King Tiger: Over- or Underrated?

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The King Tiger / Königstiger (Tiger II, Tiger B) was the heaviest mass produced German tank in World War 2. Some call it as a marvel of German engineering, others call it trash. In this video, we look at various aspects like firepower, armor, mobility, but also driver training, armor quality and other aspect to get a more nuanced picture of this vehicle.

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00:00 Intro
00:31 War Thunder
02:04 The better Tiger?
05:33 Firepower
07:35 Armor
08:13 Armor Quality
11:00 Turrets: NO “Porsche Turret”
13:45 Mobility
17:25 Driver Training
20:56 Development History
24:37 Production
25:45 Organization
26:31 Summary
28:09 War Thunder

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