The King Tiger's Big Brother - E-100 Mega Tank

[@soogitill]

Why didnt they just put tracks on the Bismarck?

[@memethief4113]

was in the ocean, or, I should say *under the ocean*

[@SomberYeti]

May as well add some wings and a rotor like a helicopter too xD

[@wheneggsdrop1701]

Ah you see the dismarch has the soul of dismarck magically kill or crush the tracks

[@omnianti0]

this project existed at least for a tank using the bismark triple 280mm turret

[@despacito_boi4484]

Thus the birth of the schwerer Gustav

[@varovaro1967]

The bridges... nobody thought about the bridges... not the ones too far, the ones not so strong...

[@ChuckBeefOG]

They were just lazy, they could have layed down layers of big trees both directions on the bridges for extra capacity. Easy to just cross last and destroy bridge lol.

[@thegangvault2]

One of several major reasons why the U.S. never put much effort into building heavy tanks in WWII... bridges couldn't hold them.

[@alexsamu3478]

I worked in Paderborn near Bad Lipspringe and one old man talked about monster E100 cause he worked on it. He was 95 years old in 2010. Incredible story

[@Lerxstification]

When your secondary gun is a 75mm!

[@Vineor]

made me chuckle pretty hard

[@speedzero7478]

"over-engineered and expensive to run", there's no need to talk about BMW like that.

[@leviathan5207]

temperamental to run, you tried to quote him but got it wrong

[@ancientwarrior3482]

Soviet tanks after WW2: send em to asia and middle east American tanks after WW2: send em to South America and middle east German tanks after WW2: send some to middle east, put some on museum and scrap the rest British tanks after WW2: scrap every single one

[@nicck]

Says a lot about Britain's economic state. Britain had almost bankrupted itself within a year of fighting and sold almost everything not bolted to the floor.

[@michealjordan7974]

Germany: * makes bigger and heavier super tanks * Bridges: Ah shit, here we go again

[@nicobruin8618]

"the engine would be same as the one used in the king tiger" Ohnonononono

[@solowingborders3239]

Exactly my thoughts.

[@nivek8787]

The engine would be better. 1200hp instead of 700hp

[@l.h.395]

the more advanced the tanks got, the smaller their impact was

[@barrycabbageM34]

I’ve never thought about it like that, And I have to agree.

[@CKC_Productions]

Ryan1305 Ironic...

[@omnianti0]

mention than german developed first the hollow charge what pierced 30cm of armor

[@Vineor]

Sophistication =/= Supremacy Same as in Nature. (Sharks *cough*)

[@truereaper4572]

Literally anything of any unique historical value whatsoever: Exists The British: sCrAp MeTaL

[@anactualalpaca7016]

No no it's "recycling" :)

[@On_The_Piss]

If America’s cities were destroyed (or even threatened in the slightest) they’d be using any equipment they could find for scrap metal too. The war nearly bankrupted Britain while the USA profited from it.

[@Vineor]

*Socialism*

[@4ghzgaming664]

Like the dudes won a war, it's not like they wouldn't have the need of any resources except of human sense.

[@thenumbah1birdman]

Would be interesting if you covered the 150 ton Japanese tank called 'O-I', armed with 1 15cm cannon and 2 47mm cannons. Tank Historian Seon Eun Ae has a good history about it on her blog.

[@omnianti0]

their is many more giant in russian some gone in srvice before the warmention to french 2C

[@wilsonj4705]

"In WW-II German tanks just got bigger and bigger" German's enemies just got bigger and bigger too.

[@arcsaberzslash]

Viel Feind, viel Ehr'

[@Tauriboss]

but after the war at their homefront ;)

[@THE-HammerMan]

Yeah, the E100 was scraped in the 50's and made into two carriers, six submarines, twenty personnel carriers and thirteen bridge upgrades over the Thames.

[@jacobmarkose9679]

This is the best channel for history and weapons enthusiasts.

[@SupesMe]

And whoever built that model… If you see this you did an amazing job!

[@omnianti0]

hes smart as a german

[@pozzyjr1675]

Dude, the quality is great we all now that but now he's uploading every day

[@randomcoyote8807]

"Hans, Let's make a super-duper King Tiger." "Ja, Helmut, Okay." "And to keep production simple, we'll use the same under-performing engine and glass-fragile transmission, but make everything else heavier!" "You do that; I'll sit here and study my German-English dictionary."

