Impressive that it can still move that well despite being short two road wheels.

seriously i expected this to move a lot slower...

If a farmer needed his field plowed all he had to do was have a Jagdtiger drive across it a few times.

This tank is a monster, the gun (12.8cm) got a muzzle velocity of 935 m/s and can deliver a 1000 000 joule solid steel shot to an ailed tank. Witch means the bullet would go through 3 Shermans.

Fun fact :- the JagdTiger was the heaviest operation vehicle in ww2. And the heaviest land vehicle ever to see combat.

ISU-152: Finally a worth opponent our battle will be legendary

Otto Carius commanded Jagd Tiger units in western Europe. His battlefield view was that the main problems for the JT were 1) mechanical failure 2) crew fear of allied fighter bombers 3) sheer inexperience/inadequte training of JT crews. On the rare occasions they were used correctly. Well hidden or dug in in defensive positions they could be formidably destructive. One alone destroyed numerous Shermans together with a substantial number of supporting vehicles. Had the crew then retired by reversing the vehicle the allied tanks could not penetrate the frontal armour. The crew worried about Typhoons or Mustangs panicked and turned the JT around allowing the thinner rear armour to be penetrated after several shots, and yes the JT was capable of shooting through two houses and still killing a Sherman on the other side!

It's the Jagdtiger from Bovington Tank Museum in Dorset UK! Iv'e seen it myself before!!!!!!

It's impressive how it didn't break down during the record

I wanted to see it fire the gun so bad :(

128mm wonder weapon

The Pather Ausf.G,Tiger I later upgrade,Tiger II,Pz.IV .H,JagdPanther and Stug III G were said to be the best.

allied tanks can only dream of being such a legend

Jagdtiger had best AT gun in ww2. Its 128mm had over 300mm of penetration with APCR shell.

8/10 never heard of this vehicle before they played world of tanks.

"If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88mph....you're going to see some serious shit."

In his book, Tigers in the Mud, Otto Carius said he had the very last Jagdtiger unit formed of men from training and proving grounds. He got this after returning from a convalescence. These vehicles had problems that had not been worked out. The gun couldn't stand to be out of the travel cradle while it was on the road. If it was run outside the cradle the mount went FUBAR. The tracks and drives wore out and broke down because German practice was to use railroads to move tanks long distances. Unfortunately railroads were useless to them at that point.. We now know from other descriptions that the unfortunate German tankers armor and drive components had too little manganese in the steel. The high quality Swedish iron ore had been replaced by high sulfur iron ore from Germany. Also Buna artificial rubber hoses leaked fuel into the engine compartment. The guns like the equally clumsy Stalin tank used bagged charges and separate projectiles. The tanks were sent out as a last ditch unit and almost all of them were broken down and had to be blown up by crews or engineers. He describes a final ambush of Allied tanks in the final pocket of the Wehrmacht in the west. This was by the last two Jagdtigers, where the other vehicles commander refused to fire on he allies since it would have been suicide (in his opinion.) Brave men ran the machines but the NAZI regime built lots of high strung wonderful tanks like the Panther and Royal Tiger when they needed lots of P-IV tanks with Panther guns and P-IV assault guns with Panther guns.

"I'm just surprised this pillbox on wheels actually moves without blowing the transmi- euhhh nevermind"

Very interesting to see that this Tiger had Zimmerit coating on the fenders as well. Most Tiger photographed on the continent didn't. Thanks for sharing RZM!

For those, who didn't know this tank. It's the Jagdtiger Porsche Version still displayed at the Bovington Tankmuseum.

I call this monster a BoT : Bunker on Tracks :)

even with an half destroyed track on one side, its shows an agile and very good off-road behavior for such a Beheamoth

@IGerIAntistatik the Leo's resistance is from two factors. The wedges on the turret try to twist a penetrator by steep slope. Under that perforated armor twists subcaliber munitions in the 35-42mm range. This is backed by some light composite and steel to "catch" broken-up rounds Chobham uses ceramic to stop a round. The ceramic spreads the force over the tiles around it, which spread it to those around them, etc. DU acts like perf. armor and keeps the tiles from buckling.

