Speed: 45 ft. The Maus was slated to have a pair of flamethrowers, but they were removed when it was discovered they tended to drip burning oil into the engine. It was the heaviest armored fighting vehicle ever created, at a staggering 207 tons! 20 Hit Points. The Maus was originally planned to be 120 tons, but like so many other German tanks the weight crept up and up and up until it hit ~190, just like the character count of this article. Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus . The Panzer VIII "Maus" was a super heavy tank built by Porsche. Management: Roll + Pitch Tank hull / yaw + trim turret. Front armor:240mm! The Panzerkampfwagen Pz.Kpf.W. The last photo of Maus in Nazi-hands. Description. It is the heaviest fully enclosed armored fighting vehicle ever built. Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus, 9 April 1944 . The Pz.Kpfw. The largest tank in the world. VIII Maus is a rank V German heavy tank with a battle rating of 8.0 (AB) and 7.7 (RB/SB). Gargantuan AC. It reached a weight of nothing less than 188 tons and was armed with a triple-mounted arrangement in the turret, featuring a 12.8cm cannon, a 75mm L/36.5, and an MG-34 machinegun. Size. Cost: — Weight: 207 tons. Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus at Kubinka Museum. Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus. 1 Overview 2 Design 3 Variants 4 Action Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus (Mouse) was an experimental Nazi German super-heavy tank completed in 1944. Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus ("Mouse") was a German World War II super-heavy tank completed in late 1944. 1,600 Damage Threshold 25 Crew and Passengers. Weight:188t, main weapon: 128 mm KwK44 L/55 and 75 mm KwK 44 L/36.5. 205) "Maus" (ironically named the "Mouse") was a "superheavy" tank development undertaken by the Third Reich during World War 2. The 207-ton Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus was a German super-heavy tank which was completed in 1944 but never left the prototype phase. Panzer VIII Maus tank on a test run . It is the heaviest fully enclosed armoured fighting vehicle ever built. Special thanks to SnoWFLakEOs for throwing cartridges. Panzer VIII Maus V1 in front of 7th Ersatz Panzer Regiment barracks, 14 January 1944 . Carrying Capacity: 10 tons. It was impractical and also huge — so huge it holds the record for the heaviest fully-enclosed tank ever built. (twice that of a tiger) Perhaps the best tank for defense of cities. 1 driver; 1 commander; 1 gunner; 2 loaders; 1 radio operator. This monster creation was fitted with a large and powerful main gun armament supplemented by equally powerful secondary armament and armored to the core. Activation group 1 + VTOL + trim machine gun on the tower. The Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus was one such weapon. The Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus was a German World War II super-heavy tank completed in late 1944. The Maus … Modification of the Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus 1960 tank. VIII (Sd.Kfz. It was later reopened to research for a limited time during War Thunder's 8th anniversary. Maus turret and hull Maus turret at the Krupp factory in Essen. The completed Maus was 33 ft 6 inches long, 12 ft 2 inches wide, 11.9 ft high and had a weight of 188 metric tons. Five were ordered, but only two hulls and one turret were completed before the testing grounds were captured by the advancing Soviet forces. In late 1944 the Germans completed the first Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus, the heaviest fully enclosed armored fighting vehicle ever to see the light of day. Photo by Uwe Brodrecht CC-BY-SA 2.0 . The Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus (Sd.Kfz 205) was a German super-heavy tank design, and the heaviest tank to reach complete working prototype in World War II. Description. It was introduced in Update 1.47 "Big Guns" as a main tree vehicle, however as of Update 1.91 "Night Vision" it was shifted to become a gift vehicle for players who previously owned it. 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