[@MikeBison_]

Well, it was going to have a better engine, if you notice Mark explained they only put the 800hp engine in the chassis because that's all they had on hand

[@Tauriboss]

The E-Series were supposed to consist of several tanks with common parts E-100, E-75 and so on.

[@Dominooooo]

Brilliant comment.

[@MatSpeedle]

It really is hard to grasp the scale of these German tanks until you see them in the flesh. I recently went to Bovington and was amazed how big the Panther was always thinking it was rather smaller. Then seeing the Tigers you cannot help but understand why they were so feared. Even today they still have a very imposing aura about them, my jaw litterally dropped seeing them for the first time. So this E100 must have been a sight to behold if it makes a Tiger II look small! Great stuff as always Prof. Felton!

[@willbradley8038]

3:26 "or perhaps even a flak tank" *flashbacks of getting killed by the Waffentrager E100 in world of tanks*

[@jdraven0890]

"Hans! Let's make a tank that can only be defeated by a lack of resources to supply it!" "BRILLIANT!"

[@cmonkey63]

Bad news: E-100 tank scrapped. Good news: enough steel to make a teaspoon for every child in the northern hemisphere.

[@kickingmustang]

Quality content as always

[@CarmineKar98K]

Meanwhile in Australia; *LET"S BUILD A REPLICA E-100 THAT WORKS*

[@tomjustis7237]

Got home from a long, stressful day at work, poured a scotch and fired up the computer to relax and unwind with some of my favorite history channels. (Okay, I'm a history nerd, I admit it.) I came to Mark Felton first, as I normally do because he is the best, and what do I find? Not one but TWO new videos, this one and the one about the Horton 229! Life is good and the stress is gone! Keep up the fantastic work, Mark. You are appreciated!

[@zorngottes1778]

There was a whole series of E tanks. They should succeed the old Panzers. The series began with the lught E 10 (10 to 15 tons), went over E 25, E 50 (New Panther), E 75 (new Tiger) up to the super heavy E 100. The series should have simplified and standerdized the whole tank production. A post war result of the development was the Kanonenjagdpanzer.

[@yurirasera5828]

Mark, I can’t thank you enough for putting out such interesting and never talked about facts of the war, with so many great clips. Your channel is one of the best on KZbin.

[@peoplesrepublicofliberland5606]

Bruh the Russians spent money and time reconstructing the Maus And the British took the E 100 and just scrapped it.

[@fazole]

E-100, codename: Der weiße Elefant.

[@damyr]

Damn allies, they've ruined everything. If Germany won, we'd have interstellar space ships with warp drive by now.

[@Trigg3rHippie]

Scrapped! What a travesty! It would've been a magnificent display piece at Bovington.

[@Rudizel]

OMG scrapped, what a shame to destroy a one of a kind tank.

[@omnianti0]

saddly you wasnt born and rich for buy it before

[@kristiangustafson4130]

Stalin: "We make enormous tenk: KV-2. Very stronk. Most big!" Hitler: "Really? Here, hold my schnitzel."

[@omnianti0]

IS1 IS2 IS3

[@TEA-fj3ut]

Mark, you said it best " a King Tiger on steroids ".

[@deezeed2817]

“How big do you want your tanks?” Hitler - “Yes”

[@happyplaceforever101]

I love Mark's own special effects; I can imagine Mark off camera with a Brodie helmet on with a toy Spitfire plane making machine gun noises with his mouth. Best channel on youtube!

[@M.C.Darkness]

Mark, your "bite sized" documentaries are unrivaled and the unique topics keep me coming back. Keep up the good work!

[@JOSHHARRIS-v3w]

Back at it again with the high quality content from mark!!

[@240pixel]

They tried to put King tiger's transmission into even heavier tank? like WTF it was breaking from over-stress as it is! German engineers were MAD!

[@GudrezBilly]

240pixel it was only temporary.. to test the tracks and suspension. Like Mark said, they’d have put a bigger engine and better, redesigned transmission in if they had completed the project.

[@MadFF11]

"scrapped in the 1950s...." **sigh** Too often! I guess I can understand that at the time, all those WWII vehicles/ordnance/equipment etc were just laying around and in the way, but today so much of it would be priceless!

