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Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus (English: 'mouse') was a German World War II super-heavy tank completed in July of 1944. As of 2025, 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 the ...
German super-heavy tank Panzer VIII Maus (188 tons) at the Kubinka Tank Museum. During the Second World War, all of the major combatants introduced prototypes for special roles. Adolf Hitler was a proponent of "war winning" weapons and supported projects like the 188 tonne Maus , and even larger 1,000 tonne Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte .
The VK 36.01 (H) was an experimental German heavy tank, developed during World War II. [1] The VK 36.01 H was further development of the VK 30.01 (H) experimental medium tank, and subsequently lead to the development of the VK 45.01 (H). There were only 8 chassis and one complete prototype built, all by Henschel.
Type 95 heavy tank; 4 built in 1934; Hi-Ro Sha 10 cm cannon self-propelled gun on Type 95 heavy tank chassis; Ji-Ro Type 92 10 cm cannon self-propelled gun on Type 95 heavy tank chassis; Type 97 Chi-Ni medium tank; one prototype built; Type 98 Chi-Ho medium tank; 4 built, two in 1940 and two in 1941; O-I super-heavy tank design in the 120-ton ...
The 12.8 cm Pak 44 ended up becoming the standard main armament for the Jagdtiger heavy tank destroyer and a tank gun variant was the planned main armament for many future super-heavy tank designs in development during the last months of World War II, including the fully turreted Panzerkampfwagen Maus and E-100, as the 12,8 cm KwK 44 L/55 main gun.
Pages in category "Super-heavy tanks" ... Panzer VIII Maus; Panzerkampfwagen E-100; T. T-42 super-heavy tank; T28 super-heavy tank; TOG1; TOG2; Tortoise heavy assault ...
Kfz.182) / VK4503(H) was a heavy tank in the later half of World War II. Armed with an 88 mm L/71 gun, the vehicle could perform well in the defensive role on the eastern and western fronts but was an expensive failure for Nazi Germany when used in an offensive role as a main battle tank .
The Landkreuzer P. 1000 "Ratte" (English: Land Cruiser P. 1000 "Rat") was a design for a 1000-ton tank to be used by Germany during World War II which may have been proposed by Krupp director Edward Grote in June 1942, who had already named it "Landkreuzer" ("Land cruiser").