The Japanese Tiger! - Heavy Tank No.6

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This variant of the Tiger I is located in the Japanese Tech Tree and has a bit of interesting history behind it. It was great to finally take out this Rare Premium for a spin and finally make this video. It was great to have Stick and Jim join me and I hope you enjoy watching!
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[@botimegaming]

Does round or square pizza taste better?

[@JazzmanFIN]

round

[@ThePiedPyro]

M22 LOCUST PIZZA

[@trollingexpert7624]

Square

[@adamhawthorne7181]

The square pieces always lose their toppings and are greasier

[@cartonmilk8146]

I prefer my pizza in octagons personally 🤓

[@advorak8529]

And then there was the U-Boat commander who sank his own boat by not reading the instructions on how to use the toilet …

[@caylumhenderson9396]

Name of boat or commander?

[@euanboyle3468]

@@caylumhenderson9396 U-1206 - Captain Karl-Adolf Schlitt

[@austink4712]

No, it was because he thought he was above the person who was trained on the toilet and decided to flush it himself instead of following protocol

[@krakenpots5693]

I seem to remember he even forgot to destroy the enigma machine he had on board as the boat sank, meaning that as it had sunk in shallow waters, the british easily picked it up...

[@Trump24GreatWhiteHope]

That for real? That's hilarious

[@sirboomsalot4902]

Jim left out the worst part of that incident on U-505; the captain didn’t actually succeed in uninstalling his existence, so the next in command finished the job. He would be the commander until 505s capture. Another lucky/unlucky part of U-505 is that she is considered to be the U-boat that took the most damage and returned to port, after she took a direct bomb hit under the 37mm AA gun that was just barely stopped by the pressure hull. The explosion shot down the Hudson that dropped it, killing its entire crew. Honestly, 505 just failed her way to success. One big reason she did so many patrols without being sunk is that half of those patrols had to be aborted immediately because the French resistance kept getting into her engines.

[@egmccann]

That sounds uncomfortable. "All right, fine. Check the fuel filter." "Ahh, that's the problem." *shakes filter out, many small angry Frenchmen fall from it.* "French Resistance in the engines."

[@user-wb8jc1fw3l]

the skill needed to hit the machine gun port on the jumbo without even being able to see it at 13:14 is insane

[@MsZeeZed]

In WWII the Japanese had 3 operational type-I400 submarines each capable of carrying & launching 3 operational attack seaplanes. The I-400 had the range to circumnavigate the globe.

[@stillcantbesilencedevennow]

Their ground equipment was a soup sandwich, but their naval and some air stuff was peak for the time.

[@RamielNagisa]

Build an updated I-400 for oceanic research, fit the seaplane hangar for deploying ROVs.

[@MISTERX_5890]

​@@stillcantbesilencedevennow the reasons for that is they had no reason to advance their ground equipment. Before 1941 their main enemy was China which didn't have a army that would require the Japanese Imperial Army to advance. It's why Early to mid war Japanese tanks were awful as China had no significant tank force till the US started supplying Shermans through lend lease. Also being a Island country Japan's Imperial air force/navy were required to be as strong as it was

[@stillcantbesilencedevennow]

@MISTERX_5890 no doubt. There were many factors, i.e., most of their fighting was in jungles, where heavy vehicles were less useful. A small tankette though... basically an IFV in support at that point. And that's just one of many reasons for their lopsided military efforts. It ended up hampering them a great deal in the end.

[@khannaraha8817]

Today on BTG: Stickboy has translation issues, Bo has problems with elevation and Jim tells how his german friend got buried.

[@titanavenger3371]

Fun fact, one of the few reasons why U-505 was able to stay afloat after it was captured is because one of the crew members of U-505 was half-polish named Ewald Felix, who told american troops how to turn on the bilge pumps on U-505.

[@Nor_Aviator]

"We have our kawaii Tigers today" Bo, Stickboy and Jim is probably the best Warthunder trio!

[@jamesstevenson9056]

What? Did you forget Bear? and Sturms? and Chris? and Zuit? and Bis? and Cuso? and Lizard? and *proceeds to rattle off the names of every member of TBLF*

[@Nor_Aviator]

No, I’ve not forgot them, the whole TBLF crew is super funny. But some members are less online, and I respect that.

