Are you sure that's nerves and not overheating electric motors?

@@TheSchultinator Could be that or the engines lol

It was bad... but it didnt have a 100% failrate just getting over a small incline 😂

Thankfully random breakdowns are not a thing in planes or tanks in IL-2. Although they could be fun I think it would piss a lot of folks off lol. That being said if you go up a steep hill or go down too fast ect. You will mess up your transmission.

It doesn't have a transmission

@@stug77 because it's broken

@@AlterExo_ No, *it doesn't have one.* It's a Ferdinand, it has electric generators and motors. Like a diesel electric train.

@@stug77 It definitely did have a transmission, lol. where did you get that info from?

That event was caused by an untrained driver over revving and being in too high of a gear, which caused the crappy German copper used in the motors to overheat and combust. Which added with the restricted airflow and 18 extra tonnes than what the powerplant was designed for made that all too common.

@@datpieceofbread9570 Yea. The petrol-electric drive was ahead of its time, but being a fairly complicated technology, combined with material issues, the aforementioned driver training issue, extra weight, and an incline, it makes for a toasty Ferdinand

@@157RANDOM that being said, when handled by people who knew what they were doing, and after some retrofitting, it was a destructive beast. And iirc it was the favorite of the 653rd pzjgr. And they started in STuG's so

@@datpieceofbread9570 Panzerjager battalions have a very interesting history with notoriously "bad" equipment and managing impressive feats with them, leading to the positive attitude towards them.

@@157RANDOM I haven't heard or read any positive reports one Jagdtigers, which was the machine the 653rd finished the war with.

Lol

making fun of a prototype because it wasn't perfect. you idiots couldn't even invent stuff like this

@@Morpheus776 Right, the allies could invent things that could go up a hill without catching on fire.

@@bigbully1277 i'm not talking about the allies. i'm talking about little brats who think they know everything 80 years later.

@@Morpheus776 I'm no tank designer. I'm just joking about historical facts that I know. But there will be always one "balls busting" dude on the internet insulting innocent people.

Thank you!

Yes

While it won't set them on fire (at least not that I've seen), driving with the transmission in second position for about 5 minutes or so will actually start to kill them. I did it off road for the speed until I realized my driver shout "The engines can't keep up!" before I opened the hatch and noticed the smoke billowing from them. Oops.

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A quad 20 mm flak turret on the ferdi would be SWEET.

@@kevinedwards7206 "Cancerwind"

-30 degrees helped it to keep oil under 150 degrees celsius :p

To be fair, infantry isn’t as much a big deal in tank battles. Urban engagements are typically where that is. (Kursk excluded cause Kursk was a cluster fuck)

That's also a pretty common misconception about the Ferdinand's performance at Kursk. They were rarely if ever taken out by enemy infantry - even cited by Soviet officers. Sadly the Ferdinand more often than not broken down and its own crew burned them down to avoid them being captured. The Soviets turned this around as propaganda, but in several memoirs the Soviet officers admit to encountering burned out Ferdinands that they did not attack/destroy. Now unreliable vs. "taken out by Soviet infantry"...neither is good, but the common idea that Soviet infantry were crawling all over Ferdinands in the middle of the fight is generally inaccurate.

​@@TurnStyleGamesthere were no Ferdinands at Kursk, only Elephants and most were lost to the infantry AT gun fire

@@thebowshock7729 because tanks couldnt do sht to elephants/ferdinands.

with infantry. They NEED to add infantry. It would be so good.

Infantry has been confirmed.

there working on the next massive map , France - Battle of normandy

@@Wolfpack345 Infantry gameplay... Jesus. I look forward to "Enemy at the Gates"-style Red Square fun.

@@Wolfpack345 When/Where did they confirm infantry? I would like to read it.

Sniping the ahit out him😀😄😄

Haha I feel like you got pretty close! Fun stuff!

That's what makes wolf so awesome. He doesn't need to act flashy.

Agreed! I would be interested to see how the KV-1's armour fares against these big German guns...

@@RichardVSmall it's useless.

Fancy seeing you here

Will infantry be added? Would be awesome, that is for sure.

@@hunormagyar1843 the devs said

Seems like the Panther is the last German tank I need to check out on the channel.

@@Wolfpack345 NIce tank except for reverse, but if you use it for sniping mainly, it shouldn't be a problem.

Ahaha. KV-2 would be hilarious. Extremely ineffective, but hilarious.

“The tanks engines started bursting into flames as we were cresting the hill, leading to widespread panic across all of the crews, thinking there was an artillery barrage, but after close analysis, the engines were just bursting into flames!” -German tank crews operating the Ferdinand just after it rolled out of the factory (not exact quote but it’s simplified)

Seems to be a popular request :)

I mean...😀😂

Haha thanks! It does help :)

Haha

I need to get back into FC. The DM is just frustrating.

Not exactly, ferdinand had a much longer barrel. You can look up tank museum YT channel. Very interesting 👌

It is currently on sale

@@Wolfpack345 Oh wow ok I’ll check it out

I'm in the same boat. But even still, it's so entertaining. I mean you look up when playing, and it's been 5 hours.🤩

Definitely know the feeling when two hands is not enough to handle looking, joystick, throttle and everything else on the keyboard. Just recently got a head tracking set and it really helps out, definitely recommending to start from that as it is not necessarily that pricey either. I think right now head tracker is a choice between do-it-yourself very cheaply / get a set for around 90 £ and do lots of setting up yourself / just get a more expensive set and skip most of the headache. Of course having a video on topic from Wolfpack would be welcome, but I can giver some directions as well.

@@forlornfoe 90 pounds seems awfully expensive. Are you talking about TrackIR? It's a decent little thing, though I have found it needs to be set up in line with your head, so if you don't have an adjustable chair, well, a big ball of poster putty/bluetack works decently to hold it on the wall. XD