Hitler's Elite Tank Units: The Waffen-SS | Greatest Tank Battles | Timeline
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Published 2021-10-28
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All Comments (21)
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At times, the sound production of this video is a real mess.
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I know of a man whose Grandfather drove a tiger at Kursk. His tank was knocked out and two crew of SS Totenkopf rapidly shed their tunics before capture and many years in Russia. Many years later still thin as a rake his relatives brought him to Bovington tank museum. When they heard he was a Tiger driver they opened up theirs and this 90 year old spent 15 minutes or so climbing in or out the various hatches
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I wish the background music was louder , I can still hear the people talking
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My grandad was in the Waffen SS panzer division. Nibelungen 38th division. Fought on the eastern front. He conquered the crimea in a month, his tanks rolled into Paris in a fortnight with lightning speed. Incredible man & soldier. My family tried to hide his history in shame but I’m proud of him. I don’t give a toss what people say. It takes balls to be a soldier and he was a part of an elite unit.
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When I was 10 years old or so (1954) I asked my dad, who was a navy veteran, why did we win the war ? His reply was, and I paraphrase, "Charlie, we could build weapons faster than they could destroy them." His answer was so perfect for a 10 year old mind. But as I watch these excellent videos, I see the horrible carnage that his explanation could not include for one so young.
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Sgts Cestano and Groff have probably been and seen so much death and carnage in a few years. You can see it in their eyes. Id like to say a special thank you to these men. You were truly heroes and survivors.
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How come the music and sound effects are so much louder than the speech in videos uploaded on this channel? Are they edited or is that how they have always been?
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24:02 This Tiger does not have the original 88mm gun. Its barrel was damaged, it was cut off and replaced with the 75mm barrel from damaged Panther tank. That's why it's so disproportionately short and narrow and doesn't look like 88mm.
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My late neighbor David Piker was in the army at the battle. Taken prisoner early in battle when wounded. I will always remember he told me they went over the Rhine River on a wagon, and a lot of the German officers spoke good english. he won the Silver Star earlier in the war.
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SS-Oberscharfuhrer Enrst Barkmann and SS-Untersturfuhrer Fritz Langanke are the two tank aces with 19 and 82 tank kills on each of them.
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My dad fought in that battle! And lived ! Miss you dad.
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A very good video One complain though the background music was too loud Otherwise good
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"A German Tiger was better than 10 Shermans, but [the Americans] always had 11" - German Tiger Ace
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Actually, the Battle Of The Battle was over in about month a half . Lots of casualties. My grandpa was in that battle , got wounded; he was on the USA s 82nd Airborne!
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Excellent video, wow 👏👏 18:09 terrific to hear from the war veteran - "there may be a lot of talent involved, but it is 50% luck ". What humility 👌 Greetings from In
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Bit of info- when you hear about Sherman guns penetrating the frontal armor of Tigers, it’s the new Shermans with the 76mm guns delivered in early 1944 that could do that. Not all Shermans had those guns- all the older ones had 75mm guns which could not penetrate Tigers’ frontal armor.
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It’s actually quite impressive holding off so many armies for multiple years
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Anyone that wants to honor the memory of WWII veterans, put a candle in your window on night of Nov 11. Its a Northern European tradition that needs to be kept alive.
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I had grand fathers who fought on both sides, German side Engineers, Allied side Air borne, both survived and both hated war, but mostly authorities
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This was your best episode ever of Greatest Tank Battles. Thank you.