My beautiful tiger

It looks monstrously powerful even today in 2021 that tiger 1 that royal tiger are beautiful in their design

Pride of the Fatherland, Dont scratch the paintjob, Helmut!

Tape were next to buttons and lights on and output medium this computer. Nearing completion in the spring of 1945, the Z4 was moved to Göttingen in the Aerodynamic Research Institute of the KWI for Fluid Dynamics. There it was completed and the first program-controlled computations could be performed.

BTW, I do read a book. Modern Land Combat (ISBN: 3-7276-7092-4) is an old book, but it still illustrates the effect and the way modern weaponry works. Since most of the stuff we still use has been around for a while (minus upgrades), I still count it as pretty relevant.

This is one they would park on top of A hill and just start taking out whatever it saw.

Is this tank in Bovington tank museum ? Theirs also has a road wheel missing.

@FelixHD1 The US typically had soundness in design, apart from the ammo storage in the Sherman, which was rectified with "wet stowage". Long-lasting tracks, solid suspensions, decent engines, excellent fire controls, modest armor, easy repairability, and numbers.

The Zuse Z4 is a Zuse developed by engineers and equipment digital computer, built from 2200 relay. It has a mechanical accumulator which can accommodate 64 numbers. (Magnetic stripe) The Z4 was built from 1942 to 1945 as a further development of the Zuse Z3 in Berlin. To give you more flexibility of the programming side, it was provided for the connection of several pick-up (tape reader) and holes (tape puncher).

Is it just me or is the video kind of creepy

0:51 the best moment

Is this the one at Bovington? It also has those few wheels missing.

@IGerIAntistatik we call them tungsten-carbide. They're not radioactive but don't ignite on impact. Against large projectiles it does. The very open, large turret of an Abrams acts like very widely-spaced armor. The same penetration that would blow a leopard apart might take someone's arm off. As for the armor, it is just a generic composite with perforated steel. The wedges help mostly against APDS and are very dependent upon angle. Look at the insides of them.

Looks like a cannal boat.

There wasnt a single ww2 tank that could penetrate this tank, while it could penetrate all of them

I saw the one at Aberdeen Proving Ground up close before they were all moved somewhere else. Quite a beast.

I read about the longest kill was over 4k away. JTiger used 10x mag optics. The gun was designed as an AA gun and had a vertical range of over 10k.

со стоковой пушкой гоняет

I'm doubting this is the original audio as there is no engine noise.

The high profile is the only weakness! It is a defensive weapon and it should be stealthy! MY FAV WWII VEHICLE

The second battle action took place among others in the Second Battle of Lake Ladoga to the beginning of 1943. Although only a few tigers were in use at the same time, they dominated the battlefield and to March 1943 160 enemy tanks were destroyed, whereas in six lost vehicles, only three were due to enemy action.It was revealed that the Red Army is not adequately reinforced had the Tiger available.

Would love it if the Tank Museum got this moving again. With the news of the Maus being restored at Kubinka surely this monster is next? Lets hope so :)

Вот это мощь !!!!💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

+Acme663 in case you weren't aware, despite its large size the Jagtiger (and other vehicles based on the tiger chassis) were by no means slow, this thing could really book it. Also the reason so few were produced (only 77 I think) is because it was designed so late in the war, Germany's bombed out manufacturing could not produce many.

thanks to KZfaq algorithms for throwing me this video in 2021

camper 800 WN8

This tank used 50% of Germany's remaining fuel in April 1945 🤣

The stug III primarily purpose was of an assault gun in the support infantry role, wich it did in the early stages of the war: The early stug III could not properly be empoyed as a tank killer because of is much short gun. Only in the end of 42 when it was upgraded for the 75 mm medium barrel gun, plus increased armor, it came effective in the defensive tank killer role for it cost, as it replaced lost tanks that cannot be replaceable.

interesting and rare footage, thanks :)

Sort of makes you wonder how it was captured

German engineering is best

George Forty (renowned military author and ex army): "As a young officer, newly commissioned, I remember vividly being taken to visit the battlefields......and coming across what appeared to be an entire regiment of Sherman tanks completely annihilated. The author of all this was one single Jagdtiger, who's immense bulk still occupied a perfect fire position in a farmyard at the top of a commanding hill feature".

