Colen McAlister wrote:
> Do super-heavy sized tanks actually exist?
>
Well, as of now, no.
In the 1930's most of the countries in Europe experimented with multi
turreted tanks. The German ones were used in the invasion of Norway
and the USSR still had a few on strength when the Germans invaded them.
They were less than useful in combat, the fact that they were grossly
oversized not helping matters at all.
And of course the M-3 Grant/Lee tanks had a mix of guns, with the 75 mm
gun in the body of the tank and a 37 mm gun in a turret. The French did
this with a couple of their tanks. The Grants were that only mixed AP
weapon tanks to be used in combat that were any thing close to a
success. They were used in the North Africa campaign by the British.
The Germans had, of course, their "Kitty Cats (Tigers, Panthers et al)",
which were classed as "Super heavy" at the time, but were not that much
bigger than current tanks.
Several "Assault" tanks were "on the design table" as the war ended that
would have been "Super Heavy"
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