Comments on: Doom of the Titans – Königstigers in the Last Days of the War http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/05/20/doom-of-the-titans-konigstigers-in-the-last-days-of-the-war/ Fri, 30 Aug 2019 10:08:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 By: YourNIGHTMare http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/05/20/doom-of-the-titans-konigstigers-in-the-last-days-of-the-war/#comment-152727 Wed, 21 May 2014 18:01:20 +0000 http://ftr.wot-news.com/?p=12030#comment-152727 If you add more stuff, more stuff can break.

]]> By: YourNIGHTMare http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/05/20/doom-of-the-titans-konigstigers-in-the-last-days-of-the-war/#comment-152722 Wed, 21 May 2014 17:58:03 +0000 http://ftr.wot-news.com/?p=12030#comment-152722 Yeah, I kinda wondered why there was an extra “s” – as these titles are translated, it would only make sense to use the german spelling.

]]> By: Panzer_Fenris http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/05/20/doom-of-the-titans-konigstigers-in-the-last-days-of-the-war/#comment-152564 Wed, 21 May 2014 12:20:37 +0000 http://ftr.wot-news.com/?p=12030#comment-152564 The Tiger II is very much running!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5p3KCli6YM

Pretty sure the AMX 50 isn’t in running condition. Not even sure it’s still got an engine in it.

]]> By: Drakko http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/05/20/doom-of-the-titans-konigstigers-in-the-last-days-of-the-war/#comment-152418 Wed, 21 May 2014 09:16:53 +0000 http://ftr.wot-news.com/?p=12030#comment-152418 Well said.

As for nixxxie – me thinks your flame attempt fell flat on it’s ass, hopefully the popcorn isn’t gonna go stale…

I was just saying that the machines themselves are worthy of respect, not the people that used them to whatever means. The machine itself was no more evil than a rock.

]]> By: algocalmin http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/05/20/doom-of-the-titans-konigstigers-in-the-last-days-of-the-war/#comment-152342 Wed, 21 May 2014 01:08:00 +0000 http://ftr.wot-news.com/?p=12030#comment-152342 I doubt that “Flakpanzer” and “Bergepanzer” got into english grammer. SS used “AA tanks (Flakpanzers), ARV’s (Bergepanzers)”, as you can see, you got the german term in brackets. At those terms was mr_clark making reference. Please read the text before making comments on a comment. ;)

On the other hand, nice article. gj

]]> By: SpartanlaserX1 http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/05/20/doom-of-the-titans-konigstigers-in-the-last-days-of-the-war/#comment-152329 Tue, 20 May 2014 22:20:47 +0000 http://ftr.wot-news.com/?p=12030#comment-152329 I believe they stopped coating their tanks with Zimmermit late in the war (before 1945) due to “reports of it catching on fire”. So I have no reason to believe that the Tiger II “112″ would Zimmermit, unless it was one of the older models and hadn’t been repainted.

Just My Two Cents

]]> By: Personality http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/05/20/doom-of-the-titans-konigstigers-in-the-last-days-of-the-war/#comment-152309 Tue, 20 May 2014 19:46:17 +0000 http://ftr.wot-news.com/?p=12030#comment-152309 America was in a short recession. Using your logic, we should’ve smelted down the statue of liberty for scrap too :P

]]> By: sage1337 http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/05/20/doom-of-the-titans-konigstigers-in-the-last-days-of-the-war/#comment-152304 Tue, 20 May 2014 18:49:54 +0000 http://ftr.wot-news.com/?p=12030#comment-152304 >was plagued by mechanical issues
This is not true, yet everyone repeats it. King Tigers (and Tigers, and Panthers and other heavy vehicles…) weren’t ‘plagued’ by mechanical issues more than other tanks, like Panzer IVs or T-34s. A lot of them weren’t operational by the time, yes, but it was because of logistic mess and lack of spare parts for these tanks (that’s why E-series came up so parts were interchangeable). Every tank needs maintenance and parts change as they wear off. T-34 gained it’s reliability myth because russians had virtually infinite resources, and when it broke beyond repairs or was destroyed – well, no big deal, we have hundreds more. When german tank broke it was hell, because every single tank used other engine/gun/transmission/screw and germans couldn’t give all that was needed because their logistics were getting worse every day, factories were bombed, and ‘subhumans’ that worked in these played their part too, sabotaging the production – loose screws, bad implementing etc
So it’s not that Tigers were overengineered or something, they weren’t less reliable than any other WWII tank.

]]> By: Zły Wilk http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/05/20/doom-of-the-titans-konigstigers-in-the-last-days-of-the-war/#comment-152292 Tue, 20 May 2014 17:54:43 +0000 http://ftr.wot-news.com/?p=12030#comment-152292 [s4s] pls go

]]> By: Panzer_Fenris http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/05/20/doom-of-the-titans-konigstigers-in-the-last-days-of-the-war/#comment-152270 Tue, 20 May 2014 17:20:28 +0000 http://ftr.wot-news.com/?p=12030#comment-152270 Always happy to do some busting! :P

You’re not alone. A lot of people tend to think tracks give basically infinite traction, but that just isn’t true. Tanks slip, slide, bog down and get stuck just like every other vehicle.

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