TIGER Tank Great Sounding German TIGER MK1 - Fallen Eagle WW2 film - 4K HD

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Tiger 1 was a German heavy tank of World War II deployed from 1942 in Africa and Europe usually in independent heavy tank battalions. Its final designation was Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E often shortened to Tiger. The Tiger 1 gave the Wehrmacht its first armoured fighting vehicle that mounted the KwK 36 88-mm gun (not to be confused with the 8.8 cm Flak 36). Only 1,347 were built between August 1942 and August 1944. Production was phased out in favour of the Tiger 2.
While the Tiger 1 has been called an outstanding design, it was over-engineered using expensive materials and labour-intensive production methods. The Tiger 1 was prone to certain types of track failures and breakdowns and limited in range by its high fuel consumption. It was expensive to maintain, but generally mechanically reliable. It was also difficult to transport and vulnerable to immobilization when mud, ice and snow froze between its overlapping and interleaved Schachtellaufwerk-pattern road wheels, often jamming them solid. This was a problem on the Eastern Front in the muddy rasputitsa and winter weather conditions.
The tank was given its nickname "Tiger" by Ferdinand Porsche, and the Roman numeral was added after the later Tiger II entered production. The initial designation was Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausführung H (‘‘Panzer VI version H’’, abbreviated PzKpfw VI Ausf. H) where 'H' denoted Henschel as the designer/manufacturer. It was classed with ordnance inventory designation SdKfz 182. The tank was later redesignated as PzKpfw VI Ausf. E in March 1943, with ordnance inventory designation SdKfz 181.
Today, only a handful of Tigers survive in museums and exhibitions worldwide. The Bovington Tank Museum's Tiger 131 is currently the only one restored to running order.
Place of origin: Nazi Germany Service history: 1942–45
Designer: Erwin Aders Henschel & Son. Designed: 1941
Manufacturer: Henschel
Unit cost: 250,800 RM. Produced: 1942 to 1944
Number built: 1,347
Specifications: (RfRuK VK 4501H Ausf.E, Blatt: G-330)
Weight: 54 tonnes
Length: 6.316 m (20 ft 8.7 in) 8.45 m (27 ft 9 in) gun forward
Width: 3.56 m (11 ft 8 in)
Height: 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in)
Crew: 5 Armour: 25–120 mm (0.98–4.72 in)
Main armament: 1× 8.8 cm KwK 36 L/5 92 rounds
Secondary armament: 2× 7.92 mm MG 34 4,500 rounds
Engine: Maybach HL230 P45 V-12 700 PS (690 hp, 515 kW)
Power/weight: 13 PS/t (9.6 kW/t)
Ground clearance: 0.47 m (1 ft 7 in)
Fuel capacity: 540 L (140 US gal) including reserve
Operational range: 68–121 miles (110–195 km)
Speed;: 28.2 MPH - 45.4 km/h
Tank ACE: Michael Wittmann (22 April 1914 – 8 August 1944) - TIGER 007
(22 April 1914 – 8 August 1944) was a German Waffen-SS tank commander during the Second World War. Wittmann rose to the rank of SS-Hauptsturmführer (captain) and was a Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross holder. He was credited with the destruction of 138 tanks and 132 anti-tank guns, along with an unknown number of other armored vehicles, making him one of Germany's top scoring panzer aces, together with Johannes Bölter, Ernst Barkmann, Otto Carius and Kurt Knispel (the top scoring ace of the war with 168 tank kills).
Wittmann is most famous for his ambush of elements of the British 7th Armoured Division, during the Battle of Villers-Bocage on 13 June 1944. While in command of a single Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger he destroyed up to 14 tanks and 15 personnel carriers along with 2 anti-tank guns within the space of 15 minutes. The circumstances behind Wittmann’s death have caused some debate and discussion over the years, but it had been accepted that Trooper Joe Ekins, the gunner in a Sherman Firefly of the 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry, fired the round that destroyed his tank and killed Wittmann and his crew. The round penetrated the port armour of Wittmann's tank and ignited the ammo rack, which exploded and incinerated Wittmann and his crew. However, in recent years, some historians have suggested that members of the Canadian Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment may have been responsible instead.
Nickname(s): The Black Baron Born: 22 April 1914
Vogelthal Kingdom of Bavaria German Empire
Died: 8 August 1944 (aged 30)
Between the towns of Cintheaux and St. Aignan de Cramesnil near the farm of Gaumesnil
Buried at: La Cambe German war cemetery (reinterred)
Allegiance: Nazi Germany

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[YOUDONTKNOWJACK]

Absolut grossartige Aufnahmen !
Vielen Dank fürs zeigen ;-)

[panzertracks]

It that Tiger 131? Yes it is!!! The Movie Star! thanks for sharing.

[TheThirdReich-]

Can you do film about the Germans winning battles in ww2 l have been sick from most ww2 which shows the German lose its like they haven't win any battle of ww2 I hop you do my request thanks

[maxsollie]

Awsome, pleez tell me there is a longer Clip somewhere

[postborg]

wow I hope we are going too se the tiger in action in the movie

[TheThirdReich-]

Nice tiger tank is this shoot from the film

[wolfiehbb]

how did you guys get a tank XD, must have a very big budgget for the movie