[@TyZaTube]

Appreciate the consistent uploads 👍

[@johnyricco1220]

When there’s no point building a navy, you’re free to build super heavy tanks.

[@sankyu3950]

Im a simple man i see e100 i click

[@kikufutaba1194]

You are a wonderful presenter of history. Thank you so much.

[@MO-go9oo]

One of the best channels on KZbin for ww1 2 history, great clear narration and very informative, thank you Mark!

[@arville2020]

Germany : "Superior German Engineering!!!!!!!" U.S : "Massive and Fast Production Capacity!!!!!" Even the mightiest lion can be taken down by a pack of hyenas.

[@Activated_Complex]

Given that the Germans built 6,000 Panthers, I’m wondering what “serious” numbers would look like. Joking aside, thanks for the video. It just seems to me that German tank production was already far outstripping their ability to keep armored units supplied with fuel, or to recover and put broken tanks back into action. Hence the trend of de-mechanizing entire divisions at the same time as the feared big cats were appearing on the front lines. The interesting “what-if” scenarios, for me, involve the Germans building more recovery vehicles, focusing more on serviceability in their tanks like the Russians, and not concentrating so many of their notoriously deadly 88mm guns back in Germany as almost completely ineffective air defense. And, you know, using their rail transport to supply combat arms units rather than death factories. But then we’re getting into “what if they tried not being such Nazis?” alternate history.

[@comradecommissar311]

The e100 was definitely more fit to fight in the fields of the eastern front than the mountainous urban areas of the west, which often had rivers and needed bridges to cross that couldn’t accommodate the sheer size of the e100/Maus

[@josipcuric8767]

So sad that the Brits destroyed it :( They could have left the hull in a museum, just like the Emil E3 "Kranvagn" 's hull.

[@ohyeahgamer3736]

It's a shame this wanderfull work of engineering was scraped.

[@mattbowden4996]

Interestingly, some historians suggest that the E-100 was a ploy by the Waffenamt to kill the Maus project. The idea is that the Waffenamt was well aware that Hitler was a sucker for whatever vainglorious nonsense Dr Porsche suggested to him, so they included the E-100 specification into the E series of designs in order to have an official competitor to the Maus project. Then, they used the Porsche's outsider status to have the Maus project shut down in favour of the "rationalised" E-100. Thereafter, a single prototype was slowly built at a very low priority in order to keep Hitler happy, while they focused on building what they really wanted - Panthers and King Tigers. At least, that's the theory.

[@jesusfreak1700]

Love ❤️ the content ! Thank you so much Dr Felton.

[@gavinsprietsma5855]

Mark, I gotta tell you, you make it simple and easy. When I see one of your videos pop up, I automatically give it a 👍before viewing it! I’ve never been disappointed, only briefed and entertained- thanks and keep up the great work!

[@at1970]

I vote for dr Felton to get an hour long slot on the history channel every week to go into even more detail. Amazing.

[@JuhaEerikki]

Nobody outside of the WoT community has ever heard about the E100. Until now. Fantastic work Mark! 👍

[@pantherace1000]

I think Hilary Doyle put it best in the Think Tank video "the Entwicklung were mostly busy work, it beats dying in a muddy hole on the eastern front"

[@Roller_Ghoster]

Paper panzers are great especially in 1/35 size. Thanks Mr Felton for another great upload.

[@amarmot3635]

“Over-engineered, expensive and temperamental,” just like the Mercedes, BMW and Audi vehicles of today. Oh, and of course Volkswagens, which are somewhat less expensive to buy, but just as expensive to repair.

[@georgegordon6630]

These seems like more example of "Gallows" humor, the designers had to know there was no way these designs could have had any impact

[@herrakaarme]

It feels like the British scrapped everything they got their hands on. Yet the same British have the world-famous museums in London. Go figure.

[@compositesquare]

Thank you Mark for this review about the E-100 tank. Can you also do a video about the concept wonder-weapon Landkreuzer P. 1000 "Ratte" (English: Land Cruiser P. 1000 "Rat")? I think the German company that was going to build it built the largest bucket-wheel excavator called the "Bagger 293." Thanks for all your awesome work about military history and vehicles!

