Tigers, anyone?

[wolf1455]

 

[Sharp163]

Being a swede, I was almost sure you meant this kind of tiger

 

[Yorkie-GBR]

Having one out of six of these in my fridge I was almost sure you meant one of these

 

[wolf1455]

 

[BrotherSurplice]

A Tiger? In Africa?

 

[Aries666]

I thought that was going to be a "my tank is bigger than your tank" discussion, I am thoroughly disappointed

 

[Sharp163]

I thought that was going to be a "my tank is bigger than your tank" discussion, I am thoroughly disappointed

This thread has already gone in the direction of tanks, Swedish propaganda, and beer, so feel free to take it in your direction

 

[Dakka]

I always preferred the Panzerkampfwagon V "Panther" personally. The tiger is just a bit too heavy and in a shorter supply, not to mention that the Panther was more fuel efficient and faster

 

[Corner79]

Imagine on the cold, snowy western front in late '44, a lone Tiger out of fuel, unable to move waiting helplessly as a P-47 Thunderbolt tank killer comes screaming down, hand poised on the trigger of 8 .50 caliber machine guns just licking its chops.... as it roars and thunders away, the Tiger left ablaze...cue Glen Miller "American Patrol"

 

[MonkeyFuzz]

Imagine on the cold, snowy western front in late '44, a lone Tiger out of fuel, unable to move waiting helplessly as a P-47 Thunderbolt tank killer comes screaming down, hand poised on the trigger of 8 .50 caliber machine guns just licking its chops.... as it roars and thunders away, the Tiger left ablaze...cue Glen Miller "American Patrol"

Imagine the wobbling balance of power in 1942. Your 1000 Year empire is now set against the British, the Soviets, and Americans, and their allies and as the supreme German commander, you've specifically ordered five Tiger tanks to be moved to North Africa. You're running a country in the middle of the largest war in human history and you're micromanaging to the point of ordering five tanks around between theaters.

 

[Sharp163]

Imagine the wobbling balance of power in 1942. Your 1000 Year empire is now set against the British, the Soviets, and Americans, and their allies and as the supreme German commander, you've specifically ordered five Tiger tanks to be moved to North Africa. You're running a country in the middle of the largest war in human history and you're micromanaging to the point of ordering five tanks around between theaters.

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[The Lord Drake]

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This is why I gave up on Hoi III. x.x

 

[Zupanicarr]

Uuuhhhh, the best ice cream flavour to take over the world with...

*Salivating intensifies*

 

[Harada.Taro]

Imagine on the cold, snowy western front in late '44, a lone Tiger out of fuel, unable to move waiting helplessly as a P-47 Thunderbolt tank killer comes screaming down, hand poised on the trigger of 8 .50 caliber machine guns just licking its chops.... as it roars and thunders away, the Tiger left ablaze...cue Glen Miller "American Patrol"

Imagine the P47 blinded by the lone tiger sight, wanting to have an easy kill and not noticing that whirbelwind hidden under bushes

And when the Thunderbolt closes in believing in a quick victory he get mowed down by a storm of 20mm shells sending him down in a ball of flames.

 

[Axe99]

Here's HMS Tiger, laid down in 1941 (but not completed until after WW2) .

 

[Harada.Taro]

Here's HMS Tiger, laid down in 1941 (but not completed until after WW2) .

May I shot at you ?

 

[Kozer]

When this game comes out my Tiger IIs will roll over all who oppose me!

I miss playing War Thunder only because driving the Tiger II used to be so much fun.
That game went down hill in a bad way.

 

[Axe99]

May I shot at you ?

You don't need one of them to engage warships - the Germans did with Tigers at Salerno - although it sounds like their primary role didn't given them a strong basis for an anti-ship work:

The Germans were now making a terrific counterattack on our precarious landing area. Some of the Tiger (Mark VI) tanks were actually moving southward along the beach to the beachhead. We (the Edison) were faced with counter battery fire from these tanks and other Wehrmacht gun emplacements throughout the remainder of this engagement. The flat trajectoried 88 mm shell had a unique piercing sound as it passed between our Director and the #1 stack. We had been used to the fluttery sound of larger projectiles in arched trajectories. (Like our 5" 38s, most enemy artillery projectiles were subsonic. The 88, I later learned, had a 4,000 feet per second muzzle velocity, and when you heard the sound, the projectile was long gone. At Salerno ranges, the 88 shell was in a very flat trajectory, where a "miss was as good as a mile", usually more. They had to hit you directly and hope you had enough metal to set off their fuze, which was essentially designed to be anti tank, armor piercing.)

At least according to: http://www.daileyint.com/seawar/seawar8.htm .

 

[Harada.Taro]

For sure simple Tiger could but.... I would enjoy more the pyrotechnic effects of a 380mm mortar shell than a 88mm on one of those landing craft.

And if you don't want my sturmtiger I will come with his budy Karl.

 

[Wyrm]

And when the Thunderbolt closes in believing in a quick victory he get mowed down by a storm of 20mm shells sending him down in a ball of flames.

Nah, it would just limp back to base with a godzillion holes in it, lacking half a wing, its tail and probably even the propeller