Play War Thunder for free and get a nice bonus pack with vehicles, premium time and more: https://playwt.link/militaryhistoryvisualized The Tiger is often seen as the successful heavy tank, whereas the Königstiger is seen as a lumbering moving bunker. Yet, if we look at the original requirements and further orders, it becomes apparent that the Tiger was just an interim solution and that both the industry and Hitler wanted to field the Königstiger as soon as possible. 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 DISCLOSURE G: I was invited by the Tank Museum at Bovington. Cover Images: Jake Blake Hotline Meme, Tiger 131 Tank Museum Bovington (edited by vonKickass). »» 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 »» 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. 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. 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 https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/vk45-02h-tiger-ii-henschel-improved-tiger/ 00:00 Intro 00:12 Why Accidental? 00:47 Tiger I vs Königstiger 02:16 War Thunder Integration 03:48 Original Requirements before Operation Barbarossa 07:20 Requirements for Königstiger 07:58 Step by Step 08:14 Chronology Chassis 10:22 Tiger Production Numbers 10:52 Chronology Gun: We Want a Bigger One 12:14 75mm instead of 88 mm? 13:15 Why all these Delays? 15:06 Summary Outro #tiger #tanks #ww2 #tigertank #panzermuseum