How To Knock Out a WW2 Tiger Tank

Wilbur Jackson “Jack” Myers was born in June 1923 in Williamsport, Maryland, as one of 13 children. In 1930, he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, a government work relief program founded during the Great Depression.

Myers was drafted in 1943 and was sent to Camp Hood in Texas for basic training. He joined the 692nd Tank Destroyer Battalion and traveled to Europe in September 1944.

Myers served as an antitank gunner and eliminated machine gun nests, observation posts and vehicles. He operated a three-inch anti-tank gun and later worked in a 40-ton M36 tank destroyer.

Watch Jack's full interview on our channel at the link in the Short!

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[kaseywald]

Becoming more a rarity to see ww2 vet speak in person. Appreciate these videos folks

[paulsilva]

72 tons armor slanted and thick that means this is a King Tiger

[muigoku]

It's very sad to see a generation disappearing. These soldiers are rare. 😢

[F.R.U.I.T]

That’s cool to see these vets recount their experiences and we only got a few more years worth of these men

[ali_mbe]

One of the last men on earth to tell his stories about this war

[bisthewaytobe]

How soft spoken these men are is beyond incredible

[sturdythorpe]

At age 22 i started working for a company that made hiring veterans a priority. The WW2 guys were at the end of their career, Korean vets in the middle, and Vietnam vets in the beginning. I learned more from those guys in a year than I did 4 years of college .

[thatsbollox]

Whenever life gets tough, think about needing to face off with a Tiger Tank.

[jimrustle]

Most veterans are an encyclopedia of knowledge and experience. Cherish them while we still have them. Honor them.

[Sverd_Ok_Skjoldr]

My grandpa after years of not speaking when I ask him to pass the salt:

[mintymyc]

And there’s me complaining when my train to work is 5 minutes late 😩, this really puts things in perspective . It’s easy to forget what we have now and we owe it to guys like him

[Bumper]

This is what my grandfather did in WWII. Got the bronze star and made it home. I'm so grateful I got to meet him even though he passed when I was 12 I think of him often especially any time there's a show on the war. Best generation hands down thank you grandpa miss you!

[blakegoulds]

He must've been talking about a Tiger 2. It was the only one with sloped armor. The video clips are 50 ton Tiger 1

[Mrhaxalot]

theres something simultaneously horrifying, calming, and intriguing about old guys explaining in depth war related stuff, because you can almost gaurantee that whatever horrors that they spoke of were real and actually happened, yet they have this nice narrative voice that makes it easy to follow along

[JEMA]

Thank you for your service sir!!! You are a gentle giant!!!

[angryeliteultragree]

That man didn’t fight a tiger 1. That man is talking about a King Tiger. That is *levels* more dangerous.

[simpdog]

That Warrior said, You better be careful because you will get knocked out too. .. Such a hero....

[Kensta]

Thank you for your service sir. We are honored to have you.

[nicholasiacono]

“No wonder we couldn’t knock it out” he says, casually, about one of the scariest things in the war

Edit: I didn’t expect this comment to spark it’s own comment war, all I’m saying is if I was a guy without so much as even a chest plate and I saw that, it would be the scariest thing I’d ever seen