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Panzer VIII Maus Super-Heavy Tank

History

Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus ("Mouse") was a German World War II super-heavy tank completed in late 1944.
It is the heaviest fully enclosed armoured 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 military forces.
These two prototypes underwent trials in late 1944.
The complete vehicle was 10.2 metres (33 ft 6 in) long, 3.71 metres (12 ft 2 in) wide and 3.63 metres (11.9 ft) high.
Weighing 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 anti-tank field artillery piece also used in the casemate-type Jagdtiger tank destroyer, with a coaxial 75 mm KwK 44 L/36.5 gun.
The 128 mm gun was powerful enough to destroy all Allied armoured fighting vehicles then in service, some at ranges exceeding 3,500 metres (2.2 mi).


Features

Articulated turret and gun with simulated sound and recoil.
Highly detailed interior and exterior.
Blazingly fast speed somehow managing to be slower than the Panzer IV at 4 m/s.
Turning speed so slow that the enemy dies of old age before you rotate 45 degrees.


A shining example of why more of them weren't produced.