King Tiger - D Day 80th Anniversary

Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf. L "Luchs"
M10 Tank Destroyer
Panzerkampfwagen Tiger II Ausf. B (H)
Normandy Victory Museum, June 7th 2024
The Luchs is one of only two examples left in the world and this is the sole example of a working vehicle.
The King Tiger is the only running example in the world and is using an original German made V-12 Maybach HL 230 P30 petrol engine.

[@tommyguan5952]

I still can't believe we can see a tiger ii doing a pivot turn in 2024.

[@willghezzi]

Well it didn't really pivot, it did use a bit of neutral stearing here and there, but that wasn't a full pivoting turn... though it's understandable as that puts a LOT of pressure on the already overworked transmission. Still amazing to see it run so well after all this years... long live the king

[@neilouellette3004]

Wasn't a pivot turn.

[@DavidSmith-ss1cg]

@@willghezzi Nice to hear someone who's familiar with the Great Cat's drive-train speak up. I'd bet that it's likely that a surprisingly large percentage of Tiger II tanks were destroyed in place because their transmissions were destroyed by inexperienced drivers trying to drive the 65-ton tank like a car. The tank WAS capable, but just barely. The newest German tank designs stress mobility and they are almost ridiculously agile.

[@willghezzi]

@@DavidSmith-ss1cg if you want to learn more about that military history visualized made a very good video about that called "tiger tank effective beasts or kittens" or something like that

[@Elkku106]

Warms my heart to see once a good driver in tigers. No pointless over revs or near stalling it, and smooth gear changes.

[@karakiri283]

The Tiger 2 had a gearbox problem originally. But a few years ago they decided to do an overall to correct it. Since, it run smoothly. At first they kept it in this state because it was like that originally, but the Tiger II is aging, so it was not possible to keep it that way because it could have been damaged at some point.

[@Elkku106]

@@karakiri283 That's nice to know. Good call by them if they keep rolling it on shows. Final drives love that decision too.

[@DilophoMS]

Tiger II and Panther are the best looking tanks of WW2

[@marcelbork92]

I disagree. The Tiger I looks best! Looks best of all tanks of all times.

[@Gabriel_The_Königstiger]

What about Tiger H1

[@marcelbork92]

The tiger II is such a beast.

[@robertdoble7665]

You could roll right through a house no problem. Impressive.

[@ThomasRutha-z5k]

Allein der Sound machte doch schon Respekt

[@buijs1967]

So nice to hear that Tiger go through the gears!

[@tuffsheddweller]

2:39 even if its far in the distance, the Tiger 2 looks so daunting. An absolute beast.

[@MrShenyang1234]

Very Impressive! The WW 2 German King Tiger and Panther Tanks in all their glory. Thank God someone had the foresight to keep and restore these beautiful, historic vehicles.

[@ukasz-zm9qc]

But there is no Panther in this video.

[@love7236]

King Tiger and other one is M10 tank destroyer....American tank....don't know what Lil tanket was...like panzer 2 or 3 with strange road wheels....anyone know?

[@МаксимТрухин-у3т]

Это разведывательный танк Рысь, на базе Т2

[@MichalKaczorowski]

Tiger II as awesome and all but that cute Luchs turing in place is cool also :D

[@theonlymadmac4771]

Contrary to a lot of written BS the Tiger II doesn’t maneuver that bad especially considering they certainly don’t want to mistreat it

[@davidtorre7370]

You can turn the steering wheel with one finger. It's ground pressure is good with it's 32 1/2 inch wide tracks.

[@DiegoEguia-te6uh]

​@@davidtorre7370 This i trueee but the transmission isn't designed to handle 70Tons let alone the engine it can barely handle the Jagdtiger barely they break under to much stress

[@tvg5429]

King Tiger & Panther. Magnificent German machines

[@jonowens460]

All the Big Katz were Pretty 😍

[@АфтандилКалашников-щ1ф]

Но войну просрали 😂

[@yutechen59]

V-12 Maybach! awesome.

[@XDSingularity]

Was underpowered, It's a shame, a good diesel 1200hp would be perfect for him. Thing about that's 70ton tank, and a 700+ hp engine, it's around 10hp per ton of steel, too low weight to power ratio.

[@kubanskiloewe]

@@XDSingularity a 1200hp Diesel with its twice as much torque as the Maybach would definately destroy or damage its gearbox or drive shafts or endgear reduction or steering.