[@DdrtAddh]

3:58 Many will disagree The Sherman was a sensible idea But an ineffective thin armored Death Trap that have cost many lives..

[@MrDavkoz]

I believe earlier Tiger I versions were able to be fitted with snorkel devices and ford a river, quite necessary given it's great weight inability to use most bridges.

[@Presbiter]

The first of your films that lacks crucial info. When looking at the E-Series you have to take the whole series inaccount. It would have been the fist german series with interchangable spare parts for light (e-50) middle (e-75) and heavy (e-100) tanks. The role of heavy tanks would be signifikantly reduced reduced. And contrary to what you said, the machines were the first that werent over complicated engineered.

[@omnianti0]

using the same mecanic than pz Vi still overcomplex

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

actually the light was the E-10 (for reconaissance and light tank destroyers), the light-medium was the E-25 (for reconaissance support, APC and medium tank destroyers), the E-50 was the panther replacement (ie medium/heavy medium) and the E-75 was the tiger 2 replacement (ie heavy), with the E-75 being the super heavy. [E-5 (added latter) =super light] E-10 = light, replaces reconaissance vehicles (like Luchs) and light tank destroyers and APCs (like jagpanzer 38(t) and marders) actaully developed into panzer 38D hull (most noteably the waffentrager prototypes, that faught in berlin) E-25 = medium-light, replaces panzer IVs, StuGs, etc E-50 = heavy-medium, replaces panther E-75 = heavy, replaces Tiger II E-100 = super heavy, replaces Maus

[@quintrankid8045]

I'd really like to see a video about the Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte. I know that none were ever built and probably it would be an actual detriment on a battlefield, but the imagination that gave birth to the idea deserves to be acknowledged.

[@ritchiebaxter627]

I have this tank on a game called world of tanks. It's the 2nd biggest tank in the game after maus. It's really slow too. Better suited for city battles. Good clip and interesting facts thx

[@Tauriboss]

You forgot to mention that the E-100,75 etc. were supposed to be a standardised series with common spare parts to ease maintenance

[@gregfoster9599]

Another great vid!

[@golden36]

Mr. Mark Felton you produce such great videos, i love your work so please keep it up . Many Thanks.

[@geetee7154]

Great stuff Mark,the Germans were far ahead on Tank design & technology, along with many other technological marvels they had going on,there's nothing like a war for technology progress

[@johndoecake]

Nice the thumbnail is used as ilustration on the 1/35 scale Trumpeter - No. 00384 - German E-100 Super Heavy Tank model kit :D

[@billyost1479]

Another great presentation Mark. It was in the quantity, not the quality.

[@apexhunteryt4879]

Germany was running out of oil, that's the reason they opted for super heavyweight tanks ... And they were also short on Steel and other metals to produce more tanks, so they decided to make super heavy tanks... To boost moral of the troops ...

[@RCTanksTrucks247]

Fantastic video. Thank you

[@chrishamilton2559]

The E100 model in this has the Maus turret on. Not a complaint, just an observation.

[@MrJoeGarner]

I did find it very interesting, never looked into the background of this vehicle. Only knew about it from the game WOT. Thanks Mark. Always a very informative0 video.

[@airbornesoldier8104]

Mark Felton you are a talented historian, keep up the good work

[@frankwhite3406]

Interesting episode indeed it's such a pity the British scrapped the one they captured at the end of WW2. The E-100 would have looked fantastic next to the very rare Panther II turret that they do still have at Bovington Tank Museum , situated on the South Coast of England !!!

[@gwentchamp8720]

I'm watching you describe that they were over-engineered and expensive as my BMW is being fixed at this very moment :-P

[@samuelmaltry6727]

I’m early 😁 god German tanks were superior to pretty much everything This tank actually seems useable unlike the Maus

[@h0st_le960]

Oh you're so wrong it's not even funny

[@steveshoemaker6347]

l know it's asking a lot but...You are so very good at making these video l wish you were able to make longer video cause Doc you are the best l have ever seen at doing these kinds of video...Non the less...Thanks very much indeed...!!!

[@SNP-1999]

Another one of these impressive, and lesser known, stories from WW2 by historian extraordinaire, Dr. Mark Felton ! Like was said, the German industry produced far too many and totally unnecessary prototype models of tanks, and aircraft, instead of concentrating on one successful version and making sure of compatibility of spare parts for this series, as the Allies in east and west did with great success. This futile waste of effort and distribution of precious resources was one of the reasons for Germany's defeat in the war.

