How do i deal with the maus

[Pec]

I suspect im going to see it a lot more going forward so i need tips

Issue
(1) Shot the cannon and they can blow off your track or worse your gun
(2) Ammo is very inconsistent if it wants to explode or not
(3) How do i deal with this frontally with a angled turret (Sometimes you don't have a option)

[-NODER-_Novastorm_]

this must be bait for sure...
Everyone knows that Maus is useless at this point....
I played the Maus years ago, full 4 squad maus stomping all, nowadays, its completly useless.

[ErickaUnlimited]

• Disable the gun.
  
• It's already incredibly slow, so either circle it, disable the tracks or go for the weak point in the center of the lower plate to kill the driver.
  
• If they angle their turret, just wait it out. If they plan on shooting you, they'll have to face you straight on, which allows you to put it through the sides. Aim for your right, their left to kill the gunner.
  
• Don't fall for them firing off the 75mm in hopes to bait you with their main gun.

[Neckstabba]

Originally posted by Novastorm:

this must be bait for sure...
Everyone knows that Maus is useless at this point....
I played the Maus years ago, full 4 squad maus stomping all, nowadays, its completly useless.

Actually if you teamwork well 1 Maus CAN be good. The Maus player can use the 75mm smokes to cover literally everything and you can push the points. Dosent work on all maps but the Maus is really nice for that

[Pec]

I would say the maus is one of those tanks which is player dependent eg a crap player will not be able to utilise it while someone who knows what they are doing in a menace to the enemy team

[Shyue Chou]

I actually have great difficulty dealing with it. I faced one with my new stock OF-40 last night. After bouncing about 5 shots off the side of the turret (at an angle), and also the side of the hull, I withdrew. I didn't survive the encounter, I was bombed seconds after withdrawing.

The Maus is seriously powerful. This isn't my first encounter with them.

[Dahak]

Maus is good but there are tons of tanks at its BR that can ruin its day. It is slow, the turret rotation is painful, and the main gun takes forever to load. First thing you do with a Maus is shoot the gun off. Be careful of the 75 if you didn't get that. Depending on your tank it can either kill or disable you. If you have over 230mm pen, you can kill the gunner if it looks at you. If it doesn't well then it can't hurt you and that turret rotation is so very slow. If you don't have a gun that can kill it, just bypass it and ambush enemies who think it is keeping your team back.

If you are trying to snipe it without being able to easily pen it you might as well hide or take out the gun and then see about closing the range until you can hurt it, or go off and do something else and hope your team can deal with it. Most games someone will bomb it or it will eventually get wrecked by tanks that have no trouble with it. The fire rate on the main gun is low and the health of the barrel is really bad, so it is easy to defang and swarm later.

Honestly I only play it out for kicks every now and then since I usually get up BRed into 8.3/8.7 and you might as well give up when facing ATGMs, darts and the HEATFS at that BR. 600mm ATGMs don't really care that you angled your hull or turret and its not like the Maus can dodge or respond quickly. About the only thing it does fast is stop.

[dLFN]

Originally posted by Dahak:

Bred into 8.3/8.7

Breeding.

[Luxaeterna]

1. Ram a Hetzer below it.

2. Jam the Maus turret with an I-Go.

3. Shoot the expose engine with a Pnzr IV.

4. ??panzer vor??

[LordBUM]

Originally posted by Luxaeterna:

1. Ram a Hetzer below it.

2. Jam the Maus turret with an I-Go.

3. Shoot the expose engine with a Pnzr IV.

4. ??panzer vor??

i'd call you a weeb but sadly that means that i know what your talking about

[Slyke]

Originally posted by GB:

I suspect im going to see it a lot more going forward so i need tips

Issue
(1) Shot the cannon and they can blow off your track or worse your gun
(2) Ammo is very inconsistent if it wants to explode or not
(3) How do i deal with this frontally with a angled turret (Sometimes you don't have a option)

1) With your first shot you shoot the gunner, not the gun. Ideal outcome - disabled breech and no gunner.
2) Ammo shots are largely pointless, instead disable the crew or set it on fire continuously. It will quickly turn into a worthless mountain of metal that can't do anything even if you don't finish it off.
3) When the turret is angled and your ammo can't go through, you don't "deal" with it. You either ignore it or wait for it to turn the turret towards you.

[flopaflop]

CAS I guess??

[Swag Messiah]

Originally posted by GB:

I suspect im going to see it a lot more going forward so i need tips

Issue
(1) Shot the cannon and they can blow off your track or worse your gun
(2) Ammo is very inconsistent if it wants to explode or not
(3) How do i deal with this frontally with a angled turret (Sometimes you don't have a option)

It's in a tier with apfsds and heatfs. Oh, also you have infinite pen point-to-win missile cars as well.

It's a funny meme to play when you're bored. It's uptiered to death and borderline useless. Everything at that tier can pen the armor. It was designed to fight 1944 technology not MBTs.

[FizzyElf]

Originally posted by GB:

I suspect im going to see it a lot more going forward so i need tips

Issue
(1) Shot the cannon and they can blow off your track or worse your gun
(2) Ammo is very inconsistent if it wants to explode or not
(3) How do i deal with this frontally with a angled turret (Sometimes you don't have a option)

Bomb it or set it on fire, or fight it at its own BR or higher then just use your heat rounds or APFSDS rounds to kill the gunner over and over as the tank is quite slow and has a hard time escaping the crew bleeding strategy unless there is quite a bit of distance between you and the maus.

[FizzyElf]

Originally posted by Nah:

Oh, also you have infinite pen point-to-win missile cars as well.

This is one of the worst ways to fight the maus or any large vehicle, the ATGM's can pen but will take a long time to finish it off seeing as most are around 400-500mm of pen and can have trouble killing crew members and moduels plus long travel and reload times leave you quite vulnerable, best to use either really strong ATGM's like the 2m or Bill or use heat/APFSDS rounds.

[E-Man720]

I have it, and I wouldn't worry.

Apart from the guy playing it getting lucky, it only really does ok when played with a squad of other players supporting.

It also more often gets full uptiers, maybe thats just me though?