[@hessherman717]

That exhaust bang is like music to my ears 🤤🇩🇪

[@Raggi85]

imagine the smell

[@colin10ten83]

What a Fantastic Machine the Kampfpanzer "King Tiger 11" is. Good to see one that is still capable of being Driven. There is a photo of a King Tiger with the Number 300 on it in the Book "Panzer Ace" by Richard Freiherr Von Rosen, a rare surviving Iron Cross Panzer Commander.

[@duck_6983]

I came for the King Tiger, but stayed for the cute little Luchs and the rare twin Detroit 2-stroke diesels on the M10, revved to 10 bajillion RPMs! Beautiful!

[@kurtledesma5993]

That is a BEAST!

[@louisbarnard6192]

King Tiger.....my most favorite tank of all tanks of all times

[@sirswerve2493]

It is the king of WW2.

[@louisbarnard6192]

@@sirswerve2493 yes

[@louisbarnard6192]

i think most peeps are their just for this beast.

[@artas3585]

Ни один танк не выглядит так же монструозно как Королевский Тигр

[@RobsonDC]

the King Tinger is much less noisy than I imagined

[@marcelbork92]

It sounds more like a tractor than a tank.

[@shaneconrad7816]

The steering of the King Tiger was very advanced for the time it was in service. That is one big chunk of steel too.

[@marcelbork92]

0:10 0:38 This is the "Luchs" (in English Lynx), in fact, one of the best recce tanks. A *legit little brother* of the Tiger II.

[@philippemassicot5845]

J'aime beaucoup le nouveau camouflage, beaucoup plus correct historiquement que l'ancien

[@Loki52020]

What a beauty

[@Incorruptus1]

Super Cool! Thank you so much for producing and uploading. It's awesome to see them move, instead of just sit there! I have got to see them, but that is always in musea and such so this is amazing to see. Thank you very much.;D

[@antikoerper256]

Being among or in those machines is a dream come true!

[@Alvin_Anderson]

The Tiger II was a nightmare for allied tanks

[@phildoethedildoe]

I am pretty sure that if a King Tiger rolled onto a modern battle field it would still make any other tanks crew shudder in fear, the legend these crews carried hung over every other armored vehicle of WW2, but to be in a M1-A2 Abbrams and see one of these aiming that Darth Vader cannon at ya would indeed strike some fear hard and deep.

[@kubanskiloewe]

no, not 1 bit ;-) its a nice design for its time but even at its time there were better tanks upcoming ...like T44 or Patton or IS3

[@Resebild]

A tank crew today should have enough understanding about armour and penetration to realize the tiger 2 wouldn’t pose a threat to any modern main battle tank. An Abrams, Leopard 2, Challenger or even T72 would easily knock it out, while moving. They have a lot better guns, much better gunsights and better ammo. The only way a Tiger 2 would be able to take out a modern tank is if said tank is stationary, rather close and has its rear exposed to the Tigers gun.

[@AlanHigh-x4i]

The Tiger II was the best tank of its class during WWII, but it would be hopelessly outclassed by modern MBTs. Modern tanks can fire on the move because of their electronic gun stabilization systems, the engines are much more powerful, modern tanks are much faster and superior armor and ammo. The Abrams is built with a depleted Uranium enriched steel alloy for the armor, and it fires depleted Uranium rounds which would penetrate even the armor of a Tiger II. The Tiger II had a cross country speed of 12-15 mph. The Abrams, weighing nearly 70 tons, cruises along at 35 mph cross country, and 45 mph on road surfaces.

[@JAaurora2419]

Sorry but time would not be kind to a ww2 tank … a modern tank would obliterate on the move with no problem at all… it just a fact . Same with fighter planes etc just not a fair fight. But it’s still awesome though

[@skdKitsune]

@@Resebild Not really true. While a Tiger II obviously has no real chance in a real fight against any modern tank, it can still penetrate the frontal weakspots of several MBT's. Turret rings, driver ports, gun breaches, cupolas of russian tanks are all vulnerable to a long 88. The lower front plates, turret rings and driver ports of several western MBT's as well. And ofc any side shot against any modern MBT at a range of 0-2000m is a guaranteed kill as well.

[@martyincanuckistan3635]

Thing looks like it’s ready for a modern tank what a machine

[@mi5iu491]

those tigers sound awsome

[@kempet]

So glad they have finally swithced the camo pattern!