[@jamesstevenson9056]

@@Nor_Aviator Oh, okay, my bad. *Phew*

[@richardstory6650]

The Unterseeboot that Jim was talking about was the German Supply/refuelling U-boot Milch Kuh aka Type XIV. They were considered such a threat as to be targeted by the Allies to force the U-boots back to port for refuelling and rearming.

[@biomike01]

Looking at images of it i can understand why it was considered pregnant, they got a big belly

[@Hymir1]

The less frequently used nickname was manatee or in german Seekuh (literal translations: see cow)

[@adamtruong1759]

Yes, this why I watch this channel, for the random conversations Bo and Co strike up while playing War Thunder or another game. I was deeply enthralled with the history conversation.

[@rcrawford42]

If knowing a captain offed himself on the U-505 is troubling, never visit the HMS Victory. They marked the spot on deck where Nelson was shot, and the spot below deck where he died.

[@LoneWolf-qq9oy]

1:45 has Stickboy never heard of the type I-400 imperial Japanese Submarine? It was capable of launching and containing multiple aircraft

[@TomPrickVixen]

3:18 No, no, no! Pregnant U-boats give birth to minget-subs!

[@Molehamster]

Fun Fact: The Japanese purchase a Tiger 1, Panther, Panzer III Ausf J, and Panzer III Ausf N. However, unlike the Tiger 1 and Panther, both the Panzer III Ausf J and Panzer III Ausf N did actually arrive in Japan! However their fate afterwards is unknown as they were deemed to be outdated by the time they arrived in Japan (IMO they were most likely better than almost all the Japanese tanks in service at the time outside of jungle mobility).

[@honeybadgerbomb4469]

I mean literally none of those are that good for the front that Japan was fighting on

[@scardthegamer2194]

9:53 that poor light tank came around that corner just to see 3 heavies and instanly died

[@EdyAlbertoMSGT3]

Its not just a light tank, its a PT-76B, I feel soo sad for it i want to cry, he did not reserve that

[@MISTERX_5890]

You act like a PT-76 can't pen a tiger.

[@scardthegamer2194]

@@MISTERX_5890 i dont play war thunder but i have driven many light tanks in wotb into several heavies and instantly died before

[@grahamhaley9220]

To Jim, the 8-foot tall woman is a Hachishakusama

[@khannaraha8817]

"Is it Thor or Captain America?" - surely it would have been Ironman in those circumstances.

[@zJoriz]

The artillery piece that killed Bo in the end also came prepared to battle Japanese tanks

[@russaicher3786]

A new record for understaement: "The allies landed in Normandy and put Germany on the spot." Thanks for the captions explaining the tank.

[@durhamdavesbg4948]

If anyone is curious the basic numbers form Stick was getting for 88 in Japanese is hachi-ju-hachi (literally 8 10 8). I think that is generally correct, but you have to be careful what you're counting, as Stick pointed out, and I've only just started actual study.

[@Nerdotomy]

The number 88 on its own is just that, it’s just when it’s being used in a counting situation for objects and the like does it change like ichi いち (one) becoming hitotsu ひとつ (one thing). Other times it’s simpler of a change like yon よん (four) to yottsu よっつ (four things) where it’s mostly the last syllable being being altered

[@JJW3]

"88" is 8-10-8 (ba-shi-ba) in Chinese as well.

[@Vincent-mu2rb]

The I-400-class submarine (伊四百型潜水艦, I-yon-hyaku-gata sensuikan) Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) submarines were the largest submarines of World War II and remained the largest ever built until the construction of nuclear ballistic missile submarines in the 1960s. The IJN called this type of submarine Sentoku type submarine (潜特型潜水艦, Sen-Toku-gata sensuikan, Submarine Special). The type name was shortened to Toku-gata Sensuikan (特型潜水艦, Special Type Submarine). They were submarine aircraft carriers able to carry three Aichi M6A Seiran aircraft underwater to their destinations. They were designed to surface, launch their planes, then quickly dive again before they were discovered. They also carried torpedoes for close-range combat. so no you dont have to dissamble it

[@KlLLERROBOT99]

