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Play War Thunder for free and get a nice bonus pack with vehicles, premium time and more: https://playwt.link/militaryhistoryvisualized 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. DISCLOSURE D: This video is sponsored by the free-to-play game War Thunder. DISCLOSURE A: I was invited by the Deutsche Panzermuseum in 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2023. https://www.youtube.com/c/DasPanzermuseum/featured »» GET BOOKS & VIDEOS «« » Stukabook - Doctrine of the German Dive-Bomber - http://stukabook.com » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com » Tank Assault - Combat Manual of the Soviet Tank Forces 1944 - http://stm44.com » IS-2 Stalin's Warhammer - http://www.is-2tank.com » StuG: Ausbildung, Einsatz und Führung der StuG Batterie - http://stug-hdv.de » Achtung Panzer? Zur Panzerwaffe der Wehrmacht - http://panzerkonferenz.de » Panzerkonferenz Video - http://pzkonf.de »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » YouTube Membership - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK09g6gYGMvU-0x1VCF1hgA/join »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized »» SOURCES «« Jentz, Thomas L.; Doyle, Hilary L.: Germany’s Tiger Tanks: VK45.02 to Tiger II, Schiffer Publishing Ltd.: Atglen, PA, USA, 1997. Jentz, Thomas L.: Panzer Tracts No.6: Schwere Panzerkampfwagen D.W. to E-100 including the Tigers. Panzer Tracts: Boyds, Maryland, USA, 2001. Trojca, Waldemar/Trojca, Gregor: Tiger Ausf. B Königstiger: Technik und Einsatzgeschichte. VDM: Zweibrücken, Germany, 2014. Jentz, Thomas/Doyle, Hilary: Kingtiger Heavy Tank, 1942-45. Osprey Publishing: Oxford, UK, 1993. Spielberger, Walter J.; Doyle, Hilary L.: Panzer VI Tiger und seine Abarten, Spezialausgabe, 1. Auflage, Motorbuch-Verlag: Stuttgart, Germany, 2010. Fröhlich, Michael: Der Panzerjäger Ferdinand Panzerjäger Tiger (P), Porsche Typ 131. Paul Pietsch Verlage GmbH & Co: Stuttgart, Germany, 2020. Vollert, Jochen: Panzerkampfwagen T 34-747 (r): the Soviet T-34 Tank as Beutepanzer and Panzerattrappe in German Wehrmacht Service 1941-45. Tankograd Publishing-Verlag Jochen Vollert: Erlangen, Germany, 2013. Samsonov, Peter: Tank Archives, https://www.tankarchives.ca/2020/11/an-overloaded-big-cat.html, last accessed: 6th August 2024 https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/vk45-02h-tiger-ii-henschel-improved-tiger/ Videos by the Deutsche Panzer Museum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R6syizTtgs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znk_AOoU3Mk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVR5joddalw 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 #kingtiger #königstiger #tigerII #tiger2 #tigerb #ww2 #tanks #warthunder