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we like hearing about the bad tanks, because we already know they are bad, yet still get surprised they are even worse than we thought.

If you read the operation reports from sPzjr Abt.512 & 653rd, the primary mechanical failure of Jagdtigers was it's final drive, secondary was track breakage. Engine problems proved a comparablely minor cause of mechanical failure or loss. Combat losses were quite low mainly due to the fact most broke down and were abandoned before combat. The 512 & 653rd sPzJr Abteilung's records show the following losses: (highest to lowest): 20 mechanical failure outside of combat, 17 abandoned and self-destroyed due to lack of fuel, 11 mechanical failure while seting up for combat (mainly track breakage), 9 surrendered to US forces (ie. in good running order at the end of war), 6 lost due to battle damage (mobility kills), 4 unknown loss, 3 mechanical failure during field march, 3 destroyed by enemy tanks or TD, 2 loss due to artillery indirect fire (engine hits/ fire), 1 aircraft rocket attack, 1 infantry (bazooka), 1 bridge collapse. A couple of interesting lesser known losses -- the 1st Jagdtiger lost was destroyed by a lowly infantryman with a bazooka. Another being a rather spectacular kill by an Allied fighter bomber pilot who actually fired his rockets into a Jagdtiger's open rear hatch while the crew was reloading ammunition into the vehicle!

If I am not mistaken, the 128mm was so heavy, it couldn't be installed in the mantlet. So, unlike any other tank destroyer, a platform was installed to basically carry the gun, thus drastically increasing weight of the vehicle.

I remember hearing a story about a jagtiger crew that got themselves killed. Apparently since the driver was so fresh from recruitment camps he didn't really know what he was doing so after they crest a hill and started getting shot at he tried to turn the tank around to retreat however the second the side was full on to the enemy it got blasted. Edit wow I did not expect this to get this many replies or likes. Also I would like to point out the first reply gives a source as to where the story came from.

This tank is the epitome of, “But why tho”

You also forgot to mention that the lack of nickel in the armor plates led to shattered plates. Theres an image out there somewhere of a jagdtiger that was struck by some American 155mm artillery and almost the whole left plate looks like it shattered like glass.

No matter how bad the Jagdtiger was. You can't deny it looks really cool

These tanks were BEASTS, even though they had a bad transmission, bad engine, bad gun traverse and elevation systems…..

To be honest, it wasn't the only one "stupid heavy TD with overkill gun" of WW2. Americans had T28, Brits had Tortoise, Soviets had several prototypes of ISU with long 122, 130 or 152mm guns. Tho it was the only one put into "mass" production.

Wish the next one of the series could be a British Tank, like the Churchill or the Matilda. Overall I am a lot interested in the first one with the models I, III, VII and AVRE. Sorry for my english.

"Hanz, command wants us to escape from the Americans with the tanks, so we can help fight the Russians!" "Is the Engine on fire, Fred?" "No..?" "Are you sure? Check again. The Eastern Front can wait a few more minutes." "..I think you're right, Hanz, that engine DOES look like it's on fire!"

These stories remind me of playing RTS games where you have to make a choice between putting a heap of resources into researching and producing a new unit. OR producing more, less powerful units, faster and cheaper. Depending on the tactical and economic situation.

Aside from a particularly impressive long-rang (4km at most) engagement against a US armored column in April of '45, where 4 jagdtigers of the 512th Heavy Panzerjäger Battalion engaged from hull-down and scored a 41/1 K/D, with 1 Jagdtiger lost to an American ground attack mission (P-47), the Jagdtiger was just too little too late. Kind of like the Ferdinand it was useful in its original role, bunker busting, and as a static gun faced towards opponents who could not pen its armor except at very close range, if then. The Jagdtiger just was limited due to its immense technical issues and logistic problems, something Otto Carius outlines in his book.

I never understood why you would take a tank that is in theory far more powerful than anything it fought and just make it bigger, resulting in lower reliability. I can understand that while the 88mm was good enough for anti tank use, the 128mm could have been more effective at killing emplacements, but i think it‘s was sure when the Jagdtiger entered production that Germany wasn‘t going to run into heavily fortified lines in the near future.__.

'How Bad Was The Jagdpanzer IV?' Considering the Pz.IV's rather troubled suspension I'd love to hear about this.