[@AmericasChoice]

The STUG has far more impact on the battlefield than any of the super heavy tanks.

[@RYNOCIRATOR_V5]

jumped on this video as soon as i saw it, been itching to know more about this monster ever since i learned of it's existance; and the information came in the form of a Mark Felton video! what could be better?!

[@allenbournes4697]

“Over engineered, expensive and temperamental to use” -- that pretty much sums up every German car.

[@osamamousa7157]

😂😂😂😂

[@hertzair1186]

Allen Bournes : Porsche 911 is reliable, especially compared to other sports cars

[@Justin-yp1dz]

you will only hear that line about German vehicles from a brit or merican try listening to the real German vets and you'll think this guy is a fruit cake.....

[@chuckvan1568]

Excellent graphics Mark! Very realistic.

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

the panther tank was not well designed for mass production. the E-50 proposal saught to simplifie and lighten the design while increasing armour protection (thus allowing the vehicle greater mobility and better armour, but cheaper and quicker production) but it never left paper, like most of the proposals to make easier to produce tanks for the german army (the other E-series tanks, the panzer III/IV, etc)

[@jasonli2474]

Eh, the Allied armies had plenty of armor diversity as well. In addition to Shermans, the Brits were using Valentines, Cromwells, Shermans, Achilles, Challengers, Comets, and Churchills (+funnies) in Europe as of 1944 . Had the war lasted a few more weeks, they would have added their own supertank to the mix: Centurion.

[@petehoskins1267]

Hey Mark, just found and saved your channel, excellent and rare clips from WWII and the use of 1/35 models is really well done. Cheers from Sydney, AU. 👍

[@satchemo24]

Thanks Mark!

[@paulkirkland3263]

No Mark, at 1:32 it was the King Tiger just 'on steroids' - not "quite literately" on steroids ;) . Great video though - never heard of the E100. Keep up the good work.

[@thagamerzzz]

Germans: Build literally anything Mark: ThEy SHouLd HaVe Bu1Lt m0rE PaNtHerS Just kidding Mark I love you and you're right

[@joeromanak8797]

Here is my observation. By 1944, Germany was severely hampered by fuel shortages. I don’t know the fuel mileage of a 140 ton 1500 hp vehicle but I’m pretty sure it would be expressed in gallons per mile. It would have been better to spend precious fuel over multiple smaller tanks than to devote huge amounts to 1 vehicle that was about as mobile as the Reichstaud itself.

[@Gungarum]

Hi Mark, can you please do a video on Luftwaffe ace Erich Hartmann? He shot down his final Soviet plane during the German surrender in 1945. A Soviet ace was performing aerial acrobatics for a crowd of Soviet troops below, who had taken the German town of Brunn. Hartmann, using his tried and tested tactic of flying out of the sun, descended from the clouds and took out the Soviet ace in front of the shocked crowd of Soviet troops. They could only watch helplessly as their comrade crashed and burned, and Hartmann flew away victorious. Many thanks, keep up the great work!

[@fidinboca]

I made my Dragon 1/35 E100 with an king tiger porsche turret, a quad 20 mm flak gun in the rear deck, and a side skirt in the turret of one panzer III. The size allows that.

[@jmc7034]

I’m glad I saw the Tiger display at Bovington before it was dismantled

[@alexanderzwergenhacker5719]

No joke, I know mutch about the 2WW. But u Sir teach me a lot. I love your Videos.

[@juliant4689]

I went for some water and left the video continuing. "...While Porche was developing the Maus..." Me: A mouse?!

[@joycekoch5746]

What I never could understand about the designs is why the focus was not put on designing tracks that couldn't be shot off or disabled by mines. The armour on the tiger was already good but the weak point on all these tanks were the tracks and Kursk proved that especially. Makes one wonder why the additional armour upgrade weight was not poured into creating a wider and thicker track that was more able to withstand mines and shot.

[@guvyygvuhh298]

There where actually plans for an E90. An E100 hull with a modifed Tiger II turret and a 128mm. Pretty much a Jagdtiger, but with a turret and stupid all around armor

[@EMCF_]

"quite literally" is a bit in question here.