Sorry, but are there some road wheels missing on the left side of the tank?

2000 more in 1945 in Berlin and the red army would have got their asses kicked

Too heavy, too slow, used too much fuel and cost too much.

Wow the machine is just digging its self into the ground when it turns. Massive monster of a tank !!

@grahamkeithtodd Doesnt the Greek army operate Leo2s A4s and some modified A6s ?

@FelixHD1 M-26 was a medium tank. By American standards it was underpowered, but it had about the same P/W ratio and speed as the Panzer IV

There are lots of books answering that, but a tiger II elite crew could fire almost 10 rounds per minute with a low chance of any allied gun penetrating his frontal armor. Costly mammoths got eliminated from armies in land and water warfare after WWII for the resource cost. Main battle tanks (advanced medium tanks) replaced monsters

correct, it is also interesting to keep in mind that the two T-34 prototype were actually build according more ot the german concept of high enginering and precision, tolerances were narrow, components high quality and nearly all drive components and transmission were imported from europe and the us. it is also no surprise Panthers ('43) and Tiger ('42) came until after the battle for moscow ('41)

Wow,despite its weight it`s maneuverability and speed is nice.

@llatimer2 the HA isn't the only version with DU in the armor, it's now in M1A1s and M1A2s. :D They might switch to tungsten or titanium in the future. They have some super-strong steel-like alloy they're testing that's supposed to do the job but be lighter. I'd like to see carbon-fiber armor.

The German tank defect started with the Tigers and Panthers, the gears that were attached to the chains was buckling under the weight of heavy armour, it was not designed for immense weight, eventually, the gears would just give in- It was the same gears that was used on panzer IIIs and IVs- which are technically Lighter tanks

This is the Porsche variant which is now on display at the Bovington Tank Museum! Which is well worth a visit!!

What are the tank wheels made of? it looks like concrete

Such a fantastic destroyer... it's a shame that the whole concept of tank destroyers was more or less abandoned after WWII, because vehicles like these are truly impressive feats of engineering.

They arlready had an MG stored inside the fighting compartment, the MG mounted in the forward wasn't provided until the modernisation program in early 1944. No Ferdinand was pulled back after Kursk they remained fighting on the eastern front until very late in 1943.

Jagdtiger carried a 128mm caliber 44 cannon. It carried about 39 rounds of AP and HE ammo. The HE was mostly used against soft targets. Limited gun elevation would limit artillery use.

kinda wanted to hear him shoot, jagdtiger does have a unique shooting sound

Back then Bazookas werent so good, And the armor on the JagdTiger is a beast...

can you pls tell me why there are some wheels missing? because what I know is that they are build on a Tiger II chassis, right? pls can someone answere me? thx

Nice toaster, i thougt it was slower but it looks quite movile, even with half of the suspension.

@MrILoveFirearms - Thanks for the info. I can see advantages to this over a large gun towed by a truck. Watched an exercise of one being set-up to fire & then towed away. It was very time consuming & put the crew at greater risk. I guess everything has it's advantages & disadvantages though.

were you there? did you actually hear that broadcasting? Are you able to understand spoken german? If so could you give me the link?

@MrILoveFirearms - Sorry if I wasn't clear. It was the gun being towed behind a truck that I was referring to with the 'greater risk' comment. Seemed very time consuming to unhitch, drop the pads, aim, load, fire, reverse the procedure, hook back onto truck & make a get away. As for the Jagdtiger, I've seen photo's of such things before but clearly I'm pretty ignorant about them. I'm seeing their advantage as mobile, armored & big gun good for long range targets.

March 10th 1945, near Remagen, Albert Ernst of 512 destroyed multiple Shermans from distances of over 2,000 metres. April 11th 1945, Bismarck Hill, near Langschede, Jagdtigers of 512 opened fire from 4,000 metres. 11 Shermans and over 40 other combat vehicles were destroyed.