[@megatwingo]

Very interesting and well filmed. Amazing sound. Thumbs up! :)

[@Namtov]

M10 weighing 30 tons doing a billion point turn, King Tiger weighing 70 tons doing a 2 point turn. So funny

[@bundywaters5988]

😆 The Allies don't stand a chance!

[@Namtov]

@@bundywaters5988 Yeah..well.. They should not really do turns. If you retreat you back up. Otto Carius described how a late war poorly traned crew turned around and tried to escape in a Jagdtiger, resulting in US tanks hitting the rear and destroying the Jagdtiger. If the commander had backed up, the Shermans would not have had a chance in penetrating the front armor.

[@joegatt2306]

The M10 (including all tanks on Sherman chassis) had a minimum turning diameter of 62 feet (R.P. Hunnicutt) which equates to a turning radius of 9.5 meters. It needed a 35kgs. pull on the levers to complete the minimum turn on second gear. At more than double the weight, (69.8 metric tons combat loaded) the Tiger II needed less than half the turning radius at 4.1 meters, (Panzer Tracts) and needed but a 5kgs. force on the levers to complete the turn. The T26 Pershing, with similar turning radius as the Sherman, needed a pull of 37kgs. on the right lever and 39kgs. on the left. The Panther exerted a force of 12kgs./right-lever and 15kgs./left-lever for a minimum turning radius of 4.7 meters but only 5kgs. for a 10 meter radius turn. (All information on lever forces from Tank Archives site).

[@Namtov]

@@joegatt2306 yeah, but that was pure luck or coincidence, or any other excuse if you use the tank museum biased rhetoric

[@joegatt2306]

@@Namtov Sorry but I thing you got the wrong guy. What I wrote was neither tales of pure luck, neither coincidence nor museum biased rhetoric but official specifications of tank writers who are the best in their field, (Hilary Doyle, Thomas Jentz & R.P. Hunnicutt). Do you want to know more? No U.S. designed tank could pivot-turn in WW2. The first U.S. operational tank that could do so were the M-46 in 1951 and the M-41when issued with the Allison CD transmissions in late 1943!!!

[@mickeycrilly1839]

Good god the generation of men who went up against the tiger truly were the greatest generation we need you now real men imagine firing a PIAT at that thing

[@jerrymail]

It's always amazing to see this Königstiger in motion ^^

[@kalitovanhelsing5817]

A Tiger II, a nightmare for many allied soldiers.

[@KenTar2]

Very very rare thing even in ww2

[@androidgamer1350]

The backfire from the tiger

[@marcelbork92]

3:30 Purring like a cat... 😘

[@mkuiwaterman6983]

EPIC! THE SOUNDS AND THE SIGHT OF A KING TIDER!

[@SaucePigs]

The new camo looks great, the old white and greenish blue they had on it before wasn't my cup of tea

[@jonowens460]

I dug that scheme 😮😂❤

[@lucamariapettinicchio6151]

Scary beast! The power on tracks💪

[@f.w.4261]

deutsche Ingenieurskunst par excellance

[@Klausi999]

Der Motor war viel zu Schwach und das Getriebe dauernd im Arsch! Der Motor war absolut ungeeignet für den schweren Panzer!

[@wijnen1000]

excellent Tiger 2 driver....truely skillfull!

[@sirswerve2493]

What a beast!

[@geetee7154]

Amazing footage of all the tanks, but the icing on the cake is the King Tiger, thanks for uploading 👍😁

[@TimothySielbeck]

My understanding of the Tank Museum's Luchs is that it runs but they don't want to because of wear issues. They want it to be 100% original and if something wears out that they have to replace then it loses its "100% original" status. Great to see one running, though.

[@clio2rsminicup]

This belongs to the Saumur museum, one of the two largest tank museums in the world. In other words, it belongs to the French Army which has "a little more" resources than a simple museum. For the rest we must not forget who invented modern tanks, the French always them, during WW1, with the Renault FT17, the winner of WW1 on the Western Front and the only real ancestor of all tanks current. The French in 1940 also had the best tanks in the world. It was not the quality of the tanks that posed a problem for the French in 1940, but their poor use by a French general staff still stuck in WW1, and who had not read the excellent book in the 1930s on the proper use of tanks, written by a certain young Lieutenant-Colonel Charles de Gaulle, head of a French tank regiment, the German general staff had read this book, some big German generals admitted it later being inspired by it to create their blitzkrieg.... In May-June 1940, if the French and English allies had not been surprised by the bypass of the Maginot line via Belgium, and the blitzkrieg in a perfect aircraft-tank association of the Germans, and therefore France could have continued to fight as a power and a free state until the end, I would have liked to see what the French tanks would have looked like in 1945. They would have been monsters too...

