He/she has helped us so much. but he barely tells us about himself/herself.

Who are you?
How do you have so much Mb knowledge?
what do you drive? haha

 

The first rule of MBWorld is you do not talk about konigstiger.
The second rule of MBWorld is you do not talk about konigstiger.

 

He is unhuman. You draw your own conclusion.
He posts on other forums as well.

 

And he is our FRiEND also. He gives us a LOT.

 

It is the forum’s AI member and automatically replies with useful or information deemed useful to the topic. You can say it’s the Alexa/Siri of MBworld and is exclusive to this board. No other forums has this proprietary AI member.

 

the STIGS Cousin

 

As mentioned, one does not discuss K in public.
However, legend has it that if you seek technical enlightenment you must travel to the Bavarian Alps, beyond Kampen, on the fortnight of the winter solstice. Bring your VIN.

 

Yes, yes.. bring that at least.

 

I've been told over a decade ago by experienced parts salesman to memorize VIN on your android.
Darn W124, who was still mechanically-controlled car could have 6 different temperature sensors for the same MY.
Now what is behind Kampen?

 

One Konigstiger to rule them all.

 

For those who haven't seen it, I'm currently watching the (true story) WWII color film, "The Man Who Never Was" (1956).

Chillingly coincidental.

All I know from his screen name (if taken literally) is that ."Königstiger," was the name of the Panzer Kampfwagen VI (PzKpfw VI) Tiger II, or "King Tiger" tank from WWII. Suitably German, and the ultimate Super Tank fielded by the Axis in WWII. There were just 492 King Tiger Tanks produced (along with 1,347 Tiger Is), making them quite rare today.

Our Konigstiger certainly is RARE, and SUPER for us...

 

Just fed days ago, on amazon prime I watched movie where Brad Pit played captain of US tank fighting in Europe during WWII.
The US build tanks did not have cannons big enough to penetrate Tiger's front plate.
Meaning bulletproof. I think there is a coincidence.

 

US only had the medium tanks in WWII over in Europe. They were under armed unfortunately against Germany

 

I’ll try to keep this Mercedes related… (look for the references)

The 1,840 Tiger series tanks (including both Tiger I and Tiger II "Konigstigers") and roughly 6,000 Panther medium tanks, were outmatched by nearly 50,000 M4 Sherman Tanks used by the US and the Allies, and – more importantly -- by the 70,000 T34 medium tanks produced by USSR.

The German tanks were of the highest quality. But they were over-engineered and extremely complex (sound familiar MB gearheads?) Daimler Benz did not build these tanks, but did provide the V-12 Maybach 690hp gasoline engines used in them (your second MB reference).

Gear train failures (transmissions, drive axles, transfer cases, steering gears and engines) often stranded the FWD/rear engined tanks at the worst possible times. As many Tiger tanks were abandoned intact by their crews when they broke down as were destroyed in combat.

Those destroyed were usually overrun by the smaller, lighter armored, faster and less powerfully gunned… and much simpler Russian and American tanks. A solitary Tiger tank blocking a road would be surrounded by 10-20 T34s or Shermans… By the time the Tiger destroyed 8-10 of them, 1-3 remaining allied tanks would get close enough to knock out the Tiger at close range with their less powerful cannons.

When asked about the primitive design of his Russian tanks, Joseph Stalin once famously said, “Quantity has a quality all its own.” He was right in this.
The U.S. M26 Pershing Heavy tank did see action the last couple months of the European war, but arrived so late that their contribution is hardly mentioned. The U.S. fought WWII with medium tanks principally because their smaller size permitted more of them to be packed into ships bound for Europe. In short, the U.S. operated on the same philosophy as Stalin... a priority that has been sadly forgotten since.

Class dismissed... hehe.

 

"Fury" is a WWII movie (2014) well worth finding and watching. A realistic view of life in a tank.

The Sherman vs Tiger I scene is very realistic. Most interesting is that the Tiger Tank used was not Computer Generated, but the sole remaining drivable Tiger I tank in existence, borrowed for filming from the WWII Bovington Museum in England. The production had to promise the museum that if they broke the (old and fragile) tank during filming, that they would finance all the VERY EXPENSIVE repairs. Thankfully (or is it tankfully?) it held up for a couple days filming.

I hope the military history text is welcome diversion from what could be a delicate subject regarding a forum member's identity....

 

It’s a good diversion. Yeah, I’m kind of a WWII history nut. The US tanks definitely came in numbers and numbers do matter. They suffered many casualties though as they were easier to knock out. My Uncle was a tank mechanic in Europe and shared many stories. Refueling and repair was difficult and the tanks would circle up like the damn Conestoga wagons warding off the Apache to protect each other while refueling. My other Uncle was a B-17 pilot, and unfortunately these guys took too long to figure out how to hit Germany. Eventually they did learn from many mistakes and ruled the air. My dad was a B-29 pilot in the pacific. God bless them all. War is terrible for all sides.

 

New Orleans National WW2 Museum
Charter Member here
Great Stuff DFW.

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/

If you ever need a book on ww2 or other war go to their website or call them as the have huge collection for sale and lots of online stuff to see.
The Oral histories from Veterans is spine chilling sometimes.

Thank a vet when you get a chance

 

Maybe the great grandfather of "our" Königstiger?

 

Ah, King Tiger with early Porsche-designed turret. The first 50 King Tigers were built with this turret. Nice modelling work..

The King Tiger in post #11 has the later, more common, Henschel-designed turret. Some 442 of these were built.

 

If I may chime in he's a Wonderful human being! I appreciate his help ALWAYS.
R,
2MERKS

 

Konigstiger is a tremendous asset to this forum. I appreciate how he always provides the appropriate file without chiding the poster to do a search.

 

I thought the Russian sub-machine gun in the tankers hands was a nice touch.

 

Yes, the PPSh-41 submachine gun to be precise. Nicknamed the "Pe-Pe-Shaa" by many..

 

konigstiger didn't answer this thread. You need to lure him with problems on your vehicle.

 

Speaking of German vs American tanks, my father who fought in the tail end of the battle of the bulge and was part of pushing the Germans back into Germany but was highly proud of his German heritage loved this scene. In particular he loved the tank commanders last line.