Panzer VIII Maus - Wikipedia
Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus (English: 'mouse') is a German World War II super-heavy tank completed in July of 1944. It is the heaviest fully enclosed armored fighting vehicle ever built. Five were ordered, but only two hulls and one turret were completed, the turret being attached before the testing grounds were captured by advancing Soviet ...
The Panzer VIII Maus: The Heaviest Tank Ever Built
The Panzer VIII Maus (German for “Mouse”) super-tank certainly falls into the latter category. The Maus was a 188-ton behemoth developed by Porsche at the behest of Hitler himself. Impractical does not begin to describe it, and the timing of its introduction was stupefying.
Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus - Tank Encyclopedia
Superheavy Tank – 141 Ordered. It is impossible to consider the Maus and not be impressed by the machine as a feat of engineering. At 188 tonnes, it is the heaviest operational tank ever made by any nation at any time in any war and was made despite the shortages of raw materials, industrial capacity, and manpower at the time in Nazi Germany.
Maus super-heavy tank - WW2 Weapons
On June 8, 1942, Dr Ferdinand Porsche in Stuttgart received an order from Hitler to begin designing a super heavy main battle tank armed with a 12.8-cm cannon and a coaxial 7.5-cm cannon in a turret, which would have the largest possible armor.
Maus Tank, Porsche's superheavy tank prototype
This was a 1000-tons super-heavy tank, equipped with a naval "panzerschiff" twin mount 280 mm turret, one Maus 128 mm, eight 20 mm AA guns, and two Mg42 Mgs. It was so big that a unique six tracks system (two pairs of three) was conceived. It was to be motorized by a pair of submarine MAN diesel engines.
Panzerkampfwagen Maus II - Tank Encyclopedia
2020年10月27日 · The Maus is an easily recognisable vehicle, marking the largest and heaviest production tank of WW2. At nearly 200 tonnes, the Maus, fully loaded and ready for combat, was a feat of engineering which lacked a purpose by the time it was finished.
The Maus Tank – An Crazy Invention, But Would It Have Been …
2019年2月8日 · The German Panzer VIII tank of World War II, codenamed the Maus tank, was intended to be the biggest, best-armored and most powerful tank ever built – and the prototypes that were built succeeded in achieving these goals.
The super heavy Panzer VIII Maus, Hitler's secret monster tank …
2023年7月10日 · The German Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus was the heaviest tank ever created, weighing in at 188 tonnes. Armed with a powerful gun, protected by thicker armour, and powered by an engine created by Porsche, the Panzer VIII was the secret monster tank that never was.
Panzer VIII Maus: The Heaviest Tank Ever Built - SOFREP
2021年6月8日 · The German Panzer VIII Maus ended up being 10.2 m (33 ft) long, 3.71 m (12.2 ft) wide, and 3.63 m (11.9 ft) tall. It weighed 188 tons making it the heavier tank ever built! That’s 376,000...
Panzer VIII Maus – Germany’s “Breakthrough” Tank Dozens of …
2018年9月21日 · Fuel tanks with a capacity of 420 gallons each allowed the Maus to travel from 38 to nearly 100 miles, depending on the terrain. The main features of the tank were the electromechanical transmission of both tracks, and a powerful circular armor whose thickness began from 5.9 inches (150 mm) and ended at 8.7 inches (220 mm).