[@davekreitzer4358]

Tiger's rule !!! ✔️😉😜

[@salamigeist]

Deutsche Wertarbeit!

[@BaoNguyen-xz8qm]

Người Đức thiết kế xe tank nào cũng đẹp và ngầu

[@douglastaggart9360]

Didn't think any king tiger's were in Normandy on d day

[@nowy5]

Tactics to fight with King Tiger: 1. retreat 2. wait until the last of few attacking tanks will technically damage, it never takes more than 30 minutes 3. you won a battle

[@atk4tw671]

kinda insane that they have a Luchs, only 100 were made

[@clockdva20]

492 were built during their short time in service. At the cost of 321 500 Reich's Marks the most expensive tank that Germans put into production during the war. But remember they also used the Hull to make the Monster Jagdtiger fitted with the ever more powerful 12.8 cm Gun.Those were built in very low numbers though only 150 were ordered but only 80 were ever completed. When you think that the current main gun is only in the last few decades is now 120 mm and back then they fitted a 12.8 cm to a Tank is crazy. But Current future German Tanks are now testing 130 mm main guns and even most modern tanks are now around the same weight because of all the extra added armour now been used. The Germans have even used the name Panther again for a prototype future Tank . So who knows maybe we will see the Tiger 3 as a future NATO MBT.

[@fastmurx]

In comparison to the Tiger II the others look like toys.

[@predi888]

Luchs is sooo cute :D

[@mi5iu491]

man imagine seeing that thing in battle knowing your shells cant do much more than scratch the armor.....

[@clockdva20]

I once read it took around 25 Sherman's to take a Tiger 2 down especially if the Tiger Crew were of a high standard of course by this point in the war that was not the case even if these Tanks were only used by the Elite units the crews would be a mix of veterans crews and very young hard core Nazi Hitler Youth most who were seeing their first combat. So I think more Tigers were lost to break downs with a very stressed drive train and an underpowered engine and poor built quality and a lack of development time. In the correct hands a Tiger 2 was almost unstoppable out ranging every Tank the Allies had but the Money they cost should have gone into building more Panther's and improving what was a much better platform. The Tiger 2 did show the way that Future Tanks would develop with a high powered main gun and good armour & if you look at the Current western MBT Tanks from the UK , Germany and the USA they are all now pushing 70 tons so again armour has become the standard over a medium weight MBT.

[@lisa-azrabroad4137]

Nice work everyone, woof woof.

[@ВадимМоисеев-в8и]

Сумрачный германский гений...

[@harrymiram6621]

Am just wondering...Are the Tiger II's Still running the V-12 Maybach 230 engine? Or have modern gear heads found a way to upgrade to modern diesel engines?!

[@Old.Monkey.Bones.]

Currently this is the only Tiger II in running condition and according to the museum it is still using an original Maybach V-12 HL230 engine.

[@chupiconverge6034]

Big like 👍. Awesome Job🤘. Subcribed 💪💪💻

[@xavierolle]

what a machine.... 😦😦

[@joshrandall2733]

ça se passe à Catz, à coté de Carentan , en Normandie .

[@darrengogel9157]

Im guessing that would be the only or one of very few king tigers in running order still around

[@Old.Monkey.Bones.]

Yes so far it's the only running example in the world. It's also using an original Maybach WWII engine. The tank itself is made from mainly two different tigers. Hull from one, turret from a different Normandy used vehicle.

[@Rhonda1969]

@@Old.Monkey.Bones. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3ymmXmdhrlssJYsi=1ixDQmnq_Z8qEQ3n This is a second Tiger ll right?

[@tomaszzorniak3720]

Kiedy widzę Tygrysa królewskiego, to budzi we mnie taki strach, mega bestia, niesamowity dźwięk

[@scuderio762]

Is that the King Tiger from the Musée des Blindés? Didn't knew it was repainted

[@Old.Monkey.Bones.]

Yes that's just what it is.

[@EJJ1977]

what a beast, growling cat....

[@drandy.youtubechannel1436]

Really amazing !

[@galihpambudiarto3008]

Man, i just wonder what if Tiger II using Leopard 2 engine.... How fast he is.