Only 3 I-400s were ever finished. I-400 saw a small amount of action in that her float plans did a small attack run with the loss of 1 plan during the battle for the Caroline Islands. Besides that she never saw action, surrendered to the US, and was sunk off the coast of Pearl Harbor in June 1946. I-401 saw a bit more battle than 400 did in that during the attack on Kune Japan 401 was attacked by American planes but took no damage. Besides that 401 took part in the same battle as 400 and was also captured. 401 was sunk off the coast of Pearl Harbor as well but in May of 1946. Additional note for 401 is that the submarine was actually attacked by their own people on one occasion. Finally I-402, which was converted into a Submarine Tanker never undertook a single mission but funny enough had the most combat out of the 3 submarines. It was also present at Kune and was both attacked and damaged by American planes. Besides this one occasion it saw no missions out of Kune. It surrendered in 1945 and was sunk off Goto Islands during Operation Road's End in April 1946. There were a total of 14 planned I-400s but besides those three no others were finished. The closest was I-404 where it was almost completed but was damaged beyond repair in a bombing raid in 1945. It was sunk by the Japanese, found in 1952 and then scrapped by the end of 1952.

[@Vincent-mu2rb]

@@KlLLERROBOT99 i metion the I-400 class because they said ud have to disasmable it to ship it but the I-400s prove u dont

[@KlLLERROBOT99]

@@Vincent-mu2rb I don't think they would be able too carry a 30 ton hull. The total weight of the three planes fully loaded that they could carry was about 9-10k lbs, add maybe 2-3k addition weight from storage and crew the I-400s maybe could carry 11-13k lbs, nowhere close to the 60k needed to carry a Tiger hull.

[@Vincent-mu2rb]

@@KlLLERROBOT99 hold that thought

[@Vincent-mu2rb]

@@KlLLERROBOT99 57.1 tons and was planned to be shipped by sub

[@liladoodle]

Fun Fact: Japan also ordered a Panther along with a Tiger I. But much like Heavy Tank No. 6, it never got to Japan.

[@wowthisisareallylongname9236]

What do mean they also ordered a tiger 1 did you mean tiger 2?

[@Iron_Blood_Enjoyer1933]

Yep, the order was placed in 1943 and they were about to be shipped in 1944, and after selling them to Japan, they were left along at the docks in Bordeaux. Then Germany bought it back from Japan on loan in order to hold off the Allied invasion in Normandy.

[@liladoodle]

​@@wowthisisareallylongname9236No, it was just the Tiger I and the Panther.

[@Molehamster]

@@liladoodleTechnically incorrect as they also ordered a Panzer III Ausf J and a Panzer III Ausf N.

[@Hosenfuhrer]

17:51 *Starts humming Goldfinger theme* "Fatfingerrrr..."

[@historygeek0018]

The last time I was this early the Japanese were winning in tank combat.

[@personmcperson9313]

I'd love a dedicated video or videos of fun/weird facts with Jim.

[@daveybyrden3936]

I am seriously impressed by the game makers. They depict the "Japanese" Tiger as an "early Mid" version Tiger with S mine launchers, air filters and a pistol port. Yes, according to the invoice, that's exactly what Japan purchased. This is the first depiction I've ever seen that got it right.

[@Shermanlover1944]

Very kawwaii!

[@larryfontenot9018]

Japanese for tiger is "Tora". So when the signal to attack Pearl Harbor was transmitted, it was "Tiger, Tiger, Tiger". 88 is "hachijuuhachi" (hah-chee-joo-hah-chee). Hachi is also the Japanese word for a bee. To order a beer, you could say "biiru kudasai" (beer-oo koo-da-sigh), which means "beer please".

[@Warlord-aus]

We definitely need more historical information on the tanks you play it's awesome!!!

[@tallleprechaun1318]

Really cool having the quotes appear on screen when explaining history behind the vehicles

[@mrpilkington9710]

If you are going to go to Chicago to the Museum of Science and Industry you should take the time to go to Cantigny Park where the First Division has their museum there are a bunch of tanks you can climb on and a nice museum that still has ww1-Gaulfwar 1 exhibits They use to have Indian wars stuff but im not sure if they got rid of that. When I would go there as a kid they had John Wayne movies playing on a loop in the Indian wars section

[@steveo9284]

Kawaii Tiger. Cute cat.

[@Sgt_Tom]

Nice Video Bo. There is also a interesting U-boat to visit in Germany at Bremerhaven it is an old Type XXI that is now a Museums ship and I think the only Type XXI still around.

