻
I know everytime I go into the bathroom with a newspaper the shit's about to get real.
@@damyr
Who cares about your dumb-ass grammar-nazi trist... we ALL got what he meant, you fucking know-it-all moron.
The original report from Leutnant Zabel:
"The combat group Sander had to face a very strong enemy when attacking the
collective farm west of Ssemernikovo. The Tiger attacking as advance platoon
left the lighter tanks behind, and attracted all the enemy fire. The tanks received
hits on the front and to the right-hand side. The enemy, with tanks, AT guns and
AT rifles opened fire at a great distance. My Tiger received a 7.62cm hit in the
front of the driver’s position. The spare track links fixed there with an iron rod
were ripped off. In the tank we noticed a bang and a slight shaking. The nearer
we came, the stronger the bangs and shaking from the 7.62cm hits became.
At the same time we noticed considerably high dust clouds from artillery ground
impacts near the tank. Further on, the crew noticed a somewhat lighter bang
followed by a burst of yellow smoke, most likely a hit from an AT rifle.
A short time later we received a hit from a 4.5cm AT gun on the cupola.
The brackets of the bullet-proof glass were smashed. The glass vision block
jammed and became opaque caused by heat from the explosion. A further
hit destroyed the brackets and the hatch fell into the turret interior. There
was dense smoke in the fighting compartment and the area became very hot.
The loader’s hatch was jammed and stood slightly open and it received a number
of hits from AT rifles demolishing the hinges and brackets.
After the battle two 4.5cm AT guns and 15 AT rifle hits were counted on
the cupola.
On both days of the attack the enemy destroyed our machine guns. The
smoke dischargers on the turret were also destroyed. The smoke in the turret
caused so much trouble that the Tiger was not ready for action for some time...
...all crew members nerves were frayed, we lost our sense of time. We felt
neither hunger nor any other needs. Despite the fact that the attack lasted for
more than six hours, all men in the tank felt the time had gone by in a flash.
After a further 7.62cm hit on the mantlet the gun mounting bolts sheared
off. The recoil brake lost its fluid and the gun barrel remained in rear (recoiled)
position. Due to electric problems the breech block could not be shut. Due to
shocks inflicted by further hits the radio system failed and the steering levers
were jammed. When the exhaust cover was destroyed, the engine caught fire.
This fire could be extinguished by the fire-fighting system. Further hits loosened
some turret ring screws. The turret traversing system failed temporarily...
We counted 227 hits by AT rifles, 14 hits by 5.7cm AT guns and 11 hits by
7.62cm AT guns. The right suspension was heavily damaged by shelling. The
connecting pieces for several running wheels were ruined, two torsion bars were
broken. A rear idler wheel bearing was damaged.
In spite of this damage the Tiger was able to be driven for further 60km. The
hits inflicted cracks to some weld seams. A fuel tank began leaking due to the
heavy shocks. We noticed a number of impacts in the track links, which however
did not particularly impair mobility.
Subsequently, it can be said that the armor on the Tiger had come up to our
expectations...
Signed Lt. Zabel"
Munrais,thanks for posting this account,very interesting!
Tiger 231: goes to battle
* gets 300 hits *
Tiger 231: "My work here is done"
Lmao imagine sitting on a hill watching some Russians bombard this tank over and over just for it to drive off back home like nothing happened
Hanz, are weh under pistol fire?
That is prob. what they must have heard when those 220 rouds of only the AT rifels banged into them.
Soviets: How many hits can that Tiger take?
Tiger 231: Yes.
Imagine if that was a tiger 2, instead of enduring 6 hours, it would have been 6 days.
@uncletigger haha true.
I can hear it now..
"WE JUST SCRATCHED THEM"
*** " ...and after 6hrs of pounding - the Tiger crew drove off - holding up a freshly cooked schnitzel out of the turret from the little fires in the crews quarters."
Can you just imagine the crew inside taking all those hits? Like taking a steel bucket and then hitting it with something from the outside.
Must've been terrifying
I bet their ears were ringing for a week.
Or.... Think of it this way....
'Fury' didn't even stand up as well as the German tank.