Ahh yes, the Jagdtiger. My favorite -mobile- bunker

I have never clicked so quickly

Having stood next to this monster at Bovington, it is awe inspiring. It makes tigerII and jagdpanther look puny in comparison

Yea it was quite well armoured, but USS Pennsylvania could still penetrate it :D

Germany: *Makes any tank* Engine: This is going to be lit 😎

'How bad was the Jagdti-' y e s

It probably would have done at least well, if not marvelously, if 1) it had faced primarily heavy tanks like it was designed for and 2) it had been crewed by people at least as experienced as those who crewed the Ferdinands.

Just for some corrections here 1:00 - The Jagdtiger has nothing to do with Stugs: It was meant to be a Jagdpanzer for the replacement of the no longer produced Ferdis. 3:04 Jagdtigers do not had double helical final drives! Nor do any german tanks due to lack of helical gear cutting tools. all used spur gears. However there was indeed a technical difference there. Panthers got the two gear type which shown on the example drawning. Tigers got an additional planetary reduction gear set in their final drives. Jagdtiger and Kingtiger final drives were identical and I am sure that KT had spur type gears as it is how the KT in Thun has them. 3:58 Jagdtigers did not seen combat in 1944. 1945 Jan 09 Attack by Jagdtiger at the area of Rimling. This is the earliest date could be found in the unit logs of Schwere Panzerjager Abtailung 653 4:20 Claimed kills for Jagdtiger units were: Around 200 for Abtailung 653 Around 150 for Abtailung 512 Sources used: Andrew Devey Jagdtiger: The most poverfull Armoured vehicle of wwII Walter Spielberger: Heavy Jagdpanzer.

I think the engine overheating/fire problem was intended to be rectified via the use of Allied tears from trying to fight the Jagdtiger. Of course, few tears were shred lol

That’s why I love WWII German war machines: over the top, unreliable and logistical nightmares, look like absolute monsters, and then you don’t even feel bad when you realize how bad they actually were on the battlefield, because you know, I quite like to know that the Nazis wasted money, time and resources on really cool museum pieces instead of contributing to the war effort.

It's too bad that the tank-destroyer was a technical dead end shortly after WW2. If nothing else these machines are one of my favorite developments for armored warfare.

I would like to see a video done on the final heavy tank ever sent to production and accepted into service (I think also might just be last made in general) the American M103. With its unique and odd looking design, its a wonder how the American heavy tanks changed looks so drastically over the years. I've heard quite a bit about how terrible they were.

Short answer: Giant waste of metal and fuel

4:09 A jagdtiger knocked out with a 1911, Saving Private Ryan critics eat your hearts out!

Alternate universe: jadgtiger is 6.3. What's the worst that could happen?

Again, ZF transmission werent the problem, only the people who used them (less experienced) and the HUUUGE workload required to properly maintain them Frontal transmission is a massive design flaw if you dont provide a generous access to it ! (Like on M42 chassis and M113) Otto Carius also scored the most with the JagdTiger ! His books provide a lot of feedback for this tank

When I was in Benning there was a shot up one of these in the armor yard. Had three smacks into it's front glacis and turret about the size of my first.

I really like these videos, I think you should one on either the IS-4, Amx50 (and all its variants) or the Conqueror, leaning to the latter two tho because you never really discussed french or British tanks

The Fact that when you angle a jagtiger in front it can even bounce the heat shells In one game I used this and bounced like 20 or 25 shots 5 of them are heat shells but too bad we lost :(

Can you do an everything wrong with video on the Star Citizen Nova Tank? That'd be a neat watch

The best description that I have heard of the Jagdtiger is that it was an affront to logistics men everywhere.

How bad was (insert late war german heavy anything) it was bad because (insert issue with engine or transmission here) also, inexperienced crew

The Jagdtiger is my favorite TD to run with due to its superb pen and excellent armor. It's slow to reload, but when I consistently get a kill every shot it's worth the tradeoff.

It would cool if you made a video about the jagdpanzer iv/70 its one of my favourite tank and one of the least talked about

I am saddened anytime a vehicle regardless of it's country of origin is produced just to be fielded and do nothing but become a heap of scrap metal.

a really good idea would be how good/bad would be the churchill/cromwell/matilda because they played a significant role in WW2.