[@XDSingularity]

It's the Tiger turret still operational ? Rotation, and cannon movement?

[@Old.Monkey.Bones.]

We saw them rotate the turret in the tank park prior to running it so yes on the turret traverse. No idea on the gun elevation sadly but I would hope it does.

[@KRAMPUS_G60_16V]

True monster

[@AntiDesu]

0:09 Chibi Tank 💜

[@DALTONPORTO]

Qual o museu ou local onde foi filmado e em que se pode ver o King Tiger funcionando?

[@Old.Monkey.Bones.]

Normandy Victory Museum but the tank was there on loan from the tank museum in Saumur.

[@DALTONPORTO]

@@Old.Monkey.Bones. Muito obrigado pela gentileza!

[@Old.Monkey.Bones.]

normandy-victory-museum.fr/en/

[@Old.Monkey.Bones.]

museedesblindes.fr/

[@DALTONPORTO]

@@Old.Monkey.Bones. Muito obrigado pela informação!

[@GeneralMiller92FIN]

Kingtiger is King. Don't know if the driver is just bad or if the M10 Wolverine is actually just clumsy.

[@chanlion961]

Is that King Tiger 233 and 300 are that only two tanks which can still operate in the world🤔🤔🤔

[@Old.Monkey.Bones.]

I believe that is 233 renumbered to 300 after the recent repaint.

[@marcelbork92]

@@Old.Monkey.Bones. But why renumbered?

[@raigarmullerson4838]

Nobody can tell that thing isnt fucking sexy looking. This and the Pather, muahhh Chefs kiss!

[@jadirv]

ils auraient pu faire un effort sur leurs uniformes ,vu le soin apporté au char pour sa restauration... Ca gâche tout

[@dl4784]

Koenigtiger, 80 years old and beauty

[@asdf9890]

1944: Don't go somewhere with a Sherman if you think you may need to turn around! 1:08 Granted, I think that's a very bad example of one.

[@mi5iu491]

that little sherman tank compared to the tiger....

[@jimmyfarley5581]

I appreciate the guide is there for safety but there certainly wasn't a man on the ground giving hand signals back in the day. The King Tiger and Sherman were driven ok. During the war they were driven much better . They didn't need a spotter and couldn't afford to fuss around when manoeuvring.

[@gundam5281]

How come the Tiger II didnt have any exhaust pipe guard unlike the panther?

[@kubanskiloewe]

? it does have 2 big well protected guards below the pipes around the mufflers

[@christopherkehoe3402]

Wait, there are more than 1 running king tigers?

[@Old.Monkey.Bones.]

Just the one so far.

[@christopherkehoe3402]

@@Old.Monkey.Bones. this is not the paint scheme From the Samir one though

[@paulus.]

Noch Königstiger es gibt in Frankreich in Musée des Blindés Saumur.

[@Igor-pg1il]

Тигр 2 весил не 80 тон а 68тон

[@Super1865]

We need these sound in war thunder

[@redhen2123]

You're late ! Verdammt nochmal !

[@ryszardryszard6843]

IS-2 KILLER KING TIGER

[@ianfernandez2735]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mX-qeKdnhLeCY5Isi=PCJ0UImzlcqacOjd

[@atlantis5558]

da können die Yankees mal nen königstiger sehen

[@thomassinbruno2612]

poor roads!!

[@dr.d.j.laszlo]

At the end of the war the Germans got to the understanding the shape of the bastion on the King-Tiger - that is derived from the T 34, to get the projectiles a ricochet - while on June 22 1941 they had seen the first T 34-s. Total idiots!

[@ВасилийВасильев-н3г]

......мотором по ходу никто не занимался...... Половина цилиндров не работает.....

[@СергейБезелюк-к2з]

👎👎👎👎

[@Phantom140]

Немцы -это что-то фантастическое,столько лет этой технике и никто не удивляется,что она в исправном состояние,она и сейчас может использоваться ,особенно по бездорожью,в сельском хозяйстве,в заповеднике

[@rudolphhessian4183]

why is the guy riding on tank wearing a red beret? Thats a Nazi tank not a british one. Get a time correct panzer uniform. Or wear a Mcdonalds outfit, i guess nothing matters anymore.

[@Old.Monkey.Bones.]

He was a serving Belgium paratrooper.

The wars been over lol!

[@raigarmullerson4838]

Your buddies lost. Google what "To the Victor, goes the spoils" means. They wear what the fuck they want.