I love It
*bonk*
OH MY GOD WE'VE BEEN HIT
*20 hits later*
*bonk*
and another one
*bonk*
Again
Krystian012 yeah I’d love a follow up on those guys if they survived the war. You’d think they’d all be basket cases
I should be loudly
Literally one of my favourite TH-cam channels to watch! Bravo again sir!! 👍
Glad to see you watch him too
Matsimus your also one of my favorite channels
Shotzombie thank you!!
Haha yes even mighty matsimus watches this stuff
Definately better than watching your channel, thats for damn sure.
Soviets: *fires at Tiger for 6 hours straight*
Tiger 1: Ight Imma head out.
Four dislikes from Russian anti tank gunners....
up to 15 now...
Too bad Tigers never rolled on Red Square.
Nah they're all hidden under huge forests...
and another one from Goebbels
Make it 31, I’ll rain artillery on the Anti Tanks
I'm glad the windscreen wipers were still working.
What about the headlamp wipers?
@@roryhertzog5282 What about the blinker fluid ???
What about the headlight fluid?
If ever there was a tank that should have been kept 'as recovered' in a museum, and untouched by well meaning restorers, this is that tank. People would Marvel at the sight of such a battle worn beast.
231 wasn't built on a Monday or Friday 😉
Wednesday?
Good one.
It was built on pay day!
John Stark Doesn’t matter if it was 5 o’clock on a Sunday morning, when the Germans build it, they build it well. 😉
Probably a Tuesday, they had tacos for lunch. All paid for by the Reich International Food Ministry
I guess the debriefing of the crew must have been interesting
"Leutnant, how did you manage to come back?"
"What did you say Herr Kommandant? My ears are ringing!""
"It's only a flesh wound"
You've got no arms!
* "tis but a flesh wound"
"Ha! They are scratching your paint job, Helmut!"
My favroite tank of WW2.I love these little and unknown stories you find.Thanks Mark.
Yes, its THE Tank. Its the icon of tank warfare and its so beautiful. I love it.
@glareola you know you just gave a perfect description of the t34 right? And not the tiger Hahaha
Tiger 131 got lucky enough to survive.
Tiger 231 endured some of the most insane battering of the war for a tiger I.
Something about having that X31 designation made the tank extraordinary?
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They all have end in it but the tiger 1
*has no end*
My grandfather was in the same division and fought along with tiger 231
That just shows how good German armour was!
"the armor has come up to our expectations" a understatement lol
That recoil fluid mentioned in this is for the hydraulic system that absorbs the shock of firing. It is so important that on the 3" -50 calibers AAA I worked on it was _required_ to have an officer sign off on checking that the fluid was topped up before it could be fired. Low fluid could destroy the gun and kill people.
Hs Hs from what I understood, if it was low on recoil fluid the cannon, after firing, simply crash through the stops and as you mentioned it might kill someone and/or injuring the whole crew in the turret. It would be quite a job and I wouldn't be surprised if it would be sent to Germany!
It's amazing that the crew was able to keep calm regardless of the heavy incoming fire as well as having dense smoke entering the tank and having a fire at the engine bay. I would think many would've panicked in such a situation, and even if they lost their nerve for a bit they made the best choice, 'doing nothing'. The crew indeed survived the barrage but I don't think their ears did, I wouldn't be surprised if after this event the crew commander only communicated to the other tanks through flags. Although communication probably would have presented itself a little trickier among the crew members.
Likely the crew members were well aware of the importance of this battle and what it meant if they lost.
I would of gotten a massive headache. But damn it's pretty good at absorbing rounds.
It's always a good day to live through a hail of cannon shells
That is still a tough tank! Drive away after getting shot to hell, I wonder if at some point that the tank crew just starts laughing hysterically.
After reading memoirs of Otto Carius this incident justifies his description of Tiger. It did what it was designed to do. Nothing more nothing less. Thanks Mark .
I was close personal friends with a 3rd SS Totenkopf Panther Commander from Nürnberg...he told the story about his Unit being sent to reinforce at Kursk, and the Bahnhof where he was to unload his Tank having been overrun by Russian forces. The train stopped, firing from every direction, his crew mounted up, did a neutral steer, drove the Panther directly off the flat railroad car, went into battle, and he scored 11 Tank kills in one hour earning the Panzer Assault badge with "25" , and the German Cross in Gold.