Wow! Even my grandfather would be surprised!

The Jadgtigers were not used in Normandy. They didn't see combat until early January 1945, mostly in defensive action in western Germany. They didn't have to road march across countries. Their areas of operation was actually quite small. Rail travel was manageable in Germany.Even with combat tracks on they could fit on German flat wagons. It was in RUSSIA where the gauges were narrower..but the Jagdtigers never served in Russia. They only served in the W. German border area and a few in Austria

@headshot395 in name, it was. When they gave it a proper engine, it became a medium, as meddlundsunstnix mentioned. It was comparable in driving characteristics to a Panzer IV, which was a medium tank (though also initially classified as a heavy). Same ~9.5hp/t, same ~20mph top speed. In ww2, it'd be, in practice, similar in role to a panther, which it was probably superior to. In Korea it utterly outclassed the T-34/85.

@IGerIAntistatik The wedges on the front of the turret. The M256 is a good cannon. The barrel is shorter, but the breech and absorber are reinforced to take more powder. The Abrams is mostly fighting insurgents and T-72s, and has about the same performance when using US ammo. Longer barrel would just put more strain on the stabilizer. The Abrams, discounting ERA or add-ons, is the most survivable in the world, even with its current armor layout being a decade old.

Any footage of it firing the main cannon

@ headshot395 I have to say sorry but both of you are right. The m26 was a heavy tank in the WW2, afterwards it named into a medium tank.

Artilery was able to pop em quite nicely,but not from the front but from the top of the hull and turret.

Would someone be so kind to tell me why the horizontal grooves were manufactured into the hull of this beast.

This must be one of the Brits found at Haustenbeck / Sennelager prooving ground. The missing trackwheel is famous for this one. I think the film was made in germany in May / June 1945.

so old video and has stereo sound. Very impressive

Is it missing a few left side road wheels?

More. Otto Carius said that in Siegen, a rumour was going around that his Jagdtigers had knocked out about 40 American tanks. He had to tell the troops in Siegen that it wasn't true. Then Otto Carius writes: ""Had only two or three tank commanders and crews from my company in Russia (Tiger battalion 502) been there with me, then the rumour could have easily been true". So you see, the biggest complaints Otto Carius made about the Jagdtigers were the low quality of the crews using them.

That turns much quicker than I thought, quicker than tiger turret maybe?

@FelixHD1 Sorry you are wrong Friend: " Development of the M26 began in 1942 as production was beginning on the M4 Sherman medium tank. Initially intended to be a follow-on for the M4, the project was designated T20 and was to serve as a test bed " K Hickman Military History. The German standards rapidly declined after 1943. Engines, steel, etc suffered. The Leopard 2 is far behind the HA (depleted U) version of the Abraams. DU being much denser. Nor can it stand up to DU muntions

This Jag is in Bovington?

maybe we are talking about different things; i am saying that modern day battle tanks slope their armour against medium calibre weaponry, it has little to do with tank-on-tank combat, or even against anti-tank defense, the issue is that the ceramic exterior is better suited against the large anti-tank weaponry, but it can get damaged and so to reduce that they angle the armour. as well, I was thinking you were talking about vertical plates, which they do not have.

anyone wondering where the muzzle brake is, those things reduce recoil by like 70%

I see what youre saying, and I understand you may think that sloping is useless now, but one thing, the M1A3 has very shallow armour, and I checked. se second thing is even if certain rounds from tanks do not deflect, and that the composite armour is designed to deform the round, that doesnt mean that they cannot slope it; theyre not two mutually exclusive factors. they will use any countermeasures as possible, sloping is the cheapest method possible. people do it today because it works.

The kinetic energie of an 128mm round is somewhat higher, even if it should not penetrate, it would blow of turrets or smash true the armor due overmatching.

Damn man things so famous it has a rollar coaster in the backround

@Schlittenfahrer93 why woulndt it? 128mm gun.. u are looking at ace TD.