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The complete vehicle was 10.2 m (33 ft) long, 3.71 m (12.2 ft) wide and 3.63 m (11.9 ft) high. Weighing about 188 metric tons , the Maus's main armament was the Krupp -designed 128 mm KwK 44 L/55 gun, based on the 12.8 cm Pak 44 towed anti-tank gun also used in the casemate -type Jagdtiger tank destroyer, with a coaxial 75 mm KwK 44 L/36.5 gun.
The director of the Tank Supply Department, Albert Gerald Stern, first intended to fit the Mark IV with a new engine and transmission.Production of battle tanks was halted until the new design was ready, necessitating the use of the Mark II and III as interim training tanks.
In comparison to other V12 and various vee-form gasoline engines used for tanks, the eventual HL 230 engine was nearly 4 L (240 in 3) smaller in displacement than the Allied British Rolls-Royce Meteor V12 AFV power plant, itself adapted from the RR Merlin but de-rated to 448 kW (601 hp) power output; and the American Ford-designed precursor V12 ...