[@RenaultFT]

The logos on the conning towers of U-Boats would change based on what flotilla the boat was assigned to, but that doesn't apply to the badge on the side. Also U-505 still has damage from when it was captured

[@czerwony1420]

7:52 the person to "uninstall" on U-505 was a commanding officer, he did it during combat whilst depth charges were exploding next to the submarine, and he likely did it mere feet away from his crew in the cramped compartments of the sub

[@robertlinke2666]

20:25 the term you are looking for is Yokai, and it is a full array of Japanese supernatural beings. everything from demons to ghosts to monsters to cryptids

[@BlackWater_49]

1:57 Well yes. The big refueling submarines were known as _Milchkühe_ meaning _milk cows_ in English.

[@Beaglefaust]

Hachi ju hachi is 88 - when I was 10 yrs old karate teacher who was really into push-ups finally pays off.

[@TrickiVicBB71]

What an amusing long-winded talk about Tiger tanks, submarines, museums, and other things

[@MrAcuta73]

Steel Boats, Iron Hearts was an amazing read. Even crazier was after U-505 was captured, the author was the official tour guide when it went on display.

[@rjwaters3]

6:45 you can "cut" granite into a rough block with wooden tools and another rock, the only thing the copper tools would be for is for refining the shape, which scrap pieces of granite could also be used to help with as a primitive sand paper, which would be significantly cheaper than copper tools

[@garyslayton8340]

They used a large intetionally dull copper saw They would fill the cut with sand to use as the abrasive to actully cut There are blocks that were abandoned because they screwed up the cut

[@Ko_Kasumi]

On the one hand, the heavy tank no 6 technically has worse performance than the Tiger E because it has the E turret on am H hull...but not being on the German team is a really strong power.

[@mattm9376]

The bad electrician has an amazing video on the German submarine in Chicago

[@junchengfang5692]

Fun fact: the I 400 class submarine was the largest submarine ever built until the ballistic submarine in the 1960s, and it had a hanger able to carry 3 Aichi M6A Seiran aircraft.

[@Electric_Bagpipes]

Bo, thats the ultimate Catgirl you have there

[@bsquaredbundles]

I gotta agree there was nothing cute about Bo's tank. Slap some pillows or toys or something on it before you call it kawai. But Jim's pissy Naruto impression was spot on.

[@EiriUesugiKun]

6:34 - Oh @stickboy24 .. only the lid of the sargophagus was made out of granite... The iron dagger that was buried with Tutankhamun is way more interesting find than the granite lid. :)

[@panzerabwerkanone]

Does Jim offering to show Stick his model collection constitute "Stranger Danger".

[@kadenthepilotz6192]

8:50 Stick said Egypt and I myself can't remember when the convo went there. XD

[@zeacrossstormblade6819]

As a Submarine fan i appreciation the conversation.

[@generaldice]

Petition to bring back the Side Chat episodes maybe once a month.

[@IM_8685]

"uninstalling his life " maybe it is better to say he was uninstalling his soul from his body bro did not sugarcoat it.

[@alfadasfire]

And ofcourse the Rochev at the end had anime body pillows :D:D

[@ximiraxelo7375]

We need more of Jim history lessons

[@matthewgillies7509]

I personally like visiting the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario, which has one of the two flying Lancaster bombers left in the world. The other one is in the UK. I've also been meaning to go visit HMCS Haida, the last of the Tribal Class destroyers. A few years ago I visited the HMCS Sackville, which is the only remaining Flower Class corvette, which spent its career killing a few U-boats and represents the monumental undertaking that was the Battle of the Atlantic.

[@mahieuwim]

A few years back (pre-covid, pre-brexit) Vera (the Canadian Lanc) visited the UK. I went to the Duxford airshow then. Seeing two Lancasters fly line astern was one of the awesomest things I've ever seen.

[@rcrawford42]

They have both a U-Boat and an Egyptian tomb in Chicago.

[@TotallyNotRicardio223]

Jim and Stick are national treasures.

[@nekophht]

I got heavily distracted by the conversations this video. XD Keep up the good work, Bo & Co!

[@sabregunner1]

stick, u do realized concrete can be designed for a desired strength, plus its economical Looks like the Japanese Tiger really packs a punch

[@angrybeargaming7756]

I'm right there with you Stickboy anything Egyptian I find interesting

[@Mr.Minnesota1906]

Love today's video! From the random facts to just the guys being themselves and cracking jokes, this was a joy to watch Bo and Co!

[@Queen_Bee_82]

Thank you Jim, Stickboy and Bo!! 💜

[@TheRealTburt]

Random fun fact that's totally unrelated: most tanks in WW2 weren't destroyed by other tanks. They were destroyed by a group of dudes hanging out in the tree line with a big cannon.