Amazing skill
Badasses
5.7.43 to 17.7.43 Kampfeinsätze im Frontbogen von KURSK.
@@sthomas7002 I think he was referring to the 3rd battle of kharkov or otherwise known as manstein's miracle where totenkopf was sent to reinforce 2nd ss panzerkorps. This happend in the aftermath of stalingrad. Together with LAH and DR, they annihilated the soviet 6th army, proceeded to take belgorod and destroying the soviet 3rd tank army along the way then continued towards kharkov and captured it, badly mauling the soviet 69th army in the process. They in fact had trapped the 69th inside the city but some russians where able to slip thru as the pzkorps had too few people to man the encirclement. And yes, none of the 3 ss divisions had any panthers until autumn of 43. And as for the dude somewhere above.. panthers were not independent units. By autumn 43, all panzer divisions were equipped with it as its 1st battalion of its panzer regiment ...or was to be equipped with it. An example would be 10th ss panzer div. This div had never gotten its panthers. Although its panther battalion did exist, it was being sent as a fire brigade somewhere else.
@@sthomas7002 - Your statement is highly dubious...
Mark Felton is the real star in this story.
That is famous German quality in a nutshell...(-:
I always wonder how these battles would have gone had the Enigma Machine never been captured?
The allies would have adventually figured out the codes at some point
Did you ever hear about the "Red Ochestra"...?
Wonderfull vid again, inspires me to make a model of this tiger in post battle look
You should post a picture online when it’s finished
That's a wonderful idea !
I'd love to see that model , please do it & put up a video of it.
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Oh that would be cool to see
Exactly what Ill do. This was an early Tiger right? Still has the fat cupola and the rubber wheels...
As a model builder, I too would like to see it when you're done.
Best feeling in the world, i just woke up, made coffee and started my Sunday with Mark's new video on my favorite subject. Life is good.
Its called a Tiger Tank for a reason
Brave crew to keep it together while under that kind of pressure 👍👍🇺🇸
The encyclopedic attention to detail never fails to educate, entrance, inform and descriptively bring a 3-d narrative to live. I had heard the legend, now I know the rest of the story.
If you had to go into battle in a tank during that war, there is no better place to be sitting than in a Tiger I, especially if you have a competent crew and commander.
Oveida Sinclair tiger 2. Or that american heavy which arrived late in the war and did really well but never really saw major actions or never encountered the tiger 2
sure, have fun repairing the bork transmission or repairing the complex as hecc tracks
War Thunder:
Look at all those sweet Spawn points
60 tons of superior German engineering.
Russians: *shoot everyting at the tank*
Tiger: stop i could've droppes my croassaint
Amazing the engineering of the TIGER tank being 80+ years old and still working!!!
That was a video of Tiger 131 at The Tank Museum in the UK, probably on Tiger day.
"We didn't even scratch them" "We didnt even scratch them" "We didnt penetrate their armor"
Soviets: Finally comrades, we got him!
*boss music starts playing*
*Throws the entire weight of the red army at one tank*
*tank just drives off*
*Stares blankley in Russian*
Thank you Dr. Felton for your time and effort in your research and putting together these videos. I have learned so much more about our history. Have a blessed day.
Russia anti-tank battalion, "We have all the guns!!!"
Lone Tiger I, "You underestimate my power"
Wow, German Engineering at its finest!!
*breaks down*
Overwhelmed by the products Allied mass production at its finest.
Noahmations german over-engineering at its finest. lol
Noahmations Hanz vheres ze spare transmission?
The Germans were right to focus on quality rather than quantity. Men shouldn't be treated as pawns, like the Russians treated their men. At a very basic level, the Tiger was designed to keep it's crew alive on the battlefield.
HRHooChicken also because the Germans couldn't afford to lose their manpower
It's the balance between those points that is so very important to get right
There are stories from the early days of the Russian Campaign where KV-1 tanks withstood shot after shot, keeping their crews alive.
Yes, quality always wins the day; oh wait, they lost the war didn't they?
