Tiger Tanks

Random Ping · 02-25-2005, 12:16 AM

For those of you who still play vanilla, have you ever noticed how the tiger tank seems dramatically unstable in comparison to the panzer/sherman and even the M10? Sure it is better than having straight panzer 4, but as I experienced against Caslon last night, sometimes on hilly maps like aberdeen it just isn't worth the improved armor.

Was this instability also present with the real-life tiger tank?

DanTesla1 · 02-25-2005, 12:29 AM

I preferr the Panzer over the Tiger. Much faster and accurate. Then again, I don't tank. I FLY!

Caslon · 02-26-2005, 08:14 AM

The Tiger is a good tank to try and cap....bazooka can't kill it in one shot,
neither can planes.

It's a clumsy behemoth tho, and meant as a vehicle killer, same as the M10.
The M10 has less springy suspension springs too.

DanTesla1 · 02-26-2005, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Caslon

The Tiger is a good tank to try and cap....bazooka can't kill it in one shot,
neither can planes.

That my friend, is wrong. I have taken out a fresh tiger tank in 1 bombing many, many times. I'm sure that the other elite pilots, like myself, can vouch for me. I'm not sure if there's anything a plane can't destroy in one round. It's all about timing and percision.

Also, has any1 else gone to bomb a tank, but overshot it by like 1 foot. But then, just at the right time, the tank runs over the bomb? That's happend to me a couple of times, it's it's soooo funny to see it happen.

grim reaper · 02-26-2005, 02:48 PM

Yep, a tiger can be taken out with 1 bomb. Easily, just hit the ehuast and its dead.

DanTesla1 · 02-26-2005, 05:00 PM

Yeah. Did a tank ever roll over your bomb, grim? Just wondering.

[Damien] · 02-26-2005, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanTesla1

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caslon

The Tiger is a good tank to try and cap....bazooka can't kill it in one shot,
neither can planes.

That my friend, is wrong. I have taken out a fresh tiger tank in 1 bombing many, many times. I'm sure that the other elite pilots, like myself, can vouch for me. I'm not sure if there's anything a plane can't destroy in one round. It's all about timing and percision.

Yep, hit it in the space just behind the turret. Boom.

Great Grizzly · 02-28-2005, 07:38 PM

what do you mean be vanilla bf?

i never understood that....

jimmy doom · 02-28-2005, 07:48 PM

He means not chocolate.

Mad Monk · 02-28-2005, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Great Grizzly

what do you mean be vanilla bf?

i never understood that....

Jimmy, you're going to scare away the noobs. :P

Vanilla as in plain old, original Battlefield. No mods.

NavalLord · 02-28-2005, 07:55 PM

but i love the chocolate!

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/47/

jimmy doom · 02-28-2005, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Mad Monk

Jimmy, you're going to scare away the noobs. :P

I was just joshing him

Chocolate > Vanilla

Vanilla BF > *

urseus · 02-28-2005, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by jimmy doom

Vanilla BF > *

Whoa, i thought that you were serious for a minute.

http://forgottenhope.bf1942files.com...p?lang=english

THAT is the test of an elite pilot. You train for a few years on vanilla, then you graduate to Forgotten Hope.

The TOP GUN of Battlefield flight.

delro911 · 03-02-2005, 03:37 PM

if anyone here was in the real war (neither was i) tigers kicked ass (tho they were in short supply). i saw this picture wer mr.tiger shot 7holes straight into a pathetic sherman, 7holes! the sherman shot back 4 times before exploding... all shots bounced. dats how cool a tiger is! and look at it dats wer the americans got the abrams design. geez.

grim reaper · 03-02-2005, 03:44 PM

Sure, best tank of ww2 was the t-34 (i think thats the one). Tiger had lots of armour. T-34 had clever armour. The round bouched off because of the angle of the t34, not the thickness. And they made a zillion of them.

Mad Monk · 03-02-2005, 04:15 PM

Whats up with all this Tiger tank fanyboy-ness?

I believe that the Sherman wasn't designed to battle other tanks. It was more of an infantry support tank. They were getting their asses kicked by the Tigers and that led to the development of the Firefly. A little too late though, as by then the Shermans (and T-34s) simply overwhelmed the Germans with superior numbers.

delro911 · 03-02-2005, 07:33 PM

my comment to what people wrote after my reply.

and im not a fan.

i was just replying to the topic

if the topic is about spitfires then i'll praise spitfires

if the topic is about zeros then i'll talk about zeroes..

geeez..

more from me..

delro911 · 03-02-2005, 07:34 PM

reaper said: t-34 rocks...

actually reaper was right, t-34 was the best. i was meant to say in the western euro theater, mind that, that the tiger excelled, and i mean the tiger II(or royal tiger or king tiger whichever u r comfortable with).
and why did BF didn't include that in BF SW.
and i point out that i was describing it individually, not in numbers.(the outnumbering thing was always a trick employed by the winning side, a very medieval strategy, but still very effective)

but still remember, that was a lot of holes.

