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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.
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 .
During the war, the mass of a panzer increased from the 5.4 tonnes (6.0 tons) of a pre-war Panzer I light tank, to 68.5 tonnes (75.5 tons) of the Tiger II. In the meantime, the Soviets continued to produce the T-34 by the tens of thousands, and U.S. industry nearly matched them in the number of M4 Sherman tanks built and deployed in Western Europe.
The Panzer II also had a 7.92 mm Maschinengewehr 34 machine gun mounted coaxially with the main gun. [6] The 2 cm autocannon proved to be ineffective against many Allied tanks even at the start of the war, and experiments were conducted with a view to replacing it with a 37 mm cannon, but nothing came of this.
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The VK 36.01's turret is lined up, along with the hull and turret of the Panzer VIII Maus super-heavy tank and the Jagdtiger gun mantlet. The VK 36.01 (H) was an experimental German heavy tank , developed during World War II . [ 1 ]
Schwerer Zugkraftwagen 18 t, Sd.Kfz. 9 Two Sd.Kfz. 9s towing a Tiger I in Italy, 1944 Type Heavy half-track Place of origin Nazi Germany Service history In service 1938–1945 Used by Nazi Germany Romania Finland Kingdom of Bulgaria Wars World War II Production history Designer FAMO Designed 1936–1939 Manufacturer FAMO, Vomag, Tatra Unit cost 60,000 Reichsmark Produced 1939–1945 No. built ...