Imagine how many AT guns they could have made more the cost of one of these

Speaking of German TDs, how about a video on the Jagdpanther? It seems to have been the most successful casemate design, with many of the issues of the early Panthers being eliminated. iirc, the majority of Jagdpanther losses were to crew scuttling or surrenders.

German engineers tend to get lots of flak for designing vehicles that had overkill guns, unreasonably lots of armor, and were expensive. It is easy to see the flaws of their thinking in hindsight, however, from world war 1 up to the end of ww2, tanks continuously grew larger and stronger, year by year, sometimes even months by months. From the perspective of that age, designing a tank that had an overkill gun and an unreasonable amount of armor simply meant designing a tank 1 or at most 2 years into the future. The war ended before a worthy adversary (the IS-3, as the video states) to the JT's gun and armor was fielded by the Allies. Had the Germans faced the IS-3 in battle, the JT might have been much more appreciated than it really is, even with all its faults.Trying to be very reasonable, and designing vehicles for the given moment, like my own country did, meant designing vehicles that were obsolete by the time production even began, and expense of production doesn't mean much when the main issue is not the number of tanks that can be produced but fuel for them. It's odd that while the video vaguely mentions logistical and mechanical issues, it does not shed light on three major problems the JT, as well as all other super-heavies faced: most bridges could not support their weight, they could not be towed if they broke down, and transporting them via trains was very problematic.

I've been binging these all day.

Spookston should just make an entire video where he only talks about apex gaming...

The German heavy tanks where basically mass produced prototypes. The German tanks based off the tiger chassis where the basis of all modern tank design

It is interesting to add that previous to the famous Challenger longest scored kill which is the current record today. The previous record was set by a Jagdtiger, it killed an allied tank at almost 4km of distance. Insane for a WW2 tank. Thank the 128mm instead I guess.

Nothing better than having a Vehicle with overkill gun on your side. Make that baby go boom. Enemy CAS on the other side...

thank you for the upload and info dump, mr spooky

by theoretical top speed do you mean if it was dropped of a cliff ?

Interesting how you ignore its 400:1 kill ratio and experimental fin stabilized rounds

Day just started, spookston uploaded a new vid 15 min ago, yep, good start to the morning

Babe wake up. Spookston just uploaded

Favorite KZfaqr by far right now 💙

Idk if you ever done such thing but can you make a serie for beings to change about there settings to make it better. Like the plane thing where it doesnt correct you when you fly to low and all

Furry? War Thunder? Genuinely an awesome channel? Instant sub.

-Hanz, ve need better transmition -More armor you say? -Nein, better transmition -BIGGER KANON?

Even with its flaws, the JagdTiger is my favorite tank(destroyer) of all time, because it looks so bloody cool!

Still waiting for a Churchill vid :( no love for the poor Churchill’s

The Jagdtiger was great, as long as it was already in position and never had to be moved again.

Next video idea: How ̶B̶a̶d̶ Good Was The M36?

Anyone else notice how aphe fragments no longer damage the engine, transmission, or breach of vehicles anymore. After rewatching these older videos I noticed the aphe seems more dangerous

German tank without transmission issue called wunderwaffe

Hmm id like to see the SU SPG series. I like using those type of tanks

what actually is the point of putting a 128mm on this thing? the long 88 is already slightly overkill, the fuck is the point?!?!?!

love these videos, ty algorythm for the channel

Otto Carius described the incredibly strong 128mm cannon in his autobiography. there was a Sherman hiding behind a house. Carius fired at the Sherman's position. The 128mm shell went through 2 walls and destroyed the Sherman. sorry for my bad English

Great video as always!

I'd love to see you do a video on the Jagdpanzer IV. My favorite tank, plus it has an interesting history.

I'm feeling that this tank needed to go on a serious diet. It had a very good long range gun, so it could forgo thick armour. It might just have needed bullet and shrapnel proof at the side (1.5cm) and back, and then anti tank rifle thickness at the front (5cm). Reckon you'd end up with a 45 tonne oddity which might have some niche role on the Eastern front. Maybe something to hold in penny packets in reserve 30km back. Activate them in case of a breakthrough. An excellent gun with a strong morale effect on a chassis engineered to carry 55 t and up. They would anchor the defence with flown in paratroopers acting as supporting infantry. What say you?

