Miyamoto Musashi Posted June 4, 2000 Share Posted June 4, 2000 I found a neat little tidbit yesterday as I was perusing my WW2 hardware book. The Germans (in the later half of the war, when things were quickly spiraling downward) began to build the "supertanks," sacrificing mobility for armor and gun size. The Maus, of course, is one example which actually made it to production. But did you know that they actually made plans to construct a 1,500-ton tank with an 800mm gun, 2 150mm weapons and 250mm armor?? It was planned that this massive thing would be powered by 4 U-Boat engines! I wonder what they would have called it... if "Maus" is any indication, maybe it would have been the Shrew, or the Amoeba... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formerly Babra Posted June 4, 2000 Share Posted June 4, 2000 Richard III posted a pic of that previously: ------------------ When I die I want to go peacefully, like my grandfather, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted June 4, 2000 Share Posted June 4, 2000 Good grief, that is the craziest tank ever. ) How would you like to have that thing firing HE at you?! And you thought the 150mm IG was bad, hehe. Charles, what would the blast factor of an 800mm HE round work out to, roughly? [This message has been edited by Lee (edited 06-04-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted June 4, 2000 Share Posted June 4, 2000 That thing looks like something from Warhammer LOL Maybe late war German innovation was inspiration for some of those fantasy armor games? ------------------ "If they are waiting for me to make the first move then I'll trick them and make my second move first." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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