Closest things that were operational would be the German "Elephant" - a
really big assault gun (turretless tank) - and the T-35, an early WWII
russian tank with a main turret gun and four auxilliary MG turrets. Neither
was particularly successful.
Historical trivia: the reason the Grant/Lee mounted the 75mm in a "sponson"
was US industry was not able to produce a rotating turret that could house a
75mm gun.
Kevin
> ----------
> From: Mike Looney - ionet[SMTP:mlooney_at_...]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 7:07 AM
> To: space-marine_at_...
> Subject: Re: [Epic] Super-Heavy Tanx
>
> 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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