Did you get a graphics card?

I'm too absorbed with your Warthunder video lol

Wehraboos : Video about JTiger " Probably detailing how good it was and had 20 to 1 K/D " Spookston : " Even worse then the Ferdinand "

StuG: Cheap, easy to make, powerful, reliable Jagdtiger: none of the above

I want to see this tank in Enlisted that would be crazy

That poor sherman at 3:46 and great video.

The question is.. was it worse than the l3/33 c

Great videos! Keep it up man!

Yes they were bad, but the allies didn't know about their weaknesses and germans knew how to use them the right way

Lots of opinions regarding the Jagdtiger or Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B. It was the heaviest AFV produced during the war (72 tonnes). Its difficult to rate this vehicle because so few were produced (around 80 or so), It didn't see action untill late 1944. The vehicle's main gun the 128 mm Pak 44 L/55, gave it tremendous firepower, it actually had a better hit percentage then both the 88 mm and 105 mm guns respectively. There were loads of flaws in its design, its underpowered engine, lack of a traversable turret, excessive weight and a significant shortage of skilled hardened personnel to operate them, greatly contributed to its limitations and flaws. Its weight limited the terrain the vehicle could travel on, its slow speed and large profile made it easy prey for allied aircraft. Despite the firepower, its main gun had to be re-calibrateed after traveling off-road for even short distances, plus the gun had to be locked down when the vehicle performed maneuvers or else the mounting brackets would wear out too fast reducing it's accuracy. It really was more of a hindrance than anything else. Had there been more time available, its possible Germany could of improved its design and perhaps find an efficient use for it (for its intended role at least) but personally I think it was just too damm heavy and slow to be honest. This wasn't considered a tank this was a tank destroyer, problem was by this time Germany's fate was already sealed they didn't even have the resources or war material necessary to replace the losses they were already sustaining on both the Eastern and western fronts Because don't forget the Panther tank early on was plagued with technical and mechanical issues initially when debuted in 1943 (Battle of Kursk) by late 1943-44 most of the issues were fixed, from that point forward, the Panther became one of the most lethal, medium tanks ever produced.

the first ever jadtiger lost in combat didnt get knocked out by a tank or an airplane but by a single american with a bazooka during operation nordwind. *that man must have been the talk of his unit for years after that*

That cannon could still turn General Sherman tank to ashes.

It’s so sad that i always taught the the german tanks were amazing and every video you make about them makes me cry xd.

Meanwhile Ferdinand is chilling at 6.7 along with Jagdtiger

1:30 "HA GOT EM. Oh no... NO NO NO NO RUN"

A jagdtiger shell once went through a house and destroyed a sherman behind it

If you really want to know how bad the Jagdtiger was, read "The Combat History of German Heavy Anti-tank Unit 653 In World War II" This unit hated it. They started as a StugIII unit then got the Ferdinand which the really like once they learned how to use they. Later they got "up grated" to the Jagdtiger. Basic problem, reloading took to long; it was better at being used as artillery than tank hunting, 128mm (5 inch) shell makes a big boom.

The jagtiger was amazing. I had the highest kill to death ratio on that tank of all my WoT tanks.

never really understand whats the point of the 128mm gun though , as if the long 88 are not powerful enough to deal with most of the tank they will face . Why dont they improve the jagpanther or just built more of them .

Thank you, I don't know if you listened to me personally, but I'm glad you could do this topic!!

Fun fact: There were also Jagdtigers with long 88s.

So basically it had all the issues of every German tank/Td from that time in the war but we aren’t gonna talk about the gun effectiveness or the armor effectiveness or it being a very strong defensive ambush td?

looks scary I imagine the kick and the sound that big ole gun made

German tanks in a nutshell: way more armor than they needed, way bigger gun than they needed, engine always catching on fire, transmission always breaking down, suspension breaking if you run over a small pebble

I had my volume muted and yet I still heard the intro music and the gun firing, expecting his voice to chime in. I guess I'm just too used to that.

I love how some People say the Jagdtiger was effective because it wasn't killed often in Combat and scored more Kills by that time.

I just love hitting this thing in the tracks and penning the back hatch.

the thing why there was so little cannons for it was that they used the 80 leftover cannons from the maus project and i believe a few long barrel 88mm's