The germans even made a larger tank than the "elefant", which was called
the "maus", or the mouse in english. It was so heavy that it could only
move at about 25 kilometers an hour (about 15 mph) and it destroyed just
about every road it used. Only 2 where ever made
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> Van: Kelley, Kevin J., JCS <kevin.kelley_at_...>
> Aan: 'space-marine_at_...'
> Onderwerp: RE: [Epic] Super-Heavy Tanx
> Datum: woensdag 27 mei 1998 19:19
>
> 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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