[@RyRy_941]

This video was so much fun to watch! I hope you guys had as much fun making it as us viewers had watching it. Thanks!

[@FlyBoyJo1994]

This used to be a premium pack in game but now you can only get it from the camo chests. It should return as a GE premium.

[@insanecrazyman7637]

I've never been this early, what do I do? what do I say? oh gods the pressure!!!!

[@beardgoblin1090]

Kawaii desu, innit Bo!

[@Tonci87]

I would love to visit the museum in Chicago one day!

[@matt47110815]

Interesting conversation @Stickboy and Jim 😆👍 It is always refreshing to encounter at least somewhat educated Muricans now and then. 😉

[@CaiusWhite]

i like how jim had the “major jim” decal on his tank😂

[@linus11vf1j]

Unironically eating sushi watching this. It was also a mistake from laughing and eating, and choking on a few grains of rice.

[@SpawnofChaos]

21:12 There's _no_ T in saying "88" in Japanese. It's "Hachi Juu Hachi." "Hachi" is 8, "Juu" is 10; "Hachi Juu" is 80 and then adding the second "Hachi" makes it 88.

[@xtlegacy1020]

Earliest I've ever been, awesome!

[@skittlesjones4119]

Loved the vid. Definitely was entertaining from beginning to end. loved yalls antics and the historical facts mixed together ❤

[@Phoenix_Phelan]

Great video Bo! Love learning these facts through the craziness of the game play lol

[@ferdo666]

That bouncing Jumbo machinegunport shot was just awesome. Holy hell Bo

[@kknnetty]

I put on white noise on youtube last night and woke up to bo. This has to be a sign.

[@dragonzord6615]

Despite having a bachelors degree in history, ya'll still make me feel a lot less like a nerd every time :P

[@mrwar5989]

The Japanese tiger , right at my favorite BR =D Love the video and the facts, will be waiting for the next one.

[@CANDMoose]

7:29 Not the Kool-Aid!!

[@devinquackenbush660]

Bo the first bit on your video just reminded me of your military equipment video from back in the day you dhould bring that back an call it history coner or somthing like jim-bos historical talk

[@shadow1181]

I would love videos where jim talks about war machines

[@jtl05]

This tank has an interesting story. Thanks for the history lesson Bo.

[@nitrade87]

Can you play the Marder next?

[@roundhousetrainspotting]

You guys should talk history more, I love it

[@ulfhedtyrsson]

Submarines are awesome. They're like spaceships but with pressure instead of vacuum.

[@normalyoutuber8234]

"They gotta hear "The wolfpack

[@noahsawesomevids422]

Wooo nice video

[@user-ni6py6kq4c]

Tell stick boy the tomb he's talking about is Ramsey's the Great

[@svandalbear]

Gordon Ramsay has a tomb built for him? That's kinda cool

[@user-ni6py6kq4c]

@@svandalbear no Ramses the Great from ancient Egypt

[@swegboy0238]

1:13 So another "act before you think" moment from Big H?

[@Shrike58]

Japanese for tiger: "Tora."

[@Godfadda]

Now I wanna visit the U505 museum lol

[@FARBerserker]

The I-400, the japanese actually built a submarine airplane carrier. no joke. for 3x fighterbombers

[@andrewbarber7624]

I think a stuka video in ground battles would be fun!

[@JazzmanFIN]

I love your videos

[@StelyDn]

Wait! Stickboy has never been to the MSI??? That needs to be rectified! NOW!!!!

[@bassplayersayer]

Am I in a time warp??

[@supershadow102007]

funny story me and my mother want to the science museum by complete accident cuz i wanted to go to the history museum but we mised the bus stop and end up at the science museum and we figured since we're here might as well take a look and it was worth it getting to see that u boat was great

[@WoobooRidesAgain]

If the Germans had a submarine called the Milk Cow, does that mean it was classified as a Moo-Boat?

[@psychobeam99]

I love the idea of the Japanese Tiger. Like Japan spent all that money and resources to procure ONE Tiger I tank....and they never got it. The stories Ive seen historians cant decide if the ship that was supposed to bring it sunk or if the Tiger was taken to the Front when things got bad. Its also ironic because Japan couldn't produce a heavy tank in sufficient numbers domestically so what good was a Tiger?