@@jeffreycooper8408 yes they lost the war but they played well agesnt 2/3 of earth forces.
Reminds me of the ASL Scenario, “Paw of the Tiger” where two Tigers, face an assault on the Leningrad front from 26 T-34Cs, a pair of SU-100s, four 45mm AT guns, and infantry with ATRs and magnetic mines. The Tigers usually win, they’re beasts.
The Germans sure knew how to build a tank. The German crews where the best tank crews of the war
You know what they say about the Tiger.....They're grrrrrrreat!!!!
i see what you did there
Soviet Anti-tank gunner: "Sir how many rounds do you want us to hit this tank with"
Soviet Officer: *throws empty vodka bottle away* "DA"
Crazy. I knew tigers were tough but this really is an exceptional story. I wonder how many times something like this happened in the war
Salute to Tiger 231! 👏👍⚡💪⚡💘🌷🍻
Thank you, Mark. Great job! A true historian! 👏👍👍🌷🍻
Everytime i hear that intro i know I'm in for an amazing story. There is not a single video on this channel that i would consider boring. Very well done Mark :)
Breaking news:
German tank literally to german to die
Amazing story 60km withdrawal 🤯👍🏼
Russians: *Can't kill a tank
Germans: "First time?"
German tank crew: "Y'all hear sumn*
Yet another brilliant video, thank you. Well done. M.
Excellent! I was wondering about the fate of that particular tank. Thanks mark for bringing 231’s story to light.
Amazing video as usual Mark!
Beautiful as usual Mark.
Nothing better than a Brandy sour and one of yours video for Sunday rest.
The Tiger 1 tank is one of my favorite tanks in the world
Imagine shooting an enemy tank 400 times with all types of anti tank weapons for six hours and it just drives away
Tiger: I’m invincible!
Maus: Hold my bier.
E100: My turn
The bit that upset the crew the most?.... When it went back for service and repair they were told the damage was not covered by the warranty.
Excellent, thanks for another great film Mark.
503rd heavy tank battalion was also formed in Paderborn.
They had the most/best chances to engage outnumbered enemies and crew most survived for rebuild their battalion; made them were the best of the best in Wehrmacht.
"Yeah they've come to snuff the Tiger, YEAAAHHH!"
"You know he ain't gonna diiiiee!!!"
That pronunciation was pretty on point, i'm impressed
The mystique of those tigers wasn't derived from propaganda.
Mark,,,, you have the BEST channel (and intro 🎵) on the tube. 👍👍
Another great video! I always look forward to your bite sized bits of history.
She attacc
But more importantly
She deflecc
She attac
She protec
But most importantly
She can still drive bec!
(To be read with a toffish british accent)
can this meme just die already... and all the others too while we're at it, please..
@@wuhr2790 gee, that comment is pretty...
T H I C C
The german tiger tank is actually my favourite tank, i just love the look and everything on it ,its so beautifull it makes me cry when i see it😂👍
That was one tough tank and commander.
I see Mark I clicked, i see Tiger 1 I double clicked 😁
Keep up the great work Professor.Felton!
Breaking News:
*local Tank is to angry to die*
Soviet force in shocked after tank survives 6hrs of various shell fire.
I petition that TH-cam be renamed to Marktube.
Conspiracy Scholor I think Markbook is a better bet as long as Mark Zuckerberg is still at the helm!
I would agree but would not like to sully Mr Felton's good name with their fascist activities lately. Perhaps a statue to him?
Everyone : tank games are bullshit no tank can survive this many hits
Tigre 231 : hold my armor
The commander later admitted that he thought they had survived because he was carrying his lucky bullet magnet. 😃💥
Informative content as usual. Keep up the good work, Mark 🙂
Thanks Mark! awesome story and info. That has to be the most hits ever received by a tank and survive.... amazing !
That's awesome. Love your videos Mark!
Germans make fine machines and their steel is still the best. To this day we use their steel grade as a worldwide comparison for quality control. Good video. ⚡️⚡️
Legends never die
Absolutely love your videos! So happy I found your page a few months ago.
Such an interesting and exciting story from the past. Thanks for the upload!