(note 2 self: i need to be careful in what i write)

jimmy doom · 03-02-2005, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by delro911

. i was meant to say in the western euro theater, mind that, that the tiger excelled, and i mean the tiger II(or royal tiger or king tiger whichever u r comfortable with).

Actually I am quite uncomfortable with all of those names and wish you would stop calling me "tiger"

Ijoke

02-25-2005, 12:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
Random Ping Master Warrant Officer Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Evergreen State (at least on the West coast) Posts: 1,291	Tiger Tanks For those of you who still play vanilla, have you ever noticed how the tiger tank seems dramatically unstable in comparison to the panzer/sherman and even the M10? Sure it is better than having straight panzer 4, but as I experienced against Caslon last night, sometimes on hilly maps like aberdeen it just isn't worth the improved armor. Was this instability also present with the real-life tiger tank? __________________ It is not important that the glass is half-full or half-empty, but rather how the glass got that way.

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NavalLord Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 6,084	but i love the chocolate! http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/47/ __________________

03-02-2005, 03:37 PM	#14 (permalink)
delro911 Private Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: 500 miles from the biggest naval battle in World War II Posts: 32	if anyone here was in the real war (neither was i) tigers kicked ass (tho they were in short supply). i saw this picture wer mr.tiger shot 7holes straight into a pathetic sherman, 7holes! the sherman shot back 4 times before exploding... all shots bounced. dats how cool a tiger is! and look at it dats wer the americans got the abrams design. geez. __________________ It\'s A Fact That Tigers Look Better Than Any Allied Tank. A FACT.

03-02-2005, 04:15 PM	#16 (permalink)
Mad Monk Major Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: O-O-O-O-Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweeping down the plain. Posts: 3,029	Whats up with all this Tiger tank fanyboy-ness? I believe that the Sherman wasn't designed to battle other tanks. It was more of an infantry support tank. They were getting their asses kicked by the Tigers and that led to the development of the Firefly. A little too late though, as by then the Shermans (and T-34s) simply overwhelmed the Germans with superior numbers. __________________

03-02-2005, 07:33 PM	#17 (permalink)
delro911 Private Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: 500 miles from the biggest naval battle in World War II Posts: 32	my comment to what people wrote after my reply. and im not a fan. i was just replying to the topic if the topic is about spitfires then i'll praise spitfires if the topic is about zeros then i'll talk about zeroes.. geeez.. more from me.. __________________ It\'s A Fact That Tigers Look Better Than Any Allied Tank. A FACT.

02-26-2005, 08:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
Caslon Lieutenant Colonel Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Deep inside the Earth. Posts: 4,782	The Tiger is a good tank to try and cap....bazooka can't kill it in one shot, neither can planes. It's a clumsy behemoth tho, and meant as a vehicle killer, same as the M10. The M10 has less springy suspension springs too.

02-26-2005, 02:48 PM	#5 (permalink)
grim reaper Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: England Posts: 7,255	Yep, a tiger can be taken out with 1 bomb. Easily, just hit the ehuast and its dead.

02-28-2005, 07:38 PM	#8 (permalink)
Great Grizzly Private Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7	what do you mean be vanilla bf? i never understood that....

03-02-2005, 03:44 PM	#15 (permalink)
grim reaper Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: England Posts: 7,255	Sure, best tank of ww2 was the t-34 (i think thats the one). Tiger had lots of armour. T-34 had clever armour. The round bouched off because of the angle of the t34, not the thickness. And they made a zillion of them.

03-02-2005, 07:34 PM	#18 (permalink)
delro911 Private Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: 500 miles from the biggest naval battle in World War II Posts: 32	reaper said: t-34 rocks... actually reaper was right, t-34 was the best. i was meant to say in the western euro theater, mind that, that the tiger excelled, and i mean the tiger II(or royal tiger or king tiger whichever u r comfortable with). and why did BF didn't include that in BF SW. and i point out that i was describing it individually, not in numbers.(the outnumbering thing was always a trick employed by the winning side, a very medieval strategy, but still very effective) but still remember, that was a lot of holes. (note 2 self: i need to be careful in what i write) __________________ It\'s A Fact That Tigers Look Better Than Any Allied Tank. A FACT.

03-02-2005, 07:52 PM	#20 (permalink)
grim reaper Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: England Posts: 7,255